Brown's Hall Pen

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Associated People (16)

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
1806 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

Although registered to 'John Deffell' between 1809 and 1815, John Deffell had died in 1806: these entries are either erroneous or refer to his son John Henry Deffell

- 1802 [LA] → Joint owner

Shown in his will as the joint-purchaser with John Deffell and Charles Edward Lewis some years before 1800. The estate was then assigned to John Deffell and appears only in his name but Thomas Nevill retained a one-third interest which he left in trust for his wife.

Joint owner

Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears.

1790 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Attorney
1790 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Joint owner
1792 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Joint owner
1795 [EA] - → Previous owner
1795 [EA] - → Owner
1795 [EA] - → Attorney
1797 [EA] - 1806 [EY] → Owner
1797 [EA] - → Overseer
1798 [EA] - → Overseer
1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Overseer
1800 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
1803 [EA] - → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£1,267 6S 11D

Estate Information (43)

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1790
[Name] Browne's Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Charles Browne Esquire. Account filed by Charles Mitchell his attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 430-431 [f.216]
1791
[Name] Brownes Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Charles Michell as attorney to Charles Browne.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 270-271 [f. 130]
1792
[Name] Brown Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, one cow  
 

Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 132
1792
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Charles Mitchell attorney of Charles Brown Esquire.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 201 [f.101]
1793
[Name] Brown Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, one cow  
 

Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 133
1793
[Name] Brownes Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people  
 

Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Browne Esq for the year to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 85-86
1794
[Name] Brown Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, coffee  
 

Property of John Brown Esq. Account filed by William Prendergast acc[omptan]t.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 132
1794
[Name] Browns Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people  
 

Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Brown Esq for the year ending 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 52
1794
[Name] Browns Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Charles Brown Esq. Account filed by Alexander Tulloch for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 52
1795
[Name] Brownes Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Mrs Lucy Browne of GB. Account filed by Alexander Tulloch.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1795
[Name] Browns Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Charles Brown Esq deceased in the possession of Charles Patrick Brown as one of the attornies for the deceased. Account filed by Charles Mitchell of the parish of St Andrew another of the attornies for the deceased for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 252-253
1796
[Name] Browns Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No names recorded. Swansea and Mowden Hall and Browns Hall Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Brownes Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 2
1798
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St John as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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.
1798
[Name] Brownhall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Melchior Graham as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 160
1799
[Name] Brownhall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by William Westgaith overseer. The property of John Deffell of London.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 195-196
1800
[Name] Brown Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John Diffell (?) Esq. Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 8-9
1801
[Name] Browns Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Deffell Esq. Account filed by William Westgarth.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 217
1803
[Name] Browns Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain in the possession of Samuel Queensborough Esq attorney. Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 112
1804
[Name] Browns Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum, old cattle  
 

Belonging to John Duffell, Esq, of London. Account filed in the name of William Westgarth, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 147
1807
[Name] Browns Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, mule hire and sale of a brass mill cock  
 

Account filed by William Westgarth as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 84
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 29  
 

Registered to John Deffel.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 630(Tot)  
[Name] Swansea etc.  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to John Deffel. Assumed to be Swansea sugar estate, Swansea Coffee estate and Brown's Hll Pen.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cat.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Brownstown  
[Stock] 241  
 

Registered to John Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 608(Tot) 317(F) 291(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to John Henry Deffell Esquire. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.

 
T71/19 166-185
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 90(Tot)  
[Name] Brown' Hall  
[Stock] 207  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 529(Tot)  
[Name] Swansea, Brown's Town, and coffee mountain  
[Stock] 332  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 193  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 623(Tot) 326(F) 297(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.

 
T71/20 177-180
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 88(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 203  
 

Registered to John Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen  
[Stock] 210  
 

Registered to John Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen  
[Stock] 194  
 

Registered to John Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 603(Tot)  
[Name] Swansea Estate, Coffee Mountain and Browns Hall  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.

 
T71/21 125
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall Pen  
[Stock] 204  
 

Registered to John Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 78(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 174  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 602(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.

 
T71/22 130
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 156  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 151  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 75(Tot) 48(F) 27(M)  
[Name] Browns Hall Pen  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq.

 
T71/23 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 147  
 

Registered to John H. Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 71(Tot)  
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Stock] 142  
 

Registered to John Henry Deffell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot) 46(F) 28(M)  
[Name] Browns Hall Pen  
 

In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq.

 
T71/18 126
1839
[Name] Brown's Hall  
[Size] 1203  
 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40John.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.