1691 - 1740
Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dying there in 1740.
His daughter, Rebecca, of Westmoreland, married Thomas Reid of St Ann, at Westmoreland, 29/03/1743.
Richard Haughton of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1742. Slave-ownership at probate: 1432 of whom 737 were listed as male and 695 as female. 1 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢46,328.61 Jamaican currency of which 拢38,537.00 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢406.38 currency cash, 拢7,914.56 currency debts and 拢549.43 currency plate.
The will of Richard Haughton was proved in Jamaica in 1741.
Caribbeana Vol. VI Part 1 'Hawtayne [Haughton]'.
Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 4.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 2 p. 121.
Spouse
(1) Rebekah James (2) Elizabeth Goodin (3) Elizabeth Guthrie later Clarke
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Children
Richard II; Rebecca; Mary
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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:
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1743 [EA] - 1744 [LA] → Previous owner
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1743 [EA] - 1744 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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