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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:
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- 1718 [EY] → Owner
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1718 [EA] - 1719 [LA] → Owner
Sarah Cleland reportedly sold Reed's in 1719, shortly after inheriting it under her husband's will. |
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1719 [EA] - 1734 [LA] → Joint owner
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1762 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Seller
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Associated Claims (1) |
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£3,353 13S 9D
This an inferred relationship. William Murray was described as of Bruce Vale estate on the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth in 1818.
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Estate Information (12) |
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1719
[Number of enslaved people] 69(Tot)
[Size] 200 Sarah Cleland of London, England, widow of Col. William Cleland, sold to James Bruce of Barbados her late husband’s plantation called Reed’s. William Cleland was indebted to Robert Stuart for £2644. Bruce assumed responsibility for the debt.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1723
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)
[Size] 249 1723 Mercy Anderson, widow, formerly Mercy Reed, daughter of Philip Reed sold her interest in Reed’s plantation to James Bruce for £200. The plantation included 2 windmills.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1734
[Number of enslaved people] 65(Tot)
[Size] 249 Dr. William Patterson & his son John Patterson, both of St. James sold to Hon. James Bruce for £1500 their interest in Reed’s plantation.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1754
[Size] 200
Marriage settlement. Joseph Osborne Bruce, son of Hon. James Bruce, deceased, married Jane Barwick of St. James, daughter of Samuel Barwick, Bruce’s plantation.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1762
[Size] 199
Keturah Bruce, widow sold plantation in St. Andrew to Alexander Bruce (possibly her son of that name, who predeceased her) for £13,500.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1784
The plantation was advertised for sale in the Barbados Mercury the property of Dr. Alexander Bruce, deceased.
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot) 71(F) 68(M)
Return of William Murray, his own property.
T71/522 333-37
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1823
[Number of enslaved people] 140(Tot)
[Name] [no name given] Return of William Murray, his own property. Previously 139 enslaved.
T71/530 453
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 136(Tot)
[Name] [No name given] Return of William Murray, his own property. Previously 140 enslaved.
T71/537 206
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1829
[Number of enslaved people] 137(Tot)
[Name] [Name not given] Return of William Murray, his own property.
T71/543 340
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 139(Tot)
Return by Wm. Murray of his own property.
T71/550 341
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1913
[Name] Bruce Vale
[Size] 225 Listed in St Andrew, property of Inniss.
Barbados 1913 list from the Hughes-Quere indexes transcribed at https://creolelinks.com/1913-barbados-plantation-owners-names.html.
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1805 - ????
Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Bruce Vale (previously Reed's) [ Barbados | St Andrew ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/9632 [accessed 19th April 2024].
