Born in Marazion, Cornwall, England,[1] John was the son of Captain John James (1725 - 1803) of St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, a liquor merchant and sometime privateer Captain.[3] His mother, Elizabeth Millett, was the daughter of a prominent local merchant.
Personal lifeEdit
On 6 February 1797 John James was married to Elizabeth Wingfield at St Hilary, Cornwall.[1] Elizabeth came from a prominent family, her brother was William Wingfield a Judge and Member of Parliament. She was also a cousin of Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet.[4] John and Elizabeth had three children together including:
Elizabeth Prideaux James (b.1798)
John Wingfield James (b.1800)
Mary James (b.1801)
Career at BarbudaEdit
Barbuda
John James left England on 20 May 1804 and arrived in Antigua on 5 July, but was unable to get to Barbuda until 21 July 1804.[5] He was appointed by Christopher Bethell Codrington to the position of Attorney for Barbuda in a letter to his superior, Samuel Byam Athill, dated 5 June 1805.[6] Barbuda, at the time of John James’ arrival, consisted of 314 slaves about 500 head of cattle and 20,000 – 25,000 sheep.[5]
DeathEdit
John James died on 31 July 1826, at the age of 52, in St John's Antigua.[2] His death was reported to his employer, but no hint is given as to its cause. There are several references to regularly returning, debilitating fever in his letters to Christopher Bethell Codrington, so it is likely that he suffered from malaria.[7] Yellow fever was also prevalent in the Caribbean at this time.[8]
^Burke, Sir Bernard (1858). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1 (Digitized 5 Jun 2008 ed.). Harrison. p. 42.
^ ab"The Letters of John James esq, letter of 25 September 1804". 19 October 2013.
^"The Letters of John James esq, letter of 2 August 1805". 21 October 2013.
^"The Letters of John James esq, letters of 4 April 1809, 1 January 1810".
^Epidemiological Society of London (1867). Transactions, Volume 2. Robert Hardwicke. p. 92.
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