20th Mar 1837 | 47 Enslaved | £1095 13s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 307.
T71/874: claim by James Murray and Thomas Willis, as executors of the late Geo. Huie. Counterclaim from 'Robt John Harper, New Lodge, Suffolk (= Staffordshire), Committee of John Houston a lunatic for about £1000 under order dated 5th June 1826'.
T71/1592: letter from Mrs Eliza Fraser (late Bellinger) re. the counterclaimant of Morningside, Edinburgh (Scotland) on this claim (p. 197 and p. 317).
T71/1608: steady correspondence from Eliza Fraser re. process, seeking annuity, and also letters from W. Maconochie in pursuit of Eliza Fraser.
T71/242: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by James Murray, as attorney to Geo. Huie.
T71/1608: letters, dated 18/08/1835 and 06/08/1835, from John Flowers, Litchfield (Staffordshire), re. John Flowers acting for Mr Harper. (Filed as St Elizabeth claim no. 281, dated under Trelawney).
T71/1608: letter, dated 06/08/1835, stating that John Flowers, through the advice of Mr Burge, is about to proceed to Jamaica.
T71/1608: letter, dated 05/12/1836, stating that he is back from Jamaica.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawney
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Claim No.
210
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Estate
Duff House
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Beneficiary unsuccessful
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Beneficiary deceased
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (Committee)
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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 Trelawney 210 (Duff House)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16768 [accessed 20th April 2024].
