Grenada 777 (Dunfermline Estate)

6th Mar 1837 | 210 Enslaved | £4993 9s 5d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 312.

T71/880: claim by Rev. Edmund Waller, of Fordingbridge in the County of Southampton (Hampshire) and Margaret Waller (his wife, formerly Margaret Seton, a widow), in right of the said Margaret Waller, as owner-in-fee. Counterclaim from Thomas James Alexander Brown Fairbairn, of St Vincent , claiming for 27 enslaved persons under the will of Thos. Fairbairn. Replication of Margaret Waller (late Margaret Seton), executrix of James Seton, suggesting that the money for 27 enslaved persons go to the Accountant General of the Court Exchequer to await the result of a suit instituted in the Court of Chancery of the Island of Grenada.

£724 3s 4d was transferred by order of the Colonial Court on 07/02/1845.


Further Information

Colony
Grenada
Claim No.
777
Estate
Dunfermline Estate
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (5)

Unsuccessful claimant
Other association
Other association
Awardee
Awardee

Associated Estates (1)