13th Jun 1836 | 128 Enslaved | £2595 1s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 297.
T71/865: claim from Mary Player Smith, as owner-in-fee. Contested versus Joseph Gordon; W. R. Mitchell. & S. Mitchell; and Elizabeth Wallens.
T71/137 p. 230: 130 enslaved persons registered by Joseph Gordon, as attorney to Mary Player Smith, in 1832.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): shown as the 'estate of Dr James Smith'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
146
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Estate
Prospect Hill
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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 St Andrew 146 (Prospect Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13360 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
