8th Feb 1836 | 174 Enslaved | £3783 1s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 73.
T71/873: claim by Miss Ann Hill (= Sill), as owner-in-fee. Counterclaim by Adam Sedgwick and James Davis, as 'devisees in trust under the will of Ann Hill, 10/12/1808'.
Jamaica Almanac (1828): no apparent entry for Providence estate.
Jamaica Almanacs (1828 & 1831): Providence estate registered to Ann Sill, with 197 (1828) and 191 (1831) enslaved persons.
General Evening Post, September 20, 1774 - September 22, 1774, Issue 6385, Article 14: account of arson destroying 60 acreas of sugar cane on Providence estate, 08/07/1774, then the property of John Sill.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
546
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Estate
Providence
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Collected by
Carr Glynn, R of Glynn Hallifax
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Uncontested
Yes
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Deceased claimant successful
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Awardee
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 546 (Providence)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24026 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
