Rock Hall (Q492338)
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LBS-PLA-EST-01095
- LBS-PLA-EST-01095
- LBS-PLA-EST-e568
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Rock Hall
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Rock Hall
This comprised 2 plantations joined c. 1745. One was called Four Hills until the merger and must not be confused with Four Hills owned by the Walker family. During the 17th Century, Four Hills plantation meant a plantation in the geographical location called The Four Hills. <strong><em>See also returns for Four Hills.</em></strong> In 1674 Thornhill was identified as the owner. In 1680, Timothy Th
ornhill senior owned 170 acres in St. Andrew and 150 enslaved. in 1688 a marriage settlement: Thomas Alleyne, son of Abel Alleyne, married Judith Thornhill, daughter of Col. Timothy Thornhill, deceased and sister of Sir Timothy Thornhill, Bt. The plantation of Sir Timothy Thornhill settled on Thomas Alleyne in return for a contribution of £3280 sterling to Thomas Alleyne by his father, Abel Alleyn
e: 164 acres in St. Peter. In 1723, the Hon. Abel Alleyne of St. James & Reynold Alleyne, sons of Hon. Thomas Alleyne, deceased, released their brother, John Alleyne, from financial obligations on the Four Hills plantation in St. Peter on the occasion of John Alleyne's marriage to Mary Peers, daughters of Hon. Henry Peers> The land was 240 acres in St. Peter and there were 94 enslaved. In 1738
a surveyor's platt of all or part of Four Hills plantation, 120 acres, sold to Dr. Joseph Gibbes for debt. [This plantation was shortly to be joined to Rock Hall. Shown as Reynold Alleyne on the border of St. Andrew & St. Peter and the eastern bounder on Rock Hall in the release of 1723 above. Shown as Alleyne's Old Mill in the Parsons Map of 1871] In 1747 Haynes Gibbes of St. James, son of Dr. Jo
seph Gibbes sold to Peers Alleyne of St. Peter, son of Thomas Alleyne, deceased, for £9500 paid in full. Four Hills plantation, 165 acres in St. Andrew, St. Peter & St. James. There were 79 enslaved.
13°14'32.806"N, 59°36'26.143"W
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