Y.S. Estate

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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
1761 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner
1789 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Owner

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£5,168 12S 11D

Estate Information (49)

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1740
[Name] Y.S.  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account filed by Richard Beckford attorney to Mrs. Bathshua Beckford.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 89
1761
[Name] Y.S Plantation  
[Crop] Y.S:sugar, rum, cattle, horses. Ipswich:sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John Morse Esquire. Account filed by Matthew (sp?) Rowan (sp?). Y.S and Ipswich Plantations filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 203-204
1762
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

Belonging to John Morse Esq. Account filed by Matthew Rowan as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 32
1763
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

Belonging to John Morse Esq. Account filed by Matthew Rowan as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 76
1764
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

Belonging to John Morse Esq. Account filed by Matthew Rowan as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 122
1765
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

Belonging to John Morse Esq. Account filed by Matthew Rowan as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 32
1779
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

The property of John Morse of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Vanheelen as attorney. Y. S., Ipswitch and Springfield estates listed toegther. Also included sales from Y. S. Pen.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 183-4
1780
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

The property of John Morse of Great Britain Esq. Account filed by John Vanheelen as attorney. Y. S., Ipswitch and Springfield estates listed toegther. Also included sales from Y. S. Pen.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 216
1781
[Name] Y.S.  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

No ownership details given. Account filed by John Vanheelen. Y.S. and Ipswich Estate filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 64
1783
[Name] Y. S. Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and houses  
 

Account filed by John Laird. Y. S. and Ipswitch estates listed toegther.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 34
1784
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] hire of enslaved people, cattle, horses, sugar, rum  
 

Under the care and direction of John Vanheelen Esquire. Account filed by John Laird as overseer for the Y.S. Estate. Y.S., Ipswich and Springfield Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 119 f.60
1785
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] hire of enslaved people, sugar, rum  
 

Under the care and direction of John Vanheelen Esquire. Account filed by John Laird as overseer for the Y.S. Estate. Y.S., Ipswich and Springfield Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 118
1786
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] Old copper, timber, hire of enslaved people, sugar, rum  
 

Under the care and direction of John Vanheelen Esquire. Account filed by John Laird as overseer for the Y.S. Estate. Y.S., Ipswich and Springfield Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 116-117
1787
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] hire of enslaved people, cattle, sheep, sugar, rum  
 

Under the care and direction of John Vanheelen Esquire. Account filed by John Laird as overseer for the Y.S. Estate. Y.S., Ipswich and Springfield Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 117-118 f.59
1789
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] Sheep, cattle, a horse, sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of John Morse esquire deceased under the care and direction of John Vanheelen and William Mitchell Esquires. Account filed by John Laird as overseer. Y.S. and Ipswich Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 370-371 f.183
1790
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] cattle, sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of the heirs of John Morse Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Laird as overseer. YS and Ipswich Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 355 [f.177]
1791
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] Pasturage, livestock, sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of the heirs of John Morse Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Laird as overseer. YS and Ipswich Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 206
1792
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

In the possession of the heirs of John Morse Esquire deceased under the care and direction of the Hon. William Mitchell Esquire. Account filed by Herand Guidwood clerk to John Vankeelen Esquire residing at Y.S. Estate. Y.S and Ipswich filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 251-252 [f.126]
1793
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

In the possession of the Hon William Mitchell Esq as receiver. Account filed by John Lewis as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 01/01/1794. YS and Ipswich estates filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 61
1794
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

In the possession of the Hon George Murray and James Mitchell Esq.s as receivers. Account filed by John Laird as overseer for the period 01/01/1794 to 01/01/1795. YS and Ipswich estates filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 116
1795
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

In the possession of the Hon George Murray and James Mitchell Esq.s as receivers. Account filed by Alexander Underwood residing on YS and Ipswich estates for the period 01/01/1795 to 01/01/1796. YS and Ipswich estates filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 152
1796
[Name] Ys Estate  
[Crop] steers, cattle, heifers, calves, logwood, hire of enslaved people, sugar, rum  
 

Account given by George Murray and James Mitchell Esqs as Receivers and attornies. Account filed by John Brown. Ys and Ipswich Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] YS Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horses, steers, cows, heifers, calves, timber, hire of enlaved people  
 

Account given by the Hon George Murray and James Mitchell, Esqs as receiveers. Account filed by John Brown, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 141
1799
[Name] YS  
[Crop] Suga, rum, cattle, stock, sundries  
 

Account filed by John Brewer overseer The possession of William Mitchell and George Murray Esq as Recievers.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 34-34
1799
[Name] Y. S. Estate  
[Crop] cattle, sugar, rum, iron and copper  
 

In the possession of heirs of John Moore Esq deceased under the care and direction of William Mitchell Esq. Account filed by John Brown as overseer for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 23-24
1799
[Name] Y.S.  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Elizabeth 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
[Crop] cattle, sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of the heirs of John Morse Esq deceased under the direction of William Mitchell Esq. Account filed by John Brown as overseer for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 140-141
1802
[Name] Y S Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

In the possession of the Heirs of John Morse Esq deceased. Account filed by John Brown as overseer of Y S Estate Accounts filed for 1801-1802.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 140
1803
[Name] YS Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, hire of enslaved person[?], stock  
 

Account filed in the name of William Mitchell Esq, executor and trustee of John Morn, deceased. Account given in the name of Robert Hindmarsh, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 42
1807
[Name] YS  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood and cattle  
 

Under the care of Edmund Francis Green as attorney for William Mitchell Esq. executor and trustee of John Morse Esq. deceased. Account filed by Edmund Francis Green. Filed for 1st July 1806-1st July 1807.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 53
1808
[Name] YS  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and logwood  
 

Account filed by Peter McKersley as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 157
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 534(Tot)  
[Name] Ipswich and Y. S.  
[Stock] 407  
 

Registered to John Morse deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 360(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 198  
 

Registered to heirs of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 359(Tot) 174(F) 185(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Charles Farquarson as attorney to E.Y Green, joint owner with others.

 
T71/164 357-366
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 359(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 239  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 351(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 138  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot) 171(F) 176(M)  
[Name] Y.S.  
 

In the possession of Robt. Green as attorney to E. F. Green joint owner with others on Y.S.

 
T71/167 309-311
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 337(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 326  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 332(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 236  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 333(Tot) 167(F) 166(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Charles Farquharson as attorney to E. F. Green joint owners with others at Y.S.

 
T71/168 254-256
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 308(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 230  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 306(Tot) 152(F) 154(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Daly as attorney to Edward F. Green, joint owner with others.

 
T71/169 190-191
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 234  
 

Registered to estate of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot) 145(F) 150(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Green Esquire as attorney to Edmund Francis Green Esquire.

 
T71/172 [Unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 243  
 

Registered to heirs of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 289(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 439  
 

Registered to heirs of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)  
[Name] YS  
[Stock] 224  
 

Registered to heirs of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 287(Tot) 142(F) 145(M)  
[Name] Y.S. Estate  
 

In the possession of John Salmon junior Esquire as attorney. Owned by the heirs of John Morse.

 
T71/177 159
1839
[Name] Y.S. estate  
[Size] 6004  
 

Registered to heirs of John Morse.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Eliza.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.