15th Feb 1836 | 101 Enslaved | £1761 2s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 107.
Claim by Jas Daniell, owner-in-fee. Claimant and counterclaimants as in Nevis claim no. 105.
It seems likely that the 'Potwock' estate as appears in the Register of Claims is actually the Potwork estate: see http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Saint+Kitts+and+Nevis/Saint+James+Windwa/_3575205_Potwork+Estate.html#local_map [accessed 11/03/2012].
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Colony
Nevis
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Claim No.
106
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Estate
Potwork
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Collected by
Bailey, E. I.
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee (Administrator)
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Awardee (Administrator)
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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:
'Nevis 106 (Potwork)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25100 [accessed 24th April 2024].
