British Guiana 154

Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates

24^th Oct 1836 | 7 Enslaved | £309 8s 0d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 317.

T71/885: claim by A.C. D'Hankar. Counterclaim by a group of creditors including J.P.J. Walen, a merchant; Gerhardus Blancke, a broker.

T71/1253: identifies Jan Frederick Scharff as underwriter. All 3 claimants were of Amsterdam, in quality as commissioners.

Further Information

Colony

British Guiana

Claim No.

154

Contested

Yes

Associated Individuals (3)

Further Information

People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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 154', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8122 [accessed 30th October 2024].

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