Windsor Lodge

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  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1768 [EA] - 1773 [LA] → Joint owner
1774 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Owner
1785 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Joint owner
1785 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Joint owner
1791 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Owner
1803 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1825 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1825 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Not known
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder

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1768
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John and Robert Gordon. Account filed by John Campbell planter and overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 110
1770
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Robert and John Gordon Esq. Account filed by James Gordon as over seer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 2
1771
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John and Robert Gordon Esq. Account filed by James Gordon as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 71
1772
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Robert and John Gordon Esqs. Account filed by James Gordon as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 45
1773
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Robert and John Gordon Esqs. Account filed by James Gordon as overseer on the instruction of James Kerr and William Brown as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 70
1774
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Robert Gordon Esq. Account filed by John Tait as bookeeper on the instruction of William Brown Esq. as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 241
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 189  
 

Listed as belonging to Robert Gordon with 6 men bearing arms and 0 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 146 hogsheads and 42 trcs. of sugar.

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1775
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Robert Gordon Esq. Account filed by John Tait as bookeeper on the instruction of William Brown Esq. as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 285
1777
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Robert Gordon Esquire on the orders of Walter Murray and William attornies for the estate. Account filed by John Tait as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/01/1777 to 24/07/1777.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 128-129 f.65
1778
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The Property of Robert Gordon Esquire, delivered by order of Walter Murray & William Brown Esquire attorneys. Account filed by John Tait, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 99
1779
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed for 1 Jan 1779 to 12 May 1779 (although says it was sworn in April). Property of Robert Gordon Esquire, by order of William Brown and Walter Murray Esquire, attorneys. Account filed by James Leslie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 116
1780
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Robert Gordon Esquire, given in by order of Walter Murray & William Brown Esquires Attorneys. Account filed by James Leslie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 84
1781
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Robert Gordon Esquire, given in by order of Walter Murray & William Brown Esquires Attorneys. Account filed by James Leslie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 64-65
1782
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Robert Gordon Esquire, by order of Walter Murray and William Brown, attorneys. Account filed by James Leslie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 169
1783
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Robert Gordon. Account filed by James Leslie as overseer on the instruction of Walter Murray and William Brown as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 19
1784
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Gordon Esq. Account filed by James Leslie as overseer on the instruction of John Perry Esq. as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 216
1785
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of William Gordon and John Gordon Junior of the City of Bristol Esqs. Account filed by James Leslie as overseer on the instruction of Walter Murray and William Brown as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 197
1787
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Filed for 1 Jan 1787 to 6 Jun 1787. The property of William and John Gordon Esqs of Bristol, Great Britain on the orders of John Perry Esq attorney for the estate; account filed by James Leslie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 84-85
1788
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Gordon Esquire of Bristol, Great Britain on the orders of John Perry Esquire attorney for the estate. Account filed by William Ross formerly as head book keeper and later as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/01/1788 to 14/12/1788.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 330
1789
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Gordon Esquire of Bristol, Great Britain on the orders of John Perry Esquire attorney for the estate. Account filed by William Ross as overseer. Accounts filed for 14/12/1788 to 31/12/1789.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 341-342 f.168
1790
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gordon and John Gordon Junior Esquires of the City of Bristol, Great Britain Esquires on the orders of John Perry Esquire attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer. Accounts filed for 04/01/1790 to 04/05/1790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 287-288 [f.143]
1791
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gordon Esquire of Bristol, Great Britain on the orders of John Perry Esquire attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer. Accounts filed for 17/01/1791 to 12/05/1791.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 408-409 [f.194]
1792
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gordon Esquire of London, Great Britain on the orders of John Perry Esquire attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer. Accounts filed for 23/01/1792 to 08/05/1792.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 423-424
1793
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gordon Esq of the City of London, Great Britain on the order of John Perry Esq attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer for the period 21/01/1793 to 15/05/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 68
1794
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gordon Esq of the City of London, Great Britain on the order of John Perry Esq attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer for the period 10/01/1794 to 10/05/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 139
1795
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of William Gordon Esq of the City of London, Great Britain on the order of John Perry Esq attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer for the period 19/01/1795 to 23/05/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 142-143
1796
[Name] Windsor Lodge Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cows, calves, hire of enslaved people  
 

Belonging to William Gordon of GB. Account given by John Perry Esq, attorney. Account filed by William Ross, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Windsor Lodge Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, hire of enlaved people  
 

Belonging to William Gordon, Esq of GB. Account given by John Perry, Esq, attorney. Account filed by William Ross, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 180
1798
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, iron hoops, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of William Gordon Esq of Great Britain by John Perry Esq trustee for the plantation. Account filed by Alexander Woodrow as overseer for the period 25/01/1798 to 26/05/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 112
1799
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Account filed by Alexander Wodrow overseer. The property of William Gordon of Lewiston, county of Dorset. Given in by order of John Perry Esquire trustee for said plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 180-181
1799
[Name] Windsor-Lodge  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with two cattle mills 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, old brass  
 

Property of William Gordon Esq of Leweston, Dorset, Great Britain on the order of John Perry Esq, attorney for the plantation. Account filed by Alexander Wodrow as overseer for the period 13/01/1800 to 13/08/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 165-166
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 337(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with William Gordon as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1801
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gordon Esq of Lewiston in the County of Devon in the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account given in by order of John Perry Esq, Attorney to the Trustees of said plantation. Account filed by Alexander W--- (?) late overseer upon Windsor Plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 143
1803
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, hire of enslaved people, old brass  
 

Property of Wm Gordon Esq deceased of Leweston, Dorset, Great Britain on the order of John Perry Esq, attorney for the plantation. Account filed by William Ross as overseer for the period 20/01/1803 to 05/06/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 12
1804
[Name] Windsor Lodge Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gordon, Esq, deceased, from Dorset in Great Britain. Account given in the name of John Perry, Esq, attorney for the trustees of the said plantation. Account filed in the name of William Ross, overseer for said plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 76
1807
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Belonging to the late William Gordon Esq. of Leweston in the county of Dorset in the Kingdom of Great Britain. Crop account given in by order of John Perry Esq. attorney for the estate. Under the care and direction of John Taylor late overseer and James Weemiss McKenzie present overseer. Account filed by Angus McDonald head book keeper of the estate. Filed for 1807 (12th Jan-29th Oct).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 28-29
1808
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late William Gordon Esq. of Lewiston in the county of Dorset in the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by James W. McKenzie as late overseer and given in by order of John Perry Esq. as attorney. Filed for 1808 (20th Jan-11th June).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 151-152
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 544(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge etc.  
[Stock] 57  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor-Lodge  
[Stock] 164  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 198  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 334(Tot) 192(F) 142(M)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as attorney to the trustees of William Gordon deceased.

 
T71/201 210-219
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 342(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 219  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 340(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 199  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 339(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to the Trustees of William Gordon decd owner of Windsor Lodge Estate.

 
T71/206 258-260
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 331(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 180  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 328(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 190  
 

Registered to trustees of William Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 341(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to the Trustees of William Gordon decd and as settled on Windsor Lodge Estate.

 
T71/209 111-114
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 337(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 188  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 343(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 197  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 355(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to the Trustees of William Gordon.

 
T71/214 305-307
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 330(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Hotel [sic]  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 317(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 343(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to the Trustees of William Gordon decd.

 
T71/217
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 339(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 29  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 335(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 207  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 542(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 340(Tot) 185(F) 155(M)  
[Name] Windsor Lodge Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to Robert Gordon.

 
T71/222 229
1839
[Name] Windsor Lodge  
[Size] 2236  
 

Registered to Robert Gordon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.