28th Nov 1836 | 213 Enslaved | £3686 8s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 311.
T71/879: claim from G.H. Burt and James Royer Smith, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and by Jonathan Morgan as representative of judgement creditors and mortgagees. Counterclaim by Archibald Paull, as mortgagee.
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Colony
St Kitts
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Claim No.
718
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Estate
Dieppe Bay
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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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:
'St Kitts 718 (Dieppe Bay)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/25843 [accessed 25th April 2024].
