8th Feb 1836 | 68 Enslaved | £1408 3s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 73.
T71/873: claim from James Cunningham, George Cunningham and Samuel Cunningham, of Great Britain, as trustees. A note states: 'under an indre [?] 1st Oct 1815 and recorded 11 April 1816'. A second note states: 'Registry by Jno Coats in right of his wife'. John Coates' wife was Mary nee Cunningham: it is not clear whether the three men acting as trustees were her relatives or not.
See also St James claim no. 284, which shows James Cunningham in Clifton, Bristol, and Samuel Cunningham in London.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
555
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Estate
Paradise Pen
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Collected by
Cunningham, Saml.
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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 555 (Paradise Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24033 [accessed 26th December 2024].
