1st Feb 1836 | 27 Enslaved | £553 1s 12d
Parliamentary Papers p. 16.
Award split: £276 10s 9d to each of Mason and the Mitchells together.
T71/857: claim by William, Rowland and Samuel Mitchell & Co, London, owners for a moiety; John Abraham Mason, absentee, heir at law and executor of Abraham Mason, and creditor of Stephen Breary [sp?] for a moiety.
Jamaica Almanacs: Burrow Bridge estate was shown as 'estate of John Mason' (1824-1828), then Messrs Mitchell or W, R & S Mitchell (1829-1833).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
562A & B
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Estate
Boro Bridge
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Collected by
Mason JA identified by ?Bainbridge for 562A; Mitchell R and S for 562B
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Jamaica St Ann 562A & B (Boro Bridge)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/11340 [accessed 25th November 2024].
