1st Feb 1836 | 25 Enslaved | £538 16s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 50.
T71/867: awarded to James Townson, Kingston, trustee of Mary Ann Forsyth.
T71/150 p. 180: James Forsyth registered 29 enslaved persons as trustee of Mrs Forsyth in 1832.
See also St Thomas-in-the-East claim no. 187 for Mary Ann Forsyth.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate owned by Frederick F. Hill Middleton.
See also St Thomas-in-the-East claim no. 438.
T71/994: letter from Pitcairn and Amos stating they hold a power of attorney from James Townson and James Forsyth junior. Claim by James Townson of Kingston, merchant, as trustee with James Forsyth junior, now an absentee from this island. Identified James Forsyth as residing at Kingscote, Gloucestershire. James Forsyth sent a power of attorney to Pitcairn and Amos from Kingston, October 1835.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
439
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Estate
Middleton Estate
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Collected by
Amos, Jno of Pitcairn & Amos attys
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 439 (Middleton Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12043 [accessed 25th April 2024].
