12th Feb 1838 | 15 Enslaved | £282 2s 9d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/874: claim by Charles Wright, as the guardian of Wm. Jessop. 'Stand over for administrators'. 'Letter of E.F. Green nominating trustees'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
711
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Estate
Tyre
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 Trelawny 711 (Tyre)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13211 [accessed 25th November 2024].
