7th Aug 1837 | 286 Enslaved | £2514 4s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/852: awarded to James Erving, Glasgow, owner-in-fee. [sic, James Ewing]. Counterclaim from Peter Margetson Wallace esq, whose wife Louisa had an annuity of 拢130 p.a., the priority disputed.
Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 185: 'a still finer property' than Ellis's Caymanas, belongs to ---- EWING of Glasgow. 'The resident attorney is arbitrary in his ideas of government, and finds ample employment for the Special Magistrate.'
Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
514
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Estate
Taylor's Caymanas
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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