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Dr. John Latoysonere Jefferys

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1801

Biography

Slave-owner on Nevis, reportedly indebted at his death in 1801.

  1. Under the will of John Latoysonere Jefferys made 12/11/1788 he left £100 to his cousin Carew Bowden Brodbelt, and £50 p.a. currency to Miss Frances Symonds for her care of his children. He left £3000 to his younger children John, George and Frances Mary Jefferys, to be laid out on good security in the West Indies. He left James Jefferys, the son of James Connor Jefferys, £50 p.a. until 14 and then £100 apprentice fee, and he appointed James Connor Jefferys as his manager on Nevis at £200 currency p.a. He entailed his estates and 'negroes' to his son Peter Jefferys.

Sources

The Mountravers Plantation Community part 3, p. 1046 https://seis.bristol.ac.uk/~emceee/mountravers~part3chapter3.pdf [accessed 07/01/2020]

  1. Wills 1787-1805, British Library, EAP794/1/5/2, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-5-2 pp.44-48.

Further Information

Spouse
Elizabeth Browne
Children
Peter

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
1784 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Spring Valley [ Nevis | St James Windward ]

Reportedly tenant for life under the will of Peter Bowden.

Relationships (1)

Dr. John Latoysonere Jefferys
Father → Son
Peter Jefferys or Jeffereys
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