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Spring Garden, Pitney and Cow Park

Jamaica

Estate Details

Associated People (5)

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
- 1689 [EY] → Owner
Hender Molesworth
- 1716 [EY] → Heir
Sir John Molesworth 2nd Bart., of Pencarrow

Due to inherit from his brother Hender on the death of Hender's wife Mary; in fact he predeceased her.

1689 [SY] - 1721 [EY] → Tenant-for-life
Mary Lynch then Molesworth (née Temple)
1740 [EA] - 1754 [LA] → Joint owner
Sir John Molesworth 4th Bart.
1740 [EA] - 1754 [LA] → Joint owner
William Molesworth

Perhaps instead manager or heir.

Notes

The Cow Park estate at least was in St Andrew (according to the will of Sir John Molesworth 4th bart.'s great-uncle Hender Molesworth, proved in 1684).

Sir John and William Molesworth were listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owners of 3269 acres of land in St Dorothy; presumably this refers to Spring Garden and Pitney.

Sources

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CnxIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22cow+park%22+%22molesworth%22&source=bl&ots=EENXWm12Lw&sig=RwtwQgUPsjnz0I_rhl6k8DMeygc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ7IGpspXXAhWKLFAKHcIXCO8Q6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22cow%20park%22%20%22molesworth%22&f=false.

A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm

Estate Information (9)

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1721
[Name] [no name given]  
 

The payments due from Cow Park appears to be in debit: Mary Molesworth in her will of 1721 states, "All the arrears of rent due to me in the island of Jamaica to my nephews Mr Thomas Barnard, Mr James and Mr Temple Laws, share and share alike."

 
PROB 11/580/429
1740
[Name] Pitney, Cow Park Pen and Spring Garden  
[Crop] Produce  
 

Belonging to Sir. John Molesworth Barronet and William Molesworth Esq. his son. Account filed by Thomas Peters as attorney. Pitney, Cow Park Pen and Spring Garden filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 67
1740
[Name] Cow Park Pen  
[Crop] Produce  
 

Belonging to Sir. John Molesworth Barronet and William Molesworth Esq. his son. Account filed by Thomas Peters as attorney. Pitney, Cow Park Pen and Spring Garden filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 67
1741
[Name] Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney  
[Crop] Estate rental  
 

Belonging to Sir John Molesworth Bart. and William Molesworth Esq. his son. Account filed by Thomas Peters attorney for Sir John Molesworth Bart. The estates of Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 148
1741
[Name] Cow Park  
[Crop] Estate rental  
 

Belonging to Sir John Molesworth Barrington and William Molesworth Esq. his son. Account filed by Thomas Peters attorney for Sir John Molesworth Barrington.The estates of Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 148
1742
[Name] Pitney, Cow Park and Spring Garden  
[Crop] Estate rental and sundrys produce  
 

Estate of Sir John Molesworth Bart. Account filed by Thomas Peters attorney to the said Sir John Molesworth Bart. The estates of Pitney, Cow Park and Spring Garden were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 22
1742
[Name] Cow Park  
[Crop] Estate rental  
 

Estate of Sir John Molesworth Barrington. Account filed by Thomas Peters attorney to the said Sir John Molesworth Barrington. The estates of Pitney, Cow Park and Spring Garden were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 22
1743
[Name] Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney  
[Crop] Estate rental  
 

Belonging to Sir John Molesworth Bart. and William Molesworth his son. Account filed by Mr. Thomas Peters. The estates of Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 81
1743
[Name] Cow Park  
[Crop] Estate rental  
 

Belonging to Sir John Molesworth Barrington and William Molesworth his son. Account filed by Mr. Thomas Peters. The estates of Spring Garden, Cow Park and Pitney were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 81