25th Jul 1836 | 226 Enslaved | £4652 5s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 294.
T71/860: Stephen Denton had claims from 1820 versus the estate.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Green Vale and Norway estates registered to Samuel Glanville.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Green Vale and Norway estates registered to 'Glanville & Abel'.
T71/1190: shows that Stephen Denton Esq., of Beverly, Devonshire [sic], England, had sold enslaved persons in 1820, and secured purchase money on a mortgage. Counterclaim also from Thomas Abell, a merchant, late of Cornhill but now of No. 8 Old Jewry, as mortgagee.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
335
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Estate
Green Vale and Norway
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Manchester 335 (Green Vale and Norway)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19449 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
