22nd Jan 1838 | 117 Enslaved | £2347 16s 0d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/897: claim by John Poyer Griffith, at present in England. Counterclaim by Thomas Went and Mary Eliza (his wife), 1811, creditor by judgement. John Poyer Griffith died and John Poyer Poyer, as executor, received the award.
T71/1283: John Poyer Griffith's father was John Jordan Griffith.
T71/1283 (Barbados claim no. 2734): John Poyer Griffith's will, dated 16/03/1836, shows John Poyer Griffith, of Russell Place, Fitzroy Sq., and identifies John Poyer Poyer as John Poyer Griffith's son and executor.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
2734
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Estate
Husbands [inferred]
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Contested
Yes
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Deceased claimant successful
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Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee
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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 2734 (Husbands [inferred])', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/3760 [accessed 31st January 2025].
