Retreat [2]

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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
- 1740 [EY] → Previous owner

Gauci has taken this information from Peter Beckford's estate inventories.

1754 [EA] - 1754 [LA] → Owner
1770 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Previous owner
1782 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£4,318 2S 10D

Estate Information (46)

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1740
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
 

In the 1740 inventory of Peter Beckford's estate the stock was valued at £5,156 Jamaican pounds and the crop return at £3,337 Jamaican pounds.

 
Perry Gauci, William Beckford First Prime Minister of the London Empire (Yale University Press, 2013), p.44
1740
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Peter Beckford Esq. Senior and his copartners. Account filed by William Beckford. The estates of Retreat, Kays, Malmsey Valley, Crofts, Rock River, Lime Hall, Danks, Petersfield, Shrewsbury, Roaring River, Hatfield, Smithfield, Barbadoes Valley, Lewis's Crawle, Beckford & Forbes Plantation, Seven Mile Walk, Dirty Pitt Pen, Dry sugar Work Pen, Two Mile Wood Pen, Bodles Pen, Withy Wood Pen and Esher were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 76
1740
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the late Peter Beckford Esq. Senior and his copartners. Account filed by Richard Beckford Esq. attorney to Mrs. Bathshua Beckford and Mr. Julmes and Francis Beckford. The estates of Retreat, Kays, Malmsey Valley, Crofts, Rock River, Lime Hall, Danks, Petersfield, Shrewsbury, Roaring River, Hatfield, Smithfield, Barbadoes Valley, Lewis's Crawle, Beckford & Forbes Plantation, Seven Mile Walk, Dirty Pitt Pen, Dry sugar Work Pen, Two Mile Wood Pen, Bodles Pen, Withy Wood Pen and Esher were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 79
1754
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The several Estates of William Beckford, under the direction of Richard Lewing & John Mclead. Account filed by Richard Lewing, one of the attorneys. Retreat, Rock River, Malmsey Valley, Danks, Karys's Cralie, Moores, Harbour Head, Stanton, Esher, Guamaboa, Seven Mile Walk, Stanton Estates. Crops are for all the estates combined.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 3
1770
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Richard Lewing Esq. as one of the attorneys to the late William Beckford Esq. and since his decease one of the attorneys to the executor of the said William Beckford.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 30
1771
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of the Hon. Rose Herring May and Richard Lewing Esq. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Books Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 187
1772
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of the Hon. Rose Herring May and Richard Lewing Esq. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 19
1773
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by the Hon. Rose Herring as attorney to the executors and guardians appointed by the will of the late William Beckford Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 176
1774
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 244
1775
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Walter Welch as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 288
1776
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Produce sent to Old Harbour Bay. Account filed by John Mackenzie of St. Dorothy.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 94
1778
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 55
1779
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)  
 

The estate belonged to William Thomas Beckford.

 
Perry Gauci, William Beckford First Prime Minister of the London Empire (Yale University Press, 2013), p.148
1779
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 106
1780
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 110
1782
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Beckford Esquire. Account filed by Thomas Kittson, overseer at Bodles Penn and keeper of stores. Rock River, Danks, Kays, Moors, and Retreat Estates ("produce of Clarendon Estates sent from Bodles Penn to Old Harbour Bay") all filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 188-189
1783
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon. Danks, Moores, Retreat, Kayes and Rock River listed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 115-6
1793
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Retreat Estate, Keys's Estate, Moor Estate, and Bodles Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 90
1794
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Retreat Estate, Keys's Estate, Moor Estate, and Bodles Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 54
1795
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 147
1797
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by Hugh McGaan. Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate and Retreat Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 29-30
1797
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by William Burden. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 30
1798
[Name] Retreat  
[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] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McLarty. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 102-103
1800
[Name] Retreat Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McPherson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 130
1803
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McPherson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 159-160
1807
[Name] Retreat  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. of Great Britain with the disposal of the same from Bodles Penn Crop. Account filed by Matthew Hill. The estates of Danks, Rock River, Kays, Moores and Retreat were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 42589
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Clarend.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 210(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] ?  
 

Registered to William Beckford, 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] 290(Tot) 139(F) 151(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as attorney to William Beckford Esquire the owner.

 
T71/57 420-431
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 284(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 146  
 

Registered to William Beckford [?], 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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 273(Tot) 128(F) 145(M)  
[Name] Retreat Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/58 12 to 13
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 79  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 268(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 204  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 254(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 215  
 

Registered to William Ayton.

 
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] 256(Tot) 120(F) 136(M)  
[Name] Retreat Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/59 23-24
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 252(Tot) 121(F) 131(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/60 66
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 92  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 212(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 107  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 239(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 89  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 244(Tot) 118(F) 126(M)  
[Name] Retreat Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/61 23
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 76  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 229(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 74  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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] 235(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat Estate  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

 
T71/64 17
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 232(Tot)  
[Name] Retreat  
[Stock] 82  
 

Registered to William Beckford.

 
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.