Associated People (31) |
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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1783 [SY] - 1796 [EY] → Owner
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1755 [EA] - → Not known
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1755 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Attorney
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1755 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Owner
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1767 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Book-keeper
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1771 [EA] - → Not known
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1778 [EA] - → Overseer
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1779 [EA] - → Overseer
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1780 [EA] - → Attorney
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1781 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Overseer
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1787 [EA] - → Book-keeper
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1787 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Overseer
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1787 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Previous owner
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1797 [EA] - → Overseer
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1797 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Overseer
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1797 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
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1803 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Overseer
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1807 [EA] - → Overseer
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1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Receiver
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1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Receiver
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Other
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1826 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1829 [EA] - → Agent
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1832 [EA] - → Not known
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1832 [EA] - → Not known
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1834 [EA] - → Owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
£3,059 18S 8D
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Estate Information (65) |
1755
[Name] Oxford Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses No ownership details. Account filed by Thomas Dimes and John King (latter is overseer, but Dimes swore the oath).
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 12
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1755
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 34
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1756
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 34
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1757
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 35
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1758
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 35
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1759
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 35
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1760
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 36
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1761
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 36
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1762
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 36
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1763
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 37
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1764
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 37
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1765
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 38
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1766
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 38
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1767
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Charles Convert as bookeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 88
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1768
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Charles Convert.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 123
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1769
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Charles Convert as clerk on the instruction of John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 193
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1770
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Charles Convert as bookeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 21
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1771
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Thomas Burnett.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 210
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1772
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Produce shipped and consigned to Robert Symes Esq. in London. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 202
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1773
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Produce shipped and consigned to Robert Symes Esq. in London. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 203
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1774
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Produce shipped and consigned to Robert Symes Esq. in London. Account filed by John King as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 220
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1778
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by Thomas Good as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 69
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1779
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Robert Symes Esq. Account filed by John Good as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 159
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1780
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No Ownerhsip detail given. Account filed by John Symes of Kingston Gentlman attorney for Robert Symes Esquire.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 29
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1781
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details given. Account filed by James Alexander, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 140
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1782
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Account filed by James Alexander as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 168
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1784
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James Alexander as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 5-6
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1786
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Alexander, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 95
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1787
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the heirs of Robert Symes Esq deceased; account filed by John McDowall, bookkeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 111
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1787
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Rob. Symes Esq deceased; account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 215
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1788
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Walter Pollack as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 83-84
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1790
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 253-254
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1791
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 328
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1792
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 117-118
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1793
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Walter Pollock as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 83
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1797
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Atkin as overseer for the period 01/01/1797 to 28/08/1797.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 35-36
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1797
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased. Account filed by Thomas Irwin as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 4
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1798
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Thomas Irwin. The property of the Heir or Heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 44
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1798
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a watermill and a cattle millin 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.
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1799
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased. Account filed by Thomas Irwin.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 10
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1800
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased. Account filed by Thomas Irwin as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 200-201
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1801
[Name] Oxford Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the Heir or Heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased. Account filed by Thomas Irwin as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 63-64
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1803
[Name] Oxford Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Property of the heirs of William Leigh Symes Esq deceased. Account filed by Robert Innes as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 201
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1804
[Name] Oxford Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the heir or heirs of William Leigh Symes, Esq. Account filed in the name of Robert Innes, overseer to said account.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 96
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1807
[Name] Oxford
[Crop] sugar and rum Property of the heir or heirs of William Leigh Lymes Esq. deceased. Account filed by Alexander McKay as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 11-12
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 148 Registered to R. L. Sims [presumably = W.L. Symes or William Leigh Symes] deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.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] 202(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 182 Registered to Hon. John Shand and Joseph Green, receiver.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 197(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 200 Registered to Hon. John Shand and Joseph Green, receiver.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot) 102(F) 94(M)
[Name] [no name given] Joseph Green, attorney of Henry Swann, owner.
T 71/33 563-569
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 60 Registered to Henry Swann.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.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] 186(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 150 Registered to Henry Swann.
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.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 187(Tot) 96(F) 91(M)
[Name] Oxford Estate Joseph Green, attorney of Henry Swann, owner.
T 71/34 116v-117
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 141 Registered to Henry Swann.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.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] 179(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 115 Registered to Henry Swan.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 92(F) 87(M)
[Name] Oxford Estate Joseph Green, attorney of Henry Swann, owner.
T 71/35 194-195
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 120 Registered to Henry Swann.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 131 Registered to Milligan, Robertson, and Co.
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.
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1826
[Name] Oxford
Checkland notes that in 1826 when John Gladstone's brother-in-law Colin Robertson was in financial distress, after the collapse of Milligan, Robertson, 'among Colin's obligations was an annuity on Oxford estate of £400 p.a. in favour of the Reverend T.R. Malthus.'
S.G. Checkland, Gladstone - a family biography, 1764-1851, p. 197
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot) 88(F) 87(M)
[Name] Oxford Estate James Macdonald and Honble James Laing, attornies to the mortgagee.
T 71/36 291-292
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 31 Registered to Milligan, Robertson, and Co.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 112 Registered to Milligan, Robertson & Co..
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.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot) 81(F) 85(M)
[Name] Oxford Estate James MacDonald, attorney for Oxford Estate by his agent John Brown.
T 71/39 [unpaginated]
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)
[Name] Oxford [Stock] 53 Registered to Barkly and Deffell.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)
[Name] Oxford Estate James MacDonald, attorney for Oxford Estate.
T 71/42 82
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1839
[Name] Oxford
[Size] 950 Registered to John Gladstone.
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.
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