18th Jan 1836 | 107 Enslaved | £5831 19s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 122.
832A: £3887 19s 10d went to Arthur Heatchdote Heathcote.
832B: £833 2s 10d went to Arthur Heatchdote Heathcote and Thomas Brailsford.
832C: £1110 17s 1d went to Thomas Brailsford and Ann Brailsford.
T71/885: claim from the heirs of William Heathcote, as owners in fee, by E. Pierce.
T71/430 p 508: J. Frankland, as attorney to the heirs of William Heathcote, registered 103 enslaved persons hired to Robert Neilson. No estate is shown.
T71/1258: abstract of a document showing the right of Mr Heathcote and Mr & Mrs Brailsford to receive the compensation. The will of Wm. Heathcote, of Demerara, dated 02/02/1811, left the Stonecliffe House estate in Darley Dale to his elder brother John Heathcote, and if John Heathcote died without male heirs, left the estate to Arthur Heathcote Shepley, provided he took name of Heathcote.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
832A-C
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Estate
Haags Bosch
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Collected by
Harnett, W.
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Awardee
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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 832A-C (Haags Bosch)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/7741 [accessed 20th January 2025].
