28th Mar 1836 | 74 Enslaved | £1359 9s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 289.
T71/857: claim by Michael Garvey, St Ann, owner.
T71/1606: petition dated 26/06/1836 from Captain Vaughan Brice [H?P = half-pay?], Elizabeth Regan, Westport County Mayo, stating they were left £1000 in the will of Michael Garvey in 1801, together with issue and increase of a female enslaved person. They had received no more than £100 from his brother Nicholas Garvey, or his son Michael Garvey.
T71/1593 p. 230: letter dated 30/06/1836 letter to Capt Brice stating it is too late to make a counterclaim.
T71/49 p. 288: Michael Garvey registered enslaved persons as owner in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
240
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Estate
Orange Hall
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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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 St Ann 240 (Orange Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20378 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
