Lethe 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
14/06/1812 [SD] - 13/08/1816 [ED] → Owner
09/08/1796 [SD] - 13/06/1812 [ED] → Trust beneficiary
- 09/08/1796 [ED] → Owner
09/08/1796 [SD] - → Annuitant
1774 [EA] - → Owner
1777 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Agent
1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver

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£4,866 16S 3D

Estate Information (40)

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1774
[Number of enslaved people] 41(Tot)  
[Name] Lathy  
[Stock] 25  
 

Listed as belonging to John Lawrence Dunbar in St James in 1774 with 1 man bearing arms, two women or children, and as one of the estates "now settling that will make sugar in the crops of 1775 and 1776."

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1777
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Lawrence Dunbar deceased. Account filed by John Gilks.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 173
1778
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Lawrence Dunbar deceased. Account filed by John Gilks.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 173-4
1779
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Lawrence Dunbar deceased. Account filed by John Figg.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 120
1780
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by George Brown as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 21
1781
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed 1 Dec 1780 to 23 Oct 1781. No ownership details. Account filed by George Brown, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 141
1782
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed for 28 Dec 1781 to 16 Dec 1782. No ownership details. Account filed by William Gracie.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 145-146
1796
[Name] Lethe  
 

Bequeathed by Duncan Anderson to his eldest son Robert Anderson.

 
The Law Journal for 1830 (James Holmes, London, 1830), Vol. 8 pp. 91-93.
1797
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Duncan Anderson, Esq, dec. Account filed by Alexander Ogilvie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 111
1798
[Name] Leithe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Robert Anderson a minor. Account filed by Alexander Ogilvie as overseer for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 103
1799
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Robert Anderson a minor. Account filed by Alexander Ogilvie as overseer for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 20-21
1799
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a watermill 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.
1800
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and steers  
 

Belonging to Robert Anderson as minor. Account filed by Alexander Ogilvie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 71-72
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with the heirs of Duncan Anderson as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1801
[Name] Lethe Estate  
[Crop] cattle, sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Robert Anderson a minor. Account filed by Alexander Ogilvy as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 174
1803
[Name] Litho [?] Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Anderson a minor. Account filed by Richard McMillan book-keeper for the period 31/12/1802 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 28
1807
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] Logwood, sugar, rum, pimento and stock  
 

Belonging to Robert Anderson a minor. Account filed by William Stewart as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 46
1808
[Name] Lethe  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to Robert Anderson a minor. Account filed by William Stewart as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 206
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 280(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 136  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
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] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 234  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 267(Tot) 120(F) 147(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Cunningham as agent for Robert Anderson a minor.

 
T71/202 52-58
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 242  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 236  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Cunningham as Agent to Robert Anderson, a minor, the owner.

 
T71/205 91-92
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 273(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 241  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 234  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Leith Estate  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn and Samuel Anderson as Receivers for Leith , appointed by the High Court of Chancery.

 
T71/211 243-244
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 215  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 204  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe Estate  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn and Samuel Anderson as Receivers for Lethe Estate, appointed by the High Court of Chancery.

 
T71/215 99-100
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 262(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 195  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 80  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 258(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 91  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 265(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe Estate  
 

In the possession of Samuel Anderson as Receiver for Lethe Estate, appointed by the High Court of Chancery.

 
T71/216 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 90  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 287(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 136  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson, a minor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 285(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe  
[Stock] 94  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson, a minor.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 257(Tot)  
[Name] Lethe Estate  
 

In the possession of Samuel Anderson as Receiver for Lethe Estate, appointed by the High Court of Chancery.

 
T71/222 9
1839
[Name] Lethe  
[Size] 1984  
 

Registered to Robert Anderson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.