Associated People (9) |
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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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1812 [SY] - 1831 [EY] → Owner
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1774 [EA] - 1787 [EY] → Owner
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1787 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Previous owner
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1789 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Joint owner
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1789 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£5,215 7S 1D
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Estate Information (36) |
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1774
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 255
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1775
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 104
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1775
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by George Gordon Esq. as one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 42
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1776
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 109
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1778
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by William Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 58
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1779
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 172-3
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1780
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 199
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1781
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle The property of John Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by Alexander Hinshelwood of St Mary's. Ballards Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 176
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1782
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by Alexander Hinshelwood as overseer on Ballards Valley Estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 162
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1784
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant. Berry Hill Pen and Ballards Valley listed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 32
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1785
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by John McLaren, attorney to John Cruickshank. Ballands Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 81
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1786
[Name] Ballands Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by James Thompson, overseer. Ballando Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 174
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1786
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by James Barton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 159
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1787
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the heirs of John Cruickshank Esq deceased; account filed by James Barton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 143
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1788
[Name] Ballard Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the heirs of John Cruickshank Esquire deceased. Account filed by James Barton planter as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 312
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1789
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper, some cattle The property of John and James Cruickshanks Esquires. Account filed by James Barton planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 445 f.220
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1790
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, coffee The property of the John and James Cruickshanks Esquires. Account filed by James Barton planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 303 [f.151]
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1791
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John James Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by James Banton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 386
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1792
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to John and James Cruickshank Esquires. Account filed by James Barton, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 184
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1793
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John James Cruickshank Esq. Account filed by James Barton planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 55
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1794
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John and James Cruickshank Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 32
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1795
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John and James Cruickshank Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 251-252
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1796
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows, mule and horse Belonging to John and James Cruickshank, Esqs. Account given and filed by William Ross, attorney. Ballards Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 72
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1797
[Name] Ballards Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to John and James Cruickshank, Esqs. Account given and filed by James Barton, attorney and overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 215
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1798
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a watermill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Ballard's Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, coffee Account filed by John Barton. The property of John James Cruikshank Esq.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 32
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1799
[Name] Ballard Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John and James Cruickshanks Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as attorney and overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 17
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1800
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Robert Johnston for the period 03/04/1800 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 88-89
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1801
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the care and direction of Robert Johnston Accounts filed for 1800-1801.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 141
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1807
[Name] Ballards Valley
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and payment for transportation of an enslaved person Belonging to John and James Cruickshanks Esqs. Account filed by Nath Greenwood as overseer. Payment of ?25 for transportation of 1 enslaved man.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 89-90
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 384(Tot) 191(F) 193(M)
[Name] [no name given] Joseph Green, attorney for James Cruikshank, owner.
T 71/33 595-606
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 359(Tot) 182(F) 177(M)
[Name] Ballards Valley Joseph Green, attorney for James Cruikshank, owner [decrease by death].
T 71/34 111-112v
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 327(Tot) 170(F) 157(M)
[Name] Ballards Valley Joseph Green, attorney of James Cruickshank, owner [decrease by death].
T 71/35 174-177
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 318(Tot) 172(F) 146(M)
[Name] Ballards Valley Robert Fairweather, attorney of James Cruikshank [decrease by death].
T 71/36 414-416
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot) 168(F) 139(M)
[Name] Ballards Valley Joseph Gordon, attorney of James Cruikshank [decrease by death].
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot) 169(F) 138(M)
[Name] Ballards Valley Robert Fairweather, attorney to the heirs of the late James Cruikshank, deceased.
T 71/41 148
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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:
'Ballard's Valley Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2378 [accessed 13th November 2024].
