Norwich

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1778 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Previous owner
1809 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
1816 [EA] - 1816 [LA] → Previous owner
1819 [EA] - → Previous owner
1820 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
1829 [EA] - → Agent
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver

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£3,017 0S 11D

Estate Information (24)

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1778
[Name] Norwich Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed for 1 Feb 1778 to 1 Feb 1779. The estate of Thomas Newland Esquire deceased. Account filed by Dennis McFarlane.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 130
1779
[Name] Norwich Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed for 1st February 1779 to 1st of February 1780. A Moity of which belongs to the heirs of the Deceased Thomas Newland. Account filed by John Pickering.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 37
1780
[Name] Norwich  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

One moiety of which belongs to the heirs of the deceased Thomas Newland, Account filed by Thomas Puckering.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 206
1798
[Name] Norwich  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Portland in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a windmill.

 
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.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to J. C. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Portld.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 28  
 

Registered to J. C. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 84  
 

Registered to James C. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 74  
 

Registered to James C. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot) 81(F) 64(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Colthirst Colthirst as owner.

 
T71/151 22-24
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 27  
 

Registered to James C. Colthirst, deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to James C. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot) 88(F) 73(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Forbes Colthirst as owner.

 
T71/152 160
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot) 95(F) 74(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Forbes Colthirst as owner.

 
T71/153 31
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 201(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 79  
 

Registered to James P. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 78  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot) 100(F) 81(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James F Colthirst as owner.

 
T71/154 55
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29portgeorg.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 193(Tot) 104(F) 89(M)  
[Name] Norwich Estate  
 

In the possession of Andrew Watson as Agent for James Forbes Cothirst Esq.

 
T71/155-156 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Atkinson as Receiver.

 
T71/157 4
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Norwich  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to James F. Colthirst.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Portld.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.