1781 - 1859
Awarded the compensation for one award in Barbados and claimed (as Catherine Smitten) for another in Barbados, for which the compensation was paid into the colonial court. Administratrix (and probably widow) of Richard M. Smitten.
Note: in the Slave Register for 1832 and some other documents, her first name is given as Katherine.
TNA, T71/551, p. 85.
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Spouse
Richard Matthews Smitten
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Children
Elizabeth Martha (1807–1808); Richard Thomas (1811-1860); Samuel Workman (1813 – ?); Elizabeth Maynard (1815–1850); Francis Lyttleton (1818–?)
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£617 10s 8d
Awardee
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£3,213 18s 1d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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£1,493 6s 10d
Unsuccessful claimant (Administrator)
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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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Administratrix
Made claim for compensation as widow of R. M. Smitten: see associated claim. |
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Administratrix
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1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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Mother → Son
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Wife → Husband
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Mother → Daughter
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Catherine [Katherine] Ann Smitten', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1637 [accessed 27th December 2024].
