Associated People (7) |
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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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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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1829 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1829 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Executor
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1832 [EA] - → Other
Norrison Jennings had inherited 4 enslaved people from this estate by 1832. |
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1832 [EA] - → Other
Lydia Armstrong inherited 13 enslaved people from this estate by 1832. |
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1832 [EA] - → Other
Peter Harrison inherited 10 enslaved people from his estate by 1832. |
Associated Claims (2) |
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£327 4S 11D
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£305 10S 10D
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This estate was named as Cottage in the almanacs and owned by Mary Craddock. Upon her death, 13 enslaved people were inherited by Lydia Armstrong and 10 by Peter Harrison. It's not clear what happened to the land. |
Estate Information (17) |
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 59(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Stock] 13 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 59(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 18 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot) 19(F) 29(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Mary Cradock as owner.
T71/13 42-43
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 15 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot) 20(F) 37(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Mary Craddock as owner.
T71/14 37
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 8 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 17 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot) 20(F) 34(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Mary Craddock as owner.
T71/15 92
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 6 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 17 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot) 19(F) 33(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Mary Craddock as owner.
T71/16 38
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 18 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. [Stock] 14 Registered to Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stivdor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Robertson and Francis McCook as the Exors of Mary Craddock.
T71/17 94
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)
[Name] Cottage [Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions. Registered to the estate of Mary Craddock.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot) 7(F) 7(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Lydia Armstrong as owner; increase owing to acquisition of 13 enslaved people by Legacy from the late Mary Craddock; decrease in total owing to 3 deaths.
T71/18 252
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot) 7(F) 7(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Peter Harrison as owner; increase owing to acquisition of 10 enslaved people by Legacy from the late Mary Craddock, the acquisition of 3 enslaved people formerly given by Deed of Gift to his now wife, Amelia and 1 birth; decrease in total owing to 1 death.
T71/18 307
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Cottage [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/12659 [accessed 19th April 2024].
