Associated People (9) |
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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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1809 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1826 [EA] - → Owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£2,626 18S 4D
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Notes |
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A group of enslaved people settled on this estate, owned by William Anderson Orgill but with Benjamin Crossley as trustee, are listed separately in JA16477. |
Estate Information (24) |
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1798
[Name] Paradise
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St George 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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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 206(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 12 Registered to Hon. W. A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11George.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] 210(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 15 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.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] 202(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 118 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15geor.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] 256(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 83 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al12.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] 189(Tot) 89(F) 100(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Anderson Orgill as Owner.
T71/158 330
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 95 Registered to Honorable William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p12.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] 263(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 104 Registered to Honorable William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_08.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] 189(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Anderson Orgill as Owner.
T71/159 255
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 300(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 88 Registered to Honorable William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p12.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] 255(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 74 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24geor.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] 183(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Anderson Orgill as Owner.
T71/160 35
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 67 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al15.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] 181(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of The late William Anderson Orgill as Owner. Decrease of 152 enslaved people by sale to Thomas Murray, decrease of 21 enslaved people by removal to Portland and devise by the late William A. Orgill to Samuel J. Orgill, decrease of 7 enslaved people by devise to Christian Gibson, decrease of 1 enslaved person to Sarah Oakley.
T71/161 110
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 246(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Murray as Owner. Increase of 219 enslaved people by purchase: 18 enslaved people purchased from William Brooker King Esquire the Executor of James Bryan King Deceased. 1 enslaved person purchased from the Honourable James Clayton White. 200 enslaved people purchased from the Honourable William Anderson Orgill. Decrease of 16 enslaved people by sale - no buyers given. Assumed to be Paradise and Mount St Bernard.
T71/161 360
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 313(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 12 Registered to Hon. William A. Orgill deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al08.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] 289(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 28 Registered to Thomas Murray.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29portgeorg.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] 31(Tot) 16(F) 15(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Murray as Owner. Decrease of 200 enslaved people by sale (no buyer given). Assumed to be Paradise and Mount St Bernard.
T71/162 345
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)
[Name] Paradise Estate In the possession of Philip P. Kirkland as Attorney to P.&G. Protheroe for Paradise Estate. Increase of 184 enslaved people Purchased from Thomas Murray and last registered by him.
T71/162 239
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 9 Registered to P. P. Kirkland, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831geor.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] 171(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 11 Registered to P. P. Kirkland, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32geor.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] 176(Tot)
[Name] Paradise [Stock] 12 Registered to P. P. Kirkland, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33George.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] 169(Tot)
[Name] Paradise Estate In the possession of John Oldham as Attorney to L. T. Crossley. Returned in 1829 by Philip P. Kirkland as Attorney to Philip & George Protheroe, owners of Paradise Estate. Change of ownership by purchase.
T71/163 332
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1839
[Name] Paradise
[Size] 721 Registered to Henry W. Haddon.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40George.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Paradise Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1640 [accessed 25th November 2024].
