This project covers the ancestry and descendants of the Masemure Sugar Cane Plantation, Westmoreland, Jamaica. This is one of the individual plantation projects in the Jamaican Planters and Plantation series. (Masemure is also spelled Masemuir elsewhere).
Summary
1811 - Masemure Sugar Plantation registered to Forrest. Forrest, Arthur, deceased, Masemure and Robins River 269 slaves/ 537 stock.
1812 - Forrest, Arthur, deceased, Masemure etc. 266 slaves/ 370 stock.
1816 - Forest, Arthur, heirs of, Masemure 194 slaves.
1818 - Forest, Arthur, heirs of, Masemure, 192 slaves/198 stock.
1820 - Forest, Arthur, heirs of, Masemure 188 slave/ 213 stock.
1833 - Masemure Sugar Plantation registered to Forrest.
Example: 21st Dec 1835 - 363 Enslaved - £7467 15S 2D
References, Resources, and Links
- 1811 Jamaica Almanac - 1810 Westmoreland Jamaica
- 1812 ALMANAC - 1811 WESTMORELAND AND ST. ELIZABETH
- 1816 JAMAICA ALMANAC - MARCH QUARTER 1815 CORNWALL, PARISH OF WESTMORELAND
- 1818 ALMANAC - MARCH QUARTER 1817, COUNTY OF CORNWALL, PARISH OF WESTMORELAND
- 1820 JAMAICA ALMANAC - MARCH QUARTER, 1819, COUNTY OF CORNWALL, PARISH OF WESTMORELAND