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Orange Nassau

British Guiana | Demerara

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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
- 1801 [EY] → Owner
Benjamin Hopkinson the elder
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
Benjamin Hopkinson the elder

Notes

Demerara - not yet traced in the compensation records. See also New Orange Nassau.

Estate Information (2)

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1798
[Name] Orange Nassau  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

Oranje Nassau was shown in 1798 as Plantation No. 4 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire B. Hopkinson, 250 carreaux, 'G' [=C for Coton].

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot) 120(F) 150(M)  
[Name] Orange Nassau  
 

John Grant exor to est. of B. Hopkinson.

 
T71/397 O1 2314