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Bellevue and Smithfield

Jamaica | St Catherine

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
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Thomas Burrell Smith

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Catherine 659 (Belle Vue)
£1,257 14S 1D

Notes

This estate is clearly connected to the Bellevue owned by John March in St Catherine, which does not appear in the almanacs after 1828. Bellevue only appears in the almanacs registered to Smith in 1839. At some point between 1829 and 1832, he bought a group of enslaved people who had previously been owned by William Thomas March and his siblings. The ownership of the land of Bellevue and of Union (prevously owned by William Thomas March and his siblings but later registered to John March) has not been untangled.

Estate Information (18)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot) 13(F) 7(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Burrell Smith in right of his wife.

 
T71/1 708-709
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 9(Tot) 6(F) 3(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas B. Smith as owner. Some sold to W. Shand Esquire.

 
T71/2 431
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 8(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 8(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot) 8(F) 5(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas B. Smith as owner.

 
T71/3 261
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] Smithfield  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 13(F) 15(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas B. Smith as owner. Registration in 1826 for 13 enslaved people.

 
T71/10 161
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 6(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Burrell Smith as owner. No details of the vendor of the increase in enslaved people but their names and ages match the group previously registered by William Thomas March as joint owner in St Catherine in 1829.

 
T71/12 227
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Belle-Vieu  
[Size] 500  
 

Registered to Thomas B. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Catherin.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.