7th Nov 1836 | 29 Enslaved | £546 5s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 293.
T71/860: claim by Alexander Addison Lind, as owner-in-fee. William Johnston and Benjamin Angell were the qualified executors of Thomas Johnston, judgement creditors for £22,349 17s 2 1/2d.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
240
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Estate
Fair Prospect
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 Manchester 240 (Fair Prospect)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23088 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
