25th Jan 1836 | 206 Enslaved | £3852 15s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 302.
Frances Dickenson versus Thomas Jones & William Cooke.
Jamaica Almanac (1826 & 1833): estate registered to the heirs of Vickris Dickenson.
Victoria county History, Wiltshire, Vol 17 2002 pp. 17-27: a Vickris Dickenson bought Blackland Farm (Calne Wiltshire) in 1745, and settled it on his son in 1765.
T71/1608: letter from Jennings & Bolton, stating that Miss Frances Dickinson was the owner of Barton Estate. The tenant in tail in possession was an infant and a ward of the Court of Chancery in a suit instituted to protect her property during her infancy. Daly was the manager of the estate in Jamaica; two mercantile gentlemen are consignees.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
396
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Estate
Barton Estate
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Awardee
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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 Elizabeth 396 (Barton Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19181 [accessed 17th April 2024].
