No Date | 199 Enslaved | £3754 13s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 298.
T71/865: claim from Jean F. Ponyat [sic] and Simon Taylor, of St Andrew, as receivers.
Jamaica Almanacs (1824, 1828 & 1833): estate registered to John F. Pouyat.
Malabre MS: Jean [or John] F. Pouyat = resident and owner of Bell-Air, descended from a St Domingue family which had received compensation from the St Domingue Indemnity Commission.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
220
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Estate
Belair
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Awardee
(Receiver)
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1st claimant
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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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