15th Feb 1836 | 105 Enslaved | £1754 4s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 4.
T71/852: awarded to Thomas Spencer, St Catherine, owner.
T71/1592 p. 143: Thomas SPENCE of Chewton house near Christchurch, Hampshire, letter dated 29/05/1835 and 16/6/1835 [p 154] with G.W. Hamilton as attorney for Thomas Spence.
T71/1606: letter from Thomas Spencer, Chewton house near Christchurch, Hampshire, dated 26/05/1835: I have 104 slaves belonging to me on coffee plantation. Also a debt from the late Francis Graham on Tulloch Estate, St Thomas-in-the-Vale. Letter from Thomas Spencer dated 11/06/1835: my attorney 'not having furnished me with any farther information, than of his having settled the amount with the commissioners in Jamaica.'
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
624
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Estate
Healthful Hill
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Collected by
Harrison, W. of DDAlves, J.Steele and WH
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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 Catherine 624 (Healthful Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14695 [accessed 13th October 2024].
