18th Jan 1836 | 152 Enslaved | £3293 0s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 57.
T71/870: claim from Edward Smith, of St Elizabeth, as owner-in-fee.
T71/177 p. 371: Edward Smith registered 109 enslaved persons in 1832.
T71/177 p. 371: Edward Smith registered 154 enslaved persons in 1832.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to Edward Smith.
See also St Elizabeth claim no. 1035 for Edward Smith, of 64 Guildford Street, Russell Sq., acting as an intermediary on a small St Elizabeth claim.
T71/1003: Edward Smith, of Haughton Pen, St Elizabeth, signed his own claim.
NDO4: compensation signed for in London by Henry Bright.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
401
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Estate
Haughton Pen
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Collected by
Henry Bright
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Other association
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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 Elizabeth 401 (Haughton Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15351 [accessed 19th April 2024].
