Cousin to the wife of Captain James Cook, with whom he sailed to the South Pacific. Inherited Merton Abbey in the 1820s. His great nephew, J. Mackerell, gave land to commemorate Nelson.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Isaac Smith
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Howard St. John Jefferson was born on 21 January 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the second of the six children of George David Jefferson (1863-1937) and Rebecca Gorham Jefferson née Kettle (18...
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