Crescent Pen

Estate Details


Associated People (6)

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
1792 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Trust beneficiary

The estate was shown as the trust estate of William Nedham. This has been inferred be William Dandy Nedham, based on parallels with the ownership shown for Mount Olive.

1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney

Estate Information (21)

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1792
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Properties of the trust estate of William Needham Esquire. Account filed by Andrew Johnston attorney to the trust estate. Mount Clive Estate and Crescent Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 265-266
1793
[Name] Crescent Pen  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Trust estate of William Nedham Esquire. Account filed by Andrew Johnstone attorney for his trustees. Mount Olive Estate and Crescent Pen filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 382
1794
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, cocoa, pimento  
 

Property of the estate of William Needham Esq under the care and direction of Andrew Johnstone, attorney to the trustees of said William Needham. Account filed by Gwyne Williams clerk to said Andrew Johnstone for the year ending 31/12/1794. Mount Olive Estate and Crescent Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 121-122
1796
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the trust estate of William Nedham. Account given by Andrew Johnstone, attorney to the trustees. Mount Olive Estate/Crescent Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1798
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] cattle, corn  
 

Account filed by Andrew Johnston for the period 31/11/1797 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 265
1799
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of the trust estate of William Nedham Esq. Account filed by Andrew Johnston attorney for the trust estate for the period 31/12/1798 to 31/12/1799. Mount Olive Estate and Crescent Penn filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 24
1800
[Name] Crescent Penn  
[Crop] Guinea corn  
 

Belonging to the Trust Estate of William Nedham Esq. Account filed by Andrew Johnstone Esq as Attorney for the Trust Estate of William Nedham Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 131-132
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 37  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
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.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Pen  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15cath.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot) 15(F) 10(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Francis Graham as attorney to William Nedham Esquire.

 
T71/1 643-645
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Pen  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Pen  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Laing and George William Hamilton as attornies to William Nedham Esquire.

 
T71/2 636
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Pen  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 25(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Pen  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 22(Tot) 13(F) 9(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George William Hamilton and James Laing as attornies to William Nedham Esquire.

 
T71/4 454
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Park  
[Stock] 66  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot) 13(F) 7(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Laing and Edward Clouston as attornies for Major General William Nedham.

 
T71/5 596
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Park  
[Stock] 57  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent Park  
 

Registered to William Needham.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al01.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] Crescent  
 

Registered to Edward Cloustoun.

 
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.