Associated People (10) |
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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:
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- 1802 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown in his will as the joint-purchaser with John Deffell and Charles Edward Lewis some years before 1800. The estate was then assigned to John Deffell and appears only in his name but Thomas Nevill retained a one-third interest which he left in trust for his wife. |
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Joint owner
Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears. |
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1741 [EA] - 1741 [LA] → Owner
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1790 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Owner
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1795 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Owner
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1797 [EA] - 1806 [LA] → Owner
Although the estate was registered to 'John Deffell' 1809-1815, he had died in 1806: these later entries must refer to his son John Henry Deffell |
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1800 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1802 [EA] - 1802 [LA] → Previous owner
In her will made in 1802 Mary Dehany willed the proceeds of the sale of the Swansea estate, which she had sold sometime previously. |
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1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£6,432 14S 6D
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Estate Information (43) |
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1741
[Name] Swansey
[Crop] sugar and coffee Belonging to Matthew Gregory Esq. Account filed by Thomas Pratt as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 119
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1790
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum The property of Charles Browne Esquire. Account filed by Charles Mitchell his attorney. Swansea and Mowden Hall Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 433-434 [f.217]
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1791
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum In the possession of Charles Mitchell as receiver. Account filed by Charles Michell as attorney to Charles Browne Esquire. Swansea and Mowden Hall filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 264-265 [f.126]
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1792
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Charles Mitchell attorney of Charles Brown Esquire. Swansea and Mowden Hall filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 200-201 [f.101]
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1793
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Browne Esq for the year to 31/12/1793. Swansea and Mowden Hall plantations filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 83-84
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1794
[Name] Swansea Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of Charles Brown Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Alex.r Brown for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 101
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1794
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum Account filed by Charles Mitchell one of the attornies of Charles Browne Esq for the year to 31/12/1794. Swansea and Mowden Hall plantations filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 116-117
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1795
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle In the possession of Charles Patrick Brown one of the attornies of Charles Browne Esq deceased. Account filed by Charles Mitchell of the parish of St Andrew, another attorney of the deceased, for the year to 31/12/1795. Swansea and Mowden Hall plantations filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 218
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1795
[Name] Swansea Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Belonging to Mrs Lucy Browne of GB. Account filed by John Taws.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1796
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum No names recorded. Swansea and Mowden Hall and Browns Hall Plantations filed together.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
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1797
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by John Eames as overseer on the penn. Hayes Penn and Swansea Plantation filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 11
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1797
[Name] Swansea Estate
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Edward Colin Harrison as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 13
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1798
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 162
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1798
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 223
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1798
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] Sugar Plotted in St John as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a windmill 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 Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
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1798
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by John Eames as overseer on the penn. Hayes Penn and Swansea Plantation filed together. Crops listed separately.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 157
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1799
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 31
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1800
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of London, Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 130-131
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1801
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar and rum The property of John Deffell Esq in the Kingdom of Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 7
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1803
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum Property of John Deffell Esq of Great Britain. Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 96
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1804
[Name] Swansea Plantation
[Crop] sugar, rum and copper Belonging to John Deffell Esq, of London. Account filed in the name of Thomas Smith, overseer to said estate.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 138
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1807
[Name] Swansea
[Crop] sugar, rum, hire of enslaved people and strephon Account filed by Thomas Smith as overseer.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 83
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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 423(Tot)
[Name] Swansea [Stock] 102 Registered to John Deffel.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Cath.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1811
[Number of enslaved people] 630(Tot)
[Name] Swansea etc. [Stock] 128 Registered to John Deffel. Assumed to be Swansea sugar estate, Swansea Coffee estate and Brown's Hll Pen.
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cat.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1815
[Number of enslaved people] 519(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 608(Tot) 317(F) 291(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esquire as attorney to John Henry Deffell Esquire. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/19 166-185
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 529(Tot)
[Name] Swansea, Brown's Town, and coffee mountain [Stock] 332 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1819
[Number of enslaved people] 516(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 623(Tot) 326(F) 297(M)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/20 177-180
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1820
[Number of enslaved people] 385(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1821
[Number of enslaved people] 388(Tot)
[Name] Swansea [Stock] 275 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1822
[Number of enslaved people] 376(Tot)
[Name] Swansea [Stock] 276 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1823) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1823_02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 603(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Estate, Coffee Mountain and Browns Hall In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/21 125
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 374(Tot)
[Name] Swansea [Stock] 292 Registered to John Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1825
[Number of enslaved people] 372(Tot)
[Name] Swansea [Stock] 282 Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 602(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] In the possession of William Jackson Esq as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq. Assumed to be Swansea Coffee Estate, Swansea Sugar Estate and Brown's Hall Pen.
T71/22 130
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1827
[Number of enslaved people] 372(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al02.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1828
[Number of enslaved people] 372(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29cathjohn.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 363(Tot) 184(F) 179(M)
[Name] Swansea Estate In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney for John Henry Deffell Esq.
T71/23 unpaginated
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1830
[Number of enslaved people] 357(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Estate Registered to John H. Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1831
[Number of enslaved people] 348(Tot)
[Name] Swansea Estate Registered to John Henry Deffell.
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32john.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.?
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 344(Tot) 173(F) 171(M)
[Name] Swansea Estate In the possession of William Jackson as Attorney to John Henry Deffell Esq.
T71/18 127
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1839
[Name] Swansea
[Size] 4017
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40John.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Swansea Sugar Estate [ Jamaica | St John ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2652 [accessed 7th October 2024].
