Bengal Estate

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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
1809 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - → Executor
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Lessee
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Residuary Devisee

Associated Claims (1)

£2,262 17S 7D

Estate Information (23)

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1798
[Name] Bengal  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Ann 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.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 65  
 

Registered to William B. Uten.

 
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] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 124  
 

Registered to W. B. Utten.

 
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] 136(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 115  
 

Registered to William B. Utten.

 
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] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 102  
 

Registered to William B. Utten.

 
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] 201(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 103  
 

Registeerd to William B. Utten, deceased.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 123(Tot) 59(F) 64(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Baker Utten as owner.

 
T71/43 1172-1175
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 118  
 

Registered to the estate of William B. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Name] Bengal ?117  
[Stock] 142  
 

Registered to the estate of William B. Utten.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Robert Marshall as executor of William Baker Utten, deceased.

 
T71/44 632
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to the estate of William B. Utten.

 
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] 107(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Phillips Utten as attorney to Thomas Todd, executor of William B Utten, deceased.

 
T71/45 816
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 107  
 

Registered to the estate of William B. Utten.

 
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] 111(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 92  
 

Registered to the estate of William N. Utten.

 
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] 105(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Charles Lewis as lessee.

 
T71/46 529-530
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to the estate of William B. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 35  
 

Registered to estate of William B. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot) 49(F) 52(M)  
[Name] Bengal Estate  
 

In the possession of Charles Lewis as lessee of Bengal Estate.

 
T71/48 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to estate of William B. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to estate of William B. Utten.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)  
[Name] Bengal  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to Utten Thomas Todd.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot) 53(F) 54(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Utten Thomas Todd as residuary devisee of William Baker Utten.

 
T71/50 745
1839
[Name] Bengal  
[Size] 721  
 

Registered to Utten Thomas Todd.

 
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.