23rd Nov 1835 | 179 Enslaved | £3839 9s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 9.
T71/855: Robert Sympson, Rowland Mitchell and Samuel Mitchell, Great Britain, trustees and executors of Rowland [?] Mitchell, Executors of Wm Mitchell [See Trelawny claim no. 545 for a clearer statement of roles.]
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-Vale
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Claim No.
299
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Estate
New Hall Estate
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Collected by
Mitchell, Rowland
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 St Thomas-in-the-Vale 299 (New Hall Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18798 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
