Herbert Newton Jarrett II

Profile & Legacies Summary

1724 - 18^th Aug 1790

Biography

Son of Herbert Newton Jarrett I and his wife of unknown forename, maiden surname Chute. Owner of Orange Valley in Trelawny (bequeathed to his son Herbert Newton Jarrett III) and Kent estate, also in Trelawny (given to his son John Jarrett II during his lifetime).

Herbert Jarrett was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 60 acres of land in St James and 300 acres of land in Hanover, total 360 acres. This may be Herbert II or Herbert I.

Sources

http://www.orange-tree-valley.co.uk/hnj/rr01/rr01_001.htm#P31 [accessed 21/09/2015].

'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

Further Information

Spouse

[1] ? Kerr [2] Ann Allen [3] Mary Reid

Children

With [1] John II (1746-1809). With [2] Ann (1760-1837), Sarah Newton (1762-1814), Herbert Newton III (1765-1829), Frances Newton (1766-1837), Rachel Allen (1769-1856)

Occupation

Planter

Associated Estates (4)

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