West Prospect Estate

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1742 [EY] → Attorney
1802 [SY] - 1854 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
1802 [SY] - 1813 [EY] → Trustee and Executor
1752 [EA] - 1802 [EY] → Owner
1782 [EA] - 1785 [LA] → Not known

Filed Accounts Produce, possibly overseer.

1798 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Overseer
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Trustee
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
1839 [EA] - → Not known

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£2,639 15S 6D

Estate Information (68)

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1743
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Estate of the late John Blair Esq. deceased. Account received and filed by John Jump in Spanish Town and verified by John Ayscough & William Aikenhead Esqs.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 93
1752
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Master Charles Blair a minor. Account filed by Archiblad Sinclair merchant and factor for the estate by appointment of the minors guardians. The estates of Master Charles Blair were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 130
1753
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Master Charles Blair a minor with Archibald Sinclair as factor for the estate by appointment of said minors guardians. Account filed by the said Archibald Sinclair merchant, as factor for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 163-164
1754
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, sheep  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair, a Minor, with Archibald Sinclair as Factor by appointment of his Excellency the Chancellor & said Minor's Guardian John Ayrery (sp?).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 2
1755
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, sheep, goats, cattle, mules, pasturage  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair, a Minor, with Archibald Sinclair as Factor by appointment of his Excellency the Chancellor & said Minor's Guardian John Ayrery (sp?). Account filed by Archibald Sinclair, merchant and factor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 16
1756
[Name] [no name given]  
[Crop] sugar, rum, attached copy of expenses  
 

Estate of Charles Blair, a minor, in Account current with Peter Turnell. Account filed by Peter Turnell, merchant. No parish given. Assumed to be both East and West Prospect estates.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 34-35
1756
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, sheep  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esquire (a minor), with Archibald Sinclair, factor to said plantation by appointment of his Exellency the Chancellor & said minor's guardian, John Ayscough (sp?) Esquire. Account filed by Archibald Sinclair, factor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 33
1757
[Name] [no name given]  
[Crop] sugar, rum, annexed account of supplies made to the estate, its expenses and income  
 

Estate of Charles Blair, a minor, in Account current with Peter Turnell. Account filed by Peter Turnell, merchant. No parish given. Assumed to be both East and West Prospect estates.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 61-64
1760
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esquire, a minor, with Sinclair and Rennalls factors by appointment of John Ayscough Esquire said Blair's Guardian. Account filed by Kenny Sinclair and Joseph Rennalls, merchants and factors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 175-176
1761
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, sheep, goats  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esquire, to Sinclair and Rennalls, Factors. Account filed by Kennedy Sinclair and Joseph Rennalls.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 205
1766
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by David Murray planter attorney for Blair.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 6
1767
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Swymmer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 86
1768
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and plantain.  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by David Murray planter attorney for Blair.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 124
1768
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by David Murray planter attorney for Blair.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 142
1769
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Swymmer as attorney of Charles Blair.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 198
1770
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Swymmer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 23
1771
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Swymmer as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 179
1772
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by Edward Foord as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 30
1773
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Swymmer as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 206
1773
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by Edward Foord as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 254
1775
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by William Symmons as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 283
1775
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by Malcolm Liang as the attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 60
1778
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account filed by William Swymmer as attorney to Charles Blair Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 50-51
1779
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account filed by William Swymmer as attorney to Charles Blair Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 150
1780
[Name] Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esquire. Account filed by William Swymmer, attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 20
1781
[Name] Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair. Account filed by John Jaques one of the acting Executors of Malcolm Laing Esquire Deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 41
1782
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by James Sampson, agent.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 162
1784
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by James Samson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 46
1785
[Name] West Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq; account filed by James Samson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 66
1786
[Name] Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq; account filed by Cornelious Murray, attorney to Charles Blair.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 145
1787
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esq; account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 216
1788
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire. Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 182
1789
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire. Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 178
1790
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire. Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 249 [f.129]
1791
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire. Account filed by Patrick Commons as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 320-321
1792
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Blair Esquire, Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 111
1793
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 73
1794
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Patrick Commons as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 99
1795
[Name] West Prospect Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Patrick Commons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 144
1796
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Charles Blau? Esqof GB. Account filed by Patrick Commons, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Pat.k Commons as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 30
1798
[Name] Prospect  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-Vale as a sugar estate with 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1798
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Patrick Gibbons.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 77
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 159(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
 

Registered in St Thomas-in-the-Vale to Charles Blair with 159 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at an extraordinary vestry 02/11/1799. It's not clear if this refers to East Prospect or West Prospect or both.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 47.
1799
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Patrick Gibbons as overseer for the period 01/01/1799 to 23/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 82-83
1801
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by Patrick Gibbons as overseer. Accounts filed for 1799 to 1801.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 25-26
1803
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Blair Esq. Account filed by Thomas Duffy book-keeper for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 219-220
1807
[Name] West Prospect  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Charles Blair Esq. of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by James Trower as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 107-108
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of 1809.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_01.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 44  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot) 70(F) 63(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander Bayley as attorney to Charles William Michell, surviving devisee in trust named in last will of Charles Blair, late of Down House in the County of Dorset deceased.

 
T71/25 163-167
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander Bayley as attorney of Charles William Michel surviving Devisee in trust, named in the will of Charles Blair deceased.

 
T71/26 25
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 127(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 75  
 

Registered to Charles Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot) 60(F) 57(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Smith as attorney to Charlies William Mitchell esq as devisee (sp) in trust in the last will of Charles Blair late of Down House of the county of Dorset dec.

 
T71/27 331
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot)  
[Name] West Prospect  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 111(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 90  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 111(Tot)  
[Name] West Prospect Estate  
 

In the possession of West Prospect Estate: Alexander Bayly esquire attorney of Charles William Michel esq surviving devisee in trust named in the will of Charles Blair esq.

 
T71/28 274
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander Bayly esq as attorney to Lord Viscount and [?] Fane esq as trustee under the will of the late Charles William Mitchell esq surviving devisee in trust named as the last will of Charles Blair.

 
T71/29-31 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 111(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 138(Tot) 73(F) 65(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Alexander Bayley as attorney to Lord Viscount St Vincent, and Vere Fane Esquire, trustees under the will of the late Messrs William Mitchell Esquire, surviving devisee in trust, named in the last will of Chas Blair, late of Down Castle in the County of Dorsetshire.

 
T71/32 21
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Prospect  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to Alexander Bayley, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIV.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1839
[Name] Prospect  
[Size] 1192  
 

Registered to John Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thosvale.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

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