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Four Square

Barbados | St Philip

Estate Details

Associated People (7)

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
1816 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
John Simmons
1822 [EA] - → Other
John Daniel

John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes.

1822 [EA] - → Other
Thomas Daniel

John and Thomas Daniel were creditors of John Simmons: see 1822 evolution notes.

1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
George Gibbs
1822 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
Robert Bright
1828 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executrix
Mehitabelle [or Mehetabel] Ann Simmons (née Edey)
1832 [EA] - 1859 [LA] → Owner
Nathaniel Kirton

Kirton owned Four Square until his death in 1859.

Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 3149 (Four Square)
£2,456 10S 11D

Notes

According to Hughes-Queree, in the C17th and C18th this was a locality and no large plantation has been identified there earlier than 1803. However, the name John Greenidge appeared as a bounder in Hampton and Carrington from 1710.

Sources

Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.

Estate Information (9)

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1803
 

According to Hughes-Queree, John Greenidge was the owner by 1803 [and probably earlier].

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1816
 

Hughes-Queree identify John Simmons as the owner by 1816.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot) 93(F) 96(M)  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. The enslaved included 8 'in right of marriage'.

 
T71/521 502-7
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 110(Tot)  
[Size] 289  
 

In 1822 John Simmons mortgaged to George Gibbs and Robert Bright, business partners of Bristol, England for 拢11,000 sterling, secured on the Four Square and Harrow plantations, both in St. Philip. Four Square was 289 acres and there were 110 enslaved. The land was appraised @ 拢35 per acre with a total value of 拢10,115. The highest appraised male enslaved person was 拢130; female: 拢110; boys and girls: 拢110. The total value of the enslaved was 拢6,000. Thomas and John Daniel were also creditors of John Simmons for 拢7,000. See also evolution notes on 1830.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Four Square  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. Numbers of enslaved included 3 removed from Hanson's and 3 removed to Simmons's. Previously 171 enslaved.

 
T71/530 166-7
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot)  
 

Return of John Simmons, his own property. Previously 155 enslaved.

 
T71/536 328
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
 

Return of Mehitabelle Ann Simmons (Executrix), the property of John Simmons.

 
T71/544 329-30
1830
 

In 1830 a Chancery Court auction sale: Four Square was sold to Nathaniel Kirton. Nathaniel Kirton bought Four Square for an appraised value of 拢17,853. See also evolution notes on 1822.

 
Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 120(Tot)  
[Name] [No name given]  
 

Return of Nathaniel Kirton, his own property.

 
T71/549 292-5