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LANDOWNERS IN ST. ANDREW IN 1753

From Colonial Office correspondence CO137/28, pages 169 verso to 175

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JAMAICA

PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW

Quantity of Land Cultivated
And in what kind of Manufacture
With the Number of White Servants
Negros and Cattle Employed on
Each Settlement

C

Recd. With Governor Knowles's Letter
Dated ye 31st December 1754

Received April ye 9th  1755
Read April ye 10th 1755

Y46


Abbreviations used on chart:

Provsn. or Provisn. = Provision (plural Provisions, referring to food provisions grown on the land)
Gd. = good
Mtn. = mountain
Possd. = possessed
Pt. = part

 NAME OF NAME OF NUMBER Sugar Coffee Ginger Cotton Provsn Pen White Negros Cattle Wood- Remarks nature
LANDHOLDER PLANTATION ACRES Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres acres servants     land quality  of soil
Ramage, James Mullett Hall 1100 0 60 12 0 200 250 2 68 35 578 Good land but 
                          some very steep
                          mountainous
Readen, Richard [blank] 78 0 0 3 6 20 0 1 57 3 18 Pasture & cotton
                          land good, other
                          steep mountain
Johnston, Andrew White Hall 308 80 0 0 0 60 27 3 97 5 141 Cane & pasture
                          good; other rocky
Feurtado, Isaac Golden Spring 963 200 0 0 0 41 120 5 135 71 602 Ditto
Barjeau, John Hall's Delight 508 100 0 0 0 120 10 1 30 0 278 Cane & pasture
                          good; other black
                          soil
Kelly, Luke [blank] 344 0 4 6 0 60 150 1 43 14 124 Chiefly good; part
                          rocky very steep
Fernandes, Daniel [blank] 328 0 30 20 0 20 20 1 23 4 238 Ditto
Clarke, Maynard [blank] 948 230 10 0 0 70 50 8 210 28 385 Cane & pasture
                          good;other rocky
                          mountainous
Stokes, Henry [blank] 266 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 22 4 254 Gd. mountainous
                          black soil
Townsend, James [blank] 556 0 0 40 0 150 200 2 116 7 116 Pt. indifferently
                          good;  rest poor
Blair, John [blank] 214 0 0 0 0 100 114 0 0 0 0 Ditto
Peet, William  Peet's Ferry 2700 0 0 0 0 300 500 6 195 43 1900 Pen land swampy
  deceased, estate of                         & passing good;
                          rest rocky
Laws, James &  ?_lowfield 1030 200 0 0 0 250 280 3 178 136 300 Cane & pasture
    Temple [Swallowfield?]                       good; rest red
  [torn]                       hills very rocky
Creane, Capt. James ?- Estate 363 125 0 0 0 150 55 4 94 50 33 Ditto
  [torn]                        
Jovet & Company ?-liers 500 85 0 0 0 50 250 3 99 75 115 Ditto
  [Cavaliers?]                        
Foyster, Caleb Mount Canan 257 5 0 0 0 20 0 3 66 29 232 Ditto
Goulbourn, William [blank] 320 0 0 0 0 200 70 0 0 0 50 Good pasture; 
                          rest indifferent 
                          & mountain
Gregory, Arthur Barbican 1600 135 0 0 0 100 865 2 100 84 500 Cane & pasture
                          good; rest
                          indifferent
Battersby, Benjamin [blank] 150 0 0 0 0 100 50 0 60 0 0 Good land of
                          black soil
Battersby, John, a [blank] 300 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 270 Ditto
   minor                          
Silvera, Abraham, [blank] 1030 0 180 30 0 350 240 4 100 60 230 good land; clay
  deceased, estate of                         soil
Peete, George [blank] 450 0 30 0 0 70 0 0 18 4 350 Good land; black
                          soil
Augier, Susanna  [blank] 950 0 40 10 0 100 0 1 80 42 800 Good land; some
                          steep mountain
Green, Richard [blank] 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 12 0 0 Ditto
D'Luskee, John Daniel [blank] 1100 0 6 5 0 30 100 0 19 30 959 Ditto
Burnside, Thomas [blank] 480 0 0 0 0 20 80 1 71 32 380 Provisn & pasture
                          good; rest red 
                          hills & rocky
Hall, John [blank] 200 0 0 0 0 50 100 2 84 44 50 Good black soil
Bacchus, Mary [blank] 200 0 0 0 0 40 60 0 24 0 100 Provisn & pasture
                          good; rest poor
                          black soil
Harris, Joseph [blank] 21 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 8 0 0 Ditto
Willy, William [blank] 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 12 4 0 Good but red soil
Mackay, George [blank] 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 23 1 0 Good black soil
                          but very steep
Wray, John [blank] 222 0 6 3 0 40 10 1 19 12 163 Ditto
Orgill, John [blank] 170 0 6 4 0 141 19 1 36 16 0 Indifferent
Huddleston & Barton Prospect 350 50 0 0 0 50 100 2 74 25 150 Steep mountains
                          black soil
Lifely, Edmund [blank] 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 9 0 0 Good black soil
Redman, William  [blank] 47 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 19 2 0 Good land
  deceased, estate of                          
Israel, Benjamin [blank] 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 2 0 Ditto
  deceased, estate of                          
Patridge, Samuel [blank] 40 0 0 0 0 10 30 0 6 0 0 Ditto fine blk. Soil
Surgeon, John [blank] 150 0 8 8 0 50 0 0 23 0 84 Good land but 
                          steep mountains
Lee, Benjamin [blank] 300 0 0 0 0 100 200 0 27 3 0 Indifferent land
  deceased, estate of                         very mountainous
Crompton, Thomas [blank] 40 0 0 0 0 40 0 2 80 10 0 Ditto
Ord, James [blank] 130 0 0 0 0 100 0 1 43 0 30 Ditto
Biggs, Samuel [blank] 245 0 0 0 0 100 50 1 13 14 95 Ditto, but red soil
Reese, Daniel [blank] 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 Ditto, Ditto
Gaultier, Joseph [blank] 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 Good land, black
                          soil
Foster, William Cork Hill 250 0 2 0 0 40 8 1 12 0 200 mountainous
                          rocky red soil
Payne, William [blank] 100 0 0 0 0 40 0 1 11 0 60 Ditto
Spencer, John [blank] 400 0 4 0 0 156 100 1 10 5 140 Ditto
Archbould, Henry Constant  1250 200 0 0 0 100 150 3 163 117 800 Woodlands, rocky
     Spring                       mountains, red
                          soil, valley cane &
                          pasture land
Phillips, Robert Short Wood 600 100 0 0 0 10 240 3 119 99 250 Cane & pasture
                          good, rest rocky
                          mountainous
Elletson, Thomas  Hope Estate 530 300 0 0 0 0 230 7 215 179 0 good land black
   Hope                         sandy soil
Elletson, Roger Merrymans 600 0 0 0 0 200 100 3 93 5 300 good mountain
    Hill                       land & black soil
Greenlee, Robert   600 0 0 0 0 50 450 2 26 70 100 Pasture & provn.
  deceased, estate of [blank]                       good, rest steep
Phipps, Paul [blank] 120 0 4 2 0 80 20 1 35 30 14 red soil, poor land
Timberlake, [--?--],  [blank] 350 0 20 16 0 100 50 1 82 14 164 good land, sundry
  deceased, estate of                         soil, mountainous
Timberlake, Hust  [blank] 138 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 120 Ditto
Joyce, John [blank] 122 0 0 10 0 112 0 1 27 9 0 Ditto
Stevenson, Barbary [blank] 326 0 1 3 0 30 92 0 20 5 200 Ditto
Gregory, Thomas [blank] 160 0 3 4 0 43 20 1 12 10 90 Ditto
Alexander, Nat. [blank] 300 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 11 2 265 Ditto
Bravo, Moses Mount Moses 300 0 15 4 0 81 0 1 38 29 200 Ditto
Bravo, Jacob [blank] 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 1 10 0 0 Good land, black
                          sandy soil
Truxtun, Mary [blank] 175 0 0 0 0 0 175 1 33 38 0 Ditto
Raitt, Andrew [blank] 60 0 10 10 0 0 20 1 12 4 20 Very good mtn.
                          land fine blk. Soil
Launce, James [blank] 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 16 4 0 Good land sandy
                          soil
Blechynden, Theop. Florance Hill 500 0 60 40 0 70 57 2 56 48 273 Good land
Menzies, Alexander [blank] 81 0 0 0 16 15 50 0 14 2 0 Ditto
Phillips, Ryves [blank] 250 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 13 0 200 Good land but 
                          steep mountains
                          black soil
Adams, Samuel Cold Spring 446 0 8 0 0 180 42 0 27 0 180 Ditto
Stanton, Robert [blank] 329 0 7 7 0 60 109 0 6 0 146 Ditto
Musquito, Abraham [blank] 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 8 0 Good land sandy
                          soil
Curtin, John [blank] 600 0 10 2 0 50 8 1 17 30 530 Good land
                          steep mountains
                          black soil
Lewis, John [blank] 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 Good land
                          black soil
Hemsley, Joseph [blank] 150 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 100 A new settled 
                          place, good land
                          black soil
Hemsley, Joshua [blank] 150 0 10 0 0 40 12 0 0 0 100 Ditto
Horobin, Samuel [blank] 40 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 15 4 0 Poor land
                          sundry soils
Brissault, John [blank] 90 0 10 6 0 74 0 0 25 10 0 Good land &
                          mountainous
Dunston, John [blank] 41 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 Good level land
Dunston, Henry [blank] 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 8 3 0 Ditto
Ashbourne, Robert [blank] 431 0 0 20 0 60 100 2 68 21 251 Very rich red soil
                          & mountainous
Williams, John [blank] 1500 60 30 10 20 130 1000 4 130 65 250 Good land, most
                          level
Cook, Roger,  [blank] 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 7 2 0 Good level land
  deceased, estate of                         black soil
Galvin, Edward [blank] 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 37 40 0 Ditto
Tittle, Edward [blank] 75 0 0 0 0 40 35 0 4 0 0 Pasture land good
                          level, provisions
                          steep mountain
Wallen, Thomas [blank] 504 Total acres possd. sworn to in 1747       0 3 109 13 0 Mountainous
                          steep & poor land
Wallen, Matthew Mt. Pleasant 85 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 Good land
Dallas, Robert [blank] 900 0 50 30 0 50 430 3 91 26 340 Pasture land good
                          rest red & rocky
                          mountains
Dow, [--?--] [blank] 60 0 0 0 0 0 60 1 37 41 0 Good level land
  deceased, estate of                         black soil
Grant, [--?--],  Maggotty Hall 300 150 0 0 0 20 4 3 74 30 126 Poor land & red
  deceased, estate of                         soil
Campbell, Daniel,  [blank] 98 0 3 5 0 30 0 1 39 5 60 Steep mountains
  deceased, estate of                         black soil
Furnell, Peter [blank] 159 0 5 9 0 45 20 2 52 20 80 Ditto, clay soil
Manning, Edward [blank] 413 0 20 0 0 80 163 3 104 102 150 Pen land good
                          Provisn. indifferent
                          steep mountains
Grant, Daniel [blank] 95 0 0 0 0 0 95 2 74 20 0 Good land & flat
Boon, [--?--], [blank] 187 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 6 5 140 Good mountain
  deceased, estate of                         land black soil
Bennett, George, [blank] 360 0 0 0 0 30 230 0 19 31 0 Ditto Ditto
  deceased, estate of                          
Wade, Jacob, [blank] 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 6 2 0 Ditto level land
 deceased, estate of                         good black soil
Hopkins, John [blank] 6 Total acres possd. sworn to in 1747   6 0 0 0 0 Good level land
                          good black soil
Ripley, John [blank] 635 Total acres sworn to in 1747   0 1 35 53 0 Indifferent good
                  land; some rocky
                          mountains
Truxtun, Richard [blank] 230 Total acres sworn to in 1747   0 2 75 9 0 Good land, clay
                  soil; some rocky
                          mountains
Pinnock, Philip [blank] 2872 242 Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 16 280 326 0 good land sundry
                    soils chiefly 
                          pasture lands
Pinnock, Thomas [blank] 1331 Total acres sworn to in 1747   0 3 128 89 0 Ditto
Seagrave, Samuel, [blank] 500 Total acres sworn to in 1747   0 3 106 93 0 good mountain
  deceased, estate of                         land
Herbert, James Pembroke Hall 519 129 Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 3 136 83 0 good land sundry
                          soils
Home, Countess of Snow Hill 1373 N/A Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 3 194 114 0 Indifferent land
                    some rocky
                          mountainous
Laws & Home Townwell & 2000 190 0 0 0 200 500 5 214 64 1100 Ditto
  Temple Hall                        
Gibbon, James Tunbridge & 2434 310 0 0 0 0 0 7 229 220 0 Ditto
  Waterhouse                        
Garthwait, Edward Cherry Garden 1112 133 Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 2 165 201 0 Ditto
  Blackheath 654 104 Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 2 71 0 0 Ditto
Maverly, John [blank] 735 111 Total acres sworn to in 1747 0 3 96 92 0 Ditto
Long, Charles Norbrook 2222 N/A 5 0 0 100 500 5 153 86 0 Ditto
Day & Company Spring 600 120 0 0 0 200 30 3 123 65 250 Cane & pasture
  Plantation                       good, rest 
                          indifferent
French, Thomas [blank] 640 0 0 10 0 40 80 2 64 10 510 Good mountain
                          land clay soil
Baily, Zach. [blank] 463 0 0 0 0 50 163 2 41 35 250 Good. Pen land 
                          level + mountain
                          land
Seaward, Revd. [blank] 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 Good land sandy
                          soil
Townsend, Thomas [blank] N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 120 8 0 [blank]
Knight, John, Molynes 368 84 0 0 0 50 234 2 75 33 0 Cane land very      
    deceased                         good, rest
                          indifferent
May, Revd. Mr. [blank] 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 1 21 3 0 Good land
  deceased, estate of                          
Venhorn, John Montgomery 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 Ditto
    Pen                        
McCraugh, [--?--] [blank] 1000 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0 0 0 0 Indifferent good
  deceased, estate of                         land sandy soil
DuCummon, John [blank] 50 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 11 0 0 Indifferent land
Lang, Malkham [blank] 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 Ditto
McQueen, Daniel [blank] 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto
Cruger, Henry [blank] 300 0 15 5 0 100 100 1 30 6 80 Steep mountains
                          but indifferent
                          good land
Heyman, [--?--],  Brandon Hill N/A 0 30 20 0 100 150 3 101 30 N/A Ditto
  deceased, estate of                          
Straton, Thomas [blank] 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Good land sandy
                          soil
Barclay, James [blank] 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 20 4 0 Very good land
                          black soil
Haliburton, Gavin [blank] 130 0 0 0 30 0 100 1 33 23 0 Ditto
Faulkner, John [blank] 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 18 8 0 Ditto
Poyntz, Mrs. [blank] 400 0 0 0 0 50 250 0 0 0 100 Good mtn. land
Perrin, William Retrieve 368 0 80 20 0 100 18 3 124 40 150 Ditto
Reynolls, Thomas [blank] 381 0 2 12 0 50 200 1 44 53 117 Good mtn. land
Reynolls, William [blank] 413 0 3 4 0 100 100 1 32 42 206 Ditto
Dove, Mrs. [blank] 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 Good land black
                          soil
Hall, Cossley [blank] 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Steep rocky
                          mountainous
Winchester, William [blank] 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Good land but 
                          steep mountains
Powell, Thomas [blank] 551 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 20 0 Indifferent good
                          land part steep
                          mountains
Huges, Walter, [blank] 1200 Total acres sworn to 1747   0 0 0 0 0 0 [blank]
  deceased, estate of                          
Hyde, Edmund [blank] 418 0 2 12 4 30 0 4 184 101 0 Pasture land good
                          Provisn indifferent
Burnett, [--?--], [blank] 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 16 [blank] Poor land
  deceased, estate of                          
Yeaman, [--?--], [blank] 805 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indifferent good
  deceased, estate of                         land
Collins, Charity [blank] 381 Total acres sworn to 1747   50 331 0 34 77 0 Good pasture land
                    provision land
                          mountainous
Collins, George [blank] 39 Total acres sworn to 1747 0 39 0 0 0 0 Good pasture land
Gooding, George [blank] 218 0 0 0 0 150 40 1 30 13 28 Ditto but red soil
                          provision land
                          indifferent
Bennett, [--?--], [blank] 1361 Total acres sworn to 1747.   19 31 0 Ditto but sundry
  deceased, estate of     Sundry parcels sold since             soils
Ram, [--?--], [blank] 1150 Total acres sworn to 1747     1 67 7 0 Indifferent good
  deceased, estate of     Sundry parcels sold since           land part
                          mountainous
East, Edward and [blank] 724 Sworn to 1747 including the lands of their    0 34 4 0 Ditto
   brothers        father  Francis East deceased            
Eccles, Revd. George [blank] 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gleeb land in
                          sundry parcels
Greig, William [blank] 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 49 4 0 Good land sandy
                          soil
Scott, John [blank] 604 Sworn to in 1747 0 0 0 1 67 7 0 Ditto mountainous
Goulburne, Henry [blank] 38 0 0 0 0 38 0 2 32 5 0 Good land
Stone, George,  [blank] 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto
  deceased, estate of                          
Cammock, Thomas [blank] 400                     New settlements
Hubbert, George [blank] 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 Mountainous
Innis, John, [blank] 1273 Sworn to in 1747 0 0 0 2 50 0 0 Rocky mountains
 deceased, estate of                         red soil
Young, James [blank] 300 0 0 0 0 50 150 0 22 2 100 Good but moun-
                          tainous, black soil
D'Silva, Jacob [blank] 194 0 0 0 0 100 50 1 48 25 44 Good land
Wilson, Robert [blank] 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 7 2 0 Ditto


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