???? - 18th Sep 1843
Major attorney and resident slave-owner in Jamaica, the founder of Browns Town in St Ann Jamaica, where a memorial has been recorded: 'Sacred to the memory of HAMILTON BROWN Esq. Native of the County Antrim, Ireland who departed this life on the 18th Sept 1843 in the 68th year of his age. He was the FOUNDER OF THIS TOWN. Was 22 years one of the Representatives for this parish in the Honble. House of Afsembly. His name will long be cherished.'
http://www.nlj.gov.jm/rai/place-names/Place%20Names%20of%20St.%20Ann.pdf [accessed 04/09/2017]; https://jamaicanancestralrecords.com/parishes-2/st-ann-2/st-marks-anglican-browns-town-st-ann/ [accessed 04/09/2017].
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£1,712 12s 7d
Awardee (Receiver)
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£1,343 4s 9d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£1,340 15s 4d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£2,671 15s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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£287 10s 9d
Awardee
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£85 6s 7d
Awardee
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£53 4s 5d
Awardee
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£1,503 15s 10d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£2,058 13s 10d
Awardee (Receiver)
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£714 18s 2d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£867 19s 7d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£19 10s 10d
Awardee
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£785 6s 1d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£674 5s 11d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£217 7s 11d
Awardee
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£151 5s 6d
Awardee
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£2,004 6s 1d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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£213 9s 1d
Awardee
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£253 16s 8d
Awardee
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£217 7s 11d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£1,965 3s 6d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Receiver)
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£98 15s 5d
Awardee
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£1,601 13s 11d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£1,891 1s 2d
Awardee (Receiver)
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£1,423 8s 0d
Awardee (Receiver)
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1816 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Lessee
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1826 [EA] - → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - → Agent
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
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1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
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1824 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Executor
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - → Executor
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Manager
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - → Executor
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1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Executor
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Executor
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Manager
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Assignee
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
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1819 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - → Receiver
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Agent
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Attorney
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Executor
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
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1820 [EA] - → Other
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Trustee
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1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Executor
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1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Guardian
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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Trustee → Testator
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Executor → Testator
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hamilton Brown', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11358 [accessed 21st November 2024].
