Tryall 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
- 1734 [EY] → Joint owner
1740 [EA] - 1740 [LA] → Previous owner
1740 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Previous owner
1762 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Lessee
1762 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
1762 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner

Signatory to a lease of Tryall by virtue of his marriage to Mary Acres.

1762 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner
1762 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner
1762 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner
1776 [EA] - 1833 [LA] → Joint owner

The estate in Jamaica owned by John Hyde in his will made in 1833 and proved in 1835 has been inferred to be Tryall.

1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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£5,337 0S 11D

Estate Information (60)

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1740
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

The estate of Messers Allan, Hiscox and Acres deceased. Account filed by Neil McNeil as manager of the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 58
1741
[Name] Tryal  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

Belonging to James [Jos.?] Hiscox and Company. Account filed by Neil McNeil.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 104
1742
[Name] Tryal  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

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Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 201
1761
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Honourable Peter Mackenzie Esquire, delivered by order of James Kerr Esquire, attorney. Account filed by Alexander Wanhope (sp?) overseer. Tryall and Flint River filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 196-197
1762
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account field by Montagu James Esquire and Alexander Wauhope as overseers on Tryall and Flint River and delivered by order of James Kerr Esq as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 7
1762
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account filed by Roderick McKenzie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 27
1762
[Name] Tryall  
 

Lease for 13 and a half years of Triall plantation (300 acres), negroes, cattle, stock and effects in Hanover; includes detailed schedules of buildings, also list of slaves giving names and value Parties: 1) Jane Allen of Greewich, spinster, William Allen of Blackheath Esq., Joseph Hiscox of West Moulsey Esq., John Hyde of Cornhill and wife Katherine, Rev George Sandby, master of St. Mary Magdalene College, Cambridge and wife Mary; 2) Hon Peter Mackenzie, late of Jamaica now of St Mary le Bone and Hutchinson Mure of Savile Row: Consideration: rent for first 18 months 800 pounds sterling per annum, remaining 12 years at 1200 pounds sterling per annum.

A copy of the lease is held by in the Cadbury Research Library Special Collections University of Birmingham, CMS/ACC81 T11.

1763
[Name] Tryal  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Hanover in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with water and cattle mills.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1767
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account field by Montagu James Esquire and Alexander Wauhope as overseers on Tryall and Flint River and delivered by order of James Kerr Esq as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 64
1770
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account filed by William McKenzie as planter, overseer and attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 17
1771
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account filed by William McKenzie as planter, overseer and attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 196
1772
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Peter McKenzie Esq. Account filed by William McKenzie as planter, overseer and attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 221
1775
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Hon. Peter Mackenzie deceased.William Mackenzie as attorney for the estate and also planter , overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 46
1778
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, sheep, pigs, corn, cattle  
 

Property of James [possibly = Jane] Allen & others of Great Britain. Account filed by Samuel Mosley.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 130-131
1779
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Jane Allen and others of Great Britain. Account filed by Samuel Mosely Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 162
1784
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 213-14
1786
[Name] Tryall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 193
1787
[Name] Tryall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 117
1787
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Jane Allan and others; account filed by Leonard Parkinson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 210-211
1788
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 334
1789
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 438
1790
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson attorney to Jane Allen.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 419-420
1791
[Name] Tryal Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 248
1792
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 214-215 [f.108]
1793
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Leonard Parkinson as attorney for the estate for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 12
1794
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Jane Allen and others. Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 201-202
1795
[Name] Tryal Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to Jane Allen and others. Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 264
1796
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, Steer, cow and calves  
 

Belonging to Jane Allen and others. Account filed by Ralph Parkinson, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 67
1797
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 103
1798
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 86
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 272(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
 

Registered in Hanover to Jane Allan et al with 272 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 23.
1799
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Ralph Parkinson overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 97-98
1799
[Name] Tryall  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Glapford Chalmer as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 46
1801
[Name] Tryall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Jane Allan and others in the Kingdom of Great Britain, given in by order of Patrick Gray Esq, Attorney for said plantation. Account filed by Glassford Chalmer as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 93
1803
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Alexander Lockhart Finlayson as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 146
1804
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Owners name not given. Account filed in the name of Alexander Lockhart Finlayson,overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 93
1807
[Name] Tryal  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Edward Pryce as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 45-46
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 300(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 297  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Hanov.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 300(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 131  
 

Registered to Robert Allen and al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 330(Tot)  
[Name] Tryal  
[Stock] 254  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot) 162(F) 133(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In possession of William Allen as attorney to Robert Allen and others (the owners).

 
T71/190 1-8
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 354(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 388  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 228  
 

Registered to Robert Allen and others.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 290(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as attorney to Robert Allen and others the owners.

 
T71/191 1-2
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 352(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 205  
 

Registered to Robert Allen and others.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 383(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Robert Allen and others.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as attorney to Robert Allen and others the owners.

 
T71/192 5-6
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 399(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 357  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 379(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 207  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 311(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Gordon as attorney to Robert Allen and others the owners.

 
T71/193 325-327
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 382(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 46  
 

Registered to Robert Allen & al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 333(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 64  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 334(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 58  
 

Registered to Robert Allen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 314(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Gordon as attorney to Robert Allen Esquire and others the owners.

 
T71/194 1
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 325(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 65  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 336(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall  
[Stock] 58  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 329(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall Estate  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 311(Tot)  
[Name] Tryall Estate  
 

In the possession of William Gordon as attorney to Robert Allen and other Proprietors

 
T71/198 24
1839
[Name] Tryall  
[Size] 2184  
 

Registered to Robert Allen et al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.