Associated People (14) |
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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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- 1825 [EY] → Joint owner
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1764 [SY] - 1772 [EY] → Attorney
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1740 [EA] - → Administrator
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1740 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Other
Previously trustee, now deceased and the position held by his administrators |
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1740 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Administrator
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1741 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Attorney
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1741 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Attorney
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1743 [EA] - → Attorney
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1763 [EA] - 1788 [EY] → Owner
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1792 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Executor
Executor and trustee |
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1795 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown as co-owner but under the will of her brother John Cope Freeman she was in fact co-tenant-for-life. |
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1837 [EA] - 1844 [LA] → Owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£6,708 2S 11D
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Estate Information (62) |
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1740
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, livestock, labour and house rental Account filed by Ambrose Duany and Edmund Duany of Kingston merchants, administrators to Ignatius Duany Esq. deceased, surviving trustee and attorneys to Joseph Murray of New York Esq. and Grace his wife formerly Grace Freeman widow and relict and also administratrix of Thomas Freeman late of Front Town in the county of Hunterdon in North America Esq. deceased.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 84
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1741
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and corn Came into the hands of Ambrose and Edmund Duany as attorneys to Joseph Murray of New York Esq. and Grace his wife formerly Grace Freeman widow and relict and also administratrix of Thomas Freeman late of Trentown in the county of Hunterdon in North America esq. deceased. Account filed by Ambrose and Edmund Duany of the parish of Kingston merchants administrators to Ignatius Duany Esq. deceased surviving trustee and as attorneys to the said Joseph Murray.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 155-156
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1742
[Name] Belvedere
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and molasses Account of the estate came to the hands of Ambrose and Edmond Duany as attorneys to Joseph Murray of New York Esq. and Grace his wife formerly Grace Freeman widow and relict and also administratrix of Thomas Freeman late of Trentown in the County of Hunterdon in North America Esq. deceased. Account filed by Edmond Duany of the parish of Kingston merchant surviving administrator to Ignatius Duany Esq. deceased surviving trustee and as surviving attorney to the said Joseph Murray of New York Esq. and Grace his wife.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 18
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1743
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, livestock, land and tenament rental Account of the estate came to the hands of Edmund Duany as surviving administrator to Ignatius Duany of the parish of Kingston Esq. deceased and attorney to Joseph Murray of New York Esq. & Grace his wife formerly Grace Freeman widow and relict and also administratrix of Thomas Freeman late of Trentown in the county of Hunterdon in North America Esq. deceased. Account filed by the said Edmund Duany as administrator to Ignatius Duany Esq. deceased and attorney jointly with Dominick Duany to the said Joseph Murray of New York Esq.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 89-90
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1763
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 73
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1764
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson and Andrew Wallen as his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4
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1765
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson and Andrew Wallen as his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 137
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1766
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson and Andrew Wallen as his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 8
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1767
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson and Andrew Wallen as his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 63
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1768
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson as attorney. Rent for houses in Morant Bay also noted.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 121
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1769
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 185
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1770
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 25
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1772
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and livestock Belonging to John Cope Freeman Esq. Account filed by Sir George Francis Hampson as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 168
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1778
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of John Cope Freeman of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as attorney to John Cope Freeman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 90
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1779
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of John Cope Freeman of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as one of the attorneys to John Cope Freeman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 139
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1780
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of John Cope Freeman of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as one of the attorneys to John Cope Freeman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 210
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1781
[Name] Belvidere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, copper Property of John Cope Freeman Esquire of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock, attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 142
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1782
[Name] Belvedire Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of John Cope Freeman Esquire. Account filed by Philip Pinnock, attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 193
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1783
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of John Cope Freeman of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as one of the attorneys to John Cope Freeman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 19
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1784
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of John Cope Freeman of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as one of the attorneys to John Cope Freeman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 212
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1786
[Name] Belvedere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Cope Freeman Esq; account filed by Phillp Pinnock.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 107
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1786
[Name] Belvidere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Cope Truman Esq of Great Britain; account filed by Philip Pinnock his attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 154
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1787
[Name] Belvedere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle The trust estate of John Cope Freeman Esq deceased; account filed by G.H. Gibbons.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 147
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1788
[Name] Belvedere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The trust estate of John Cope Freeman Esquire deceased. Account filed by G.H. Gibbons.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 375 f.197
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1789
[Name] Belvidere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The trust estate of John Cope Freeman Esquire deceased. Account filed by George Henry Gibbons.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 381-382
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1790
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to the heirs of John Cope Freeman Esquire deceased. Account filed by David [?] Barnard as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 18-19
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1791
[Name] Belvedere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Account filed by Philip Pinnock of the parish of St Catherine attorney to the estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 189-190 [f.89]
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1792
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of Capel Curr Esquire of Great Britain executor and trustee for the estate of John Cope Freeman Esquire deceased and for whom Phlilip Pinnock Esquire is attorney. Account filed by James Warner as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 252-253
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1793
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Cope Freeman Esq deceased. Account filed by Phlilip Pinnock, attorney to Capel Curr Esq of Great Britain executor and trustee for the estate of the deceased, for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 50
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1795
[Name] Belvedere Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to the heirs of John Cope Freeman, Esq, deceased. Account given by Lewis Cuthbert, Esq, attorney. Account filed by Isaac Bennett, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 26
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1796
[Name] Belvedere Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, steers, cows Account filed by Isaac Bennett.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Belvedere Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to the heirs of J. Cope Freeman Esq, dec. Account given by Lewis Cuthbert, Esq, attorney. Account filed by Isaac Bennett, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 197
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1798
[Name] Belvedere
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a watermill 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Lewis Cuthbert Esqs attorney to the heirs of John Cope Freeman Esq deceased. Account filed by Isaac Bennet as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 219
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1799
[Name] Belvedere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Account filed by Lewis Cuthbert.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 165-166
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1800
[Name] Belvidere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Lewis Cuthbert Esq as attorney to the heirs of Jn Cope Freeman Esq deceased. Account filed by James Reid as overseer for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 74
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1801
[Name] Belvidere Plantation
[Crop] sugar The property of the Heirs of John Cope Freeman Esq deceased. Account filed by James Reid as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 208
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1803
[Name] Belvidere Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Reid as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 234
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1807
[Name] Belvidere
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James Reid as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 102
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 293(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 271 Registered to John Cope Freeman.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 142 Registered to John C. Freeman.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 327(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 186 Registered to John Cope Freeman.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 369(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 182 Registered to John Freeman Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 355(Tot) 173(F) 182(M)
[Name] Belvedere Estate In the possession of George Cuthbert as attorney to Mrs Stella Frances Allen and Philip Dormer Stanhope Esq.
T71/145 12-21
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 351(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 113 Registered to John Freeman Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 351(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 111 Registered to John Freeman Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 348(Tot)
[Name] Belvedere Estate In the possession of Honourable George Cuthbert as attorney for Mrs Stella Frances Allen and Philip Dormer Stanhope Esq, proprietors of Belvedere Estate according to their several interests therein.
T71/146 417-418
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 352(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 250 Registered to heirs of John F. Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 356(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 255 Registered to heirs of John F. Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 357(Tot)
[Name] Belvedere Estate In the possession of Honourable George Cuthbert as attorney for the Heirs of the late John Cope Freeman Esq, proprietor of Belvedere Estate according to their several interests therein.
T71/147 128-129
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 354(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere Registered to heirs of John F. Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 343(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 240 Registered to heirs of Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 344(Tot)
[Name] Belvedere Estate In the possession of Hon George Cuthbert as attorney for the Heirs of the late Philip D. Stanhope Esq, Proprietors of Belvedere Estate according to their several interests therein.
T71/148 329-330
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 346(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 129 Registered to heirs of John F. Cope.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 350(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 121 Registered to heirs of P. D. Stanhope.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Hon George Cuthbert as attorney for the Heirs of the late Phillip D Stanhope Esq.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 348(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 132 Registered to heirs of P. D. Stanhope.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 343(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 92 Registered to heirs of P. D. Stanhope.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 339(Tot)
[Name] Belvidere [Stock] 108 Registered to heirs of P. D. Stanhope.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 341(Tot)
[Name] Belvedere Estate In the possession of George Cuthbert as the attorney to the Heirs of the late Phillip Stanhope Esq, Proprietors of Belvedere Estate according to their individual interests therein.
T71/150 484
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1844
[Name] Belvidere
[Size] 2050 Belvidere with 2050 acres was registered to 'Freeman, C.W.' in the 1845 Jamaica Almanac, for the March quarter 1844. 'C.W.' must have stood for 'Count Walsh.'
Jamaica Almanac 1845
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1891
[Name] Belvidere
Belvidere was registered to 'Heirs of Count Freeman', and was one of 12 sugar estates in cultivation listed for St Thomas in the 1891 Business Directory Jamaica
1891 Business Directory Jamaica
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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:
'Belvidere Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1501 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
