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Buckfield

Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale

Estate Details

Associated People (6)

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
1799 [EA] - 1809 [LA] → Owner
Joseph Lobban
1815 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
Joseph Lobban

The estate was in receivership from 1820.

1817 [EA] - → Tenant in possession
John Grant Sutherland
1817 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
John Grant Sutherland
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver
Richard Hunt Sharp
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
William Lobban

Estate Information (15)

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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] The Cottage  
 

Registered in St Thomas-in-the-Vale to Joseph Labban with 40 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at an extraordinary vestry 02/11/1799. However the same source also gives Buckfield owned by Francis Ross with 21 enslaved people. It's not clear if the estate was subdivided or if these were always separate.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 48.
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
 

Registered in St Thomas-in-the-Vale to Francis Ross with 24 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at an extraordinary vestry 02/11/1799. However the same source also gives Joseph Labban as owner of The Cottage plantation with 40 enslaved people - this may be part of Buckfield or a separate estate.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 49.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Joseph Lobban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of 1809.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 80(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to the estate of J. Lobban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stiv.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 83(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 11  
 

Registered to the estate of J. Lobban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_01.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot) 43(F) 38(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Grant Sutherland as executor, guardian and tenant in possession, of Jos. Lobban etc.

 
T71/25 573
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 79(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to the estate of Joseph Labban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to the estate of Joseph Labban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to the estate of Joseph Labban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Hunt Sharpe as receiver appointed by the court of Chancery of the estate of Joseph Lobban dec..

 
T71/26 377-380
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Buckfield  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to the estate of Joseph Labban.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p03.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot) 50(F) 42(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard H Sharp as receiver to the estate of Joseph Lobban.

 
T71/27 327
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard H Sharp as Receiver to the estate of Joseph Lobban.

 
T71/28 365
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Lobban as receiver appointed under Court of Chancery Loban et al vs. Sutherland et al.

 
T71/30 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 109(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Lobban as receiver.

 
T71/32 190