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Blenheim

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Estate Details

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
1815 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
George Brooks of Blenheim
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Henry Rhodes Morgan
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
John William Spencer Griffith
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
James Daly
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executrix
Sarah Tharp Petgrave Brooks (née Wright)
1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
George Brooks

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Manchester 81 (Blenheim)
£2,478 13S 1D

Notes

See also JA14801 for a group of enslaved people registered on this estate until 1826 but thereafter listed as the separate property of Mrs Sarah Brooks.

Estate Information (7)

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1815
[Name] Blenheim  
 

Registered to George Brooks in Vere.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot) 59(F) 50(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Henry R. Morgan as attorney to George Brooks.

 
T71/65 60-63
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot) 60(F) 49(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Brooks as owner.

 
T71/66 39-40
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Griffith and James Daly as Attornies of George Brooks Esquire.

 
T71/67 38
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 127(Tot) 73(F) 54(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Brooks as Owner.

 
T71/68 45-46
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Brooks Esquire as Proprietor. 17 enslaved people were incorrectly registered in 1826 "actually beloning to Mrs George Brooks and now registered in her name".

 
T71/69 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Mrs [Sarah] George Brooks for Estate of George Brooks deceased.

 
T71/73 32