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Werk en Rust

British Guiana | Demerara

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Richard Michael Jones

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 732 (Werk en Rust)
£3,197 8S 7D

Estate Information (4)

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1798
[Name] Werk en Rust  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Werk en Rust, shown as plantation no. 5 under the heading 'A la cote orientale de Demerarie', proprietaire Erve Weber & Co., 250 carreaux, K [coffee]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot) 49(F) 56(M)  
[Name] Werk en Rust  
 

J. Schoemaker atty of heirs of Ern [?] Weeber [?]

 
T71/397 W2 1150
1826
[Name] Werken Rust  
 

In lawful possession of H.J. C. Neuwieller

 
T71/418 1974-1977 102
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 28(F) 35(M)  
[Name] Werk en Rust  
 

Belonging to Pln Werk en Rust, in lawful possession of R.M. Jones

 
T71/434 2416-2417