Monday, 19 January 1835
Shipping and Commercial List:
Port of Hamilton- reported inwards Jan 14, Brig Rover, Ingham, Demerara
cleared: Jan 16-schooner Retreat, Newman, Norfolk VA; schooner Thistle, Frith,
Turk's Island; Jan 17, schooner Aletta, Patton, Norfolk VA.
Marriage announcement:
Married in St Georges, on Thurs last, by the Rev John Barry,
Wesleyan missionary, Mr Henry E Higgs to Miss Margaret McCallan.
Deaths:
At Somerset on Sat last, Mrs Evans, consort of Capt. Wm Evans- aged
about 48 years; Yesterday at Somerset after long illness, Mrs Olivia Gilbert, consort of
John A M Gilbert, Esq- age abt 29 years.
Adv.: Auction under and by virtue of sundry writs issued against Joseph H Wood- land in
Pembroke parish, bounded northerly by lands of late Josiah Williams, dec'd, and by the
sea; easterly by lands late of Frances Dill; southerly by lands late of John Beek and
Edward Beek; and westerly by lands formerly of Jane Beek, dec'd.
Also land in Pembroke Parish bounded northerly by lands held by John I Masters; easterly
by lands held by Solomon Joell; westerly by lands held by Daniel R Tucker and others.
Also a dwelling house now in occupation of Josiah Dickinson, Esq in Pembroke parish,
bounded westerly by lands held by the corp. of Hamilton, Mary Chalker and others;
northerly by lands late of Thomas Swan dec'd; easterly by lands late of Benjamin Lowe
dec'd, and others; southerly by lands late of John Swan dec'd.
Forster Cooper, P.M.General
Adv.: goods for sale on board the schooner "Resolution" just arrived from Antigua,
Samuel Nash, Hamilton.
Adv.: Joseph W Ingham, dwelling house in Spanish Point to westward of Clarence Hill
and opposite Dockyard for rent.
Adv.: John Cox , Hamilton- auction to close several consignments.
Letters in the Post Office, Hamilton:
Butterfield, W
Boyle, J W T
Clark, W
Drake & Evans
Deane, H
Douglass, Richd
Hill, C
Harvey, B D, master of the Somerset Lodge 271
Musson, J & S
Picket, A
Ryle, Capt., Brig Fenwick
Tackling, Miss Frs
Taping, A
Tatem, Mrs A M
Wood, J S
Williams, Susanna
Compensation Office 17 January 1835
The assistant commissioners of compensation again call attention of all parties intending to
claim compensation to the subjoined rules- framed and published by the Board of
Commissioners at London, under the 55th Section of the "Act for the Abolition of
Slavery", &c- which rules (with exception of the 13th and 14th, upon which an appeal to
the King in Council is pending, have been finally adopted, and will be strictly adhered to.
The assistant commissioners also recommend all parties to be in readiness to prefer their
claims when advertised for- as the period for preferring them is limited to the first day of
March.
By the order of the Assistant Commissioners
Geo. F. Mallory, Sec.
RULES
1. That all persons in possession of and claiming compensation for any slave or slaves to
be manumitted under the said act, shall prefer their claims before the Assistant
Commissioners in the respective colonies in which the said slave or slaves may be
registered or settled, within 3 months after the first day of August 1834 (since extended to
the 1st day of March, 1835), in the form hereunto annexed, marked B.
2. That every such claim shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the Registrar of
Slaves of the colony in which such claim shall be made, that the number of slaves
mentioned in such claim (except any increase by birth since the last registry, as mentioned
at the foot of such claim) are duly registered, together with the name or names of the
person or persons by whom such slave or slaves shall have been registered.
And in the case the property in any slave or slaves shall have been changed, between the
last registration and the 1st day of August 1834, the claimant must briefly state his title
from the person in whose name the slaves were last registered.
3.... that the Assistant Commissioner shall... make out complete lists of all such
claims...and cause the same to be published in the different newspapers...
(rules continued including counter claims handling).
B. Form of claim for the compensation to be awarded for slaves
Slaves Domicile
Name of Colony
# of Slaves
...in case any children shall have been born between the last registration and the 1st of
August 1834 and included in the return, their names, ages, and the names of mothers to be
stated at the foot of the claim...
Adv.: for rent dwelling house and 8 acres north side of Pembroke, estate of late Capt
Nathaniel S Dill, by John S Eve, Pembroke.
Thursday, 22 January 1835
Adv.: at auction rooms of John Cox, Hamilton, goods for sale.
Adv.: On board the schooner Resolution, just arrived from Antigua, goods for sale by
Samuel Nash, Hamilton. The schooner Resolution for Turk's Islands to sail this week. Apply to Captain Swan, Hamilton.
Adv.: mail from England per mail-boat Roseway via Halifax, post office Hamilton.
Adv.: Mr L'estrange to visit Hamilton to practice dental surgery
Shipping and Commercial List:
Port of St George- cleared Jan 21 Barque "Hampshire", Temperly, Charleston, SC.
Letters in the Post Office, Hamilton:
Butterfield, W
Bell, Miss Maria
Tucker, Jos
Clark, W
Douglass, Richd
Drake & Evans
Hill, Clarissa
Jennings, Richd I
Master of the Somerset Lodge No 283
Musson, J & S
North, J E
Picket, Anthony
Ryle, Capt of Brig Fenwick
Tatem, A M
Taping, A
Tackling, Miss Frs
Williams, Susanna
Wood, Jos. H
Williams, Josiah
Adv.: public auction at the court-house, Town of Hamilton, Jos. H Wood estate>
Land in Pembroke, bounded northerly by land of late Josiah Williams dec'd, easterly by
lands of Frances Dill, southerly by lands of John & Edward Beek, and westerly by lands
formerly of Jane Beek, dec.
Land in Pembroke, bounded northerly by lands of John I Masters, easterly by lands of
Solomon Joell, westerly by lands of Daniel R Tucker
Dwelling-house in Pembroke, now in occupation of Josiah Dickinson, Esq, bounded
westerly by lands of Mary Chalker, northerly by lands of late Thomas Swan, easterly by
lands of late Benjamin Lowe.
Forster Cooper, P M General
Adv.: William Kelley intending to leave the islands and requests all accounts against him
be rendered forthwith and those indebted to make immediate payment.
Monday, 26 January 1835
Birth announcements:
In Southampton parish, on the 18th instant, Mrs Wm H Hayward- a daughter.
In Pembroke, on Wed last, Mrs Wm Pearman, a daughter.
Marriage announcement:
in St George's, on Tuesday last, by the Rev John Lough, A B, Mr Samuel P King, to Miss
Maria T Fleming.
Shipping and Commercial list:
Port of St George- reported inwards
Jan 24- Swedish barque Fama, Bolin, Master, Gifle, Sweden, bound for NY, put in this
port in distress.
The brigantine Belle, Bell, 12 days from Antigua, into port of Hamilton Sat last.
The schooner Jane, 13 days from St Kitt's, arrived at St George on Wed last.
Letters in the Post Office, Hamilton:
Bell, Miss Maria Bell
Tucker, Jos.
Clarke, W
Drake & Evans
Douglas, Rd
Hinson, Jos.
Jennings, Richard I
Judkin, Mrs E W
Musson, J
Musson, S
Musson, Giles SZ
Picket, Anthony
Tatem, Jas.
Richardson, Mrs Jos.
Tapping, A
Tackling, Miss Frances
Wood, Miss A W
Williams, Susanna
Thursday, 29 January 1835
Died in Pembroke on Tuesday last, the infant daughter of Mrs Wm. Pearman.
Shipping and Commercial List:
Port of Hamilton- reported inwards: Jan 26- Brigantine Belle, Bell, Antigua
cleared: Jan 26- Schooner Resolution, Swan, Turk's Islands
Port of St George- entered: Jan 22- Schooner Jane, Davis, Trinidad and St Kitts with
goods to John Davenport.
The Brigantine "Neptune", Darrell, 13 days from Barbados arrived yesterday. Passenger
Capt. Gwynn.
Mr. R Dunscomb, Master Joseph Astwood, and Miss Rhoda sailed as passengers in the
"Resolution"
Bezsin K Reece, Tuzo; Luna, Frith; Rob Roy, Harvey; Rapid, Hurst, were loading at
Demerara, 13th instant.
The "Southampton" and "Grenada" from Quebec, at Grenada.
Letters in the Post Office, Hamilton:
Miss Brownlow
Miss Maria Bell
Wm Clarke
Robert T Davis
Richard Douglass
H Frith Jr
Edward Feeny
Mrs C C Hinson
R I Jennings
J & S Musson
Anthony Pickett
Jas. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. J H Tucker
Miss Frances Tackling
Alick Tapping
Miss M B Tucker
Mrs Wm. N Talbot
Susanna Williams
Office of Assistant Commissioners of Compensation:
Notice is hereby given that the following claims have been duly lodged in this office:
| claimant in possess. of slaves | slaves domicile | # of slaves |
|---|
| Evans, Jane | Sandy's | 3 |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt adm for | Sandy's | 12 |
| Fowle, Elizabeth | | |
| Tucker, Thos R adm for | Sandy's | 6 |
| King, Nathaniel | | |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt & | Sandy's | 3 |
| Tucker, Henry Jas trustees for | | |
| Mayor, William H & | | |
| Mayor, Mary B | | |
| Wells, Asael adm for | Sandy's | 1 |
| Dalzell Goodfellow | | |
| Nash, George | Sandy's | 1 |
| Outerbridge, Jauncey | Sandy's | 6 |
| Tucker, Thomas R exec for | Sandy's | 15 |
| Tucker, Robert | | |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt | Sandy's | 11 |
| Tucker, Sarah Ewing | Sandy's | 1 |
| Tucker, Mary Rebecca | Sandy's | 5 |
| Dickinson, Josiah adm for | Sandy's | 7 |
| Young, Elias dec'd | | |
| Wells, Asael guardian for | H M Dockyard | 1 |
| Wells, Samuel Dalzell | | |
| Wells, Asael | H M Dockyard | 3 |
| Wells, Asael atty for | H M Dockyard | 8 |
| Grant, Thomas | | |
| Burrows, John Seymour exec for | Southampton | 31 |
| Burrows, Jeremiah | | |
| Bascome, Western for self & atty for | Southampton | 7 |
| Morgan, Mary & | | |
| Morgan, Mary Frazer | | |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt adm for | Southampton | 15 |
| Burrows, James | | |
| Bascome, Nathaniel | Southampton | 2 |
| Tucker, Daniel R adm for | Southampton | 2 |
| Burrows, James & | | |
| Burrows, Jeremiah | | |
| Mallory, George atty for | Southampton | 1 |
| Tucker, Mary Jane & | | |
| Morgan, Letitia | | |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt & | Southampton | 1 |
| Tucker, Henry James guardians for | | |
| Hewison, James Burrows | | |
| Tucker, Daniel Robt & | Southampton | 4 |
| Tucker, Henry James exec for | | |
| Hewison, Ann J | | |
| King, Elizabeth & | Southampton | 21 |
| King, John H L exec's for | | |
| King, Henry | | |
| King, John H L guardian for | Southampton | 1 |
| King, Mary L | | |
| Mallory, George F | Southampton | 6 |
| Nash, Francis exec for | Southampton | 5 |
| Nash, John | | |
| Cooper, Thomas B. | Southampton | 2 |
| Ingham, Eliza E. | Southampton | 1 |
| McKinney, Clarissa | Southampton | 1 |
| Mallory, George F atty for | Southampton | 6 |
| Rose, Mary | | |
| Talbot, Jane | Southampton | 2 |
| Mallory, G F atty for | Southampton | 1 |
| Dickinson, Mary | | |
| Hall, Thomas | Pembroke | 14 |
| Fozard, Charles atty for | Pembroke | 1 |
| Wright, George | | |
| Smith, Samuel A | Southampton | 9 |
| Smith, Elizabeth Susan | Southampton | 1 |
| Smith, Samuel A guardian for | Southampton | 1 |
| Bartlett, Mary | | |