Jamaica Westmoreland 192 (Nonpareil)

12th Feb 1838 | 116 Enslaved | £2259 0s 1d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.

T71/871: claim by Elizabeth Lydia Reid, as owner-in-fee. Counterclaims from e.g. John Altham Graham Clarke; A. H. Beaumont; Roger Kynaston; and J. G. Vidal.

T71/188 p. 139: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Henry Hunter and Dennis Reid junior (the signatory), as attorneys to Elizabeth Lydia Reid.

Jamaican Alamanacs : Nonpareil estate was owned in 1824 by George Reid, then in 1826 by Elizabeth Lydia Reid.

Kathleen Mary Butler, The economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 96: 'Elizabeth Lydia Reid's 1749 acre Nonpareil and Mt Pleasant estates remained in receivership throughout the period'. (The source is unclear).

T71/1209 (counterclaims): includes a summary of an indenture dated 1791 whereby George Reid, of Milford, Hampshire and Elizabeth Lydia (his wife) conveyed Non Pareil estate to John Janett (John Jarrett?) and Thomas James, under trust.


Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
Westmoreland
Claim No.
192
Estate
Nonpareil
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (1)

Awardee (Owner-in-fee)

Associated Estates (1)