Francis Beckford

Son of Peter Beckford jun. and Bathsua Beckford nee Hering, brother of Alderman William Beckford.

1. Francis Beckford was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 2616 acres of land in Westmoreland.

2. Will of Francis Beckford of Albemarle Street [made in 1767] proved 23/12/1768. He left an annuity of £200 p.a. to his wife Susanna, over and above her entitlement under their marriage settlement, secured on 'all my plantation and penns called Petersfield in... Jamaica, with the negroes slaves and their future increase.' He entailed the Peterfield and Lincoln estates on his [generic] sons and then [generic] daughters, with the latter receiving annuities of £50 p.a. until 21 or marriage and then £100 p.a., to be increased further if they had only surviving brother.

1. '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.

2. PROB 11/944/321