Prospect Estate, Hanover


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 'Prospect Estate, Hanover' at least between 1776 and 1807.


Handbook of Jamaica 1905:

Sugar estate in cultivation in Jamaica in the year 1903-1904

Name of estateProspect
OwnerW.H. Farquharson
Attorney of ownerArnold Clodd
Acres cane245
Acres other804
Type of millSteam
Process of manufactureOld Proc & Wetzel
Hhds * sugar231
Punchns * rum183
* 1 hoghead = 238 l, 1 puncheon = 318 l
[Source: Jamaican Family Search, cited 2019]

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