Blue Mountain

Estate Details


Associated People (7)

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
1806 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
1806 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Owner

Shown as of Great Britain in 1803.

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Trustee

Associated Claims (1)

£2,446 9S 8D

Estate Information (23)

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1798
[Name] Blue Mountain Valley  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Account filed by Wheeler Felton(?) overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 69
1799
[Name] Blue Mountain Estate  
[Crop] cattle and coffee  
 

Account filed by (name not written) Pierce Cook(?).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 216-217
1801
[Name] Blue Mountain Plantation  
[Crop] Coffee, sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, cocoa and piemento  
 

Filed for 1800-1801. Under the care and direction of William Room. Account filed by William Room as overseer. Accounts filed for 1800-1801.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 19
1803
[Name] Blue Mountain Plantation  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Belonging to Miss Olive McKeand of Great Britain,under the management of John Stewart. Account filed by Cornelius O"Callaghan (status not given).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 12
1806
[Name] Blue Mountain  
 

Blue Mountain formed part of the marriage settlement of John Mackeson and Olive Mckeand. The trustees of the settlement by 1834 were Wm. Wyllys, of Stanton Drew near Bristol, and Adam Young, of Blackheath.

 
T71/1190 Manchester claim no. 358
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 108(Tot) 50(F) 58(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Davy and John Fowles as attorneys to John Mackeson.

 
T71/65 260-262
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 150  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 155  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 111(Tot) 49(F) 62(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Davy and John Forbes as attorney to John Makeson.

 
T71/66 204
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 181  
 

Registered to John Mackeson ? name torn ___eson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 118(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 262  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 114(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Davy as Attorney for John Mackeson.

 
T71/67 187
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 123(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 237  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 123(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 224  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot) 52(F) 65(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Davy as Attorney for John Mackeson.

 
T71/68 280-281
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 182  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 171  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 121(Tot) 56(F) 65(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Davy as Attorney to John Mackeson.

 
T71/71 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 173  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 172  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32manc.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 128(Tot) 61(F) 67(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John O. Mackeson as Attorney to John Mackeson.

 
T71/73 282
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 134(Tot)  
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Stock] 158  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Manch.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Blue Mountain  
[Size] 1700  
 

Registered to John Mackeson.

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