Barnstable 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
1827 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1781 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Owner
1787 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Previous owner
1808 [EA] - 1808 [LA] → Previous owner
1809 [EA] - 1827 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

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£2,996 16S 7D

Estate Information (37)

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

Property of William Barnet Esquire. Account filed by John Sprague.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 51
1783
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by John Archie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 56-7
1784
[Name] Banstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of William Barnett Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 26
1786
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Barnett, proprietor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 117
1786
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Disposed of by Richard Richard Brissett Esq; account filed by Edward Birbeck as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 160
1787
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

[Belonging to ?] William Barnett deceased; account filed by Robert Jones.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 200-201
1788
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of Wm Batnett [?] deceased. Account filed by Robert James as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 235-236
1789
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of William Barnett Esquire deceased. Account filed by Robert Jones as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 238-239 f.121
1790
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of William Barnett Esquire deceased. Account filed by Robert Jones as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 56-57 [f.23]
1791
[Name] Barnstable Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Jones as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 309-310 [f.149]
1792
[Name] Barnstable Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of William Barnett deceased under the direction of John Hogdon Esquire deceased, acting executor for the William Barnett. Account filed by Robert Jones as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 56
1793
[Name] Barnstable Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of William Barnett deceased under the direction of James Wederburn Esquire. Account filed by Jasper Graham as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 314
1794
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the heirs of William Barnett Esq deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by Jasper Graham as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 132
1795
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper and iron, some cattle  
 

Property of the heirs of William Barnett Esq deceased under the direction of James Wedderburn Esq. Account filed by Jasper Graham as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 23-24
1799
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Trelawney 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.
1808
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Belonging to the heirs of James Lyon Esq. deceased. Account filed by Richard Buckle as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 177
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 390(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple etc.  
[Stock] 408  
 

Registered to James Lyon. Assumed to be both Barnstaple and Holland.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Trel.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] 388(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple etc.  
[Stock] 146  
 

Registered to James Lyon. Assumed to be both Barnstaple and Holland.

 
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] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 224  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot) 99(F) 87(M)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

David Richards as Attorney to David Lyon Esquire.

 
T71/228 1931-1938
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 187(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 216  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot) 99(F) 87(M)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

In the possession of David Richards as Attorney to David Lyon Esquire.

 
T71/228 1931-1938
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 194(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 206  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 193(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 41  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 189  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 167  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller as attorney to David Lyon Esquire Proprietor.

 
T71/233 [Unpaginated]
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 144  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al20.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller & Robert H Scott as Attornies to David Lyon Esquire the Owner.

 
T71/235 [unpaginated]
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 183(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 144  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 185(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

In the possession of William Miller as Attorney of Lyon Esquire.

 
T71/239 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831trel.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] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 150  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to David Lyon.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)  
[Name] Barnstaple Estate  
 

In the possession of William Reeves as Attorney to David Lyon the owner.

 
T71/242 213