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Newfield Pen

Jamaica | St Andrew

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1809 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
George Dawson
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
Robert Smith

Tentative association with this Robert Smith.

Notes

Possibly a jobbing gang or otherwise rented out as George Dawson does not appear in the almanacs after 1811.

Estate Information (6)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Newfield penn  
[Stock] 15  
 

Registered to George Dawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Andr.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 11(F) 17(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Smith as attorney of George Dawson.

 
T71/125 507
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 29(Tot) 11(F) 18(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Smith as attorney of George Dawson.

 
T71/126 59
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot) 12(F) 15(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Smith as attorney to George Dawson.

 
T71/130 1033
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 15(F) 13(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Smith as attorney to George Dawson.

 
T71/133 593
1829
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Smith as attorney to George Dawson. Enslaved people sold to persons unknown.

 
T71/136 519