Blenheim 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
1789 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Owner
1799 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
1815 [EA] - 1837 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

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£4,206 4S 11D

Estate Information (39)

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1789
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Don.d Malcolm Esquire. Account filed by Duncan Ocheltree as overseer. Accounts filed for 01/07/1788 to 01/07/1789.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 211-212 f.107
1790
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to Donald Malcolm Esquire. Account filed by James McNabb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 291 [f.145]
1791
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James McNabb as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 221 [f.105]
1792
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses  
 

The property of Naill Malcolm Esquire. Account filed by William McLean book keeper and distiller.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 58-59
1794
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 165-166
1796
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Neill Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 72-73
1797
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Neill Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 73
1798
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Neil Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 195
1799
[Name] Blenheim  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted In Hanover as a sugar estate with two cattle mills 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.
1799
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Neil Malcolm Esq as kept by Donald Malcolm Esq attorney for the plantation. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 200-201
1799
[Number of enslaved people] 191(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
 

Registered in Hanover to Neil Malcolm with 191 enslaved people in Balcarres' letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, return given at a vestry meeting 23/11/1799.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 24.
1800
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Neil Malcolm Esq, given in by order of Donald Malcolm Esq attorney for said plantation. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 97
1802
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of Neill Malcolm Esq on the order of Donald and George Malcolm Esq.s attornies for the estate. Account filed by Lewis Grant as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 7-8
1803
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Neill Malcolm, Esq. Account given in the names of Donald and George Malcolm, attorneys for the estate. Account filed by ? Grant, late overseer for said estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 34
1805
[Name] Blenheim  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Neil Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Angus Gray as overseer given in by order of Donald & George Malcolm Esqs. as attornies.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 5
1806
[Name] Blenheim  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Neil Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Angus Gray as overseer given in by order of Donald & George Malcolm Esqs. as attornies.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 6
1807
[Name] Blenheim  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Neil Malcolm Esq. Account filed by Angus Gray as overseer given in by order of Donald & George Malcolm Esqs. as attornies for the estate..

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 62
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 1337(Tot)  
[Name] Retrieve etc.  
[Stock] 1362  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm. Assumed to include Blenheim, Knockalva, New Paradise, New Retrieve, Pell River, Retirement.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Hanov.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 1405(Tot)  
[Name] Retrieve etc., etc.  
[Stock] 748  
 

Registered to Neill Malcolm. Assumed to include Blenheim, Knockalva, New Paradise, New Retrieve, Pell River, Retirement.

 
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] 265(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 172  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 267(Tot) 143(F) 124(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of Archibald Campbell as lawful attorney to Neill Malcolm Esquire owner and an absentee from this Island.

 
T71/190 563-569
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 266(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 170  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 263(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 185  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of Archibald Campbell as the lawful attorney of Neill Malcolm Esquire an absentee from this island owner.

 
T71/191 400-401
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 260(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 188  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 283(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 85  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p15.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 271(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of Archibald Campbell as the true and lawful attorney of Neil Malcolm Esq. an absentee from the island, owner.

 
T71/192 322-324
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 275(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 171  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 258(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 165  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 250(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of Archibald Campbell as the true and lawful attorney of Neill Malcolm Esq. an absentee from this island, owner.

 
T71/193 97-99
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 251(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 23  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 252(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 245(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 245(Tot) 135(F) 110(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of John Malcolm as attorney to Neill Malcolm Esquire.

 
T71/196 79
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 244(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 239(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 24  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32hano.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 235(Tot) 132(F) 103(M)  
[Name] Blenheim Estate  
 

In the possession of George Gordon as attorney to Neill Malcolm Esquire.

 
T71/199 127
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot)  
[Name] Blenheim  
[Stock] 20  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Hanov.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Blenheim  
[Size] 962  
 

Registered to Neil Malcolm.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Hanover.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.