29th Jan 1838 | 31 Enslaved | £525 1s 4d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/874: claim from Peter Hawkins, as owner-in-fee of 8 enslaved persons and tenant in tail of 23 enslaved persons. Counterclaim from Rebecca Lily Hawkins, as tenant in tail under the will of Mary Jane Hawkins, dated 28/11/1819.
T71/241: Peter Hawkins registered 29 enslaved persons, as owner, in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawney
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Claim No.
155
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Estate
Stony Hill
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Trelawney 155 (Stony Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24797 [accessed 20th April 2024].
