Jamaica Manchester 113 (Hopeton (sp?))

7th Nov 1836 | 94 Enslaved | £1960 2s 6d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 293.

T71/860: claim from Edward Owens. The awardees were beneficiaries under the will and annuitants etc. Ann Burt Owen (of York Street, Portman Square, relict of Edward Owen) counterclaimed, apparently unsuccessfully, as an annuitant for £300, but may have been subsumed by H. Owen, as executor.

T71/73 p. 298 and p. 299: William Turner and Thomas Mason registered 75 enslaved persons and 227 enslaved persons in 1832, as executors of Edward Owen (deceased).

T71/1608: letter from Meredith & Reeves re. Manchester claim nos. 113 and 114 referring to the Jamaican and English executors, stating: 'it is not only convenient but absolutely necessary that the English executors should receive the compensation to answer the purposes of the will'. See also Manchester claim no. 114.

T71/1188: Thomas James, of Clements Inn; Humphrey Owen, of Upper Montague Street, Marylebone, London; and Rev. Edward Owen, of East Hall in the parish of Orpington, Kent, were acting executors of Edward Owen.


Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
Manchester
Claim No.
113
Estate
Hopeton (sp?)
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (5)

Awardee
Awardee
Awardee
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
Awardee (Executor or executrix)

Associated Estates (1)