Associated People (5) |
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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:
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1758 [EA] - → Owner
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1788 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1794 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Receiver
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1800 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Receiver
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1804 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Owner
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NB this estate appears to be the same as the 'Moreland' estate shown in the Jamaica Almanacs from 1815 onwards. |
Estate Information (26) |
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1775
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum, molasses Late the property of George William Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of James Roach.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 126
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1776
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum, molasses Late the property of George William[s] Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of James Roach.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 128
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1777
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum, molasses Late the property of George William[s] Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of Andrew McKay.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 129
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1778
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum, molasses Account filed for 4 May 1778 to 31 Dec 1778. Property of George Williams Esquire, deceased, taken possession of by Hugh White as receiver by order of the Chancellor. Account filed by William Lyon, late overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 137
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1786
[Name] Williams's Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Walcott as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 170
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1787
[Name] William's Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Grant as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 95-96
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1788
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum Account filed by Alexander Macleod Esquire of the parish of St Catherine, attorney of Francis Workman Esquire of Barbadoes. Accounts filed for 1787-1788.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 216-231 f.110-117
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1788
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum, some cattle, corn, old copper The property of the heirs of Thomas Williams Esquire deceased. Account filed by Alexander Macleod Esquire.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 271-272
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1789
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Thomas Williams Esquire deceased in the possession of Alexander Macleod Esquire as attorney to Francis Workman Esquire the mortgagee. Account filed by William Grant. Accounts filed for 01/01/1789 to 25/08/1789.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 317 f.157
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1790
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Thomas Williams Esquire deceased in the possession of Alexander Macleod Esquire attorney to Francis Workman Esquire the mortgagee. Account filed by Broderick Macleod as overseer. Accounts filed for 25/08/1789 to 31/12/1790.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 8 [f.1]
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1792
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Thomas Williams Esquire deceased. Account filed by Roderick Macleod. Accounts filed for 01/01/1792 to 01/07/1792.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 170
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1793
[Name] Williams's Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle In the possession of Michael Watt Esquire disposed of by Mr Robert Parkinson. Account filed by Robert Parkinson his attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 313
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1794
[Name] William's Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of Robert Parkinson as receiver appointed by the Chancellor. Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 129-130
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1795
[Name] William Morland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to Williams Morland [estate]. Unclear as to signing but could be John Laird.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 49
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1796
[Name] Williams Moreland
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Belonging to the heirs of Thomas Williams Esq, dec. Account given by Robert Parkinson, appointed receiver by Chancery. Account filed by John Potter, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] William Morland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account given by James Wedderburn, Receiver appointed by Chancery. Account filed by John Fetter?, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 216
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1798
[Name] Williams Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, hire of enslaved people, some cattle, old brass Under the direction of John Graham Esq as receiver appointed by the High Court of Chancery. Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 175
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1799
[Name] Williams' Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of John Graham Esq receiver appointed by the High Court of Chancery. Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1799.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 146-147
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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)
[Name] William's Moreland Registered in Westmoreland in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at a vestry convened for that purpose 15/11/1799 and subsequent days. No ownership details given.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 38.
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1799
[Name] Williams's-Moreland
[Crop] Sugar Plotted In Westmoreland as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
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1800
[Name] Williams Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of Patrick Miller and Somerville Forrester attornies for John Graham receiver for the estate. Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 13/05/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 179
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1800
[Name] Williams Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the period from 30/05/1800 (when Matthew Atkinson Esq took possession as receiver) to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 67-68
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1801
[Name] William Morland Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Delivered by order of Matthew Atkinson Esq, receiver. Account filed by John Potter as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 152
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1803
[Name] Williams Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle On the order of Matthew Atkinson Esq receiver. Account filed by John Potter as overseer for the year 1803 to 01/07/1803.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 12
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1804
[Name] Williams Moreland Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Account given in the names of Somerville Forrester and James Wedderburn, attornies to John Wedderburn, Esq. Account filed by John Porter, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 199
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1807
[Name] Williams Moreland
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Under the direction of James Wedderburn, James Colquhun Grant and John Blyth as attornies to John Wedderburn Esq. Account presented by John Potter as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 161-162
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1805 - ????
Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Williams Moreland [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/11845 [accessed 19th April 2024].
