Mount Hindmost

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1741 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
1753 [EA] - 1757 [LA] → Joint owner
1754 [EA] - 1756 [LA] → Joint owner
1757 [EA] - 1757 [LA] → Joint owner
1770 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Owner
1783 [EA] - → Other

Edward Morant was left the reversionary interest in Mt Hindmost under the will of Daniel McGilchrist subject to he life-interest of the latter's widow Ann. Morant in turn left the revisionary interest to his own son Edward Gregory Morant later Morant Gale.

1783 [EA] - 1808 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

Shown as owner in 1796-1798 and 1801-1804, and joint-owner 1798-1800, but known to have been tenant-for-life under the will of her first husband Daniel McGilchrist.

1786 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Previous owner
1798 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Joint owner
1808 [EA] - 1852 [LA] → Owner
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder

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£3,330 12S 11D

Estate Information (50)

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1741
[Name] Mount Inmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, cattle and hire of enslaved people  
 

Estate of Thomas Richard Hals a minor under the care and direction of Benjamin Hume his guardian. Account filed by Benjamin Hume of the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale guardian to the body and estate of Thomas Richard Hals a minor. Estates of Mount Inmost and Hals Hall were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 131
1742
[Name] Mount Inmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle and hire of enslaved people  
 

Estate of Thomas Richard Hals a minor under the care and direction of Benjamin Hume of the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale his guardian. Account filed by the said Benjamin Hume. The estates of Mount Inmost and Hals Hall were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 17
1743
[Name] Mount Inmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Estate of Thomas Richard Halls a minor under the care and direction of Benjamin Hume of the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale his guardian. Account filed by the said Benjamin Hume. The estates of Mount Inmost and Hals Hall were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 77
1753
[Name] Mountain Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Estate of John Pate Rose Esq. In company Hals & Rose. Account filed by John Shickle.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 155
1754
[Name] Mount Inmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John Pate Rose and Benjamin Hume Esqs. Account filed by John Shickle as attorney to the said John Pate Rose Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 179
1755
[Name] Mount Inmost Estate  
 

In partnership with John Peter Rose and Benjamin Hume. Account filed by John Shickle, attorney to John Peter Rose & Benjamin Hume.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 11
1756
[Name] Mount Inmost Estate  
[Crop] cattle  
 

In partnership of John Pate Rose and William Axtell (sp?). Account filed by John Shickle, attorney to John Pate Rose Esquire.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 36-37
1757
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In partnership with John Pate Rose and William Oxtell (= Axtell).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 57
1758
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estate of John Pate Ross Esquire. Account filed by John Shickle, attorney to John Pate Ross Esquire.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 102
1759
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John Pate Rose Esquire, deceased. Account filed by John Shickle, agent to the Honourable Charles Price senior & Charles Price Junior esquires, executors to John Pate Rose.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 130-131
1760
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, copper and pewter  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Pate Ross Esquire, deceased. Account filed by John Shickle.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 159
1761
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Pate Ross Esquire, deceased. Account filed by John Shickle, agent for the Honourable Charles Price (sp?) and Charles Price (sp?) junior Esquires, executors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 206
1762
[Name] Mountain Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Cale Rose Esq. account filed by John Shickle as Agent for the estate of JCR.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 6
1763
[Name] Mountain Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John Pato / Dato / Cale (sp) Rose Esq. deceased. Account filed by william Wood as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4
1770
[Name] Mountain Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the estate of Daniel McGilchrist Esq. which has come into the hands or to the knowledge of John Kyssin.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 15
1772
[Name] Mountain Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the estate of Daniel McGilchrist Esq. which has come into the hands or to the knowledge of John Kyffin (sp).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 162
1786
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, wainage, stock  
 

Estate of Daniel McGilchrist deceased; account filed by John Donaldson attorney to Mrs Ann McGilchrist. Estates of Daniel McGilchrist, including Mount Hindmost Estate, Paisley Pen and St Jago Pen all filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 172
1787
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, stock  
 

Estate of Daniel McGilchrist deceased; account filed by John Donaldson attorney to Mrs Ann McGilchrist. Estates of Daniel McGilchrist: including Mount Hindmost Estate and St Jago Pen filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 204
1788
[Name] Mounthindmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, livestock  
 

The estate of Daniel McGilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Donaldson attorney to Mrs Ann McGilchrist. Estate of Daniel M. Gilchrist including Mounthindmost and St Jago Penn all filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 386
1789
[Name] [no name given]  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people"  
 

Properties of Daniel McGilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Donaldson attorney to Henry Sheridan Esquire. Assumed to be Mount Hindmost and St Jago Estate and Pen.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 298
1791
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of Henry Sheridan Esquire. Account filed by Thomas Bygrave clerk to Adam Smith Esquire as attorney to said Henry Sheridan.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 388
1792
[Name] Mount Hindermost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

The property of Dan.l Gilchrist Esquire deceased. Account filed by Thomas Bygrave clerk to Adam Smith Esquire attorney for the estate. Accounts filed for 01/01/1792 to 07/10/1792. Mount Hindermost Estate and Saint Jago Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 59-60
1796
[Name] Mount Hindermost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Belonging to Lady Sheridan. Account filed by Thomas Thomson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to Lady Sheridan. Account filed by Thomas Thomson, status not given.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 167
1798
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Account filed by Thomas Thomson. The property of Sir Henry Sheridon and Lady Amy Sheridon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 60
1798
[Name] Mount-Hindmost  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Clarendon as a sugar estate with a watermill 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.
1799
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of Sir Henry Sheridan and Lady Sheridan. Account filed by Thomas Thomson for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 151
1800
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, stock  
 

Property of Sir Henry Sheridan and Lady Sheridan. Account filed by Thomas Thomson for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 93-94
1801
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Estate of Lady Sheridan. Account filed by Thomas Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 62
1803
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Lady Sherridan. Account filed by Paul Hemmings book-keeper.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 116
1804
[Name] Mount Hindmost Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Lady Ann Sheridan. Account filed in the name of James Orr, overseer tp said plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 148
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 115  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 91  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale, attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 94(F) 85(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Shand as attorney to Edward Gregory Morant Gale.

 
T71/57 508-513
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to Edward Morant Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

Registered to Edward Morant Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot) 96(F) 84(M)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

In the possession of Hon. William Shand as attorney of Edward Gregory Morant Gale Esquire Esquire.

 
T71/58 105
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 85  
 

Registered to Edward Morant Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot) 92(F) 83(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John William Esquire as attorney of Edward Gregory Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/59 228
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 219(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost and Pen  
[Stock] 344  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 187  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Williams as attorney to Edward Gregory Morant Gale.

 
T71/60 200
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot) 93(F) 83(M)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost Estate  
 

In the possession of Evan MacPherson as attorney to Edward Gregory Morant Gale.

 
T71/61 183
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

Registered to Edward M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
[Stock] 107  
 

Registered to Edward G. M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Evan MacPherson as attorney to Edward Gregory Morant Gale Esquire.

 
T71/64 166
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot)  
[Name] Mount Hindmost  
 

Registered to Edward G. M. Gale.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Claren.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.