Thomas Fearon junior

Almost certainly the man later known as Hon. Thomas Fearon.

1. Thomas Fearon junior was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 600 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East, 7951 acres in Clarendon, 110 acres in Vere and 280 acres in St Dorothy, total 8941 acres. Note that, given Thomas Fearon senior died c. 1752, there may have been a change in the senior/junior designation for Thomas Fearon junior (q.v.), but this seems unlikely given that Thomas Fearon junior owned considerably more land in 1754 than Thomas Fearon senior.

2. 'Between 1756 and 1764 the Hon. Thomas Fearon served as the Chief Justice of Jamaica. He also acted as the Custos of the Parishes of Clarendon and Vere. During the mid-1760s and early 1770s his elective offices included sitting as a Member of the Assembly for Clarendon. Jamaican Assembly (1765), Public Record Office, Kew, CO 140/44, ff. nn.'

The death-date of 1779 is from W.A. Feurtado Official and other personages of Jamaica 1655-1790 (1896) for Hon. Thomas Fearon.

1. 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.

2. Betty Wood, T.R. Clayton and W.A. Speck (eds.) RHS Camden 5th Series Volume 19 July 2002 , pp. 1-164 'The Letters of Simon Taylor of Jamaica to Chaloner Arcedekne, 1765–1775' https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960116300003523 Published online: 13 October 2009.