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Jamaica | Hanover

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
Judith Besly (née Gilling)
1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
George Besly
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
James Davis Samuells
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Judith Besly (née Gilling)
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
Hutchison (or Hutchinson) Mure Scott

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Hanover 121
£414 10S 1D

Notes

Enslaved people in the possession of James D. Samuells as trustee of Judith Besly in Hanover, Jamaica, in 1832. Assumed to be the same group as the 18 enslaved people for whom Samuells claimed compensation in Hanover in 1834.

Estate Information (8)

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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to George Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Besly as owner in right of his wife.

 
T71/194 62
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to George Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to George Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to estate of George Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Judith Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James D. Samuells as trustee of Judith Besly.

 
T71/198 72
1839
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 49  
 

Registered to Judith Besly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.