Lawes's / Gibbons

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Associated People (9)

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
1795 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1756 [EA] - 1784 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£6,296 9S 7D

Notes

Presumably inherited by Elizabeth Gibbons from her father William Gibbons of Vere.


Estate Information (41)

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1756
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] cotton, mules, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Right Honourable Countess of Home whereof William Gale Esquire is attorney. Account filed by William Montgomery, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 74
1757
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] cotton, horses, cattle, sheep  
 

Belonging to the Right Honourable Countess of Home whereof William Gale Esquire is attorney. Account filed by William Montgomery, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 74
1758
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] Cotton, mules, horses, cattle, sheep  
 

Belonging to the Right Honourable Countess of Home whereof William Gale Esquire is attorney. Account filed by William Montgomery, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 75
1759
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] cotton, mules, horses, cows, sheep  
 

Belonging to the Right Honourable the Countess of Home, whereof William Gale Esquire is Attorney. Account filed by William Montgomery, attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 180
1760
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] cotton, horses, cows, sheep  
 

Belonging to the Right Honourable the Countess of Home, whereof William Gale Esquire is Attorney. Account filed by William Montgomery, attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 180
1761
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] Cotton and livestock  
 

Belonging to the Right Hon. Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Home (sp) Horne (sp). Under the care and direction of Matthew Gregory, William Gale, William Nedham, and John Scott Esquires her attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 16
1762
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] Cotton and livestock  
 

Belonging to the Right Hon. Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Home (sp) Horne (sp). Under the care and direction of Matthew Gregory, William Gale, William Nedham, and John Scott Esquires her attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 16
1775
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] sugar and livestock  
 

The property of the Hon. Elizabeth Countess of Horne. Account filed by Duncan Maclacklan.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 39
1776
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] sugar  
 

Account filed by John White of the parish of Vere.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 61
1779
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, sheep  
 

Property of the Honble Elizabeth Countess of Home. Account filed by Walter Sands.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 13-14
1780
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] sugar and livestock  
 

The property of the Hon. Elizabeth Countess of Horne. Account filed by Walter Sands.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 197
1781
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, sheep  
 

No ownership details. Account filed by Walter Sands, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 186
1782
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, corn, some horses and cattle  
 

Account filed by Walter Sands as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 178-179 f.90
1786
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of William Gale a minor; account filed by John Bull, guardian of William Gale.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 131
1786
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle, horses, mules, sheep  
 

Belonging to William Gale; account filed by John Bull his guardian.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 148
1796
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, sundries, cotton  
 

Belonging to Peter Matthew Dickson Esq, minor of Edinburgh. Account given by James Wright Esq, attorney and guardian. Account filed by James Lamb, clerk. Gibbons Estate and Bayinaccary Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, cattle, labour hire, wagon hire  
 

In the possession of Peter Mathew Dixon Esq. Account filed by John Haighle as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 27-28
1798
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, corn, lambs, cattle, timber, labour hire, rents  
 

Belonging to Peter Mathew Dixon Esq. Account filed by David Davies clerk.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 142
1798
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Vere as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1799
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, sheep, coffee, wagon hire, labour hire, rents  
 

Property of Peter Mathew Dixon Esq. Account filed by David Davies for the year ending 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 157-158
1800
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, rents, sheep, plantain, labour hire, wagon hire  
 

Property of Peter Mathew Dixon Esq. Account filed by Thomas Reynolds as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 65-66
1801
[Name] Gibbons Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, cauk (?)  
 

The property of Peter Matthew Dixon Esq. Account filed by Thomas Ronald as overseer. Gibbons and Balmacary Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 225
1803
[Name] Gibbons  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, cattle, pasturage  
 

Property of Peter Matthew Dixon Esq. Account filed by James Wright his attorney for the year ending 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 68
1804
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum, old steers and cows, calves  
 

Owner not given. Account filed in the name of John Cooper, planter, overseer to said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 221
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 294(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 46  
 

Registered to P. M. Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cla.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 279(Tot) 152(F) 127(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Francis Graham as attorney for Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
T71/51 30-38
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 278(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 148  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 280(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 63  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
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] 191(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Laing and George William Hamilton as attornies to Peter Matthew Dixon Esquire.

 
T71/52 146-148
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 287(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
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] 293(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 145  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
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] 290(Tot) 148(F) 142(M)  
[Name] Gibons  
 

In the possession of James Laing and Geo. William Hamilton, attornies for Peter Matthew Dixon Esquire. Includes 28 enslaved people from Bay Macary Pen previously leased to William Phelp Perrin but since given up.

 
T71/53 129-130
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 295(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 322(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 319(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 147  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot) 192(F) 155(M)  
[Name] Gibbons Estate  
 

In the possession of James Laing and George William Hamilton as attornies to Peter Matthew Dixon Esquire.

 
T71/54 85-86
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 314(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 315(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot) 189(F) 158(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Colin Mackenzie and William D. Burke as attornies of Peter Matthew Dixon Esquire.

 
T71/55 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 400(Tot)  
[Name] Lawes's  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Peter Matthew Dixon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 364(Tot) 194(F) 170(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Colin Mackenzie and Alexander Geddes, attorneys to Peter Matthew Dixon Esquire.

 
T71/56 100