14th Dec 1835 | 52 Enslaved | £980 0s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 10.
T71/855: awarded to Frances Virgo Brooks, St Thomas-in-the-Vale, tenant for life, and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Bicknell for the reversionary interest after the death of Frances Virgo Brooks.
See also St Catherine claim no. 349.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-Vale
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Claim No.
339
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Estate
Pimento Mount
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Collected by
Williams, Hyde G of JMAckie & HGW
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Thomas-in-the-Vale 339 (Pimento Mount)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14372 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
