Donnington Castle Estate and Pen

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Associated People (9)

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
- 1799 [EY] → Mortgage Holder

In his will proved made in 1797 and proved in 1799, Andrew Ramsay Karr listed assets including a mortgage on Donnington estate for £8000 lent to Sir John Dalling.

1770 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Previous owner
1782 [EA] - 1798 [EY] → Owner
1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Not known

Owner of 50 enslaved people upon Donnington Castle but probably not of the estate itself.

1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

Associated Claims (3)

£1,075 6S 7D
£239 18S 11D
£3,499 8S 2D

Notes

The 50 enslaved people owned by Thomas Martin had been moved from Bon Hill estate in St Thomas-in-the-East since 1826.


Estate Information (66)

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1770
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Woodcock Esq. deceased. Account filed by Charles Convert as bookeeper.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 19
1771
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Woodcock Esq. deceased. Account filed by Thomas Bowley as overseer. Spelt Donington Castle in this entry.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 77
1772
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Woodcock Esq. deceased. Account filed by John King as one of the attorneys. Spelt Donnington Castle in this entry.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 78
1773
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of John Woodcock Esq. deceased. Account filed by John King as one of the attorneys. Spelt Donnington Castle in this entry.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 77
1774
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the estate of John Woodcock Esq. deceased. Account filed by John King as acting attorney. Spelt Dennington Castle in previous entries.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 249
1782
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John Dalling Esquire. Account filed by J. W. Hinter, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 163-164
1783
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir John Dalling. Account filed by William Hunter as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 94-5
1784
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling; account filed by by William Hunter, overseer of Donnington Castle.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 42
1786
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Hunter, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 198-199
1787
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Sir John Dalliing; account filed by William Hunter, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 112
1787
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Wm Hunter as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 70
1789
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Andrew Blackburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 376
1790
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by Andrew Blackburn as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 51-52
1790
[Name] Donnington Penn  
[Crop] cattle, pasturage  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by Robert Kerr as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 52
1791
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by Lewis Clarke as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 369 [f.179]
1791
[Name] Donnington Penn  
[Crop] cattle  
 

Account filed by Robert Kerr as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 384
1792
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Lewis Clark as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 253 [f.127]
1792
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] cattle  
 

Account filed by Samuel Hodson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 83-84
1793
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by James McDermot as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 359 [f.180]
1793
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Sir John Dalling. Account filed by James McDermot as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 361 [f.181]
1794
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James McDermot as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 174
1794
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] Hire of enslaved people, cattle, pasturage  
 

Property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by James McDermot as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 174-175
1795
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 149
1795
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] cattle, mules, pasturage, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Sir John Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 149
1796
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, cows, calves and heifers, pasturage  
 

Belonging to Sir John Dalling, Bt. Account filed by Thomas Thomson, overseer. Donnington Castle Estate and Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1796
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, cows, calves and heifers, pasturage  
 

Belonging to Sir John Dalling, Bt. Account filed by Thomas Thomson, overseer. Donnington Castle Estate and Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people, old steers, calves, bull, heifer, pasturage  
 

Belonging to Sir John Dalling, Bt. Account filed by James Thomas, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 154
1798
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a watermill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1798
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 216
1798
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] cattle, pasturage, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 216
1799
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 45-46
1799
[Name] Donnington Castle Penn  
[Crop] cattle, pasturage, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by James Thomas as overseer on Donnington Castle Estate for the period 01/01/1799 to 31/12/1799. Donnington Castle estate and penn filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 45-46
1800
[Name] Donnington Castle Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by William Burling as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 24
1801
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and hire of enslaved people  
 

The property of Sir William Windham Dalling Bart. Account filed by William Burling as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 112
1803
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, pasturage, hire of enslaved people  
 

Property of Sir William Wyndham Dalling Bart. Account filed by John McDonald as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 46
1807
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, sale of stock, hire of enslaved person (mason)  
 

Belonging to Sir William Wynham Dalling Bart. Account filed by Joseph William Clermont as overseer. The estates of Donnington Castle and Donnington Castle Pen were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 47
1807
[Name] Donnington Castle Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, sale of stock, hire of enslaved people (mason)  
 

Belonging to Sir William Wynham Dalling Bart. Account filed by Joseph William Clermont as overseer. The estates of Donnington Castle and Donnington Castle Pen were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 47
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 272(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle and Pen  
[Stock] 80  
 

Registered to Sir William W. Dalling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Mary.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 273(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle etc.  
[Stock] 131  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812mar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Name] Donninton-Castle Pen  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to heirs of Sir W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 257(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington-Castle  
[Stock] 111  
 

Registered to heirs of Sir W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 258(Tot) 132(F) 126(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas Addison, attorney to Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner.

 
T 71/33 55-62
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 257(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 125  
 

Registered to heirs of Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 253(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot) 125(F) 125(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas Addison, attorney to Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner.

 
T 71/34 5v-6v
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 218(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Pen  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 238(Tot) 116(F) 122(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas Addison, attorney to Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/35 29-30
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 147  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 266  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot) 109(F) 113(M)  
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
 

Henry Cox, attorney of Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/36 391-392
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 225(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 152  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 220(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Pen  
[Stock] 104  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 191(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
[Stock] 135  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot) 23(F) 29(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

John Kelly as agent for Thomas Martin. Enrolled in St Thomas-in-the-East in 1826 by William Kelly attorney for Thomas Martin.

 
T 71/39 [unpaginated]
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 211(Tot) 104(F) 107(M)  
[Name] Donnington Estate  
 

The Honble. Henry Cox, attorney of Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Pen  
[Stock] 99  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Pen  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 214(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Castle  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot)  
[Name] Donnington Estate  
[Stock] 110  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling, Baronet.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot) 24(F) 28(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Thomas Hooper, agent for Thomas Martin.

 
T 71/41 237
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot) 104(F) 107(M)  
[Name] Donnington Castle Estate  
 

Joseph Gordon and John Oldham, attorneys to Sir William Wyndham Dalling Baronet, owner [decrease by deaths].

 
T 71/42 139
1839
[Name] Donnington and pen  
[Size] 1771  
 

Registered to Sir W. W. Dalling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.