30th Nov 1835 | 129 Enslaved | £6780 9s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/885: claim from M.J. Retemeyer and Carolus Augusutus Grovestins, as owner in fee.
M.J. Retemeyer and John Cornelius Schade were then appointed administrators to C.A. Grovestins.
T71/430 p. 438: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by M.J. Retemeyer and George Dancket, for the estate of P.L. de Sasson (deceased).
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
623
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Estate
Le Repentir
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Collected by
Henry Robertson Sandbach of Parker, Tinne, Sandbach
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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 623 (Le Repentir)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8041 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
