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Mount Pleasant

Jamaica | St Andrew

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
James Falconer

Notes

The connection between this Mount Pleasant and the other estates in St Andrew with the same name is unclear. James Falconer sold a large number of the enslaved people on Iron River and Mount Pleasant c. 1819 and then registered the remaining enslaved people on Mount Friendship.

Estate Information (5)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Iron River, Mt. Pleasant and Mt. Prospect  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to Js. Falconer.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Andr.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] 185(Tot)  
[Name] Mt. Pleasant etc.  
[Stock] 23  
 

Registered to James Falconer.

 
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] 181(Tot)  
[Name] Iron-River  
 

Registered to James Falconer.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot) 35(F) 35(M)  
[Name] Mount Pleasant  
 

In the possession of James Falconer as owner of Mount Pleasant.

 
T71/125 367
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot)  
[Name] Iron River etc.  
 

Registered to Dennistouns, Scheviz, & Co..

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.