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Edmund Bohun (1645 - 1699)

Edmund Bohun
Born in Suffolk, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 26 Jul 1669 [location unknown]
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Died at age 54 in Charles Town, Province of Carolinamap
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Biography

Edmund, born 12 March 1644/5, was the son of Baxter Bohun of Westhall Hall, Suffolk. In 1669 he married Mary Brampton. [1]

On 22 May 1698 he was commissioned as Chief Justice of the Province of Carolina by the Lords Proprietors. His tenure was marked by disputes with the Governor and Council.[2]

Edmund Bohun died 5 October 1699 of yellow fever.[1][2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bohun, Edmund" Dictionary of National Biography. 2d ed. Vol. 2, pp. 768-9 https://archive.org/details/dictionarynatio00weavgoog/page/n783/mode/2up?view=theater
  2. 2.0 2.1 McCrady, Edward. History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719 (1897) pp. 298-300, 304, 309 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001874244
  • See family history at; www.Ancestry. com

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