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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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 25th April 2024].
