1787 - 1867
Sarah Clutterbuck, probably daughter of William Balfour of Martha Brae (q.v.) and sister of William Balfour of Edinburgh and Jamaica (also whom q.v.), and certainly wife of Lewis Clutterbuck, was awarded the compensation for twelve enslaved people in St James Jamaica and claimed apparently unsuccessfully for the compensation for a further 98 people on Retirement in St Ann Jamaica.
In 1851 Sarah Clutterbuck, born Jamaica, aged 56 [sic] was living at Newark Park with her husband Lewis aged 57 'gentleman JP' and 3 servants. In 1861 she was shown as aged '75' annuitant living at Newark Park with her daughter Sarah Catherine aged 40 and four sons aged 29 to 39, three clergyman and an MD. The death of a Sarah Clutterbuck aged 80 was registered at Chipping S[odbury] Q3 1867.
Sarah Balfour, 2nd daughter of William Balfour of Martha Brae Jamaica, had married Lewis Clutterbuck (1794-1861), the son of Rev. Lewis Clutterbuck of Newark Park, 16/12/1819 at St Michaels Bristol.
St James nos. 439 & 440; St Ann no. 571; Letter 17/06/1837 T71/1608 from Sarah Clutterbuck Newark Park nr Wotton-under-Edge [Gloucestershire] identifes Sarah Clutterbuck as late Sarah Balfour daughter of late W. Balfour esq., and asks 'in what way am I to proceed to procure the money as a personal attendance as specified in the letter would be expensive and inconvenient.'
1851 and 1861 censuses online; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].
Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Balfour
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Spouse
Lewis Clutterbuck
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Children
4 sons; 1 daughter
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£2,169 4s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£203 2s 5d
Awardee
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£87 9s 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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1834 [EA] - → Not known
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Sister → Brother
Notes →
Sarah Clutterbuck is known to have been the daughter of 'William Balfour of Martha Brae', and the William Balfour who died in 1820 is more likely to have been her brother than her father....
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Daughter → Father
Notes →
Sarah Clutterbuck is known to have been the daughter of 'William Balfour of Martha Brae', more likely this man than the William Balfour who died in 1820....
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Newark Park, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Clutterbuck (née Balfour)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19224 [accessed 25th November 2024].
