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Mount William

Grenada | St Patrick

Estate Details

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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
1779 [SY] - 1840 [EY] → Owner
Nathaniel Snell

Left to Nathaniel Snell by his father William Snell senior in the latter's will, proved in 1779

- 1779 [EY] → Owner
William Snell senior

Left by William Snell senior in his will proved in 1779 to his son Nathaniel.

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Robert Nicholson
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
Thomas Browne

Associated Claims (1)

Grenada 682 (Mount William)
£3,271 12S 9D

Notes

An estate in Grenada in the quartier des Sauteurs and the parish of St. Patrick, identified as lot 1 in Daniel Paterson's Topographical Description of the Island of Grenada (1780) and as Estate 1 in Gavin Smith's Plan of the Island of Grenada (1801). Identified in 1824 as Mount William. Between the maps of 1780 and 1801 the estate increased in size, taking land from neighbouring Mount Alexander.

Estate Information (9)

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1763
[Name] Lot 1  
[Size] 77  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1763, the estate was 76.67 acres, of which 60 was under cultivation. The estate was growing sugarcane. Proprietor given as Le Jeune?

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1782
[Name] Lot 1  
[Size] 245  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1780-1782, the estate comprised 245 acres, cultivating sugarcane with a watermill. Proprietor given as William Snell, Esq.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of Robert Nicholson as lawful attorney of Nathl Snell Esqr the proprietor.

 
T71/265 362-364
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 143(Tot) 72(F) 71(M)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Robert Nicholson as Lawful Attorney to Nathaniel Snell Esq.

 
T71/274 147
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 138(Tot) 74(F) 64(M)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Thomas Browne as Attorney of Nathaniel Snell.

 
T71/285 92
1824
[Name] Mount William  
 

Plotted on Gavin Smith's 1801 map of Grenada as Estate 1 in St Patrick, corresponding with Lot 1 in St Patrick on Paterson's 1780 map. Produce given as sugar, 265 acres, proprietor Nathaniel Snell.

 
'Reference to the plan of the Island of Grenada by Gavin Smith showing the names of all the different estates; the proprietors' names (corrected up to 1824); the species of produce made; and the quantity of land belonging to each' (London, 1882) p. 7
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot) 68(F) 61(M)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

In possession of Thomas Browne attorney of Nathaniel Snell Esquire.

 
T71/299 106-107
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot) 68(F) 64(M)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Thomas Browne as Attorney of Nathaniel Snell Esq.

 
T71/311 194
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot) 65(F) 55(M)  
[Name] Mount William Estate  
 

In possession of Thomas Browne, attorney of Nathaniel Snell Esqr.

 
T71/317 193