7th Aug 1837 | 286 Enslaved | £2514 4s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/852: awarded to James Erving, Glasgow, owner-in-fee. [sic, James Ewing]. Counterclaim from Peter Margetson Wallace esq, whose wife Louisa had an annuity of £130 p.a., the priority disputed.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 185: 'a still finer property' than Ellis's Caymanas, belongs to ---- EWING of Glasgow. 'The resident attorney is arbitrary in his ideas of government, and finds ample employment for the Special Magistrate.'
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
514
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Estate
Taylor's Caymanas
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Catherine 514 (Taylor's Caymanas)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23784 [accessed 10th October 2024].
