Woodchurch

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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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  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Executrix
1832 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
1786 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Owner
1799 [EA] - 1832 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

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1778
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Peter Morison as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 45
1779
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Peter Morison as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 170
1780
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No Ownership details given. Account filed by Alexander Serogie, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 36
1781
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No ownership details given. Account filed by Henry Webster, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 74
1782
[Name] Wood Church  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by George Niedrick as clerk in the absence of the overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 171
1783
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

No Ownership detail given. Account filed by William Sawers, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 73
1784
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, copper  
 

No ownership details given. Account filed by Neil Campbell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 74
1786
[Name] Wood Church Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Lady Ann Clark; account filed by William Jones, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 113
1786
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Filed for 1 Feb 1786 to 31 Jul 1786. The property of Lady Ann Clarke disposed of by Francis Grant Esq; account filed by William Jones as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 75
1787
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Crop] sugar, rum, corn  
 

Account filed by James Callander planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 22-23 f.12
1788
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Callander as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 220
1789
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Callander planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 308
1790
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Callander planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 279-280 [f.139]
1791
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Callander planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 300-301
1792
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Lady Clarke. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 234-235 [f.118]
1793
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Lady Clarke. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 107
1794
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of Lady Clarke under the care and direction of Simon Haughton Clarke and John Graham Esq.s. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 120-121
1795
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Lady Ann Clarke under the direction of John Graham Esq. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 220-221
1796
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Lady Anne Clarke. Account given by John Graham, attorney. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Lady Anne Clarke. Account given by John Graham, attorney. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 191
1798
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper  
 

Under the direction of John Graham Esq as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 176
1799
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Under the direction of John Graham Esq. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 127-128
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)  
[Name] W. Church  
 

Registered in Hanover to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke with 217 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 23.
1799
[Name] Wood Church  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Under the direction of James Colquhoun Grant Esq, attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 211-212
1801
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Under the direction of James Colquhoun Grant Esquire as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Baronet. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 162
1803
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart of Great Britain. Account filed by Malcolm Stewart as overseer for the period 01/01/1803 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 11-12
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 127  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot) 96(F) 86(M)  
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
 

In possession of Simon Knubley as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Baronet, owner.

 
T71/190 145-148
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 125  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Wood Church Estate  
 

In the possession of Simon Knubley as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Baronet.

 
T71/191 96-97
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 270(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Baronet.

 
T71/192 144-145
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 146  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart.

 
T71/193 179-180
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 168(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
 

In the possession of John Irving as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart.

 
T71/194 92
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch  
 

Registered to Sir S. H. Clarke, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Woodchurch Estate  
 

In the possession of William Gordon as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Baronet.

 
T71/198 167
1839
[Name] Wood Church  
[Size] 752  
 

Registered to Sir Simon H. Clarke.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

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