Tripoli

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1780 [EY] → Owner
1780 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Trustee
1785 [EA] - 01/07/1812 [ED] → Owner
1785 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Guardian
1816 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1816 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner

Associated Claims (2)

£520 11S 4D
£890 3S 5D

Estate Information (59)

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1785
[Name] Tripoli Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Christopher Senior an infant; in possession of William Hall Esq; account filed by George McKay overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 66-67
1785
[Name] Tripoli Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Christopher Senior an infant; in possession of William Hall Esq; account filed by George McKay overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 79
1786
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

Belonging to Christopher Senior an infant and in the possession of William Hull Esq; account filed by George Mackay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 168
1787
[Name] Trepole Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

Belonging to Christopher Senior, an infant, and in the possession of William Hall Esq; account filed by George Mackay, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 113
1787
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento, timber  
 

Belonging to Christopher Senior an infant and in the possession of William Hull Esquire. Account filed by George Mackay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 13-14 f.7
1787
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Angurin planter, attorney to William Hull Esquire in Great Britain. Accounts filed for 1782-1787 [exact dates unclear].

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 287-299 f.153-159
1788
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento, cotton, rents  
 

The property of Christopher Senior an infant and in the possession of William Hull Esquire. Account filed by George Mackay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 359 f.199
1789
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Christopher Senior an infant in the possession of William Hull Esquire. Account filed by George Mackay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 402
1790
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento, timber  
 

The property of Christopher Senior an infant under the possesion of William Hull Esquire. Account filed by William Clarkson as overseer. Accounts filed for 04/07/1790 to 31/12 1790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 404
1790
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

The property of Christopher Senior an infant under the possesion of William Hull Esquire. Account filed by George Mackay as overseer. Accounts filed for 31/12/1789 to 03/07 790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 404-405 [f.202]
1791
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Christopher Senior an infant and in the possession of William Hall Esquire. Account filed by William Clarkson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 324
1792
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Christopher Senior a minor and in the possession of William Hull as mortgagee in possession. Account fled by William Clarkson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 143
1792
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 77  
 

Owned by Sarah Lawrence (in fact she was trustee).

 
'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm.
1793
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Christopher Senior a minor and in the possession of William Hull Esquire. Account fled by William Clarkson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 415-416
1794
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

Property of Christopher Senior a minor. Account filed by David Halliday as successor to William Clarkson overseer who died 17/09/1794 and William Bolt merchant, attorney to William Bull Esq (in Great Britain) the guardian to said Christopher Senior, for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 204-205
1795
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

Property of Christopher Senior a minor under the care and management of William Bolt as the attorney to William Hull Esq the guardian of said Christopher Senior. Account filed by David Halliday as overseer for the period 31/12/1794 to 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 14-15
1796
[Name] Tripoli Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento  
 

Belonging to Christopher Senior?, infant. Account given by William Hull. Account filed by David Halliday, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Tripoli Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento, cattle, mules  
 

Property of Christopher Senior a minor in the possession of William Hull Esq. Account filed by said William Hull for the period 31/12/1796 to 31/12/1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 32-33
1798
[Name] Tripoli Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento, fustick, cattle  
 

Property of Christopher Senior Lawrence Esq in the possession of William Hull Esq. Account filed by James Mackie as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 157
1798
[Name] Tripoli  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Ann as a sugar estate with a cattlemill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
[Stock] 73  
 

Registered to Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Ann.htm. The 1811 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 208(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to Christopher Laurence senior [this must be Christopher Senior Lawrence].

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1810, hence the earlier transcription date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher Lawrence senior [this must be Christopher Senior Lawrence].

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15ann.htm. The 1816 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1815, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to Sarah Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher Lawrence senior [this must be Christopher Senior Lawrence].

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot) 11(F) 12(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hamilton Brown Esq. as attorney to Mrs. Sarah Senior Lawrence, owner.

 
T 71/43 741-742
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to Sarah Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher Lawrence senior [this must be Christopher Senior Lawrence].

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot) 13(F) 14(M)  
[Name] Tripoli?  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Snr. as joint owner for life of Tripoli and slaves.

 
T 71/43 1029-1030
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot) 24(F) 16(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Anderson Esq. as executor of the late Christopher Senior Lawrence, deceased.

 
T 71/43 739-740
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to Sarah Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher Lawrence, senior [this must be Christopher Senior Lawrence].

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot) 24(F) 16(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Anderson as executor of C S Lawrence, deceased.

 
T 71/44 381-382
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot) 10(F) 9(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Senior as owner.

 
T 71/44 558-559
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher Lawrence senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hamilton Brown as attorney to Mrs. Sarah Senior Lawrence, owner.

 
T 71/44 384
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hamilton Brown as attorney for Mrs. Sarah Senior Lawrence, owner.

 
T 71/45 472
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 41(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Anderson as executor of Christopher S Lawrence, deceased.

 
T 71/45 474-475
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Senior as owner.

 
T 71/45 704-705
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to the estate of Christ. S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
[Stock] 47  
 

Registered to the estate of Christ. S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Louisa Barnett as owner [increase in enslaved people due to inheritance from mother, variously described as C S Lawrence and Sarah Senior Lawrence. Previous registration was for 7 enslaved people].

 
T 71/46 61-62
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Anderson as executor to Christopher Senior Lawrence.

 
T 71/46 519
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Senior, as joint owner of Tripoli.

 
T 71/46 748
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Sarah Jane S Lawrence as owner [increase by inheritance. Previous registration was for 5 enslaved people].

 
T 71/46 521-522
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to the estate of Christ S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to estate of Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Louisa Barnett as owner.

 
T 71/47 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Barnett in right of his wife, formerly Sarah Jane Laurence, spinster.

 
T 71/47 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Anderson as executor for Christopher Senior Lawrence [statement signed by Samuel B Barnett, manager for Adam Anderson].

 
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot) 13(F) 12(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Senior as owner.

 
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to estate of Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to estate of Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of The heirs of Christopher Senior Lawrence as owners.

 
T 71/50 436
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Barnett as owner in right of his wife.

 
T 71/49 44
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Louisa Barnett as owner.

 
T 71/49 45
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Tripoli  
 

Registered to estate of Christopher S. Lawrence.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Gilbert William Senior as owner for life.

 
T 71/50 663