Wiltshire

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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
1774 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Owner
1796 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Previous owner
1800 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Joint owner

Shown as owner but known to have settled half the estate on his son William Fowle of Chute c. 1796.

1807 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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£3,686 1S 1D

Estate Information (42)

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1774
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 167  
 

Listed as belonging to William Fowle in St James in 1774 with 2 men bearing arms and 1 woman or child. One the "estates now settling that will make sugar in the crops of 1775 and 1776'.

 
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
1788
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Joseph Major as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 69-70
1789
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Richards as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 434
1790
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to William Fowle Esquire. Account filed by Leonard Parkinson his attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 424-425 [f.213]
1796
[Name] Wiltshire Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, bull, calves, munitions, household effects  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Fowle Esq, dec. Account given by Leonard Parkinson executor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Godfrey, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 103
1798
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Godfrey as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 84-85
1798
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] coffee, cattle, hire of enslaved people  
 

Account filed by David Ferguson as overseer for the period 14/09/1798 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 85
1799
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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.
1799
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum cattle, coffee  
 

Account filed by Daniel Ferguson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 80
1799
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Daniel Ferguson as overseer for the period 20/06/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 130
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with the heirs of William Fowle as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1800
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, coffee  
 

Property of Henry Fowle Esq. Account filed by Daniel Ferguson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 59-60
1801
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Henry Fowler Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 166
1803
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of Henry Fowle Esq. Account signed by Ed. Smith.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 40
1804
[Name] Wiltshire Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Owners name not given. Account filed in the name of Edward Smith, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 99
1807
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to William Fowle Esq. Account filed by Joseph Oldfield as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 80
1808
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to William Fowle Esq. Account filed by Joseph Oldfield as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 175
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 67  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot)  
[Name] Windsor Castle  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to William Sharp [sic] deceased.

 
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] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to William Fowles.

 
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] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 121  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 134  
 

Registered to the heirs of William Fowle.

 
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] 171(Tot) 84(F) 87(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as attorney to William Fowler the owner.

 
T71/202 488-493
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 147  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 4(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
 

Registered to Ann Fowle.

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

In the possession of William Allen as Attorney to William Fowle, the owner.

 
T71/207 59
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 146  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

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

In the possession of William Allen as Attorney to William Fowle, the owner.

 
T71/211 222
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 185  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 118(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 151  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

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

In the possession of William King as Attorney to William Fowle.

 
T71/215 05-Jun
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 37  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 185(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

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

In the possession of William King as Attorney to William Fowle.

 
T71/217 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

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

In the possession of William King as Attorney to William Fowle.

 
T71/222 404
1839
[Name] Wiltshire  
[Size] 833  
 

Registered to William Fowle.

 
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.