UCL

Rural Retreat

Jamaica | St Ann

Estate Details

Associated People (8)

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
1835 [SY] - → Owner
Matthew Adam
22/07/1826 [SD] - 1835 [EY] → Joint owner
Ellen Moffat Adam (née Atkinson)
22/07/1826 [SD] - 1835 [EY] → Joint owner
Matthew Adam
1792 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
William Atkinson
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
William Atkinson
1823 [EA] - 22/07/1826 [ED] → Owner
Ellen Moffat Adam (née Atkinson)
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
James Betty
1832 [EA] - → Executor
Thomas Russell

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Ann 46 (Rural Retreat)
£304 6S 8D

Estate Information (10)

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1792
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 136  
 

Owned by William Atkinson.

 
'A list of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly', Edward Long Papers, Add. 12435, transcribed at htt
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Rural Retreat  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to William Atkinson.

 
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] 20(Tot) 9(F) 11(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Atkinson as owner.

 
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] Rural Retreat  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to William Atkinson.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot)  
[Name] Rural Retreat  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to William Atkinson.

 
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
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 9(F) 9(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Wm Atkinson as owner [2 deaths, 1 runaway].

 
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Richards as leased from William Atkinson.

 
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Betty as executor and trustee of William Atkinson.

 
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Betty as trustee of William Atkinson.

 
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Thomas Russell as executor of William Atkinson, deceased.

 
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