Associated People (6) |
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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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1809 [SY] - 1837 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Shown as owner in the Slave Registers but appearing as tenant-for-life, except for four people for whom he was owner-in-fee, in the compensation records. |
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1783 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Owner
The death-date of William Henry Ricketts is given as 1799 in Oxford University Alumni. No will or probate has yet been found for him. The estate was reportedly in the hands of a receiver in 1798. |
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1801 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Joint owner
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1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
The heirs of William Henry Jervis [given as Jarvis] were shown as holding a moiety of the estate. |
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,529 8S 10D
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Estate Information (28) |
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1763
[Name] Canaan
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in Westmoreland in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
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1783
[Name] Canaan
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the direction of John Wedderburn as attorney to William Henry Ricketts Esq. Account filed Daniel Shearer as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 5
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1784
[Name] Canaan
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the direction of John Wedderburn as attorney to William Henry Ricketts Esq. Account filed Daniel Shearer as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 43
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1785
[Name] Canaan
[Crop] sugar and rum Under the direction of John Wedderburn as attorney to William Henry Ricketts Esq. Account filed Daniel Shearer as overseer.John Wedderburn delivered possession of the estate to William Henry Ricketts on 19th August 1785.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 139-40
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1798
[Name] Canaan Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum, one cow Under the direction of John Graham Esq as receiver appointed by the High Court of Chancery. Account filed by Purchas Lindsay [or Lumley] as overseer for the period 09/02/1798 to 31/12/1798.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 181
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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)
[Name] Canaan Registered in Westmoreland in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at a vestry convened for that purpose 15/11/1799 and subsequent days. No ownership details given.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 37.
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1801
[Name] Canaan Estate
[Crop] sugar Belonging to Messrs Ricketts. Account filed by William Barge as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 114
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1807
[Name] Canaan
[Crop] Rum, sugar, copper, livestock, hire of enslaved people and hire of enslaved people Belonging to Edward Jarvis Ricketts Esq. and the heirs of William Henry Jarvis deceased and under the care and direction of David Ewart as attorney. Account filed by William Stewart as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 77
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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 89 Registered to E. Jarvis Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Westmd.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 216(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 8 Registered to Edward J. Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 211(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 90 Registered to Edward Jervis Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot) 131(F) 116(M)
[Name] Canaan Sugar Estate and Mount Ricketts Penn In the possession of George Richards Esquire as attorney to Edward Jarvis Ricketts Esquire the owner.
T71/178 235-238
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 89 Registered to Edward Jervis Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 213(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 115 Registered to Edward Jervis Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The 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] 240(Tot) 129(F) 111(M)
[Name] Canaan Estate In the possession of William Carey as attorney to Edward Jarvis Ricketts.
T71/179 Book 24 1
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 211(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 158 Registered to Edward Jervis Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 207(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 155 Registered to Edward J. Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.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] 222(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Carey as attorney to George [in fact Edward] Jervis Ricketts Esquire now Viscount St Vincent owner.
T71/180 Book 8 44-45
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 165 Registered to Edward J. Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.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] 195(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 166 Registered to Edward J. Ricketts.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.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] 227(Tot) 121(F) 106(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Carey as attorney to Edward Jervis Ricketts now Viscount St Vincent.
T71/181 148-149
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 66 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 196(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 6 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.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] 197(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 9 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.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] 229(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Carey as attorney for Viscount Saint Vincent the owner.
T71/187 [unpaginated]
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 187(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 14 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831west.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] 185(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 11 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)
[Name] Canaan [Stock] 12 Registered to Viscount St. Vincent.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Westmd.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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:
'Canaan Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3207 [accessed 25th April 2024].
