23rd Dec 1835 | 59 Enslaved | £1206 0s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 77.
The award was split -
381A: £804 0s 3d went to William Ward.
381B: £402 0s 2d went to John Beaufin Irving.
T71/874: claim from Wm. Ward, of Liverpool, as surviving mortgagee. J.B. Irving was one of the heirs of James Irving (deceased).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
381A & B
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Estate
Irving Tower
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Collected by
Oliver, W. of Olivier Le Blanc for 381A; Nathaniel Mason of O'Hare (?) Little and Mason for 381B
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 Trelawny 381A & B (Irving Tower)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18983 [accessed 26th December 2024].
