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"The family estates eventually devolved upon John Frederick Pinney, grandson of the last-mentioned Azariah and son of John Pinney and his wife Mary, daughter of William Helme."
"He did not set the Thames on fire, but he brought with him to Nevis some legal knowledge - enough to make him, not merely Chief Justice (which signifies little), but an example to succeeding generations of a Chief Justice who had actually known the law."
"He entered himself, in 1706, a gentleman commoner of Pembroke College, Oxford, to the great annoyance of Azariah, who had lately lost a lot of money by the French invasion and a thousand pounds more by some unsuccessful venture at New York, and would rather have had his son get his education at a cheaper rate."
"To Azariah and Mary Pinney was born a son, John Pinney, Chief Justice of Nevis, West Indies, 1720; he was born in 1686; married Mary Helme of Nevis, who died in 1734."
"His wife had come over from Ireland to join him in his trouble, and must have conceived at this time their only son John, who was born on 3 May 1686."
"... to Azariah's son John (who died in 1720, Chief Justice of Nevis) he left 'all my bookes and manuscripts pvided he be Consecrated & employed in the Ministry' ..."
"He only survived his father a few months, and died on the 11th of December 1720, in his thirty-fifth year."
"Major William Helme of Antigua 1691 apparently was the brother of Thomas and Robert Helme and died about 1703 leaving a daughter and heiress Mary, who in 1708 married JOHN PINNEY of Nevis etc."
"The union between Charlots' and Mountravers plantations was destined to become even closer than Azariah intended, for John Pinney and Mary Helme were married in 1708."