3rd Aug 1840 | 51 Enslaved | £1251 11s 0d
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/894: Trinidad claim nos. 1618 and 1668 are combined together for numbers of enslaved persons but compensation is separate. Claim by Henry St Hill, France for two-thirds; Thomas St Hill, Chagnanas for one-third. Counterclaims from HM the King for purchase money, judgement creditors. Counterclaim from Wildes & Pickersgill London merchants under firm of George Wildes & Co., mortgagees.
T71/519 p 2407: enslaved persons registered in 1834 by Thomas St Hill as part owner and manager, owned by Henry and Thos St Hill.
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1618
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Estate
Wellington & Perseverance
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
(Owner-in-fee)
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Unsuccessful claimant
(Owner-in-fee)
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1st claimant
(Mortgagee)
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3rd claimant
(Judgement creditor)
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2nd claimant
(Mortgagee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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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