Lamb's River

Estate Details


Associated People (14)

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
1818 [SY] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
1809 [EA] - 1818 [EY] → Owner
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Guardian
1832 [EA] - → Guardian

Associated Claims (4)

£520 14S 0D
£229 6S 0D
£244 10S 5D
£232 14S 3D

Estate Information (18)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Westmd.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Lambs River  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 15  
 

Registered to John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 27  
 

Registered to John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot) 36(F) 40(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Wiggan as owner.

 
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 75(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 72  
 

Registered to estate of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot) 43(F) 48(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the lawful possession of Samuel Hilton as attorney to William Wiggan. Wiggan was owner of 18 enslaved people and heir-at-law of John Wiggan for a further 73. It's likely that only the 73 enslaved people had been attached to Lamb's River in 1817, and the further 18 enslaved people acquired separately.

 
T71/179 Book 13 21-22
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 82  
 

Registered to estate of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 95(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 75  
 

Registered to estate of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered in two tranches: 76 enslaved people in the possession of Samuel Hilton as trustee to William Wiggan heir at law of John Wiggan deceased; 18 enslaved people in the possession of Samuel Hilton as trustee of William Wiggan deceased.

 
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 64  
 

Registered to heirs of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
 

Registered to heirs of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Lambs River  
[Stock] 36  
 

Registered to heirs of John Wiggan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot) 48(F) 55(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Barrett as receiver.

 
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Hon. Richard Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Lamb's River  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to Richard Barrett.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Barrett Esquire as receiver.

 
T71/182 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 95(Tot)  
[Name] Lambs River  
 

At some point after 1829, the enslaved people (and presumably the land) had been purchased out of the Court of Chancery by Thomas James Burnard and Theodora his wife and then conveyed in 6 tranches to various new owners: William Wiggan Ball (30 enslaved); William Wiggan Ball in right of his wife Ann (14 enslaved); John Wiggan in right of his wife Sarah (11 enslaved); William Caldwell and Rebecca his wife as guardians to Catherine Wiggan (10 enslaved); William Caldwell and Rebecca his wife as trustees and guardians to the heirs of Mary Wiggan deceased (19 enslaved); William Caldwell and Rebecca his wife as owners in right of his wife (11 enslaved). The reasons behind these transactions are not clear.

By 1834 the estate appears to have been broken up. William Wiggan Ball appears for the first time as owner of Chancellor's Hall, possibly formed from part of the land of Lamb's River.

 
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