26th Oct 1835 | 86 Enslaved | £1696 14s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 10.
T71/856: awarded to Wm. Wemyss Anderson and John West, Kingston, trustee and executors of Jane Rutherford.
Jamaica Almanac (1833) shows the estate owned by Jane Rutherford, who was owner as far back as 1820 (previously John Rutherford or the estate of John Rutherford.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 156: meeting with Wm. Wemyss Anderson, an antislavery proponant.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
81
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Estate
Sue River
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Collected by
Bell, Allan ktm illeg (Hill?) of Clements Lane Lombard St
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 81 (Sue River)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19680 [accessed 26th November 2024].
