UCL

Blenheim

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (7)

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
- 1779 [LA] → Previous owner
Charles Dunlap or Dunlop

Shown in a codicil to the will of William Snell senior proved in 1779 as the previous owner of a share in Blenheim.

- 1779 [EY] → Joint owner
William Snell senior

In a codicil to his will proved 1779, William Snell senior left his share in an estate called Blenheim formerly belonging to Charles Dunlap to his son Charles Snell (later Charles Snell Chauncy ne Snell).

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
Patrick Burke Moore
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
William Brade of Forton Lodge
1822 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Previous owner
Patrick Burke Moore
1822 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Previous owner
William Brade of Forton Lodge
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Charles Sydenham

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 78 (Blenheim)
£1,685 8S 5D

Estate Information (7)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot) 36(F) 38(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

Return of Jas. Brade and Pat. B. Moore, joint owners. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Andrew.

 
T71/343 416-418
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot) 33(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Blenheim  
 

Returned by P B Moore for himself and William Brade, joint owners. St. Andrew.

 
T71/354 289
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot) 34(F) 36(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

Return of Messrs Brades and P B Moore, former joint owners; returned by J Court as attorney; enslaved were sold to Charles Sydenham Esq. on 1 September 1822. St. Andrew.

 
T71/358 215 -217
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot) 33(F) 41(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

Return of Charles Sydenham, owner; the entry is recorded by the owner's surname with the enslaved said to be on the estate; 71 enslaved people were 'purchased from Messrs Brade's and Moore' having been registered on Blenheim Estate in 1817 and 1820. St. Andrew.

 
T71/358 236 - 238
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot) 30(F) 38(M)  
[Name] Blenheim  
 

Returned by C Sydenham, owner. St. Andrew.

 
T71/360 187
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 30(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Blenheim  
 

Returned by Edmund M Casey, manager for an unnamed owner; includes a full return of the enslaved. St. Andrew.

 
T71/362 430 - 432
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot) 34(F) 43(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

Returned by George Robertson, manager for an unnamed owner. St. Andrew.

 
T71/363 190