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Bannister's Pen

Jamaica | St Dorothy

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
William Jackson

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Dorothy 76 (Bannister's Pen)
£5,427 6S 0D

Notes

Bannister was registered to William Jackson in the almanacs from 1821 onwards but he did not register enslaved people on the estate until 1826. Prior to this date, however, he did hire out enslaved people so possibly they had been bought along with the land at an earlier date.

Estate Information (13)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister and Blue Hole  
[Crop] Pen (Bannister), coffee (Blue Hole)  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 97(Tot) 44(F) 53(M)  
[Name] Bannister Pen  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner; increase owing to purchase of 97 enslaved people from various vendors.

 
T71/16 155-156
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Ann's Castle and Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 73  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 215(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 83  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stivdor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 251(Tot) 132(F) 119(M)  
[Name] Bannister Pen  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner. Large number of enslaved people purchased from William Gordon in St John's.

 
T71/17 70
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 219(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister  
[Crop] Listed as a pen so presumably livestock and possibly also provisions.  
[Stock] 65  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister Pen  
[Stock] 182  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 226(Tot)  
[Name] Bannister Pen  
[Stock] 149  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 258(Tot) 131(F) 127(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner.

 
T71/18 324
1839
[Name] Bannisters  
[Size] 1702  
 

Registered to William Jackson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Dorothy.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.