29th Feb 1836 | 61 Enslaved | £1178 8s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 3.
T71/852: initial claim by Frances Virgo Brooks, St Catherine, owner-in-fee for 6 enslaved persons and tenant for life as to 55; reversionary interest in the 55 claimed by the Hopes. Brooks then claimed for all 61 as tenant for life only.
T71/11 p 60: Brooks registered enslaved persons in 1832.
Caribbeana Vol II Notes & Queries p. 51: F.V. Brodbelt married William Brooks in 1791.
Jamaica Almanac (1839) lists Rev. Stephen H. Cooke as Rector of St Thomas-in-the-East.
Jamaica Almanac (1811) lists F.V. Brookes as owning Pimento Mount.
See also St Thomas-in-the-Vale claim no. 339.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
349
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Estate
Mount Gotham
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Collected by
Williams, Hyde G. of JMackie and HGW
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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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 Catherine 349 (Mount Gotham)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21069 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
