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Hampson Nedham

Profile & Legacies Summary

1706 - 1752

Biography

Hampson Nedham, of Mount Olive, Jamaica, Esq. Barrister-at-Law. Inner Temple 1730. Born 1706. Died April, 1752. Buried in the Cathedral at Spanish Town. Married, 6th January, 1728, Martha, daughter of John Dubber, of Witney, Co. Oxford. They had issue: — William Dandy Dedham (q.v.).

Hampson Nedham was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 198 acres of land in St Catherine, 426 acres in St Ann and 8623 acres in St Thomas-in-the-Vale, total 9247 acres.


Sources

Mountague Charles Owen, The Sewells of the Isle of Wight.

'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
Married but no further details
Children
William Dandy

Associated Estates (2)

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
1752 [EA] - 1752 [LA] → Previous owner
Mount Olive [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]
1752 [EA] - → Previous owner
Williamsfield [ Jamaica ]

Relationships (2)

Hampson Nedham
Father → Son
William Dandy Nedham
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Hampson Nedham
Grandfather → Grandson
Major-General William Nedham
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