Associated People (11) |
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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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1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
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Associated Claims (3) |
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£108 16S 3D
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£375 18S 2D
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£836 5S 0D
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The ownership of this estate after the death of William Vernon is unclear. Mary, John, Alexander and Henry Vernon might have inherited enslaved people rather than the land itself. The compensation might have been awarded to creditors or perhaps trustees. |
Estate Information (28) |
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 6 Registered to William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 10 Registered to William Vernon.
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.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot)
[Name] Mount-Vernon and Keith-Hall [Stock] 12 Registered to William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 20 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot) 19(F) 31(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon as joint owner with the heirs of William Vernon deceased.
T71/203 117-118
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot) 21(F) 21(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon, Samuel Vaughan and Thomas Stennett executors of William Vernon deceased.
T71/203 119-120
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 4 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 6 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon and Samuel Vaughan as Exors of William Vernon decd.
T71/207 68
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon as joint owner with the Heirs of William Vernon decd.
T71/207 70
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 10 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 17 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon as joint owner with the Heirs of William Vernon decd.
T71/210 315
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon and Samuel Vaughan as Exors of William Vernon decd.
T71/210 316
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 33 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 67 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Samuel Vaughan as Exor of James Vernon, as joint owner with the Heirs of William Vernon and as the Exor of William Vernon.
T71/215 148
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 31(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Samuel Vaughan as surviving Exor of William Vernon decd.
T71/215 151
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 28 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon Registered to trustees of William Vernon. Number of stock unclear (page faded).
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon as owner; increase owing to 3 births and the inheritance of 80 enslaved people from the Wills of William Vernon and James Vernon and registered by Samuel Vaughan as their executor in 1826; decrease in total owing to the delivery of 28 enslaved people to other legatees of the Will of William Vernon - Mary Vernon, John Vernon, Alexander Vernon and Henry Vernon.
T71/221 [unpaginated]
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Vernon as Lessee; increase owing to Lease of 18 enslaved people from Mary Vernon, John Vernon, Alexander Vernon and Henry Vernon, legatees of the Will of William Vernon, registered in 1826 by Samuel Vaughan as the executor of William Vernon, 2 births.
T71/221 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 38 Registered to James Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 75(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 34 Registered to James Vernon.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)
[Name] Mount Vernon [Stock] 68 Registered to the heirs of William Vernon (assessed).
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Richard E Breary as joint owner with John, Alexander and Henry Vernon.
T71/222 22
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Richard E Breary as Agent to the Legatees of William Vernon decd.
T71/222 27
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1839
[Name] Mount Vernon
[Size] 250 Registered to Richard E. Breary.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Mt Vernon [ Jamaica | St James ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/224 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
