Associated People (6) |
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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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1787 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1787 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1790 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Previous owner
While alive he was mortgagee-in-possession. It is not clear whether he or his heirs ever became full owner. |
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1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
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1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
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1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
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Estate Information (23) |
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1784
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of William Brown Esq. in trust to John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn. Account filed by David Stormont as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 29
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1785
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of William Brown Esq. in trust to John Wedderburn and John Wedderburn. Account filed by James Ritchie as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 137
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1787
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of William Brown Esq, in trust to John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn. Account filed by Fleming Hewett, overseer of Richmond Vale.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 122-123
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1787
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esqs, attornies to Messrs James & David Webster, mortgagees in possession; account filed by Fleming Hewitt, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 43
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1788
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn Esquires attornies to James and David Webster mortagees in possession. Account filed by Fleming Hewitt as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 401-402 f.220
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1789
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of John Wedderburn and James Wedderburn attornies to James Webster Esquire. Account filed by Fleming Hewitt as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 234-235 f.119
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1790
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham attornies to the executors of James Webster Esquire deceased. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 337-338
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1791
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham attornies to the executors of James and David Webster. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 114-115 [f.52]
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1792
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esquires attornies to the executors of James and David Webster Esquires deceased. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 47
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1793
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esquires attornies to the executors of James and David Webster Esquires deceased. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 324
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1794
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, old copper Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esq.s attornies to the executors of David [Webster]. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 116-117
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1795
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] sugar, rum, old brass and copper Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esq.s attornies to the executors of James and David Webster. Account filed by Alexander McIntosh as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 74-75
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1796
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Alexander McIntosh, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, gudgeons, enslaved person for transportation Account filed by William McFarlane, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 113
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1798
[Name] Richmondvale
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by George Spence overseer. Under the direction John Graham William Fieffe and John Wedderbun Esq attornies to the Heirs of James Webster deceased.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 25
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1799
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] Sugar Plotted In Hanover as a sugar estate with a cattle mill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
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1799
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Under the direction of John Graham Esq attorney to the heirs of James Webster Esq deceased. Account filed by David Fraser as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1799.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 139
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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 201(Tot)
[Name] R. Vale Registered in Hanover to the heirs of Jas. and D. Websters with 201 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 25.
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1800
[Name] Richmond Vale Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the direction of William Brown, Patrick Miller and Samwell Forrester Esquires as attornies to the Heirs of James [Webster] Esq deceased. Account filed by David Fraser as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 52
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1801
[Name] Richmondvale Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the direction of William Brown, Patrick Miller and Somerville Forrester as Attornies to Exor of James Webster deceased. Account filed by John Miller as book keeper on Richmondvale Estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 43
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1807
[Name] Richmond Vale
[Crop] sugar, rum and pen rental Under the direction of James Wedderburn, James Colquhun Grant and John Blyth as attornies to James Bogle Delap and William Drummond Delap Esqs. Account presented by George Graham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 166
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot)
[Name] Richmond Vale [Stock] 124 Registered to W. D. Delap.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Hanov.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)
[Name] Richmond Vale [Stock] 26 Registered to William Drummond Delap.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Richmond Vale [ Jamaica | Hanover ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/7496 [accessed 18th April 2024].
