15th Feb 1836 | 155 Enslaved | £2087 9s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 107.
T71/882: claim by Walter Maynard Pemberton, 'tenant in possession as purchaser, purchase not yet completed'. Counterclaim (withdrawn) from Plummer & Wilson [see also Nevis claim no. 127].
T71/368 pp. 179 and 215: Walter Maynard Pemberton was signatory of the Slave Register for Nevis in 1831.
Caribbeana Vol I p 309: Walter Maynard Pemberton, of Spring Hill, Nevis, drowned in wreck of "Clarendon" off Isle of Wight on 11/10/1836 with daughter Ann [aged 11].
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Colony
Nevis
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Claim No.
123
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Estate
Tower Hill Estate
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Collected by
Plummer, John of Plummer & Wilson
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 123 (Tower Hill Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25115 [accessed 26th November 2024].
