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INVENTORIES AND APPRAISALS 6
FROM JAMAICA ARCHIVES
1. An Inventory and Appraisal was made of the personal property and rights of deceased persons as a part of Probate.
2. The following items summarize Inventories which are on a microfilm prepared by the Archives to show the Inventories of particular deceased persons. Other items (or parts thereof) may appear at the top or bottom of the same page, or on the facing page. Partial items are also included here for the value of the names and information they contain. The order in which they appear on the microfilm has been preserved.
3. Pounds £ are in Jamaican currency of the time, which was worth less than British sterling.
4. For an example of the full text of the authorizations issued for appraisals and inventories, please see the Inventory of George Huie (which was also taken from this microfilm).
5. 1B/11/3/ is the Index Number for Inventories in the Jamaica Archives.
1B/11/3/113 Folio 195
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: George Woodbine and Thomas Hill of the parish of Westmoreland Esquires, by William Duke of Manchester, Governor, 11 January 1809. R. Robertson, Secretary.
Appraisers appointed: Porterfield Taylor and Charles McNish of the parish of Westmoreland merchants
Administrator of estate: John Ricketts
Inventory
2 horses £35
A gold watch £10.13.4.
A saddle £5.6.8.
[rest of inventory not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/145, Folio 191
Appraisers appointed: J. Hodgson and John Brown
Administrators of estate: Hopewell Tyler and William Thomas which were left administered by Ewen Cameron deceased her executor
Inventory dated 24 February 1829
Slaves
[first part of Inventory not microfilmed]
Phaba an old woman £5
Richard an able Negro man £120
Mary Maise a young girl £60
Catherine a young girl £10
Eve an old woman £5
Chance an old woman £5
Lady an old woman £5
Betsey an old mulatto woman £5
William an elderly man £50
The following three Negro slaves in Spanish Town in the clandestine possession of Charlotte Aldred who refuses to give them up consequently cannot be appraised at present, namely Patty, Charlotte and Venus young Negro girls daughters of Ellen
Total £510
1B/11/3/145, Folios 191-194
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: Samuel C. Gray and George Longmore Esquires, by Sir John Keane, Lieut. Governor, 31 October 1828. W. Bullock, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Charles Rob and William Home Esquires
Executor of estate: Henry Fray Esquire of the parish of St. James Esquire
Inventory
On Belfont Estate
Slaves £2785, viz:
Henry McIntosh
John McIntosh
Joseph McIntosh
Edward Ricketts McIntosh
Robert McIntosh
Angus McIntosh
Samuel McIntosh
Ellis McIntosh
Nelson Ken
Alexander McIntosh
Harry McIntosh
William McIntosh
William McIntosh
Cudge
Duncan McIntosh
Frank McIntosh
James McIntosh
Richard McIntosh
Joe
Henry McIntosh
James McIntosh
Thomas McIntosh
Henry McIntosh
Claver Taylor
John Anglin
August
John Clarke
George
Polydore
Will
Duke
Tom
James Graham
Robert Hynd
George Gammie
Daniel
Francis Williams
Jane Wright
Ann McIntosh
Nary Thomas
Charlotte McIntosh
Christianna Brown
Marjory McIntosh
Cecilia Wilson
Ann McFarlane
Eliza McIntosh
Margaret McIntosh
Hagar
Kelly
Catherine Stewart McIntosh
Ellen McIntosh
Mary Ann McIntosh
Gracey
Elizabeth Williams
Sarah McIntosh
Marjory McIntosh
Caroline McIntosh
Eliza McIntosh
Sarah
Elizabeth Graham
1 Truck £70
1 cart £30
36 working steers, 4 heifers, 4 cows, 1 bull, 6 calves £648
14 mules, 1 horse £450
Furniture, linen £167. 16. 8
3 Bonds Morle to McIntosh £960. 18. 9
2 Bonds Anderson to McIntosh £400
Total £7521.15. 5.
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On Vauxhall Estate
Slaves £5865, viz:
James Perricod
James Rowe
Thomas Wright
Andrew McIntosh
Henry Mullins
Thomas Lewis
William Vassall
John Atkinson
William Rowe
James Nash
William Salmon
Aaron McIntosh
Isaac Anderson
Joseph McIntosh
Lenn
Stephen Denton
James Miller
Thomas McCracken
Robert Johnston
Fidler
John Smith
Edward
Richard McIntosh
William Smith
Thomas Muir
Archy Muir
Frank Muir
David Muir
Philip Rowe
George Smith
William
Alexander
Thomas Wilkie
Francis Walfall
Alexander Tasker
William Thomson
Edward Sanderson
John Gammill
Abraham
Brutus
Julius
Caesar
Jack
Derrick
Blackwall
Harry
Ann Williams
Eliza Smith
Marjory Muir
Selina Brown
Velinia Daly
Francis Rowe
James Smith
Caroline Smith
Charlotte
Eliza Hutchinson
Sarah Smith
Susanna Brown
Diana Smith
Sarah Rowe
Mary Ann Mitchell
Mary McGougan
Henry
Ophelia Peddy
Mary King
Rosan Smith
Mary Forbes
Jane Sanderson
Cecilia Berry
Margaret Campbell
Susan Laird
Elizabeth Laird
Hannah Pesa
Nancy Smith
Catharine Bernard
Beck
Bessy Williams
Bashy Newman
Affy
Harriet Smith
Sambo Jenny
Christianna Campbell
Mary
Matilda
Delia
Elizabeth
Belinda
Isabella Wilkie
Little Rosan
Grace
Frances
Lydia
Parthinia
Phoebe
Samuel
Ruthy
Marina
Jeanette
Kate
Rianna
Polly
Rosy
Molly
Rebecca
Charlotte
4 carts, 1 truck £145
45 working steers, 16 young steers, 2 bulls, 15 heifers, 30 cows, 40 calves, 8 mules, re sheep £2087. 13. 4.
Furniture, linen, silver spoons and ladle, a shade drip and frame, utensils £70. 16. 8
Total Vauxhall Estate ................................£8223.10
Less one moiety the property of the heirs of John McIntosh Senior deceased £4111.15
Balance ..................£4111.15. 0
add Belfont valuation £7521. 15. 5.
Total ............ ...£11,633. 10. 5.
1B/11/3/145, Folio 194
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: Francis Clark and Samuel Jackson Dallas Esquires, by Sir John Keane, Lieut. Governor, 3 September 1828. W. Bullock, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Thomas Gilzean and Maurice Hughes both of the parish of Port Royal planters
Executor of estate: Edward D. Massither of St. Andrew planter
[Inventory not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/147 Folio 31
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: Honorable W. P. Trench and Robert Innes Esquire, by the Earl of Belmore, Governor, 14 March 1830. W. Bullock, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Rowland Israell and James Wright Turner Esquire
Executor of estate: William Wheeler Fearon of the parish of Clarendon Esquire
Inventory
Slaves £190, viz
William Garvey
John Evans
Quashie (runaway)
Mary Douglass
2 horses, bay mare, black pony £165
Gig with tandem harness £100
Saddlery £16
Regimental sword and belt complete £8
Fowling piece and a pair of pocket pistols £41
Set of mathematical instruments £1. 6. 8.
Wearing apparel, books, candlestick, liquor case, gold watch, gold snuff box, etc. £118.2.6.
Amounts due to William Cooper McKenzie deceased, viz.
Patsy Sewell & Co. £32. 2. 6.
Estate of Donald McLean deceased for salary on Mays Pen £60
Estate of W. P. Hayle deceased for salary on Fearons Place £40
Supposed to be in the 3% consol £740
Total £1446. 5. 0
1B/11/3/147 Folio 31
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: James Walker and Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe Esquires, by the Earl of Belmore, Governor, 7 November 1829. W. Bullock, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Ralph Cocking and Henry Norton
Administratrix of estate: Sarah Darlington of the parish of St. Ann a free person of color
[Inventory not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/148, Folio 217
Appraisers appointed: John William Sloly and Ben Harris
Administrator of estate: John Girven
Inventory entered 17 May 1832
Slaves £298 viz:
Philip
William
Charles
John Wincate
Kate
Betty and her children named :
Robert Black
Francis Black
Mary Black
Isabella Stewart
Mary Hunter
Total £298
Words counted by William Holder of the parish of Trelawny gentleman.
1B/11/3/148, Folio 217
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: Thomas Geoghegan and Francis Ashmeade Esquires, by the Earl of Belmore, Governor, 14 November 1831. W. G. Stewart, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: George Mills and William Stewart Esquires
Executors of estate: John Borland and Charles Brown
Inventory
Clothing, silver watch seals and key, a military desk, a dressing case, 2 portmanteaux, a saddle and bridle, a bay horse, a bay mare £64. 2. 6.
An attested account vs Epping Estate for salary £7.1.8
M. C. Party's note of hand £5
Cash found in purse £5. 6. 3.
Messrs. John and James Borland due by them for account current £200
Total £281. 10. 5
1B/11/3/148, Folio 218-219
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: John Salmon junior and James Gordon Esquires, by the Earl of Belmore, Governor, 4 November 1831. W. G. Stewart, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Charles Rob and Charles F. Cooper Esquires to appraise goods and chattels remaining unexecuted by the former qualified Executor
Executrix of estate: Elizabeth Patterson
Inventory at Vauxhall Estate, St. Elizabeth
Furniture, glassware, blankets, cutlery, crockery, medicines, kitchen utensils, carpenter's tools, a truck, 3 carts, 6 dozen hoes and bills, cooper's tools, brass locks, saddles, nails, paint, turpentine, hammers, blasting tools, 2 pumps, copper £520. 11. 8
In curing house 16 hogsheads sugar £512
In still house 12 puncheons rum £2611
163 head of horned stock, 9 mules £1692
Slaves (38 males and 63 females) £4815, viz
James Pinnecote
Andrew McIntosh
Henry Mullins
Thomas Lewis
John Atkinson
Bill Rowe
James Nash
William Salmon
Stephen Denton
James Miller
Robert Johnston
John Smith
Edward
Len
Will Smith
Fiddler
William
Thomas Muir
Archy Muir - Runaway
Frank
Phillip Rowe
Brutus
George Smith
Cesar
Thomas Wilkin
Fr. Wallfall
R Fas Ken
Will Thompson
Edward Sanderson
Derrick
John Ganner
Ju
lius
Abram
Moses
Jamaica
Allick
William Foster
Ann Williams
Eliza Smith
Marjory Muir
Celinda Brown
Valeria Daly
Thomas Rowe
Jane Smith
Caroline Smith
Charles
Eliza Hutchinson
Sarah Smith
Susanna Brown
Diana Smith
Sarah Rowe
Mary A. Mitchell
Ophelia
Mary King
Rosena Smith
Mary Forbes
Jane Sanderson
Cecilia Barry
Mary Campbell
Harry
Susan Land
Elizabeth Land
Hannah Pizer
Nanny Smith
Catherine Bernard
Beck
Bessy Williams
Bashy Newman
Hannah Smith
Sambo Jenny
Christina Campbell
Offry
Mary
Matilda
Elizabeth
Matilda
Isabella Walker
Little Rosy Ann
Grace
Frances
Liddy
Parthenia
Phoebe
Damsel
Ruthy
Marcus
Jennett
Reana
Polly
Kate
Rosey
Molly
Rebecca
Charlotte
Agnes
Dorothy
Fanny
Sue
Esther Williams
Eleanor Hutchinson
Total at Vauxhall £7803. 11. 8.
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At Belfast in St. James
A truck, a cart, old copper, lead, a set of coppers and 2 syphons £264
A copper still and warm, working steers, 23 head breeding stock, 11 mules £1030
Slaves - 30 male and 27 female £2970, viz
Henry McIntosh
Joseph McIntosh
William McNaughton
Henry McIntosh
William Qudeo McIntosh
Cato
James McIntosh
Polydore
Samuel McIntosh
Cudjo
John McIntosh
Nelson Kerr
John Anglin
Richard McIntosh
Duke Hall
Cleam Taylor
Robert Hynd
James Graham
Tam George
George Gamma
Tam
Thomas McIntosh
Dan McIntosh
Joe
Angus McIntosh
Harry
Harry McIntosh
William McIntosh
Elizabeth Williams
Elizabeth Graham
Jane Wright
Christina Brown
Margaret Campbell
Katto Stewart
Hagar
Mary Thomas
Frances Williams
Sarah
Gracie
Mary Ann Gamma
Frances
Mary Ann McIntosh
Caroline
Margery
Anne
Eliza McIntosh
Eliza McIntosh
Anne McIntosh
Charlotte Graham
Sally McIntosh
Ellen McIntosh
Kitty
Anne McFarlane
Celia Wilson
Arither
Total Belfast £4264
Total Inventory £12,067. 11. 8.
1B/11/3/27 Folio 66
Appraisers appointed: Henry Morgan Byndloss and Math. Byndloss
Acting Executor of estate: William Aikenhead
Inventory dated 5 September 1747
[first part not microfilmed]
Slaves
Male --Cuffee
Girls:
Rose
Phillis
Sarah
Penn Cuba
Creeth
Mulatto Nancy
Chloe
Kessena
Mimba
Black Nancy
44 steers, 1 bull, 15 cows, 9 young bulls, 3 young heifers, 5 calves, 20 old mules, 10 young mules
700 good potts
300 bad potts
a new wain
an old wain
1 new mill case & gudgeon
8 new axes
1 pair old wain wheels
7 cattle chains
Total inventory £2990. 3. 7. ½
1B/11/3/27 Folio 66-68
Appointed appraisers: by Edward Trelawny Esquire, Governor, 27 August 1747. Samuel Williams, Secretary.
Appraisers appointed: Malcolm Laing and Charles Gordon of Kingston merchants
Executor of estate: Daniel Mackqueen
Sundry goods found in his warehouse and sold to the following persons for £1486.14.7 1/4
Syme and White, cotton checks etc.
William McBean, cotton checks, ruffled shirts, field bedstead, etc.
Phillis & Mailhet, dimity
Peter Barral, silk hose
James Spotswood, cloth
John Henderson, cloth
Wills & West, cloth, 1 wigg, Echaracts Gazettiere
Mark Warkham, socks
Alexander Campbell, narrow & brettanias, 6 cooper, chest of tea, 4 vols. Tatlers, horse, 1 Negro boy named London
Moses Lopez, ditto
Joshua Monforte, womens' thread hose, The Gentleman Instructed
Gilbert Mathison, mahogany book case etc., Universal History 7 vols., Chamber's Dictionary 7 vols., Shakespeare's plays 6 vols., Critical History of Sir Robert Walpole, 2 vols. Newton's natural Philosophy, Marriann 2 vols., Lock on Understanding 1 vol., Behyn's Plays
John Fitzgerald, candles, writing desk, stools
Patrick Lynch, stool chair
William Innes, jacketts without sleeves
John McLean, sliders, etc., Prior's poems 2 vols., 8 vols. Spectator, 2 vols La Belle Assemble, Bury Body 2 vols, Pope's Works 8 vols., Freethinker 3 vols. Guardian 2 vols., Nature Delineated 3 vols.
Moses Musquito, towels
Jacob Alvarenga, jacketts
Michael Hay
William Pyrton, 1 wigg, saddle and whip, etc., Marianna, History of America 2 vols.
Stark & Gordon, 3 deal presses
William Puton, 1 hatt
George Cuthbert, a new blew cloath coat and 2 pair breetches
Jasper Hall, 3 pair carriage guns
Charles Mitchell, 1 pair 9 pounders, 1 paid 12 pounders
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Goods arrived since his death sold for £277. 12. 10 ¾including casks of ale sold to:
Lawrence Brodbelt
Sym & White
Kerr & Sterling
Alexander McLean
Stark & Gordon
Arthur Forrest
Ross & Grant
Total goods £1791. 1. 0.
Sundry charges on the above goods, £100. 12. 10 ½ viz:
Paid Moses Browne, Cryer for 2 ½ days
Paid for the Bell
Paid for liquor at the sale
Paid for Negro hire
Commission at 5%
Debts good and bad as appears by his Books tho not all settled viz:
Mary Dawkins
John Falconer
Robert Wilson
Watson Grant & Fearon
Joseph Pereira
Robert Stirling
Alexander Crawford
Abraham Sarzades
Alexander Innes
William Cockburn
Charles Allan
James Spottswood
Nathan Abrahams
Solomon & Isaac Martin
Gavin Haliburton
Bull & Brymer
James Abell
Lawrence Brodbelt
William Carter
Samuel Whitehorne
Cathrin Dalrymple
Nicholas Burke
Patrick Adam
Alexander Coth
James Graham
Daniel Almeyda
Thomas Sentence
Andrew Ronaldson
Estate of John Lidlow
Scott & Roberts
John Govan
Michael Hay
Martin & Mendez
Gilbert Syme
Mary Carter
Wills & West
Nathan Cohen
Furrell & Gardiner
Crowder Barclay & Johnston
Joseph Weatherby
Thomas Straton
Peter Snee
Charles Mitchell
John Gordon
Michael Levy
Ker & Malcom
Michael McNamara
James Rutherford
David Pitcarn
John Barjeau
John Allan
Richard Green
George Cuthbert
Peter McKenzie
Stark & Gordon
Richard Quin
George Hutcheson
Sarah Portello
Alexander Mountier
Elizabeth Mansell
John Seaman
Robert Sutherland
Adam Montgomery
Henderson & Hales
Robert Baldwin
Ann Bridge
Alexander Dallas
Richard Bannister
Jacob Henriquez
William Petrie
Joshua Nunez
Samuel Nunes
William Innes
Gilbert Mathison
NB Some other accounts depending not yet settled when they are supplementary appraisment shall be returned of them or any other articles that shall come to my knowledge.
Total Inventory .... £10,868. 0. 7. ¾
1B/11/3/40, Folio 207
Appraisers appointed: Semuel Barreto da Verga and Isaac Gutteres
Executors of estate: Aaron Baruch Lousada and Benjamin Dias Fernandes
Inventory
[first part not microfilmed]
[ Debts on books]
Sarah Harris
Abraham de Leon
Joseph Gomes Silva
Doctor George Aldred
Reb. Rods. de Leon
Total Inventory £19,007. 3. 4 ¾
1B/11/3/40, Folios 207-208
Appointed appraisers: Roger Hope Elletson Esquire, Lieut. Governor, 15 September 1768. J. Archer, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Adam Anderson of the parish of St. Ann practitioner in physick and surgery and Francis Hayes of the parish of St. Catherine shopkeeper
Administrator of estate: Mary Cooke
Inventory
Negroes:
Clermont £60
Charlotte £55
Silvia £55
Horse and young cow £23
Household furniture, saddles, wearing apparel, watchmaker's tools, sundry notes and book debts £63. 1. 3.
Total inventory £351. 1. 3.
1B/11/3/40, Folios 207-208
Appointed appraisers: by Roger Hope Elletson Esquire, Lieut. Governor
Appraisers appointed: Benjamin Heath, Thomas Sawyer and Francis Blower Gibbes of the parish of St. James planters
Executors of estate: Charles Bernard and Daniel Bernard
[Inventory not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/42 Folio 42
Appointed appraisers: by H. Moore, 14 May 1761. J. Hay, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: George Hewm and Samuel Turton
Executor of estate: Richard Burrell
Inventory dated 21 August 1761 at Black River on the Moskito Shore
Negroes
Belford £ 25
Dublin £30
Isaac £20
Old Tom £10
Joan £42. 15
Cuba £25
Indian Tommy £16
Total slaves £176.15
Sundry wearing apparel £44
A dwelling house and land it stands on £40
Daniel Hewlett's amount sales, for sundry household goods sold by him at Publick Vendue not proved. £144. 5. 0
Cash found in the deceased house £17. 8. 1 ½
Flour, rum, butter, sugar, counterpane, slippers and some other lumber £54. 0. 8
300 Sarsaperella found in the house £15
horse, saddle, cedar desk £7
Outstanding debt from John Pelos £28
Total inventory £509. 0. 8
1B/11/3/42 Folio 42
Appointed appraisers: by H. Moore, 6 August 1761. J. Hay, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: James Wilkins of the parish of St. Catherine taylor and John Jackson of St. Catherine gentleman
Executor of estate: Edward Aldred
Inventory
Negroes:
Belinda £15
Jenny £60
Household furniture, dishes, 2 cows, 1 calf, 1 mare £60. 2. 6.
Goods: cloth, thread, Negro handkerchiefs, old trunks, butter £53
[rest of inventory not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/42 Folio 120
Appraisers appointed: Timothy Penny and Matthew Grave
Administrator of estate: John Seddon of Kingston merchant
Total inventory £792. 0. 5.
Dated November 1762
[not microfilmed]
1B/11/3/42 Folios 120-121
Appointed to issue oaths to appraisers: John Palmer and Patrick Hanlon of the parish of St. James Esquires, by William Henry Lyttleton Esquire, Governor, 10 June 1762. J. Hay, Secretary
Appraisers appointed: Francis Flower Gibbs and James Findlator of the parish of St. James planters
Executor of estate: Charles McIntosh
Inventory
One Negro man named Cesar £80
One Negro woman named Diana £65
4 horses £107
A parcel of wearing apparel £45
Household furniture £48
A parcel of books £6. 2. 6.
Outstanding debts £600
A shop of medicines and furniture £50
Total £1001. 2. 6.
1B/11/8/15
Date format: Month/ Day/Year
Abbreviations: bu= buried
res= residence
#89. Peggy Hunter, pauper, aged 70 years, res Poor House, Falmouth, buried 10/26/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#90. Webb Doman, planter, aged 26 years, Green Vale, Trelawny, buried 10/29/1841 in Falmouth Church Yard. . John Stone, officiating curate
#91. Robert Hanslip, aged 45 years, res Rio Bueno, bu 7/5/1841 in St. Mark's church yard. H. W. Gegg Island Curate.
#92 Wilkin Cooper, coroner, aged 64 years, res Rock, bu 8/11/1841 in St. Michael's church yard. H. W. Gegg Island Curate.
#93. Darby Allen, aged 60 years, res Rio Bueno, bu 8/28/1841 in St. Mark's church yard. H. W. Gegg Island Curate.
#94. John Utten, aged 50 years, res Bengal, bu 8/31/1841 at Bengal. H. W. Gegg Island Curate.
#95. Barbara W. Wilton, aged 61 years, res Rio Bueno, bu 9/3/1841 in St. Mark's church yard. H. W. Gegg Island Curate.
#96. Edward Doman, planter, aged 20 years, res Wales Estate in Trelawny, bu 11/2/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#97. Henry Evans, pauper, aged 68 years, res Poor House in Falmouth, bu 11/12/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#98. Thomas O'Brien, emigrant, aged 37 years, res Falmouth, bu 11/13/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#99. Frederick Smithies, aged 14 years, res Wynn's Town, Falmouth, bu 11/15/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#100. John Parkinson, cabinet-maker, aged 34 years, res Falmouth, bu 11/17/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
#101. Benjamin Stoodley, Ensign in H. M. 82nd Regiment, aged 25 years, res Falmouth, bu 11/21/1841 in Falmouth church yard. John Stone, officiating curate
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