Mesopotamia

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar and rum  

Belonging to Henry Barham Esq. Account filed by James Paterson of the parish of Westmoreland, practioner in Physick and Chisurgery, attorney for the said Henry Barham. The estates of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia Pen were filed together.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 105

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] Page section missing  

Belonging to Henry . . . page section missing. Date missing but surrounding entries are for 1742.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 202

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by the Reverend Mr John Pool, attorney. Page marked "5" incorrectly, appears to be a sheet missing or photographed incorrectly? - this entry is incomplete.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

the estate of Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by Reverend John Poole, attorney. Page marked "5" incorrectly, appears to be a sheet missing or photographed incorrectly? - this entry is incomplete.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by the Reverend Mr John Pool, attorney.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 6 (page 5 is missing)

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Reverend John Pool as attorney.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 30

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by Rev. John Pool.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 54

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted in Westmoreland in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a water mill.

Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by Rev. John Pool.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 46 and 126

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by Rev. John Pool.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 166

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Reverend John Pool as attorney.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 44

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Reverend John Pool as attorney.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 150

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Reverend John Pool as attorney.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 210

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 39

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 191

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 48

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 101

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 230

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  

The property of Jospeh Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 9

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 75

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  

Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 95-6

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 154

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by Daniel Barnjum.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 93

[Number of enslaved people] 262(Tot) 108(F) 154(M)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  

A transcript of the Mesopotamia inventory is here.

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Clar. dep. c. 389/2 fol.1 v&r/Bundle 8.

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham of Great Britain. Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 137

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esquire attorney to Joseph Foster Bonham (sp?). Account filed by John Graham, overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 176-177

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn as attorney to Jospeh Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 7-8

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn as attorney to Jospeh Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 33-34

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn, attorney to Joseph Foster Barham Esq; account filed by John Graham, overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 124-125

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esq as attorney to Joseph Foster Barham Esq; account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 53

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn Esquire attorney to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by John Graham as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 395-396 f.217

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of John Wedderburn attorney to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by David Forrester as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 226-228

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham attornies to Joseph Foster Bacham Esquire. Account filed by David Forrester as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 334-335 [f.167]

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esquires attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by David Forrester as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 141-142 [f.65]

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esquires attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by David Forrester as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 36-37

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esquires attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire. Account filed by William Galbraith as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 328-329 [f.165]

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esq.s attornies to Joseph Forster Barham Esq. Account filed by William Galbraith as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1794.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 119

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cattle  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn and John Graham Esq.s attornies to Joseph Forster Barham Esq. Account filed by William Galbraith as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 84

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, hire of enslaved people  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account given by James Weald and john Graham, attorneys. Account filed by William Galbraith, overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  

Belonging to Joseph Foster Barham, Esq. Account given by James Wedderburn and John Graham, attornies. Account filed by William Galbraith, overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 186

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, cattle, hire of enslaved people  

Under the direction of John Graham Esq attorney to Joseph Forster Barham Esq. Account filed by William Galbraith as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1798.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 165

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted in Westmoreland 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 Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horses, cattle, mules, logwood  

Under the direction of Henry Waite Plummer and John Graham attorneys to Joseph Forster Barham Esq for the period 01/01/1799 to 01/05/1799; and under the direction of Henry Waite Plummer and William Rodgers his attorneys for the period 01/05/1799 to 31/12/1799. Account filed by William Galbraith as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 52-53

[Number of enslaved people] 370(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  

Registered in Westmoreland in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, taken at a vestry convened for that purpose 15/11/1799 and subsequent days. No ownership details given.

Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 37.

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, logwood  

Account filed by Robert Price as overseer under the direction of Henry Waite Plummer Esq for the year ending 31/12/1800.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 189

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] Livestock (horses, cattle, mules), logwood, old copper, sugar and rum  

Under the direction of William Bogels and Samuel Jeffries, Attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by James Creighton as overseer Accounts filed for 1800-1801.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 37

[Name] Mesopotamia Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle, logwood  

Under the direction of William Rougers and Samuel Jeffries Esq.s attornies to Joseph Foster Barham [?] Esq. Account filed by Francis Graham as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1803.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 47

[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock, cartage, logwood and hire of enslaved people  

Under the direction of James Wedderburn, James Colquhun Grant and John Blyth attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esq. Account filed by John Patrickson as overseer.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 137-138

[Number of enslaved people] 318(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 482  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Westmd.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 308(Tot)  
[Name] Misopotamia [Mesopotamia]  
[Stock] 361  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 341(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 445  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 321(Tot) 169(F) 152(M)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  

In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and John Blyth as attorneys to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire the owner.

T71/178 79-82

[Number of enslaved people] 317(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 355  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 312(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 396  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 308(Tot) 161(F) 147(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of James Colquhoun Grant and James Blyth as attornies to Joseph Foster Barham.

T71/179 Book 6 1

[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 407  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 418(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 468  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 402(Tot)  
[Name] Mesapotamia Estate  

In the possession of John Blyth and David Morrice as attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire as fixed on said estate under the direction of John Blyth and David Morrice Esquires. 56 males and 56 females removed from Springfield Estate in Hanover previously purchased by Joseph F. Barham Esquire.

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[Number of enslaved people] 408(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 489  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 390(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 485  

Registered to Joseph Foster Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 384(Tot) 194(F) 190(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of William Ridgard and Duncan Robertson as attornies to Joseph Foster Barham owner.

T71/181 189-190

[Number of enslaved people] 384(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 285  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 363(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 305  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 352(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 221  

Registered to Joseph T. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 346(Tot) 182(F) 164(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of William Ridgard and Duncan Robertson Esquires attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire.

T71/182 [unpaginated]

[Number of enslaved people] 332(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 239  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 320(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 271  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 332(Tot) 174(F) 156(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  

In the possession of William Ridgard and Dr. Robertson as attornies to Joseph Foster Barham Esquire.

T71/189 17

[Number of enslaved people] 326(Tot)  
[Name] Mesopotamia  
[Stock] 270  

Registered to Joseph F. Barham.

Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Westmd.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.