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Robert Simms the younger of Belfast, counterclaimed with John Cunningham the younger as mortgagee of the Matthews Constitution Hill estate in Antigua. The estate had belonged to Mr Horsford and Lord James O'Bryen (q.v.), who sold it for £18,000 to Robert Hyndman of Dublin (q.v.): it is not yet known how Robert Simms' claim arose.
T71/877 Antigua no. 390 Counterclaim from John Cunningham the younger and Robert Simms the younger of Belfast and John Jameson of Dublin, mortgagees.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,571 17s 9d
Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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Manager
Royal Belfast Academical Institution......
notes → Dublin Almanac...
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Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Robert Simms the younger', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630537 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
