12th Sep 1836 | 44 Enslaved | £2396 15s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 324.
T71/894: Thomas F. Johnston as Escribano.
Counterclaim from Margaret Hester Edmonstone and Eliza Edmonstone of Stirling, Scotland, as mortgagees.
Carmichael, Domestic manners and social condition (1834) p. 438: Rock Island in the Islands of the Bocas was granted to T. F. Johnston.
T71/1277: Margaret Hester Edmonstone and Eliza Edmonstone were assignees of Gavin Fullarton and Allan McDonald, of London.
T71/1277: the claim was originally made by James Fraser as executor of the late Hugh Fraser, deceased, and was assigned (?) by James Fraser to Thomas Johnston.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1834
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee (Assignee)
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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:
'Trinidad 1834', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28204 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
