7th Mar 1836 | 304 Enslaved | £5417 1s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 304.
David Lyon versus Andrew Colvile and others.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
211
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Estate
Retreat Estate
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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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 211 (Retreat Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23698 [accessed 25th November 2024].
