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Cairinsmuir

Jamaica | Trelawney

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1815 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
David McNish

Notes

It's not clear what happened to this estate or the enslaved people upon it after 1826.

Estate Information (13)

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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot)  
[Name] Cairsmuir  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot) 12(F) 22(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

David McNish as owner.

 
T71/227 1713-1714
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 46(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir Settlement  
 

David McNish Esquire as owner. 13 enslaved people purchased from various previous owners.

 
T71/231 [unpaginated]
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 44(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir Settlement  
 

David McNish as owner thereof.

 
T71/233 [Unpaginated]
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al20.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir Settlement  
 

David McNish as owner thereof.

 
T71/235 [unpaginated]
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Cairnsmuir  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to David McNish.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.