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Maria's Pleasure

British Guiana | Demerara

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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
- 1803 [EY] → Owner
Thomas Hussey
1817 [EA] - 1834 [EY] → Owner
Robert Westley Hall
1834 [EA] - 1836 [LA] → Owner
Robert Westley Hall-Dare (née Robert Westley Hall) MP
1836 [EA] - 1837 [LA] → Heir
Robert Westley Hall-Dare II

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 2358 (Maria's Pleasure)
£14,452 14S 1D

Estate Information (4)

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1803
[Name] Maria's Pleasure  
 

In the will of Thomas Hussey of Essequibo he left his sisters Catherine Hussey and Antoinetta Hussey £7000 each and his sister Eliza Hussey £6000, to be paid to them as soon as his estate called Maria's Pleasure on the Island of Wakenham [sic] was clear and free of debt, which he said would be when the mortgage due Mr R.W. Hall was paid off, which (he said) would be in the year 1806.

 
PROB 11/1388/26
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 350(Tot) 163(F) 187(M)  
[Name] Maria's Pleasure  
 

R.T. Hellemann atty of R.W. Hall prop.

 
T71/397 M5 2119
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 289(Tot) 135(F) 154(M)  
[Name] Maria's Pleasure  
 

In lawful possession of Robert Westley Hall by his attornies R.T. Hellerman and G. Warren

 
T71/418 1928-1934
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 299(Tot) 150(F) 149(M)  
[Name] Maria's Pleasure  
 

Belonging to Pln Maria's Pleasure in lawful possession of Robert Westley Hall.

 
T71/432 1511-1518