4th Apr 1836 | 329 Enslaved | £5454 17s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 303.
T71/871: claim from The Rt. Hon. Lord Rivers, as owner. Counterclaim from William Williams Blake, as mortgagee for £2144 9s 2 1/2d under indre dated 4th November 1816. Lord Rivers admitted Col. W.W. Blake's mortgage, 'but stating that it only affects part of the slaves'.
See also Hanover claim no. 219.
Jamaica Almanac (1815): Shrewsbury estate registered to Horace William Beckford.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
29
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Estate
Shrewsbury
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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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 Westmoreland 29 (Shrewsbury)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22151 [accessed 17th September 2024].
