16th Nov 1835 | 314 Enslaved | £5337 0s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 66.
56A - £2669 10s 6d went to Robert Allen; 56B-D - £667 7s 7d went to each of Louis & Lawrence (together), Turner [sic] & Desborough (together), and Hyde; 56E-H - £166 16s 11d went to each of the two Sandbys, Day and Jackson.
T71/915 p. 7: all of the claimants are listed as of Hanover, although only five names are the same.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 158: Robert Allen is identified as of Cornhill, London.
Jamaica Almanac (1815, 1826 & 1833): Tryall estate registered to Robert Allen et al..
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Allen, R; GL & TR; Tanner, John and HD; Sir JDPaul of S.Snow, H Strahan and JDP for FHAcres; Oliver Leblanc for Sanbys and Day; EJ for herself 'known to me'..
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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 Hanover 56A-H (Tryall Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15039 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
