8th Feb 1836 | 75 Enslaved | £1469 11s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 73.
T71/873: claim from Jacob Aemilius Irving, of 'St James but residing at Boulogne France', as owner-in-fee.
Philip Wright (ed.), Lady Nugent's Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805 (Jamaica, University of the West Indies Press, 2002) pp. 22-3: states that 'James Irving MD 1713-1775, came to Jamaica from South Carolina and acquired 3 northern shore properties, Ironshore and Hartfield near Montego Bay, and Irving Tower near Martha Brae, which he left to four sons. The two sons surviving in 1801, John B. and Jacob Aemelius were both defendants in the lawsuit referred to (by Lady Nugent, on 16th September 1801), which concerned these properties' (note 1).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
551
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Estate
Ironshore Estate
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Collected by
Smith, Thos of Foster, Evans, Smith
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 551 (Ironshore Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24029 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
