Moore Hall

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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
1825 [SY] - → Joint owner
1762 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Owner
1769 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Owner
1780 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Not known

The Moore Hall estate was registered to 'Mrs Dickson' for a single year in 1780.

1781 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Previous owner
1783 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Previous owner

Moore Hall was registered to 'the heirs of Sir Henry Moore' between 1783-1789: this might refer either to Sir Henry Moore or to his son Sir John Henry Moore (who died in 1780).

1810 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1825 [EY] → Owner
1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
1825 [EA] - → Legatee
1825 [EA] - → Other

Named as a trustee but predeceased Edward Beeston Long.

1825 [EA] - → Trustee
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

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£2,736 17S 1D

Estate Information (62)

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1762
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Henry Moore Esq. under the direction of Edward Long and John Gordon Esqs. As attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 6
1763
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Hon. Henry Moore Esq. Account filed by Donald Campbell as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 75
1766
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Sir Henry Moore Brt. Account filed by John MacKenzie as overseer on the direction of George Gordon and Thomas Skelton as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 13
1766
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Sir Henry Moore Brt. Account filed by John MacKenzie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 79
1768
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the Sir Henry Moore Brt. Account filed by George Gordon, planter and attorney to Sir Henry Morre Brt.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 139
1769
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. Account filed by George Gordon, planter and attorney to Sir Henry Morre Brt.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 190
1770
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. Account filed by John McKenzie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 58
1771
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. a minor and under the direction of John Gordon Esq. Account filed by Charles Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 177
1772
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. and for which John Gordon Esq. is Trustee. Account filed by William Ross.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 22
1773
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. and for which John Gordon Esq. is trustee, and George Gordon and John Grant Esqs. are attorneys. Account filed by Charles Montgomery as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 185
1774
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Charles Montgomery as planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 274
1775
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Sir John Moore and for which John Gordon Esq. is Trustee. Account filed by Charles Montgomery.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 41-2
1778
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. Account filed by Hugh Morison as overseer on the order of George Gordon and John Cosens Esqs. as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 93
1779
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Moore Brt. Account filed by John Monack as overseer. John Cosens Esqs. as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 120-1
1780
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to Mrs Dickson. Under the direction of John Cosens Esquire acting attorney. Account filed by John Mapletoft as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 5
1781
[Name] Moore Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

the property of the Heirs of Sir John Henry Moore Bart, deceased. Account filed by Alexander Henderson, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 95
1783
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Sir Henry Moore Brt. Account filed by Thaoms Hamilyon as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 49
1786
[Name] Moor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 138-139
1787
[Name] Morehall Estate  
[Crop] rum, sugar  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 104
1787
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Sir Henry Moore Bart; account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 99
1788
[Name] Morehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Sir Henry Moore Bart. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 279 f.149
1789
[Name] Moorehill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old brass, some cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Sir Henry Moore Bart. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Hamilton.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 342-343 f.169
1790
[Name] Moore Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton [written Harrison but signed Hamilton] as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 246
1791
[Name] Moorhall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 335 [f.162]
1792
[Name] Morehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 226
1793
[Name] Moore Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 49-50
1794
[Name] Moorhall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 100
1795
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 199
1796
[Name] Moor Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton, overseer.

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

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 35
1798
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton overseer of Moore hall plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 7
1798
[Name] Moor Hall  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary 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.
1799
[Name] Moore Hall Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 233
1800
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 155-156
1801
[Name] Moore Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 212-213
1803
[Name] Moorehall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Thomas Hamilton for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 153
1804
[Name] Moore Hall Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum, old steers, speyed heifers, cows and calves  
 

Owner not given. Account filed in the name of Thomas Hamilton, overseer to said plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 151
1807
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Account presented by Robert Nasmith.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 218
1808
[Name] Moorehall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and metal  
 

Account filed by Robert Nasmith as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 164
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 187  
 

Registered to Mrs. Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 202(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 184  
 

Registered to Mrs. S. Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot)  
[Name] Moore-Hall  
[Stock] 199  
 

Registered to S. G. Dickson.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 221  
 

Registered to S. J. Dickson.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 84(F) 95(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Joseph Green, attorney to Mrs Susanna Jane Dickson, owner.

 
T 71/33 543-549
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to S. J. Dickson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 192  
 

Registered to S. J. Dickson.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot) 93(F) 93(M)  
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
 

Joseph Green, attorney to Mrs Susannah Jane Dickson, owner.

 
T 71/34 114v-115v
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 183  
 

Registered to S. J. Dickson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 163  
 

Registered to E. B. Long.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot) 92(F) 88(M)  
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
 

Joseph Green, attorney to Edward Beeston Long, owner, returned by Joseph Green in 1820 as attorney to Mrs Susannah Jane Dickson, and bequeathed by her to Edward Beeston Long.

 
T 71/35 191-192
1825
[Name] Moore Hall  
 

Edward Beeston Long left in trust (his trustees were his brothers Charles Beckford Long and Robert Ballard Young and his son-in-law Charles Devon of Felbridge [?] Park Surrey) the 'manor house' called Moore Hall in St Mary's (together with the enslaved people on it) 'devised to me by the will of Mrs Susan Lawes Dixon late of Cavendish Square' to be sold, with half the proceeds going to his younger son Frederick Beckford Long and half to repay his debts of £4000 to his brother Charles Beckford Long and whatever he owed to Messrs Rutherford and Jegon of Camomile St., merchants.

 
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 164  
 

Registered to E. B. Long.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot) 85(F) 82(M)  
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
 

James Miller, attorney of the trustees of Edward Beeston Long, deceased [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/36 172-173
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to Charles B. Long.

 
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.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 134  
 

Registered to E. B. Long.

 
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.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot) 83(F) 77(M)  
[Name] Moorehall Estate  
 

James Miller, attorney of the trustees of Frederick B Long, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/38 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 159(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to F. B. Long.

 
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.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to F. B. Long.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Moore Hall  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to Frederick Long.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot) 83(F) 71(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

James Miller, attorney to Frederick B Long, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/42 55
1839
[Name] Moore hall  
[Size] 800  
 

Registered to F. B. Long.

 
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.