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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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1799 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
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1823 [EA] - → Overseer
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£1,967 9S 0D
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Above Rocks is a town, now in the parish of Saint Catherine in Jamaica, near the Golden River. One unsourced internet claim is that Above Rocks was populated in the early 19th century by refugees from the Haitian revolution. St Mary's College, a Catholic secondary school, can be found in the town of Above Rocks. |
Estate Information (22) |
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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered in St Thomas-in-the-Vale to Gavin Vaugh with 34 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at an extraordinary vestry 02/11/1799.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 50.
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)
[Name] Above Rocks [Stock] 8 Registered to Gavin Waugh.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of 1809.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)
[Name] Golden-River [Stock] 11 Registered to Gavin Waugh.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1816
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)
[Name] Golden River [Stock] 12 Registered to Gavin Waugh.
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_01.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot) 9(F) 14(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Francis Gordon as owner.
T71/25 245-256
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot) 33(F) 24(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Gavin Waugh as owner.
T71/25 54-56
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)
[Name] Golden River [Stock] 10 Registered to Gavin Waugh.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Francis Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 119(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Francis Gordon as owner. Previous return was for 23 enslaved people. Increase bought from the executors of Gavin Waugh deceased and given in by him in the last return in this parish.
T71/26 136-138
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Francis Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot)
[Name] Golden River [Stock] 18 Registered to Francis Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot) 64(F) 59(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Anthony Dubidat as overseer for the late Francis Gordon deceased.
T71/27 99
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)
[Name] Golden River [Stock] 30 Registered to Francis Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)
[Name] Golden River [Stock] 13 Registered to the estate of Francis Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 118(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Edward Clouston as attorney for Sir John Gordon Baronet.
T71/28 307-310
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 118(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Sir John Gordon, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot) 61(F) 53(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Edward Clouston as attorney to Sir John Gordon Baronet.
T71/29-31 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Sir John Gordon, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Sir John Gordon, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 105(Tot) 58(F) 47(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Edward Clouston as attorney of Sir John Gordon Baronet.
T71/32 63
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 107(Tot)
[Name] Golden River Registered to Sir John Gordon, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIV.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1839
[Name] Golden River
[Size] 831 Registered to F. and John Gordon.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thosvale.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'Golden River (Above Rocks?) [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2609 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
