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Haynesfield Plantation Accounts Ledger 1865-1881 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-05 |
Scope & Content |
This accounts ledger for Haynesfield Plantation, St. John, covers the period 1865-1881. The body of the ledger is double numbered from 1 - 213 e.g. 1l and 1r. The transactions are entered under such headings as: Stock Account; Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.; Mrs. Elizabeth M. Thomas; Herbert Nurse; The Estate of the Rev. J. Henry Nurse, deceased; Georgiana Collings; The Grandchildren of the Hon. John H. Nurse, deceased; Arthur Herbert Nourse; Moravian Mission; Simeon Hardy & Sons; Gibbs, Bright & Co.; Thomas Daniel & Co.; Promissory Notes; John H. Thomas; Louis Son & Co.; Nightingale & Co.; James Smith & Co.; Estate of William H. Boxill, deceased; Edward Racker; Edward J. Gregory; Francis Riley; William Howard; Interest, Profit and Loss; Sugar; Molasses; Increase and Decrease (cattle & mules); William Chenery & Co.; Wortley Murray & Co.; Alleyne & Arthur; John Alleyne & Co.; Conrade Pile; Private Expenses; C.A. Howell; Michael Cavan & Co.; Shepheard & Marshall; N. Griffith; Elwell & Co.; Henry McChlery; DaCosta & Co.; Frederick A. Clairmonte & Co.; Stewarts Hill Plantation; D.P. Cotton & Co.; W. P. Leacock & Co.; Allamby Bourne,;Plantation Expenses; W.J. Thorne; N.P. Griffith; Samuel L. Burgess; Sunbury Plantation; E. De Mora; Donald M. Simpson & Co.; J.S. Pilgrim; W.E. McConney; G.W. Hutchinson & Co.; Carter & Co.; New Building and Machinery; Mrs. O'Neale; Colonial Treasury; A. Belfield; Claybury Plantation; A.P. and J.D. Murray. 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 452 page consisting of a 26 page index and 426 pages of content. |
Dates of Creation |
1865-1881 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1865-1881 |
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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