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NN Major McDonald fl 1823
1823 [Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot) 27(M) In the possession of Major McDonald Commanding His Majesty's 91st Regiment to whom they are attached as pioneers. Previously returned by Col. Walker in St Andrew and Major P. Wilkie in St Catherine. T71/4 716
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/18729

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Allan McDonald slave owner (- c1824)

• Slave-owner in Jamaica, 1820-1823: owner of Gilmour or Gilmore Hill for which he bought enslaved people from Alexander Barclay as executor c. 1820. Deceased by 1825.
• Relationships:Allan McDonald TESTATOR → LEGATEE Lieut. Col. John McDonald

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Alexander Mcdonald (-c1780) slave owner
Inventory 1780

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishHanover
• Total Enslaved6
• Total Male4
• Total Female2
• TEV-Total Estate Value772.06

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6081

Alexander McDonald (c1821-)

• Sarah Vashonregistered an enslaved person in Port Royal, Jamaica, as guardian to Rebecca Stanfield and Alexander McDonald in 1829. She had previously registered the same person as "natural guardian to her children". Rebecca Stanfield was certainly her daughter. A baptism hasn't been found for Alexander McDonald with the mother's name given as Sarah Vashon; however, Sarah had a son with the surname Procter, son of Leonard Proctor of His Majesty's Navy, in 1798, and there is an Alexander McDonald, "free mustifino" son of Mary Proctor, born and baptised in Port Royal in 1821.

Sources See estate information; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664399

Angus Mcdonald ( - 1781) slave owner
Inventory 1781

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt James
• Total Enslaved2
• Total Male2
• Boys2
• Boys Value £95.00
• Total Boys Girls Children2
• TEV-Total Estate Value161.50

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6082

Angus McDonald fl 1809- 1817 slave owner

• 1809 - 1811 [Number of enslaved people] 26(Tot) in George's Hope [Stock] 3 - Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11George.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
• 1815 - 1817 owner Boysdale or Bystell estate, Jamaica | St George In 1817 [Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot) 10(F) 29(M) In the possession of Angus McDonald as Owner.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estates/

• Awardee Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates: 25th Jan 1836 | 3 Enslaved | £40 2s 11d. CLAIM DETAILS Parliamentary Papers p. 77.ColonyJamaica, ParishTrelawney

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19276

Archibald McDonald fl 1799

• 1799 - owner Terpenny estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638781

Bryan Mcdonald ( - c1744)
Inventory 1744

• OccupationShoemaker
• Tradesman?Yes
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishKingston
• TEV-Total Estate Value41.63

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6083

Catherine Mcdonald (1818-)

• b 1818, bap Jan 7 1844 Parish Of Westmoreland, Cornwall, Jamaica
• d/o James Mcdonald & Jane Wells

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Charles Mcdonald [2146663075] ( - c 1775) slave owner

• Charles Mcdonald of St Mary, taylor. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1776. Slave-ownership at probate: 1 of whom 1 were listed as male and 0 as female. 1 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £155.25 Jamaican currency of which £80 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £27.54 currency debts and £0 currency plate. The will of Charles McDonald of St. Mary, Taylor was proved in Jamaica 14/09/1775.

Inventory 1776

• OccupationTailor
• Tradesman?Yes
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Mary
• Total Enslaved1
• Total Male1
• Boys1
• Boys Value £80.00
• Total Boys Girls Children1
• TEV-Total Estate Value155.25

Sources Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.; https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6084

Daniel Mcdonald ( - c1748) slave owner
Inventory 1748

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishClarendon
• Total Enslaved2
• Total Male1
• Total Female1
• Boys1
• Boys Value £35.00
• Girls1
• Girls Value £35.00
• Total Boys Girls Children2
• TEV-Total Estate Value110.68

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6085

Donald Mackay Macdonald (-1791)

• Donald Mackay, from Achmonie near Inverness, was transported to Barbados as a Jacobite rebel in 1747. He escaped to Jamaica, adopted the surname 'Macdonald' and prospered as a planter, returning to Glenurquhart, where he was the tenant of Drumbuie farm and built Drumbuie House. He was known as Domhnull-an-Or (Donald of the Gold) and died in 1791.
• His son John Mackay [also written McCay] Macdonald was sent to take charge of the Jamaica plantation and also acquired an interest in a plantation Bloomfield on the Corentyne Coast of Berbice, which, with its 113 slaves, was owned by 'Jno McC M'Donald' in 1817 [Slave registers]. His brother William went to Demerara where he died young.https://www.spanglefish.com/slavesandhighlanders/index.asp?pageid=2...

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Donald McDonald (-c1795) slave owner

• "Free person". Owner of 11 enslaved people and 1 stock in St Ann, Jamaica, in 1792. It's not clear whether or not this is the same person as another Donald McDonald who owned 38 enslaved people and 3 stock in St Ann at the same date. Deceased by 1795.
• 1795 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) -Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by William Thomson as overseer for the period 20/08/1794 to 31/12/1795. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 255-256
• 1796 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by James Fraser as acting executor for the deceased's estate for the period 24/03/1796 to 24/03/1799. Accounts broken down by year. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 181
• 1797 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by James Fraser as acting executor for the deceased's estate for the period 24/03/1796 to 24/03/1799. Accounts broken down by year. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 181
• 1798 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by James Fraser as acting executor for the deceased's estate for the period 24/03/1796 to 24/03/1799. Accounts broken down by year. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 181
• 1799 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by James Fraser as acting executor for the deceased's estate for the period 24/05/1799 to 24/03/1800. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 176
• 1799 [Crop] hire of enslaved people (jobbing) Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Account filed by James Fraser as acting executor for the deceased's estate for the period 24/03/1796 to 24/03/1799. Accounts broken down by year. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 181
• 1801[Crop] Hire of enslaved people Account filed by James Fraser, Acting Exor to the Estate of Donald McDonald deceased. Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 136

Sources * 'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658649

• Son of James McDonald, Lieutenant 92nd Regiment and Mary Richardson, "free quadroon". Born 20/10/1821 and baptised 15/11/1821 in Port Royal. Eliza Mingies McDonald, same parents, born 30/04/1823 and baptised 18/05/1823 in Port Royal.
• Enslaved people were registered in Port Royal, Jamaica, by his mother Mary Richardson as guardian of Donald and his sister Eliza McDonald.
• 1829 - 1832 → TRUST BENEFICIARY [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664133

Lady Dora MacDonald (née Graham) (1790 - 1854)

• Dora, Lady Macdonald (née Graham), wife of Sir John Macdonald (q.v.), inherited Williamsfield estate in Jamaica from her father Charles Graham.
• Parents Charles Graham and Dorothy Graham. Marriage 27/04/1805 "at Pancras Major Macdonald assistant-quarter-master-general to the only daughter of the late Charles Graham Esquire of Williamsfield, Jamaica." 1841 census: at Bruton Street, St George's Hanover, with husband Sir John Macdonald. 1851 census, 23 Bruton Street, "Widow of Sir John Macdonald, Major-Gen, GCB", place of birth British Colonies, living with son and daughter. Year of birth for children inferred from the census. Buried 23/09/1854 age 60 at All Souls Cemetary, Kensal Green, London. (Note that age 60 would indicate she was 11 years old at her marriage in 1805.) Her obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine states: 'at Dover, aged 64, Lady Macdonald, widow of Lieut-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B., Adjutant-Gen. to the Forces. She was the dau. of Charles Graham, esq. of Williamsfield, Jamaica, and was left a widow in 1850.'
• Death of her mother: 'at the residence of her son-in-law Lt-Gen Sir JM in Bruton St, Berkeley Square, Mrs Graham, widow of the late Charles Graham, of Williamsfield in the Island of Jamaica in the 82nd year of her age.' Dorothy Graham, 23 Bruton Street, buried 17/11/1849, Kensal Green All Souls.
• Boyle's Directory 1836 shows Major General Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B. at 25 Pall-mall.
• Absentee?British/Irish
• Maiden NameGraham
• SpouseSir John Macdonald
• ChildrenNorman Hilton (1807-), Henrietta (1821-)

Sources T71/915 Manchester No. 915; Times 13/11/1849 p. 7; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]; 1841 census online; 1851 census online; Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 197 p. 532 (November 1854). Times 13/11/1849 p. 7; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]. Boyles Directory (1836). We are grateful to David Radcliffe for his assistance with compiling this entry. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1312795205

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Ann
• Total Enslaved11
• Total Male6
• Total Female5
• Boys3
• Boys Value £80.00
• Total Boys Girls Children3
• TEV-Total Estate Value1089.42

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6086

• Executor to James Bedward of Bedwards / Mount Pleasant Estate [Crop-Coffe] in St John, Jamaica, in 1807.

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Elizabeth McDonald (c1820-)

• (c1820, Hanover, Jamaica -)
• d/o James Macdonald (c1784/5 - June 181871 Morgan's Bridge, Westmoreland) & Jane Wells (c 1798-)
• x Aug16, 1843 in Hanover, Alfred William Preston
• *Frederick James Preston, c1843 - Aug 31,1880 Smithfield, Westmoreland

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Francis McDonald fl 1826-1832

• 1826 - 1832 - supervosor at Morant Bay Workhouse [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

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Hugh McDonald ( - 1822)

• Attorney to Andrew Colvile on Blackheath estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica, in 1820.
• 1820 - Attorney on Fontabelle Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
• 1820 - Attorney on Southfield estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
• Hugh McDonald esq, attorney and overseer on Black Hall estate, was buried in Westmoreland 21/02/1822.

Sources * T71/179 Book 7 p. 1.* Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635350

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Isabella Ann McDonald fl 1830-1839 slaveowner

• 1830 - 1839 → owner Retirement [7] [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]
• Name in compensation recordsIsabella Ann M'Donald
• 1832[Number of enslaved people] 6(Tot) Registered to Isabella Ann McDonald. Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIV.htm. The almanac entries were based on the givings-in for the March Quarter of the previous year.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/18793

James MacDonald / McDonald fl 1832 slaveowner

• Major attorney for slave-owning estates in western and northern Jamaica. Owns 11 enslaved people on Coffee Hall,' his own small plantation in Trelawny' in 1832.

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James McDonald slave owner (- c1816)

• 1809 - 1815 owner of Belmont Estate [ Jamaica | St George ] [Number of enslaved people in 1817 ] 35(Tot) 17(F) 18(M)
• Deceased by 1817, the agent for his heirs was James McDonald junior.

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James McDonald junior fl 1817-1820

• 1817-1820 agent for the heirs of James McDonald senior, owner of Belmont Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

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James McDonald (-1836)

• Probably the James McDonald of St Thomas-in-the-East Jamaica whose will (made in 1833) was proved 24/10/1836. Under the will James McDonald left £400 currency to support his natural son George Francis Mcdonald, and the rest of his estate to his family, of whom his brother George McDonald as identified as merchant of Aberlour in Banffshire. In a codicil of 1835 he specified that his house at Morant Bay be rented for the benefit of George Francis McDonald and the latter's mother Mary Christie until George Francis McDonald was of age, when it was to be sold for the benefit of James McDonald's siblings in Scotland.
• Name in compensation records: James M'Donald
• 1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → supervisor at Morant Bay Workhouse [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
• Associated Claims (1) awardee in Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 376£348 0s 4d
• Associated Estates (2) 1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → ATTORNEY Unknown [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ] Inferred by LBS to be linked to James McDonald of Morant Bay by the presence of the latter's executor Alexander Barclay in the management of the estate.

Sources * PROB 11/1868/146.* https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17083

James McDonald (c 1785 - June 18, 1871 in Morgan's Bridge)

• x December 21, 1839 in Hanover, Jane Wells (c 1797- ) Quadroon. Residence: 1823, Green Island, Hanover; Residence (2): 1839, Hanover, Ceremony
• Burial: June 19, 1871, Church yard, Westmoreland, by Henry Clarke
• Cause of Death: Old age
• Occupation: Bet. 1840 - 1871, Wharfinger
• Race/nationality/color: White
• Residence: Bet. 1823 - 1840, Green Island, Hanover
• Residence (2): 1839, Hanover
• Residence (3): Morgan's Bridge, Westmoreland\
• Jamaica Parish Register Marriage III & IV, 1838-1855, III, p. 68 #26.
• Jamaica Law 6 Burial Register I, 1871-1874, I, p. 13 #616. ;
• Jamaica Parish Register Baptisms I & II, 1826-1834, I, p. 178 #132; IV-VII, 1834-1845, VI, p. 27 #102
• Jamaica Parish Register Burials III & IV, 1841-1859, III, p. 233 #41.

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James McDonald (1826-1859)

• (b 09/01/1826 bap 03/05/1828 Hanover, Cornwall, Jamaica - 1859 bur 1 Aug Green Island Burial Ground, Hanover) 'Quadroon'
• s/o James Macdonald & Jane Wells

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Jane McDonald fl 1817-1820 slave owner

• 1817-1820 [Number of enslaved people] 6(Tot) In the possession of Elizabeth Cardiff White as agent for Jane McDonald. Registered by Jane McDonald in 1817. T71/2 219

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Jane Wells McDonald (c1797 - ) slave owner

• The 1820, 1822 and 1824 Almanacs list a Jane Wells as owner of a property with 3 slaves in Hanover. The 1833 Almanac reports 15 slaves.
• Age: 1823, 25 years on Hanover census
• Race/nationality/color: Quadroon
• Residence: 1823, Green Island, Hanover, Residence (2): 1839, Hanover
• James McDonald, "quadroon" son of James McDonald and Jane Wells (not married) of Green Island was born 09/01/1826 and baptised 03/05/1828 in Hanover.
• Awarded 25th Feb 1836 | 5 Enslaved | £136 3s 4d, Parliamentary Papers p. 69., Dated 25/02/1836 in Parliamentary Papers; probably should be 25/01/1836., ColonyJamaica, Parish Hanover
• x December 21, 1839 in St Andrew Hanover, James McDonald (c 1785 - June 18, 1871 in Morgan's Bridge)

Sources:*Jamaica Parish Register Marriage III & IV, 1838-1855, III, p. 68 #26. *Jamaica Law 6 Burial Register I, 1871-1874, I, p. 13 #616. ; *Jamaica Parish Register Baptisms I & II, 1826-1834, I, p. 178 #132; IV-VII, 1834-1845, VI, p. 27 #102*Jamaica Parish Register Burials III & IV, 1841-1859, III, p. 233 #41. *https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19438

Jean McDonald fl 1815-1834

• 1815 - 1834 joint owner Rising Sun / Liberty Hall estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]

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John Mcdonald ( - c1770) slave owner
Inventory 1770

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Thomas-in-the-Vale
• Total Enslaved3
• Total Male1
• Total Female2
• Girls1
• Girls Value £5.00
• Total Boys Girls Children1

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6087

John Mcdonald ( - c1778) slave owner
Inventory 1778

• Occupation Planter
• Colony Jamaica
• Parish St Ann
• Total Enslaved10
• Total Male10
• Boys1
• Boys Value £55.00
• Total Boys Girls Children1

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6088

John McDonald (- c1815) slave owner

• Slave-owner in St Mary, Jamaica. Deceased by 1815.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646391

• 1817-1834 Owner Content and Nile estates [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
• In 1832: Number of enslaved people] 19(Tot) 10(F) 9(M) in the possession of John McDonald as owner.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17237

John Mckay Macdonald fl before 1791

• Donald Mackay, from Achmonie near Inverness, was transported to Barbados as a Jacobite rebel in 1747. He escaped to Jamaica, adopted the surname 'Macdonald' and prospered as a planter, returning to Glenurquhart, where he was the tenant of Drumbuie farm and built Drumbuie House. He was known as Domhnull-an-Or (Donald of the Gold) and died in 1791.
• His son John Mackay [also written McCay] Macdonald was sent to take charge of the Jamaica plantation

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John Reid McDonald fl 1832-36 attorney, slave owner

• Attorney with James McDonald for Slave Owning Estates in Westmoreland, Trelawney & Hanover in Jamaica, in 1832-36.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43754

• Awarded: Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates 8th Feb 1836 | 5 Enslaved | £151 7s 3d Parliamentary Papers p. 69. ColonyJamaica ParishHanover Claim No.528

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Major General Sir John Macdonald ( - <4th Apr 1850) slave owner

• Major General Sir John Macdonald, son of Norman Macdonald of Scalpa and Barnisdale and Susanna MacAlister, inherited Williamsfield estate in Jamaica through his marriage to Dora Graham. Brother-in-law of Donald Martin (q.v.).
• Date of birth questionable as inconsistent in the censuses. Marriage: 27/04/1805 "at Pancras Major Macdonald assistant-quarter-master-general to the only daughter of the late Charles Graham Esquire of Williamsfield, Jamaica." 1841 census: at Bruton Street, Middlesex, aged 60 with wife Dora, occupation "Army", born in Scotland. Buried 04/04/1850 at All Souls Cemetery, Hazel [=Kensal] Green, aged 76. 1851 census: 23 Bruton Street, Dora Macdonald is a widow, aged 62, occupation given as "widow of Sir John Macdonald, Major-Gen, GCB".
• Boyle's Directory 1836 shows Major General Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B. at 25 Pall-mall.
• Parents Norman MacDonald of Scalpa and Barnisdale and Susanna MacAlister, sister Ann Macdonald married Rev. Donald Martin (q.v.).
• The ODNB entry for Sir John Macdonald excludes any mention of his parents or of his marriage, or of his slave-owning.
• Absentee?British/Irish
• Name in compensation records Sir John Macdonald
• SpouseDora Graham
• Children Norman Hilton (1807-), Henrietta (1821-)
• OccupationSoldier
• Oxford DNB EntryVisit Oxford Dictionary of National Biography site
• Associated Claims (1)
• Jamaica Manchester 356 (Williamsfield)£3,119 3s 8dAwardeeDETAILS
• Associated Estates (1)1805 - 1834 → JOINT OWNER Williamsfield [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Sources T71/915 Manchester claim no. 915.* Gentleman's Magazine Vol 97, 27th April 1805; 1841 census online; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]; 1851 census online.* Boyle's Directory 1836.* 'Scotland: Ministers of Scotland', Community Tree, familysearch.org, person id I68222 ; Scott, Rev. Hugh, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Vol. 1 (Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1915) p. 387.* Sweetman, John. "Macdonald, Sir John (d. 1850), army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 9 Dec. 2019. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0.... https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23889

Joseph Andrew Mcdonald (b Aug 4 1882 Westmoreland, Jamaica)
Father: James Allen Mcdonald
Mother: Margaret Elizabeth Henry
In Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920

Kenneth McDonald slave owner fl 1821-1830

• Owned Airy Mount Estate [ Jamaica | St John ] 1821 - 1830 [Number of enslaved people] 58(Tot) [Stock] 6

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estates/

Kenneth McDonald fl 1830-1839

• Possibly the same man as the owner of Airy Mount in St John 1821-1830.
• 1830 -1839→owner North Hall estate [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16373

Laetitia Macdonald fl 1820-1835 slave owner

• Awarded Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates: 23rd Nov 1835 | 3 Enslaved | £79 16s 8d Parliamentary Papers p. 12. Jamaica, Parish St Mary

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18718

• 1820 [Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot) In the possession of Charles Merrick as Guardian to Margaret McDonald. Increase of 17 enslaved people by inheritance, last returned by Barnabas Maulsby as tenant for life in St George. T71/159 79
• 1823 [Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot) In the possession of Charles Merrick as Guardian to Margaret McDonald. T71/160 155

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/16431

• 1829 [Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot) 14(F) 23(M) Andrew J Schonborg [also Andrew J Schonberg], guardian to Margaret McDonald [decrease by deaths]. Previously registered in St George with 49 enslaved people. T 71/39 [unpaginated]
• 1830 [Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot) [Name] Beverley estate [Stock] 36 Registered to Andrew J. Schobourg for Margaret McDonald. Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
• 1831 Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot) [Name] Beverley [Stock] 45 Registered to Andrew J. Schobourg and for Margaret McDonald. Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32mary.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
• 1832 [Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot) 13(F) 20(M) Andrew J Schonborg, guardian to Margaret McDonald [decrease by deaths]. T 71/42 189

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/2723

• 1834 Owner - Beverley Estate

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Margaret Macdonald fl 1820 - 1832

• 1829 - 1832 → TRUST BENEFICIARY Beverley [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
• 1834 - → OWNER Beverley [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
• 1820 - 1823 → TRUST BENEFICIARY Unknown [ Jamaica | St George ]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21198

• 1829 [Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot) 14(F) 6(M) Mary McDonald as owner. Increase of 11 enslaved people "by purchase from J. P. Utten Esquire in 1828�Given in 1826 in St. Ann's by J.P. Kidd and R. Buckle (sp?) but given up by them to Mr Utten from whom they possesed them".
• 1832 [Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot) 10(F) 6(M) Mary McDonald as owner. Increase of 6 enslaved people "purchased from Thomas P. Kidd in 1830", decrease of 10 enslaved people by sale "sold to William Frater Esquire in 1830". T71/242 169
• Name in compensation recordsMary M'Donald

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/17755

Norman Mcdonald (- c 1753) slave owner

• Individual's Details in Inventory 1753, Jamaica; ParishSt Thomas-in-the-East
• Total Enslaved3
• Total Male3
• TEV-Total Estate Value139.75

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6089

Norman Macdonald (c1822 -)

• b c1822
• s/o James Macdonald & Jane Wellss

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Robert Henry McDonald (-1831)

• 1801 - 1831 → MORTGAGE HOLDER on Clermont Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
• Mortgagee of the Clermont estate in Trelawney Jamaica, who died in 1831: the compensation for the estate was partly paid to McDonald's executors the Rev. William Smoult Temple and Thomas Wilkinson (both of whom q.v.). He was the son of Dr William McDonald (q.v.) of Trelawney. Clermont was shown in 1776 against 'Dr Vincent McDonald', possibly the Vincent William McDonald effectively disinherited (save for £100) in the will of Robert Henry McDonald's father Dr William McDonald proved in 1783.
• Will of Robert Henry McDonald of Saint Oswald Durham proved 14/10/1831. In the will, McDonald left monetary legacies to, among others, the daughters of Cossley Hall of Trelawney Jamaica, suggesting links with Jamaica beyond the mortgage of Clermont: the residual legatees were his nephew James Henry Dixon, Robert William Dixon and Edward Dixon.
• Robert Henry McDonald UNCLE → NEPHEW James Henry Dixon
• Robert Henry McDonald UNCLE → NEPHEW Robert William Dixon
• Robert Henry McDonald SON → FATHER Dr. William McDonald

Addresses (1) Durham, Durham, Northern England, England
Sources * T71/874 Trelawney no. 171. T71/1608 letter to the Commissioners from B. Broughton of 2 Alie Place, Alie Street London 22/02/1836 setting out the background to the counterclaim, identifying Robert Henry McDonald as of Old Elvet City of Durham, who had lent £4000 against Claremont and on his death 31/07/1831 had left all his property on trust to Wilkinson and Temple: the persons interested were Robert Henry MacDonald's nephews, James Henry Dixon, Robert William Dixon and Edward Dixon, the latter of whom had died in 1834. Broughton was acting for the only child of Edward Dixon. * The papers of the solicitors Mawson, Freeman and Curry ('Mawson's papers') in the Durham University Special Collections (GB-0033-MAW) include 19/04/1836 (3/33e(iii)) the Release by James Henry Dixon and Robert William Dixon of Thomas Wilkinson and Rev. William Smoult Temple from liability after receipt of sums due to them from the estate of Robert Henry McDonald and 20/01/1832 (3/35a) a release of Wilkinson and the Rev. Smoult as trustee(s) of the estate of Robert Henry McDonald http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/ded/mawson.xml [accessed 05/10/2011]. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-1086040676

Redmond Mcdonald Gent. ( - 1747) slave owner
Inventory 1747

• ColonyJamaica
• ParishKingston
• Total Enslaved10
• Total Male4
• Total Female6
• TEV-Total Estate Value811.00

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6090

Dr Ronald Mcdonald ( - 1770)
Inventory 1770

• OccupationDoctor
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Thomas-in-the-East
• TEV-Total Estate Value457.38

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6091

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Ann
• Total Enslaved1
• Total Male1
• TEV-Total Estate Value118.00

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6092

• 1820 -1826 → owner Mount Olive [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]; inherited from Susannah McDonald as one of heir heirs

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Sarah Macdonald fl 1836 slaveowner

• Awarded Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates: 25th Jan 1836 | 3 Enslaved | £54 3s 10d. Parliamentary Papers p. 77.Jamaica

Parish Trelawney
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19277

Simon F. McDonald fl 1823-1832

• 1823-1832 guardian of Brighton estate[ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

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Susanna McDonald ( - c1826) slaveowner

• Slave-owner in St Andrew, Jamaica. Possibly a person of colour. Owned enslaved people on Mount Olive which appears to have been divided or jointly owned by a large group of McDonalds.
• 1817 - 1823 Owner Mount Olive estate [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]
• Deceased by 1826. Susan McDonald (q.v.) was one of her heirs.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655031

• 1832 Attorney to Richard Kirkland Executor of M. Giscome, owner of Happy Hut estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

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William Mcdonald ( - c1759) slave owner
Inventory 1759

• OccupationDistiller
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Thomas-in-the-East
• Total Enslaved1
• Total Female1
• Girls1
• Girls Value £41.00
• Total Boys Girls Children1
• TEV-Total Estate Value130.25

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6093

William Mcdonald ( - c1763) slave owner
Inventory 1763

• OccupationPlanter
• ColonyJamaica
• ParishSt Mary
• Total Enslaved2
• Total Male1
• Total Female1
• TEV-Total Estate Value123.50

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/inventory/view/6094

Dr William McDonald (-1782) slaveowner

• Children: Vincent William; Robert Henry
• Slave-owner in Jamaica, shown in 1776 as the owner of Maxfield and described as 'of colour.'
• Will of William McDonald surgeon of Trelawney [made at Bristol in 1782] proved 03/01/1783. In the will he left £100 to his son Vincent William McDonald in bar of all future claims against his estate, and left £500 to Mary Julian [sic] Wassels, daughter of James Burnside Wassels of New York. The rest of his property he left to his son and sole executor Robert Henry McDonald (q.v.).

Sources *http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL39Lis6.htm.* PROB 11/1099/36.* https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664947

• 1818-1834 Executor of Francis Grant (q.v.) owner of Blackness Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]; otherwise unidentified.

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William McDonald Matthews fl 1829 slaveowner

• 1829 urban Kingston - [Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot) 14(F) 7(M) In the possession of George Burrell Smith as attorney to William McDonald Matthews, Thomas Matthews and Sarah Matthews, absentees in Great Britain. Previous registration for 11 enslaved people. Decrease 2 females sold, 1 female manumised. T71/110 125

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William Macdonald (1840-1905)

• b March 01, 1840 bap Dec 21 1840,Hanover, Cornwall, Jamaica - 10 Dec 1905, Admiral's Town, St Andrew aged 65
• s/o James Macdonald & Jane Wells
• x Marion McDonald

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References

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