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Mason Hall Plantation

Jamaica | St Mary

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
Lawrence Reade Stephens
1834 [EA] - → Owner
Hon. Abraham Hodgson

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Mary 294 (Mason Hall Plantation)
£699 5S 6D

Notes

Clearly closely related to Bariffe Hall, it's not clear whether all the enslaved people were moved there in the late 1820s or why the almanacs continue to list them on Mason Hall up to 1832.

Estate Information (16)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot) 55(F) 36(M)  
[Name] Mason Hall Plantation  
 

Lawrence Reade Stephens, owner.

 
T 71/33 340-342
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to Lawrence Reid Stephens.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 35  
 

Registered to Lawrence Reid Stephens.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 11(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
 

Registered to James Pearson.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot) 53(F) 33(M)  
[Name] Mason Hall Plantation  
 

Lawrence R Stephens, owner.

 
T 71/34 228v-229
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Lawrence Reid Stephens, trustee.

 
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.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 90(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 35  
 

Registered to Lawrence Reid Stephens.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot) 53(F) 38(M)  
[Name] Mason Hall Plantation  
 

Lawrence Reade Stephens, owner.

 
T 71/35 437-438
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to Lawrence R. Stephens.

 
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] 93(Tot) 51(F) 42(M)  
[Name] Mason Hall Plantation  
 

Lawrence Reade Stephens, owner [many enslaved people transferred and removed from Barriffe Hall and others sold etc].

 
T 71/36 340-343
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to Lawrence R. Stephens.

 
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] 96(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to Lawrence R. Stephens.

 
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] 192(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 62  
 

Registered to Lawrence R. Stephens.

 
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.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall etc  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to L. R. Stephens.

 
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] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall etc  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to L. R. Stephens.

 
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] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Mason Hall  
[Stock] 58  
 

Registered to L. R. Stephens.

 
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.