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Four Square

Barbados | St Philip

Estate Details

Associated People (7)

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
1816 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
John Simmons
1822 [EA] - → Other
John Daniel

John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes.

1822 [EA] - → Other
Thomas Daniel

John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes.

1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
George Gibbs
1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
Robert Bright
1828 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executrix
Mehitabelle [or Mehetabel] Ann Simmons (née Edey)
1832 [EA] - 1859 [LA] → Owner
Nathaniel Kirton

Kirton owned Four Square until his death in 1859.

Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 3149 (Four Square)
£2,456 10S 11D

Notes

According to Hughes-Queree, in the C17th and C18th this was a locality and no large plantation has been identified there earlier than 1803. However, the name John Greenidge appeared as a bounder in Hampton and Carrington from 1710.

Sources

Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.

Estate Information (9)

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1803
 

According to Hughes-Queree, John Greenidge was the owner by 1803 [and probably earlier].

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1816
 

Hughes-Queree identify John Simmons as the owner by 1816.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot) 93(F) 96(M)  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. The enslaved included 8 'in right of marriage'.

 
T71/521 502-7
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Size] 289  
 

In 1822 John Simmons mortgaged to George Gibbs and Robert Bright, business partners of Bristol, England for £11,000 sterling, secured on the Four Square and Harrow plantations, both in St. Philip. Four Square was 289 acres and there were 110 enslaved. The land was appraised @ £35 per acre with a total value of £10,115. The highest appraised male enslaved person was £130; female: £110; boys and girls: £110. The total value of the enslaved was £6,000. Thomas and John Daniel were also creditors of John Simmons for £7,000. See also evolution notes on 1830.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Four Square  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. Numbers of enslaved included 3 removed from Hanson's and 3 removed to Simmons's. Previously 171 enslaved.

 
T71/530 166-7
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. Previously 155 enslaved.

 
T71/536 328
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
 

Return of Mehitabelle Ann Simmons (Executrix), the property of John Simmons.

 
T71/544 329-30
1830
 

In 1830 a Chancery Court auction sale: Four Square was sold to Nathaniel Kirton. Nathaniel Kirton bought Four Square for an appraised value of £17,853. See also evolution notes on 1822.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] [No name given]  
 

Return of Nathaniel Kirton, his own property.

 
T71/549 292-5