Green Castle

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Associated People (12)

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
1753 [SY] - 1781 [EY] → Owner
- 1753 [EY] → Owner
1741 [EA] - → Previous owner
1741 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Joint owner
1741 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Other

Green Castle was 'under the direction' of Ann Ellis in 1742, while she had been executrix in 1741

1781 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder

Associated Claims (1)

£3,921 14S 10D

Sources

There is a summary history of the estate by Paul Larsen at http://www.gcjamaica.com/assets/pdf/Green%20Castle%20by%20Paul%20Larsen.pdf [accessed 12/03/2018].


Estate Information (48)

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1740
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

Belonging to George Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by James Barclay as factor for the estates of George Ellis Esq. deceased. The estates of Green Castle and Orange Hill were filed togther.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 74
1740
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

Belonging to George Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by William Beckford Esq. and rendered by James Barclay as factor to the said estate. The estates of Green Castle and Orange Hill were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 75
1741
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased rendered to Mrs. Ann Ellis. Plantation in company with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gatierez in the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale. Account rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor and filed by Ann Ellis executrix to her late husband George Ellis Esq. deceased. This estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased was filed along with his estate below together with Crawl, Caymanas, Green Castle, Orange Hill, Venry, Fort George and Bucknors Valley.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 142-143
1741
[Name] [no name given]  
[Crop] sugar  
 

Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased rendered to Mrs. Ann Ellis. Plantation in company with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gatierez in the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale. Account rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor and filed by Ann Ellis executrix to her late husband George Ellis Esq. deceased. This estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased was filed along with his estate below together with Crawl, Caymanas, Green Castle, Orange Hill, Venry, Fort George and Bucknors Valley.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 142 - 143
1742
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

Estate of George Ellis Esq. and Robert Nedham Esq. both deceased.and under the direction of Mrs. Ann Ellis. Memorandum of the gross produce rendered by Mr. John Shennan as overseer to William Beckford, Richard Beckford and Rose Fuller Esqs. as executors of the estate. Account filed by the said Rose Fuller Esq. as one of the executors. All the estates of George Ellis and Robert Needham from Palm to Bucknors Valley were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 41-42
1743
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased in mateship with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gutieres. Account of the produce of the estate hath been rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor of the estate to William Beckford, Richard Beckford and Rose Fuller Esqs. as executors to the estate. Account filed by the said Richard Beckford Esq. The estates of Palm, Ellis & Halhed, Caymanas, Crawle, Cow Park Pen, Green Castle, Orange Hill and Bucknors Valley were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 89
1753
[Name] Greencastle  
 

Inherited by John Ellis senior from George Ellis senior as heir-at-law. George Ellis senior had a posthumus son but had made no provision for children in his will.

 
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation (Chapel Hill, 1995) pp. 49-50.
1759
[Name] Green Castle Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esquire, under the direction of Doctor John Gordon, his attorney. Account filed by attornies John Gordon, one of his attorneys. Green Castle and Newry Plantations, Fort George Penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 135-136
1761
[Name] Green Castle Plantation  
[Crop] Green Castle and Newry:sugar, rum, molasses. Fort George: cattle, horses  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esquire, under the direction of the Honourable William Nedham and John Gordon, his attorneys. Account filed by George Gordon, overseer for Green Castle; Alexander Campbell, overseer for Newry; and John Grant, overseer for Fort George Penn. Green Castle and Newry Plantations, Fort George Penn all filed together. Crops filed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 217
1762
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esq. under the direction of William Nedham and John Gordon Esq as attorneys

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 5
1781
[Name] Greencastle  
 

Inherited by John Ellis junior on the death of his father John Ellis senior.

 
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation (Chapel Hill, 1995) pp. 49-50.
1782
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 146
1783
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 151
1784
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of the estate of John Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 167-8
1787
[Name] Green Castle Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Ellis Esq; account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 109
1787
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esq; account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 91
1788
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 38-39 [f.20]
1788
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Young.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 42-43 [f.22]
1789
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old brass  
 

The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough. Accounts filed for 27/02 1789 to 31/12/1789.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 275-276 f.138
1790
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 265 and 269 [duplicated 268]
1791
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 380-383
1792
[Name] Greencastle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The properties of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney. Greencastle, Nutfield and Newry Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 133-134
1793
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for his estates

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 101
1794
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for his estates. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry estates and Fort George Penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 157
1795
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for the estates. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry estates, Fort George Penn, Montpelier Old Works and Montpelier New Works, Whydalis Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 257-258
1796
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows, calves, heifers, mules  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esq. Account given by Henry Hough, attorney. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry Estates and Fort George Pen filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Henry Hough of the parish of St Mary for the period 31/12/1796 to 31/12 1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 52-53
1798
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with two cattle mills and a windmill 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.
1800
[Name] Greencastle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, coffee, cocoa, piemento and livestock  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Appletonas attorney to John Ellis Esq. Accounts filed for 1799-1800. Greencastle, Nuffield and Newry Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 117-118
1807
[Name] Green Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Francis Arnold as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 79
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot)  
[Name] Green-Castle  
[Stock] 208  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 883(Tot) 461(F) 472(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas P Rodgers, attorney to John Ellis. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.

 
T 71/33 925-950
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 235  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 860(Tot) 451(F) 409(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas P Rogers, attorney to John Ellis. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.

 
T 71/34 204-206
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 249(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 206  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 835(Tot) 435(F) 400(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Isaac Higgins and James Lawes, attornies to John Ellis, owner. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.

 
T 71/35 225-228
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 172  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 164  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 222(Tot) 117(F) 105(M)  
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
 

Isaac Higgin, attorney to John Ellis [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/36 484-486
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 163  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 222(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 141  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 223(Tot) 117(F) 106(M)  
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
 

James Lawes, attorney to John Ellis.

 
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 220(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 214(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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] 216(Tot) 116(F) 100(M)  
[Name] Green Castle Estate  
 

John Blair, attorney of John Ellis [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/41 28
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)  
[Name] Green Castle  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.
1839
[Name] Green-Castle  
[Size] 1280  
 

Registered to John Ellis.

 
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.