23rd Nov 1835 | 146 Enslaved | £6926 13s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 118.
T71/885: 'Awarded to sd claimants, the said Henrietta Sophia Berkeley and sd Carolina Martha Berkeley having under deeds duly executed consented that the awrd should be made to them and their husbands conjointly' (thus the estate came though the women: see British Guiana claim no. 493 for them as the daughters of Paul Benfield).
See also British Guiana 493 for Hon. G.C. Grantley F. Berkeley.
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British Guiana
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Claim No.
217
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Estate
Herstelling
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Collected by
Dimond, Chas Palmer
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 217 (Herstelling)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8397 [accessed 26th November 2024].
