8th Feb 1836 | 142 Enslaved | £2790 6s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 306.
T71/873: claim by the heirs of Raynes B. Waite, of St James, owner-in-fee. Counterclaim by a larger group of Scottish mortgagees (John Gordon, Charles Stirling, James Fyffe, William Stirling, Charles Sterling and Neil Malcolm, all of Scotland), as mortgagees and judgement creditors (indre dated 31/05/1817) for £13,164 15s 1d.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
186
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Estate
Blue Hole Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Mortgagee)
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Beneficiary deceased (Mortgagee)
Fyffe appears with his former partners in a group of claimants as mortgagees, but the award was made in the names of the continuing partners only.
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
Malcolm appears with his former partners in a group of claimants as mortgagees, but the award was made in the names of the continuing partners only.
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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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 James 186 (Blue Hole Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/23986 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
