30th Oct 1837 | 3 Enslaved | £87 9s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 307.
T71/874: claim by Wm. Bellinger, as owner. Counterclaim from John Flowers, Lichfield (Staffordshire), by virtue of an assignment of a judgement for £140 3s 8d.
T71/1608: letter from John Flowers, stating: 'Having compromised with the claimant Mr WB of TJ, by paying thro his agent Mr Woulff of Mansell Street the sum of £35 sterling'. Letters also from M. Woolf, Liverpool.
T71/1608: letter, dated 06/08/1835, stating: on the advice of Wm. Burge, John Flowers was about to proceed to Jamaica (as agent?).
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawney
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Claim No.
216
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Estate
Rock
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Contested
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 Trelawney 216 (Rock)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21458 [accessed 5th May 2024].
