Cardiff Hall

Estate Details


Associated People (10)

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
1774 [SY] - 1824 [EY] → Owner
1756 [SY] - 1774 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
- 1755 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor
1834 [EA] - → Trustee and Executor

Associated Claims (1)

£3,243 6S 10D

Notes

A sugar estate in St Ann, Jamaica, owned by John Blagrove the elder and inherited by his grandson the minor John Blagrove the younger in 1756. The estate passed to John's son John William Blagrove in 1824.

Estate accounts for Cardiff Hall 1756-1775 are held at the Royal Bank of Scotland Archives, 'Papers of John Blagrove (1753-1824), West Indian plantation owner, regarding estates in Jamaica', held at the Royal Bank of Scotland Archives, http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1502-gm/443 [accessed 01/07/2016].


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1755
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
 

Bequeathed by John Blagrove the elder to his son Thomas. However, Thomas died before probate was granted and the estate passed to Thomas's son John Blagrove the younger.

 
'Papers of John Blagrove (1753-1824), West Indian plantation owner, regarding estates in Jamaica', held at the Royal Bank of Scotland Archives, http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1502-gm/443 [accessed
1756
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] Pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor, delivered by order of Messieurs Kerr, Malcolm, McLachlan, attornies. Account filed by Duncan Campell, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 44
1756
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
 

Bequeathed by John Blagrove the elder to his son Thomas. However Thomas died before probate was granted and the estate passed to John Blagrove junior, son of Thomas, who was a minor at the time.

 
'Papers of John Blagrove (1753-1824), West Indian plantation owner, regarding estates in Jamaica', held at the Royal Bank of Scotland Archives, http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1502-gm/443 [accessed
1757
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor, and delivered by order of messieurs Kerr, Malcolm, McLaughlan as attorneys to said estate. Account filed by Duncan Campbell, overseer. Cardiff Hall and Unity Estate filed together. No differentiation of crops.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 81
1758
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor, and delivered by order of messieurs Kerr, Malcolm, McLaughlan as attorneys to said estate. Account filed by Duncan Campbell, overseer. Cardiff Hall and Unity Estate filed together. No differentiation of crops.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 82
1759
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor, and delivered by order of Kerr, Malcolm & McLachlan, attorneys. Account filed by Duncan Campbell, overseer. Cardiff Hall and Unity Estate filed together. No differentiation of crops.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 155
1760
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor, and delivered by order of Kerr, Malcolm & McLachlan, attorneys. Account filed by Duncan Campbell, overseer. Cardiff Hall and Unity Estate filed together. No differentiation of crops.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 154
1766
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Archibald Campbell on the instruction of John Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 40
1767
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove a minor. Account filed by Alexander Rose as overseer on the direction of John Campbell Esq. as guardian.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 59
1768
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Archibald Campbell on the instruction of John Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 115
1770
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Archibald Campbell on the instruction of John Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 43
1771
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Angus Campbell on the instruction of John Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 177
1772
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Angus Campbell as manager of Cardiff Hall and Unity on the instruction of Archibald Campbell Esq. as attroney to John Campbell Esq. the guardian of John Blagrove, a minor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 48
1773
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Angus Campbell as manager and delivered by order of Archibald Campbell Esq. as attorney to John Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 76
1774
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses and pimento  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove, a minor. Account filed by Angus Campbell as manager and delivered on the instruction of Archibald Campbell Esq. as guardian for Blagrove.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 260
1792
[Number of enslaved people] 217(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
 

Owned by John Blagrove.

 
'A list of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly', Edward Long Papers, Add. 12435, transcribed at htt
1793
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Crop] Fustick, pimento, some cattle and horses  
 

Belonging to John Blagrove Esq on the order of Messrs Campbell and Anderson his attornies. Account filed by George Mackay as overseer for the year to 31/12/1793. Cardiff Hall and Unity plantations 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] 210(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 108  
 

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] 204(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 123  
 

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] 212(Tot) 106(F) 106(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Mackay as attorney for John Blagrove and John Williams Blagrove.

 
T 71/43 51-56
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 211(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 120  
 

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] 214(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 129  
 

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] 217(Tot) 107(F) 110(M)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
 

In the possession of George Mackay as attorney to John Blagrove, owner of Cardiff Hall [24 births, 19 deaths].

 
T 71/44 61-62
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 218(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 147  
 

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] 222(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 158  
 

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
[Number of enslaved people] 221(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall Plantation  
 

In the possession of George McKay as attorney to John Blagrove, owner of Cardiff Hall Plantation.

 
T 71/45 91-93
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 148  
 

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] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 147  
 

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] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall Plantation  
 

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

 
T 71/46 47-48
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 224(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 205  
 

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] 292(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 201  
 

Registered to 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] 232(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall Penn  
 

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

 
T 71/47 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 228(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 346  
 

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] 227(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 385  
 

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] 229(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Stock] 375  
 

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] 228(Tot)  
[Name] Cardiff Hall Pen  
 

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

 
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1839
[Name] Cardiff Hall  
[Size] 999  
 

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.

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