UCL

Prosper Hall [2]

Jamaica | St Ann

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] - → Owner
Ann McDonnell (née Fraser)
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Bennett William Smith senior
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Milborough Smith
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Milborough Smith

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Ann 274 (Prosper Hall)
£908 1S 0D

Notes

Note this estate was subdivided following the death of Ann McDonnell nee Fraser, some of it forming JA 2427.

Estate Information (12)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot) 70(F) 59(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ann Fraser as owner.

 
T 71/43 399-402
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 33  
 

Registered to Ann Fraser.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
 

In the possession of Bennett William Smith in right of his wife, Milborough Smith for Prosper Hall [decrease of enslaved people - 7 tolled to Elizabeth Effingham in Spanish Town in 1818, sold in Kingston by Mr Taylor in 1818].

 
T 71/44 580
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Bennett W. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Bennet W Smith Senior in right of his wife for Prosper Hall Penn [13 enslaved people transferred from Rockfield; others delivered up in right of his wife by J H Sharp 29 April 1821, by William Taylor and by R S Thomson of St. Mary's as result of Grand Court judgment].

 
T 71/45 739-740
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Bennett W. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Bennett W. Smith.

 
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall Penn  
 

In the possession of Bennet William Smith in right of his wife for Prosper Hall Penn.

 
T 71/46 735-736
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 118(Tot)  
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to Bennett W. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Name] Prosper Hall  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Bennett W. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Milborough Smith as owner [previously registered by B W Smith, her late husband].

 
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Milborough Smith as owner.

 
T 71/50 722