Needmust & Freemans

Return of Henry Hamilton, owner; notes that one absent enslaved person is not included in the total given. Based on information found in the 1828 register, the estates for this entry have been identified as Olivers and Needsmust estates.

Return of Henry Hamilton, planter and owner. Based on information found in the 1828 register, this entry has been identified as concerning Olivers and Needsmust estates.

Returned by Robert Dobridge, attorney to Henry Dyett, of the city of London merchant, mortgagee in possession of 100 enslaved people delivered by Henry Hamilton, owner of Olivers and Needsmust, on 6 Aug. 1824. Based on information found in the 1828 register, this entry has been identified as concerning Olivers and Needsmust estates.

Return of Henry Hamilton, planter and owner; 98 enslaved people were delivered to Henry Dyett of London and 21 were delivered to W D Furlonge; the total of enslaved given does not include ' a boy named Richard at present in Trinidad waiting on my son John'. Based on information found in the 1828 register, this entry has been identified as concerning Olivers and Needsmust estates.

197 enslaved people were 'delivered over to Robert Dobridge and James Masters as attorneys to Rogers and Bold' on 10 December 1824 and that '197 enslaved people were returned on the second triennial return by the Hon. Henry Hamilton for Olivers and Needsmust and Robert Dobridge for Henry Dyett 23 Oct 1824' .

Return of Henry Hamilton, owner; 12 enslaved people were acquired from William Dardis Furlong, trustee to Mrs Hamilton; 20 enslaved people aquired by purchase from H W Hamilton; 142 were delivered up to Needsmust Estate, including Richard, who is described as having 'arrived from Trinidad'; 8 people were rented to Blakes Estate; and 5 people were sold to Mr Warner. This entry appears to be related to Olivers and Needsmust estates .

Return of Henry Dyett and others; returned by Thomas Henry Percy, as one of the attorneys to Rogers and Bold (residing in England), trustees; the other attorney is named as Robert Dobridge and the enslaved are said to be in his and Thomas Henry Percy's possession. The total of enslaved people given does not include an enslaved woman 'named Joan who has been absent for time past and supposed to be dead'; 54 enslaved people were acquired from Henry Dyett; notes Rogers and Bold had not made the previous return.

Return of George Bryan Jeffers, owner; 171 enslaved people were acquired by purchase. This appears to be the same Needsmust estate previously owned by ... Hamilton.

Return of Henry Hamilton, owner. This appears to be related to Olivers and Needsmust estates, but might refer to the estate shown as Plymouth in the compensation records.