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Springhead

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Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Not known
Mary McConachy
1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
Curtis Philip Berry

Estate Information (5)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Springhead  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to Mary McConachy.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Andr.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] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Springhead  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Mary McConachy.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)  
[Name] Springhead  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Curtis Philip Berry.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 46(Tot) 19(F) 27(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Curtis Philip Berry as owner. Presumably these enslaved people were moved to Berry's other properties in Clarendon or Manchester, or sold.

 
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] Springhead  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to Curtis Philip Berry.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.