1794 - 1847
London lawyer, partner with William Strickland Cookson (q.v.), active on behalf of clients in several claims in Jamaica, and awarded part of the compensation for Hampstead Park in St Andrew, almost certainly as trustees.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Lawyer
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£671 2s 4d
Awardee
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Clayton & Cookson
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Michael Clayton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21922 [accessed 29th November 2024].
