William McKenna

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1846

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Belle Garden on Tobago after counterclaiming under a deed of 1832.

Will of William McKenna late a clerk in the Secretary's Office of the Royal Hospital Chelsea of Saint Luke Chelsea proved 18/03/1846.

Sources

T71/891Tobago no. 62. William McKenna of Sloane Street by virtue of deed of 16/3/1832 £1500 sterling plus interest.

PROB 11/2033.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

William M'Kenna

Associated Claims (1)

Addresses (1)

Sackville Street, London, Middlesex, London, England

Details

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People of Interest

Ann Harris

1791 - 1862

Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'William McKenna', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/28192 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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