Associated People (6) |
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:
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- 1817 [EY] → Joint owner
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- 1822 [LA] → Joint owner
Her will made in 1818 showed her bequeathing a moiety of the estate; the Slave Registers suggest she was tenant-for-life with her mother for 2/8ths. |
1779 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner
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1781 [EA] - 1813 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown only in the name of Simon Taylor 1810 and 1811 but as jointly-owned before and after with his brother Sir John Taylor and then Sir John Taylor's heirs. In the probate inventory of 1813-4, 341 enslaved people on Lyssons were valued at £28,245 currency, whereas the Jamaica Almanacs for 1811 and 1816 show 622 and 534 enslaved people respectively on Lyssons, implying the probate showed only Simon Taylor's share. |
1781 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
£9,167 5S 9D
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Estate Information (47) |
1779
[Name] Lysson
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Simon Taylor Esq. of Kingston.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 157
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1780
[Name] Lysson
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, plantain Account filed by Simon Taylor of Kingston.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 204
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1781
[Name] Lyssons Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Simon and John Taylor Esquires. Account filed by Robert Paterson.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 105-106
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1782
[Name] Lyssons Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the Honourable Simon Taylor Esquire and Sir John Taylor Bart. Account filed by Nicholas McGregor, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 170
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1783
[Name] Lysson
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, plantain The property of Simon Taylor Esq. and Sir John Taylor Bart. Account filed by Nichol McGregor as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 82
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1784
[Name] Lysson
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, plantain The property of Simon Taylor Esq. and Sir John Taylor Bart. Account filed by Simon Taylor.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 180-1
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1787
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Walker, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 106
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1787
[Name] Lissons Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and the heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased; account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 196-197
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1788
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the Hon. Simon Taylor Esquire and the heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart. deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 84-85 [f.43]
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1789
[Name] Lysson
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the Hon. Simon Taylor Esquire and the heirs of John Taylor Esquire deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 389-390 f.192
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1790
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Simon Taylor Esquire and the heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart. In the possession of said Simon Taylor. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 47-48 [f.18]
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1791
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Sir John Taylor Bart., deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 242-243 [f.116]
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1792
[Name] Lyssons Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 247
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1793
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Property of the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and the heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 38
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1794
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Simon Taylor Esq and heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer for the period 31/12/1793 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 19
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1795
[Name] Lissons
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Property of Simon Taylor Esq and heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 167-168
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1796
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantains, steers and cows Belonging to the Hon Simon Taylor, Esq and the heirs of Sir John Taylor, Bt, dec. Account filed by William Walker, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantains Belonging to the Hon Simon Taylor, Esq.and the heirs of Sir John Taylor, Bt, dec. Account filed by William Walker, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 203
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1798
[Name] Up. Lyssons
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with two cattle mills and a windmill 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantain, some cattle Property of the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 169
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1798
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a windmill 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1799
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, plantain Property of the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 16
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1800
[Name] Lyssoms Plantation
[Crop] Muscovado sugar and rum Belonging to the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and the Heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 32
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1801
[Name] Lyssons Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum, some plantation and yams The property of the Hon Simon Taylor and the Heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 59
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1803
[Name] Lyssons
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, plantains Property of the Hon Simon Taylor Esq and the heirs of Sir John Taylor Bart deceased. Account filed by William Walker as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 228
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 613(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 499 Registered to Hon. Simon Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 622(Tot)
[Name] Lyssoms [Stock] 258 Registered to Hon. Simon Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 534(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 336 Registered to estate of Sir S. R. B. Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 512(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 286 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 526(Tot) 268(F) 258(M)
[Name] Lyssons Estate In the possession of William Shand as attorney to the Proprietor. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/145 798-808
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 515(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 66 Registered to heirs of Honorable Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 516(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 70 Registered to heirs of Honorable Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 512(Tot) 264(F) 248(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Shand as attorney to George Watson Taylor, as proprietor in the right of Ann Susannah his wife of five eighths and as Lessee of Dame Elizabeth Goodwin Taylor and Maria Taylor, tenants for life of two eighths and Captain William Mayne and Elizabeth his wife, proprietors of the remaining one eighth. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/146 442-455
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 502(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 261 Registered to heirs of Honorable Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 481(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 304 Registered to heirs of Honorable Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 480(Tot) 243(F) 237(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Kenneth Macpherson as attorney to George Watson Taylor as Proprietor in the right of Ann Susannah his wife of five eighths and as Lessees of Dame Elizabeth Gooding Taylor and Maria Taylor, tenants for life of 2 eighths and Capt William Mayne and Elizabeth his wife proprietors of the remaining eighth. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/147 350-352
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 454(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 303 Registered to heirs of Honorable Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 461(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 316 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 481(Tot) 234(F) 247(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas McCornock as attorney to George Watson Taylor as Proprietor in the right of Ann Susanna, his wife, of five eighths and as Lessee of Dame Elizabeth Gordon Taylor and Maria Taylor, Tenants for life of two eighths and Captain William Mayne and Elizabeth his wife, Proprietors for the remaining one eighth. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/148 343-344
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 456(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 88 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 449(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 93 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 473(Tot) 241(F) 232(M)
[Name] Lyssons Estate In the possession of Thomas McCornock as attorney to George Watson Taylor as Proprietor in the right of Ann Susanna, his wife, of five eighths and as Lessee of Dame Elizabeth Gordon Taylor and Maria Taylor, Tenants for life of two eighths and Captain William Mayne and Elizabeth his wife, Proprietors for the remaining one eighth. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 456(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 83 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 464(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 83 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 462(Tot)
[Name] Lyssons [Stock] 84 Registered to heirs of Hon. Simon and Sir John Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 456(Tot) 227(F) 229(M)
[Name] Lyssons Estate In the possession of Thomas McCornock as attorney to George Watson Taylor as Proprietor in the right of Ann Susanna, his wife, of five eighths and as Lessee of Dame Elizabeth Gordon Taylor and Maria Taylor, Tenants for life of two eighths and Captain William Mayne and Elizabeth his wife, Proprietors for the remaining one eighth. Assumed to be both Lyssons and Up Lyssons.
T71/150 498
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1839
[Name] Lysons
[Size] 3017 Registered to heirs of S. and Sir R. B. Taylor.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.
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