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Smithfield Pen (or Nunc?)

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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
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
John Smith
1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
John Smith
1817 [EA] - → Overseer
William Graham
1820 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Rachel Thompson (née Weir)
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
Robert Law
1820 [EA] - → Other
William Weir

Previously held a mortgage on this estate.

Estate Information (6)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Nunc  
[Stock] 83  
 

Registered to John Smith.

 
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.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield penn  
[Stock] 108  
 

Registered to John Smith.

 
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.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield Pen  
[Stock] 166  
 

Registered to John Smith deceased.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot) 20(F) 28(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Graham as overseer in possession of the estate of John Smith deceased.

 
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield Pen  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to John Smith deceased.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 10(F) 12(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Law as attorney to Rachel Thompson, heiress to William Weir deceased mortgagee. Enslaved total at last return 11 men 10 women (21). Previously registered by William Graham as overseer to the estate of John Smith deceased.

 
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