10th Nov 1836 | 287 Enslaved | £15795 16s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 318.
The award was split: de Lepel received £10739 1s 10d; de Waalwyck received £2630 19s 7d; Christiani received £277 18s 10d; Martin etc. received £2174 16s 4d.
T71/430 p. 746: Mr van Nooten [?] certified that A.M. Meertens was 'unable to attend from extreme weakness and debility and confirm the truth of the above declaration 'signed' by him", registering 307 enslaved persons on La Retraite estate in 1832.
T71/885: claim by the curators of the estate of A.M. Meertens. Counterclaim from John Campbell, of Glasgow.
T71/1257: counterclaim by de Lepel, of Amsterdam, and by the heirs of Francois Martin (deceased), residing in France, as mortgagees.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
659ABC&D
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Estate
La Retraite
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant
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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:
'British Guiana 659ABC&D (La Retraite)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6857 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
