26th Jun 1837 | 137 Enslaved | £2728 11s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 290.
Award split: £723 16s 7d to Townson [here erroneously identified as "Townsend"]; £1765 12s 4d to Whitley; £70 18s 10d to Utten; £101 13s 3d to Allen; £66 10s 8d to Utten (again).
T71/857 A good example of adjudication amongst judgement creditors. Jas Townson of Kingston; Geo Whiteley of London; James Phillips Utten of St Ann; S.T. Allen was executor of the earlier claimant, Anna Maria Millward of Great Britain.
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Jamaica
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St Ann
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Claim No.
714
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Estate
Inverness
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Deceased awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 Ann 714 (Inverness)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19824 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
