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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1814 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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1757 [SY] - 1814 [EY] → Owner
Inherited Parnassus estate under the will of his brother James Dawkins (1722-1757). |
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1744 [SY] - 1757 [EY] → Owner
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- 1744 [EY] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£9,591 12S 5D
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Notes |
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Absentee-owned from 1759 when Henry Dawkins II migrated from Jamaica to Britain. The estate was 15 miles south of Friendship and Lucky Valley and was located on the flood plains of the Rio Minho. Higman notes that planter-historian Edward Long considered this part of Clarendon to be inferior to the upper parts of the parish. It was drier and less advantageous in terms of access to water supplies to power the mills. Most of the southern plantations of Clarendon continued to rely on cattle and wind power to run the mills. Parnassus was dominated by flat land which facilitated cane growing although it lacked the heights required for water to gain enough force to drive a mill. There were 15 cane fields shown on a map by James Cradock in 1758. Alongside this there were small fields under pasture around the works, gardens, stockyards, provision grounds, grass, waste lands and slave houses. There was also an area designated 'Land in possession of Free Negroes.' |
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B. W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed: plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Kingston, Institute of Jamaica Publications, 1988), pp.95-6. |
Estate Information (47) |
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1744
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus Bequeathed to James Dawkins (1722-1757) by his father Henry Dawkins I (1698-1744).
PROB 11/736/317; James Dawkins, The Dawkins Family in Jamaica and England, 1664-1833 (PhD thesis, UCL, 2017) chapter 1
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1753
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] Livestock Estate belonging to James Dawkins Junior Esq. Account filed by John Shickle. The estates of James Dawkins Junior were filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 155
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1757
Bequeathed to Henry Dawkins II (1728-1814) by his brother James Dawkins (1722-1757).
PROB 11/835/259
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1760
[Name] Parnassus Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Estates belonging to Henry Dawkins Esquire in Jamaica. Account filed by Charles Bosnell Esquire, one of the attorneys to the Honourable Henry Dawkins Esquire. Windsor plantation, Old Plantation, Friendship Plantation, Sutton Plantation, Parnassus Planatation, Caymanas Plantation, Magotty Plantation, Salt Ponds all filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 157
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1761
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum Estates belonging to Henry Dawkins Esquire in Jamaica. Account filed by Charles Bosnell Esquire, one of the attorneys to Henry Dawkins Esquire. Windsor, Old Plantation, Friendship, Sutton, Parnassus, Caymanas, Magotty, Salt Ponds all filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 195
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1762
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum Estates belonging to Henry Dawkins Esquire in Jamaica. Account filed by Charles Bosnell Esquire, one of the attorneys to Henry Dawkins Esquire. Windsor, Old Plantation, Friendship, Sutton, Parnassus, Caymanas, Trodways, Salt Ponds all filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 195
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1765
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 127
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1766
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 173
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1771
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 10
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1772
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 68
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1773
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 91
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1774
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 89
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1775
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 105
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1776
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 109
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1777
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 148
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1778
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 148
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1779
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by John Shickle as one of his attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 147
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1780
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Henry Dawkins. Account filed by Thomas Raymond as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 218
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1781
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Henry Dawkins. Account filed by Thomas Raymond as clerk to Henry Dawkins.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 147
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1783
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar and rum The estate of Henry Dawkins. Account filed by Thomas Raymond as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 9-10
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1792
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Thomas Raymond attorney to Henry Dawkins Esquire. Parnassus, Old Plantation, Suttons, Friendship, Vere Estate and Windsor filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 267 [f.134]
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1793
[Name] Parnassus Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by John Scott accomptant to the heirs of Henry Dawkins Esq deceased. Parnanssus, Old Plantation, Sutton, Friendship, Windsor estates filed together. Which parish is not stated
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 22
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1795
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Account filed by John Scott accountant to Henry Dawkins Esq for the year ending 31/12/1795. Parnanssus, Old Plantation, Sutton, Friendship, Windsor estates filed together. Only crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 66
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1797
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle and horses Account filed by David Falconer as accountant to the attornies of Henry Dawkins Esq for the year to 31/12/1797. Parnanssus, Old Plantation, Sutton, Friendship, Windsor and Vere estates filed together. Only crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 17
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1798
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] Sugar Plotted In Vere as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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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1803
[Name] Parnassus Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Henry Dawkins Esq. Account filed by Wm Ayton his accomptant.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 67
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1804
[Name] Parnasuss Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed in the name of John Maughan, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 195
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1807
[Name] Parnassus
[Crop] sugar, rum, wainage, livestock, carriage, corn, beef, oil, boards and manumission of a female slave Property of Henry Dawkins Esq. Account presented by John Maughan as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 202-203
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 602(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 20 Registered to Henry Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Clarend.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 400(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 395 Registered to James Dawkins, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.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] 576(Tot) 307(F) 269(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Francis Graham and William Shand as attorneys to James Dawkins the owner.
T71/57 460-483
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 473(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 305 Registered to James Dawkins, attorney.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 590(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 27 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p04.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] 579(Tot) 311(F) 268(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of The Honble William Shand and Malcolm McLeod as attornies for James Dawkins Esquire.
T71/58 139-140
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 585(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 7 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 581(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 237 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p04.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] 572(Tot) 302(F) 270(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Williams and Malcolm McLeod Esquires as attornies of James Dawkins, Esquire.
T71/59 147-148
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 571(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 224 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24clar.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] 562(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 15 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.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] 560(Tot) 290(F) 270(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Hewitt Esquire as attorney for the trustees of James Dawkins Esquire.
T71/60 125
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 561(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 26 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al04.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] 546(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.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] 547(Tot) 293(F) 254(M)
[Name] Parnassus In the possession of William Hewitt Esquire as attorney to the trustees of James Dawkins Esquire.
T71/61 108
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 527(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus [Stock] 36 Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831clar.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] 540(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32vere.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] 535(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus Estate In the possession of Thomas James Bernard and Walter George Stewart as attornies of the Rt Honble. Lord Viscount Downe, Sir George Francis Hampton Bart and Sir William Henry Cooper, trustees of James Dawkins.
T71/64 106
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 538(Tot)
[Name] Parnassus Registered to James Dawkins.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Claren.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire 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:
'Parnassus Estate [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2920 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
