23rd Nov 1835 | 255 Enslaved | £4580 8s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 11.
T71/856: awarded to John Hamilton, Lady Jane Montgomerie, Lady Lilias Montgomery ('or Oswald, wife of Richard Alexander Oswald, Scotland), owners-in-fee. 'Power from these parties the separate execution by Lillias Oswald duly received'.
Jamaica Almanacs (1831 and 1833) shows this estate owned by Alexander West Hamilton; Jamaica Almanac (1824) owned by R. and J. Hamilton.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
267
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Estate
Pemberton Valley Estate
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Collected by
Farquhar, Walter R. of Sir JHF, Davidson, Chapman, Ellin (?) and WRF
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 St Mary 267 (Pemberton Valley Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16948 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
