Associated People (6) |
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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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1823 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1766 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Previous owner
This might refer instead to Ballard Beckford I, Ballard Beckford II's father. |
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1775 [EA] - 1823 [EY] → Owner
Owner in her own right 1775 but the estate subsequently appears to have formed part of her marriage settlement with James Johnston the elder |
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1790 [EA] - 1815 [EY] → Joint owner
The estate formed part of the marriage settlement of Mary Ballard Beckford with James Johnstone the elder. The marriage took place c. 1790. |
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£5,295 17S 0D
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Estate Information (49) |
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1766
[Name] White Hall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Belonging to the heirs of Ballard Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Campbell as overseer. Dr. Donald Campbell as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 15
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1767
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by John Campbell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 142
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1767
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased. Account filed by Donald Campbell Esq. as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 10
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1769
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the heirs of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased. Account filed by Duncan McVean as overseer on the instruction of Donald Campbell as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 183
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1770
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased. Account filed by Duncan McVean as overseer on the instruction of Donald Campbell Esq. as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 10
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1771
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased. Account filed by James Gardner as overseer on the instruction of Donald Campbell Esq. as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 172
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1772
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased. Account filed by James Gardiner as overseer on the instruction of Donald Campbell Esq. as administrator.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 21
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1773
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by James Gardiner as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 79
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1774
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq deceased.Donald Campbell Esq. as administrator. Account filed by James Gardner as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 227
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1775
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of Mary Ballard Beckford and at present under the care and direction of Donald Campbell as administrator. Account filed by James Gardiner, late the overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 88
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1776
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by David Doig.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 99
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1778
[Name] Whitehall
The property of the estate of Ballard Beckford Esq. deceased to whom Donald Campbell Esq. is administrator. Account filed by John Davidson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 98-9
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1779
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the heirs the late Ballard Beckford deceased. Account filed by William Fergusson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 131
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1780
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by William Ferguson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 191
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1781
[Name] White Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle No ownership details given. Account filed by William Fergusson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 41
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1782
[Name] White Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum No ownership details. Account filed by William Fergusson, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 164
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1783
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum In the possession of Donald Campbell Esq. Account filed by William Ferguson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 103
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1784
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of the heirs of Ballard Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Brissett as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 198-9
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1794
[Name] White Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by Tho.s Sandell for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 210
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1795
[Name] White Hall Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Samual Stevenson. Molynes and White Hall plantations filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 188
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1796
[Name] Whitehall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows and calves Account filed by Thomas Landell.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] White Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Owner not given. Account filed by Thomas Landell, status not given.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 221
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1798
[Name] White-Hall
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a watermill 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.
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1798
[Name] Whitehall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Account filed by Thomas Loundale.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 23
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1800
[Name] White Hall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Robert Petrie as overseer for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 152
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1801
[Name] Whitehall Estate
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of James Johnston Esq. Account filed by Robert Petrie as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 147
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1803
[Name] Whitehall Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Rob.t Johnston as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 131-132
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1807
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle and old copper Account presented by Alexander Brown as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 218
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1808
[Name] Whitehall
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Account filed by Alexander Brown as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 165
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 275(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 255 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1811
[Name] Whitehall
[Stock] 159 Registered to James Johnson. Number of enslaved people unclear - 2_0?
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.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 254(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 226 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 258(Tot) 119(F) 139(M)
[Name] [no name given] Joseph Green, attorney for Mrs Mary Beckford Johnston, owner.
T 71/33 581-589
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 245(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 258 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 241(Tot) 112(F) 129(M)
[Name] Whitehall Estate Joseph Green, attorney to Mary Beckford Johnston, owner.
T 71/34 115v-116
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 239(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 255 Registered to M. B. Johnston.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 237(Tot) 120(F) 117(M)
[Name] Whitehall Estate Joseph Green, attorney to James Johnston, owner, returned by Joseph Green in 1820 as attorney to Mary Ballard Beckford Johnston, now deceased and bequeathed by her to James Johnston.
T 71/35 193-194
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 234(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 253 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot) 118(F) 109(M)
[Name] Whitehall Estate Joseph Gordon, attorney to James Johnston, owner, returned by Joseph Green in 1823.
T 71/36 441-443
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 282 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 227(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 192 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 318(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 304 Registered to W. C. Johnston.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 1(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall Registered to Thomas Gordon.
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.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot) 141(F) 151(M)
[Name] Whitehall Estate Joseph Gordon, attorney to James Johnstone, owner [increase by purchases].
T 71/38 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 288(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 177 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 325(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 265 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot) 164(F) 141(M)
[Name] Whitehall Estate Joseph Gordon, attorney to James Johnstone, owner [50 deaths, increase by purchase from Jasper Hall Livingston, attorney to J Bainbridge].
T 71/41 191-192
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 317(Tot)
[Name] Whitehall [Stock] 231 Registered to James Johnston.
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.
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1839
[Name] Whitehall
[Size] 1500 Registered to James John.
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.
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'White Hall Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2531 [accessed 20th April 2024].
