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John Reynolds Cassup

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1832

Biography

  1. Will of John Reynolds Cassup [son of Elizabeth Beahan [sp?] now residing at] Loughborough Leicestershire [made in 1825] proved 05/02/1836. In the will he left all his property in Jamaica and England to his mother, whom he described as 'joint manager with Henry Bennett of a company of comedians at present engaged in exhibiting dramatic representations in the Theatre there [at Loughborough].' In the probate in 1836 he was late of Worcester.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1857/203

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?

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
- 1836 [LA] → Not known
Somerset Mount and Cottage [ Jamaica | St David ]

John Reynolds Cassup's mother Elizabeth Beahan or Brahan pursued compensation for this group of enslaved people by virtue of her son's will.