Chester Vale

Estate Details


Associated People (12)

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
30/10/1794 [SD] - 1835 [EY] → Owner

Acquired on his marriage to Elizabeth Susanna Breon

1792 [SY] - 1793 [LA] → Guardian
- 1792 [EY] → Owner
1792 [SY] - 30/10/1794 [ED] → Trust beneficiary

Held by her guardian Thomas Cockburn during her minority

30/10/1794 [SD] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner

Inherited as a minor on the death of her father Edmund Breon in 1792.

1792 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Attorney
1793 [EA] - → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1839 [EA] - → Not known

Associated Claims (1)

£4,400 14S 9D

Notes

Coffee estate in Port Royal, Jamaica. Owned by Edmund Breon at the time of his death in 1792 (probably from last least 1785 - certainly he was growing coffee from at least this date). Inherited in trust by his daughter Elizabeth Susanna Breon, ownership passed to Colin MacLarty when they married at some point between 1792 and 1798. MacLarty was based in Argyll, Scotland, from at least 1803 until his death in 1835.

Absentee-owned from at least 1803.


Estate Information (25)

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1792
[Name] Chester Vale  
 

Inherited by Elizabeth Susanna Breon (under the guardianship of Thomas Cockburn) on the death of Edmund Breon in 1792.

 
'Six sets of manuscript accounts, four for Edmund Breon; one for Thomas Cockburn, guardian of Miss Elizabeth Susanna Breon; and one for her husband Colin McLarty, MD.' http://www.richardfor
1792
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Profits received by James Clayton White as attorney to Thomas Cockburn, guardian. Account filed by James Clayton White.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 145 [f.73]
1793
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Property of Edmund Breon deceased by James Clayton White attorney to Thomas Cockburn guardian of the deceased's heirs. Account filed by said James Clayton White for the period 31/12/1792 to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 97
1794
[Name] Chester Vale  
 

Ownership passed to Colin MacLarty on his marriage with Elizabeth Susanna Breon.

 
Scots Magazine vol. 57 p. 132 (February 1795)
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to Colin McClarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11PtRoyl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Colin McClarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)  
[Name] Chester-Vale  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to Colin McLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Name] Chester Vale  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty. Numbers of enslaved people and stock unclear, page torn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 202(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot) 101(F) 102(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander MacLarty as attorney of Colin MacLarty an absentee.

 
T71/119 231-235
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 208(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Colin Mac Larty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 209(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander MacLarty as attorney to Colin MacLarty.

 
T71/120 170-171
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 210(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Colin Mac Larty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 210(Tot) 104(F) 106(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Corne Pownall as attorney to Colin McLarty.

 
T71/121 48-49
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 231(Tot) 117(F) 114(M)  
[Name] Chester Vale Plantation  
 

In the possession of John Ferguson as attorney to Chester Vale Plantation.

 
T71/122 93-94
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29royldav.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 241(Tot) 125(F) 116(M)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
 

In the possession of John Ferguson as attorney for ChesterVale the property of Doctor Colin McLarty.

 
T71/123 77
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Colin MacLarty.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 245(Tot)  
[Name] Chester Vale  
 

Registered to Dr. Hinton Spalding.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33PtRoyl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 246(Tot) 135(F) 111(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hinton Spalding as attorney. Previous registration for 111 men and 135 women.

 
T71/124 196
1839
[Name] Chester Vale  
[Size] 1174  
 

Registered to Hon. Robert Spalding.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40PtRoyal.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.