Equity

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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
1785 [EA] - → Owner
1792 [EA] - 1814 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - → Agent
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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£1,374 16S 6D

Estate Information (34)

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174
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 26  
 

Listed as belonging to Long and Rutherford (not identified) with 2 white men bearing arms in St James in 1774. One of the estates "now settling that will make sugar in the crops of 1775 and 1776."

 
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
1785
[Name] Equity  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Gordon Gray of Chiltern in Co. Wiltshire in the Kingdom of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Little as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 168
1792
[Name] Equity Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Robert Borland Esquire. Account filed by John Waugh as his attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 65-66
1793
[Name] Equity Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Robert Borland Esquire. Account filed by John Waugh as his attorney. Accounts filed for 28/12/1792 to 28/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 363 [f.182]
1797
[Name] Equity Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Robert Borland of Kilmarnock, GB. Account given by John Ritchie, attorney. Account filed by Andrew Colhoun, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 153
1798
[Name] Equity  
[Crop] sugar, rum, labour hire  
 

Property of Robert Borland Esq on the order of John Ritchie as attorney for the plantation. Account filed by Andrew Colhoun as overseer for the period 24/01/1798 to 01/06/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 134
1799
[Name] Equity Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Robert Borland Esq of Great Britain on the order of John Ritchie as attorney for the plantation. Account filed by Andrew Colhoun as overseer for the period 22/01/1799 to 15/06/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 219
1799
[Name] Equity  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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] Equity Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Robert Borland Esq of [Kitchener?] in Great Britain Esquire. Account given in by order of John Ritchie attorney for said plantation. Account filed by Andrew Colhoun as overseer..

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 2
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with Robert Borland 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.
1803
[Name] Equity Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Robert Borland Esq of Richmond, Great Britain on the order of John Ritchie attorney for the plantation. Account filed by John Kennedy as overseer for the period 03/11/1802 to 09/07/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 53
1807
[Name] Equity  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Belonging to Robert Barland of Kilmarnoch in the Kingdom of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Patrick as overseer and given in by order of John Ritchie attorney for the plantation. Filed for 9th Dec 1806-29th May 1807.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 128
1808
[Name] Equity  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Robert Boiland of Kilmainock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Patrick as overseer and given in by order of John Ritchie Esq. as attorney for the plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 204
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

Registered to Robert Borland.

 
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] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

Registered to Robert Borland.

 
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] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

Registered to Robert Borland.

 
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] 82(Tot) 43(F) 39(M)  
[Name] Equity Estate  
 

In the possession of George Cunningham as agent for William and Charles Stirling as owners.

 
T71/202 240-241
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 49  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Equity Estate  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn as Attorney to William and Charles Stirling, the owners of Equity Estate.

 
T71/206 44
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn as Attorney to William and Charles Sterling, the owners of Equity.

 
T71/211 45
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 15  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

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

In the possession of John Cleghorn as Attorney to William and Charles Stirling.

 
T71/215 90
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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] 72(Tot)  
[Name] Equity  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

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

In the possession of Robert Cron as Attorney for William and Charles Stirling.

 
T71/220 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 414(Tot)  
[Name] Content and Equity  
[Stock] 61  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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] 393(Tot)  
[Name] Content and Equity  
[Stock] 273  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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] 386(Tot)  
[Name] Content and Equity  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to William and Charles Stirling.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot)  
[Name] Equity Settlement  
 

In the possession of Robert Cron as Attorney for William and Charles Stirling.

 
T71/222 109