Dowan

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] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Other

Purchaser of enslaved people on this estate.


Notes

The enslaved people (and possibly the land) on this estate were sold to the Earl of Balcarres c. 1825. The enslaved people were then moved to Balcarres estate.


Estate Information (12)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11George.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton senior.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812and.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot) 12(F) 9(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Hamilton as Proprietor or Owner.

 
T71/158 6
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Hamilton as Owner.

 
T71/159 123
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 15(F) 7(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam Garden Gordon as attorney to Robert Hamilton Senior, the owner.

 
T71/160 227
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24geor.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] Dowan  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Robert Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.