8th Feb 1836 | 198 Enslaved | £3870 19s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 69.
T71/872: claim by William Vassall. Counterclaim by Andrew Colvile and Alexander Seton, as mortgagees for £8400, mortgage dated 10/04/1805.
B. W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 154: Alexander Seton (1779-1856), son of James Wedderburn [1730-1807], doctor in Westmoreland, m Isabella Blackburn, great grand niece and heir of last Lord Colvile of Ochiltree [Ayrshire, Scotland], changed name to Wedderburn-Colvile, left £300,000 curency. Seton assumed the name of Colvile in 1814; sugar broker and Hudsons Bay Co [and British Guiana].
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
464
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Estate
Green River Estate
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Collected by
Colvile A and Seton, A.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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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'Jamaica Hanover 464 (Green River Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23806 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
