6th Jun 1836 | 225 Enslaved | £4205 6s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 292.
Award split: £2000 to F.B. Long; £2000 to C.E. Long & G.G. Pigott; £205 6s 2d to Rutherford & Jegon (mortgagees).
T71/915 p. 112: claim by Henry Lawes Long, Great Britain, owner-in-fee.
T71/859: counterclaim from Francis Beckford Long, for £2000 charged on the estate by the marriage settlement of his father Edward Beeston Long. C.E. Long and G.G. Wandisford Pigott were trustees under the marriage settlement of Charles Devon and Mary his wife sister of the said Henry Lawes Long for £2000. Henry Lawes Long admitted the counterclaims.
T71/1186: counterclaim shows Geo Rutherford and Wm Jegon as merchants of Camomile Street [London].
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Jamaica
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Clarendon
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Claim No.
156
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Estate
Lucky Valley
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (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 Clarendon 156 (Lucky Valley)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22900 [accessed 25th November 2024].
