11th Jul 1836 | 98 Enslaved | £1704 9s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/582: claimed by Blair/Hylton as St Catherine claim no. 596 as trustees and lessees of Elizabeth Williams Hanson. Counterclaim from Brodbelts, Equitable Incumbrances of £8772 14s 2d.
T71/1190: Elizabeth Williams Hanson was the widow of John Hanson, had with her husband borrowed £1500 from Brodbelts in 1829 to allow him to keep producing while he paid off other debts, largely also owed to the Brodbelts; compensation was paid to John Blair and Samuel Barrett as trustees, who mortgaged Great Salt Ponds Pen.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
597
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Estate
Hanson's Pen [probably aka Salt Pond Pen]
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Mortgagee)
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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 St Catherine 597 (Hanson's Pen [probably aka Salt Pond Pen])', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/12774 [accessed 12th November 2024].
