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Tophill Pen

Jamaica | St Elizabeth

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

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
1740 [EA] - 1743 [EY] → Owner
Lewis Vassall senior
1753 [EA] - 1758 [LA] → Previous owner
Lewis Vassall senior
1778 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
Lewis Vassall

Estate Information (17)

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1740
[Name] Topp Hill  
[Crop] sugar, rum and molasses  
 

The estate of Mr. Lewis Vassall. Account filed by George Wood as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 50
1741
[Name] Tophill  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Estate of Mr. Lewis Vassall. Account filed by George Wood late overseer of the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 105
1743
[Name] Tophill  
[Crop] sugar, molasses, rum and cattle  
 

Belonging to Lewis Vassall Esq. Account filed by William Wood as overseer of the plantation.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 94
1753
[Name] Top Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle,  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Page marked "5" incorrectly, appears to be a sheet missing or photographed incorrectly? - this entry is incomplete

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3
1756
[Name] Top Hill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander Overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 26
1757
[Name] Top Hill Estate & the Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 54
1758
[Name] Tophill Estate and Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum, horse, cattle,  
 

Belonging to the Heirs of Leonard Vassall Esquire deceased. Account filed by Samuel Alexander, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 87-88
1778
[Name] Tophill Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 102
1779
[Name] Tophill Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 102
1780
[Name] Tophill Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 103
1781
[Name] Tophill Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Eleanor Vassall Esq. as acting executrix. Was possibly previously registered in Westmoreland.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 103
1784
[Name] Top Hill Pen  
[Crop] Livestock  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Wilson as administrator to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 177-8
1785
[Name] Top Hill Pen  
[Crop] Livestock  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Account filed by Robert Wilson as administrator to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq. deceased. Filed in St. Elizabeth but does not state which parish the estate was in.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 179-80
1786
[Name] Top Hill Penn  
[Crop] horses, mules, cattle, some cotton  
 

Belonging to the estate of Lewis Vassall Esq deceased; account filed by Robert Wilson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 177
1789
[Name] Tophill Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cotton, mules, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Lewis Vassell Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Brown as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/01/1789 to 31/12/1789. Tophill and New Savanna Penns filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 435-436
1791
[Name] Tophill Penn  
[Crop] Horses, mules, cattle  
 

The property of the heirs of Lewis Vassell Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Brown as overseer. Tophill and New Savanna Penns filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 434-435 [f.207]
1792
[Name] Top Hill Penn  
[Crop] cattle, horses, some cotton  
 

Account filed by John Graham as overseer. Accounts filed for 04/04/1792 to 04/06/1793.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 391-392