York

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1774 [EA] - 1784 [EY] → Owner
1796 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

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£4,668 16S 5D

Estate Information (58)

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1762
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale. Account filed by Bryan Cunliffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 26
1767
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by William Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 97
1769
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by William Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 201
1770
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by William Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 227
1771
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by William Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 8
1772
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by Richardson Redwar as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 85
1773
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by Richardson Redwar as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 84
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 412(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 546  
 

Listed as belonging to William Gale with 5 men bearing arms and 0 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 214 hogsheads of sugar.

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1776
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 76
1777
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer. Estate described as being in both St/ James abd Trelawny parishes.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 148
1778
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer. Estate described as being in both St/ James abd Trelawny parishes.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 149
1779
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by john Waugh as overseer. Estate listed as being in both St. James and Trelawny. In 1770 Trelawny was created from land in St. James - this estate is probably on the boundary.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 144
1780
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer. Estate described as being in both St/ James abd Trelawny parishes.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 149
1782
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer. Estate described as being in both St/ James abd Trelawny parishes.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 149
1783
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gale Esquire. Account filed by John Waugh, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 20-21
1783
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

The property of William Gale Esq. Account filed by John Waugh as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 78-9
1784
[Name] York  
 

In the will of William Gale made and proved in 1784, he gave instructions for the completion of the project for new works and the improvement of the old works on the York estate, and instructed his executors and trustees to maintain as near as possible 700 enslaved people on the estate.

 
PROB 11/1124/189
1784
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gale Esquire. Account filed by David Wallace, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 21
1785
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

The property of the late William Gale Esq. deceased. Account filed by David Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 110
1787
[Name] York Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of the lateWilliam Gale Esq; account filed by John Waugh, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 103
1787
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gale Esq deceased; account filed by John Waugh as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 210
1788
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, old copper, pewter and brass  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 61 [f.31]
1789
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 187 [f.95]
1790
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 350-351 [f.175]
1790
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 104
1792
[Name] York Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 55
1793
[Name] York Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of William Gale Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 396- 397 [f.199]
1794
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gale Esq deceased. Account filed by John Wallace as overseer for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 168-169
1795
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Belonging to the late William Gale Esq deceased. Account filed by John Wallace, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 12
1796
[Name] York Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows, calf  
 

Belonging to Edward Gregory Morant Gale, Esq. Account filed by John Wallace, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 87
1797
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Wallace overseer for the period 31/12/1796 to 31/12/1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 65
1798
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Lamont as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 127
1799
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by James Hedley as overseer for the period 31/12/1798 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 209
1799
[Name] York  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Trelawny as a sugar estate with a watermill 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] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by James Hedley as overseer for the period 01/11/1799 to 01/11/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 209
1801
[Name] Yorks Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle and mill cases (?)  
 

Owner details not recorded. Account filed by James Hedley as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 74
1803
[Name] York Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, old copper  
 

Account filed by Thomas Minto as overseer for the period 31/12/1802 to 31/10/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 6
1807
[Name] York  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Account filed by Alexander Lockhart Finlayson as overseer. Filed for 31st Oct 1806-30th Sept 1807.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 21
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 645(Tot)  
[Name] Gale's Valley and York  
[Stock] 658  
 

Registered to Edward Gale.

 
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.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 406(Tot)  
[Name] York  
 

Registered to [?] M. Gale. Page torn, no number of stock.

 
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] 406(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 435  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
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] 405(Tot) 208(F) 197(M)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of William Shand and William Fairclough Esquire as Attornies of Edward Gregory Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/228 2105-2121
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 399(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 471  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
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] 281(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 133  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
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] 381(Tot)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of Willaim Fairclough and William Shand as the Attorneys of Edward Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/230 Unpaginated
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 380(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 470  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
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] 353(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 430  
 

Registered to Edward G. M. Gale.

 
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] 352(Tot)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of James MacDonald as the Attorney of Edward Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/233 [Unpaginated]
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 334(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 355  
 

Registered to E. G. M. Gale.

 
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] 328(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 328  
 

Registered to E. G. M. Gale.

 
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] 323(Tot)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of James McDonald as Attorney for York Estate.

 
T71/235 [unpaginated]
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 310(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 114  
 

Registered to E. G. M. Gale.

 
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] 306(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 295  
 

Registered to E. M. G. Gale.

 
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] 298(Tot)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of James MacDonald as Attorney to Edward Morant Gale. Increase of 4 enslaved people by purchase, decrease of 3 enslaved people by emancipation.

 
T71/239 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 281(Tot)  
[Name] York  
 

Registered to Edward G. M. Gale. Page faded, number of stock 67?

 
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] 279(Tot)  
[Name] York  
 

Registered to E. M. Gale. Page faded, number of stock 230?

 
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] 266(Tot)  
[Name] York  
[Stock] 49  
 

Registered to E. M. Gale.

 
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] 265(Tot) 151(F) 114(M)  
[Name] York Estate  
 

In the possession of George William Mackay as Attorney to Eward Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/242 158-159