31st Oct 1836 | 166 Enslaved | £2240 14s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 298.
T71/866: claim from Joseph Gordon, as owner. Counterclaim from John Hall, as judgement creditor; and from John Atkins and John Pelly Atkins, also as judgement creditors. Balance of £1099 4s 4d awarded on 30/11/1840 to 'the several parties named in the list annexed to the Certificate'.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 66-67: shows Joseph Gordon as an attorney.
T71/144 p. 102: Sarah P. Clark and Elizabeth M. Clark registered 111 enslaved persons, as residuary devisees of Francis Clark, but currently in the possession of Joseph Gordon (indexed on www.ancestry.com under Joseph Gordon).
T71/144 p. 102: 168 enslaved persons registered on Old England estate in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St David
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Claim No.
3 (part)
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Estate
Old England
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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 David 3 (part) (Old England)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21982 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
