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James Hedley

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1821

Biography

Resident slave-owner whose will [dated 21/12/1820] was entered 23/06/1821. Under the will he instructed the sale of his moiety of Catadupa and Mocho which he held with William Fairclough (q.v.), to fund the purchase of a separate plot of land that he held under the same title with William Fairclough to serve as a resting-place for his cattle bringing produce down from the York estate. He left legacies to his three reputed daughters and to their mother Mary Hilton. He instructed that York itself and the 60 acres to be purchased as its ancillary were to be retained for 10 years and then sold for the equal benefit of his three sisters and three natural daughters.


Sources

http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/w/wills-07.htm [accessed 31/08/2016]

Associated Estates (4)

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
1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
Catadupa [ Jamaica | St James ]
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Chester Castle [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1820 [EA] - → Owner
York Pen [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
York Pen [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (1)

James Hedley
Business associates
William Fairclough
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The two men co-owned two coffee estates in St James, Catadupa and...