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Estranged husband of Jane Abel Lane (nee Griffith), the daughter of the Hon. Thomas Howard Griffith, and brother-in-law of Thomas Griffith (q.v.). He counterclaimed apparently unsuccessfully for the compensation for Windsor in Barbados by virtue of a legacy of £10,000 to his wife, and for a smaller award also in Barbados for an annuity of his wife.
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Spouse
Jane Abel Lane (nee Griffith)
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£623 7s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£7,245 7s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Brother-in-laws
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Samuel Benson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631058 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
