31st Oct 1836 | 121 Enslaved | £2358 4s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 296.
T71/864: claim from Joseph Gordon, as owner.
T71/124 pp. 85-7: Joseph Gordon registered enslaved persons in 1832, as mortgagee of Francis Clark (deceased), and as owner of 118 enslaved persons.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Port Royal
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Claim No.
32
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Estate
Mount Faraway and Essex
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Contested
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 Port Royal 32 (Mount Faraway and Essex)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21968 [accessed 26th December 2024].
