10th Apr 1837 | 143 Enslaved | £3297 8s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 327.
T71/900: claim by John Rycroft Best, as trustee to Edward Senhouse. Counterclaim from John Spooner, of 46 Upper Gower Street, as assignee of a mortgage and judgement, executed 13/12/1816, for £4258 7s 33/4d. Counterclaim from Richard Deane, as the executor of John Higginson.
T71/555 p. 301: enslaved persons were registered by Edward Senhouse in 1834.
See also Barbados claim no. 5287 for Edward H. Senhouse as a local attorney in 1834.
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Barbados
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Claim No.
5286
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Estate
Lower Grays
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased
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Unsuccessful claimant (Assignee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Barbados 5286 (Lower Grays)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1458 [accessed 25th November 2024].
