4th Jul 1838 | 145 Enslaved | £6561 15s 2d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers. NB the 1813 Slave Register shows Laurence Nihell rather than Michell.
T71/894: claim by Catherine A. Michell [sic, = Nihell], counterclaim by Sir Thos. Neave. Counterclaim also from Bogles of Glasgow (survivors of firm of James Bogle of Glasgow, see T71/1274).
There is some ambiguity as to whether this went to the Court of Chancery (as Neave vs Michell or Nihell) or was adjudged to Bogle and William Hamilton.
T71/519 p 2274: enslaved persons registered by John Parsons as manager for the heirs of Lawrence Nihell.
T71/1274: includes a note dated 12/7/1838 from Dunn Wordsworth & Dunn saying Neave would not appeal to the Privy Council.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1475
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Estate
ElDorado
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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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:
'Trinidad 1475 (ElDorado)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/29814 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
