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Montpelier

Jamaica | St Mary

Estate Details

Associated People (6)

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
1810 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
John Blackburn
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Francis Graham
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
George William Hamilton
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Edward Sword
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Henry Lowndes
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
George William Hamilton

Notes

Almost all the enslaved people on this estate were moved to Burtons and New Works in St Thomas-in-the-Vale in the early 1820s.

Estate Information (17)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 67(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 43  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot) 41(F) 30(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Francis Graham, attorney to John Blackburn, owner.

 
T 71/33 838-841
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 67(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

George William Hamilton and Edward Sword as attornies to John Blackburn.

 
T 71/34 129- 130
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 51  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 79(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 79(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

George William Hamilton and Henry Lowndes as attornies to John Blackburn.

 
T 71/35 203
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 7(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 7(Tot) 2(F) 5(M)  
[Name] Montepelier Estate  
 

Henry Lowndes and George William Hamilton as attornies to John Blackburn [decrease by removal to St Thomas ye Vale].

 
T 71/36 157-159
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 7(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 7(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 51  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 5(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 4(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 59  
 

Registered to John Blackburn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.