29th Feb 1836 | 130 Enslaved | £2448 12s 9d
T71/915 p. 14: claim from Thomas Bygrave, of Manchester, as executor and attorney to the trustees of Thomas Bygrave.
Jamaica Almanac (1840): Mayday Hill estate registered to Thomas Bygrave.
T71/1606: letter, dated 01/10/1838, from [Rev.] J. M. Trew, Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden, as trustee, asking for a form for a power of attorney for the co-trustee to receive the money.
‘Slaves in the colonies’, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1826-7 (111) (146): see J. M. Trew's statement re. his involvement as trustee and executor under the will of his late father-in-law.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
411
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Estate
May Day Hill
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Collected by
Gladstone, Wm.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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 Manchester 411 (May Day Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20986 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
