23rd Nov 1835 | 331 Enslaved | £5649 0s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 11.
T71/856: awarded to the three claimants as trustees of marriage settlement of Geo. Watson Taylor and uxor.
Chris Evans, Slave Wales: the Welsh and Atlantic Slavery 1660-1850 (Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 2010): This was the privateer Henry Morgan's estate, named by him after his Welsh district of origin and apparently established by Morgan 'in the last decade of his life'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
247
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Estate
Lllanrumney Estate
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Collected by
Coulthurst, Wm.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Other association
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Other association
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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 247 (Lllanrumney Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18602 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
