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Strawberry Hill

Jamaica | Westmoreland

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
1781 [SY] - 1801 [EY] → Owner
John Riddoch of Strawberry Hill
1801 [SY] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
George Riddock
1823 [EA] - → Administratrix
Bonella Woollery Riddock (née Johnston)
1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
George Riddock

Estate Information (11)

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1781
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Conveyed to John Riddoch by William Lewis and his wife Mary Lewis and Rebekah Dennison, a widow, in lieu of £350 Jamaican currency.

 
Conveyance of Strawberry Hill to John Riddoch from William Lewis and his wife Mary Lewis and Rebekah Dennison, a widow, in 1781: Jamaican Archives Liber 318, Folio 108. The conveyance has not been accessed but is noted in a 1938 The Gleaner newspaper article, accessed from the Newspaper Archives.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry hill  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry-Hill  
 

Registered to G. and E. Riddock.

 
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] 21(Tot) 11(F) 10(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Riddock of colour as owner.

 
T71/178 412
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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] 21(Tot) 11(F) 10(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Riddoch as owner.

 
T71/179 Book 25 19
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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] 9(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Bonella Riddock as administratrix of George Riddock deceased. 8 sold since 1820.

 
T71/180 Book 8 21
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 9(Tot)  
[Name] Strawberry Hill  
 

Registered to George Riddock.

 
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.