26th Oct 1835 | 23 Enslaved | £623 14s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 14.
T71/857: claim by William Gray, St Ann, owner and executor of Valentine Gray.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): registered to the estate of Valentine Gray.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
178
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Estate
Good Design
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Collected by
Philpotts, Thos. of Baker & Philpotts
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 178 (Good Design)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18679 [accessed 5th May 2024].
