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Fonthill

Jamaica | St Ann

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Associated People (2)

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
1786 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
William Thomas Beckford
1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Attorney
James Wildman of Chilham Castle

Notes

Sugar estate in St Ann, Jamaica. Owned by William Thomas Beckford from at least 1786 to 1820. Listed with Drax Hall from 1809 onwards. No record of this estate has been found after William Thomas Beckford sold Drax Hall in 1821. It may have been amalgamated with Drax Hall.

Estate Information (21)

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1786
[Name] Fonthill Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of William Beckford Esq; account filed by David Polson, planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 140
1786
[Name] Fonthill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by David Polson as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 152
1787
[Name] Fonthill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of William Beckford Esquire. Account filed by David Polson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 29-30
1788
[Name] Fonthill Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

In the possession of Wm Beckford Esquire. Account filed by David Polson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 61-62
1789
[Name] Fonthill  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 268-269 f.135
1790
[Name] Fonthill  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 239 [f.120]
1791
[Name] Fonthill  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by James Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 164
1792
[Number of enslaved people] 253(Tot)  
[Name] Fonthill  
 

Owned by William Beckford.

 
'A list of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly', Edward Long Papers, Add. 12435, transcribed at
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    Joseph Brown

    1774 - 1832

    Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.

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    Documents of Interest

    Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

    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.

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    'Fonthill [ Jamaica | St Ann ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].