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Belfield

British Guiana

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

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
- 1834 [LA] → Owner
John Roach Bovell
1824 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Owner
W. Bishop

In 1824 Belfield, shown as a coffee estate on the Arabia coast of Essequebo, the property of William Bishop, was put up for judicial sale. LBS has tentatively identified this estate with the Belfield of the 1826 and 1832 Slave Registers.

1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Colin Macrae

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 2272 (Belfield)
£8,384 6S 8D

Notes

NB 1826 Slave Register not yet linked to the Belfield of 1832 or of the compensation records

Estate Information (3)

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1824
[Name] Belfield  
 

In 1824 Belfield, shown as a coffee estate on the Arabia coast of Essequebo, the property of William Bishop, was put up for judicial sale. Tentatively LBS has associated this estate with the Belfield of the 1826 and 1832 Slave Registers.

 
London Gazette 18087 04/12/1824 p. 2026
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot) 54(F) 61(M)  
[Name] Belfield  
 

In lawful possession of Messrs John Campbell senr & Co. and Colin MacRae, by A. McRae qq.

 
T71/416 1045-1048
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot) 89(F) 71(M)  
[Name] Belfield  
 

Belonging to Pln Belfield, in lawful possession of J.R. Bovell [J.R.Bovell qq.]

 
T71/432 1365-1368