15th Feb 1836 | 73 Enslaved | £1553 6s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 17.
T71/857: claim by Robert B. Parry, St Ann owner-in-fee.
T71/50 p. 567: Robert B. Parry registered 86 enslaved persons in 1832.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. xlviii: no ownership information, reported criticisms from apprentices, 'All this since they got a new master.'
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
612
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Estate
Villa and Southampton
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Collected by
Geddes, Geo.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Ann 612 (Villa and Southampton)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14546 [accessed 20th April 2024].
