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Hermon Hill

Jamaica | Clarendon

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
1809 [EA] - → Owner
William Ewebank
1817 [EA] - → Previous owner
William Elliot
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Donald McLean

Notes

The enslaved people on this estate were bought by Donald McLean from the heirs of William Elliot at some point between 1817 and 1820 and then registered on Mocha estate. It's not clear if Donald McLean also bought the land. No further trace of Hermon Hill estate has been found so far.

Estate Information (7)

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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot)  
[Name] Hermon hill  
 

Registered to William Elliot.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cla.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Hermon-Hill  
 

Registered to William Elliott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] Hermon Hill  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to William Elliot.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 23(F) 39(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the heirs of William Elliot deceased.

 
T71/57 121-123
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 23(F) 39(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the heirs of William Elliot deceased.

 
T71/57 121-123
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot) 23(F) 39(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Donald McLean as attorney to the heirs of William Elliott deceased.

 
T71/57 121-123
1820
[Name] [no name given]  
 

58 enslaved people were registered as part of a much larger group on Mocha estate in Clarendon in 1820 by Donald McLean as owner, bought since 1817 from the heirs of William Elliot deceased.

 
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