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Hendricksons

Nevis | St Thomas Lowland

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Owner
Sarah Laurence (née Hendrickson)

Reportedly inherited the estate from her brother John c. 1807.

1812 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
John Hanley
1822 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Owner
Alexander Hanley M.D.
1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
Samuel Laurence of Nevis
1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Previous owner
Samuel Laurence of Nevis

Associated Claims (1)

Nevis 41 (Old Manor)
£2,566 2S 6D
This is an inferred association only, based on size and Edward Huggins' ownership: no 'Old Manor' appears in the Slave Registers and no estate called Hendricksons appears in the compensation records

Notes

Hendrickson was inherited by Sarah Laurence nee Hendrickson c. 1807 from her brother John Hendrickson. Her husband Samuel Laurence of Nevis took over the management of the estate, reportedly selling it to John Hanley in 1812, whose successor Alexander Hanley gave it up to Laurence in 1823.

Sources

David Small and Christine Eickelmann's 'Clifton Estate, Nevis: an Account of Absence and Ambition' http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~emceee/cliftonhistory.pdf [accessed 29/11/2017].

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 75(Tot)  
[Name] Hendricksons  
 

Return of John Hanley, owner

 
T71/364 124-125
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)  
[Name] Hendricksons  
 

Return of Alexander Hanley, owner

 
T71/365 103-104
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Hendrickson's  
 

Return of Samuel Laurence, owner; 77 enslaved people were received from Alexander Hanley on 3 Mar 1823

 
T71/366 120-122
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot)  
[Name] Hendricksons  
 

Return of "Samuel Laurence late of this island Esquire since deceased at the last and former returns but now in the possession of Samuel Laurence Esquire as manager appointed by William Laurence Esquire, the Rev. John Hendrickson Laurence, John Woodley and Samuel Laurence Esquires, devisees thereof in trust under the last will and testament of Samuel Laurence deceased..."

 
T71/367 69-71
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot) 82(F) 73(M)  
[Name] Hendrickson's  
 

Return of Edward Huggins, owner; this is a full return of enslaved on the estate; 14 people were transferred from the attorneys of John F Pinney: 16 from Hanleys and 65 from Symond's Estate

 
T71/368 74-79
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Hendricksons  
 

Return of Edward Huggins, owner

 
T71/369 123-124