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A trustee for Jane Akers Byam claimed the compensation for the enslaved people on Hutchinson estate in St Kitts. Sister of John Welch (a lunatic by the 1830s), and widow of Samuel Byam DD.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Welch
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Spouse
Samuel Byam
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£2,022 14s 9d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Legatee)
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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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1795 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Legatee
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Sisters
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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:
'Jane Akers Byam of Brussels (née Welch)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645479 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
