Jacques (Jacob) Negroponte^{[1, 2, 3]}

1838 - 1874  (36 years)

• Name	Jacques (Jacob) Negroponte
  Nickname	John James
  Birth	14 Jul 1838	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive data given) [4]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1874	Alexandria, Egypt
  Death	02 Oct 1874	Alexandria, Egypt
  	DOD from probate. His estate of under ￡9000 went to his widow. [5]
  Notes	Sturdza calls him Jacques and Jean. Argenti calls him Jean. First husband of Calliope. John James Negreponte along with James Constantine Negreponte [possibly Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte], and Leonidas Vernudachi retired on 31 Mar 1861 from a partnership consisting of John Sten. Schilizzi, Eml. Halduvachi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul John Schilizzi, Michele P. Mavrogordato, Giovanni Vafiadacchi, Z. Stef. Schilizzi, Demetrius J. Paspali, Ambo. M. Cappari, Jean F. Paspatti, A. Z. Caridia, M. F. Paspatti, D. Stef. Schilizzi, and N. P. Caridia. The firms operated as merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, under the firm of Schilizzi and Co.; at Leghorn, under the firm of Schilizzi and Vafiadacchi; at Constantinople, under the firm of Z. Stefanovich and Co.; at Taganrog, under the firm of A. M. Cappari; and at Rostoff, under the firm of John F. Paspatti (London Gazette 27 Dec 1861). John J. Negreponte, Alexandria, Banker, was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1874). With his father, James Constantine Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte] and his brothers, Constantine James Negreponte [Constantine (Jacob) Negroponte], and Michael (Jacob) Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte, he was partners in the firm of C & M Negreponte, merchants(London Gazette 28 Nov 1865). John Jas Negreponte, banker, Alexandria was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1875). Previously listed as John James Negreponte (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). John J. Negroponte (£15), P.P. Negroponte (£5), C.J. Negroponte (£5), Sophocles Spartali (£5), A.S. Agelasto (£5), C.T. Rodocanachi (£15), were among contributors to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 26 Mar 1867). J.J. Negroponte attended a conference of the Liberal party at Liverpool (Liverpool Mercury 20 Jun 1865). Negroponte Bros. was likely the brothers Constantine (born 1834) and Jacques (born 1838), sons of Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte. Negroponte Brothers & Co, merchants, handled the disposal of damaged and irregular American cotton (Liverpool Mercury, 24 Aug 1869). A classified ad in The Times, 7 Feb 1866, pg. 1, offered a reward for a letter lost in London containing a £330 bill of exchange drawn by M.J. Negroponte, Alexandria, upon John J. Negroponte, Liverpool. John Jacob Negroponte, 30, merchant, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869. Residence: -1869 Syros; 1873- Alexandria. 11 Feb 1860: John Jacob Negroponte, 21, born Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.
  Person ID	I336	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte,   b. 1811, Chios, Greece d. 1876, Chios, Greece (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Alexandra (Constantine) Franghiadi,   b. 1815, Chios, Greece d. 22 Mar 1881, Chios, Greece (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Calliope (Ioannis) Sinadino,   b. 18 Jan 1851, Alexandria, Egypt d. 23 Oct 1927, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	03 May 1869	Alexandria, Egypt
  Children	+ 1. Jacques (Jacques) Negroponte,   b. 18 Apr 1871, Alexandria, Egypt d. Aft 1908 (Age 37 years)   2. Capt. Michael (Jacques) Negroponte,   b. 21 Jul 1872, Alexandria, Egypt d. Bef 2 Apr 1914, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jul 1838 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 03 May 1869 - Alexandria, Egypt Burial - 1874 - Alexandria, Egypt Death - 02 Oct 1874 - Alexandria, Egypt  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		23 Leinster Gardens, London, England photo 2009; Henry VIII Hotel occupies the odd numbers, first block of this street. In 1861 James C. and Alexandra Negroponte lived at 9 Leinster Gardens with their children.
  		view of Leinster Gardens, London, England

  
  

  Documents

  John James Negreponte 1875 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 127. [S24] Greek State Archives (Athens). #5639 on the voter list for Syros, 1869. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). #9510 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 244/8246 [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.