24th Nov 1840 | 237 Enslaved | £4887 3s 10d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/853: claim by Messrs Thomas Daniel & Co., of London, as mortgagees in possession. Counterclaim from Lady Janet Grant, a widow, as legatee of £5000 charged by the will of John MacLeod. Appears to have gone into Chancery in Faulks (= Faulkner) versus Daniel, but had been resolved by November 1840.
T71/1606: letter, dated 17/01/1837, from Parker & Ruth, stating that Lady Grant has died and that Lady Faulkner (her sister) has taken out letters of administratrix.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
75
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Estate
Colbeck's Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee-in-possession)
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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 Dorothy 75 (Colbeck's Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19068 [accessed 25th November 2024].
