28th Nov 1836 | 28 Enslaved | £457 18s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 300.
T71/868: claim from Peter Anderson. Counterclaim from John Gordon Esq. by Geo. Gordon, his attorney, as mortgagee for £24,604 10s 5d and £5967 16s 3d on a judgement of June 1795.
T71/1201: shows John Gordon 'of GB' and 'of London'. Also shows him more definitively as John Gordon, late of the City of Bristol but now of the parish of Stapleton in the county of Gloucester. He had been assigned a mortgage in 1797.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Portland
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Claim No.
16
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Portland 16', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20312 [accessed 18th April 2024].
