12th Oct 1835 | 256 Enslaved | £4485 4s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 62.
T71/871: claim from Richard Watt, of the parish of Westmoreland, as owner.
T71/188 p. 350: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Edward Smith, as attorney to Richard Watt.
John Hughes, Liverpool Banks & Bankers 1760-1837. A history of the circumstances which gave rise to the industry and of the men who founded it. (Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons, 1906) p. 117: account of Richard Walker, a merchant of Liverpool, who married in 1759 the sister of Richard Watt, a merchant in Kingston, Jamaica. The latter came home in 1781 and died in 1796, aged 71, leaving £500,000 to his nephews Richard Walker (d. 1801) and Richard Watt.
See also St James claim no. 152.
Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Westmoreland
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Claim No.
84
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Estate
George's Plain Estate
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Collected by
Price, Chas of Joseph Marryat & CP
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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