23rd Nov 1835 | 141 Enslaved | £2662 16s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 11.
T71/856: awarded to Alexander Stewart and Isaac Westmoreland, London, owners-in-fee.
Jamaican Alamanac (1833) shows this estate owned by Geo Atkinson and T.P. Rogers, receivers; 1824 owned by George Quinlan.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
263
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Estate
Wentworth Estate
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Collected by
Stewart, A and Westmorleand S.
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 Mary 263 (Wentworth Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16947 [accessed 25th November 2024].
