Crescent

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1733 [SY] - 1766 [EY] → Owner
1785 [SY] - 1813 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
1766 [SY] - 1785 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
1813 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

Listed as the owner although it had previously been owned by his wife in trust.

1741 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Previous owner
1741 [EA] - → Overseer
1741 [EA] - → Not known

Filed Accounts Produce

1743 [EA] - → Not known

Filed Accounts Produce

1766 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Previous owner
1766 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Other
1766 [EA] - → Other

Late overseer

1766 [EA] - → Other

Late book-keeper

1766 [EA] - 1767 [LA] → Book-keeper
1768 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Overseer
1770 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Owner

The estate had been inherited in trust by his wife Fanny Tucker (nee Jenkyns).

1771 [EA] - → Not known

Filed Accounts Produce

1772 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Attorney
1787 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Overseer
1803 [EA] - → Book-keeper
1807 [EA] - 1808 [LA] → Overseer
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£3,979 11S 8D

Estate Information (56)

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1741
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and hire of enslaved people  
 

Belonging to Daniel Munro Esq. deceased. Account filed by Morris Pate as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 132
1741
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Daniel Monroe Esq. deceased. Account filed by the Honourable Mathias Philp Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 134
1742
[Name] Crescent  
[Size] 510  
 

Crescent formed part of the Chancery case Knight vs. Munro in the 1750s. "Respondent [Daniel Munro junior] conveyed in 1742, 2,030 acres, part of 120 acres, all John Moore's land, Crescent plantation, with 510 acres all in St Mary's; 1,000 acres and 1,000 acres in St Ann and St George; and a pen of 494 acres in St Andrew's to trustees."

 
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919)
1743
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Alexander Menzies.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 56-57
1766
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Daniel Monro deceased. Account filed by Colin MacKenzie, a planter, as the late overseer. The late bookeeper was Henry Fher and the present bookeeper Charles Convent

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 9
1766
[Name] Crescent  
 

Bequeathed in trust by Daniel Monro to his niece Fanny Tucker nee Jenkyns.

 
Will of Lucius Tucker, PROB 11/1220/189; will of Fanny Tucker, PROB 11/1136/53
1767
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Daniel Munro Esq. deceased. Account filed by Charles Convert. Executors of Munro deceased listed as Robert Arcedeckne, Nicholas Bourke and Jasper Hall Esqs.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 51
1768
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Daniel Monro deceased. Account filed by Charles Convent as the overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 127
1770
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Lucius Tucker Esq. Account filed by Charles Convent as the bookeeper.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 24
1771
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Lucius Tucker Esq. Account filed by Thomas Burnett.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 210
1772
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Lucius Tucker Esq. Account filed by John Kingston as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 204
1773
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Lucius Tucker Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 202
1774
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Lucius Tucker Esq. Account filed by John King as acting attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 266
1785
[Name] Crescent  
 

On the death of Fanny Tucker nee Jenkyns, Crecent estate passed in trust to her daughter Frances Monro Tucker (later Long).

 
PROB 11/1136/53
1787
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Fanny Munro Tucker; account filed by John Bell.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 93
1787
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Fanny Munro Tucker; account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 222
1788
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Fanny Munro Tucker. Account filed by John Bull as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 322-323
1789
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of Fanny Monro Tucker. Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 384
1790
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Fanny Munro Tucker. Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 440
1791
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Fanny Munro Tucker. Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 317 [f.153]
1792
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 96
1793
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bull as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 32-33
1794
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 100
1795
[Name] Crescent Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 6
1796
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account flled by John Bell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, old copper  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 36
1798
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1798
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 274
1799
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, rents  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 8
1800
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, rents  
 

Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 160
1801
[Name] Crescent Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Owner details not recorded. Account filed by John Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 156
1803
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Ricket Wall book-keeper (in the absence of Alexander Bell overseer).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 128
1807
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, hire of enslaved people and land rental  
 

Belonging to Charles B. Long Esq. Account filed by John Wilson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 11
1808
[Name] Crescent  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle and land rental  
 

Belonging to Charles Beckford Long Esq. Account filed by John Wilson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 164
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 370(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 215  
 

Registered to C. Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 500(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 300  
 

Registered to C. Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 343(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 234  
 

Registered to Charles Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot) 153(F) 166(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Joseph Green, attorney for Charles Beckford Long, owner.

 
T 71/33 572-581
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 322(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 270  
 

Registered to Charles Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 309(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to Charles Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 301(Tot) 145(F) 156(M)  
[Name] Crescent Estate  
 

Joseph Green, attorney for Charles Beckford Long, owner.

 
T 71/34 113v-114v
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 264  
 

Registered to Charles Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 303(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 263  
 

Registered to Charles Beckford Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot) 145(F) 149(M)  
[Name] Crescent Estate  
 

Joseph Green, attorney to Charles Beckford Long, owner. Male = 149 and Females = 145 but this totals 294 not 284. Increase is 24 and decrease is 41 which gives total of 284 which is the number given.

 
T 71/35 189-191
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 250  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 229  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot) 127(F) 136(M)  
[Name] Crescent Estate  
 

Henry Cox, attorney of Charles B Long, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/36 380-381
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 208  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 64  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 218  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 253(Tot) 123(F) 130(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

The Honble Henry Cox, attorney of C B Long, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/38 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to C. B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 46  
 

Registered to C. B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
[Stock] 47  
 

Registered to C. B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 238(Tot) 115(F) 123(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

James Miller, attorney to Charles Beckford Long, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/42 54
1839
[Name] Crescent  
[Size] 2388  
 

Registered to C. B. Long.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.