2nd May 1836 | 124 Enslaved | £2809 19s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 190.
T71/898: claim from George Hewitt, as executor for Wm Perch (deceased). Counterclaim from James Neil, of Pall Mall, mortgage and judgement for all of the award. (See also Barbados claim nos. 3322 and 4312).
T71/555 p. 256: enslaved persons were registered by George Hewitt, executor to the estate of John Wm Perch.
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 62: James Neil withdrew his counterclaim when George Hewitt agreed to honour a prior debt of Wm Perch to Jas Neil.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
3321
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Estate
Graeme Hall
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Collected by
Gibbs, Geo. atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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:
'Barbados 3321 (Graeme Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3241 [accessed 15th September 2024].
