4th Dec 1835 | 237 Enslaved | £4590 6s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 308.
Alexander Thomson & others versus Alexander Grant & others.
T71/874: claim from Alexander Grant, of London, as executor and trustee of Alexander Donaldson. Paid to Alexander Grant under Order of Court in Thompson versus Grant.
See also Trelawny claim no. 29.
Times 16/05/1861 p. 16: auction of the Bryan Castle and Brompton Bryan estates in Trelawny and Low Layton and Orange Vale in St George's made pursuant to an order in Thomson versus Grant, dated 11th July 1856.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to the heirs of A. Donaldson.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
28
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Estate
Bryan Castle Estate
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Other association
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Trustee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Trelawny 28 (Bryan Castle Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22005 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
