Retirement

Estate Details


Associated People (8)

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
1804 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner

Shown as 'Richard' in 1804, but probably the same man.

1815 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Receiver

Shown variously as receiver or as simply registering

1822 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

Probably the man referred to in the entries for the 'heirs of William Balfour.'

1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Not known
1834 [EA] - → Receiver
1839 [EA] - → Not known

Associated Claims (1)

£2,169 4S 2D

Estate Information (24)

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1804
[Name] Retirement Plantation  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Belonging to Richard [sic] Balfour, Esq, deceased. Account given in the names of James Syon [=Lyon], William Black and Andrew Gardner, executors and trustees to said estate. Account filed in the name of Alexander Leslie, overseer to said estate. Retirement Plantation and Dorothy Park Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 168
1807
[Name] Retirement  
[Crop] Coffee and livestock  
 

Property of the late William Balfour Esq. deceased and now under the care of James Lyon, John Black and Andrew Gairdner as executors and trustees. Account presented by Alexander Leslie as overseer. The estates of Retirement and Dorothy Park Pen were filed together. Filed for 10th Jan 1807-10th Jan 1808.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 230-231
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)  
[Name] Dorothy and Retirement  
[Stock] 168  
 

Registered to William Balfour, deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Ann.htm. The 1811 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Dorothy etc.  
[Stock] 131  
 

Registered to William Balfour deceased. Assumed to include Retirement.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1810, hence the earlier transcription date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15ann.htm. The 1816 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1815, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 111  
 

Registered to William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot) 59(F) 58(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Balfour as receiver.

 
T 71/43 81-84
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 126  
 

Registered to William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot) 57(F) 56(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Balfour as receiver [4 births, 7 deaths].

 
T 71/44 35-36
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 120  
 

Registered to William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 178  
 

Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
 

In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver of Retirement.

 
T 71/45 872-873
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 115  
 

Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 228  
 

Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver.

 
T 71/46 927-928
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 218(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 104(Tot) 58(F) 46(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver.

 
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Name] Retirement Estate  
 

In the possession of J W Hilton as attorney for the heirs of William Balfour (Retirement Estate).

 
T 71/49 40
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Retirement  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to heirs of William Balfour.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Retirement  
[Size] 700  
 

Registered to Hamilton Brown.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.