Seven Rivers Estate

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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
1795 [SY] - → Owner
1782 [SY] - 1791 [EY] → Trustee

Trustee of John Parkinson

- 1795 [EY] → Owner
1774 [EA] - 1786 [EY] → Owner
1782 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Previous owner
1805 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1809 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1827 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
1829 [EA] - → Receiver
1829 [EA] - → Receiver
1831 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1831 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Other

Associated Claims (1)

£4,511 17S 9D

Estate Information (49)

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1774
[Number of enslaved people] 384(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 349  
 

Listed as belonging to Martin Williams with 13 men bearing arms and 3 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 212 hogsheads of sugar.

 
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
1778
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account of Dr. John Parkinson Esq. for Seven Rivers estate in Account Current with John Wedderburn. Account filed by James Neilson, gentleman who swears that he did see Martin Williams deceased design and deliver the account.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 9
1778
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 153
1778
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Martin Williams Esq. Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 155
1779
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account of Dr. John Parkinson Esq. for Seven Rivers estate in Account Current with John Wedderburn. Account filed by James Neilson, gentleman who swaers that he did see Martin Williams deceased design and deliver the account.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 9
1779
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 152
1780
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account of Dr. John Parkinson Esq. for Seven Rivers estate in Account Current with John Wedderburn. Account filed by James Neilson, gentleman who swaers that he did see Martin Williams deceased design and deliver the account.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 11-13
1781
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 111
1782
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Under the care and direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to Messrs. Boates et al the trustees of John Parkinson Esq. Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 146
1783
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to Messers Boats as trustees of John Parkinson Esq. Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 6
1784
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to Messers Boats as trustees of John Parkinson Esq. Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 43-44
1785
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to Messers Boats as trustees of John Parkinson Esq. Account filed by Patrick Muirhead as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 138-9
1787
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn, attorney to the board of trustees of John Parkinson Esq. Account filed by John Wedderburn.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 127
1787
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq as attorney to Messrs Boats et al trustees of John Parkinson Esq; account filed by Charles Adam as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 55
1788
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper, some cattle  
 

Under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire attorney to Messrs Boats et al trustees of John Parkinson Esquire. Account filed by Charles Adams as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 388-389 f.214
1789
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Under the direction of John Wedderburn attorney to Messrs Boats and trustees of Jn Parkinson Esquire. Account filed by Charles Adam as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 217-218 f.110
1790
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of William Boates and Francis Ingram Esquires trustees of John Parkinson. Account filed by Charles Adam as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 416-417
1791
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of William Boates and Francis Ingram Esquires trustees of John Parkinson. Account filed by John Price as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 248-249 [f.119]
1792
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Price as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 211 [f.106]
1793
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Price as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 30/07/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 10-11
1794
[Name] Seven River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Account filed by George Barnes as overseer for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 207
1795
[Name] Seven Rivers  
 

Bequeathed by Richard Vassall to his wife Mary.

 
PROB 11/1347/13
1795
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by George Barms, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 24
1799
[Name] Seven-Rivers  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a watermill 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.
1803
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of the heirs of Martin Williams Esq deceased. Account filed by William Taylor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 92
1805
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
 

in 1834 Rev. Henry Mair successfully counterclaimed for the compensation for the enslaved people uponthis estate as mortgagee for £16,000, dated February 1805.

 
T71/873 St James claim no. 3 (Seven Rivers Estate)
1807
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

In the possession of Martin Williams Esq. Account filed by James Jackson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 82-83
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 329(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 93  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 533(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 137  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 291(Tot)  
[Name] Seven-Rivers  
[Stock] 191  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 306(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 231  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 291(Tot) 159(F) 132(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Barrett as attorney to Martin Williams.

 
T71/201 516-523
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 312(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 214  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 304(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 229  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller as Attorney to the Trustees of Martin Williams Esq, the owner.

 
T71/205 289-290
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 257  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 271(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 232  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

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

In the possession of Martin Williams Esq as owner. Increase of 6 enslaved people by transfer from Old Hope pen Westmoreland, decrease of 4 enslaved people by transfer to Old Hope Pen Westmoreland.

 
T71/211 301-302
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 268(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 241  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 118  
 

Registered to Martin Williams. Number of stock unclear in transcription.

 
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] 243(Tot) 135(F) 108(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Martin Williams as owner.

 
T71/214 151-152
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 78  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 255(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
 

Registered to Martin Williams. Number of stock unclear as page is 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] 238(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller and George Marrett as Receivers appointed by the Court of Chancery.

 
T71/219 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 226  
 

Registered to Martin Williams.

 
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] 242(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 384  
 

Registered to John and Philip Vaughan.

 
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] 210(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to John and Philip Vaughan.

 
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] 228(Tot)  
[Name] Seven Rivers Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller and George Marrett as Attornies to John Vaughan and Philip Vaughan Esquires.

 
T71/223 107
1839
[Name] Seven Rivers  
[Size] 2320  
 

Registered to Michael W. Lee.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.