John Maria Read

John Maria Read of Vere, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1719. Slave-ownership at probate: 27 of whom 12 were listed as male and 15 as female. 14 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £658.63 Jamaican currency of which £545 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

Tentatively identified as the J. M. Read who owned a plot of land on Prince's Street, West Side in Kingston in 1702.

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

'A Plan of Kingston' (1702) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/kingston1702.htm. For an image of the map see https://mappingkingston.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/2012-07-14-17-30-42.jpg [accessed 08/11/2019].