13th Mar 1837 | 145 Enslaved | £7700 13s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 318.
T71/885: claim by the executors of J.B. Sandiford. Counterclaim from William Ellis (a cottonspinner of Castlefield, Yorkshire - T71/1256), R. Ramsden ('of Gomersall') and Adam Hodgson, as devisees and executors of Lister Ellis (deceased).
T71/1610: letter, dated 14/09/1837, from James Hutton, the surviving executor of J. B. Sandiford, showing a slight difference arising between the executors and mortgagees who got the award. When was the payment made? Shows the award as £20300.
T71/430 p. 564: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Jas. Dannett, as executor of the late J. B. Sandiford.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
631
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Estate
Plantn Profit
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 631 (Plantn Profit)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/7197 [accessed 20th April 2024].
