John Haughton James (1763 - 1835)

Born 23 Sep 1763 in Hanover, Jamaica

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Halton) James — married 3 Feb 1791 in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England

Died 29 Jun 1835 at age 71 in Hanover, Jamaica

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Biography

Born 23 Sep 1763, Hanover, Jamaica, the son of son of Colonel Montague James and Mary Haughton. Baptised 24 Oct 1763, Hanover, Jamaica. ^[1]

He had a sugar plantation, Burnt River, at Hanover, Jamaica

He married Mary Halton, 3 Feb 1791, St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England^[2]
Children:

• Mary Haughton James, (1791 - 1870), m.1813, Samuel Morris
• Dame Catherine Haughton Clarke, (1793 - 1837) m. Simon Haughton Clarke, Bart
• Philip Haughton James, (1795 - 1880)
• Elizabeth Haughton James, (c1796 - 1850)
• Caroline Haughton James, (1797 - 1863), m. 1821, Philip Clarke, m. 1852, Peregrine Taylor Bingley
• Thomas Reid James, (c1800 - 1861) ^[3]
• John Haughton James junior, (1799 - 1887)
• Haughton James, (1802 - 1875), m. 1833, Elizabeth Martha Hewett, m. 1864, Rachel A. Cookesley,
• Henry James

Applied for compensation when slavery ended. ^[4]

He died 29 Jun 1835, Retireant, St. James's, Jamaica. ^[5] Buried Haughton Court, formerly Unity Estate, Hanover, Jamaica. ^[6]

His Will, ^[7] written 22 Nov 1823, Codicil 17 Sep 1830, Codicil 20 Jun 1835, and probated 15 Apr 1839, makes mention of: -

• Me, John Haughton James of Harley street, in the County o Middlesex, Esquire, about to proceed to the Island of Jamaica
• An indenture bearing date the twenty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and made between me, the said John Haughton James and my daughter, Caroline Haughton James, …. Phillip Clarke, Esquire, and Francis Gore of Grosvenor Square in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, William Murray of Bryanstone Square in the said county, Esquire and Richard Eaton of Hathworth in the County of Cambridge, Esquire of that part being the settlement made previous to the marriage of the said Philip Clarke with my said daughter Caroline Haughton James
• All that plantation or Estate called Burnt Ground situate in the parish of Hanover in the Island of Jamaica, together with the messuages, slaves, cattle, stock and other appurtenances thereto belonging
• My eldest son, Philip Haughton James and my daughters, Dame Catherine Haughton Clarke, the wife of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke, Bart, and the said Caroline Haughton James
• My daughter, Mary Haughton Morris, wife of Samuel Morris of Hanover in the Island of Jamaica, Esquire, and her issue
• My daughter, Elizabeth Haughton James
• My three sons, John Haughton James, Thomas Reid James and Haughton James
• My mother, Mary James, deceased
• the sums I have charge upon my Estate called Haughton Hall by the settlement made on the marriage of my eldest son Philip Haughton James
• Mary Moon, now residing with me as my housekeeper
• A plantation or Estate in the said Island of Jamaica called Haughton Tower with the lands slaves cattle stock and appurtenances thereunto belonging bequeathed by the will of the said Mary James, deceased
• Make free my mulatto slave named Mary Leach, and her infant son Halton James (Mary deceased in codicil 20 Jun 1835)

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Sources

1. ↑ "Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XNNJ-5Q8 : 6 February 2020), John Haughton James, 1763.
   Hanover, Jamaica. A Register pf Baptisms, Marriage’s burials in the Parish of St. James in the Island of Jamaica 1762 – 1763, by Joseph Brewsher.
   John Haughton, the son of the Honbl Montague James, Esqr & Mary, his wife was born the…. Of September 1763, & baptised the 24th of October 1763. Vera Copia, (signed), P Revd Philip Anglin, 1781
2. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/7/7
   Parish Register, St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England
   Marriages February 1791 N0: 80; John Haughton James of this Parish and Mary Halton of St. Andrews, Holborn were married in this church by Licence this third day of February in the Year 1791 by me, J Downes, Curate. This Marriage was solemnized between us: John H. James, Mary Halton, in the Presence of John Reid, William Halton
3. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
   Deaths: JAMES, THOMAS REID; Age: 60; GRO Reference: 1861 D Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 15
4. ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1309345366
5. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Morning Post, 21 Aug. 1835. British Library Newspapers.
   ”Died: At Retirement, St. James’s, Jamaica, on the 29th of June, John Haughton James, Esq., of Haughton Hall and Burnt Ground, aged 72”.
6. ↑ https://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/j/JamesRichard.htm
7. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D268440
   Reference: PROB 11/1909/294; Description: Will of John Haughton James of Harley Street, Middlesex; Date: 15 April 1839; Held by: The National Archives, Kew

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