| Jeffrey Capron | |
 Jeffrey Capron on his 105th birthday in 2019 | |
| Birth: | 16 May 1914 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Age: | 108 years, 52 days |
| Country: |  TCA BAH
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| Centenarian | |
Jeffrey Capron (born 16 May 1914) is a Turks and Caicos Islander-Bahamian centenarian who is currently the oldest known living person in Bahamas and oldest known living person born in Turks and Caicos Islands.
Biography
Jeffrey Capron was born in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on 16 May 1914. His grandmother was a slave until set free from slavery by Queen Victoria.
He attended an all age school until the age of 14, when he was put on a boat to find work in order to help support his family. Capron would spend a portion of his life working as the cook on a boat crew, where his brother was the captain.
On his 105th birthday in 2019, he was still lucid and active.
Capron currently lives in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, at the age of 108 years, 52 days.
References
- Jeffrey celebrates 105th birthday The Freeport News, 17 May 2019
- Today My Uncle Jeffery Capron Of Freeport Grand Bahama.Is Celebrating his 107th Birthday... Justin Williams on Facebook, 16 May 2021
- Jeffrey Capron, now 107 years old, tells his story of how he came to Grand Bahama from the Turks and Caicos Islands The Art of Giving on Facebook, 24 December 2021
