Ballard's River

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Associated People (4)

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
1761 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Owner
1791 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
1795 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Previous owner
1798 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

'A minor' in 1798.


Associated Claims (1)

£2,540 16S 8D

Notes

See also JA21919 for possible entries for this estate in the Accounts Produce 1740-1743.


Estate Information (38)

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1761
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by William Nedham, William Gale and Arthur MacKenzie Esq as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 35
1763
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by William Nedham, William Gale and Arthur MacKenzie Esq as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 121
1764
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by William Nedham, William Gale and Arthur MacKenzie Esq as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 120
1765
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by William Nedham and William Gale Ess.q as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4
1770
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by William Nedham and William Gale Ess.q as attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 15
1771
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by John Kyffin (sp).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 163
1772
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by John Kyssin (sp) as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 39
1773
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by John Kyssin.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 203
1775
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by John Kyssin (sp) as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 43-4
1776
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by Robert Hayward as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 105-6
1777
[Name] Ballards River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of Edward Morant Esquire. Account filed by Thomas Gardner, attorney. Bogg Estate, Pandus River Estate, Ballends River Estate, Chateau Estate all filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 134-135
1779
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by Thomas Gardner Esq. Ballards River, Pindary River, Chateau and Bogg listed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 148
1780
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed by Thomas Gardner Esq. Ballards River, Pindary River, Chateau and Bogg listed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 193
1782
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Edward Morant Esquire. Account filed by John Holmes. Ballards River, Pinders River and Chateau filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 171-172
1783
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Edward Morant Esq. Account filed Thomas Gardner Esq. as attorney. Listed with Ballards River, Pindary River, Chateau and Bogg all belongton to Edward Moran and Crawle belonging to Mrs Mary Morant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 53
1785
[Name] Ballends River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of Edward Morant Esquire and Mrs Mary Morant (Crawle). Account filed by Thomas Gairdner, attorney. Bogg Estate, Pandus River Estate, Ballends River Estate, Chateau Estate, Crawle Estate all filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 207
1787
[Name] Ballards River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of Edward Morant Esquire whereof Thomas Gardner Esquire was attorney. Account filed by John Holmes. Pinders River, Ballards River and Chatau Estates all filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 14-15 f.8
1793
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of John Morant Esq. Account filed by William Hodge his accomptant. Bogg Estate, Chateau Estate, Pinders River Estate, Ballards River Estate filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 20
1795
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Estates of John Morant Esq deceased in the parishes of Clarendon and Vere. Account filed by John Scott his accountant. Bogg Estate, Chateau Estate, Pinders River Estate, Ballards River Estate filed together. Only crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 66
1798
[Name] Ballards River  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estates of John Morant Esq a minor in the parishes of Clarendon and Vere. Account filed by David Falconer accountant to the attorney for his estates for the year ending 31/12/1798. Bogg Estate, Chateau Estate, Pinders River Estate, Ballards River Estate filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 124
1798
[Name] Morant's Ballards-River  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Clarendon as a sugar estate with a watermill 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.
1803
[Name] Ballards River Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Estate of John Morant Esq. Account filed by George Richards for the year ending 31/12/1803. Bog, Ballards River, Penders River and Chapsaw estates filed together. Crops listed separately.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 226
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 70  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Clarend.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] 458(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River etc.  
[Stock] 136  
 

Registered to John Morant. Assumed to include Ballard's River, Pindar's River and Chateau.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812cla.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] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to John Morant by his attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 138  
 

Registered to John Morant by his attorney.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 165(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 46  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 171(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 58  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_03.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 125  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 109  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 426(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River etc.  
[Stock] 367  
 

Registered to John Morant. Assumed to include Ballard's River, Pindar's River and Chateau.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 45  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al05.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 161(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's Valley  
[Stock] 53  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 106  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29clarvere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 162(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 54  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831clar.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32vere.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
[Name] Ballard's River  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to John Morant.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Claren.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Ballard's River etc.  
[Size] 5600  
 

Registered to John Morant. Assumed to include Ballard's River, Pindar's River and Chateau.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Clarend.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.