UCL

Unity

Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

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
1783 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Previous owner
William Thomson
1786 [EA] - → Owner
Charles Cussans Thomson
1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
Charles Cussans Thomson

Notes

Barry Higman shows Charles Cussan Thomson living on Unity in 1798, at the time of the survey of the neighbouring Spring Valley estate [q.v.] which also belonged to him.

Estate Information (15)

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1783
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Plantains  
 

The property of the heirs of William Thomson deceased. Account filed by Thomas Johnstone.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 102
1783
[Name] Unity  
 

The property of the heirs of William Thomson deceased. Account filed by William House.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 19
1783
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Plantains  
 

Account filed by Thomas Theophilus Smith.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 25
1783
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Plantains  
 

Account filed by William House.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 35
1783
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Hire of enslaved people  
 

The property of the heirs of William Thomson deceased. Account filed by Thomas Theophilus Smith.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 96
1784
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Hire of enslaved people, plantains and coffee  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Thomson deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 165
1786
[Name] Unity plantation  
[Crop] rent  
 

Belonging to Charles Cussans Thompson; account filed by James McVicar guardian of the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 194
1787
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Rents  
 

Account filed by James McVicar executor of William Thomson deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 93
1789
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] Rents, hire of enslaved people  
 

Account filed by James McVicar executor of William Thomson deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 274
1790
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] hire of enslaved people  
 

Belonging to the estate of William Thomas Esquire deceased. Account filed by James McViccar Affleck Esquire one of the executors of the will of the deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 313 [f.156]
1799
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Cussons Thomson Esq deceased under the direction and management of Charles Bryan and Charles Orr Esq.s acting executors of the deceased. Account filed by John Armstrong as overseer for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 8-9
1800
[Name] Unity Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of Charles C Thomson Esq deceased under the management of Charles Bryan Esq acting executor; crop being manufactured at Barking Lodge Estate. Account filed by John Armstrong.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 178
1801
[Name] Unity Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Charles Cassons (?) Thomson Esq deceased, under the management of Charles Bryan Esq, Acting Exor. Account filed by John Armstrong as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 171
1803
[Name] Unity Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Cussons Thomson Esq deceased under the direction and management of Charles Bryan and Charles Orr Esq.s acting executors. Account filed by John Armstrong as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 169
1807
[Name] Unity  
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantains and hire of enslaved people  
 

The real estate of Charles Cussans Thomson Esq. deceased and under the management and direction of Charles Bryan and Charles Orr Esqs. as acting executors. Account presented by John Armstrong as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 198