6th May 1836 | 207 Enslaved | £4072 10s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 187.
2773A: £1534 2s 7d for 75 enslaved persons went to William Grassett.
2773B: £2862 8s 4d for 132 enslaved persons went to John Pollard Mayers and William Grassett junior.
T71/879: claim by William Grassett as owner-in-fee for 75 enslaved persons and as tenant for life for 132 enslaved persons.
T71/556 p.137: enslaved persons were registered by Forster Clarke, as the attorney for William Grassett, in 1834.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
2773A & B
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Estate
Golden Grove
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Collected by
Grasett, Wm & JPMayers and WG jun.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Tenant-for-life)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 2773A & B (Golden Grove)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/5724 [accessed 19th April 2024].
