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James Witter was buried in Hanover, Jamaica, 19/12/1768.
James Witter was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 681 acres of land in Westmoreland.
James Witter of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1770. Slave-ownership at probate: 121 of whom 68 were listed as male and 53 as female. 27 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £8945.2 Jamaican currency of which £7340.09 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1759 [EA] - 1759 [LA] → Owner
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1769 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father → Daughter
Notes →
Inferred...
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