7th Dec 1835 | 342 Enslaved | £5983 18s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 56.
T71/870: claim from Edmund Francis Green, of London, and Duncan Robertson, of St Elizabeth, as executors and trustees of John Chambers.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to John Chambers.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
232
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Estate
Cabbage Valley and Northampton
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Collected by
Green, EF
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary unsuccessful
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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 St Elizabeth 232 (Cabbage Valley and Northampton)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23187 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
