UCL

Belle Castle

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

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1815 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
John Ross of Mulatto River

Notes

Found in the Jamaica Almanacs but not identified in the slave registers: it is possible that the enslaved people were combined with those on Mulatto River (q.v.) in the Registers.

Estate Information (11)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Bell Castle  
 

Registered to John Ross.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Belle-Castle  
 

Registered to John Ross.

 
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] 84(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Catle  
 

Registered to John Ross.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
 

Registered to John Ross.

 
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] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
 

Registered to John Ross.

 
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.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to John 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] 31(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
 

Registered to John 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.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
 

Registered to John 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] 27(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle  
 

Registered to John 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.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle & Mulatto River  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to John 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] 191(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Castle and Mulatto River  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to John 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.