28th Sep 1835 | 29 Enslaved | £651 3s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 14.
T71/857: claim by James Aufroy [sp?] as joint owner with Jane Traill, William Traill and Susan Elizabeth Traill.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): James Onffroy as owner of 22 enslaved persons; estate of John Trail [sic] with another 10.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Mary Ann Fergusson registered as owner of Gladsmuir.
Claim missing from T71/956.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
85
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Estate
Gladsmuir
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Collected by
Dickin, Geo.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 St Ann 85 (Gladsmuir)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20515 [accessed 9th May 2024].
