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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1821 [SY] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1815 [EA] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
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1832 [EA] - 1837 [LA] → Previous owner
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Associated Claims (2) |
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£2,727 6S 5D
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£2,125 6S 7D
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NB this estate appears to be a continuation of one of the William Moreland' and 'Jones Moreland' estates shown prior to 1807, probably the former. |
Estate Information (20) |
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1763
[Name] Moreland
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in Westmoreland in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 232 Registered to John Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.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] 226(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 209 Registered to John Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.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] 224(Tot) 119(F) 105(M)
[Name] Moreland Sugar Estate In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and John Blyth as attorneys to John Wedderburn Esquire the owner.
T71/178 370-372
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 210 Registered to John Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.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] 355(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 227 Registered to John Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.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] 355(Tot) 188(F) 167(M)
[Name] Moreland Estate In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and John Blythe as attorneys for John Wedderburn Esquire owner.
T71/179 Book 12 6
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 349(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 224 Registered to John Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.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] 349(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 184 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.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] 346(Tot) 185(F) 161(M)
[Name] Moreland Estate In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburne Esquire as owner.
T71/180 Book 10 33-34
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 335(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 178 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.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] 329(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 32 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.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] 322(Tot) 177(F) 145(M)
[Name] Moreland Sugar Estate In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburn Esquire.
T71/181 402-403
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 316(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 27 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.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] 306(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 25 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.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] 377(Tot) 170(F) 137(M)
[Name] Moreland Estate In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to James Wedderburn Esquire, owner.
T71/187 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 17 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831west.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] 284(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 46 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32west.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] 279(Tot)
[Name] Moreland [Stock] 15 Registered to James Wedderburn.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Westmd.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] 285(Tot) 157(F) 128(M)
[Name] Moreland Estate In the possession of Joseph Stone Williams as attorney to Andrew Colville and Alexander Seton executors and trustees of Jno. Wedderburn deceased.
T71/188 317
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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:
'Moreland [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/259 [accessed 11th October 2024].
