Upper Lucky Valley

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Associated People (9)

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
1823 [SY] - 1828 [EY] → Joint owner

Until his death in 1828, Simon Taylor of London was co-owner with his brother Robert Taylor and his sister Jean Ann Sullivan under the will of their father Robert Taylor of Ember Court (d. 1823) as tenants-in-common. By c. 1832 Robert Taylor appears to have been sole owner, and he was awarded the compensation payments for the estate.

1823 [SY] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner

Jean Ann Sullivan was co-owner with her brothers Robert Taylor and Simon Taylor (d. 1828) under the will of their father Robert Taylor of Ember Court (d. 1823) as tenants-in-common. By c. 1832 Robert Taylor appears to have been sole owner, and he was awarded the compensation payments for the estate.

1823 [SY] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner

Robert Taylor was originally co-owner as with his brother Simon Taylor of London (d. 1828) and his sister Jean Ann Sullivan under the will of their father Robert Taylor of Ember Court (d. 1823). By c. 1832 Robert Taylor appears to have been sole owner, and he was awarded the compensation payments for the estate.

1823 [SY] - 1832 [LA] → Trustee

Sir Charles Sullivan was trustee under the will of his father-in-law Robert Taylor Ember Court, by which his wife Jean Ann had inherited a share in her father's estates with her brothers as tenants-in-common. By c. 1832 the estate appears to have passed entirely to Jean Ann's brother Robert Taylor.

1815 [EA] - 1816 [LA] → Receiver
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

Robert Taylor was originally co-owner as with his brother Simon Taylor of London (d. 1828) and his sister Jean Ann Sullivan under the will of their father Robert Taylor of Ember Court (d. 1823). By c. 1832 Robert Taylor appears to have been sole owner, and he was awarded the compensation payments for the estate.


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£4,163 19S 7D

Estate Information (22)

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1798
[Name] Lucky-Valley  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Port Royal as a sugar estate with 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
1800
[Name] Lucky Valley Estate  
[Crop] Coffee, sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, cocoa, piemento  
 

In the possession of Charles Cubbison. Account filed by Charles Cubbison, Coppersmith. Accounts filed for 1799-1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 83
1800
[Name] Lucky Valley Plantation  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Belonging to the Hon Simon Taylor and John McCall Esquires. Account filed by John Balley as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 17
1801
[Name] Lucky Valley Plantation  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Owner details not recorded. Account filed by John Balley as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 131
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 290(Tot)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
 

Registered to Dicks Orr and Clark.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11PtRoyl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 28  
 

Registered to Dicks Orr and Clark.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 277(Tot)  
[Name] Lucky-Valley  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to Hon. John Shand, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 276(Tot)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
 

Registered to Hon. John Shand, receiver. Number of stock unclear, page torn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 278(Tot) 133(F) 145(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Shand as attorney to Robert Taylor.

 
T71/119 139-145
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 288(Tot) 139(F) 149(M)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
 

In the possession of William Shand as attorney to Robert Taylor.

 
T71/120 141-142
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to William Shand.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney of Robert Taylor Esquire. Last return by William Shand as attorney of Robert Taylor.

 
T71/121 41-42
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 291(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to Simon Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 289(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney to the heirs of Robert Taylor Esquire deceased. Last return by Simon Taylor as attorney to the heirs of Robert Taylor deceased.

 
T71/122 153-155
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 9  
 

Registered to the heirs of Robert Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 285(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to the heirs of Robert Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29royldav.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot) 148(F) 136(M)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
 

In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney to the heirs of Robert Taylor Esquire deceased.

 
T71/123 231
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to the heirs of Robert Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 220(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 47  
 

Registered to Simon Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 219(Tot)  
[Name] Upper Lucky Valley  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to Simpson & Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33PtRoyl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 215(Tot) 118(F) 97(M)  
[Name] Lucky Valley  
 

In the possession of Simon Taylor as attorney to Robert Taylor Esquire. Large number of enslaved people sold but no record of vendors.

 
T71/124 217
1839
[Name] Lucky Valley  
[Size] 960  
 

Registered to Robert Taylor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40PtRoyal.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.