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Mount Carmel

Jamaica | Westmoreland

Estate Details

Associated People (6)

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
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
Horace William Pitt-Rivers, ne Beckford 3rd Lord Rivers
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Simon Knubley
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
Ewen Cameron
1827 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Joseph Stone Williams
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
James Lawson
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Westmoreland 29 (Shrewsbury)
£5,454 17S 11D
The enslaved people on Mount Carmel were included in the compensation claim for Shrewsbury

Estate Information (11)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

Registered to Horace William Beckford.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot) 76(F) 44(M)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to Horace Beckford the owner.

 
T71/178 86-87
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

Registered to Horace William Beckford.

 
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] 112(Tot) 72(F) 40(M)  
[Name] Mt Carmel Settlement  
 

In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to Horace Beckford.

 
T71/179 Book 5 20
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

Registered to Horace William Beckford.

 
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] 45(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

Registered to Horace Beckford.

 
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] 109(Tot) 69(F) 41(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Simon Knubley as attorney to Horace Beckford Esquire. Note the numbers of males and females don't add up correctly.

 
T71/180 Book 2 31-32
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 41(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Carmel  
 

Registered to Horace Beckford.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ewen Cameron as attorney to H. W. Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/181 77-78
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 328(Tot) 186(F) 142(M)  
[Name] Shrewsbury Estate [also included Mount Carmel]  
 

In the possession of James Lawson as attorney to the Right Honble Lord Rivers late Horace W. Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/186 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 322(Tot)  
[Name] Shrewsbury Estate [also included Mount Carmel]  
 

In the possession of James Lawson as attorney to the Rt Honble Lord Rivers.

 
T71/188 186