Associated People (18) |
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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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1777 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Owner
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1786 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Attorney
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1786 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Attorney
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1786 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Previous owner
Trustees for William White and of White & Edwards registered on Lowlayton between 1786 and 1792. |
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1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Not known
Aaron Holt and Alexander Shaw had prior to 1803 conveyed to Alexander Donaldson the Lowlayton estate, the land and 'part of the slaves' of which they had previously mortgaged to John Roebuck et al. of the City of London to secure over £40,000 in bills of exchange from Alexander Shaw drawn on Phyn Inglis of London. |
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1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Not known
Aaron Holt and Alexander Shaw had prior to 1803 conveyed to Alexander Donaldson the Lowlayton estate, the land and 'part of the slaves' of which they had previously mortgaged to John Roebuck et al. of the City of London to secure over £40,000 in bills of exchange from Alexander Shaw drawn on Phyn Inglis of London. |
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1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Shown in 1803 as having had a mortgage over the land and 'part of the slaves' on Lowlayton with his partners John Roebuck and George Roebuck. The mortgage secured an amount appearing to be over £40,000, of which the primary means of repayment was a series of bills of exchange from Alexander Shaw of Kingston on Phyn Inglis of London. |
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1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Shown in 1803 as having had a mortgage over the land and 'part of the slaves' on Lowlayton with his partners George Roebuck and John Farrer. The mortgage secured an amount appearing to be over £40,000, of which the primary means of repayment was a series of bills of exchange from Alexander Shaw of Kingston on Phyn Inglis of London. |
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1811 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1823 [EA] - → Manager
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1823 [EA] - → Manager
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [EY] → Manager
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1826 [EA] - → Manager
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1828 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Manager
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£5,742 19S 3D
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Estate Information (39) |
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1777
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to William White Esq. Account filed by William Kelly as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 131
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1778
[Name] Low Layton
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Patrick Bryan as book keeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 97
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1786
[Name] Low Layton Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of William White Esq; account filed by Samuel Kimmer, bookkeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 160
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1786
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed for Feb to 14 Nov 1786. In the possession of and under the care direction of the Hon Alexander Fullerton Esq under a power of attorney from the trustees of the estate in London; said Hon Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esqs as acting attornies for the trustees of the estate of William White Esq and Messrs White and Edwards in Jamaica; account filed by Joseph Teesgard [?] as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 173
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1787
[Name] Low Layton Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Filed for 14 Nov 1786 to 14 Nov 1787. Under the care and direction of the Hon Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esqs acting attorneys to the trustees of the plantation in London; account filed by Samuel Thomson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 206
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1788
[Name] Lowlayton Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the care and direction of the Hon. Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esquires, acting attornies to the trustees of the plantation in London. Account filed by Samuel Thomson as overseer. Accounts filed for 14/11/1787 to 14/11/1788.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 361-362
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1789
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the care and direction of the Hon. Alexander Fullerton and Adam Moffatt Esquires acting attornies of the trustees of the plantation. Account filed by Samuel Thomson as overseer. Accounts filed for 14/11/1788 to 14/11/1789.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 236-237 f.120
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1790
[Name] Low Layton sugar Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the direction of the Hon. Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esquire attornies to the trustees of the plantation in London. Account filed by Samuel Thomson as overseer. Accounts filed for 14/11/1789 to 14/11/1790.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 377 [f.188]
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1791
[Name] Low Layton sugar Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the care and direction of the Hon. Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esquires acting attornies of the trustees of the plantation in London or the trustees of the estates of William White Esquire of Jamaica and Messrs White and Edwards of London. Account filed by Angus Mackay as book keeper. Accounts filed for 14/11/1790 to 14/11/1791.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 237-238
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1792
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the care and direction of the Honorable Alexander Fullerton and Aaron Moffatt Esquires, acting attornies of the trustees of the estate of William White of Jamaica and Messrs White and Edwards of London. Account filed by Francis Bonynge as overseer. Accounts filed for 14/11/1791 to 24/11/1792.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 118-119
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1793
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Hamilton as overseer for the period 31/12/1792 to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 17
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1794
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Hamilton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 218
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1795
[Name] Low Layton
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Hamilton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 236
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1796
[Name] LowLayton Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Hamilton, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Low Layton Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Owner not given. Account filed by James Hamilton, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 202
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1798
[Name] Low Layton
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St George as a sugar estate with a watermill and a cattle mill 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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1798
[Name] Low Layton
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Hugh Gray McPherson as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 220
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1803
[Name] Lowlayton
An indenture of 27/09/1803 between Alexander Donaldson and George Glenny of the one part and William Manning, John Inglis, Joseph Dorin and John Robley (each representing, and partner in, a different firm of London merchants) conveyed from Donaldson to the London merchants: (1) Lowlayton estate in St George Jamaica plus two other parcels of land totalling a further 920 acres, one specified as having been purchased by William White from Isaac Lascelles Winn, and both cultivated as part of Lowlayton, together with the enslaved people attached to the estate; (2) the Calliaqua estate on St Vincent of 338 acres with the enslaved people attached to the estate; and (3) the Pembroke estate on St Vincent of 520 acres with the enslaved people attached to the estate. A second indenture of 28/09/1803 gave the [extended] background, and showed inter alia the conveyance to Donaldson of the Low Layton estate by Alexander Shaw and Aaron Holt of Kingston, who had mortgaged the land and 'part of the slaves' to John Roebuck, George Roebuck and John Farrer of the City of London to secure the payment of a series of bills of exchange drawn by Alexander Shaw on Phyn Inglis of London totalling more than £40,000, and on which Alexander Donaldson was owed more than £60,000. Deed Book 1804, British Library, EAP688/1/1/18, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-18 pp. 82-84 and pp. 86-138.... |
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1804
[Name] Low Layton Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Owner not given. Account filed in the name of William Lamont, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 135
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1807
[Name] Lowlayton
[Crop] Rum, sugar, cattle, old iron and hire of enslaved people on the highway. Belonging to the heirs of Alexander Donaldson Esq. deceased. Account filed by Charles Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 62-63
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 402(Tot)
[Name] Low-Layton [Stock] 268 Registered to executors of Alexander Donaldson.
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] 383(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 375 Registered to executors of Alexander Donaldson.
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] 385(Tot) 191(F) 194(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Alexander Grant, John Meek & Joseph Green as Executors and Trustees of Alexander Donaldson deceased, the owner.
T71/158 143
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 376(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 371 Registered to Alexander Grant and others.
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] 363(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 264 Registered to J. Meek and J. Roe and Joseph Green.
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] 360(Tot) 182(F) 178(M)
[Name] Low Layton Estate In the possession of John Meek and Joseph Green Esquires as Executors and Trustees of Alexander Donaldson deceased the Owner.
T71/159 353
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 354(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 216 Registered to John Meek and J. Roe and J. Green.
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] 340(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 170 Registered to John Meek and J. Roe and J. Green.
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] 334(Tot) 168(F) 166(M)
[Name] Layton Estate In the possession of Joseph Green and Alexander Stevenson as Managers appointed by the High Court of Chancery in England and confirmed by the Court of Chancery here in the cause of Frant & al. v.s. Meek & al. of the Trust Estate of Alexander Donaldson deceased and on Layton Estate.
T71/160 330
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 143 Registered to John Meek and J. Roe and J. Green.
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] 303(Tot) 155(F) 148(M)
[Name] Low Layton Estate In the possession of William Lambie and James Grant as Managers appointed by the High Court of Chancery.
T71/161 300
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 42 Registered to John Meek and J. Roe and J. Green.
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] 277(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 34 Registered to William Lambie, receiver.
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] 354(Tot) 180(F) 174(M)
[Name] Low Layton In the possession of William Lambie and George McLeish as Managers appointed by the High Court of Chancery in England. Increase of 95 enslaved people by removal from Orange Vale Plantation.
T71/162 261
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 356(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 120 Registered to William Lambie, receiver.
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] 351(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton [Stock] 102 Registered to heirs of Alexander Donaldson.
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] 331(Tot)
[Name] Lowlayton [Stock] 110 Registered to heirs of Alexander Donaldson.
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] 350(Tot)
[Name] Low Layton Estate In the possession of William Lambie and George McLeish as Managers of Low Layton Estate appointed by the High Court of Chancery.
T71/163 240
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1839
[Name] Lowlayton
[Size] 2045 Registered to heirs of Alexander Donaldson.
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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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'Lowlayton Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1771 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
