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Plns Ann's Grove and Two Friends

British Guiana | Demerara

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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
- 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Mary Ann Rogers
- 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Sarah Rogers
1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Previous owner
Thomas Campbell of Grenada and Demerara

Two Friends was shown as belonging to to Thomas Campbell by David Alston and to 'Campbell' in 1798. David Alston showed Thomas Campbell as also owning Cellsborough and Success, neither of which has been traced further to date.

1843 [EA] - 1843 [LA] → Other
Edward Bedwell Kemble

Co-assignee of Ellis John Troughton deceased (known to have been bankrupt), whose successors had a suit against the two plantations.

Associated Claims (2)

British Guiana 576A-D (Plns Ann's Grove and Two Friends)
£21,109 18S 8D
British Guiana 774 (Ann's Grove)
£561 1S 6D

Notes

In the 1817 Slave Register, these estates were combined with Clonbrock or Clonbrook.

Estate Information (6)

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1798
[Name] Ann's Grove  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

Ann's Grove, shown as plantation no. 8 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demeraire', proprietaire Frislin, 250 carreaux, C[oton]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' http://dpc.uba.uva.nl
1798
[Name] Two Friends  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

Two Friends, shown as plantation no. 9 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demeraire', proprietaire Campbel, 250 carreaux, C[oton]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' http://dpc.uba.uva.nl
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 685(Tot) 261(F) 424(M)  
[Name] Clonbrook, Two Friends and Ann's Grove  
 

Registered by John Grant atty of Hopkinson exor to Rogers.

 
T71/397 C6 2569
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 351(Tot) 144(F) 207(M)  
[Name] Ann's Grove & Two Friends  
 

Jacob Rogers joint proprietor. 24 births, 12 deaths since last registration.

 
T71/413 A1
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 353(Tot) 152(F) 201(M)  
[Name] Ann's Grove and Two Friends  
 

In lawful possession of Hugh Rogers, B.J. Hopkinson and Wm. Chichester as attornies

 
T71/415 856-864
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 402(Tot) 177(F) 225(M)  
[Name] Ann's Grove and Two Friends  
 

Belonging to Pln Ann's Grove and Two Friends 'in lawful possession of B.J. Hopkinson qq.'

 
T71/429 106-115