Jamaica Hanover 80 (Great Valley Sugar Estate)

19th Oct 1835 | 438 Enslaved | £7262 16s 6d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 66.

T71/915 p. 89: claim from Robert Hibbert, of England, as owner-in-fee. The awardees were trustees and executors.

T71/198 p. 316: enslaved persons registered in 1832 by Hibbert Oates, as attorney.

Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. lii: no ownership information is given, but the authors provide a critique of the plantation. Reference to an incident of jackets sent out: 'The people said they were glad they had  a massa in England to send them this present, but the overeer said it was not for them, but to be sent to Lucea and sold'.


Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
Hanover
Claim No.
80
Estate
Great Valley Sugar Estate
Collected by
Hibbert, JN & JHMarkland
Uncontested
Yes

Associated Individuals (4)

Deceased claimant successful (Owner-in-fee)
Awardee (Trustee)
Awardee (Trustee)
Awardee (Trustee)

Associated Estates (1)