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Descendants of Francis Maitland of
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1670 Surevy of Jamaica (JFS)
INDEX:
0 JAMAICAN
ANCESTORS of FRANCIS MAITLAND 0-1
INDEX: 0-2
Superscript Notations 0-7
Terminology 0-7
Ruinate 0-7
Estates, Plantations & Pens 0-8
Money, Currency & Prices 0-8
Agrculture 0-8
1 Introduction 1-1
The FAMILY GROUPS 1-5
2 John
& Francis Maitland, Rebecca & Ann Wright 2-1
2.1 JOHN
MAITLAND 2-1
2.2 REBECCA
DUNSTON WRIGHT 2-1
Summary of Patty & Rebecca: 2-3
2.3 FRANCIS
MAITLAND 2-8
ANN WRIGHT: 2-8
3 PATTY
PENFORD 3-1
1/2. Margaret Forbes. B abt 1758 3-5
Act of Piviledge 3-7
3.1 Forbes
Information 3-8
3.2 Hogg,
George & Thelwell Notes 3-9
4 BOOTH
FAMILY 4-1
Booth Introduction 4-1
Booths in Barbados 4-2
The George Booth Conundrum - Summary 4-3
Henry Booths 4-5
Booth Time line 4-5
Booth Maps & Plats 4-8
Landholders – Booth 4-9
Booth Land 4-9
Captain George Booth’s family Property: 4-10
4.1 George
Booth – D 1676/8 4-11
Inventory 4-12
George Booth 1 Family Property 4-13
Frances Booth: 4-15
Issue of George Booth 4-16
1/1. George
Booth 2 – AM13/81 4-16
1/2. Benjamin
Booth - 1686 4-16
4.2 George
Booth – 2nd – D 1702/5 4-26
Land Transactions: 4-28
1/1. Thomas
Booth – AM11/21. 4-32
1/2. Eliza
Booth 4-32
1/3. George
Booth – “GB3” 4-34
1/4. Samuel
Booth – D 1733 4-35
1/5. Simon
Booth – D abt 1764 SiB1 4-41
1/6. William
Booth (<21 1702). 4-50
1/7. Sarah
Booth (<15 - 1702) 4-50
1/8. Henry
Booth – D 1738-9. HB2 4-51
4.3 Thomas
Booth – D. 1729 4-56
1/1. Henry
Booth – AM10/11 4-57
1/2. Thomas
Booth – D 1747 4-57
1/3. Benjamin
Booth – D abt 1730?? 4-58
1/4. Mary
Booth 4-58
4.4 Henry
Booth – D 1743 4-60
1/1. Anna
Mary Booth 4-65
1/2. William
Thomas Booth 4-65
1/3. Peter
Gravett Booth. 4-65
1/4. Rebecca
Caswell Booth, 4-66
1/5. Thomas
Henry Booth, 4-66
1/6. Henry
Booth, youngest (surviving) son of father Henry. 4-66
4.5 Gilbert
Gravett 4-67
1/1. Peter
Gravett, 4-67
4.6 The
Gall Booths 4-69
1/1. John
Gall Booth 4-69
4.7 17thC
Booths in Barbados: 4-82
Modyford’s Barbados Settlers 4-82
4.8 Unknown
Booths: 4-83
Booths of St James 4-83
Kemble Booth 4-83
Joseph Booth of St James 4-84
Branker Booth 4-84
Booth Shipping 4-84
5 Capt
George Booth – D 1695: 5-1
Land Transaction: 5-2
Clarendon, St Jago Savanna: 5-2
2/1. George Booth, of Salt Savanna, 1707-1769 5-11
Norwood and Grace 5-13
Lands of George Booth (1707-69): 5-14
Summary of George Booth’s transactions 5-15
Lands in George Booth’s 1768-9 will 5-19
Parsons, Golding, Parker etc 5-24
Cargill 5-37
6 BURTON
FAMILY 6-1
Burton Summary 6-1
Burton Maps & Plats 6-2
Burton Time line 6-2
6.1 FRANCIS
& JUDITH BURTON 6-4
Barbados 6-5
Virgina Connection 6-7
Jamaica 6-8
Judith Burton 6-14
6.2 BENJAMIN
BURTON - 1674 6-22
Elbeatha Maskall 6-23
1/4. Thomas Burton – D 1763 6-24
Hannah Mendez 6-35
6.3 Thomas
& Benjamin Burton Lands Transactions 6-38
6.4 BENJAMIN
BURTON - 1703 6-47
Dorothy Rochester 6-49
6.5 Other
Jamaican Burtons of the Period 6-52
Westmoreland Burtons 6-53
6.6 EARLY
BARBADOS BURTONS 6-54
Burton/Arundell Connection 6-56
Robert Burton of Barbados 6-59
Jacob Burton of Barbados 6-59
Ellacott/Ellicott 6-59
Thomas Ellacott snr: 6-60
Burtons Plantations - Rose 6-62
7 HAYLE
FAMILY 7-1
Hayle Summary 7-1
Hayle Deeds Time Line 7-2
Hayle Maps & Plats 7-4
7.1 WILLIAM
HAYLE 7-5
1/1. John
Hayle, our ancestor, of whom later. 7-8
1/2. Thomas
Hayle, died before 1691: 7-8
1/3. William
Hayle ch 1638 7-11
1/4. Richard
Hayle, died before 1693, 7-11
7.2 JOHN
HAYLE snr. – Died 1717 7-18
1/1. John
Hayle, (jnr) died 1712 7-24
1/2. Neville
Hayle – see below. 7-30
1/3. Alice
Hayle, M Mar John Anderson 7-30
1/4. Priscilla
Hayle, Mar Mr Allen 7-31
1/5. Margaret
Hayle, Mar Thomas Biggs 7-31
1/6. Elizabeth
Hayle, mar Dr James Smith. 7-31
7.3 NEVIL
& SARAH HAYLE 7-32
7.4 Later
Hayles 7-35
William Pusey Hayle 7-35
John Hayle Shickle 7-37
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior 1808 – 1886 7-39
8 SINCLAIRS
OF JAMAICA & CAITHNESS 8-1
Sinclair Summary 8-1
Sinclair Maps & Plats 8-1
Sinclair Deed Timeline 8-1
8.1 JOHN
SINCLAIR 8-5
Summary 8-5
John Sinclair’s Transactions 8-7
John Sinclair’s main holdings 8-9
Priscilla Hayle - 1707 8-14
8.2 JOHN
HAYLE SINCLAIR 8-16
Maps Applicable to John Hayle Sinclair & his
Descendants 8-17
Transactions: 8-17
Judith Burton 8-21
8.3 Other
Contemporary Sinclairs in Jamaica 8-30
SINCLAIRS of CAITHNESS - Background 8-32
From: THE SINCLAIRS OF DUNBEATH AND LATHERON. p89 8-35
9 WRIGHT
FAMILY 9-1
Wright Summary 9-1
Wright Maps and Plats. 9-1
Wright Deed Timeline 9-2
9.1 RICHARD
WRIGHT 9-4
9.2 ANDREW
WRIGHT – died 1712 9-4
Land Transactions: 9-5
9.3 WILLIAM
& ELIZABETH WRIGHT 9-16
9.4 FRANCIS
WRIGHT - B 1715 9-17
Ann Mary Booth 9-17
Francis Wright Summary 9-18
Chambers Family: 9-22
9.5 ANDREW
WRIGHT - 1752 9-25
RUTH SINCLAIR - 1764 9-27
Summary 9-27
9.6 Early
17thC Wrights 9-44
10 ROBERTS
FAMILY 10-1
10.1 GEORGE
ROBERTS 10-1
REBECCA WRIGHT 10-4
Ruth Angell 10-5
10.2 JOHN
ANGELL 10-7
MARY WINT 10-7
John Renatus Angell 10-9
MISCELLANEOUS ROBERTS INFORMATION 10-11
11 OTHER
RELATED FAMILIES 11-1
11.1 Wint
& Pusey 11-1
Samuel Wint 11-5
11.2 Swaby
& Witters 11-12
11.3 Dunston
Family 11-16
Dunston Deeds 11-16
Dunston Wills 11-17
11.4 ANDERSON 11-18
Anderson Maps & Plats 11-18
Lewis Anderson – D 1703 11-18
11.5 DOWNER
& SMART FAMILIES: 11-28
SMARTS 11-30
11.6 SUTTON
FAMILY 11-31
11.7 PENNANT
FAMILY 11-32
11.8 Edward
Goulbourne 11-34
11.9 COHENS 11-41
1/1. Hyem
Cohen: 11-41
Parish Records, St Elizabeth 11-41
12 OTHER
WRIGHT FAMILIES 12-1
David Robeson to Mary Wright - 1750 12-1
St Elizabeth Wrights: 12-1
Barzilla Wright of St Elizabeth 12-1
Land Grants 12-1
Nathaniel Wright of St Elizabeth 12-1
1/1. Cooper
Wright 12-2
1/2. Bazill
Wright 12-6
1/3. Brooks
Family 12-8
13 BARBADOS
RECORDS 13-1
BOOTH in BARBADOS 13-1
BURTONS in VIRGINIA & BARBADOS 13-1
14 Slave
Compensation Records 14-1
Slave Compensation 14-2
GIDDY HALL 14-2
Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham) 14-2
Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) 14-2
George Roberts 14-3
MANCHESTER 14-3
Slave Compensation – Booth 14-4
Slave Compensation – Burton: 14-4
Slave Compensation, Hayle: 14-7
Slave Compensation - Sinclair 14-8
Slave Compensation- Wint 14-8
Slave Compensation – Wright: 14-9
15 Barretts 15-1
Thomas Hercey Barrett b 1739 (in NB will 1747). 15-3
Frederick Lewis Maitland & Thomas Hercie Barratt 15-5
Julia Elizabeth Burton 15-8
16 SALMON
FAMILY of THORNBURY & JAMAICA 16-1
16.1 UCL:
George Rolph 16-8
17 SOURCES
& OTHER BACKGROUND 17-1
Jamaica Royal Gazette 17-1
Jamaica Parish Records 17-1
Reference Sources 17-1
Property Locations & Maps 17-2
Parishes and their Boundaries 17-2
The Leeward Road 17-3
Rio Minho – Dry River Names 17-3
Estate Maps, Land Grants etc 17-3
Land Grants 17-4
Maps of Jamaica and Place Names 17-4
Biographical Databases 17-5
The New Jamaica Magazine: 17-5
Vere 17-5
Bibliography 17-6
Laws of Jamaica 17-6
Memoirs of William Hickey vol 2 (1775-1872) 17-6
Sugar and Slavery: Economic History of the British West
Indies, 17-6
The Jamaica Planters Guide, 1823 - Sugar 17-6
Caribbeanaea, Vere Langford Oliver. 17-6
James Hakewill, Picturesque Tour of Jamaica, 1825 17-6
Jamaica Plantership, Benjamin Macmahon, 1839. 17-6
Histories of Jamaica 17-6
Sugar Prices 17-7
The Sugar Barons 17-7
Married Women & Property 17-7
The Guarded City - 1690 17-9
18 Changes: 18-1
19 ENDNOTES 19-1
Superscript Notations
Sources references are given as endnotes in the form xxx123.
General sources are also:
Parish Records: xxxPR
Vere Langford Oliver Carribbeanaea: VLO
UCL survey of slave compensation records: UCL.
Jamaica Gazette: JG
Rushbrook collection: Original abt 2000: PJR 3/2023 PJR2:
Terminology
Like many Jamaican families, the men, usually white, formed relationships
with coloured women, both free and enslaved; these relationships were often
long lasting and stable (Rebecca Wright and Judith Buton described themselves as
widows in their wills). However, under Jamaican law of the time, whites and
people of colour were forbidden to marry so the couples concerned co-habited.
The word partner is now used in this case, but the use of that word is
anachronisitic for the era; the women also did not fit the definition of common
law wife. There is a word which, according to the Oxford English Dictionary,
accurately describes the status of women in this sort of relationship. It is
concubine (“a woman who cohabits with a man, not being his wife” OED). Under
this definition, this is the noun I will use, in spite of the rather Biblical
implications.
From From Oral to Literate Culture: Colonial Experience in the English West
Indies, By Peter A. Roberts:
A child of an octoroon was often described in the parish records as “reputed
white”, such as Ann (Wright) Maitland (i.e. 1/16 black).
Ruinate
The term ruinate is often used in descriptions of land in
patents atc, a definition:
Ruinate: "This distinctive Jamaican term is used to describe lands which
were once cleared for agricultural purposes and have now lapsed back
into...'bush.'
A common form of secondary community, called "ruinate," is a thorn
thicket, or, under moderate cutting and grazing, a thorn savannah. After
invasion of pioneer weeds on denuded land, secondary invaders come in and,
finally, shrub and tree seedlings. Such ruinate may eventually become a thorn
thicket or thorn savannah dominated by Acacia lutea. Most of the ruinate
forests are located in the white limestone mountains of central and western
Jamaica.
Estates, Plantations &
Pens
The terms used for agricultural properties in Jamaica were
generally indicative of the activity on the farm.
Estates were generally sugar production, although coffee was sometimes from an
estate.
Plantation was used in the land grants for all land, but in general use,
plantations were usually for cocoa and other “tree” crops. Cocoa was grown in
Cocoa walks, and cotton was more often in a plantation.
Pen covered the remainder of the general stock farms. The word in fact referred
to the practice of penning up the cattle at night – if left to their own devices,
the animals soon became wild.
Crawle was a term used for hogg rearing.
Money, Currency & Prices
Unless otherwise stated, currency amounts are in £ Currency (Jamaican
pounds), somewhat discounted from sterling. The official rate was £100 stlg =
£140 Jamaican for much of the period in which we are interested, but on actual
conversion a commission was often charged of about 20%, making the actual rate
somewhere in the region of 100/165.
In some cases, a modern inflated equivalent is given. The usual way of
doing this is by a measure of price inflation, sources of which are available.
When I have looked at the results, the price inflation does not give as high a
modern value as one might expect so I have constructed a wage inflation index
as well, using old wage data and comparing job descriptions which are easily
transferable, such as lawyers, priests, ship and agricultural labourers.
Wage inflation gives much higher values than price inflation, and reflects
more on the relative wealth of the people concerned, and relates to the
relative amounts in terms of buying power. Where these numbers are given, the
are suffixed by P or W. Both indices are related to about 2016 and corrected
into sterling. A fuller discussion on historic inflation is in the Jamaica
General volume.
Long has an interesting section on Money. He discusses at length the
effects of no formalised coinage, and the depreciation of coinage by clipping
etc, and the effect of changes in the value of precious metals. It was not
unknown for an island such as Jamaica actually to run out of coinage if it was
running a balance of payment deficit.
A very comprehensive 2 volume book on money & prices by Tooke, written
in about 1837, has at the end of the 2nd volume tables of prices
from mid 18thC to early 19thC. There are also many smaller tables of prices of
commodities such as coffee.
Agrculture
Both Long and Edwards have interesting sections on agriculture: in an
analysis of the cost of setting up a sugar enterprise, Edwards as an example of
a 600 acre estate[1],
with 1/3 under sugar, requires 250 slaves; Edwards also gives the costs of
cotton and coffee estates. He rightly makes the point on the ecomomies of scale
in sugar production.
23 slaves, which, on a sugar estate, indicates about 75-100 acres (from Long,
Chap 3, Agriculture)
The general impression of Jamaican planters is that they were all rich
sugar producers: some were, but not all. Some of the very early planters in the
rich plains of Withywood (southern Vere/Clarendon) grew indigo, which was an
extremely profitable crop in the late 17thC until the emphasis by government
moved indigo to the Carolinas and sugar to Jamaica. By the early 18thC, sugar
had replaced indigo as the main crop of Jamaica, with the skills coming from
Barbados.
When the British landed in Jamaica in 1655, there was a relatively small
Spanish population of about 2500, mainly concentrated in Spanish Town (first
called St Jago de la Vega, but for simplicity, I use the modern name
throughout), with some farmers elsewhere; the north coast had 2 settlements but
the island seems to have been virtually uninhabited elsewhere at this time.
Once they had found there were no mineral riches there, Jamaica to the Spanish
was of use only as a victualling stop for the fleets going to and from the
Central American mining colonies. By 1660 when the last Spanish left, the English
had an island virtually empty except for a few escaped Spanish slaves, who had
probably interbred with the remaining Taino natives of the island: these fled
to the Cockpit country and became the Maroons.
The first English settlements were around St Jago de la Vega, and soon
spread out west and southwest over the plains of Clarendon, and to the north
into St Thomas in the Vale. St Elizabeth (including what became Westmoreland in
1702) in the south west of the Island was another early sugar area.
The island was populated by the granting of land by Letters Patent to
planters as a means of settling the country. The granted land was technically
lease hold, with a small rental payable to the Crown. A small effect of the
1692 earthquake was that the rental account books were all lost, so that those
landholders who were in arrears (probably most) escaped payment! The areas
granted varied from less than 10 acres up to 1000 or more, although most were
up to 300. There were still grants being made into the 19thC; if a
new owner failed to cultivate the land within a specified period or failed to
pay the rent, it was escheated to the Crown (ie, they lost it), and it was
re-granted to others. Land soon began changing hands by mortgage, sale etc.
The Letters Patent usually included a plat or plan of the area; plats would
define the area by its neighbours sometimes with some description of the land.
In some cases, the plats show a geographical feature which can be identified on
later maps. One grant to Captain George Booth can still be positioned by the
river, the mountains and an existing track along its southern boundary. The
great majority of the land grants are still available in the Archives in
Jamaica. Many of the early planters had several grants to their names, and
built up sizeable holdings, added to by purchase. The financing arrangements
make interesting speculation!
Much of the family can be traced in the Island through the parish records
of births, marriages and deaths, combined with wills and transaction deeds,
held in the Jamaican Archives and the Island Record Office; the parish records
were filmed by the LDS, and are now online images. Many, especially later,
baptisms were recorded but marriages appear less frequently and burials
infrequently; the latter because the deceased were very often, for good reason,
buried on the properties within a day or two of death, without a priest
present. Contemporary maps also show properties with owners names. More often
than not, the family origins before Jamaica are shrouded in mystery, unless
they were very prominent, which ours were not, with the possible exception of
the Sinclairs.
A factor obscuring the parish records was that, until emancipation, people
of colour, even when free, were not allowed to marry whites; this affected a
number of our ancestors. The parish records often gave the father, using a
quaint phrase “reputed son/dau of”. There was a lot of promiscuity on the
Island, partly due to the lack of white women, but in many cases, a white man
would form a long term relationship with a woman of colour. John Hayle
Sinclair, for instance, had at least 12 children by his free quadroon
concubine, Judith Burton, and all were listed in his will: she does not appear
to have had any other children until her death aged about 90. She must have
been one tough lady. Another case was John Maitland and Rebecca Wright, who
seems to have remained faithful to his memory for 20 years after his death.
Like all Caribbean planters, our family, white and free people of colour,
owned slaves. The first Barbados planters used indentured white servants, who
were little better than slaves, and had a short life expectancy in the West
Indian climate. I have written more notes on my views of slavery in the Jamaica
General volume.
Of the early crops grown in Jamaica, Indigo was the most profitable, and a
series of farms up the course of the Rio Minho in Vere were among the earliest.
Amongst these were cotton growing estates, and by 1684, sugar estates. Our
Wright ancestors were probably those who appear on the 1684 map part way up the
east bank of the Rio Minho by Pye Corner as indigo producers. In 1670, GB1, our
ancestor bought 100 acres around the Alley, maybe at Chesterfield: neither the
Hills from whom he bought it nor the deed have a plat. At this size, it may
have been an early sugar estate.
In the mid-late 17thC, indigo was a rare and very valuable dye (hence the
royal purple etc): it was found to grow well in the Americas, and was amongst
the first export crops grown in Jamaica. Early settlers often started by
working small plots of a few acres, expanding as they went on. Tax changes
pushed its production to the American mainland colonies (the Carolinas &
Georgia) about the turn of 1730’s, an effect exacerbated by the 7 years war. It
is probable that by the mid 1715’s, indigo production had almost ceased (by
1774, Long estimated there were only 8 indigo farms remaining) and the owners
of land unsuited to sugar reverted to being stock farmers with pimento, log
wood and other local cash crops. According to Long, at its height: “There were
formerly upwards of seventy gentlemen’s carriages kept in the little parish of
Vere, the vast profits of their indigo-works enabled them to live in such
splendour; and that part of the country, for its number of houses and
inhabitants, on both sides the Rio Minho, resembled a populous town.” Indigo
production was well suited to men of moderate means: in the days of (tax) protection
twenty negroes were found sufficient for a plantation yielding on an average
£600 per annum to its owner.[2]
Cotton was cultivated with partial success, the crops ranging from five
hundred to two thousand bags, according to the season. The green seed and shrub
cotton were most cultivated. In 1780 (about the time Andrew Wright had a cotton
estate), one shilling and seven pence per pound was obtained in London for
Jamaica cotton, from two pence to six pence per pound less than that brought
from Berbice and Demerara. It remained a crop cultivated in the west, several
of the properties in our family produced it into the early 19thC as part of a
diversified farming practice in the less favoured areas.
Sloane, describing a voyage from Port Royal in 1689 to England, passing
initially to the Leeward, west, of Jamaica, commented when passing Point Pedro
(St Elizabeth) that “to Windward, or to the East are great Savannas or Meadows,
Pastures and Sheep Walks, and to Leeward or to the West are Settlements of
Sugar-works, Indico and Cotton”. The areas around Black River and
Savanna-la-Mar were early sugar areas. His reference to the windward savanna’s
sounds more like the plains of Clarendon: for 25 miles or so East from Point
Pedro, the land is mountainous, but would have been sparsely populated stock
farm areas, except for the savannah round Aligator Pond.
Of the very early maps, perhaps Ogilvy reveals the most about the land
use. He shows by name 139 properties, presumably only the larger ones. Of
these, over the whole island, Sugar was 40%, Cocoa 30% and Indigo 14%. In
reality, judging from Bochart & Knollis, there were more indigo farms and
pens, but probably not significant enough to show on Ogilby’s map. In St John
and St Katherines, there were a number of Cocoa walks shown on the 1671 map,
although these seem mostly to have become sugar estates by 1684.
The 1684 Bochart & Knollis map (which is substantially repeated by
Sloane 20 years later) shows Sugar and cotton being grown around Black River
and westwards. Ogilby’s map of 1671, marks the Clarendon plain as pasture, but
by 1684, there were a lot of indigo farms, particularly up the Rio Minho, with
a some sugar estates. Captain George Booth’s land was shown as sugar. This
distribution was similar in Browne’s 1730-49 survey. There were a number of
maps published of the Island. Of the pre mid 18thC maps there seem to have been
2 or 3 generic surveys: Ogilby 1671 and others of that era show the Island more
as a triangle, and have some properties shown, indicating they existed, but
loosly positioned. Bochardt & Knollis in 1684 produced a map very much more
like the correct shape and showed a lot of properties, various map makers
followed this map, amending the property owners. The next significant survey
was by Thomas Craskell, published in 1763 on surveys in the late 1750’s. This
has much more inland detail and is near the actual layout of roads and
watercourses. Finally, in 1804, Robertson published his large scale map, which
is very detailed and can even now be related to modern surveys. Using these
maps, many properties can be found.
Our earliest known ancestors on the Island were George Booth and Francis
Burton, both of whom migrated from Barbados in the 1660’s as Jamaica opened up
after the English invasion of 1655 and the Spanish departure in 1660. George
Booth refers to Barbados in his will, but there is no direct evidence of him in
Barbados, although there were Booths in the contemporary records, including a
Captain George Booth owning land on the island. Francis Burton however had his
children baptised in Barbados, and 2 deeds reveal him selling his property
there prior to migrating to Jamaica; a related family, his will referred to the
Ellacotts who also appear in the Barbadian records. The latter half of the 17thC
was a time when the effect of the early intensive sugar production became
apparent in Barbados. The yields fell dramatically due to soil impoverishment.
Economics drove the bigger planters to expand by buying up the smaller. This
state of affairs would have made newly discovered Jamaica to be a very
attractive proposition.
These 2 families, Booths & Burtons married members of the Hayle and
Wright families; the former being in Jamaica by about 1670, and the Wrights
soon after, with John Sinclair of Caithness in Scotland a later arrival,
probably in the 1720’s, but perhaps a refugee from the 1715 rebellion, which
cost the Sinclairs dear. The families were concentrated in Clarendon, Vere and
St Catherine and later in St Elizabeth and briefly in Westmoreland. They appear
in the parish records of birth, marriages and deaths from the beginning of the
records (about 1710).
Our early Booth, Hayle and Wright ancestors were working plots in the 10’s
of acres on the Clarendon plains, growing as well as indigo (this crop figures
in both Wright and Hayle documents), other crops such as cotton, and ginger.
The Booth family may well have been in sugar from the beginning: Captain George
Booth, a collateral branch, had a 1200 acres grant in the west of Clarendon,
shown as sugar in 1671; his grandson built up a big sugar estate in southern
Vere. Francis Burton, coming from a sugar area in Barbados, and acquiring a
relatively large estate, probably went straight into sugar production. It
should be rememebered that most if not all these properties had areas for
growing provisions and keeping livestock: as the estates became more
specialised, these were often separate pens.
All the rest of our familes were on the south side, and west of Spanish
Town (with a branch in St Thomas in the East), mainly in Clarendon and St
Elizabeth (later Manchester). A later addition to the family was John Sinclair,
a Scotsman from Caithness (possibly an illegitimate descendant from the 4th
Earl), who built up a large sugar holding on the borders of Vere and St
Elizabeth, what became Manchester. His son inherited this land, and was
presumably also a sugar farmer, although he left several lots of pen land.
Our more recent Jamaican family were livestock farmers, “pen keepers”. They
did not make the fortunes that the sugar growers made (& lost), but
provided livestock for the estates, both draft animals and stock for meat and
milk. They supplemented their income with indigenous products like Pimiento
(Allspice) and dyewoods (such as fustic and logwood) and sometimes coffee and
cotton. One of our ancestors, Andrew Wright had coffee and cotton estates in St
Elizabeth (later Manchester): estates like these probably did not produce
especially good coffee, but before other areas of the world came into
production it was saleable. Pens were usually independent farms, but some were
attached to sugar estates; they tended to be on land unsuited to more intensive
cultivation. Over the decades, pens ticked along quietly in the background and
made a steady if not spectacular income. To quote one source, the penkeepers
became the squireocracy of Jamaica. Many owners were, as in our case, free
people of colour.
One of the lesser know aspects of life in the Caribbean in the period when
slavery was the norm is that there were many free people of colour: owners
often gave favoured slaves their freedom, a state inherited by their offspring
born after the manumission. By about 1800, the population of free coloureds in
Jamaica was in same order of magnitude at whites. Many of these people were
tradesmen and operated as a sort of lower middle class, but some became wealthy;
they were very often owners of slaves themselves. As a person of colour, whilst
free, there were certain restrictions on their position in society, such as
limits on their assets and access to the law. In a few cases (in particular
Patty Penford our ancestor), these restrictions were lifted by an Act of
Assembly giving them the rights and privilges of an English born subject.
Our Maitland male line was a late arrival in Jamaica, but they intermarried
with resident families, ancestors of whom had been these early immigrants to
the Island, and became pen-keepers in St Elizabeth. There was also another
Richard Maitland who was in St Elizabeth around 1740, but returned to live in
London, leaving one or two mixed race offspring: he probably died in 1763 in
England.
Captain John Maitland, our ancestor, first landed in Jamaica (Black River) as
master of a merchant ship (the Atlantic) sometime around 1774, sailing in and
out of the Island until August 1781 when his ship, the Hope, was wrecked off
Black River Bay in a hurricane. He had a concubine, a free quadroon woman,
Rebecca Dunston Wright, and had 2 sons by her before he died in late 1786. John’s
father, Richard, was also a merchant shipmaster, with a long sea fairing career
from 1740 until his death in 1778; nothing is known of his origins except that
he was said to have been a native of Ireland: there is some DNA evidence that
he might have been of the Maitland family from near Aberdeen.
John & Rebecca’s surviving son, Francis, a man of colour, married Ann
Wright, “reputed white” (ie less than 1/8th coloured) in the parish
registers, whose father was probably Rebecca’s ½ sibling, making Ann and
Francis ½ 1st cousins. Ann’s parents came from well established Jamaican
families, 2 of whom were very early immigrants from Barbados. Francis, son of
John & Rebecca is variously described as “1” or senior to differentiate him
from his son and grand son Francis.
Rebecca Wright was the daughter of Patty, a mulatto and Francis Wright, son
of William & Elizabeth Wright, (although her baptism does not name a father,
she was bought and manumitted as a baby by him, making it almost certain that
he was her father); Francis Maitland snr’s wife, Ann, was the daughter of
Andrew Wright, son of Francis Wright & Anna Maria Booth, and Ruth Sinclair,
daughter of John Hayle Sinclair and Judith Burton and a mestize or octoroon.
These show the connection with the Booth, Burton and Hayle families.
The “pre-Caribbean” origins of the Booth, Burton and Wright families is
not known, but can be presumed to be English of unknown origins. A speculative
origin for the Hayles of St Albans is suggested, and the Sinclairs definitely
being from Caithness, probably Thurso.
They were also connected by marriage with the Roberts, Cohen, Brooks, and many
other early families.
The tree below shows the ancestors of Francis Maitland, the 2nd,
the last Jamaican born: his wife was English, from Devon. He disappeared at sea
in 1842, leaving her with sons Francis, John Andrew & George; she later
remarried. Francis was the great grandfather of me, Antony Maitland and his
brother, “Uncle JAM” was a China merchant, one of several of his generation and
his nephews; George probably died young, before 1851. They retained a Jamaica
connection for some 25 years after Francis 2’s death, Francis 3 selling his
remaing 1/8th share in 1869, and Uncle JAM seemingly selling the
remaining 1/8th in December 1870 (Septimus as attorney)
The wider family desriptions are divided into 6 sections: Booth, Captain
George Booth, Burton, Hayle, Sinclair & Wright. Another section describes related
families.
Details of Richard & John Maitland are to be found in their own volume, and
the descendants of Francis Maitland 1st in his volume.
The FAMILY GROUPS
Clydesdale Great House, Coffee estate Blue Mountains
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John Maitland was a mariner who settled in St Elizabeth Parish as a merchant
(although he also bought several parcels of land) probably after being
shipwrecked in Black River bay in a Hurricane in 1781. His father was also a
merchant seaman, Captain Richard Maitland of Shadwell in London, but a native
of Ireland (possibly!). John died between October 1786 & January 1787. His
life and that of his father is described in their own volume
He had 2 sons by Rebecca Dunston Wright, Francis & Richard, of whom only
Francis survived into adulthood.
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Will & Inventory held.
This painting gives a somewhat romanticised view of women similar to Rebecca
painted by Augustino Brunias when he was in Dominica, then a British Colony.
The dress and fashions would be similar to those in Jamaica of the same period,
although with more of a French or Spanish influence.
Agostino Brunias, Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a
Landscape, c. 1770–96,
The parish records of St Elizabeth record her as:
“Rebecca Dunston Wright, daughter of Patty, a mulatto, lately a slave belonging
to Mr. Roderick Rose, three years old last May and baptised Nov 12 1752”. Thus
born 5/1749. (no evidence has been found of Roderick Rose and she was owned by
Forbes’s by 1749 when Rebecca was bought by Francis Wright).
Parents: Patty Penford, mulatto & probably, Francis Wright.
Died: 1805, Bristol, buried Black River, St Elizabeth although not recorded in
the parish records (but confirmed by her gravestone & will). She was
commemorated by a tomb stone in Black River churchyard which may have been of a
later date.
MI of Jamaica:
Gravestone @ Black River church (#1658):
(Re)becca Wright, 29/?/1805, aged 56. (seen by A Maitland in April 1998, less
legible, even less so in 12/2006).
Her will was dated 14/11/1804, and proved in Canterbury in 28/6/1805, described her as of Bristol. From the gravestone, it may be
assumed that she died early in 1805, probably in Bristol, although there is no
record of that.
A rather curious advertisement appeared in the London Star, 14 July 1804:
ADVERTISEMENT.
“IF the Person who some times since addressed a Letter to Mrs. MAITLAND, in
the neighbourhood of London, informing her, that on receiving a liberal
recompense, he would enable her, by the discovery of certain important facts,
to possess herself of a considerable sum of money, will communicate his name
and address to Mrs. Francis Maitland, No. 2, Alfred Road, Bristol, every
preliminary will be arranged to his satisfaction, and a Proposal made which
will be found to be well worthy his attention.”
What came of this, there is no indication.
Whilst this must relate to Rebecca (& Francis Maitland), apart from the
content, the names and timing are odd: If this was in fact ours, the
advertisement predates Francis & Ann’s marriage by 2 years. Rebecca made
her will in late 1804, when she was in Bristol. The most likely explanation is
that the use of “Mrs Francis Maitland” was to make her sound more respectable,
especially as she was not legally married to John Maitland. In Francis’s
articles registration, Rebecca was described as widow.
#2 Alfred Rd Bristol 2020, the first grey building.
Issue by John Maitland:
1/1. Francis Maitland, ch. 25/2/1784, St ElizabethPR – the 1st.
1784 May 23: Francis Maitland
baptised, reputed son of John Maitland by Rebecca Wright. Born 25 Feb 1784.
(Listed under Non White).
1/2. Richard Maitland, b. 4/8/1786, St ElizabethPR.
1788: Richard Maitland baptised,
reputed son of John Maitland by Rebecca Wright. Born 4 August 1786.
Died between 1789 and 1804 – mentioned in grandmother Patty Penford’s will but
not in Rebecca’s.
Summary of Patty & Rebecca:
Patty Penford and her daughter Rebecca Dunston Wright
were the grand-mother and mother of Francis Maitland 1st, Rebecca being born in
slavery in 1749 of Patty, then a mulatto slave, (the surname Penford appeared later
when free in conveyances, the Act of Priviledge and Hyem Cohen’s will).
Patty Penford was a mulatto, born a slave, of unknown origin, belonging
to the Forbes family; in Rebecca’s baptism, she is said to have belonged to
Roderick Rose but no record of this has been found. She was of the Forbes
family when Rebecca was manumitted in 1749. She had several children by at
least 2 men, Wright & Forbes between 1749 and 1769. She was manumitted in
1756 and became a woman of substance, owning substantial assets by her death in
1795. She was granted the “Rights and Privilidges with English Subjects born of
White Parents under certain Restrictions” in 1784. Under the law of Jamaica at
that time, there was a restriction on the assets that could be left to persons
of colour. These acts removed that restriction, and gave the subject of the act
all those rights.
In her will Patty mentions the Cove Pen, Little Culloden, a house on Black
River Bay and a small plot by Lower Works Pen; an estate plan for 1792 of the
Black River town area shows Patty’s Common pasture of 42 acres[3]. Her transactions and land
ownership is more fully described in her own section, but they show her as
being comparatively well off. Only speculation can be made into how a freed
mulattto slave, ownd by a tavern keeper, acquired the ability to make these
purchases which totalled £1260 currency, equivalent to £145,000 – £390,000
sterling on 2020 price and wage inflation.
She must have been born around 1720, but nothing has been found so far of
her birth in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Vere, Clarendon, St Catherine & St
Andrew Indices, as Penford, Rose or Forbes. St Elizabeth & Westmoreland
registers have been checked for other similar names to about 1760 but none were
found. If she had Rebecca in 1749 and a son 1769, she was probably born between
1725 and 1734. The practice of recording the baptism of slaves was not common
before late in the 18thC. Unless she appears in a will, deed or inventory,
there is not much chance of establishing her origins. As there was a 10 year
gap between Rebecca & Margaret and John (if he was her son), it is highly
probable that there were other unrecorded children, but they did not survive.
In Rebecca’s baptism record of 1752, Patty is described as “lately a slave
belonging to Mr Roderick Rose”, but this looks unlikely. There are a few deeds
for Roderick Rose about 1752[4]
where he is the owner of over 1000 acres in the Santa Cruz mountains – the
slaves on the estate are listed and do not include Patty; if she was at one
time owned by Rose, she had moved on by Rebecca’s birth and her manumission.
There was also a small farm, Rose Hill about 2 miles west of Giddy Hall which
was subsequently owned by Francis’s son John.
Rebecca and Patty were both ownd by the Forbes family of St Elizabeth: they
had several properties in St Elizabeth in 1804, and are listed in the 1811
Almanac. Alexander Forbes, tavern keeper, was of St Elizabeth, and a tavern is
shown on Robertson north of Luana Bay, West of Black River; it was at the fork
in the road from Sav la Mar to Black River where a short cut towards Luana and
Middle Quarters leaves the Black River road. The proximity to Black River makes
this a distinct possibility. Another possibility was on Bluefields Bay in
Westmoreland. The fact that Patty’s first land purchases were around that bay
makes it seem possible that this was in fact where she lived initially. There
is rather charming description of this tavern quoted in Patty’s section.
Rebecca was sold by Thomas Forbes 25 August 1749, to Francis Wright, who
manumitted her 25 October 1749[5].
For that reason, that Rebecca called her son Francis, and that her 2nd
name was Dunston (Francis Wright’s brother’s name) makes it highly likely that
Francis Wright was her father; there is no indication of where the Dunston name
came from, although there was a John Dunston who died in Kingston in 1764, his
son George inheriting[6],
John sold some land in St Thomas in the Vale to William Hayle. As Francis died
in 1758 and made no mention in his will of Rebecca, it is likely that she then
returned to, or was already with, her mother, who had been manumitted by then.
This Francis Wright was also the father of Andrew Wright, and grand father
of Ann & Rebecca Wright who married Francis Maitland and George Roberts.
Rebecca Dunston and Andrew would thus have been half siblings and their
children half 1st cousins. This might explain the curious
restriction in Andrew’s will on his daughters marriages in England; as a man of
colour, Francis Maitland was also not allowed to marry a white woman at this
time.
Patty became a woman of substance in her own right, as described in their
privilege act in 1784, giving Patty and her descendants the rights of whites. Rebecca
had a (half) sister by Patty, Margaret Forbes. Margaret became the concubine of
Hyem Cohen, a rich man of St Elizabeth who died about 1804, leaving substantial
real and personal estate, which included a large portfolio of creditors and debtors.
According to Rebecca's inventory, he owed her about £680. Her Cohen nephews and
nieces, (Alexander & Henry, Catherine & Caroline) to whom she made bequests
were the children of Margaret and Hyem Cohen of Black River (see his will –
there are some Cohen notes in Section 11). Margaret also had 3 children by
Clayton Littlehayes, one of whom was in the Act of Priviledge.
Rebecca had real estate in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth in addition to a
significant personal estate by the time of her death in 1805 which she left to
Francis. The largest of property was referred to as “The Cove” (see below) at
Scott's Cove on the Westmoreland & St Elizabeth boundary; according to her
will, it was 214 acres and was devised to her in her mother’s will, Rebecca’s
sister getting the more western properties little Colluden (or the sale
proceeds thereof) and they both shared several properties in Black River. In
fact, Little Colluden was sold in 1795 before Patty’s death, although there was
some doubt over the validity of the transaction as it was reconfirmed by
Rebecca in 1803[7].
The Cove was sold by Francis Maitland to Thomas Hogg in 1809 when he bought
Giddy Hall. John Maitland is recorded as buying property in Westmoreland in the
1780's, which would have come under the management of Rebecca, although left to
her children.
Her son, Francis, was "of Westmoreland" when he bought Giddy
Hall in 1809, so he was still resident at the Cove. Her St Elizabeth property
looked to have been rental property in and around Black River (6 tenants
renting houses were listed in her inventory, so probably at least 6 dwellings)
in addition to the capital dwelling house inherited from Patty. Her will
described her as a widow of Black River when she died in Bristol and mentioned
her dwelling house on Black River Bay, so some of it must have been for her own
use. This latter may have been the property bought by John Maitland in 1784
just west of the town centre, on the shore. The dimensions are those of a town
property: there still some handsome properties along the road west out of town
- let's hope it was one of these, although they are probably much too recent! She
was left a dwelling house on the Black River by her mother, so that is probably
the one left to Francis. On an estate map, there is a 42 acre plot of land
called Patty’s cow pasture: this must have been one of Patty Penford’s
properties. Some of these at least were sold by Francis about 1810.
There is no indication that she had any other relationships after John
Maitland's death in 1787, particularly as she called herself a widow in her
will. She probably lived off the property left by him and the property left by
her mother in 1795. The name Pentford appears on the 1804 map on the west side
of Scott's Cove. She must have been close to the Cohen family, who were
substantial land holders and bankers in the area on the 1804 map. At some stage
she and presumably Francis sailed to England as she died there in the winter of
1804/5; he was married in London in July 1806.
She must have been of some status to judge by her gravestone in Black river
churchyard and the fact that she was buried there in spite of having died in Bristol, England (according to her will). Her inventory[8]
totalled £J8328 (£J600,000P, 1.8MW), £J7000 of which was
in the value of her 80 slaves (worth noting as she was a free woman of colour!),
a number of which seem to have been in John Maitland’s inventory. It shows her
as having 6 tenants owing house rent; the household utensils values indicate
that The Cove was a less equipped property than her other residence and so was
not by then her principal abode.
She would have known Andrew Wright, father of her future daughter-in-law
and half first cousin, as he was an executor of her estate. He in fact died
shortly after her, also in England. It may be assumed that she was on close
terms with Hyem Cohen of Black River and surrounds, her brother-in-law (except
that nobody was married!).
In 1787[9],
Rebecca bought 7 slaves from John Maitland’s executors for J£350, probably the
ones for her own use, the estate being left to John’s sons.
A slave, Maria Wright bapt 8/6/1794, belonging to Rebecca Wright St E (she is mentioned
in Rebecca's will).
Charles Pinford, a negro belonging to Rebecca Wright, baptised, St Elizabeth,
12 June 1796 aged about 65.
A study by Melsia Tomlin Kraftner may throw some light on their lives[10]:
This study builds on extant studies of historians, such as Trevor Burnard, Gad
Heuman, Pedro Welch, Cecily Jones, Verene Shepherd, Lucille Mathurin Mair,
Barbara Bush and other prominent writers. Much has been written of the lives
and experiences of white women and black enslaved women, however, although
women of colour were viewed in the historiographical context as exploiting
their colour, sassy, more sexually inclined than the other women and concubines
of white men, this study explores free women of colour in St. Elizabeth, who
exploited the advantages presented to them, to improve their daily lives, that
of their children and their posterity.
Rebecca’s Will[11]
Dated 14/11/1804, proved London 28/6/1805. The full will text is in the Wills Volume.
Francis was in London.
"Late of Black River .. but now of Bristol ...
left some specified slaves to nephews Alexander & Henry & nieces
Catherine & Caroline Cohen ... (see Cohen family later in this file).
left the remainder to son Francis Maitland: land of about 214 acres in Westmoreland
named "The Cove" (Difficult to read, but confirmed by the will
inventory), Dwelling house on land adjoining Lowerworks Estate on or near the
Black River called "the Ground" (again best guess), a tenement or
property lying behind the Church on Black River Bay, (Lowerworks is just north
of Black River town centre).
tenements in or near the Logwoods on Black River Bay (prob now Logwoods Ave,
round Prep School).
The remainder of her slaves.
The remainder of her estate.
Executors son Francis Maitland, Andrew Wright, of Jamaica, and Christopher Hensley
of Bristol and Thomas Hogg of Jamaica.
A study of the 1804 map of Jamaica shows no suitable property entries for her,
either in Westmoreland or St Elizabeth.
An extract of the Lower Works Estate plan shows Patty’s common pasture – see
Patty’s section.
Some of the slaves in Rebecca’s inventory look to be the ones in John’s
will. There are no obviously relevant sales of slaves by Thomas Hogg after
Rebecca’s death: the only deed of 1807 contains a number of slaves, none of
whose names appear in Rebecca’s inventory. In turn, quite a number of Rebecca’s
slaves are named on her will going to her nieces or Francis. In turn, some of
these appear in Francis’s slave return of 1817.
Their Burials:
Patty is recorded as being buried in the churchyard in Black River, Rebecca
must have died in Bristol but there is a tombstone to her in the churchyard,
but no burial record. Rebecca’s stone in very weathered now (2020), but is
recorded in the MI of Jamaica, so there is no doubt it is hers.
Beside Rebecca’s is a similar if not identical tomb, but with no inscription
remaining (one assumes there was one originally). It eventually came to me that
the blank one must be Patty’s, beside her daughter.
In 2013, I commissioned a tablet recording these two women, and it was
dedicated when I and my family went out to Jamaica for Christmas.
Plate 72
The Cove in the Almanacs:
A property called Cove listed to Letellier, Ann, Cove, 13/2 in 1817 Almanac.
1818, 11 slaves and 2 stock. 11 in 1831.
1829 Cove Pen listed to Thomas Tate, 36 slaves, he also owned Old Shafston
& Rotherwood, both significant pens. in 1831, Cove listed as 33 slaves.
In 1891 & 1910, a property called Cove listed to William Hogg, a pen post
office Blue Fields. Was this the same family as Thomas Hogg, one of Rebecca
Wright's executors.
Black River Church Plate
73
View from the southeast. The tombs are on the other side of the wall, under the
tree.
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Parents: John Maitland and Rebecca Dunston Wright.
His and Ann’s story and those of their descendants, is told in the Jamaica
Maitland volume.
Married:
ANN WRIGHT:
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MT: b. 8/2/1788 m.29/7/1806 d. 23/10/1833.
Parents: Andrew Wright and Ruth Sinclair.
Issue of Francis & Ann Maitland:
1/1. Frances Ann Maitland, 1807-1818.
1/2. Andrew Wright Maitland, 1809-1856
1/3. John Maitland, 1810-1853
1/4. Francis Maitland, 1811-1842
1/5. Richard Maitland, 1813-1814
1/6. Emma Rebecca Maitland, 1815-?
1/7. George Maitland, 1817-1850
1/8. Alexander Maitland, 1819-18353
1/9. Septimus Maitland, 1821-1902.
1/10. Octavius Maitland, 1823-1840.
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Summary
Buried: 10/7/1795, in the Church Yard, St Elizabeth (prob Black River).
Will of 1789, proved 1795, she was of St Elizabeth, free mulatto.
A tavern is described in Journal of a West Indian Proprietor of 1816, which
tavern was probably owned by the Forbes, see extract below. Note re opening.[12]
It is noticeable that illegitimate children bore a variety of surnames, not
always related to the mother’s name.
She was manumitted 25 May 1756[13]:
“...Know ye that I the said Alexander Forbes (Tavern Keeper [of St Elizabeth])
for and in consideration of the good will which I have and bear to my Mulatto
Slave named Patty and for and in consideration of the many good services done
and performed by her to me and other good causes and considerations me hereunto
moving...”
A Thomas Penford, butcher, bought land in Kingston 1730. TP, Planter, bur 16
March 1782, Murdered.
Land and other Transactions
Patty’s first recorded transaction was in 1766[14] when she bought a mulatto slave
named Sam from Lewis Vassall of St Elizabeth; she was then a spinster of St
Elizabeth. The Vassal family had extensive lands granted in the Black River
area.
She is recorded as buying 3 properties in Westmoreland, the first of which was
purchased from Alexander & Mary Forbes (planter of St Elizabeth) in 1769:
12 ½ acres on the sea[15],
and as described in the deed, looks on the Sloane 1707 (& Bowen 1747) to
have been a little way west of Scott’s Cove, Alford & White Savanna being
marked there. J£60 sold to Patty Pentford 12.5 acres of ground in Westmoreland,
part of 23 acres of land patented to Morice Rowlinson, bound South East on
White Savannah Gulley, South West on the Sea, Northerly on Lewis Alfoand?
(probably Alford), and Westerly on Derrick Durrant.
In 1770[16],
Patty Penford of St Elizabeth sold to Lewis Vassall esq of St Elizabeth mulatto
man slave called Sammy for £90.
In 1790[17],
Patty Penford, free mulatto of Westmoreland, sold to Robert Johnston planter of
Westmoreland for £45 negro man Mingo. Her mark
The next land purchase was Little Culloden, bought 1778[18] from Thomas Taylor of
Hannover, practitioner of Physic and surgery of Hannover for J£200 .. convey
Little Culloden containing 96 acres and one half .. bounding southerly on the
sea easterly on Great Culloden Westerly on Ankerdown (Ankendown?). She left
this property (or the cash equivalent) to daughter Margaret Forbes. This
property was on Parker’s Bay and Little Culloden was a guest house in 2010. By
2017, much of this area has disappeared under a Sandalls resort estate. This
property was later sold in about 1795 to Thomas Hogg, although the conveyance
was lost as shown by a deed[19]
between Hogg & Rebecca confirming the conveyance:
“Rebecca Wright, woman of colour of St Elizabeth & Thomas Hogg, of
Westmoreland, planter. Whereas Patty Penford, free woman of colour of St
Elizabeth & mother of Rebecca Wright abt 1795 sold to Thomas Hogg Little
Culloden but sd conveyance mislaid, Patty Penford since dcd, So Rebecca Wright
sold (again) to Thomas Hogg 96 acres of Little Culloden N on Cumberland Valley,
W on Aukendown, S on sea E on Colluden, now or lately in possession of Walter
Tomlinson”.
The last and biggest was the Cove Pen bought[20] in 1785 from Thomas Hogg
for J£1000 (2016 sterling: £100,000P, 350,000W). The
boundary of the Pen begins on the road from Black River to Sav-la-Mar on the
eastern edge of Scott’s Cove. She granted to Thomas Hogg 15 feet square around
the grave of Thomas George, the owner in 1775; nothing has been checked, but
the assumption would be that Thomas Hogg inherited the Cove from Thomas George.
This is the property marked as Penford’s in the 1804 map. She left the Cove to
Rebecca who in turn left it to Francis Maitland. The Pen bordered Easterly on
Major General James Bannister[21]
now Font Hill Estate Northerly on Thomas Parris and Benjamin Heath formerly
Griffith Jenkin and Westerly and Southerly on the Sea. The “Journal of the
Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana, 1919” has a good
description of the settlement of this area by Bannister with the Surinam
settlers (PDF held).
Deed 334F116 shows the Plat (Plate
M 01) for The Cove as surveyed in when she bought it in
1785. This plat is repeated in the sale of The Cove to Thomas Hogg by Francis
Maitland in 1809 for J£1500.
This image shows the plat superimposed on a google earth image; the fit of
the coast is good when rotated by a few degrees (maps were drawn to magnetic
north). The boundary line NNW from the SE corner follows closely a fence line
which can be seen on the earth image. The SE portion of the plan, the Eastern
and southern lines and first NE line are still shown as boundaries on the
Jamaica Land Agency map, the NE line aligned with a visible fence line on
Google Earth.
Plate 70
Deed 334F116 redrawn.
In addition to these 3 main purchases, in her will, she had a house on
Black River Bay and 3½ acres adjoining the Lower Works Pen. An estate map of
1792[22]
shows “Patty’s Com(mon) Pasture” being 42 acres adjoining on its Eastern side
the Church land. This was probably the land referred to in Rebecca’s will as
being “behind the Church”, and was probably land mentioned in Rebecca’s will,
as was “The Grounds”.
Extract from an estate plan of Lower Works Pen, the land is still partly under cultivation
in 2020. Plate W74
She also had a property called the Grounds adjoining Lower Works Pen on
the northern edge of Black River. I suspect that this was her “retirement
home”, with Margaret Forbes occupying Little Culloden and Rebecca Wright the
Cove with her 2 boys, Francis and Richard Maitland.
Named fully in Hyem Cohen's will: subsequently found in Privilege Bill.
In 1784, she was the subject of a Privilege Bill[23], granting her, her
daughters and grand children the rights of whites: she seems to have been a
woman of substance, and baptised etc. These were relatively unusual, only about
650 cases being recorded in Jamaica. They were necessary to enable persons of
colour to own more than £2000 worth of property.
Courtesy of Dan Livesay Jan 2008
(see notes). See Jamaica General Volume for more on this.
23 December 1784: “…Patty Penford of the parish of Saint Elizabeth a free
Mulatto woman and Rebecca Wright and Margaret Forbes her Daughters and Francis
Maitland the Son of the said Rebecca Wright and Elizabeth Littlehales the
Daughter of the said Margaret Forbes to the same rights…”
They are described as having been baptized, Christian, and having received
communion. Patty is possessed of “real and personal Estate in this Island to a very Considerable value which she intends to bestow on the said Rebecca Wright
and Margaret Forbes and their Children."
In her will[24]
of 1789, proved 1795, she was of St Elizabeth, free mulatto.
No inventory found.
To Rebecca Wright, free quadroon… Cove Penn abt 214 acres… for life and then to
her 2 sons, Francis & Richard Maitland...
18 slaves and their children to Rebecca Wright
Half of my mares at the Pen of Mr Andrew Wright to Rebecca...
Daughter Margaret Forbes. Land called Little Culloden 96.5 acres, or if sold
before Patty’s death the resulting sum.
11 slaves and their children to Margaret Forbes
To grand daughter Elizabeth Littlehayes 2 slaves and my black mare
To Francis Maitland 2 cows one mare and the remaining half of the mares at
Andrew Wrights pen.
To Rebecca and Margaret
dwelling house etc on Black River bay ..
& also land adjoining Lowerworks Pen called the Grounds 3.5 acres.
Remainder to daughters Rebecca & Margaret.
Margaret Forbes by the time of Patty’s will was probably a concubine of Hyem
Cohen, a rich man, and may have been the younger of the 2 daughters mentioned.
As she was probably supported by him, she would have received rather less than
Rebecca, whose good friend John Maitland was by this time dead.
Journal of a West Indian Proprietor - Forbes Tavern
The following extract very probably refers to the Tavern
once owned by the Forbes. There were very few in the area, and while Lewis’s
visit was in 1816 some 50 years after Patty probably left, the description
gives an idea. Patty had bought property from the Forbes’s in 1769 and 1778,
the latter in Bluefields Bay. She later bought the pen at The Cove as described.
From: Journal of a West Indian Proprietor by MG Lewis, published in 1839[25]. Page 157, 1 February
1816. (also briefly referred to by Cundall in his 1915 History of Jamaica)
(full copy available as PDF, held by AM - 2022)
Between eight and nine we reached a solitary tavern, called Blue-fields, where
the horses rested for a couple of hours. It had a very pretty garden on the
sea-shore, which contained a picturesque cottage, exactly resembling an
ornamental Hermitage; and leaning against one of the pillars of its porch we
found a young girl, who exactly answered George Colman's description of Yarico,
"quite brown, but extremely genteel, like a Wedgewood teapot." She
told us that she was a Spanish creole, who had fled with her mother from the
disputes between the royalists and independents in the island of Old Providence[26]; and the owner of the
tavern being a relation of her mother, he had permitted the fugitives to
establish themselves in his garden-cottage, till the troubles of their own
country should be over.
She talked perfectly good English, for she said that there were many of that
nation established in Providence. Her name was Antonietta. Her figure was light
and elegant; her black eyes mild and bright; her countenance intelligent and
good-humoured; and her teeth beautiful to perfection: altogether, Antonietta
was by far the handsomest creole that I have ever seen.
February 2: ...Yesterday the only very striking point of view (although the
whole of the road was picturesque) was "the Cove," situated
between Blue-fields and Lakovia, and which resembled the most beautiful of the views
of coves to be found in "Cook's Voyages"...
As Patty would have known this place! Plate 70
White House & Vicinity (Jamaica, A Visitor’s Guide; Harry S.
Pariser)
The ruined 19thC castle in the grounds of
Auchindown Farm is rumoured to have been built by one Archibald Campbell to
house Napoleon. Its two towers are, rather absurdly, connected underground. The
300 room Sandals South Coast is slated for construction near here. See
the early morning fish market at Whitehouse, where dugout canoes are still
constructed. At now nearly landlocked Scott’s Cove the Spanish once
unloaded munitions and supplies for the colonists who remained to fight off the
British. Vendors sold fish and bammy here.
Accommodations: Basic rooms in White House are available above the
fast food place. White House Beach Villa is to the right after the town. The
Jamara Villa... Dine at the Auchindown Restaurant. .... Attractive Natania’s
Guest House (969-2513; Whitehouse PO) at Little Culloden has a garden,
pool and beach; ... The Little Culloden Villa (979-9200) offers five a/c
bedrooms, including two in a gingerbread-style cottage. It comes with cook,
housekeeper, and satellite TV.
Sandals South Coast appears to be just to the NW of New Hope (Culloden),
between there & Auchindown.
25/1/1794: Jamaica Gazette, ....Alexander Forbes of
Roses Valley,
The parish records for Rebecca’s baptism claim that Patty was
lately a slave belonging to Roderick Rose. Rose’s Valley in St Elizabeth, is
named after the first owner, William Rose (Jamaica Almanacs, 1811) of this now
defunct estate. Roses Valley is now a village in the centre of which is a Baptist Church, There is also Roses Valley Post Office. DPNJ.
Rose Hill is only about 2 miles from Giddy Hall and was subsequently owned by
Francis Maitland’s son John (1845 Almanac).
Issue:
1/1. Rebecca Dunston Wright. B 5/1749
1/2. Margaret Forbes. B abt 1758
From (Hyem Cohen will &
PRIVILEGE Act)
Margaret the base child of Patty a free mulatto about 1 year old baptised 13
June 1759, St ElizabethV1/19. No surname or father given, but
deduced from later documents.
As Patty was owned by Alexander Forbes until 1756, it is probable that Margaret
was his daughter.
Described as a free quadroon in Hyem's will of 1803, and Margaret already
deceased, Hyem refers to her will in his will.
Mrs Margaret Forbes buried 21/8/1797, White, Northampton (PR) – this may have
been her, but may have been another. It is probable that this was her as
Rebecca seems to have had sole possession of the Black River properties at
Patty’s death.
Will not found but many other Forbes about.
Hyem Cohen died about 1803 (ref will & inventory)
In 1826 Hymen Cohen bought Berlin, Potsdam, Albion & Corby Castle estates
in St Elizbeth from Henry Cerf, comprising 3614 acres & & 945 slaves
(deed 742/152). He was said to be the son of Moses Cohen.
Issue of Margaret Forbes:
of Mr Clayton Littlehayes by Margaret Forbes, St ElizabethPR:
Of these, only Elizabeth is mentioned in the Privilege Act, so John &
Martha probably died before 1784.
Clayton Littlehayes & Co advertsed in the Jamaica Mercury 11-18 December
1779 as agent for a ship sailing to Lancaster. So a merchant? He appears in the
newspapers in partnership with Robert Russell: the partnership was dissolved by
the death of Clayton, advertised 9 Nov 1781. He died 25/3/1781 (JG)
2/1. John Littlehayes, b 2/8/1777, ch 12/10/1777, non white.
2/2. Martha Littlehayes, b 28/12/1778, ch 4/3/1780, non white.
2/3. Elizabeth Littlehayes, B 21/9/1779, ch 3/3/1779, non white
Of Hyem Cohen, from his 1803 will (aged 51 at death in Black River) and
Rebecca’s will as nephews & nieces:
These are not mentioned in the Privilege Act, so were probably born after 1784,
but the Jewish connection may have excluded them.
2/4. Catherine Cohen, aft 1778
A Catherine Cohen married
Michael Muirhead of the Tomlinson family.
2/5. Caroline Cohen, aft 1778
2/6. Alexander Cohen aft 1782 – changed name to Cowan – as son of Hyem.
2/7. Henry Cohen, aft 1778
This maybe him, from Jamaica family search site:
Henry Cohen was born 1796, and died December 1846, Age: 50 years
Burial: December 17, 1846, New burial ground, Black River, St. Elizabeth
Occupation: 1846, Domestic
Residence: 1846, Black River, St. Elizabeth
1/3. John Pinford, son of Patty Pinford,
The Illeg Son of Patty PInford
a free mulatto, b 1767 bap 28/11/1769PR St Elizabeth. No other
mention of him in wills or otherwise. Assumed died early.
Pinford, Charles, bapt St Elizabeth 12/6/1795 aged 65, Negro belonging to Rebecca
Wright.
Penford, Martha, A free mulat? Ch. 16/12/1784PR, Westmoreland.
Thomas Penford, planter, buried St Catherine 16/3/1782, murdered.
Martha Penford baptised Westmoreland, 16/12/1784, free “Mul”, no parents maybe
adult?
Act of Piviledge
An Act to Entitle Patty Penford of St Elizabeth a free
Mulatto woman and Rebecca Wright, Margaret Forbes her daughters and Francis
Maitland the son of the Rebecca Wright and Elizabeth Littlehouse the daughter
of Margaret Forbes to the same Rights and Privileges with English Subjects born
of White Parents under certain Provisions---
(Abreviated – see Wills volume 5.4.2 for full copy)
...Patty Penford, Rebecca Wright, Margaret Forbes Francis Maitland and
Elizabeth Littlehales have been Baptized Educated and Instructed in the
principles of the Christian Religion and in the Communion of the Church of
England. Patty Penford is Possessed of real and personal Estate in this Island
to a very Considerable Value which she intends to bestow on Rebecca Wright and
Margaret Forbes and their Children Francis Maitland and Elizabeth Littlehales
in such manner as to raise them above the level of people of colour in General
but for the Unfortunate Circumstances of their Birth the said Patty Penford
being a Mulatto and her said daughters being Quadroons, and their Children
Mustees they may be subject and liable to the same pain and penalties as free
Mulattos who have no property altho' the Children of the said Francis Maitland
born of White Women and the Children of the said Elizabeth Littlehales begotten
by White Men will be entitled to by Law to all the Rights and Privileges of
White People. ...shall henceforth be deemed and taken for and free and natural
born subjects of this Island ... and that they ... shall be entitled to have ...
all the Rights Privileges humanities and Advantages whatsoever as if they ...
were born of White Ancestors ... Provided that nothing in this Act Shall ... confer
upon (them) any Power Capacity of Ability of giving Testimony against any White
Person or Persons in any Trusts or Lower Court or Criminal Except in Criminal
prosecutions for Robberies Assaults Batteries Breaches of the Peace or any ??
Committes against them or either of them. also that nothing in this Act .... confers
upon Francis Maitland any Power ... of voting either in the Council or Assembly
of this Island or of holding or enjoying any Office Civil or Military or
Serving as Jurors or Vestrymen or of Voting at any Election whatsoever
fifteenth November 1784.
The Forbes are of interest because Patty Penford was manumitted by Alexander
Forbes, tavern keeper, of St Elizabeth in 1756 and Rebecca, her daughter was
sold in 1749 by Thomas Forbes of St Elizabeth to Francis Wright.
MI St Catherine’s:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ALEXANDER FORBES ESQR PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL AND ONE
OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL OF JAMAICA BELOVED AND RESPECTED FOR HIS GREAT ABILITY
UNSPOTTED INTEGRITY AND UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE. HE WAS YE SECOND SON OF SR DAVID
FORBES OF NEWHALL IN YE COUNTY OF EDINBURGH IN SCOTLAND. BORN AT EDINBURGH THE 27th JULY 1689, DIED AT JAMAICA THE 13th NOVEMBER 1729.
Arms (As Forbes of New hall), Azure on a chev. between three boars' heads
erased argent, as many unicorns' heads erased, gules. Crest, A cubit arm
grasping a snake, gules.
Alexander Forbes will of 1727 of St Catherine has wife Christian, son David,
brothers William & John, cousin William. Plus a son mentioned in a codicil
made very soon before his death in late 1729 early 1730. This could have been
the Alexander who had children in St Elizabeth in the 1760’s.
1723 Deed[27]:
Btw Thoms Pestall of St Jago gent & Elizabeth, his wife and Alex Forbes of
St C re transfer of buildings etc in St Jago & mortgage transfer.
1723 Deed[28]:
Alexander Forbes, esq of St Catherine, Richard Rigby of Kingston re 160A in St
Andrew. AF makes over 1/2 to RR for 5/-
1762[29],
Deed: Alexander Forbes to Jno Watson Alexander Forbes, a Stillman (distiller)?
& Mary his wife of Westmoreland mortgage slaves Ref George Raxted &
son Richard refers to Pallastine? Estate in St E. 300A & 69 slaves £2200.
SWI:
Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857, Google Books extract, By David
Dobson
Alexander Forbes was born in Edinburgh 27/7/1689. son of Sir David Forbes of
Newhall, died 15/11/1729 (re MI Spanish Town)SWI
Alexander Forbes born 17th December 1733, bap Kingston 13th
February 1733-4, son of Margaret Edwards by Alexander Forbes. He died in
Kingston in 1770.SWI
It is possible that this Alexander was the father of Patty’s Forbes daughter.
Alexander Forbes married Mrs Mary Thelwell, St Elizabeth 9/8/1758, both white,
by licence. No trace of Mary’s first husband, but probably Simon.
Mary Forbes renounced exec? Of will of Simon Thelwell. 31/5/1759.
Simon & Mary Thelwell had issue in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth in the
1750’s. (see below)
Issue of Alexander Forbes & Mary, St Elizabeth
Helen Forbes, b 7 11/1759, ch 2/2/1761 P22
Ann Forbes, b 27/6/1761, ch 6/11/1762 P23 died Kigston 14/11/1842
Mary Forbes, b. 19/12/1762, ch 19/12/1765 P27
Alexander Forbes b. 27/4/1766, ch abt 10/1767 P28
SWI:
Alexander Forbes born 1761, late in Jamaica, died in Aberdeen 15/2/1814
Alexander Forbes, born 1800, died in Kingston, 17/7/1833.
William Forbes, Jamaica, PRO 1773 will – Nat Archives show merchant of London.
Planters from North East Scotland often gave their Caribbean properties names
that reminded them of home. In St Elizabeth’s Parish, Jamaica, Alexander Forbes
named his large sugar plantation Aberdeen. This was near Accompong Town in the
north of St Elizabeth.
Also Dorothy Forbes, dau of Alexander Forbes & Hannah Prince, b 8/12/1758,
ch Kingston 14/6/1761, p154. HP free negro.
Jamaica, 1670 – 1866. England captured Jamaica from Spain in 1655 but Spain did
not cede the colony to England until 1670. In the early-eighteenth-century,
many Scottish settlers were clergy, merchants and colonial officials. For
example, Alexander Forbes was noted as a provost marshal. However, convicts
were also sent to the island, including another Alexander Forbes in 1747.
Alexander Forbes was born in 1726 and was from Wemyss, Fife.
He is noted as being a “servant to the Pretender,” the nickname for the son of
deposed King James II of England and James VII of Scotland. He served in the
Duke of Perth's Regiment, was captured in war, and then imprisoned at Larbert,
Stirling and Tilbury Prisons. On 31 March 1747, he left London aboard the St
George or the Carteret and arrived in Jamaica on 31 March 1747[30].
Of interest as Thomas Hogg sold The Cove to Patty, and then
bought it back from Francis M. There was a plot at the Cove for a grave of
Thomas George who owned it in 1755. The George & Thelwell families were
connected and Mary, widowThelwell married Alwxander Forbes:
Simon Thelwell will of 1729[31],
Carpenter of Westmoreland. Wife Sarah dau Mary 7 negros an R&R to sons
Thomas, Simon, William & Lewes
Simon Thelwell Will 1757[32].
Wife Mary for life, children Thomas Alfred & Simon George (by Mary) cousin
Elizabeth George, dau of Alex of Hannover, planter.
Thomas Alford Thelwell ch St E of W’land 24/4/1753, son of Simon & Mary.
Also 2 children of ST & negro wench, Quinn, Thomas (8), & James (3).
Thomas George, Will 1745[33]
of Westmoreland. Estate to cousin Mary Thelwell dau of uncle Simon Thelwell
dcd.
Thomas George Will 1742[34]
TG of Westmoreland Millwright wife Margaret land & house near the Free
School and after to Philip son of David Dehany of Bristol and Eliza Haynes
Booth Introduction
The paternal grandmother of Ann (Wright) Maitland, the wife of Francis
Maitland (b 1784), was Anna Mary Booth whose family were some of the very early
arrivals in Jamaica from Barbados. Her great grandfather was one of two George
Booths in Jamaica in the 1660-80’s, the most probable being George Booth whose
will was proved in 1676 (“GB1”) and that he was a migrant from Barbados,
becoming a planter in Vere and later Clarendon; GB1 makes reference to property
in Barbados in his will, but no direct evidence of his time in Barbados has
been found, although there were some Booths on that island. The other was
styled Captain George Booth.
Both George Booth familes in Jamaica left a long line of descendants. They
both started off in the plains of Clarendon.
There were 4 George Booths in Jamaica in the period 1665-1715, who were
probably interrelated. It was a pity they had a rather limited number of
Christian names to use! They divide into 2 lines, those of GB1 and the
descendants of Captain George Booth, who had a grant of 1200 acres of land in
Clarendon in 1665, and further small, contiguous grants in 1674.
Captain George of Jamaica was fairly consistently referred to by that rank
(probably militia rather then marine) in the early deeds. There are several
mentions of George Booth senior & junior between 1683-93 (a number of deed
books in this date range have been destroyed). The sons of Capt George &
George (son of George 1) would have been too young to have been making any of
these transactions in this period. Therefore, the most likely scenario is that
the references to George Booth senior in 1683-93 refer to Capt George, and
junior to George son of George 1. A later deed in 1719 makes it clear that
George Booth senior who had 300 acres granted in 1683 as senior was one and the
same as Captain George Booth. Benjamin Booth, son of GB1, GB senior &
junior had land grants on the same date in 1683, Bejamin’s and GB senior were
contiguous patents.
Frances Booth, GB1’s wife (probably his 2nd) refers to a
cousin, George Booth and sons in law (step sons) George and Benjamin, sons of
the our George; Capt George was probably a relative, maybe by marriage, of
Frances Booth; the use of cousin encompasses a broad range of relationships, as
would uncle. Capt George had a number of descendants: they can mostly be
positively identified by their share in the 1200 acres, and a later one left a
substantial sugar estate in Vere in 1769.
The only plausible way that the two early Georges fit together is for Capt
George & GB1 to be (1st?) cousins: this explains Frances’s will
reference to her cousin George Booth and for the will reference by GB1’s son,
GB2, to his uncle George. The relationship is also reinforced by the
juztapostion of the 1683 grants and GB1 having land at St Jago in his will,
just north of Captain George’s 1665 grant. The ages and generations do not fit
for GB2, will of 1702-5, to be a grandson of either GB1 or Captain George. A
very tenuous support for this idea is that GB2’s will refers to his “uncle
George Booth, whose grand mother was Jane Warren”, Capt George’s surviving
daughter being named Jane: there were Warrens in Barbados in 1720’s & St
Catherine in 1670’s.
Later generations probably were linked by marriages into the Downer family;
GB2 probably married a Mary Downer in the late 1600’s, while the wife of
George, son of Captain George Booth, was probably Milborough Downer, possibly
the niece of GB2’s wife Mary.
On this basis, our line runs from GB1,
his son GB2 (will of 1702/5),
his eldest son Thomas (connected by land in will of George and then in Thomas’s
wife’s will, who mentions g/dau Anna Maria, and
Thomas’s son Henry, father of Anna Maria, mother of Andrew Wright.
GB1 had several children, amongst whom was another
George, our ancestor (GB2); in his will dated 1676, proved 1678, his then wife
Frances was named along with his surviving issue and some grandchildren; he
specifically mentions stock and negroes in Barbados. Frances only survived him
by about a year, and describes the sons in George 1’s will as her sons in law.
She also mentions her son James Garrett. Frances was therefore George’s 2nd
wife. Bearing in mind that GB1’s will was only written 21 years after the
invasion, from the dates and implied ages of George 1’s sons, they were
Barbados born, and that their mother probably died there. It is probable that
his children were born outside Jamaica as they appear in his will to be adults
and in the case of 2 or 3 of his daughters, married with children: their births
must predate the invasion.
Our line continues to George 1’s son George (GB2 - 4.2), who was owner of
similar mixed lands, some sugar, some for other pen crops. Next came GB2’s son
Thomas (4.3) who was a millwright, and owned some land and then Thomas’s son
Henry (4.4), also a millwright, father of Anna Mary Booth, Andrew Wright’s
mother. The line through these sons is fairly clear, partly from identifiable
land legacies and other family members mentioned. In the 1680’s a number of
land transactions were made by George Booth(s): mostly, they were described as
junior or senior. It is difficult to differentiate between who they were. It
seems most likely that our George, son of George 1, as junior, was building up
his land holdings.
Booths in Barbados
There is no direct mention either of our Georges in
Barbados, or their arrival in Jamaica; the only George Booth, referred to as
Captain, being on that Island in the late 17thC, when he married a
widow, Elizabeth Dash[35].
There are several reports of 3 Booth brothers arriving in New England about
1652, Robert, Richard & John, sons of Richard Booth of Cheshire. It is
suggested that one of them, John, spent some time in Barbados, and that another
brother, William lived there. I suspect that this Cheshire connection is
wishful thinking, although the Chester family were significant, and fell foul
of the Civil War in England.
However it seems likely that the Captain George Booth mentioned as a
neighbour to Thomas Booth in two land conveyances of 1669 in St Lucy parish, in
the north of Barbados, was our George Booth. There is no mention any Booths on
Blaythwaite’s 1675 map or the earlier 1657 map; but Jacob English, who seems to
have bought Captain George Booth’s St Lucy land about 1669[36] does appear.
There were Booths in the north of Barbados, including a Captain George
Booth as a neighbour of Burtons in a deed of 1699, which implied that Captain
George’s land was by then occupied by another owner. There was still a Captain
George Booth in Barbados in 1702, with a wife Elizabeth (from her father’s
will). The majority of the white male population of Barbados and, to a lesser
extent, Jamaica, were in the militia, and were often referred to by their rank.
Sir William Booth was known to be there as a merchant of “Black Jacks” by
1685 when he was receiving convicts from Monmouth’s rebellion for their 10
years service; his daughter married Abel Alleyne, a name which does appear on
the maps. The way in which GB1’s sons, George & Benjamin acquired land
after their father’s death would imply a significant legacy, presumably from
the Barbados assets. There was a Capt George Booth mentioned in a Barbados will
of 1694.
There were several others:
Ralph Booth, St Lucy, 1647
Thomas Booth, All Saints 1656. St Lucy, wife Mary 1669. Refers to neighbouring land
of Captain George Booth.
Elizabeth Booth, formerly Dash, 1669.
Barbados St Michael:
ELIZABETH BOOTH, WIDOW ....... OB. FEB. 12, 1721, AET. 67.
The George Booth Conundrum - Summary
There were a number of George Booths in the Clarendon area between 1665 and
1700. They were probably all related, but divided into 2 main lines, and seemed
to acquire land close to each other.
George Booth GB1 D 1676-7 – the eldest, born about 1630.
George Booth jnr, GB2, D
1702-5, father of our ancestor, Thomas.
Probable son of GB1, born about
1650-60
“GB2”, (will 19/9/1702, 29/3/1705),
This is George Booth jnr in the 1680’s. Wives Mary & Jane.
The 500 acres Pindars River land patented in 1683 to GB jnr is specified in his
will, therefore, in 1683, he was GB jnr.
By the positive identification of George Booth Capt/senior and his son George,
by elimination this George Booth must be the son of GB1 above.
He was probably too old to have been the son of Captain Booth.
From his will:
Issue by Mary Downer:
Thomas Booth, Died abt 1725, our ancestor.
Eliza Booth (b bef 1681)
Issue by Jane:
George Booth (GB3) prob D abt 1720-5
Samuel Booth (D 1733)
Simon Booth (D bef 1764)
William Booth (D bef 1714)
Sarah Booth
Henry Booth – not in GB’s will
George Booth “GB3”, son of GB2,
born soon after 1681 (under 21 at father’s will, but an executor).
Also in the family were:
George Booth, son of Benjamin D 1715, son of Benjamin, son of GB1, b 1697-1715.
George Booth, B aft 1715, d aft 1754. Son of Samuel, son of GB2
Capt George Booth, snr D 1694-5, probably the 2nd oldest,
as a Captain and grantee by 1665,
he must have been born about 1635-40.
Captain George and his family have been studied, as much as anything, to
differentiate them from our direct line and because his grandson, George
(1707-1769) built up a big sugar estate in Vere.
Captain George was granted 1200 acres in 1665 in Clarendon.
Capt George Booth (snr) (will 20/9/1694, 29/4/1695, the surveyor?);
George Booth “snr”
He may have been a cousin of George 1’s wife Frances and would have been born
before about 1640 (land grant and Capt by 1665). His origins are not known, but
if he was connected to George (D1676), he may well also have come from
Barbados.
This must have been the George Booth who was referred to as “snr” in the
1680’s.
Confirmed by the 3 deeds in vol 55A with John Booth, son of George Booth:
The first deed refers to the 1200
acres and the will of 1694, 55A/15
The second refers to land granted to George snr in 1688.
Land granted in 1683 to GB snr is referred to as Lt GB by John Moore’s
adjacent patent, confusing because of his earlier title capt.
A deed with Thomas Bull, referring to land in Milk River, calls him GB snr. GB1
had no land at Milk River.
It appears that the land of Captain George was subject to partition rulings in
the Supreme Court in 1713 – it is not know if these were the same action.
Issue:
Jane Booth/Bodle
George Booth d 1707, son GB minor 1707-69
John Booth.
Thomas Booth.
Simon Booth.
George Booth, son of Capt GB, D 1707
son of Capt George, between 1674-1707
His will refers to Jane Bodle as his sister and brother John and by implication
from deeds in 1717 referring to George Booth, a minor & Capt Booth’s lands.
He would have been too young to have produced GB2’s children in the right
timeframe.
George Booth, G/son of Capt GB, 1707-1769
A Mrs Booth died in Clarendon, Jan 1799[37]
A George Booth was listed as owning the ship Achilles, built in Bristol in 1820[38].
Surveyor George Booth
Around 1675 until 1689, a George Booth appears as a
surveyor on a number of plats, at least in St Elizabeth, Vere & Clarendon
for, inter alia, The Booths & Sinclairs. The duties of a surveyor were laid
out in an act of 1682. They had to be certified by a panel of 3 other surveyors
and were forbidden from surveying their own land[39]. This probably confirms
that Surveyor George was not of the earlier George’s immediate family.
Benjamin, son of George Booth 1 left surveying instruments in his inventory.
This could have been GB2, as other patents to the elder George Booths and
Benjamin were surveyed by George Booth.
Higman Jamaica Surveyed has a list of Surveyors from 1700
Duties of a surveyor were laid out in an act of 1682. They had to be certified
by a panel of 3 other surveyors. They were forbidden from surveying their own
land[40].
Henry Booths
Somewhat later, there were 3 contemporary Henry Booths:
Henry, son of Jane & probably GB2 probably born about 1705 died betwween
23/8/1738 & 29/11/1739. Wife Mary Bonny. Seems to be referred to as jnr
Henry, son of Henry & Mary
(Bonny), b 1735.
Henry, millwright of St C, son of Thomas, millwright of St
Catherine, son of GB2 Prob b abt 1700, Died between 11/1742 & 6/1743, this
must be snr. While he was of a later generation than Henry son of Jane, his
father Thomas was probably the son of GB2’s first wife. Thomas’s first born son
could easily have been born before Thomas’s youngest brother, born after GB2’s
death.
Booth Time line
1665: Capt George Booth granted 1200A St Jago by Cartwheel Savanna, Clarendon.
This land partitioned between 4
sons in 1713, George, John, Simon & Thomas.
¼ to son Simon sold to Francis Scarlett 53/229-264 25/5/1717
¼ to son John. John sold ½ in 1717 to George Brooks[41]. Other ½ to John Bodle
1718 58/45.
George & Thomas retained their share after 1720.
1670: Deed, George Booth esq buys 100 acres at Withywood
from John Hill on the Clarks. (GB1)
1672: Capt George Booth granted 140 acres Savannah land in Clarendon.
1674: Capt George Booth granted 187 acres in 2 plots, Clarendon. Adjoins 1665.
1677: Frances Booth will, wife of GB1.
1676-8: George Booth 1 will, Inv dated 8/2/1679.
1678: George Booth & wife Mary sold small plot to Elizabeth Crosse: “GB2”.
1678: George Booth jnr as admon to Margery Booth, buys small plot of land
similar to Elizabeth Cross’s. Ent 1686.
1678: Benjamin Booth & Jane Boulton married.
1678: Benjamin Booth & Nicholas Boulton re land use & partnership, re
marriage.
1679: Benjamin Booth & widow Boulton deed.
1679: George Booth 1 Inventory.
1683: Grants:
GB Snr 300 acres in Clarendon, N
of Poris Mountain.
GB jnr 500 acres on Pinders River area?
This land went to GB jnr’s sons:
son George sold his 1/3 1718[42].
Wife Jane’s ¼??
Ben B 419 acres Clarendon, 3
plots – 340, 60 & 19 N of Poris Mtn.
1684: Benjamin Booth granted 800 acres Clarendon.
1686: GB jnr buys land from Cornelius Adams ref Margery Booth.
1686: George Booth snr buys 67 acres from Robert Varney (plat copied) in Vere,
under Brazilatto Mountains.
1686: Benjamin Booth will & inventory, planter of Clarendon, son of GB1
1686: George Booth snr borrows £100 from John Ashley secured on 16¾ acres.
1686: George Booth jnr buys 20 acres from John Downer. Vere, Braziletto mtns.
1686: George Booth jnr buys 584 acres from Wellicott.
1687: George Booth jnr buys 5 acres from Peter Stiles.
1687: George Booth (snr) lets 16 acres in Withywood to Daniel Smith, similar to
Ashley deed.
1687: George Booth jnr buys 17.5 acres from Stephen Jackson, pat to John Pusey.
1687: George Booth jnr buys 26 acres from Henry Beck. Plat to Elizabeth Wright.
1687: George Booth buys 40 acres in Vere from Hugh Gardiner.
1687: GB jnr admon to Margery Booth snr
1687: George Booth jnr buys 584 acres from Francis Wallascott in Vere.
FW adjoins Elizabeth Wright’s 26
acres. 18/172.
GB3 sold 98 acres of his share to Jane & Henry Booth, 1714.
1687: George Booth snr patent & plat for 20 & 3
acres in Vere & Clarendon on Henry Vizard et al.
Inherited by 4 sons.
1/2 seems to have gone to son John Booth. 1717 JB sold to George Brooks.
1688: George Booth snr partnership with Thomas Bull for 7
years.
1689: George Booth patented 5 acres in Clarendon, part of Downer land, and sold
it soon after.
1691: Will of Thomas Rodon of Clarendon
1694: Capt George Booth will, of Vere.
1697: Mr George Booth snr granted 23 acres Vere.
1702/5: George Booth will, son of “GB1”
1702: Aaron Vodry will, prob husband of Eliza of GB2.
1702: Benjamin & Thomas Booth let 12 acres St Jago Savanna to Campbell.
1703: Mr George Booth granted 300 acres, Vere, Camps Savanna. Prob “GB2”.
1707: George Booth will, millwright of Vere.
1707: will of Thomas Sutton
1709: An act for confirming a sale made by Jane Booth to Joseph Dunston.
1709: Cary Bodel & Jane sale of land ref Elizabeth (Booth) Bodle.
1709: Thomas Sutton will
1709: Act to split Varney land in Withywood – GB2 may have had some.
1710: Thomas Booth & Jeremiah Downer re Varney land.
1711: Thomas Booth will & inventory, of St Elizabeth.
1711: Thomas Sutton will re Judith Booth, dau of GB1.
1712: John Booth sold land to George & Henry Downer.
1712: George & Rebecca Booth sold land to Robert Cargill.
1712: Benjamin Booth lets land to Andrew Wright.
1713: GB3 sold land to Peter Gravett
1713: GB3 sold land to Robert Cargill.
1714: writs against George Booth – probably “GB3”.
1714: writs against John Booth – probably son of Capt GB.
1714: Branker Booth sold land at Milk River.
1714: John Booth & Thomas Booth snr share agreement
1714: Thomas Booth mortgage on slaves.
1714: George Booth & Rebecca sold land to Peter Gravett.
1714: George Booth gives Peter Gravett a mortgage on land.
1714: Jane Booth lets slaves & stock to son Henry Booth.
1714: Henry Booth (GB2) & mother jane buy land from GB3.
1714: George Booth to Jane Booth re land in 18/172 above.
1715: Benjamin Booth will, of Vere.
1715: Thomas Booth (TB,GB2) lets land to Thomas Saunderson
1715: Jane & Henry granted 40 acres, Vere.
1716: Cary Bodle mortgages slaves & stock.
1716: George Booth sold to Jonathan Facey 22.75 acres of inherited land.
Not part of the Pinders River
land.
1717: John Booth, son of Capt, sold ½ of 300A to George
Brooks.
1717: John Booth & G&H Downer re legacies to GB minor 11½ acres. &
12½A.
1717: John Booth & Jasper Handasyd re JH’s wife’s land.
1717: Thomas Booth sold 80 acres St Elizabeth
1717: Simon & Rebecca Booth sold some of Capt GB’s land
1718: George Booth sold to Robert Fisher 1/3 of Pinders River land.
1718: Cary & Jane Bodle mortgage on estate in Clarendon.
1718: Thomas Booth (TB,GB2) sold 5.5 acres in Clarendon.
1718: John Booth sold ½ of Capt GB land to John Bodle.
1720: Branker Booth patented 250 acres in St Elizabeth.
1720: Mary Booth, widow of Kingston sold slaves.
1722: Simon Booth (GB2) sold land in Camps Savanna to Thomas Manning.
1722: Simon Booth (GB2) joint with Nat Shen.
1722: Simon Booth (GB2) buys Clarendon land from Thomas Sanderson.
1722/4: Samuel Booth (GB2) buys land from Downers re Facey 1717 deal.
1722: Benjamin Booth Inventory – who was this?
1723: Samuel Booth (GB2) mortgage with John Fisher, slaves & stock.
1723: Samuel Booth (GB2) sold 230 acres landing Vere to Jeremiah Downer.
1723: John Booth will, of Clarendon.
1724: Simon Booth (GB2) buys Salt Savanna Land from John Ashby.
1724: Samuel Booth (GB2) sold 100 acres to Thomas Taylby, Pindars River.
1725: George Vodry, son of Eliza (GB2) buys slaves from the Booths &
Fishers.
1726: Kemble Booth patented 200 acres in St Elizabeth.
1727: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) buys Vere land from Thomas Samderson.
1727: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) buys Kingston land from Charles Long
1726/7: Simon Booth (GB2) buys 116 acres from Sanderson at Salt Savanna.
1728: Henry Booth jnr (GB2) buys Vere land from Thomas Vyse.
1728: Branker Booth will
1725-9: Thomas Booth will, of St Catherine Millwright.
1729: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) sold negro to William Dixey
1729: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) sold Vere land to Phillip Roberts.
1730: George Booth (3) to Jeremiah Downer – deed not available
1730: George & Catherine Booth of Vere to Richard Goulbourn sold land
1730: Simon Booth (GB2) buys McCary Bay land from Elizabeth Sutton (deed n/a).
1731: Simon Booth (GB2) ref land in McCary Bay.
1731: Benjamin Booth (TB,GB2) sold negroes.
1731: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) sold Kingston land to Marth Chaddock.
1733: Samuel Booth will.
1734: George Booth will, of St Catherine, joiner – unknown.
1737: Henry Booth jnr buys land in trust from John Read.
1738: Henry Booth jnr (GB2) land transaction with Jane.
1739: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) buys negores from Abraham Delon.
1738-9: Henry Booth (GB2) will.
1739: Mary Booth will, wife of Thomas 1729.
1739: Henry Booth will, of Vere, planter. Son of George 1705.
1740: Sale of land at Teak Pen, now part of Denbigh
1740: Mary (Booth) Jackson dead – deeds sorting estate with her brothers.
1740: George Booth patented to plots of 300 acres in N of St Elizabeth.
1741: Simon Booth (GB2) sold Salt Savanna land to Ennis Read (re Sanderson 26)
1741: Henry Booth sold land to Thomas Roberts (Downer land).
1741: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) rents milk Savanna land from Rachel Priddie.
1742-3: Henry Booth (TB,GB2) sold Downer land to Charles Pescod.
1743: Henry Booth will, of St Catherine, millwright, son of Thomas 1729.
1744: Thomas Booth (TB,GB2) of St Catherine mortgages land in St Jago.
1744: George & Samuel G Booth buy land from Mary Dixey for 5/-.
1744: will of Aaron Vodry.
1745: Simon Booth buys 20 A on McCary Bay from John Martin.
1745: Sarah (Booth) Fisher in action re father’s estate.
1747: Thomas Booth will (TB,GB2).
1751: Samuel Gravett Booth (SamB,GB2) marries Milborough
Gravett.
1751: Peter Gravett Booth (HB,TB,GB2) sold 100 A in Vere to Edward Bathurst.
1752: Peter Gravett Booth (HB,TB,GB2) sold negor to John Chambers.
1754: Simon Booth (GB2) buys land from Dan Clark.
1754: Simon Booth snr sold 318 Acres McCary Bay to John Pusey.
1754: Rebecca Booth will, of Vere, widow (of Sam B).
1755: Sarah, widow of Henry Booth, gives negro to son Thomas Parker.
1755: SG Booth buys land to Jonathan Gale.
1755: SG Booth sold land to William Eve.
1755: Kemble Booth Will of St James.
1755: Samuel, Simon jnr & Simon min patented 300 acres each in Clarendon.
1756: Samuel Booth (SiB,GB2) sold Bogue land to Edward Goulbourne.
1756: SG Booth sold land Bogue, Vere, to Henry Goulbourne.
1756: Simon Booth jnr (SiB,GB2) sold McCary Bay land to Ennis Read.
1757: SG Booth sold land to Grace Booth, wife of Norwood.
1757: Mumbee will re Mary Booth, wife of Samuel (SiB,GB2).
1759: George & Elizabeth Booth conveyed lands to John Vodry for 1 day.
1759: 1002.5 acres of Benjamin Booths patents bought by Thomas Anderson.
1760: John Gall Will
1760: Samuel Booth (SiB,GB2) died.
1761: Norwood Booth of Vere. – A Richard Norwood was a great Bermuda Surveyor.
1761-2: deeds about John Vodry.
1762: Capt Simon Booth buried.
1764: Simon Booth will, prob son of GB 2.
1765: George Booth snr sold slaves to Henry Ashbourne
1765: Thomas & Judith Booth of St James sold slaves & stock to William
Pight.
1765: John Downer will, wife Elizabeth.
1767: Rebecca Booth (wf Simon, GB2) burial, Vere.
1769: Peter Gravett Booth will, of St Catherine, planter.
1769: George Booth will.
1773-1780: John Gall Booth issue.
1774: Simon Booth jnr (SiB,SiB, SiB, GB2) sold negro to John Francis Burton.
1775: Mary Booth, wife of Samuel (GB2) & George Booth (d 1769) dies.
1775: John Gall Booth buys land from Barrett.
1776: Simon jnr patented 2 plots of 300 acres each St Elizabeth, Martin’s
Mountain. G/s of GB2.
1792: JGB buys 600 acres west of Round Hill.
1795: JGB married Mary Page.
1799: JGB wife buried (Mary Page).
1801: JGB married Elizabeth (Ludford) Farquar.
1807: Thomas Booth of Trelawney, leaves to Booths in Lincolnshire.
Booth Maps & Plats
Estate Maps
Clarendon 188: Teak Pen, Benjamin & George Booth on Thomas River, C290 to
East, (Hayle).
Clarendon 575: Folly Pen, see Word file for full text.
Clarendon 615: Paradise/Yarmouth
Manchester 92: Mile Gully
Manchester 129: The Farm, JG Booth
Manchester 201: Oldbury, prob pre 1787
Manchester 203: Alligator Pond
Manchester 206: Hope & Newark re Swaby sales, aft 1849,
image on Burton's sw of Mandeville
Manchester 248: Windsor Forrest, aft 1824
Manchester 260: – Simon & Samuel Booth 1755 grants
Trelawney 273: George Booth/Salt Savanna 1740
Plats & Patents:
1665: Capt George 1200 A 2-8F63
1672: capt George 140 A Clarendon, 1-4F214-172
1674: Capt George 150+37 A Adjoins 1200A 2-8F64
These 3 are all the same date:
1683: Ben Booth, 340 A Thomas River, N Clarendon, On Clarendon 188 1-9F121.
1683: Geo jnr, 500A Thomas River, 1-9F124.
1683: Geo snr, 300A Thomas River, 1-9F123.
1684: Ben Booth, 800 A, Mammee River, 2-8F39 & 1-10F141
1688: George snr, 20+3 A Vere, 1-11F151 & 2-8F24.
1703: George Booth, 200 A, Vere, Overplus land, Plat 2-34F6 & Pat 14F27.
1715: Jane & Henry, 40A Vere, index only, 1-16F67.
1718: John Booth & William Turner, 500A 16 mile gully, 1-16F231-229.
1740: George Booth 300A St E., Mouth River 1-21F93.
1755: Samuel 300A, Green Pond, St E, 1-26F154 (Green Pond prob at Harmons).
1755: Simon Jnr, 300A, St E, 1-26F155
1755: Simon min, 300A Clarendon, 1-26F156.
The 1755 plats adjoin well with
Sutton & Scott patents held; the postion of the pond and leeward road do
not align well with modern maps. The green pond is assumed to be east of the
present day settlement, in the “depression” marked on the map.
1776: Simon jnr, 2x300A, N of Mandeville, 1-33F121-122.
The new leeward road appears in the later patents: this seems to have gone from
St Jago, Green Pond, Woodstock, Marlborough & Spur Tree. Craskell,
contemporary with these grants, shows the portion of the road west from St Jago
south of the present day road.
Deed Plats:
1754: Simon Booth to Pusey, 158F118.
1758: Peter Booth to Charles Kelsall, 171F19
1757: Thos Booth from Thain, 174F117.
1759: Bayley to Simon Booth, 180F79.
1759: Thomas Anderson buys some ex Booth land in St Jago Savanna 179F121.
1761: George Booth sold 183 acres in 2 lots, McCary Bay, 190F126 & 148.
1762: George Booth re land in Vere
1762: George Booth sold 12 acres 194F37.
1764: Maxwell buys land from Smith, 211F49
1774: JG Booth sold land, Main Savanna 266F138
1775: Sarah Booth rents in St John to son Thomas Parker, 275F44
1776: Andrew Wright to Henry Parker land East of Alley, 278F13
1790: JG Booth land by Alley to JP Hayle, 387F21
1795: Henry Booth re land in St John, 430F131
Landholders – Booth
1670
George Booth 1200
1754
Samuel 129 Vere
Simon snr 316 Vere
Simon jnr 135 Vere
Henry, est of 280 Vere
George St E 600, Clarendon 376, Vere 294 Total 1270
Simon 812 Vere
George jnr 297 Vere
Peter Gravette 6 Vere
Thomas 6 Vere, 80 St D, StiV 166, total 252
Kemble 40 St James
Booth Land
1671: Ogilby shows the 1200 acres in Clarendon to Capt GB.
1684, 1707 & 1747 only show Captain Booths original grant.
1755, Browne shows no Booths.
1763: shows Anderson, Thomas, Metcalf and Theobald as well as a number of Booth
properties.
1763, Craskell: several in the Withywood area.
Booths shown on Craskel, Plate 40
1804: Robertson. Plate 41
Captain George Booth’s family Property:
Captain George had a large grant in Clarendon in 1665 of 1200 acres. His sons
had a number of other properties; his grandson, George (1707-6) became a large
land owner by acquisition and marriage to the right women. The Salt Savanna and
Carlisle estates in southern Vere, east of the Rio Minho were his, and are
described in his section.
AM13/81
“GB1”
George Booth described himself a Gentleman of Clarendon in his will of
1676/8 (probably actually what became Vere) and was the eldest contemporary
George Booth. He had several properties, one of which at St Jago, was a sugar
estate (mill works were shown in his inventory), and some in Vere which were
probably not in sugar as he left his wife some of the rum and sugar from St
Jago. He referred to negroes in Barbados in his will and so was from that
island, probably a planter but maybe a trader as he does not appear on the
Barbados maps or deeds, who saw the opportunities in Jamaica after the 1655
invasion, arriving sometime in the late 1660’s, his first documented appearance
being buying 100 acres at Withywood (Vere) in 1670.
From the the fact that he had grand-children in 1676, his children would
have been born by about 1655, and George by about 1630. He died between July
1676 & December 1677, the dates of his & Frances’s wills. George was
probably married at least twice as his wife at the time of his death, Frances,
refers to George & Benjamin as sons in law in her will; it is not clear if
the other 4 children were by his first wife or Frances, probably the latter.
Frances was probably previously married to Mr Garett as she refers to her
son James Garett in her will (a few Garretts, none relevant appear in the
Barbados records). From a deed[43]
in 1678, (see under son George), George’s first wife might have been Margery.
The reference in GB2’s will to an uncle George may be to a brother of GB1’s
first wife, GB2’s mother. If so, she could have been named Warren. A complete
speculation is that GB1’s first wife was the sister of Captain George, making
the Captain the uncle George of GB2. All the George Booths seem to have been in
close contact.
GB1 left land to Frances and his sons, and their wills show them passing on
the land. Frances Booth refers to her cousin George Booth in her will, and also
a silver spoon to Elizabeth, daughter of George Booth (whose wife was
Elizabeth). This George was probably a Barbados cousin, at least of Frances
Booth and probably George 1, possibly Captain George by then of Jamaica,
although the latter makes no mention of a daughter Elizabeth.
Of his 6 known children, George & Benjamin made their marks: Benjamin,
who owned around 1800 acres when he died rather young, but his sons did not
seem to leave much trace. GB2 also owned over 1000 acres at death and had
numerous children, who in turn left grand children.
Issue of George Booth 1:
1/1. George Booth (G will, s-in-l in F’s will)
1/2. Benjamin Booth (G will, s-in-l in F’s will)
1/3. William Booth – prob died bef 12/1677, father’s will only.
1/4. Ann Booth, married Mr Browne (G only).
1/5. Catherine, m (Philip?) Edmonds, with dau Ealse (G only).
1/6. Dau Sutton – possibly Judith, wife of Thomas Sutton, re Benjamin will.
Grandchildren:
George & William Selby
Sarah Sutton
Ealse Browne
Issue of Francis, not by George:
James Garrett, probably in Barbados
Jane Garrett, married Thomas Roaden
Ann Garrett, married Mr Baldwin, of possibly Elizabeth, with daughter Ann, her
will has conflicting names.
Friends Thomas Sutton & Phillip Edmonds – G Will
Will[44]
Dated 16/7/1676, proved 3/8/1678, of Clarendon
Left his wife Frances his plantation at Withewood of about 100 acres (this is
the land bought from the Hills in 1670) for life: she could leave ½ to
whomsoever she pleased. Also left to her were 4 negroes, 2 women and 2 men as
well as ¼ of his negroes and stock in Jamaica and (specifically) Barbados. She
was also entitled for life to 1000 lbs of sugar (from the Withewood plantation)
and 100 gallons of rum from his plantation at Santiago, assuming that there was
sufficient production at the plantations.
He left all his land in Clarendon, and the 1/2 of Withewood not owned by
Frances to his sons George, Benjamin & William and ¾ of the negroes and
stock in Jamaica and Barbados. This includes savanna land at Withewood Common
(additional to the 100 acres).
He left to daughter Ann Browne one negro, to daughter Catherine Edmonds 2 good
ewes, and to her daughter Ealse a heifer.
To his other grandchildren he left a heifer in calf to George & William
Selby, and to Sarah Sutton a gold ring 20 shillings.
Execs Thomas Sutton & Phillip Edmonds
Inventory
His inventory[45]
of Clarendon, dated 9/2/1679, shown by George Booth administrator, and contains
a good description of his belongings at death and shows him as having a mixed
farm, with stock and sugar and includes livestock & mill equipment,
including coppers and stills, no slaves listed: Total £J421-0-3d (£200K 2015)
45 Horned Beasts young and old att 200/Hd
48 Sheepe young and old at 11 per head
4 Hamkers
1 Stone Jugg
1 Bedstead
2 Boxes on truckell bedstead & one chest
2 Tables and a little truncke
2 Feather Beds, 2 pairs of sheet and a couverled
1 small round box and 3 old bibles
1 Diaper Table Cloath and 12 Napkins
1 Oznabrig Table Cloath & 7 Napkins
2 Pillow cases and 4 Towells
1 Old Blanckitt
6 Stock Lockes @ 2d p lock
7 Pairs of hooks and hinges
3 Chains
6 Joynt Stooles
2 Old Chairs
2 Crosscutt saws
2 Parcels of old Iron
2 Iron Potts
1 Frying pan and one spit
3 Smoothing Irons and one Skillitt
3 pewter platters and Plattes on flagon one Salt
2 pewter basons and two old Chamber potts
2 pailes 3 kayes one Mortor
1 Great Jarre and two little ones
1 Pair of Scales and Stilliards
1 Brass Candlesitck
2 Copper Graters
3 Gunn locks and one hammer
1 Wayne
1 Grindstone
3 mares 3 colts
4 Hourses
24 Hoggs and pigs
4 Coppers one still and Worme and sett of mill works
George Booth 1 Family Property
From his will and a few other sources, GB1 acquired land in several places in
Clarendon & Vere: he seemed to have lived principally in Vere, where he had
several plots, although his St Jago estate may have been substantial.
Withywood/Commons
Withywood Area, Senex 1717. Plate 58
From a mention in his will, George must have acquired some savanna land at
Withywood Common in addition to that he bought from the Hills. This appears in
GB2’s will, Son George describes land bounding on “Commones” in his will; the
Common Savanna is shown in 1717 just on the south side of Pye Corner, in the
area of The Cross, to the East of the Rio Minho. In 1709, an Act specified the
distribution of about 2600 acres of land patented to Robert Varney (1684,
34F79) as common land in Withywood, referred to as common or salt savanna. This
land stretched from West Harbour Bay to Pye Corner. George 1 must have had some
rights over this land. In 1709, the 2600 acres was split into 77 parts of 33½
acres each. It is not clear where this land went to, but it may have been to
his surviving sons, George & Benjamin.
Hill Land
1670[46]:
George Booth 1 (“esq”) bought from John Hill & Hannah his wife for £50
& a cow calf 100 acres in Clarendon at Withywood, E on John Howden? N on
Valentine Mumbee W on Robert Smith, & S & W on Jane Clark. This was the
eastern of 2 plots of land patented by John Hill[47]. The patent, with no plat,
was for 275 acres in two plots, on either side of the plat for Elisha &
Jane Clarke, of 1664[48],
which shows Lt John Hill to the SE & North; the Clarks were on the south
Side of the Rio Mino, Cabuas Savanna (was this a transcription error for Common
Savanna, which was marked on Senex 1715 in the area?). Phelps, on the southern
end of the Clark land, is shown on the early maps somewhere about the Alley. At
this period, this was probably an indigo property.
That for Valentine Mumbee is “near Salt Savanna”. Its southern boundary is
marked as Christopher Horner. The likelihood is that this land was between the
2 plats. Being at Withywood, near the Salt Savanna and on the South side of the
Rio Minho makes it to be on the south side the Ox Bow as on the modern map
extract. The Bochart & Knollis map does not show this ox bow, but it
appears as a complex area on Craskell; while the modern surveys show a simpler
Ox Bow, now cut off.
This land was left to his wife, Frances for life, and then ½ to be disposed
of by her, and the other half to his 3 sons (It is highly probably that son
William died soon after as he is not mentioned in Frances’s will a couple of
years later). She left her half to her son in law, Thomas Roadon.
Therefore GB2 & Benjamin inherited 25 or 16 1/3 acres.
Son George sold 2 small plots of land near Michael’s Hole, east of the Rio
Minho, just south of Alley/Withywood. Several contemporary maps show Michael’s
Hole about where the modern Carlisle Bay settlement is shown. These look to be
dwellings, one to Elizabeth Crosse, on either side of the road and were
probably part of the Hill land.
St Jago
GB1 refers to land in St Jago in his will where he left sugar & rum to
his wife Frances from this estate; however, no sign of this has been found,
either by patent or purchase. This was probably towards the north west in the
St Jago Savanna, somewhere north of and near Captain George Booth’s 1664 grant
of 1200 acres. His son Benjamin was later granted substantial holdings in this
area, maybe to extend holdings inherited from his father. GB1’s probable
grandson, Benjamin, son of Benjamin, leases a small run, 12 acres, of land in
St Jago savanna which was probably part of this, called Booths Clump, but no
other trace has been found of this. In later times, there were St Jago estate
and Pen, owned by David Olyphant. By 1839, the whole St Jago estate was 7239
acres.
Production of sugar might have been about ½ to 1 hogshead (16 cwt) of sugar
per acre, Rum ½ puncheon to a hogshead, a puncheon being 70-100 gallons. Thus
Frances’s amount, 1000 lbs of sugar and 100 gals of rum equated to the
production of no more than 5 acres of sugar. As not all a holding would have
been directly in sugar, this amount could have been produced from a 
plantation
of 20 acres.
Thus it seems that the land left by GB1 in St Jago was not very
substantial: the 100 acres land in Withywood was acquired by purchase from the
Hills, and appears in his will. GB1’s son, Benjamin became a substantial land
owner in the North end of the St Jago Savanna: a 1684 grant bounds southerly in
his own land, probably land he acquire via his wife, but possibly his share of
GB1’s St Jago land. Either way, it is probably that GB1’s land was north of
Captain George’s 1200 acre patent.
His land was left to his sons George, Benjamin & William, the latter
probably dying soon after his father and before his step mother, but there
is little direct evidence of whose ownership it became.
St Jago Area to the north of Captains Booth’s land. Plate 57
Benjamin, son of GB1:
GB1’s son, Benjamin became a substantial land owner in the North end of the
St Jago Savanna: a 1684 grant bounds southerly in his own land, probably land
he acquire via his wife, but possibly his share of GB1’s St Jago land. It was
to north of Captain George’s 1200 acre patent, and can be postioned by Estate
maps 188 & 575.
Sons Benjamin & Thomas let in 1702 12 acres in St Jago Savanna, Booths
Clump, which may have been part of this.
3 Booth pens shown on the SE flank of Camps Hill, with Gravett to the north, a
further Booth pen shown near the coast between the Rion Minho and the Milk
River. The Camps Hill estates look to be about where Paradise Estate is marked
on Robertson.
Frances Booth:
She was the second wife of George and died, from will dates, late 1677,
early 1678. From her will, she had a son and daughter, James Garrett and Jane
Garrett who married Thomas Roaden (Frances’s son-in-law). It is probable that
she also had another daughter, Elizabeth or Ann Baldwin, whose daughter was a
joint heir of the Withewood plantation. She also mentions her cousin, Elizabeth
Crosse, who, as Elizabeth Boulton, married Edmund Crosse in St Catherine, 1st
October, 1669, perhaps she was the sister of Nicholas Boulton, GB2’s brother
Benjamin’s father in law. Elizabeth Crosse was sold land by George 2 & Mary
Booth in 1678. Frances may thus have been a Boulton: her step son Benjamin,
married Jane Boulton. The only mentions of Garrets found are in the will[49] of one Peter Burden/Burton
in 1669 where he leaves a bequest to John Garrett, nothing of them appears in
the St Catherine and St Andrew records; the 1670 census has Edward Garrett
& Mate had 30 Acres in Clarendon, and Edward on his own account, 25 acres.
The Garrett family existed in Barbados in this period, but there is no
obvious connection.
Will 1677/8 of Frances Booth[50],
of Vere widow.
Son James Garett, s-in-l Thomas Roadon & Ann Baldwin dau of Elizabeth
Baldwin Withewood plantation. Also cattle etc now in St Jago to son James
Garett, if he should arrive in Jamaica in indigent condition, give him £10
immediately.
A negro to Thomas Roadon, husband of daughter Jane Roadon.
God daus Milliner Edmonds dau of Philip Edmonds a heifer.
Refers stock in partnership with sons in law George & Benjamin Booth (has
William died??). It appears from this that the plantations continued to run
after George’s death, with his sons & their step mother in partnership.
To two daughters, Jane Roaden & Ann Baldwin, linen etc
Cousin Elizabeth Crosse negro boy
Cousin George Booth (who was this?? – this was often a rather vague term).
To Elizabeth Booth, dau of George Booth, silver spoon, presumably daughter of
her cousin George Booth.
Exec Thomas Roadon & Phillip Edmonds.
There is some confusion in Frances’s will: under the first bequest, Frances
refers to Ann Baldwin, daughter of Elizabeth Baldwin, but later she refers to
her 2 daughters Jane Roaden and Ann Baldwin.
There must have been a transcription error here. Or was Ann a grand daughter?
This may well have been Frances’s son in law:
1691[51]
will of Thomas Rodon of Clarendon, planter, Dau Mary <18, Dau Ann <18,
Dau Frances <18, son James 100 A in Morgans Valley, on William Dawkins &
Rio Minho (on Robertson 1804) Eldest son Thomas Rodon.
No trace of this family on PR – too early.
The Rodons were a big landowning family in Clarendon, St Elizabeth in 1754.
A Thomas & Mary Rodon had 9 children between 1695-1711, including a Jane,
in Clarendon in the 1690’s – a grandson??
Frances’s cousin George Booth may well have been Surveyor George Booth; George
2 refers to his uncle George Booth – these 2 references are probably to the
same person.
Other’s mentioned in F’s will:
Anne Baldwin, dau of Elizabeth Baldwin - No traces of Baldwins.
God dau Millinor Edmonds, dau of Phillip Edmonds
Issue of George Booth
It is probable that most, if not all, were born before arriving in Jamaica as
they appear to be adult by 1676; even if George was in the first landings, he
probably would not have had a wife there much before 1660. They were probably
not by Frances, his wife in Jamaica, but it is assumed that George &
Frances were probably married in Barbados.
His 2 surviving sons left a good paper record. Little has been found so far of
his daughters.
He was a planter of Clarendon and probably born bef 1660 (from his marriage
date) in Barbados. He was a substantial land owner, with aboit 1820 acres, one
estate which was certainly sugar which he acquired by marriage and which
bordered onto a grant to him, although in later years it was called Folly Pen[52].
He married in 1678 Jane Boulton dau of Nicholas & Katherine Boulton.
Died 1686, in his inventory he left Surveying Instruments.
He was the son of George Booth 1st (mother not know – Frances in
George’s will was probably his 2nd wife) – this is the only obvious
Benjamin Booth of the period. Also he had as executors, brother George Booth
and brother Thomas Sutton: George 1 also had Thomas Sutton as executor and
named a grand daughter as Sarah Sutton. This must therefore be the son of GB1.
Thomas was probably his brother-in-law.
From his will, he had 2 sons, but they were not named, unlike his daughter,
Magdalen, but the will[53]
of his mother-in-law, Katherine Boulton, confirmed these 2 brothers as Benjamin
& Thomas, and the name of a second daughter, Elizabeth, the younger of the
2. Katherine herself had 2 further daughters, Elizabeth Burns and Jane Sherlow,
married to Michael Sherlow – was this Jane by a previous husband?
Benjamin & Thomas Booth left wills of an appropriate era: they appear
to have been brothers.
He became a substantial land owner in the North end of the St Jago Savanna:
a 1684 grant bounds southerly in his own land, probably land he acquire via his
wife, but possibly his share of GB1’s St Jago land. It was to north of Captain
George’s 1200 acre patent, and can be postioned by Estate maps 188 & 575.
He Inherited ½ of his father’s land as brother William was probably dead
before step-mother Frances’s will of 1677. This would include about 25 acres in
Withywood and an unknown area elsewhere in St Jago, Clarendon.
His son, Benjamin refers to 2 unidentified runs, (more detail under his
entry) which could have been part of the estate of his grand father, GB1:
1702: 12 acres: Booths Clump in St Jago Savanna & joining on a part of a
parcel of land belonging to Coll Henry Long in Clarendon
6 acres on one side on a pond in said Clump & 6 acres on the other side of
the pond. This could be part of GB1’s St Jago property.
1712: 12¼ acres...Vere, west on John Bosley, North on Francis Moore esq, South
on John Turner a minor. Possibly part of the Hill land.
Benjamin’s major holdings came via a marriage settlement and patents:
Marriage Settlement deeds:
He acquired 600 acres from his father-in-law via marriage settlement at
the north end of the St Jago Savanna and subsequent conveyance from Katherine
after Nicholas’s death.
Nicholas Boulton and Benjamin Booth, both planters of Clarendon made an agreement[54] in 1678:
At the marriage of Benjamin Booth to Nicholas Boulton’s dau Jane Boulton,
Benjamin Booth paid 5/- and Nicholas Boulton gives to Benjamin Booth one moiety
of all his land being 600a and houses stock negroes goods etc and belonging and
half the profits; after the death of Nicholas Boulton & his wife Katherine
Boulton rest goes to Benjamin Booth.
In exchange Benjamin Booth is to cause a good mill house, boiling house, a good
set of Mill Works and Cases, 4 good coppers and 2 good stills within 2 years.
Benjamin Booth to bring into the partnership all his negroes neat cattle &
sheep or what negroes may come from Barbados of his.
Benjamin Booth to pay to:
Anne Lug, dau of Nicholas Boulton in Bristol £200, £100 12 months after
Nicholas & Katherine’s death & 6 months after that date.
Elizabeth Burlton dau of Nicholas Boulton £100 in 5 years
Katherine Burlton ygst dau of Nicholas Boulton £200
Wit inter alia George Booth
Benjamin died in 1686, Nicholas between 1678 and 1679 and Katherine about 1696.
A deed[55]
between Katherine Boulton to Benjamin Booth of 1679 secures Katherine’s share
in the property in the 1678 deed for her life.
Katherine Boulton Widow of Clarendon administrator of Nicholas Boulton gent:
600 acres of Nicholas Boulton’s land North on Rock Mtns W on land not yet run,
S on St Jago Savanna, SE on Col William Ivy to Benjamin Booth
Benjamin Booth to pay £15 annually for 2 years and then £80 to Katherine
Boulton and to allow Katherine Boulton ½ house and goods for life and 1 negro
and make up Katherine Boulton’s flock of sheep to 20 and 1 breeding mare.
This land is shown in a patent to Nicholas Boulton[56] for 500a, undated but
about 1670, with no compass: borders on the “St Auga” Savananah, probably the
St Jago. Another (later) plat for 100 acres was dated 1670-1[57], has Nick Boulton on its
NE flank: the two plats could connect, so it may be the 500 acre one was in
fact the earlier, particularly as these deeds refer to a 600 acre plot. The 500
acre plat shows a house in the SE corner. As Benjaimn’s Folly Pen patent has
“his own land” on its southern boundary, and the shape of that boundary fits
the northern edge of the 500 acres of Boulton land, it can be assumed that the
marriage settlement land marched with Benjamin’s 800 acres.
This land is not marked on the 1684 map, but can be closely positioned by the
marked Ivy holding and a mountain depicted to the north. It is probably only
2-4 miles from Captain George Booth’s original grant.
in 1670, “Widow Bolton” had 100 acres in Clarendon, and Nicholas Bolton 500
acres[58].
This might imply that the 100 acres, which was patented to Mr Nicholas Bolton,
was to the father of the patentee of the 500 acres, Nicholas Bolton.
The fate of this land is not clear, but by 1763, there were a number of owners
marked, but none recognisable, but the estate map 575 implies that Henry Dawkins
acquired at least some of it.
1683 Grant
Benjamin was granted[59]
land in 1683 in Clarendon:
340 acres, Clarendon, E N & W u/s Mountain Land, SE Mr George Booth snr
60 acres Clarendon, S & E on himself, N & W Sir Francis Watson
19 acres Clarendon, W & N on Coll Wm Ivy, S Mr Henry Tennant
The latter 2 plats were damaged, but probably were conjoined: they have not
been located on the ground, but were probably in the north of Clarendon, maybe
Pindars river area.
This grant was made the same date as one to George Booth senior (Capt) and
another to George Booth junior (GB2).
That for GB snr joins the south eastern boundary of the 340 acre plot, and
itself joins John Moore: the probably John Moore grant is North of Porus
Mountain. This is located by the Black, Thomas & Plantain rivers to the
North of Porus by about 6 miles, and a couple of miles south of Frankfield. N18°07’
W77°23’, on Google earth now looks to be mostly unimproved bush.
The 340 acress for Benjamin, the 300 acres for George Booth snr and the 160
acres to John Moore are shown on estate map Clarendon 188, which agrees closely
with the patents (the map is located by the Thomas & Plantain Rivers). The
Booth plats are located on the 1:50000 map as being about 2.5 miles NE of
Williamsfield (on the road from Porus towards Mandeville); the village of
Banana Ground is about on the boundary between the 2 runs. In 2015, it appears
to be well wooded, but with about 50% under cultivation. This land does not
appear in later documents, but the implication of the the post 1751 map is that
Booths were still owners.
Plate 47
The Folly Pen 800 Acre Grant
Benjamin Booth had a further land grant in 1684[60] for 800 acres.
“schituate upon the small mountain” and bounds East & East Northerly upon
unsurveyed land Mr Henry Tennant and the Mamee Gully northerly upon the Little
Mountain and South upon his own land (that inherited from Nicholas
Boulton). This grant has a southern boundary of a similar shape to the
northern boundary of Nicholas Boulton’s 500 acres, which, by this time,
Benjamin had inherited through his wife.
This land appears in an estate plan, Clarendon 575, for Folly Pen in about
1784 (plan damaged at date) where it is described as Benjamin Booth.
The Folly Pen is shown some 3 miles NE of Clarendon Park on Liddell 1888,
but with the Mammee Gully a couple of miles further NE: the estate plan
confirms the Booth Patent to be as shown on the Mammee Gully (the estate plan
seems to be oriented with west up).
The Estate Plan and plats can be positioned with reasonable accuracy over
Folly, to the north east of Clarendon Park, east of Scotts Pass on the main
road from May Pen to Mandeville. The northern part of the Benjamin Booth plat
fits well, but the south eastern corner is uncertain on the Estate Map. The
exact position can be determined with reference to the fork in the road to the
north west of the word “Folly” on the Map. Scaling & rotating to match the
roads around this road junction puts (Osbourn) Store about ½ a mile north of
its modern position. Robertson puts the leeward road to the north of the St
Jago ponds, but the modern road has a long sweep to their south: this looks
like a relatively recent road (20thC). There is little or no visible sign of an
old road to the north of the ponds on Google Earth, but the new road must have
joined the old at about Belle Plain.
Mamee gully does not appear on modern maps. Measuring the areas of the
plats scaled to fit the modern map shows them oversize by about 30% on the
area, 15% linear.
Plate 48
The Estate Map was drawn up for the Hon. John Henckell
(1752-1802, MA Clarendon, Chief Justice 1801) to establish the bounds of Folly
Pen in the late 1780’s: it was then measured at 906 acres. There was
considerable variation between the several patents and the boudaries of a run
of 1002 acres to the south, once owned by Alexander Crawford, but passed to
Henry Dawkins in 1752; much of the Crawford/ Dawkins land was over the Boulton
patents. The major part of Folly covers Benjamin Booth’s 800 acres. By 1811,
Folly was owned by Henry Dawkins with 102 slaves and 156 stock. So at some
stage the Booths must have either sold the patented land or abandoned it, but
there seems little evidence of what happened to it. Later maps only show
Dawkins here, so it may be that Dawkins either bought the ground, or Booths
failed to work it and lost the grant.
in 1754, Henry Dawkins sold about 1000 acres, at least in part, on this
patent to Alexander Crawford, who then sold a portion to Thomas Anderson.
Benjamin’s patents were subsumed under Dawkins’s Folly Pen:
1740[61]:
Robert Palmer of St D, Land in Teak Savanna (part of Denbigh) land 1/2
sold to Edward Bonner & intended wife Mary Robinson, some to Palmer
Robinson, Robert Palmer's grand son, Palmer Robinsons aunt Sarah Wright
inherited and passed to her son John Wright. John Wright sold to Thomas Fearon
Jun.
1754[62]:
Alexander Crawford of Clarendon pract of physic & Henry Dawkins esq of
Clarendon. For J£1000 Alexander Crawford sold to Henry Dawkins 500a of land in
Clarendon some part thereof a sugar plantation or works, N on heirs of Humphrey
Manning, & heirs of John Tredaways dcd and John Shickle esq E on Thomas
Halse patent, S & SE on Coll William Ivy patent.
1759[63]:
Whereas Henry Dawkins esq late of Clarendon on 30/7/1754 conveyed to Alexander
Crawford of Clarendon, practitioner of Physic penn lying in St Jago Savanna
containing 1002.5A part of a larger run patented by Benjamin Booth & also
his undivided 1/2 of 700A patented by Jonathan Ashurst. Now for £300 Alexander
Crawford conveys to Thomas Anderson planter of Clarendon 1/2 of 700A pen land
in St Jago Savanna which he claims NW on John Olyphant esq, E & NE on
Thomas Golding, S on George McKenzie SW on Carvers land patented by John
Whitson, PHOTO 2106 15/9 & Line Drg in wills file. C/f Deed 156/126
Benjamin owned some 1800 acres at the time of his death.
Will[64]
dated 25/6/1686:
Execs brother George Booth & Thomas Sutton (Thomas Sutton also for George
Booth 1st).
He left his estate to his 2 sons living, and the possible 4th child
if a son. To his daughter Magdalen, he left £J400, £J200 at marriage and the
same 4 years later: this reduced to £J300 if the unborn child was a daughter.
Refers to wife Jane.
Inventory[65]
11/1686: £593/3/7½, includes 6 slaves and livestock.
Catherine Boulton, administrator.
This early inventory does not tie in with the owner of 1800 acres, but was
probably only for the immediate domestic area.
A couple of later deeds in 1714
concerning widow Jane Booth and her son Henry could relate to Benjamin’s wife
Jane, but seem more likely to refer to an unrecorded son of George 2 &
Jane. This more fully discussed with George Booth 2’s family.
From his will, he had 2 sons, unnamed, but deduced from deeds and confirmed by
Katherine Boulton’s will:
2/1. Benjamin will of 1714-15. Confrmed by Catherine Boulton’s will.
If these 2 sons were indeed Benjamin & Thomas, then the following 1702 deed
must have been them:
1702 Indenture[66]
between Benjamin Booth & Thomas Booth of Clarendon planters & John
Campbell of Clarendon & his wife Ann. Let 12 acres to John & Ann
Campbell commonly called Booths Clump in St Jago Savanna & joining on a
part of a parcel of land belonging to Coll Henry Long in Clarendon 6 acres on
one side on a pond in said Clump & 6 acres on the other side of the pond.
To hold for the lives of the survivor of John & Ann Campbell. Rent one
Turkey Cock annually.
The original Booth land was in
St Jago Savanna.
1712 Deed[67],
A Benjamin Booth, planter, leased 12¼ acres to Andrew Wright, bricklayer, both
of Vere, west on John Bosley, North on Francis Moore esq, South on John Turner
a minor. £20 pa for 10 years.
Mentions Indigo. This was
probably an ancestor of the Wrights with whom the Booths later married.
From will[68]
of 1715:
Planter of Vere.
To dau Elizabeth Booth 1/3 of personal estate when 18 or married and heirs, to
son George Booth the remainder when 18, to wife Mary if both children die
without heirs.
Execs Joshua Tennant, wife & Thomas Booth snr (probably Thomas Booth whose
will was proved 1729). JT & TB renounced their execs 28/11 & 4/12/1719.
There is an “unattached” inventory[69]
for a Benjamin Booth in 1722, but this seems very late for him: in it there is
a (loan) note from Peter Gravet.
Mary Booth, widow of Kingston,
sold[70]
in 1720 to Sarah Brown dau of Mathias & Rebecca Brown merchant of Kingston,
a negro girl named Kettana branded BB on left shoulder for £16.
Wife Mary
3/1. George Booth (<18 1715).
3/2. Elizabeth Booth (<18 1715).
2/2. Thomas Booth. Confrmed by
Catherine Boulton’s will.
This would fit if 2/1. was indeed Benjamin, who was still alive at this date.
Then cousin Thomas would be our ancestor Thomas, son of George 2nd.
Wife Judith. No trace of the 2 sons in his will.
A will[71]
of 1710/1 of Thomas Booth:
Thomas Booth of St Elizabeth, Planter, sick
to 2 sons now living my whole estate when youngest 18
To brother Benjamin Booth and cousin Thos Booth a mourning ring
Admin by Thos Booth.
Administration 1/35: appoints James Lewis & Judith, widow.
Inventory[72]
of 1711:
Of St Elizabeth
Shown by Lewis Jones & Judith his wife.
Assessed by Lichfield Bennitt & Gose? Gale
£J307-10s
2/3. Dau Magdalen Booth, named in
Benjamin’s will.
2/4. Elizabeth Booth Confrmed by Catherine Boulton’s will.
Wife in child in Benjamin’s will
of 1686.
1/3. William Booth – D 1677?
prob died bef 12/1677, not in
Frances’s will.
1/4. Ann Booth,
married Mr Browne. A speculative
idea that a son Thomas Brown was mentioned in a 1744 land transaction between
the sons of GB3, son of GB2.
1/5. Dau married Mr Selby.
No relevant Selby’s in Jamaica or
Barbados
Issue from grandfather’s will of 1676, so born before then:
2/1. George Selby, a heifer in calf from g/father George Booth’s will.
2/2. William Selby, a heifer in calf from g/father George Booth’s will.
They were left a heifer in calf by grandfather George Booth
1/6. Catherine Booth
Probably born before 1658.
Married Phillip Edmonds (GB’s executor) bef 1676.
She was left 2 good ewes by father.
A Catherine Edmonds bur St Catherine 7/7/1718.
Will of Phillip Edmonds, 1695-6[73]
Planter of Vere
Daughters Alice Shin, Milborough Burrell, Charity, Sarah.
G/ch Milborough Shin, Son Philip Edmonds
Wife Catherine
Philip Edmonds, husband of Catherine Booth, was a joint patentee with Richard
Wright of 60 acres in Vere in 1664.
Philip, son of Philip & Catherine, was a joint patentee with Andrew Wright
in 1703.
Philip Edmonds listed in index
8/280, but not found, possibly a lost page in the original before
transcription.
2/1. Easle (Alice) Edmonds – left one heifer by G/father,
thus born bef 1676. Nathaniel
& Mary Sheen had a son Nathaniel, bapt Clarendon 26/11/1697PR.
3/1. Milborough Shin, from Philips will.
3/2. William Sheen (uncle Philip’s will)
3/3. Elizabeth Sheen (uncle Philip’s will)
2/2. Milborough Edmonds, bur
20/7/1733 Vere
Married Dr John Burrell, exec to
Philip Edmonds will.
3/1. Deborah Burrell b 20/11/1707, ch Vere 26/11/1707
Probably George Burrell, with wife Mary & son, William Edmonds ch Vere
15/5/1735 & dau Deborah b 17370323 ch Vere 17371022.
Also Deborah Burrell & William Green 199/177 1763 Sale negroes - damaged
pages.
2/3. Charity Edmonds
2/4. Sarah Edmonds
From Debrets:
Probably married Charles Price, son of Francis Price who came over with Penn
& Venables. Charles Price became the owner of Rose Hall in St Thomas in the
Vale.
FRANCIS PRICE, of Wales, is said to have gone out to Jamaica, a capt. in the
army under Penn and Venables, which first reduced that island under English
sovereignty 1655. He settled in Jamaica, and left a da., Mary, m. Thomas Rose,
of Rose Hall, and three sons, Francis, Thomas, and
CHARLES, b. 1676, Sarah, da. of
Philip Edmunds, of Jamaica, and had issue,
3/1. Francis, d, In England young.
3/2. Sir Charles, many years speaker of the house of assembly,
on his resignation of which office,
1763, his eldest son was immediately and unanimously elected in his stead. He
was created a brt. 7 Oct. 1768 m. Maria Sharp, and d. 21 July 1772, leaving
issue
4/1. Sir CHARLES, 2d bart., speaker of the house of assembly,
m. Elizabeth, widow of John
Woodcock, but d. s. p. 1788, when the baronetcy became extinct.
4/2. Rose, d. an Infant.
4/3. John, d unm.
4/4. Rose, m. Lydia Fagan, but d. s. p.
4/5. Sarah.
3/3. Thomas, m. Anne Moor, but
d. s. p.
3/4. JOHN, 4th son of Charles Price, m. 22 Jan. 1736, Margaret,
da. of Henry Badcock, of
Penzance, by whom (who d. 8 Oct. 1765) he had an only son,
4/1. JOHN, b. 25 June 1738, m., 30 Aug. 1764, Elizabeth,
da. of John Brammar, of St.
John’s, Jamaica, and d. at Penzance, 3 Jan. 1797, having had issue,
5/1. Charles-Godolphin, b. June 1765, d. an infant, and
5/2. Sir ROSE, created a bart. as above.
2/5. Philip Edmonds: will[74] of 1710, of Vere. Wife
Esther.
He had purchased an estate at
McCary Bay from Heny Vizard and his wife. His wife was pregnant at the date of
the will, but there is no record of any child by her.
Legacies to cousins William
& Elizabeth Sheen – they were probably children of his sister, Alice
(Edmonds) Shin
3/1. Catherine Edmonds b aft 1694 father’s will.
3/2. Philip Edmonds, son of Philip Edmonds, ch Vere 21/5/1708PR
Philip Edmonds married Mary Barrett,
22/8/1734, both of St Catherine.
Son of Philip & Mary Edmonds:
4/1. John Turner Edmonds St Catherine 11/7/1736PR
DNB:
PRICE, Sir CHARLES (1708–1772), speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica,
sometimes called the ‘Jamaica patriot,’ was born on 20 Aug. 1708, probably in
the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica. His father was Colonel Charles Price; his
mother Sarah was daughter of Philip Edmunds; his grandfather had settled in
Jamaica immediately after its conquest by England in 1658. He was sent to
England, resided for a time at Trinity College, Oxford, whence he matriculated
in October 1724, made the ‘grand tour,’ and returned to Jamaica in January
1730. On 23 May 1730 his father died, and he succeeded to the estates. At the
same time he became an officer of the militia.
On 13 March 1732 Price was elected to the Jamaica assembly; on 17 April 1745 he
was voted to the chair during the illness of the speaker, and a year later
became speaker. During his long term of office many collisions occurred between
the assembly and the executive [see Knowles, Sir Charles; Moore, Sir Henry]. By
his attitude throughout, Price excited the admiration of his countrymen. Three
times the house solemnly thanked him for his services—first, on 3 Aug. 1748,
then on 19 Dec. 1760, and again when, owing to ill-health, he retired on 11
Oct. 1763; on each occasion it voted him a piece of plate. Price also at
different times acted as a judge of the supreme court, and as the custos of St.
Catherine, and became major-general of all the island militia forces. On his
beautiful estates, Decoy Penn, Rose Hall (which was the finest of the old
Jamaica houses), and Worthy Park, he spent most of his later years; many plants
and animals of other countries were naturalised in the grounds. The Charley
Price rat takes its name from him (Gosse, Naturalist in Jamaica).
On 7 Oct. 1768 Price was made a baronet of Rose Hall, Jamaica. On 26 July 1772
he died, and was buried at the Decoy, where a verse epitaph records his
patriotism. He married Mary Sharpe. Their son, Sir Charles Price (1732–1788),
matriculated from Trinity College, Oxford, May 1752, and subsequently took part
in public life in Jamaica, becoming an officer of militia, and ultimately major-general.
He first sat in the assembly in 1753, and on the resignation of his father,
being at the time his colleague in the representation of St. Mary's, he was
selected as speaker of the assembly (11 Oct. 1763); in the next assembly he was
member for St. Catherine's, and was again chosen speaker on 5 March 1765; and
on 13 Aug. 1765, after a new election. On this occasion a crisis was brought
about by his refusal to apply to Governor William Henry Lyttelton [q. v.] for
the usual privileges, and within three days the assembly was dissolved; he was
chosen speaker once again on 23 Oct. 1770, and held the post till 31 Oct. 1775,
when he was relieved of it at his own request, and left Jamaica for England for
four years. He returned to Jamaica in 1779, and died at Spanish Town 18 Oct.
1788. Price married Elizabeth Hannah (d. 1771), daughter of John Guy, of
Berkshire House, chief justice of Jamaica, and widow of John Woodcock, but left
no issue.
1/7. Judith Booth
Prob born bef 1658 in Barbados.
She was not mentioned by name in her father’s will of 1676, but a
grand-daughter Sarah Sutton was.
There is some indication from Thomas Sutton’s will that Judith may not have
been Sutton’s 1st wife; she may also have been married before, with a daughter
Elizabeth (possibly Moore), who married Edward Pennant (see Pennant family
paragraph 11.7), to become Thomas Sutton’s daughter in law.
Married Thomas Sutton (Benjamin & George’s executor and called “brother” in
Benjamin’s will of 1686) – daughter Booth is not referred to by name, but
called Judith in Thomas Sutton’s will of 1707, in which he also mentions a
daughter Sarah, who is mentioned in Booth wills, which makes this Thomas the
most likely individual.
This Thomas Sutton, born about 1639, may have been in Barbados and a brother of
John Sutton who died in Barbados in 1664, and, from his descendants ages, would
have been born 1630-40. A descent from John Sutton is to be found in the Wills
Volume.
That makes John Sutton, to whom he was attorney in Jamaica, his nephew and
Mary, wife of Henry Tennant his niece.
More on Thomas Sutton paragraph 10.6
Issue from Thomas’s Will:
2/1. Sarah Sutton,
Left a 20/- gold ring in
g/father George Booth’s will born bef 1676. Married Mitlethwaite.
2/2. John Sutton.
John Sutton married Eleanor
Hewitt, Clarendon, 5/11/1708.
Issue of John & Eleanor Sutton:
3/1. Thomas Sutton, 17/9/1711, St Catherine
3/2. John Sutton no PR – Vere missing much of this period.
MI Jamaica: Vere, In memory of
John Sutton, son of John Sutton esq, of this Parish ... he was cut off in the
flower of his age, by the violence of a fever, 23 August, anno 1745.
Noted “He was the grandson of Col Thomas Sutton...”
3/3. Elizabeth Sutton ch
28/7/1720, Vere.
2/3. Anna Sutton, married Mr
Cadwell.
AM12/41
“GB2, GB jnr”
GB2 was, like his father and brother, a planter in Clarendon. Like his
father, he would have had some sugar production, and, like many owners, had
some penland. He would have inherited some of the St Jago land from his father,
a sugar estate. His patent in 1683 on the Pindars River in northern Clarendon
was potentially a good sugar area, with the river for water and, later, power. He
had 2 children by his first wife and a further 5 by his 2nd: these
children left long lines of descendants.
He was generally referred to as junior in deeds, at least until after the
death of Captain George, who was called senior in later life, this is
explicitly confirmed in a deed of 1719[75]
when the Captain’s sons, John & Simon, sold land in Clarendon granted to
George senior. Although not related directly to the Captain, GB2 and Captain
George were probably of similar age, with GB2 being the younger, the Captain
being born between 1635-50.
He was would have been born about 1650-1660 in Barbados and died about 1704:
from the ages of her children, Eliza, his daughter, was probably born before
1680 so he would have been married 1st to Mary in the 1670’s. He was the son of
George Booth (GB1) and his probable first wife. As with other families in Vere
in this period, the detail will have been affected by the parish records
between 1720-30 are missing.
He inherited about 25 acres in Withywood and an unknown area elsewhere in
Clarendon as his share his father’s estate, probably near Capt Booth’s land in
St Jago. He bought 20 acres of land from the Downers, which he left to his son,
Thomas. He later purchased a small plot of Osborne land, which he left to
Eliza. The curious thing is that GB1 had a sugar estate at St Jago in Clarendon
but there is no sign of where it went.
In later life, he had 2 main estates, one, by patent, of 500 acres on the
north bank of the Pindars River in northern Clarendon, the other, by purchase
of about 584 acres on Camp Savannah, midway between the Milk & Minho
rivers. He also had several other, smaller plots, acquired either by purchase
or inheritance.
The home of George Booth elder dcd was in Vere, S on John Harris dcd &
Thomas Wait dcd, E on John Benson N on William Booth dcd & W on Jonathan
Facey (from a sale deed by his daughter, Sarah
Fisher in 1745[76]
- see later in this volume). The deed also makes it clear that GB2’s son
William died before the age of 21 so that his estate was shared between sons
Samuel, Simon and George, and perhaps a Henry.
He married 1st, Mary Downer who died abt 1690, perhaps earlier.
The “rest & residue” in his will left to the other sons implied that Thomas
& Eliza were not the children of Jane, his wife when he died. They were
over 21 in George’s will, and Eliza was married by then. The last mention of
George & Mary Booth was in August 1689.
Mary was probably Downer, of Robert[77] & Dyana Downer and sister
of John, as indicated by a deed where the Downers sold to George some land “for
love of their sister” in 1686. It is possible that sale of the land by the
Downers was to regularise GB2’s holding after Mary’s death: this would tie in
with the Margery Booth/Cross deeds being in fact also a post mortem conveyance.
The identity of his second wife, Jane is unknown, but to have had 5
children by her by 1702, he must have married her soon after 1686 and she would
have been born no later than 1670; she went on to live a long life, and was
still alive when her youngest son, Henry made his will in 1738 (calling her his
honoured mother), having figured in several transactions with him.
Issue by Mary Downer:
1. Thomas Booth, Died abt 1725, our ancestor
2. Eliza Booth (b bef 1681) M Vodry
Issue by Jane:
3. George Booth (GB3)
4. Samuel Booth (D 1733)
5. Simon Booth (D bef 1764)
6. William Booth (D bef 1714)
7. Sarah Booth, M Fisher.
8. Henry Booth – not in GB’s will, but probably born after the drafting of
George’s will, inferred from later deeds between GB3, Jane & Henry Booth,
& Samuel Booth 3 will.
It is inferred that he was the George Booth “jnr” in deeds & patents in
the 1680’s, in particular a 1683 patent, land which appears in his will: this
only fits if he was junior to Captain George Booth. A much later transction by
Andrew Wright in the 1770’s includes land bought in the Wallascott & Cobb
patent.
It is assumed that he was the eldest surviving son of
George Booth 1st of Barbados & Vere by elimination of the other
George Booths, his deduced age and the land reference in deeds to Elizabeth
Crosse, who appears in Frances Booth’s will. This was probably land from his
father’s purchase from the Hills.
A further confirmation of this is a deed in 1741 where Henry Booth, grand
son of George Booth sold land given to George Booth jnr & Mary by
the Downers, 24¾ acres in 1686.
He mentions in his will “my uncle George...his grandmother Mrs Jane Warren”
(his will and deed 51/111, definitely correct transcription!); the Uncle’s
family name is not specified in either document however. This Uncle George
might have been a brother of his mother Jane. There is no mention of any
relevant Jane Warrens in Barbados, although a family of that name appears
there.
Will[78]
dated 1702, proved 1705. Planter of Vere.
Bequests:
To son Thomas: 20 acres in Wilkwood: E on Richd Muie, S S&W on Mr Thomas
Roberts & N on Rodger Jacks; also a “shill” & full barr to estate. (deed
17/206 from the Downers).
to Dau Eliza Vodry: 19 ¾ acres in Mccary Bay in Vere, E on William Beck, N on
Richard Schofield & Wm Ibent, W on George Lee, S on Jno Crop.
To wife Jane ¼ of land at Camps Savannah or Bay of McCary (Camps Savanna on
West bank of Rio Minho) bounding on Wm Beck Raines Waite esq Mr Jno Harris
Mr Jno Ashley Sr Thomas Lynch & Commoners abt 500 acres together with ¼ of
500 acres in Clarendon Greaze? Ridge W on Mr Jno Moore & sother upon
Pinders River East on Capt Rule and N on unsurveyed (Pat 1-9/125 & 119
refer). (John Moore has land at Greazy Ridge, which fits).
To Jane negroes, horse & other domestic items
To Jane 100 acres for her to sell if needed S on Mr Ashly, N on Sir Thomas
Lynch and rest on my land.
Remainder in Clarendon & Vere except “one negro boy names Essex which was
given to my Uncle George by his grand mother Mrs Jane ??? (Warren)” to sons
George Samuel Simon and Wiliam when 21. If they all die, to Jane, if she dies,
to Thomas & Eliza.
To Daughter Sarah when 15, £200, £50 from each of sons.
5 children to be brought up on plantation charge.
Son George & Wife Jane as Execs.
Land Transactions:
In summary:
1. 20 acres from John Downer in 1686.
2. Land bought in Vere between the Milk River and Rio Minho.
3. 500 acres granted in northern Clarendon
4. Land bought from John Pusey in Vere, west of Salt Savanna.
5. Several small transactions in Withywood.
6. Land inherited from his father.
His eldest son, Thomas, did not inherit any land from his father except for
the 20 acres in Withywood which came via Thomas’s mother, Mary Downer. This is
born out by him moving to St Thomas in the Vale. The Downers also had land near
Hilliards in addition to some in Salt Savanna.
His sons by Jane, particularly Simon and, to a lesser extent, Samuel,
recorded quite a number of land transactions. Most of the land left by him in
addition to the Pindars River grant, was in the area of Camps Savanna and
McCary Bary, between The Milk River and the Rio Minho. Most, if not all, seems
to have been sold by his sons by Jane who ultimately moved up to the Green Pond
area north of the Carenter’s mountains.
The land sales by his sons are for some rather odd areas, with fractions of
acres; the arithmetic is complicated by ¼ being left to his wife Jane and the
remainder being split between his 3 surviving sons by her. It is difficult to
see exactly what plots are involved. The identification is complicated by
probable neighbour changes, or later grants on land shown as unsurveyed on the
Booth plats. Resurveys may have come up with changed areas of the various
plots. A number of transactions between Jane and Henry and her other sons seem
to involve splitting up the inheritances from George to the three named in his
will to give Henry a share.
The land left to Eliza is unidentified – perhaps it is part of the
unidentified land left to George by his father, George Booth 1.
George Booth acquired a number of parcels of land:
1. 20 acres from the Downers.
This parcel was given to GB2 by his brother in law John Downer in 1686, and
passed to son Thomas, and to his son Henry who eventually in 1741 sold it to
Thomas Roberts for J£300[79]
(£135K 2015) in a deed which gave the history of the land. It was under
the Brazilatto mountains.
It is possible that sale of the land by the Downers was to regularise GB2’s
holding after Mary’s death:
1686 Deed[80]
John & Rebecca Downer sold 20 acres to George jnr “for love of their sister
Mary, wf of George Booth jnr” under Braziletto Mtns. (a later deed 110/62 in
1741 refers to this as 24¾ acres), bounded E on Richard Mare jnr, W on sd John
Downer, Phillip Roberts N on George Kirkoff. This land may have been part of
that patented[81]
by Robert Downer in 1664, and 60 acres of which was inherited by John Downer;
this patent was shared with Philip Roberts and was on the Callavas Savannah,
not found on maps but from 2 patents can be located to the west of the Salt
Savannah.
This passed to son Thomas, and to his son Henry who eventually in 1741 sold it
to Thomas Roberts for J£300[82]
(£135K 2015).
2. Beck Land
In 1687[83]
George Booth (jnr of Vere) bought from Henry Beck for £50 26 acres patented[84] to Elizabeth Wright (&
2nd plot of 39 acres), which was sold in 1677 to Henry Beck. This
parcel seems to have been on the eastern boundary of the land bought from
Wellicot.
Plat to EW: N on the Common, E & S John Derunt, W Francis Wellicot & Mr
Fenick.
3. 584 acres bought from Francis Wallascott.
Wallascott spellings vary: this is the patent spelling.
Deducing from an indenture in 1745 by Sarah Fisher, his daughter, this
plantation was George’s residence.
26½ acres of this patent appears in a conveyance of 1772 where Andrew
Wright was breaking an entail – it is not immediately apparent if Andrew’s
land, inherited from his father, was originally Booth land via Andrew’s mother,
or a separate acquisiton.
In May 1687[85],
Francis Wallascott sold 584 acres for £J650 to George Booth jnr, part of 814
acres granted[86]
in 1674 to Henry Cobb & Francis Wallascott in Clarendon (this part of which
later became Vere). In the text patent it bounded: W Dr Hilliard, S&E Mr
Fenwick, N John Atkins, in the deed, it was N on Sir Thomas Lynch, E&S on
Mr Fenwick, W Doc Henry Hilliard, and in George’s will, it bounded on Wm Beck
Raines Waite esq Mr Jno Harris Mr Jno Ashley Sr Thomas Lynch & Commoners. The
Wallascott land must have been to the East of this, south or south west of
Camps Hill. Craskel, 1763, has a Booth in about the right postion for the
remainder of this land. Several Booths are shown in Vere on 1763 Craskell, this
one was probably the westernmost property (Plate 40). 
In 1703[87],
“Mr George Booth, planter”, was granted 200 acres of “over plus land”
surrounded by his own land, in Camps Savanna, to the west of the Rio Minho; the
implication of this grant is that the whole holding in Camps Savanna was
significantly greater than 200 acres. This must be GB2 as Capt GB was by this
time dead. Over-plus land was land which was occupied by a grantee whose grant
may have extended over previously patented, but unused land. The “over plus”
grant secured the title to the occupier, although the original grantee might
still make a reasonable claim for compensation.
These areas were, and still are, good sugar land.
Some of this land must have been that which his grandson Benjamin leased to
Andrew Wright in 1712.
The land was left ¼ (146 acres) to his wife, Jane, and the remainder to his
surviving sons (3).
Son George disposed of most of this, some via deeds to Jane Booth & her son
Henry (his mother and younger brother):
1713: writ of partition in the supreme court splitting the land between the
brothers.
1713: George 3 sold 59¾ acres to Peter Gravett.
1714: George 3 sold 2 plots, totalling 97¾ acres to Jane & Henry Booth.
1723: Samuel sold 230 ¼ acres, adjoining Simon & William Booth.
1707[88]:
Jane sold 100 acres of this land, as permitted by George’s will, to Joseph
Dunston. It seems then to have passed, at least in part to descendants of
Andrew Wright (d 1712), probably by marriage to a daughter of the Dunston
house. Se under Andrew’s section.
Thus:
1761[89]:
Joseph Wright & Elizabeth (probably son of Robert) planter of Vere
for £65 from Henry Beal planter of Vere ..sold that parcel of land being part
of 100A sold by Jane Booth to Joseph Dunston near Kemps Savanna cont 27 ½ a E
on former Henry Lord now heirs of Thomas Alpress S on heirs of Joseph Dunston,
W on called Hilliards now in the possession of Edward Maxwell
1766[90]:
Cornelius Peter Christian & his wife Elizabeth White, planter of Vere for
J£50 from Henry Beal planter of Vere land in Bay McCary 5A being part of 100A
from Jane Booth to Joseph Dunston N on Kings Rd, E on Thomas Hercey Barratt
& John Gall Booth. S on Henry Beal & Simon Booth W on John Rodon. (Cornelius
was a land partner with Robert Wright).
1775[91]
Andrew & Mary Wright of Vere, millwright, for £55 from Henry Beal of Vere
planter, 27½ acres part of 100 acres in Kemps Savanna sold by Jane Booth to
Joseph Dunston E on Thomas Hercey Barrett, W John Rodon, S & N on Henry
Beal.
The Wallascott patent has no plat, and Henry Hilliard’s grants are
difficult to postion with any precision, the orientation does not seem to work.
The 1664 grant shows the flank of the Round Hill in an appropriate position, but
the 1668 grant has the Leeward road to Alligator Pond north of the Milk River,
which is difficult to achiev, particularly with the 1664 grant on the eastern
flank of the Hill.
Dr Henry Hilliard was granted 368 in 1664 acres on the Eastern flank of the
Round Hill, bordering on the Main Savanna. The main savannah is between the
Vere & Milk Rivers; on modern maps, the Main Savanna gully is an easterly
branch of the Baldwin River, between the Milk River & Rio Minho. The plat
shows what might be rivers, but does not name them. Ogilby 1670 shows Hilliard
on a road on the East bank of the Milk Savanna River. Henry Hilliard also was
granted 1300 acres on the Milk River & Macary Bay in 1668: in the 1670
census, Hilliard had 1668 acres, exactly correct. These patents probably
joined: the early one included the junction between the 2 rivers, un-named, but
possibly the Milk and Vere (later Hilliard’s) Rivers. The later one had the
Milk river running through the plat, the orientation of which looks certainly
to be incorrect, and was probably immediately south of the 1664 plat. Lands
bordering the East of these would be on Camps Savanna & Macary Bay. If the
1668 plat is rotated so that the milk river and the road past the Round Hill
are roughly correct, the boundary on the Sea becomes impossible. The early maps
show a road along the shore, south of the Round Hill, which goes further to tie
down these patents.
A conveyance between Simon Booth, the
younger, and Edward Maxwell in 1759, indicates that some Hilliard land was then
owned by Maxwell and had a long bondary NE/SW ending in the sea. A proposition
is that the plat for 1668 is incorrectly oriented and annotated: if rotated
about 90º, it then fits the milk river and the sea was on the then southern
most border, giving a boundary that fits the Booth/Maxwell deed.
Hilliard appears in the SE central area of Barbados in 1657.
Elizabeth Wright plat 39 acres bounds on Fenwick. Capt
George Booth mortgaged land on John Ashley in 1686.
Deduced from an indenture in 1745 by Sarah Fisher, his daughter, this
plantation was George’s residence.
4. 500 acres granted to him at Greazy Ridge, Pindars
River.
The patent[92]
in 1682-3 refers to him as George Booth jnr – this is confirmed by the 500a of
land concerned appearing is his will.
S Unsurveyed River(?) Land (Pinders River from later deeds), E Hammand Rules, N
Unsurveyed, W John Moore. Hammand Rules patent[93]
adjoins this and gives a location as Greazy Ridge (no other reference to the
ridge has been found).
George left this land in his will: ¼ to his wife, Jane, the remainder to
his sons by her.
Son George sold his share in 1718.
Son Simon sold his share to Thomas Tayby.
Son Samuel sold some or all of his share to the Fishers.
This patent was the same date as ones for George Booth senior and Benjamin
Booth, these appearing on Clarendon Estate map 188 at Porus.
5. 17 ½ acres bought in 1687[94]
from Osbourne/Pusey grant
290 acres were in patented in Clarendon in 1669 to George Osborn &
John Pusey[95],
George Osborn died & John Pusey sold 17.5 acres to Stephen Jackson, who
sold[96]
it to George Booth jnr, E on Michael Shauington, N on King’s Rd, W Richard Pusey
S on Edward Bromfield for £50.
Callavos Savannah appears on the western side of a plat to Robert Downer,
the eastern side of which is on Salt Savannah. The Clarkes in 1664 also had a
plat west on the Callavas Savannah. It was probably therefore in the southern
part of Withywood, towards Carlisle.
It is not known where this went to.
This plot and the 5 acres from Stiles are probably joined, to make 22 ½ acres
6. Various small transactions in Vere/Salt Savanna.
He and his wife Mary are named in a deed[97]
where they sold in 1678 of a small piece of land at Michell Hole to Elizabeth
Crosse who was described as a cousin in George’s (step?) mother Frances’s will.
Mitchell Hole was
A similar piece of land is later sold by Cornelius?? Adams of Vere in a
deed[98]
to George Booth jnr in 1686 as executor to Margery Booth, having previously
been agreed to be sold by Adams to Margery Booth, dcd. This deed is puzzling as
it was dated 1678, but not completed until 1686/7. Margery Booth was a
Victualler of Port Royal, the connection is not apparent. Edmund Crosse married
Elizabeth Boulton, St Catherine, 1/10/1669: perhaps she was the sister of
Nicholas Boulton, GB2’s brother Benjamin’s father in law.
Mitchell/Michael Hole about 4 miles east of the mouth of the Rio Minho.
This is probably part of the land at Withywood, bought by GB1 in 1670 from the
Hills.
In[99]
1686-7, Peter Stiles sold 5 acres of his patented land[100] “in the Longwood, Salt
Savanna”, to the west of the Savanna, to George Booth jnr in Vere for £12. An
almost triangular plot.
In early 1689, George was patented 5 acres in Vere, part of a patent to
Downer & Roberts, which he acquired by escheat for £15 when the previous
owner defaulted on rents, and he and Mary sold it soon afterwards for £60 to
James Lee, surgeon[101].
7. Inherited land from his father,
He inherited about 25 acres in Withywood, part of the land bought from the
Hills. By the time GB2 inherited this land, the indigo boom had passed, and it
would have been small for sugar. Some of the Withywood land may have been 2
plots he sold 1678 & 1686.
George’s father GB1 mentions in his will a sugar estate in St Jago Savannah.
GB2 would have inherited ¼ of this: it was probably near his brother, Benjamin
and Capt George Booth.
George’s legacy to his daughter Eliza Vodry of 19 ¾ acres in Mccary Bay in
Vere, was probably part of his lands on or around the Main Savanna )E on
William Beck, N on Richard Schofield & Wm Ibent, W on George Lee, S on Jno
Crop)
Capt George Booth’s also had land which he mortgaged with John Ashley, bounded
on John Ashley and that left by him to daughter Eliza bounded on John Cropp.
Other Transactions
Hugh & Elizabeth Gardiner to George Booth – 1687[102] - WHICH GB?
Patent to Joseph Gardner for 150 acres in Clarendon now Vere. Hugh Gardner sold
40 acres to George Booth of Vere for £300, S & W on River Minho E on
Highway etc.
Plat 1B-11-2-8F155 4/2/1664-5:
Houses shown by river; Withywood S by the River Mino; S Anthony Barroughs, W
River Mino, N George Pattison, E Henry Dannett
This plat is near Robert Downer’s of a similar date: the Downer plat bounds
South on George Pattison, and also west on the River.
Ogilby (1671) shows a Gardner Indigo plantation in Clarendon:
Petteson (Pattison) on the coast at Michael’s Hole, Gardiner about 1.5 miles to
the North, and Horner as far again to the north. However, the reference to the
highway would put this further north, near Kettle Spring where the only road is
shown on the early maps.
2nd wife Jane
Jane died aft 1714 when she and her son Henry had dealings – see later under
Henry. If the assumed connections are correct, she died after son Henry
(1738/9). If so, she must have been an old lady having been born before about
1670, but by no means impossible. Son Henry referred to her as “honoured
mother”, implying some age.
Jane Booth sold 100 acres to Joseph Dunston, by a private act of Jamaica in
1707. This land appears in later in 1761 when Joseph Wright sold a part of it
and 1775, when Andrew Wright sold 27½ acres. Further analysis of this is under
GB2’s land transactions. This was probably part of the land left by GB2 to
Jane, but may have also been part of the land settled by Supreme Court in 1713.
Probably son of an earlier wife,
maybe Mary Downer, see his own section.
His will dated 1725 specifically mentions the land in Withywood adj Thomas
Roberts, left in George’s will.
Probably daughter of GB’s first
wife, probably Mary Downer, in his 1702 will, she was a married woman, thus
born no later than 1685, but probably before 1681 as not referred to as under
21 in 1702:
to Dau Eliza Vodry: 19 ¾ acres in Mccary Bay in Vere, E on William Beck, N on
Richard Schofield & Wm Ubent, W on George Lee, S on Jno Crop.
Eliza married Aaron Vodry:
Will of Aaron Vodry[103]
1702
Millwright of St Jago de la Vega
to sons George, Thomas & John when 18, If they die, to Wife Elizabeth
Father in law George Booth, & wife Elizabeth Execs
Aaron Vodry bur St Catherine 16/4/1702PR.
There was an Aaron Daderyck Vodry baptised St Michael Barbados, 28/8/1664, son
of George & Alice Vodry, who left a will including Aaron, 6/9/1668: maybe
this is the same person?
Aaron Vodry a witness on the will of George Booth, 1694.
A Margaret Vozey ch 26/1/1688 of Henry & Mary Booth, St C – is this the
same family as Vodry?
There seem few Church records of the Vodry’s, perhaps they were Jews?
Issue at St Catherine:
2/1. Thomas Vaudery ch 23/1/1697-8 of Aaron & Elizabeth
Prob bur St Catherine,
25/1/1718-9.
2/2. John Vodry ch 2/2/1700-1 of
Aaron.
A John Vodry was party to a pair
of deeds in 1759 where George & Elizabeth Booth (1707-69) conveyed lands to
John Vodry one day who then coveyed it back to the Booths, presumeably securing
title. It may be this John, or a later generation.
2/3. George Vodry – Aaron’s will.
George Vodry buried St Catherine
29/4/1747.
His wife was Elizabeth, and her brother Richard Hunt.
Elizabeth Hunt ch St Catherine 25/10/1701 of William & Elizabeth
No Richard Hunts listed – see issue of Ann Burton, dau of Frances & Judith.
1754: Vodry, George, St. Catherine 53, St. Mary 325, St. John 233, St. Thomas
in the Vale 300, Tot 911
1725[104]:
Samuel, Simon, and Henry Booth & John Fisher & Sarah his wife in right
of sd Sarah, devisees of will of GB their father. For £5 for 3 slaves to George
Vodry.
This deed makes it pretty clear that George Vodry was the son of Eliza &
Aaron Vodry.
From Thomas Booth’s will 1739-47
To William Vodry son of cousin George Vodry 1 negro & 5 heifers
Cousin George Vodry exec.
George leaves a will of 1744 naming sons John & William and daughter Ann:
from a deed in 1761, only John survives.
Will 1744[105]:
George Vodry of St Catherine, planter. Item: to wife Elizabeth house of St Jago
during her widowhood. All R&R between children John, William & Ann
Vodry. If they all die the house to Richard Hunt son of my wife's brother
Richard Hunt Also brother William Mecham's children.
1761[106]:
Elizabeth Vodry, widow of St Catherine & John Vodry only son of George Vodry,
sold to Anthony Cooper for £65, negro man of St Catherine, foot land in St Jago
1762[107]:
Whereas George Vodry's will dated 27/7/1744 leaves to sons John & William
& daughter Ann. William & Ann died without issue so John only one. To
break entail, John Vodry planter of St Catherine sold to Isaac Saa Silvera gent
of St Catherine 200A in St John for 5/-called Vodry's & 300A in St Thomas
in the Vale called Moores upon trust that Isaac Saa Silvera may be hereby
enabled to Regrant ... to John Vodry.
1762[108]:
John Vodry for £670 from Moses & Daniel Almeyda merchants of St Catherine
mortgage for lands from George Vodry, repaid 5/2/1776
1770[109]:
Henry Lord advanced sums to John Vodry's creditors £1690 secured on lands 200A
in St John & 300A in St TiV & land in St Jago
Issue of George and Mary:
3/1. Robert Aaron Vodry, ch St Catherine 25/8/1720
3/2. Mary Vodry, ch St Catherine, 21/8/1721
Issue of George and Elizabeth:
3/3. Thomas vodry, ch St Catherine 31/5/1724
3/4. William Vodry, ch St Catherine 14/3/1735-6
3/5. John Vodry.
3/6. Ann Vodry.
Born aft 1681 (<21 1702).
As an executor of his father’s will (when he was less than 21, but probably
close to that age), he was probably the eldest son.
Wife Rebecca Mayne, daughter of John (and probably Elizabeth) Mayne[110],
born 20/8/1694[111].
Her mother, Elizabeth probably remarried John Rhodon.
John Mayne had land granted in Port Royal and sold several pieces of land to
the sons of John Downer (details under the Downer section).
Issue:
Jane Booth, 1715
Elizabeth Booth, b 1718.
He inherited 1/4 of father’s residual estate with Samuel & Simon and
would have inherited William’s share as the heir at law, assuming the latter
died intestate. He sold most or all in the following ten years or so. The
transactions confirm him to be the son of GB2. He seems to be the only known
George Booth at this time of the right sort of age and for the tenuous reason
of his taking action against his brothers, and must thus have been an awkward
customer, this may have been him! He was probably short of money at this
moment.
In 1713/4, he was sued[112]
for debts by various traders (as well as a John Booth, probably of Capt George
family); the traders were a couple of planters and a shopkeeper. The total was
£J157 (about £70000 in 2015). These preceded his actions against his brothers
by a few weeks, and were probably in fact concurrent. Speculatively, these actions
may have been precipitated by the resolution of his father’s will.
After a “writ of partition in the supreme court”[113] “last Tues (25) Nov
1713”, over partition of land (of George Booth’s Will) action by George Booth
against his other 3 brothers, land awarded 19/4/1714. In the same deed, George
Booth & Wife Rebecca for £205 sold to Peter Gravett 59¾ acres mostly
woodland N on Col Edward Collier, S on Samuel Booth, W on heirs of Joseph
Dunston, E on sd PG & NW on Sir Thomas Lynch. Signed for no apparent reason
by Jane Booth, his mother still alive. A plat is on the wills file. This was
perhaps part of the Wallascott land.
At about the same time, he sold, probably as a mortgage, for 5/- 22 ¾
acres to Peter Gravett[114],
in Vere savannah NE on William Booth dcd S on James Egan, E on Mrs Jane Booth,
W on sd Jane Booth, Henry Booth & Henry Lorel (Plat on wills file). He also
took out mortgage with Peter Gravett on some slaves at the same time. This land
was probably George’s ¼ share of his father’s Camps Savanna land acquired from
Wallascott, and bounds on his brother Samuel’s share. Then he & Rebecca
sold it again in 1717[115]
to Jonathan Facey, a planter of Vere, for £90. It was part of his father’s
Wallascott purchase. This land was sold on to Jeremiah Downer, who then sold it
in 1725[116]
to Samuel Booth, George’s brother, perhaps for George’s daughter, Elizabeth;
this must have been a train of mortgages.
In 1713[117]
he and his wife Rebecca, one of the daus & coheirs of John Mayne dcd of
Vere sold to Robert Cargill of Vere gent, for £300, 29 acres NE on Rio Mino SE
on Thomas Cargill W on Elizabeth Mayne & now wife of John Rhodon NW on
Richard Cargill esq. This must have been Rebecca’s dower.
In a deed[118]
in August 1714, George & Rebecca sold 2 plots of land in Vere of 75 and 22¾
acres, part of the Wallascott purchase of his father for £100 to Jane Booth,
planter of Vere & her son Henry, 1st pcl 75a bounded E on Samuel &
Simon Booth, W on heirs of Joseph Dunston dcd, N on Simon Booth, & S on
Henry Lord; 2nd pcl cont 22¾ acres E on Simon Booth S on Jane Booth E on John
Morant esq, SW on George Booth. This deed looks as though the land was going to
George’s youngest brother.
In a deed in May 1716[119],
George and Rebecca sold Jonathan Facey/Tracey planter of Vere, ref George Booth
will of 8/9/1704 good estate of inheritance, left to 4 sons; for £90 George
Booth & Rebecca sells 22 3/4 acres to Jonathan Facey NE on William Booth
dcd, S on Mr James Egan E on Mrs Jane Booth W on sd Jane Booth Henry Booth
& Henry Lord. This land was left by Jonathan to his wife Esther who sold it
in 1722 to Jeremiah Downer.
In 1718, he completed the dispersal of most of his land inherited from his
father when he and Rebecca sold[120]
to Robert Fisher, gent of Vere 1/3 of the 500 acres of land granted[121] to his father, George
Booth junr, on the north side of Pindars River.
This may be him, or George (1707-69): In 1728[122], a George Booth of Vere
sold a small piece of land in Vere to Francis Byfield, a free negro 2 acres in
Vere, E on George Booth, N on Francis Byfield, W on River Mino, S on the Kings
Rd leading to the estate of Madam Dolores Knight, dcd.
There are a few deeds in the late 1720’s relating to a George Booth,
initially of Vere, but then of St James. A reference to a writ of partition
relating to Captain George Booth’s land indicates that the deeds refer to Capt
George Booth’s grandson, George. However, almost contemporary deeds refer to
the latter as of Vere.
There is no indication of his fate, although there is a will of 1734 for
George Booth, Joiner of St Catherine, but this is probably not him as no
children are mentioned: from the final deed of the 22.75 acres passed from him
to Facey to Downer and on to Samuel in 1725, he died before January 1725. He
probably faded into obscure poverty, a view reinforced by his daughter,
Elizabeth being probably the one brought up by Samuel Booth, his brother.
Christenings in Vere of George & Rebecca:
2/1. Jane Booth, born 14/11/1715, ch 15/11/1715.
with sponsors Samuel, Simon
& Sarah Booth & Samuel Beck: Samuel, Simon & Sarah were this
George’s siblings so maybe this Jane was his daughter – Sarah Booth would have
been married to John Fisher by 1718.
Married Caswell Gravet, Clarendon, 5/5/1734.
Peter Gravet, ch St Andrew, 27/3/1676, son of Gilbert & Jane (P13)
He may well have been Caswell’s father.
No recorded Gravet’s between Peter & Caswell.
Isssue of Caswell & Jane Gravet, from Vere PR:
3/1. Caswell Gravet, ch 27/4/1735.
3/2. Rebecca Gravet, b 29/4/1737, ch 29/1/1738.
3/3. Peter Gravet, b 13/7/1739, ch 25/12/1738, wit Peter Gravet &c.
2/2. Elizabeth Booth, b
5/11/1718. ch 6/11/1718.
sponsors Judith Ranger, Sarah
Fisher, Francis Ranger.
She was probably the Elizabeth who was brought up by her uncle Samuel (will of
1733).
1/4. Samuel Booth – D 1733
(<21 1702)
He inherited 1/3 of his father’s estate, and thus had some 100’s of acres. His
inventory showing 24 slaves indicates a reasonable size property. In addition
to the land at Pindar River, he had property in Vere.
Born aft 1781, and bef 1696 (marriage in 1714) and died 1733. Planter of Vere.
He married Rebecca Gravett, 16/11/1714 Clarendon (dau of Peter Gravett – as
father in law and executor in Samuel’s will).
Peter Gravett ch St Andrew, 26/3/1676 of Gilbert & Jane Gravett.
Issue from wills:
George
Samuel Gravett
Milborough (b 1715, prob d young)
Elizabeth, b 1717,
Jane,
Rebecca,
Cassell (Caswell)
Olive (PG 1746 will)
Ann (Booth) Read,
His brothers & sister tie his will to this Samuel.
Probably this Samuel with the Fisher connection (brother-in-law):
Samuel inherited ¼ of father’s residual estate with William, Simon & George
with his brothers, including land at McCary Bay
1723[123],
Samuel Booth mortgaged 3 slaves, 30 cattle 28 sheep 1 horse
for 3 years, for £240 from John Fisher, a planter of Vere, probably his brother
in law.
In January 1724[124], Samuel & Rebecca sold
32¼ acres of savanna land in Vere to Jeremiah Downer, probably his brother in
law, a planter of Vere, for £80, N on Capt Fisher, Capt Thomas Cargill &
John Morant esq S Simon Booth E John Morant esq W on Simon & William Booth.
This is similar to land sold by brother George to Jane & Henry in 1714, and
probably the remains of the Wellascott purchase.
Later in 1724[125],
Samuel Booth sold to Thomas Taylby his 1/3 share of GB2’s Pinders River land
for £250, sold for £60 to Samuel Booth 100 acres, part of 300 (this was part of
his father’s patent, and as such should be 500 a, copy text probably wrong)
acres S on Unsurveyed land & Pinders River, E Hammond Rule, W on John Moore,
but if Samuel Booth holds the ten acres in Vere, this one does not happen: at
the same time, Thomas Taylby sold[126]
Samuel Booth for £15, 10 acres in Vere W on John Gale dcd, NW Raines Wait dcd N
on lands said to be .. Dickinson, S William Talby. Thomas Taylby appears as a
parent in Clarendon in 1721.
The 10 acres was sold by his son, Samuel Gravette Booth in 1754.
1725[127]:
this deed relates to land previously owned by Samuel’s deceased brother, GB3.
Jeremiah Downer of Vere & Rebecca wife 1st part & Samuel Booth of 2nd
part: George Booth, planter of Vere, dcd & his wife Rebecca on 19/6/1717
sold to Jonathan Facey of Vere dcd, 22 ¾ acres land in Vere; Jonathan Facey
by will 3/1/1720-1 left it to his wife Ester, she sold to Jeremiah Downer
29/11/1722, Jeremiah & Rebecca Downer sold it to Samuel Booth.
NE William Booth dcd, S on James Egan, E on Mrs Jane Booth W on Jane Booth,
Henry Booth & Henry Lord.
Samuel’s will of 1733[128]:
Daus: Elizabeth, Jane, Rebecca, Cassell & Olive, all £300 when 21 or
unmarried.
Dau Ann Read, alias Mathews, £J100. (no indication of the relevance of
the Mathews name, but maybe a previous marriage).
Niece Elizabeth Booth who lived with him – no indication of who she was, but
must have been daughter of one of his brothers, who died before their wills.
The most likely one would have been his brother George’s daughter, born 1718,
especially as her father sounds unreliable from his transactions.
Sons George & Samuel Gravett Booth.
Brothers Simon & Henry Booth & Sarah Fisher
Inventory[129]:
Samuel Booth planter of Vere: 24 slaves 140 horses 106 cattle other cattle, 14
young mules, 3 asses, £1000 of bonds
total £3185/7/11
1742[130]
Crop Accounts:
Booth, Samuel, Planter of Vere Decd
Shown by Simon Booth, one of the
executors
October 12 By 6 Mules sold Mr
Jacob Stokes at £22 pr Head £132/0/0d
Dec 10 by 5 D'o to Matt Philip
Esq at £25 pr Head £125/0/0d
Dec 25 By nine months rent of
certain parcels of land slaves and stock being the property of Samuel Gravett
Booth a Minor being his fourth part of the whole and rented to his Brother
George Booth after the rate of one hundred and five pounds and Seventeen
Shillings pr ann and ending this twenty fifth day of December £79/7/9d
1749[131],
but not filed until 14 August 1753, probably after Rebecca’s death:
Rebecca Booth widow executor of Samuel Booth dcd & guardian of Samuel
Gravett Booth releaese George Booth from any claim by her as executor for her
husband Samuel Booth.
Wife Rebekka
Her Will of 1751/4[132]
Sons George & Samuel Gravet Booth (a negro man in London)
G/children (R’s will only):
Jane Vesie Booth &
Priscilla Elizabeth Booth
John Gall Booth, son of George Booth
G/S John Gall Booth (R only)
G/D Olive Gall Booth (deed 277/163 implies a legacy under this will)
Exec George Booth jnr of Vere (probably her son, George snr being g/s of
Surveyor George) & Samuel Gravet Booth
Issue of Samuel & Rebecca Booth:
2/1. Milborough Booth, b 15/11/1715, ch 24/2/1716 Vere,
of Samuel & Rebecca. Spon
Jane Groot, Rebecca & Nathnl Cohen.
Prob died early, not in parents wills.
2/2. Elizabeth Booth, born
9/8/1717, ch 19/11/1717, Vere.
privately baptised pr of Sam
& Rebecca.
2/3. Samuel Gravett Booth
(Parents wills), b aft 1722 Alive 1754.
Owned 129 acres in Vere in 1754.
Left a negro in London by his mother.
No will seen for SGB.
In g/afther Peter Gravett 1746 will
Married Milborough Gravett Vere 6/9/1751PR. She was born sometime
before about 7/7/1736 (1757 deed). Prob his 1st cousin, dau of Caswell,
g/dau of his g/father Peter Gravett.
There was a will of Milborough Booth about 1772, but the book is not available.
Crop Accounts for his father’s estate 1742
Dec 25 By nine months rent of certain parcels of land slaves and stock being
the property of Samuel Gravett Booth a Minor being his fourth part of the whole
and rented to his Brother George Booth after the rate of one hundred and five
pounds and Seventeen Shillings pr ann and ending this twenty fifth day of
December value £79/7/9d
1754[133]:
Ind Btw Samuel Gravett Booth of Vere planter & Milborough his wife sold to Phineas
De Mattos of Vere for £45 10A E on John Yates now William Perrin, NW on Raines
Waite dcd now Dr John Gray, WN on said to be Dickinson, S on William Talby now
in possession of Tristram Ratcliffe dcd. This 10 acres was bought from Thomas
Taylby by father Samuel in 1724.
These 2 deeds are for contiguous parcels of land:
1753[134]
Ind: Samuel Gravett Booth planter of Vere sold to Jonathan Gale of Vere Esq for
£478-5, 2 pieces of land in Vere:
1st of 129 acres formerly belonging to Elizabeth Sutton S on Sea N on Jeremiah
Downer now in possession of Moses Alvares & Samuel Gravett Booth, E on land
late of Simon Booth esq now in possession of John Pusey esq W on Samuel Booth
dcd
Adjoins Simon Booth to Pusey, 158/118.
2nd 10 acres being ½ of 20A N on Samuel Gravett Booth, S on John Pusey esq E on
heirs of Tristram Radcliffe & Booth & Reid & W on John Pusey.
(copy on file of plat).
1757[135]:
Samuel Gravett Booth & his wife Milborough of Vere sold land to Grace Booth
wife of Norwood Booth.
Now 17/3/1753 Samuel Gravett Booth sold to Jonathan Gale of Vere his part of 2
pieces of land in Vere
1st 129.5A formerly belonging to Elizabeth Sutton S on the sea, N on Jeremiah
Downer now in poss of Moses Alvarez and said Samuel Gravett Booth, E & Ely
on property late of Simon Booth esq now John Pusey, W on Samuel Booth dcd
2nd 10A being ½ of 20A N on Samuel Gravett Booth formerly Grays, S on John
Pusey, E on heirs of Tristram Ratcliff and Booth and Read & W on John Pusey
Milborough was under age at the first deed but now is 21 & Jonathan Gale
died leaving all to wife Grace who remarried Norwood Booth. For £475/5 to
George & Milborough Booth, sold remainder to Grace Booth. It was then sold
to John Pusey.
1755[136]
Ind: Samuel Gravett Booth sold to William Eve of Vere, for £234/10, 67A in
Vere, N Jeremiah Downer in possession of Moses Alvares, S on John Pusey &
Richard Brown, E on Kings Rd between Radcliff & Greggs, W on Samuel Gravett
Booth now sold to Jonathan Gale.
1756[137]:
Samuel Gravett & Milborough Booth, planter of Vere, sold for £550 to Henry
Goulbourne esq of Vere, 40¼ A in Vere N&E on Kings Rd and heirs of Henry
Booth dcd, S on John Gall Booth, W on heirs of Thomas Allpress.
1758[138]:
Samuel Gravet Booth planter of Vere for £450J from Thomas Milson planter of
Vere sold 8 slaves until 27/11/1760.
1761[139]:
George Booth jnr & Samuel Gravett Booth planters of Vere for £30 from
Daniel Nunes planter of Vere sold 10 acres in Vere W on Dr John Grey E on
former Edward Francis dcd now William Perrin dcd N John Ashley S Maj Robert
Burbery. Probably shown in estate plan T93
1764[140]:
Samuel Gravett Booth To Jonathan Ranger
15A in Kemps Savanna leased for 7yrs £6 pa
Who was Mary Dixey, kin to George & Samuel Gravett Booth?? Nothing on LDS
database. Very speculatively, maybe Thomas Browne was a son of Ann (Booth)
Brown, dau of GB1. Henry Booth sold a negro to William Dixey in Kingston in
1729.
1745[141]:
George & Samuel Gravett Booth from Mary Dixey widow of Kingston:
Henry Grey late of Vere planter by deed gave Thomas Browne & his wife Ann,
dau of Henry Grey 20 acres in Vere part of a larger run of Henry Grey’s, N on
land formerly of Henry Grey now Samuel Booth, E on land of George L? now of
Tristam Ratcliffe, S formerly of Thomas Sutton now of Simon Booth, W on
formerly Henry Grey now Simon Booth.
Thomas Browne and Ann his wife had issue Henry, Richard, & Frances Browne
& Frances Browne married Richard Mann of Kingston bricklayer.
Mary Dixey buys the land of the Browne children.
Mary Dixey ... for 5/- from loving kinsmen George Booth & Samuel Gravett
Booth sons of Samuel Booth late of Vere dcd.
Richard Brown ch 18/2/1714, Vere of Thomas & Ann Brown.
Richard Mann ch 27/11/1743, Kingston of Richard & Frances Mann.
2/4. George Booth, b aft 1715
alive 1754
Inherited ½ his father’s
residual estate.
In John Gall’s will of 1760 “the younger” (to whom??)
Probable father of John Gall Booth, later of Manchester.
His mother Rebecca appeared to have blocked George making any claim on her
estate by leaving him 5 shillings. She made provision for the upkeep of his
children, as did John Gall (1760) so he was probably a bad lot!
He possibly died sometime soon before February 1775: there is a deed of early
1775 in which his daughter Olive’s portion is passed in trust untl she was 21.
George & Olive Gall Booth’s mother Priscilla was then alive as a widow.
Married Priscilla, probably daughter of John Gall.
Possibly the sister of John Gall, by inference from John Gall’s will[142] of 1759-60.
John Gall in his will made provision for Jane Vesey Booth to live in his house
until she was 14 or married. He also made small bequests to Priscilla &
John & Henry. He also mentions Savages – see extra issue of George &
Prscilla below.
Priscilla was still alive in 1775
1753[143]:
Was this him? Location of land bordering Henry Booth dcd makes it probable that
he was this family branch rather than GB (1707), but this deed was filed the
same day as one which certainly related to GB 1707.
1769[144]:
George Booth jnr of Vere & David Perera Mendez of Vere merchant
George Booth jnr & John Gall Booth for £561/13/2 sold 61 acres in Camp
Savanna E on Mary Schofield in poss of heirs of Samuel Booth dcd W on former
Raines Wait now Samuel Alpress esq, N on heirs of John Durrant S on land
formerly of James Piper now George Woullf
Also 30 A on Sedge Pond N on former Joseph Wright now Hervey Beale & part
of same plot now Thomas Hercie Barratt esq
also 18 slaves. If repay by 7/2/1773 OK
1761: George Booth jnr & Samuel Gravett Booth planters of Vere for £30 from
Daniel Nunes planter of Vere sold 10 acres in Vere W on Dr John Grey E on
former Edward Francis dcd now William Perrin dcd N John Ashley S Maj Robert
Burbery
Issue (Wills of mother Rebecca Booth & John Gall):
3/1. Jane Vesey Booth (re wills of Rebecca B. 1751 & John Gall 1760)
B 16/8/1748, ch 28/11/1748PR,
Vere.
Left £J400 by John Gall in 1760 when reaching age 14.
Left £J200 by grand mother Rebecca when 21 or married.
Probably married Peter Clark 4/2/1768, VerePR.
Issue of P & JVC:
4/1. Rebecca Priscilla Clarke, ch St C 24/6/1773, b 4/5/73.
4/2. Christian Clarke, ch St C 22/6/1779, b 16/3/1779.
4/3. Peter Clarke b 19/9/1781 ch 16/10/1781, St Catherine
4/4. George Booth Clark
Probably son who m Mary Booth
(probably dau of John Gall Booth), Vere 7/8/1792 and had issue see under Gall
Booths
5/1. Jane Vesey Clark, bapt Vere 4/2/1794.
3/2. Priscilla Elizabeth Booth
(R Will - <21 1751)
B aft 1730
Left £J200 & a negro by grand mother Rebecca when 21 or married.
3/3. John Gall
Booth (R will).
Full family later
in this document.
1758[145]:
John Gall sold 25 slave to Henry Gall for 5/-
Left the rest & residue of grandmother Rebecca’s estate (will 1751/4).
Issue, summarised:
1. Joseph Wright Booth, 3 children by Jane Brown
2. George Booth, b 1773, d bef 1784
3. William Wright Booth, ch 1777, d bef 1796
4. John Gall Booth – Issue
5. Samuel Booth, ch 1782
6. George Booth, ch 1784 d bef 1796
7. Henry Booth, ch 1785 – Issue
8. Robert Wright Booth – Issue
9. Sarah Goulburn Booth, ch 1792
10. Francis Wright Booth 1795-1821
11. Rebecca Mary Booth – ch 1792 d bef 1822 – Clarke issue.
12. Andrew Wright Booth – b aft 1785 d by 1813 – issue.
3/4. Henry Booth
3/5. Olive Gall Booth. B.
25/11/1764, ch 22/11/1765.
Mentioned in a deed of 1775[146] aged 11 where she is
given 20 acres in Vere in trust with Peter Clarke.
This deed makes the line from George & Rebecca to George and Priscilla to
te Gall Booths clear.
Probably: Olave Booth, spin married George Ranger, planter, Clarendon,
6/7/1783.
This series of baptisms possibly
continue from the grandchildren in Rebecca’s will, but seem a long breeding
period. The baptismal dates are all after Rebecca’s will date, but some are
before its probate.
Issue of George & Priscilla Booth, Vere PR:
Andrew Savage Booth, b 1751, bur Vere, 21/6/1769 aged 18 – names indicate he was
of this family. No PR Baptism.
Henry Savage Booth, b. 17/1/1752, ch 1/10/1752.
Rebecca Gavot Booth, b. 22/2/1755, ch 23/2/1755.
Mary Grey Booth, ch 22/7/1769.
Mention of Savage family in John Gall’s will of 1760 & his natural son,
Henry Gall Snowdon.
2/5. Olive Booth – married David
Cunningham 10/1/1750, Vere.
A David Cunningham also married
Elizabeth Clarke 8/7/1753, so Olive probably died before then. This explains
her absence in her mother’s will of 1754.
No Vere, Clarendon, St Catherine Cunninghams
Dr David Cunningham had land bounding on land owned by George Booth (1769) when
it was sold in 1761[147].
2/6. Ann Booth – in father’s will
as Ann Read, alias Matthews
The alias Mathews was probably
an earlier marriage of Ann.
John Read married Ann Booth 9/1731, Clarendon
3/1. Mary Read b 11/10/1734, ch 21/10/1734 Vere
3/2. John Read b 19/4/1737 ch. 8/5/1737 Vere
3/3. Samuel Booth Read, b 26/1/1738, ch 16/4/1738, Vere
3/4. Henry Booth Read,
who married Jane Caroll Clarke,
spinster, both of St Catherine, 31/10/1768. This must be a son of Ann &
John Read.
4/1. George Ivy Reid 7/7/1770 Henry Booth Reid & Jane Carr
St Catherine registers had some gaps between 1736 & about 1747.
There was a variation of spelling, but this family was usually Read.
Henry Booth jnr from John Read – 1737[148]
For 5/- from Henry Booth of Vere planter, John Read, of Vere planter, sold to
Henry Booth (in trust for Ann Read wife of sd John Read party to these
presents) a negro woman & child Quasheba & Patience. For Ann’s life and
then to the children by John Read.
Ann dau of Samuel, son of GB2: Henry would be her uncle.
John Read b. 7/2/1707 ch 3/6/1707 of George Read Rebecca, Vere.
John Reid esq bur 27/3/1761, St Catherine
A number of Reads in Vere & St Catherine at this time.
George Ivy Reid 7/7/1770 Henry Booth Reid & Jane Carr
A Robert Higgins Read owned slaves in Vere about 1774, son of William Ruth, ch
1735, Vere. He died before 1782, by which date his wife Susanna was married to
Simon Facey of St Elizabeth.
1/5. Simon Booth – D abt 1764 SiB1
There is some confusion: there
appear to have been 2 Simon Booths, both with wives Rebecca, the other being a
son of Captain George, and thus quite a bit older than this one and was
probably buried in 1721 at an age of about 50.
It seems most likely that the following refer to Simon, son of GB2.
He was under 21 in his father’s will of 1702 and in an affidavit in 1759 he stated
he was 60 or 61, making him born about 1698-9.
Died: October/November 1764.
Issue:
Samuel, D 1761,
Simon jnr SB2,
Rebecca.
He inherited ¼ of his father’s residual estate with Samuel, George &
William, whose share George would have inherited.
Simon, his sons Samuel and Simon, and his grandson, Simon, son of Simon, built
up a considerable land holding in western Vere and later further north in
Clarendon.
Plate 42
A detailed view on Plate
43.
1754 Landowners:
Probably son & grandson of George Booth 2nd:
Simon Booth snr, Vere, 316 acres
Simon Booth, jnr, Vere 135
1722[149]:
Simon Booth & wife Rebecca sold to Thomas Manning both planters of Vere for
£320 60 acres in Camps Savanna E & NW Jasper Hanasyde NE Elizabeth Combe SE
Ben Fisker SW & SE Mr Jonathan Beck, SW,E,SE,N,SE Katherine Swanne, E &
NW on sd Jonathan Cock E John Barras decd N Simon Booth
Complicated plat on wills file. From plat, this is Manning to Booth, but
it seems that the plat is incorrect – the deed is grantor, Booth to Manning.
1722[150]:
Partnership on land owned by Simon Booth
Simon Booth puts in 8 slaves
1. Nathaniel Shen 12 slaves for 12 years
3. Nathaniel Shen not to mamange. Nathaniel Shen put stock on. Simon Booth to
manage
4. Tools joint
5. Simon Booth to have all Indian provisions
6. ref deaths of slaves
7. £300 if they break agreement
1722[151]:
Thomas Sanderson & wife Rebecca sold to Simon Booth for £90 105a in
Clarendon, N heirs of Sam Vigars, E Milk River, S on George Booth minor, W Thomas
Bryan formerly land of Robert Ridout.
1724[152]:
Simon Booth & Rebecca of Vere sold to Thomas Taylby of Clarendon.
his share of the 500 acres of Pindars River land. For £250.
This must be son of George Booth 2nd, who was granted the Pindars River 500 acres.
1724-7[153]:
1724: John Ashby late of Vere now of New York & attorney sold to Simon
Booth for £130 116 acres in Salt Savanna via mortgages from Ralph Rippon et al
& John Ashby.
N Thomas Jackson minor, E Joshua Tennant W Varney Phipps esq (attorney as well),
S David Gabay & George Pattinson.
Then, in 1727, Thomas Sanderson (of Vere and his wife Mary) party to this
indenture & wife Catherine in 30/9/1718 sold to Ralph Rippon & John
Ashley of Vere 116 acres of land at Salt Savannah N on Thomas Jackson, a minor,
E on Joshua Tennant, W on Varney Philp, S on David Gabey? And George Pattinson
a minor, a mortgate with Moses Sanego £126. Thomas Sanderson did not pay up by
1719. Thomas Sanderson sold the land to Simon Booth also of Vere. This voids
the deed of mortgage with Ralph Rippon.
1731[154]:
Charles Clarke relinquishes claim on 6 acres for £8 in MacCary Bay NE & SE
on William Hodgins esq, and all rest on Sd Simon Booth. Both of Vere planters.
Witness Henry Booth inter alia.
1741[155]:
Simon Booth esq sold Ennis Read planter both of Vere for £390 160 acres in
Vere, N on Ennis Read, E John Gale esq, S on Samuel Gabay, W Wiliam Beckford.
Land conv to Simon Booth by Thomas Sanderson & his wife 8/1/1726
Simon Booth snr owned 316 acres in Vere in 1754, which he sold in 1754.
1754[156]:
Ind Simon Booth snr & Rebecca of Vere esq to John Pusey OTP
Whereas Elizabeth Sutton by Henry Dawkins her attorney, sold 10/2/1730 (85/15,
Not available) to Simon Booth land McCary Bay 248½ Acres SW on sea & NW
late John Sutton now Sammuel Booth, NE on heirs of Elizabeth Martin dcd &
Thomas Brown SE on Capt Humphrey Manning Alexander McKenzie & heirs of Will
Hodgkins dcd, E NE NW on Henry Beck
& John Martin & sister Mary sold to Simon Booth 2/4/1745[157] 20 acres on McCary bay E
Henry Brown (being part of a large parel of John Ashley & sold to Henry
Grey), S on heirs of Sutton now Simon Booth, W on Heirs of Sutton now Samuel
Booth dcd.
& Dan Clark & Rebecca 2/9/1754 sold to Simon Booth 6A formerly prop of
Henry Beck dcd E on George Hogins, N on Richard Cargill, all rest on Sutton now
Simon Booth
For £2272 from John Pusey to Simon Booth & Rebecca, sold 318A N on lately
Samuel Gravett Booth, E formerly to Thomas Brown, SE on Richard Cargill, Ennis
Read & Booth, S on Sea, WN on Samuel Gravett Booth,
Adjoins Samuel Gravett Booth, 258/243.
1754[158]:
Daniel & Rebecca Clarke of Vere for £10 from Simon Booth snr of Vere esq
sold 6 acres at McCary Bay, Vere, formerly property of Henry Beck dcd, E on
land formerly of George Hodgins now Richard Cargill esq all other sides
formerly Sutton now Simon Booth
1755[159]:
Edward Morant of Vere esq sold to Simon Booth esq of Vere 100A at Kemps Savanna
N on formerly John Flavell now George Alpress esq E on the Common, S belonging
to George Benson now in possession of Samuel Booth and land of George Booth dcd
W formerly George Booth the elder but now Samuel Booth
1757[160]:
Simon Booth jnr & Johanna sold to Simon Booth snr for £1000 300 acres with
a large dwelling house, N on George McKeand formerly heirs of ___ King, S on land
called Swymmers & the Kings Rd,
1759[161].
Simon Booth snr of Vere he is about 60 or 61 years old swears that a stump tree
was on Mr Ashleys land referes to 20 years ago Mrs Rawlings said her husband
said...!
Was this Captain Simon Booth bur Vere 18/2/1762?
Issue of Simon Booth:
Mary Booth, b 12/10/1715, ch 12/10/1715, Spon. Thomas Booth, Mary Stafford
Probably Simon Booth will of 1764[162]:
Wife Rebecca.
Son Simon Booth jnr has had use of slaves & stock
so Simon Booth jnr to pay my wife Rebecca £30 pa
Until estate goes to g/son Simon Booth minor called Barbacue Hill in Vere as in
a bill of sale entered.
Trust admin by Simon Booth jnr for
my dau Rebecca Beale wife of Henry Beal and her heirs
G/dau Elinor Booth dau of eldest son Samuel Booth decd & Mary his wife 5/-
in full barr of their claims on estate.
G/son Simon Minor son of son Simon Booth & Johanna his wife
Execs Simon Jnr
Wits several Downers.
Pr: Rebecca Booth, bur 3/11/1767, Vere, widow.
The “full barr” of Elinor in Simon’s will probably reflects the fact that she
was by this time married.
“Sons of brother Simon Booth” left £J20 by Samuel Booth will 1733.
2/1. Samuel Booth, died 1761,
He was the eldest surviving son in father’s will, and is referred to in the
wills of brothers George & Simon Booth and in “Livingstone’s Early
Settlers” and other deeds.
He had some land in Vere near Salt Savanna, which he sold about the same time
as he was granted 300 acres near the Green Pond in Clarendon, though a later
deed referring to his brother Simon’s land noted that it was found to be part
in Vere and part in Clarendon.
Col Samuel Booth, bur 8/9/1761 “Of famine, in Bay McCarey” PR. This
looks the right one. There is no indication if this was a contemporary medical
diagnosis, or as a result of one of the slave insurrections.
Administration granted[163]
to his relict, Mary 5/12/1761: it is assumed that this is correct, as Mary
seems to have married George Booth very soon after.
1752[164]:
John Morris sold to Samuel Booth both planters of Vere, 2 slaves for £75
1755 Grant[165]:
Samuel Booth 300 acres in Clarendon, N & NW Unsurveyed & Green Pond, NE
Unsurveyed, W Thomas Sutton, W Simon Booth esq
This appears on Estate Map Manchester 260: Green Pond is about 5 miles west of
St Jago, on the west side of the ridge. Plate 42
1756[166]:
Samuel Booth & Mary of Vere for £478 sold to Edward Goulbourne planter of
Vere 2 pieces of land at the Bogue in Vere (at the southern end of Rio Minho).
1st bought by Samuel Booth of George Walton of St James cont 68A E
on the Bogue houses? N on Ben Mumbee part of land pat by Lloyd & Franklin W
on Salt Savanna Common, S on former Cornelius Chicken? Now Edward Goulbourne as
by deed 18/6/1746 (Samuel Booth & George Walton).
2nd bought by Samuel Booth of Christian Chicken of Vere 6A E on
Moses Waverley, W on Samuel Booth, N on Samuel Booth, S on Christian Chicken.
1756[167]:
Samuel & Mary Booth of Vere planter for £1300 from Simon Booth jnr (brother
of Samuel) for land at Kemps Savanna 110A E on Simon Booth esq formerly of
E Morant; N on John Gall Booth formerly of Samuel Booth dcd; N on Peter Gravett
dcd and Mrs Sarah Fisher and others S on Kings Rd. & 31 slaves (named) 20
mares 4 horses
Provided that if Simon Booth jnr pays £1300 17/8/1763
S Booth heir and son of Simon Booth jnr 12/3/1778 receipted.
1759[168]:
Samuel & Mary Booth of Vere, planter sold to Ben Mulliken of Vere, Deputy
Marshall, for £589 for 1/2 of 329A at McCary Bay as by Writ of Partition
recorded in the Office of this Island N on former James Piper E on land now in
posession of George Booth esq, S on Rt Hon Cnts of Hume, W on the same land
Also the 1/2 of land called Black Walls cont 15A by writ of partition N on
Kings Rd leading to McCary Bay, E on Ennis Read, S on mangroves, W on Cnts of
Hume
1759[169]:
28/9/1759 Edward Maxwell of Vere bought from Anthony Langley Swymmer of StiE
lands, which Edward Maxwell & Milborough mortgaged to Zach Bayly. Simon
Booth the younger with agreement of Zach Bayly for £1400 buys 2 parcels from
Edward Maxwell
1st 500A SW on Sea E on partition formerly to Thomas Sutton by now
John Gall Booth, a minor, NE on Cobb & Williscott pat & George Manning,
NW on Edward Maxwell,
2nd 72A N & NE on Simon Booth the elder & George Manning
& all other sides by the Kings Rd.
Plat in Wills File
Married Mary, dau of Benjamin Mumbee (mentioned in Benjamin Mumbee’s will of
1757 31/79).
Mary, wife of Samuel dcd married 2nd George Booth (son of George,
son of Captain George; will 1769 & PR) Vere, 10/12/1761.
Benjamin Mumbee will of 1757 left her 22 negroes, her sister Lydia, wife of
Thomas Mislon, 7 negroes. The rest & residue split between them.
He also had an illegitimate dau, Elizabeth.
GB 1707-1769:
two parcels of Land lately purchased of Benjamin Millikin and Thomas Bond and
which were purchased by them of Samuel Booth and Mary his wife and Thomas
Wilson and Lydia his wife called Millikin’s
This was just south of Alley Church on Craskell. Probably disappeared into
Monymusk by 1804.
Administration for Mary Booth, widow of Vere to Thomas Hercey Barrett, 1775[170].
Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica
By Noel B. Livingston: (Google books & Archive.org), P 19.
Booth V Booth
Bill filed 2 July 1766:
Samuel Booth = Mary = 2nd George Booth
Of Vere Esq of Vere Esq
Died 1760
Of 1st m issue:
Simon Booth & Elinor Booth who M Thomas Hercy Barrett
George Booth was a Member of the Assembly for the Parish of Vere 1745,49,59,61.
TH Barrett was a Member for Vere 1773 & a member of the council 1775.
3/1. Simon Booth
Possible issue:
Eleanor Booth, natural daughter of Mary Thos by Simon Booth bapt 23/12/1763
Vere.
Anne-belle Booth (quadroon) natural daughter of Olive Winch (Mulatto) by Simon
Booth bapt 23/12/1763, Vere.
3/2. Elinor
Booth (in g/father’s will)
b. 3/11/1748, ch 28/11/1748, VerePR.
Died before 1776
Married Vere, Thomas Henry Barrett of St T in the East & Eleanor Booth,
spinster of Vere, 23/4/1763PR. THB b. 1738.
THB, as a widower, married Ann Mellas banns 22/3/1776, St Giles Marylebone..
THB granted Arms 28/10/1768
1763[171]:
Marriage settlement btw Thomas Hercey Barrett & Eleanor Booth Thomas Hercey
Barrett settles sugar plantation in St. Thomas in East called Garbrand on
George Booth in trust for Eleanor Booth.
See Separate section for THB & the Barretts.
2/2. Simon Booth (jnr, SiB2),
married Johanna
(named in father Simon’s will)
Probably Junior to differentiate from his father who was still alive until abt
1764. Thus Simon jnr’s son Simon becomes minor.
Probably died after 1776, a Simon Booth jnr in deeds in 1776.
Plate 42
Simon Jnr, 17/5/1755, 300 acres, Clarendon 26F153, N & NW Hon John Scott
esq, NE Samuel Booth & Green Pond, SE Thomas Sutton escheated to Mumbee
& Pattison. This appears on Estate Map, Manchester 260
The plats have the New Leeward Road shown, both on the Booth land and the Scott
land to the west. This does not seem to tie in with any modern road, but agrees
with roads shown on Craskel and Robertson; it would appear that the first line
of this road was from a sharp bend to the South of “John Robinson” on the 1:50K
map south west to join the modern road leading west to Windsor Forest. This
part of the old road must have disappeared.
By the date of Manch 260, this & brother Samuel’s may have gone to Thos
Hercey barrett, along with some Sutton land.
1756[172]:
Simon Booth jnr planter of Vere & Johanna wife sold to Ennis Read of Vere
104A in McCary Bay for £78
Same piece sold by Edward Goulbourn to Ennis Read for £78
Ennis Read jnr married Simon’s cousin, Tamzin Roberts Booth.
1757: Simon Booth jnr & Johanna sold to Simon Booth snr for £1000 300 acres
with a large dwelling house, N on George McKeand formerly heirs of ___ King, S
on land called Swymmers & the Kings Rd,
1759[173]:
28/9/1759 Edward Maxwell of Vere bought from Anthony Langley Swymmer of St
Thomas in the East lands, which Edward Maxwell & Milborough mortgaged to
Zach Bayly. Simon Booth the younger with agreement of Zach Bayly for £1400 buys
2 parcels from Edward Maxwell
1st 500A SW on Sea E on partition formerly to Thomas Sutton by now John Gall
Booth, a minor, NE on Cobb & Williscott pat & George Manning, NW
on Edward Maxwell,
2nd 72A N & NE on Simon Booth the elder & George Manning & all
other sides by the Kings Rd.
Plat in Wills File
The Maxwell land would have been the Hilliard land to the west of the George
Booth purchase of 584 acres, probably the 1000 acre grant.
1756: Samuel & Mary Booth (brother
of Simon, deed under Samuel) of Vere planter for £1300 from Simon Booth jnr
for land at Kemps Savanna 110A E on Simon Booth esq formerly of E Morant; N on
John Gall Booth formely of Samuel Booth dcd; N on Peter Gravett dcd and Mrs
Sarah Fisher and others S on Kings Rd. & 31 slaves (named) 20 mares 4
horses
Provided that if Simon Booth jnr pays £1300 17/8/1763
S Booth heir and son of Simon Booth jnr 12/3/1778 receipted.
1762[174]:
Simon Booth planter of Vere for £20 from Cuthbert Humphrey Practitioner in
Physick and surgery sold 10 acres in Vere called Barbecue Hill E on Rocky Gully
W on Kings Rd to Milk River S & N on Simon Booth,
1767[175]:
Simon Booth planter of Vere for 5/- from Ann Treherne Burton spin of Vere sold
land called Robinsons 10 acres E on heirs of Lawrie, S&W on Kings High Rd,
N on the Spring
In 1777[176],
Simon Booth sold most of his lands in Vere to Thomas Hercie Barratt; the lands were
mostly in Camp Savanna, East of the Milk river, running down to the sea, and
some of the 1755 grants:
#1: 300 acres at Barbecue Hill
#2: 530 acres on the sea
#3: the Spring is probably Kettle Spring, which was up the Rion Minho, about 10
miles from the sea.
#4: land patented by Thomas Sutton, but escheated by (Simon) Booth Plate 43), between the
patents to Simon and Samuel Booth in 1755 at Green Pond.
#5: land patented by Simon Booth 2.
It totalled 1700 acres and
included 39 slaves. The deed described Simon taking out a mortgage with Barratt
in 1771 for J£3099/0/4 due by 28/10/1782, which was converted into an outright
sale in 1777 for J£5000. This coincided with his son’s 900 acres newly patented
land at Martins Mountain (Mile Gully). The whole of Mile Gully area ended up
being sold by TH Barrratt’s family when they went bust in the 1860’s (see a
small section in Jamaica General and the sale particulars selling, inter alia,
Mile Gully and Spitzbergen estates).
Simon Booth jnr owned 135 acres in Vere in 1754.
3/1. Sarah Booth, b 23/7/1750, ch 24/8/1750, Vere PR, of S&J.
3/2. Simon Booth, SiB3, b 19/2/1753, ch 5/7/1753, Vere PR, of S&J.
(called minor in g/father’s will
of Simon Booth 1764 and in deed btw Sb jnr & THB)
Simon Min 17/5/1755 300 acres Clarendon 26F156 NW Thomas Sutton escheated by Mumbee
& Pattison (confirmed on Manchester 260), SW Hon John Scott esq, SE
on the New Leeward Rd, NE John Robinson.
Simon Booth Jnr, 14/6/1776, 300, Elizabeth, 33F121 Martins Mountain, N & W
Unsurveyed, E on the road to the New Ground, E Land surveyed for Edward Ellis
esq, S on sd Edward Ellis, SW on land patented for Joseph Creemer (Edward Ellis
patent held).
Simon Booth Jnr 14/6/1776, 300 acres, St Elizabeth, 33F124, S own Land, S
Thomas Howard, N Unsurveyed, W Unsurveyed
These bound on the modern road from Shooters Hill to Christiana; Martins
Mountain is now called Mile Gully Hill.
Plate 44
The 2 recorded grants are shown in Blue, but the estate map shows and additional
300 acres to Simon to the east of the northern plat. This area became an
important coffee area.
The 1776 patents became Barrett’s Pen, later Mile Gully Pen[177], Plate 44A.
A possibility:
1774[178]:
Ind, Simon Booth jun of Vere planter for £110 sold a negro man to John Francis
Burton of St Elizabeth, carpenter.
James Hercey Barrett signed as well as exec.
John Francis Burton g/son of Benjamin Burton.
1775[179]:
Simon Booth of Vere younger gent & David Henriques, merchant of St
Catherine. Whereas Simon Booth elder dcd of Vere g/father of Simon Booth
younger by his will dated 24/10/1761 left all to g/son Simon Booth the younger,
son of Simon Booth jnr & his wife Johanna dcd, with £30 pa to Simon Booth
elder's wife Rebecca. Rebecca since long dead. Simon Booth younger sold to
David Henriques the estate and David Henriques sold back 10/11/1772 to break
the entail.
1775[180]:
Simon Booth jnr of Vere Esq (same as younger above), indebted to Abraham Ferro
of Vere merchant £1100 so Simon Booth sold to Abraham Ferro about 45 slaves.
Due 22/11/1777
1777[181]:
Simon Booth jnr planter of Vere sold for £70 a mulatto slave to Henry Beale of
Vere
Was this the Simon Booth, looks a bit old to be Ensign in 1780?
Kingston December 13 1781:
Run Away, a young mulatto man named John, he learned hairdressing from Mr
Dewdsney in this town, and attended his master, Lieut Simon Booth,
formerly of the parish of Vere, on the Expedition to the Spanish Main he
endeavours to pass as a free man, under the pretence of having a manumission
form his late master, and it is supposed he may attempt to get off the Island.
All persons whatsoever are cautioned against employing him and it is requested,
if he is seen by anyone who knows him, that they will lodge him in any gaol, or
get him sent if taken in Vere, to the Hon Hercey Barrett, or if in either
Kingston of its neighbourhood, to Edward Ledwich, who will reward them for
their trouble (V142-5, P24 Royal Gazette).
San Juan Expedition
Wikipedia & Kemble Papers[182].
A Simon Booth was a member of the Jamaica Volunteers, initially as an Ensign,
later Lieutenant (17 May 1780), under Bigadier General Kemble, and is listed as
having died “on the Expedition to St John’s Harbour” (probably on Lake
Nicaragua).
After Spain entered the American Revolutionary War in 1779, Major-General John
Dalling, the governor of Jamaica, proposed a military expedition against the
Spanish province of Nicaragua, belonging then to the Captaincy General of
Guatemala, a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The main objective of
the expedition was to capture the town of Granada, effectively cutting Spanish
America in half and giving Great Britain access to the Pacific Ocean.
The San Juan Expedition took place between March and November 1780 during the
American War of Independence when a British force under the command of John
Polson and Captain Horatio Nelson landed on the coast of the present-day
Nicaragua, with the aim of sailing up the San Juan River to capture the
strategically crucial towns of Granada and León, located on the northwestern
shore of Lake Nicaragua.
Despite an initial success in the capture of the Fortress of the Immaculate
Conception, Polson's force never reached Lake Nicaragua and, decimated by
yellow fever, was forced to return to Jamaica. The campaign ended in total
failure and cost the lives of more than 2,500 men, making it the costliest
British disaster of the entire war.
3/3. Son Booth, b 9/10/1757, ch
1757, Vere PR.
2/3. Rebecca Booth, married Henry
Beale (Simon Booth will 1764)
no further issue on LDS.
no Vere/StC/Clarendon/StE/StA marriages for Rebecca to a Reid.
Henry Beal & Rebecca Reid, widow married Vere 23/8/1759PR
The probability is that Henry Booth Reed was a son of Rebecca:
Henry Booth Reed of St C M. Jane Caroll Clark, Vere, 31/10/1668PR
George Ivey Reid, Ch 7/7/1770, St C of HBR & Jane CarrPR
Richard Durrant Reed, Ch 3/6/1774, Vere of HBR & Jane Carrol ReedPR.
Born aft 1781, in father’s will.
From deed references, died bef 1714. No further information.
¼ of father’s residual estate with Samuel, Simon & George
Probably deceased by 1714 court actions[183].
Deed[184]
of 1718 states one of George Booth jnr’s sons died before age of 21 & his
share went to other 3.
1/7. Sarah Booth (<15 - 1702)
Born aft 1687 (father’s will),
abt 1696 from burial.
Sarah Fisher buried Vere 6/12/1768, aged 72
Interest in GB’s estate re deeds in 1725[185].
In brother Samuel’s will of 1733 described as Sarah Fisher.
From brother Henry’s will 1738-9, probably married John Fisher (ref land from
John & Sarah Fisher). As the daughters of her brother, George, have Sarah
Booth as sponsor in 1715, and Sarah Fisher in 1718, she was married between
these dates.
John Fisher dead by 1741 when Sarah as a widow transferred 25 acres to George
and Elizabeth Fisher[186].
1745[187]:
in an indenture, George Booth’s daughter, Sarah Fisher, then a widow of Vere,
claimed as her share of her father’s estate 35 acres in Vere, which she gave
(sold for 5/-) to her nephews George Booth & Samuel Gravett Booth minors
and sons of Samuel Booth late of Vere dcd. The land was S on John Harris dcd
& Thomas Wait dcd, E on John Benson N on sd William Booth dcd & W on Jonathan
Facey & was the home of sd George Booth elder dcd. The deed makes it
clear that GB2’s son William died before the age of 21 so that his estate was
shared between sons Samuel, Simon and George. This was probably to the south of
Camps Hill, on Craskel.
Wit Simon Booth jnr & John Reid.
1755[188]:
John & Elizabeth Fisher of Vere for £125 from Henry Booth Fisher planter of
Vere sold a parcel of negroes the property of Humphrey Roger Jackson by right
of his wife Mary Ann fomerly the property of her father Samuel Jenners left by
will to the said children.
Also found:
2/1. George Fisher, son of John & Sarah, b 8/9/1717, ch 30 Inst,
spon Simon Booth, Vere PR.
Probably married Elizabeth from conveyance of 25 acres in Vere from mother
Sarah in 1741
2/2. Henry Booth Fisher.
Left money for apprenticeship by
uncle Henry. Also mentioned in uncle Henry’s will of 1738.
Married Olive, probably Dixon:
Olive Dixon Fisher bur Vere 17/9/1793, aged 68
3/1. Jane Caswell? Dau of Henry Booth Fisher, bur Vere 9/6/1762
3/2. Henry Booth Fisher.
Vere PR: b. 1/10, ch 5/11/1762 of
HBF & Olive.
Henry Booth Fisher bur 5/11/1762
3/3. James Dixon Fisher –
probable connection from son’s name:
Henry Booth Fisher, ch Vere
31/7/1780 of James Fisher.
Frances Fisher, wf of James bur Vere 31/7/1780
Henry Booth Fisher, so of Jas Dixon Fisher, bur Vere 9/11/1781.
Olive Fisher, bur Vere, 12/12/1775 dau of James Dixon Fisher
James Dixon Fisher bur Vere 12/10/1784.
2/3. John Fisher, from Henry
Booths will 1738.
2/4. Milborough Fisher dau of John ch 16/9/1733 Vere maybe these parents.
A planter of Vere.
Married: Mary Bonny, as Henry referred to his mother in law Tamazen Bonny in
his will, and Tamazin referred to Henry & Mary in her will of 1727. Mary
had a sibling with a daughter Elizabeth Savary, mentioned in both Henry &
Tamazine’s wills.
Vere PR: Mary Bonny, dau of William & Thoma... (as in PR) B 7/1/1707, ch
4/4/1707.
Mary probably died at the birth of the twin girls in 1738.
He is referred to as Henry jnr in deeds of the 1730’s, often associated with
his mother, Jane, indicating his youth. His half brother Thomas’s son appears
to have been called Henry snr (our ancestor).
Henry was not mentioned in George Booth 2’s will, but it seems probable that he
was a late son of George 2 & Jane, born after the drafting of George’s will
or even posthumously, making him born btw 1704-5.
In his will of 1738/9, he refers to his “honoured” mother Jane (still living,
but probably about 70), who will look after his children (all under 21 in
1738). He also refers to brother Simon (Samuel already dead), nephews Henry
Booth Fisher, (son of Sarah Fisher) & John Fisher and Thomas, son of Henry
Booth – it is not clear who this could have been, but was probably the son of
his nephew Henry, son of brother Thomas.
Samuel Booth in his will of 1733, refers to his brother Henry.
His inventory shows him to have been farming partly in partnership with Ennis
Read, who his daughter married. He owned about 160 acres in several plots in
Vere, including just uner 100 acres of the original Wallascott purchase.
The rest of his inventory showed him to have been a substantial pen keeper,
with the usual mix of cattle, horse, mules and sheep; from a posthumous crop
return, they were also growing a little cotton.
In his will, he refers to Elizabeth Savoury. From a deed[189] in 1738, he was an
executor of Thomasina Bonny late of Vere, whose g/daughter was then Elizabeth
Savary of St James; Thomasina’s will dated 26/8/1726. No sign of Elizabeth in
the PR’s. In this deed, Henry gives Elizabeth £160 in settlement of the £80
bequeathed in Thomasina’s will.
1714 Transactions[190]
Dated 30/7/1714:
Jane Booth widow of Vere for love & affection & £10 pa for her natural
life, lets to son Henry Booth 1 negro woman, 2 horses, 5 new sheep, 8 head of
neat cattle.
Dated 7/8/1714
Jane & son Henry buy land from George (wf Rebecca), son of George Booth,
planter, late of Vere, being part of the land bought by the late George from
Francis Wellascott; 1st pcl 75a bounded E on Samuel & Simon Booth, W on
heirs of Joseph Dunston dcd, N on Simon Booth, & S on Henry Lord; 2nd
pcl cont 22¾ acres E on Simon Booth S on Jane Booth E on John Morant esq, SW on
GB.
The assumption being that this was Henry’s brother. As Henry was not mentioned
in George 2’s will, he probably did not inherit any land from his father, hence
the transaction between him and his mother.
1728[191]:
Thomas Vyse & wife sold to Henry Booth jnr of Vere, for £50, 15 acres in
Vere, E on the River W on the Parish Ground, N on Thomas Booth dcd S on Richard
Pattinson. This parcel was sold by Henry Vizard 17/3/1724-5 to Thomas Vyse.
1737[192]:
For 5/-, John Read sold to Henry Booth jnr, both planters of Vere, (in trust
for Ann Read wife of John Read) a negro woman & child Quasheba &
Patience. For Ann’s life and then to the children by John Read.
Ann dau of Samuel, son of GB3: Henry would be her uncle.
1738[193]:
a grant[194]
gave 40 acres to Jane Booth & Henry Booth NW on William Booth dcd, S on
Henry Lord E on George Booth W on John Ashby and the heirs of John Dunston and
NE on Simon Booth relation being thereunto.
And George Booth & wife Rebecca sold certain parcels to Jane & Henry
Booth. Jane Booth, widow of Vere conveys to Henry Booth jnr, planter of Vere,
for 5/- all claim to these lands.
1738[195]:
Henry Booth gave Elizabeth Savary £160 in settlement of £80 left her by
Thomassin Bonny in her will of 26/8/1726. Elizabeth was a spinster of St James,
daughter of Thomassin Bonny late of Vere widow dcd, Henry Booth was executor of
the will of Thomassin Bonny.
In his will[196]
of 1738-9:
His “honoured mother” Jane, life use of his house and 11 acres to maintain her
and his, Henry’s, children, and then to son Henry.
Mother in law Tomazin Bonny (by then dead)
Son Henry Booth:
3 parcells of land in Vere:
40 acres patented by Jane & Henry Booth. (pat 1-16F67)
50 acres bought from John & Sarah Fisher.
House & land for mother for
life.
Daus: Sarah, Johanna, Jane Beck Booth, Tamazen Roberts Booth & Henryetta
Booth All <21 in 1739, “all other lands in Vere”.
Brother: Simon Booth, Planter
Nephew Henry Booth Fisher – his mother Sarah (HB’s sister?) money for an
apprenticeship.
Nephew John Fisher.
Nephew Thomas Booth, son of Henry Booth
Ref to John & Sarah Fisher.
Crop accounts[197] for 1742 filed by Simon
Booth, executor and mention Jane Booth having income from stock sales for
household maintenance and of the children. £188/2/6 for 1742, incl £54 for
cotton.
E.G.: 8 Weather Sheep to John Reid at £1-10 each the proceeds whereof were
given to Mrs Jane Booth for house use towards the maintenance of the Children
of the said Henry Booth Decd as per his rec't.
Inventory[198]:
Henry Booth – dated 23/8/1738.
Of Vere, planter
Shown by Simon Booth, acting Exec
£2951/9/9
Includes about 45 slaves, sundry stock and timber, including and several debts
from:
A bond under the hand and seal of Matthew & William Jackson dated the 12th
September 1738 for the sum of £78-12-6 a payment being made & principal
& interest due thereon to the 10th October last abt which time the demanded
debt £74/16/3
One ditto under the hand and seal of Thomas Booth dated the 23rd December 1737
for the sum of £80 a payment being made Principal and interest due thereon to
ditto £86/10/11
One ditto under the hand and seal of George Manning dated the 12th February
1738 for the sum of £8? Principal and interest due thereon to ditto £86/13/11
One ditto from Jonathan Rynger? Dated 5th October 1739 for the sum of £43/14/3
A note of hand from Philemon Dixon for £48 still remaining £21/14/9
3000 ft of dark board at £8/1000 £21 and 300 ft of mahogany ditto at 1-10/100
4-10 the whole amounts to £24/10/0.
Issue from will (all daus <21 in 1739):
2/1. Sarah Booth – left negro girl by father.
Was this the Sarah Booth who
married Henry Goulburn 27/4/1754, she a spinster (Vere PR)?
2/2. Henry Booth, PR has 2:
Most probable:
Vere 7/6/1735 of Henry & Mary.
Left land in Vere.
2/3. Johanna Booth
2/4. Jane Beck Booth
Spinster Married Thomas
Blinshall Vere 14/8/1756 (PR).
1757[199]:
Jane Booth Spinster of Vere sold to Ennis Read planter of Vere 1 slave for £16.
1757[200]:
Thomas Blinshall & Jane Beck his wife sold 76 acres for £78 to Ennis Read
in Vere, SW of George Booth esq
2/5. Tamazin
Roberts Booth (varuous spellings around for her name!)
Married, 1st, Edward Goulbourne 7/10/1752, Vere, she a
spinster (PR – Thomasina Roberts Booth). In spite of the spelling, this must be
the same individual[201].
Edward had a brother, Henry, who died childless leaving a wife Sarah, who administered
the estate after Edward’s death.
No relevant Goulbourne issue Vere, St C, Clarendon
Munbee Goulbourne owned the Bogue & Amity Hall Estates, both in the region
of Carlise Estate. Also Hillside, which became a Parker estate: Hillside Great
House in 2016 Plate 55.
Crop for Bogue estate: John Anderson Overseer, Joseph Hall attorney. Crop year
to 26/12/1777 76 hhds, 116762 lbs sugar, 44 puncheons, 4864 gals rum.
Married, 2nd, Ennis Reid the younger (who appears as a witness at
several baptisms), Vere 5/4/1768, she a widow.
Ennis Reid sold land by George Booth about 1750.
Ennis probably buried Vere, 11/11/1771 aged 52.
Her will was dated 1778, proved 1784.
Within the wills, there was a variation in spelling of Tamazen.
No relevant Reid issue.
The Goulbourne papers[202]
contain a lot of information on the inheritance between Thomasina and the
subsequent generations
She died about between 1779 & 1784.
Her issue by Edward Goulburn from her will:
3/1. Munbee Goulbourne, who died intestate
Inherited R&R from mother,
Tamazen
Of Amity Hall, Vere, (on the Eastern edge of Alley settlement), died 1793.
Married Susanna (d 1818) Chetwynd 1782, daughter of Viscount Chetwynd. The
Goulbourn papers in the Surrey History Centre in Woking have a huge collection
of these papers. They were the owners of Amity Hall in Vere, and Hillside. The
papers contain a long series of letters between the attorney in Jamaica and
Sarah Goulbourne, widow of Henry Goulbourne, Munbee’s uncle.
4/1. Henry Goulbourne.
Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), the main
owner documented in these records, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,
where he made lifelong friends with contemporaries, such as the future Lord
Palmerston, who were well connected in the upper echelons of British society.
His adult life was mainly spent moving in such circles, though he never had the
means to emulate the conspicuous consumption of some of his peers. He had lived
in somewhat straitened circumstances after his father’s death and, for most of
his adult life, he had no income other than from his Jamaican property. In 1811
he married Jane Montagu, the third daughter of one of his mother’s friends and
of one of his political allies. (For their marriage settlement, see 304/J/Box
2. (Earl of Clonmell?)) The couple had four children – three sons and one
daughter. Goulburn led a contented domestic life and purchased a fine family
home at Betchworth, Surrey in 1816. He and his family lived there apart
from some years during the 1820s when he was based in Dublin.
Goulburn had a long parliamentary career as a Tory and Conservative M.P. for
various seats held in succession: Horsham (1808-12); St. Germans (1812-18);
West Looe (1818-26); Armagh (1826-31); and Cambridge University (1831-56).....
4/2. Edward Goulbourne.
3/2. Sarah Goulbourne (dau of
Edward, Tamazen will)
2/6. Henryetta Booth, PR b
29/6/1738, ch 2/7/1738, Vere of Henry & Mary.
2/7. Barbara Booth, PR b 29/6/1738, ch 2/7/1738, Vere of Henry & Mary.
Latter twins sponsors John
Aldred, Innis Reid, Eliz Fisher, Rebecca Booth.
AM11/21
Thomas Booth was the son of GB2 and was referred to as “snr”
in 1714.
When he died about mid 1729, (possibly by May 1728 from a
deed 78F4), he was described as a millwright of St Catherine, having been a
carpenter in earlier deeds. His son Henry followed on this trade. There were a
few deeds with (another?) Thomas Booth, probably the son of Captain Booth[203].
The scale of sugar cane milling was inceasing at this time as more estates
were established: as a millwright, Thomas would have been more of an
engineer/technician. There were slow advances in the mothods use to crush the
cane, but there were no major changes until the introduction of steam power in
the latter half of the 18thC. Thomas was probably involved in the installation
of new mills. The ironwork was cast in England and shipped over.
See the Jamaica General Volume for notes on Sugar Mills.
His inheritance of about 20 acres at Withywood from his father George
provides the link from George to Thomas (as described in George’s will
adjoining Thomas Roberts). His inventory included 23 slaveswho may have been
employed in hs millwright trade.
It seems strange that this is all he appeared to have been bequeathed by
his father compared to the 1110 acres or so left to his second family. Thomas
and his sister Eliza were treated similarly, and were the children of Mary
Downer, George’s first wife. She was left little as well. The most likely
scenario is that he had already been provided for, maybe by his mother’s dower
or some such. The wording of George’s will makes it very clear that Thomas
should expect no more from his father.
In 1714[204],
Thomas “snr”, a carpenter of Vere & his wife Mary, took out mortgage with
John Morant for £144 at 10% pa for 3 years on 23 slaves. This seems the correct
one, carpenter & then millwright at death. Thomas’s inventory also shows 23
slaves, although there would have been some turnover in the intervening years.
At some time, probably in the 1720’s, Thomas bought from Brice Grey 100 acres
in Red Hills in St John, which was mentioned in his will. This was sold, subject
of a further mortgage agreement in 1739 by his sons, Thomas & Henry.
There is no indication who his wife Mary was, but he had children by her:
1. Henry, our ancestor.
2. Thomas, died 1747, also a carpenter
3. Benjamin, 1709-1730?
4. Mary Booth, married Thomas Jackson.
Left his land:
To son Henry land at Withywood adjoining Thomas Roberts – this was land left to
him by his father.
To sons Thomas & Benjamin lands & Plantations in St John lately
purchased from Mr Brice Grey. No coneveyance for this has been found.
From Will[205],
1725-9.
The reference to land adjoing to Thomas Roberts ties him to GB2.
of St Catherine, millwright...
I give my daughter Mary Booth at 21 or day of marriage one negro boy named
Fortune and two negro girls named Asinder and Sillinder
Each of my sons Henry, Thomas, and Benjamin Booth to pay her fifty pounds
I give to my wife Mary Booth all the rest and residue of my estate real and
personal during her widowhood provided she maintains and brings up my daughter
Mary Booth off the produce of the estate is 21 or marriage
I bequeath to my son Henry Booth my Withywood land joining to Thomas Roberts
I give unto my sons Thomas Booth and Benjamin Booth all that my land and
plantation in the parish of St Johns which I lately bought from Mr Brice Gray
I give to all my sons and daughter all my neat cattle and stock and penn lands
to be equally divided between them
All the rest of my estate I give to my three sons Henry, Thomas and Benjamin
Booth
my wife Mary Booth sole executrix during her widowhood and no longer...
12th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty
five.
Witnesses Wellin James, Richard Hoy Robert Mills
Proved 11th day of September 1729 by Wellin James.
His inventory[206]
of 13 December 1729 is on file, with, inter alia, 23 slaves, carpenter’s tools
to a total of £1257, including bonds of about £300.
Mary Booth will of 1737-9[207]
Full Copy held
.... Mary Booth of St Catherine’s being in health of body...
I give unto my beloved son Henry Booth one negro man named Jupiter
I give unto my well beloved son Thomas Booth three negroes named Phiscbo George
Hamlet
I give to my grandson James Thomas Jackson one negro woman names Qubah &
her childe Meriah
Item I give unto my beloved grand daughter Ann Mary Booth one negro girl named
Cloe
All the rest of my estate I give to my son Thomas Booth & grand daughter
Anna Mary Booth
I Do appoint my son Thomas Booth executor of this my last Will and
testament.... this 27th Day of November anno dominy one thousand seven hundred
and thirty seven.
The mark of Mary Booth
Wit Samuel Truslor, John James, Matthew Westerway.
I Mary Booth do make this codicil... the negroes given to my grandson William
Thomas Jackson will not be in the possession of Thomas Jackson his father but
shall be hired out to my son Thomas Booth my executor .. and the money thereby
arising shall be kept my said son till my grandson shall arrive at the age of
twenty one years and in case my said son Thomas Booth should die I do hereby
lease the same forever to my son Henry Booth for my said grand son ... 27
November 1737.
Appeared 5th day of April 1739 .. Samuel Trusler
The bequest to daughter Mary was the subject of several deeds in 1740 between
her sons, Heny & Thomas and son-in-law, Thomas Jackson ensuring that the
negroes concerned be placed in trust for Thomas William Jackson.
Mother left him 3 negroes.
Issue T&M’s wills.
Executor of Uncle Henry’s will of
1738 (Henry Booth, Millwright), also his son Thomas in the same will. Exec of
brother Thomas’s will of 1739/47. Father of Ann Marie Booth, Andrew Wright’s
mother.
Left by father share of
Plantations in St John lately purchased from Mr Brice Grey with brother
Benjamin. He, with his brother Henry, were in a mortgage agreement of 1739 and
subsequent sale of the Red Hill land bought by their father from Brice Grey.
Alive at mother’s will date 11/1737.
Left by mother three negroes named Phiscbo George Hamlet.
1715[208]:
Indenture between Thomas Booth jnr of Vere, carpenter, & Thomas Saunderson
tavern keeper 2nd pt: Thomas Booth lets 12 3/4 acres to Thomas Saunderson at
McCary Bay Vere, E John Booth, W Thomas S snr, N Elizabeth Sutton a minor, S
William Pusey esq, for 12 yrs at £12/6 pa
1718[209]:
Thomas Booth jnr of Vere Carpenter £8 sold to George Roberts planter of Vere
5.5 acres in Clarendon, N on George Booth minor, NE on Phillip Roberts, all
round elsewhere on barren mtns.
This might be the Varney land bought by George snr in 1686 or part of the
Downer land sold to GB2.
Probably him:
1744[210]:
Thomas Booth of St C planter & Ann Grundy widow £125 land from Thomas
Farquar in St Jago 1741 mortage for £150 settled 19/3/44. 1754 Thomas Booth
erected house or mansion.
Thomas Booth owned a house in town (Spanish Town?) which was built by Jacob
Cohen Delon under a lease. (ref brother Henry’s will)
Maybe ours:
1744[211]:
William Parker senr and Mary his wife and Robert Mills of St Catherine,
gentleman, and Jane his wife, by indenture of 12/6/1744 sold to Thomas Booth
planter of St Catherine, land in St Jago, sold to Robert Mills by George Wray
of Bristol. Indenture sold the land back to Robert Mills for 5/-.
Will[212]
1739-47
No legitimate issue, But:
Ann Prudence Bannister mentioned in his will.
Will also mentions
Father Thomas Booth
Sister Mary Booth & her husband Thomas Jackson.
Nephew William Thomas Jackson
Brother Henry Booth
William Vodry, son of cousin George Vodry
Nephew William Thomas Booth, son of brother Henry
Niece Anna Maria Booth, dau of brother Henry.
2/1. Ann Prudence Bannister,
Ch St Catherine 18/4/1738
mulatto dau of Elizabeth Bannister, father Thomas Booth. Left 3 negroes by
Thomas & £J50.
(Thomas only)
PR: Thomas & Mary Booth, Vere
Benjamin Booth, b 23/9/1709, ch 9/10/1709
Left by father share of Plantations in St John lately purchased from Mr Brice
Grey with brother Thomas: it may be that his share went to brother Henry as the
heir at law if Benjamin died intestate
1731[213]:
Benjamin Booth gent & Judith Ingram, a widow of St Elizabeth, sold to
Thomas Wharton 2 negroes for J£45. How did Benjamin & Judith have joint
ownership of the negroes? Was this him??
Not in mother’s dated 1737, so probably died 1725-37.
(Thomas only, <21 in 1727-9)
“Molly” Jackson bured St Catherine, 26/12/1738, possible, but no means certain.
Married Thomas Jackson, St Catherine, 11/6/1730, both of the parishPR.
She married Thomas Jackson (ref brother Thomas’s will 1747, but was probably
dead by then). She had died by April 1740, predeceasing her mother, when
several deeds[214]
set out her husband relinquishing any claim he might have had on some negroes
left to her by her father and for them to be placed in trust for their son
Thomas William Jackson until 21. Her mother, Mary in a codicil stipulates these
negroes should be hired out for her benefit and not come into the possession of
Thomas Jackson.
1741[215]:
Thomas Jackson, planter of Vere, for £57 from George Booth esq of Vere, sold
57½ acres in Salt Savanna N on John Golding, W on William Jackson, S on John
Morant & William Pusey and E on Thomas Jackson
This was probably George Booth b 1707-69, g/s of Capt George as GB3 seems to
have moved to St James in the late 1720’s.
Father’s will left her 3 negroes when 21 or married. According to her brother
Thomas’s will, there was a problem with this bequest, maybe because she
predeceased her mother, Mary (there is no mention of her in Mary’s will).
Mother Mary left 3 negroes to son Thomas which were probably the 3 bequeathed
to dau Mary in her father’s will. Son/brother Thomas makes provision in his
will to make this bequest good.
Grandchild William Thomas Jackson in widow Mary’s will of 1739
2/1. William Thomas Jackson (Mary only amd uncle Thomas)
A doctor.
William Thomas Jackson ch St C 14/8/1732 of Thomas Jackson & Mary (From
Family Bible transcribed into Reg - Birth dates only)[216]
G/mother Mary left him one negro woman names Qubah & her child Meriah.
The negroes from grandmother will not be in the possession of Thomas Jackson
his father but shall be hired out to my son Thomas Booth my executor .. and the
money thereby arising shall be kept till William Thomas shall arrive at the age
of twenty one years and in case my said son Thomas Booth should die I do hereby
lease the same forever to my son Henry Booth for my said grand son.
Legatee of Henry Booth’s will of 1743 (£J200) & Thomas Booth will 1747
(£J200). (<21 1747)
Bur Elizabeth, wife of Dr William Thos Jackson, Vere 7/11/1761.
Marriage William Thomas Jackson, MD Widower, & Rachel Rodon Spinster both of Vere 31/10/1762.
Sarah Jackson ch Vere 30/9/1752 of William & Elizabeth
Richard Jackson esq’s niece of Bushey Park, Vere died 1816.
AM10/11
Henry was the son of Thomas Booth, in whose will of 1725/9 he is named:
Henry’s mother Mary, in her will of 1737 named G/dau Anna Mary, who is also
named in in his brother Thomas’s will. He was probably born about 1700. His
uncle, Henry, son of George 2, in his will of 1738/9 refers to Thomas, son of
Henry Booth. He was referred to as senior in deeds of the 1730’s, making him
older than his father’s youngest half brother, Henry, son of Jane. This becomes
clear from a mortgage deed in 1739[217]
which included his father Thomas snr and his brother Thomas, the dates of the
signing off tie in with the death of this Henry. He was left by his mother Mary
Booth in her will of 1739, one negro man named Jupiter.
He followed his father’s trade as a carpenter and millwright, and judging
by his inventory was successful; he, like has father was in St Catherine,
although later on he bought land in St John. He seemed to play fair with his
family as shown by the complications of ensuring that his daughter Anna Maria
got her negroes etc inherited from her grand mother. There is however, little
to show how he acquired his wealth. He was left the land at Withywood,
originally bought by his grandfather, GB2 from the Downers, eventually selling
it in 1741 to Thomas Roberts. He mentioned an estate called Bensons in Vere
which he left to his son Peter: this may well have been one of the family
properties from GB2.
He was described as Housewright in 1731, but mostly a Millwright, as was
his brother and father. When he died between 11 1742 and 6/1743, he was of St
Catherine.
His first wife was Mary, the mother of his children, and who probably died
around the birth of twin daughters in 1738. On the tenuous evidence of a son
Peter Gravet Booth (b 1730), it may be that Mary was a daughter of Peter
Gravet: a Peter Gravet was ch St Andrew 26/3/1676 of Gilbert & Jane Gravet.
Peter Gravet appears in an inventory for Benjamin Booth in 1722, and Henry’s
uncle Samuel (d 1733) married Rebecca Gravett,
daughter of Peter Gravett. His cousin Jane, dau of GB3, married another
Gravett, Caswell.
His 2nd wife Sarah was mentioned in his will. That she was his
2nd wife is reinforced by the mention of “what was her (Sarah’s) own
estate” in his will. He married Sarah Parker, St Catherine 6/7/1741, both of St
Catherine, maybe widow of Walter Parker. A Sarah Booth died in Spanish Town
aged 90 buried St Catherine as a gentlewoman, 24 November 1794[218], which would fit her
probable age and that Henry left Sarah a house in St Jago de la Vega for her
widowhood. Henry made a proviso in his will relating to the expenses incurred
when Thomas Parker, his “son-in-law” lived with him. It is probable that he was
a son of his (2nd) wife Sarah. Was there any relationship between
Sarah Parker & the Parker/Goldings
of George Booth (d 1769)?
Issue by his first wife, Mary Gravett:
The first 2 were probably born in Vere in the period 1720-1730 when n records
were kept.
1. Anna Mary Booth, who married Francis Wright
2. William Thomas Booth
3. Peter Gravett Booth abt 1729
4. Rebecca Caswell Booth abt 1731
5. Thomas Henry Booth abt 1733
6. Henry Booth abt 1737
7. Barbara Booth, 1738
8. Henrietta Booth, 1738
Land in summary:
“Bensons” in Camps Savanna. Craskell has several Booth plots adjoining Fisher
& Gravett on the south side of Camps Hill. This was probably the remains of
GB2’s purchases. One of the neighbours of GB2’s residence in Vere was a John
Benson, so perhaps this land was part of GB2’s land, probably part of the
Wallascott purchase.
He leased about 160 acres in 1741 from Rachel Priddie in Vere for 17 years, but
cancelled the lease soon after when the Priddie heir came of age.
He acquired 25 acres in southern St Dorothy, which went to his sons Peter,
Thomas & Henry, mentioned in his will, possibly that acquired by escheat in
1738.
He inherited land at Withywood from father, which he sold in 1741.
Also some land in Town, left plot to Sarah for a house next to his brother
Thomas’s. He was probably resident in Spanish Town when he died.
There may have been 33 acres at Betts Gully, eventually sold by g/son Andrew
Wright, but plat has formerly of Mrs Mary Wright, dcd, probably Ann Mary
(Booth) Wright, married to Francis Wright. This plot was originally owned by
Franklins. Samuel Booth, D 1733, sold some land to Edward Goulbourne in 1756
adjoining land patented by Franklin.
Henry’s widow, Sarah (née Peeke) made some sales of land in St John, one of
which included a portion of 790 acres in St John. Perhaps these were her dower,
part of the Peeke marked on Craskell. Sarah Booth, dcd was referred to in the
payment of a mortgage in 1796, originally given by Susannah Chambers.
Sarah Booth, widow and Parker transactions.
She could have been Sarah Peeke who married Walter Parker St Catherine
17/12/1731, both of St Catherine. He was ch St Catherine 14/5/1709 of William
& Joan and buried there 28/11/1732. There is no record of a suitable Thomas
Parker being born, but he would have been born at around the time of Walter’s
death, so a baptism might not have been done, or was done in the country. Peeke
appears on Craskell in St John on the Mountain River and (as Peete) to the east
of the Parker property in NE St John.
1755[219]:
Sarah Booth widow of St Catherine sold for love & affection & 5/- to
son Thomas Parker, gent of St Catherine 2 negroes
In 14/6/1755 Thomas Parker sold to Susanna Chambers slaves & St Jago land
to secure a loan of £120. William Bowles surveyor of St Catherine & Susanna
“wife late Wright formerly Chambers”, sold to Abraham Solomons who sold the
land etc to Sarah Booth widow of St Catherine in 1759[220].
1757[221]:
Sarah Booth widow of St Catherine for 5/- from Peter Peeke planter of St John,
sold 1 woman slave named Dolly.
1760[222]:
Thomas Parker gent of Kingston, John Parker of St Catherine gent & William
Parker & Mary his wife of St Catherine gent & Sarah Booth widow sold to
George Booth esq of Vere for £180, 97A in St John part of 790A E on Catherine
Rugley, N unk, S&W on John & William Parker.
This was probably land from the Parker family, maybe Thomas, her son.
1762[223]:
Sarah Booth relict of Henry Booth for £40 from Charles Kelsall late of St
Catherine now of Britain, Sarah Booth quits claim of Dower on land in St
Dorothy purchased by Charles Kelsall from heirs of Henry Booth
Ref 183/89&90 where Henry & Thomas Henry sold land to Charles Kelsall.
1775[224]:
Sarah Booth wid of St John for love and affection of son Thomas Parker and
rents etc from Thomas Parker gent of St Catherine sold 12 acres part of a run
cont 50 acres which binds as in plat in St John Known as Red Hills 1
peppercorn. See the Plate
46 for details.
Transactions
1727[225]:
Thomas Sanderson & Mary his wife of Westmoreland for £15 from Henry Booth
of Vere, 4 1/2 acres in Vere, N on John Shuttleworth, E on River Mino, S on
Thomas Wait, W on land of Thomas Sanderson, being ½ of 9 acres purchased by
Thomas Sanderson of Thomas Paulfreeman
1729[226]:
Henry & Mary Booth, planter of Vere, sold For J£16 to Phillip Roberts of
Vere, 4½ acres of Vere N on John Shuttleworth dcd E on River Mino, S & W on
Phillip Robarts. The land bought in 1727.
1727[227]:
Henry Booth bought from Charles Long foot land in Kingston; E/W 150 ft, N/S 50
ft. W on East Street, E on Charles Long, S on Charles Tilton, being the eighth
lot north of Berry Street. £18. Probably Henry snr.
1731[228]:
Henry Booth of St Catherine, housewright & Mary his wife For J£100 sold to
Martha Chaddock mantua maker of Kingston, a lot W on East St on Charles Long,
SE on Charles Filton, 8th lot N from Barry St.
1729[229]:
Henry Booth senior & Mary his wife of Kingston William Dixey, carpenter.
For £70 from William Dixey for one negro woman and her 2 children
1738: Henry acquired by escheat 2 adjoining parcels of land in St Catherine
(later St Dorothy) from Morris, the deed (103/33) for this conveyance is not
available, but it is shown in a later transaction when sons Peter, Thomas Henry
(in 1757), and Henry (slightly later in 1759 when he was 21) sold half of their
1/3 shares in it to Charles Kelsall, subject to Sarah’s dower rights.
Booth is shown on Craskel Middlesex:
On the modern map, it can be positioned from the areas of marsh visible on
satellite images. Plate
45 shows the plat.
1739[230]:
Henry Booth from Abraham Cohen Delon
3 pt Ind btw Abraham Cohen Delon planter of St Catherine
& Abigail Henriques widow of St Catherine & Henry Booth snr of Vere
millwright
Whereas Rachel Delon late of St Catherine widow dcd in possession in fee of
parcel of mountain land & negroes sold to Abraham Cohen Delon but remain
for life, Abraham Cohen Delon to settle her debts 12 months after her death.
She owed Abigail Henriques £149-3-10d.
Henry Booth pays £53 to Abigail Henriques & 5/- to Abraham Cohen Delon for
1 negro woman & child.
1739[231]:
Henry, acting for himself and as attorney for his brother, sold to Joseph
Abeatha, planter of St Catherine & wife Rachel, 100a of mountain plantation
or pelinck at Red Hills in St John formerly purchased from Brice Gray by Thomas
Booth father of Thomas Booth & Henry Booth (millwrights of Vere, party to
these presents). Abeather took a out mortgage from the Booths for J£150 on it,
due 1743, but signed off Thomas Booth’s share in 18/11/1742 & Thomas Booth
exec to Henry Booth 3/9/1745.
The deed dates are a little confusing: the 1739 mortgage deed implies that the
sale had already taken place, but the 1741 deed conveys the land to Abeather.
In 1741[232],
Henry Booth (the elder of St Catherine, gent) dealt in 24¾ acres of land,
originally given by the Downers to his grandfather, GB2 jnr, and eventually
inherited by Henry. The first transaction was a sale and buy back to one
Charles Pescod on the 12th & 13th May 1741. On the 29th,
he sold it to Thomas Roberts for J£300.
“Henry Booth elder of St Catherine gent & Charles Pescod of the same parish,
gent
Whereas John Downer and wife Rebecca 209/9/1686 gave to George Booth jnr &
Mary 24 ¾ acres then in George Booth’s possession E on Richard Maw jnr W on sd
John Downer, S on Philip Roberts N on George Rickets. Henry Booth grandson of
George Booth and eventual heir
Henry Booth sold to Charles Pescod for 5/-. Charles Pescod to return it to
Henry Booth”
1740[233]:
Rachel Priddie, widow & relict of Henry Priddie of Vere, lets to Henry
Booth, of St Catherine, millwright, 54 acres & 2 rods in former Clarendon
now Vere Milk Savanna NE Alex Henderson esq, W on a gully, S on John Turner, SE
on road leading from Leeward to Spanish Town E on a road from Poris to Milkward
and taken out of the land of the above John Turner. Also 106 acres in Little
Carpenters Mountains NE Humphrey Stiles, SE & SW on Thomas Marchant, SE
& S on Raines Wait W on Rocky land Nly on Alex Woods in the possession of
Humphrey Manning for 17 years at £55 pa.
In 1804, Turners shown to the west of the Milk River, the 1st parcel
was probably where the road south towards the mouth of the Milk river on its
west side from the north meets the old south coast road to the west on the
shore. The leeward road was probably the new leeward road which went over the
mountains from St Jago.
Again in 1741[234],
Henry Booth snr of St Catherine, millwright James Cunningham of Clarendon
planter. Whereas Rachel Pridee widow relict & exec of Henry Pridee dcd of
Vere planter by her indenture 6/6/1740 ind of lease for 17 years. Rachel Pridee
remarries but James Cunningham guardian to her son by Henry Pridee. Henry Booth
surrenders the lease to James Cunningham.
Henry Booth will 1743[235]
Full copy held
Of St Catherine, Millwright.
... Henry Booth snr of St Catherine Millwright...
I give to my daughter Anna Mary Booth:
the sum of forty pounds in lieu of
her cattle by me killed and sold and also two cows a steer and a calf
(provided she lives virtuously and in good credit) the sum of three hundred
pounds to be paid to her when my youngest son Henry Booth is twenty one but if
she doth not live virtuously and in good credit then I give her in lieu of
three hundred pounds before mentioned the sum of one shilling
& fifteen pounds a year for her maintenance till her fortune becomes due,
one negro woman slave named Aubah in lieu of some cattle of her as I sold
I give to my wife Sarah Booth:
all of her estate of what kind soever that was her own property together with a
tea chest and silver spoons belonging to it
Also a looking glass also a Spanish Elm bedstead and one feather bed and also
her choice of my books (except the great bible)
also the sum of forty five pounds to be paid to her eighteen months after my
decease to buy her a horse and saddle
my riding horse called Wellin horse also a cow and heifer calf marked HB also a
filly marked HB
and also the use of my dwelling house in Spanish Town during her widowhood
I give to my son Peter Gravitt Booth all that my parcel of land near Camps
Savannah in the parish of Vere called Bensons.
All the rest of my estate both real and personal (which I now have or may
hereafter purchase) I give to my three sons Peter Gravitt Booth Thomas Henry
Booth and Henry Booth as they severally arrive at twenty one years
I will that my heirs or executors shall not come upon Thomas Parker my son in
law for any expenses for his maintenance during the time he lived with me
And I give to my son in law Thomas Parker five pounds to buy him a filly
... Sarah Booth my said brother Thomas Booth my friends Henry Bonner and
William Mathews senior my executors and guardians to my children hereby
twentieth day of November anno domini one thousand seven hundred and forty two
Wits John Chambers jun John Peeke Peter Peeke
... Codicil
I declare that the cattle within given to my daughter Anna Mary Booth to be the
cattle that was her property and were given to her by her grandmother Mary
Booth and that she shall have no other of mine and that the negro Obbah given
her in my within will be to her and her heirs forever ..
Item it is my will .. that my dwelling house in Town be immediately finished as
soon as possible after my decease
Item I give devise and bequeath to my wife Sarah Booth fifty foot in front and
sixty foot in depth of my land in Town which land is to be next adjoining to
the house that was my brother Thomas Booth’s which house was built by Jacob
Cohen Delon who had a lease of the said land from my brother
Item in case of the death of all my children I then devise and bequeath to my
said wife Sarah Booth twenty five acres of farm land in the parish of St
Dorothy binding easterly on Coll Charles Price and northerly on John Cope
Freeman ... 20 November 1742
Inventory[236]:
June 1743
Shown by Sarah & Thomas Booth (execs, wife & brother) £1726/1/10½. He
was described as Senior – there is no doubt that this is the correct inventory
by the executors and being a millwright, but only other Henry about was his
son, then aged only about 7.
Silver spoons not mentioned – sliver as a weight only.
His inventory shows him with property in St Catherine’s with an amount of
livestock and 33 slaves and had debtors of over £200, including Thomas Jackson,
husband of his sister Mary.
Crop Account for 1743[237]:
Millwright, of St Catherine, deceased
From 25 Dec 1742-31 Dec 1743
Shown by Thomas Booth
Cash Recd of his Outstanding Debts £134/4/10½
Cash Recd for Stock killed £31/11/10½
Cash Recd for Negroes Work £2/7/6
Issue, prob. all of Henry Booth & Mary (Gravett), all <
21 November 1743:
who married Francis Wright.
AM09/06
See her entry with Francis Wright for what little is known of her.
“nephew, son of brother Henry” in
Thomas Booth’s will of 1739-47.
Not in Henry’s will of 1743.
A possibility:
William Booth To James Cockburn 1771,
241/44-99 Feb-17 William Booth, gent of Kingston, owes James Cockburn,
merchant. 2 slaves as collateral.
Issue of Henry & Mary Booth, PR:
B 16/2/1729-30, ch 17/7/1730,
Kingston (PR).
Mar Frances Banks, 26/9/1757, both of St Catherines.
In father’s will. Peter Gravett 1746 will
Left land in Camps Savannah called Bensons by father, and share in his estate.
Several deeds of his on record in the 1750’s.
1750, about, PGB sold land to Harry Lord, deed N/A
1750, PGB buys land from Thomas Manning, deed N/A
1751[238]:
Peter Gravett Booth Gent of Vere sold to Edward Bathurst of St Catherine for
£300 ½ of 200A rest damaged original shown as blanks in transcript.
1752[239]:
Peter Gravett Booth of St Catherine for £J45 from John Chambers of St Catherine
for mulatto girl named Sally, dau of negro woman named Coobah.
1757[240]:
Peter had some transactions with Thomas Savage in which they sold slaves back
and forth between them, there is very little difference between the sale &
return deeds, except that one mentions the slave being “in actual possession”
in the first deed and not in the return. They were for one slave in each pair
of transactions.
1757[241]:
Peter Gravett Booth planter of Vere sold for £200J from Charles Kelsall esq of
St Catherine, 1/3 of ½ of 2 pcl of land in St Dorothy 1st 200A 2nd 125A
subject to dower rights of Sarah Booth widow of Henry Booth. The plat from this
deed is on the deeds file and notes that it was from an earlier deed of escheat
(103/33) of Morris to Henry Booth, about 1738, when it was in St Catherine. The
earlier deed is not available. Peter Gravett Booth son of Henry & Sarah.
The Plat in Wills File is drawn from the dimensions on the photograph of the
plat, and gives and an area of about 260 acres on the larger part, and 100 for
the smaller part (as the plat says).
There were some deeds indexed, but not available, between Peter Gravett Booth
& Thomas Savage in about 1757. There were Savage connections with George
Booth, g/s of GB2. It would appear that a Henry Savage bought the original
Burton patents on the Rio Cobre (see Thomas Burton).
1768[242]:
Peter Gravett Booth & Frances sold to John Norriston 32'x22' for life on
their plot in St Jago for his life
Bur St Catherine 10/12/1764.
Will of 1764-69[243]:
Of St Catherine planter, weak
To Mairer Reader, free mulatto, 2 houses for life.
To brothers Thomas Henry Booth & Henry Booth rest & residue
Free my mulatto girl named Rachel & sambo boy Ned her brother.
PR Clarendon: ch 28/1/1732. Not
in father’s will
PR Clarendon: ch 9/3/1734.
Legatee in father’s uncle Henry’s will 1738/9. In father’s Will. Peter Gravett
1746 will
1757[244]:
Thomas Henry Booth sold for £200J to Charles Kelsall 1/3 of ½ of (St Dorothy)
lands subject to Dower rights of Sarah, widow of Henry Booth dcd.
1777[245]:
Thomas Henry Booth, planter of St Catherine for £35 sold to Thomas Harrison of
St Catherine esq 30 perches of land near the River (Cobre?)
PR St C: ch 12/2/1738. In
father’s will 1742/3 <21.
Peter Gravett 1746 will
1759[246]:
Henry Booth planter of St Dorothy sold for £200J from Charles Kelsall esq of
Clarendon Henry Booth’s part share being 1/3 of the ½ of 2 parcels in St
Dorothy one cont 200A the other 120A S on a morass mangrove, W on Mr Freeman,
NE on Charles Price senr esq, NW on Freeman and Willikin of howsoever the same
is butted and bounded together with his the said Henry Booth’s part share and
share alike etc
1787[247]:
Rachel Burton widow of Thomas Christopher Burton of St Catherine for £123 sold
to Henry Booth planter of St John 66A of mountain palink.
In 1795, Henry Booth of St Catherine, planter, 1st & Charles Wilson Castle,
black boy of St Catherine to Wit for and in consideration of the rents &
covernants hereafter contained for and on behalf of & Charles Wilson Castle
6A of land being part of a piece in St John 66 acres which 6A is occupied by Wiliam
Bamback free man of colour, & Charles Wilson Castle has lease for life to
pay 1 turkey cock or 2 capons annually to Henry Booth
1/7. Barbara & Henrietta Booth, born 29/6/1738, baptised
Vere, 2/7/1738.
As they were not mentioned again,
they must have died soon after birth, which explains them being baptised
unusually soon after birth.
Mar Jane Parker, St A 12/3/1673-4
Bur 18/6/1680 St Andrew
His simple will dated 16/6/1680 is of St Andrew and all to wife Jane
The origins of the Gravet family are, as usual uncertain. He and probably his
wife sould have been European born. There was a Gilbert Gravet buried in Pérassay,
Indre, France in 1651, but theer were Gravets in Sussex, which is more likely.
Peter’s will and the Vere baptism throw up a conundrum:
there seem to have been 2 Caswell Gravetts with issue about the same time. One
with 3 children are named in Peter’s will, but the children do not appear in
the parish recods anywhere. The other is also connected with the Booths and his
issue are in the PR; it is possible that he was a brother of Peter, but that
would make him pretty old at marriage (55).
Issue of Gilbert & Jane:
1/3. Judith Gravett, ch 5/10/1679, Bur 30/12/1680, St A
ch St Andrew 26/3/1676
He appears in some deeds with the Booth family in 1714, when he was a carpenter
of Vere
Will:
8/11/1746 ent 21/7/1748. 26/150
Of Vere planter. Wife Elizabeth 1
mulatto boy Billy, also chaise and 6 chaise horses & 4 carriage horses also
1/3 of estate. Ref house to g/dau Ann Raynger, wf of Jonathan & land In
Carp mtns in Vere W on Simon Booth, N on Rocky Gully, E&S on rocky mtns 27
acres. Son Caswell Gravett 18 acres in Vere where he lives. G/sons George Booth
& Samual Gravett Booth land 4 miles above Porus 184A. G/dau Olivia Booth a
negro. G/so Peter Gravett Booth negro. G/s Thomas Henry Booth young negro, same
to g/s Henry Booth. G/d Millh Gravett dau of son Caswell G.
Elizabeth G, dau of CG, g/d Mary dau of CG. G/daus <18. GG/dau Elizabeth
Raynger. Dau Rebecca Booth. G/s Samuel Gravett Booth. G/dau Ann Allrpess.
Dau Sarah B..K annuity. George Booth of Vere exec.
Bur Peter Gravett, St C 14/2/1748-9 a child
Issue of Peter & Elizabeth Gravett.
Vere PR msg July 1720-March 1730-1, and few before 1707
From Peter Gravett’s 1746 will:
2/1. Caswell Gravett Dr CG bur Vere 7/12/1761 – no will found.
3/1. Millh Gravett b
aft 1730.
Prob M Samuel Gravett Booth, 1st
cousin 1751. B abt 1735 re deed at 21
3/2. Elizabeth Gravett b aft
1730.
3/3. Mary Gravett b aft 1730.
Also:
As far as we know, Gilbert only had son Peter before he died; Caswell here is
the same era as the one referred to in Peter’s wiil. It is most likely that
they are the same and
Caswell Gravett M Jane Booth dau of GB3, 5/5/1734
Their issue:
3/1. Caswell Gravett, ch Vere 27/4/1735
3/2. Peter G son of Caswell & Jane, Bap Vere 13/12/1739,
sp Peter G, John Piper? Mary
Dirney. (Gravot)
3/3. Rebecca Gravett, b
29/4/1737, ch Vere 29/1/1737-8 of C&J.
2/2. Mary Gravett M Henry
Booth
3/1. Peter Gravett Booth b 1730
PG will
3/1. Thomas Henry Booth b 1734 PG
will
3/2. Henry Booth ch 1738 PG will
1. Anna Mary Booth, who married Francis Wright
2. William Thomas Booth
4. Rebecca Caswell Booth abt 1731
7. Barbara Booth, 1738
8. Henrietta Booth, 1738
2/3. Rebecca Gravett, M 16/11/1714,
Samuel Booth, son of GB2
In PG will, cied abt 1752
Np doubt about this marriage – SB will refers to Peter Gravett
3/1. Samuel Gravett Booth aft 1722 PG will
3/2. George Booth PG will
3/3. Olivia Booth PG will
2/2. Dau PG will
3/1. Ann (Short??) M Jonathan
Raynger Vere 17/2/1726-7
4/1. John Raynger, b 9/1, ch Vere
17/4/1738 of Ann & Jonathan
SP Peter Gravet, John & Mary Ranger.
John Ranger bur Vere 22/7/1770, age 25
4/2. Elizabeth Raynger (PG Will)
John Rainger will of Clarendon
Date 28/4/1696, ent 25/11/1696. of Clarendon, planter, Wife Elinor, son Francis
<18, daughter Susan, <15. £50 to sister Ann R in case she should come to
the Island. Son-in-law John Reed
Francis R bap 11/12/1693 of John & Elinor, Clarendon
Issue of Francis & Judith Ranger:
Jonathan Ranger ch & b 16/11/1716 Vere 14
Thomas Ranger b 7/10/1733, ch Clarendon 13/1/1733-4
Susannah Ranger, b 5/7/1737, bap 4/1738, Vere4,sp Jonathan R &
John & Ann R
Jonathan R of John & Eliz b 4/6/ ch 3/8/1738. Bur Vere 3/5/1771, aged 33
The family of John Gall Booth is of interest for their descent from GB2, and
left a lot of documentary evidence. John Gall Booth snr was the son of George & Priscilla (Gall) Booth (son of Samuel, g/son of
George Booth 2), implied by 2 deeds in 1772.
John Gall Booth snr and jnr became big land owners in western Vere, mainly in
the area which became Manchester. A main one was simply know at The Farm, and
seemed to be the most significant, and was a coffee estate; but there were several
others in the immediate area to the north of the 16 Mile Gully; the lands on
the Milk River may have come from his 3rd wife, but they are also in
same area as the original Wallascot purches by GB2.
The main Carpenters Mountains properties seemed to have been coffee estates,
while the ones round the Milk River (Ramble) had at least some sugar. The
Rogers River land is unknown, but Andrew Wright with a similar property a
little further west along the coast was growing cotton.
The Gall Booth estates were subject to the West Indian Incumbered Estates
commission in the 1860’s, and the records in the National Archives contain much
information on the transactions and land purchases; copies of these are in the
wills Volume, and include wills, estate plans etc. Transcripts to be found in
the Wills Volume, with a couple of plats showing Hope Pen and another of 257
acres. This was caused by the death of Miss Caroline Booth, grand-daughter of
JGB snr, who seemd to be the ultimate legatee of the Farm and Soho estates in
1865.
There were debts (mainly mortgage and interest) on the properties of £4865/14/0
in 1844: when the Farm and Soho were sold in 1865, they raised on £2300!
These documents were photographed at the UK National Archives, May 2015.
He was born in the mid 1740’2: he was named
in his grandmother Rebecca’s will of 1751, but does not appear in any parish
record.
He died 14/1/1807, and was buried in the churchyard in Vere. He was probably
resident at Cherry Hill at the time, only 10 miles or so from The Alley church.
He was married 3 times, details of his wives are later in this section:
1st Rachel Judith Wright (abt 1772), the mother of his children.
2nd Mary Page (9/1795 from newspaper, she was Mrs PageJG)
3rd Elizabeth Farquar (1801)
Issue, summarised:
1. Joseph Wright Booth, 3 children by Jane Brown
2. George Booth, b 1773, d bef 1784
3. William Wright Booth, ch 1777, d bef 1796
4. John Gall Booth – Issue
5. Samuel Booth, ch 1782
6. George Booth, ch 1784 d bef 1796
7. Henry Booth, ch 1785 – Issue
8. Robert Wright Booth – Issue
9. Sarah Goulburn Booth, ch 1792
10. Francis Wright Booth 1795-1821
11. Rebecca Mary Booth – ch 1792 d bef 1822 – Clarke issue.
12. Andrew Wright Booth – b aft 1785 d by 1813 – issue.
1772: 249/217 Trustees for Vere Free school.
1794, 1801, 1802[248]:
part of group repairing the road from Milk River over Plowden hill.
1791: Captain of the Vere troop of (horse) militia (New Jamaica Almanac).
In 1844, “The Farm” was 773, Exchange 35, Asia 300, Hope pen 154.
About the time of his death, he owned, or had recently owned:
Cherry Hill House
Hope Pen (154 acres)
The Farm (555 acres 1821)
Rogers River (700 acres)
Owned by his sons:
Soho (307a)
Asia (400a)
Ramble & Gibraltar (at least part of)
His Will of 1807[249]
In summary:
Cherry Hall House – Andrew Wright Booth to be resident probably the eldest son.
Son Joseph Wright Booth
100 acres purchased from John Fullarton
Dau Rebecca Mary Clarke, wife of George Booth Clarke
G/dau Rachel Booth Clarke <21
Henry Booth, son, 113A purchased from Adam Smith in Carptenters Mountains
Robert Wright Booth <21
Son Francis Wright Booth <21, youngest
Lands of JGB:
Almanacs:
Mount Pleasant, Vere (Manchester):
17 56N 77 26W, N of 16 mile Gulley.
1804:- JG Booth, 3.5m N of Rogers River mouth.
1804:- JG Booth about 1.5m South of MP. "The Farm" of 1811?
JG Booth, snr (d 1807) at Mount Pleasant.
JG Booth, jnr (ch 1780) at the Farm.
1811:- JG Booth, decd. (the Farm, JG Booth)
1811: Mount Pleasant 58/12 JGB dcd
1811: Asia (Samuel), 41/19
1815-20:- heirs of JG Booth. (the farm JG Booth)
1824:- JG Booth at the Farm.
The Properties associated woth JGB and his sons are, in summary:
Cherry Hall (Hill?) House (from his will), probably his residence, which
he left to has wife, with Andrew Wright Booth living there. It is not specified
where this was, but there is a Cherry Hill about 3 miles north of Milk River,
which could have been his, then in Vere. Cherry Hill house adjoined Hope Pen,
and so must have been ths one with a slight error in the transcription.
Hope Pen, in Carpenter’s mountains trust for children 1796, also Inc
Estates commission papers where a plat shows it adjoining Cherry Hill. A Hope
is shown east of Milk River. Crop return for 1797, filed by Adam Smith shows it
as Coffee, next year Sugar – probably not the same one.
From deeds, this pen came from Mary Page, his 3rd wife, and was
originally owned by George Hayle, of Vere, the elder, probably a descendant of
Richard Hayle, one of the 3 brothers. It ended up with Caroline Booth, all other
heirs having failed.
Deeside (across the river was a Farquar property.
Ramble & Gibraltar, on the east side of Hope pen,
in the estate of Samuel Booth, JGB snr’s 6th child, in his will of
1831/4.
In 1804, Robertson shows Ramble as a sugar estate, roughly where Ramble Pen is
on the above map. In 1840, it was 1500 acres listed to McPherson.
Gibraltar was 120 acres in 1823.
Cleeves. Appears in Samuel Booth’s will 1831/4: on Craskel, shown about
by Deeside on the above map.
Gunters Hill, Vere, sold 1772 (just east of Pridees, Milk River, on
Liddel)
Serge Pond, Vere, sold 1772 (a mile or so west of Kemps Hill)
Tweedside, Vere, sold to William Pusey Hayle, 1790, (south of Spring Plain,
close to the Milk River).
Rogers (River) or Cotton Valley, Carpenters Mountains, 700A mortgaged
1790
600A bt from Adam Smith, 1792, this adjoined Cotton Valley/Rogers. Probably a
mistranslation of Canoe Valley. Sold 1803. JG Booth on Robertson on the Roger’s
River, Canoe Valley, between Milk River and Alligator Pond
1803: mortgage on Rogers and Long Bay 600A.
Prospect Pen, on or near, some sold 1792.
Soho, in Incumbered Esates Commission, eastern side of the Farm. In 1844
was about 307 acres, and owned by Caroline Booth, when she mortgaged it. It was
finally sold in 1865 after her death. The sale particulares of 1865 quote 307
acres, of maiden land adapted to the growth of coffee.
Asia north of 16 mile Gully, 1½ miles south of the Farm. Latterly Samuel
Booth. From UCL was 400 acres.
Frankfield & Exchange:
South of the Farm, with Hog Hole (an Anderson property) between them.
Andrew Wright sold brother Samuel, Frankfield, 140A south of Hog Hole.
mortgage on 130A called Exchange, by Hog Hole, south of The Farm 1812.
Exchange was close to or adjoining Frankfield, and abour 130 acres.
The Farm Coffee Plantation was his (see son JGB below). JG Booth 
appears
on the 1804 map at the Eastern end of Carpenters Mountains, Vere, towards Milk River – 2 pens, one by sixteen mile gully (this was Asia, later owned by his son, Samuel in
1817). The Farm was shown in 1804 to the north, marked as “Farm” settlement on
modern maps, to the northwest of Hog Hole, owned in 1817 by Thomas Anderson. An
estate plan, Manchester 129, Plate 59, shows this
with, inter alia, 90 acres of coffee, and was 556 acres total, with 208
woodland & Ruinate. The map is tentatively positioned by the track between
hog Hole and Farenough.
In 1844, when mortgaged, it was still a coffee plantation, owned
by Caroline Booth, daughter of JGB the younger, and was sold about 1864 after
her death under the incumbered estates commission, at that time 466 acres.
In 1844 The Farm was described:
...Miss Booth’s property consists of a Plantation called The Farm and another
property belonging to her late brother called Soho. The former is a coffee
plantation, and rather valuable, being capable of making in reasonable years,
from 70 to 90 ton of coffee but for the last four or five years, the weather
has been somewhat unpropitious, added to which, the want of labourers has at
some periods been severely felt since the emancipation of the negores took
place, from which casuses the crops have fallen off – that of the present year
will be from 45 to 50 casks. There are 466 acres of land altogether at the
Farm, 120 acres are in young and old coffee, 50 in common pasture, 100 wood
land fit for coffee cultivation and 196 in pimento. There is a Dwelling House
with requisite out offices on the property, also a coffee store, mill pulper
Houses? With necessary machinery to carry out the cultivation, with extensive
barbecues for drying and curing the coffee, likewise eight mules. At the
dwelling house there is but little furniture and of no intrinsic value, Mrs
Booth who married a second time, having taken away all that was valuable. There
are a few cottages on the property occupied by some of the old people....
Retreive:
About 3 miles ESE of The Farm, 425 acres belonging to son Samuel, acquired via
has wife, Isabel Farquar, left to her by her father.
Deeds:
1772[250]:
2 deeds indicate that JGB’s father, George sold his inheritance from his
father, George to his mother Rebecca in 1749: she left her estate to John Gall
Booth. The lands left by Samuel Booth to his sons George & Samuel Gravett
was as joint tenants in common. John Gall Booth took action for a division to be
made a pieces of and in Vere at Serge pond of 60 acres, which was being sold to
Thomas Hercie Barrett. A second similar deed concerned 80 acres of land in Vere
sold to Barritt for £1000.
1774[251]:
John Gall Booth sold Henry Goulbourne 120 A for £400 on the Main Savanna
called Gunters Hill, between the Milk River and Hilliards River.
These 2 deeds look to be the remains of the Booth land originally bought by GB2
from Francis Wallascott.
Serge Pond is east of the Milk River, S of Hilliards River)
Gunters Hill is just SE of Pridees on the 1:50K map.
1775: A deed conveying JGB’s sister’s portion of their grandmother, Rebecca’s
estate, 20 acres in Vere, in trust to Peter Clarke until she was 21
1775[252]:
John Gall Booth bought from Thomas Hercey & wife Eleanor Barrett for £7 3.5
acres on new road to race course between land of George Booth dec & John
Gall Booth (road E/W on plat, land to S with SW & SE boundaries). Race
Course is a couple of miles north of Alley.
1776[253]:
4 pt btw 1st JGB 2nd Priscilla B widow & relict of George Booth the yngr of
Vere & Olive Gall Booth dau of Priscilla and sister of John Gall Booth of
3rd and Peter Clark of St TiV planter of 4th. Olive Gall Booth under will of
Rebecca Booth, grand mother of John Gall Booth & Olive Gall Booth 20a in
Vere, S on Mrs Mry Gough, & Henry Savage dcd, W on Thomas Hercey Barrett,
and rest on John Gall Booth in trust with negroes for Priscilla Booth should be
OGB?. Partial transcript in wills file
1777[254]:
John Gall Booth & Rachel planter of Vere for £800 sold to Isaac Aguilar,
merchant of Kingston 10 slaves. A 2nd deed for £1080 owed to Isaac Aguilar. All
paid 1783
1785[255]:
John Gall Booth Esq of Vere & Rachel Judith his wife for J£380 sold to
Alexander McKeande of Kingston 38 acres in Vere N & NE on Milk River etc.
1788[256]:
John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith planter of Vere for £60 sold to Benjamin
Lumbard of Vere, free black, 10A being part of larger run in Vere.
1790[257]:
John Gall Booth & Rachel of Vere esq sold William Pusey Hayle practitioner
of physick and surgery of Vere for £824/11/1d 36 acres in Vere called Tweedside.
Plat in Wills File
1790[258]:
John Gall Booth indebted to William Pusey Hayle 5 bonds totalling £525/9/0,
repayable annually 1791-5 secured on 700A in Carpenters Mtns Vere known as
Rogers or Cotton Valley (see wills volume).
1790[259]:
John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith sold to Thomas Gaultier, a minor of Vere,
for £132 22A part of a larger run in Vere.
1792[260],
2 deeds: Adam Smith Esq of Vere sold John Gall Booth esq, for J£820 600 acres
N&NE on Adam Smith on two rivers S on the sea W on John Gall Booth for
ever. Westerly river "two rivers" Easterly Swift River. On Google Earth
now wetland/marsh and bush, as is found on the road (2020).
Plate
54
The same day, John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith, his wife sold Adam Smith for
J£621 sold 310 Acres, between Prospect Pen, owned by JGB and Bossue.
1796[261]:
John Gall Booth & Mary Booth have in her own right property to settle. They
sold to James Burnett, merchant of Spanish Town, in actual possession, 300 A in
Carpenters Mtns bought by Mary Booth before marriage to John Gall Booth from
John Dykes, Hope Pen formerly of George Hayle of Vere in trust for Rebecca
Weakland dau of Mary Booth by William Cooks Page her late husband, and any
children by John Gall Booth & Mary. If that fails to John Anderson, son of
John Anderson, 1st husband of Mary, if that fails, to issue of Rachel Judith
Booth & John Gall Booth: Joseph Wright Booth, John Gall Booth, Samuel
Booth, Henry Booth, Andrew Wright Booth, Robert Wright Booth, Francis Wright
Booth, Rebecca Mary Clarke, Sarah Goulbourne Booth, heirs & daughters of
John Gall Booth by Rachel Judith Booth.
John Anderson married Mary Fiffe Rankin, St Elizabeth, 16/10/1783, but this
Mary died 1787.
Mary Anderson, widow married William Cook Page, Clarendon, 6/1/1789.
Land named Hope in St Elizabeth was left in the 1748 will of Robert Wright, son
of Andrew, to his son Joseph, whose daughter married John Gall Booth.
There was also a Gibraltar adjoining Hope Pen in western Vere on the east side
of the Baldwins River where it flows into the Milk River: Hope Pen was a John
Gall Booth property, and was part of the negotations over the Incumbered
Estates Commission[262].
1781[263]:
John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith of Vere & Andrew Wright of St
Elizabeth. Rachel Judith Booth only dau of Joseph Wright late of Vere, &
heir, in fee simple of several negroes, to make provision for her children,
makes trust with Andrew Wright. Some slaves to Rebecca Mary Booth, some to
Joseph Wright & John Gall jnr for when John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith
Booth die.
1801[264]:
Ind btw John Gall Booth & Elizabeth wife of Vere, & Isabella Sarah
Booth d-in-L for 10/- slave called Charity marked on left shoulder GB.
1801[265]:
John Gall Booth & Elizabeth (late Farquar) & John Hogg Farquar of Vere
gent. John Gall Booth & Elizabeth for love and affection, Elizabeth Booth
has for John Hogg Farquar gave him 60A in the Carpenter’s mountains wills
volume for details, and below as John Hogg son of Francis & Elizabeth
Farquar.
1802&3[266]:
John Gall Booth & Elizabeth for love etc to son Samuel for 10/- negro slave
Phillis and 2 boys George & William
Again, in 1803, they gave Samuel 1 negro man named Barrick
and woman Amy.
1803[267]:
John Gall Booth & Elizabeth for J£300 from Samuel Booth all of Vere gentlemen
100A or more in Carpenters Mountains in Vere N on Peter Stiles, NW on John
Rome, E on Robert Smith, W on Samuel Biggs S on the remaining part of land
belonging to Francis Smith and conveyed by him to Thomas Biggs as by the plat
annexed to the deed from Sarah Edwards to Thomas Allpress Pridie on 454f222 –
plat photo’d 3/2020.
1803[268]:
John Gall Booth & Eizabeth of Vere of 1st pt & Dutton Smith Turner of
Vere esq acting exec of will of Henry Redwar[269]
of St Catherine dcd esq of 2nd and Alex Schaw esq of Vere of 3rd. 15/6/1790
George Rodon sold land to John Gall Booth and by ind 1/10/1795 btw Adam Smith
of Vere.
It was witnessed that for the consideration therein mentioned Adam Smith ..
conveyed to John Gall Booth .. land therein and hereinafter mentioned and
whereby an indenture of mortgage dated 25 July 1793 and made between John Gall
Booth and Rachel Judith his then wife of the one part and Henry Redwar of the
other part after reciting that John Gall Booth was .. indebted to Henry Redwar
.. for J£4526
It was witnessed that John Gall Booth & Rachel Judith for 10/- conveyed to
Henry Redwar .. those parcels .. of land situate .. at Carpenters Mountains
known as Rogers River or Cotton Valley (probably Canoe Valley) containing
about 700 acres .. and lately held by John Rodon of Vere esq and lately held by
Elizabeth Anderson of Vere? Widow dcd subject to a
proviso of condition of redemption in the indenture of mortgage which said last
mentioned pieces and premises in the indenture from Adam Smith and George Rodon
to John Gall Booth and hereinafter mentioned and conveyed and whereas John Gall
Booth hath contracted and agreed to sold .. all the said lands to Alexander
Schaw and in order to grant a perfect title thereof to him in fee hath applied
to and requested the Dutton Smith Turner executor aforesaid to join in and
execute these presents which he hath consented to
Now this Indenture witnesseth that for .. J£2200 to John Gall Booth &
Elizabeth from Alexander Schaw ... they John Gall Booth & Elizabeth and
Dutton Smith Turner exec have conveyed ... to Alexander Schaw .. land in Vere
.. bounding N & NE on Adam Smith E on two rivers S on the sea and W on John
Gall Booth ... 600 acres
and also those pieces of land ... at Carpenters Mountains .. called Rogers
River or Cotton Valley containing about 700 acres and lately held and pssessed
by John Rodon..... End of photograph.
He inherited the rest & residue of grandmother Rebecca’s estate (her will
1751/54).
Marriages:
1st: Rachel Judith Wright
It is very likely that this was the 1st wife of JGB, who must have
died around the birth of their last child in 1794.
She was baptised 8/8/1756 of Joseph & Elizabeth, St Elizabeth. Joseph was
probably the son Robert Wright, son of William
& Elizabeth Wright, great-grand parents of Andrew Wright (father of Ann
(Wright) Maitland). That would make Rachel Judith Andrew Wright’s 2st
cousin, and a son of hers Andrew Wright’s 2st cousin once removed –
Andrew Wright Booth was referred to by Andrew Wright as his cousin.
She was probably the Rachel Judith whose 3 children by John Gaul Booth are
included below: it is probable that the rest were also hers. For a possible
connection with Andrew Wright see his entry.
2nd: John Gall Booth of Vere esqr married by licence Mary Page of
Clarendon, widow, 16/9/1795.
Wife of John Gall Booth (no forename given) bur Vere 15/1/1799; this must have
been Mary Page.
William Cooke Page married Mary Anderson, widow, Clarendon, 6/1/1787/8. She was
the widow of John Anderson and had a son John (re 1796 deed 460/232, but deed
says son of John Anderson, does nto say Mary as well)
this looks a little late for Rebecca’s marriage date, but just fits.
Rebecca Weakland, dau of William & Mary Page.
3rd: John Gall Booth esqr married Elizabeth Farquar, widow, Vere
24/1/1801.
Francis Farquar, millwright, married Elizabeth Ludford, Clarendon, 16/9/1781
Francis Farquar, esq, bur Vere 1/2/1799.
From a deed in 1808, “Francis Farquar of Vere, planter dcd will 29/5/1798 in
trust for wife Elizabeth for life after her death sugar works called Deeside
& Pen Glen Farquar to son Francis Farquar for life and after his death to
his sons if he fails to son John Hogg Farquar and R&R to his daus Sarah
Farquar & Elizabeth Eleanor Farquar for their lives after their life to the
children of his dau Isabella Sarah Farquar. Pen called Retreive to Isabella,
wife of Samuel Booth. After wife's death cotton works Glengaryy to son John
Hoff Farquar.” Elizabeth Farquar had by then died.
Issue of Francis & Elizabeth Farquar:
Francis ch Clarendon 17/2/1782.
John Hogg (or Hogg) Farquar, ch Vere 26/12/1794,
mentioned in 1801&8: given
60A in Carpenter’s Mountains by John G & Elizabeth.
conveyances. He had one daughter in the PR, Elizabeth Sarah, ch Clarendon
18/8/1803 by his wife Sarah. He is mentioned in the UCL work as owning a
property called Lodge in Manchester of 15 acres.
Elizabeth Eleanor Farquar, ch Vere 16/9/1787
Mary Anderson Farquar, ch Vere 15/9/1790.
Isabella Sarah Farquar, no PR but in Deeds, married Samuel Booth below.
No other issue found.
Issue of John Gaul Booth, Vere PR:
1/1. Joseph Wright Booth (JGB will & deed 460/232)
A merchant in Kingston, mentioned
in 1808 conveyance.
1806[270]:
1st deed: Joseph reconveyed 8 named slaves to his brother, Samuel
& Isabella Booth for 10/-.
2nd deed: Joseph Wright Booth, John Gall Booth, George Booth &
Rebecca Mary Clark sold Samuel 5 named slaves for J£270.
3rd deed: Samuel & Isabella Booth sold for 10/- 8 (different)
named slaves to Joseph.
1807[271]:
John Gall Booth left Joseph J£1500 in his will, Joseph sold the legacy to
Thomas Alpress Priddie for J£1500. Must have been short of cash!
Btw JWB of Kingston Gent 1st pt & James Sampson esq of Vere 2nd Pt. J£120to
JWB sells to JS 6A called Spring in Vere SE on Rd to Milk River Bath, N on
spring of waterfall other side on Alex Shaw[272]
He appears as god father in a number of case in the early 1800’s
Slave Comp: Kingston 617 £22 13S 8D [1 Enslaved]
Issue of Joseph Wright Booth & Jane Brown, Kingston a mulatto.:
2/1. Richard Batty Booth, ch 8/12/1798, Kingston
2/2. Caroline Alpress Booth b 6/11/1799 ch 22/5/1800.
2/3. Lilias Wright Booth, b 7/1/1802, ch 4/8/1802, Kingston.
Several more found.
1/2. Rebecca Mary Booth – in JGB younger’s will of 1822 in
JGB snr will
She married George Booth Clarke
(son of Peter & Jane Vesey (Booth) Clarke), Vere 7/8/1792. She died bef
1822.
see under brother Joseph for 1806 slave transaction.
Ref Jane Vesey Booth (GB2, Samuel, George) above:
JGB Will: D after 1822, married Clarke & maybe Christian
2/1. Jane Vesey Clarke, ch Vere 4/2/1794, of George B & Mary
2/2. William Page Clarke, b 7/11/1795, ch Vere 18/4/1796.
Bur Joseph Gall Booth Clarke 18230124
Vere, Inf son of William Clarke of Spanish Town, died at Kemps Hill, Vere.
2/3. Samuel Booth Clarke, ch Vere
27/9/1801, no parents given.
2/4. Isabella Sarah Booth Clarke, ch Vere 27/9/1801, no parents given.
2/5. John Gall Booth Clarke.
Vere PR: John Gall Booth Clarke,
son of George Booth Clarke & Rebecca Mary his wife (late Booth spinster)
was born April 15th 1805, publically baptised October 25th
1806.
2/6. Jpseph Wright Booth
Christian b St C12/6/1808, ch 11/10/1810
son of George Booth Clarke
Christian & Rebecca Mary his wife
(late Booth spinster). Note the etxt is the same as John above, but no
Christian.
There were 2 children of Peter Clarke baptised the same day...
It seems possible that this
refers to a descendant of this family, although he was christened at St Andrew,
Holborn 18/9/1808 of George Bryant & Louisa Christina Clark, and George was
ch 28/7/1774 in Rochester of George Bryan & Mary Clarke.:
1861 census, 17 Kensington Sq, London:
Henry Booth Clark (Hd 52, Solicitor, St Andrews Holborn) Isabella (wf 40,
Kensington) – B Kensington: Henry Herbert 13, Booth Frederick, 12, George
Howard, 11, Fielding, 10, Isabella Mary, 8, Julia Christine, 5, Edward Walter?
5, Huntley 9M
1/3. George Booth, b 14/12/1773 - by Rachel Judith ch Vere
7/4/1774
Also in St John same Bth, ch
7/3/1774. Probably dead by 1796.
Spon Simon Booth snr & jnr Mr Waites, Mrs Wilson (Simon Booths probably son
& grandson of Simon Booth will of 1764)
1/4. William Wright Booth, ch Vere, 24/1/1777. Probably dead
by 1796.
1/5. John Gall Booth, Vere, ch 17/7/1780
Married Rebecca Weakland Page,
Clarendon, 1/1/1803, both of Vere. John Gall Booth jnr, gent Rebecca Weakland
Page, Spinster. She was his step sister by Mary Page.
Died 8/5/1823 at the Farm in Manchester, bur 9th at the Plantation
called Hope. Clarendon PR.
Jam Gazette: Died at the Farm plantation, Manchester, on the 8th inst, John
Gall Booth, esq, much regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends.
Owned 64 slaves 28 June 1817 in his own right in Manchester. He also owned some
as executor to his father.
On 21 June 1820, the return for his father’s slaves showed 3 remaining, 4
having died since the last return.
On June 21st 1825, JG Booth dcd assessed for not Giving In:
1000 acres, 20 stock & 80 slaves. (Jaz Gazette)
An Annabella Booth of Manchester owned 11 slaves at this date.
2 daughters buried at The Hope Plantation, Clarendon.
1813: Alderman for Vere, also 1816.
See the Incumbered Estates copies, May 2015.
1821, The Farm surveyed (Manchester 129) & contained:
A-R-P
89-2-7 in Coffee,
58-3-04 Grassland & pasture
208-0-11 Woodland & Ruinate
199-3-15 Woodland, negro grounds & part if adjoining estate
556-1-27 Total.
John Gall Booth From William Ayton – 1819[273],
Bt at public sales from William Ayton Deputy Marshall:
1819 1 slave for £150 June Grand court
1820 1 slave for £70 June Grand Court.
Booth, JG (yngr) will[274]
1823
of Manchester, planter
To my brother Henry Booth, wearing apparel
To brother Robert Wright Booth my watch
Brother Henry’s debts written off.
To George & John Brown, free mulattos £20 p.a. for life
To Olive Tabetha Brown, free quadroon £20 p.a. for life
To wife RW £J300 p.a. for life & my chaise and saddlery and 3 horses and
the domestic servants usually attending them. And she shall have feed etc in
full barr to dower.
To children remainder as tenants in common. My desire that the property be kept
together by execs until son Charles is 21.
If all die to brothers Henry and Robert Wright Booth and nephews William Page
Clarke and John Gall Booth Clarke, children of my sister Rebecca Mary Clarke
Christian dcd
Execs Henry Lord Garriques of Kingston, merchant and Henry Rhodes of
Manchester, esq
1824: 16 Feb, dau of Mr John Gall Booth buried at the Hope, Clarendon
1823: Rebecca as excr of JGB owned 23 slaves.
Slave Return, 28 June 1826, Manchester (execs): 49 males, 36 female.
1824: Inventory[275]
of John Gall Booth shown by Henry Lord Galriques, merchant, his exec: 49 males,
37 female, £760 debtors, household furniture, cattle & mules to a total of
£10152.
1826: Rebecca Weakland Booth owned 27 slaves in Clarendon.
1829 Jamaica Gazette Sale of The Farm: “Kingston, April 4, 1829. For Sale, that
very desirable COFFEE PLANTATION, situate in the Parish of Manchester, called
THE FARM and belonging to the Estate of the late ALEX CAMPBELL, Esq dcd,
containing by estimation, 280 acres, the greatest part of which is in well
established Coffee, anf the remainder in very productive Provision Grounds,
common Pasture and Ruinate. The Works on the property consist of extensive
Barbiques, with the requisite Stores and Out Offices, all in a state of perfect
repair, and fully adeqate to the purposes of the Plantation. Attached to the
property are seventy well disposed and healthy Negroes. For further particulars
and terms apply to George Lindsay esq, Marshalls Pen, Manchester or to the
subscriber, in Kingston, David Malloch.”
1832: The farm advertised for sale, Jamaica Gazette: “1 Jan 1832: The Farm
Plantation, in the Parish of Manchester, consisting of 280 acres of Land, 55
acres of which are in Coffee, the remainder in well established Guinea Grass
(subdivided by stone walls) Ruinate and Provision grounds. There is a good
Dwelling House, Coffee Store, Mill and Barbeques. Between 60 and 70 negroes
will be sold with or without the property. For further particulars, apply to
George Lindsay Esq, Mile Gully Manchester or in Kingston to Robert Adam.” It is
not known if it was in fact sold.
1865, May 2, The Farm sold for £2000 and Soho for £300; 1845 judgement in
favour of Henry Lord Garrigues for £4865 against Caroline Booth, assigned to
claimant 1847, Mortgage by claimant 1844, £3622, so total incumbrances £8487!
Issue of JGB & Rebecca Weakland:
Of these, Josephine & Rebecca were born at The Farm Coffee Plantation, Carpenters Mtns.
2/1. George Hayles Booth b 6/1/1806, (F87), RW late Page
Vere PR: Son of John Gall Booth
jnr & Rebecca Weakland, his wife (late Page spinster) was born Jan 6th
1806, publicly baptised Oct 25th 1806.
2/2. Josepha Wright Booth b
6/5/1808, ch 23/7/1811,
PR Bap for Jo & Rebecca:
Daughters of John Gall Booth esq and Rebecca Weakland his wife, of the Farm
Coffee Plantation in Carpenters’ mountains in this parish (Vere), were this 23rd
day of July 1811 baptised by me Edmund Pope, Rector. Josepha Wright Booth was
born 6th May 1808: her godfathers & mothers were Joseph Wright
Booth, Thos Allprice, Ann Husband, Isabella Sarah Booth. Rebecca Mary Booth was
born 8th July 1810: her godfathers and mothers were Doctor George
Farquar, Robert Wood, Elizabeth Ann Booth, Sarah Collings.
Died at the Hope Plantation, 27/11/1813 & buried there 28/11/1813 dau of
John Gall & Rebecca (? AM transcription) (all PR)
2/3. Rebecca Mary Booth, b
8/7/1810, ch. 23/7/1811, died 16/12/1813 at the FarmJamGaz.
2/4. John Gaul Booth, b. 25/11/1813
2/5. Colin Booth, b 10/10/1814, ch Vere 13/1/1816
at The Farm Coffee Plantation.
2/6. Caroline Booth,
Caroline & Charles ch Vere
15/12/1818, of Manchester, wit Samuel Booth, Mr Davies, Miss Husband, Robert
Wright Booth, Wotton Scott, Mrs Henry Booth. Died about 1865, no GB will.
She seems from the West Indian Incumbered Estates papers to have been the final
heir of The Farm & Soho which were sold after her death in 1865.
not found in 1841,51 or 61 censuses.
A Caroline Booth buried Tower Hamlets, 25/11/1863, of 14 Park St, Limehouse
aged 44. Looks very possible.
A later death in Q4 1864, St Giles was a child buried in Holborn.
2/7. Charles Booth, ch 15/12/1818.
2/8. Charlotte Booth, b 25/7/1820, ch Manchester 8/12/1820PR of JG
Booth & Rebecca
1/6. Samuel Booth, ch Vere 19/2/1782 in JGB will
Married Isabel Sarah Farquar,
13/4/1800, Vere, she a widow, daughter of Francis & Elizabeth Farquar. His
step-sister!
1801: Isabel given a slave by John Gall & Elizabeth for 10/-. Specific
about her as daughter in law – see JGB for details.
1802 & 3: 2 deeds where John Gall & Elizabeth give Samuel named slaves.
1803: bought 100 acres in the Carpenters Mountains from his father for J£300 –
see JGB for details.
1808[276]:
Samuel & Isabella Booth freed a slave, Amey Morris on payment of J£110 by
Samuel Smickley.
1808[277]:
Samuel & Isabella sold for 1 day Retrieve Pen, which was left to Isabella
by her father, Francis Farquar. Samuel Booth & Isabella sell to Joseph
Wright Booth Retreive in Vere 452A SSW & SE on Figary Gully. E & E on
David Lord Oliphant & John Lord Oliphant all ther side land pat by John
& Joseph Sutton & Joseph Wright Booth agrees to sell back the next day,
to Samuel only.
1812[278]:
Samuel Booth & Isabella Sarah his wife planter of Vere 1st pt Richard
Jackson esq of Vere, Samuel Booth owes Richard Jackson J£480 by several bonds
320 cond 160, on 18/9/13, 2nd similar for 18/9/14, etc Coffee plantation of
130A known as Exchange N on Joseph Wright Booth and Hog Hole plantation, prop
of Tom Anderson Dcd E on Thomas Alpress Priddie S on Kings Highway leading to
the Hermitage highway and W on Francis Bodley dcd. Paid off 8/7/1822.
1811[279]:
for J£3000 from Samuel Booth, Andrew Wright Booth sold a coffee plantation in
Carpenters Mtns called Frank Field 140A (south of Hog Hole, s of the Farm).
1813: A Samuel Booth arrived in the Agnes from Liverpool 27th March
via Cork & BarbadosJG. Also Alderman for Vere, also in 1816.
Will of 1831-4[280].
Samuel Booth planter of Vere. All to brothers Joseph Wright Booth & Robert
Wright Booth, rings. To nephew Joseph Wotton Scott Booth the judgement I hold
against his father's estate. 2 reputed sons Samuel Booth & Simon Booth 20A.
called Cleeves. Eldest reputed dau Rachel Judith 2nd rep dau Elizabth Wilson B,
3rd rep dau Catherine 4th and last rep dau Arabella Booth - to all daus several
named slaves. My present housekeeper 5A part of Gibraltar land adj part of the
Ramble. Execs to educate childen and eldest son Samuel to go to GB for school.
Present houskeeper Dorothy Ann Robertson
Note: Ramble and Gibraltar adjoin Hope pen to the East: Ramble appears on
modern maps. See note for Annabel below.
A Samuel Booth of Vere owned 24 slaves on 24 June 1817, including 2 surnamed
Farquar, so probably him.
1817: Samuel Booth owned Asia (on north side of 16 mile Gully) plantation –
shown as JG Booth in 1804. south of Exchage & Frankfield.
2/1. Samuel Booth, quadroon, b 5/6/1823, son of Samuel Booth esq.
2/2. Simon Booth, free mulatto, ch 4/8/1817, son of Elizabeth Booth
Also Sim Booth all same details.
(Sam B will 1834)
2/3. Rachel Judith Booth
2/4. Elizabeth Wilson Booth, bap 4/8/1821, Vere, dau of Sam esq. Free Quadroon
2/5. Catherine Booth, bap 4/8/1821, Vere, dau of Sam esq. Free Quad
2/6. Arabella Booth.
1823[281]: Annabella Booth
gentlewoman of Kingston re land of James Booth Smith in part in Vere & part
in Clarendon called Gibraltar 120 acres, James Booth Smith intestate so to the
King. Grand Court sold it back to Annabella Booth & Lara? Mitchell, gentlewoman.
No date for Grand Court.
This pen was adjoining Hope Pen, on the Milk & Baldwin Rivers.
Slave Compsation: Clarendon 325 £120 19S 5D [5 Enslaved]
St Andrew 434
£198 1S 8D [7 Enslaved]
Vere 9 £109
17S 5D [5 Enslaved]
1/7. George Booth, ch 28/12/1784. Probably dead by 1796.
1/8. Henry Booth, ch 5/6/1785 in JGB Will
1809[282]: Henry Booth esq of Vere sold
Mary Reid free WoC of Vere 2 negroes for life and then to Adah Jane Booth.
Married 24/10/1810 Elizabeth Scott.
“.. both Of this parish were this 24th Janry 1811 joined together in
holy matrimony at Serpentine River near Milk River, at the house of, & by
consent of, Wotton Scott esq the Father of Elizabeth Scott, who gave her
away...” Mentioned in brother John Gall’s will of 1822.
(a Sarah Wootton Scott married in Vere 1786)
2/1. Adah Jane Booth, ch Vere 7/10/1810 dau of Mary Reed by Henry Booth,
Of Watchwell, Carpenters
Mountains. She married William McLeod, Manchester 2/5/1827, she of colour, both
OTP.
2/2. Joseph Watton Scott Booth,
ch 15/8/1819 Vere (Samuel B Will 1834)
& his wife Elizabeth Ann,
wit John G Booth, Joseph W Booth, Mrs John Booth. In SB1834 Will.
Slave Comp: Vere 19 £138 11S 0D [6 Enslaved]
1/9. Robert Wright Booth, ch 2/10/1790. In JGB Will
Mentioned in brother John Gall’s
will of 1822.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 18 (20) males, 14 (16) female.
Slave Return, 28 June 1826, Manchester: 3 males, 8 female.
Slave Comp: Manchester 477 £146 9S 8D [9 Enslaved]
3/1. William Page Booth, son of RWB, coloured ch Manchester 22/9/1821.
3/2. Robert Alexander Booth, mulatto, b. 1822, ch Vere 4/8/1823, RWB.
1/10. Sarah Goulburn Booth, ch 8/8/1792 - by Rachel Alive
1796.
1/11. Francis Wright Booth, b. 12/8/1794, VerePR
ch 18/4/1795 - by Rachel Judith
Booth In JGB will
Booth, Francis W., aged 28 years, planter, buried 21/9/1821 by William E.
Hamilton, Rector, St. Catherine Anglican, B0080, II, p. 451
1/12. Andrew Wright Booth – no PR
Andrew Wright Booth, he was in
father’s will, living at home:
Not yet 21 in 1806, in cousin Andrew Wright’s will.
“Late Andrew Wright Booth” in son’s baptism in November 1813.
Issue, ch Vere:
Jonathan Wright Booth, mulatto, ch 23/7/1811 at the Farm, son of Andrew Booth esq.
of Speck plantation in Carpenter's Mountains.
1812: Andrew Wright Booth of Vere planter, Samuel Booth of Vere, planter. Wit
that for J£3000 from Samuel Booth, Andrew Wright Booth sold a coffee plantation
in Carpenters Mtns called Frank Field 140A
Andrew Wright Booth, child of colour, ch 25/11/1813, son of Mr Andrew Wright
Booth, deceased, at Hope plantation, Clarendon (Vere).
Hope plantation came into the family via Rebecca Weakland.
NB Hope Plantation was where John Gall Booth was buried in 1823.
A Sir George Booth was prominent at the end of the Commonwealth when he
took Chester for the Royalists, but was soon defeated. There was discussion at
the time of deporting him to Barbados, but it seemed to have come to naught. He
was a staunch Presbyterian. There is however no obvious connection with our
George Booth(s).
A Capt William Booth was listed in Barbados in 1638, part of a list of
landholders of more than 10 acres.[283]
There was a Sir William Booth as a prosperous merchant in Barbados in 1685
who received 100 convicts from the “Bloody Assizes” in Dorset that year from
Monmouth’s rebellion. Sir William’s (of Black Jacks) wife was Rosamund Meynell
dau of Littleton Meynell of Derbyshire, and their only daughter and heir was
Elizabeth (1692-1746) who married Abel Alleyne in Barbados in 1713: Abel
Alleyne bought the Booth estates from Dame Rosamund: 495 acres in St Peter, St
James & St Andrew, 2 dwelling houses, 2 stone windmills & 2 boiling
houses[284].
He was of a later generation than our George Booth. (ref Genealogies of
Barbados Families: From Caribbeana and the Journal of the ... By James C.
Brandow. – Google books). One source has Sir William as a former Naval Officer[285].
A Sir George Booth was involved in an action in 1659 at Chester.
LDS: William Booth & Rosamund had children:
Mary, ch 21/2/1685, St Martin in the Fields.
Dorothy, ch 11/9/1688, St Olave Hart St, London
Black Jacks ako Sion Hill in St James & St Peter parishes, may not have
been owned by Sir William for very long[286].
Suggested previous owners do not appear on the maps.
See Derbyshire Record Office D239 M/E 20468 for papers relating to Alleyne
family in Barbados.
Allen appears in the SE central area of Barbados in 1657.
Alleyne appears in 1722 in St James parish, NE of the church, and extensively
elsewhere.
A Booth family website has the following passage:
http://selectsurnames.com/booth.html
America. Family tradition has it that three Booth brothers from Cheshire came
to America in the 1630's; William to Barbados, John Booth who settled on Long
Island, and Richard Booth who was one of the founding fathers of Stratford,
Connecticut (Donald L. Jacobus's 1952 book Genealogy of the Booth Line recounts
this family line).
from LDS:
John Booth (d.1689) was born in England and immigrated to Barbados and then
America. In 1652 he settled on Long Island and became a prominent land owner.
He was the father of four sons. Among his descendants were thosae who supported
the colonies during the American Revolution and those who supported England.
One of the Booths to move to Canada was John Booth (1724-1788) who settled in
Ontario. Descendants live in Canada and the United States.
Modyford’s Barbados Settlers
In 1664, when the new Governor, Sir Thomas Modyford, arrived in Jamaica from
Barbados with 1000 settlers....[287].
It is said that these settlers went to the East end of Jamaica.
Samuel Booth bapt Barbados, St Lucy, 26/5/1679 of Robert Booth.
Ancestry.com has a tree showing an Elizabeth Booth married to William Rose,
with issue, amongst them Fulke Rose: he appears in St Catherine PR with issue.
Will of 1663 in Barbados refers to Thomas Rose, merchant sometime of London,
now of Barbados.
St Michaels Barbados, Wm Rose M Eliza. George, 3/4/1659.
http://madjackfuller.blogspot.co.uk/2004/09/jamaican-plantations-and-slavery-i.html
6/2013:
...one of the original Jamaica settlers, Captain Fulke Rose, a landowner, merchant
and physician. Rose became an important island personage: in 1675, 1677-9 and
1682-3 he was a member, for St Thomas in the Vale, of the Jamaica assembly; in
1680 he became a JP and was subsequently listed as among the 'fittest men in
Jamaica to be Councillors' for the island. "
The Fuller Letters; Guns, slaves
and finance 1728-1755, Crossley & Saville, pp xxiv
Hans Sloane:
... n 1695, he married Elizabeth Langley Rose, widow of the planter Fulke Rose,
whose plantations brought his family substantial income. In 1707 and 1725,
Sloane published his lavishly illustrated two-volume Natural history of
Jamaica, and he enjoyed extensive correspondence with Caribbean planters and
merchants throughout his life.
Fulke Rose will of November 1693 makes no mention of any Booths. All his
children were daughters who were looked after by Hans Sloane.
Fulke Rose had lands adjoining Burtons Stoneland plantation in St Thomas in the
Vale.
Jane Grant ch 2/5/1772, Kingston, of Patrick Grant & Milborough Booth.
Booths of St James
Kemble Booth
Will of 1755
30/56-53 Dated 4/3/1751 Ent 24/7/1755
of St James, planter
To sons Thomas & Kemble Booth all land etc
To Mary Green £20
To Barnet Reyolds 2 mulatto children named Priscilla and Mary begotten of my
mulatto wench Jenny their freedom (as written in original – sense a bit
strange)
To eldest son Thomas £40 for freedom of mulatto child Phillis which is his
property
Rest to all children, girls and boys.
Execs Maj John Reid & James Lawrence esq of this parish.
Issue of Kemble Booth:
1/1. Thomas Booth
1765: (210/70 15/1/1765) Indent
Thomas Booth & Wife Judith planter of St Elizabeth, sold to William Pight of
St Elizabeth for £500 12 slaves 3 horses & 100 acres in St James N on
Matthew Frith E on John Wisdom & William Shane, S unknown, W on Stephen
Gabordan & John Baily.
1757[288]:
William Thain esq of St James sold to Thomas Booth planter of St James for
£225J N on Matthew Frith E on John Wisdom and S on prop unk W on Stephen
Gabondan, and John Bayley. Plat in Wills File.
Thomas Booth, late of St James, planter
29/8/1771 15/168 Chancery
...and whereas a certain suit lately defended in the High Court of Chancery
wherein James Baillei of St Elizabeth planter, was the complainant and the said
Thomas Booth the defendant. And whereas by the decease of the said Thomas
Booth, the cause is abated and there is not any proper response of him Thomas
Booth, appoints Edward Badnedge of Kingston warfinger to the defend this suit.
1/2. Kemble Booth
Kemble Booth mar Ann Riley, St
James, Trelawney, 4/5/1772, no more info on PR.
Kemble Booth, B 27/12/1774, ch 10/1/1775, Trelawney of Kemble & Ann
Sarah Booth, B 27/12/1777, ch 25/3/1780, Trelawney of Kemble & Ann
Eleanora Frances Booth, ch 26/12/1784, Trelawney of Kemble & Margaret
Joseph Booth of St James
1776[289]:
Joseph Booth of St James merchant for £140 from Francis Hinley of St John sold
1 negro slave
Tabitha, wife of Joseph Booth, bur St James 12/8/1789, St James.
Branker Booth
Of St Dorothy, Will 17/244 Dated 28/8/1728, ent 18/11/1728,
also inventory, no issue.
1710[290]:
Branker Booth of Oxford, but in Jamaica now Gent, Attorney to John Hubbard
sailmaker of St C London, nephew of Thomas Lewen blockmaker of Jamaica. Re land
in Port Royal. Att to Thomas Wells
Branker Booth & Thomas Macey – 1717 etc 55/183 ent 12/3/1717 Deed.
Branker Booth of St Dorothy gent attorney to Mary Fier
Inventories for
John Booth of St Ann, 3/7/1755
John Booth of Kingston, 20/1/1756, Gent
This latter has a number of scientific instruments listed.
Jamaica Gazette, 27/3/1813:
In the Agnes, Mr Samuel Booth, from Liverpool
Booth Shipping
The Samudas had a long-standing trading relationship with Jamaica. “D. Samude”
appears in Lloyd’s Register 1764 (London: Gregg Pres n.d.) as owner of the
Esther, running between London- Jamaica. In Lloyd’s Register 1776, M. Samuda is
listed as owner of the Judith, London-Jamaica; and Samuda & Co. as
owner of the Withywood, the Susannah, the Esther, the George Booth,
and the Princess Royal, all of them sailing between London-Jamaica. (Jews,
Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight, By Eli Faber, Google
Books).
From the Newspaper Archive & Lloyd’s List have numerous reports of a ship,
the “George Booth”, between London & Jamaica, between 1768 & 1776.
Perhaps this belonged to George Booth who died in 1769 a was a rich sugar baron.
INTELLIGENCE From LLOYD’s Oct 4 (1782)[291]
The Alert privateer of Alderney, Captain Falaise, has sent into Guernsey the St
Francis, D’.Asise, a Spanish prize, from the Carraccas to the Canaries, with 60
tons of Cocoa, and 10 ferons of indigo.
The Jonge Maria, from Cadiz to Ostend, drove on shore two miles to the eastward
of Rotterdam, on the 29th of September, in a hard gale of wind; the Captain and
one man drowned; the cargo, consisting of salt, entirely washed out, and it is
feared the ship will be lost.
An American vessel from Guadaloupe to Nantz, with 100 hogsheads of sugar, some
coffee and indigo, is sent into Guernsey, having been taken by Captain Durell
of Guernsey, and Captain Gabourd, of Jersey, at anchor off the Isle Dien.
The Withywood, Evers, from Jamaica to London, foundered in the gale, off
the Banks of Newfoundland; the crew taken up by the Thetis, arrived at
Bristol.
Plymouth, 1. Arrived the Worcester, Stuart, from Jamaica, having loft her mizen-mast
in a heavy gale Of wind, the 16th ult. She sailed from Jamaica,
under convoy of nine ships of the line, befides* frigates, with a fleet of
about ninety merchantmen, but separated in the above gale, and saw no part of
the convoy since.
The London, Obryen. from London to Jamaica, having received some damage, and
being leaky, is put into Plymouth.
The Rodney, Luscomb, from Jamaica to Bristol, foundered on the 17th of
September, off the Banks of Newfoundland.
Milford, 26. On the 23d, arrived the Surprize sloop of war, from Antigua, after
seeing those vessels in safety, bound up St George's Channel.
Bristol. Sept. 30. The Thompson, Chapman, from St Thomas's
for Christiansand, is drove up to Lundy Island, in our Channel: the Captain
sent his letters for this place, by a pilot skiff, and, in a letter to his
friend here, says be left St Thomas's the 16th ult. and on the 21st ditto, lat.
29. 7. long. 60. 32. spoke the Arbuthnot privateer of New York, who the day
before fell in with the ship Halifax, of and from Antigua for Hallifax; on the
19th, said privateer saw four sail of the line, steering N. N. W which Captain
Chapman supposes to be the ships that had arrived at Martinico from the Cape,
and destined for America. Two English letters of marque were carried into
Guadaloupe, and two large French frigates were cruizing to the windward of
Barbadoes.
Portsmouth, 3. Yesterday arrived at St Helen's, the Canada, of 74 guns, under
jury top masts, Captain Cornwallis, from Jamaica; parted with fleet in a
violent gale, off the Banks of Newfoundland. Also arrived the Truelove,
Moulton, from Jamaica, by which we«learn the fleet consisted of eighty-eight
merchant ships, under convoy of nine men of war; on the 17th ult. they met a
most violent gale, in which the Centaur lost her fore mast, bowsprit, and
mizzen-mast; the Caton, of 64 guns, made a signal of distress and bore away for
New York, in Company with the Pallas frigate; the Ardent being very leaky,
returned to Jamaica. Three of the merchant ships foundered in sight of the
Truelove ; and Captain Moulton, and the Parmassus, of London, and a snow
belonging to Bristol, were taken by a large privateer. The Truelove saw no part
of the fleet sjnce she parted on 17th; she came into the Channel alone.
Gravesend Oct 2.. Arrived the Toy, Archer, from Perth; Stirling, Dock; Glasgow,
Walker, Furth, Henderson; and Paisley, Gardner, from Carron.
What is the connection with our Booth’s??
Geroge Booth, styled Captain, was one of the early patentees Jamaica, being
granted 1200 acres on Clarendon in 1665.
Whilst he may have come to Jamaica via Barbados, there is no evidence that he
did, except for some land references to Captain George Booth in some deeds of
land in that island in 1669. This probably refered to our George Booth. As a
Captain and grantee by 1665, he must have been born about 1635-40. He left at
least 5 children, and a grandson, George (1707), who became a large sugar
grower in southern Vere in the mid 18thC. The grandson’s story is interesting
in that it shows the build up of his extensive real estate, and its subsequent
loss by his absentee heirs.
His elder 2 sons, Thomas & Simon, were, by implication, over 21 at his
will date, so the first conceived say no later than January 1671. Assuming a
minimum of 20 at marriage, he must have been born no later than 1651.
Died: 1694-5, Of Vere
Family, from his Will Witness Aaron Vodry et al:
Wife: Elizabeth
Issue:
George b aft 1673
John b aft 1674
Thomas
Simon
Jane b aft 1679
It is probable that he had a daughter Elizabeth who is mentioned in the
will of Frances, GB1’s widow; the other possibility is that this Elizabeth was
the daughter of GB2. Frances’s cousin George Booth may well have been Surveyor
George Booth; George 2 refers to his uncle George Booth – these 2 references
are probably to the same person.
He was probably the George Booth referred to ”my cousin” in the 1677 will
of Frances, wife of GB1, and the same will mentions Elizabeth, dau of George
Booth – she is not in George’s will of 1695, but was probably dead by then. His
wife being Elizabeth lends weight to this idea. An Elizabeth Dash in Barbados
became Elizabeth Booth in 1669. GB2 makes reference to his uncle George Booth
in his will.
There is no evidence of whence Captain George originated, but is is quite
possible, like his namesake and probable relative, George 1, that he came from
Barbados. Unlike George 1, he makes no reference to property outside Jamaica. There
is a reference to “Elizabeth Booth, now the wife of Captain George Booth” in
the June 1694 will[292]
of her father, Latimer Richards in St Michaels, Barbados. She was the widow of
Humphrey Dash who died in Barbados in 1669, and was Elizabeth Booth by November
of that year. It is possible, but unlikely, that this may be the same George
Booth. A later Barbados will of 1721 of Elizabeth Booth, widow, makes this look
more unlikely, although there is a daughter, Elizabeth Shaw (MI shows she died
12/2/1721).
From references in deeds of 1717-9[293],
he was the Captain Booth who was granted at least 3 plots of land in the 1660
& 70’s, and was later referred to as “senior”. Capt Booth shown in
Clarendon precinct in John Ogilby’s 1671 map of Jamaica, in a position
consistent with the 1665 grant, and Booths remain in this position on Sloane’s
1707 map.
24 December 1692: 2,716. Minutes of Council of Jamaica. Colonel Peter Beckford
re-sworn justice of the peace. Edward Darling appointed Clerk of the Market of
Carlisle. Orders for payments; for George Booth, senior, to have leave to
depart the Island; and for H.M.S. Guernsey to cruise about Cape Tiburon. Letter
to the Earl of Nottingham (see preceding abstract). [Board of Trade. Jamaica,
77. pp. 233–235.][294]
Land Transaction:
Capt George Booth owned 1200 acres in Clarendon in 1670[295], making him in the top 10
owners at the time. This is the land granted in 1665.
Booth shown several maps in this area:
Ogilby 1671 as Capt Booth on a Sugar estate (17N54’ 77W18).
“Bochard and Knowllis” 1684 in the St Jago Savanna area (18N00 77W18).
Moll 1717 shows a Sugar estate in the same position.
Brown 1750/5 shows Sutton in this position.
Bowen 1747 also shows this estate, although somewhat nearer St Maria Gully,
with Sutton to the SW.
By Craskell 1763 Andersons are in this position, with a Pen. Booths are on the
West bank of the Milk River a few miles further South.
In 1804, Andersons is marked in the a similar position to the Southern part of
the 1200 acres. Mrs Booth is marked slightly further south of the boundary
road.
Clarendon, St Jago Savanna:
Capt George Booth was granted[296]
in 1665 1200 acres of land in at St Jago by Cartwheel Savanna in the parish of
Clarendon ...: E on Ste Maria Gully N land not set out W on St Jago River S on
savanna land not set out. House shown at west end, by the river. This patent
can be postioned by reference to the Milk River and the Ste Maria Gully (later
Rhymesbury): there is only one place where the plat fits between the rivers.
In 1674, he was granted[297]
a further one hundred and eighty seven acres of land in Clarendon Parish in two
parcels:
the first contains 150 acres bounding North on the land of the said Capt George
Booth North East on the Milk River SE on land unsurveyed and SW on the ridge of
the mountain. (The mountains come closer to the river to the south of the 1200
acre property).
the other parcel is thirty seven acres bounding NE on the Little River and East
on Poros River South West on the Land of Capt George Booth
These 2 parcels are on the west side of the Milk River, and are probably
conjoined. Although the orientation is inaccurate, the boundaries of the 2 1674
pacels fit with a bit of rotation; the river is called the Porus in one and the
Milk in the other. It is probable that they are opposite, or slightly south of
the 1200 acres on the East bank of the river.
They are a good fit with the river on the west side of the 1200 acre 1665 grant
and the ridge of the mountains: it would be reasonable that he would have taken
land opposite his existing grant; the river for much of the year would not have
been difficult to cross.
This property is at N17°55 W77°21, and is now mainly scrub land, with
cultivated savannah land to the north, which would have been the St Jago or
Cartwheel savannah. There is a dirt road which probably still marks the
southern boundary of the property. The modern map calls this “Cherry Hill”. The
1944 US 1:125K map show Cartwhell on the northern boundary of the property, as
does Google Earth.
The St Jago river is probably what is marked as the Poris River in Senex
1715, later called the Milk River, and Ste Maria Gully is an easterly branch,
which became the Rhymesbury Gully on later maps. Senex 1715 and Moll 1717 have
an estate symbol between the 2 rivers. Robertson 1804 has Mrs Booth in this
position (Cornwall South D7, north end of the square). The distance between the
2 rivers, about a mile, is the same order of magnitude as the width of the
plat.
(Plate
49)
This land was shown as a sugar estate in between 1671 and 1747; on
Craskell 1763, it does not appear: Anderson is shown about where the great
house was, with J Anderson in a similar position on Robertson. This was not the
same as the St Jago Estate, which is shown on several maps further north, owned
by Olyphant, and which may have been owned by the other George Booth, GB1.
This land was left to his 4 sons in his will of 1697, and evidence of its
dispersal is in the 1717 deeds, although the references are all to the 1200
acre grant.
1717: Simon Booth sold his 300 acres to Francis Scarlett.
1717: John Booth sold 150 acres to George Brooks, maybe a western part.
1718: John Booth sold ½ of his ¼, 150 acres to Cary Bodle, his brother in law,
this seems to be the SE corner, and indicates that John had the Eastern
quarter.
George (1707-69) sold 300A at Cartwheel in 1758, presumably his share of the
land.
Thus it seem that George & Thomas retained their shares after 1717, from
the boundaries of John’s sale.
Savanna land in Clarendon
Captain George Booth was also granted in 1672[298] 140 acres of Savannah
land in Clarendon, location unknown, E Jonathan Ashurst & Mate, S
unsurveyed, W Henry Bemant or Tennant. A possibility would be that this was
between the Rio Minho and Thomas River in the north. Tennant was in this area
on the road between Danke & Mears, both on Craskell and. Both Tennant and
Ashurst were shown on Bochard & Knollis 1684 map in this area.
It is also possible that this was on McCary Bay, as son John mortgaged and then
sold 12 ½ acres on McCary Bay in 1717, bordering on Simon, Thomas & GB
minor. In 1720, Simon mortgaged his 12½ acres. Simon later sold 60 acres in
Camps Savannah, but evidently still owned more.
Capt George must have bought from Thomas Dean 200 acres on the Milk Savanna,
bounding south on Henry Hilliard, and east on the Milk River, making it
upstream of the Round Hill. This was split between his 3 sons, and George
(1707-69) sold his share in 1729 to Olyphant.
River Minho
In 1687[299],
George Booth snr was granted 2 small plots totalling 23 acres: 20 acres bounds
West upon the River Mino East upon the land of George Booth Senior and
Northerly upon the land of Henry Vizard.
3 acres N on Robert Norris, SE Francis Sperry, SW Robert Norris
It is possible that the 20 acre plot was to the west of his, Captain, 140 acre
1672 grant.
The meander of the river could be in several places, especially as the course
has changed in the lower reaches over time. This is a suggestion of its
location:
1717: John Booth sold ½ of this land – 11 ½ acres, implying that, in spite of
how the plat looks, was all one parcel.
There were subsequent grants and deeds to George Booth “snr”, thought to
be him.
North Clarendon
February 1682-3[300]:
George Booth snr granted 300 acres in Clarendon in the north of the parish –
see Map Clarendon 188 and Plate
47 (Benjamin Booth showing here).
E & S Mr John Moore, NE & N on Cockpit Hills, W unsurveyed, NE Mr Ben
Booth, S Rocky Mtns. The (probably contemporary, although undated) Plat for
John Moore locates this “north of Poris Mountain”. This land appears on
Clarendon 188 and can be located accurately. John Moore’s plat shows “Lt”
George Booth to NW, making it questionable that this is indeed Capt George.
Benjamin Booth, son of George Booth 1, was granted on the same date, 419 acres,
the major parcel of which shared a common boundary with George Booth snr.
George Booth jnr was also granted land on the same date, on the north side of
the Pindars River.
John & Simon Booth sold their shares of this land to Thomas Palfreman in
1719.
Varney Land – East Clarendon
In 1686[301],
George Booth snr bought from from Robert & Barbara Varney 67 acres, part of
a 1684 grant[302]
for 2600 acres, “under Braziletto Mtns”.
This land was probably bordering on its SE flank onto West Harbour, and running
north to the foothills of the Brazilatto mountains. The position was probably
as in Plate 50. A
Booth property is shown on Craskell in the southern end of this area.
In April 1686, George snr took a mortgage[303]
for 1 year from John Ashley on 16¾ acres for £100, maybe to finance the Varney
purchase, on 16¾ acres at Withywood, Vere, SW on the King’s Rd, E on Elisha
Clarke, N on John Cropp & John Gates, W & NW on GB jnr & 5 negro
slaves for 99 years annual rent 1 peppercorn. If George Booth pays £100 to John
Ashley by 7/1 next indenture invalid. Wit Johnson Gerrne, John Ashley jnr Henry
Palmer.
Ref 18/51 below and also George Booth 2’s land from the Wellascott purchase
also bounded on John Ashley and that left by him to daughter Eliza bounded on
John Cropp. This juxtaposition is probably coincidental as this land at
Withywood is East of the Rio Minho and the Wellascott land was to the west.
A few months later, George lets[304] the same land to Daniel
Smith for 99 years, evidently having paid off the mortgage
In 1688[305]:
George Booth snr & Thomas Bull an agreement over the share farming of some
land at Milk River owned by George Booth: Thomas Bull may continue to live for
7 years, where they would Share manuring & labour costs, and split the
profits from: Hogs & fowls, Rum & Rum punch.
George Booth’s livestock – Thomas Bull to make good at the end.
2nd Indenture is very similar: George Booth has land at Milk River
in Clarendon. Agrees that Thomas Bull can continue to live there for 7 years.
Both parties to put same number of servants or slaves there and profits from
manuring and planting or from selling stock to be split equally
Thomas Bull sold rum, profits to be split. Previous deed
shows George Booth giving to Thomas Bull (to be returned at the end of 7 years)
13 Turkeys, 75 dunghill fowls 2 sows and 1 boar.
This must be the Capt Booth land grants. There is no evidence that GB1 had land
at Milk River, although George Booth 2 bought land somewhat east of the river
from Wellascott shortly before this deed.
Hugh & Elizabeth Gardiner to George Booth – 1687 - WHICH GB?
18/69-51 Ent 25/2/1687
Patent to Joseph Gardner for 150 acres in Clarendon now Vere. Hugh Gardner sold
40 acres to George Booth of Vere for £300, S & W on River Minho E on
Highway etc
Plat 1B-11-2-8F155:
Houses shown by river; Withywood S by the River Mino; S Anthony Barroughs, W
River Mino, N George Pattison, E Henry Dannett
Snr or Jnr?? Close to the Downer land sold to GB2.
George Booth will of 1694
People mentioned in will:
Wife Elizabeth – left maintenance out of estate while a widow.
Dau Jane b aft 1680
Sons George, John, Thomas & Simon. Joint legatees of his residual estate.
Friend John Parras.
Witness: Aaron Vodey – probably the husband of GB 2’s daughter, Eliza.
George Booth’s will[306]
of 1694-5:
Weak & Sick, of Vere
To dau Jane Booth £J400 200 at 15 200 at 21. Maintenance out of profits until
married or 21 which shall happen 1st.
To son George £20 annually for life from age 21 until John aged 21
Friend John Parras horse and bedding
To wife Elizabeth maintenance out of profits while a widow.
To sons George Booth, (a dash in the 19th C transcript “record torn”
– must be John)_---- Booth, Thomas Booth, Simon Booth rest and residue of
estate. Proviso about son John attaining 21, but not transcribed on original –
record torn. – References to distribution before John 21. John must be
youngest.
..appoint wife and friend John Parras execs in trust until son John is 21
wit Aaron Vodey, Thomas Bartlett & Edward Darling
1/1. Jane Booth (<15 – 1695)
B. aft 1680.
Her father left her £J400, £200 at 15 £200 at 21 and her maintenance out of
profits until married or 21 which shall happen 1st.
Mentioned in her brother John Booth’s will 1723.
Married Cary Bodle, son of John & Elizabeth Bodle, the granddaughter of
Dorothy (Wait) Cary Christened St Catherine 9/7/1683; they were probably of St
Dorothy.
Will, 1746[307]
Widow of Clarendon, weak,
To G/children Olive, Mary & Elizabeth daus of Robert & Jane Custin of
Clarendon.
Will of Cary, 1727[308],
planter of Clarendon - to children Thomas, Cary, Elizabeth & Jane &
lawful heirs, Son Thomas Exec
1705: An Act to enable Cary Bodle, and others, to sell Lands for the Payment of
Debts and Legacies, for the Improvement of the Estate of the said Cary Bodle.
1709[309]:
Cary Bodle & his wife Jane, the (great?) grandson of Dorothy Bodle dcd.
Dorothy Bannister, widow, was granted 1100 acres in Clarendon; Dorothy Bannister
sold it to Dorothy Wait since Cary of St Dorothy whose will of 1699 left “Rest &
Residue” to Cary Bodle, son of her granddaughter, Elizabeth Bodle, widow of
John Bodle. Cary Bodle sold it to John Stafford.
1716[310]:
Cary Bodle planter of Clarendon, takes out a mortgage with Hugh Crawford &
Deane Pyntz merchants of Kingston, for £355/3/6½ on 9 men, 7 women, 27 steers,
11 calves, 2 young bulls, 6 young cow calves, 3 bulls calves, 9 horses, 4
mares, 4 fillies and 130 sheep. £390/13/11 paid off 5/9/1718
1718[311]:
John Booth (Cary’s his brother in law) sold for £95 to John Bodle (Cary’s
brother) 1/2 of his 1/4 of 1200 ie 150 acres, N on John Booth, S supposed to be
William Pusey, E on Ste Maria Gully W on Milk River. The deed refers to George
Booth’s will of 1694. A plat is on the wills file.
Deed 1718[312]:
Cary & wife Jane of Clarendon & John Bodle of Vere take mortgage from
Peter Beckford on their sugar estate in Clarendon called Bodle’s £3430.
Inherited from Dorothy & Elizabeth Bodle. Cary & John brothers.
1723[313]:
Cary Bodle exec & brother of etc for John Bodle & Mary widow of John
Bodle.
Ref mortgage given by John Bodle to Ralph Rippon 1719 320 acres in Long Bay St
E & 125 acres in Clarendon for £600.
Cary Bodle passes it on to Peter Beckford for £750. This land passed through
Thomas Booth, son of George Booth 2.
Bodles shown as a pen on the west side of the Colebourne Gully, St Dorothy on
Craskell Middlesex, 1763.
Crop return about 1770’s 7/176 Bodles Pen, Clarendon. Prop William Beckford esq
708 hhds, 326 Tierces 301 puncheons.
There are several other deeds around in the indexes, and also some land grants.
PR: Cary Bodle, ch St C 9/7/1683 of John & Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Bodle ch St C 9/7/1689, of John & Elizabeth, of St Dorothy.
ELizaabeth Bodle married Charles Harris 6/8/1686, St C, she of St D.
PR Bur St D Cary Bodle’s child 20/11/1722.
PR Bur St D Cary Bodle 25/3/1725.
Cary’s brother John:
John Bodle ch St C 17/3/1717, of John & Elizabeth.
Susannah Boudle, ch Vere 15/7/1714 of John Boudle
2/1. Elizabeth Bodle (John Booth will 1723)
Born abt 1708
Married John Thomas of St Ann
1738[314]:Cary
Bodle & John Thomas planters of Clarendon
John Bodle, uncle of Cary Bodle in his will left land to Elizabeth Thomas wife
of John Thomas as Elizabeth Bodle when 21 or marriage. She now married and 20
years old.
For £10, Cary Bodle as heir at law of John Bodle sold to John Thomas 2 parcels
of land in Clarendon, 1 at Cartwheel Savannah of 150 acres purchased by John
Bodle from John Booth (in 1718, see deed under John), 2nd in Vere on
the road to Withywood Bay & bounding on river Mino and was granted to John
Bodle.
Child of John Thomas mentioned by George Booth (d 1769) in his will: probably
this family: “Elizabeth Cole, wife of Thomas Cole of St Anns, planter and one
of the daughters of John Thomas deceased”
3/1. Elizabeth Thomas, ch Clarendon, 22/8/1736,
married Thomas Cole of St Ann, re
GB1769 will.
Jacob Thomas Cole married Elizabeth Thomas, Clarendon, 25/9/1756
3/2. Mary Thomas, ch Clarendon,
6/12/1739
Maybe married Robert Cole with
daughter in GB1769 will:
Mary Cole, dau of Robert Cole, g/dau of John Thomas
3/3. Jane Thomas, ch Clarendon,
15/3/1742, mar Mr Lloyd
2/2. Jane Bodle (John Booth will
1723)
Married Robert Cousin/Costin:
Issue, Jane snr will & PR, Clarendon:
3/1. Olive Cousin, ch 17/6/1738.
3/2. John Cousin, ch 3/11/1739
3/3. Mary Cousin, ch 1/11/1740
3/4. Elizabeth Costin, ch 6/6/1742
2/3. Thomas Bodle – eldest son
(John Booth will 1723, GB will 1707)
2/4. George Bodle (ref George will 1707)
2/5. Cary Bodle (<21 1723) (John Booth will 1723).
1/2. Thomas Booth – over 21 in 1694, prob alive in 1717.
The following deeds probably
refer to him rather than Thomas Booth (son of GB2):
Thomas Booth to Jeremiah Downer
This may refer to our Thomas Booth because of the Downer connection: Jeremiah
would have been Thomas’s 1st cousin’s son, but as GB senior bought
part of this land in 1686, it probably refers to GB snr’s son, Thomas.
date 4/1/1708-9 ent 20/4/1710 45/190
Patent 34/79, 7/11/1684, 3365 acres to Robert Varney.
2600 pat on behalf of the inhabitants of Vere & held in common
deed 31/10/1708 ½ to Thomas Booth & wife Mary & they sold to Jeremiah
Downer the half for £10.
1711[315]:
owned ¼ of 200A on the Milk Savanna patented by Thomas Dean and divided by Writ
of Partition 1711.
1714 Deed[316]
John Booth of Vere planter, & Thomas Booth snr of Vere planter, all land of
John Booth share agreement for 80 years, 1st 3 to Thomas Booth to
work it, next 8 shared etc.
1714 Mortgage between Thomas snr, carpenter of Vere & his wife Mary and
John Morant probably refers to Thomas, son of GB2.
The Bodle connection makes it more likely that it refers to Thomas, son of
George Booth snr/Capt.
1717[317]:
Thomas Booth & wife Mary planter of Vere, & Ralph Rippon of Vere gent.
Henry Beck patented 320A in St Elizabeth on Long Bay Mnts & Jos Tennant (Plate 51).
Henry Beck & Wife Ann sold 15/5/1717 160 acres to Thomas Booth NE & E
on waste Land SE on Long Bay B Mntns W on Henry Beck.
Thomas Booth then sold it for £60 to Ralph Rippon
Appears to be an unencumbered sale. This land appears in a deed between Cary
Bodle & Peter Beckford whereby Cary, as executor to his brother, passes the
mortgage on to Peter Beckford. This deed implies the whole 320 acres passed to
Ralph Rippon. Later in 1717, Henry Beck sold the other half to Ralph Ripon for
£60.
1/3. Simon Booth – over 21 in 1694
PR: A Simon Booth bur St
Catherine 21/9/1721. This seems a likely burial: he would have been about 50 by
then, a good age in Jamaica then.
There is some confusion: there
appear to have been 2 Simon Booths, both with wives Rebecca! (p115)
1711[318]:
owned ¼ of 200A on the Milk Savanna patented by Thomas Dean and divided by Writ
of Partition 1711.
1717[319]:
George Booth late of Vere father of Simon Booth had land in Vere &
Clarendon, esp 1200 acres ... refers to the will & writ of division.
Simon Booth of Vere planter & wife & Rebecca sold for £150 to Francis
Scarlett of Clarendon, millwright all his 300 acres at Cartwheel
1719[320]:
John Booth & Simon Booth 2 sons of George Booth snr late of Vere have 150
acres or ½ for £20. Noted in another hand “£900” & sold to Thomas
Palfreeman, merchant of Vere.
Refers to patent to George Booth snr 300 acres in Clarendon E & S on John
Moore EN & N on Road on Cockpit hills and NW on Benjamin Booth & N on
unsurveyed & George Booth will 1695
1719[321]:
Simon Booth & Rebecca of Vere takes mortgage for £100 from James Dickson of
Vere on 12 ¾ acres in Macary Bay N George Booth a minor, E William Gibbons S
Daniel Neatherwell land formerly belonging to William Pusey W Thomas Sanderson.
If Simon Booth pays James Dickson by 18/2/1721 £100 + 10%pa.
This is probably adjacent to George Booth (d 1769) land.
There were deeds continuing on for Simon & Rebecca, but if the 1721 burial
in St Catherine relates to this Simon, they must have been Simon, son of GB2.
1/4. John Booth (<21 – 1695)
The youngest son of George, by
inference from GB’s will.
Planter of Clarendon.
1711[322]:
owned ¼ of 200A on the Milk Savanna patented by Thomas Dean and divided by Writ
of Partition 1711.
1714 Deed[323]:
A Thomas Booth snr, planter of Vere, drew up partnership with John Booth to
farm John Booth’s land in 1714. It is doubtful of this was GB3, More likely a
son of Capt George.
1712[324]:
John Booth (uncle), planter of Vere, sold for £129/3/6 paid by George &
Henry Downer, guardians to George Booth, a minor & son of George Booth dcd
late of Vere 11 ½ acres in Withywood with house & 12 ½ acres on McCary Bay
with 12 negroes, 28 sheep, 1 dun horse until 10/9/1715. Discharged 26/5/1719,
signed George Vodry & George Downer.
The 11 ½ acres was part of the small 23 acre grant to GB snr. GB minor was
John’s nephew.
A later deed (55/16) specifies George Booth’s will of 1694 and this land,
confirming this family line.
1714: William Turner & John Booth granted 500 acres[325].
Deed 51/68: writs against George Booth & John Booth by various traders
This is the only John Booth of the right age known, but these are grouped with
George Booth, and the only one at this time known was the son of “GB2”:
John Booth planter 5/5/1714 John Stafford shop keeper £26/10/- 5/0/1 ½ Costs
John Booth 2/9/1713, William Hayman surviving Cptner of Samuel Tudman £224
Debt& £4/3/7 ½ costs
John Booth rendition 2/11/1713 John Stafford Merchant, £81/16/3 debt £4/13/7 ½
Costs
1717[326]:
George Booth father of John Booth owned 1200 acres of George Booth in Cartwheel
Savannah left to 4 sons in will of 20/9/1694. Quotes will. Writ of partition
from Supreme Court in 1713 into 4 parts. John Booth has 300A bounds in as in the
writ.
John Booth for £86/8/6 sold to George Brooks ½ or 150 sold 150 to George Brooks
pract of Physic & surgery of Vere. W on Milk River, on Henry Tennant dcd on
Thomas Brayne esq N on John Carmer esq S on sd John Booth
1717[327]:
Tripartite indenture between John Booth of Vere 1st part, George & Henry
Downer, guardians of GB a minor 2nd part, & George Brooks 3rd pt.
From the will & partition of George Booth’s will (as above in 55/15) John
Booth has land in Vere 11 ½ acres butting on SE on George Booth minor, W on the
river, & Simon Booth, WN on Thomas Booth N Henry Vizard dcd.
John Booth sold the land on 10/9/1712 to George & Henry Downer as guardians
to George Booth, a minor. If John Booth paid GHD 129/3/6 by 10/9/1715 +3% pa.
John Booth paid this off. JB then sold to George Brooks for £160
This is part of the land in Patent to George Booth snr 11/151 & plat 8F24
1717[328]:
John Booth has 12 ½ acres in MacCary Bay EN William Gibbons dcd, S on Simon
Booth, W on Thomas Booth, N on George Booth minor. John Booth mortgaged to
George & Henry Downer, guardians of George Booth minor, £129/3/6 + 10% pa
until 10/9/1715. John Booth in default. sold absolutely for further £110
George Booth, a minor, g/son of late GB 1696. Refers tp GB 1695 will &
writs etc. Ref Deed 48/162.
1717[329]:
Ind Btw John Booth of Vere planter & Jasper Handasyd & wife Sara.
Arthur Deaners? Father of Sarah, left land & negroes to Sarah & her
then husband Jno Harris: all sold to John Booth for £100. He sold back to John
Booth for 5/-
1718[330]:
Ind btw John Booth Planter of Vere & John Bodle planter of Vere. George
Booth will of 1694 left 1200 acres divided between sons. John Booth sold for
£95 to John Bodle 1/2 of his 1/4 of 1200 ie 150 acres, N on John Booth, S
supposed to be William Pusey, E on Ste Maria Gully W on Milk River
1718: land granted to William Turner & John Booth, north side of 16 mile
gully. 1/16F229.
1719[331]:
John Booth & Simon Booth 2 sons of George Booth snr late of Vere have 150
acres or ½ for £20. Noted in another hand “£900” & sold to Thomas
Palfreeman, merchant of Vere.
Refers to patent to George Booth snr 300 acres in Clarendon E & S on John
Moore EN & N on Road on Cockpit hills and NW on Benjamin Booth & N on
unsurveyed & George Booth will 1695
John Booth will 1723[332]:
No issue so legacies to sister (which defines who he was):
Sister Jane, married to Cary/Garry Bodle & nephews Cary & Thomas.
Inventory of 1725 amounted to £196, main assets were 7 slaves and was shown by
Cary & Jane Bodle.
Mentioned in Brother George’s will.
1/5. George Booth (<21 – 1695)
B. aft 1674, d 1707.
There seems no doubt that George Booth born of George & Milborough Booth in
1707 is the only child of this couple as the George only mentions in his will
the unborn child of Milborough. The names and dates tie in too well: the
combination of sister Jane & brother John in the will puts this George as
son of George above.
George’s will[333]
1706-7:
Millwright of Vere, Wife Milborough (possibly Downer), with child in his will
8/5/1706, Brother John Booth, Sister Jane Booth m Mr Bodle, her children Thomas
& George. Brothers George & Harry Downer.
Milborough was possibly the daughter of John & Rebecca Downer: John’s will
of 1702[334]
left inter alia, sons George & Henry and daughter Milborough, all under 21.
It is therefore possible that Mary, 1st wife of GB2 was their aunt.
Their son, George (b 1707-1769) lists 2 nieces:
Milborough Maxwell, wife of Edward and their 2 sons, Henry and George Booth Maxwell
and
Milborough Elrington, wife of Robert in Ireland, and their son John and his
sister,
and a sister Mary Letwich, wife of Dr Edward Letwich and widow of Rev Simon
Mason.
These individuals are explained by the mother of George (d 1769),
Milborough Booth, who, if the daughter of George Downer, would have been a
young widow, remarrying and producing more children, George (d 1769)’s ½
siblings.
From the tenuous idea that Simon & Mary Mason had a son, John Golding
Mason, Mary might have been a Golding. This has proved to be the case from
wills. There is a gap in the Vere records from early 1720 to 1730. There are 2
deeds in the 1730’s transferring land between John Golding and George Booth,
reinforcing this idea.
There is no record of a Mary Golding, but a half sister Mary Golding could
well have existed and been married to Simon Mason and had a son John Golding
Mason.
This second family of Milborough Downer/Booth/Golding is laid out in a
separate section after this family branch.
There were some docments relating to a George Booth in St James, whose
property was connected with Salt Savanna Estate: it seems probable that this
was George (1707-69), who started life there, maybe his mother moving to that
parish, where there may have been some Downers and or Goldings.
2/1. George Booth, of Salt Savanna, 1707-1769
Whilst this George Booth was not in the direct line of our family, he left
a lot of documentary evidence and grew to be a man of substance, owning large
sugar estates in Vere. These were a good example of how they were amassed by
shrewd deal making, borrowing and advantageous marriages, and of their
subsequent disposal and decline.
Born Vere, of George & Milborough, 23/1/1707, ch 24/1/1707.
He is probably the child referred to in George Booth’s will 1706, where
Milborough is with child. His age at burial is correct for this George.
Deeds in 1717 make it clear that this line is correct.
Bur Vere 21/6/1769, aged 62, See his will (PCC 1769).
He was married 3 times, 1st to Catherine, widow of Thomas Parsons, 2nd
to Elizabeth, widow of John Aldred and 3rd to Mary Mumbee, widow of
Col Samuel Booth (son of Simon, son of GB2).
No mention is made in his will of children, but it seems he had issue by
Catherine, his first wife, but they all predeceased him.
M.A. Vere 1745. '49. '59, '61[335],
and 1751.
His mother married John Golding after George’s father’s death and had a
number of children by him, many of whom appear in George’s will, and some in
the Vere records (although a period of these is missing).
He is mentioned in deeds of 1717 as George Booth, a minor, son of GB dcd,
referred to by his uncle John, confirming his lineage.
The George Booth who lived in St James up to 1729 is almost certainly this
one: a grant in 1740 to him was later attributed to Salt Savanna. However,
there is little other direct contact between him and St James after that date,
except that John Aldred had dealings in that parish. The 1740 grant was on the
southern border of St James/Trelawney, almost in St Elizabeth or Clarendon. His
guardians, the Downers, had land in St James, so perhaps this was the
connection. From about 1730, he built up a large real estate, partly through
purchase, but also from the estates of his several wives, who were the widows
of men of substance.
The Henry and Jeremiah Downer had about 2000 acres granted to them about
1705. They had a sugar estate south of Martha Brae. It may be that George’s
guardians lived, at least early on, in St James and so George had strong
connections there, even in 1740 when he had 600 acres granted, but which was
owned later by Salt Savanna.
Amongst these were the estates of Thomas Parsons, which came to George by
way of son Norwood, and his half brother Thomas Parsons.
He appeared as trustee in a couple of occasions:
1753[336],
Feb: George Booth as a trustee for Milborough Cargill, sold a parcel of land to
Simon Mason in Salt Savanna.
1762[337]:
probably this George who was a trustee for Thomas Hercey Barrett & Eleanor
Booth’s marriage settlement.
Who was Milborough Booth, ch 23/6/1771 Shobdon, of John & Katherine
Booth.
1st Marriage to Catherine Parsons(?):
It is probably that she was the
widow of Thomas Parsons of Vere (will 1727, when she was with child, he would
have been Thomas Parsons), see a later section
on the Parsons, Golding and Parker. Catherine’s son Thomas Parsons married
Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Gale.
Catherine first appears with George in a deed of 1730 and was still alive when
her son Thomas Parsons drafted his will in 1756, but must have died soon after.
Issue of George & Catherine Booth.
3/1. Milborough Booth, ch 9/10/1732, Vere, of George
3/2. Edward Booth, ch 10/9/1734, Clarendon, of George & Catherine.
There is no further trace, either
in the parish or in George’s will, of Catherine and these 2 children, so they
probably died early.
In addition:
3/3. Norwood Booth, not in parish records but see
below for history.
2nd marriage: Elizabeth Aldred 31/1/1759, St
Catherine,
she of St Catherine, he of Vere,
She was the widow of John Aldred, she died 1761.
John Aldred was a “Practitioner of Physick & surgery” of Vere.
There is no record of any issue between John and Elizabeth, and John’s will is
not available. Her maiden name is not known, but her mother may have been a
Miss Egan.
1759[338]:
Elizabeth Aldred Mar Settlement – ... in Consideration of a marriage intended
to be btw George Booth and Elizabeth Aldred, of St Catherine widow, and
jointure for Elizabeth Aldred, George settled Salt Savannah estate in trust to
Charles Kelsall of St Catherine for 99 yrs for Elizabeth Aldred’s life then it reverts
to his estate.
At his death, John Aldred was a large land owner, with a 1/3 share of 1200
acres in St James and several properties in Vere. These became the property of
his Executor, George Booth, and in the ensuing years were subject to a number
of transactions, mainly mortgages and setting up a trust for Elizabeth’s
jointure. The deeds for these are complex and refer back to earlier
conveyances; they are noted in the Wills volume as 159F152, 161F299 and 159F389,
and are summarised in the section on George Booth’s lands.
3rd marriage: Mary, widow of Col Samuel Booth son
of Simon son of GB2)
Vere, 10/12/1761 Booth George esq & Mary Booth (she a widow, both OTP)
Mary Booth, widow of Samuel Booth, who died 1760, son of George (will 1702).
Mary dau of Benjamin Mumbee.
Benjamin Mumbee bur Vere 24/9/1756, will 1757[339] confirms the legacies.
Bur 23/12/1774, Vere, Mrs Mary Booth.
Admon:
Mary Booth, widow of Vere
20/4/1775 16/252
Mary Booth, to Thomas Hercey Barrett of Vere.
1761[340]:
George Booth esq of Vere 1st, Mary Booth widow 2nd, Henry Goulbourne
esq of Vere 3rd. Marriage shortly btw George Booth and Mary Booth
for settling a jointure for her life. George Booth sold in to trust Mary Booth
& Henry Goulbourne Salt Savanna plantation 1100 acres E on Salt Savanna,
Mary Wright, Thomas Parsons, John Golding and Messrs Bayly & Co; S on heirs
of Thomas Roberts esq dcd and John Pusey; W on Ennis Read and Kings Rd; N on
Kings Rd John Pusey & John Lewis
Provisons and agreements:
If Mary Booth survives George Booth for life annually £300, subject to mortgage
with Henry Parker.
1762/3[341]:
2 deeds look like breaking an entail, although they usually take place on
succeding days: in the 1st, George & Mary Booth esq of Vere sold
to Benjamin Bird Wheelwright for £200 100A near Portland, Vere, N on Salt
Savanna E on late John Mackway & S on Thomas Jackson & W on heirs of
John Morant dcd. In the 2nd, the Birds sold the land back to George
esq (only): “N on Salt Savanna E on George Booth, S on Roger Jackson, W on
George Booth.” It appears that in the intervening 6 months, George acquired the
Mackway and Morant lands. Was this dower land of Mary, as widow of Samuel
Booth, or perhaps from Mary’s father, Benjamin Mumbee?
1763[342]:
George & Mary Booth sold to John Vodry slaves for 5/- 21, next deed 10th
December sold back to George & Mary Booth expressly saying that Mary shall
have ownership of the slaves if she outlives George Booth.
Norwood and Grace
Norwood, in his will of 1760[343],
left all to his wife Grace of Vere, who was his executor.
He was a MA for Vere in 1757.
Catherine’s son Thomas Parsons calls Norwood his brother and
George Booth his father in law, tying these together.
Norwood married, as her 3rd (of 4) husband, Grace Pusey, the
widow of Jonathan Gale[344],
son of John Gale, who she had married 20/6/1751 in Vere.
(Jonathan, b. 19 May 1731, m. 20 Jun 1751 at Vere, Grace, widow of Thomas
Gardner of the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica and dau of John Pusey of Vere. She
was b. 27 Oct 1732 at Spanish Town, Jamaica and he d.s.p. 30 Apr 1756 and was
buried at Vere. See monumental inscription).
Grace later married the Revd John Lindsay both of Vere 6 May 1762[345]; he was Scottish born and
became rector of St Catherine and a pro-slavery priest. Grace was buried
15/10/1789, a year after John, both in St Catherine.
Jonathan Gale was the brother of Elizabeth Gale who married Thomas Parsons, son
of Norwood’s mother Catherine. She made over Norwood’s lands to his father,
George in 1761[346],
probably in preparation for her marriage.
Her first husband was Thomas Gardner, who she married 24/1/1747, St Catherine.
1756[347]:
George & Catherine made over half of the Salt Savanna Plantation to Norwood
for his life and then for his lawful children; if there were none surviving,
the half reverted to George. The conveyance included 113 slaves and referred to
debts of George Booth. In the event, Norwood had no children and his share of
Salt Savanna went back to George. This raises the question if Salt Savanna was
originally a Parsons property, and came via Catherine?
1758[348]:
George & Catherine Booth esq Norwood Booth of Vere planter.
Thomas Parsons will of 1756[349]
left to his unborn child all his estate, wife Elizabeth £200, If child dies
without issue, 2 slaves to honoured mother Catherine Booth.
Norwood was an executor of Grace’s previous husband, Jonathan Gale, probably
with William Eve; they had a Release of judgement debt recovered against Norwood
Booth as Exec of Jonathan Gale dcd £597/0/7d in 1758[350].
The Hon John Gale owned Knight’s (estate) in 1757, which was straddled the Rio
Minho abutting Carlisle.
Norwood as executor of John Gale, and husband of his widow, came into several
properties.
1759[351]:
Norwood & Grace Booth esq of Vere for £50 from Daniel Numes, planter of
Vere for 10 Acres on Carlisle bay.
1761[352]:
Grace Booth wid & exec of Norwood Booth and also acting exec &
residuary legatee of Jonathan Gale late of Vere the former husband of Grace
Booth and which said Jonathan Gale was one of the joint legatees of his father
John Gale of Vere and also one of the legatees of Elizabeth Morant of Vere
widow, and William Gale of other part. Ind 16/9/1755 btw William Gale &
Elizabeth (wife of William) and Sd Jonathan Gale and Henry Dawkins and
Edward Morant, all dcd by 1761. Re lands in St Elizabeth Sarah Gale widow of
John Gale. Complicated deed re lands of Dickenson in St Elizabeth.
Jonathan Gale, grantee in St E
Jonathan his son (also wife & dau Eleanor)
Jonathan his son
Henry Gale his son (1737-1767) Custos & Col of St E.
1761[353]:
Release, Norwood died owing George Booth substantial sums, Grace Booth inherits
and settles the debts with slaves.
1761[354]:
Grace Booth as a widow of Vere has the estate of Norwood (as executor?) and agreed
to convey to George Booth all Norwood Booth’s estate except therein excepted.
Plantation or sugar works. Indenture formalises the agreement. This probably
leading up to her remarriage.
1761[355]:
Jonathan Gale esq of Vere by his will left to Elizabeth Eve, wife of William
Eve planter of Vere, £100. Now Elizabeth Eve of Vere widow has received from
Grace Booth as executor £100.
Lands of George Booth (1707-69):
Aldred Lands:
These in 1755[356]
50A at Kemps
From Mckenzie 152. To EA for life
easterly on George Booth, westerly on Benjamin Mumbee and the heirs of Samuel
Booth northerly on John Durrant and southerly on George Booth. Fisher, Booth
& Gravet shown just south of Kemps Hill on Craskel.
½ of 100A at McCary Bay
From McKenzie 152. To EA for life
north west on George Lee east and south east on the said George Lee and south
west on Thomas Sutton esquire
2x300A in St James, McKenzie 152
2X300A in St James, Ratcliffe 152
EA gets 1/3
Goes to GB.
In trust for annuity
60A at Smokey Hole
330A in Vere 159F389
1748, B&B to Ennis Read
GB inherits as exec to JA
to EA if the annuity fails
easterly on Robert Smyth and Richard Magg copartners south easterly on land
unsurveyed southerly by the same west and north westerly on John Durrant
50A in Vere[357]
1748, B&B to Ennis Read, does
not seem to be the same as the 50A at Kemps. E on last parcel of land (ie
330A), E&N on Thomas Dickenson
1/2 of 100A on McCary Bay. [358]
1748, B&B to Ennis Read,
belonged to EA’s grandparents, probably not the ½ of 100A in the earlier deed.
600A in Vere, at Kemps near Pye Corner.
Mortgaged by Aldred to Dawkins
1748
Bt by GB as exec subject to mortgage
to EA if the annuity fails
1757[359].
Mortgage details.
600A 60 slaves 160 cattle
E on heirs of John Morant esq dcd no inposs of heirs of James Dickson dcd and
on land belonging to John Barras and heirs of Peter Gravitt dcd, S on Hon John
Gale, known as Knights, W on Lady Hume known as Laws & Ben Mumbee and heirs
of Samuel Booth dcd, N on heirs of Francis Dickinson dcd (The boundaries vary
between deeds as plots were sold).
1761[360]
in 102A was sold to Thomas Marchant, and another part sold to Richard Huggins,
still subject to the mortgage with Fuertado, there is a plat in the Wills file.
1766[361]
in 172A of this sold to Huggins, subject to the mortgage, by then with Isaac
Fuertado.
See wills file for land details.
At his death, George Booth probably owned of the Aldred land some 400 acres in
St James and about 1030 acres in Vere, the majority between the Milk River and
Rio Minho.
Summary of George Booth’s transactions
The full copy of my notes in on the Wills Volume.
1712[362]:
Lease with uncle John re 11 ½ acres in Withywood with house (part of a 1694
grant to Capt George, & 12 ½ acres on McCary Bay with 12 negroes, 28 sheep,
1 dun horse. Repaid.
1717[363]:
The 12½A payment in default, guardians take it for GB.
1728[364]:
GB of St James bought for £80 95A from Bennet, East of Mo Bay, on the White
Gut: there was a Downer sugar estate east of here on Craskel.
1729[365],
Feb: GB of St James, sold 10A in Vere to Mary Macey.
1729[366],
Mch: GB of St James sold his share of Milk Savanna 49½A for £99, from his
grandfather, to David Olyphant, refers to a writ of partition of 1711.
Clarifies his family. 
Title: At Oliphant's, Vere, Jamaica, Carpenter Mountains in the distance:
Summary, Drawing shows a bridge leading to a village.[367]
1729[368],
Dec: GB of Vere bought from Mary Hart for J£5, 48½A in Vere, location not clear,
but probably Salt Savanna area, possibly adjoins Milliken.
1730[369],
Jan: George & Catherine sold & bought back 32A in Vere, part on own
land and Nevil Hayle, who had land at Yarmouth at the time. Parsons land?
probably adjoined Golding land.
1730[370],
Jun: GB bought 100A in Vere for £300 from George Golding on E Salt Savanna,
probably close to or adjoing the January land. The 2 1730 plots look to be
conjoined and roughly where Salt Savanna Estate became.
1739[371]:
Bought and sold back land in Vere from John Golding.
1740[372]:
granted 600A in St James – on St Elizabeth Border. On an Estate Map (T273)
described as being part of Salt Savanna Estate by 1785, indicating that this is
the correct George. It can be located with good accuracy by the rivers, both on
the patent and the later estate map in what is was later Trelawney.
Now looks to be rough cultivated land on Google Earth. It can be accurately
positioned by reference to the rivers, and appeared to be mainly in a fairly
cultivable area. Centered on N18°18’ W77°34’.
This land presumably was part of the Salt Savannah bequest to the Maxwells.
The 2 contiguous plots:
N on Unsurveyed, E on own land, S on Edward Francis, W on Mathew Gregory &
Richard Mitchell.
N on unsurveyed, E on Mouth River & unsurveyed, S on Edward Francis &
William Hicks, W on own land.
1816 Trelawney: Turnbull, Mark, Spring-Garden 58/17.
1741[373]:
GB of Vere bought 57½A in Salt Savanna from Thomas Jackson.
1752[374],
Jun: GB bought 140A for £250 in Kemps Savanna from execs of Hon John Gale,
whose son married Grace, wife of Norwood.
1752[375],
Aug: GB bought 230A for £230 near Portland, part of a Varney grant, from Ed
Morant, in 2 parcels. This was probably on or near the Varney grant of 1684.
1751-3[376]:
GB et al as trustees for Milborough, wife of Richard Cargill, sell 5A to Simon
Mason in Salt Savanna Common and land to Benjmaon Mumbee.
1753[377]:
Samuel Clarke sold to GB 10A near Henry Booth – may be the other branch.
1754[378]:
George Booth to George Downer Goulbourn Release of all claims & demands
whatsoever consideration of 5/-.
1755[379]:
GB et al trustees for Milborough Cargill, sold to Simon Mason land in Vere,
refers to Salt Savanna Common.
1755[380]:
67 acres in Vere, SGB to Jonathan Gale & William Eve to Norwood, as
executor to Jonathan Gale, to GB, probably between the Rio Minho & Milk
River, just north of the coast.
1756[381]:
GB bought Cedar Grove, Salt Savanna 100A for £1500 from John Golding, adjacent
to hos own land.
1755-61[382]:
Deeds relating to John Aldres’s lands. Detailed listings and mortgages.
1756-8[383],
Dec: G&CB gave ½ estates to Norwood & all Thomas Parsons’ estate; at
the same time, Norwood transferred 100 acres back to G&CB of Salt Savanna
and 113 slaves.
1757, July[384]:
129 & 10 acres in Gale estate to Norwood and then sold to John Pusey.
1757[385],
Oct: Mortgage on 600A of Aldred land
1757[386]:
may refer to him, George Booth snr esq of Vere sold to Henry Ashbourne esq of
Vere 71 slaves (named) to value £J2600.
1758[387],
Aug: Thomas Parsons estate conveyed to Norwood Booth by George & Catherine,
then Norwood conveyed ½ back to George – 100 acres, & 113 slaves. Salt
Savanna.
1758[388],
Aug: GB sold 300A at Cartwheel in Clarendon for £300, W on the Milk River,
probably the remains of Capt George’s 1200A.
1759[389],
Jan: GB Settles Salt Savanna for Elizabeth Aldred’s life.
1759[390],
Feb: G&EB sell and buy back with John Vodry abt 190A in St Catherine at Two
Mile Wood, west of Spanish Town. 2nd deed specifies the Booth’s
rights of occupation. Was this Parsons land?
1759[391],
Sept: Norwoood sold 10A on Carlisle Bay.
1760[392]:
GB buys 97A in St John for £180 from Thomas Parker and Sarah Booth prob widow
of Henry Booth.
1761: 11/2/1761 George Booth of Vere esq for £5 from Samuel Alpress manumised 1
woman slave Ruth??
1761[393],
Jan: GB mortgages Salt Savanna fr 5 years to Henry Parker.
1761[394],
Jan: Grace in conveyances of John Gale’s St Elizabeth land.
1761[395],
Apr: Grace makes over Norwood’s remaining property to George.
1761[396],
Jun: GB sold 81A in Vere to Richard Robert Huggins for £575, subject mortgage
from Isaac Fuertado.
1761[397],
Aug: Ennis Read esq of Vere for £1320 from George Booth sold 70A.
1761[398],
Dec: settles 1100A Salt Savanna in trust for Mary’s £300 pa.
1762: 26/6/1762 George Booth of Vere from Henry Ahsbourne frees negro woman
Nelly for 5/-.
1762[399],
Feb: GB as trustee in estate of John & Ann Ryves in St Catherine.
1762[400],
May: sold to Bird 100A near Portland for £200, bt back 1763.
1762[401],
Jun: GB & Mary sold 12 acres & house to Henry Goulbourne. Part of
Benjamin Mumbee estate. Between the Church and Salt Savanna, known as Betts,
plat in wills volume.
1762[402],
Aug: Ennis Read sold to GB 70A adoining GB, £1320.
1763[403]:
Lewis estate of 37A in Salt Savanna to GB.
1763[404]:
GB sold to John Osbourne 4A for £20 at Salt Savanna
1751-1764[405]:
In 1751, Thomas & Elizabeth Parsons bought from George and Mary McKenzie of
Clarendon 2 plots of land, of 245 and 67 acres, which were mortgaged to William
and Richard Beckford for £6810. By 1756, the principal had not been repaid and
George Booth agreed to buy the land from Thomas and Elizabeth Parsons, for
£1000, subject to the Beckford mortgage being paid off. The lands then
re-appear in 1764 when George Booth bought the lands from William Gale as
Thomas’s executor: presumably the 1756 deed failed as Thomas died about then,
and Elizabeth in 1761. (see under GB, deed 1764).
The 1756 deed lists 245 acres at Withywood, near Carlisle Bay, and ½ of 136
acres in Vere, the same plot as the 67 acres in 1751 (see endnote for the
boundaries).
The 1764 deed lists the 245 acres and 2 plots near the Rio Minho totalling 172½
acres, 4 plots at Mitchells Hole totalling 176 acres, and ½ of 4 plots
totalling 687 acres, including the one of 136 acres, these latter were probably
jointly owned with Roger Jackson.
Harmony Hall went part to Mrs Mary Mckenzie in 1840.
1764[406]:
A further deed later lists George’s assets which he mortgages to Aaron Lousada:
245 acres near Carlisle Bay and 136 acres in Vere from Parsons,
1000 acres called Salt Savanna, subject to wife Mary’s marriage settlement of
£300.
George Booth already owed Aaron Baruch Lousada £4982/15/9; Lousada agreed to
lend further sum of £17317/4/3 making £22300/0/0d (3.5MP-7.7MW 2018). This was
secured against his assets:
Carlisle Bay: 31 men £2130, 33 women £2310, 12 boys in field, £330, Child 5 for
£150, works £3K, 30 horses £360, 10 mules £300, 24 steers working £288, 20
mares & jack ass £300, 50 head breeding cattle at Portland, 1/2 of the herd
with Roger Jackson £300 (probably the ½ of 136 acres which bounded on Jackson).
Total £9468
At Salt Savanna: 70 slaves £3570, Large Boys 9 £370, Boys & girls 45 at abt
£70 each, 15 smaller @ abt 30, 50 mules £1500, 80 steers £960, 40 mares £500,
50 head breeding cattle £180/£3140, £13640.
The deed has fuller boundary description, but too much to copy!
Jacksons Bay is to the east of Rocky Point, and was Taylor’s Bay prior to 1804.
Michael’s Hole was shown until 1747 on the western side of Rocky Point, to the
south of Carlisle estate. Carlisle was a town from the early days until the end
of the 18thC, when it disappears as a settlement
1764, Jun[407]:
GB sold to John & Grace Lindsay 191A for £1500 on road to Bogue, Vere.
1765[408]:
GB bought 1/6th of 32A in Vere from Olivia Ashbourne for 5/-.
1766[409]:
GB to Lousada re mortgages. Also GB & AL agreed to work as mates. Mortgage
£7000.
1766[410],
June: GB as exec to John Gale sold 172 of 600A at Pye Corner, mentions
Fuertado. This was west of the Rio Minho, Knights a southern boundary, which is
shown on the Carlisle 1879 map.
1766[411],
Nov: GB buys up debt on Milliken land McCary Bay.
1767[412]:
Ennis Read sold 20A to G&MB in Vere.
1769[413]:
GB sold to Henry Parker ½ share of Salt Savanna Common profitable land at Hill
Side former John Lewis land to Ed Fors to Zach Bayley – see 1763 deed.
1771[414]:
Court Judgement re J£2184 borrowed by GB (and exec Alpress) to William Wright.
Booth pen, on the south side of the Alley Church – Robertson and Liddell
have Moneymusk in this position but modern maps shows Moneymusk sugar factory
to the east of Amity Hall, on the western edge of Lionel Town, not where
Robertson had it, but this is a relatively (1901) new plant.
Amity Hall owned by the Goulbourne family and was about 2000 acres in 1852,
sold by them in 1861. The Lindo family owned Monymusk & Amity Hall before
buying Wray & Nephew. It is possible that this was the position of GB1’s
land bought from the Hills.
Booth shown several maps in this area:
By Craskell 1763 Andersons are in Capt Booth’s position, with a Pen. Booths are
on the West bank of the Milk River a few miles further South.
George Booth acquired Salt Savanna Estate, probably through his son, Norwood.
It seems as though Norwood’s wife Grace, inherited it from her first husband,
Jonathan Gale, and it passed to Norwood as Gale’s executor and her husband, the
final deed being in 1761 when she conveyed all Norwoods estate to George Booth:
at his death, Norwood owed George sunstantial sums.
Salt Savanna was divided by Act of 1709 (See Jamaica General)
Craskell in 1763 shows 2 Booth sugar estates south of Alley and east of the Rio
Minho: Robertson has the western one as Carlisle and the eastern as Salt
Savanna Estate. Comparing both maps shows that the western Booth Estate on
Craskell was probably Carlisle, although it could have been Greenwich: the
river had moved significantly in the intervening years, as it continued to do.
From the map for Carlisle, Robertson’s postions were the house or works.
Harmony Hall looks as though it belonged to Ennis Read at one stage (UCL). ½
went to his daughter, Mrs Mary McKenzie, it was 1537A in 1840.
Greenwich was owned by the Ratcliffe family.
Lands in George Booth’s 1768-9 will
These are the lands George Booth mentioned in his will of
1768-9:
Mumbee’s, to wife for ever: ...those two pieces or parcells of Land in
Vere
the first twenty eight acres bounding on William Pusey esquire towards the east
to the lands of Ennis Read?? Esquire towards the south to the King’s Highway
there towards the west and to the lands of the heirs of Henry Goulbourn
deceased towards the north.
and the other piece thirty five acres bounding to the King’s Highway there
towards the East to the Lands of Ennis Read esquire towards the south to the
Lands of the heirs of Henry Goulbourn deceased towards the north and to the
lands of Henry Beal towards the west.
This is probably part of the land of Mumbee marked on Craskell south east of
Alley Church.
Millikin’s to wife for ever: two parcels of Land lately purchased of
Benjamin Millikin and Thomas Bond and which were purchased by them of Samuel Booth
and Mary his wife and Thomas Wilson and Lydia his wife called Millikin’s
the first of three hundred and twenty acres bounding to the lands of Robert
Richard Huggin (RH in deed 81/91) towards the east to the Lands of Lady Hume?
Towards the south and west and then to the King’s Highway there towards the
north.
Blackwall: and the other pieces of land containing by estimation ten acres
called Blackwall (no bounds given)
Milliken shown on Craskell just south of Alley church, between Booth &
Mumbee. These probably disappeared into Moneymusk by 1804
These lands were acquired by George Booth through his purchase of bonds on the
land, which were converted into ownership[415].
Spanish Town to wife for ever: “my dwelling house” and pen bought from
Archibald Sinclair. The pen may be Sinclair to the south of Spanish Town
towards Compeach Gut.
Taylers Mention of in Vere (“my other dwelling house”) – contents to
wife. Craskell shows this on the eastern side of the road north from Alley
Church. This may have been part of Chesterfield, or may have been at Taylor’s
Bay.
land to Simon Partridge twenty acres bounding to my own lands towards the east
to the lands of William Pusey esquire on the south to the lands of Ennis Read
esqr towards the west and to the King’s Highway there towards the north
Chesterfield – all to Henry Parker, then his son Thomas John and
grandson Henry Parker.
It was 1089 acres in 1839, and associated with Braziletto & Hillside which
were 4666 acres in 1839, and in 1844 Braziletto by then owned by S, McKinnon
with 2333 acres, and Hillside still owned by JT Parker with 1333 acres. It
looks suspiciously as though the 4666 might be a mis print:
1333+2333=3666!
Chesterfield shown on Robertsons in the position of Goulbourne on Craskel,
Chesterfield listed with owner in 1775[416].
See more under the Parkers and Edrward Goulbourn who married Tamezin Roberts
Boot, daughter of Henry, son of GB2.
1838: Parker, Henry, deceased, Chesterfield 150
1839: Parker, Henry, Chesterfield,1089
Yarmouth & Chesterfield – in the hands of the proprietors.
1797 23/116: 71 hhds sugar, 44 punch rum
1799 25/60 Chesterfield & Brazialatto Ests prop Thomas John Parker 1798
£2169/12 Selling slaves cattle & sundries
earlier Crop Accounts for Chesterfield refer to St Elizabeth – only 1799 has
been checked and found to relate to this family, but many others of a similar
period may do so.
Donald McLean an attorney for many estates (UCL)
Hillside Great House in 2016 Plate 55. Once owned
by Thomas John Parker.
Kemp’s Savannah – half lands at KS to Henry Parker, half to the Maxwells.
This was probably the Aldred lands George acquired through his marriage to John
Aldred’s widow, around 600 acres near Pye Corner.
Salt Savannah - left between Henry & George Booth Maxwell, life
interest, then to their sons. This was all acquired by James Wildman, who
remained there until at least 1844.
It was 1100 acres in 1761, remaining much the same until 1839, but was 1780 in
1844. Valued on Edwards calculation for the cost of a sugar estate, this would
cost £55,000 stlg if built up from scratch, equivalent to £9M on a prices
inflation, and as much as £40M on wage inflation.
The Maxwells also inherited ½ the Kemps Savanna Land.
1761, George Booth mortgaged it to Henry Parker for £4072 until 16/1/1766.
It incorporated 600 acres in S Trelawney granted to George Booth in 1740.
1761: Settled in trust for Mary Booth for £300pa. 1100 acres.
A Henry Maxwell was still of Salt Savanna (& Scotland) in 1830.
Henry Maxwell sold the estate to James Wildman in 1792, acting as attorney for
his brother, who subsequently disputed the sale.
For more detail, see the Jamaica General Volume.
Salt Savanna was covered by early patents to Christopher Horner.
See also the 1709 act dviding up Varney Land in Salt Savanna. (Acts of assy vol
1 P91).
Carlisle Estate
This estate is not mentioned in George’s will, but appeared in earlier
mortgages with Lousada. It came into George’s ownership from the Parsons family
by his step son, Thomas Parsons. In 1809, it was owned by Lousada, much later,
in 1879, it was in the estate of Isaac Lousada as 900 acres. It must have been
bought by Lousada during the negotiations over mortgages.
The 687 acres listed in a 1764 deed in several plots was probably contiguous
and probably included an interest in a pen near Portland (Vere, not the
parish!). In 1764, it had 81 slaves of various ages and sexes, 61 horses and
mules, 24 steers, worth all tola about £9500 (2017 about £1.5M Prices, £4M
wages).
An piece of land granted to Thomas Parsons in 1755 by New Forrest in Manchester
(253) was annotated as being “now Carlisle Estate” in about 1800.
George He left £1000 to the Lousada’s in his will.
For some time, Carlisle estate’s crop returns were filed together with
Knight’s, which belonged to Hon John Gale in 1757. This was probably because
Carlisle used at least some fo the Kinght’s land, in addition to some from the
Bogue estate.
In 1879, when it was sold in the West India Incumbered Estates Commission “in
the matter of the estate of Isaac Baruh Lousada dcd”, it was 900 acres and
included the Carlisle Bay Warf.
The Lousadas were handsome beneficiaries of George Booth (1707-69) in his will
(£1000 = £350K 2015 each) and subsequently owned Carlisle, so Carlisle may also
have been in the Captain George Booth family.
Carlisle does not show on the modern map, but is marked as late as 1888 on
Liddell: it was probably abandoned at the end of the 19thC, possibly
amalgamated with Moneymusk. The 2017 satellite image shows most of the land to
have reverted to bush. Reputed to be owned by the Gibb family in the late
18thC, but Lousadas from 1809. It ran down to the sea shore.
1811: Carlisle Estate owned by Lousada dcd, in 1816 by Daniel B Lousada,
probably son of Daniel. 906 acres.
Kingston, 12th July, 1782, (Jamaica Gazette 3 Aug 1782)
THE Subscriber intending to leave the Island shortly, will
dispose of the following properties reasonable, provided an English security
can be granted to his satisfaction, Those well-known valuable Sugar plantations
called CARLISLE and KNIGHT’S, situated in the Parish of Vere, together with
four hundred prime slaves, amongst which are many valuable carpenters, coopers,
and other tradesmen, as also 160 head of working steers and 30 mules, all in
excellent condition; on Carlisle estate there are erected and built a very
large commodious dwelling house and out offices, not above three years
finished; the works on both estates are in exceeding good order and will
require no repair for some yean to come; there it a wharf at Carlisle Bay,
belonging to the said property, with sheds and other conveniences which is not
more than a mile from the said properties, A large run of Pen land at Portland,
with a few breeding stock and an excellent well of water, about 4 miles from
the above estates. A Pen situated in Pedros(?) Valley, in the parish of St.
Ann, known by the name of Hounslow Heath, containing 550 acres, above 350 of
which are in guinea-grass: on this property there is also a very commodious
dwelling house, which will be disposed of together with 100 negroes, and about
200 head-of mules, cattle and horses, with a proof assest. A Mountain in the
parish of Clarendon, known by the name of Gloster, containing a number of
acres. 100 of which are in planting walk, at present in exceeding good order,
and yields from 8 to 10,000 plantains per week, it is well calculated for a
Pen, and very convenient for the sugar estates in the neighbourhood, as well
for the purpose of pasturage as for negro grounds, &c.
Any person inclinable to purchase
all or any part of the above properties, will be more particularly acquainted
therewith by applying to the subscriber in Vere or to Abraham Aguilar in
Kingston, who will readily treat on the most reasonable terms on the above
condition
EMMANUEL BARUCH
LOUSADA.
Plate 53
St James,
George had 600 acres granted in 1740, in St Elizabeth on the
patents, but right on the borders of St James and what was later Trelawney.
There is no indication what happened to the St James land, but there is little
doubt that it belonged to this George Booth; it is shown on Trelawney 273,
where the land is stated as belonging to Salt Savanna; the 273 map agrees well
with the patent plats..
Plate 52
Additionally, there was 1/3 of 1200A in St James from the Aldred.
Parsons, Golding, Parker etc
These families were related to Greorge Booth (1707-69)
Parsons
Thomas Parsons, the son of Catherine Parsons (who later married George Booth of
Salt Savanna), married Elizabeth Gale, Vere, 14/12/1749.
Elizabeth was daughter of John and Elizabeth Gale, baptised Kingston,
21/8/1727, born 1/6/1727, and sister of Jonathan Gale, 1st husband
of Grace, wife of his half brother, Norwood Booth.
Thomas died in 1756.
Elizabeth married 2nd, Daniel McGilchrist. 5/9/1759 in Vere, and was
buried St Elizabeth, MI Vere: MI: .. Elizabeth dau of Hon John Gale and
Elizabeth his wife, who died 30 April 1761 in the 34th year of her
age, husband Daniel McGilchrist.
George Booth administrated for Thomas Parsons dcd in his crop return for 1742
in Vere. 2/53 to value £96/5/3d.
Thomas was probably the son of Thomas Parsons, will of 1727/9[417], a planter of Vere who
left his wife Katherine Parsons 5 negroes & horses for her widowhood, his unborn
child £600 at 21, if male ½ of his estate. The rest to son William Parsons. If the
child dies then to kinsmen John, William & Henry Hicks, minors and sons of
kinsman William Hicks.
The unborn must have been Thomas Parsons, will of 1756/7[418], a planter of Vere, to
his wife Elizabeth if in child, all estate. Elizabeth £200 pa out of estate in
lieu of dower. Mother Catherine Booth wife of George Booth esq negroes. “father-in-law”
George Booth, brother Norwood Booth. Executor William Gale.
Crop Record of 1742: 2/53 Parsons, Thomas Account of Est of TP planter dcd of
Vere, £96/5/3 for year 1742, 23/4/1743 George Booth Exec
There is no indication that there was any child, and his estate was sorted out
by George of Salt Savanna.
Several deeds in the 1750’s and 60’s detail transactions where Thomas and
Elizabeth Parsons acquire a considerable area of land, including Carlisle
estate in Vere. These lands became the property of George Booth and are
described in his section.
1755: Thomas Parsons granted land in the Carpenters Mountains around “The Farm”
& Windsor Forrest (John Gall Booth) which on Manchester 253 map was noted
as being to Carlisle Estate.
1757: 169/161-299 George Booth & Norwood sold slave as execs to Elizabeth
Parsons (execs of John Gale to Norwood’s daughter).
1758[419]:
deed settling Thomas Parsons estate onto Norwood, subject to annuity to
Elizabeth Parsons.
Thomas Parsons in PR:
ch Clarendon 31/3/1706 of Edward & Elizbeth P19
ch St Catherine 10/1/1707 of William & Ann P50
Incumbered Estates Sale:
Particulars of valuable Sugar Estates : called respectively Hillside,
Brazaletto, and Chesterfield, situate in the Parish of Vere, in the Island of
Jamaica, containing 6,49 acres or thereabouts : also pf a valuable Wharf,
called Parker's Middle, or Salt River Wharf, situate near the Hillside Estates
: which will be sold by auction, in four lots, by Messieurs Leifchild, Son and
Cheffins, before Henry James Stonor, Esquire, Chief Commissioner, at the Court
of the Commissioners.
Golding
2 Wills[420],
probably not relevant:
Benjamin Golding 1755-57 Carpenter of St James, dau Elizabeth when 21, other
bequests n/a.
Richard Golding 1763, of Kingston merchant, sick & weak. To sister
Elizabeth Golding of Whitchurch, Salop £100. To wife Mary R&R. Execs to
settle affairs in Jamaica and remit to England
Will of John Golding, 170 11/7 1703-5[421]
JG of Vere mariner. Wife Eliza. Sons Jno-Martin & George. Daus Eliza &
Mary. Sons <18.
Will of John Golding, 1746[422],
Planter of Vere; Wife Elizabeth Golding 6 bay horses, 3 black Horses, 1 Ball
Horse, and 1 new England Horse; also all other R&R; Execs B-in-L William
Banks of Vere Gent, & Elisha Clarke planter of Vere. (perhaps the kinsman
referred to by George Golding, will of 1737).
John Golding Act 1733
1733 an act to give John Golding senior of the parish of Vere, planter, the
rights and priviledges of Englishmen, born of white ancestors
These Goldings were probably people of colour.
1/1. Mary Golding M Ailsbury
1/2. George Golding, will 1735-7[423],
planter of Vere.
Son John Golding. If he fails, to
honoured mother Elizabeth Collier, after her death to kinsmen Thomas & John
Golding; Allowance to sister Mary Ailsbury; Mother Elizabeth Collier &
brother John Golding execs & guardians to Son John Golding until 21
1730[424]:
George Golding & Elinor of Vere, planter sold George Booth OTP for J£300
100 acres in Vere, N on John Hart dcd, S on Valentine Barriff & Thomas
Johnson E on Salt Savanna, W on sd George Booth.
In 1763, Golding shown in Clarendon to the N of St Ann’s Gully.
2/1. John Golding b aft 1716
1/3. John Golding, married Milborough, widow of G Booth d
1707.
1739[425]:
John Golding of Vere, planter, for 5/- conveyed 2 plots of land & some
negroes to George Booth of Vere, planter, 1st parcel being 98 ¾
acres in Vere SE on No 1 N on Col Ivy dcd SW on Martin Golding & W on no 3.
Other parcel 98 acres in Vere SW on Thomas Roberts, N on George Ivy esq dcd, SE
on No 2 & a number of slaves. George & wife Catherine, John Golding of
Vere, planter. Conveys land in previous deed back to John Golding next day.
1758[426]:
will, of Vere planter; To g/dau Milborough Maxwell, wife of Edward of Vere
£J2000; To g/dau Dorothy Parker £J300 pa for life
To G/dau Milborough Battersby a minor of Kingston £J2000 when 21; To dau Mary
Mason, wife of Rev Simon Mason of Vere annuity of £J250 for life; To Simon
& Mary land near Dry River called Ashley’s & 31 slaves (named) for
life, and afterwards to 2 grandsons Henry Parker and John Golding Mason; To
g/dau Milborough Battersby slaves now in service of her father Benjamin
Battersby, merchant of Kingston; To sister Mary Ailsbury annuity of £J50; R&R
to g/sons Henry Parker & John Golding Mason; Execs Son Thomas G &
G/sons Henry Parker & John Golding Mason;
2/1. Milbrough Golding
Born Vere 11/11/1712 ch 23/7/1713
of John & Milborough.
Married Benjamin Battersby aft 1737 name from PR
Milborough Battersby, wife of Benjamin, planter, bur Kingston 13/3/1753
Benjamin had children by Elizabeth, who was buried Kingston 10/12/1737:
Benjamin Battersby – 1753
153/19 26/7/1753 ent 9/8/1753
I Benjamin Battersby Of St Andrew, merchant
In mortgage btw Thomas Cammock & Sarah of Clarendon & John Hewitt &
Sarah, for £1000 by me paid to them for 800A in St Andrew & 40 negroes. It
was not my money but Milborough Golding Battersby, only in trust for her (she
was a minor then). The mortgage was assigned to Robert Elrington and paid
off 7/12/1763 mortgage to 1763 at 6% Deed 153/21 specifies the mortgage.
Their Issue, Kingston:
3/1. John Battersby b 24/6/1735 Ch 28/7/1735PR (ME Will)
3/2. Ann Battersby, b. 6/10/1736 ch 10/11/1736PR,
Hannah Battersby bur Kingston
C/yard by her father, 28/10/1739PR
3/3. Elizabeth Battersby b
6/12/1737 Ch 25/4/1737PR
Issue of Benjamin &
Milborough, Kingston:
3/1. Milborough Golding Battersby b 30/10/1741 ch 14/7/1742PR
Wills
JG1756: dau of sister
JG1758 G/dau as a minor & dau of BB
GB1769 niece as Milbrough Elrington.
Death Spanish Town August 1796, Mrs E Elrington, wife of Major Francis
Elrington (VLO Vol IV P205, Mag extract).
Milborough Elrington – 1796
61/206 Dated Ent 28/4/1796
Widow of Kingston
To S-i-L Charles Fry 20 pieces for mourning
To friend Milborough Brooks of St D widow
To friend Thomas Rees
To son Robert Elrington, a seal which was my decd brother with the Battersby
Arms
To son John Battersby Elrington
To dau Milborough Elrington
To dau Elizabeth Ann Mead Fry, wife of Charles
Refers to claim on Moreland est in Vere from will of Aunt Mrs Mary Ledwich,
Ref son John Battersby Elrington
Ref land in St D inherited from brother John Battersby.
Married Robert Elrington, died bef 1789 (ML will, maybe 1774 see below)
Quote from “The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 31
March 1899 (Some residents of Monkstown in the 18thC, by Francis Elrington
Ball), set in 1766:
At Monkstown Castle, still a habitable dwelling, lives, I think, Mr. Robert
Elrington, who has recently arrived from Jamaica, and whose native servant is
no doubt an object of much curiosity.*
* Probably Mr. Elrington was a descendant of Thomas Elrington, the well-known
Dublin actor of the beginning of the eighteenth century. He subsequently went
to reside at Miltown, and died in 1774. See Pue’s Occurrences, May 23-27. 1769,
and Sept. 1—4, 1770; Dublin Grants, Intestacy, 1774, Robert Elrington;
Monkstown Baptismal Register, 10 Nov., 1766.
Bought after 1758, described as a West India Merchant.
Irish Probate listing: Robert Elrington 1774, Dublin, late of Jamaica, L191.
Other Elringtons listed in Dublin about this time.
Married 9/1798: Francis Elrington, major of the 6th West India reg
to Miss Sophia Matilda Joselyn.[427]
Mention of Elrington’s in Barbados St Michael Francis Elrington Gent M Mrs
Joannah Shuller, widow.
Captain & Mrs Elrington mentioned in Lady Nugents Dairy, June 1802: R
Elginton Lieutenant in Vere Militia, 1801.
4/1. John Battersby Elrington (in ML, ME & GB1769 Wills) b aft 1747
Married Isabella Parker Maxwell,
probable dau of Edward & Milborough Maxwell 24/8/1790, Vere,
Issue of John Battersby & Isabella Parker Elrington
5/1. Robert Edward Elrington, ch 20/6/1793, Kingston
5/2. Elizabeth Golding B 31/10/1791 ch Kingston, 17/4/1792
4/2. Dau Elrington (sister of JE
in GB 1769)
4/3. Milborough Elrington (ML & ME will)
4/4. Robert Elrington (ML & ME Will)
4/5. Elizabeth Ann Mead Elrington, wife of Charles Fry (ML & ME Will)
3/2. Thomas Golding Battersby 17430601
17430731
3/3. Hannah Battersby 17460503 17460608, bur by father 12/6/1746 ch/Yd.
3/4. Martin Battersby 17480707 17481002, bur by father 9/10/1748
3/5. Benjamin Battersby, bur by father, 17/8/1750
2/2. Mary Golding,
Married, 1st Simon
Mason,
A Deed, noted because of the Booth & Mason connection with Antony
Maitland):
This seems to imply that the Act of 1747 still applied to Milborough’s land,
although she must have been of age by then.
1755 - George Booth et al in trust sold to Simon Mason for £75 5 acres in Salt
Savanna Common: S on John Golding the elder, W on late Thomas Millsen, E on
Kings Rd, which parcel is one of those in the act of 1747 vesting Milborough
Cargill’s land to trustees – see under Cargill.
Married, 2nd Edward Leitwich
Edward Ledwick, of Kingston
Doctor of Physick & Mary Mason of Vere widow, married 26 Jan 1768.
Wills[428]:
Edward Ledwich – 1784,
Dr of Physics of Kingston. All negroes belonging to me and the negores I hold
as mortagee in possession for life And after to Eliza Elrington my god dau. All
plate & furniture to wife Mary.
Mary Ledwick – 1789.
Mary Ledwick of St George Bloomsbury widow of Edward Ledwich late of Kingston.
One moiety in 3 parts to Milborough Elrington & her dau Milborough
Elrington, To nieces sons John & Robert Elrington, OTHER ½ TO grand niece
Elizabeth Mead Elrington dau of Milborough Elrington widow. Codicil cash to
nephews Henry & George Maxwell.
3/1. John Golding Mason, b 15/2/1749-50, ch Kingston 26/2/1749-50.
2/3. Dau Golding married Parker
NB Vere PR missing 1720-30.
A Parker family, but probably not relevant:
William Parker M Jean Oniz? 8/12/1694, St C p116
Issue of William & Jane Parker, St Catherine:
John Parker, ch 21/9/1695 p38
Frances Parker, ch 6/1/1700 p44
Cornelius Parker, ch 10/3/1708 p51
Walter Parker, ch 14/5/1709 - prob mar Sarah Peeke, later Booth.
Charles Parker, ch 19/2/1714 p57
John Parker, ch 7/12/1723 p66 (Jean)
William Parker, ch 27/3/1726, P68
3/1. Dorothy Parker
3/2. Henry Parker JG1758 & JG1756
Died 1787 (UCL)
Henry Parker, planter of Vere & Isabella Hornby of Kingston, married 12 Oct
1758PR.
1761[429]:
George Booth & Elizabeth of Vere, Henry Parker esq of Vere. Whereas George
Booth & John Golding bonds to Benjamin Peraris in 18/4/1756 for penal sum
of £3474 conditioned to £1737 due 18/4/1758
George Booth John Golding & Norwood Booth 20/12/1756 to Benjamin Peraris
£2000 conditioned £1000 by 20/12/1758
George Booth & Henry Parker by bonds dated 1/9/1760 debted to Benjamin
Peraris penal ££1078/12/4d conditioned £539/6/2d by 1/9/1762
and whereas George Booth bond 1/9/1760 to Benjamin Peraris penal sum £4700/12
conditioned to the principal sum of £2356/1 by 1/9/1763 John Golding died and
left estate to Henry Parker & John Golding Mason. George Booth indebted to
Henry Parker for £4072
So George Booth for the said sum sold Salt Savanna estate & slaves 1100
acres to Henry Parker as mortgage to 16/1/1766.
1776[430]:
Andrew Wright & Mary of Vere inherit in fee simple called Wrights 33 acres.
They agreed to sell to Henry Parker esq of Vere for £2000 E of Betts Gully in
Vere WNW & SW on Betts Gully & land late of Benjamin Mumbee esq now
heirs of Henry & Edward Goulbourn S on road from Church to Salt Savanna
Common E on George Downer now William Pusey N former George Clark now Henry
Parker.
33 Acres formerly in possession of Mrs Mary Wright dcd and laid down by a scale
of 5 chains to an inch. Plat in Will file.
Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Biography
Inherited Chesterfield estate in Vere and one moity of Kemp Savanna estate from
George Booth (who died in 1769). He was probably the nephew of George Booth -
as Booth's will leaves a legacy to his neice Milborah [sic] Maxwell, mother of
Henry Maxwell and George Booth Maxwell, and Henry Parker's will leaves a legacy
to his nephews Henry Maxwell and George Booth Maxwell. In this case, Henry
Parker's mother's maiden surname would have been Booth.
His son Thomas John Parker (q.v.) was baptised 09/07/1759 in Jamaica, and died
1823.
Clarendon PR: Thomas John Parker, ch 9/7/1759 (f126) of Henry & Isabella.
Will[431]
of Henry Parker Esquire of Vere, 1787.
To wife Isabella Parker an annuity of £600 pa plus all my plate, jewels,
household linen, furniture and provision of household, also my carriage horses
and carriages and the saddles, bridles, harness and furniture belonging to the
same.
To my executors an annuity of £200 pa for my kinsman Robert Elrington until he
reaches the age of 23. "And my will is that he be then placed at the
University of Edinburgh to study surgery and that he be afterwards placed at
one of the publick hospitals in London until he shall arrive at the age of
twenty three... and in case the said Robert Elrington... shall return to the
Island of Jamaica then it is my will and request to my said son Thomas John
Parker that the said Robert Elrington may be employed in his said profession on
my Estates in this Island and that he be permitted to reside on Hill Side
Estate."
To Louis Stanford "a free Mulatto Boy whom I intend shortly to carry with
me to Great Britain" an annuity of £50 pa until he reaches the age of 21 -
to be applied by my executors for his maintenance and education. Stanford
"to be bound out apprentice to a merchant when of proper age" and
that if he should afterwards return to Jamaica "then I request to my son
that he be employed on my said estates".
All the residue to "my dear son" Thomas John Parker and his lawful
heirs; otherwise to my nephews Henry Maxwell and George Booth Maxwell and their
heirs with the payment of £2000 to their sister my niece Isabella Parker Maxwell.
Thomas John Parker to be my sole executor.
Codicil: annuity to wife in full barr and recompence and satisfaction of all
dower and ??? etc.
4/1. Thomas John Parker
Ch 9/7/1759, Clarendon, Died
31/5/1823, LondonFamGaz.
Vere PR: The remains of Thomas James Parker esq, proprietor of Hillside,
Braziletto & Chesterfield Estates were interred in the family burying
ground on Tuesday the 8th July 1823.
UCL: Owner of Braziletto, Hillside and Chesterfield estates in Vere, Jamaica.
Husband of Eliza Peters Washington Parker and father of Thomas John Parker
junior (both q.v.).
Will of Thomas John Parker of Portland Place proved 07/05/1823. Residuary
legatee of his father Henry Parker of Vere (q.v., died 1787), after annuities
of £600 to Henry's wife Isabella Parker, £200 to Henry's "kinsman"
Robert Elrington and £50 to "a free mulatto boy" Louis Stanford. The
will of Thomas John Parker describes him as late of Holles Street, Cavendish
Square, Middlesex; formerly of Bath, Somerset; now of Portland Place,
Middlesex.
“Indenture between (1) Thomas John Parker, of the parish of Vere, Jamaica, but
then in Surrey, Great Britain and (2) James Bowes, of St. Pancras, Mx.,
England. Lease for a year to Bowes of Hillside, Braziletto and Chesterfield
Plantations, all in the parish of Vere, Jamaica; June 21, 1796.” (UCL)
Hill side 4666A in 1840, TJP
Married, 1st, Rachel Stevens.
See mortgage
1790[432]:
Thomas John Parker esq of Vere, now residing in Epsom & wife Rachel Stevens:
for £128/11/6 British money from George McKensie esq of Clarendon sold 4 slaves
owned in right of Rachel Stevens.
Crop account: 1799 25/60 Chesterfield & Brazilatto Ests prop Thomas John
Parker 1798 £2169/12 Selling slaves cattle & sundries.
1808: 2 deeds relating to mortages of 16 slaves at Bourkenfield & Coles Pen
and 31 at Hillside, Braziletto and Chesterfield, the latter refers to extra
slaves since 5/9/1800. Thomas Parker then of Bath, Somerset.
Eliza Peters Washington Parker (née Pallmer)
Profile & Legacies Summary
1777 - 1858
Sister of the MP Charles Nicholas
Pallmer (q.v.) and widow of Thomas John Parker (who died c. 1823 and whose
first wife was Rachael Stevens). The Thomas John Parker (q.v.) who appears as
her co-claimant was presumably her son and the man of the same name of Albany
Terrace who was buried aged 37 on 18/02/1843 at Holy Trinity Marylebone Road.
The Jane Peters Parker under whose will they claimed as heirs has not to date
been identified: it seems more likely that this is Jane Peters Pallmer the
mother of Eliza Peters Washington Parker and Charles Nicholas Pallmer.
At Boulogne sur mer, Eliza Peters
Washington, relict of the late Thomas John Parker, Esq., formerly of the Royal
Crescent Bath [Somerset], aged 81, deeply lamented, July 1858.
She appeared in the Old Bailey
sessions in 1824 as a widow of Portland Place in a case of the theft of a
silver teapot worth 4s for which Henry John Walls was sentenced to death.
'Mrs Parker' is shown at 36 Portland Place and 23 Royal Crescent Bath in 1824.
By 1835 she was living at 6 Albany Terrace Regents Park, where her brother's
will places her in 1837. Will of Thomas John Parker of Portland Place proved
07/05/1823.
Marriage of Thomas John Parker
widower and Eliza Peters Washington Pallmer St Marylebone 24/10/1796.
Her daughter Isabella (d. 1830)
married the Jamaican slave-owner John Bourke Ricketts (q.v.)
Sources
Identified in a transcription of
the will of Charles Nicholas Pallmer (dated 26/01/1837 although he did not die
until 1848) as of Albany Terrace Regents Park, Family Deeds http://www.familydeeds.org/SY71001.php
[accessed 27/04/2011]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials,
1813-1980 [database online].
Jane Peters Parker UCL: Daughter of Thomas John Parker (and presuambly of Eliza
Peters Washington Parker as well). Deceased by 1817, she had inherited some
enslaved people who were settled upon Chudleigh estate in Manchester, Jamaica.
Possibly the Jane Peters Parker
who was buried 25/05/1804 in Weston, Somerset, England.
Edward Ellis, free mulatto born,
the son of John Thomas Parker, esq of Hillside and Ann Good Ellis, a free sable
woman formerly of Hillside was batised at the rectory in Vere 25th
Dec 1814.
5/1. Henry Parker, ch 20/4/1789, Kingston,
of TJP & Rachel Stevens. He
was owner of Chesterfield (1089A) and Braziletto etc (4666A) in 1839. Died bef
1844, prob about 1826, in Vere index 1826-31, but text not available.
5/2. James Craggs Parker
Married Mary (2nd
husband Edward Lewis Pearse of Bodmin
Issue of JCP & Mary: 4 children (Slave Comp Awards)
Son and legatee of Thomas John Parker (d. c. 1823): his widow Mary's second
husband Edward Lewis Blight Pearse (q.v.) was party to a Chancery suit into
which the compensation for three awards in Vere Jamaica was paid.
Baptised St Marylebone
03/12/1793, son of Thomas John Parker and Rachael Stevens his wife. He was
apparently dead by the time of the compensation process, when his widow had
remarried, but his will was not proved until 1842.
Sources
Issue of TJP & Eliza
5/3. Eliza Washington Parker,
Married At St George's Hanover
Sq, London of 18th December last (1822), Mr Davis of Lower Brook st Grovenor Sq
to Eliza Washington, the youngest daughter of Thomas J Parker, esq of
Braziletto, Chesterfield and Hill Side Estates in the parish of Vere, since
deceased. JamGaz
5/4. Isabella Parker.
In London, on the 8th April last
(1822), John Bourke Ricketts, esq, son of the late George C. Ricketts, of
Ashford Hall, Salop, (married) to Isabella, the eldest daughter of Thomas J
Parker, esq, of Portland Place, and niece of Charles N Pallmer, esq of Norbiton
House, Surry, both late of this islandJamGaz.
The Ricketts married into the Salways Moor Park, Ludlow. Moor Park was the
school where the children of the author of this were educated.
A George Mackenzie Parker buried
Vere April 1825, aged 30 of Comfort Hall, Clarendon, interred in the family
vault at Hillside.
3/3. Milborough Parker JG1756
jnr will only. Born abt 1739.
Buried 15/9/1807, age 68 at
Chelsea Old Church[433].
Milborough Maxwell in JG1758,
g/dau, wife of Edward Maxwell
Niece of GB1769 as wife of Edward Maxwell.
No relevant Maxwell wills found see below.
No marriage found.
An Edward Maxwell buried Vere 26/1/1790.
Bur St Lukes Chelsea 15/9/1807, aged 68AC.
There are a number of deeds involving Alexander Maxwell of St Dorothy, but he
does not appear to be connected; there are notes on some of these in the Wills
volume.
Henry & his brother, George Booth Maxwell inherited a life interest in Salt
Savannah estate from George Booth (d 1769), with an entail to their eldest
sons. In 1791, George sold his share to Wildman, who it would appear acquired
Henry’s life interest as well.
These 2 were sent to England for their education by grandfather (incorrect
relationship in the claim) George Booth’s bequest.
1753[434]:
George Forth of Clarendon Planter sold for £40 to Mary Maxwell of Clarendon 1
slave.
1759[435]:
28/9/1759 Edward Maxwell of Vere bought from Anthony Langley Swymmer of StiE
lands, which Edward Maxwell & Milborough mortgaged to Zach Bayly. Simon
Booth the younger with agreement of Zach Bayly for £1400 buys 2 parcels from
Edward Maxwell
1st 500A SW on Sea E on partition formerly to Thomas Sutton by now
John Gall Booth, a minor, NE on Cobb & Williscott pat & George Manning,
NW on Edward Maxwell,
2nd 72A N & NE on Simon Booth the elder & George Manning
& all other sides by the Kings Rd.
Plat in Wills File
1761[436]:
Edward Maxwell planter of Vere & Milborough & Zachary Bayly of Kingston,
and Lord Ward & wife of Birmingham England.
Edward Maxwell mortgages land called Swymmers to Zachary Bayly on McCary Bay for
£3000. They sold for £550 200A at Milk River to Lord Ward part of Swymmers Pen.
1764[437]:
Edward Maxwell & Milborough planter of Vere sold for £150 from James Smith
planter of Vere land at Milk River in Vere: 49 acres & ½ reserving the ½
acre on the northernmost line and forming a square as near as the river and
road to Alligator Pond will admit for the use of Daniel MGilchrist esq whereon
he has a fish house bounding W on road to Alligator Pond all other sides the
River; Also land in Vere bounding on the Round Hill 31 Acres part of land
originally pat Henry Hilliard E on Rd to Alligator Pond W on Round Hill N on
Mrs Mary Scott. Witness: Henry & Isabella Parker. Plat in Wills file.
1795[438]:
Milborough Maxwell widow of Edward Maxwell esq of Vere & James Wildman of
St Andrew esq. Whereas Ind 21 May last past between them reciting that
Milborough Maxwell has claims on sugar works Salt Savannah under will of George
Booth, she releases them to James Wildman under that ind entered 29/6/ last
also 15 acres of land fromm Edward Maxwell's will to Milborough Maxwell. She
confirms sale to James Wildman PHOTO 1135
1795[439]:
Milborough Maxwell widow of Vere of Edward Maxwell esq of Vere dcd & his
exec of 1st pt & Hon James Wildman of St Andrew esq 2nd. Whereas George Booth
formerly of Vere dcd left several annnuities & charges & bequeaths,
Milborough Maxwell then wife of Edward Maxwell, an annuity of £100 also £1000
outright & set in trust Salt Savann etc to pay annuities to Henry Maxwell
& George Booth Maxwell sons of Edward & Milborough Maxwell - sorts out
trusts for payment of annuity.
1800[440]:
Milborough Maxwell widow late of Vere now of England & attorney Edward
Husband, sold to John Pusey Hayle esq of Vere for £200 a negro.
1799: Surrender of Lease MM widow of edward Maxwell late of Vere, she now of
Lawrence St Chelsea. ref ind 6/2/1789 lease by Thomas John Parker to Ed Max, 60
acres in Withywood. Lease returned to TJP for £423 to MM.[441]
1800: MM of GB sells slaves to
James Wright[442]
Will[443]
of Milbrough Maxwell.[Grandfather(!) of Elizabeth Golding Elrington (Maxwell),
who married Dr. Joseph Head Marshall.] Money and jewelry is bequeathed to
Elizabeth Golding Elrington Maxwell to be administered by trustees until her
21st birthday. Other family members promised money or property. Will
executor, George Booth Maxwell Esq. Dated 27/3/1806, proved 5/12/1807.
Issue of Edward & Milborough Maxwell:
4/1. Henry Maxwell b Vere 14/12/1765 ch 19/01/1766PR
Mentioned in the wills of George
(d 1769) and Mary (Golding) Leitwich 1787. Wife Milbroough Elrington(deed
487/46)
1791[444]:
ind btw Henry Maxwell of Vere & Gorge Booth Maxwell late of Vere now Gorge
Booth Maxwell by Henry Maxwell his att of 1st pt & Hon James Wildman 2nd
part. For J£11855 from James Wildman sold 31 slaves. Named.
1796[445]:
Henry Maxwell To James Wildman. Henry Maxwell late of Vere now Harper St Queen
Sq, Middx GB and hon James Wildman late of St C now of England. Now Henry
Maxwell inherited Salt Savannah with his brother George Booth Maxwell, since
dead no issue (?? Mistranscript??). Henry Maxwell sold to James Wildman for
£10000 stlg
Major Henry in the extract as follows may have been his son, as Sohphia would
have been born in 1813:
The Lady’s Magazine, 1830, P400:
Married, John Savage, esq, MD, Bernard St Russel Square to Maria Sophia,
youngest daughter of Major Henry Maxwell, of Straquhaue, Dumfreeshire, and Salt
Savanna, Jamaica.
1851, 26 Chester Place, Marylebone:
A.M. Sophia Savage, wid, 38 Edinburgh, Jno Maxwell Savage, 19, London.
Scotland:
Henry Maxwell married:
Isabel Christie, St Veagans, Angus 16/11/1805.
Elizabeth Russell, Kilsyth, Stirling, 17/6/1810.
Jamaica:
Samuel Facey married Sophia Maxwell St E, 7/6/1861
Residuary legatees of GB 1769 will. (deed 487/46)
5/1. Henry Maxwell, ch 4/9/1790, bur 7/9/1790,
Vere son of Henry.
5/2. Rachel Teresa Maxwell, bap
privately Vere 17/10/1789.
(parents not given at this
time) – probably this father – George probably not married by this time.
Rachael Teresa Collett and her husband John Edward were involved in the claims
on Salt Savanna in 1837. This was probably her, then of Enfield Wash, Co of
Middx.
4/2. George Booth Maxwell b
25/10/1767 ch 29/10/1767PR
(GB1769, ML1789)
2 entries: both born Vere 25/10/1767, 1st has ch 29/10/1767,
private, 2nd has bapt 22/5/1768 sponsors Daniel McGilchrist, Geo
Booth, Ann Burrel.
The 2 baptisms might have been because of his being privately baptised, and
then taken into the church at a later service.
According to my notes, a January 1792 deed from Henry selling Salt Savannah
implies GBM dead, but subsequent reports counter this.
A GBM died Q4 1848, St Giles London. Not found in C1841.
1791[446]:
Maxwell, GB to Isaac Blight
George Booth Maxwell absent from Island Henry Maxwell his Att. Isaac Blight
merchant of Kingston, George Booth left in trust for George Booth Maxwell &
Henry Maxwell sons of Edward Maxwell. Complicated deed referring to case in
Chancery against George Booth Maxwell.
... Maxwell and George Booth Maxwell have attained the ages of 21 .. and Mary Booth
the wife and afterwards the widow of the said testator hath been some time
since dead.
And whereas George Booth Maxwell is intitled under the limitations of the will
to a share etc of a plantation an sugar works called Salt Savanna in Vere,
being a part of the testators real estate devised by his will ...
And whereas a suit in the Court of Chancery of this Island hath been a long
time and is still defending as well against George Booth Maxwell devisee afsd
as others at the instance of the mortgage creditor of Salt Savanna for a sale
of the plantation for a satisfaction of sundry other demands against the
testators estate by judgement otherwise.
And whereas George Booth Maxwell by a certain letter or power of attorney dated
abt 17 October 1789 .. made Henry Maxwell his attorney and did by thereby
authorise is attorney to lease rent sold of otherwise dispose all his
(property).
And whereas Henry Maxwell hath judged it to be the most for the advantage of
George Booth Maxwell to sell his interest in Salt Savanna and has therefore
come to an agreement with Isaac Blight for the sale of George Booth Maxwell’s
interest subject to an annuity:
Now this ind witnesseth that for and in consideration that Isaac Blight hath on
the day of the date of these presents well and truly seized to he the said
George Booth Maxwell etc during the term of his life one annuity or yearly sum
of £200 payable on the Royal Exchange of London by one and equal half yearly
payments on the 25th November and the 25th May, 1st payment to be made on the
25th November next ensuing after the date hereof and also in consideration of
10/- to him George Booth Maxwell by the hands and .. of his attorney ... George
Booth Maxwell by his att Henry Maxwell hath granted to Isaac Blight for the
life of George Booth Maxwell all that part and share of George Booth Maxwell in
the said plantation called Salt Savanna
Looks to have been a bad lot!!
Mr. Gorge BOOTH MAXWELL, a young Gentleman of Jamaica, was tried on the 31st of
August last (1789), before the Supreme Court of Judicature at Kingston,
on a charge of novel nature— BURGLARY with intent to Ravish. —It appeared in evidence,
that the Lady of an eminent barrister at Spanish Town, young, beautiful, and of
strict virtue, had made an impression on the heart of the unhappy youth;— the propriety
of the lady's conduct gave him no room to hope that he should succeed in seducing
her from husband; in his absence, therefore, he secreted himself in the house,
and broke into Mrs. -—-‘s chamber, after she had retired to rest. Awakened and
alarmed by the irritation, the lady demanded who he was, and screamed for help;
he replied, “Maxwell!" and behaved in a manner the most insulting and outrageous,
but from her reiterated cries, he thought it prudent to desist, and make hie escape.
The indictment was laid capitally, and he was found guilty, but recommended
to mercy by the jury.[447]
THE Creditors of George Booth Maxwell, formerly of Bayswater, in the County of
Middlesex, since of Thames Ditton, in the County of Surrey, Gent, afterwards a
prisoner for debt in the King's Bench prison, and who was discharged there from
at a Session of the Peace, holden in and for the said County of Surrey, on the
11th day of August 1811, by virtue of an Act passed in the fifty-first year of
the present reign, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, are desired to meet at
Brown's Coffee-House, Mitre-Court, Fleet-Street, London, on Thursday the 7th
day of April next, at Six o'clock in tbe Evening, for the purpose of choosing
an Assignee or Assignees of the estate and effects of the said George Booth
Maxwell.[448]
London Gazette Issue 16997, 25/03/1815 p. 566: shows the creditors of G.B.
Maxwell, formerly of Bayswater and late of Thames Ditton, who was discharged
from HM prison of the King's Bench, called together to consider a suit against
James Wildman.
1809[449]:
George Booth Maxwell To James Wildman
George Booth Maxwell gent of GB Donald McLean of Vere
attorney, and and John Shaw of Kesq of 1st Pt and James Wildman of GB esq.
Whereas George Booth Maxwell & Henry Maxwell on the death to their mother
became joint T in C of 2 parcels of land 15 acres. And where as Henry Maxwell
by ind 28/11/1795 of his moiety in the land conveyed his 1/2 to John Shaw Now
George Booth Maxwell agrees for the sale of his half the whole for £550. The
deed sold for J£275 from John Shaw 1st parcel 7.5 Acres on land formerly of
John Pusey esq S now or fomerly of George Booth esq E on said George Booth
& W part of same land, 2nd piece N on John Pusey S formerly George Booth
esq E on part of same
London Gazette Issue 16997, 25/03/1815 p. 566: shows the creditors of G.B.
Maxwell, formerly of Bayswater and late of Thames Ditton, who was discharged
from HM prison of the King's Bench, called together to consider a suit against
James Wildman.
Parliamentary Papers p. 291. UCL
See under Salt Savanna.
4/3. Isabel Parker Maxwell,
probably these parents.
b 18/10/1770, ch 22/5/1771,
privately, Vere no parents given.
Married John Elrington 24/8/1790, Vere, son of Robert & Milborah Milborough
Golding (Battersby) Elrington (ref GB will). See under his entry.
1807[450]: Isabella Parker
Elrington of Kingston sold a slave to Lewis Duke of Kingston.
Issue of John Battesbry Elrington & Isabella Parker, Kingston.
5/1. Elizabeth Golding Elrington, b 31/10/1791 ch 17/4/1792
Married Dr Joseph Head
Marshall.
5/2. Robert Edward Elrington b
3/3/1793 ch 20/6/1793
2/4. John Golding, Vere 17161025 17170311
d 1756
sp Henry & Mary Wilton,
Martin Golding.
John Golding – 1756
30/159-149 Dated 10/11/1754 Ent 22/5/1756
Of Vere, planter Weak The younger
To Olive, Sarah & Katherine Smitely 24½ acres called the land of Moses
Alvarez and ... Bosley’s the Butchers W on the Kings Rd leading to Withy wood N
on Kings Rd leading to Pig Bay and S on James Dawkins esq and E on land called
James Laws
R&R to to my sister Dorothy Baldwin
If that fails to my sisters children Henry Parker, Milborough Parker and
Dorothy Parker, Milborough Battersby and John Golding Mason
2/5. Thomas Golding Vere b
27/6/1715, ch Vere 20/9/1715
sp Saml Barret, Martin Golding,
Eliz Downer, Eliz Westhevil?
1741[451]:
Mortgage for £2000 from William Beckford for 500A in Withywood formerly belonging
to Francis Moore.
A number of other transactions by Thomas Golding[452]:
1758 - Thomas Golding of Vere esq, brother & heir of John Golding the
younger of Vere dcd 1st pt etc refers to land of John Golding dcd in Vere, to
Caleb Davis.
1753: Thomas Golding sold for 5/- to Phibba free negro of Vere 7 acres of land.
1853: Thomas Golding sold for 5/- to Sarah Good & 4 daus Sarah Frances
Elizabeth & Mary free negro of Vere 19+ acres of land in Vere.
1753: Thomas sold for £80 to Sarah Good a negro slave man & girl
1758[453]
- his will: of Vere, Gent, not well in body. To Aunt Mary Ailsbury £J300. To
Sarah & Phebe free negroes all household furniture and annuity of £50 for
life. Also they both & their 3 mulatto girls Frances Elizabeth & Mary
Good and three sons Thomas, George & John Good to reside in my house as in
my lifetime. Sarah free mulatto dau of Sarah Good above £J2000. To Peter Good
free mulatto 500 acres in Clarendon known as St Jago. To Edward Good the same
Deed in 1723 has William Parker & Son John Parker bricklayers of St
Catherine.
Cargill
Table of the Acts. 1747:
An act for vesting several parcels of land in the parish of Vere, part of the
estate of Milborough, a minor, wife of Richard Cargill, esquire, only daughter
and devisee of William Hodgins, esquire, deceased, in trustees, to be by them
sold to pay off his majesty's quit-rents, and the legacies of Edward and
Gibbons Hodgins, still due from the said estate; and for preserving the most
improvable and profitable parts thereof for the said Milborough Cargill, and
others who may be intitled thereto, under the will of William Hodgins, her
father.
2 coveyances of Cargill land[454],
1751: Thomas Fearon the younger esq of Clarendon & Henry Lord of St TiV esq
George Booth of Vere esq & Robert Eyres of Vere of 1st
Ben Mumbee of Vere 2nd
Trust of estate of Milborough a minor wife of Richard Cargill and dau &
devisee of William Hodgins dcd by Act of Assy sold off to pay quit rents
legacies of Edward & Fibbius Hodgins ref shares of Salt Savanna Common is
vested in Thomas Fearon, Henry Lord, George Booth & Robert Sayers by wills
of George Hodgins and William Hodgins. They sold with consent of Richard
Cargill to Benjamin Mumbee, but the act re Milborough not ratifed by date of
Benjamin Mumbee conveyance so:
they sold for 10/- 25 acres to Benjamin Mumbee N on Benjamin Mumbee, W on Kings
Rd E on Benjamin Mumbee & E & S on David (Lord) Oliphant.
Plat not copied. NS 4 EW 1 unit Rectangle.
See 1709 Act of Sal Savanna shares (Acts of assy vol 1 P91).
1753: Ind btw Hon Thomas Fearon of Clarendon esq, Henry Lord of Vere, esq
George Booth of Vere, esq & Robert Sayer of Vere esq one part
Rev Simon Mason other part of Vere
Whereas Act for vesting several parcels of land in Vere part of the estate of
Milborough a minor wife of Richard Cargill esq only dau & divisee of
William Hodgins esq dcd in trust to be by them sold to pay off his Majesty’s
suits & the legacies of Edward and Gibbons Hodgin still due from said
eatate due to her from father.
ref shares in Salt Savannah Common.
The 3 in trust sold to Simon Mason for £75 5 acres in Salt Savanna Common: S on
John Golding the elder, W on late Thomas Millsen, E on Kings Rd, which parcel
is one of those in the act. (act of 1709)
Richard Cargill – 1754[455],
of Vere Esq – weak
Execs Henry Dawkins of Clarendon esq, Henry Lord of St Thomas in the Vale esq,
Robert Sayers of Vere esq, Trustees
To wife Milborough £50 for mourning; also a negro boy to value £20 for each of
the sons of my brother John Cargill; Also £20 pa to a mulatto girl baptised
Elizabeth dau of Sukey Fagan supposed to be my daughter until 18 or married
then £100 to her; A ring of 5 pistoles value to be bought for Sarah Sayers, dau
of Robert Sayers;
Rest & Residue to daughter Elizabeth Cargill
John Cargill died, Jam Gaz 9/9/1780.
John Cargill, ch Clarendon, 2/9/1733 of John & Elizabeth
Also
Thomas ch 4/1/1727 ditto
Milborough, ch 14/4/1735
Jane, ch 21/12/1729
Elizabeth 12/11/1720
Burton Summary
Our direct Burton ancestor was Judith Burton, concubine of John Hayle
Sinclair. She was almost certainly one of the great grand daughters of Francis
(died 1690) & Judith (died 1712) Burton. A fuller explanation is under
Judith Burton’s entry later in this paper.
Francis & Judith Burton came from Barbados – 3 of the children
mentioned in their wills were baptised in Barbados, where Francis was a Captain
in the militia and a landowner and a final legatee in Francis’s will was of
Barbados. There were a number of Burtons in Barbados in the latter part of the
17thC, but it is not clear if or how they were related, see below. Deeds show
Francis selling in Barbados and buying in Jamaica.
The most likely scenario is that Francis was English born, and came out,
perhaps with a brother, John sometime in the 1650’s. It is just possible that a
John Burton, who died in Barbados in 1669 was related to Francis, as speculated
in a later paragraph at the end of this section on “John Burton snr & Ann”.
Francis in his will makes reference to Thomas Ellicott of Barbados, who may
have been related to John & Ann Burton of Barbados: Ellicotts appear as
landowners in the early Barbados Maps. There were many Francis Burtons born in
England in the early 17thC. Without more evidence it is not possible to be
precise. The internet Virginia connection is very unlikely to be correct in my
view.
Francis left his estate to his wife and children. The major landholdings
were dispersed by the succeeding generations; his son Benjamin had a number of
children, one of whom, another Benjamin, was probably our ancestor. The former
had by this time moved to St Elizabeth, in the same general area as the
Sinclairs in western Vere (later Manchester).
There is a curious coincidence of Caroline Swaby, Jamaica born grand
daughter of The Hon Joseph James Swaby being baptised in Dickleburgh in Norfolk
in 1788: Jon JJS had children by Ruth Burton. One line down is Judith Burton
being baptised.
Samuel Burton of Westmoreland
There was also a Samuel Burton in Westmoreland, whose
deeds appear in the records, but there is no obvious connection with our line.
1758[456]:
Samuel Burton Carpenter of Westmoreland & Samuel Say OTP planter
Samuel Burton has ¼ of a parcel of land cont 25A formerly conveyed by Thomas
Macktt and James Tomlin 23/12/1702 in Ragged Savanna part of pat by John Wilmot
N Capt Olive Foveat, E on part of same run, S on part of same run now owned by
George Williams W on late Col Hymes. Samuel Burton sold 5 acres for £25.
1759[457]:
Jon & Bathsua Graves of St James for £500J from Samuel Burton of
Westmoreland sold 600 A in Westmoreland pat by Charles Graves (pat 6/314) N on
pat of Thomas Scattergood & Hieron Westopp, E Henry Parsons and Edward
Wotten E on Richard ___ and EW W on U/S and part of Thomas Scattergood.
Plat in Wills File
1759[458]:
Samuel Burton of Westmoreland buys land from Estate of Richard Deeble 4 acres
in Sav la Marr £300.
1768[459]:
John Dalling of St Andrew esq Samuel Burton of Westmoreland, gent. Samuel
Burton agreed with John Dalling for £1080 for 54a in St Andrew, W on Kings High
Rd from Kingston to Half Way Tree W on Nicholas Lawes E on Montgomery's Penn.
Triangular plat.
Westmoreland: Administration
1B/11/17/6F122 17450718 John Burton Burton Samuel John B of Westmoreland gent,
Samuel Burton millwright of W heir & bro.
Will:
29/177 James Burton Ent 9/7/1754 of Westmoreland gent, purchase from Mr William
Ricketss negro named Phibah alias Grace & her mulatto child Sarah & manumit
them; then to them some slaves. R & R to nephew Samuel Burton Millwright of
Westmoreland he also exec & guardian.
A Sarah the property of S Burton baptised at 4/1768 aged 30.
Burton Maps & Plats
Estate Maps:
Manchester 201, Oldbury
Manchester 203: Alligator Pond
Manchester 206: Swaby’s Hope Pen, about 1849.
St Catherine 959 & 1043, Burtons land Rio Pedro St Catherine.
St Elizabeth 316, Mulatto Pen
Patents:
1682: Francis Burton 344 & 95 acres in St John 2-23F25
1682: Edward Hilliard 400 acres adjoining Francis B 2-23F87.
1682: Robert Hippsley 590 acres adjoins Francis B 1-9F112.
1683: Francis Burton 874 St John 1-16F107
1759: Thomas Burton 300 Alligator Pond, 1-28F170-172
1761: Thomas Burton, 300 St Elizabeth, Alligator Pond, 1-29F164
1788: Benjamin Burton, 300 St Elizabeth 1-36F66
1789: Zachary Burton 300 acres St Elizabeth May Day 1-36F77.
1790: John Francis Burton 300 acres St Elizabeth 1-36F95
Several early to Peter Burton in St Catherine.
Deeds:
1769: Burton to Anderson, Alligator Pond, 241F33-75
1772: Anderson/Robinson to Hunt 254F14
1769: Burton to Read Alligator Pond land 254F66
Burton Time line
Barbados:
1635: Mention of Jo Burton arriving as a prisoner in Barbados, aged 17[460].
1649: John Burton witness to will in aged 24[461]
1660: July 10, Francis Burton witnessed a will in Barbados (Sanders/Ancestry).
1668-79: Issue of Francis & Judith Burton, Barbados.
1679: Francis B in St Michaels, Capt FB in St James, Barbados. Both the same??
1680: Capt Francis Burton still in Barbados
Jamaica:
1661: A Jno Burton was granted land in ST C. from Lord Windsor.
1664: Peter Burton granted land St
C, left to John Garrett in 1669. Prob N/A.
1664: Elisha Clark granted land in Withywood (Nicholas’s in-laws?).
1670 Census: Peter Burton owner of 18 acres in St Catherine.
1670: Capt John Bourden 2225 acres
1670: William Burton owner of 40 acres of land in St Catherine.
1682: Capt FB buys 150A (Rob Hippsley plat). 1714 to Rich Treherne.
1682: Granted Land, 18/12/1682 St John’s & St Thomas.
1684: Francis buys 172 acres in St Catherine from Anne (Ash) Cunningham.
1685: Francis Burton of St Jago acquires 400 acres from Harbottle Wingfield.
1686: Francis Burton sold 200 acres.
1688: Francis Burton, and Judith his wife mortgage re Stoneland Plantation,
1689: transactions on Stoneland – FB repossesses.
1690: Francis Burton buried St Catherine.
1690: Francis Burton Will.
1693: A Francis Burton, bachelor, leased 7 acres: who was he? (24/16)
1693: Francis, s of Nicholas & Mary ch.
1694: Judith Burton buys land in St Jago.
1694: Richard Burton, Bricklayer, buys foot land in Kingston Also debts (25/63)
1695: Ann Burton, dau of Benjamin married William Hunt
1696: Sarah Hunt christened.
1697: William Hunt jnr buried. Also another same year.
1701: William Hunt snr will.
1700: John Burton, son of Francis, dies about here.
1700: Benjamin Burton marries Elbeata Massall.
1700: Jno Burton, carpenter, buys footland in Port Royal.
1700: Nicholas Burton eldst son of FB sold slaves.
1701: John Burton, son of Benjamin & Elbeata ch.
1701: Nicholas, Benjamin & Judith sold 50A to Nicholas Philpot. Poss
Wingfield.
1703: Benjamin Burton, son of Benjamin & Elbeata ch.
1703: Ann Burton, dau of Benjamin, marries Richard Treherne.
1705: Mary dau of Nicholas & Alice ch.
1707: Nicholas Burton gives land to nephew Francis Trehern
1707: Judith Burton buys town land, prob in St Jago.
1708: Nicholas Burton sold land to nephew Francis Treherne
1709: William Burton s of Nicholas & Alice, ch.
1710: John Burton rents land in Port Royal from Peter Beckford
1711: Jno Burton, carpenter of PR buys land in Lime St, Port Royal.
1712: Judith Burton’s will makes a number of bequests.
1713: Judith Burton buried (13 March).
1714 before: Nicholas Burton dies intestate.
1714: John & Mary Burton of Port Royal, sold negroes – not our line?
(51/87)
1714: Burtons to Richard Treherne 150A land re purch by FB 1682.
1714: Francis, s of Nicholas, sold ½ of 150a at Mount Diabolo.
1716: Francis, s of Nicholas, sold 1/3 of 874 acres.
1718: Sarah Hunt married Thomas Biggs.
1718: Benjamin Burton & Elbeata let slaves to David Idana.
1718: Benjamin Burton & Elbeata sold ½ 874 acres & 150 acres.
1720: Benjamin Burton Will & inventory.
1720: John Burton will (son of Nicholas above)
1723: Thomas Burton son of Benjamin & Elbeata buys 100 a in St Elizabeth.
1724: A John & Dorothy Burton merchant, Port Royal sold a negro girl.
(70/179)
1726: Mary Burton married Richard Ragg – possibly dau of Nicholas.
1728: May Burton of Port Royal will proved.
1728: Benjamin Burton (2) buys land from Zacharia Gaultier. 1767 to Hannah M.
1730: Benjamin & Thomas Burton sold negro to Judith Burton all of St E.
1730: Benjamin to Thomas Burton – deed not available.
1731: Richard Treherne buys land in St Jago.
1732: John & Dorothy Burton gent of Kingston, son of Mary leases land
(88/83)
1737: Thomas Burton, son of Benjamin & Elbeata, given slaves by Francis T.
1741: Thomas & Mary Burton buy land in Carpenters Mountains.
1741: Benjamin Burton of Vere gives away slaves in St Elizabeth.
1741: Benjmain Burton jnr sold land in St Jago (Hunt land)
1742: MI St Catherine: Miss Elizabeth Burton ... 13 July 1742 in her 18th
year.
1743: Thomas & Mary Burton sold slave to Henry Hudson.
1747: Thomas & Benjamin Burton manumit slave.
1749: Francis Treherne sold slaves his daus & Thomas Burton.
1749: Burton brothers case in chancery.
1749: Thomas Burton, son of Benjamin & Elbeata, debtor in Robert Wright
will.
1750: Benjamin Burton to dau Elbeata a slave.
1750: Benjamin Burton & Thomas & Mary Burton sold 50 a land in Vere.
1750: Thomas & Mary Burton gift slaves to Benjamin Burton.
1750: Thomas & Mary Burton manumit slave.
1751: James Burton, millwright of Westmoreland – N/A.
1753: Thomas Burton lets land to Richard Ragg
1754: Land: Thomas Burton: St. E 158, Clarendon 271, St. John 25, Total 454
1754: Land: Benjamin Burton, St. Elizabeth 155
1754: Thomas Burton & Francis Smith - land transaction Alligator Pond.
1755: Thomas Burton to Hannah Mendez Sale Negro.
1755: Thomas Burton ref wife Mary Moore – deed – sale land.
1761: Thomas Burton, s of Benjamin & Elbeata granted land Alligator Pond.
1764: Thomas Burton will
1765: JHS conveys to Burton & Sinclairs land & slaves
1767: Mendez/Burton sale of land bt by Benjamin Burton 1728.
1783: 314/57 Judith Burton to Ruth Sinclair Sa Neg
1784: Thomas Christopher Burton sold land in St Elizabeth.
1799: January: A Mr Burton arrived in Jamaica.[462]
1799: May: Mr Horace Burton died Kingston.[463]
1806: Deborah Burton granted 2 runs of land of 300 acres in St Elizabeth &
Clarendon 11/2/1806 (JFS)
1847: Rev William Godfrey Pollard Burton d Spanish Town 29/7/1847 after being
rector aged 57 otp 31 yrs.
AM12/57
Summary:
Wife Judith
Issue:
1/1. Francis Burton, 5/9/1668-6/8/1679, Barbados
1/2. Nicholas Burton (F & J will) ch Barbados 1670 D. Jam ~1712, Issue.
1/3. John Burton (F will only), ch Barbados 1672 died Jamaica abt 1700.
1/4. Benjamin Burton (F&J will), ch Barbados 1672, D. Jam ~1720, Issue.
1/5. George Burton, 12/9/1679-24/9/1679, Barbados
1/6. Ann Burton (F&J Will) B. Barbados, D. Jamaica, Treherne Issue.
His will was dated, 7 July 1690, and the parish records of St Catherine
have Captain Francis Burton being buried in the church (Spanish Town), 10 July
1690.
His Lands in summary, totalling 2711 acres:
Upper Rio Cobre: 150 acres bought 1682, Hippsley patent.
95 acres patented adjoining the Hippsley land.
St Thomas in the Vale, 1682 Grant, 779 acres in St Thomas & St John.
St Catherine: 1684, 172 acres, Ann Ash patent,
location uncertain.
Knollis Land, 1685 purchase, 400 acres, St Jago Savanna, leased.
2 Mile Wood: 200 acres, owned for a short time in 1686, maybe a
mortgage.
Stoneland Plantation: 1065 acres of sugar, on Rio Magna, East of
Linstead.
Magottty Savanna: 50 acres. Sold whole in 1701.
Francis’s Will[464]:
No inventory found for Francis.
of St Catherine’s Dated 7/7/1690, probate 11/7/1690.
To wife Judith 1/3 of estate in lieu of her dower for her natural life. After
her decease to my three sons Nicholas John and Benjamin.
To wife one negro woman and her 2 children, one horse and decent furniture for
one chamber
To dau Ann £100 when 16, £50 for maintenance and education to 16 years and one
negro woman
Wife to have the privilege of one negro for her and Ann
Remainder to sons Nicholas, John & Benjamin.
If sons die without issue, estate to go to Ann. If Ann dies without issue, goes
to Thomas Ellicot son of Thomas Ellicot, in Barbados.
As his son John died soon after the granting of probate of Francis’s will, all
the property devolved onto Nicholas & Benjamin; this is confirmed in
several deeds.
Thomas Ellicot son of Thomas & Judith (Burton) Ellicot. Se intro for
Ellacotts of Barbados.
Barbados
Whilst the origins and birth date of Francis Burton are
not known, he was probably born before 1642 as he witnessed a will in 1660[465], the earliest mention of
him in Barbados, and his first recorded son was born there in 1668; he also
bought a town property in St Michaels the same year. He was probably English
born and came out to Barbados, perhaps with a brother, John sometime in the
1650’s, before moving to Jamaica about 1682 (he referred in his will to
property in Jamaica and elsewhere, and a final legatee was Thomas Ellicot of
Barbados: see notes below). There were a lot of Francis Burton’s born in
England in the first half of the 17thC; without more information, one cannot
narrow down the options, although the possible Virginia connection speculates
on the branch coming from near Shrewsbury via Virginia. Other Burtons in
Barbados and the possible Virginia connection is discussed in a later section.
Suffice it to say her, that I have yet to see any definitive evidence of that
connection.
He had substantial holdings in Barbados: perhaps the sale of these
financed the initial purchases in Jamaica. Unlike Jamaica and the American
colonies where land was initially granted by the Crown, land ownership in
Barbados originated from Sir William Courten, who transferred his title “to James
Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, in what was called the "Great Barbados
Robbery." Carlisle then chose as governor Henry Hawley, who established
the House of Assembly in 1639, in an effort to appease the planters, who might
otherwise have opposed his controversial appointment.” (Wikipedia) Francis
Burton would have bought his holdings on the Island, although no deeds have
been found to support this. This implies that he had some capital resources
when he arrived. Many of the English settlers arrived as indentured servants
(slave in all but name, but with a time limited servitude): Francis was probably
not of this group.
Barbados was settled by the British in 1627, and after early tobacco
production, soon became a rich sugar island. After about 50 years, the farms
were beginning to become less productive, and were amalgamated into bigger properties.
At the same time, Jamaica was becoming more attractive. One of the
pressures that pushed the Barbadian settlers towards Jamaica was the reducing
proftability of the smaller sugar estates as the first flush of fertility
disappeared. There was then a trend towards fewer, bigger estates. For the
owners of the small estates, there was a considerable attraction in the
undeveloped and unclaimed lands of Jamaica. Captain Francis Burton was probably
one of these; his commercial activities on arrival in Jamaica, were derived
from selling his Barbadian estate.
Edward Long, writing in 1774 said: “I have omitted to remark, that, when
the colony (Jamaica) began to flourish, many families of note removed;
hither from Barbadoes. They probably began to emigrate during Sir Thomas
Modyford’s government. We find several descendants from these old stocks still
remaining in the island, and some plantations, which, although in the course of
time they have passed into other hands, continue to retain the names of their
original founders, who were for the most part-natives of Barbadoes; invited
hither perhaps by the freshness of the soil, and some other advantages which
made it more eligible than their former place of habitation.[466]”
Our Burton ancestors were one of these familes who moved, and they can be
traced through the Barbados Parish Records (images of which are online with
Ancestry.com) and the will extracts in a book by JoAnne Sanders, again online.
I have confirmed the content of some wills from the original books in Barbados
and also found some deeds relating to the Burtons.
Francis, his wife Judith, sons John, Benjamin &
Nicholas, dau Ann (mentioned in the Barbados will of Ann Aldworth[467], and her father in a
subsequent deed of 1681 referring to her estate) and 2 other sons, Francis and
George (who both died young) appear in the Barbadian records. There are a
number of mentions of Francis Burton as a land owner and Militia Officer in
Barbados in addition to the baptisms of his children. In 1680, Francis Burton
had 130 acres and 60 negroes in St Michaels Parish and 15 acres in St James (as
Captain Francis: naming him differently in different parishes does not preclude
them being the same individual)[468],
that year Captain Francis Burton was also in the Militia. It seems probable
that these were the same Francis Burton with land in the two parishes. In the
baptisms of his children, in St Michaels, he is referred to with a military
rank except in one case.
There were several Burtons in the commercial life of Barbados in the mid 17thC.
Francis’s first recorded transaction was buying in March 1668 2688 sq ft of
land on Tudor St and Swan St in St Michaels from John Norton, the executor of
George Norton “for a competent sum of good merchantable muscovado sugar”; he
sold this in 1679 along with another parcel of 450 sq ft, also on Swan St to
George Tyrwhit for £800 sterling[469].
These streets still exist in Bridgetown.
The 130 acre estate he owned was relatively large – the average in St
Michaels was 31 acres. In 1681[470],
he sold this estate to William Mercer of St George, for £3100, of which £1200
was in hand and the rest “well and sufficiently secured” (from other deeds,
this might have included a quantity of sugar). It was described as where
Francis and Judith now live, and included 19 negroes, 13 cattle and 3 horses
(this begs the question of where the remaining 41 in the 1680 census went to,
perhaps to Jamaica). A Burton property appears on Braythwaite’s map of 1675[471] (note west up!) and the
neighbours agree with the description in the sale, the map show Burton as a
wind and cattle mill – hence the cattle in the sale. The boundary between St
James, where he had a further 15 acres, is only just north of this land, so was
probably almost contiguous. Ellacott appear to the east of Burton’s.
He was described as a Lieutenant at his first son’s baptism in St Michaels
in 1668, and at later baptisms as Captain. In Jamaica in all cases bar one, he
is referred to as Francis Burton, the exception being in a deed of 1714[472] when he is called
Captain, referring to his will: there is no doubt that the Captain Francis is
the same as the one we regard as our ancestor.
The military ranks adopted by many of the early settlers in the west were
in the militia. Most able bodied men were members of militia troups as regular
troops did not seem to be based in the colonies.
In the returns[473]
for January 1679-80, Francis Burton was listed as field officer, a Captain, in
Colonel William Bate’s Regiment of Foot (Bates was of St Michaels in his will
of 1680):
Capt Francis Burton’s company, Officers & Private Soldiers: 92
Wanting in appearance Capt Burton’s co 17
John Burton, Sergeant.
The returns show several other Burtons, but with no indication of who they
were.
Francis Burton left Barbados at the end of 1681: he sold his St Michael
estate in September of that year, and was an executor on Ann Aldworth’s will of
1680 (Francis’s daughter, Ann was mentioned in this will) in November 1681[474]. She was a widow and
Aldworth was a neightbour to the west of Burtons, on the coast. He first
appears in Jamaican records in 1682.
Francis’s legatee of “last resort”, Thomas Elliott in Barbados encourages
the idea that Francis had a close relative, probably a brother, John, in Barbados.
“Mrs” Judith Burton married Thomas Ellicott, St Michaels, 3/6/1679. She was
probably the widow of John Burton who died 10/2/1678-9 (although the gap seems
very short), and as Judith Griffin married John Burton, Christ Church,
5/12/1672. She may have been baptised Christ Church 11 Nov. 1655, daughter of
Edward & Judith Griffin.
Barbados Parishes
Virgina Connection
This looks to be fairly unlikely connection, although some researchers have
leapt to the conclusion that there was a connection between the Barbadian
Burtons and the US Colonies, see later section for an expansion of this.
Sources
say that the family records in Longnor show Francis, Richard Thomas and John
Burton may have travelled from there to Continental America.
Jamaica
There were several other Burtons in & from Barbados, one of whom was
John, a carpenter in Port Royal. “Mr Burton” appears in a copy of an order in
council, about 1680 – was this him? (Edwards Vol 1 number XXX p 334). Relates
to Col Long’s arrest. Seems a bit early.
Francis Burton moved from Barbados to Jamaica in early 1682, with the
proceeds of the sale of the lands on the former island and perhaps 40 negroes,
and first appears in Jamaican records in 1682, when he bought 150 acres in St
Thomas in the Vale (see later), close to where he was granted 874 acres in St
John’s on the Town River (Rio Cobre) in 1682. Over the next few years he
acquired several more plots of land totalling about 1600 acres. One of these
was a large sugar estate in St Thomas in the Vale (called Stoneland in a later
deed), acquired by a series of mortgage transactions. On later maps this is
shown as Burton’s or Old Burton’s on the south of the Rio Magna while on the
north side earlier maps show Burtons New Works, abbreviated on modern maps to
“New Works”. In his will of 1690 Francis left his estate between his three
sons, Nicholas, Benjamin and John (who died intestate with no known issue soon
after Judith), with bequests to his wife Judith and daughter. In later life, as
a widow, Judith bought land in Spanish Town, presumably a town house for her
old age.
The land in St Thomas-in-the-Vale would have been his principle residence
(in a deed in 1700, he is described as of St Thomas, probably Stoneland
Plantation). Burton appears on the 1684 Bochart & Knollis Map in this
general area.
He was buried in St Catherine, Jamaica, 10 July 1690: “Captain Francis
Burton in the Church”PR; being buried in the church indicates he was
a man of some importance. His will was proved later that year; my notes of it
have a date 11th August, but there is no real doubt that the will
and burial refer to the same man: he was buried as Captain Burton, and a later
deed uses the same title. In 2017, his will was no longer available.
Judith’s will of 1712 also made bequests to her children and
grand-children. Subsequent wills of the family give a good description of the
family.
Applicable Estate Maps
Both of these cover the area East & North East of Linstead on the Rio Magna
where there was a large Burton plantation, probably Stoneland:
St Catherine 959 Burton’s Plantation in 1811 containing 1267 acres.
St Catherine 1043 (1789)
Upper Rio Cobre or Black River Land
The early maps of Jamaica show Burtons: on the 1684 Bochard & Knollis
map on the eastern end of the Maggoty Savanna, to the east of a river which is
probably what is now the Rio Magna: the orientation is strange but one can
count the tributaries up the Rio Cobre! This must therefore be the Stoneland
plantation. The date of this map seems a little uncertain in that it was bound
with the laws of Jamaica 1684 and has been assumed to be that date, but there
seems no actual binding date: 1684 seems a little early for Burton’s land to
have made it to the cartographer. Burton is also marked on Sloane’s map of 1707
in the same position. Read is shown on the flank of the Mount Diabolo. Burton’s
is also shown by Craskell in 1763 on the Rio Magna. In spite of these estates
having passed out of Burton hands by the early 18thC, these
properties still bear the Burton until 1927, and the 1950’s maps still have New
Works shown, which was originally Burton’s New Works.
In 1682, Francis bought 150 acres of land from Geoffrey Reaves in St Thomas
in the Vale, formerly St John. The original 1682 deed is not available but is
referred to in a later deed[475]
so it is not possible to say where the 150 acres part of the Hippesley patent
was nor how much it cost.
The land was part of a patent[476]
to Robert Hippsley “late of St Catherine”, for 590 acres in St Thomas in the
Vale, N on the Black/Blue Mtn, E&S on Maj George Reid, W on the King's
land. Robert Hippsley on 10 June 1682 sold it to Jeffrey Reaves late of St
Thomas in the Vale 150 acres of the 590 acres, the 150 acres being sold alomost
immediately to Francis Burton[477].
The plats for Hippesley, Francis Burton and George Reid appear to connect well,
with Francis Burton’s 95 acres (part of the grant in 1683) between them. The
patents for Read and Hippesley show a boundary to the north of Hippesley on
Mount Diabolo, and west on Bleu Mountain: Read also bounds west on Blue
Mountain. Liddel 1888 shows both these mountains in their correct position to
the North & north west of Ewarton. The boundary of the Reid patent as the
“foot of the bleu mountains” seems to follow the 2000 ft contours of the
mountains west of Ewarton. A second Read patent bounds south on “the town
river” and near the Magotty Savanna could put it on the north bank of the Black
River (See Long Vol2 P56 for a description of this area). This puts the 95 acre
plot a mile or 2 to the north west of the bigger areas south of the river.
Bochart & Knowllis, 1684 map shows Read in roughly this position. An
alternative position would be in thee area marked on Robertson, and current
maps as Treadways, about 3½ miles east of Ewarton; the Hippsley land would then
have had as its NE boundary the Devil’s race Course as opposed to mount
Diabolo.
Plate 20
This land went to his sons Benjamin & Nicholas, John having died
intestate soon after his father. Nicholas Burton’s ½ went to his son Francis,
who sold it to Richard Treherne[478].
Benjamin’s half was sold by his son, Benjamin, to Robert Tredaway in 1718[479], a 2nd deed of
1720 appears to do the same thing.
In 1682, Francis Burton was Granted 874 acres of land[480], of which 779 acres were
in St John’s on the Town River (River Cobre, centered about 4 miles from
Linstead) and 95 in that part of St Thomas in the Vale which was formerly St
John’s (St Thomas was carved out of St John precinct between 1670 & 1675).
The plat only shows 2 plots, 344 acres and 95 acres but the patent[481] gives text descriptions
of all the plots, but with no plats. From that, it is clear that the remaining 435
acres are to the west as indicated on Edward Hilliard’s plat; it was probably a
rectangular plot similar to the others there. The 95 acres was further north
and conjoined with the 150 acres of the Hippsley patent.
Plate 21
A deed[482]
of 1753 with Thomas Burton as guardian to William Dunbar as a neighbour to the
east, indicates that by then the land was owned by Henry Savage, but no
conveyances have been found. Henry Savage, millwright, married Priscilla
Hayles, Vere, 16 May 1734.
The 344 acres borders north on the “alias the Town River” (Rio Cobre),
South & east on Rocks & West on Edward Hilliard (his plat fits to this
one and describes the “Rio Cobre alias the Town River”). Hilliard borders on
Francis Burton to the West along the south bank of the river. This is were the
remaining 435 acres lay. The Burton plat has no north, and that on the Hilliard
plat shows the river flowing west-east. From the description in the patents,
this land was definitely in St John and must therefore have been on the south
bank of what is now called the Black River, which is the northern St John
boundary, by Robertson 1804, and what Craskel, 1763, shows as a westward,
un-named tributary of the Rio Cobre just north of the St John boundary.
The 1747 Bowen map shows “Bourden” on a westward tributary of the Rio
Cobre. This may be the place; the rivers and parish boundaries north of Bog
Walk are very inconsistent between the various 18thC maps: the 1804 map is
probably the most reliable.
The modern 1:50,000 map shows the upper reaches of the Rio Cobre as the Black
River, roughly from Linstead upstream. Just north of Linstead, it turns West:
there is a distinctive bend in the river which fits that shown on the 1682
plats. The western part of the patent has no plat, so its boundaries are simply
from the description: they are shown on the modern map in the best fit postion
for the river shape in the 2 eastern plats. The pronounced loop in the river is
at 18º09’10” 77º05’30”, visible on Google Earth, now appearing to be partly
wooded with small paddocks. The western boundary of Edward Hilliard’s land was
about at Riverhead, where the Cobre rises.
½ of 874 acres went to Nicholas and was inherited by son Francis, who sold it
in 1716; the other half was
inherited by Benjamin who sold it in 1718.
Robertson in 1804 shows Stanhope in roughly this position, and Craskel
Aikenhead.
Lands to the South of Spanish Town:
Neither of the next two properties can be located on any maps, but they
were both to the south of Spanish Town.
The first of these was bought in 1684 by Francis Burton
and was 172 acres on a savanna in St Catherine (unreadable name). ½ of this
land went to Francis’s son Nicholas, who gave it to his brother in law, Francis
Treherne in 1707 (the original deed is not available, but the later conveyance[483] between Nicholas Burton
& Francis Treherne, Francis Burton describes the earlier purchase. The woodland
was patented[484]
in 1675 to Ann Ash (she later married David Cunningham of St David), in St
Catherine 172 acres near the Kepe (? Page torn) Savanna, NE on Thomas Andrews
SE on Mrs Ann Netts SW on Wasteland NW on Edward Bolt. In the deed dated 2nd
March 1684[485]
she sold it to Francis Burton of St Catherine.
Then in 1685[486],
Francis Burton “of St Jago” bought for £170 400 acres patented[487] in 1674 by Humphrey
Knollis in St Catherine south of St Jago town (NE on small mountain, at lower
end of St Jago Savanah, S on Gt mountain & John Eubanks, SW on William
Butler & WN on unpossessed land). In 1681 Knollis sold the land to
Harbottle Wingfield of Port Royal who then sold it to Francis Burton. This was
a lease for 7 years to Francis in actual possession.
This land must have been south of Spanish Town, on the northern edge of the
Hellshire Hills.
The next parcel of land was sold in 1686[488]:
it was 200 acres of land, recently bought from Robert Norris for £250, to
George Needham & John Archer, for £300! The land was at Two Mile Wood in St
Catherine which was a 2½ miles WSW of Spanish Town (shown on Harper 1683),
about Sydenham on the 1950’s O/S Map. The land passed through 3 other owners
(See notes in wills file between 1679 & 1686. Francis Burton was probably
financing the deals.
Plate
27
The 16 Mile Walk from Mount Diabolo, (Hakewill).
Stoneland Plantation.
The property was named in a 1688 deed.
Francis Burton, then of St Jago, acquired 1065 acres of this estate with a
mortgage from Captain Robert Hewitt, an original patentee in the area in 1684[489]. He defaulted and the
property reverted to Hewitt who sold it to Roger Elletson in 1686[490] for £3000, the amount
owing by Francis, who then sold it to Thomas Ballard jnr, also a neighbouring
patentee, in 1688[491].
The Burtons paid Ballard off for £3500 in 1689[492]. The original deed lists
the “contents” as 21 men, 10 boys, 28 women, 7 girls, 12 mules, 2 horses, 35
cattle, 6 coppers, 2 stills and worms, a substantial estate in good sugar land.
£3500 in 1690 was about £600K on prices, and maybe £2M on wages.
How did Frances generate this much cash in such a short time to pay off the
mortgage? Some of his Barbados land was on “deferred terms” – this mortgage
must have been as a bridging loan while the money was extracted from Barbados.
Burton appears on the Rio Magno from Bochart & Knollis’s map of 1684
and was still shown on Liddell’s 1905 issue of 1888 (listed as 1927) although
by the 1950’s, only New Works is shown. This what was called Stoneland and
probably became the Francis’s principal holding, though by 1724 seems to have
passed out of their hands (The Burton old and new sugar estates appear in the
will[493]
of Thomas Rose, so was out of the family by then, and then went to the Price
family by marriage); it became “Burtons” & Burton’s New Works to the East
of Linstead. In the 1900 Jamaica Handbook, New Works was in Clarendon and owned
by FW Aris as a banana & Cocoa plantation. Craskel of 1763 shows Old Burton
& New Burton cattle sugar mills on either side of the Rio Magno Gully.
An estate plan of 1785[494],
Burtons was measured as 1146, but mortgaged as 1281 on behalf of Sir Charles
Price[495]
and shows Burton’s Great House, Burton’s Works & “New Works”, a plan of
1811 shows similar boundaries. The 1785 plan of the river agrees very closely
with Google maps and the 1:50,000 1950’s map, almost within the limits of river
bed changes over 200 years. The junction of the Rio Magno and the Black River/Rio
Cobre at the SW corner of the extracts shown below is on the NW edge of
Linstead. The 2 estate maps seem to be drawn to establish the boundaries and
areas of the estates, probably by new owners. Burtons became part of Charles
Price’s estates, of which he had 4 in 1770, Burtons, Burton’s New, Wallens and Rose
Hall estate. These figure in a trial of an early Fire Engine Mill by a Mr John
Stewart using a variation on the Newcomen engine; for various reasons, it was
not a success.
Craskell 1763 Estate Plan St Catherine 1043 1785
Modern satellite image shows some sign of buildings on the site of the Old
Works, but probably recent structures. There is no sign of the Great House or
the New Works where marked in the estate maps. A water colour by Hakewill of
the 16 mile walk in St Thomas in the Vale is on (Plate
22) showing the general area of Burton’s land. It is now
(2023) a prosperous fruit growing area.
The Hilliard land on the Estate Plan is described as in the Maggotty
Savanna, on the north side of the Rio Magno. Most of the patents shown on this
plan are mid to late 1660’s surveys, and are in St John. The Magotty Savanna is
up river from St Jago towards Moneague on one old map (Bowen 1747), and north
of Stoneland. Capt George Reid’s Plat[496]
for 149 acres was on the north side of Town River (Rio Cobre), therefore
probably NW of Linstead, where the river turns west and becomes the Black
River.
Maggotty Savanna:
In 1701[497]:
...”Francis Burton, gent, in his lifetime bought land in Maggotty Savannah in
St Jago now in Clarendon, 50 acres South on Maj George Reid, West on Robert
Nelson & Camp? Gully....” This was probably up river from St Jago towards
Ewarton towards his land under Mount Diabolo. The land was sold by Judith,
Benjamin & Nicholas in 1701 to Nicholas Philpot of St Thomas in the Vale,
planter for £40 (£20K 2015) 11/11/1701.
The Maggotty Savanna was shown by Harper in 1683 to the north of 16 mile
walk and was probably around the foothills of Mount Diabolo, somewhere near
Ewarton.
Bog Walk (Hakewill, A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica about 1825):
this would have been the new road which opened up the 16 mile walk vale to
commerce.
Judith Burton
Bur St Catherine 13 March 1713, widow.
Her origins and maiden name are unknown, but she and Francis were married
before they left Barbados (but see the section on Barbados, where there is a
suggestion she was Judith Allen).
After Francis’s death, she lived in St Jago; from a later deed, her
son-in-law, Richard Treherne took over the house, presumably with his wife,
Ann, or perhaps as a guardian of his daughter Sarah. He bought an adjacent
property in 1731.
In her will, she specifically left her books to her son Benjamin,
indicating she (and Benjamin) was literate and had some education.
In a deed[498]
of 1694, Thomas Rowland sold Judith Burton, then a widow of St Catherine,
90’x44’ of land for £5 (probably in St Jago de la Vega, although not
specified), and in a later deed[499]
of 1707 she bought town land, again assumed to be in St Jago as her retirement
home; probably the house & land “where she now lives” in mentioned in her
will, left to her grand daughter, Sarah Treherne.
In 1701, Judith and her 2 sons Nicholas and Benjamin sold the 50 acres
Francis had bought in the Magotty Savanna.
Her will[500]
of 1712 makes a number of bequests:
A Widow of St Catherine, “weak”.
First to my son Benjamin Burton one negro boy by the name of Jack also one
small feather bed and bolster and two pillows
I give to my daughter Ann Trehern one negro woman by the name of Moll also a
negro boy by name Dick
I give to my grand son John Burton the son of my son Benjamin Burton one negro
man by the name of Tom
I give to my grand son Francis Trehern the son of my daughter Ann Trehern one
mulata man named Sambo but if he should dye before the age of 21 then I give to
his mother Ann Trehern
I give to Mary Burton the daughter of my son Nicholas Burton one negro woman by
name Maddam and her daughter by name Hannah also my bed and furnishings but if
she should die before the age of eighteen years or day of marriage then the
negroes to go to my son Benjamin Burton, the bed furniture to my daughter Ann
Trehern
I give to Ellbaton Burton the daughter of my son Benjamin Burton one negro girl
by name of Black Sarah but if she should dye before the age of eighteen or day
of marriage then to go to her brother Thomas Burton
I give to Sarah Hunt the daughter of my daughter Ann Trehern six slaves by name
Jobo and her three children by name Jesse Castor and Page also Mary her son a
mulata by the name of Tom but if she dye before the age of twenty one or
marriage then to be to go to her mother with her three children aforenamed with
all their increase and as to Naney her son and all her increase beside to go to
my son Benjamin and his heirs
I give to Sarah Hunt the daughter of my daughter Ann Trehern my house and land
that I doe now live in but if the said Sarah Hunt should dye before the age of
twenty or day of marriage then to go to Mary Burton her heirs but neither of
her brothers neither Francis nor John Burton but to go to Ellbaton Burton.
I give to Sarah Hunt the daughter of my daughter Ann Trehern one English down
bed and bolster two pillows of the same down, curtains, and vallins?? Of
Garlickow Dimmite counterpain fringeround about now in the hands of her mother.
I give her two pair of Garlick sheets two pairs of pillows on dozen of fine
Osbrig napkins work with Blew thread and mark with the same thread with three
letters EBI one diaper table cloth five towels but if she should die before the
age of one and twenty years or day of marriage then to go to her mother Ann
Trehern
I give to Francis Burton and his brother John the sons of my son Nicholas
Burton to each of them a shill apiece for their disobedience to me
I give to Benn Burton and his brother Thomas six silver spunes between them
marked with IB also two silver forks marked IB also two sliver forks marked IB
I give old Bess to Sarah Hunt and Mary Burton
I give my books to my son Benjamin Burton
As to the small quantity or goods and linen that doth belong to my house I do
give it to my daughter Ann Trehern
As to my wearing clothes I give them to Sarah Hunt & Mary Burton my grand
children
And as to my funeral charges it is my desire that I may be laid in my grave
with as little charges as may be,
The name Trehern is spelt various ways in the original text, a file copy of the
original.
Son Benjamin Burton, Richard & Ann Treherne, were directed to look after
the estate, but were not formally decribed as executors, so Administration
deeds[501],
appointed them, and then Benjamin renounced his executorship.
Inventory of 1713[502]:
...widow late of the Town of St Jago de la Vega .. Shown by
Richard Treherne, Cooper her administrator - at the end he is only named as
Richard Treherne (no Cooper – which was his trade).
Left 14 slaves and a good list of household goods, a few chickens and a gold ring
– presumably her wedding ring, total £592-14-6d.
Issue of Francis & Judith Burton:
(JB will 1712)
1/1. Francis Burton,
Sanders: ch St Michael’s,
Barbados, 5/9/1668, son of Lt Francis Burton.
Hotton (St Michael):
Also:
Bap March 6 1678-9 Francis ye son of Capt Francis Burton (spelt Turton in PR
transcript) & Judith his wife, born 27 July 1678, St Michaels, buried
August 6 1679 “Francis ye son of Capt. Francis Burton & Judith his wife”.
1/2. Nicholas Burton (FB & JB Will)
Ch St Michaels Barbados of Mr
Fra: Burton 4/6/1670
Eldest surviving son of Francis & Judith Burton.[503]
Specified in mother’s will.
Died: 1712-1714 – no trace of will or inventory – died intestate[504].
Issue:
2/1. Francis Burton
2/2. Mary Burton, perhaps married Richard Ragg
2/3. John Burton
2/4. William Burton.
He Inherited 1/3 of his father’s and seems to have inherited a further 1/3 on
the death of brother John by 1701 as the eldest brother.
From a deed where Nicholas’s son, Francis, sold some of the 874 acres
“inherited from his father”, it would appear that Nicholas took the 874 acres
of the original grant, however, a deed of brother Benjamin’s refers to ½ of the
874 acres, which he sold. The sale in 1716 of 1/3 by son Francis implies that
Nicholas inherited all John’s share.
1700 Deed[505]:
sold 6 slaves for £70 to John Dove. He is referred to as son of Francis Burton
late of St Thomas, planter.
In 1701, Nicholas, Benjamin and their mother Judith sold the 50 acres Francis
had bought in the Magotty Savanna for £40.
1707 Deed[506]:
gives ½ of 172 acres of Ash land to nephew Francis Trehern, bought by Francis
Burton 1684.
Ann Ash plat of 1675: Near the Kepe? Savanna, Woodland; SE Mrs Anne Bills; NE
Tho Andrews; NW Edward Boult; SW Waste Land
Mentioned in parent’s wills,
Deed[507]:
His share on his death of 150 acres of Hippesley land went to son Francis. That
deed sold ½ of 150 acres to Richard Treherne in 1714 for 15/-.
Married Mary & Alice, from the reference in son John’s will, one of these
must have been a Clarke.
Their son John, refers to “his late grandfather, Elisha Clarke late of
Vere” in his will of 1720. It is very unlikely that this refers to a great
grandfather therefore, Alice or Mary could have been a daughter of Elisha and
Elizabeth Clarke (Elizabeth died as a widow about September 1722), or possibly
a sister of Elisha, and daughter of Elisha & Jane.
Elisha & Jane Clark had land granted at Withywood 10/3/1664[508]. Mrs Jane Clark had land
granted in the Carpenters Mountains in St Elizabeth in 1676, implying that
Elisha was dead by then. The Elisha referred to by John Burton knew of his
existence, therefore died after about 1700, making Mary or Alice’s parents
Elisha & Elizabeth, son of Elisha and Jane (note that Elizabeth Clark in
her will mentions a daughter Jane).
An Elisha Clark was ch Vere 19/8/1716 of George & Joan, and had a
daughter, Joan, in 1735. George was probably a son of Elisha & Elizabeth as
mentioned in her will. A deed[509]
of John Wright in about 1722 makes reference to Elisha Clark and his wife
Elizabeth and refers to land sold by Elisha Clarke before 1718.
Will of Elisha Clarke not found 10/2013. Vere burials do not start until 1753.
Will[510]
of Elizabeth Clarke, 1722:
Widow of Elisha of Vere, weak.
To dau Jane 3 negroes Membo, Dido & Quamelo
To son George a boy & heifer.
Dau Mary Pitcairn wife of David Pitcairn 14 negroes, pen of cattle.
David Pitcairn granted land Clarendon 1726.
Will of David Pitcairn, wife Mary
1730/1, with land by Pindars River.
Mother Mary Anderson,
Son Alexander Pitcairn, ch Clarendon 20/7/1729.
Dau Elizabeth Pitcairn, ch Clarendon of David 20/7/1727.
Dau Mary Pitcairn, dcd 1730.
Wife with child 1730 – prob Mary Pitcairn, ch 3/1/1731.
Elizabeth, dau to David & Louise Ann Pitcairn born 10/3/1753, & bapt 13th,
VerePR.
David Pitcairn of Vere married St Catherine, Louise Ann Williams OTP 1747.
An Elisha Clark was ch Vere 19/8/1716 of George & Joan. Jane & Elisha
Clark were landowners about the turn of the 18thC from a grant[511] in 1665 for 240 acres in
Clarendon (in what became Vere). The Booths had land around this plot.
Issue from Judith’s will:
2/1. Francis Burton (left a shilling disobedient in Judith’s will!)
As Francis appears to have been
the eldest, and his father died intestate, he would have inherited all his
father’s real estate.
Ch 30th October, 1693 St Catherine of Nicholas & Mary BurtonPR.
1714: A joyner of St Catherine in 1714[512]
when he sold (for 15/-) his half of the 150 acres at Mount Diabolo to Richard
Treherne, his uncle.
A Francis Burton bur Kingston 11/4/1732PR.
Francis Burton (of St Thomas) sold by indenture[513] in 1716 to Lawrence
Dowdall, planter of St Thomas, 1/3 of 874 which he inherited from his father,
Nicholas, for £100.
2/2. Mary Burton, b aft 1694 PR:
St C ch 18/11/1705 of Nicholas & Alice
Left by grandmother Judith one
negro woman by name Maddam and her daughter by name Hannah also “my bed and
furnishings”. If she dies before 18 or marriage, then negroes to uncle
Benjamin, and furnishings to aunt Anna.
Also shared Judith’s wearing clothes with cousin Sarah Hunt.
Marriage Mary Burton & Richard Ragg, St Catherine 13/12/1726PR –
possibility.
The only issue found in the parish records:
3/1. Thomas Ragg ch St Catherine 29/12/1738 of Richard and MaryPR.
2/3. John Burton (left a
shilling, disobedient in Judith’s will!).
Will[514] of 1720: of St Catherine,
mariner.
Prob him buried at St Catherine, 29/12/1720.
This must be of this general family with the Treherne reference.
.. All that bequest legacy or sum of money devised to me in and by the last
will and testament of my late grand father Elisha Clarke late of the parish of
Vere dcd and all my estate ..
to my cousin Francis Treherne son of Richard Treherne of the parish of St
Catherine Gent …
There is a possibility that this John Burton could have been the son of
Benjamin, but the “grandfather Elisha Clarke” fits with a son of either
Benjamin or Nicholas with the relationship with Richard & Francis Treherne
and it is certain that Benjamin’s wife was a Maskall. The other John Burton,
son of Benjamin, was probably already dead by this time.
2/4. William Burton.
Ch 25/8/1709 St Cat of Nicholas
& Alice (PR),
not in Judith’s will, so maybe d. young.
A William Burton bur Kingston 16/10/1745, bur by his wife.
1/3. John Burton,
Sanders: b 6/12/1672, ch St
Michael’s, Barbados, 5/3/1673-4, son of Capt Francis Burton. Baptised with his
brother, Benjamin. Died about 1700 or earlier as a deed in 1716 says “soon
afterwards (FB’s will)” and he was mentioned in his father’s will but not in
Judith’s, so died without issue bef 1712, and probably before 1701 when the 50
acres in Magotty Savanna was sold, his interest in 150 acres devolved to
Benjamin & Nicholas. This is confirmed by a deed of 1716[515]. He must have died
intestate as his 1/3 devolved onto the eldest brother, Nicholas.
1/4. Benjamin Burton died 1720
See Generation 11
Implied by pr entry a twin of John, born 6/12/1672
Ch. 5/3/1673-4, St Michael’s Barbados, son of Capt Francis Burton
Married Elbeata Massall (spelling??) St Catherine 4/6/1700
(FB & JB will), died 1720
Sanders: Ch St Michaels Barbados 5/3/1673-4, son of Capt Francis Burton.
Baptised with brother John.
Mentioned in father’s will, alive 1714.
1/5. George Burton
Sanders: Ch St Michaels, 12 Sept
1679 George son of Capt Francis Burton & Judeth his wife. (p20) (Hotton
also has this).
Hotton: Bur 24 September 1679 Georg ye son of Capt Francis Burton & Judith
his wife
1/6. Ann Burton
There is no record of her birth,
but it must have been in Barbados after 1674 as she appeared unmarried in
Francis’s will of 1690, under 16, and as Ann Treherne in Judith’s will of 1712
with Sarah Hunt as her daughter: Judith left her a negro woman named Moll and
the remaining goods and linen from Judith’s house. She is mentioned as the
daughter of Francis Burton in a Barbados will of late 1680[516], but the transcript notes
do not give the context.
Ann married 1st:
William Hunt at St Catherine 2/10/1695PR (written as “Anne Bur...” –
must be the one, he would have been junior in subsequent deeds). See later for
his family. He was buried St Catherine 15/9/1697 leaving a will dated August
and prove October 1697.
Their issue:
2/1. William Hunt, bap 22/12/1695, St Catherine of William & Ann.
2/2. Sarah Hunt.
As Sarah Hunt in Judith’s will,
and unmarried and under 20 in 1712. She was baptised 16th May 1697
in St Catherine. She married Thomas Biggs, a Merchant, 8th November
1717 at St CatherinePR.
Margaret Hayle, dau of John snr, also married a Thomas Biggs, probably rather
earlier, say about 1710.
She was left by her grand mother, Judith:
six slaves by name Jobo and her three children by name Jesse Castor and Page
also Mary her son a mulata by the name of Tom
“My house and land that I doe now live in” (Judith bought 2 plots of land in,
it is assumed Spanish Town, one in 1694, the other in 1707).
one English down bed and bolster two pillows of the same down, curtains, and
vallins?? Of Garlickow Dimmite counterpain fringeround about now in the hands
of her mother. I give her two pair of Garlick sheets two pairs of pillows on
dozen of fine Osbrig napkins work with Blew thread and mark with the same
thread with three letters EBI one diaper table cloth five towels
Also shared Judith’s wearing clothes with Mary Burton (prob dau of Nicholas).
As Richard Treherne seemed to be in possession of this house in 1731, Sarah may
have died before then, but no burial record has been found in Kingston or St
Catherine.
Issue (probably theirs):
3/1. Sarah Biggs, b 4/6 & ch 19/6/1724, KingstonPR.
Sarah Biggs bur Kingston 8/5/1727
aged 6yrs too young?
3/2. Frances Biggs, b 9/2 &
ch 10/3/1727-8, KingstonPR.
Ann Burton Married 2nd
Richard Treherne, a Cooper, 15/4/1703 St CatherinePR –
various spellings – Traharn in Benjamin Burton’s inventory of 1721. He probably
died 7/12/1731 or 12/11/1737 (bur St Catherine PR).
A cooper in 1707 and a joyner of St Catherine in 1714.
A Samuel Treherne was ordered to be transported to the West Indies (Jamaica)
1664 – it is not immediately evident if he actually reached there[517].
Richard Treherne was granted 300 acres in St John, 20 September 1715, but plat
not found. In the same book, he was granted foot land in St Jago[518], there were also patents
for church appointments, so it may not have been the same one.
The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776 (online transcription for “English”
one name).
20 February 1677.
The following apprenticed in Bristol: Henry Williams to Dennis Lond, 7 years
Nevis or Antigua by Exchange; William Whiteacre to William Bradly, 4 years
Barbados by Gabriel; Giles English to same, 4 years Barbados by Gabriel;
William English to same, 4 years Barbados by Gabriel; Thomas Lawrence to Richard
Treherne, 7 years Jamaica by Isabella, Mr. Dennis Tayler. (BR).
It would seem possible that this was our Richard Treherne’s father as an agent
in Jamaica.
1714: ½ of the 150 acres Mount Diabolo land sold to Richard Treherne by
Francis, son of Nicholas Burton for 15/-.
1731[519]:
Thomas Meacham & his wife Grace for J£10 from Richard Treherne, both
planters of St Catherine, sold land in St Jago butting E on land of the late
Judith Burton now in possession of Richard Treherne etc.
2/3. Francis Treherne, bap
4/2/1704 St CatherinePR,
He was mentioned by his grand
mother Judith in her will where she left him a mulatto named Sambo, to revert
to mother Ann if he dies. He was also a legatee of cousin John Burton, son of
Benjamin, will of 1720.
A planter of St Catherine in 1737.
A Francis Trahern buried St Catherine: 27/2/1771 and in St C 23 July 1744. the
1771 looks old for the era.
1707[520]
Nicholas Burton (uncle) sold him for 2/- 86 acres in St Catherine, land
inherited from Francis Burton (the Ann Ash land).
A 1737/49 Deed[521]
lists his daughters:
Francis Treherne planter of St Catherine, sold for 5/- to Thomas Burton,
planter of St Elizabeth 2 negro girl slaves named Little Whamnia and Fatherless
.. and one moiety ... of 2 negro women and 4 girl slaves (named in document)
The other half of same to Francis’s eldest daughter Jane Treherne
another part to Susannah Bennet Treherne, the second daughter of Francis
Treherne
Ann Treherne, the third daughter of Francis Treherne
Bridget Elizabeth Treherne, the fourth and youngest daughter of Francis
Treherne.
The last mention of him is in a deed of 1741 where Thomas Burton sold him and
wife Amy in trust some Marks land, to be sold back the following day, breaking
a joint ownership with Mary Burton.
Will of Francis Treherne:
Date 13/1/1743, Ent 6/3/1745. Francis Treerne, Planter of St C. Dau Jean Treherne
1 negro girl, son Francis Treherne 1 negro, R&R to 3 children Francis, Jean
& Bridget Elbeatha. If they die to wife Amy for life and then to cousins
Thomas & Benjamin Burton. Execs wife & B-in-L George Bennet &
Solomon Mendez.
All less than 21 in the deed of 1737/49
Issue:
3/1. Jane Treherne
3/2. Susannah Bennet Treherne
3/3. Ann Treherne
3/4. Bridget Elbeatha Treherne,
ch St Catherine 19/9/1739 of
Francis & AmyPR.
Bur Bridget Treherne 11/3/1739-40
3/5. Francis Treherne
A Peter Sladford(?) Treherne bur St C 18/6/1745 – one of these?
William Hunt’s Family
He and his father, also William,
were goldsmiths in St Jago: he was buried (as “jnr”) in St Catherine 9th
September 1697PR. A 1741-2 deed[522]
which describes the sale and title of a piece of foot land in Jt Jago, says
that William Hunt snr goldsmith of St Catherine owned 28 ft of land facing
negro market in St Jago, which he passed in a deed 6 April 1692 to his son
William Hunt jnr, goldsmith; William Hunt jnr in his will left the land to
Benjamin Burton snr his brother in law, who “it is said” died intestate so Benjamin
Burton jnr inherited. Benjamin Burton jnr sold this plot to Samuel Gabay for
£30. The deed seems to be incorrect in that Benjamin Burton snr left a will in
1720.
William junior’s will[523]
of 1697 descibes him as a goldsmith of St Jago, with a wife Ann, to whom he
left 1 negro, and a house in front of old negro market in St Jago, but m-in-l
Judith Burton to live there for life (this is probably the land sold in 1741-2.
He also mentions his brother John Hunt, Son William & dau Sarah and B-in-L
Benjamin Burton.
Will of William Hunt in 1701/3[524],
the father of William jnr:
Goldsmith of St Jago
To son John Hunt house were I dwell & all lands etc
The White house where John Hunt dwells to him
John Hunt to pay Mrs Joane Enseme, Mar George Williams, & Mr Edward Puresy
such sums of money I owe them
The house where John Hunt lives to my son Richard Hunt for life, then to his
son my g/s William Hunt. If g/s dies, then to heirs of Richard Hunt.
Richard Hunt to pay to my dau Mary Cousens, wife of Charles Cousens £20.
To daughter Mary Cousens £50.
Wife Sarah & son John executors.
Bur William Hunt, St Catherine 16 Jan 1701-2.
William & Sarah Hunt:
1/1. Elizabeth Hunt, ch St Catherine 27/12/1680.
1/1. John Hunt, ch 6/2/1696, St Catherine
1/2. William Hunt, married Ann Burton, d 9/1697 (jnr).
1/3. Richard Hunt
William Hunt, of Richard &
Frances ch 20/10/1700 St Catherine.
1/4. Mary Hunt, Ch 9/11/1683, abt
2 years St Catherine.
Married 31/12/1699, St Catherine
Charles Cousens, bap 29/12/1676, St Catherine, son of William & Ann who had
another 8 children between 1673 & 1681. William Cousens snr probably buried
St Catherine, 24 September 1693.
Issue of Charles & Mary, ch St Catherine:
2/1. Ann Cousens, 17001101
2/2. Sarah Cousens, 17020423
2/3. Mary Cousens, 17031210
2/4. Matthew Cousens, 17041130.
William Hunt – Will[525]
1710
No obvious connection with us.
Millwright of St Catherine
Eldest dau Elizabeth Hunt Dwelling house at 16 or marriage.
Dau Ann Hunt land in St Jago
Wife Elizabeth
Son Richard land in St Thomas in the Vale.
mar Elizabeth Johns, 12/7/1700, St Catherine
Bur 22/9/1710, St Catherine
Elizabeth ch 25/10/1701
Ann ch 5/3/1707
Who were John & Ann Hunt who were both buried St Catherine October 1702?
Unknown Francis’s/Frances’s:
1693: A Francis Burton, bachelor, leased 7 acres on Liguanea for 7 years – who
was he? Was he the one from Antigua?
Bur Francis Burton, 14/7/1694, St Andrew.
Bur St Catherine Frances Burton, 20/9/1702 (PR) – may be him?
Marriages of Francis Burton:
19/5/1687 Mar St A Mary Grace. (PR)
Mar St Andrew 20/8/1691 Anne Murrell (PR)
There are deeds relating to a Richard Burton, bricklayer in Kingston 1694.
A Peter Burton or Burten left a will in 1669. A Peter Burton was also listed
as owning 18 acres in St Andrew in 1670 (St Catherine in Sketch Pedigrees of
Jamaica 1670); this does not tie in with the area mentioned in the will of 1669
– this refers to the 120 acres in the 1669 grant. Neither of these were
probably connected with our family.
MI
Mrs Elizabeth Burton 938 – St Cathedral wife of rev WG Burton d 22/5/1823
Rev William 1284
AM11/29
Ch. 5/3/1673-4, St Michael’s Barbados, son of Capt Francis Burton
Married: Elbeata Massall (spelling??) St Catherine 9/6/1700.
Died: about 1720.
Issue, in summary:
1/1. John Burton, appears in wills, but nowhere else identifiable
1/2: Elbaton (Elizabeth) Burton, married Joseph Rawlings
1/3. Benjamin Burton, our ancestor.
1/4: Thomas Burton, died 1763. Issue by Mary Moore & Hannah Mendez.
As one of his father’s two surviving heirs, he was a landowner of some
substance, but little else is know about him: he mentions his nephew, Francis
Treherne and his “brother”, Richard Treherne in his will confirming that he was
indeed the son of Francis Burton of St Thomas in the Vale. Like his brother,
Thomas, he seems to have sold all the lands he inherited from his father
(although there seems no sign of the fate of the Stoneland estates) and was
described as “of St Elizabeth” in later life, but there is no evidence of how
or when he moved there: it should not be forgotten that the Clarendon, Vere and
St Elizabeths boundary moved during the 18thC, so that a change of
parish was no always a real placation change.
His inventory in St Eizabeth shows that he had 19 slaves, but not much
livestock, so was probably harvesting pimento and other pen crops.
There was an estate & a pen on the Cadastral map of the area south of
the Black River Lacovia Bridge on the Burnt Savanna road called Burton’s
Mountain & Burton’s pen (380 & 180 acres respectively), and Burton’s
Warf on the River: were these where Benjamin Burton went to in St Elizabeth?
Deed references indicate that these properties were owned from before 1730 by
Thomas Kilburn, and Mrs Kilburn in 1804. These are shown on Liddell 1888 and
Kilburns on Robertson, and nothing on Craskell. Thomas Kilburn buried near
Lacovia Bridge 21 Jan 1787 (he had base born twins, Thomas & James, born in
St Elizabeth in 1761, probably by Grace Kilburn, free negro). The pen was owned
by Grace Kilburn snr in 1811 (25 slaves, 3 stock) & Grace Kilburn dcd in
1820. Thomas Kilburn (a millwright) mentions his estate called Burton’s in his
will of 1787[526],
and Grace Kilburn and 7 children. Burton Mountain is the home of a Jamaica Zoo
(2018).
There are no extant records for St Thomas Parish Church until 1816 although
it was founded about 1705[527],
therefore much of the Burton generation who might have been born there are not
recorded – those who do not appear in deeds and wills are unknown. The earliest
tablet recorded is at Linsted St Thomas in the Vale Church, Floor 1287:
Miss Elizabeth Burton, cousin to William & Elizabeth Thomas of this Parish,
died 13 July 1742 in her 18th year. She was thus born 1725.
Benjamin was left by his mother Judith one negro boy by the name of Jack
also one small feather bed and bolster and two pillows and her books (were
these the “old books” in his inventory?). He was also left land in St Jago by
his brother-in-law, William Hunt jnr who died in 1697, husband of Ann Burton,
which in turn went to Benjamin jnr, who sold it in 1741. This deed suggested
that Bejmain snr died intestate, which was not correct.
In 1701, Nicholas, Benjamin and their mother Judith sold the 50 acres
Francis had bought in the Magotty Savanna for £40. A Deed[528] of 1707 implied that he
was still the owner of ½ of 172 acres in St Catherine patented to Ann Ash when
his brother Nicholas sold the other half. Similarly, a 1714 deed[529] implied he was the owner
of a share of 150 acres of Hippsley land.
In May 1718 Benjamin Burton & his wife Elbeata rented[530] some slaves to David
Idana for 10/- to retreive 20/-. In July of that year, Benjamin Burton of St
Elizabeth planter & Elbeather his wife sold[531] to Robert Tredaway of St
Catherine for £300 his half of the 874 acres and the 150 acres in 3 parcels. A
very similar deed has a sale price of £330. This seems to have been him
severing his connections with St Thomas.
Benjamin Burton was witness to the codicil to the will in 1706 of Archer
Martin of 16 mile Walk, St Thomas in the Vale[532]. A neighbour perhaps?
His 2 sons, Benjamin and Thomas must have been close as they seem to have
co-operated closely in various transactions in the mid 18thC. it is
even somewhat uncertain who was the father of some of the issue of Hannah
Mendez!
Will of 1720[533]:
of St Elizabeth, planter, sick of body, perfect memory.
I bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth my land during her natural life and eight
negroes (viz) Quasheba, Frank, little Tom, Coffey, Tony, Maria, Margatret, Rose
with all my household goods and silver plate
Item I bequeath the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal to my
three sons:
To my son John Burton six negroes (vzt) Sampson, Gloster, Meriano Quashe Cudio
Black Cetty with fifty pounds in money when twenty one years
To my son Benjamin Burton six negroes (vzt) Joan Nadrea Floran Lazera Ceason
Esshck David with fifty pounds in money when twenty one years
To my son Thomas Burton six negroes (vzt) Jack, When, Mumbo, Quaco, Arobel with
fifty pounds when twenty one years
...shall be equally divided between the survivor or survivors
If all my sons should dye before twenty one years and without heirs ... then my
whole estate real and personal to my wife during her natural life and then
after her death to my nephew Francis Treherne
I nominate my wife my sole executor... and my dear brother Richard Treherne
overseer to this my last will (must be brother in law).
Inventory[534]
of 1721:
An inventory of ... Benjamin Burton of the parish of St Elizabeth Deceased
Richard Trehern signed his extensive, detailed inventory (copy held). It
included 19 slaves, 10 cows and some horses, £400 in cash and “at interest”, in
addition to normal domestic items.
Shown by late wife Elbaton Burton, total £1469 11s 1/2d (£670K 2015).
This number of slaves represents perhaps 150 acres: see Long Vol 1 P460 for
1774 costings.
Elbeatha Maskall
She died after Benjamin but before his inventory was entered 6 July 1721,
and was an administrator in his will dated 1720. As she was married by 1700,
she would have been born before 1680.
Benjamin Burton’s marriage to Elbeata Massall (probably Maskall or even
Marshall) is shown in St Catherine 9/6/1700PR. This ties in with the
birth of their children and the use of Maskall as a second name by their
granddaughter, Susanna Maskall.
Elbeata was a daughter of George & Susannah Maskall.
George Maskall married Susanna Campion St Catherine, 8/6/1676.
1/1. Albeater Maskall, ch 16/10/1678, St Cat of George & Susanna Maskall.
1/2. Charles Maskall ch 1/3/1679-80, St Catherine, of George & Susanna.
1/3. Catherine Maskall ch 13/4/1681.
Barbados 1/1/1691: bap Abigail dau of Peter & Catherine,
Christ Chucch
Many more spelt Mascoll, but no Georges.
There is no information on where George & Susanna originated, but they
were unlikely to have been Jamaican born. A George Maskall was christened in
Bristol, 2nd January 1650LDS, son of George & Martha.
Bristol would be a likely origin for an emigrant to Jamaica and this is about
an appropriate age, but this is pure speculation. A will[535] of George Maskall,
shipwright of Bristol, of 1660 mentions son George and daughters Ann &
Maria; he makes George his executor so the likelihood is that this was the
grandfather of George baptised 1650, who would have been too young to be an
executor in 1660.
There was also a will of John Marshall 1706-7[536]. Blacksmith of Port Royal.
Wife Sarah
Issue of Benjamin & Elbeata Burton:
1/1. John Burton
Ch 17/12/1701 St Catherine of
Benjamin & ElbethaPR.
He was left by grand mother Judith Burton one negro man by the name of Tom in
her will of 1713. He was named in his father’s will of January 1720, but does
not appear in any subsequent papers.
1/2. Ellbaton Burton b aft 1694 (JB Will).
She was left by her grandmother
Judith one negro girl by name of Black Sarah, in the event of her death before
18 or marriage, then to her brother Thomas Burton. Elbeatha Burton married
Joseph Rolins, St Catherine, 22/10/1722PR. Joseph Rawlings ch
Clarendon, 12 August 1699, son of Richard & DorothyPR No further
information. There was a Dorothy Rawl... baptied St Elizabeth 8 December,
between 1720 & 1732 to Joseph. Probably a daughter of them.
1/3. Benjamin Burton ch St Catherine, 23rd
March 1703.
father of Judith (Ann Judy Twier)
Burton see later in this section.
1/4. Thomas Burton – D 1763
From his will, died 1763-4.
Probably Thomas in Judith Burton’s will of 1712, who shared spoons with his
brother Ben, and mentioned in his father’s 1720 will as under 21.
A Thomas Burton buried 28/7/1713 St Catherine – who??
Legitimate issue by Mary Moore:
2/1. Benjamin Burton, Land owner. (will only)
2/2. Susannah Mascal Burton. (PR & Will)
2/3. Mary Burton. (PR & will)
2/4. Thomas Christopher Burton. Land owner. (PR & will)
2/5. John Francis Burton. Land owner. (PR & will)
2/6. ELbeater Burton (will only).
2/7. Judith Burton (will only).
2/8. Ann (Treherne) Burton. (will only).
Issue of Hannah Mendez in Thomas’s will:
2/1. Thomas Burton
2/2. Joseph Burton
2/3. Richard Burton
2/4. Edward Burton, bap St E 4/1768 aged 7.
2/5. Nicholas Burton.
2/6. Francis Burton.
2/7. John Benjamin Burton.
2/8. George William Burton
his will[537] Of St Elizabeth free man
of colour, 1816/9.
to reputed son James Burton..
To reputed son John Calach? Burton .. b 1779 Ch 27/11/1800
To reputed son Samuel Rose Burton.. b 1781 Ch 27/11/1800
To reputed son George Burton... b 1786 Ch 27/11/1800
To reputed son William Burton... b 1788 Ch 27/11/1800
To reputed daughter Hannah... b 1783 Ch 27/11/1800
her son James William Facey
Companion and house keeper Sarah Mne? (More from PR) to be freed.
2/9. Sampson Burton.
2/10. Hannah Burton.
2/11. Mary Burton.
2/12. Benjamin Burton, free mulatto in 1755 deed. Not in will.
Thomas and his brother
Benjamin seem to have worked together as there are several mentions of Thomas
& Mary and Benjamin in deeds implicitly as partners. Consequently, I have
in this case, elected to treat their land transactions together as one story.
The case in Chancery over John Sinclair’s debts also supports this theory.
Thomas was probably very much the senior partner here, and left nearly 100
slaves and a large flock of sheep in his inventory. He owned 454 acres total:
his holding in St Elizabeth was similar to brother Benjamin. Benjamin
pre-deceased him intestate so that Benjamin’s assets devolved onto Thomas.
Thomas was of St Elizabeth between 1723 and 1737, and of Vere by 1741: his
principle residence probably moved to the Richard Marks land in Canoe Valley,
south-west of 16 mile gulley. Later, he was back in St Elizabeth, probably
resident on the the 2 300 acre plots he had granted to the north west of
Alligator Pond as shown on the Manchester 203 map and plate 24. The boundary
between St Elizabeth and Vere moved substantially west in 1739 thus the
apparent change of abode might simply be the movment of the Vere/St Elizabeth
boundary.
Thomas was claimed as a debtor with Benjamin in Robert Wright’s will of
1749 (son of Andrew); John Sinclair is also mentioned in this will and refers
to a suit in Chancery in 1743[538]
where bonds from Robert Wright to Benjamin & Thomas Burton were passed
between John & Peter Sinclair.
It seems as if Robert Wright owed the Burtons a sum of money and that
Robert Wright was owed by John Sinclair for wages as overseer. Robert Wright
drew up an order passing the debt owed to the Burtons to John Sinclair. Robert
Wright also bought 2 horses from John Sinclair and may have made an allowance
against his debt owed by John Sinclair. Robert Wright then sold the horses to
the Burtons in exchange for the bond on them. John Sinclair was seen to hold
the original bond uncancelled. John Sinclair settled with the Burtons, and the
debt returned to Robert Wright. John Sinclair’s finances were not in good
health when he died.
He was a planter with substantial holdings in St Elizabeth & elswhere,
with a small acreage in St John (probably ½ of 51 acres left to Mary & her
sister by their father, John More see 1755 deed). St Elizabeth was probably a
pen, and Clarendon sugar. It would seem that he increased his holdings during his
life, perhaps by purchase in St Elizabeth. In the census of 1754 he is quoted
as having in St. Elizabeth 158 acres, in Clarendon 271 acres and in St. John
25, totalling 454 acres. The Clarendon land is a mystery: no mention has been
found of any land in Clarendon, was this an error, maybe for land in Vere,
which he undoubtedly had?
Thomas was a guardian to William Dunbar, his step son when he let land to
the east of the Rio Cobre/Town River patents to Heny Savage, who had bought the
land.
Other Transactions
(LT: combined land transactions below)
1723LT: TB bought from Bevis 100A Indian Ground – sold as 300A
in 1756.
1730 Deed: Benjamin & Thomas Burton of St Elizabeth gave a negro boy to
Judith Burton spinster of St Elizabeth, see under Benjamin Burton, Thomas’s
brother.
Also another deed from Benjamin to Thomas, no further information.
1737 Deed[539]:
between Francis Trahern, a planter of St Catherine, gives (sells for 5/-) to
Thomas Burton, a planter of St Elizabeth, half a parcel of 2 women & 4
girls. The rest to Francis Trahern’s children. Deed not entered until 1749.
1741LT: TB re FT ½ of 500A Marks land Canoe Valley, deed for 1 day.
1741LT: Ben & Tom from Creemer 40 A in Carpenter’s Mountains.
1743 Deed[540]:
Thomas Burton & wife Mary, planter of Vere sold 1 slave to Henry Hudson of
Vere.
Manumission[541]:
1747
Benjamin & Thomas Burton, of Vere, planters, manumit boy Tom son of negro
woman Qualinor?? Property of Benjamin.
1750 Deed[542]:
Thomas & Mary Burton to Benjamin Burton gift of slaves.
1750LT: Ben & Tom sold 50 acres to James Powell.
1750[543]
Manumission: Thomas Burton & Mary his wife, of Vere, manumitted mulatto
girl named Nancy dau of Abengebah.
1752LT: TB buys 300A in St Elizabeth from George H/Raxstead.
1754: TB St E 158, Clarendon 271, St. John 25, Total 454
1753LT: TB & FS re land at Alligator Pond – Stevens 150a Pat
Manch 203.
1755[544]:
Thomas Burton of Vere planter for 5/- each sold to Hannah Mendez a free negro
woman at Alligator Pond in St Elizabeth 2 slaves and to Thomas Burton mulatto
son of Hannah Mendez a slave.
1755LT: TB sold land in St John (25a?) to Richard Ragg, prob Moore
land.
1756LT: TB of Vere sold 300A at Indian Grounds land to Durrant.
1761LT: TB sold 146 A Anderson to Hannah Mendez
1757[545]:
TB sold to Francis Smith slaves and Francis reconveyed back the next day, no
indication why.
1759LT: TB granted 300A Alligator Pond on Manch 203.
1761LT: TB granted 300A Alligator Pond on Manch 203.
1761LT: TB conveyed the 146 acres and both grants to Mendez &
children.
1771[546]:
Action in the Grand Court by Benjamon Burton for Thomas B by Alex Graham his
attorney & John Anderrson and John Hayle Sinclair TB sues for J£207/0/9
borrowed by JHS.
Manumission 6/158 (abt 1758):
Thomas Burton planter of Vere for 5/- paid by Nicholas Burton, free mulatto of
St Elizabeth a negro woman Phyllis.
Thomas (Francis, Benjamin) mentions in his will of 1764 sons Thomas Christopher
& John Francis and daughter Judith, inter alia. One of his executors was
John Hayle Sinclair. The deed between John Hayle Sinclair & Judith, Thomas
& Francis Burton & Sophronia Sinclair might refer to the 3 issue of
Thomas Burton and to Judith’s daughter Sophronia; the deed in 1765 would tie in
with sorting out Thomas’ estate.
Will[547]
of 1763/4:
Thomas Burton of St Elizabeth, sound mind etc.
Abreviated version. Deceased by 22/12/1763. Ref to Simon Facey of St Elizabeth
in preamble.
The issue of Hannah Mendez, some might have been by brother Benjamin Burton
because Nicholas and Francis were treated differently, and Thomas gave them the
146 acres of Benjamin’s land.
Item: Whereas I did manumise one
negro woman Hannah (alias Hannah Mendez) and two mulatto boys named Nicholas
& Francis (alias Nicholas Burton & Francis Burton). It is my will they
be declared free.
Item I bequeath unto the said Hannah Mendez, one negro woman slave named
Arrabellas Sary one negro man slave named Quashibah sister to (Madam) one girl
named Sambo Nancy daughter of the said Madam & Maria’s son Jack during her
natural life & after her decease
Then I bequeath unto Thomas Burton son of Hannah Mendez the negro woman slave
named Quashibah.
Item: it is my will after the decease of Hannah Mendez that the negro boy named
Maria’s Jack be & is bequeathed unto Joseph Burton, son of Hannah Mendez
and further it is my desire after the decease of Hannah Mendez that the negro
girl slave named Arabella’s Sary be bequeathed to Richard Burton son of Hannah
Mendez
and further it is my desire after the decease of Hannah Mendez that slave named
Sambo Nancy be bequeathed unto Edward Burton son of Hannah Mendez
Item I bequeath unto Nicholas Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro man slave
named Cudjoe
Item I bequeath unto Francis Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro man slave
named Jacob to be by him kept as his slave untill some slave of equal value be
purchased & delivered to Francis Burton in exchange & lieu of Jacob by
my son Benjamin Burton
Item I give bequeath unto John Benjamin Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro
man named Dussee alias Ceason
Item I give bequeath unto George William Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro
boy slave named Adam
Item I bequeath unto James Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro woman named
Maria
Item I bequeath unto Sampson Burton son of Hannah Mendez one negro man named
Cuffee to him and his heirs for ever
Item I bequeath unto Hannah Burton Daughter of Hannah Mendez one negro woman
slave named Margaret
Item I bequeath unto Mary Burton Daughter of Hannah Mendez one negro woman
slave named Esther
Item I bequeath unto my Daughter Elbeatha Burton one Girl slave named little
Judy
Item I bequeath unto my Daughter Judith Burton the following slaves, vizt
Aubah, Eboe, Grace, Eboe Sally, Beniba, Lucia, old Arabella & little Sally
Item I bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Burton the following slaves, vizt Betty,
Queen, Judith, Ruth & Plowden Sary.
Item I bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna Burton the following slaves, vizt
Fidelia Catalina, Mimbo, Whania, Sabella, & Jone
Item I bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Burton the following slaves, vizt Nanny,
Pica, Venis, Diane, Creole Grace & Leah
Item I bequeath unto my son Thomas Christopher Burton Cromwell, Davy Whan Ebo
Sapmson, Fortune & Cornwall
Item I bequeath unto my son John Francis Burton Mars, Frank, Manuel, Josswell,
Old Jack & Young Lot
Item I bequeath unto my son Benjamin Burton all the remainder of my estate
already devised.
Lastly I nominate my well beloved friends Francis Smith of the parish of Vere
and John Hayle Sinclair of the parish of St Elizabeth as also my dearly beloved
son Benjamin Burton executors
Inventory: 44/107 Ent 13 August 1764
Planter of St Elizabeth shown by John Hayle Sinclair
Total £5753-11-3d (abt £2.5M wage, £650K, price infl sterling)
98 slaves, about 350 sheep and 5 horses.
Elizabeth Neif
Thomas Burton had issue by
Elizabeth Nief in the 1760’s – who was this?? Some born after the death of this
Thomas.
Who was this?
Ch of Thomas Burton & Elizabeth Neif, bap July 1770 (St E V1 p31)
Benjamin Burton, nine years
William Burton, seven years
Grace Burton, five years
Anthony Burton, three years
Joseph Burton, 9 months old.
There were several Neif’s in St Elizabeth in the 2nd half of the 18thC,
but neither Ann nor Catherine figure in them.
James & Elizabeth had Thomas & Ann bap 23 July 1753, Issac abt 15 mths
old & Mary Neaf abt 5 mths old 24th Dec 1758, Edward Neif 5 mths
bap 8/11/1761
Later 1786-1800 there were several others, maybe Elizabeth a quadroon daughter
of Edward, born 25 May 1786.
Married Mary Moore
dau of John Moore, planter of St Catherine’s (deduced from a later deed[548] where Thomas sold land to
Richard Ragg and John’s will), widow of William Dunbar, no will or burial
indexed for William Dunbar.
A child of John Moore, ch St Catherine 25/7/1719, but no name given – was this
her?
Vere PR: Thomas Burton mar Mary Dunbar, widow, 10/8/1740 – this could be them,
but seems a bit late. She was not in his will, but was alive in 1769 (in deed
241/33 Benjamin Burton and others).
Will of John Moore, 1723[549]:
Planter of St Catherine, Estate to daus Margaret & Mary when 21 or married,
If daus die to: Wife Dorothy, sister Mary Harding & her 2 daus Mary &
Elizabeth. Refers to land in St John with 6 slaves.
Mary, from the deed below must have been previously married to William Dunbar.
Their daughter, Dorothy would have been named after Mary’s mother. William
& Mary probably also had a son, William, born after 1732: Thomas was his
guardian when William’s land adjoining the Rio Cobre Burton patents was leased
for 7 years in 1753.
William Dunbar & Ann Orgill had 2 sons, William born 6/11/1786, bap
23/8/1788 & Robert born 2/1/1790, bap 10/3/1792, Ann was a free mulatto in
Williams & mustee in the second baptism. This looks late for William, son
of Mary.
Deed[550]
1753-73:
Thomas & Mary Burton of Vere “for love and affection” for Dorothy Dunbar,
dau of William Dunbar dcd surveyor & sd Mary Burton, for 5/- to Francis
Smith for Dorothy Dunbar 2 slaves. Francis Smith was probably the executor.
Note date year written as 1753. In spite of the long gap, these dates were
probably correct as Dorothy must have been born before 1740.
1753[551]:
Thoms Burton of Vere planter guardian of William Dunbar, a minor, leased to
Richard Ragg, bricklayer of St Catherine, 240A in St John for 7 years at £10
pa: this seems to have been a patent to William Dunbar for 300 acres, 60 of
which was sold by Thomas to Henry Savage. It bounded on the eastern boundary of
Francis Burton’s 1874 patent, and was on the “road from Savages to Ellis
Chambers”. Shown on Plate
21.
1764: 4/6/64 Mary Burton widow of St E for 5/- for negro man slave Jem by JHS
29/11/1753
Benjamin, Thomas Christopher & John Francis shown as having land in
Manchester[552],
about 2½ miles SE of Spur Tree at Oldbury. Benjamin & Thomas had 300 acres
each, John’s is not shown. Benjamin’s survey date was 1787; it is not clear if
this was a grant. Some patents on file (1/2016)
Issue of Thomas & Mary his wife as listed in his will with St Elizabeth
records where found:
2/1. Benjamin Burton – will only.
No church record has been found
for him, but he was a residuary legatee of father’s estate, and thus probably
the eldest, born soon after 1740.
He was of Vere in 1771 (Grand Court action).
1770: Benjamin Burton (jnr) & Mary Burton, his mother, sold to John
Anderson esq, 74A at Alligator Pond (see above under land transactions).
1771: John Hayle Sinclair loaned Benjamin Burton by a promissory note,
J£210/6/8 to be repaid when requested. After JHS’s death his executors sued
Benjamin Burton in the Grand Court in 1771 for the recovery, starting with
£500. The Court awarded the executors the debt & £5/12/6 costs[553].
1773: Mary, widow of Thomas, and Benjamin sold part of Mulatto Pen.
(see above under land transactions)
1775[554]:
Benjamin Burton planter of Vere for £70 from Richard Huggins Read esq sold
negro woman named Patience dau of Bess late property of Judith France dcd.
1776: Benjamin Burton snr of St Elizabeth planter for 5/- from Margaret Simpson
free quadroon woman sold ..the residue etc being 25 acres purchased from
Zachary Gaulitier
1788: patented 300 acres in the May Day Mountains (East of Mulatto Pen).
1788[555]:
Benjamin Burton, planter of St Elizabeth sells to Joseph Williams, free black
man, for 5/- for 25A near Mount Elliston, being part of a pat by Benjamin
Burton N on road to Mr Elliston, E on land patented by (gully land) Thomas
Christopher Burton, now belonging to Joseph Williams, S on land patented by
Gavin Bell now belonging to Joseph Williams, W on same run now to John Francis
Burton. Plat not copied. v small plat sketched.
1791[556]:
Ind Btw Benjamin Burton & John Francis Burton of St Elizabeth, planters Ann
Treherne Pusey, Mary deClarke widows of St Elizabeth, Rachel Burton of St
Catherine widow and guardian of for her son John Rodon Burton a minor of the
1st part and Susanna Maxwell Reid of St Catherine widow, 2nd part. Whereas
Thomas Burton of Vere dcd esq by deed of 4/2/1759[557] gave Mary his wife a
negro for life and then to the sons daus and heirs of Thomas & Mary. The
Burtons agree to make good title to Susanna Reid of 5 slaves being a part and
parcel falling to her by the before mentioned deed. Now Indenture sold slaves
to Susanna Maxwell Reid
1791[558]:
Benjamin Burton & John Francis Burton planters of St E & Ann Treharn
Pusey Mary de Clarke of St E, Widows and Susanne Masswell Reid of St C of 1st
part and Rachel Burton widow & guardian of John Rodon Burton a minor 2nd.
Whereas Thomas Burton, dcd, deed 24/2/1759 gave Mary his wife negros for life
and then to sons and daus . & whereas Benjamin Burton, John Francis Burton,
Ann Treharn Pusey, Mary de Clarke & Susanne Masswell Reid agree with Rachel
Burton for John Rodon Burton some slaves.
1791[559]:
Benjamin Burton & John Francis Burton of St Elizabeth, planters & Ann
Treherne Pusey & Mary deClark widows of St Elizabeth, and Susanna Maxwell
Reid widow of St Catherine of one part and Rachel Burton guardian to her son
John Rodon Burton, a minor of 2nd part. Whereas Francis Burton of Vere esq dcd
24/2/1759 gave to Mary his wife negroes for life and then to Francis & Mary's
heirs. And whereas 1st part agree with 2nd part to sold 5 slaves being a part
and parcel falling to him by the before mentioned deed as heir to his father
Thomas Christoper Burton dcd. Now this ind confirms the sale.
1802[560]:
Hannah Powell & Mary Burton Francis Wright Clarke of St E for £5 from
Francis Trerhern Burton, cabinet & chair maker sold 10A in Manatee Savanna
known as Blakes Pen bounding as plat (not affixed!)
1804: Ind Btw Benjamin Burton planter of St Elizabeth of 1st part & Hannah
Powell, Elizabeth Burton, Mary Burton, Francis Treherne Burton, and Susanna
Turner Burton, Sarah Burton, Hannah Powell Burton, Benjamin Burton, and Elisha
Powell Burton of St Elizabeth people of colour of 2nd pt for Mount Elliston.
1845 Return: Mount Elliston 15 acres to B Burton.
1815: Benjamin Burton sold 100 acres to Jos Jas Swaby, Alex Sinclair land.
Possible issue:
Reputed children of Mr Benjamin Burton by Hannah Powell, free mulatto (alive
1804) (St E PR):
3/1. Mary Burton, bap 26/9/1788, b 28/12/1772 (alive 1804)
3/2. Francis Burton, bap 26/9/1788, b 2/9/1775
3/3. Joseph Burton, bap 26/9/1788, b 18/12/1777
1800[561]: Benjamin Burton planter,
Joseph Burton Free Man of Colour both of St E. 10 acres to JB on Mount
Ellestone?
3/4. Susannah Turner Burton, bap
26/9/1788, b 26/12/1785 (alive 1804)
3/5. Biddy Burton, bap 26/9/1788, b 19/8/1787 (alive 1804)
3/6. Sarah Burton - born 1 Apr 1789, ch 27/11/1800 St E (alive 1804)
3/7. Hannah Powell Burton - born 26 Feb 1792, ch 27/11/1800 (alive 1804)
3/8. Benjamin Burton - born 17 Nov 1794, ch 27/11/1800 (alive 1804)
3/9. Elisha Powell Burton - born 31 Jul 1796, ch 27/11/1800 (alive 1804)
3/10. Rachel Burton - born 5 Apr 1799, ch 27/11/1800
3/11. Francis Treherne Burton,
in 1804 deed so probably a
further son. Cabinet & chair maker in Mantee Savanna when he bought 10
acres from Hannah Powell & Mary Burton and Francis Wright Clark.
1816[562]
Deed: Frances Trehern Burton, of St E Free man of colour & Fanny his wife.
For J£140 from Charles Rowe esq of Vere for 28 A in May Day Mtns in St E pat by
John McQuorquedale N on Samuel Greaves, now called Berkshire, E on Charles Rowe
now called Grants Green, W on part of same run now owned by Frances Trehern
Burton S on pt of same run now possesed by Thomas Wilkinson. small trapezoidal
plan
1812[563]:
FTB cabinet maker of St E & Joseph Burton also CM FTB to JB 100 A in Vere
part of 300A pat by John McCock for £400
2/2. Susannah Mascal Burton B:
10/7/1748 Ch: 23/12/1753 St Elizabeth
Susannah Burton From Edward
Bendall – 1761 She was the only known Susanna Burton of the time.
Later in a 1791 deed referrd to as Susannah Maxwell/Masswell Reid
3/1. Mary Booth Burton, ch: 27/7/1769 Vere
of Susannah Masclen BurtonPR.
Bur 16/10/1770 aged 2. Probably her.
2/3. Mary Burton, born 16/12/1750
Ch: 23/12/1753 St Elizabeth
2/4. Thomas Christopher Burton: B. 26/12/1753 Ch: St E 26/1/1754PR.
Died bef June 1787
Married St Catherine Rachel (Rodon) Jackson, he of St Elizabeth, she OTP a
widow 29/3/1783 by licence.
He later moved to St Catherine and St John.
She married 1st William Thomas Jackson, 31/10/1762 St Catherine, he
a widow, she a spinster. He was buried St Catherine 14/8/1779 as a Practitioner
in Physic – decay.
No indication of her birth, but the Rodons appear in land records in Vere.
James & Susanna Rodon were having children in the 1730’s & 40’s in
Clarendon.
1784[564]:
Granted land (patent not found) part of which: Thomas Christopher Burton &
wife Rachell of St Catherine sold to Joseph Williams of St Elizabeth for £50J
sold 200 acres, part of patent by Thomas Christopher Burton. For ever. This is
shown on Manchester 201 estate map, and was part of Mulatto Pen (Logwood now on
the Aligator Pond Gutters Road).
1785[565]:
Thomas Christopher Burton of St John planter sold to William Henry Mathews as
trustee for mountain Polink in Red Hills to Rachel Jackson for life and then
her issue. (perhaps daughter of his wife then Rachel Jackson).
1787[566]:
Rachel Burton widow of Thomas Christopher Burton of St Catherine for £123 sold
to Henry Booth planter of St John 66A of mountain palink, this land also
appears in 430/131, Henry Booth to Castle. Both plats the same.
1791[567]:
Benjamin Burton & John Francis Burton planters of St E & Ann Treharn
Pusey Mary de Clarke of St E, Widows and Susanne Masswell Reid of St C of 1st
part and Rachel Burton widow & guardian of John Rodon Burton a minor 2nd.
Whereas Thomas Burton, dcd, deed 24/2/1759 gave Mary his wife negros for life
and then to sons and daus . & whereas Benjamin Burton, John Francis Burton,
Ann Treharn Pusey, Mary de Clarke & Susanne Masswell Reid agree with Rachel
Burton for John Rodon Burton some slaves.
1792[568]:
Benjamin Burton & John Francis Burton of St Elizabeth, planters & Ann
Treherne Pusey & Mary deClark widows of St Elizabeth, and Susanna Maxwell
Reid widow of St Catherine of one part and Rachel Burton guardian to her son
John Rodon Burton, a minor of 2nd part. Whereas Thomas Burton of Vere esq dcd
24/2/1759 gave to Mary his wife negroes for life and then to Thomas &
Mary's heirs. And whereas 1st part agree with 2nd part to sell 5 slaves being a
part and parcel falling to him by the before mentioned deed as heir to his
father Thomas Christoper Burton dcd. Now this ind confirms the sale.
3/1. John Rodon Burton (ref deed 396/137) bap St C 29/9/1784
1807[569]: Ind John Francis Burton
planter of St E sold to John Rodon Burton gent of St Catherine for 10/- a slave
1807[570]:
John Rodon Burton & Judith Frances his wife for £33 from William Burton
free PoC of Vere sold a negro man slave
1807[571]:
John Rodon Burton gent of St C & Judith Frances his wife for J£130 from
William Rodon of St C sold a negro woman Fanny
1807[572]:
John Rodon Burton & Judith of St Catherine quit any claim on John Francis
Burton planter of St Elizabeth.
1809[573]:
John Rodon Burton gent of St Catherine for live of infant son Thomas Henry
Burton for 10/- paid by Rachel Burton widow of St Catherine 2 slaves Adam and
Cecelia.
Married Judith King, 20/7/1806, St Catherine
John Francis Burton sold Frances King a slave 31/1/1803
Judith Burton sold Frances king a slave 22/11/1803.
4/1. John Rodon Burton, b 15/4/1810, ch 22/4/1810, Kingston
Of John Rodon & Judith Frances
Burton
4/2. Charles Rodon Burton, b. 18120117,
ch.18120619 St C
Of John Rodon & Judith Frances
(late King spinster) Burton
Possible issue, ch St Elizabeth:
(note ch date same as Ben & Hannah Powell)
3/2. Hannah Burton, reputed dau of Thomas Burton by Bessy James,
Ch: 26/9/1788, abt 11 years old.
Also baptised July 1770, St
Elizabeth of Thomas Burton & Elizabeth Nief:
They might be of Thomas Christopher Burton.
1. Anthony Burton, b abt 1767
1809[574]: Anthony Burton of Vere
free man of colour sold tp Alexander Heron planter of Vere. For £140 240 A pat
by Ed Shickle?? In Vere W&SW on New Forest, S on land of William Burton and
Plowden.
2. Benjamin Burton, b abt 1761
3. Grace Burton, b abt 1765
4. Joseph Burton, b abt January 1769
5. William Burton, b abt 1763
2/5. John Francis Burton b.
15/1/1756, Ch: 7/8/1756PR.
John Francis Burton To Ann Traham Pusey 1791[575]
Ann Trahern Pusey widow of St Elizabeth: Whereas slave woman and ch "of"
Thomas & Mary Burton descended to Ann Trahern Pusey, she agrees to sell the
slave to for 10/- to John Francis Burton, planter of St Elizabeth in trust to
sold back the next day.
John Francis Burton From Ann Traham Pusey 1791 386 164 Feb-17 Next deed from
above f163
1787: shown as adjoing the grant of 300 acres to Benjamin Burton (his brother)
in the May Day mountains. Shown on Manch 201.
1790: John Francis B patented 300 acres Spaish Quarters, St E.
1792[576]:
John Francis Burton, planter of st E, sold to Lazarus Hyman for J£55 negro boy
slave named Jack.
1794: John Francis Burton, for £3 sold to Joseph Williams, 1.75A of land part
of run patented by Benjamin Booth, some text msg.
1804[577]:
John Francis Burton planter of St Elizabeth for J£45 from Francis King spinster
of St Elizabeth 1 negro child Priscilla
1804[578]:
John Frances Burton snr of St Elizabeth, planter sold to Ann Burton, a free
black woman of St Elizabeth, for J£50 1 female sambo slave. Wit Benjamin Burton.
1807[579]:
John Francis Burton planter of St E sold to John Rodon Burton gent of St
Catherine for 10/- a slave (JRB son of Thomas Christopher, son of Thomas)
1807[580]:
John Rodon Burton & Judith of St Catherine quit any claim on John Francis
Burton planter of St Elizabeth (his uncle).
1807[581]:
For good causes & J£70 John Francis Burton sells to Mary Burton spinster of
St E 1 sambo boy
1807: John Burton, planter of St E, for J£500 from Richard Ashman OTP surgeon sold
400 A in May Day Mtns.
1807[582]:
John Francis Burton to James Williams, planters of St E. for £18/13/4 for 1/2
acre at Mt Ellison in St E E on Tom Chris B, all other sides on land pat by BB
1809: John Francis Burton sold for 10/- to Ann, William More, Thomas Jno, Jno
Thomas, Edward Francis, Joseph James, Elizabeth Lockhart, Jane More & Henry
Burton 5 acres of land in the Carpenters Mountains
in 1811, an Elizabeth Burton was at Content, St Elizabeth with 50 slaves (65 in
1816): there is a Content a mile or so east of Nain on the modern 50K map – was
this the one?
ch 27/10/1794 St Elizabeth reputed children of John Fr Burton by Ann Burton
(negro belonging to John Fr Burton, ch same day, aged 18).
3/1. Mary More Burton abt 3 years (b abt 1791)
3/2. William More Burton abt 8 months (b abt 2/1794)
ch 27/06/1800 St E, reputed children (non white) of John Francis Burton & Aann
Burton:
3/3. Elizabeth Lockhart More Burton, b 24/11/1795
3/4. Jane More Burton, b. 16/11/1797
3/5. Thomas John Burton, b. 25/1/1800.
2/6. Elbeatha Burton – will only.
1771[583]:
Judith France of Vere sold to Elbeather Burton of St Elizabeth 10 slaves.
The following deeds probably relate to Elbeatha’s brother, John Francis (as a
planter, probably white):
1800[584]:
Frances Burton spinster, Ann Treherne Burton spinster, Judith Powell spinster,
Benjamin Powell jnr free man of colour of St Elizabeth of 1st pt & John
Burton of St Elizabeth, Planter 2nd Pt. 1st pt sold to 2nd pt for £200 94.5
acres in May Day mountains in St Elizabeth - refers to plat but it is not
there!
1800[585]:
John Burton planter & Ann Treherne Burton & Judith Powell spinsters
& Benjamin Powell jnr free man of colour of St Elizabeth for £250 sold to
Frances Burton spinster of St Elizabeth 2 Slaves
1800[586]:
John Burton planter & Frances Burton & Judith Powell spinsters &
Benjamin Powell jnr free man of colour of St Elizabeth for £220 sold to Ann
Treherne Burton spinster of St Elizabeth 2 Slaves
1800[587]:
Frances Burton, Ann Treherne Burton & Judith Powell spinsters &
Benjamin Powell jnr free man of colour of St Elizabeth for £240 sold to John
Burton planter of St Elizabeth 2 Slaves
3/1. Joseph John son of James Powell and Elizabeth Burton
about two years of age bap
04/1768.
3/2. Frances Biddy Trehern,
dau of JP & EB, bap 25 April
1772, about 2 years old.
Possibly ch St E PR reputed
children of James Powell by Elbeata Burton:
James Powell a free mestize, EB white, children reputed white
A James Powell in a sale and resale between Joseph James Swaby et al in 1757
(copy in wills file), breaking an entail.
Note ch date as for Benjamin/Powell & Thomas/Bessy above.
3/3. Mary Burton, reputed dau of James Powell & Elbeatha Burton,
b 1/12/1771, bap 1 Aug 1773, non
white (V1 P35)
3/4. Ann Treherne Burton, b
12/7/1776, ch 26/9/1788
Slave Comp: Trelawney 706 £285 2S
2D [16], Trelawney 709 £26 11S 6D [1]
3/5. Judith Powell Burton, b 10/12/1778,
ch 26/9/1788.
Issue of Robert Bowes &
Judith Burton Powell – maybe her:
3/1. Henrietta Bowes, born 9/10/1806, by Judith Burton Powell, at Burnt Ground,
St Elizabeth.
Also ch 26/9/1788 Hannah Powell aged 35 free mulatto
2/7. Judith Burton – will only.
2/8. Ann Burton – will only.
Must be Ann Trehern as the deed
of 1791 relates to a slave descending to her from Thomas & Mary.
Married as Ann Treherne Burton of Vere, Benjamin Dance Pusey, Gent of St
Catherine, at St Catherine 3/9/1778, he was dead by 1791.
1773[588]:
Ann Trahern Burton spinster of Vere for £50 sold to Olive Wint, free mulatto of
Vere, 1 woman slave Prue.
1775[589]:
Simon Booth planter of Vere for 5/- from Ann Treherne Burton spinster of Vere
sold land called Robinsons 10 acres E on heirs of Lawrie, S&W on Kings High
Rd, N on the Spring
1791[590]:
This must refer to the slaves left to her by her father Thomas.
Ann Trahern Pusey widow of St Elizabeth: Whereas slave woman and ch
"of" Thomas & Mary Burton descended to Ann Trahern Pusey, she agrees
to sold the slave for 10/- to John Francis Burton, planter of St Elizabeth in
trust to sold back the next day.
John Francis Burton From Ann Traham Pusey 1791 386 164 Feb-17 Next deed from
above f163
Ann Treherne & Francis Burton sold slaves to Benjamin Powell 1800, book 477
missing.
Rose dau of Thomas Burton by
Kelly, a slave of Benjamin Burton, born 7/1/1759, bap 28/3/1761, St Elizabeth
PR.
Hannah Mendez
Hannah Mendez was a negro woman, initially a slave, but free by 1755. The
issue of Hannah Mendez are listed in the will of Thomas Burton, Benjamin’s
brother; 3 were certainly by Thomas, Edward and Sampson at baptism, and James
from a deed reference as Sampson’s brother but the fatherhood of the remainder
is uncertain, but some might have been by Benjamin. From the fact that Thomas
Burton deeded most of his brother’s land to Hannah Mendez and two of her sons,
Francis & Nicholas, and confirmed their manumission, implies that they were
by Benjamin, although, even with the morals of the time, this seems unlikely.
In 1755, Thomas Burton of Vere planter sold to Hannah Mendez a free negro
woman at Alligator Pond for 5/- each 2 slaves and to Thomas Burton mulatto son
of Hannah Mendez a slave (ref under Thomas.)
In 1767, Hannah Mendez a free negro woman, Nicholas Burton and Francis
Burton free mulatto men all of St Elizabeth convey 146 acres to Francis Smith
for £81-5s (see below for the full story of this land).
Other researchers have also considered whether all her children were by
Thomas or some by Benjamin
Issue of Hannah Mendez, who would have been mulattos, baptised St Elizabeth
where dates given:
A prossible son of Benjamin, maybe by Hannah as he was a mulatto:
A/1. Benjamin Burton,
appears as a mulatto in deeds in
1755 (the conveyance of 10 acres of Gaultier land) as junior to Ben senior and
later as Benjamin snr: this individual could not have been either by Dorothy
Rochester (a mulatto) or the son of Thomas by Mary Moore, both white.
A/2. Joseph, 1750
No father given, Joseph, b 17/1/1750,
bap 23/12/1753 St Elizabeth
baptised the same day as Thomas Burton’s daughters Susanna & Mary.
A/3. Hannah, 1752
No father given, b 14/12/1752,
bap 23/12/1753, baptised the same day as Thomas Burton’s daughters Susanna
& Mary
Possibility:
3/1. John James Fannin, reputed son of James Fannin by Hannah Burton, b
27/8/1783, bap 12/1/1785, non white.
A/4. Mary. 1754
base dau of Hannah Mendez, b
25/10/1754, bap 24/3/1755.
no father quoted, St Elizabeth
A/5. Sampson, 1757
“Sampson ye (blank - base?) son
of T...s Burton & Hannah Mendlis, (birth date blanked out, but
spacing of entry indicates it was the same year, 1757), bap 7 Aug 1757 St
Elizabeth.
On line below & same date as Thomas Burton & his wife’s son John
Francis.
1790[591]
Sampson Burton free person of colour of St Elizabeth, to James Burton his
brother of Vere, slaves to Sampson Burton’s children Thomas, Bonella & Ruth
Burton.
Robertson shows S Burton on the west side of the road a mile or 2 south of
Gutters and J Burton to the NE of Nain.
2/1. Thomas Burton, ch 19/2/1792 aged about 7½ reputed son of
Sampson Burton a free mulatto by
Eve Clark free negro. B 24/7/1783.
Reputed (non white) children of
Sampson Burton by Eve Clark ch St Elizabeth 28/10/1797:
Eve Clarke, ch St E 26/9/1788, free negro about 35.
2/2. Bonella Burton aged abt 10
Slave Comp St Elizabeth 726 £140
13S 10D [5]
2/3. Ruth Burton aged abt 7
A/6. Richard, 1760
Richard, base son of Hannah
Mendez b 10/4/1760 ch 8/11/1761 St E no father quoted.
A/7. Edward, 1761
illegitimate son of Thomas Burton
and Hannah Mendez, about 7 years of age. Bap btw April & August 1768, thus
born abt 1761.
The following were in Thomas Burton’s will but there are no
parish records of them.
A/1. Thomas, no Baptism recorded,
but he is mentioned with Hannah
in a deed of 1755.
2/1. William Burton, issue with Elizabeth Holness.
3/1. Susan Mills Burton, issue
with Manning Newell, descendant Phillip Burton.
A/8. Nicholas Burton,
Could have been born as early as
1745, but probably nearer 1750
(in will manumission confirmation a boy alias Nicholas Burton 1763)
He was alive by 170 when he is mentioned in a deed with Hannah.
1768[592]:
Joseph James Swaby gent sold to Nicholas Burton, a free mulatto carpenter 10
acres in St Elizabeth, part of a run of 430A patented to Robert Varney, W on
Kings Rd, S on Roger Wait, E on Mountains, N on Dunn, For life, no right to cut
mahogany or other timber Also another deed to Sarah Witter, free mulatto on
next line on same patent.
Illegitimate dau of Nicholas Burton & Sarah (no surname)(St E PR V1/30):
2/2. Johanna Marks Burton, ch 4/1768, abt 12 yrs old, born 1756.
The forgoing entry is difficult to relate to the others and this Nicholas
On the line before:
Illegitimate dau of Nicholas Burton & Catherine Neif:
2/1. Elizabeth Trehern Burton - born 1766 – ch 4/1768 2 yrs.
Mathew McPherson Mitchell,
reputed son of Mathew Cowell Mitchell by Elizabeth Treherne Burton, a free
quadroon, born 12/6/1795, ch St Elizabeth 23/10/1796.
She was listed in the March 1817 St Elizabeth givings in (Almanac figs) as
having 150 acres, 4 slaves & 8 stock.
Nicholas Lewis Mitchell, b 25/12/1798, ch 27/11/1800 of ETB & MM.
Then later the following 2:
Illegitimate daus of Nicholas Burton & Catherine Neif
Ch St 18/9/1774, non white, reputed children of Nicholas Burton by Catherine
Nief:
2/3. Lucy Burton - born Mar 1771
2/4. Ruth Burton - born Aug 1772
A/9. Francis Burton
will manumission confirms a boy
alias Francis Burton 1763, could have been born as early as 1745, but probably
nearer 1750.
He was alive by 1764 when he is mentioned in a deed with Hannah.
A/10. John Benjamin Burton,
B/1 Frances Turner Burton b
11/1798, bapt 27/11/1800, St E,
dau of John Benjamin Burton
& Bonella Rochester. She had 7 slaves in 1820 in St Elizabeth.
A/11. George William Burton, baptised 23/9/1818 aged 76,
born 1742.
St Elizabeth with many others as
a free mulatto.
Guardian to Joseph Burton, an ancestor of Phillip Nicholas. My suggestion being that
Joseph was the son of Joseph Burton (above)
shown in slave baptism of St Elizabeth
Will dated 17 April 1816, proved 17 June 1819. Free man of colour of St
Elizabeth.
Reputed children of Sarah More (no father, but all in GWB’s will), who was
baptised in St Elizabeth with all her issue except James 27/1/1800 when she was
55, Sarah was a negro, and the children were sambos; they all belonged to James
Adlam.
Somewhere along the line, they must all have been freed,
2/1. James Burton
2/2. John Calash Burton, b 1779
2/3. Samuel Rose Burton, b 1781.
2/4. George Burton, b 1786.
2/5. William Burton, b 1788
2/6. Hannah Burton, b 1783.
3/1. James William Facey, bap,
child of colour, St E 5/5/1816.
A/12. James Burton, from Thomas’s will.
Also mentioned in a deed of 1790
as Sampson’s brother, and by implication, son of Thomas Burton.
1794[593]:
James Burton of Vere, free person of colour, sold a woman slave & her 7
children to Grace Powell free woman of colour of Kingston, Peggy Burton &
Ann Elizabeth Burton, reputed daus of James Burton.
(Grace Powell, daughter of Benjamin Powell & Elizabeth Simpson, b abt 1768
– perhaps the same one?)
Children of James Burton:
A2/1. Deborah Burton, reputed dau of James Burton
by Sarah May, b 15/12/1771, ch
St E 3/8/1773.
1806[594]:
Deborah Burton Free WoC of Clarendon sold land in St Elizabeth to Robert
Adamson Carpenter of St E for J£335: 300A N on James Fullerton, E on John J
Boom, S on Charles Nicholas Pattinson esq W on U/S land. Rectangular plat.
1812[595]
Will Deborah Burton free sambo of Clarendon. To dau Jane Rome free woman of
colour of Cl Slave Juba & 2 ch. Son James Rome, dau Isabella Rome...
Property legacies left by my father James Burton John Rome and Dorothy Manning
(DM dau of Bryan & Dorothy Manning, b Kingston 1769, ch 13/1/1770, Bryan
& Dorothy Born? M Kingston 1760)
3/1. James Rome, ch Clarendon 22/1/1794, 3 years old of John jnr Rome & DB
3/2. Isabella Rome, ch 22/1/1794 10 months old
3/3. John Rome in index, but not found, page date 1795, LDS has John Room ch St
James, 16/11/1791, mestee 7 mths old.
by Elizabeth Simpson:
A2/2. Ann Elizabeth Burton, b 26/12/1781, bap 7/8/1788 St E
A2/3.Peggy Burton, b 4/1780, ch 7/8/1788
A2/4. Eleanor Elizabeth Burton B 1797, ch 27/11/1800 St Elizabeth,
dau of James Burton &
Elizabeth Simpson, free mulatto. She married John Morgan, 25/11/1817, Manchester,
both free coloureds.
A deed of 1813[596] has, inter alia, Ann
Elizabeth & Elizabeth Eleanor Burton selling 40 acres at bounding on Port
Mahon, between Plowden & Cross Keys.
Children of James Burton free mulatto. no mother, St Elizabeth
A2/5. Mary Simpson Burton ch Vere, 15/9/1797.
A2/6. Hannah Burton ch Vere, 15/9/1797.
Unknown, but related Burtons of Aligator Pond:
In October 1803[597],
Joseph Williams exec for Judith Price sold to Mathew Burton 1 slave for £100.
In October 1805[598],
there were 3 deeds between Matthew Burton, Rose Price Burton, Dorothy Rochester
(or Rose) Burton, dividing up about 265 acres into 3 parts, the land bounding N
& NE on John Anderson. Who they were is not apparent.
Dorothy Rochester Burton, b, 9/4/1790 ch. 23/12/1794 St Elizabeth, of Jonathan Burton
& Leah Brooks, non white.
Their father, Benjamin senior, sold most of the property he inherited in St
John & St Thomas in the Vale, but there seem to be no extant records of
what he acquired in St Elizabeth after moving there. His sons, Benjamin &
Thomas seemed to have worked together and had interlinked land transactions,
expecially as Thomas inherited Benjamin’s estate when the latter died intestate
with no legitimate offspring. Thomas had legitimate issue who were granted
lands to the east of Logwood, 3½ miles south of Gutters. Either he or his
brother had 12 children by Hannah Mendez. Benjamin had 3 or 4 children by
Dorothy Rochester, including Judith, out ancestor.
John Hayle Sinclair, whose concubine was Judith, daughter of Benjamin, was
one of Thomas’s executors which indicates the closeness of the relationship
between JHS and the Burtons. It is probable that John Hayle Sinclair had a land
close to or adjoining the later patents to Thomas’s sons.
Thomas and Benjamin and their descendants owned a lot of land in the east
of St Elizabeth & western Vere (depending where the boundary was). The main
concentration was along the broad valley north from Alligator Pond up to where
the road joins the Mandeville-Lacovia road at the botton of Spur Tree Hill.
Between the brothers and their descendants, they owned at various times several
thousand acres of pen land: there was a concentration around Mulatto Pen, which
was owned by one John Anderson in 1812.
There were several parcels of land in the Carpenter’s Mountains, one of
which, and Anderson property, called Hillberry, is of interest because of the
way it transferred between Benjamin, Thomas and the Hannah Mendez and her
issue. It was at the base of Plowden Hill, NE of Alligator Pond. The land
immediately north of Alligator Pond is good “bottom land”. In an action in
1820, Mulatto Pen was of only low value, so it may be taken that the Burton
Land around it was of a similar low value.
Several Estate maps show much of the Burton lands of the 2nd
half of the 18thC:
Manchester 203 of the area around Alligator Pond shows some original 17thC
grants to Stevens and Marks as well as the 1759 grant to Thomas. With another
grant in 1761, Thomas owned 600 acres in what is now pretty rugged country,
straddling the road down from Bull Savanna into Alligator Pond.
Manchester 201 shows the lands granted to Thomas’s sons to the east of
Logwood, Mulatto Pen.
Manchester 76 was drawn to specify the way in which Alexander Sinclair’s
land was split between his heirs in 1827. This map can be fixed accurately by
the Gutters – Alligator Pond road; the “mountain land” to the south is
undoubtedly the north western part of a grant to Benjamin (Thomas) in 1787.
This fixes the postion of Manchester 201 (with a little adjustment to 201).
1754: BB 155 acres St Elizabeth
1754: TB St E 158, Clarendon 271, St. John 25, Total 454
Deeds etc:
1684: Stevens shown on B&K 1685 at Alligator Pond.
Indian Ground
1723[599]:
Samuel Bevis for £10 sold to Thomas Burton 100 acres called the Indian Ground;
both planters of St Elizabeth, the deed has no information on the actual
location of this land.
1756[600]:
Thomas Burton planter of Vere sold for J£30 to Thomas Durrant planter of St
Elizabeth, land patented by Samuel Beeves, the whole 300 A 1st run
293A E on Thomas Chapman N on Jonathan Harrison, 2nd 7A situated in
the Indian Ground N on rocky Mtn all other unsurveyed.
St Jago & St John:
1741[601]:
Benjamin Burton jnr, a planter of Vere sold to Samuel Gabay of St Catherine for
£30 28 ft of land facing the negro market in St Jago, inherited via his father,
Benjamin snr (said to have died intestate: Benjamin Burton snr left a will in
1720) from William Hunt jnr, husband of Ann (Burton) Hunt. William Hunt jnr married
to Ann Burton, dau of Francis Burton and sister of Benjamin snr.
1755 Deed[602]:
Thomas Burton of Vere to Richard Ragg of St Cat, Sale of Land for £50:
Wife Mary, late Mary Moore one of the daus of John Moore of St Catherine,
planter. Land in St John’s 51 acres in John Moore’s will 1/5/1723 split between
daus Margaret & Mary, bounding on Wm Brice and Alger Pestell.
Richard Ragg is thought to have been married in 1726 to Thomas’s cousin, Mary
Burton, daughter of Nicholas Burton.
Carpenters Mountains & Hillberry Land, 146 acres:
Benjamin bought 146A of land from Zacharia Gualtier which, on his death, went
to his brother Thomas, then Hannah Mendez and her children:
146 Acres near Hilberry, St Elizabeth:
1728[603]:
Benjamin Burton snr bought 146 acres from Zacharia Gualtier and his wife Mary, planter
of St Elizabeth, which had been patented by Thomas Anderson in 1719[604] in the Alligator Pond
Mountains, near, probably to the east of, Plowden Hill; it was called Mamme
Gully in the 1761 deed. From the patent, “146 acres of land near a place called
Hilberry in St Elizabeth bounded North on Capt Richard Marks Easterly on
Captain Richard Stoner, west on land of Jonathan Harrison, south on waste
land”.
The first deed leased it to Benjamin on a peppercorn rent for 1 year. A
second deed on the same page, dated a day later, decribes the land as 
patented
by Thomas Anderson 3/10/1719 & sold to Joseph Cromer & Martha
13/7/1720, who sold it to Zachariah Gualtier. Zachariah Gualtier sold it
Benjamin Burton for £78, with Benjamin Burton in actual possession. The land
was part of a patent to Thomas Anderson in 1719 in 3 parcels, 2 of which are
shown in Manchester 257 but this parcel is not shown on estate maps. The
leeward road is shown on the patent is assumed to be the road from Alligator
Pond eastwards past Plowden Hill and Cross Keys, if so there are few places
where this road can fit. Craskell has Burton & Gualtier on the road from 16
Mile Gully to Alligator Pond, East of Plowden Hill, which puts this parcel of
land as on Plate 23.
This land passed to brother Thomas when Benjamin died
intestate, who gifted it to Hannah Mendez and sons, who then sold it to Francis
Smith.
Manchester 252, 253 & 303 may refer.
1761[605]:
Thomas conveyed for £10 to Hannah Mendez, a free negro of St Elizabeth (on
behalf of Nicholas, Francis, John, Benjamin, George, William, James, Joseph,
Sampson, & Richard and daughters Hannah & Mary, all [free] mulattos) three
pieces of land, one of which was:
146A in Carpenters Mountains “called Mamme gully Near Plowden Hill” W on
Francis Smith of Vere S on land patented by Jonathan Harrison E on heirs of
Zacharia Gualtier N land patented by Nicholas Coleman 1/3 for her life and
afterwards to Nicholas & Francis, the remaining 2/3 to Nicholas &
Francis.
In 1767[606],
Hannah Mendez, Nicholas and Francis Burton conveyed the 146 acres to Francis
Smith for £81-5s. My transcription has Thomas conveying it to Mendez on 17th
December 1760, while other notes have the deed as 1761.
35 acres from Zacharia Gualtier
1730: Benjamin, date unkown, bought 35A from Zacharia Gualtier (exec of
Harrison) probably close to this 146 acres.
1755[607]:
Benjamin Burton snr of St Elizabeth planter sold to Benjamin Burton jnr &
John Burton free mulattoes for 5/- 10 acres part of 35A bought from Zachary
Gaultier exec of Jonathan Harrison E on Francis Smith (formerly Anthony
Storers) N on John Ives, SW on residue 25A.
Probably sons of Hannah Mendez, although Benjamin does not appear in the will
of Thomas.
This land must have been very close to or part of the 146 acres acquired in
1728.
1776[608]:
Benjamin Burton snr of St Elizabeth planter (prob son of Thomas Burton) for 5/-
from Margaret Simpson free quadroon woman sells: All that remaining part of
land purchased from Zachary Gualtier only exec of Jonathan Harrison dcd E on
Francis Smith (formerly Anthony Stories) N John Turo S & W and the residue
etc being 25 acres purchased from Zachary Gualtier
Canoe Valley:
1741[609]:
Thomas Burton & his wife Mary of Vere, planter, sold to Francis Treherne of
Vere, planter, for 5/- 250 acres being ½ of a lot of 500 acre patented by
Richards Marks in Vere Carpenters Mountains known as Canoe Valley & 20
slaves. This was a deed of trust for 1 day, reversed the following day, being
sold to Thomas only. when it was Francis Treherne and Amy his wife, gentleman
of St Catherine. This was often done as a mean of breaking some sort of
restriction originating from a marriage or inheritance. There is no indication
found how Thomas came into possession of this land: perhaps it came via his
wife Mary Moore, shared with her sister from their father. Plate 25
Probably the plat 2/18F321 to Richard Marks, 450 acres Canoe Valley, between
Alligator Pond & Milk River on the coast road). The plat is positioned from
Manchester 257, the northern boundary shows a striking similarity to the 1250
ft contour, so was probably along the slope on a roughly level plane. The
western end of the southern boundary may be visible on satellite: it looks as
though it is still productive land, reasonably flat and cultivable.
Thomas Burton was a neighbour of Richard Marks patent of 1708 to the north of
Alligator Pond – this does not look to be the same.
Alligator Pond:
These lands appear on Manchester 203 map: Plate 26
This has been scaled to fit the 300 acre patents.
From these deeds, the Burtons acquired some land around Alligator Pond in the
early 18thC, but there are no extant records showing this: in this
period, particularly the 1730’s many of the deed copy volumes are not
available. Thomas and Mary owned ½ of the 150 acres patented by Nicholas
Stevens, possibly via inheritance from Mary’s father: the other half would
therefore have been her sister’s. The eastern boundary of 1759 patent to Thomas
implied that he then owned the Marks patent by then; a deed in 1741 where
Benjamin sold some land on the Marks patent at Alligator pond shows that
Benjamin also owned some of this patent. Maybe their father, Benjamin acquired
it.
1741[610]:
Benjamin sold to Elizabeth Bradford of St Elizabeth 19 slaves and 3 parcels of
land for £10:
15 acres at Alligator Pond and 12 acres on the rocks in the same place, on land
of Capt Richard Marks dcd 10 acres in Rocky Valley lying on Beckford and Gale.
1750[611]:
Benjamin Burton, Thomas Burton & his wife Mary of Vere, sold to James Powell
planter of Vere, 50 acres.
1753[612]:
Thomas Burton & his wife, Mary, sold to Francis Smith 75 acres at Alligator
Pond being ½ of a patent for 150 acres to Nicholas Stephens & 12 slaves,
and the following day Francis sold it back to Thomas Burton only for 5/-.
1769[613]:
Benjamin Burton (jnr) & Mary Burton, his mother planter, sold to John
Anderson esq, all of St Elizabeth, for £220 74A at Alligator Pond part of 2
runs patented by Nick Stevens. NW of James Mcduff, SW on John Anderson, S on Alligator
Pond & Simon Facey, E on Francis Smith and part George Brown. This is shown
on Robertson and Manchester 203.
The Patented Land at Alligator Pond:
Thomas was granted two adjacent 300 acre parcels of land:
1759[614]
Patent 300 acres St Elizabeth.
1761[615]
Patent 300 acres in St Elizabeth, Alligator Pond, This patent north bounds on
land already patented by Thomas Burton and is shown on estate map Manchester
203.
Thomas then gave these lands to Hannah Mendez and her children very soon after
the grant:
1761[616]:
300 acres at Alligator Pond Rocks,
1/3 of the southern 300 acres patent at Alligator Pond Rocks to Hannah Mendez
for her life and after to her daughters Hannah & Mary, the remaining 2/3 to
her sons.
The northern 300 Acre patent at Alligator Pond Bay he gave to all his sons,
Nicholas, Francis, John, Benjamin, George, William, James, Joseph, Sampson,
& Richard.
Plate 24
Carpenters Mountains
1741[617]:
Joseph Creemer carpenter of Vere & his wife Mary sold to Benjamin &
Thomas Burton of Vere for 5/- 40 acres in Vere Carpenters Mountains NE on deep
Gully W the other part of the same land SW pat by James Powell, S & NE on
William Dunbar. Creemer was probably a trustee. Creemer appears on Manchester
257 estate map in the Carpenter’s Mountains. James Powell 1707 Plat 18F358. in
Sta Cruz Mtns
1750 Deed[618]:
Benjamin Burton & Thomas Burton & his wife Mary planters of Vere sold
to James Powell 50 acres. Where was this? Prob sold to the brothers in 1741 by
Joseph Creemer, although there is a difference in area (40 becomes 50).
1752[619]:
George Raxstead jnr of St Elizabeth sold to Thomas Burton of Vere planter for
£35 land above Ashes Valley in St Elizabeth 300A NW deep rocky gully, NW on
heirs of George Brooks esq dcd and all other sides prop unknown.
Raxstead appears in Browne well NNE of Gutters, but this seems to be too far
away, and no Brookes’s seem to be there.
1763: TB of St E dies.
1765[620]:
indenture btw John Hayle Sinclair of St E planter, of 1st part and
Judith, Thomas, Francis Burton and Sophronia Sinclair of St E
Witnesses that John Hayle Sinclair for divers good causes and valuable
consideration .. but especially in consideration of
J£81 from Judith Burton
J£150 from Thomas Burton
J£48 from Francis Burton
J£50 from Sophronia Sinclair
John Hayle Sinclair gives:
Judith Burton 2 negro girl slaves Beatrice and Fanny
Thomas Burton 2 negro slaves Toney and Maria and also 10 acres of land in
Alligator Pond Savannah being part of 350 acres of land conveyed to me by
Thomas Durrant ... in and about the place he now dwelleth on
Also to Thomas Burton one negro girl slave named John
to Sophronia Sinclair one negro girl slave named Mary Ann
1770: BB & mother Mary sold 74 acres Alligator Pond.
Mulatto Pen/Prospect
At some stage, Thomas acquired 500 acres patented by Nicholas Stevens in
the Mulatto Pen, Manatee Valley area. As it does not appear on M201, it was
probably more out in the valley, at a place delightfully called by Craskell
“Labour in Vain Savanna”, called Manatee valley in 1684, but later became Essex
Valley. Thomas’s widow, Mary and their (eldest) son Benjamin sold half of this
land to Richard Huggins Read in 1769[621]
for £450.
The fate of the other half is not clear.
Mulatto Pen: maybe a great house on satellite at N77º58’44.6” W77º34’08.3”
Benjamin and Thomas Christopher, sons of Thomas Burton were granted lands
about 4 miles SE of Gutters, around Mulatto Pen; an estate plan, Manchester
201, shows those of Benjamin and Thomas Christopher. A slightly later grant to
Zacharia Burton fits well on the NE boundary; Zacharia’s relationship with the
others is not known, but he may well have been a son of Benjamin by Dorothy
Rchester. Thomas almost immediately sold half of his grant. The 3rd
son, John Francis had a patent slightly further west about the same time, and
he also is shown as to the south of Benjamin’s 1788 patent; both locations
appear on Robertson’s map.
In January 1784, Thomas Christopher Burton patented 300 acres, on
the west side of the May Day mountains. The patent/plat has not been found, but
it is shown on Manchester 201 where the area was quoted as 300 acres, but when
drawn to scale (using Benjamin’s dimensioned patent), is about 520 acres. If, as
is implied by the deed, the northern slice was owned by Benjamin, the
remainder, which is the same shape as the deed plat, would have been the
original grant, nominally 300 acres, but measured as about 350 (the nominal
areas of the grants were often at variance with the actual area, one of the
reasons for the resurveys on the estate maps).
In a deed[622]
in March 1784, Thomas Burton & his wife Rachell of St Catherine sold for
ever to Joseph Williams of St Elizabeth for £50J 200 acres of land on W side of
May Day Mountains in St Elizabeth, part of run patented by Thomas Christopher
Burton in January of that year. On Manchester 201, Joseph Williams is shown as
having 25 acres on Benjamin’s patent, which he bought from Benjamin in 1786 (a
date which appears to predate the patent).
In 1788[623]
Benjamin (son of Thomas) patented 300 acres in the May Day Mountains
(East of Mulatto Pen), E on Thos Christopher Burton, S on Jno Frs Burton, SW
Road to Barrs Crawl & Rocky Mtns, NW & NE unknown. Shown on Manchester
201. It was known as Mount Elletson. He subsequently sold off about half of
this land, and 2 other small parts:
1788[624]:
Benjamin Burton sold to Joseph Williams, a free black man, for 5/- for 25A near
Mount Elliston, being part of a patent by Benjamin Burton: this is marked in
pencil on M201.
This was part of the combined patents shown on Manchester 201 map.
1797[625]:
Benjamin sold to (Hon) Joseph James Swaby esq for J£50 land near Mulatto Pen
100 acres being part of a run patented by Benjamin Burton SW on Nick Stevens NW
by Hon JJ Swaby, all other sides pat by Benjamin Burton. On NW corner of
Manchester 201. This parcel of land appears on Manchester 76 showing the
distribution of Alexander Sinclair’s land to his heirs, but there is no
conveyance to Sinclair found so far.
1803[626]
120 acres in the May Day mountains, known as Mount Elliston, part of 300 acres
patented by Benjamin sold for J£100 by Benjamin to Hannah Powell, Elizabeth
Burton, Mary Burton, Francis Treherne Burton, and Susanna Turner Burton, Sarah
Burton, Hannah Powell Burton, Benjamin Burton, and Elisha Powell Burton of St
Elizabeth people of colour. This was the NE arm of the original patent.
By this time, Benjamin only had a small area of his original patent left, but
it seems as though he had a slice of Thomas Christopher’s land, on which
Benjamin’s house is marked on M201.
The third brother, John Francis, was granted 300 acres in 1790, but
seems to have owned land on the south side of Benjamin’s patent: this must be
the land shown on Robertson, to the east of the Alligator Pond/gutters road.
1794[627]:
John Francis Burton, planter of St Elizabeth, for £3 sold to Joseph Williams,
Black Man of St Elizabeth, 1.75A of land part of run patented by Benjamin
Booth, some text msg.
A deed in 1809[628]
where John Francis gave (for 10/-) 5 acres in the Carpenters Mountains to Ann,
William More, Thomas Jno, Jno Thomas, Edward Francis, Joseph James, Elizabeth
Lockhart, Jane More & Henry Burton, the mother Ann and his children by her.
1790[629]:
John Francis, was granted 300 acres near Spanish Quarters on the road from
there to Mulatto Pen. Robertson shows J Burton on the west side of the road a
mile or 2 south of Gutters and J Burton to the NE of Nain. Spanish Quarters in
Lidell 1888 was NE of Nain, and Mulatto Pen on the eastern side of the
Alligator Pond-Gutters road. The roads do not align well with the modern ones,
either on the plat or the estate map of 1811.
1800[630]:
Frances Burton spinster, Ann Treherne Burton spinster, Judith Powell spinster,
Benjamin Powell jnr free man of colour of St Elizabeth of 1st pt & John
Burton of St Elizabeth, Planter 2nd Pt. 1st pt sold to 2nd pt for £200 94.5
acres in May Day mountains in St Elizabeth - refers to plat but it is not
there!
1807[631]:
John Burton planter of St E for J£500 from Richard Ashman OTP surgeon sold 400
A in May Day Mtns N on Daniel Rome E on Bryan Connor N & W unknown. It is
assumed that this is John Francis.
Zacharia Burton:
Zacharia was granted 300 acres adjoining Benjamin’s 1788 patent to the NE. He
appears in the Almamacs with about 25 slaves at Lucky Valley which on Liddell
corresponds with the patent. From 1826, a Zacharia Burton was at Fustic Grove:
this is on the Westmoreland/St Elizabeth border, to the NE of Scotts Cove and
seems to have been a small property with only about 6 slaves.
LAND IN ST ELIZABETH
The cadastral map of west central St Elizabeth shows Burton’s Pen (180A)
& Burtons Mountain (360A) on the east side of the road from Lacovia south,
with a note that they belong to Kilburn, with dates around 1730: Robertson has
Kilburns in this postion. These are shown on Liddell, but Craskel has nothing
marked there. A guess is that this is where Benjamin Burton, son of Francis
first took up residence in St Elizabeth.
Robertson shows:
J Burton:
on the west of the Gutters-Alligator
Pen Road: this is probably the grant to Jno Ch Burton in 1790. The plat shows
the road from Spanish Quarters to Mulatto Pen to the south. Spanish Quarters on
Liddell is NE of Nain. This may be Claremont on Liddell.
Burton:
just south of Blakes (Pen on
Liddell), east of Downs, but Matthew Burton at Blakes Pen on Almanacs, but
Blakes & Burton on Robbo shown as 2 places.
Z Burton:
east of Mulatto Pen – Lucky
Valley on Liddell & Almanacs, 1811, lucky Valley Daniel Austin
J Burton: SW of Lucky Valley, E of Mulatto Pen.
W Burton,)
Sampson, ) in the rough position of the 146 acres east of Plowden hill
J Burton )
1815: James Burton, estate of, Plowden, Vere
Estate Plan at Oldbury (btw Mandeville and Guttters) shows sons Benjamin,
Thomas Christopher & John Francis - Manchester 201.
1817 Clarendon: Chisholme, James, attorney, Trout Hall, 252/154
...Same, Mammee Gully, 24
AM10/15
Ch 23/3/1703 St Catherine, of Benjamin & Elbetha Burton.
Probably ”Benn” in Judith’s will who was left 6 spoons to share with his
brother, Thomas.
Issue by Dorothy Rochester:
1/1. Judith Burton
1/2. Ruth Burton
1/3. Susanna Burton
1/4. John Burton
1/5. Elizabeth Burton
His early life was probably on some of the lands from his grand-father,
Francis and he retained connections in the area: Judith, John and Elizabeth
were baptised togther in Clarendon in 1734. Later, he was variously described
as of St Elizabeth and of Vere: his lands were in the area which changed from St
Elizabeth to Vere in 1739. Benjamin was a relatively small landholder, with 155
acres in St Elizabeth in 1754. He probably inherited some from his father, but
his main holding was 146 acres in the Alligator Pond Mountains, bought in 1728
from Zacharia Gualtier, originally patented by Thomas Anderson; its exact
postion is speculative, but probably NE of Plowden Hill at Cross Keys. The
boundary between St Elizabeth and Vere was moved substantially west in 1739 by
Act of assembly; this would make the 146 acres firstly in St Elizabeth and then
in Vere, so this may have been his only substantial holding. He may have had a
little land around Alligator Pond as well from some deeds, probably from his
father. He seemd to have been rather less successful than his brother, Thomas;
Thomas’s sons carried on from their father in acquiring land in the general
Alligator Pond area.
There is no record of his having been married or having any legitimate
issue, but he had children by Dorothy Rochester baptised in St Elizabeth in the
early 1730’s. He may also have had issue by Hannah Mendez, whose children are
listed in his brother Thomas’s will. Thomas Burton, having inherited Benjamin’s
estate by intestacy, gave the 146 acres of Benjamin’s land to Hannah and
confirmed the manumission of her and her sons, Nicholas & Francis, referred
to as boys in 1763 making the relationship between Hannah & Benjamin
probable. It would seem possible that Nicholas & Francis at least were sons
of Benjamin by Hannah Mendez, and the the remainder were by Thomas, although
only Edward is specifically named as Thomas’s son, born at or soon after
Benjamin’s death. There is some doubt about Sampson’s father in that most of
the word has been rubbed out.
Benjamin probably died about 1761, intestate. In this case, his assets
devolved onto his brother, Thomas: the deed of 1767 states that Thomas granted
the 146 acres to Hannah Mendez in December 1761, giving a latest death date.
Benjamin and his brother Thomas seem to have worked
together as there are several mentions of Thomas & Mary and Benjamin in
deeds implicitly as partners. There was also a case in Chancery, basically
between Peter Sinclair and Robert Wright over unpaid debts by John to Robert
(probably wages amongst other things). Involved in this was a debt by the
Burton brothers, which may or may not have been paid by John; maybe this was
part of a wider disagreement between the Sinclairs and Burtons, which might
help to explain the evident spilt between John Hayle Sinclair and the rest of his
family as mentioned in his will.
The following deeds refer to land on the south coast between Milk River and
Alligator Pond.
Thomas Burton has a couple of deeds “bed & breakfasting” land in a similar
area in 1741.
A debtor with Thomas in Robert Wright’s will of 1749 (son of Andrew)
This debt mentioned in a suit in Chancery with Petere Sinclair in 1743[632]
Other Deeds:
1730 Deed[633]
Deed: Benjamin & Thomas Burton of St Elizabeth gave a negro boy to Judith
Burton spinster of St Elizabeth. If she died the negro to Benjamin Burton, a
minor. If both died, negro to the issue of Dorothy Rochester.
This must refer to Benjamin & his brother Thomas, both of whom were by this
time of St Elizabeth. Judith here appears to be of full age, the same
generation as Benjamin & Thomas, so who she was is open to question,
but not the concubine of JH Sinclair.
Benjamin minor was probably son of Thomas. The mention of the heirs of Dorothy
Rochester implies that at least some of Benjamin snr’s issue by her were
already born and that this Judith was Benjamin’s daughter by Dorothy.
1741: BB of Vere sold 15A and slaves at Alligator Pond to Elizabeth Bradford
1741: BB of Vere sold Hunt land in St Jago.
The deed seems to be incorrect in that Benjamin Burton snr left a will in 1720.
This does refer to Benjamin born 1703, the snr & jnr differentiate in the
text between father and son.
1741: BB & TB buys 40 A in Carp Mtns from Creamer, part of Powell Land.
1747 Manumission[634]:
Benjamin & Thomas Burton, of Vere, planters, manumit boy Tom son of negro
woman Qualinor?? Property of Benjamin.
1749: In a case in Chancery (see under John Sinclair), Peter Sinclair, John’s
brother, was sued by Robert Wright for money’s owed. Part of the argument
covered an amount owed by Robert Wright as overseer to John Sinclair: there was
dispute over whether the Burtons accepted 2 horses in settlement of this debt.
It appears that Peter Sinclair settled with the Burtons and then claimed on
John.
It would seem that the Burtons were either working for John Sinclair or had
sold him goods, which had not been paid for. Perhaps this was part of a more
extensive dispute between the Sinclairs and Burtons, with Robert Wright caught
between.
1750 Deed[635]:
Benjamin Burton gave 1 Negro to reputed daughter Elbeaton Burton
This is probably this Benjamin. (probably the daughter of Dorothy Rochester)
1750: BB & TB sold to Powell 50 A in Vere
1750 Deed[636]:
Thomas & Mary Burton to Benjamin Burton gift of slaves.
1754: Benjamin Burton owned 155 acres in St Elizabeth.
1754[637]:
Benjamin Burton sold John MacDonald 1 woman slave £55
1755: BB snr of St E sold 10A of Harrison land bt from Z Gaultier.
Administration, maybe him with Powell connection with son, although looks very
late for Ben’s death about 1761.
15/90 1/11/1770 Benjamin Burton by Benjamin Powell
Benjamin Burton, planter late of Vere & Benjamin Powell, principal
creditor, planter of St E.
inventory:
48/219, Ent 11/3/1771 Benjamin Burton of Vere planter by Benjamin Benet of Vere
1 negro man £40, 1 girl, £60, 4 mares. 1 old mare 2 colts old furniture £138.
Dorothy Rochester
Dorothy Rochester was a mulatto concubine of Benjamin Burton, two deeds of
about 1790 refer to her children and grandchildren. Her will has not been found
(2/2017). From a 1730 deed 83/78-83, some or all of her children were born
before June 1730: a later deed 380/46 of 1790 clarifies the first 3 daughters
and their issue living at the time by reference to Dorothy’s will. There is no
sign of whence Dorothy Rochester came, no will or inventory found (2/17).
There was a William Rochester who left a will in 1711[638] with Aligator Pond 50A
Also 160A at Wally Wash in St E: this is close to where the Burtons &
Dorothy were living. Although there is no mention of Dorothy in his will, it is
likely that he was her father.
An ancestry tree has Dorothy born 1700, daughter of William Rochester
(1690-1759) and Frances Rookes, both London born and white. Therefore Dorothy
as a mulatto could not be their daughter. The birth date of 1700 is possible,
although a bit early. See under Zacharia below.
William Rochester, son of William & Ann Ch St C 23/1/1797-8
1754: Dorothy R owned 39 acres and Nicholas 37 acres in St Elizabeth.
Also, Ruth Rochester, b abt 11/1755, ch St E 25/12/1756, dau of Ann Rochester.
1755: An Inenture Between Nicholas Rochesster & wife Mary free mulatto of
St E & Dorothy Rochester free mulatto of St E. for 5/- and several other
sums of money £400 recd from Dorothy Rochester by Nicholas Rochester Nicholas
give Dorothy 14 slaves 3 Riding hosres and 7 working steers.[639]
Were Nicholas & Dorothy siblings? Both mulatto’s.
Issue:
Ruth Burton, free woman of colour
John Swaby
Benjamin Powell
James Powell
Ann Rochester (Ann R natural dau of Ruth R free mulatto ch Cl 4/6/1737)
See will below, may be this Ann.
Judith Powell, free quadroon, d bef 1788
Hannah Woodcock, free mustee
Elizabeth Woodcock, from Susannah Burton’s will.
Judith Burton, free woman of colour.
Nicholas Sinclair
Alexander Sinclair
James Sinclair
Edward Sinclair
Joseph Sinclair
Ruth Sinclair, mustee
Sarah Sinclair
Susanna Burton, d bef 1788 will 1786 of Kingston?
Issue of Benjamin Burton by Dorothy Rochester, mulatto, the children therefore
quadroons, ch Clarendon:
1/1. Judith Burton ch as Ann Judy Twier Burton, Clarendon 4/4/1734.
She is specifically mentioned in
the deed of 1790 as Ruth’s mother and daughter of Dorothy Rochester. As her
daughter, Ruth Sinclair, was a mestice, Judith must have been a quadroon. This
fits.
No sign of Twier name – it may well have been a transcription error. See under
John Hayle Sinclair and Judith Burton for more on her.
There were several entries in St Catherine, late 17thC & early 18thC for
Twiner: this could be a misprint for Twier, or the other way round; even so,
there is no indication of any connection. Her will was proved 1822.
From 380/46.
2/1. Nicholas Sinclair
2/2. Alexander Sinclair
2/3. James Sinclair,
2/4. Edward Sinclair
2/5. Joseph Sinclair
2/6. Ruth Sinclair
1/2. Ruth Burton, of St Elizabeth, free woman of colour,
deed 380/46 issue:
1788[640]: Ruth Burton, free woman
of colour of St Elizabeth, sold John Swaby for £70 1 slave. She was deceased by
1812 (Hon JJS Will)
The following 4 were listed in the deed 380F46 of 1790 as children of Ruth
Burton, surnamed Swaby:
2/1. John Swaby. A John Swaby, son of Ruth Burton in JJS’s will. 380/46.
2/2. Joseph Swaby, son of Ruth,
father not named but probably Joseph James Swaby, see below.
2/3 Benjamin Powell, maybe bapt
Vere 30/11/1761, child but no parents.
1791[641]: Olive Wint of Vere free
Woman of Colour sold Benjamin Powell jnr of St E free Man of Colour 1 negro for
J£52. 380/46.
Issue by Diana Witter:
3/1. Dorothy WITTER as a Mixed Heritage Disabled Blind Owner, born 15 Apr 1774,
and baptised 18 September 1774 in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, the daughter of
Benjamin POWELL and Diana WITTER. She was a spinster.
2/4 Ann Rochester. Re Deed 380/46.
2/5 Judith Powell died bef 1788, free quadroon, 380/46.
as Hannah Woodcock was
consistently described as a free mustee, it is probable that either Mr Woodcock
or her father Powell was a man of colour. There is little doubt that the
following are the correct descendants of Judith. There are also children in
Kingston born early 1780’s, of Judith Powell, free mustee by Moses Benson, but
they are probably not this Judith but a later generation.
1786[642]:
This probably relates to our Judith, but the Susanna is probably not of our
family, in spite of the St Elizabeth connection: Susanna Burton lately of St
Andrew now of St Elizabeth, Spinster, sold to Judith Powell of Kingston for
£140 ½ of 2/3 of 175 acres in St George on the Ginger River & ½ of 2/3 of
75 acres in St Andrew on Wag Water river & Ginger River & ditto of 50
acres in St George on Wag Water R.
3/1. Hannah Woodcock, of
Kingston in 1790, 380/46.
free mustee in deed and in Mary
& Lucy’s baptism,
Issue all at Kingston:
4/1. Mary Dennis, dau of Francis Dennis,
by HW, b 24/9/1781, ch 28/7/1783.
4/2. Lucy Dunston, dau of George
Pinnock Dunston
by “the above HW”, b 2/7/1783, ch
28/7/1783.
4/3. George Dunston, bt George D.
b 2/10/1785, ch 31/7/1787
By William Daggers, HW free mustee:
4/4. Judith Daggers, b 5/1/1789, ch 26/5/1791
4/5. Hannah Daggers, HW free mustee B 24/4/1791, ch 26/8/1791
4/6. Mary Daggers, free mustee b 12/8/1793, ch 23/11/1793
4/7. William Daggers, b 25/9/1796, ch 4/10/1797
by Thomas Blease:
4/8. John Blease, b 4/11/1801, ch 1/2/1802
4/9. Ann Blease, b 2/12/1803, ch 2/3/1804
3/2. Elizabeth Woodcock
Issue of James Bowman by
Elizabeth Woodcock, Bap Kingston.
4/1. William Bowman, b 18/9/1794, ch 8/12/1794.
4/2. Edward Bowman, b 28/08/1797, ch 17/11/1797
4/3. John Bownam, B 9/8/1800, ch 9/3/1801
4/4. George Bowman b 20/2/1803, bap 22/4/1805.
Children of Ruth Burton almost
certainly by Hon JJ Swaby.
2/1. Joseph Swaby - born 16 Mar
1755, ch St E 22/4/1759
no father, but likely to be
Joseph James Swaby. No further information. The Joseph James Swaby named in
JJS’s will was born not earlier that 1786, so is not this one, who probably
died early.
2/2. John Swaby,
son of Joseph James Swaby by Ruth
Burton (ref JJS will) & deed 380/46, 1788,
B abt 1758, bur 17/11/1825 Manchester (Jam PR) aged 67. His son, James, was
probably Francis Maitland’s executor in 1824.
Married Frances King, free mulatto.
Issue:
3/1. James Swaby, b 1798, married Elizabeth Sutton
Granted Rights & Privileges
of whites, 1823. A source refers to him as mulatto, but no certainty.
3/2. Ruth Swaby, 1791-1853,
married Thomas Oxley
3/3. George Swaby, MD, 1800-1859
married 1822, Scarborough, Ann
Robertson, 1804-1887
Ann dau of John & Caroline (Swaby) Robertson – Caroline dau of JJS by his
wife, Ann Wilson
Issue:
4/1. John William Swaby, 1830-1854, married 1851 Hammersmith Everilda Jane
Hamer
2/3. Elizabeth Swaby b. abt.
1760, ch. 1767, St. Mary, Rotherhithe
1/3. Susanna Burton, Buried Kingston 9/12/1786.
was this her baptised 26/7/1718,
dau of Benjamin Burton?
1761[643]:
Edward Bendall, merchant of Kingston, sold Susanna Burton, spinster of St
Elizabeth, a slave for £50.
Will[644]:
Susanna Burton now of Kingston, late of St Andrew free mulatto. 5 slaves to
kind and affectionate niece Judith Powell of Kingston spinster, after her
decease to g/nieces Hannah & Elizabeth Woodock. Judith Powell sole exec.
Inventory 71/31, difficult to read:
June 1787 Susanna Burton, late of Kingston, free mulatto by Judith Powell I
beahfit? Old 1 Stool? 4 chairs 1 small table 6 china plates parcel of old
clothes £*/7/6
1/4. John Burton, ch Clarendon 4/4/1734PR.
1/5. Elizabeth Burton, ch Clarendon 4/4/1734PR.
Given a negro by her father 1750
1/4. Zachary Burton – a strong possibility to be a 4th
child
as he called his children by 2nd
name Rochester:
Zachary Burton To JJ Swaby – 1813[645].
Zachary Burton planter of St Elizabeth 1st pt Joseph James Swaby of St
Elizabeth esq. Doubts and disputes btw Zachary Burton & Joseph James Swaby
in respect to the title of slaves named after. They agree to split the slaves
and to agree the title of 7 slaves to Zachary Burton and Zachary Burton assigns
12 slaves to Joseph James Swaby.
Zacharia Burton To Jos Jas Swaby - 1815.
651/212 Feb-18 Date 20/5/1814. Zacharia Burton the elder a free MoC of St E for
£16 from Joseph James Swaby for 8 acres near the Gutters hereto for belonging
to William Burton on all sides Joseph James Swaby. Phot 1455 12/2
1789 granted[646]
300 acres in the May Day Mountains in St Elizabeth, SE on patent of Benjamin
Burton and Thomas Christopher Burton, NW on land patented by John Swaby, and
all other sides unkonwn.
Either he or more probably his son was listed on the Almanacs at Lucky Valley,
St Elizabeth (to the SW of Nain on Liddell in the middle of the Essex Valley),
first appearing in 1812 until 1825 and then at Fustic Grove, to the NW of Font
Hill, west of Black River.
Ancestry Tree has Hannah the daughter of William Rochester and Frances or Mary
Rookes, both London born and therefore almost certainly white Therefore Hannah,
a slave, mother of Zacharia’s children cannot be Hannah Rochester, dau of
William & Frances.
Ch at St Elizabeth:
2/1. Sarah Rochester Burton, dau of Zachary Burton & Hannah a slave,
ch St E btw April & Aug
1768, aged abt 4PR.
A Possibility:
Sarah Burton To Philip Pinnock – 1794
420/66 Feb-17 Date 3/1/1794 ent
17/5/1794
Sarah Burton, woman of colour of Kingston, sold to Philip Pinnock, planter of
Westmoreland, for £200 2 slaves.
2/2. Bonella Rochester Burton dau
of Zachary Burton & Hannah a slave,
ch St E btw April & Aug
1768, aged abt 3PR.
There are deed references to
Zacharia the elder, so these look like the issue of his son, Zacharia:
The reputed children of Zachary Burton (looks a bit like Burtoa in 19thC
transcript, but must be Burton) by Nanny a negro belonging to Ruth Burton the
children freed, ch 26/9/1788 – no birth date given:
2/3. John Rochester Burton. Ch 26/9/1788 St Elizabeth.
2/4. Joseph Rochester Burton. Ch 26/9/1788 St Elizabeth.
2/5. Zachary Burton, no parents given.
Ch St Elizabeth, Oct 14, 1787,
aged 11, free Sambo.
Also:
William Rochester, son of William & Ann, ch 23 January 1697, Clarendon.
Ann, dau of Ruth Rochester, ch 4/6/1737, Clarendon
Ruth, dau of Ann Rochester, ch 26/12/1756, St E.
Also ch 26/9/1788 Mary Rochester, free negro.
Mary Ann Rochester, b 1/4/1786, ch 27/11/1800, free quadroonPR. She
married? Simpson, and produced a daughter, Dorothy who married Joseph Edward
Burton.
Will of Ann Rochester: Date 28/9/1821, ent 6/6/1822 of St E. Son Nicholas Bent,
Dau Elizabeth Bent, son Stephen Bent, son Joseph Bent, son John Benjaim Bent
all 5 slaves. Racly Ebanks. G/sons Albert & ??? Ebanks. To all children 300
acres part of a run known as Tophill. Grandson George Facey Bent. Nicholas,
Anne & William Bent ch St E, 8 Nov 1761, base ch of Ann.
Also Benjamin (5), Henry (3), & Stephen (2) illeg sons of John Bent &
Agnes Rochester ch July 1770, St E
Elizabeth Bent, quadroon dau of John Bent & Ann Rochester, b 28/3/1781, ch 20/8/1807.
Albert Bent (Ebanks), quadroon, lawful son of Albert Ebanks & Ann his wife,
b 14/4/1785, ch 20/8/1807.
Susannah Eleanor Bent, quadroon, born 14/4/1785, dau of Joh Bent and Ann
Register, ch 20/8/1807.
Baps at “Mr Bent’s” Pedro Plains. 20/8/1807. Ref quadroons issue of Stephen
Bent & & Debby McDonald, b1791-1803. Ref issue of Nicholas Bent &
Sarah Powell b 1793-1806. Also Parchments (St E f129).
Unknown Burton
Mary Booth Burton, dau of Susaanna Masden, ch Vere, 27/7/1769.
Sarah the property of S Burton bap St E April-Aug 1768 abt 30 years of age.
Melsia's post (from ancestry tree re Mark Chang, 11/2023, Dr Melsia Tomlin-Kraftner)
Another puzzle for us to resolve:
Bonella aka Bonny (abt 1765) Rochester and her sister Sarah
(abt 1764) Rochester were enslaved daughters of Zachary Burton with an enslaved
woman named Hannah.
Zachary, the son of Benjamin Burton had paid his mother
Dorothy Rochester 5 shillings to manumit all three of them. Thus the girls
having his mother's Rochester name (well, the girls and their mother actually
belonged to Ruth Rochester-Burton, Zachary's sister and the mother of Ann, the
John Bent lady).
Bonella Rochester later had children with John Benjamin
Burton (of which there are 4 of them). Who was he?
They had 3 children;
Frances Turner Burton (she dropped the name Burton when she
had MEAD children)
Hannah Magdalena Turner Burton and John Benjamin Burton Jnr
(he had no Turner name).
Who was Turner? It was normal for children to
Edward Burton appears from 1777 or earlier, one deed showing him as a surveyor:
there is no indication of who he was, the only one found in our family being
too young (son of Hannah Mendez), e.g.:
1777[647]:
John Rome & Edward Burton surveyors of Vere sold to John Wint of St
Catherine, watchmaker for £125 619A in St Elizabeth W on Laughlan McLaughlan
& Henry Laird, N on u/s, E on remaining part of land belonging to Rome
& Burton and sold to Rev Thomas Pool S on One Eye road.
This looks to be in the north of St Elizabeth, quite far from our line’s St
Elizabeth holdings.
1794[648]:
Elizabeth Burton, free mulatto of Kingston, for £160 sold to Adam Bowie,
mariner, a 1/4 lot in K #414 & another 1/12th lot
1788[649]:
James Burton buys at sale 1 negro for £45/10 from court after writ by David
Perreir Mendez against Richard Huggins Read (Clarendon Cross btw Rio Minho
& Old Harbour on Craskell).
1826[650]:
Keen Ellison Burton of Manchester, spinster, sold to Dorothy Johnson for £12 3A
in Plurden in Manchester (Plowden)
Keen Ellington Burton at Content, just north of Plowden Hill in the Almanacs
Keen Ellington Burton, ch Vere 25/8/1817, a free quadroon man.
Westmoreland Burtons
Samuel Burton To Jno Kinloch 75/162 Feb-17 Dated 6/8/1768,
ent 23/10/1770. Samuel Burton of Westmoreland, Carpenter, for £390 sold to John
Kinloch 3 slaves
1675 Map: Burton appear to the NNW of Bridgtown (wind & cattle mill) and
also SE of Charles town, Christ Church Parish (cattle mill). The Ellacotts were
neighbours in St Michaels.
NB MAP WEST UP!
There was also a Burton property in Christ Church: this parish’s records
show Thomas and Ann Burton having children between 1682 and 1694 and Richard in
a similar period.
The earliest Burtons found in Barbados are John (b abt 1618) & George
(b abt 1612), both being transported to the Island (on different ships in
1635), having taken Oaths of Allegiance & supremacy. This John is probably
the one which is supposed to have gone to Salem, arriving in 1637. It is difficult
to see where this idea originated, so I have no idea if it is correct, although
the earliest source refering to it is “Salem Witchcraft with an Account of
Salem Village by Charles W Upham, published Boston, 1867”. This history states
that John Burton of Essex County had passed through Barbados in the 1630’s as a
tanner before going to Essex county, Mass; Upham does not give the source of
this, but it was probably the transportation records. These do not have any
suitable Francis’s, so, while it is possible that our Francis was related to
John of Essex county, it is unlikely. This family is also described in detail
by Francis Burton Harrison[651]
in 1933, and makes no reference to Barbados, but has them direct from London.
There is some discussion on Ancestry forums that our Francis might have
been one of 3 brothers in Longfield, Virginia 2 of whom, Thomas & John
settled in Virginia, and the 3rd, Francis, a tobacco trader, settled
in Barbados & his wife was Judith Allen. Some sources have a Francis Burton
marrying a Judith Allen in the late 16thC and that their son was the
father of our Francis, who also married a Judith Allen: a remarkable
coincidence. The Henrico county connection seems to have prigianted around 2000
where someone suggested a connection with Francis Burton in Virginia and the
one in Barbados.
This theory is an example of how an incorrect assumption can proliferate
over the internet. As far as I can see, there is no rel evidence to connect the
Barbados Francis Burton with Virgina. The April 1790 death date for Francis in
Barbados that appears is wrong and probably applies to a John Burton. There is
no doubt that our Francis Burton died in Jamaica in July 1690, both froo his
will and his burial record.
There is a Wikitree with Francis being born in Henrico County, Vrginia and
about 1630, son of Richard & Christian Burton, and have him marrying Judith
Allen (born about 1653), with his death 1 April 1690 in Henrico County. The
site links some of the children of Captain Francis in Barbados with this
individual, and that he was a tobacco trader from Virginia. This supposition
cannot work:
Judith would have been a bare 15
years old when their first son was born September 1668.
There were other children born to Francis and Judith in Barbados who appear in
Jamaica in our Francis’s will.
Our Francis was left a will and a burial record in Jamaica in July 1690.
There is no evidence from deeds that Francis was a tobacco trader: the estate
he sold on leaving Barbados was a sugar property.
The death date of 1 April 1690 is also attached, more convincingly, to John
Burton of Longfield, Henrico Co, Virginia.[652]
Another Wikitree source has Francis son of Richard and Katherine Burton, who
were married in London in 1604: this would make our Francis very old to have
children in 1668 onwards.
It seems unlikely that this is our Francis, although there are Arundell’s
appearing in Virginia in Hotton’s Lists. There were, however, strong links
between the early West Indian colonies and the New England ones, and the Governor
of New England at the time, Winthrop, may have had some influence in the
Indies.
An example of the internet discussions of the Burtons of Barbados &
Virginia follows:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burton-1584
This has Francis Burton, brother of John Burton of Longfield, Virgina, possibly
from Longner, Shropshire:-
“Francis Burton dealt in tobacco trade in Virginia and settled in Barbados with
2 sons (which died before him) and wife Judith Allen. He died there, also.
A John Burton came as an indentured servant from Bristol to Barbados from Fisherton
Anger (Salisbury) Indenture dated August 9 1659 to James Bennet of New Sarum,
Wilts, merchant.
One source has a John Burton "from London to Barbados in 1635 age 17. By
1637 to Salem, MA, to Long Island, and then back to Barbados." As shown
below, there were a number of contemporary John Burtons in Barbados.
A William Burton is listed in Barbados in 1638 as one of a list of holders
of more than 10 acres.
Thomas Burton, Mariner of London.
There were 2 deeds in 1658[653]
relating to a Thomas Burton, a mariner from London to act as attorney for two
Londoners to recover debts owed by merchants in Barbados. There is no obvious
relation to us. These deeds were lodged in Barbados presumable as they relate
to transactions on Barbados.
John Burton snr & Ann of Christ Church
A John Burton, aged 24, was a witness to a Barbados will in 1649.
John senior was a planter of Christ Church, Barbados, will of 1669, proved
March 1669/70: wife Ann, eldest son John Jr, Thomas & Richard daus
Elizabeth & Ann, Charles.
Date 11/3/1669 ent 22/3/1669-70. John Burton snr planter. Gives all to wife and
children except for 10 acres in Christ Church. 1st to wife Ann Burton and son
Charles, 20 acres where I live and 4 working negroes, cow calf, breeding mare,
etc. 2nd to eldest son Jno Burton jnr 20 acres purchased from Edward Griffin
when 21, if dies to brother Edward 3rd 2 sons Thomas & Richard 16 a & 4
negroes 4th house on Palm St in St Michaels to wife as guardian to children Ann
& Elizabeth
1680[654]:
Samuel Smart of town of St Michael attorney to George Pott merchant of London
for £140 stlg from Ann Burton now or late of St Joseph town house in St Michael
for ever.
Issue of John snr & Ann:
1/1. John Burton, bap 17/4/1651
Bur C/C 13/2/1679, John Burton
snr.
The will reference to 20 acres ties this John to his father.
Date 11/2/1678 ent 29/3/1678. John Burton of Christ Church weak Wife Hannah (my
transcript confused)? Burton exec, son Thomas Burton 20 acres where house is.
Sons Thomas & Richard R & R. Dau Elizabeth & one other, not named,
10 acres John Ashurst & John Rucke overseers... Sanders Christ Church
Parish, 11 Feb 1678, RB6/9, p. 414 Wf Agnis Burton*; sons Thomas Burton &
Richard Burton; daus Elizabeth Burton & Ann Burton; friends John Ashurst
& John Rucke - Overseers, signed John (x) Burton Wit: Daniel Maccoy,
Henry Fiernhead Proved 24 Mar 1678"
2/1. Elizabeth Burton, bap C/C 22/1/1663.
2/2. Thomas Burton
2/3. Richard Burton
2/4. Ann Burton
1/2. Charles Burton, Bap Feb 1652
1/3. Edward Burton,
1/4. Thomas Burton
1/5. Richard Burton, Bap C/C 29/5/1659
1/6. Ann Burton, Bap C/C 25/7/1665
1/7. Elizabeth Burton
John Burton and John Burton snr were buried in Christ Church 10th
& 13th February 1679 respectively.
A John Burton married Judith Griffin, C/C 5/12/1672
Mrs Judith Burton married Mr Thomas Ellacot St Michael, 6/3/1678-9.
Thus this John-John line was not the one who married into the Arundell line.
Joseph Burton & wife Mary in Barbados in 1709
Burton/Arundell Connection
Arundells appear in Gloucestershire in the 18thC.
John Burton,
married to Frances Arundell with 3 sons by 1668 must have been born well before
1650.
Arundell appear in 1675 map of Barbados, on the coast, west of Burton’s estate
to the north to St Michaels (Bridgtown).
This John Burton cannot be the son of John & Ann Burton above.
A John Burton married to Frances Arundell, daughter of Robert & Frances
Arundell (from Robert Arundell’s Barbados will of 1668, no church record found;
Capt Robert Arundell Bur St James, 14/10/1678).
Issue of John & Frances Burton, St Michaels, Barbados, (from RA will).
1/1. John Burton (jnr in RA will of 1668) – probably the John Burton died about
1720 in Jamaica.
1/2. Maudlin Burton
Probably too young – maybe the
next generation.
Bap St M 1/1/1672-3 Maudlin Burton – no parents given, many like this here
(Sanders P15)
1/3. Edward Burton
A possible line from this John, because of the son name Arundell, who was seen
to have moved between Jamaica & Barbados:
This family appears to have moved between Jamaica and Barbados: both parents
died in Port Royal, but son Arundel was married later in Barbados.
John & Mary Burton,
who died in Jamaica in 1720 & 1728, must have been born about 1665-80.
A Mary Burton buried St Andrew 15/7/1691.
As he had a son named Arundell, John must have been a son of Frances (Arundell)
Burton, and was probably the John jnr in Robert Arundell’s will dated 1668.
1700 Deed[655]:
buys foot land in Port Royal, a carpenter.
1710[656]:
Peter Beckford lets land in Port Royal for 9.5 yrs to John Burton carpenter
1711 Deed[657]:
John (a carpenter) & Mary bought foot land in Lime Street, Port Royal from
Fabritius Smith (gent).
1714 Deed[658]:
sold 4 slaves to John Lawrence, planter of Westmoreland. Maybe John & Mary
traded in a small way in slaves?
From his will of 1720, John was a carpenter of Port Royal, and listed his
children, most of whom were in Mary’s will.
Will of John Burton.
15/168 date 12/1/1718-9
of Port Royal, Carpenter, Ent 11/4/1719. SIck
Wife of Mary Burton – 1728, very probably originated in Barbados.
Son John Burton property “the Store warehouse ??” adjoining my dwelling house
.. Daughter Mary, wife Mary,
Sons Charles, William (<16), Arundell, James.
Dau Sarah Dennis.
Inventories[659]:
2 inventories were made, the first in 1719, the second in 1720 being for items
not shown before. It is assumed that they are both for our John Burton: they
show tools and trade goods which a carpenter might have owned.
.. Of Port Royal shown by Robert Buckingham & Mary Burton: £360-12-6 (£170K/2015)
A second inventory … John Burton .. Which were forgot and not shown unto us ..
At the first appraisement. Total second £37-5-0
Widow of John Burton – 1719.
17/248 Ent 6/1/1728 dated 1 February 1725
Copy of Full Text on file
Widow of Port Royal
Son Charles Burton
Son Arundel Burton
Son James Burton
Dau Frances Lawrence
Dau Sarah Dennis
G/son Digby Dennis when 21
G/sons John Samuel & William Burton when 21
Married Mary (will[660]
of 1725/8 Widow of Port Royal)
2/1. John Burton, eldest son.
Was this him? 23/6/1670 Jno son
of Mr John Burton St Michaels Barbados (Sanders P13)
£5 left by mother Mary Burton in 1728.
Merchant of Port Royal (1724), of Kingston in 1732
Married Dorothy Foude
1724 Deed[661]:
buys slave for wife Dorothy
1732 Deed[662]:
as eldest son & heir of Mary Burton, leases in Port Royal inherited from
mother Mary to Ignatius Duany
A possibility:
John Burton, merchant of Port Royal
7/2/1733-4 3/96 Admon.
John Burton died intestate
Admon to John Barton trustee for children: John, Samuel, William & Mary
Burton, all under 21.
2/2. Mary Burton – b say 1710ish
Mary Burton & Mr James
Dewsbury married the same day as brother Arundel in Barbados, 18/7/1731. No
further trace of the Dewsbury’s.
2/3. Charles Burton – in Mary’s
will
2/4. William Burton
2/5. Arundel Burton – in Mary’s will.
An Arundell Burton will in
Jamaica about 1784 (50/190).
Bur Arundel Burton Kingston, 27/6/1777, Gent, churchyard.
Arundell Burton who appears in the Jamaica Deeds in the mid 18thC was probably
of this line. Most deeds have not been copied.
1762[663]:
Arundell Burton of Kingston gent sold Sicely Thomas a negro for £20
Married Elizabeth Lee, Spinster, St Michaels, Barbados 18/7/1731[664]
3/1. John Burton ch St Michael’s Barbados 3/6/1732,
son of Mr Arundell &
Elizabeth Burton b 3d last June. (p 99)
3/2. Edward Burton b 17/3/1738
ch 16/2/1739, Kingston, Jamaica,
of Arundel & Elizabeth spelt
Borton in PR.
Edward Burton to George Henderson
314/155 dated 10/5/1783 ent 5/9/1783
Edward Burton merchant of Kingston sold for £300 to George Henderson merchant
of Kingston 36 Acres 15 Perches in St Catherine, E part on branch of Lagoon
River & part on road leading to Covenys, W on Charles March esq, E Henry
Dawkins esq, N on another branch of the Lagoon River & NW on Pat of Capt
John Noy
Edward Burton – 1785
339/109 Dated 16/2/1785 ent 6/3/1786
Indenture btw Edward Burton of Kingston & William Lord of Vere
Edward Burton sold to WL a slave for £20.
2/6. James Burton – in Mary’s
will
Was this him?
Deborah Burton, dau of James Burton by Sarah May, b 15/12/1771, bap 3/8/1773
(V1 P36)
2/7. Frances Burton, married Mr.
Lawrence bef 1728. In Mary’s will.
2/8. Sarah Burton married Jonathan Dennis before 1719,
marriage not found, so b bef
1700.
3/1. G/son Digby Dennis when 21 in G/mother Mary’s will of 1728
Issue of Digby & Sarah (in
one case Sarah Newby)
4/1. Digby William Dennis, Port Royal, 17530905
4/2. Digby Dennis, St Catherine, 17670212
4/3. Jonathan Dennis, St Catherine 17670212
4/4. Phillip Dennis, St Catherine 17641220
4/5. Pinnock Dennis, Kingston 17600531
4/6. Thomas Dennis, Port Royal 17541017
4/7. Catherine Dennis, Port Royal 17611206
4/8. Edwin Dennis, Port Royal 17560412
4/9. George Dennis, Kingston 17581125
Mary Burton also mentioned G/sons John Samuel & William Burton when 21
St Michaels, Barbados, Frances Lawrence god mother 12/6/1724. (p73)
During his residence in England, Theodore Palaeologus had, by Mary Balls,*~*
the following issue: 1. Theodore, [buried in Westminster Abbey, in 1644?] ; 2.
John; 3. Ferdinand [the Barbadian] ; 4. Mary, [d. unm.] ; 5. Dorothy, [wife of
William Arundel, married 1656].
Also:
John Burton of Christ Church, will 1678/9, wife Agnis, sons Thomas &
Richard, daus Elizabeth & Ann.
Elizabeth Burton, 22/1/1663-4, dau of John & Agnes, Bap Christs Church
Agnes Burton, widow St Georges 55 acres & 17 negroes
And:
Mar Christ Church 5/12/1672 John Burton & Judith Griffin (p331).
Mar St Catherine, Jamaica, Frances Burten, 1684
And:
28/11/1678 Charles ye son of John & Elizabeth Burton bur Christ Church.
Richard Burton buying land in Kingston 1694.
Robert Burton of Barbados
A Robert Burton’s will of 1675 seems to have had no family,
but owned slaves formerly belonging to Francis Smith.
A Robert Burton given freedom by Francis Smith’s will of 1671
A Robert Burton witness to wills in 1652 & 1663
Jacob Burton of Barbados
9/9/1694 St M, Barbados, Mary dau of Jacob & Mary Burton
(p34)
Will of John Spring St M 8/11/1698 Friends Jacob Burton of St M and Mary Burton
his wf xtrs. (p330)
There is also a mention of a Cornet Francis Burton as Cornet as a member of a
troop of horse of the Leeward Islands 1 July 1680, Nevis Calendar of State
Papers.
Francis Burton in Antigua
A Lieutenant Francis Burton had 300 acres in Antigua in 1683[665].
VLO in his history of Antigua has a number of entries relating to
Cornet/Lieutenant Francis Burton around 1680.
Langord Oliver documents a Burton tree descending from Capt Francis Burton. In
the same section of his volume 1, there is an extract from Barbados parish
records of Francis Burton, which we know of. These 2 together may be one of the
causes of confusion between the various Francis Burtons in the West Indies and
Virginia.
Ellacott/Ellicott
The connection with Ellacott in Jamaica is via a Mrs Judith Burton who
married Thomas Ellacott in 6/3/1678-9; she was very probably the widow of John
Burton, who married Judith Griffin in 1672 in Christ Church, Barbados. Lt
Thomas Ellacott was a deponent in a Barbados will of 1680[666]. Thomas Ellacott, husband
of Judith, died abt 1692, will dates 27/4/1692, probated 8/7/1693.
Francis Burton in 1676 makes Thomas Ellicott of Barbados an heir “of last
resort” failing all others. It is probable that Francis Burton was closely
related to this John, maybe a brother. No will or other evidence of a suitable
John Burton has appeared (8/2013).
In 1674, Ellacot appear a few miles North of St Michaels (Bridgetown)
Barbados with a cattle mill, and still there in 1722, Also E & N of St
James.
This John Burton does not fit well with the 2 distinct John Burtons shown
above; it is just possible that he was John jnr, son of John & Ann Burton,
but wife Judith married Thomas Ellicott an indecently(!) short time after
John’s burial. If that were the case, John Burton snr (will of 1669) might have
been Francis’s brother, and John who married Judith, Francis’s nephew. All very
speculative.
Thomas Ellacott snr:
Probably dead before 1679
Thomas Ellacott bur St Michal’s 19/8/1674
1650, witness to will then aged 24.
1658 & 1669 Witness to wills
Ref Wills of Richard & Joane Vines (1651 & 1669)
RB3/48 Thomas Ellacott To Andrew Argyle – 1654
2/743 date 10/6/1654 ent 6/7/1654. I Thomas Ellicott ack receipt of 2 able
working brown bulls & 2 negroes from Andrew Argyle and that they belong to
him.
RB3/48 Thomas Ellacott To John Wall – 1654
2/751 Date 7/6/1653 Ent 13/7/1654. Thomas Ellicott merchant of Barbados. Ann
Neinson widow of Christopher Neinson. Ann Neinson sold 1/8/1649 (text said 59),
property in St Michaels, to John Wall of London, and Capt John Wall of London
did sold to Thomas Ellicott 11/5/1650. Thomas Ellicott sold to James Cornellis.
RB3/48 Thomas Ellacott To George Hancock – 1655
3/807 Date 1/8 1655 ent 22/8/1655. Thomas Ellicott for £500 & 32000lbs of
sugar from George Hancock for 5 able negres, 2 christian servants, 2 working
mils 8 ass negroes, 3 copper stills and worme, 1 copper cooler and 1 set of
mill work 36 hoggs which I rent from Thomas Reed etc
RB3/48 Thomas Ellacott To John Hancock – 1655
3/830 Looks like a repeat of 807 to John Hancock - probably truncated pages.
RB3/48 Margaret Ellacott To Richard Penfold – 1680
10/523 Date 23/6/1680 ent 29/1/1680-1. Margaret Ellicott of St Michael widow,
for 10/- for the assurance of the great true fidelity etc which I have in my
well beloved friend Richard Penfold I sold to Richard Penfold 14 acres where I
now live on Col john codd, cpt John Parris, formerly John Dueds, and also 13
3/4 acres in St Michael adjacent the 14 acres adj Col John Stanfash called
Fontabell, Jacob Lake, John Mercer, carpenter, to retain use during her lfe
bur St Michael, 4/11/1680
1679: Widow Ellicott, 86 acres, 10 negroes, St Andrews. Hotton.
Married Margaret Vines, dau of Richard & Joane Vines[667] of St Michaels
Margaret’s will of 1680/4[668]
Margaret Ellacott 9/136 – 1684 10/328
Date 11/9/1680 Ent 12/3/1685. Margaret Ellacott widow of St Michaels, weak
& sick. 1st to son Vines Ellacott I negro 1 silver boat a turkish carpet 1
table 1 chair. 2nd son Henry 1 negrow boy, when 21. 3rd son Richard 1 negro
etc when 21. 4th dau Margaret Ellacott 2 slaves etc. 5th dau Mary 2 negro women
when 6 or married. 6th Dau Lucretia 2 women slaves 1 cow when 16 or married.
Vines to inherit if others die. 8th to son Thomas 1/- to his son 500lbs
muscavado 7 years after my decease 9th g/sons John & Vines Jeffreys 500 lbs
muscavado 7 years after my decease Vines Ellacott & Richard Penfold execs
It is probable that Richard Vines came from Maine, USA in 1645[669].
Issue:
1/1. Thomas Ellacott (JV will & ME will) died abt 1692 (his will)
Married Judith Burton, St M
6/3/1678-9, probably the widow of John Burton who she married at St Michael’s
Barbados, 5/12/1672 as Judith Griffin, baptised Christ Church, 11/11/1655 of
Edward and Judith.
She remarried Mr Smith & her will of 1708, widow of St M. Alive 1692.
Mentioned in sister Margaret’s will.
Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original list (Ancstry.com image):
Barbados: A list containing the Mrs & Mistresses of Plantations, Quantities
of acres, Number of householders serving for themselves, tenants, freemen &
servants within the Division of Capt Humphrey Waterman’s Company (6 Jan 1679):
Mr Thomas Ellicot 100 acres, 3 freemen.
A list of the troop of horse under Capt John Merricke
these persons doe not appear: Mr Tho Ellicott & 1 horse.
Will:
RB6/3/198. Date 27/4/1692, Ent 8/7/1693. Sick, 2nd to wife Judith Ellicott 1
negro for life then to either of my children as she thinks fit. 6 children
Thomas, John, Richard, Judith, Margaret & Mary, Thomas to have double
share, Wife Exec during her widowhood then Coll John Waterman Major Benony
Waterman, Mr John Waitt & brother Henry Ellacott execs.
Thomas Ellacott witness of a will in 1688[670].
Issue (his will 1692)
2/1. Thomas Ellacott – final legatee in Francis Burton’s will of 1690
Mrs Susanna Ellacott (wife of
Capt Thomas in birth in 1711) a godmother in a Barbados birth 1722.
Mentioned in sister Margaret’s will
Barbados St Michael’s Marriages:
1/1/1701-2 Mr Thomas Ellicott & Mrs Susana Butterworth.
3/1. Judith Ellicott, b & bur June 1703 (MI)
Died aged 29 hours (MI) PR:
12/6/1703.
3/2. Susanna Ellicot
Died 5/10/1704 Aged 20 days (VLO
MI)
3/3. Mary Ellacottt, born
1/1/1706, bapt 25/1/1706, St Michael Mr Thomas & Susan
3/4. Hannah Ellacott bap St Michael 3/5/1711 of Capt Thomas & S.
2/2. John Ellacott – alive 1708
2/3. Richard Ellacott
2/4. Judith Ellacott
2/5. Margaret Ellacott
2/6. Mary Ellacott – alive & unm 1708
1/2. Vines Ellicott (JV will) (b. bef 1657 re dep 26/8/1657,
RV will)
Referred to as cousin to Thomas
Lukumbe in the latter’s will of 1681
Vines had land in St Michaels 1685-6
Tickets granted ... for the departure off this Island ... (Hotton):
Vines Ellicott in the ship supply for Boston John Mellowes Commander –
security. 24/5/1679.
Vines Ellacott To George Tyrwhit – 1681
RB3/48/14/109 Date 1/1/1680 ent 12/7/1681. Vines Ellacott Merchant of Barbados
& George Tyrwhitt & his wife Joane, planter. Vines Ellacott lets to
George Tyrwhitt 26 acres in St Michaels, now on lease to Lt col Jno Codrington,
for £7/year and £76 for the first and last years rent.
A Vines Ellicott “MA St Davids” 1704 – JFS.
Jamaica Will:
13/121 Vines Ellacott Feb-18 Date 9/6/1712 Ent 5/7/1712. Vines Ellacott of St
Andrew esq, Son Ricks Ellacott £10, wife Mary negro boy for life, to wife all
land in St Andrew & 1/2 of estate for dower, R&R to nephew Thomas
Ellacott in Barbados, merchant. Exec wife & "brother" William
Bonner of St Dorothy.
1/3. Eliza Ellicot, d bef 1680 (ME will), M. Mr Jno Jefferys
July 6 1672, St Michael. (Sanders)
Issue:
Vines Jefferys (ME Will) – in Antigoe in 1704 (JJ Will)
John Jefferys (ME Will) – d 1704 (Will)
Issue of JJ:
John Jefferys
Valentine Jefferys.
1/4. Henry Ellacott, b. aft 1659 (ME Will) – had issue –
alive 1708.
Mentioned in sister Margaret’s
will. Mar Amy Long, St Michael, 28/12/1684.
1/5. Richard Ellacott, b. aft 1659 (ME Will)
1/6. Margaret Ellacott, b. aft 1662 (ME Will) – her will spinster 1691[671].
Margaret Ellacott 1692 3/19
Date 17/7/1691, Ent 2/9/1692. Margaret Ellacott, spinster ill & sick. 1st
to brother Thomas Ellacott, all money he owes me. Brother Henry 1 negroe,
sister Lucretia 1 negroe and chest of drawers & apparel. To Henry &
Luctretia, money owed by Magr (major?) Bemony Waterman. Henry Exec (Lucretia
married Croxton & will extract of 1718 in Barb images)
1/7. Mary Ellacott, b. aft 1662 (ME Will)
1/8. Lucretia Ellacott, b. aft 1664 (ME Will)
Her will[672] of 1718, widow of St
Michaels
Married Mr Croxon, died bef 1718.
Issue:
John Nicholas Croxon
Burtons Plantations - Rose
The Rose family appear to have acquired the Burton Rio Magno properties by
early 18th C.
See Caribbeanaea Vol V, P 130 (PDF 266).
Will of Fulke Rose, 1693, leaves inter alia, plantations in St Thomas in the
Vale .. called Mickleton,... land at Maggatty called Warrens and Hipperslys..
Fulke Rose married Elizabeth Langley of Port Royal 11/7/1678 St CatherineVLO.
1670: Fulke Rose 380 acres in St Catherine.
If his daus all die, then Hipperslys goes to brother Francis Rose.
Fulke Rose’s brother was Francis Rose, who married Elizabeth Price. Francis’s
will in Jamaica 15/222 might reveal how they acquired the Burton properties.
Thomas Rose leaves to his cousins, Charles & Thomas Price, inter alia,
sugar estates in St Thomas in the Vale called Old Plantation, Burtons and New
Works.
Will of Thomas Rose 1724 PCC Canterbury Prob 11/600
Thomas Rose was born in Jamaica about 1689 the son of
Francis Rose from Mickleton Gloucestershire and Elizabeth Price. He married
Elizabeth Fuller on 30 April 1713 in Spanish Town, Jamaica. She died in October
1722 and Thomas subsequently travelled to England with his mother, where he
died in Red Lyon Square London in November 1724. Mother Elizabeth left will
dated 1725, son Thomas already dead.
In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Rose late of the parish of St Catherines and Island of Jamaica Esq but
now of the Kingdom of Great Britain being of Sound and disposing mind and
memory praised be God for the same doe make and ordain this my last will and
Testament in manner and forme following
Imprimis I commend my Soul to God my Creator hoping through the Mediation of my
Saviour to be made partaker of life Everlasting as to what worldly Estate it
hath pleased God to bestow upon me I will and dispose of it as followeth I will
and ordain that all my just debts Legacies and funerall Expenses be first paid
out of all my whole Estate real and personall whatsoever and wheresoever
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved Mother two
Thousand pounds Sterling money of Great Brittain all my plate however in
England or in Jamaica my Charriot and two Coach Horses
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Aunt Elizabeth Bush Fifty pounds
Sterling money of Great Brittain yearly and every year during her Naturall life
Item I give devise and bequeath unto her son my Cousin Francis Bush the sume of
two hundred pounds Sterling money to be paid him within twelve months after my
death
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Cousin Elizabeth Snell twenty five
pounds Sterling money yearly and every year during her naturall life
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my cousin Christian Price five hundred
pounds Current money of Jamaica to be paid her within Six months after my death
Item I give devise and bequeath unto Mrs Anne Beckford the daughter of Peter
Beckford of the Island of Jamaica Esq two thousand pounds Current money of
Jamaica to be paid her within twelve months after my death
Item I give to Henry Byndloss the Son of Polnik Byndloss of the island of
Jamaica one thousand pounds current money of Jamaica to be paid him at his age
of twenty one years
Item I give devise and bequeath unto Jane Byndloss the daughter of the said
Polnik five hundred pounds current money of Jamaica to be paid her at the age
of twenty one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Friend William Cockburn five hundred
pounds Sterling money of Great Brittain to be paid him within Six months after
my death
Item I give devise and bequeath unto Capt Digby Gent five hundred pounds
Sterling money of Great Brittain to be paid him in Six months after my death
Item I give devise and bequeath unto Collo Twogood two hundred pounds Sterling
money of Great Britain and do Release unto him whatever sume of money I might
claime of him for Commission as his Attorney Item whereas Jno Gregory is
indebted to me upon Bond I will that the said Bond be released unto him
cancelled and do remit and release to him the said debt
Item Whereas William Aikenhead is indebted to me upon Bond I will that the said
Bond be delivered up to him Cancelled and do remitt and Release to him the said
debt
Item I give devise and bequeath unto the Churchwardens of the parish of St
Catherines in the Island of Jamaica for the time being one hundred pounds
Current money of Jamaica yearly and every year for and during the space of ten
years next after my death to be laid out by them and Expended in maintenance of
poor Children of the Said parish and putting them apprentices to trades
Item I do manumise and make free my Negro Slaves Molly and Grace with their and
each of their future Issue and Encrease and I do give and to each of my said
two Slaves Six pounds a year yearly and every year during their Naturall lifes
respectively
Item I do manumise and make free my Negro Saboe and I doe give unto him twelve
pounds a year yearly and every year during his Natural life
Item I do manumise and make free his Wife Calia and all her Encrease Item I do
manumise and make free Mimba and all her Encrease
Item I do manimuse my Slave Scotland Item I do manumise and make free my Slave
Abba (alias Mary) from and after the decease of my mother to whom I will her
during her naturall life/
Item it is my will and desire that all the money due to me in Jamaica be
forthwith called in by my Executor in Jamaica and by him remitted to Great
Brittain to Mr Samuel Bernard and Mr John Serocold of the City of London
Merchants which with the money I have in their and each of their hands I will
and desire may be by them laid out as Soon as conveniently may be in the
purchase of Land in that part of the Kingdom of Great Brittain called England
in the names of and to and for the use of my Cousins Charles Price and Thomas
Price Sons of my Unkle Charles Price of the parish of St Johns in the Island of
Jamaica Esq and the Heirs of their bodys equally to be divided between them and
in case of the said Charles Price or Thomas Price death or either of them
without Heirs of his body then to the Survivor of them and to the Heirs of his
body lawfully begotten and for want of Such Heirs to my Said Unkle Charles
Price and his Heirs for ever/
Item I give devise and bequeath my Plantan Walk and Land at the Megotty in the
parish of St Thomas in the Vale and adjoyning to any of my three Plantations or
Sugar works my Land in the parish of St Mary commonly called by the name of
Bagnalls Tuket my pen and pen land at Cuthroath Gully in the parish of Saint
Catherines to Such person and persons respectively as shall have and Enjoy my
three Sugar works or Estates in the parish of St Thomas in the Vale commonly
known and called by the names of the Old Plantation, Burtons and the new Works
(later called Rose Hall) and that they respectively have such Estate and
Estates in the Said Plantan Walk and Land at the Megotty the Pen and Penland
and the Land called Bagnells Tuket as they Shall Respectively have in the said
three Estates or Sugar works whether in Possession Remainder or Revertion it
being my will and meaning that the said Plantan Walk and Land at the Megotty
Pen and Pen Land and the land called Bagnalls Tuket should be deemed and taken
as appendant and appurtenent to my said three Estates or Sugar works in the
parish of St Thomas in the Vale for ever to go along and be Enjoyed occupied
for the use and benefit of my Said three Estates/
Item all the rest Residue and Remainder of my whole Estate reall personall and
mixt whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeath to my said cousins
Charles Price and Thomas Price sons of my said Unkle Charles and to the Heirs
of their body equally to be divided and in case of the death of Either of them
without Heirs of his body to the Survivor of them and the Heirs of his body and
for want of Such Heirs to my said Unkle Charles Price and his Heirs for ever/
Item it is my will and pleasure and I desire that what can be conveniently of
the Sugar or other produce of the Jamaica Estate herein before devised to my
cousins Charles and Thomas Price be yearly Shipd by my said Unkle Charles Price
untill the Respective ages of my Said Cousins of twenty one years unto the said
Samuel Bernard and John Serocold of London Merchant to be by them laid out in
the purchase of Lands in that part of Great Britain called England in the names
of and for the use of my said Cousins Charles and Thomas Price and the Heirs of
their bodys equally to be divided and in the case of the death of Either of
them without Heirs of his body lawfully begotten then to the Survivor and the
Heirs of his body and for want of Such Heirs to and for the use of my said
unkle Charles Price and his Heirs for ever and
Lastly I Nominate and appoint the said Samuel Bernard and John Serocold of
London Merchants Executors of this my last will and Testament for my Estate in
Great Brittain and my said unkle Charles Price Executor for my Estate in
Jamaica and I do give my said three Executors twenty pounds Sterling Each to
buy them mourning and I do hereby revoke and [illegible] all former and other
Wills by me heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and
Testament in Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seale this
Seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
twenty and four. Tho: Rose Signed Sealed and published by the Testator (the
paper being first duly Stampt) as his last will and Testament in the presence
of us who in his presence Subscribed our names as Witness Tho Barrow Tho:
Pickhavor Thomas Clarke
Probate was granted in London to Samuel Barnard and John Serocold on 23
November 1724
Thomas Rose
Profile & Legacies Summary 1689 - 12th Nov 1724 (UCL Slave Compensation)
Biography
Son of Francis Rose (1656-1720) and his wife Elizabeth nee Price. Born in
Jamaica c. 1689. Inherited a life interest in the Jamaican property of his
father - Burton's, Savanna (or Old Works) and Rose Hall (or New Works),
Bagnall's Thicket (later The Decoy), land in Halfway Tree and two houses in
Spanish Town. When Thomas died without issue, the life interest was passed to
his mother Elizabeth and then the estates were inherited by his first cousin
John Rose.
Thomas was married to Elizabeth Fuller (1699-1722) and described as of Red Lyon
Square at his burial in St Andrew, Holborn, 14/11/1724.
Sources
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the
history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6
vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) Vol. V pp. 130-135.
Michael Craton and James Walvin, A Jamaican Plantation. The History of Worthy
Park 1670-1970 (W.H. Allen, London and New York, 1970) pp. 54-55.
Anne M. Powers, 'Descendants of Thomas Rose',
http://aparcelofribbons.co.uk/wp-content/paf_files/roseofjam/pafg02.htm#175
[accessed 30/03/2015].
Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
[database online].
Further Information
Absentee? Transatlantic?Spouse: Elizabeth Fuller
Red Lion Square, London,
Hayle Summary
Our Hayle ancestor was Priscilla Hayle, wife of John Sinclair, great grand
father of Ann (Wright) Maitland. She would have been a grand daughter of John
Hayle senior, by either John’s eldest son, John junior (mentioned in John Hayle
senior’s will – no age indication), or another son, Nevil, the preferred
option, (from probable ages of herself and her children); see under her section
for more thoughts.
Early patents (1673) and deeds indicate that there was a group of 3 Hayles:
John, Thomas & Richard. It may be assumed that they were brothers; the only
combination of brothers with the spelling HaYle were born in St Albans. There
were also some Hayles’s in Barbados in the 1650’s, but there is no evidence of
a Barbadian connection with these 3: the ones on that island seem a bit young
in any case.
These Hayles were planters in Clarendon with plantations at first on the
Vere/Clarendon border and later further north up the Rio Minho tributaries in
Clarendon. An estate plan has been constructed from the early 18thC land grants
of the holdings north of modern day May Pen of John Hayle & his son John
junior. The early holdings on the River Minho (also called the Dry River) were
probably indigo production; they did not seem to be particularly large, but the
crop was very profitable early on. The later holdings further north were in
what was described as mountain land, and were probably more oriented to
livestock and indigo – John Hayle jnr’s inventory contained indigo products and
cotton and a deed in 1709 between his cousins Richard & Thomas refers to an
Indigo works, probably on the early land on the Vere/Clarendon border. Both
cotton and indigo were labour intensive crops, 20 acres of indigo needing 17
negroes to work it. John jnr was the only one who showed these crops in his
inventory, later ones seem only to have livestock.
There seem to have been several families with similar names: Hayle, Hales
& Hals. Spelling seems to be consistent through the indexes, so I have
concentrated on “Hayle(s)”. In particular, not to be confused with Thomas Hals
and descendants, one of the original group when the British invaded Jamaica in
1655. He and his descendants appear regularly in the Deed indices. Letters
Patent were also seen. Many properties with similar names would have belonged
to Thomas Halse and his descendants, the most important one being “Halse Hall”,
now on the southern outskirts of May Pen.
Hales appear on the 1675 map of Barbados, but there is no evidence to suggest
that our Hayles came from that island.
1754 owners: Hayle, Richard deceased, Clarendon 354
This probably refers to Hayles:
Notes on Clarendon (http://www.aboutjamaica.com.jm/clarendon.htm)
Hay’s Savannah (now spelt “Hayes”) was named after John Hays, an early English
settler. There is also Hay’s Corn piece. Both are part of the New Yarmouth
Sugar Estate. The village of Hayes, built on the savannah, is about seven miles
south of May Pen. (this may be a distortion of Hayle(s)).
Sheckles, in the parish of Clarendon, is named after John S. Sheckles, Member
of the Assembly, Custos of Clarendon, and Brigadier-General of the Militia. A
resident in the island for 55 years, he died in 1782.
Smokey Hole, in the parish of Clarendon, was first known as “Dawkins Smokey
Hole”, the latter name partially deriving from that of a previous owner of the
area, Colonel Dawkins.
Hayle Deeds
Time Line
John Hayle appears first, buying land on the Dry River in 1671, 2 years
later, he and Richard & Thomas were granted land in Clarendon.
Various transactions in the 1670’s & 80’s show movement of land.
Richard & Thomas were both dead by 1690 leaving 3 sons
each. John Hayle snr was a guardian to the children of Thomas, and appears to
have been an executor of Richard’s will.
John snr and his son John jnr were granted land in Clarendon. Snr had 2
plots totalling 609 acres, while jnr had 550 acres in the mountains near
Smoakey Hole. John snr’s nephews were mentioned in several deeds for relatively
small portions of land being moved within the family. Plotting the plats and
estate maps has made it possible to position lands such as those of the Hayle’s
north of May Pen to within a few hundred yards. Their southern Clarendon/Vere
grants are not as well established.
1671: John Hayle bought 35 acres from William Lord on the Dry River.
1673: Jamaica Letters Patent, 1673: 3 plots to JR&T Hayle, Clarendon.
1674: Richard Hail married Mary Smart.
1675: Hayle family active in Clarendon, St Catherine & Vere, the earliest
being Jobeth & Catherine’s daughter Mary, ch 2/6/1675, St Catherine (but
noted as Morant, East of Kingston). – This is probably not our family, both
from the spelling and location in Morant.
1676: John & Richard sold 50 acres, Thomas kept remaining 60 acres.
1677: Richard Hayle bought 25 acres in Vere
1680: Thomas snr bought 70 acres of land near Kettle Spring.
1684: Will of Richard Hayle
1690 (Before): Richard dies. (ref 32/239).
1690: Thomas’s will leaves sons Richard, Josiah & Thomas.
Deed from John & Priscilla passes 60 acres to the children, presumably at
their majority with J&P as executors. (ref 32/239)
1693: John Hayle relinquished rights on land on the River Minho to Richard, George
& Mary Hayle, via their guardian Richard Cargill. John Hayle must have been
either their father’s executor or perhaps their guardian. These must be
children of Richard. As Thomas’s children are listed in 32/239, these must have
been Richard’s children. (24/58 Noted)
1697: John Hayle jnr bought 36 acres from Henry Napier (27/108 Noted)
1697: Richard Cargill as guardian of Richard Hayle’s children discharged John
Hayle & John Hunt from the children’s property. (27/109 Noted)
1699: John Hayle (snr or jnr?) bought 90 acres from John Harris adjoining his
own land. (Noted 29/46-39)
1699: John Snr bought 1/3 of 140 acres in Vere from James Smith, bounding inter
alia on Philemon Dixon. (Noted 30/127-90)
1700: John snr granted land in Clarendon 609 acres in 2 plots (Plat Held).
1700: John & Priscilla pass 60 acres to nephews, Richard, Josiah &
Thomas, sons of Thomas. Probably acting as executors/guardians. (Noted 32/239)
1700: John Jnr Granted 300 acres land in the mountains in Clarendon. (Plat
Held)
1704: John Snr granted 250 acres at Smoakey Hole, Clarendon, adjoining 1700
grant.. (Plat Held)
1708: John & Priscilla Hayle give to Thomas & Richard 70 acres (Ref
49/130)
1709: Joshua probably dead by now (ref 49/130)
1709: Thomas & Richard split land (Copied 49/130)
Richard sold his half to James Smith.
1711: Arbitration between Thomas & Richard Hayle over split of inherited
land, also mentions James Smith resurvey (2 deeds - 48/68 & 69 – in both
directions, 68 noted)
1711: Long document. Gives much of the above information.
Brother Thomas & wife Elizabeth mentioned.
Richard & Ann Hayle sold their portion to James Smith. (copied
49/130)
1711, sons of Thomas snr, Thomas & Richard, agreed to split the two plots.
1712: John Jnr ref 400 acres at Smoakey Hole – probably release of mortgage
(noted 49/215)
1712: John jnr Will
1714: Thomas jnr partnership with Thomas Howard in 1714 to work land in Vere.
1716: George (s of Richard) sells land.
1717: John snr will
1723: Thomas & Elizabeth Hayle goes into partnership with Martin Wilkins on
520 acres in St Andrew in the mountains. (Noted 70/23-22)
1724: 300 acres patented to George Hayle, which he sold to Thomas Fish (ref
71/225), it seems an outright sale.
1725: will of Thomas jnr, son of Thomas of St Albans
1732: Nevil Hayle sold land for £850 to John Sinclair (deed damaged).
1740’s: William Hayle, mother Elizabeth, Bricklayer of Kingston: who was he in
the 1740’s?
A William Hayle, bricklayer, was active in Kingston in the 1740’s with his
widowed mother, Elizabeth. A Thomas Hayle & wife Elizabeth had land in St
Andrew in the 1720’s. It is probable that this is Thomas, son of Thomas,
brother of John Snr.
1743: Nevil Hayle sold 5 acres in Vere to George Hayle where he lives (117/47)
1743: Will of Samuel Nevil Hayle.
1744: Edward Hayle’s guardian John Shickle lets 2 acres to Thomas Wint (Noted
121/33)
1745: Nevil Hayle sold slaves to Peter Sinclair, reference to mortgage by NH to
John Sinclair (to Peter to Francis Smith) (Noted 125/37)
1746: Will of George Hayle probated.
1746: Thomas Hayle sold 100 acres (£13 – mortgage?) to John Shickle (128/54)
1749: Mary Hayle, widow of Samuel Hayle ref Grant Dower
1750: Mary Hayle, widow of Samuel to John Shickle all of Clarendon – Grant
Dower. (139/129)
1754 Landholders:
Hayle, William, St. Andrew 53, St. Thomas in the East 1500, Portland 500, St.
George 880, Total 2933
Hayle, Henry, Vere 200
Hayle, George, Vere 40
Hayle, Ann, Clarendon 151
Hayle, Richard deceased, Clarendon 354
Hayle, Samuel, Clarendon 1185 (Samuel Nevil, Nevil, John snr)
Hayle, Thomas, Vere 20
1756: Grace Bowman sold to Nevil 150 of 300 acres willed to her by Samuel Nevil
Hayle (163/126)
1756: Will of Ann, wife of George Hayle.
John was granted in 1672, with his assumed brothers, Richard & Thomas, 210 acres
in Clarendon, in 3 parcels of 58, 42 & 110 acres.
The 42 acres appears to have gone to Richard, and then to Richards children,
Richard, George and Mary[673].
Hayle Maps & Plats
Estate Maps:
Clarendon 143: Smokey Hole Plats
Clarendon 290: Hayle Smokey Hole – Clarendon 188 (Booth) fits to W.
Clarendon 475: Denbigh/Hayle
Clarendon 615: Yarmouth/Paradise, Vere
Clarendon 649: Francis Allen, Smokey Hole.
Clarendon 651: Denbigh/Hayle
Patents:
1673: Hales, John, Richard & Thomas, 3 plots 210 A Vere, 1-14F49
1699: John jnr, 300A Smokey hole, 2-8F175
1700: John snr, 609A Smokey Hole, 2-8F188, 1-13F61
1704: John snr, 250 Smokey hole, 2-8F197, 1-13F70-127
1710: John snr, 450/440 acres Smokey Hole, 1-15F147.
1718: Thomas, 500 A, ginger River St Andrew, 1-16F204.
Deeds:
1775: Catherine Hayle to John Shickle 273F193.
William Hayle was a possible ancestor of our Jamaican Hayle families. From the
LDS parish records database, he had the only combination of sons John, Thomas
& Richard Hayle, (specifically HaYle, the spelling used through the
great majority of documents found) in an appropriate period. A burial of a John
Hayle in St Albans in 1666 may spoil this supposition, but there is no
indication in the records of who he might have been.
St Albans Parish records:
Richard Hayle, 5/4/1638 of Richard
Thomas Hayle 18/11/1634 of Will & Martha Hayle.
Martha Hayle 30/4/1637 of Will & Martha
William Hayle 6/1/1638 of Will Hauke (IG had Hayle, PR Hauke).
John Hayle 1/1/1641-2 of Will & Martha
Martha 23/1/1643-4 of Will
Elizabeth Hayle 29/12/1645 of Will & Martha
Jane Hayle 26/1/1649-50 of Will & Martha
Elisha Haile, 2/3/1651-2 of Will & Martha.
Richard Hayle 29/1/1653-4 of Will & Martha Hayle (PR)
Ralphe Hayle ch St Albans, 5/2/1654-5, son of William & Martha
(PR - http://www.mocavo.com/)
Also Will Hayle ch of Michael & Marie Hayle, St Albans 7/1/1632-3, d
10/1/1633
Bur:
10/11/1634 Will Hayle sen
26/4/1637, Chrisome child of Richard Hayles
8/9/1642, Martha dau of William Hayle
19/1/1645-6 Jane Hayle widow.
31/5/1666 John Hayle
7/3/1672 Thomas Halle.
There is a document referring to William Hayle, landowner in Herfordshire in
1631 E. Williams Watermark Collection, including the Papers of the Hale Family
of King's Walden and Other Papers, at Folger.edu[674], Washington DC. This may
have been St Peter’s Parish, Herts.
Thus the brothers:
1/1. John Hayle of whom below.
1/2. Thomas Hayle, died before 1691
1/3. Wiliam Hayle ch 1638 – may not be a Hayle.
1/4. Richard Hayle, died before 1691,
John, Thomas and Richard Hayle
A land grant[675]
was made in 1672-3 to “John Richards & Thomas Hales”; the way in which they
are written varies slightly within the document, which is a 19thC transcript,
so that it might be 2 people, John Richards and Thomas Hales, or 3, John, Richard
and Thomas Hales. It was on the River Minho in 3 parcels of 58, 42 & 110
acres. Mr Thomas Hales is also mentioned as a common boundary. The first 2
would appear to be on opposite sides of the River. In the 1747 map, there are
Hales & Hunt together on the west side of the river, just within Vere
parish as it borders on Clarendon. The probability is that this document does
refer to the 3 brothers. Later deeds show evidence that there were 3 Hayles.
Deed 24/58 refers to the 42 acre plot in connection with John, Richard &
Thomas Hayle.
The 1671 deed to John Hayle was probably the land referred to in the 1673
patent as belonging to John & Richard Hayle.
...the first part containing fifty eight acres bounding north east on Edward
Cork South East & South West on the River Mino & north West on ye sd
John Richards etc Hales land
ye second parcel containing forty two acres bounding South East on Mr Greatrix
West on Wm Coockead and north west on the River Mino (this parcel went to
Richard, and his children; ref deed 24/58-106).
the third parcel containing one hundred and ten acres bounding north east on Mr
Thomas Hales and south east and west south? To a stony gully south on the
moore? Land west & north West on John Hunt and Edward Corke together with
all ... rent of one half penny per acre...
eighth day of February 1672/3 (five & twentieth year of Charles 2nd).
Bochart & Knollis (1684, extract below) shows a Hales indigo property on
the west bank of the Rio Minho, at Kettle Spring, to the south of a Hunt property,
which itself was on the road SW from St Jago de la Vega towards the mouth of
the Milk River and on to the west. Halce is shown a mile & a half to the
north on the east bank of the Rio Minho, between Dawkins & Hazard; this was
probably what became Halse Hall. None of these early holdings along the river
can have been very big – they were too close together. Dawkins on the west side
of the river became Parnassus estate.
The 1747 Bowen & 1755 map show Hales just south of the (later) border
between Vere & Clarendon.
The 3 parcels of land are shown in a possible position, south of Parnassus
& Halse Hall, based on the orientation of the smaller plots and the river.
This map also shows the land bought by John Hayle in 1671; satellite imagerys
shows indicates that there was an old ox bow starting at the stream markes on
the north of the Lord patent, so this position is shown very speculatively!
Plate 61
58 acre plot: The 58 acre plot is not mentioned, but it must be assumed, if
only for fairness, that it went to John Hayle snr, who left land in Vere
(Yarmouth, on the Hilliard River, between the Rivers Milk & Minho[676]) to his son Nevil.
42 acre plot: As shown in a deed of 1693[677],
the 42 acre plot went to the children of Richard: Richard, George & Mary
via their guardian, Richard Cargill of Vere: he discharged John Hayle, then of
Vere, and John Hunt as guardians from any liability for the goods &
chattels of the children, maybe when they reached majority[678].
George Hayle, probably the son of Richard, was patented 300 acres in Clarendon
in 1724, which he sold to Thomas Fish[679].
He was subsequently sold a small amount of land by Nevil Hayle[680].
110 acre plot: A deed[681]
of 1701 where John & Priscilla Hayle sold (for 5/- presumably as guardians
or executors) describes the fate of the 110 acre plot: it was split early on,
50 acres being sold in 1676 by Richard & John to Thomas Parry and 60 acres
going to Thomas Hayle. The latter plot was left to Thomas’s 3 sons, Richard
Josiah & Thomas: this was formally passed to the 3 sons of Thomas in 1701.
Thomas Parry sold 70 acres to Thomas a few years later, which it is assumed
also went to his 2 sons.
The early family history of the other 2 brothers follows, recorded as
much as anything to sort out which deeds found relate to which family.
Ch St Albans 18/11/1634 of Will
& Martha Hayle
Married Lydia.
Deed 1681[682]:
Thomas Perry of St Elizabeth sold to Thomas Hayles, planter of Vere for £70 70
acres of pasture at Dry River near Kettle Springs being part 106 acres of land
bounding N on William Martin, SW on Richard Hayles, & John Hayles SE on
Henrica? E on Richard Hayles, sold by Edward Corks of Vere on 20/9/1675 to John
Adkins since sold by Elizabeth Adkins relict to Thomas Perry on 9/12/1677.
This land was left to his 3 sons Richard, Joshua & Thomas[683], Joshua was dead by 1708,
so it became the property of Richard & Thomas and finally handed over by
John & Priscilla Hayle presumably as guardians, by deed in 1701 (0r 1708 in
a later deed reference).
Kettle Spring shown on early maps in northern Vere, just south of the border
with Clarendon.
Thomas also inherited 60 acres of the 110 acre plot in the original patent,
which passed to his 3 sons in 1701.
In 1711, the surviving sons of Thomas snr, Thomas & Richard, agreed to
split the two plots equally (the 70 and the 60 from the original grant);
Richard and Ann, his wife, then sold his half to James Smith after arbitration
over boundaries, leaving Thomas jnr with his plot including his half of the
indigo works. The details of this land transaction[684] are difficult to
understand and need further research. Two more deeds[685] in 1711 removed any
claims the brothers might have on the other’s plot.
Thomas jnr went into partnership with Thomas Howard in 1714 to work land in
Vere[686].
Son Thomas sold this inter alia to James Smith, 1717[687].
Thomas Hayle jnr seems to have owned 520 acres in St Andrew, of which he and
his wife Elizabeth sold half in 1723[688],
before he died in 1725 This must be the same Thomas jnr as earlier deeds refer
to his wife, Elizabeth. Thomas jnr’s wife, Elizabeth lived on in Kingston until
after 1743. William Hayle, probably their son, was described as a bricklayer in
a number of deeds, but was evidently a substantial contractor and was paid
about £1800 for supplying masons and bricklayers on fort construction in
1753/4.
Will of 1691-2[689]:
Of Vere, planter, sick
to be buried in plantation by children
To wife Lydia: a negro 2 milch Cows, her riding horse. My housall stuff during
her life.
After her death to four children Richard, Josiah, Thomas & Grace. If they
all die to next lawful heir.
To 3 sons all lands and negroes. To Grace £50 at marriage
Stock to all 4 children
To Richard, sword, pistol & gold buttons
After my death, children and wife to remains on estate until of age.
Execs loving brother (in law?) Thomas Minson? & Mr William Followay.
q
Issue Possibly born btw 1670-1679 (<21 in 1691, 21 in 1700):
2/1. Richard Hayle was married to Anne (ref deed 49/130).
Probably the eldest son: given sword and pistols in father’s will.
Possibly married Ann Anderson: Lewis Anderson mentions his daughter Ann Hayle
in his will of 1702[690].
Lewis was a planter in Clarendon, and also lists his own wife, Ann and a number
of children.
Lewis Anderson owned 58 acres in Clarendon in 1670[691]
This may be the Richard Hayles whose will[692]
was of 1711-2:
of St Elizabeth, planter (later in document, of Vere)
Children Philip, Milborough Ann, Lydia (his mother’s name) to divide all
between them.
Exec: Henry Low & Friend John Hayles.
Inventory[693]:
planter of St Elizabeth, £227-6-9, shown by Henry Low, as executor. It included
17 slaves, of which 9 were children.
A complicated deed was drawn up in 1711 dividing the land between Thomas &
Richard. It may be that that was done with Richard’s impending death.
3/1. Philip Hayles
3/2. Milborough Ann Hayles
3/4. Lydia Hayles.
2/2. Joshua Hayle dead by 1708.
2/3. Thomas Hayle, married Elizabeth (Massie?). (from deed ref 49/130)
Assumed that this is the correct
connection – confirmed by the 1717 deed which refers to the earlier Parry land
purchase.
In 1714[694]
Thomas Hayle & Thomas Howard formed a partnership in Vere: Hayle added 3
negroes, Howard 11 negroes & 4 horses and land rented of Peter Stiles, John
Sadler. Hayle to work & manure the land.
1717[695]
Thomas Hayle planter of St Andrew & his wife Elizabeth sold to James Smith
of Vere gent the land bought by Thomas snr from Thomas Parry 70 acres at Kittle
Spring, Thomas snr since dead and left it 3 sons
Thomas Hayle and Elizabeth sold to James Smith for £320 the 75 acres remaining
after the splits in 1709. This land seems to have been sold by John Sinclair
who bought it from Samuel Nevil Smith, son of James.
1723[696]:
Thomas Hayle of St Andrew planter & his wife Elizabeth have 520 acres in
the mountain in St Andrew N & NE on mountains, S & SW on Lingo? River
SW on unsurveyed with several negroes, stock hoggs Goats and poultry. They grant
a half share in all to Martin Wilkins of St Dorothy, planter. Includes 23
negroes (£698) Goats £5 Hoggs £5/10 Poultry £7/10.
Will[697]
1725: planter of St Andrew. Wife Elizabeth, sons William & Thomas, both
under 21; Sister Abigail Cole, her children Robert & John & Jane
Parker.
Inventory[698]
of 1725:
planter of St Andrew, £548-11-10d
Sister Abigail might have been sister-in-law: this is the only family found,
but, unless Abigail was married before, does not work.
Marriage John Cole & Abigail Pink, 2/9/1704, St CatherinePR.
Issue of John & Abigail Cole, St C:
John Cole, ch 9/4/1713, p57
Robert Cole, ch 22/10/1710, p53
Elizabeth Cole, ch 25/1/1708, p51
A Parker family, but probably not relevant:
William Parker M Jean Oniz? 8/12/1694, St C p116
Issue of William & Jane Parker, St Catherine:
John Parker, ch 21/9/1695 p38
Frances Parker, ch 6/1/1700 p44
Cornelius Parker, ch 10/3/1708 p51
Charles Parker, ch 19/2/1714 p57
John Parker, ch 7/12/1723 p66 (Jean)
William Parker, ch 27/3/1726, P68
1743 Deed[699]:
Between Elizabeth Hayle of Kingston, widow, and William Hayle, bricklayer, of
Kingston. (assumed to be the widow of Thomas jnr).
Land was sold by Charles Long of Lincoln’s Inn to William Massis, Tavern
keeper, in Kingston ... East to West Depth 150 feet, breadth north to south 48
feet bounding north on William Austin east on East Street south on ... Murphy
and west on John’s Lane. William Massis and his wife Priscilla 24/5/1729 gave
to Elizabeth Hayle one moiety of the above land; Elizabeth Hayle for love &
affection of son William Hayle & 5/- gives the moiety of land And also
negro slaves
3/1. William Hayle, bricklayer
William Hayles, bricklayer,
married Priscilla Cropper, Kingston 23/5/1732, both OTP.
MI Kingston:
Thomas Hayle died 27 June 1732 aged 27, also the six children of William &
Priscilla Hayle vis:
Elizabeth died 1 July 1735, Catherine died 9 August 1737, James died 27
December 1738, Matthew 12 January 1740, James died 24 January 1740, James died
11 July 1742.
Deeds have not all been copied, ony when convenient!
Deed 1743[700]:
Millicent Garland, spinster of Kingston sold 25 ft of street in Kingston to William
Hayle of Kingston, bricklayer.
1754 owners:
Hayle, William, St. Andrew 53, St. Thomas in the East 1500, Portland 500, St.
George 880, Total 2933.
Craskell 1763 shows Hayles’s in Portland at N18º6’W76º18’ with a cattle powered
sugar estate.
1758[701]:
Assigment of debt to William Hayle esq of Kingston from James Baillie £58, judgement
against James Grant of St Ann
1764[702]:
William & Priscilla Hayle sold to Thomas & Susanna Craskell sugar works
at Manchioneal Bay called Hair Prospect former Friendship for £25000, Both
parties of Kingston esqs
1773[703]:
William Hayle bought from George Cradock WH buys 10 acres in Kingston for £80
1764 deed[704]:
William Hayle bricklayer & Priscilla of Kingston, Gent, sold 3 parcells of
land to John Dunston of Kingston esq for £7450 400 acres in St Thomas in the
East bought by John Hayle for £J2900 & 300 acres in Marchoneal bay.
1785[705]:
Thomas Spencer of St Catherine free negro, sold to William Hayle of Kingston
68A in St Catherine & 50A in Cedar Valley, St TiV
John Dunston’s will[706]
of 1765 refers:
of Kingston. Long will.
Ref estates purchased of William Hayle of Kingston in St Thomas in East &
Portland to be improved into a sugar works. wife Frances Dunston. Son Geoorge
Pinnock Dunston when 21. Dau Ann Mary Dunston when 18
Received with Governor Knowles's Letter
dated ye 31st December 1754, Received April ye 9th 1755
Read April 10th 1755
Y50 ROCK FORT Dr.
August 10, 1754
To Cash paid William Hayle for mason & bricklayers work done there £140
MOSQUITO POINT Dr. December 25, 1753
Paid William Hayle for mason & bricklayers work 728. 5. 0.
August 10, 1754
Paid William Hayle for Mason & Bricklayer work 946. 16. 3
Issue of William & Priscilla (Kingston PR, burials from MI):
4/1. James Hayle b 28/5/1733 ch 19/6/1733, bur 27/12/1738
4/2. Elizabeth Hayle b. 27/1/1734-5 ch. 20/2/1734-5, bur 1/1/1736
4/3. William Massie Hayle b. 16/6/1736 ch 12/7/1736,
William Massie Hayle died
18/10/1794, Kingston[707]
had issue by Martha, ch Kingston:
5/1. Samuel Hayle, b 1/10/1772 ch 31/3/1773
5/2. Ann Hayle. B. 24/8/1775 ch. 25/10/1775
5/3. Robert Clarke Hayle, b 7/2/1778, ch Kingston, 13/3/1778.
Robert Clarke Hayle had a
number of children by Mary Denton, in & out of marriage. She was a free
quadroon.
Married Mary Denton, 12/1/1823, St Andrew.
Christened Kingston:
6/1. Martha Hayle, ch 10/4/1809,
6/2. Robert Hayle, ch 19/11/1813, abt 14 months,
6/3. William Hayle, ch 19/11/1813, abt 14 months,
6/4. Mary Catherine Hayle, b 18/6/1813, ch 9/10/1815.
6/5. Dorothy Hayle ch 18/1/1823,
5/3. Mary Hayle B. 4/8/1779 ch.
15/8/1779
4/4. Catherine Hayle b. 17370804
17370809, bur 9/8/1737
4/5. George Hayle b. 17/9/1738, ch 19/10/1738:
Probably him with the St Thomas in
the East conncetion:
1775[708]:
George Hayle esq of St Thomas in the East & Sarah his wife for £7000 from
Fairlie Christie of the same parish, planter for 300 acres in St Thomas in the
East called Chatsworth, part of larger tract called Pera.
1775: 276/20: George Hayle of St Thomas in the East and devisee of William
Hayle & Priscilla of Kingston re mortgage by William Hayle 1767 George
Hayle sold slaves to settle to Jno Hitchman.
Died Geo Hayle formerly of St T in E, at Green Pond, Kingston, 22/12/1781JG
If this is the one, he married Sarah Tharp 26/8/1765, he of Kingston, she of St
James (probably of the Good Hope Tharps).
Had issue by Sarah:
5/1. John Tharp Hale, ch Hanover 17/3/1767,
5/2. Ann Thorpe Hayle, ch Kingston 3/8/1768
5/3. John Stevens Hayle b. 9/11/1778 ch Kingston 27/11/1778.
A George Tharp Hayle was awarded slave compensation in Westmoreland. Quite
probably of this family.
4/6. Mathew Hayle b. 11/1/1739-40
12/1/1739-4, bur 12/1/1740
4/7. James Hayle b. 11/1/1739-40 12/1/1739-40, bur 24/1/1740
4/8. James Hayle b. 16/4/1741 30/4/1741, bur 11/7/1742
4/9. Ann Hayle b. 1/2/1742-3 3/2/1742-3, married Edward Bowes.
1764[709]: Edward Bowes lately
married Ann Hayle only dau of William & Priscilla sold slaves in trust to
George Hayle for Ann Bowes.
3/2. Thomas Hayle, probably
buried Kingston, died 27 June 1732 aged 27.
ch St Albans 6/1/1638 of William,
no more information.
Ch. St Albans 29/1/1654 of Will
& Martha Hayle
maybe Richard Hail who married Mary Smart 6/1/1674, St Catherines[710]:
Smarts shown in northern Vere on the west side of the Rio Minho.
In 1677[711],
Richard Hayle bought 25 acres of land in Vere from Thomas Berry & his wife
Rebecca (N on John Graterz, E on Rio Mino, S on John Hayle & W on Thomas
Perry, part of land they had bought from Graterz).
It was part of a patent to John Graterz 1n 1671 for 510 acres (E on Rio Mino,
N&W on the side of the woods, S on Capt Noy). John Graterz & his wife
Margaret on 8/8/1676 sold 217 acres to Thomas Berry, (E on Rio Mino, S on Noy,
W on Sir Thomas Lynch & N on John Graterz). This land appears in a deed
with Richard’s surviving son, George in 1716.
Was this purchase to get river access?
1693[712]:
Richard Cargill, planter of Vere, as guardian of Richard, George & Mary
Hayle, paid John Hayle, planter of Vere, 15/- as he quits claims to 42 acres of
land SE on John Greatrix, W on William Coxhead?, NW on the River Minho, part of
210 acres patented 8 Feb 25th year of CII (1672), to him, John Hayle, Thomas
Hayle & Richard Hayle.
This is the second parcel of land in the joint letters patent to John, Thomas
& Richard Hayle.
1697[713]:
Richard Cargill of Vere, planter as guardian to children of Richard Hayle, decd
discharges John Hayle of Vere planter and John Hunt of Clarendon planter from any
goods belonging to the children. The John’s were Richard Hayle’s Executors.
His Will[714],
Dated 1684, of Vere planter
Wife Mary executor as long as she keeps herself a widow.
After her marriage divide estate between 3 sons and 1 daughter – viz 67 acres in
Vere, 8 negroes, 2 horses one mare one pen of neat cattle, one pen of sheep.
Exec John Hunt & John Hayles of Clarendon & Vere.
The 67 acres must have been the 42 acres from the orginal patent and 25 acres
bought from Thomas Barry in 1677.
Issue:
2/1. Richard Hayle – died bef 1716.
2/2. Son Hayle. 3 sons in father’s 1684 will, but not in execs deeds 1693.
2/2. George Hayle
Wife Ann,
Issue:
3/1. George Hayle
3/2. Henry Hayle
3/3. Smart Hayle
3/4. Thomas Hayle, GH will
3/5. Unknown Hayle
3/6. Judith Hayle PR, GH will
3/7. Sarah Hayle, PR
3/8. Mary Hayle, GH will, Smart’s will
3/9. Elizabeth (Hayle) Brown, GH will
3/10 Olive Hayle, PR, GH & AH wills
3/11. Ann Hayle, AH will
Inherited some land from his father as the surviving son, but mentions sugar
works in Clarendon mountains: this could have been the 1724 patent, these are
also in Anne’s will.
1754 Owners, Ann Hayle, 151 acres in Clarendon.
1716[715]:
In an indenture between George Hayle, planter of Vere, & Ann his wife &
James Smith of Vere esq, George sold 2 acres to James Smith for £10 SE on
George Hayle, W Thomas Mounson dcd, N on James Smith. Small Triangle - Dr Smith
on N side. This was part of the 25 acres his father bought from Thomas Berry in
1677 and left by Richard to his sons: George was the survivor of them.
In a similar indenture[716]
between James Smith esq of Vere & Eliza his wife & George Hayle, James
Smith & wife for £10 sold to George Hayle 2 acres (N on George Hayle,
EW&S on James Smith. Plat rectangle long side EW).
This was part of John Graterz’s patents for 510 acres & another 60
acres (patented in 1673) (N on William Coxhead, NW & SW on sd John
Graterz). John Graterz & Margaret sold in 1686 335 acres, (w Charles
Atkinson, N & NNW William Joy esq & formerly Richard Hayle E on Rio
Minho, S & SE on Francis Blackmore) to Thomas Munson & his wife
Margaret. Thomas Munso sold in October 1686, 1/3 to William Harris, whose son,
William sold to James Smith 10/8/1698 the 1/3.
1724[717]:
George Hayle of Clarendon planter, patented 300 acres, SE on Edward Butler decd
SW & NE on waste land. He sold in to Thomas Fish by deed in 1724. On the
junction of Carr’s River & Yonker?? River – complicated plat, coord noted,
2015.
George Hayle signed the inventory of John Hayle in 1718 as assessor(?), and was
shown the property by Nevil Hayle.
1743[718]:
in an indenture between Nevil Hayle of Vere, Gent, and George Hayle of Vere,
Nevil Hayle sold five acres for five shillings in Vere where George Hayle now
dwells, bounding easterly on the road leading to the Cross from Rio Minho to
the land now in possession of Elizabeth Falloways Northerly on Elizabeth
Falloways Westerly on Nevil Hayle and Southerly on John Hayle, Witness Francis
Smith & John Hayle.
The Cross was between Old Harbour & the Rio Minho, shown with the road on
Moll 1717.
Will[719]
proved 1746:, Of Clarendon.
To wife Ann, riding horse & saddle £30 also household goods & furniture
To wife 2 parcells of land 40 & 23 acres until Smart Hayle comes of age 21
To wife 2 acres of land purchased by me of James Smith esq dec in Vere + houses
etc for life
At the end of the terms above, land to sons Thomas & Smart Hayle.
If my estate in the mountains should by any means or accident not vest in or
come to my sons Henry & George, then my estate ... shall be for the use of my
4 sons, Henry, George, Thomas & Smart.
Mentions Real & Personal estate and sugar works in Clarendon mountains.
To dau Mary Manning 5/- 12 mths after death
To Dau Elizabeth Brown £70 2 years after death
To dau Olive Macke £70 3 years after death
to dau Palmer Hayle £70 4 year after & a negro
To Dau Judith Hayle £70 6 years after
These to come out of the profits of the sugar works devised to sons Henry &
George.
Youngest sons Thomas & Smart,
To sons George & Henry the rest & residue, but if George shall at any
time intermarry with Milborough Burrell, dau of George Burrell planter of Vere,
cohabit with or keep her as mistress or partner .. he shall take nothing.
Execs Widow Ann & Henry Hayle
Ann’s will[720]
of 1756-7: of Vere, widow, sick
To G/dau Olive McKeand a heifer
To G/dau Deborah Burrell a heifer
To son Smart Hayle rem of cattle except one, riding horse and mare and cold
sheep goats & other small stock
To son George Hayle 1 cow
daus Olive & Ann 1 trunk each
Daus Mary Olive Ann wearing apparel
To son Henry feather bed and down bedd
Old desk to son Smart
New desk, water frame new chairs new table the chest Chicken Feather bedds and
one down bed & rem of household furniture divided between G & S
Load horse to George
To son Henry 2 slaves
All other slaves between G&S also income from my mountain plantation
I give (provided they do not intermeddle or disturb either by vexations of
suits at law on in equity my said son Smart in the peaceable and quiet
possession of the lands etc in Vere which was bequeathed to him by his father
but in such case the following bequest to be annihilated and the said Smart
Hayle and his heirs to enjoy sd lands hereafter mentioned) all that my lands
plantations sugar works together with houses etc unto sons George & Henry
Execs Henry George & Smart
1753: Ann Hayle, widow, mentioned in the boundaries of Nevil Hayle land on the
Dry River in a deed with the Smiths, Smart Hayle on another boundary.
Possible issue of George Hales, ch Clarendon PR:
In 1746: older sons, George & Henry:
Several deeds involve Ann Hayle and her sons Henry and George:
1753[721]:
Ann Hayle of Clarendon widow relict of George Hayle for £20 pa sells to her
sons Henry, Millwright and George Hayle, blacksmith of Vere 28 slaves.
Then the next day, Henry Hayle and his wife Ann millwright of Clarendon &
George & his wife Mary Hayles sold to Benjamin Mumbee (of Vere planter) for
£1000 28 slaves in trust; the next day Benjamin Mumbee to sold 14 to each of
Henry & George Hayle for £500 each.
1753[722]:
George Hayle of Vere son of George Hayle snr of Clarendon given 14 slaves by
Ann Hayle relict of George Hayle dcd Ann & Henry Hayle execs of will of
George Hayle. George Hayle relinquishes any claim on estate.
1754[723]:
Ann Hayle widow of late George Hayle has right to 1/3 of estate. Henry Hayle of
Clarendon Millwright, George Hayle of Vere & Ann Hayle of Vere lease 33
acres to Wheeler Fearon of Clarendon Esq part of larger part known as Taylors
in Clarendon of 150a bounding on all sides on land of Hon Thomas Fearon etc:
Rent £7/6/8 to each pa £20 total. In a 2nd deed, Ann rents the
remaining 117 acres for £28 pa to Wheeler Fearon.
3/1. George Hayle, in parents wills, issue from Smart’s will of 1765
Probably born about 1715, alive
in 1756.
George Hayles married Mary Jernum, Clarendon 29/6/1746
Blacksmith of Vere in 1753 when his mother, Ann gave him 14 slaves, when George
relinquished his executorship of his father’s will.
1754: owners: Hayle, George, Vere 40 (acres).
1757[724]:
George & Mary Hayle planter of Vere, Smart & Sarah Hayle of Clarendon
sold Thomas Burbery of Clarendon for £1000 21 negroes.
A George Hayle was in debtors
prison, Jam Gaz 13/5/1780.
Issue of George & Elizabeth, Clarendon:
4/1. William Hayle ch 20/1/1751PR.
4/2. Thomas Hayle – Smart’s will
4/3. George Hayle, ch Clarendon 17/10/1763PR, of George & Mary
Possibility:
5/1. Smart Hayle, ch 16/2/1790, Cl’dn of George dcd & MaryPR.
4/4. Mary Hayle, 6/5/1753 ch
5/7/1763, VerePR, of George & Mary
4/5. Ann Hayle
4/6. Smart Hayle, b 20/10/1767, ch 6/1/1768 Cl’dn G & MPR.
3/2. Henry Hayle, in parents
wills,
owned 200 acres in Vere in 1754.
Millwright in 1753 of Clarendon.
Wife Henry Hale married Ann Walker, spinster, 27/11/1747, VerePR.
Died about 1760, and Ann remarried Mthias Phillip Downer, Vere 27/3/1762, he
was of St Andrew.
Was this the Henry Hayle owning 200 acres in Vere in 1754?
1744[725]:
Thomas Alison & Martha of St C surveyor, sold for £275 to Henry Hayle of St
Catherine, millwright 200 acres in Vere NW on Samual Long, E on Messrs Ashwits
& Fish, SE on Thomas Wint & the Spring & SW on George Marke
Henry Hayle owned 200 acres in Vere in 1754.
Plat on wills file. More likely Henry, son of George, son of Richard of St
Albans.
1753[726]:
John & Eleanor Olyphant of Clarendon 5/2/1745 sold to George Mackenzie 656½
A in St Anne's Mtn in Clarendon, George McKenzie George & Mary Mackenzie
gent of Clarendon sold it to Henry Hayle, a millwright of Clarendon, for £600,.
Will of 1760-1[727]:
Henry Hayle millwright of clarendon, All to sons Palmer & William both
<21. wife Ann for life they die, if sons die & wife maries to nephews
Richard Brown millwright of st George Henry Waite of st Elizabeth Gent, John
Mackeand & Alexander Mackeand of Kingston George Martie Mackeand of Vere,
George Burell son of George Burrell, planter of Clarendon planter. John &
William Pusey execs
Inventory 42/343:
Ent 31/12/1761 by John Pusey, Henry Hayle planter of Clarendon, Household
£175/18/1 28 slaves several bonds total £2053/18/1 lots of household detail,
not easily readable.
1763[728]: Mathias Philip Downer of
St Ann & his wife Ann (late Ann Hayle, widow of Henry Hayle), millwright of
Clarendon, 2nd Mathias Philip & Ann Downer agree with John Pusey exec of
Henry Hayle to release her Dower to Henry Palmer Hayle & William Hayle,
legatees of Henry Hayle, gents & her sons for £400.
3/1. Henry Palmer Hayle.
3/2. William Hayle.
In 1746 younger sons:
3/3. Smart Hayle, in in parents wills.
Will[729] of 1765:
Esq of Clarendon, sick.
To Sister Mary Downer, wife of Thomas Downer, planter, negro girl & £50
Rest & residue divided between Alexand McKeand George McKeand sons of
George McKeand planter of Vere, & Thomas, George, Mary & Ann, children
of my brother George Hayle, planter of Vere, & John, George, Thomas,
Deborah, Ann, Elizabeth & Olive Burrell, ch of George Burrell of Clarendon
Planter.
Exec brother George & friend George Burrell.
Married Sarah Burbery, bapt 5/9/1732, dau of Robert & Elizabeth Burbery,
Clarendon. Robert probably bapt Clarendon, 27/7/1696, son of Robert &
Rebecca.
1753: Ann Hayle, widow, mentioned in the boundaries of Nevil Hayle land on the
dry River in a deed with the Smiths, Smart Hayle on another boundary.
1757: George & Mary Hayle planter of Vere, Smart & Sarah Hayle of
Clarendon 1st part sold to Thomas Burbery of Clarendon 2nd pt, sold for £1000
negroes 21.
1760[730]: Smart & Sarah Hayle
lease for 3 year to William Smith 46A S & W on Francis Smith, N&E on
Minho, also 23 A also in Vere, E on Minho N&W on Francis Smith, S on Grace
Bowman. £30 pa.
1761[731]: Robert Burbery esq of
Clarendon for love and affection for Sarah Hayle & 5/- sold a moiety of
land in Short River in Clarendon to Smart Hayle planter of Clarendon &
Sarah his wife (dau of Robert Burbery) containing 300A E,N, W on land of George
McKenzie S on land in possession of John Gardner esq & heirs of Trristam
Ratcliffe dcd for the lives of S&SH then to their children. If no issue to
sons of Robert Burbery.
3/4. Thomas Hayle, 15/8/1725, of
George
In father’s will, but not
mother’s, prob died bef 1756; owned 20 acres in Vere.
3/5. Unk Hayle, ch 14/12/1723 of
George
3/6. Judith Hayle, 7/12/1730 of George & Ann, father’s will only.
3/7. Sarah Hayle, 24/12/1734 of George & Ann
3/8. Mary Hayle, father’s will
of 1746 as Mary Manning &
Smart’s will of 1765 as Mary,
wife of Thomas Downer.
George Manning possibly the son of Humphrey & Mary Manning, b Vere
16/1/1710, but the reference to the land in Smoakey Hole makes this look less
likely.
100 acres of land in Smoakey Hole sold by George Manning jnr & Mary
to John Wright in 1750, part of John Hayle patent – possibly this one.
A case in the Jamaica Assembly refers to the will of Edward Manning of 1750 in
which it mentions he owned inter alia Yarmouth Pen. He leaves as heirs a nephew
and several nieces.
Issue of George & Mary Manning, Vere, maybe them:
4/1. William Dounty Manning, ch 13/11/1735
4/2. George Alexander Manning, ch 10/11/1737
3/9. Elizabeth Hayle, as
Elizabeth Brown in father’s will:
not in Anne’s
3/10. Olive Hayle, in parents
wills, Vere 20/7/1714, ch 1/8/1714PR.
Married George McKeand 30/8/1736,
ClarendonPR
George McKeand, bur Vere 6/11/1762.
4/1. George Martin McKeand, ch Vere 11/1749PR
4/2. Olive McKean, b 30/8/1755, ch Vere 15/4/1756PR.
4/2. Alexander McKeand, M Susannah French.
1785[732]: John Gall Booth Esq of
Vere & Rachel Judith his wife for J£380 sold to Alexander McKeande of
Kingston 38 acres in Vere N & NE on Milk River and on land surved for
William Pinder but patented by Edward Rawllins now possession of Thomas Turner
W fomerly Mrs Duncan now Hugh Duncan, WS on patent Dr Sperry now heirs of Hon
John Scott. S pat by Tom Dead now Simon Booth.
1786[733]:
George Burrell of Kingston gent Alexander Mckeande Gent of Kingston refers to
land in St Jago sold to Alexander Mckeande but refers to ind with Richard Roy
Mann, mason, & Richard Brown, millwright both of St George.
Issue of Alxander McKeand, ch Kingston:
5/1. Olive McKeand, of Frances Ann 21/4/1771
5/2. Olive McKeand, of Elizabeth 30/7/1785
5/3. Thomas McKeand of Susanna French 16/6/1780.
3/11. Ann Hayle in mother’s will
only.
Probably married George Burrell
of Clarendon
Burrills appear on the plats & maps aroung John Hayle’s patents to the
north of May Pen.
Issue from Smart’s will, April 1765, with some Clarendon records:
4/1. Deborah Burrell, ch 9/11/1752PR, and also in G/mother’s will
4/2. John Burrell, ch 15/3/1751PR,
Married Susannah King, Clarendon,
7/8/1777.
5/1. John Burrel ch 12/1/1779
5/2. Ann Hayle Burrell, ch 24/9/1780, Mar John Snaith
6/1. George Burrell Snaith, son
of John Snaith esq & Ann Hayle, b 12/4/1814, ch 16/4/1818, Clarendon
5/3. Robert Burrell, ch 20/7/1782
Mar Mary Sarah Pakes Thorburn,
6/8/1812
6/1. Sarah Hannah Burrell, b 14/10/1817, ch 16/4/1818.
5/4. Elizabeth Howe Burrell, b
15/2/1782, ch 27/3/1783
5/5. Child Burrell, ch 13/3/1785. Was this Olive B who mar:
Mar Adam William Thorburn,
Clarendon, 16/12/1812
6/1. Eliza Alice Thorburn, ch 10/10/1814.
6/1. John Burrell Thorburn, b. 18170725 ch 18180416.
5/5. Smart Hayle Burrell, b
16/11/1793, ch 1/6/1793.
5/5. James King Burrell, b 23/11/1795, ch 14/1/1796
5/6. Deborah Burrell, b 4/1797, ch 4/1/1798
4/3. George Burrell, ch 6/4/1754PR,
4/4. Thomas Burrell, ch 9/1/1760PR
4/5. Ann Burrell, ch 16/4/1757PR
4/6. Elizabeth Burrell ch 21/5/1763PR
4/7. Olive Burrell, b 17 Jan, ch 22/4/1765, ClarendonPR.
Of George & Alice:
4/8. Milborough Burrell, b. 12/3/1770, ch 6/9/1770PR.
4/9. William Burell, b. 26/5/1772, ch 27/7/1772
4/10. Sarah Shin Burrell, ch 30/9/1774.
Alice Burrell bur, Clarendon, 30/9/1775.
George Burrell bur Clarendon, 8/5/1777, d 6/5/1777 at Old Woman’s Savanna.
3/12. Palmer Hayle, daughter in
father’s will only.
Mar Thomas Allison, Vere
15/9/1749 as spinster.
In the 1790’s A William Palmer Hayle was having children in Clarendon.
2/3. Mary Hayle.
AM12/53
Parents: perhaps William & Martha Hayle of St Albans
1/1/1641 or 2, the Abbey, St Albans, Will & Martha Hayle – 2 sources in
IGI.
DiedWill: about late 1716, as a planter of Vere.
John Hayle was our direct ancestor via Priscilla Hayle who married john
Sinclair. He was a land owner, and probably pen keeper, in Clarendon with about
1500 acres of land, with his son John, in the area to the north of present day
May Pen, and some smaller plots on the River Minho just south of the border
into Vere.
Haylesfield (pen) to the north west of Alley, south of “old” Yarmouth was probably
his pen where he lived and was about 280 acres in 1809. By the standards of the
day, he must have been a man of some substance when many grants were for 10-300
acres.
Plate 62
The northern patents appear on several estate maps and became part of Denbigh and
Teak Savanna estates.
John & Priscilla had, from their wills, at least 5 children; John junior
was probably the eldest but as he died before his father, the major beneficiary
of John Snr’s will was Nevil. The inventories of both John Senior & junior
show them to have had 71 slaves at their death. Neither the wills nor the
inventories give direct details of the land owned, but the inventories give an
indication. However, sugar estates seemed to have about 1 slave for 8 acres.
This ties in with the known size of the land granted to each of them. From a
crop account for his grandson, Samuel, son of John jnr, it appears that, at
least later on (1742) that the family was growing cotton, probably on the
Smokey Hole estates.
The inventories of John father & son are typical of the era, but show
somewhat different lives. John snr had a lot more furniture in his inventory,
probably reflecting a larger, more prosperous home; he had some livestock, but
there is no mention of other agricultural produce while John jnr produced
Indigo as well as livestock, indicating that he may have lived on the Rio Minho
land. John jnr had a sizable debt owed to him as an asset in his inventory, but
no deed has been found to account for this.
The Grant with his brothers:
John was granted in 1672-3, with his brothers, Richard & Thomas, 210
acres in Clarendon, described earlier in this volume with the disposiition of this
land.
The 58 acre plot is not mentioned, but it must be assumed, if only for
fairness, that it went to John Hayle snr, who left land at Yarmouth, Vere to
his son Nevil.
There were a several deeds involving John Hayle in 1693, 1697 and 1701 relating
to the administration of his brother’s estate by Richard Cargill where John
Hayle relinquished any claims (as executor), and a later deed of 1701 relating
to Thomas’s sons.
Other Lands
In a deed 1699[734],
slightly predating the next acquisition from James Smith, John Hayle planter of
Vere,(snr or jnr?) bought from John Honis (Harris??) Cordwainer of St Elizabeth
and his wife Elizabeth for £10 90 acres in Clarendon; the land was patented[735] to John Honis &
Edward Ward in 1675 as rocky all round. In the deed, it bounds on John Hayle,
Mr Hunt and unsurveyed; it would have been inherited by Nevil, and may be the
parcel sold by him in 1720 as being in St Elizabeth to John Anderson, the
boundary between St Elizabeth was a bit variable over this period.
John senior bought[736]
about 47 acres in Clarendon from Dr James Smith, surgeon, in 1699 (East on John
& Robert Adlard, N on Philemon Dixon decd & Capt Jacob Pickering. S
& W on James Smith): this land went to his son Nevil. The land was 1/3 of
140 acres patented the Brazilatto Hills by John Hunt in 1686[737] and bought by Dr James
Smith in 1698 who is referred to as John snr’s son-in-law, and has a wife
Elizabeth in the 1699 deed, but there is no mention of Elizabeth Hayle in John
snr’s will. Nevil Hayle sold his 1/3 in 1718 to James Smith[738]. A second deed also
refers to this transaction[739].
Yarmouth (Vere) Land
The origins of the savanna land in Yarmouth, left by John Hayle snr to
his son and heir Nevil is not clear; it might have been that bought in 2 lots
from John Harris and James Smith in 1699. From deeds by son Nevil, this was a
sugar estate and came, via a complicated route, into the ownership of the Smith
family, who are shown on Craskel with a cattle powered sugar estate on the west
bank of the Rio Minho, opposite Webbers Gully: a Smith pen appears further
south. It may have originated with the land granted to the 3 brothers,
speculatively shown on Plate
61 with the Lord land. A deed of 1750 describes the land formerly owned by
Nevil Hayle as bordering the Rio Minho, between Yarmouth Hole and Fig Tree
Hole, and having a southern border with Mrs Carver: she would have been the
mother of Mary (Carver) Ward whose son owned Yarmouth estate, shown south on
Robertson about where Lord is on Craskel.
Robertson has Dunkley’s Dry River (not to be confused with
Rodon’s Dry River on the other side of the river, where the present day
settlement of Dry River is) in the same position as Smiths; sometime after
1755, Smiths must have sold it to Abraham Dunkley before 1786. There is a small
settlement in this position on satellite images, probably Gravel Ground on the
1950’s map. In the 1820’s it had about 250 slaves, so was a substantial
property.
An alternative is that this land was what is now shown as Haylesfield,
which in 1809 measured about 280 acres, in southern Vere as shown on 2 estate
maps as 280 acres on 2 19thC estate maps[740],
one of 1809 and another later.
(Plate
62)
Haylesfield Pen is shown on these maps in the position of present day
Haylesfield, and was at least 280 acres in 1809 (although only 2 plots
totalling 70 acres in 1844). This was probably the land where he and Piscilla
resided. His inventory lists livestock, but nothing to imply he was a sugar
producer. John jnr shows some indigo in his inventory, probably grown on his
300 acres north of May Pen. William Pusey Hayle in the early 19thC was at
Haylesfield – see below.
Yarmouth on Robertson was close to the Hilliard River (earlier called the
Vere River), to the west of the road from Kemps (Camps) Hill to Cooks Gate.
Modern maps show “New Yarmouth to the East of this road, where Rodon’s is
marked on Robertson. New Yarmouth estate, now part of Wray & Nephew,
belonged to the Earl of Dudley & Ward in 1830’s from his grand mother Mary
Ward, who inerited it from her father John Carver in 1724.
Note: Yarmouth in 1804 was in Vere, 17N42 17W12, as a cattle powered sugar
estate. New Yarmouth on the west bank of the Rio Minho, west of Hayes is still
a sugar factory.
1671[741]:
William & Mary Lord, planter of Clarendon, sold for £35 to John Hayle
planter of Clarendon 35 acres: upon the Dry River (Rio Minho) in Clarendon,
bounding North on William Lord East on William Cock, SW on waste land, West on
the river. Part of 75 acres patented[742]
to William Lord 15 Sept in 20th year of Charles II (15/9/1668), at
Kettle Spring, on a sharp right angle bend in the river, from flowing west to
south, with William Clarendon on the opposite bank. See Plate 61.
This was probably the land referred to in the 1673 patent as belonging to John
& Richard Hayle. This looks to have been in the meander of the Rio Minho
about 1½ miles NE of present day New Yarmouth.
Smokey Hole Land
John senior and junior aquired about 1500 acres in northern Clarendon, not
in the classic sugar area further south. Some may have been in cotton and some
indigo and probably some sugar. The family sold this land over the years, and
it became part of Teak Pen, Folly Pen and Denbigh estate[743]. Satellite images show
this to be hilly, wooded land, even when cleared, it would not have been good
growing country.
John Hayle senior, our direct ancestor, had three patents for land around
Smokey Hole for 609 acres in 1700 (this patent was entered as snr & jnr,
but text is only snr), 250 acres in 1704 and 450 acres in 1710 (which went to
his grandson Thomas who subsequently sold most or all of it); his son, John
junior, was granted a further 300 acres in 1700. Plats for John Hayle senior
and junior, John Hunt, Richard Dawkins & Richard Coates fit well together
except for the road on the east of John Hunt and the west of Richard Dawkins.
The land was described as at Smokey Hole, on and around a road variously
decribed as: “the new road from Thomas River to St Jago Savanna”, “The new road
to Thomas’s river near Pickering Spots”, “the road from Coll Dawkins to St
Jago”, “the road to Smoakey Hole”. This approximates to the modern road from
May Pen to Pleasant Valley and on towards Thomas’s River. St Jago Savanna is to
the west of modern day May Pen. Estate map 290 covers much of this.
A road crossing John Hayle snr’s 450 acre patent on the SW part of the
combined area is a “path up to Pickering Spots”, later described as “to Dr
Burril’s palink[744]”.
The inference is that there was a Pickering property on or near the Thomas
River to the north of the properties; nothing shows on the maps of the period.
It was probably the modern road from Four Paths to Brixton Hill, although the
fit is not very good.
Estate plan 475 on the southern side of the Hayle complex matches the road
from Jacob Hut to Pleasant Valley very well, and the southern grants match
reasonably. Clarendon 143 continues up the road, and also has a very good match
to the road, and the southern boundary of John Hayles senior 263A of 1700 is
also a very ggod match. These 2 position the Hayle/Hunt complex within a couple
of hundred yards or so.
An estate plan (Clarendon 143, 1799) shows John Hunt’s 1200 acres much
further south, covering some of John Hayle senior’s land (which was all on one
plat sheet, and obviously joined on either side of the road), as all other
lands fit and agree with this plan, it seems that the map 143 Hunt position is
not correct, or the outline is wrong. Another estate map (Clarendon 649),
undated but after 1741, shows John Hayles snr patent of 1700 for 609 acres and
its southern neighbours: this has the North western boundary as it was against
John Hunt in my joining of the plats. Much of the 1700 land is shown as
“formerly of John Hayles, deceased”, indicating a sale of at least part. This
map stretches south to include the original grant to Giffard Pennant for what
became the Denbigh estate.
Estate Map 143 appears to be an analysis of the lands around the Hayles as
part of a dispute between the Denbigh (Lord Penrhyn/Pennant) & Teak Savanna
Estates (James Chislholm): another, more pictorial, estate map (Clarendn 651),
undated, but probably later, shows Denbigh estate with its northern boundary at
the southern boundary of Teak Savanna in map 143. The latter map shows John
Hayles, jnr, 1699 patented lands outside the estate, although it does show an
overlay of part of this patent by one John Wright “now to William Reynolds”. It
also shows part of Denbigh’s northern boundary as John Hayles deceased. It
implies that a John Hayles still owned at least the northern part of the 1699
patent. The pictorial map shows roads which are still identifiable on modern
maps, indicating it being later. This plan has the road north west through the
area as it was on the Hunt plats, which do not agree with John Hunt 1200 acres
to the west: this road matches the modern road well; an unnamed line, which
must have been a path, matches a modern track/road on the east of the complex.
A further undated plan (Clarendon 290) shows the northern lands stretching
over the Thomas River, where it shows a run of land for Thomas Hayles. It shows
John Hunt as even more extensive almost covering the western part of the later
John Hayles (F188) plat. There is a 450 acres run of land to John Hayles snr which
has a plat boundary to his own land, but map 290 shows John Hunt adjoining this
land. Again, this indicates errors in the postioning of John Hunt’s land.
Plate 60
This diagram shows the Hayle and adjoing patents. The green lines show the
roads from the 1950’s 1:50,000 map, which have not changed in this area. It is
aligned to true north, the arrows from the plats seem in the main to be roughly
magnetic north; the scales on the plats are in chains (80 chains = 1 mile). The
plats were aligned using the SE John Hayles jnr plat shown on the Denbigh
Estate map (Clarendon 651) which in turn was aligned using the roads, with a
road fork to the southwest of May Pen and the distinctive bend in the middle of
the Coates plat. This was all carried out on CAD software.[745]
Subsequent examination of the originals show that all the Hayle land except
the 300 acres to the SE was to John Hayles snr.
Robert Coates plat shows: The road to Smoakey Hole. This
road appears on Jno Hayles 1700 as the Road from Coll Dawkins to St Jago, as
the New road from Thomas’s River to St Jago Savannah in Richard Dawkins, and on
John Hunt 1684 as The New Road leading to Thomas’s River near Pickering Spotts.
Dawkins Smokey Hole, Clarendon, N18°2' W77°18'. This is abt 10km north of
May Pen. A suggestion was that it was a Colonel Dawkins who originally owned it.
This position seems to be at or near an industrial site, maybe a Bauxite mine
at the end of the railway marked north out of May Pen towards Pleasant Valley.
Craskell places a Hayle pen at N18ºW77º20’.
John snr’s will left the 450 acre Smokey Hole patent to John jnr’s son
Thomas, who in the 1740’s sold 100 acres to John Shickel. It appears that
Thomas sold 300 acres, probably the rest of the property from his grandfather,
to his cousin Samuel Nevil in 1741. This 300 acres was inherited by Samuel
Nevil’s son Nevil, via Grace Bowman as executor.
The remaining Smokey Hole land comprising 859 acres in 2 patents was left
half to his grandsons John, Henry, Samuel & Richard Hayle by John dcd and
half to Nevil.
100 acres of land in Smoakey Hole sold by George Manning jnr & Mary to John
Wright in 1750[746],
part of John Hayle patent. Maybe son-in–law of George, son of Richard Hayle,
John’s brother.
Ref G/son Thomas, son of John jnr:
Cr M15 18N6 77W12 Clarendon Pen Burrell, much too far north.
There is a reference to an Edward Manning owning Yarmouth Pen in 1750 (will in
Assembly 1815).
Will[747]:
Dated 1714, entered 1717
He was of Vere & a planter.
He left his “Estate dwelling house, furniture and plate except silver spoons
and fforks” to Wife Priscilla for life, then to Son Neville Hayle,
also to wife, good riding horse & side saddle & chariot & 4 horses.
Bequests to:
Dau Aline Anderson, negroes she possessed
Dau Priscilla Allen, negroes she possessed
Dau Margaret Biggs. Negro slaves
To G/S Thomas son of John Hayle, Dcd, land in Clarendon Mountains called
Smoakey Hole cont 450 acres: if Thomas dies before 21 years then to Grand
daughter Priscilla Hayle, dau of John Hayle, dcd. If Priscilla Hayle dies, to
grand-daughters Elizabeth & Mary. Also 2 slaves to be put out to trade.
Bequeaths to grand sons John, Henry, Samuel & Richard Hayle, by implication
sons of John dcd; moiety of Smokey Hole land except the 450 acres, the other
half to Nevil.
To grand daughter Priscilla 2 fillies & heifers
To grand daughters Elizabeth & Mary Hayle, a filly each
Nevil Hayle to have 10 negroes already in his possession and also 6 negro slave
sawyers, but no interest in 3 slaves given to son John Hayle dcd.
Henry, William, Samuel & Richard to have ½ slaves not already devised.
To my son Nevill Hayle all my Savanna land in Yarmouth in Vere, the penn of
Cattle or Sheep, as also the Land I bought from my son in law Dr James Smith...
Also to Nevill Hayle all the plantation where I now dwell as also all my real
and personal estate (which is not already devised) in Jamaica or else where to
hold unto my said son Nevil Hayle his heirs & assigns forever.
Trustee: son in law Dr James Smith.
Inventory 1718[748]:
The property was shown by Nevile Hayle, his executor and assessor George Hayle.
Total £1803-12-6d, including 71 adult & young slaves, a few sheep, cattle
& horses.
No information on Priscilla; IGI Britain has no relevant marriages.
Issue of John & Priscilla Hayle, JH will 1717:
1/1. John Hayle, (jnr) died 1712
1/2. Neville Hayle – see below.
1/3. Alice (Aline) Hayle, Married John Anderson bef 1714
1/4. Priscilla Hayle, M Mr Allen
1/5. Margaret Hayle, M Mr Biggs
1/6. Elizabeth Hayle, M Dr James Smith
John junior was a planter like his father, and had lands granted close to
John senior’s land in central Clarendon. He started off life in Vere, but later
on he was of Clarendon, probably on the 300 acres he was granted on the rising
ground to the north of present day May Pen. There are indications that the Vere
gound was in indigo production, both from the deed when he bought it and the presence
in his inventory of some raw indigo. From a crop account for his son Samuel, it
would appear that the estates produced cotton, propably in the Smokey Hole
lands.
John jnr seems to have been of some substance himself, showing assets in
his inventory appropriate to the 300 or so acres he probably held. As he died
before his father, he was not mentioned in senior’s will, although his children
were. There is little data (6/2011) on where John jnr’s property went to, but
the later deeds have yet to be read. One of his grandsons, Edward (son of
Samuel) still owned land in 1744 as a minor. John jnr had at least 9 children
and many grand children.
1697[749]:
John Cherk and wife Sara on 1/7/1690 sold to Henry Napier that land called
Cherton Garden(?), 36 acres, between the lands of Robert Coates & Henry
Dawkins. Henry Napier late of Vere, now of Kingston Gent and his wife Joane
sold it to John Hayle Junr, planter of Vere, also house & Indigo works.
(Presumably in Vere).
This land was probably on the east bank of the Rio Minho, between Coates &
Dawkins pen, about N17º54W77º12 on Bochart & Knollis.
1709[750]:
between Thomas Blair planter Vere and John Hayle jnr Clarendon planter: John
Hayle paid Thomas Blair £81-10 as a mortgage on 4 negroes renewed.
Granted[751]
land in Clarendon in 1700: 300 acres in the mountains of Clarendon, bordering
West & North on Robert Coates, North & East on waste ground and south
on Mary Woods, widow.
1712[752]:
renews mortgage from Francis Allen for £278-19-9 on negroes & stock.
Francis Allen of Vere, planter sold to John Hayle Jnr of Clarendon, planter for
£278-19-9 400 acres at Smoaky Hole in Clarendon, N on Dr John Burrell, S on
land supposed to be John Sutton’s, East on Mr John Hayle snr, West on William
Holloways (Followays?) and also 12 negroes 3 horses 25 sheep
Seems to be a redemption of a mortgage.
This land was to the west of the Smokey Hole patents, and was still owned by
Francis Allen in 1741[753].
Will[754]:
1712-3.
Planter of Clarendon.
Estate to wife Elizabeth until son John 24 years when she shall deliver unto
guardians.
To daus Elizabeth & Mary £300 each when 18 or married
To sons John, Henry, William,
Samuel, and Richard residue when 21
Executrix Wife Elizabeth and
Brother-in-law Dr James Smith and Mr Alexander Woods
Inventory[755]
1713:
John Hayle of Clarendon,
planter... Shown by Alexander Wood of Clarendon, planter one of his execs.
Included 71 slaves, total value £2756-17-6 1/2d. A detailed inventory,
including over £580 of debtors, probably in part Francis Allen.
Elizabeth’s will[756]
dated 1714 proved 1739, probably written after John jnr’s death.
This is linked by the children’s names related to her father-in-law’s will and
her executors, described as brothers.
of Clarendon, widow, sick.
To daus Elizabeth & Mary 1 negro to be purchased.
To son Thomas & her Dau Priscilla stock branded with EI and ready money
To T&P 6 negroes Peggy. Savannah, Coobah, Grace, Sucky, George.
To dau Mary negro girl Gibbo
To other children rest of stock,
Execs Brothers Henry Lord, Alexander Woods, James Smith.
Henry Lord renounces executorship – Samuel Nevil Hayle witnessed this.
Wits Richard Voysey, Mark Jefferson, Thos Biggs (surviving witness).
Not all his children are mentioned in his will, but they are in his father’s
will.
Married Elizabeth, (maybe Lord or Wood).
2/1. Elizabeth Hayle (b aft 1694, PR ch 19/11/1704, Clarendon – Hales,)
2/2. Mary Hayle, (b aft 1694).
From mention in Samuel Hayle’s
will of 1741-2 of nephew Samuel Jackson, possibility:
Issue of Heathcote & Mary Jackson:
3/1. Samuel Jackson, ch Clarendon 4/12/1733PR
3/2. Henry Jackson, ch Clarendon 23/11/1734PR
3/3. Henrietta Jackson, ch Vere, b 17/12/1738, ch 15/1/1739PR,
Spon Henry & Priscilla
Savage, Thos Hayle, Eliz Heath.
Priscilla was probably her mother Mary’s sister.
3/4. Humphrey Roger Jackson
& Mary Ann Innes, spinster,
married Vere 31 July 1746.
2/3. John Hayle, b aft 1691.
2/4. Henry Hayle, b aft 1691.
Was this the Henry Hayle owning
200 acres in Vere in 1754?
1744 Deed[757]:
Thomas Alison & Martha of St C surveyor, sold for £275 to Henry Hayle of St
Catherine, millwright 200 acres in Vere NW on Samual Long, E on Messrs Ashwits
& Fish, SE on Thomas Wint & the Spring & SW on George Marke
Henry Hayle owned 200 acres in Vere in 1754.
Plat on wills file. More likely Henry, son of George, son of Richard of St
Albans.
Henry Hale married Ann Walker, spinster, 27/11/1747, Vere (PR).
2/5. William Hayle, b aft 1691.
2/6. Samuel Hayle.
A Cotton farmer.
Parish records show his children being born of Susanna, but there is a deed
relating to Mary Hayle, widow of Samuel in 1750, so maybe Susanna predeceased
him, as there is no mention of her in his will. If the deed of Mary Hayle is to
do with him, then ha must have married her very rapidly after Susanna’s death
and before his own demise.
Crop Account[758]
for 1742 for the estate of Samuel Hayle, dcd:
2 Bags of Cotton made by Saml Hayle in his lifetime 1741 & since deld to
Mrs M Pennard?? Of his debt to her.
Sundry Goods being part of his Inventory sold for £46-18-9
Sundry Cattle Horses and Mules sold for £209-10-0
Negro Ship’d to Mr Fearon for £2-1-3
3 Bushells and 32 lbs Beans sold to Rich’d Mitchell
125 Bush and 52 lb Corn Sold to John Sutton esq
6 Bush ditto Sold to Mr Hayle
125 Bush ditto Sold to Dr Crawford and 431 Lib Hogg
554 Bush ditto Sold to Trouthall Estate
220 lb Hogg Sold to This Wint.
Jamaica, Clarendon & Vere
Memorandum this 19th day of February 1742/3 John Shickle Exor to
Samuel Hayle deced and Guardian to Edward Hayle a minor appeared this day
before me Thomas Rodon esq....the proceeds of the Estate of Samuel Hayle
deced....from the time of his death to 31st December 1742.
1743 Crop Account[759]
for estate of Samuel Hayle dcd:
Rent for the whole estate to Dr Alex Crawford from March 24 1741-2 to March
1742-3 including the widow Mary Hayle her third £275
Rent of a Plantain Walk to David Yates for £5
NB the whole estate is still rented of leased but the rent is not due till 24th
March 1743-4
George Fisher his note of hand & Intst} being part of £28
Goods sold for: } the Inventory £1-10
(Total) £309-10
Made by John Shickle, executor of Samuel Hayle & guardian to Edward, Henry
& White Hayle, infants.
[Wage inflated to 2015 is about £140K]
Will[760]
1741-2:
Of Clarendon, planter.
to dau Mary Hayle, stock marked MH
To dau White Hayle stock marked who
Rest & Residue to friend John Shickle (planter of Clarendon), my exec, in
trust for...
Bonds & monies payable thereby wherein John Shickel & Alexander
Crawford do stand together bound together unto one such bond as in the penalty
of £1000 conditioned for the payment of £500, the other bond for the interest
on the sd £500 I declare that they be for the sole use of my sd dau Mary &
White Hayle
To son Edward all rest of estate. If he dies to daus for life, provided they
marry with consent of JS. If they do not, then to:
To nephew Henry Hayle &
Nephew & god son Samuel Jackson (prob son of sister Mary 2/2.)
Inventory[761]
Dated 1741 Ent 1745
Of Clarendon, planter, shown by
John Shikler of Clarendon, planter
Total £2308, including 58 negroes & 2 bags of unsold cotton.
“Grant Dower” Deed[762]
Mary Hayle of Clarendon Widow of Samuel Hayle of Clarendon, planter to John
Shickle of Clarendon, planter – is this them??? Land in Santa Cruz Mountains – this seems to be John Shickle granting Mary Hayle the widow’s rights over her
husband’s estate after settlement of mortgages etc.
Issue of Samuel & Susannah (Ch Clarendon PR)
From the memorandum in the 1743 Crop Return, Edward, Henry and White Hayle were
the survivors, as infants in 1743. No other children were mentioned.
3/1. Elizabeth Hayle, bur Vere, 20/1/1731 of Samuel & Susannah
3/2. White Hayles 2/11/1732
Ref Wills of John Robinson &
Henry Hayle (1771) & Thomas Anderson, 1771.
Probably married John Robinson, issue White Bridget, Charlotte.
PR: John Robinson married Elizabeth Hayles, 25/8/1720, Clarendon.
Will of John Robinson[763]
1770-1:
Of Clarendon, “in case”
To brother Jacob Robinson
To Mary Anderson, wife of Thomas Anderson
Friends John Rodon esq, Thomas Anderson, William Smith Samuel Coppock
Elizabeth Smith
William Jackson & his son Richard Jackson
Wife White Robinson
Dau White Bridget Robinson
Dau Charlotte Robinson
Land at Hayes Savannah.
1788[764]:
An indenture between Thomas and Susanna Anderson esq of Vere & White
Robinson, widow of Kingston. Thomas Anderson was the son & heir of Thomas
Anderson, elder, & his wife Mary of Vere dcd. Henry Hayle of Clarendon dcd
owned several estates and died in 1771 & in his will of 17/1/1771 he gave
to White Robinson, then wife of John Robinson dcd of Clarendon, all his estate.
Will was executed in presence of 3 witnesses, but 1 was John Robinson, and it
did not pass thereby but devolved onto White Robinson and Mary Anderson, mother
of Thomas Anderson as coheiresses, & Thomas Anderson as heir of mother is
entitled to 1/2 of estate & Thomas Anderson has agreed with White Robinson
to convey all his 1/2 to her for £350.
Henry was the son of Richard Hayle, and White’s 1st cousin.
Issue of John & White Robinson:
4/1. Susanna Robinson, ch Clarendon, 23/6/1751PR,
4/2. John Robinson, ch Clarendon, 15/4/1754PR,
4/3. Lancelot Robinson, ch Clarendon, 1/1/1757PR,
4/4. White Bridget Robinson, ch Clarendon, 10/7/1758PR.
4/5. Robert John Robinson, ch Vere 9/6/1762PR.
4/6. Charlotte Robinson, ch Clarendon 24/6/1770 of Jno R, no motherPR
3/3. Susannah Hayles 25/1/1735
3/4. Lord Hayles 17/3/1736
3/5. Elizabeth Hayles 6/4/1738
3/6. Edward Hayles 16/8/1739
A deed[765] in 1744 shows John
Shickle as guardian to Edward Hayle and executor of Samuel Hayle and Alexander
Crawford his other executor, when Edward was a minor. For the imrovements to
the property, they let 2 acres of land to Thomas Wint, the present possessor,
for 15 years .. or life of Thomas Wint, butting and bounding westerly on
Bullards Savannah and Northerly on the road to Coatt’s Easterly and Southerly
on the land of Edward Hayle The 2 acres is already fenced which must kept in
repair by Thomas Wint ... for 15 years .. or life of Thomas Wint ... yielding
and paying yearly a good fatt Turkey Cock ...
Bullars Savannah in 1715 was between the Milk River and the Rio Minho.
Crop Account for 1742 for the estate of Samuel Hayle, dcd mentions Edward
Hayle, a minor, the return being made by John Shickle, his guardian. The next
year, 3 infants were listed: Edward, Henry and White Hayle.
3/7. Henry Hayle,
mentioned in the Crop Return for
1743, so probably another unrecorded son of Samuel Hayle
2/7. Richard Hayle
1754 Owner of 354 acres, Richard
Hayle deceased, probably his estate was not yet wound up as the children were
young.
Will[766]:
1739-41.
of Clarendon, planter.
Son of John Jnr
To wife Hannah all estate during widow hood the after her decease
To sons John, Samuel & Henry equally probably <21.
To dau Elizabeth at 18 £J150.
Execs Thomas Rodon esq & Thomas Fearon jun esq.
1765[767]:
Francis Bower sold 237 acres in 1753 to Hannah Hayle, mother of Henry Hayle, of
Clarendon, Henry Hayle sold to John Shickle for £50 1/2 of 234A. N on Wakefield
& Swayer John Downer, S on John Turner, W on Perrin, NE on John Davis. John
Shickle sold on to John Hayle?
Francis Bowen sold on 17/1/1753
to Hannah Hayle, 230A, to son John.
Sheckle's estate, Clarendon (from Lawrence Archer 1875):
here lies the body of John Hayes, who departed this life 5th Septr., 1766, aged
30 years. Also near this place are interred Richard and Hannah Hayle, father
& mother of the said John Hayle. As also Mary and Samuel Hayle and
Elizabeth Bowen, brothers and sisters to the said John Hayle. and his niece,
Elizabeth Bowen, daughter of Francis & the above mentioned Elizabeth Bowen.
Issue of Richard & Hannah (Ch Clarendon PR)
3/1. Elizabeth Hayles 26/3/1733, M Francis Bowen
She probably died before 1756 as
there is a record of Francis Bowen marrying Mary Flavel, Clarendon, 13/5/1756.
4/1. Elizabeth Bowen, ch 31/8/1751, Clarendon.
3/2. Mary Hayles, ch 3/6/1734.
3/2. John Hayle 12/6/1736
It looks as though John &
Catherine had no surviving children, John leaving all to his wife except a
small bequest to his brother Henry, and Catherine making bequests to a number
of nephews & nieces.
1759[768]:
John & Catherine Hayle of Clarendon planter sold for £50 to John Shickle of
Clarendon esq ½ of a parcel of land in Clarendon cont 86A East on land formerly
divided to Samuel Hayle dcd and all other sides by the Rio Minho. In 1763[769], this land was reconveyed
to John Shickle as Catherine was not of age in 1759, for £700. 1/4A excepted as
the burying ground of the Hayle family (listed in Lawence Archer).
1764[770]: John Shickle conveys to
John & Catherine Hayle for £50 part of 270 A on all side by land of John
Shickle. Triangular plat shows "the road" N-S, buildings N corner
& SE corner
1774[771]: Catherine Hayle, widow
of Clarendon for 5/- sold to John Shickle, merchant, 50A in Clarendon part of
270A butting & bounding on land of John Shickle. Triangular plat.
1775[772]: Francis Bowen sold
17/1/1753 to Hannah Hayle, widowed mother of John Hayle, late husband of
Catherine 230A. Catherine Hayle sold for £500 from John Shickle undivided 1/2
of 234A. Photo 87
Probable will[773]
of 1766-7:
of Clarendon
To brother Henry Hayle £50 for mourning
To wife Catherine Hayle remainder
Exec wife and John Shickle and John Savory both of Clarendon
From Catherine’s bequests to the Howell nephews & niece, she was probably a
Howell.
Wife Catherine’s will[774]
1775-6:
Of Clarendon, widow uncertain life
God dau Susannah Shickle, dau of Elizabeth Martin 3 negroes, silver cup &
land near Lime (Lime spott path just W of Warwick nr 16 mile gully)
& Burnt Savannah land formerly given or sold by John Shickle to my husband
John Hayle & self; if she dies to Elizabeth sister of Susannah
To mother pair of Kittereen horses (Kittereen a one horse chaise)
niece Elizabeth Margaret Rogers 8 negroes & apparel
Niece Isabella Howell 8 negroes
To Isaac Perkins 1 negro
To Negro woman Juba her freedom
R&R to nephews: Abraham Watson Rutherford, John Watson Howell, Thomas Parks
Howell, Joseph Towns Howell.
Exec John Shickle (renounced 13/6/1776) & John Bryan
Catherine’s nephews & nieces:
Elizabeth Rogers ch Clarendon 9/12/1750PR of William & Margaret.
Sarah Isabella Howel, ch St C 21/3/1764 of John & Elizabeth.
Of Thomas & Susanna:
John Watson Howell, ch St Catherine, 25/1/1761.
Joseph Towns Howell, ch St Dorothy 29/10/1772.
Thomas Parkes Howell, ch Clarendon 13/12/1770.
Abraham Watson Rutherford, ch Clarendon, 29/9/1756 of George & Elizabeth.
(also sister Elizabeth Margaret ch 10/9/1757).
Natural daughters of Elizabeth Martin:
Elizabeth Shickle, ch Clarendon, 5/7/1761,
Susanna Shickle, ch Clarendon, 16/1/1765.
3/3. Samuel Hayle 24/11/1738
3/4. Henry Hayles 6/2/1739 & 6/2/1740
Not to be confused with Henry
Hayle, son of George & Ann Hayle, with wife Ann, died about 1762.
Probably mentioned as nephew in Samuel Hayle’s will of 1741
Probable will[775]
of 1771:
Of Clarendon, weak in body
All to much esteemed cousin White Robinson, wife of John Robinson of Clarendon.
There was a problem with on of the witnesses, John Robinson, so the property
went to Thomas Anderson and White Robinson. A later indenture of 1788 resolved
this, and, for £350, White owned the whole, more detail under her entry.
He mau have had land near the Milk River (re deed with Jogn Gall Booth &
Gulbourne, 1774).
1765[776]:
John Shickle of Clarendon was granted 200 A and sold 75A to Henry Hayle for
10/- N on the Leeward rd, S & W on Pennant & W on Beckford.
1765[777]:
Francis Bower sold 237 acres in 1753 to Hannah Hayle, mother of Henry Hayle, of
Clarendon, Henry Hayle sold to John Shickle for £50 1/2 of 234A. N on Wakefield
& Swayer John Downer, S on John Turner, W on Perrin, NE on John Davis. John
Shickle sold on to John Hayle?
2/8. Thomas Hayle
B aft 1696, bef 1714
Clarendon 290 map shows a Thomas Hayle with about 570 acres on the south side
of the Thomas River, north of Smokey Hole: the same map also shows John Shickle
& Manning.
...John Hayle senr grand father to Thomas Hayle gave to Thomas Hayle a parcel
of land in the parish of Clarendon at Smoakey Hole as in John Hayle’s will (the
450 acres patent).
This Indenture, 1742-6[778],
... Thomas Hayle, of Clarendon, planter sold for £13J to John Shickel of
Clarendon one hundred acres of land being part of the above mentioned parcel of
land bounding on the road that leads from Saint Jago Savannah to Burrels Crawl
And on the east above mentioned land of Thomas Hayle.
1741[779]:
Thomas Hayle of Clarendon planter, sold for £35 [£16K] to Samuel Nevil Hayle
planter of Vere, 300 acres in Clarendon E on the path S on the land of a Mr
Thomas Stone, W on John Sutton, N on Mr John Hayle.
this looks to be part of the 450 acre patent, although the neighbours do not
tie in with the original, but they could have changed in the 30 years since the
grant. Samuel Nevil was his cousin, son of Nevil.
By 1754, it is probable that Thomas had sold most of the land, and that he
remained with 20 acres (JFS 1754 owners).
Burrells shown as a pen in 1763 in Clarendon, but north of the Thomas River.
2/9. Priscilla Hayle
She was mentioned in John snr’s
will dated 1714, but not in her father’s dated a couple of years before: she
was also in her mother’s will of 1714, proved 1739. It may be that she was born
shortly before, or even after her father’s death.
Henry Savage, millwright, married Priscilla Hayles, Vere 16/5/1734.
They were sponsors to Priscilla’s Jackson niece’s baptism.
Henry Savage acquired some of the Burton land on the Black River.
There is no further mention of this family.
They were married by 1714
John Anderson left a wll in 1736, and makes no mention of children, but does
mention Edward Pratter partnership, making him the same as Alice Hayle’s
husband.
Will[780]
of Alice Anderson: 22/7/1738. Of St Elizabeth, all to sister Elizabeth Smith,
so probably had no surviving children.
From a suit[781]
filed in Chancery in 1743 by Elizabeth Smith, widow and executrix and sole
devisee of Alice’s will, she married John Anderson, a planter, who was in
partnership in 1720 with Edward Pratter in the 500 acre Prospect Plantation in
the Clarendon mountains and an unspecified other holding of 200 acres in
Clarendon. Pratter evidently put the majority of cash into the partnership for
sugar works etc, to be paid back by John Anderson out of income. The suit lays
down the facts of the debts owed by John Anderson, and the relatively low
income awarded to his widow. Elizabeth Smith contested this, and made
representation over the use and fate of slaves brought into the partnership by
Alice Anderson. By the date of the suit, Edward Pratter, John Anderson and
Alice Andersom had all died; the Pratter share went to his nephew in England.
It must be assumed that Elizabeth Smith was Alice’s sister. Pratter &
Anderson appear in Vere in Craskell.
The suit makes interesting reading of the financing of an estate, which seemed
to have been making about £1000 pa.
Deduced from John’s will, nothing
more found, but might be Francis Allen with whom her brother John jnr had
dealings in 1712, and was a neighbour of the Clarendon mountain patents. There
are no obvious records showing her.
Francis Allen was ch St Catherine, 27/10/1685 of Jonathan & Dorothy.
2/1. Thomas Biggs ch Vere
26/9/1713, B 16/4PR.
2/2. Samuel Biggs, ch 17/8/1717, ClarendonPR.
A Samuel Biggs appears in a deed
with John Sinclair in 1739.
mar Seile Smith, dau of Dr James & Elizabeth Smith.
3/1. Elizabeth Biggs, B 8/1/1739-40 ch 23/3/1739 KingstonPR.
mar Dr. John King in Clarendon
13th March 1760PR .
Beverley Gatt
descends from this line[782].
Dr. John King's ancestry - (later of St. Thomas in the East and St. George)
Dr. John King's first child was born in Kingston - children later in Vere - and
St. Thomas in the East).
3/2. Thomas Biggs, b 28/1/1740-1
ch Kingston, 1/3/1740PR
A will of Alexander Sinclair,
dated 1770, probated 1776, left all to kinsman Thomas Biggs – was this
relevant?
3/3. Samuel b 8/12/1744, ch
2/1/1744-5 KingstonPR.
3/4. Thomas Biggs, b 28/1/1745-6, ch Kingston 2/2/1745-6PR.
3/5. James Biggs, b. 28/5/1748, ch Kingston 11/3/1748PR.
The line before James Biggs
above, Judith Fisher, a negro belonging to Thomas Biggs, ch 11/6/1748, aged
about 27 years
Also in Clarendon PR P35 Elizabeth Biggs of Thomas & Mary 29/2/1715
Thomas Biggs bur St John 26/8/1761
Elizabeth was not mentioned in
John snr’s will, but Dr James Smith referred to as “brother-in-law” in John
jnr’s will of 1712 and son in law in John snr’s will of 1714-17; a deed[783] of 1699 mentions Dr James
Smith’s wife, Elizabeth, showing the connection. This is emphasised by Alice
(Hayle) Anderson leaving her estate to her sister, Elizabeth Smith. There was a
case in Chancery over this estate, summarised in Alice’s section.
Issue:
2/1. Samuel Nevil Smith ch 13/4/1710, ClarendonPR
2/2. Francis Smith, b 22/2/1712-3, ch 23rd, VerePR
2/3. Seile (Secile) Smith, ch 31/10/1716 ClarendonPR
mar Samuel Biggs, son of Thomas
Biggs & Margaret Hayle, see above.
2/4. John Smith, ch 30/6/1706,
ClarendonPR.
Issue ch Kingston of John &
Frances: from the PR, perhaps ours!
3/1. John Ivy Smith, b 3/6/1727, ch 30/6/1727PR.
3/2. William Smith, b 18/2/1728-9, 4/4/1729PR.
3/3. Samuel Smith, b 16/10/1732, ch 13/11/1732PR.
3/4. Henry Smith b, 11/5/1734, 17/6/1734PR.
AM/11/27
Parents: John & Priscilla Hayle
Died bef 1750
Although there is no record of Nevil Hayle’s birth, he is mentioned in his
father’s will and other docments; he was, by implication, John’s only surviving
son. He was literate, having signed some deeds himself. He was consistently
described as of Vere, so must have been resident in the south, rather than on
the more northerly Clarendon lands, probably on the Yarmouth Savanna to the
west of the Rio Minho. His Vere lands seemed to have been in cotton and indigo
at least at first, though some were later in sugar. Some of this land was on
the Yarmouth Savanna, to the west of the Rio Minho, but he had some to the east
of the river, because he sold some in 1743[784]
to George Hale, probably a grandson of one of the other Hayle brothers; it was
on the road from the Cross to the Rio Minho. There is now a settlement,
Halesfield on the modern maps, but spelt Haylesfield pen on an estate map of
about 1809 to the southwest of the cross roads at Race Course in Vere, to the
west of the river (discussed in more detail in John snr’s section. This was
very probably one of Nevil’s properties.
John left him half of the 609 & 250 acres (430 acres) runs in Smokey
Hole and Land at Yarmouth – all that John senior owned, as well as a small
number of slaves. From later transactions, he also had 47 Acres in Brazilatto
Hills, which he sold 1718 and 100 acres in St Elizabeth, sold in 1720. Of this,
at least 300 acres of the Smokey Hole land was given to his son, Samuel Nevil,
which was sold on Samuel’s death.
His grandson, Samuel Nevil jnr, was Nevil’s only surviving male heir, via
his father, Samuel Nevil, and owned 1185 acres in Clarendon in 1754. There were
probably about 430 acres left at Smokey Hole by then, so the southern lands
must have been of the order of 750 acres. Samuel Nevil’s 2 sons inherited the
Clarendon lands and disposed of it in the 1750’s.
There were several transactions by him recorded:
In 1718[785]:
Nevil & his wife Sarah, a planter of Vere, sold to James Smith of Vere esq,
for £J10 [£4.5K] 47 acres, land in the Brazilatto Hills which was bought by
John Hayle snr in 1699; James Smith was Nevil’s brother-in-law. A couple of
years later, in 1720[786],
the Nevil Hayles sold to John Anderson of Clarendon for £20 100 acres in St
Elizabeth, probably the land bought by John senior from John Honis, then in
Clarendon. John Anderson had land in the Carpenters Mountains on the
Vere/Clarendon/St Elizabeth border and was the husband of Nevil’s sister,
Alice.
1723[787]:
by articles of agreement, Nevil Hayle leased to Thomas Roberts jnr an estate at
Yarmouth & 20 slaves for 5 years; Nevil Hayle to get ½ or produce, indigo,
cotton or what ever else, taxes & Overseers to be split between them and Thomas
Roberts can cut timber for post and rails on the estate; the deed specifed
rights over stock etc. Browne quoted a figure of 25 acres of indigo being
worked easily by 20 negroes, so this implies, if both parties put in equal
numbers, an area of some 50 acres in indigo. With cotton and prvisions, this
estate was probably of the order of 100 acres.
1727[788]:
Nevil Hayle of Vere leased to William Jackson both planters of Vere, 75 acres
of land in Yarmouth Savanna, for 12 years on rent of 25% of profits.
1732[789]:
Nevil Hayle of Vere sold as a mortgage to John Sinclair of St Elizabeth land in
Vere for £J850 [£135-350K - 2019]. This land is described in a deed of 1750, by
which time Nevil was dead, between Edward & Francis Smith. The 1732 sale
was a mortgage and was on 79 acres on the Dry River; the 1750 deed has several
descriptions of the location of the land, but it was probably on the west bank
of the river. In 1745, Nevil then sold 12 slaves to Peter Sinclair for £500,
subject to the mortgage with John Sinclair, by which time the land had been
assigned to Peter Sinclair, as brother John’s executor; Peter then conveyed the
land to Edward Smith, who then mortgaged it to John Shickle and Francis Smith,
when it was described as a sugar works and plantation at Dry River. Edward and
his wife Catherine finally sold half of the plot for £500 to Francis Smith,
subject to the mortgages etc[790].
Francis Smith was probably Nevil’s nephew, but it is not clear if Edward Smith
was even the same family, but probably so.
There was a claim in 1743 in the Court of Chancery by Nevil Hayle on Peter
Sinclair, but the records do not show the details of the claim[791] - maybe John never paid
for this land!
1740[792]:
Nevil Hayle gave to Mary Tyther his daughter, widow of Vere, 6 acres, which was
presumably part of his holdings around Yarmouth. There is no trace of her under
that name.
Issue of Nevil & Sarah:
1/1. Priscilla Hayle, (PR: b 7/10/1707 Vere)
Our probable ancestor – see
summary & her entry with John Sinclair.
1/2. Humphrey Hayle, (PR: b 1713 Vere)
1/3. Son Hayle - Vere PR: b. 14/3/1717, bap 2/5/1717, of Nevil & Sarah.
Index has this as Mathew, but the
copy register just says “son”! sp Thos Palfreeman & Mrs Elice Anderson
(Alice, his aunt).
1/4. John Hayle, executor in Samuel Neville’s will.
Possibly married Grace, John
& Grace Hayle were sponsors to Samuel Nevil’s son by Grace .
A possibility:
1756[793]:
John Hayle & wife Mary, Carpenter of Vere sold for £80 to John Wilson
storekeeper of Vere 18A in Vere E on John Hatton N on the spring? W George
Manning snr, S on John Rodon
Administration if this is the one:
1B/11/17/13F28 21/7/1763 John Hayle to Isaac Carter
JH Carpenter of St Elizabeth Isaac Carter of St Dorothy, printer, creditor.
1/4. Mary Hayle, married Mr Tyther,
She was given 6 acres by her
father Nevil in 1740 as a widow.
No sign has been found of any Tythers, but there were Tayleby’s in Clarendon,
and an Alice christened of John & Mary Tingley, Clarendon 16/11/1732. Could
be a transcription error. Samuuel Booth had dealings with Taylby in 1724.
1/5. Samuel Neville Hayle
A planter of Vere. Inferred to be
him.
The codicil to his will specifically refers to his father, Nevil.
Neville was probably married to Elizabeth, the mother of his son Nevil. She
probably died early, maybe in childbirth; Neville senior then seems to have
taken up with Grace Bowman and had one child by her; she was instructed in
Neville’s will to look after the welfare of son Nevil. Grace was probably born
in Vere 1708, of John & Grace.
He was given 300 acres in Smokey Hole by his father, Nevil, which was sold on
his death. There was also a further 300 acres sold to him by his cousin Thomas,
probably also in Smokey Hole, which passed to his son by his wife Elizabeth.
1741[794]
(see notes and transcripts for details of these deeds): Thomas Hayle sold for
£35 [£16K] to Samuel Nevil Hayle 300 acres in Clarendon. This looks to be part
of the 450 acre patent, although the neighbours do not tie in with the
original, but they could have changed in the 30 years since the grant: a later
deed on 1756 refers to the path to Burrells, which figures in the original
acquisition of th land by the Hayles. Thomas was his cousin, son of John jnr,
who had been left 450 acres by his father. In March, 1756, Grace Bowman as
Samuel’s heir for life, sold half of this land to Nevil Hayle, her “step-son” for
£15: he sold this parcel to John Savory who sold it on to Robert Dynn as a
means of removing the entails. In 1759, Grace and Samuel Nevil Hayle Bowman and
Bathia, sold what was probably the other half to Edward and then James Smith
for £70 to Grace.
Will, 1742-3, of Samuel Nevill Hayle[795].
The index has him Nevil Samuel, but is Samuel Nevil in the document.
of Vere, planter.
To Grace Bowman, all estate for life.
To sons Nevil Hayle and Samuel Nevil Hayle Bowman son of Grace Bowman residue.
Both under 21.
Also that my son Nevil Hayle shall have necessary meat, drink, bedding and
apparel during the life of Grace Bowman and that she shall put him to any
neighbouring school until he rightly understands vulgar arithmetic.
Exec Brother John Hayle and Grace Bowman.
Added codicil:
My desire that the land given to me by my father Nevil Hayle situate lying and
being near his the said Nevil Hayles land in Smokey Hole mountains to be sold
.. to be laid out in negroes
Thomas Hayle also a witness..
Inventory[796]:
Of Vere, planter To be shown by John Hayle and Grace Bowman, executors: Total
£329-10s including 300 acres of land sold for the use of the estate.
Married Elizabeth
2/1. Samuel Neville Hayle b. 1731, baptised Sam Nevil,
but referred to as Nevil in
father’s will – must be the same individual. He was probably the owner of at
least 150 acres in the north Clarendon lands in 1759, when his half brother
sold his half.
Probable 1754 owner of 1185 acres in Clarendon.
ch. 12/12/1731, Clarendon: s of
Nevil & Elizabeth HaylesPR.
Probably the owner of 1185 acres in Clarendon in 1754 (JFS owners).
1763[797]:
Samuel Nevil Hayle, Carpenter of Vere lets to Francis Bowen planter of Vere 75
acres except for 10 acres N on Francis Smith & Smart Hyle, E on Rio Minho,
S on John Rodon, W on Kings Rd leading to Boghill for 10 years. Francis Bowen
s-in-law of Richard, son of John Hayle jnr
Issue by Grace Bowman, this is
probably Grace the daughter of John & Grace Bowman, born in 11/5/1708 in
Vere, referred to as of Vere, spinster in 1756:
2/2. Samuel Nevil Hayle, ch Vere:
“an illegitimate son of Sml
Nevil Hayles by Grace Bowman, born Nov 1st Bapt 27th
ditto 1738 sp Samuel Nevil Hayle, John & Grace Hayles”PR
Married: Beatrix Singleton, 6/3/1758, Clarendon (PR) Re deed 186/50.
No sign of who Beatrix was.
3/1. Mary C Hayle, dau of Samuel Nevil & Bathia,
b 23/11/1763, ch 27/1/1764, Kingston PR.
Grace Bowman also had a daughter, Mary Chamberlaine, baptised Clarendon,
24/10/1728PR
There were several prominent Hayles whose connection with our lines is not
known.
William Pusey Hayle
UCL:
Born 1761
Owner of Fearon's Place in Clarendon, Jamaica, which he may have inherited
through his wife Frances Bryan nee Fearon. They had four children baptised in
Clarendon: Jane 09/08/1804, Thomas 31/12/1808, Edward 28/03/1811 and Mary
Angelina 23/01/1813. Another child, Eliza, daughter of Wm Pusey Hayle and ---
Hayle was baptised in Clarendon 01/09/1802. Anna Hayle is assumed to be a child
of this marriage as well as she inherited a share of the property of William
Pusey Hayle (along with Thomas, Edward and Mary Angelina). It's not clear
whether this was the same William Pusey Hayle who was the father of two
children baptised in Clarendon 19/12/1794: William Hayle and John Rodon Hayle.
William Pusey Hayle was listed against Fearon's Place in the Jamaica Almanacs
from 1809 to 1820. From 1823 Fearon's Place was listed against William P.
Hayle, deceased. His executors were Francis Smith and Samuel Smith; he
bequeathed 16 enslaved people each to Anna, Thomas, Edward and Mary Angelina. His
son Thomas acted as administrator of his estate in 1832.
M.D. Leyden, Jan. 30, 1786, "de cantharidum natura et usu." Thesis at
B.M. On title-page he is described as from Jamaica. Dedicated to Richard Batty,
Judge of St Iago de la Vega, Jamaica; Francis Rigby Brodbelt, M.D. (St Andrews,
1766). This thesis was republished in 1793 as No. 2 of Schlegel's Thesaurus
Materiae Medicae (Leipzig). He was an Edinburgh student and Member of R.M.S.,
1783.
Hayle's family resettled in England, at Newcastle and then Rochdale:
at the latter, his son Thomas Hayle and his grandson Thomas Hahnemann Hayle
practised as homeopathic physicians, in Thomas Hahnemann's case reportedly as
the doctor of John Bright.
1783-84 Dec 6 List of Members of Medical Society of Edinburgh.
Probably born about 1765 from the date of qualification.
This agrees with his first marriage date.
Died 1826. (see slave comp report).
1794: Dr WP Hayle vestreyman for Vere (JG 11/1/1704)
1811 Return: Fearon’s Place 135/34 (slves/stock)
Return of slaves, 28/6/1823, Fearon’s Place, named 149 slaves, 11 of whom had
died. Return made by Samuel Smith, executor for William Pusey Hayle, many
allocated to Anna, Mary A, Thomas & Edward Hayle.
Author of medical treatise about 1790, published in Leiden.
1806 member of committee for maintenance of road from St Jago de la Vega to Dry
River.[798]
Deed 1804 re sale of land in Vere on road from the racecourse to the Alley, 44
acres for £180.
William Pusey Hayle James Mitchell Sale of 44 acres for £180 by WPH &
Frances Bryan his wife, on road from raccecourse to the Alley ent 3/9/1804
dated 13/7/1804.
1818JG, March 7, William Pusry Hayle & Ann to leave
Descendants of William Pusey Hayle
NB he was previously married to Elizabeth
Jamaicanfamilysearch:
1. William Pusey Hayle was born Abt. 1775. He married Frances Bryan Fearon
December 26, 1800 in ClarendonPR, She was born Abt. 1775.
More About William Pusey Hayle:
Addressed as: Esquire, Residence: 1800, Vere,
More About Frances Bryan Fearon:Residence: 1800, Clarendon
More About William Hayle and Frances Fearon:
Status of bride/groom: Spinster
1811: Hayle, William P., Fearon's Place 135/ 34, Clarendon (Fearons place about
1100 acres) – Fearon’s were marked on Robertson 1804 to the North of May Pen
and to the ENE of May Pen.
1811: Shickle, John Hayle, Savoy, Liectford and Pen 381/ 382 Clarendon
English BMI Index William Pusey Hayle, death Q3 1865, Rochdale, vol 8EP23 – not
in census 1851 or 61.
PR:
William Hayle married Elizabeth Lord, widow, 9/4/1787, Vere
Issue of William Pusey & Elizabeth Hayle:
Anna Hayle, b abt 1789, not on PR, but with ½ brother Thomas in 1851.
Henry Hayle 17900506, Vere, “Henry esq” buried Fearon’s Place, 2/1/1819, aged
28.
John Rodon Hayle b Haylesfield 21/9/1792, ch 28/9/1792, Vere, & ch again,
Clarendon, 19/12/1794. “Mr John” buried Fearon’s Place, 21/8/1816, aged 23.
William Hayle b 17941105, ch 17941219, Haylesfield, Clarendon.
John Rodon Hayle ch 17941219, Clarendon.
William Hayle, b 5/11/1794, ch 19/12/1794 at Haylesfield, Clarendon.
William Pusey Hayle married Frances Bryan Fearon, 26/12/1800, Vere.
She was buried 13/8/1813 at Fearon’s Place, Clarendon
Rowland Fearon church warden Clarendon, 1805.
Issue of William Pusey & Frances Bryan (Fearon) Hayle
Eliza Hayle, 18020901, Vere, no mother, died 24/11/1803, buried 25th,
Fearon’s Place, Clarendon.
Jane Hayle 18040809, Clarendon.
William Hayle b 6/11/1805, ch 7/5/1805, Clarendon.
Thomas Hayle 18081231, Clarendon.
Edward Hayle 18110328, Clarendon.
Mary Engelina Hayle 18130123, Clarendon, alive in Newcastle, England 1861.
Milborough Maxwell To John Pusey Hayle – 1800
480/208 Feb-17 date 1/7/1800 ent 7/3/1801
Milborough Maxwell widow late of Vere now of England & attorney Edward
Husband, sold to John Pusey Hayle esq of Vere for £200 a negro
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16377
Sarah White Hayle (née Turner)
Profile & Legacies Summary
22nd May 1813 - 1898
CLAIMANT OR BENEFICIARY
Biography
Awarded 1/16th of the compensation for the Dunbarton estate in St Ann, Jamaica,
one of a large group of claimants described collectively as 'representatives of
William Gale Redwar', and owner of 4 enslaved persons in Clarendon, Jamaica.
Sarah White Turner was the daughter of Dutton Smith Turner and Mary Gale Turner
(née Redwar), and granddaughter of Henry Redwar of Dunbarton estate.
Born 22/05/1813 and baptised 27/06/1813 in Clarendon, Jamaica, her parents were
planter Dutton Smith Turner (1755-1816) and Mary Gale Turner née Redwar
(1777-1822) (both q.v.). Mary Gale Redwar inherited a share in Dunbarton estate
from her father's brother William Gale Redwar (q.v.).
Her brother Edward Turner (q.v.) was an eminent chemist: he was a lecturer in
Chemistry at Edinburgh University between 1824 and 1827 and 'collected around
him the remaining unsettled members of his family - a clever boy and four
young, handsome and accomplished sisters'.
Described as "Of Hampstead" on 28/08/1838 when she married Thomas
Hayle, a physician from Deddington, Oxfordshire, the Jamaican-born son of
William Pasey Hayle.
In 1841 she was living at New Street, Deddington, age 25, with Thomas Hayle age
32, surgeon, Anna Hayle, age 50, of independent means, Anna Hayle age 2 and
Mary Hayle age 6 months. By 1851 they had moved to 3 Jesmond Terrace, Jesmond,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Thomas was age 42, "Physician M.D. Edinburgh",
born Jamaica; Sarah was age 38, born Jamaica; their children were Anna age 11,
Mary age 10, Sarah age 8, William P. age 6, Fanny E. age 3; also present were
Anna Hayle age 62, half-sister of Thomas Hayle, Mary R. Smith age 12, neice of
Thomas Hayle (and daughter of James Fairfull Smith, q.v.), and 3 female
servants. In 1861 they were still at 3 Jesmond [Low] Terrace, with their
children William P. age 16, Fanny E. age 13, Thomas H. age 6, Edward T. age 3
and Jane E.B. age 1 month; also present were Mary A. Hayle age 48 and 3 female
servants.
By 1871 they had moved to 154 Drake Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, with their
children Anna age 31, Mary age 30, Fanny Eliza age 23, Caroline Hahnemaan age
19, Thomas Hahnemaan age 16, Edward Turner age 13 and Jane Evaline Bowerbank
age 10, and 3 female servants. Thomas Hayle died 17/09/1886 at 154 Drake
Street, leaving a personal estate of £1837 0s 3d. Sarah White Hayle, his widow,
was one of his executors.
By 1891 Sarah White Hayle, age 78, a widow, "Living on her own means"
had moved to 183 Drake Street and was living with her daughters Anna age 51,
Mary age 50 and Carl. H. age 39. Mary and Caroline were teachers. Also present were
Sarah Kennedy, a visitor, age 48, "Living on her own means", and 2
female servants. The death of Sarah White Hayle, age 85, was registered in
Rochdale Q2 1898.
MI Sheckle’s Estate, Clarendon:
Here lies the body of John Hayes, who departed this life 5th Septr
1766, aged 30 years – also near this place are interred Richard and Hannah
Hayle, Father and mother of the said John Hayle – and also Mary and Samuel
Hayle and Elizabeth Bowen (Richard son of John jnr).
John Hayle Shickle
He is included here with the second name Hayle, but his relationship with the
Hayles is unknown.
A John Hayle Shickle appears in the Deeds and Crop Records in the 1780-90’s.
His father was probably John Shickle
Born 12/8/1767, ch 23/8/1767, Clarendon of Elizabeth Martin (PRF148).
His will, then living in Carmarthen, dated 1823, proved 1828.
He must have been the brother of Susannah Shickle, god daughter of Catherine
Hayle.
Clarendon
1811 Almanac: Shickle, John Hayle, Savoy, Liectford and Pen 381/ 382
1818 Almanac: Shickle, John Hayle, attorney, Shickle's Pen, 132/339
Buckinghamshire marriages: John Hayle Shickle & Miss Ann Hunt, 4/12/1786
(Phillimore).
1803: 8 July, London Times: died on Monday the 4th Ints, in his 6th
year, at Thomas Goldwin’s, esq, Vicar’s Hill, near Lymington, Master Thomas
Goldwin Shickle, the youngest son of John Hayle Shickle, esq, of Rickmansworth,
Herts. (Newspaper Archive).
11/1748:
Will of JHS:
Payment of all just debts and funeral expenses.
To my dear wife Ann all furniture and stock for herself; also for her life, my
plate, pictures and books.
To each of my daughters Caroline Ann and Elizabeth Amelia (now Gifford), £3000
each; in the case of Elizabeth Amelia this is to be minus the £800 already
given to her husband.
All remainder to my wife Ann for her natural life and then to be divided
equally between my two daughters.
Codicil
To Elizabeth Thomas Margaret Hugh and Elizabeth Smith, living with me at the
time of my deceased, one year's wages.
To Theophilius Protheroe if living with me at the time of my decease, £5 and
such part of my old clothes as my wife may approve.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1302686494
Ann Shickle
Profile & Legacies Summary
???? – 1840
CLAIMANT OR BENEFICIARY
Biography
Ann Shickle, tenant for life of Shickle's Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica, the widow
of John Hayle Shickle of Laugharne Carmathenshire who died in 1828.
John Hayle Shickle was the son of John Shickle of Clarendon (d. 1782). Burial
at Boldre 08/07/1803 of Thomas Goldwin Shickle aged 5 son of John Hayle Shickle
and Ann (Thomas Goldwin was John Hayle Shickle's brother-in-law). Caroline
Shickle is shown as born Laugharne about 1803, the daughter of Mr Schickle and
Mrs Ann Schickle, and marrying James Whitaker c. 1824 [James Whittaker
'Clarendon' counterclaimed for self and wife for one moiety]. Burial of John
Hayle Shickle, Brixton aged 61 at St Stephen Walbrook 30/10/1828. Will of John
Hayle Shickle of Laugharne Carmathenshire was proved 07/11/1828.
Oct. 27 [1840]. At Laugharne Carnavon, [death of] Ann, relict of John Hayle
Shickle esq. formerly of Jamaica.
Carribbeanea:
GOLDWIN AND COPPELL OF JAMAICA ([II, 93).
I do not think that Thos. Goldwin had any ancestors in Jamaica, and as there is
no will of his recorded here I can make no reference to it in order to obtain
information. The first mention of the name of "Goldwin" in anv of the
records of Jamaica is in a deed nf sale of eleven slaves from George Moulton of
St, Dorothy, Merchant, to Thomas Goldwin of the same place, Merchant, dated 21
July 1773. He thus evidently must have arrived in the Island with some means,
for in 1777 he married Elizabcth, daughter of John Shickle of Clarendon, a
large landed proprietor and owner (inter alia) of “Danks" or
"New Savoy" Sugar Estate and “Shickle's Pastures" in Clarendon.
When Shickle died he left Goldwin and William Coppell (who had, before Goldwin's
marriage, married another daughter) two of his executors. His personal estate,
including slaves (£6000), amounted to nearly £60,000 current money of Jamaica
(36,000 sterling). He died in 17S2. By the marriage settlement on his
daughter's marriage with Goldwin he settled £5000 on her, Goldwin settling also
a like amount in the marriage settlement Gotdwin is described as of Clarendon,
Merchant. In 1779 Shickle conveyed to Mrs. Goldwin fourteen slaves as a Deed of
Gift.
The second and third Deeds of Records to Goldwin describe him as also of
St. Dorothy, Merchant. They are dated respectively 1778 and 1779, and are conveyances
to him of 200 acres in Clarendon, and of Mullet Hall, 600 acres, also in
Clarendon. Following are four deeds (1779). The first is from Shickle of an
estate called Monsons of 183 acres in Vere. The second and third are
supplemental deeds of “Mullet Hall." and the fourth a conveyance to him of
Chapman's Hall, 300 acres, in Clarendon. ln these he is described as of
Clarendon, Merchant. I may mention that in 1776, in a deed of conveyance to him
of "Long's Wharf" in Clarendon from Beeston Long, he is "described
as of St. Dorothy, Merchant, but this deed was not recorded until 1784. After
this latter date he acquired properties for himself individually and in
conjunction with Wm. Coppell, both of them having become partners and trading
in Kingston as merchants, and in all these deeds he is described as of
Kingtton, Merchant. The partnership between him and Coppell must have commenced
in about 1784-5, for in the latter year Mullet Hall was conveyed in trust to
the firm, the property having been cleared of the several mortgages on it,
which fell into Goldwin's hands. He retired to Great Britain in 1796, for his
powers of attorney to Coppoll and others are dated in June of that year.
Peter Breton of Kingston married Lucy, sister of Thomas Goldwin, in about 1787-3.
Mrs. Elizabeth Israel Pickering was evidently the mother of Mrs. Coppell
and Mrs. Goldwin and of their brother John Hayle Shickle, for John Shickle in
his will mentions them as children of Elizabeth Montin or Elisabeth Montin
Israel. She must have married after the death of John Shickle.
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior 1808 – 1886
Thomas Hayle, b Clarendon 7/12/1808, ch 31/12/1808, son of William Pusey Hayle,
Practitioner in Physic and his wife Frances Bryan, late Fearon Spinster, died
17/9/1886.
1837, Surgical Examinations at Edinburgh: Thomas Hayle, from Jamaica, De
Necrosis.
1838, September 25: Married, at Hampstead, Thomas Hayle, MD, of Deddington,
Oxon, to Sarah White, fourth dau of the late Datton Smith Turner, esq of
Clarendon, Jamaica. Newspaper Archive.
At the same time, Mary Ann, 2nd daughter of DST married Henry
Dudelszen.
1841 Census, Deddington, Oxon:
Thomas Hayle (32, surgeon, no), Sarah (25, n), Anna (50, Ind, N), Anna (2, Y),
Mary (6mths, Y).
1851 Census, Jesmond Close, Newcastle upon Tyne:
Thomas Hayle (42, MD Edinburgh Physician, Jamaica) Sarah W (38, Jamaica), Anna
(11, scholar at home, Deddington, Oxon), Mary (10, scholar at home, Deddington,
Oxon), Sarah (8, scholar at home, Newcastle), William P (6, scholar at home,
Newcastle) Fanny E (3, Newcastle) Anna (1/2 sister, 62, Jamaica), Mary N Smith
(niece, 12, Edinburgh.
1861 Census:
Thomas Hayle (Hd, Mar 52, MD Edinburgh Physician, Jamaica), Sarah (wf, 48,
Jamaica), William P (16, Scholar, Newcastle) Fanny E (13, Scholar, Newcastle)
Thomas H. (6, Newcastle), Scholar Edward (3, Newcastle), Jane E.B. (1m,
Newcastle) Mary A (sister, 48, Jamaica).
April 30 1888, at Townswille, Queensland, Edmund Herbert, eldest son of the Rev
E. Stansfield, vicar of Rustington, Sussex, to Jane Evaleen Bowerbank, youngest
daughter of the late Thomas Hayle, M.D., of Rochdale, Lancashire[799].
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The Hayles
Thomas Hayle made a claim on 51 slaves on the Fearon’s Place
Estate in Jamaica.
Compensation of £986. 6s. 5d. was awarded on 14 December 1835, collected by R.
Mitchell. Thomas Hayle, of the Jamaican parish of Clarendon, was administrator
of William P. Hayle. He was also owner of 23 slaves at Fearon’s Place. W. W.
Fearon had registered 55 slaves for Thomas as administrator to W.P. Hayle. A
Eliza Hayle (d. 1803 at Fearon’s Place). W. P. Hayle was a magistrate in
Clarendon in 1808. He died in 1826.
Thomas Hayle may have been born c.1809. A man of this name Dr Thomas Hayle of
Deddington, Oxford, married Sarah White at Hampstead. Her father was D. S.
Turner of Jamaica in 1838. (Gentlemen’s Magazine. Vol. 165. p. 543) Sarah’s
sister Caroline married J. F. Smith of Edinburgh in May 1830 (Gentlemen’s
Magazine. Vol. 147. p. 554).
In 1841 he was living in Oxfordshire, and in 1851 and 1861 in Northumberland.
Anna Hayle. She was Thomas Hayle’s daughter (born in June 1839 at Woodstock,
Oxfordshire). In 1841 she was living in Oxfordshire and in 1851 in
Northumberland
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior 1808 – 1886
by SUE on NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Rochdale Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior 1808 – 1886 LRCS
Edinburgh 1829, MD Edinburgh, 1837, FASL, was a British orthodox physician who
converted to homeopathy to become Physician at the Derbyshire Homeopathic
Dispensary, the Durham Homeopathic Dispensary, the Northumberland and Newcastle
Homeopathic Dispensary, the Sunderland Homeopathic Dispensary, member of the
British Homeopathic Society, member of the Northern Homeopathic Society, member
of the Hahnemann Medical Society, member of the Management Committee of the
British Homeopathic Association,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior was the Vice President of the
British Homeopathic Society, and the President of the British Homoeopathic
Congress in 1876. Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior knew Samuel Hahnemann
personally, and he was the homeopathic physician of John Bright, and he was the
family doctor of Ethelbert Petrie Hoyle,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior practiced at 3, Jesmond
Terrace, Newcastle on Tyne and at 154 Drake Street, Rochdale,
Henry Kelsall (?-?) Rochdale’s first non conformist Justice
of the Peace, proposed an infirmary in Rochdale, with an amendment from
Alderman Robinson for a homeopathic ward to be added to the new institution ‘…
in recognitition of the strong tradition of this medical practice in the town,
because of the increased subscriptions that would accrue as a result, and with
people obviously more likely to subscribe to an institution that encompassed
their specific medical beliefs… The proposal was seconded by Counsellor Hoyle
and a stormy debate ensued in which is became obvious that the orthodox medical
profession in the town, as represented by Doctors Elliott, March and Wood,
objected, at times quite vitriolically. ‘No connection with quacks’ was one of
the phrases used by Dr. Wood, a Medical Officer in the Dispensary, at the
prospect of homeopaths practicing in the proposed Infirmary. Nevertheless
despite these objections the proposal was carried and a pledge of £3650
[£166,805.00 in today's money] taken from the various people present…’ However,
the course of the proposed homeopathic Rochdale Infirmary became mired in the
perennial argument between old and new medicine. In Rochdale, the supporters of
homeopathy were primarily non conformists, dissenters and Liberalists, and
included John Bright, Benjamin Butterworth, Dr. Cox, Thomas Hahnemann Hayle,
Dr. Holland, Edward Miall, George Morris, J K Cheetham, and Joseph Seed
amongst many others. The Homeopathic Infirmary in Rochdale was never built as
a result of all this upset. (From Helen Kelsall, The Development of Voluntary
Medical Institutions in Rochdale 1832-1872), Transactions New Series Number 4,
(1994, Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society)).
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle [senior] of 3, Jesmond Terrace,
Newcastle on Tyne; M.D.,Edinburgh, 1837; L.RC.S., Edin., 1829; Physician to the
Homeopathic Dispensaries of Newcastle and Sunderland; Member of the Hahnemann
Medical Society. Author of “An Address on the Homeopathic System of Medicine,”
1843 ; ” Popular Lectures on Homeopathy,” 1851 ; ‘* Homeopathy, its Nature and
Evidence, with a few words on small doses,” 1850. Contributed articles to
British Journal of Homeopathy and Homeopathic Times.
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior’s Obituary is in the
Proceedings of the fourth quinquennial session of the International Homeopathic
Congress in 1891, and in the Pacific coast journal of homœopathy, Volume 19 in
1908,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior translated Bernhard Hirschel‘s
Rules and Examples for the Study of Pharmacodynamics, and he wrote Popular
lectures on homœopathy, containing a vindication of Hahnemann and his doctrines
from the attacks of Dr. Glover, An Address on the Homeopathic System of
Medicine, Alcohol, its action and use, On Belladonna as a prophyllaxis against
scarlet fever, On Scurvy, Haemorrhage and the Homeopathic Law, Homeopathy, its
nature and evidence, The Relation between Medical Practitoners holding
different views, The
Medical World; its Parties, its Opinions, and their
Tendencies, On Symptomatology, On Self Supporting Dispensaries, and he
submitted cases and articles to various homeopathic publications, including A
Case of Diarrhoea, and he continued to lecture on homeopathy into his old age,
Of interest:
Geoffrey Hahnemann Hayle ?1878 – 1948, ?grandson of Thomas
Hahnemann Hayle senior,
Geoffrey Hahnemann Hayle was a medical graduate of
Manchester. Before working as a GP in Chester, he had been a house officer at
London Homeopathic Hospital. He committed suicide in 1948.
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle junior ?1852 – 1908 MB London 1879,
son of Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior, was a British orthodox physician, who
studied at Owens College, General Practitioner, Physician at the Owens College
and Manchester Royal Infirmary, and he practiced in Rochdale, Lancashire, who
converted to homeopathy to practice from his father’s address at 154 Drake
Street, Rochdale, in 1899, member of the British Homeopathic Association,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle junior attended (Anon, The
Homeopathic World, Volume 43, (1908). Page 236) the 5th annual International
Homeopathic Congress held in London (Anon, The Medical Counselor, Volume 7,
(The Michigan State Homeopathic Society, 1883). Page 347) in on 11th-18th July
1881 (Anon, The Homeopathic World, (August 1,1881)) at Aberdeen House, Argyll
Street, Regent Street (Anon, The Monthly Homeopathic Review, (1882). Page 19).
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle junior’s Obituary is in the Journal
of the British Homeopathic Society, volume 17,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle junior wrote The Method of Choosing
drugs homeopathically, Thoughts on the Scientific Application of the Principles
of Homeopathy in Practice, and he submitted cases and articles to various
homeopathic publications,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle ?1933 – ? MB BS London 1959, PhD
Liverpool 1971 ?great great great grandson of Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior,
resides at The Cottage, Oaklands, Hooton, Cheshire,
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle ?1916 – ?1988, ?great great grandson
of Thomas Hahnemann Hayle senior, graduated from the University of Manchester
in 1939.
Sinclair Summary
The Jamaican forebears of Ruth Sinclair, mother of Ann (Wright) Maitland,
can be traced to her grandfather, John, who was born into the Sinclair clan of Caithness, NE Scotland, They were probably descended from George Sinclair, the 4th
Earl of Caithness, and moved to Jamaica in the early 1720’s becoming a sugar
planter with substantial sugar estates in western Vere, which became Manchester.
By 1811, Ruth's brother, Alexander, owned Prospect pen (85 slaves) in St
Elizabeth. Some Sinclair graves were found at Pinnock Shaftson greathouse,
north of Bluefields bay, Westmoreland, but probably not this family.
His son and heir, John Hayle Sinclair, was the father by Judith Burton of
Ruth Sinclair, mother-in-law of Francis Maitland. John Hayle Sinclair seems
from the tone of his will to have fallen out with his family, either the
Hayles, or more probably with his uncle Peter, perhaps because of his, probably
as a young man, cohabitation and production of many children by a woman of
colour, Judith Burton.
A search of the internet for Sinclair/Caithness/Jamaica gave no relevant
finds, but showed that there were Sinclairs either migrating to the Colonies,
including Jamaica or being transported there. A little later than this, many
Scots emigrated after the Jacobite rebellions. There is no indication that our
family was involved in this however.
There were other Sinclairs about in Jamaica in the 18thC, one of whom,
George, was a priest. Another was the Hon Archibald Sinclair, who appears in
various official posts.
DUNBEATH Castle... Thriepland
Sinclair Maps & Plats
Patents:
1732: John Sinclair 300 acres, 1-19F137
1757: John Hayle Sinclair 300 acres west of 16 mile Gully? 1-28F40
1763: JHS & Swaby, 60 acres at Hunterston, 1-30F81.
Estate Maps:
Manchester 155, 257 & 269: 16 Mile Gully
Deeds:
1788: Sarah Sinclair to Munro, land at Gully Hd, 369F19
Sinclair Deed
Timeline
1712-13: George Sinclair of St James & St Andrew land deeds.
1724: John Sinclair buys slaves & plate from John Bloss.
1724: John Sinclair buys slaves & foot land in Port Royal from Samuel
Diggins.
1730: John Sinclair from Henry Dawkins - deed not available.
1730: JS takes mortgage on a slave from Peter Rowe
1730: John Sinclair esq of St Elizabeth buys 30 acres from Hump Styles
1730 abt: John Sinclair rents from Mathew Tennant – subject of deed to Peter
Sinclair.
1731: John Sinclair buys slave from Zacharia Gaultier
1732: John Sinclair granted 300 acres in Carpenter’s Mountains in St Elizabeth
(adjoins Joshua Tennant).
1732: Nevil Hayle sold land in Vere to John Sinclair of St Elizabeth.
1733-42: John Sinclair buys 330 acres from Josiah Bennick
1736-9: Deed with brother Peter re lands 5 parcels of land – 1750 acres
1739: John & Priscilla Sinclair sold 400 acres in Vere to Samuel Biggs.
1740: John & Peter Sinclair & Patrick Adam, deed of trust re lands.
1740: John Sinclair sold 300 acres to Peter Sinclair.
1740: John Sinclair buys 500 acres from Smiths
1740-41: John Sinclair dies.
1745: Nevil Hayle to Peter Sinclair sale of negroes
1750: Peter Sinclair sold land to Francis Smith, deed not available.
1750: Thomas Durrant to JHS planter 300 acres of land.
1754 Landholders:
Sinclair, Peter, Vere 300
Sinclair, John Hayle, St. Elizabeth 437
Sinclair, John Hayle, Vere 1580
Sinclair, Priscilla, St. Catherine 25, Vere 200, St. John 20, Tot 245
Anderson, John, St. Andrew 250
1755: John Hayle Sinclair buys land from Thomas Durrant
1764: Priscilla Sinclair dies
1765: JHS rents 21 slaves to JJ Swaby for £5 for 7 weeks
1765: JHS sold land etc to Burtons & Sinclairs. Part of land from Thomas
Durrant.
1765: JHS died.
1783 314/57 Judith Burton to Ruth Sinclair Sa Neg
1798 449/139 Ruth Sinclair to Thomas Read S Slaves
Early information was supplied by Robin Downie (now Michaelson) of Salt Lake City, Dec 2000. For Will data see Will
Text.
George Sinclair, b 1707, Vere;
There was a George Sinclair, baptised 1707 of George. It is
thought that he was the son of Dr George who had an adventurous life between
South Carolina, Jamaica and a time as a prisoner in Mexico
Dr George had a patent granted in 1725 to do with medicines
hae had found in Mexico.
Jack Mason from Milwaukee, Wisconsin may be a descendant.
JOHN SINCLAIR’S ORIGINS
A descendancy was established by Nicholas Cram-Sinclair (5/2020)
He quoted 3 sources[800]:
'The Saint-Clairs of the Isles' (1898) Roland William Saint-Clair,
'Caithness Family History' (1884), by John Henderson,
The Scots Peerage (1904-14), which has a full description of the 4th
Earl and his antecedents. (see full print of his descendancy in a separate
print)
1. George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness(c.1527/9-d. 9/9/1582),
was Justiciar of Caithness by
grant, in 1566, from Queen Mary ; and he was one of the peers who sat on the
trial of Bothwell. (Caithness Family). He was supposed to have been the 42nd
from the original Viking sagas!
m. Eliz (d.abt 4/4/1576),dau. of William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose
2. John 'Garrow' Sinclair, Master of Caithness(b.c.1543-d.15/3/1576),
Scots Peerage:
“John, Master of Caithness, who had a charter of the earldom of Caithness to
himself and his heirs-male and assignees, whom failing, to his father and his
heirs whomsoever, 2 October 1545, as already men¬tioned. He was imprisoned in
Girnigo Castle by his own father about 1570-71, and “wes keiped in miserable
captivitie for the space of seaven yeirs, and died at last in prison by famine
and vermine” about 1577- 78,1 having married, about 1560, Jean Hepburn, only
daughter of Patrick, third Earl of Bothwell, widow of John Stewart, Prior of
Coldingham, who died 1563, and mother of Francis (Stewart), Earl of Bothwell
(testament, Edinburgh, 27 July 1599), and had issue by her”.
M Bessie Rori(e)son Gunn(c.1550-75)
Natural son:
3. Henry Sinclair,tacksman/wadsetter in/of Borrowsto(u/w)n and
Lybster (from 1606, c.1595-1614/5),
m. Janet Sutherland
From Saint Clairs of Caithness: “Henry received a conveyance from his brother,
Earl George, of part of the lands of Borrowstown and Lybster, with " the
miln and fishings." In a reversion by him in favour of the Earl, dated 3rd
September, 1606, he is designed as his brother naturall. He accompanied Earl
George III. in the expedition of 1614 to Orkney, and it is related by Gordon
that, while besieging the Castle of Kirkwall, he "went to bed at night in
health, but before the morning he was benumbed in all his sences, and remained
so until his death”. A Henri Sinclair, servant to the Earl of Caithness,
appears 5th January, 1615, in the jury empannelled to try Robert Stewart, base
sone of Patrick, lait Erle of Orknay.
4. John Sinclair(c.1661-2)
{weird hunch,his spouse/partner
was of the Clan Mackay, due to Donald's 1st name, cf. Donald Mackay, 1st Lord
Reay!}
5. Donald (or David) Sinclair, wadsetter of Lybster(c.1668-70)[801], m. Elspeth(Eliz.)
Cog(h)ill
6. John Sinclair, planter in/of
Clarendon/St.Catherine parishes(c.1724-d.c.1740/1), m. Priscilla
Hayle(d.c.1764)
John, William, Robert & Francis found in Caithness, Thurso issue of Donald
& Elizabeth (Elspeth Cogill). No Peter or Elizabeth. I remember going
through some records and finding these 4, but cannot find the original notes:
as I could not find the remaining 2, I did not attach much importance to them;
this data appears in my files between May & August 2011. They do not appear
on ScotlandsPeople site of Scottich Parish records. (5/2020)
Issue of Donald & Elspeth Sinclair:
at Caithness (from John's will, therefore all died after 1741):
Implied in John’s will is that he was from Thurso Parish.
1/1. John Sinclair of Clarendon, died abt 1741, Jamaica.
1/2. Peter Sinclair, Planter (following from JSF)
Like John, he must have been born
in Caithness and was described as a gentleman of Clarendon in brother John's
will of which he was an executor, he was of Vere in John's inventory.
His naming a son Thomas Biggs Sinclair makes it possible that his wife,
Elizabeth may have been the daughter of Thomas Biggs, born in 1715. In the
Clarendon records, she is the daughter of Mary, but on either side of her, the
children are the daughters of Margaret, daughter of John Hayle senior. If Mary
was a mis-transcription of Margaret, her brother would have been Samuel, who
bought land from John Sinclair in 1739, when John seemed to have been in
financial difficulties.
1754: Peter Sinclair owned 300 acres Vere.
A Peter Sinclair Bur Kingston 31/3/1750 by Mr Samuel BiggsPR: was
this him? If so, Samuel would have been his brother in law.
Was this her after Peter’s death in 1750?
Lewis Anderson married Elizabeth Sinclair, widow, both of Vere, 16/2/1762.
1745[802]:
Nevil Hayle for £500J from Peter Sinclair sold 6 male slaves and six female
negro slaves, their offspring etc ... subject to a mortgage made by Nevil Hayle
to John Sinclair and which was by John Sinclair assigned over to Peter Sinclair
and by Peter Sinclair to Francis Smith.
1750: Peter Sinclair sold land to Francis Smith, deed withdrawn.
Will not found.
Issue of Peter & Elizabeth Sinclair:
2/1. Peter Sinclair, bap 12/7/1735 in KingstonPR.
2/2. Alexander Sinclair b 14/1/1736, bap 24/3/1736, Kingston.
He was left and annuity of £20
pa by his uncle, John. His cousins John Hayle Sinclair bought him out of this
annuity for £100 in 1761[803].
He was a planter of Vere at the time.
A will of 1770/76 of Alexander Sinclair leaves all to kinsman Thomas Biggs.
Burial not found in PR St’s Elizabeth & Catherine, Vere, Kingston or
Clarendon.
A long inventory[804]
of 1779 maybe him, Alexander Sinclair, merchant of Kingston, £8796 total, no
burial found.
2/3. Thomas Biggs Sinclair, b
20/3/1737, bap 19/9/1740 in KingstonPR
2/4. John Sinclair, b 29/5/1740, bap 19/9/1740, KingstonPR.
2/5. Margaret Sinclair, dau of Peter & Elizabeth,
Born 3/1/1741-2, ch 14/11/1742,
KingstonPR
might be her: Margaret Sinclair spinster of St Catherine sold slave to Thomas
Oakely of Portland for £60 in 1786[805]
2/6. Robert Sinclair ch Vere
9/6/1747 of Peter Sinclair –
prob. the samePR.
Liguanea Robert Sinclair M Mary Heriott Sept 1799 (VLO V4 P361)
A Robert Sinclair was an attorney at law 1790 Jamaica
1/3. Robert Sinclair in Caithness, gent.
1/4. Francis Sinclair of Caithness
1/5. William Sinclair of Caithness
1/6. Margaret Sinclair: John mentioned her eldest son;
maybe she was dead by 1740?
1/7. Elizabeth Sinclair of Caithness.
married Alexander Sinclair, Of
Lybster in John's will.
OPR: Elspeth Sinclair married Alexander Sinclair, Thurso, 25/2/1726
No baptism found on Scottish OPR’s.
AM10/13
Summary
John Sinclair was a first generation planter from around
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland (the “last resort” beneficiary of his will was
Thurso Parish); he still had siblings there mentioned in his will. See comments
in the previous section.
He probably arrived in Jamaica about 1720, his first mention being in 1724
as a gentleman of St Catherine; during the decade from the the late 1720’s, he
built up a large collection of sugar estates, probably with borrowed money, but
towards the end of his relatively short career, it looked as though it was all
unravelling. By the late 1730’s, a number of complicated deeds show him moving
his property between himself and his brother, Peter. He was probably not
unusual in this. He might still have had assets in Caithness when he died,
leaving this to JHS. Other than one patent, there are no direct locations for
his various holdings, but they can mostly be deduced from other owners; the
area is complicated by the number of Anderson and Pratter holdings on the
various estate maps.
As he only mentioned one son, John Hayle Sinclair, and a daughter,
Elizabeth in his will and as his wife outlived him by 24 years, it is likely
that he was still a comparatively young man when he died. His wife named a
daughter, Elizabeth in her will, who married John Anderson in 1744. Elizabeth
was not yet 18 in John’s will so was born after 1722, but at the latest by 1726
to be married in 1744, so John Sinclair must have been born by 1705. He died
between April 1740 and June 1741, probably earlier in that period.
A timeline of deeds is shown elsewhere in this paper but he was first
described as of St Catherine, but soon became “of St Elizabeth”, then, in 1739,
he was “of Vere”, while he describes himself in his will as “of Clarendon”: his
lands were on the borders of what was at various times, St Elizabeth, Vere and
Clarendon. These latter apparent residence changes reflect this rather than
major moves.
John Sinclair does not appear to have arrived in Jamaica as a pauper: he
first appears in St Catherine probably in St Jago de la Vega, renting premises
in Port Royal for a short period, perhaps as a merchant. Later he became a
substantial land owner, having at least 1750 acres by 1736, much of which was
probably under sugar. The majority seems to have been on either side of Sixteen
Mile Gully in the Carpenter’s Mountains of eastern St Elizabeth/Western Vere
and Clarendon. The “home farm” was probably at a small settlement marked as
Gully Head west of the position where the main road turns more south west by
Warwick: this was probably Tophill as mentioned in his will (there was a Top
Hill estate in St Elizabeth, but that was near Black River and owned by the
Vassall family and also a settlement of the same name on the road west from
Junction towards Treasure Beach). He also had a small plot on the east side of
the mountains down to the Milk River. The records of how he acquired the land
are somewhat inconclusive. However, he seemed to have built up his holdings at
a period of low sugar prices (see graph towards the end of this volume); the
recovery in prices did not really happen until about the time of his death,
rising by 50% between 1735 and 1740 and doubling by 1747. The molasses trade
was adversely affected by the 1733 Molasses act, imposing duties.
Only one crop account has been found, that for 1742[806] for “John Sinclair, dcd”,
filed by Peter Sinclair. It purports to be for his entire estates in Clarendon
and Vere and lists 31 hogsheads of sugar (about 8500 kgs, about £250) and 11
puncheons of rum (about 1000 gals). This was a fairly modest amount, many were
twice this (average production was about 1 hogshead/acre [16 cwt]); it was
therefore probably the small estate by the Milk River and the land by the Rio
Minho. The definition of hogshead and puncheon seems to be variable: a hogshead
seems to have been 63 gallons and a puncheon rather larger, between 80 and 100
gallons. One source[807]
gives a sugar hogshead as about 1800 lbs. The sugar would have been partly
processed on the plantation and was a brown colour – this type of sugar is
called ‘muscovado’ and was shipped in this state to England where further
processing would produce pure white sugar. At this time, sugar was about
10d/lb, making the estate’s production about £830. Rum seemed to have been in
the region of 2/- per gallon, thus John Sinclair’s output would have been about
£110. 2.7 lbs of molasses from 100 lbs of sugar, or 40-100 gals per hogshead.
Whilst his son John Hayle Sinclair was the main legatee after various
bequests and his mother’s lifetime use, the estate would only pass the John Hayle’s
legitimate heirs: he did not have any. This may explain the rather sour
reference to his relatives in John Hayle Sinclair’s will! It appears in the
event that John Hayle Sinclair retained little or nothing inherited from his
father: whether this was of Peter Sinclair, and JHS’s brother-in-law John
Anderson depriving him, or whether the estate was so encumbered with debt there
was nothing to pay out is not clear.
In 1739 the boundary of St Elizabeth & Vere was revised by Act of
Assembly. St Elizabeth Precinct on Ogilby was show as extending East to what
became the Swift River: Browne (published in 1755, but probably from 1730’s
information) shows a similar position for the boundary, but Craskell 1763 shows
the boundary in the Alligator Pond area. Thus the location of land in this era
must be taken with a bit of care. In the case of John Sinclair’s land, the
early boundary seems to prevail. This Carpenter’s Mountains & Long Bay
Mountains, which seem to be part & parcel the same, are described as in St
Elizabeth, but later maps put them in Vere.
A case in the Court of Chancery in 1749 show that Robert Wright was an
overseer for John Sinclair, and had dealings with Benjamin & Thomas Burton
in St Elizabeth. It is thought that Benjamin Burton was the father of Ruth
Burton, John’s son, John Hayle’s concubine. A further connection was that
Robert Wright was Francis Wright’s uncle, and great uncle of Andrew Wright,
whose concubine was Ruth Sinclair, John’s grand-daughter.
In his will[808]
of 1740/1, he leaves an annuity of £20 pa and a heifer from Tophill to his
nephew Alexander, Peter Sinclair’s son, and £500 to his brother Peter. His
daughter, Elizabeth, was left £1500 in 3 tranches between the age of 18 and 24,
subject to not marrying without her mother’s consent. His wife, Priscilla, has
the use and occupation of their home and farm at Tophill and the use of the
Dixon’s estate until it comes into sugar, when he gives her in lieu the
“Ruinate” land at Milk River. She also is entitled to a puncheon of rum and 500
lbs of sugar.
The rest and residue (in Jamaica and Caithness) was left to John Hayle
Sinclair and his “lawfully begotten” issue. If JHS dies without lawful issue,
Elizabeth gets another £1500 and the remainder of his legacy goes to Peter and
then Peter’s sons. He also lists his siblings in Caithness (see them ealier in
this section): the final legatee would be the churchwardens of Thurso to build
a school. Amongst others, his executors were Peter Sinclair and Patrick Adam.
It looks as though the family used these provisos on JHS’s inheritance to
disinherit his descendants. Probably they disapproved of JHS’s many children by
Ruth Burton. It is notable that Priscilla leaves Tophill as if it were her own,
half to JHS and half to Elizabeth; John’s will appears to leave Tophill to
Priscilla for her use, not ownership, in which case it should have belonged in
its entirety to JHS. John Hayle Sinclair must have had ownership of the lands
as he was shown as having 1580 acres in Vere in 1754.
His inventory, taken in late 1741[809],
lists 49 slaves (value £1337-10s), livestock (mules, horses, cattle and sheep
to the value of £813) and sundry other, mainly household, items (value about
£70). His debtors amounted to £207, including Solomon Hart (£74), from whom he
had bought land. There were no creditors listed. His personal estate totalled
£2420.
Joshua Tennant’s inventory of 1728 made no mention of any debts owed by John
Sinclair.
John Sinclair’s Transactions
Two long deeds give much information on John Sinclair’s holdings, the
first, dated 1736, filed 1739 between John and his brother Peter, and a later
deed in 1753 between Peter Sinclair and Edward Smith regarding the Nevil Hayle
transactions. Several other deeds survive, but there are a number of references
to John Sinclair in the mid 1730’s but unfortunately few deed books for this
decade are still accessible;
6 deeds listed which are not available:
John Sinclair from Henry Dawkins, abt 1730, this is probably the lease on the
Joshua Tennant land.
John Sinclair from Solomon Hart, abt 1733[810],
referred to in later deeds as being 300 acres in Carpenters Mountains.
John Sinclair from Philemon Dixon, abt 1735[811],
presumably for land in JS’s will. (Philemon Dickson ch Clarendon 1/5/1712 of
George & Mary)
John Sinclair to Peter Sinclair, abt 1736, “sale land”.
John Sinclair to Edward Manning Assignement (of mortgage?) 1739 107/53
John Sinclair to Peter Sinclair Assignement 1740 108/51
In an early deed of
1724[812],
John Bloss & wife Elizabeth, a Tavern keeper of St Catherine sold to John
Sinclair, Gent of St Catherine, slaves & plate to £200 for debts by John
Bloss to his wife’s 1st husband. John Bloss married Elizabeth
Picking 26 August 1722, St CatherinePR, and John Pickering married
Elizabeth Bassett 14 February 1711, St CatherinePR. There is no
further idea of the reason for this sale.
Later in 1724[813],
John Sinclair (still “of St Catherine”) rented some footland, a house and some
slaves in Port Royal for a year from Samuel Diggins (for 5 shillings) and from
his mother, Anne Erasmus, who was resident there at the time. The house was
next to Diego Luis Gonzales. Was this soon after his arrival in Jamaica?
By 1730[814],
John Sinclair was described as “of St Elizabeth” when he loaned money to Peter Rowe,
a watchmaker of Kingston, secured on a negro woman.
In the same year of 1730 comes the first mention of his acquiring land, in
this case, 30 acres bought from Humphrey Stiles, part of Henry Hilliard’s
“Ruinate” plantation in Clarendon; this was probably part of Hilliard’s patents
between the Milk River and the Round Hill[815].
In 1731[816],
he bought a creole boy from Zacharia Gualtier, with Peter as witness. Gualtiers
had property to the west of John’s later St Elizabeth lands.
In 1732-3[817]
he gave a mortgage for 79 acres on the Dry River in Vere to Nevil Hayle of
Vere, his father-in-law, for £850: the remainder of the deed was lost in
transcription, but is referred to in subsequent deeds, in particular in 1750[818]. The title passed through
Peter Sinclair’s hands after John’s death. The land or mortgage passed from
John to Peter Sinclair, then on to Francis Smith and Edward Smith. It is not
clear if this 79 acres was the same as or another parcel contiguous with the 75
scres of land sold in 1739 by John & Priscilla to Samuel Biggs, known as
“Thomas Hayle’s Land” and may have been part of the early acquisitions by the
Hayle brothers. The mortgage probably included some slaves, mentioned in a deed
between Nevil Hayle & Peter Sinclair[819].
He had a grant of 300 acres in 1731 in the Carpenters Mountains, the
eastern border bounding on himself: no record of an earlier relevant
transaction has been found, but it must have been a purchase, probably of a
parcel patented to Francis Allen in 1719 (A in plate 34).
Somewhat later in 1739[820],
John & Priscilla Sinclair sold 400 acres to Samuel Biggs for £500. At the
same time, he also sold Biggs 75 acres “known as Thomas Hayle’s” in Vere on the
river Minho which he had bought from Samuel Neil Smith. The latter was probably
land once owned by Thomas Hayle, one of the 3 settler brothers, but was this
the land bought from Nevil Hayle in 1732? Samuel Biggs was probably the son of
Margaret Hayle, dau of John snr, who married Thomas Biggs. The estate plan
Manchester 255 shows Samuel Biggs with 300 acres, with a (later?) pencil name
“Nonpareil” which appears on Liddell 1888 to the north of sixteen mile gully.
It is possible that John’s brother, Peter, was married to Elizabeth, Samuel
Biggs’s sister.
A deed of 1736[821]
between John Sinclair & Peter Sinclair, his brother then a merchant of
Kingston laid out the terms of a lease between John Sinclair and Henry Dawkins
for land in St Elizabeth, and the consequences of default.
The deed says that in July 1732 John Sinclair rented land from Henry
Dawkins esq & John Mitchell, planter, both of Clarendon, (as executors of
Joshua Tennant of St Elizabeth & guardians of his son Mathew, a minor) with
Jonathan Gale & John Anderson as Surety’s (guarantors). The lease was for 6
years at £600 pa with a penalty of £10000 on default (this probably refers deed
85/171, not yet found) and included stock and slaves.
By March 1736, John Sinclair was sick, the lease had not expired and the
rent was in arrears, a state which could worsen before John’s possible death.
On his death, Jonathan Gale & John Anderson would be liable for any
shortfall in rent which was not covered by the negroes and stock in hand. In
the deed of this time, John Sinclair for 5/- from Peter Sinclair, Peter Sinclair
indemnifies Jonathan Gale & John Anderson from liability resulting from
their agreement in 1732.
Additionally, John Sinclair also sold to Peter Sinclair 5 parcels of land
in Carpenters Mountains, St Elizabeth, for the specific use: to pay
Dawkins/Mitchell or Mathew Tennant any arrears of rent and stock listed in the
original lease and to indemnify Gale/Anderson from any liability under that
lease. When these conditions were met, the assets would be disposed as
specified in John’s will. However, if John Sinclair in his lifetime satifies
the debts and liabilities to Dawkins/Mitchell/Tennant and indemnify
Gale/Anderson, the deed becomes null and void. In the case of John Sinclair’s
death before the expiry of the lease, Peter Sinclair may sold such land as required
to settle the arrears. The indenture excludes the dower of Priscilla, his wife.
From the description of the five parcels of land in this deed, they all
seem to be, if not connected, at least in the same area. Three estate plans[822] of the 19thC cover this
area, with William Turner/John Booth patent & Henry Lewis patent of 1718
shown: there is 500 acres of Francis Smith surveyed 1759, there are indications
that some Sinclair land went to Francis Smith. The lands were probably astride
the sixteen mile gully. The deed also mentions 80 slaves and livestock. One
parcel of 500 acres, purchased from Henry Lewis included a set of Mill works, 4
coppers and a still ready to be erected.
In 1740[823],
John bought a sugar estate of 500 acres from the Francis & Edward (&
Katherine) Smith for £1800, still in Carpenter’s mountains.
Immediately after the last purchase in February 1740[824], he and his brother Peter
(involved because of the earlier deeds) convey the Smith land (here
specifically called Smithfield and marked on Manchester 257) and the other 5
plots to Patrick Adam, a merchant of Kingston, in trust for John’s debts to
Adam and others for 3 years to May 1743. Patrick Adam was one of John’s
executors.
At much the same time[825],
John Sinclair sold to Peter for £150, 300 acres of land which he bought from
Solomon Hart. This probably is one reason for Peter Sinclair’s involvement in
the deed of trust with Adam.
A later deed in 1745[826]
makes reference to a mortgage for £500 by Nevil Hayle to John Sinclair for some
slaves, which was subsequently assigned to Peter and then to Francis Smith.
This was probably related to the earlier mortgage with Nevil Hayle.
Priscilla, his wife, mentions Dodson’s Pen in St Catherine, in her will of
which there is no mention on the maps or deeds.
John Sinclair’s main holdings
His main holdings were in the 16 Mile Gully area, but it
is not easy to locate many of them with any precision. The main ones were those
specified in the 1736 deed between John & Peter and Henry Dawkins.
Plate 33
Three estate maps, (Manchester 255, 257 & 269) cover the area in which
John Sinclair’s land lay. Sinclairs are not shown on these maps, but Tennants,
Turners, and Andersons are. 269 and 257 overlap, 257 being the westernmost,
while 255 adjoins to the north and can be aligned with 269 by the sixteen mile
gully and the road to Warwick. Some original patents are also plotted. Joshua
Tennant & Henry Beck patents south of 16 mile gully agree with 255:
Harrison & Clark rectangular patents, both of 1676, fit well to the west of
Tennant, but do not appear on 269 and are overlain by John Anderson of 1710 and
an undated Joshua Tennant plot. Sinclair’s 1731 patent bounds on south on
Tennant & Clark and north on Turner. This puts it on or slightly north of
the gully; the possibility is that Tennant acquired the Harrison land and Clark
retained some of the land to the north of the later Prater & Anderson patents.
The later purchase from Bowerman was probably also in this area. A check of the
patents for Prater & Anderson is needed to help clarify this. The Sinclair,
Clark & Harrison patents are all rectangular or square, unlike many others
which follow adjoining patents or geographical features, but seem to fit well
together: the locality is fairly level, so they, particularly the earlier two,
were set out on unused land.
The original patentees often sold the land on soon after the grant, and in
some cases never took up the land or defaulted on the (small) rent, in which
cases the land reverted beck to the crown and was re-assigned (escheated) to a
new owner.
The Joshua Tennant land boundaries can still be seen on satellite images.
30 acres bought from Humphrey Stiles[827] in 1730, part of Henry
Hilliard’s “Ruinate” plantation in Clarendon; this was probably part of
Hilliard’s patents bounding on the sea between the Milk River and the Round
Hill[828].
It is not entirely clear if the ruinate was the name of the plantation or a
description of the vegetation; ruinate is often seen on plats as a description
of an area of unclaimed land. He left this land to Priscilla for life after
Dixon’s came into sugar.
75 acres in Vere: sold in 1739[829] by John & Priscilla
to Samuel Biggs, known as Thomas Hayle’s and bounding all round on the land of
Sarah Cannock William Holloway decs and the River Minho and land of Richard
Hayle decd which he had bought from Samuel Nevil Smith. Was this the land
referred to bought by Thomas Hayles (one of the 3 settlers) in 1681 from Thomas
Perry at Kettle Spring and sold to James Smith? Samuel Nevil Smith, ch
13/4/1710, Clarendon, son of James & Elizabeth, sold this land to John
Sinclair.
Tennant Land (H) rented from Dawkins/Mitchell as execs of Joshua Tennant:
although the deed does not describe it, this is probably the 486 acres
of land patented by Tennant in 1711 just to the south of the 16 mile gully[830]. The lease[831] was 1732 for 6 years, the
liability for which is referred to in the 1736/9 deed. The estate map
Manchester 269 shows the Tennant land as being the Ludville Plantation: later
records and the slave compensation records show that this was owned by Jonathan
Anderson Ludford in 1818 with 47 slaves and 17 stock (JAL born 29/12/1770,
Clarendon – parents married 1766, no apparent Anderson connection). The
boundaries of this estate can be identified on satellite images as tree/fence
lines.
500 acres (G) Bought in 1740[832]
from Francis Smith & Edward & Katherine Smith of Vere Gent by John
Sinclair of Vere esq for £1800 from John Sinclair, in the Carpenter’s Mountains
E on estate of Anderson & Pratter dcd S on road leading to MR Powell’s, W
on unsurveyed and N on George Clark’s land.
A subsequent deed between Patrick Adam and Peter & John called this Smithfield.
An estate map Manch 155 refers to Hoghole, Asia and part of Smithfield: Asia
and Hoghole on the modern maps are within the area covered by Manchester 255
& 269 and coincide roughly with Thomas Anderson & Richard Brown
patents. On 257 & 269, Smithfield is shown as 500 acres with the house on
one and Smithfield on the other. John Sinclair’s Smithfield was most likely
here. Manch 269, 1720, refers to Francis Smith & 500 acres.
Modern day Smithfield is between Warwick and Grove Town as marked on Manch, west
of sixteen mile gully, towards Alligator Pond. AM drove through Smithfield in
November 2014. It did not look like the best sugar country, mountainous and
broken ground, but more rain being in the hills and open to the South towards
the sea. Smithfield is close to Grove Town on the road from the Gully towards
Cross Keys. An estate plan[833]
of 1842 showed Smithfield and part of James Biggs on the north side of the road
to Alligator Pond, with a cocoa walk to the East
300 acres (F) ...bought by John Sinclair (about 1733[834]) from Solomon Hart E on
Blue Hole and land of Pratter and Anderson, S on Waste Rocks adjoining the
Morass, W on Tennants plantations, north on Rocky mountains adjacent the estate
of said Pratter & Anderson.
There is some confusion over Pratt & Anderson and Pratter & Anderson.
This Anderson was the wife of Alice Hayle, daughter of John Hayle snr (see her
entry for the reasons). The way in which Pratter and Anderson are linked, both
in this deed and on Craskel indicates that the two families properties, of
which there were several in the 16 mile gully area, were operated as one in
this period.
Manch 269 probably clarifies this. This parcel of land looks to have been the
grant to Henry Beck, between Tennants & Anderson. There may have been a
blue hole on the gully on the SE corner of the Beck patent: on satellite
images, there are a couple of obvious “holes” to the east of the river gully
running south from 16 mile gully, but these do not tie in with the other
boudaries.
Edward Pratter died Kingston 8/1735 aged 52 (findagrave).
Plate 34 Shows the
various areas. These are mostly from the original patents, but confirmed by the
estate maps.
330 acres 1733[835],
John Sinclair bought land from Josiah Bennick for £100 on the coast between the
Swift and Gutt rivers on Long Bay, 1st N on morass E on Swift River
S on Long Bay and W on Gutt River, 2nd on Long Bay NW on the
Mountains E on mangroves WS on Mangroves. These descriptions do not fit the
map, the distance between the Swift and Gutt rivers being too great. This
general area would be to the south of the Land bought from Hart. However, these
lands are not mentioned elsewhere and the deed, while dated 1733, was not filed
until 1742, well after John’s death, presumably during the tidying up of his
estate, and do not appear again. No patent or plat found for Bennick (2/17).
Most of the following seem to be on Manch 255 and 269 and were decribed in the
1736 deed, repeated in a later deed of 1740: William Cockburn & John
Sinclairs grants need to be located to postion these parcels.
650 acres (A) (1st parcel) “where John Sinclair dwells”
This is probably what John refers to as Tophill in his will, and could well be
the modern Gully Head at the centre of the map above. Priscilla’s will refers
to Tophill in Carpenter’s Mountains.
bounding:
Southerly and part South Easterly on Edward Paxtten (Paatten? – Pratt(er)) and
John Anderson
Southerly on Joshua Tennant, Westerly on unsurveyed land and
North on William Thomas?? and John Booth
It appears that this was probably on the north side of sixteen mile gully. John
Booth appears on estate map Manchester 255 sharing with William Turner. It
looks to have been the land patented by Francis Allen in 1718, several mentions
of the boundaries point towards this and, although Manch 255 shows it as 300
acres, it measures nearer 600 in comparison with other plots: he must have
acquired it before the 1732 grant.
At least part of this may have been the 300 acres patented to Francis Allen, S
on Joshua Tennant & John Anderson, E on unsurveyed land, west land unknown,
n on William Turner & John Booth.
300 acres (B) (2nd parcel) patented in 1732[836]
to John Sinclair bounding:
Easterly on the said John Sinclair
Southerly on John Clark
Westerly on William Cockburn and
part Northerly on land purchased by said John Sinclair of Kyrle Bowerman of the
parish of St Catherine Esqr
1731-2[837]
grant describes 300 acres of land in Carpenters Mountains, north on William
Turner, East on himself, South on heirs of Joshua Tennant dcd & Jane Clark,
West on heirs of William Cockburn, dcd. This land can be positioned from and
estate map, Manchester 255, which aligns well with John Anderson, 1712, and
Joshua Tennant: John Sinclair’s eastern boundary is shown as Francis Allen’s
patent of 1718, not “his own land” as in the later Sinclair patent.
500 acres (C) (3rd parcel) of land lately purchased by John
Sinclair from Henry (surname blank, but Lewis from later documents) of St
Elizabeth planter adjoining to the land of John Sinclair together with four
Coppers one large Still and Sett of Miln (Mill??) work on the premises shortly
to be erected and affixt?
This was probably Henry Lewis: Manchester 255 estate plan has Henry Lewis,
1718, shown as 300 acres, but measures more, and with an unmarked southern
boundary on the west of the probable 650 acres of Allen land.
200 acres (D) (4th parcel) of land lately purchased by John
Sinclair from Philemon Dixon, partly in the parish of Clarendon and adjoining
to the land of the said Henry Lewis containing 200 acres[838]. Manch 255 shows a Dr
James Dixon property, but this is probably not the one: this was probably to
the east of Lewis’s, and using the boundary line on Browne, probably was across
the line between St Elizabeth and Clarendon. A sale[839] by John Sinclair’s
daughter and son in law, John and Elizabeth Anderson in 1765 included a parcel
of land in the Carpenters Mountains containing 160 Acres patented by Peter
Vallandry & known as DIXONS E on Figuary Mountainns all other side
unsurveyed. This was probably part of the 240 acres to Vallandry shown on
Manchester 257 just south of Maningsfield, and the Dixon’s referred to in
Sinclair’s will. The rest of the land was around the Milk River).
200 acres (E) (5th parcel) purchased by John Sinclair from
Kyrle Bowerman and adjoining the land of John Sinclair and William Turner
(& by association John Booth); this was probably to the north of John’s
1732 patent and east of the William Turner 1718 patent. There is a 1731 patent
for Kyre Bowerman for 400 acres in St Elizabeth. This land is probably what is
shown dotted to the west of the Booth/Turner land on Manchester 255 map.
The five parcels in the 1736 deed also included:
together with 22 mules, 10 Mares, 1 ass, 13 Horses, 74 head of neat Cattle all
marked J*S and the following negroes and other slaves (80 listed in original
text).
The 1739 deed land: 400 acres in Carpenters Mountains in Vere. Written 3
several runs but only 2 mentioned.
one of them butting E on the logwood fence from 16 mile Gulley Hill to the land
of William Turner decd & N on William Turner & partly on land purchased
by the said John Sinclair of Kyrle Bowerman esq and W on John Sinclair & S
on 16 mile Gully Hill.
also land purchased by John Sinclair from Samuel Neil Smith and Ann his wife
gent 75 acres known as Thomas Hayle’s and bounding all round on the land of
Sarah Cannock William William Holloway decs and the River Minho and land of
Richard Hayle decd.
Owed Robert Wright, son of Andrew Wright, in Robert’s will of 1749, great uncle
to Andrew Wrigth, father in law of Francis Maitland.
John Sinclair’s estate:
1750: Peter Sinclair sold some land to Francis Smith deed
book 139 not available.
1750: Priscilla leased land to Thomas Anderson, deed book 140 not available.
Sinclair ad Wright – Answer 4 July 1743 & Burton
Peter Sinclair, his brother & executor, was sued in the
Court of Chancery by Robert Wright[840].
Unfortunately, only the answers by Peter Sinclair are available, so the detail
of the case can only be arrived by deduction.
A complicated set of answers to tbe Bill filed by Robert Wright seems to show
that Robert was overseer to John Sinclair, and was involved in bonds between
the Benjamin & Thomas Burton and Sinclair.
Notes on the case:
Peter Sinclair: Peter Sinclair of the parish of Vere planter one of the
Defendants to the Bill of Complaint of
Robert Wright: of the parish of St Elizabeth planter Complainant
John Sinclair: John Sinclair, Peter Sinclair his executor.
It appears from this case that Robert Wright owed Benjamin & Thomas Burton
money, and that Robert Wright entered into bonds for this debt. At the time,
Robert Wright was overseer for John Sinclair.
Robert Wright claimed he was owed back wages and drew up an order for the debt
owed to him by John Sinclair in favour of Benjamin Burton and he bought 2
horses from John Sinclair against John Sinclair’s debt to him. Robert Wright
sold these horses to Thomas Burton, who accepted them in satisfaction of the
bond and that John Sinclair took up the bond supposedly discharged and that
Thomas Burton gave the bonds to John Sinclair.
Peter Sinclair saw John Sinclair with the bonds uncancelled and that John
Sinclair had paid money for them.
When Benjamon & Thomas Burton’s accounts on the bonds were settled with
John Sinclair, John Sinclair than became indebted to Peter Sinclair by bond ie
John Sinclair borrowed from Peter Sinclair to pay the bonds.
On 4/7/1740, Benjamin & Thomas Burton assigned the bonds & the moneys
due on them to Peter Sinclair (John possibly having just died). Peter Sinclair
then discounted the value of the bonds and gave John Sinclair credit for the
amount.
Peter Sinclair denies that John Sinclair put the bonds in trust, but that John
Sinclair appears to have sued Robert Wright for the value of the bonds.
Peter Sinclair received £40 part of the money essigned to Robert Wright about 2
years before from Francis Wright.
Peter Sinclair did not know John Sinclair was indebted to Robert Wright until
this bill. Peter Sinclair has found a judgement by Robert Wright against John
Sinclair.
Peter Sinclair claims that he was owed £66/12/11¾ on the original bonds, which
Robert Wright denied.
This case must have gone on for many years as Robert Wright made reference to
it in his will of 1749. He claimed that there were debts owed by the Burtons
and John Sinclair’s estate. From the foregoing, it might appear that the
Burtons were paid off by John Sinclair, having already had compensation from
John to Benjamin and 2 horses to Thomas.
Benjmin & Thomas Burton were the sons of Benjamin Burton, b 1674.
There was another claim in 1743 in the Court of Chancery by Nevil Hayle on
Peter Sinclair, but the records do not show the details of the claim[841] - this may relate to the
land bought by John from Nevil in 1732.
Married: Priscilla Hayle (assumed from son John Hayle Sinclair).
Priscilla Hayle
- 1707
AM10/14
ch: 7/10/1707 born 5/9/1707, Vere (PR)
Parents: Neaville & Sarah Hayle.
Died: Abt 1764.
In her will, she mentions, in addition to Tophill, 2 other properties,
Dodsons Pen in St Catherine and Red Hills in St John. Neither of these appear
in John’s papers, so were probably purchased in her widowhood or possibly were
part of her Dower from her father. Both properties were left to her daughter,
Elizabeth Anderson. They also do not appear in any gazetteer of Jamaica, but
Red Hills does appear in 1817 Almanac: Le Ray de la Clartais, John, Red Hills
and Devany's, 10/9. There is no sign of Devany, but Craskell has Dehany in central
St John; this does not look like any Hayle land area. In any case, from the
slave & stock numbers, Red Hills & Devany’s looks to be quite small.
There are two documented alternatives for Priscilla’s parents, John snr’s
son Nevil or John junior.
Her daughter, Elizabeth (Sinclair) Anderson was married in 1744, so
Elizabeth must have been born by say 1726 (and after 1722), so that Priscilla
was probably born by 1710.
John jnr’s daughter Priscilla was alive in 1714, the date of John senior’s
and her mother’s will. She was, however, not mentioned in her faher’s will of
1712/3: perhaps she was born after the drafting of his will. If so, she would
have been too young to fit Elizabeth’s marriage & deduced birth date.
Priscilla, daughter of Nevil, is recorded as being born 1707, a date which
fits well with her daughter’s marriage, and also of John Hayle Sinclair’s birth
which must have been about 1730 or earlier. There is a John Nevil Sinclair
baptised in December 1731 (but with no birth date shown), daughter of John
& Priscilla. This points the probability of John Sinclair’s wife being the
daughter of Nevil. It is a moot point whether the recorded baptism of John
Nevil Sinclair is a misprint for John Hayle, of if John Nevil died early and John
Hayle was a later son. As John Hayle Sinclair had 12 children by Ruth Burton at
his death in 1764, his first born must have been born by about 1750, making his
birth no later than about 1731-2. The balance of probablility is that John
Hayle Sinclair’s mother was the daughter of Nevil Hayle; additionally, John
Sinclair loaned Nevil Hayle £850 in 1732 by way of mortgage, showing a
connection between the two of them.
1754: Priscilla Sinclair owned St Catherine 25, Vere 200, St John 20
Will of 1764[842]
Widow of Vere.
She cancelled a mortgage on slaves and cattle for £500 to John Anderson.
...To daughter Elizabeth Anderson wife of John, estate Dodson's pen in St
Catherine's and half of Tophill in Carpenter’s Mountains, & slaves Cynthia
& dau Mary Rose, Cornwall Corridon Richard a mulatto boy Neptune and
Hannah, Also to Elizabeth Joe and Quamina, and to purchase 2 negro men of £40,
to give to John Hayle in addition to other slaves, Molly & her 2 sons,
James, and Nassaw, Chloe & her 2 children, Ian, Betty, Nanny and Little
Tommy a Boy, with one silver cup and one silver tankard to him.
To Elizabeth Anderson piece of land called Red Hills in St Johns occupied by Mr
William Thomas.
to John Hayle Sinclair other half of Top Hill
Remainder to Elizabeth.
John Anderson sole executor,
Inventory[843]
7/10/1765 totalled £J1104, almost entirely slaves, shown by John Anderson, her
sole executor.
Issue:
1/1. John Hayle Sinclair.
He is specifically called John
Hayle (Sinclair) in parent’s wills.
A John Nevile Sincklair ch Clarendon, 14/12/1731 of John & Priscilla, looks
a bit young for a spelling error for John Hayle.
1/2. Elizabeth Sinclair
B aft 1722.
Married John Anderson, planter, Kingston, 3/5/1744, both of Vere (re mother’s
will & PR). See under Anderson section.
B aft 1722, but probably before about 1726.
This Prospect estate was in Vere, close the the sixteen mile gully, north of
Devil’s point on Browne. It appears on Manchester 257 and 269 estate maps; not
to be confused with Prospect in St Elizabeth and then Manchester, on the
Alligator Pond/Gutters road, owned by Alexander Sinclair, son of John Hayle
Sinclair.
From a suit filed in Chancery in 1743 by Elizabeth Smith, widow and executrix
and sole devisee of Alice’s will, she married John Anderson, a planter, who was
in partnership in 1720 with Edward Pratter in the 500 acre Prospect Plantation
in the Clarendon mountains and an unspecified other holding of 200 acres in
Clarendon. Pratter evidently put the majority of cash into the partnership for
sugar works etc, to be paid back by John Anderson out of income. The suit lays
down the facts of the debts owed by John Anderson, and the relatively low
income awarded to his widow. Elizabeth Smith contested this, and made
representation over the use and fate of slaves brought into the partnership by
Alice Anderson. By the date of the suit, Edward Pratter, John Anderson and
Alice Andersom had all died; the Pratter share went to his nephew in England.
It must be assumed that Elizabeth Smith was Alice’s sister. Pratter &
Anderson appear in Vere in Craskell.
The suit makes interesting reading of the financing of an estate, which seemed
to have been making about £1000 pa.
Died between Priscilla’s will in 1764 and deed 1765 (210/126)
Issue from PR:
2/1. Lewis Anderson, son of John & Elizabeth, Clarendon, 19/4/1745.
Lewis Henry Anderson bur St
Dorothy, 26/3/1771, aged 27 – probably this one.
Are these 2 the same family: a
long gap?
2/2. William Thomas Anderson, Vere, b 16/10/1761, bap 2/12/1761
William Thomas Anderson married
Vere 16/1/1781 Mary Anderson.
2/3. Elizabeth Ellis Anderson, ch
29/12/1765 ClarendonPR.
Note: Vere for 1759 & 60 missing.
Henry & Joshua Tennant
The wills of Henry Tennant and his son Joshua[844]:
Henry Tennant, 1685: Merchant of Port Royal
To son Henry Tennant 1100 acres in St Auga Clarendon
Daus Mary & Sheeby??, son Joshua Tennant, Wife Elizabeth
Also Right & Title of Rectory of Patrick Brunton in diocese of Chester in
Yorkshire in possession of mother Ann Hather (near Rippon?)
Joshua Tennant – 1728: Of St Elizabeth
Wife Cordelia, Dau Cordelia Jackson, wife of Thomas, grandson Adam Jackson
their son, Dau Jane Tennant when 21, Son Mathew Tennant
Ref English Estates at Brunton & Rippon
AM09/07
Parents: John & Priscilla Sinclair (no doubt, see John Sinclair’s will).
Died 1765-6.
A John Nevile Sincklair was baptised Clarendon, 14/12/1731 of John &
Priscilla – it seem likely that this in fact John Hayle Sinclair.
On the line above the baptism of Samuel Nevil s of Nevil & Elizabeth Hayles
(PR).
Several Hales breeding about this time.
In his will of 1741, John Sinclair (John Hayle’s father) made John Hayle
Sinclair (JHS) his heir and named his wife as Priscilla, who left much to JHS
in her will in 1764. There was a condition in father John’s will that if son
JHS died without legitimate heirs, the estate reverted to the family of Peter
Sinclair, father John’s brother. This proved to be the case, JHS probably
leaving only the land he had acquired in his own right in St Elizabeth. This
may explain the rather sour reference to his relatives in JHS’s will!
In addition to the use of his father’s lands on the 16 mile gully, JHS
built up a significant holding of what was probably pen land up the valley from
Alligator Pond towards the Leeward Road down Spur Tree Hill towards Lacovia.
The biggest one was at Prospect, 2½ mile south of Gutters. He also had holdings
around Alligator Pond and in the mountains towards the 16 mile gully. His son,
Alexander was the main beneficiary of these lands, although Judith Burton must
have benefited from them during her long life.
In 1754 JHS owned 437 acres in St Elizabeth, & 1580 in Vere. Of the
Vere land, most if not all would have been from his father, who did not seem to
have had any land west of where the Vere/boundary was drawn on Craskel
(surveyed in the late 1750’s); this land ultimately would have reverted to
Uncle Peter under the terms of John Sinclair’s will and JHS’s lack of
legitimate white heirs. The St Elizabeth land was probably acquired himself.
When he died, in addition to lands from his father, he had 300 or 350 acres
from Durrant, at least 153 at Alligator Pond and about 360 acres in the Carpenters
Mountains. He referred to Bernuda Castle in his will, leaving it for Judith to
live in, so it is assumed that this was his principle residence, and was
probably the Durrant purchase at Prospect. He would have been a wealthy man
with his father’s sugar lands and his own lands, Prospect was probably a pen. J
Burton is on Robertson 1804 here
JHS was an executor of Thomas Burton’s will of 1764 and he also showed
Thomas’s property on inventory.
In his will, he listed 12 children. If they are in age order, and it
appears so from the baptisms of the majority of them in the 1760’s; the oldest
named child, Elizabeth, no baptism record, had a daughter in 1769, making her
born no later than 1752; this ties in with roughly one a year in the later
series. His son, Alexander, was the sole remaining male child after about 1805
and left the biggest paper trail, and a large family. Other members of his
family can be seen in the 19thC Almanacs.
Issue by Judith Burton, in summary:
(from John will and deed with Dorothy Rochster, 380F46 – “DR”, Judith’s will
dated 1804, proved 1822).
1/1. Elizabeth Sophronia Sinclair – JHS will, DR. D abt 1806.
1/2. Nicholas Sinclair – JHS & JB will, DR.
1/3. Susanna Sinclair – JHS will. Admon to JB bef 1773.
1/4. Sarah Sinclair – PR of JB b 1755 – JHS will. (abt 1755-bef 1794)
1/5. Thomas Sinclair – PR of JB b 1758 – JHS Will
1/6. Priscilla Sinclair – PR/JB b 1759
1/7. James Sinclair – PR/JB b 1760 – JHS will, DR.
1/8. Patrick Sinclair – JHS will
1/9. Edward Sinclair – PR/JB b 1762 – JHS will DR.
1/10. Joseph Sinclair – JB Will PR/JB b 1763 – JHS will DR. D bef 1804.
1/11. Ruth Sinclair – PR/JB b 1764 – JHS will DR. Mother of Ann (Wright)
Maitland.
1/12. Alexander Sinclair – JB Will Ruth’s will, AS will re Francis M. DR.
Maps Applicable to John Hayle Sinclair
& his Descendants
Manchester 76 (1827): Heirs of Alexander Sinclair, 585A. Shows plot for all the
children. – this was the son of JHS.
“The above diagram shaded Red & Blue (since faded) represents the
form and boundaries of five hundred and eighty four acres of land situate in
this parish belonging to the Heirs of Alexander Sinclair esq, deceased.”
This estate was Pospect, initially in St Elizabeth, later Manchester and was on
the road from Alligator Pond to Gutters. The south eastern square block of
mountain land was part of a patent to Benjamin Burton in 1788.
Manchester 203: Alligator Pond, showing Parker land, somne of which JHS bought
in 1763, on the river and sea.
Transactions:
JHS inherited, amongst other things, half of his father’s estate at Tophill
from his mother, including 23 slaves, the other half going to his sister
Elizabeth. Elizabeth died soon after Priscilla, so JHS inherited the whole: a
deed[845]
in 1765 transferred the ownership of the slaves to JHS by a sale and sell back
with JJ Swaby.
Gutters to Pepper Road.
JHS made 2 land purchase in 1756[846],
the first fo 282 acres from James Murray (a doctor) and the second from Lewis
Robertson for 303 acres. These were contiguous: there is a plat for the latter,
but not the former, which bounded north on Pepper plantation. It is implied in
the first deed that JHS already had some land here, to the east of the first,
northern, parcel.
In a deed of 1770, Judith Burton leased for her life 10 acres of land from
JHS’s executor, Swaby, on the King’s road from Aligator Pond to Pepper
plantation: this is shown on Craskel as Sinclair. Robertson shows Hon J Swaby
in this position.
Prospect Pen
1755[847]:
Thomas Durrant planter of St Elizabeth sold to JHS (a
planter of St Elizabeth) for 10/- 300 acres of land called Manatee Valley
commonly called the Ovens. Unknown land all round. The next deed by Durrant
sold some land on the Kings Rd to Alligator Pond to JJ Swaby. The Manatee
Valley was the old name for a part of Essex Valley, on the west side of the May
Day Mountains (Old Spanish name for Carpenter’s Mountains was Manati - Long V1
P237). Manatee valley was shown in 1683 & 1717 between the Ste Cruz
Mountains and the May Day Mountains. Thomas Durrant’s will[848] gives no geographical
information.
It is probable that this was the core of the land left by JHS’s son,
Alexander at Prospect Pen on the road from Alligator Pond to Gutters. Estate
map Manch 76 fits very well on the road at modern day Prospect, Mulatto pen on
some old maps, Plate 36.
This Alexander and his family appear in related wills and documents,
differentiating him from Alexander, son of JHS’s uncle Peter. Craskel does not
show anything at Mulatto Pen area, in the Manatee Valley, but has Sinclair
marked on the west side of the road, just NW of Gutters and SE of Pepper.
There were at least 2 Prospects in that part of Vere which became Manchester,
but the Sinclair Prospect was initially in St Elizabeth, moving to Manchester
and therefore was in the west of the parish (the other was Anderson/Pratter
further east).
Robertson 1804 map shows J Burton on the west side of the road through
Prospect. This was probably Judith Burton.
Carpenters Mountains
1757[849]:
Letters patent were granted to JHS for 300 acres in Carpenters mountains, Vere,
East on Samuel Biggs, west on John Anderson; laid out at the same time as John
Anderson. The exact location of this has not been established, but was probably
at the western end of the Carpenters Mountains, adjoining Grove Pen: the
mountain side shown on the northern boundary could have been the 16 mile gully,
but that does not fit Manchester 257 map. The two plats are on Plate 30. 
In 1758[850],
JHS planter of Vere sold this land to William Mathews of Kingston, Gent, for
£150 as an outright sale, for ever. However, this land was also sold by
Nicholas and Alexander in 1804 to Robert Crawford.
1763: JHS & JJ Swaby patent 1B/11/1/30F81 60 acres in St
Elizabeth at Hunters Stantion, unsurveyed land all round (no plat), formerly
patented by William Watts dcd, but in arrears on quit rents and therefore
vested in JHS & JJS who paid the deficit. This was probably a mile or so
west of Gully Head: probably the Hunterston in Liddell 1888 map and on Manch
269, Grove. Swaby had a 1758 patent to the west of Hermitage, and Sinclair
would have had his father’s lands in that area.
Plate
32
His father, John, had an estate which he referred to as Top Hill in his
will, and left it for the use of Priscilla, his wife and ½ to JHS. Priscilla
left her half to JHS. This Top Hill was probably around the top of the Sixteen
Mile Gully. It may have been that this ½ share from Priscilla circumvented the
prohibition of John snr’s land going to JHS’s illegitimate heirs, but there is
no real evidence of this.
The maps on the internet (Google 2023) now show a Top Hill at Downes, north
of Alligator Pond. It is not shown under this name on any earlier maps.
Much later, an advertisement in the Jamaica Gazette for the sale of the
Grove and Bossue: “Spanish Town, March 20 1821. For Sale, Bossue Pen and The
Grove Plantations, Manchester. The Grove 500 acres 60 young coffee, ... The Bogue
1400 acres Guinea Grass”.
Alligator Pond Area
1763[851]:
John & Catherine Isabella Rocke Practitioner of Physic & Surgery of St
Elizabeth sold to JHS for £65/15 153½ acres at Alligator Pond Bay part of
greater run patented by William Parker & alloted by a jury to John Chambers
esq and then conveyed to John Morse esq now owned by John Rocke NE on Bernard
Senior esq, E on Alligator Pond river, S on sea, all other sides rocky mtns
(they are pretty steep and inhospitable!). There is no indication of the fate
of this land. Except for a reference in a deed to, inter alia, Thomas Burton
relating to land in Aligator Pond Savanna which was land from Durrant, nothing
else is known
This is similar to an earlier transaction where John Anderson bought From John Rocke
– 1762 for £200 726A at or near Alligator Pond known as Rockford Pen part of 3
runs patented by William Parker and Richard Hyson. This area fits well on
Manchester 203 map showing the Parker patented area, the river course is a
little different, but that could even be because the course has changed over
the past 250 years.
Plate 31
other Transactions
1757[852];
JHS bought from John Anderson 2 slaves for J£95.
1759[853]:
JHS sold 1 negro to Samuel Murray S Neg £65
1761[854]:
JHS bought out the £20 pa annuity left to Alexander Sinclair son of Uncle Peter
and JHS’s cousin, by John Sinclair for £100.
1762[855]:
Richard Huggins Read sold 117 slaves to JHS on 17 December, sold back again 18
December.
1766: JHS loaned Benjamin Burton by a promissory note, £210/6/8J to be repaid
when requested. After JHS’s death his executors sued Benjamin Burton in the
Grand Court in 1771 for the recovery, starting with £500. The Court awarded the
executors the debt & £5/12/6 costs[856].
1765[857]:
an indenture between JHS, of 1st part and Judith, Thomas, Francis
Burton and Sophronia Sinclair of St Elizabeth
Witnesses that JHS for divers god causes and valuable consideration .. but
especially in consideration of
J£81 from Judith Burton
J£150 from Thomas Burton
J£48 from Francis Burton
J£50 from Sophronia Sinclair
JHS gives:
Judith Burton 2 negro girl slaves Beatrice and Fanny
Thomas Burton 2 negro slaves Toney and Maria and also 10 acres of land in
Alligator Pond Savannah being part of 350 acres of land conveyed to me by
Thomas Durrant ... in and about the place he now dwelleth on
Also to Thomas Burton one negro girl slave named John
to Sophronia Sinclair one negro girl slave named Mary Ann
Thomas Burton (Francis, Benjamin) mentions in his will of 1764 sons Thomas
Christopher & John Francis and daughter Judith, inter alia. One of his
executors was JHS. The deed between JHS & Judith, Thomas & Francis
Burton & Sophronia Sinclair might refer to the 3 issue of Thomas Burton and
to Judith’s daughter Sophronia; the deed in 1765 would tie in with sorting out
Thomas’ estate.
1771[858]:
Action in the Grand Court by Benjamin Burton for Thomas B by Alex Graham his
attorney & John Anderrson and John Hayle Sinclair TB sues for J£207/0/9
borrowed by JHS.
Will of 1765-6[859]
Inventory held.
Property called Bernuda Castle.
Of Clarendon.
I John Hayle Sinclair... give devise and bequeath unto Sophronia Sinclair,
Nicholas Sinclair, Susannah Sinclair, Sarah Sinclair, Thomas Sinclair, James
Sinclair, Patrick Sinclair, Edward Sinclair, Joseph Sinclair, and Ruth
Sinclair, the children born of the body of Judith Burton (and also John
Sinclair born of the body of Sarah Bonner) all my whole estate real and personal
or mixed...
In case the surnames hereby expressed should be disputed and Executions? Taken
on there unto by any person or persons claiming or to claim by right of
consanguinity or otherwise any part of my said Estate or the whole thereof as I
can find none of my relations ready to do me the least kindness nor did one of
them assist me to get money or wealth/ my will and desire is and I do hereby to
all intents and purposes give devise and bequeath the said estate real personal
or mixed to the above mentioned identical devisees... and in case they attain
the age of 21 years without white children... it is my will that Judith Burton
shall reside in my home called Bermudas Castle in order to take care of my
children during her natural life as she pleases (as long as she doesn't marry
or cohabitat) (then all is denied her).
I appoint my dear and trusty friends Thomas Wastnoys(?) and Joseph James Swaby
executors and guardians
Inventory dated 19 Nov 1766 valued at £J2033-5s, of which £1735 was 37 adult
and 6 child slaves, £220 in livestock and the remainder as household goods.
Had Issue by:
Judith Burton
AM09/08
Her father was Benjamin Burton (son of Benjamin, son of Francis) who had
issue with Dorothy Rochester (mulatto), as confirmed by the parish records and
a 1790 deed[860],
one of whom was Ann Judy Tervier Burton (baptised St Elizabeth 4/4/1734) who
would thus have been a quadroon). The use of Judy in her baptism was probably
Judith, but known as Judy and an Almanac entry for Judith Ann Burton in 1819 strengthens
this. The fact that her father was acknowledged gives her some status.
There is no direct indication of her birth date, but that all three of the
children were baptised together in 1734 indicates that their ages varied,
typically in these cases, from 1-5 years: she was probably born before June
1730[861].
Judith Ann Burton owned 7 slaves & 20 stock in 1819 in St Elizabeth, the
only entry for a Judith. Her will was dated 1804, but not probated until 1822.
JHS was involved with this family as he was an executor of Benjamin’s brother,
Thomas in 1764, Benjamin having died intestate about 1760.
As she was not married to JHS (white) and the wording of
his will, nearly white as JHS refers to his children’s ability to produce white
issue (by definition less than an eighth black). At Ann & Rebecca Wright’s
births their mother, Judith’s daughter, Ruth was referred to as a free mestize
(octoroon): as JHS was probably white, Judith must have been a quadroon. There
is no real doubt that she was a product of the family of Francis Burton.
1770[862]:
Joseph James Swaby (as exec to JHS) leased to Judith Burton for one
peppercorn yearly 10 acres of land, part and parcel of a larger run patented by
Richard Hysom. Bounding easterly on the Kings road to Pepper plantation.
Northerly on lands of Thomas Perry. Southerly on Rocky Hill and westerly on
part of said run. For the term of her natural life. This looks to be her abode
after JHS’s death, perhaps Bernuda Castle. This land is shown on Craskell,
between Gutters and Pepper.
1782[863]:
Judith Burton for 5/- & natural love and affection sold to dau Ruth Sinclair
1 slave both of St Elizabeth. Mark of Judith Burton.
1783[864]:
Elizabeth Semphronia Sinclair of St Elizabeth, a single woman, for £5 sold to
Judith Burton, single woman of St Elizabeth, 1/2 of several parcels in Manatee
savanna 1st patented by Robert Bridgewood 360A and 2nd by William Lee for 100A
(astride road to Alligator Pond to south - N & NE Raines Wait, S on Nick
Stevens, both plots adjoin, Lee to east). Probably north of Downes.
The plat shown here from the deed bears only a general similarity to the
original grants to Bridgewood and Lee[865].
Stevens patent to the south only has a general similarity.
1784[866]:
Alexander Sinclair planter of St Elizabeth, for £70J from Judith Burton 1 man
slave named Jack. Judith then in another deed of the same date sold Jack to
Sarah Sinclair for £70.
Alexander Sinclair may be her son or the son of Peter Sinclair, JHS’s uncle.
1790[867]:
two deeds with very similar contents described the sale of 2 slaves left by
Dorothy Rochester in her will to her daughter Susanna Burton, and then to her
grandchildren. The slaves, Sabena(?) and Leah, and Leah’s son Robert, were sold
to Sarah Sinclair for J£144. The content of these documents lays out the
relationships of her descendants; Judith’s children listed were Nicholas,
Alexander, James, Edward, Joseph, Ruth and Sarah Sinclair. Hannah Woodcok is
described as a free mustee (octoroon).
1794[868]:
Robert Hugh Munro planter of St Elizabeth bought slaves to give to Sarah
Sinclair who resided and lived with him as his housekeeper, but she died before
a deed could be made. He gives them to her mother Judith Burton free woman of
colour for her life and then to her grand children of Elizabeth Sophronia
Sinclair & Ruth Sinclair.
1804[869]:
Judith Burton for J£40 sold Francis King 1 infant named Phiba dau of Sue. Probably
this one, but could have been daughter of Thomas Burton, d 1764.
Judith’s will dated 1804, probated 1822[870]:
(No Inventory found, 3/20)
Judith Burton of St Elizabeth, weak, 1st manumise Or and otherwise Betsey
Harriatt being baptised by my permission,
2nd Robert Rotten my grand son 1 negro slave for life and then revert to my
estate,
son Alexander Sinclair 300a in the savanna of St Elizabeth where Alexander
Sinclair & his heirs (live??) for ever,
I bequeath to sons Alexander Sinclair & Nicholas Sinclair all 44 slaves 1/2
to Alexander Sinclair ever, 1/2 “in trust to my executors for the benefit and
behoof of my son Nicholas” .. to Nicholas for life, if Nicholas Sinclair dies
without free issue to the reputed issue of my late son Joseph and to my son
Alexander. But if Nicholas has free reputed issue then the ½ to them share and
share alike.
R&R to Judith, reputed dau of Alexander Sinclair,
Added before the signing: to Becky Wright one female slave for ever.
Exec John Swaby & Alexander Sinclair also Swaby to be guardian and trustee of
son Nicholas (no reference to age of Nicholas)
Issue of Judith Burton, ch St E, no father in the PR, but all in JHS’s will
except Priscilla, so there is no real doubt that they were his children.
Some are mentioned in Dorothy Rochester’s will quoted in a deed 380F46 of 1790;
by 1804, it seems that Alexander and Nicholas owned JHS’s property when they
sold the 1757 patent.
By 1804, Alexander and Nicholas were the only sons left, and the daughters had
died.
1/1. Elizabeth Sophronia Sinclair, will of 1786/1806[871].
Names Children Robert & Arabella.
John Swaby and Judith Burton executors, all under 21 in 1786.
In JHS’s will and deed 210/126 of 1765, where JHS gives her a slave. She is not
mentioned in the 1790 deeds relating to Dorothy Rochester’s grand children. In
spite of her will being probated 1806, had she died by 1790?
Information from other sources was that she had issue with John Rotton, but the
PR shows Edward (1/2014).
An Edward Rotton was ch 9/4/1734, Duffield, Derbyshire, son of John Rotton (LDS
IGI). This is the only Edward Rotton of the period.
Robert Joseph Rotton, ch 4/3/1730, Duffield, Derbyshire, son of John.
Other Rotton researchers think that this a likely candidate: John mentions
Edward in his will, but he appears to have been a less favoured son. It is thus
quite probable (better than evens?) that this Edward was dispatched off to
Jamaica to make his own way.
in 1783, Elizabeth Semphronia Sinclair of St Elizabeth, a single woman, for £5
sold to Judith Burton, ½ of 460 acres in the Manatee savanna (details under
mother Judith).
in 1783 Elizabeth Semphronia Sinclair of St Elizabeth, single woman, for £5
sells to Judith Burton, single woman of St Elizabeth, 1/2 of several parcels in
Manatee savanna. (see Judith’s entry).
2/1. Mary Sinclair, dau of Dr Harris and Elizabeth Sophronia Sinclair,
Baptised St Elizabeth, 25/4/1770,
about 2 years old.
Married John Barnett Ebanks. 2 daus Ann James E (B 14/4/1799, dau of John
Ebanks & Mary Harris his wife)) & Elizabeth E.
Issue of Edward Rotten (John R
died at sea 1795) & Elizabeth Sinclair:
There is no obvious trace of these 2 after ESS’s will date of 1786 (although
proved unchanged in 1806).
2/2. Arabella Rotten, b. 10/8/1769, bap 25 April 1770PR.
The illegitimate daughter of
Edward Rotton & Elizabeth Sophronia Sinclar. D aft 1786 re ESS Will.
2/3. Robert Munro Rotton, b.
17/8/1774, ch 12/8/1792, St ElizabethPR.
Reputed white, being the reputed
son of Edward Rotten, Decd, by Elizabeth Sophronia Sinclair, a free mestice.
D aft 1786 re ESS Will, in Judith Burton’s will of 1804, where she left him a
slave.
Emails from Samantha Hoy
7/05.
She descended from Ambrose and Bridget (nee Smalbroke) Rotton, who are her 10 x
great grandparents. They were also John Rotton's 4 x great grandparents and she
is researching all the Rottons from the family who originated in Kings Norton,
Worcestershire in the 13th Century. Ambrose and Bridget built Stratford House
in Birmingham in 1601 and it still stands today, a lovely old half-timbered
house.
1/2. Nicholas Sinclair. He was in the 1790 deed of Dorothy’s
g/children.
As brother Alexander was made his
guardian and trustee by Judith’s will dated 1804, he may have been somewhat
unreliable. The bequest of ½ Judith’s slaves was in trust for his life and then
to any free reputed children, but if none to Joseph’s and Alexander’s children.
He and his brother Alexander sold JHS’s 1757 patent in the Carpenter’s
Mountains in 1804. He did not appear in any other documents, so may well have
died soon after. He had no recorded children.
1/3. Susannah Sinclair, not in the 1790 deed of Dorothy’s
g/children.
Administration was granted to
Judith Burton for her daughter, Susannah’s estate in 1773[872]; she was a spinster of
Kingston.
Inventory[873]:
Susannah Sinclair spinster of Kingston, shown by Judith Burnet (Burton) £390
intestate?
1/4. Sarah Sinclair, b abt 1755, ch April 1768 Natural child
age about 13PR.
She was in the 1790 deed of
Dorothy’s grand children.
She was dead by 1794 from a deed between Robert Munro and her mother: according
to this deed, she lived with Robert as his “housekeeper”, but there seem to
have been no surviving issue. Here sister, Susannah, had a son baptised Robert
Munro Rotton.
There are mural tablets erected inside St John’s, Black River in 1828 to the
memory of Robert Hugh Munro and his nephew Caleb Dickenson. Munro bequeathed
his estate in trust to his nephew and the church wardens and their successors
to form a free school for the poor children of the parish.
1783[874]:
This transaction is a bit of a puzzle: whilst it is described as Gully Head,
the Gully Head shown on modern maps at the head of the 16 mile Gully is
surrounded by lands shown on estate maps: it was probably the location of John
Sinclair’s Top Hill plantation and none of the patents on those relate to the
boundaries shown. The Old May Day road on the plat is described as from
Knockpatrick to Green Pond: the land is probably to the west of Patrick Town on
that road. The other puzzle the transaction itself: why was John Smith
effectively giving Sarah this land? Was this in fact our Sarah?
John Smith, planter of St Elizabeth sold for 10/- Sarah Sinclair Spinster of St
Elizabeth, 300A in Vere known as Gully Head and patented in the name of John
Smith on the Kings Rd from Knockpatrick to Green Pond E NE and N on New May Day
Rd. S & E on land patented by John Dunkan and NW on land patented by Jean
Blinshall. She then sold it on to Robert Hugh Munro in 1788 for another 10/-.
In 1784, Judith Burton sold for £70 a slave, Jack, to Sarah Sinclair.
1/5. Thomas Sinclair, b abt Oct 1758, ch April 1768,
Natural Child abt 9 & 6
months - St E PR.
In JHS’s will, but not in the 1790 deed of Dorothy’s g/children.
1/6. Priscilla Sinclair, b 17/10/1759, ch 23/12/1759,
Base Child of Judith Burton, no
father. No age given and not mentioned in will, probably died early.
1/7. James Sinclair, Deed 380/46.
b abt 1760, ch April 1768, illegitimate
of JB aged 8.
Slave return, 28 June 1826 Manchester: 2 males, 2 females, no change.
Issue of James & Fanny a sambo belonging to Judith Burton, child freed:
2/1. Thomas Sinclair, ch 21/12/1792.
1/8. Patrick Sinclair, – JHS will, but no further mention.
1/9. Edward Sinclair, Deed 380/46.
b abt 1762, ch April 1768,
illegitimate of JB aged 6, died about 1793.
Married, (re PR for Sarah): Susannah Box, who made deed of gift in 1796[875] as a widow to Sarah
Sinclair, (Susannah also had child Catherine Ann Malcolm b St E. 1/12/1795, ch
19/4/1798, father Robert Malcolm jnr dcd).
Will St Elizabeth, planter, 1793, It 1#38.
Susanna renounced executorship of Edward's will 8/9/93.
Issue:
2/1. Sarah Sinclair, b 9/8/1793, in uncle Alexander’s will, aged 3 in 1796 deed.
1/10. Joseph Sinclair, b abt 1763, died bef 1804. Deed
380/46.
ch April 1768, illegitimate child
of JB abt 5PR.
Executor of Edward's will 1793.
Dcd by mother Judith’s will dated 1804.
Issue of Joseph Sinclair & Ruth Million (PR: Mellin):
2/1. John Hale Sinclair, b 1790, ch 23/12/1794PR.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823,
Manchester: 2 males, 1 female.
by gift from Judith Burton,
Slave return 28 June 1826, Manchester:
3 males, 1 female, same as last return.
Owned a pen, Somerset, in Manchester, 20 slaves in 1829, up from 8 the previous
year.
There were more than one Somerset, one was owned by a receiver in 1845. In
1818, Ruth “Milsom” owned Somerset with 6 slaves.
2/2. Joseph James Sinclair, born
1792, ch 23/12/1794PR.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823,
Manchester: 2 males, 1 female.
Slave return, 28 June 1826 Manchester: 2 males, 1 females, no change.
Slave compensation, Manchester, 2 slaves £47/3/7
He was probably a (part?) owner of Prospect with about 54 slaves when he was
dead by 1831, although there is some confusion over the James Sinclairs etc in
the Almanacs of the period.
2/3. Ruth Sinclair, born abt
1800.
1/11. Ruth Sinclair b abt 1764, ch April 1768, Deed
380/46.
Illegitimate child of Judith
Burton abt 4PR. Mother of Ann Wright.
1/12. Alexander Sinclair in Deed 380/46.
From the ages of his children,
probably born abt 1766 and died 1822.
Alexander inherited all JHS’s remaing land. He was not in his father’s will,
but Ruth Sinclair called him her brother in her will, perhaps he was a posthumous
child of JHS. He was also listed in a deed relating to Dorothy Rochester, and
he was a legatee of his mother, who left him 300 acres of savanna land in St
Elizabeth, with the slaves split between him and Nicholas. It is questionable
how this panned out legally as Alexander’s will was probabted a few weeks
before Judith’s. Nicholas was probably dead by then, not mentioned in
Alexander’s will.
By 1804[876],
he and his brother Nicholas probably owned all the land. That year, they sold
to Robert Crawford, of Vere planter, for ever, 300 acres patented by JHS in 1757
to which they have title for J£218/11/6d. Plat as on Plate 30.
On Robertson 1804 map, J Burton is marked here.
Alexander’s main property was Prospect Pen in St Elizabeth, later Manchester,
on the road from Aligator Pond to Gutters, which was land bought by his father
in 1755.
1784: Sold a slave, Jack to Judith Burton (see her entry).
Plate 36
His land at death (585 acres) is delineated on an estate map of 1827
(Manchester 76) with his heirs’ portions. The property is astride the “Kings
Road” from Pepper to Alligator Pond, the modern road from Gutters to Alligator
Pond: Prospect is shown on this map and the road and mountain land marked on
the plan are a good fit the modern map and is about 2 ½ miles south of Gutters;
this still is agricultural land, in a broad valley: they had some “mountain”
land. Prospect is not show on any older maps here, and Sinclair is on Craskell
between Gutters and Pepper.
The Slave compensation records[877]
names the property as Prospect Estate, there is little doubt of the position of
the estate in the Manchester 76 plan with the road named. This is close to
Mulatto Pen, Burton and Anderson properties.
The SE 100 acres of “mountain land” overlays part of a patent to Benjamin
Burton in 1788; this 100 acres was sold to Joseph James Swaby in 1797, but
there is no conveyance on to Alexander.
This plan lists his heirs with their land shares as:
Jos Sinclair, Miss Bessy, Mr Thos, Miss Sarah, James Sinclair, Miss Susan, Miss
Priscilla, Jos Sinclair.
Alexander was the owner of a vaying numbers of slaves and stock at Prospect (St
Elizabeth) with 85 slaves 1811, 1812 41/30, 1816 53/60, 1817 68. 1820 Manch
73/8 1821 75/6 1822 77/6
The slave returns after his death for Manchester 1823 & 1826 list many of
his children and their slaves appearing by inheritance.
Slave return 1823 show 47 slaves
Slave return, Manchester 28 June, 1826 by John Lea, executor to Alexander
Sinclair, senior:
Males: 23 (23 last return) Females: 29 (25 last return)
His will[878]
of 1822.
Alexander Sinclair of Manchester, planter, uncertainty of life, Sarah dau of
brother Edward 5/- & to heirs of Francis Maitland 5/- housekeeper Lucy
Facey a negro and use of house. Sons Thomas, Joseph, James, & Alexander 1
man slave each. Daus Sarah, Susannah, Priscilla, Elizabeth 1 woman slave each.
G/D Caroline Sinclair & Mary Madeleine Bowes a slave. Nephews John Hale
Sinclair & Joseph James Sinclair. R&R btw 4 sons & 4 daus.
His heirs, Thomas, Joseph, Sarah, Susannah, James and Alexander and Joseph
James and John Hale Sinclair, entered into a deed with Jacob Segree to sell 33
slaves in December 1822[879]
subject to them having the use of them.
Issue probably by Lucy Facey (ref wills, & Robin Downie/Michaelson, 1998):
2/1. Thomas Sinclair.
From father, land 71A7R, and
mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Will entered 28/1/1824[880]
his, of Manchester, refers to property left by late father, Alexander.
Slave return, 28 June 1826 Manchester: 2 males, 4 females.
by Ralph Segree, executor to Thomas Sinclair.
He appears in the later Almanacs with 4 slaves.
Possible issue by Judith Powell:
2/1. Mary (Ann?) Sinclair, b. 3/4/1803, ch 18/5/1813 St Elizabeth.
Issue in will (by Sarah Brown??):
3/1. Edward Sinclair, ch 31/10/1826
3/2. George Horatio Sinclair, b. abt 1820, ch 31/10/1826.
3/3. Judith Sinclair, born 1819, ch 27/9/1820.
3/4. Archibald Sinclair, ch 31/10/1826.
3/5. Possibly the issue of Elizabeth Wander
(ref will codicil).
Manumission: Eliza Wander & the child with which she is enceinte, by Thos
Sinclair, probate, 23/2/1824.
Priscilla Sinclair, dau of Eliza Wander appears as a slave in the June 1826
return, aged 2½.
2/2. Joseph Sinclair, b abt 1794,
ch 4/9/1813
From father, land 2 plots of
51A7R, and mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 1 males, 3 female.
Slave Return, 28 June 1826, Manchester: 0 males, 1 female.
Probable slave compensation, Manchester 1 slave £75/6/2.
A possibile manumission of Margaret (Mary) Sinclair & 2 children,
Constantine & Mary Sinclair, £00, by Joseph Sinclair, 21/10/1823.
Issue of Joseph Sinclair & Mary Ann:
3/1. Andrew Sinclair, bap 10/8/1834, Rosetta, Manch, no parents.
3/2. Rudolph Sinclair, b 14/6/1839[881].
Died, 10/8/1882PR,
aged 44 of Prospect, Manchester, married, planter, dropsy 1 year, informant
Daniel L Sinclair of Prospect.
From Nicholas Cram Sinclair, 2020:
Rudolph Strupar Sinclair, Planter (b.14/6/1839-d 12/8/1882),
m. Sarah Ann Stairs/Steers
#Daniel LaTrobe
Sinclair(DLS),Planter & Shopkeeper(b. 3/5/1865),
(1) m. Ann Elizabeth
Broughton(b.c.1877-d.21/3/1909)
(2) ~ Martha
Blair(b.c.1879-d.9/12/1931)
My grandfather Omrie(Omory/Omari) Sinclair was a son of DLS - noting Omrie's 2
marr.certs(1 in Jamaica,1 in London,UK) - however me and my cousin have been
unable to trace his actual Jamaican birth cert.,which left us thinking that
Omrie was not his original birth/baptismal name,but as the custom among
Jamaican families,a childhood nickname/by-name,which became his 'official' name
from his 1st marr.in Jamaica, to his official documentation, after emigrating
to Britain.
Great-grandfather DLS was the
oldest of the batch of 5 sons and 5 daus.,for which his father Rudolph Strupar
Sinclair carried a middle name derived from his father Joseph's 1st cousin
Isabella Sinclair Segree's 1st marr to George Byng Strupart(Strupos),before her
2nd marr.,while interestingly 1 of Isabella's younger (half-?)sisters Lucy
Facey Segree carried the same name as Joseph's mother!
3/3. Louisa Sinclair, b
8/8/1843.
2/3. James Christopher Sinclair,
born 1791, ch 7/5/1826.
From father, land 20a, and
mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 3 males, 2 female.
A possibile manumission 10/12/1822, Richard & Elizabeth Sinclair, £00, by
James Sinclair
Married Grace Powell, 27/10/1839,
Issue:
3/1. Alexander Sinclair, b 8/3/1810, ch 19/5/1833?
3/2. James Sinclair, b at 1811.
3/3. Catherine Sinclair, b abt 1815
3/4. Annie Sinclair, b abt 1819.
2/4. Alexander Sinclair of
Manchester, Jamaica.,
b abt 1796, ch 4/9/1813.
Will[882]:
Ent 19/12/1829. Free person of colour of Manch. Son of Lucy Facey by Alexander
Sinclair, bros Joseph & James, sisters Sarah Susannah Priscilla &
Elizabeth, wit John H Sinclair
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 2 males, 2 female.
Probably dead by June 1826, from reference in slave returns.
Will entered 19/12/1829 mentions mother Lucy Facy, siblings Joseph, James,
Sarah, Susannah, Priscilla, and Elizabeth. (all still living 17/11/1824)
2/5. Sarah Sinclair, b abt 1797,
ch 3/12/1817.
From father, land 71A7R, and
mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 3 males, 2 female.
Slave return, 28 June 1826, Manchester:
4 males, 2 females, increase of 1 males since last return.
1838 she is shown with 24 slaves at Pullet’s Hall and 80 acres at Canonbury,
both years in Manchester. There was also a Sarah Sinclair with property at
content in St Elizabeth.
2/6. Susannah Sinclair, Spinster
of Manchester
From father, land 71A7R, and
mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Slave Return, 28 June 1823, Manchester: 2 males, 3 female.
Slave Return, 28 June 1826, Manchester: 3 males, 3 female.
Susannah appears in the later Almanacs with 8 slaves in 1828, rising to 18 in
1831: in 1840, she has an estate, Tryal, of 800 acres.
Compensation, possibly her: Manchester £204 16S 9D, 12 slaves.
Will Ent 23 Nov 1841 probably hers:
"My property call? Toy? Ball?". Dau 5 acres each.
Issue (by "good friend Ralph Segree"?):
3/1. Isabelle Sinclair, m. Mr Strupart?... her children
3/2. Esther Facey Segree,
3/3. Adeline Segree, ch 25/10/1826.
3/4. Susannah Sinclair Segree,
3/5. Rachel Segree, ch 25/10/1826. Not in will.
3/6. Sarah Victoria Segree, b 28/2/1836, ch 10/6/1838.
3/7. Lucy Facey Segree, b 18/4/1832, ch 28/9/1835.
3/8. Rebecca Fernandes Segree 5 acres each...
3/9. Matthew Segree, ch 5/10/1826.
3/10. Augustus Segree, b 6/3/1830, ch 28/9/1835.
3/11. Abraham DeSouza Segree, b 3/4/1834, ch 28/9/1835.
3/12. Rebecca Fernandes Segree, ch. 1842:
not in will - mother died at or
just after birth??
My good friend Ralph Segree... executor and guardian
2/7. Priscilla Sinclair, b abt
1805, ch 7/5/1819.
From father, land 71A7R, and
mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
Issue with John Lea:
3/1. Alexander Sinclair Lea, ch 25/10/1826.
3/2. John Sinclair Lea, ch 25/10/1826.
3/3. William A. Sinclair Lea, ch 25/10/1826.
2/8. Elizabeth Sinclair, of Manchester,
As Bessy, from father, land
71A7R, and mountain Land, 12A1R28P.
mentions Prospect Plantation and father and brother Alexander.
Will dated 1/11/1827, ent 29/8/1833.
Issue with Jacob Segree:
3/1. Ralph Sinclair Segree, ch 25/10/1825.
3/2. Abraham Facey Sinclair Segree, ch 25/10/1825.
2/9. Judith Sinclair, born abt
1786, ch 21/12/1792.
(in land deed for 14 acres of
mountain land adjoining Providence plantation from Robert Bowes 29/6/1815, ent
5/11/1821 names daughters; Alexander names grandaughters with same name)
Mentioned in grand mother Judith burton’s will.
Issue of Robert Bowes & Judith Sinclair:
3/1. Caroline Sinclair Bowes, b 24/3/1810, ch St E at the parsonage, 10/5/1813.
3/3. Mary Magelina (or Sinclair) Bowes, b abt 1814, not found PR
Issue of JHS & Sarah Bonner:
1/13. John Sinclair. No trace of this child except for JHS’s will.
1783: Act for the rights & priviledges for Bonners: Sarah & Grace, free
quadroons, & Mary, Elizabeth Frances & John Bonner, & Frances
Wilson, free mustees.
Elizabeth Bonner, ch St Andrew 9/8/1771 P86
Sarah Bonner, ch St Andrew 31/1/1773 p88 of Francis & Sarah
Grace Bonner, ch St Andrew 23/5/1774 P89.
Sinclairs Slave Compensation awards: Manchester:
James Sinclair 5 slaves £105/9/1
Sarah Sinclair, 11 - £173/17/10
St Elizabeth:
Sarah Sinclair: 1 - £12/16/2; 5 - £96/10/9
Manumissions:
8/8/1823, Alexander Sinclair, £00, by Walter Sinclair.
25/10/1824, Chance al Rebecca Sinclair, 10/-, Richard Sinclair.
William Sinclair, vestreyman, Hannover, & Trustees of the Free School
1/3/1793JamGaz
Falmouth died William Sinclair, shopkeeper Sept 1797. P271
William Sinclair To William Hudson 353 219 Feb-17 WS of
Hannover - N/A
William Sinclair 1788 365 68 Feb-17 WS of Hannover - N/A
Archibald Sinclair of St Thomas in East leaving Island 30/3/1793
Alexander Burton of Kingston leaving Island 3/4/1793
William Sinclair of Hannover leaving Island, 26/4/1793
Caveats entered 1794:
Sep 12 Sinclair, Joseph by Lazarus Hyman
Sep 20 Currie, C. Doug by Robert Sinclair & Thomas Kaylett
Oct 17 Sinclair, Edward by Susanna Sinclair
WAR OFFICE PROMOTIONS: May 17th 1794
1st battalion of the Royals. Lieutenant James Sinclair, from an independent
company, to be Lieutenant, vice Duncan, who exchanges
Misc Sinclair:
MI
Spanish Town Cathedral:
Alexander Sinclair 31/12/1854, aged 52, floor slab
Margaret dau of Mary Sinclair d 1845 aged 30
Spanish Town Parish Cemetary:
Lewis Edward Sinclair of Eusen, 29/5/1874
William Cecil Sinclair oe LE and Lucy Sinclair d Torrington, Santa Cruz
7/9/1895 aged 23
Winchester, Salt Spring, Hannover,
William Sinclair esq, d 15/7/1795 in his 36th year.
Archibald Sinclair
He appears in various deeds in the mid 18thC. He
was probably the son of Sir James Sinclair of Dunbeath (see at the end of the
Sinclair Section).
Archibald Sinclair, son of Archibald Sinclair by Sarah Jones, St Catherine,
Jamaica, b 24/12/1772, ch 28/2/1773PR.
From Henderson’s Caithness Family History, 1884:
Archibald Sinclair, the 4th son of Sir James Sinclair of Dunbeath.
Archibald died unmarried in Jamaica mid 18thCP89. Probably buried
Kingston, 14/3/1747PR.
Sir Alexander Sinclair, IXth baron of the Sinclairs of Dunbeath and Latheron,
died at sea en-route from Jamaica to Hailfax in 1786P91
Alexander Sinclair, 3rd of Achingale and Newton, died in Jamaica
after 1768P143.
April 6, 1793, Kingston, PERSONS LEAVING THE ISLAND:
Mar 20 Archibald Sinclair, St. Thomas in the East
Acts of Assembly:
CO139/27 (225) An act for making free a mulatto man Will, belonging to the
estate of William Jones and paying to the Hon. Archibald Sinclair & Richard
Welsh the value of the said mulatto man. 16.12 1772. (He discovered the
murderer - a mulatto, Sam - of a white man. The murderer was burnt alive.)
Lieutenant William Sinclair
A Lieut William Sinclair, later Captain, was granted lands
in St Elizabeth about 1675. He appears in various references in Jamaica, but is not thought to be related to our family. Deeds for William Sinclair appear
about the same time.
William Sinclair listed in John Ogilby’s 1671 map of Jamaica with a Farm in St
Elizabeth Precinct, about where Treasure Beach is now, presumably on the flat
ground round Great Pedro pond.
Sinclairs transported to Jamaica:
From the Internet, 4/2001:
SINCLAIR, DUNCAN. Covenanter in Argyll's rebellion. Prisoner in the Laigh
Parliament House, Edinburgh. Banished to the Plantations 31 July 1685.
Transported from Leith to Jamaica by John Ewing, August 1685
(PC=Register of the Privy Council of Scotland)
SINCLAIR, JAMES. Age 19. Husbandman. Dunbeth, Caithness. Jacobite in Cromarty's
regiment. Prisoner in Inverness and ships. Transported from London to Jamaica or Barbados by Samuel Smith, 31 March 1747. (P=Prisoners of the '45) (RM=B. Ransom McBride,
"Lists of Scottish Rebel Prisoners...1746" The North Carolina
Genealogical Society Journal (May 1980)
John Camden Hotten, ed.,
The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants; Religious Exiles;
Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices;
Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went From Great Britain to the
American Plantations 1600-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
1983).
Barbadoes - Alphabetical List of Landowners in St. Michael’s p. 458 – Allex:
Sinklaire, 10 acres of land, 1 hired servant, 7 negroes
*****
David Dobson, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783
(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1989).
6153. Sinclair, Archibald, res. Stempster Thurso Caithness, d. 1778 Jamaica. (SRO.SH.9.12.1778)
6154. Sinclair, Archibald, merchant, res. Greenock Renfrewshire, sh. Pre 1781,
sett. Kingston Jamaica (SRO.RD2.235.39\RD2.236.651
6155. Sinclair, David, mariner, parent George Sinclair of Barrack, d. pre 1733 Jamaica, Edin pr1733 CC8.8.95.
6156. Sinclair, Duncan, Covenanter, transported Aug 1685, fr. Leith to Jamaica. (PC.11.136)
6162. Sinclair, James, b. 1728, husbandman, Jacobite, res. Dunbeath Caithness,
transported 31 Mar 1747, fr. London to Jamaica, in St. George or Carteret, arr.
Jamaica 1747. (P.3.315)(PRO.CO.137.58)(MR87)
6171. Sinclair, Margaret, res. Caithness, parents Sir James Sinclair of Dunbeath,
sh. pre 1778, sett. St. Catherine, Middlesex Co., Jamaica. (SRO.RD4.232.906)
SINCLAIRS of CAITHNESS -
Background[883]
The following article by George Banks on the history
of the Sinclairs in the northeastern most reaches of Caithness, Scotland, is
reprinted from "The Highlander."
"The lordly line of high St. Clair."
Thus did Sir Walter Scott, recounting the legends of the 15th century
Roslin Chapel on the River Esk in Midlothian, where many of the name lie, set
his seal on the Sinclairs. Some may recall that a Sinclair was among the Scots
killed by the Moors in Spain while carrying the heart of Bruce to the Holy
Land.
It is not the Lothians, nor Fife, nor even Orkney that is usually
associated with the name of Sinclair, however, but Caithness. It was on the
northeast tip of the Scottish mainland that this once-Norman family, at long
last back among Norse kith and kin, took root and flourished. This triangle of
Caithness, lying away beyond the northern peaks and glens, is so different from
the Highland country. It is often dismissed as a bleak, treeless plateau; but
this is to overlook the quiet valleys, the sheltered burns, the scores of lochs
inland, and the sandy bays.
It is a country of wide horizons where the sun rises out of the sea, and
the sunsets, seen from flame-coloured cliff-tops, are unforgettable. Night,
also, has its splendors, as when above the shoreline of Orkney, where the
lighthouses flash their warnings, the aurora borealis weaves in fantastic
rhythm across the northern skies. And, in the long days of mid-summer, the
afterglow is still there to challenge the sunrise.
The Caithness coastline is magnificent: mile upon mile of layered
precipices, bold headlands, caves, geos, and isolated sea stacks. Nowhere does
the sea display so readily to the landsman its awesome strength as in the
tormented waters of the Pentland Firth. The headlands and bays of Caithness are
studded with ancient towers, and every valley and moorland slope seems to have
its broch, cairn, "Pict's house" or standing stone.
Such was the impact of the Sinclairs on the history of Caithness that it
is possible to devise a tour of the county taking note especially of places and
events in which they were involved.
Here, then, is my Caithness for the Sinclairs:
On the southern border the Ord, a 1,000 feet high granite ridge thrust
down from the inland hills, stands like a bastion against invaders. The Ord has
helped in many ways to preserve the separate identity of the country, and the
distinctive character of its people. "Over the Ord" has a special
significance for the native of Caithness. To the exile it unlocks the memories
of early years; to too many young people it represented opportunity which did
not exist at home.
The Ord was a place of terror for early travelers who, making their way
along the face, high above the sea, were often grateful for the hand- holds
provided by the heather that bordered the path. A fire swept the hillside early
in the 18th century, it is said, and this spurred Sir James Sinclair of
Dunbeath to cut a track wide enough for three horses abreast, The 19th century
roadmakers chose a new route, and this, now further improved, is the modern
gateway to Caithness.
There is a superstition that it is unlucky for a Sinclair to cross the
Ord on a Monday wearing green, This had its origin in the march southward. in
1515, of William, 3rd Earl of Caithness and 300 men on their way to Flodden
Field. One returned. He appears to have left before the battle carrying a
“drum- head charter" granted to the Earl by James IV. The Sinclairs were
invariably unlucky in their military expeditions beyond the county. Their
invasion of Orkney in 1529 was another disaster. John, 4th Earl, set out to aid
William, Lord Sinclair whose family held the Crown lands of Orkney and
Shetland, and who had been driven out by a strong faction headed by Sinclair of
Sanday. Earl John, with 500 men, landed at Orphir on the shore of Scapa Flow
and met the Orkneymen at Summerdale near Stromness. He and his men were slain,
many being stoned to death by the islanders as they tried to hide among the
rocks on the shore. Another disastrous expedition was that organised in 1612 by
Colonel George Sinclair, natural son of Sinclair of Stirkoke, whose force of
900 mercenaries, raised in Caithness, vas ambushed in the mountains of Norway.
Next lies the wooded valley of Berriedale. The descent and the climb on
the far side were notorious hazards in the early days of motoring but these too
have been tamed. A way up the pleasant strath of Berriedale are the three
mountains of Caithness: Mor ven, Scaraben and Maiden Pap. All are under 2,400
feet.
The Master of Berriedale, despite the pleas of his father, William, Lord
Berriedale, and his grandfather, the Earl of Caithness, that he would bring
ruin on the Sinclairs, in 1638 signed the National Covenant in Greyfriars'
Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Caithness did not escape the conflict between the king and
the Covenanting Government which was the sequel to that act of protest. John,
Lord Berriedale was a major in the 76th (MacDonald) Highlanders. He was wounded
in the siege of Charlestown in 1779 and died soon after returning to Britain to
inherit the earldom.
Near Dunbeath, where the road again drops to cross a burn, Dunbeath
Castle, a Sinclair stronghold, stands on the cliff-top. When Montrose with a
fighting force of some 2,000 Orkneymen landed at Duncans - by up the coast in
1650 in a bid to conquer the country for the exiled Charles II, Sir John
Sinclair of Dunbeath galloped south to raise the alarm. Lady Sinclair was left
to face the king's men. She surrendered the castle on condition that “person
and property be respected.” Montrose left a garrison and hurried south to
defeat and his death on the scaffold. General Leslie and the Earl of
Sutherland, with a Government force besieged the castle until the garrison,
their water supply cut off. were forced to surrender.
Leslie was the Covenanting general who, three years before. at Dunaverty
near the Mull of Kintyre, ordered the Royalist garrison to be butchered after
they surrendered. This time, with no wild prophet of a churchman at his elbow,
he did not repeat that atrocity, alhough at least one of Montrose's staff was
captured and shot in Caithness.
A reprisal raid against some Mackays by Sinclair of Dunbeath and
Sinclair of Murkle first brought John Campbell of Glenorchy to Caithness in
1667. He came in the cause of justice bearing a commission of fire and sword as
his authority. The Sinclairs defied him and he returned south with his mission
unfulfilled. But what he saw he evidently liked, for, 20 years later, he came
back to stay.
The quiet harbour of Dunbeath sets the pattern for a whole string of
havens on this coast: Latheronwheel, Lybster, Scarclet and Staxigoe,
"ghosts" of the boom years of the herring fishing industry last
century.
At Latheron a cross-country road to Thurso breaks away inland over the
lonely, peaty Causeymire. This route was the first large-scale attempt at
road-making in the county. Sir John Sinclair, best known for the Statistical
Accounts compiled by the parish ministers, a developer even at the age of 18,
called out 2,560 men to labour on it. Tradition has it that this road was
completed in one day. At Spittal Hill on the Causeymire Sir James Sinclair of
Latheron mustered 100 men to fight for Prince Charlie. Where they went, and
what they did, is not recorded. The “harrying" of Latheron by 200
Sutherland men was a grim incident in the long feud between the Earls of
Caithness and the Earls of Sutherland.
Lybster was a major herring port last century with 248 boats and over
1,000 fishermen using it as their base. Lieut. General Sinclair of Lybster
built the pier. He was one of several "improvers" who, stimulated by
the writings and work of the dynamic Sir John Sinclair, did so much to improve
the economy of Caithness.
Another fishing village, Whaligoe, is unique in that its landing place
is reached by 365 steps down the cliff-face.
Wick, the old county town, owes its charter of 1389 to the influence of
the Earl of Caithness who obviously felt the need of royal protection after the
town had been destroyed and he had been besieged in Girnigoe Castle by the Earl
of Sutherland. The construction of the harbor was an engineering triumpth in
its day, and, at the peak of the Caithness herring boom, a fleet of 1,100 boats
were fishing from this port. Monuments in the Sinclair Aisle at Wick recall
some of the great names of the family.
The battle of Altimarlach outside Wick in 1680, was an unhappy day for
the Sinclairs. Campbell of Glenorchy had bought the estate, title, office of
sheriff and all, from the 6th Earl of Caithness. He later married the widowed
countess, a kins-woman, and then claimed the earldom, His right to the title
was disputed by Sinclair of Keiss, who claimed his patrimony the lands of
Northfield and Tister. Sinclair had the support of the locals especially
Sinclair of Broynach and Sinclair of Thura. They helped him in an attempt to
demolish the Castle of Thurso East. Campbell marched north with 1,100 men, and.
near Stirkoke, north of Loch Hempriggs, the two forces sighted each other late
in the evening. Glenorchy's men were weary and he withdrew to the hills of
Yarrow. The Sinclairs marched back to Wick and spent the night in celebration.
Next morning, up the river, the Campbells, perhaps reminded that it was "a
far cry to Loch Awe," in a brief but bloody charge, swept the Caithnessmen
off the field. Sinclair and his friends escaped and retaliated by taking Castle
Sinclair. They were declared rebels. After six years, however, Sinclair secured
his inheritance. After an uneasy possession the Campbell lands were sold in
1719, most coming into the hands of Sinclair of Ulbster.
On a narrow platform on Noss Head the ruins of Castle Sinclair and
Girnigoe Castle look down on the curve of Sinclair Bay. In the dungeon the 4th
Earl imprisoned for six years his son who had plotted his death. The prisoner
also managed to strangle his brother who came to visit him. He was later
starved to death. His son, who succeeded his grandfather to the title, became
known as the "Wicked Earl." He killed the two jailers responsible for
the death of his father. In 1623, when the king ordered his arrest, he
fortified Ackergill Tower around the bay, then escaped to Orkney where, after
surrendering keys of his castles into the hands of Lord Berriedale, he ended
his days peaceably.
Keiss strikes a new note in this bloodthirsty tale. Its castle, new in
1750, had the first Baptist chapel in Scotland, its pastor, Sir William
Sinclair.
A straight road leads to John o' Groats and the last house in mainland
Scotland. Within easy reach is Duncansby Head and some superb cliff scenery.
Canisbay Church, beautiful in its simplicity, stands near Gills Bay. Beyond,
among trees, is the Castle of Mey, the Scottish home of Queen Elizabeth the
Queen Mother. The earldom of Caithness fell to the Mey family in 1789, and the
last of the line, the 15th earl died in 1889. The old house of Barrogill, as it
was originally called, was rescued from the hands of the demolishers by its
royal owner.
The great promontory of Dunnet Head, rising 346 feet above the sea, the
most northerly point on the mainland, stands aloof from the tourist route. The
main route passes close to the sand dunes of Dunnet beyond which is Castletown
the harbour from which the flagstones were shipped for pavements in towns and
cities of the south.
Thurso is the surprise packet of the North. The atomic developments at
Dounreay have transformed it: new houses, new schools, new people. Thurso River
which flows through the town has always been famed for its salmon. In one day
in 1743 from one pool were taken 2,560 salmon. Thurso was the birthplace in
1736 of Arthur Sinclair, a merchant's son, a soldier in the American
Revolutionary War, friend of George Washington, President of Congress and
Governor of the Northwestern Territory. Around the town are many places with
Sinclair associations: Thurso East Castle, now in ruins, rebuilt by Campbell of
Glenorchy and again by the Sinclairs of Ulbster; Murkle, home of Sir James
Sinclair, a Covenanter; Broynach, whose owner resisted Glenorchy; Ormelie, once
owned by Sinclair of Greenland, and Brims. Sinclair of Brims was one of the few
Caithness gentry to support Montrose.
Across the Forss Water the eye is held by the great scale of the
Dounreay atomic complex. Dounreay's castle was one of the Earl of Caithness's
"lodgings." The Sinclair story can be traced along roads that lead
into the interior. Scotscalder, on the railway, was the home of a Jacobite
hunted by a party sent north. He took to the hills while his wife entertained
the soldiers and they went away leaving him to end his days in peace. Sinclair
of Assery north of Loch Calder was also in hiding at the same time. Sinclair of
Brabsterdorran fought for the Stuarts at Sheriffmuir, Thurso is the home of the
Sinclair who opposed Glenorchy. Barrock, to the northeast, is the ancestral
home of another branch. South of Loch Watten was the home of Sinclair of
Soutdun, an exporter of bere and meal from Staxigoe. He had a chapel at
Scouthal where strangers and unbaptised children were buried. A neighbour was
Sinclair of Dunn who in 1745, having been prevented from aiding the Stuart
cause by his mother, shot himself.
The Sinclair story did not end with the centuries of feuding and
fighting. In the political and economic life of Caithness Sinclairs continue to
play a leading part.
From: THE SINCLAIRS OF DUNBEATH AND
LATHERON. p89
Full copy held of Henderson’s 1884 work.
...Reverting to the succession to the estate of Dunbeath, it appears that on
the death of William Sinclair, his fourth son, James, got from his mother a
renunciation of her liferent of Dunbeath, at that time worth 200 per annum, and
then he ejected her from possession, a step which led to a complaint at her
instance to the Privy Council, Next he bought up the family provisions and the
debts due by his brother; and finally, in 1720, he adjudged Dunbeath for 48,000
Scots, and was infeft in 1722. In the same year his mother's liferent ceased by
her death, and he entered on possession of Dunbeath. In 1704 he was created a
baronet,[884]
and he died in the Abbey in 1742. and
Sir James Sinclair appears to have been a man of a violent and somewhat
unscrupulous character. In 1734, as Baron of Dunbeath, he held a Criminal Court
and adjudged one William Sinclair to death for the crime of theft. But the
proceedings were quashed, and Sinclair having raised an action against Sir
James, obtained large damages. In 1739 one George Sutherland raised an action
for wrongous imprisonment against Sir James, in which the latter was subjected
to a fine and damages, and declared incapable of public trust in time coming.
Sir James was twice married first, to Isabel, daughter of Sir Archibald Muir of
Thornton, Provost of Edinburgh, by whom he had four sons and a daughter:
1. William, afterwards Sir William.
2. Alexander, to whom his brother, Benjamin, was served heir.
3. Benjamin, afterwards Sir Benjamin.
4. Archibald, who died in Jamaica, unmarried.
1. Margaret, who married William Sinclair of Achingale and Newton.
Sir James married, secondly, and shortly before his death, Isabel, daughter of
John Lumsden, shipmaster in Aberdeen, by whom he had a daughter
20/3/11:
While trying various searches in Google, in this case for Sinclair Jamaica,
your post on genforum came up dated about a year ago.
I am descended from John Hayle Sinclair via one of his many
daughters. I wondered where you got the possibility of his being a son of Earl
Sinclair and the Westmoreland connection?
My evidence so far is that my JHS was in Clarendon & St
Elizabeth. I have copied of the salient points of his will, and that of a John
Sinclair who died in about 1740, and mentions his son, John Hayle Sinclair, as
does John snr's wife Priscilla. John snr seems to have been an immigrant, and
could well have been a son of the Earl.
There was also a Captain William Sinclair in Jamaica about
the same time, and I believe he was from the Clan Chief family.
What is your connection with the Jamaica Sinclairs?
Antony Maitland
20/3:
Hello my maiden name is Sinclair and my grandfather came from a family of 12
from Westmoreland. Last year I went to Scotland to see if I could trace our
lineage and it was surprising to see my family deep connections. I found some
gravestones in Roslyne Scotland that made some references to
Westmoreland/Jamaica. Could u give me some more info. I also pulled some file
from numerous archives ...at this point trying to piece together our history.
Hope to hear back
Wright Summary
There were a number of Wright
families appearing in the early days of Jamaica, in particular our line whose
earliest confirmed member was Andrew Wright of Vere, who died about 1712, the father
of William Wright and grandfather of Francis Wright mentioned in the introduction;
there is no hard evidence of where he came from, either as an immigrant or
perhaps the son of one of the earlier Wrights, possibly Richard. Francis’s son,
Andrew had his 2 daughters by Ruth Sinclair, grand-daughter of a first
generation Scottish immigrant, John Sinclair; one daughter, Ann, married
Francis Maitland, the other George Roberts. Francis Wright was also the father
of Rebecca Dunston Wright, mother of Francis Maitland. Andrew (1712) seems to
have established himself in Vere, althought the family later moved west to St
Elizabeth.
There is a tenuous piece of evidence that the father of Andrew (d 1712)
was Richard Wright who had a moiety of a grant of 60 acres in 1664 in southern
Clarendon, later Vere. There was a Wright shown on B&K 1684 on the Rio
Minho, next to Sheen. This was probably Robert Wright, who had land granted in
partnership with Nathianiel Shen (probably married to Alice Edmonds, daughter
of Philip). These early land grants are difficult to position with any
certainty. These very early settlers were often growing indigo, which at that
time was an extremely profitable crop, a good living could be made on a few
tens of acres. This was before the growth of the sugar industry.
There was also a long established Wright family in St Elizabeth who were
not obviously related to our Wrights; they descended from Bazil Wright, an
early grantee in that Parish, whereas ours first appeared in Vere/Clarendon;
Vere was formed in 1673 in the southern part of Clarendon. Nathanial Wright was
a patentee in Westmoreland in 1672 (although this seems an anachronism as
Westmoreland was not separated from St Elizabeth until 1703).
Other 17thC Wrights are noted at the end of this section.
Information has been gleaned from parish records, the Jamaica Almanacs, the
1804 maps and Vere Langford Oliver's work (see below). Property information can
be found under the Jamaica
General volume.
Wright Maps and Plats.
There are a number of grants to earlier Wrights, but the connection between
them and Andrew is unknown, and may not have existed.
These are the ones relevant to our branch of the family on the Maitland-Wright
CAD drawing:
Patents
1664: Richard Wright & Philip Edmonds granted 60 acres at Guardeboca 9F218.
1703: Andrew Wright & Phillip Edmonds plat 34F27 Braziletto Mountains.
1717: Robert Wright & Christian Christian, pat 1/16f167, Broadleaf, 2½
miles W of Porus.
1740: Robert Wright, pat 1/21F95 – Nassau, St Elizabeth
1745: Robert Wright, pat 1/23F154
1786: Andrew Wright, pat 1/36F51 – Silvergrove
1789: Andrew Wright, pat 1/36F40 – Single Rock?
The following 3 help locate the Wright/Edmonds grant of 1703.
1684: Phillip Edmonds 2-34F28
1691: George Ivy, 2-34F42
1709: Valentine Mumbee, 2-34F57
Deed Plats:
1756: Francis Wright to Hogg, Deed 161F131. Land on Pedro river, St TiV.
1752: Foster March to John Chambers, St John, 146F144
1776: Andrew Wright to Henry Parker, land nr The Alley church, 278F11.
1787: Raines Waite to Andrew Wright, land nr Devils race, 353F114.
1794: Andrew Wright to Ann land at Spotts Savanna, 418F11
Estate Maps:
Manchester 209: Mitcham etc
St Elizabeth 169: Mitcham Pen abt 1800.
St Elizabeth 689, Mount Charles
St Elizabeth 987, Ballards Valley.
St Elizabeth 1017, Pobles Folly: Andrew Wright 225 acres Mahogany Grove, abt
1790.
Westmoreland 30, The Cove.
Wright Deed Timeline
1664: Richard Wright & Phillip Edmonds granted land in Guardeboca.
1668: John Wright sold land in St Catherine.
1670: Landholders: Robert Wright 100 acres Clarendon
1674: John Wright granted 300 acres Clarendon, 100 in 1686.
1675: Elizabeth Wright Grant in Vere.
1686: Robert Wright leases 25 acres in Vere + negroes
1693: Robert Wright takes mortgage on in St Elizabeth
1693: Andrew Wright, bricklayer, leases land in Vere for 7 years
1694: Robert Wright buys land in St Jago
1695: Philip Edmonds will.
1696: Robert Wright will.
1699: Andrew Wright leases land in Vere (probably same as 1693)
1703: Andrew Wright & Phillip Edmond granted land
1709: Andrew Wright re common land devision. 12.75 + 22
acres.
1710: Phillip Edmond dies about here.
1711: Rev George Wright leases Glebe land (ref 51/49).
1712: Andrew Wright leases land in Vere from Ben Booth – Indigo.
1712: Andrew Wright dies, widow Rachel.
1713: Rachel Wright, widow of Andrew, discharges debts
1714: John Wright of Clarendon will, to son John.
1714: Nathaniel Wright of St E sold 2 acres in Lacovia
1714: Robert Wright sold 300 acres to buy back in 1 yr.
1714: Nathaniel Wright buys plot in Lacovia
1725: Willof Sarah Wright, widow of John 1714.
1739: Andrew, son of Andrew, sale of slaves
1740: Nathaniel Wright Will
1741: Andrew, son of Andrew, buys land
1742: John Wright will, son of John 1714.
1742: Robert Wright passes land in Clarendon to dau. Judith Theobald?
1744: Barzilla Wright buys land originally pat to John Chambers snr.
1745: Robert Wright granted 600 acres in St Elizabeth.
1746: Robert Wright sold land in St E – mortgage or estate settling?
1747: Andrew Wright, son of Andrew 1712 will.
1748: Barzilla Wright will
1748: Robert Wright bur St Elizabeth.
1748: Robert Wright of St E will & Inventory – is this
the correct one??.
1749: Robert Wright & Peter Sinclair in Chancery Case.
1749: Francis Wright of St Elizabeth, planter sold to John Wallen 1 negro.
1749: John Chambers & Francis Wright enter into partnership.
1749: Francis Wright of St Elizabeth, sold 1 negro.
1749: John Chambers to Francis Wright.
1750: John Wright of Clarendon buys land in Smoakey Hole (Pat John Hayle)
1750: Mary Wright, widow of Nathaniel, will.
1750: Mary Wright (of Vere, wid of Humphrey Styles) buy slaves.
1752: John Chambers dies (ref to his will in 1749 deed).
1752: William Wright, son of Barzilla, sold land in Westmoreland.
1752: Andrew Wright born.
1753: John Chamber will.
1754 Landholders:
Wright, John, St. Mary 700
Wright, Mary, Vere 88
Wright, Joseph, St. Elizabeth 550, Vere 27, Tot 577
Wright, Barzilla, Westmoreland 75
Wright, James Cooper, St. Elizabeth 776
Wright, Francis, Vere 26
Wright, Robert, St. Elizabeth 550, Clarendon 100, Vere 44, Tot 694
Dunston, George, Westmoreland 1200
Dunston, John, St. Catherine 300, St. Andrew 65, Total 365
Chambers, Jacob, Westmoreland 158
Chambers, Ephraim, Westmoreland 525
Chambers, John, St. Catherine 582, Westmoreland 888, St. Thomas in the Vale
790, Total 2260
These are relatives of John Tharp of Good Hope:
Chambers & Pinto, Hanover 500
Chambers, Edward Senr., Hanover 920
Chambers, William, Hanover 400
Chambers, Edward, Hanover 20
1755: 161/130 John Howell to Francis Wright Lease
1756: Peter Chambers & Francis Banks sold negroes to Francis Wright
1756: Francis Wright & Susannah convey lands to Robert Clark, FW use for
life.
1758: Francis Wright will
1758: Francis Wright Inventory.
1760: Francis Wright 2nd Inventory due to wife’s
death.
1766: Joseph, s of Robert s of Andrew, will & inventory
1765: John Dunston Will.
1766: Joseph Wright of Vere will & inventory.
1782: Andrew Wright to Susannah Rose, Sa Neg – no copy
1783: Andrew Wright to Peter Neath et al, Mortgage – no copy
1785: Andrew Wright to George Netherwood, Con Slaves – no copy
1790: Andrew Wright marries Elizabeth Pusey.
1806: Andrew Wright dies England.
1766: 228/181 Lewis Vassall to Patty Penford
1769: 249/116 purchase of 12.5 acres of land dated 5/9/1769 Ent 8/8/1772.
1778: 291/73 purchase of Little Culloden Date 19 January 1778 Ent 27/5/78.
1784: 15 November 1784 Privilege Bill.
1785: 339/116 Purchase of the Cove Date 1/12/1784 Ent 4 March 1785
1785: Patty Penford Will
1793: Andrew Wright appears in newspapers
1795: Patty Penford Inventory
1798/99: Ruth Sinclair Will.
1799: Andrew Wright & “lady” lands in Jamaica.
1800: Andrew Wright re road maintenance in St Elizabeth
1801: Andrew Wright re new road from Mitcham to Wilderness
1806: Andrew Wright will.
There were two early land grants to a Philip Edmonds, the first in
partnership with Richard Wright in 1664 and the second with Andrew Wright in
1703. These point towards Richard Wright being the father of Andrew Wright (d
1712). Philip Edmonds snr (will of 1695/6) was the husband of Catherine Booth,
daughter of George Booth 1st & had, inter alia, a son Philip, so
the 2 grants were probably to father and son. See under George Booth 1st
for the Edmonds family.
1664: Richard Wright (Write) and Philip Edmonds were granted 60 acres of
land in Clarendon (Vere) on the Dry River at Guardabecoa, N no claims, WSW
Savanna, SSW John Budge, E Mountain Land. A possible position is near the mouth
of the Rio Minho (ako dry River).
AM11/17
Andrew Wright, who died in 1712 and probably born about 1665, was our
earliest confirmed Wright ancestor. He might have been an original immigrant
from England, or a descendant of one of the several earlier Wrights in Southern
Jamaica who have already been noted. The connection by land grants shared with
Philip Edmonds make Richard slightly more likely than the rest. However, Robert
Wright, who had a number of transactions recored in the Vere area in the late
17thC, could also have been his father, although no sons are mentioned in his
will.
He was described as a bricklayer in the deeds of 1693
when he went into Indigo production with Philip Edmonds, the son of Philip
Edmonds who was granted land with Richard Wright. Bricklayers seemed to have
been the contractors who constructed forts etc, they were not necessarily the
manual labourers actually laying bricks.
Andrew’s son William & his wife Elizabeth had Francis Wright, b 1715
(Andrew's and Rebecca’s father) and his brother Dunston, b 1713.
His wife named in his will was Rachel, surname unknown,
no will or inventory found, but she must have been born before about 1673 for
son Robert to have been over 21 by 1712. Andrew’s supposed first born son and
our ancestor, William, seemed to have been treated differently in his will in
that he was left a specific bequest of slaves with his brothers inheriting the
rest: William might have been the son of an earlier wife. William’s mother or more
probably William’s wife Elizabeth could have been a Dunston as the name appears
in succeeding generations. There were some Dunstons in St Andrew in the latter
part of the 17thC, one of whom, Robert, was a bricklayer[885] in about 1680 as was
Andrew, although a later deed has Robert of St Elizabeth. Some Dunston wills
are on file in the wills collection.
By Rachel, Andrew had two more children:
Robert who became a large landowner and had a number of children and
grandchildren, one of whom Rachel Judith, married John Gall Booth, a
substantial land owner in the late 18thC in St Elizabeth & Vere.
Andrew junior, who was married, but left no issue, our Francis inheriting his
estate after Andrew jnr’s wife’s death.
By the time Andrew died, he seems to have been in possession of over 500 acres
of pen land in the Brazilatto mountains in Eastern Vere, Philip Edmonds, his
co-patentee, having died and the whole reverted to Andrew. He also had the use
of either by ownership or by partnership of about 3 small plots of Indigo land,
between the River and the Salt Savannah. Andrew had seen the peak of the Indigo
boom by the time he died.
Except
for the bequest to William, Andrew split his estate equally between the
(younger) sons Andrew and Robert. Of these two, Andrew jnr left very little
trace; he had no surviving children and left his estate to his wife for life
and then to nephew Francis. Robert, the other left an extensive family and a
substantial estate. This would have included all his property. It appears that
Robert took 300 of the 500 acres on the Brazilatto mountain, leaving Andrew jnr
with a smaller part, but probably with the smaller properties around the Rio
Minho.
Land
Transactions:
Bochart & Knollis 1684 map shows Wright immediately south of Sheen with
an indigo farm on the east bank of the Rio Minho, about 1.5 miles upstream of
Goodwin, with Ivy between them at Pye Corner, the Ivy land probably being a 1691
patent on the Rio Minho[886].
The land referred to in the 1693 partnership deeds, which has no plat, with
Arthur Goodin was probably somewhere between their two indigo farms, with
Edmonds shown the west bank of the Rio Minho opposite Goodwin & Wright.
This may have been Andrew’s land, or that patented by Robert Wright and
Nathaniel Shin (Sheen) in 1666 on the dry river. Patents to Arthur Goodin for
the same general area exist. Wright does not appear on Sloane 1707 map. A
slightly later, bigger, patent to Robert Wright and Nat Shin could be the Wright
sugar estate on the north end of the Clarendon gully, shown on Bochart &
Knollis (top right on map clip), and still there on Bowen 1747, but not on
Browne; but the data might by then have been old. The 1703 Edmonds/Wright grant
was probably in the south end of the mountains.
The Goodwin partnership, 1693.
In 1693[887],
Arthur Goodin of Vere allowed so much land (adjoining to his Arthur Goodwin
Pen) as Andrew Wright Bricklayer of Vere with his negroes can manure for and
during the 7 years .. and for every 2 negroes Andrew Wright shall put on
premises Arthur Goodin shall put one
Arthur Goodin to have half the Cassada (Cassava), half the stock raised
(Fowles only excepted) and half the benefits and profits.
Costs of a well/s or Indigo works to be born by each equally.
In 1699[888],
Henry Napier as Guardian to Thomas Goodin, son of Arthur Goodin decd of Vere, Leased
to Andrew Wright for 5 years land bounding east west north & south on Common
land near Arthur Goodin Penn at 25 Shillings per acre per year: this was
probably the same as the 1693 land, and bordered on the Common Savanna and Pye
Corner[889].
Other Indigo Land by the Rio Minho
In addition to the shared indigo works with Good(w)in,
Andrew Wright had two more small plots of land in Vere. Both of these were a
result to the division of common land in Salt Savanna. The first, in 1709[890] was a Division of common
land at Salt Savanna in Vere. Andrew Wright granted 12¼ acres lot 32 profitable
land & 22 acres unprofitable land lot 28, the neighbours were listed. Lot
32 bounds inter alia, NE on Francis Moore. In 1712[891], Benjamin Booth planter
of Vere leased to Andrew Wright, bricklayer, of Vere 12¼ acres, East on Andrew
Wright, west on John Bosley, North on Francis Moore esq, South on John Turner a
minor at £20 pa for 10 years,
mentioning Indigo. This very probably bordered in Andrew’s own land, giving him
25 acres of indigo land.
See the Act of 1709 in Jamaica General, section 2.
Witness inter alia Jonathan Facey. William Wright & George Jenkins.
Probably Benjamin Booth, son of Benjamin died 1686.
The granted land was probably that owned by his grandson Francis in 1754 (26
acres in Vere).
Indigo prices varied greatly in the 17thC, from about 5
shillings in 1620 to 2 shillings a pound in 1670, when there were about 60
indigo works in Jamaica, producing 50,000 lbs pa[892]. Browne, writing in about
1755, states that 25 acres would produce £1000 currency per annum with 20
slaves, with a yeld of 500 lbs per acre, although other sources say 300 lbs.
This yield, from Andrew’s inventory price of 4/- per lb, would return up to
£J100 per acre per annum, the modern sterling equivalent ranging from about
£13000P to £44,000W. Supposing Andrew Wright was working
about 25 acres on his combined indigo holdings, his 2016 income would be
between £325,000 and £1,100,000. A fuller description of the indigo trade is in
the Jamaica General volume. Another source (Bridges) stated that a single negro
would produce £30pa clear profit in indigo’s heyday.
To quote Long, ... There were formerly upwards of
seventy gentlemen’s carriages kept in the little parish of Vere, the vast
profits of their indigo-works enabled them to live in such splendour; and that
part of the country, for its number of houses and inhabitants, on both sides
the Rio Minho, resembled a populous town. But an injudicious duty, imposed and
too long continued by parliament, ruined and extirpated the manufacture; and
the desolation of that fatal act is to be traced at this very day in the ruins
of once crowded houses, and these and scattered inhabitants now to be found
there[893]”.
Edwards gave a figure for the duty in Indigo of £20 per cwt Vol 2 p419.
1703/4 Patent.
Philip Edmonds and Andrew Wright were granted 500 acres on
the Brazilatto mountain in Vere in 1703[894];
this land that may have bounded the north side of Philip Edmonds 1681 patent also
on the mountain, against the Cockpit, in Vere. The Cockpit river is now on the
easten flank of the mountains, and was shown in a similar position on Browne.
With the description in the patents as being specifically “upon” the mountain,
it seems most likely that this land was on the relatively flat top of it, and
was probably a pen. A grant to John, Francis & Samuel More to the NE for
850 acres. A possible map of the area is at Plate 01.
The supposed plat for this patent is a square, but the text implies a more
complicated shape. In particular, the “own land” probably refers to Phillip
Edmonds to the South West. This grant being “IN” the Brazilatto mountains fits
with an earlier grant to Phillip Edmonds in 1681. The western boundaries on
Mumbee, Ivy & Goddard are not explicable with what is known of those individuals
holdings. The known Mumbee holdings in this end of Vere were very probably on
the southern flank of the Brazilatto mountain.
This 500 acres devolved onto Andrew Wright on the death of Phillip Edmonds[895] and was left by Andrew to
his sons Robert, who mortgaged 300 acres in 1714. It seems as though son
Andrew had the other 200 acres, which he left to Francis Wright.
1713[896]:
Rachel Wright of Vere widow of Andrew Wright planter, Andrew Wright by deeds
10/2/1709 for divers slaves from Richard Thompson late of Kingston now of GB,
to Andrew Wright owes penal sum of £330 on £165 owed on slaves if not paid by
10/8/1709.
Rachel Wright discharges debt by 5 negro men, 3 women, 2 boys 1 picanny all
branded “AW”.
Will and Legacies
A portion of his Vere (indigo) land appears much later with
grandson Francis and his son Andrew, so it appears that his Vere lands were
already in the possession of William at Andrew’s death as they do not appear in
either of his other sons estates. Part of the Edmonds land appears in son
Robert’s transactions. Some of this land may have gone via son Andrew to
grandson Francis.
Will of 1712/3[897]
planter of Vere,
... I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachell Wright two negro girls
named Bella and Hagar and my white horse her side sadle and all the household
goods which I now have for and during her naturall life and after her decease
to be equally divided between my two sons Robert Wright and Andrew Wright ...
as soon as my said son Andrew Wright attains the age of eighteen years
I give and bequeath unto my beloved son William Wright and his heirs three
negro men and three negro women to be bought from on board a Ship out of the
produce of my Estate two years after my Decease.
all the residue of my Estate as well as all as personall I give and bequeath
unto my Beloved sons Robert Wright and Andrew Wright ... Equally to be divided
between them But if it should happen that either of my sons die without heirs
.. then it is my will that my said Estate descend to the survivor of them,
Lastly I appoint my beloved wife Rachell Wright my executrix and my Loving
Friend John Morant Esq Executor ... and Guardian my children
and further it is my will that my said son Andrew Wright shall be maintained
and educated until he shall comes to the age of eighteen years out of the
produce of my whole Estate
it shall be in the power of my said Executrix and Executor to ??suffer my said
Estate to be divided until my son Andrew Wright attains to the age of eighteen
years only my son Robert to have his respective share of the neat produce my
said estate shall make every year until that time...
In his inventory[898]
of 1712 shown by Rachell Wright:
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Five negro men
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£150
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/
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0
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/
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0
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Four negro women
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£80
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/
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0
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/
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0
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Three boys and 3 girls
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£70
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/
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0
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/
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0
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3 lb of Indigo
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£6
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/
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0
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/
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0
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an Ounce of silver
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£0
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/
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5
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/
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0
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a parcell of old pewter
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£0
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/
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15
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/
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0
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3 old tables 2 old trunks and 3 old chests
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£1
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/
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0
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/
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0
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3 iron pots 7 old smoothing irons and old iron
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£1
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/
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3
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/
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1 1/2
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2 old guns and an old cutlass
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£1
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/
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2
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/
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6
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10 old Matt Chairs
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£0
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/
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2
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/
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6
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2 old brass candlesticks
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£0
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/
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5
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/
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0
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an old Looking Glass and Drinking Glass
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£0
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/
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5
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/
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0
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an Old water bench 2 old Jarrs and 2 old mugs
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£0
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/
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1
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/
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11
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a parcell of old books
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£0
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/
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5
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/
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0
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an old bed with ozenbrig Teck 6 pillows 2 old bedsteads and
2 sett of old curtains
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£5
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/
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0
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/
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0
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A parcell of old linnen and 1 old Hammock
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£2
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0
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/
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0
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An old horse
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£0
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5
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0
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In all
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£318
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10
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0
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Dunston Name
The maiden name(s) of Andrew’s wife is/are unknown, but the Dunston name
appears in several places in the Wright family, particularly Rebecca Dunston
Wright, mother of Francis Maitland. Several land sales were made by members of
2 of the sons of Andrew Wright, William and Robert, of parts of 100 acres of
land sold by Jane Booth in 1707 to Joseph Dunston. Joseph Wright sold a parcel
in 1761 and Andrew in 1775. The most likely explanation would be that Rachel,
wife of Andrew (d 1712), was a Dunston; it is also possible that the wife of
Robert, son of Andrew was a Dsnton. Either way, the 100 acres seems to have
been split between various Wright descendants, presumably having come into the
family by inheritance.
Issue of Andrew & Rachel Wright Ref will of 1712.
Age order guessed from the will: William is treated differently in his will,
and was probably the eldest who already had his legacy or was the son of an
earlier wife.
As they were sponsors to each others children, it is probable that Robert and
William Wright were brothers.
1/1. William Wright
It is possible that he was the
product of an earlier marriage from the way he is treated in his father’s will.
Married Elizabeth
2/1. Francis Wright (confirmed by uncle Andrew’s 1747 &
uncle Robert’s 1749 wills) B
12/10/1715, ch 15/11/1715, VerePR
1/2. Robert Wright, probably born before 1694 (inferred from
father’s will)
Bur Robert Wright, St Elizabeth
14/12/1748PR.
Robert was left half of Andrew’s real estate, although he seems to have had 300
of the 500 acres of the 1703 granted land on the Brazilatto mountain, his
brother Andrew probably had the remainder and other smaller plots in Vere; by
the time he died, he had substantial holdings in the Sugar area of north
central St Elizabeth. His inventory total was about £2.2MW/£700Kp.
He was granted land in Clarendon with Christian Christian, 440 acres on the
patent, but measured as 530 and referred to as 600 in later deeds. At some
stage, he bought some land in St Elizabeth, the conveyance for which has not
been found; He also had some land in western Vere, some of which he gave to his
daughter, Judith Theobald. Again, it is not apparent where this came from, his
father’s lands being further East.
There are no deeds relating to Robert Wright between 1714 and the 1740’s, so it
is not clear what happened to the land in the East in the Brazilatto mountains,
but that was probably sold about the time he leased it out in 1714. There are a
couple of deeds indexed, but not available, in the 1740’s selling land. Maybe
these were selling the Brazilatto lands.
He was also an overseer for John Sinclair, whose land was on the Vere St
Elizabeth boundary. A subsequent court action involved two Burton brothers. An
explanation of what can be deduced from the case is given in John Sinclair’s
section.
1754 acreage: Wright, Robert, St. Elizabeth 550, Clarendon 100, Vere 44, Tot
694
Braziletto Land
1714[899]:
2 deeds first lease the land to Morris/Pratter with them in actual possession
for 1 year at a peppercorn rent
3rd deed sold it as a mortgage for 1 year for £236/7/6d
Takes mortgage on 300 acres: this was the Brazilatto land inherited from his
father.
Robert Wright planter of Vere & John Morris & Edward Pratter of
Kingston merchants. Letters Pat 4 Sept 1703 to Philip Edmond & Andrew
Wright father of Robert Wright in Vere of 500 acres West on Col George Ivy, SE
in waste Land,
Andrew Wright survived Philip Edmond and by inheritance Robert Wright owns 300
of the 500 acres bounding east on the heirs of John Golding and John Mooore
esq, west on Col George Ivy lately decd & SE on waste land with option for
Robert Wright to buy back in 1 year.
Sell to Robert Wright for £236-7-6 (£42K price inflated, 100K wage inflated).
Broadleaf Valley Land
1717[900]
a joint patent with Christian Christian & Robert was for 440 acres in
Clarendon at Broadleaf Valley, nr Porus Savanna. As drawn on CAD using dimensions
on plat, this was about 530A, not 440 as in the original text. Plate 02 shows an
approximate position.
Broadleaf settlement is 2½ miles
west of Porus, south of the main road, and west of the line of the railway;
there is some confusion over the parish, but was probably in Clarendon, not
Vere or what was earlier St Elizabeth, the real boundary being a mile or two
westward, later the area became Manchester.
In 1742[901],
Robert sold the eastern ½ of this land for £5 to Peter Christian, effectively
ending joint ownership: Robert retained two water cisterns. Robert’s half was
probably left as a pen to his children
Jamaica Gazette:
Spanish Town, Oct 7, 1819
To be sold, a run of land in the district of Manchester, called Broadleaf, late
belonging to the estate of Edward Manning, esq, in lots as may suit purchsers.
Further particulars will be made known of application to H. Maclean.
1742[902]:
(full copy held)
Robert Wright, planter of St Elizabeth sold for 5/- to Judith Theobald
(Robert’s daughter), wife of Henry Theobald, planter of Clarendon, 100 acres
near Cartwheel, Clarendon butting and bounding west on Milk River south on the heirs of Edward Pennants esq deceased East on lands belonging to Robert
Wright north on Edward Barker Sampson Vale and others being part of a larger
parcel belonging to Robert Wright.
This land was south of Toll Gate, Clarendon.
On Craskel, Theobald is marked south of St Jago, about the north side of
Captain George Booth’s patent.
Robert was granted 2 plots[903]
Land in St Elizabeth of 300 acres each: one in 1740, the other in 1745, both in
the Nassau area, in the One Eye River area between Island Estate & Appleton,
the latter on the road from Island (Estate) to Foster’s Run, probably just
south of Balaclava, maybe Phoenix Park & Union: the road appears to fit
roughly right. They are shown as Plate03.
1743: Robert Wright sold land to
John Favey, deed not available.
1744 (about), Robert bought some land from Bernard Andreas Woodstock in St
Elizabeth, named as Hope in his will. There is a property called Woodstocks
just west of Lacovia on Browne’s map published in 1755, which was based on
surveys between 1730-49, so would have had the property as Wooodstocks.
The reference to Two Mile Estate and Francis being involved in it is not clear,
but it was probably the one between Nassau mountains, and the Horse Savanna.
Browne also marks several Foster properties in the immediate area.
About the same time, he sold land to Thomas Hogg., deed not available.
Two Hopes shown in 1842 Arrowsmith, both in what had been Eastern St Elizabeth,
then in Manchester.
Will 1748-9[904]:
Of St E planter.
Grand son John Pridie ref his land at Milk River
G/daus Judith & Elizabeth, Mary & Rebecca Theobalds, daus of Henry
Theobalds and his wife Judith
Refers to 100 acres given to them some years ago (1742).
To son Joseph Wright all land etc in St Elizabeth named Hope bought off Barnard
Andrias Woodstock[905]
and land I patented named the Crawl if no heirs, to Joseph’s sisters:
Ratchell Evans, Mary Hunt, Judith Theobalds
And all land in Vere
the money that Mr Florentine Vassal owes me on Messrs Foster’s account and all
the money that Messrs Thomas & Benjamin Burton owe me and what John
Sinclair’s estate owes me shall be raised and also stock sold to pay debts for
the pens.
The pens to go to 4 children, Joseph, Ratchell, Mary & Judith.
If all die & grandchildren, then to nephew Francis Wright.
Joseph Cremer & Nephew Francis Wright attorneys to Samuel Foster’s estate
called Two Mile Wood.
Execs:
Inventory[906]
of Robert Wright, 1749. He left £4922-6-8 1/2d, including a lot of clothes,
wigs etc! The debtors in his will (£580 Debtors & Cash) do not show up on
the inventory – maybe settled before the inventory date. This was equivalent to
about £650,000P or £2.3MW.
The reference to moneys owed by Burton & Sinclair was the subject of a suit
in Chancery[907],
see under John Sinclair.
Two mile wood was in the East of St Elizabeth, below Don Figuero’s mountains,
probably north of modern day Gutters and was a water powered sugar estate. Early
maps have Foster in this position. Did this end up with Robert Wright’s estate
by the debt Foster owed Robert?
Issue of Robert & Judith Wright, Vere PR & Robert’s will:
Will mentions grandson John Pridie with land at Milk River.
2/1. Joseph Wright
He seems to have had only one
surviving child, Rachel Judith who married John Gall Booth, who became a land
owner in that part of Vere which became part of Manchester.
He inherited land in St Elizabeth from his father.
1754 acreage: Wright, Joseph,
St. Elizabeth 550, Vere 27, Tot 577
This Joseph Wright appears as an executor & in inventories. He is referred
to by Francis Wright in his will of 1758 as “kinsman”.
In his will, Andrew Wright, son of Francis (son of William above) refers to
Andrew Wright Booth of Vere as his cousin and relation. It seems likely the
"late Andrew Wright Booth" was probably the one referred to in Andrew
Wright's will and is likely to be an unrecorded son of John Gaul and Rachel
Judith (Wright) Booth, who were breeding in Vere between about 1773 and 1796.
Rachel Judith Wright was christened 8/8/1756 in St Elizabeth, the daughter of
Joseph & Elizabeth Wright. Joseph & Elizabeth had earlier had children
christened in Vere. Andrew Wright Booth would then be a 2nd cousin
of Andrew Wright.
2 deeds were indexed in 1748 where Robert Wright sold land to Joseph, but the
volume was missing.
There are few later deeds relating to Joseph Wright, so it is not clear what
land he had and how he acquired it, but the following would appear to be the
land in the 1754 survey.
1760[908]: John & Elizabeth
Anderson of Vere, planter, for £250 from Joseph Wright of Vere sold land
formerly in St Elizabeth but now in Vere in Carpenters Mtns 1st piece of 500A
patented 3/6/1718 by Henry Lewis planter of Vere, then N, E , S , W on u/s land
ROCROP as on plat, the other piece 100A patented by Henry Lewis 29/10/1718, N
on u/s rocky Mtns E on Paul Barrett S on road from 16 mile gully to Milk
Savanna W on Henry Lewis. 2 Photos. Plat for 100A shows Henry Lewis plat St
Elizabeth 16F220 & 16F199 to NE survey date 1718, Plat for 500A, shows
Henry Lewis 16F199 to west.
Plats in Wills File (Plate
04).
1761[909]:
Joseph Wright & Elizabeth planter of Vere for £65 from Henry Beal planter
of Vere ..sell that parcel of land being part of 100A sold by Jane to Joseph
Dunston near Kemps Savanna cont 27 ½ a E on former Henry Lord now heirs of
Thomas Alpress S on heirs of Joseph Dunston, W on called Hilliards now in the
possession of Edward Maxwell.
This was probably part of the land left by GB2 to Jane, but may have also been
part of the land settled by Supreme Court in 1713.
Will - 1766[910]
.
planter of Vere
To wife Elizabeth half of estate during widowhood, but if she intermarry, then
the half to daughter Rachell Judith Wright. This is in place of any claim for
Dower by wife.
To daughter Rachell the other half.
If Rachell predeceases mother who remains unmarried, then Rachell’s half to Elizabeth for life. In that case the estate to his nephews and nieces John Priddie, Thomas
Henry Hogg, Judith Jack [maybe Thoebalds], Elizabeth Bird [Theobald],
Mary Osborne [Theobald], Rebecca Dunstone Swinhoe [Theobald],
Elizabeth Hog and Rachel Hog
Exec John Priddie
Hogg’s & Jacks nor found, bap or marriage.
Joseph Wright Inventory[911]
... Of Joseph Wright late of the parish of Vere .. Planter deceased according
as they were shown unto us by Elizabeth Wright his sole executrix....
Left £2564/19/6 [£1.2MW/325KP]
Left daughter Rachell Judith & wife Elizabeth in his will. Presumably the
first 2 recorded children did not survive.
Joseph Wright was also producing children about the same time in Westmoreland
& St Elizabeth.
PR:-
3/1. Rachel Judith Wright 8/8/1756 of Joseph & Elizabeth,
St Elizabeth. She married John
Gall Booth (see end of Booth section). Confirmed in deed
460/225, John Gall Booth & Andrew Wright.
These 2 are much earlier in
Clarendon, were they the same family?
3/2. Joseph Wright ch 22/8/1742 of Joseph & Elizabeth.
3/3. John Phillips Wright 13/8/1744 “son of Elizabeth” (no father).
2/2. Rachell Wright – from
father’s will. M Mr Evans
Francis Wright’s will of 1757-58
refers to John Pridee, son of Rachel Turner, dau of Robert Wright dcd.
Married, 1st, Henry Pridie, Clarendon, 6/6/1734PR.
Married 2nd, John Evans of St Catherine, she of Vere, 7/6/1740, St
CatherinePR. No mention of any issue of this union.
Married 3rd as Rachel Evans, St Catherine, John Turner, 28/12/1749.
1749[912]
Whereas Rachel Pridee widow relict & exec of Henry Pridee dcd of Vere
planter by her indenture 6/6/1740 ind of lease for 17 years to Henry Booth snr,
of St Catherine, millwright. Rachel Pridee remarries but James Cunningham
guardian to her son by Henry Pridee. Henry Booth surrenders the lease to James
Cunningham, of Clarendon planter.
Issue, as mentioned in wills – maybe not all?
3/1. John Pridee
St Catherine burial 2/6/1776PR,
John Priddie, planter, consumption, maybe him.
Married Elizabeth Allpress, Vere, 6/4/1758PR.
Issue St Catherine except noted.
4/1. Mary Alpress Priddee 20/1/1760
4/2. Elizabeth Wright Priddie 30/11/1760.
4/3. Judith Pridie 29/3/1764PR Clarendon
4/4. Henry Priddee b 11/11/1766, ch 11/2/1767PR.
4/5. John Pridee b 25/1/1769, ch 17/5/1769PR.
2/3. Mary Wright, b 18/8/1716, ch
9/11/1718, Vere.
sponsors Mary & Thomas
Wilkinson, & Mary Savny.
From father’s will, married Mr Hunt.
Francis Wright’s will of 1757-58 refers to the heirs of Thomas Hogg and Mary
his wife, daughter of Robert Wright deceased. Hunt & Hogg may be 2
different husbands, or may be 19th C transcription errors.
Nothing found of Hunt/Hogg – with 2 references to Hogg, it is probable that
Hogg it was.
Brother Joseph refers in his will to Thomas Henry Hogg, Elizabeth & Rachel
Hogg as nephew’s & nieces: they must have been the children of Mary Wright
& Mr Hogg. Nothing found of their marriage or the children.
A deed in 1744 listed as Robert Wright selling land to Thomas Hog, but volume
not available (123). Mary’s husband probably Thomas Hog.
3/1. Thomas Henry Hogg
3/2. Elizabeth Hogg
3/3. Rachel Hogg.
2/4. Judith Wright, b 4/11/1718,
ch 6/1/1719,
sponsors Rachel & Elizabeth
Wright, Simon Booth & Wm Wright.
Died bef 1757 (ref Francis Wright’s will dated 1757).
Henry Theobald married Judith Wright, 22/3/1739, ClarendonPR.
Comnfirms her father’s will.
Will refers to 100 acres of land given to these daughters.
Francis Wright’s will of 1757-58 names these 4 girls.
3/1. Judith Theobalds Bap Clarendon, 10/7/1740PR.
Perhaps married Mr Jack – Uncle
Joseph has niece Judith Jack
3/2. Elizabeth Theobald, ref
Uncle Joseph’s will:
Married Benjamin Bird, Vere
6/5/1760PR.
3/3. Mary Theobald, re Uncle
Joseph’s will.
Married George Osborne, Vere
30/12/1762PR, both of Vere.
No issue in Vere of George & Mary, but George & Jane had Elizabeth,
1769.
3/4. Rebecca Dunston Theobald. B
AFT 1740
Mentioned as Theobald, daughters
of Judith, daughter of Robert Wright in Francis Wright’s will of 1758
Vere PR: Samuel Swinhoe, planter married Rebecca Dunston Theobalds 10/6/1762,
both of Clarendon.
4/1. Grizzel Swinhoe, bap Clarendon, 28/7/1763.
4/2. John Swinhoe, b 3/12/1766, Bap Clarendon, 18/4/1768
This was probably the same Henry
Theobald after Judith died.
Henry Theobald was producing children in the 1760’s by Elizabeth:
A daughter, Kitty, was baptised the same day as John Swinhoe (18/4/1768),
having been born 17/2/1768.
3/0. Ann Grizel dau of Henry Theobald, bap 2/3/1762, born 30/8/1761.
Also:
Joan, natural daughter of Henry Theobald by Elizabeth Parkins Bap 28/6/1764,
ClarendonPR.
1/3. Andrew Wright, B aft 1694 (father’will), married Mary
1739: transaction with Sarah Hart – original not available.
1739[913]:
Andrew Wright & wife Mary planter of Vere & William Hicks planter of
Vere sold for 5/- 3 slaves.
1741[914]:
Richard Franklin of Vere planter, leases (sells) to Andrew Wright of Vere,
planter:
2/3 part of plot of 33 acres in
Vere, N on land of George Clark dcd, E on land formerly of George Downer dcd S
on Kings Rd, W on Capt Humphry Mumbee for 11 years at £9 pa. If rent 40 days
behind then Richard Franklin takes over.
This piece of land subsequently appears with nephew Francis, and later his son
Andrew, by which time it was 33 acres; so this Andrew must have subsequently
bought the whole plot.
1743: Andrew Wright from William Eve, deed not available.
His holding at death probably included 200 acres on the Bazilatto mountain and
some small properties near the Rio Minho. These would have been in Francis’s
ownership after Mary’s death.
died Nov/Dec 1747 (will[915]).
Sick and Weak of body
To wife Mary for life, then nephew Francis Wright, if no heirs then to brother
Robert, Executors wife & honourable John Gale
Inventory, April 1749[916]:
Shown by Mary Wright. Left total of £467.
Mary had died by Francis Wright’s will of 1758.
AM10/09
William Wright has left almost no trace, except for the baptism of his
children, but it is certain that he is the correct line from Andrew to Francis
Wright: he is mentioned in his father’s will of 1712, when he was left a few
slaves, and his son Francis is named by William’s brothers, Robert and Andrew
jnr as their nephew. No will, inventory or Administration have been found. A
number of contemporary deeds naming William Wright relate to a son of Barzilla
Wright of Westmoreland, unrelated to our family. As there are no deeds relating
to William, it seems probable that he died when his son, Francis was young, leaving
Francis to be raised by brother Robert in St Elizabeth, or round the Porus
area.
It is probable that he lived in Vere around Salt
Savanna/Rio Minho area, as his son William’s sponsors were Simon Booth and his
sister Sarah Fisher, children of George Booth 2, whereas his brother Robert
moved to St Elizabeth at some stage. He may have inherited his father’s lands
by the Rio Minho of Salt Savanna; if so, he was a man of substance.
The most likely explanation is that he was born sometime before 1690, and
died early, maybe soon after his 4th child’s birth. As his only
surviving son Francis, was “of St Elizabeth” in 1749, his family were looked
after by William’s brother, Robert, also of St Elizabeth.
His father’s will treats him differently from his brothers Robert &
Andrew, Andrew certainly being younger: “...I give and bequeath unto my beloved
son William Wright and his heirs three negro men and three negro women to be
bought from on board a Ship out of the produce of my Estate two years after my
Decease...” William was probably the eldest, and already had his own property. His
mother was probably Rachel, but may have been by an earlier wife of Andrew.
William’s wife, Elizabeth might have been Elizabeth Dunston, as they
christened their first son Dunston, and son Francis gave Dunston as a 2nd
name to one of his sons and to Rebecca. If this were the case, she could have
been an unrecorded daughter of John & Joane (May) Dunston, baptised St
Andrew about 1690: John died in 1692, and did not mention Elizabeth, but he had
a daughter Rebecca. An alternative would be for William’s mother, Rachel to
have been a Dunston. A sale by William’s grandson, Andrew of land sold by Jane
Booth in 1707 to Joseph Dunston (100 acres in Camps Savanna), with no apparent
ownership in between times, indicates that this land was passed by inheritance
to Andrew: if so, it reinforces the proposition that Elizabeth was a Dunston.
Issue of William & Elizabeth Wright, Vere PR, of these, Francis was the
only one mentioned in their uncles’ wills and so seems to have been the only
survivor:
1/1. Son Wright: b. 6/12/1712, ch. 8/1/1713 Vere.
PR: “the whole of the register
for the year 1711 wanting”.
The few entries for 1711/2 appear to have been done from memory.
Last Bapt with full date 19/11/1710, one with 1712, but no month, then:
Wm & Eliz Wright had a son born Dec 6th 1712 & bapt 8th
Jan following.
1/2. Dunston Wright, ch. 6/12/1713. Vere
1/3. Francis Wright, b. 12/10/1715, ch. 15/11/1715, Vere
1/4. William Wright, b. 21/8/1718, ch. 2/10/1718, Vere
Sponsors Simon Booth, John &
Sarah Fisher
AM09/05
Born: 12/10/1715, chPR. Vere, 15/11/1715, Spon: Sarah Booth,
Parents: William & Elizabeth Wright.
MarriedPR, 1st: Ann Mary Booth,
MarriedPR, 2nd: 12/8/1755, Kingston, Susannah (Trusler)
Chambers; he a planter of St Catherine, she a widow of KingstonPR.
She died between 1759-60 (Francis’s inventories). Widow of John Chambers.
BuriedPR: Francis: 15/5/1758 St Catherine.
Will of 1757 & Inventory held.
Ann Mary Booth
Parents: Henry Booth and (probably) his first wife, Mary.
Not found in PR – assumed to be an early child.
Born bef abt 1729, but aft 1725 (not in grandfather’s will).
Married Francis Wright, St Catherine, 30 October 1749, he of St Elizabeth, she
of St Catherine (Ann Maria).
BurPR 31/1/1754 St Catherine.
She had a legacy from her father Henry (d abt 1743):
the sum of forty pounds in lieu of her cattle by me killed and sold and also
two cows a steer and a calf
(provided she lives virtuously and in good credit) the sum of three hundred
pounds to be paid to her when my youngest son Henry Booth is twenty one but if
she doth not live virtuously and in good credit then I give her in lieu of
three hundred pounds before mentioned the sum of one shilling
& fifteen pounds a year for her maintenance till her fortune becomes due,
one negro woman slave named Aubah in lieu of some cattle of her as I sold
Her grandmother Mary (d abt 1739) left her a negro, Cloe and the rest of her
estate with her uncle Thomas.
Codicil to Hanry’s will: I declare that the cattle within given to my daughter
Anna Mary Booth to be the cattle that was her property and were given to her by
her grandmother Mary Booth and that she shall have no other of mine and that
the negro Obbah given her in my within will be to her and her heirs forever ..
Legatee in Uncle Thomas’s will of 1739-47.
She does not appear to have left a will, so these legacies would have gone to
Henry, and then Andrew.
Issue of Francis & Anne Marie (Booth) Wright:
1/1. John Dunstone Wright, ch 25/9/1750 St Catherine
(of Ann Maria), bur Joseph
Dunston Wright 8/6/1754, an infantPR.
1/2. Andrew Wright, b. 18/2/1752, ch 6/3/1752, St
CatherinePR.
1/3. Susannah Wright, b 23/10/1753, ch 10/1/1754, St Catherine,
bur 30/4/1755, an infantPR.
Sources:
parish records, will references to nephews & nieces; Andrew Wright of 1747
will refers to nephew Francis Wright – a purchase by Andrew Wright from
Franklin refers to the land mentioned in Francis’s will (although this land appeared
to be leased for 11 years); Robert Wright 1749 refers to nephew Francis Wright:
Grandfather Andrew Wright’s will of 1712 refers to all three, William
(Francis’s father) and Andrew & Robert Wright.
Francis Wright Summary
Francis Wright’s only surviving legitimate issue was Andrew Wright, by his
first wife Ann Mary Booth; he was the grandfather of Ann Wright who married
Francis Maitland; he was also almost certainly the father of Rebecca Dunston
Wright, the mother of Francis Maitland. There is no doubt that he was the
grand-son of Andrew Wright who died in 1712, his father is inferred; it seems
likely that his father, William, died when Francis was young, and he was most
likely brought up by his uncle, Robert, who was acquiring land in St Elizabeth;
in all events, at the time of his 1st marriage, he was described as
of St Elizabeth. Judging from his will, he remainded connected with the
Christian family, with whom his uncle Robert was a joint patentee.
He was the ultimate heir of his uncle, Andrew (d 1747), who was the joint
heir of Andrew (d 1712), Francis’s grand father; there is no clue as to what he
might have inherited from his father, but William probably inherited Andrew’s
(1712) Salt Savanna land, some of which appears in a later deed. Uncle Andrew’s
estate appears to have included 200 acres (from the 1703 grant of which Robert
seems to have had 300 acres) in the Brazilatto mountains one or two smaller
plots in Vere.
His first mention on paper was in 1749[917],
when he sold a slave to John Wallen.
In 1754 Francis Wright owned in Vere 26 acres, probably the remains of the
legacies originally from his grand father, Andrew. For the last 10 years or so
of his life, he was a partner or tenant of John Chambers, farming a substantial
amount of land in the St Thomas in the Vale and St John around the Bog Walk
area. Ginger and coffee were grown.
In 1754[918],
he bought half of an estate of 750 acres from Thomas Harper, a merchant of Port
Royal, known as the Crescent, bounding on Gibraltar. It is marked on Craskel
north of Spanish Town, about as the road enters the gorge towards the Flat
Bridge (Plate 05).
At his death in 1758, he had substantial assets, leaving an inventory
including 31 slaves (men, women & children), with an inventory value of
£1662 (2016 stlg: £755000W, £325000P). This included 329
lbs of coffee and some pimiento. Susanna, his then wife, was his executor, and
she submitted his first inventory, but a second one was submitted a little
later by John Anderson, jnr, the acting executor as Susanna had by then died.
He would have inherited a few cattle and £300 from his first wife, Ann Mary
Booth, left to her by her father. He had a small holding remaining in Vere and
a large pen property of 700 acres to the south of the Gibraltar estate of John
Chambers, which Andrew subsequently sold.
From a later deed, John Anderson of St Elizabeth became son Andrew’s
guardian. Francis was in 1749 an executor to his uncle Robert Wright’s will.
A rather idealised view of the 16 Mile Walk, Bog Walk area:
Hakewill, 1825. Plate 22
The Gibraltar and Red hills lands were in the distant hills,
the Chambers plantation would have been away to the left.
The Chambers Relationship.
In 1749[919],
Francis Wright entered into a partnership with John Chambers whereby Francis
agreed to farm 600 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-Vale belonging to John
Chambers. They each provided slaves and livestock for a share in the profits.
The deed is a long document describing the exact arrangements, account to be
kept etc. John Chambers’s wife Susanna, and his brother Peter, are mentioned. The
same year[920]
Francis Wright of St Elizabeth, planter sold to John Wallen 1 negro.
After John Chambers’s death in 1753, and Francis’s 1st wife’s death in
1754, Francis married Susannah Chambers, she being the major legatee of John
Chambers. In 1756, there were a couple of deeds moving slave ownership about
for a nominal sum. In the first deed[921],
Peter Chambers of St Thomas in the Vale, planter, & Frances Banks a widow
of St Catherine (John Chambers’s brother & sister) sold to Francis Wright 9
negroes for 10 shillings. Then Francis Wright sold 3 slaves to Peter Chambers
for 5/- same dates and to Frances Banks 6 slaves for 5/-. Peter and Banks were joint
legatees & siblings of John Chambers, this transaction removed this joint
ownership. After Francis’s death, Susanna seems to have married William Bowles,
a surveyor of St Catherine[922]
By an indenture in 1756[923],
Francis and Susannah Wright let to John Howell, gent of St Catherine... “all
that parcel of land in Saint Thomas in the Vale commonly called Chamber’s
Plantation containing seven hundred acres, and also all negro and other 18
slaves valued at £825, 13 mules 19 cattle” for five years at a yearly rent of
two hundred pounds to begin on the first day of January 1757, and one third of
the net proceeds of the first crop of Ginger. The deed has a good plat
which positions the land about 5 miles East of Bog Walk, along the Rio Pedro,
at its junction with the Little and Devils Rivers, and now (2017) looks hilly
and wooded.
See Plate 06.
A slightly later deed then implies the sale of the Chambers Plantation
along with the rest of Susanna’s land, but Francis’s use for life was probably
unaffected. The deed of 1756[924]
states that John Chambers in his will left land at Red Hills in St John which
he purchased from Foster March[925]
of St Catherine containing 302 acres & 13 negroes and also half of his remaining
estate in lieu of dower to Susannah Chambers as she also possessed several
other properties especially land in St Jago de la Vega. Francis & Susannah
Wright, planter of St Catherine, sold to Robert Clarke of St Catherine, gent,
land at Red Hills for 10/- and also the ½ of John Chambers’s estate left to
Susannah Chambers, but with Francis Wright to use for his life. There is a plat
with this deed (Plate
07). Red Hills is shown on the modern map about 4 miles SSW of Bog Walk,
south of Gibraltar .
As of March 2016, no trace has been found of Robert Clarke; the Clarkes as
legatees in Francis’s will appear in the Vere baptisms, but no marriage, so
what the connection was, is unknown. For Robert to have been passed such
substantial assets, he must have been closely connected to John Chambers or
Susannah (Trusler) Chambers. The Daniel Clarke connection in Francis’s will,
and the Christians, may well have been close friends as they were born in Vere
about the same time as Francis.
Lands of Francis Wright:
The lands originating from John Chambers were all sold by Francis and Susanna
after John’s death, although Francis kept the use of them for life.
All descended to son Andrew.
Gibraltar, bought from Thomas Harper. This land was subject of a later Andrew
Wright deed, and was in St Thomas in the Vale, later called the Crescent
(Craskell: Plate 05).
It was 700 acres, Andrew sold half of it in 1775. The description in the later
deed has it adjacent to Gibraltar.
Liddell shows Gibraltar a mile or so west of the Ochio Rios road from Spanish
Town a 1.5 miles south west of Bog Walk, in the district of St John, and the
modern map shows a similar location. Red Hill is a mile or 2 south on the
modern map. Harper in 1683 shows Gibraltar similarly SW of 16 mile walk.
In Vere from will:
Bemecary was probably a misspelling of Baymccary – Liddell has 2 properties on
the southcoast between The Milk River and the Rio Minho.
Franklins, no relevant Franklins on maps. Mentioned in the plat for 33 acres in
Vere at Betts Gully, 278/11 when son Andrew sold it to Thomas Parker. The plat
has the land formerly of Mrs Mary Wright – this must be Ann Mary Booth, mother
of Andrew.
Franklins originally leased by uncle Andrew in 1741 – 22 acres in Vere
(2/3 of 33 acres); it is sold by son Andrew as 33 acres; presumably uncle
Andrew bought the whole plot at some time. The note on the 1775 sale plat that
it had been owned by Mrs Mary Wright refers to uncle Andrew’s widow, Mary, who
had it for life before it was inherited by Francis. (See Plate 07)
Additionally, Andrew had about 25 acres of common land around The Alley area.
It is described in a sale by Andrew Wright in 1776 to Thomas Parker.
Craskell has only one relevant Wright entry for Vere in 1763: just NE of
Chesterfield, East of The Alley on the modern map, and ties in with the
subsequent descrption of the land of Franklin’s.
Francis Wright’s Will[926]
of 1757/8:
To well beloved wife Susanna Wright ½ of all my estate real & personal
likewise the ½ of the estate of (uncle) Andrew Wright decd bequeathed unto me
after the death of his wife Mary Wright
for and during her natural life and after her decease unto my loving son Andrew
Wright, likewise the other ½ of my real & personal estate and the ½ of
estate of Andrew Wright afsd when 18 years of age. (to son Andrew)
His Costs maintenance education to be paid out of the estate.
If he dies before 18 and before Susanna, then all to Susanna and after her
death bequeath to kinsman Joseph Wright 5 negroes and lands in Vere called
Bemecary and Franklins or the half part of my lands called Gilberalter which I
bought of Thomas Harper which he shall choose for his life and after his death
to heirs etc. In case of failure of such heirs, this bequest goes back to the
estate
Rest & residue then between John Priddee, son of Rachel Turner, dau of
Robert Wright dcd and also the heirs of Thomas Hogg and Mary his wife daughter
of Robert Wright decd and Judith, Elizabeth, Mary & Rebecca Dunston Theobald,
daughters of Henry Theobald & Judith his wife dau of Robert Wright dcd.
If all die, all estate to the heirs of Daniel Clark and Rebecca his wife the
heirs of William Goss & Catherine his wife dcd the daughter of Christian
Christians and also the heirs of Thomas Alpres decd and Rebecca his wife. If
anyone attempts to disbar another legatee, they will be disbarred with 5/-.
Execs Susanna Wright & guardian of Andrew, after her decease, John Anderson
jnr, John Turner snr & William Anderson executors & guardians.
Notes on his will:
Catherine, wife of William Goss was the dau of Christian & Rebecca
Christian, b 5/1/1702, ch 5/2/1707 Vere. Christian Christian was the partner
of Francis’s uncle, Robert at Broadleaf Valley patent.
Charles Clark, b. 15/1/1736, ch Vere 20/2/1736, son of Daniel & Rebecca
Elizabeth Clark, b 3/1/1739, ch Vere 26/1/1739, spon, Edward & Elizabeth
Beal, Cornelius Christian.
First inventory[927]
1758-9:
Francis Wright late of St Catherine, planter, shown by Susannah Wright
A second inventory[928]
was carried out in 1760-1 after Susannah’s death:
To Joseph Wright of Vere, planter … of Francis Wright decd un-administered by
Susannah Wright his late exec deceased according as they shall be shown unto
you by John Anderson junr his acting Execr of the Goods un-administered or
which you know did belong to the said ...
“An appraisal of the negroes belonging to Francis Wright dcd.”
This second inventory was only of the slaves, which had reduced since the
earlier one.
In his estate inventories he is described as a planter of St Catherine.
The inventory of 1758 was shown by Susannah Wright, and was valued at
£1662/13/2d and included 13 men 12 women and 6 children.
A second inventory was carried out after Susannah’s death when the estate was
referred to as being “unadministered”: Joseph Wright, planter of Vere was named
as an administrator and the property to be shown by John Anderson junr
“An appraisal of the negroes belonging to Francis Wright dcd.”
This second inventory was only of the slaves, which had reduced since the
earlier one from £1330/5/- to £1030 in the late one.
Chambers Family:
There is no evidence that the Westmoreland/St Elizabeth Chambers were connected
with our Chambers from St Thomas in Vale except for the entry in the 1754 landholders
list:
Chambers, John, St. Catherine 582, Westmoreland 888, St. Thomas in the Vale
790, Total 2260.
I suspect that the entries for John Chambers have been put as one entry,
particularly as at least 2 John Chambers, one of whom was the younger, were
still alive in deeds after our John Chambers had died.
St Thomas in the Vale/St Catherine:
Chambers shown on the 1747 Bowen map in St Thomas in the Vale on the Rio Cobre,
in the area of what is now Bog Walk.
A probable family line:
Peter Chambers & Frances issue, St Catherine:
1/1. William Chambers ch 22/8/1669
1/2. Mary Chambers ch 27/2/1672
1/3. Elizabeth Chambers ch 13/5/1674
1/4. Peter John Chambers ch 20/10/1679, of St TiV
John Chambers married Jane Vesey
1/8/1703, St Catherine, but both of St Thomas in the Vale. This John Chambers
was probably Peter John Chambers above, although a couple of references to John
Chambers jnr in 1738 & 1740 cast some doubt on this, but they were probably
of the St Elizabeth family: parish records do not show anything more.
There are several John Chambers will listed before our John.
Issue:
2/1. Jane Chambers ch 24/9/1706 St Catherine.
2/2. John Chambers ch 17/7/1709 St Catherine.
John Chambers of St Thomas in
the Vale married Susanna Trusler? Of St C 26/4/1739, St Catherine. She married
Francis Wright as a widow.
No apparent issue.
1752[929]:
Peter Gravett Booth of St Catherine for £J45 from John Chambers of St Catherine
for mulatto girl named Sally, dau of negro woman named Coobah.
2/3. Peter Chambers ch 30/9/1711 St Catherine.
2/4. Frances Chambers, mar Mr Banks who d bef 1756.
1/5. Rosanna 20/10/1679, of St TiV
John Chambers, Died 1753:
1738[930]:
John Chambers snr to John Chambers jnr of St TiV planter, for natural love and
affection & 5/-, sold 2 negros (this deed seen by chance!).
John Chambers Jnr letters patent 1740 for foot land in St Catherine.
1752[931]:
Foster March of St Catherine sold to John Chambers, planter of St Catherine,
for £575 302 acres in St John. Foster March owns it by will of William Sanders
dcd W road leading to the Bogg, S on Hon Palmer, N road from Freemans to Town,
E on Christopher Shed.
Plat in Wills Volume (Plate
08).
1755[932]:
Thomas Parker of St Catherine, Susannah Chambers of St Catherine widow, that
the securing of the principal sum of £120 with interest for the same and in
consideration of the sum of 10/- from Susannah Chambers, for land in St John
beside Frances Parker dcd if Thomas Parker pays Susannah Chambers full sum +6%
by 14/6/1757 if not Susannah Chambers takes the property. Mortgage paid off
1796 to execs of Sarah Booth re 211F131 Solomon Abrahams to Sarah Booth
See 275F44 Sarah Booth & Tom Parker in St John.
Sarah Booth was probably the widow of Henry Booth, father of Anna Mary, married
to Francis Wright.
John Chambers will[933]
1753:
of St Thomas in Vale planter
To wife Susanna Chambers that piece of land in the Red Hills in St John lately
purchased from Foster (March) of St Catherine 302 acres
Brother Peter Chambers horse & 20 acres where he lives in St Thomas in the
Vale
Sister Frances Banks.
God dau Elizabeth Howell dau of John & Elizabeth Howell
Cousin William Powell of St Thomas in Vale
Bill in chancery exhibited by me against Frances Wright if not determined before
my decease shall be forwarded and prosecuted by my execs.
St Elizabeth/Westmoreland:
The name Mary Chambers Wright appears twice in the Wright baptism records, born
5/5/1758 St Elizabeth of Edward & Ann Wright, and in 1799, dau of Edward
Wright & Elizabeth Sables.
John Chambers executor of Andrew Wright’s will.
Barzilla Wright of Westmoreland referred to Jacob Chambers as his uncle and
land bought of John Chambers in his will of 1747. John Chambers an extensive
grantee of land (plats).
1755[934] :
Thomas Parker of St Catherine, Susannah Chambers of St Catherine widow, that
the securing of the principal sum of £120 with interest for the same and in
consideration of the sum of 10/- from Susannah Chambers, for land in St John
beside Frances Parker dcd if Thomas Parker pays Susannah Chambers full sum +6%
by 14/6/1757 if not Susannah Chambers takes the property. Mortgage paid off
1796 to execs of Sarah booth re 211F131 Solomon Abrahams to Sarah Booth
1759[935]:
John & Sarah Chambers the elder of Westmoreland sold to John Chambers yr
esq of St Elizabeth Red Ground in Surinam Quarters 16 acres & 384 acres of
land. For 5/- John Chambers yr sold it to Elizabeth Chambers for her life and
then to her son John Chambers.
2nd Deed[936]:
John Chambers yr & John Chambers son of Ephraim Chambers re land patented
to John Chambers yr 300 acres in Essex Valley.
1754:
Chambers, Ephraim, Westmoreland 525P
Chambers, Jacob, Westmoreland 158
Edward Wright From John Chambers 1755 158 206-454 Re Surinam Quarters 9 acres
Both of Westmoreland
1755[937]:
John Chambers jnr of St E esq for 10/- from James Murray physician of St E sold
Mahoganny Castle in Spanish Quarters Wood pat by Samuel Bellfond (Beckford??)
300A, N on Johnathan Gale, W Thomas Mathews & Brodgewood Rudge &
Gardner E on Mrs Gibbons Gale & S on Edward Pratter
Mahogany Castle on Craskel at N17º54 W77º36
AM08/03
BornPR: 18/2/1752, ch 6/3/1752, St Catherine.
Parents: Francis & Ann Mary Wright.
Concubine: Ruth Sinclair, mestize, in Jamaica.
Married, 1st: Mary bef 1772 (from deed references), but no marriage, burial or
issue found. JG 12/10/1782, Kingston died Mrs Mary Wright, wife of Andrew
MarriedPR 2nd: Mary Elizabeth (Pusey) Wint, 28/12/1790, Clarendon, she a widow.
She was buried at the Parish Church of Brompton in the cemetery of this church
6th August 1821 aged 78 years.
DiedVLO: 18/2/1806, Great Tower St, London, 24/2/1806, buried Mitcham,
Surrey, England, "Andrew Wright esq aged 54 years late of the Parish of St
Elizabeth & Mitcham Penn in the Island of Jamaica." (ref PR from VLO)
– this must be the burial record.
Died... On Tuesday the 18th instant (Feb 1806), after a long and painful
illness, in Great Tower-street, Andrew Wright, esq. of St Elizabeth’s, Jamaica.[938]
Will & Inventory held.
Timeline:
1743: Elizabeth Pusey born
1752: born
1761: Leases slaves, via his trustee
1762: leases the Crescent
1772: sale & buy back of the his ½ of Crescent, McCary Bay
1775: sale of his half of the Crescent
1775: sold St Jago property
1776: sold Franklins, Vere
1779: buys 2 pens via mortgages Mitcham
1781: trustee for John Gall Booth.
1782: Mary Wright, wife of Andrew died JG 12/10/1782
1782: sold slaves to Susannah Rose
1785: buys slaves from William Robinson
1785: daughter Sarah born
1786: 300 acres granted – southern half of Silver Grove.
1787: Henry Raines conveyance to buy and sold back land by Silver Grove.
1788: daughter Ann born
1789: 120 acres granted at Silver Grove.
1790: Henry Waite conveyance again.
1790: April Samuel Wint died.
1790: December, married Eizabeth Wint
1790: buys slave from Thomas Hogg
1790: September, daughter Mary born
1791: buys a slave from James Powell
1791: buys a slave from collector of Tax, due arrears
1792: bought 16 slaves from Dep Marshall.
1793: vestryman St Elizabeth[939]
1793: conveyed 120 acres to Ann and Mary
1793: Andrew Wright vestryman, St E.
1799, March: Anrew Wright & Lady March, arrived (back) in Jamaica[940].
1800: sold 66 acres in St John.
1800: Road building to Silver grove.
1801: Andrew buys 96 acres from Goshen pen.
1802: Road building Mitcham to Silver grove.
1804: bought 7 slaves at sale
1804: sold land in St Jago etc re Samuel Wint’s estate.
1806, February: died in London.
Issue of Andrew Wright, reputed daughters by Ruth Sinclair, a free mestice,
children reputed white, St Elizabeth:
1/1. Ann Wright (born 2/1788).
1/2. Rebecca Wright died bef 1830.
No record of her in the St
Elizabeth PR, but mentioned in Ruth's and Andrew's wills.
Prob born after 1793, not in deed of 1793 418/111.
Married: George Roberts, 2/11/1816, St John's,
Hackney.
George Roberts was a co-owner (with Francis Maitland) of slaves and eventual
proprietor of Silver Grove pen: presumably through inheritance by Rebecca.
Silver Grove visited by AM 4/2002.
A brief study of the Roberts/Angell family is in a later section.
Issue:
2/1. Edward Maitland Roberts, b Giddy Hall, 15/8/1817,
D Silvergrove 12/4/1888.
2/2. William Allen Roberts, born England, 23/11/1818.
2/3. Rebecca Roberts, born England, 13/7/1820.
2/4. Georgeanna Roberts, born Silvergrove, 8/4/1822.
2/5. George Roberts, b abt 1824-5
George married, 2nd, Ruth Angell
at "Lookout", Balaclava, Manchester, 27/1/1830 and died between 1840
& 1845 (ref Almanac), leaving issue. Lookout was the Angell family
property.
PR: GR of Manchester, Gent, & RA of St Elizabeth, spinster, person of
colour by licence.
PR: Also found marriage of Benjamin Angell & Sarah Reed of Manch,
18/12/1833
1/3. Mary Wright b 9/1790, ch 22/12/1792PR.
Mentioned in Ruth's will of 1799,
but not in Andrew's of 1806: probably died in this period.
1/4. Sarah Wright, b. 22/9/1785, ch 22/12/1785 probably died
soon afterPR.
Of Andrew W by a negro:
RUTH SINCLAIR -
1764
AM08/04
St Elizabeth PR a free "mestize" in children's record:
Born: abt 1764, ch April 1768 age abt 4 yrs.
Parent: Dau of Judith Burton (Mulatto?) in PR.
Summary
Ruth Sinclair was the mother of Ann Wright, by Andrew
Wright. The parish record shows her being born about 1764 the daughter of
Judith Burton; her father was not given, but John Hayle Sinclair mentions her
in his will. The Parish Record describes her as a "free mestize"
(octoroon) at daughter Ann’s baptism. She died about 1799, her will being
proved in July of that year. No record of her death has been found (3/2008) –
she may well have died as a result of her daughter Ruth Read’s birth in 1798.
She had three daughters by Andrew Wright (Ann, Mary & Rebecca and Mary)
dying between 1799 and 1806). Her will implies that she had two further daughters
by John Read, who was mentioned in her will.
Her father was the son of a 1st generation planter from Caithness. Her
grandfather had siblings still in Scotland when he died about 1740.
Of Ruth Sinclair, by John Read:
1/1. Isabella Read, daughter, from will.
ch 5/11/1829, Woodlands,
Manchester of Robert Crawford and Isabella Read, not married.
Mary Crawford, born 12 June 1826,
Margaret Crawford, b 10/8/1827
Adam Crawford, b 27/7/1829
1/2. Ruth Read rep dau of John Read by Ruth Sinclair, a free
quadroon,
bap 27/11/1800, St Elizabeth,
born 1798.
Prob re baptised Vere 26/9/1815 as Ruthy Sinclair Read, previously baptised St
Elizbeth about 1802.
Isabella likewise.
1782[941]:
Judith Burton for 5/- & natural love and affection sells to dau Ruth Sinclair
1 slave both of St Elizabeth. Mark of Judith Burton.
1798[942].
Ruth Sinclair free mustee of Vere sold Thomas Read, Brown man of colour of
Vere. 1 sambo boy child for J£30
Will 1798/99[943]:
(no inventory found).
Ruth Sinclair of... Vere,... spinster... poor in health and weak in body... To
my well beloved daughter Ann Wright, Mary Wright and Rebecca Wright....3
negroes (named)
To my beloved daughter Isabella Read who I make and nominate as my heir of this
my last will and testament... slaves...To my well beloved daughter Ruth
Read....To my well beloved friend John Read of.... Vere......my dearly beloved
brother Alexander Sinclair of St. Elizabeth and Thomas Read of Vere appoint as
executors... My wench Camilla and Camilla is to serve Isabella Read till she
is 15 years....
From the way in which the will is phrased, it is probable that Ruth had
children by John Read after those by Andrew Wright, who had married Elizabeth
Pusey in 1790.
Andrew Wright General:
Gov encouragement for coffee growing 1773 – Creole soc 1770-1820.
1793, a vestryman for St Elizabeth.
Andrew Wright, the father of Ann Wright, was a white
Jamaican born in St Catherine in 1752, son of Francis & Ann Mary (Booth)
Wright and died in Mitcham, Surrey, England 24 February 1806. Both his parents
having died by 1758, he became the ward of John Anderson the younger of St
Elizabeth who was of a family of substantial planters in the South and South
West of Jamaica, connected with other branches of this family. Andrew’s legacy
from his father and step mother must have been large; it probably included some
700 acres of land in Clarendon/St Thomas and 25 slaves, in addition to a small
amount in Vere.
His first documentary appearance was in 1761[944] when as a minor, he and
his guardian, John Anderson, both of St Elizabeth, leased 6 negroes for £35 pa
to Edward Aldred of St Catherine, a practitioner in physic. Soon after that, he
leased out The Crescent, in St John: these would have been part of his
inheritance from his father.
His early life would probably have been in St Elizabeth on John Anderson’s
land either at Retreive or near Alligator Pond. Later, about 1772, perhaps when
he married Mary, he moved to St Catherine, probably to his Crescent estate:
this was not the best sugar land, with some bottom ground by the Rio Cobre, but
probably some mountain land on the west side of the narrow river valley south
of the Flat Bridge. He moved to Vere early in 1776, when he probably still have
owned some lands at McCary Bay. He evidently had some spare cash in the mid
1770’s as he loaned Henry Lord about £1450 (£1175 from 350 acres of the
Crescent), the bonds of which he used to buy what became Mitcham in 1779, when he
was still in Vere, but must have moved to St Elizabeth then. Before modern
banking produced bank notes and credit institutions did not exist, the use of
bonds (loan notes) in place of currency was commonplace.
The inscription on his tomb says that he named Mitcham (Pen) after the town
in Surrey where he was buried, a town for which he had great partiality. This
implies that he must have known Mitcham and therefore have visited it – the
first reference to the property name was in 1793, so he must have been to
England before that date. The fact that he was buried there would indicate that
he had property there, although he actually died in Great Tower St, London, the
abode in his will. He probably went to England in about 1798 with his then
wife: this is probably them arriving back in Jamaica:- 1799[945]: Landed in Jamaica in
March 1799, Andrew Wright esq and lady (a Mrs F Facey was also in the list).
After moving to St Elizabeth, he must become a man of some note in the
area, and appeared in the press and many deeds of his activities survive. He
had a mix of livestock farm (a pen), and coffee and cotton estates.
Three early deeds (one in 1775 describes him as a millwright of Vere, but
it probably was him) refer to his wife Mary, so it is certain that Andrew was
married to Mary as his first wife, probably about 1772. No trace has been found
of this marriage but the Kingston records show a son Francis being born in
1782; while there is no record in the deeds of him being in Kingston, the
coincidence of the son being Francis is compelling. Mary evidently died at or
just after giving birth to Francis:
Francis Wright was baptised Kingston of Andrew & Mary B 1st Oct,
ch 9/10/1782PR. Mary Wright, wife of Andrew, was buried Kingston
9/10/1782PR.
A Francis Wright buried Kingston 9/12/1783 – no further information.
He had a mestice (octoroon) concubine, Ruth Sinclair, by whom he had 4
daughters, only 2 of whom seemed to have survived to adulthood, born between
1785-90. In 1790 he married Elizabeth Mary Pusey, born about 1753 and daughter
of Benjamin Pusey of Cherry Hill and Cherry Garden Estate in the Parish of St
Dorothy, Jamaica and widow of Samuel Wint, of Spanish Town, Jamaica: both the
Wint and Pusey families where prominent in 18thC Jamaica. She was buried at Brompton Church, London, 6/8/1831 (there is a tablet in Nave) aged 78. She had a son John Pusey
Wint, by her first husband, a legatee of Andrew’s will, but probably none by
Andrew. There is a record[946]
of Andrew in 1804 as a party to transactions over Samuel Wint’s estate and his
debts. See later in this paper for a section on the Pusey’s & Wints.
Andrew, in the course of his life, disposed of most, if not all, of the
land left by his father and built up a large holding of land in St Elizabeth
and western Vere (now Manchester), in excess of 1500 acres, a mix of pens,
coffee and cotton estates which are named in his will and inventory and the
crop return made in the year after his death. Of these, Mitcham pen, about 700
acres and Single Rock, about 200 acres, are mentioned in his will, Silver
Grove, a coffee estate of about 600 acres at the time and Ramsgate, a 300 acre
cotton plantation appear in his inventory and later documents. There was
another property, Cedar Mount, mentioned as a plantation so probably coffee, in
the crop returns in the year after his death, but nothing further of this is
known. An undated estate map has an Andrew Wright with 225 acres at
Mahogany grove in St Elizabeth, north of Junction.
Coffee was an important crop for Andrew, in the decade from 1790-1800,
Jamaican production rose by a factor of 5, and a further 3 time between 1800
and 1806. This must explain his investment in Silver Grove and probably Cedar
Grove. St Elizabeth and Westmoreland became one of the major coffee growing
areas. The increase was due in part to the slave revolution in St Domingue which
resulted in the destruction of the coffee plantations there. See The Jamaica
General volume for some notes on Coffee production.
Cotton was sometimes a valuable crop, but was subject to insect predations
and unreliablility of the weather. According to Long, an acre can produce about
250 lbs of wool: in the 20 years from 1785, the price varied between about 20d
to 40d per pound, landed in Liverpool (about £2000 per acre 2017).
Mitcham and Silver Grove were contiguous and repectively, at the foot of and
the crest of the Don Figuerero Mountains west of Mandeville (Plate 10); they were
operated as a single unit for some years.
In later life, Mitcham pen was his main residence: from the inscription on
his tomb at Miitcham, Surrey, England, he named it after the town in Surrey
because of his affection for that town[947].
Single Rock and Ramsgate were on or near the coast between Alligator Pond
and the Milk River and were close to each other. The properties are described
on more detail later.
In 1793, he appeared in print in three times, as a vestreyman for St
Elizabeth, as the owner of a horse racing (he lost!) at Lacovia[948], and as the owner of a
slave who "ran" from Mitcham (marked AW) - history does not relate
any subsequent recapture[949].
He also had a 2nd in a horse race in 1796[950], with 2 2nds.
1801-2: Andrew Wright and others were petitioning for money from the House
of Assembly for the repair of roads, one from Mitcham to Wilderness, which passed through Silver Grove; this still appears as a
track on the map & Google Earth. The other was from Cocoa Walk, now in
Manchester, to Calabash Bay, of which there is now no trace, but would have
been to his Silver Grove and Ramsgate farms; there is a road marked on Liddell
and Robertson which also shows on the 1789 patent. One of the petitions refers
to the group of planters as “sundry coffee-settlers”, more detailed notes are
in the Jamaica General volume.
There was a deed with him as the principal on behalf of his949 wife in 1804 relating to debts by Mary’s 1st
husband, Samuel Wint.
He came to England, (probably after November 1804, as he appeared to be in
Jamaica when Rebecca Wright's will was drafted) with his daughters by Ruth: Elizabeth,
his wife was probably still in Jamaica at the time of his will as he left her
£300 if she came to England. He died in London, but was entombed in Mitcham.
Langford Oliver[951]
describes his tomb: "He has a high stone tomb, formerly enclosed with iron
railings to the east of the church and on the top there is the inscription:
"Here lies interred the body of Andrew Wright esq formerly of this Parish
and late of the Parish of St Elizabeth and of Mitcham Pen, in the Island of
Jamaica, who departed this life on the 18th February 1806, aged 54 years. For
his great partiality to this place (ed: Mitcham Surrey) he named his Pen in
Jamaica Mitcham".
The iron railings were removed from his tomb in 1883 by order of the Mitcham
Burial Board.
His inventory[952]
showed him with substantial personal estate of £21557 (about £9MW,
£1.7MP sterling in 2023), about £13700 of which was the value of his
slaves and £5700 livestock (77 cattle and 137 horses and mules). It details, in
addition to the effects under his own name, household effects at Silver Grove
and Ramsgate and the overseer’s house, presumably at Mitcham.
In his will of January 1806[953],
He left Single Rock, some named slaves (also specified in his inventory) and
£5000 to John Pusey Wint, his stepson. Most of the remainder he left to his
daughters Ann and Rebecca, stipulating that they would forfeit their
inheritance if they returned to Jamaica unmarried: this perhaps explains
Francis & Ann's marriage in London soon after his death (although at that
time, coloureds and whites were not permitted to marry in Jamaica), and Rebecca
and George Roberts marriage somewhat later! It must have taken some time to
sort his estate as slaves belonging to his estate were baptized in 1814 at
Giddy Hall.
He also refers to a relation and cousin Andrew Wright Booth of Vere (not
yet 21 in 1804) in his will. An Andrew Wright Booth was ch 25/11/1813, son of
the late Andrew Wright Booth. The "late Andrew Wright Booth" was probably
the one referred to in the will and is likely to be an unrecorded son of John
Gall and Rachel Judith (Wright) Booth, who were breeding between in Vere about
1773 and 1796. See under Francis Wright above.
Andrew’s will of 1806[954]
fills 13 pages in the register, probably the lawyer on piecework! A full copy
is in the wills volume.
His estate took time to finalise: slaves baptised 1815 at Giddy Hall were
described as belonging to the estate of Andrew Wright.
He is described as Andrew Wright “of the Parish of Saint Elizabeth in the
County of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica Esquire but now residing in Great
Tower Street in London”
Bequests:
Trustees and Executors:
"my friends John Chambers of Saint Elizabeth, esquire, Jeremiah Snow of
Broad St, Ratcliffe Highway, Middlesex, hatter, John Pusey Wint and James Cross
of Southwark, Surrey, Gentleman, They were also guardians of Ann & Rebecca
until 21 or marriage.
of .. my pen and plantation in Saint Elizabeth called Mitcham with the slaves,
cattle, plantations, utensils and effects .. and all other my lands, tenements,
slaves and real estate in Jamaica or elsewhere ..and ...to "cultivate
manage and improve the (pen & plantation) to the best advantage and consign
the produce thereof from time to time to Great Britain to be sold" and ..
use the income towards the £5000 and mortgage payments and repairs and other
outgoings for the estate.
To son in law John Pusey Wint: about 30 slaves, Single Rock Estate, near Calabash Bay, Vere (about 200 acres), and 5 £1000 annual payments from Mitcham pen.
to "relation and cossin" Andrew Wright Booth of the parish of Vere
£1000 when 21 years old.
to pay an annuity of £300 sterling "to my dear wife Elizabeth Mary
Wright" for life (if she makes further claims, she may forfeit the whole),
with a further £300 single payment if she moves from Jamaica to GB.
£100 to each Trustee.
to pay .. for the education and benefit of my reputed daughters Ann Wright and
Rebecca Wright born of Ruth Sinclair, until aged 21 or married, whichever is
the sooner.
..the residue of the income shall, until the last daughter is 21 or married, be
added to .. the residue of my personal estate
The residual estate left to Ann and Rebecca Wright and their issue, failing
that to John Pusey Wint and Andrew Wright Booth. If either Ann or Rebecca
returned to Jamaica unmarried, their share would pass on "were she
virtually dead without issue of her body"
"And I direct my said executors to devise to Ann and Rebecca Wright
respectively as soon as conveniently after my decease copies of this my last
will and testament to the intent that they may be fully acquainted with the
contents thereof and particularly the clause prohibiting their return to
Jamaica under the circumstances aforesaid"
Note: JPW the son of Samuel & Elizabeth Wint – this legacy probably
reflected his wife, Elizabeth’s, inheritance from Samuel Wint.
Lands:
Andrew’s father, Francis Wright left ½ his estate to his wife, Susanna for
life and on her death to Andrew, the rest to Andrew. She died soon after
Francis so Andrew Wright inherited all as a young boy. Later, in 1772[955], in order to “dock and
bar” any entails on some of the inherited lands, Andrew and his wife, Mary,
then of St Catherine, sold the affected lands to one James McDuff, a gentleman of
St Elizabeth, in trust to sold them back the next day. It seems to be the half
which was left to Susanna and consisted of:
Foot land in St Jago
and also ½ of 700 acres in St Catherine formerly property of Thomas Harper
known as the Crescent.
And also ¼ part of land in St Catherine lately in possession of Mrs Booth on
Peter Gravett Booth 135’ & ½ on the path to the river etc
And also in Vere at McCary Bay 26½ acres part of a run by patented by Wallascott
& Cobb. Fuller copy in Wills volume.
Was this part of the same land as appears being granted to Wallascott in 1672
and part sold to George Booth jnr in 1687[956]?
(James Mcduff appears in a Burton/Anderson deed plat with land at Alligator
Pond).
1. St Catherine/St Thomas/St John
½ of 750 acres bought by his
father from Thomas Harper in 1754: Plate 05
1762[957]:
the Crescent leased by Andrew’s guardian, John Anderson to Thomas Fearon, with
31 slaves for 10 years at £130/4/7½d pa.
1775, January[958].
Andrew Wright of St Catherine & Mary wife gent James McDuff Gent of St
Elizabeth. Whereas Francis Wright late of St Catherine father of Andrew Wright
½ to Susanna etc Andrew Wright has whole. And whereas Andrew Wright in order to
dock barr and destroy all estates tail and remainders over of in and to all
estates etc of Francis Wright and devised to Andrew Wright, Andrew Wright has
agreed to convey all to James McDuff. The indenture sold foot land in St Jago
for 10/-to James McDuff and also ½ of 700 acres in St C formerly prop of Thomas
Harper known as the Crescent N on Rio Cobre S on land formerly of Beaumont
Pestell W also on BP and Gibralter EN & ES on Peter Beckford dcd. And also
¼ part of land in St Catherine lately in possession of Mrs Booth on Peter Gravett
Booth 135’ & ½ on the path to the river etc. And also in Vere at McCary Bay
26 acres & ½ part of a run by pat Wallascott & Cobb. In Trust to sell
back tomorrow. Which is done. Photos 6/2/18. The first deed was between Andrew
& Mary, the 2nd to Andrew only.
1775, February[959]:
Andrew Wright & Mary of St Catherine, gent for £1175 (£410KW, 125KP) sold
to Abraham Corea merchant of St Catherine foot land in St Jago & 7 slaves and
350a being ½ of 700 acres formerly the property of Thomas Harper in St Catherine
known as the Crescent N on Rio Cobre S on formerly Beaumont Pestell W on
Beaumont Pestell & Gibraltar S & E on Peter Beckford dcd. For ever
outright sale.
This land does not appear in his will, and although no evidence has appeared,
he must have sold the remaining 350 acres at some stage.
1800[960]: Andrew Wright sold to
William Bierback for £200 66 acres of a parcel Mountain Polink formerly
property of Henry Booth dcd in St John: this must have been inherited from his
grandfather, Henry via his mother. Henry’s father Thomas had some land in St
John, it might have been part of this.
2. St Jago/Spanish Town
A small property in St Jago,
occupied by Mrs Booth and adjoined Peter Gravette Booth, Andrew’s uncle,
probably from Francis Wright, via Andrew’s mother Ann Marie Booth. It was
included in the entail breaking document, and was then sold.
1775[961]:
Andrew Wright and wife Mary gent of St Catherine for £26 from Frances Bendicks
free mulatto woman of St Catherine plot of land in St Jago 3 roods divided in
1757 Booth v. Booth
WSW Peter Gravett Booth N path to river, ENE John Edwards & Thomas Booth
SSE Road to River.
3. McCary Bay land
The 1772 transactions between
James McDuff and Andrew also included lands at McCary Bay: 26½ acres of a run
patented by Wallascott & Cobb.
A Wallascott/Cobb patent of October 1672 (then Clarendon, but later described
as Vere when George Booth jnr (GB2) bought the majority of the grant[962] in 1687). Wallascott was shown
on Sloane near the coast, east of the Rio Minho estuary.
A deed in 1775[963]
in which (an) Andrew & Mary Wright of Vere, millwright, sold to
Henry Beal 27½ acres of land in part of 100 acres in Kemps Savanna sold by Jane
Booth (1707[964])
to Joseph Dunston.
This was possibly another Andrew & Mary Wright: in all other places he is a
gentleman, not a millwright.
4. Franklins:
In 1776[965], Andrew Wright & Mary
were “seized & possessed .. in fee simple of land in Vere know as Wrights
containing 33 acres”.
Land bought by his great uncle, Andrew, from Richard Franklin and left to Francis
Wright after Andrew snr’s wife, Mary died, and then to Andrew, who sold to to
Henry Parker for £2000. (See Plate 07)
Note the gully on the plat is called Thomas Betts Gully.
Henry Parker was owner of Chesterfield, Brazilatto & Hillside, grouped
together, east of the Alley.
The plat has a note: ...land now known as Wrights and did formerly belong
to Mrs Hannah Francklin, Thos & John Francklin and was surveyed at their
joint request the 30th January 1720/1. The former possession by “Mrs
Mary Wright, dcd” refers to this Andrew’s Gt Uncle Andrew’s widow.
Craskell has Wrights shown in the position, and plat placed on Maitland-Wright
on the road east from the church to Chesterfield.
5. St Elizabeth & Western Vere Lands
These are the properties he acquired in his lifetime, in St Elizabeth and the
part of Vere that became part of Manchester in 1813.
In his will and the subsequent inventory and crop returns, he had 5 named
properties:
Mitcham Pen, (will, inventory, crop return), including an overseer’s house.
Silver Grove (plantation?) – Coffee (Inventory only & 1807 crop)
Ramsgate plantation – cotton, (inventory only)
Single Rock Estate (will)
Cedar Mount (plantation?) – Coffee (Inventory only)
The only Cedar Mount found is in St John/St Catherine, belonged to the Jackson
family, but further west than The Crescent. This was owned by William Jackson
at Emancipation.
Mitcham Pen:
Mitcham Pen (Plate 10)
was (and the area still is) a stock farm of about 700 acres at first and later
807 acres, most of which was at about 300 ft amsl, it bounds to the east on Silver
Grove and Mount Alta (Richard Crutcher), about along the 500 ft contour. It is
shown several estate plans: Manchester 209 shows the layout of the component
parts of the original 700 acres and Silver Grove and predates the 1804 purchase
of 96 acres from Goshen. St Elizabeth 169 shows the pen with enclosure detail in
its 807 acre form. (335 not yet seen). As seen in 1998, it looked to be good
pasture land, with a dramatic ridge to the east up to Silver Grove. By then,
the house had been demolished, leaving only the floor pan. It seems to have
been a modest house, about 60’x30’, with a separate kitchen, although an aerial
survey print looks as though there was more to the house than appears from the
floor pan.
An estate map (Plate
11 – 2 images)[966]
from early 19thC shows Mitcham as 807 acres (as in the Almanac of 1840),
bounded by Goshen to the south, Mount Alta to the East, with Silver Grove on
the northern end of the eastern boundary, Cabbage Valley to the north and Peru
Pen to the west. The lane to the house can still be seen on the 1952 air photo.
At that time, dwellings roughly where the the negro houses were located could
still be seen. The map shows it as being a well organised pen with a number of
enclosures, and grass, wood and morass. The estate map fits some of the
current features seen on satellite images.
I visited the site in 1998: see Plate 12
He acquired Mitcham, then referred to as Castle Hill and Peru plantations
(or part of), in 1779 by way of mortgage[967] on 3 bonds he held on
Henry Lord and one on Archibald Simpson, from John Heath and John Pierce for
£1200J. The deed of this purchase was the 2nd of two, but the first
one was not found, it did not seem to have been recorded. The first deed
conveyed the property to Andrew and the 2nd then conveyed it back to
them as security on the bonds that Andrew held which he used for the purchase.
It bounded Westerly on land patented by William Perkins Easterly on John
McCorqudale southerly on Goshen Penn and northward on unsurveyed mountains.
Peru is on later maps to the south west of Mitcham great house position, and
was later still in the possesstion of John Heath; Andrew probably only bought part
of the Peru land, and, when amalgamated with the land called Castle Hill he
called Mitcham, as inscribed on his tomb.
Later, in 1804[968],
Andrew bought 96 acres from Francis Smyth of Goshen Pen on his southern
boundary for £J288. In effect, this straightened Mitcham’s southern boundary (Plate 13). On Map Manchester
209, the SW boundary of George Ogilvy fits onto Goshen (as copied from Jamaica
Surveyed). The 700 acres was Mitcham, comprised of 300 acres of Thomas Powell,
100 acres of William Blake and 300 acres of George Ogilvy.
An abreviated version of the transaction to buy the Peru and Castle Hill
lands is an interesting example of the labarynthine way these deals were done
in the late 18thC:
1779[969]:
Andrew Wright, planter of Vere, bought from John Heath and John Pierce both of
St Elizabeth planters, two pens on the 20th April for J£1200. This
was financed by assigning several bonds owed to Andrew (subject to penal sums
double the conditioned sum, with interest due at the end of the period):
from Henry Lord of Vere esq 3 bonds:
two dated the 20th February 1776,
one for £142/11/2d due 20 February 1780
and one for £142/11/2d due 20 February 1781.
and one dated 21 February 1776 for £1188 due on 20th February 1781
and one from Archibald Simpson of Vere esq dated 20 June 1775 for £31 due on
the 12th June 1780.
As the bond interest was not due until maturity, Andrew Wright gives Heath
& Pierce a bond for £153/9/5d due 20th February 1781 to cover
the interest.
Total owed to Andrew Wright = 1504/2/4d
As Security of the payment of the 4 bonds, Andrew Wright conveyed the 2 pens
back to JH until 21st April 1786. The indenture noted as cleared 26th
February 1790.
...called Castle Hill and Peru containing together ... 700 acres... bounding
Westerly on land patented by William Perkins Easterly on John McCorqudale
southerly on Goshen Penn and northward on unsurveyed mountains as by the plat
or scheme thereof hereunto annexed and particularly mentioned and described
together with all messuages ... and also (9) negro slaves named.
The only Castle Hill in the Gazetteer was on Lidell 1888 NNE of Lacovia.
Jamaica Gazette 24 October 1818:
In St. Elizabeth’s:- At Mexico estate, on the 11th inst Mr. Edward Martin,
overseer on that property.. —
“ At Mitcham pen, on the 13th, at the early age of 30 years, Mr. John
Cotter, Overseer and Attorney of that property, and of Silver-Grove, in the
parish of Manchester. The loss to a society of this young man is irreparable:
In early youth he had the misfortune to lose by a cannon-shot both his hands
and an arm, notwithstanding which few young men; possessed more bodily powers.
His undeviating integrity and perseverance had entitled him to the full confidence
of his employers, and he was in a fair way to wealth, when the insatiate archer
Death deprived a worthy and unfortunate mother of her only solace, and the
community of a most valuable member.
—At Woodside, on the 26th, justly and universally regretted,
Alex. Girdwood, Esq. aged 50, and many years a merchant in extensive business
at, Black-River. He had been upwards of 27 years in this Island, during which,
having experienced a number of vicissitudes in his multifarious mercantile
concerns, that fortitude so justly esteemed by mankind shone most conspicuous
in him. A friend to the friendless, a father to the Orphan - none Went from him
unrelieved by such means as lay in his power. As a sociable and intelligent
companion, few equalled and none could exceed him. His last moments were those
of one depending on his God and the integrity of his actions.”
The Almanac entries for the slaves and stock are for Andrew Wright’s estate
for 1810 & 1811 and show about 116 slaves and 170 stock, with a similar
figure for 1817 – these probably include Silver Grove (shown separately from
1819 as about 80 slaves). From 1819 to 1830, the slaves remain at about 40,
with the stock rising from 180 to 247. In the 1803’s there is a rise to 50 or
60 slaves and over 300 stock.
The Crop returns show Mitcham as a stock farm, and the times when it
included Silver Grove can be seen from coffee being included. The sales are
variable between years and more research is needed here.
1797: the first under the name of Mitcham, the product was £957, most of which
was for horses and mules, and also some household furniture.
1805: the product was £2045, almost entirely livestock, mainly horses.
1806: Mitcham Penn, Sliver Grove and Cedar Mount Plantation and Ramsgate Cotton
Plantation in the parish of St Elizabeth ... Late the property of Andrew Wright
esq dcd from the day of May 1806 when the came into the possession of John Chambers
his exec to the 31st Dec: £644 for the part year and shipped, but not costed 66
tierces of coffee (over 33 cwt, 3700 lbs, value about £1500) and 21 bales of
cotton (about 5500 lbs, value about £400). Crop returns often have large amounts
of produce shipped to English merchants with no value given, presumably
awaiting settlement.
1807: the prodution was low, only £464, just a few horses. It appears that
Mitcham was then under the control of JP Wint.
1809: probably combined with Silver Grove, the total was £2700, of which £1250
was coffee (23000lbs).
1810: again probably with Silver Grove, total £2000, with 40 tierces of coffee,
roughly £1000.
This is the last I have on record so far
The return of slaves for some years between 1817 and 1832 show the ebb and flow
of the slaves owned by various properties.
A baptism of 7 slaves belonging to JP Wint at Mitcham 6 July 1809: he must
have been resident there then.
Silver Grove
The first 300 acres of Silver Grove estate were granted to Andrew Wright
in 1786[970],
and bounded west on his own land. Estate Map 209 shows Silver Grove as 604
acres in 2 parts: the 1786 grant and a further 270 acres to the north, surveyed
in 1818. They bound to the East and north on John Pusey Wint’s 300 acres of 300
acres, called Galway. It is not known yet where the 270 acres came from: if it
was surveyed in 1818, it may have been granted to Francis M or George Roberts
(the resurvey was probably after George Roberts married Rebeccca Wright).
Whilst Andrew did not specifically mention Silver Grove in his will, it appears
in his inventory so he certainly owned that property, but maybe not the whole
area, only the orginal 300 acres grant. In any case, he went into coffee at a
good time, when demand was rising rapidly.
The estate is on the top of the Don Figuerero Mountains west of Mandeville
and runs down the western escarpment to the Mitcham boundary. Being between
2500 and 2750 ft amsl, it is cooler than the low ground, but with less free
water. There is still a house there which is probably from the Roberts era. It
still has the large water tank common in the upland areas for rain water.
Silver Grove does not appear in the Almanacs until 1819, when it was
operated by Maitland & Roberts until 1827 after which it became solely George
Roberts. No stock numbers were given and the slave numbers remained steady at
about 80-90 until 1831 when the number of slaves jumped to 180. In July 1828,
George Roberts bought 300 acres in Trelawney, just over the border from St
Elizabeth: the increase in slaves was probably this event. The fact that no
stock numbers were given indicates that most of the ground was under coffee:
for much of the time, the stock probably came under Mitcham. In the early days,
it seems to have been administered by John Pusey Wint, whose 1800 grant
adjoined it to the east.
Silver Grove had grown to 1200 acres in 1839 and reached 1400 acres in 1844:
it was probably Silver Grove (604a), JP Wint (300 acres, Galway) & Hewitt
(300a, Wilderness).
The Crop returns were intermittent, sometimes combined with Mitcham,
Edwards in 1793 gives a figure of 1 slave per 1.5 acres and producing
747lbs coffee per acre per annum. This points to Silver Grove having about 120
acres under coffee in the 1820’s. The production would, if all the slaves were
on coffee, have been in the order of 90,000 lbs, or 150 tierces. In 1806, the
production was 66 tierces (assuming that all the coffee in the returns was
grown at Silver Grove), 44,350 lbs, while in 1807, it was about 30,000 lbs and
a similar figure in 1810. This indicates that about half the slaves were
employed on coffee production.
Coffee prices increased rapidly in the late 18thC to a peak in the early
1800’s, before falling and by the 1850’s most Jamaican coffess production had
disappeared in the face of South American competition.
An analysis in the Jamaica General Volume on coffee gives a profit in 1793
of around £2650 (300KP/800KW) from a mature 300 acre
estate. In the next 10 years, prices rose by about 1/3, and costs probably did
not change much.
I visited Sliver Grove in 2002 and there was a small house there, probably
the original great house. There was a burial ground with some late 19thC tombs.
Plate 19
Slave Compensation Awards for Mitcham and Silver Grove:
See below for the combined Mitcham and Silver Grove awards
This award has a very similar price per head to that paid out at Giddy Hall,
see my comments under Francis Maitland’s section.
Details are given in the Jamaica General Volume under the property names.
George Robert himself:
Jamaica Manchester 227: 1 slave £26 12S 2D, George Roberts Awardee
Jamaica Manchester 226: 2 slaves £39 8S 5D, George Roberts Awardee
Jamaica Manchester 225: 2 slaves £39 8S 5D, George Roberts
Awardee
Andrew Wright left his residuary estate to his
daughters, Ann & Rebecca with an annuity to his wife Elizabeth and a sum of
£5000 to his step son, John Pusey Wint. From various documents, it seems that
Elizabeth’s annuity was not fully paid during her life and maybe that her son,
John Wint’s legacy was not have been fully paid, or that he was owed for
management expenses[971].
Various parties made claims on the slave compensation awards. Additonally, a
London merchant, William Morrice made claims on all three pens, Giddy Hall,
Mitcham and Silver Grove for debts due to the management and cultivation of
them.
When the dust settled, Morrice was paid off by half of Giddy Hall’s award (St
Elizabeth 602, of total £1653/10/2d, £781/12/3d to Morrice and £781/17/11d to
Salmon as trustee). Morrice’s claim was probably for goods and services
supplied when the family was not at Giddy Hall.
Mitcham and Silver Grove seem to have been combined with £1222/7/0d for
Mitcham, (Manchester 764) and £1271/5/11d for Silver Grove (Manchester 224). Of
the combined total, £792/9/11d was paid to John Wint, and the residue of
Mitcham to Green (for Elizabeth’s arrears) and Salmon & Roberts (as
executors of Ann); the split on Silver Grove was similar except that Roberts
was a guardian and the 4 Roberts children were named. It is not immediately
evident how the split between the various parties other than Wint was made.
From all this, it is clear that the Maitland/Sherman families retained
ownership of Mitcham, and the Roberts Silver Grove.
Callabash Bay Mountains.
There were several plots relating to Andrew Weight in the Callabash Bay
mountains, Silver Grove, Ramsgate and a 120 acre 1789 grant, and an unknown
coffee property, Cedar Mount.
Plate 14 – about 5
mile east of Alligator Pond.
Single Rock.
In his will, Andrew left Single Rock of about 200 acres near Callabash Bay to
his step son, John Pusey Wint. Robertson’s map of 1804 shows “A.Wright” in this
position. The Cadastral map of Southern Manchester of 1885 shows a small plot
of about 25 acres on the coast (in purple on Plate 14 above) to T.P. Wint (an
error for J.P. almost certainly), which was probably the rump of the 200 acres,
retained by John Pusey Wint, father or son, who died 1876 and 1883 respectively.
At some stage between 1806 and 1824, John Wint must have sold Single Rock to
the Peart family, maybe as he prepared to move to London.
Single Rock offered for sale[972]
“Spice Grove, Manchester Sept 6 1824”
“For Sale, Two hundred acres of land, called Single Rock, about one mile to
windwards of Calabash bay, on which there is a most eligible shipping place,
equal to any on the South side: by running out a Wharf out about thirty feet
there is a depth of seven feet of water. It abounds with plenty of water for
stock: the road is easy of access.
Should it not be disposed of before the 1st December, the subscriber
will meet the wishes of several planters, who have applied to him to make it a
Public Wharf. There is plenty of Land, well situated for Stores, Coopers sheds
&c and every accomodation will be given.
Also
Twenty four acres of land situate in the centre of Pepper Pen, in St
Elizabeth’s on which there is a substantial Building, two stories, capable at a
small expense of being made a comfortable Dwelling House; A fine spring of
water, never known to fail, runs through the land. It is nearly fenced and
partly subdivided.
For particulars, apply to Edward Peart.
Close examination of Google Earth of the coast here shows what could be the
remains of 2 stone jetties.
It would appear that the sale did not go ahead as the property reappears in
1845, grouped with Oatlands in Manchester, property of G. Peart. Spice Grove is
about 3½ south of Silver Grove, on the top of the hills.
Ramsgate
His inventory refers to another property, a cotton estate called Ramsgate,
identified as being close to Single Rock by a deed in 1824. From the later 1824
description, it was west of Wint’s Single Rock, but does not appear on the 1885
map. An approximate position is on Plate 14, with the east and west borders,
but otherwise a scaled rectangle of 300 acres. There is no record of how it
came into Andrew’s orbit, but perhaps it was a Wint or Pusey property.
Ramsgate was not mentioned in Andrew’s will, but appears his inventory and
in the combined crop return for the part year after his death (May to December
1806[973])
as a cotton estate; it then appears much later when Francis Maitland sold it to
his step mother-in-law, Elizabeth Mary Wright as 300 acres by Callabash Bay.
Long says that cotton is best grown by the sea, and Ramsgate fulfils this being
on the coast east of Alligator Pond. The land there consists of a relatively
narrow coastal strip with the ground then rising into dry scrubby hill land up
to about 750 ft amsl. We have no drawings of Ramsgate, so any layout is very
speculative, but of the 300 acres, maybe 100 was cultivable; allowing for the
road and buildings etcetera, it probably could grow perhaps 50 acres of cotton.
Ramsgate was a cotton plantation in crop return for May to December 1806,
when the production was about 6000 lbs; this might only be 1 out of 2 crops for
that year. Long writing in 1774, suggesting 300lbs of cotton per acre, and 2
acres per negro, which would tie in with 40-50 acres of cotton. There were also
27 goats and 23 sheep in his inventory and the furniture of a modest house.
6000 lbs of cotton in 1806 was worth about £500 then, £45000PI,
£100,000WI.
In 1824[974],
Francis and Ann Maitland and George & Rebecca Roberts sold to Elizabeth Mary
Wright “formerly of St Elizabeth but now of Great Britain, a widow, for £J1500
land in Calabash bay, Manchester called Ramsgate 300A N on John Reid W on Wards
Bay S on the sea and E on John Pusey Wint for ever”.
Driving along the road in 2018, there is no sign of anything other than a
few goats grazing by the road: it looks rather uninviting agriculturally!
1789 Land Grant
In 1789[975],
he was granted 120 acres at Calabash Bay mountains in Vere in or near the
Spotts Savanna; the only neighbours shown are Rankins to the west and J Read to
the East, who is showns on Robertson in the position of Spotts Savannah on
Liddell 1888, to the west of Canoe Valley. The southern boundary s on the
patent on the road through the Spots Savanna, which does not now exist. In
modern times, this is a dry sparsely populated area, and not very productive;
it would have been a stock pen. In 1793[976],
he conveyed this 120 acres to his “natural daughters” Ann and Mary by Ruth
Sinclair, perhaps to give them some security when he married Elizabeth Wint.
The plat with this deed is the same as the 120 acre grant plat, and is also
shown in the cadastral Manchester Map of 1885, north of the coast Plate 14.
Was this Cedar Mount which appeare as one of 3 properties in the
first crop return after Andrew’s death as a coffee estate. It does not appear
in his inventory, but neither does Silver Grove.
In 1787 & 1790[977]
Andrew Wright was party to a couple of conveyances with Henry Raines relating
to 80 acres near the Devil’s race on the St Elizabeth coast patented by John
Wait sometime before 1693 and entailed by his will, the first of which sold
Andrew ½ of the land for ever for £30. The second for the other 40 acres was
made to break the entail created by Raines Waite’s will. This was caused by the
sale of the land to Powell, who appears on Craskell in this position.
Mahogany Grove
An estate map[978]
(Plate 09) shows an
Andrew Wright with 225 acres called Mahogany Grove a couple of miles north of
Junction in St Elizabeth. This map does not fix with great precision as there
are no roads shown; it is supposed to be by T Harrison (1823-94), but not
annotated, and looks earlier than his mid 19thC style, and could have been made
in Andrew Wright’s lifetime. Chocolate Hole is shown as a property on the map:
the estate map can be placed over this settlement marked on the modern maps,
although a Cadastral map of the area has Andrew Wright with 300 acres centered
over Cheapside, but with no clear boundaries.
The annual return for 1844 shows Mahogany Grove in Manchester to J. Wint,
500 acres, but this is probably the one in the north of the parish.
Maybe this really is a later map, in which case, it is irrelevant to our
family. Or was this Cedar Mount, in Andrew’s posthumous Crop Return as a coffee
estate?
Slave Transactions
Andrew Wright made a number of slave transactions: he bought 9 with the Mitcham
lands, but must have owned a fair number with his other more eastern
properties.
1782[979]
Andrew Wright sold slaves to Susannah Rose, original deed not available.
1785[980]:
Andrew Wright planter of St Elizabeth sold for 10/- to George Netherwood &
William Dawson both merchants of Kingston a negro woman named Frankie & her
sambo child in trust for Elizabeth Waters, wife of William Waters, Taylor of
Kingston, for her life then back to Andrew Wright.
1790[981]:
William Robinson late of St Elizabeth now Great Britain, by his attorney James
Dunkley sold to Andrew Wright of St Elizabeth for £865 11 slaves
1790[982]:
Thomas Hogg of St Elizabeth for £50 sold to Andrew Wright of St Elizabeth 1
negro slave.
1791[983]:
Andrew Wright bought from Henry Goulbourne (Constable) 24/3/1791 1 negro man
named Poledore for Taxes due the parish of Vere by James Powell
1791[984]:
Andrew Wright esq bought slave man Marlborough at Black River from John
MacFarlane collector of Road Tax, sold for unpaid tax.
1792, Spanish Town Workhouse: John Jackson, creole mulatto, to Andrew Wright,
5ft 3½ high. 4-18.
1792[985]:
Andrew Wright bought by public venue at St Catherine(?) from David Finlayson
Dep Marshall 16 slaves.
1804[986]:
Andrew Wright esq bought of Thomas Wm Hardin Dill (the Marshall?) at Publick
Sale 7 negroes Isaac, Billy, Eve, Harry Phillis, Fran and Amy for J£790.
1781 Andrew Wright was a trustee for John Gall Booth for some slaves inherited
by his then wife and conveyed in trust for their children.
17th & early 18thC Patents
1665: Richard Wright & Phillip Edmonds 60 acres Clarendon
1665: Robert Wright 100 acres on the Dry River in Clarendon – in 1670 census.
1674: John Wright 300 acres Clarendon.
1672: Barzilla Wright, several in St Elizbeth, progenitor of the Burt-Wrights
etc.
1717: Robert Wright & Christian Christian, 440 acres west of Porus.
Several Wrights had land granted in the late 17thC and early 18thC,
mainly in Clarendon/Vere & St Elizabeth; the western grants are not
connected with our family.
The early maps of Jamaica show Wrights in a number of places in
Vere/Clarendon, the earliest being in 1684 with an indigo farm on the east bank
of the Rio Minho and a sugar estate on the eastern flank of the Brazilatto
mountains. By 1763, Only one Wright property is shown in Vere, a pen a few
miles east of the Rio Minho.
Lands granted in Vere & Clarendon before 1684 were to Richard, Robert
and John Wright. Of these, John had 2 patents which probably conjoined to the
west of the Round Hill at the mouth of the Milk River, and were probably no
connection to our family. Both Richard and Robert had early patents on the Rio
Minho; the 1686 map show a Wright an indigo farm on the east bank of the Rio
Minho, but there is no indication whose this was. There was also a sugar
property shown on the eastern flank of the Brazilatto mountains.
Wright is a common name so it is not unexpected to find several apparently
unconnected Wrights in the early days of Jamaica. More for background and
elimitation, some have been researched.
William Wright - 1655
A William Wright was a soldier under Venables 1655
(Carabbinaea V 2 P209)
A William Wright appears in deeds etc late 17thC.
William Wright & Dorothy Allen were married, St Catherine, 8 April 1669 at
Guanaboa (Carbeannea Vol 1 p12 & PR). (Guatiboca is on the eastern side of
the mouth of the Rio Minho on the modern map – in this context it probably
refers to the Alley Church).
Stephen Penniston & Dorothy Wright at Guanaboa 5 May 1670.
9 April 1677: William Wright m Susanne Wheterall St Catherine.
Elizabeth Wright - 1675
Whose wife was she?
A plat dated 1675 granted one Mrs Elizabeth Wright 65 acres in Vere – who was
she?? There is no indication of this land being in any way related to Andrew
Wright’s land.
This land is mentioned in a deed of 1687[987]:
Henry Beck sold to George Booth jnr of Vere for £50 26 acres patented[988] to Elizabeth Wright for
26 acres (& 2nd plot of 39 acres), sold in 1677 to Henry Beck. N
(Vere) Common, Derunt John E & S, W Francis Welliscott
John Wright - 1714
John
Wright sold to William Rouce in 1668[989]
land in St Katherine. For £5 stlg, 35 acres, moiety of land pat 3 March 2C18
(1667) at Milk River at Black Stump
John Wright granted 300 acres in Clarendon in 1674, and 100 acres in Clarendon,
in 1686. The later grant was to the west of the Round Hill, and probably
connected on its western boundary with the previous grant.
Will of John Wright - 1714[990]:
Planter of Clarendon,
To dau Sarah J£100 when 21 of married
To dau Mary Garbrand wife of Joshua Garbrand 3 negro women 1 boy and 2 girls
To wife Sarah remainder for life and after her decease To son John Wright
Executrix wife Sarah, Trustees John Read and John Morant of Clarendon
Wife Sarah will of 1725[991].
Of Clarendon, widow, sick
To son John Wright land at Salt Pond St C, NW on Samuel Barrett, all rest on
Capt Samuel Hemmings. If he dies
To grandson Robert Bonner he to pay £J100 to grand child Joshua Garbrand
To g/dau Sarah Garbrand 5 slaves in possession of Caleb & John Garbrand.
After her death To Grand son Joshua Garbrand
Mentions foot land in St Jago.
Execs Caleb Garbrand, Thomas Barrett esq & Col Rule.
Deed 74/108 27/6/1726: John Wright late of Vere now of St George, buys land in
St George from Thomas Walker.
Joshua Garbrand married Mary Wright, Clarendon, 31/12/1708.
Joshua Garbrand esq died 17/7/1720.
Mary Garbrand died 20/3/1721, no indication if this was mother or daughter.
Issue of Joshua & Mary Garbrand, St Thomas in East:
Joshua Garbrand, bap 11/6/1717, aged 17
Caleb, 16/12/1719
Mary, 11/3/1721, of Joshua & his relict Mary.
Robert Bonner, ch 12/1/1725 of John & Sarah Bonner.
John Bonner December 1723, Clarendon.
John Wright mid 18thC, probable son of John & Sarah.
Deed 101/198 abt 1738, re land near Caymanas in St C. William Stoddard sold to
John Wright. 4 parcels of about 50 acres each.
John Wright – will of 1742[992]
Of Clarendon, planter, in certainy of death
All my land in Clarendon mountains to be sold to pay debts
To son John 2 negroes
Free negro man London & 40/-
To loving friend Sarah Castears rest & residue and after her death divided
between my mullato children
Execs Henry Bonner of St Dorothy & Major Robert Burberry of Clarendon.
George Manning junr to John Wright – 1750
George Manning jnr of Vere planter sold to John Wright of Clarendon land in
Smoakey Hole in Clarendon for 5 shillings 100 acres (plat says 10 acres)
bounding north on part on same Run, the rest? Patented by John Hayle.
Signed by George Manning Junior & Mary his wife[993]. Mary Manning was
probably daughter of George Hayle, son of John Hayle.
John
Wise to John Wright – 1750
141/27 Date 24/5/1743 ent 5/12/1750:
Sale Land - John Wright of St Cat gentleman, land in Kingston of John's Lane
bought from John Wise, peruke maker & Elizabeth his wife of Kingston.
Probably not relevant.
Robert Wright - 1694
These all look to be the same Robert: wife’s name Isabella & Sibella are
near enough the same. The only obvious issue relates to “daughter in law” Mary
Tragarne. This man could be the father of Andrew because of the name Robert,
but there is no other evidence and Andrew is not mentioned in Robert’s will!
1666: granted 85 acres in Clarendon by the Dry River (Rio Minho) at Guadabacoa
(about the Alley in Vere).
1670: Robert Wright owned 100 acres in at Guadabacoa in Clarendon[994] (shown on the 1:50K
modern map as Guatiboca a couple of miles inland from Carlisle Bay). This is the
land patented to him in 1666.
1671: patented[995]
290 acres in Clarendon with Nathaniel Sheen, split 140 to Robert and 150 to
Sheen.
1685: deed btw Robert & Shen, not available.
Robert Wright of Vere and wife Isabella gives in 1674[996] to dau in law Elizabeth
Soares, a widow, 1 brooding mare 1 negro woman one pickany boy, 40a land at Dry
River in Vere N on the river & William Harrison S & E on John Gale E on
Ed Gale? By bill of sale from William Lord OTP
John Downer & wife Rebecca of Vere sold in 1675[997] for £40 to Robert Wright
OTP 180a in Piggs Bay OTP N on Christopher ?? NW & SW on the Salt Savannah,
E & SE on morass & Robert Franklyn (Piggs Bay same as Salt River Bay).
The Downers made a further sale in 1675[998]
for £60 to Robert Wright OTP 300a in Vere N on mountain land unpossessed, E on
unpossessed lands SE on Capt Christopher Deac...? & S & W on Valentine
Mumbee.
Robert Wright planter leases to Richard Cargill planter in 1686[999], fallow & planted
land 25 acres in Vere. Bounding on Christopher Hirkins Gully and Mr Alvarez
Land. Also 6 negroes Horton, Jack, Whanito, Mingo, Peggy, and Hannah.
Let to Richard Cargill for Indigo. Richard Cargill has rights of timber on adjoining
land. Discusses joint premises for Indigo production.
7 years, 1st year £45, rest £50
Robert Wright lends
Jonathan Jerom bricklayer of Vere in 1693[1000] by way of mortgage on
land: Robert Barrisse? Senr & wife Elizabeth 17/7/1689, granted to Jonathan
Jerom ½ of his plantation and 50 ft of Carlisle Bay also 11 acres of Comon Land
and 60 acres in St E. Jonathan Jerom sold to Robert Wright for £120. If
Jonathan Jerom pays £123-4 by 22/6/1694 he gets it back.
1694[1001]: Robert Wright of Vere
planter buys from Francis Whittall of St Catherine, planter, & Mary wife
land in St Jago which John & Margaret Shrewsbury 28/10/1692 sold to Francis
Whittall 100 ft Front land in St Jago.
Francis Whittall sold for £400 to Robert Wright. Location given.
1696[1002]:
Will of Robert Wright
Planter of Vere, well
dau in law Mary Tragarne ½ of my estate
wife Sibella other ½ for life and then to Mary Tregarne
if Mary Tregarne dies without issue to Richard and Robert Sevaston? Children of
ye parish of Vere (looks as if there is a line missing in the 19thC transcript
here) If they die, then to the poor children of Vere.
Exec wife Sibella.
James Wright of Stretton Hall
Buried Vere, James Wright esq, of Stretton Hall estate, died 14/9/1806, bur day
following. Stretton Hall is in the East of Vere (1888) just inland from Salt
River Bay.
Sept 1798, Vere, James Wright M Miss Redwar, Ygst dau of Henry Redwar Esq (VLO
V4 P296) – PR of the Cockpitt Vere, Sarah Tull Redwar OTP, 29/7/1798.
Robert Lancashire,
1/2009:
have you come across a James Wright Esq who married Miss Redwar in Vere in Sep
1798? She is the daughter of Henry Redwar and brother of William Gale Redwar
and sister of Mary Gale Redwar, Ann Elizabeth Redwar and Harriet Gibbons
Redwar.
Dept of Chemistry
UWI, Mona, JAMAICA
Jamaica Gazette:
JAMAICA, ss.-IN CHANCERY.
WRIGHT, S. T, VS. TURNER, et. al. exors. per orig. bill.
WHITE, et. UX. VS. SAME, per bill rev.
WHITE, Rob. vs. SMITH, et. al. exors. per bill rev. and
supplemental.
IN Pursuance of the Decree of this Honourable Court, pronounced
in the above Cause, the twenty-second day of September last, I do hereby give
notice, that in case default shall be made by the Defendant, Edward Jackson,
the Administrator, ad litem, of James Wright, deceased, in the Pleadings named;
in payment, on or before the twenty-third day of March next, of the several
Sums of Money, together with the costs of the Complainant, thereby directed to
be paid, I will forthwith thereafter, that is to say, on Tuesday the
twenty-fourth day of the said month of March, between the hours of eleven and
twelve of the clock in the forenoon, at the Tavern, commonly called the
Cross-Keys, in the Town of Saint Jago de-la Vega; set up to; Sale, at public
outcry, and actually sold and dispose of to the highest and best bidder, for
the best price and prices that can or may be had or gotten for the same, all
and singular the Real Estate and Slaves of the Testator, James Wright,
deceased, consisting of a moiety of the Plantation or Sugar-Work, called
STRETTON HALL, situate in the Parishes of Clarendon and Vere, and of the
Slaves thereunto belonging, and also the slaves specifically devised by the
Will of the said James Wright, deceased, or so much and such parts thereof as
may be sufficient for the purposes directed in and by the said Decree, and the
Monies to arise from such Sale, and also the other Monies in the said Decree
mentioned, I shall pay and apply as thereby directed.
Given under my hand, this seventeenth day of January, one
thousand-eight hundred and eighteen. HERBERT J. JAMES, M. C. C.
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ROBERTS FAMILY
The Roberts family connect with our Jamaica Maitlands via Ann Wright, wife
of Francis 1 Maitland, whose sister, Rebecca married as his first wife, George
Roberts, a co-owner of Francis's in Mitcham and Sliver Grove pens in the right
of their wives. The latter pen went to the Roberts family and was lived in by
descendants of theirs in 2002.
Inez Sibley suggests that the Roberts were from Keynsham, Bristol and they
named Keynsham pen for that reason. However, it looks much more likely that
Keynsham & Chew Magna pens were named by John Racker Webb, father of
George’s 2nd wife, Ruth Angell: he is marked there on Robertson
1804, long before George married Rebecca Wright and was born in Keynsham,
Bristol.
George’s 2nd wife, Ruth Angell was the daughter of Mary Wint by
John Angell: Mary Wint went on to have 5 more children by John Racker Webb, who
was baptised in Keynsham, Somerset, 18/02/1759, son of Thomas and Mary Webb.
To complicate the issue, Mary Wint was the daughter of Samuel Wint, who had
a son by his wife Elizabeth, John Pusey Wint, who was overseer for a time of Silver
Grove. Elizabeth (Pusey) Wint married Andrew Wright after Samuel died.
George & his sons built up a substantial holding in
Jamaica, starting with Silver Grove, which Rebecca inherited from the father;
the family must have split up Andrew’s lands between the 2 daughters, in spite
of the expectation in his will that it should be sold. He then acquired more
land via his 2nd marriage to Ruth Angell. Eventually, they had land
on the Trelawney/St Elizabeth boundary.
This information is included for general background of our family. They
were for a period in London in the same parish as Ann (Wright) Maitland about
the time she died. George was probably in London during 1817 as his slave
returns were registered by Francis Maitland as attorney for him.
Information supplied by Donna (Campbell) Kenny,
who descends from George Roberts by his second wife, Ruth Angell.
See Jamaica General for Silver Grove description and graves.
See Angell wills in wills volume.
Other than George's marriages and the birth of his children we know little of
him. No death recorded for him in the family bible, nor in any parish records
or wills. Yet most of the information on his children is listed there. I
wonder if he died in England? no will in Jamaica (or London PCC) for him either,
Donna Kenny supplied this information and George Roberts was her ggg
grandfather and she is descended through his second wife RUTH ANGELL[1003].
George does not appear in Jamaican records until after he married Rebecca
Wright in 1816. The most likely scenario is that he was a Londoner and met
Rebecca in the home counties (an anachronism, but the easiest description!). Having
married Rebecca and acquiring the interst in Mitcham and Silver Grove, they
must have come out to Jamaica soon after then, and before their first child was
born in August 1817. G Roberts was a passenger of the Duke of York which docked
at Port Royal on 5 August, 1817 from London[1004]. No women are mentioned,
but it is likely to have been him: they must have gone straight to Rebecca’s
sister at Giddy Hall for the birth of Edward a couple of weeks later. This was
probably his first visit to Jamaica.
1818: George Roberts gave notice of leaving the Island in 1 May 1818[1005], although his actual
sailing has not been found.
From his children’s birth and baptism, George (or at least Rebecca) was in
England between 1818 and 1822, returning to England sometime between 1822 and
1827 (Georgeanna’s baptism in Kennington).
He was “Lately dead” in September 1841 according to some of the deeds concerned
with the sharing out of the Wright and Maitland lands[1006], but no will has been
found.
Married (1st), 2/11/1816AC/PR St John's at Hackney, London: Rebecca Wright, He OTP, she of Camberwell, Batch & Spin.
Note the Angell/Wint connection: Andrew Wright, (father of Rebecca Wright,
married to George Roberts) married the widow of Samuel Wint.
Issue by 1st wife, Rebecca Wright:
Edward Maitland Roberts
William Allen Roberts
Rebecca Roberts (married Edward Angell)
Georgeanna Roberts married??.
Issue by 2nd wife, Ruth Angell:
Ruth Francis (Roberts) McDaniel
Mary Ann (Roberts) Doran
John Angell Roberts
Elizabeth Hester (Roberts) McDaniel
Emma Victoria (Roberts) Hendriks
1828[1007].
Icke of St Elizabeth, planter, for J£100 sold to George Roberts 300 acres by
survey, N on patent Mr Myers, S on patent of Henry Warlock E on pat of Mathew
Farquarson, W on u/s
Plate 27
In 1875, a list of defaulters on Quit Rents and Land Taxes in Jamaica was
published in the London Gazette August 10 1875, p4031 and shows for Trelawney
inter alia, 300 acres Patented by Enoch Icke (at Look Behind) ; binding
north-on land patented by Michael Myers; east on Belmore Castle ; south on land
patented by Henry Warlock, and west on unpatented land. Defaulters in arrears
and in possession, Edward M Roberts.
A further 300 acres, owner unknown, was on P4032: Patented by Michael Myers;
binding north and west on unpatented land ; east on James L. Lewis, and south
on Edward M. Roberts.
Other entries confirm that Matthew Farquarson’s land was
Belmont Castle.
This was probably Look-out & Cowick Park.
Mother in law bought 300 acres near or adjoing here. Francis M patented 600
acres in a similar areas on Hector’s River.
2. In this Act the term “quit rents’’ means a quit rent of five-sixths of a
cent for each acre and for each fraction of an acre granted and paid as a
certain established quit rent and acknowledged to Her Majesty by all persons
who hold land within the Island on which the quit rents have not
been redeemed. (Quit Rent Act, Jamaica 1896).
John Maitland, son of Francis & Ann (Wright) Maitland, nephew of Rebecca
(Wright) Roberts, died in Brixton, 1853: the informant at his death was George
Roberts of 12 York Place, Camberwell New Road, Lambeth. The Census record for
this family does not look as though they were connected with the Jamaica
Roberts:
1851 Census, 12 York Place:
Edward Roberts (Hd, Wid, 63 Accountant, born London), George (son, 30, Clerk to
Accountant, Lambeth), Sarah (dau, 36, at home, Clerkenwell), Elizabeth (dau,
28, Lambeth), Maria (d-in-law, 35, Canterbury), William (g/child, 8, Lambeth),
Alfred (g/child, 4, Lambeth).
REBECCA
WRIGHT
Daughter of Andrew Wright & Ruth Sinclair
(see above).
There are no records of her birth or death dates. She probably died in Jamaica
between 1827 and 1829.
Ann & her sister, Rebecca’s legacy from their father’s estate was
conditional upon their not returning from England unmarried without the
permission of his executors.
Issue:
1/1. Edward Maitland Roberts
b Giddy Hall 15 Aug 1817 bapt St
Giles, Camberwell 28 Aug 1818PR.
Died Silvergrove 12 April 1888PR PR had birth 1817
Featured in the arrear of Quit Rents 5 May 1875 on 300 acres patented by Enoche
Icke (at Look Behind), binding north of land patented by Michael Myers; east of
Belmore Castle, south on land patented by Henry Warlock, and west on unpatented
land.[1008]
Several adjacent proerties are also mentioned, with a John Earl on one.
M Nazareth Chapel, dissenter, 27/11/1852, Full age, batch, Planter, Silver
Grove to Mary Ann Morais, >21, Spin, domestic, Silver Grove.
There were several children born in and around St Catherine of Edward & Ann
Maria Roberts, a Cabinet maker or carpenter, but they do not look likely eg:
2/1. Mary Rebecca Roberts, b 25/5/1853 ch 2/9/1853, St Catherine[1009].
1/2. William Allen Roberts
b Cobury Rd, London 23 Nov 1818
ch St Giles, Camberwell 20 Dec 1818FMP.
Married Mary Carter of Trelawny Ja, 17 Feb 1843.
2/1. William Herbert Roberts ch 18/3/1844 of William & Mary Roberts,
Manchester, of Silver Grove,
esq.
2/2. Sarah Ellen Roberts, ch
25/6/1848, Trelawney, abode Troy, planter.
2/3. Mary Ada Roberts, ch 24/9/1849, Trelwaney, abode Troy, planter.
2/4. Margaret Fanny Roberts, ch 30/11/1851, b 24/8/51, Manchester,
Chew Magna, land surveyor.
2/5. William Roberts, b
26/6/1853, ch 25/9/1853, Manchester,
Chew Magna, surveyor
2/6. Horace Cleon Roberts, b.
14/8/1855, ch 18/10/1855, Manchester,
chewmagna, surveyor. He married
Emma Maitland Sherman, 20/10/1891, g/dau of Emma Rebecca Maitland.
2/7. Rebecca Georgiana Roberts, b
14/7/1857, Chew Magna, surveyor.
Descendants:
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 Dorothy Thompson
I am Dorothy (Roberts/Henwood)Thompson and was the last remaining family member
(Roberts) to be born at Chewmagna in Balaclava, my sister, Betty (Henwood/Roberts)
Smallridge, was the next to last birth at Chewmagna. There are five of us, my
siblings were born in Kingston, Jamaica, and Mandeville, Jamaica. We are
descendants of William Alan Roberts. Our mother was a Roberts.
My husband (Bruce Thompson) is our family genealogist and has been collecting
information on the family for years, so if there is anything we can add to your
tree, please let us know and he will send it to you. Interestingly enough, I
noticed that you had been in Johannesburg -- our father (Charles Frederick
Henwood) lived there for awhile (he was an engineer). His home had been
Worthing (and Brighton), England, before moving to Jamaica.
I will save my questions, until I know this reaches you. But, would love to
hear from you when you have a moment. Just for the record, we have two
children, Mark (with girlfriend for 7 years) has just completed a Medical
degree and is in the process of looking for a residency he is 39 and has had a
very interesting life as a deep sea diver and teacher, and managing a diving
firm in the Turks & Caicos Islands, W.I. You name it, he has done it!! Our
daughter graduated with a Masters degree in Sociology --she is now 35, and has
our 3 grandchildren, she still works for the state of Ohio part-time (busy
life, three children, youngest is 2.1/2).
1/3. **Rebecca Roberts
b Alverstoke, Hants. 13 July
1820, bapt Alverstoke, Hampshire 26 Aug 1820 (her father listed as a
'gentleman') died Silvergrove, buried St Pauls (Balaclava Ja) 29 April 1852.
Married Edward Angell Esq. Silvergrove 19 Feb 1844
Died in childbed, Silver Grove, 28/4/1852PJR2.
** Baptized on the same day as Rebecca were 2 children belonging to William and
Ann Roberts, he was listed as 'a Captain in the Royal Navy' I wonder if he was
a relation of George?
Alverstoke now a part of Gosport, opposite Portsmouth.
2/1. Alice Emma Angell, ch Manch
9/2/1845
2/2. Edward Angell, b 25/7/1846, ch 19/9/1847 of E&R, he a solicitor of
Mountiblas, St E.
2/3. Arthur Torrington Angell, b abt 8/1848, Died DuPage, Ill 15/9/1923.
1/4. Georgeanna Roberts
b Silvergrove 8 April 1822, bapt
St Mark, Kennington, Ldn 6 July 1827 (her father listed as 'merchant')
(Note by AM: Ann (Wright) Maitland's ygst son bapt at St Mark 1825 and she died
in Lambeth in 1833).
1/5. George Roberts b 1824, d 1825 (corr by Donna Kenny,
8/20
George Roberts married (2nd):
27 Jan 1830 at Lookout, near St Pauls, Balaclava:
Lookout is a mile or two north of Balaclava, in Northern St Elizabeth.
Ruth
Angell
Born: 13/10/1792.
Parents: John Angell (died circa Nov 1793-Mar 1794) & Mary Wint
Siblings: Ann b. 1789, & John b. 14 Sept 1791,
John Angell left each child 1000 English pounds sterling.
Jam PR: Manchester V1/311: George Roberts of the parish of Manchester, Gent,
and Ruth Angell of St Elizabeth, spinster, a person of colour, were married by
licence 27/1/1830.
Post Script to the Royal Gazette, 6/2/30, married “At the Lookot pen, in
Manchester, on the 27th Ult by the Rev J Stainsby, George Roberts, Esq, of
Silver Grove, to Ruth, the younger daughter of the late John Angell, Esq”.
New Hall, Cowick Park all properties listed in Ruth (Angell) Roberts will.
In 1833, all belonged to Mary Wint.
The McDaniels lived at "Mt Pleasant", St Elizabeth. The Hendriks at
"Ivy Cottage" near Lookout.
See Angell family wills in wills volume.
Will dated 15/9/1862, probate 12/6/1865, lists children and her siblings.
Issue (all bapt 1840 Lookout, New Hall, Cowick Park, Look out at the top of
Spur Tree Hill):
1/6. Ruth Francis Roberts b Lookout 30 Oct 1830, died 7/9/1877.
Married, 8/11/1855: Robert
McDaniel, s of Robert & Emma, one of 11.
The McDaniels lived at "Mt Pleasant", St E.
2/1. Thomas McDaniel 13 Nov 1856 - 11 Mar 1911 (one of 7)
Married 21 Jun 1879:
Emma Clotilda Burrell 1 May 1850 - 11 Jul 1930
3/1. Robert Vernon McDaniel 6 Mar 1886 - 3 Oct 1959
(1 of 9)
Married:
Vera Sybil Burrell 4 May 1898 - 19 Sept 1977
4/1. Vera Olive McDaniel
Married: Donald Spence Campbell
5/1. Donna Rose Campbell (now Kenny), born 1946.
1/7. Mary Ann Roberts b Lookout, 29 Jan 1832, inherited
Lookout with sister Emma.
1/8. John Angell Roberts b Silvergrove 9 May 1833, (in Jamaica Gazette).
Inherited Cowick Park from mother.
His wife was Margaret in Ruth’s will.
2/1. Married Eleanor Lind
3/1. Adolphus Roberts, born at
Lookout, near Balaclava.
4/1. Walter Adolphe Roberts
(1886-1962)
WAR became a significant writer
and a political figure who was prominently involved in the fight for Jamaican
independence.
1/9. Elizabeth Hester Roberts b Lookout 21/1/1834 inherited
share in New Hall.
1/10. girl b. Lookout Nov 1835-Dec 2
1/11. Emma Victoria Roberts b 9 June 1837
inherited Lookout with sister
Mary
Married: Frederick Hendriks: The Hendriks at "Ivy Cottage" near
Lookout.
Graves at Silver Grove (2002):
William Roberts, born 25/12/1841, married 31/10/1869, died 8/6/1896.
Wife and 7 children.
Rozelle Roberts (mother) born 15/11/1842, died 16/1/1926.
Edward Roberts born 12/1/1870, died 10/1881.
Clement Meikle, died 24/9/1958, aged 54.
Herwin Roberts, died 28/4/1956 aged 52.
Millicent Roberts, died 2/4/1956 aged 22.
Ellen B Roberts, died 6/2/1960 aged 45.
Ch St Elizabeth:
Benjamin Angell, reputed son of Benjamin Angell and Sarah Torrington Angell, b
13/11/1792, ch 24/10/1796.
26/1/1819: Benjamin Angell 300 acres Manchester.
Jamacia Gazette:
JAMAICA, ss.- IN CHANCERY
Webb, admon. Vs. Angell & al.
In Pursuance of the Final Decree pronounced on the above
Cause on the twenty-seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and
twenty four, I do hereby give notice, that in case default shall be made by the
Defendants in paymen, on or before the twenty seventh day of March next, of the
several sums of Money directed to be paid, with interest and Costs, or any part
thereof, I will forewith thereafter, that is to say, on Monday the twenty
eighth day Of the said month of March, between the hours of 11 and 12 of the
clock in the forenoon, the tavern commonly called the Cross-Keys, in the Town
of Saint Jago de la Vega, put up to Sale, and actually sold at Public Outcry,
to the highest and best bidder or bidders, and for the most Money that can be
got for the same, the Plantation called LOOKOUT, with the SLAVES, CATTLE and
STOCK thereupon and then unto belonging, and; the two RUNS of LAND, in the
parish of St. Elizabeth, belonging to the Testator John Angell, also all and
singular the Real Estate of Benjamin Angell, deceased, consisting of a certain
Coffee Plantation commonly called ADAM’s VALLEY, situate in Mayday mountains,
in the parish of Manchester, a pen called PROVIDENCE PEN, a certain other Pen
called CONTENT, situate in Nassau Mountains, in the parish of St. Elizabeth,
also a Plantation or Pen called RAMSBURY or ALMONDSBURY, situate in the said
Mountains, adjoining the above, and also all and singular the NEGRO SLAVES,
late the Property of the said Benjamin Angell, deceased, named in a certain
Schedule to the Master’s Report made in this Cause, or such as are now living,
and the issue and increase of the Females born since the date of the said
Master’s Report, or so much and such part, thereof as shall be sufficient to
answer the purposes in the said Decree mentioned, and the Monies to arise from
such sales I will Pay and appropriate as thereby directed.
Given under my hand, this eleventh day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
HERBERT J, JAMES,
This is repeated in 1829 apparently without Lookout.
1791 New Jamaica Almanac, St Elizbeth Regt John Angell, ensign.
Jamaica Gazette:
12/1/1793 Prudence Angell, wife of Peter, Goshen, Sunday last.
14/6/1794 Peter Angell of St E 5/6/1794 intending to leave.
28/6/1794 Mary Angell intending leaving the island.
Peter was John’s brother.
John died circa Nov 1793-Mar 1794. His concubine was:
MARY WINT
Mother probably Ruth Anderson, will of 1834
A Mary Wint b 17/7/1766, ch 29/12/1768 ClarendonPR of Samuel Wint
& Ruth Anderson. This would make Ruth Anderson old at death.
Samuel Wint’s wife was Elizabeth Pusey, who married after Samuel’s death,
Andrew Wright of Mitcham.
Wint and Anderson families are described elsewhere in this document.
Reputed issue of John Angell & Mary Wint:
1/1. Ann Angell, b 1789, ch 26/10/1790, aged 1 St E. dead by 1862.
1/2. John Angell, b 14 Sept 1791, ch 24/10/1796
1/3. Ruth Angell, b 13 Oct 1792, ch 24/10/1796
From Ruth’s will, there were:
Sister Mary Clark
Niece Ameila Auston, dau of George Bowley Medley
He left each child 1000 English pounds sterling.
John Racker Webb baptised Keynsham, Somerset, 18/02/1759, son of Thomas and
Mary Webb. Thomas Webb and Mary Racker had married at Bath Abbey in 1750.
Mary Wint and John Racker Webb had issue (reputed children):
1/1. Thomas Webb, b 4/6/1798, ch 7/9/1800.
1/2. Mary Webb b. 28/11/1799, ch 7/9/1800
1/3. Elizabeth Webb, b. 17/2/1802, ch 13/12/1803
1/4. John Racker Webb, b 30/8/03, ch 13/12/1803
1/5. Hester Webb, b 24/9/1804, ch 14/1/1810, d 1849.
Married 1825, George Bowley
Medley (1802-60), a stockbroker of London who moved to Jamaica to help his
father-in-law, becoming a resident of Jamaica in 1829, a year before JRW’s
death, so that, by 1831 he held stock and slaves in his own name in Keynsham
and Shirehampton, Manchester, Jamaica (203 slaves and 186 stock that year).
In 1840 he held 1543 acres in Keynsham and 400 acres in Chew Magna, St.
Elizabeth.
Whilst in Jamaica in 1835, he was designated co-proprietor, with Robert Podmore
Clark (his brother-in-law) and Thomas Webb (son of John Racker Webb) of 100
slaves on a property at Manchester, Keynsham, for which the compensation paid,
for abolition of slavery, was £1998 2s 11d. (from Nigel Webb, 7/2016): 1841 Census, Lambeth:
George Medley (39, Jamaica, planter, Y), George Medeley (15, N), John Racker
Medeley (12, y), Hester Medeley (36, Y), Amelia Medeley (9, Y).
1851 Census, Islington:
George Webb (49, widower, Underwriter, London), George W Medley (24, dealer in
railway places, Hackney), John R Medeley (22, Clerk to his brother, Jamaica),
Amelia C (19, Jamaica).
From Donna Kenny:
Ann Webb, reputed dau of John Racker Webb by Jane Webb (free negro), b
29/9/1788, ch 13/12/1803. Jane Webb was probably an adult negro baptised
1/1/1797 aged 35.
He was proprietor of 'Lookout' from 1821-26, and in 1827 Mary Wint became
'Lookout's' proprietor and it remained in the family until the 1960s.
In 1810 John Racker Webb sold Mary Wint 433 acres of land in St Eliz for
10/-Jamaican - I would say that was a gift? Triangular in shape one boundary
was on 'Ever Green Plantation' owned by Andrew White (probably yours). So the
evidence points to me having the correct Mary Wint, but why not mention your
other children in your will.
The Webb children were all adults when their father (JRW) died and perhaps he
left everything in his will to them and nothing to Mary. Maybe she felt her 2
daughters should get what she owned.
John Racker Webb died February 1830, bur Manchester, of Keynsham, 15 Feb aged
70PR.
Jamaica Gazette, 20 Feb 1830: Suddenly, at Keynsham Pen, in Manchester, on the
13th inst, John Racker Webb, Esq, aged 71 years, 50 of which he
passed on this Island. During this period, his friendly disposition, his
hospitality, his integrity, and uprightness of conduct endeared him to all who
had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and long will his memory be cherished in
the recollections of his surviving relatives and friends.
Land Grants:
Edward M Angell granted 300 acres in St Elizabeth 11/2/1806.
Benjamin Angell granted 300 acres in Manchester, 26/1/1819.
Lookout was sold in the 1950/60's after being in the family for nearly 200
years. We are told the timber for the mahogany arches in the house was sent to
England where the carved arches were made, then shipped back to Jamaica and put
in the house. In 1986 when visiting Jamaica I saw the house, it had been
renovated by the latest owner but he was not at home so we were unable to go
inside.
Ruth Francis Roberts married Robert McDaniel - that's Donna’s grandfathers
side.
Emma Victoria Roberts married Frederick Hendriks – Donna’s grandmothers side.
Small Island, they didn't look far to find a partner!
From Donna Kenny 5/12/00:
Donna’s Grandfather's side.
Robert McDaniel b cir 1784 Fermanugh Ireland? of Mt Pleasant, St Elizabeth
married 24 Jun 1840 (after all his children were born) Ellen/Elenor Blair b cir
1793 - 2 Jun 1878
10 children, son Robert McDaniel b circa 1823 Mt Pleasant, St Elizabeth
married 8 Nov 1855
Ruth Frances Roberts 30 Oct 1830 - 7 Sept 1877 (daug **of George Roberts and
Ruth nee Angell).
7 children, son Thomas McDaniel 13 Nov 1856 - 11 Mar 1911 married 21 Jun 1879
Emma Clotilda Burrell 1 May 1850 - 11 Jul 1930.
9 children, son Robert Vernon McDaniel 6 Mar 1886 - 3 Oct 1959 married Vera
Sybil Burrell 4 May 1898 - 19 Sept 1977
daug Vera Olive McDaniel married Donald Spence Campbell
daug Donna Rose Campbell (me).
Donna’s Grandmother's side.
Thomas Burrell cir 1803 - 22 April 1858 married 25 June 1844 Kathleen Vernon (
of the city of London) that's all we know of her 7 children including Emma
Clotilda Burrell listed above.
Her brother Peter William Burrell 30 Mar 1847 - 20 Jan 1914 married Eveline
Maud Hendriks b Lookout 17 Jan 1863 - 20 Jun 1960 (daug of Frederick Hendriks
6 Aug 1834 - 4 Dec 1917, and **Emma Victoria Roberts b 9 Jun 1837 - 20 Apr
1924)
14 children including daug. Vera Sybil Burrell.
I have printed the family tree which has every descendant that I can find. They
all lived mainly in Manchester and St Elizabeth.
Donna’s grandparents Robert Vernon McDaniel and Vera Sybil Burrell were first
cousins, not only that but her sister Dora married his brother Leo. So it was 2
brothers marrying 2 sisters and they were first cousins! Very complicated to
print out the family tree.
John Renatus Angell
12/1/1793, Gazette:
DIED:
On Sunday last, at Goshen, St. Elizabeth, universally regretted by all her
acquaintance, Mrs. Prudence Angell, wife of Mr. Peter Angell; “dutiful and affectionate
wife, a fond endearing mother, and a sincere friend.”
30/3/2011:
John Renatus Angell was born about 1740. He was a Moravian who went to Jamaica.
He was brother to Gillian’s direct ancestor Peter Renatus Angell, also in
Jamaica. (Donna Kenny 8/20)
Date: 05 Nov 2006 18:45:22 +0000
From: "gillian s hawley"
The death notice of 21.1.1793 is for my 5x g grandmother, Mary Prudence Angell,
(nee Rhodes) who died while Peter Renatus Angell, her husband, was working for
the Moravians in Jamaica. (see note below)
Did this notice have any recorded connection with Ruth Angell as far as you
know, or was it a chance contribution?! I have the Angell family history from
1675 when the family was in the Isle of Wight.
John Reantus (reborn) Angell joined the Moravians aged 13 in Bedford and was
sent to Holland by them to learn cabinet making. I assume that he was in Goshen
to build churches but don't really know anything about his time there. He was
based in the Moravian settlement at Fulneck, Pudsey, Yorks. Peter’s children
were sent to England to get an education. (Peter and Prudence Angell’s children
– John Peter Angell, Thomas Angell, Benjamin Frederick Angell, Mary Prudence
Angell and Elizabeth].
Benjamin Frederick, one of their sons, was born in Jamaica, 29.11.1781 and sent
back to school 22.7.1787 but we have no record of his death and I have been
trying to use the Kingston Registry Office for three years but have had no
response in spite of paying the fee for one hour's research..... His sister
Mary Prudence Angell, born in Jamaica 7.9.1785, stayed in England, in poor
health, and died at Fulneck 10.3.1804 where she had been teaching.
I would be really delighted to hear if you have any information about Ruth
Angell's family which would confirm whether or not there is any chance of a
connection with our Angells.
20 Nov 2006 19:44:30 +0000
Many thanks. Entirely my error, as usual! Peter's son, John, is the one I am
descended from. I will get in touch with Donna Kenny and see if this can go any
further. Gillian
A correction by the Fulneck Congregation Archivist in 2012 to Donna Kenny:
I attach the research I have done on the Angell family from the registers in
London, Fulneck, Ockbrook and Bedford, plus some other information given me by
various members of the Angell family who have been m touch with me, also a
transcript of the will of Peter Renatus.
So far as I can ascertain Peter Renatus was a younger
brother of John Renatus. Both of them and some other brothers I understand all
went to Jamaica (probably at different times) but none of them were sent there
by the Moravian Church. There is a list of missionaries to Jamaica at the back
of a history of the Moravian mission work there published for the 150t
anniversary in 1904 called 'The Breaking of the Dawn', and there are no Angells
mentioned in it. Peter Renatus had certainly left the church before he married
and subsequently went to Jamaica, and the other brothers had probably also left
the church before they went too. I do not know what or who drew them out there,
but the Moravians at the time worked on the estates of the Foster brothers of
Bedford who joined the church and invite them to go out there to evangelise the
slaves on their estates. I do not know whether the Angell brothers went to
these same estates or not.
I am told Angells are mentioned as working in Jamaica in two
histories of Jamaica by J H Buchner and R R Madden. I have not seen either of
these so I do not know what it says about them, but they are certainly not
mentioned in the two official histories of Moravian work in Jamaica nor m any
of the other more general church and mission histories which I have or which I
have read.
I have tried to get across to those that their ancestors did
not go out to accept. Peter Renatus did come during his time in Jamaica and he
to school at Fulneck and after his and brought the youngest over with and I
think that is the reason why returned.
Angells who have been in touch with me as missionaries, but
they find it hard back into membership of the church sent his children back to
England to go first wife died he came back permanently him and took her up to
the school too, he then settled at Fulneck after he returned.
MISCELLANEOUS
ROBERTS INFORMATION
Dictionary of Place-Names in Jamaica (extracts) Inez Knibb Sibley (Institute of
Jamaica 1978).
Chew Magna, in St Elizabeth, near Balaclava, was named by the Roberts Family
after the place in Keynsham, England from which they came.
Fort William near Savannah la Mar, was part of an estate owned by William
Beckford, an early English settler, and named after him.
Morningside is in St Elizabeth. The place name originates in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Many Scotsmen were early settlers in St Elizabeth.
11.1Wint
& Pusey
Andrew Wright, 1752-1806 married Elizabeth (Pusey)
Wint. Some notes on her family follow. 28/12/1790, Clarendon, she a widow.
Benjamin Pusey
Benjamin Pusey married Charity Butler, St D 23/4/1730.
Bur Ben Pusey 11/5/1765
Issue of Benjamin & Charity:
1/1. Henry Butler Pusey, ch St C, 13/4/1736 of B&C
1/2. Ed Butler Pusey ch St C 11/9/1737 of B&C
Richard Pusey, ch St C
16/12/1756, b 8 Nov Edward Butler Pusey & Mary.
Richard Pusey, Gent M Jane
Williams, Spinster, 6 June 1778, St C.
Richard Pusey, ch St Catherine, 20/12/1790 of Richard & Jane
Sailed 11/5/1816: In the Sir William Hamilton from Old Hbr, Richard & Mrs
PuseyJG
This is them by Philip Wickstead.
1/3. Thomas Pusey, ch St D 2/8/1740
1/4. Elizabeth Pusey Bur St D 22/11/1741 dau of Ben & Charity
1/5. Elizabeth Mary Pusey b abt 1743 – not found in PR. Alive 1765.
Married Samuel Wint 21/7/1774, St
Catherine, both OTP
1/6. Peter Butler Pusey bur St D 19/12/1743 son of B&C
1/7. Stephen Pusey, ch St C 8/3/1748-9
1/8. Polly Sally Pusey, b 10/12/1750 ch St C 4/3/1751. twins of B&C
1/9. Kitty Pince Pusey, b 10/12/1750 ch St C 4/3/1751.
1/10. Benjamin Douce Pusey, bur 17/1/1791, of Dropsy, Gent, St Catherine.
Married Ann Treherne Burton,
3/9/1779, St C, he gent of St C, she spin of Vere. Prob dau of Thomas Burton
& Mary Moore.
Mary Pusey, widow, bur St C 4/12/1790.
It may be that Charity died after the twins were born and Benjamin remarried
Mary (no record found)
Benjamin Pusey was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner
of 1482 acres of land in St Catherine, 6 acres in St Dorothy and 107 acres in
St John, total 1595 acres. Benjamin Pusey and Temple Laws were listed in the
Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 574 acres of land in
Clarendon and 130 acres of land in St Dorothy, total 704 acres. (UCL)
This comes from A Tour of Jamaica's Great Houses, Plantations, & Pens
Michael W. Mosley in 2013: from PR, Benjamin of Cherry Hill
was married to Charity and had issue as above.
Benjamin and (Mary??) Pusey were the original owners of Pusey Hall estate and
eventually moved to Cherry Hill and Cherry Garden Estates. The Pusey Hall
Estate then passed on to William Pusey (1741-1783) and his wife Elizabeth.
William Pusey became a Colonel in the Middlesex Regiment of Horse Militia and
represented Vere Parish as a Member of the House Assembly. The daughter of
Benjamin and Mary Pusey, Elizabeth Mary Pusey married Samuel Wint and their son
John Pusey Wint (1781-1876) was sent to England for his education, married an
English woman, returned to Jamaica for a time and eventually returned to
England where he died. A marble monument to William and Elizabeth Pusey is on
one of the interior walls of the Saint Peter’s Anglican Church building in The
Alley, not far from the estate. According to the 1811 Jamaica Almanac, the
owner was John P. Edwards who owned 360 slaves and 157 cattle. Edwards died in
1823 and the property passed to his heirs and at the time the estate owned 249
slaves and 268 cattle. By 1828, the estate was sold and ceased to exist on the
property rolls.
Will of Benjamin Pusey, 1765:
36/21 17/4/1765 Ent 12/9/765. Benjamin Pusey dau Cherry Pusey when 21, manumise
slaves Molly or Christian Gregory, & her dau Cherry, provision later in
will. G/S Richard son of dcd son Edward Butler Pusey slaves, but if he molests
them, he loses them. Son Benjamin Douce Pusey 10/-. Brother Freeman Bennet. Dau
Elizabeth Pusey, a slave, son George Freeman. R&R to 4 daus Cherry, Penny,
Polly, Sally, & Elizabeth R&R.
Elizabeth Mary Pusey (Wright & Wint)
B abt 1743
Married Samuel Wint 21/7/1774, St Catherine, both OTP
Parish Church of Brompton (on the North Wall of nave) (London)
In memory of Elizabeth Mary Pusey, dau of Benjamin Pusey of Cherry Hill and
Cherry Garden Estate in the Parish of St Dorothy, Jamaica. Relict of Samuel
Wint, esq of Spanish Town and Andrew Wright, esq of Mitcham Pen St Elizabeth of
the same Island. She was interred in the cemetery of this church 6th August
1821 aged 78 years. This tablet is erected in her memory by John Pusey Wint
esq, her son.
Benjamin Pusey member of assembly for St Dorothy 1751. Also JP.
Benjamin Pusey esq bur St D 11/5/1765 P17
Philip Wickstead – Portrait of Benjamin and Mary Pusey, c1775, National Gallery
of Jamaica (photo: Veerle Poupeye)
Not immediately obvious who this is, it is too late for
Elizabeth’s parents and her brother Benjamin Dance married in 1778 Ann Burton.
Wickstead did not arrive in Jamaica until 1773. The most probable person is
Elizabeth (Pusey) Wint/Wtight’s brother who died 1791 with a 1st or
2nd wife.
Puseys appear in the Jamaica records from a very early date, early 1660’s, but
no relevant Elizabeth Mary’s or Benjamins.
Cundall Historic Jamaica, p 390: A William Pusey was a member of Assembly in
1776/82 for Vere; he was also a magistrate, in 1782, a Col in the Midlands
division of the Militia, and died aged 42 11 June 1783, his wife Elizabeth died
8th June 1780, in her 40th year.
Francis Maitland To Elizabeth Mary Wright – 1824
727/218 Feb-18 Date 9/1/1824 Ent 23/7/1824.
Btw Francis Maitland & Ann esq & George Roberts & Rebecca esq of St
Elizabeth 1st pt & Elizabeth Mary Wright formerly of St Elizabeth but now
of GB Widow 2nd pt. for £J1500 from 2nd pt sold her land in Calabash bay, Manch
called Ramsgate 300A N on John Reid W on Wards Bay S on the sea and E on John
Pusey Wint for ever. This seems to post date Eizabeth's death.
MI Jamaica:
Alley, St Peter’s PC (formerly Vere) Clarendon
Mural Tablets.
William Pusey esq, Representative in Assembly for this parish, and Colonel of the
Midland Division of Horse Militia, d 11 June 1783 aged 42
Elizabeth his wife, d 8 June 1780 in her 40th year.
Bur: Vere Pusey Elizabeth 14/6/1780 Wife of Wm PuseyPR
Bur: Vere William Pusey 11/6/1783PR
John Pusey esq, d 24 Jan 1767 aged 75 (and floor slab)PR confirms
Pusey Hall estate owned by the Honourable John Pusey Edwards, Custos of Vere
Parish in 1810 (Vere PR).
Pusey Hall Great House in 2016 Plate 18
Will 3/93 William Pusey Mar-20 ent 5/11/1684. COOPER OF London Ch of brother
Edward Alder Son William Pusey Son Daniel P, wife Mary sister Margaret,
Children William Richard, Richard to manage Jamaica plamtations, Mary & John
Thomas Wint, will of 1765[1010]
Of Clarendon. To Brother Daniel? 5/- in full barr. Nephew John Wint £500 at 21.
Nieces Ann & Sarah £200 at 21. kinsman George Wint. To Mary Newbury free
mulatto & her reputed issue annuity & negroes & 100 A on Baldwins
River. Mother Olive Wint. Nephews Samuel Wint Daniel Wint Thomas Wint. Anabella
Booth, dau of Olive WInt has £500 at 16 on 25/7/1778.
Olivia, a mulatto ch, with many others, Clarendon 24/3/1750 of Thomas by Gibba,
a negro. Also same day, Mary, a mulatto of Thomas by Bella, a negro
Was Olivia the Olive mentioned in his will as a mulatto
Olive had a daughter Annabella Booth, who went on to have issue by John Ross in
Kingston in 1797.
Samuel Wint
He was probably a first genereation immigrant into Jamaica: FMP shows Samuel
Wint baptised at St Marylebone, London on 20/10/1734 and born 25/9/1734, of
William & Mary.
Buried 9/4/1790, St Catherine, merchant, of dropsy[1011]
Left his estate to his wife Elizabeth Mary Wint and son John Pusey Wint,
legacies to “four children of Ruth Anderson a free Mulatto Woman of the parish
of Vere named Mary Wint James Anderson Ann Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson”
Andrew Wright was one of his executors.
Andrew subsequently married Elizabeth.
Samuel Wint Inventory:
Ent 7/12/1790 £6540-10-10¼
Shown by Andrew Wright. Copies held (from Jam Archives via Donna Kenny 12/2013)
Prob issue of Samuel Wint & Ruth Anderon:
Mary Anderson Wint, b 27/7/2766, ch 29/23/1766, Clarendon dau of Samuel &
Ruth Anderson – see below.
Vere Wint James Anderson 16/11/1776, b 1773MTK
Vere Wint Ann Anderson 16/11/1776, b 1769MTK
Vere Wint Elizabeth Anderson 16/11/1776, b. 1776MTK
EAW had 7 children by Henry Cerf of Berlin, St Elizabeth: he
later married Elizabeth in England in 1826.
1804[1012]:
Indenture between David Milligan and Grant Allen of London merchants by John
Mame of Kingston their attorney of the 1st part & Andrew Wright of St Elizabeth
esq & Elizabeth Mary his wife formerly Elizabeth Mary Wint relict of Samuel
Wint late of St Catherine dcd of 2nd part and William Crouch and Joseph Jones
both of St Catherine of 3rd part. Whereas Samuel Wint was indebted to David
Milligan & Grant Allen in a large and considerable sum. Whereas Samuel Wint
owned with considerable estate at death inter alia foot land in St Jago and
Samuel Wint appointed Andrew Wright, Elizabeth Dutton Smith Turner esq execs.
David Milligan had writ from Nov Grand Ct 1791 on parcel. William Crouch &
Joseph Jones agree with David Milligan etc to buy the parcel of land for J£315.
And also J£157 to Elizabeth for her dower rights. long deed but refers only to
the St Jago land.
1/1. Mary Anderon Wint, 29/12/1768, born 27/7/1766, Clarendon.
of Samuel Wint & Ruth
Anderson. Concubine of John Angel, and mother of Ruth Angel, 2nd
wife of George Roberts, whose 1st wife was Rebecca Wright, daughter
of Andrew Wright who married later Samuel’s widow, Elizabeth (Pusey) Wint. See
Roberts section for further descent from her. This makes here a sort of Step
sister of Rebecca (Wright) Roberts......
She had Elizabeth Cerf by Henry, b 17/9/1799, ch St E 27/9/1800, MW free
quadroon.
1/2. John Pusey Wint,
Son of Elizabeth Mary Pusey and Samuel Wint, stepson of Andrew Wright of
Mitcham estate St Elizabeth.
It looks as though he finally moved to England in the early 1830’s, but does
not appear in the cencus’s until 1861. One daughter was christened in South
Wales in 1820. He and Eliza, like Francis Maitland and Ann Wright must have
come over to England to get married as they both claimed English residence at
marriage.
ch 20/3/1781 St Catherine, of Samuel & Elizabeth Mary Wint. (PR), was
proprietor of Ryde Pen, very close to Newport, southern May Day Mountains, in
Vere parish from at least 1815 until 1828; Ryde was in the name of John
Griffiths in 1830, but back with JPW in 1831, John Salmon in 1832 (probably as
attorney. It had some 110 slaves in JPW’s day.
Married: Eliza Bailey, Marylebone, 8/1/1807.
Eliza Bailey a spinster, a minor is shown as of Horton in the County of
Buckingham in the marriage registry of 1807 for St Marylebone; John Pusey Wint
bachelor of this parishAC.
She was born Kingston 10/11/1790, baptised 5/12/1790PR daughter of
William & Jane Bailey.
Her father must have been related to George Bailey of Somerset and later of
Horton, Bucks, from whom the Nias connection came.
Eliza died, Boulogne 18/8/1854 aged 64[1013]
Plate 16 Portrait
of John Pusey Wint and
Plate 17 Eliza Wint
in about 1807 are in the V&A.
These miniatures in the V&A are part of a collection donated by Carolin
Nias, in memory of her mother, Lady Nias in 1926 (Lady Nais, nee Caroline
Isabella Laing, mother was Lydia Whiteford Bailey who married John Laing of
Jamaica at Horton). See below for more on the Baileys.
The image below is also from the Nias collection at the V&A and is
probably John Pusely Wint as a boy.
Died: John Pusey Wint Q2 1876, age 95, Kensington 1a83. D/duty reg of Notting Hill
to Jno P. Wint. 11/5/1876. Bur 16/5/1876 Brompton of 29, St James St, Notting
HillPR..
Will Registry:
WINT John Pusey Esq. Effects under £600.
16 June. The Will of John Pusey Wint formerly of Kensington-square Kensington
but late of 29 St. James’s-square Notting Hill both in the County of Middlesex
Esquire who died 11 May 1876 at 29 St. James’s-square was proved at the
Principal Registry by John Pusev Wint of 29 St. James’s- square Esquire the Son
John Scott of 8 Chandos-street Cavendish-square in the said County M.D. and
William Henry Cutler of 10 King-street St. James’s Westminster in the said
County Gentleman the Executors.
Wints were shown in Vere on the 1804 map.
The Wint family seem to have been in the Staffordshire/ Derbyshire border area
from the Census results.
1861 census shows John Pusey Wint (1) aged 80 fundholder; John Pusey Wint (2)
aged 48, (head) fundholder b. Jamaica; John Pusey Wint (3) aged 18 b. Boulogne,
all at St Mary Abbott's Kensington.[1014]
1871 Census, 12 Kensington Sq):
John P Wint (Hd, 90, Fundholder, Jamaica), John P (son, 58, Fundholder, Mar, Jamaica), John P (g/s, 28 Merchant's Clerk, France), Sarah A (d-in-l, 48, Teignmouth).
JPW had a grant of 300 acres adjoining Silver Grove’s eastern boundary in 1800,
called Galway (Manch 209)
He would have gone to England about 1806 as he was listed in Andrew’s will as
being in Jamaica when the will was written.
In 1809, there were 7 slaves baptised at Mitcham on the 6 July, property of JP
Wint, one of which was a mulatto, Susannh Burton, aged 6.
1813: Stolen from Goshen pen a dark bay mare ... JP Wint Feb 27 1813
1811: JPW on committee in May Hill and Carpenter’s MountainsJG.
1815: JP Wint Juror for Vere.
1816, 22 June: Sailed for London in the Packet, JPW JG.
1843: William Powell Wint born 24/9/1843 of Northampton, St E, of John Pusey
Wint and his wife Eliza, a labourer – must have been an apprentice, not ours.
Slave Compensation:
Further Information
Absentee? British/Irish
Spouse Eliza Bailey, daughter of W. Bailey of Kingston (St Marylebone 8/1/1807)
Children John Pusey
Associated Claims (3)
Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1,271 5S 11D Awardee DETAILS
Jamaica Manchester 94 (Ryde )£1,966 12S 9D Awardee DETAILS
Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham) £1,222 7S 0D Awardee DETAILS
Jamaica Manchester 94 (Ryde)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
2nd Nov 1835 | 102 Enslaved | £1966 12S 9D
CLAIM DETAILS
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 23.
T71/860: 'John Pusey Wint absentee Owner' claimed for 109 enslaved persons. A
note states: 'Return 102'.
T71/1606: letter, dated 19/10/1835, from E.F. Green, transmitting the anxieties
of John Pusey Wint on hearing the dates for this claim. E.F. Green had first
applied on 25/09/1835, and again on 19/10/1835, and was told to call again on
26/10/1835, 'Mr Wint being naturally extremely anxious to hear from me on this
subject'.
2/1. Eliza Wint, b 9/12/1807, ch 7/7/1809 at Mitcham, of JPW & Eliza.PR
2/2. Mary Wint, b 26/9/1810, ch at the Church, St Elizabeth 12/6/1811
dau of John Pusey Wint esq &
Eliza, his wife.PR
Married 8 Oct 1857, at Ardoyne
Church, Co Carlow, Rev James Armstrong of The Globe Ardoyne[1015]
An advertisement appeared in 1860 for JPW selling a farm in Carlow.
Carlow Post 10 March 1860:
COUNTY OF CARLOW
Household
Furniture, Stock, and Farming Implements.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By
Direction of JOHN PUSEY WINT, Esq., who has resigned his Farm
AT BROOMVILLE,
(Within 4 Miles of Tullow, 10 of
Carlow end Bagenals-town, and 6 of Newtownbarry),
On TUESDAY.
13th MARCH,
The Farm Stock, Horned Cattle.
Saddle and Draft Horses, Poultry, Implements, together with the entire
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Chiefly Drawing and Dining-room
Mahogany Chairs and Tables, Mahogany Sofa, Mahogany Sideboard, Chef- fiencer,
Carpets and Dearth Hugs, Drawing-room and Chimney Looking Glasses, a Book Case,
a Pianoforte, Bronze and Steel Fenders, and Fire-irons, Parlour and Bed-room
Stoves, a superior Eight-day Clock, large Cocoa Matting, Cut Glass, Hall-door
Scrapers, a large Room Screen, Stair Carpets and Brass Rods, Beds and Bedding
complete, Mahogany Wardrobes and Toilet Tables. Mahogany and other Wash-hand
Stands, Hip and Foot Baths, Commodes, Vapour Bath, Toilet Looking Glasses,
Painted Presses, Kitchen Utensils, Plain Gloss, Delph and China, Ac., &c.,
&c.
THE OUT-OF-DOOR EFFECTS
Comprise 2 Working Horses,
perfectly sound; 1 superior Saddle and Harness Mare, 7 superior in-calf Cows, 2
Heifers. 1 Bull, Donkey, Gig and Harness. 2 Carts and Harness complete,
Skimming and other Ploughs, Harrows and Wheelbarrows, about 50 Barrels of
Scotch Down, Pinks, and other early sorts of Potatoes, in lots; a superior bare
Lathe, with Machinery and Tools complete; 1 Com Mill, Frame Saw, 1 large
Carpenter’s Bench and Vice, a great variety of other Tools, too numerous to
mention; Forge Tools, Sacks, 5 Superior Ladders, Patent Saddle Rack, Riddles,
Garden Tools, superior Steel Forks and Prongs, a large quantity of Wallsend
Sea-Coal, &c., &c. Also, 1 Open Phaeton, 1 Waggonette, by a London
Maker; 2 Saddles—1 new; 3 Bridles—two of which are new,—all London made; 12
Glass Milk Pans, American Churn, Common ditto, Tubs, &c., ; an Oat Bin, a
Patent Mangle, a Winnowing Machine. 2 Garden Sash Frame's. Glass, &c,
&c.
The Sale will begin punctually
at Eleven O’clock, with the Miscellaneous and Farming Implements.
Out-of-Doors—The Horses and
Cattle at Twelve , immediately after, the Waggonette and Household Furniture.
Purchasers to pay Five per Cent
Auction Commission.
THOMAS PIERCE,
Auctioneer and Valuator,
Kilgreeny, Clonegal.
2/3. William Shute Wint, b
2/9/1814,
ch 29/4/1815 at Hodges, St
Elizabeth of JP Wint & wife.PR
1834, Cornet by purchase (Morning Post 19 July 1834),
1840, Lieutenant by purchase (Morning Post 19 September 1840).
1839 June 19, at St. Mary's Church, Marylebone, William Shute Wint, Esq., 13th
Light Dragoons, son of John Pusey Wint, Esq., late of the island of Jamaica, to
Maria Roe, only child of John Roe esq, late proprietor of Caenwood estate of
the same islandNA.
Maria born 14/12/1816JAMPR, Kingston, Ja of John & Hannah (Meek)
Roe.
Mary Wint listed as owner of Caenwood, Lookout & Cowick Park until at least
1840, when the total acreage was 950.
Maria remarried, 21/1/1852 St Pancras to Dederick Thomas CharlessonFMPt.
Their daughter, Louisa Maria, married William George Henry Wright, son of
Edmund Shee Wright, & G/s of De Wright, 17/10/1881, Croydon (London
Standard), she was ch Boulogne, born 20/12/1852FMPi. He was born
1861 – she lost 3 years in the censuses!
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 From:
"John Parker"
(see notes)
I am a teacher at the King's School, Canterbury. I have worked here thirty
years, part of that time in a school hall and former church, St. Mary's,
Northgate (Canterbury). The floor will be lifted this summer for refurbishment
purposes and I know that there is a stone (about 7X3 feet) dedicated to
"William Shute Wint, died at the age of twenty six in 1840, 13th.
Lancers." Burial record shows buried 25/11/1840, St Mary, Canterbury, age
24, Lt 13th Dragoons.
This hall is now a drama centre. Other items have been found and the Canterbury
Archaeological Trust will look in early July.
…. this regiment later became the Light Brigade. Many of the Lancers died of
cholera on the way back from India in 1839.
2/4. John Pusey Wint, found in
census with father.
B 6/10/1812, ch 29/4/1815, Hodges
Pen, St ElizabethPR, son of JP Wint.
M. 11/3/1841 in Horkstow, Lincoln, Sarah Ann Hele, dau of John Carroll Hele (he
was in a shipwreck (story online) and swam ashore).
Died: 1883, Q3, aged 70, Fulham. D/duty Reg 1883 of W Kensington, to John Pusey
Wint.
Will Register:
WINT John Pusey Esq. Personal Estate £1,468 0s. 1d.
10 October. Administration of
the Personal Estate of John Pusey Wint late of 8 Poplar-grove West Kensington
Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire a Widower who died 7 September 1883 at
8 Poplar-grove was granted at the Principal Registry to John Pusey Wint of 8
Poplar-grove Esquire the Son and only Next of Kin.
August 8, 1865, London Gazette:
Notice that John Pusey Wint applies for patent:
And John Pusey Wint, of 12, Kensington square, Kensington, in the county of
Middlesex, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of
"improvements in instruments used in cutting the soles of boots and
shoes."
As set forth in his petition, recorded in the said office on the 18th day of July,
1865.
1851 Census, not found.
1861 Census, 12 Kensington Sq, London:
John Pusey Wint (Hd, 48, Fundholder, Jamaica), Sarah Ann (w, 38, Teignmouth,
Devon), John Pusey (s, 18, Boulogne), John Pusey Wint (father, wid, 80, Fundholder, Jamaica).
1871 Census, 12 Kensington Sq):
John P Wint (Hd, 90, Fundholder, Jamaica), John P (son, 58, Fundholder, Mar, Jamaica), John P (g/s, 28 Merchant's Clerk, France), Sarah A (d-in-l, 48, Teignmouth).
1881 Census, 8, Poplar Grove, Fulham:
John P Wint (Hd, wid, 68, Independent, Jamaica), John P (son, unm, 38,
Independent, France, B Subject).
1864: Grave purchase Brompton, 16/9/1864
3/1. John Pusey Wint, b Boulogne, 1/1843.
1901 Census, 120 High St,
Kensington:
John P Wint (Hd, S, 58, France)
1911 Census, 65 Palace Gardens Terrace, London
John Pusey Wint, single, private means, 68, France, Brit. Subject, + one
servant.
Will Reg: died 5/12/1915, 27, Kensington Hall Gdns, 15396/10/7d.
2/5. Susan Wint, bapt East
Teignmouth, Devon 6/10/1817, of JPW & Eliza.
M 24/12/1853 Boulogne, Robert
Cook, younger son of late William of Clay Hill, Enfield.
2/5. Eliza Ann Wint, ch Usk,
Glamorgan, Wales, 7/1/1820,
dau of John Pusey Wint &
Eliza his wife, Gwehelog, Gwent.[1016]
2/6. James Wint, b 5/4/1813, ch
Ct Elizabeth church, 22/12/1813
Reputed son of JP Wint by Mary
Mitchell, sambo belonging to Francis George Smyth esq.PR
Also:
John C Wint, 1816-1866 ref Brett Ashmeade Hawkins.
may not be correct:
MI Jamaica: Ryde, Near Newport:
Mr J.C. Wint born 23 January 1816 died 30 June 1866
It is not known who this was, it is unlikely that he was a son of JPW &
Eliza, as they already had a son John alive at the time, but might have been an
illegitimate son of his.
It is possible that this is a baptism 12/12/1819 of John Pusey Wint: with no
parents given, listed with slave baptisms, but not specifically described as a
negro slave as some others were.PR
JP Wint had a bad spring 1813, 2 advertisements in the Jamaica Gazette:
27/2/1813:
Stolen from Goshen Pen, a dark bay mare, small star on her forehead. A doubloon
reward on delivering her to the property and 4 doubloons on providing by whom
stolen on application to the overseer at Goshen or the subscriber at Ryde near
May Hill,
JP Wint.
23/6/1813:
Ryde, May Hill.
Strayed from the subscriber on Saturday the 12th, a black and white
Fox hound bitch branded on the near side R. A doubloon reward,
JP Wint.
From the Jamaica Gazette:
JP Wint on list of Jurors for February 1814 Grand Court.
From Brett Ashmeade-Hawkins, 9/2006:
John Pusey Wint was born in Jamaica, but like most Planter's sons was sent home
to England to be educated. He seems to have returned to Jamaica in 1815. He and
his wife and children lived at Ryde, a coffee plantation near Newport, some
2,000 feet above sea level in the Carpenter's Mountains of southern Manchester
Parish. The climate here would have been very cool and it must have been a
healthy location, a welcome relief from the heat, mosquitoes and fevers of the
plains far below. John Pusey Wint's son, John C. Wint (1816-1866), who eventually
inherited the coffee plantation, is buried at Ryde and his tomb may still be
seen there. In the 1960s the Ryde property was purchased by Ansell Hart, one of
Jamaica's best-known Antiquarians, who thought it was the most perfect place in
Jamaica to retire.
Bailey connection
George Bailey b 1783 Wembdon, Somerset of William &
Mary
William Bailey, b 1780 ditto
Lydia Whiteford Bailey was born 3/1/1808, Wrington, (N) Somerset of George
& Ann Bailey
She married John Laing, 7/1/1827 at Horton, Bucks
and died 26/4/1836 at Horton, Bucks aged 28
Their daughter Caroline Isabella Laing married in 1855 Admiral Sir Joseph Nias,
who had a daughter Caroline Nias, who donated the collection.
The Bailey & Horton connection with JPM’s wife????
John Laing
Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Good Hope in St George
Jamaica with Robert Holden (q.v., given as John Holder in the Parliamentary
Papers). This might be the same man as the John Laing of Mackie and Laing who
acted as trustee for Samuel Francis (q.v.).
Possibly but not certainly the John Laing aged 53 annuitant
born Jamaica who in 1851 was living at 56 Montagu Square with his daughter
Caroline Isabel aged 22 fundholder born London. In 1861 he was living with
three servants at 61 Montpelier Road Brighton, where he died 27/4/1869 leaving
under £5000: his executors included his widow Marian Sarah Laing and
sister-in-law Mary Elizabeth Laing of Primrose Hill.
John Laing married Lydia Whiteford Bailey 06/01/1827 in
Horton, Buckinghamshire. Caroline Isabella Laing, daughter of John Laing and
his wife Lydia Whitefoord Laing, abode Baker Street, baptised 17/07/1828 in
Marylebone. The John Laing trustee of Samuel Francis was of Portman Square,
Baker Street.
Mary Wint:
She was the owner of several properties, amongst which was Caernwood &
Lookout, and was probably the Mary Wint who had issue with John Angel, amongst
whom was Ruth Angel, 2nd wife of George Roberts.
Slave Compensation:
Associated Claims (2)
Jamaica Manchester 249 (Look Out)£1,884 17S 1D Awardee (Owner-in-fee) DETAILS
Jamaica Manchester 252 (New Hall)£1,981 8S 10D Awardee DETAILS
Jamaica Manchester 249 (Look Out)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
4th Apr 1836 | 85 Enslaved | £1884 17S 1D
CLAIM DETAILS
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 293.
T71/860: claim from Mary Wint, as owner-in-fee. Mary Wint was the owner in 1845
of Cowich Park, Lookout estates etc.
See also Manchester claim no. 252.
Jamaica Manchester 252 (New Hall)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
30th Nov 1835 | 93 Enslaved | £1981 8S 10D
CLAIM DETAILS
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 24.
T71/860: claim from Mary Wint, of Manchester, as executrix of Ruth Anderson.
T71/73 p. 449: Mary Wint registered 89 enslaved persons in 1832, as owner.
See also Manchester claim no. 249.
The connection with this family is a direct one in that the Hon Joseph James Swaby
had a son, John, by Ruth Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton.
Indrectly, the later generations were connected via the Maitlands as an
executor and appear in various deeds.
The Hon Joseph James Swby of St Elizabeth made his will Signed 05/11/1807.
Proved at London 19/08/1812 by David Samuda – see wills file
Mentions son John Swaby, dau of Ruth Burton, deceased
Son in law John Robertson: John & Elizabeth Robertson had a son John, born
24/10, ch 1/12/1793, St Catherine.
Joseph James Swaby:
Will 1824/6 – see wills file.
1816, sailed from Jamaica to London in the 22 June, JG.
KELLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
("G.M.," FOR 1831, PT. 11, 16).
A neat mural marble slab has recently been erected, upon which is inscribed: "Sacred
to the memory of Joseph James Swaby, esquire, son of Honourable Joseph James
Swaby, late of the parish of St. Elizabeth in the island of Jamaica. . . He
died Oct. 3d, 1821, in the 32d year of his age."
1821, Oct. 3. At Knottingley, aged 33, Joseph James Swabey, esq. of Montpellier , Jamaica, son of the late Hon. Joseph James Swabey. ("G.M.," 381).
1842, March 5. At Jamaica, Frederick Peat, to Ann Margaret Eleanor Swaby, of
Eaton square., elder daughter of Joseph James Swaby late of Kilnsey, Yorkshire,
and granddaughter and co-heiress of the Hon. Joseph James Swaby late of
Jamaica. (Ibid., 661.)
Family moved to Yorkshire via Norfolk, England.
Dickleburgh, Norfolk,
On sequential lines:
Caroline Swaby, dau of Joseph James Swaby and his wife, late Ann Wilson, widow,
b Jamaica 9/10/1785, bap 11/4/1788.
Judith Burton, dau of Thomas & Margaret, bap 11/4/1788
The Burtons show up in the area in previous generations, and in the absence of
any better information, I believe that they are not connected with the
Jamaicans.
Ref Alison Powell, Genesreunited.
Also V1/15 St E: Sarah dau of Catherine Swaby wife of Dr Swaby ch 26/12/1756, b
2/4/1756.
Also:
David Wood 11/2/2021:
Hi Antony, again, not sure whether Peter Durbin and/or Denny Swaby have been
updating you on recent developments in the research into the early life in
Jamaica of (The Honorable) Joseph James Swaby Snr. b. abt. 1733 England, d.
1811 Jamaica.
New information, Joseph James Swaby Snr. married Catherine
Hart in Jamaica 17 Sep. 1751. This places him in Jamaica much earlier than
previously thought. The previous earliest record of JJS Snr. being in Jamaica
was mid-1754 when he got Ruth Burton pregnant with Joseph Swaby b. March 1755.
Hence, that period of blank time (no data) between him last being identified as
being in England (second half of 1750, sentencing at the Old Bailey to 7 years
transportation, if he were the same person as JJS the highwayman) and arriving
in Jamaica, has shrunk by almost 2 years.
We know that JJS Snr. was b. 1732/1733. We have a baptismal
record for one Joseph James Swaby baptised 16 Dec. 1733, Hammersmith, Middlesex
that is a good fit with what we know about JJS Snr. It gives us a good level of
confidence in the date range for his birth based on his reported age at death.
We have a baptismal record for Catherine Hart b. 22 August 1731. When they
married, she was only just 20 years old and he would have been just a bit
younger, 18 or 19 having been b. 1732 or 1733. Add some time for them to get to
know one another and also get permission from her father Solomon, or surviving
parent (her father Solomon may have died by 1751), say 6 months, and he would
have had to have been in Jamaica by say early 1751. If JJS Snr. and JJS the
highway were the same person, we can place him in England until the second half
of 1750. Even if JJS Snr. wasn’t JJS the highwayman, his d.o.b. still stands as
1732/1733. Amazing what he was up to when so young.
What else can we take away from finding this marriage
record?
JJS Snr. is shown as “plain” Joseph James Swaby, Kingston
i.e. NOT “Dr. Swaby”. The first time I have seen him with his profession as
“Practitioner in Physick and Surgery,” identified is the baptismal record of
Sarah Swaby, Dec. 1756, mother Catherine Swaby, wife of “Dr. Swaby”. This would
suggest that he got his medical training/experience in Jamaica.
In his will Solomon Hart left everything to his two
daughters, Catherine and Judith Ann. [Moses his son, had died underage, unmarried
and without issue.] In an indenture dated 27/12/1757, Joseph James Swaby,
Catherine Swaby, William Matthews and Judith Ann Matthews seek to break the
entail established by the will, in order to divide the property between Joseph
James Swaby Snr. and William Matthews. Under English common law at that time, a
married woman had no legal rights of property ownership and could not enter
into contracts. By marrying Catherine Hart, JJS Snr., really lands on his feet
in Jamaica; what a difference a year makes!
JJS Snr. had an extramarital affair (Rachel Lang, UCL likes
that term) with Ruth Burton starting latest mid-1754 when she becomes pregnant
with Joseph b. Mar. 1755. She then goes on to have at least 2 more children by
JJS Snr., John b. abt. 1758 and Elizabeth b. abt. 1760. Interesting given the
close ties between John Hayle Sinclair and JJS Snr. We have Ruth Burton, sister
of Judith Burton, the concubine (your word) of John Hayle Sinclair, having an
extramarital affair with JJS Snr. who is set to inherit half the estate of
Solomon Hart through his wife Catherine.
Take care, stay safe….
David Wood
PS A reason for missing this marriage record before was
there was an error in the indexing, SAWBY instead of SWABY. Mind you, if you
look at the original handwritten entry, it doesn’t look like “SWABY”
David Wood, April 2020 revised theory:
Two possible candidates have been identified in the English bdm records for a
Joseph James Swaby b. abt. 1733:-
1) (The original) Joseph Swaby baptised 11 August 1734,
Kirk Ella, Yorkshire. Thought to be JJS Snr. but has to be discounted, does NOT
meet the dob range we have for JJS Snr. based on when his parents married (the
new evidence)..
Baptism could occur within a few days of birth or several
years later. We know JJS Snr. was buried in Jamaica 15 Aug. 1811 aged 78 years
which if accurate would mean that he would have to have been born between about
16 August 1732 and 15 August 1733. These dates are within a few days, depends
on how long after death he was buried, likely not very long. The parents of
Joseph Swaby were John Swaby and Ellin Sowarsby who were married 8 October
1733. Ellin soon became pregnant producing Joseph Swaby who was baptised 11
August 1734. Working the numbers, he would have been born between June 1734
(date of their marriage plus 9 months) and early August 1734 (his baptism)
which is outside the key period of 16 August 1732 to 15 August 1733. Even if
she was a couple of months pregnant when they married, his dob still falls
outside that period of 16 August 1732 and 15 August 1733.
2) (The more recent) Joseph James Swaby baptised 16 Dec.
1733, Hammersmith, Middlesex.
Full name is a match, parents were Joseph Swaby and Sarah
Ford, married 8 July 1730. Adding 9 months to the date of his parents’ marriage
puts his dob in the range of April 1731 and December 1733 i.e. falls inside the
key period of 16 August 1732 to 15 August 1733, the dob of JJS Snr.
Joseph James Swaby (full name correct) the highwayman was
sentenced to 7 years transportation at the Old Bailey in 1750 (dates fit). In
court records he was identified as being “late of Finchley, Middlesex”.
Finchley is close to Hammersmith. One would think that a 17 year old highwayman
would stay close to home, an area that he knew well. He would need to
“disappear” (blend back into the general population) after his criminal act,
may even have been still living at home.
“Swaby” is not that common a surname, both Christian names
are a fit. Hard to imagine that many “Joseph James Swaby’s” being in and around
London at that time.
Of note, JJS Snr. a.k.a. “Dr. Swaby” and his first wife
Catherine Hart named their daughter Sarah, JJS Hammersmith’s mother was Sarah
Ford. Catherine’s mother was Elizabeth, not Sarah, Catherine’s sister was
Judith, again not Sarah.
David Wood
email 5/2016:
Prior to this the only possible reference that I had found
to a Joseph James Swaby before him turning up in Jamaica was in the records of
the Old Bailey in 1750 when one Joseph James Swaby pleaded guilty to highway robbery
and was sentenced to 7 years transportation, which would have been the American
colonies at the time.
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http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t17500530-1>
Swaby is not that common a name and both Christian names are
correct. Given that (The Honorable) Joseph James Swaby was b. abt. 1733 (based
on his reported age at death in Jamaica), the date could fit.
Peter Durbin and I are investigating as to whether (The
Honorable) JJS Snr. of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica is the same person as JJS the
highwayman and whether “Dr. Swaby”, husband of Catherine Swaby, father of Sarah
Swaby, bap. 1756 is the same person who had a child Joseph Swaby, b. 1755, by
Ruth Burton. [While JJS specifically is not named as the father of Joseph Swaby
b. 1755, we know from his will that JJS had another son, John Swaby, by Ruth
Burton.] You then have to ask, could JJS the highwayman, Jos Jas Swaby,
“practitioner of physic and surgery of St Elizabeth”, “Dr. Swaby” and (The
Honorable) Joseph James Swaby, Plantation owner, JP, Custos of St. Elizabeth
and Colonel Commandant, all be the same person?
I note that the surname Burton appears all through the
Maitland documents and we know that Ruth Burton was the mother of Joseph Swaby
and John Swaby, father (The Honorable) Joseph James Swaby. To add another
twist, JJS Snr. had 2 of his children baptised in Dickleburgh, Norfolk (these
were in the 1788’s). Why did he have them baptised in England versus Jamaica
and why Dickleburgh of all places? If you look at the Dickleburgh baptismal record
for Caroline Swaby, the very next record is for Judith Burton, daughter of
Thomas and Margaret Burton. If we look at early maps of Jamaica, we see
property owned by JJ Swaby and J Swaby in the area of Spur Tree to the south
west of Mandeville. We also see property owned by the Burton’s in the same
area. From this, one might believe that there was a Swaby – Burton family
connection both in Jamaica and in England. I am not sure of the Maitland –
Burton connection, that’s your area.
The father of these children is not known, but was intitially thought to be a
Burton. Swaby is more likely
Children of Sarah Witter. Birth dates not given, but probably young as adult
baptisms usually done together:
1/1. Nicholas Gilbert - bapt. St E 29 Dec 1751 – son of Sarah WitterPR.
1/2. Ruth (Witter), bap St E 5 Sep 1755 – base dau of Sarah Witter PR
1/3. Judith (Witter), bap St E 5 Sep 1755 – base dau of Sarah Witter PR
UCL Comp claims:
A letter attached to Dorothy Witter's compensation claim
which gives information a genealogist would find important for family history.
It gives details of her disability, 'been blind for the past 45 years' , she is
aged, and her brother William Witter transacted all her business - he had power
of attorney. The date is important - 1835 and W.B Newman who wrote the letter,
was a surgeon and medical man to the family. William Beard Newman (along with
Hyman Cohen) were the trustee to William Samuel Witter's children, James
Witter, Benjamin Powell Witter and Diana Witter, who in 1836 at the claim for
compensation were minor's. This relates to claims No. 83 and 84.
Workhouse Lists:
1792, St Mary’s: Tom to Anderson, 6/24.
1792, Spanish Town, Anthony, an Eboe, to Burton Estate, mark not plain, 5’5”
high, 6/20, [CC].
1793, St Ann: Oxford, alia John Henry, a pioneer belonging to Capt. Burton’s
Company of the 49th Regiment, quartered at Fort Augusta, 5’4” high,
7/6
Thomas Burton Bracondale, Norwich:
Not far from Dickleborough.
His will dated 18/4/1795, proved 12/6/1805, died 29/4/1805 age 66, GT Yarmouth.
Wife Elizabeth, mother of his sons.
Sons Thomas (bap 8/3/73, Yarmouth, married 1802), Launcelot (3/4/1775
Yarmouth), Charles Fisher (1/10/1778, Norwich, Married, died 1838, Yarmouth).
Also Charlotte (M 7/3/1807). Will mentions share in Elizabeth estate, Jamiaca.
Thomas Burton of Great Yarmouth: 1840/42, mentions Chiswick(?) estate in
Jamaica.
There are a few newspaper references to this family.
They may be the connection for Swaby to have been in Norfolk.
This family is of interest becaue of several occurrences of the name in the
Wright family: no connection has been found, but one of the Wright family
probably married a Dunston.
John Dunston M Joane May 16/4/1685, St A.
He may have been of Port Royal at some stage – he had land there, left to his
son Henry & Daughter Rebecca.
Died 1692.
Issue St Andrew:
1/1. Mary of John Dunston 8/7/1673 St A F10
1/2. Henry Dunston ch 29/7/1686 of John & Joane, P28
Died abt 1723.
Married Margaret Hazzard 27/12/1709, St A.
Will[1017]
of Margaret Dunston of 1745, widow Sick, mentions sons John & George.
2/1. Henry Dunston ch 19/6/1712 St A of Henry & Margaret P49
Possible issue of Henry Dunston
& Phillis Stephens, Kingston:
3/1. James Stickler Dunston ch 8/2/1754 P118
3/2. Mary Dunston ch 11/4/1755 P124
3/3. Margaret Dunston B 18/10/49, ch 27/12/1749 P101
2/2. George Dunston, ch
25/12/1715 St A of H&M P51
2/3. John Dunston ch 18/10/1710, index shows Dunston, text copy shows Weston,
but probably Dunston – correct sequence for index.
1/3. Rebecca Dunston ch 6/9/1687 of J&J P30
Married John Salmon, St A,
30/8/1702
2/1. Mary Salmon, re will of Henry Dunston ch St 16/5/1705 P44.
1/4. William Dunston, ch 19/5/1689 of J&J P31
Judith Owen, dau of Richard & Mary Owen, ch St A 14/2/1711. P49.
Richard Owen married ... Gale, Sept 1725, St A.
Richard Owen married Mary Todd, St A 29/5/1704
John Dunston ch 4/9/1678 of John & Mary St A (f17)
Clarendon Dunston nil
St Catherine Dunston Nil
Kingston only Margaret bef 1751
Vere Nil
St A to 1750
St E nil.
Port Royal records start 1722 – too late.
Dunston Deeds
John Dunston
12/175, dated 7/2/1678-9
George Heales & Jean wife of St A in Liguana, planter
John Dunston planter of St Andrew.
2 negroes & £12 from John Dunston fro
For 22 ½ acres in St A N & E by James Barrow S by
Richard Clarke & George Sullman
John Dunston
13/13 Dated 23/2/1681 Ent 6/12/1681
John Dunston buys 3 acres from George Quarrell adjoins land in 12/175 £15.
Robert Dunston
14/17 Dated 20/1/1681-2 Ent 1/3/1681-2
Robert Dunston & wife Dorothy Bricklayer &
Henry Slaughter of Ligonee
for 15’x30’ land in PR for 15 years for £7 & annually one egg.
Robert Dunston
20/7 dated 24/3/1687-8 Ent 12/4/1688
Mary Stiles widow of John Snr & son John Jnr of St E
Robert Dunston, bricklayer of St E
£22 for 25 acres in Middle Quarters, s on Jervies Cherry? N on George Hill E on
Thomas Kitton W on Rocky Mtns, ½ of 50 sold by Christopher Pinder esq to George
Rushbrooke 17/9/1671, sold to John Stiles snr dcd by George Rushbrooke 1/1/1675
Henry Dunston
43/192, Ent 1/2/1708-9
Henry Dunston planter of St Andrew leases land in St A
Henry Dunston – 1710
46/10 Dated 12/5/1710 Ent 19/6/1710
Henry Dunston planter of St A
father John Dunston will of 12/7/1692 left foot land in Port Royal to Henry
Dunston & his sister Rebecca later married John Salmon planter of St A.
they sold to Maurice Ganey? Of Port Royal on 20/11/1705, Henry Dunston then a
minor
Now Henry Dunston is 21 and confirms selling to Edward Ganey (son of Maurice
Ganey) for 5/-
John Dunston To William Matthews – 1757
169/12-43 Feb-18 Date 16/7/1756 Ent 17/6/1757.
John Dunston esq of Kingston & William Matthews? of Kingston. Refers to
transactions of property in Kingston
Dunston Wills
John Dunston - 1692
7/85 24/7/1692 ent 9/9/1692
of St A planter in good health
Wife Joane exec
Son & dau Henry & Rebecca and also child wife now goes with equally
divided when 20 years.
PR: St A:
Mary Donston of J&M ch St A 8/7/1673 P10 PR
John Dunston of John & Mary ch St A 4/9/1678 P17
Henry Dusnton, ch 19/6/1712, St A of Henry & Margaret.
Henry Dunston - 1723
16/137-88 Dated 5 Dec 1723, ent 24 March 1723-4
Henry Dunston of St A indisposed of body
1 to son John D 1 negro slave Philander and girl slave Mimba & 2 pick when
21
2 Rest & Remainder to sons John, Henry & George when 21
3 if wife in child then it gets share
4 wife Margaret
5 niece Mary Salmon dau of John Salmon planter (living at Tunanbo?)
6 niece Judith Owen
Wife sole executor
Margaret Dunston – 1740
25/71 Ent 23/2/1745 date 6/12/1740
MD widow sick
sons John & George all estate and land lately purchased from James Pinnock
esq
Spanish Town Cathedral:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF, MRS. ANN NEUFVILLE, DAUGHTER OF MRS. FRANCIS DWARRIS,
BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, JOHN DUNSTON ESQRE., SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 15*
AUGUST 1782, AGED 24 YEARS.
Ann Margaret Dunston, ch St A 27/3/1758 of John & Frances. (St A F73)
James Dunston mulatto b 7/1750, bap 4/5/1753 St A.
The Anderson name crops up in several places in the family, including Johnas
guardian to Andrew Wright, so a small study is herewith included.
Anderson Maps & Plats
Deeds:
1759: Thomas Anderson buys ex Booth land, 179F121
1760: John & Liz A buy Lewis Land 186F47 – maybe the same as 300A on Manch
255.
1762: Anderson buys land from Roche, St E, 195F1-14 & 199F79.
1768: Andersons re land in Carp Mtns, re Manch 255 229F105
1769: Burton to Anderson, Alligator Pond, 241F33-75
As at March 2016, this is as far as I can figure without more wills.
1. John Anderson yr (of St Elizabeth in deed 1761) was guardian to Andrew Wright.
1670. Lewis Anderson had 58 acres in Clarendon.
Lt Anderson shown on Ogilby 1671 with a cotton farm on the upper reaches of the
Rio Cobre in St John. On slightly later maps, this could easily have been in
the NE corner of Clarendon.
Lewis Anderson – D 1703
in his will[1018]
of 1702 was a planter of Clarendon with wife Ann as executor and left:
Son Jno 90 acres in mountains bounding on Milk Savanna
Son Lewis 2 parcels of mountain land bounding on John Spirity? Except 10 acres
given to son Thomas
Son Thomas house & land bounding on Widdow Hutchins, & Richard James
also 30 acres savanna land out of 40 bought of Eli Scott remaining 10 on other
side of road to Lewis.
Dau Mary Anderson
Dau Dorothy Rawlins
Dau Ann Hayles (poss wife of Richard Hayles above)
No division until Lewis of age
1758: 170/123 Ent 27/2/58 Elizabeth Anderson Sarah McKeande Ref Sarah McKeande
dau of Elizabeth Anderson, and g/children Elizabeth & John Cushie, fail to
son Thomas Anderson
Married 2/10/1677, Ann Robinson, St CatherinePR
Issue of Lewis & Ann Anderson:
1/1. John Anderson B bef 1681.
Probably no surviving issue.
Alice Anderson, widow of John Anderson who predeceased her, in her will[1019] of 1738 left all to her
sister, Elizabeth Smith. Alice was the daughter of John Hayle snr. They were
married by 1714.
A mention of Edward Pratter partnership, making him the same as Alice Hayle’s
husband.
1709[1020]:
granted 600 acres Clarendon, Probably on west bank of Minho: at St Jules, NE
& NW on Waste, SE Richard Tabon & himself, SW Mr John Hales Snr
1711[1021]:
granted 500 acres in St Elizabeth on the SE side of the Lime Spot path. (LiMe
Spot path to the west of Warwick, nr 16 mile gully)
1712[1022]:
granted 290 acres in the Long Bay Mountains of St Elizabeth, straddling the
sixteen mile gully.
1720[1023]:
granted 500 acres in St Elizabeth on the straddling the sixteen mile gully,
mainly on the south side.
Will[1024]
of John Anderson – 1736
Planter of St Elizabeth weak.
To niece Ann Anderson dau of Thomas Anderson of St E dcd £500
ditto Frances Anderson of Thomas Anderson
Nephews Lewis, Thomas, James, John & William sons of Thomas Anderson. Lewis
eldest and provisions as Thomas Anderson died intestate, so Lewis to make
reparation
Reference to partnership with Edward Pratter.
Bossue Estate: (re Manchester 269)
Tharp Papers:[1025]
3. 20 July, 1784 Valuation of slaves the property of the late Edward Gardiner,
on Bossue Estate and Prospect Pen. With valuation of lands of the late Edward
Gardiner in Jamaica.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb96-ms691
This material is held at Senate House Library, University of London
Reference Number(s) GB 96 MS 691 Dates of Creation 1805-1836
Creator Troward and Merrifield, solicitors; J.W. Bromley, solicitor
Physical Description 109 items
Scope and Content}
Papers relating to Stephen Drew's Jamaica tontine and to the estate of Adam
Smith of Bossue, Manchester, Jamaica, comprising: 1.Papers of Troward &
Merrifield, 94 Pall Mall, London, solicitors to the trustees of the Dry Sugar
Works Estate tontine, including in-letters, drafts and copies of out-letters,
drafts and copies of minutes of meetings of subscibers, letter-books, accounts,
lists of subscribers, nomination forms, and some printed items, including a
printed prospectus, 1805-1821.
2. Papers apparently of J.W. Bromley, solicitor of 1 South Square, Gray's Inn,
1832-1836, relating to claims and counterclaims to compensation for the negroes
on the estate of Adam Smith of Bossue, Manchester, Jamaica, whose will was
proved on 4 Sep 1815. A printed form, dated 1836, of the Commissioners of Compensation,
gives details of the settlement: William Shand, acting trustee under will of
Adam Smith, claimant to compensation for 39 slaves, admitted counterclaim of
William and Thomas Smith, executors and devisees in trust under will of Adam
Smith (N.B. Copies of a number of letters to and from a William Shand in
Jamaica are among the papers of Drew's Tontine.)
Administrative / Biographical History
A tontine is an investment plan in which participants buy shares in a common
fund and receive an annuity that increases every time a participant dies, with
the entire fund going to the final survivor or to those who survive after a
specified time.
Stephen Drew, formerly of the island of Jamaica but then of Stoketon, near
Saltash, Cornwall, was the agent of the tontine on the Dry Sugar Work Estate
(1435 acres), in St Catherine's parish on the Rio Cobre River, one mile from
Spanish Town. The tontine was to begin in May or June 1805, but Drew did not
reach Jamaica until November 1805. In December 1806 the trustees gave power of
attorney to Messrs Pinnock & Shand of Jamaica, to proceed against Drew, as
his management was unsatisfactory. By September 1808 the estate was in the
hands of a receiver; in November 1808 Pinnock estimated the value of negroes
and stock at £10,800, exclusive of the freehold. Probably by about that time
Drew had received £18-19,000, the trustees retaining little more than £1000.
From 1809 Pinnock & Shand acted as managers of the estate, being occupied
in selling the negroes, and trying to sold the land. In 1821 the tontine was
still not wound up, and a bill was pending in Chancery against the trustees,
for an account of the estate.
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Acquisition Information: Bought from W. Myers in 1966.
Archivist's Note:Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
1/2. Lewis Anderson, probably born after 1681
1719: granted 300 acres Clarendon
1720: granted 100 acres Clarendon
1733: granted 183 acres Clarendon NE Figarry Gully (4 mile N of Round Hill).
2/1. Elizabeth Anderson, ch Vere 17/3/1713 of Lewis & “Andrew”
2/2. Lewis Anderson, b 6/11/1715 ch Vere 19/1/1716 of Lewis & AnnPR
Alive as older in 1752 (re deed
referring to younger)
Was this him: Lewis Anderson married Elizabeth Sinclair, widow, both of Vere,
16/2/1762. She may have been the widow of Peter Sinclair, brother of John.
Lewis Anderson From Thomas Alison 110/63 Feb-18 Date 12/11/1739 ent 30/5/1741.
Thomas & Martha Allison, surveyor of Clarendon sold to Lewis Anderson 538
acres on East bank of Milk River crossed by road from Cartwheel to Frenchmans
ford. Plat in original.
Ch Clarendon, of Lewis and Elizabeth:
Lewis Anderson 6/10/1731
Francis Anderson 6/10/1731
Ann Anderson 5/4/1734
Sons of Lewis Anderson from the 1755 deeds, prob b abt 1720:
2/3. John Anderson
2/4. William Anderson
Issue of William & Martha Anderson:
3/1. Henry Lewis Anderson ch 17400110, Clarendon.
Lewis Henry Anderson bur St
Dorothy, 26/3/1771, aged 27.
3/2. Elizabeth Sarah Anderson b.
17471207 ch. 17480109, Vere.
3/3. Lewis John Anderson b. 17491218 ch. 17491220, Vere.
3/4. Martha Anderson b. 17500315 ch. 17500531, Vere.
3/5. John Anderson b. 17521015 ch. 17521018, Vere.
3/6. Mary Anderson ch. 17541226, Clarendon.
1755[1026]:
William & Mary Anderson of Clarendon, planter, for 10/- sold to Jonathan
Ludford, Carpenter of Vere, 690A at Milk River N on Capt George Booth W on Milk
River & Mrs Sarah Cushie S on Thomas Anderson & Hooatin & Commons
200 acres assigned to William Gunter and E on St Ann's Gully upon special trust
that Jonathan Ludford, shall sell 1/2 N on part of the other 1/2, W on Milk
River & Sarah Cushie, S on Thomas Anderson & Hootin & Cummins 200A
to William Gunter and E on St Anns Gully to the said William Anderson. &
the other 1/2 to John Anderson.
William Anderson’s wife Martha Mary & John Anderson’s wife Elizabeth
EL deed confirms this
abt 1755[1027]:
William Anderson & wife Martha Mary for £6000 from John Anderson sold half
of property from father Lewis Anderson as Joint Tennants in Common
1st part 423A part of 1000A of Col Thomas Sutton
2nd 30A part of 300A from property of Humphrey Stiles dcd
3rd 20A part of Thomas Allison dcd
4th 22A part of 80A of Lewis Anderson dcd
5th 17 A of Lewis Anderson with a sugar works commonly called the
Retrieve in Vere in Little Carpenters & negroes & stock.
1775[1028]:
Martha Mary Anderson widow of Clarendon (of William Anderson), Richard Huggins
Read of Vere esq, Martha Mary Anderson sold 500 a in Vere to Richard Huggins
Read for 5/- E, NE & N on the sea, W & S on a creek N, NW & S on us
rockey mts. 2 photos 1527 6/2 On Photo Plats file
1/3. Thomas Anderson. B bef 1681, died intestate before 1736.
Probably him:
1718[1029]:
Mortgage. Thomas Anderson & Catherine sold land to Ralph Rippon, on Thomas
Jackson, & 160 acres from his wife. sold 116 acres N on Thos Jackson a
minor, E on Joshua? Tennant, W on Varney Phillips, S on David Gabay &
George Pittman a minor.
1718: Thomas Anderson was granted[1030]
3 plots of land totalling 402 acres in St Elizabeth adjoining John Anderson,
one parcel of “146 acres of land near a place called Hilberry in St Elizabeth
bounded North on Capt Richard Marks Easterly on Captain Richard Stoner, west on
land of Jonathan Harrison”. Thomas Anderson by deed conveyed said lands to
Joseph Creamer and wife who sold it to Zacharia Gaultier who sold it 1/5/1728
to via several transactions to Benjamin Burton[1031].
There was another small parcel of land of 46 acres granted to Thomas Anderson
about 1720 in St Elizabeth.
The sons made settlements over the estate of uncle John which was probably
about 1300 acres in St Elizabeth; these deeds make it clear who was who.
1752[1032]:
Ind Btw Lewis Anderson the younger of Vere & Thomas James & John
Anderson
Whereas John Anderson late of St Elizabeth, planter, by will of 10/7/1736 gave
Rest & Residue to his nephews Lewis, Thomas, James, John & William
Anderson sons of Thomas Anderson dcd and that his estate should not be divided
and produce divided btw them. John Anderson also said that if Lewis Anderson
eldest son of Thomas Anderson dcd who died intestate refused to divide the
estate btw his brothers as well, then Lewis Anderson should not have any part
of John Anderson’s estate.
William Anderson one of Thomas Anderson’s sons died a minor with no issue, and
Lewis Anderson did not distribute the estate.
For 10/- from each of them Lewis Anderson quits any claim on Thomas Anderson’s
estate to remaining brothers James, Thomas & John Anderson.
Thomas, James & John Andersons of Vere sons of Thomas dcd
For 10/- to each for them from Lewis Anderson of Vere heir at law of Thomas
Anderson dcd quit claims on the estate of Thomas Anderson.
Issue from Brother John’s will of 1736:
These were probably born in Vere in the 1720’s when there were no records
2/1. Lewis Anderson,
The younger in 1752.
2/2. Thomas Anderson,
1755 160/86-201: John Morse of
St Elizabeth for £400 sold to Thomas Anderson 450A, 1st 300A Pat by Edward Grant
at Buchers Valley 2d 150A part of 300A patent by Christopher Halfwright
1759[1033]:
.. Whereas Henry Dawkins esq late of Clarendon on 30/7/1754 conveyed to
Alexander Crawford of Clarendon, practitioner of Physic penn lying in St Jago
Savanna containing 1002.5A part of a larger pen patented by Benjamin Burton
& also his 1/2 of 700A patented by Jonathan Ashurst. Now for £300 Alexander
Crawford conveyes to Thomas Anderson planter of Clarendon 1/2 of 700A pen land
in St Jago Savanna NW on John Olyphant esq, E & NE on Thomas Golding, S on
George McKenzie SW on Carvers land patented by John Whitson, PHOTO 2106
Note Benjamin Burton land
1761[1034]
Thomas Anderson & James Anderson sold 202 acres in Middle Quarters to Hugh Wallace
for £700. Was Pat by William Shittlewood.
1766[1035]:
Thomas Anderson & James Anderson planters of St Elizabeth & John Morse
of London Merch. Anderson's on 15/3/1759 sold 1/2 of Springfield plantation to
John Morse 450A, 300A pat by Edward Grant & 150A part of run pat by
Christopher halfkinght? Next year sold back to Anderson's now they sold all
with slaves to John Morse for £3000, being unable to make it pay.
1772[1036]:
Thomas Anderson & Mary planter of Clarendon sold for £50 to Charles Thomas
Hunt 104A in Clarendon being part assigned to Thomas Anderson & Mary in
right of Mary Anderson by writ of partition 19/10/1750 when John & White
Robinson plaintiff & Thomas Anderson & Mary defendants of Kingston writ
of partition of A (plat) N on waste land, S on heirs of Richard Hayle dcd. Plat
shows division, S plot to John Robinson & N plot to Thomas Anderson sold to
Charles Thomas Hunt PHOTO 1 15/2
White Robinson, nee Hayle, dau of Samuel, son of John jnr.
1788: Thomas Anderson, son of Thomas & Mary Anderson snr, releases his
claim to the estate of Henry Hayle – see under White (Hayle) Robinson.
Maybe him:
Thomas Anderson To Robert Goodin 1790[1037].
Letter re estate of Thomas Thistlewood, Thomas Anderson an executor, other sold
Breadnut Pen, Thomas Anderson agrees.
1790[1038]:
Thomas Anderson esq & Ann of Westmoreland for £2500 sold to James
Wedderburn esq of Westmoreland 200A on road from Morgans Bridge to sav la Mar
also 200 acres on mountain land etc, not ours? The same year, Thomas Anderson
& Ann of Westmoreland sold for £3895 to Thomas Storer of Kingston esq for
54 (named) slaves
Will of Thomas Anderson – 1771[1039],
Of Clarendon, planter weak
To son Lewis John 1/3d
To wife Mary slaves and dwelling house called the Retreat at Milk River
Specifies produce of estate.
Sons Thomas & Christopher, Daus Susanna, Mary & Elizabeth Sarah
Anderson
To them ½ of 700A in Clarendon NW on John Oliphant, E & NE on John Golding
snr, S on George McKenzie, W on Carrer? Sold by Alexander Crawford 20/11/1759
R&R to Thomas & Christopher, If they fail to 3 daus
If they fail then that part of estate formerly of Samuel Hayle to go to White
Bridget & Robert John Robinson, children of John Robinson & his wife
White, the other ½ to Mary Crow, wife of Dr John Crow and to William Anderson,
son of my brother John Anderson decd. White Robinson dau of Samuel Hayle, son
of John jnr.
Issue of Thomas & Mary Anderson:
Edward Anderson, ch 26/12/1754, Clarendon
Susanna Anderson ch 10/2/1757, Clarendon
Christopher Anderson ch 7/6/1761, Clarendon.
Elizabeth Sarah Anderson ch 6/12/1761, Vere.
Frances Ghent Anderson ch 9/12/1763, Clarendon
2/3. James Anderson,
2/4. John Anderson,
A will for John Anderson is
listed for about 1766, but the original book is not now available.
Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of John, Married John Anderson, planter, Kingston,
3/5/1744, both of Vere (re will & PR).
B aft 1722, but probably before about 1726.
Died after Priscilla’s will in 1764, but alive in 1768 when son John conveyed
land to her as a widow of Vere.
1755[1040]:
John Anderson snr of Vere & Elizabeth sold William Anderson for £6000 land
called Little Carpenters in Vere, Sugar Plantation called Retreive &
negroes, 40 steers, 27 mules, for 10 years payable £5000 + 6% refers to £50
annuity to Elizabeth, William’s late father’s widow to be paid by John
Anderson. Wit Simon Booth.
Also next deed Sale of 15 negros, no details £790.
Cadastral map of St Elizabeth shows Retreive on the east side of the road from
Lacovia to Calabash Bay, Robertson shows this as Sunderlands.
Manchester 214 estate map may refer to this land.
Lidell 1888 shows Retreive in Manchester, on the north side of the Figorary
Gully: Craskell has Anderson sugar estate in a similar position.
1759[1041]:
For £30, Charles Prendergast of St James sold John Anderson one girl slave.
1755[1042]:
Elizabeth Anderson sold James Henderman 1A in Sav la Mar
1760[1043]:
John & Elizabeth Anderson of Vere, planter, for £250 from Joseph Wright of
Vere sold land formerly in St Elizabeth but now in Vere in Carpenters Mtns 1st
piece of 500A patented 3/6/1718 by Henry Lewis planter of Vere, then N, E , S ,
W on u/s land ROCROP as on plat, the other piece 100A patented by Henry Lewis
29/10/1718, N on u/s rocky Mtns E on Paul Barrett S on road from 16 mile gully
to Milk Savanna W on Henry Lewis. 2 Photos 2 Photos. Plat for 100A shows Henry
Lewis plat St Elizabeth 16F220 & 16F199 to NE survey date 1718, Plat for
500A, shows Henry Lewis 16F199 to west
Plats in Wills File.
Joseph, son of Robert, son of Andrew Wright.
1761[1044]: Mary Creemer of St
Elizabeth widow for 5/- from John Anderson gent of Vere & Thomas & Ruth
Powell of St Elizabeth, planter, to pay within 4 yrs after decease of Mary
Creemer to James Anderson, son of Mary Creemer to Lewis Anderson son of Mary
Creemer £200 & £50 to the sd Ruth Powell dau of Mary Creemer, £100 to
Frances Markman, dau of Mary Creemer, £50 to Stephen Mourant, g/s of Mary
Creemer, £00 to Mary Mourant g/dau of Mary Creemer, £100 to Thomas Powell, son
of Thomas Powell & g/s of Mary Creemer. After Mary Creemer's death, about
40 slaves, half to John Anderson and half to Thomas Powell until Thomas
Powell's son James is 21, then that half to James.
1762[1045]:
John Roche & Catherine Isabellla of St Elizabeth sold John Anderson for
£200 726A at or near Alligator Pond known as Rockford Pen part of 3 runs
patented by William Parker and Richard Hyson and by Jury allotted to John
Chambers and sold by him to John Morse esq, and now belonging to John Roche NW
pat William Harris, E on patent of Henry Fleming W on John Rochester N & NE
Bernard Senior and James Phillips see 199/79 - John Hayle Sinclair. PHOTO 64
PLAT in Wills File Probably just north of Alligator Pond.
1763[1046]:
John Anderson & Elizabeth of Vere sold to Jonathan Ludford, of Clarendon,
Millwright, 38 named slaves for £1063, and then Ludford conveys them back to
John Anderson for his life and then to John Anderson the younger & Lewis
Anderson and William Thomas Anderson, sons of John Anderson.
1765[1047]:
John & Elizabeth Anderson sold 630A to Jonathan Ludford for £50 in
Cartwheel Savannah N on George Booth E on St Ann & Santa Maria Gully S on
part of same land of Wiliam Anderson & SW on Milk River and also that parcel
of land in the Carpenters Mountains cont 160A patented by Peter Vallandry &
known as DIXONS E on Figuary Mountains all other side unsurveyed. Note
Dixons is in John Sinclair’s will, and on estate maps.
1767, 221/161 Sep-16 Thomas Powell & John Anderson of St Elizabeth lease
negroes to Christopher Brooks
Issue from PR:
3/1. John Anderson from 199/21
1762[1048]:
John Anderson jnr executor of Francis Wright & guardian of Andrew Wright.
Whereas Francis Wright dies possessed of land & 31 slaves value £1294/10/-
John Anderson agreed to lease land & slaves to the Hon Thomas Fearon of
Clarendon, gent. Now this indenture leases 700A in St Catherine called the
Crescent N on Rio Cobre, S on land of Beaumont Pestell W on land formerly of
Beaumont Pestell & Gibraltar EN & ES on land heretofore of Peter
Beckford esq dcd for 10 years for annual rent of £130/4/7.5d.
1768[1049]:
John & Grizel Anderson planter of Vere sold to Elizabeth Anderson, widow of
Vere for £160 187A in Carpenters Mountains part of a patent for 240A to Peter
Valand then bounded WS & W on waste Rocky Mtns E&N on waste land which
187A now bounded N on land patented by William Pusey esq, Dr James Dickson,
& Mr Francis Smith E on William Pusey SE on Rocky Mountains S on Sd Francis
Smith W on 40 Acres part of same run in possession of Peter Styles PHOTO plat in
Wills File.
1775[1050]:
John Anderson of St Elizabeth for 5/- from Thomas Chambers for 1 acre Alligator
Pond Bay
16th November 1820 (Votes of the Assembly).
A petition of James Simpson, trustee and administrator with the will annexed of
John Anderson, William Ellis Ncmbhard, by his attorney Robert Taylor, James
Simpson, and David Simpson, successors of Hibbert, Taylors, and Simpson, George
Davis, Elizabeth Mary his wife, Mary Anderson Kennedy, Elizabeth Kennedy, John
Anderson Kennedy, and Alice Kennedy, infants, by Angus Kennedy, their guardian,
was presented to the house, and read, setting forth,
" That the said John Anderson made his will, dated the 25th day of July,
1812, and thereby devised unto the said William Ellis Nembhard and John Watson
Howell his plantations called New-Forest and Mount-Pleasant, with all his other
lands and slaves, upon trust, that the said William Ellis Nembhard should
possess and manage and hold the trust premises, to the uses, and divide
annually the profits, in the manner therein mentioned, and thereby empowered
his trustees to sell a run of land of three hundred acres at Ward's Bay, five
hundred acres called Mulatto pen, and and five hundred acres called John's pen,
and to purchase negroes upon the trusts of his said will, and to be settled as
therein mentioned:
" That by a codicil to his said will, reciting a lawsuit, wherein it was
probable that a considerable sum of mney might be awarded, he thereby empowered
his executors to mortgage New- Forest and the negroes for raising a sufficient
sum to satisfy the said award:
" That William Ellis Nembhard proved the will and codicil, qualified, and
entered into possession;
" That John W. Howell died without interfering:
" That the testator not having declared any uses as to his real estate,
except New-Forest and Mount-Pleasant, the trustee is seized, as the petitioners
are advised, of the reversion therein, in trust, for the heir at law of the
testator, and the petitioners Elizabeth Mary Davis and John Anderson Kennedy
entitled thereto by descent:
" That the said Elizabeth Mary Davis hath no issue:
" That William Ellis Nembhard hath departed from this island, and
appointed the petitioners, James Simpson and David Simpson, his attornies in
all capacities, who are likewise the only copartners in this island of the
house of Taylor and Simpsons, the successors and representatives of Hibbert,
Taylors, and Simpson, in the said will mentioned:
" That in conformity to a power in the will the said Taylor and Simpsons,
the successors of Hibbert, Taylors, and Simpson, by deed poll, ap})ointed the
petitioner James Simpson trustee under the said will:
" That the said George Davis and his wife obtained the guardianship of the
petitioners Mary Anderson Kennedy, Elizabeth Kennedy, John Anderson Kennedy,
and Alice Kennedy, wliich guardianship has been lately revoked, and
guardianship granted to Angus Kennedy:
"That the sum of 11,119£. 5s. O¾d has been decreed against New-Forest and
a sale of that property in default of payment:
" That the testator's personal estate is insufficient to pay the said
demand, and there would be great difficulty in raising so large a sum by
mortgage:
" That Ward's run is worthless and unsaleable, Mulatto pen might be sold
at a low price, and John's pen might be sold in parcels, but that the most
saleable part of the testator's property is a parcel of land in the parish of
Manchester, containing about five hundred acres, called Dixon's run, not
specifically mentioned in the testator's will, uncultivated and detached from
the other property, and of no advantage, to his estate:
" That a sale of Dixon's run can be made with great advantage, and the
petitioners, James Simpson and William Ellis Nenihhard, by his attorney, at the
request of the parties interested in the trust and premises, have treated for
the sale thereof to James Tabbernor, whose offer of 4000£. they have agreed to
accept :
" That the said sum will very considerably relieve the estate, and the
residue of the debt would thereafter be more easily raised by mortgage, as
directed by the will :
" That, from the infancy of the petitioners Mary Anderson Kennedy,
Elizabeth Kennedy, John Anderson Kennedy, and Alice Kennedy, no sale can be
made of Dixon's run without the sanction of the legislature."
And praying the aid of the house
Ordered:
That the above petition be referred to Mr. Finlayson, Mr. Rennalls, and Mr
Hall; that they that they inquire into the allegations therein contained, and
report the facts, with their opinion thereon, to the house.
3/1. Lewis Anderson, son of John
& Elizabeth Anderson,
Clarendon, 19/4/1745.
Also of John & Elizabeth
Anderson, seems late, but William Thomas was in deed 199/21:
3/2. William Thomas Anderson, Vere, b 16/10/1761, bap 2/12/1761
William Thomas Anderson married
Vere 16/1/1781 Mary Anderson.
Lewis Anderson son of Thomas William ch Vere, 19/12/1783.
3/3. Elizabeth Ellis Anderson,
ch 29/12/1765 ClarendonPR.
Note: Vere for 1759 & 60 and other years missing.
2/5. William Anderson, died
young.
2/6. Ann Anderson b Vere 22/10/1718 ch 13/11/1719, of Thomas & Mary.
2/7. Frances Anderson
1/4. Mary Anderson.
1/5. Dorothy Anderson, M Mr Rawlins. None St Catherine.
1/6. Ann Anderson, M Mr Hayles (maybe Richard Hayles),
Ch Clarendon, Anderson son of Henry & Mary Lewis, 6/6/1710.
Thomas Anderson married Vere, 16/1/1781 Susannah Hudson, widow
1804: Andersons shown at Mulatto Pen, on the Gutters – Alligator Pen Rd.
1807: John Anderson owned 500 acres in Manchester, on south boundary of The
Farm (JG Booth) (re estate Manch 255). See Sinclair Patents & Estate maps
drawing.
1817: Jamaica Gazette advertisement:
Fort Anderson, St Elizabeth, Jan 8.1817
The subscriber, intending shortly to leave the island for the benefit of his
health, requests those who are indebted to him will come forward and settle
their accounts without delay. Thos Anderson.
There was also a John Anderson in Kingston: probably not the same
family:
1747: will of Johanna Anderson, widow of St Andrew[1051]
1755: 159/235-514 Date 2/2/56, 14/2/1756, John Anderson late of Bay of
Honduras, now of Kingston, To William Reid prob not relevant.
1754 159/248-531 date 3/8/1754, 11/12/1755, John Anderson of
Port Royal, re land To Isaac Mason - in 45/140
1754 159/45-140 Date 3/8/54, 5/12/54, John Anderson of
Kingston & Chistopher Terry OTP planters, £10 from Chistopher Terry 5A in
Port Royal parish on Mammee River
1775 273/96 Feb-17 William Anderson of Kingston selling on bonds to James
McLean
10/6/1830 At New Hall plantation on Manch, after a few days illness Mrs Ruth
Anderson, at the advanced age of 78 years, regretted by a numerous circle of
friends, Gazette.
And St James:
1790[1052]:
An Agreement btw John Anderson of St James 1st Nicholas Trought of St James
surveyor 2nd and Elizabeth Anderson wife of John Anderson 3rd part. J & E
unhappy differences agreed to live apart mtce of £31/10- pa, Nicholas Trought
mediator. Elizabeth Anderson in Britain??
1790[1053]:
John Anderson sold for 5/- a town lot in Mo Bay to Nicholas Trought as security
of the mtce to Elizabeth Anderson, and to remove dower claim by her.
Mary (Downer) Booth, 1st wife of GB2, was probably the sister of
John who left his will in 1702, mentioning his wife Rebecca, although she could
have been Rebecca (Smart)’s sister. An earlier will of 1665 by Robert Downer
mentions his son John Downer: it is possible that this was Mary’s father if he
died young, or grand father. John & Rebecca’s sons, George & Henry
Downer were guardians to George Booth, son of George who married Milborough
Downer, dau of John Downer & Rebecca (will 1701), son of Capt George.
Robert Smart owned 60 acres in Clarendon in 1670, John Downer 210 acres.
Mary Samrt married Richard Hailes, 6/1/1673-4, St Catherine.
The probability is that John Downer (will 1701) and Mary, 1st wife
of GB2, were siblings and the issue of Robert Downer, will of 1665.
Robert Downer
Will of 1665[1054]:
Sick, All estate to wife Dyana Downer, Except 1 horse named Jake to son John
He was granted 190 acres with Philip Roberts in 1664 in southern Withhywood,
west of the Salt Savannah.
After wife’s decease: 60 acres belonging to my plantation to son John Downer,
20 acres to Susanna Ginge, 20 acres to Elizabeth Downer, Lands at Hilliard’s to
be divided between them.
(Hugh Ginge appears with 20 acres in Clarendon in 1670)
These are probably Robert’s son & daughter, not necessarily in date order:
1/1. Mary Downer – from deed to George Booth jnr, married GB2
1/2. John Downer married Rebecca Smart, St Catherine, 21 Feb 1668-9PR.
1670: owned 210 acres in
Clarendon.
2/1. John Downer, ch 8/2/1670 of John & Rebecca
Will of 1702[1055]
of Port Royal, weak. To wife Rebecca Downer, ½ acre in St John for life,
Rebecca Downer to maintain children out of estate. Kinsman William Kingston,
mariner of St Andrew, 60 acres in St Andrew, Rest & residue all land etc
(incl ½ acre to Rebecca) to children, All under 21. Executors George &
Henry Downer Guardian Richard Cargill of Vere.
1695[1056]:
John & Mary Mayne of Port Royal sold land in Port Royal to John &
Rebecca Downer of Vere
1695[1057]:
Land to John Mayne elder to John Mayne & Mary the younger, sold some to
Henry Thomas & Jeremiah Downer of Port Royal.
1755[1058]:
Deposition - Jeremiah Downer of St James aged 70, after marriage to Rebecca
Grey dau of Henry Grey gave them a slave Mirtilla as cook but Jeremiah Downer
no title- she had 3 children. After death of Rebecca deponent gave to slave
Milborough & another to son George
3/1. George Downer.
1695[1059]: Land in Port Royal
granted to John Mayne, some sold to Samuel Percival who sold to George Downer
son & heir of John & Rebecca Downer
Will
George Downer – 1731
18/145-215 11/6/1731 ent 6/12/1731
George Downer of Westmoreland planter sick
Wife Rebecca negroes for life,
Daus Elizabeth Markman & Rebekka and Milborough Downer £300 each
dau Elizabeth Goulbourne £50
G/D Sarah Markman, Rebekka Markman when 21
Son Thomas Downer
A John Markman living by Giddy Hall, 1774 (Delaroche deed).
4/1. Milborough Downer, ch Vere 29/2/1695 of George & Rebecca
4/2. William Downer, ch 19/12/1716, Vere of Geo & Rebecca b same day. Early
death? Seems a long gap from Milborough – same generation??
3/2. Henry Downer.
Henry Downer From John Mayne-1695
17/82 date 6/2/1J2, ent 26/3/1696
Land to John Mayne elder to John Mayne & Mary the younger, sold some to
Henry Thomas & Jeremiah Downer of Port Royal.
Henry Downer 1737-8
21/179 1737
Ent date 17/8 1731 20/11/1738
Henry Downer esq of Westmoreland
Wife Elizabeth 1 negro boy Kent & 1 girl Lucea for life, also household
goods & plate
Dau Smart Dunn £500
G/s George Witton when 21 £200
Son Robert Downer R&R
Witnesses Rich, James & John Dunn.
Issue of Henry & Elizabeth Downer, VerePR:
4/1. Smart Downer, ch 1694,
4/2. Robert Downer ch 8/2/1702
4/3. Smart Downer, b 2/2/1708, ch 8/2/1708
3/3. Thomas Downer.
A Thomas Downer married Susanna
Bryan. 29/4/1704, St Catherine.
Thomas Downer Will:
17/121 Dated 13/2/1726 ent 27/7/1727
Thomas Downer planter of St Dorothy sick
Wife Susanna horse and saddle not ex £10
Son Thomas 2 negroes young black horse & saddle case of pistols a silver
hilted sword watch
Dau Rebecca 2 negro girls 6 silver porringers 6 spoons 6 forks a saddle &
horse
Son George 5 negoes saddle youngbho0rse
Cousin Charity Mathews
4/1. Rebecca Downer, ch Vere 25/10/1716 of Thomas & Susanna.
3/4. Jeremiah Downer.
Esther Facey of Vere widow and
Jeremiah Downer of Vere planter. 1722[1060]:
Whereas George Booth of Vere and Rebecca his wife by deed 19/6/1717 sold to
Jonathan Facey late of Vere planter dcd and to his heirs and assigns for ever
22 3/4 acres of land in Vere as in deed afsd and whereas Jonathan Facey in will
3/1/1720 gave Esther Facey the 22 3/4 acres for ever. Now this indenture Esther
Facey sold land for J£80 to Jeremiah Downer bounding NE on Wm Booth dcd S on
James Egan E on Mrs Jane Booth and W on Jane Booth Henry Booth and Henry Lord.
4/1. Henry Downer, ch 8/2/1708, Vere, of Jeremiah & Rebecca
4/2. Dau Downer, b, 20/1 ch 9/2/1718, Vere, of Jeremiah & Rebecca.
3/5. John Downer.
3/6. Milborough Downer, prob. wife of George B., Capt George’s son.
3/7. Ely Downer.
Chas Downer, ch 6/1/1716, son of John & Ann Downer
George Downer, ch 10/9/1732, Vere of Thos & Elizabeth
John Downer, planter of Vere, married Judith Goodwin 9/1707,
dau of Arthur Goodwin (will of 18/4/1693)[1061].
George & Jeremiah Downer were “trespassing” in 1746 in Norman’s Valley, St
James and were granted land there “as if they were newcomers” (ref Laws of
Jamaica abstract, Google books)
1763[1062]:
Jeremiah Downer of St James left 300 a to son George Downer, daus Frances Wolf,
Bathsheba Jenkins and Rebecca Fisher. Sarah Downer widow of George Downer sold share.
1763[1063]:
1st pt Mathias Philip Downer of St Ann & wife Ann late Ann Hayle, widow of
Henry Hayle, millwright of Clarendon, 2nd Henry Palmer Hayle & William
Hayle, legatees of Henry Hayle, gents & sons. Mathias Philip & Ann
Downer agree with John Pusey exec of Henry Hayle to release her Dower to her
Hayle sons. for £400.
Mathias Philip Downer William Downer 1777
287/149 Feb-17
Mathias Philip Downer of St Dorothy, William Downer of St Elizabeth, deed of
trust re slaves
Mary Downer To Flora Facey 1790
386/180 Feb-17 Date 17/4/1790 ent 28/5/1791:
John Henry Delany & Mary Downer of Trelawney leased to Flora Facey, woman
of colour, and Mary Facey her dau, a shop in Martha Brae.
Will of Robert Downer, 26/134:
Date 2/11/1747 ent 2/6/1748. Robert Downer of St James, planter. 1st to dau
Milborough, J£500 out of estate called Friendship 3 years after (death?). 2nd
to dau Elizabeth Mary when 21 J£500 if either dau die, £700 to survivor both to
be maintained on estate. Rem to 4 sons: Thomas, Robert Henry, William &
Cargill. Mentions partnership with Richard Cargill. Execs Jermiah Downer and
WIlliam Reid.
SMARTS
Sentence of John Smart (Will) 4/11/1681: Latin will
downloaded PROB11/368/155.
Seems to mention sister Elizabeth Smart, but none other obvious. Probably then
of Covent Garden.
Nat Archives index shows him of Jamaica.
No significant early wills.
Smarts were early in Barbados.
Henry Smart married Elizabeth Crampton, St C 13/4/1669.
1670 Robert Smart had 60 acres in Clarendon.
Smarts appear in Barbados records.
The Warrens of the time – nothing obvious
William Warren had at St Andrew:
Charles Warren ch 9/8/1670
George 28/9/1671
Edward 27/12/1673
Margarite 29/3/1676, mother Mary
Elizabeth ch 5/6/1677, mother Mary
Of Edward & Sarah, St C
William 4/12/1673
John 7/7/1670
A will[1064]
of Thomas Sutton dated 1707, probated 2/3/1711. Copies both in Jamaica and UK
National Archives.
His wife was Judith Booth, the daughter of GB1. He
appeared is several places as executor etc.
of Clarendon in good health
Beloved wife Judith, Edward Pennant and John Moore Execs
To wife sole produce of all my plantations at Withywood and of all negroes and
slaves therewith used and occupied and are particularly mentioned in a schedule
annexed ... and also the cutting and bringing away of all wood for building ...
share of lands in McCary Bay.
Also 50 acres of land in Yarmouth Savanna for life if she will accept same in
lieu of her dower jointure.
Son John all estate.
Dau Sarah Mitlethwaite £100 UK
Dau Anna Cadwell £100 UK
Dau in law Elizabeth Pennant £J50
God dau Judith Pennant & Sarah Pennant £UK100 each to be laid out these in
plate at marriage or 21.
Friends Edward Pennant & John Moore £J50 each Edward Pennant extra £50 for
managing the estate.
Thomas Pennant, son of Edward estate if his children die without issue.
Son John to be brought up in England.
47 Slaves.
Sketch Pedigrees of Jamaica[1065]
has him died bef 1710 and a Bill, Sutton v Moore, dated 29 July 1710 but with a
footnote that he was buried 15/11/1710 Vere, 72nd year of life,
which is confirmed in Archer’s MI of Jamaica.
A Thomas Sutton was with Penn & Venables as Sergt to BaynardVLO.
His widow Amy applied for arrears 1656.
MI Archer:
Thomas Sutton was a Member of the Assembly for Clarendon 1677-79, 1686, 1691,
1698, 1701, Vere 1695, Speaker 1691-1693, 1698, Member for Port Royal 1703,
1706. Buried in (Vere) Parish Church at Vere ”Here lyeth inter’d th body of
Coll Thomas Sutton who departed this life the 15th day of Novemebr
in the seventy second year of his age and the year of our Lord God 1710”
John Sutton, grandson of above is also interred in the same Church. He died 23rd
August 1745.
It was on his plantation in Clarendon, that the first serious servile revolt
occurred in 1669. Sutton was a gallant soldier, and defended Carlisle Bay
breastwork against the French, under Du Casse, in 1694. (Archer MI)
Deed 11/83:
Henry Tennant of Clarendon sold on 26th November, 1670, for 22
negroes and £80 sterling to Thomas Sutton, attorney for John Sutton of
Barbados, 15 negroes, 30 head of cattle and 1100 acres of land, coppers, still,
mill and mill house at St Augoe upon the Milk River in Clarendon. Document
dated 29th June 1680. Suttons appear on B&K 1684 to the south of
Booths on the St Jago Savanna, but the patent of June 1670 shows the St Jago
Pond, making it north of Captain Booth’s patent.
Henry Tennant probably married to Mary, daughter of John Sutton who died in
Barbados on 1664, making him the “nephew-in-law” of Thomas and brother-in-law
of John Sutton jnr).
Issue of Gifford & Elizabeth Pennant (Gifford Pennant had patents near
Francis Burton), Gifford Pennant married Elizabeth Allwinkle, St Catherine
7/9/1669PR:
Elizabeth Pennant St Catherine, 29/1/1671-2
Probable father of:
EDWARD PENNANT
Born about 1672,
Married Elizabeth, dau in law of Thomas Sutton (from TS will), whose wife was Judith
Booth. The LDS submitted tree has Elizabeth as Moore.
Chapelton, Clarendon:
Here lyeth the body of the honourable Edward Pennant esq, who departed this
life, the 11th of June 1736, Aetat 64.
He was Chief Justice, Custos Rotulorum of Clarendon and Vere, &c.; and
father of Samuel, Henry, Smart, [a daughter], and ---- John, eldest surviving
son, who married in St. Catherine's, 22d Oct., 1734, Bonella, daughter of
Joseph Hodges, of Lacovia, Member of Assembly in 1711, and whose name survives
in a large pen near Black River. Richard, their son, was created a peer of
Ireland, on the 19th Nov. 1783, by the title of Lord Penrhyn. See "The
Peerage."
Edward and Elizabeth Pennant issue (LDS) Clarendon:
1/1. Samuel 20/12/1709
1/2. Henry 29/3/1711,
1/3. John Pennant
A tree submitted to the LDS has children:
Edward, John, Sir Samuel, Gifford, Henry, Judith, Smart, Elizabeth, Sarah
& Mary.
Wiki: Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (1737 – 21 January 1808) was a slave
owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament (MP) and Irish peer.
Richard Pennant was educated at Newcome's academy in Hackney and Trinity
College, Cambridge.[1]
He was MP for Petersfield from 1761 to 1767, then becoming one of Liverpool's
members from 1767 to 1780, and again from 1784 until 1790 when he offered his
seat to Sir Banastre Tarleton who continued his anti-abolitionist activities.
He was prominent in the development of the Welsh slate industry. He was created
1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn in the county of Lough in 1783. This did not
disqualify him from standing for elections to the Westminster House of Commons
as his peerage was Irish.
Pennant owned vast properties in Caernarfonshire and six sugar plantations in
Jamaica, where he owned over six hundred enslaved workers. He inherited half of
his Welsh estate from his wife, Ann Susannah Pennant nee Warburton; the
daughter of General Hugh Warburton, the other half from his father, John
Pennant (Warburton's business partner). On his death, Richard's entire estate
was inherited by his second cousin, George Hay Dawkins (1763–1840), who
subsequently adopted the surname of Dawkins-Pennant. Dawkins' daughter Juliana
and her husband were named as co-heirs of the estate on the condition that they
also took the surname Pennant (which they duly accepted). Dawkins' son-in-law,
Edward Gordon Douglas, was later created 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandygai.
George Hay Dawkins-Pennant was born in 1764. He was the son of Henry Dawkins
and Juliana Colyear. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Bouverie.2 He married Hon.
Sophia Maria Maude, daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden and
Mary Allen, on 25 June 1807 at Hawarden, County Tipperary, Ireland.3 He died in
1840.
He inherited the Penrhyn estates from his great-uncle Richard Pennant,
1st and last Baron Penrhyn, of Penrhyn, co. Louth.4 He lived at Penrhyn Castle,
Caernarvonshire, Wales.
Auriol Mackeson-Sandbach descends from this line. 
Who married Tanzin Roberts Booth, 1752
Extract from From: Henry Goulburn, 1784-1856: A Political Biography Hardcover –
14 Mar 1996
by Brian Jenkins (Author)
Surrey Family History Centre, Woking, 12/2019:
4 Henry Goulburn
....was less than ten miles from the southernmost tip of the
island and conveniently close to the port of Old Harbour;
Edward Goulburn married Thomasin Roberts, the daughter of an American
merchant, and she bore him three children. Of their two daughters, the elder
died in infancy, but in March 1758 Goulburn was presented with a son and heir,
who was christened Munbee. Six months later Edward Goulburn was dead. Under the
terms of his will, his brother assumed control of the livestock pen, working it
in trust for his young nephew. At his own death in October 1765, Henry Goulburn
- married but childless - made modest provision for his widow and settled a
substantial sum on his niece Sarah, who had also been provided for in her
father’s will. “And all the rest of his estate both real and personal he gave
unto his nephew M. Goulburn & his heirs, with remainder in case of his
death before 21 years of age” to his niece “in tail general. But Henry’s widow,
a strong-willed and capable woman, declined to accept a mere £400 and the use
of their dwelling house as full satisfaction for all her dower or thirds.
Instead, under the laws and customs of the colony, she secured one-third part
of her husband’s real estate and subsequently deducted and retained to her own
use one third part of the net proceeds” of the properties. Further, as the sole
executor of Henry s will and as the appointed guardian of her nephew and niece
during their minorities, she remained in possession of the entire estate until
Munbee came of age. Meanwhile, Thomasin Goulburn had remarried.
The young heir was packed off to England for his education. The absence of
schools had long been identified as “one of the principal impediments” to
Jamaica’s effectual settlement. On the other hand, the schooling received in
England was scorned as entirely inappropriate to any useful employment in the
colony. Moreover, the sons of wealthy planters had a distressing tendency to
neglect their studies and “waste their patrimony in a manner that redounds not
in the least to the national profit, having acquired a taste for pleasure and
extravagance of every kind, far superior to the ability of their fortunes.” All
too often, in short, they behaved as if they had been sent “home” to “pass away
their time agreeably, and that it is not meant they should perplex themselves
with dry and obtuse literature, and their fortunes will enable them to live
independent of science and business.” Very few of them returned to the island.
Munbee entered Eton in 1771, at a time when the school was in the midst of
a decline. Enrolments were falling sharply even though Eton was then a less
socially exclusive institution than it became in the nineteenth century. The
children of ambitious tradesmen rubbed shoulders with aristocratic sprigs.
Perhaps Munbee’s most notorious fellow entrant that year was Richard Wellesley,
the eldest son of a well-established but undistinguished Irish Ascendancy
family, who had been expelled from Harrow for participation in a riot. Two
generations later, the Goulburns and Wellesleys were again to be thrown
together. Munbee Goulburn matriculated at Oxford at the age of seventeen.
Although a young man of some academic ability, with a “more than average amount
of lit¬erary acquirements,” he appears to have been less interested in
educa¬tion than in the formation of useful social connections. He had to
overcome the prejudice with which those whose fortunes had been made in the
Indies, East as well as West, were regarded by the society to which they sought
admission. Thus he spent lavishly on the pleasure of those persons whose
company he sought and whose acceptance he craved.
On coming of age in 1779, Munbee confirmed to his aunt “his satis¬faction
of all her transactions in & about the estates ... with the accounts
thereof kept by her during his minority.” He had reason to be doubly grateful.
She now surrendered to him her own real estate holdings, together with slaves,
cattle, and stock, and released “all her dower or thirds & other claims at
law & equity” in return for a modest annuity and the payment of some £9,000
to her estate. It was, he gratefully acknowledged, a generous arrangement on
her part. Now a young man of considerable wealth if obscure origins, he was an
eminently acceptable suitor for the daughter of a minor lord. A good marriage
would be a significant step towards gentrification.
The Chetwynds were a Staffordshire family whose ornate Jacobean hall at
Ingestre had been set in grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. However,;
property and title had parted company on the death of the second viscount. The
magnificent hall had gone to his daughter, who carried it into the Talbot
family. Subsequently, the impecunious fourth viscount had been obliged to take
up residence on the Continent, while his heir accepted a humble clerkship in
the Home Office. The task of making a suitable match for the viscount’s elder
daughter, Susannah, therefore promised to be a challenge. She was not a young
woman of obvious accomplishments, for her education had been neglected. What
she did possess was a beauty that attracted the unwelcome attentions of the
libertine Prince of Wales. More importantly, she proved to be a woman of
fortitude and character. A strong mind, harmonizing as it did with a “nice
perception of right and wrong,” her admiring eldest son later recalled, well
equipped her not only to resist the temptations of a dissolute society and to
educate herself and ultimately acquire a “deep knowledge of religious truth,”
but also to carry her successfully through a life of both “chequered prosperity
and adversity.
The union of Munbee Goulburn and Susannah Chetwynd Was much a business
transaction, but a mutual anxiety to effect the alliance induced a certain
carelessness on the part of the negotiators for the bride and recklessness on
the part of the groom. The young couple were introduced during the winter of
1781—82 at the London town house of a relative of the Chetwynds. There also
Goulburn made his offer of marriage, and the attractions of the match were
obvious. He estimated his annual income at never less than £5,000 and implied
that the charges upon the sugar estate were negligible. Thus the Chetwynds
accepted the proposal without hesitation, and the settlement was signed and
sealed on 21 May 1782. Munbee, having speci¬fied the bequests of his father and
his uncle to his sister, covenanted “that the Estate is free of all charges
& incumbrances.” There was no mention of his aunt’s charges, an omission
that he later blamed on his solicitor. Not that this explanation convinced
everyone involved. The concealment of the claims amounted to “a Fraud upon the
parties interested under the Settlement,” one member of the Chetwynd family
later deposed; the inadequate protection afforded Susannah Chetwynd arose from
“the want of candour and veracity in the said Munbee Goulburn in not disclosing
to the Parties interested, the real and just state of his affairs.”?
The Goulburns had three children, all sons. The eldest, born in London on
19 March 1784, they christened Henry at the parish church of Marylebone.
Although it had been rebuilt only forty years earlier, this plain brick oblong
was by general consent too small and unprepossessing for the capital’s “largest
and most opulent” parish. There was not even a font for baptisms, merely a
common basin set on the communion table. All too often, godparents were
squashed together in such a disorderly fashion “that it was impossible for the
minister to see many of them, or address and require them to make the
responses, which the Rubrick directs.” Limitations of space even on occasion
obliged the living to share pews with the dead awaiting burial. As a result,
”all reverence for the sacrament of baptism; all solemn and awful reflections
from hearing one of the finest services ever composed, and on occasion the most
interesting to the heart that can be imagined, are entirely done away, and the
mind filled with horror and disgust.” Not that the Goulburn baptism was
celebrated in this macabre fashion. Instead, a parish clerk ruefully recalled
twenty years later that he toasted the infant so often that he fell down and
broke a thumb. But infancy proved to be a characteristically perilous time for
Henry A nurse sat on him. This accident left him with not only an indentation
of his head but also permanently defective vision in his eye. Hence Thomas
Creevey’s later cruel description ... eyed.”
Subsequently, he was carried off to France by his parents. They remained
there for approximately two years, living First in Paris and then in Toulouse.
Henry claimed that his earliest memory was of the packet boat carrying him back
to England. By 1787 he had a brother, Edward, and Frederick was to be born the
following year.
The Goulburn family took up residence in Gloucestershire, renting Prinknash
Park, which was owned by a family that was well connected in Jamaica. Here was
an idyllic environment for an increasingly active child, anxious to explore his
immediate world. A small manor house, it had been in turn a mill, a hunting
lodge, and a residence of the abbots of Gloucester before the dissolution of
the monasteries; parts of the building dated from the thirteenth century. There
was a small chapel with painted glass and “many angels in their coronation
robes,” several “good rooms,” and the promise of many nooks and crannies for an
intrepid young explorer. The estate was as attractive as it was secluded. Set
on the side of a horseshoe-shaped Cotswold hill, commanding a magnificent view
of Gloucester four miles distant, whose cathedral tower could clearly be seen
rising above the city, the house was surrounded by parkland and stood in its
own “litde forest of beech.” It was here that Munbee, with the assistance of
the local curate, set about the task of educating a first son who spoke better
French than he did English. This was not an easy task, since the young Henry
was by his own account a “passionate” child much given to tantrums. For them he
suffered the traditional punishment of being locked in his room for extended
periods, and like generations of children he exhibited considerable ingenuity
in escaping from this form of confinement. Nevertheless, when his father
dispatched him at the age of seven to Dr Moore’s School at Sunbury, Henry found
himself fully the equal of boys his own age in English and Latin. His
difficulties remained behavioural. Still wilful and ill disciplined, his fits
of temper brought merciless treatment at the hands of his fellow pupils. Then,
on 29 November 1793, his father died suddenly.
Munbee Goulburn’s finances had become ever more complicated during the
years of his marriage. He succumbed to the temptation of so many absentees - to
live beyond his means. He mortgaged his estate on several occasions to cover
his debts. He borrowed heavily from a Liverpool merchant, William Goore, to pay
off the mortgage necessitated by his marriage settlement, and contracted in
return to employ Goore as the agent for the sale of his produce at the northern
port. Goore’s claims against him at the time of his death approached £4,000.
Further, Munbee had obtained land and slaves from his mother for which he ought
to have paid her some £500 Jamaica a year, but content with her annuity from
the estate of her second husband she had never claimed these monies. However,
at her death in 1784, her bequests to her daughter raised the very real
question of whether Munbee’s sister was entitled to these arrears. Nor had he
been any more successful in clarifying the situation left so murky in his
marriage settlement - the substantial sums owed to his aunt and settled by her
on his sister and another beneficiary. In 1791, as he struggled to service and
even reduce his debts, he gave serious thought to ordering the entire sugar
crop for the year shipped over to pay the trustees of his sister s marriage.
Munbee’s ultimate folly was to die intestate.
Susannah Goulburn was as ill prepared for her husband s death as she was
ill equipped to handle the consequences of his financial reck¬lessness.
Moreover, her health had already so far collapsed that she and Munbee had been
planning to winter in Lisbon. Instead, she suddenly found herself besieged by
his creditors and made the frightening discovery that the marriage settlement
under which she was guaranteed at least £800 a year was “altogether a nullity.”
Alarmed and bewildered, she sold her husband’s personal property and threw the
family’s affairs into the Court of Chancery. While the complicated problems at
issue were being resolved, she assumed that she would be provided at least with
the means both to maintain herself respectably and to educate her children. But
the court was a notoriously dilatory and expensive institution.
One immediate consequence of this crisis was severe domestic economies.
Servants were released and the house that Munbee had acquired in Great
Cumberland Place, Marylebone, was surrendered in favour of far more modest
accommodation. The Goulburns moved first to a relatively small if recently
constructed house in Manchester Street, a short distance north and east, and
then to the outlying retreat of Acton. A rural area, five miles to the west on
the Uxbridge Road, part of its appeal for Susannah Goulburn may have been the
three wells of mineral water that had once made it fashionable. Meanwhile,
Henry remained at Sunbury and was joined there by his brother Edward. However,
when he fell victim to a severe eye infection that resisted medical treatment
and temporarily deprived him of sight, he was withdrawn from the school and
dispatched to Worthing, where the sea air eventually proved to be as
therapeutic as his desperate mother had hoped. He was placed in the care of one
of her sisters. With his recovery and the arrival of his brothers (for Susannah
Goulburn could no longer afford to keep Edward at Sunbury and was then too
unwell her- self to care for her children), Henry temporarily assumed
responsibility for the education of his siblings. In the process, he greatly
improved his own grammar and his understanding of the less difficult Latin authors.
Alter several months they returned to them mother household, where they were
provided with a tutor, though they did not benefit particularly from this more
conventional arrangement. Perhaps because - mother's reduced circumstances,
their instructor possessed both limited knowledge and precious little teaching
skill. After two wars he was dismissed, and the decision was made to place
Edward in the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Henry continued with his
self-education, though he read only what interested him and initially
demonstrated little aptitude for those fine arts, music and drawing, in which
his mother sought to ground him.
Throughout this difficult and trying period, Susannah Goulburn waited
impatiently for a decision from the Court of Chancery. It mattered little that
the members of the family disclaimed any wish to contest questions
“unnecessarily” or that the widow and mother indicated her desire “to avoid the
expense of a hopeless suit, particularly if any part of the costs would
probably fall on the personal Estate.” The court’s taste was for “mature
deliberation,” and in this case, as in so many others, there were all too many
opportunities to indulge it. There was a need to take the opinion of persons
“conversant with the Laws of Jamaica” and the “acts of the Legislative assembly
there.” Then again, until it received a full accounting from the colony of the
debts to be charged to the estate, and they had been settled, the court could
not decide either Susannah Goulburn’s or her children’s shares of the
personalty. Yet the manager of the plantation had forwarded such an accounting
by the end of 1794, though a considerable period elapsed before he completed
the inventory of personal property in Jamaica. Similarly, it was the end of
1796 before the emblements were finally and officially ascertained. The
decision was then taken to sell sixteen slaves - that is, those over and above
the number specified in the marriage settlement - to pay off Munbee’s personal
debts in the colony. Nevertheless, this essential information reached neither
Susannah Goulburn nor the court in reasonable time. She long assumed that the
source of this infuriating delay was in Jamaica, but eventually discovered that
her many misfortunes included an inefficient and dishonest solicitor. As one
defender of the much-abused court later observed, “the perplexity of Chancery
details,” the “tempers and objects of the parties, and the skill, activity and
honesty of their respective agents” were the elements of the “real delay” in individual
cases.
Susannah Goulburn quickly turned her tangled affairs over to another
solicitor, and her hopes of more rapid progress towards a settlement began to
rise. However, she soon made a second disheartening discovery: the court would
continue to proceed at its own time-consuming and income-generating pace. The
Chancery Office was open so rarely that although she travelled up to town
frequently, she found little opportunity to consult the master. Nevertheless,
by the summer of 1800 it appeared that this frustrating business was at last
coming to a close. But her optimism was misplaced. Before the year was out, she
was dispiritedly complaining that “nothing can be more wearing than these
unforeseen delays.” The inventory of stores had been returned to Jamaica
because it had not been submitted on stamped paper or been properly witnessed
and sworn. Yet a few gains were made. Susannah Goulburn and her brother were
appointed guardians of the children, and her sons’ allowances were finally
settled. Furthermore, in that brief flush of optimism, she had returned to
Great Cumberland Place. While this decision soon became another source of
financial embarrassment, as the proceedings in Chancery dragged on, it was to
have a profound impact on the life of her eldest son. For it was during their
brief second residence there that he came into contact with the Montagu family.
Matthew Robinson was a younger son of a minor lord in the Irish peerage.
Although ultimately to succeed to the title as the fourth Baron Rokeby, he had
long since been more than happy to ensure his own and his family’s fortunes by
taking the married name of his paternal aunt. The widow of Edward Montagu, a
grandson of the fourth Earl of Sandwich, she had been left a considerable
estate by her late husband. Yet Elizabeth Montagu, was a woman of distinction
in her own right. The author of Dialogues of the Dead and Essays on the Genius
and Writings of Shakespeare, she was one of a trio of London hostesses who
determined to hold receptions at which intellectual conversation replaced the
more fashionable diversion of card playing. Dramatists, orators, lawyers,
clergy, ambassadors, and visiting foreign men of letters were all to be
encountered at her gatherings, where she displayed her delicate social skills.
She kept “us in constant good humour with ourselves, consequently with
everything else,” wrote one who knew her well. She had “quick parts, great
vivacity, no small share of wit, a competent portion of learning, considerable
fame as a writer, a large fortune, a fine house, and an excellent cook.”15 With
her seriousness of purpose, Elizabeth Montagu showed a lack of concern for
convention with respect to “full dress,” and thus one regular at her breakfasts
and assemblies chose to wear grey or blue worsted rather than black silk
stockings, a practice that led to the epithet “blue stockings” being attached
to those who attended the gatherings. No less famous were her annual May Day
receptions for the city's chimney sweeps, which were held in the extensive and
well- wooded gardens of her mansion in Portman Square. It was another tribute
to her good taste. She had been quick to recognize the talent of James Stuart,
a fan painter turned architect, providing him with this earliest large
commissions. His design for Montagu House combined Athenian grace with an
attention to detail that impressed the most discriminating visitors. On her
death in August 1800 at the advanced age of eighty-six, Elizabeth Montagu
bequeathed to her nephew not only this “noble, simple edifice” but a princely
annual income. Dutifully, he edited and published four volumes of her
epistolary works.
Without exaggerating her literary attainments or overlooking the extent to
which she was “oppressed by the load of her own superiority” (which led to the
cold-shouldering of Dr Johnson for his “irreverent treatment” of her writings),
Montagu celebrated his aunt as a “superior woman” and an example of the
beneficial effects of education. Indeed, the education of both women and the
lower orders was valued as a spur to the further improvement of the men of the
higher orders. In short, although it was necessary “for the maintenance of
their just authority, or what comes to the same thing, for the good of society,
that the rich should be superior in knowledge to the poor, and men to women,”
there was no need for “recourse to artificial means to keep the storehouse of
learning under lock and key, to prevent this order being subverted.”
Great Cumberland Place was only a short distance west of Portman Square,
and since Montagu and Susannah Goulburn were already acquainted, perhaps as a
result of her earlier residence there, the two families quickly developed an
intimacy. Montagu interested himself in her legal problems and induced his
friend Spencer Perceval to investigate her plight An established lawyer and
rising politician, Perceval had transferred his practice from King’s Bench to
the far more remunerative Chancery in 1802. His advice, given freely, was not
to be scorned. Similarly, Montagu took a close interest in the future of
Susannah’s eldest son, who played so often with his own children.
The early death of his father had accelerated Henry’s transformation from
wilful and self-centred-child to adolescent. His sense of responsibility had
been heightened by his role as his brothers’ tutor and by his mother’s growing
dependence on him as the young man of the family. During her prolonged bouts of
ill health, he had increasingly participated in the absentee supervision of the
Jamaican sugar estate. In short, he had been obliged to act the part of the
young adult. Denied the guidance of a father, he appears to have found a
substitute in the person of Matthew Montagu. Montagu’s integrity and
trustworthiness inspired confidence, just as his high-mindedness invited
emulation. It was Montagu who recommended that Henry Goulburn be prepared for
admission to university. Education was an important element in the preparation
of a gentleman for a life of social usefulness.
The college of choice was Trinity College, Cambridge, which both Montagu
and Perceval had attended. A college fellow then residing in London for his
rheumatism was employed as a tutor. He was the young man's first real
instructor since leaving school at Sunbury, and his erudition and urbanity made
a deep and lasting impression on his pupil. Excited by the world of knowledge
to which he was exposed, Goulburn cheerfully commuted to the capital from the
house his mother had taken on Ham Common for the summer of 1800. Lying on the
edge of Richmond Park, directly across the Thames from Twickenham and
Strawberry Hill, and famed for its “umbrageous walks” down to the river, the
area was another secluded country retreat for gentry, successful businessmen,
and literati. “Gardens, hedgerows, village churches, houses and walls with ivy
growing about them, met the eye in all directions.” Yet it was a long trek to
town, some nine miles to Hyde Park Comer, and one that Goulburn repeated three
times a week, though he returned home by coach in the evenings. Armed with a
pocket edition of Horace, he read as he walked, and he always attributed his
remarkable knowledge of that author to the passages he committed to memory
during these hikes.
Goulburn matriculated in 1801 at the age of seventeen and was duly admitted
to Trinity. It had recently won recognition as the “first of the Cambridge
colleges.” He entered as a fellow-commoner, though he was later to regret the
decision to enrol him in a class regarded as one of “rank and dignity.” There
was a clear hierarchy of undergraduate standings to which were attached a
corresponding hierarchy of privileges. Fellow-commoners were only marginally
less privileged than noblemen, being the offspring of gentry or commercial
magnates. They were excused attendance at lectures and the great majority of
college exercises. As a group, they enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for
wealth and idleness. Certainly, there was a leisurely quality to their academic
lives. At Trinity, they dined in hall at 2.30 PM and spent much of the rest of
the day in coffee houses or engaged in a variety of sporting activities.
Some did devote at least part of their time to learning, and Goulburn was
one of them. An anxiety to impress his mentor and to assure his mother that her
financial sacrifices on his behalf were not being wasted must surely have
encouraged his diligent attendance at lectures. As a result, he was somewhat
better prepared than most of his colleagues for the more rigorous examinations
that had recently been instituted with the establishment of the Senate House
tests. Goulburn was in the first class of each of the annual college
examinations and he won a declamation prize. However, during his third year he
relaxed. His rank or so he later concluded, denied him the competition so
important a stimulus “to diligent exertion.” He abandoned the studying of
mathematics and chose to attend only those lectures that interested him or were
given by lecturers he liked. Increasingly, he occupied himself with sports,
principally shooting and rowing, and his vacations were no longer passed in
study but were spent touring the dramatic landscape of North Wales and the Lake
District. When Goulburn returned to the Senate House for his final year
examinations, he was more concerned with keeping warm — for the weather was
cold and there were no stoves to take the bite out of the air — than in
parading his knowledge.
The humiliating experience of now being bested by those whom he had passed
earlier in his career served belatedly to goad Goulburn to greater intellectual
effort, and he remained in college during the last long vacation to apply
himself to composition and English history. But it was too little and too late,
and he graduated without particular distinction in 1805 and took his MA in
1808. Goulburn’s university career had done little, therefore, to correct those
educational deficiencies that were the result of his family’s fluctuating
fortunes. He had gone too long as a child without a competent tutor. By his own
admission, he left Cambridge with an inadequate knowledge of mathematics and a
mere smattering of anatomy, chemistry, and physics. In short, Goulburn was all
too aware of his modest educational attainments, and this self-consciousness no
doubt played some part in explaining why, when he turned to politics for a
career, he long proved to be a hesitant and ineffectual speaker in the Commons.
Certainly, he later regretted that he had not been better fitted by his
education for the duties that devolved upon him. On the other hand, he belonged
to the first generation of young men to be exposed to heads of colleges who had
rediscovered their didactic purpose. They reinforced the prestige of church and
university and thus strengthened the resistance of the young to “the metaphysical
subtleties which [had] thrown half of the nations of Europe into confusion.”
Goulburn appears to have been one of those young men who, raised against a
background of political turmoil and war, and suffering from considerable
personal insecurity, was drawn instinctively to conservative values as a bulwark
of order and stability.
Goulburn’s religion was to enhance these values. He had been raised in a
pious household, and the duty of daily attendance at chapel was for him no
burden at Cambridge. More importantly, his faith now acquired an evangelical
hue. There were several outposts of evangelicalism in the university, with
William Farish based at Magdalene and Isaac Milner presiding over a transformed
Queen’s College. But the heart and soul of the movement was Charles Simeon, who
had been a contemporary of Munbee Goulburn at Eton. Whether from his pulpit in
Holy Trinity.....
The Cohen family is of interest because Rebecca Wright (Francis 1 Maitland's
mother) made bequests in her will to nephews and nieces named Cohen and John
Maitland's executor was Hyem Cohen in 1787.
There were many Cohens in the parish records of the early part of the 19thC,
but there were none except for Hyman who were related to our family.
Hyem Cohen who died about 1805 was the father by Margaret Forbes, sister of
Rebecca Wright, of four children, Henry, Alexander, Caroline and Catherine. His
inventory was valued at £75426, of which £8765 was in slaves, £41067 was in the
form of loan accounts to many local families. David Cohen, who was
contemporary, was probably his brother.
Hayem Cohen was a figurehead of a small community of
Ashkenazim in Black River, a southwestern Jamaican port town in St. Elizabeth
Parish. Although he seems to have been involved in shipping, via a nearby
wharf, the bulk of his will is dedicated to the distribution of his landed
estate, its adjacent coffee field (“walk”), and its many structures that
included a retail store, collectively referred to as “Mount Pleasant.” He was a
merchant, a planter, and a shopkeeper. It is likely that Cohen hailed from
England as he maintained strong economic ties and investments in Great Britain.
His estate included executors in both places. His brother settled his family in
South Carolina. Hayem Cohen was never officially married in Jamaica. His estate
is devoted to the support of his Creole children of color from two different
women. He also heavily invested in an Act of Naturalization for his “partner,”
Margaret Forbes, and her family. Like so many other Jamaican planters of his
status, he apparently intended to send his children to England for their
education. His will includes some unusual bequests, such as a set of the
Encyclopedia Britannica and a donation to Wolmer’s Free School in Kingston. In
terms of monetary bequest alone, Cohen was possibly the wealthiest Jew on the
island. However, he seemed rather disassociated from the Jewish communities on
the island. The only element in his will echoing the religious content of other
contemporary Jewish wills is a bequest to the Ashkenazi “Dutch” synagogue of
Kingston. He died in July of 1803 at age fifty-one.[1066]
Hyem Cohen returned from Liverpoole and Madeira 12/2/1793 in
RecoveryJG.
Slaves Manumitted, 14/1/1825, Charles Wright, £80, Solomon Cohen
Leah Wright & Cohen Connection
Parish records show Leah Wright baptised 7/7/1791, a free
negro aged about 43.
2 sons recorded, reputed sons of David Cohen by Leah Wright
Hyman Cohen, b 25/12/1788, ch 1791, St Elizabeth.
David Cohen, b 12/12/1792, ch 14/4/1793, St Elizabeth.
who became a big property owner.
See end of this section for Cohens.
A Leah Wright bur 4/12/1812, at churchyard, free negro, aged 47. Probably the
same person, in spite of the age difference.
Leah Wright From David Shakespear 1804 523/14 Feb-18 Date 17/12/1803 Ent
6/6/1804. Bt of David Shakespear president of Black River Workhouse a negro
woman named Diana no visible marks sold for payment of fees for £27/0/-
Parish Records,
St Elizabeth
Cohen, Morris Joseph, b. 18070101, ch. 18090924 of David Cohen & Ann
Thompson Reputed issue, she a negro.
Cohen, Elizabeth, ch: 17980303 of David Cohen & Catherine Smith She a
Negro, ch abt 3 yrs
Cohen, Elinor Vassal b: 18140222, ch: 18141218 of Abraham S Cohen &
Elizabeth Salmon, At Black River, she a quadroon.
Cohen Henrietta 18060907 At Black River, a Mestise
Cohen Joseph 18071004 Adult negros at Black River
Cohen Thomas 18071004 Adult negros at Black River
Cohen Frederick H 18120922 Child of colour
Cohen James Benstead 18160505
Cohen David married 27/2/1715 Smith Mary Ann, he a mulatto, at the Rukes.
From Richard Lyman (descendant of Hyman below):
From Jewish Records.
Moses Cohen: (1734-1831):
1/1. Rebecca Cohen, married David Alexander.
1/2. Samuel Cohen, b. abt 1760, married Rachel Buzaglo.
1/3. Hyman Cohen: born 1761, Jamaica, died 27/2/1845, London
Married: Zepporah Isaacs
(1769-5/1/1848), abt 6/1790, London
2/1. David Hyman Cohen: born abt 1805, died 28/4/1877.
Married, 1st: Unknown
Married, 2nd: 3/10/1860, Miriam Joseph, born 19/3/1820, died 16/3/1894, London.
1/4. Henry Cohen: (1762-1817), married Esther & maybe
Hatty Levy.
1/5. Judah Cohen: (1768-1838), married Grace da Costa
Other PR:
St Elizabeth.
1/1. David Cohen: born Abt. 1763.
He met Leah Wright, born Abt.
1763.
2/1. Hyman Cohen, born December 25, 1788.
Bapt: August 07, 1791, St.
Elizabeth (PR) "reputed son of"
1/1. Leah Cohen was born 1766.
Baptism: February 19, 1826, St.
Elizabeth (PR) aged abt 60, Black Residence: 1826, Shacklock
Diana Cohen: born 1774, died October 1846. Aged 72.
Burial: October 1846, Cashew, St. Elizabeth (PR)
1/1. A. Cohen, born Abt. 1782.
2/1. Catherine Cohen, born
October 03, 1807.
Baptism: August 28, 1808, St.
Elizabeth (PR.): Mestize
1/1. Jacob Cohen was born Abt. 1782.
He met Ann Thompson. She was born
Abt. 1782.
Occupation: 1809, Slave "belonging to Mary Hook", Negro
Child of Jacob Cohen and Ann Thompson is:
2/1. Morris Joseph Cohen, born January 01, 1807.
Baptism: September 24, 1809,
Black River, St. Elizabeth (PR)
Fact: "reputed son"
1/1. Eleanor Cohen: born 1785, died March 1855, aged 70.
Burial: March 30, 1855, Comfort
Hall, Manchester Register. (PR) Residence: 1855, Comfort Hall
1/1. Lewis Cohen was born 1785, died April 1855, aged 70.
Burial: April 15, 1855, Comfort
Hall, Manchester (PR)
Residence: 1855, Comfort Hall, Manchester
1/1. Thomas Cohen was born Bef. 1789. Age: 1807, Adult,
Baptism: October 04, 1807, St.
Elizabeth (PR), Free Negro
1/1. Abraham S. Cohen, born Abt. 1789.
Concubine: Elizabeth Salmon, born
Abt. 1789, Quadroon
2/1. Eleanor Vassal Cohen, born July 22, 1814.
Ch: December 18, 1814, St. Elizabeth (PR)
Descendants of David Cohen
1/1. David Cohen, born 1790. mulatto
Married Mary Ann Smith (b abt
1790) March 27, 1815 in St. Elizabeth (PR)
Marriage banns: 1815
1/1. Henry Cohen was born 1796,
died December 1846, Age: 50 years
Burial: December 17, 1846, New burial ground, Black River, St. Elizabeth
Occupation: 1846, Domestic
Residence: 1846, Black River, St. Elizabeth
1/1. James Cohen was born Abt. 1800.
He met Frances Sampson. She was
born Abt. 1800.
Child of James Cohen and Frances Sampson is:
2/1. James Cohen, born 1825.,Bapt: 02/1/1831, Vere aged 6.: Quadroon
1/1. Mr. Cohen. A jew.
He met Ann McLean, Free quadroon
Children of Mr. Cohen and Ann McLean are (PR):
2/1. Rebecca Cohen, b. 1804, Bap: 13/9/1810, Trelawny age 6
2/2.. Mary Cohen, born May 25, 1808, Bap: 13/9/1810, Trelawny
2/3. James Cohen, born Feb 08, 1810, Bap: 13/9/1810, Trelawny
1/1. Henrietta Cohen
Baptism: September 07, 1806,
Black River, St. Elizabeth (PR): Mestize
1/1. Joseph Cohen Bap.: 22/9/1807, St. Elizabeth (PR), Free Negro
1/1. Thomas Cohen was born Abt. 1810.
Occupation: 1838, Apprentice;
1850, Laborer
Residence: 1835, Stones Hope; 1838, Hope, Bet. 1847 - 1850, Marley Hill
He married Marley (Cohen). She was born Abt. 1810.
Name spelled Molly on Jessy's baptismal record, and Margaret on Mary Ann's.
Children of Thomas Cohen and Marley (Cohen) are:
2/1. Jessy Cohen, born Bef. August 09, 1835.
Baptism: August 09, 1835, Manchester
2/2. George Cohen, born Bef. July
21, 1838.
Age: July 1838, Infant
2/3. Eliza Cohen, born April 18,
1847.
Bap: June 13, 1847, Manchester
2/4. Thomas Swaby Cohen, born
December 22, 1849.
Baptism: April 19, 1850, Manchester
2/5.. Mary Ann Cohen, born
25/10/1852.
Bap: 15/5/1853, Manchester
1/1. Edward Cohen: born Abt. 1811.
1836, Apprentice to Giddy Hall,
St. Elizabeth
Married Eliza Harris (b abt 1811) September 25, 1836 in St. Elizabeth (PR), by
Banns.
1836, Apprentice to Hodges, St. Elizabeth
1/1. Frederick Hambersley Cohen: born September 22, 1812,
Baptism: January 28, 1816, St.
Elizabeth, child of colour.
Residence: 1840, Black River, St. Elizabeth
died Bef. April 30, 1843.
Married Ann Salmon (B abt 1815) 13/9/1840 in St. E (PR).
Residence: 1840, Gales Luana, St. Elizabeth
Residence (2): 1843, Lower Works
Marriage banns: 1840
2/1. Frederick Cohen, born April 26, 1841.
Baptism: April 30, 1843, St. Elizabeth. Father already deceased. (PR)
1/1. Henry Cohen was born Bef. December 18, 1814.
Baptism: December 18, 1814, St. Elizabeth (PR)
Fact: "belonging to Miss E. Salmon", Slave
1/1. Abraham Cohen, born Abt. 1816.
Married: Rose Anne Chranstone
June 12, 1841 in St. E (PR.)
Banns 1841. She was born Abt. 1816.
1841, Abraham Coyen @ Cashew, St. Elizabeth
1841, Rose Chranstone @ Slipe, St. Elizabeth
1/1. James Benstead Cohen was born Bef. May 05, 1816.
Baptism: May 05, 1816, St.
Elizabeth (PR)
Occupation: 1842, Saddler: Child of color
Residence: 1842, Middle Quarters, St. Elizabeth
He married Valeria Dennys Pight September 21, 1839 in St. Elizabeth (PR). She
was born Abt. 1814, her Residence: 1839, St. Elizabeth
Marriage banns: 1839 Married by Revd. J. Kerr
Child of James Cohen and Valeria Pight is:
2/1. William Cohen, b. 05/11/1841, ch 20/2/1842, St. E.
1/1. Joseph Cohen was born Abt. 1824.
Occupation: 1849, Labourer
Residence: 1849, Retreat
He married Nancy Thomas. She was born Abt. 1824.
Child of Joseph Cohen and Nancy Thomas is:
2/1. Mary Eliza Cohen, b. 26/11/1849, Bap: 12/7/1850, Manchester (PR)
1/1. Harris Cohen was born Abt. 1825.
Naturalization: Bet. 1854 - 1860,
Laborer
Residence: Bet. 1854 - 1860, Mony Musk
He met (1) Amelia Walters Bef. 1850. She was born Abt. 1825.
He met (2) Sarah Bennett Bef. 1859. She was born Abt. 1834.
Children of Harris Cohen and Amelia Walters are, Vere:
2/2. Lucretia Gardiner Cohen, b.14/8/1850, Baptism: 09/6/1854.
2/3 Mary Ann Cohen, born 16/12/1852. Baptism: 09/6/1854.
Child of Harris Cohen and Sarah Bennett is:
2/4. Susan Cohen, born June 15, 1859. Baptism: March 11, 1860.
Residence: 1860, Monymusk
1/1. George Cohen: born Abt. 1828.
Occupation: 1853, Laborer.
Religion: 1853, Rock Hall
Married Diana (Cohen), born Abt. 1828.
2/1. Rosanna Gatain Cohen, born May 13, 1853.
Baptism: April 15, 1855, St. Elizabeth (PR)
1/1. Esther Cohen: born Bef. August 13, 1838.
Baptism: August 13, 1838, Manchester as infant (PR)
Residence: 1838, Quebec
David Cohen: born 1839.
Baptism: April 30, 1843, St. Elizabeth (PR) aged 3 1/2. Res: 1843, Lower Works
1/1. Elizabeth A. Cohen: born January 1848.
Bapt: May 14, 1848, Manchester (PR)
1/1. Elizabeth Cohen: born October 1855.
Baptism: April 09, 1856, St. Elizabeth
(PR)
1/1. Charles Alfred Ernest Cohen born 1862.
Baptism: April 12, 1863, St.
Elizabeth (PR.), aged 8 mths.
1/1. Leah W. Cohen was born August 03, 1837.
Baptism: May 13, 1838, St.
Elizabeth (PR)
Residence: 1838, Spring Garden
1/1. Nathaniel Cohen was born June 20, 1842.
Baptism: November 13, 1842, Manchester (PR)
Residence: 1842, The Isle
1/1. Prudence Cohen was born March 1836.
Baptism: August 28, 1836, St.
Elizabeth (PR)
Residence: 1836
1/1. Rebecca Cohen was born September 08, 1839.
Baptism: November 13, 1842, Manchester (PR)
Residence: 1842, Hill Side
1/1. Samuel Cohen was born Abt. 1841.
Occupation: Bet. 1867 - 1868,
Planter,
Res: Bet. 1867 - 1868, Lincoln
He married Mary (Cohen). She was born Abt. 1841.
Children of Samuel Cohen and Mary (Cohen) are, Manchester:
2/1. Joseph Alexander Cohen, b 16/11/1866, Bap: 03/2/1867,
2/2. Mary Cohen, b. Bef. August 07, 1868, Bap: 07/11/1868,
1/1. Rachael Cohen was born June 1841.
Baptism: May 08, 1842, Vere (PR)
Residence: 1842, Kemps Hill
ASHKENAZI CONGREGATION ENGLISH AND GERMAN JEWS
KINGSTON, JAMAICA 1788-1905
REGISTER OF BIRTHS A - F
Cohen, Henry of Mordecai married Esther of Isaac, 24/12/1788
Cohen, Henry. Alexander 6/6/1789
Cohen, Henry. Isaac 22/7/1790
Cohen, Henry. Hyman 26/7/1791
Cohen, Henry. Fanny (Brine) 3/8/1792
Cohen, Henry. Abraham 22/-/1793
Cohen, Henry. Sarah 1/7/1795
Cohen, Henry. Rachel 25/2/1797
Cohen, Henry. Maria 20/5/1799
Cohen, Henry. Zipporah 26/4/1802
Cohen, Henry. Asher 4/8/1806
Cohen, Hyman. Andrew 7/10/1790
Cohen, Hyman, Alexander 6/10/1791
Cohen, Hyman. Fanny 24/1/1793
Cohen, Hyman. Judah 12/7/1794
Cohen, Hyman. Rachel 6/8/1795
Cohen, Judah of Mordecai married Grace of Aaron, 9/7/1794
Cohen, Judah. Andrew 20/4/1795
Cohen, Judah. Maria 20/5/1798
Cohen, Judah. Fanny 22/3/1799
Cohen, Judah. Rachel 17/7/1801
Cohen, Hyman Jr.
Henry Lindo 24/1/1817
Esther 21/7/1819
Henrietta Frances 16/3/1821
Philip 17/1/1823
Alexander 21/8/1824
Jessy 1/2/1827
Charles Albert 18/2/1829
& Rose. Adelaide Louisa 26/11/1830 born Spanish Town
& Rose. Eustace 3/12/1837 born Spanish Town
Cohen, Solomon M. Charlotte 33/12/1825
REGISTER OF MARRIAGES IN THE ASHKENAZI JEWISH CONGREGATION, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
1788-1897
Cohen, Henry of Mordecai; Esther of Isaac, 24/12/1788
Cohen, Jacob of David; Rachel of Barnet, 19/8/1789
Cohen, Solomon of David; Phila of Solomon, 17/3/1790
Cohen, Judah of Mordecai; Grace of Aaron, 9/7/1794
Cohen, Solomon of Michael; Hannah of Elias Gates, 2/3/1825
Cohen, Frederick of Hyman Jr.; Emily of David Davis, 16/3/1842
MARRIAGES OF THE SEPHARDIC CONGREGATION KINGSTON, JAMAICA
1805-1897
Cohen, Hyman; Miriam of Saul Davis 23/3/1864
Jamaica Gazette 18 October 1794
Tuesday came on the election of Wardens, Treasurer, and Vestrymen of the
English and German Jews Synagogue: The Candidates were Messrs; Lazarus
Alexander, Sampson Lucas, Solomon Levy, and Hyman Cohen, the two first of whom
were declared duly elected; as were Mr. Judah Cohen, Treasurer; and Messrs.
Joel Isaacs, John Brown, Joseph Ezekiel, Isaac Levy, and Leon Worms, Vestrymen.
OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S NAVAL-YARD AT PORT ROYAL, 1784/90:
Black River, Cohen & Hyman
Black River, Cohen David, 1796
St Elizabeth Militia, Foot, 1790, 1796
Quartermaster, Hyem Cohen
Gazette, Feb 16 1793:
In the Esther Lindo, from Portsmouth, Joseph Aguilar, Esq., Jacob Gutteres,
Esq., Geo. Bartlet, Esq., Chas. Graham, Esq., Mrs. Graham and child, Miss
Graham, Miss Hughes, Miss Dacosta, Miss Jacobs, Mr. Hyam Cohen, Dr. Hugh
Munro, of the 62nd regiment, Mr. Charles Simms, Mr. Rogers, Mr. James Thompson,
Mr. Doman, Mr.William Clueness, Mr. Barnet, Mr. Allwood, and Mr. Rivers
Persons leaving the Island, 9 March 1793.
Henry Cohen, Kingston
REGISTERS AND WILLS
Chapman to Cole
Descendants of David Cohen
1. David Cohen was born 1839. He married Georgiana [Ann] (Cohen). She was born
Abt. 1838. Notes for David Cohen: It is not certain that this is the David
Cohen that is husband of Georgiana.
More About David Cohen:
Age: April 1843, 3 1/2 years
Baptism: April 30, 1843, St. Elizabeth (Source: B0056 St. Elizabeth Parish
Register III & IV, 1835-1859, IV, p. 146 #232.)
Occupation: Bet. 1864 - 1868, labourer
Residence: 1843, Lower Works
Residence (2): 1864, Luana
Residence (3): 1868, Gale's Luana
Children of David Cohen and Georgiana (Cohen) are:
2 i. Eleanor2 Cohen, born Bef. 1863.
Baptism: June 03, 1864, St. Elizabeth (Source: B0044 Jamaica Parish Register
Baptism XVI & XVII, 1863-1871, XVI, p. 11 #330.)
3 ii. Ann Rebecca Cohen, born December 26, 1863.
Baptism: June 03, 1864, St. Elizabeth (Source: B0044 Jamaica Parish Register
Baptism XVI & XVII, 1863-1871, XVI, p. 11 #331.)
4 iii. David Cohen, born February 11, 1868.
Baptism: October 16, 1868, St. Elizabeth (Source: B0045 Jamaica Parish Register
Baptism XVIII and XIX, 1861-1871, XVIII, p. 183 #718.)
This section includes miscellaneous information on Wrights and other related
families such as Cohen and Roberts.
David Robeson to Mary Wright - 1750
142/1 - date 5/1/1750, ent 3/11/1750,
David Robeson & wife Ann, Planter of Vere to Mary Wright of Vere, widow of
Humphrey Styles sale of negros.
Not known who she was.
St
Elizabeth Wrights:
General Wright/Booth Information:
There is no obvious relationship between the extensive Wright family in the
Parish Records and our branche(s), but the main lines are shown below.
(St E. index 1707-1800: 1224314. Copy Records: 1368561)
Barzilla Wright of St Elizabeth
Land Grants
Bazill Wright was granted land in several parcels around Lacovia, St Elizabeth
in about 1674. There is no indication that Bazill is related to our Wrights,
but may be an ancestor of the St Elizabeth Wrights and Cooper Wrights.
Jacob Mowatt to Barzilla
Wright – 1744
121/42 Date 25/8/1744, ent 3/9/1744
Jacob Mowatt, planter of Westmoreland and wife Smart sold 16 ¼ acres to
Barzilla Wright for £65 part of land patented to John Chambers senior.
Barzilla Wright – 1748
26/115 Dated 8/8/1746 Ent 26/8/1748
Of Westmoreland, planter in good health
Son William land purchased of Jacob Mowatt formerly belonging to uncle Jacob
Chambers
Son Edward negroes & parcel of land purchased of John Chambers
Rest & residue to son Christopher
refers to cause in High Court with William Chambers
William Wright to Wastel Biscoe – 1752
147/165 Dated 15/4/1752, ent 27/5/1752
William Wright of Westmoreland, planter sold 37 acres to Wastel Biscoe for
£120J part of land from William Wright's father Barzilla Wright.
Nathaniel Wright of St Elizabeth
1714[1067]:
Nathaniel Wright, planter of St E sold to John Arum of St E planter, £5 for 2
acres in Lacovia, SW on Queen’s old road, north east & west on Nathaniel
Wright.
1716[1068]: Refers to James Cooper
granted 400A at Black & YS rivers leaving to Nathaniel Wright, his
son-in-law in 1696. Nathaniel Wright sold the land to Isaac Fouro for £100
1715[1069]: Nathaniel Wright leases
abt 20 A to Margaret Andriess, widow, for 5/- at The mast near Lacovia NE
Barnart A esq dcd, N on Dan Mattlond & Robert Bolchambers all other side by
Nathaniel Wright for 10 years 1 pcorn.
1714[1070]:
Joseph Pinto, Distiller of St E, sold to Nathaniel Wright plot 50ftx40ft of
Land in Lacovia
1740[1071]:
Nathaniel Wright – will, the St Elizabeth Cooper Wright line – not known who he
was.
Of St Elizabeth, Planter. To son Nathaniel (b 5/3/1723) 3 new negros value £25
& 40 acres woodland and pen of and 10 acres of my savannah land & 10
heifers & £50 when 21. To son Henry (b 4/1/1725-6) the same. To Thomas
Wright (b 18/9/1728) same but £100. To dau Elizabeth 3 negros similar & £50
To dau Jane (b 1/10/1730) similar. Sons to be educated until 21 daus until 21
or marriage. Land from land patented 1731, Elizabeth’s to include the old school
house. To wife Mary my dwelling house in Santa Cruz. Rest & Residue in
Trust to William Hall
For: To son James Cooper Wright rest & residue. If he dies to son Nathaniel
Execs William Hall, Isaac Gale, William Yeeles esq, JCW
Will of Wife Mary Wright – widow of Nat 1740: Wid of St E son James Cooper
Wright, dau Jane Allen, son Nathaniel, wit Jonathan & Isaac Allen
At first sight, there appear to be two distinct Wright families in St
Elizabeth: the Cooper Wrights and descendants of Bazil (and various spellings)
Wright. However, Bazil Wright was granted land around Lacovia in the 1670’s and
the Cooper Wrights also later owned land there, so there is a good chance that
they were both the same family.
The St Elizabeth Wrights were probably not related to Andrew Wright of Vere.
Deeds: 137/47, 1749, Henry Wright, son of Nathaniel, sold 10 acres to James
Andrews.
Will of Nathaniel Wright, 1740 & his widow Mary, 1749 show them as parents
of James Cooper Wright.
From PR & VLO,
James Cooper Wright married Ann Burt, St Elizabeth, 16/8/1741 (PR), Ann born
1726, Mrs Ann buried Lacovia 1/8/1789.
Probably son of Nathaniel Wright (St Elizabeth group)
James Cooper Wright bur Lacovia 11/10/1791 (St E PR)
James Cooper Wright and Ann had issue:
(seems a long time, were there more or different Anns &/or James)
No record of James's birth.
1754: Wright, James Cooper, St. Elizabeth 776 acres (JFS).
James Cooper Wright to John Wright – 1785
LOS 334/188 dated 6/8/1785, Ent. 8/10/1785.
This Indenture made this Sixth day of August in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and Eighty five Between James Cooper Wright of the
Parish of Saint Elizabeth Esquire and John Wright of the parish of St Catherine
Gentleman...ten shillings Current money of Jamaica to the said JCW ... sold to
JW... all that run piece parcel of land situate lying ... in the Santa Cruz
Mountains in St Elizabeth containing by estimation three hundred acres ...
commonly called and known by the name of Satchwells run...
Jas Cooper Wright
Witness Robt B Wright & John Scott
Plat titles Satchwell Robert Ent 16th May 1763 Lib 30 fol 80.
No written description, but shown NE on Robert Sables, N & NW on Thomas
Brooks, E on John Chambers, SW and W on Robert Barnes.
M.I. of Jamaica (hardback)
Lacovia churchyard:
#1738 Ann Wright b 12[ ] 1726, d. 1789
PR shows Mrs Ann bur 1/8/89
Ann Wright d. 1792.
PR shows Miss Ann bur 11/1/1792
1/1. William Burt Wright born St E, ch. 2/1/1742
Parents: James Cooper Wright
& Ann (probably correct - 1st son)
James Wright esq of Shetton Hall Estate, Vere, died 14/9/1806
Mrs Ann died 1/8/1789 at Lacovia, b 1726. (tombstone still there), was this his
mother?
Major, St Elizabeth Militia, William B. Wright.
1784: St E. Militia: Col. 1787 Major.
William Burt Wright From James Cooper Wright 1790
377/119 Photo 1508 6/2. Date 4/3/1778 ent 3/4/1790.
JCW lets to WBW 412 acres in St E in Sta Cruz Mnts E John Flavell, S Richard
Davis, W on Tom Edwards dcd, N late of William Winnard, Edward Wooding, &
Nic Dealroche dcd, NW & N on Mr Parris. 99 yrs at `1 peppercorn - Plat in
FCD File
Robert Benstead Wright From William Burt Wright – 1790
377/13 Date 13/4/1789 ent 22/9/89.
Robert Benstead Wright son of William Burt Wright also uncle and god father of
of RBW also RBW f£50 for 1 negro boy
Lieutenants:
Andrew Bromfield
Charles Wright
Robert Wright
William Burt Wright bur Lacovia 5/2/1796
Mrs Frances Wright bur Lacovia 11/9/1800.
Married: Frances
Of Enfield, St Elizabeth & Manchester (boundaries moved).
Issue, ch St E.:
2/1. James Cooper Wright b 25/10/1776 ch 31/7/1777.
Died 2/5/1806 Lacovia.[1072]
24/12/1774 ent 7/11/1775. James Cooper Wright planter of St E to brother Thomas
Wright. Sold for 5/- 10 acres in Sta Cruz Mtns for life bounded by James Cooper
Wright, 271/162.
Mulatto children by Ann Wright
3/1. Sarah Wright
3/2. William Wright
3/3. Ann Wright.
2/2. Ann Wright b 25/10/1778, ch
8/10/1780 Hannover,
dau of WBW & Frances of St
Elizabeth. (PR)
2/3. Frances Petgrave Wright, b
10/10/1779, ch 8/10/1780, Hannover
dau of WBW & Frances of St
Elizabeth. (PR)
Bur 4/8/1795, St Elizabeth at LacoviaPR. Jam Gaz, age 16
2/2. William Burt Wright b
18/7/1782.
Married 11/3/1817, Frances
Brooks (d. before 1829, sister of George, ygst dau of late George BrookeJG)
at Shaftston Pen (outside Savanna la Mar) in Westmoreland, he of Kingston. He died 20/2/1821, drowned in bathroom. Buried in Kingston Church, referred to as
Merchant of Kingston. Shaftston Pen was house of Philip Pishoch(??). In WBW’s
will, she is referred to as Frances Wright Wright.
In Slave registrations 1826, William Wright was "guardian to his dau
Francis Brook Wright" with 1 female slave.
His estate owned Enfield Pen in 1824 with 190 slaves and no stock (167 & 23
in 1826), probably the one near Lacovia, rather than in Manchester.
Will shows wife Francis, Brothers Ezekiel & Robert Benstead,
Sister Ann Francis. Signed 8/12/1818, Codicil 13/12/18, proved London 10/8/1821,
administration in 6/2/1829 Frances was deceased by then.
Wife remarried Thomas James, who was appointed guardian for H Frances Wright
until 21.
A William Burt Wright owned Enfield (103/16) in 1815.
Extract from Fisher's Colonial Magazine, 1842:
CLIFTON, Rev. George Hill Rector of Rippie and Queen-Hill, Worcestershire, to
Frances, only child of the late W.B. WRIGHT, Esq. of Enfield, in the Island of
Jamaica, on 16th August, at St. John's, Paddington [Middlesex, England]. Vol.
1, No. 2, page 253
JG 27/3/1813: Arrivals with convoy:
27/3/1813, in the Contest, Humphrey Ewing & William Burt Wright esqrs, Mrs
Tilly and Mr Walker.
JG 7/8/1813: For sale, Vauxhall estate, St Elizabeth, 2000 acres... Apply
Kingston William Burt Wright, Attorney to proprietor.
Brooks of St Elizabeth – Pedigree:
Frances Brooks married 11/3/1817 William Burt Wright in Westmoreland (brother
of Sarah Tharp P Wright). He died 20/2/1821 aged 30.
Will of George Brooks legacy to Ann Sherman, widow of Nich. Sherman and other
daus of Mary Powell, free mulatto "who lives with me" "each a
negro woman" ....
Frances Wright married Thomas, son of JT James esq of Marylebone Park
20/7/1822, widow of the late William Burt Wright. Of Enfield plantation,
ManchesterJamGaz.
3/1. Helen Frances Wright
Gentleman’s Magazine (JFA):
August 16th. (1842) At Paddington, the Rev. George Hill Clifton, Rector of
Ripple and Queenhill, Wore, to Helen-Frances, only child of the late W. Burt
Wright, esq. of Jamaica.
2/3. Sarah Thorpe Petgrave Wright
(Petgrave in other sources VLO)
born 13/6/1784 St E.
Married George Brooks (22/5/1783-27/6/1832) of Burnt Ground & Blenheim,
13/4/1807 in Southampton. Jamaica, she died 13/6/1855, Snowden, Jamaica.
An LDS Ancestral file entry has George son of John (1762-1798) son of John
(1738-).
George’s sister was Elizabeth Raby Brooks, who married George Bridges (see in
Maitland extracts). Another sister was Frances who married William Burt Wright.
His mother was Ann Virgo Dunn.
3/2. Elizabeth Frances Brooks b 15/7/1808, Burnt Ground. St E.
3/3. George Brooks, born
3/12/1809, Blenheim, Vere.
3/4. Nicola Brooks born 11/5/1815, died 12/7/1815 at sea.
3/5. Sarah Brooks born 26/9/1816, died 6/10/1816, London.
3/6. Charlotte Augusta Brooks
born 14/12/1817, 41 Dorset St, Portman Sq.
2/4. Robert Benstead Wright b
23/2/1786, ch 13/1/1789.
died 19/11/1820 (VLO).
Married: Nicola.
MI of Jamaica:
Manchester, Mandeville Parish Church:
Tablet: Robert B Wright, M.D. died 19 November 1820 and buried at Kensworth in
his 33rd year. Erected by his widow Nicola.
Snowden, St David’s Church:
Nicola Eliza Wright, eldest daughter of R.B. Wright and Nicola Wright of
Kensworth, died 20 May 1835 aged 21
His estate owned Kenilworth Pen (Manchester) 1824 with 85 slaves (1815 45/12, 1826,
85& 3) & possibly 10 slaves & 4 stock in St E. May have married
Nicola, dau of James Walton (ref painting inscription, ref Michael Wallis
email, 2/2007).
"Robert Benstead Wright, of Jamaica" was awarded a degree in medicine
at Edinburgh, June 24, 1808. The same year, "Dr. Robert Benstead Wright,
of South Hampton, Jamaica," married Nicola Watson, "eldest daughter
of the late Mr James Watson, writer to the signet."
These two notices appeared in The Scots Magazine, Vol. 70, pp. 555-56 and 797.
(Online: google)
The baptismal record of 5 Mar 1813 for one of his children, William Burt
Wright, in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, refers to him as "Dr.
Wright."
Secondly, he held two prominent government positions.
1817 Jamaica Almanac: Robert Benstead Wright, "Assistant Judge and
Magistrate, Middlesex County, Parish of Vere" and "Commissioner of
the Supreme Court, Robert Benstead Wright, Esq., Parish of Manchester."
Jam PR St E. has a possibility:
3/1. Buchan Warren Wright, b 18090806, ch 18100218.
parents: Robert Benstead &
Nicole his wife, @ church
3/2. William Burt Wright, b
18120720, ch 18130305.
parents: Robert Benstead &
Nicole his wife, @ church.
3/3. Nicola Eliza Wright, b abt
1814, died 20/5/1835 (MI Jamaica)
2/5. John McLean Wright b 13/4/1788,
bur @ Lacovia 16/8/1793 (St E PR),
of Lacovia.
2/6. Edward Wright ch. 3/2/1791.
2/7. Ezekiel Wright, b 26/11/1792, ch 22/1/1795,
(planter of Trelwaney parish
(brother WBW will, 1822).
2/8. Anna Frances Wright b
2/7/1795.
In England in 1822, left £500 in
will of brother WBW.
1/2. Mary Frances Wright, b 10/6/1760 ch 31/7/60, St E.
1/3. Robert Bansford Wright b 15/12/1762 ch 29/1/63 St E.
Concubine: Jean Kentish, free
mulatto.
Bur Lacovia, 9/8/1798 In St. Elizabeth's, Robert Benstead Wright, Esq[1073], Also in The Columbian
Magazine or Monthly Miscellany," the first number of which appeared in
June, 1796. It was printed and published by William Smart of Church Street,
Kingston.
2/1. Mary Wright, born 7/4/1788, ch 13/1/1789.
2/2. Ann Frances Wright ch. 4/8/1789
(Miss Ann bur Lacovia
11/1/1792, tombstone still there).
2/3. Nathaniel Wright, ch.
15/7/1791
2/3. Robert Benstead Wright, born 23/4/1793,
Married Nicolas, eldest daughter
of James Watson, W.S. (Monumental Inscriptions
St Ninian`s Old
Churchyard,Whithorn,Wigtownshire,Scotland)
Sacred to the memory of Frances Robina, youngest daughter of Robert B. Wright,
and Nicolas Watson, married August 1810* Major John Liddell, Bombay Army, and
died in Edinburgh, April 1850, aged 30, leaving two sons and three daughters;
and Nicolas Watson spouse of the late Robert B. Wright, M.D., of Jamaica, who
died at Edinburgh 4th November 1837a, aged 67 years. [Wrong date* –
correct one – August 1841 - Wrong yeara – correct one must be 1857]
3/1. William Burt Wright, b
20/7/1812, St E PR
D. 1747 (will), Westmoreland
Uncle: Jacob Chambers (dcd bef 1747)
Was this the one granted land in about 1674 or more likely a son of that Bazil
Wright.
Issue from his will:
1/1. Edward Wright
Issue, of Edward & Ann
Wright, St Elizabeth PR:
2/1. John Magitta? Wright, 30/11/1756, Edward & Ann Thompson
2/1. Mary Chambers Wright: b 5/5/1758 ch 26/12 St E, ex Edward & Ann PR
2/3. Ann Wright, 9/8/1760
2/4. Edward Wright 9/12/1762
1/2. Christopher Wright.
Issue of Christopher & Rachel
Wright, Westmoreland PR:
2/1. Mary Wright, 4/1/1740
2/2. Barracilla Wright: 30/11/1751
2/3. Elizabeth Wright: 5/3/1753
2/4. Rachel Wright: 22/4/1756, abt 3 months old.
2/5. Daughter Wright 9/8/1758
1/3. William Wright
Westmoreland Also of Christopher & Rachel, seems a long span:
Ann Wright, b. 17650306, ch. 17651107
William Wright, b. 17661222 ch. 17670313
Jane Godwin Wright, b. 17670112 ch. 17700123
And of Edward & Rachel:
Thomas Wright, b. 17680912 ch. 17690622
Barzilla James Wright, b. 17711016, ch. 17720107
Margaret Wright, b. 17740930, ch. 17750420
Others from PR:
John Wright: 30/9/1731 ex ?? & Wife
Christopher Bernard Wright: b 19/9/1764 ch 10/4/1765 ex William & Ann
Robert Wright: b 22/10/1786 ex John & Ann
Edward Wright: b 13/7/1787 ex John & Elizabeth
Also in St Elizabeth PR:
Westmoreland Edward Wright mar 17550710 Ann McGibbon, Carpenter & Spinster
OTP
Issue of Edward & Ann (McGibbon) Wright, St ELizabeth:
John Magibbon b. 17561130 ch. 17570617
Mary Chambers b. 17580505 ch. 17581226
Westmoreland:
Ann b. 17600809 ch. 17601211
Edward b. 17620429 ch. 17621209
Edward Wright mar 17651107 Rachel Jones, Carpenter & Spinster OTP
Of Edward & Rachel:
Thomas b. 17680912, ch. 17690622
Barzilla James b. 17711016 ch. 17720107
Margaret b. 17740930 ch. 17750420
Issue of Edward Wright and Elizabeth Sables (both white):
1/1. John McGibbon Wright, b 9/3/1790 ch St E 21/3/1794
1/2. Lewis Wright, 12/8/1795, ch 30/10/1800, St Elizabeth.
1/3. Mary Chambers Wright, 12/7/1799, ch 30/10/1800, St Elizabeth.
Edward Wright m Elizabeth Sables 14/1/1800 by banns both OTP St E.
Elizabeth Sables ch 21/3/1794 aged abt 21. St E.
Descendants of William Rhodes Petgrave Wright
1. William Rhodes Petgrave Wright was born Abt. 1835.
Married Charlotte Maria Moxam
2/3/1860 in St. E. by banns. She was born Abt. 1835. (JFS)
1861: Planter of Watchwell, St. Elizabeth
Issue: William Wright and Charlotte Moxam:
2/1. Hubert Ezekiel Wright, b. 12/10/1860, St E. 1861, Watchwell
1754 Property ownership:
Wright, Barzilla, Westmoreland 75
Wright, Joseph, St. Elizabeth 550, Vere 27, Tot 577
Wright, Mary, Vere 88
Wright, Robert St E 550, Clarendon 100, Vere 44
Wright, John St Mary 700
Tomlinson, Thomas, Westmoreland 7, St. E, 500, Tot 507
Misc Information:
Reference to Marroon Negroes (rebels) William Wright & Hutcheson Maitland,
Lacovia 11/7/1775.
Published in Jamaica Gazette, 1794:
John Wright as superintendant of the Hanover workhouse.
In 1813, a John Wright was one of the named officials at St Elizabeth Races,
13/11/1813 at Lacovia.
Vol 4 - Extracts from the Columbian Magazine
1797 Sept: died at Falmouth, Mr William Sinclair, shopkeeper.
1799 July: married Robert Sinclair, esq, to Miss Mary Herriott.
1796 Dec: Alex. Wright died at Palmetto Grove, St Mary's
1798 Sept: James Wright married Miss Redwas in Vere.
1798 Sept: Robert Benstead Wright esq, St Elizabeth.
Vol 5: nil
Vol 6: From Family Bible of Sarah Tharp Petgrave Brook, (now in possession of
Miss Mabel Nembhart, 1918).
Entries: GB born 22/5/1781, SB born 13/6/1784
Married 19/6/1807, Southampton, J.
Elizabeth Frances Brooks b 15/7/1808, Burnt Ground. St Elizabeth
George Brooks, born 3/12/1809, Blenheim, Vere.
Nicola Brooks born 11/5/1815, died 12/7/1815 at sea.
Sarah Brooks born 26/9/1816, died 6/10/1816, London.
Charlotte Augusta Brooks born 14/12/1817, 41 Dorset St, Portman Sq.
MI for Kingston also: Wright, Alexander, died 30/6/1864, aged 23.
Wright, Susanna died 15/5/1857 aged 90.
St Catherines Cathedral:
Children of John & Ann Wright, Robert born 1786, Mary Frances born 1791,
Edward born 1790, died 1792.
A Wright married into the Brooks family, who came from Godalming, Surrey
England, in the early 18thC. (VLO).
It is not clear who this John was:
John Brooks, Wife Elizabeth, will 9/5/1797:
1/1. George Brooks (22/5/1783-27/6/1832) ch 8/10/1785,
of Burnt Ground & Blenheim, married
13/4/1807 Sarah Thorpe Petgrave Wright (see above) in Southampton. Jamaica, she died 13/6/1855, Snowden, Jamaica.
An LDS Ancestral file entry has George son of John (1762-1798) son of John
(1738-).
George’s sister was Elizabeth Raby Brooks, who married George Bridges (see in
Maitland extracts). Another sister was Frances who married William Burt Wright.
His mother was Ann Virgo Dunn
2/1. George Brooks b. 3/12/1809VLO, Blenheimch 22/2/1810 St E.
2/2. Elizabeth Frances Brooks, b. 15/7/1808VLO Burnt Ground St E
2/3. Nicola Brooks born 11/5/1815, died 12/7/1815 at sea.
2/4. Sarah Brooks born 26/9/1816, died 6/10/1816, London.
2/5. Charlotte Augusta Brooks born 14/12/1817, 41 Dorset St, Portman Sq.
1/2. Ann Virgo Brooks
1/3. Elizabeth Raby Brooks, ch 16/10/1794, Westmoreland,
married Rev George Bridges JG
27/4/1816.
1/4. Frances Brooks, married William Burt Wright
He probably buried :MI for
Jamaica, Kingston Parish Church, gives: William Butt(as transcribed) Wright
esqr, late Merchant of Kingston, obt 20 February 1821, Aet 30, Erected by his
wife.
George Brooks, Col, will of 1748 Married Elizabeth
1/1. Ann Brooks, b 22/11/1717, ch 11/12/1717, Vere, M Lewis Williams
Lewis (b 14/6/1703) and his
father, Rowland were major grantees of land in Westmoreland and may have been
related to Thomas Williams of Old Hope Estate near Savanna La Mar.
1/2. Catherine Brooks, M Francis Smythe.
Francis Smythe had issue in the
1760’s by wife Frederica, was this the same Francis with a 2nd wife?
Francis George Smythe esq, bur 31/12/1787 at Houghton, white.
1/3. Elizabeth Brooks b aft 1727.
1/4. Bonella Brooks, b 6/4/1740, ch 23/6/1740, St Elizabeth.
1/5. George Brooks, will 1779
An act to intitle Ann Shermore,
widow and relict of Nicholas Shermore, a white man, and Jane Brooks, Mary
Brooks, Priscilla Brooks, Martha Brooks, and Ruth Brooks, reputed daughters of
George Brooks, of the parish of St. Elizabeth, in the island aforesaid,
esquire, by Mary Powell, a free mulatto woman; and James Brooks, Richard
Brooks, Joseph Brooks, and Edward Brooks, the reputed sons of the said George
Brooks by the said Mary Powell, to the same rights and privileges with English
subjects, born of white parents, under certain restrictions. (laws of Jamaica,
private acts 1769)
An act to authorize and enable George Brooks, of the parish of St. Elizabeth in
the county of Cornwall, in this island, esquire, to settle and dispose of his
estate, both real and personal, in this island, by deed or will, in such manner
as he shall think proper, notwithstanding an act of the governor, council, and
assembly of this island, entitled, “An act to prevent the inconveniences
arising from exorbitant grants and devises made by white perfons to negroes,
and the issue of negroes; and to refrain and limit such grants and devises."
(laws of Jamaica, private acts 1775)
This refers to an act specifying that will leaving bequests to colourds must be
made in a manner specified in an act passed in the 29th year of
Charles 2nd.
Issue by Mary Powell:
Ch 19/9/1761, St Elizabeth
2/1. Ann Brooks – b abt 1746, Married Nicholas Sherman.
2/2. Jane Brooks, b 15/8/1748, married Abraham Sables Cole, 1772.
3/1. George Cole, b 30/4/1773,
ch 9/7/1776 St E.
3/2. James Cole, b 21/9/1774, ch 9/7/1776 St E.
3/3. William Cole, b 29/4/1776, ch 9/7/1776, St E.
2/3. Mary Brooks, b 16/5/1750.
2/7. James Brooks, b 20/3/1755
2/8. Richard Brooks, b 3/2/1757
2/9. Joseph Brooks, b 20/12/1760
2/4. Martha Brooks – no PR
Ch 9/7/1776, St Elizabeth:
2/5. Priscilla Brooks, b 3/8/1766.
2/6. Ruth Brooks, b 10/9/1765
2/9. Edward Brooks, b 19/10/1768
2/10. John Brooks, b 7/7/1770
John Brooks junior married St E
23/9/1788 to Grace Ann Lynch.
3/1. George Brooks, ch 13/9/1792 St Elizabeth.
1/6. Samuel Brooks, D without issue.
1/7. John Brooks, M Mary
2/1. George Brooks b 8/2 & ch
6/9/1753 St E
2/2. John Brooks, maybe ch 1757
2/3. William Yeeles, b 22/4/1754, ch 22/4/1754
1/8. Christopher Brooks, will of 1769, M Deborah
Deborah died aged 91 7 June 1823JamGaz
2/1. Elizabeth Brooks, b 21/11/1757, ch 12/1/1758, St E.
2/2. Mary Brooks
2/3. Ann Brooks, b 3/8/1766, ch 18/10/1766
2/4. Catherine Brooks
2/5. George Brooks, ch 1755
2/6. Thomas Brooks, ch 1755
1/9. Thomas Brooks, D without issue.
1/10. Francis Brooks
Reputed children by a negro
belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Brooks, ch St E 24/2/1779:
2/1. Robert Brooks, b 3/4/1756.
2/2. Louisa Brooks, b 16/9/1762
2/3. William Brooks, b 3/7/1764
2/4. Amelai Brooks, b 27/8/1767.
Brooks of Jamaica.*
George Brooks the elder of the parish of St Elizabeth and Island of Jamaica,
Esq. Will dated 3 March 1748. To my wife Eliz. £200 currency per annum, 18
slaves, chaise, and six horses and her riding horse during her life, also 128
acres which I bought of Col. Norwood Witter, Esq., the use of my dwelling house
and 80 acres which I bought of Thomas Wharton, furniture, provisions, and 20
heifers. My dau. Anne Williams, wife of Lewis Williams, Esq., £500 c. to be
paid out of Fra. Smyth, Esq., his bond to Richard Crutcher dated 12 Oct. 1745.
My dau. Cath. Smyth, wife of Fra. Smyth, Esq., £200 c. My dau. Eliz. Brooks the
moiety of Lucock Griffen his bond for £1400 c. dated 26 Sept. 1748 at marriage
or 21, and 3 negro girls. My dau. Bonella Brooks the other moiety and 3 negro
girls at marriage or 21. All my children to be maintained till they receive their
portions. My son George Brooks 100 acres. I purchased of George Baxstead, Esq.,
and wife in Santa Cruz, also a parcel of 505 acres and one of 60 acres in Santa
Cruz I bought of John and William Turner and wives, also the lands I bought of
John Vaughan and wife in Santa Cruz, also 40 acres in Santa Cruz I bought of
Benjamin Rushton, also 100 acres out of the Run I escheated in the name of
Thomas Edwards, also a moiety of my lands in Mannattee Valley on the W. side of
Carpenter Mountains called Cedar Valley, also 100 acres part of 300 acres in
Santa Cruz patented by Sam. Brooks butting on Sam. Brooks, Sam. Rushton, Thomas
Edwards, James Powell, Short Hills, Thomas Rushton, and Benjamin Rushton.
My son Sam. Brooks my dwelling house on Burnt Savanna Mountains patented in the
name of John Brooks, also the land there I bought of John Tho. Picton (?), also
180 acres there patented in the name of George Brooks, also the moiety of 300
acres patented by George Jackson, also the moiety of 300 a, patented in the
name of George Brooks, also the moiety of my lands in Well Savannah called
Cubitaire (?) I purchased of Norwood Witter, Esq.
My son John Brooks 5 acres on which his house stands which I bought of George
Wharton and is patented in the name of Hugh Davis at Turney Hog Hole, also 300
a. adjoining patented in the name of Chr. Brooks, also 200 a. purchased by
Benjamin Rushton butting one side on Sam. Brooks and the other side on John
Brooks, Walker Burke, Thomas Edwards, and John Parris, also 200 a. out of the
two runs patented by John Brooks and Sam. Brooks, also the moiety of a run of
land patented by Robert Sadler, which I purchased of sundry persons, lying
between Essex Valley and Manatree Valley.
My s. Chr. Brooks two parcels of land, one of which I bought of John and Wm.
Turner and wives, patented by Thomas Davis for 300 a., but by a recent survey
of Fra. Walters 436 a., at Grassy River butting on Black River, the other piece
of 330 a. patented by Thorp which I bought of. Joseph Croomer (?) adjoining the
other parcel, also the remaining moiety of the lands at Mannattee Valley and
Cedar Valley, the other part I having bequeathed to my s. Geo. B., also 100 a.
I escheated in the name of Thomas Edwards, also 100 a., part of 300 a., in
Santa Cruz patented by Sam. Brooks, and of which I have bequeathed 100 a. to my
s. Geo. B.
My s. Tho. Brooks the remaining moiety of 300 a. patented by Geo. Jackson, the
other moiety I having bequeathed to my s. Sam B.. also the remaining moiety of
300 a. in the name of Geo. B., the other moiety being bequeathed to my s. Sam.
B., also 300 a. patented by Geo. B., Jr, butting on the said two runs, also 105
a. patented in the name of James Powell, two sides of which are adjoining to
Geo. B., Jr. part of a run I bought of James Powell, also the remaining moiety
I bought of Norwood Witter in Well Savannah called Cubitaire.
My s. Francis Brooks the remaining part of the two runs, one of which is
patented in the name of Sam. B., at the Seven Corners, and the other patented
in the name of John B., also 265 a. patented by James Powell, part of a parcel
I bought of James P., also 100 a. at Santa Cruz, being the remaining part of
the 300 a.
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* Copies of these wills were made for Miss M. Nembhard by Mr. F. Judah. I
have made the following abstracts, but the handwriting being difficult to read
some names are doubtful.
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patented by Sam. B., and of which I have bequeathed 100 acres apiece to my sons
George and Chr., also 72 acres on Burnt Savannah butting on Rocky Mountains, James
Powell, Richard Fitzhugh, and unsurveyed, also the remaining moiety of pthe
land between Mannattree Valley and Essex Valley patented by Robert Sadler (?).
A house to be erected on each allotment when my youngest son Francis is 18.
Stock leased of George Wharton and in co-partnership with Elizabeth Sadler,
widow. All residue to my six sons. My wife Eliz. Executrix, and my sons when 20
executors. In the presence of Archibald Doig, Francis Noke, Charles Sheldon
Cole.
Codicil:- 10 March 1749. Daus. Elizabeth Brooks and Bonella Brooks to have
their portions made up to £1000 currency apiece. In the presence of William
Bennett, Francis Noke, Charles Sheldon Cole.
Sworn by Fra. Noke and C. S. Cole,: 31 Nov.1750, before William Yates (?) and
Fra. Smith. Recorded in Libro 28, fo. 18. Entered 21 Nov. 1750.
Philip Sheldon Cole M St E Jean Box 14/11/1762
John Keen M Ann Box St E 1/1763.
Abraham Sables Cole married Jane Brooks dau of George Brooks esq & Mary
Powell, free mulatto, St Elizabeth 9/5/1772.
Nicholas Sherman married Ann Brooks, 24/5/1764, by licence both OTP.
George Brooks* of the parish of St Eliz., county of Cornwall, Island of
Jamaica, Esq. Will dated 10 April 1779. To my mother Eliz. B. an annuity of £50
c. To a free mulatto woman called Mary Powell who lives with me an annuity of
£20 c. and provisions, furniture, plate, china, &c., 7 slaves, and at her
death to Jane Coles, dau. of Mary Powell. To Ann Sherman, widow of Nicholas
Sherman, and to Jane Coles, Mary Brooks, Martha Brooks, Priscilla Brooks, Ruth
Brooks, daus. of Mary Powell, each a negro woman, and if any die under 21 to
survivors. To Jane Coles £700 c. within 2 years. To Ann Sherman, Mary B.,
Martha B., Priscilla B., and Ruth B. £700 c. each on 7 July 1791 with interest
or at marriage. To James Brooks, Richard B., Joseph B., Edward B., John B.,
sons of Mary Powell, each a negro man at 21. To James and Richard B. each £100
c. yearly until 7 July 1791. Joseph B., now under the care of Mr Thomas
Gowland, merchant in London, to be educated and £100 c. a year on leaving
school until 7 July 1791. Similar provision for Edward and John B. until 7 July
1791, when John will be 21, and £300 each for apprenticeship. To my nephew John
B., s. of my brother John B., and my nephew George B. and Chr. B., sons of my
bro. Chr. B., all my interest in those lands my father left to my brothers Sam.
B. and Thomas B., and who died without issue and slaves. To Jane Coles those 2
parcels of land in Santa Cruz which I purchased of Mrs. Eliz. Brooks. To my
friends Thomas Chambers and John Harriott, both of the parish of St Eliz.,
Esqrcs, Dr. John Fairbairn, and Richard Huggins Read of the p. of Vere, Esq.,
all my lands and slaves and all personal estate on trust as to those 2 pieces
of land at Santa Cruz left me by my father, one piece whereof was patented by
Ben. Rushton for 40 acres, and the other of 60 acres patented in the name of
Tho. Davis, whereon my dwelling house stands, to permit Mary Powell to occupy
it for her life and to manage the rest and pay annuities and legacies and on 7
July 1791 convey to my said 3 nephews all those lands left me by my father, and
convey to my 2 nephews Geo. and Chr. B. those two parcels of land I purchased
of Fra. Gale, Esq., and Geo. French of 1000 acres called the Cod Pen,
afterwards known as the Hounslow estate, to manumit my slave Harry, and pay all
residue to the 5 sons of Mary Powell, and I empower my trustees to sold that
piece of land I purchased of Geo. French called Ridge Penn. Trustees to be
Executors and Guardians.
Witnessed by Thomas Myers, E. M. ...., Alexander Ricketts.
Sworn by Alex. Ricketts 20 Sept. 1777 before William Mitchell. Recorded in
Libro 44, fo. 162.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Miss Nembhard has finely-painted miniatures of testator and his nephew Chr.
B.
Christopher Brooks of the parish of St Eliz., co. of Cornwall, I. of Jamaica,
planter. Will dated 17 March 1769. To my wife Deborah B. 20 acres which I
bought of my mother Eliz. B. just above the house which did belong to Mr Joseph
Cramer, and a house to be erected thereon agreeable to the plan I delivered to
Mr John Goodfellow, carpenter, also my dwelling house at Grass River, household
furniture, 6 horses, my kittareen, 10 negroes and 5 children, £200 c. a year.
To my four daus., Eliz., Mary, Ann, and Cath. B., each £1500 c. at 21 or
marriage, and a negro girl, and if any marry contrary to the approbation of my
wife 1 shilling. only. To my s. George B. all residue. If all my children die
without issue then those negroes which did belong to Thomas Hay, Esq.,
deceased, may be appropriated agreeable to his will, and the residue of my est.
to be 1/3 to my brother Geo. B., 1/3 to my brother Fra. B., and 1/3 to my
brother John B.'s two sons, Geo. and John B. My friend John Harriott, Esq., my
brother George B., Esq., and my wife Deborah Executors and Guardians. Wit. by
Thomas Alison, Thomas Wood Dod, Sally Audley. Sworn 5 Feb. 1771 by T. W. Dod,
planter, before John Ramsay.
Codicil.-21 March 1769. If my wife die my daus. to have the house and £100 paid
to a good woman to live with them. Produce to be consigned to Messrs. Morse and
Smith Meickle in London. Witness by Tho. Chambers, Tho. Powell, Tho. Alison.
Sworn 5 Feb. 1771 by T. Chambers. Recorded in Libro 39, fo. 161. (Transcript,
fo. 310.)
Jamaica Gazette, 14 June 1823: St Elizabeth.... At Hounslow Pen, on the 7th
(June 1823), Mrs Deborah Brooks, aged 91 years, the relict of the late
Christopher Brooks, Esq, formerly Colonel of the Regiment of Militia of St
Elizabeth.
John Brooks of the parish of St Eliz., co. Cornwall, I. of Jamaica, Esq. Will
dated 9 May 1797. To my wife Eliz. £200 c. per annum exclusive of our marriage
settlement, my dwelling house at Burnt Ground, plate, furniture, carriages and
horses, and 8 slaves. My son Geo. B. £2000. My daus. Ann Virgo Brooks,
Elizabeth Raby Brooks, and Frances Brooks, £1000 each at 21 or marriage. All
residue to my s. Geo. B. My wife and friends Philip Pinnock of the p. of
Westmoreland, and William Killatt Hewitt of St Eliz., Esq., Executors. Wit, by
A. Smith, James Dick, Robert Muschett. Sworn by Robert Muschett 5 Jan. 1802,
before Joseph James Swaby. Recorded in Libro 67, fo. 236.
George Brooks of the parish of Manchester, co. Middlesex, I. of J. Will dated
10 June 1831. My debts heavy and W.I. property much depreciated. 1/2 estate to
my wife Sarah Tharpe Petgrave Brooks for life, then equally among my chn, Geo.
B., Eliz. Nembhard, Charlotte Augusta B., and Burnella Morgan B. The other 1/2
to my said chn. To my wife and chn my dwelling house and 30 to 40 acres around
it at Blenheim, 8 slaves. My wife, my friend Edmund Fra. Green, Esq., of L.,
and my s. George, Executors and Guardians. The half of Chester estate in
Trelawny which my uncle F. V. Dunn gave me after the decease of Mrs. Dunn I
give to my s. according to his will. Witnessed by F. Kingston, George Vezey,
John Kingston. Sworn by J. K. 19 Nov. 1832, before William Nembhard. Recorded
in Libro 113, fo. 76. Entered 26 Nov. 1832.
Simon
Facey - 1782
308/251 dated 3/6/1782 ent 26/6/1782
Simon Facey of St Elizabeth & Susanna his wife late Susanna Read relict of
Richard Huggins Read esq.
& Archibald Sympson of Vere esq
For £153/7/6 Archibald Sympson buys Simon Facey & Susanna Facey out of 1/3
Dower right to 23 acres W & SW on road leading to the church N on heirs to
Henry Goulbourne E & SE on Mary Booth, E&S on land formerly of Ennis
Read. Dcd
Richard Huggins Read appears in a will of George Brooks of St Elizabeth dated
1779)
BOOTH in BARBADOS
http://selectsurnames.com/booth.html
America. Family tradition has it that three Booth brothers from Cheshire came
to America in the 1630's; William to Barbados, John Booth who settled on Long
Island, and Richard Booth who was one of the founding fathers of Stratford,
Connecticut (Donald L. Jacobus's 1952 book Genealogy of the Booth Line recounts
this family line).
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~riss/ny/southold/founders/booth.html
1651, A John Booth was in Barbados and shipwrecked in 1651 on the ship
"Swallow" captained by Jeremy Horton. (Source: John A. Becker,
Goldsmith Genealogy by Becker, (Oct 1994, a manuscript), 25.)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tylerstree/i31.htm
A lineal Genealogy of the Wilson Cross Family and Allied Families, Lillian E.
Good. Town House Press, Spring Valley, NY pg 24-26. Richard Booth was baptised
in 1578/9 and died in 1628 and thus the grandson of the Earl of Warrington (Sir
Wm & Elizabeth Warburton Booth). Ref: Booth, Henry S. Booth Genealogy pg 6.
There is a tradition the three Booth brothers, Richard of Stratford Ct., John
of Southold, Long Island, and Robert of NH came to this country together and
landed in New Haven, Ct in 1639. Ref: Henry S Booth Genealogy. Another brother,
William, was in Barbados. Records show that before coming to Southold in 1651
John Booth was also in Barbados. Ensign John appears to have been engaged in
transporting in small trading vessels, supplies for the settlements along the coast.
He probably made trading trips to England and is believed to have lost
merchandise on the ship "Swallow" owned by Captain Jeremy Horton of
Barnstable England when he was shipwrecked and several lives were lost sometime
after 1638. The master and crew arrived in Boston but the vessel and cargo were
lost. Ref: Moore "Shipwrights, Fisherman and Passengers, from
England" Tepperi Immagrants to the Middle Colonies 1919. In volume
"The Family of Richard Boothe" is recorded the following. "From
him the Boothes of Barrow in Cheshire and tradition says, of New England, U.S.
are descendants" while some years ago there was also formed an association
of Bellows Falls, VT which had for its purpose the proving of this tradition,
but nothing was found to add to the above statement.
Sir William Booth was prominent in Barbados in the 1670’s.
BURTONS in VIRGINIA & BARBADOS
The following discussions on the internet seem unlikely to be correct:
2003 post of ancestry.com:
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.burton/2266/mb.ashx?pnt=1
Burton, Francis August 6, 1679
[son of C(apt). Francis Burton & Judith his wife]
Burton, Georg September 24, 1679
(as listed)
[son of Capt. Francis Burton & Judith his wife]
Barbados Island, Burials, 1678-1679
i found this the other nite . francis and george were
obviously richards brothers. also judith allen is mother and beginning to
wonder if she is connected to the allens of virginia later marrying into
burtons. does anyone know anything else. this is the only years you can find
burials but wondered if some went to barbados .
http://genforum.genealogy.com/burton/messages/5805.html
(2006)
glad to hear from you. i think i'm starting to figure some things out. but it won't
be for sure. first i've decided cap. francis burton is john(longfield) and
thomas brother. cap. francis dealt in tobbaco trade in virginia and settled in
barbados with 2 sons(which died before him) and wife judith allen. he died
there. here is documents from barbados. i got this from barbados site. it is
just some i have.
Burton, Francis August 6, 1679
[son of C(apt). Francis Burton & Judith his wife]
Burton, Georg September 24, 1679
(as listed)
[son of Capt. Francis Burton & Judith his wife]
Barbados Island, Burials, 1678-1679
now for richard. it was thought cap. francis was his father
but wrong francis. here is line. but of course don't know for sure it's right.
it actually follows de burton line to longnor (which i'm not real sure of). but
i try to follow all leads
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~pwp/ancestor
897.* Judith Allen Lived on_1679 at Barbados
897 Married Francis Burton
This page later has Judith Allen as an earlier generation.
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6054:632&ref2=6054:633
John BURTON, CAPT.
Birth: 1625/32 of Longfield, Henrico, Virginia
Chr: of Longfield, Henrico, Virginia
Death: 1 Apr 1690 Salem, Essex, Mass
Burial: 13 Feb 1678/79 Barbados NB conflict between
burial & death
Father: Richard BURTON
Mother: Katherine CHRISTIAN
Mrs. Francis BURTON
Birth: 1632 <, England>
Father:
Mother:
Richard BURTON
Birth: 1608,
Death: Virginia
Marriage: 3 Mar 1605 St. Savior's, Southwark, England, Great
Britain
Father: Francis BURTON
Mother: Katherine BURTON
Katherine CHRISTIAN
Birth: 1580,
Death: Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Children Marriage
1 Thomas BURTON
Birth: Abt 1600 England
Death: 1669/70 Rappahannock, Virginia
Jane
Marr: 18 Mar 1663 Virginia
2 Robert BURTON
Birth: Abt 1602 England
Death: Aft 1669 Virginia
Marr:
3 Thomas BURTON
Birth: Abt 1621 Henrico, Virginia
Death: 1685 ,
Marr:
4 John BURTON, CAPT.
Birth: 1625/32 of Longfield, Henrico, Virginia
Death: 1 Apr 1690 Salem, Essex, Mass
Elizabeth ELAM
Marr: Abt 1660 Henrico, Virginia
5 Francis BURTON
Birth: Abt 1630 Henrico, Virginia
Death:
Marr:
6 Thomas BURTON
Birth: 1634/ 37 of Henrico, Virginia
Death: 1 Apr 1686 Henrico Co., Va.
Susannah HATCHER
Marr: 1663 Henrico Co., Virginia
7 Judith BURTON
Birth: Abt 1634 Virginia
Death:
Marr:
8 Robert BURTON
Birth: Abt 1636 Henrico, Virginia
Death:
Marr:
9 Samuel BURTON
Birth: Abt 1638 Henrico, Virginia
Death:
Marr:
10 Richard BURTON
Birth: Abt 1640 Henrico, Virginia
Death:
Generation No. 1
FRANCIS BURTON was born about 1560 in New Castle, York,
England. He married KATHERINE U. She was born about 1558 in England and died
after 1609 in St. Chad, Shrewsbury, Stropshire, England.
Children of FRANCIS BURTON and KATHERINE U. are:
i.BYRON BURTON
ii. RALPH BURTON
iii. ROBERT BURTON, b. about 1584, England; m. SUSAN PARKER
iv. THOMAS BURTON, b. about 1588, England; m. JUDITH
MAVERILL
v. JOHN BURTON, b. about 1589, England; d. about 1655; m.
LYDIA FRYE
vi. ANNE BURTON, m. WILLIAM FRY
vii. RICHARD BURTON, b. about 1595, England; d. Henrico
County, Virginia
Generation No. 2
RICHARD BURTON (FRANCIS BURTON1) was born about 1595 in
England and died in Henrico County, Virginia. He married KATHERINE CHRISTIAN
March 13, 1623/24 in England.
Children of RICHARD BURTON and KATHERINE CHRISTIAN are:
i. FRANCIS BURTON, b. about 1630
ii. JOHN BURTON, b. about 1632, England; d. April 1, 1690,
Henrico County, Virginia
iii. JUDITH BURTON, b. about 1633, Virginia; m. 1) WILLIAM
HUNT 2) RICHARD PARKER
iv. THOMAS BURTON, b. 1634, Henrico County, Virginia; d.
1686, Bristol Parish, Henrico County, Virginia; m. SUSANNAH HATCHER
v. ROBERT BURTON, b. about 1636, Virginia
vi. SAMUEL BURTON, b. about 1638, Virginia
vii. RICHARD BURTON, b. about 1640, Virginia
this is the link for ship passenger lists. richard's wife is
not listed at elizabeth cittie so i think she is in england and john is
reported to be born in england. it was said he named longfield after hometown
longfield england. but richard (and of course don't know if right one) came to
america in 1624-5 on the swan and was 28 years old. i plan on going back to
searching england parish records again when i have time.some have recorded all
the tombstones that they could read. but here is the link. you can find alot of
stuff here.
http://english-america.com/spls/624va005.html#Swan
let me know if some of this can't be right. thanks donna
There are periodic news reports (2023) about the compensation awarded to
slave owners in the Caribbean when slaves were emancioated by law. Our family
owned slaves as did all agricultural enterprises. They were probably typical of
the numbers for similar pens. This study show that, in inflation adjusted
numbers, the amount that percolated down to our branch was about £25000 –
hardly the untold riches talked of in the news media!
These records are from the work done by University College London: the
family names have been checked and these are the summaries.
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Price Inflation
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Wage Inflation
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Owner
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Date
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Slaves
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Total
stlg
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Av
stlg
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Total
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Average
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Total
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Average
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Ann
M
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1835
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70
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2731
|
39.01
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387,769
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7,201
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647,192
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9,246
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Francis
M
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1824
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67
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4269
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63.72
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448,269
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8,698
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1,297,846
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19,371
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RDW
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1805
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80
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5029
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62.86
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482,743
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8,448
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1,659,429
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20,743
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Andy
W
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1805
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108
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8314
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76.98
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798,171
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10,347
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2,743,714
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25,405
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Giddy
H
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1838
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70
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1563
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22.33
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192,249
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2,746
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367,305
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5,247
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Mitcham
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1838
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66
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1222
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18.52
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150,306
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2,277
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287,170
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4,351
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Silver
Grove
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1838
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68
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1271
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18.69
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156,333
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2,299
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298,685
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4,392
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This table compares the values/prices of slaves held by the wider
Maitland family in the early 19th century and compares these with
the amounts paid as slave compensation when emancipation came about. On
inventories, the values would have been expressed in “currency” although shown
as £. The conversion of “£ currency” in Jamaica was about 1.4 to the sterling,
although it varied a bit over time. The table shows the sterling values at that
exchange rate. I assume that the compensation was paid in sterling.
To relate the values to current price, I have used tables to give the
price inflation: these can give anomalous seeming results due to a period of
deflation for 10 or more years after the Napoleonic War. The other value is
adjused for wage inflation, wich gives much higher current values.
The rows for Rebecca, Ann & Francis Maitland and Giddy Hall are probably
reasonable direct comparisons.
Rebecca’s inventory has a large number of slaves indentfiable as going to
son Francis and his cousins, and quite a few of these are still at Giddy Hall
in the 1817 slave registration (24 from Rebecca via Francis, and a probably
further 16 from Rebecca’s inventory). Unfortunately, by the time of Franis’s
inventory, they seem all to have been baptised with English names: unlike some
cases those baptisms found for Francis’s slaves do not include their previous
names; a small proportion have been found baptised in 1821. Ann’s inventory
simply gives a total number.
The average contemporary slave value in Rebecca’s and Francis’s
inventories are surprisingly similar, however, by the time Ann died, and her
inventory was only a couple of years before the compensation was settled, the
contemporary value was only about 62% of the value 10 years before, but comparing
2023 values, which allow for de/inflation, the change is less at about 82%.
However, the 2023 values show that the compensation paid was only 38% of the
value at Ann’s inventory 2 years before. Of compensation granted, the owners
(Ann’s executors) only received about 50%, the other half going to a creditor.
Now, what did our branch of the family end up with?
Francis Maitland 3rd sold his 1/8th share of Giddy Hall
for £350 in 1867 (40K 2023): his will was probated for £136 (17K 2023) in 1902.
His brother, John Andrew sold his 1/8th share in 1870 for £400 (48K,
2023). He, however left £220956 at probate (25M 2023): he made this in China. These
shares of course include the land values which are not included in the
historical probate figures.
At Ann’s probate, a 1/8th share would have been a little less
than £50K (2023) and the compensation about half that. Ann left an estate value
of £387K (2023): that would buy a John Deere Combine Harvester and a mid range
tractor!
Slave
Compensation
GIDDY HALL
Jamaica St Elizabeth 602 (Giddy Hall)
Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates
6th Mar 1837 | 70 Enslaved | £1,563 10s 2d (£201,000
2022)
In the name of:
John Salmon junior Awardee (Executor or executrix)
William Morrice Awardee (Judgement creditor)
The award was split: £781 12s 3d went to Morrice,
06/03/1837; £781 17s 11d went to Salmon, 16/10/1837.
T71/870: claim from J. Salmon, as executor of John Maitland.
Counterclaim from William Morrice (a London West India merchant), as judgement
creditor. John Salmon the awardee is shown as John Salmon jun. in the PP.
The average per slave was £18 compensation.
In Ann Maitland’s inventory, she had 70 “labourers” valued at £C50 each.
Francis Maitland in 1824 had 67 slaves, values at £C83
Andrew Wright had 107 at £C110
Rebecca Wright had 80 slaves at £88
The Jamaican “currency” (£C) was discounted against sterling by about 1.4 in
1800, falling to about 1.25 by 1825, before being made equal in 1839.
Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
14th May 1838 | 66 Enslaved | £1222 7S 0D
Claim Notes
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/870: adjudged (with Manchester claim no. 224) £792 9s 11d to John Pusey
Wint; the residue went to John Salmon etc.. John Salmon claimed as executor of
Ann Maitland; John Pusey Wint counterclaimed 'under the will of the late Andrew
Wright'. Under Andrew Wright's will, dated 21/01/1806, John Pusey Wint is shown
as his 'son-in-law' (in fact he was his stepson). John Pusey Wint was a trustee
under the will. Reference to the reputed daughters Ann Wright and Elizabeth
Wright, born of the body of Ruth Sinclair: 'if the said A & E Wright go to
Jamaica unmarried they should forfeit all benefit under the will'.
Further Information
Contested Yes
Associated Individuals (5)
Andrew Wright Other association
John Pusey Wint Awardee
Edmund Francis Green Awardee
John Salmon the younger Awardee (Executor or executrix)
George Roberts Awardee (Executor or executrix)
Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
14th May 1838 | 68 Enslaved | £1271 5S 11D
Claim Notes
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/860: claim by Geo. Roberts, as guardian to Edward Maitland, Wm. Allen,
Rebecca Roberts and Georgiana Roberts. Counterclaim by John Pusey Wint, under
the will of the late Andrew Wright. 'Adjudged (with St Elizabeth claim no. 764)
£792 9s 11d to John Pusey Wint and the residue to John Salmon, George Roberts
and Edmund Francis Green'.
Further Information
Contested Yes
Associated Individuals (8)
Edward Maitland Roberts Beneficiary
William Allen Roberts Beneficiary
Rebecca Roberts Beneficiary
Georgiana Roberts Beneficiary
John Pusey Wint Awardee
Edmund Francis Green Awardee
John Salmon the younger Awardee (Trustee)
George Roberts Awardee (Guardian)
George Roberts
AWARDEE [EXECUTOR OR EXECUTRIX]
Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham) £1222 7S 0D [66 Enslaved]
Biography
Awarded the compensation for Silver Grove in Manchester after claiming as
guardian to 'Edward Maitland, Wm Allen, Rebecca, Georgiana Roberts' (apparently
his own children), and for Mitcham in St Elizabeth as executor of Ann Maitland
(née Wright).
Edward Maitland Roberts, son of George and Rebecca Roberts, was baptised
28/08/1818 at St Giles Camberwell; a note on the register says 'born in
Jamaica Aug. 15 1817.' Another son, William Allen Roberts, was baptised at
St Giles Camberwell in December 1818 having been born in London the previous
month. No further trace of George Roberts in Britain has yet been found.
Sources
T71/860 Manchester nos. 224-7; T71/870 St Elizabeth no. 764.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database
online]. There is genealogical material relating to the family online at
http://www.antonymaitland.com/roberts1 [accessed 03/10/2012].
Associated Claims (5)
Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove)£1,271 5S 11D Awardee (Guardian)
(164,000 – 2022)
Jamaica Manchester 225£39 8S 5D Awardee
Jamaica Manchester 226£39 8S 5D Awardee
Jamaica Manchester 227£26 12S 2D Awardee
Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham)£1,222 7S 0D Awardee (Executor or
executrix) (£158000 2022)
MANCHESTER
Edward Maitland Roberts
BENEFICIARY Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1271 5S
11D [68 Enslaved]
George Roberts
AWARDEE [GUARDIAN] Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove)
£1271 5S 11D [68 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 225 £39 8S 5D [2 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 226 £39 8S 5D [2 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 227 £26 12S 2D [1 Enslaved]
Georgiana Roberts
BENEFICIARY Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1271 5S
11D [68 Enslaved]
Rebecca Roberts
BENEFICIARY Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1271 5S
11D [68 Enslaved]
Ruth Roberts
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 251 £156 0S 11D [7 Enslaved]
William Allen Roberts
BENEFICIARY Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1271 5S
11D [68 Enslaved]
1818 - ????
Biography
A minor at the time of compensation, and a beneficiary of the residual
compensation awarded to George Roberts as guardian of William Allen Roberts,
Frederick Maitland Roberts (q.v.) and two other Roberts children, for the
enslaved people on Silver Grove in Manchester Jamaica.
Baptised St Giles Camberwell 20/12/1818
Sources
T71/860 Manchester no. 224.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database
online].
Slave Compensation – Booth
Annabella Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Clarendon 325 £120 19S 5D [5 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica St Andrew 434 £198 1S 8D [7 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Vere 9 £109 17S 5D [5 Enslaved]
(see P4-78)
David Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Port Royal 14 £39 8S 5D [2 Enslaved]
Elizabeth Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 939 £41 19S 4D [2 Enslaved]
Elizabeth Lewis Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 632 £93 5S 7D [6 Enslaved]
Joseph Wotton Scott Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Vere 19 £138 11S 0D [6 Enslaved]
(p4-78)
Joseph Wright Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 617 £22 13S 8D [1 Enslaved]
(p4-78)
Lilias Wright Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 616 £58 12S 6D [3 Enslaved]
Rachael Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 615 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Robert Wright Booth
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 477 £146 9S 8D [9 Enslaved]
P4-78
Slave Compensation – Burton:
Ann Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 2644 £29 3S 1D [1 Enslaved]
Ann Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 913 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Ann Trahen Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Trelawney 706 £285 2S 2D [16 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Trelawney 709 £26 11S 6D [1 Enslaved]
Benjamin Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 485 £64 14S 2D [4 Enslaved]
Bonnella Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 726 £140 13S 10D [5 Enslaved]
Catherine Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 27 £135 12S 0D [5 Enslaved]
Catherine Ann Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 3 £57 11S 4D [2 Enslaved]
Charles Fisher Burton
AWARDEE [TRUSTEE] Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 263
(Chiswick) £3119 10S 10D [160 Enslaved]
Dorothy Rochester Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 12 £141 5S 10D [7 Enslaved]
Elizabeth Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 382 (Woodlawn) £935 14S 0D [43
Enslaved]
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
15th Feb 1836 | 43 Enslaved | £935 14S 0D
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 25.
T71/915 p. 118: claim from Robert Lyle, of Manchester, as executor of Henry
Bouthrone. Wm. Robertson put in a second claim as executor of Hugh Mackay (the
executor of Henry Bouthrone). Elizabeth Burton (= Bouthrone?) was executrix.
See also Manchester claim no. 64 for Robert Lyle acting as attorney for Robert
Porter.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Woodlawn estate registered to 'Messrs Lyle &
Mackay'.
Uncontested Yes, Associated Individuals (3)
Robert Lyle Awardee, William Robertson Awardee, Elizabeth Burton Awardee
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 391 £31 0S 6D [1 Enslaved]
Elizabeth J. Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 919 £40 15S 5D [4 Enslaved]
Frances Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 258 (Spanish Quarters) £502 18S
4D [21 Enslaved]
Jamaica St Elizabeth 258 (Spanish Quarters)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
14th Jan 1839 | 21 Enslaved | £502 18S 4D
Claim Notes
Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.
T71/870: claim by Frances Burton, as guardian (and mother) to the Powells.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): 21 enslaved persons registered to Frances Burton (no
estate).
Frances Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Westmoreland 411 £415 1S 8D [19 Enslaved]
Francis Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 96 £59 13S 9D [4 Enslaved]
George Samuel Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 180 £87 14S 6D [6 Enslaved]
Grace Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 37 £53 4S 5D [2 Enslaved]
James Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Mary 362 (Content Plantation) £541 8S 5D
[28 Enslaved]
No Dates Biography Highly tentative identification as the London merchant James
Burton. 1840 dissolution of partnership of James and John Burton of New City
Chambers, merchants. Sources: London Gazette Issue 19977, 11/05/1841, p. 1201.
James Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 914 £90 16S 5D [5 Enslaved]
John Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 304 £133 1S 1D [5 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica St Elizabeth 308 (Content Pen) £504 13S 6D [28
Enslaved]
Jamaica St Elizabeth 308 (Content Pen)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
21st Dec 1835 | 28 Enslaved | £504 13S 6D
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 57.
T71/870: claim from John Burton, of St Elizabeth, as owner-in-fee.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Content estate registered to Elizabeth Burton (with 110
enslaved persons).
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 315 £79 16S 8D [3 Enslaved]
John Powell Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 313 £20 13S 9D [1 Enslaved]
Joseph Edward Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 35 £64 15S 10D [6 Enslaved]
Margaret Ann Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 882 £26 12S 2D [1 Enslaved]
Matthew Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 17 £100 8S 1D [4 Enslaved]
Nicholas Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 915 £103 5S 7D [6 Enslaved]
Sarah Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 1715 £100 11S 6D [6 Enslaved]
Sophia Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica Trelawney 227 £84 9S 4D [4 Enslaved]
Thomas Burton
AWARDEE [TRUSTEE] Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 263
(Chiswick) £3119 10S 10D [160 Enslaved]
Biography
With Charles Fisher Burton (q.v.) and other family members, awarded the
compensation for the Chiswick estate in St Thomas-in-the-East in Jamaica in his
own right and as trustee of James H. Dashwood and uxor and of James Willens.
Probably the brother (possibly the nephew) of Charles Fisher Burton, who was
himself the son of Thomas Burton (1739-1808) and Elizabeth Fisher.
There is a strong link to Yarmouth for the family and this Thomas Burton is one
of the two Thomas Burtons of Great Yarmouth whose wills were proved on
11/03/1842 and 31/10/1857 respectively.
Palmer's Perlustration carries a brief history of the Burton family. It shows Thomas
Burton I as one of five sons of John Burton (d. 1755), who had inherited
£90,000 from an uncle from a Tellership of the Exchequer. Thomas Burton I
married in 1770 Elizabeth Fisher, the daughter of William Fisher of Yarmouth,
and lived first at Bracondale Hill, near Norwich, and then at Great Yarmouth,
where he died in 1808 aged 69 leaving a very considerable fortune comprising
estates at Ringstead in Northamptonshire and Chiswick in the Island of Jamaica.
Thomas I and Elizabeth Fisher had three sons: (1) Thomas Burton II who lived in
Great Yarmouth and died there aged 68 in 1841, and who married Mary daughter of
Thomas Watson in 1802 (together they had an only son, Thomas III, sole heir and
inheritor of the family estates, who died unmarried in 1857 aged 64 [sic: must
be 54]); Charles Fisher Burton, a Captain in the Inniskilling Dragoons; and
Frederick, also an army officer who died in 1818 aged 29 unmarried. [There is
no mention of daughters of Thomas Burton I and Elizabeth Fisher, nor any
comment on how the Jamaica estate came to the family].
Sources
T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East claim no. 263. The Chiswick estate is shown as
John and Thomas Burton 1815-32.
PROB 11/1958 and 11/2258.
Charles John Palmer, Perlustration of Great Yarmouth Vol. II (Great Yarmouth,
Nall, 1874) pp. 393-4.
Absentee? British/Irish
Associated Claims (1) Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 263 (Chiswick)
Thomas H. Burton
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 298 £58 12S 6D [3 Enslaved]
Slave Compensation, Hayle:
Anna Hayle
Jamaica Clarendon 374 (Fearon's Place)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
14th Dec 1835 | 31 Enslaved | £707 6S 8D
CLAIM DETAILS Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 22.
Estate Fearon's Place
Collected by Mitchell, R.
Uncontested Yes
CLAIMANT OR BENEFICIARY Biography
Awarded the compensation for the enslaved on Fearon's Place in Clarendon
Jamaica.
In 1851 Anna Hayle unmarried aged 62 half-sister was living with Thomas Hayle,
MD aged 42 born Jamaica and Sarah W Hayle aged 38 born Jamaica and their
children (all born England) at 3 Jesmond Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1841
she was living with the same family at Deddington Oxfordshire.
Sources
T71/859 Clarendon no. 374.
1841 and 1851 censuses online.
Further Information
Absentee? British/Irish
Associated Claims (1)
Jamaica Clarendon 374 (Fearon's Place)£707 6S 8D
Awardee DETAILS
Addresses (2)
Deddington, Oxfordshire, Central England, England
3 Jesmond Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Northern England,
England
Thomas Hayle
Profile & Legacies Summary
???? - 17th Sep 1886
CLAIMANT OR BENEFICIARY, Biography
Awarded the compensation for some of the enslaved on Fearon's Place in
Clarendon Jamaica as administrator of William P. Hayle. Other awards for the
same estate went to Anna Hayle and Mary Angelina Hayle (both of whom q.v.).
Probably the Thomas Hayle, half-brother of Anna Hayle, who was practising as a
physician in England in the 1840s, 1850s and 1860s and who died 17/09/1886 at
154 Drake Street Rochdale, will proved by Sarah White Hayle, effects £1837 0s
3d.
Sources: T71/859 Clarendon no. 372.
Addresses from the censuses - New Street, Deddington, Oxfordshire (1841), 3
Jesmond Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1851 and 1861), 154 Drake Street
(1871). Names and years of birth of children inferred from the censuses.
National Probate Calendar 1886.
Further Information: Absentee? British/Irish?, Spouse Sarah White,
Children Anna (1839-), Mary (1840-), Sarah (1843-), William P. (1845-), Fanny
Eliza (1848-), Caroline Hahneman (1852-), Thoms Hahneman (1855-), Edward Turner
(1858-), Jane Eveline Bowerbank (1861-)
Wealth at death £1,837 3D, Occupation Physician
Associated Claims (2)
Jamaica Clarendon 372£394 7S 9D Awardee
DETAILS Jamaica Clarendon 373 (Fearon's Place)£986 6S 5D Awardee
Edward Hayle
AWARDEE Jamaica Clarendon 376 £332 0S 0D [19 Enslaved]
George Tharp Hayle
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica Westmoreland 677 (Cedar Grove)
£640 17S 4D [31 Enslaved]
Sarah White Hayle (née Turner)
AWARDEE Jamaica Clarendon 199 £91 2S 1D [4 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica St Ann 565 (part) (Dunbarton) £2956 15S 6D [194 Enslaved]
Slave Compensation - Sinclair
Daniel Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Hanover 428 £322 18S 8D [15 Enslaved]
Daniel Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Westmoreland 204 £164 18S 10D [7 Enslaved]
Edward Ebenezer Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 248 £83 13S 3D [5 Enslaved]
Gilbert Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 674 (Cross estate) £3561 19S 1D
[197 Enslaved]
4th Apr 1836 | 197 Enslaved | £3561 19S 1D
Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/852: awarded to Gilbert Sinclair, owner. Counterclaim from Wm Rae.
T71/12 p. 187: Sinclair registered 194 enslaved persons in 1832.
Deeds in the indeces in 1825 relating to him. Not copied.
James Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 10 £105 9S 1D [5 Enslaved]
Jane Charlotte Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 439 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Joseph Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 38 £22 13S 8D [1 Enslaved]
Joseph Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 11 £75 6S 2D [3 Enslaved]
Joseph James Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 19 £47 3S 7D [2 Enslaved]
Sarah Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 461 £12 16S 2D [1 Enslaved]
Sarah Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 710 £96 10S 9D [6 Enslaved]
Sarah Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 377 £173 17S 10D [11 Enslaved]
Claim Notes Parliamentary Papers p. 294.
T71/1190: identifies Sarah Sinclair as of Jamaica on 11/05/1835 and 07/12/1835.
Susannah Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 26 £204 16S 9D [12 Enslaved]
Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair
AWARDEE Jamaica Clarendon 232 £301 14S 0D [20 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [TENANT-FOR-LIFE] Jamaica Clarendon 417 (Chisholm's Mammee Gully Pen)
£573 1S 7D [26 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [TENANT-FOR-LIFE] Jamaica Clarendon 66 (Trout Hall Estate) £4537 10S 5D
[258 Enslaved]
Slave Compensation- Wint
James Wint
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 258 £26 12S 2D [1 Enslaved]
John Pusey Wint
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 224 (Silver Grove) £1271 5S 11D
[68 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 94 (Ryde) £1966 12S 9D [102 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 764 (Mitcham) £1222 7S 0D [66 Enslaved]
Mary Wint
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica Manchester 249 (Look Out)
£1884 17S 1D [85 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 252 (New Hall) £1981 8S 10D [93 Enslaved]
Thomas Wint
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 3 £58 6S 3D [2 Enslaved]
Slave Compensation – Wright:
Elizabeth Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Westmoreland 377 £79 11S 7D [4 Enslaved]
Elizabeth Wright
Elizabeth Wright S Nathaniel Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 780 (Arlington) £887 16S 0D [49 Enslaved]
Jamaica St Elizabeth 780 (Arlington)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
1st Aug 1836 | 49 Enslaved | £887 16S 0D
CLAIM DETAILS Claim Notes
Parliamentary Papers p. 59.
T71/870: claim from John Blake, Nathaniel Wright, Elizabeth Wright ('&
uxor'),Thomas Dyer and Betsy Dyer, of St Elizabeth, as devisees of Thomas Dyer.
(The claimants were Thomas Dyer and Betsy Esson, not Dyer).
Elizabeth A. Brooks Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 2492 £50 10S 0D [2 Enslaved]
Ellen Frances Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 443 (Enfield) £3910 9S 10D [198
Enslaved]
Ezekiel Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Manchester 443 (Enfield) £3910 9S 10D [198
Enslaved]
Claim Details & Associated Individuals: 13th Mar 1837 | 198 Enslaved |
£3910 9S 10D
Claim Notes: Parliamentary Papers p. 294.
Ellen (= Helen?) Frances Wright versus Ezekiel Wright and others.
T71/860: claim from Ellen Frances Wright, as tenant in tail in possession.
T71/73 p. 441: Thomas Mason registered enslaved persons in 1832, as guardian of
Ellen Frances Wright.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Enfield estate registered to George Brooks.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Enfield estate registered to the estate of William Burt
Wright.
See also Manchester claim no. 443 (part).
Frances Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 673 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Frances Brooks Wright
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica St Elizabeth 228 £40 4S 7D [2
Enslaved]
Frederick Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 612 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
George Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St David 74 £408 8S 3D [20 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica St David 75 (Greenwall) £3893 15S 1D [197
Enslaved]
AWARDEE [OWNER-IN-FEE] Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 31 (Friendship
Valley) £782 15S 0D [38 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [ADMINISTRATOR] Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-Vale 126 (Golden Grove) £979
0S 0D [46 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [RECEIVER] Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-Vale 132 (Peartree Grove) £3244 7S
1D [173 Enslaved]
George Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 1024 £191 6S 4D [9 Enslaved]
George Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 657 £402 17S 6D [19 Enslaved]
George Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 807 £260 7S 0D [13 Enslaved]
George Wright
AWARDEE [RECEIVER] Jamaica St David 103 (Aeolus Valley
Estate) £4996 10S 1D [253 Enslaved]
AWARDEE [TRUSTEE] Jamaica St David 108 (Easington) £189 15S 11D [8 Enslaved]
George Raby Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 807 £86 15S 11D [3 Enslaved]
James Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St George 356 £138 15S 1D [6 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica St George 357 £60 2S 2D [3 Enslaved]
AWARDEE Jamaica St George 358 £26 12S 2D [1 Enslaved]
Jane Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St David 76 £63 6S 1D [3 Enslaved]
Jane Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 1170 £103 4S 2D [6 Enslaved]
Jane Nugent McLeod Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 64 £102 17S
10D [5 Enslaved]
Janet Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Hanover 137 £53 3S 0D [2 Enslaved]
John L. Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 2267 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Margaret Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 877 £26 12S 2D [1 Enslaved]
Margaret F. Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica Kingston 1574 £19 10S 10D [1 Enslaved]
Mary Ann Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St David 77 £33 8S 6D [2 Enslaved]
Nathaniel Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Catherine 497 £416 19S 7D [19 Enslaved]
Nathaniel Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 224 (South Valley) £588 3S 4D
[33 Enslaved]
Jamaica St Elizabeth 224 (South Valley)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals:
13th Jun 1836 | 33 Enslaved | £588 3S 4
Claim Notes: Parliamentary Papers p. 301.
T71/870: claim from Nathaniel Wright, as owner.
T71/177 p. 519: Nathaniel Wright registered 30 enslaved persons.
Nathaniel Wright
AWARDEE Jamaica St Elizabeth 780 (Arlington)
Claim Details & Associated Individuals
1st Aug 1836 | 49 Enslaved | £887 16S 0D
Claim Notes: Parliamentary Papers p. 59.
T71/870: claim from John Blake, Nathaniel Wright, Elizabeth Wright ('&
uxor'),Thomas Dyer and Betsy Dyer, of St Elizabeth, as devisees of Thomas Dyer.
(The claimants were Thomas Dyer and Betsy Esson, not Dyer).
Jamaica St Elizabeth 780 (Arlington) £887 16S 0D [49 Enslaved]
The connection with the Barrett family was via Thomas Hercy Barrett, who
married Eleanor Booth, grand daughter of Simon,
son of George Booth 2, and another branch who were ancestors of the Williams
family of Bryngwyn, Mongomeryshire. The family was said to be from Cornwall,
where Cromwell had confiscated their lands.
The Barratt family were very large land owners in Jamaica in the late
18thC, but by 1864 had lost all when they were subject to the Commission on
Incumbered Estates. A section in the Jamaica General File refers to this. The
sale particulars have good maps of Mile Gully & Spitzbergen estates. At
that time, they held 15,932 acres!
What follows is the best guess as at June 2020 of the family, but there are
still some uncertainties. One of the confusions is Captain & Lieutenant Hercie
Barratt, who are mentioned separately, but it seems improbable that there were
2 Hercie Barretts, both with military (militia) ranks at th same time.
James Barrett was the son of Hercie Barratt, ch 4/2/1690-1 of Hercie &
Mary, St Catherine. Hercie Barratt’s father Capt Hercie came to Jamaica in 1655
with Penn & Venables.
There was also a Lt Barrett with the expedition, who began the line of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, according to a family tree held by Auriol
Linlithgow, although this is not mentioned in “The family of Barrett”, 1938.
The “Family of Barrett” refers to Thomas Hercey Barrett as the GG Grandson of
Hercey Barrett.
Rooms Without Doors
By Ronald A Bonnick
F.J. duQuesnay http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/fred05.htm
Hercey Barrett, Pioneer
Hersey Barrett snr M Eleanor Miten 11/5/1671PR
Hercey Barritt bur 24/9/1685PR ST C Spanish Town.
1670: owned 32.5 acres in St C
1670: Clarendon, Richard Barrett 149 a Clarendon
Eleanor Barrett 55 acres
1/1. Samuel Barrett, b Jam 1662, d Carlisle Bay 1694 aged 32
Of Withywood. The French landing
at Carlisle Bay was 16/7/1694.
Marrried Margery (Green AF – dau of Edward)
2/1. Richard, b 8/1/1687
2/2. Samuel B 24/9/1689 Of
Cinnamon Hill.
M Elizabeth Wisdom
(1707-16/11/1737AF 1757RAB dau of Henry)
31/7/1721 settled St James, D Cinnamon Hill 7/3/1760AF
8-15 children[1074]
The Williams tree shows 15, born as late as 1749 inc:
3/1. Mary 3/2/1722, died 24/7/1723
3/2. Richard, b 10/7/1723RAB M Mary Williams, 17/11/1740
dau of Job of St Anne, Son
Samuel b 8/1/1687
3/1. Mary Barrett, M Henry Waite
4/1. Elizabeth Waite,
M 1st Martin Williams of Old Hope, Mentioned in Will of
Margery Lawrence (VLO6 P125)
M 2nd Samuel Barrett, her cousin.
3/2. Edward b 2/10/1734AF
of Cinnamon Hill, bur 16/11/1798AF, CH
M 30/4/1760AF Judith
Goodin (1741-1804) of Spring Est
4/1. Samuel Barrett, b 25/2/1765, Portman St London,
M 1787 Elizabeth Waite, b
17/4/1754AF, dau of Henry Waite & Mary Barrett died Leamington
28/11/1834AF Will in the name of Barrett Williams, PCC probate
23/12/1834.
4/2. Elizabeth Barrett,
Aug 28 1781 Mar Cinnamon Hill Mr
Charles Moulton of Madeira to Miss Elizabeth dau of Edward Barrett.
3/3. Margery Barrett, b 1746,
will dated 1768, bur Epsom,
mar 11/7/1768 George Whitehorn
Lawrence of Running Gut Est (VLO6 Tree of Lawrence of Jamaica P124).
3/4. Elizabeth Barrett, b
22/12/1725, M Ezekiel Lawrence 22/10/1739. (VLO6 Tree of Lawrence of Jamaica
P125)
2/3. Anne Barritt, b 18/10/1690
1/2. Hercey Barrett, jnr, 1650-1726 M. Mary Sleigh 8/4/1672FPR.
The connection from Hercey
Barrett to Thomas Hercey Barrett is by Mile Gully land, granted to Hersey
Barrett snr or jnr, which remains in Thomas Hercey Barrett’s estate.
MI: Hercey Barritt dep this life 5/3/1726 in 76th year of HER life,
St C.
Date 14/7/1722 ent 24/4/1727. of St Jago de la Vega eldest son Samuel 1/-in
full of all his demands in or to all or any of my real and personal estate. To
son James 3 women slaves & 3 mulatto children, 3 mules. Dau Elizabeth
Wheeler, wife of Phillip. to Mary Rox widow, in St Jago. All R&R to son
Thomas
2/1. Samuel Barrett ch St C 21/3/1672-3
Will Date 16/2/1738 Ent
26/7/1739. Samuel Barrett the elder of St C. Frees slaves Sabina, Cobina &
2 sons of them. Son John B J£200 & 2 silver porringers and 6 silver spoons.
Son Samuel annuity J£20. G/dau Constant Barrett, ... Torn.. son Thomas, G/D
Mary of Thomas, Elizabeth B dau of son Thomas. Brother Thomas esq of St C.
Nephew Nicholas? son of Bro Thomas B, Nephews John & Thomas, sons of bro
James esq. 2 nephews Thomas & Samuel Wheeler. DinL Constant B (widow of son
Thomas).
3/1. Samuel Barrett
3/2. Thomas Barrett
M Constant (SB 1738)
4/1. Constant Barrett (SB1738)
4/2. Elizabeth Barrett (SB1738)
2/2. Thomas Barrett ch 1/10/1684PR
3/1. Mary Barrett (SB1738)
3/2. Nicholas Barrett, assumed correct from SB1738
The will[1075] of Nicholas Barrett,
1747/57 shows him to be in Ealing, Middlesex in 1747, he refers to Serge Island
estate, his present wife Elizabeth. His main estate was Garbrand Hall, left to
son Thomas Hercey Barrett. Names his daughters Frances Susannah Elizabeth Mary
and Sarah Garbrand & Susanna Potts, his wife’s sister.
4/1. Frances Barritt
4/2. Susannah Barritt, d bef 1814, son Robert Kenyon Miles
4/3. Elizabeth Mary Barritt, M Walter Britt, dau Sarah.
4/4. Sarah Garbrand Barritt
4/5. Thomas Hercey Barrett b 1739 (in NB will 1747).
2/3. Elizabeth Barrett, ch
29/10/1678 M Phillip Wheeler abt 1700
Phillip Wheeler will listed in
Liber 21 1737.
3/1. Phillip Wheeler, ch 7/12/1704 of Philip & Elizabeth, St C.
3/2. Thomas Wheeler, ch 25/10/1714 (SB 1738)
Samuel Wheeler, ch St C, 14/4/1716 of SAMUEL & Elizabeth Wheeler.
2/4. James Barrett ch 4/2/1690 to
Hersey & Mary St C. d abt 1736?
James Barrett married Mary
Swarton, by licence both OTP, St TiE, 27/10/1727PR.
3/1. Mary Barritt, ch 21/3/1730 St TiE of James & Mary aged 22 days
3/2. Ann Barritt, ch 17/7/1731
St TiE, aged 4 mths 2 days of James & Mary
3/3. John Barrett (SB 1738)
3/4. Thomas Barrett (SB 1738)
ch 29/1/1733 ST T in E, of James
esq & Mary aged 1mth & 1 day
Bur at Golden Valley, 10/6/1749, aged 16 yrs, 5 mths 11 days.
2/5. Sarah Barrett, ch
23/1/1675-6, St Catherine of Hercie & Mary.
2/6. Hersey Barrett, ch St C 10/9/1681
This burial and will can only
fit to a son of Hersey jnr, although the baptism date does not fit very well,
unless it was a late baptism.
Hercey Barritt bur St Catherine 17/1/1705-6.
Will Dated 5/1/1695-6 Ent 18/4/1706. Hercey Barritt jnr planter of St K. To
wife Mary 12 slaves household goods, bond due from F-i-L William Fourd &
remainder of lease to me from WF. To brother Thomas B, house in St Jago de la
Vega given me by father Hersey. Or brother James Or nephew Philip Wheeler
Thomas Hercey Barrett b 1739
(in NB will 1747).
Married Vere, Thomas Henry Barrett of St T in the East &
Eleanor Booth, spinster of Vere, 23/4/1763PR. THB b. 1738.
1763[1076]:
Marriage settlement btw Thomas Hercey Barrett & Eleanor Booth Thomas Hercey
Barrett settles sugar plantation in St. Thomas in East called Garbrand on
George Booth in trust for Eleanor Booth.
THB, as a widower, married Ann Mellas banns 22/3/1776, St Giles Marylebone..
THB granted Arms 28/10/1768
His will of 1814/18 names his wife as Ann, resident in Ewell, Surrey.
5/1. George Booth Barritt
5/2. Eleanor Barritt
5/3. Harriett Barritt
1/1. George Booth Barritt,
b Vere 9/9/1768, ch 2/12/1769 of
THB & EleanorPR
From UCL stdy:
Son of Thomas Hercey Barritt (q.v.), who left him an annuity of £400 p.a. in
his will, secured on Paradise in Vere. Thomas Hercy Barritt left his real
estate [and enslaved people] in Jamaica to his daughters implying either
estrangement from his son or perceived incompetence on the latter's part.
Consistent with this, George Booth Barritt had been imprisoned for debt in 1806.
Will of George Booth Barrit of [Moult] France [made in 1848] proved in London
26/01/1853. He left his second wife the arrears of the annuity that Reid &
Irving had failed to pay him.
Married Elizabeth Marriott Clarendon 9/1/1790PR.
Shown on Robertson SE of Salt Savanna in Vere
Mentioned in THB’s 1818 will.
Issue of George Booth Barritt & ElizabethPR:
2/1. Thomas Henry Barritt, ch Vere 14/9/1791, of George only.
2/2. Hercey Barritt, dau ch 19/9/1792 Vere,
2/3. George Booth Barritt, b 1/3/1794 & ch 20/6/1795,
Clarendon, also listed with year
only in Vere.
Prob died Q3 1862.
1841: Swan Lane, St Gregory by St Paul
George (45, Clerk, N) Eliza (30, Y), Emma (14, Y), George (9, Y), Edward (7,
Y).
1851 Census, 8 Bectoun? Terrace, St Pancras:
GB Barrett (Hd, 57, Clerk Inland Revenue, Kingston, Jamaica), Eliza (wf, 46,
Essex, Ingleton), Emma (dau, 13, Paddington), Geo B (son, 19, at home,
Finsbury), Edward M (son, 17, Clerk in the Gas Co Wandsworth, St Pancras),
Elizabeth (2, Islington).
1861 Census, 1 Earl St, Marylebone:
George B Barrett (Hd, 67, copying Clerk to a Surveyor, Kingston, Jamaica),
Eliza (Wf, 55, Ingatestone, Essex), Eliza (dau, 10, Middlesex).
3/1. Emma Barritt, b abt 1838,
Paddington
3/2. George Booth Barritt, b 1832, Finsbury
D Q4 1876, Holborn.
3/3. Edward M Barritt, b 1834,
St Pancras,
D Q1 1912, Romford Essex.
1891: High St Gt Beddow, Essex
Edward M Barritt (Hd, 57, 2nd class Inland Revenue Officer, St
Pancras), Ann (wf, 57, London), Annie M (dau, 27, Stoney Stratford), Emma A
(dau, 25, Glamorgan), Francis E. (son, 18, apprentice Ironmonger, Pembroke
Dock) Albert E. (son, 15, School Monitor, Pembroke Dock).
4/1. Annie M Barritt, b abt 1864
4/2. Emma A Barritt, b abt 1866
4/3. Albert E. Barritt, b abt 1876
4/4. Edward M Barritt, b abt 1882, d Edmonton Q4 1914.
3/4. Elizabeth Barritt, b 1849,
Middlesex.
2/4. Sarah Garbrand Barritt, b
4/8/1794 ch Vere 14/2/1798
2/5. Edward Marriott b 22/1/1798, ch Vere 14/2/1798
Samuel Booth Barrett, ch Vere, 27/12/1807 – no parents given in this period.
1793, March 2nd: THB leaving Jamaica.
1798, Mile Gully Pen Crop 24/154: prop THB 68 hd cattle £1273, 28 young steers
700, 6 horses £2777/10, 4 mules, 140, pasturage, 6 bags coffee Tot
£2598/8/11.75
1796, March 24 Thomas Hercy Barritt esq widower and Ann Mellas spr Lic (St
George’s Hanover Square). His will dated 17 March 1817. He came from and old
Jamaican family (Archer. 29 & 33). His first wife was Eleanor, dau of Sm.
Booth of Vere, and I think Geo Booth Barritt of Lewisham in 1807 was their son.
Thomas Hercey Barritt of Marylebone, London, widower, placed banns for his
marriage to Ann Mellas of Marylebone, spinster, aged over 21, in St Giles in
the Fields, Marylebone, 22/03/1776. They had four children baptised in
Marylebone: Eleanor (1798), Louisa Ann (1799), Thomas Hercey (1802) and Harriet
(1803). A memorial inscription in Ewell church gives the death of Thomas Hercey
Barritt junior as 03/02/1804, age 18 months and 3 days, and the death of Louisa
Ann Barritt as 16/02/1812 age 12 years as well as the death of T. H. Barritt
Esquire as 28/10/1817 age 79 years, bur 5/11/1817 at Ewell, aged 79.
Land tax at Ewell 1799, owned 117 houses and 4-10 in Hitchen.
Issue of Thomas Hercy Barrett & Ann Mellas, ch St Marylebone:
1/1. Eleanor Barrett, b 26/8/1798, ch 12/9/1798LDS
1/2. Louisa Ann Barrett, b. 10/12/1799, ch 5/2/1800LDS.
Died, 16/2/1812, aged 12, bur
Ewell
1/3. Thomas Hercy Barrett, b. Aug 1802, ch 27/8/1802LDS.
Died 3/2/1804, aged 18 months and
3 daye, bur Ewell.
1/4. Harriet Barrett, b 9/12/1803, ch 8/2/1804LDS
Jamaica Gazette, 24/7/1824: “In
London, At St George's Hanover Sq, on 19th April last, Edward Hoare, esq, son
of Sir JW Hoare to Harriett, daughter of the late Thomas Hercey Barrett, esq of
Garbrand Hall, St Thomas in the East in this Island.”
THB in his will also leaves legacies to:
Niece Sarah Britt wife of Walter Britt and daughter of his sister Elizabeth
Mary Harriott
Sarah Garbrand Barritt a free mustee girl dau of Mary Elizabeth Johnson a free
quadroon woman dcd
Susanna Barritt a free mustee girl dau of my slave Susanna Cassup a quadroon
woman
£3000 each
To Elizabeth Grant Barritt a mulatto girl dau of a negro woman slave Francis
Barritt £500 at 21 or marriage
Francis Barrett a free mustee girl another dau of Susanna Cassup annuity.
Incumbered Estates:
Particulars of the Estates of Mile Gully and Spitzbergen, and Harmans or
Harmony Run, in the Parish of Manchester : Paradise, Piper's or Smith's Penn,
Mumbies & Blackwall, in the Parish of Vere, and Garbrand Hall and Mullet
Hall, in the Parish of Saint Thomas in the east, all in the Island of Jamaica,
containing alltogether 15,932 acres, or thereabouts : which will be sold by
auction, in seven lots, or in such lots as the chief Commissioners shall
determine at the time of sale, by Messrs. Leifchild & Cheffins, before
Henry James Stonor, Esq., Chief Commissioner, at the Court of the
Commissioners.
Frederick Lewis Maitland & Thomas
Hercie Barratt
Frederick Maitland to Thomas Hercie Barratt
1769[1077]:
Hon Frederick Maitland late commander of HMS Renown now of Great Britain by
Malcolm Laing att, sold to Thomas Hercie Barratt of St Thomas in the East esq
for £7700J 130 slaves in Thomas Hercie Barratt’s possession, held by FLM as a
mortgage which he bought from the original mortgagees.
The same year, Thomas Hercie Barratt with Charles Spencer & George Paply
sold (as a mortgage) a sugar works in St Thomas in the East 624A called
Garbrand Hall N Morant River E&S on Serge Island W & S on Mount Ida
estate £7000
15/6/64 they sold mortgage to Federick Maitland
FLM & Thomas Hercie Barratt make void sale of 145 slaves for £7000
estate to Thomas Hercie Barratt for 10/-
Frederick Maitland then remortgages for £750
Barrett Wills (unidentified):
James Barrett
21/133 1736 Mar-20 Ent 18/5/1738 Date 12/2/1737-8 of St Katherine, Esq
fragmented will - early part msg. Dau Sybella if dau dies then to Ann
Katherine, dau of Good friend Nicholas Rodkey? Dau later referred to as Sybella
Elizabeth Sigler - still in education. Exec Sir Charles Price & Nicholas
Rodkey
Samuel Barrett
105/114 Mar-20 Date 30/3/1815, ent 4/3/1825. + codicils 22 pps. Of Park Hill,
York esq, Wife Margaret Ellis?, ref equity of redemption of Shawfield in
Jamacian & The Spring in St. James. Trustees brother Richard Barrett in
Jamaica and Martin Williams of the Vron, Denbigh, and Charles Nichols
Palmer of Nortmanton House, Surrey. Mother ELizabeth Barrett Williams. Aunt
Mary Barrett Lockhead, wife of John L esq. Son Samuel Goodin Barrett. Brother
Edward B of 15th Reg Light Dragoons
Hearcey Barritt
21/45 Ent 8 Feb 1738-9 dated 20/7/1734.
Of St T in the East Gent
To Niece Ms Mary Barritt, dau of Thomas Barritt esq 1 negro named Myrtilla
To Ms Jilliam Murray 1 negro named Unita
I do order and it is my will that my execs hereinafter named do sell .. those 3
negroes Castelio, Polydore & Monimina and the amount my execs to lay out at
the manner following:
Vizt I do order and strictly nominate my execs ... to purchase from Madam
Gregory Senr one mulatto boy named Jemmy Child to a negro woman belonging to
Mrs Gregory senr named Yaiba and desire of the mulatto boy named Jemmy maybe
purchased from her Madam Gregory or any other ... that on the purchase of him
the sd Jemmy boy I do desire and specially order and command and its my full
and true desire and Intent Jemmy shall be immediately set free and ...
But if the boy is not bought, Item I Give devise and bequeath the 3 negroes to
my heir Ms Ann Barritt
All the R&R to my 2 sisters Mary and Ann Barritt
Exec Thomas Barritt and William Spencer.
Nicholas Barrett
31/62 Mar-20 Photo 2/3 1640L 2/4/1747, ent 17/8/1757 -
Serge Island ref settlement on 1st wife. & Garbrand Hall etc, THB <16 -
refers to present wife. House in Ealing - cousin Caleb Garbrand - daus Frances,
Susannah, Elizabeth Mary and Sarah Garbrand B - Susanna Pott, sister of wife -
Ann Swarton jnr, dau of Richard & Ann Swarton of St T in E - R&R to son
Thomas Hercey Barrett - Refers to establishment of a pen for Garbrand Hall on
the Left Hand Morant River - daus <21 - Transcript in Wills File
Frances Barritt ch 25/1/1733 of Nick & Sarah, St D
Sarah Garbrand Barrett M Robert Haughton, 2/6/1763 (Genealogies of Barbados
Families: From Caribbeana and the Journal of the ...) Google He bur Hanover
26/6/1766
Elizabeth Mary dau of Nicholas & Mary Barrett, ch St C 22/3/1740-1.
ST T in E:
Ch 15/11/1753 in Golden Vally plantation .. Thomas son of John & Ann
Barritt aged 2 months & 30 days. G/F Robert Whitfinch & Thomas Dodd
G/ma Mrs Mary Franch and Miss Ann Barritt.
James Barritt ch 1/11/1752, at Golden Valley son of John & Ann G/F Lt Col
Richard Swarton & Mr Whitaker, God/mothers Miss Ann Hutchinson and Mrs Mary
Barritt.
Other Parishes:
Mary Barrett, ch 27/12/1698 St C of John & Sarah
Susannah Barrett ch 17/6/1736 St D, dau of Richard & Sarah
Hercey ch St C 6/4/1727 of Thomas
Susanna dau of Thomas & Sarah, ch St C 2/8/1724.
Thomas Hercey Barrett
1755 Map: Barretts inland from Morant Bay.
1804 Map: TH Barrett on the NW top section of the Milk River (Clarendon H3),
east of Mile Gully. Also in southern Vere on and north of McCary Bay: this is
probably the land sold by Simon Booth(2) in 1777.
Born: about 1738
Father: Nicholas Barrett.
Sisters, from Nick’s will: Frances, Susannah, Elizabeth Mary and Sarah Garbrand
B <21 1747
Elizabeth Mary M Mr Harriot, dau Sarah M Walter Britt, (THB Will)
Susannah married Robert Kenyon Miln?, son Robert Kenyon Miln (THB will)
Married 23/4/1763PR, Vere, Eleanor Booth, he of St Thomas in the
East, she of Vere.
Eleanor, dau of Samuel Booth, son of Simon, son of GB2. P 68
1763: Marriage settlement btw Thomas Hercey Barrett & Eleanor Booth Thomas
Hercey Barrett settles sugar plantation in St. Thomas in East called Garbrand
on George Booth in trust for Eleanor Booth.
1771[1078]:
two pieces of land at Mile Gully to be sold, 1st 300 acres N on
Thomas Blenshall E on Robter Miller S on Thomas Ross and west on unsurveyed
land; the other 300 acres N on John Allen, E on Robert Miller, S on U/s land, W
on William Hayes.
Plenty of valuable timber, guinea Grass fit of breeding or fattenhing pane
Robert Law at Liguanea or William Smallie in Kingston.
None of these appear on Manchester 92 map of Mile Gully.
1775[1079]:
John Gall Booth from Thomas Hercey & wife Eleanor Barrett
Thomas Hercey Barrett sold to John Gall Booth for £7 3.5 acres on new road to
race course between land of George Booth dec & John Gall Booth.
1782: 16/85 Mar-20 Garbrand Hall GH & Mt Ida est 1782 ent 13/3/1783 Edw
Ledwich mortagee in possession 329 hhds on GH & 50 on Mt Ida 140 Punch rum
& 16 Punch in Mt Ida
1796: 22/53 Mar-20 Garbrand Hall 1796 crop yr. 201 hhd sugar 66 punch rum. John
Stewart actng attonry
1798 24/155 Mar-20 Garbrand Hall. John Stewart attorney. 180 hhds sugar, 101
punch rum
1809: Springfield Estate, Paradise Est, Vere[1080].
Kemps, TH Barrett 2100 acres, Paradise Est, Pipers & Blackmall.
Extends from Milk River/ Hilliards River jct to sea shore & Yarmouth &
Haylesfield Pens. Haylesfield & Yarmouth both look abt 400A.
Springfield appears later to have been the property of William Prendergast.
CARIBBEANA VOLUME V P44 Extracts
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN ENGLAND RELATING TO JAMAICANS
EWELL, CO. SURREY
On a ledger-stone in the floor of the old church tower (the only remaining
portion of the former church) :-
SACRED To the Memory of
THO: HERCY BARRITT, Died Febry 3rd 1804 Aged 18 Months and 3 days.
Also LOUISA ANN BARRITT Died Febry 16th 1812 Aged 12 Years
Also TH Barritt esqr d Octr 28th 1817 aged 79
Mr. Leonard C. Price of Essex Lodge, Ewell, writes that there is a much worn
stone with "Barritt Vault" on it, in the pathway leading up to the
tower from Church Street.
Other Sandbach Documents:
There are a couple of Norman wills listed, but not available.
There are several Bourden or similar names around in wills and parish records,
but not much clue if they are relevant.
Capt John Borden St C 1670 2250 acres. A number of Borden variations in
Clarendon.
14/58 1712 Will of Martha Bourden Mar-20 Date 25/11/1711 ent 19/9/1719. of St
Jago de la Vega widow. To poor of St K, sister Doras Willoughby widow in
Barbados J£300. sister's eldest dau Ann J£500 sisters ygst dau Dorcas J£500. To
John Williams J£4 legacies to negroes as husband's will. G'son Richard Oldfield
real estate ner Huntingdonshire called Alconbury. If he dies bef 21 to my son
Francis Oldfield. All my disposing estate to my dau Mary Oldfield. All R&R
incl estate in Bucks to Francis Bourden
3/16-72 1682 Rowland Williams Mar-20 Date 19/11/1680 Ent 17/1/1680-1 Rowland
Williams, planter of St E, Plantation at Caberetto support for dau Ann
Williams, Cattle in Luana 100 A to son Rowland. Lists extensive debts. Brother
Lewis, brother William photo 1520 2/3
Julia Elizabeth Burton
M 27/4/1881, CHristianna, Thomas Theophilus Hanna (Bach,
shoe maker age 38, of Manch, father Thomas Hanna) Julia Elizabeth Burton
(spinster, age 25 housemaid, of Manch, father Thomas)
This is included here as this family was very likely to have been the
connection with Frencis Maitland and Bristol.
Copied April 2023 from:
https://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/families/salmons/#:~:text=The%20Salmon%20family%20was%20an,their%20family%20interest%20in%20Thornbury.
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The Salmon family was an important family in Thornbury for
about 170 years owning property in Silver Street.
Several members of the family went to the West Indies to
seek their fortune whilst retaining their family interest in Thornbury. Their
wealth came from sugar plantations where they employed large numbers of slaves.
It is interesting to see that from time to time some members of the family
returned to live in the Thornbury area and that they brought with them several
personal slaves.
The earliest member of family connected with Thornbury was
John Salmon.
John Salmon – based on his age at his death, John Salmon,
was born about 1714. We understand that John was the son of Edward Salmon of
Bristol mercer and his wife Hester (nee Hollister) and grandson of Nathaniel
Salmon of Bristol, a wine cooper and his wife Elizabeth Gayner of Olveston. It
is not unlikely that Edward Salmon himself had a connection with Jamaica which
his children inherited. Christies, the auction house, sold a painting
inscribed “New Park Lodge, Richmond/ Edward Salmon 1744”. The painting is
clearly in Jamaica (maybe, AM 4/2023) and shows a very large estate and
a family.
On 2nd February 1735/36 John married Ann Stokes, the
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stokes of Thornbury and grand-daughter of
William Grove cordwainer and his wife, Hester. The marriage took place in
Thornbury St Marys Church and at the time of the marriage John was described as
a ‘Gentleman of Bristol’.
Following the marriage the Salmons appeared to settle to
live in Thornbury where their children were baptised. John and Ann had a large
family: John baptised on 5th August 1737, Thomas Stokes Salmon baptised on 26th
May 1740 who died on 11th September 1740, William born on 1st August 1743 and
baptised on 9th December 1743, Thomas Stokes Salmon baptised on 11th July 1744,
Brice Webb baptised on 20th October 1745, Edward baptised on 26th June 1748,
Charles baptised on 1st January 1750 who died on 3rd February 1754, Elizabeth
baptised on 2nd May 1753 and Anne born on 2nd January 1756, baptised on 13th
February and died on 7th June 1756. In addition, we note that there is a
burial in Thornbury of Nathaniel Salmon aged 10 months on 9th January 1758 and
we suspect he was another child whose baptism we have not found.
When Elizabeth Stokes (Ann’s mother) died in 1754, Ann
inherited three adjoining properties in Silver Street, Thornbury and another
property Ann’s father had bought from John Cook. However Ann’s husband, John
Salmon, is shown as the owner of these properties in the land tax records. The
three properties in Silver Street were later combined into one property later
known as 3 Silver Street and this became the home of subsequent generations of
the Salmon family. The 1775 land tax records shows that John had added to his
property portfolio. In addition to the three properties known to have been in
Silver Street there were two other properties. One was a large property
previously owned by ‘Raymonds’ of which the tax rate was 6 shillings. This was
the property that he bought from Samuel Molyneaux Lowder of Abergavenny on 29th
September 1762. The tax rate for the other house was also larger (at 3s 9d)
than the three houses in Silver Street (one of which was 9d, the other two were
each 1s 6d). In this case there was no indication of previous owner. It is
possible that this house was the one now known as 56 High Street as the will of
Guy Hewett dated 1761 referred to the property next door to his property as
belonging to John Salmon.
John Salmon was Mayor of Thornbury from 1756 to 1758 and
again in 1766/67 (although it is possible that it was John Salmon jnr who was
Mayor in 1766/67). On 27th September 1775 John Salmon sold the property known
as Raymonds to Kingsmill Grove. Kingsmill pulled down the existing property and
built Thornbury House on this site.
We are not sure where John and Ann lived in their earlier
years in Thornbury. In their later years they were living in Alveston and
their home was known as The Old Farmhouse, which later became known as The
Firs, and is now the two properties opposite the Ship Inn. When “The Firs” was
sold in 1919 it was described as a 10 bed roomed house with 5 acres of land
complete with gardener’s and coachman’s cottages.
Ann died on 20th January 1789 aged 70. There is a memorial
tablet in St Mary’s Church, Thornbury which bears the Salmon coat of arms. It
was erected in accordance with the will of Thomas Stokes Salmon, the son of
John and Anne who died in Jamaica on 15th October 1795 aged 51. At the time of
her decease, Ann left the following children surviving: John, Thomas Stokes,
William and Brice Webb. In accordance with the will of Ann’s father, Thomas
Stokes, following her death, the property at 3 Silver Street and the
unidentified property he had purchased from John Cook were left to Ann’s
youngest son, Brice Webb Salmon.
The property which Thomas Stokes had purchased from the
widow Harris had been left to Ann (following the death of her mother) and then
following Ann’s death to Thomas’s second grandson, Thomas Stokes Salmon. The
property which Thomas had purchased from Margaret Frampton had been left to his
second grandson, Thomas Stokes Salmon, immediately following the death of
Thomas’s wife.
John Salmon died on 8th May 1800 aged 83. In his will, he
left his house at Alveston which he had purchased from Thomas and Hannah Hill
to his grandson, John (the son of Brice Webb Salmon). John left his grandson
Thomas Stokes Salmon M.D. ‘such of my books as he shall choose, his silver
cased bowl, gold watch and two small enamelled pictures of Michael Beecher? and
his late sister Mary Webb’. He left to Brice Vassall Salmon of Bristol brandy
merchant his picture of his late son William Salmon. He left his friend George
Rolph of Thornburg his repeating clock with its case. He left his tenant James
Williams of Olveston all his wearing apparel of every description. He left to
Anne Salmon late of the City of Bristol but then residing with him £50, Susan
Salmon then also residing with him £19 19s and Edward Salmon surgeon £30. John
left the Mayor of Thornbury and George Rolph and Kingsmill Grove the sum of
nineteen pounds nineteen shillings upon trust that they dispose the same to
such poor persons of the Town and Borough of Thornbury at such time times
and-in such manner as they shall think fit. This sum was shared between 43
local people all receiving small amounts of money.
Of Thomas and Ann’s surviving children:
John Salmon jnr – John was baptised in 1737. He married
Amelia Clark on 8th January 1770 at Olveston. They had one son, Thomas Stokes
Salmon baptised in Thornbury on 13th March 1771 when it was noted that John was
a maltster. John was listed in the 1769 and 1770 poor rate assessments as
being the tenant of Nicholas Cornock in his house at 23 High Street. He was
also at this property in the 1775 land tax record, but by 1780 he had moved
into a property belonging to his father.
John continued to live in the Thornbury area. He died on
8th December 1795 aged 58. Amelia died aged 65 and was buried in Thornbury on
19th February 1806. Their son Thomas went on to study history at Bristol
University, married Mary Pratt in Orpington in 1799 and was a doctor in Reading
when he died in 1827 aged 56.
Thomas Stokes Salmon – baptised on 11th July 1744. Thomas
moved to live in St Elizabeth, Jamaica where he worked as an assistant judge.
He appears to have had seven children with Susannah Young who describes herself
in her last will as being a ‘free woman of color’. These were William born in
Jamaica, but baptised in Thornbury on 13th September 1773, Sarah Salmon born on
13th July 1775, Charles Salmon 1776, Edward Salmon 1777, Anne Salmon 1779, John
Salmon 1786 and Susannah Young Salmon born on 26th June 1787. The children
were described in the official language of that time as ‘quadroons’. A website
called Jamaica General Information explains that in the case of such a
woman and her children an Act of the Jamaican Assembly was necessary for them
to be entitled ‘to the same Rights and Privileges with English subjects, with
certain restrictions’. The act in this case was passed on 16th December 1791
and was referenced number CO/139/47 (818).
Thomas inherited some of the property which had belonged to
his grandfather, Thomas Stokes (see above). He would have received one of these
properties in 1754 following his grandmother’s death and the other in 1789
following his mother’s death. We are not sure what happened, but land tax
records show these properties as belonging to John Salmon, either his father or
his brother. Thomas died at Arraboldo in Jamaica on 15th October 1793 aged 51
(St Elizabeth PR: in the burial ground at Gales on the 16th,
probably Coll Gales sugar estate just north of Black River). In his will he
arranged for the erection of the memorial tablet dedicated to his mother which
is still on the wall of St Mary’s Church in Thornbury. It is interesting to
note that when Thomas’s ‘widow’, Susannah Young, wrote her last will and
testament on 22nd February 1797 she was living in Alveston with her daughter,
Sarah, and her son, William was a soapboiler in Bristol and her daughter Ann
was also living there. Susannah died aged 55 and was buried in Thornbury St
Marys Church on 5th June 1797.
Brice Webb Salmon – Brice was baptised on 20th October 1745
and on 10th May 1769 he married Hannah Downes in Lacock in Wiltshire. They had
William born 24th December 1770 who died 9th April 1771, Mary born 1771, William
born in 1772, George born in 1773, John born in 1774 and Maria born in 1774. Brice
is shown as a tanner in 1771 when his first son was baptised and we understand
that their address at that time was given as Watsons Farm in Kingswood.
The Gentleman’s magazine of 1779 has Brice Webb Salmon a
tanner “of Wollastone”. The London Gazette reported on the bankruptcy of Brice
Webb Salmon, late of Wolaston a tanner dealer and chapman and that there would
be a creditors meeting on 3rd September at the Bush Tavern in Corn Street
Bristol to arrange payment of a dividend from his estate and effects to those
not already paid.
In accordance with the will of his grandfather, Thomas
Stokes, Brice had inherited Cobb Hall and the unidentified property Thomas had
purchased from John Cook in 1789 (following the death of Brice’s mother). In
his will dated 24th October 1794 he left all his property in Thornbury to his
son, John Salmon. If John pre-deceased Brice it was left to his other son,
George Salmon. Brice died aged 50 on 15th January 1796 on the Island of Cuba.
He was noted to be a magistrate in St Elizabeth Jamaica in 1796 when he died.
William Salmon – William baptised on 1st August 1743. He
moved to live in St Elizabeth, Jamaica where he was a coroner and magistrate,
at least he was in 1790. He appears to have had one child, Susannah with a
mixed race lady (then known as a mulatto) called Elizabeth Young and he had six
more children with Mary Vassal, (who is referred to in William’s will as being
a ‘free lady of colour’). They were called Brice Webb Salmon in 1773, Brice
Vassall Salmon in 1775, Elizabeth in 1778, Thomas in 1780, Henry in 1782 and
Lewis in 1784.
William died aged 50 on 15th August 1794 on his passage from
Jamaica. He appears to have made his last will whilst on board the ship home as
he refers to a pipe of Madeira wine, a puncheon of rum, and 12 bottles of
Madeira wine which he left to be shared between his father and his executors.
William left each of his sons, £700 of British money. He left Mary Vassall
(described as ‘a free woman of colour’) his house and twelve acres of land and
a sum of £300 of Jamaican money. He also left her a negro boy, Arthur, who was
to be given his freedom after 10 years, given a chance of being an apprentice
and an annuity of £10 each year for his life. William also left Mary a negro
woman called Paibba?. William directed that his negro man named Barry Salmon
be given his freedom and an annuity of £20 and another man, Thomas Salmon,
already freed, an annuity of £20. William also left his half of a plantation
called New Crawle and the slaves and stock thereon in the parish of St
Eizabeth, Jamaica to his brother, Brice Webb Salmon.
William arranged for a monument to be created in the church
at Black River to the memory of his brother Thomas Stokes Salmon with the
following inscription: “To the memory of Thomas Stokes Salmon Esq of the parish
of Thornbury in the County of Gloucester in the Kingdom of Great Britain many
years a resident of this parish he died at Arraboldo on the fifteenth day of
October 1793 universally regretted aged 51 years 11 months”.
John Salmon – born in Somerset in 1774, the son of Brice
Webb Salmon and his wife, Hannah (ch 14/11/1773LDS, Publow,
Somerset) John inherited the properties in Thornbury which had descended from
Thomas Stokes through his wife, Ann. It looks likely that it was John who
re-developed the properties in Silver Street. By the 1840 Tithe Survey the
various separate properties which had been let out to tenants, had been combined
into one larger property used as the home of Edward Salmon, the surgeon. This
was described in the survey as being Plot 177, a house stable and yard owned by
John Salmon and occupied by Edward Salmon.
John appears to have had children with two wives. With Rose,
he had a daughter, Mary Ann, born in St Elizabeth in 1791 and, with Elizabeth,
he had John born in St Elizabeth in 1797.
In the 1841 and 1851 censuses John was living in Alveston
with his wife, Elizabeth. Presumably this was the house called The Old
Farmhouse later known as The Firs. The 1851 census shows John was a landed
proprietor aged 77 and Elizabeth was aged 72 born on Island of Jamaica.
John let out the property in Silver Street to his cousin,
Edward. We know for certain Edward was there in 1840 Tithe Survey and later,
but the land tax and rent roll records indicate that he was renting a property
from John Salmon as early as 1809 and by the time of the 1830 rent roll he was
renting both Cobb Hall in Silver Street and the adjoining larger property from
John Salmon.
On 24th August 1852 John sold the house to Edward Salmon for
£200. John died in St Elizabeth, Jamaica in 1857 aged 84. John’s will shows he
had owned two estates in St Elizabeth (the Union Estate and the Vauxhall
estate). He had previously employed large numbers of slaves on these estates,
and as a result of the 1834 Abolition of Slavery and Subsequent Compensation
Act he had received compensation of £6, 832 6s 11d for the 346 slaves which he
owned at that time.
Edward Salmon – Edward was born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on
13th June 1777. He was the son of Thomas Stokes Salmon and Susannah (nee
Young). He became a surgeon and an apothecary. He married Mary Ann Hodges in
Thornbury on 26th February 1807. They had a large family: John Hodges Salmon
born on 18th January 1808 and baptised on 9th March 1808, Edward Salmon born on
18th March 1809 and baptised on 26th April 1809, Stokes Salmon born on 2nd May
1810 and baptised on 15th June 1810, Thomas Salmon born on 12th July 1811 and
baptised on 31st October 1811, Mary Salmon baptised on 19th March 1813, William
Grove Salmon and Phillimore Salmon both baptised on 6th October 1815, George
Salmon baptised on 5th March 1817, another Phillimore Salmon baptised on 10th
March 1818, Martha Elizabeth baptised on 17th May 1819 and Martha baptised on
11th October 1820.
Many of these children died young: Phillimore was buried on
9th April 1816, Martha Elizabeth buried on 18th May 1819, John Hodges buried on
16th March 1824 aged 16, Thomas buried on 4th March 1825 aged 13 and Edward
buried on 7th November 1833 aged 24.
The 1841 census shows them living in Silver Street. Edward
was a surgeon aged 63 and Mary Ann was aged 61. They were living there with
Mary aged 25, William a surgeon aged 27, George a solicitor aged 24, Phillimore
aged 23 and Martha aged 18. Mary Ann died aged 65 and was buried on 11th
February 1845.
The 1851 census shows Edward was a widowed general
practitioner aged 73 and born in Jamaica. He was living at 3 Silver Street
with his children: William, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and
General Practitioner aged 37, George a solicitor aged 34, Phillimore aged 32,
Mary aged 38 and Martha aged 30. All the sons and daughters were unmarried.
The trade directories show that Edward was also a Registrar
of Births and Deaths.
On 24th August 1852 Edward Salmon purchased the house from
John Salmon for £200. He intended it to be shared by himself and his
children. It was described as being:
‘a messuage or dwelling house with yard or garden on the
north side of the street formerly called Chipping Street, now Silver Street.
It was bounded on the east by a messuage and premises now or late of blank
Gayner and on the west by a messuage and premises now or late the property of
blank Mawley. The property was and had been for many years occupied by Edward
Salmon as tenant to the said John Salmon‘.
The 1859, 1862 and 1867 rate books indicate that Edward had
made some arrangement for his sons, William Grove and Phillimore to take over
ownership of the Silver Street property although Edward was still living there.
In the 1861 census, Edward was described as “surgeon not
practising”. He was still living in Silver Street with his children: William
Grove Salmon aged 47 and said to be qualified as G.P. at the University of
London. His brother Phillimore was 43 and now said to be a deputy registrar of
Births. Mary and Martha had no occupation. There were two servants Sarah
Stephens aged 19 and Mary Hobbs aged 12 and a visitor Ann Lovesey a widowed
sempstress.
Edward died aged 92 and was buried on 16th October 1869.
His will was proved 9th March 1871 and his sons, William Grove Salmon surgeon
and George Salmon solicitor of Cardiff were his executors.
William Grove Salmon was baptised on 6th October 1815, the
son of a surgeon Edward Salmon and his wife Mary Ann nee Hodges.
William Grove Salmon gained his Licentiate of Society of
Apothecaries from the Apothecaries’ Hall in London on May 25th 1837. He
provided medical evidence at the Criminal Court in London as a pupil of the
London Hospital as the result of an incident on 31st October that year.
William was able to say that the damage to the victim’s lower jaw had been
caused by a weapon rather than a fist. He became a member of the Royal College
of Surgeons in 1838.
The 1841 census shows William had returned to Thornbury to
take up his profession. He was a surgeon living with, and presumably
assisting, his father in Silver Street. He was still there in the 1851 census.
The Bristol Mercury of November 19th 1859 gave a report of
what appeared to be an on going difficulty between William Grove Salmon and
another practitioner in the town, Dr Edward Long. The report of the inquest on
the body of Daniel Iles in that newspaper began with a letter from Edward Long
which in very strong terms refuted the comments made by Dr Salmon “which were
prejudicial to my character as a brother surgeon, offensive to my father as a
gentleman and calculated to do me injury in my profession.” The details of the
inquest included remarks that the Coroner thought were actionable and he hoped
Dr Long would over look them. William made a statement to the effect that “I
declined to meet him (Dr Long) because I consider he has acted unprofessionally
… I should have declined to meet Dr Long if it had been a case of life or
death. I had made up my mind that I would not meet him.” The argument in this
case concerned the feeling that Dr Long had seen one of Dr Salmon’s patients
without first consulting him and so acted unprofessionally, in William Salmon’s
mind at least.
In the 1861 census William Grove Salmon still lived in
Silver Street with his father Edward who was now described as “surgeon not
practising.” William Grove aged 47 had said that he qualified as G.P. at the
University of London. The 1859 rate book also shows that William had acquired
The Chantry in Castle Street (described in the book as ‘Parslows’ after
previous owner). This property had been put up for sale at auction on 29th
August 1846 and it is possible that William acquired it at that time. William
continued living at Silver Street and the 1851 census shows The Chantry
property unoccupied. (NOTE: In 1947/8 Frederick Burchell commented that the
Chantry had for very many years been uninhabited. He said it belonged to Dr W
G Salmon who lived in Silver Street where he carried on a medical practice.
William also did a bit of farming and farmed the land at the back of the
Chantry and some other land near the Poor Law Institute and in Eastland Road).
Click here to read about The Chantry
The 1859, 1862 and 1867 rate books indicate that Edward had
made some arrangement for his sons, William Grove and Phillimore to take over
ownership of the Silver Street property although Edward was still living there.
William’s father died on October 10th 1869 aged 92 years.
The 1871 census William was described as head of the household of the family in
Silver Street, although his sister Mary at age 59 and brother Phillimore aged
58 and said to be a landowner were both older. Martha aged 50 also lived there
and their brother George, a solicitor aged 54 was visiting the family,
presumably with his 10 month baby daughter Mary Ethel. They had a cook Ann
Jones, a housemaid Charlotte Legge, a coachman Frederick Davis and a nursemaid
called Fanny Gough for the baby.
In July 1876 William acted as trustee in the will of Thomas
Hardwick with William Charles Fox and he sold land to Tytherington School Board
for the purpose of setting up a school there. William’s sister Mary died June
25th aged 63. Phillimore died on March 9th 1880 aged 62. The 1881 census
shows that William Grove Salmon continued to live in Silver Street. He was
sharing his home with his brother Stokes Salmon aged 70 who was described as a
planter, his sister Martha aged 60 and his 10 year old niece Mary Ethel. They
had two servants Susan Birt aged 36 and Mary Blizzard aged 17.
William’s sister, Martha died aged 62 and was buried on 1st
March 1883. By the 1887 rate book William had moved into the Chantry in Castle
Street. In the 1891 census he was at The Chantry described as an unmarried
surgeon aged 77 living with his niece Mary Ethel aged 20 Hannah Hobbs the cook
age 30 and Mabel Gingell a servant aged 18. This might have coincided with
William’s retirement from an active role as a surgeon as the obituary of Lionel
Williams tells us that after qualifying as a doctor he was house surgeon at
York for a time. He came from York to Thornbury in about 1890 on taking over
the practice of the late Dr Salmon. The 1891 census shows that Lionel Williams
is now living at 3 Silver Street and the 1894 rate book confirms that he is
renting it from William.
William’s brother George died in Thornbury on 5th July 1894
aged 77.
The 1901 census shows William was aged 87 and a retired
surgeon living in the Chantry with his niece Mary Salmon aged 30 and maid
Hannah Hobbs aged 46 and housemaid Laura Hopkins. He died 6th March 1903 in
Thornbury aged 89. Probate was granted on 22nd June. The probate showed that
his estate amounted to £9902 0s 5d and that his executors were Frederick
Churchward of Devon and H P Thurston. His will left most of his estate to his
niece Mary Ethel Salmon and after her death to any child or children of Mary
Ethel Salmon who reached the age of 21 or in the absence of such a child to his
God-son Hugh Champneys Thurston. A codicil to his will dated 20th February
1903 allowed the trustees to sell his property in Silver Street to comply with
various bequests and provisions. A sale of the furniture and other items from
the Chantry was advertised on 13th and 14th July 1903. This included 1,100
gallons of cider.
Slave Compensation
Thomas Stokes Salmon
Profile & Legacies Summary
1740 - 1793
Biography
Attorney on Pepper Pen in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, 1767-1771,
dying c. 1794. Probably partner with his brother William Salmon of St Elizabeth
in the slave-factoring business under Thomas Salmon and William Salmon &
Co. Sarah (born 13/07/1775), Edward (born 13/06/1777) and Ann (born
07/10/1779), reputed children of Thomas Stokes Salmon esq by Susanna Young,
were baptised at St.Elizabeth, 01/06/1783. Susanna Young of the parish of
St.Elizabeth a free mulatto woman and her children William Salmon, John Salmon,
Charles Salmon, Edward Salmon, Sarah Salmon, Ann Salmon and Susannah Salmon,
free quadroons, were by enactment given the same rights as white persons,
16/12/1791.
Thomas Stokes, son of John and Ann Salmon, baptised
26/05/1740 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire.
Thomas Stokes Salmon esq was interred in the burial ground
at Gales, 16/10/1793.
Will of Thomas Stokes Salmon of St Elizabeth [made in 1793]
proved 13/02/1795. He left 200 guineas for a memorial to his mother at the
family tomb at Thornbury Gloucestershire, and £4000 in trust with the income to
be paid to his father John Salmon of Alveston. He set aside a further £10,000
in trust to purchase an estate [implicitly in England], from which the income
was to go to his brother John Salmon for life and then to his [the testator's]
nephew also named Thomas Stokes Salmon, with remainder to the testator's
brother William, and then £5000 current to be invested in land and 'slaves' in
Jamaica for the use of his brother Brice Webb Salmon for life and then Brice
Webbb Salmon's sons John and George. He left to a 'mulatta woman' Susanna Young
the plantation called Providence in St Elizabeth. He left his English estates
at Alveston to his brother William if the latter chose to live in Britain,
otherwise to his brother John and in default to his nephew Thomas Stokes
Salmon.
John Salmon ch 13/3/1774, Stoke St Michael, Somerset, of John & Mary
John Salmon esq married Elizabeth Vassal, widow, both of St Elizabeth, 24 Oct,
1796. They appear in Gloucestershire 1851 census.
Profile & Legacies Summary
???? - 1816
Biography
Attorney (i.e. solicitor) of Thornbury Gloucestershire.
Husband of Sarah Delaroche, the heiress of Sampson Delaroche (q.v.). The
marriage contract of George Rolph the younger and Sarah Delaroche of 1785
showed the transmission of the slave-property to him through the marriage as
contingent on her living until 21 and then conveying the property to him. He
does not appear in the Accounts Produce for Carrisbrooke, implying that he
might have sold the estate and the enslaved people, but does in several
capacities for Giddy Hall, an estate owned by Sarah Rolph nee Delaroche's
cousin William Delaroche II (q.v.). These roles all appear to flow from his
role as devisee-in-trust under the will of William Delaroche II, proved in
1801.
In 1808 George Rolph founded Rolph & Co., a Thornbury
bank that was a predecessor firm of RBS.
Centre for Reaearch Libraries, on line at
http://catalog.crl.edu/search/Y?SEARCH=Jamaica&searchscope=5&x=0&y=0
Jamaica Royal Gazette
JG: Jamaica Gazette.
Published from 1779, most issues available, but in several different
collections: the Jamaica National Library has one collection , and there are most
available in the UK National Archives from about 1809.
Jamaica Parish Records
Films held by LDS at Exhibition Road, London (& Utah), and are now
available on line – I have file copies of all the ones relevant to our period, and
are photographs of the registers held by the Registrar General in Jamaica.
Examination of the St Elizabeth Parish records show many Maitlands, the
earliest of which is our Francis (1). Index film no 1224314 refers to all the
missing second generation shown on the original Maitland Tree. The Copy
Registers are on film 1368561 (later ones on 1223998).
Reference Sources
Book & Publications
Richard Blome 1672 - Jamaica, A description of the Island. Includes a
map, one of the early triangular shaped islands. This, and a later expanded
edition of 1680, contains a good description of Jamaica as it started. The
later edition, in particular, has wide descrptions of the other British
plantations in the Americas.
Sloane 1707. Includes map, the 2nd generation, showing a good
outline of the island. This book concentrated more on the natural history of
the Island.
Browne, 1756, The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, contains one of
the definitive mid 18thC maps of Jamaica, showing many properties and owners.
Long, History of Jamaica, 1774.
Parish descriptions, including the route of the windward roads.
And an interesting section on the costs of setting up a sugar enterprise in his
1774 History (Vol 1 P159 et seq).
Edwards History civil and commercial of the British
Colonies in the West Indies, 1793.
Renny, Robert - 1807, An History of Jamaica.
Archival Records
Most of the genealogical information has been deduced from parish records,
wills and deeds. Deeds are the office copies of documents such as indentures
which were drawn up, mostly when a sale was made, either or real estate or
slaves.
Barbados
The records are held by Barbados Archives. Wills and deeds for the period
from about 1640 to 1700 were searched on a visit in January 2018. They are
indexed in the same manner as the Jamaican equivalents, although in rather
better condition.
The parish records were transcribed by Joanne Sanders and are available of
Ancestry.com. There is a hard copy in the Archives.
Hotton’s Original List of Persons of Quality (1874) has a lot of lists (surprise
surprise) of ship passengers (many of whom were convicted of rebellion),
militia members etc. (Held as a PDF)
Jamaica
Jamaican records are held in two places, wills and deeds are held by the
Registrar General’s Department. Wills usually give family members and often
property held at the time of will drafting. Deeds fill in some of the
background of people’s activities, and often reveal how litigious they were,
and how badly they ran their finances! The parish records originals are also
held by the RGD, but the images are available from the Mormon Church souces.
The Archives hold most of the property records, such as land grants patents,
inventories, manumissions, crop returns and legal cases.
Other sources are newspapers and some of the Island histories published in the
18thC, particularly by Edward Long.
Property Locations & Maps
Lands were granted by letters patents, most of which still exist in the
Jamaica Archives, either as original patents or the associated plats (plans).
These have been copied and redrawn onto CAD, with neighbouring runs; they often
fit together surprisingly well. The plats are drawn usually with a scale shown
in chains (22 yds, 20 meters); usually, but not always, north is marked. While
redrawing them to scale, the areas were checked: this is usually reasonably
accurate, and in some cases in the absence of a scale, the plat was scaled to
give the quoted area. Judging from comments on later estate maps, the areas
quoted on the letters patents were not always very accurate, a feature noted on
the scale copies. The plat seem to be drawn roughly to magnetic north, with a
variation of some 10° East. The plats have all been copied using the indicated
norths, but then rotated to match north on modern maps. A limitation of the CAD
programme prevents rotation of imported images.
The CAD plat copies have also been overlaid with later estate map copies
where available, and then in turn overlaid with the salient features of
(relatively) modern 1:50,000 maps. This approach has made it possible to
position the grants such as those to the Hayle’s north of May Pen to within a
few hundred yards.
Parishes and their Boundaries
Jamaica was split up into administrative areas, first called precincts, but
late parishes. Parishes are more the size of an English county, but had a
parish church, in the early days there seemed only to be one per parish; they
were more than an ecclesiastical area having much of the administrative
division of an English county. Just to confuse the issue, there are also 3
countries or divisions, Cornwall in the west, Middlesex in the centre and Surry
in the East. There were also early references to the Eastern and Western
division.
The boundary between St Elizabeth, Vere & Clarendon
was established in 1683 and changed in 1739 by act of assembly and Craskell
conforms with this new line. Browne shows the old one. Manchester was later
founded in 1813. This 1739 boundary change explains the apparent changes in the
parish residence of, particularly, the later Burtons.
The Leeward Road
The leeward road (a later road was known as “New”) is often referred to in
place descriptions in documents. The earliest map that appears to show this
road is Bochart & Knollis in 1684: it is shown from Spanish Town across the
Clarendon/Vere plain, crossing the Rio Minho at Kettle Spring, and then towards
the Round hill, and then along the coast to Alligator Pond. It then routed
north from there towards modern Gutters, and then west to cross the Black River
& its tributaries north of the Morass, then south to Black River Bay, and
along the coast to Sav la Mar.
The actual route of the old Leeward road is difficult
to deduce, except that it seems to have crossed the Rio Minho between Hals Hall
and Parnassus, and over the plain to the east side of the Milk River south of
Baldwin’s River. The route past the Round Hill was to the south, a track still
being visible on Google earth, though not marked on the 1950’s map. The “main”
road now passes to the north and west of the Hill. The majority of the modern
road west of this hill toward the Pond probably follows the old 17thC
route. The crossing point of the old leeward road gives a clue to how far north
up the Rio Minho the early properties were located.
An early act in 1703 describes a road well to the north of the Spur Tree
road over the May Day Hills. The primary act for the construction of the “new
leeward road” was passed by the assembly in 1747, this and subsequent acts
describe its route and development. Long gives a good descriptions of the great
Western Road, from where it passes the Cross[1081], and crosses the Rio
Minho to Lime Savanna and St Jago, roughly following the modern road past May
Pen where the western portion[1082]
passes from Olyphant’s estate, west of the Milk River (roughly St Jago), over
the mountain and to Spur Tree and Gutters, where it picks up the original road
through Lacovia. Bryan Edwards map of 1794 shows this route quite well, and it
can then be seen on Liddell 1888.
Cross referring the modern roads and Craskel, the route looks to be Mango
Tree, John Robinson, Green pond, Patrick Town, Pear Tree, Knockpatrick,
Malrborough to Spur Tree.
The modern trunk road past Mandeville appears between 1804 (Robertson)
and 1842 (Arrowsmith).
Rio Minho – Dry River Names
The Rio Minho figures in a number of places in our family’s
property. It was sometimes called the Dry River. On Blome and Ogilby 1671, it
is marked as Salt River, which it later years was further east into Old Harbour
Bay. In 1683 Harper, it appears as the Dry River, but the contemporary Bochard
& Knollis mark it as Rio Minho, as does Sloane, but a slightly later map,
Senex 1717, has both names on it. By 1747, all maps bar one call it the Rio
Minho. There is still a settlement called Dry River between Hayes and the
River.
Estate Maps, Land Grants etc
Lands were granted by letters patents, most of which still exist in the
Jamaica Archives, either as original patents or the associated plats (plans).
These have been copied and redrawn onto CAD, with neighbouring runs; they often
fit together surprisingly well. The plats are drawn usually with a scale shown
in chains (22 yds, 20 meters); usually, but not always, north is marked; a few
plats had bearing and distance marked on each boundary line. While redrawing
them to scale, the areas were checked: this is usually reasonably accurate, and
in some cases in the absence of a scale, the plat was scaled to give the quoted
area. Judging from comments on later estate maps, the areas quoted on the letters
patents were not always very accurate, a feature noted on the scale copies. The
plat seem to be drawn roughly to magnetic north, with a variation of some 10°
East. The plats have all been copied using the indicated norths, but then
rotated to match north on modern maps. A limitation of the CAD programme
prevents rotation of imported images.
The CAD plat copies have also been overlaid with later estate map copies
where available, and then in turn overlaid with the salient features of
(relatively) modern 1:50,000 maps. This approach has made it possible to
position the grants such as those to the Hayle’s north of May Pen to within a
few hundred yards.
Estate maps date from between the latter half of the 18thC
to mid 19thC and are more accurate than the earlier patents. They
were often drawn to re-establish boundaries of properties and often show the
original patents surveys. They, particularly the later ones, show roads little
changed from the modern maps and satellite images. These maps are found in the
Jamaica National Library collection, and are bought as good quality scanned
copies from that institution. They mostly do not seem to have a scale bar on
them, but can usually be fitted to geographical features or, failing that, to
areas.
The line drawings of estate maps in particular can be overlaid onto
satellite images (google earth) to see what the country is now like. There are
places where the early boundaries can still be seen as straight lines of trees,
and probably fences. This process does show the accuracy or otherwise of the
original surveys!
Land Grants
When Modyford became governor in 1664, he issued 1800
patents. A new emigrant could claim 30 acres for himself, his wife and each of
his children, each indentured servant and each slave[1083]. The only condition was
to cultivate the land and pay a quit rent of a penny a year (old penny!). These
early grantees gained a bonus in 1692 when Port Royal was destroyed in the
earth quake, and all the payment records were lost: many planters did not pay,
or were very slow in paying the quit rents. All outstanding rent debts were
wiped out by this event! Eventually, non payment of rent resulted in
confiscation of the land and its regranting to another planter who was prepared
to make up the arrears.
Modyford arrived from Barbados with 1000, mostly poor, settlers from Barbados –
it has been said that these all went to the East end of the Island, but
Richards says that an early settlement of 1800 from Nevis went to Morant Bay.
In any event, Captain George Booth at least looks as though he was one of the
early
Sloane map P169 Vol 1.
1675 Map by Ford of Barbados.
1927 maps
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/jammaps.htm
Maps of Jamaica and Place Names
A number of maps of Jamaica between 1671 and 1804 have been
analysed and reveal the movements of the families.
Place name spelling vary; in the case of some significant ones such as the
major rivers and mountains, they have been unified as the modern spelling.
Maps used are:
John Ogilby 1671 - digital version downloaded,
Bochart & Knollis 1684 – National Archives copy photographed
Lee 1671 – National Archives copy photographed,
Senex 1715 - digital version downloaded
Moll 1717 - digital version downloaded
Browne 1730/55 - digital version downloaded & Nat Archives copy from Blain.
Bowen 1747 - digital version downloaded
Craskell 1763 National Archives copy photographed & digital copy downloaded
Robertson 1804 – National Archives copy from D. Blain.
Biographical Databases
Jamaica Parish Records:
PR superscript note: generally these are from the copy films on the LDS
website. Unless there is any doubt about finding the entry again, the full
reference is not quoted (too many!).
Early researches were done using the microfilm copies at the LDS centre in
London, but more recently, they have been available on the LDS website: births
are indexed on line, but the remainder not. However, the images are all on the
site together with the contemporary indices.
Vere, an important parish for our early family, has no records for 1720-30:
there are a number of individuals of interest who might have been in this
period.
The Parish Records seem to be reasonably good on baptisms of whites. Early
records probably did not cover baptisms done away from the church, later
records have lists of individuals baptised on the properties.
The issue of mixed race couples are not as well recorded, initially the child
is usually recorded as the base born child of the mother, usually with no
reference to the father, except that the child is often baptised with what was
presumably the father’s surname. The use of the phrase “reputed son/dau of”
appears in the latter half of the 18thC.
Burials records are limited, probably because the dead were buried very quickly
for obvious reasons in a hot climate, and so a priest was not involved. In St
Elizabeth at least, the burial records state burials of white persons. This
might explain why there is no record of Rebecca Wright or Patty Penford being
buried in Black River: Rebecca Wright has a memorial tomb stone in spite of
having died in Bristol – her remains must have been transported back to Jamaica
for interment.
UCL: Legacies of British Slave Ownership, online 3/2013.
Barbados Baptims & Wills Ancestry.com:
These are a 1984 transcription of the 19th Century copies of the
older registers by Joanne McRee Sanders.
Hotton’s Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1874)
Copy held by AM.
The New Jamaica Magazine:
V2 1798, July-December
V1 1799, January-May.
Contains interesting articles etc and shipping intelligence.
Vere
In 1673, the parish of Vere was formed “by cutting off a portion of Clarendon,”
and in 1675, “when an Act was passed for dividing His Majesty’s Island of
Jamaica into several parishes and precincts, St. Thomas-in-the-Vale was taken
from St. Catherine; and Clarendon lost another piece out of which was formed
St. Dorothy”[1084].
So by 1675 Jamaica had 15 parishes.
Upper Reaches of the Rio Minho often called the Dry River.
Withywood: Alley or The Alley[1085]
Withewood was also used as the name for the area that became Vere.
First known as Withywood, Alley was originally a part of Vere. The area took
its name from the Alley Church that is situated there.
The Alley Church
Built with brick and stone quoins in 1671, this church was
originally a squat building about 10 m (33 feet) wide and 14.63 m (48 feet)
long. The eastern end was erected and consecrated in 1872. The Alley Church
is the oldest Anglican Church in the island.
Bibliography
Laws of Jamaica
The_Laws_of_Jamaica_1760_1792 contains a list of private
acts indexed on page 89ff
The acts are summarised in the early part of volumes 1 & 2, but private
acts do not seem to be repeated in the main body of the volume.
Memoirs of William Hickey vol 2 (1775-1872)
The edition contains a description of the author’s voyage
and a few months life in Jamaica in 1775: a nice commentary on Jamaica of the
period.
Sugar and Slavery: Economic History of the
British West Indies,
1623-1775
By Richard B. Sheridan (Google Books, no download)
Shows sugar production & prices. See Excel
The Jamaica Planters Guide, 1823 - Sugar
Caribbeanaea, Vere Langford Oliver.
James Hakewill, Picturesque Tour of Jamaica, 1825.
A book of his prints of Jamaica.
Jamaica Plantership, Benjamin
Macmahon, 1839.
All the most cruel instances imaginable!
Histories of Jamaica
Blome, Richard - description of isle of Jamaica - 1672
Browne – The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, - 1756
Brydges, Annals of Jamaica - 1826
Cundall, Historic Jamaica, - 1915
Renny, Robert – History of Jamaica, - 1807. History and general info.
Edwards - History Civil and Commercial of the West Indies - 1793
Long, Edward - The history of Jamaica Or general survey – 1774
Of these, Edwards and Long are the most comprehensive while Renny uses a lot of
their information, but somewhat updated. All 3 have good descriptions of the
Island, its history and commerce.
Sugar Prices
Price pre cwt:
The Sugar Barons
Matthew Parker
Very good early Caribbean History, general as well as specific.
P18: “The West Indies had always been ‘beyond the line’. As early as the
mid¬sixteenth century, the French and Spanish, unable to settle their disputes
over the Americas, had agreed that there would be a line in the Atlantic beyond
which accepted European treaties, and, in effect, accepted European codes of
conduct, would not apply. The English, in treaties in 1604 and 1630, implicitly
accepted the same agreement. Thus, from the earliest days of the Spanish
empire, the Caribbean was a constant theatre of violence and war - declared or
not - infested by privateers, pirates, corsairs, call them what you will. It
was a lawless space, a paradise for thieves, smugglers and murderers.”
P195ff: has interesting figures on the mortality, in particular from the yellow
fever epidemics around 1700, when the white population was reduced by 30%.
p222: in about 1700, only about 3% of whites survived beyond 60.
Married Women & Property
Wikipedia 8/2016:
English women's property rights
English law defined the role of the wife as a ‘feme covert’,
emphasizing her subordination to her husband, and putting her under the
‘protection and influence of her husband, her baron, or lord’. Upon marriage,
the husband and wife became one person under the law, as the property of the
wife was surrendered to her husband, and her legal identity ceased to exist.
Any personal property acquired by the wife during the marriage, unless
specified that it was for her own separate use, went automatically to her
husband. If a woman writer had copyright before marriage, the copyright would
pass to the husband afterwards, for instance. Further, a married woman was
unable to draft a will or dispose of any property without her husband’s
consent.
Women were often limited in what they could inherit. Males were more likely to
receive real property (land), while females with brothers were sometimes
limited to inherited personal property, which included clothing, jewellery,
household furniture, food, and all moveable goods. In an instance where no will
was found, the English law of primogeniture automatically gave the oldest son
the right to all real property, and the daughter only inherited real property
in the absence of a male heir. The law of intestate primogeniture remained on
the statute books in Britain until the 1925 property legislation simplified and
updated England's archaic law of real property.
Aware of their daughters’ unfortunate situation, fathers often provided them
with dowries or worked into a prenuptial agreement pin money, the estate which
the wife was to possess for her sole and separate use not subject to the
control of her husband, to provide her with an income separate from his.
In contrast to wives, women who never married or who were widowed maintained
control over their property and inheritance, owned land and controlled property
disposal, since by law any unmarried adult female was considered to be a feme
sole. Once married, the only way that women could reclaim property was through
widowhood.
The dissolution of a marriage, whether initiated by the husband or wife,
usually left the divorced females impoverished, as the law offered them no
rights to marital property. The 1836 Caroline Norton court case highlighted the
injustice of English property laws, and generated enough support that
eventually resulted in the Married Women’s Property Act.
The Act
After years of political lobbying, the Married Women’s
Property Act addressed the grievances presented by English women. The Act
altered the common law doctrine of coverture to include the wife’s right to
own, buy and sold her separate property. Wives' legal identities were also
restored, as the courts were forced to recognize a husband and a wife as two
separate legal entities, in the same manner as if the wife was a feme sole.
Married women’s legal rights included the right to sue and be sued. Any damages
a wife might pay would be her own responsibility, instead of that of her
husband. Married women were then also liable for their own debts, and any
outside trade they owned was subject to bankruptcy laws. Further, married women
were able to hold stock in their own names.
As of 2016, most of the Act has been repealed. [10] The remaining sections are
ss. 6, 10, 11 & 17. Of these, one of the more important was s. 11, which
provided that a widow could in her own right enforce her late husband's life
assurance policy. (Also, the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
enables both men and women to enforce contracts drawn up by others for their benefit).
Jamaica:
Married Women’s Property Act, 1887, repealed by the new 2003 Family Property
-Rights of Spouses Act:
-Shaped to allow women to own property in their own right.
-Article 2 states that married women have the same rights as
men to acquire, hold and dispose of property and this right is preserved
regardless of marital status.
-Article 3 provides that property, which belongs to a woman,
whether it is acquired before or during marriage, is held as if she were a
single woman and may be disposed of accordingly.
-Article 4 states that marriage does not confer on one
spouse a right to the property of the other spouse (3).
-Articles 16 and 17 state that only a married women might
bring an action in the Supreme Court or Family Court requesting a division of
property acquired in marriage as between herself and her husband (2).
-These two articles have been repealed by the 2003 Family
Property-Rights of Spouses- Act entered into force in 2006, which now
recognizes also the rights of common-law wives, defined as women living in a
co-habitation arrangement for a period of at least five years.
-Article 18 refers specifically to a married woman holding
the position of executrix, administratrix or trustee of the estate of any
deceased person as if she were single women.
-However, Article 11 speaks to fraudulent investments by a
wife of her husband’s money without his consent (3).
The
Guarded City - 1690
An Article from the Gleaner
IT HAS been said that geography is nine-tenths destiny and
that is certainly the case in the Caribbean. Historically these islands were
alternately pawns of war over territory and sugar producing components that
oiled the wheels of English mercantilism. From as early as the 1700s the
British King called Jamaica "the gem in my crown." Jamaica's forts,
which began to be erected soon after the English conquest in 1655, were a
direct result of the need to secure naval and commercial interests.
The English began their fortification at the 'point' as Port
Royal was first known. Once the colony became better established and Kingston
began to develop, however, there was a need to defend the entire Liguanea Plain
in which Kingston was located.
SECURING KINGSTON HARBOUR
The security of Kingston Harbour was dependent on forts as
up until the mid-20th century, the prevailing mode of attack was by sea. The
fear was that an attacker would attempt to land a force and occupy Liguanea
Plain, thereby taking control of Kingston and the rest of the island. The
entire purpose of a fort was to strategically place guns to unleash maximum
force on one's enemies.
Between mid-1600s and the late 1700s, at least eight forts
were built, six before the 1692 earthquake. Contracts were given to local
builders and slave labour was used. Many as five hundred slaves could be
employed at a single site. Stone and brick were the main materials, most of the
stone was dug from quarries at Port Henderson Hill.
STRATEGIES
Potential enemies approaching from the east (windward) side
would have then had to pass the fire of Forts Rupert, Morgan and Charles while
in a narrow sea-channel. If they managed to round the point (or Port Royal)
they would have had come up against with Forts Walker and James, and if they
managed to make it into the harbour itself they would have had to contend with
Fort Carlisle.
ATTACKS ON THE HARBOUR
In the late 17th century when the earthquake left the island
particularly vulnerable to attack there was concern that the French could
attack the Liguanea Plain from the east. The idea was that they could land
troops in the thinly populated area to the east of a narrow pass where Long
Mountain meets the harbour, and force it without ever having to contend with
the guns of Port Royal which were slowly being rebuilt. In 1694, the French
used this exact method to attack. The English, however, were forewarned by a
Capt. Elliott who escaped by canoe from St. Domingue (what is now the countries
of Haiti and the Dominican Republic) where he had been imprisoned by the
French. The English braced themselves by refortifying Port Royal and a fort
that stood where Rockfort now stands. Some three thousand French troops, led by
Admiral Du Casse, anchored at Cow Bay, just north of the mouth of the Yallahs
River and began to ravage the eastern parishes before regrouping and heading to
Clarendon. A mere 250 Jamaican militia met them at Carlisle Bay and turned them
back in an impressive display of bravery. The French, lost close to seven
hundred men. Clarendon was saved from the fate of the eastern parishes which
had suffered severe property damage, and many lives were spared because the
Jamaican inhabitants had removed themselves from that area prior to the arrival
of the French.
Although raids were not uncommon in Jamaica in the 17th
century, this was the only invasion attempt made other than that by Cromwell's
troops in 1655. The militia was dutifully recognized for their heroism and
accorded the use of the royal colour blue on the facings of their uniforms. The
present day Rockfort was built in 1729 and designed to hold seventeen guns.
Like its predecessor, it was intended to cover any eastern approach therefore
the guns now seen along the harbour side were most likely never used to defend
the fort. In the 1700s and for a long while after, water, too shallow for ships
to sail in, would have come right up to the edge of the fort. The road ran
through the fort itself, offering a defence in itself, supported by the eastern
facing guns.
The earthquake of 1692 did more than cause certain forts to
disappear and new ones to be built - it changed the landscape through submarine
convulsions - one of which opened a new channel under Port Henderson Hill. This
channel permitted ships to enter the harbour without having to come into
contact with the guns of Port Royal. When relations between Britain and Spain
began to deteriorate, that the need to protect this channel took precedence. In
1740 construction began at Mosquito Point. By the mid-1750s, the 80-gun Fort
Augusta named after the mother of King George III, was completed, thanks to
£12,000 and a sixty gun booty captured from the French in 1745. Although Fort
Augusta effectively blocked the narrow passes into the Kingston Harbour, to
achieve added security, in the 1740s, a battery of twelve guns was placed along
a small promonotory due west of Port Royal. They came to be known as the Twelve
Apostles or the Apostles Battery.
Small artillery fortifications without flanking defenses,
known as redoubts were built at Drummond's Hill, south of Newstead, near the
Mammee River, at Dallas Castle on the fording of the Cane River, and a battery
placed at Thorn Hill Ridge. A well-known redoubt was called Fort Belle -
located near what is now the site of today's Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was built
along with two others, on Stilwell Road and in Bridgemont Heights, to protect
the Stony Hill Barracks. (Two guns from these redoubts can be seen in the
present Manor Park Plaza near the site of the old Mill restaurant.)
Article by Rebecca Tortello.
Sources: Buisseret, D. (1971). The Fortifications of Kingston.
1655-1914. Kingston: Bolivar Press. Buisseret, D. (1983). The French Invasion
of Jamaica - 1694. In The Jamaica Journal, (16), no. 3, pp. 31-33. Buisseret,
D. (1990) Historic Jamaica from the Air. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers.
Raising The Guns
1655 -1667: Fort Charles, 26-gun stone fort called Fort
James after King Charles's brother
1678: Fort Carlisle, 14-gun fort
1678: Fort Rupert, 22-gun fort
1678 -1680: Fort Morgan, 26-gun fort was constructed to
cover a particularly vulnerable point, the sea-front between Fort Charles and
Rupert Fort Walker, 18 gun
During the 18th Century
Fort Castile: guarded the crossing of the Hope River by the
sea was strengthened by the addition of auxiliary batteries into Fort Nugent.
A watch tower was also erected to cover the hills
surrounding Fort Nugent called the Martello Tower (pictured right). It still
stands today.
A signal station, Rodney's Lookout, named after the famed
admiral, was also built on Port Henderson hill.
Two other forts were built at Port Henderson -Fort Johnston
named after one Duncan Johnston, who owned the land, and Fort Small, erected by
one David Small.
1700: Fort William, named after King William
1729: Rockfort, 17 guns
Mid-1750s: Fort Augusta, 80-gun named after the mother of
King George III.
1799: Fort Small became known as Fort Clarence, in honour of
William, Duke of Clarence, King of England (1820-37), who served in the West
Indies as a naval officer. In this period, batteries were also constructed at
Ferry and Salt Island, although no remains exist today.
13/11/00 added more Cohen information.
14/11/00: added Roberts above.
5/12/00: more Roberts.
18/12/00: add Sinclairs.
18/2/2001: add Cohen data from Jamaica Family Search.
14/3/2001: Expanded general summaries - edited Roberts info onto separate file.
21/5/2001: Edited.
1/6/2001: Index added
10/6/2001: resaved HTML from Word
30/8/2001: Links in document.
17/3/2002: minor additions
30/3/2004: minor changes and links.
6/11/2005: Ambrose Rotten
13/4/2006: edited Cohens
15/5/2006: small changes
26/11/2006: ditto
3/6/2007: Reformatted Word 03
27/2/2008: revised re Jamaica visit.
19/1/2010: extra info re Jamaica records & land grants
20/7/2010: The Cove Plat.
6/9/2011: edited – families extended.
25/2/2012: Recent information – manumissions.
8/9/2012: Booth family discovered & other Jamaican info.
4/12/2012: more Barbados info.
19/12/2012: extensive revision to Burton family.
1/03/2013: Slave Compensation.
21/7/2013: May 2013 research visit.
17/12/2013: Later research
22/7/2015: Brooks Family re Shermans.
13/10/2015: web frame
1/5/2016: Updates from Jamaica Archives etc.
19/3/2017: Ogoing results from Jamaica Feb 2017
14/1/2018: Editing & Feb 2017 data.
19/6/2018: Feb 2018 data and editing.
2/11/2018: Editing
11/3/2019: Feb 2019 Jamaica visit data added.
24/1/2020: Added Goulbourne
13/4/2020: Move Barretts to new section
22/4/2020: more on Swaby.
11/6/2020: Editing and printing
18/6/2020: pp3 5-31 &32 small changes
21/8/2020: small Roberts changes.
29/11/2020: p 11-5 – Wint info.
1/7/2021: Land Tax info for TH Barritt.
31/1/2022: small spelling corrections & Swaby info P11-10
3/3/2022: P4-71, P6-30 & P6-33, JG Booth & Burton deeds
Extra endnotes not printed – see DOC file
24/5/22 note re Dr George Sinclair
Added paining of Benjamin & Mary Pusey by Wickstead.
24/6/22: Index extended
3/2/2023: details of Carlisle – Lousada leaving the island
P5-21. Death of Mary, 1st wife of Andrew Wright
10/4/2023: Salmons of Thornbury. Wint additions.
17/8/2023: JP Wint info
28/11/2023: corrections and additions from Mark Chang Tree – Burtons and
Rochesters.
[1]
Page 100 on AM transcript, or abour 245 on Vol 2, 1794.
[2]
Long AM transcription P224/902. Vol2 Sect VI & The History of Jamaica: From
its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872, William James Gardner
2005.
[3]
St Elizabeth 646 – Lower Works Estate.
[4]
1754: Rose, Matthew, St. Elizabeth 126 Rose,
John, St. Elizabeth 1105
Roderick Rose To James Baillee – 1751
147/177/224 9/2016 30/12/1751 ent 30/7/1752
Re debts by Roderick Rose & Alex Woodrow copartners owing James Bailee
debts and unable to pay
Roderick Rose To Samuel Foster – 1752
148/33 9/2016 receipt for Bal dur to Samuel Foster £1111/2/6. 31/8/1752
Roderick Rose To James Baillee – 1752
148/175 9/2016 Mortgage, Roderick Rose merchant of St Elizabeth, James Bailee
merch of Kingston - deed 174 1/6/52 ent L79826/11/1752 Roderick Rose buys 1075
acres in Santa Cruz Mtns 5 parcels and 35 slaves for £2000, this deed mortgages
them to James Bailee. Patty no there.
[5]
1B/11/6/5F46:
Wright, Francis to Rebecca 25 Oct 1749
To all to whom these presents may concern Francis Wright of the parish of St
Elizabeth & Island aforesaid planter sends greetings Whereas Thomas Forbes
of the parish & Island aforesaid esq by his indenture of sale bearing the
date the twenty fifth day of August in the twenty third of the reign of our
Soverign Lord George the second (25/8/1749).... did sell unto Francis Wright
one mulatto female child the daughter of a mulatto woman named Pattie. Rebecca
manumitted.
[6]
343/128 Feb-17 Date 18/3/1786, ent 11/4/1786. John Dunston esq of Kingston's will
of 24/11/1764 left estate to George Pinnock Dunston & annuity to John
Dunston's wife Frances, now D'Warris etc
[7]
Rebecca Wright To Thomas Hogg – 1803 516/63 Feb-17 Date 1/6/1802 ent
20/6/1803. Rebecca Wright, woman of colour of St Elizabeth & Thomas Hogg,
of Westmoreland, planter. Whereas Patty Penford, free woman of colour of St
Elizabeth & mother of Rebecca Wright abt 1795 sold to Thomas Hogg Little
Culloden but sd conveyance mislaid, Patty Penford since dcd, So Rebecca Wright
sold (again) to Thomas Hogg 96 acres of Little Culloden N on Cumberland Valley,
W on Aukendown, S on sea E on Colluden, now or lately in possession of Walter
Tomlinson.
[8]
105/96 7 September 1805, Ent 20 September 1805
[9]
Deed 345/185 Date 10/7/1787 Ent 24/1/1788 – fuller text under John Maitland. PHOTOS
7/2 1104
[10]
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/csde/gsp/eportfolio/directory/pg/live/carhac/research/
[11]
(PCC 1805 484 Nelson Prob 11 1428 f485) Dated 14/11/1804, proved 28/6/1805.
[12]
8th APRIL,, 1782-
THE Subscriber takes this method of ac¬quainting the
Public, that he intends immedi¬ately opening the TAVERN at BLUEFIELDS, which he
will endeavour to conduct on such a Plan, as will give general Satisfaction.
The present Scarcity of every Necessary for such an
Undertaking, will, he fears, operate against him at his first setting out; but
he hopes for the indulgence of the Public, while he assures them, that he will
do every thing in his power to obviate this dif¬ficulty, and to make Bluefields
a comfortable Stage to every Traveller who may be pleased to favour him with
their Custom.
HOMER BLAIR.
[13]
Photo held, ent 5/6/1756, Jan 2012. book 6 folio 43 (+/-1).
[14]
228/181 Lewis Vassall to Patty Penford dated 28/7/1766, Ent 24/9/1768
[15]
249/116 purchase of 12.5 acres of land dated 5/9/1769 Ent 8/8/1772.
[16]
242/10 Sep-16 Date 20/2/1770 ent 14/12/1770
[17]
377/223 Feb-17 Date 9/6/1786 ent 20/4/1790.
[18]
291/73 Date 19 January 1778 Ent 27 May 1778
[19]
516/63 Feb-17 Date 1/6/1802 ent 20/6/1803
[20]
LOS 334/116 Date 1/12/1784 Ent 4 March 1785
[21]
Calendar of State Papers 1670:
April 6. 169. Warrant to the Duke of York. Whereas Major James Bannister, late
Governor of Surinam, having bought a vessel of 80 tons for the removal of his
family and estate thence, in attending his Majesty's pleasure has kept the
vessel six months at his great charge, it is his Majesty's pleasure that his
Royal Highness deliver to said Major Bannister provisions for 15 men for six
months, with ropes and a mainsail, to encourage him towards the voyage. 1 p.
[Dom. Entry Bk., Chas. II., Vol. 25, p. 154 đ.]
April 6. 170. Warrant to the Commissioners of Ordnance.
To deliver to Major James Bannister, late Governor of Surinam, six small guns,
each weighing about 7 cwt., with their furniture, six barrels of powder, and a
proportionable quantity of shot. 1/2 p. [Dom. Entry Bk., Chas. II., Vol. 25, p.
155.]
MI of Jamaica: Major General James Bannister late Governor of Sarrenham
(Surinam) who departed this life the 10th November Ano Domi 1674 in
the 50th year of his age.
[22]
St Elizabeth 646, Lower Works Pen
[23]
1784: 15 November 1784 Privilege Bill, copied from the National Archives in
Kew. CO 139/21-44 #39
[24]
63/142 Dated 11/7/1789, Ent 8/9/1795
[25]
Downloaded from Archive.org copy from the University of Toronto Robarts Library
collection, 12/2013.
[26]
An Island off the coast of Nicaragua
[27]
69/72, Feb 23 Date 30/5/1723 ent 5/6/1723.
[28]
69/144 Feb-23 Date & Ent 3/10/1723
[29]
Date 1/1/1762, ent 21/1/1762, 189/145. Feb 2023
[30]
Clan Forbes website: Forbes Emigration to Colonial America.
[31]
Feb 23 Ent 31/12/1729 Date 18/7/1728
[32]
Feb 23 Ent 11/10/1759 date 20/2/1757
[33]
25/110 1745 Feb 23 Date 7/4/1731 ent 19/3/1745
[34]
Feb 23/23 175/155 Date 7/8/1742 ent 23/12/1742
[35]
DASH, Humphry, St Georges Parish, 26 Feb 166_, RB6/8, p. 44
RICHARDS, Latimer, St Michaels Parish, 28 June 1694, RB6/37, p. 449
Elizabeth Booth St Michaels parish, 4 Feb 1721, RB6/6 p393 (p34), bur
12/2/1721, aged 67
[36]
Barbados deed 6/524, Date 23/11/1669 ent 12/11/1669 (dates checked!). Thomas
Booth alias ensign and Mary his wife dau of John Grove late of Barbados planter
dcd, heir with her brother John of father. Know ye that Thomas Booth & Mary
for an exchange of 20 acres by Jacob English, Cooper of Barbados, by an
instrument in writing sell to Jacob English jnr son of Jacob English snr 100
acres jointly owned with John Grove in St Lucy N Peter Spoer and John Oliver E
the plantation of Capt George Booth now in possession of Jacob English snr
S on lands of Lt Thomas Doudon etc
[37]
New Jamaica Magazine, Jan 1799 (Google books)
[38]
Records of Bristol Ships, 1800-1838 (vessels Over 150 Tons) – Google.
[39]
Abridgement of the laws of Jamaica passed between 1680-1792, on Google Books
[40]
Abridgement of the laws of Jamaica passed between 1680-1792, on Google Books
[41]
55(2nd Vol)/15 Dated 21/7/1717 ent 9/9/1717
[42]
56/40 Date 9/4/1718 ent 3/7/1718.
[43]
17/220 date 10/3/1677-8 Ent 6/2/1686
[45]
George Booth late of Clarendon planter, 1B-11-3-1f227 - 9/2/1679,
[46]
1/174 Dated 1/5/1670 ent 2/4/1674
[47]
Patent 1B-11-1-6F145-276 5/7/1664.
[48]
1B-11-2F86 10/3/1664-5
[49]
1/40 (rewritten in 1888) 11/10/1669: notes in the wills file.
[50]
1/204 dated 24/12/1677, Ent 22/5/1678
[51]
6/135 Thomas Rodon Mar-20 date 16/2/1690-1 Ent 28/3/1691
[52]
Estate Map Clarendon 575.
[54]
10/194 dated 10/4/1678
[55]
11/85 Dated 4/10/1679
[57]
1b/11/2/8F30 9/1/1670-1
[58]
Skethc Pedigrees of some Early Settlers in Jamaica.
[59]
1B-11-1-9F121 2/2/1683
[60]
1B-11-2-8F39 22/10/1684
[61]
John Wright To Thomas Fearn Jun – 1740 109/41 Photos 2/18 Photos Unknown
connection! Full copy in wills file
[62]
156/126 Feb-18 Re Folly Pen Date 6/7/1754 Ent 13/7/1754.
[63]
179/121 Sep-16 Date 20/11/1759 ent 12/12/1759
[65]
1B-11-3-3f006 14/11/1686
[66]
34/97 Dated 6/5/1702 ent 10/10/1702
[67]
49/190 new: Ent 14/4/1712 Dated 1/1/1711-2
[68]
14/156 Dated 2/8/1714 ent 20/6/1715
[69]
1B-11-3-12f139 warrant 21/9/1722, dated 6/3/1722-3 Ent 12/3/1722.
[70]
62/164-170 dated 18/10/1720 ent 9/1/1720-1
[71]
13/50 Dated 15/10/1710 Ent 16/6/1711
[72]
1B-11-3-9f067 dated 29/9/1711 Ent Dec 4th 1711
[73]
Will 8/94 Date 13/5/1695 Ent 10/4/1696
[74]
13/77 Ent 6/12/1710 date 24/1/1710
[75]
61/8 14/3/1719 ent 2/5/1720
[76]
125/102 dated 17/8/1745 ent 15//1/1745-6
[77]
Will of Robert, 17/206 Ent 4/10/1686
[78]
10/152 dated 18/9/1702 ent 29/3/1705
[79]
110/62 dated 29/5/1741 ent 30/5/1741
[80]
17/206 Ent 4/10/1686
[82]
110/62 dated 29/5/1741 ent 30/5/1741
[83]
18/58-42 Ent 2/2/1686-7
[84]
Plat 34F83, 11/9/1675
[85]
18/172-124 Ent 31/5/1687
[86]
1B-11-1-4F125/104 14/10/1672 Patent text only.
[87]
1B/11/2/34F6 30/8/1703
[88]
The Laws of Jamaica: 1681-1759. Deed 38/178, book destroyed, but Sale confirmed
by private act of Jamaica, Ann 6 1707-8
[89]
188/86 dated 1/12/1760 ent 17/8/1761
[90]
268/196 Feb-18 Date 29/11/1766 date 14/7/1775.
[91]
268/193 Sep-16 Date 10/11/1775 ent 24/7/1775. 1707 38/178 book not available.
[92]
1B-11-1-9F125 2/2/1683
[93]
1B-11-2-9F119 26/10/1682, 600 acres.
[94]
18/57-42 Ent 2/2/1686-7
[95]
Pat 1-4F48 30/11/1669
[96]
18/57-42 Ent 2/2/1686-7
[97]
10/101 dated 12/3/1678: 150’x50’, E on highway South on Mr John Butriclind W on
Elisha Clarke & N on William Frame. Both G & M Signed.
[98]
17/220 Indent date 10/3/1677-8 Ent 6/2/1686. 150’x50’ of land at Mireall Hole
in Vere E on highway S on John Buteline? N on Elisha Clark, N on William
Shaftsbury. Witness: Elizabeth Cross inter alia.
[99]
18/56-41 Ent 28/1/1686-7
[100]
Plat 1B-11-2-34G72 25/10/1685. Vere, 5 acres; In the Longwood, Salt Savanna, N
on Michael Lushington, E on Salt Savanna Common, S on Joseph Taylor.
[101]
21/128 Feb-19 Date 1/8/1689 Ent 27/8/1689. & patent 11/186
[102]
18/69-51 Ent 25/2/1687
[103]
10/22-18 Ent 31/1/1702-3 Dated 30/3/1702
[104]
72/130 Dated 3/6/1725 ent 3/8/1725
[105]
26/37 Date 26/6/1744 Ent 2/7/1747.
[106]
189/48 Feb-17 Date 2/10/61 ent 30/10/61
[107]
193/63 Sep-16 Date 9/11/61 ent 10/8/1762
[108]
193/66 Sep-16 Date 10/11/1761 ent 12/8/1762.
[109]
240/30 Feb-17 Date 6/2/1770 ent 29/5/1770
[110]
50/55 Dated 22/4/1713, Ent 5/6/1713
[111]
Deed 51/90-112 – Rebecca’s age is quoted in a memorandum to the main part of the
deed.
[112]
Deed 51/68 7/4/1714 & others
[113]
See 51/111 Ent 11/9/1714, date 9/8/1714 for details.
[114]
Deed 51/90-112 plat on wills file.
[115]
54/246 date 19/5/1716 ent 10/7/1717
[116]
73/9 Dated 20 January 1724-5, Ent 10 April 1725
[117]
50/55 Dated 22/4/1713, Ent 5/6/1713
[118]
51/109-133 Ent 1/11/1714 Dated 7/8/1714
[119]
54/246 date 19/5/1716 ent 10/7/1717
[120]
56/40 Date 9/4/1718 ent 3/7/1718
[121]
Pat 1B11/1/9F123 2/2/1683 – one of a number of simultaneous patents to the
Booths
[122]
75/183 dated 22nd February 1727-8, ent 22/3/1727-8
[123]
68/174-121 Dated 24/6/1723 ent 2/7/1723
[124]
72/54 dated 20/1/1724 ent 19/3/1724-5
[125]
71/119 dated 16/6/1724 ent 2/9/1724
[126]
71/120 15/6/1724 ent 2/9/1724
[127]
73/9 Dated 20 January 1724-5, Ent 10 April 1725
[128]
19/13 (40new) Dated 4/1733 Ent 5/6/1733
[129]
17/63, Ent 1/12/1733
[130]
1B-11-4-2F051 Ent 14/4/1743
[131]
153/33 Genl Red Dated 10/7/1749 ent 14/8/1753
[132]
29/152-149 dated 26/5/1751 Dated Ent 17/4/1754
[133]
158/110-255 Dated 1/7/1754 ent 29/8/1754
[134]
158/243-513 Dated 17/3/1753 Ent 16/5/1755
[135]
169/132 Dated 7/7/1757 ent 14/11/1757
[136]
158/515 Dated 17/3/1755 Ent 16/6/1755
[137]
163/156 dated 13/6/1756 ent 23/7/1756
[138]
174/88 27/11/1758 1/12/1758
[139]
186/65 1/1/1761 ent 24/2/1761
[140]
204/135 Sep-16 Lease 13/1/64 ent 13/6/1764
[141]
122/173 dated 16/1/1744-5 ent 31/1/1744-5
[142]
30/162-125 Dated 31/12/1759 Ent 27/11/1760: Samuel Clark for £20 sold to George
Booth of Vere 10A E on heirs of Henry Vizard, S on heirs of Henry Booth dcd, W
Kings Rd, N in possession of said George Booth
[143]
162/31 Date 11/8/1753 ent 29/8/1755
[144]
232/33 7/2/1769 ent 9/3/1769
[145]
170/44-84 26/12/57 27/12/1757
[146]
277/163 Date 7/2/1775 Ent 24/10/1776. Photo 2/2019
[147]
190/148 dated 26/6/1761 ent 25/9/1761
[148]
101/149 new Dated 21/3/1737, Ent 20/5/1737
[149]
67/116-90 date 30/4/1722 ent 20/7/1722
[150]
67/209 27/12/1722 ent 14/1/1722-3
[151]
67/209 20/12/1722 ent 14/1/1722
[152]
72/101 dated 21/4/1724 ent 27/7/1724
[153]
72/60 dated 11/2/1724-5 ent 23/3/1724-4 & 74/218 30/3/1727
[154]
87/28 dated 30/10/1731 ent 18/11/1731
[155]
112/60 21/11/1741 ent 21/12/1741
[156]
158/118-275 Dated 2/10/1754 ent 19/11/1754
[157]
123/94 – not available 9/2016
[158]
158/118-273 Date 2/9/1754 ent 19/11/1754
[159]
159/243-522 Feb-17 Date 2/12/1755 ent 6/12/1755
[160]
165/40 15/1/1757 5/2/1757
[161]
222/169 Date 22/1/1759, ent 9/1/1768
[162]
35/103 Dated Ent 8/6/1764
[164]
151/48-82 Date 5/3/1753, ent 19/4/1753.
[165]
1B-11-1-26F154 17/5/1755
[166]
164/106 dated 16/6/1756 ent 4/8/1756
[167]
(Margin Title has Samuel, body has Simon, index has Simon),
192/28 Dated 17/8/1756 ent 22/4/1762
[168]
179/138 Date 27/6/1759 ent 19/12/1759
[169]
180/79 3/11/1759, ent 2/2/1760
[171]
197/167 Date 23/4/1763 Ent lost.
[172]
164/100 dated 11/7/56 ent 2/8/1756
[173]
180/79 3/11/1759, ent 2/2/1760
[174]
194/90 13/9/62 ent 21/10/1762
[175]
276/30 23/9/1767 enr 11/8/1775
[176]
285/183 Feb-17 Date 20/8/1777 ent 25/8/1777 – full copy in wills file.
[177]
Estate Map Manchester 92.
[178]
282/129 Dated 4/9/1774 Ent 6/12/1776
[179]
273/182 Feb-17 Date 9/11/1772 ent 1/3/1776.
[180]
273/183 Feb-17 Date 22/11/1775 ent 1/3/1776.
[181]
285/189 Feb-17 Date 27/4/1775, ent 27/8/1777.
[182]
Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1884.
[183]
51/90-112 Ent 11/9/1714 – “NE on William Booth dcd”
[184]
56/40 Date 9/4/1718 ent 3/7/1718.
[185]
72/133 Dated 3/6/1725 ent 3/8/1725.
[186]
110/147 22/4/1741 ent 10/8/1741,
[187]
125/102 dated 17/8/1745 ent 15//1/1745-6
[188]
160/68 Date 5/3/1755 ent 7/3/1755.
[189]
104/36 dated 15/5/1738 ent 3/4/1739
[190]
51/133 Ent 1/11/1714
[191]
78/4 dated 19/5/1728 ent 27/6/1728
[192]
101/149 new Dated 21/3/1737, Ent 20/5/1737
[193]
102/138 dated 22/8/1738 Ent 25/10/1738
[194]
Patent 16F67 19/1/1715 – index only, not found
[195]
104/36 dated 15/5/1738 ent 3/4/1739
[196]
22/54 dated 23/8/1738 Ent 29/11/1739
[197]
1B-11-4-2F051 Ent 14/4/1743 for year 1742
[198]
1B-11-3-20f155 Dated 23/8/1738 Ent 16 April 1740
[199]
165/151, 18/2/56 17/3/1757
[200]
165/151 9/3/1757 17/3/1757
[204]
51/109 Ent 9/9 1714, dated 17/8/1714
[205]
18/9 Dated 12/7/1725 Ent 11/9/1729
[207]
22/10-9 Dated 27/11/1737 Ent 5/4/1739
[208]
53/36-45 Date 9/9/1715
[209]
57/131 Date 6/10/1718 Ent 10/10/1718.
[210]
122/175 2/2/44 ent 1/3/44
[211]
122/109 dated 13/6/1744 ent 25/10/1744
[212]
26/93 Dated 4/6/1739 Ent 4/2 1747
[213]
87/96 Dated 8/12/1731 ent 21/2/1731-2
[214]
106/158 dated 18/4/1740 enbt 3/7/1740 between Henry Booth, Thomas Jackson and
George Williams as trustee,
[215]
109/168 dated 23/6/1741, ent 16/9/1741
[217]
104/107 dated 13/6/1739, ent 15/6/1739
[218]
from Jamaica Gazette 29/11/1794 (JFS) and PR
[219]
161/18 Dated 12/5/55 ent 22/8/55
[220]
Mortgage: 160/81-191 Date 14/6/1755 ent 8/7/1755, Conveyance to Sarah Booth:
211/130 24/3/1759 ent 26/8/1765
[221]
185/39 24/7/1757 ent 14/1/1761
[222]
190/94-200 dated 8/5/1760 ent 13/2/1762
[223]
196/55-111 dated 20/9/62 ent 29/11/62
[224]
275/44 dated 5/12/1775 ent 10/1/1776
[225]
75/49, dated 19/5/1727, ent 5/8/1727
[226]
81/19 2/8/1729 Ent 5/9/1729
[227]
77/10 dated 5/12/1727, ent 1/2/1727-8
[228]
87/92 dated 16/2/1730-1 ent 20/3/1731
[229]
77/172 dated 30 May 1729 ent 5/6 1729
[230]
104/108 Ind dated 24/1/1738-9 Ent 15/6/1739
[231]
104/107 dated 13/6/1739, ent 15/6/1739 & 110/109 dated 12/6/1741 ent
25/6/1741
[232]
3 deeds:2 btw HB & Charles Pescod: 110/62 dated 12/5/1741 ent 30/5/1741,
110/62 dated 13/5/1741 ent 30/5/1741, and the 3rd btw HB &
Thomas Roberts, 110/62 dated 29/5/1741 ent 30/5/1741
[233]
111/9 dated 6/6/1740 ent 31/8/1741
[234]
109/162 Feb-18 Date 9/10/1741 Ent 9/10/1741
[235]
24/9-13 Dated 20/11/1742 Ent 2/6/1743
[236]
1B-11-3-24F060 Dated 2/6/1743 Ent 8/11/1743,
[237]
1B-11-4-2F084 Ent 24/3/1743-4
[238]
146/141 Dated 9/8/1751 Ent 9/8/1751
[239]
146/37 dated 17/1/1752, ent 18/1/1752 (2-3?)
[240]
167/114 Dated 13/8/1757 Ent 5/9/1757 22/8/ & 16/8.
[241]
171/19-39 4/8/1757 ent 27/9/1757
[242]
227/167-340 Sep-16 date 6/2/1758 ent 15/8/1768.
[243]
39/127 Dated 4/12/1764 Ent 2/11/1769
[244]
183/90 1/12/1757 ent 26/8/1760 Also 196/55, Sarah’s Dower.
[245]
285/33 Feb-17 Dated 9/12/1776 ent 14/5/1777.
[246]
183/89 5/9/1759 ent 26/8/1760
[247]
353/6 Feb-17 Date 1787, ent 20/2/1787. 430/131 Feb-17 Date 27/2/1795 ent
16/7/1795
[248]
Votes of the house of Assembly, 10/12/1794: That they had also enquired into
the allegations of the petition of sundry freeholders of the parish of Vere;
and do recommend to the house to direct the sum of 300/. to be paid to the
order of Thomas Anderson, Adam Smith, John Anderson, Francis Farquhar and John
Gall Booth, or any three of them, for repairing the road from Milk River, over
Plowdon Hill, in said parish: Such order to be given as aforesaid.
3/12/1801: The sum of 250/. to the order of John Pusey Edwards, Alexander
Schaw, Francis Badley, John Gall Booth, John Anderson, and Thomas Alprefs
Priddie, or any three of them, for repairing the road through Carpenter's
Mountains, to Bossue pasture, in the parish of Vere.
3/12/1802: The sum of 100/. to the order of Alexander Schaw, John Pusey
Edwardes, Thomas Alpress Priddie, John Gall Booth, John Anderson, Francis
Baddley, and George Husband, or any three of them, towards carrying on the road
from the foot of the hill, by the honourable Thomas Anderson's, over
Plowden-Hill, into St. Elizabeth.
[249]
Will 77/26 Date 12/1/1807 Ent 23/1/1807. Transcript in Wills Volume.
[250]
Deeds 254/21 & 254/51 Dated 4th July 1772 ent 13th
January 1773 – full transcript.
[251]
266/138 Feb-17 Dated 1/3/1774 ent 30/11/1774.
[252]
269/164 date 6/5/1775 ent 26/10/1775
[253]
277/163 Date 7/2/1775 Ent 24/10/1776. photos 2020 6/2/19 & 3/3/20
[254]
287/159 Feb-17 Dated 1/7/1777 ent 10/11/1777
[255]
354/123 Feb-18 Date 1/8/1785 Ent 14/11/1787.
[256]
365 17 Feb-17 Date 13/8/1787 ent 11/8/1788
[257]
387/21 18/6/90 ent 16/9/90
[258]
387/23 16/6/1790 ent 16/9/1790
[259]
381/170 Feb-17 Date 2/8/87 ent 20/7/1790
[260]
414/76 Feb-18 Ref Manch 120 Photo plat 1155 7/2. date 1/10/1792 Ent 9/10/1793.
next deed: 411/149 Feb-18 S/L ref Estate Manch 120 - noted on that as 414F76.
Date 1/10/1792, ent 24/9/1793. Photo 1218 7/2
[261]
460/232 Feb-17 Date 4/2/1796 ent 11/2/1799. Copy from Indentured estates file
at PRO CO441/13/4.
[262]
Re docs from PRO May 2015, re Booth to Myers 715F36 1822
[263]
460/225 Date 19/7/1781 ent 1/2/1799 (true gap! Probably when Rachel’s estate
cleared up)
[264]
519/167. Date 26/12/1801 Ent 29/3/1804.
[265]
619/42 Feb-18 Date 20/12/1801 Ent 14/9/1812. Photo 1005 12/2 Plat
[266]
519/172. 1st deed date 4/9/1802 ent 29/3/1804., 2nd date
19/11/1803 Ent 29/3/1804
[267]
519/170 Date 20/10/1803 ent 29/3/1804.
[268]
553/55 Feb-18 Date 23/7/1803 Ent 9/12/1806. Copy of most of deed held, Photo
1225 8/2.
[269]
Vere, 20th April, 1782. THE creditors of the Subscriber are requested to render
a state of their demands against him to Mr. Henry Redvar in Spanish -Town; and
those indebted to him, are entreated to come for proper settlements, so as to
enable him to ac¬complish his intentions of going to Great-Britain as soon as
possible. JG 11 May 1782
Valentine Barriffe.
[270]
573/220 1st deedd Date 3/11/1806, 2nd deed 10/11/1806, 3rd
deed 573/223 1/11/1806 - all ent 31/8/1808.
[271]
573/193 Date 19/11/1807, ent 23/8/1808.
[272]
565/22 Date 5/8/1806, ent 24/10/07.
[273]
701/80 Feb-18 Date 5/6/1819 Ent 23/5/1821, 701/80 Feb-18 Date 15/7/1820 Ent
23/5/1821
[275]
139/58 4/2/1824 – copy from Incumbered Estates papers in Nat Archives, May
2015, CO441/5/5
[276]
579/71 Date 10/3/1808 Ent 18/1/1809
[277]
579/139 & 141, dated 16 & 17/9/1808 ent 28/1/1809.
[278]
619/100 Feb-18 Date 18/9/1812, Ent 26/9/1812.
[279]
619/74 Feb-18 Date 2/9/1811 Ent 18/9/1812.
[280]
114/204 Samuel Booth Mar-20 Date 29/11/1831, Ent 30/6/1834
[281]
743/89 Feb-17 Date 17/5/1823 ent 21/6/1823
[282]
592/54 Feb-18 Date 2/11/1809 Ent 18/11/1809.
[283]
"Memoirs of the First Settlement of the Island of Barbados and other the
Carribbee Islands, with the Succession of the Governors and Commanders in Chief
of Barbados to the Year 1742, extracted from Ancient Records, Papers and
Accounts taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulkly, and Mr. John
Summers, some of the First Settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688, aged
82. Also some Remarks on the Laws and Constitution of Barbados." by
William DUKE, the clerk of the House of Assembly, who first published the 100
page book in Barbados in 1741.
[284]
Genealogies of Barbados, Google books online 5/2013
[285]
Freedom's Debt: The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic.
By William A. Pettigrew
[286]
http://creolelinks.com/barbados-plantation-history.html#stmichael
[287]
Historic Jamaica Cundall 1915, pg. 40
[288]
174/117 10/2/1757, Ent 11/12/1758
[289]
275/222 dated 31/5/1776 ent 19/6/1776
[290]
46/36, Date 20/3/1710 Ent June 1711?
[291]
Genesreunited newspaper archive 12/2013
[292]
RB6 vol 37f449, from images of extracts of the Barbados records on Ancestry,com
& viewed in Barbados. Humphrey Dash’s will of 1669 Barbados RB6 8f44.
[293]
55/15 Dated 21/7/1717 ent 9/9/1717
[295]
Skethc Pedigrees of some Early Settlers in Jamaica
[296]
Plat 1B/11/2/8F63 30/5/1665
[297]
Plat 1B/11/2/8F64 february 1674
[298]
1B-11-1-4F214-172 3/7/1672
[299]
1B-11-2-8F24 20/11/1687
[300]
1B-11-1-9F122 2/2/1683
[301]
17/198 Ent 1/7/1686 dated 1/1/1686: The plat has the following boundaries: NE
Capt John Godard under Brazaletar Mtns NW John Bowman & Sam Gales W on Coll
William Ivy, the Kings Rd, Mr Arthur Turner Mr George Osborne, Mr Edward Green
W Edward Brumfield Mr Robert Barise Mr Richard Barrett E on Mr John Lory Cap
Hornar the Sea & Morass Robert Wandell Peter Kilbe John Lloyd NE on Val
Mumbee E Capt Henry Rimes
[302]
1B-11-2-34F79 7/11/1784
[303]
17/130 Ent 4/6/1686
[304]
18/51-38 Ent 22/2/1686-7
[305]
20/109 Dated 26/6/1688 Ent 30/7/1688, also 20/110 Dated 6/6/1688 ent 30/7/1688,
repeating much of the first deed.
[306]
8/135 new dated 20/9/1694, ent 29/4/1695
[307]
25/113 dated Ent 3/7/1746
[308]
17/125 Date 4/3/1725-6 ent 29/8/1727
[309]
44/184-6 date 9/6/1709 ent 23/6/1709
[310]
54/81 Dated 6/6/1716 ent 18/6/1716.
[311]
58/45 Date 2/2/1718 ent 25/2/1718.
[312]
55A/163 Dated 18/10/1718 Ent 21/8/1718
[313]
67/58 ent 11/3/1722-3 ent 15/5/1723
[314]
102/40 dated 4/5/1738 ent 5/6/1738
[315]
See GB 1706-69 deed 79/115 Dated 5/3/1728-9 Ent 1/4/1729
[316]
51/64-81, Ent 11/8/1714, dated 1/8/1714
[317]
55/189 Dated 18/2/1717 Ent 22/3/1717 & 55/88 date 11/11/1717, ent
26/11/1717
[318]
See GB 1706-69 deed 79/115 Dated 5/3/1728-9 Ent 1/4/1729
[319]
53/229-264 25/5/1717 ent 31/5/1717
[320]
61/8 14/3/1719 ent 2/5/1720
[321]
61/6 dated 28/2/1719-20 ent 25/2/1719-20
[322]
See GB 1706-69 deed 79/115 Dated 5/3/1728-9 Ent 1/4/1729
[323]
51/64-81, Ent 11/8/1714, dated 1/8/1714
[324]
48/162, dated 10/9/1712, Ent 5/10/1712
[325]
Estate Map Manchester 255 5/7/1718.
[326]
55(2nd Vol)/15 Dated 21/7/1717 ent 9/9/1717
[327]
55(2nd Vol)/16 29/7/1717 ent 9/9/1717
[328]
55(2nd Vol)/16 Dated 29/7/1717 Enr 26/8/1717
[329]
54/238 Date 3/6/1717 ent 5/7/1717
[330]
58/45 Date 2/2/1718 ent 25/2/1718.
[331]
61/8 14/3/1719 ent 2/5/1720
[332]
16/74 new Dated 6/5 9G, ent 2/12/1723
[333]
11/76 Dated 8/5/1706 Ent 29/7/1707
[334]
10/57 dated 26/2/1701-2 Ent 9/9/1703
[335]
OFFICIAL AND OTHER PERSONAGES OF JAMAICA FROM 1655 TO 1790, COMPILED FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES BY W. A. FEURTADO, Kingston, Jamaica, 1896, from Jamaica Family
search. 1751 from Jamaica Almanac via internet.
[336]
160/55-138 Dated 10/2/1753, ent 21/5/1755
[337]
197/167 Date 23/4/1763 Ent date torn
[338]
185/85 31/1/1759 ent 20/1/1761
[339]
31/79 dated 10/9/1757 Ent 24/11/1757
[340]
190 93/198 dated 9/12/1761 ent 13/2/1762
[341]
197/13 Date 22/5/1762 ent 18/12/1762, 215/188 Sep-16 Date 4/6/1763 ent 8/4/1766
[342]
202/107 Sep-16 Date 9/12/1763 ent 16/12/1763
[343]
32/210-161 Dated 11/3/1760 Ent 17/1/1761
[344]
See extract from http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/gale.htm 9/2018
There is an outline pedigree of the Gale family in the
Visitation of Yorkshire 1563. The blazon of the Arms is: ‘Azure, on a fess
between three saltires or, three lion’s heads erased, gules’. There is also a
good pedigree of the Jamaican branch of the Gale family in the College of Arms,
signed by William Gale and dated 17 Feb 1783.
[345]
Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay, 1729-1788, BW. Higman.
Kingston: University of West Press, 2011. xv + 334 pp. “For all intents and
purposes, Lindsay’s conversion from complicity to a by no means easily
constructed intellectual defense of slavery began in 1759, when he took up a
living in St. Catherine’s parish, Jamaica and, three years later, married into
a prominent local family.”
[346]
189/1 dated 11/4/1761 ent 27/6/1761
[347]
167/49 Date 5/12/1756 Ent 30/4/1757. Ind btw George Booth of Vere esq and
Catherine. PC held.
[348]
174/160 Date, 5/8/1758 Ent 19/12/1758
[349]
Will 30/220-206. 24/3/1756 10/2/1757
[350]
173/62-150 13/7/1758 ent 4/11/1758
[351]
180/69 11/9/59, 17/10/1759
[352]
185/50 19/1/1761 20/1/1761
[353]
215/191 Sep-16 Date 7/4/1761 ent 9/4/766.
[354]
189/1 dated 11/4/1761 ent 27/6/1761
[355]
188/113 dated 1/7/1761 ent 25/8/1761
[356]
159/152-375: 1/9/1755, 5/9/1755
[357]
159/389 Dated 2/9/1755 ent 5/9/1755
[358]
159/389 Dated 2/9/1755 ent 5/9/1755
[359]
161/299 dated 12/10/1757 ent 2/3/1758
[360]
190/55-126 dated 8/7/1761 ent 19/9/1761
[361]
221/17 Sep-16 Dated 30/6/1766 ent 4/9/1766.
[362]
48/162, dated 10/9/1712, Ent 5/10/1712
[363]
55(Vol B)/16 Dated 29/7/1717 Enr 26/8/1717 Also see 48/162.
[364]
78/53 dated 29/6/1728 ent 26/8/1728
[365]
79/90 Dated 13/2/1728-9 Ent 15/2/1728-9
[366]
79/115 Dated 5/3/1728-9 Ent 1/4/1729
[367]
Contributor Names: Berryman, William, artist;
Created / Published [between 1808 and 1815]; Library of Congress
[368]
81/91 dated 18/12/1729 ent 6/3/1729-30
[369]
83/8 Dated 16/1/1729-30 Ent 7/4/1730
[370]
81/174 dated 27/6/1730 ent 3/9/1730
[371]
104/191 Dated 29/11/1739 ent 3/12/1739
[372]
1B/11/1/21F92 et seq 25/2/1740
[373]
109/168 dated 23/6/1741, ent 16/9/1741
[374]
148/177-187 29/6/1752 18/11/1752
[375]
162/31 Date 1/8/1752 ent 29/8/1755
[376]
160/55-138 Dated 10/2/1753, ent 21/5/1755, 195/72-143 dated 21/6/1751 ent
11/1/1763
[377]
162/31 Date 11/8/1753 ent 29/8/1755
[378]
158/281 Deed 6/9/1754, probate 1/10/1754 ent 1/11/1754
[379]
160/55-138 Dated 10/2/1753, ent 21/5/1755
[380]
158/515 Dated 17/3/1755 Ent 16/6/1755
[381]
164/83 Date 21/2/1756 ent 24/5/1756
[382]
159/152-375: 1/9/1755, 5/9 1755, 159/389 Dated 2/9/1755 ent 5/9/1755, 161/299
dated 12/10/1757 ent 2/3/1758, 190/55-126 dated 8/7/1761 ent 19/9/1761
[383]
182/100 5/8/1758 11/7/1760, see also 167/49 Date 5/12/1756 Ent 30/4/1757. Ind
btw George Booth of Vere esq and Catherine. PC held
[384]
169/132 Dated 7/7/1757 ent 14/11/1757, 201/23 Feb-17 Dated 25/10/1757 ent
26/8/1763
[385]
161/299 dated 12/10/1757 ent 2/3/1758
[386]
210/111 Dated 19/10/1757 Ent 5/6/1765
[387]
182/100 5/8/1758 11/7/1760
[388]
174/159 5/8/58 15/12/1758
[389]
185/85 31/1/1759 ent 20/1/1761
[390]
186/148 2/2/1759 ent 17/6/1761
[391]
180/69 11/9/59, 17/10/1759
[392]
190/94-200 dated 8/5/1760 ent 13/2/1762
[393]
195/159-307 dated 10/1/1761 ent 19/2/1763
[394]
185/50 19/1/1761 20/1/1761
[395]
189/1 dated 11/4/1761 ent 27/6/1761
[396]
190/148 dated 26/6/1761 ent 25/9/1761
[397]
190/93-196 7/8/1761 ent 13/2/1762
[398]
190/93-198 dated 9/12/1761 ent 13/2/1762
[399]
195/52-107 dated 9/2/1762 ent 23/9/1762
[400]
197/13 Date 22/5/1762 ent 18/12/1762, 215/188 Sep-16 Date 4/6/1763 ent 8/4/1766
[401]
194/37 datd 20/6/1762 ent 28/6/1762
[402]
190/93-196 7/8/1761 ent 13/2/1762
[403]
197/167 date 17/6/63 ent 17/7/1763
[404]
228/170 Sep-16 Date 29/9/1763 ent 22/9/1768
[405]
1st deed 165/47 21/4/1756, 8/2/1757.
245A: part of a pen near Carlisle Bay formerly bounding W on Roger Jackson by
line of division, N on Richard Ennis and Elizabeth Fisher, NE waste land, SW on
William Cooke, which lands were formerly conveyed by John Heathcote to Peter
Beckford, 67A: Roger Jackson & ___ Moses Cardoso.
2nd deed: 204/95 Date 20/2/1764 ent 13/6/1764: 245A at Withywood
& 2 plot of 82.5A & 90A near Rio Minho, 23, 50, 41.75, 61.25 A &
foot land at Mitchells hole & 1/2 of 136, 287, 64 & 200A.
[406]
206/13 Sep-16 Date 23/6/1764 ent 13/7/1764.
[407]
204/139 Date 6/6/1764 ent 25/6/1764
[408]
213/77 Sep-16 Date 4/3/1765 ent 31/7/1765
[409]
213/189 Sep-16 Conv, 5/3/1766 ent 2/6/1766, 214/2, 214/6
[410]
221/17 Sep-16 Dated 30/6/1766 ent 4/9/1766.
[411]
224/54 Feb-17 Date 6/11/1766 ent 27/5/1767
[412]
227/7-22 Sep-16 Date 16/10/1767 ent 26/11/1767.
[413]
241/132/260 Feb-17 Dated 9/9/1769 ent 7/3/1771
[414]
1A/5/134F208, Feb-March 1771
[415]
224/54 Feb-17 Date 6/11/1766 ent 27/5/1767.
[416]
Proceedings_of_the_Hon_House_of_Assembly, re sugar & slavery 1783 P39
[417]
17/179 1724 24/1/1727 ent 11/6/1729
[418]
Will 30/220-206. 24/3/1756 10/2/1757
[419]
174/160 5/8/1758 19/12/1758 Feb 2019 photos.
[420]
31/32-41 Dated 1/6/1755 ent 14/7/1757, dated 35/43-39 20/6/1763 ent 15/9/1763
[421]
11/7 Mar-20 Date 20/7/1703, ent 13/2/1704-5.
[422]
25/113 Dated 3/2/1744-5 Ent 30/6/1746
[423]
21/123 Dated 11/5/1735 Ent 8/3/1737
[424]
81/174 dated 27/6/1730 ent 3/9/1730
[425]
104/191 Dated 29/11/1739 ent 3/12/1739 and 104/192 Dated 30/11/1739 ent
3/12/1739
[426]
31/117-138 Dated 1/8/1758 Ent 13/4/1758
[427]
New Jamaica Magazine, Sept 1798 (Google books)
[428]
Ed L, 50/122 Dated 12/12/1778 Ent 22/7/1784, Mary L 53/202 9/11/1786 Dated Ent
26/2/1789 Codicil 29/5/1787
[429]
195/159-307 dated 10/1/1761 ent 19/2/1763
[430]
278/13-11 1/3/1776 ent 4/4/1776
[431]
PROB11/1159F146 dated 23/3/1787, Codicil 27/3/1787, Proved 29/11/1787
[432]
388/82 22/11/1790 ent 19/5/1791
[433]
Mrs Milborough Maxwell was excavated from Chelsea Old Church in 2000 and is
curated by the Museum of London (MoL). Subsequently, she was included in a
stable isotope mobility study and found to be non-local, probably from the
Caribbean. Mrs Maxwell was included in the ‘Skeletons. London’s buried bones’
collaborative exhibition curated by the Wellcome Trust and MoL (2008). After
the exhibition, a descendent of Mrs Maxwell contacted the Museum to visit her
remains again, and provided a wealth of information about her life, including
documentation showing that she had spent most of her life in Jamaica (ibid.).
[434]
153/176 Date 19/12/1753 Ent 9/1/1754
[435]
180/79 3/11/1759, ent 2/2/1760
[436]
188/141 dated 7/8/1761 ent 29/8/1761
[437]
211/49 12/4/1764 ent 27/2/1765
[438]
433/164 Feb-18 Date 1/8/1795 Ent 8/8/1796
[439]
430/143 Feb-17 Date 21/5/1795 ent 29/6/1795
[440]
480/208 Feb-17 date 1/7/1800 ent 7/3/1801
[441]
481/140 ent 25/2/1801 date 10/12/1799
[442]
418/260 Date 18/12/1800 ent 30/1/1801
[444]
392/28 Feb-18 Date 11/6/1791 Ent 23/7/1791
[445]
433/229 Feb-18 Date 27/1/1792 Ent 8/8/1796
[446]
392/34 date 25/5/1791 Ent 23/7/1791 Photo 1445 7/2.
[447]
The Times (London) 18 Nov 1789.
[448]
(London) Gazette 22 March 1814, P667.
[449]
590/8 Feb-18 Date 7/7/1809 Ent 11/9/1809.
[450]
556/173 Feb-18 Date 15/4/1807 Ent 20/4/1807.
[451]
112/62-72 Dated 17/8/1740, ent 24/12/1741 dischrged 12/5/1753
[452]
170/51-90 1758 25/6/1757 16/2/1758, To Sarah Good To Sarah Good – 1753
154/22 Dated 6/11/1753 ent 14/11/53, 154/72 Dated 19/10/53 ent 30/11/1753. To
Phibba -
154/21 Dated 6/11/1753 ent 14/11/53:
[453]
31/134-157 Dated 10/6/1758 Ent 26/7/1758
[454]
195/72-143 dated 21/6/1751 ent 11/1/1763, 160/55-138 Dated 10/2/1753, ent
21/5/1755
[455]
30/4 Dated 27/9/1754 Ent 4/11/1754
[456]
170/76 20/8/57 6/2/1758
[457]
178/179-432 13/8/1759, ent 22/11/1759
[458]
182/99 30/12/1759, ent 12/7/1760
[459]
228/201, date 13/7/1768 ent 1/12/1768
[460]
Original Lists: Hotton’s Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1874)
Copy held by AM.
From London, 2 May 1635:
..underwritten names are to be transported to ye Barbadoes
imbarqued in the Alexander ... Certificate from the Minister where they late
dwelt the Men took the oaths of Aleg & Supremacie die et Ao prd.
Jo. Burton 17
[461]
Sanders will for Richard Webster, Sanders V1/377
[462]
New Jamaica Magazine, Jan 1799 (Google books)
[463]
New Jamaica Magazine, May 1799 (Google books)
[464]
V6/126 (new index) Dated 7/7/1690 Proved 11/7/1690
[465]
1660 July 10: Francis Burton witnessed a will in Barbados (Sanders V1/333 @
Ancestry.com).
[466]
See Long Vol 1, P298 for a comment on Barbados migration.
[467]
1680: Capt Francis Burton as “friend” in will of Ann Aldworth, Barbados,
12/12/1680; also mentioned is Ann, dau of Francis Burton. (Sanders 1 p3).
Barbados RB6/14, copy in Maitwills file. A deed RB3/14f280 of 1681 describes
him sorting out her estate.
[468]
Hotton. P451 St Micheals, P500 St James. PDF copy held.
[469]
RB3/49/6F254 Date 9/3/1668, ent 16/3/1668. John Norton, gent exec of will of
George Norton, late of Barbados, merchant dcd and Charles & Hannah Wood of
Barbados, merch, for a competent sum of good merchantable muscavado sugar from
Francis Burton Gent of Barbados, sold to Francis Burton land on Tudor st 2688
sqft.in St Michaels. Rectangular plot 3.75:1 on Swan St long dim & Tudor st
short Dim, Swan St running 260/080 Sugar about 24/- per cwt.
RB3/48/14F131 Date 6/9 1679 ent 30/7/1681. Francis Burton of St Michaels, gent.
Francis Burton sold to George Tyrwhitt & Joane, gent of St Michaels for
£800 sterling and other good causes, Land in Town of St Michaels, in Tudors St,
cont 2688 sq ft. Burton bought it 9/3/1668 from John Norton & Charles &
Hannah Wood. On Tudor Street and Swan St & Robert Hole & John Norton.
Also a parcel of land 30' long & 15' breadth.on Col Christopher Coddrington
& the upper end of Swan St for ever.
[470]
RB3/48/14/197 Date 15/8/1681 Ent 16/9/1681. Francis Burton & Judith, gent
of St Michael for £3100 srlg from William Mercer gent of St George, part (to
whit) £1200 in hand to Francis Burton and the R&R well and sufficiently
secured to ourselves well and fully to be contented have given etc to William
Mercer for ever that plantation where Francis Burton & Judith do now live
containing 130 acres in St Michael, E on Richard Pierce and Gabriel Martin, W on
Bartholomew Aldsworth, N on Elizabeth Dallatby widow S on late of Richard
Williams dcd etc also the Mill copper stills scummers ladles and other utensils
of plantation together with 19 negroes 13 cattle and 3 horses Schedule names
the slaves 5 men, 1 boy 5 girls, 8 women.
[471]
JCB collection, Richard Ford 1675.
[473]
6/1/1679-80: Francis Burton, Capt in Colonel Bate’s Regiment of Foot as Field
Officer (Omitted Chapters of Hotton, partial extracts of Brandow on google,
p169). Col Bate was one of the 72 prominent planters in 1673.
[474]
Will: RB6/14F208, proved March 1680. Deed re will: RB3/48/14/280 Date
17/10/1681 ent 12/11/1681.
[475]
51/190-211 Ent 22/3/1714, dated 15/3/1714. Original deed 15/180 not available
at RGD – book too damaged, but repeated in 1714 deed.
[476]
1B/11/1/9F112, Entered 1/5/1682, 1/5/34C2
[477]
Deed 15/180 – original not available, index only
[479]
56/43 Date 5/7/1718 Ent 7/7/1718.
[480]
Dec 1682 Platt 1B/11/2/23f25, patent 1B-11-1-16F107 dated April 1683
[482]
152/73 Dated 8/6/1753 ent 20/6/1753
[483]
41/89-51, Ent 25/7/1707, Dated 25/6/1707 Original conveyance ref 16F143, book
destroyed/N/A.
[484]
1B-11-2-5F6 30/9/1675
[485]
Probably 16/143 as Cunningham, book not available.
[486]
17/138 Dated 18/3/1684-5 Ent 24/6/1686
[487]
Plat: 1B/11/2/7f81, 20/3/1674
[488]
17/88 Ent 26/4/1686
[489]
Deeds 16F15&16 – originals not available.
[490]
20/23-17 Date 20/1/1687 Ent 26/4/1688
[491]
21/235-157 Ent 26/10/1689, 21/94 dated 9/3/1688, photos held
[492]
21/157 Date 31/7/1689 Ent 24/10/1689. – full copy held – does not say much
more.
[493]
Will of Thomas Rose 1724: PCC Canterbury Prob 11/600.
[495]
Mentioned in “A Jamaican Plantation: The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970”. By
Michael Craton, James Walvin – see google books.
Sir Charles Price appears to have been the owner in Estate Map 1043, he was a
Member of the Assembly for St Thomas in 1751 & 1785. In the early 19thC was
owned by Blackburn and Wallens, when it was about 2000 acres.
[496]
1B-11-2-23F132 27/11/1673
[497]
33/99 Ent 25/11/1701
[498]
29/29 dated 5/4/1694 ent 19/4/1699
[499]
41/184-113 Ent 31/10/1707
[500]
14/24 Dated 20 August 1712 Proved 27 march 1713
[502]
10/18 Ent 16/4/1713
[503]
Re Deed 31/177, 1700.
[505]
31/177 Ent 25/7/1700 Dated 25/5/1700
[506]
41/89-51, Ent 25/7/1707, Dated 25/6/1707
[507]
51/190-211 Ent 22/3/1714, dated 15/3/1714
[509]
68/241. Not copied.
[510]
6/5, Date 19/9/1722 ent 23/10/1722
[511]
1B-11-2-8F86, 10/3/1665
[512]
re deed 51/190-211.
[513]
54/234 Date 10/4/1716 Ent 24/7/1717
[514]
15/220, Ent 14/2/1720, dated same
[515]
54/234 Date 10/4/1716 Ent 24/7/1717,
[516]
Sanders from
Ancestry.com:
Ann Aldworth (re Ann & Francis Burton) – 1680
Widow of Barbados, 12 Dec 1680, RB6/14, p 208
Chn Martha, John, Bartholomew, Elizabeth, William, Margaret & Beniamin
Aldworth, daus at 18 & sons at 21; kinsman Gradner now living in New
England; Ann Burton dau of friend Francis Burton; friends Capt. Francis
Burton & Capt John Sutton – xtrs.
Wit: Wm Capps, Charles Lee, John Harris. Proved 31 March 1680.
[517] Samuel T settled in J 1664 houseofnames.com
http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/quakers.html
7 December 1664
Whereas Nicholas Lucas, Henry Feste, Henry Marshall, Francis Pryor, John
Blendall, Jeremiah Hearne, and Samuel Treherne, Persons Convicted at the last
Assises held at Hertford, in the County of Hertford, and Sentenced to be
Transported to some of His Majestys Plantations in the West Indies; Who
accordingly were putt on board the Shipp called the Anne of London, whereof one
Thomas May is master, who undertook and engaged himself for their
Transportation, Yet sett them on-shoare in or about the Downes, leaving them at
liberty to goe whither they pleased; Which insolent demeanour being taken into
Consideration; and it appearing to be a Matter of Contrivance and Combination
between the said master and the persons before-mentioned; It was this day
Ordered (his majesty present in Councell) That the high Shereif of the County
of Hertford (now being) do cause the said [persons] to be apprehended and
Secured, untill meanes of transporting them can be made, by some Shipping bound
unto those parts.
[The Officers of the Customs are also ordered to arrest May and his vessel on
his return, and to bring him before the Council.]
5 July 1665
A number of convicted Quakers in the County Gaol of Hertford are to be
transported to some of his Majesty's plantations "excepting Virginia and
New England" in the Nicholas of London, Capt. Gates, who with sixteen
mariners is given protection against impressment. The names are: Nicholas
Lucas, Francis Pryer, Henry Feast, Henry Marshall, John Blindall, Samuel
Treyherne, Jeremiah Herne, Robert Crooke, Robert Fairman, Richard Thomas, John
Brestbone, Henry Stent, Lewis Lawndey, Thomas Messe, William Burr, Thomas Burr,
Robert Hart, Henry Sweeting, William Larkin, Mary Whittenbury, Samuel
Wollestone, Thomas Crawley, Edward Parkin, John Witham, William Adams, Michael
Day, John Thorrowgood, Jeremiah Deane, John Picket and William Fairman.
[519]
87/95 dated 8/2/1731-2, ent 9/2/1731-2
[520]
41/89-51, Ent 25/7/1707. Dated 25/6/1707
[521]
137/52: Dated 26/12/1737, ent 5/9/1749,
[522]
112/138 dated 213/2/1741-2 ent 26/2/1741-2
[523]
6/165-350 dated 30/8/1697, Ent 14/10/1697
[524]
10/23 dated 24/12/1701, ent 14/2/1702-3
[525]
13/22-17 Dated 28/8/1710 Ent 15/12/1710
[526]
52/138 proved 20/7/1787.
[527]
Cundall, Historic Jamaica P44
[528]
41/89-51, Ent 25/7/1707, Dated 25/6/1707
[529]
51/190-211 Ent 22/3/1714, dated 15/3/1714
[530]
55A/14 dated 1/5/1718 ent 6/6/1718
[531]
56/43 Date 5/7/1718 Ent 7/7/1718. Also similar 61/60 Dated 5/7/1718 Ent
8/4/1720
[533]
15/256 dated 23/1/1719-20, ent 13/3/1720(-1?)
[534]
12/38 Dated 6 July 1721 Ent 8 July 1721
[535]
11/300 date 20 August 1660,
[536]
11/76 Mar-20 Dated 14/1/1706, ent 21/7/1707
[537]
96/51 Ent 17/6/1819 Dated 17/4/1816
[538]
1A/3/12F371 - Sinclair ad Wright – Answer 4 July 1749
[539] 137/52: Dated 26/12/1737, ent 5/9/1749,
[540]
120/14, date 20/1/1743, ent 6/2/1743
[541]
1B/11/6/5f3 Ent 18/11/1747
[542]
140/157 Date 17/9/1750, ent /11/1750
[543]
1B/11/6/5F82 Ent 6/11/1750
[544]
161/201-203 Dated 19/12/1755 Ent 24/7/1756
[545]
167/163 Date 14/9/1757 Ent 17/9/1757.
[546]
1A/5lf65 F33 Burton thos jno Anderson,
[547]
35/81 Dated 20/5/1763 Ent 4/2/1764
[548]
159/100 (271) Ent 2/4/1755
[549]
16/47 new date 2/5/1723 ent 6/6/1723
[550]
256/200 Dated 22/10/1753 Ent 10/12/1773
[551]
152/73 Dated 8/6/1753 ent 20/6/1753. Plat in wills file and on CAD drawing of
these properties.
[552]
Manchester Estate Map 201.
[553]
1A/5/134F99 Feb-Mch 1771 – Grand Court.
[554]
269/93 Feb-17 Date 18/2/1775 ent 25/2/775.
[555]
364/85. Date 25/4/1786 ent 5/9/1788
[556]
395/112 Feb-18 Date 16/6/1791 Ent 23/12/1791
[557]
Vol 177, missing, gift TB to MB
[558]
396/12 Date 6/6/1791 ent 25/8/1791
[559]
396/137 Feb-18 Date 14/6/1791 Ent 25/8/1791
[560]
552/21. date 16/7/1802 Ent 8/11/1806.
[561]
663/127 Date 1/2/1800, ent 21/2/1817.
[562]
655/219 Date 1/7/1815 ent 9/4/1816.
[563]
663/126 Land date 2/3/1812 ent 21/2/1817.
[564]
333/110 Patent area not mentioned Feb-18 date 12/3/1784 ent 18/5/1785
[565]
335/19 Feb-17 Date 26/3/1783 ent 16/12/1784
[566]
353/6 Feb-17 Date 1787, ent 20/2/1787
[567]
396/12 Date 6/6/1791 ent 25/8/1791
[568]
396/137 Feb-18 Date 14/6/1791 Ent 25/8/1791
[569]
554/59 Feb-18 Date 28/2/807 Ent 11/3/1807.
[570]
554/60 Feb-18 Date 10/3/1707 Ent 11/3/1807.
[571]
579/83 Date 17/6/1807 Ent 18/1/1809
[572]
556/33 Feb-18 Date 28/2/1807 Ent 2/3/1807.
[573]
591/121 Feb-18 Date 16/12/1808 Ent 20/11/1809.
[574]
591/105 Feb-19 Date 1/9/1809 ent 11/11/1809
[575]
386/163 Feb-17 Date 3/3/1791 ent 12/5/1791.
[576]
395/6 Feb-18 Date 21/8/1791 Ent 1/12/1791.
[577]
526/14 Feb-18 date 31/10/1803 Ent 22/6/1804.
[578]
524/75 Feb-18 Date 13/6/1803 Ent 113/7/1804.
[579]
554/59 Feb-18 Date 28/2/807 Ent 11/3/1807.
[580]
556/33 Feb-18 Date 28/2/1807 Ent 2/3/1807.
[581]
565/67 Ent 7/12/1807 date 20/8/1798.
[582]
663/24 Date 20/10/1807 ent 2/7/1817.
[583]
241/213-401 Feb-17 Ent 21/3/1771 no date,
[584]
480/207 Feb-17 Date 20/11/1800 ent 7/3/1801
[585]
480/233 Feb-17 Date 10/10/1799 ent 7/3/1801
[586]
480/253 Feb-17 Date 10/10/1799 ent 7/3/1801
[587]
480/261 Feb-17 Date 10/10/1799 ent 7/3/1801
[588]
254/109 Date 29/1/1771 ent 6/5/1773
[589]
276/30 23/9/1767 enr 11/8/1775
[590]
386/163 Feb-17 Date 3/3/1791 ent 12/5/1791.
[591]
388/34 5/5/1790 ent 23/12/1790
[592]
228/175 Sep-16 Date 6/10/1764 ent 21/9/1768.
[593]
418/148 Feb-17 Date 1/10/1790 ent 27/3/1794
[594]
553/31 Feb-18 Photo 1212 8/2 Date 18/7/1806 Ent 21/11/1806.
[595]
86/141 1813 Date 24/5/1812 Ent 1/12/1812.
[596]
658/226 Feb-19 Date 1/2/1813, Ent 11/5/1817.
[597]
552/21 Date 10/10/1803 Ent 8/11/1806.
[598]
552/20, 548/223, 548/224 date 28/10/1805, ent 8/11/1806.
[599]
68/202-142 date 30/4/1723 ent 10/7/1723
[600]
170/69-121 5/4/1756 ent 27/2/1758
[601]
112/138 dated 213/2/1741-2 ent 26/2/1741-2. Benjamin Burton jnr, a planter of
Vere & Samuel Gabay of St Catherine. William Hunt snr, a goldsmith of St
Catherine dcd owned 28 ft of land facing the negro market in St Jago, which he
conveyed, 6/4/1692, to his son William Hunt jnr, also a goldsmith. William Hunt
jnr by his will dated 30/8/1697 left his land to Benjamin Burton snr, his
brother in law (as executor?)
[602]
159/100 (271) Ent 2/4/1755
[603]
1st deed 78/23 Dated 9/5/1728 Ent 20/7/1728, 2nd 78/23A
Dated 10/5/1728 ent 20/7/1728. N on Richard Marks dcd, E on Capt Anthony
Storrer dcd, W on Jonathan Harrison dcd, S on Wast land.
[604]
The land part of patent 1B-11-1-16F265 to Thomas Anderson in 1719 – 3 runs in
the patent.
[605]
204/125 Dated 16/12/1761 ent 20/6/1764
[606]
228/113 (187 new) Ent 5/9/1768 dated 1/11/1767
[607]
173/154-355 7/11/1755 ent 3/2/1759
[608]
278/63-52 dated 6/4/1776 ent 20/4/1776
[609]
110/134 dated 3/8/1741 ent 23/8/1741 & 111/119 date 4/8/1741, ent
2/3/1741-2 for the resale.
[610]
109/152 dated 22/8/1741 ent 3/9/1741
[611]
140/148, S Land - Dated 13/9/1750, ent 31/10/1750. Deed no longer available,
2/19
[612]
154/102 Dated 29/10/1753 ent 22/4/1754
[613]
241/33-75 Feb-17 Dated 10/10/1769, Ent 15/1/1770.
[614]
1B/11/1/28F170-172, 21/12/1759
[616]
204/125 Dated 16/12/1761 ent 20/6/1764
[617]
112/40 date 8/10/1741 ent 5/12/1741
[618]
140/148, dated 13/9/1750, ent 31/1/1750-1
[619]
147/159/200 Sep-16 Date 25/5/1752 ent 15/7/1752
[620]
210/126 date 19 April 1765. Ent 11/6/1765,
[621]
254/66 Date 16/5/1769 ent 23/1/1773. Patent 16F448, dated 19 Nov 1676 – not
copied, but seen, same as the deed plat. 500A pat by Nick Stevens E on Lt Lewis
Williams, S on own land, all other ruinate waste
[622]
333/110 date 12/3/1784 ent 18/5/1785: S on Benjamin Burton, W on unknown, N of
John Rome. Plat in deed. Probably the land on Manch 201, Oldbury, show there as
300 acres. On west side of May Day Mountains.
[623]
1B-11-1-36F66, surveyed 18/12/1787, entered 28/2/1788. E on Thos Christopher
Burton, S on Jno Frs Burton, SW Road to Barrs Crawl & Rocky Mtns, NW &
NE unknown.
[624]
364/85 Feb-17 Date 25/4/1786 ent 5/9/1788: N on road to Mr Elliston, E on land
patented by (gully land) Thomas Christopher Burton, now belonging to Joseph
Williams, S on land patented by Gavin Bell now belonging to Joseph Williams, W
on same run now to John Francis Burton.
[625]
651/212 Feb-18 Date 27/3/1797 Ent 13/2/1816.
[626]
524/38 Feb-18 Date 7/11/1803 Ent 26/6/1804. SE on Jo Williams, NW on Zachary
Burton, W on John Benjamin Burton, on all other sides by the same run.
[627]
420/191 Feb-17 Date 16/10/1794 ent 4/11/1794
[628]
591/36 Feb-18 Date 1/1/1809 Ent 27/10/1809.
[629]
iB/11/1/36F95 9 Jan 1790.
[630]
480/207 Feb-17 Date 20/11/1800 ent 7/3/1801
[631]
556/172 Feb-18 Date 1/5/1805 Ent 17/4/1807.
[632]
1A/3/12F371 - Sinclair ad Wright – Answer 4 July 1749
[633]
83/78, Ent 22/7/1730, Dated 1 June
[634]
1B/11/6/5f3 Ent 18/11/1747
[635]
138/108 dated 17/1/1749-50, ent 4/5/1750
[636]
140/157 Date 17/9/1750, ent /11/1750
[637]
159/76-213 Feb-17 31/8/1754 ent 18/12/1754
[638]
William Rochester 14/56 Feb-19 Date 14/3/1710-11 Ent 28/9/1712. William
Rochester of St E, weak, all to son & da William & Elizabeth: lands in
Aligator Pond 50A Also 160A at Wally Wash in St E when son 21. Execs Anthony
Storer, planter and Jonathan Harrison, carpenter both of St E.
[639]
160 136/297 Feb-23 Date 28/1/1755, ent 29/7/1755
[640]
364/44 Feb-17 Date 11/5/1788 ent 5/9/1788
[641]
392/192 Feb-18 Date 13/10/1791 Ent 31/10/1791
[642]
339/107 Dated 6/2/1786 Ent 3/3/1786
[643]
189/15 Date 1/8/1758 ent 7/10/1761
[644]
will 52/66 Date 3/12/1786 ent 27/12/1786.
[645]
630/233 Feb-18 Date 21/8/1813, Ent 11/12/1813
[646]
1B-11-1-36F77 2/4/1798
[647]
287/110 Feb-17 Dated 3/12/1777 ent 29/1/1778.
[648]
417/166 Feb-17 Date 13/3/1794 ent 22/3/1794
[649]
365/101 Feb-17 Ent 1/12/1788 Clarendon Cross 22/11/1788.
[650]
742/335 (235 Mismumbered)) Feb-17 Date May 1826 ent 13/10/1826
[651]
Available online at Ancestry https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10217
[653]
RB3/49F463 & RB3/49F464.
[654]
RB3/48/10/476 Date 16/3/1679 ent 7/4/1680.
[655]
31/137, Ent 20/6/1700
[656]
20/9/1710 ent 8/12/1710 47/157
[657]
49/177 dated 12/3/1711 Ent 19/3/1711
[658]
51/87-108, Ent 7/9/1714, Dated 6/9/1714.
[659]
1st 11/91 Date 7/9/1719, 2nd 12/32 Dated 17 August 1720
[660]
17/248 Ent 6/1/1728 dated 1 February 1725
[661]
70/179-183, Ent 25/7/1724, Date: 26/6/1724
[662]
88/83-89 Ent 26/6/1732
[663]
193/46 Date 10/3/1762 ent 4/8/1762.
[664]
Genealogies of Barbados Families, Google Books P385
[665]
Calendar of State Papers: Col. Papers, Vol. L., No. 48.
[666]
Nicholas Willis 16/11/1659, RB6/14, ancestry.com
[667]
RV will 21 May 1651, RB6/11, p. 473, JV will 17/8/1669, RB6/9 p 304 (V1 365-6)
[668]
RB6/10f328 1680-85.
[669]
“One Branch of the Booth family, Massachusetts Bay Colonists, Charles Edwin
Booth, 1910, page 133
[670]
Barbados, Mary Cobham, St Andrews, 7/2/1688 RB6/41, p 121. Ancestry.com
[671]
7/7/1691, RB6/3, p 19 – p106 Sanders
[672]
June 1718, RB6/4, p. 387 Sanders
[674]
Notes concerning decree in Chancery case of Thomas Puckering v. George Kimpton
et al., ca. 1631 4 sheets
Refers to lands and landowners in Hertfordshire,
including Lannock and a "William Hayle." Document from Robte. Chester
and Will[ia]m Sitton.
Watermark: Pot, crescent on trefoil. MG. (call
#L.f.356)
Digital image(s):
https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/0h45gw
[675]
Dated 8/2/1672-3, ent 25/7/1673 1B-11-1-14F49
[677]
24/58 new, ent 9/8/1693 dated 29 June 1693
[678]
27/109, Ent 5/3/1696-7
[679]
71/225, Ent 9/1/1724-5, 23/11/1724
[680]
117/47, date 20/8/1743, ent 3/3/1743-4
[681]
32/239, Ent 25/4/1701, Dated 1/1/1700-1
[682]
12/19? Ent 5/1/1680-1
[683]
Deed Ent: 29/11/1711 Dated 31/10/1711 refers & 1690 ref 32/239.
[684]
49/130 (new) (copy held), Ent: 29/11/1711, Dated 31/10/1711
[685]
48/68 (Notes) Ent 30/11/1711 Dated 31/10/1711
[686]
51/176 Ent 5/1/1714
[687]
55/174 date 22/2/1717 ent 26/3/1718
[688]
70/23-22, Ent 4/11/1723, Dated 10/8/1723
[689]
7/5, date 23/1/1690(-1?), Ent 25/2/1692.
[690]
10/139, date 3/6/1702, ent 15/2/1704
[691]
Sketch Pedigrees of some Early Settlers in Jamaica
[692]
13/96, Dated 14/11/1711 Ent 28/1/1711-2
[693]
1B-11-3-9f113 dated 17/5/1712, Ent June 3 1712
[694]
51/176 Ent 5/1/1714
[695]
55/174 date 22/2/1717 ent 26/3/1718
[696]
70/23-22 Ent 4/11/1723 Dated 10/8/1723
[697]
16/161, 8/1/1724-5 ent 2/6/1725
[698]
1B-11-3-13F273 Dated 17/6/1725 Ent 27/11/1725
[699]
116/117, dated 4/10/1742, Ent 28/4/1743
[700]
116/116, Dated 17/3/1743, ent 28/4/1743
[701]
174/93 1758 Ent 4/12/1758 201601
[702]
204/93 Date 10/11/1762 ent 13/6/1764.
[703]
253/127 ent 23/1/1773
[704]
210/193 dated 4/5/1764 Ent 3/10/1765
[705]
336/217 Feb-17 Date 14/12/1764 ent 12/9/1785
[706]
35/183-155 Dated 6/11/1764 Ent 17/1/1765
[707]
JFS Jam Gazette 29/10/1794
[708]
275/193 26/9/1775 ent 14/9/1776
[709]
211/176 1/12/1764 ent 29/3/1765
[710]
Caribeannea Vol 1 P14 on: Marriages pre 1680, St Catherine, confirmed on PR.
[711]
Original deed not available, 8/88. later deed 54/97 shows the details.
[712]
24/58 new ent 9/8/1693 dated 29 June 1693.
[713]
27/109, Ent 5/3/1696-7
[714]
7/163 Dated 9/7/1684, Ent 4/8/1693
[715]
54/97 Date 10/4/1716 Ent 3/7/1716
[716]
54/98 Date 10/4/1716 ent 3/7/1716
[717]
71/225 (old 240) Ent 9/1/1724-5 dated 23/11/1724
[718]
117/47, date 20/8/1743, ent 3/3/1743-4
[719]
25/106 Dated Ent 31/7/1746
[720]
30/215-202 dated 9/10/1756 Ent 20/1/1757
[721]
152/200 Dated 1/11/1753 Ent 6/12/1753, 2nd deed 152/201 dated
2/11/1753.
[722]
158/110-255 Dated 2/11/53 ent 13/11/54.
[723]
157/22 dated 13/8/1754 Ent 3/10/1754, 2nd deed 157/243 Ann to let
remaining land.
[724]
165/130 26/2/1757, 10/3/1757
[725]
122/119 ind dated 18/8/1744, ent 14/11/1744
[726]
154/57 Date 20/7/1753 ent 28/11/1754. original survey N on Alexander Crawford,
E on Thomas Sadler Hals dcd & John Shickle, SW on George Manning, E on
Thomas Golding, George McKenzie, at sale: on resurvey bounding on N on Dr
Alexander Crawford, E & N on land patented by Thomas Hall, E on John
Shickle esq SE on George Manning W on Thomas Golding
[727]
33F54 PC held. Date 16/6/1760, Ent 26/6/1761
[728]
224/129 Feb-17 Date 8/6/1763 ent 29/9/1767
[729]
35/208 dated 11/4/1765 Ent 20/6/1765
[730]
182/98 30/1/1760 ent 11/7/1760
[731]
188/116 dated 5/6/1761 ent 25/8/1761
[732]
354/123 Feb-18 Date 1/8/1785 Ent 14/11/1787.
[733]
354/123 Feb-18 Date 2/8/1786 Ent 14/11/1787
[734]
29/46-36, Ent 27/4/1699, DATED 17/1/1698-9.
[736]
30/127-98, Ent 21/12/1699, Dated 14/12/1699
[738]
55A/130 dated 12/4/17178 Ent 27/5/1718
[739]
56/24 Date 12/4/1718 Ent 24/5/1718.
[740]
Clarendon 615: about 1840 shows the area between the Alley and Hilliard’s
River: Yarmouth Estate (“old” Yarmouth) is shown as about 300 acres (measured
from the map overlaid on a modern map), roughly between Sedge Pond and Kemp’s
Hill settlements and bordering on the Paradise Estate to the south east.
Clarendon 326: The Above diagram represents the form of several parcels of land
in that district of Vere parish called Kemps Hill, laid down from actual
surveys of their natural boundaries and lines on earth to distinguish the true
situation and extent of those shaded yellow comprising Paradise Estate, Pipers
and Blackmall, the property of Thomas Hercey Barrett esq and which are found to
contain two thousand one hundred and two acres, performed my desire of John
Stewart esq attorney to Thomas Hercey Barrett esq in May 1809.
[741]
4/18, Dated 13 July & Ent 25 July 1671.
[742]
Plat: 1B/11/2/10F36 25/2/1667-8
[743]
Penrhyn Castle Manuscripts at UWI? Re Denbigh Estate.
“Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture” edited by
Kathleen E. A. Monteith, Glen Richards
[744]
A Palink was a small farm or provision plantation.
[745]
EasyCAD: Backbround to White, White lines to black, W/Width .01,fill to solid,
saveas WMF, Open in Paint, saveas BMP, corel, Bright/contrast etc.
[746]
140/25, ent 29/8 1750,
[747]
15/24, Ent 2/1/1717, dated 15/5/1714
[748]
11/92 4 Feb 1717/18, Ent 13 March 1717/18
[749]
27/108, Ent 4 March 1696-7, Dated 4 Feb 1697.
[750]
45/68-70, Ent 30/11/1709, Date 1/11/1709.
[751]
Plat, 1B/11/2/1f175, 3/12/1700.
[752]
49/215 Ent 30/5/1712 Dated 23/5/1712
[753]
Estate Map Clarendon 649
[754]
14/35, dated 17/7/1712 ent 26/6/1713
[755]
10/41 Dated 26 June 1713, Ent 4 Aug 1713
[756]
22/79-67, Dated 9/4/1714, Ent 31/1/1739
[757]
122/119 ind dated 18/8/1744, ent 14/11/1744
[758]
1B-11-4-1f212, dated 3/1742-3
[759]
1B-11-4-2f55 ent 11 Feb 1843-4
[760]
23/106-91, dated 19/2/1740-1, ent 23/1/1741-2
[761]
22/56 Dated 19 January 1741 Ent 5/3/1745
[762]
139/129, dated 26/8/1749, ent 25/6/1750
[763]
39/351 Dated 11/6/1770 Ent 25/4/1771
[764]
369/83 Feb-17 Date 1/5/1788 ent 26/5/1789
[765]
121/33 date 16/6/1744 Ent 23/7/1744
[766]
23/203-180 Dated 19/10/1739 Ent 3/12/1741
[767]
217/97 Feb-17 30/10/1765 ent 17/12/1765.
[768]
180/122 27/12/1759 ent 27/2/1760
[769]
206/50 Sep-16 Date 11/1763 ent 31/7/1764
[770]
206/60 Sep-16 Date 5/7/1764 ent 31/7/1764.
[771]
273/187 Feb-17 Date 1/7/1774 ent 10/3/1776
[772]
273/193 Feb-17 Date 1/4/1775 ent 4/3/1776
[773]
Dated 15 Aug 1766 Ent 12 March 1767
[774]
43/68 Dated 4/1775 Ent 13/6/1776
[775]
39/185-351 Dated 17/1/1770 Ent 25/4/1771
[776]
217/96 Feb-17 Dated 28/10/1765 ent 17/12/1765.
[777]
217/97 Feb-17 30/10/1765 ent 17/12/1765.
[778]
128/54 date 11/2/1741-2 ent 15/7/1746
[779]
111/100 dated 23/9/1741 ent 22/1/1741-2
[780]
22F11 22/7/1738 ent 19/4/1739
[781]
Jam Archives 1A-3-12F239, Manning V Smith, 3/11/1743.
[782]
Email from Beverley Gatt, 2/2013
[783]
30/127-98, Ent 21/12/1699, Dated 14/12/1699
[784]
117/47, date 20/8/1743, ent 3/3/1743-4; Nevil Hayle of Vere, Gent, sold for
five shillings all that land where George Hayle of Vere now dwelleth in Vere,
bounding easterly on the road leading to the Cross from Rio Minho to the land
now in possession of Elizabeth Falloways Northerly on Elizabeth Falloways
Westerly on Nevil Hayle and Southerly on John Hayle containing five acres.
Witness Francis Smith & John Hayle.
This was probably George, son of George, son of Richard, who owned 40 acres in
1754.
The Cross was between Old Harbour & the Rio Minho, shown with the road on
Moll 1717 and Browne.
[785]
55A/130 dated 12/4/1718 Ent 27/5/1718. “1/3 of 140 Acres E on John Aldred, Mrs
Waite & Thomas Perry, N on Philemon Dixon W on Thomas Halse & John Hunt
S on Sd James Smith, lately in possession of John Hayle snr of Vere”
[786]
61/130+ (page nos broken off) Dated 10/7/1720 ent 16/7/1720. Both signed,
bounding all round on waste land,
[787]
68/267-183 Dated 20/7/1723 ent 5/10/1723
[788]
74/254 Date 3/5/1727, ent 11/7/1727, W on John Carver? Decd, N on James Smith,
E on River Minor, S on Henry Rodon.
[789]
88/179-189 Ent Feb 1732-3 Dated 10/12/1732, Original was fragmented and only
part copied into the new volume. 125/37, dated 7/8/1745, ent 8/11/1745, Fully
described in 152/61 dated 19/6/1750 ent 16/6/1753.
[790]
152/161 dated 19/6/1750 ent 16/6/1753
[791]
1B/11/5/12 Chancery Court Record Lib 34 F 5, Sinclair v Hayle Rejoinder 23rd
July 1743
[792]
106/124 dated 19/4/1740 ent 27/5/1740, (E, W, N on Nevil Hayle S &
southerly on River Mino or Dry River).
[793]
161/188 dated 3/2/1756 ent 10/7/1756
[794]
111/100 dated 23/9/1741 ent 22/1/1741-2, E on the path S on the land of a Mr
Thomas Stone, W on John Sutton, N on Mr John Hayle. 163/126 13/3/1756 ent
7/7/1756, same details. 163/85/125 Dated 31/3/17 29G2 (56) Ent 7/7/1756 sale of
land to Savory etc, N on Mr John Hayle W on part of the said land a road
leading to Burrells ES on Thomas Stone apt by Henry Rymes. Last of these deeds:
186/50 20/12/1759 20/2/1761
[795]
Dated 11/8/1741, codicil 1/2/1741-2, Ent 22/9/1743, 24/25 old F46 new
[796]
24/68 Dated 21/3/1743 Ent 7/4/1744
[797]
201/101 Feb-17 Dated 1/6/1763 ent 2/3/1764
[798]
The Laws of Jamaica: Comprehending All the Acts in Force, Passed .... Vol 5
[799]
London Standard May 9, 1888
[800]
.... A collated overall history of the historic clan can be found at this
weblink of 'The Saint-Clairs of the Isles' (1898), with the relevant pages
being at pp.195 and 250-1; although the author Roland William Saint-Clair took
his work verbatim from the more regionally-specific work, 'Caithness Family
History' (1884), by John Henderson, where Henry Sinclair in/of Lybster (in
Reay), is cited on pp.7 and 144-5. Notably, while the 1606 date is generally
pointed out, Henry's earliest record dates from a 24th July/30th December 1595
document from among the Mey Papers(GD.96), held at Edinburgh's Register House.
(both books e-copies held).
The Scots Peerage (1904-14), with Volume II, pp.332-359 for Sinclair, Earl of
Caithness - NB uniquely his or Rev. Alexander T.Grant's only genuine mistake is
misidentifying our Henry as the natural son of George, 4th Earl,rather than his
eldest son and heir-apparent John,the Master of Caithness (p.342)! - Volume
VI, pp.564-571 for Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and Volume VII, pp.570-592 for
Sinclair, Lord Sinclair
[801]
From Nichol as Cram-Sinclair, 5/2020:
On the matter of Donald Sinclair,he is cited specificially as ' of Lybster'
(c.1668) in Robert Mackay's 'History of the House and Clan of Mackay'(1826) and
James T.Calder's 'Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of
Caithness'(1861),although not noted by Henderson or RWS,I surmised he is the
real specific representative of the wadsetter line,they mentioned,as being
traceable down to 1670,rather than their cited David Sinclair,son of James,fiar
of Lybster(1637,d.c.1648/61) and wife Margaret Macleod[NB That,also,both
Henderson and RWS used the 'slightly loaded' statement of David(1636) having
"2 lawful sons".];for which there is another potential hypothesis
that 'Donald' and 'David' are interchangeable copyist errors from transcribed
old documents[from my own experience,it has happened before in dealing with old
Sinclair family deeds!],while only John is mentioned as a specific son of
Henry in/of Borrowsto(w/u)n and Lybster; David(1636) and William(1638) could be
Henry's latter ygr.sons.which,why I noted in my 23rd May 2020 email about a
possible 'lost extra' generation between Donald and John,as well as the
all-importance of tracking down the crucial 'elusive/missing' sasine record of
Henry and John(1606 & 1661/2).
[802]
125/37, dated 7/8/1745, ent 8/11/1745
[803]
192/45 dated 11/12/1761 ent 27/4/1762
[804]
60/16: Ent 24/2/1779,
[805]
343/177 Feb-17 Date 8/5/1786 ent 11/5/1786.
[806]
1B/11/4/1F199, entered 2 February 1742-3
[808]
23/3 Dated 15/4/1740, entered 4 June 1741
[809]
Dated 28/11/1741 Ent 3/12/1741 1B/11/3/22/F14
[810]
93/122, book withdrawn.
[811]
96/71, book not available.
[812]
71/28 Ent 30/4/1724 Dated: 7/2/1723-4
[813]
70/242, Ent 7/1/1724-5, Dated 7/10/1724
[814]
83/47, Ent 16/6/1730, Dated 18/3/1729-30
[815]
83/47 Ent 13/6/1730 Dated 25/4/1730 – no other details.
[816]
87/111 dated 2/2/1731-1 ent 3/3/1731
[817]
88/179-189, Ent Feb 1732-3, Dated 10/12/1732
[818]
152/61 dated 19/6/1750 ent 16/6/1753 - ...Vere containing by estimation seventy
nine acres be the same more or less bounding round partly on the river commonly
called the Dry River and on land of William Followays decd and on Sarah
Cammock...
[820]
104/94-117, Ent: 3/6/1739, Dated 1 June 1739 - one parcel butting E on the
logwood fence from 16 mile Gulley Hill to the land of William Turner decd &
N on William Turner & partly on land purchased by the said John Sinclair of
Kyrle Bowerman esq and W on John Sinclair & S on 16 mile Gully Hill.
[821]
Dated 10 March, 1736, Ent: 13th August 1739, 104/110 (new 136)
[822]
Manchester 255, 257 & 269 – on Sinclair CAD drg
[823]
106/99 dated 25/1/1739-40, ent 3/5/1740: for 500 acres in Carpenter’s Mountains
E on estate of Anderson & Pratter dcd S on road leading to MR Powell’s, W
on unsurveyed and N on George Clark’s land.
[824]
106/101 Dated 1/2/1739-40 ent 6/5/1740
[825]
106/111 dated 23/2/1739-40 ent 17/5/1740
[826]
125/37, dated 7/8/1745, ent 8/11/1745
[827]
83/47 Ent 13/6/1730 Dated 25/4/1730
[828]
Hilliard Henry 1B-11-2-10F26b
[829]
104/94-117, Ent: 3/6/1739, Dated 1 June 1739
[830]
Plat 1B/11/2/19F490, Estate map Manchester 269
[831]
85/171, book missing.
[832]
106/99 dated 25/1/1739-40, ent 3/5/1740
[833]
Manchester 155 of 1842.
[834]
93/122, book withdrawn.
[835]
116/37 Dated 17/12/1733 Ent 2/2/1742-3
[836]
1B/11/1/19F137 ent 31/3/1732, surv 30/11/1731.
[837]
1B/11/1/19F137 ent 31/3/1732, surv 30/11/1731.
[838]
Deed 96/71, 1735 not available
[839]
219/58 Sep-16 Date 14/12/1765 ent 26/6/1766
[840]
1A/3/12F371 - Sinclair ad Wright – Answer 4 July 1749
[841]
1B/11/5/12 Chancery Court Record Lib 34 F 5, Sinclair v Hayle Rejoinder 23rd
July 1743
[842]
LOS/35F181 Dated 11/6/1767 (as written in original) Ent 12 April 1765
[843]
1B/11/3/43 F169 Dated 7/10/1765, Ent 14/2/1766
[844]
Henry: 2/3-126 date 13/1/1685 Ent 9/2/1685, Josuha: 17/164 dated 22/4/1727 ent
5/4/1728
[845]
210/124: Jos Jas Swaby, practitioner of physic and surgery of St Elizabeth to
John Hayle Sinclair planter of St Elizabeth.
21 slaves by indenture from JHS to JJS 19/4/1765 returned 11/6/1765 for £5.
Second deed dated 19/4/1765 refers to slaves left by Priscilla Sinclair between
Elizabeth Anderson (now decd) and JHS. Indenture of slaves to JJS for £5.
[846] 166/14 Date 6/12/1756 Ent 3/1/1757. E on JHS S on land
pat by Lewis Robertson & SW on land pat by Mrs Gibson.
166/15 Date 6/12/1756 Ent 3/1/1757. NE on Thos Perry, NW on Dr James Murray, SW
on Mrs Gibbons Gale S on Jonathan Gale and E on Richard Hyson. Surv 18/3/1756.
[847]
160/9 (28) ent 30/3/1755. A patent of 1744 for Thomas Durrant bounds on Andreas
Woodstock and is said to be at the Orange River, St Elizabeth. Browne shows the
Orange River as a westward tributary of the YS River to the north of the main
road bridge, west of Lacovia, with Woodstock marked to the north of the bridge
on the west side of the YS. However, this Orange River appears on none of the
later maps so was either very small or a figment of the surveyor’s imagination!
Either way, this patent is probably not the right one.
[848]
Will Thomas Durrant
dated 10/3/1774 ent 8/9/1774
Thomas Durrant planter of Vere.
To James George Spencer & Olive Wint in trust for children
all relations direct or collateral 1/- in bar of any claim
Son Samuel Durrant £100J annually for life
Son Thomas ditto
laid out by Mother Dorcas Dorothy Trusty
Dau Ann Smith D £100 annually
Olive Wint to pay these bequests.
To Olive Wint & children Olive Wint Durrant, Thomas William Durrant,
Benjamin Wint Durrant £100 pa
To Olive Wint £400 for own & children’s use
Nephew Thomas George Spencer £100 pa
[850]
169/121-228 Dated 18/1/1758 ent 19/1/1758
[851]
199/79 Sep-16 Date 18/5/1763 ent 28/6/1763.
[852]
166/15 Date 27/4/1757 Ent 3/1/1757
[853]
178/36-98 29/5/1759 ent 26/6/1759
[854]
192/45 dated 11/12/1761 ent 27/4/1762
[855]
190/113-235 dated 18/12/1761 ent 17/2/1762
[856]
1A/5/134F99 Feb-Mch 1771 – Grand Court.
[857]
210/126 date 19 April 1765. Ent 11/6/1765
[858]
1A/5lf65 F33 Burton thos jno Anderson,
[859]
Wills LOS 36/134 dated 20 April 1765, entered 19/11/1766.
[860]
380/46 Feb-17 Date 1788 Ent 12/2/1790
[861]
83/78 1/6/1730 refers to Judith Burton, spinster of St Elizabeth, and the heirs
of Dorothy Rochester.
[862]
Noted as LOS 65/211 – not a correct number, the origin of this transcription is
unknown!.
“This indenture made this 30th day of August in the year of lord 1770, between
Joseph James Swaby and Judith Burton. Whitness that the said Joseph James Swaby
for the consideration of one peppercorn to be paid to him yearly by the said
Judith Burton has demised leased set and to farm let unto the said Judith
Burton 10 acres of land part and parcel of a larger run patented by Richard
Hysom. Bounding easterly on the Kings road to Pepper plantation. Northerly on
lands of Thomas Perry. Southerly on Rocky Hill and westerly on part of said
run. For the term of her natural life. In the presence of William Hutchenson
and Edward Rotton.”
[863]
314/57 18/5/1782 ent 17/12/1782
[864]
365/41 Feb-17 Date 29/12/1783 ent 5/2/1788.
[865]
Bridgewood: 1B/11/2/19F75, 1672 & Lee 1B/11/2/19F299, 1684.
[866]
328/127 22/9/1784, 14/12/1784, 2nd deed 328/212, same dates.
[867]
380/46 Feb-17 Date 1788 Ent 12/2/1790. full copy held. 2nd: 377/29
Feb-17 Date 1788 ent 8/9/1789. full copy held. The second deed is a repeat of
the first, but with an absence of the boy Robert in one place in the first
copy.
[868]
419/38 dated 21/7/1794 ent 3/9/1794
[869]
526/14 Feb-18 Date 22/11/1803 Ent 22/6/1804.
[870]
101/155 Date 20/2/1804, ent 1/8/1822 Full copy held.
[871]
Dated 10 Sep 1786, Ent 20 Jun 1806, Wills LOS 76/138
[873]
54/210 Date 21/4/1774 Ent 21/4/1774
[874]
314/123 dated 7/6/1783 ent 3/9/1783. Deed to Munro: 369/19 Feb-17 Date
12/5/1788 ent 9/1/1789
[875]
446/72 Feb-17 Date 20/9/1796 ent 18/10/1797, Susanna Sinclair, widow of St
Elizabeth, makes a gift to daughters Sarah Sinclair & Catherine Ann
Malcolm, both infants under 21, to wit 3 & 1 years. If they die, to
Susanna's mother Sarah Box spinster of St Elizabeth.
[876]
526/13 Feb-18 Date 16/5/1804 Ent 22/6/1804. W on John Anderson now Robert
Crawford E on the Grove plantation the prop of Adam Smith esq, N on heirs of
Henry Goulbourn dcd.
[877]
Jamaica Manchester 379 (Prospect): 18th Apr 1836 | 56 Enslaved | £1010 11S 3D. CLAIM
DETAILS, Claim Notes. T71/915 p. 115: claim from John Lea, of Manchester, as
executor of Alex. Sinclair senior. T71/73 p. 375: enslaved persons registered
in 1832 by John Lea. Claim No.379. Estate Prospect
[878]
Dated 19/2/1822, proved 16 Aug 1822 Wills LOS 101/161
[879]
1822 719/56 Feb-19 Date 12/12/1822 Ent 14/2/1823.
[880]
104/127 Date 11/10/1823, ent 28/2/1824.
[881]
From Robin Downie original research about 1999
[882]
110/186 Ent 19/12/1829. Mar 20
[883]
http://www.kingcrest.com/sinclair/
[884]
1 [By patent, dated Oct. 12, 1704, to him "ejusque haeredea
masculos in perpetuum." Register of the Great Seal.]
[885]
14/17 Dated 20/1/1681-2 Ent 1/3/1681-2, Robert
Dunston & wife Dorothy Bricklayer & 20/7 dated 24/3/1687-8 Ent
12/4/1688
[886]
Ivy Plat 1B/11/2/34f42.
[887]
24/34, ent 17/6/1693, Dated 27/12/1692
[888]
30/68-57, Ent 31 Oct 1699, Dated 20/7/1699
[889]
Pye Corner and Common Savanna shown both on Harper 1683 & Senex 1715.
[890]
45/90 Date 1/10/1709 ent 5/12/1709
[891]
49/190 new, Ent 14/4/1712, Dated 1/1/1711-2
[892]
Long Vol 3 Chap VIII
[893]
Long Vol 1 Book 2, Chap VI
[894]
Patent: 1B/11/1/14f49-102, surveyed 20/8/1703 ent
3/3/1703-4. Plat: 1B/11/2/34f27 - Letters Patent of 1703/4 to Phillip Edmond
& Andrew Wright:
....All that parcell of land meadow pasture or whatever kind of Land ye same
Situate Lying and being in Brazillatta Mountain in the parish of Vere
Containing five hundred acres, Bounding South West upon the said Philip Edmonds
West on Coll George Ivy North western on Coll Valentine Mumbee and East and
South East on waste Land & rocky mountain cockpit....
[895]
51/49-54, Ent: 26/7/1714, Dated 20/7/1714
[896]
50/37, Ent 28/5/1713
[897]
14/15, date 30/3/1712 Ent 6/1/1712-3
[898]
10/2 Date 13/9/1712 Ent Ent 23/2/1712-3
[899]
51/49-54, Ent: 26/7/1714, Dated 20/7/1714
[900]
Pat 1/16F165, ent 8/4/1718, surv 11/11/1717.
[901]
Robert Wright To Peter Christian – 1742
113/145 Date 1/7/1742 ent 21/9/1742
Robert Wright of St Elizabeth planter sold to Peter Christian OTP planter for
£5 1/2 of 600A in St Elizabeth named Broadleaf Valley patented by Robert Wright
& Christian Christian E on Rocky Broadnut Mtn S & SE on Christian
Christian & Thomas Masey, N on u/s Mtn & W on other half - 2 stone
water cisterns to remain in other half.
[902]
121/19, dated 2/6/1744, ent 27/7/1744
[903]
Pat 1/21F95 1740 & 23F154, 1745
[904]
27/21 20/11/1748 Ent 4/5/1749
[905]
123/176 1744 – volume not available, 3/2016.
[907]
1A/3/12F371 - Sinclair ad Wright – Answer 4 July 1749
[908]
186/47 Date 18/2/1760 ent 17/2/1761
[909]
188/86 dated 1/12/1760 ent 17/8/1761
[910]
36/42 6 May 1765 Ent 16/1/1766 – book in very poor condition.
[911]
Ent 16 January 1766, completed 3 June 1766 Ref 43/228 1763 (slight conflict
over dates!)
[912]
109/162 Feb-18 Date 9/10/1741 Ent 9/10/1741.
[913]
106/85 Dated 16/1/1739 ent 27/2/1739-40.
[914]
110/38 dated 4/5/1741, ent 6/5/1741
[915]
26/178 of Vere, dated 2/11/1747, ent 1/12/1747
[916]
18/175 3/4/1749 Ent 12/4/1749
[917]
137/102, Ent 9/11/1749.
[918]
154/107 Feb-18 Date 27/3/1754 Ent 23/4/1754. Thomas Harper & Joan merch of
Port Royal & Francis Wright of St Catherine planter. Thomas & Joan
Harper for J£850 from Francis Wright 1/2 of 750 acres known as the Crescent N
on Rio Cobre, S on formerly Beaumont Pestell W also on Beaumont Pestell, and
Gibraltar, N , E and S on Peter Beckford, for ever. On Harper 1683 with
Gibraltar and Craskell.
[919]
149/39 Date 23 November 1749 ent 20 Aug 1752
Articles of agreement between John Chambers planter of St Catherine &
Francis Wright of St Thomas in the Vale planter
First of all the said JOHN CHAMBERS and Francis Wright joined to be copartners
for six years. John Chambers to deliver up 600 acres in St Thomas-in-the-vale
also 17 mules 11 mules and 3 horned cattle and Francis Wright has delivered up
17 mules 11 mules and 3 horned cattle .. to be employed in common
Francis Wright to be obliged to live on the said land with his family and shall
not farm for private use..
Produce to go to said John Chambers or Susannah Chambers his wife profits to be
shared
specifies how accounts to be kept etc
Mentions rights of Peter Chambers, John Chambers’s brother
[920]
137/102 Ent 9/11/1749
[921]
163/34 (now 51), date 21/1/1756 ent 13/3/1756
[922]
Deed 211/130 re motgage transactions with Sarah Booth.
[923]
161/131 date 29/1/1756 ent, full copy held. Includes a plat, copied onto
Maitland-Wright Land CAD file.
[924]
163/33 (now 52) 10/2/1756 Ent 13/3/1756,
[925]
146/144 Date 1/12/1751 ent 10/4/1752, see under John Chambers.
[926]
31/173 Dated 3/7/1757 Ent 17/8/1758
[927]
38/54 Dated 17 august 1758 Ent 23 January 1759 – full text copy held.
[928]
40/155 date 27 November 1760 ent 18 May 1761
[929]
146/37 dated 17/1/1752, ent 18/1/1752 (2-3?)
[930]
101/111 dated 3/2/1737-8 ent 30/3/1738
[931]
146/144 Date 1/12/1751 ent 10/4/1752
[932]
160/81-191 Date 14/6/1755 ent 8/7/55
[933]
29/97 Ent 20/9/1753 dated 17/4/1753
[934]
160/81-191 Date 14/6/1755 ent 8/7/55
[935]
178/10-32 1/10/1757, 16/6/1759
[936]
178/34 21/10/1757 ent 16/6/1759
[937]
158/224 Feb-17 Date 19/8/1754 ent 11/11/1754
[938]
Morning Chronicle March 1, 1806 (Newspaper Archive.com)
[939]
12 January 1793 - Royal Gazette of Jamaica
[940]
New Jamaica Magazine.
[941]
314/57 18/5/1782 ent 17/12/1782
[942]
449/162 Feb-18 Date 17/12/1796 Ent 11/6/1798
[943]
LOS 66/112 dated 13/11/1798 Proved 24 Jul 1799
[944]
188/57 1/7/1761 ent 7/8/1761
[945]
New Jamaica Magazine, March 1799 (Google books) P198, this publication only
shows arrivals.
[946]
526/183 Feb-18 Date 2/1/1804 Ent 18/10/1804
[947]
Much information was from Oliver's Carribeanea (quoting Mitcham PR).
[948]
Royal Gazette, 23/3/1793 On Tuesday the 22nd a subscription purse, for two
years old, two mile heats, was run for over the Race course at Lacovia, by Mr.
Andrew Wright’s Bay Colt, and Mr. Salmon’s Pepper Filly, Brunettes. The first
heat was won by the Colt, but in the second he ran out of the course and was
distanced.
[949]
Royal Gazette, 13/11/1793: Andrew Wright slave advert: Mitcham Pen, St
Elizabeth, Ran away from the subscriber, about the latter end of August last, a
new negro man named Jamaica, about 5 feet high; his filed teeth, country mark
on both temples and right shoulder and two breaks down the back, marked on the
right shoulder AW, the mark rather small; had on when he absconded a blue baize
frock; and took with him an asnaburgh one. A reward of two pounds fifteen
shillings will be given to any person who will deliver him to M Robert
Chamberlain, Harbour Street, kingston; or to the Subscriber, on the above penn.
ANDREW WRIGHT
[950]
The Columbian, 1796/7: September 9, 1796:On the Lacovia Course, St Elizabeth’s
The Breeders Purse won by Mr Boucher’s H.G. Little Andrew 1-1; beating Mr A
Wright’s g.m. Mad Capo 2-2.
On the 10th, A. Wright had a 2nd with his ch.g Driver in
the Subscription Purse (£85)
[951]
From Caribbeana by Vere Langford Oliver (1910). Vol 1/P227 (CU Library)
Caribbeana also gives a short précis of his will.
[952]
Inventory: 1B/11/3/112F1 date 18 November 1807, Ent 27 October 1808.
Shown by John Pusey Wint, acting executor
[954]
PCC, 265 Pitt, was signed 21 January or February 1806, Proved to "Charles
Grant of King Street Southwark" at PCC in London, 5 March 1806 and 28 July
1806.
[955]
278/96-80 29/1/1772 Ent 29/4/1776
[956]
18/172-124 Ent 31/5/1687. 1B-11-1-4F125/104 14/10/1672 Patent text only.
[957]
193/171 Sep-16 Date 10/12/62 ent 13/12/1762.
John Anderson jnr executor of Francis Wright & guardian of Andrew Wright.
Whereas Francis Wright dies possessed of land & 31 slaves value £1294/10/-
John Anderson agreed to lease land & slaves to the Hon Thomas Fearon of
Clarendon, gent. Now this indenture leases 700A in St Catherine called the
Crescent N on Rio Cobre, S on land of Beaumont Pestell W on land formerly of
Beaumont Pestell & Gibraltar EN & ES on land heretofore of Peter
Beckford esq dcd for 10 years for annual rent of £130/4/7½d.
[958]
278/96-80 29/1/1775 Ent 29/4/1776
[959]
271/20 Sep-16 Date 2/2/1775 Ent 4/4/1775
[960]
516/249 Date 14/1/1800 ent 18/1/1804 Andrew Wright planter of St Elizabeth sold
to William Bierback free man of colour of St Catherine for £200 a parcel
Mountain Polink formerly property of Henry Booth dcd in St John, 66 acres E on
land of John Wright, now in possession of Ledwich, S on Richard Hamilton &
Mr Welson, free blacks, W formerly Mr Redwoods, N on John Richards free mulatto
dcd.
[961]
276/109 dated 23/6/1775, ent 22/8/1775
[962]
18/172-124 Ent 31/5/1687
[963]
268/193 Sep-16 Date 10/11/1775 ent 24/7/1775.
Andrew & Mary Wright of Vere, millwright, for £55 from Henry Beal of Vere
planter, 27½ acres part of 100 acres in Kemps Savanna sold by Jane Booth
(1705) to Joseph Dunston E on Thomas Hercey Barrett, W John Rodon, S & N on
Henry Beal. This was probably the 100 acres left to Jane by husband George
Booth 2 to sold if she wished. This was part of the GB2’s Wallascott purchase.
[964]
Deed 38/178, book destroyed, but Sale confirmed by private act of Jamaica, Ann
6 1707-8. No further info.
[965]
278/11 Dated 1/3/1776, ent 4/4/1776 Full Copy Held.
....on the east side of the Betts Gully, WNW and SW on Betts Gully next the
land late of Valentine Mumbee esq dcd now the heirs of Henry & Edward
Goulbourne dcd S on the road leading from the Church to Salt Savanna Common,
East of land late of George Downer in the possession of William Pusey esq and N
on land formerly of George Clark now to Henry Parker.
[967]
316/114 Ent 7 March 1788? Dated 21 April 1779
[968]
Andrew Wright From Francis Smyth 1804 522/147 Feb-18 Date 11/2/1801 ent
1/9/1804. Francis George Smythe of Wilts UK esq & Catherine for J£288 sold 96
acres to Andrew Wright being part of Goshen Pen. Cert by mayor of New? Tarrant
Wilts. PHOTO 1515 7/2
[969]
316/114 Mortgages. Full copy held.
[971]
851/137 Feb-18 Date 20/9/1841 Ent 30/7/1842. & 861/181 Feb-18 Date
3/11/1842 Ent 22/5/1844. & 865/209 Feb-18 Date 2/12/1844 Ent 10/12/1844.
[972]
6 Sept 1824 Jam Gazette Postscript 11-18 Sept
[973]
Mitcham 1806 1B-11-4-36F94
[974]
Francis Maitland To Elizabeth Mary Wright – 1824 727/218 Feb-18 Date 9/1/1824
Ent 23/7/1824. Btw Francis Maitland & Ann esq & George Roberts &
Rebecca esq of St Elizabeth 1st pt & Elizabeth Mary Wright formerly of St
Elizabeth but now of Great Britain, Widow 2nd pt. for £J1500 from 2nd pt sold her
land in Calabash bay, Manchester called Ramsgate 300A N on John Reid W on Wards
Bay S on the sea and E on John Pusey Wint for ever.
[975]
Wright, Andrew 1B-11-1-36F39, dated 22/1/1789, net 17/9/1789.
[976]
418/111 Feb-17 Date 24/7/1793 Ent 20/2/1794. Andrew Wright esq, of St
Elizabeth, for 10/- from natural daughters, Ann & Mary Wright born of Ruth
Sinclair, a free woman of colour, conveyed land in Vere 120A. Plat see pat 17/9/89,
SW John Rankin, S road to Spots Savanna, N owner unknown, Gully at top left.
Photo 2 21
[977]
353/114 Feb-17 Date 6/6/1787 ent 23/7/1787 & 387/52 dated 14/4/1790 ent
22/9/1790: “land in St Elizabeth containing 80A btw Devils Race & Alligator
Pond NE on Rocky cliffs u/s W on Thomas Ward s(W) on the Bay (near the DR)” See
Wills volume.
[978]
St Elizabeth 1017: Andrew Wright, 225A, Ballards Valley, T. Harrison.
[979]
312/221 original deed withdrawn, Jan 2016.
[980]
338/120 dated 21/12/1785 ent 12/4/1786
[981]
382/5 Sep-16 Date 8/7/1779 ent 6/1/1790
[982]
387/49 20/10/89 nent 22/9/90
[983]
388/128 .... by James Powell up to 30 Dec last for sum £80 red at the same time
the contents in full Henry Goulbourne CC for the parish afsd. Personally app
before me Henry Goulbourne and ack. Andrew Wright bt of Henry Goulbourne
[984]
390/190 Date 28 June 1791 Ent 12/7/1791. St
Elizabeth Black River Andrew Wright esq bought slave man Marlborough belonging
to estate of Mrs Elizabeth Witter in trust to Simon Facey esq and Rev Thomas
Warren in Distraint of arrears in Roads Tax due from estate. John MacFarlane
collector of Road Tax,
[985]
399/151 Feb-17 Date 14/6/1792 ent 15/6/1792. John Wright of St Catherine esq
sold for 10/- Andrew Wright bought by public venue from David Finlayson Dep
Marshall 16 slaves for ever.
[986]
525/211 Feb-18 Date 1/5/1802 Ent 1/12/1804. Refers to Plummer et al v Thomas
Topham.
[987]
18/58-42 Ent 2/2/1686-7
[988]
Plat 34F83, 11/9/1675
[989]
1/73 Ent 8/1/1668-9 dated 9/10/1668
[990]
14/102 date 28/4/1714 ent 29/6/1714
[991]
16/163 Dated 8/2/1724, ent 4/8/1725
[992]
23/150-130 19/3/1741-2 Dated Ent 27/7/1742
[993]
140/25, ent 29/8 1750, Copy held
[994]
Sketch Pedigrees of some Early Settlers in Jamaica
[995]
1B/2/9F232 30/9/1671
[997]
6/77 dated 20/1/1674-5
[998]
6/78 dated 8/2/1674-5
[999]
17/193 dated 1/8/1686, Ent 16/9/1686
[1000]
24/235-124 Ent 14/9/1693 Dated 22/6/1693
[1002]
8/121-275 Dated 30/7/1694 Ent 9/12/1696
[1003]
3/2004: Donna Kenny redkenny@optusnet.com.au
[1004]
Jam Gaz 9 August 1817 (FMP)
[1007]
752/217 Feb-18 Date 3/7/1828 Ent 4/12/1828 Plat Photo 1140 13/2
[1008]
Londond Gazette, Augts 10, 1875, p 4031.
[1010]
35/202 Thomas Wint Mar-20 Date 14/9/1764 ent 20/6/1765. 3/3/20 middle page
photo
[1011]
St C PR V2/268. From Donna Kenny, also his will & inventory from RGD &
Archives.
[1012]
526/183 Feb-18 Date 2/1/1804 Ent 18/10/1804.
[1014]
Legacies of British Slave-ownership (UCL), previous 2 paras.
[1015]
Morning Herald (London) 15 October 1857
[1017]
25/71 Ent 23/2/1745 date 6/12/1740
[1018]
10/139, date 3/6/1702, ent 15/2/1704
[1019]
22/11 dated 22/7/1738 ent 19/4/1739.
[1021]
Pat 1B-11-1-15F208a, 18/6/1711 plat 1B-11-2-17F15.
[1022]
1712 1B-11-2-17F16, 3/5/1712
[1023]
1B-11-1-17F42, 10/6/1720.
[1024]
21/107 Dated 10/7/1736 ent 26/2/1737
[1025]
11/2016: The Tharp papers can be found at the Cambridge County Records, Castle
Court, Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 OAP, England, UK. To find it you
leave the Cambridge of the colleges and sightseers north west by the Magdalen
Bridge and go about 150 –200 yards up the hill. At the top on the right is the
large County Hall administrative building where the reception will direct you.
The email address is County.Records.Cambridge@Camcnty.gov.UK
[1028]
365/164 Date 10/8/1775, ent 16/3/1789.
[1029]
56/36 date 13/9/1718 ent 8/10/1718
[1031]
78/23 dated 10/5/1728 ent 20/7/1728
[1032]
1st deed: 149/24 17/2/1752 ent 13/8/1752, 2nd 149/23 Dated 17/4/1752
Ent 13/8/1752
[1033]
179/121 Date 20/11/1759 ent 12/12/1759
[1035]
224 15 Feb-17 Date 20/6/1766 ent 11/5/1767.
[1036]
254/18 Date 7/2/1772 ent 29/9/1772.
[1037]
377/33 Feb-17 Date 21/1/1790, Westmoreland ent 19/2/1790
[1038]
381/106 Feb-17 Date 29/5/1790 ent 9/7/1790, 381/110 Feb-17 Date 13/5/1790 ent
14/7/1790.
[1039]
41/33-63 Dated 8/10/1771 Ent 4/3/1773
[1040]
159/250-546, 3/9/1755 12/12/1755, negro sale: 159/250-545 Date 3/9/55,
12/12/1755
[1041]
180/76 Date 1/5/1759 Ent 1/2/1760
[1043]
186/47 Date 18/2/1760 ent 17/2/1761
[1044]
192/46 Feb-17 Date 27/11/1761 ent 27/4/1762.
[1045]
195/1-14 Sep-16 Dated 19/7/1762 ent ?.
[1046]
199/18 Sep-16 Date 1/2/1763 ent 28/2/1763. 199/21 Sep-16 date 1/2/1763 ent
28/2/1763.
[1047]
219/58 Sep-16 Date 14/12/1765 ent 26/6/1766
[1048]
193/171 Sep-16 Date 10/12/62 ent 13/12/1762.
[1049]
229/105-119 Sep-16 Date 15/8/1768 ent 5/11/1768
[1050]
275/83 date 16/11/1775 ent 22/1/1776
[1051]
27/87 Date 15/5/1747 Ent 14/12/1749 JA widow of St A. G/S John Orgill all estate,
G/D Mary Soper N/A
[1052]
377/94 Feb-17 Date 17/4/1789 ent 2/12/1789.
[1053]
377/102 Feb-17 Date 16/4/1789 ent 2/12/789.
[1054]
1/15-8 dated 7 November, 4/1/1665-6
[1055]
10/57 dated 26/2/1701-2 Ent 9/9/1703
[1056]
17/75 date 1/2 1J2, ent 3/3/1695.
[1057]
17/82 date 6/2/1J2, ent 26/3/1696
[1058]
160/323 Deposition Date 26/2/1755, ent 5/11/1755
[1059]
17/74 Dated 3/2/1J2, ent 6/3/1695
[1060]
68/40 Date 29/11/1722 Ent 24/1/1722. photo 1718 5/2/19 ref deed 54/246
[1061]
Sketch Pedigrees of some Early Settlers in Jamaica
[1062]
201/3 Feb-17 Date 20/6/1763 Ent 20/8/1763.
[1063]
224/129 Feb-17 Date 8/6/1763 ent 29/9/1767.
[1064]
12/94 Ent 30/11/1709 date 18/11/1707 PRO 11/520 Dated 18/11/1707 Proved
20/11/1709
[1065]
Sketch Pedigrees of some early settlers in Jamaica
[1066]
From the Jews of 18th Century Jamaica
[1067]
51/9-10 new, Ent 19/6/1714, Dated 2/4/1714
[1068]
53/127 date 13/7/1716, ent 30/8/1716
[1069]
53/39 date 19/8/1715 ent ?
[1071]
22/105 Dated 6/12 1739 Ent 4/7/1740, Wife Mary will 27/194, Ent 8/6/1750 dated
2/9/1749
[1072]
Will: LOS 76 F158. Date 28 April 1806, Ent 9 Aug 1806
[1073]
New Jamaica Magazine, 1798 vol 2
[1074]
Rooms Without Doors
By Ronald A Bonnick: The aforementioned information
about births and deaths was obtained from a genealogical table diat Jeannette
Marks used in her book The Family of The Barrett, originally published in 1938
by the MacMillan Company, New York, and reprinted by the Greenwood Press in
1973, a division of William House-Regency Inc. It appears that this table is
flawed and is incorrect. Readers are discouraged from using this table for
precise dates of the births of the children of Samuel Barrett and Elizabeth
Wisdom. The table has the following recorded on the sheet, “The above pedigree
is compiled from notes collected from various sources, in the possession of
E.N. GEIJER, Rouge Dragon, College of Arms, London, August 1933.” With this
authentication, it should be very clear that everything on the document is
correct, but this writer has found to the contrary.
The proof of discrepancies is there. Elizabeth Wisdom,
daughter of Henry Wisdom, was bom on the sixth of May 1707. She died on the
seventeenth of November 1737. She had fifteen children throughout her marriage
to Samuel Barrett, sometime around 1721. Six of the fifteen children were born
after her death, namely (1) Henry, 1739; (2) Margery, 1746; (3) Samuel, 1749;
(4) Green; (5) John; (6) William. No dates are given for the last three, only
that they died very young, probably within the same year. So this writer will
not acknowledge or write anything further about these children. And for the purpose
of this new book, Rooms without Doors, only Edward Barrett of Cinnamon Hill and
his descendants will be written about. Maybe Samuel of Cinnamon Hill had a
mistress after Elizabeth’s death and he just kept recording the last six as
both Elizabeth and his children in order to get more crown land. Children out
of wedlock could not be counted in order to get crown land in those days.
The fact that Samuel Barrett of Cinnamon Hill never
married again, and that six children came after his wife died at age thirty,
can be cleared up if the date of her death was placed at 1757 instead of 1737.
This would put her at age fifty, and those children bom after 1737 could be her
legitimate children. Based upon other evidence known to the writer, it is his
concrete belief that the College of Arms made a mistake and the death of
Elizabeth Wisdom Barrett is in fact November 17, 1757. The writer also thought
that to criticize the College of Arms for something they did in 1933 would not
prove anything significant. And since the topic of Rooms without Doors is based
solely on the life of Edward Barrett of Cinnamon Hill and not historical
accuracy about dates, the investigation will be postponed for a future date. It
will be too costly and time consuming to investigate this matter for the time
being.
During this time of prolific child getting, Samuel was
made the custos of St. James parish. The function of a custos was that of chief
magistrate of the parish, appearing at trials of minor cases, and in
[1075]
31/62 Photo 2/3/20 1640L 2/4/1747, ent 17/8/1757
[1076]
197/167 Date 23/4/1763 Ent lost.
[1077]
232/206 dated 1/6/1769 ent 30/8/1769, 232/207 dated 1/6/1769 ent 30/8/1769
[1078]
Jamaica Mercury 26 June 1771
[1079]
269/164 6/5/1775 ent 26/10/1775
[1080]
Estate Map Clarendon 326, later Clarendon 615.
[1082]
Long, History of Jamaica, 1764, Vol2 page 183, St Elizabeth.
[1083]
Dunn & the Institute of Early American History & Culture, via “The
Unending Frontier” JF Richards P443.
[1085]
http://www.jis.gov.jm/ja50/v2/clarendon/clarendon-history/