Cinnamon Hill

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Associated People (8)

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
- 1760 [EY] → Owner
1774 [EA] - 1778 [LA] → Owner
1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
1811 [EA] - 23/12/1837 [ED] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Receiver
1834 [EA] - → Other

Owned enslaved people settled on Cinnamon Hill.


Associated Claims (2)

£116 5S 5D
£8,791 14S 8D

Notes

See also Cornwall estate, St James, assumed to form part of the same claim for St James no. 666.


Estate Information (34)

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1772
[Name] Cinammon Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum , coffee, pimento  
 

Account filed by Joseph Rigby the estate books having been kept by Thomas Watton late clerk.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 76
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 76  
 

Listed as belonging to Edward Barrett with 5 men bearing arms and 2 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 152 hogsheads of sugar.

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1777
[Name] Cinammon Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum , coffee, pimento  
 

Belonging to Edward Barrett Esq. Account filed by Alexander Scott Payne as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 125
1778
[Name] Cinammon Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum , coffee, pimento  
 

Belonging to Edward Barrett Esq. Account filed by Alexander Scott Payne as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 138
1779
[Name] Cinammon Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum , coffee, pimento  
 

Account filed by Alexander Scott Payne as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 90
1799
[Name] Cinnamon-Hill  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a watermill 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1799
[Name] Cinnamon Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum coffee  
 

Account filed by Samuel Hilton overseer. Belonging to the heirs of Edward Barrett Esquire deceased (16th November 1798).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 206-207
1800
[Name] Cinnamon Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Samuel Hilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 214-215
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 573(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon & Conol  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with Edward Barret as the proprietor. "Conol." is assumed to be Cornwall.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1801
[Name] Cinnamon Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Edward Barrett Esq deceased. Account filed by Samuel Hillon (?) as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 198
1803
[Name] Cinnamon Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Edward Barrett Esq deceased. Account filed by Samuel Hilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 186
1807
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum, land rental and cattle  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Edward Barrett Esq. deceased. Account presented by Samuel Hilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 151
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 362(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 106  
 

Registered to Edward Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 536(Tot)  
[Name] Cornwall and Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 84  
 

Registered to Samuel M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 338(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon-Hill  
[Stock] 135  
 

Registered to Samuel M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 323(Tot) 154(F) 169(M)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
 

In the possession of Phillip Anglin Scarlett as attorney to Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett.

 
T71/204 102-114
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 225  
 

Registered to Samuel M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 329(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 200  
 

Registered to Samuel M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 515(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Samuel Hilton as Attorney to Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett. Assumed to be both Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall estates.

 
T71/205 340-344
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 327(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 216  
 

Registered to Samuel M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 250  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 493(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Samuel Hilton as Attorney of Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett. Assumed to be both Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall estates.

 
T71/210 295-299
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 324(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 258  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 318(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 304  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 471(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Samuel Hilton Esq as Attorney of Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett Esq.

 
T71/213 333-336
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 310(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 289  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 303(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 89  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 472(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall Estates  
 

In the possession of Samuel B.M. Barrett Esq as Receiver for Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall Estates.

 
T71/216 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 313(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 534  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 309(Tot)  
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to Samuel B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 484(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Samuel B.M. Barrett as Proprietor. Increase of 14 enslaved people by purchase: 4 enslaved people last registered in Trelawny by Jane Bodden, 7 last registered in St James by Mrs Christian Gordon, 2 last registered by estate of Jeffs in St James, 1 last registered in Trelawny by estate of Robinson. Increase of 2 enslaved people by inheritance last reigstered by Mrs Moulton in St James. Decrease of 9 enslaved people by manumission. Assumed to be both Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall estates.

 
T71/222 42-43
1839
[Name] Cinnamon Hill  
[Size] 3672  
 

Registered to Edward B. M. Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.