UCL

Melville Hall

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1809 [EY] → Owner
Robert Melville
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
Robert Whyte Melville
1818 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
John Whyte Melville
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Lessee
William Greig

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 151 (Melville Hall)
£2,781 14S 10D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot) 86(F) 86(M)  
[Name] Melville Hall Estate  
 

Return of Rob. W. Melville, owner; returned by George Stephenson, manager. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Andrew.

 
T71/343 447-453
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot) 95(F) 94(M)  
[Name] Melville Hall  
 

Returned by J M Wilson, manager for an unnamed owner; 9 enslaved people were purchased from Richmond Estate on 16 April 1819. St. Andrew.

 
T71/354 314 - 315
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot) 71(F) 71(M)  
[Name] Melville Hall Estate  
 

Return of John Whyte Melville, owner; returned by Robert Reid as one of his attorneys. St. Andrew.

 
T71/358 230 - 231
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 138(Tot) 74(F) 64(M)  
[Name] Melville Hall  
 

Returned by D S Laidlaw, attorney for an unnamed owner. St. Andrew.

 
T71/360 199
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 141(Tot) 78(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Melville Hall  
 

Returned by Dugald S Laidlaw, registering capacity not given; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Andrew.

 
T71/362 470 - 473
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot) 72(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Melvill Hall Estate  
 

Return of William Greig. St. Andrew.

 
T71/363 204