Associated People (13) |
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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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1752 [EA] - 1753 [LA] → Previous owner
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1770 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Listed as owner in 1823 in the slave registers, thereafter the estate is subject to a Chancery suit. The estate is given against John Weyberg Shaw in the almanacs until 1839 so presumably he had not relinquished his claim to ownership. |
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1826 [EA] - → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - → Manager
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Manager
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1832 [EA] - → Manager
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Other
'The late Mr Donaldson' was described as 'mortgagee and consignee' of Nonsuch in the counterclaim of Alexander Grant |
Associated Claims (1) |
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£4,938 17S 4D
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Estate Information (39) |
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1752
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento Estate of the Honourable Isaac Gale Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Fearon administrator with the will annexed of the said Honourable Isaac Gale late of the parish of St. Elizabeth deceased. The estates of Nonsuch, Unity and Trinity were filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 144-145
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1753
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento and cattle Part of the estate of the late Honourable Isaac Gale Esq. deceased. Account filed by Mark Hall Esq. substituted agent for the estate of the said late Honourable Isaac Gale Esq. deceased by the Honourable Thomas Fearon Esq. administrator to the said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 175-176
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1770
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Bryan Edwards of the City of London. Account filed by William Williams, Rector of the parish of St. Mary as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 43
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1778
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Zachary Bayley Edwards Esq. as one of the attorneys of Bryan Edwards Esq.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 141
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1780
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Zachary Bayley Edwards Esq. as one of the attorneys of Bryan Edwards Esq.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 197
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1781
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to Bryan Edwards Esq. Account filed by Samuel Thomas.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 151
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1794
[Name] Nonsuch Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Dixon for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 203
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1797
[Name] Nonsuch Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, meagre steers, cows, barrel of herrings, block tin, old brass Belonging to Bryan Edwards, Esq. Account given by Benj Hume, gentleman.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 205
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1798
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Angus [?] Edwards. Account filed by Benjamin Hume gent of the parish of St Mary for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 140
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1798
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a watermill 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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1798
[Name] Unity
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a watermill and a windmill 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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1799
[Name] Nonsuch Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Property of Bryan Edwards Esq. Account filed by Benjamin Hume gent of the parish of St Mary for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 211-212
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1800
[Name] Nonsuch Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Owner details not recorded. Account filed by Henry Shirley.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 80-81
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1800
[Name] Nonsuch Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Bryan Edwards Esq. Account filed by William Dawson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 91-92
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1803
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by Thomas Hare [?] as overseer for the year 1803 to 05/04/1803.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 71
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1804
[Name] Nonsuch Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Account given in the names of John Blackburn, Robert William Harris and John Shand. Account filed in the name of Thomas Hare, overseer to said plantation.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 192
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1807
[Name] Nonsuch
[Crop] Rum, sugar, cattle, old copper, hire of enslaved people on the road and hire of a mason and blacksmith. In the possession of Zachary Hume Edwards. Account filed by Thomas Hare as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 63-64
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 444(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch and Unity [Stock] 252 Registered to Z. H. Edwards.
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] 356(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch etc. [Stock] 270 Registered to Zachary H. Edwards. Assumed to include Unity.
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] 249(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 134 Registered to trustees of Zachary Hume Edwards.
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] 242(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 175 Registered to trustees of Zachary Hume Edwards.
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] 236(Tot) 122(F) 114(M)
[Name] [no name given] Joseph Green, attorney to the trustee of Zachary Hume Edwards, deceased, owner.
T 71/33 551-558
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 50 Registered to Z. H. Edwards, trustee.
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] 230(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 200 Registered to trustees of Z. H. Edwards.
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] 228(Tot) 123(F) 105(M)
[Name] Nonsuch Estate John Mark, Joseph Green and James Grant as attornies to the trustee of Zachary Hume Edwards, deceased.
T 71/34 118-118v
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 190 Registered to Z. H. Edwards, trustee.
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] 230(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 177 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 229(Tot) 122(F) 107(M)
[Name] Nonsuch Estate Joseph Green, attorney of John Weyberg Shaw, owner [increase by purchase; returned in 1820 by Joseph Green, one of the attornies for the trustee of Zachary Hume Edwards].
T 71/35 178-184
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 221(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 154 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 219(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 162 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 221(Tot) 116(F) 105(M)
[Name] Nonsuch Estate James Grant and Jasper Hall Livingston, receivers or managers under an order of the High Court of Chancery [returned in 1823 by Joseph Green, agent of J W Shaw].
T 71/36 453-455
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 60 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 215(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 182 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 206(Tot) 108(F) 98(M)
[Name] Nonsuch Estate William Miller and George McLeish, managers appointed by the High Court of Chancery [previously returned by James Grant and J H Livingston, managers under an order of the High Court of Chancery].
T 71/39 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 317(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch etc. [Stock] 126 Registered to J. W. Shaw. Assumed to include Unity.
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] 308(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch etc. [Stock] 121 Registered to J. W. Shaw. Assumed to include Unity.
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] 295(Tot)
[Name] Nonsuch [Stock] 95 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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] 173(Tot) 95(F) 78(M)
[Name] Nonsuch Estate Robert Fairweather and George McLeish, managers appointed by the High Court of Chancery [decrease by death and by sale].
T 71/41 150
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1839
[Name] Nonsuch
[Size] 2227 Registered to J. W. Shaw.
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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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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:
'Nonsuch [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2918 [accessed 25th April 2024].
