26th Oct 1835 | 9 Enslaved | £210 2s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 2.
T71/852 Dame Margaret Clare and Eliza Clare, Scotland, trustees for Sir W.[sic] B. Clare. In fact, trustees for Sir Michael Benignus Clare, MD (1777-1832). Eliza Clare was his neice and Dame Margaret Clare was his widow. See also St Catherine claim nos. 199 and 201.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
200
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Estate
St Jago de la Vega
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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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 Catherine 200 (St Jago de la Vega)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19568 [accessed 26th December 2024].
