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Haynesfield Plantation Ledger 1881-1887 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-06 |
Scope & Content |
This Manuscript ledger for Haynesfield Plantation covers the period 1881-1887. The chronologically arranged entries include headings such as: Stock Account; Moravian Mission; Estate of William Murray deceased; William Collings grandchild of the Hon. John H. Nurse, deceased; Arthur Herbert Nourse; Mr. G.E. Thomas; Estate of R.W. O'Neale; Thomas Daniel & Co.; Promissory Notes; H.P. Griffith; Louis Son & Co.; Allan Belfield; G.W. Hutchinson & Co.; Carter & Co.; DaCosta & Co.; Michael Cavan & Co.; D.M. Simpson & Co.; James Law; Claybury Plantation; James A. Howard; F.L. Burgess; J.C. Pile; Colonial Treasury; Haynesfield Plantation; John H. Thomas; J.S. Pilgrim; New Building and Machinery; Private Expenses; James A. Howard; Plantation Expenses; Carrington and Sealy; W.P. Leacock; Molasses; Sugar; E.J. Gregory, Bills of Exchange; Private Expenses; Robert Challenor & Co.; H.E. Thorne; Stores on Hand; Trowbridge & Co.; William Laurie & Son.; H.P. Griffith; Benjamin W. Loyte; Clairmonte & Co.; John H. Thomas; Thomas Daniel & Co.; Alleyene Murray; Sugar remittances; Thomas Porte; L. Bert; H.E. Thorne; Samuel Manning and James 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. Howard, |
Extent of Description |
1 Manuscript 366 pages - 48 page index, 318 pages of content. |
Dates of Creation |
1881-1887 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1881-1887 |
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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