30th Nov 1835 | 161 Enslaved | £8362 4s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/885: claim by Jacobs Meertens, as owner in fee. Counterclaim from Philip Frederick Tinne, by George Rainy, as mortgagee for £10,964 2s 5d.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
665
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Estate
Vauxhall & Westminster
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Collected by
Sandbach, Henry R of PTS
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 665 (Vauxhall & Westminster)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8068 [accessed 24th April 2024].
