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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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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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 555 (Paradise Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24033 [accessed 25th November 2024].
