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John Arthurton

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

Merchant of Nevis.

Under the will of John Arthurton of Nevis, made 06/07/1797 and entered 30/12/1797, he left his wife Jane Arthurton 拢30 for mourning and noted that the had already provided for her with an annuity of 拢200 p.a. [secured] on Richard Hick's estate on Nevis. He left 拢2000 to his 'mustee' son Charles 'to be placed out on good landed security at 8% p.a', the interest to support Charles Arthurton until he was placed in a trade in England at 15 or so and the principal to him at 21; he left his 'mustee' daughter Elizabeth 拢1000 under a similar structure [without the trade proviso]. He left: 拢50 to John a 'mulatto' man 'the property of Messrs Ede & Shaw'; 拢50 to Elizabeth Arthurton the daughter of a mulatto woman named Joan Peterson; 拢33 to James a 'mulatto' man again 'the property of Messrs Ede & Shaw', the three being reputed children of his. He left 拢40 p.a to Charlotte, the mother of Charles and Elizabeth, and 拢100 to his friend Dr Sholto Archibald. His residuary heir was his brother Thomas Arthurton (q.v.)

Sources

Wills 1787-1805, British Library, EAP794/1/5/2, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-5-2 pp. 270-272.

Further Information

Spouse

Jane

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

1797 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Other

Hick's [ Nevis ]

In his will made and proved in 1797 John Arthurton noted that he had provided for his wife Jane through an annuity of 拢200 p.a. secured on the estate of the late Richard Hicks on Nevis.