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Counterclaimant for the compensation for Unity Valley, on which he appears to have been remainder man for a moiety, of which his mother Emma Shean was tenant-for-life. Trustees, probably for his mother and himself, were awarded the compensation. He died late of 29 George Street Portman Square on 01/01/1860, leaving £200 in England.
National Probate Calendar 1861.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£1,433 10s 7d
Beneficiary (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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Nephew → Aunt
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Son → Mother
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Grandson → Grandmother
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'John James Shean', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651249 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
