28th Sep 1835 | 75 Enslaved | £1472 10s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 13.
T71/874: claim by Susannah Ashmeade, St Ann, owner-in-fee.
T71/49 p. 33: enslaved persons registered by John Higginbottom, attorney to Susannah Ashmeade, in 1832.
Jamaica Almanacs (1826 and 1833): Dixon estate registered to Susan Ashmeade [and Charlton Kings to Thomas Ashmeade].
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
58
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Estate
Dixon
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Collected by
Linwood, Wm of WL and W. Markland
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 58 (Dixon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20496 [accessed 20th April 2024].
