5th Jul 1838 | 274 Enslaved | £5623 16s 10d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/897: claim by Miles Brathwaite (T71/1306 shows him as tenant for life). Counterclaim by Richard Deane, as executor of John Higginson. George Barton Irlam and Jonathan Higginson were trustees for the claim.
T71/1611: letter, dated 20/01/1840, from Jonathan Dunn, of Trinidad : Mrs Josephus Dunn, my attorney, preferred counterclaim versus Rev John Brathwaite in 1835 - what happened? [nb this might refer to his claim for Mt Harmony or Stewart Hill, Barbados no. 4228].
T71/556 p. 12: enslaved persons were registered by Cheesman Brathwaite in 1834 for Miles Brathwaite, an invalid.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
2771
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Estate
Three Houses
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 2771 (Three Houses)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6094 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
