UCL

Recess

Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

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
1809 [EA] - → Not known
Richard Roper
1815 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Nicholas Gyles
1839 [EA] - → Not known
John McNair

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-Vale 52 (Recess)
£2,242 11S 7D

Notes

This estate has not been found in the slave register of 1832.

Estate Information (21)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Richard Roper.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of 1809.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 43  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_01.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 31(F) 32(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner.

 
T71/25 251-252
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 42  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to Nicholas Giles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot) 42(F) 40(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner. Increase by purchase from various people.

 
T71/26 131-132
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to Nicholas Giles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Giles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 87(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner.

 
T71/27 119
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to Nicholas Giles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Giles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot) 45(F) 31(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner.

 
T71/27 272
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Henry Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot) 52(F) 31(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner.

 
T71/29 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot) 59(F) 39(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Nicholas Gyles as owner.

 
T71/32 152
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Recess  
 

Registered to Nicholas Gyles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIV.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1839
[Name] Recess  
[Size] 390  
 

Registered to John McNair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thosvale.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.