23rd Nov 1835 | 165 Enslaved | £4013 0s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 98.
T71/880: claim from Henry James Ross, as a trustee of Geo. Whitfield.
Evidence to the 1842 Committee on the West Indies: Geo. Whitfield's will of July 1819 bequeathed the Plaisance estate to his daughters Elizabeth and Frances. Henry James Ross was the executor and trustee. He bought out his nieces shortly after the award of compensation: 'It was not my estate till after the Compensation Money was received, but I was connected with the estate and therefore knew its history very well'
Times 15/05/1835 p. 6: reference to Henry James Ross's Exchequer suit versus Ambrose Humphreys, consignee.
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
602
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Estate
Plaisance Estate
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Collected by
Ross, Henry James
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 602 (Plaisance Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10811 [accessed 25th November 2024].
