19th Oct 1835 | 251 Enslaved | £4612 16s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 70.
T71/873: claim from William Mitchell Kerr, of St James, as joint owner with H.N. Kerr.
Jamaica Almanac (1828): estate registered to David Kerr.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
47
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Estate
Spring Garden Estate
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Collected by
Kerr, WM
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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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 James 47 (Spring Garden Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16046 [accessed 26th April 2024].
