5th Dec 1836 | 61 Enslaved | £1079 13s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 303.
The award was split: £103 14s 2d went to Herings; £650 12s 8d went to Gordons; £325 6s 6d went to Milbanke.
T71/871: counterclaim from Catherine Gordon, the wife of Jno Gordon, under a marriage settlement for £4000. Counterclaim from Sir J. P. Milbank for himself and his son John Ralph Millbank, for 'a legacy of £2000, charged on this Estate by the will of the claimant's father'.
T71/189 p. 249: enslaved persons were registered by Geo. Gordon, as attorney to O. Herring [sic].
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Jamaica
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Westmoreland
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Claim No.
223
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Estate
Paul Island
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 223 (Paul Island)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22701 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
