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Mendes Plantation

Jamaica | St John

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
John Anderson
1820 [EA] - → Other
John Donaldson
1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
William Jackson
1823 [EA] - → Other
Emmanuel Mendes Martins

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St John 59 (Mendes Plantation)
£1,759 15S 0.5D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot) 63(F) 59(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Anderson as owner.

 
T71/19 260-263
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 130(Tot) 71(F) 59(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Anderson as owner. 11 enslaved people by gift from Jane Bolt in St John. 16 enslaved people bought from Col. McDonald and previously registered by me as executor of John Donaldson in St John.

 
T71/20 162-164
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 87(Tot) 46(F) 41(M)  
[Name] Mendes Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner; purchase of 87 enslaved people from the Deputy Marshall in Spanish Town under several writs of vendition John Anderson issued against his Estate by the acting executor of Emmanuel Mendes Martins, enrolled in 1820 by John Anderson.

 
T71/21 122
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot) 43(F) 42(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner.

 
T71/22 229
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 87(Tot) 46(F) 41(M)  
[Name] Mendes Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esq as owner.

 
T71/23 unpaginated
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot) 45(F) 40(M)  
[Name] Mendes Plantation  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as owner.

 
T71/18 125