Montpelier 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
1785 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Mortgagee and acting executor of William Gilchrist

1785 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Previous owner
1808 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
1815 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner

The Jamaica Almanac shows Mount Pelier in the name of Donald Malcolm 1815 and 1817: he had died in 1812.

1819 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1834 [EA] - → Assignee
1839 [EA] - → Owner

Associated Claims (1)

£627 2S 7D

Estate Information (33)

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1785
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] Expenditure  
 

Full estate accounts filed by Donald Malcolm executor of William Gilchrist deceased and one of the mortgagees of the estate. Accounts filed for April 1785 to June 1786.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 8-10
1786
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Gilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by Patrick McFarlane as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 4-5 f.3
1787
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Gilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by Patrick McFarlane as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 3-4
1787
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] Expenditure  
 

Full estate accounts filed by Donald Malcolm executor of William Gilchrist deceased and one of the mortgagees of the estate. Accounts filed for July 1786-July 1787.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 6-7 f.4
1788
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] Expenditure  
 

Full estate accounts filed by Donald Malcolm executor of William Gilchrist deceased and one of the mortgagees of the estate. Accounts filed for July 1787-June 1788.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 11-12 f.6
1788
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Gilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by Patrick McFarlane as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 5-6
1789
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Gilchrost Esquire deceased. Account filed by Patrick McFarlane as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/07/1788 to 01/07/1789.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 213 f. 108
1789
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of George Reid Esquire. Account filed by Caleb Greaves as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 272-273
1792
[Name] Montpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Gilchrist deceased. Account filed by Allan McLean as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/07/1791 to 01/07/1792.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 296-297
1793
[Name] Mountpelier Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Allan MacLean as overseer for the year to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 8
1799
[Name] Montpelier  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover 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.
1808
[Mortgage] 01/11/1808  
 

Mortgage 01/11/1808 Between Donald Malcom; Alexander Campbell; James Martin; John Davies all of the Parish of Hanover in the island of Jamaica; Malcolm Ross of Redlion Square in the County of Middlesex relating to Donald Malcom granting a mortgage to Malcolm Ross for a certain plantation called Montpelier in the Parish of Hanover in the island of Jamaica. Also gives the names of slaves.

C DDI/2/8

 
http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/c-ddi.pdf C DDI/2/8
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 285(Tot)  
[Name] Alexandria and Montpelier  
[Stock] 177  
 

Registered to Donald Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Hanov.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] 310(Tot)  
[Name] Alexandria etc.  
[Stock] 39  
 

Registered to Donald Malcolm. Assumed to include Montpelier or Mount Pelier Estate.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to Donald Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 69  
 

Registered to Donald Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
 

Registered to John Hine senior. No number of enslaved people, page torn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hine as owner. No previous registration. All removed from Trelawney since 1817.

 
T71/191 326-328
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 42  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 77  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot) 37(F) 29(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hine Senior as owner.

 
T71/192 254
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 35  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot) 30(F) 24(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hine as owner.

 
T71/193 292
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to John Hine senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to John Hine sen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot) 31(F) 23(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hine as owner.

 
T71/195 142
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to John Hine.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to John Hine.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)  
[Name] Montpelier  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to John Hine.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hine senior as owner.

 
T71/198 298
1839
[Name] Montpelier  
[Size] 324  
 

Registered to Daniel Danis Hine.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.