20th Mar 1837 | 113 Enslaved | £1980 14s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 307.
T71/874: claim from John Haughton James, as executor and trustee under the will of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. (the deceased mortgagee in possession). Counterclaim from Elizabeth Reid Quarrell, under the will of John Reid (subject to a life estate) for £5000.
T71/241: enslaved persons were registered by John Gunn in 1832, as attorney for Mary Haughton Reid (owner for life).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
414
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Estate
Wakefield
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Beneficiary deceased (Mortgagee-in-possession)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 Trelawny 414 (Wakefield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16770 [accessed 25th November 2024].
