| Administrative History | The plantation at Turners Hall, in the parish of St Andrew, Barbados, dates back to at least 1668, when John Turner sold half of a 421 acre plantation to his stepson, Abel Alleyne. In 1746, Elizabeth Alleyne, the widow of Colonel Abel Alleyne, bequeathed the plantation to her niece, Mary Fitzherbert (c1721-1753), eldest daughter of Littleton Poyntz Meynell of Bradley and wife of William FitzHerbert (1712-1772). Members of the Alleyne family remained involved with the estate and appear to have acted as attorneys on behalf of the FitzHerberts.
Number of enslaved people on the estate:
1759 - 138 (45 men, 48 women, 27 boys, 18 girls) (D239/M/E/20751)
1804 - 176 (Barbados Department of Archives levy book RB9/3/7)
1817 - 137 (The National Archives slave register T71/522)
1823 - 138 (The National Archives slave register T71/530)
1826 - 194 (The National Archives slave register T71/537)
1829 - 174 (The National Archives slave register T71/543)
1832 - 147 (The National Archives slave register T71/550) |