???? - 1809
Owner of Chester Castle in Hanover, Jamaica, died c. 1808-1810. Bequeathed 拢200 currency to his 'mulatto' son John Hilton, 拢20 currency to his 'quadroon' daughter Mary Hilton and 拢10 to his 'mulatto' daughter, also called Mary Hilton. The residue of his estate he bequeathed to his nephew 'William Cook of the parish of Westmoreland'.
Christer Petley, '"Legitimacy" and social boundaries: free people of colour and the social order in Jamaican slave society', Social History, 30:4, 481-498, pp. 492, 496.
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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1799 [EA] - → Executor
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1799 [EA] - 1808 [EY] → Owner
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1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Not known
Probably previous owner. |
Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Niece
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Uncle → Nephew
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