Associated People (16) |
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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:
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1752 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1752 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1768 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Previous owner
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1768 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1776 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Previous owner
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1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
A group of enslaved people attached to the York estate were registered to an agent of James Minot in 1817 and 1820, and to a receiver and 'tenant' of James Minot in 1823. |
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Agent
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1823 [EA] - → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£1,194 13S 5D
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Notes |
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The slave register entries include Mount Prosperous. |
Estate Information (44) |
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1752
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of William Forbes Esq. deceased under mortgage to Peter Valete Esq. Account filed by the said Peter Valete Esq. mortgagee in possession of the plantation
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 128
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1768
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Augustus Valette Esq. deceased as far as the said estate of Augustus Valette Esq. deceased has a right thereto according to the last will of Peter Valette Esq. deceased. Account filed by Clive Donaldson as overseer. Also included details of profits from Morant Bay Wharf Tavern and Stores.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 122
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1769
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Auguste Valette Esq deceased. Account filed by Colin Donaldson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 188
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1770
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Auguste Valette Esq deceased. Account filed by Colin Donaldson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 38
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1776
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Grant as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 71
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1778
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Grant as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 136
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1778
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Grant as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 68-9
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1779
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Grant as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 171
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1780
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum The estate of Nathanial Grant Esquire deceased. Account filed by Robert Grant, overseer. York & Mount Prosperous Plantations all filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 20
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1781
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Part of the real estate of Nathaniel Grant. Account filed by William Grant. York and Mount Prosperous Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 93
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1782
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of Nathaniel Grant Esquire deceased. Account filed by Lewis McPherson, overseer. York and Mount Prosperous Estate filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 184
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1783
[Name] York
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esq. deceased. Account filed byLewis McPherson as overseer. York and Mount Prosperous were listed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 48
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1784
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Estate of Nathaniel Grant deceased. York and Mount Prosperous Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 19
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1786
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Grant, overseer. York and Mount Prosperous Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 131
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1786
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum The estates of Nath.l Grant Esq deceased; account filed by James Grant as overseer. York and Mount Prosperous Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 131
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1787
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Grant as overseer. York and Mount Propsperous plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 99-100
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1788
[Name] York plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Grant as overseer. York and Mount Propsperous plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 102-103 [f.52]
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1789
[Name] York Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum The estates of Nath.l Grant Esquire deceased. Account filed by William Reid as overseer on both plantations. York and Mount Prosperous Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 294
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1790
[Name] York plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum The estate of Nathaniel Grant Esquire. Account filed by William Reid as overseer. York and Mount Prosperous plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 403-404
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1798
[Name] York
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a cattle mill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)
[Name] York [Stock] 133 Registered to heirs of Nathaniel Augustus Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot)
[Name] York [Stock] 30 Registered to Nathaniel Aug. Grant deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)
[Name] York [Stock] 102 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 141(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 97 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot) 31(F) 25(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie Esq as agent for James Minot Esq.
T71/145 545-547
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot) 40(F) 43(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie Esq as Agent for Nathaniel Grant Fitch an Infant.
T71/145 246-248
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 141(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 33 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 25 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie as agent for James Minot or Minott (?).
T71/146 325-326
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 79(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie as agent for Nathaniel Grant Fitch an infant.
T71/146 125-126
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 131 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 95 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot) 29(F) 15(M)
[Name] York and Mount Properous Estates In the possession of James Corne Pownall as Receiver of York and Mount Prosperous and Tenant of James Minott; new total not recorded but nos of male and female enslaved people are recorded.
T71/147 301
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot) 44(F) 30(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Corne Pownall as Receiver. Returned by John Mackenzie agent to Nathaniel Grant Finch in 1823.
T71/147 301-302
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 85 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 84 Registered to estate of Joseph Fitch.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot)
[Name] York Estate In the possession of Stephen Hannaford and Charles Anderson as attornies for Arthur Foulks owner of York Estate. 74 enslaved people registered in 1823 by James C. Pownall as receiver for York and Mount Prosperous estate; 47 enslaved people transferred from Unity Plantation in Clarendon; 21 enslaved people transferred from Rodon Hall in St Ann; 77 enslaved people purchased from Philip and George Protheroe and registered by them in this parish in 1823. Total given as 135 enslaved people but this is only the increase. Actual total should be 209, unless Foulks bought the land without any of the enslaved people.
T71/148 113-116
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 48 Registered to Arthur Foulks.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 49 Registered to Arthur Foulks.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot) 77(F) 67(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Blakely Esq as attorney for Arthur Foulks Esq.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 50 Registered to Arthur Foulks.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 18 Registered to Arthur Foulks.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot)
[Name] York and Mount Prosperous [Stock] 17 Registered to Arthur Foulks.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 37(F) 25(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Alexander Reid Scott as attorney of Alexander Philip and George Protheroe. By purchase from Arthur Foulks Esquire.
T71/150 420
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'York [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/17411 [accessed 8th November 2024].
