17th Oct 1836 | 182 Enslaved | £3635 4s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 298.
T71/866: claim by Richard Kirkhead [=Kinkead], as trustee to the heirs of John Dawson. Counterclaim by George Harrison, as executor to Jonathan Harrison, assignee of a mortgage for £5070 17s 3d with interest from 30/04/1835.
T71/1593: shows efforts by Edward Hull, collector of customs, Falmouth, to launch a counterclaim.
T71/144 p. 249: enslaved persons registered in 1832 by Richard Kirkhead, as trustee.
A Jonathan Harrison was in partnership with Joseph Timperon until 1801, and then with Timperon and William Peatt Litt and has been inferred to have been the Jonathan Harrison of this award (see references in St Mary claim no. 310 and Trelawny claim no. 170).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St David
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Claim No.
135
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Estate
Windsor Forest
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Assignee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 David 135 (Windsor Forest)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15252 [accessed 21st November 2024].
