Associated People (12) |
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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:
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1787 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Joint owner
Given as William Rhodes James jun. |
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1787 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Joint owner
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1795 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Previous owner
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1798 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
The partnership of David Webster, John Wedderburn and David Wedderburn were the mortgagees-in-possession from at least 1798 and successor partnerships until at least 1807. |
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1798 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
The partnership of David Webster, John Wedderburn and David Wedderburn were the mortgagees-in-possession from at least 1798 and successor partnerships until at least 1807. |
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1798 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
The partnership of David Webster, John Wedderburn and David Wedderburn were the mortgagees-in-possession from at least 1798 and successor partnerships until at least 1807. |
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (2) |
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£6,005 0S 10D
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£2,087 5S 10D
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Estate Information (30) |
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1787
[Name] Fontebell Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of William Rhodes James Senior and William Rhodes James Junior Esquires. Accounts witnessed by George Hammond. Accounts filed for April 1787 to April 1788.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 171-174 f.86-87
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1795
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Belonging to Willm Rhodes James Sen.r and the heirs of William Rhodes James Jun.r deceased by order of William Brown Esq attorney to the estate. Account filed by William Somerville as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 180
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1796
[Name] Fontabell Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Belonging to William Rhodes James Senior and the heirs of William Rhodes James Junior, Esq. Account filed by Robert Jackson William Somerville, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Fontabella Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enlaved people. Belonging to William Rhodes James, Jnr [sic], heir of William Rhodes James, Sen. [sic] Account given by James William Brown, attorney and executor and trustee. Account filed by George Levens, manager.``.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 175
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1798
[Name] Fontabell Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Property of Wm R James Jun.r in the possession of John Wedderburn, David Webster and David Wedderburn of London mortgagees under the direction of James and William Brown. Account filed by said William Brown.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 187
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1799
[Name] Fontabelle
[Crop] Sugar Plotted In Trelawny as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and 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.
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1799
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, old copper, labour hire, herring Property of William Rhodes James Senior and the heirs of William Rhodes James Junior under the direction of William Brown attorney to Messrs Wedderburn, Webster and Co of London, mortgagees in possession. Account filed by Patrick Leslie as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 171
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1800
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of William Brown attorney to Messrs Wedderburn, Webster and Co of London, mortgagees in possession. Account filed by Patrick Leslie as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 120-121
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1801
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum, 2 old steers and 1 cow In the possession of Wedderburn Webster and Co, the Mortgagees of William Rhodes James Snr and William Rhodes James Jnr. Account filed by Patrick Leslie late overseer. Later account filed by James Lyon (?) as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 79
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1803
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of Patrick Miller, Somerville Forrester and James Wedderburn attornies for Messrs Wedderburn and Co. Account filed by James McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 125
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1804
[Name] Fontabelle Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum, payment for slave, transported Owner not given. Account filed by James McDonald, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 197
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1807
[Name] Fontibelle
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Property of Messers Wedderburn and Co. under the care and direction of Andrew Gardner Esq. Account presented by James MacDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 209
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 357(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 186 Registered to Andrew W. Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 578(Tot) 286(F) 292(M)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of Frances Graham and George William Hamilton as Attornies to Andrew Colvile Esquire. Assumed to be both Fontabelle and Southfield.
T71/226 991-1024
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 341(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 133 Registered to A. W. Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 333(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 26 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 335(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of George W Hamilton, James McDonald & Hugh McDonald Esquires as Attornies to Andrew Colvile Esquire.
T71/230 Unpaginated
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 331(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 128 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 322(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 140 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 324(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of James MacDonald Esquire as Attorney to Andrew Colvile Esquire.
T71/233 [Unpaginated]
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 311(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 159 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al20.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 306(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 157 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 306(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of James McDonald as Attorney for Fontabelle Estate.
T71/235 [unpaginated]
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 297(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 183 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of James MacDonald as attorney for Fontabelle Estate.
T71/239 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 348(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 10 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 344(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 169 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 314(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle [Stock] 7 Registered to Andrew Colville.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 344(Tot)
[Name] Fontabelle Estate In the possession of James and John Reid MacDonald as attornies for Fontabelle Estate. Increase of 62 enslaved people "Transferred from Duan Vale immediately after the giving in on 28 June 1829".
T71/242 154
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Fontabelle Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2085 [accessed 31st December 2024].
