10th Nov 1780 - 2nd May 1852
Thomas Shekell, co-owner of Mountain Spring estate in Westmoreland Jamaica by virtue of his wife Hannah, daughter of James Hilton or Hylton.
T71/871 Westmoreland claim no. 701
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Hannah Hilton (or Hylton)
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Children
Elizabeth, Priscilla, Laetitia, William Bonner, Charlotte, Mary Hannah, John Hilton, Thomas Ste[e]vens, Harriot
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£817 5s 6d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
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Husband → Wife
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Little Comberton, Evesham, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England
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Pebworth, Worcestershire, South-west England, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Thomas Shekell', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21304
[accessed 4th April 2026].
