Associated People (8) |
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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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1804 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
Shown as 'Richard' in 1804, but probably the same man. |
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1815 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Receiver
Shown variously as receiver or as simply registering |
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1822 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
Probably the man referred to in the entries for the 'heirs of William Balfour.' |
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - → Not known
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1834 [EA] - → Receiver
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£2,169 4S 2D
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Estate Information (24) |
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1804
[Name] Retirement Plantation
[Crop] Coffee Belonging to Richard [sic] Balfour, Esq, deceased. Account given in the names of James Syon [=Lyon], William Black and Andrew Gardner, executors and trustees to said estate. Account filed in the name of Alexander Leslie, overseer to said estate. Retirement Plantation and Dorothy Park Penn filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 168
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1807
[Name] Retirement
[Crop] Coffee and livestock Property of the late William Balfour Esq. deceased and now under the care of James Lyon, John Black and Andrew Gairdner as executors and trustees. Account presented by Alexander Leslie as overseer. The estates of Retirement and Dorothy Park Pen were filed together. Filed for 10th Jan 1807-10th Jan 1808.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 230-231
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)
[Name] Dorothy and Retirement [Stock] 168 Registered to William Balfour, deceased.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Ann.htm. The 1811 Almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)
[Name] Dorothy etc. [Stock] 131 Registered to William Balfour deceased. Assumed to include Retirement.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1810, hence the earlier transcription date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 86 Registered to William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15ann.htm. The 1816 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1815, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1816
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 111 Registered to William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_02.htm. The 1817 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1816, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot) 59(F) 58(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Balfour as receiver.
T 71/43 81-84
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 126 Registered to William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al06.htm. The 1818 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter 1817, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 132 Registered to William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p07.htm. The 1820 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] 113(Tot) 57(F) 56(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Balfour as receiver [4 births, 7 deaths].
T 71/44 35-36
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 120 Registered to William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1822
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 178 Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_04.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] 115(Tot)
[Name] Retirement In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver of Retirement.
T 71/45 872-873
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1824
[Number of enslaved people] 116(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 115 Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1825) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1825_05.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] 230(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 228 Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Alamanc (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al07.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] 110(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver.
T 71/46 927-928
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 218(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 54 Registered to the heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al08.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] 108(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 32 Registered to heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 104(Tot) 58(F) 46(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of Sarah Williams as receiver.
T 71/48 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 19 Registered to heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831ann.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] 101(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 10 Registered to heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Name] Retirement Estate
In the possession of J W Hilton as attorney for the heirs of William Balfour (Retirement Estate).
T 71/49 40
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 100(Tot)
[Name] Retirement [Stock] 10 Registered to heirs of William Balfour.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Retirement
[Size] 700 Registered to Hamilton Brown.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Ann.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Retirement [ Jamaica | St Ann ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2545 [accessed 25th April 2024].
