Bachelor's Hall

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  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1782 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Previous owner
1799 [EA] - → Owner
1810 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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£2,938 17S 4D

Estate Information (47)

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1763
[Name] Bacthelors Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Hanover in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1770
[Name] Batchelors Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Account filed by John Bowen as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 200
1771
[Name] Batchelors Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Account filed by John Bowen as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 200
1772
[Name] Batchelors Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Account filed by James Wedderburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 213
1782
[Name] Bachelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the Heirs of Edward Chambers Esquire deceased. Account filed by Richardson Redwar.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 200
1783
[Name] Batchelors Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Account filed by Richardson Redwar as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 143
1786
[Name] Batchelor's Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of Edward Chambers; account filed by John Bower.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 168
1787
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of Edward Chambers; account filed by John Bower, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 112
1787
[Name] Bachelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of Edward Chambers Esq deceased; account filed by John Bower as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 200
1788
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bowers as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 304
1792
[Name] Batchelor Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Bower as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 250
1793
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by Robert Dale as his clerk.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 18
1794
[Name] Batchelors Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by William Irving.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 36
1795
[Name] Batchelors Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by William Irving as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 180-181
1796
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Scott.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Owner not given. Account filed by William Irving, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 168
1798
[Name] Bachelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed William Irving overseer The property of William Miles Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 36
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)  
[Name] B. Hall  
 

Registered in Hanover to William Miles with 195 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 24.
1799
[Name] Bachelors Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a windmill 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.
1799
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some copper  
 

Property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by William Irving as overseer for the period 31/12/1798 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 2-3
1800
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by William Irving as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 180
1802
[Name] Batchelor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed for 1801-1802. The property of William Miles Esq. Account filed by William Irving as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 19
1803
[Name] Batchellor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of William Miles Esq deceased. Account filed by William Irving as overseer for the period 31/12/1802 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 103
1804
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Philip John Miles, Esq. Account filed in the name of John Hogg, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 174
1807
[Name] Bachelor Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and old copper  
 

Belonging to Philip John Miles Esq. Account filed by John Hogg as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 60
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 756(Tot)  
[Name] Richmond etc.  
[Stock] 557  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles. Assumed to include Bachelor's Hall, Prosper Estate and Pen, Richmond Pen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Hanov.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 753(Tot)  
[Name] Richmond etc.  
[Stock] 202  
 

Registered to Philip J. Miles. Assumed to include Bachelor's Hall, Prosper Estate and Pen, Richmond Pen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 85  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 81  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot) 79(F) 98(M)  
[Name] Bachelors Hall Sugar Plantation  
 

In the possession of Robert Chisholm as attorney to Philip John Miles owner.

 
T71/190 552-557
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 92  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
 

In the possession of Robert Chisholm as attorney to Phillip John Miles.

 
T71/191 412-414
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 102  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot) 89(F) 81(M)  
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
 

In the possession of Robert Chisholm as attorney to Philip John Miles.

 
T71/192 333-334
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 97  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot) 86(F) 88(M)  
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
 

In the possession of Robert Chisholm as attorney to Philip John Miles.

 
T71/193 82-83
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelors Hall Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Philip John Miles Esquire.

 
T71/196 72
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Philip John Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor's Hall  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to P. J. Miles.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Bachelor Hall Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Philip John Miles Esquire .

 
T71/199 123
1839
[Name] Richmond etc  
[Size] 4006  
 

Registered to Philip J. Miles. Assumed to include Bachelor's Hall, Prosper Estate and Pen, Richmond Pen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.