14th Dec 1835 | 184 Enslaved | £3342 5s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 25.
T71/860: claim from T.B. Ricketts (Thomas Bourke Ricketts), of London, as owner-in-fee.
Times 30/04/1836 p. 6: account of Thomas B. Ricketts refusing to give up to the creditors of his brother (the merchant J. B. Ricketts) certain property of which Thomas B. Ricketts was trustee, and which Thomas B. Ricketts had held for 26 years. The Earl St Vincent was asked to intervene.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
321
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Estate
Lyndhurst
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Collected by
Gosling, Robert of Gosling and Sharpe(?)
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Uncontested
Yes
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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 Manchester 321 (Lyndhurst)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13850 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
