17th Apr 1837 | 136 Enslaved | £901 14s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 325.
£300 11s 4¼d went to Sir J. Gibbons Bart.; £601 2s 8¾d went to the Dohertys.
T71/895: claim by the Dohertys, Dorothy Elizabeth Boehm (a widow), George Robert Boehm Berney et al , for one-third each. Counterclaim by Sir John Gibbons, of Stanwell Place, near Staines, and Geo. Eyre, of Warrens, near Bramshaw, Wilts., as trustees of the marriage settlement of John Ivatt Briscoe and Anna Maria Mawbey, dated 24/09/1819, for 1/9th of the compensation.
T71/557 p. 24: enslaved persons were registered by Charles T. Alleyne, as the property of William Berney (deceased) in 1834.
Salisbury & Winchester Advertiser, 16/7/1827
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Barbados
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Claim No.
631C
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Estate
Lower Berney's Plantn
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary
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Unsuccessful claimant (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Beneficiary
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'Barbados 631C (Lower Berney's Plantn)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/2732 [accessed 20th April 2024].
