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Banker and partner in Sir Wlliam Forbes bart., James Hunter & Co., Edinburgh, awarded with his co-partners the compensation for a claim in Manchester Jamaica as judgement creditors of Helen Watt, 'gentlewoman of Manchester.'
Manchester no. 348. T71/1190 identifies the claimants as partners in the Edinburgh bank, and specifies the basis of the counterclaim from Sir John Hay, Bart., Sir Wm Forbes, Bart., George Forbes, David Anderson, Adam Hay, Patrick Sanderson and Richard Johnson bankers and co-partners carrying on business as Sir Wm Forbes Bart, James Hunter & Co. Edinburgh [Scotland], judgement creditors 1828 v Helen Watt gentlewoman of Manchester owner.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Banker
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£209 3s 0d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Commercial (1) |
Other partner
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Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'David Anderson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42580 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
