Farrels Estate

[Name] None given  

The indentures below have been tentatively inferred by LBS to relate to Farrels and possibly Bugby Hole.

Essex Record Office D/DNe T61. Deeds of plantations on Montserrat Level: NEAVE FAMILY OF ROMFORD AND PRITTLEWELL

DEEDS Scope and Content: 1) Lease for a year, 20 June 1761

(i) Thomas Truman, James George Douglas, Richard Neave, merchants, all of London and Dominic Farrill esquire of Montserrat; (ii) Edward Williams of Thames Ditton, Surrey

Plantation of 200 acres called Parsons and Daniels at Bugby Hole, St George, Montserrat; plantation of 100 acres called John Daly Fitzdennis also at Bugby Hole and another plantation lately bought by James Farrill from Richard Chilcott with all their sugar houses, works and implements.

2) Assignment of mortgage, 22 June 1761

(i) Thomas Truman, James George Douglas and Richard Neave, merchants, all of London (ii) Dominic Farrill esquire of Montserrat; (iii) Richard Oliver, merchant, of the City of London; (iv) Edward Williams of Thames Ditton, Surrey

(iv) to pay £4000 to (i) in respect of mortgage

Recites:

lease and release, 13, 14 October 1755, of property as above with slaves 'computed at about one hundred', mortgaged by Dominic Farrill and his wife, Mary, to (i) for £4000;

lease and release, 20, 21 March 1758, between (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv) William Irish, Thomas Dubery and Michael White junior, all of Montserrat, and John Watkins esquire of Antigua, of property as above and plantation called Lynch's bought by Dominic Farrill and mortgaged for £8000 to Richard Oliver. (iv) to pay out of the rents and profits £4000 with interest to (i) and £8000 with interest to (iii). Dates of Creation: 1761

[Name] [no name given]  

Return of Thomas Hill Esquire, owner; returned by his attorney William Shiell. The 590 enslaved listed are attached to four estates that are not identified in this volume but are identified in later registers as Reeds Hill and Spring; Amersham's; Farrels and Bugbyhole; and Dubery's. For further details see the entry for Reeds Hill and Spring Estates.

T 71/447 240-259

[Name] [no name given]  

Returned by Thomas Hill, owner; The 578 enslaved people given are attached to several estates including: Reeds Hill and Spring; Amersham's; Farrels and Bugbyhole; and Dubery's. For further details see the entry for Reeds Hill and Spring Estates.

T 71/448 246-262

[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Farrels  

Return of Thomas Hill, owner; 5 estates are returned together with a total of 514 enslaved people ( 578 were returned in 1821, when the separate estate names were not given). The estates listed are Spring, Reeds Hill, Amersham's, Farrels and Dubery's. Although Farrels and Bugbyhole are returned together with the total number combined in this rigister, they appear separately in later returns.

T 71/449 285-290

[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Farrels  

Return of Thomas Hill, deceased, owner; returned by Thomas Henry Percy and Robert Dobridge attorneys to Kensington and Paine, mortgagees. Farrels and Bugbyhole Estates are returned together with a total of 150 enslaved people (174 on the previous return) [total given does not match the number of enslaved listed]; total of enslaved does not include one enslaved 'woman named Sally Evans now absent and supposed to be dead'.

T 71/450 167-172

[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot)  
[Name] Farrels  

Return of Thomas Hill, deceased, owner, Returned by John Dobridge, attorney of Kensington and Payne, mortgagees of Hill's Farrels and Bugbyhole estates. The estates are Returned together with a total of 156 enslaved people (150 on the previous return).

T 71/451 76-80