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Planter 'of Edinburgh and Jamaica', died in Jamaica in 1820. The Sarah Clutterbuck née Balfour (q.v.) who was awarded slave compensation was probably this man's sister, though conceivably she was his daughter. Another William Balfour of Martha Brae (q.v.), who died c. 1804, was probably their father.
Lewis Clutterbuck (1794-1861) married Sarah Balfour, '2nd daughter of William Balfour, of Martha Brae', Jamaica, at St Michael’s, Bristol, 16/12/1819.
‘[Death] Dec. 20 [1820] At Montego Bay, Jamaica, of a fever, after a few days’ illness, William Balfour, Esq., of Retirement, Clifton, and Martha Brae.’ Balfour would have had links to Edinburgh as notice of his death was published in Blackwood's Magazine and the Edinburgh Advertiser.
T71/873 St James claim nos. 439 and 440.
Ancestry.com Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online].
Blackwood’s Magazine, Vol. 9, p. 363, June 1821. The notice was repeated in the Edinburgh Advertiser 04/05/1821.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Occupation
Planter
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£203 2s 5d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
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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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1815 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Receiver
Shown variously as receiver or as simply registering |
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Brother → Sister
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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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Son → Father
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Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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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:
'William Balfour of Edinburgh and Jamaica', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1949170530 [accessed 18th April 2024].
