16th Nov 1835 | 205 Enslaved | £4299 8s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 75.
T71/874: claim from Ann Jarrett Lawson, Francis Janvrin and William Rhodes James, as 'Executrix and executors of James Lawson'. Ann Schaw counterclaimed as 'tenant for life of a rent charge of £400 per annum'.
T71/242: enslaved persons were registered in 1832 by Wm. Marrett, of W. Miller and Wm. Marrett, attorneys of the heirs of James Lawson.
See also St Elizabeth claim no. 753 for William Rhodes James.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Trelawny
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Claim No.
107
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Estate
Steelfield
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Collected by
Lawson, J (T?) of J.Harlin and J(T?) Lawson
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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 Trelawny 107 (Steelfield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15119 [accessed 8th November 2024].
