Associated People (16) |
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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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1806 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Although registered to 'John Deffell' between 1809 and 1815, John Deffell had died in 1806: these entries are either erroneous or refer to his son John Henry Deffell |
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- 1802 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown in his will as the joint-purchaser with John Deffell and Charles Edward Lewis some years before 1800. The estate was then assigned to John Deffell and appears only in his name but Thomas Nevill retained a one-third interest which he left in trust for his wife. |
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Joint owner
Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears. |
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1790 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Attorney
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1790 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Joint owner
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1792 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Joint owner
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1795 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1795 [EA] - → Owner
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1795 [EA] - → Attorney
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1797 [EA] - 1806 [EY] → Owner
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1797 [EA] - → Overseer
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1798 [EA] - → Overseer
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1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Overseer
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1800 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1803 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£1,267 6S 11D
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Estate Information (43) |
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1790
[Name] Browne's Hill
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Charles Browne Esquire. Account filed by Charles Mitchell his attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 430-431 [f.216]
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1791
[Name] Brownes Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Charles Michell as attorney to Charles Browne.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 270-271 [f. 130]
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1792
[Name] Brown Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, one cow Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 132
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1792
[Name] Brown's Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Charles Mitchell attorney of Charles Brown Esquire.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 201 [f.101]
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1793
[Name] Brown Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, one cow Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 133
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1793
[Name] Brownes Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Browne Esq for the year to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 85-86
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1794
[Name] Brown Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, coffee Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast acc[omptan]t.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 132
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1794
[Name] Browns Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Brown Esq for the year ending 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 52
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1794
[Name] Browns Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Charles Brown Esq. Account filed by Alexander Tulloch for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 52
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1795
[Name] Brownes Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to Mrs Lucy Browne of GB. Account filed by Alexander Tulloch.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1795
[Name] Browns Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people Property of Charles Brown Esq deceased in the possession of Charles Patrick Brown as one of the attornies for the deceased. Account filed by Charles Mitchell of the parish of St Andrew another of the attornies for the deceased for the year ending 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 252-253
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1796
[Name] Browns Hall Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum No names recorded. Swansea and Mowden Hall and Browns Hall Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Brownes Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 2
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1798
[Name] Brown's Hall
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St John as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Brownhall Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Melchior Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 160
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1799
[Name] Brownhall Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by William Westgaith overseer. The property of John Deffell of London.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 195-196
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1800
[Name] Brown Hall Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to John Diffell (?) Esq. Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 8-9
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1801
[Name] Browns Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Deffell Esq. Account filed by William Westgarth.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 217
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1803
[Name] Browns Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain in the possession of Samuel Queensborough Esq attorney. Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 112
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1804
[Name] Browns Hall Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum, old cattle Belonging to John Duffell, Esq, of London. Account filed in the name of William Westgarth, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 147
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1807
[Name] Browns Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, mule hire and sale of a brass mill cock Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 84
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 29 Registered to John Deffel.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.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] 630(Tot)
[Name] Swansea etc. [Stock] 128 Registered to John Deffel. Assumed to be Swansea sugar estate, Swansea Coffee estate and Brown's Hll Pen.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cat.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] 99(Tot)
[Name] Brownstown [Stock] 241 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15john.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] 608(Tot) 317(F) 291(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to John Henry Deffell Esquire. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/19 166-185
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 90(Tot)
[Name] Brown' Hall [Stock] 207 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.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] 529(Tot)
[Name] Swansea, Brown's Town, and coffee mountain [Stock] 332 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 193 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.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] 623(Tot) 326(F) 297(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/20 177-180
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 203 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.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] 82(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen [Stock] 210 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1822
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen [Stock] 194 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_02.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] 603(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Estate, Coffee Mountain and Browns Hall In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/21 125
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen [Stock] 204 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24john.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] 78(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 174 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al02.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] 602(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/22 130
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 156 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al02.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] 76(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 151 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.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] 75(Tot) 48(F) 27(M)
[Name] Browns Hall Pen In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq.
T71/23 unpaginated
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 147 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831john.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] 71(Tot)
[Name] Brown's Hall [Stock] 142 Registered to John Henry Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32john.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] 74(Tot) 46(F) 28(M)
[Name] Browns Hall Pen In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq.
T71/18 126
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1839
[Name] Brown's Hall
[Size] 1203
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40John.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Brown's Hall Pen [ Jamaica | St John ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2520 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
