Francis Acres

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1736

Biography

Joint owner of Tryall estate in Hanover, Jamaica.

Francis Acres was buried in Derby, 25/10/1736.
Francis Acres of Hanover, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1739. Slave-ownership at probate: 53 of whom 25 were listed as male and 28 as female. 18 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1598.75 Jamaican currency of which £1598.75 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

Sources

Findmypast.co.uk, Derbyshire Deaths And Burials [database online].
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Married but no further details

Children

Katherine; Mary

Will

PROB 11/680/357.

Will of Francis Acres [late of Hanover in Jamaica now] of the town of Derby in Derbyshire proved 16/12/1736. He left his house in Stoke Newington and his shares in the Ember Mills Brassware Co. to his wife Katherine: the rest of his estate he left between his two daughters Katherine and Mary.

Occupation

Planter

Associated Estates (1)

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