28th Sep 1835 | 704 Enslaved | £14597 4s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 5.
T71/853: claim from John Mitchell, as tenant for life; from R. Sympson, as surviving acting trustee and executor; from Rowland Mitchell and Samuel Mitchell, as surviving executors of Wm. Mitchell. Will dated 11/02/1819; codicil dated 10/11/1823. 'Award made...to be applied accdg to the Terms of the sd will'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Dorothy
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Claim No.
17
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Estate
Bushy Park Estate
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Collected by
Mitchell, Rowland
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 17 (Bushy Park Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20575 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
