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Golden Grove, St John's

Antigua

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1803 [SY] - → Trustee
Ralph Peters of Southport
1787 [EA] - 1803 [EY] → Owner
Bertie Entwisle

Vere Langford Oliver [History of AntiguaVol. I p,. 245] shows Bertie Enwisle as owner of Golden Grove 1787, with no further source. The Salve Registers for Antigua combine Golden Grove with Jolly Hill and Barnacle Point.

Associated Claims (1)

Antigua 96 (Golden Grove, St John's)
£2,363 5S 9D

Estate Information (3)

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1817
[Name] None given  
 

In 1817, 464 enslaved people were registered by John Burke, executor and trustee of Bertie Entwisle deceased. It is inferred that these enslaved people were on the estates of Jolly Hill, Golden Grove and Barnacle Point, shown in 1824 as previously in trust by John Burke.

 
T71/245 617-626
1821
[Name] Golden Grove  
 

In 1821, the 165 enslaved people on Golden Grove were registered in a consolidated entry of 462 people under 'Barnacle Point, Golden Grove and Jolly Hill', by John Burke, executor and trustee of Bertie Enwisle Esq. deceased.

 
T71/246 62-74
1824
[Name] Golden Grove  
 

In 1824, the 167 enslaved people on Golden Grove were registered in a consolidated entry for 466 enslaved people in total under 'Jolly Hill, Golden Grove and Barnacle Point', by George Savage Martin, attorney of Charles Shand Esq., lessees of the estates of Bertie Entwisle Esq., deceased which were lately in trust to John Burke. The enslaved people have been included under Jolly Hill.

 
T71/248 447-456