Fish River 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
- 1818 [LA] → Owner

Although there is no explicit signal of the transition in the Slave Registers, it is known that Peter Campbell died c. 1818 leaving the estates of Fish River, Holland and Petersville to his son Peter Campbell of Kilmory.

1741 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Previous owner
1748 [EA] - 1748 [LA] → Joint owner

In his will made in 1748 and proved in 1752, Colin Campbell left his moiety or half-share of the Fish River and Orange Bay estates to his son Colin Campbell.

1748 [EA] - 1748 [LA] → Joint owner

At the time Colin Campbell of St George Hanover made his will in 1748, leaving half of the Fish River estate to his son also named Colin, the other half of the estate appears to have belonged to Peter Campbell of Fish River, then a minor, who inherited from his father also Peter Campbell (who d. 1739). It is not yet known when ownership was united.

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1818 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Owner

Although there is no explicit signal of the transition in the Slave Registers, it is known that Peter Campbell died c. 1818 leaving the estates of Fish River, Holland and Petersville to his son Peter Campbell of Kilmory.

1823 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Previous owner
1826 [EA] - → Receiver
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
1831 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

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£4,211 8S 0D

Estate Information (29)

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1741
[Name] Fish River  
[Crop] sugar, molasses and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Peter Campbell Esq. deceased. Account filed by Peter Ewing as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 112
1742
[Name] Fish River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and mahogany  
 

Estate to the heirs of the deceased Mr. Peter Campbell. Account filed by Peter Ewing as overseer of the deceased Mr. Peter Campbell.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 199
1763
[Name] Fish River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Hanover in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot)  
[Name] F. River  
 

Registered in Hanover to Peter Campbell with 282 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 23.
1799
[Name] Fish River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover as a sugar estate with a watermill and 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.
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 290(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 182  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 291(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 300(Tot)  
[Name] Fish-River  
[Stock] 162  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 295(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 152  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot) 161(F) 135(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In possession of Philip Anglin Scarlett, attorney to Peter Campbell Esquire.

 
T71/190 124-127
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 297(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 166  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 297(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 296(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of P.A. Scarlett as attorney to Peter Campbell.

 
T71/191 86-87
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 63  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 296(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 110  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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] 296(Tot) 146(F) 150(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Archibald Campbell as executor of Peter Campbell deceased.

 
T71/192 103-104
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 185  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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] 254(Tot) 142(F) 112(M)  
[Name] Fish River Estate  
 

In the possession of James Laing & James McDonald Esquires as receivers for Fish River Estate.

 
T71/193 360-363
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 252(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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] 255(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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] 250(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River Estate  
 

In the possession of James Macdonald as receiver for Fish River Estate.

 
T71/195 49
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to heirs of Peter Campbell.

 
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.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River Estate  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 236(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to John Gl___tone.

 
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.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River Estate  
 

Registered to Peter Campbell.

 
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] 238(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to John Gladstones.

 
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] 240(Tot)  
[Name] Fish River Estate  
 

In the possession of James Macdonald as Receiver for Fish River Estate.

 
T71/199 119
1839
[Name] Fish River  
[Size] 2976  
 

Registered to John Gladstone.

 
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.