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Shirley Castle

Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey

Estate Details

Associated People (7)

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
1810 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Samuel Thomson
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
James Forsyth
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Thomas Ross
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
Thomas Ross
1829 [EA] - → Executor
Charles Anderson
1832 [EA] - → Executor
Thomas Thomson
1832 [EA] - → Not known
William Wyllys

Estate Information (21)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 127(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley-Castle  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot) 27(F) 33(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Samuel Thomson as owner.

 
T71/145 835-837
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Samuel Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Forsyth as attorney of Samuel Thomson.

 
T71/146 473-474
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot) 29(F) 37(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Ross as owner.

 
T71/147 317
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 6  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot) 61(F) 63(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Ross as owner. Assumed to be Benlomond and Shirley Castle.

 
T71/148 306
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)  
[Name] Ben Lomond and Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Ben Lomond and Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 72(Tot) 32(F) 40(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Charles Anderson as Exor of Thomas Ross decd.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)  
[Name] Ben Lomond and Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)  
[Name] Ben Lomond and Shirley Castle  
 

Registered to Thomas Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot)  
[Name] Shirley Castle  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to William Wyllys.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot) 35(F) 36(M)  
[Name] Shirley Castle Plantation  
 

In the possession of Thomas Thomson on Shirley Castle Plantation as Exor to the estate of Thomas Ross decd.

 
T71/150 453