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Title |
Haynesfield Plantation Ledger 1893-1895 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-08 |
Scope & Content |
This manuscript ledger for Haynesfield Plantation covers the period 1893-1895. The 45 page index is followed by 100 pages of content, double numbered from 1 - 50 e.g. 1l and 1r and 214 blank pages numbered from 51-157. The entries are arranged chronologically under such headings as: Stock Account; Revd., J.D.M. Murray; Trustees of F. C. Thomas & wife; Maria Thomas; Georgie Murray; Lynch Thomas; Old Promissory Notes; James Law; Clairmonte Man & Co.; Thomas Porte; Cooper Boxill; Samuel Manning; Da Costa & Co.; E. de Mora; F. C. Thomas; W.A. Bovell; Carter & Co.; Taylor & Son; Making a Road for Moravians; Promissory Notes.; L. Bert; Musson & Son; G.W. Hutchinson; F.D. Gittens; Bookkeeper & Assistant; Colonial Bank; Richard Haynes; St. John's Parish; E.J. Gregory; Plantation Expenses; Sugar Account; Molasses Account; Insurance Account; D.M. Simpson & Co.; Cost of Stock Pen; J.J. Tinling; Easy Hall Plantation; Villa Nova Expenses; Increase and Decrease; N.P. Griffith; Colonial Bank; Samuel Manning, and R. Haynes Receiver for Haynesfield. 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 359 pages - 45 pages of index, 100 pages of content, 214 blank pages |
Dates of Creation |
1893-1895 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1893-1895 |
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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