1772 - 1851
Awarded the compensation for 3 enslaved people in Kingston Jamaica. A woman of the same name appears as a widow of Clifton in the will of Jane Martin (q.v.).
Susanna Williams, the daughter of Sarah Fennell Scott, "a quadroon woman" by Cornelius Murray, born 14/02/1793 and baptised 23/06/1793 in Kingston.
Burial of Sarah Fennell Scott of Chandos Street aged 79 at St Martin-in-the-Fields 19/01/1851.
T71/862 Kingston no. 1103 Sarah Fennell Scott GB.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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£43 8s 4d
Awardee
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Legatee → Testator
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Chandos Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Sarah Fennell Scott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/13298 [accessed 25th November 2024].
