Associated People (10) |
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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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1752 [SY] - 1768 [EY] → Joint owner
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1752 [SY] - 1768 [EY] → Joint owner
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1768 [SY] - 1772 [EY] → Owner
David Hancock noted that the Albion and Eden plantations were jointly owned of Sir Alexander Grant and Alexander Grant of Achoynanie until 1768. The lands were then divided by casting lots. Sir Alexander acquired Albion and along with it 215 enslaved people. The value of the property was assessed at £12,803. |
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1826 [SY] - → Owner
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1772 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Previous owner
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1807 [EA] - 1825 [EY] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£6,103 18S 10D
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Estate Information (53) |
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1767
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to Alexander Grant Esq. Account filed by James Robertson of Kingston as merchant and one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 94
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1768
[Name] Albion
Belonging to Alexander Grant Esq. Account filed by James Robertson of Kingston as merchant and one of the attorneys.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 52
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1769
[Name] Albion
Belonging to Sir Alexander Grant Baronet. Account filed by John Grant.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 199
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1770
[Name] Albion
Belonging to Sir Alexander Grant Baronet. Account filed by John Grant.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 23
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1771
[Name] Albion
Belonging to Sir Alexander Grant Baronet. Account filed by John McColl.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 145
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1772
[Size] 1519
David Hancock extracted data on the acreage from Sir Alexander Grant's 1772 probate inventory, Jamaica National Archives, Spanishtown.
David Hancock, Citizens of the world: London merchants and the integration of the British Atlantic community, 1735-1785, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), p.410
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1772
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Belonging to the late Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John Allen.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 151
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1773
[Name] Albion
Belonging to the late Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John McColl.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 151
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1774
[Name] Albion
Belonging to the late Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John McColl.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 145
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1775
[Name] Albion
Belonging to the late Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John McColl.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 145
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1776
[Name] Albion
Belonging to the late Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John McColl.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 146
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1779
[Name] Albion
Belonging to the heirs of Sir Alexander Grant Baronet deceased. Account filed by John Mackenzie planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 149
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1783
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock The property of the heirs of Sir Alexander Grant Baronet. Account filed by James Barton as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 98
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1786
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of the heirs of Alexander Grant Bart deceased; account filed by James Barton, planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 94-95
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1787
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Lewis Clarke planter overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 46-47 f.24
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1789
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Lewis Clarke planter as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 423 f.209
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1790
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Lewis Clark planter.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 438-439 [f.220]
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1791
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Sir Alexander Grant Bart. deceased. Account filed by Alexander Anderson planter overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 285 [f.137]
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1792
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of the heirs of Sir Alexander Grant Bart deceased under the care and direction of Alexander Anderson from 01/01/1792 to 25/06/1792 and of Lewis McPherson for the remainder of the year. Account filed by David Davies book keeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 82-83
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1793
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Lewis MacPherson as overseer for the period 01/01/1793 to 31/12/1793.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 26
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1794
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Lewis Macpherson as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 102-103
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1795
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by James Johnson, head bookkeeper.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 3
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1796
[Name] Albion Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, rent Account filed by George Huxham, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by George Huxham as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 43
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1798
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar and rum Account filed by George Huxham overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 33
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1798
[Name] Albion
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with two cattle mills and a windmill 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.
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1799
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, rent Account filed by George Huxham overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 201-202
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1800
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, wharfage Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 162
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1801
[Name] Albion Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum Owner details not recorded. Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 150
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1803
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, hire of enslaved people, rents Account filed by James Bell as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 139
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1807
[Name] Albion
[Crop] sugar, rum, land rental, provision of shipping facilities and landing supplies Belonging to Sir Alexander Grant and under the care and direction of Robert Watt. Account filed by Robert Watt as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 46-47
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 365(Tot)
[Name] Albion and Retreat [Stock] 241 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 367(Tot)
[Name] Albion etc. [Stock] 187 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant. Assumed to include Retreat.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 147 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 422(Tot) 230(F) 192(M)
[Name] Albion Estate and Retreat Estate Francis Graham, attorney to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
T 71/33 870-883
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 925(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 153 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 315(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 14 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 414(Tot) 221(F) 193(M)
[Name] [no name given] Larchin Gordon, attorney to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet. Assumed to be Albion and Retreat.
T 71/34 104v-105v
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 309(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 179 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 311(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 181 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 416(Tot) 216(F) 200(M)
[Name] [no name given] Larchin Gordon, attorney to Sir Alexander Grant. Assumed to be Albion and Retreat.
T 71/35 162-165
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 312(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 157 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 298(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 164 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 397(Tot) 210(F) 187(M)
[Name] Retreat Estate James Laing, attorney to Sir Alexander Cray Grant Baronet, heir at law of Sir Alexander Grant Bart., deceased. Assumed to be Albion and Retreat.
T 71/36 130-132
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 297(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 160 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 35 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 286(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 171 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Name] Albion Estate and Retreat Estate
Sir Alexander Grant Baronet as owner.
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 379(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 45 Registered to Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 365(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 41 Registered to Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 356(Tot)
[Name] Albion [Stock] 6 Registered to Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Baronet.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 352(Tot) 182(F) 170(M)
[Name] Retreat Estate Richard Harrison, attorney to Sir Alexander Cray Grant Baronet [decrease by deaths and manumissions]. Assumed to be Albion and Retreat.
T 71/41 220
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1839
[Name] Albion
[Size] 1388 Registered to Sir Alexander Cray Grant.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Albion [ Jamaica | St Mary ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/4223 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
