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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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1815 [SY] - 1829 [EY] → Owner
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- 1818 [LA] → Not known
Ralph Hotchkin left an estate named as Hotchkins Upper and Lower Ground in trust in a will made in 1809 with a codicil of 1815, proved in 1818. His daughter Catherine Barnes, the widow of Thomas Barnes, in 1856 described the estate as Halfway Tree or Hotchkins Upper and Lower Ground. The Rev. John Hotchkin, almost certainly the grandfather of Ralph Hotchkin, had entailed the estate under the name Upper and Lower Ground in his will proved in 1745. |
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- 1745 [EY] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1834 [EA] - → Judgement creditor
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Not known
Possibly a judgement creditor as he was awarded a share in the slave compensation. |
Associated Claims (1) |
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£4,775 17S 4D
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In the will of Ralph Hotchkin proved in 1818 he left his estate of Hotchkins Upper and Lower Ground in trust to secure an annuity of £200 p.a. to his wife with the estate going to his children. In the will of Catherine Barnes nee Hotchkin proved in 1856 she bequeathed her one-third share in Halfway Tree or Hotchkins' Upper and Lower Grounds. |
Estate Information (24) |
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 140 Registered to Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 72(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 195 Registered to Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot) 123(F) 141(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Many names crossed out in this register. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/1 354-363
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 264(Tot) 123(F) 141(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Many names crossed out in this register. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/1 354-363
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 148 Registered to Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot) 120(F) 150(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/2 515-516
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot) 120(F) 150(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/2 515-516
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 283(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/3 208
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 283(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/3 208
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 186 Registered to Hon. Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 97(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 131 Registered to Hon. Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 293(Tot) 142(F) 151(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/5 461
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 293(Tot) 142(F) 151(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Joseph Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/5 461
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)
[Name] Halfway Tree [Stock] 137 Registered to Hon. Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot)
[Name] Halfway Tree [Stock] 160 Registered to Hon. Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)
[Name] Halfway Tree [Stock] 187 Registered to Hon. Joseph Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 299(Tot) 147(F) 152(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Barnes as owner. Last return by Joseph Barnes in St Catherine. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/7 57
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 299(Tot) 147(F) 152(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Thomas Barnes as owner. Last return by Joseph Barnes in St Catherine. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/7 57
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot)
[Name] Halfway Tree [Stock] 168 Registered to Thomas Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)
[Name] Halfway-Tree [Stock] 171 Registered to Thomas Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot) 150(F) 144(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of B.I. Williams as Executor and Trustee of Joseph Barnes Esquire Decd. Previously registered by Thomas Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/12 273
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot) 150(F) 144(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of B.I. Williams as Executor and Trustee of Joseph Barnes Esquire Decd. Previously registered by Thomas Barnes as owner. Assumed to be Cumberland Pen and Halfway Tree.
T71/12 273
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)
[Name] Halfway Tree [Stock] 187 Registered to Thomas Barnes.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Halfway-Tree pen
[Size] 600 Registered to Bartholomew Ibbott Williams.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Catherin.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Halfway Tree [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3940 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
