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Bloomsbury Hill and Hendon

Jamaica | St James

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Henry Shergold
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
Alexander Rae
1828 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
Henry Shergold
1829 [EA] - → Executor
James Guthrie
1829 [EA] - → Executor
Alexander Rae

Estate Information (12)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 11(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 12(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 11(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 11(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 24(Tot)  
[Name] Hendon and Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

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

In the possession of Henry Shergold as owner; increase owing to purchase of 13 enslaved people from numerous vendors and 2 births; decrease in total owing to 1 death.

 
T71/210 125-126
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Hendon  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 22(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

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

In the possession of James Guthrie as Attorney to Henry Shergold.

 
T71/213 364
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Henry Shergold.

 
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] 6(Tot)  
[Name] Bloomsbury Hill  
 

Registered to the estate of Henry Shergold. Number of stock unclear (page torn).

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

In the possession of James Guthrie and Alexander Rae as Exors of Henry Shergold decd. Decrease of 11 enslaved people by sale: 7 enslaved people sold to R.W. Gordon, 3 to E.P.J Jackson, 1 to W.C. Walker. Decrease of 5 enslaved people bequeathed to Mary Frought.

 
T71/220 [unpaginated]