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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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1774 [SY] - 1819 [EY] → Annuitant
The counterclaim by Diana Frances Gorham for New Montpelier was based on an indenture of 03/04/1774 whereby John Ellis sold for £2200 an annuity of £200 p.a. to Henry Murray Captain of HM 15th Regiment of Foot for the lives of himself [aged c. 30] and his wife Ann [aged c. 25] secured on Montpelier. In 1817 Henry Murray and his wife Ann assigned the annuity to the Alexanders, hence the counterclaim by the Ipswich bankers, and in 1819 Henry Murray died, since when the annuity had ceased to be paid. His widow Ann died in 1829. |
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1762 [EA] - 1781 [EY] → Owner
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1784 [EA] - 1784 [LA] → Previous owner
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1786 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Not known
Apparently attorney or agent |
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1786 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£4,696 13S 10D
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This estate together with Old Montpellier and Shettlewood Pen has been subject of significant historical research: B.W. Higman Montpellier Jamaica. A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom 1739–1912 (Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago: The University Press of the West Indies, 1998). |
Estate Information (46) |
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1762
[Name] Mountpelier
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to John Ellis Esq. Account filed by William Buchanan as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 19
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1774
[Number of enslaved people] 334(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier [Crop] Sugar [Stock] 316 Listed as belonging to Honorable John Ellis with 15 men bearing arms and 5 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 361 hogsheads of sugar. Assumed to be both Old and New Montpelier.
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
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1783
[Name] Montpellier New Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by Edward Whitefield.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 198
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1784
[Name] Montpellier New Works
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the heirs of John Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by Walter Scott
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 117-18
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1786
[Name] Montpellier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Robert Nedham Ellis.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 108
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1786
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Charles Rose Ellis Esq a minor; account filed by Leonard Parkinson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 170
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1787
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Charles Rose Ellis Esq a minor; account filed by Leonard Parkinson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 214-215
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1788
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by Leonard Parkinson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 274
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1789
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by William Fairclough as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 434-435 f.215
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1790
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Fairclough as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 423-424 [f.211]
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1791
[Name] Montpelier New Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Fairclough as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 240-241 [f.115]
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1792
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Henry Hough as one of the attornies of the estate of Charles Rose Ellis Esquire. Montpelier Old Works and Montpelier New Works filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 133
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1793
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Charles Rose Ellis Esq. Account filed by Tho.s Jeffs as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 38
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1794
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Charles Rose Ellis Esq. Account filed by John Price as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 158
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1795
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for the estates. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry estates, Fort George Penn, Montpelier Old Works and Montpelier New Works, Whydalis Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 257-258
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1796
[Name] Montpelier Estate (New Works)
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Belonging to Charles Rose Ellis, Esq. Account given by Henry Hough, attorney. Montpelier Estate (Old and New Works)/Shuttleworth Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the care of Henry Haigh Esq and the direction of Nicholas Robson clerk. Account filed by said Nicholas Robson for the period 31/12/1796 to 31/12/1797.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 93
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1798
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Summerville for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 92
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1799
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St James 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
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1799
[Name] Montpelier New Works Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to Charles Rose Ellis Esq. Account filed by Ralph Parkinson Esq attorney for Montpelier New Works Estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 194-195
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1800
[Number of enslaved people] 531(Tot)
[Name] Mt Pelier, N.W. Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with Charles Rose Ellis as the proprietor.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
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1800
[Name] Montpelier New Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Delany for the period 01/10/1799 to 01/10/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 183
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1801
[Name] Montpelier New Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James Delaney. Accounts filed for 1800-1801.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 197
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1807
[Name] Montpelier New Works
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and provision ground rental Belonging to Charles Rose Ellis. Account given in by Philip Anglin Scarlett as attorney and filed by Walter Patrick as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 84-85
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 849(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier [Stock] 10 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.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] 845(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier Old and New [Stock] 2 Registered to Charles R. Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.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] 315(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier (n.w.) [Stock] 263 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis M.P.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.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] 308(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier (n.w.) [Stock] 234 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.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] 303(Tot) 160(F) 143(M)
[Name] New Montpelier Estate In the possession of David Richards and William Miller Esquire, attornies of Charles Rose Ellis Esquire.
T71/201 159-167
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 300(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier (N.W.) [Stock] 225 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.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] 354(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 233 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.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] 353(Tot)
[Name] Montpelier New Estate In the possession of William Miller as Attorney to Charles Rose Ellis Esq, Proprietor.
T71/205 291-295
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 352(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 228 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.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] 388(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 241 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.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] 334(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier Estate In the possession of William Miller Esq as Attorney to Charles Rose Ellis Esq.
T71/210 277-278
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 316(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 230 Registered to Charles Rose Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.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] 319(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 225 Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.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] 319(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier Estate In the possession of William Miller as Attorney to Charles Rose Ellis Esq.
T71/213 105-106
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 306(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Name] New Montpelier
Registered to Lord Seaford. Number of enslaved people and stock unclear as page is torn and faded.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.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] 303(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Miller Esq as Attorney of Charles Rose, Lord Seaford, formerly Charles Rose Ellis Esq.
T71/220 unpaginated
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 6 Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.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] 286(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 192 Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.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] 288(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier Estate In the possession of Hon William Miller as Attorney to Lord Seaford.
T71/223 58
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)
[Name] New Montpelier [Stock] 3 Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.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] Montpelier Estate
[Size] 2372 Registered to Lord Seaford.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.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:
'New Montpelier Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1704 [accessed 21st November 2024].
