No Date | 144 Enslaved | £2752 15s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 304.
T71/871: claim from Duncan Robertson and Wm. Ridgard, as receivers in 'John Barham vs Joseph Stone Williams as executor of Purchas Lumley'.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. lxi: no ownership identified. The authors refer to the attorney as Mr McNeel; criticism of him.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
78
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Estate
Dean's Valley Dry Works
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Other association
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Awardee (Receiver)
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Other association
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Not a claimant (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Receiver)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 78 (Dean's Valley Dry Works)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24785 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
