Dank's Estate

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to the late Peter Beckford Esq. Senior and his copartners. Account filed by William Beckford. The estates of Retreat, Kays, Malmsey Valley, Crofts, Rock River, Lime Hall, Danks, Petersfield, Shrewsbury, Roaring River, Hatfield, Smithfield, Barbadoes Valley, Lewis's Crawle, Beckford & Forbes Plantation, Seven Mile Walk, Dirty Pitt Pen, Dry sugar Work Pen, Two Mile Wood Pen, Bodles Pen, Withy Wood Pen and Esher were filed together.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 76

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to the late Peter Beckford Esq. Senior and his copartners. Account filed by Richard Beckford Esq. attorney to Mrs. Bathshua Beckford and Mr. Julmes and Francis Beckford. The estates of Retreat, Kays, Malmsey Valley, Crofts, Rock River, Lime Hall, Danks, Petersfield, Shrewsbury, Roaring River, Hatfield, Smithfield, Barbadoes Valley, Lewis's Crawle, Beckford & Forbes Plantation, Seven Mile Walk, Dirty Pitt Pen, Dry sugar Work Pen, Two Mile Wood Pen, Bodles Pen, Withy Wood Pen and Esher were filed together.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 79

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by Mrs. Charity Butler.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 81

The inventory of Peter Beckford's estate gave the value of the stock as £9762 Jamaican pounds. The crop was valued at £2943 Jamaican pounds.

Perry Gauci, William Beckford First Prime Minister of the London Empire (Yale University Press, 2013), p.44

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar  

Account filed by Gabriel Jones of the parish of St. Dorothy planter, one of the attorney's to Temple Lawes Esq.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 112

[Name] Dank's  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to Messers Lawes and Pusey. Account filed by Robert Tate as overseer on the estate and verified by William Beckford Esq.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 50

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Richard Lewing Esq. as one of the attorneys to the late William Beckford Esq. and since his decease one of the attorneys to the executor of the said William Beckford.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 30

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of the Hon. Rose Herring May and Richard Lewing Esq. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Books Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 187

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of the Hon. Rose Herring May and Richard Lewing Esq. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 19

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased and under the care and direction of the Hon. Rose Herring May and Richard Lewing Esq. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 176

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Mackenzie as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 244

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Walter Welch as overseer on Bodles (sp) Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 288

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Produce sent to Old Harbour Bay. Account filed by John Mackenzie of St. Dorothy.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 94

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 55

[Number of enslaved people] 215(Tot)  

The estate was owned by William Beckford.

Perry Gauci, William Beckford First Prime Minister of the London Empire (Yale University Press, 2013), p.148

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 106

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 110

[Name] Danks Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Property of William Beckford Esquire. Account filed by Thomas Kittson, overseer at Bodles Penn and keeper of stores. Rock River, Danks, Kays, Moors, and Retreat Estates ("produce of Clarendon Estates sent from Bodles Penn to Old Harbour Bay") all filed together.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 188-189

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by Thomas Kittson as overseer on Bodles Pen in St. Dorothy and keeper of the stores there for the recption of sugar and rum produced from the estate of the late William Beckford Esquire in the parish of Clarendon.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 115-6

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Retreat Estate, Keys's Estate, Moor Estate, and Bodles Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 90

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Retreat Estate, Keys's Estate, Moor Estate, and Bodles Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 54

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by George Davidson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 147

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq. Account filed by William Burden. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 30

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Account filed by John McLarty Property of William Beckford Esquire. Dank's Rock Kaye's Retreat.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 47

[Name] Danks's  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted In Clarendon 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.

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McLarty. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 102-103

[Name] Danks's Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McPherson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 130

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum (with the disposal of the same from Bogles Penn)  

The Clarendon estates of William Beckford. Account filed by John McPherson. Bogles Penn, Danks, Rock River, Kays and Moors filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 114

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Estates of William Beckford Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John McPherson. Danks's Estate, Rock River Estate, Kays's Estate, Retreat Estate and Moor Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 159-160

[Name] Danks  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to William Beckford Esq. of Great Britain with the disposal of the same from Bodles Penn Crop. Account filed by Matthew Hill. The estates of Danks, Rock River, Kays, Moores and Retreat were filed together.

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[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 25  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Clarend.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 681(Tot)  
[Name] Danks etc.  
[Stock] 128  

Registered to William Beckford. Assumed to include Beckford's Rock River.

Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cla.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] ?  

Registered to William Beckford, attorney.

Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot) 95(F) 101(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of William Jackson as attorney to William Beckford Esquire the owner.

T71/57 442-449

[Number of enslaved people] 197(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 97  

Registered to William Beckford [?], attorney.

Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 31  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot) 86(F) 103(M)  
[Name] Danks Estate  

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

T71/58 15-16

[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 94  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 124  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 118  

Registered to William Ayton.

Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot) 80(F) 100(M)  
[Name] Danks Estate  

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

T71/59 55-56

[Number of enslaved people] 582(Tot)  
[Name] Danks, etc.  
[Stock] 423  

Registered to William Beckford. Assumed to include Beckford's Rock River.

Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 17  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Danks Estate  

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

T71/60 242

[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 21  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 20  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Danks Estate  

In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

T71/61 22

[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Danks  
[Stock] 22  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Banks [sic - Dank's?]  
[Stock] 28  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Danks Estate  

In the possession of William Jackson as attorney to William Beckford Esquire.

T71/64 18

[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Banks [sic - Dank's?]  
[Stock] 32  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Claren.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Name] Banks etc. [sic - Dank's?]  
[Size] 7009  

Registered to William Beckford.

Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Clarend.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.