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Terra Nova

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Estate Details

Associated People (6)

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
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Frances Marlton (née White)
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Rev. Edward Collins Wright
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
William Glynne Griffith
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
James Clayton White
1826 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Previous owner
David White
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
David Gillespie

Estate Information (14)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to J. White, deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Portld.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to J. White, deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Terra-Nova  
 

Registered to James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot) 24(F) 26(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Clayton White as Attorney to Edward Collins Wright, Francis Marlton and William G Griffith.

 
T71/151 94-95
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Clayton White as Attorney to Edward Collins Wright, Frances Marlton and William G Griffith.

 
T71/152 92
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot) 25(F) 24(M)  
[Name] Terra Nove Estate  
 

In the possession of James Clayton White as Attorney for Edward Collins Wright, Francis Marlton and William Griffith.

 
T71/153 49
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 49(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24port.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to Hon. James Clayton White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot) 27(F) 25(M)  
[Name] Terra Nova Estate  
 

In the possession of David Gillespie as Attorney for Edward Collins Wright, Francis Marlton and William Griffith.

 
T71/154 62
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to the heirs of David White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot)  
[Name] Terra Nova  
 

Registered to the heirs of David White.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.