26th Oct 1835 | 153 Enslaved | £2736 17s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 11.
T71/856: awarded to William Jegon and George Rutherford, mortgagees for £5000. Original claim was from Frederick Beckford Long, Great Britain, owner-in-fee. Edward Beeston Long had left Moore Hall in trust in 1825 with instructions that it be sold, with half the proceed going to his son Frederick Beckford Long and half repaying the mortgagees Rutherford & Jegon of Camomile Street.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
146
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Estate
Moore Hall
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Collected by
Jegon, W and Rutherford, G
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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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 146 (Moore Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19706 [accessed 28th November 2024].
