28th Mar 1836 | 420 Enslaved | £14574 3s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 120.
Note that the number of enslaved - 420 - is given for both claim 560A & B and 560C&D.
560A: £9,716 2s 6d went to Mrs Jane Thornton. 560B: £4,858 1s 3d went to Lady Saltoun and Sir John Bayley.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
560A & B
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Collected by
Baillie, A of AB and CDKerr (A); Neilson, Claud of W.Fraser etc (B)
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Other association
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Beneficiary
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Beneficiary
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1st claimant
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2nd claimant
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3rd claimant
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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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'', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8636
[accessed 4th April 2026].
