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Received enslaved people by deed of gift from John P. Devonish between 1823 and 1826. Listed in the slave register as "fm" ("free mulatto").
T71/540 188.
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Name in compensation records
Elizabeth K. Devonish
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£85 8s 11d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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Sister → Brother
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Sisters
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Natural Daughter → Mother
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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:
'Elizabeth Katharine Devonish', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1728 [accessed 16th April 2024].
