Belle Air Pen

Estate Details


Associated People (7)

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
1793 [EA] - 1824 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
1834 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
1834 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor

Associated Claims (1)

£3,061 5S 7D

Notes

A pimento estate in St Ann acquired by John Blagrove at some point before 1793, possibly at the same time as Pear Tree Bottom (JA17541).


Estate Information (22)

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1793
[Name] Bell Air  
[Crop] Pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove Esq on the order of Messrs Campbell and Anderson his attornies. Account filed by Daniel Ferguson as overseer. Bell Air and Peartree Bottom filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 99
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 905(Tot)  
[Name] Bellair and Cardiffe Hall etc  
[Stock] 757  
 

Registered to John Blackgrove. Assumed to be Bell Air Pen, Cardiff Hall Pen, Unity Pen and Orange Valley Estate.

 
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.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air, etc.  
[Stock] 70  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1816
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air, etc.  
[Stock] 72  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot) 83(F) 72(M)  
[Name] Bell Air Plantation  
 

In the possession of George Mackay as attorney for John Blagrove, owner of Bell Air Plantation.

 
T 71/43 100-104
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air, etc.  
[Stock] 68  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 76  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot) 93(F) 68(M)  
[Name] Belle Air Plantation  
 

In the possession of George Mackay as attorney to John Blagrove, owner of Belle Air Plantation [19 births, 13 deaths].

 
T 71/44 62-63
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 77  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 81  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1823
[Name] Belle Air Plantation  
 

In the possession of George McKay as attorney to John Blagrove, owner of Belle Air Plantation.

 
T 71/45 90-91
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 83  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 92  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air Pen  
 

In the possession of William Miller and Robert H Scott as attorneys to the executors and trustees of John Blagrove, deceased.

 
T 71/46 48-50
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 94  
 

Registered to the estate of John Blagrove.

 
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.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 148(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 135  
 

Registered to estate of John Blagrove.

 
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.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air Penn  
 

In the possession of William Miller as attorney to the executor and trustees of John Blagrove, deceased, on Belle Air Penn.

 
T 71/47 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 210  
 

Registered to John Blagrove.

 
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.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 138(Tot)  
[Name] Bell Air  
[Stock] 200  
 

Registered to estate of John Blagrove.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Belle Air  
[Stock] 363  
 

Registered to estate of John Blagrove.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot)  
[Name] Bellair Pen  
 

In the possession of The Honble. William Miller as attorney to the executors and trustees of John Blagrove, deceased, on Bellair Pen.

 
T 71/49 74
1839
[Name] Belle Air  
[Size] 1670  
 

Registered to the estate of John Blagrove.

 
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.