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Husband of Eliza nee Chalmers, counterclaimed with his two brothers-in-law, the three (including Eliza) the children of Joseph Chalmers, who had sold Reliance to Simon Fraser and taken back a mortgage over £7400, the unpaid portion of the purchase price. Given as of Shepton Mallet in the counterclaim, although no trace of him or of Eliza Melville has yet been found in Britain.
T71/885 British Guiana no. 390; T71/1255.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Eliza Chalmers
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£12,844 3s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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Brother-in-laws
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Brother-in-laws
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Shepton Mallet, Somerset, South-west England, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Ernest Leslie Melville', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630995 [accessed 24th December 2024].
