Woodlands

Estate Details


Associated People (8)

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
1799 [EA] - → Joint owner
1810 [EA] - → Joint owner
1810 [EA] - → Joint owner
1811 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
1819 [EA] - → Owner
1821 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1821 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - → Owner

Associated Claims (1)

£300 18S 9D

Estate Information (20)

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1799
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
 

Registered in Hanover to M. Cunningham and Son with 61 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. 23.
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 76(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 46  
 

Registered to Patrick and John Maxwell.

 
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] 75(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 50  
 

Registered to John Maxwell.

 
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] 69(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to John Maxwell.

 
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] 71(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to John Maxwell.

 
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] 7(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 56  
 

Registered to William Kerr.

 
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] 13(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 14(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 16(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Skirving as owner in right of his wife Eliza Partridge Skirving. Previous registration was for 10 enslaved people.

 
T71/192 468-469
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Skirving as owner in right of wife Eliza Partridge Skirving . Previous registration was for 13 enslaved people.

 
T71/193 437
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Skirving as owner in right of his wife Eliza P. Skirving.

 
T71/197 79
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 17(Tot)  
[Name] Woodlands  
[Stock] 25  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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] 17(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to William Skirving.

 
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.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot) 7(F) 8(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Skirving as owner in right of his wife E. P. Skirving.

 
T71/199 228