20th Nov 1837 | 20 Enslaved | £987 0s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 323.
T71/893: Claim by Amelia Glenton, Port of Spain.
Counterclaim from 2 mortgagees (including Andrew Clarke as executor of Matthew Neilson [Leeson?] by his attorney Robert Neilson, who declined to appear at the hearing of 20/11/1837) and from Charlotte Adcock (no 5 Sherwood Cottages Albany Road, Camberwell), legatee for £2500 bequeathed by Matthew Leeson on 05/10/1808 of which remained unpaid by 31st May 1829 £2721 14s 1d, received since then £292 12s 8d.
Assignment by claimant to John Wood Nelson, Benjamin Adam etc. For valuable consideration of the residue of compensation on Trinidad claim nos. 991 and 992 after payment of £1100 to John Carter and his wife the late Charlotte Adcock.
T71/519 p 2325: enslaved persons registered by Amelia Glenton in 1834.
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Trinidad
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Claim No.
992
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Legatee)
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Awardee (Assignee)
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Awardee (Assignee)
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Awardee
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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 992', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28715 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
