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Mount Vernon

Jamaica | St Mary

Estate Details

Associated People (6)

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
1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Not known
L. Du Jardin
1817 [EA] - → Other
John Thompson

Erroneously listed as owner.

1817 [EA] - → Agent
William Edmeston
1819 [EA] - → Not known
Esther Edmesdton
1820 [EA] - → Owner
Mary Ann Thomson
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Samuel Poole

Estate Information (15)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to L. Du Jardin.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to L. Du Jardin.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 38  
 

Registered to William Edmeston.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 11(F) 11(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

William Edmeston, agent to John Thompson [also John Thomson], owner, absentee.

 
T 71/33 27-29
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Esther Edmeston.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 31(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to Mary Ann Thompson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 32(Tot) 14(F) 18(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Mary Ann Thomson, owner [previously registered by mistake of William Edmeston as belonging to John Thompson, but belonging to Mary Ann Thompson in right of her husband William Thompson].

 
T 71/34 292v-293
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 32(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to Mary Ann Thompson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.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] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to Samuel Poole.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 9(F) 19(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Samuel Poole, owner in right of his wife.

 
T 71/35 17-18
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to Samuel Poole.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to Samuel Pool.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot) 8(F) 18(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Samuel Poole, owner in right of his wife.

 
T 71/36 273
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to Samuel Pool.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Vernon  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to Samuel Poole.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.