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Seawell

British Guiana | Berbice

Estate Details

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
1828 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
John Tapin

Notes

Berbice - not yet traced in the compensation records

Estate Information (3)

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1818
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot) 9(F) 10(M)  
[Name] Seawell  
 

Return of slaves attached to Plantation Seawell situate on the east coast of Berbice the property Thomas C. Jones, this return made by himself 31/12/1817.

 
T71/437 177
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] Seawell  
 

Return of slaves the property of John Tapin attached to Pln Seawell, by Charles Kyte his attorney. All the enslaved people other than three new born children had been moved from Pln Hermitage since the last registration, which might call into question the continuity with the Seawell of the 1818 Registration.

 
T71/443 317-318
1831
[Name] Seawell  
 

Return of slaves the property of John Tapin attached to Pln Seawell, by Charles Kyte his attorney. The entry records the sale of the 18 previously registered people to Mrs E. Darley and to E. Gibbons.

 
T71/444 670-672