Associated People (7) |
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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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1782 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Previous owner
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1790 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Between 1817 and 1820, Matthew Henry Scott and George Scott sold their half-share in the enslaved people to Matthew Gregory Lewis (who d. 1818). |
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1791 [EA] - 1812 [EY] → Joint owner
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1791 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Between 1817 and 1820, Matthew Henry Scott and George Scott sold their half-share in the enslaved people to Matthew Gregory Lewis (who d. 1818). |
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1812 [EA] - 1818 [LA] → Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Charles Scott appears as the owner of a group of some 60 enslaved people attached to Hordley, an estate for which he was also attorney |
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1818 [EA] - 1835 [LA] → Joint owner
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Associated Claims (2) |
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£4,436 14S 6D
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£1,137 11S 7D
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Notes |
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Hordley was served by a water system that stretched miles from the Plantain Garden River and served a number of estates in the area. The terrain was such that a canal system was necessary and it passed through the flood gates for both Hordley and Amity Hall. In 1818 when the owner Matthew Gregory visited there was a storm and the estate flooded hence the gates were installed. The original Hordley great house was located in the hills away from the works and the slave huts. The old great house was described by Lady Nugent in her journal. The great house later moved and Higman has noted that its architecture reflected creole taste. During the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion the house served as a gathering point for the local white population. |
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B. W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed: plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Kingston, Institute of Jamaica Publications, 1988), pp.125-8. Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor (Oxford University Press, 1999). |
Estate Information (41) |
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1782
[Name] Hordley Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of the Heirs of Matthew Gregory Esquire deceased. Account filed by Campbell Douglass, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 168
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1783
[Name] Hordley
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock Account filed by Joseph Neil.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 26
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1786
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Joseph Neil, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 130
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1786
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Property of the heirs of Matthew Gregory Esq deceased; account filed by Joseph Neil, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 172
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1787
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle Account filed by Joseph Neil, overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 129
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1787
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle Account filed by Joseph Neil as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 214
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1789
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Messrs Lewis and Scott. Account filed by George Scott.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 169 [f.86]
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1790
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by George Scott.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 378
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1791
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Matthew Lewis Esquire, M.H. Scott Esquire and Geo. Scott Esquire of Great Britain. Account filed by Peter Dubie.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 322-323
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1792
[Name] Hordley Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Matthew Lewis Lewis, Matthew Scott and George Scott Esquires of Great Britain. Account filed by William Miller as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 265 [f.133]
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1798
[Name] Hordley
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with two watermills 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.
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1807
[Name] Hordley
[Crop] sugar and rum Account presented by Charles Scott as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 179
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1808
[Name] Hordley
[Crop] sugar, rum and old copper Account filed by Charles Scott as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 213
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 142 Registered to Lewis & Scotts.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 59 Registered to Lewis & Scott (s).
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.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 301(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 125 Registered to Lewis & Scotts.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot) 38(F) 43(M)
[Name] Hermitage Estate In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/145 745-747
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 283(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 130 Registered to Lewis & Scotts.
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.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot) 140(F) 142(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to George Scott, Matthew Henry Scott and Matthew Gregory Lewis owners.
T71/145 443-449
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 349(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 18 Registered to Lewis and Scotts.
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.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 73(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/146 401-402
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 20 Registered to Lewis and Scotts.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 268(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to George Scott , Matthew Henry Scott and Matthew Gregory Lewis but the undivided moity of the undermentioned slaves has since been purchased from George Scott and Matthew Henry Scott by Matthew Gregory Lewis adn the whole is now the property of his heirs.
T71/146 252-259
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 342(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 128 Registered to M. G. Lewis.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 67(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/147 322-323
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 118 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 254(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of Matthew Gregory Lewis decd.
T71/147 203-204
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 141 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/148 311
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 161 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of Matthew G Lewis decd.
T71/148 184-185
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 73 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 320(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 63 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of Matthew Gregory Lewis decd.
T71/149 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 324(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 77 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 316(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 99 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as owner.
T71/150 460
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot)
[Name] Hordley [Stock] 96 Registered to heirs of Matthew G. Lewis.
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.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 241(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Charles Scott as attorney to the Exors of M G Lewis decd.
T71/150 292
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1839
[Name] Hordley
[Size] 1670 Registered to heirs of M. G. Lewis.
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.
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Hordley [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1787 [accessed 25th April 2024].
