23rd Jan 1837 | 172 Enslaved | £7266 2s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 322. See also St Vincent claim nos. 473B and 474B.
Claim by Eliz and Frances Whitfield , heirs and devisees of Geo Whitfield and vested in Henry Jas Ross. Counterclaim from Benjamin Bickley of Bristol; Hugh Mills Bunbury of Lloyds Coffee House for Hugh Mills Bunbury the younger and Lydia Countess D'viney, for remainder after the life estate of Hugh Mills Bunbury under a marriage settlement Mr Bunbury with Miss Cox; and Ambrose Humphrys of Upper Wimpole St Middlesex, mortgagee (withdrawn).
See Times 15/5/1835 p. 6 for suit of Henry John Ross v Ambrose Humphreys, solicitor and consignee.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
473A & 474A
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Estate
Peruvian Vale and Henry's Vale
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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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:
'St Vincent 473A & 474A (Peruvian Vale and Henry's Vale)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27125 [accessed 21st November 2024].
