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Henly Estate

Barbados | St John

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
- 1760 [EY] → Owner
William Whittaker or Whitaker of Bromley Kent
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
John Poyer

NB that in the 1823 and 1832 Slave Registers, the name was spelled Poyyer. And in 1817 and 1823 the name was given as John S. Poyer (or Poyyer).

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Attorney
John Poyer Griffith
1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Thomas Whitfoot O'Neale
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Howard Griffith as attorney
1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
Thomas Whitfoot O'Neale
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
Howard Griffith as attorney

Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 4297 (Henly Estate)
£3,487 14S 6D

Estate Information (5)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot) 72(F) 77(M)  
 

Return of John Poyer Griffith, Attorney, the property of John S. Poyer. Note that in 1817 as in 1823, the name was given as John S. Poyer. It is not clear whether this was the same as John Poyer but it is assumed that it was.

 
T71/521 662-65
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Henley  
 

Return of Thomas W. O'Neale, Attorney, the property of John S. Poyyer. Changes since 1820 included 22 purchased from Jane Poyyer. Previously 141 enslaved.

 
T71/530 267-8
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
 

Return of Howard Griffith, Attorney, the property of John Poyer. Previously 167 enslaved.

 
T71/537 38-9
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot)  
 

Return of Thomas W. O'Neale, Attorney, the property of John Poyer.

 
T71/543 179
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Henley  
 

Return of (Howard?) Griffith, Attorney, the property of John Poyer.

 
T71/550 206-7