Associated People (13) |
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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- 1766 [EY] → Owner
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1816 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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1829 [EA] - → Legatee
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Notes |
It's not clear what happened to the enslaved people on this estate after 1829. They very likely were either sold as part of Cross's Pen or moved to Keith Hall, both in St Catherine. |
Estate Information (14) |
1766
[Name] Little Angels
Bequeathed by William Powell to his sister Mary Rennalls for life, and thereafter to his nephew Henry Rennalls.
PROB 11/924/107
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot) 81(F) 91(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Gordon as owner. Assumed to be Cross's Pen, Government Mountain and Little Angels.
T71/1 890-896
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 12(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to John Gordon.
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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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to Dr. John Gordon.
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] 263(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Gordon as owner. 34 enslaved people previously registered in St Mary by William James as attorney to James James. 20 enslaved people previously registered in St Andrew by Robert Fleming on behalf of the Crown. 12 enslaved people previously registered in St Catherine by John Hanson. Assumed to be Cross's Pen, Government Mountain and Little Angels.
T71/2 785
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to Dr. John Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)
[Name] Cross's Pen and Little Angels [Stock] 220 Registered to Dr. John Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 288(Tot) 147(F) 141(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of John Gordon as owner. Assumed to be Cross's Pen, Government Mountain and Little Angels.
T71/4 679
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to John Gordon.
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] 87(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to John Gordon.
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] 300(Tot) 144(F) 156(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Rae, John Biggar and James Simpson as the qualified Executors of John Gordon Esquire deceased. 18 enslaved people removed to St Andrew since 1823.
T71/5 527
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)
[Name] Little Angels Registered to John Gordon.
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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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot) 95(F) 100(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Rae, John Biggar, Hal. Simpson as executors and Trustees of John Gordon Esquire deceased. Assumed to be Cross's Pen and either Government Mountain or Little Angels.
T71/8 250
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1829
[Name] [no name given]
In his will, written in 1823 and proved in 1829, John Gordon ordered his estates in Jamaica to be sold and the proceeds to be divided between his nephew Alexander Gordon of Nassau, the children of his sister Bell, the children of his sister Betty and the youngest daughter of Rev. John Gordon, minister of Duffus. His sister Isobel Gordon married James Wilson; their known children were Elspet (1777-), George (1779-), Isobel (1786-), Marjory (1788-), Mary (1789-) and John (1792-), all baptised in Clatt, Aberdeenshire. His sister Elizabeth married James Gauld; their children were James (1780-), Isobel (1784-), George (1788-), John (1790-) and Harry (1793-), the eldest two bapised in Glass, the next two in Cairnie and the fifth in Auchindoir and Kearn, Aberdeenshire. The youngest daughter of Rev. John Gordon of Duffus was Katherine Forbes Asher nee Gordon (1799-1880).
PROB 11/1753/30
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