Childermas Estate

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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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1809 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1798 [EA] - 1809 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Receiver
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

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£2,925 14S 6D

Estate Information (31)

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1781
[Name] Childermass Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed for 24 April to 9 July 1781. No ownership details given. Account filed by Nicholas Bartholemew French, Late overseer on Childermass Plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 92
1798
[Name] Childermas Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Rhodes Bernard Esq. Account filed by Hugh Anderson as overseer for the period 31/12/1797 to 31/12/1798, using records of Edward Hankins deceased the former overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 238
1799
[Name] Childermas Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Hugh Anderson overseer. The property of William Rhodes Bernard Esquire.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 124
1799
[Name] Childermas  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a cattle mill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.

 
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 191(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with W. R. Bernard Bernard as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 26. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1800
[Name] Childermas Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of William Rhodes Esq and Charles Edward Bernard Esq in the hands of David Bernard. Account filed by Hugh Anderson as overseer for the period 31/12/1799 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 42-43
1801
[Name] Childermas Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to William Rhodes and Charles Edward Bernard Esquires. Account filed byWilliam Hughes as bookkeeper of the said Estate. Accounts filed for 1800-1801.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 156
1803
[Name] Childermas Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

Property of William Rhodes Esq and Charles Edward Bernard Esq in the hands of David Bernard Esq their attorney. Account filed by Richard Whitelock as overseer for the period 31/12/1802 to 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 36
1807
[Name] Childermass  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

Property of William Rhodes and Charles Edward Bernard Esq. in the hands of Ralph Mountaque. Account presented by Richard Whitelock as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 150-151
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)  
[Name] Childermes  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to W. R. and E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.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] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Childemas  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to C. E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 161  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot) 96(F) 69(M)  
[Name] Childermas Estate  
 

In the possession of Edward Mountague as reciever for Childermas Estate the property of Charles Edward Bernard Esquire owner. F.p.

 
T71/203 1-5
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 119  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 115  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ralph Bernard Mountague as Attorney to Charles Edward Bernard.

 
T71/206 339-340
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 117  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 170(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 125  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 172(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Palmer Mountague as Attorney to Charles Edward Bernard Esq, owner.

 
T71/210 132
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 138  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn as Attorney to Charles Edward Bernard Esq.

 
T71/215 195-196
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 153(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Cleghorn as Attorney to Charles Edward Bernard.

 
T71/216 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Charles Edward Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
[Stock] 131  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 152(Tot)  
[Name] Childermas  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot) 85(F) 70(M)  
[Name] Childermas Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as Attorney to Charles Edward Bernard.

 
T71/222 230
1839
[Name] Childermas  
[Size] 1325  
 

Registered to Charles E. Bernard.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.