Petersfield

Estate Details


Associated People (5)

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
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Executor
1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner

Associated Claims (1)

£1,254 15S 10D

Notes

Petersfield estate was situated in Mile Gully, Manchester.

The enslaved people on this estate were registered in two groups (owned separately by Taylor Cathcart and Adam White) in the slave registers of 1817 and 1820 but registered collectively to White & Cathcart in the almanacs of this period. At some point between 1820 and 1823, Cathcart transferred 'his' enslaved people to Fyffeside, the estate he owned in Manchester, Jamaica. It's assumed that the land was owned by Cathcart and White jointly between 1817 and 1820 although Cathcart may have hired a gang of enslaved people to the estate rather than owning it in partnership.

Richard Learmond was in possession of the enslaved people on this estate as executor from at least 1829 to 1834; the estate is still registered to him in the almanac of 1839 so it's assumed he continued in his role as executor; he may, however, have bought the estate or inherited it by then.


Estate Information (22)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 23(Tot) 10(F) 13(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam White as owner.

 
T71/65 507-508
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot) 7(F) 13(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Taylor Cathcart as owner.

 
T71/65 119-120
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot) 18(F) 16(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of White and Cathcart as owners.

 
T71/65 506
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 82(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to White & Cathcart.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 84(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 70  
 

Registered to White and Cathcart.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot) 12(F) 12(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam White as owner.

 
T71/66 330
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Taylor Cathcart as owner.

 
T71/66 71
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 32(Tot) 17(F) 15(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of White and Cathcart as owners.

 
T71/66 328
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 73  
 

Registered to White and Cathcart.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 665(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 96  
 

Registered to Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot) 30(F) 30(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam White as Proprietor.

 
T71/67 350
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
 

Registered to Peter Daly.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 105  
 

Registered to Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 73(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 73  
 

Registered to Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Adam White as Owner.

 
T71/68 483
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 70(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 51  
 

Registered to Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot) 31(F) 27(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Learmond as Executor to the Estate of Adam White deceased.

 
T71/72 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 81(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to Richard Learmond.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Richard Learmond as Executor to the Estate of Adam White deceased.

 
T71/73 468
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 74(Tot)  
[Name] Petersfield  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to etate of Adam White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Manch.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Petersfield  
[Size] 1350  
 

Registered to Richard Learmond.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/Manchest.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.