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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
1782 [SY] - → Legatee
1767 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Owner
1773 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Trustee
1776 [EA] - 1776 [LA] → Previous owner
1776 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Attorney
1779 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Joint owner
1779 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Joint owner
1781 [EA] - 1782 [EY] → Owner
1782 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Previous owner
1799 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

Given as Samuel Delap in 1799-1800, as Samuel Francis Delap thereafter.

1834 [EA] - → Assignee

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Estate Information (63)

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1766
[Name] Orange  
 

Account filed by Robert Gent as overseer on instruction from Peter Ewing Esq. as attroney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 125
1767
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as trustee for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 113
1767
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Francis Delap. Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as trustee for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 93
1769
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as trustee for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 154
1770
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Alexander McNeill as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as trustee for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 66
1771
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as trustee for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 186
1772
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Peter Ewing as one of the trustees for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 214
1773
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Henry Cunriffe Esq. as one of the trustees for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 78
1774
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the instruction of Henry Cunriffe Esq. as one of the trustees for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 221
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 199(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 155  
 

Listed as belonging to Francis Delap with 4 men bearing arms and 0 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 183 hogsheads of sugar.

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1775
[Name] Orange  
 

Account filed by Thomas Burke Junior as overseer on the order of Henry Cuniffe Esq. as one of the trustees of the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 25-6
1776
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Property of the heirs of Francis Delap Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the order of Henry Cuniffe Esq. as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 85-6
1778
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer on the orders of Henry Cuniffe and Robert Young Esqs. attorneys for the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 58-9
1779
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Samuel and Robert Delap Esqs. Delivered by order of Henry Cuniffe and Robert Young Esqs. Account filed by Robert Gentle as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 131
1780
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Samuel Robert Delap Esquire. George Young, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 19
1781
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Robert Delap Esquire. Account filed by George Young, late overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 139
1782
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum,  
 

Property of the Heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased. Account filed by Patrick Costello, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 215
1783
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of the heirs of Robert Delap deceased. Account filed by Patrick Costello as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 32
1784
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property the heirs of Robert Delap Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Cuniffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 165-6
1785
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the Heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased, under direction of John Wedderburn & James Wedderburn Esquires. Account filed by Christopher Forsyth, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 205
1787
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esq deceased,under the direction of John and James Wedderburn. Account filed by Christopher Forsyth, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 220
1787
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Rob.t Delap Esq deceased under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esqs; account filed by Christopher Forsyth as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 46
1788
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, labour hire, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esquires. Account filed by Christopher Forsyth as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 180-181 f.92 [no f.91]
1789
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of labour, iron, lead, timber, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by George Morrison as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 200-201 f.101
1790
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the care and direction of James Roberston Esquire. Account filed by George Morrison as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 312-313 [f.156]
1791
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by George Morrison as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 110-112
1792
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum [some livestock but numbers small]  
 

The property of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by James Black as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 9-10
1793
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esquire deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by James Black as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 316-317 [f.159]
1794
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esq deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by James Black as overseer for the year to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 131
1795
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, one cow  
 

Property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esq deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by James Black as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 24-25
1796
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, interest, steers  
 

Account filed by James Black, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cow  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Robert Delap, Esq, deceased. Account given by James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by James Black,overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 102
1798
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of Robert Delap Esq deceased under the direction of John Graham Esq. Account filed by James Black as overseer for the period 27/07/1798 to 31/12/1798

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 130
1799
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James 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.
1799
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Andrew Farquharson late chief bookkeeper. The property by Samuel Delop Esquire under the direction of John Graham and others.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 155
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with the heirs of Robert Delap as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1800
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, labour hire, old iron  
 

Property of Samuel Delap under the direction of Andrew Gardner and Somerville Forrester. Account filed by Hugh Fraser as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 56-57
1801
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Samuel Francis Delap Esq, under the care and direction of Andrew Gardner and Somerville Forrester Esquires. Account filed by Hugh Fraser as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 36
1803
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Samuel Francis Delap Esq under the care and direction of Andrew Gardner and Sommerville Forrester Esq.s. Account filed by Hugh Fraser as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 157
1804
[Name] Orange Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum, hire of enslaved people  
 

Owner not given. Account filed in the name of Alexander MacKenzie, bookkeeper to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 196
1807
[Name] Orange  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle and public paper due to the estate  
 

Property of Samuel Francis Delap Esq. and under the care and direction of Andrew Gairdner Esq. Account filed by Thomas Saint as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 148-149
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.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] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
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] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 181  
 

Registered to Francis Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 167  
 

Registered to Francis Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot) 52(F) 60(M)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of Walter Murray as attorney to Samuel Francis Delap.

 
T71/201 368-371
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 193  
 

Registered to Francis Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 233  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to Samuel Fras Delap, owner of Orange Estate. By purchase, registered in 1817 by William Bramwell as attorney to John Walker, from the parish of St Ann (40) and St James (40).

 
T71/206 244-249
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 224  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 224  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of Walter Murray as Attorney to Samuel Frances Delap, the owner and as settled on Orange Estate.

 
T71/210 97-98
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 148(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 193  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 198  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 141(Tot)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of Ewen Cameron and Henry Hunter as Attornies to Samuel Francis Delap.

 
T71/214 259-260
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 131(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 44  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of Henry Hunter as Attorney of Samuel Francis Delap Esq.

 
T71/217
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 173  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Orange Estate  
 

In the possession of Henry Hunter as Attorney to Samuel Francis Delap.

 
T71/222 319
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Orange  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Orange  
[Size] 938  
 

Registered to Samuel F. Delap.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.