16th Nov 1835 | 31 Enslaved | £650 16s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 70.
T71/873: claim from William Stanford Grignon, of St James, as owner-in-fee.
R.A. Barrett, The Barretts of Jamaica: The Family of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Athlone, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000) p. 83: William Stanford Grignon was the attorney of J. H. Deffell on Salt Spring estate; he triggered a slave insurrection of Dec. 1831-Jan. 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
104
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Estate
Montego Bay
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Collected by
Hawthorn, R of H and Shedden
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Other association
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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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'Jamaica St James 104 (Montego Bay)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15044 [accessed 20th April 2024].
