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Somerset Pen

Jamaica | St Andrew

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
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
John Andrew Smith
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
James William Smith
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
Samuel Bruce Smith
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
Elizabeth Martha Smith
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
Jane Smith
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
Mary Ann Boyden (née Smith)
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
Frances Smith

Estate Information (9)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot)  
[Name] Somerset Pen  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to John A. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 4(Tot)  
[Name] Somerset Pen  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to John A. Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 14(F) 8(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Andrew Smith as part owner thereof and on behalf of his brothers James William Smith, Samuel Bruce Smith and his sisters Elizabeth Martha Smith and Jane Smith, Mary Ann Boyden and Frances Smith. Registered in 1817 in St George.

 
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 4(Tot)  
[Name] Somerset Pen  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to John Andrew Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot)  
[Name] Somerset Pen  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to John Andrew Smith and others.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot)  
[Name] Somerset Pen  
[Stock] 8  
 

Registered to John Andrew Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24andr.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot) 16(F) 11(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Andrew Smith as part owner thereof and on behalf of his brothers James William Smith, Samuel Bruce Smith, and his sisters Elizabeth Martha Smith, Jane Smith, Mary Ann Boyden, and Frances Smith.

 
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot) 13(F) 12(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James William Smith, his brothers and sisters as joint divisees.

 
T71/136 514
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 14(F) 14(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James William Smith and his brothers and sisters as joint dividees (bothers and sisters' names not provided).

 
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