Bowden Estate

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Associated People (8)

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
1815 [SY] - 1819 [LA] → Previous owner
1774 [EA] - 1776 [LA] → Trustee
1774 [EA] - 1776 [LA] → Trustee
1807 [EA] - 1815 [EY] → Owner
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Other
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Agent
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1839 [EA] - → Not known

Unclear why there is an additional registration for Bowden to Daniel Hart in the almanac of 1840.


Associated Claims (1)

£3,179 11S 4D

Estate Information (27)

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1774
[Name] Bowden  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Produce shipped, sold and disposed of by Joseph Orr, John Mead and Martin Armstrong Esq. as trustees of the plantation. Account filed by James Flemming as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 214
1775
[Name] Bouden  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Produce shipped, sold and dsiposed of by Joseph Orr, John Mead and Martin Armstrong Esqs. trustees for the said plantation. Account filed by Charles Ashley.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 95-6
1776
[Name] Bouden  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Produce shipped, sold and dsiposed of by Joseph Orr, John Mead and Martin Armstrong Esqs. trustees for the said plantation. Account filed by William Trumble as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 94-5
1798
[Name] Bouden  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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 Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
1807
[Name] Bowden  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to John McClean Esq. and under the care and management of Thomas Mckenzie Esq. Account filed by John McClean as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 125-126
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 163  
 

Registered to John McLean.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 248(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 83  
 

Registered to John McLean.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 223(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to estate of John McLean.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 209(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to estate of John McLean.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 208(Tot) 101(F) 107(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John McKenzie as agent to the Executors of the late John McLean Esq.

 
T71/145 497-502
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 202(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to estate of John McLean. Number of enslaved people unclear.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden Estate  
 

In the possession of John Stevens as agent to the Exors of Cheney Hamilton Esq.

 
T71/146 171-177
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 198(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 90  
 

Registered to estate of Cheney Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 55  
 

Registered to estate of Cheney Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Stevens as Agent to the Exors of Cheney Hamilton Esq; previous total not recorded.

 
T71/147 159-160
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 57  
 

Registered to estate of Cheney Hamilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 199(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 57  
 

Registered to J. Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 199(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden Estate  
 

In the possession of James Forsyth Esq as Receiver for Bowden Estate.

 
T71/148 108
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 193(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 60  
 

Registered to J. Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 84  
 

Registered to J. Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot) 94(F) 88(M)  
[Name] Bowden Estate  
 

In the possession of James Forsyth as Receiver for Bowden Estate.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 181(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to J. Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to J.* Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to J. Forsyth, receiver.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Bowden Estate  
 

In the possession of James Forsyth as Receiver for Bowden Estate.

 
T71/150 179
1839
[Name] Bowden  
[Size] 1132  
 

Registered to Daniel Hart.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.
1839
[Name] Bowden  
[Size] 1321  
 

Registered to estate of James Forsyth.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.