21st Mar 1836 | 3 Enslaved | £85 8s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 177.
T71/891: Bezsin K. Reece was the constituted attorney and also trustee under the marriage settlement of Rev. Joseph Duncan Ostleham [Ostrehan?], of Shepscomb Parsonage, Painswick, Gloucestershire, heir at law to Lucretia Ostl[r?]ehan.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
1013
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Uncontested
Yes
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Beneficiary (Heir-at-law)
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Awardee
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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:
'Barbados 1013', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/4025 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
