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Cedar Valley

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Estate Details

Associated People (12)

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] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
William Stephenson
1815 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
William Stephenson
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Executor
Luke Bramwell I

Executor of William Stephenson Esq. Conceivably Luke Bramwell II but more likely Luke Bramwell I.

1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Lessee
Robert Stephenson
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
Robert Stephenson
1826 [EA] - → Executor
George Fletcher Coward
1829 [EA] - → Executor
George Scott Coward
1832 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
Elizabeth Pike
1832 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
Elizabeth Pike
1832 [EA] - → Trustee
Joseph Tyrrell or Tyrell
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
Joseph Tyrrell or Tyrell
1839 [EA] - → Not known
Henry Davis

Estate Information (16)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 73(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 141  
 

Registered to William Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Ann.htm. The 1811 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 121  
 

Registered to William Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1810, hence the earlier transcription date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar-Valley  
[Stock] 144  
 

Registered to the estate of W. Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15ann.htm. The 1816 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1815, hence the earlier evolution date.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 94  
 

Registered to the estate of William Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot) 26(F) 30(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Luke Bramwell as executor to the estate of the late William Stephenson Esq. deceased.

 
T71/43 1082-1084
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to William Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot) 24(F) 27(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Stephenson as lessee and executor to the estate of William Stephenson, deceased.

 
T71/44 594-596
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 112  
 

Registered to Robert Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 127  
 

Registered to Robert Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Stephenson as lessee and executor to the estate of William Stephenson.

 
T71/45 768
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 43(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 103  
 

Registered to Robert Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Stock] 99  
 

Registered to Robert Stephenson.

 
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Fletcher Coward as executor of the late William Stephenson, deceased.

 
T71/46 730-731
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot) 23(F) 25(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Scott Coward as executor of George Fletcher Coward, deceased, as executor of William Stephenson, deceased.

 
T71/48 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] Cedar Valley Pen  
 

In the possession of Joseph Tyrrell as joint owner and trustee for Elizabeth Pike and Sophia Dallas [note states that all enslaved people born prior to 28 June 1829 were registered at that date (unless otherwise specified0 by George Scott Coward, the executor of George Fletcher Coward who was the executor of William Stephenson the original owner of said enslaved people and proprietor of Cedar Valley Pen].

 
T 71/50 758
1839
[Name] Cedar Valley  
[Size] 356  
 

Registered to Henry Davis.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.