14th Dec 1835 | 132 Enslaved | £2446 9s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 25.
T71/915 p. 125: claim from John Mackeson, of Manchester, as owner.
Alan Furness, 'The Jamaican coffee boom & John Mackeson: a Blue mountain coffee plantation 1807 -1819,' Jamaican Historical Review Vol. III (March, 1962) pp. 10-21: refers to NRA letters from John Mackeson (a coffee planter) to his brothers from India and Jamaica, 1801-17, in Mackeson MS East Kent Archives. The Mackeson family were of Hythe, Kent (brewers).
T71/1190: counterclaim by Wm. Wyllys, of Stanton Drew near Bristol, and Adam Young, of Blackheath, as trustees under an indenture dated 08/12/1806 (the marriage settlement of John Mackeson and Olive Mckeand).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
358
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Estate
Blue Mountain
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Collected by
Young, Adam of AY W.Wyllys and AY
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Trustee)
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Beneficiary
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Awardee
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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 358 (Blue Mountain)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13870 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
