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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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1755 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Previous owner
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1755 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Heir
Reportedly co-heir with her sister Letitia Laird nee Cunningham. This estate and Flower Hill, where her husband Lewis Burwell Martin died in 1782, both passed in the 1780s to the mortgagee James Trecothick ne Ivers. |
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1755 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Heir
Reportedly co-heir with her sister Ann Martin nee Cunningham. |
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1784 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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Assumed to be the Chesterfield given in St Elizabeth in the Accounts Produce but marked just over the border in Westmoreland in the 1804 map. |
Estate Information (38) |
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1755
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to the Heirs of James Cunningham Esquire deceased. Account filed by Charles Kinkead, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 24
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1756
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to the Heirs of James Cunningham Esquire deceased. Account filed by Charles Kinkead, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 38
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1758
[Name] Chesterfield Barquedier (wharfage from Chesterfield Plantation)
[Crop] sugar, rum, No ownership details given. Account filed by Joseph Gardner, Wharfage at Chesterfield Barquedier.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 83
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1759
[Name] Chesterfield Estates
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by Joseph Gardner, Wharfinger at Chesterfield Barqn.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 140
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1760
[Name] Chesterfield Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by Daniel Campbell, store keeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 195
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1761
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by Samuell Allen, store keeper and wharffinger.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 197-198
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1763
[Name] Chesterfield
Belonging to the heirs of James Cunningham. Account filed by Samuel Alton, wharfinger and storekeeper at Chesterfield Barkadier (a different estate - also mentions Flower Hill Pen).
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 65
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1766
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Matthew Henegan.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 39
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1767
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Matthew Henegan, wharfinger.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 148
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1768
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Patrick Shannahan cooper and wharfinger at Chesterfield Barquadier.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 148
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1780
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by William Sparke.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 196
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1781
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership detail given. Account filed by Robert Blackburn.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 77
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1782
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Thomas Williams wharfinger at Chesterfield Barquadier.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 188-189
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1784
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of James Trecothick Esq. as mortgagee in possession. Account filed by Samuel Crispe as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 28
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1785
[Name] Chesterfield
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of James Trecothick Esq. as mortgagee in possession. Account filed by Samuel Crispe as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 46
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1785
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of James Trecothick Esq. mortgagee in possession; account filed by Samuel Cuspe overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 43
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1786
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, some cattle, logwood, pasturage, labour hire Filed for 4 May 1786 to 4 May 1787. The property of James Triscothick Esq mortgagee in possession; account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 58
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1786
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar Account filed 1783-1786. Account of Rev Thomas Warren, Rector of St Elizabeth; sugar shipped by this deponent and consigned to Messrs Threcothick & Co, merchants in London, mortgagees in possession.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 9-14
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1787
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of James Trecothick Esq. mortgagee in possession; account filed by Samuel Davey Crisp, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 142
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1788
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, cattle, horses, hire of enslaved people The property of Ja.s Triscothick Esquire mortgagee in possession. Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 213-214 f.108
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1788
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar The estate of James Cunningham Esquire deceased of which Messrs Trescothick and Co. and Messrs Thwaites and Wheelwright merchants of London were mortgagees in possession. Account filed by the Rev.d Thomas Warren, rector of the parish of St Elizabeth. Accounts filed for 1787, 1788.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 28
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1789
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, logwood, some cattle, hire of enslaved people Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 150
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1790
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, some cattle Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 229-230
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1791
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of James Trecothick Esquire as mortgagee. Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Pen filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 173 [f.81]
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1792
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of James Trecothick Esquire as mortgagee. Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 54
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1793
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of James Trecothick Esquire as mortgagee. Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 388-389 [f.195]
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1794
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cotton, cattle Account filed by Samuel Davy Crispe as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier for the year ending 31/12/1794. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 124
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1794
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Walker for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/03/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 124
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1795
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, cattle Account filed by William Walker as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier for the year ending 31/12/1795. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 23
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1796
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, steers, wharfage Account filed by William Walker, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, mules Account filed by William Walker as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier for the year ending 31/12/1797. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 7-8
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1798
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, some cattle, one horse Account filed by John Ellison as overseer at Chesterfield Barquadier for the year ending 31/12/1798. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 117
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1799
[Name] Chesterfield
[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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1799
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by John Ellison Overseer of Chestfield.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 6
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1800
[Name] Chesterfield Estate (and its appendage)
[Crop] sugar, rum, one mule, one horse, cartage, logwood Account filed by John Alison as overseer on Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn for the year ending 31/12/1800. Accounts for Chesterfield Estate and "its appendage" filed together. Crops not dirrerentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 222
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1801
[Name] Chesterfield Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Owner details not recorded. Account filed by John Martin as overseer. Chesterfield Estate and Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 117
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1803
[Name] Chesterfield Estate (and its appendage)
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Machin as overseer at Flower Hill Penn for the year ending 31/12/1803. Accounts for Chesterfield Estate and "its appendage" Flower Hill Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 43
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1804
[Name] Chesterfield Estate and appendages
[Crop] sugar and rum, old copper, logwood Owner not given. Account filed by John Martin, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 132
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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:
'Chesterfield [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/14097 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
