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Lot no 14 Estate (sic)

St Vincent

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
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Alexander Cruikshank of Stracathro
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Alexander Cumming
1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Alexander Cumming

Associated Claims (1)

St Vincent 451 (Lot no 14 Estate (sic))
£8,926 12S 3D

Notes

Lot No. 14 was shown by Charles Shephard as the 'present estate' again three grants of Carib land by Governor Bentinck: 300 acres to Alexander Cruikshank; 100 to Alexander Gumming [sic]; and 100 to William Sterch.

Sources

Shephard, Historical Account of the island of St Vincent Appendix XVI.

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 271(Tot)  
[Name] Estate No. 14  
 

Alexander Cruikshank and Alexander Cumming.

 
T71/493 8-13
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 316(Tot) 161(F) 155(M)  
[Name] Estate No. 14  
 

Alexander Cumming [increase by births and by purchase from the Bahamas, 9 June 1817; plus some who were domestics of Mr Cumming's "Sylvia" who entered on the estate January and May 1818].

 
T71/495 6-9
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 327(Tot) 168(F) 159(M)  
[Name] Lot No. 14  
 

Alexander Cumming [increase by births and by arrival at various dates in March of some enslaved people who were sailors in Company drogher].

 
T71/497 4-6
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 334(Tot) 173(F) 161(M)  
[Name] Lot No. 14  
 

Alexander Cumming [increase by births - only 1 enslaved person purchased from W T Moss].

 
T71/497 10-12
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 345(Tot) 181(F) 164(M)  
[Name] Lot No. 14  
 

Alexander Cumming [increase by births].

 
T71/499 32-34
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 336(Tot) 181(F) 155(M)  
[Name] Lot No. 14  
 

Lot No. 14.The Property of Alexander Cumming. Statement sworn by himself. Register taken on 1st May. Total on 1st August 1834 was 339 enslaved people.

 
T71/500 26-29