Wakefield

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Associated People (5)

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
1784 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
1815 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Legatee

Legatee of £5000 charged on the Wakefield estate under the will of John Reid of Wakefield estate and Cheltenham (q.v.)

1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Described as the deceased mortgagee-in-possession in the claim for slave compensation under Trelawny no. 414


Associated Claims (1)

£1,980 14S 2D

Estate Information (43)

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1784
[Name] Wakefield  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Reid Esq. Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer. Account filed in Trelawny however the entry does not state where the estate was located.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 217
1788
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Reid Esquire. Account filed by Roger Dolson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 237-238 f.128
1789
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Reid Esquire. Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 177-178 [f.90]
1790
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of John Reid Esquire. Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 366
1791
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Reid Esquire. Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 332-333
1792
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 94
1793
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 16-17
1794
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, old copper, sale of one enslaved man  
 

Account filed by Roger Dobson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 187
1795
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Roger Dobson for the period 31/12/1794 to 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 222-223
1796
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cows  
 

Belonging to John Reid, Esq. Account given by Roger Dobson, attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, ewes, cane plants  
 

Belonging to John Reed, Esq. Account given by Roger Dobson, attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 195
1798
[Name] Wakefield  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of John Reid Esq. Account filed by James Armstrong as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 140
1799
[Name] Wakefield plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, cane plants  
 

Account filed by Robert Cross overseer. The property of John Reid Esquire.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 145
1799
[Name] Wakefield  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Trelawny 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.
1800
[Name] Wakefield  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of John Reid Esq. Account filed by William Pratt as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 156
1801
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum (?)  
 

Owner details not recorded. Account filed by William Pratt as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 186
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 186  
 

Registered to John Reid.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Trel.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] 247(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to John Reid.

 
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] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 165  
 

Registered to heirs of John Reid.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 165  
 

Registered to heirs of John Reid.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 14(F) 8(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid, the Owner.

 
T71/225 457-458
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot) 80(F) 71(M)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson, as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid, the owner.

 
T71/225 467-472
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the owner.

 
T71/230 Unpaginated
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as attorney tof Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the owner.

 
T71/230 Unpaginated
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 160  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 151  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the Owner.

 
T71/232 [unpaginated]
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 138(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as Attorney to Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the Owner.

 
T71/232 [unpaginated]
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 137(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid, the Owner for Life.

 
T71/234 [unpaginated]
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Roger Dobson as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid, the Owner.

 
T71/234 [unpaginated]
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 118  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 127(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Mrs Mary Haughton Reid.

 
T71/238 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 13(F) 5(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Mrs Mary Haughton Reid. Registered in 1826 by Roger Dobson as Attorney.

 
T71/240 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 152(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid. Page faded, number of stock 13?

 
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.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield  
[Stock] 23  
 

Registered to Mary H. Reid.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 14(F) 4(M)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of John Gunn as Attorney of Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the Owner.

 
T71/241 213
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Wakefield Estate  
 

In the possession of John Gunn as Attorney to Mrs Mary Haughton Reid the Owner for Life.

 
T71/241 214