16th Nov 1835 | 160 Enslaved | £2683 6s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 92.
T71/879: James William Freshfield and John Beadnell were attorneys for Samuel Smith and others.
T71/1032: registration certificate shows James William Freshfield and John Beadnell as trustees for Smith Payne & Smiths.
Duplicated with St Kitts claim no. 322?
St Kitts claim no. 325 shows the award collected by J.L. Anderdon of Manning & Anderdon.
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Colony
St Kitts
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Claim No.
525
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Estate
Bourkes
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Collected by
Freshfield, JW and JB ktm H Slocombe(?) Freshfields
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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:
'St Kitts 525 (Bourkes)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25425 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
