18th Jan 1836 | 133 Enslaved | £2566 4s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 50.
T71/867: claimants were executors and executrix of John Elmslie junior.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
469
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Estate
Island Head
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Collected by
Elmslie, Eliza, Stuart, WF, Green, EF
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Uncontested
Yes
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1st claimant
(Executor or executrix)
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3rd claimant
(Executor or executrix)
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2nd claimant
(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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