30th May 1836 | 433 Enslaved | £10392 13s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 322. T71/892: claim by Benjamin Bickley, trustee and executor of Saml Span. Counterclaim from Ann Latham of 14 Hunter St, Bloomsbury and Charles Latham of Havre de Grace, France, merchant, equitable charge originally a mortgage in fee vested in trustees of £3456 19s 8d with interest. Counterclaim from Ann Bartlett, Nottingham Place, London, legateee under will of Samuel Span £5000. Counterclaim from Benjamin Bickley, of Bristol, surviving mortgagee in trust for £9900. Counterclaim from J.W. Borradaile and J. Edlman. Counterclaim from Cam Gyde Heaven Bristol under a deed of settlement. Counterclaim from the Rev. Wm. Hutcheson of Compton Martin, County of Dorset, mortgagee.
T71/500 p. 199: 147 enslaved persons registered on Clifton Estate Union Island to Benjamin Bickley as surviving executor and trustee of Span deceased by Chas Stocking; 199 enslaved persons registered on Ashton Estate; and 84 enslaved persons registered on Queensbury Estate.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
688
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Estate
Union Island
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary unsuccessful
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Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Beneficiary deceased
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 688 (Union Island)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27142 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
