1776 - 1847
Andrew Moffatt Mills was the son of Sir Thomas Mills and Elizabeth Moffatt, and the heir of his maternal grandfather Andrew Moffatt, who had lent money to his (Andrew's) brother, Aaron Moffatt (q.v.), owner of estates and enslaved people in Jamaica. The debt was at stake in a series of Chancery suits into which the compensation money was paid for the enslaved people on the Blenheim and Cranbrook estates in Jamaica.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Andrew Moffett Mills
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£2,522 12s 6d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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£2,524 1s 5d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Nephew → Aunt
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Great-nephew → Great-uncle
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Great-nephew → Great-uncle
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Grandson → Grandfather
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Andrew Moffatt Mills', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46279 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
