23rd Nov 1835 | 26 Enslaved | £555 17s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 15.
T71/857: claim by Robert Francis Coombs, St Ann, owner.
T71/49 p. 171: enslaved persons registered by Robert Francis Coombs in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
296
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Estate
Stoney Hill
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Collected by
Horsfall, Chas of CH and AHodgson
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica St Ann 296 (Stoney Hill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18408 [accessed 18th May 2024].
