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Haynesfield Plantation Ledger 1843-1865 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-04 |
Scope & Content |
Manuscript ledger for Haynesfield Plantation covering the period 1843-1865. It consists of 128 pages of content, with an index making up the first twelve preliminary pages. Numbered pages 1 - 85 (numbered irregularly) contain plantation transactions and the remaining pages are blank. Transactions are recorded under headings such as: stock account; Haynesfield Plantation; William Sharp; Government loan; Moravian Mission at Mount Tabor; Edmund Haynes; John H, Nurse; Thomas Nurse; Gibbs, Bright & Co.; Barton, Irlan & Higginson; Hope Plantation; Simeon Heardy & Sons; Sugar; Rum; Molasses; Plantation Expenses; Profit; Interest; West India Bank; Colonial Bank; William Olton; Andrew Boyce; Richard Johnson; Johnson & Smith; John Webb & Co.; William Hewitt; Edmund Knight; Promissory Notes; William Ward; John & George Alleyne; Abrams, Clairmonte & Co.; William H. Boxill; John Bourne & Co.; Joseph H. Howard & Co.; Samuel P. Olton; Prince William Franklin; John McCollin; John Proverbs; John Rudder; John Y. Jemmott; Lewis Nurse Bowen; Benjamin J. Worm; Christmas Grosvenor; John J. Gregory; Caesar Husbands; George Ford; John R. Nicholls; Thomas Hardy; George Walley; Michael Cavan & Co.; Springfield Plantation; Joshua G. Knight; John J. Gollop; Stores on Island; Villa Nova; Conrade Pile; Bills of Exchange; Joseph King; Thomas Crumpton; George W. McClean; Benjamin H. Jones; Patrick Kilkelly; Thomas Louis & Son; Francis Culpeper; Abel H. Jones & Co.; Adam Straw Waterman; James M. Deane; John Henry Thomas; Alder, Bascom & Co.; Joseph J Bascom & Co.; John F. Best & Co.; Nightingale & Co.; Willikam Chenery & Co.; Edward Racker; Griffith & Jeffrey and Francis Riley, Haynesfield Plantation, St. John, originally known as the "Baldricks Estate," and now known as Wakefield, was bought by General Robert Haynes from the executors of Robert Trotman's will in 1804 for 19,000 pounds. In 1810 General the Hon. Robert Haynes sold to Henry Sealy of St. John for £18,000 "Haynesfield Plantation" - 178 acres - to provide some of the capital to buy Clifton Hall. Subsequent owners were: Edmund Haynes, William Sharp and the Hon. Grant Elcock Thomas. Edmund Haynes had contributed to the building of the Mount Tabor Moravian Church. There was a perpetual charge of £1000 on the pltn to pay an annuity of £60 to Mount Tabor Church. |
Extent of Description |
1 Manuscript 284 pages (irregular pagination) - 12 page index; 128 pages of content; 144 blank pages |
Dates of Creation |
1843-1865 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1843-1865 |
People |
Haynes, Robert. Haynes, Edmund. Sharp, William. Thomas, Grant Elcock. |
Search Terms |
Haynesfield Plantation. Baldrick's Plantation. Wakefield Plantation. Plantations--Barbados. Barbados--History. Sugar trade--Barbados. Haynes family. Haynes, Robert. Haynes, Edmund. Sharp, William. Thomas, Grant Elcock. Mount Tabor Moravian Church. Moravian Church--Barbados. |
Subjects |
Haynesfield Plantation. Baldrick's Plantation. Wakefield Plantation. Plantations--Barbados. Barbados--History. Sugar trade--Barbados. Haynes family. Haynes, Robert. Haynes, Edmund. Sharp, William. Thomas, Grant Elcock. Mount Tabor Moravian Church. Moravian Church--Barbados. |
Legal Status |
Not to be reproduced without the permission of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. |
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