30th Nov 1835 | 393 Enslaved | £21011 2s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 318.
T71/885: claim by Wm. Wilkinson, as the executor [sic] of Gavin Fullarton and Allan Macdonald. In fact, Wilkinson was the executor of John Newton (q.v.). Counterclaim from John Gladstone etc., by virtue of 4 mortgages. Letter from Gavin Fullarton and Allan Macdonald, admitting the counterclaim. S. G. Checkland, The Gladstones: a family biography, 1764-1851 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1971) p. 320.
T71/431 p. 1088: 90 enslaved persons were registered on Met en Meerzorg estate by W. Burnett, for Fullarton & McDonald.
T71/431 p. 1098: 407 enslaved persons were registered on Met en Meerzgorg estate by W. Burnett, in the names of John Newton, Fullarton & McDonald.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
707
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Estate
Met-en-Meerzorg
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Contested
Yes
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Deceased claimant unsuccessful
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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 707 (Met-en-Meerzorg)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8883 [accessed 30th January 2025].
