17th Jun 1839 | 26 Enslaved | £429 7s 3d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/856: claim by a group of Liverpool based owners-in-fee [illegible, but including Alice, Ann and Eliza Smith, Edward Charles Smith; Robert Charles, Sarah Charles and Edward Sumner]. Counterclaim from E.S. Charles, 'Annuitant under the will of Joseph Charles for arrears of £88 0s 6d Annuity pr ann. £42 17s 4d sterling'. Affidavit of service of notice on Claimants for an award for amount of arrears of annuity and for investment of the residue of the Compensation to meet the 'growing [?] annuity'. Award split: £222 0s 8d to E.S. Charles, the residue to John Charles White and Charles Dewdrey (presumably trustees).
T71/1378: Edward Charles was the reputed son of Joseph Charles of the Island of Jamaica, who left him an annuity in his will of 1799.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
103
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Estate
Upton
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 Mary 103 (Upton)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14995 [accessed 27th April 2024].
