18th Jan 1836 | 144 Enslaved | £2948 2s 3d
Parliamentary Papers p. 49.
T71/994: original claim by Thomas Blakeley as attorney to John William Hicks Esq.
T71/867: awarded to John William Hicks, St Thomas-in-the-East, owner-in-fee.
T71/150 p. 242: enslaved persons registered by Thomas Blakeley, attorney to J.W. Hicks Esq. in 1832.
Jamaica Almanacs (1811 and 1833) estate owned by John William Hicks.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
422
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Estate
Pembroke and Hicks Hall
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Collected by
Gibbs, Wm of Gibbs, Bright, Gibbs & Crawley
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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 Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 422 (Pembroke and Hicks Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15630 [accessed 16th April 2024].
