1783 - 1856
Claimant of the compensation as legatee and appointee of Lady Mary Walker for the enslaved people on the Success estate in St James, the compensation for which was paid into a Chancery suit.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Sophia St John Ham. Alderson
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Spouse
John Shepherd Alderson
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£2,122 7s 4d
Awardee
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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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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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1821 [SY] - → Legatee
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Natural Daughter → Father
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Natural Daughter → Mother
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12 Upper Cuming Street, Pentonville, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Regent Place, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'Sophia St John Hamilton Alderson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12004 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
