Associated People (4) |
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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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- 1804 [EY] → Owner
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1785 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Owner
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1815 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
The enslaved people on Merrywood were registered to 'the heirs of John Tharp' between 1815 and 1832. It is known that the trustees of Henry Cuniffe (q.v.) sold the estate for £30,000 after the latter's death in 1803. It has been inferred by LBS that the buyer was John Tharp II just before his own death in 1804. |
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1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,267 7S 2D
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Estate Information (40) |
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1785
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Henry Curniffe Esquire, under the direction of John Wedderburn & James Wedderburn. Account filed by Hugh Brown, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 205
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1787
[Name] Merry Wood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esqs; account filed by Francis Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 48
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1787
[Name] Marywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq, under the direction of John and James Wedderburn. Account filed by Francis Graham, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 218
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1788
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, labour hire The property of Henry Cuniffe Esquire under the care and direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esquires. Account filed by Francis Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 178-180
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1789
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cuniffe Esquire under the direction of James Wedderburn. Account filed by Francis Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 201-202
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1790
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cuniffe Esquire under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by Francis Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 224-225 [f.113]
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1791
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cuniffe Esquire under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by Francis Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 107-108 [f.48]
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1792
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cuniffe Esquire under the direction of James Wedderburn Esquire. Account filed by John Gray as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 3-4
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1793
[Name] Merry Wood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Henry Cunliffe Esquire under the direction of James Wederburn Esquire. Account filed by John Gray as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 314-315
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1794
[Name] MerryWood Estate
[Crop] sugar, some cattle Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by John Gray as overseer for the year to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 133-134
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1795
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, some, some cattle Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by John Gray as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 26-27
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1796
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum, sale of enslaved people, interest Belonging to Henry Cunliffe Esq. Account given by James Wedderburn. Account filed by John Gray, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Merryvale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, fat steer Belonging to Henry Cuniffe, Esq. Account given by James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by John Gray, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 104
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1798
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, some, some cattle Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of John Graham Esq. Account filed by Charles Venriell [?] as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 128
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1799
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, enslaved people Account filed by Charles Vanriel overseer. The property of Henry Cuniffe. Under the direction of John Graham and others.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 153-154
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1799
[Name] Merry-Wood
[Crop] Sugar Plotted In Trelawny as a sugar estate with 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
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1800
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, some, hire of enslaved people, old copper, one cow Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of Andrew Gardner. Account filed by Charles Venriell as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 53
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1801
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of William Cunliffe Esq, under the care and direction of Andrew Gardner and Somerville Forrester Esquires. Account filed by Charles Namiell/Varniell (?) as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 38
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1803
[Name] Merrywood Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, labour hire Property of Henry Cunliffe Esq under the direction of Andrew Gardner and Sommerville Forrester Esq.s. Account filed by Alexander Munro as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 158-159
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1805
[Name] Merrywood Estate
The inventory of John Tharp (1805) gives his personal property on Merrywood Estate as having a value of £22,693 15s 0d.
Email from Anthony Gambrill sourced to John Tharp Details of Inventory Volume 104 Folio33 April24 1805.
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1807
[Name] Merry Wood
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Account filed by George Lawrie as overseer. Filed for 31st Oct 1806-30th Sept 1807.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 20
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 132 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15trel.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] 215(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 126 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al17.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] 218(Tot) 109(F) 109(M)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William Fairclough and William Shand as the resident attornies or agents in this Island of the surviving Trustees of the will of John Tharp Esquire deceaesd as owner.
T71/225 919-928
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 212(Tot)
[Name] Merry Wood [Stock] 118 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p17.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] 211(Tot)
[Name] Merry Wood Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.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] 211(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William Shand and William Fairclough Esquires as Resident Attorneys or Agents in this Island of the surviving trustees of the will of John Tharp Esquire as Owner deceased.
T71/231 [unpaginated]
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 208(Tot)
[Name] Merry Wood [Stock] 116 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.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] 201(Tot)
[Name] Merry Wood [Stock] 95 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.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] 201(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William Mitchell Kerr as attorney to the Trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased. Registered in 1820 by William Fairclough and William Shand.
T71/232 [unpaginated]
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 194(Tot)
[Name] Merry Wood [Stock] 97 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al20.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] 194(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 100 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al13.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] 192(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William M. Kerr & James Philips as Attornies to the Trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased.
T71/235 [unpaginated]
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 194(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 97 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.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] 184(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 101 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29trel.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] 178(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William M. Kerr & William Tharp as Attornies to the trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased. Increase of 3 enslaved people "received from H. Tyler as Executor to James Craib (sp?)" decrease of 4 enslaved people through manumission.
T71/240 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831trel.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] 172(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood [Stock] 109 Registered to heirs of John Tharp.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32trel.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] 170(Tot)
[Name] Merrywood Registered to heirs of John Tharpe.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Trel.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] 168(Tot) 93(F) 75(M)
[Name] Merrywood Estate In the possession of William Tharp as Attorney of the Trustees of John Tharp deceased.
T71/242 285
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'Merry Wood Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2905 [accessed 25th November 2024].
