1st May 1837 | 34 Enslaved | £772 18s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 305.
T71/915 p. 10: claim from Eliza Rose Bucknor, of Hanover, as owner in fee.
T71/1592: lettterbook for E. W. Bucknor, an absentee, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, on Hanover claim no. 94.
T71/1212: identifies Eliza Roe Bucknor as resident, according to a notice served on her dated 13/06/1835.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
47
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Estate
Friendship Grove Pen
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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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:
'Jamaica Hanover 47 (Friendship Grove Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12178 [accessed 3rd May 2024].
