Associated People (14) |
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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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1793 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Owner
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1794 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Attorney
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1810 [EA] - → Not known
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1811 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Not known
Probably owner or tenant-for-life under the will of her husband John Smellie (q.v.) who died in 1810. |
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Not known
Possibly mortgagee-in-possession but not stated in the slave register. |
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£4,978 4S 11D
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Estate Information (28) |
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1793
[Name] Platfield
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of William Smellie Esq. Account filed by John Smellie one of his attornies for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 23
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1794
[Name] Platfield
[Crop] coffee, cattle, some horses and mules Account filed by John Smellie, one of the lawful attornies of William Smellie Esq proprietor, for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 110
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1795
[Name] Platfield Plantation
[Crop] Coffee, mules, fat cows and heifers Belonging to William Smellie, Esq. Account given by John Smellie, attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 16
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1797
[Name] Platfield Estate
[Crop] coffee, ginger, cattle Property of William Smellie Esq by John Smellie his attorney. Account filed by said John Smellie for the period 01/01/1797 to 31/12/1797.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 32
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1798
[Name] Platford
[Crop] ginger, tummaric, coffee, cattle, Account filed by John Smellie as one of the lawful attornies of William Smellie Esq, proprietor, for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 269
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1807
[Name] Platfield
[Crop] Coffee, corn and cattle Account filed by Robert Smellie as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 141
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 299(Tot)
[Name] Platfield and Dublin Castle [Stock] 137 Registered to John Rutherford.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot)
[Name] Platfield etc. [Stock] 115 Registered to Grace Smellie. Assumed to include Seaton.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.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] 176(Tot)
[Name] Platfield [Stock] 152 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.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] 177(Tot)
[Name] Platfield [Stock] 175 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.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] 176(Tot) 104(F) 72(M)
[Name] Platfield Robert Smellie, William Lancaster Whitfield [also William Whitefield] and William Thomas Barnes [also William Thomas Barns] as attorneys to the executors of John Smellie deceased.
T 71/33 1124-1129
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot)
[Name] Platfield [Stock] 123 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.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] 264(Tot)
[Name] Platfield and Seaton [Stock] 156 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.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] 263(Tot) 148(F) 114(M)
[Name] Seaton and Platfield Robert Smellie, William Lancaster Whitefield and W T Barnes, attorneys to the executors of John Smellie, deceased.
T 71/34 226-226v
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot)
[Name] Platfield and Seaton [Stock] 165 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.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] 265(Tot)
[Name] Platfield [Stock] 194 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.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] 266(Tot) 150(F) 116(M)
[Name] Seaton Plantation and Platfield Plantation W L Whitefield and George William Hamilton, attornies to the executors of John Smellie, deceased.
T 71/35 504-505
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 271(Tot)
[Name] Plattfield [Stock] 208 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.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] 272(Tot)
[Name] Plattfield [Stock] 210 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.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] 276(Tot)
[Name] Platfield Plantation George William Hamilton and Robert Hamilton, attornies to the executors of John Smellie, deceased.
T 71/36 462-464
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 280(Tot)
[Name] Platsfield [Stock] 220 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.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] 196(Tot)
[Name] Plattfield [Stock] 213 Registered to Grace Smellie.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.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] 283(Tot) 159(F) 124(M)
[Name] Platfield Plantation George William Hamilton attorney to the executors of John Smellie, deceased.
T 71/40 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)
[Name] Platsfield etc. [Stock] 206 Registered to Grace Smellie. Assumed to include Seaton.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.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] 295(Tot)
[Name] Platfield etc. [Stock] 231 Registered to Grace Smellie. Assumed to include Seaton.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.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] 21(Tot)
[Name] Platfield, etc. [Stock] 21 Registered to Grace Smellie. Assumed to include Seaton. Number of enslaved people and stock unclear.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.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] 292(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] William Lowndes, attorney to George William Hamilton, attorney to Hugh Bogle [increase by births].
T 71/41 216
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1839
[Name] Platfield
[Size] 1341 Registered to Hinton Spalding.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Platfield Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2669 [accessed 20th April 2024].
