Associated People (12) |
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:
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1753 [SY] - 1781 [EY] → Owner
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- 1753 [EY] → Owner
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1741 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1741 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Joint owner
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1741 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Other
Green Castle was 'under the direction' of Ann Ellis in 1742, while she had been executrix in 1741 |
1781 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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Associated Claims (1) |
£3,921 14S 10D
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Sources |
There is a summary history of the estate by Paul Larsen at http://www.gcjamaica.com/assets/pdf/Green%20Castle%20by%20Paul%20Larsen.pdf [accessed 12/03/2018]. |
Estate Information (48) |
1740
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses Belonging to George Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by James Barclay as factor for the estates of George Ellis Esq. deceased. The estates of Green Castle and Orange Hill were filed togther.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 74
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1740
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses Belonging to George Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by William Beckford Esq. and rendered by James Barclay as factor to the said estate. The estates of Green Castle and Orange Hill were filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 75
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1741
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased rendered to Mrs. Ann Ellis. Plantation in company with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gatierez in the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale. Account rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor and filed by Ann Ellis executrix to her late husband George Ellis Esq. deceased. This estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased was filed along with his estate below together with Crawl, Caymanas, Green Castle, Orange Hill, Venry, Fort George and Bucknors Valley.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 142-143
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1741
[Name] [no name given]
[Crop] sugar Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased rendered to Mrs. Ann Ellis. Plantation in company with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gatierez in the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale. Account rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor and filed by Ann Ellis executrix to her late husband George Ellis Esq. deceased. This estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased was filed along with his estate below together with Crawl, Caymanas, Green Castle, Orange Hill, Venry, Fort George and Bucknors Valley.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 142 - 143
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1742
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses Estate of George Ellis Esq. and Robert Nedham Esq. both deceased.and under the direction of Mrs. Ann Ellis. Memorandum of the gross produce rendered by Mr. John Shennan as overseer to William Beckford, Richard Beckford and Rose Fuller Esqs. as executors of the estate. Account filed by the said Rose Fuller Esq. as one of the executors. All the estates of George Ellis and Robert Needham from Palm to Bucknors Valley were filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 41-42
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1743
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses Estate of George Ellis Esq. deceased in mateship with Mr. Jacob Mendes Gutieres. Account of the produce of the estate hath been rendered by Mr. William Knackstone factor of the estate to William Beckford, Richard Beckford and Rose Fuller Esqs. as executors to the estate. Account filed by the said Richard Beckford Esq. The estates of Palm, Ellis & Halhed, Caymanas, Crawle, Cow Park Pen, Green Castle, Orange Hill and Bucknors Valley were filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 89
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1753
[Name] Greencastle
Inherited by John Ellis senior from George Ellis senior as heir-at-law. George Ellis senior had a posthumus son but had made no provision for children in his will.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation (Chapel Hill, 1995) pp. 49-50.
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1759
[Name] Green Castle Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses Belonging to John Ellis Esquire, under the direction of Doctor John Gordon, his attorney. Account filed by attornies John Gordon, one of his attorneys. Green Castle and Newry Plantations, Fort George Penn filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 135-136
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1761
[Name] Green Castle Plantation
[Crop] Green Castle and Newry:sugar, rum, molasses. Fort George: cattle, horses Belonging to John Ellis Esquire, under the direction of the Honourable William Nedham and John Gordon, his attorneys. Account filed by George Gordon, overseer for Green Castle; Alexander Campbell, overseer for Newry; and John Grant, overseer for Fort George Penn. Green Castle and Newry Plantations, Fort George Penn all filed together. Crops filed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 217
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1762
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to John Ellis Esq. under the direction of William Nedham and John Gordon Esq as attorneys
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 5
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1781
[Name] Greencastle
Inherited by John Ellis junior on the death of his father John Ellis senior.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation (Chapel Hill, 1995) pp. 49-50.
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1782
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 146
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1783
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 151
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1784
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the estate of John Ellis Esq. deceased. Account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 167-8
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1787
[Name] Green Castle Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Ellis Esq; account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 109
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1787
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Ellis Esq; account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 91
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1788
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 38-39 [f.20]
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1788
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Young.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 42-43 [f.22]
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1789
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum, old brass The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough. Accounts filed for 27/02 1789 to 31/12/1789.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 275-276 f.138
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1790
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 265 and 269 [duplicated 268]
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1791
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 380-383
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1792
[Name] Greencastle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The properties of John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney. Greencastle, Nutfield and Newry Estates filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 133-134
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1793
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for his estates
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 101
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1794
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for his estates. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry estates and Fort George Penn filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 157
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1795
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Henry Hough as attorney for the estates. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry estates, Fort George Penn, Montpelier Old Works and Montpelier New Works, Whydalis Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 257-258
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1796
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows, calves, heifers, mules Belonging to John Ellis Esq. Account given by Henry Hough, attorney. Green Castle, Nutfield and Newry Estates and Fort George Pen filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Green Castle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Henry Hough of the parish of St Mary for the period 31/12/1796 to 31/12 1797.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 52-53
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1798
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with two cattle mills and a windmill 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.
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1800
[Name] Greencastle Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, coffee, cocoa, piemento and livestock Belonging to John Ellis Esquire. Account filed by Richard Appletonas attorney to John Ellis Esq. Accounts filed for 1799-1800. Greencastle, Nuffield and Newry Estates filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 117-118
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1807
[Name] Green Castle
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to John Ellis Esq. Account filed by Francis Arnold as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 79
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 274(Tot)
[Name] Green-Castle [Stock] 208 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 883(Tot) 461(F) 472(M)
[Name] [no name given] Thomas P Rodgers, attorney to John Ellis. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.
T 71/33 925-950
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 235 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 860(Tot) 451(F) 409(M)
[Name] [no name given] Thomas P Rogers, attorney to John Ellis. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.
T 71/34 204-206
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 249(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 206 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 835(Tot) 435(F) 400(M)
[Name] [no name given] Isaac Higgins and James Lawes, attornies to John Ellis, owner. Assumed to be Greencastle, Newry and Nutfield Estates.
T 71/35 225-228
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 240(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 172 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 164 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot) 117(F) 105(M)
[Name] Green Castle Estate Isaac Higgin, attorney to John Ellis [decrease by deaths].
T 71/36 484-486
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 163 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 12 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 141 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot) 117(F) 106(M)
[Name] Green Castle Estate James Lawes, attorney to John Ellis.
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 220(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 14 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 214(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 14 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot) 116(F) 100(M)
[Name] Green Castle Estate John Blair, attorney of John Ellis [decrease by deaths].
T 71/41 28
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Green Castle [Stock] 17 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Green-Castle
[Size] 1280 Registered to John Ellis.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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