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Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates

Virgin Islands | Tortola

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
Mortgage Holder
Joseph Berwick

It has been inferred that the property over which Joseph Berwick and then his son-in-law and partner Sir Anthony Lechmere held a mortgage, and for which Lechmere was later awarded slave-compensation, was this group of estates associated with the Nibbs family.

- 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Sir Anthony Lechmere 1st Bart.

It has been inferred that the property over which Joseph Berwick and then his son-in-law and partner Sir Anthony Lechmere held a mortgage, and for which Lechmere was later awarded slave-compensation, was this group of estates associated with the Nibbs family.

- 1823 [LA] → Legatee
Mary Hall of Antigua

Mary Hall of Antigua gives the background to these estates - described as Harragons and Sea Cow Bay - in her will, proved 22/07/1823

1818 [EA] - 1818 [LA] → Owner
George Nibbs of Tortola
1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
George Nibbs of Tortola

Associated Claims (1)

Virgin Islands 256
£4,089 10S 3D
Inferred association

Estate Information (7)

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1818
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot) 91(F) 112(M)  
[Name] Harragins and Seacow Bay  
 

Return of George Nibbs, owner

 
T71/370 302-307
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot) 151(F) 113(M)  
[Name] [Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates]  
 

Owner: Estate of the late George Nibbs in the lawful possession of Ann Nibbs as executrix, returned by Daniel Fraser [registering capacity not given]; Notes of first 39 enslaved people on Schedule B that 'returned by Christian Roelofson who had them on rent several years and also registered them originally as per schedule A"; this entry includes Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay estates which were entered separately in the 1818 register; Tortola

 
T 71/371 540-542
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot) 161(F) 113(M)  
[Name] [Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates]  
 

Owner: Estate of George Nibbs deceased in the possession of Daniel Fraser as attorney to Ann Nibbs executrix; returned by Christopher William Meach Crandall as manager; Tortola

 
T 71/372 792-794
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 279(Tot) 166(F) 113(M)  
[Name] [Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates]  
 

Owner: Estate of George Nibbs deceased in the lawful possession of Mark Dyer French as executor; returned by Elliot Armstrong; Tortola

 
T 71/373 264-267
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 281(Tot) 163(F) 118(M)  
[Name] [Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates]  
 

Owner: Estate of George Nibbes [Nibbs] deceased in the lawful possession of Mark Dyer French; returned by Christopher William Meach Crandall as manager; gives the mothers' names of the children listed on both Schedules B (increase) & C (decrease); Tortola

 
T 71/374 391-396
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 288(Tot) 162(F) 126(M)  
[Name] [Northside, Harragins & Seacowbay Estates]  
 

Owner: Estates of George Nibbs deceased in the possession of James Burnham Nibbs; Tortola

 
T 71/375 229
1834
 

Return of George Nibbs, owner; the entry does not give the total number of enslaved on the estate; only shows 1 deduction and states there had been no additions since 1831; Tortola

 
T 71/375 92