John Nixon (Jamaica)

John Nixon (died by 1774) was a landowner in colonial Jamaica. He owned Albion plantation in Saint David Parish, Mullet Hall plantation in Saint Thomas in the East parish,[1] and the land that eventually became Mavis Bank plantation.[2]

He left over £32,000, making him the third richest person in Jamaica according to an inventory taken in 1774.[1]

References
  1. John Nixon. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. Delle, James A. (2013-06-29). An Archaeology of Social Space: Analyzing Coffee Plantations in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. ISBN 9781475791594.

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