Berkshire Hall

[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-Vale in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a water mill.

Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)

[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

The property of Edward Young Woodcock from the 6th day of May 1775.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 282

[Name] Berkshire  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

The property of Edward Young Woodcock Esq. Account filed by Edward Brailsford.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 65

[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Account filed by Michael Allen as overseer for the period 01/01/1797 to 31/12/1797.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 55

[Name] Berkshire  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Account filed by Michael Allen as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 137

[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-Vale 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.

[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  

Registered in St Thomas-in-the-Vale to John James Vidal with 173 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at an extraordinary vestry 02/11/1799.

Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 50.

[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by James Rocke as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 212

[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Berksshire Hall  
[Stock] 7  

Registered to John James Vidal.

Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of 1809.

[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire-Hall  
[Stock] 100  

Registered to John James Vidal.

Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire hall  
[Stock] 80  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_01.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 107  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot) 84(F) 89(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Francis Graham as attorney to John Hayman esq.

T71/25 278-282

[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 11  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 9  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of George Mill and Richard Welch as attornies to John Hayman.

T71/26 223

[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 108  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 109  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot) 86(F) 84(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of George Mills as attorney for John Hayman esq.

T71/27 241

[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 109  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Edward Clouston as attorney for John Hayman esq.

T71/28 299-300

[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 7  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot) 82(F) 80(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Edward Clouston as attorney to John Hayman.

T71/30 unpaginated

[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 15  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 330(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 250  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 316(Tot)  
[Name] Berkshire Hall  
[Stock] 202  

Registered to John Harman.

Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIV.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

[Number of enslaved people] 152(Tot) 79(F) 73(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of Thomas Hooper as attorney of John Hayman.

T71/32 170

William Martin, overseer, and Solomon de la Motta, book-keeper. William Martin was charged with assault and starving his apprentice, Sophy, to death. Sophy had a disease and could not work, and as a result William Martin locked her up for five days without food or water and assaulted her. She died soon after. Verdict: guilty of assault and not providing medicines.

This William Martin is tentatively identified with William Tharp Martin (q.v.) The identification is suggested by location, because the Tharp Martins are known to be in this area and there are no other William Martins known in nearby locations, and the prolonged barbarity of his father might provide the upbringing which would match the attitude and treatment displayed here.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for his assistance in compiling this entry.

Extract from Dispatch from Lord Glenelg to the Marquis of Sligo, dated 28th June 1836. British Emancipator - Wednesday 17 January 1838, p.3-4; Enclosure in No.210 (No.1), p.364 Rex v Wm. Martin, from: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106544885&view=1up&seq=430&q1=sophy

[Name] Berkshire-Hall  
[Size] 1025  

Registered to John Hayman.

Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thosvale.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.