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Title |
Haynesfield Plantation Ledger 1887-1893 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-07 |
Scope & Content |
The manuscript ledger for Haynesfield Plantation covers the period June 10th 1887 to 1893. The pages are double numbered 1-128 e.g. 1l and 1r. The chronologically arranged entires are entered under such headings as: Stock Account; Moravian Mission; Estate of William Murray, deceased; Revd. J.D.M. Murray; George A, Nightingale & Co.; Mrs. Grant E. Thomas Marriage Settlement; Estate of R.W. O'Neal, deceased; Thomas Daniel & Co.; Old Promissory Notes; Estate of John H. Thomas, deceased; James J. Law; George W. Hutchinson & Co.; E.J. Gregory; Stewarts Hill; Cavan & Co.; John Gill & Co.; Hinkson & Thomas; Venture Plantation; Andrews Plantation; D.M. Simpson; N.P. Griffith; Louis Son & Co.; Thomas Porte; Thomas Roberts; Clairmonte & Co.; Unpaid Salaries; Agents of Thomas Daniel & Co.; H.E. Thorne; James Reid.; Cooper Boxill; R.A, Stoute; C.J. Malessary; Carter & Co.; James A. Howard; H.D. Cleare; Open Accounts; Haynesfield Appraisement; Mellows Plantation; Musson & Son and Co.; Johnson Haynes; Samuel Humphrey; Louis Sons and Co.; Da Costa and Co.; Claybury Plantation; A.P. Murray; F.C. Thomas; Sugar Account; Molasses Account; Increase and Decrease; Colonial Bank; Profit and Loss; Miss Maria M. Thomas; St. John's Parish; Villa Nova; E. de Mora; R.A. Stoute; A.B. Hinkson; Colonial Treasurer; James H. Inniss; Stores on Hand; Samuel Squires; Inniss Howell & Co.; L. Bert; Ernest Parry; Anna Belfield; Lynch Thomas; Georgie Murray and Francis Gittens. 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 280 pages - 24 pages of index, 256 pages of content |
Dates of Creation |
1887-1893 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1887-1893 |
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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