17th Oct 1836 | 35 Enslaved | £770 10s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 290.
T71/857: litigated claim with several claimants: Robert Fairweather as attorney for heirs of Mrs Sarah Sharpe; James Forsyth and James Johnson of Kingston as administrators of late John Higgin etc (withdrawn). But received by Compensation Commission was a 'deed of assignment executed by all parties interested of the compensation money to Joseph Young'.
T71/1183: counterclaim against Robert Fairweather of Highgate, St Marys, Jamaica as overseer by Wm Noble of Bishop Wearmouth [Bishopwearmouth], County Durham; Gardener [?] in right of late wife Elizabeth; William Glaves of Scarboro Gardener and Frances his wife; Stephen Lowrey of Bishop Wearmouth aforesaid Gardener as the eldest son and heir at law of Stephen Lowrey late of same place Butcher, plus one other couple of Halifax. Joseph Young of Bishop Wearmouth was solicitor for the said claimants.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
606
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Estate
Cave River Plantation
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Assignee)
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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 Ann 606 (Cave River Plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15248 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
