Paradise Pen

[Name] Paradise  

Bequeathed by William Dorrill to his natural children Thomas and Mary (and acquired by John Cope, who had married Mary the previous year).

Trevor Burnard, Mastery, Tyranny and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and his Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World (Chapel Hill, 2004) p. 51

[Name] Paradise  

Sold by John Cope for £10,500 (though Cope had the estate valued at £19,508 in 1766).

Trevor Burnard, Mastery, Tyranny and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and his Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World (Chapel Hill, 2004) p. 51

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by George Murray as attorney for Paradise.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 41

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by George Murray as attorney to John Allan Esq.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 182

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by George Murray as attorney for Paradise.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 197

[Name] Paradise Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Account filed for 3 Oct 1780 to 3 Oct 1781. No ownership details. Account filed by David Dalglish.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 106

[Name] Paradise  

John Allen Esq. the mortgagee in possession. John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney. Account filed by John Somerville as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 153

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to John Allan Esq. mortgagee in possession. Account filed by John Somerville as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 31

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq. as attorney to John Allan Esq. mortgagee in possession. Account filed by John Somerville, late the overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 30

[Name] Paradise Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Account given by John Stewart, Esq. Account filed by John Marshall, overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] ginger, cotton, logwood, cattle, sheep  

Under the direction of John Graham, William Fyffe and John Wedderburn Esq.s as attornies to John Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by William Craig as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1798.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 258

[Number of enslaved people] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  

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. 37.

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] cattle, sheep, horses, mules, logwood  

Under the direction of John Graham Esq. Account filed by Kenneth Mackenzie as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1799.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 128-130

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] Livestock (calves, cows, heifers, steers, horses, mules)  

Under the direction of William Brown, Patrick Miller and Samwell Forrester. Account filed by Kenneth McKenzie as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 46-47

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] Livestock (cattle, horses)  

Under the direction of William Brown, Patrick Miller and Somerville Forrester as Attornies to John Wedderburn. Account filed by Kenneth MacKenzie as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 45

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] horses, cattle  

Under the direction of Patrick Miller, Somerville Forrester and James Wedderburn attornies to John Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by David Masters as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1803.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 138-139

[Name] Paradise Penn  
[Crop] Horses, steers, calves, heifers and mules  

Account given in the names of Somerville Forrester, James Wedderburn and James Colquhoun, grant attornies to John Wedderburn, Esq. Account filed by Daniel Hastins, overseer to said estate.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 208

[Name] Paradise  
[Crop] Livestock, pasturage, cartage and wharfage of logwood  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn, James Colquhun Grant and John Blyth as attornies to John Wedderburn Esq. Account presented by William Davidson as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 162

[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 476  

Registered to John Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 548  

Registered to John Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 143(Tot) 60(F) 83(M)  
[Name] Paradise Penn  

In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and John Blyth as attorneys to John Wedderburn Esquire the owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 183  

Registered to John Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 741  

Registered to John Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot) 57(F) 79(M)  
[Name] Paradise Pen  

In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and John Blythe as attorneys for John Wedderburn Esquire owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 781  

Registered to John Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 125(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 815  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 125(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise Pen  

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburne Esquire as owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 730  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 715  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 119(Tot) 50(F) 69(M)  
[Name] Paradise Pen  

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburn Esquire.

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[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 670  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 673  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot) 44(F) 66(M)  
[Name] Paradise Pen  

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburn Esquire, owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 557  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 546  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Paradise  
[Stock] 558  

Registered to James Wedderburn.

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.

[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot) 44(F) 57(M)  
[Name] Paradise Estate  

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to Andrew Colville and Alexander Seton executors and trustees of Jno. Wedderburn deceased.

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