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Shown as owner of Chancery Hall in St Andrew Jamaica 1790-1791, and party to the suit of Walter v Evans, in which the creditors of Maynard Clarke and Susanna Maynard Clarke (each of whom q.v.) were interested. The suit might have predated Maynard Clarke's death (1759) since there are Chancery records dating to 1720 concerning the Chancery Hill [sic] estate.
London Gazette 12602 07/12/1784 p. 2; London Gazette 13666 31/05/1794 p. 512; TNA C 104/248 Description: WALTER v EVANS: Accounts of John Clarke's estate (including plantation accounts) in Jamaica, 1720-1758; TNA C 104/8 Description: WALTER v EVANS (1782): Letter book, correspondence, and accounts: Chancery Hill, Jamaica, WI.
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1790 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Owner
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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:
'Samuel Walter senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650841 [accessed 16th April 2024].
