???? - 1837
Awarded the compensation for four enslaved people in Kingston Jamaica. She was described as 'Mrs Jane Sarah Burdekin' at the 1832 registration, undertaken on her behalf by a local agent.
Death "At Dolby-terrace, Islington, on Easter Sunday, Jane Sarah, relict of the late Ebenezer Burdekin, of the firm of Burdekin and Holdsworth, of Kingston, Jamaica."
T71/861 Kingston claim no. 846, which identifies her as of Yorkshire.
The Champion 09/04/1837.
We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with this entry.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Ebenezer Burdekin
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£50 1s 6d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Yorkshire, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Jane Sarah Burdekin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22999 [accessed 12th November 2024].
