6th Nov 1837 | 198 Enslaved | £3294 14s 9d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/870: the award was split: £211 17s 8d went to Alexander Cray Grant; £1942 15s 4d plus interest (to make her award up to £2020 13s 11d) went to Isabella Farquharson; £140 1s 9d went to Wm. Wemyss Anderson and James Townson. Claim by Matthew Farquharson, as executor of Charles Farquharson. Counterclaim from Wm. Wemyss Anderson, as judgement creditor; and from Isabella Farquharson, as legatee under a will dated 01/12/1797.
T71/176 p. 350: enslaved persons registered by James Miller in 1832, as executor to Charles F. (deceased).
Jamaica Almanac (1833): estate registered to Charles Farquharson (resident in the 1820s).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Elizabeth
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Claim No.
1018
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Estate
Spring Vale Pen
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Elizabeth 1018 (Spring Vale Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/22763 [accessed 26th December 2024].
