30th Nov 1835 | 275 Enslaved | £5125 15s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 48.
T71/867: awarded to the heirs of Thomas Cussans, SSt Thomas-in-the-East, owners. Counterclaim from Robert Lambert, devisee of his mother who was the devisee of Thomas Cussans [died 1796: see T71/1200 counterclaim of Robert Lambert of Weston in the county of Surrey].
Jamaica Almanacs (1833 and 1838) show Thomas Cussans as alive as owner of Winchester but as deceased for Amity Hall.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
119
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Estate
Winchester
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Collected by
Lambert, Robt.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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 Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 119 (Winchester)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21843 [accessed 11th December 2024].
