5th Oct 1835 | 161 Enslaved | £3462 18s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 41.
T71/864: claim from Humphrey Ewing McLae, of Scotland, as owner-in-fee.
Jamaica Almanac (1832): estate registered to James McCunn.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to H.E. McLea.
Jamaica Almanac (1811): estate registered to Humphrey Ewing
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Port Royal
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Claim No.
66
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Estate
Dallas Castle
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Collected by
McLea, Humphrey Ewing [known to me William Harnett Great St Helens: could refer to Rowland Mitchell on cliam below in NDO4/3, but unlikely].
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Uncontested
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 66 (Dallas Castle)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22449 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
