Lincoln

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  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1765 [EA] - 1767 [LA] → Owner
1768 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Previous owner
1788 [EA] - 1837 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

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£2,685 15S 5D

Estate Information (53)

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1763
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Westmoreland in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1765
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Alexander McDonald as attorney. Estate under the "care and direction of" both McDonald and Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 138
1766
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Alexander McDonald as attorney. Estate under the "care and direction of" both McDonald and Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 23
1767
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Alexander McDonald as attorney. Estate under the "care and direction of" both McDonald and Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 67
1768
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Robert Perrin as bookeeper. Estate under the care and direction of Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 132
1769
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Robert Perrin as bookeeper. Estate under the care and direction of Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 198
1770
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq. Account filed by Robert Perrin as bookeeper. Estate under the care and direction of Robert Mason.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 16
1771
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq.and under the care and direction of Julines Herring, Samuel William Haughton and John Somerville Esqs. Account filed by James McKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 182
1772
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq.and under the care and direction of Julines Herring, Samuel William Haughton and John Somerville Esqs. Account filed by James McKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 180
1773
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq.and under the care and direction of Julines Herring and John Somerville Esqs. Account filed by James McKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 182
1776
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Francis Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care of William Beckford Esq. as attorney. Account filed by James McKay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 87-8
1778
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hiring out enslaved people, copper and iron  
 

The estates of the late Francis Beckford Esquire, under the care and direction of William Beckford esquire, attorney. Account filed by Thomas Alderson. Petersfield Plantation and Lincoln Plantation filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 127
1780
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Estates of the late Thomas Buckford Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Cope. Petersfield Plantation and Lincoln Plantation filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 8-9
1781
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of the late Francis Beckford Esquire, deceased. Under the care and direction of William Beckford Esquire attorney. Account filed by Thomas Alderson, gentleman (sp?). Petersfield Plantation and Lincoln Plantation filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 165-166
1782
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of the late Francis Beckford Esquire, deceased. Under the care and direction of William Beckford Esquire attorney. Account filed by Thomas Alderson, gentleman (sp?). Petersfield Plantation and Lincoln Plantation filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 165
1783
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Francis Beckford Esq. deceased. Under the care and direction of William Beckford Esq. as attorney. Account filed by Thomas Alderson, gentleman.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 79
1785
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] account of rents and hire received; sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Under the care and direction of William Beckford Esqire, attorney to estates; account filed by Thomas Alderson (?). Estates of the late Francis Beckford:Petersfield and Lincoln Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 82
1786
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 163
1787
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 39 f.20
1788
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Belonging to Francis Love Beckford under the care and direction of the Hon. James Wildman and William Smith Esquires as his attornies. Account filed by David Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 364
1789
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of Francis Love Beckford Esquire. Account filed by David Bell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 249 f.126
1790
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Francis L. Beckford Esquire under the care and direction of the Hon. James Wildman and William Smith Esquires. Account filed by David Bell as overseer. Accounts filed for 11/08/1789 to 03/08/1790.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 237-238 [f.119]
1791
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Bell as overseer. Accounts filed for 03/08/1790 to 30/09/1791.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 160
1792
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Urie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 217
1793
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Urie as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 01/01/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 31
1794
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Francis Love Beckford Esq. Account filed by John Bissett as overseer for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 61
1796
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to Francis Love Beckford Esq. Account given by David Murray Esq. Account filed by Hugh Milroy overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Francis Beckford Esq under the direction of David Murray Esq his attorney. Account filed by Alexander Rose as overseer for the period 01/01/1797 to 31/12/1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 31-32
1798
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Alexander Rose.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 26
1799
[Name] Lincoln  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Westmoreland 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
 

Registered in Westmoreland in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at a vestry convened for that purpose 15/11/1799 and subsequent days. No ownership details given.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 36.
1800
[Name] Lincoln Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Francis Love Beckford Esq under the management of James Mackintosh Esq. Account filed by William Wharton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 91
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 386(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln & Peterfield  
[Stock] 442  
 

Registered to Frances Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Westmd.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 374(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln etc.  
[Stock] 296  
 

Registered to Frances L. Beckford. Assumed to be both Lincoln and Petersfield.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 182  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 192  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot) 80(F) 76(M)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
 

In the possession of Edward Smith and James Lawson as attorneys to Francis Love Beckford Esquire the owner.

 
T71/178 20-24
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 189  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 185  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot) 72(F) 72(M)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
 

In the possession of Edward Smith and James Lawson as attornies to Francis Love Beckford.

 
T71/179 Book 10 9
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 189  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 152  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot) 63(F) 66(M)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
 

In the possession of James Lawson as attorney to Francis Love Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/180 Book 2 46-47
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 186  
 

Registered to Francis Love Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 63  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot) 63(F) 59(M)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
 

In the possession of James Lawson as attorney to Francis Love Beckford Esquire as owner.

 
T71/181 58
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot) 89(F) 67(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Lawson as attorney to Francis Love Beckford. Increase since 1826 due to purchase from the estate of John Finlay deceased on 8th July 1826 (from estate JA8032).

 
T71/182 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Stock] 49  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 144(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to Francis L. Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Westmd.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 143(Tot)  
[Name] Lincoln Estate  
 

In the possession of Thomas McNiel as attorney to Francis Love Beckford.

 
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