22nd Apr 1839 | 30 Enslaved | £641 2s 10d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/1064: claim by Eliza Desvignes as devisee of Charles Desvignes by her attorney. Counterclaims from her family, Wm and Lewis Francis Desvignes. Wm Desvignes registered as executor under the will of the late C. Desvignes deceased.
T71/492 p. 37: Wm Desvignes registered 9 enslaved persons as agent of Eliza Desvignes in 1834.
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Colony
Tobago
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Claim No.
43
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Estate
Mount Dillon
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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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:
'Tobago 43 (Mount Dillon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27821 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
