Appleton 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
1755 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Joint owner
1755 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Joint owner
1755 [EA] - 1760 [LA] → Attorney

Under the care and direction of John Morse, inferred to be the same man as the slave-owner of the 1770s.

1765 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Attorney

Shown by Vincent Brown as 'manager' but his replacing the overseers on the estate in 1765 implies he was the attorney of the Dickinson family for the estate.

1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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Estate Information (60)

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1755
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Eezekeil & Caleb Dickinson Esquires, under the care and direction of John Morse Esquire and Messiuers Bayly, Elworthy (sp?) & Bayly. Account filed by Thomas Powell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 12-13
1756
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Ezekiel & Caleb Dickinsons Esquires, under the care and direction of John Morse, Zachary and Nathaniel Bayly Esquires. Account filed by Thomas Powell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 31
1757
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horses  
 

Property of Ezekiel & Caleb Dickinson Esquires under the care and direction of John Morse & Zachary & Nathaniel Bayly Esquire/ Account filed by Adam Macutchion, clerk to John Morse.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 45
1758
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horses  
 

Property of Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by John Pully Edwardes, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 84
1759
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Ezekiel & Caleb Dickinson Esquires, under the care and direction of John Morse & Zachary & Nathaniel Bayly Esquire. Account filed by John Pulley Edwards, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 137
1760
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horses  
 

Property of Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esquires, under the care of John Morse and Zachary and Nathaniel Bayly. Account filed by Adam Macutchion, clerk to John Morse.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 187
1761
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esquires, under the care and direction of Zachary Bayly & Caleb Dickinson Junior Esquires. Account filed by John Pulley Edwards, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 215
1762
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. under the care and direction of the Hon. Zacahry Bayley Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 11
1763
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Elizabeth in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a water mill.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1764
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. Account filed by John Fletcher.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 101
1765
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain and under the care and direction of the late Zachary Bayley and Thomas Stoakes Salmon Esqs. Account filed by John Pearce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 209
1765
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain. Account filed by Samuel Hare as bookeeper

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 39
1767
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain. Account filed by John Pearce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 213
1768
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain and under the care and direction of Zachary Bayley and Thomas Stoakes Salmon Esqs. as attorneys. Account filed by John Pearce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 213
1770
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain and under the care and direction of Caleb Dickinson and Thomas Stoakes Salmon Esqs. Account filed by John Pierce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 55
1771
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain and under the care and direction of Caleb Dickinson and Thomas Stoakes Salmon Esqs. Account filed by John Pierce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 213
1772
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain and under the care and direction of Caleb Dickinson and Thomas Stoakes Salmon Esqs. Account filed by John Pierce as Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 60
1774
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain. Account filed by John Pierce as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 114
1775
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain. Account filed by John Pierce as the late overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 114
1781
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Ezekiel & Caleb Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by Thomas Bannister, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 122-123
1782
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by Thomas Bannister as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 158
1783
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and William Dickinson Esq. of Great Britain. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 111-12
1785
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and William Dickinson Esq; account filed by William Webb overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 82
1786
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and William Dickinson; account filed by William Webb, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 65
1786
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 41
1787
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Ezekiel and William Dickinson Esquires under the care and direction of Thomas Stokes Salmon Esquire. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 107 f.54
1788
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Barnard and William Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 132-134
1789
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Barnard and William Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 202-203 [f.103]
1790
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Barnard and William Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 286-287 [f.138]
1791
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of B. and W. Dickinson Esquires. Account filed by William Webb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 414-415 [f.197]
1792
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Atkinson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 289 [f.145]
1793
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Belonging to Barnard and William Dickinson Esq. s. Account filed by John Atkinson as overseer for the year to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 46
1794
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Barnard and William Dickinson Esq.s Account filed by Patrick White as overseer for the period 01/04/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 45
1795
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Barnard and William Dickinson Esq.s Account filed by Patrick White as overseer for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 241
1796
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Barnard and William Dickinson, Esqs. Account given by John White Esq, attorney. Account filed by Peter A White, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Barnard and William Dickinson, Esqs. Account given by John White, attorney. Account filed by Patrick White, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 137
1798
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Under the direction of John White as attorney to Barnard and William Dickinson Esq.s. Account filed by Patrick White as overseer for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 185
1799
[Name] Appleton Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Under the direction of John White as attorney to Barnard and William Dickinson Esq.s. Account filed by Patrick White as overseer for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 43
1799
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Elizabeth 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1801
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, old copper and livestock (cattle)  
 

The property of B & W Dickinson Esquires. Under the care and direction of John White Esq, Attorney for the proprietor. Account filed by Thomas Weir Taylor as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 51
1803
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Barnett and William Dickenson. Account given in the name of John White, attorney for the estate. Account filed by John Jaques. Account filed for 1803?

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 12
1804
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, bull, cows and steers  
 

Owner not given. Account filed in the name of William Bluett, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 129
1808
[Name] Appleton  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account presented by William Johnson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 230
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 142  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot) 99(F) 83(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Salmon as attorney to William Dickinson, Ezekiel Harman and Jeramiah Harman Esquires.

 
T71/165 819-823
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 123  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 127  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_09.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) 98(F) 82(M)  
[Name] Appleton Estate  
 

In the possession of John Salmon as attorney to Messrs Dickinson and Harmans for Appleton Estate.

 
T71/167 595-596
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 185(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 292  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 102  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 95(F) 84(M)  
[Name] Appleton Estate  
 

In the possession of John Salmon as attorney to Messrs Dickinson and Harman for Appleton Estate.

 
T71/168 624-625
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 59  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al18.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) 90(F) 84(M)  
[Name] Appleton Estate  
 

In the possession of John Salmon Junior as attorney.

 
T71/169 680-682
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 68  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot) 82(F) 86(M)  
[Name] Appleton  
 

In the possession of John Salmon Jr as attorney to Messrs Dickinson & Harmans.

 
T71/171 [Unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
[Stock] 236  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32eliz.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) 83(F) 83(M)  
[Name] Appleton Estate  
 

In the possession of John Salmon junior Esquire as attorney.

 
T71/176 264
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Appleton  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harmans.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Eliz.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Appleton Estate  
[Size] 5000  
 

Registered to Dickenson and Harman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Eliza.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.