Associated People (3) |
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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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1823 [EA] - → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Associated Claims (2) |
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£508 0S 0D
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£706 3S 11D
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Estate Information (23) |
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)
[Name] Birness [Stock] 4 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11David.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)
[Name] Birness [Stock] 9 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.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] 37(Tot)
[Name] Bothwell [Stock] 10 No ownership details given.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.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] 95(Tot)
[Name] Birnes & Bothwell [Stock] 13 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15davi.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] 65(Tot)
[Name] Birness and Bothwell [Stock] 17 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al10.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] 65(Tot) 28(F) 37(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Lamont as owner.
T71/139 163
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)
[Name] Birness and Bothwell Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p11.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] 68(Tot) 28(F) 40(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Lamont as owner. Enslaved total at last return 36 men 28 women (64).
T71/140 142
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot)
[Name] Birness and Bothwell [Stock] 1 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot)
[Name] Birness and Bothwell [Stock] 8 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p11.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] 63(Tot) 27(F) 36(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Chrystie as owner. Enslaved total at last return: none. All purchased from D. Lamont.
T71/141 71
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount and Cottage [Stock] 32 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount and Cottage [Stock] 10 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al13.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] 57(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Lamont as owner. Enslaved total at last return 36 men 27 women (62) Entry notable for discussion of sicknesses of enslaved workers.
T71/142 195
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount, Cottage & Palmyra [Stock] 12 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount, Cottage & Palmyra [Stock] 13 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al12.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] 107(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount, Cottage & Palmyra [Stock] 20 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29royldav.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] 82(Tot) 38(F) 44(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Lamont as proprietor. Enslaved total at last return 44 men 38 women (82), including Cassup's enslaved people registered by me formerly in St David as guardian. Assumed to be Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount and Cottage.
T71/143 169
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot)
[Name] Birness. Bothwell, Somerset Mount, Cottage & Palmyra [Stock] 32 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831davi.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] 77(Tot)
[Name] Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount, & Cottage [Stock] 32 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32davi.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] 77(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of David Lamont as owner. Enslaved total at last return 44 men 38 women (82). Assumed to be Birness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount and Cottage.
T71/144 169-170
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)
[Name] Birness. Bothwell. Somerset Mount. and Cottage [Stock] 24 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Berness, Bothwell, Somerset Mount and Cottage
[Size] 412 Registered to David Lamont.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Birness and Bothwell [ Jamaica | St David ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/240 [accessed 26th December 2024].
