UCL

Smith's Pen

Jamaica | Vere

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
1823 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Previous owner
Thomas Hercey Barritt
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
James Matthew Whyte

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Vere 78 (Smith's Pen)
£516 18S 5D

Notes

The enslaved people for Smith's Pen appear to have been registered in conjunction with those on Paradise Pen in the slave registers of 1823 and 1826. It's not clear if this estate existed separately before 1823.

Estate Information (2)

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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hon. Jas Matthew Whyte as attorney to the heirs of Thos Hercy Barrett. Previous total zero. Increase by transfer from Paradise Estate.

 
T71/55 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 36(Tot)  
[Name] Smith's Pen  
 

In the possession of James M. Whyte, attorney to Smith's Pen.

 
T71/56 155