Hyde Estate, Trelawny
History
Information obtained by the Center for the Study of Legacies of British Slave-ownership at University College London:
Rum was distilled on the domain 'Hyde Estate, Trelawny' at least between [Source: Legacies of British Slave-ownership (relevant page), cited 2019]
From will of Edward Clarke, 3rd August 1773
I do give and devise unto my grandson Edward Clarke the second son of my son George Hyde Clarke all that is my said Hyde plantation in the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid which consists of five thousand acres of Land or thereabouts with all the negroes and other slaves which may be about three hundred and fifty with my penn and all my breeding cattle working cattle Mules Mares Horses and asses which together may amount to four hundred or thereabouts and my dwelling house and offices Mills and Millhouses Boiling and Distilling Houses Rum Houses Trash Houses Negroe Houses and all other buildings and erections whatever and all and singular other the Rights .....[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]
Handbook of Jamaica 1905:
Sugar estate in cultivation in Jamaica in the year 1903-1904
| Name of estate | Hyde |
| Owner | Henry Sewell, trustee |
| Attorney of owner | H.S. Hoskins |
| Acres cane | 285 |
| Acres other | 3,382 |
| Type of mill | Steam |
| Process of manufacture | Common process |
| Hhds * sugar | 204 |
| Punchns * rum | 164 |
[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]