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John Heath of Corsham

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1786

Biography

  1. Will of John Heath [late of St Elizabeth Jamaica but now] of Corsham Wiltshire [made 23/11/1785] proved 06/10/1786. He left £500 currency to each of his sisters and £2000 currency to his daughter Priscilla [sp ?] at 21, and an annuity of £15 p.a. to Frances Powell a free mulatto woman of St Elizabeth. He left his [unspecified] Jamaica property subject to these charges to his father John Heath for life with the expense of caring and educating Priscilla, and then to his [John Heath's] brothers William Heath and Thomas Heath as tenants-in-common.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1146/201

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic

Associated Estates (4)

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
1771 [EA] - 1777 [LA] → Overseer
Pepper Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Tentative association with this John Heath

- 1786 [LA] → Owner
Peru [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1787 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Previous owner
Peru [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1774 [EA] - 1777 [LA] → Overseer
Watchwell [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Tentative association with this John Heath

Relationships (1)

John Heath of Corsham
Brothers
William Heath the elder?
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Notes →
William Heath was also co-remainderman under John Heath of Corsham's will of 1786....

Addresses (1)

Corsham, Wiltshire, South-west England, England
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