Associated People (4) |
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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1774 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Previous owner
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1791 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
£8,291 7S 0D
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Notes |
Higman notes that 'Albion was one of the largest sugar estates in the old parish of St. David... it played an important role in the introduction of new sugar technology.' Archibald Edgar surveyed Albion in 1794 - he noted the estate covered 1492 acres with 294 in cane. The estate was expanded to include Cow Bay Pen and Spring Garden Plantation so that by the time of Edward McGeachy's plan in 1842, the estate covered 4074 acres. James Robertson's 1804 map showed two watermills at Albion. Higman suggests from the archaeology that the one of the wheels was a 'breast wheel' that received water from the side. Water was vital to Albion not only to power the mill but also to irrigate the fields. By 1880 Albion was the leading sugar producer in Jamaica. Albion produced its last sugar crop in 1928 and afterwards it was cultivated by the United Fruit Company who grew bananas. |
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B. W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed: plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Kingston, Institute of Jamaica Publications, 1988), pp.139-45. |
Estate Information (55) |
1774
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Late the property of Mr. Nixon. Account filed by George Logan as overseer. Produce consigned and shipped by Hibbert, Purrier and Horton in London and Messrs. Thomas Hibbert Sen. and Jun. in Jamaica.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 216
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1775
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the heirs of John Nixon Esq. deceased. Produce sold by Simon Taylor Esq. acting trustee for the estate. Account filed by George Logan Esq. as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 10
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1777
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Nixon Esquire deceased on the orders of Simon Taylor Esquire acting trustee for the estate. Account filed by George Logan as overseer. Accounts filed for 31/12/1776 to 31/12/1777.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 125 f.63
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1778
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the heirs of John Nixon Esq. deceased. Produce sold by Simon Taylor Esq. acting trustee. Account filed by George Logan Esq. as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 70
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1779
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the late John Nixon Esq. deceased. Account filed by Peter Galbraith as bookeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 156
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1780
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No Ownership details given. Account filed by Henry Forbes as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 40
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1781
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No Ownership details given. Account filed by Henry Forbes as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 59
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1782
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by Henry Forbes, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 190-191
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1783
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Henry Forbes as overseer. Part of the produce consigned to Messers Hibbert of Kingston.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 149
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1785
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Henry Forbes overseer of Albion Estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 47
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1786
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Henry Forbes overseer of Albion Estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 109
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1786
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Henry Forbes as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 137
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1787
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 214
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1788
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 361 f.200
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1789
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 392-393 f.194
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1790
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Carlyle.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 41-42 [f.15]
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1791
Robert Hibbert (1750-1835) purchased Albion for £40,000 on 27th Jan 1791.
Information courtesy of Nick Hibbert Steele
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1794
[Size] 1492
[Crop] Sugar Archibald Edgar surveyed Albion in 1794. He noted that it was 1492 acres with 294 in cane.
B. W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed: plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Kingston, Institute of Jamaica Publications, 1988), p.139
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1797
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Owner not given. Account filed by John Carlyle, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 223
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1798
[Name] Albion
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St David as a sugar estate with two watermills 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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1799
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by John Carlisle overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 14
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1799
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, sheep, plantain Account filed by John Carlyle.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 30-31
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1800
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantain, sheep Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 175
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1801
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock (cattle and sheep) Owner details not recorded. Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer Accounts filed for 1801 (?).
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 203
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1803
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, plantains Account filed by John Carlyle as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 118
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1807
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Property of Robert Hibbert Esq. Account presented by Joseph Davies.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 177-178
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 435(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 125 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11David.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 453(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 112 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 497(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 218 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 522(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 243 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 522(Tot) 251(F) 271(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Simpson as attorney to Robert Hibbert.
T71/139 233
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 525(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 145 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 512(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 149 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 511(Tot) 240(F) 271(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Simpson as attorney to Robert Hibbert Senior.
T71/140 195
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 500(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 311 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 458(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 233 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 459(Tot) 213(F) 246(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Simpson as attorney to Robert Hibbert Senior Esq.
T71/141 279
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 432(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 266 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 480(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 239 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 422(Tot) 192(F) 230(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Simpson as attorney to Robert Hibbert Senior Esq.
T71/142 287
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 458(Tot)
[Name] Albion Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 451(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 51 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)
[Name] Mountain Spring Registered to S. Delpratt deceased and Joseph.
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.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 446(Tot) 216(F) 230(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney to Robert Hibbert Senior Esq.
T71/143 285
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 448(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 140 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 446(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 140 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 440(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 140 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 442(Tot) 213(F) 229(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney to Robert Hibbert Senior.
T71/144 297
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1839
[Name] Albion
[Size] 3401 Registered to Robert Hibbert.
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.
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1839
[Name] Lloyds, Coldstream and Mountain Spring
[Size] 2426 Registered to estate of Joseph Delpratt.
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.
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