Associated People (9) |
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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:
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1809 [SY] - 1824 [EY] → Owner
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- 1786 [EY] → Owner
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1787 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Executor
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1787 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1825 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1834 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,517 2S 7D
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Duncan Robertson acquired one moity of Friendship through his marriage to Ann Finlayson nee Lattman (they married in 1787); he purchased the other half from Ann's brother. |
Estate Information (23) |
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1787
[Name] Friendship Penn
[Crop] cotton The property of Thomas Finlason Esquire deceased under the care and direction of Wm Finlason, Duncan Robertson and Ann Robertsonn executors and executrix of his estate. Account filed by James Brown as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 170
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1788
[Name] Friendship Penn
[Crop] hire of enslaved people, cattle, cotton The property of Thomas Finlason Esquire deceased under the care and direction of Wm Finlason, Duncan Robertson and Ann Robertsonn executors and executrix of his estate. Account filed by James Brown as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 169-170 f.85
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1789
[Name] Friendship Penn
[Crop] cotton, cattle, logwood, hire of enslaved people The property of Tho.s Finlason Esquire deceased under the care and direction of Doctor Duncan Robertson. Account filed by Charles McDonald as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 255 f.129
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1790
[Name] Friendship Penn
[Crop] hire of enslaved people, cotton Under the care and direction of Dr. Robertson. Account filed by Charles McDonald as overseer. Accounts filed for 1789, 1790.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 381-382
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 127(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 108 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 125(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 105 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 118(Tot) 55(F) 63(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Blair as attorney to Duncan Robertson Senior.
T71/164 71-74
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 168 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 170 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot) 53(F) 60(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of James Blair as attorney for Duncan Robertson senior.
T71/167 35-36
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 134(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 168 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 132 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot) 72(F) 73(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Duncan Robertson as attorney to Duncan Robertson senior. 20 enslaved people acquired by will of Elizabeth Duncan Luttman.
T71/168 581-583
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 194 Registered to Duncan Robertson senior.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 164 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot) 83(F) 78(M)
[Name] Friendship Plantation In the possession of Duncan Robertson as executor and trustee.
T71/169 624-625
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 134(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 196 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot) 96(F) 84(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of The Hon. Duncan Robertson as executor and trustee of the late Duncan Robertson Esquire senior.
T71/174 [Unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 237 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 250 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot) 98(F) 88(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Hon. Duncan Robertson as executor and trustee of the late Duncan Robertson.
T71/177 276
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot)
[Name] Friendship [Stock] 180 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Friendship
[Size] 1683 Registered to Duncan Robertson deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Eliza.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Friendship [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/11221 [accessed 18th April 2024].
