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Mount Joy

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1820 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
James Edward Merrifield

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 290 (Mount Joy)
£642 1S 9D

Estate Information (5)

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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot) 6(F) 4(M)  
[Name] Mt. Joy Estate  
 

Returned by James E Merrifield, owner; the entry is by his surname rather than the name of the estate. Merrifield purchased the estate and the 10 enslaved people attached to it, from William Robinson. A separate return for the estate entered by Alexr. Robinson is found on folio 178. St. Paul.

 
T71/350 177
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 12(F) 10(M)  
[Name] Mount Joy Estate  
 

Return of James Edward Merrifield, owner. St. Paul.

 
T71/358 139
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot) 26(F) 12(M)  
[Name] Mount Joy  
 

Returned by J E Merrifield, owner; 2 enslaved people were inherited from M Clarke; 18 others were purchased. St. Paul.

 
T71/359 123-124
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 36(Tot) 24(F) 12(M)  
[Name] Mount Joy  
 

Returned by Jas E Merrifield, owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Paul.

 
T71/361 256 - 257
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot) 14(F) 7(M)  
[Name] Mount Joy Estate  
 

Return of Charles Court, owner. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. Notes that the enslaved had been 'taken over from J E Merrifield. A separate entry for Merrifield is found on folios 103 - 104 showing how the 37 enslaved people on his estate were divided; in addition to those sold to Court with the estate, 6 enslaved people being removed and attached to the Poree Estate in the parish of St. Luke; and two people were 'levied by the Marshal for taxes'. St. Paul.

 
T71/363 102