Associated People (3) |
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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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1740 [EA] - 1743 [EY] → Owner
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1753 [EA] - 1758 [LA] → Previous owner
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1778 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
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Estate Information (17) |
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1740
[Name] Topp Hill
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses The estate of Mr. Lewis Vassall. Account filed by George Wood as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 50
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1741
[Name] Tophill
[Crop] sugar and rum Estate of Mr. Lewis Vassall. Account filed by George Wood late overseer of the estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 105
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1743
[Name] Tophill
[Crop] sugar, molasses, rum and cattle Belonging to Lewis Vassall Esq. Account filed by William Wood as overseer of the plantation.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 94
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1753
[Name] Top Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Page marked "5" incorrectly, appears to be a sheet missing or photographed incorrectly? - this entry is incomplete
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3
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1756
[Name] Top Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander Overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 26
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1757
[Name] Top Hill Estate & the Penn
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 54
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1758
[Name] Tophill Estate and Penn
[Crop] sugar, rum, horse, cattle, Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 87-88
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1778
[Name] Tophill Pen
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 102
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1779
[Name] Tophill Pen
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 102
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1780
[Name] Tophill Pen
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 103
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1781
[Name] Tophill Pen
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 103
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1784
[Name] Top Hill Pen
[Crop] Livestock Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Wilson as administrator to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 177-8
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1785
[Name] Top Hill Pen
[Crop] Livestock Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Wilson as administrator to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Filed in St. Elizabeth but does not state which parish the estate was in.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 179-80
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1786
[Name] Top Hill Penn
[Crop] horses, mules, cattle, some cotton Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq deceased; account filed by Robert Wilson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 177
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1789
[Name] Tophill Penn
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, mules, cattle The property of the heirs of Lewis Vassell Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Brown as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/01/1789 to 31/12/1789. Tophill and New Savanna Penns filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 435-436
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1791
[Name] Tophill Penn
[Crop] Horses, mules, cattle The property of the heirs of Lewis Vassell Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Brown as overseer. Tophill and New Savanna Penns filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 434-435 [f.207]
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1792
[Name] Top Hill Penn
[Crop] cattle, horses, some cotton Account filed by John Graham as overseer. Accounts filed for 04/04/1792 to 04/06/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 391-392
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Tophill Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/21933 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
