8th Feb 1836 | 275 Enslaved | £5160 5s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 68.
T71/915 p. 102: claim from John Haughton James junior, of Hanover, as executor and trustee of Sir S.H. Clarke, Bart.. Dame C.H. Clarke is Catherine Haughton Clarke.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 69: shows Wm. Gordon as attorney.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
403
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Estate
Fat [Hog] Quarter Estate
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Collected by
Clarke, CH Propr & atty 'known to me Saml Hibbert'
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Beneficiary deceased
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Hanover 403 (Fat [Hog] Quarter Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23804 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
