Associated People (3) |
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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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1800 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Owner
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1810 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Shown in the compensation records as 'owner-in-fee and tenant for life', presumably of different groups of enslaved people on the estate. |
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,537 10S 0D
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Estate Information (28) |
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1798
[Name] Towerhill
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a cattle mill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
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1799
[Name] Tower Hill
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by Joseph Stewart.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 67-68
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1800
[Name] Tower Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento Property of John Scott Esq. Account filed by Joseph Stewart for the period to 27/10/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 123
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1800
[Name] Tower Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, pimento Property of John Scott Esq. Account filed by John Lynch as overseer for the period 27/10/1800 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 123-124
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1801
[Name] Tower Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Scott Esq and under the care and direction of Abraham Hodgson Esq. Account filed by John Lynch.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 11
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1801
[Name] Tower Hill Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Scott Esq and under the care and direction of Abraham Hodgson Esq. Account filed by Mathew Hill.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 8
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 184 Registered to Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 304(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 184 Registered to Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 202(Tot)
[Name] Tower-Hill [Stock] 98 Registered to Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.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] 194(Tot) 87(F) 107(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Abraham Hodgson, owner.
T 71/33 969-974
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 82 Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.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] 194(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill & Broad Leaf [Stock] 71 Registered to Honorable Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.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] 188(Tot) 88(F) 104(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Abraham Hodgson, owner.
T 71/34 143v-144
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 191(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 92 Registered to Honorable Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.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] 190(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 85 Registered to Honorable Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.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] 186(Tot) 86(F) 100(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Abraham Hodgson, owner.
T 71/35 232-234
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 83 Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.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] 179(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 69 Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.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] 178(Tot) 87(F) 91(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Abraham Hodgson, owner [decrease by deaths].
T 71/36 491-492
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 51 Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 193(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill [Stock] 62 Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.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] 198(Tot) 100(F) 98(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Abraham Hodgson, owner [increase by births and by purchase].
T 71/38 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.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] 189(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.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] 183(Tot) 96(F) 87(M)
[Name] Tower Hill Estate Henry Cox, attorney to the Honble. A Hodgson, owner [decrease by deaths].
T 71/41 106
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 191(Tot)
[Name] Tower Hill Registered to Hon. Abraham Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.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] Towerhill
[Size] 723 Registered to Isaac Scott Hodgson.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Tower Hill Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1584 [accessed 19th April 2024].
