No Dates
Claimant with two women who were probably her sisters, Dorothea Stewart and Victoria McSween (each of whom q.v.) for the compensation for the enslaved people on Industry estate in Grenada. The three women are likely to have been the heirs, possibly daughters, of Alexander Stewart, a former owner of the estate.
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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Maiden Name
Stewart
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Spouse
Samuel Newman
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£2,798 12s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Sisters
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This is an inferred...
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Frances Newman (née Stewart)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631931 [accessed 27th December 2024].
