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Clifton

Jamaica | St David

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
1825 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
James McGowan
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
James Jackson Sewell
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Benjamin Caractacus Patey
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
James Marshall
1839 [EA] - → Not known
James Williamson

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St David 23 (Clifton)
£1,474 8S 9D

Notes

All the enslaved people on this estate were purchased from James McGowan at some point between 1829 and 1832. In 1829 he registered them on Galloway Hill in Port Royal, although he is listed as owning enslaved people on Clifton in the almanacs.

Estate Information (9)

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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29royldav.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Clifton  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot) 39(F) 35(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Caractacus Patey, James Jackson Sewell and James Marshall as owners. Enslaved total at last return: none.

 
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1839
[Name] Clifton  
[Size] 252  
 

Registered to James Williamson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.