Jamaica St John 279 (Lemon Ridge and Friendship)

Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates

23^rd Nov 1835 | 105 Enslaved | £2184 12s 10d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 7.

T71/854: claim from Thomas Edbury, of St John, as owner.

Further Information

Colony

Jamaica

Parish

St John

Claim No.

279

Estate

Lemon Ridge and Friendship

Collected by

Clarke, JC of JCC & G.MacInnes

Uncontested

Yes

Associated Individuals (1)

Associated Estates (2)

Lemon Ridge [ Jamaica ]

Friendship [ Jamaica ]

Further Information

People of Interest

Elizabeth Metcalfe

1785 - 4^th Jan 1846

Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18540 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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