Associated People (8) |
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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:
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1814 [SY] - → Trust beneficiary
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1814 [SY] - → Trust beneficiary
Son of John Scott senior of Clarendon Park, Clarendon and Retreat Estate, St Thomas-in-the-East. Main beneficiary of the Jamaican estates in his father's trust will. |
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1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
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1814 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
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1814 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
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1814 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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1814 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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1814 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,986 5S 11D
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Estate Information (23) |
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1798
[Name] Retreat
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 157 Registered to Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 257(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 38 Registered to Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
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1814
Estate left in a trust will by John Scott senior. The main beneficiary was his son John James Scott. One moity of the profits of John Scott's Jamaican property were to be invested in funds in Great Britain for the benefit of John James and the other moity for the benefit of his other children George Henry Cussans and Elizabeth, up to £9000 for George Henry Cussans and £6000 for Elizabeth. The estates were to be held in trust for John James, his heirs etc for 500 years.
PROB 11/1551/83
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 245(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 111 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 238(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 119 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 238(Tot) 125(F) 113(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Executors of John Scott (deceased) the owner thereof.
T71/145 749-755
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 30 Registered to heirs of Honorable John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 30 Registered to heirs of Honorable John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 238(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Executors of John Scott deceased.
T71/146 404-405
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 287(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 121 Registered to heirs of Honorable John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of John Scott deceased.
T71/147 324-326
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 281(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 108 Registered to heirs of Honorable John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 271(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 113 Registered to heirs of Honorable John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 113 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 208(Tot)
[Name] Retreat Estate In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of John Scott decd.
T71/148 312-313
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 248(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 53 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 57 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 210(Tot)
[Name] Retreat Estate In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to John James Scott Esq.
T71/149 unpaginated
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 251(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 45 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 5 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot)
[Name] Retreat [Stock] 52 Registered to heirs of Hon. John Scott.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 200(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to John James Scott Esq.
T71/150 464
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Retreat [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/250 [accessed 19th April 2024].
