15th Feb 1836 | 299 Enslaved | £5184 3s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 286.
T71/1853: claim by Wm. Jackson, as owner. Counterclaim by John Henry Deffell, as surviving executor of Richard Shawe (the mortgagee), for £4,500 with interest from 20/11/1834. Counterclaim also from George Augustus Shawe, 'as absolutely entitled to the slaves purchased and their issue and as having a lien on compensation money in respect of the other slaves for £25,745 11s 6d'. Leblanc Oliver acted for George Augustus Shawe.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
5
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Estate
Whim Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary unsuccessful (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 Dorothy 5 (Whim Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14757 [accessed 25th November 2024].
