9th May 1836 | 93 Enslaved | £1823 19s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 293.
T71/860: claim from James Swaby, of Great Britain, as trustee 'under indre of settlement [?] 1830 duly recorded'. Counterclaim from Ann Margaret Eleanor Swaby and Caroline Atkinson Swaby, for an estate in fee under the will of Joseph James Swaby.
Heuman p. 13: shows James Swaby as a free coloured man, educated at Charterhouse in England.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Manchester
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Claim No.
152
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Estate
Waltham
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Contested
Yes
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Not a claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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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 Manchester 152 (Waltham)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/24668 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
