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Lot 26, St Andrew

Grenada | St Andrew

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Associated People (2)

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
- 1773 [EY] → Owner
John De Ponthieu
1780 [EA] - → Joint owner
Alexander Cockburn

Notes

An estate in Grenada in the quartier du Grand Marquis and the parish of St. Andrew , identified as lot 26 in Daniel Paterson's Topographical Description of the Island of Grenada (1780). Not yet identified in the slave registers or compensation records.

Estate Information (2)

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1763
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 72  
[Crop] coffee  
 

In 1763, the estate was 72 acres, of which 50 was under cultivation. The estate was growing coffee. Proprietor given as De Manges.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1782
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 230  
[Crop] coffee or cocoa  
 

In 1780-1782, the estate comprised 230 acres, growing coffee or cocoa. Proprietor given as Alex. Cockburn, Esq; and Deponthieu.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e