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Belle Mount and Paesea Hall

Virgin Islands | Tortola

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
1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Guardian
John Stobo

Aslo executor and trustee of his father-in-law George Patnelli.

1831 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Guardian
Ann Stobo (née Patnelli)

Associated Claims (2)

Virgin Islands 231
£1,729 16S 7D
Highly tentative association based on Ann Stobo's ownership and number of enslaved people in VI claims nos. 231 and 232.
Virgin Islands 232
£234 17S 9D
Inferred association only - see VI no. 231 also.

Notes

[No name given.]

Estate Information (6)

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1818
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot) 52(F) 60(M)  
[Name] Bell Mount and Pasea Hall  
 

Return of George Patnelli, owner

 
T 71/370 20 - 23
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot) 57(F) 59(M)  
[Name] Bell Mount and Pasea Hall  
 

Return of George Patnelli, owner; the total excludes 5 enslaved men who had absconded

 
T 71/371 327 - 328
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot) 54(F) 62(M)  
[Name] Bell Mount and Pasea Hall Estate  
 

Return of George Patnelli, owner

 
T 71/372 571-572
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot) 76(F) 68(M)  
[Name] Belle Mount & Pasea Hall Estate  
 

Return of George Patnelli Stobo, owner, in the lawful possession of John Stobo as natural guardian; registered by John Stobo as executor and trustee of George Patnelli deceased; a petition on page 262 states that an enslaved girl named Emma who was living on the Pasea Hall Estate had not been registered in the previous return, though her mother Pamelia was listed. Schedule B (increase) shows that 35 enslaved people were 'bought at Marshals sale the effects of the late Mrs Mary Arrindell deceased'; while schedule C (decrease) shows that 37 enslaved people were transferred to various family members in July 1827 due to bequeaths made in George Patnelli's will.

 
T 71/373 268-272
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot) 74(F) 70(M)  
 

Return of George Patnelli Stobo, owner, in the lawful possession of Ann Stobo as his guardian and executrix to the will of George Patnelli; Tortola

 
T 71/374 484-485
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 134(Tot) 66(F) 68(M)  
 

Return of George Patnelli Stobo, owner, an infant, in the possession of Ann Stobo his mother and natural guardian and executrix and trustee under the last will and testament of George Patnelli deceased. Encloses a petition concerning 11 enslaved people from the Pasea Hall Estate. The petition also mentions the death of Ann's husband John Stobo. One of the excuses given for the enslaved not being on the return is 'the infirmity and want of education of her late father'; Tortola

 
T 71/375 215