UCL

Sage Hill

Antigua

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
Previous owner
William Salmond
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
James Gilchrist

Associated Claims (1)

Antigua 286 (Sage Hill)
£1,763 6S 5D

Estate Information (6)

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1794
[Name] Sage Hill  
 

Jane Gilchrist widow in 1794 left 'all slaves in trust' for her five daughters and £1000 secured on Sage Hill. Oliver identifies her as the mother of James and William Gilchrist. She was the widow of Dr John Gilchrist (d. 1782) and the daughter of William Salmond (q.v.), who had reportedly sold Sage Hill on reaching his majority.

 
Vere Langford Oliver 'History of Antigua' Vol II pp. 16-17; Vol. III pp. 66-67
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

J. Gilchrist prop.

 
T71/245 432-434
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

J. Gilchrist prop. Inferred to be Sage Hill.

 
T71/247 91-92
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

J. Gilchrist prop.

 
T71/248 294-296
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

James Gilchrist proprietor.

 
T71/249 297-299
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

James Gilchrist prop. The entry gives the previous registration as 101.

 
T71/250 283-285