14th Mar 1836 | 196 Enslaved | £3617 3s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 8.
T71/855: awarded to George William Hamilton, St Thomas-in-the-Vale, trustee of Judith Guterres.
Jamaica Almanacs: show Palm Estate in the ownership of the 'estate of Judith Gutteres' (1818-1833); in the ownership of Judith Gutteres (1817).
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838), Appendix [F] Section IV 'Statements of apprentices', p. Xlii-xliii
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-Vale
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Claim No.
23
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Estate
Palm Estate
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Collected by
Hasler, J atty to AEF
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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-Vale 23 (Palm Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14423 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
