23rd Nov 1835 | 158 Enslaved | £8564 4s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 119.
T71/885 : claim from W. H. Austin, as the executor of John Tapin (deceased).
Times 22/08/1821 p. 1: account of the Marshal's Office Berbice proclaiming their intention to sell at Execution Sale the cotton estate called Susannah, belonging to Thomas Taptin [sic] upon a petition presented by Daniel Allt, attorney of John Tapin, late of this colony.
T71/1046: the claim was signed by W.H. Austin, as executor.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
368
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Estate
Hermitage?
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Collected by
Daniel, Jno. of JD, JDClare & JDBelfield
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Beneficiary deceased
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 368 (Hermitage?)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8526 [accessed 25th November 2024].
