9th Nov 1835 | 439 Enslaved | £8092 7s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 62.
T71/871: claim from Richard Bright, as owner-in-fee.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
169
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Estate
Meylersfield
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Collected by
Gibbs, Wm (?) of Gibbs, Bright
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 Westmoreland 169 (Meylersfield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24621 [accessed 26th December 2024].
