27th Jul 1838 | 113 Enslaved | £2261 0s 2d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/856: awarded to Alexander Barclay and Jasper Hall Livingston, Receivers in Lynch v Lynch. Counterclaim from Thomas Forrest, tenant in tail in possession, Dinan, France.
T71/1606: letter from Thos Porrett Hayes dated 30/07/1835, Bedford Sq, as agent for Thomas Forrest, alludes to 135 negroes claimed by Edward Hyde East and a further 113 on the same estate belonging to Thomas Forrest. Thomas Porrett Hayes was a London solicitor.
See also St Mary claim no. 11.
Jamaica Almanacs: estate in the ownership of Livingston & Welch as receivers (1824), JA Jasper Hall Livingston as receiver (1828-1833), Cecilia Lynch (1822), Patrick Lynch (1815).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
13
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Estate
Bellfield Estate
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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Awardee (Receiver)
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Awardee (Receiver)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 Mary 13 (Bellfield Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19990 [accessed 18th April 2024].
