24th Oct 1836 | 46 Enslaved | £875 7s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 288.
T71/856: awarded to John March, St Mary, administrator of Thomas March. Counterclaims from inter alios Augustus Hardin Beaumont for £25.
T71/42 pp. 64 and 65: enslaved persons registered by John March in 1832.
Jamaica Almanacs: estate owned by Thos. March (1821); John March (1833).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
491
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Estate
Pittfield and Hillside
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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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 Mary 491 (Pittfield and Hillside)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19058 [accessed 16th November 2024].
