23rd Jan 1836 | 113 Enslaved | £3013 12s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 312.
T71/880: claim by Mary E. S. d'Urban. Counterclaim by awardees (John Stewart, of the Albany, Piccadilly, London; Sam. Trehawke Kekewick, of Peamore in Exminster; and Samuel Parr, of Knowle Cottage, St Georges Clist (?), County of Devon), as 'Trustees under marriage settlement of William James D'Urban with Mary Elizabeth Stewart Mitchell'.
T71/333 p. 48: enslaved persons were registered in 1834 by Thomas Cunningham, as attorney to Mrs Mary Elizabeth Stewart D'Urban, proprietress.
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Grenada
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Claim No.
449
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Estate
Hope Vale Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Other association
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Grenada 449 (Hope Vale Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10796 [accessed 20th April 2024].
