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:
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1816 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
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1822 [EA] - → Other
John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes. |
1822 [EA] - → Other
John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes. |
1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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1828 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executrix
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1832 [EA] - 1859 [LA] → Owner
Kirton owned Four Square until his death in 1859. |
Associated Claims (1) |
£2,456 10S 11D
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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) |
1803
According to Hughes-Queree, John Greenidge was the owner by 1803 [and probably earlier].
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1816
Hughes-Queree identify John Simmons as the owner by 1816.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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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
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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.
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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
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)
Return of John Simmons, his own property. Previously 155 enslaved.
T71/536 328
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)
Return of Mehitabelle Ann Simmons (Executrix), the property of John Simmons.
T71/544 329-30
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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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)
[Name] [No name given] Return of Nathaniel Kirton, his own property.
T71/549 292-5
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