Water Mount Estate

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Associated People (11)

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
20/01/1814 [SD] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
20/01/1814 [SD] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

This appears to have arisen under a mortgage of the estate by the Williams in 1814, with Arthur W. Shakspear and James Vanhouse as trustees.

1757 [EA] - → Owner
1757 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Previous owner
1768 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Owner
1804 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

Tenant-for-life under the will of his father, subject to £12,000 payable to his siblings Ann Pearson nee Williams and William Williams. He appears to have mortgaged the estate c. 1814.

1809 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Other

The estate was registered inconsistently to William Williams alone (1809-1811) and then to William Williams and his siblings James Williams and Ann Pearson nee Williams: William Williams was entitled to a moiety of £12,000 secured on the estate under the will of his father James Williams.

1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Other

Ann Pearson nee Williams was entitled to a moiety of £12,000 secured on the Watermount estate under the will of her father James Williams

1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1839 [EA] - → Not known

Associated Claims (1)

£4,206 9S 10D

Estate Information (63)

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1757
[Name] Watermount Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the Estate of William Foster Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Cuniffe, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 44
1758
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to William Foster Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Cuniff (sp?).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 93
1759
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Foster Esquire, deceased. Account filed by John Cuniffe, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 130
1760
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estate of William Foster Esquire, deceased. Account filed by John Cunnifffe, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 154
1762
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Foster deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 20
1767
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Alexander MacKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 61
1768
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to James Williams Esq. Account filed by Alexander MacKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 124
1769
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Alexander MacKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 183
1770
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholomew French as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 19
1771
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholomew French as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 172
1772
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholomew French as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 34
1773
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholomew French as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 177
1774
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

James Williams Esquire estate. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholomew French as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 255
1775
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by John Campbell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 290
1779
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of James Williams Esq. Account filed by Charles Anderson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 148-9
1780
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of James Williams Esq. Account filed by Charles Anderson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 198-99
1781
[Name] Watermount Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of James Williams Esquire. Account filed by Charles Anderson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 63-64
1782
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of James Williams Esquire. Account filed by John McKinnon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 159-160
1783
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of James Williams Esq. Account filed by John McKinnon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 106
1786
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of James Williams Esq; account filed by Malcolm McNeill.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 185
1786
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of Ja.s Williams Esq; account filed by Malcolm MacNeill.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 170
1787
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of Ja.s Williams Esquire. Account filed by Malcolm MacNeill as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 27 f.14
1788
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of James Williams Esquire. Account filed by Malcolm MacNeill.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 403-404
1789
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of James Williams Esquire. Account filed by Malcolm McNeill as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 318
1790
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Part of account filed by Alexander Clerk. Accounts filed for 22/06/1790 to 31/12/1790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 11
1790
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of James William Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Malcolm NcNeill. Accounts filed for 01/01 1790 to 22/06/1790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 9
1791
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Belonging to James Williams Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Alexander Clark as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 377-378
1792
[Name] Watermount Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Williams Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Robert Chapman.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 175 [f.88]
1793
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by George Grant

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 27-28
1794
[Name] Water Mount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of James Williams Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by George Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 1-2
1795
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by George Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 266
1796
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, meagre old steers, cows  
 

Belonging to James Williams of GB, Esq. Account given by James Wilson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cattle  
 

Belonging to James Williams, Esq of GB. Account filed by James Grant, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 132
1798
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 93-94
1798
[Name] Water-Mount  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St John 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1799
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 221
1800
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 113-114
1801
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of James Williams of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Esq. Account filed by James Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 85
1803
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, one mule  
 

Property of James William Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 50
1804
[Name] Watermount Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum, rent, steers, old steers and heifer  
 

Belonging to James Williams of Great Britain. Account filed in the name of James Grant (status not given).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 143
1807
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, house and land rental  
 

Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 102-103
1808
[Name] Watermount  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, house and land rental  
 

Account filed by James Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 213-214
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to William Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to William Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cat.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)  
[Name] Water-Mount  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot) 129(F) 96(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten as attorney of James Williams and Ann Williams, now Ann Pearson, wife of [blank] Pearson Esquire.

 
T71/19 223-230
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 226(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 145  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 15  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten as attorney of James Williams, William Williams and Ann Williams, now Ann Pearson the wife of [blank] Pearson Esquire.

 
T71/20 125-126
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 115  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 221(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten as Attorney of James Williams, William Williams and Ann Williams now Ann Pearson; increase of 14 recorded and decrease of 18 recorded from the previous total number of enslaved people of 225.

 
T71/21 202
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 220(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 152  
 

Registered to Williams et al. for J. P. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 215(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten as Attorney of James Williams, William Williams and Ann Williams now Ann Pearson.

 
T71/22 93
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to James P. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 213(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 47  
 

Registered to James P. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 206(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten Esq as Attorney of James Williams, William Williams and Ann Williams now Ann Pearson.

 
T71/24 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 207(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to James P. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 201(Tot)  
[Name] Water Mount  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to James Williams.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 206(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Blair as Attorney.

 
T71/18 16
1839
[Name] Water Mount  
[Size] 2521  
 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40John.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.