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Nightingale Grove

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Associated People (2)

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
1796 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Previous owner
Elizabeth Woodstock
1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Not known
Charles Douglas

Estate Information (10)

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1796
[Name] Nightingale Grove  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Belonging to Elizabeth Woodstock, dec. Account filed by John U? overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Nightingale Grove Settlement  
[Crop] coffee, corn, some cattle  
 

Account filed by Robert Holness as overseer for the period 01/01/1797 to 31/12/1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 9
1798
[Name] Nightingale Grove Settlement  
[Crop] coffee, corn, some cattle, Labour hire  
 

Account filed by Rob.t Holness as overseer for the period 01/01/1798 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 142
1799
[Name] Nightingale Grove  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Account filed by Holmes overseer of Nightingale Grove settlement, property of Elizabeth Woodstock deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 7
1800
[Name] Nightingale Grove Estate  
[Crop] coffee, fustick, corn, labour hire  
 

Property of Elizabeth Woodstock deceased. Account filed by Robert Holness as overseer for the period 01/01/1800 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 221
1801
[Name] Nightingale Grove Settlement  
[Crop] Coffee, cocoa, corn  
 

Owner details not recorded. Account filed by John V Holness as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 111
1804
[Name] Douglas's  
 

Tentatively identified as Douglas's on James Robertson's map, just south of Golden Vale estate. Apparently Nightingale Grove was subsequently absorbed into Golden Vale (see http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/charlesdouglas6.htm [accessed 18/10/2021]).

 
James Robertson's Map of Jamaica (1804)
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)  
[Name] Nightingale Grove  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to Charles Douglas.

 
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] 104(Tot)  
[Name] Nightingale Grove  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to Charles Douglas.

 
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] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Nightingale Grove and Ayr-Mount  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Charles Douglas.

 
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.