Lysson's Estate (including Upper Lysson's)

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1817 [EY] → Joint owner
- 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
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
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

Associated Claims (1)

£9,167 5S 9D

Estate Information (47)

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1779
[Name] Lysson  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Simon Taylor Esq. of Kingston.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 157
1780
[Name] Lysson  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, plantain  
 

Account filed by Simon Taylor of Kingston.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 204
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
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
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
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
1787
[Name] Lyssons Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Walker, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 106
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
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]
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
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]
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]
1792
[Name] Lyssons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Walker as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 247
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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]
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
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.
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.
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
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.