Oakes's

Estate Details


Associated People (8)

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
1812 [SY] - → Trust beneficiary
1812 [SY] - → Trustee

Although given as 'Rev. Ralph Rice' in 1817 and 1820, this appears erroneous. Edmund Fearon Bourke added Ralph Rice of the Temple, later Sir Ralph Rice, as an executor of his will after Rice's marriage to Bourke's daughter.

1812 [SY] - → Trustee
1792 [EA] - 1812 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

The late Mary Fearon was shown as the owner of a group of enslaved people on Oakes between 1817 and 1832.

1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Agent
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (4)

£1,577 9S 3D
£1,661 19S 11D
£531 11S 6D
£150 7S 6D

Estate Information (34)

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1792
[Name] Oaks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Edmund Fearon Bourke Esquire under the care of Arthur McKenzie Esquire. Account filed by Hector Mouat of the parish of Clarendon, clerk to Arthur McKenzie.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 274
1793
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Edmund Fearon Bourke Esq. Account filed by Richard Gordon Esq as his attorney for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 41
1794
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper  
 

Under the direction of Richard Gordon and John Graham as attornies to Edmund Fearon Bourke Esq. Account filed by James Graham for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 206-207
1795
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, "promiscuous articles"  
 

Under the direction of John Graham as attorney to Edmund Fearon Bourke Esq. Account filed by James Graham as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 206-207
1796
[Name] Oakes's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, steers, hire of enslaved people, copper  
 

Belonging to Edward Fearon Bourke, Esq. Account given by John Grisham? Esq, attorney. Account filed by Hugh Cameron, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, a copper  
 

Belonging to Edward Fearon Bourkes. Account filed by Evan Macpherson, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 197
1798
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar rum coffee  
 

Account filed by Evan Macpherson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 21
1799
[Name] Oakes's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Euan Macpherson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 161-162
1800
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Evan Macpherson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 8
1801
[Name] Oakess (?) Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Evan Macpherson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 233
1803
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Arch.d Smith as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 96
1804
[Name] Oakes Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Owner not given. Account filed in the name of James Primrose, overseer of said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 145
1807
[Name] Oakes  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Edward House as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 87
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Burke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Clarend.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 23  
 

Registered to Edward P. Burke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cla.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Name] Oakes  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 249(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 145  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot) 130(F) 106(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

All in the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to Charles Nicholas Pallmer and the Rev. Ralph Rice, trustees under the will of Edmund Fearon Burke Esq deceased. However, given in four separate returns, of which two (for 103 and 40 enslaved people) are trusts without named beneficiaries. The other two returns are represented to be the property of Miss Frances Fearon (14 enslaved people) and the heirs of the late Mrs Mary Fearon (79 enslaved people).

 
T71/57 62-69, 77-78
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 42  
 

Registered to Edmund Fearon Bourke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 42  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 244(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes's Estate  
 

Divided into five groups: In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to Charles N. Pallmer Esquire and the Rev. Ralph Rice trustees under the will of Edmund Brown Bourke Esquire deceased (99 enslaved people); In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the trustees of the late Edmund F. Bourke Esquire deceased represented to be the property of Miss Elizabeth Bourke (10 enslaved people); In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the trustees of the late Edmund F. Bourke Esquire deceased (40 enslaved people); In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the trustees of the late Edmund F. Bourke Esquire deceased represented to be the property of the late Mrs Mary Fearon (80 enslaved people); In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the trustees of the late Edmund F. Bourke Esquire deceased represented to be the property of Miss Frances In the possession of Fearon (15 enslaved people).

 
T71/58 78, 79, 171-172
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 160  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 155  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot) 116(F) 118(M)  
[Name] Oakes's  
 

The estate of the late Edmund Fearon Bourke, deceased (Donald McLean as attorney). Divided into five parts. (1) In the possession of Donald McLean as agent to the trustees of the late E. F. Bourke, Esq, represended to be the property of Mrs Bourke, widow of the said E. J. Bourke (38 enslaved people). (2) In the possession of Donald McLean as agent to the trustees of the late Edward Fearon Bourke, Esq, represented to be the property of Miss Elizabeth Bourke (9 enslaved people). (3) In the possession of Donald McLean as agent to the wife of Edmund Fearon Bourke Esquire deceased (93 enslaved people). (4) In the possession of Donald McLean as agent to the trustees of the late Edmund Fearon Bourke Esquire represented to be the property of the late Mrs Mary Fearon (9 enslaved people). (5) In the possession of Donald McLean as agent to the trustees of Edmund Fearon Bourke, Esquire deceased represented to be the property of Miss Frances Fearon (14 enslaved people).

 
T71/59 30, 32, 41, 178, 214
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 239(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 155  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John McLeod as attorney for the trustees of Edmund Fearon Bourke but represented as the property of Mrs Mary Fearon deceased (87 enslaved people). In the possession of John McLeod as attorney to the trustees of Edmund Fearon Bouke but represented to be the property of Miss Frances Fearon (12 enslaved people). John McLeod as attorney for the trustees under the will of Edmund Fearon Bourke (93 enslaved people). John McLeod as attorney to the trustees of E. F. Bourke deceased but represented to be the property of Miss Elizabeth Bourke (8 enslaved people). John McLeod as attorney to the trustees of Edmund Fearon Bourke but represented to be the property of Mrs Bourke (34 enslaved people).

 
T71/60 20-24
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 49  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes's  
 

In the possession of John McLeod Esquire as attorney to the trustees of Edmund Fearon Bourke Esquire deceased (93 enslaved). In the possession of John McLeod Esquire as attorney represented to be the property of Misstress Bourke widow of E. F. Bourke Esquire deceased (7 enslaved). In the possession of John McLeod Esquire as attorney represented to be the property of Miss Frances Fearon (11 enslaved). In the possession of John McLeod Esquire as attorney represented to be the property of Misstress Bourke widow of E. F. Bourke Esquire deceased (30 enslaved). In the possession of John McLeod Esquire as attorney represented to be the property of Mistress Mary Fearon deceased (89 enslaved).

 
T71/61 32-33, 163-164
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 232(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 61  
 

Registered to E. F. Bourke deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)  
[Name] Oakes  
[Stock] 63  
 

Registered to E. F. Bourke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Claren.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 207(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Macleod Esquire as attorney to the trustees of the heirs of Edmund Fearon Bourke Esquire deceased (83 enslaved people). In the possession of John Macleod Esquire as attorney represented to on the property of Mrs Bourke widow of Edmund Fearon Bourke deceased (31 enslaved people). In the possession of John Macleod Esquire as attorney represented to on the property of Mistress Mary Fearon (93 enslaved people).

 
T71/64
1839
[Name] Oakes  
[Size] 1297  
 

Registered to Edmund F. Bourke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Clarend.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.