Thomas Hope Elletson

1725 - 1760


Biography

  1. Owner of Hope Estate with 530 acres and 215 enslaved people in St Andrew, Jamaica, in 1753. Son of Richard Hope Elletson and his wife Susanna.

  2. Thomas Hope Elletson Esquire was buried in Westmoreland 26/01/1760.

  3. Thomas Hop. Elletson of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1769. Slave-ownership at probate: 381 of whom 199 were listed as male and 182 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £30,994.91 Jamaican currency of which £19,636.47 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £210.56 currency plate.


Sources

  1. CO137/28 pp. 169-175 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1753Andrew.htm.

  2. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 37.

  3. Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.


Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1754 [EA] - → Owner

Relationships (3)

Brothers
Son → Father
Mother → Son

Inventories (1)