Hall's Delight

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  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1699 [SY] - 1742 [EY] → Owner
- 1699 [EY] → Owner
1742 [SY] - 1753 [LA] → Owner
1753 [EA] - → Owner
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
1815 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Associated Claims (1)

£2,374 4S 4D

Estate Information (25)

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1798
[Name] Halls-Delight  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In St Andrew 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 88  
 

Registered to N. B. Williams.

 
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] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to Nath. B. Williams.

 
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] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 71  
 

Registered to estate of N. B. Williams.

 
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] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to estate of N. B. Williams.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot) 41(F) 61(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Mais as executor of Nathaniel Bayly Williams deceased.

 
T71/125 373
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
 

Registered to estate of N. B. Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot) 61(F) 60(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Mais as executor of Nathaniel Bayly Williams deceased.

 
T71/126 70
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
 

Registered to estate of N. B. Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to estate of N. B. Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to estate of Nathaniel B. Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot) 43(F) 58(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Mais as executor of Nathaniel Bayly Williams deceased.

 
T71/129 691
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 47  
 

Registered to John and Henry Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot) 40(F) 60(M)  
[Name] Hall's Delight  
 

In the possession of John Mais as owner of Hall's Delight Estate. Enslaved purchased from persons unkown, but registered by John Mais as executor of Nathaiel Bayly Williams 1817-1823.

 
T71/132 414
1826
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Mais as executor of Nathaniel B Williams deceased. Enslaved workers sold under and by virtue by a decreee in the court of Chancery on the ___of Bayly and Mais December 1824.

 
T71/132 410
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to the Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot)  
[Name] Hales Delight  
 

In the possession of John Mais as owner of Hales Delight Estate.

 
T71/135 353
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to the Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 49  
 

Registered to the Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Hall's Delight Estate  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot) 45(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Hales Delight  
 

In the possession of John Mais as owner of Hales Delight. 14m 11f removed by owner from St George to St Andrew.

 
T71/138 49
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Hales Delight  
 

In possession pf John Mais as owner. 21 enslaved workers transferred to St George parish, and registered by the owner in 1829.

 
T71/138 49
1839
[Name] Hall's Delight estate  
[Size] 656  
 

Registered to Hon. John Mais.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Andrew.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.