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Wedderly

Jamaica | Trelawny

Estate Details

Associated People (8)

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
- 1777 [EY] → Owner
Alexander Edgar of Auchingrammont and Jamaica
Buyer
William Green

In the will of Alexander Edgar made in 1819 he detailed the sale [at an unspecified date] of Wedderly to the late William Green in exchange for bonds issued by Green of which a majority remained unpaid. The name of Alexander Edgar is discernible on the otherwise illegible first page of William Green's will.

1817 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Receiver
John Cross Rose
1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Previous owner
Alexander Edgar of Wedderly and of Stockbridge near Edinburgh

In his will made in 1819 and proved in 1821 Alexander Edgar detailed his sale [undated] of the Wedderly estate to William Green.

1826 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Joint owner
William Mitchell Kerr
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Dr John Anderson
1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
Dr John Anderson
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
George Cragg

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Trelawny 533 (Wedderly)
£1,679 5S 11D

Estate Information (13)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 87(Tot) 42(F) 45(M)  
[Name] Wedderly Settlement  
 

John C Rose Esquire as Receiver.

 
T71/228 1981-1984
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot) 44(F) 45(M)  
[Name] Wedderly Plantation  
 

John Cross Rose as Receiver of Wedderly Plantation.

 
T71/231 [unpaginated]
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot)  
[Name] Wederly  
 

Registered to John C. Rose.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Wederly  
 

Registered to John C. Rose.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly Settlement  
 

William Mitchell Kerr as Receiver. Last return made by John Cross Rose the then Receiver

 
T71/232 [unpaginated]
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly  
 

Registered to John C. Rose.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 79(Tot) 41(F) 38(M)  
[Name] Wedderly Estate  
 

William Mitchell Kerr & John Anderson as owners. 79 enslaved people "acquired by purchase from James Gayle and M.C.C. having been sold by him under a decree in Chancery "Edgar & al. vs. Green & al."

 
T71/235 [unpaginated]
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly  
 

Registered to William Mitchell Kerr.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Dr. John Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot) 46(F) 45(M)  
[Name] Wedderly Settlement  
 

George Cragg as owner. Increase of 93 enslaved people "by purchase from Doctor John Anderson and Registered by him in Trelawny in 1826".

 
T81/236 [unpaginated]
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 36(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to George Cragg.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly Settlement  
 

George Cragg as owner.

 
T71/241 117
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] Wedderly  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to George Cragg.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.