28th May 1838 | 37 Enslaved | £722 8s 10d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/853: claim from Charles Nicholas Pallmer, as owner-in-fee. Numerous counterclaims, including the Purriers as 'devisees in trust and executors of their father in respect of the mortgage deeds'. Maurice Thomas counterclaimed, 'as first mortgagee', for £21,500 and arrears of interest.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
12
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Estate
Palmyra Pen
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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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 Dorothy 12 (Palmyra Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20403 [accessed 19th April 2024].
