19th Oct 1835 | 36 Enslaved | £672 4s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 66.
T71/915 p. 130: claim from Philip John Miles, of Bristol, as owner-in-fee.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. lii: the authors give no ownership information for the estate, but refer to the caprice of attorney Mr Grant over the livestock of an apprentice.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
28
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Estate
Prosper Pen
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Collected by
Bradshaw, J of G.Barnett, S. Hoare, JHill & JB
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 28 (Prosper Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15985 [accessed 26th December 2024].
