Orange River 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
1741 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

D239 M/E 16520 Description: Copy mortgage in fee in £4079 by Mark Hall of St. Mary, Jamaica, esq. to Mathias Philp and William Perrin of Kingston merchants, and Samuel Spencer of the same place merchant of a half share in the Orange River Plantation in the parish of St. Mary. Plan and list of negroes annexed. Philp and Perrin advance £3054, Spencer £1029. Dated 2 March 1740/41

1741 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
1741 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

D239 M/E 16520 Description:
Copy mortgage in fee in £4079 by Mark Hall of St. Mary, Jamaica, esq. to Mathias Philp and William Perrin of Kingston merchants, and Samuel Spencer of the same place merchant of a half share in the Orange River Plantation in the parish of St. Mary. Plan and list of negroes annexed. Philp and Perrin advance £3054, Spencer £1029. Dated 2 March 1740/41

1778 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Overseer
1800 [EA] - 1816 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executrix
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (2)

£586 5S 11D
£3,563 12S 9D

Estate Information (38)

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1741
[Name] Orange River  
 

Copy mortgage in fee in £4079 by Mark Hall of St. Mary, Jamaica, esq. to Mathias Philp and William Perrin of Kingston merchants, and Samuel Spencer of the same place merchant of a half share in the Orange River Plantation in the parish of St. Mary. Plan and list of negroes annexed. Philp and Perrin advance £3054, Spencer £1029. Dated 2 March 1740/41

 
D239 M/E 16520
1773
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Stewart (sp) Timber Lake Esq. Account filed by Lawrence Newgent as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 179
1774
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Stewart (sp) Timber Lake Esq. Account filed by Lawrence Newgent as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 178
1774
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of ? Timberlake Esq. Account filed by Richard Nugent as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 271
1777
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No ownership details. Account filed by James Adams, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 190
1778
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No ownership details. Account filed by Walter Pollock.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 178
1779
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 133
1780
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No ownership details. Account filed by Walter Pollock.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 177-178
1781
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No ownership details. Account filed by Walter Pollock, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 212
1798
[Name] Orange-River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1799
[Name] Orange River estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Account filed by (name blank) overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 226-227
1799
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Innes for the year ending 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 23
1800
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to James Robertson Esq. Account filed by David Boggue as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 88
1801
[Name] Orange River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock (cattle)  
 

Belonging to Thomas [=James?] Robertson Esq. Account filed by David Boggie.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 220-221
1803
[Name] Orange River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of James Robertson Esq of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Milligan as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 95
1804
[Name] Orange River Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum, old steers  
 

Belonging to James Robertson, Esq,of Great Britain. Account filed in the name of John Milligan, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 142
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 244(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 123  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 244(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 232(Tot)  
[Name] Orange-River  
[Stock] 231  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 273  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 219(Tot) 110(F) 109(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Francis Graham, attorney to James Robertson, deceased.

 
T 71/33 855-861
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 228(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 76  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 292  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

James Laing and George William Hamilton, attorneys to Mrs Maria Robertson, trustee and executrix of James Robertson, deceased.

 
T 71/34 129-129v
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 273  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 232  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot) 113(F) 117(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

James Laing and George William Hamilton, attorneys to Mrs Maria Robertson, trustee and executrix of James Robertson, deceased.

 
T 71/35 250-251
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 223  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 237(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 228  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot) 121(F) 115(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

James Laing and George William Hamilton, attornies to Mrs Maria Robertson, trustee and executrix of James Robertson, deceased [increase by births].

 
T 71/36 127-128
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 112  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 212  
 

Registered to James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot) 123(F) 112(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Colin Mackenzie and Alexander Geddes, attornies to Mrs Maria Robertson, trustee and executrix of James Robertson, deceased [increase by births].

 
T 71/40 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 52  
 

Registered to heirs of James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 251(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to heirs of James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 260(Tot)  
[Name] Orange River  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to heirs of James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot) 120(F) 97(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Colin Mackenzie and Alexander Geddes, attornies to Mrs Maria Robertson, trustee and executrix of James Robertson, deceased [decrease by deaths, manumissions].

 
T 71/42 100
1839
[Name] Orange-River  
[Size] 1466  
 

Registered to heirs of James Robertson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.