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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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
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1821 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver
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1823 [EA] - → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£2,233 3S 8D
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Notes |
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Sugar estate in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, from at least 1763. Owned by Isaac Allen senior from at least 1809. He died c. 1821 and by 1823 the estate was in the hands of receivers. Bought by Edward Smith by 1829. Both Isaac Allen and Edward Smith were resident in Jamaica. See also JA12025 and JA12027, both groups of enslaved people assumed to work on Breadnut Valley 1817-1823. |
Estate Information (20) |
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1763
[Name] Breadnut Valley
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Elizabeth in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a water mill.
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
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1799
[Name] Breadnut-Valley
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Elizabeth 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.
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 141(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 82 Registered to Isaac Allen.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 47 Registered to Isaac Allen.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.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] 152(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 55 Registered to Isaac Allen.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al13.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] 110(Tot) 58(F) 52(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Isaac Allen as owner.
T71/164 11-14
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 62 Registered to Isaac Allen.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p13.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] 154(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 64 Registered to Isaac Allen.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_09.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] 114(Tot) 61(F) 53(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Isaac Allen as owner.
T71/167 1
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 128 Registered to Hon. Isaac Allen deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p13.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] 147(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 145 Registered to Hon. Isaac Allen deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24eliz.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] 105(Tot) 49(F) 56(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Griffith and Joseph Stone Williams as the receivers of the estate of Isaac Allen deceased under the order of the High Court of Chancery.
T71/168 301-302
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 74 Registered to Isaac Allen deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al18.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] 107(Tot) 57(F) 50(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Griffith as receiver and executor of Isaac Allen deceased.
T71/169 341-342
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot) 57(F) 49(M)
[Name] Bread Nut Valley In the possession of John Thomas Williams as attorney to Edward Smith Esquire. All purchased since 1826 but no vendor's details.
T71/174 [Unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 50 Registered to Edward Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831eliz.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] 163(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 175 Registered to Edward Smith. Number of stock unclear.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32eliz.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] 164(Tot)
[Name] Breadnut Valley [Stock] 35 Registered to Edward Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Eliz.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] 109(Tot) 62(F) 47(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Edward Smith as owner.
T71/177 371
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1839
[Name] Breadnut Valley
[Size] 2000 Registered to Edward Smith.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Eliza.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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:
'Breadnut Valley [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2337 [accessed 25th April 2024].
