Provost's Rock River

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Associated People (6)

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
1782 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Owner

Possibly tenant-for-life

1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (2)

£1,055 7S 11D
£1,834 1S 10D

Estate Information (40)

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1782
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Stalford (sp?) Powell. Account filed by John Mackenzie.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 147
1785
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 46
1786
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves; account filed by Alexander McNeill.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 180
1786
[Name] Rock River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susanna Slatford Deaves; account filed by Donald Martin.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 159
1787
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves; account filed by Don. Martin.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 73
1788
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Robert Chapman.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 372
1789
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susanah Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 317-318
1790
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves of the parish of Clarendon. Account filed by John Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 27-28
1791
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 368
1792
[Name] Rock River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 172
1793
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susanna Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 40
1794
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 198
1795
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Mrs Susanna Slatford Deaves. Account filed by John Shaw, status not given.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 20
1797
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Mrs Susanna Slatford Deaves of GB. Account filed by John Shaw, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 133
1798
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves of Ireland. Account filed by John Shaw.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 94
1798
[Name] Provost Rock River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Clarendon as a sugar estate with a watermill 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.
1799
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum cattle  
 

Account filed by Robert Shaw. The property of Mrs Susuanah Stafford Deaves.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 219
1800
[Name] Rock River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves. Account filed by Robert Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 107
1801
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Account filed by Robert Shaw as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 98
1803
[Name] Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Mrs Susannah Slatford deceased of Great Britain. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 49
1804
[Name] Rock River Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum, rent for land  
 

Belonging to Mrs Susannah Slatford Deaves of Great Britain. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 109
1808
[Name] Rock River also called Prevasts Rock River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account filed by Malcolm McCleod.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 214
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot)  
[Name] Provosts Rock River [?]  
[Stock] 118  
 

Registered to [?] Deaves, 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] 154(Tot) 76(F) 78(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In two parts: in the possession of William Shand as attorney to the proprietors of the estate (49 enslaved people); in the possession of William Shand as attorney to Hampson Provost Thomas the owner (105 enslaved people).

 
T71/57 524-525, 636-639
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 147(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 30  
 

No ownership details given.

 
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] 104(Tot) 50(F) 54(M)  
[Name] Provost Rock River  
 

In the possession of The Honble William Shand as attorney of Hampson Provost Thomas Esquire.

 
T71/58 374
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 104(Tot) 50(F) 54(M)  
[Name] Provost Rock River  
 

In the possession of The Honble William Shand as attorney of Hampson Provost Thomas Esquire.

 
T71/58 374
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 109  
 

Registered to Hampson P. Thomas.

 
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] 147(Tot) 78(F) 69(M)  
[Name] Provosts Rock River  
 

In two parts. (1) In the possession of William Shand as attorney of Provosts Rock River Estate (99 enslaved). (2) In the possession of William Shand as attorney of Provosts Rock River Estate (48 enslaved). No ownership details given.

 
T71/59 467-468
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 153(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 103  
 

Registered to Hampson P. Thomas.

 
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] 102(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Williams and William P. Trench Esquires as attornies of Hampson Provost Thomas Esquire.

 
T71/60 455
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot) 90(F) 76(M)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
 

In two groups: in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to Colonel Hampson Provost Thomas (109 enslaved people); in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to the proprietors of Provost's Rock River Estate (57 enslaved people).

 
T71/60
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Williams and William P. Trench Esquires as attornies of Hampson Provost Thomas Esquire.

 
T71/60 455
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot) 90(F) 76(M)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
 

In two groups: in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to Colonel Hampson Provost Thomas (109 enslaved people); in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to the proprietors of Provost's Rock River Estate (57 enslaved people).

 
T71/60
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 52  
 

Registered to Hampson P. Thomas.

 
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] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to Hampson P. Thomas.

 
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.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to Hampson P. Thomas.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot) 89(F) 79(M)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River Estate  
 

In two groups: in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to Colonel Hampson P. Thomas (107 enslaved people); in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to the proprietors of Provost's Rock River Estate (61 enslaved people).

 
T71/61
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot) 89(F) 79(M)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River Estate  
 

In two groups: in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to Colonel Hampson P. Thomas (107 enslaved people); in the possession of Edward Thompson as attorney to the proprietors of Provost's Rock River Estate (61 enslaved people).

 
T71/61
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Provost's Rock River  
[Stock] 34  
 

No ownership details given.

 
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.