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Shown as owner of Chancery Hall in St Andrew Jamaica 1790-1791, and party to the suit of Walter v Evans, in which the creditors of Maynard Clarke and Susanna Maynard Clarke (each of whom q.v.) were interested. The suit might have predated Maynard Clarke's death (1759) since there are Chancery records dating to 1720 concerning the Chancery Hill [sic] estate.
London Gazette 12602 07/12/1784 p. 2; London Gazette 13666 31/05/1794 p. 512; TNA C 104/248 Description: WALTER v EVANS: Accounts of John Clarke's estate (including plantation accounts) in Jamaica, 1720-1758; TNA C 104/8 Description: WALTER v EVANS (1782): Letter book, correspondence, and accounts: Chancery Hill, Jamaica, WI.
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1790 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Owner
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Walter senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650841 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
