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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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1824 [SY] - 1837 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
William Mitchell died in 1823 leaving his property in Jamaica to his nephew John Mitchell. John Mitchell was first listed in the 1825 Jamaica Almanac as the owner of Bushy Park. The 1825 Jamaica Almanac was based on the givings in from the 1824 March Quarter hence the earlier evolution date. The 1838 Jamaica Almanac was based on the givings in from the 1837 March Quarter hence the earlier evolution date. |
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1786 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Owner
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1786 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
At some point after 1786, William Mitchell appears to have secured full ownership of the estate, of which he was at first the mortgagee. |
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1790 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1790 [EA] - → Overseer
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1794 [EA] - 1823 [EY] → Owner
William Mitchell died in 1823 leaving his Jamaica properties to his nephew John Mitchell. The Jamaica Almanacs continued to list William Mitchell as the owner of Bushy Park until the 1825 edition which listed John Mitchell as the owner. The 1811 Jamaica Almanac was based on the givings in from the 1809 March Quarter hence the earlier evolution date. The 1825 Jamaica Almanac was based on the givings in from the 1824 March Quarter. |
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Trustee
William Bullock and Francis Smith filed the return for the 1826 St. Dorothy slave register in their capacity as the trustees under the will of William Mitchell. |
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1826 [EA] - → Trustee
William Bullock and Francis Smith field the return for the 1826 St. Dorothy slave register in their capacity as the trustees of William Mitchell. |
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£14,597 4S 1D
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Notes |
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Lady Nugent visited Bushy Park estate whilst it was under the ownership of William Mitchell. She described the occasion in her journal 'We [left] for Bushy Park estate, Mr. Mitchell's, where we breakfasted in the Creole style... His house is truly Creole. The wood-work mahogany - galleries, piazzas, porticoes, & c. In front a cane-piece, and sugar works, with plenty of cocoa-nut trees and tamarind trees & c.' |
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Ed. Philip Wright, Lady Nugent's journal of her residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805, (Kingston, University of the West Indies Press, 2002), p.55-6. |
Estate Information (34) |
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1786
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of George Bonygne Esq in the possession of William Mitchell Esq mortgagee; account filed by Charles McLeod.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 154
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1787
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of George Bonygne Esq; account filed by Jocelyn Palliser as book keeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 100
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1787
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Geo. Bonynge Esquire. Account filed by William Mitchell of the parish of St Catherine.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 29-37 [f.15-19]
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1788
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Geo. Bonynge Esquire. Account filed by William Pearson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 301-302 f.160
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1789
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle The property of George Bonynge Esquire. Account filed by William Pearson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 376
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1790
[Name] Bushey Park Estate
[Crop] sugar The property of George Bonynge Esquire deceased. Account filed by William Pearson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 31-32
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1794
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, hire of enslaved people Belonging to William Mitchell Esq under the care and management of Messrs James Mitchell and Robert Ross his attornies. Account filed by James Lawrence Davison as head book keeper on Bushy Park (the overseer having died). Estates of Bushy Park and Kilby filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 63-64
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1794
[Name] Kilby[?] Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to William Mitchell Esq under the care and management of Messrs James Mitchell and Robert Ross his attornies. Account filed by James Lawrence Davison as head book keeper on Bushy Park (the overseer having died). Estates of Bushy Park and Kilby filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 63-64
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1795
[Name] Bushy Park Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, hire of enslaved people Belonging to William Mitchell Esq under the care and management of Messrs James Mitchell and Robert Ross his attornies. Account filed by Christian Muldrup as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 197
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1795
[Name] Kilbys[?] Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cows, steers, calves and bull Belonging to William Mitchell, Esq. Account given in by James Mitchell and Robert Ross, attornies. Account filed by Hugh Gally, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 23
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1798
[Name] Bushy-Park
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Dorothy as a sugar estate with a watermill and two cattle mills 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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1807
[Name] Bushy Park
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to William Mitchell Esq. Account filed by William Stewart as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 112
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1807
[Name] Bushy
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to William Mitchell Esq. Account filed by William Stewart as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 112
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 651(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Stock] 97 Registered to William Mitchell.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 661(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Stock] 98 Registered to William Mitchell.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cat.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 641(F)
[Name] Bushy Park [Stock] 244 Registered to William Mitchell.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15doro.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 632(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 182 Registered to William Mitchell.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 616(Tot) 298(F) 318(M)
[Name] Bushy Park Estate In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to William Mitchell Esquire.
T71/13 68-80
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 630(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Stock] 8 Registered to William Mitchell.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 696(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Donald McLean as one of the Attornies of William Mitchell Esq.
T71/14 62-66
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 662(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 8 Registered to William Mitchell.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 666(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 164 Registered to William Mitchell.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 677(Tot) 345(F) 332(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Donald McLean Esq as one of the Attorneys of William Mitchell Esq.
T71/15 25-26
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 672(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 161 Registered to John Mitchell.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 700(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 216 Registered to John Mitchell.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 711(Tot) 357(F) 354(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Francis Smith and William Bullock as Trustees under the Will of William Mitchell Esq decd.
T71/16 71-74
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 701(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 114 Registered to John Mitchell.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 715(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 136 Registered to John Mitchell.
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.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 717(Tot) 364(F) 353(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Francis Smith and William Bullock as Trustees under the Will of William Mitchell Esq decd.
T71/17 135
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 700(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Crop] Listed as an estate so likely sugar. [Stock] 122 Registered to John Mitchell.
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.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 703(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park estate [Stock] 136 Registered to John Mitchell.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 706(Tot)
[Name] Bushy Park [Stock] 132 Registered to John Mitchel.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 714(Tot) 361(F) 353(M)
[Name] Bushy Park Estate In the possession of Joseph Gordon as Attorney for John Mitchell Esq.
T71/18 299-307
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1839
[Name] Bushy Park
[Size] 2578 Registered to William Mitchell.
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.
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Bushy Park Estate [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2625 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
