Belleisle

[Name] Belle-Isle  
[Size] 495  

St Vincent Lot No. 38 (204 acres), Lot 48 (67 acres), Lot No. 71 (27 acres) and Lot No. 84 (70 acres), all originally purchased by 'White'; Lot No. 73 (37 acres) and Lot No. 85 (30 acres), both purchased by 'Jackson'; and Lot No. 77 (60 acres, originally purchased by 'Poor Settlers' became the Belle-Isle estate.

Charles Shephard, History of the island of St Vincent Appendix XX following Byres' 1776 Plan.

[Name] None given  

Neave & Willett were mortgagees of Michael White I under indentures of 28/02/1777 and 01/03/1777 for land and named enslaved people on St Vincent to secure White's debt to them of £12,876 6s. Deed Book 1776-1777, British Library, EAP688/1/1/27, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-27 p. 265 et seq. Several of the older enslaved people on Bellisle in the 1817 Slave Register had the same somewhat distinctive names in captivity as enslaved people in the 1777 deeds, including Omas aged 64 in 1817, 'superannuated'; Angelique, aged 42 in 1817, 'sick nurse and midwife' who had been a girl ('Angelic') in 1777; Gritta, 42 in 1817, Labourer, who had been a girl in 1777; and Serjeant, aged 50 in 1817 'Labourer' who had been a boy in the 1777 list, along with more common names in captivity (including e.g. Margaret aged 65 in 1817), and while this is not definitive LBS has inferred the estate in 1777 to have been Belleisle.

Deed Book 1776-1777, British Library, EAP688/1/1/27, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-27 p. 265 et seq. S

[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
[Size] 491  

Under a deed of 02/10/1797, William Alexander as Provost Marshal conveyed to Edward Sharpe and Samuel Bridgmore Windsor as trustees for Michael White an unnamed estate of 491 acres and 154 named enslaved people in St Patrick on St Vincent. The deed summarised the background, in which in consequence of judgements against William White, son and heir at law of Michael White deceased, the estate and people had been placed at auction and the highest bidder had been Michael White (for £900, implying significant debt and other encumbrances on the estate). LBS has inferred this to have been Belleisle, and the bidder to have been Michael White II. Although naming practices led to many duplicated names in captivity, a number of the names of the enslaved people in this deed recur in the 1817 Slave Register for Petit Bordelle and Sharpe's, then owned by Michael White II; others appear on Belleisle then owned by Samuel Greatheed.

Deed Book 1800, British Library, EAP688/1/1/11, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-11 p. 360 et seq.

[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot) 58(F) 56(M)  
[Name] Belleisle Estate  

Samuel Greatheed as owner.

T71/493 330-333

[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot) 74(F) 61(M)  
[Name] Belleisle Estate  

Samuel Greatheed as owner [c. 59 enslaved people imported from Dominica, December 1818].

T71/495 161-164

[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot) 67(F) 62(M)  
[Name] Belle Isle Estate  

Samuel Greatheed [statement sworn by Edward Sprott, manager].

T71/497 119

[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot) 70(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Belleisle Estate  

Samuel Greatheed.

T71/497 111-112

[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot) 63(F) 57(M)  
[Name] Belleisle Estate  

Samuel Greatheed [29 deaths].

T71/499 92-93

[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot) 60(F) 54(M)  
[Name] Belle Isle Estate  

Belle Isle Estate. The property of John Greatheed. Statement sworn by John Gordon. Register taken on 1st May. Total on 1st August 1834 was 114 enslaved people.

T71/500 144-145