Associated People (26) |
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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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- 1742 [LA] → Joint owner
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- 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
Registered to heirs of Alexander Stewart. This might refer to Alexander Stewart of Acton or possibly to his son. The estate was in receivership by this time. |
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1761 [EA] - 1764 [LA] → Owner
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1767 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Owner
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1778 [EA] - → Owner
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1780 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
In his will made and attested in 1780, proved in 1792, David Chalmers or Chambers said that his 'whole fortune' consisted of mortgage from Mr Mead of Fort Stuart [sic] and Spring plantation estates. |
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1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Receiver
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1815 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Receiver
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1815 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - → Other
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1820 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of enslaved people sold to this estate |
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1826 [EA] - → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of enslaved people sold to this estate |
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of enslaved people sold to this estate |
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of enslaved people sold to this estate |
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1839 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£7,416 3S 3D
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Estate Information (59) |
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1752
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] Not specified Belonging ot the heirs of John Stewart Esq. deceased. Account filed by Dr. Mathew Gregory.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 153
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1761
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and livestock Belonging to Alexander Stewart of the kingdom of Ireland. Account filed by Laughton McNeale as one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 15
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1762
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and livestock Belonging to Alexander Stewart of the kingdom of Ireland. Account filed by Laughton McNeale as one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 15
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1763
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and livestock Belonging to Alexander Stewart of the kingdom of Ireland. Account filed by Laughton McNeale as one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 67
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1764
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and livestock Belonging to Alexander Stewart of the kingdom of Ireland. Account filed by William Raffery as book keepr.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 108
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1766
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and livestock Account filed by William Raffery as bookeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 11
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1767
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cooper and livestock Belonging to Nathaniel Barry Esq. Account filed by William Raffery, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 72
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1768
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to Nathaniel Barry. Account filed by William Raffery, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 130
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1769
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to Nathaniel Barry Esq. Account filed by William Raffery, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 186
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1770
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to Nathaniel Barry Esq. Account filed by Corney Daly, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 63
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1771
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Account filed by Robert Lewis, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 193
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1778
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James Size as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 125
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1778
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Mead Esq. Account filed by James Size as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 57
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1781
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details given. Account filed by James McDonald.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 56-57
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1782
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed for 1781 and 1782. No ownership details. Account filed by James McDonald, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 155-156
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1782
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 168
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1783
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 51
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1785
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar rum Account filed by James McDonald, overseer of Fort Stewart.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 58
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1786
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald, overseer of Fort Stewart.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 95
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1786
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 157
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1787
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 144
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1788
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 58-59 [f.30]
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1789
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 367 f.181
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1790
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 251-252
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1791
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 376
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1792
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 163 [f.82]
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1793
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 379-380 [f.190]
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1794
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 180
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1795
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 266
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1796
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Fort Stewart Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Owner not given. Account filed by James McDonald, planter and overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 169
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1798
[Name] Fort-Stewart
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St George as a sugar estate with 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Fort Stuart Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle and horses Account filed by James McDonald for the period 31/11/1797 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 267
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1799
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James McDonald overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 221-222
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1800
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James McDonald as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 194-195
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1801
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Owner details not recorded. Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 193-194
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1803
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, bricks Account filed by James McDonald as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 99
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1807
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Under the care and direction of James McDonald as overseer. Account presented by James McDonald.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 191-192
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 67 Registered to Hibberts, and Co., Receivers.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11George.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 62 Registered to Hibbert (s) and Co. (receivers).
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 213(Tot)
[Name] Fort-Stewart [Stock] 143 Registered to Taylors & Simpson.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 228(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 118 Registered to Taylors & Simpson.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 90(F) 89(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Simpson as Receiver for Fort Stewart Estate the property of the heirs of Alexander Stewart dec'd.
T71/158 54
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 128 Registered to Taylor and Simpsons.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 130 Registered to Thomas Addison.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 218(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate In the possession of Thomas Addison as Receiver for Fort Stewart Estate. Increase of 39 enslaved people by purchase from William Shand as Executor to William Mackie dec'd by Thomas Addison as Receiver for Fort Stewart Estate and registered by William Shand in St George.
T71/159 285
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot) 37(F) 52(M)
[Name] Williamsfield and Fort Stewart In the possession of William Shand as trustee & Executor of William Mackie deceased and Attorney to the remaining Trustees of the said William Mackie. Registered last by William Shand as Attorney to William Mackie now deceased. Decrease of 92 enslaved people by sale (no buyers given).
T71/159 187
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 285(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 135 Registered to Thomas Addison.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 123 Registered to Thomas Addison.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 265(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate In the possession of Thomas Addison as Receiver for Fort Stewart Estate. Increase of 78 enslaved people by purchase at Marshall's Sale belonging to Walter Pollock deceased and last registered in Saint Mary.
T71/160 416
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 252(Tot) 121(F) 131(M)
[Name] Fort Stewart Estate In the possession of Francis Smith as Receiver for Fort Stewart Estate.
T71/161 53
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 249(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 38 Registered to Honorable Francis Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 308(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 33 Registered to Francis Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29portgeorg.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 491(Tot) 229(F) 262(M)
[Name] Fort Stewarts Estate In the possession of Joseph Gordon Esquire as Attorney of William Rowland and Samuel Mitchell Esquires. Returned last by Francis Smith Esquire as Receiver for Fort Stewarts Estate. Increase of 269 enslaved people by purchase: 116 of whom last returned in St George by Francis Treadway as Executor to Charles Merrick deceased, 70 of whom last returned in Portland by G.P. M. Downer executor & residuary devisee of W.T. Downer, 83 of whom last returned in St George by David Cohen as Attorney for Margaret Wolfe, Hymen Cohen, Judah Cohen & Aron Joseph, Trustees of Ellis Wolfe Esquire deceased.
T71/162 55
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 472(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 163 Registered to Francis Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 461(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 86 Registered to Francis Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 454(Tot)
[Name] Fort Stewart [Stock] 103 Registered to Francis Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33George.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 455(Tot) 215(F) 240(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Gordon as Attorney of William Rowland and Samuel Mitchell Esquire.
T71/163 188
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1839
[Name] Fort Stewart
[Size] 4167 Registered to Roger Swire, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40George.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Fort Stewart Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2816 [accessed 8th November 2024].
