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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:
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1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Not known
Shown against Robert Porter 1809-1815, and left in trust by Robert Porter of Cocoa Walk in his will proved in 1837. He was presumably the owner throughout. |
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Not known
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1821 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Not known
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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This estate has connections to Dry Sugar Works in St David and probably also to Williamsfield in St George, but separate slave register entries have not been found for it in either parish. It is clearly a substantial pen in the almanacs but ownership has not been established. |
Estate Information (13) |
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 42 Registered to Robert Porter.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11David.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 57(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 23 Registered to Robert Porter.
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.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge-Hill [Stock] 140 Registered to Robert Porter.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill & Dry Sugar Work [Stock] 4 Registered to William Hickstall.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 201 Registered to William Hickstall.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 2(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 26 Registered to William Hickstall.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 138 Registered to Robert Roy.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 109 Registered to Robert Roy.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 8(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 74 No ownership details given.
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 4(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 101 No ownership details given.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 4(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 81 No ownership details given.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32davi.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot)
[Name] Cambridge Hill [Stock] 76 No ownership details given.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1839
[Name] Cambridge Hill
[Size] 1060 Registered to Hugh F. Leslie.
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40David.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Cambridge Hill [ Jamaica | St David ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/16737 [accessed 19th April 2024].
