UCL

Hope

St Vincent | Bequia

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Other
Sir James Bontein of Balglas

One enslaved person shown as belonging to Sir James Bontein was included in the registration return for Hope in 1817

1817 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
John Henderson of Hope Estate St Vincent
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
John Pyefinch Thirlwall
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
John Henderson of Hope Estate St Vincent

Associated Claims (2)

St Vincent 725 (Hope)
£636 12S 0D
St Vincent 697 (Hope)
£1,226 10S 11D

Sources

Given as Bequia in Appendix VI of Charles Shephard's An Historical Account (1831)

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

John Henderson as owner [including 1 enslaved person recorded as belonging to Sir James Bontein].

 
T71/493 378-381
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot) 76(F) 80(M)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

John Henderson as owner [increase in enslaved people by births].

 
T71/495 189-190
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot) 80(F) 86(M)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

John Henderson.

 
T71/497 138-139
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot) 86(F) 96(M)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

Hope Estate. Statement sworn by Samuel Derrick [Increase in enslaved people by births].

 
T71/497 142
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot) 45(F) 49(M)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

Hope Estate. Statement sworn by Duncan Brown [decrease in enslaved people by deaths and by removal to Rivulet Estate, St Vincent, to Tobago and to Paget Farm Estate].

 
T71/499 130-132
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot) 30(F) 19(M)  
[Name] Hope Estate  
 

Hope Estate. The property of J P Thirlwall as surviving devisee in trust and executor under the last will and testament of John Henderson, deceased. Statement sworn by himself. Register taken on 1st May. Total on 1st August 1834 was 48 enslaved people.

 
T71/500 182