Associated People (7) |
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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:
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- 1828 [EY] → Other
In the will of Jemima Cussans [made in 1827] she left in trust the enslaved people on Amity Hall whom she owned and rented to her brother Thomas Cussans III for £404 p.a. |
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1741 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Joint owner
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1752 [EA] - 1753 [LA] → Previous owner
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1791 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown as Thomas Cussans junior, joint owner with Thomas Cussans senior. The entry appears to reflect the barring of entail on Amity Hall by Thomas Cussans of Mayfair and his nephew Thomas Cussans [III] referred to in a codicil to the former's will. |
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1794 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Possibly tenant-for-life, but apparently owner of one moiety of Amity Hall. The other half belonged to his siblings either as owner-in-fee or tenants-for-life. |
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1797 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
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1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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Associated Claims (2) |
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£3,831 12S 9D
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£586 10S 10D
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Estate Information (45) |
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1741
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to Matthew Gregory and Thomas Cussans Esqs. and under the care of Thomas Cussans Esq. Account filed by Edward Barber manager of the plantation.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 119
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1752
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar and rum Estate of Thomas Cussons deceased. Account of the rents, issues, profits and produce come to the hands of Patrick Taylor one of the executors of the last will and testament of the said Thomas Cussons deceased and one of the guardians of his children. Account filed by the said Patrick Taylor.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 116
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1753
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar and rum Estate of Thomas Cussans deceased. Account of the profits and produce of the estate come to the hands of Patrick Taylor one of the executors of the last will and testment of the said Thomas Cussans. Account filed by the said Patrick Taylor.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 168
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1755
[Name] Cussans Estate
'Proceedings in the case of Cussans et al USR Baillie regarding the inheritance of Cussans plantation in St.Thomas' held at the National Library of Jamaica, part of the British Library Endangered Archives Programme, EAP148/1/11, 17/12/1755. |
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1775
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Produce shipped, sold and disposed by George Grant as attorney to the proprietor.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 85
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1776
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Produce shipped, sold and disposed by George Grant as attorney to the proprietor.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 85
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1778
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Alexander Anderson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 99-100
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1782
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Thomas Cussans Esquire. Account filed by Philip Pinnock, attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 147
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1783
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of Thomas Cussan Esq. of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Philip Pinnock as attorney.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 92
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1785
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of Thomas Cussan Esq. of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Jacob Carruthers as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 210-11
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1785
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Thomas Cussans Esq of Great Britain; account filed by John Muir.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 79-80
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1790
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, one steer The property of Thomas Cussans Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Jacob Carruthers as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 395 [f.197]
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1791
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle The property of Thomas Cussam [?] Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Jacob Carruthers.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 320
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1792
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Jacob Carruthers as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 206-207 [f.104]
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1794
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Property of Thomas Cussans Esq Senior and Thomas Cussans Esq Junior both of Great Britain. Account filed by Jacob Carruthers.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 182
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1795
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Bell for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 224
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1796
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Belonging to Thomas Cussans Esq. Account filed by James Bell, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 57
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1797
[Name] Amity Hall Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Belonging to Thomas Cusans Esq. Account filed by James Bell, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 140
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1798
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum cattle "Mullatto man manumitted by Thos for 87 13 4, Catherine a Mulatto woman ditto by Thomas for �120" Mentions 'sugar Rum Moslasses Cotton Ginger Coffee Cocoa Account filed by James Bell overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 15
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1798
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with two watermills 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1801
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock (cattle) Belonging to Thomas Cossens Esq. Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 216
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1803
[Name] Amity Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Thomas Cussans. Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 56-57
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1807
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Belonging to Thomas Cussans Esq. Account filed by James Bell as overseer. Year not stated but assumed to be 1806-1807 due to surrounding entries.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 64-65
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1808
[Name] Amity Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle Belonging to Thomas Coussans Esq. Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 203
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 266(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 129 Registered to Thomas Cousans.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 644(Tot)
[Name] Winchester etc. [Stock] 114 Registered to Thomas Cussans deceased. Assumed to be Winchester and Amity Hall.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 300(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 111 Registered to estate of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 299(Tot) 142(F) 157(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Holgate as attorney to Thomas Cussans (?) Esq.
T71/145 174-181
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 302(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 19 Registered to estate of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 13 Registered to estate of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie as attorney for Thomas Cussans.
T71/146 96-97
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 277(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 101 Registered to estate of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 290(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 109 Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John McKenzie as attorney of Thomas Cussans.
T71/147 80-82
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 283(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 90 Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall [Stock] 99 Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Mckenzie as attorney of Thomas Cussans.
T71/148 78-79
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 269(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 228(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall In the possession of John McKenzie as attorney of Thomas Cussans.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 287(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 288(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 280(Tot)
[Name] Amity Hall Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to Thomas Cussans Esq.
T71/150 133
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1839
[Name] Amity Hall
[Size] 1256 Registered to heirs of Thomas Cussans.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Amity Hall [2] [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/35 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
