12th Feb 1838 | 31 Enslaved | £1785 3s 2d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/894: claim by Mary McMillan of Scotland, tenant for life by the will of Alex. McMillan.
Counterclaim by Simon Agostini; counterclaim by Reid and Dixon.
Went to Court of Chancery in the cause of Nevile Reid and other vs. Simon Agostini and others.
T71/519 p 2402: the enslaved persons were registered by John Losh, as attorney for the heirs of A. McMillan (lately the property of J. B. Begue and J. R. Agostini).
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1742
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Tenant-for-life)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Other association
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Trinidad 1742', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28202 [accessed 19th April 2024].
