16th Mar 1794 - ????
Likely the Amelia Bromfield, born 16/03/1794 and baptised in St Elizabeth 22/02/1798, daughter of Andrew Bromfield and his wife Mary nee Parchment. Mr Donald Chisholm and Amelia Bromfield, spinster, both of St Elizabeth, were married at Southfield, by licence, 25/11/1811.
Amelia Chisholm received enslaved people in St Elizabeth by gift from Mary Bromfield.
Margaret and Hugh Chisholm, children of Donald Chisholm and his wife Amelia, were baptised in St Elizabeth, 31/12/1818 on the same day as the children of Amelia nee Bromfield's sister Ruth Caroline (who had married John Gautier).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Maiden Name
Bromfield
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Spouse
Donald Chisholm
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Children
Margaret, Hugh
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£616 17s 10d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£87 1s 3d
Awardee
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£57 11s 1d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1827 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - → Other
Enslaved people on this estate were gifted to Amelia Chisholm and registered by her on Southfield [1]. |
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Daughter → Mother
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Daughter → Father
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Sisters
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Half-sister → Half-brother
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Nephew
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Half-sisters
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Amelia Chisholm (née Bromfield)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12959 [accessed 9th November 2024].
