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Rycroft

Barbados | Christ Church

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Associated People (1)

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] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
John Rycroft Best

Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 3257 (Rycroft)
£3,353 14S 6D

Estate Information (7)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot) 73(F) 63(M)  
 

Return of John R. Best, his own property.

 
T71/521 32-35
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] Rycrofts  
 

Return of John Rycroft Best, his own property. Previously 142 enslaved.

 
T71/529 653
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
 

Return of John Rycroft Best, his own property. Previously 154 enslaved.

 
T71/536 16-17
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
 

Return of John Rycroft Best, his own property.

 
T71/544 16
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
 

Return of John Rycroft Best, his own property.

 
T71/544 16
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 152(Tot)  
 

Return of J. R. Best, his own property.

 
T71/549 9-10
1913
[Name] Rycrofts  
[Size] 226  
 

Listed in Christ Church, property of Chaderton.

 
Barbados 1913 list from the Hughes-Quere indexes transcribed at https://creolelinks.com/1913-barbados-plantation-owners-names.html.