1st Feb 1836 | 209 Enslaved | £3834 13s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 50.
T71/867: awarded to James Trecothick, St Thomas-in-the-East, owner.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
556
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Estate
Boston & Buckingham
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Collected by
Trecothick, Jas.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 556 (Boston & Buckingham)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12074 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
