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About John Greathead

John Greatheed emigrated to the island of St Kitts in the Caribbean, purchased land from the crown, then bought slaves to work the land, and earned a considerable fortune from his sugar plantation. He died in 1739, leaving the estate to his eldest child, Samuel. He returned to England and bought Guy's Cliffe and other lands in Warwick and Old Milverton. The sugar plantations were then managed by Craister Greatheed and subsequently by Richard (Bertie) Greatheed.

source http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/exhibitionsview.aspx?eid=14&pa...

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John Greathead's Timeline

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Saxelbye, Leicestershire, UK
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Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire, England
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September 2, 1708
Saint Christopher Island, Saint Kitts and Nevis