29th Feb 1836 | 191 Enslaved | £4062 10s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 59.
T71/870: claim from William Rhodes James, of the parish of St Elizabeth, as owner-in-fee.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to William Rhodes James.
Jamaica Almanac (1838): Newell estate registered to William Rhodes James.
T71/177 p. 25: William Rhodes James registered 192 enslaved persons in 1832.
See also Trelawny claim no. 107.
See also St Catherine claim no. 644 for William Rhodes James as of 'Great Britain'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
753
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Estate
Newell (sp?) Pen
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Collected by
Cohen, Henry H.
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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 Elizabeth 753 (Newell (sp?) Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21115 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
