30th Jan 1837 | 20 Enslaved | £327 19s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 290.
Award split: £134 16s 5d to James Gyles; £100 0s 0d to Elizabeth Baker; £93 3s 2d to Nicholas Gyles.
T71/1184: Elizabeth Ann Baker of Old Windsor in the county of Berkshire, widow, counterclaimed for £125 arrears as an annuitant of Joseph Dixon of St Ann who died on 18/10/1825.
See also St Ann claim no. 232.
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Jamaica
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Parish
St Ann
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Claim No.
837
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee (Annuitant)
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 Ann 837', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/20627 [accessed 3rd November 2024].
