21st Nov 1836 | 286 Enslaved | £4089 10s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 315.
T71/1240 justification for the claim: Sir Anthony Lechmere of the Rhyd had married Mary Berwick, daughter of Joseph Berwick who had a mortage over the plantation: contested with the Nibbs family, also of England, descendants of the owner in the late 18th century.
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Colony
Virgin Islands
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Claim No.
256
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Virgin Islands 256', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/30083 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
