9th May 1836 | 172 Enslaved | £3839 4s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 196.
T71/899: claim by George Hewitt, as the executor of Jno Wm Perch. Counterclaim from James Neil, of Pall Mall, for £10,000 currency secured by a mortgage (withdrawn).
Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 117: shows Jno Wm Perch as the owner of Graeme Hall in 1831.
T71/562 p. 105: enslaved persons were registered on the Apes Hill estate by George Hewitt, as the executor of Jno Wm Perch.
See also Barbados claim no. 3321.
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Colony
Barbados
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Claim No.
4312
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Estate
[Apes Hill]
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Collected by
Gibbs, Geo. atty
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Uncontested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 4312 ([Apes Hill])', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6734 [accessed 6th October 2024].
