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Cotton Tree

Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1815 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
James Brydon

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 453 (Cotton Tree and Grampian)
£1,658 10S 0D

Estate Information (16)

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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 59(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton-Tree  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot) 29(F) 34(M)  
[Name] Cotton Tree Plantation  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as proprietor of Cotton Tree Plantation.

 
T71/145 126-127
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as owner.

 
T71/146 59
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 621(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 62(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as owner.

 
T71/147 46-47
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as owner.

 
T71/148 44
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as owner.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot)  
[Name] Cotton Tree  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Brydon as owner.

 
T71/150 86
1839
[Name] Cotton Tree  
[Size] 500  
 

Registered to James Brydon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.