25th Apr 1836 | 18 Enslaved | £964 3s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 133.
T71/887: claim from Mary Losse (Lowie?), as owner-in-fee, by Mungo Macpherson (curator). Samuel Orford and John Frost were the executors of Mary Losse. Petition, dated 06/06/1835, from Samuel Orford and John Frost, of Demerary and Essequibo, stating that Mary Losse had died on 02/01/1835 on Belle Alliance. The said Mary Losse had fallen into unsteady habits, which caused her to be placed under the curatorship of Mungo Macpherson. Mary Lowe was a native of Tobago but resident in Demerary.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
2434
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Estate
Hampton Court
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Collected by
M'Garel, Chas
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 2434 (Hampton Court)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8595 [accessed 19th April 2024].
