Newport Plantation

Estate Details


Associated People (4)

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
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Executrix
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
1834 [EA] - → Executor

Associated Claims (1)

£1,290 14S 11D

Estate Information (20)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Newport and Invermay  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to Alexander and Robert Buchanan.

 
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] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Newport etc.  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to Alexander and Robert Buchanan. Assumed to include Invermay.

 
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] 118(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 65  
 

Registered to heirs of Alexander Buchanan.

 
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] 120(Tot)  
[Name] Newport & Arthur's Seat  
[Stock] 85  
 

Registered to heirs of Alexander Buchanan.

 
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] 120(Tot) 70(F) 50(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Jane Buchanan, executrix for the late Alexander Buchanan.

 
T 71/33 150-153
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot)  
[Name] Newport & Arthur's Seat  
[Stock] 94  
 

Registered to Jane Buchanan.

 
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] 125(Tot) 71(F) 54(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Jane Buchanan, acting executrix for Alexander Buchanan.

 
T 71/34 28v-29
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to John Clarke.

 
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] 252(Tot)  
[Name] Newport and Arthur's Seat  
 

Registered to R. and Jane Buchanan.

 
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] 93(Tot) 41(F) 52(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

John Clarke, owner [increase by purchase from various people including William Pollock and Alexander Buchanan]. Previous registration by John Clarke was for 32 enslaved people presumed to be on Hume's Hill in 1820 - this group of people were then moved to Newport.

 
T 71/35 81-83
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 90(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to John Clarke.

 
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] 81(Tot) 39(F) 42(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

John Clark, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/36 48-49
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to John Clarke.

 
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] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 40  
 

Registered to John Clarke.

 
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] 78(Tot) 38(F) 40(M)  
[Name] Newport  
 

John Clark, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 77(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 42  
 

Registered to John Clark.

 
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] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 44  
 

Registered to John Clark.

 
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] 90(Tot)  
[Name] Newport  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to John Clarke.

 
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] 79(Tot) 38(F) 41(M)  
[Name] Newport  
 

John Clark, owner.

 
T 71/41 76
1839
[Name] Newport  
[Size] 422  
 

Registered to John Oldham.

 
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.