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John Jones of Demerara

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Biography

Co-owner of the Wales and Vreedenstein estates in Demerara, where he drowned c. 1821. Checkland shows his co-owner as Robert Edmonstone but for Wales the Slave Registers show 'C. Edmonston' for 1817.


Sources

Checkland The Gladstones pp. 124, 137 and 196.

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
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Vreedestein or Vreedenstein [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
Vreedestein or Vreedenstein [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Wales [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
Wales [ British Guiana | Demerara ]