Estate Two Friends

Two Friends is estate 6 in St. Croix’s Prince’s Quarter. Based on appearances on historic maps, the windmill was likely built in the late 18th century. Field reconnaissance failed to locate ruins identifiable as a windmill.

Given the ruggedness of the countryside here, unsurprisingly the first depiction of an animal mill on the 1766 and other annotated Beck maps fits with the general settlement pattern of St. Croix, where the flatter land to the south found first settlement.

The 1799 Oxholm map depicts a windmill, as does the 1856 Parsons map. None of the 20th century topographic maps depict ruins identifiable as a windmill.

The annotated Beck maps attribute ownership to Jörgan Hansen Möller. By 1790 ownership transitioned to Penthony.

McGuire geographic dictionary of the Virgin Islands (p.192) notes how Springfield estate was merged into it. In the 1920s, planted in cane.

Historic Maps of Two Friends

Snippets of the U.S. Geological Service topographic maps of 1958 & 1982 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The 1958 and 1982 photorevision of the USGS topographic map show no ruins identifiable as a windmill at Two Friends.
Snippet of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey topographic map of 1920 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The 1920 USCGS topographic sheet shows no ruins identifiable as a windmill at Two Friends. The Two Friend Chimney sits at the northern edge of a cluster of structures in the southwest quadrant of the estate.
Snippet of the Danish Atlantic Islands Association map of 1907 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The 1907 map identifies an estate at Two Friends.
Snippet of the Parsons map of 1856 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
Parsons’ 1856 map depicts a windmill north of the road with two structures to the west at Two Friends.
Snippet of the Oxholm map of 1799 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
Oxholm’s 1799 map shows a windmill to the west of the stream and north of the road at two Friends.
Snippets of the Mühlenfels map of 1790 & the Janssen map of 1791 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The 1790 & 1791 manuscript maps after Beck by Mühlenfels & Janssen attribute ownership to Penthony.
Snippet of the Küffner map of 1767 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
Küffner’s 1767 manuscript copy of Beck’s map depicts a settlement but no sugar mill and attributes ownership to Moller in the area of Two Friends.
Snippets of all 5 annotated Beck maps plus the 2 manuscript copies made from 1766 to 1770 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The annotated Beck maps and manuscript copies of Beck add a hand-drawn animal mill, except the 1770 annotated map that only added landowner names; however, the name underlined in red on this map indicates sugar cultivated here. All the maps attribute ownership to Jörgan Hansen Möller, with some spelling variation.
Snippets of both Beck maps printed in 1754 & circa 1757 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
Neither Beck printing shows a sugar mill icon in estate 6.
Snippet of the Cronenberg and von Jaegersberg map of 1750 featuring Prince's Quarter estate # 6, currently named Two Friends.
The 1750 map by Cronenberg and von Jægersberg indicates no cultivation in and makes no ownership attribution in estate 6.