8th Feb 1836 | 42 Enslaved | £1066 18s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 58.
T71/870: claim from Thomas McCracken, of St Elizabeth, as owner-in-fee. Duncan Robertson acted as executor.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
525
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Estate
Reading Pen
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Collected by
Morrice, Wm.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Owner-in-fee)
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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 525 (Reading Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23924 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
