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Jeremiah Barton

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1792

Biography

Shown as 'J. Barton' in the Accounts Produce which gives him as previous owner in 1793, but reasonably inferrable as the resident slave-owner Jeremiah Barton who died in 1792. However, the path to ownership is not clear: John Barton, the father of Nathaniel Barton MP (q.v.), was the brother-in-law of Zachary Bayly (d. 1769) and Nathaniel Bayly, against whom the estate had earlier been shown apparently as agents.

  1. 'Nov. 4 [1792] At his estate near Old Harbour in Jamaica, [death of] Jeremiah Barton, one of the representatives for the parish of St Dorothy and for many years a colonel in the Kingston militia.'

Sources

  1. Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 72 part 2 (1792), p. 1220.

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
1793 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Previous owner
Somerset Hall [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]