John Williams (Jamaica)

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'''John Williams''' (died 1829) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He owned the [[Cool Spring Plantation]] in [[Clarendon Parish, Jamaica|Clarendon Parish]] and had an interest in Provost's Rock River plantation. He had family connections to the [[Isle of Wight]] in England.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2VF0PTI John Williams of Clarendon.] Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 2 May 2019.</ref> He was elected to the [[House of Assembly of Jamaica]] in 1820 for the parish of [[Clarendon Parish, Jamaica|Clarendon]].<ref>[[James Hakewill|Hakewill, James]]. (1825) ''[http://bit.ly/2M6woPb A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821.]'' London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.</ref><ref>[http://bit.ly/2VCYjNJ ''Votes of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica, in a Session Begun October 31, 1820, and ended January 8, 1821.'']. Alexander Aikman, Jamaica, 1821. p. 3.</ref>

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[[Category:Members of the House of Assembly of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:1829 deaths]]
[[Category:Slave owners]]
[[Category:Planters of the British West Indies]]
[[Category:Clarendon Parish]]

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