UCL

Richmond Hill

St Vincent

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
Joint owner
James Blair of St Vincent

Possibly of Blalr & Co., the original purchaser of Lot No. 115 in St Vincent, that became Richmond Hill with Lots Nos. 119-121.

- 1815 [LA] → Owner
James French of St Vincent
1817 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
James Charles French
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
James Charles French
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executrix
Catherine French formerly Dickinson

Associated Claims (1)

St Vincent 556 (Richmond Hill)
£4,662 4S 9D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

James C French as owner.

 
T71/493 216-220
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot) 109(F) 91(M)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

James C French as owner [5 enslaved people purchased from John Dalzell and 1 from Dr Wall; 2 sold to John Plowden, 1 to John Wiseman and 1 to Anne Seton].

 
T71/495 102-104
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 185(Tot) 102(F) 83(M)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

James C French [9 enslaved people removed to the Prospect Estate, property of Sir William Struth, by Mr J D Questel, one of the executors, another sold in Trinidad].

 
T71/497 74-75
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot) 98(F) 78(M)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

James C French.

 
T71/497 60-61
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot) 93(F) 82(M)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

James Charles French.

 
T71/499 76-77
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot) 97(F) 78(M)  
[Name] Richmond Hill Estate  
 

Richmond Hill Estate. The property of Catherine French, executrix of James Charles French. Statement sworn by William Scott. Register taken on 1st May. Total on 1st August 1834 was 175 enslaved people.

 
T71/500 119-121