White River Estate

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Associated People (9)

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
1792 [EA] - → Joint owner
1792 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
1826 [EA] - → Legatee
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor

Associated Claims (2)

£1,012 14S 2D
£1,166 13S 2D

Estate Information (28)

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1792
[Number of enslaved people] 44(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 34  
 

Owned by Robert and James Taylor.

 
'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm.
1798
[Name] White River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Ann as a sugar estate with a cattlemill 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.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] White-River  
[Stock] 44  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15ann.htm. The 1816 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1815, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 38  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot) 28(F) 58(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Hind as owner.

 
T 71/43 584-586
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot) 29(F) 42(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Taylor Snr. as owner and joint proprietor and in the right of the heirs of R Taylor.

 
T 71/43 1106-1108
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 111(Tot) 54(F) 57(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Shand as attorney to Robert Taylor.

 
T 71/43 1109-1112
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 38  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Hind as owner.

 
T 71/44 328
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 73(Tot) 30(F) 43(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Taylor Snr. as owner and joint proprietor and in right of the heirs of Robert Taylor.

 
T 71/44 606-607
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Taylor and others as owners.

 
T 71/45 784-785
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot) 26(F) 54(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Hind as owner.

 
T 71/45 338-339
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to Robert and James Taylor.

 
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as attorney to William Hind, owner [11 enslaved people delivered to Mrs. Hind].

 
T 71/46 443-444
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as mortgagee in possession, previously registered by James Taylor and others as owners.

 
T 71/46 606-607
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to Benjamin S. Moncrieffe.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as executor of William Hind, late owner.

 
T 71/47 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as mortgagee in possession [previously registered by James Taylor and others].

 
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to Benjamin S. Moncrieffe.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to Benjamin S. Moncrieffe.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as mortgagee in possession [decrease in enslaved people by death, delivery and conveyance].

 
T 71/50 529
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot)  
[Name] White River  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to Benjamin S. Moncrieffe.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe as executor of William Hind, late owner [7 deaths and 3 manumissions].

 
T 71/49 377
1839
[Name] White River etc  
[Size] 975  
 

Registered to Benjamin S. Moncrieffe.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.