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ONE OF THE LEEWAIIJ) CAMHHKES IN THE WEST INDIES,
EEOM THE EIRST SI7ri LKMKNT. IN 16;J5 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
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j^reface-
T^HE various Papers and Pedigrees comprised in these two Volumes have been gradually
accumulated during the last seven years. Having commenced by collecting information
about my own family, which was formerly settled at Antigua, I was soon led to make notes
of many others connected by marriage, and finally to compile the Pedigrees of all those
formerly resident there. I then visited the Island, and during my stay from December 1888
to March 1st, 1889, made copious extracts from the parish registers and local records, besides
copying all the monumental inscriptions in the various churchyards and plantation burial-
grounds. Here I gratefully record my thanks to Sir William Frederick Haynes-Smith, the
Governor of the Leeward Islands; to Captain I. C. Maling, then Acting-Secretary; to
Mr. Octavius Humphrys, the Registrar of Wills and Deeds ; to the various Rectors ; and to
my kind friends Messrs. Thomas Dickson Foote, John Foote, Arthur Shand, Oliver Nugent,
John Jarvis, and others.
The information thus acquired on the Island was subsequently largely augmented by a
search through the Colonial Papers at the Public Record Office, Mrs. Vernona T. C. Smith
materially assisting by making extracts for me from the Close Rolls ; and my thanks are
also due to Mr. Chaloner Smith, the head of the Literary Search Department at Somerset
House, for his uniform courtesy and help.
In regard to the Historical Introduction which follows, I have endeavoured to give as
much original information as possible ; most of it is in a very crude and condensed state,
but I have purposely avoided putting forward my personal opinions, deeming it better for
each reader to form his own. As to the Pedigrees, I must point out that some of them are
unreliable, owing to the absence of sufficient proof, but I shall be very glad to receive corrections
and additions. The first Volume has taken the Publishers over two years to print, but the
remaining one will be probably completed next year.
VERE LANGFORD OLIVER.
Whitmoee Lodge, Sunninghill, Berks.
December 1894.
TJiis Editio)i has heeii limited to 150 copies,
of which this is No. 4: J
ilist of Seorlis Consulttti,
The following Works on tlie West Indies are in the Author's possession, and he has extracted from
them eveiything of importance bearing- on the History of Antigua : —
Histoire Naturelle et Morale des lies Antilles de I'Amerique, [by Charles de Rochefort]. 4to. Rotterdam, 1658.
Histoire Generale des Antilles, by le pere du Tertre. 4 vols. 4to. Paris, 1667 — 71.
A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, by Richard Ligon. Small fo. Second edition, London, 1673.
The Original Lists of Emigrants to the American Plantations 1600 — 1700, by John Camden Hotten. Large paper
royal 4to. London, 1874.
A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers from 1650 — 89, by Joseph Besse. 2 vols, small fo.
London, 1753.
A Copy of the Articles Exhibited by Mr. Freeman to the House of Commons against Col. Codrington. 8vo. 1702.
History of Col. Parke's Administrations, by George French, and an Answer, etc. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1717.
Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de I'Amerique, by le pere Labat. 2 vols, large 4to. The Hague, 1724.
Acts of xVssembly Passed in the Island of Barbadoes from 1648 to 1718. Fo. London, 1732.
Acts of Assembly Passed in the Charibbee Leeward Islands from 1690 to 1730. Small fo. London, 1734.
Acts of Assembly Passed in the Island of St. Christopher from 1711 to 1735. Fo. London, 1739. '
Acts of Assembly Passed in the Island of Nevis from 1664 to 1739. Fo. Loudon, 1740.
The British Empire in America, [by John Oldmixon]. 2 vols. Svo. Second edition, London, 1741.
Caribbeana. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1741.
Memoirs of the Firsc Settlement of the Island of Barbados and other the Carribbee Islands. 12mo. First edition,
London, 1743.
A Natural History of Nevis and the rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America, by Rev. William Smith.
8vo. Cambridge, 1745.
The Natural History of Barbados, by the Rev. GriflBth Hughes, A.M., with a List of Subscribers. • Small fo. London, 1750.
The Memorials of the English and French Commissaries concerning St. Lucia. 4to. London, 1755.
Description geographique des Isles Antilles possedees par les Anglois, by S. Bellin. Small 4to. Paris, 1758.
Au account of the Expedition to the "West Indies against Martinico with the reduction of Guadelupe and other the
Leeward Islands subject to the French King 1759, by Capt. Richard Gardiner. 4to. Third edition, Bir-
mingham, 1762.
An Account of the European Settlements in America. 2 vols. Svo. London, 1765.
The substance of the Evidence on the Petition presented by the West India Planters and Merchants to the Hon. House of
Commons, 16 March 1775. Svo, pp. 47. London.
The West India Atlas .... together with an Historical Account, by Thomas JeflTerys. Royal fo. London, 1775.
MS. A Tour through part of the West Indies, containing a particular Description of the Climate, Cultivation, and several
of the Natural Productions of the Island of Tobago, and other Settlements in that quarter of the world. In a
Series of 12 Letters to a Friend. Small fo., pp. 255. 18 January 1780 to 1 July 1782.
The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies. Svo, pp. 38. London, 1785.
Letters to a Young Planter, or Observations on the Management of a Sugar Plantation. 8vo. London, 1785.
Proceedings of a General Court-Martial on Captain Robert Hedges of the 67th Regiment : held at the Court-House,
St. John's, Antigua, from Monday the 30th of .lanuary to Monday the 13th of March 1786. Royal Svo.
Antigua: St. John's ; Printed by James Hargrove, on the Parade, 1786.
A Narrative of the Official Conduct of Valentine Morris, Esq., Governor of St. Vincent, by himself. Svo. London, 1787.
History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, by the Abbe Raynal. Translated
by J. 0. Justamond, F.R.S. 8 vols. Svo. London, 1788.
A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua 1786 — 88, by John LufFman. Crown Svo. Second edition, London, 1789.
A Treatise on Planting, by Joshua Peterkin, Planter, second edition, with List of Subscribers in Antigua, etc. pp. 104
and iv. St. Christopher's : Printed by Edward Luth R. Low, Cayou Street, Basseterre, 1790;
The Case of the Sugar Colonies. Svo, pp. 97. London, 1792.
A Vindication of the Use of Sugar, the Produce of the West India Islands. Svo, pp. 24. Second edition, London, 1792.
A Plain Man's Thoughts on the present Price of Sugar, [by James Tobin of .Nevis]. 8vo, pp. 22. London, 1792.
An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies in the year 1794, by the Rev. Cooper Williams, A.M. Large paper
royal fo. London, 1796.
An Historical Survey of the Island of Saint Domingo, tog-ether with an Account of the Maroon Negroes in the Island of
Jamaica ; and a History of the War in the West Indies in 1793 and 1794, by Bryan Edwards, Esq. Also a Tour
through the several Islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791 and 1792,
by Sir William Young, Bart. 4to. London, 1801.
A Tour through the British West Indies in 1S02 and 1803, by Daniel McKinnen, Esq. Crown Svo. London, 1804.
The History of the Discovery and Settlement to the present time of North and South America and of the West Indies, by
William Mavor, LL.D. Royal 24mo. London, 1804.
iv LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED,
The Laws of tlie Island of Antigua, consisting of the Acts of the Leewanl Islands from KiOO to 1798, and those of
Antigua from 1GG8 to 1804. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1805.
The West India Common-Place Book, by Sir William Young, Bart., F.R.S., M.P. -Ito. London, 1807.
An Inquiry into the State of the British West Indies, by Joseph Lowe, Esq. 8?o. London, 1807.
Outline of a Plan for the Better Cultivation, Security, and Defence of the British West Indies, by Capt. Layman, R.N.
8vo. London, 1807.
Suggestions arising from the Abolition of the African Slave Trade for supplying the demands of the West India Colonies
with Agricultural Labourers, by Robert Townsend Farquhar, Esq. 8vo. London, 1807.
A History of the West Indies .... with an Account of the Wesleyan Missions .... by Thomas Coke, LL.D. 3 vols. 8vo.
Liverpool, 1808.
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies, by Bryan Edwards, Esq., F.R.S., S.A., with a continuation
to the present time. 5 vols. 8vo, and 4to atlas. London, 1819.
A Voyage in the West Indies, by John Augustus Waller, Surgeon R.N. 8vo. London, 1820.
Ten Views in the Island of Antigua, in which are represented the Process of Sugar Making, from drawings made by
William Clark. 18i inches by 13 inches. London, 1823.
MS. Reports relating to Mr. Gordon's Estates in the West Indies 1824, illustrated with maps and water-colour views.
Royal fo.
Six Months in the West Indies in 1825, by Henry Nelson Coleridge, M.A. Royal 24mo. Second edition, crown 8vo, 1826.
Third edition, London, 1832.
Chronological History of the West Indies, by Capt. Thomas Southey, R.N. 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1827.
An Historical and Descriptive Account of Antigua, illustrated by numerous coloured engravings, by J. Johnson. 23 inches
by 18i inches. London, 1830.
Four Years' Residence in the West Indies, 1826—29. 8vo. Third edition, London, 1833.
The West India Sketch Book. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1834.
Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, by the Right Rev. William Hart
Coleridge, D.D., Bishop. 8vo. London, 1835.
The West Indies in 1837, being the journal of a visit to Antigua .... by Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey. 8vo.
London, 1838.
Extracts from Papers relative to the West Indies. Printed by Order of the House of Commons 1839. Medium 8vo.
London, 1840.
Antigua and the Antiguans, [by Mrs. Lanaghan]. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1844.
The Sugar Planters' Manual, by W. J. Evans, M.D. 8vo. London, 1847.
The Antigua Almanac. 12mo. 1852.
The West Indies before and since Slave Emancipation, by John Davy, M.D., F.R.S. 8vo. London, 1854.
A Treatise on the West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts, by Reginald John Cust, Esq. 12mo. Second edition, London,
1865.
Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies, by Capt. J. H. Jjawrence-Archer. 4to. London, 1875.
A Young Squire of the 17th Century, from the papers (a.d. 1676 — 86) of Christopher Jeaffreson, by John Cordy
Jeaflfreson. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1878.
Down the Islands, a Voyage to the Caribbees, by William Agnew Paton. Medium 8vo. London, 1888.
The West Indies, by C. Washington Eves, C.M.G. Crown 8vo. Second edition, 1891.
iltst oi illustrations.
TO FACE PAGE
Map of the Leeward Islands ......... Frontispiece
Map of Antigua, 1787 ........... v
English Harbour and Freemans Bay in the Island of Antigua, 1818 ..... xviii
Portrait of Daniel Parke, Captain-General and Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1706 — 1710 . . Ixxv
View of the Entrance of English Harbour, Antigua, 1818 ....... cviii
English Harbour from Freemans Bay ......... cviii
View of St. John's Harbour in Antigua, 1752 ........ clx
Portrait of Christopher Codrington, Captain-General and Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1698 — 1703 . 143
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CHAPTER I.
TOPOGRAPHY.
The Island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbee
Islands, is situated in the Caribbean Sea, between
61° 4-i' and 61° 58' W. long-itude, and between 17° 2'
and 17° 13' N. latitude; about 60 miles E. of St.
Christopher's, 27 N.E. of Moutserrat, and 40 N. of
Guadaloupe.
In shape it is roughly oval, the greatest length
being about 20 miles E. and W., and the breadth 17
miles N. and S. ; the area has been estimated at 108^
square miles, equivalent to 69,275 acres. The coast
line, about 50 or 60 miles iu extent, is much indented
by creeks and bays, which form many excellent
natural harbours, but of these three only are resorted
to by ships of large burden, viz. : — English Harbour,
on the S. coast, Parham on the N., and St. John's on
the W. It is surrounded on all sides, except the S.,
by islets, rocks, and shoals, which render the naviga-
tion along the coast dangerous, and the entrance to
the harbours intricate. The country is somewhat flat
and swampy to the N.E., undulating elsewhere, and
hilly in the S.W., where the highest elevation in the
Sheckerley Mountains is 1210 feet.
St. John's, the capital, with a population of over
10,000, is the only town of any importance, and
owing to its position at the head of an extensive
harbour, it has become the chief centre for trade and
commerce ; but a sandy bar across the entrance to
the latter, about three miles from the city, prevents
the passage of large ships. On the N. side of the
harbour is a bold rock called Rat Island, formerly
the site of the barracks, but now occupied by the
asylum, access to which is obtained by means of a
narrow stone causeway. Farther W. are the crumb-
ling walls of Fort James ; and on the S. side, dominat-
ing the " Roads," stands the old battery on Goat's
Hill, now converted into a signal station.
The streets, which have been laid out at right
angles to each other, are broad, clean, and airy ; and
the many substantial old houses testify to the former
prosperity of their residents. The principal public
buildings are the Cathedral, erected about 50 years
ago at a cost of £40,000 ; Government House, the
residence of the Governor and Captain-General of
the Federal Colony; the Court House, where the
Legislature and Judges assemble to transact busi-
ness ; the Custom House, Arsenal, Market, Hospital,
Library, etc.
English Harbour, on the S. coast, about 12 miles
by road S.E. of the capital, is almost completely
land locked, occupying as it does the bed of an
extinct crater. The narrow and intricate entrance
was formerly secured by a chain, and commanded by
the battery of Fort Berkeley which mounted 39 guns,
but at the present time a solitary 18-pounder, dated
1805, with the monogram of G. R., alone remains to
attest its former strength. The numerous forts on
the adjacent heights, with barracks for the accom-
modation of a regiment, which were constructed
about 1780 for the protection of H.M. Dockyard,
are now in a ruinous state. During the long wars
of the last century huge fleets were I'efitted and
revictualled here, and our uninterrupted possession
of this impregnable stronghold was a continual
menace to the French. On the N. side, on a gentle
slope, approached by a splendid military road, lies
Clarenc^ House, the official residence of the com-
manding naval officer of the station. To the W.
lie the various buildings comprising the Dockyard,
which are all kept in good repair. A low and
narrow neck of sand, separating English and Fal-
mouth Harbours, leads to Falmouth Town, which is
a small hamlet grouped around its church, and a
place of no trade nor importance. Close at hand, on
the rugged summit of Monks Hill, stands Great
George Fort, which was constructed by the colonists
at a great cost as a shelter for the women and
children iu case of insurrection or invasion ; the
ramparts enclose an ai'ea of 10 acres, which was at
one time occupied by dwelling houses, store houses,
and magazines. Old Road Town in St. Mary's
Parish is likewise an insignificant place lying on a
good bay, where the first English settlers are sup-
posed to have lauded. Bridge Town at Willoughby
Bay exists now but in name. Parham Town in St.
Peter's Parish, once part of the lordship of the
Lords Willoughby of Parham, is a small village
about seven miles by road E. of St. John's, contain-
ing a few good houses close to the church, but its
harbour is not now used for trade.
Geology.* — Antigua presents three distinct for-
mations of the tertiary class, of which the most super-
ficial beds occupy the northern and eastern divisions
* The following- paragraphs have been copied from the Antigua
Almanacs of 1845 and 1S52.
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THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
of the island. These consist of a calcareous marl
and coarse sandstone, interspersed with masses of a
tolerably compact shell limestone. The monutainons
district, forming the southern and western divisions,
is composed of rocks of the newest floetz trap forma-
tion, as wacke por^jhyry, trap breccia, amygdaloid,
and some spherical masses of basaltic greenstone.
The intermediate district is occupied by a series
of argillaceous strata of varied characters. The
most superficial consists of a loose friable marl of
yellow colour, with olive-brown spots, containing
numerous concretions of a lenticular form. The
next stratum in the series is of a more compact and
homogeneous texture, being a white indurated clay
of a slaty structure, intersected by seams which
divide it into tabular masses. Inferior to this we
find another tabular rock, of a coarser grain than
the last, which, beiiig highly impregnated with green
earth, presents a beautiful sea-green or bluish colour.
The next, and lowest in the series of this formation,
is a stratum of liver-brown colour and conglomerate
character, having imbedded in it masses of different
species of the trap family. All these strata dip at a
considerable angle to the N. and N.E., and extend
across the island from the Ridge to the neighbour-
hood of St. John's. The order of stratitication is
somewhat disturbed by the irruption of a large mass
of the trap family at Drew's Hill. This spot is
worthy of a more minute examination, for it contains
the only marks of I'ecent volcanic action that have
as yet been discovered in this island. Streams of
lava, some more compact, others vesicular, are found
at the base of the hill, bearing the impression of the
leaves of dicotyledonous plants ; among which may
be recognized those of the Ficus pertusa, and a species
of Melastoma.
These three formations do not pass impercep-
tibly into each other, but are divided by well-
marked natural boundaries. The southern limit of the
calcareous district is formed by a zone of lowland, ex-
tending from Willoughby Bay on the S.E. to Dicken-
son's Bay on the N.W., which, at no very distant
period, appears to have been submerged by a narrow
firth, dividing the island into two, like the Riviere Sale
of Guadaloupe. The claystone is divided from the
trap formation by the Body Ponds and the stream
which issues from them, running towards the N.W.
through a beautifully luxuriant plain. The surface
of each district presents also peculiar features. The
calcareous is exceedingly broken and undulated,
consisting of a series of round-backed hills of no
great elevation, covered with a light arid soil. The
summits of these hills are overgrown with wild sage
{Lantana involucrata), among which the loblolly
{Pisonia suhcordata), Croton halsamiferum, Bauwoljia
nitida, and other shrubs are interspersed. The
sides of the hills and intervening valleys are highly
cultivated, and produce a rapid growth when duly
favoured with rain. The claystone formation pre-
sents a precipitous escarpment towards the S. and
S.W., and a gentle declivity in the opposite direction.
This is the most barren district in the island, con-
sidering that it is everywhere accessible to the im-
plements of husbandry. The district occupied by
the trap formation consists of mountains, some of
which rise with conical summits to the height of
800 or 1000 feet, others of the sam.e elevation are
more rounded and less precipitous, affording a
good soil for the sugar-cane even on their tops.
They are intersected by beautifully romantic valleys,
and the abrupt sides of the mountains are clothed
with the verdant foliage of a great variety of herbs
and trees and twining shrubs.
Mineral Contents. — Calcareous spar, agates,
chalcedony, quartz, and jasper of various colours,
are met with abundantly in both the stratified
formations. The upper strata of the clay, and the
alluvial district between it and the marl, contain
extensive beds of stratified chert, which, in the
more upland jjarts of this district is broken into
angular blocks of considerable size and strewed over
the surface of the land, affording an additional
cause of its bad agricultural character. The whole
of this formation is highly impregnated with the
oxides of iron, and the granular magnetic iron ore,
or iron sand, may be collected in abundance, espe-
cially after a shower, when it accumulates in the
courses of the temporary streams which the rain
occasions. Suljjhate of barytes is found at Drew's
Hill, under an insulated mass of wacke porphyry.
Oeganio Remains.— The organic fossils of the
calcareous strata consist of a great variety of marine
exuviffi, analogous to those which at present inhabit
the surrounding seas, as astrese, meandrinse, tubi-
porse, echinus, pectan, cardium, strombus, cerithium,
scalaria, ostrea, etc. Many of the polyj)iferous re-
mains are seen in a state of beautiful preservation,
although they have undergone a thorough con-
version of their substance, the calcareous matter of
the fossil being entirely replaced by an infiltration
of chalcedony. Of the higher animals no remains
have been discovered as yet, except one or two
sharks' teeth not much inferior in size to those
found in Malta.
The chert contains a prodigious quantity of casts,
apparently of the genus Melania, and some of the
entire shells adhere to its exterior surface in beautiful
relief, shewing evidently that this mineral has been
deposited from the waters which overflowed this dis-
trict. Associated with the chert, we find great
quantities of silicious petrifactions of the stems of
palms and dicotyledonous trees : these take a beau-
tiful polish, and are much sought after for the
cabinet of the curious. No organic remains have
been found in the trap, and few minerals, except
those which are common to these rocks.
Springs, Rivers, etc. — There are few springs in
the island, and no stream that deserves the name of
a river; but there are several creeks, whose oozy
waters maintain the growth of impenetrable thickets
of the different species of mangrove, as Rhigophera
mangle, Avicennia tomentosa, and Laguncularia race-
mosa.
Climate. — In Antigua the weight and tempera-
TOPOGRAPHY.
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ture of the atmosphere vary but little throughout
the year. The mean temperature is 78°, the maxi-
mum 87° and minimum 66° ; the mean dew point
70°. The usual height of the barometer is 30 inches,
but occasionally it rises to 30-15, and sometimes
falls as low as 29-3. The average fall of rain is 45
inches* during the year. From A.pril to August
the fanning trade-wind holds its steady course, in-
fusing health and vigour into every living creature.
During the next three months the electrical equili-
brium is often disturbed, the wind is more variable
both in force and direction; the clouds collect in
volumes, and torrents of rain fill the ponds and
cisterns, on which the inhabitants def)end for a
supply of water. This is the season at which hurri-
canes occur. On these occasions the barometer has
fallen from '5 inch to 1'86 inch below its ordinary
height. From December to April the wind becomes
more northerly, and produces frequently a sensation
of cold much greater than what is indicated
by the thermometer, but in the cloudless moonlight
nights at this period of the year even the mercury
falls now and then to 66° of Fahrenheit.
Zoology. — With the exception of rabbits, two or
three species of bats, and rats and mice, there are
no wild animals of the class Mammalia in Antigua.
The domestic animals are horses, mules, oxen, hogs,
goats, and a short-haired hornless breed of sheep,
the flesh of which is highly esteemed. Domestic
fowls, geese, turkeys, guinea-birds, and ducks are
abundant. Cranes, pelicans, wild ducks, owls, hawks,
kites, quails, and ground-doves ; plovers, sand-
pipers, and other migratory birds, which visit the
island for a short time in autumn ; humming-birds,
and one or two species of Pici nearly complete the
catalogue of wild birds. Of the order Passeres
scarcelj' an individual occurs, so that Antigua can-
not boast of the melody of her groves. In tropical
countries the ear is not the avenue of pleasurable
sensations. In the splendour of day Nature presents
to the eye her gorgeous attire in all the stillness of
a panorama, and when night has veiled the scene
in darkness the croaking of frogs and the shrill
note of the gryllides produce a noise painfully
discordant, but of which, fortunately, its unvaried
sameness soon renders the ear almost insensible. The
coast is well supplied with turtle and the fish pecu-
liar to these regions, and which, with the exception
of the yellow-billed sprat, conger eel, and horse-eyed
cavally, are seldom possessed of the poisonous quali-
ties with which they are frequently impregnated in
these seas.
Vegetable Kingdom. — Sugar is the staple com-
modity of the island, and consequently the cultiva-
tion of the sugar-cane is the chief business of the
agriculturist ; but various articles of provisions, such
as maize, guinea-corn, yams, sweet potatoes, eddoes,
arrowroot, cassada, and a great variety of legnminoiis
plants are also raised, together with pumpkins,
squashes, okro, and other esculent vegetables. Of
* For the 18 years, 1870—1887, the average rainfall was 51
inches.
fruit a great variety may be enumerated, but little
care is taken in their culture, such as gnavas, soiir
soj), sweet sop, custard apples, papaws, plantains,
bananas, cocoanuts, bread fruit, jack fruit, cashew-
nuts, granadillas, water-melons, prickly pear, moun-
tain pear, avocado pear, mango, hog plums, Java
plums, Barbados cherries, Surinam cherries, I'ose
apples, and several other species of Eugenia ; grapes,
tamarinds, pomegranates, sapadillas, Otaheite goose-
berries {Gica disticha), and Barbados gooseberries.
Antigim is still celebrated for pine-apples ; and the
different species of the citron genus were once pro-
duced here in great perfection, but they ai-e now
almost totally destroyed by the blight. The prin-
cipal trees are red and white cedars {Cedrela odo-
■rata, Bignonia leucoxylon), mahogany, logwood,
manchineel, mangrove trees, white wood {Bucida
huceras), broad-leaved terminalia or wild almond
tree, and tamarind. Guinea-grass is extensively
cultivated, and together with an indigenous species,
the Cent-per-Cent {Panicum colonum), and the tops
of the sugar-cane, it constitutes the principal green
food of the stable. In moist clayey soils the nut-
grass [Gyperus hydra) is a troublesome weed ; but
the great pest of the planters is the devil's grass
{Cynodon dactylon), which, though by all accounts
biit of recent introduction, is now extensively dif-
fused, and has resisted every method of eradicating
it hitherto practised.
Of the indigenous botany of the Antilles, there is
yet much to be discovered ; and it is rather dis-
creditable to the parent state, that for the little that
is known we are indebted to the zeal of private
individuals, chiefly industrious foreigners. The vol-
canic islands, jjossessing a more humid soil and
temperate climate than the lowlands of marine origin,
present a flora more numerous in species and luxu-
riant in growth. There the orchidese, ferns, and
lycopodiacea are more abundant. Each island in
the groui>, however, affords a locality to some par-
ticular species which is unknown to the others,
though the same general botanical features pervade
the whole. Of the truly indigenous plants found
in Antigua, 401 species have been accurately de-
termined. (The late Dr. Nicholas Nugent, an emi-
nent geologist and botanist, was probably responsible
for the above-quoted articles.)
RAINFALL 1846—1852.
Taken at the '^ Ridge." (Davy's 'West Ikdies,' p. 384.)
1846.
1847.
1848.
1849.
1850.
1851.
18.52.
Jan.
2-77
2-92
1-57
3^75
•81
Feb.
1-50
1-30
1-95
6-38
2-85
Mar.
1-72
1-
2-60
2-25
•40
April
■57
2-92
•85
•43
2-75
May
•86
1-17
•53
•25
5^43
4^36
June
1-92
1-37
1-99
2-64
8^84
July
8-31
2-33
2-91
3-68
753
1-81
2^85
Aug.
8-69
6-38
4-
4^26
7^52
7-31
6^24
Sep.
3-29
1-91
5-47
V?,7
3-78
1-23
5^09
Oct.
2-46
3-98
7-49
2^96
1-31
3-99
•88
Nov.
9-17
6-25
4-69
•31
1^82
434
Dec.
13-47
2*42
1-79
3-30
3^24
5-67
4^28
Total
36^51
24^16
33^13
51^23
32^ 10
TIU
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dee.
Total
RAINFALL
1870-
-1878.
RAINFALL 18
79—1888.
Recorded
BY THE Librarian at St. John's.
Recorded bt the Librarian at St.
John's.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
4-60
3-47
1^64
4-05
1-95
2-50
4-01
2-08
3-57
Jan.
3-63
11-09
2-77
2-52
3-75
2-83
2-59
269
316
3-01
•84
1-49
•68
1-17
1-79
2-83
1-58
4-06
1-51
Feb.
5-75
2-83
2-71
191
4-18
2-69
1-59
2^50
2-76
2-14
2-85
3-05
1-68
4-22
1-50
3-52
4-64
-44
3-99
Mar.
1-81
2-13
-66
•57
2-27
3-39
1^47
r67
1-32
2^02
•79
4-20
1-04
1-11
2-46
1-24
4-39
8-45
2-53
April
5-47
6-94
4-13
V37
4-64
2-39
2-25
4^45
•54
4-15
1-64
3^30
1-52
1-83
3-10
1-48
9-44
2-64
11-20
May
11-39
9-46
8-01
l-U
6-76
4-72
V57
2^25
3-84
1-84
2^13
1-81
2-22
i-.so
1-85
2-99
5-89
6-58
2-29
June
6-90
4-46
10-65
2-60
5-08
3-75
2-04
3^83
7-90
5-57
5-83
293
5-77
1-75
3-33
3-06
4-53
3-69
7-95
July
5-96
10-28
5-23
4-46
3-63
7-32
3^31
4^57
4-43
7-19
6^82
2-52
2-96
4-63
6-98
4-71
3-36
2-24
6-65
Aug.
12-15
3-96
8-70
5^45
6-19
2-44
9-85
5^68
611
7-46
2-55
4^01
11-86
5-84
7-87
3-16
4-32
3-99
9-82
Sep.
2-78
3-74
4-79
5^52
3-13
7-37
263
9-18
7-32
4-72
4-35
3-40
5-87
6-62
4-49
6^11
2-76
6-90
5-90
Oct.
8-66
3-72
12^65
7^45
10-70
5-93
9^87
4^33
6-31
6^09
3^04
1^97
4-60
1-92
3-68
ro8
2-11
6-35
5-39
Nov.
7-71
4-84
5-25
3-22
10-12
6-05
9^28
4-20
4-55
4-31
2^28
2-82
4-54
5-52
2-43
7-49
1-96
4-16
1-88
Dec.
4-22
3-36
130
6-15
8-69
4-71
4^70
2-79
1-65
37-82
34-97
44-.S8
37-05
40^37
40-17
48-99
51-58
62-68
Total
76-43
66-81
66^85
42-66
69-14
53-59 51-15
4814
49-89
CHAPTER II.
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LEEWAED ISLANDS, 1623-1635.
The first discovery of Antigua dates from 1493,
when Columbus, on his second voyage, is supposed
to have passed this island, and to have named it
after a church in Seville, " Santa Maria de la
Antigua."*
It was next visited in 1520 by a party of
Spaniards under the Licentiate Don Antonio Ser-
rano, who had received Letters Patent from his royal
master authorizing him to colonize this and other
islands, which orders were never carried out.
The actual settlement of the island, however, did
not take jilace until about 1632, when Sir Thomas
Warner, the founder of the English colonies in the
Leeward Islands, despatched a party of settlers from
St. Christopher's.
But before proceeding with the history of Antigua
proper, it wiU be necessary to give an account of the
settlement of the parent colony — St. Christopher's.
Thomas Warner, the younger son of a Suffolk
squire, of ancient lineage, having entered the Army
at an early age, and attained the rank of Captain in
the King's Body Guard, accompanied Captain Roger
North, brother of Lord North, to Surinam, and there
met a ' Captain Thomas Painton, an experienced
navigator, who suggested St. Christopher's as a very
suitable island on which to plant a colony.
Acting ou his friend's advice, Warner returned
home in 1620, and having been fitted out by
Mr. Ralph Merifield, a London merchant, embarked
on board a vessel bound to Virginia, and arrived
eventually at St. Christopher's on the 28th of
January 1623-4, with fifteen men :t William Tasted,
John Rhodes, Robert Bims, Mr. Benifield, Sergeant
Jones, Mr. Ware, William Ryle, Rowland Grascocke,
Mr. Bonde, Mi-. Langley, Mr. Weaver, Edward
Warner (the captain's son). Sergeant Aplou, one
sailor, and a cook. Soiithey states that they found
three Frenchmen, who tried to set the Indians upon
the English, but at last they all became friends,
* In the early records the name -svas usually spelt Antego,
later Antegoa or Antigoa ; pronounced " Autega " at the present time.
t The names of these original settlers are given by Southey,
vol. i., p. 252, but Rochefort, Oldmixon, and Bryan Edwards omit
them.
lived a month with the Indians, built a fort and a
house, and planted fruits and tobacco. By Septem-
ber they had a crop of tobacco, which was destroyed
by a hurricane upon the 19th of that month. Row-
land Grascocke stated : " That all that while they
lived upon cassado bread, potatoes, plantanes, pines,
turtles, guanes, and fish plenty ; for drink they had
nicknobby."* Another ship must have shortly
followed, for James Astry in his sworn deposition
(read on 2 August ] 660 at a meeting of the Privy
Council Committee) related, "how in Jan. 1624 he
and about 23 English planted in S' Christopher's
without any authority but their own, and shortly
after other Englishmen did the same."
On the 18th of March 1624 the ship " Hopewell,"
fitted out by Ralph Merifield, and commanded by
Captain John Jeaffreson (also a Suffolk man), ari'ived
with three men passengers and some trade for the
Indians. Captain Warner then seems to have re-
turned in her to England with a second crop of
tobacco ; and soon after his arrival obtained from the
King a commission, dated 13 September 1625, which
recites : " The discovery of St. Christopher's alias
Merwar's Hope, Mevis, Barbadoes, and Monserate, by
Thomas Warner, who, set forth & supplied by Ralph
Merrifield, hath also began a plantation & colony of
those islands, until then inhabited only by savages &
not under the government of any Christian prince or
state ; taking the said islands & inhabitants under
the royal protection, & granting Thomas Warner the
custody as the King's Lieutenant, with full power to
make orders, articles, & ordinances, to trade freely
for all manner of commodities, & to send over people
to strengthen the plantation. In the event of
Thomas Warner's decease, John JeafPreson, if he be
still living, is appointed Lieutenant, & when the
office becomes void by death, the English subjects
resident there are empowered to elect a new
Lieutenant."
* Rochefort wrote in 1658 that the usual drink of the Caribs
was called •' Maby," which was made of potatoes boiled with water.
Lygon, in 1673, calls it "Mobbie," and likened it to Rhenish ■wine
in the must, but short of it in the strength of the spirit and fine-
ness of the taste.
SETTLEMENT OE THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
IX
In tlie meanwhile complications and difficulties
were arising in the infant colony, for during
Warner's absence a French pinnace, under the com-
mand of Monsieur De Nombe, arrived at St. Christo-
pher's.* Pierre Belain, Sieur D'Esnambuc (called
De Nombe by Grascock), a French gentleman of the
ancient house of Vauderop, had sailed from Dieppe
in a brigantine with forty men, and after being dis-
abled in fight with a Spanish galleon arrived at St.
Christopher's to refit, the same day that Warner
returned from England with recruits. The French
privateersmen are stated to have then combined with
the English, and attacked the Caribs, whom they
severely defeated, at the cost of about 100 whites,
some of whom died in four hours from the poisoned
arrows, and having rid themselves of these trouble-
some savages, Warner and D'Esnambuc returned to
their respective countries. The above event probably
took place some time in 1626. On the 3rd of May
1626 Ralph Merrifield presented his petition to the
Privy Council, stating that : " Having set foi-th two
ships, under the command of Capt' Warner and
Smith, to the new plantation in the Caribbee Islands,
on their passage to the Downs they made prize of a
small vessel of Dunkirk, which, being a good sailer,
they intended to take with them, but Sir Henry
Palmer required Capt. Warner to clear her in the
Admiralty. Prays that she may go the voyage, &
that Warner may answer for her on his return. On
the same day passed an Order in Council for the
restoration of the above to Capt' Warner & Smith."
(' Domestic Correspondence,' Car. I., vol. 26 ; see
' Colonial Calendar,' p. 328.)
At the same time that Warner was collecting
supplies for his colony, D'Esnambuc, his whilom ally
but future enemy, was not idle, and it was doubtless
through his representations that the French West
India Company was founded on 30 October 1626 by
that far-seeing statesman. Cardinal Richelieu, who
granted commissions to Captains D'Esnambuc and
Du Roissey ; the former of whom sailed from Havre
in the ship the " Catholique " of 250 tons, and
joining the latter in the " Cardinale " with 70, and
the " Victoire " with 140 men, dropped anchor ofp
Sandy Point, St. Chi-istopher's, on the 8th of May
1627. The Frenchmen, who had suffered severely,
for on the " Cardinale " but 16 were alive out of 70,
took up their quarters at Capsterre. On the 13th of
the same month the three leaders, D'Esnambuc, Du
Roissey, and Warner, signed the first treaty for the
partition of the island between the two nations,
which runs as follows : — ■
Anno 1627. Articlesf made betweene y^ gentlmen
Gov'iio'rs Captaine Warner & Captaiue Denumbuke, &
Cap. Du Roissey, for j^ maiataining of their Commis-
sions received from j^ King of England & y<= King of
France.
Imp'is. Seeing y' y« English & y« French have together
conquered y^ Island of S' Christopher in y« West Indies &
* See Southey, vol. i., p. 253, quotinc; from the narrative of Gras-
cocke, Simons, and Burjjh, who were among the first colonists.
f These treaties are to be seen at the British Museum, Egertou
MS. 2395.
y' their Kings have given them Commissions for y^ same
place ; they shall remaine Govern'rs of this Island, each of
them ill their severall plantation, according to their agree-
ment.
All J" Englishmen y' are Ujion y'- said Island shall live
under y'^ authoritie & com'aiid of y' King of England & his
Leiutenant Governour ; & likewise y^ french-mea, under
their King, & y« Governours made by hitn.
Noe shipping y' shall come to y'^ saide Island shall sell
their merchandize w'*" out leave of j' said Governours Cap.
Warner, & Cap. Denumbuke, and Cap. Du Roissey : If it
be an English ship, y"^ Govern' of y= English shall set a
price itpon his merchandize. And if it be a freuch-ship y^
french Govern'rs shall doe so likewise : But if here come
any Flemmish ship y<= Governours shall conclude together, &
set a price upon his merchandize.
The Governours shall not entertaine any men or slaves
of either partie, in their habitations, before they have given
warning one to y'' other.
If any Indians shall be seene upon y'' said Island hee y'
first discovereth them shall send word of it pr'sently to y^
other nation.
If any Spaniards shall at any time invade y<= said Island,
hee y' first discovereth them shall pr'sently send word to j"
Gov'rnour or Governours of y^ other nation & they shall
send forces immediately to aide them against y" Spaniards,
y' they may not be suffered to land there.
If there be any quarrelling or fighting betweene any of
y'' Enghsh and y^ french, they shall be judged by y*
governours ; & after judgment passed upon them they shall
be sent each of them to their owne plantations to be
punished.
If there shall be any warrs betweene England & France
y^ Governours shall give warning thereof one to y'' other.*
And allthough there be warrs betweene England &
France yet y^ English shall not make warre against y^
french, nor y^ french against ye English upon y'= said
Island, unlesse they have speciall order for it from their
King.
Partage made (betweene y"' governours Cap. Warner, Cap.
Denumbuke, & Captain Du Roissey) of y'= Island of St.
Christopher in j" name of their Kings by j'' vertue of
their Commissions. Aprill 28, 1627.
Impr'is. Of y<= baster for Cap. Warner : From y= river
w'"" is halfe way betweene M. Shambauts plantation & Mer-
ward to y^ Sandie point.
Of y^ baster for Cap. Denumbuke & Cap. Du Roissey :
From ye foresaid river to y= salt ponds Eastward.
Of Capies ter for Cap. Warner : From y= West side of y=
river at Christopher's tow to Cans. Pipholet.f
Of Capies ter for Cap. Denumbuke & Cap. du Roissey :
From y^ East side of y' river at Christopher's towne to y^
salt ponds ; & from Cans. Pipholet to y« sandie point.
Besides this partage made of y= Island The Island shall
be free for any of them, to hunt to fish ; The salt ponds
allso, y^ rivers, y'= seas, y^ roades, y" mines & wood of value
(if any shall be found) shall be common betweene y^ English
& y^ french.
These articles are made & agreed upon betweene y'=
gov'rn'rs Cap. Warner, Cap. Denumbuke, & Cap. Du Roissey:
And they have promised, protested, & sworne, that they
will maintaine y" said Island, & uphould each other, during
y'= pleasure of their Kings, y'= King of England & y' King
of France.
Moreover y'= gov'rn'rs have promised and bound them-
selves to give notice unto their Kings y= King of England
* In margin — This article and all form Articles agreed uppon
were confirmed and (hlanli) in the Engl, and fre. last Articles m.ade
about 3 montlis before the Isl. was surprised by the french.
t In the French copy this is called " la Case du Pistolet."
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
& y' King of France of the articles, & partage of }■•= said
Island to know their M'''== pleasures.
Endorsed : — '■ 1627. The first agreem' of Partage of y^
Island betwixt y« English & french." It is fnrther en-
dorsed in French, but the writing is very indistinct, though
some of the witnesses' names can be read.
On 13 May 1627 the following treaty was signed,
a copy of which was annexed to the treaty of 15 July
1637 and re-confii-med : —
Anno 1627. Articles agreed upon by Ca])' Warner, M'
Desnambucq and M"' Du Roissy to be maintained
according to y' Commands they have from the Kings
of france and England, by virtue of their Commissions
first.
Since the french and English have togeather Conquered
the Island of S' Christophers from the Indians, And that
the Kings of france and England have allowed it, and given
them their Commissions, the one and the others shall
remayne Goveruours Each in their quarter (for y« said
Kings).* And according to Separation made betweene
them and shall y^ one and the others beare the quallity of
Oovernours Each in their quarter. All the french which
shall be in the Island shall not depend from any but the
king of france and the goveruours preposed by his Ma*-".
And the English from the King of England and the
Goveruours preposed.f Noe shipp shall come to trafficq in
y" Island but by permition of the sayd Governour. If he
be English the English Governour shall give the orders and
prises for y^ marchandizes. If he be french, the french
Governor shall give the ord"' & prises aisoe to j' sayd
marchandizes. If he be Dutch they shall both togeatlier
give their permition. The sayd Goveruours shall detayne
any men or slaves in their plantations that shall not belong
to them But shall keepe them till such tyme as they shall
have given Each other Notice of y« sayd men or slaves.
If any Cource to be had against the Indians, Each shall Con-
tribute of men, boates and Armes to their power. If the
Spanyards should land in the Island, Each shall be bound
to find the most powerfull helpe that can be, to y'= Landing
place and shall helpe Each other with all their power. If
there happen any difierance quarrells or fighteings betweene
Each others men, the delinquents shall be judged by the
french and English and after that sent Each in his quarter
for Execution of y= sentence. If there happen warr in
Europe twixt the English and french, Yett shall not the
s"! Goveruours warr with Each other Except Expressly Com-
manded thereto by their Prince, In which Case, they shall
be obliged to give Each other Notice before they committ
any act of hostility.
Separations of the Island of S' Christophers made betweene
Cap' Warner, M' De Nambucq, and M"' Du Roissy, ffor
and in behalfe of y^ Kings of france and England,
according and Conformably to their Commissions of y"
Eighth Day of May One thousand six hundred twenty
and seaven.
ffirst fifor Basseterre the Limitts of Cap* Warner in said
behalfe shall Extend from the river which make the midway
from y<= plantation of Meronard and that form'ly made by
M'' Chantail, to Sandy pointe Southward, at the foote of
Samuells Garden. And for Cap* De Nambucq and M'' Du
Roissy in sayd behalfe, their part shall be from the sayd
River which makes Separation of the sayd plantations East-
ward to J" salt panns. And for Capesterre, Cap* Warners
part in sayd behalfe shall be from the syde of the river of
* " For y= said Kings," in mergen in y« originall.
f (Y« English from y' King of England & their Governours
preposed) Interlined in the Originall.
S' Christopher's house. Westward to the house of Pifolet.
And that part of Cap* Du Roissy and De Nambucq in y*
sayd behalf shall be from the other side of S' Christopher's
house, Eastward to the Saltpanns, And Westward from the
house of Pifolet to Sandy pointe. Moreover what sepera-
tions soever be made hereabove, Its und'stood that fowleing
or hunting, fishing, the saltpauns. Rivers, the 'sea roades,
mines, wood for dye and of vallew If any be, and Wayes
shall be Common betweene the English and french and that
they shall make use of them in Common. Which articles
and seperations, the sayd M'' Warner, M"" De Nambucq and
M'' Du Roissy, Have promised, sworne and protested upon
the holy Evangelists to follow maintaine and keepe, with
the good Likeings of y"^ king of france and of the King of
England. And the sayd S" on each part shall be bound
and obliged to give Notice of them to their sayd Ma*y*'
that thereupon the rattification will and Consent of their
Ma*^". And further the 8'= Warner, De Nambucq and Du
Roissy in behalfe of their sayd Ma*-''" and Company Doe
oblige themselves to fortifye and furnish the sayd Island of
S' Christophers with all their power, Against the striveings,
Landeings and Incursions of their publicq Ennemies and
others, who would give them any disturbance and hinder
them in y^ sayd possession. Done in the Island of S'
Christophers this thirteenth Day of May One thousand six
hundred twenty and seaven. In p'sence of M'' Cately
Minister of Gods word for the Company of sayd M'' Warner
Phillip Salmon Interpretter, Anthony Hilton, James Ostry,
John Golbin sarjeant of y' Company, And M''* fHamare,
Lefebure, Chambault, Le Bruil, La Barre and Picot ffor the
Company of y" french Occidentall Indies. Signed De
Belin, Thomas Warner, Urbain Du Roissy, Le febure,
Chambault Tontain, forat, Du Bruil, La Barrediel, Valle-
mont, Anthony Hilton, Picot, James Austin, and by
Colhnge, by Each their hand with florish. (For the
French copy of this see ' Du Tertre,' vol. i., pp. 17-20.)
The p'sent Coppy hath beene Compared with its
Originall in paper Presented by M'' Generall Warner in his
house, and remitted againe in his hands, which Coppie of
sayd Originall, hath beene read and againe read, and beene
found Conforme thereto, Comprehending therein the words
which are in the first page (for the sayd Kings) and
Interlined : the English from the King of England and of
the Govern'^ preposed, Done in the studdy of y" said M""
Warner Generall as above and in his p'sence, and in p'sence
of M' De Boitiere Judge Civill and Criminell in y'= sayd
Island And Gentilz Commissary Generall of our Lords of y^
Company the 15"" July 1637.
P. Boitiere.
Thojias Warner. Gentilz.
Endorsed : — " Papers received from the Lorde W™ Wil-
loughby 24 Novemb. 1671 concerning S* Christophers to be
returned if my Lorde come back into Englande else to be
kept by.
H. Slingsby."
Shoi-tly after this occurrence, on July the 2nd
foUowiuo- the Earl of Carlisle obtained from
Charles I. a grant of all the Caribbees, including
St. Christopher's, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia,
Barbados, Mittalanea, Dominico, Marigalante, De-
seada, Todosantes, Guadaloupe, Antigua, Montserrat,
Eedeudo, Barbuda, Nevis, Statia, St. Bartholomew,
St. Martin, AnguiUa, Sembrera, Enegada, and other
islands, before found out to his gi-eat cost, and
brought to a large and copious colony of English, to
SETTLEMENT OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
XI
be hereafter named " The Carlisle or the Islands of
Carlisle Province," reserving a yearly rent of j6100,
and a white horse vrhen the king, his heirs and suc-
cessors, shall come into these parts. (Colonial Entry
Book, vol. v., pp. 1 — 12.) An earlier patent in Latin
vras issued to him on the 2nd of June, and in this,
the original grant, the names Barbidas and Barbado
both appeared.*
The Earl, who was a great spendthrift, and much
in debt to some of the merchants interested in
"Warner's venture at St. Christojjher's, was prompted
by them to obtain the above grant as a means of
payment. The names of these merchant adventurers
were : —
Maemaduke Rawdon. Robert Swinneeton.
William Peekin. Henry Wheatlet.
Alexander Banistee. John Chaeles.
Robert Wheatlet. John Jaeeingdon.
Bdmonu Foestee.
Early in 1628 the colony of St. Christopher's had
increased so rapidly in strength and numbers that
Warner was enabled to send a party to settle the
adjoining Island of Mevis or Nevis, which was only
distant about two leagues. Southey also relates, that
Littleton, a planter of St. Christopher's, obtained
from the Earl of Carlisle a grant of the Island of Bar-
bouthos or Barbuda, lying a few leagues north of
Antigua, and there settled.
On 29 September 1628 Sir Robert Killigrew
wrote to James, Earl of Carlisle, informing him " that
things concerning St. Christopher's are in the same
state, save a letter come to the hands of Tom Davis,
speaks of a desire a Governor of the West Indies has
to siipplant the Earl."
D'Esnambuc having informed Cardinal Richelieu
of the desperate state to which the French colony
was reduced, the Company despatched De Cusack in
Juue 1629 with six sail of the line, two pinnaces, and
an armed merchantman, with 300 colonists and
ample stores. On their arrival De Cusack, finding
the English hostile, plundered ten of their merchant-
men lying in the Roads, compelled his opponents to
retire within their proper boundaries, and on 5
August 1629 ratified a fresh treaty with Edward
Warner, Governor of St. Christo^jher's (during his
father's absence), by which the former ones of 5 Sep-
tember and 8 November 1628 were cancelled, and the
first one of 13 May 1627 confirmed. Sir Thomas
Warner, who was knighted at Hamilton Court on 21
September, came to terms with the Earl of Carlisle,
and on 29 September obtained from him the following
Commission : —
Original Commission for Sir Thomas Warner to be Governor
of St. Kitts. Dated 29 September 1629.
1629. James Lord Hay, Baron of Sawley, Viscount
Doncaster, Earle of Carlisle, Knight of the most noble
Order of the Garter, Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and
one of the Lords of y= most Hono""!^ Privye Couneill of his
most Excellent Ma">= Charles of England, Scotland, France
p. 51.
* See ' The Cavaliers and Roundheads,' by N. Darnell Davis,
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &ca. To all
persons unto whome these presents shall come, or apper-
taine. Greeting and peace, in our Lord Everlasting.
aSiijcrcaS S'- Thomas Warner Kn' descended Lineally
of the worthy and ancient family of the Warners in the
Counties of Suffolk and Essex hath heretofore with the
Adventure of his person Life and Estate by Travaile and
frequentation for many yeares in several! parts of the West
Indies, discovered, and taken special observations and know-
ledge of divers Islands towards or neer the Continent of
America commonly knowne by the name of the Caribee
Islands, not being in the Occupation or under the Goverm'
of any Christian Prince or State but eyther wholy vacant or
uninhabited only by savage people wanting as well Orders
and Lawes of humane Civilitie as under-standiug and
religious Advocation of their Creator. And Whereas the
said S'' Thomas Warner haveiug taken actuall possession of
all the said Caribee Islands in the name, and for y'= proper
use of his Late Ma''" of blessed memorie and the Crowne of
England. And with the Generall consent, Affection, and
ratification of y"= Natives of the Island of S' Christopher
al's S* Christovall one of the said Caribee Islands, begun a
Plantac'on upon the said Island directing his Studies and
endeavours wholly unto Piety and y" publique of which his
good service, his most Excellent Ma'''= was pleased to take
so eflfectuall notice as hee vouchsafed not only to take into
his Royall protection the person and proceeding of the said
S'' Thomas Warner concerning the right seizure and tytle
of all the said Islands, butt by his Letters Pattents under
the Great Seale of England and during his Ma"*^^ most
Gracious pleasure Committed also unto him the sole Cus-
todie Command and Government of all his liveing and
Loyall subjects eyther then or afterwards to come and be
upon the said Island of S' Christopher or any other of the
said Islands. By w'^'' his Ma"'=' favour the said S"' Thomas
Warner takeing further Encouragement erected severall
forts (the Chief whereof scituate between the two only
Rivers of that Island where they fall Southward into y"
Sea from his Ma"'=' most Gracious name he called Charles
fort) & divers times Enlarged the number and strength of
his Colonie and planted provisions as well of necessarie use
and subsistence for themselves as for gaine and Trafficque
with others whereby he did not only laye the foundation of
a lasting and happye plantation upon that Island, But by
his Example and action stirred up others of his Ma""^' active
subjects to the like Plantations, and undertakeing as well
upon some other of the said Caribee Islands or elsewhere
whicli hithertoe have prospered well, and dayly doe encrease
with assurance of much advanceing his Ma"'=' Soveraignity
and power in those parts and with it the true Religion,
Lawes, Civihty, Navigation & Trade of this Kingdome of
England for the Eternall Glorie and Comfort of the same.
Whereas also it hath pleased his most Gracious Ma''= before
named by Letters Pattents under the Great Seale of Eng-
land to Give Grant and Confirme unto mee the said Earle of
Carlile and my Heirs and assignes for ever the foresaid
Island of S' Christopher al's S' Christovall, and all the said
Caribee Islands and other Islands whatsoever lyeing be-
tween the degrees of Tenne and Twenty from the Equi-
noctiall Lyne, towards the North in Latitude and the de-
grees of three hundred and fifteen and of three hundred
and twentye and Seaven of Longitude Meridian distance
throughout all the said Latitude, with power (amongst
others) to Create officers, make Lawes, Erect Courts, and
doe all things for the safety and Good Government of his
Ma''"'* Subjects and advanceing any other plantation upon
the said Island and Islands as more at Large appeareth by
the said Letters Pattents, Proclaimed, and with all possible
alacritye and obedience acknowledged by the said S'
Thomas AVarner and the planters restant upon the said
Island Whereby it may appeare, with how much Loyaltie,
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Wisdome and Zeale uuto Christian Knowledge and piety as
well as humanitye Courage and Industrie the said S"'
Thomas Warner hatb already proceeded in these his Enter-
prizes, and for them deserved of the publiquc.
In Consideration whereof as likewise in regard of his
Especial! affection, and respect upon all occasions towards
myself and owne particular besides the Confidence I have of
his Continuance faithfully to employ the best of his abilities
for the perfecting and finall Establishing of the Colonies
and Plantations so happily begun, I, James Earle of Car-
lisle as aforesaid by virtue of his Ma"«= said Letters Patt''
doe hereby appoint depute Constitute and finally Confirme
and Establish the said S' Thomas Warner (in the absence
of myself and my Deare son James Lord Viscount Don-
caster) sole Governor and Commander during his Naturall
Life of all the said Island of S* Christopher al's ....
(British Museum, Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 15.)
About the end of October 1629 an unwelcome
visitor next appeared on tlie scene in the person of
Don Frederick de Toledo, who arrived off St. Christo-
pher's on his way to Brazil, with 35 large galleons
and 1-i armed merchantmen. In passing Nevis he
had seized three or four English vessels, and another
was run on shore by her crew under the French
battery at St. Kitts. In the evening the Spanish
fleet anchored near the fort, and the Admiral, after
he had saluted it with five blank shot, sent a boat
ashore with a flag of truce. M. Du Roissey answered
the salute by firing three shot at the boat, and sent
for help to M. D'Esnambue, who commanded at
Capsterre, and to Captain "Warner, General of the
English. The former sent him 100 or 120 men,
under the leadershij) of M. Du Parqvret, his nephew,
but the English marched over 700 or 800 sti-ong,
and with this reinforcement M. Du Roissey worked
all night, throwing up an intrenchment along the
shoi-e.
At 8 A.M. next morning the Spaniards, under the
command of an Italian engineer, landed within two
musket-shots of the intrenchment, which they imme-
diately began to approach by traverses. M. Du
Parquet then made a sortie at the head of his com-
pany, and himself killed the Italian officer, but being
deserted by his cowardly countrymen, fell mortally
wounded. M. Du Roissey, panic-stricken at his loss,
embarked with some of his officers, and escaped to
Capsterre ; the rest fled in all directions, throwing
away their muskets.
At Capsterre M. D'Esnambue attempted in vain
to rally the fugitives. Du Roissey called a council
of war, at which it was determined to abandon
the island, and to settle at Antigua, and that
M. D'Esnambue was to be killed if he withheld his
consent. The whole French colony, therefore, num-
bering about 400 men, embarked in two vessels, then
in the Road of Capsterre, commanded by Captains
Rose and Liot.
The English, seeing that the Spaniards were in
possession of the French quarter, ofi'ered to quit
the island provided they were furnished with the
requisite shipping, and Don Frederick assenting, as
many as possible were sent on board the four vessels
which had been captured at Nevis, and sailed for
England ; the remainder promising to leave at the
first opportunity. Don Frederick, threatening that
he would give no quarter to any he should find there
on his return, removed 8 French cannon, and pro-
ceeded on his voyage to Bi'azil.
The French, who had sailed off without provisions,
were soon reduced to one glass of water and the
weight of a musket-ball of biscuit per day, and in
this state they were for three weeks ; and then, in-
stead of Antigua, made the island of St. Martin.
Parched withthii'st, and seeing no springs nor rivers,
they dug holes in the sand for water ; brackish though
it was, some of them died from drinking to excess.
In this situation, M. Du Roissey prevailed upon the
officer's to abandon the rest, and make Captain Rose
carry them to France, where, upon his arrival,
Cardinal de Richelieu immediately ordered him to
the Bastile. The poor inhabitants thought all the
officers had abandoned them ; but the next morning
they saw Captain Liot's vessel, which, having gone in
search of provisions, had run on a sand-bank off the
island ; from this vessel M. D'Esnambue landed, and
called a council of war, at which they again resolved
to proceed to Antigua; so he embarked with 150 men
in Captain Liot's vessel, leaving the rest at St.
Martin's, Anguilla, and St. Bartholomew's, with a
promise that he would send for them from Antigua.
D'Enambuc fell in with Captain Giron, one of M. De
Cusac's squadron at Antigua, with whom he examined
that island, but finding it unhealthy and marshy, he
determined to proceed to Montserrat. From Mont-
serrat, Caj)tain Giron went to reconnoitre St. Christo-
pher's, and see what had become of the English ;
these, upon the departure of Don Frederick, had
determined not to quit the island, and now sent- ofi" a
boat to Captain Giron to forbid his landing. This
was quite sufficient reason to Captain Giron for him
to commence hostilities ; he therefore attacked two
merchant vessels that were in the Road, who sur-
rendered after being disabled ; with these prizes he
went to a third and larger vessel, which surrendered
without any resistance. He now sent her to St.
Martin's, Anguilla, and St. Bartholomew's, to bring
back the remainder of the French to St. Christopher's.
D'Esnambue also came from MontseiTat with his
followers, and the whole of them, about 350 well-
armed men, arrived at St. Kitts, where they took up
their old quarters, after an absence of three months.
('Du Tertre,' vol. i., pp. 28-36, and Eochefort.) In
this year there were about 30 sail of English, Fi-ench,
and Dutch ships at St. Christopher's, and all the
Indians were driven out of that island.
Captain Richard Plumleigh wrote on 7 March
1630 to Lord Carlisle, that he met at Cadiz, George
Donne, Lieutenant Hay, and five or six others,
hostages for the ships lent by Don Frederick de
Toledo, for transportation of the pdanters upon the
islands belonging to Carlisle, and promised that he
would solicit his Lordship to hasten their delivery.
He found them in great want, and relieved them
both with advice and money. A Spanish shij^ had
apparently already arrived at Portsmouth with
SETTLEMENT OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
xui
refugees from St. Christopher's. (' Colonial Cal./
p. 108.)
Du Tertre relates that at this period they traffiqued
in tobacco, cotton, roucou (a red dye), and pimento,
but that the manufacture of sugar, indigo, and
ginger was not understood.
Owing to the disastei-s entailed by the Spanish
invasion ; the neglect of the West Indian Company ;
and the overbearing power of the English ; M. D'Es-
nambuc decided early in 1630 to abandon the colony,
so all the French worked hard to raise a large crop
of tobacco, to take with them to Europe, many of
them destroying their plantations of mandioc and
yams. Six months later they changed their mind,
but the want of provisions now caused a famine,
which was, however, relieved by the timely arrival of
a Zealander. The French are stated to have num-
bered but 360 men, whilst the English had increased
to 6000. On 15 November a treatv of peace was
signed between England and Spain.
The following pajjer graphically sets forth the
condition of the planters at this period, but the
writer in saying that they were " constreyned to eat
fruit," the natural food of the tropics, rather
leads one to think that their hardships were not
very severe : —
To the right Hno"'^ the Lords & others of his Ma"
most Hno'''° Privy Councell.
4 Feb. 1630-1. The most humble Petic'on of the
Planters & Adventurers to the Carribbee Islands.
Shewing :
That the distressed Planters, and their Servaunts his
Ma'' most dutifull, & loving Subjects now uppon the sayd
Islands are at present in very great distresse, & want of
Victualls ; Many of them not having eaten one Morsell of
Bread at least one monthe before divers people of good
Creditt (who lately arrived here in England) departed
thence ; But are Constre3'ned to feed on Land Crabbs &
other unholsome provisions, & fruite, w"^'' the sayd Islands
this winter Season affoard.
ffor p'vention whereof, some of yo"' p'tic" have allready
provided a small quantity of Victualls to be sent to the sayd
Islands ; Some part whereof is allready on Boord, & more
ready to be shipped, to save the lives of his Ma'^ sayd Sub-
jects ; But that the petic'^ are hindered by the officers of
his Ma'" Customes in as they Cannot proceed ; Allthough
their Shipps lye here at great expence.
May it therefore please yo'' good Lqpp^ in tender
Co'siderac'on hereof to give Order to the severall officers
of his Ma'° Customes, and porte, to permitt, & suffer yo"'
petic" to transport a reasonable proportion of Victualls
unto the sayd Caribbee Islands (uppon sufficient Cauc'on
given to deliver the same there only) for the p'sent supplye
of the foresayd distressed Inhabitants his Ma'' Subjects
there. That they may but subsist with Lyvelyhood untill
the provisions by them planted shall be gathered ; w'eh are
hoped to be such, & so plentifull, that they shall never here-
after have occasion to entreate Supplye from this Kingdome
or any other place.
And yo'' Petio" as most bound, shall ever pray for yo''
LoPP' increase of all bono"'' & happiness.
(America and West Indies, Leeward Islands,
No. 552, 1721—1749.)
By some oversight the above petition has been
bound up with papers of a very much later date.
The two following minute and interesting narra-
tives have been transcribed from a copy existing in
the British Museum (Egerton MS. 2395) :—
Relation of the first Settlem' of S' X'phers & Nevis by
John Hilton Storekeeper and chief Gunner of Nevis.
Ap. 29'h, 1675. I
How came S' Xp'hers first to be Settled ?
By a Genti of Lond. one Cap' Thomas Warner who was
a good Souldier & a man of extraordinary agillety of bodie
of a good witt & one who was truly honucst & freindly to
all men who having made a trading voyage for y^ Amma-
sones, att his returne came by j'' Careeby Islands, where he
became acquainted w"' severall Indian Kings inhab'ting
these Islands amongst y« rest w"" one King Tegreman King
of S' Xp'hs ; he well veiwing y<= Island thought it would be
a very convenient place for y|= planting of tobaccoes, w'=''
then was a rich com'odetie, being arrived att Lond. made
some of his freinds acquainted hearwith who in hopes of
great benefitt became p'f' w'" him, & did disburse theire
monies towards y<^ setting forth a shipp, & men for y«
designe of tobaccoes, w*^"" was in y"^ yeare of o' Lord 1623 :
& being arrived at S' Xp'hs w'l" divers gentl' & others he
brought w"! him w"" licence of King Tegreeman, they did
settle themselves betwixt y" two rivers neare to y" Kings
house, where he did live & began to build theire houses, &
alsoe a fort of pallesadoes w'* flanckers & loope holes for
theire defence. The King veiwing theire workes, did aske
w' theire loopeholes and flanckers were for And they told
him it was made y' they might looke after those fowles they
bad about theire houses, but how y« King understood it I
knowe not, but w"* in Sometime after y" King was minded to
cutt y" off.
How came Capt. Warner to know their designe ?
By an old Indian woman y' did often fi'eq' amongst y=
english, who it seemes they had used courteously, soe y' she
had taken a great aflfeocon to y".
How did she make it knowne ?
She came to Capt. Warner, & told him y^ King & y«
rest had made theire drinking as it is theire custome to
make a drinking 3 or 4 dayes, & to be drnncke before they
goe upon theire designes ; And y' y* King did intend to
kill y'" all. And y' he should gett into his Cannoes and
begoun.
What did Capt. Warner when he understood this from
y" woman ?
Like a wise man & a good souldier he tooke y" advan-
tage of theire being druncke & fell upon y"" by night, & did
kill & slay a great many of y"" : amongst j<^ rest they slew
King Tegreeman in his ham'accoe runing him w"* their
rapiers through y« ham'acco & into the body ; & others gott
into there cannoes, & soe gott iuto other Islands amongst
theire neighbouring Indians & friends.
But I have heard it related how theire was a little
english boy in ye ham'accoe w"" y" King when he was
Slaine, how came he not to be Slaine ?
This little boy was one whome Capt. Warner had
brought over w"' him, & y^ King had taken a great
affecc'on to him, & would have him to lie in y« ham'acco
w'" him, & was Saved by y'= m'cie of god, for they had for-
gott y^ boy.
There was a french man y' did live among y" Indians
when Captain Warner did settle how came he theire ?
In form' times both dutch and fi-ench, used to rove
amonge y" Spaniards in men of warr & a french Shipp by
Storme being cast away, this man being then a boy or young
man by p'vidence gott ashoare, & did live amongst ye
Indians, went naked & did goe to warr w'" y"", but when
Capt. Warner did beat y" Indians off, he came & lived
amongst y= english & did live a long time amongst y"" : but
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
a qiiarrell falling out betwixt him and an English man, he
slow y" english man & soe fled to y'^ french, where he is still
living, his name being Peter Cuttey.
The english having made themselves masters of y'
Island how came y' french to have halfe y^ Island ?
A french shipp touching theire. And Capt. Warner
knowing y' those w'='' did escape would looke revenge
for his ovvne Safeguard being but weake in men, gave way
to y" french to settle, & to have halfe y^ Island if they
would settle, y' Co'mand' of the french was called
Men" de Numbec.
Did y"^ Indians attempt it ?
Yee & did come w"" a great power of men, and fell upon
y= french where they were settled att Baeketerre Slue div"
of y" french, And y' rest of y= french gott to y"^ fort they
had made. And amongst y= rest the Slew one fryer, cutt off
his menb", & thrust y" into his mouth & pitched him into
a, well they had made & besett y« fort.
How gott they of y' was in y' fort ?
There was by accedent an english lad, w'^'" came upon
some busines to y" french being in y" fort tould y" y' if
they would lett him have two pistolls, & lett him out of y«
fort ho would goe & informe y^ english, w"^'' they did lett
him have, & hoe p'senting his pistolls made the Indians
give way, y" woods being neere gott into y"' & soe to y°
english & tould y™ w' passed & y' english sent aide to y'
french by land, & alsoe sent a Shipp w"^"" lay then in y"
roade & so beate y" Indians of y' Island y" Second time.
In what manner did they devide y'^ land ?
Both being increased in men did cutt a path round y°
Island y' then was thought habitable land & found it to be
32 miles, Soe y"^ english had 8 miles to leward & ye french
had 8 miles to leward, & alsoe ye english had 8 miles to
windward & ye french had 8 miles to windward, as for y«
Savanna, y" Salt ponds & y grounds therto adjoyning
was thought to be desart lands, And therefore was for
to bee as a com'on betwixt y= two nacc'ons, as alsoe Brim-
stone hill.
How was Nevis first Settled ?
There was a certaine young man named Anthony Hilton
borne & brought up in the Bishop pricke of Durliam, who
teing imployed by y" m'chants of Barstable in y' west
countrey for a voyage to Virginia, passing by S' Xp'hs as
they knew no other way came aslioare & waited on y«
governo' Capt. Thomas Warner, & other gentl'. And soe
p'ceeding on his voyage for Virginia, made his voyage, &
eoe returning for england, put ashoare in Ireland, And
having some discourse w"' one Capt. Vallett & other gentl'
of Ireland, & finding by y'' discourse of y"= said Hilton, y' it
might prove p'ffitable f(}r y" to settle a plantac'on att
Xp'hs to make tobaccoes, w*^" y« s* Hilton thought to ije a
bettor place then Virginia ; where upon they were desirows
y" s"! Hilton would und'take y« voyage for them, w<='' as it
seemes he consented too, & he returning for Barstalile, gave
uj) his Accompts of y" voyage & discharged himselfo of his
imi)loye ; And soe returning for Ireland againe, where he
was accordingly sett forth by those gent' w"* shipp & men,
<& all thinges necessary for y« voyage, soe by Gods goodncs
arrived at S' Xp'hs : And w"" licence from Capt. Warner he
did .settle upon y" windward side of y« Island, being y= first
y' did settle y' side of y" Island.
What did happen to him by settling there ?
Where he & others having cleaned ground built houses,
& followed planting ; It came to pass y' y^ Indians betimes
in y= morning came upon y™ & did fire theire houses &
slue divers of his men, ho w"' some others of his hou.sehold
makeing their escape into the woods, gott to y<= leward to y<=
rest of y english, where he did settle another plantac'on &
w* y"= comi)anie he had, made w' tobaccoes he could, & w^*"
yi tobaccoes made his returne for Ireland & from tlionce to
England, being accompanied w"' some gentl' plant" of S'
Xp'hs to theire desired port Lond. & having sold theire
tobaccoes for 20' p "' they resolved to settle Nevis Island,
by meanes of one M'' Tiio. Littleton, m'chant, who sett them
forth w"" all things necessary ; having a com'ission from y^
Earle of Carlile to settle Barbados or any other not habited
Island And in theire voyage from y^ Downes landed att y"
Barbados w"^*" they did not like, nor of Antegoa nor Mount-
serratt, They came downe to Nevis y= 22"' of .July 1628 W^''
Island they thought fittest for theire Settlement being next
Xp'hs, from whence they might be better Supplied.
What did fall out in ye interim att S' Xp'hs & Nevis?
Great alterac'ons, att governo" Warners going for eng-
land, he did leave his Sonn Capt. Edw"" Warner his deputy
& because he was young in yeares, & as yett not en sighted
in governm', to assist him he left one M' Asten, who had
bin an Inns Co't gentl' to much knowing in y' lawes for y'=
poore plant".
Why what did he ?
The governo' of Nevis going downe for S' Xp'hs to see
his plantac'on & freinds, there had some words passed be-
twixt M"' Asten as it seemes v/'^^ were not Cordiall.
M'' Asten had enticed by faire p'missea one of governo'
Hiltons Servants who belonged to his plantac'on att S'
Xp'hs to kill liim as he lay to Sleepe, w"^'' if he did, he was
to have his plantac'on & w' he had att S' Xp'hs.
Did he seeke to attempt it ?
Yee & came by night as bee was asleepe w"" a keene
knife in his hands to p'forme this bloudy murder ; who
standing over him, & heaving up his hand to give y<' fattall
blowe god p' vented him Soe y' he had noe power to Strike
being p'plext hereatt he went out ruminating w"" Selfe w'
might be y'^ cause, made a Second & a third assault but
could not, upon w''' being amazed, he ran from his master to
M' Asten for p'tecc'on.
How came governo' Hilton to know this ?
It is an old saying y' murder cannot be longe hid, but
will out, for by some good freind governo' Hilton had
notice of it.
What did governo' then ?
Hee made it known to his freinds he had upon y' Islands,
w'*" those y* came w"' him, who abhorring Such acc'ons
came to assist him, in so much he had gott a considerable
p'tie not much inferiour to theires.
What did they then ?
Both sides Stood upon theire gards & took prission".
Had young Warner any hand in this murder ?
Noe I dare be bold to Say he had not, for he was not of
y' disposic'on for he was alwayos of a loving affable tend'
disposic'on ; & I have heard him Say he did not knowe
of it.
What did governo' Hilton after this ?
He sought his owne Security, & to abate y'^ pride of
others, haveing councelled togeather they knowing there was
a great tobaccoe house y' stood to windward of Capt.
Warners dwelling house, soe neare y' by firing y"^ tobaccoe
house it must needs fire y'' dwelling house, therefore they
resolved & appointed y' night to gett over y' gutt neare unto
y= house & so w"" fire arrowes from y^ side of y'= wood to
fire y^ tobaccoe house, & so to fall in upon y™ & try their
fort amies. This was p'vented by God's p'vidence, for y'
night appointed to doe theire exploite y' very day before,
there came in a great English Shipp to anchor in y« roade,
& y^ governo' of Nevis seeing it, gott into his boate to rowe
aboard, but M' Asten p'ceiving it, com'anded y" gunner to
Sinke y^ boace if possibly, upon which y= gunner made a
Shott w'"^ fell soe neare where y'' governo' of Nevis satt, y'
it dashed y« water upon y™ into y^ boate, & soe did glance
over theire heads, & did no more hurt, And Soe they gott
aboard, made theire case knowne unto y" Capt. who by his
meanes did quallefie theire furies for y' time And governo'
Hilton made his returne for Nevis.
SETTLEMENT OE THE LEEWAED ISLANDS.
XV
What was y^ cause IP Asten did seeke after his ruine ?
It was supposed, y* thinking y' if governo' Hilton wore
sent into another world then hee made noe question but to
bring both Islands to bend to his bowe.
Now y^ two Islands being in a peacable Condic'on And
governo' Tiio. Warner in england honoured w"' y'^ title of
Knighthood w' did followe ?
It might be supposed, 8' Tho. Warner having informed
my Lord of Carlile of the tumult was likely to arise heare,
my Lord did send out a Shipp, Capt. Halle Com'and' w"'
foure Com'iss" to Settle heare, & to displace Governo'
Antho Hilton, & to put into his place Geo. Hayes my Lords
Kinsman, as y'' may better und'stand by w' followes.
Did y" Shipp called y'' Carlile p'ceed on hir vo^'age ?
Yee, and did touch att Barbados, where y^ gentl'
com'iss" went ashoare, where they were curteously ent'tained,
& in requitall of theire curtesie, y" com'iss" invited y«
governo' and Some others to goe aboard & eate a dish of
Krettchett brewe as they called it, but indeed it fell
out to be treacherous brewes, they not thinking of any
harme did goe, who was no .Sooner aboard but they tooke
y™ prission".
What happened after they tooke y" governo' of Barbados
prission' ?
They were plotting how to betray y« governo' of Nevis
w'^'' they thought would prove difficult.
How did they contrive their plott ?
They thought it their best way to send downe a boate
before y" w"" L'ers of Complaint for their easier proceeding
to put y™ into security w* they did but by that meanes
their plott was discovered.
How?
There was a gentl' y' came over w"" us att y<^ first
settling named Jacob Lake, who had a brother a minisf
who came passeng' in y' shipp, & und'standing of theire
plott, as of sending y" boate before y^ wrights to his
brother Jac Tjake of theire plott, & how they had betrayed
y' governo' of Barbados, & privately deliv" it to a seaman
one y* was to come in y= boate, the boate arriving at Nevis
the l'ers delivered, M'' Jacob Lake Shooes it to y' governo'.
What did y^ governo' then ?
Called his councill, & all y' Inhabit's togeather, & con-
sulted w' was best to doe ; And it agreed upon, y' he
should provide himselfe of things necessarie, & soe to goe
for england to renue his Com'iss", for they found some de-
fects therin, & to put in his deputy, one y' was resolute &
they would all stand to him & not accept of any alterac'on
of governm' till they heard from their governo' from
england, this concluded upon, a small vessell a west
countrey man lying in y^ roade, y' governo' did shipp him-
selfe having taken leave sett sayle, & att y^ turning about
pellican point, they mett my Lords Shipp & y« Com'iss"
who haled y", & they made answeare they were a west
countrey man lay heare to take in tobaccoes, & y'' tobaccoes
was not yet ready, Soe they were going to y'' windward
Islands to turne turtle Soe they lett y" pass and came to
anchor in y^ roade, Soe we beate o'"' droms, gott o'"' people
togeather, & att theire coming ashoare we did honour''''^
ent'taine y™ w"' a stronge gard, & brought y"" into y^ fort
to o'"' governo" house, where we did feast y™ w"" wine &
good victualls, they inquired for o'' Capt. Hilton, & we
told y"" he was on his voyage for england in y" shipp they
mett att pellican point, upon w''' they looked one upon y^
oth'' but said nothing, wee passing C times w"" discourse
till it was towards night, then wee told y" wee had und'stood
for w'- they came for, And as for Geo. Hayes wee should
desire him to goe aboard, for y' rest if they would stay
ashoare they should be welcome, for Geo. Hayes he should
come no more ashoare here but upon perill, neither would
we heare any thinge y' might tend to y^ alterac'on of
governm', till we heard from o'' governo', soe wee garded y™
aboard againe y' night. Now all being in peace & quietnes
under o' Deputy governo' Capt. William Vallett, who going
aboard w"> Capt. Halle to be merry in comes y" Spanish
Armado about pellican point, w='' fort fired att y™ And took
w' shipps could not run for it, but Some escaped throwe y«
narrowcs, my Lords Shipp cutt his cables & ran downe to
S' Xp'hs & theire ran their Shippe aground, Capt. Halle
getting ashoare w"' o' Deputy governo'.
What did you then upon y'' Island in this case ?
Wee had but one great gune, W^'' we had placed pellican
point, & wee shott soe long' as wee had either bullett or
powd'' & brought one of theire shipps upon the carreene to
stopp hir leakes wee had so battered hir.
This was not all ?
■ Noe o'"' Servants proved treacherous, run' away from us
& Swined aboard & told y" where we hid o''' provissions, & in
w' case o'"' Island Stood in. Capt. Jacob Lake gott a com-
panie of men togeather to go to y= old windward to fortifie
himselfe & carry p'vissions along w"' him, but it was in
value his Souldiers ran' away from him, & did thowe away
theire p'vissions y'= most of y'" being servants cryed out
Lib'tyjoyfuU Lib'ty. John Hilton Anth" Hiltons brother
considering wee were cutt of from o''' p'vissions, o Servants
revolting, gott a boate & tooke alonge w"' him a younge
man who had his Spanish language p'fect, <fc soe w"* a flagg
of truce did goe aboard to speake w"" y^ generall Don
flfrederigo De ToUedo to Demand w' was his intents for this
place, who Com'ing to Speake w"' him found him a most
noble & courteous gentl' ; discoursing w"' him concerning y*
affaires of y"= Islands, told us he did not delight in bloudsheed,
Soe wee would yeilde his masters interest to him, w"*" wee had
usurped noe Man should wronge us, or take y'' life of any &
if wee wanted Shipping to transport o''' men he would
furnish us, giving hostages for y^^ returne of y^ said
Shipping ; soe he y"* said Hilton requested y' said Generall
to goe ashoare to informe y' Islanders of his most noble
proffers, & y*^ next day he would come aboard & informe his
Excellencie w' y= Islanders would conclude on, & soe took
leave of his Excellencie for y' time, returning to y" Shoare
to see w' y" Island" would conclude on.
What did he when he came ashoare ?
Geather togeather all y" Gentl' & others he could gett to-
geather & did declare unto y™ w' the Spanish Generall had
told him, desiring y" to consult upon it, y' hee might
returne & give y= Generall an answeare, upon w*^'' they
all consulted to deliver up y' Island upon those con-
dic'ons propounded by his Excellencie ; Soe he returned
^th yt answeare, the Generall seeming very joyfull thereatt,
saying he was very glad he had brought it to passe w'l'out
bloudshead for said he yu are not able to w^'staml my
forces, & for y' purpose I am come to cleer y'' Islands, &
now in respect y" have yielded to myproposic'ons whosoever
doth either man or woman wronge Shall die for it, giving
ord" to his Comand" to y' effect, using John Hilton w""
great respect, promising him sliipping should be appointed
for y^ Kings Subjects transporte who was willing to goe, &
who would Serve y<= King of Spaine willingly, should be
entertained into his Service & y' Hilton Should See y«
Shipping furnisht to be furnished w'" w' was necessary for
y'' voyage, & if any turbulent p'son should offor to w"'stand
Hilton & bee refractorie, upon complainte to his Excellencie
hee would doe Justice upon him according to his desarts ;
this past ; many of y'' Spanish Comand" came ashoare w""
Hilton, did goe to o'"' houses, eate & drinke with us,
recreating themselves, not doing violence to any man, Soe
att night returned to theire Shipps after many freindly
complements.
Did not they goe for S' Xp'hs ?
Yes having brought to pass w' form'ly is declared, sett
sayle for S' Xp'hs, coming theire they found my Lords Shipp
run' aground, & hailed hir of for y^^ King of Spaines use.
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THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
When they came to S' Xp'hs what was done there ?
The S' Xp'hs men und'standing w' had passed at Nevis,
yeilded upon y'= same condic'ons Nevis had done, The
Spanish Armado laid there till y'= Shipping was made ready
for y'= transport of y"^ English, & shipped aboard such as
would for England y"= rest upon y'= Spanish Shipps, Yet for
all y* there were divers y' tooke y^ woods & were not mist.
What did y"* Spaniards then ?
They made choise of theire hostages, sett sayle, & soe
departed from the Islands w=^ made an end of all o'"' former
related contraversies, dispersing of us soe, y' wee never all
mett togeather againe.
What was y'= names of y« hostages taken by y« Spaniards ?
The names of y'' hostages y*^ Spaniards made choise
of was —
ffor S' Xp'hs Island.
Serj' Maj'' Donn of Lond.
Cap' Geo. Hayes y' Lord of Carlile Coz.
Capt. John Stonne of Lond.
Capt. Chappell of Ireland.
Capt. W"" Digby of Lond.
ffor Nevis Island.
Capt. John Coolie of Lond.
Capt. John Husbands a Yoresheireman.
Robert Merreton of London.
John Hilton borne in y= Bishop pricke of Durham.
What yeare was it y<^ Spaniards tooke these Islands ?
Wee had bene Settled upon Nevis one yeare and halfe
when y^ Spaniards came, Soe by estimac'on it must be in y^
yeare 1G.30 or 1631.
What became of y'^ french when this did happen to y" ?
As I have bene informed, some gott boats and gott upon
Islands not Inhabited & there stayed till y^ Spaniards was
gone & came downe againe to there settlem".
Did y^ Spaniard make any great inquiry after them ?
Noe, It is to be supposed it was in fav'' to their religion,
as by y'' circumstances happened since may appeare, for y"
english being beat from of y'= Tartodus by y" Spaniard, &
likewise from S' Cruze y'^ french did p'sently Settle y", &
y' Spaniards have not in many yeares y* they have possesst
y'" any way mollested y" w'^'' argues it must be as aforesaid
y*^ cause.
How were these Islands resettled ?
Sir Tho. Warner being gone for england & likewise
Capt. Anthony Hilton governo' of Nevis, both being in
Lond. when newes came y"' Spaniards had taken y'' Islands
of w* they were governo", renewed theire Comissions gott
more men & came over againe to resettle y" Islands.
S'' Tho. Warner att S' Xp'hs found divers men, some y' had
taken y'= woods, others y"* shipping y' were to carry y" hence,
had returned, & put such men as was willing ashoare upon
theire Islands againe, Soe y' they made a considerable com-
paine for y^ resettling of S' Xp'hs : And as for Capt. Anth"
Hilton when he came for Nevis found likewise a consider-
able compaine amongst w'^'' there was one M"' James Russell,
whome j" people y' was there had made choise of for their
governo' & betwixt whom & Capt. Hilton there was some dif-
ference for y' night att Hiltons first coming there about theire
governm' ; but y"^ next morning it was soe agreed upon y'
Capt. Anth" Hilton should be governo'. M'' Tho. Little-
ton, y^ m'chaut before spoken, y' was att all j'' cost &
charges of settling Nevis att first, being by y' meanes fallen
behindhand in his estate & hearing y" Island begann againe
to be well settled came over to see w' he could get amongst,
now at his arrival att Nevis, Capt. Anthony Hilton, w""
others there being most if not all D" to him, Capt. Hilton
considering his great losses he had had about y« settling
y' Island, did resigne to him y" governm', and did goe to
settle Tartodus.
M'' Thomas Littleton being governo' of Nevis w' did
happen then ?
The hostages afore Spoken of was gott out of prisson
where they had endured much missery for y^ Space of five
yeares & better one of y" named Jo. Hilton brother to Capt.
Antb° Hilton gone for Tartodus, to settle, came in a great
Shipp from Midleborough, w'^'' did wholly belonge to my
Heare Rueboroe & was honnest w"' y^ Com'and Soe long as
he remained aboard bound for Tartodus, & touching att
Nevis did go ashoare to p'sent his Service to governo'
Littleton & to see some of his freinds & acquaintance there,
coming to y" governo" house y'' governo' p'tending greate
freindshipp to him, & did invite him to stay dinner, but
being att dinner, y'' governo' had cora'anded a gard of mus-
ketteers come in w'^ their amies ready to p'sent upon him,
telling him he was his prissio' : w' s'd Hilton, noe sooner
out of one imprissonm' but into another, I beseech you tell
me y" cause, I will said y" governo', yo'"' brother is dead, &
yu are going there to possess w' he hath, & now I have
yu here, I will be satisfied for w' yo''' brother owes me,
Hilton made answer, I am more Sorry to hear my
bi'other is dead then feare w' yo can do to me, am I to
pay my brothers debts, do I owe yu any thinge, upon w*^''
M'' Procter was called for to oversee y« books where Hilton
was found D"" for six hooes ; Hilton putt his liand in his
pockett & drew out a handfull of dollers, pay yo' Selfe said
he, with y' M"' Luke Stoakes did desire y'= governo' to
Speake w"' him, Soe going into another roome had some
discourse togeather ; The governo' coming out discharged
him of his imprissonm' : Hilton being inwardly vext, made
Shooe to y"^ contrary, but after many cupps Hilton p'tending
greate freindshipp to y" Invited y" aboard to be merry,
they consenting did goe aboard, Hilton making y™ welcome
w"i good wine & victualls & gunning. Seeing his opp'tunity
stept out & toidd y'= Skipp'' how they had donn by him
ashoare, well s'd y" Skipp' Speake but y'-' word & I will Sett
y" ashoare att Hispaniola amonge y' Cow killers ; noe s'd
Hilton not Soe, but I will fright y"' : let there bee a dozen
musketteers ready in y" gun'roome w"" their matches
lighted & when yu heare me give a hem & stampe come into
y^ Cabin & soe to y"= gallere, & soe clap to each mans
breast a muskett, to y« governo" first ; w'^'' being p'formed,
now said Hilton y« are my prission", & I will make
y" knowe sorrowe & soe well as I have donn, called for irons,
tould y" he would sett y" ashoare amonge y" Cow killers,
w"^'' one Capt. Sparrowe began to resist, shoot y'= dogg
through s'd Hilton, and throwe him out y= gallere (oh) s'd
y'= governo'"' save o'"' lives & doe what y'' will, being more a
merchant then a Souldier, was mightely affrighted, soe y'
Hilton thought he would have p'sently died, soe Hilton
fearing y' he would have died aboard called for a boate, &
bid y" turne ye knaves ashoare, who were not worthe the
Trouble he should bee att with them, Soe sett y™ ashoare.
Sett Sayle & soe p'ceeded on for Tartodus.
What did Littleton after ?
Being in hopes to p'cure some of Hiltons estate did
followe John Hilton but did die by y'' way, so Hilton did
never See him more.
Who did Littleton leave his Deputy when he went off ?
As I have bene informed he left M' Luke Stoakes his
Deputy.
Now you have given me this foregoing relac'on, tell me
what governo" have bene upon Nevis since y^ first Settling
as yu are an old Standard ?
As near as I can I will, first — Governo' Anth" Hilton,
who settled it in y« yeare 1628 : y' 22"" of July, going for
England, left Capt. Will. Vallett his Deputy, Vallett fled
when the Si^aniards came. M'' James Russell, chosen
governo' by ye people left after the Spaniards departure
from Nevis ; Capt. Antho. Hilton returned againe with
Comission, & was governo'' againe, after did goe to settle
SETTLEMENT OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
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Tartodiis, & resigned his governm* to y"^ m'chant M"' Tho.
Littleton, Littleton going for Tartodus left M' Luke
Stoakes his Deputy, Littleton dying upon y= voyage
S"^ Thomas put in Stoakes his place, Capt. Thomas Spar-
rowe, after came Maj'' Hunckes, next him Capt. Jenings,
after him .Tonkin LTjoyde, after him left by LLoyde parson
John Meakeni, after him put in by S"' Tho. Warner Capt.
John Kettleby after him Capt. Jacob Lake, after Lake's
death Governo' Luke Stoakes, then CoUonel James Russell,
then Collonell Randall Russell ; his brother.
What Generalls have bene here in y' Leward Islands ?
S"" Thomas Warner first.
Generall S' Charles Wheeler.
Generall William Stapleton.
The following account was presented to their
Lordships in 1675, having been drawn up and
signed by the principal inhabitants and planters of
St. Christopher's : —
St Xp'hs land. Aprill 29"> 1675.
Narrative of the first settiem* of S* Xp'rs.
How was y" Island of S' Xp'hs first Inhab'ted by y*'
English & by the fifrench, & how it was shared betweene
both nations?
The Island of S' Xp'hs was first settled by y^ worthy &
renowned Capt. Thomas Warner (afterwards Knighted by
King Charles y' first) with seaventeene other p'sons Gentl'
adventur" w**" him in y= yeare 1623, who when they came
to Settle found a french man upon itt amongst y" Indians
& went naked as they did named Peter Cotty putt on
Shoare out of a Shipp for recovery of his health, in a Short
time after came a ft'ench Gentl' with a certaine number of
french men w"" him named Mon" De Numbec betwixt
whom & S'' Thomas Warner y^ Island was devided & one
halfe for the English & y|= other halfe for y« french from
white flag bay being j^ westerly p'te & friggett Bay being
y Easterly p'te of y^ Island j^ midle of both which sides
fell to y" English nac'ons lott w"^"" said Settlejs Continued in
peace & good amitie, untill y« yeare 1629 theire being cer-
taine Articles made betweene y^ said governo" to assist one
y"^ other against any enemy y' should oppose or invade y"",
all w''' above declarac'on y<^ declarants affirm & y' they have
from time to time received from Coll' John Bedingfeilde
some time governo' of y« said Island for y"= English nac'on,
& y" aforesaid Peter Cotte of y^ french nac'on, y" aforesaid
Coir Bedingfeild, being one of y= first seaventeene English
Settlers ; & in y' yeare 1629 one of y^ s'd declarants by
name Leiu' Coll' William ffreeman now here resident came
to this Island S' Xp'hs ; from Lond. in y^ good Shipp
called y'^ Carlisle Com'and' in cheife Capt. Henry Hawly &
one Geo. Deinnis master, & j" s'd declarant further Sheweth
y' after a moneth or there abouts came a powerfull fleete of
Spaniards of about 37 Sailes who surprized & tooke most of
o' Shipping & came to an anchor at Shambers roade in y«
french quarf" & y" next landed most p'te of theire forces,
S"' Thomas Warner beinge then in England, had left his
Bonn Edward Warner to be his deputie governo' who ac-
cording to Articles caused all his able men to be drawne up
in armes, & com'anded them to march to Basseterre to
assist ye french, who being theire ready in armes to resist
their enemy desii-ed to have y" van w<^'' was granted y™, y=
Capt. or Com'and' of the said Company leading on
Couragiously upon y« enemy, It was his fortune to be y*
first shott & died, y" Company seeing him fall fled p'sently
away to sandy point as fast as they could throwing away
their armes along y"^ way as they went, & y^ English re-
treated in order to theire owne quarf' ; The next day
following were Gentl' Com'ission"'^ sent from y" English
on board to treat of peace & ye treaty was concluded y' y''
english were all to goe of y^ Island & were to surrend' up
ye Island, Artillery armes, Am'unic'on & all merchandize,
only excepting all sorts of apparell linin & woollen, & y"=
Spaniards to furnish y"" shipping for y<= transporte of their
people for England.
There was att y' time a privateere of ffrance named
Geeroon, w'" two or three Shipps, who tooke on board his
Vessells all y« french y' were upon y« Island att Sandy point
& carried y" away from y" Island untill y= Shipping were all
gone. There was one of y^ eighteene of y first english
Settlers named Morris Gardner who fled into y^ woods, w""
severall others & stayed upon y^ Island untill as well y"
Spanish Shipps as those y' were to transport y'' english were
all gone, after w'" those y' fled into ye woods assembled
togeather, & made choise of said Gardner to be theire
governo'"' in a short time aftere y" said Geroon returned
to y" Island w"" his shipping & all y'= men he had
carried off & by a wilde forceably lauded y™ againe.
Before y' prission"'^ gott home for england, S'' Thomas
Warner returned againe & Settled y" Island in y« yeare
1630 y' aforesaid Leiu' Collonell ffreeman returned again &
did continue an Inhab't upon y^ Island from y' time till
y^ fatall yeare 1666 in all w"^'' time y' two nac'ons continued
in good Ametie. And in the yeare 163- [J/o/J there was
a Settlement made by one of y'' english att y<= great salt
pan, by name William Sum'ers, but their being noe water
to be had w"" out much labour & toyle y" Settlers left ye s'd
land & went to y' Tartoodes to Settle there ; In y^ time of
Coir Clement Everards governm' the great Salt pan was
devided betwixt y^ english & y'= french, but noe parting of
any of said land betwixt frigott bay & S' Xp'hs point to
this day.
In testimonie whereof wee have hereunto Subscribed o''
names being thereunto Called this 29"' April 1675.
William ffreeman.
John Estridge.
Eob't Cave. Charles Morris.
John Wilkinson. John Versill.
John Allen. William Plumer.
Gilbert Loxley. John Baylet.
Rob't Clarke. Sampson Maneringe.
PHiLLiPP Lambert. Edward Parker.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
CHAPTER III.
SETTLEMENT OF ANTIGUA, 1635—1650.
It has beeu stated by all West Indian historians
that Sir Thomas Warner despatched some families
to settle Antigua in 1632, under the command of his
son, Captain Edward Warner, who has been already
mentioned as the Deputy-Governor of St. Christo-
pher's. Sir Thomas also occupied Montserrat, chiefly
with Irish and Papists
That there was an ever-increasing flow of emi-
gration westward is proved by the instructions,
dated 30 July 1634, from the Company of Providence
Island, to Joseph Collins, chief pilot and com-
mander of the " Long Eobert " of London, bound
thither : " To sail at the beginning of Augiist
direct for the Caribbees, and there discharge pas-
sengers." ('Colonial Calendar,' p. 189.) Maurice
Thompson, Edward Thompson, and George Snelling
likewise petitioned the Privy Council that having
hired the " Discovery " and " Sampson " for a
voyage to the Caribbee Islands, they prayed for
licence to transport 500 dozen of shoes, 200 muskets,
and 200 swords for the use and defence of those
plantations. [Ibid., p. 195.)
Though, as already stated, Antigua was supposed
to have been settled in 1632, it was probably
not ofl&cially administered till the year 1635, for in
a petition presented in 1685 by Alexander Polling-
ton to the Council it is recited that :
" Henry Huncks Gov of Antigua by a Com" fi'om the
Earl of Carhle did by his patent da. 10 Sep. 1638 in the
4'* year of that Colony grant to Kowl'' Tompson Esq. a
parceil of land at y" Body 240 paces wide & 1^ miles long
& on the following day granted a warr' for its survey.
400 acres were measured out & the s'' Row. Tompson
settled the lands & by his will dated 20 Dec. 1641 devised
them to his only s. & h. Edw^ Tompson," etc
Scarcely any records remain having any reference
to the infant colony during the next few years of its
existence, probably on account of its small popu-
lation and insignificance. Such papers as have been
found are here given chronologically.
The following early list of settlers was bound
up with papers of a very much later date : —
1636. To the righ hono''''^ the Lords Com'ssioners for
the Admiralty of England.
The humble petic'on of Charles Kilburne W of the good
shipp the Mary of London.
Sheweth,
That yo'' pet' was imployed in his Ma'» Service the Last
expedic'on to Sea wherein he honestly and faithfully be-
haved himselfe And being now bound in the said Shipp for
a Plantac'on in the Carribbe Islands in the West Indies
with 36 men whose names are expressed in a schedule
annexed. Yo'' pet" humble suite therefore is, That your
bono" will be pleased to give some order or direc'on
whereby bee and his said Company may be free from being
pressed into his Ma" Service in this p'sent flHeete.
And hee as in duty ever bound shall daily pray for yo''
hono".
The names of the M' and Company in the \_torii here]
of London, now bound for the Caribbee Islands.
Charles Kilburne, M^
John Wells. Edward EUett.
John Lumley. James Slinke.
George Helborne. John Johnns.
Robert More. Thomas Puffet.
Richard Throssle. Symon Bridoman.
Peter Jonson. Robert Lofto.
William Snell. George fTalle.
Charles Unthawk. George Lindsey.
Nicholas Bitterley. Richarde Willes.
John Simes. William Wade.
Christopher Applely. Robert Bamiarde.
John Loder. Peter Pope.
James Buoher. -Roger RycrofFte.
Phillip Hymes. Robert Miles.
Peter Harris. Steven Harlanole.
Thomas Clare. Robert Saule.
Thomas Hale. David Kempe.
Nathaniell Hale. Thomas Sherley.
Endorsed :—" April 1636 M' Charles Kilburne's pet."
(America and West Indies, Leeward Islands,
No. 552, 1721—1749.)
1636. S' Christopher's. Sep. 10. Capt. Sir Thos.
Warner, Governor of S' Christopher's, to Sec.
Windebank.
Having but lately arrived, is yet unsettled, & pestered
with many controversies of the planters, which have slept
for his coming. The " Plough," one of the two ships
which he provided for his voyage, and in which were £4000
of his own adventure, is in all men's judgment lost, with
about 150 persons, the better part of the victuals, apparel,
& ammunition, intended for his new designs. In his own
ship there was great sickness and mortality, not 20 out of
200 escaped, about 40 having died, some near to him in
blood, and many of especial quality & use. Had intended
to have " placed a colony upon Metalina," under command
of his son-in-law, and for that purpose touched at Barbadoes
(inhabited with about 6000 English) to raise the necessary
volunteers. Could have had 500 able men provided with
arms and victuals had not Capt. Hen. Ilawley, the Governor,
opposed him, whose conduct Warner stigmatizes as obstinate
& rebellious, & contrasts it with that of the Governors of
" the other islands," where he found a willing reception and
due respect.
1636. Petition of Capt. Anth. Brisket, Gov. of Montserrat,
to the King.
Was made Gov. by Jas., Earl of Carlisle, & has very
lately obtained another commission from the now Earl.
Has come to England to carry more planters & necessaries
thither, where he is erecting a church of stone & brick.
Prays for letters to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, to be ad-
mitted a contractor for tobacco at the same rate as Capt.
Warner & others. (' Colonial Calendar,' p. 240.)
The sale of negros and Indians for life was
authorized in 1636; hitherto all the slaves on the
plantations had consisted solely of Indians, and these
were rapidly dying out.
,V:^':^^/^'•'
Sht-rUy /fcig.Ai^r
SETTLEMENT OE ANTIGUA.
XIX
1686. Henry, Earl of Marlborough presented his
petition to the King, & stated that in consideration of his
father, then Lord High Treasurer, who had taken extra-
ordinary care for planting the Caribbees, releasing unto the
late Earl of Carlisle his interest in a grant of those islands,
a rent charge of £300 per annum, to be issuing out of
S' Christophers, Nevis, and Montserrat, was conveyed to
the petitioners father, himself, and afterwards renewed to
petitioners son. Although a great revenue has been
received from thence, the annuity is more than eight
years in arrears, and he is informed that he cannot
recover, because those islands are not within the jurisdiction
of any of the Kings Courts. Prays that the matter may
be referred to the Privy Council, and that all parties
interested may be ordered to attend for his satisfaction.
(' Colonial Calendar.')
The omission of Antigua from the above petition
leads one to suppose that it had been settled much
later than the three other islands, and Montserrat,
■which has been considered by all writers to have
been settled with Antigua in 1632, was probably in-
habited by whites as early as 1628.
1637. ? April. The King to [the feoffees of Jas. late
Earl of Carlisle].
It has been noticed that the inhabitants of S' Christo-
pher's, Barbadoes, & the other Caribbee Islands have mostly
planted tobacco, to the neglect of cotton, wools, and other
useful commodities which they had begun, & of corn &
grain sufficient for the support of those plantations, which
compels them to receive supplies from the Dutch & other
strangers. Instructions to be sent to the several governors
concerning the growth of their tobacco & the prohibition of
trade in those islands with strangers.
1638. July. James, Earl of Marlborough, His Majesty's
Ward, petitions the King reciting the petition of his father,
Henry, Earl of Marlborough, & complains that his annuity
is eleven years in arrears, & his estate in no. way able to
support his dignity. Prays that the present Earl of Car-
lisle may be commanded to satisfy the petitioner, & in
case he refuse or delay to do so, that the King will grant
letters to the Governors of S' Kitts, Nevis, & Montserrat to
permit the petitioner to seize goods there for satisfaction of
his arrears. (' Colonial Calendar,' pp. 246 and 281.)
1639. March. The King to the Governor, Council,
Planters, & Inhabitants of the Caribbee Islands, or
province of Carlisle.
The late Earl of Carlisle, with great industry and ex-
pense, having settled S' Christophers, Barbadoes, Nevis,
Montserrat, and Antigua, and the present Earl intending
wdth all convenient speed to plant divers other of the
Caribbee Islands within his patent, and from those already
planted with " such store and numbers of people " to take
sufficient numbers as may begin their plantations, which
otherwise may be possessed by strangers ; they are in-
structed to do their uttermost to oppose any who may
attempt to allure the inhabitants from those islands,
whereby the Earl will be disabled of sufficient people to
plant the residue ; and Lord Carlisle having made choice of
Serj. -Major Hen. Huncks to be Governor of Barbadoes,
they are strictly enjoined to yield respect and obedience to
him. {Ibid., p. 291.)
Major Huncks tried to assert his authority at
Barbados, but owing to the violent opposition of
Henry Hawley, the Governor he was deputed to super-
sede, he retired to' Antigua, where he seems to have
acted as Governor, for he signed various patents for
land there during 1638 and 1639.
1639. ?May. Petition of "James, Earl of Carlisle, Sir
James Hay, and Archibald Hay, trustees for the late
Earl, to the Privy Council.
" Are informed by Sir Thomas Warner, Governor of
S' Christophers and Lieut.-General of the Caribbees, that
there is a great scarcity of ammunition in those islands,
for want of which about 20,000 pla'nters are in great
danger, not only by the Spaniards and French, but of being
devoured by the natives, can'ibals. S' Christophers is
half planted with French, who receive large supplies, which
increases their power and number, and they insult the English,
and set forth colonies in other islands within Lord Carlisle's
grant, which if not speedily prevented, the benefit of £12,000
per annum at least in duties from that island will be lost.
" Through the restraint on tobacco the poor planters
are debarred from free trade, and unable to furnish them-
selves with necessaries, much less to buy ammunition."
" Pray for leave to purchase 20 lasts of powder at the
price paid by the King, for their encouragement to preserve
the islands they have gained and to plant others."
A Warrant was accordingly issued on the 28th of the
same month to the Officers of Ordnance to deliver to the
Earl of Carlisle, Sir James Hay, and Archibald Hay,
trustees for the late Earl, the proportion of powder re-
quested in the above petition, upon paying the usual price
of 18rf. per lb. (' Colonial Calendai*,' p. 295.)
On 26 May 1639 Governors de Poincy and
Warner signed a decree ordering the destruction of
all tobacco plants, and forbidding the planting of it
for 18 months. This was done because the European
market was glutted, and the price had become un-
remunerative, so much so that it is probable that
the planters now turned their attention to the
growth of the sugar-cane. (Du Tertre, vol. i., p. 143.)
1640. A Dutchman from Brazil is stated to have
taught the Barbadians the manufacture of sugar.
The English at Antigua were attacked by the
Caribs, who killed fifty of them, and carried off the
Governor's lady, then great with child, her two
children, and three other women. At this time the
inhabitants of Antigua consisted of about thirty
families. (Southey.)
1640. June 23. The King's commissioners at Barba-
does say that they have recalled Major Hunks from Antigua,
who was very welcome to the people, & is settled in the
government. ('Colonial Calendar,' p. 313.)
It is probable that Captain Rowland Thompson
succeeded Major Henry Huncks as Governor of An-
tigua. He received a grant of 400 acres on 10 Sep.
1638, and his will was dated 20 Dec. 1641.
1643. Nov. 24. Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Mont-
gomery, Edward, Earl of Manchester, William, Viscount
Say and Sele, Philip, Lord Wharton, John, Lord Roberts,
Sir Gilbert Gerard, Sir Arthur Hesilrig, Sir Harry Vane,
junior. Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, John Pym, Oliver Cromwell,
Dennis Bond, Miles Corbet, Cornelius Holland, Samuel
Vassal!, John Rolies, and William Spurstowe, nominated by
Parliament Commissioners for Plantations, appoint Sir
Thos. Warner, resident in the island of St. Christopher,
Governor and Lieut.-General of the Caribbee Islands,
under Robert, Earl of Warwick, Governor-in-Chief of all
the Plantations in America. (' Colonial Calendar.')
1644. A Captain Henry Ashton,* as Deputy-
* Governor Ashton left a son Henry Ashton who was killed by
the Indians when the French devastated Montserrat in IGGi;, also a
daughter Henrietta, who became the wife of Governor Philip Warner.
XX
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Governor of Antigua, signed land patents in 1644,
1645, 1647, and 1649. He is probably identical
witli the Colonel Henry Asliton who was in Dec.
1639 appointed one of the Royal Commissioners to
go out to Barbados and settle the dispute between
Governors Hawley and Huncks. According to
Governor Keynell's letter of 1656, Ashton had de-
clared for the King, and he was jjrobably compelled
by Sir George Ayscue to resign the Government, the
Roundhead Keynell being appointed in his place.
1646. James, Earl of Carlile, son and heir of the first
grantee, by Indenture of lease, and for a valuable considera-
tion, demised to the Lord Willoughby* of Parham all the
* Francis, fifth Lord Willoughby of Parham, was second son of
the third Lord, and succeeded his elder brother, who died young.
Of his early life little is known. On the breaking out of the Civil
War he sided with the Commons. In the Parliamentary Army
List of 1642 his name occurs as Colonel of one of the seventy -five
troops of sixty horse each under the command of the Earl of Bedford.
In March 1643 he and Sir John Meldram, with 5000 men, besieged
Newark, where their forces were hemmed in by Prince Rupert,
and forced to capitulate with the loss of all their ammunition.
He took the town of Gainsborough July 16, 1643, getting " great
store of ammunition and armes in the towne, a good part of the Earl
of Kingston's treasures ; one writes, more gold than his red beaver
hat will hold" ('The Kingdom's Weekly Intelligencer,' 18 — -25 July
1643). Whitelook says : -'That the Lord Willoughby kept the town
afterwards against the Earl of Newcastle's forces, till overpowered
with numbers he was forced to surrender it on honourable con-
ditions." On 7 Aug. 1647 his name appeared as one of the seven
peers who were accused by Parliament of high treason to them-
selves. Having retired to Holland with some eight revolted men
of war, he made his peace with the King, and was appointed Vice-
Admiral by the Duke of York in June 1648. He subsequently went
Charibbee Islands for the term of twenty-one years from
the feast of St. Michael 1646 (Feb. 17, 1646-7) on trust to
pay one moiety of all the rents and profits to the creditors
of the said James, Earl of Carlile, the other moiety to be
retained for the use of the said Lord Willoughby, and
the last-named was further constituted Lieut. -Greneral of all
the said Islands. (' Colonial Calendar.')
The ship " Nonsuch," Captain Middleton, Master,
arrived at Antigua in 1647, which gave the name to
Nonsuch Harbour, where he anchored. This was
one of three vessels fitted out from England by
Colonel Thomas Moddiford, who had intended
settling here, but having been driven by bad
weather to Barbados, he purchased an estate there.
1648. On 10 March died, the noble and much
lamented. General Sir Thomas Warner,* Kn',
L* General of y'^ Carribee Islands, and Governor of
y<= Island of S' Christopher. He was buried in the
Old Road Church on that island, where his tomb may
still be seen.
to Barbados, where he was well received, and established the royal
authority in the West Indies. (For an account and portrait of him
see ' A Survey of England's Champions,' 1647, p. 51.)
* Christopher Jeaffreson thus alludes to some valuable laws of
his, probably not now in existence: "1683, March 27. It is well
you have made an end with unreasonable Mr. Rogers ; but I doubt
you have forgotten to demand my books which I left in his cus-
tody ; the one, a Collection of the old Lawes and Orders made in
the Islands in Sir Thomas Warner's tyme ; the other, some Memo-
randa of my father's concerning the first settlement of the island
(S' Christopher's)."
CHAPTER IV.
FROM THE ARRIVAL OF LORD WILLOUGHBY TO THE RESTORATION, 1650—1660.
On the 29th of April 1650 Francis, Lord Willough-
by of Parham, arrived at Barbados ; proclaimed
Charles II. at all the islands of his government ; and,
by the royal instructions, commissioned Major-
General Sir Sydenham Poyntz to be Governor over
the Leeward Islands. It was probably at this time
that his Lordship took up a large tract of land in
Antigua, which he named Parham, after his ancestral
castle in Suffolk. "Willoughby Bay" and "My
Lord's Pond " also remain to remind us of him. Lord
Willoiaghby was the first to order Assemblies on
each island ; before his arrival there were no popular
representatives elected by the freeholders, but each
Governor conducted affairs with the advice only of
his Council. There were at Barbados at this period
many thousand Royalists, disbanded Cavaliers of all
ranks, who had sought an asylum there, and the
loyalty displayed by them in proclaiming the " man
Charles " as their lawful sovereign greatly exas-
perated Parliament, so much so, that on 29 August a
warrant was issued by order of the Council of State
to stay all ships bound to Barbados, and on 10 Sep-
tember the embargo was extended to the Caribbees,
Bermudas, and Virginia. On 8 October an Act was
passed prohibiting all trade and commerce with
" the Barbadoes, Virginia, Bermudas, and Antegoa,
because of their rebellion against the Commonwealth
of England ;" and preparations were made for the
despatch of a fleet to reduce the West Indies.
That this Act was not effectual in subduing
the Royalists, may be seen by the tenour of
the Declaration published on 11 June 1651 by the :
" Lord Lieut.-General, the Council & Assembly of Barba-
does, set forth for the satisfaction of all the inhabitants of
that island : Conceive it necessary to acquaint them with
the proceedings of those disafiected persons gone hence, and
of their resolutions to defend themselves against the slavery
intended to be imposed upon them. Assure them that the
Council of State of England have resolved to force a
Governour upon them, as also a garrison of 1200 men in
arms, to be maintained by the Island ; and that they
must, ' as they have most wickedly done, renounce their
allegiance to the King.' Are firmly resolved never to
permit His Majesty's undoubted right to Barbadoes to
be questioned, and look upon all persons bringing pro-
positions to that purpose as professed enemies to the welfare
of them all." ('Colonial Calendar.')
FROM ARRIVAL OF LORD WILLOUGHBY TO THE RESTORATION, xxi
On 5 Aiigiist 1651 Sir George Ayscue sailed from
Plymouth with, a squadron consisting of the —
" Raijihow "
"Success"
"Ruth"
" Brazil," Mgate
Men. Guns.
Sir George Aiscue 280 52
Edw. Witheridg 90 30
Edw. Thomson 80 30
Tho. Heath 70 24
100
36
150
36
90
SO
860
238
"Increase " of London Tho. Varvell
"Amity" Mich. Pack
" Malaga Merchant " Henry CoUins
and having on boai-d Daniel Searl, who, together
with Sir G. Ayscue and Ca^jtain Pack, had been ap-
pointed Commissioners for the reduction of the
West Indies. The fleet proceeded to the Tagus in
search of Prince Rupert, touched at Caj)e de
Verd Islands, and arrived on 16 October at Car-
lisle Bay, where a landing was effected, but for
some weeks there was nothing but desultory
skirmishing, serious fighting being out of the
question, as Captain Pack wrote, " That through
continual extremity of rains the soldiers could
scarce keep a match lighted." On 3 January
1651-2 Colonel Thomas Modyford, with his regi-
ment, deserted Lord Willoughby and declared
for the Parliament ; and this defection, together
with the news of the Battle of Worcester,
having considerably disheartened the Royalists, his
Lordship on 9 Januai-y nominated Sir Richard
Pearce, Charles Pym, Colonel Thomas Ellice, and
Sergeant-Ma j or William Byam as Royalist Com-
missioners, with full powers to treat for peace ;
but his still unbroken power and great resources
enabled him to dictate very favourable Articles,
which were signed on 12 January to the- following
effect :*
The Government to remain as now established. All
Acts not repugnant to the Laws of England, & made
previous to 1038, to be in force ; those conceruing the
present differences to be repealed, as also all Acts against
any of the inhabitants, & a general Act of Indemnity to be
passed by Parliament.
The people of the Island to be restored to their
rights in England, Scotland, & Ireland. Every port,
etc., under the Parliament to be open to Barbadoes
for free trade as ever. No customs to be paid for
three years, for commodities of the island imported or
exported.
All persons to be restored to their sequestred estates.
Goods taken by the fleet to be restored.
Lord Willoughby's planting of Surinam not to be
hindered, & his lawful right to the rest of his islands
preserved.
The ships to be allowed 10 days to wood and water, and
thpn.::ci'pt"<.,i;y to depart. These articles to be confirmed
by Parlia*.
\
The ^ terms were agreed to by the Com-
missionei" both sides, and the Island was duly
surrendei
* For fitails of the proceedings at Barbados the reader
may consuie ' Colonial Calendar ' and Mr. Darnell Dayis'
interesting j ' The Cavaliers and Roundheads of Barbados,
16.50— 1G52.)
Lord Willoughby obtained very favourable treat-
ment for himself, which is shewn by : —
The 16 Article agreed and concluded upon the sur-
render of the Barbadoes and afterwards confinned by
Parliament {in hec verba), vizt., That the lord Willoughby
of Parham have all his lands reuts or estates what-
soever reall and p'sonall in England without any ffyne
or composicion paid, restored to him or his assignes free
from all incumbrances layd on the same by the Parliam'
of England or any of them authorized since the tyme
of its first seizure or sequestracon. And that w' settlem'
the lord Willoughby of Parham hath made at Sarranam
and any other hee shall make or any part of the Maine
of Guiana shalbe by him enjoyed and kept without any
disturbance either of himselfe or those that shall accom-
pany him thither and that hee have free lib'tie to bring
Servants from any Port in England or Ireland and
that his plantation at Antigua accordinge to the bounds
allready layd out be reserved to him, and what estate
soever of right doth belonge unto the Lord Willoughby of
Parham in this Island of Barbados to bee to him intirely
p'served.
On 29 March 1652 Sir G. Ayscue left with the
fleet, Daniel Searl remaining behind as Governor of
Barbados.
There is no good account of what took place at
Antigua, but Oldmixon writes that :—
To M"- Rich,* the 2'' English Governor of S' Christo-
pher's, succeeded M'' Everard, who continued in the Govern-
ment several Years ; and by what we can understand, was
in that Office when the Rump usurped the supreme power
in England. The Leeward-Islands refusing to acknowledge
their Sovereignty, King Charles the II. appointed Major-
General Poyntz to be Governor, and he was in possession of
S' Christopher's when Sir George Ayscue arrived at Bar-
bados and reduced that Island : After which he sailed to
Nevis and S' Christopher's ; but Major-General Poyntz not
being strong enough to defend him.self against the Power
Sir George brought with him withdrew before his Arrival,
and ship'd himself for Virginia, the only Retreat for
Cavaliers. (Vol. ii., p. 280.)
We read, in an old Historian, that Major-General
Pointz, w'ho was made Governor of the Leeward Islands by
the Parliament (sic), sail'd from S' Christopher's to Virginia.
{Ibid, vol. i., p. 376.)
1652. June 3. Daniel Searle GoV of Barbados to the
Council of State. News of 5 or 6 saile of ship making for
Barbadoes " believed to be Prince Rupert's fleet. "f Lord
Willoughby having been ordered to quit the island, left on
27 March last for Surinam, but returned yesterday for pro-
visions, which were granted ; he had been ordered that day
to withdraw, and goes to Antigua, and so for England.
(' Colonial Calendar,' p. 380.)
The Assembly of Barbados, contrary to the
tenour of the Articles of Peace, passed an Act
banishing several prominent Royalists; and among
them Major William Byam, who retired to Lord
Willoughby's colony at Surinam, of which place he
* The Hon. Roland Rich signed a treaty with De Poincy on 18
Ootoljer 1649, and Colonel Clement Everard was Deputy-Grovernor
in 1654 by Cromwell's commission.
f Prince Rupert, with a squadron of six ships, had seised some
vessels in the River Gambia in March 1652-3; appeared off Mout-
aerrat about the end of June 1653 ; and after reiitting- in October at
the Virgin Islands returned to Europe. The capture of a few
unimportant prizes was the only result of his somewhat piratical
cruise.
d
XXll
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
was chosen Governor in 1654, but after the treaty of
Breda in 1667 he is stated to have removed to
Antigua, where he died circa 1670.
The author of ' The Troubles of the Barbados '
states that Colonel Humphry Walroud and his
younger brother Edward Walrond, a lawyer of the
Temple (both at Barbados in 1653), obtained the
banishment of Colonel Guy Molesworth, and " This
Act so plausibly performed, gave them encourage-
ment to move further, and to procure the office of
Treasurer and Master of the Magazines, and Capt.
of the Platforms, to be put into the hands of Serj.
Major William Byam, a Soldier of Fortune, and one
very fit for their turn."
1652. Aug. 20. Orders of the Council of State.
Liberty to be given to Henry Hazard & Kobert Immans of
the City of Bristol, merchants, to carry 200 Irishmen
from any port in Ireland to the Caribbee Islands, and to
Eobert Lewelliu of London, merchant, to have 300 men.
(' Colonial Calendar,' p. 387.)
1053. Feb. 4. Petition of Edward Eltonhead for
licence to send a French or Hamburgh ship to the island
of Antigua for supplying a plantation of his there. {Ibid.,
p. 399.)
Francis, Lord Willoughby, petitioned his High-
ness the Protector about 1653 for a patent for his
lands, referred to the Articles on the surrender of
Barbados, and stated that : —
The Lord Willoughby of Parham did in the yeare 1650
sett forth one Ship and a small vessell in w'^'' twenty
p'sons were transported and furnished to make discovery of
the Maine of Guiana.
Upon the retorne of which Shipp accordinge to advice
hee did fitt a frygott of twenty-guns w"' two other vessells
to attend upon that Service and in them did send 100 men
■with all nianer of p'visions to make a Settleni' upon the
River of Serrenam.
After which hee did at severall tymes and upon severall
Vessells send Men, provisions, armes, and Ammunition.
And in further p'secucon thereof did in the yeare 1652
take a voyage thither himselfe in p'son and with him
carryed an adicion of strength soe that hee left well settled
there 300 p'sons all Englisli well fortifyed and furnished
■with canon, Armes, ammunition and other necessaryes all
which was done at his sole proper Cost and Charges to the
e.xpence of many thowsand pounds.
1654. Feb. 7. Captain Gregory Butler to the protector.
May it please your highness,
Tyme will not permitt me to give you such an account
of your afiaires heer as I thought to have doun. The com-
missioners this evening have resolved to send myselfe with
3 ships for the Leeward Islands, to raise such force as may
conduce most for your highnes service. We have according
to your commands laid an embargo upon all ships heer, and
seised upon 8 Dutch shipps we found here. The islanders
here much desire commerce with strangers, our English
merchants trafiquing to those parts being generally great
extortioners. I humbly represent to your highnes the
necessity of allowing forreigne commerse, which can be
noe way prejudicial!, imposing upon them double custom to
be paid in our English plantations in these parts. As yett
our London shipps are not arrived with our store. We
are now ready to sett saile ; wheirforee being in haste
I humbly beg your highnes pardon for not returning
soe full an account as I intended. By the nest con-
veyance I shall endeavour to render you as perfect an
account as I can possible. In the meantyme I presume
to style myselfe
Your highnes most humble servant
Gregory Butler.
From aboard the Marston-moore ryding
before the Berbadoes. Feb. 7, 1654.
(Thurloe's 'State Papers,' vol. iii., p. 142.)
1654. M'' Andrew Riccard, etc., to the protector.
May it please your Highness,
In pursuance of your highness's instructions, we have
considered of fitt persons to be commissionated with those
upon the Barbadoes and the other islands ; and do humbly
present their names as foUoweth : —
Edmund Winslow, esquire,
Richard Holdip, esquire,
Captain Edward Blagg, to be
sent from hence.
Commissioners for the Barbadoes:
Col. Searle, governor.
Col. Morrice,
Col. Muddiford,
.... Hawkins, esquire,
Thomas Noel, esquire,
Edward Thomson, esquire,
John Roberts, esquire.
For Nevis :
Luke Stokes, governor, and his Council.
For Christopher's :
Clement Everard, governor, and his council.
For Mountserat :
Roger Osborne, governor, and his council.
For Antigua :
.... Rennell, governor, and his council.
{Ibid., vol. ii., p. 543.)
1054. Ch. Raynell* to the protector.
May it please your Highnes,
Upon the reducement of these parts in that expedition
of Sir George Ascue's imploy, I was by him and the other
commissioners then impowered, commissionated to be
governor and commander in chief of this island Antigua, in
relation and obedience to the commonwealth of England,
which to the best of my endeavours I hope in my instru-
ment I have faithfully performed ; in the progress of which
my imploy, being I have received by several advice, that it
was and is thought meete, and so established by the greate
councell and istate of Ingland, with your highness consent
and acceptation, that the government of our nation and
dominions remayne in yourselfe as lord protector ; a thing
most acceptable to mee, whoe doe most faythfuUy wish your
highnes and the commonwealth wellfare and hapines ; and
in manifestation thereof have cherfully acknowledged and
submitted to all such mandates or expresses, which have
hetherto come in the name of the lord protetii;;;. _ But in
our private cousultation consideringe of w ,nj sperites
amongst us, doupting theyre disafections ha ^ not altered
the titles of our .... or ... . accordinge t, our desii-es
and intentions, lest an ill-effected partie sh(,i(j presume
to take an advantage thereby, in preteudige, as some
have allredy given out, that there were^ :,e powre of
government ; but all as libitinc, untell a jne' commission
* Christopher Keynell's name is often writitenyynell in the
State Papers. I I
PEOM ARRIVAL OF LORD WILLOUGHBY TO THE RESTORATION, xxiii
com from your highness, which by that meanes might
indanger the place to a confusion and ruien ; soe render
us uncapable of that service we desire to performs to your
highness and the commonwealth ; the place of itselfe
(if incoragement and small helps weere afforded) beeing
of consiqusnce by reson of the fertellity of the soyle,
and sxossdinge all other settled in these partss in con-
vsnnisnts and safe harbours, I in relation to the premisses,
and my loyalty to your highness and the common-
wsalth, doe prostrate my humble desire at the feete of
your bigness care and justice, soe far to take up the
people and place into your consideration, as to give such
order and directions as may put us not only in a condition
of walking inoffensively, but allsoe as wee may be servisable
to your highness and the commonwealth ; which is the
harty desire of
Your most obedient subject and servant,
Chr. Raynell.
From the island of Antigua, in the partes of
America, August 20, 1G54.
I have presumed heerewithall to present a coppy of the
commission I have acted by, in case your highness please to
Lave it perused. (Thurloe's ' State Papers,' vol. ii., p. 554.)
1G54? Petition of Carsten Carstenson, of Stockholm,
master of the " Stockholm," of Stockholm. Complains of
his goods being seized in Antigua by Governor Kayuell.
(' Colonial Calendar,' p. 420.)
In 1665 all goods and merchandise belonging to
the Dutch in the West Indies were declared confis-
cated by Parliament. This was a severe blow to the
merchants of Holland, who had much capital in-
vested iu the Plantations, their ships monopolising
the carrying trade. The following lists are copied
from Egerton MS. 2395, British Museum. From
two of the items we learn that 1 lb. of sugar was
worth 3 lbs. of tobacco.
Aktigua.
A List of y^ Inhabitants of j" pond Division and Rendez-
vous Bay, y'= Leward Devision, and Crab Vallye, and
Burmudian Vallye, who Confeseth them Selves to
have bene and are Indb' unto y«^ Estates of Garrard
and Jacob Derrick By Bill or Accoump' and what they
are Indebted. As also j" Debts of Severall p'sons
found due uppon y" Booke who hath not appeared
at their Summens before Cap'" Richard Lisle, and
M"^ Tho. firyer Comission'" for y' purpose Appointed.
Taken and Examined at Severall times by y^ said
Lisle, & Fryer from y" S"' of Noverab'"' 1G55 unto y"
first of Decemb'^ 1655 : —
Tobacco
Deb. to
Gar" Derrick
Idem
Idem
Idem
Idem
Garr" & Jacol>
Gov' Kaynell By 12 h'h of wine
by an acco" brought in by
Rob. Heme & D'D upon oath .
Govern' Kaynell deb*'' more
Govern' Kayuell more to severall
p'sells of wine by an acco"
brought in by Rob. Heme and
del''' uppon oath
more Charged upon y'^said Hemes
acco" but to be p'd by Gov'
Kaynell being due from him as
y* s'd Hearn hath deposed
Tho. Wright
James Southwell hath deposed all
deb'^ and Acc"= are Satisfied .
7,700
4,747
13,488
626
287
00,000
Tobacco
Gan-t
Mathew Grimes by L' Bruster
20
Gar' & Jacob
Isaac Holland hath deposed not
Indeb' .
00,000
Gar*
Henry Eliot by his wife Adminis-
tratrix .
170
Michell Culford Confeseth
686
Garr* Derrick
Thomas Armitage Confeseth
744
Idem
Christopher Baldwin by Bill
660
Idem
Clement Alyen confesech .
100
Jacob & Garr'
John Lannet Confeseth
73
Garret
Will' Wilson per Bill
310
Jacob
Will' Warrington Deb.
673
Garret
Will' Ward confeseth
42
Jacob
Will' Morgan confeseth
526
Idem
Sam Irish Confeseth
148
Garret
Hen. Nichole per Bill
1,722
Jacob
John Roberts confeseth
264
Garr' Derrick
Curtise by Bill .
309
Jacob
Francis Kaynell found deb.
42
Garret
Petter Harrise uppon y" Booke
113
.Jacob
Will' Bignall confeseth
640
Garret
Tho. Fryer confeseth to Ballance
7
Idem
Rob. Hearne confeseth
269
Jacob
Rob. Hearne confeseth
566
Idem
Christopher Newsteed confeseth
116
Idem
ffrancis Peatten uppon y"^ Booke
152
Idem
Will' Price uppon y^ Booke
. 1,360
Garret
John Cash by Bill
247
Idem
John Henlock
2
Idem
Richard Nicholles
85
Jacob
Petter Jones Confeseth
244
Idem
Step. Abramson .
519
Garret
Tho. Clurruck confeseth
286
Idem
Rob' Haij
780
Idem
Cap' Tho. Tuck .
1,488
Idem
Madam Ashton by Bill confesetli
one hundred pounds of sugar
300
Idem
Madam Ashton found upon Booke
258
Idem
M' Smithers 83 '" sugar per Bill
Toattall summe
249
41,018
lb.
d.
Govern' Kaynell Indebted to Garr' Derrick
82"> 2= 6'! Sterling Money being the full ap-
praisement of y" Shipp with gunnes tackle
boate oares and Apparell, etc.
82 02 06
A catalog, of what debts are due to Severall people in y<=
afore menc'oned Divisions from Garret & Jacob
Derrick Given in uppon their severall oathes to Cap'"
Rich. Lisle & M'' tho. Fryer Comiss'^^^as afores'd : —
to tho. Wright being reedy to depose
L' tho. Southwell being deposed .
to y'= Relick of Henry Eliot by Bill
to Mark Hall
to L' Gilles Blizard his own ace' M'
Websters being satisfied
to Gover' Kaynell from Jacob Derrick for
house ....
to Mark Brustei- .
to Will' Bradshaw .
to Thorn. Cluruck for table & bedsteed
to Madam Ashton .
to Rob' Smithers ...
to Gidion Bryet
to Madam Ashton .
Totall .
Jegon
a store
Tobacco
2,047
180
2,287
77
3,415
645
68
387
[hlank']
801)
1,127
9,011
659
20,713
XXIV
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
The names of those p'sons that are indebted for wine de-
livered unto them at Several! times by Robt. Hearne
as he hath given them in unto j'- aforesaid Comiss'"
upon his oath w'^'' s'd wines did belong unto Cap*"
Derrick and was taken out of the Ship called y'
Hope as also what they are indebted : —
Tobacco
Martin Purder ..... 188
Will' Price ..... 54
John Collars ..... 60
Eob' Hay ...... 312
ffrancis Pattean ..... 28
Henry Collowell . . . . .120
Cloyce Harty ..... 84
Owen Griffim ..... 36
John Kearne ..... 24
William fFennij ..... 8
John Cade ..... 180
Able Kayne ..... 52
William Gittings . . . . .126
Totall
1,272
A List of y« Inhabitants in Burmudian Vallye and others
vi^^ are Indebted unto Clans Harty as it hath bein
made appeare to Cap'" Rich. Lisle and W Thomas
Fryer uppon ace' and Examinac'on they being Comis-
sion'" appoynted by Authority for that purpose : —
Tobacco
Tho. Halfehide ..... 379
Rob. Laysey confcseth .... 946
John Mayotts confeseth .... 60
John Camell confeseth .... 32
Alesand' Spettle confeseth . . . 480
Govern' Kaynell confeseth by Rob. Hearn . 7,136
John Fry D'^ confeseth . . . .289
Andrew Curteein per Bill .... 95
William Wilcocks per Wm. Price . . . 130
Maurice Shehaun found Deb' upon ye Book . 257
Cornelus Cornelisoa confeseth . . . 351
Richard Ayres found Deb'"' . . . 210
Totall Summe
10,365
Insula Antigua.
Severall Debts of Cap*" Garrard Derrickson and Jacob
Derrickson by Bill and Accoump* Confest y'= 2 day of
Aprill 165C : —
Tobacco
Tearvy 6 Sham per Bill
Edward Ma . . 11 per Bill .
John Winter per Bill
M"^ Paul Lee per Bill
to Ballence uppon Percivall Innocents Accoump'
Cap'" Stodder per Bill .
More to Peeter Boyer per Bill
Rest to ballauce upon Wm. Walters Bill and
Answered per Cap'° Stodder
Francies Gifford per Bill .
Phihp Flin upon accoump'
Zachary Smith uppon Ace" and ans'red by Rob
Wearner ....
Thomas Bowes is Charged uppon ace" 1251 But
denies it but confeseth some
Thomas Collins per Acc° .
Frances Hudson per Bill .
William Pike uppon Ace" .
more uppon Ace" ....
Petter Dominico uppon Acc°
M' Burkingham upon Ace" suger 220
Thomas Couttenell uppon Acc°
362
80
318
333
318
200
2,000
236
2,250
49
254
1,251
40
360
566
321
116
660
225
John Edwards per Acconmpt
Rob' Jliles by ace" but denies it
one Bill more
Tho Mathewes per Bill
Jn" Walling uppon Balleuc of Acc°
Sam. Wei bourn
L' Palmer .
Robert Trefliiine per Bill
Dannell 6 Criminy per Bill
Hugh Evens per Acco'
Sam. Pile per Bill .
John Andrews per Bill
John Grendrip per Bill
Dearemon Doogon per Bill
Xf' Toiler per Bill
John Partington per Bill
William Tyler per BUI
Rich. Hallet per Bill
Thomas Coate per Bill but confeseth
Hugh Chesword per Bill
William Kenton per Bill
Cap. Turfrey per Acco' but will make it appeare
discharged ....
Total Summe
Tobacco
60
806
313
74
174
115
16
460
370
209
610
349
1,070
919
1,330
180
215
380
33
388
180
327
18,077
The names of such as are indebted either for their own
account & confesed unt. Claus Harty by an Account
brought in by Rob' Hearne the 10"" of Novemb'
1655:—
Cello' Christopher Kaynell by acco' conf
Capt. Richard Lisle Confeseth
Thomas ffryer confeseth
7,136
900
454
8,489
A list of Bills belonging to Claus Harty deliver unto Cap'"
Lisle and M'' tho. ffryer by Rob. Hearne : —
1 Bill of W"' AVilcocks
1 Bill of John Docody
362
468
62
257
1,173
379
793
3,494
1 Bill of John Mayots
1 Bill of Morrise Phalela
1 Bill of Rob' Lacy
1 Bill of M'- Hatfields
1 Bill of William Hopten
2 Notes of M"- Winthorp
1 discharg of Claus Harty
1 Neat of Jn" Boyse
1 Noat of Will' Price
1 Noate of Will' Bangers
North Sound and Popes Head.
A list of Debts due to Cap' Derrick Jacob Derrick and
Claus Harty as are made Appeare by bills Books and
Confession : —
Tobacco
L' Henry Smith Confeseth . , . 1,300
2,888
352
265
586
4,676
115
137
2,924
131
531
1,164
Ensigne Thomas Kelland .
Will fford D'^
Richard Packins Deb'"' per Bill
Edmund Cooper per Bill .
Col' Chamond RumdeU D''
Henry Tanckerd D''
Straphon Martin d'''
John Sellers
Will' y« Scot Alias Bitton .
L= Henry Stote
Major Jacob Withers
15,069
EHOM ARRIVAL OE LORD WILLOUGHBY TO THE RESTORATION, xxv
A List of Such people as are Indebted unto Cap'° Garrard
Derrick Jacob and Clans Harty in y« five Islands : —
Tobacco
Will' Willson per Bill . .' . .310
Sargt William Lyne per BiU . . .133
Sargt Major Garden . . . .300
/
743
41,018
20,713
1,272
This is the totall
10,365
sumin' due to
18,077
y" State from
8,489
Antigua besides
3,494
82"' 2' e*.
15,069
743
119,240
1655. Cap' Gregory Butler to the protector.
May itt please your highness,
During my stay at Barbadus, which was but eight
dayes, severall strangers shipps were seized, and an im-
bargoe laid on all vessells. Aboard the Swiftshore a
conferrence was held with collonell Mudeford and coll.
Morrice, the night before I sett sayle for Crestifores ; the
some of it was, what place might bee best attempted, but
indeed nothing concluded before my departure, which was
earely next morning. Coll. Holdet and capt. Blagg were
joined in commission with my selfe to raise men, and seize
all strangers shipps trading with the Leward Islands under
the English governemente. Our first arrivale was at
Antegoe ; whoes governer is Chrestopher Kennell, som-
tyme a capt. in England under the command of the
honourable major generall Skippon. There wee staid but one
night : having proclaymed your highnes, wee departed,
after I had wryte to capt. Fountaine to come and serve
your highnes, judgeing him fitt, whoe formerly was with
capt. Cromwell in the Indes, knoweing him formerly to bee
vallient. I enlured the governer to laye waite for capt.
Campoe Subbatha, formerly Jackson's pillate ; besids with
moneys and promises I gott mr. Wentworth, capt. Crom-
well's mate, whome I placed in the Marstonemore friggett
as piUate.
This Island of Antegoe is much moUested with the
Indyens of Guardelupp, Domineca, and S' Vencent, which
made me uuwilling to entertaine any of the inhabitants
for souldiers, there not being one the island above twelve
hundred men. The place hath very good harbors in it, and
of all the islands formerly possessed by the English, is the
best, haveiug stoore of earth to make saltepeter. The next
is Moncerrate, where with all sevellitye wee were enter-
tained by the governer Osborne. Here wee raised fower
score men, and toke two Dutch shipps and two Dutch
shallups, proclamed your highnes, and see departed for
Meves, where the governer, a most sober, godley, and dis-
crete person, intertained ns nobley, drew his people in
armes, and proclaymed your highnes. The same day wee
listed three hundred men. This gentleman being old was
willing to laye downe his commission, but wee incuredged
him to retaine it.
Hee was much perplexed with some annebaptest.
Of him and another I bought two Indyens of Floreday
shamefully betraid by a private man of warr, and sould in
this island ; the which I left with my man upon the
Island of Gemecoe. In Meves wee staid but two dayes ;
see departed to S' Cristophers, where wee found the greate
ons verey unwiUing, that wee should raise any men, ferring
by that meanes the French might rewing them. The
French were jellius of us, the old fier being unwilling to
rune any hassard in his old agge, knowing his estate in
S' Cristophers to bee better then the faviour of his master
the King of France. The English governer Everrard is
a covetuous and grevious opresser, not earring what will
become of his people, soe hee thrives. Here we raised eight
or nyne hundred men ; and had those quartered, which wee
brought from Neves and Mountsearate. The English
would a faiiie a fanlne out with the* French during our
staying here ; but wee tooke such care, that the ammetye
was renewed,* and the people left in peece. This island
is almost worne out by reason of the multituds that live
upon it. The fleete appearinge, wee shipped our men to
the number of twelve hundred, and departed. (Thurloe's
' State Papers,' vol. iii., p. 574.)
As the conquest of Jamaica by Pen and Venables
was effected with the aid of the settlers from the
West Indian colonies, a brief allusion to that event
may be uiade.
On 18 December 1654 the soldiers were shipped,
and the Rear-Admiral sailed from England next day,
leaving the others to follow. The fleet of thirty sail,
under the command of Admiral William Pen, with
five regiments, amounting to 3000 men, besides
officers, arrived at Barbados on 1 February 1654-5.
Twenty Dutch ships were captured there, and after
refitting, the Admiral sailed on 3 March, taking
with hira a troop of Barbadian horse, besides many
settlers. On 6 April the fleet anchored off St.
Christopher's, and received 1200 volunteers from the
Leeward Islands under Captain Gregory Butler.
There were now 6000 West Indian settlers on
board " that went to plant," besides women and
children. On the 13th the expedition arrived at
St. Domingo or Hispaniola, the conquest of which
was Cromwell's object ; 7000 troops were landed the
following day, but after some desultory fighting for
several days the commanders gave up the enter-
prise, having lost 1700 out of 9700 men landed,
together with six colours. On 3 May 1655 the
fleet sailed, arriving on the 10th at Jamaica, which
island was easily conquered. Each regiment was
assigned a district, and the officers and men received
large grants of laud. It will thus be seen how the
sui'plus population of Barbados and the Leeward
Islands greatly contributed to the successfiil con-
quest and settlement of Jamaica. (Egerton MS.
2395, fo. 60, contains a very good detailed description
of this expedition.)
1655. Nov. 7. Extract of a letter written by Daniel
Searle, Governor of Barbados, to Oliver Cromwell.
The collony of Surranam settled on the maiue of
Guyanna have applied themselfs unto mee with some com-
plaint of theire unsettled condition. Theire governor coll.
Holdip deserteing them retorned for England, and was there
employed for the service of your highnes expedition into
America ; since which time theye have binn and still are with-
out any person authorized in the government amongst them.
Some addresses have likewise binn made unto mee by
mr. Joseph Lee, Benjamin Langhanf (sic), and Richard
Furfey, inhabitants of the island Antegoe, in behalfe of
* A copy of the Articles is g-iven by Du Tertre, vol. i., pp.
447—479.
t Ralph Webster of Antigua, Gent., in his will dated 1.3 April
1G49, referred to his plantation and slaves held in partnership with
Captain Benjamin Langham, and appointed as overseers Captain
Joseph Lee and Mr. Thomas Akehurst.
XXVI
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
themselfs and the people of that collony, concerning some dis-
tractions among them, and the present unsettled and dis-
turbed condition of that collony ; but findeing I have noe
power to take cognizance of anything of that nature without
the boundes of this collony without spetiall order from your
highnes, I have transmitted theire complaints and the state
of the matter in differance betwixt them upon theire
governour's goeing off, which your highnes will hearewith
receve. (Thurloe's ' State Papers,' vol. iv., p. 1.57.)
On 1 1 November Cromwell established tlie Board
of Trade, being a Committee of the Privy Council,
appointed for the special consideration of trade and
the affairs of the plantations.
J. Daniel auditor general to the expedition under Pen &
Venables, to Oliver Cromwell, dated 3rd June 1C55.
"Mrs. Lee, wife of Captain Lee (of Antigua), was
carried away by the Caribs, and kept prisoner 3 years at
Dominica, her husband and many English slaughtered."
('Antigua and the Antiguans,' vol. i., p. 15.)
Extract of a letter from Major Sedgwick & vice-admiral
Goodsoun, to the protector, dated at Jamaica 12
March 1G55-6.
.... We have as much as we could animated our
souldiers to planting ; something they do but not much ;
however to give them good example, we are now making a
common plantation for the fleet, which is undertaken with
chearfulness by the seamen. We have also despatched a
ship, the Hope fly-boat, for New England to fetch masts
and such necessaries as are wanting for the fleet, with
letters to Captain Grookin, promising our best assistance of
shipping, if he give us notice of any considerable number
that desire to be transported hither. She is ordered like-
wise in her return to touch at Barbados and Nevis, with
letters to the governours there to the same effect, and to
desire them to signify so much to all their neighbour plan-
tations, as Montserrat, Antigua, etc. (Thurloe's ' State
Papers,' vol. iv., p. 601.)
1656. Draught of a Commission for Christopher Cannell
to be Gov' of Antego.
Oliver P.
OHver Lord Protector of y>= Common- wealth of England,
Scotland, & Ireland, & y'= dominions thereto belonging. To
all to whom these presents shall come, Greetinge. Know
ye y' we being well assured of j^ faithfuUness, prudence, &
ability of our well-beloved Collonel Christopher Keynell ;
have made, ordeined, constituted, & appointed, & by these
presents doe make, ordeiue, constitute, & appoint him y'
said Christopher Keynell Goveruer of our Island of Antigua
in America ; with y'' Island of Barbado,* & other j'= little
lies thereunto adjoyning, & belonginge : & all our forts,
castles & fortresses, havens, roads & harbours there ;
dureing our pleasure : & to y'' end & purpose we doe by
these presents grant, & comitt unto him y'= said Governour
Keynell, y'^ charge, custody, & government of y|= aforesaid
Islands, & premises, with full power & authority for us, &
in our name, to rule, govern, & order all & singular y'^
person, which now are or hereafter shall be abideing on j"
said IsUmds, & every or any of them accordinge to y'' laws
& customs of England, & such good, just, & reasonable
customes & ordinances, as are or shall be there used &
approved : & all such as shall be found disobedient in y'
premises to chastize, correct & punish accordinge to theire
severall demeritts ; & w"' force, & strong hand to fight
with, kill, slay, represse, & subdue all such persons as in
hostile manner shall attempt to encounter our forces there,
or to possesse & invade our said Islands, or any of them, or
in any wise to impeach our title & possession thereof ; or to
hurt or annoy him y" said Christopher Keynell, or any y''
* Barbuda.
people there beinge ; or others under our protection, & to
y' purpose to receive into his command y^ severall companys
of hors & foot belonginge to y" said Island & them to
trade, lead, exercise & discipline in warr-like manner,
accordinge to his discretion ; & from time to time to make
constitute, & appoint under him fitt & convenient Officers
& ministers of Justice both Civil & Military ; for j" peace &
safety & y" good and peaceable governement of our said
Islands, & people there : & we doe hereby streightly charge
& command all manner of persons w"^"" now are, or shall
hereafter be abideing upon y same Islands, to be obedient,
aidinge & assistiuge of him y*" said Christopher Keynell, as
CoUonell & Governour of our said Islands in all things as
becometh.
And for y' better execution of our service in y'' premises,
& secureinge our interest in j" said Islands, we doe by these
presents give, & grant further power & authority unto him
y^ said Christopher Keynell, to erect, rais, & make such
fortifications in such convenient harbours & places there as
he shall Judge necessary; & for defrayinge & bareing y«
Charges of y^ premises, to tax, & assess y' Inhabitants
there, equally & proportionately accordinge to their severall
degrees & estates.
And further we doe by these presents grant unto him y«
said Christopher Keynell full ])oure & authority from time to
time, & when, & as often as to him shall seem necessary &
expedient to summon courts of Assembly in y" said Island, &
to heare & determine all, & all manner of causes & businesses
there happeninge & to happen, whither Civil or Military, &
from time to time, in case of eminent danger to proceed
against in a summary & expeditious way, & cans execution
to be done upon mutinous & incorrigible persons, disturbers
of y^ publique peace, accordinge to y^ cours of y'= law Mar-
shall : & allsoe by & with y'' consent of his counsell & free-
holders of y" said Islands from time to time & when, & as
often as to him shall seem necessary, to make, & ordeine
such laws constitutions & ordinances not repugnant to y*
Laws of England, as shall be thought meet for y" good
governement of y' said Islands, & inhabitants thereof.
And we doe hereby grant, & confirme unto y'' said
Christopher Keynell, in consideration of his attendants, care
& diligence in service there, all & every such, & y« like ad-
vantages, proffitts, immunitys, customs, priviledges, emolu-
ments whatsoever incident, due, and belonginge to his said
place & office of Collonel & Governour of y"" said Islands : &
for y'^ better encouragement of all such persons as shall desire
to plant themselves in our said Islands, we doe by these
presents further give, & grant unto him y<= said Christopher
Keynell, full powre & authority to sett out, allott, & grant
unto all, & every such person & persons such proportions of
Lands in y'= said Islands as y'= said Christopher Keynell shall
think fit. And lastly we doe by these presents give & grant
unto y'' said Christopher Keynell full powre & authority to
substitute under him, as necessity shall require, one fitt &
discreet person to be his Deputy in his absence, & further to
doe & execute all & every such other act, & acts, as shall or
may tend or conduce to y^ settlinge of our governement there,
& of our said Collony & plantations & inhabitants thereof,
in peace & quietness, & for y" advanceing of trade, & com-
merce & as shall be found there most fit & beneficial for y^^
honour of us & these Nations, & ye good & well-fare of our
people there. And we hereby will & command him y" said
Christopher Keynell dilligently & carefully to intend this
our service & observe, & perform such further instructions
& commands, as he shall ft-om time to time receive from us,
or from us with y<= advice of our Counsell ; in y'' premises
whereof we shall expect a due account : given under our
signett at our pallace of Westminster, y" sixt day of August,
in y" yeare of our Lord ; one thousand six hundred, &
fifty-six.
(Egerton MS. 2395.)
FROM ARRIVAL OE LORD WILLOUGHBY TO THE RESTORATION, xsvii
1G56. July 15. Petition of Got. Keyuell to the Council
of State.
At the desire of his Council & all the inhabitants he
undertook a voyage to England at his own charge, to give an
account of the island, which he has performed to the best of
his abilities. Is desirous that the business should be deter-
mined that he may return. His salary not half enough to
defi-ay the charges of housekeeping. Has spent the greatest
part of his estate in the purchase of ammunition, or else the
Island had not been in possession of the English. Has for-
borne to levy upon the inhabitants because of their poverty.
His goods, to the value of nearly £1000, sent from Antigua
to defray his expenses in England, all taken by nunkirkers.
Wishes to go to sea within 14 days. Prays that the premises
may be taken into mature consideration, so that he may
return to his charge, his dearest relation and family.
On the 23'' certain armes & ammunition were ordered by
the Council out of the public stores for defence of the island,
the merchants trading thither to be allowed 300 men out of
Scotland, to be transported to Antigua at their own charge.
1656. May6. Eeport of the Committee of Trade"deliv'd
by his Highness in Council 6 May 1656." The purport of
the above considerations more in detail, with the exception of
foreign trade, recommended by the Committee to be adopted,
as well as that Protestants of what nation soever be en-
couraged to live under the English Government in the Island.
July 1. Govr. Keynell also proposes that: —
If importation of the commodities of the island into Eng-
land, custom free, be not allowed, he proposes that a garrison of
500 soldiers be kept upon the island, or a supply sent of Eng-
lish and Scotch servants, with arms, ammunition, and negroes.
The number left to their Lordships.
Two ships of 200 tons each, provided for the use of the
Colony, may give such encouragement, that the island may be
kept in possession of the Commonwealth, without further
charge.
A continued supply of servants necessary as prisoners
and the like. Course for their transportation.
Endorsed: — "Read 1 July 1656. Ord. to be resumed
Thursday."
This paper was referred on the 3'''' to a committee, to con-
sider of the raising of a fort in Antigua for securing the in-
terest of the commonwealtii, & of such inhabitants as
remain there, & of transplanting the rest to Jamaica.
Another proposal was also presented by Kaynell to Col.
Jones, one of the Council of State, viz. : —
Propositions concerning the customs upon coimnodities &
trade of the island. That it may be supplied with 400 or
500 servants. No able-bodied men to be allowed to leave
until they are in a condition to defend themselves. Twelve
minions would be very useful. Will set out two ships to
sea without any charge to his Highness, if he will bestow
them for the service of the colony. Believes, if these pro-
posals be not speedily granted, that it will be impossible to
retain the island. Some resolutions then necessary, that so
the people may shift for themselves.
1656. April. Gov. Keynell petitions the Committee
for Trade & navigation on behalf of the merchants, inhabi-
tants & traders of Antigua. Prays to be heard about certain
proposals intimating the situation, commodities, benefits, etc.,
of those fruitful islands that speedy resolutions may be taken.
Annexed are :
l''iy. Proposals for the preservation of Antigua from
present ruin and destruction. Situation bigger than Bar-
badoes, with large and secure harbours on all sides : climate
healthy, soil not inferior to any of the Caribbee Islands, and
very productive in tobacco, sugar, indigo, and. cotton.
Great store of saltpetre ; natural salt ponds, plenty of fish
and fowls, and good stock of cattle.
Many plantations have been deserted because Colonel
Henry Ashton declared for the adverse party, and through the
wars between England and Holland commerce has been hin-
dered. Prohibition of foreign trade has pi-evented the arrival
of considerable supplies expected, especially by " the Nor-
weesers " already settled there. No supplies of servants
have of late arrived from England ; number of fighting men
very inconsiderable.
Unless some speedy course is taken to remedy these
evils, the island will be quite deserted, and if it fall into the
possession of an enemy, the utter rnin of all the English
plantations in those parts will be imminent.
2ncii.v_ Considerations upon the above proposals by order
of 16 April 1656, for keeping afoot the island of Antigua.
All arms and ammunition, of which a supply to be sent,
and clothing outward bound, and all commodities imported
for five years to be free of customs.
English servants to be sent over " as prisoners and the
like, if not, Scotch and Irish."
Planters to be encouraged to go on with their plantations ;
those that fail to be disposed of by the Governour to others
who will settle them. The " Norweeses " and other
strangers to be permitted to trade and supply their re-
spective plantations.
John Davies in liis translation of Rochefort's
' History of the Caribby Islands,' the first edition of
which was published in French in 1658, and the
English translation in 1666, gives the following
short account of Antigua: —
The Island of Antego lyes at the Altitude of 16 degrees
and 11 minutes, between the Barbados and the Desviddo.
It is in length about six or seven leagues, the breadth not
the same in all places. The access of it is dangerous for
Shipping, by reason of the rocks which encompass it. It
was conceiv'd heretofore, that it was not to be inhabited,
upon this presumption, that there was no fresh water in it :
but the English, who have planted themselves in it, have
met with some, and have made Ponds and Cisterns, which
might supply that defect. This Island is abundant in Fish,
most sorts of wild Fowl, and in all of tame Cattel. It is
inhabited by seven or eight hundred men.
So large a quantity of tobacco had been grown in
the Leeward Islands that the price had become too
low to make its further cultivation profitable ; sugar-
cane, ginger, and indigo took its place.
A League offensive & defensive concluded between the
English & French in the Charribee I^eeward Islands
ag^' the Indians 1659.
In the Castle of the Lord Generall the Bayliff Deponcij
the King of ffrance his Ijieu" Generall in America, where
were Assembled togeather Colonell Roger Osborne, Govern'
of the Island of Montserrat, and the Captaynes, Captayne
Randall Russell, Captayne Michaell Smith, the Deputyes of
serj' Maior James Russell Governo' of the Island of Nevis,
and the said Governo' Osborne in the behalfe of Colonell
Christopher Kaynell Governo' of Antigua for the English
Nation ; and the Gent. Charles Houel, Lord Governo' of
Guardaloopa and the Zaints, etc., and Robert Houel Knight
as well for his owne p'ticuler part as what concern es the
Heires of the Deceased Gent. Boiserett Lord of the Island of
Marigalanta & Disserada Representing the french Nation,
of which p'sons soe Assembled the said Generall Bayliflf
Depoincij was president.
The Manifould Disorders which hath happened by the
Insolence of the dayly Invasions of the Indians into divers
Islands Inhabited by the said Two Nations Represented es-
pecially by the Indians of S' Vincents and Dominica, the
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
severall Murthers and outrages Executed by them and the
Detention of the people of both nations whose Lives were in
dainger of Ijooseing untill this present time not being able
to suppress their Insolency, much less possible to Adventure
to Declare unto them the Light of the Gospell the principall
Motive of Establishing the CoUonyes in America, because
they allwayes had the Craft & Subbilty to make peace with
one of the Two Nations before they would Enterprize any-
thing against the other, By which meanes they politiquely
did maintaine frieudshipp with one of the said two Nations.
Wherefore to Compas the Salvation of these Idolato" & to
contayne them in a Civill & pollitique way ; It is thought
Necessary to ifavorize the endeavo" that any Eclesiasticall
p'son or p'sons shall from time to time & at all times here-
after take on that behalfe. Upon all which Considderac'ons
the said Assembly haveing Maturely Deliberated doe thinke
fitt, for Grods Glory the Service of their Supreames and the
Quietnes of the Inhabitants of both Nations to make an Of-
fensive and Defencive League & Union amongst themselves
the said English & ifrench Nation as they doe by these
p'sents Confedderate in a firme absolute and Everlasting
League or Union between themselves the said Nations both
Offensive & Defencive against the said Indians & every one
of them, If they or any of them who have concluded a peace
with eyther or both of the said Nations or any other the
Carribee Indians shall offer any violence or practize any
mischiefe against the people of eyther the said Nations, and
in p'ticuler & more especiall manner the Indians of the said
Islands of S' Vincent & Dominica. And ffor the takeing
away of all jealousies & prevention of any JMisconstructions
of the true Intent of the said Assembly; It is Concluded
& Agreed that the said Two Islands S' Vincent & Dominica
shall remaine proprietory unto the Indians Inhabitants
thereof, and that neyther of the p'sons in this p'sent Assem-
bly shall Arme any Souldiers against them in their said
Islands or in Hostile way or otherwise (Dureiug the peace
with the said Indians) compass the Disposession of the said
Indians of their said Land or lay any title or Clayme of
proprietorshipp thereunto. It is further Concluded &
agreed by the said Assembly that for the Maintaynance of
the said League there shalbee the summe of ffourty thousand
pounds of Suger ffrench weiglit putt into the hands of
Anthony Reyersou m'chant at Bastarr within six Monthes
after the Date hereof by the English Nation, And ifourty
thousand pounds of Suger ffrench weight put into the hands
of Samuel Queivy m'chant at Bastarr by the ffrench Nation,
which said Summes shalbee by the said Reyerson & Queivy
disbursed & paid by order & at the Joint appointm" of the
Hon"'' Colonell Roger Osborne Governo' of the Island of
Montserratt on the p'te of the English Nation, and the
Hon'"''^ Lord Charles Houel Governo' of the Island of
Guardaloope on the p'te of the ffrench Nation, ffor the use
of both Nations for the Carrying on & maintayning the
Union. It is further Concluded & Agreed by the Joint con-
sent of the persons of the said Assembly that if it shalbee
thought necessary to wage warr with the said Indians by
Sea or Land to build fforts or entertaine Garrisons for a
time or Longer the said United Nations shall equally
ffurnish Amunition men & victualls, and that the necessity
Requireing the same shalbee adjudged by the p'sons in the
said Assembly or their Successo" in power and Authority,
flurther the said Assembly haveing Judged that this Union
wilbee of small effect were it not . . . .* of knowledge and
understanding amongst them Doe unanimously Nominate
* Here a narrow strip is missinfj from the MS. — V. L. 0.
Elect & Chuse .... Collonel Roger Osborne Governo' of
Montseratt & the Hon^e the said Lord Charles .... the
Island of Guardaloope jointly to undertake & on the behalfe
of both Nations .... Correspondence to manadge & Carry
on the said Designe both in warr & peace according ....
& meaning of this Union & Confedderacy who have Nobly
& Generously Accepted of ... . promise of a CarefuU Im-
provement of their best endeavours therein. It is alsoe
Agreed by the p'sons of the said Assembly that all proffitts
soever that any way .... union shall be to the equall benefitt
& belioofe of both nations, of which there shalbe .... to the
said Governo"'^ Imployed. It is ffurther Agreed to the end
that this p'sent League may not give any occasion to the
peop .... to neglect their Guards that on eyther p'te the
accustomed orders for their safety shall .... bee Continued
to prevent Surprizall. It is alsoe Agreed upon by the As-
sembly that the saide Governo" or whome shall bee ....
shall use their best endeavors to Recover as soone as they
can possible all the Captives .... deteyned prisoners by the
said Indians, and their Ransom shall be paid by those of
.... they shall appertaine by Reason that the peace is not
as yet Generally Conclud .... of both the said Islands.
That this present League & Union may not bee Impeached
by any other not Interrested .... Lawfull to any one of
Eyther of the Nations to Deale or Trade or have any ....
the said two Islands, may not ffish nor hunt tiiere without
the Lycence or p'mission .... said Governo" or Eyther of
them. It is alsoe Concluded that the Governo'^ & In-
habitants of other Islands not here p'sent to this Assembly
may enter into this League if please them within the space
of Six Monthes from the Date hereof in declareing them-
selves & Contriljuting for their p'te & proporc'on ordayned
as aforesaid. And to the end this Union may bee of ever-
dureing Continuance & ffidelity between the said Two
Nations, the said Assembly doth Agree that the p'sons
therein named shall Respectively endeavour y'' confimac'on
thereof from their princes Chiefs or Rulers at Home. That
notwithstanding any warrs Declared there the said Union
may Continue Inviolably for Six Monthes.
Dated the [blank] Rog" Osborne.
Houel. Jas. Ru.ssell.
Le Ch'l' Desales.*
Endorsed : — " Articles betwixt y= Inglish & french w""
the Indians 1659."
(Egerton MS. 2395.)
1659. Jan. The inhabitants of S' Christopher's make
complaints against their Governor Col. Clement Everard
& say that an Expedition against the Caribbee Indians,
mutually agreed upon by the Governors of Nevis, Antigua
and Montserrat, " was lost and ruined " through Gov""
Everard breaking his engagements.
It was enacted by the Commonwealth that " no
goods shall be imported into or exported from the
plantations but in British-built ships, and wholly
owned by British subjects, and navigated by three-
fourths sailors of the same."
By 12 Charles II. for every vessel sailing from
England or Ireland for the plantations, bond for
£1000 had to be given if she were under, and £2000
if over 100 tons. (Southey.)
* Charles de Sales, Chevalier of the Order of St. John of
Jerusalem, Governor-General of the French at St. Christopher's.
FROM RESTOEATION OE CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II. xxix
CHAPTER V.
FROM THE RESTORATION OE CHARLES II. TO THE ABDICATION OF JAMES II.,
1660—1688.
Anno 1660. — The first of the people called Quakers, who
came to reside in this Island was Jonas Langford, who upon
his arrival there on the 14th of the fifth month this year
applied liimself to the Governonr, whose name was Christo-
pher Kayneth (sir), and acquainted him with his intentions
of settling there The Governour treated him kindly and
gave him liberty to live where he saw meet. So he pur-
chased a piece of land and sent for his family. Within a
short time after the Governour was displaced, and Colonel
Robert Carden succeeded him, who committed the said
Jonas Langford to prison for speaking to a priest after he
had ended his preaching, and ordered an Act for banishing
him in case he did so any more.
In September the same year, the said Jonas Langford's
wife came to him, and in November, Justinian Hollyman,
who had been banisht from Nevis for being a Quaker, came
also and settled here. Being now two or three of them,
they began to meet together to wait upon God and worship
him.
The Governour being informed of this, sent for the said
Jonas and Justinian, but after examination, finding no just
occasion against them, he dismissed them with a charge to
come to him again when sent for.
(Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers,' vol. ii., p. 370.)
?1660. The Most Himible Proposalls of the Merchants,
Planters & Traders to y« Island of Antigua.
The Island of Antigua is one of the Northermost of all
y^ Careeby Islands, & therefore the fittest Receptacle for all
shipps occupying both too & againe in the Indies uppon
any stress of weather or other extremety whatsoever as
many have & dayly doe find.
It is in Circomference bigger than y« Barbados.
It hath many large convenient & secure Harbours on
all sides Iwth to the Leeward & Windward, two of which
may be secured by one piece of fifortification, y^ least of y™
Capable to containe a very considerable ffleet of shipps of
what burthen soever.
The rest of y'' Careeby Islands yet settled by the
Christians haveing no Harbour at all, have & dayly doe
make use of those Harbours for the Careening & trimming
of theire shipps uppon all occasions where they may have
several! sorts of timber for their use.
It hath a very Healthfull Aire as is reported.
It is likewise y'' best wooded & sufficiently watered y'
with a very small charge there may be sufficient excellent
good water produced in most of y« Harbours for all shipping
that come.
The Boyle is not inferior to any of y'= other Careeby
Islands to produce provisions, Tobacco Sugar Ginger
Indico and for Gotten there is not any of those Islands
Comparable to Antigua.
It hath many large salt ponds which have yealded great
quantities of salt naturally.
It hath store of salt peter of which there hath been
made excellent good powder.
There is good fishing to y<= great releife both of shipping
and Inhabitants & for fibwleing there is none of y« Careeby
Islands comparable to it.
It may employ as many Inhabitants as the Barbados &
the produce of commodityes from thence not inferiour to it
both for quantity & quallity.
At present divers are in a hopefull way uppon y" designe
of sugar Gotten Indico & other Commodityes & all of
them generally well stocked with Cattell that they transport
them from thence to the Barbados & all other English
plantations in those parts.
The not haveing supplyes of any men servants lately
from England, & the goeing off^ of many of our ablest men
in the late expedition downe into the West Indies by dis-
couragement in the ill Government is the occasion that at
present the number of fighting men are very inconsiderable
for makeing good y'' place against our Common Enemy the
merciless Indians.
That whereas through defect of those necessitous
supplyes y*" Island requires it should happen into the
posession of an Enemy (which severall have sought for)
it would prove very prejudiciall if not the utter Ruine of
all the English plantations now settled in these parts & an
obstruction to our further progress into the West Indies
with the utter ruine & undoeing of the present Inhabitants
& the great damage of y'' Merchants who have been ad-
venturers to that Island.
And whereas much hath been granted by Pattent or
otherwise to severall persons & never setled, or for severall
yeares disserted, which are an Inlett to y" Common Enemy
y^ Indians, to y'' spoyling of y'^ present Inhabitants, It is
therefore humbly thought requisite y' those Lands may be
acquitted of all taxes or Governo''^ dues since ye said time
of non improvem', and y" persons owneing them be ordered
to settle theire Lands within 12 moneths or a time prefixed,
or otherwise y'= Governour be impowred to dispose y™ to
such persons as will presently settle.
That whereas y"* late protecto'' for y^ safety & security of
this Important Island did bestow on y« said place severall
Arms & Amunition w'='' haveing unhappely miscarried,
it is humbly desired y* 500 firelocks, 12 demyculverin & 12
sakers with carriages ladles & scuppers & other necessaryes
thereunto belonging & 20 barrells of powder with shott
proportionable & match for the use of j'^ great Gunns Or
what yo"' Hono'' uppon yo"" most prudent consideration shall
please to think fitt may be speedily provided.
(Egerton MS. 2395. No date.)
July 9. The King to Francis, Lord Willoughby, &
the inhabitants of Barbadoes, S' Kitts, Nevis, Moutserrat,.
Antigua, and the several islands of the province of Carliola..
Directing him inscantly to apply himself to undertake the
government of those islands.
(' Colonial Calendar,' p. 483.)
His Ma'y^ L're in behalf of my Lord Willoughby.
Right trustie & Right wellbeloved And trustie & well
beloved wee greet you well. Whereas wee have observed
and understood that the many revolutions and Disorders
with which it hath pleased God many yeares to punishe our
severall Dominions have had their effects alsoe upon you ;
and that your Peace, and the Duty you testified to our
Royall Person and Government in the yeare 1651 : was dis-
turbed by a fleet sent from England, which besieged our
Island of Barbados, and threatened the good People thereof
with the exti'eamities of warr, if they did not Submitt to the
Powers then lying before them, and to those that sent them ;
and dispossessed the Lord Whilloughby of Parham of his
Go.vernment and right there, which bee exercised by virtue
of Letters Patents graunted to the Earle of Carlile from whick
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THE HISTOUY OF ANTIGUA.
hee derived his Authoritie Wee have now thought fitt out
of our tender wellfare to the good People of our said Island ;
and for its better Governm', Regulation and improvement,
to encourage and require the said Lord Whilloughby, instantly
to apply himself to take care of the Affaires and Government
thereof either by goeing in his own Person or by sending
or appointing such a Governour and giving such Instructions
as to him shall seem meet, and shall bee agreeable to the powers
grannted in the said Letters Patents. And wee streightly
charge and Com'and you, and ererie of you ; that you doe
fourthwith yeild the same readie obedience to him the said
Lord Whilloughby as at any time you have donn (before
these Interruptions) to him, or to the Earles of Carlile, or to
such as have been, by them appointed and empowred.
Given at our Court at Whitehall this 23" dale of June
in the 12"' yeare of our Eeigne.
By his Maties Comand,
Ed. Nicholas.
To our I'ight trustie and right well beloved Francis
Ld Willughby of Parham. And to our trustie and well-
beloved the Inhabitants of our Island of Barbadas, and to
everie of them.
Colonel Joha Buncle as Deputy-Governor signed
patents on March 1661 and 6 February 1662.
Anno 1664. Anne Coleman came to this Island and
had some religious meetings with the aforesaid persons,
■which coming to the ear of Colonel John Bunkly then
Governour, he committed the said Jonas Langford, Anne
Coleman, and Justinian Hollyman to prison, for meeting
together and speaking to the people in their own house.
They were kept confined till Sessions, and then, after
examination, the two men were discharged, but the said
Anne Coleman, not being an inhabitant, was sent back to
prison, there to remain till there was an opportunity of
sending her away, which was done soon after. The said
Governour also committed Henry Graydon, an honest old
man, to prison, for refusing to bear arms, and not going to
the guard. He also caused an Act to be made for banishing
such as should meet together for the exercise of religion,
but before he could put that Act in execution, he was
displaced from his office ; for a remonstrance of his pro-
ceedings being presented to Francis Lord Willoughby of
Parham who was sent over with Commission from the King,
he caused the said Act to be reversed, and permitted the
return of Anne Coleman to the Island, turned Bunkly out,
and restored the former Governour Robert Garden. He
also gave such directions concerning liberty of conscience,
that Friends generally had their meetings in quiet, and
their number was in a few years after considerably in-
creased. (Bcsse's 'Sufferings of the Quakers.')
1665, June 28. John Winthrop, jun., writes :
"The inclosed came this night fro' Boston, and y= tener
of it speakes of y^ taking of 15 ships of y' English fro' y"
Bode at Mevis and Mountserrat. This is all y<= intellegence
■we have about Be Rut' at present . . . .," and in a second letter
of .luly 11, "and co'paring all intelligence besides, and
those y' have lately come fro' Nevis concerning De Ruiter
his fleet, it appeares to them that he is vpon a ranging
voyage." ('Winthrop Papers,' pt. iv., p. 97.)
A relative of the above also wrote the follo^wing
interesting epistle : —
To the Worpii Jn° Winthrop, Esq'', these pi'sent, at New-
England.
June y« 27, 1665.
Honnoured Cozen — The wisdom of God has so ordered
it as to bringe my husband and selfe to this Island here to
live, and through mercy to enjoy the company and comfort
of your deare brother. Truely, Cozen, he is a deare and
tender cozen to me and I have much cause to praise God
for him.* He is a reall Winthrop and truely noble to all,
but much more to my husband and selfe. I am at this
time at his house, but wee live 7 or 8 miles from him. My
husband is agent to Coll. Middleton, and wee live on his
plantation. And truely. Sir, I am not so much in love with
any as to goc much abroad. This house of your brother's
and my cozen's is all the joy 1 have in this place ; not that
I want anything, for I praise God I have no want ; but
they all be a company of sodomites that live here, and
truely. Cozen, I am really my father's daughter and can not
comply with their ill manners. Sir, although it was not
my happynes to see you in England, yet, sweet Cozen,
honnor me so much as to let me kiss your hand once before
I die, and in it you will engage her ever to remaine,
Your truely loving Cozen and faithfull servant,
Margaret Heathcoat
(Margaret Gostlin that was).
My husband presents his love & service to you.
How S' Xp'hs was taken by y" french from my Lord Wil-
loughbyes Deputy-Governo'', and of all ye transaccon
betweene y" english and them.
In y« time of Coll. William Watts, who was my Lord
Willoughbies Deputie-Governor, there was an Article made
betweene both nac'ons : & confirmed w"* y'' oth's formerly
made betweene S'' Thomas Warner & Mon" De Nambucq,
^yciie -(ygj. yt thclr shouW be no acts of hostillity used by
either nac'on ag' y" other, without speciall ord''' had from
theire Severall Princes, and y' if they received any Such
ord''" yett their Should be three times twenty & foure
houres warning given before any hostillity should be used
on either Side, notwithstanding W^"" sd Articles y" french
forces upon y" tenth day of Aprill 1666 fell upon o''
English on y« windward side of this Island at Cayenne,!
& soe wasted, slaughtered & burnt untill they came as farr
as Capistarr, to theire owne french ground, before y" english
offered any violence to y"' : y' day, about noone, o'' enghsh
forces fell upon y" french att y^ house of Mon" De Lespraine
att Sandy point where they were worsted & putt to retreate,
y' next day being y'
of Aprill 1666 they came to
y« Capitulac'on : hereunto annexed by w"'' in y'^ sixth &
seaventh Articles y^ english were to remaine peacably
possessors of theire estates or dispose of them to theire
most advantage contrary to w'^'' Articles these declarants
togeather w"' severall others y^ Inhabit's were constrayned
to sell theire estates att a very lowe price & y' price was
paid to y'° in Merchandize at such rates as y"" buyer was
pleased to sett upon theire Comodeties, And besides theire
was in severall of theire Contracts great Sum'es of Suger &
monies menc'oned by y"" paid w'^'' y« Sellers never agreed
for, nor never Received, by w<^'' indirect meanes togeather
w"" y' p''tenc'ons of their great MeUorac'ons, y= Sellers
could not reimburst y"' before y^ time was elapsed.
(Egertou MS. 2395.)
Matter of fact of injuries received since y<= peace w"' attested
p'bac'ons of y"".
The peace was concluded y'= 21-31 July 1667 a Coppy
whereof did appeare y'= french, and about y'' last of October
following heare did arrive y^ Articles of y<= peace made att
Breda, att w"^'' time there came a Com'and from y^ french
nac'on y^ Inhabit's of this Island com'anding all ye english
Inhabit's then heare residing to keepe theire habitac'ons
from sunnsett to sunn riseing upon perill of theire lives, by
* Samuel Winthrop, youngest son of Governor John Winthrop
the elder, was then a leading: planter in Antigua, and in 1668
Deputy-Governor of that Island.
t For the French account, together with engravings of the various
fights, see Du Tertre, vol. iv.
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xxxi
w"^'' meanes and at w'^'' time from y= latter end of October
aforesaid to j' may following (then my Lord Willoughby
appeared) they did transporte and carry away from ye
English quarters all y^ timber of o'' churches & bells, y^
Cannon belonging to y' forts, & demolished the said forts,
& all y'' timber of other housen and buildings, standing upon
those plantao'ons called by ye freucli y' Kings land, because
they were abandoned some by the proprietors & of others y'
were Slaine in y" Combate w"' many other housen and good
buildings, & Coppers sold for a very small value liesides y^
demolishing many good ludigeo & Suger workes, the
destrucc'on of all y= timber in y^ woods aud mountaines w"'''
hath made y" Inhabit's incapeable of rebuilding, To y= utf
ruine of us y^ poore inhabit's lieare a more particuler narra-
tive of o'' Injuries have remitted to yo"' Lordshipps formerly.
In testimoine whereof wee have hereunto Subscribed o''
names being thereunto Called this 29"' Aprill lfi75.
William ffeeeman.
John Esteidge.
Eob't Cave. Charles Morris.
John Wilkinson. John Versill.
John Allen. William Plumer.
Gilbert Loxley. John Bayly.
Rob't Clarke. Sampson Maneringe.
phillipp Lambert. Edward Parker.
Articles betweene y^ English & flfrench upon S' Xp'hs, made
upon the evasion of y" ffrench, and y'' Surrend'' of y*'
English ye 11-21 Apr. 1666.
j. The result of y'= Councell of warr being p"'seut iu
cheife Mon^"^ Le Chevalier of St. Lawrence assisted w"" y«
principall officers having deliberated upon y" demand w'^'"
y'= english gentl' men have made to come to a treaty have
resolved not to consent therunto in any wise unlesse y^
english gentl' doe acknowledge his thrice Christian Maj''^
for theire Soveraigne & give theire oathes unto him.
2"'"y. They shall have uoe oth. governo'' but y= freuch.
3. They shall Surrend' y"^ forts, artillery, & fire armes.
4. That all vollentiers, vagabonds & loose p'sons shall
be obleiged to departe this Island w"' in y'= time y' shall be
appointed, and Securitie of this treaty they shall send for
hostages Leiu' Coll' Loveraine, Maj'' Crooke, Capt. Cooke,
Capt. Jefl'eries, M'' Herbert, & Leiu' Robt. Clarke to be att
foure a clocke in y' afternoone in the Campe att Sandy
point upon default whereof without any more to be con-
sidered and without remission they shall vigriously proceed.
5. That all english Inhabit's shall continue peacable
possessors of theire goods w"='' wee promise as wee are p'sons
of hono^
6. Moreover it is agreed y' y'' s'd English gentl' may
imbarque y™ selfes & their famillies & moveables & dispose
of theire immoveables whensoever they please in w"^'' move-
ables negroes & beasts are not comp'hended w"^*" they shall
not carry off but may dispose of y"' by sale, upon Condicon
y' y' boates barques & vessells w'^'" shall come to fetch y"°,
shallbe obleiged to come to an anchor directly into ye roade
of backstarr of this Island in w'='' case they shall take an
ord'' from Mon*'' Le Chevalier S' Lawrence of y'' place where
y« s'd English gentl' who have desired to depart would goe.
7. It is furth' agreed by y« s'd M" Le Chevalier S<
Lawrence & by all ye principall officers of y'= s'd English
gentl' y' they who would remaine und'' y" obedience of his
Ma* may live in y'' Lib'ty of theire conscience but not to
have temples or to make any assembly whatsoever or to
com'itt any Act whereby y'' Catholique may be Scandelized,
made y^ day & yeare above written.
M^" Chevalier De S'' Laurence.
Early in May 1666 Lord Willoughby despatched
his nephew Lieut. -General Henry Willoughby with
800 men to reinforce Colonel William Watts at St.
Christopher's. Upon the passage between Guada-
loupe and Antigua they took a French vessel, from
whom they learnt the news of the capture of St.
Kitts by the French, so Willoughby landed his troops
at Nevis and Antigua and sent to his uncle for
further orders.
After the conquest of St. Kitts, the 'French com-
manders promptly set to work to get i-id of the
English inhabitants. Du Tertre states that 8000
whites were compelled to quit the island, the English
portion being sent to Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua,
Jamaica, Virginia, Bermuda, and St. Domingo, and
the Irish to St. Bartholomew, Martinique, and
Guadaloupe. He also relates : " That during all the
month of June 1666 the savages from the two islands
of St. Vincent and Dominica carried on a very ci-uel
war against the English of the Antilles, surprising
them in divers quarters, burning, pillaging, and
killing, without giving any quarter to the men, but
even eating several, carrying away the best looking
women and killing the rest, and committing such
unheard of cruelties and ravages that the English
were in despair. Four or five hundred of those of
St. Vincent, in eleven piraguas, sailed from Mar-
tinique to attack Antigua, but were discovered by
two English vessels who watched them and then
retired to give the alarm. The savages having landed
on that Island were so well received that they beat a
hasty retreat to their canoes, as it was not their
custom to ever rally when they were repulsed."
On 7 July the French heard that two English
frigates of 26 and 40 guns, convoying a fleet of 15
or 16 merchant shijjs with six companies of troops
on board, had arrived at Barbados on the 6th inst.
On the 28th Lord Willoughby embarked with
2000 jiicked men, mostly officers and gentlemen, the
flower of Barbados, and arrived off Martinique on
the 30th, where he hoj)ed to seize shipping for the
volunteers which he intended to collect at the Lee-
ward Islands for the attack of St. Kitts. But here
he was disappointed and only captured one barque,
the others having taken refuge under the batteries.
He left Martinique therefore on the 1st of August,
arriving next day at Guadaloupe.
On the 4th he despatched his Vice-Admiral with
five vessels to the adjoining islands called " The
Saints," where one French vessel of 14 guns was
burnt and another of 18 captured. The same evening,
about 6 P.M., the main fleet was cruising in the
straits between Guadaloupe and The Saints when they
were overtaken by a fearful hurricane. The wind
blew from the N. for six hours, then, after 15
minutes' lull, suddenly veered round to the E.S.E.,
and drove the whole fleet on to the coast of Guada-
loupe, where the shijjs were wrecked and the men
lost. The few vessels in the harbour at The Saints
were either stranded or sunk. Out of the whole
expedition but one vessel of 22 guns arrived dis-
masted at Montserrat, and the " bruslot du Milord"
at Antigua. The 300 English, under the Vice-
Admiral, who had intrenched themselves at The
Saints, capitulated on the 16th of August. On the
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
20tli Henry Willoughby arrived there from Antigua
with 300 troops, but was too late to be of any service,
and narrowly escaped capture himself, his small
squadron having to strike to four heavily armed men
of war ; he, however, gained St. Vincent and thence
went to Barbados. The Scotch captain of one of
the Antiguan vessels stated that Lord Willoughby
had 2800 men on his fleet, and had intended taking
2000 fi-om Antigua, 1100 from Nevis, and 300 or
400 from Montserrat; but these figures must have
been greatly exaggerated.
August 21. The Caribbee vessels report that at
Nevis are 500 or 600 men under the command of
Lord Willoughby's kinsman. At Antigua strict
guard is kept for fear of the negros.
(' Colonial Calendar.')
The following relation of the French conquest of
Antigua is an abridged translation from Du Tertre's
' Histoire des Ant. -Isles de I'Amerique,' vol. iv., pp.
141— 164 and 173—194.
On 2 November 1666 the following ships, belong-
ing to the French West India Company, were col-
lected at Martinique for the expedition against the
English Islands : — •
Guns
Le Florissant, Admiral's ship
28
Le Li/s .....
40
La Justice
32
Le Saint Sehastien
26
La Vierge
18
La Bergere .....
8
L' Afriquaine ....
14
106
M. de la Bai-re was Commander-in-Chief, having
with him M. de Clodore, Governor of Martinique,
M. de Lion, Governor of Guadaloupe, M. de Chambre,
the Comjjany's Agent, 130 soldiers of the regiment
of Poitou, under Captain d'Orvillier, and two com-
panies of Colonial infantry. The fleet ari-ived oS"
Antigua on the 4th of November, and cast anchor in
Five Islands Bay. Here there were two batteries
mounting eight and six guns, but owing to the
absence of any parapet, gabion, or embrasure, they
were quicklysilenced. A second fort, a good " demy
Lune de pierre," where the English had a great red,
blue, and white flag displayed, was also rendered un-
tenable, and 180 men were then landed, who spiked
the guns and burnt everything they could in that
quarter. The same night Captain d'Orvillier set out
with 200 men, and guided by a Frenchman called
Baston, who had recently escaped from Antigua,
arrived at daybreak at a stone house where the
Governor and about 200 men were stationed. The
French, under a heavy fire which killed only one
man, attacked the place " comme des Lions furieux j"
most of the English fled, and the Governor with
Colonel Moiik (Monk) and about 30 of his bravest
ofi&cers and men retired inside the house, and after
making a feeble resistance surrendered. D'Orvillier,
after burning the house, returned to the batteries,
■whence they had already removed the guns to the
ships. On the 6th it was agreed that M. de Lion
and M. de Clodore should remain with 240 men to
complete the conquest of the Island, while the other
Governors remained on board. The sam.e day the
trooj)S landed in two bodies, marched to the house
they had previously burnt, and seeing about three-
quarters of a league distant a large stone house on a
hill, defended by a strong and extensive palisade,
the extremities of which terminated at a great wood,
they proceeded thither, and sent a trumpeter to
demand the surrender of its defenders, who also
delivered a letter from Governor Garden to his wife
describing his good treatment. The answer given
was that the inhabitants were resolved to do their
duty. The French party under M. de Lion then
proceeded to attack their opponents who numbered
400, but they were received with such a heavy fire
that they were thrown back in confusion, and their
commander was shot in the leg. M. de Clodore now
arrived on the scene with the other body, and having
rallied his countrymen, succeeded in breaking through
the palisade, and forced back one battalion of the
English, while d'Orvillier and others effected an
entrance into the house, where in the first room they
found Colonel Quests (Guest) seated in his arm-chair,
with a pistol in his hand, surrounded by several brave
English. The Colonel asked for quarter, but received
a pistol shot for answer, and all his companions were
butchered. M. de Clodore, hearing of this cold-
blooded massacre, entered the house, where he found
30 dead bodies in two rooms, and gave quarter to 50
of the survivors. The French losses had been three
ofiicers and 10 or 12 soldiers killed, and 50 or 60
wounded. The officer who was superintending the
removal of the wounded sent word to M. de Clodore
that Colonel Guest was so severely hurt that they
would have much trouble in carrying him, and that
if permission were granted " il le feroit achever."
The Governor did not accede to this request, and the
Colonel died of his wounds at St. Kitts a few clays
later. M. de Clodore did not remain many hours at
the house he had captured, but burnt it, and retii'ed
to the shipping that same night. This mansion and
its surrounding buildings were well built of dressed
stone and roofed with tiles, as were also the mills,
the sugar house, and the storehouses full of sugar
and tobacco. Of the English, 50 or 60 were left
dead, a great number who were wounded escaped,
and 50 were taken prisoners. Colonel Bayart
(Baijer) afterwards related that seeing M. de Clodore
at the head of his soldiers, wearing a large white
scarf, he ordered all his men to aim at him, and that
it was wonderful how he escaped being hit.
The following day the French commanders held
a council, at which it was arranged that a trumj)eter
should be sent to summon the English to surrender
the Island, and if this were not done within twenty-
four hours they threatened " y mettre tout a feu et
a sang," at the same time agreeing amongst them-
selves that if the inhabitants would not submit they
would proceed to St. Kitts. The trumpeter carried
out his instructions, and returned to say that the
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xxxiii
inhabitants would give an answer next day ; accord-
ingly the following evening an English oflScer arrived,
and it was then agreed that deputies shouhl meet
the French next day, Wednesday the 10th of
November, at St. John's Bay, when the following
articles were agreed to and signed : —
Articles et conditions accordees au nom du Roy, par Messieurs
de Clodore Conseiller du Roy en son Conseil Souverain
de risle de la Martinique & Gouverneur d'icelle, & de
Chambre aussi Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils,
Intendant des troupes de sa Majeste aux Ant.-Isles, &
Agent General de la Compaguie des Indes Occidentales,
ayant plein pouvoir de Monsieur M. Antoiue le Febure
de la Barre, Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils & son
Lieutenant General tant par mer que par terre en
Amerique, aux OlBciers, & habitans de I'lsle d'Antigoa ;
represeutez par Jean Bonche Colonel, Sebastien Bayart,
Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph Lee, Samuel Vvinthrop
Capitaine, Phil. Vvaernard aussi Capitaine, & Jacques
HoUiaday ; ayant des Officiers, Commandeurs &
habitans pour I'effet des presentes, pouvoir, par Acte
du trente Octobre stil Anglois, revenant au nostre, au
dixieme Novembre present mois 1666.
I. Que les Officiers & Habitans remettront de bonne foy
dans deux jours entre les mains dudit sieur de la Barre &
des troupes Franpoises de sa Majeste, tous les forts, bateries,
redoutes & maisons fortes servans a la defense de I'lsle
d'Antigoa, ensemble leurs canons, armes & munitions, si
aucuns y a.
II. Que les Officiers & soldats estant dans I'lsle, ponrront
y demeurer si bon leur semble comme engagez ou haliitans,
aux conditions cy-apres, & ceux qui s'en voudront retirer, il
leur sera permis ; a I'efiet de quoy ils seront embarquez dans
les vaisseaux du Roy & conduits en France pour se retirer
oil bon leur semblera, le tout aux frais de sa Majeste, & en
consideration de leur pauvrete, & remettront toutes les armes
ainsi que lesdits habitans.
III. Que lesdits Officiers & habitans seront tenus de
prester serment de fidelite au Roy, entre les mains de celuy
qui sera a ce commis ; & moyennant ce, jouiront eux &
leurs heritiersde leurs biens en toute liberte, & des privileges
& exemptions dont ils out cy-devant joiiy, & seront reputez
Eegnicoles & Originaires Fran9ois.
IT. Que les Commandeurs, Officiers & Habitans
reconnoistront pour leurs Seigneurs, la Compaguie des Indes
Occidentales Franpoise, & conformement a I'Edit du mois
de May mil six cent soixante quatre.
V. Que ceux d'entre lesdits Habitans qui voudront se
retirer, soit en Angleterre ou ailleurs, excepte a Nieve, le
pourront faire, & toutes fois & quantes dans I'espace de six
mois, emporter le provenu de leurs habitations, dont il leur
sera libre de faire la vente : sinon pourront laisser le soin
de I'admenament ou de la vente a personnes chargees de leurs
procurations, qui auront preste le serment a sa Majeste.
VI. Que les Officiers & habitans auront toute liberte de
conscience en I'estendue de toute I'lsle, ou ils pourront
bastir deux ou trois Temples ; excepte au quartier ou sera
cy-apres destine lelogement du Gouverneur pour sa Majeste.
VII. Que I'exercise de la Religion Catholique Apostolique
& Romaine sera libre en toute I'etendue de cette Isle, a
I'eflfet de quoy seront basties des Eglises & Chapelles, au
n ombre qui sera juge k propos pour desservir ; dans lesquelles
seront cstablis des Prestres ou Religieux suffisamment.
VIII. Que les Officiers & Habitans qui demeureront sous
i'obeissance de sa Majeste seront par elle maintenus envers
& contre tous, mesme centre les Sauvages & centre les Indiens.
IX. Que lesdits habitans qui se voudront retirer en
Angleterre ou ailleurs, ainsi qu'il est porte au cinquieme
article ne seront tenus de prester serment a sa Majeste ;
mais seront obligez de ne faire aucunes pratiques, ni avoir
aucunes correspondances avec ceux de leur Nation, au
prejudice du service de sa Majeste ; ni ne pourront prendre
les armes contre elle, a peine d'estre traites comme criminels
de leze Majeste : & s'il paroissoit aucuns enuemis du Roy
pour insulter cette Isle, ou autrement, seront tenus de
demeurer pour lors dans leurs maisons a peine d'estre traite
comme ennemis.
X. Que ceux d'entre lesdits Officiers & Habitans qui
presteront le serment de fidelite a sa Majeste, leur seront
rendus leurs armes.
XI. Pourront lesdits Officiers & Habitans faire commerce
avec les Isles Francoises, les Fraugois veuants de I'Europe,
Hollandois, & autres alliez de sa Majeste, qui seront tenus
payer les droits d'entree & de sortie deiis a la Compaguie
des Indes Occidentales. Ne seront tenus lesdits Officiers &
Habitans paj'cr aucuns droits des marchandises qu'ils feront
venir d'Europe pour leur usage particulier.
[There is no twelfth clause, the numbering being wrong
in the original.]
XIII. La Barboude estaut uue des dependantes de I'lsle
d'Antigoa, la moitie est laissee aux habitans dudit Antigoa,
qui presterout serment de fidelite a sa Majeste, pour y fuire
telles nourritures & habitations que bon leur semblera : bien
entendu que leurs habitations leur demeureront, feront i)artie
de la moitie.
XIV. Que les biens des abseus de I'lsle seront acquis &
confisquez au profit des Seigneurs de la Compaguie, suivant
qu'il leur est accorde par le Roy, excepte pour le Colonel
Milleton, & la plantation des marchands ; a la charge que
ceux qui feront radmenagement desdits biens, seront tenus
prester serment de fidelite dans huit mois, sinon ledit temps
passe, seront tenus de vendre leurs biens, & d'en tirer le
provenu, & en attendant seront tenus d'avoir en chacune
plantation, deux ou trois Francois pour Officiers, ouvriers
ou engagez.
XV. Que si le Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Fitche qui est
presentement a Nieve vent conserver sa plantation en ladite
Isle d'Antigoa & y venir demeurer, il le pourra faire huit
jours apres que I'avis luy en sera donne, a condition de se
rendre a Saint Christophle dans le mesme temps, oii il
prestera le serment de fidelite k sa Majeste. Pour donner
lequel avis, Monsieur de Chambre Intendant fournira une
barque pour aller a Nieve aux depens & risque dudit Fische.
XVI. Ne seront tenus lesdits Habitans & Officiers de
prendre les armes contre sa Majeste Britanuique, pendant
la presante guerre seulement, mais s'il se presente aucuns
vaisseaux & troupes dudit Seigneur Roy, pour s'emparer de
risle d'Antigoa, ou autrement ils seront tenus de demeurer
en leur maison.
XVII. Les Commandeurs, Officiers & Habitans seront
tenus payer pendant deux ans, outre les droits ordinaires & ac-
coutumez dans ladite Isle, dix pour cent de toutes les
marchandises qui se fabriqueront ; suretantmoins desquelies,
sera presentement paye cent mille livres de sucre poids
Anglois, ou la valeur en marchandise du pays, bonnes &
loyales, & cent autre milles livres dans le mois de Mars
prochain : pour asseuronce dusquels derniers cent milles
livres seulement, & jusqu' a payement entier d'iceux, ledit
sieur Colonel Boncley demeurera hostage ; lesquelles deux
cent mille 1. de sucre seront precomptez & deduites sur les
dix pour cent pendant les deux annees egalement : & en
consideration de dix pour cent accordes, ne seront lesdits
Habitans tenus de faire guet, ni garde, ni fournir aux
fortifications ; si ce n'est quelques dix journees de negres
en tout pour y servir.
XVIII. Que le Colonel Garden Gouverneur pour sa
Majeste Britanuique prisonnier de guerre, sera rendu, lequel
joiiyra en liberte de ses biens, a la charge aussi de prester
serment de fidelite a sa Majeste ; & que ci ceux de sa
Nation se presentent pour insulter I'lsle d'Antigoa, il se
remettra es mains du Commandant pour le Roy ; & s'il
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THE HISTOllY OF ANTIGUA.
estoit pris de sadite Nation, il ne pourra porter les armes
contre le service de sa Majeste dii-ectemeut ou indirecte-
ment.
XIX. Que si aucuns des Gouverueurs ou autre personnes
demarque, FrauQois, estoient pris prisomiiers des ennemis
durant la presente guerre, le sieur Colonel Garden sera
oblige de la faire rendre sans raufon, sinon se remettra
prisonnier comme il est preseutemeut.
XX. Que tons autres prisonniers seront reudus, lesquels
jouiront en liberte de tons leurs biens, a la charge qu'ils
preteront serment de fidelite a sa Majeste, & ne pourront
prendre les armes contre son service pendant la presente
guerre, directement ou indirectement quand mesme ils
Bortiroient.
XXI. Que la maison qui sera trouvee la plus fortifiee de
risle, sera jusqu' a nouvel ordre destinee pour le Gouverneur
& sa garnison ; neantmoins sans pouvoir en oster la propriete
au possesseur non plus que les terres : & quant aux autres
maisons, dont il est cy devant fait mention, il en sera de
mesme, a la charge que les fortifications y seront demolies
s'il y en a.
Fait & atteste double en I'lsle de saint Jean en Antigoa,
le dixieme de Novcmbre mil six cent soixante six, & le
dernier d'Octobre stil Anglois, mil six cent soixante-six.
On the 14tb of November, two days after the
signing of the Articles of Capitulation, Colonel
Boncley (Buncle) was sent by the dej^uties to notify
the French commanders that 300 soldiers who had
arrived from Barbados prevented them from executing
the treaty. Next day M. de la Barre released Colonel
Garden, in order that he might use his influence in
persuading the people to submit, and tell them that
if they did not do so they need expect no quarter.
Colonel Boncley was kept as a hostage, and the
French weighed anchor and sailed to St. Kitts, where,
at a council, they determined to compel the An-
tiguaus to execute the treaty, and the various
Governors then separated to collect an overwhelming
force. M. de Clodore i-eturued to Guadaloupe on the
19th of November, where he learnt news which
caused him to alter his plans, for some Englishmen,
who had been captured in a boat ofE St. Lucia,
asserted that a powerful fleet of 48 vessels, including
six large frigates of 50 and 60 guns, was getting
ready at Barbados for an attack on St. Kitts. This
advice having been confirmed, M. de Clodore retained
only 350 men with him, and M. de Lion sent 250,
so that the expedition now only numbered 600 or 700
instead of 1300 ; these were embarqued on eight ships
and three barques, and arrived at Antigua on the
last day of November. Here they found that the
English had received a reinforcement f i"om Barbados,
that Colonel Fitche had been sent from Nevis by
Lieut. -General Henry Willoughby as Governor in
the place of Colonel Garden, and that they numbered
900 effective men. M. de Clodore proceeded to
summon the inhabitants in the following terms : —
COPPIE DE LA SO.MIIATION.
Le sienr de Clodore, Gouverneur pour le Roy de I'lsle
de la Martinique, ayant les ordres de M. de la Barre, Cou-
seiller du Roy en tous ses Conseits, & son Lieutenant
general en toute I'Amerique tant par mer que par terre.
Nous sommons les Officiers, Habitans «& soldats de I'lsle
d' Antigoa, de remettre la dite Isle eutre nos mains, suivaut
le traite & la capitulation faite & arrestee le dixieme du
mois de Novembre passe, signe & ratifie de tous les Officiers
& principaux Habitans de ladite Isle, pour lequel effet ils
ayent a nous remettre (en certe Radc des cinq Isles) dans
Jeudy matin deuxieme du present mois de Decembre, les
armes, canons & munitio's de guerre : a faute de quoy leur
declar'ous qu'ils y seront forcez par la voye des armes, sans
avoir egard audit traite. Enjoignons au Colonel Garden,
Governeur de ladite Isle & aux autres prisonniers qui ont este
remis en liberte sous leur foy, serment & parole, & en exe-
cution dudit traite & capitulation, de se venir remettre
prisonniers : & que tous les deputez qui ont eigne ledit
traite, & ceux qui leur ont donne le pouvoir se rendent aussi
a nostre bord, sinon seront traitez comme gens sans foy, qui
ont manque a leur seing & parole.
Et enfin qu'il soit notoire a un chacun que nous avons
fait la presente Bommation, nous I'avons fait signer en
double par le Colonel Boncley deineure en ostage pres de
nous, par un article dudit traite, dont nous avons envoye
I'un par nostre Trompette, & I'autre garde par devers nous
pour servir & valoir ce que de raison.
Fait au moiiillage des cinq Isles d'Antigoa, le premier
jour de Decembre, mil six cent soixante-six.
(Signe) De Clodore.
I. Boncley.
The following letter was addressed by Mrs. Garden
to the French Governor : —
A M. de la Barre.
Monsieur — Mon mary cette nuit a este enleve d'aupres
de moy par deux Officiers & deux soldats, & ce qu'ils pre-
tendent faire de moy & des miens, jusqu'a present je u'en
S9ay encore rien ; mais en crains qu'il ne nous en arrive mal.
Je vous supplie tres-huniblement, Monsieur, voyant que
moy, les miens, & ma famille est delaissee & abaudonee de
nostre Nation ; qu'il vous plaise nous prendre sous votre pro-
tection, nous qui n'avous leve la main ni le cceur contre
vous ; & moy & les miens, & beaucoup d'autres prierout pour
vostre prosperite, & je preud la hardiesse de me qualifier.
Monsieur,
Vostre, tres-humble & tres-obeissante servants,
Marie Garden.-
2 Novembre, vieux still, 1(366.
The same day her husband addressed M. de
Clodore in these terms : —
Monsieur — J'aurois eu I'honneur de vous aller trouver,
mais j'ay este intercepte par ordre de Monsieur le
Governeur Fiscbe, & il ne m'a pas este permis de sortir.
J'espere, Monsieur, que ne croirez, ni ne jugerez autre
chose de celuy qui prend la liberte de se souscrire.
Vostre tres-obeissant & plus humble serviteur,
Egbert Garden.
Two hours after sending the above letter, Colonel
Garden eluded his guards, delivered himself on board
M. de Clodore's ship, and informed that person that
all the people had taken the oath under the new
Governor Fitche, that they were encamped at Popsede
(Popeshead), were weU armed and fully determined to
fight. M. de Clodore accordingly sailed round to
Popeshead, and next morning received these two
letters : —
Copie de la lettre ecrite a Monsieur de Clodore, par
Messieurs les Colonels & Officiers Anglois d'Antigoa,
le deux Septembre mil six cent soixante-six, vieux
stile, trente-un stile nouveau.
Monsieur— Nous avons receu vos semonces de venir a
bord delivrant en vostre possession nos armes & munitions
FROM RESTOEATION OP CHAELES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xxxv
de guerre, laquelle chose, le changement de nos affaires est
tel depuis vostre depart, qu'il ne voiis la pent pas permettre.
Monsieur le Lieutenant General de nostre Roy ayant envoye
icy le Colonel Daniel Pische pour son Gouverneur, luy a
donne pouvoir sur toute la milice de cette Isle : si-bien,
Monsieur, que nous sonimcs devenus tout-a-fait incapables
de vous donner aucune reponse satisfactoire ; & sur
I'examination des affaires passees, a trouve qu'elles estoient
beaucoup a nostre prejudice ; & en particniier envoyant les
Careibes deux fois sur nous centre I'obligation de vos
Articles, & les loix des Nations, des personnes qui sont
cruels, tout-Si-fait barbares & ignorans de Dieu & de toutes
civilitez : Neanmoins, Monsieur, nous tous supplions suivant
ce que nous avons deja fait, d'en faire vos demandes a
nostredit Gouverneur, qui est uniquement experimente en
matiere de guerre. En attendant nous demeurons.
^ronsieur, Vos tres-hunibles serviteurs,
Bastien Bayard. Samuel Vtintrop.
Philipe Vvaernard. Gilbert Gregorie.
ElCHARD Baraston. Harnet Keinel.
The deputies also sent this letter to Colonel
Boncley : —
Monsieur — Nous avons receu la vostre, a laquelle nous
ne pouvons a present i'aire aucune reponse, sinon qu'il n'est
pas en nostre pouvoir de convenir h vos semonces, ni a
aucunes choses cy-devant faites ; parce que depuis vostre
depart d'icy, est arrive le Colonel Daniel Fische, avec com-
mission de Monsieur le Lieutenant-General pour Gouver-
neur, en vertu d'un mandement du Roy, lequel a este
public : c'est pourquoy ces affaires la sont entierement
demeurees entre les maines dudit Gouverneur, auquel vos
semonces & demandes doivent estre faites, comme estant
seul Commandant de la milice. Nous trouvons que nous
avons receu grand prejudice k la rupture des Articles con-
cernans les Careibes, qui ont deux fois attente sur nous
a, leur maniere accoustumee, qui est cruelle & barbarienne.
Nous serions rejoiiis de vous voir si le souhaittez ; car on
attend icy quinze navires de la Barbade, dont il j en a cinq
de trente pieces de canon chacun, & deux de soixante, &
huit navires marchands de vingt a trente pieces de canon,
avec mil soldats du Roy vestus de casaques rouges, avec
qnantite d'armes : vous presentant vous rendrez service.
Nous demeurons,
Monsieur, Vos asseurez amis et serviteurs,
Bastien Boyer, etc.
Upon receiving these letters, M. de Clodore held
a council with his officers, the results of which
were : —
That as the enemy have made no answer to our summons,
sent three days ago, to fulfil the conditions of the treaty
made with them ; but, on the contrary, they have sent these
letters this morning, in which, after having sought vain
pretences of rupture, they declare they are not willing to
fulfil it, and at the same time they have disposed guard-
houses along the coast, and caused several armed persons to
oppose our landing ; it has been found proper to accept the
rupture they have made of the treaty, and after having fired
a cannon-ball at them, to land, in order to make them
return to their duty, without paying regard to the letters
they have sent. Besides the absence of Monsieur de la
Barre, and the necessity we are in to send back immediately
the island troops to Martinique and Guadaloupe, to oppose
the enemy, who, according to advices received, will soon
arrive there, it is impossible now to keep the Island of
Antigua for the king. It has therefore been thought
proper to land, attack the enemy, and, in case of success,
place the island in such a state that the enemy can draw no
sort of profit from it. Done unanimously between us, the
undersigned, in the harbour of Antigua, the 3rd December
1666.
De Clodore.
Blondel.
HiNSSELIN.
Before the French council broke up, an English
officer brought this letter to M. de Clodore : —
Monsieur — Nous vous avons envoye ce matin telle
reponse que nous pouvions, estant sons le commaudement &
autorite de Monsieur le Gouverneur, an pouvoir duquel
n'estions pas capables de resister ; mais depuis que nous
luy avons fait voir amplement la raison de nostre premier
Traite & nostre refus de rompre, avons tant fait qu'il en est
demeure d'accoi'd, moyennant qu'il y soit compris comme le
reste des habitaiis ; Icdit traite & accord sera ponctuellement
ratifie et effectue en toutes ses particularitez.
Monsieur, Vos tres-humbles serviteurs,
Bastien Bayart. Samuel Baraston.
Philipe Waernard. Jeremie Vvathier.
A Antigoa le vingt-trois Novembre, vieux stile.
But without considering it, M. de Clodore re-
plied : —
Messieurs — J'ay este fort surpris, lorsque j'ay veu que
vous n'avez pas repondu a la sommation que je vous ay
fait faire, & encore davantage lorsque j'ay leu la lettre que
vous m'avez envoyee ce matin, ou vous nous accusez de vous
avoir traite avec rigueur, pour chercher pretexte de rompre
comme vous avez fait, en manquaut a vostre foy & a vostre
parolle. Je descends a terre & vous vais trouver, pour vous
mettre a vostre devoir par la voye des armes: ceux qui les
poseront, aurout de moy bon quartier, & les autres seront
traitez selon la rigueur de la guerre.
Vostre serviteur,
De Clodore.
A la Rade d'Antigoa le 3 Decembre 1667 stile nouveau.
On the French landing, their ojjponents at once
laid down their arms, and Governor Fitche,* hearing
that M. de Clodore was marching towards him, es-
caped in a barque with Colonel Warmer and some
others.
Du 5 de Decembre 1666 stil nouveau.
Acte de serment fait par les Officiers, chefs de famille, <fc
habitans de I'lsle d'Antigoa, assemblez presentement au
camp de la maison du Capitaine Vvintrop, quartier de
Maerson : Entre les mains de Nous sieur de Clodore,
Gouverneur pour le Roy de I'lsle de la Martinique, & com-
mandant les troupes & vaisseaux de sa Majeste, pour la con-
queste de I'lsle d'Antigoa.
Nous Officiers, chefs de famille, & Habitans de I'lsle
d'Antigoa, Jurons & promettons devant Dieu & sur les
saintes Evangiles, de tenir & garder la foy, fidelite &
obeissauce au Roy de France, lequel nous reconnoissons
pour nostre Maistre & Seigneur, sous la seigneurie de
Messieurs de la Compaguie des Indes Occidentales, & de ne
rien attenter, & soutt'rir qu'il ne soit rien attente directe-
ment, ou indirectement, ny prendre jamais les armes centre
* In various articles of complaint presented in 16(59 against the
Willouffhbys, it was stated that after Antigua was retaken from
the French, the Lieut.-General (Henry Willoughby) commissioned
one Colonel Fitz to fight the French there : yet, when they came,
he charged the people, on pain of death, not to fight till he came to
lead them, and then went to his own plantation, fired his own
house, took his negroes into a sloop, and came to Nevis, which was
the occasion of the loss of that island and the persons there.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and West Indies, p. 30.)
XXXVl
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
son service, supplians tres-humblemeiit sa Majeste, de ne
vouloir nous obliger a prendre les armes contre le Roy
d'Angleterre, pendant le cours de cette guerre seulement.
Et en consequence du present acte, nous avons approuve
& consenty, approuvons & consentons unaniment, que les
soussignez par nous deputez, ausquels, avons donne pouvoir
verbal de signer ledit acte pour nous, qui validera tout ainsi
que si nous I'avions signe.
Et nous sieur de Clodore declarons au nom de sa
Majeste, que sous son bon plaisir avons accorde ausdits
OfRciers, chefs de fiimilles & habitans, qu'ils ne seront point
co'traints pendant le cours de cette guerre, seulemeot de
porter les armes contre le Roy d'Angleterre. Fait &
aiTeste double entre nous au camp susdit, ledit jour & au
que dessus.
(Signe) De Clodor£, & quatorze des principeaux
de ladite Isle.
After taking the oatlis to the French the colo-
nists, being defenceless, demanded a garrison and
governor, but De Clodor§ being unable to comply
with their request left them 100 guns and the
following :—
Sauve-garde de Monsieur de Clodore aux habitans
d'Antigoa.
Le sieur de Clodore Gouverneur pour le Roy en I'lsle de
la Martinique, sous I'autorite de la Royale Compagnie des
Indes Occidentales, Commandant les troupes & de la flotte
pour la conqueste d'Antigoa.
Nous mettons sous la protection & sauvegarde de sa
Majeste, tons les biens, personnes & families de tous les
Officiers & habitans de I'lsle d'Antigoa, les ayant conquis &
fait prester serment d'estre fidels sujets de sa Majeste tres-
Chrestienne ; & en cette consideration, leur permettons
d'avoir cent armes a feu pour leur defense contre les
Careibes ; defandant a tous cenx sur qui nostre pouvoir
s'estand, & prions tous les alliez de sa Majeste, de ne leur
faire aucun tort: voulant que la presente ordonuauce soit
enregistree au Greffe de cette Isle, pour y avoir recours,
& que foy soit ajoustee aux copies collationnees d'icelle,
pour tous cenx qui les desirerous. En foy de quoy, avons
fait apposer le sceau de nos armes, & signe de nostre main,
contre signe par nostre Secretaire, a ce qu'elle soit plus
authentique.
(Signe) De Clodor^. Et par mondit sieur,
GoNTiER, avec sceau.
The rreuch took away with them all the soldiers,
prisoners of war ; also 500 negi'os, which were all
that the inhabitants could furnish ; all the arms and
cannon, sugar mills, and coppers; and the chattels
and cattle on the confiscated plantations. The 100
soldiers stationed at Colonel Winthrop's pillaged his
house, as did another party that of Colonel Carden ;
and the Island having been well ransacked, as only
French know best how to do, De Clodore set sail for
St. Christopher's.
Another letter, written circa April 1667 by
Captain Samuel WinthrojD, a planter of Antigua, to
his brother John Winthrop, junr., gives the English
version of the French invasion : —
Dears Brother — The diflfereuces in Europa between C
countrymen & y" Dutch gaue y<' French oppertunity of
molesting us here in j'^ Cariba Islands ; & being a people
verry watchfull tooke hold of y* aduantage (wee haueing no
shipping in theis parts) to inuade j^ Island Antigua, w'=''
they beganne vpon y 2.5"' dale of October last, at Fiue
Island harbor. After some small dispute w"' o'' fortes, they
landed their soldiers, & possessed themselues of that place,
burning first Go", & after y* all y* houses in y' diuision.
Next morning they aduanced to Johns Harbor by land,
where y^ Go' w"' a party eucountred them, but were
presently put to flight, & y' Gc w'" some others taken
prisoners in Capt. Mugs house, w"^'' they plundered & burnt
& so retreated. One shallop belonging to y^ London mar-
chants plantac'on bound for Nevis, called at my landing
place, in w''" I sent my wife & children to Neuis, where
they haue remayned euer since. Y'= 27'" daie the French
aduanced agaiue to L' Coll. Bastiaen Bayers, upon Johns
Harbor, being about 600 men. C islanders, not 200, rec*
them. T<^ contention was verry smart for about 4 an hour,
& 0' men w'^stood them verry resoluedly, but, being ouer-
powered w*'' men, were put to flight, many slayne on both
sides, but most on o", tooke many prisoners, plundered y*
house, fired all y' was combustable, & retreated againe.
This was their 3'^ dales woi-ke. 0'' soldiers repayered to my
house, haueing now no other place left for defence, expecting
y enemy y^ next morning. About noone came a trumpet
w"' a summons importing y' if v/^Hn 2 dayes y^ island
should not be surrendered to y'= obedience of y** French
King they would destroy it by fire & sword, & giue no
quarter. Subscribed by Antony Lefebure de la Barre, L*
Generall to y most Christiaen King, both by sea & land, in
y^ West India. When y* officers & cheife of j" island had
deliberated vpon y' matter, they finding themselves not able
to resist y"= French & y"^ cruell Indian who lay burning &
massacaring vpon y* windward while y'' French were to
leward, tooke into considerac'on y' after part of y'' sum'ons,
w''*' promised hansom condic'ons if wee would treat w"'
them. So that way seeming now y* w"^"" necessity compelled,
they commissionated six persons to treat & articulate w""
them. Two dayes were spent in y'' treaty. Y" articles
(though many) were in short but this, y* y^ inhabitants y'
would take an oath of fealty should enjoy all their estates ;
those y' would not should haue liberty for to sell in six
monthes & depart, or to leaue their estates to an agent, y*^
would take y" s'' oath, to manage it for their use ; 200
thousand pounds of sug' to be payed in six monthes, for w'=''
y'^ islanders to be freed from guarding, building fortes, or
takeing up armes against their country men. Whilst theis
things were in action, a party of Barbadian souldiers, in-
flamed w"' wine, impeded y'^ islanders complyance, where-
upon y'= French departed vpon y" i"" of Nouemb'', & left
word y', when they came againe, if j" islanders would stand
to their articles they should have them : in the meantime
they should take up their armes to defend themselves against
y'' Indians. The 23'' daie of Nouemb' y" French fleet came
againe ; vpon whoes appearance one Daniel Fitch, whom y"
L* Generall Henery AVilloughby, had sent up from Neuis to
be go', called y^ people in armes & drew them vp against y'
French ; but seeing them to be stronger than he thought
for, & seeing y' Indians fireing on y<= other side, he ran away
from y^ companyes, gott into a little boat, & made his
escape. When y" soldiers perceiued it, they faced about &
fled also. The French forces, com'anded by Mon" de
Clodore, Gouenno"' of Martinique, remayned still vpon y^
baye, & not knowing o' men were fled, came to some termes
w"" L' Coll. Bayer & my selfe, to this effect, y' if y* islanders
would submitt they should haue good quarter & faire
treatm* ; whereupon wee went after them, & finding some
scattered people lurkeing in y'' waye, not knowing to hide
themselues, acquainted them w*'' what was proposed, & they
to y'' rest, so y' y* next morning most of them layed their
armes in y« path, for y^ French to receiue them. Clodore,
vnderstanding o'' people were fled, marched throng y^
country to my house, where he sett vp his flag on y« top of
my house & incamped round about it. He possest himselfe
of 24 of my slaues (y= rest escaped) & most of y= slaues in
y^ island, destroyed most of my stock, his soldiers plundering
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xxxvii
y" country round about. My coppers & sug'' worke he
medled not w"', nov lired any houses more in y= island except
of those y' runue off y= island. Haueing encamped there
seuen duyes, he imbarqued his soldiers, & vpon y^ 1 of
Decemb'' sett sayle for Guardalupa. One memorable thing
I omitted, w"=" was : when he had conueued most of y°
inhabitants to my house, he told them y' o' liues & estates
were at his mercy : neuertheless such as would take an oath
of fealty to his master should enjoye tlieir estates ; y'' others
he would carry away prisoners of warre to Fraunce. Where-
upon all present, except 4 or 5 of those called Quakers tooke
y'= oath. The Barbadian soldiers he carryed away prisoners
w'l" him. Thus y" French left Antigua. In this sadd
condic'on wee remained ; & y' w* added to C afflictions were
y'= murthers & rapes w"'' y«^ Indians com'itted vpon yinliabi-
tants after y" French departed, haueing, as they said, liberty
80 to doe for fiue days. The G"' of y^ 11"' month came some
Periaguas from Montseratt to my house, from whom I
vnderstood y' y'' French had taken y' island ; w'='' proued
true. Their next design being now ripe for Nenis, it pleased
God to send 8 ships of warre, whereof two were frigotts
vndcr y'' com'and of Cap' Jn" Berry, Admirall, who arriued
at Neuis y" 2.5"' of y' first month, vpon nenes whereof their
ships haue hid themselves among y'^ Windward Islands.
The 5"' instand Cap' Juo. Tliomson & Cap'- Collier came to
Antigua, desireing such as were able to come on board to be
transported to Neuis for to doe y'= King seruice. So y' by
that oppcrtunity I gott a passage to Neuis, where I arriued
4 dales since, finding my wife & children in good health.
A more full relac'on is extant, of w'^'' I haue not a copy, &
therfore I haue giuen thee this bi'euiate, least none of them
sliould come to thy hand & thou not be acquainted w"' Gods
dealing w"' us in theis partes. What wilbe y'= issue wee
know not. Here is great preparac'on against y'= enemy : y"
successe is from y' Lord. If wee preuaile, I haue yet
wherew"' to mainteyn my sonnes at schoole. If not, I hane
desired my friend Wharcon, w"' thy aduise, to put them to
some trade or imploym' as you shall think litt. All tlieis
things are warnings to us to depart hence, for this is not o'
rest ; to secke y* peace w'^'' is not of y"^ world nor can by y^
world be broaken, to line in y' lone w'''' knowes no enmity
but to y'' Serpent, & to be guided by that liglit w"^'' leads
men out of strife & contention into y'= union of y" Spiritt &
y^ bond of true peace. My wife and children remember
their loues to the & my sister, Jno. Gomes hath been verry
friendly to them, & offered them transport, in my absence,
for w* I desire thou wilt giue him thankes.
Dear brother, I heartily salute thee & my kind sister,
w"' all my nephews & neeces, & remayne
Thy affectionate brother,
Samuel Winthrop.
Endorsed by John Winthrop, junr. : — " Capt. Sam.
Winthrop, wherein the relation of taking Antigua by the
French." ('Mass. llist. Colh,' vol. viii., fifth series,
' Winthrop Papers,' pt. iv., p. 255.)
Dec. 18. Car. II. William Lord Willoughby of Par-
ham, brother of Francis Lord Willoughby of Parliam, to be
Governor of the Caribbee Islands for 3 years. ('Signet
Ollice Dockets,' p. 65.)
lu 1677 was presented the Petition of Joan Hall, Widow
& Eelict & Executrix of Coll" Chr. Keynell, late of Antigua
deceased, reciting : that she possessed a plantation called
Bettye's Hope, for 14 years, about the year 1067, & the
French invading Antegoa, she went for safety to Nevis,
leaving 60 negros behind her, all of whom were taken or
killed, & her estate ruined. Later the neighbours made a
garrison of her house & burnt down her sugar works, so
that their security became her ruin. She returned to An-
tegoa in 1668, & repaired her buildings, but it so happened,
that W" L* Willoughby of Parham, then Capt. Gen',
brought with liim one Coll" Codrington, to whom he gave
her plantation, alleging that it was too great a quantity of
land for her. Not yielding Coll" Codrington the anticipated
profits it's now offered for sale. She begs His Maj'^' that
the plantation may be restored to her, & that the rights of
herself & her children may be confirmed. On 9 January
1677-8 their Lordships send a letter to Col. W'" Stapleton
ordering an enquiry. It does not appear how the affair was
settled, probably by a compromise, for Betty's Hope is still
the property of the Codrington family.
Besse in his ' History of the Sufferings of the
Quakers,' thus quaintly alludes to the foregoing
events : —
1666. While they were yet but few, being no more
than four Masters of Families on the Island, namely,
Samuel Winthrop, Justinian HoUyman, William Hill, and
.Jonas Langford, the French came with a Fleet, and took
Possession of the Island, and made one Clodore, a French-
man, Governour of it. He summoning the English In-
habitants together, made them a Speech (Col. Bunkly
interpreting for him) and told them. They were now aU
Prisoners of War, and at his Mercy, nevertheless, all that
would take the Oath of Allegiance to his Master the King
of France, might tarry there and enjoy their estates, but
such as refused must go away Prisoners. This so terrified
the Inhabitants, that considering if they were carried away,,
they must leave their Wives and Children exposed to the
Mercy of the Indians, who were then upon the Island, they
generally submitted, and took an Oath, Not to fight against
the King of France during the then present War, and to
live in Obedience to the French Government. But the
above-mentioned four Quakers boldly refused to take the
said Oath, which the French Governour strongly insisted
on ; but they answered. They could not Swear at all.
Colonel Bunkly was sent to them by the French Governour,
to persuade them to consider the Matter, and represent t&
them the Danger of being carried away from their Families,
which were at that Time none of the least, but they stood
firm, saying, Tiiey could not Swear, what Sufi'ering soever
might follow. At length the French Governour himself
came to them, and said, I believe you are honest Men, and
if you will promise not to fight against the King my Master
during this War, I will take your words. To which one of
them answered. We desire to be rightly understood in this
our Promise, for we can freely promise not to fight against
the King of France, nor for him ; nor indeed against the
King of England, nor for him ; for we can act no more for
the one than the other in Matter of War ; only as the King
of England is our natural Prince, we must own Allegiance
to him. The French Governour being informed what they
said, bade them Hold up their Hands in Testimony of the
Truth of what they said, and so dismist them. But Col.
Bunkly, who had formerly accused the Quakers as disaffected
Persons, proved not himself so faithful as they did ; for he
took the oath to the French King, and yet went afterward
with others to retake Christophers from the French, where
he was sore wounded, and afterwards died in Prison of his
Wounds. It was also observed, that the other Governour,.
Robert Garden, was taken by the Indians, and had his Head
and Hand cut off.
Another letter from Samuel "Winthrop to his
brother, which has been preserved by that family, is
here given : —
Antigua y<^ 27"' daye of Sep"'''-, 1607.
My last vnto thee was in Aprill last, in w'=" I gaue thee
a hint of God's dealings w"' us in this island. Since W^'' y'
L' Generall w'^ about 3000 men made an attempt vpou
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THE HISTORY OE A^'TIGUA.
Christo]ihers ; but y'^ Lord fought against them, so y* 300
were slayne & about 400 taken prisoners, whereupon he
desisted from landing any more. Att his returne, he sent
me up liither in Antigua, where I found a people much
distressed by y^ Indians, who (as they themselves related)
were sent by y<= French to destroy y« people, being unarmed,
and they did accordingly kill & carry awaye 18. The 22 of
Aug : wee had a cevere storme. My wife just then arrived
fi'om Nevis w"' [blot] children, & what goods wee saued
from y« French. Their Hues were saued, but y° vessell &
goods lost. I sent by George Paris to Richard Wharton
21 hog. of sug"^ to pay my sonnes debts in New England, of
whoes arriuall I yett hear nothing. It is now all I have left
besides my land & 12 workeing negros, w"' whoes bare
labor I shall not be able to keep my sonnes in New Eng-
land ; nor am I willing, vntill I see y' Lord's pleasure
towards this ])lace, to bring them hither, for if wee haue
neither peace nor victory wee can expect nothing lesse than
destruction after this fleet is gone for England. S'' Jon"
Harman w^'' 7 frigatts did great service in June last at
Martinique, destroyed 23 of their ships & killed many of
their men. Most part of o'' fleet are gone to Sarrenam.
Their return is dayly expected. I haue written my desire
to Richard Wharton y' my sonnes may stay in New England
vntill y" spring, & learn to write & cypher & gaine some
knowledge in accompts ; vnlesse newes of peace come, &
then I care not how soone they come to mee. I meane y"
two eldest ; foi' y" other two I shall strive hard to giuo them
a little learning. I am much streytned, since Richard
Whartons intention for England, whom to gett to take y'=
trouble of my businesse, w'^'' as yett is like to be verry small.
I desire thee to be assistant to mee in this exegent by ad-
uiseing y^ need full, for I am at a great distance from them,
& altogether ignorant what to doe. Great designes are on
foot for y" resetlem' of this island. If y'= Lord blcssc them
I may quickly recouer a possibility to supply my children
well ; if not, they must take their portion w*'' mee in want
as well as in plenty. I shall not trouble thee farther at
present. He is faithfuU y' hath promised : I snbmitt to his
will in all things. Dear brother, I wish thee well, & my
loueing sister, w"" all y"^ children. God in his mercy make
us all obedient to y" trueth, y' liueing in y= lone of it wee
may find a resting place in y" daye of trouble. Farewell.
Thy euer loueing brother,
Samuel "Wixthrop.
1667, June 19. Derrick Peters said that the French
told him tliey had taken Montserrat,* since they took S'
Christophers & Antigua & that young Willoughby with 4
frigots & 10 great merchantmen was before S' Christophers
■& had burnt a Dutch & a French ship there.
('Calendar of Domestic Papers,' p. 211.)
June 29. A Hamburger from Madeira brought letters
from Sir John Harman who had sailed for the Western
Isles with a squadron of 7 ships. The French have
plundered Antigua & other small isles but left no men
there. (//'/(/., p. 244.)
On 21 July the Treaty of Breda was signed
between the English, French, and Dutch, by which it
•was agreed that the Enghsh parts of St. Christopher's,
Antigua, and Montserrat, were to be restored to the
English, with all servants and slaves, and the Eng-
lish were in like manner to give up all islands, etc.,
captured by them.
In Egerton MS. 2395, which is so rich in West
Indian papers, is a document endorsed, " Copie of
M'' Marcher's Proposalls to his Ma"'^ p' separac'on of
* De la Barre captured it the preceding 10 February, the Irish,
as usual, proving traitors.
y= Goverm* of the Leeward Islands 1667. To be heard
at y"* Comm*" Ocf 29"'." It is now given verbatim,
together with the answer : —
1667. Proposalls most humbly offered to his Ma"<= by the
Planters and Merchants concerned in the Island of
Nevis & the other Leward Islands. First : —
That yo'' Ma'"= will be graciously pleased to send over
some Person, as yo'' Ma'^ Leiutenant for the Islands of
Nevis, S' Christophers, Antego, & Mounserat, and that they
may be no longer under the Government of yo"' Ma'' Lieu-
tenant of the Barbathos.
Eeasons.
For that these Islands being in sight of each other, are
able to give speedy Ayd and Assistance to each other upon
all occasions ; And the Barbathos being a hundred Leagues
distant, and many times five or Six Weeks before a Ship can
gaine the Barbathos from the Leward Islands, is rendered
incapable of giveing any sudain reliefe. As allsoe for that
the Councell & Assembly of yo'' Ma*' Lieutenant in the
Barbathos, being Barbatliiaus, their Interest is that these
Islands be no more setled ; for now these Islands are lost,
one pound of their Sugar will be as much worth as two were
before (but yo' Ma*' Customes but halfe as much). And Wee
can prove that severall of the Barbathians have wished these
Islands suuck, declareing it would be the better for them,
for now there was so mnch Sugar made, that it was a micre
drugg.
They have also taken to their own use Tenn Barells of
Powder, and Two Cannon, procured of yo'' Ma'''= for the
Island of Nevis. Yo'' Ma"' was graciously pleased to
Command the Lord AVilloughby to send a good proportion
of the Ammunition to Nevis, that yo'' Ma'y gave him, and
my Lord Willoughby promised Fifty Barells for that Island,
But as appears by the last Letters, kept it all for the use of
the Barbathos, which sufficiently proves the iufluence they
have upon liini.
For Encouragment of Trade.
That yC Ma'? will be pleased to Commissionate Persons
that have Estates in those parts, and not like those late
Governo''' men of no Fortunes, who would take what
Goods they pleased from the Merchants and Factors and
never pay for them & if they refused to let them have their
Goods Imprison them.
And that yC Ma'-^ will declare that you will tnrne out of
Commission any Governour that shall take or suffer any to
take any Merchants Goods without their good likeing.
For Encouragment of Planters.
That yo'" Ma'J will be graciously pleased, That no
Governo'' for the future shall exact auy more allowance from
the People, than what hath been formerly paid to former
Governo'''. And that they shall Rayse no Tax upon the
People but by the usuall ■^vay of Assemblies.
And that yo'' Ma*y will be graciously pleased to send over
a Thousand Souldiers at present with Armes and Amunition
in some of his owne Ships or Prize vessells, the said Ships
being freighted home with sugars will pay their Charge.
The Reason.
For that unless there be soldijers to Plant and keep
Guards, the Indians will perpetually annoy and destroy them,
as they have done formerly, besides the English will appeare
Contemptible to the French who have a firench Regiment
to Countenance them.
And for Encourage of such Souldiers or Servants.
Fourthly. That the Command''' in Cheife have power
to dispose of y* Lands of such as shall not come or send
some Attorney to lay Clayme to their lands, in two years, or
having laid their Clayme, doe not come & settle some reason-
able proportion of Servants upon their Lands in Three
years time.
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xxxix
Reasons.
For that otherwise some men will never settle their
Land, but keep it till land be gvowne scarce, that they may
make advantage by sellin": of it, which hath been the reason
that Antego (though a more Considerable Island than the
Barbathos) hath never been well setled, their haveing been
great propoi'tions of Land taken up by severall Persons &
never setled, so the People liveing at groat distance have
been made a Prey to any that would invade them. The
Indians haveing before the Warr carryed away severall
familyes of Christians into Captivity.
All which is humbly submitted to your Ma''',
Richard Browne.
Concordat cum originali.
Answer from M' Champante, Agent for the Ifi "Willughby,
Governo'' of the Charibee Islands to the Proposalls of
the Planters, Merchants, etc., in Xevis & the Leeward
Islands. To be heard at the Com*'^'' on Tuesday the
29"' of October 1667.
Whereas y' Lor'pps have lieene pleased to Order a Paper
to be delivered unto me. Intituled Proposalls most humbly
offered to his Ma''= by the Planters & Mercli'^ concearned in
the Iseland of Nevis & the other Leeward Iselands
com'anding my attendance this day, I doe here humbly
present what comes within my knowledge & what in soe
shorte a time I could informe niyselfe of in answei' to the
said Proposalls.
1. ffirst, As to the matter of their Eequest, his Ma''«
hath been graciously pleased already to constitute "William
I/' TVillughby of Parham Cap* Gen" & clicife Governor by
Land & vice-Admirall by Sea over all the Iselands, Colonies,
and Plantac'ons in America called the Charibee Iselands —
Of W^i" Nevis, S* Christophers, Antcgoa, & Montserrat are
four, AYith power to appoint a Deputy Governor or Govern''
over all or any of the said Iselands, & them to remove &
chainge at pleasure, Soe that the granting of perticular &
distinct Comission or Com'issions to any Governor or
Govern''* of the Leeward Iselands, otherwise than by the
hand of the said Cap' Gen" will be an infringement or
Diminution of his Lor'ps power, by vertue of his Ma''<'»
Patent, which tis hoped his Ma"' will not consent unto, his
Lor'pp haveing noe way forfeited his Ma''" favour. And
I doe humbly conceive it to be a great mistake in their
apprehending, that these Iselands are under the L''
Willughby as Leiuteu' of Barbados his said Lor'p being
Capt. Gen" of all the said Iselands, & may reside in any of
them at his pleasure ; And whereas it was verbally alloadged,
That Barbados & the said Leeward Iselands, were never
under one Government, it is soe far from a trneth, as that
they were never otherwise since they were owned by the
Crowne of England, The first Patent being granted to the
Earle of Carlisle as Cap' Gen" over all those Iselands, w'^''
power was derived to ffrancis L* Willughby about the year
1646 and confirmed to him by his late Ma"' of blessed
memory. And for the other verball assertion. That the
said Iselands would never owne the said 1/ Willughby as
Cap' Gen". It will easily be made appeare ; That Antegoa
& Montserratt did receive Commissions for their Govern-
ment from his Lor'pp although Nevis & S' Christophers
(complying with the powers of England then in being)
rejected not only his Lor'pp but his Ma"'' Leters sent from
the Isle of Wight.
2. To the first Reason, its humbly offered, That it is noe
way to be doubted, but that the L'' Willughby hath given
sufficient Instructions to the Governors of those Iselands, to
be mutually aiding & assisting to each other ; And it may
occasion much inconveniency, That the said Iselands should
become soe far independent from the Barbados, by causing
perticular animosities betweene them, & a neglect of that
helpe, w"-'' of all the rest is most considerable, & would be
cheerefully affoarded them, if under their care ; And had it
not beene for the extraordinary indeavours & reliefe from
Barbados, wherein they expended at least SOjOOO"" sterling,
besides the severall M'''' shipps, w''' were imprest for that
service, Nevis could in noe wise have withstood the late
force of the ffrench, but had utterly perished & beene lost ;
And should the Government of the said Leeward Iselands
be distinct from Barbados, It would give oportunity to
persons indebted to indeavour. their escape from Iseland to
Iseland, in hopes to meete with shelter & protection, to the
prejudice of Trade & discouragement of the Merchants. In
like manner also will servants & slaves be ready upon every
slight discontent to fly from place to place for their freedome,
to the great distraction of the Planter & disturbance of the
Peace & tranquillity of those Colonies. And as for the
distance of Barbados from the said Iselands, It is well
knowne That advice may be at any time sent from the said
Leeward Iselands to Barbados by Sloopes & other Vessells
in lesse then ten days time, severall having come in four
days, the Norwich fi'iggott in eight, & the late fleete before-
menc'oned from Nevis in eleaven days.
3. As for the second Reason, It is altogether grounded
upon a false foundation, ffor that the Lord Willughby hath
a distinct Councill & Assembly in every one of the Leeward
Iselands, by whom his Lor'p doth governe & make all Lawes
concearning each place. And the Councill and Assembly in
Barbados have neyther jurisdiction over, nor any such
influence upon the said Iselands as they have rashly suggested.
4. As to those two perticulars, viz' The deteiniug of
Powder & two Cannon, 1 humbly conceive it rashness like-
wise in theni upon noe good grounds to misiuforme his
Ma'''^ & your Lor'pps flbr that it will appeare by diverse
Leters to severall considerable Merch'' here. That both
before & since the now L'' Willughby's arrivall at Barbados,
far greater quantities of powder, with store of men, Amies,
& other Ammunition, as also large supplies of Provision have
beene sent from Barliados to Nevis, then is pretended to
have been kept from them, as fir instance the L'' ffrancis
Willughby went thither with a fleete consisting of seaven
sayle in .July l(')6(i some of w'"" were cast away, & the rest
remayned at Xevis for their defence about four months.
In January after. Coll' Willughby sent from Barbados three
considerable shippes wiih provisions & other supplies to
Nevis, when they were in a perishing condic'on for want of
foode. Upon the sixth of March following Coll' Henry
Willughby, being Deputy-Governor of Barbados with the
advice of his Councill there, sent another fleete consisting
of four of his Ma"" Shippes, & six Merchants shippes
whereof the French having some advice, presently fled to
Martinico, & Nevis was thereby releived. Afterwards upon
their returne in April following with 23 sayle of con-
siderable shippes & store of men for the taking of Nevis
(who of themselves were unable to make any resistance)
the said fleete from Barbados ingaged them upon the said
Coast & beat them off ; And the next day after the now
Ifi Willughby's arrival at Barbados, his Lor'p sent a sloope
to Nevis, assuring them that they should suddenly receive
further supplies, w''' hath beene very considerably from time
to time performed accordingly.
5. As to what is proposed for the incouragem' of Trade,
What new Instructions y"' Lor'pps shall please to advise his
Ma"' to send unto the L"" Willughby (if the former do not
reach it) his Lor'ps obedience & compliance thereunto is
not to be doubted, Nor his strict examination of the offences
complained of, neither his inflicting a due punishm' on the
persons for offending upon a just Informac'on & proofe ;
the matter being brought legally before him.
6. And for the incouragem' of Planters his Lor.'p hath
declared, that noe Tax shall be imposed upon them, but what
shall be established by Law & their owne consents.
7. As for the souldiers desiered, If his Ma"' shall think
xl
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
fitt to send them his Lor'p will take care that they be fitly
disposed uf for the preservac'ou of the said Islands, i\nd
observe such orders therein as his Ma''^ shall be pleased to
direct.
I humbly pray, That yo'' Lor'ps will please to examine
whether these Proposalls come from the Body of the
Leeward Iselands, or from particular persons here, who may
seeke some advantage to themselves by occasioning an
alteration of what his Ma"= hath already settled upon
mature deliberation under the Great Scale, ffor it is well
knowne That Coll' Everard (who is now a Pef for the
Government of S' Christophers) did joyne with the
Governor of Nevis in sending men, Armes, etc. from those
Iselands, for the reducing of Antegoa & Montserratt from
their obedience to his late Ma"% utterly rejecting his Ma'""
Leter w"^'' required their allegiences.
Oof 20"' 10 07. Jo. Champante.
In February 1667-8 William, Lord Willoughby,
with a great number of settlers, sailed from Bar-
bados to re-establish the colonies of Antigua and
Montserrat.
TuE Past and Present State of the Leeward
CiiARRiBEB Islands [1668].
When iu y<= year 1066 His Ma*" Declarac'on of Warr ag'
the ffrench came to the said Islands before they had any
knowledge of theirs, Watts Gov'' of S' Christophers more
generous than prudent gave forthwith notice thereof to the
ifrench Inhabiting the said Island, and three dayes time for
submission to him on some hard tearms, which they (being
far inferiour in strength) not able to gett moderate, resolved
to try their fortune by Arms, and at the end of the three
dales fell on with all their force upon the English on the
Windward part of the Island, beat them out of it, & after-
wards forced those of the Leeward to submitt to what they
would grant them whereby becoming Master of the whole
Island sent away most of the English and strengthened
themselves so that during all that Warr it could not be
recovered again, ifrancis L'' Willoughby Cap' Gen" of all
the Charibbee Islands coming down from Barbados w"" a
fleet and force to repair the loss unhappily perisht in a
Hurricane neare Guardaloupa wherein most of y' fleet & men
were lost.
Mons' De la Bard arriving not long after w"" Ships & a
Regim' of Soldiers from ifrance attackt the Island of An-
tigua and three daies assault beating and fireiiig them out
three I )ivisions, forced them to a Capitulac'on on favourable
tearms but not well observed went away and returned again
not long after w"" greater force di-awn from all their Islauds,
made themselves absolute Masters of all the said Islands,
disarming all the Inhabitants taking and carrying away all
their Negros & Horses, and what was of any worth, destroy-
ing their Sugar Works & Cattle left them a naked people,
as they did in the same manner the Island of M'surratt,
some Weeks after, exposing the Inhabitants to the mercy &
cruelty of the barbarous Indians, who accompanied them in
ye taking of both Islands com'itting many Murthers and
Rapes & carrying away some Women and Children into
captivity. The like being designed for Nevis the only
Island then left untaken, for j" Dutch coming fi-om y«
taking of Sur'inam joyn'd w"' ye ffrench all the forces they
could make from all their Windward Islands came before it,
but Sir .John Berry being happily there w"' some ships not
only prevented their design but engaged them so smartly
that they were forced to retreat under S' Christophers.
And though Antigua & M'Surratt soon after S' John
Berries coming into those parts returned again to their
duty and obedience to his Ma"=, yet being disarmed & no
Armes there to supply them with they were but little
serviceable for attempting anything upon the ffrench
Islands for after the fight under Nevis the ffrench never
appeared more in those Seas, during that Warr but flying
to Martinico some were afterwards burnt by S'' John Har-
man y^ rest saved in the huylsak there untill the Peace and
Treaty of Breda whereby che ffrench were to restore S'
Christophers and all the Negroes taken from the English in
those Islands, but to this day not one Negroe hath been
restored .... Antigua & M'Siirratt haveing in some
measure recovered their Losses of the last Warr are now iu
a fine thriving way again .... And for what Strength of
men may be upon the English Islands by the most exact
Computac'on the Numbers may supposed to be As on An-
tigua the most Wiudward & largest of them about 13 or
1400 men being settled somewhat farr asunder about tiie
Islands. M'Sarratt some 1200 men Nevis some 16 or 1700
men S* Christophers some 400 men besides His Ma'''=^ 2
Compi''' of Soldiers. (Egerton MS. 2395.)
At the recovery of Antigua from the French,
William, Lord Willoughby, met the Council and
Assembly* on 11 April 1668 when they proceeded to
pass the earliest Act on record, viz. : —
1668. "An Act for Indemnity, and declaring all old
Titles to Land void and lost, by Reason of the French
King's Conquest, Dated 10"» April 1668." Ou the following
day was passed an "Act for the settling the present Inhabi-
tants in their Lands ;" also one for " Suspending all penal
laws against law abiding dissenters, papists, etc."
On the 13"' April a Register's Office was established for
compulsorily recording every kind of deed connected with
land-tenure.
On I'J May the Colonists passed another law which
caused a great deal of subsequent dissatisfaction viz. " An
Act for the Settlement of the Custom or Duty of Four and
a Half per Cent. :"
Whereas by reason of the late unhappy War which
arose betwixt His Koyal Majesty Charles the Second, King
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc. and the Most
Christian Kiug in France, as well as the States General of
the United Netherlands, several of His JIajesty of Great
Britain his Territories on this side the Tropick, became
subject (through Conquest) unto the said French King and
his Subjects, aud amongst others this Island of Antigua
also was so subdued by Monsieur de Labarr Lieutenant
General by Sea and Land to the said French King, being
assisted by the Cannibal Indians, by means whereof all the
Lands within this Island became forfeited unto His Majesty,
etc., as by an Act of this Country, bearing Date the tenth
Day of April last past (reference being thereunto had) may
more at large appear. II. Know j" that for and in Con-
sideration of new Grants and Confirmation of our said
Lands under the Great Seal appointed for Barbadoes, and
the rest of the Caribbee Islands, by liis Excellency William
liord Willoughby of Parham, etc. We do give and grant
to His said Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors for ever,
and most humbly desire Your Excellency to accept these
our Grants, and we do humbly pray Your Excellency that
it may be enacted, and be it enacted by His Excellency
William Lord Willoughby of Parham, Captain General, and
Chief Governor of Barbadoes, and the I'cst of the Caribbee
Islands, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Council and Gentlemen of the Assembly, Representatives of
this Island, and by the Authority of the same. That an Im-
post or Custom be, from and after the Publication hereof,
raised upon the Native Commodities of this Island, after
the Proportion, and iu Manner and Form as is hereafter
* This is the first time that the House of Assembly has been
mentioned, and it is probable that it was established by his Lord-
ship about this period.
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xli
set down and appointed (that is to say) upon all Commodi-
ties (if the Growth or Production of this Island that shall
be sliippcd oft" the same, shall be paid to our Sovereign
Lord the King, His Heirs, and Successors for ever, Four
and a Half in Specie for every Five-Score, etc.
1G68. Tlie causes which led to the imposition of
the 4i per cent, duty seem to have differed slightly
in each island. Lord Willoughby, the prim.e mover
in the affair, was anxious to secure a revenue for the
King-, and by using force where necessary, to stamp
out opposition, succeeded in inducing the different
colonies to pass the various Acts of Settlement. The
first island to submit was Barbados on 13 September
1663, when they were told that the new duty was to
be in lieu of " 40 lbs. of cotton per head and other
taxes formerly raised to the Earl which was held
very heavy."
A similar Act passed in Nevis on 28 April 1664,
which recited that the King having purchased all the
proprietary rights of the Earl of Carlisle, the ancient
tax of 20 lbs. of tobacco per pole, considered very
heavy, was to be abolished, and in return for the
grant of the new duty the planters were confirmed
in their holdings.
At Montserrat the Act was passed on 13 April
1668.
On 19 May it was enacted that persons convicted
of swearing should pay 10 lbs. for each oath, and in
defaiilt of payment might be set in the stocks for
three hours ; for drunkenness the fine was to be
50 lbs., and in default four hours in the stocks.
On 15 September a Public Treasury was estab-
lished.
July 0. W™ L"" Willoughby writes to His Majesty's
Council that " The inhabitants earnestly solicited me to
make my sonne Henry their Governor, whom I com-
missioned accordingly." (' Rwindheads and Cavaliers in
Barbados,' p. 180.)
In the Antiguan Records of 1668 and 1669 this
Colonel Henry Willoughby is styled Governor of An-
tega and Berbuda.*
Nevis.
An Account of such Debts as was contracted & paid for His
Ma'y^ service by the Command of y<= R' Hon''''= Henry
Willoughby, L' General, viz' : —
Sag--.
Paid M'' Fran. Sampson for Provisions for the
Ships, Soldiers, S' Xtophers, Antegua, Mont-
serrat & Anguilla people also wounded men,
etc. ...... 112,849
F'^ more for Beefe, Porke, Fish & Mackrel . -4:1,504
* Barbuda is a low coral island, about 15 miles in length,
distant 30 miles N. of Kt. John's. It is so surrounded by reefs and
shoals that most ships approaching it in former days were wrecked.
The island has never been surveyed, but is supposed to be larger
than Antigua, with an area of perhaps 70,000 acres. Great num-
bers of cattle are raised, but no suijar grown. H. N. Coleridge gives
an interesting description of his visit to it in 18'J5, when its popula-
tion consisted of 2 white overseers and 400 slaves. In Oldmixon's
time there were from 1000 to 1200 inhabitants. The Codringtons
held long leases of it from the Crown, but they are no longer in-
terested in it.
Sug'.
P'' ditto per ditto to Sundries . . . 92,390
P'' for Powder, Lead, Firelocks, Shovels, etc. . 35,513
P"" for ditto with Bills & Axes, Beefe, etc. . 38,818
P* for ditto more to sundry persons . . 17,057
P*^ more for Pike heads & fixing Armes . 2,110
P'^ more for Bread, Beere, chese, shovels & lead 18,520
P* towards the hire of the Ships . ' . 72,744
P"* for the Hospital with Medecines & charges
for the sick & wounded men . . 36,900
P'' the Chyrurgions for Wages . . . 42,300
P"! for erecting & mainteineing Fortifications,
Guards & Ammunition for this Island from
the 28"' of April 1664 to the 30"' of Decem-
ber 1667 ..... 310,503
P'^ for bread, butter, beefe, pease & drink more
as by sundry Accompts appeares . . 36,781
857,989
Besides y above Ace' we have been at vast
charges for billating of Soldiers for house-
rent, hospital-charges, boathire, shipping,
& many other things too tedious to insert
here which we canmake appeare amounts to
above sixteene hundred thousand pounds of
(Muscovado) Sugar . . . 1,600,000
2,457,989
In Nevis June
y'' ig'h 1668 @
Ant. Peterson.
Jn» Smith.
Tho. Nicolson.
Sam. Windall.
Waltr. Stmonds,
Speak'.
Jn" Netheway.
W" Howard.
Fran. Franklin. Jn° Cade.
ROB'^ Overton.
At the Court at Whitehall the 4"' of November 1668.
By the Kings most Excellent Ma^"' & the R' hono'''« the
Lords of his Ma'^'^ most llono''''' Privy Councill.
Upon reading this day at the Boord a L're from the
Lord Willoughby of Parham his Ma'y' Governor of the
Charibee Islands of the 11"' of August last, and also two
other L'res from his Lop sent hither by his Son It was
Ordered by his Ma''' in Councill, That it be & it is hereby
referred to the R' hono'''" the Lords Committee of this
Boord for Trade & Plantations to consider of the said L'res,
& make Report thereof with their Opinion upon them to his
Ma'y in Councill. (Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 461.)
1669. Of the Acts passed this year were the
following : —
28 October. " For Public Recompense to the
Masters of Slaves put to Death by Law," a very neces-
sary precaution, for were it not for this, many masters
would have shielded their negros when guilty of
crimes, on this account, that if the law took its
course and their slave were hanged, they would lose
his value.
28 October. " An Act stating Servants Time,
Wages, Provisions, Apparel, etc.," a very salutary
measure to prevent ill-usage and overwork. By
another Act all Masters of Vessels were strictly
required to enter into a bond for £2000 sterling
in the Secretary's Oifice not to carry off a person
without a ticket from the Governor. This was to
prevent persons defrauding their creditors and for
the ends of Justice. These Acts were signed by
Jeremiah Watkins, Speaker, and Francis St. Johns,
Secretary.
xlii
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Nov. W" Lord Willoughby of Parham to be continued
as Gov'' of the Caribby Islands. (' Signet Office Dockets,'
p. 278.)
Henry Willougiiby, Lieut.-General and Governor
of Antigua and Barbuda, died this year.
? 1670. Letter from William Byam,* Governor of An-
tigua, to William Lord Willoughby, Governor of Barbadoes.
Sent his Excellency the sad news of the death of the Lieu-
tenant-General, & of the manner of the death of James
Willoughby in this island, together with an account of the
state of affairs, & would have written as conveyances pre-
sented, but for advice that his Excelleucy was daily ex-
pected in Barbadoes. Renders humble thanks for his Ex-
cellency's commission for the government of this island &
Barbuda, received 2P* May last ; & that this honour may
not consume his estate, which is low, as the gout does his
body, hopes his Excellency will mind his Majesty that there
may be an establishment for its support, & if not speedily
done the favour intended may prove his ruin.
Tiie French are rampant among these islands, having
two men-of-war of 70 & 40 guns at S' Kitts, & a fi'igate of
14 guns at S'" Cruce, commanded by M. la Barett, & all
these to secure their trade fi'om the Dutch, whom they
handle with severity. Cannot omit one ignoble passage of
the Governor of the Grenadoes. A Dutchman from Guinea
falling in with the island with 200 negi-oes, was invited by
the Governor to trade, & security assured him, but no
sooner were the negroes landed, but the Governor dispatched
a shallop to La Barett, who sent up his Vice-Admiral &
immediately seized poor Hans, suspecting no danger, being
of 24 guns, carried him to S' Kitts, & keeps liim as a prize
till the business be decided in France. Hears iiis Lordship's
choleric enemy, JI. S* Lawrence, is to go iiome, & a new
Governor expected. The proprietor of Guadaloupc, who
sold his right to the Royal Company of France, but are
unable to pay his 20(>,()00 crowns, is returning over.
M. S' Leon continues Governor there ; & M. la Biere of
Martinique. M. De Baas, their general, continues rigid to
them all. Has a friendly correspondence unless in two
passages. One occasioned by a privateer taking a French,
or rather a Spanish, shallop on the main, bringing her to
Nevis ; the French demanded the shallop & justice on him
that took her ; upon which the captain of the privateer was
imprisoned & the French desired to come & prosecute, but
after long imprisonment & none appearing the captain was
enlarged ; on this, or before, an English ship, bound from
Virginia, was seized at Martinique, & thinks is still de-
tained there. The other passage savoured of hostility ; a
French man-of-war sloop, coming off from S* Kitts with a
trading sloop of ours, commanded the English sloop to
strike, which the master refusing to do to any but his own
sovereign's flag, the French fired, wounding the master, who
shortly after died. But though they thus huff it for the
present at sea, on shore the planter lives miserable through
the tyrannical taxations of the R. C. The Dutch are more
fortunate in their trade than in their colonies : if not weary
of Surinam they shortly will be ; they are no planters, sad
souls for suffering any hardship. They have called off their
small colonies at Banrooma and other places to reinforce
Surinam ; but fever & ague, belly-achre & yawes, disable or
destroy them, especially their new comers ; so that many
are returned & more will follow. The Jews seem now
highly dissatisfied with the country ; if those & the
English withdraw it will be but a sad colony. Heard
very lately thence ; Major Bannister was not then arrived ;
most of the English would gladly withdraw could they dis-
entangle themselves of the debts, which the policy of the
* The codicil to his will bears date 7 June 1C70, and was
proved on 3rd January following.
Dutch has noosed them withall. They are still sickly ;
great supplies of negroes & no whites, so that if once the
blacks get a head they will make the colony theirs ; really
believes that will be the end of it. . They expect a new
Governor, the present one, Capt. Lichtenberg, being very
ill ; & 'tis thought will hardly go alive out of the country.
Their colony of Tobago has lately received a great blow by
the invasion of the Island Indians. But they thrive in
their trade, for at Curafoa they vend a vast quantity of
negroes to the Spaniard, & of late 4 ships from Jamaica for
ready pieces of eight carried thence great store. They
intend to settle a mart for negroes at Tortola to engross the
trade of Porto Rico. This advice Finsly brought, who by
his Excellency's order was employed thither to bring off the
English, most of whom were gone, & of the few there none
would come off. The natives of the islands still punctually
observe the articles agreed with his Excellency, often en-
quiring when he will give them a visit. Nevis lately pre-
sented the Governor of Dominica with the liquor they love
to be distributed amongst them, & other acceptable gifts, &
several Indians went witli the sloop to Nevis. Has now
brought his Lordship to Antigua, the island of greatest
consequence, though least spoken of & regarded unless by
his Excellency ; did his Majesty understand its invaluable
convenience for situation & unparalleled harbours, whereby
lying to windward it might be a curb to the French &
Dutch on any breach. Their present condition is sadly de-
plorable, all his Majesty's islands supplied with negroes
except poor Antigua, not but tliat they can have them if
they act as some do, the Dutch would supply them, but they
dare not embrace it ; they languish and decline for want of
hands, & it is his Majesty will feel it in the end ; the
strength of the planters consists in single men, who have
neitl)er servant nor slave. A great drought has rendered the
crops backward & bad, & brought the planters in debt, & if
the rigour of the law be used, they fear a general desertion
of the land, & nothing will stay the planters or increase the
settlement but a free trade or supply of slaves, which, if his
Majesty would connive at for a time, the island were made,
otherwise utterly ruined. Barbuda is thriving, is now
despatching a commission to Captain Campbell, Governor
there. All at Parham are well ; the windmill does ex-
ceedingly well. The canes are very old & bad : 40,000 lb.
has been made of them : none of the new yet ground : Tom
Garret has been overseer there 4 or 5 months : he is careful
& just, & is past his trial & now recovered. The Amity, of
Bristol, bound for Nevis with wines, was taken accidentally
by a Spaniard, near Deseada, which landed the men at
Curasoa. They had positive orders to heave all privateers
overboard. (' Colonial Calendar,' p. 205.)
July. A special Committee of the Privy Council for
the concerns of Trade and the Plantations was formed.
(' Signet Office Dockets,' p. 336.)
Aug. 23. At a meeting of the Council at Parham.
Present : — Capt. Sam' Winthrop, L' Col. Sebastian Bayer,
& Serg* Major Nath' Gierke. — Ordered that Jno. Vernon,
clerk in the Secretary's office, deliver up all the records to
Jno. Parry & Geo. Gowes, appointed clerks to the Council,
on the decease of Capt. Francis S' John, late secretary ; &
that seeing there is no ordained minister on this island,
each justice of the peace may join in matrimony any
persons whose names 3 several weeks have been set to
public view in the secretary's office.
(' Colonial Papers,' vol. xxv., No. 55.)
The following original letter from William, Lord
Willoughby of Parham, is bound up in Egerton MS.
2395 :—
EROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES 11. xliii
Noted. To M'' Povey* conceniing S' X'phers & the
Leew'^ Islands.
S^' — By y'= favor I received from you of yo''= y' 20'" in-
stant w'^" found me last night at S'' John Harpurs at
Swarkston, I shall by this reply make a dubble advantage,
first by retur'ing you my coixliall thankes, & then by giveing
the troble of makeing my apologie to y" president &
councell for my absence & w"' that if you think fit when
you have perus'd these enclosed w'^ my letter to y^ president
first taking Ooppyes of them you may please to acquaint
the Councell w^'' tliem this may be a meanes to enform them
how necessary it is to have correspondence w"" a person soe
fitt for business as yo'self. But if my L'' Arlington be in
towne I desier you will fii-st enform him of the whole matter
& y" passing through yo'' hand may excuse my giveing his
Lp. the troble of a letter w'''' w"> y«^ presentm' of my service
_to his Lp. you know better how to menage than I to direct.
As to y« answer of yo"' letf what concerns my L'^ Carlile I
suppose you judg better then his Lp. at first sight well can.
I tliink Coll. Lynch a very fitt person for w' he is designed
both as to the receiving S' Kitts & y'' other, But as to S'
Kitts w* is yet under my Goverm* it can doe noe harm to
heare w' I can say as to that point if not by way of advise
I have spent my time much amiss if I cannot a little
enforme And when it is delivered there must be a governo''
to take the charge of it & if his Ma"' doth thinke those
Islands worth his care and protection, better encouragem'
then yet those governo" ever had must be established &
then I am confident I can name a person for that Island
very agreeable to the King & Councell & y'is Maior Andrew
Mai or to 8' Tobyas Bridges Kegitn' this you may impart to
my h'^ Arlington if there be occasion, but if it will keep
cold till I come up you may forbeare.
as to y^ Independent resolution they can noe way more
obleige Barbados then by it but out of my duty to his
Ma''<^' service w"' out any regard to any self interest more
then as a planter of Antigua I shall declare my opinion &
give w' reason occurs ag" it but I must allsoe tell that if
his Ma''« will countenance support & supply y^ Leeward
Islands like a prince y' will be the way to becalme Mons' &
then Antigua must of consequence flourish & He make the
Indian princes my neighbours his Ma''<^^ Loyall subjects
despite of Mons"^ & their godly ff"athers. As for Barbados
I doe tell you that they are not well understood at Court by
reason of y" predjudice contracted ag*' them upon some
complaints of y'' Eoyall company for to my knowledge they
are both will and best able to serve his ma""^* interest of any
he hath in y' part of y'' world & this is easily made out if
rightly understood.
w*'' his Ma''''=^ leave & the Councells I tooke this vacation
to looke after my owne disordered afl'aires all waies intending
to return by y'' first of October when I expected to finde his
Mat"'' at Newmarket if Hee or y'' Councell command mee
sooner I shall attend. But S'' John Harpur not being well I
doe rather encline to stay here till Munday sennitt when if
you will give you self the troble & me the favor of yo''
further advise by y'' next post yo' letf will finde me directed
for me at his house at Swarkston to be left at y'= post house
at Darby by w"='' you will oblige.
Yo'' affectionate friend to serve you
Swarkston, Sept' 24"' '70. W. Willoughbt.
I desier you will to M'' Champantee who lives in upper
moore to attend you and confer w"' him before you deliver
my letter to y'' Councell he hath a Scale w"' my amies to
close them.
* Thomas Povey, a former owner of tlie large volume of West
Indian State Papers (Egertou MS. 2395. British Museum), was a
member of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and the
Plantations. His brother 'William was Provost Marshal of Bar-
bados, and Richard (perhaps another brother) was Secretary of
Jamaica,
On 22 Sept. the planters & others of S^ Christophers,
Nevis, Antego, & Montserrat petition the King, and state :
that these islands are 100 leagues to the Leeward of Bar-
bados & they wish to have a separate governor. They also
express the hope that the English with the negros, who are
to be removed from Surynam, may be sent to S' Christo-
phers.
This paper bears the signatures of : •
Geo : Gamiei.l. Wm : Sewster. Hen : Bale.
AYm : BuiiT. IL Laurence. Val : Austin.
Geo: Hill. Wm: Baxtar.
On 17 Nov' the Committee for Trade & the Plantations
report favourably thereon to the King (Lord Willoughby
being present), & among other reasons, give this most im-
portant one, viz : — that S' Christophers being 100 leagues
N.W. of Barbados, ships cannot beat up against the preva-
lent trade wind to that Island, in less time than 7 or 8
weeks, so that in war, the Leeward Islands might be lost,
Ijefore help could be forthcoming from Barbados.
It was accordingly decided to erect a separate and dis-
tinct government for the Leeward Islands. This prudent
course would doubtless have been adopted ere this, had it
not been for the opposition displayed by the Lords Wil-
loughby who naturally demurred, on account of the loss of
revenue and prestige to themselves, entailed by the appoint-
ment of another Capt. General in the West Indies.
1670, Feb. 17, (? 1670-1.) The colony of the Soiners Is-
lands was so over peopled & the land all taken up that many
of its inhabitants had gone to S' Lucia, Trinidad, Antigua,
& Jamaica, but the most part of them died.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and the West
Indies, p. 153.)
Jan. 10. The Great Seal of the Caribbee Islands,
which had been left by Lord Willoughby in the custody of
L' Gen' Henry Willoughby, Governor of Antigua, was
forwarded to Barbados on account of the iatter's death.
('Colonial Entry Book,' No. 11, p. 184.)
In a letter of 1670-1 the writer states that Sir Tho.
Warner when Governor lived on a sweet plantation in the
Middle of S' Christophers, which was set out for the
Governorship. Lord AVilloughby purchased it of M'' Philip
Warner who had taken possession of it as heire to S"^
Thomas, but had no right to sell it to his Lordship.
Ordnance stores to the value of £2600 st, were to be
despatched with Sir Chai-les. He also received an order
from the Privy Sealc for £700 st. per annum as salary,
together with a free gift of £400 st. payable out of the
Queens dower & £2778 st. as 1 years pay of 2 foot-com-
panies. Sir Tobias Bridge's Regiment then stationed in
the Charibliee Islands was to be disbanded & sent home, but
those who preferred to stay & settle were to be allotted
lands as follows : — a private 35 acres, a corporal or drummer
50, a serjaut 79, an Ensign 160, a Lieut. 200 & a Capt,
400.
Arrears of the Charibee Islands to .laraaica, for the estates
confiscated & applicable to the benefitt of y' Island.
In the tyme of y" late Warr w"" Holland, such Dutch-
men as resided or traded in y" English Plantations in y^
West India, had their Estates confiscated to y^ use of y=
usurped Power then in England.
These Estates were since ordered by y' Power, to bee
applyed to y" use & releeff'e of Jamaica. In pui-snaiice
whereof, the Prize-Commissioners for y« respective Islands,
remitted y" Accompts (y' are herewith tendred) unto L*
Gen" Brayne then com'anding in chieffe in Jamaica.
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THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
The s'' Accompts containe y'^ particulers & totalis of j^
seized Goods, what disburst npou severall occasions & what
remaining in y'^ handes of y<= Commissioners & other p'sons
in those Islands W'^'' though often demanded by y^ s'' Brayne
& his Successor yet had noe other complyance but excuses
& delayes.
The Sumes remaineing due from ye severall Islands are
these viz' : —
lb. Suger. lb. tobacco, lb. Indico. lb. Ginger.
S* Christophers 2,444 89,3G8 550 1286
Nevis 39,064 27,516
Mountserrat 00,000 38,362
Antigua 00,000 119,240
Totall 41,408 = 274,486
550 = 1286
W'' by estimation is sterl. money :
41,408"'' Suger rated at 2'' per lb. is 0345 : 01 : 04
274,486"" tobacco at 2'^ per lb. is . 2287 : 07 : 08
550"" Indico at 18'! per lb. is . 0041 : 05 : 00
1,286"'' Ginger at 1« per lb. is . 0005 : 07 : 00
Besides : 82'" 2' 6'' due in Antigua
in money
02 : 06
2761 : 03 : 06
(No date. ? 1670. Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 468.)
For the details of the Antiguan accotiuts, see
under the year 1G55. In that year lib. of sugar
■was worth 3 lbs. of tobacco, whereas now they are
both quoted at 2d. per lb.
1671, Jan. 17. (? 1670-1.) Minutes of Council. On
demand of Capt. Abraliam Langford, empowered from Lord
Willoughby, for an account of the excise of wines & strong
liquors in the island, & all escheat & prize goods, & of the
fines & mulcts due to the King ; it was answered tljat, the
King never had any excise, nor they any escheated or prize
goods or strong drink on the island. That the return of
the inhabitants was in much poverty, & many must have
perished for want if not relieved, tliat they fined tliose that
deserved fine to the reUef of tiie poor, & can give no account
thereof, but though a small thing it belongs to his Majesty,
& for the future an exact account shall be kept.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and the
West Indies, p. 157.)
1671, Jan. 25. (? IG70-1.) Commission to Sir Chas.
Wheeler, Bart., Captain of a company of foot in our regi-
ment of guards under the command of Col. John Russell,
appointing him Governour-in-Ghief over S' Christopliers,
Nevis, Montserrat, Antego, Barbudo, Anguilla & other the
Leeward Islands, which his Majesty has thought fit to
separate from the Government of Barbadoes. With power
to choose a council of 12 of the principal inhabitants in each
of the said islands, & with the advice of not less than 7 of
them to summon general assemblies & make laws which
shall be in force for 2 years & no longer unless approved by
his Majesty ; to exercise a negative voice, dissolve general
assemblies & use a public seal. To erect courts of judica-
ture, constitute judges, justices & sheriffs, & administer
oaths, provided all establishments be submitted to his
Majesty, to pardon offenders, treason & wilful murder ex-
cepted, in which cases he may grant reprieves for a year till
his Majesty's pleasure be knowu, present to churches, levy
& arm persons, take & kill pyrates, pursue enemies & treat
them according to the law of arms. To prepare articles of
war, agreeable to those in England, for soldiers in pay only,
to erect forts, cities, towns, etc., or demolish them. To erect
Courts of Admii'alty, exercise the office of Vice-Admiral,
grant his Majesty lands under moderate quit rents, also
charters to towns for holding fairs and markets. To
appoint ports & harbours & erect Custom houses. If a
Deputy-Governor die, immediately to certify his ]\Iajesty
thereof & appoint one in his place till his Majesty's pleasure
be known ; & in case he die, the Deputy-Governor of Nevis
shall take on him the Government till his Majesty's pleasure
be known. And his Majesty's commission or letters patent
of 6"" Dec. 1669 to Lord Willoughby as to what concerns
the government of the aforesaid islands are hereby deter-
mined & revoked, but remain in full force as to the Govern-
ment of Barbadoes & the other Caribbee Islands not above
mentioned. ('Calendar of Colonial Papers,' p. 158.)
1671, Jan. 31. (? 1670-1.) Instructions to Sir Clias.
Wheeler, Bart., Governor of the Leeward Islands, in
21 articles.
To repair to Nevis, call together the Council, cause his
commission to be read, administer the oaths, & supply'
vacancies in the Council, taking care they be men of estate
& ability & "not much in debt." Not to augment nor
diminish the number of councillors, nor suspend any mem-
ber without good cause, to be forthwith transmitted to his
Majesty. To send a list of the respective councils, also
copies of laws. Not to displace any judges or other officers
without good cause, or execute by himself or by deputy any
of said offices, or suffer any person to execute more offices
than one by deputy. To regulate salaries, fees, etc. No
man's life, member or freehold to be taken away or harmed,
but by laws agreeable to those of England. The oaths of
allegiance & supremacy to be dispensed with, except to
members & officers of the council, some other way being
found of securing allegiance ; and no man to be molested in
the exercise of his I'eligion, but lie is enjoined to the pro-
fession of the Protestant religion as practised in England.
Drunkenness, debauchery, swearing, & blasphemy to be
discouraged & punished, & none to be admitted to public
trust whose ill-fame may bring scandal thereon. All
planters & Christian servants to be well armed & trained, &
an inventory of arms, ammunition & stores sent to his
Majesty. Also an account of the numbers of masters,
servants & slaves in each of the islands, a yearly account of
the increase or decrease of goods imported or exported, & of
the rates & duties payable in the respective islands, what
profits or revenues arise to his Alajesty & how accounted
for. To give encouragement to merchants, and in par-
ticular to the Royal African Compauy. To give account
from time to time of the wants, defects, products & im-
provements of the respective islands ; and to cause the late
treaty concluded at Madrid y^th July 1670, to be published
within 8 months from the 4§th Oct. 1670, or sooner if he
can agree with the Spanish governors there, & at the same
time to revoke all commissions & letters of reprisal to the
prejudice of the King of Spain or his subjects, & to observe
all articles of the said treaty. To take present order for the
advantage of the islands not herein provided for, provided
he do not declare war without his Majesty's particular com-
mands. In regard S' Christopher's is best seated for
Government, he is recommended to remove thither, as soon
as that part which the English possessed on tlie 1'' Jan.
1665-6, before the late war with France, shall be dehvered
up to him. (' Calender of Colonial Pajjers,' p. 159.)
1671, Feb. 14. (? 1670-1.) Report of the Council for
Plantations to the King, concerning the government of the
Leeward Islands. In pursuance of his Majesty's commands
have prepared a commission & instructions for Sir Chas.
Wheler, Governor of the Ijeeward Island, & transmitted
copies the 2P' Jan. last to Lord Arlington for his Majesty's
approbation. That Sir Chas. may have power to appoint
Deputy Governors in the islands under his command, & for
his better maintenance the £700 per annum arising by the
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xlv
farm of the -tj fier cent, of said islands, together with all
profits heretofore enjoyed by the Governor of Nevis, pro-
vided that when S' Christopher's can contribute towards
maintaining a governor there, the £700 per annum cease ;
that the Master of the Ordnance deliver to Sir Chas. 22
cannon, 1,000 muskets with swords, ammunition, etc., & 2
drawbridges ready framed, the muskets swords and bando-
liers to be paid for by the planters in 2 years, & the cannon
to be returned in case the French restore the 30 pieces they
formerly took from the English there, & that he may also
have a ketch ; that the Treasury, by virtue of some Privy
Seal dormant, may pay him £400 for extraordinary ex-
penses, but not to be drawn into a precedent ; & that Sir
Tobias Bridge's 4 companies of foot now in Nevis, Mont-
serrat, & Antigua be reduced to 2 companies of 80 men
each, besides officers, & settled in S' Christopher's for 1
year, in his Majesty's pay under Sir Chas. Wheeler's com-
mand. ('Colonial Entry Book,' No. xciv., p. 86 ;
see ' Colonial Calendar,' p. 188.)
Feb. 24. Sir Chas. Wheeler instructed to retain Col.
Stapleton the Dep. Gov'' of Montserrat.
March 27. Minutes of Council of Antigua. Resolved,
on receipt of his Excellency's letter from London of the 26""
Nov. 1670, importing his approbation of the way of govern-
ment of the Council after the decease of Col. Byam ; that
the monthly courts be kept by the Justices, & execution
granted as formerly ; that no jury court be held till further
order from his Excellency, but that the Judges issue out
attachments on all judgments ; that in case any person
refuse to pay the levies per acre for the public treasury, the
act be put in execution, & that payments out of the public
treasury be ordered by the President, one of the Council, &
one of the Assembly. (' Colonial Papers,' vol. xxv., No. 55 ;
see ' Colonial Calendar,' p. 188.)
1671. Nevis. William Edmundson* and Thomas
Briggs accompanied with some others from Barbadoes and
Antigua, where they had been labouring in the Ministry of
the Gospel, found themselves inclined to visit also this
Island, came thither in a small Vessel), and cast Anchor
near the Shore ; but a Mai'shal soon came on board with
orders from the Govcrnoiir, that none should come on shore
till he knew whence the Vessel came, and who were in her :
So they were all staid on board till the Governour had In-
formation who they were ; upon which he presently sent an
OflBcer and Soldiers on board, with strict Charge, that none
of them should go on shore, nor any come from shore to
speak with them, on Penalty of a great Fine. But several
of their Friends nevertheless, who dwelt there, went on
Board, where they held a Meeting by Consent of the owner
of the Vessel, Colonel Wenthrop, one of their Persuasion,
who had been Governour of Antigua, and came with them
from thence. The Governour sent for the Master of the
Vessel, who was not a Quaker, and bound him in a Bond of
£1000 Sterling to carry them back to Antigua. While they
lay at Anchor one Colonel Stapleton, who was Governour of
MontseiTat, came on Board, and William Edmundson com-
plained to him, saying. It was very hard Usage, that they
being Englishmen, and coming so far as they had done to
visit their Countrymen, could not be admitted to come
on shore, and refresh themselves, within King Charles'
Dominions, after so long a Voyage. To which the Colonel
answered, that It was true ; but said he, we hear that since
your Coming to the Caribbee-Islands, there are seven Hun-
dred of our Militia turned Quakers and the Quakers will
not fight, and we have Need of Men to fight, being sur-
rounded with Enemies, and that is the very Reason why
* He was a noted Quaker preacher at Barbados in 1675.
Governour Wheeler will not suffer you to come on shore.
Accordingly by Order of the Governour they were carried
back to Antigua, where they were received with Gladness,
and their Testimony accepted by many. (Besse.)
1671. The earliest book containing the Minutes
of the Council of Antigua commences this year, but
no co^Dy of it exists at the Hecord Office in London.
The oi-iginal is kept in the Court House at St. John's.
On .3 April at a meeting of the Council at the house of
Capt. Sam' Winthrope a letter was read from Col. Jas.
Russell the Dep. Gov of Nevis " importing y' y<^ Capt. of
the pleasure boate had at Dominica entertained on board
his Shipp severall Indians of y' Island & at their departure
shott a Gunn at y'^ Periagua, by which means he killed
seaven of y'' s'' Indians, as he himselfe reported. Nor for
y' if the report be true it may proove a breatch of y" pease
a mischiefe to y'= King's subjects in y" Leeward Islands and
a dishonour to our Nation." " It is ordered that a sloope
be forthwith hired, y' shee be victualled to entertain six
soldiers and a Commander, y' foure barrells of Rum & Two
hundred pounds of Tobacco l)e sent in her for a pres' and y'
shee be with all speede despatched to the Island Dominica
to renewe our ft-iendship with them." There had been a
previous meeting of the Council at Major Nath' Clarke's
house, at which were present Cap. Sam' Winthrope, Col.
Phil. Warner, L' Col. Bastian Baijer & Serj* Major Nath'
Gierke when a letter was read from the Gov^ dated at
London 26 Nov. 1670 after the death of Col. Byam. On 3
Ap. Serj' Major Nath' Clarke & Lieut. Paul Lee were paid
3000 lbs. of tobacco for mending & fixing y Court House
at Falmouth & L' Col. Bastian Bayer 1500 lbs for the
Court House at S' Johns. Jonas Lankford was also paid
245 lbs. for attending to Jacob Tearne (?) & family.
Two persons for each Division were also chosen to take
care for the relief of the poor viz. : —
For
Maj'' Rich. Burraston & L'
AVm. Proctor . . . Falmouth & Rendesvouz Bay.
Jn° Parry & Ensign Fra.
Gifford .... Willoughby Bay.
Cap. Leavens & Serj*- Dan'
Pello .... South part of Nonsuch.
Cap. Eyres & Wm. Fullam . North side of Nonsuch.
Maj'' Gierke & M'' Jn" Vernon North Sound.
Cap. Rowl<i Williams & Cap.
Jn° Cade .... Road & Leeward.
Cap. Harvy Keynell & Ed-
mund Hull . . . S' Johns.
L' Jn" Fry & M' Geo.
Hawkins .... Barmudian Valley & New.
M'' Rise Morgon & Wm.
Hemmings . . . Five Islands &
Wm. Hill & Jn" Skelton . Dickinsons Bay.
L' Wm. Thomas & Ensign
Pet. AVillcock . . . Popeshead Landing place.
L' Tho. Parker & Ensign
Roger Seldon . . . New North Sound.
On 12 April the Hon. Cap. Sam' Winthrope is mentioned
as the President of the Council, who that day met at Madam
Byam's house.
On 18 April Rich. Belcher & L* Paul Lee were chosen
joint Treasurers.
May 15. Sir Chas. Wheeler the new Gov'' is shortly
expected, but he appears not to have arrived till later, as he
wrote home from Nevis ^\ July to their lordships & pre-
sided for the first time at Antigua on 18 July, when he ad-
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
ministered the oatlis of allegiance to all the members of the
Council viz. : —
Col. Pliilip Warner, President.
L'-Col. Nathi Clerk. Serj'-Maj-- Rowld Williams.
Cap. Rich. Eyres. L* W"' Thomas.
Cap. Jn" Cade. Ju" Parry.
June 7. Barbadoes. Sir Tho. Lynch L' Gov of Jamaica
to Sec. Lord Arlington.
Wrote from Madeira, whence they sailed about 1^' May,
& arrived here but on Wednesday last. Sir Ch. Wheeler &
the Welcome sailing heavily. Found 40 or .50 great ships
in port to load home sugar, & a small ketch of the King's,
the Eaglet, that was to wait on Lord Willoughby's planta-
tion at Antigua, but since those islands have been lopped
from his government, she is ordered hither .... Nobody
here thinks of S' Kitts or the Leeward Isles, but judges it
oleum et opera perdere to endeavour their settlement;
yesterday had an address from some principals of Antigua
about their coming to Jamaica .... Col. Christopher Cod-
rington, my Lord's deputy, being of a debonaire, liberal
humour, a native, & a planter, they have been kind to,
giving him, in the 2J years he has commanded, 3 or
400,000 lbs. of sugar.
('Colonial Papers,' vol. xxvi.. No. 71 ; see
' Colonial Calendar,' p. 223.)
June 1 .5. Nevis. Sir Tho. Lynch L' Gov'' of Jamaica, to
Sec. Lord Arlington.
Stood in with Dominica on their way to caress the chief
Lidian Governor, Warner, that he might continue his
friendship to the English, but he was not on the coast, &
they passed on to Montserrat, where were 7 or 8 vessels.
Governor Stapleton was gone to Nevis to marry Lt.-Col.
Russell's daughter. The masters told them most of the
produce of that island & Antigua was carried to Statia by
the Dutch, & that last year they fetched thence in sloops
near 400,000 lbs. tobacco.. Montserrat better peopled tinxn
ever, having 3 or 400 that belong to S- Christopher's. An-
tigua has some, but most intend thence for .Jamaica, finding
it impossible to settle that island. Hears there are near
3,500 men in all these islands. Arrived at Nevis on Sunday
last, & ne.xt day Sir Chas. (Wheeler) & his lady were lodged
at a house Gov. Russell prepared for them ....
(' Colonial Papers,' vol. xxvi., No. 73 ; see ' Colonial
Calendar,' America and West Indies, p. 227.)
Sept. 13. Minutes of Council of Antigua. Present —
Col. Philip Warner GoV^. L' Col. Nath. Gierke, Maj^
Row. Williams, Capts. Rich* Ayres, Paul Lee, Jno. Cade,
& W™ Thomas & Jno. Parry. The Governor's Com-
mission from his Excellency Sir Chas. Wheeler read ; Jno.
Parry & Capt. Renatus Ennis, sworn Sec. & Prov. Marshall ;
commissions for gentlemen of the Council to be .Justices of
the Peace. Ordered, that the churches of Falmouth & S'
John's be speedily set forward ; that the Monthly Courts,
a Court of Chancery, the General Sessions of the Peace, &
the Courts of Common Pleas, be held as formerly ; that a
special Court be held & a jury empannelled in behalf of the
King on the first Tuesday in Jan. next at the town of Fal-
mouth, to try the titles & forfeitures of land not settled,
according to the Act, & that a strong prison be built at
Falmouth at the public charge.
(' Colonial Papers,' vol. xxv.. No. 55 ; see ' Colonial
Calendar,' America and West Indies, p. 257.)
Dec. 9. Answer of Sir Chas. Wheler, Gov'' of the Leeward
Islands, to the inquiries of the Council for Foreign
Plantations.
In every island under his Government there is a Council,
which he will complete to 12. Assemblies are called as the
Governor sees occa.sion. The courts of judicature are-
monthly courts or quarterly sessions, the former held by the
justice of the peace of the division (always one of the
Council) ; with 2 of the Assembly assistants, for all suits
under the value of 1000 lbs. of sugar ; if they exceed that,
appeal is to the sessions, where are heard all criminal causes
& matters touching the Crown ; the Governor (or next in
rank) is Judge, Chancellor & Bishop, with all the Council
on the Bench, & the Assembly beneath. Council & Assembly
sit bare ; the Council speak, the Assembly when the
Governor calls on any of them, as is usual in merchants
business, most of them having been merchants ; but judg-
ment is given only by the . Governor. The manner of
proceeding is cheap & short ; 2 days are appointed for en-
tering actions, of which all men take notice, & plaintiff &
defendant are asked whether they will abide the judgment
of the court or have a jury empannelled. After judgment
follows an execution, mentioning first the person's ready
sugar, next his grindable canes, then his person, & if after
6 months' imprisonment the debt be not satisfied, his estate
to be sold at an outcry. The Office of High Sheriff in
England bears the name of the Provost Marshal.
The executive power is wholly in himself & his L*
Governors & subordinate oftiuurs in ecclesiastical, civil &
military affairs. Antigua has a regiment of 900 Eoglish in
8 companies, under Col. Philip Warner, L' Gov'', son to Sir
Tho. Warner, who settled all those islands for the King &
sent out a colony for Barbadoes ; there is no troop of horse,
but a very good & numerous breed of horses ; the English
male children under 12 are lod.
One or two platforms in Antigua, 6 or 8 pieces of bad
cannon there & at Montserrat. The commodities are sugar
chiefly ; tobacco in great quantity in Antigua, so much
indigo & cotton that he hopes his Majesty will favour them
in the prohibition of Cyprus cotton & East Inula Indigo.
Saltpetre might be made in abundance in Autlgua & possibly
elsewhere. No river or harbour in all his Government but
in Antigua & therefore he is abandoned by all shipping
about the hurricane season. There may be 40 parishes in
his Government, to supply which he found one drunken
orthodox priest, one drunken sectary priest, & one drunken
parson who had no orders. About 40 ships come yearly
chiefly from Bristol. Nevis is the most considerable of
these islands, Antigua & Montserrat sending their freight
there in shallops. Hopes the King will think of Antigua ;
'tis as large as Barbadoes & the best land in the West
Indies ; Falmouth & English Harbours, divided only by a
neck of land, which may be cut through with inconsiderable
charge, & are so land locked as to be out of danger of
hurricanes. The Dover Castle which Col. Strode lets to the
King for the use of Sir Chas. Wheler's Government, suffered
no harm, tho' the hurricane was as violent as ever was
known which should persuade the improvement of English
Harbour & settling that quarter of the island. Has already
moved that the Royal Company may bring negroes ; at
least 4000 are wanted, for by negroes only can that island
be planted till it be cleared of wood for more health for the
English.
(' Colonial Papers,' vol. xxvli., No. 52 ; see ' Colonial
Calendar,' America and West Indies, p. 287.)
On 10 Februaiy 1671-2 was issued a commission
to Lieut.-Colouel William Stapleton as Captain-
General, vice Sir Charles Wheeler recalled.
Cap' Samuel Winthrop writing from Antigua 23 2^ mo.
1672 to his brother says: "I suppose thou hast heard y'
last yeare one S'' Charles Wheeler by some meanes procured
a com'ission for to be generall over theis leward Cariba
Islands. His actions here have so displeased y^ King that
they are disowned by pulilique proclamac'on, to his great
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. xlvii
dishonor. Y'^ Lord Willoughby is comeing againe, a man of
a much better temper. By his last letter to me I suppose
he may now be at sea."
1672. Lord Willoughby was still in England the
early part of 1672, making j^reparations for going
out to his government at Barbados, which had now
been severed from the Leeward Islands. He sends
his —
Proposalls concerning the "West Indies Apr. 8, 1672.
That 10 great Gunns 1000 firelocks 1000 swords be sent
with Amunition, and other apparel suitable for the use of
Antego and Moiitserratt.
"The Englisli & French ships are to sail out together
on account of the Dutch AVar. A 5"' rate frigate should be
stationed at the Leeward Islands & another at Barbados."
He wrote again on 3 Jnly from Portsmouth about
his new commission, and arrived, after a voyage of
11 weeks, at Barbados on 13 October 1672. Petitions
for £3000 a year for necessaries, and states that his
late son Henry, whom he made Lieut. -General for
life of the Leeward Islands, served four or five years
and spent £5000 st. in His Majesty's service but
never received a penny.
Sir Charles Wheeler, the superseded Governor,
having returned home, was present at their Lord-
ships' meeting on 29 November 1672, when he pro-
ceeded to give his account of affairs on the 7th and
10th November previous, and stated : —
That at S' Christophers there were 2 Companies of Foot
& 200 of English, Irish & Dutch as also 120 Frenchmen
mean fellows wlio had taken the oath to our King. At
Mevis was the whole strength of the Leeward Islands, 1200
musketeers & GO horse. At Montserrat 800, all Irish &
" men of no great courage & discipline." " That in Antego
though there might bee, 6 or 800 English yett they are
generally very meaue and live much scattered there being
no security at all for tb.em upon the arrival of any Enemy.
That the Land & Harbours are good but no part thereof
fortified." The French have at S' Christophers 1500
musketteers & 200 horse.
It appears that Sir Charles Wheeler had been
unsuccessful in obtaining the rendition of St.
Christopher's, and it may have been on this account
that he incurred the king's displeasure. By the
Treaty of Breda, dated 21-31 July 1667, that part of
St. Christopher's which the English possessed on
1 January 1665, before the late war, was to be
restored to them. Accordingly on 13 February
1667-8 His Majesty commissioned William, Lord
Willoughby of Parham (his Captain-General),
Colonel Lewis Morrice, Colonel Robert Hooper,
Lieut. -Colonel Symon Lambert, his deputies to
receive back the island. His lordship i-eceived the
dispatch at Montserrat on 26 April 1668 and at once
returned to Nevis, and sent Colonel Drake and
Lieut. -Colon el Stapleton on the following day to the
Chevalier de St. Laurence the French Governor of
St. Christopher's. The Chevalier, fencing the
question, rephed that he could do nothing in the
absence of De la Barre, the Lieut. -General, who was
then at Guadaloupe. The French kept on promising.
shifting, and delaying the carrying out of the Treaty,
so much so that Lord Willoughby's patience being
exhausted, he, on 2 May 1668, made his public pro-
test, in the presence of Lieut. -Colonel Stapleton
and Captain Philip Payne, by Francis Sampson his
Secretary. The French were in the meanwhile
spoiling the houses and lands, and carrying off
timber, mills, and negros. On 3-13 May 1668 Lord
Willoughby sent to Monsieur de la Barre, and
received his answer dated 8-18 May 1668 from
Guadaloupe. On 15-25 May the latter also made
his protest to Colonel Russell, Deputy-Governor of
Nevis, and claimed 600,000 lbs. for the dyet of
prisoners, also large sums for various improvements
effected on the English plantations. It was finally
evident that the two Chief Governors could not come
to terms, the French absolutely refusing to give up
the island. Sir Charles Wheeler seems to have been
as unsuccessful in the negotiations as his lordship
had been, so he and De la Barre referi-ed their
articles, dated 23 November and 3 December 1671,
to their respective kings for their decision. After
a good deal of diplomatic correspondence between
St. James and Versailles, Louis XIV. sent out
peremptory orders to his Governor to carry out the
Treaty.
By a printed Proclamation, issued from the
African House in Throgmorton Street on 28
December, the African Company* offered to deliver
slaves at Nevis, for the Leeward Islands, at the price
of £16 st. per head ; for which they would accept
payment at the rate of 4s. for a piece of eight, and
£17 St. for 2400 lbs.
Acts, signed by Philip Warner, Deputy-Governor,
and Samuel Irish, Sjjeaker, were passed on 14
August for recompensing masters for the value of
all slaves killed or maimed in the service of the
country, and for confirming all marriages solemnized
by any J. P.
Persons going a crabbing by torchlight or smoking
pipes near sugar canes were to be fined 1000 lbs.
Land crabbs were considered a delicacy by some
people.
In March Charles 11. declared war against the
United Provinces. One of the clauses in the declara-
tion recites that the Dutch had violated the Treaty
of Breda, by preventing the withdrawal of the Eng-
lish colonists from Surinam, and imprisoning one of
them, Major Banister. This was perfectly true, the
Dutch certainly opposed the departure of the settlers,
on the plea that many of them were in debt ; but
they no doubt cast a covetous eye on the goods and
possessions of the English, whose estates had to be
sold at any price they would fetch. On 6 April
Louis also declared war against Holland. William,
Lord Willoughby, was at this time in England pre-
paring for his departure to Barbados.
* The African Company having surrendered their Charter to the
Crown, a fourth Company was incorporated, with the title of Royal
African Company; their capital, £110,0011, was raised by subscrip-
tion in nine months. The King and the Duke of York were among
the subscribera.
xlviii
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
Men able to
bear arms.
Negroe
There were ia :
S' Christophers .
49G
352
Nevis
1411
1739
Montserat .
1175
523
Antigua
—
570
AnguilJa .
500
—
(Southey.)
Jan. 11. (? 1671-2.) Minutes of the Council of An-
tigua. Ordered, that no complaint be tried at the monthly
courts for any sum exceeding 500 lbs. of sugar or tobacco.
That the firing of 2 guns at night & 3 in the day be an
alarum, ujion which all persons from 12 to GO years of age
are, on a penalty of a grievous fine, to repair with their
arms well fixed, & at least a dozen shot of powder & ball to
the places appointed, & there remain till dismissed by a field
officer of the regiment. No persons to remove out of his
company, without certificate from their Captain, on penalty
of forfeiting 100 lb. of tobacco. Rules and orders to be
observed for the despatch of suits in the Court of Chancery.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and West
Indies, p. 315.)
May 25. W" Stapleton's commission as Cap' Gen' was
read at Nevis, also Sir Chas. Wheeler's revocation, which
were both issued on 20 Dec. 1071.
May 27. Col. W. Staplecon, Gov'' to the Council for
Plantations.
The Cai-ibbee Indians have lately broken the peace made
with Lord Willoughby, having killed 2 & left for dead 2
more of his Majesty's subjects in Antigua, where .SO of them
are in the woods.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and West
Indies, p. 3C4.)
July 17. Gov. Stapleton to the Council for Trade &
Foreign Plantations :
Antigua & Montserrat lost 1300 negros taken away by
the French in 1660. In Antigua there is a regiment of foot
& 2 troops of horse militia. The commodities are sugar,
indigo, tobacco, cotton, wool & ginger ; most of the islands
destitute of timber, Antigua only excepted. No salt-
petre but in the Savanna of Antigua & that hardly worth
the carriage home. Two rivulets. 4 harbours. No slaves
from the Royal Company have been ))rought these 7 years ;
to Montserrat & Antigua have been brought 300 by licensed
ships. No ministers nor schoolmasters except at Nevis.
Encloses Account of the Island of Antigua.
Col. Philip Warner, Dep. Governor.
Council.
Naty Clarke, L'-Col. to a regiment of foot.
Rowland Williams, Serjeant- Major.
Rich'i Ayers, .John Cade & W"" Thomas,
Captains of companies of foot.
Capt. Paul Lee, " L' to my own company."
John Parry, Secretary.
40,000 acres of land by estimation, 10.52 armed men,
570 slaves, 10 barrels of gunpowder, 8 guns & loO horse.
July 30. Minutes of the Council.
Ordered, that one fort be built in Falmouth Harbour,
if leasable, & the other in S' John's Harbour ; that 1 negro
out of every 8 throughout the island be appointed to work
thereon ; & that all said negroes be ready at the said forts
on the first Monday in Sept. nest, each with an axe & a
bill ; that an under overseer be hired for each of the forts,
& that any person refusing or neglecting to send his propor-
tion of slaves be committed to gaol till he give security to
answer such contempt at the next general sessions.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and West Indies, p. 397.)
Dec. 10. Gov' Stapleton to the Council for Plantations.
Came yesterday from Antigua. Has caused 2 small
forts to be erected on little islands in S' John's & Falmouth
Harbours, tho' they want great guns & ammunition, which
places, if well fortified, will be of great consequence &
safety to English ships.
All the rest of the islands have but open roads.
Dec. 14. Sir Chas. Wheler's account of the present state
of the Leeward Islands.
On Antigua are about 800 English ; found a Quaker
President of the Council, who refusing the oaths of allegiance
& supremacy, he commissioned Col. Warner, Governor, a
worthy gentleman, son to Sir Thos. Warner, to whose in-
dustry is owing all the Plantations of Barbadoes & the Lee-
ward Islands. Cannot see how this island can be defended,
even from incursions of the savages, by reason of its great-
ness & many places of easy landing, till it be more peopled,
foi', by the extent & richness of the soil it may contain
20,000 planters besides their slaves. Has been made to
believe there are 2 harbours, Falmouth & English, so land-
locked as to be out of danger of the hurricanes, and that
his Majesty's third rate ships may ride well ; yet there is no
trusting the King's fleet there, for the Dover Castle yacht
went ashore in a storm in Sei)t. 1071, but the two harbours,
separated only by a neck of land, may be cut through with
inconsiderable charge, & very probably a harbour made there.
Anteffua.
State of the Leeward Islands 1672.
Two files of men in pay — a file in Falmouth fort
& another in S' Johns.
A troope of 33 men.
A Reg' of 770 men divided into Ten Companies.
Three Platforms called Forts one at S' .Johns
Harb"', Falmouth Harb'', Carlisle Road. Guns
sixteen.
20,000 not manurable.
70,000 land in part manured.
50,000 land lying waste.
3,000 Akers in it little
Islands Adjunct.
Five Townes. S' Johns &
28 miles in length.
20 in breadth.
120,000 Akers.
10,000 manurable.
Blacks.
Estates.
Ships
Sloops.
Duties
Export.
Import.
Six places of Trade.
Falmouth.
Six Precincts, One Church, Ten divisions.
Two Rivulets, four Harb" S' Johns, five Islands,
Falmouth & English Harb'^ 13 good Bayes,
Creekes & Inletts.
They give from 3500 to 40o0i'» sugar or 20''' &
22"' sterl. per Bills of Exchange.
The Planters Personall Estates consist in Negroes,
Horses, Cattle, Coppers, Stills, Cases, Mills and
other Utensils.
The Reall Estates in lands etc. and what ever is
affixed to y'' freehold.
Value of Estates £07,000.
Trading to & from The Leeward Islands are 100
from 15 to 200 tons.
24.
of 4-|- p'' cent, upon goods of the growth of the
Country.
And the duty imposed upon Ships not bound for
England.
200"^^ Sug'' per pipe upon Madera Wines, Spanish
& Portugall and 50"'' Sug"' per HHd. on french
Wines, which is applyed to y'= maintaining of
Forts, etc.
The 4i per cent, applyed to y^ Excheq''.
EEOM RESTOPtATION OF CHAELES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II. xlix
Religion. The Protestant is piibliquely professed and em-
braced by y*' Maj' part. In Nevis & Antigua
ab' 60 Qualiers. Tlie Protestant Relig. is as 8
to one in Gen''.
Mem''"' The Ministers do not take care to catechize.
Churches. 2.
(Egerton MS. 239.5, fo. 525.)
The State of the Leeward Islands by S'' Chas. Wheeler.
Antego. Had (! or 800 Eng. meane people & scattered.
The laud unfortified though It & y"^ Harl/ be
very good.
A Reg' of foot & two troops of horse Militia.
40,000 Acres of Land. 1052 armed men. 100
horse. 570 Negroes.
An Extract of Points relating to the Defence Trade &
Security of the Leew'' Islands.
Harlour. S'' C. Wheeler, in his account of the Leew'' Islands
14 Dec. 72 does represent that Antego has
Falmouth Haven and the English Haven so
Antego. contiguous that the Neck of laud between them
may be cutt through and make a Good Harb'
against Hurricanes. As the King of france has
done at Martinico at GO, 000 livres E.\pence.
Coll. Byam to the L-i Willoughby B. F. p. &
does declare Autigoa to be of the greatest con-
sequence of any for its situation & harbors
wliereby lying to Windward it may be a Curb
to the french & Dutch if care be taken for its
subsistence.
Leeivi S"" C. Wheeler for y'= safety of y^ L'' Isl. desired a
Islands. Power to call a Generall Assembly of all y^
Islands into one.
M'' Gorge in his Paper read in Councill 17 March
1G72 does propose for the snpply of sugar
Plantac'ons that the Scotch may be permitted
a free Trade thither. And to goe & settle on
those Plantac'ons.
Gunns And of Great Guns for y'' Forts C'olJ. Stapleton
Antego. has erected at S' Johns Harb'' & Falmouth
Harb'' w<^'' will secure all y'^ Shipping of y'=
Leew'' Islands.
{Ibid, fo. 531.)
1673. The following- Memorial was recorded in
1673 in the Council Book at St. Johns : —
To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.
The Humble Petition of the Representatives of his Ma'ties
Islands S' Christophers, Nevis, Mouutserrat & Antigua
Most humbly Sheweth
How that we yo'^ Ma'ties Petisouers together w"" the
rest of yC Ma'ties faithfull and Loyall Subjects Residing in
these Remote Terretories of y'' Ma'ties Dominions, and
newly breathing from under y'' many hard and grinding
pressures of "^^ late warr, and by Gods Speciall blessing upon
our Second endeavours and the freedom of trade w"" our
native Country have obtained to some reasonable competency
of a comfortable Subsistance, and some probable hopes of
being Serviceable to yo' Ma'tie in Sending some good
quantity of loaden Shipps to our native Country w*^'" by
Gods blessing we did y° last yeare to -^^ number of one
hundred Sayle w'^'' blooming hopes of the like Continuance
■was soon blasted this present yeare for wante of Shippes to
transport Comodities as formerly w'' we cannot reasonably
impute to any other cause but to y'= timourness of the Mer-
chants to adventure their Ships in these dangerous times of
warr w"' out Some provision made for theire safety and
defence, many of them haveing been this yeare Surprized by
y"^ Dutch Privateers which l)y reason of yo'' Ma'ties Ships
lying at y= Barbados dare not to lye there, but were driven
down hither where they may accomplish theire ends w"i
more freedome and safety ; for the prevension whereof if
it may please yo'' gracious Ma'tie for these Eusueiug yeares
to Spare us a small frigott or two to convoy y^ Merchantmen
Safe to us, and to Secure the Coast from such picking men
of warr as (Jommonly lies in waite of Surprise them, it
would not raise our heartes to an high pitcl) of thaukfullness
to yo"' Ma'tie but we doubt not alsoe but that yo'' Ma'tie will
receive y' fruites of our industrious endeavours in yo'' Juste
and due revenue. May it farther please yo'' Gracious Ma'tie
to accept our Humble request for yo'' Gracious assistance for
the future populas'on of these Islands, w"^" doe consist of
more unsettled land by many degress than is yet settled, w'^''
is that yo'' Ma'tie would Graciously please to give all due
encouragement to all Merchants for bringing over what
white people may be well spared from yo'' Ma'ties more im-
portant Service whereby we may be more enabled to Stand
in the ballance w"' our powerfull neighbours who are yearely
supplyed w"' four or five good Ships of warr to their greate
Safety and encouragement. And Especially that yo'' Ma'tie
haveing Comissionated many noble and worthy p'sons for y<=
sujDply of these partes w"' Negroes from Affrica whose
assistance hitherto hath been but little in y respect of y«
great quantity of unselled land, That yo'' Ma'tie would
graciously pleased to lay your injunction of them to sende
some considerable quantity thereof to these Islands, for
whose good paym': and honest entertainm' : wee are ready
to engage our Estates and foi'tunes, and doubt not thereby
to be in such a Capacity to render ourselves as serviceable
and bonefidee to yo'' JIa'ties Service & Revenue as any otiier
of these fruitfull Islands.
May it further yo'' Most gracious Ma'tie to accept our
humble & harty thanks for yo'' Gracious acceptance of us
into yo' Ma'ties protection by y" act of y"^ Lord Francis
Willoughby, intituled y" act of foure and a halfe p'' Cent y\"=^
we humbly request to be continued in the full and due tenor
thereof and that y'= Seale in y^ Said act mens'oued being loste
by our former Generall may be reneued to his Ex'cie our
present Generall W'" Stapleton whose worth and good in yo''
Ma'ties alFayres here com'ands our .... humbly to Suppli-
cate for his continuance ; But that high and signal clemency
of yo'' Laited Ma'tie w'''' raiseth our harts to an altitude is
that yo'' Ma'tie hath left yo'' Gracious profer of farmeing
that impost w'^*' we cannot but acknowledge to proceed from
yo'' Ma'ties superlative Grace.
Wee humbly Supplicate yo'' Ma'tie to lend a favourable
eare to our agant who hath received full and plenory
Instructions from us to attend yo'' Ma'ties Comissioners on
that behalfe whose actings therein in our behalfes Shall
inviolably lye upon us, for the just and due p'formance
thereof.
Nath. Clerke. Sam. Irish.
John Estridge. Theod. Loyerawne.
Walter Symonds. Jn° Nbthway.
Anth° Hodges. Jn" Bramley.
In December, John Atkins, Thomas Darlow, Henry
Graydon, and Edward Martin (Quakers), were commanded
by Capt. Jeremiah Watkins to the Place appointed for
Alarms, but because they refused to bear Arms, he caused
them to be sent to Prison, and detained there nine Days.
(Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers.')
On 11 April Sir W'" Stapleton drew the attention of the
merchants to the fact, that he required bond to be taken
from all vessels trading with England.
By Stat. 25 Car. II. c. 7. " If any ship or vessel shall
come to any of his Majesty's plantations to ship any sugars,
tobacco, etc., and bond shall not be first given to bring the
1
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
•same to England, there shall be answered to the King
several duties before lading thereof, and under such penalties
as for nonpayment or defrauding the King of his customs in
England." (Southey.)
April 26. Sir James Russell wrote : that Capt. Ashton,
in his government of Antigua, for reasons known to himself,
did make a law that all lands & negroes should be inheri-
tance. It happened after that some ships came & put off
their negroes at days prefixed, the time was expired & the
merchants expected payment, but the planters failed, they
sued for their goods or to have their negroes again, which
■would not be granted, being an Act for inheritance, but they
should be extended & put to hire for so much a year, so that
the merchant in 7 years could not get his principal, which
brought such an odium on that island that none during his
time would trade there any more, & proved the ruin of that
island.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and West
Indies, p. 484.)
1674, March 30.
The Humble adress of the Governor and Councill of Antigua
to his Excellency William Stapleton Capt" Generall
and Governor in Chiefe in and over all his Ma'ties
Leeward Carriby Islands.
May it please yo'' Excellency
Wee have this day Consulted and Considered of his
Mat'ies Gratious order and declaration dated at White Hall
the tenth day of May 1672, by which certaine Clauses and
provision in Several! acts of Parli'ment made ag' the
tradeing with forreigners and imploying of foreign Shipps
and wholely Suspended, and doe humbly conceive that it
may be Lawfull for and will be benificiall to the people of
this Island that Paulus Jolinson a Subject of the Kingdome
of Sweden be admitted to come hither with his Siiipp and
the Same to load giving Security to unload in this King-
dome of England or Wales, and that He so doing can be
noe way prejudiciall to his Ma'tie nor any his Ma'ties leige
people but rather of advantage in regard the goods that will
be loadcn on the s'd Ship will otherwise in all likely hood
perish for that our English Shipps that trade here cannot
well carry the production of what they bring. Wherefore we
humbly Offer the premises to yo"' Excellencys consideration
to do therein, as to yo'' better Judgem' shall Seeme meete,
and Siiall not attempt the doeing anything in the premises
untill we shall receive yo'' Excellencyes comand or per-
■mission but waite your Excellencies pleasure. Antigua 30'"
March 1G74.
Phillip Warner. Paul Lee. John Cade.
Eow. Williams. Nath. Clerke. John Parry.
Jere. Watkins. Richard Ayres.
(Minute Book, St. John's.)
Colonel Philip Warner, who succeeded Captain
Samuel Winthrop as Deputy-Governor of the island,
■was about to depart for England on his private
affairs, as the following letter shews : —
Nevis the 16th of July 1674.
S' — T have yours — the within Subscriptions of y^
Counsill concerning Coll. Fits his Estate to which I have
not mucli to Say but what you have, I judge, received
before, along with a permitt, y« 15"" of this instant for feare
of Miscarriage, I send the inclosed, dated y|= le'" altho the
permitt bee but for 8 Months, yet my Letter allows of
twelve Months if need bee, if that does not come to your
hand because the Vessell wherein Cap*- Fitcli and others are
gone up in hath touched at Montserratt I doe by this Letter
permitt you a twelve months absence & M' Towes but 8
months it is better thus for me & you than to allow more in
the Lettpasse.
I doe authorize you to nominate & appoint Major Row-
land Williams my deputy in your absence as President of
y^ Counsil their & Commander of the Militia, I would not
be the occasion of your Stay in y" Stopping the Boate no
Longer than I write these Lines, I am now from Hog
Valley so I can say nothing fro' thence. You are to give
Major Williams a Coppie of those Instructions I formerly
gave you, there are 30 od Dutchmen of Warr at Martinico,
it is said they have Landed at j'^ Cul de Sac, if so negroes
may be cheap.
I am S'' your verie affectionate kinsman & Serv*
W" Stapleton.
His intended departure must have been post-
poned, as he did not sail till after 30 April 1675.
1674-5. Col. Stapleton wrote from Nevis 8 Feb. 167|
that the Indians attacked Antigua last X'mas so he em-
powered his Dep. Gov'' Col. Philip Warner with 6 small
companies of foot to proceed to Dominico to punish the
savages. Warner was successful, killed 80 Indians &
carried off their Periagoes & canons : his reputed brother
Indian Warner, the reputed natural son of Sir Tho. Warner
fell amongst his fellow Heathens, who tho he had an English
Com" yet was a great villain & took a French Com". He
further writes on 17 Mar. 1674-5 & asks for the soldiers pay.
On the 19th Feb. a treaty of peace was signed at
Westminster between Chai'les II. and the Low
Countries, and Surinam was ceded to the Dutch in
exchange for the province of New York.
Among some papers of 1686 is a list of the
" Council & Assembly 7 May 1674 when Henderson
was banished," viz. : —
Maj"^ Tho. Mallett, Speaker.
Cap' Roger Jones.
SP Hen. Meyer.
M'- Jac. Hill.
M>- Rich. Abrahall.
L' Jn" Campbell.
Ensigne Jn" Brittaine.
M'' Nath. Monk.
M"" Jonas Watts.
L' Wm. Proctor.
(Colonial
M' Rob' Hughes.
Cap' OI)ed. Bradshaw.
M' W"' Wainwright.
M'' Jn" Moone.
M' Jn° Bacon.
M"- Jn» Ward.
M^ Tho. Beck.
M'' Wm. Pines.
IP Arch. Cochran.
Leeward Islands, No. 50.)
All the above are evidently members of the
Assembly, so that the list of the Council is not given.
June 3. Petition of Ferdinando Gorges, agent for Col.
Wm. Stapleton, Governor of the Leeward Islands. That
his Majesty has allowed Col. Stapleton £700 per annum as
Governor, & established 2 companies of foot in S' Christo-
pher's, & that their pay should be £2,778 per annum, none
of which has been paid since the 10th June 1671, by means
whereof the soldiers are in great want of clothes & all other
necessaries. (' Colonial Calendar,' America and West
Indies, p. 589.)
Nov. 23. Robert Jones at Guadaloupe to [J/rtwA-]
M. Bovine, of S' Christophers : told him yesterday of a
design the Indians have against Antigua, " this full of the
moon." They told him that what they did last at Antigua
was only to make an inspection, & they were resolved to do
more mischief there yet. Fourteen days since M. Bovine
had occasion to hire a periago of Indians on Grandterre,
but they said they could not stay because they must go with
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II.
the rest of tho periagoes, to the number of 20, to war
against Antigua, & desired him to spare them some arms &
ammunition, & what purchase they took he should share ;
which he denied them ; he also not long since saw them at
their houses at Grandterre making ready & poisoning their
arrows, & says they are Warner's Indians, as M. de Baas
has 20 of the other side of the Island Indians in prison in i
Martinico for abuse offered to that Island. The rogue that 1
does all this has been a slave on Antigua, & will never give
over till he has them in keeping that kept him. He speaks
good English, & has at Dominica an English boy taken
when they were last at Antigua.
(' Colonial Calendar,' America and
West Indies, p. 624.)
1675. Early in this year the Council of Trade
for Foreign Plantations was abolished and their
duties were for the future perfoi'med by a Committee
of the Privy Council.*
Captain Ferdinando Gorges, agent for Colonel
William Stapleton, petitioned that neither the
Governor's salary of £700 nor the £2778 for the two
companies of foot had been paid since June 1671.
This memorial was read on 17 June, and the Com-
mittee shortly after repiorted to his Majesty "that
the two companies ai-e reduced from 80 each to 49
& 54 respectively, that they have received no pay
for 3 years, & that £4556 st. is now due to them."
The Committee evidently lacked funds, for even the
proceeds of Sir Charles Wheeler's estate in St.
Christopher's, which had been sequestered and sold,
was stated to have been devoted some time back to
the wants of the half-starved and ragged troops.
Another of Stapleton's letters, bearing date 30
April 1675, was read, in which he stated, " Two of
my Dep. Gov" are going home the one Col. Philij)
Warner of Antigua for his own occasions & my
brother Dep. Gov'' of Montserrat for his health."
It was agreed by their lordships that the inscription
of the seal to be made for the Leeward Islands be as
followeth : —
On the one side :
CAROLVS SECVNDVS
DEI GRATIA MAGN^ BRITANIiE
FRANCIS HIBERNI^ &c. REX.
On the other side :
SIGILLVM INSVLARVM
SANCTI CHRISTOPHORI, MONTSERRAT,
ANTEGOA, NEVIS ETC :
Daniel Greatbach sent in his petition for pay for
himself and the officers and soldiers stationed at St.
Christopher's. Such reminders were usually shelved
during the reigns of Charles 11. and James II., and
it was not until the arrival of William III. that
colonial finances were put on a proper footing.
From a statement made this year, it seems that
Antigua had 40,000 acres, 1052 armed men, 100
horse, and 570 negros ; and the total for all the Lee-
ward Islands was 96,988 acres, 3583 men able to
bear arms, 3679 anned men, 230 horse, and 3184
* Colonial affairs at this time were grossly mismanaged. The
king pocketed the proceeds of the 4 J per cent, duty, and allowed
the troops and various Government officials to starve, though this
revenue was ample for the purpose.
negros. Nevis alone had a few ministers and
schools, the other islands none. The ships from
England and JN^ew England amounted to about 100
sail yearly, all under 200 tons burthen. Sugar,
indigo, cotton, wool, tobacco, and ginger formed the
staple products.
On 16 Sep. it was ordered by public Act that in
addition to Falmouth and St. John's, which hitherto
had been the only towns allowed for the landing and
sale of merchandise, four other places were appointed
to erect towns in and for trade and traffick, viz..
Bridge Town in Willoughby Bay, Carlile Road, Par-
ham landing place in North Sound, and Bermudian
Valley.
In October the said John Atkins, Henry Graydou, And
Thomas Darlow, were forced from their own Houses by one
John Brittain (an Ensign to the aforesaid Capt. Watkins)
with a File of Soldiers, and Committed Prisoners to the
Guard four Days. (Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers.')
William, Lord Willoughby died at Barbados in
1674, and. was succeeded by Sir Jonathan Atkins,
who, prompted perhaps by jealousy and sour temper,
wrote home to Mr. Secretary Coventry, and stated
positively that Colonel Warner (then on leave in
England) had taken an expedition to Dominica
(which was included in the writer's government)
without asking his leave, and there invited his (the
said Warner's) brother and party on board to a treat,
made them drunk with rum, and then massacred
them all. He enclosed the sworn deposition of
William Hamlin, who stated that he was commander
of the sloop " Bettie " of Antigua, aged 23, and that
last December (1674) he was pressed by a warrant
from Colonel Philip Warner to go to Nevis with
letters, and later on his return took 34 men to
Dominica in company with two ships ; 300 men in
all went, and met there Thomas* alia>< Indian Warner,
who with 30 Indians offered to help them against
the Indians living to Windward, so eight periaguas
with 30 more Indians accompanied them thither,
where four of the said Windward savages were slain
and 30 killed besides. Colonel Warner afterwards
invited the said Indian Warner and 60 or 70 Indians,
men, women, and children, to a treat, and having
made them all drunk, killed them nearly all.
" That this Deponent did hear the said Coll" Warner
give order to Coll" Sam^i Winthorpe to kiU the said
Thomas Warner who refused so to doe and did not
doe it."
The Governor of Barbados, with much credulity,
accepted this man's statement without any further
testimony or enquiry into his antecedents, and on
the strength of his above-mentioned letter Colonel
Warner was much to his surprise committed to the
Tower.
Colonel Stapleton wrote from Nevis on 20 De-
cember indignantly denying Hamlin's statements,
strongly urged Colonel Warner's immediate release,
* Captain Thomas Warner or Indian Warner had been ap-
pointed Governor of Dominica by Francis, Lord Willoughby on 16
April 1664. A copy of his commission is given by Du Tertre, vol.
iii., p. S5.
Hi
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
and enclosed the following depositions, proving
Indian Warner not even to have been Sir Thomas
Warner's natural son : —
Walter Carwardine, aged 60 this 18 Dec. 1G75. About
46 years since came over with Sir Thos. Warner to the Indias,
in the ship vcith him, & waited on him 4 years, & states that
there was a child among his Indian slaves, a heathen never
baptised, called Indian Warner & not reputed his child.
Lieut. Robert Choppin, aged 58. About 46 years ago,
was servant to Sir Thos. Warner & came out of England in
a ship with him. Remembers that Sir Thomas called all
his slaves before him on his plantation ; they were 24 and
all Indians, & the said child called Warner (who was not
baptised and not his son) was among them. His Mother &
24 other slaves run off, but were brought back from Antegoa
by a Capt. Fletcher, Commander of a vessel from Scotland.
The said child was a slave & served Sir Thos. AVarner till
his death ; " after whose death the said Indian Warner as
a slave served S^ Thomas Warner's Lady (al's March) & was
a slave to the now Lady March."
Col. Randall Russell Dep. Gov' of Nevis, this 20 Dec.
1675, swears that in July 1637, he arrived out of Europe
into S' Christophers, & was received into the house of S''
Thos. Warner, & there lived in his employ scverall years,
etc. ; corroborates preceding affidavits, & further says that
the said slave lived afterwards some years with his Lady
Ann Warner, till he run away again.
Sarah, wife of Lieut. Robert Choppin, aged 48 this 18
Dec. 1675, was a servant to S' Thos. Warner, when Capt.
Fletcher gave up the said slave, who was a slave also to the
Lady March.
1675-6. On 10 .Jany a petition was presented on
Warner's behalf signed by 13 of the Leeward Islands Mer-
chants in London ; Bastian Bayer & Alex"' Pollington head
the list. (' Colonial,' No. 47.)
1676, Mar. 25. Col. Warner writes fr. the Tower, that
he has heard that he is to be sent out to Barbados for trial,
& hopes he may go out at once in the Phenix.
3 April. Sir Robert Southwell reported to the
Privy Council that according to request, he had con-
versed with Colonel Philip Warner in the Tower,
from whom he obtained certain information relating
to the Charibbee Islands as follows : —
At S' Christophers there are 800 armed English & 200
French, who have taken the oath of allegiance to the
English King, & 1400 French besides 300 soldiers ; there
were 3 or 4000 English formerly there ; there is no wood
on that island. Sir Thos. Warner possessed ilarigalante &
placed Thos. Williams as Gov^ there, but the Indians cut
them off 23 years ago ; then the French settled it. S'
Lucia also had Major Indys for GoV ; the English deserted
it however, & in 1664-5 Lord Willoughby sent there 1100
men who were all cut off & since then the French have
lately taken it. M'' Carroll is now Gov' of Montserrat, etc.
Antego has 70,000 Acres of manureable Land and
30,000 that are not soe. It is 32 miles long, and in the
narrowest place 18 Miles broad, and in the broadest 25 : It
is accomodated with severall good Harbours. The Place of
Trade are only two and soe ordered by Law viz' : — Falmouth
and S' Johns, in each being a Fort for the security of shipp-
ing, maintained and furnished att the Countries charge,
v?ith men Ordnance and Am'unition.
The number of Inhabitants white & black 3500 and
1100 men disciplined Horse and Foot. The other Harbours
are English Harbour, only separated by a Promontary from
Falmouth Harbour 200 paces narrow, which 100 men might
digg through in Six weekes, being soft ground. The
mouthes of the two Harbours are one league assunder, the
next is Nonsuch which lyes due East, the other ffive Islands
Harbour. On the North side are severall Islands of manur-
able and pasture ground, the biggest containes 1400 acres
called Long Island, another the Goat Island of 300 acres,
besides many others.
In Antigoa are kept every night 14 files of men on
Guard against the Indians, and three nights before, and so
many after the full moon, they are doubled, besides W^"" they
make continual Rounds and Patrouls of Horse. All which
receive pay of the Island, the foot eight pence a day, and
the Horse proportionably. There is here a Minister.
Berbuda, next adjacent, lyes North of Antigoa, distant
about 10 Miles, which was twice settled by the English, and
both times the Inhabitants were cutt off by the Indians,
now it is only made use of as a Farme, having been by
Lease granted to Foure persons by the Lord William Wil-
loughby, who doe continue 18 or 20 lusty men att a strong
house to secure the Stock, itt being their only end to make
it a Markett of Provisions for the other Islands.
Colonel Stapleton writes to the P. C. that WiUiam
Hamlin is a rogue. He asks for his pay as Lieut. -
Colonel in Sir Tobias Bridge's Regiment, and
forwards this further batch of depositions on Colonel
Warner's behalf : —
Col. John Cormick a Member of H. M. Council, taken
before John Carroll Esq., Dep. Gov' of Montserrat, Serj'
Major David Gahvey, Cap. Anth" Hodges, & Cap. Peter
Cove all of y^ Council, 25 Mar. 1675-6 ; is now aged 68,
has lived at Montserrat these 50 years past, & remembers
when M' Thomas Russell was killed by the Indians, as also
John Bodkin. They also burned Cap. AVade's plantation at
a loss to him of £600 st.
Ensign John Cormick of Montserrat aged 45 (?sonof
above).
L' Col. John Sutton also of Montserrat, is now aged 45,
& says that soon after the conquest of the island in 1666 by
the French, he escaped to the woods & found Henry Ashton
Esq., son of — Ashton formerly Gov' of Antigoa, & then a
dweller here, lying desperately wounded, so he carried him
into the house of M' Angus, but had to make his escape on
account of the Indians, whom he afterwards saw burn down
the house, & the said Henry Ashton was burnt alive.
John Sharpe, Lieut, of a foot company, also of Mont-
serrat, aged 62, states Col. Nath' Reade was Gov' there in
1666.
Daniel Daly, aged 69, Dermott Sullivan aged 70, & John
Dowdy aged 60, also depose.
Mr. Gilbert Loxtey, aged 78, remembers S' Thos.
Warners slaves 45 or 46 years ago.
Capt. Moyell Johnson, aged 25, corroborates Lieut.
Sutton re Ashton.
Daniel Miskoll aged 80. Dermott Duell aged 101.
Capt. Andrew Booth, aged 50, remembers 20 Years
back, & Ensign John Ryan aged 40, 18 years back.
Serj' V¥'" Vaughan, aged 64, deposes re Hen. Ashton,
Esq.
Philip Meagher Gent., aged 28.
Major Henry Crooke J.P. & a Member of H.M. Council,
was aged 69 when he was sworn on 18 Mar. 1675-6, before
the Hon. Abednego Mathew Dep. Gov of S' Christophers.
Marg* Stratton of S' Christophers, aged 50.
John Chambers, aged 56, came to S* Christophers in the
"Reliefe" of Kingsaile from Bristol), being taken prisoner
under General Garrard in the Royall interest, at the town
of Beachly, was forcibly sent hither in 1645, & sold as a
servant to S' Thos. Warner K', for 4 years.
By a certificate, dated 4 Mar. 1675-6, re Col. Warner's
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liii
Expedition to Dominico, it is authoritatively declared by eye-
witnesses, that the reports of his having killed Indian
Warner are utterly false, as he was slaine in the throng in
fair & open war but by what hand none knows. Signed by :
Kow. Williams. .Jonas Watts.
Jn° Cade. Obed. Bradshaw.
Dan'' Heuish (?). .Jn^ Prye.
Rich. Ayres.
The letter was put in which Rob' .Jones wrote from
Guadaloup, on 23 Mar. 167-t, saying he had heard the
Indians were ])reparing a great expedition against Antigua.
The various Dep. Gov''* & Members of Council &
Assembly all unanimously send home addresses in Warner's
favour. I'he one from Antigua is signed bv
Assembly.
Rich. Boruaston,
Speaker.
Jn° Vernon.
.Jonas Watts.
Jacob Hill.
FFRA. CaRLILE.
Roger Jones.
Dan. Pellor.
Tho. Beck.
Jn° Brittain.
Sam^"- Irish.
Tho. Turner.
Council.
Row. Williams.
Jer. Watkins.
Rich. Ayres.
Jn° Parris.
Jn° Cade.
Paul Lee.
Sam'-'' Jones.
Dated 4 Mar. 1675-6.
1676. On 22 November Stapletou sends home
a great deal of information about the various islands
of his government : — •
At Antigua there are 2 files of men in the pay of the
Country ; a troop of 33 horse ; & a Reg* of fodt under Col.
Philip Warner, L' Col. Row. Williams, Maj'' Tho. Mallett,
etc., amounting to 770 privates in 10 companies. There
are Three Forts : " one att S' Johns Harbour, one at Fal-
mouth Harbour and the third att Carlisle Road. Guns
Sixteen, halfe whereof, Twelve Pounders, the other halfe
eight Pounders. The Fort is very well scituated in the
mouth of the Harbour. Two upon Two small islands. To
which from the Land one may Wade over. The Third on
a poynt att Carlile Road, noe Store or Provision but what
Indian Provision the Inhabitants doe Plant for their own
Subsistence." He further states that the island is 28 miles
by 20, has 120,000 acres whereof 100,000. are manurable &
20,000 not so ; 70,000 are taken up & 50,000 lying waste ;
& the small islands contain 3000 acres. Barbouda is of vast
extent computed as large as Nevis, but has never been sur-
veyed. There is but 1 church & that at Falmouth, which
serves also for a Court House. There are 2 rivuletts, one
in Carlile Road, the other at Blubber Valley, & 4 good
harbours S' Johns, Five Islands, Falmouth & English with
depth of water varying from 5 to 18 feet. 7 bayes & 6
creekes are also named. The Imports from England to the
Leeward Islands amount to £50,000 st. ; £20,000 is spent
for provisions from Scotland, Ireland, England & New
England. 1000 blacks are yearly imported worth £20,000.
Saltpetre is found in Col. Philip Warner's cave at the
Savannah. No Registers of births, deaths & marriages are
kept, there being no Ministers & no Churches. " In Nevis
there are some few Quakers and in Antigua to the number
of 60 in both Islands."
The Dep. Gov doe always sign Marriage Licences.
There are 8 Protestants to 1 Roman Catholic, who live
happily together. There is the same diversity of religion
as in England. Quakers are a great trouble & will not
keep watch & ward, not even against the Indians ; they
once disturbed a Minister & tried to expel him from the
pulpit, for which they were imprisoned.
He reports that " Coll. Warner is after his greate
sufferings come of with creditt by a learned Ignoramus of
the grand Jury and was cleered, by proclamation which
could not bee otherwise onelesse they would hang him right
or wrong. The fellow who falsly deposed against him is
sent to Holland in Irons."
In the Remonstrance drawn up by the Assembly
of Antigua in Warner's defence, they state that in
1656 an expedition from Antigua and Montserrat
went against Indian Warner, and that* in 1660 peace
was made with him by Colonel Christopher Keynell
then Governor of Antigoa.
Letter from Coll. Warner.
Most Hono'' S'' — Sence the recipt of you' letter yesterday
for which I give you mygratfull acknowligment my brother
has brought me yo' command tucliingtwo questions wherein
you desier to be resolved by me : —
the first is to know how or by what means the Island of S'
X])liers may be secured from the french : sence it is granted
that it is not fitt to be the generall Rendevous and strong Hold
for securing his majesties interest in those parts of the world :
secondly what are the reasons to ground an oppinion in
his magestie that the Island of Antegua is fittest for that
purpose and not any of the other English Islands :
To both which I shall according to my best skill and
knowlige give you satisfaction : and to the first viz. :
S' Xphers being of it selfe but a small spott of ground :
I mean so much of it as is in the English Posseshon :
cannot Coiitaine a sufficient p'portion of men to secure its
owne sall'ty much lesse so great a number as will be necessary
to mentaine the right of the Crowne to all the rest : and
that for these Reasons : —
1. The french have much the larger proportion and the
better part of the land whose interests are well establisht
and inriched greatly by the ruins and plunder of thar
naighbors in the late war.
2. The English (which were before that war) much the
greater number of Peopell were disperst and sent to severall
parts of tiie world some selling thar interest to the french
others leaving it without any Consideration aboundance of
which are dead others of them being in dispair of the
Rendytion of that Island became settlers in other parts and
were unwilling to leave a florishing hopful plantation for a
woren out peie (?peice) of land holly distroyed and layed
waist by the french : and would never returne ; but if tiiay
did it was only to make a benefitt by selling thar rights and
so leaving tlie same againe some of these came with resolu-
tion to plant upon thar old interest but were so wasted by
thar long delays and waiting that they were far unable to-
pay back the purchase mony which they received from the
french (in these I mean such as had sold upon thar removall
to the french) and much more the emeliorations and im-
provements the french were by articles to reserve before
they surrendered the same so that by this means thar is
really one third Part of that small proportion of that Island
invested in the right of the french and thar airs for ever i
which lessens its abilities of receiving a sufficient number of the
Kings subjects either foritsoune saffty or the saftly of the rest.
The last and main reason is that really the land is so
worn out and so void of advantages and Conveniences to
resettell it as wood timber, etc., that noe person will venture
upon it because thar can be no prospect of gaining or
making an estate but spending one : before they can arrive
to a Comfortable living were the french dispossest of so
much as formerly did belong to the English. Now for
securing its selfe from thar neighbors in case of an Eruption
betvveene the two Crownes the best way in my oppinion is-
to build a strong fort upon Cleverlys point of that large
extent that it might be able to nerve and secure the retreat
of the whole if once forst to fly : and in this and for this
purpose thar ought to be seven or eight months stores
beforehand to mentaine them : and noe more soldiers in this
Garisou Constantly then the two p'sent Companies fitted up
h
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
and well payed & incoriged for the future this being done
thar is uoe doubt but the soveraighaity of the Place may be
mentained against all the force the french can bring to
atempt them. I have said nothing tuching the securitie
of shiping in this Island because thar is uoe thing but open
wild roads which noe forts can possibly make safe nor the
invention of man secure from Hurricanes.
.... To you'' second proposall I doe alllrme that Antigua
is really the fittest place to make a generall garrisson or
strong hold not only to secure itsselfe but all the rest and I
make it out upon these reasons : —
1. its largnesse being able to containe many thousands
of peopele.
S'y. its firtilitie abell to afford a plenty of Provistions
in its produce besides it is naturally stored with wild Game
as Hogs goats cattell, etc., what none of the Islands have
and great Plenty of fish Turkell, etc., an augmentation to
these benefitts thar is barbuda and severall other small
agasent Islands that arc only kept to breed stock which
makes it a far more Plentifull place than all the other
Caribe Islands.
3'-^. It is accomodated with severall navigable and
secure harbors able to receeve and secure many hundred of
shiping both from the enemy and stormes and whar the said
shiping may Crene refitt or otherwise; and thar is store of
timber in the Place to effect it and such timber as the
■worme never will tuch : Called whit seader :
4'y. its situation being to windward (to the eastward) of
the other Island and more out of the road way of men of war
so that thar importation as well as thar exportation is
thereby the better secured it lies also in the way that all the
french ships must passe and repas home for Europ so that
very few or none of thar shipps can passe but thay must goe
near the westward shore of this Island whar thar lies a very
good harbor to secure men of war to ly in to interpose thar
passage if occasion.
And besides all this thar are an great plenty of neces-
saries and Conveniences to build any strong holds as timber
lime and as good building stone as any iu the world and
noe want of watter or any thing else.
Hono'' S'' — I have now rudly given you the narative and
my oppinion of and upon you' questions I humbly beg you'
pardon for all the imperfections you shall meet with therin
it may happely be a question why Antigua thus furnisht
with advantages beyond its neighbor Island be not as well
settled. I answer that the reasons of its Continuing an ill
nurst and a slow thriving Colony are these the first &
greatest is the Continuall incurshins of the Indians of
Dominico which frightens all peopell from Comming to
Plant upon it secondly the monopolising the affrican trade
which hinders all peopell that would supply the Place with
blackes to adventure and the Company themselves never
yett afforded that Island as much as the least help or suply :
you' letter gives me the ill newse of my expected doome
from new markett. I apprehend upon the Cap' most Idell
inquiren as to my usage abord will make the King order me
all the way in the billbowes or a prisoner between deck (quod
fiat voluntas Dei). I am resolved to suffer it and with an
invinsibell patience to bear all. I pray God in mercy turne
his hart and send me a deliverance of these oppressions.
I am, Honoi'i S'',
Yo' most obleged and most humble servant,
Aprill y^ 7'i' 1676. Phill. Warner.
Honoured S'' — Since y" hand of providence & the Kings
pleasure ordered my transmitting hither and am now arrived
I thought it an obligation upon mee as early as I could to
present you with this scribble, it comes accompanied with
my Brother S'' Thomas "Warner, who has been an eye
wittness of my 7 months imprisonment in England, and
what may be left unexprest in this hee can personally inform
you of : Att my first going to Whitehall I was very much
surprized to meet with the Kings displeasure against mee,
being conscious that neither my ffiithers former Services,
nor my own (being alwaies from 16 yeares of Age employed
in his Ma"'* Millitary and Civill affaires) could undeserve
his favour, but the disappointment was great, and a com-
plaint sent home from you did soone pervert my expectation.
gr — The designe of this paper is not to give you more
trouble, then what I ho])e you will pardon, when you con-
sider the necessity I have to present you with it. The
Complaint comprehended in Hamlins oath though desperately
penned and sworn too yet had little influence upon the
Councell, for indeed the great incoherences of it tho' many
improbabilities and down right untruths in it found its just
success little faith among sober minded men though
generally beleived among the ordinary multitude even to
the making mee a monster ; but yo'' letter which went with
it to M'' Secretary Coventry mett with better Credit, and
was the consequence of all my misfortune, for you were
pleased to informe M'' Secretary in yo'' Letter, that the
killing of the Indians in Dominico was very ruinous to our
Trade and absolutely destructive to all the Leeward Islands
which Information made so great impression upon the King
and Cuuncill, that indeed I should not have dared to stand
a Justification but that my own experience and the many
depositions from all the Leeward Islands do manifest the
contrary, and I hope by this time Yo' Excellency is con-
vinced likewise and that instead of proving ruinous to the
Leeward Islands that action is realy good service to the
King and all his Subjects in these Collonies, and chiefly in
Antigua, who for many yeares were a languisliing people
and were forced to make the Island a Garrison instead of a
plantation. But now since the Destruction of those Savages,
the Island begins to revive, and can with safety employ
their labour upon their planting, which befoi'e were exercised
in their Arms, watching and warding day and night to
defend their families and their Interests from the bloody
stratagems of those murdering natives. The action whereof
I am suspected and by all people controverted was done by
virtue of my Gen"' Com" which is full and authentick and
was not sought for or desired but was wholly unexpected by
mee when it came to my hands, but was procured by often
repeated addresses of the Island to the Generall who took
their sufferings into his consideration and accordingly sent
this Com" as the best expedient to give them releife. And
as I was his Deputy Governor there and his inferiour Officer
I did not dare to refuse obedience to it without hazard of
my life. And I protest I went upon the expedition with all
the unwillingness in the world, untill the Councill and
Assembly of Antigua by their daily Addresses and importu-
nities prevailed with mee, and then I went being accom-
pauyed with the best gentelemen in the Island.
S'' — Though I have not y^ honour of a personall know-
ledge w"' you, yet the Generall Character Fame speaks of
you, assures mee I shall meet with notJiing from you but
honesty and Generositie, which has incourag'd mee to send
this short narrative in hopes of a speedy opportunity to give
you a fuller satisfaction. I am now on board the Phoenix.
My Brother and the Cap' are come to know yo'' pleasure.
For my own part the law and my own conscience tells mee
I am inocent of the Commission of any Capitall Criminall
ffact, and therefore do hope that I may come aslioar to pay
you my respects in that dresse that becomes innocence and
a mau of honor, and not as a nocent or mallifactor ; And if
any |x;rson shall be so p'fidiously divelish to prosecute me
without a just ground, I will upon mine honor be ready
and stand their accusation for I have an inward Guard to
fortifye mee as well as a Just God above to defend mee from
suffering wrong. And my request to Yo'' Excellency is,
that if there appeares no person to accuse mee before the
PROM RESTORATION OE CHARLES 11. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II.
Iv
Judges tLut then I may have a speedy opportunity to
Justifye niyselfe, and clear that ignominious I'l^proch that
has ruined mee and my familly, to the end it may be trans-
mitted to my freinds at Whitehall & in England, and also
that I may hasten to my languishing family and Interests.
S'' — Your forgiveness of mee in this interruption will
bee an unspeakable obligation upon
Honoured Sir,
Yo"" Exc'ys most humble Servant,
P. W.
My Brother likewise presents you with a letter from yo''
Brother the Hon''''= Earl of Carlisle, which was sent to mee
in the Tower.
Endorsed : — " Coll. Warner's Letter to S'' J. Atkins upon
his arrival at Barbados." Circa l(i76.
Anno 1G76. On the 22d of the Second Month, the said
Ensign Brittain, with a Guard, came and drew Thomas
Darlow down to the Bay, where the Guard was, and keiit
him there three days.
Among the Olficers of the Militia was Major Thomas
Mallet, a Man of a bad Life and Conversation, who exercised
his Power to the Oppression of his peaceable Neighbours,
as appears by the following histances, viz. : —
On the '1?>A. of October, Edward ILirtin, William Boon,
and William Chamberlain, were committed to Prison by the
said Mallet, for refusing to go to the Guard, but upon
Application on their Behalf to the Governour, he gave Order
for their Release.
About the same Time, the said Mallet had also im-
prisoned twelve others, namely, Thomas Darlow, Samuel
Sizemore, Eichard Buckley, Henry Graydon, Job Langford,
Thomas Smith, John Heydon, Timothy Drake, William Mans-
field, Thomas Dash wood, Peter Dash wood, and Juhn Loftee.
On the 6th Day of the Eleventh Month, the aforesaid
Major Mallet ordered his Companies belonging to North-
Sound and Popes-head, to meet at the Training-place, at
the House of George Turny and Francis Carlisle, where the
innocent Quakers were made the Marks of his Malice ; tor
after many reviling Words, lie caused two of iheni, viz.:
Thomas Darlow and John Heydon, to be put into one of the
Files, but they standing still, and not acting according to
his Will (which for Conscience-sake they could not) he, the
said Mallet, in a violent Rage and Passion fell upon them,
and with a Wythe which he had in his Hand, gave them
many sore and grievous Stripes over their Faces, Backs and
Heads, to the shedding of their Blood, and bruising the
Flesh upon their Bones. He also beat Phillip Snelliug and
William Boon and called to his Lieutenant Jacob Hill, to
take them into the File ; but the Lieutenant answered,
They are Men who pretend to Tenderness of Conscience,
and I cannot judge of a Man's Conscience, therefore am not
willing to meddle with them. The Major's Behaviour was
indeed such, that several of iiis own Captains reproved him,
when he called the Quakers Lifidels, and said, It was no
Harm to kill them. After he had beaten several of them
with many cruel Stripes, he fined them 500 lb. of Tobacco
each. On the ICth of the same Month John Haydon being
commanded liy the aforesaid Major Mallet to make his
Appearance at their Exercisiug-place, he came, accordingly,
but because he could not for Conscience-sake submit to per-
form their Military Exercise, the said Mallet gave him near
fifty Stripes with an Horsewhip and a blue Wythe, the Marks
of which Cruelty he carried about for severall Days after.
Thomas Smith, for not appearing in Arms, was fined by
the said Major Mallet 500 lb. of Tobacco. On the 18th of
the Eleventh Month 1076, came Richard Allen, the Marshal's
Man, and with him two others armed, having an Order
under the said Mallet's Hand to take away his Goods for the
aforesaid Fine, for which they seized his Bedding, a Parcel
of Y'arn, and other Things. On the same Day the aforesaid
Richard Allen, with the said Soldiers, came to the House of
Thomas Darlow, with an Order from the aforesaid Mallet,
and took away one She-Ass big with Foal, which he judged
worth 1200 lb. of Tobacco.
On the same Day he also came with the same Soldiers
to the House of John Haydon, with an Order from the said
Major, and seized an He-Ass, a Chest, and an Hammock,
for the aforesaid Fine.
The same Day also, the said Allen with his Companions,
came to the Plantation of Jonas Langford, with an Order
from the said Mallet, and took an Horse worth 3500 lb. of
Sugar, for not providing Arms for himself and his Servants.
On the 23d came Daniel Hensley, who was Marshal to
the Regiment, and with him Thomas Brooks, who was
appointed to look over their Arms, to the House of William
Boon, with an Order from the said Mallet, and took one
Servant Woman with 2000 lb. of Tobacco, which they said
was for not finding Arms for himself and Servants.
On the 2-lth came the said Daniel Hensley, and Thomas
Bi'ooks to the House of William Chamberlain, with the said
Major's Order, and took one He-Ass worth 1000 lb. of
Tobacco, for not appearing at their Exercising-place with
Arms. The said Asses and Horses were kept several Days
and offered to Sale, but no Man would buy them. These
Proceedings being laid before the Governour a few days
after, he seemed to be troubled, that such Cruelties should
be exercised, reproved Mallet for what he had done, and
ordered the Redelivery of what was taken away, and that
the Fines should be levied upon their Tobacco and Sugar ;
he also ordered the said 'Mallet not to strike them any more ;
But the Goveruour's Command was not sufficient to subdue
the malicious and violent Spirit by which the said Major
was push'd into Acts of Cruelty, as may apjiear by his
farther Procedure. (Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers.')
On 9 January 1676-7 was passed an Act signed by
Philip Warner, Governor, and Richard Borrastou,
Speaker, by which, for the better security of the
Island, a duty of 1 lb. of powder per ton was in
future to be strictly levied on all shipping arriving
at the ports. This custom had been in force ever
since the first settling of the Caribbees, but for the
moi-e careful supervision of it in the future, a collector
was now appointed who would receive for salary 10
per cent, of the amount he collected.
On 9 Februai-y 1676-7 it was ordained that, on
account of the numerous deaths which had resulted
from unqualified persons pretending to beChirm-geons
and Apothecaries, no one would be allowed to practise
till he had produced before the Governor and Council
a certificate from the Surgeons' Hall in London, any
University " or able Physician of any of His Majesty's
kingdoms, for his being admitted and allowed of that
Society and Company, and approved by them as
capable of such Practice." A fine of 5000 lbs. was.
to be paid for the first offence against this Act.
April 1676. Letter from Coll. Warner to S"' Rob' Southwell.
Most Hono'' S'— You"'^ with the enclosed coppy of my
Generalls letter is newly Come to my hand and being in-
capable to make any other returne am foi-ced only to repeat
my usuall offering of a hart full of gratitude a sacrifice very
unproportionat to satisfie all those favors you have to this
very bower nudltiplyed upon me. You' advice that I should
rather stand my tryall then endevor or hope for delivei'ance
by any other Cource I resolve to follow : for it will suit
better both with my owne disposition as well as the righting
Ivi
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
my inwoi'd innocency : in order to restore my honor that
has lanji'uisht under a seavear Calumny for 7 months last
in a base and seavear imprisonment. As for M'' Chappman
S' Jonathans agent to whom he wrott favorable of me : is
to be found everyday upon the Change and the Person to
whom he did communicate so much of S' Jonathans miud
(as I told you) is Coll. Bayer a merchant at the black bull a
pewterers in Fenchurch street who is my very good frend &
will redely attend you' commands on my score whenever you
think fitt to imploy him.
As to you' favorable thoughts Concerning a turne of my
fortunes aflfter the cessation of my p'sent afBictions I am so
Conscious my slender abilities are infinitly unfitt for any
publique undertaking ether Civill or military and my un-
paralleled trebles have so habituated my resolutions to
designe a retired privat life that nothing in this world Can
possible invite me from it.
Now to answer those two nice objections : first cf the
Island of Antiguas want of waiter : secondly of its being
more subject to feavors & agues I say : That the first is
only a vullgar Error for none of the English Islands are
better furnisht with watter then that ; that is within y'' land
but it is true that not above two small rivors run to the sea
out of which thar is forty saile of shiping watters for thar
voadges home annually and those inland streamos might
with small charge and industry be Vjrought downe into the
very townes if it were Countenced with those incorigeraent
I formerly advised : Barbadoes that splendid Island my
father at his first settling those parts rejected for the great
want of watter that was then upon it naturally yet art and
industry has suplyed those defects by wells sesternes, etc.,
fio that miriads of peopell are furnished the like is by An-
tegua which in some parts near the sea was heartofore very
ill pro\'ided yett now by the same means well furnisht the
list of entrys and ships bonds that I brought himie to the
■Commishioners of the Customes will nwke out the number
that laded and watered thar for these two last years past,
As to the second I answer in like mauer that at its first
settling it was ether by the malignitis of the earth or air
subject to feavors and agues but since it becomes more
■oppened that the sun has power to exhall those vapors it is
•otherwise and I will and doe avouch that it is now as
healthy as any other Island espechally to temporat men
that doe not by exses of Colds or Heats in deboching begett
sickness which all mortalls are subject to all over the world :
and those that doe gett those accidentall distempers seJdome
•or never dye but for want of good atendance and Carfnll
lucking aflfter. I have with trubell come to my papers but
find such a Confusion made amounghst them with my Cay-
tiffe servants that many of them are lust and of them at
least seven or eight of the laws and acts sent home by me
for his majesties gratious assent and Confirmation as many
as I found I send which are but three and one of allso is
noe way materiall in regard it relates to me therfore you
may putt it aside if you see fitt those that are wanting I
will god willing order home by the first & now Honore"! S'
I take my leave of you for wee only wait hear for a fair
wind to prossed to the downes from thence to Porchmuth
which will be our last port in this Kingdome ; I repeat you
my harty thanks for you' Care tuching the reception of my
two sones one bord wee are now all together where I have
more roume to breath out my melencoly Contemplaytions
then in the tower : I humbly beg you'' pardon for my
prolixity and that you will read me as really I am
most Hono'' S"',
Yo'' most humble and obleged
fifrom one bord the Pf 'nix fathfnll servant
in the Hope (?) Aprill Phill. AVarnee.
ye 17th 1676. My bro-
ther P'sents you with
his humble servis.
S'' Robert Southwell — I beg the favor of you to
P'eseut my humble servis to S'' Charles Wheeler and M'
Grarthwart.
Endorsed :— " To the Hono^'i S' Robert Southwell.
From Coll. Warner." (Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 537.)
On 10 May 1677 v?as read the petition of Colonel
Warner asking to be restored to his Majesty's favour,
to vyhich the following answer was given : —
Report of the Comm"« concerning Coll. Warner. Read at
y= Comm«« 17 May 1677. Disallowed.
May it please Yo"' Ma'i«,
Wee have lately received a Petic'on from Coll. Phihp
Warner, setting forth that there coming to Your Ma"" in-
formation, from Barbados the tidings of a iiorrid and
malicious Murther committed by the Pef against the
Indians of S' Dominico, such credit was given thereto, and
so just a detestac'on had of y= thing supposed all to be true,
as that beiug examin'd, with two other persons, whom hee
casualy met hee and they did (to the suddain questions
which were made unto them) own toe many parts of the
fact as provoked Your Ma'-^ to indignation, but withall had
not opportunity to open the manner of proceedings, the
accidents that happened, and the time intervening, which
would have made soe much of the fact as was own'd to bee
true, not only sutable to the Rules of Warr, but absolutely
necessary for the preservation of Your ]\Ia''*^ subjects,
who had otherwise been lyable to a general Massacre.
And that, for the better evidence of the truth hereof, the
Pet', after eight months close Imprisonment in the Tower,
expos'd to all the Enemies he had in the World, transported
to the Island most concern'd and exasperated, and tryed by
a Jury thereof alone, nndei'going thereby all the Rigor of
the Law, has been nevertheless declar'd Not Guilty ; And
therefore humbly praying that, if wee had any sence of his
condition, wee would bee instrumental to restore him to
your Ma''" Grace. In considerac'ou wee must needs pre-
sume to acquaint Your Ma'y that whatever wee have heard
of Coll. Warner, before this action, hath been to his advan-
tage, and sutable to y^ behavior of a deserving subject, and
the son of that Father who, besides many other signal ser-
vices, first brought the Caribee Islands to a dependence to
this Crowne. As for the fact whereof hee was accused wee
have been inform'd by S'' Jonathan Atkins that hee was
clear'd by Proclamation. And from Coll. Stapleton wee are
by many letters, told that Hamlyne who was the sole
accuser was an inftimous fellow, and since that time ran
away with a Sloop from the Leeward Islands to the Dutch,
from whom hee has got a Commission, Under which hee has
stolen away severall negroes off S' Christophers chaceing
and firing upon the Boats of Your Ma'''== subjects, and com-
njitting several other acts of open Piracy. And besides wee
are sensible that j'' Merchants of the Exchange of London,
and other parts of this Kingdome, have all along bore
hono''''^ testimony for the Petitioner, even before his Tryal.
Soe that wee think it high time, and for Your Ma"'== honor
and service to put an end to y^ pef^ misery. And that
Your Ma'y would com'and some signification to bee made of
the ceasing of Yoi" Ma'''=* displeasure, and that hee stands
in Yo'' opinion as before this accident, which may not only
revive his drooping spirits, but ingage him in a vigorous
care for the preservac'on and defence of those Islands,
wherein hee hath formerly acted a very good part for Your
Ma'''=' service.
Council Chamber. All w'='' is most humbly submitted
to Yo^ Ma'y. (Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 568.)
On the 18th the King ordered that Warner
should be put out of his government of Antigua, and
not hold any office of trust under the Crown.
PROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II. Ivii
On 8 June the Bishop of London was requested
to licence and despatch six Ministers to Stapleton.
On 17 July 57 recruits go out in the pinke
" Hopewell" of 120 tons, whose commander, Michael
Russell, is paid £5 per head for their passage. Their
names are given in full in the list.
On 10 September the King ordered 300 male-
factors to be consigned to St. Christopher's, the
Sheriflfs of London being allowed for the prisoners.
A small fifth-rate frigate was this autumn appointed
to the station.
On 1 November the Bishop acquaints Stapleton
that he has selected Messrs. Foster, Jones, Molineux,
Davis, and Milward, who embark in the " Olive
Branch," Captain Giles Laiirence commander, and
one other, Mr. Grief, will follow later.
Anno 1677. On the 28th of the Third Month, John
Haydon and Thomas Cox being at the Town called S'
John's, on their lawfnl Occasions, were taken up by Order
of the aforesaid Mallet, and the said John Haydon being
unwilling to go with those that took hira, was dragged down
the Street to the Sea-side, and sorely beaten by the said
Mallet, and also by one of the persons who dragged him
along : Being come to the Sea-side, by which Time their
cruel Usage had almost deprived the said John Haydon of
his Senses, they put them both into a Ship-boat, and having
so done, told the Seamen, They were a Couple of Rogues
who had a Design to run away with their Boat : Where-
upon the Seamen went down, and finding the Men abused
and belied, desired them to come out of the Boat, which
when they had done, they were kept all Night under a
Guard in the open Field, and next Morning Mallet came
and asked them, Whether they would bear Arms ? They
answered, They conld not. So he went away, and soon
after returning, beat John Haydon with many cruel Stripes,
and sent them in a boat to the Fort, which was on a Rocky
Island, remote from the Place they dwelt at, where they re-
mained about three Months, Mallet giving Orders that none
of their Friends should come to visit them, nor bring them
any Provisions, and that they should have only what he
had laid in, viz., a parcel of very bad stinking Beef, not fit
for Men to eat.
It happened on the first Day of the First Month this
Year, that Samuel Sizemore being on his lawful Occasions
at the Town called S* John's, where the Militia of the
Division he lived in were then in Arms, Major Mallet sent
two Soldiers for him, and asked him, Why he was not exer-
cising ? He answered, I have no business there. Upon
which Mallet gave him thirty Blows or more with a blue
Wythe, and then sent him Prisoner to the Fort, where he
was detained about six weeks. One Edmund Hull, then at
S' John's Town, so called, hearing of this, went and ac-
quainted the Governonr thereof, who said, that He had
ordered Major Mallet not to commit any of them who had
any visible Estate. The said Edmund Hull went and told
Mallet what the Governour had said, for which Mallet struck
the said Hull several blows. This Major was so habituated
to Cruelty, that even the Governour's Order could hardly
restrain him ; to evade which he had sent the said Samuel
Sizemore to Prison by a verbal Command, probably not
being willing that any Mittimus in Writing should be seen
on that Occasion.
After the aforesaid John Haydon and Thomas Cox had
continued Prisoners in the Fort about three Months, the
Governour sent an express Order to Mallet to release them, at
which he was much displeased, for it was thought his
principal Aim in solliciting the Governour to intrust him
with the Power of the Militia was, that he might have an
opportunity of venting the Spleen and Malice which he
bore against the Quakers.
1678. Colonel James Vaughan succeeded in the Govern-
ment, being sent from Nevis by the General. He began
with many Threats against the Quakers, ordered the Militia
Act to be put in Force, and Fines to be levied on those who
refused to bear Arms : But his Time was short, and he was
removed before he had time to put his threats in Execution,
for the People articled against him, and the General dis-
placed him, and restored Paul Lee, who continued for some
Time in his former Moderation, till prevailed upon by the
Solicitations of one Lambert, a persecuting Priest, to Act
otherwise. (Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers.')
A letter from Stapleton was received by their
Lordships on 1 April, wherein he acquaints them
with the arrival of the 57 recruits. He says that
the ketch " Quaker," Captain Haddocke commander,
captured at Tobago 70 or 80 negros who were being
carried off by the Indians, the island having been
deserted by the Dutch, and he asks for the King's
permission to retain them for himself.
The Dutch officers and 250 souls were blown up
by a shot from a mortar, they dining over the powder
magazine. The 300 malefactors* sent out will be
great benefactors. He has presented Mr. Davis and
Mr. Milward to St. Christopher's, Mr. Foster to Nevis,
Mr. Molineux to Montserrat, Mr. Jones and one Mr.
Lambert to Antigua. Each Minister shall have
1100 St. a year or 16,000 lbs. besides fees.
On 5 April a memorial was received from the
Ambassador of the States General about the Tobasro
negros.
On 2 May Stapleton renewed the treaty with the
Comte de Blenac.
A letter, dated 8 June, signed by James Vaughan,
Deputy-Governor, and William Barnes, Speaker, in
answer to certain complaints, was read at the Board.
On 30 October the Seal which is now ready is
despatched. It is thus described : —
On the one side engraven with his Mas"^= Effegies
crown'd in Royall Vestments holding a Trident in one hand
placed sitting in a Charriott drawn by two Sea horses with
this inscription round the said figure Sigillum Insularum S"
Christopheri, Nevis, Antegoa, Montserrat, etc. On the
other side : — His Ma*''^' Armes with the Garter Crowne
Supporters and Motto and round about this inscription :
Carolus secundus dei gratia magnje Britannise fFrancise et
Hiberniffi Rex fidei Defensor.
* These malefactors, mostly drawn from the prisons of London
and Middlesex, pleaded their pardons on condition of their trans-
portation to the West Indies, and usually served seven years as
white slaves before attaining their freedom. There was keen com-
petition between the colonies for their acquisition, but for further
details the reader may consult the papers of Christopher Jeaffreson,
Agent for the Island of St. Christopher, embodied in "A Young
Squire of the seaventeenth century by John Cordy Jeaffreson, 1878."
In regard to their treatment and way of living, see Ligon's
'Barbadoes,' 1673.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
ANTEGUA, 1678.
White White White Negro Negro Negro
Men. Woroen. Childn. Men. Women. Chudn,
Heere FoUowes a List of all the men,
Woemen, &
W" Harris .
Daniell Hayes
. 2
. 1
1
Children whites & blacks in the Severall
Divisions in the
Mathew Holmes
. 1
1
1
Island of Antegua viz' : —
Howell Jones
Phillip Bush .
James Jolly .
. 2
. 1
. 1
1
1
1
4
1
2
2 4
Falmouth Division.
Edward Johnson
Teige Mathews
. 3
. 2
2
1
White White White
Negro
Negro Negro
Women. Childn.
John Knight .
. 2
1
2
Men. Women. Childn.
Men.
Patrick Long
. 1
1
1-
Coll. Phillip Warner's family 11 5 7
40
40 22
John Liscombe
. 1
1
Major Richard Btirraston .43 3
4
4 2
John Marchant
. 4
1
2
1
Benjamin Planchard
. 2 1 1
1
3 2
Sarah Jones .
1
1
Ensine Robert Smith
. 3 1 1
2
1
Mathew Williams
'. 2
Henry Watson
. 1 1
John Merrett .
. 2
L' William Proctor
. 2 1 2
4
3 4
John Marshall
. 1
1
3
1
1 1
William Waynwrijjh
t
. .-1 1
6
7 5
Christopher Nicolls .
3
1
Nathauiell Muake
. 6 2 3
5
4 3
James Oleryan (.' O'bryan)
1
1
Anthony White
. 1 1 1
1
Symon Oberston
. 1
1
2
Symon Swan .
. 1 1 3
George Price .
2
1
2
Huffh Evans .
. 1 1 1
Thomas Prichard
1
James Ward .
. 2
1
1
Elkana Row .
1
1
Roger Jones .
. 2 1 1
1
Nathaniell Refford .
1
Robert Phillips
. 2 1 1
Geo. Richardson
. 2
Henry Pel ham
1 1
John Robinson
1
1
John Hamilton
. 2 2 6
Alexander Rollo
. 4
1
James Glasse
2
Henry Soper .
. 3
3
2
Lewelling Ryce
3 1
William Smith
. 1
1
1
Thomas Garett (/)
4
2
Martyn Spycer
2
Margery Oxford
1
3
1
John Triplett
'. 1
John Thaley .
6
Hugh Trotter
. 1
1
Thomas Middleton
2 3 2
1
Jeremy Thistlewaite
. 1
M' Lewis Mayo
3
Phillip Upshott
2
1
1
M' John Guuthropp
3
Francis Veniola
2
1
Lewis Garnish
2 2 3
3
1
Thomas ap Thomas .
1
1
2
John Kow
1 1 1
William Walton
1
1
Robert Carpenter
1 1 1
Andrew Young
1
William Corby
1 1 3
Theodora Maoy
1
Cap" Paul Lee
8 3 2
16
11 9
David Macey .
1
1
Major Thomas Malle
.t
9 1
11
12 7
Christopher Smith .
2
M' Anthony Cade
5
3
3 3
Edward Thomas
I
1
3
2 1
Ensine John Austin
. 2 1 2
2
2
John Berry .
2
1
1
1
1 1
William Brett
. 2 1
Jane Burrell .
2
1
Margarett Thattbom
e
I
William Allen
3
2
2
Francis Gifford
3 1
William Trappin
1
2
3
2
2
John ElUs .
3
Anthony Maynard .
1
1
3
2
1 1
John Atkinson
5 1 1
James Almond
I
Thomas Mechin
1 2 1
1
EUinor Dorrington .
1
1
John Partington
2 1
John Thome .
2
John Bush
2 2 4
Walter Duglasse
1
Robertt Tubb
1 1
William Ellis
2
Thomas Haynes
1 1 2
1
Lawrence Murphy .
1
Roger Thomas
1
Obadiah Jones
1
Edward Cooper
3 1
3
6
John Deunet
1
Stephen Harper
3 1 1
John Russell .
2 1
138
68
69
34 2
9 2U
John Lumby .
William Shaw
3 3
1 I 1
'"^~"
John Jean
1 1 2
John Masters
2 2 2
1
1
North Sid
E, Nonsuch
Division.
Richard Mathew
1 2 1
John Court .
1 2
Cap' Richard Eyres family
1
2
5
i 2
Cap" John (sic) Wynthrop
2 4 1
8
3 4
L' Daniell Mitchell .
1
1
Morris Dailies
1
1
138 66 61
115
108 61
John Hopson
3
2
1
Phillip Kenedy
Ens. John Hall
2
2
2
1 1
Henry Cooke
2
1
2 2 2
South Side, Nonsuch Division.
Charles Hargeden
1
Jane Nuttbeane
3
I 2
L' Daniell Pes(blot) . .444
2
2 2
John Ward
3
4
William Bettley
1 1 3
1
1
Richard Sklyner
7
8 5
Francis Bonner
2 1 2
Dermond Noon
1
2
1
1
Robert Belgrove
1 1
Thomas England
1
Robert Clark .
1 1 1
John Barnard
4
2
Curnelius Conner
1 1
Thomas Poole
3
3
George Smith
2 1 2
1 2
Owen M'Carty
4
1
Darby Collins
2
Daniell Minchon
2
1
1
Randoll Jones
2
Symon Gubbius
1
1
William Curtis
James Rcbertson
2
Thomas Green
Daniell Denning
2
Daniell Carty
Nicholas Porter
1
Dennis Coaply
Edward Williams
2
4
2
Richard Carter
2 1
1
1
James Noon .
1
1
Edward Cooke
1 2 1
1
Robert Toft .
2
1
Joseph Daniell
1 1 1
Edmond Carrell
1
1
Rowland Davies
1 1 1
Francis Ash well
1
1
William Evans
John Sharpe .
1
3
John Uugan .
4 1 2
8
7 6
William Thompson .
1
1
William Farrell
John Blauden
2
Edward Pumpney
Walter Lo^e .
1
Domingo Ferdinando
1 1 1
Timothy Cockly
4
2
1
Paull Mallard
2 1 2
1
1 I
Edward Rukett
1
John Xioholls
4 1 2
Thomas Grosswell
4
Dominick French
Walter Phillips
7
1
1
4 :
John Foster . .
Benjamin Tuck
2
1
1
1
Richard Gill ,
2 2 2
John Yexly .
2
2
Nathaniell Garrett
2 3 2
1
1
William Pixe
3
1
1
1 1
Thomas Elmes
2 1 2
1
1
Thomas York
2
1
2
Evan Junes .
Mathew Brjan
2
Christopher Rymes
3 1 2
1
1
John Pike .
4
2
2 I
1
Robert HoUis
John Wynter
4
William Hughes
1 1 3
Rob>-rt Sutton
")
1
3
1
William Coomes
4 2 3
1
1
William Hunt
6
2
1
Robert Harris
1 1 2
John Morse .
2
1
1
]
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. lix
White White White Negro Negro Negro
Men. Women. Childn. Men. Women. Childn.
Robert Oswell
Joseph Hester
Cliristopher Ramsey
Joseph Parker
John Cranwell
John Gunter
John Gratrix
John Lachaisnay
Roger Kennedy
John Barloe .
Jone Lory
o
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
i
1
Q
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
2
1
3
1 2
131
46
47
41
L' William Bultam'
En.s. Thomas Gregory
William Drowne
M'* Martha Bradshaw
Robert Standly
Thomas Jug'well
John Wills
Thomas Heath
John Smith .
Samuell Hart
Pharoah Larmore
George Garnish
Richard Mathews
Cap' Purfrey .
Thomas Burlyn
David Clark .
John Chilbury
John Bath
WiUiam Duglasse
William Lockwood
Thomas Lodge
Oliver Oldwyn
Coll. Meeres plant"
William Card
Daniell Davvly
Joshua Leach
Owen Sullavane
John Cave
Ens. John Hall plant'
Robert Howard
John Grymes
Thurlo m'Shee
Thomas Coninga
Henry Edwards
Edmond Coll .
Thomas Symons
James Farrell
Garrett Browne
James Connell
William Backer
John Lavicount
William Shaw
William Burk
Darby Carty .
Phylom m'Carty
John French .
Michaell m'Carty
Morris Hurlo
Charles Haneren
Peter Ramsey
John White .
Old North Sound Division.
41
10
White White White Negro _Negro
Men. Women. Childn,
Negro
Men. Women. Childn.
W"' Stiller .
Teige Woolahan
John Pearce .
Coll. Chr. Codrington plant"
Sam. Jefferson
M' Tho. Eastohurch plant" .
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
7
3
1
1
1
1
10
12
96 34
16
129 139 104
_l
Old Noeth Sound Division.
Parham plant"
. 11
1
4 21
26
27
John Morris, negroa
4
5
Cap" John Vernon .
.' 6
2
3 18
21
14
Cap" W" Thomas
L' Cockram .
. ."J
2
6
6
9
Richard Hodge
M' Luke Lucies plant
. 3
5
11
9
Edward Foot
M' William Thorp
. 3
1
10
16
12
Hen. Drake .
Edward Leaver
. 1
1
3 2
2
3
W" Morgan .
Ens" Willoughby Bya
m . 4
11
11
11
Jone Abrihall
Cap" W"' Thomas pla
ut" . 1
6
4
Arthur Everard
John Stratton
. 1
2
3
2
3
Phillip Chapman
Mildred Freeman
2
Jonas Laugford
Robert Smallecombe
. 3
1
W" Boone
John Ryder .
. 3
2
Thomas Jones
Joseph Richardson
. 3
Thomas Bartlet
Peter Dutton .
. 2
1
Thomas Wildgoose
William Williams
5
Daniell Hensley
Richard Kitchen
. 3
Mary Humphry
Henry Newman
. 3
1
W™ Furlove .
Sam. Maun .
1
2 2
1
John Jenkins
Samuell Mantle
. 1
Francis Allen
M' John Parry
i
1 4
3
Richard Todman
.John Brumley
2
James Barton
W" Knightly
2
5
3
3
Walter Scott .
Thomas Lovell
. 1
1 3
3
3
W- Lee
Walter Buck .
2
Jonas Baker .
Edw. Buck .
3
1
1
Martyn Payn
Tho. Hawes .
. 1
4
4
2
James Corage
Edw. Thomas
. 1
1
2
Robert Poole .
John Bowden
. 12
5
1 1
Thomas Hogan
L' VVynthrops plant"
Giles Blizard .
Thomas Seagrave
W" Tapster .
John Short
Simon Veynes
W"' Mayer
John Enis
John Robenson
James Robenson
Jone Blashford
John Cable .
John Barry .
Thomas Lidiott
Teige SuUavan
John Brock .
James Jones .
Edmond Easted
John Heely .
Tho. Gravener
Humphry Freind
Thomas Cox .
Benjamin King
Dennis Hicks
Thomas Prin .
Nicholas Fowler
James Johnson
John Nibs
Nicholas Collins
Tho. Dashwood
W"' Adams
Dennis M'Carty
John Barry .
John Moon
Hen. Walden .
Tho. Edwards
Garrett Barry
John Ellett .
Christopher Marsh
Ens. Fran. Carlile
Henry Stodder
William Barnes
John Frankling
William Ball .
Thomas Ball .
Thomas Roberts
Thomas Smith
John Cash
Anthony Burgesse
John Ellett .
Cap" Samuell Jones
Henry Hackney
Roger Mosse .
Dennis Maltalo
Major Mussenden
Edm. Paynter
Geo. Digby
4
1
1
28
27
12
5
4
2
1
3
1
1
4
1
4
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
7
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
1
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
5
3
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
3
2
15
24
13
1
2
1
2
4
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
4
1
4
1
9
14
12
2
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
3
7
6
1
5
1
3
5
3
1
1
1
120 62
74
91 111
Pope's Head Division.
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
14
4
2
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
3
4
1
1
2
58
4
11
14
12
1
1
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
11
14
6
3
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
1
2
6
6
1
4
2
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Mary Lander
John Sanders
Adrian Rupert
Elizabeth Elmore
Rofrer Elmore
Peter Allison
W" Stephens
W" Chamberlin
G-eorg:e Grig-g-s
Thomas Tichbourne ,
W"' Callander
James Sparkes
John Curtis .
Arnold Thomas
Curnelius Maroon
John Beck
Christopher Kaynell
Thomas Packer
Peter Garrett
Robert Starkey
W"" Mason
Duncan Connell
Dominicus Brackamont
Abraham Cave
L' Peter Willcox
Elisha Rice .
Thomas Garroway
Teign Grin
James Cook .
W» Atwell .
Derrick Brunkhurst .
Thomas Gilliat
Randoll Backer
John Gethings
W" RaynolU
White White White Negro Negro Negro
Men. Women. Childn. Men. Women. ChiJdn.
1 1
1 3
4
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
2
T
6
n
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
6
1
1
1
1
2
5
3
6
131 67 100
Dixon's Bay Division.
Cap" Jeremy Wattkins
Edmond Hull
Thomas Gales
Ensiue John Britten
John Trotter
William Garrett
Josiah Webber
Hup;h Jones .
Richard Buckly
Henry Granden
John Ilayden
Christopher Read
Urion Cammell
Jacob Thomas
Andrew liaj-ne
L' John Hambleton
Thomas Oliver
Roger Neaves
Henry Bing .
James Bayly .
Teige Redmore
Anthony Depree
Robert Declary
W" Boon
Coll. Beyers plant"
Lewis Bernell
John Tyer
William Tremills
Richard Glandfeild
Samuell Sizemore
Geor^'e Polton
Edw. Willshire
John Bashan
Thomas Darlow
Christopher Knig'ht
John Atkins .
Edw. Green .
Edw. Home .
Edw. Pavley .
Alexander Witheridge
L' Mark Jackson
Alexander Coote
Andrew Hambleton
Jane Mould .
Ambrose York
Thomas Turnor
John Canter .
Edw. Martyu
John Morris .
Tio. Kenestone
Mary Woo,;jan
Isaac Abraham
John Polton .
John Bervill .
3
3
2
3
4
4
7
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
18
1
4
1
1
2
2
140
69
2.5
56 56
L' Coll. Boyers plant"
Cap" Harvey Kaynell
St. John's Division.
9
. 9 3 1
74
27
1
9
4
5
2
1
I
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
6
2
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
7
6
1
1
2
2
2
1
4
4
1
1
1
2
5
2
3
3
2
35
16
5
2
94 92 47
White White White Negro Negro Negro
Men. Women. Childn. Men. Women. Childn.
M" Mary Hill
Thomas Beck
George Dewitt
M' Thomas More
W'" Hennis
M' James Hurd
M' Jonas Langford's plant"
L' Sam. Holder
M' Anthony Ryerson
Geo. Robinson
M' Henry Meyer
M' I'liohard Hodden
Ens. Benjamin Jefferies
Francis Anthony
Seth Marloe .
Abell Rubsight
Charles Ward
Thomas Webb
John Otto
John Drew
John Pope
Garrett Thomson
Richard Abrahall
John Ennis .
Robert Powell
Th.>. Evins .
W"' Taylor .
David Belt .
Stephen Dureing
Simon Bulger
Joseph Beng-
Curnelius Lawson
Edw. Dunn .
James Belcher
John Brumblecome
John Lucas .
Francis Watkins
Stephen Lowler
Robert Gouldiug
John Morphew
Edward Dendy
Thomas Sevenill
Mathew Hunter
Tho. Robenson
Abraham Bretton
Thomas Pratt
W'" Robenson
Roger Trottman
Evan Jones
Francis Fallemert
Geo. Phillips .
Edm" Cand
Thomas Foot .
.fohn Seward .
M' Tho. Dipford
Roger Complain
Ralph Pengelly
Ann Jonts
Samuell Martyu
Robert Black
Hugh Murr .
Andrew Hewing
John Hunter
John Martyn
2
4
1
2
1
4
li
3
2
4
10
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
4
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
4
1
1
2
1
2
I
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2 9
1
3 1
2
4
4
20
12
5
2
3
7
1
2
14
3
1
145
64
36
93 107
Caelile Road Division.
19
6
24
9
21
6
L' Coll. Rowland Williams
Walter Williams
Joseph Banbury
George Sergant
James Williams
M' Ca>sar Rodeneys plant"
Henry Sharpe
Jone Steele .
Mary Steele .
Joan Granger
M'" Joan Hall
Thomas Compton
Samuell Irish
Ens. James Davenport
M' Alexander PoUington'
plant"
Cap' John Cade
]j' Mark Bruister
Cap' Henry NichoUs .
Owen Bromwell
W"' Blackbourne
Evan Griffin .
Elizabeth Harris
Robert Xoncon
Thomas Endratt
Thomas Gibson
W- Walker .
Edw. Norton .
Hugh Hogan
Tho. Lebar
L' John Fry .
M™ Katherme Watts
Laurence Turton
Peter Welch .
15
5
1
2
5
6
1
2
3
2
77
7
. 1
3
1
0
1
26
30
18
. 1
1
1
1
. 2
1
. 1
. 1
1
2
1
4
4
2
. 3
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
5
6
1
. 1
2
2
4
3
. 3
2
6
4
5
. 1
1
2
3
. 3
1
3
10
15
13
. 4
2
4
13
16
7
o
1
. 3
4
3
6
4
1
I
3
1
2
2
2
1
. 2
. 1
1
1
2
3
1
. 2
1
1
. 1
1
1
1
. 1
1
. 2
1
2
3
3
. 2
1
. 1
1
. 1
i>
2
1
9
13
4
. 6
1
11
11
8
. 2
1
2
3
5
2
. 3
1
3
1
EROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II. Ixi
White White White Negro Negro Negro
Men. Women. Childu. Meu. Women. Childn.
Phylom Obrynon
2 1
Robert Nicholls
Henry Nicholls
Thomas Moyses
Zachary Seavenocks .
Arthur Williams
Robert Jackson
Andrew Curteen
5 3
Cap" Moyle Johnson
2 1
84 49
42
115 133
75
The Severall Divisions in this Island, vizt —
Falmouth Division
. 138
6fi
61
115
103
61
South Side, Nonsuch
. 138
68
69
34
29
20
North Side, Nonsuch
. 131
4(5
47
41
41
10
Bellfast
. 113
33
27
24
34
12
Old North Sound
. 9(5
34
16
129
139
104
New North Sound
. 120
62
74
91
111
58
Pope's head .
. 131
67
100
69
74
35
Dixon's Bay .
. 140
56
56
94
92
47
S' John's
. 145
64
36
93
107
77
Carlile Road .
. 84
49
42
115
133
75
1236 544 528 805 868 499
Men.
Women.
Childn
English
800
400
400
Irish .
360
130
120
Scotch
76
14
8
1236
544
528
Totals foe the 4 Islands.
White White White
Men. Women. Childn.
Nevis
Montserrat
S' Christopher's
Antigua .
1541
1148
695
1236
838
591
539
544
1216
943
663
528
Negro
Men.
1422
992
1436
Negro
Women.
Negro
Childn.
1321 1106
No return. No return.
No return. No return.
868 499
Since The Writing of the aforegoeing Lists I have
devided the Nevis Regiment into Two Regiments & the
Antegoe Regiment also, into Two Regiments The Names
of the Officers of each are hereafter Incerted viz : —
Antegoa.
James Vaughan, Collonel.
Samnell TVynthrop, Cap" Lef.
Francis Carlile, Ens".
Thomas Mallett, Lief Coll.
Daniell Hensley, Lief.
Joseph Wattkins, Ens".
Jeremiah Wattkins, Major.
Marke Jackson, Lief.
Edward Pawley, Ens".
W" Thomas, Cap".
Peter Willcox, Lef.
Giles Blizard, Ens".
Samuell Jones, Cap".
Benjamin Jeflferies, Lief.
Roger Complyng, Ens".
John Vernon, Cap".
Arthur Everard, Lief.
W"" Knightly, Ens".
John Frey, Cap".
Geo. Dewitt, Lief.
James Davenport, Ens".
John Hambleton, Cap".
Thomas Buck, Lief.
Samuell Martyn, Ens".
The whole bundle of these
the 27"' of August 1678."
Rowland Williams, Coll.
Willoughby Bryan (sic), Lief*.
Christopher Kaynell, Ens".
Richard Ayres, Lief Coll.
Daniell Mitchell, Lief.
John Hall, Ens".
William Barnes, Major.
Richard Sheer, Lief.
John Hopton, Ens".
Joseph Wynthropp, Cap".
William FuUum, Lief.
Thomas Gregory, Ens".
Paull Lee, Cap".
W" Way n Wright, Lief.
John Austen, Ens".
Arthur Cockeram, Cap".
John Morris, Lief.
Edward Thomas, Ens".
John Cade, Cap".
Daniell Pellar, Lief.
X'pher Rymer, Ens".
Moyle Johnson, Cap".
Walter Phillips, L*.
W"' Pike, Ens.
lists is endorsed : — " Received
1G79, April 2. The 70 negros from Tobago had
been granted to Governor Stapleton by patent dated
12 April 30 Charles II., but the States General having
claimed that they were unlawfully captured, he was
compelled to pay the Dutch full value for them.
Captain Haddock, who was the prime mover in the
matter, was now dead, and Sir Richard Haddock
appears to have had a share in the venture.
On 15 July Paul Lee and Jeremiah Watkins (? as
Judges or joint Deputy-Governors) with Philip
Warner, Speaker, signed an "Act for Encouragement
of Settlers and Builders," by which it was enacted
that all persons obtaining proportions of land, and
building thereon a timber house vnthin six months,
would retain the land in fee simple. Such a pro-
portion in St. Johns was limited to 50 feet front by
80 feet back ; in Falmouth, 40 feet by 60 feet ; in
Bridge Town, 40 feet by 50 feet ; in Parham, 60 feet
by 80 feet.
1678-9. On 29 January Stapleton wrote that the
Comte D'Estrees squadron fell upon the scholes of
y" isle d'Aves betwixt Bonare and Caraso, and lost
13 sail, whereof his own was one.
1679. On the 30th of the First Month, the said
Governour Paul Lee issued a Warrant to Stephen Harper
Constable, requiring him to go to the house of Anthony
Cade, where a religious Meeting then was, several being
assembled waiting upon the Lord in Silence. The Constable
rushed rudely in, and commanded them to depart, but the
Assembly continued, till the Constable, with one John
Austin, an Ensign, and others who attended him, grew more
urgent, and producing the Governour's Warrant, fell to
hauling the Persons assembled by Force and Violence out
of the Meeting, using such unseemly Behaviour, and mixing
their Speech with Oaths, to the Grief of all sober Persons
present. (Besse.)
1680. Colonel Stapleton reports : —
In Antego, Valentine Russell Esq. dep. govei-nour and
Judge of the Sessions of the peace and Goal delivery y«
councill his assistants.
In the precincts of phalmouth paul Lee Esq'^ Judge of
comou pleas & nisi prius does alsoe y'' office of a Justice of
j'^ peace.
In the precincts of S' Johns W™ Barnes Esq. Judge of
the comon pleas & nisi prius. Coll. Rowland Williams
commands the militia and a particular Reg' his L' Coll. is
Rich. Ayres.
Major W™ Barnes. Cap* Paul Lee.
Cap' John Cade. Cap' Moyl Johnson.
Cap' Jo. Winthrop. Cap' Archibald Johnson.
Of the other Reg' is : —
Coll. James Vaughan.
L' Coll. Tho. Mallet.
Major Jeremy Watkins.
Cap' I. Thomas.
Cap' Sam. Jones.
Cap' John Vernon.
Cap' Jo. fry.
The Secretaries office is Injoyed by John ley the Mar-
shall by Hen. Symes. The Register office in y' Island is
distinct from j" Secretaries office by an act it keepes record
of lands and all conveyances thereunto belonging.
On 7 February 1679-80, and on 5 May 1680, he
reports : —
The Deptford ketch Cap' Avie Commander has arrived
from Surinam with 102 persons black & white now at Antigua
the Dutch wont let any more leave tho' they are in a bad
plight & liable to the attack of Indians.
Ixii
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
On 15 June the Council signed a letter, theii*
names were : —
Jn° Parry. Rich. Ayres. Val. Eussell.
Sam" .Jones. Jn° Cade. Paul Lee.
Sam" Long. Will. Thomas. Row. AVilliams.
Jas. Vaughan.
From an estimate handed in to the P.O. we learn
that 1000 men formed in 10 companies (including
their transport) would cost £17,510 a year. If
regimented the pay would be, for the Colonel 12s.,
Lieut.-Colonel 7s.,]Vrajor 5s., Ayde-Major 4s., Quarter-
Master 4s., Chaplain and Chirurgeon 6s. 8d., his mate
2s. 6d., Captain 8s., Lieutenant 4s., Ensign 3s.,
Sergeant 18d., Corporal 12d., Drummer 12d., and
Private 8d. per diem.
In September, William Gaughag, Field-Marshal, took
away from one of the People called Quakers 600 lb. of
Tobacco, by Order of Governour James Vaughan, for not ap-
pearing at the usual Place of Exercising in Arms. (Besse.)
1680-1. On 10 March was read at the Council
of Trade the Treaty of Neutrality between Barbados,
Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, and the French.
1680, January the 23"'.
A List of the Kings Subjects now in Surrinam with the
Number of their Slaves viz' : —
Imprimis. Negros. Imprimis. Negros.
Thomas Buncombe 40 James Seaman
Francis Bruning 50 Teag Deniford
Henry Mackintosh 30 William Denton 2
Rob' Fulgeman 25 Rob' Barry 3
Andrew Clyfiford M" Danford 15
Thomas Region 2 William Robisson 4
James Region Isaack Pears
Nathaniell Davis 6 John Rawlins
John Bull John Hart
William Nights John Hosier
Henry Plane Daniell Gwine
Francis Browne William Powell 5
Thomas Gregory Valentine Pennell
Arthur Barton John Davis 3
Philip Darby 5 Henry Jorden
Steven Ryan 4 Thomas Hill
Rob' Simes William Colle
Henry James 4 Roger Reyly 2
William Monroe 10
Benjamin Pine 212
Phillip Thomas 3 «=
Endorsed :— " A list of y^ Kings Subjects White & Black
in Surinam. Rec* the 26»» Aprill 1680."
All the above must have been transferred shortly after-
wards to Antigua.
The true State of the Manufacture of Sugars within our
Plantations. Which requires all manner of En-
couragment.
1. Because our Plantations have reduced the Price of
Sugers in its severall sorts, from 2 shillings (formerly paid)
unto 8'', from 15'^ to 5'' from lO"" and upward to under S"!
although wee have had the possession of that Manufacture
not much above 25 or 26 years.
2. Our Plantations have not only saved to this Nation,
the whole money usually expended for that Com'odity (or
may easily save it) But have raised a Revenue, besides
by exporting out into Forraigne parts yearly about Seaven
or Eight Thousand Tnnns of that Commodity.
3. That our Plantations have by this meanes helped to
save our import, & to promote our export to above 400, &
sometimes to above 5 or 600,000 sterling per year, Without
the Assistance of which supply yearly, This Nation must
have probably long since sunk in its Trade, our Drapery
abroad haveing so manifestly decayed, as it hath within
these last 30 yeares.
4. That by reason of this Industry of our Plantations
wee have already beate out the Portugeize at Brasile from
sending home any Muscuvadoes. And have reduced their
fine Sugars from 7 or 8 pounds the hundred, unto 50 & odd
shillings, & are by this meanes the sole Merchants, almost
of all that Suger that is Manufactured into loafe or hard
Suger either in Holland, France, or Hambrough as being
all made out of our Muscovados.
5. That if encouragment were therefore given to the
planting, increasing & full manufacturing of that Com-
modity, it might be as easy for us to beate out the Brasilians
in their Trade of White Sugars, & to furnish Spaine & the
Streights, with that Commodity, as wee have aUready beate
them out of the Muscovados, which attempt would be the
more Adviseable as is humbly conceived.
1. Because the Ingrossing into our own hands, the Trade
of Whites as well as that of Muscovados would at least double
the Revenue (to this Nation) which wee now have by the
said Suger, & consequently would so much the more con-
tribute to ease the greatnesse of our Consumption.
2. Because the better price Sugars do yeild, the more
encouragment there would be to plant it. And so increase
the Quantity of it, which is an easy matter for us to do,
even to what Quantity soever shall be necessary for all
Christendome.
3. Because as we now rule the Price of Muscovados in
all Countries, in regard we have most quantity of it, (and
might have much more ruled it, even absolutely, had not
the French & Dutch lately wronged us by new Impositions,
which have not been retaliated by us) so for the same reason
we may equally be able to Rule the price of White Suger,
and of all sorts of refined in all places, if once such course
be taken, as that, we are Masters of Whites, as much as we
are of Muscovados.
4. Because by how much the more we have beate
out the Brasiliajis, from the Trade of Sugar, or may yet doe.
By so much the more reason, there is that we should pre-
vent the ffrench & Dutch in their planting of it also, as far
as we may.
5. Because the Dutch by getting footing upon the faire
Coast of Guiana of late, and that French most industriously
minding the Increase & Fortification of their Plantations,
are like unavoidably to undermine us in that Trade, if
nothing extraordinary be done by us to encourage our
Plantations in it.
6. Because by reason of the late injurious & imoderate
Taxes of our Neighbours, upon our Sugar, the Muscovadoes
sent home, is sold now for 22' per Hundred, which is but
two pence halfe penny per pound, both for the Merchant &
Planter, & that after the payment of Custome Freight &
Petty charges here & and after the payment of 4i per
Centum there also.
7. Because the said sugars yeilding so little a price as
they are now reduced into, do not cleare 6 per Cent, to the
Planter for all his money & charges laid out, or not much
more, which must make the planter in time unavoidably to
grow carelesse. And so the Commodity itselfe will be
hazarded if not in the whole, yet in the maine, bulk of it to
be lost by us.
8. Because besides the late & im'oderate Taxes, layed on
Sugar, by the French & Dutch IS"' per Hundred is layed
upon it Custome inward. The raoity of w'='' being paid back
upon the Export of it, the Stranger & Forraigner of other
parts hath it not only as cheape or cheaper, then we our-
selves have it.
But they imediatly refining it, & Manufacturing it, &
we not doing it. The Sweat, Paines, & Hazard of the
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OF JAMES II. Ixiii
Planter & Merchant in making and Iiringing home the said
snger, doth wholly go to feed & enrich the said Strangers.
Upon all which it is with all hurablenesse propounded : —
1. That the Excise be layd wholy on the fine Sugars of
Brasill, & taken off from all White Sugers of our own
especially if exported.
2. That an extraordinary be put open those Muscovadoes
of ours, which are exported without being Manufactured
which may well beare a halfe penny upon a pound outward.
3. That in consideration of the Encouragment of our
Manufacture one Shilling & no more, may be put upon the
Hundred weight of Muscovadoes custome inward. It
yeilding now but little more than 20' for y'' said Hundred.
The English Suger Plantations have formerly employed
about 400 Saile of Sliips annually & in them nigh 10,000
Seamen. They also formerly added a Native Comodity of
above 800,000"'= value to the Nation, of which the Planters
have not 40,000"" per an' clear profit, the rest (but what
goes to His Ma"" Dutyes) is distributed amongst His
Ma''" Subjects, for their Provisions, Shiping & Manu-
factures till of late the Plantations never cost His Ma''^ or
His predecessors anything for their mantainance.
The ffrench in the late Warr took S' Christophers
Antegua & Mouiitserat & in them above 15,000* Negros &
other Materialls of planting amounting in value to above
400,000"'^ Sterl., which being made use of in their own
Islands they are not only very much increased in the Pro-
duction of Suger but also in strength by the cominge to
them of great numbers from ffrance.
The flfrench King bending his designes to become great
at Sea & (as wee do humbly conceive) knowing that the
Trade to the Plantations is one of the Chiefe causes of the
great number of Seamen in England, and taking Courage
from the aforesaid advantages prosperity of his aflPaires in
the Caribby Islands, doth designe wholy to beate the
English out of the suger trade in order to which bee hath
of late done many things for their incouragment.
One is bee hath laid an imposition of 32 Livers 10
Souse, upon all fforraine refined sugers & 15 Livers per
Cent, upon all fforraine Whites, And upon the Sugers of his
own plantations of what Quality soever but 4 Livers by
which meanes increasing the Value of his own Sugers he
hath made Suger makeing of very great profitt to his own
planta'ns which hath so much increased their strength by
enticeing great numbers to them from firance in hopes of
gaine that they are become terrible to the English inhabi-
tants in that part of the World.
This Terror & apprehension of the growing flforce of the
ffrench in those parts hath made many of the prudent &
Richest Planters of the Sug'' plantations begin to settle in
New England and the parts adjacent many being allready
gone & more enclined that way. By the aforesaid great
impositions on fforaiu Sugers in France, the Sugers of
Brasile are as it were prohibited of that Country, and are
therefore in greater Quantity then formerly brought into
England which lessens the Vallue of English Sugers & if
continued one of these two things following must unavoid-
ably ensue. Either that the English planter Encumbred
in his Manufactures by the last act of Navigation a custome
here amounting to 12^ per Cent, another in the Colonys
amounting to 4| per C must laye down the Trade as finding
it no longer profitable. Or the Poorer sort of Planters who
are the Strength & Defence of the Collonys will by reason
of the low vallue of their Com'odityes which is worth but
12» per Cent, in English plantations, be forced through
poverty & uneasiness to wander for a lively hood into other
parts as 1600 have (within a year past) done from Barbados
alone & perhaps may be wonne to go over to the French or
Dutch plantations where Suger is worth 20' per C* & where
* 1500 would be nearer the truth.
many English Planters are allready gone, by which meanes
all the English Suger plantations will be so weakened as
they will fall into the Hands of the ffrench, when ever they
please to attack them unless his Ma'^ att a vast Charge
keep great Garrisons there.
By the Loss of the Plantations itt is humbly conceived
these following inconveniences will fall on England.
Ten thousand seamen which were etaployed in this
Trade will be to seeke of employment who for a livlyhood
must either go into the service of him that gaines it, or
betake themselves to other Trades, by which meanes France
will have 10,000 Seamen more, & England 10,000 Seamen
less then she had which differs the former Ballance 20,000
Seamen which added to the other Navall preparac'ons of
France may make her Equall if not Superior to England in
power by Sea.
A Native Comodity of 800,000"" per an' val' being
wholly lost many flfamilyes who subsisted by this Trade will
want where withall to pay the Landed Man for his Corne
Cattell, etc.
If the Comodityes of the Suger & the growth of the
English plantations formerly cost this Nation 800,000^'''
per an' of their Bullion, it must necessarilly follow that if
the Suger Plantations shall be lost then this charge must
again fall upon the Nation, which will be 1,600,000""^
Sterling per An' difference in the present Ballance of trade.
And how the present Trade of this Nation is able to bear
such a losse wee submitt to the Wisdome of y'' Honors.
All these great advantages to His Ma*y & this Kingdome
doth acrew by the single industry of not above 10,000
English planters which wee humbly conceive could be no
way employ'd in England more to the advantage of this
Nation.
The premisses being considered by yo"' Honno''' great
Wisdome & prudence, your petition" do humbly hope that
your HonC' will see that it may bee of ill Consequence to
Clogg the Suger Comodity with further impositions, which
allwayes falls upon the planter ; but rather (by an imposition
uppon fforeine Sugers equall in proportion to that of France)
Put the English into as good a Condition as the ffrench
Planter, that their Poor may be able to stay amongst them,
and the means of drawing them to their own Plantations be
thereby taken from y« ffrench .
Endorsed : — " Concerning the Suger Plautac'ons : y'' P.O.
from Coll. Lynch."
Muscovados Sugar is the Cane Juice boiled to a con-
sistence put into Potts & there let stand untill the molosses
or syrops are run from it & pay 18* custome.
Sundnjeds are Muscovados sugar dryed 6 or 8 hours in
the Sun & pays 18'' custome.
Clayed Suger is Muscovados suger with a batter of Clay
put on it in the Pott & the Water that is mixed with the
Clay sinking from it & pressing through the Suger washes
the Molosses from the graine, when this sort of suger is
taken out of the Pott, it is devided into two sorts, that
which is next unto the Clay is White, (but little in Quantity)
& this is the white Snger of the Plantations & pays 5'
custome. That which is farther ft-om the Clay remains in
cooler something better then Sundryed & is the greater
quantity, & is the Brown Suger of the Plantations & pays
18'' Custome at present.
Refined sugers are the plaine Muscovados Sugers melted
down boyled up again & clayed & pay 5= custome.
Those Planters that have Houses & Potts enough doe as
most profitable, clay all their sugers that are fitt for it, &
these are halfe of the Suger makers.
Those that have not Houses and Potts enough doe
sundry their Muscovados Suger which hardens the grain,
& keeps it from dissolving in the transportation as undryed
Muscovados doth to a very great losse of weight. Some
Ixiv
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
Lauds and over ^7ett seasons will produce Suger not fitt to
be Sundryed or clayed & only fit to be refined, & this is the
chiefe reason there comes home so much of that sort of
Suger besides it is the scale of Com'erce, men paying their
Debts with the worst & sending their best Suger to the
Markett for their own accompt.
Before the increase of the French Plantations and the
heavy Impositions in France upon English and other
fforein Sugers the several sorts of Sugers were sold as
followeth viz. : —
Plain Muscovados Suger at about 40' per C now is sold
for about 22^ out of which is deducted the 4^ per 0. & 18''
Customs with fraight & other Charges.
Sundryed & Brown Sugers were then sold from 45' to
3"" per C now are sold from 25 to 40' according to the
goodness of each sort.
White Sugers were then sold for above 5"" now for
lesse then 50'.
The falling of the Profitts of the Suger Trade hath
proportionably diminished the number of the Inhabitants
of the Suger Collonys Barbados being since 1665 fall'n from
14,000 Fighting Men to lesse then 8000 and they continue
still going away, 2000 people haveing gone away within a
yeare past, whereof the sobriest & the Richest to the parts
about New England some to y^ flfrench plantations, & the
looser sort out of hopes of plunder to Jamaica.
Should the White Sugers of the Plantations be Taxed
in favour of the refiners of England, then would the planters
be beaten out of that Trade, & the Brown & Muscovados
Suger imported in greater quantity which would proportion-
ably lessen its value, & those Labourers iraployed in making
of White Suger wanting Imployment would forsake the
plantations to their further weakning.
Should Sundryed & Brown clayed sugers be taxed one
half peny instead of one farthing (which was the first
proposal) then would the planter be able to import no more
of that sort neither, which is the aime of the refiners, the
quantity of plain Muscovados would then be great & the
refiners being the only buyers of that used in England their
value would soone come so lowe as to breake all the Suger
planters, & perhaps induce them to goe over with their
stocks to the French plantations where they are offered laud
for nothing & where for the iucouragm' of the planters.
White Sugers are taxed no more in France then Brown &
almost 4 times as much imposition upon Forreine Sugers as
upon French.
To avoid these dangers to this Trade it is humbly pro-
posed That upon Brown & Muscovados Suger y'^ Excise be
one farthing per pound.
That upon (? Sunday) or Muscovados of fforainers one
half peuny. Upon White Sugers of the English Plantac'ons
one half peuny. Upon fforaigne Whites one penny per
pound.
This would secure them against the Portugall & firench
plantations, & avoid the designe of the refiners of England,
■who would have the Planters not able to imjwrte one ounce
of Suger fit for any bodies use but theirs, which by loosing
the plantations would loose their Trade also.
Endorsed : — " Description of sugers making." No date.
(Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 636.)
Nevis Dec. 10, 1681.
Extract of a letter to M' Piatt from M' Wilkins in
Nevis concerning his estate there, with the prices that
provisions, etc., beare in those parts : —
All things bein very dear.
Cassader Bread is sold per pi^ att
Graine per Bushell att
Beefe per Barrell att
Att All Times.
lbs. of Sugar.
02
80
300
lbs. of Sugar
Fresh meate is sold per p
'i att
4
Cod Fish per p'' att
2
Biskett per pound
2i
Cheese per p''
6
But tire per p''
6
Madera Wine per gallon
40
Brandy per Gallon
100
Broad cloath per yd.
250
French fait shoes each paire
50
Canvas per y'^
12
Blew Linnen per y''
10
Copper & Brass per y)<^
20
Pewter per p** .
16
Hoes, Axes & Bills
12
Carpenter, Mason & shine
31er each per
day
50
One Plantation cost:-
—
To y' Doctor per an'
,
SOOO
The Feild Overseer per an'
.
3600
To the Tayler for each N
egroes
suite makeing
10
Smiths Work in one year
ab'
.
2000
Levy of one Year
,
.
4000
Shoes for Countrey Serv*'
each
paire
.
35
The state of a Sugar Plantation.
There is now upon it 70 working Slaves 35 old & yong
ones, at p'sent fitt for little, & ab' 30 horses & cattle w*
two sugar workes two good mills, 11 copers & 3 stills &
apurtenances thereto belonging, one very good stone mansion
house with kitchin & other necessary outhouses, etc., also
down at towne two good large Storehouses consist^ of 5
severall tenem" so that y'= whole estate may be really worth
£8000. (Egerton MS. 2395, fo. 597.)
1681, April 15. At a meeting of the General Council
& Assembly of the Leeward Islands there were present : —
Gent" of the Conucill.
Cap' Chas. Pym,
Nich. Raynsford, Esq.,
L' Col. Jn° Estridge,
of Nevis.
Cap* Jn" Pogson,
Cap' Paul Lee,
Cap' Jn° Fry,
Cap' .In" Symes,
M-- W-" Fox,
Gent° of the Assembly,
M' Philip Lee, Speaker,
M^ Jas. Walker,
M^ Ralph Willet, Sp^
Cap' W" Willet,
Cap. Jn" Vernon,
L' Col. Tho. Mallett,
M^ Jn" Blake, Sp"',
L' Jn° Davis,
of S' X'phers.
of Antego.
of M'Serrat.
of Nevis.
of S' X'phers.
of Antego.
of M'Serrat.
The meetings of the General Council and As-
sembly were appointed at various times by the
Captain-General, and the members met to discuss
various matters of common interest, and to legislate
thereon.
On 16 Aug. Sir W" reported, that on 4 July last the
Indians lauded at Barbouda, & killed Cap' Francis Malham
& 7 others, having forced their block-house. Cap' Mal-
ham's wife & 2 children with a servant woman escaped.
Arrow-root is used to rub into wounds caused by their
poisoned arrows. In his next letter he bitterly complains
that the soldiers are starving, his own salary & their pay
being still unpaid & now running for the 4"' year. Cap'
X'pher Billop, commander of the ketch Deptford, overhauled
the ship Providence of London, Geo. Nanton Master, & she
not shewing colours he fired a shot at her. The Providence
FROM RESTORATION OP CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OY JAMES II. Ixv
returned her fii-e which killed 1 mau & wounded 6. He
then boarded her & brought her to Antigua where she was
condemned. Sir W. Stapleton begs to have her cargo of
217 negros & reminds the Board that he had to pay dearly
enough for the last gift of the Kings viz. £700 st. for the
70 Tobago slaves (see ante). £1500 st. had been recently
granted towards the erections of forts, etc., & one half was
received this year.
On 2-t Aug. was passed an Act for dividing the Island
into 5 parishes building churches & raising funds. The
parishes so formed were : —
S' Pauls to include Falmouth, Rendezvous Bay & part
of Willoughby Bay.
S' Philips to include part of Willoughby Bay, Nonsuch
& Belfast.
S* Peters to include Old & New North Sound.
S* .Johns to include Popeshead, Dixons Bay, S' Johns ;
& Five-Islands.
S' Marys to include Eoad & Bermudian Valley
Divisions.
On the same day was passed another Act, conferring on
Foreigners all the Freedom & Privileges enjoyed by British
subjects, & by this judicious policy many Protestant aliens
were attracted to the Island.
Dec. 7. 15 large Church Bibles ordered to be sent out.
Dec'' 10. A patent was this day passed to Cap' Rich''
Manning, of "Waste called Jollies Hill of 250 acres formerly
in the possession of — Jolly, at the yearly rent of an ear
of Indian corn. (Colonial Leeward Islands, No. 50.)
This Voyager (Dampier) writes largely of the Hurricane
that happened here in 1681, and of the Signs that it gave of
its coming, common with the Caribbean Hurricanes ; but
the most remarkable Accident in it, happened to a Ship of
120 Tons and ten Guns, commanded by Captain Gadbury,
who had careened his Ship in Musketo Cove, in S' John's
Harbour but a little before, and being warned by the
Planters of the approaching Hurricane, he moored his Ship
as secure as be could with all his Cables and Anchors,
besides some Cables which he made fast ashore to great
Trees ; and about Seven that Evening went ashore to a poor
Planter's House, about half a Mile from the Shore. By the
Time he and his Men were arrived at the House, the Wind
came on very fierce at North East, and veering about to
North and North West, settled there, bringing with it very
violent Rains. Thus it continued about four Hours, and
then fell flat Calm, and the Rain ceased.
In this Calm he sent three or four of his Men down to
the Cove, to see what Condition the Ship was in, and they
found her driven ashore dry on the Sand, lying on one Side,
with the Head of her Mast sticking into the Sand ; after
they had walked round her and viewed her a while, they
returned again to the Captain to give him an Account of
the Disaster, and made as much haste as they could, because
the Wind began to blow hard at South West ; and it blew
so violently before they recovered the House, that the
Boughs of the Trees whipt them sufl!iciently before they got
thither, and it rained as hard as before ; the little House
could scarce shelter them from the wet, for there was little
besides the Walls standing. Yet they staid till the next
Morning, and then coming to the Ship, found her almost
upright, but all the Goods that were in the Hold were
washed out. Hurricanes since that have been frequent in
this Island, but there was nothing iu them so extraordinary
as this. (' The British Empire in America,' by John
Oldmisou, vol. ii., p. 192.)
1682. In the Second Month Philip Snelling, for re-
fusing to pay Priests Wages, had taken ft-om him by James
Jones Constable, a pair of Stilliards worth 280 lbs. of Sugar,
by an order of William Barnes President. ( Besse.)
Oct. 10. At a meeting of the Council there were present :
Hon. Paul Lee President, Col. Rowl"^ Williams, Maj'' W""
Thomas, John Parry Esq., Cap. Fra. Carlile, Sam. Winthrop
Esq.
Nov. 14. W°» Blathwayt requests W" Freeman Esq.,
Col. Bastian Baijer & other Merch'' & planters at London
to attend the next meeting of the Com'ittee of Trade &
Plantations.
May 24. An Act was passed for sending Shalloops
against the Indians. This refers to Stapletons Expedition
to Dominica.
Deposition of Tho. Bisse of Nevis Merch' re a sloop
(taken by a privateer of Cape Cod) bound from Boston to
Virginia, belonging to Messrs. Loyde, Rich. Middlecott,
Anthony Haywod & Adam Winthrop Merch*' in Boston, &
now detained at S' Thomas value £1000 st. The Gov. of
Massachusetts writes to Sir W. Stapleton about it.
Petition of Benj. Middleton Esq., son & heir of Tho.
Middleton late Surveyor of the Navy, reciting that his
father spent £8000 st. on his plantation in Antegoa, but in
1667 the French burnt his houses & took away his coppers.
The Gov'' & Ass'y were very grateful to y'' petitioner's father
& to M'' .Jacob Lucey & exempted them from the late Act of
re-settlement.
Sir W. Stapleton in his reply to their Lordships, says
that Tho. Middleton before his death sold his great settle-
ment called " Middleton & Fletcher " to one Yeomans of
London who enjoyed it since the War, also M' Yeomans'
relict & successors. Tho. Middleton had another estate
all wood " Crabb Hall." Tho. Middleton & Jacob Lucie
were not exempted by the Act. Sir W"' has disposed of
Crabb Hall to 3 severall considerable families viz. to Capt.
Williams .300 acres, Francis Burton Lieut, of a troope of
horse 300 acres, & M''= Eliz. Williams 200 acres.
Endorsed :— "Received 26 Feb. 1682-3."
1683. On the 9th of the Fourth Month Henry Graydon
suffered Distress of 587 lb. of Tobacco, by Order of the afore-
said President (Wm. Barnes), being for the Maintenance of
one of the Priests. In the Sixth Month William Boon and
Phillip Snelling, for not going into the Field in Arms, were
sent to the Fort, and kept Prisoners there thirteen Days, by
an Order from Edward Powel the Governour : And iu
October, John Brown for the same Cause was committed
to the same Fort, and detained there some Days. (Besse.)
18 April. Nich. Raynsford & Capt. Sam. Jones are
both of the Council.
The Speaker early this year was John Yeamans.
May 25. John Vernon, Esq., takes the oaths and his
seat on the Council Board.
June 6. Sir W"" Stapleton writes to the Antiguan
Council, that he has appointed as Dep. Gov, Col. Edw.
Powell a soldier, whom the King had recommended to his
notice, & his commission is read accordingly.
25 Oct. Sam. Winthrop, Edw. Powell, W"' Barnes, Jn»
Parry, Jn° fifrye, Fra. Carlile, Nich. Raynsford & Jn"
Vernon all present at the Council meeting.
Petition of Merchants trading to the Leeward Islauds, re
the Debtors' Act, signed by : —
W" Barnes. Tho. Elliott. W'" Smyth.
Rob. Spencer. Row. S' John. Jn" AVestcotts.
Jn" Bokeby. Rich. Gary. Sam. Chambletfc.
Ph. Maiuing. Rich. Booth. Sam. Balle.
Jn° Jelferyes. Bast. Baipts. Tho. Hart (or
Jn° Saunders. Ja. Lucie. Hunt).
W"" Freeman. Jn° Cholmeley. Sam. Story.
Jn" Bawdon. Tho. Coulson. Alex"' Pollington.
Tho. Hunt. Pet. Cartwright. Clem' Tudway.
W" Baxter. Jn" Story. Jn" Mortimiro (?).
W" Wrayford. Jn» Pitt. Edw. Netheway.
Ju° Symkin.
15 June. Stapleton writes that he has just returned
from Indian-hunting at Dominica. We took 46 large
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THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
periagoes & quenous & burned 300 houses. Our expedition
consisted of 6 topsail Tessells with 8 sloops but they got
separated. He complains that the French have furnished
the Indians with fire arms. About 50 bowmen go to each
periagoe.
In Aug. Capt. Chas. Carlisle of H.M.S. frigott the
Francis brought out a few fresh recruits. He reported
later how he burnt a pyrate ship of 32 guns and a large
Btore-ship of 30() tuns at anchor at S' Thomas.
Sep. S'' Charles Wheeler dyed at his house in Warwick-
shire y" 8*'' Inst. (Jeaffreson MSS.) He was a former
Gov' of the Leeward Islands.
On 28 Sep. was forwarded a letter from His Maj'y, re-
citing his former one of 18 Mar. 1679-80, which was written
on hearing that Chas. Pym Esq. of the Council Cap. Jn°
Eddy (? Ady), Phil. Lee Speaker and L' Jos. Jory of Nevis,
had assisted Rich. Gary & Tho. Belchamber to land certain
negros, & oppose the agents of the R. African Co., & again
commanding Sir William to uphold the said Company's
agents.
On 1 Oct. Stapleton issued a circular notice to his
dep. Gov' that 2 or 3 elected persons, Gent" of the
Council, as also 2 or 3 Gent" of the Assembly (the
Speaker to be one) were to meet him at Nevis & the
like number from each island, to sit as a General Council
& Assembly.
A warrant was issued against D' Port a Romish priest,
& one Jasper Joyce who had threatened to kill those who
informed against him for saying Mass.
By a royal licence dated 17 Nov. Sir William received
permission to go home for 4 months.
By an Instruction dated 10 Dec. 34 Chas. II., it
was laid down that for the future the Dep. Gov', who
acted as Commander in Chief, etc., during the absence of
the Governor in chief, would enjoy one moiety of the salary
and fees.
1683-4, 27 Feb. Thos. Duncombe is now Speaker &
Major W" Barnes is appointed Agent in London.
1684, March 29. Sir W. Stapleton writes, that he had
sent L' Col. Pym & Col. W" Burt of the C' of Nevis with
others to S' Thomas, to demand satisfaction of the Danish
Gov, for harbouring pirates. They returned, having been
unsuccessful in their mission.
('Colonial Entry Book,' No. 47.)
The Council of Nevis recommend S' John Knight Jun'
of Bristol, who was formerly a trader among them, to suc-
ceed Stapleton. On 13 June Sir John complained to the
King that Stapleton was circulating tales to his detriment,
the' his Maj'^ had already decided that he was fit to
succeed him. Towards the autumn Sir W™ took his de-
parture for England leaving at the head of the government
Col. W"" Burt Dep. Gov' of Nevis.
John Yeamans was this year Speaker.
Sep. 30. Cap. John Yeamans, Major Arch. Cochran &
Capt. John Lingham take their seats at the C & are
sworn. Capt. Cfesar Rodeney was returned for the Road
DiV V. Capt. Jn" Yeamans called to the C & was also
chosen Speaker in his place.
On 28 Oct. Gov' Ed. Powell CjBsar Rodney Speaker,
signed an Act for ordering the prompt payment of wages
due from Masters to Servants, which were frequently un-
justly withheld. Shortly after this slaves were annexed to
Freeholds.
William Boon and Philhp Snelling, for not appearing in
Arms, were again sent to the Fort by Col. Thomas Mallet,
but after a few Days released by the Governour. In the
Fourth Month, Jonas Langford, by Warrant from the
Governour Edward Powel, had taken from him for Priest's
Wages, and for building a Worship-house, 8645 lb. of
Sugar. And in the next Month Edward Martin for the
same Cause suffered Distress of 54 lb. of Cotton Wool and
120 lb. of Sugar. Also from John Brown, for the like
Claims, were taken three Hogs weighing 380 lb. and worth
1140 lb. of Sugar. From Henry Graydon they took away
a saddle, and from Mary Green Widow, several Goods
not particularly specified. And before the Expiration
of the same Year, the Constables again took from Jonas
Langford, for the pretended dues of William .Jones Priest,
Goods or Money to the value of 940 lb. of Sugar. (Besse.)
Jonas Langford planter was required to give bond for
£2000 St. for Barrakiah Arnald commander of the pink
Hannah & Elizabeth of Boston & the following year a
petition was presented by her then commander Nathan
Stanberry. (Colonial Leeward Islands, No. 49.)
1685. Taken by Order of Governour Vaughan, for
Priest's Demands, from Henry Graydon 596 lb. of tobacco,
by John Richards Constable, who at the same Time also seized
120 lb. of Tobacco, to defray the Charges of nine Persons
whom he had unnecessarily employed to assist him in
making the Distress. (For an account of the persecution of
William Boon, see vol. i., p. 69.)
On the 29th of October this Year, a Mare worth 3500 lb.
of Sugar, was taken from Henry Graydon for his refusing
to bear Arms. (Besse.)
Charles II. died on 6 Feb. 1685.
16 Sep. Present at a Council Meeting held at
St. John's : —
Col. Edw-i Powell, Dep. Gov. Sam" Winthrop, Esq.
Coll. Row. Williams. flfra. Carliel, Esq.
John Parry, Esq. Arch* Cochran, Esq.
Nich. Raynsfurd, Esq. Jn" Fry, Esq.
John Vernon, Esq. Jn° Yeamans, Esq.
Jas. Robinson was their cl'k.
Tho. Duncombe, Speaker.
Sep. 30. Hen. Carpenter, Esq., is Agent for the Royal
African Co.
11 Oct. The Duke of Monmouth having been defeated,
it was ordered by their lordships, that all rebels transported,
must be bound for 10 years.
20 Oct. Sir William was in London this day.
1685-6, Feb. 14. Cap' Garden is authorised to pursue
& capture or kill 40 or 50 runaway slaves in the Mountains
who had been committing depredations.
Feb. 27. Chr. Codrington takes the oath & his seat at
the Council Board.
Feb. 27. By a warrant of this date a new great seal
was ordered, to be like the former but with the name of
Jas. II.
1686, April 2. The Assembly comprised : —
Rich. Ayres, Sam. Martin. John Hamilton.
Speaker. Cha. Gosse. Cuthbert .Jameson.
Fra. Burton. Tho. Gilliard. John Weire.
John Morris. Hen. Winthrop. Rich. Travels.
Geo. Symes. Rob. Garden. Aquilles Stoughton.
John Yeamans signs as one of the Council.
1686. To shew how dangerous it was for planters to cultivate
the small islands, take the case of Tortola. In Colonial Leeward
Islands, vol. ."JO, are the affidavits of Thomas Bisse, juu., of Tortola,
of full age 12 May, and of his father Captain Thomas Bisse, Deputy
Governor of that island, describing how a pirate crew landed there,
and beat his son, killed his slaves, and damaged his property to the
amount of £3327.
In early times the colonists were usually "cut off" by the
Indians, but in these latter and more civilised days they were liable
to be harassed and murdered by their own lawless countrymen.
The West Indies were always infested by these desperadoes, who
were frequently recruited from those sparsely-populated islands
which had no proper government, and were mostly inhabited by
fishermen, smugglers, and wreckers. They usually carried their
prizes to the Danish island of St. Thomas, where they disposed of
their plunder and refitted, paying a heavy commission to the Danish
Governor. These small Dutch and Danish colonies harboured as a
rule dishonest merchants, receivers of stolen goods, and rascals of
all descriptions.
FROM RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO ABDICATION OE JAMES II. Ixvii
8 April. Capt. Edwi Powell still Dep. Gov.
7 Aug. The death of Sir W. Stapleton at Paris being
announced, the King appointed Sir Nath. Johnsou to suc-
ceed him, whose patent was forthwith ordered to be drawn
out. On 28 Sep. his Instructions were issued by which he
was directed, that there were to be at least 7 Members of
Council to each island. No schoolmasters nor Ministers
were to be authorised, without the Bishop of London's
licence. The L' Gov'' of Nevis was to be always 2" in
command.
1687, 7 April. Rich* Ayres now Speaker.
3 June. Tho. Belchamber is sworn a Councillor of all
the islands.
Sir N. Johnson's first letter home was written on 10 Aug.
July 7. Muster roll of : —
Col. Thos. Hills ) 3 com'' officers, 7 non com'' do.,
Company of Foot j 73 privates.
Sir N. Johnsons ) 3 com'' officers, 7 non com" do.,
Company of Foot ) 70 privates.
28 Nov''. All the governments send an address on the
birth of the Prince of Wales.
1687, Aug. 10. Sir Nath. Johnson writes, that a
Lieutenant's place being vacant by the death of Capt.
Pogson " I have appointed M"" Fra. Overton to it who rid
in H.M. Guards," & in reference to " Col. W™ Burt's present
of 100,000 lbs. he being dead before ray arrival his Ex'or
& friends pretend ignorance. He (Burt) had done His
Maj'y good service." " Since my return from S' Christo-
phers S'' Jas. Russell L' Gov. of Nevis has died also Col.
Redmond Stapleton L' Gov. of Montserrat so I have ap-
pointed my kinsman M'' Nath' Blackiston who served abroad
but came to England to serve His Maj'^ at the Rebellion in
the West."
On 22 Dec, was passed " An Act for dividing the
Island into Parishes, and Maintenance of Ministers, the
Poor, and erecting and repairing of Churches."
1687-8, 20 Feb. Sir N. Johnson writes, that he has
received dayly complaints by the French Protestants, who
fly from the Islands to ours for shelter, & on their bended
knees implore his Ma'y' mercy here. The Gov'' of Nevis
gave up one during his absence & he was at once hung.
He asks for power to grant letters of denization ; to which
the King replied that he was to extend his protection to
them, & send home the lists, on receipt of which, letters of
denization would be forwarded. Many of these Huguenots
settled there permanently, becoming industrious and
respected planters.
3 March. The Gov"^ has appointed M' Hutcheson as
Attorney Gen' of the Leew'' I., who is of the Middle Temple,
of 5 years barr standing, practised in England & Ireland,
& came hither with him, recommended by the Earls of
Middleton & Carlingford. The goverm' of Antigua
promises him 200,000 lbs. yearly, on condition hs takes up
his residence there. He has allowed Roman Catholics to
build Chapels & exercise their religion & exempted them
from paying towards the maintenance of the Protestant
Ministers. ^
1688. The Assembly this year : —
Thos. Warner. Geo. Syms, Speaker. John Prynn.
Chas. Goss. Sam. Martin. Cuthbert Jameson.
Peter Lee. Edw. Byam. Rob' Garden.
John Roe. AV" Byam. John Lucas.
John Wear. John Hamilton. Rich. Traves.
Phille" Bird. John Gunthrop.
The Council :—
John Parry. Wm. Thomas. Sam. Winthrop.
John Vernon. Wm. Barnes. John Fry.
Arch. Cochran. ffi-a. Carlile. John Yeamans.
1688, 4 May. The 2 Companies of foot are to be dis-
banded & replaced. The Ordnance Office supplies 4 demi-
culverings, 10 sakers, and 6 minions for S- Johns Fort.
June 2. S'' Nath. Johnson writes: — " Ensign Mathews
of S"- Christophers is in possession of an estate there pur-
chased by the King for successive Gov'^ I have suspended
him & Joseph Crisp from the Council for not attending to
their duties & appointed John Barry & Dan Foggarthy a
Lieut, in my own Company.
" The Interloper ' Betty ' of Bristol Capt. John Burton
with 200 negros landed over 60 at midnight (? at S' Kitts)
which were seized by the L'^ Gov'' & am setting out for
Antigua with my family to improve that hithertoe neglected
Colony."
Arch" Hutcheson, the newly appointed Attorney
General, sends home a very lengthy report, dated 19 April
'88 : claiming " that Francis Lord Willoughby purchased an
estate at S* Christophers from Col. Philip Warner, for
30,000 lbs. & 30 negros for the use of the Gov for ever.
After the rendition of that island Col. Abednego Mathew
was appointed Dep. Gov. & procured a patent to himself &
his heirs & dying several years ago left Chas. Mathew his
son & heir who is now in wrongful possession of the estate."
Anno 1688. Taken from Henry Graydon, by John
Jones Constable, two Hogs worth 300 lb. of Sugar, which
were sold for four Pieces of Eight, which was but the Value"
of 196 lb. of Sugar. (Besse.)
On 16 Oct. King Jas. sends a circular letter to his
governors, announcing a great invasion which is expected
from Holland. The next official communication is on 12
Jan. 1688-9 from the Prince of Orange directing the use of
the old seal & the retention of all officers.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
CHAPTER VI.
WILLIAM AND MAEY. ANNE. 1689—1714.
On 13 February 1688-9 an Act was passed granting
to any soldier maimed in the defence of the Island
a pension of 3000 lbs., and if slain the like annual
sum to his widow, and j)rovision for the children at
the public charge.
On 28 March an Act was also passed for the es-
tablishment of Courts of Justice.
1688-9. In March there happened a terrible Earth-
quake in the Leeward Islands, Monserrat, Nevis and
Antego. In Nevis and Montserrat, no considerable Hurt
was done, most of the Buildings being of Timber ; but
where there were Stone Buildings, they were generally
thrown down, which fell very hard on Autego ; most of the
Houses, Buildings, Sugar-works, and Wind-mills being of
Stone. Sever.al Sloops felt the Violence of the Shake at Sea.
On the breaking out of the War between Eugland and
France, after the Revolution, the Inhabitants of Antego, as
well as those of the other Leeward-Islands, desired assistance
of the Governor and Government of Barbados ; and when
Sir Timothy Thornhill had raised his Regiment, he sailed
with them to Antego, where he arrived on the b*^ of August,
and received the unwelcome News, that the Fort at
S' Christopher's was surrendered to the French, on Monday
the 29th of July 1689 upon Articles. Sir Timothy knowing
his Strength to be too inconsiderable to attack an Island so
well fortified as S' Christopher's, and the Government of
Antego solliciting him to continue with them till the Arrival
of the English Fleet, which was daily expected ; he agreed
to their Proposals, and landed his Regiment there, which
he quartered in the Town of Falmouth, about the same Big-
ness as that of S' John's Town.
After a Month's Continuance in this Island, Lieutenant-
General Codrington .sent three Sloops manned with 80 Men
of Sir Timothy's Regiment, under the Command of Capt.
Edward Thorn, from Falmouth, to fetch the English, with
their Goods and Stocks, from the Island of Anguilla, where
they had been miserably abused and destroyed by some
Irish, whom the French had landed there for that Purpose.
Before Sir Timothy Thornhill's Arrival, and during his
Stay at Antego, the Indians of the neighbouring Islands,
who were in League with the French, lauded several Times
upon that Island, killing those Inhabitants who lived near
the Sea (to the Number of 10), and then making their
Escape in their swift Periagas. These Pyratical Excursions
were all the People of Antego suffered by the Enemy.
General Codrington ordered several Sloops that were good
Sailers to pursue them, but the Periagas were too nimble for
them : To prevent the like Damage for the future, strict
Guard was kept on the Coasts.
About the Middle of September, a French Privateer
landed his Men at Five-Islands, near Antego, and took oif
some Negroes. As he was going away with his Booty, he
met with two English Sloops, one of which, after some
Resistance, he took ; the other making her Escape, came
in, and gave an Account of the Action : Upon which
Sir Timothy sent out two Sloops manned, with a Company
of Grenadiers, under the Command of Captain Walter
Hamilton, who next Day brought her in with her Prize.
On board the Privateer were 30 French and six Irish Men ;
the latter were tried by a Court Marshal, and four of them
hanged. In November Sir Timothy Thornhill removed to
Nevis, at the Desire of the People of that Island.
The Inhabitants of Autego raised 300 men, who were
commanded by Col. Hewetson ; and landing on an Island
belonging to the French, called Mary-Galanta, they beat
the Inhabitants into the Woods, burnt their Town, nailed
down their Guns, demolished their Fort, and returned back
to Antego with the Plunder of the Island.
Lieutenant General Codrington (for as yet he had not
received his Commission of Captain-General) remained at
Antego, while Sir Timothy Thornhill went from Nevis
against S' Bartholomew's and S' Martin's : While he was
upon the latter. Monsieur Decasse came down with 700 Men
from S' Christopher's, to the Assistance of the French ; the
Major General (for such was Sir Timothy's Commission)
dispatched away a Sloop, with an Express to the Lieutenant
General at Antego, to acquaint him with his Condition, and
desire him to send some Ships to his As.sistance. Accord-
ingly General Codrington ordered Col. Hewetson, with
about 200 Men from Antego, aboard three Sloops, under
Convoy of three Men of War, one of 40 Guns, and two of
20, fitted out for that Purpose, to sail to S* Martin's, where
he arrived the 30"" of January, 1689-90. The French
Ships who were at Anchor near the Island, attacked the
English Frigats ; and after four Hours Dispute, with little
or no Damage on Col. Hewetson's Side, they bore away.
(Oldmixon's ' British Empire in America,'
vol. ii., p. 199.)
On 11 July 1689 the Governor and Council of
St. Kitts vn'ote that the Irish of Montserrat, pro-
tected by the French, bad destroyed the Windward
part of St. Kitts, doing £15,000 damage, and that
the inhabitants had taken refuge in the Fort.
On 14 July the following members of the Legis-
lature signed a letter sent to the Privy Council : —
Sam. Martin, Wm. Byam. J. Parry.
Speaker. Cuthb' Jameson. Wm. Thomas.
John Hamilton. Chas. Goss. Fra. Carlile.
John Gunthorpe. John Weir. Sam. Winthrope.
Edw. Byam. Ch'' Codrington John Yeamans.
Peter Lee. (Gov'). Arch. Cochran.
The Governor writes that the French have been
beaten off Barbouda, and he has sent the Irish from
Nevis to Jamaica.
On 10 August the Duke of Bolton's regiment
was ordered for the Leeward Islands, and the
strength of Lieut.-Colonel Holt's was estimated at
930 men.
On the 12th Lieut.-General Codrington wrote
that Sir N. Johnson* quitted Antigua for South
Carolina, and on the 15th, that "Yesterday arrived
800 men from Barbados under Sir Timothy
Thornhill."
On the 20th Governor Thomas Hill wrote from
Nevis that St. Kitts bad been captured by the enemy
after eighteen days' siege ; that at the time of
capitulation the English had but two rounds left for
the guns ; that 1200 men were then at Nevis ; and
that the Governor of Barbados had sent Sir Timothy
Thornhill with 800 men to Antego. Captain James
Pbipps was among the killed at St. Kitts, where 500
English fought against 2000 French.
* " Sir N. Johnson one of y" Contractors of y° Hearth money
Knighted at Whitehall 28 Dec. 1680 Governor of South Carolina
for the proprietors the Lord Craven & others in 1705." (Le Neve's
' Knights.')
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixix
Sir John Berry gives in to the Board the following
list of the squadron intended for the West Indies,
the ships being provisioned for 200 to 300 days : —
Men. Guns.
Arch-Angell . 200 —
Berkley-Castle . 200 48
Princess Anne . 200 —
Sampson . . 220 50
Bannihall . . 200 —
Samuell & Henry ISO 44 for Newfound-Land.
Scepter . .160 40
Coronation . . 200 48 t
Success . . 200 48 Mor Newfoimd-Land.
George . . 200 48 1
Smi/rna-merc/iant 110 34
Supplu . . 110 34
Pinal instructions were given to the Admiral on
2 December.
The following merchants trading to the Leeward
Islands sign a petition : —
John Symkins. Samson Gideon. Wm. Freeman.
Wm. Ivatt. Nath. Sanders. Chr. Jeaffreson.
H. Young. Wm. Hare. Jos. Martyn.
Ben. Newland. Jn° Westrot. Jn° Gardner.
Geoff. Nightingale. Wra. Thornbnrgh. AVill. Barnes.
Gilb' Heathcote. Wm. Willett. Wm. Wrayford.
Tho. Hunt. Wm. Barnes. Jos. Ball.
Jos. Jorye. Jn" Morris. Ben. Edwards.
Alex. Pollington. Nath. Carpenter. Sam. Ball.
Jn° Vickers. Edm. Scrope. Ralph Willett.
Rich. Carye. Jas. Walker. Phil. Danes.
Randol Russell. Bastian Baijer. Christoph. Oliver.
(America and West Indies, No. 550.)
Oct. 16. Colonel Christopher Codrington has
been made Captain-General.
The great fortress on Monk's Hill was commenced
this year.
Dec. 15. A commission was drawn up for
Captain William Dobyns to be Lieut. -Governor of
Antigua vice Captain Foulkes, who was Lieut.-
Governor and surrendered that Island ; and he is to
go out with the fleet.
1690. In June Admiral Wright arrived at Nevis
with a squadron of ten men of war, besides transports,
which sailed on the 16th with 3000 men on board.
July. Governor Codrington sends home a long
narrative of events, announcing his recapture of
St. Christopher^s from the French : —
The English forces numbered 2500 all told viz. : Col.
Holt's English Reg', the Barbados one under S'' T. Thorn-
hill, the Antiguan one under Col. Rowl'' Williams, two from
Nevis under Col. Chas. Pym & Col. Edw. Earle, the Mont-
serrat one under Col. Nath' Blakiston, and the Marine
under Col. Hegwyn, commander of the Assistance frigott.
They landed in Frigott Bay with the loss of 10 killed &
30 wounded, & among which latter were Sir T. Thornhill,
Cap* Byam & Cap' Quimby. After making themselves secure,
he sent 400 men in the night to flank the enemy & afterwards
drove the French from their trenches into which Cap' Garden
was the first to enter. The loss at this point was 18 killed & 40
wounded. The Antigua Keg' had the brunt of the fighting.
Basseterre was then taken possession of, & next day, Sunday
22 June, the troops attended divine service there.
He writes later, that he has sent 550 best French fii'e-
men to Hispaniola, 800 men women & children to
S' Martins, & the French Gov with 50 men & 200 women
& children to Martinico.
Oct. 14. The Governor writes that 200 of the
Army died at Nevis, and 200 more out of the English
Regiment, and the Barbados one is now only 250
from the sickness.*
The King at once ordered 400 recruits to be
despatched.
The exclusive patent of the Royal African Com-
pany to supply the islands with slaves was revoked,
and the trade thrown open. Population now 6000.
(Southey.)
1690-], Feb. 15. The Governor says that Nevis
has lost 1500 men from sickness ; Colonel Williams
takes care of Antigua, without salary, but he sug-
gests to their Lordships that the Deputy- Governor
should have fixed pay.
Taken from the said Henry Graydon, by Richard Oliver,
foi' William Loaders Priest, 127 lb. of Cotton, equal in Value
to 508 lb. of Sugar. Taken also from the said Heniy, one
good Horse worth 5000 lb. of Sugar, for a Fine of about
800 lb. of Sugar, for his refusing to bear Arms. Taken
also from Jonas Langford, by Richard Oliver, for the said
Priest Loaders, three Hogsheads of Sugar, and Cash, worth
4085 lb. of Sugar. (Besse.)
1G91, May 28. Letter from Colonel Christopher
Codrington, dated at Antigua, to Colonel Bastian
Baijer, merchant at London, describing his doings in
the late expedition : —
How he burnt their chief town, destroyed the best part
of Guadaloup, made a breach in the fort, & was ready for
the assault when the French fleet of 11 ships, 2 or 3 of
them men-of-war, appearing. Captain Wrightj ordered the
whole of the Marine Reg' on board. Tho French Adm.
Be Gasse had 500 troops with him. We set sail and early
next morning the 2 fleets became intermixed, & th° we
might have destroj'ed theirs with ease Capt. Wright sig-
nalled to his ships to withdraw & only 1 of their vessells was
destroyed. He never saw so much cowardice & treachery &
begs Col. Bayer to inform their lordships & to get Capt.
Wright superseded.
The English force numbered 1800 men in the
attack on Gua.daloupe.
About this time four eminent West Indian
merchants resident in London were ajjpointed by
the Piivy Council Committee as Commissioners for
the affairs of the Leeward Islands. Their names
were : Bastian Baijer, a native of Antigua ; Joseph
Martin; Richard Cary, formerly of Antigua, and
later Governor of the Bank of England ; and Christo-
pher Jeaffreson, of a well-known family at St. Kitts.
They recommend on 22 May that Colonel Rowland
Williams be appointed Clerk of the Navy, and his
patent was made out in June.
A General Assembly sat at St. John's in March,
consisting of : —
Council.
Gen' Codrington.
Jn" Yeamans.
Walter Symonds.
W"' Helme.
Tho. Simmons.
W"' Fox.
Assembly.
Anth° Hodges, Speaker.
Jn" Gunthrop.
Edw. Byam.
Phil. Dewitt.
Rich. Brodbelt.
Jn° Scott.
* The ravages of yellow fever aud dysentery had always caused
a greater loss to the troops in the tropics than actu.il warfare.
t Laurence Wright, Captain of H.M.S. ■' Mary."
h
Ixx
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
On 18 January was received the petition of Cap-
tain Edward Thorne : —
That ill 1680 he gavo up £500 worth of arms at An-
tigua to the General, & that he & Maj' Jos. Crisp went to
Barbados for help, & induced Sir T. Thornhill to assist with
700 men. They charge Codringtou with keeping back the
plunder.
Jan. Christopher Codrington writes to the King
thanking him for having appointed him Captain-
General.
1692 ? List of Council in Antigua in their
seniority, undated : —
1. John Parry, Esq., chief judge of Falmouth
Precincts, President.
2. Col. Row. Williams, Commander of the Militia.
3. John Prye, Esq. 4. Col. Fia. Carlile.
5. John Yeamans, Esq., Chief Judge of S' John's
Precincts.
6. Tho. Duacombe, Esq. 7. Maj'' Edw. Byam.
1693. In April an abortive attack was made on
St. Pierre, Martinique, with a large force of 4000 or
5000 men, under the command of Sir Francis
Wheeler, with whom was also Governor Codring-
ton and the Volunteers from the Leeward Islands.
The expedition failed owing to sickness among the
troops and friction between the commanders, so the
fleet repaired to Boston.
From an undated list of the officers, etc., dead in the
eqnadrun since leaving England, it appears that there died
6 Commanders, 3 Lieutenants, 3 Masters, & 668 men.
Col. Goodwins Reg' lost 1 Colonel, 1 Major, 6 Captains, 10
Lieutenants & Ensigns, & Col. Foulkes' one lost Col.
Foulkes, Cap* Murray, & 6 Subalterns.
Aug. 3. Colonel Thomas Hill, Deputy-Governor
of St. Kitts, has been suspected of conniving at
illicit trade with St. Thomas.
Thomas Bartlett, Clerk to the Assembly, is paid a
salary of 3000 lbs. a year.
Benjamin Wickham and Sam Hilder are Coroners,
and Samuel Martin Treasurer.
Aug. 29. Colonel John Hamilton and Major
Samuel Martin take their seats at the Council Board
after the usiial oaths.
Aug. 30. Major Philemon Bird to be powder
officer.
Nov. 6. Governor Codrington writes that Colonel
Lloyd went up to Barbados and there died.
1693-4, Jan. 11. A patent was ordered to be
drawn out for Mr. William Barnes to be Provost-
Marshal vice Mr. Thomas Belchamber, deceased.*
1694. The regiment at the Leeward Islands,
formerly commanded by Colonel Godfrey Lloyd,
deceased, is now Colonel Holt's.
List of Offic" of Coll. Holts Regiment.
Standing Offic" to the five Companies Establisht
from the first of May 1695.
Col. Hen. Holt. L' Adrian Van Alphen.
Maj-- Eaw<i Nott. L' Henry Pearne.
Cap'" Tho. Delavall. Ensign Osenberg.
Cap' Dav"* Ganspoel. Ensign Rob' Baron.
C : Chrisf Codrington. Ens : Rob' Coningham.
* The -will of Thomas Belchamber of Nevis, Esq., was dated 23
May 1693 ; sworn there 12 August, and proved P.C.C. 21 November
1693.
Cap'" Licaten' Powell. iOnsignc Home.
Lieu' Rich'i Garth. Ensign Sharpe.
Cap'" Jo" Lyons who is to have
the first vacant Company.
Reform'd Offic'% who are to receive halfe Pay during their
actuall Service & attendance on the Regiment, and to
be replaced upon the first vacancies in their respective
Qnalities & according to their Senioritys, Capt"
Henry {sic) Lyons being first to be provided for as
above : —
Captains. L' . . . . Booth.
Cap'" Tho. Holt. L' John Sanderson.
Cap'" Jo" Pigott. L' Jo" Yeomans.
Cap'" Etlwi Norton. L' Fran. Smith.
Cap'" Jo" Forder. Ensigns.
Cap'" Paul de Brisac. ^imgn John Meauls.
Lieutenants. Ensign John Codrington.
L' John Tvyons. Ensign Samuell Clark.
L' Geo. Harrison. Ensign .... Ijacassee.
L' Sam" Broadbelt. Ensign Charles Webb.
1/ Rich' Holt. Ensign Rad. Palmer.
L' Cliarl Lloyd. Ensign Tho. Blish.
L' Demeny de Fuckingberg.
By his Majes'J" Command,
William Blathwayt.
The following list is also given : —
Cap''. John Yeamons.
Engo Co" Henry Holt.
L' Co" E^" Nott.
Engd Maj'- Tho. Delavall.
Eng-i Nathan" Blakiston.
Irel'' Henry Lyons.
Christop' Codrington.
Eng*" David Gonspoell.
Thomas Holt.
John Piggott.
James Norton.
Flan'' Godfrey Lloyd.
John Forster.
Leiu''*
Cap' L' Jiihn Powell.
Richard Garth.
Charle Loyd.
John Sanderson.
Richard Holt.
Henry Peareti.
Adrian Van-Alpan.
Rich'' Harrison.
Samuell Broadbelt.
Dominicus De-Fauconbege.
Samuell Smith.
John Lyons.
Ensignes.
Gasparus Van-Osenbergh.
Edward Barron.
Robert Cuningham.
John Coddrington.
Samuell Clark. Eng".
William Sharpe.
Samuell Home. Eng''.
Radney Palmer.
Charles Webb.
Charles Thornhill.
Thomas Biffe.
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John Miles.
Arthur Booth.
All the officers except those marked are all with the
Regim't in the West Indies.
Shortly after 1694 this regiment was reduced
from 13 companies of 60 men to 5 companies of
100 men.
1696. Edward Walrond, Esq., having accused
Mr. Palmer, a Member of the Council and Secretary-
General of the Leeward Islands, of saying " that the
Court of England was as much debauched now as
ever; that the King kept a Miss openly and the
Queen chiefly delighted in Bawdy songs. Masques,
Plays, etc.," the Council recommended his suspension.
His Majesty and Privy Council on receiving their
rej)0rt ordered his removal from all his offices, by
warrant dated at Whitehall 11 Feb. 1696-7, and
Edward Parsons was appointed Secretary in his place.
John Palmer in his defence stated that he was
ensign in the war of 1672, under Colonel William Burt.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxi
In the Year ICOG, the Hastings Frigat was here, and
sailed for London, Convoy to a small Fleet of 11 Ships,
which were above eleven Weeks in their Voyage.
(Oldmixon, vol. ii., p. 201.)
1697, May 1. List of the Council : —
John Yearaans, Esq. Major Edw. Holt.
Row. "Williams, Esq. Major Sam. Martin.
Fra. Carlile, Esq., Snper- Tho. Dnncomli, Esq.
annuated. John Palmer, Esq.
John ffry, Esq., Superannnated. Hen. Holt, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq.
It was ordered on 29 July that fiftj' women con-
victs in Newgate be sent to the Leeward Islands.
General Codrington about this time forwarded a
proclamation to New Yoi'k and New England, in-
viting people over to settle the French lands in
St. Christopher's.
July ch-ca. Captain James Norton j)etitious
that Colonel Thomas Hill,* Deputy-Governor of
St. Christopher's, is lately arrived at Liverpool, and is
since dead there, and asks to be appointed in his place.
Endorsed :— " Read 10 August 1 697. Granted."
Sep. Governor Codrington writes that they have
lost their best privateer briganteen, which blew up
soon after leaving Antigua, by which 50 men were
killed. The French have hitherto captured three of
their sloops.
On 8 Feb. the Governor suspended the Hon.
Thomas Duncomb.
Edward Walrond made numerous complaints to
the home Government against the General.
1698. The Council and Assembly of Antigua
state that the General Council aud Assembly consist
of two Members of the Council and three of the
Assembly, who are chosen for each island, and they
suggest that in future each island should send up
five Members of Assembly instead of three.
June 10. Governor Codrington writes that he
had reduced St. Christopher's and three other islands
— St. Eustatia, St. Bartholomew, and St. Martin's.
By the Treaty of Ryswick it was agreed that the
French lands at St. Kitts should be restored to their
former owners, and English Commissioners were
nominated on 5 July to see the same carried out.
John Lucas, Esq., having been very unjustly im-
prisoned by Codrington, complained bitterly of his
arbitrary conduct, and wrote that he had been sent
to prison, and £5000 bail refused, because he had
written to Lord Orford. Lord Lucas acted as a
mediator in the quarrel.
Governor Codrington seems to have treated the
above John Lucas, Esq., a late Speaker, with great
injustice. The latter had written home making
certain complaints ; he was then tried for libel, and
a verdict of £2000 damages given against him, and
shortly afterwai'ds thrown into prison and £5000
sterling bail demanded. The affair ended with the
death of General Codrington, which was reported by
Deputy-Governor John Teaman s to have taken place
on Wednesday morning 20 July.
» The will of Thomas Hill, Esq., Lieut.-General of H.M. Lee-
ward Islands aud Lieut.-Governor of St;. Kitts, was dated at Nevis 5
April 11197 ; proved P.C.C. the 2Uth Ootober following.
On 22 December an Act was passed for electing
an Agent who was to be nominated annually by the
Governor. His salary was fixed at jglOO sterling
j'early over and above needful charges and expenses,
and his chief duty was to negotiate the various
Island Laws for confirmation by Royal assent.
Dec. 31. The Council of Nevis -^Vrite home on
31 December announcing that owing to the death of
General Codrington and of Colonel Thomas Hill, and
the suspension of Colonel Samuel Gardner, Lieut.-
Governor of Nevis, they have taken on the Govern-
ment. On 4 February they further write to say
that Colonel Collingwood and his Regiment have
arrived at Nevis in Admiral Benbow's fleet.
l(;i)8-9 ? In January 1G99 Admiral Benbow arrived
at the Leeward-Islands, having Col. Collingwood's Regiment
on Board, Part of which was quartered in Antego, and Part
in the other Islands. The Governor having received some
more forces from England, to make up the loss of these,
most of them having died in the Islands, resolved, on the
breaking out of the present War, to attack the French at
Guardaloup. The Merchants of Antego had equip'd several
Privateers ; which, in Conjunction with some Privateers of
the other Islands, and a Squadron of Men of War, made a
Strength at Sea too mighty for the French. He raised a
Regiment of Soldiers in Antego, of which Colonel Byam
was Colonel ; and the other Leeward-Islands furnished Men
also for this Enterprize. (Oldmixon, vol. ii., p. 202.)
1698-9, Jan. 27. List of Assembly :—
Nath. Sampson, Gent.
W"' Grear, Gent.
Rich. Oliver, Gent.
Abra. Swan, Gent.
Fra. Rogers, Gent.
Cain Osborne, Gent.
Jn° Painter, Gent.
Nath. Crump, Gent.
Cap. .In° Weir, absent.
M'' Rob. Freeman, sick.
Geo. Gamble, Speaker.
W'" Thomas, Gent.
Hen. Lyons, Esq.
Pet. Lee, Esq.
Sam. Watkins, Gent.
Cap. Steph. Duer.
Cap. Jn° Roe.
Cap. Jn° Lyons.
W"' Lavington, Gent.
Cap. Rob. Martin.
Cap. Jn" Ker.
The quartering of Colonel Collingwood's regi-
ment was discussed and Colonel Holt's named.
On 25 March his Majesty ordered that Colonel
Christopher Codrington's commission as Captain-
General was to be prepared. The new Governor was
nephew to the late one, and had a good reputation as
a scholar and soldier.
1699. * List of Council prepared by their lordships.
"' Antisroa.
M' Gary's observa-
tions upon Coll.
Codrington's List.
Suspended.
Gon to Jamaic
In England.
Ju" Yeomans (
Eowl' Williams I
Fran. Carlile /
Jn° Fry (
Jn" Hamilton
EdW Byam
Sam' Martin I
Tho' Duncomb \
John Palmer.
Hen. Holt."
M' W.'s obs'vations upon Coll.
Codrington's List,
of great Estate sence &
Reputation.
Super annuated.
of good Estate and Repute.
Treas', of good sence & repute,
of great Estate, good sence and
Repute.
" Antigoa.
M' Gary's List to M' W.'s Observations upon
fill up vacancies. M' Gary's List.
Jn» Otto Bayer of good Estate & repute. A Dutchman.
Jn" Tankard I Supernumerary and neith. of them great
Hen. Pearn I Estates. , „ . , „ .
Jn° Fry, jun' A young Gent, of good Estate and Repute.
Edw' Parsons of good sence and Repute."
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
" 1699. Antigoa.
M' Weaver's List
M' Gary's observations (to fill future
upon M' Weaver's List. vacancies).
Tho. Duncomb.^
Character.
A factious trouble-
some fellow.
Edw" Walrond'.^
Nath. Sampson.
Rioh. Lighfoot.
John Lucas
Philemon Bird.
John Roe.
Jn° Vernon.
W' Thomas.
( Isaac Horsford.
[RichJ Oliver,
Geo. Gamble
many years Speaker of y'
Assembly.
Of good Estate, sence, and
Reputation.
present Speaker.'
Honest men of
small Estates.
A factious trouble-
some fellow.
"18 July. Names agreed on by y« Board to be Councell" Antigoa.
Coll. Era. Collingwood, L' Gen'.
Jn» Yeamans. Sam. Martin.
Rowl"' Williams. Tho. Duucomb.
Fran. Carlile. Edw. Parsons.
Jn° Fry, Sen'. Jn° Corbet.
Jn" Hamilton. Jas. Thynne."
Edw'' Byam.
1699. At a meeting of the Assembly in July it
was decided that a platform should be built at
Parham and 7 great guns purchased. The seat of
Mr. William Laviugton had become vacant by his
death, and another member, Mr. William Thomas,
had gone off to England.
On 14 December the following tax was ordered
to be levied over and above the 1 lb. per acre by
Lord Willoughby's Act : —
lbs.
350,000
240,000
36,000
626,000
52,242
678,242
6 lbs. of sugar per acre
30 „ ,, per head on 8000 uegros
6 „ „ per head on 6000 cattle
On ground rents in town & trade
The public debts amounted to 676,242 lbs. at
12s. 6d. per cent.
1699-1700, February 1. At a New Session held
at St. John's the following returns were made : —
For
S' Johns towne.
S' Johns Division.
Nonsuch.
Justices taking the
Election.
Peter Lee, Esq' Cap' John Otto |
M' Thomas Long I
Peter Lee, Esq' M' Richard Oliver |
Cap' John Gamble )
Henry Lyons, Esq' Henry Lyons, Esq' (
Cap' Charles Loyd )
Henry Pearne, Esq' Peter Lee, Esq' | Old road and Ber-
Cap' John Roe 1 moodian valley.
Edw" Byam, Esq' Laurence Crabb, Esq' ( q;^ ^^^^-^^ g ^^^^
Cap' Nathaniell Crump )
laurence Crab, Esq' M' Nathaniel Sampson i -n if ^
M' Abraham Swan ) ^^^^^^1.
Sam" Martyu, Esq' M' George Thomas Five Islands.
Peter Lee, Esq' Cap' George Gamble I Popeshead and
M' Samuel Watkius ( Dicks'" bay. ■
Henry Lyons, Esq' M' Kean Osborne | Falm" and Rende-
M' Barry Tankard f vouz bay.
Henry Lyons, Esq' Cap' John Lyons t.7-,, vi t.
M' BaldwinJohnson } Willoughby Bay.
Edw"* Bya', Esq' M' John Painter I „ ,,
Francis Rogers f New north sound.
George Gamble was chosen Speaker nem. eon., and
the Hon. John Yeamans was appointed to act as
Chief Justice with a salary of £200 a year.
1700, October 18. The Governor writes from
Nevis that Colonel Michael Smith, the Lieut. -Governor
of that Island, is dead.
Col. James Norton, L' Gov"" of S' Kitts, having been
unanimously proved guilty of charges of cruelty to his
indentured apprentice, is dismissed from all his offices by
the Gov' & C.
Col. Tho. Delavall, L' Gov of Moutserrat, is dead; M'
Parson, who is the senior Member of Council there, being
factor of the Royal African Co., cannot serve ; Cap. Wm. Fox,
the next, being aged & indisposed declines ; so Codrington
has appointed Col. Anth° Hodges to succeed as Ij' Gov''.
December 11. Mr. Long, a member of the
Assembly, having been sent for thrice and not
appearing, was fined 10 lbs.
December 23. A tax was this day imposed ou
9000 negros and £500 c. voted for a monument
in England to the late General Codrington. The
Postmaster was to receive 3d. per letter, and to pay
Id. to the person delivering letters to him. A member
of the Assembly received 6s. for each day's attendance.
1700-1. New Sessions January 16.
Baldwin Johnson, Gent. | Willoughby bay.
Jn« Lyons, Esq' Henry Lyons, Esq' j ^^^^^^],_
Chas. Loyd, Gent. I
Walter Quarm, Esq' Rich. Oliver, Gent. [ g, j^j^^^ Division.
Nath. bampson, Gent. I
Jn" Lyons, Esq' Cap. Isaac Horsford | Falmouth & Rende-
Nath. Monk, Gent. ( vouz bay.
Ed. Byam, Esq' Jn" Painter, Gent. | ^^^^ ^^^^^ g^^^^
Fran. Uogers, Gent. )
Hen. Pearn, Esq' Peter Lee, Esq' | Old Road & Ber-
Jn" Fry, Gent. I mudian Valley.
Walter Quarm, Esq' Geo. Gamble, Esq' I
Cap. Jn" Otto
S' Johns Town.
Ed. Byam, Esq' Laur. Crabb, Esq'
Cap. Nath. Crump
Laur. Crab, Esq' Cap. .In" Kerr
Abra. Swan, Gent.
Peter Lee, Esq' Sam. Watkins, Gent.
Fran. Rogers, Gent.
Sam. Martin, Esq' Geo. Thomas, Gent.
Old North Sound.
Belfast Division.
I
f
I
(
I Popeshead & Dicki-
j sons bay.
Five Islands.
George Gamble was chosen Speaker, and among
various rules passed were the following : —
1. The votes of the House to be secret & any member
publishing the same to be expelled.
2. 3/- fine for swearing & cursing.
3. Any member interrupting another to be fined a piece
of eight.
4. The Speaker to be addressed by a member standing,
a 3/- fine for omission to do this.
5. No smoking allowed ; fine of 3/-.
6. Dinner to be at 12.
Francis Rogers, i-eturned for two places, elected
to sit for New North Sound.
Colonel Ed. Fox, before the arrival of Christopher
Codrington as Lieut.-General, having passed certain
acts, their Lordships directed by their letter of 11
December 1700 that they should be confirmed by the
Assembly.
James Weatherill, Gent., was returned for the
vacancy for Popeshead.
1701. List of Forts & Guns at Antigoa.
o. T 1 T? t f 13 Gunns, Mounted I from 12 to 4
S' Johns Fort< \^ , ? ,.
16 ,, Unmounted J rounders.
Platform at the Old Road, 6 smal Guns, all 3 Pounders.
Willoughby Bay, one I small Platform with about 6
Falmouth Town, one J guns each.
Parham our Second Town of Trade. We have no Guns.
Nevis at this time was the most powerful and the
best supplied of the Leeward Groui), having 23 good
guns in numerous forts.
May 30. The death of Nathaniel Sampson, Gent.,
was announced, and Major John Lyons having gone
off the Island, there were two vacancies created in
the Assembly.
Geo. Underwood Hill Gent, of A. petitions that M"' Par-
sons Sec'' G' is dead. Pef has lived for some years at A. &
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxiii
has been bred to the law & applies for the post. (Endorsed: —
"Received 13 Nov. 1701.")
Nov. 27, 1.3 W"' III. Patent to Hen. Carpenter Esq.
to be Sec'' G' v. Edw. Parsons Esq. deceased.
On Christmas Day Major Samuel Martin vras
xaurdered by his slaves, vrliich created such a panic
that on 30 December 1000 cartridges were ordered to
be served out to each Captain of a Company, and
10,000 vrere to be lodged in the Magazine, as a pre-
caution against any spreading of the insubordination
among the blacks.
December 30. Governor Codrington writes in
connection with the murder of Major Samuel Martin
by his slaves : —
"We have lost a very usefull Man in Major Martin next
to Governour Yeamans." . ..." I am afraid he was guilty
of some unusual Act of Severity or rather some indignity
towards the Coromantes, for they are not only the best and
most faithfull of our Slaves, but are really all born Heroes,
there is a differance between them and all other Negroes
beyond what 'tis possible for your lordships to conceive.
There never was a Rascall or Coward of that Nation.
Intrepid to the last degree. Not a man of them but will
stand to be cut in pieces without a Sigh or Groan gratefull
and obedient to a Kind Master, but implacably revengefull
when ill treated, my Father who had studied the genius and
temi^er of all kinds of Negroes 45 years," etc.
December. The General Assembly voted £1200
sterling to Governor Codrington for a piece of plate.
May 4. War declared against Prance and Spain.
The following account of land forfeited to the
public for non-payment of taxes, was handed in at a
meeting of the Assembly 1 December 1719 : —
Antigua. May 20"', 1702.
Names of persons to whom the land Acres of lb. of Sugar
did belong. Land. or Tobacco.
To John Merchant, Sen. 52 6,154
„ Thomas Williams 30 .3,035
„ Estate of Darby Noonane 40 4,594
„ Estate of William Pike 30 1,320
„ Estate of George Turphery 35 4,645
„ Estate of Andrew Joyce 200 16,045
„ Barth" Barrett for Johnson 30 2,095
„ Estate of John Lingham Green Isl'' 60 2,545
„ David Fuller 15 1,490
„ Estate of John Green 20 1,025
„ William Stevenson for Suttons Est» 30 3,754
„ Estate of John Cobb 50 1,900
„ Estate of Darby Collins 20 1,430
„ William Burden 10 200
„ Rich-i Dash wood, ab' 25 2,150
„ Edward Gratrex 60 3,132
„ Estate of S'' W>" Stapleton 125 6,100
„ the lady Penelope Russell 60 3,650
„ Estate of Moyle Johnson 75 3,450
„ James Budds 90 6,110
„ Maj"- Thomas Delavale 1000 27,000
2047 101,824
The above Lands were published for non-payment of the
aforementioned Sums according to Act of this Island.
1702. A clause in an Act, dated 28 June, pro-
vided for the erection of a cage, pillory, stocks,
■whipping -post, and ducking-stool in each town.
By another Act five Commissioners were appointed
for St. John's, and five for Falmouth Precincts, for
the regulation and suf)ervision of all public ponds.
An Act was passed this year for the better
government of slaves and free negroes, and by
clause 9 a slave striking and wounding a white could
be punished by slitting of the nose, cutting ofE a
member, or death, at the discretion of the justices.
By another Act for regulating the Militia it was
enacted that every man between the ages of 14 and
65 should serve either in the three regiments of
Infantry or the mounted Carbineers. This latter
corps consisted of picked reliable men, appointed by
the Governor and Council. All clothing, arms, and
horses were to be provided at the public charge, and
each plantation was bound to provide one Cai'bineer,
the whole number to be never less than 60.
Two vacancies in the Council were created this
year by the death of Colonel Francis Carlile, and by
the departure of Thomas Duncomb, who sold his
estate and retired from the island.
By an addi-ess from St. Christopher's on 23 July
it appears that £50 for a piece of plate and 50 negros
had been voted as a gift to Colonel Codrington by an
Act of that island.
August 14. £2000 worth of stores to be sent out.
1702. Rowland Williams, John Hamilton, Ed-
ward Byam, James Thynn, Henry Pearn, William
Codrington, Henry Lyons, and John Lyons to be the
Council.
July 6. Codrington writes that he has 1200
French prisoners, having just received the capitula-
tion of St. Kitts.
" Col. Hamilton of Nevis was my second as Maj'' Gen^
Col. Hamilton of Antigua & 12 gent" of the best estates
there attended me. I could not spare Col. Byam from the
island, & Col. Pern & Col. Williams were both sick."
September 7, 1 Anne. A patent was signed this
day by Christopher Codrington appointing John
Yeamans Lieut. -Governor of Antigua.
1702. Memorandum about Maj. Geo. Thomas who had
been presented to the King by Lord Carteret & had applied
for the next vacancy in the C. (America and West Indies,
No. 451.)
1702-3. At a Council of War 20 Feb. there were then
fit for sentinells including corporalls in
Maj'' Gen' Earles Reg' - - - 388
Brigf Harailtons „ - - - 498
Lord Donegalls ,, - - - 441
Lord Charlemonts ,, - - - 430
Total - 1757
List of officers & sentinells killed wounded deserted
or taken prisoners at Guadaloup since our 1=' landing on
12 Mar. 1702-3 till 6 May following: —
Officers. Sentinels.
9 killed 105 killed
18 wounded 191 wounded
9 dead 72 dead
60 living 59 deserted
105 subalterns living. 12 pris''^ 2719 living.
1703, July 1. Colonel John Johnson was ap-
pointed Lieut.-Governor of Nevis.
George Larkin, the Secretary-General of the
Leeward Islands, writes on 31 May that the Governor
of Bermuda has released him (though it does not
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THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
aj^pear why he had been confined), and he complains
of the chaotic condition of the Secretary's oflfice.
On December 3 the Queen had appointed Colonel
William Mathew as Capt.-General vice Codrington
dismissed, and on 27 December his commission was
ordered to be drawn out.
February 18. Ordnance stores to the value of
£2200 are to be despatched.
1703-4. Colonel Codrington writes home 14
FebiTiary attributing the loss of his government to
certain mistakes he acknowledges to have made.
The draught form for his revocation was dated 24
February.
1703-4. February 14. Colonel Codrington writes
from Nevis that out of five years' salary he has only
received £900.
The commission for Sir William Mathew bears
date 5 January, and by his instructions dated 17
February he was directed to swear in Rowland
Williams, John Fry, sen., John Hamilton, Edward
Byam, James Thynn, Henry Pearn, William Codring-
ton, Charles Mathew, Henrj' Lyons, Barry Tankard,
and Thomas Morris as Councillors of Antigua.
1704? April 20. The salary of the Governor-
General is by the Queen's instructions to be increased
from £700 to £1200 sterling, and each Lieut.-
Governor will receive £200 sterling a year.
1704. Out of 108 ships which left Barbados and
the Leeward Isles for England in October only 61
arrived at their destination, 43 having been carried
into French ports as prizes.
July 14. At a meeting of the Council there were
present : —
S'- W" Malhew, K"', Capt. Gen'. Chas. Mathew, Esq.
Hon. Jn° Yeamans, L' Gov''. Hen. Lyons, Esq.
Jn" Hamilton, Esq. Barry Tankard, Esq.
Edw. Byam, Esq. Tho. Morris, Esq.
Hen. Poarne, Esq.
Sir William's commission, dated 26 January last
was read, and the various officers took the usual
oaths.
Jvily 20. Codrington writes that he has lost his
eyesight and the use of his limbs, and complains of
Commodore Walker's* conduct at Guadaloupe.
On 26 July the returns were sent in for the New
Sessions as follows : —
By
Henry Pearne, Esq'
Richard Oliver, Esq'
Maj' John Gamble
Francis Rogers, Esq'
Charles Loyd, Esq'
Laurence Crabb, Esq'
Maj' John ffry
Cap' Charles Goss
ffor
Refuse to Serve.
I Bermudiau Valley
) A: old Road.
Maj' Jn" Gamble A: I Saint Johns
Said Richard Oliver I Division.
Maj' ffrancis Rogers I New North
Cap' John Painter I Sound.
M' Joseph French | Popeshead A: Dicki-
M' James Browne I sous Bay.
Cap' William Grear | None Such
Cap' .lohn Duer \ Division.
Nathaniell Crump, Esq' | OldNorth Sound
James Porter. Esq' ] Division.
Thomas Oysterman, Esq' Cap' Robert Martin ffive Islands.
John Lucas, Esq' M' Baldwyn Johnson | Willoughby Bay
M' Nathaniell Monk ! Division.
Edward Byam, Esq' Richard Buckeridge, Esq' | S' Johns
M' Edward Chester I Town.
Isaack Horsford, Esq' Cap' Kean Osborne \ ffalmouth & Ran-
Said Isaack Horseford j devous Bay.
John Keir, Esq' Samuell Mears. Gent. I t> m ^
M' Nicolas Collins I ^eUfast.
* Commodore H. Walker, who had been accused by Governor
Codrington of misbehaviour during the late Expedition to Guada-
loupe, puts in a copy of the log of H.M.S. " Boyue " as his defence.
Richard Oliver was chosen Speaker. Mr. John
Fry refused to serve, as he was de2:)arting for England.
£800 currency a year was voted to the Governor for
house hire.
July 27. Captain James Porter is ordered to be
paid £111 for the guard-house, stocks, and cage he
had built at Parham.
August 3. Captain Main Sweete was returned as a
Member.
August 9. Charles Kallahane, Gent., was returned
vice John Fr}', and Captain Samuel Watkins was
appointed to take charge of all the forts. The patent
of Nicholas Nicholls as Attorney-General, dated this
day, was read.
August 23 and 28. The following gentlemen
received their commissions as J.P.'s, and were
sworn :—
Jn" Yeamans. Tho. Morris. Natli. Crump.
Edw. Byam. Rich. Oliver. Jas. Porter.
Hen. Pearne. Isaack Horseford. Rob. Mai'tin.
Hen. Lyons. Fra. Rogers. Rich. Buckeridge.
Barry Tankard. Jn" Gamble. Rob. Thornton.
Jn" Lucas. Sam. Watkins. Tho. Oysterman.
Jn° Kerr. Sam. Parry. Chas. Loyd, Esquires.
On September 5 the following list of the forts,
• and of the officers who were willing to take charge
of them, was drawn up : —
Kleafs Point. Shaw's Point Cap' Kerr w'" his Officers.
Willuughby Bay Fort Cap' John Lucas.
Parham Cap' James Porter.
The Narrows. Marshalls Cap' Nath" Crump w"' his
Creek Officers.
Saint Johns Town Maj'' John Gamble, Cap' Otto
w"' their Offieei's.
Saint Johns Fort & the Cap' Oliver & Cap' Home.
Battery under the Fort
Mackiuens Point Maj'' Long, Doctor Jiackinen.
Dixson's Bay M'' Christopher Knight.
Soldiers Gutt Maj' Francis Rogers.
Kellys Bay Nath" Humphreys & Rob'
Irvin.
Barnacle Point Cap' John Painter.
English Harbor Cap' Kean Osborne w"" his
Officers.
Road Fort Cap' Charles Goss & Cap' Tho-
mas Williams.
Blubber Bay Hill Lieu' Coll" ffiy.
Fullertons Point & Hawk- Maj'' George Thomas & Cap'
ness Point Rob' Martin.
The Care of the Great Guns AVilliam Garrett.
along y'= Bay between the
Fort & Dixson's Bay
Cotton Plantation Cap' Goss.
Riggs Point Cap' John Duer.
Pearn's Point Coll" Pearne.
Guns at Lublolly Bay Maj'' Thornton.
Platformes.
Willoughby Bay, Sandy
Island Point on the
Savana Side 3 guns
Falmouth Point 3 guns
Mangrove Point at Par-
ham 4 guns
Criple Gate at S' Johns
4 guns
Maj'' Henry Lyons, Cap' Grear,
Cap' Duer.
Cap' Horseford, Cap' Osborne,
Barry Tankard.
Cap' Thomas Morris, Cap' Por-
ter, Cap' Parrey.
Maj'' Thornton, Cap' Rob' Mar-
tin, M'' John Haddon.
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WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxv
The ship " Hanover," of Bristol, Captain Gustavus
Scott, commander, was captured in St. John's Road,
by a French man-of-war. The great guns arrived
this year.
Sej^tember 5. Francis Pouch, born in the Province
of Perigord in Guienne, wishes to take the oaths of
allegiance and subscribe to the test.
November 25. Sir W. Mathew writes that he
has been taken very ill, as also his wife and secretary,
and most of his family are greatly indisposed.
Sir WilliaDi Mathew died on 4. December, and the
Hon. Colonel John Johnson, Lieutenant-Governor of
Nevis, assumed the government as Commander-in-
Chief.
December 6. Colonel Codrington writes that Sir
W. Mathew died on the 4th instant, and asks to be
appointed Captain-General.
1704-5. At a Meeting of y'^ Gent" of y= Assembly at
Parliam Toun March y'= 14 it was announced that Col.
Johnson the Commander in Chief was expected, & 2 pipes
of wine, 2 barrels of flower, 4 of beef, & 2 of porke were
ordered for his entertainment at the public charge.
January 17. Letter from Christoj)her Codrington
to the Earl of Petei'borough, in which the writer
complains of his broken constitution. (America and
West Indies, No. 451.)
February 6. Colonel John Johnson writes that
Sir W. Mathew arrived on the 14th Jiily and died on
the 4th Nov. {sic). He has sworn in as Councillors
Colonel Codrington (the late General), and Colonel
George Gamble v. Mr. William [sic) Fry, senior, and
Mr. James Thynne, deceased.
Monks Hill Fort has been building these 16 years.
Colonel Walter Hamilton writes from St. Kitts
about the French attack of 11 February.
1705, March 28. The Queen having appointed
Colonel Pai'ke to be Captain-General, etc., his draught
commission was this day presented.
April 20. A new seal was ordered, and the old
one is to be broken up and sent home.
May 10. The Instructions drawn out for Governor
Parke were very voluminous, about 100 folio pages.
1705. From a letter received on 14 November it
appears that the Island was then divided into five
parishes, containing five churches which had three
Ministers.
There were three Militia Regiments, one troop of
horse, three Queen's Companies, 4139 black cattle,
34 windmills, 136 cattle-mills, 92 cannon, and
12,187 negros.
1705-G. From John Johnson Esq. to S' Chas. Hedges
dated Mar. 13, saying that the French who numbered 2300
overpowered the 6 or 700 opposed to them at S' Kitts; de-
stroyed all the works & canes in 7 days ; took 300 negros ; but
departed unexpectedly. The enemy had 2 ships of 72 guns,
1 of 60, 1 of 58, 1 of 44, & 1 of 20. He has appointed him-
self, Geo. Gamble, Jn° Lucie Blackman & Dan' Mackinen to
the C of Antigua.
1705-C, March 15. " Ordered that Cap' Richard Oliver
be paid }"= Summe of £100 c. money out ofi" the publique
Treasury off this Island For making 2 Carriages w'" 4
wheeles each For 2 off the Field pieces belonging to ye
Same."
1705-G ? March 25. Gov .Jn° Yeamans writes to
notify the Cap' Gen' that on the 21^' inst. 50 French sail
were between Antigua & Montserrat, 12 or 15 being men
of war, the same fleet which ruined S' Christophers 6 weeks
past.
1706, March 26. The enemy has attacked Nevis.
Major Kean Osborne is dead. '
May 2. The Tax for ensuing year : —
On 55,000 acres of Land att 3
13,000 negros att 12
5,000 cattle att 4
On Traders
On Towne Rents att 12 p"- Cent.
On Wine Lycences at £30 I
„ Punch „ „ 10 J
On Dry Goods imported as Formerly 5 p'' Cent
Impost off Liquors
Additional impost to l)e raised by a New Act 1
50 pr Cent. /
£ currency.
8,200
7,800
1,000
1,000
700
300
500
800
400
£20,700
Joseph French, Esq., is Treasurer.
April 20. Colonel Walter Hamilton writes that
the French captured Nevis in two days.
June 3. Colonel Richai'd Abbott, President of
Nevis, writes that the Island has capitulated to the
French, and they have agreed to pay them £42,000
or 1200 negros as a ransom, to save their houses from
pillage.
Colonel Daniel Parke, the new Captain-General,
arrived at the Leeward Islands on 6 July.
On 14 July he presided at a meeting of the
Council, when there were pi-esent the Hon. John
Yeamans, Lieutenant-Governor, Christopher Cod-
rington, John Hamilton, Edward Byam, William
Codi'ington, Henry Lyons, Barry Tankard, Thomas
Morris, and George Gamble, Esquires.
The Queen's commission, dated 25 April last, was
read, nominating Parke Captain-General, as also one
from Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral
of England, appointing him his Vice- Admiral.
On 22 July the Hon. John Johnson, the Com-
mander in Chief, gave up the great seal, which was
duly broken at the Board.
The following return was made for the New
Sessions : —
By
Chas. Lloyd, Esq.
Fran. Rogers, Esq'
Hen. Lyons, Esq'
Jn° Kerr, Esq'
Rich. Oliver, Esq'
Tho. Oesterman, Esq'
Rob. Martin, Esq'
Nath" Crump, Esq'
Jn" Gamble, Esq'
Isaac Horsford, Esq'
Sam. Watkins, Esq.
Cap' Jn° Duer
Cap' W"' Green
Cap' Jn" Painter
Cap' Jeremy Blizard
Coll" \V'" Byam
Lieut. Baptist Looby
Cap' Steph. Duer
Said Jn" Kerr, Esq'
L« Coll" Tho. Williams
Said Rich. Oliver
Coll" Geo. Thomas
Edv?. Ferrie, Esq'
Geo. Thomas
Sam. Parry, Esq'
Sam. Philips
Coll" W'» Thomas
Jn" Brett, Gent.
W"" Pearne
Tho. Franklyn
Era. Rogers, Esq'
Nath" Humphry absent
For
Nonesuch.
New North Sound.
Willoughl)y Bay.
Belfast.
)
S' Johns Division.
i Bermudian valley
j and the Road.
Five Islands.
Old North Sound.
i S' Johns Town.
Falmouth Division.
/ Popes head & Dick-
I sons Bay.
July 22. Richard Oliver was chosen Speaker.
Colonel George Thomas declines his seat.
Ixxvi
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
On July 23 ^£800 c. was voted to the Governor for
house hii"e, which on the 26th was increased to
£1000 c.
July 26. Rev. Simon Smith, Rector of Falmouth,
petitions that by the Act of 1692 he is entitled to
16,000 lbs. yearly stipend, has been rector five years
and received none of it.
J 706, July 30. At a Meeting of all the Militia
Officers there were present : —
His Excelleucy Daniel Parke.
Coll" Edw-i Byam.
Coll" Geo. Thomas.
Coll" Ja" Humiltou.
L» Coll" Geo. Gamble.
L' Coll" W"> Codnngton.
L' Coll" W"' Byam.
L' Coll" Fra. Rogers.
Maj' Val. Morris of the Brigade.
„ Tho. Morris.
„ J a" Tomliuson.
,, Jn" Burton.
Cap' Jn" Otto.
„ Steph. Duer.
„ Jas. Porter.
„ Giles Watkins.
„ W" Pearne.
„ Antho. Monteyro.
,, Tho. Oesterman.
„ Tho. Nanton.
„ Jer. Blizard.
„ Jn° Sawcolt.
„ Jas. Barter.
„ Ambrose York.
In later lists, on 25 January 1706-7, appear
Colonel John Lucie Blackman v. George Thomas,
Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Williams, Major Henry Lyons,
Captains John Duer, John Kerr, Humphry Osborne,
Richard Oliver, Joseph French, and James Nisbitt ;
on 8 February 1706-7 Captain John Paynter; on
March 1 Captain William Howard ; on 20 Novem-
ber 1707 Major Richard Oliver ; on 29 June 1708
Captains John Wickham, Edward Taylor, and Anthony
Brown; on 8 January 1708-9 Captains James Parke,
William Hughes, Nathaniel Humphrys ; and on 26
March 1709 Captain Joseph Buckshorne. There were
at this time three regiments of Militia and one troop
of horse or yeomanry.
July 31. Main Swete, Esq., by his petition,
states that John Johnson, Esq., appointed hiui
Major of Monk's Hill Fort and of other forts, and
principal store-keeper.
August 16. Mr. John Haddon was chosen for Five
Islands.
August 20. Execution issued against St. Paul's
Parish for 100,000 lbs. due to the Rev. Simon Smith.
August 30. The Officers of Ordnance are to con-
fer with Mr. Cary (? the Agent) as to what stores
shall be sent to the Leeward Islands.
September 13. Samuel Watkins takes the oaths as
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. James Barter
was returned for Rendevouz Bay vice Mr. Thomas
Franklyn, deceased. Lieutenant Henry Langrish,
who had been wounded in the public service, is voted
£20 c. for a sword.
September 13. Rev. James Field has suspended
Mr. Smith, the rector of St. Paul's.
September 15. Gov Parke writes, that Col. John John-
son has been killed by M'' Pogson, who once kept a planta-
tion for M'' Freeman in 8* Kitts ; but Col. Codrington
having forced him out, M' Freeman complained in the
House of Commons, & Pogson got possession again., & in
Sir W. Mathew's time, was sworn of the Council. After
Sir W. Mathew's death Col. John Johnson suspended M"'
Pogson by Codrington's order, but he (Parke) restored him.
Col. Johnson was a bricklayer ; entered the Army & became
Serj' ; Tiffany made him a Capt. for bringing him store
of black cattle during the war ; Codiington made him
a Major L' Col. & L' Gov. He could not read nor
write.
October 5. Gov. Parke writes home, that he has
com'issioned Maj'' Gen' Hamilton, the L' Gov. of S' Kitts,
to be L' Gov. of Nevis, v. Col. Johnson deceased, & Col.
Lambert Presid' of S' Kitts to be L' Gov. He complains
that My Lady Russell & Stapleton had each of them above
200 Negros at Nevis & not 1 white man. Col. Codrington
has 400 negros on 1 plantation & only 1 white man. The
pestilence at Nevis is so great that one half of the Inhabit-
ants are dead or dying.
Parke was shortly afterwards censured by their
Lordships for exceeding his powers in pi'esuming to
change the Lieut. -Governors, but they acquiesced
in what had been done.
November 12. General Codrington and Governor
Parke have already had disagreements, and are fre-
quently at variance.
Colonel Lillingston's Regiment has been ordered
out to relieve the detachment of Colonel Whetham's.
Colonel Richard Abbott writes home describing
the events which lead to the capitulation of
Nevis, and encloses a copy of the articles of sur-
render.
Numerous depositions were forwarded from St.
Kitts, in reference to the recent killing of Colonel
John Johnson by Captain John Pogson. The former
was stated to have been unarmed when he was shot.
The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty.
1706-7, Februai-y 4. Governor Parke was anxious
to fortify St. John's Town, but this the Assembly
i-efused to sanction.
February 15. Letter fi-om Gov' Parke stating that
there are at Antigua 800 men fit to bear arms. Col. Whet-
ham's Reg' has received no pay for 5 years. The Colonel
lives in London, draws their pay, but sends them no
clothing. He (Parke) has made only 2 new Ensigns
viz.: — M'' Ryley's sou of the Excise, & M'' Mitchell's son
of Surrey. A new Ensign just out from England told him
that he had given 70 guineas to Col. Whctham for his
Com'ission.
1707. May. Gov'' Parke writes that the i)ieces of the old
seal which was broken up have been lost, & that old Col. Cod-
rington & Sir Nath. Johnson kept theirs.
June 10. Govei-nor Parke informs their Lord-
ships that 300 of Colonel Luke Lillington's regiment
have arrived from Ireland.
July. Many provision ships from New England
have been captured by the French.
July 18. Colonel George Thomas, Member for
Belfast, is dead. Captain John Duei-, Member for
Belfast, and Mr. John Haddon, for Five Islands, have
both gone off, so there are three seats vacant.
The Patent for Laurence Crabb, Esq., to be of the
Council V. Pearne, deceased, was dated 26 July 1707,
6 Anne.
Governor Parke writes that he has removed Walter
Hamilton, the Lieut. -Governor of St. Kitts, to Nevis,
and appointed Colonel Michael Lambert to be Lieut. -
Governor of the former. Their Lordships sanction
this, though warning him that it is contrary to his
instructions, and enclose the necessary Patent, which
is dated 5 July 1707.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxvii
1707, July 31. "A list of persons ou whom the Soldiers
are intended to be billeted."
POl-ESHEAD & DiCKISON'S BaY.
Doctor Maokinen .
Chr. Knight .
Wm, Weatherill .
Jonas Langford
Coll" Rogers & Hen. Hodge
Coll" \V'atkins
Jacob Morgan
M' Royall
Joseph French
John Codner & John Green
way ....
Maj' Long ....
Sam. Boon & Jn" Hodge
Garrett Garrett
Nath. Humphreys
W"' Hamilton & Henry
Xantou ....
Tho. Gilliard
Joseph Hodge & Hen. Grey-
don
Old Nokth Sound.
Parham plantation
— Martin
Jn° Otto
Governor Yeamans
Benj. Nibbs .
Rob. Christian
Sam. Parry .
Steph. Duer .
Jn° Duer
Coll" Blackman
Joseph Redhead & Tho. Haws
Rich. Cochran
Laurence Crabb .
Tho. Morris .
Jn»
Bur
4 Sam. Wickham
2 Geifry Duncomb
2 Hazael Reynolds
3 ton
Jn" Wickham
Jn" Lightfoot
James Parke .
Chr. Codrington
W'" Codrington
Nath. Crump
Sam. Philips
James Porter
2 Vernon's & Freeman's Estate
1 W'" Byam . . . .
1
1
]
1
1
1
8
2
1
1
1
4
2
50
New Nokth Sound.
Jacob Le Eoux
Hen. & Giles Blizard
Elliot & Gravener
Richardson & Thaxter
Jeremiah Blizard
Francis Carlile .
Abra. Redwood
Jn° Paynter .
Edvf . Byam, Esq'
Frances Oliver
Rich. Oliver .
W"' Glanvile .
Jn» Buxton .
Jn" Hamilton
Ash's Estate .
Sam. Byam .
Jas. Nibbs & W™ Sigsworth .
W"> Thomas ....
1
2
2
I
3
1
2
1
3
30
Bellpast.
Mrs. Elliot .
Mrs. Collins .
W" Steel
Widow Reynolds & Keef e
Jn" Witts & Tho. Lowry
Sam. Mayrs & W" Paynter
Owen Maccarty & Jefferson
Cornelius HoUoran
Marmaduke Urlin
Timothy Singin & Jn° Lavi
count
Benj. Steel & Joi
man .
Tho. Room
Cap' Kerr
Jo. Richards
ihua Tod
Nonsuch & Willoughby Bay.
W" Grear .
1
W"" Lavington
W" Bradshaw & Theodore
Jn" Lucas, Esq'
Godet
Jn° Lyons
Lucy Lucas & Jn° Corbett
Hen. Lyons .
Skerett 4: Lynch .
Baldwyn Johnson
Jn" King
Tankerd's Estate .
Chas. Lloyd .
Bacon & pike
Elmes & Pryn
Anthony Browne & M' Toft
Falmouti
I &
Rendevous Bay.
Joseph Gale .
1
Freeman's Estate .
Dominick Bodkin
1
M" Monk
Alex' Callman
1
Nath. Monk .
Tho. Nanton .
1
Isaac Horsford
Tyson's Estate
1
Barry Tankard
Main Swete .
2
Kean Osborn
Dennis Machlemare & Mas
Jas. Barter .
ters ....
1
M' Whitlock .
Savannah
4
M' Howard .
W"> Franklyn
1
M' Looby
15
2
1
1
1
1
1
18
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
30
Old Road & Bekmudian Valley.
Maj' Burton .
1
Ambrose Yorke
W" Dunning
2
Anthony Monteyro
Huyghue & Bromwell .
Beshoon & VVharfe
Henry Winthrope
Patrick Browne .
Samson's Estate .
Kallahan .
Sam. Fry
Rob' Sheeres .
Coll» WiUiams .
CoU" Frye .
Polling ton .
Valentine Morris .
Trant ....
M' Turton
Jn° Terry
Leonard & Stevens
Maj' Martin's Estate .
2
Butler & Sutton .
Cap" Roe
2
Benson & Barton .
Peame's Estate .
3
34
St. John's Town & Division.
Cap. Nisbitt .
Jacob Thibou
Edward Taylor .
Daniel Soues
W"' Johnson .
Tho. Wise .■
W™ Gilhan .
Cesar Rodeny
M' Barbottain & Rose Kene
Nich. Trant ...
Jn" Parrott & Jn" Martin
Caleb Lasher
Edw. Chester, Jun., & M'
Bendall ...
Rose & Haig ...
M' Proctor .
M' Kirwan .
Chr. Stoodly .
Jas. Wade
Edw. Perrie .
Rich. Denbow
Thos. Kerby .
Jn" Brett
Andrew Murray .
Hanson & Napper
Rich. Meynell
Cap. Oesterman .
M' Bird ....
M" Hill
M'" Donaldson
Cap. Otto
M' Field
M' Haddon .
Geo. Dewitt .
Jn° Wright .
Geo. Gamble .
Maj' Tomlinson
Ju° Gamble .
Cap. Oliver .
Jonas Langford
Samson's Estate
Cap. Sookwell
Clerk's Estate
Edw. Chester, Sen'
Col. Tho. Williams
Edw. Home .
Gary's Estate
S' Thos. Cooke
M' Harman .
Roger Williams
Rob. Weir
Hughes & De Koster .
M" Morris & Cap. Watkins
M' Guichinet
Rob. Dunning
Hughes & Pawley
M" Wharfe & M" Hastings
M' Scouch
Bintell & Burroughs .
4
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
77
Five Islands.
Tho. Turner .
Maj' Sam. Martin .
M' Hanson .
Cap. Otto
2 Jn" Martin ....
2 Coll" Geo. Thomas
1 M" Thornton
1 Jn" Manwaring & Anderson .
2
2
1
1
12
1707. A further list was drawn up on 25 Aug.
Popeshead & Dickinson's Bay.
Chr. Knight .
Mary Weatheril .
Jonas Langford
Sam. Watkins, Esq'
Joseph French
Nath. Humphrys .
Hen. Nanton & Jn" Butler .
Cap. Isaac Royall & Jn"
Hodge . . . .
New North Sound.
Jacob Le Roux . . .1
Rich. Oliver, Esq. .
1
Fra. Carlile .... 1
Jeremiah Nibbs & M' Parker
1
Augustus Balam & Arthur
W'" Glanvile .
1
Williams .... 1
Col. Jn" Hamilton
1
Cap. Jn" Paynter . . .1
M' Ashe's Estate .
—
Coll" Edw. Byam ... 1
Col. W'» Thomas .
11
M' Rob. Hanson .
Five Islands.
. 1 Cap. Jn" Otto
Old North Sound.
Parham Plantation
Adam Martin
The Governor
Steph. Duer .
Sam. Parry .
Jn" Duer
Rich. Cochran
Col. Lucy Blackman
Jn" Wickham
Jn" Lightfoot
Jas. Parke
W" Codrington
Gen' Codrington .
Cap. Nath. Crump
Col. W'° Byam
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
18
Bellpast.
•^^^^
M'« Eliz. Elliot .
M'" Collins .
M' Meyres & W" Paynt
. 1
. 1
er . 1
M' Maccarty & Jefferso
Jn" Witts & Tho. Leidy
Tim Singin & Jn" Lavioc
a
Sen
unt
1
1
1
Nonsuch & Willoughby Bay.
M' Bradshaw & Theodore
Godet .... 1
Jn" Corbett & Lucy Lucas . 1
M' Skerrett & M' Lynch . 1
Jn" King . ... 1
Cap. Cha. Lloyd . . .1
W'" Lavington
Jn" Lucas, Esq'
Jn" Lyons
Tankerd's Est.
Hen. Lyons .
10
Falmouth
Division.
^^
Joseph Gale .... 1
Bodkin's Estate . . .1
Dennis Macklemore & Rich.
Masters .... 1
Savannah plantation . . 1
W" Franklyn ... 1
Cap. Isaac Horsford . . 1
Barry Tankerd, Esq' .
Maj' Osborne's Estate .
Maj' Main Swete .
Cap. Jas. Barter .
Walter Shelley .
M" Anne Monk .
12
Ixxviii
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Old Road & Beemudian Valley.
W" Dunninff
1
Blubber Valley .
1
M' Huytrhne & Jn" Bram
Cap. Ambrose York
1
well ....
Cap. Anthony Monk
1
Sampson's Estate .
Bezune & Isaac Wharfe
1
Col. Tho. Williams
Patrick Browne's Estate
1
Pollington's Estate
Cha. Kallahan
1
Sam. Frye
Valentine Morris .
1
Hedffes & Trants .
M' Jarvis Turton .
1
Cap. Jn" Roe .
17
St. John
s Town & Division.
^■"
Cap. Nisbitt & Lieut. John
M" Hill's Estate .
1
son ....
1
Rob. Donaldson
1
Cssar Rodeny & M' Bar-
M' Jas. Field
1
bottain
1
Col. Geo. Gamble .
1
EdW Chester, Jun., & M
Maj' Tomlinson .
1
Bendall
Edw. Chester. Sen.
1
Jn" Rose & M' Caleb Lasher
Coll" Tho. Williams .
1
M' Proctor & Stoodley .
Edw. Home .
1
Jas. Reade & M' Brett .
M' Gary's Estate .
1
M' Meynells & M' Hulet
M' Weir & De Koster .
1
Cap. Tho. Oesterman .
Cap. Hen. Symea .
1
M' Philemon Bird
—
20
August. Commissioners have been appointed to
enquire into the losses sustained at St. Kitts and
Nevis as ordered by the House of Commons, and
Nathaniel Estwick is to be their Secretaiy.
From the accounts of the Royal African Company
it seems that between 24 June 1698 and 25 December
1707 4945 negros were imported to Antigua.
August 25. John Inglefield and Gabriel Thibou,
having perfected a wind saw-mill, are granted four
proportions of land.
October 8. List of Council : " Row. Williams
bedrid w"' the Gout. Barry Tankard gone to New E.
but expected back."
October 28. Gov'' Parke "(vrites that " The Duke promised
me the Goverraent of Virginia at the Battle of Blenheim,
but for some Reasons of State that was given to my Lord
Orkney." He sends the names of 6 of the most eminent men
to fill future vacancies in the Council viz. : W™ Thomas,
Rich'' Oliver, Tho. Williams, Sam. Watkins, Lucy Blackman,
& Geo. Mackenny. In excusing himself for not having
complied with the request of their Lordships that certain
lists sh'' be sent them, Parke makes the ingenious excuse
that the reason why Nevis was taken was because the copy
of the list of Inhabitants on its way home fell into the hands
of the French, who thereby discovered that there were
14,000 negros there & but 440 English. He was of opinion
that Antigua being to the windward was best situated to
help the other Leeward Islands. The hurricane of 12
August last drove 2 men of war on shore at S* Kitts.
November 17. It is stated that the idantation,
formerly Mr. Walrond's, is the most suitable site for
a camp.
The Hon. John Lucie Blackman is Colonel of the
Troop of Carbineers ; Hon. John Hamilton is Colonel
of one Regiment of Militia; Hon. Edward Byam is
Colonel of two battalions ; and Hon. Thomas Wil-
liams Colonel of two others.
The following are to join the Troop : —
Sam. Byam.
Sam. Proctor.
And. Murray.
Jn° Tankard.
Ed. Taylor.
— Home.
Tho. Trant.
Jn° Haddon.
.Jn° Richards.
Marcus Monk.
M"^ Jarvis Turton.
November 18. Nathaniel Estwick, from St. Kitts,
announces the death of Colonel William Burt, the
President of that Island.
Between 29 June 1698 and 25 December 1707
6750 negros in 49 vessels were imported. (Southey.)
November 24. The lines of defence about St.
John's Town have been completed, the ditch being
four feet wide and four feet deep.
1707-8, March 1. New Sessions.
By
For
Fra. Rogers, Esq'
Isaac Horsford, Esq'
Sam. Watkins, Esq'
Jn" Kerr, Esq'
Tho. Oesterman, Esq'
Cha. Lloyd, Esq'
Hen. Lyons, Esq'
Ed. Byam, Esq'
Nath. Crump, Esq'
Rich. Oliver, Esq'
Jn° Haddon, Esq'
Popeshead.
Joseph French
Nath. Humphrys
Isaac Horsford, Esq. | Falmouth & Ren-
Cap. Humphrey Osborne I devouz Bay.
D' Dan. Mackinen
Fran. Rogers
Cap. Jn" Duer
Cap. Jn" Lightfoot
Coll" Jn» Frye
Cap. Cha. Kallahan
Cap. \\'"' Grear
M' Sara. Wickham
Baptist Looby
M' Jn" Barnes
Cap. Jn" Paynter
Cap. Fra. Carlile
Said Nath. Crump
M' Sam. Philips
Col. Tho. Williams
M' Ed. Chester, Sen.
M' Tho. Turner
Dickisons Bay.
Belfast.
Bermudian Valley
& Old Road.
Nonsuch.
VVilloughby Bay.
New North Sound.
Old North Sound.
S' Johns Division.
Five Islands
Division.
Col. W™ Thomas
Rich. Buckeridge, absent ( q, ■r„v, ,„ rp„,„„
M' Jn" Brett, absent ( ^ ^°^''' T*^^^"'
Cap. Jn" Nisbitt I
Nath. Crump chosen Speaker.
On March 5 Governor Parke, with the advice of
the Coiiucil, dissolved this Assembly. He stated that
in Lord Willoughby's time three members were
chosen for each Division, which number was sub-
sequently reduced to two, and it was only a few years
that St. John's Town had any at all, Colonel Christo-
pher Codrington having granted the right of electing
two members to that town.
1707-8. A list of the number of Inhabitants of each
Devission In the Island of Antigua taken the fifth day of
March one thousand seaven hundred and seaven : —
Bermudian Valley & new
Devission -
Old North .sound & Par-
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Marshalls Creek -
New Morth sound -
Dickinsons Bay
Saint .lohns Devission -
Five Islands -
Belfast - - - -
Old Roade -
Willoughby Bay -
Falmouth & Randevouz
Bay -
Popeshead
Nonsuch
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By
Jn" Gamble, Esq'
1708, April 15. New Sessions.
Rich. Oliver, Esq'
Ed. Byam, Esq'
Sam. Watkins, Esq'
Cha. Lloyd, Esq'
Tho. Oesterman, Esq'
Jn° Haddon, Esq'
Jn." Kerr, Esq'
Isaac Horsford. Esq'
Nath. Crump, Esq'
Hen. Lyons, Esq'
Fra. Rogers, Esq'
Ool. W™ Thomas
Cap. Edw. I'errie
D' Dan. Mackinen
Jt' Jas. Reade
M' Edw. Chester
Col. Tho. Williams
Cap. Tho. Carlile
M' Jn" Barnes
D' Dan. Mackinen
L' Col. Fra. Rogers
Cap. Chas Lloyd
Cap. Sam. Wickham
Col. Jn" Frye
Cap. Cha. Kallahan
M' Tho" Turner
Cap. Jn" Duer
Cap. Jn" Lightfoot
Cap. Isaack Horsford
Cap. Humphry Osborne
Ditto Nath. Crump, Esq'
M' Sam. Philips
Bap. Looby, Esq'
M' Jn" Barnes
M' Joseph French
M' W" Hamilton, absent
For
S' Johns Town.
S' Johns Division.
New North Sound.
Dickisons Bay.
Nonsuch.
Old Road Sc Ber-
mudian Valley.
Five Islands.
Bellfast.
Falmouth & Ren-
devouz Bay.
Old North Sound.
Willoughby Bay.
Popeshead.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxix
SCapta^
Nathaniel Crump was chosen Speaker. Dr.
Daniel Mackinen declared for St. John's Town and
Mr. John Barnes for New North Sound. £16,000
currency to be raised this year for the public service.
June 8. Richard Buckeridge, Esq., is Collector
of the 4^ per cent. duty. James Tliyune, Esq., late
Commissioner of Customs, died here much in debt to
His Majesty, and Edmund Perrie is the present
Commissioner. Herbert Pember, Esq., has been
Attorney-General these two years past.
A List of Persons nominated by His Excellency the
Generall & Councill to appeare in the Corps of Carbineers
in this Island June the 12"', 1708 : —
W" Byam, Collonel.
Era. Rogers i ^^ ^^^^ Sam. Byam-,
Tho. Morris j '' ' Jas. Parkes ( ,
Jn" Tomlinson 1 tit ■ [blanJc^
Jert Blizard, Sen. J *^^J°^*- [blank]
Jeftry Duncomb -> Jer. Blizard, Jun.-.
Nich. Trant i Briga- Marcus Monk I Sub-Briga-
Jn°Tankard, Jun. rdeers. Jacob Thibou [ deers.
[blank] J [blanJc] J
Jn° Parry, Adjutant. Tho. Trant, Clerke.
Col. W™ Thomas. Jason Martin. Sam. Walker.
Cap. Anth" Mon- Leon'' Burroughs. Tho. Turner.
teyro. Corn^ Holloran. Jn° Witts.
Barry Tankard. Jn° Greenway. Cha. Kallahan.
W™ Howard. Hen. Blizard. J° Anderson.
M'f Fra. Garble. Tim. Singin. Pet. Schurman.
M^ Bap. Looby. Jn° Elliott. Jacob Morgan.
Bastiau Otto. Garrett Garrett. W" Franklyn.
Jn° Haddon. Gilb' Garrett. Jas. Hanson.
Sam. Parry. Isaac Wharfe. Marcus Kirwan.
Ed. Chester, Sen. Jn° AVickham. Jn" Codner.
Jervase Turtan. Ben. Wickham. Jn" Barbottain.
Peter Lynch. Jn" Tankard, Sen. Eob. Dunning.
Arch. Cochran. Jas. Godsell. Hen. (xuichinett.
Rich. Cochran. Tho. Rome. Jn" Wright.
Jn" Russell, Sen. W™ Masters. Ed. Chester, Jun.
Ben. Xibbs. Jn° Terry. W™ Sigsworth.
Rich. Sharpe. W™ Nivine. Tho. Gravener.
Jas. Reade. Hen. Norton. Jas. Nibbs.
Geo. Kapper. Jn" Burton. Jn° Corbett.
Tho. Turner. Chr. Stoudley. Tho. Skei'rett.
Marm. Urlin. Philemon Bird. Giles Blizard, Jun.
Hen. Boileau. Patrick West. Rob. Christian.
Tho. Young. Hopefor Bendall. W'" Grantham.
Jos. Adams. Allen Gilbert. Jn" Lavicount.
Nath. Symmons. Jn" Reynolds. Nich. Lynch.
W"" Glanvile. W»' Home. Lewes Jeffreys.
Jn" Rose. Jn" Rickards. Tho. Griggs.
Tho. De Witt. Steph. Le Roux. W'" Paynter.
Geo. De AVitt. Anth" Garrett. Jn" Portlock, Far-
Rich. Maynell. Rich. Kirwan. rier.
Jn" AVestou. Rich. Denbow.
>
Ed. Perrie ~i
Rich. Buckeridge
Tho. Kerby
Jn" Brett
AV" Yeamans
Jn" Brady
Jonas Langford, Jun.
Hen. Greydon
Hen. Hodge
Sam. Boon
Alex. Callman
Rich. Hughs
To appeare upon allarmes
but not otherwise.
y Orderly Men.
July 27. Laurence Crabb (whose mandamus was
dated 26 July 1707) was sworn in as a Councillor
vice Henry Pearne, Esq., deceased. Grievances which
had been drawn up against the Governor by the
Assembly were this day considered.
August 19. Major Thomas Long was appointed
powder officer vice Samuel Watkius resigned.
Aug. 30. Letter of thanks from Col. Jas. Jones dated
at Antigua to "My Lord" for getting him Col. Lilliug-
ston's Reg'.
September 23. Captain Bastian Otto-Baijer, with
other young planters, having been accused of head-
ing a riot of 50 negros the previous night, and of
having behaved rudely towards the Governor, was
reprimanded and released from custody.
The clergy in the West Indies at this time were
not of a high class, as the following example
shews : —
Sep. 23. The Rev. Simon Smith is accused of Bigamy
& Forgery. It has been proved that he forged the Bishop's
seal. The Bishop of Bath & Wells having written to say
that he did not ordain him on Trinity Sunday 1692. M"
Smith lives in town (his primitive wife). He was married
to M''* Elliott the wife he now lives with in the Governor's
House, & M''' Yeamans gave M" Elliot away. He married
M''^ Slower (who is now living in S' Johns Town) at New
York & had previously cohabited with her for some years.
Certificate is enclosed from M"' Jn" Lambert now Rector of
Nunny, co. Som., who married them.
September 30. John Brady, Esq., has been
appointed a Queen's Counsel for the Leeward Islands.
1708-9, January 4. The Speaker, Nathaniel
Crump, petitioned Governor Parke to summon an
Assembly, none having sat for a long time.
January 8. Rowland Parry and 80 others, pas-
sengers on the " Pearle •" Galley of Bristol, petition
that the Commander, Francis Pinnell, agreed to
carry them from Milford Haven to Chester in Penn-
sylvania for £555 sterling, and complain of his having
put them on very short commons. He is ordered to
fulfil his contract and to take them to Chester.
Seventeen out of 22 members of the Assembly,
and 25 merchants of repute, petition the Queen to
supersede Governor Parke on account of his mis-
government. They accuse him in their impeachment
of 25 articles of having offered a bribe of £300 to
Anthony Hodges, Esq., of Montserrat, to destroy a
certain patent, also of having unjustly imprisoned
9 persons, refusing bail and fining them £2900.
The Mayor and Aldermen with other merchants of
Bristol (38 in number) likewise presented a petition
to Parliament against Governor Parke through their
two Members.
January 8. The majority of the Council on the
other hand, including Governor John Yeamans,
John Hamilton, William Codrington, Thomas Maris,
George Gamble, and Richard Oliver, appear to have
upheld, and to have been in favour of, the Governor
on all points.
February 16. The Hon. John Yeamans, the
Lieut. -Governor, is appointed Chief Justice.
February 16. The Hon. Barry Tankerd and his
brother John armed their negros, and placed guards
on the paths through their plantation, to prevent
the execution of any warrant against them. On
15 March, however, Barry Tankerd was bound over
in £1000 currency to appear at the next Court of
Sessions.
Ixxx
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
March 15. Petition from the Gentlemen, freeholders,
planters, & traders praying that the Assembly may be
called.
.... Nicholls.
.... Bawne.
. . . y Cork.
. . . mas iTory.
. . . rles Pritchard.
.... Stevenson.
.... Cook.
. . . ph Ledeatt.
. . . rles Goling.
. . . ph Lee.
. . . er Willcox.
.... Breuan.
.... Hunt.
. . . ist" Taylor.
.... Gratrix.
.... Salter.
. . . enj" Barnes.
.... Steeveus.
.... Poor.
.... Gllliat, Jun.
.... Manwaring-.
.... Hanson, Sen.
.... Godet.
.... Rice, Sen.
. . . ry Nanton.
.... Blunden, Sen.
.... Applegate.
. . . rge NichoUs.
. . . ry Soper.
ffallon.
.... Cocburn.
Sam. ffry.
Rob. Sheares.
Ed. Sutton.
Jn" ffisher.
Tho. Banbury.
Jn" Bramwell.
Jn° Benson.
Amb. York.
Rob. Tremills.
Vf"' Tremills.
Jn" Laug-hland.
Jn" Bezoon, .Jun.
Jn° Bezoon, Sen.
By his desire.
Sam. Mayer.
Ed. Nugent.
W" Barton.
Anth° Brown.
Jn" Codnor.
Geo. Parke.
J. Hamilton.
Jn" Richardson.
Garrett Garrett.
Gilb' Garrett.
Hen. Blizard.
Ben. Nibbs.
Jn° Tomlinson.
Jn° Porter.
Jn° Lucie Blackman.
Jn" ffry.
Gervas Turton.
Jn" Tankard, Jun.
Jn" Howard.
Nich. Trant.
Rich. Smith.
Jac. Thibou.
Hen. ffletcher.
Jacob ffletcher.
Jn» Headland.
W" Paynter.
Tho. Hanson.
Bast Otto Byar.
Tho. Sonnes.
And. Murray.
Tho. Young.
Isaac Horstord.
Main Sweet.
Tho. Nanton.
Jas. Barter.
Tho. ffrances.
Hen. .Symes.
Ju° Bradeson.
Tho. Williams.
Tho. Oesterman.
Jn" Gamble.
Jas. ffield.
Jn" Bowen.
Allen Gilbert.
Jn" Paynter.
W"' Steele.
Jn° Wills.
Mark Monk.
Nich. Lynch.
W"' Pike.
B. .Johnson.
Jn" Gratrix.
.Tu" Martin, Jun.
Jn° Waterfall.
Jn° Johnes.
Rich. Rickards.
Jn" Jjightfoot.
Sam. Phillips,
Tho. Grigg.
Josh. Jones.
Rob. Glover,
ffra. Powe.
Jos. Todman.
Corn. HoUeran.
Jn" Parke.
Jn" Kerr, Jun.
W'" Kerr.
Jos. Gale.
W'" Thomas.
Ed. Chester, Jun.
Arch. Cochran.
Rob. Jeafferson.
Marm. Urlin.
Dan. Mackenin.
Ed. Warner.
Jos. Adams.
Jn" Barnes.
Hen. Smith.
Sam. Watkins.
Barry Tankard.
W" Glanvile.
Ed. Perrie.
Jn" Duer.
flfra. Carlisle.
W'" Lavington.
Hopefor Bendall.
Jac. le Roux.
Rob. Duuing.
Pet. Schureman.
Jas. Nibbs.
Ed. Perkins.
Tho. Haws.
Arch* Sherrard.
Rob. Jacob.
Geo. Dewitt.
W"" Home.
Ben. Wickham.
Jn" Raine.
Hen. Dunyter.
Jn" Evius.
Tho. Johnson.
Alex. Hamilton.
David Swijfle.
Jn" Richard.
Simon Lightfoot.
Rob. Hanson, Jun.
Jn" Levicount.
Jn" King.
Rich. Cochran.
Jos. Redhead.
.... Crosbee.
.... ffinach.
. . . b' Toft.
.... Nanton.
.... Jacobs.
.... Winthrop.
Row. Williams.
W"' Hamilton.
Geff. Duucomb.
Jn" Martin.
Jac. Morgan.
W" Sutcliffe.
Pet. Martyu.
C'ha. Loyd.
Nath. Bacon.
Jn" Pryuu.
Tho. Elmes.
Jn" Marchant, Sen.
Bap. Looby.
Jas. Read.
Cha. Kallahane.
Jas. Parke.
Pat. West.
Jn" Rose.
£d. Home.
Jn" Russell.
Geo. fforest.
Rich. Dashwood.
Ed. Chester.
Giles Watkins.
Tho. Trant.
Marcli 15. Edward Morgan, aged about 21,
deposed that he was, on the 9th instant, at the house
of Colonel Thomas Long, his uncle, and saw nine
persons there : — Cajitain John Duer, Colonel Samuel
Watkins, Bastian Otto Baijer, Baptist Looby, Captain
John Paynter, Barry Tankard, Dr. Daniel Mackinen,
and John Barnes, who were all armed. The above
gentlemen were all inimical to Parke, and had
probably met to discuss the situation and concert
measures for resistance.
1709, April 23. His Excellency was this Day pleased to
acquaint the hon'''^ the Lieut. Gov and Gouncill that there
is now but six Councillors, and so proposed to them the
Nomination of Kichard Oliver Esq'' to be one of the Gouncill
of this Island of which the said Lieu' Governour & Goun-
cill unanimously approved.
An Address (undated) from Freeholders, Mer-
chants, Planters, and Traders of Antigua, in favour
of Parke, was this year sent home. It bears the
original signatures of 89 persons, headed by Richard
Oliver, Isaac Royall, and a few others of note, but
they were very much in the minority.
(? April.) Governor Parke writes that Judge
Watkins had run through Captain Weatherly in a
duel, and Mr. Sawyer son of Colonel Sawyer of
Virginia was killed by Edward Chester.
June 8. Gorps of Garabiniers : —
William Byam, Gollonel.
ffi-ancis Rogers 1 t • . n n ii
mi HT • r Lieut.-Gollonells.
Ihomas Morris J
Jeremiah Blizard 1 , , . Samuell Wickham
Sam" Byam / "^ ' John Wickham
Jeremiah Blizard, Brigadier.
Gilbert Garrett, Sub-Brigadier.
John Parry, Adjutant.
William Bartley ■<
fFrancis Pouch >Chirurgions.
Jonas Langford J
Black- Jn° Anderson.
■ Gap'^
Jn" Lucie
man.
Tho. Williams.
W" Thomas.
John ffrye.
Sam. Watkins.
John Thomlinson.
Ed. Warner.
Jn" Pigot.
Barry Tankard.
fTra. Garlisle.
Jas. Parke.
W'" Howard.
Jac. Morgan.
Jn° Rose.
W"' Glanvile.
Rich. Maynell.
Jn" Tankard, Jun''.
Nath. Symons.
Hen. Guichinett.
Jn° Barbetein.
Jos. Adams.
Jn" Wright.
Tho. Griggs.
Jn" Rickard.
Ben. Wickham.
Giles Watkins.
Sam. flfrye.
Jos. ffrench.
Jarvais Turtan.
Anth" Monteyro.
.Tu" Barnes.
Ed. Ghester, Sen''.
Ed. Ghester, Jun''.
Arch'' Cochran.
Jn" Lightfoot.
Rich. Cockran.
Bast. O'Bayer.
Cha. Callahan.
Marm. Urlin.
Hen. Grey den
Hen. Hodge.
Ed. Perrie.
Rich. Buckeridge. Jn" Bradey.
Tho. Kerby. Geo. Napper,
June 12. Governor Parke suspended the Hon.
Barry Tankerd for not attending at the Board when
summoned. Tankerd, who was a planter of good
position with a clear estate of over £1000 a year,
appears to have given offence to Parke, whom he
challenged to a duel.
June 18. Mrs. Elizabeth Wright deposed that
Mr. Sawyer, a gentleman of Virginia, was killed
by Mr. Edward Chester by a blow behind the ear.
At the inquest, however, the verdict of the jury was
" Apoplexy and not by a blow given." Sevei-al
persons stated that the jury had been packed by the
prisoner's friends.
August 12. Governor Parke shewed to his friends
a copy of the articles which had been exhibited
Rob. Sheares.
Jn" Benson.
Jn" Weston.
Jason Martin.
Leon'' Burroughs.
Hopefor Bendall.
Jn" Witts.
Corn. Holloran.
Jn" Greenway.
W"' Barton.
Jn" Roe.
Jas. Roe, Jun^
W>" Pearne.
Gh'' Stoodley.
Phil" Bird.
Jn" Paynter.
Bap. Looby.
Nich. Trant.
Jn" Tankard, Sen.
Jas. Read.
Tho. Turner.
Jn" Combes.
Hazael Reynolds.
Tho. Tanner.
Jn" Bezoine, Sen^
Jn" Decoster.
Hen. Norton.
Hen. Parkes, Jun^
Lewis Geoffryes.
Nich. Lynch.
Jn" Levicount.
Rob. Christian.
W'" Grandam.
Jn" Mapson.
.... Handson,
Sen--.
Pat. West.
Allen Gilbert.
Tho. Roome.
, Sam. Boon. 1 „ , , ,,
Ale.x'Gallman./0'''^^''^y*^*'"-
W'"Yeamans. ,
To appear upon Alarmes
and not otherwise.
W'" Masters.
Pet. Schuurman.
W'" ffranklane.
Chr. Jacobs.
Jas. Hanson.
Marcus Kirwan.
Jn" Codnor.
Rob. Duning.
Tho. Young.
Tho. D'witt.
Geo. D'witte.
Geo. Poulaine.
Geoff. Duncombe.
Tho. Bale.
Ju" Nanton.
Ben. Nilibs.
Hen. Bh'zard.
Tim. Singin.
Jn" Elliott.
Garret Garret.
Isaac Wharfe.
Rich. Hughes.
Jn" Gorbett.
Tho. Skerrett.
Giles Blizard, Jun.
Marcus Monk.
Jn" Howard.
Jacob Theboo.
Rich. Denboe.
Nath. Monk.
Sam. Walker.
Rich. Kirwan.
Ste. Le Roux.
Jn" Reynolds.
Jn" Poi-tlock,
ffarrier.
Superannuated.
W'" Sigsworth.
Shelly.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxxi
against liim by Colonel William Thomas, Dr. Daniel
Mackiuen, and others.
September 7. The Governor had been recently
shot at and wounded in the left arm (the bones
fractured) by Sandy, a negro belonging to Captain
John Otto-Baijer, as he was going along the highway
near " Ottos." A warrant was issued against Captain
Bastian Otto-Baijer and Mr. Richard Smith, and a
reward of 150 pieces of eight promised for the capture
of Sandy. On the 12th Mr. Richard Smith deposed
that he spent the night the Governor was fii-ed at
with Captain Bastian Otto-Baijer, and that Sandy
came into the house and said the Governor had been
shot. Bastian remarked that he might be suspected
of complicity in the crime, so went off in Major
Nanton's boat from Johnson's Point. Bail of £1000
was ordered for Mr. Smith. Major Thomas Nanton
and Mr. John Nanton then came forward and denied
all knowledge of the affair. It does not appear how
this affair ended.
November 19. The Governor not having called any
Assembly for several years, the Speaker endeavoured
to effect a compromise, and stated that the Assembly
would not negative any laws if summoned. The
Governor, however, claimed the right of putting his
name last in sanctioning laws, because the Queen
should be allowed a negative voice, and the Assembly
demurring to this were dismissed.
1709-10, January 10. John Powell, clerk,
petitions that the parish of St. Peter's has no minis-
ter, and asks to be presented to the rectory. The
parish oppose his application on account of his ill life
and conversation.
January 17. A general Council and Assembly to
be held at St. Christopher's.
March 21. Governor Parke was ordered home,
and Colonel Hamilton appointed Lieut.-Genei-al.
1710. Governor Parke writes on 8 June, "My Two
Chief Enemys are Dead, Codrington and Hodges the
Govemour of Montserratt."
About this time he sent home his defence con-
sisting of 103 closely written pages, but his state-
ments were not as a rule veracious, so of little im-
portance.
September 23. At a meeting of the Council there
were present : —
His Escell^y Daniel Parke, Esq'', Capt.-General.
The Hon"'= Jn° Yeamans, Esq', Lieut.-Gov^
Jn° Hamilton, Esq''. Geo. Gamble, Esq>'.
Ed. Byam, Esq''. W'^ Byam, Esq''.
W"" Codrington, Esq''. Rich. Oliver, Esq''.
The. Morris, Esq''.
October 20. John Brett appointed powder-officer
vice Colonel Long, deceased.
Nov. 16. New Sessions. The following appeared &
were sworn : —
By
John Gamble, Esq'
Richard Oliver, Esq'
Thomas Oesterman,
Esq'
Doet' Daniell Mackinnen
M' Edward Chester, Sen'
M' 'William Glanvile
Said John Gamble
Coll" .John Frye
Cap' William Pearne
Coll" Thomas Williams
Maj' John Thomlinson
For
ap. )
ap. I Saint Johns
ap. j* Towne.
ap. I
Old Road &
Bermudian
Valley.
ap. I Saint Johns
Division.
Samuel Watkins, Esq'
Francis Rogers, Esq'
John Haddon. Esq'
Isaac Horsford, Esq'
Nath' Crump, Esq'
Edward Byam, Esq'
Charles Lloyd, Esq'
John Kerr, Esq'
Henry Lyons, Esq'
M' Jacob Morgan ap.
Said Samuel Watkins, Esq' ap.
Cap' Francis Carlile ap.
M' William Hamilton ap.
M' Thomas Turner ap.
Cap' Francis Barter
Said Isaac Horsford ap,
M' Samuell Phillips ap.
Said Nath' Crump ap.
Cap' John Pig-got ap.
Cap' John Paynter ap.
M' Archibald Cochran ap.
Said Charles Lloyd, Esq' . . .
M' John Elliott ap,
M' John Kerr, Juu' ap,
M' George Lucas
M' William Lavington
) Dickinsons
• bay Divi-
I sion.
Popes Head.
five Islands.
1 Falmouth &
V Rendevous
\ bay.
I Old North
I Sound.
I New North
f Sound.
[ None Such.
I Belfast
I Division.
I Willoughby
(■ bay.
November 17. Barbuda was occupied the pre-
ceding Sunday by two privateers. The crew of one
of these vessels also attempted to carry off Dr. Mac-
kinen's negros.
November 27. Thomas Gateward, Esq., is sworn
in as a Master and Examiner of the Court of
Chancery.
November 28. The whole Assembly send a long
list of grievances against Parke to the Council.
December 5. It ajppears from the correspondence
that Governor Parke had appointed one Hill as Clerk
to the Assembly. They claimed the right of appoint-
ing their own officer, and nominated Mr. William
Hinde. The chief cause of their dispute with the
Governor was due to his unwarranted interference
with their privileges and rights, of which they were
very tenacious. Five members of the Council advise
Parke by letter that he had better go off to another
Island as the popular fui-y is very great against him.
Governor Parke having crowned his illegal actions
by bringing into the Court-house a party of grenadiers
with the object of overawing the representatives, the
Assembly adjourned. That night and the next day
they sent messengers to summon the inhabitants to
come armed to St. John's Town the Thursday follow-
ing, 7 December 1710, with the ostensible object of
seizing the Governor and forcing him to quit the
Island. On Thursday 7 December 300 or 400 armed
men accordingly appeared. The Governor had mean-
while prepared his house for defence, and collected
the soldiers under Captain Nevin, Lieutenant Worth-
ington, and Ensign Lynden. There were also with
him Mr. Herbert Pember his Attorney- General, Mr.
Gatewood whom he had made a Justice, Mr. Michael
Ayon whom he had made Prov.-Marshal, Mr. George
French, Mr. Rosengrave, and three others.
A request was sent by the country party that
Parke should discharge his guards, and obey the
royal command to quit the government, to all which
he declined compliance. Two parties of the assail-
ants, ^^nder Captain John Piggot and John Painter,
posted themselves on Church Hill. A shot was fired
at them by Parke's garrison, which was returned,
and the Governor's house was then carried by assault.
The Governor, having received a shot in the thigh,
was conveyed to the house of Mr. Wright, close to
his own, where he was attended by a nurse and
Gousee Bonnin, a surgeon ; his wound was bandaged,
but he died in a short time from loss of blood. All
writers on the subject appear to have copied each
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
other in stating that Parke was torn in pieces by his
assailants in the streets. The sworn depositions of
the surgeon Mr. Bonnin (who made a post-mortem)
and of the nurse prove the contrary, and that the
Governor was humanely treated after he fell. In the
affray at the capture of the house there were killed,
on Pai-ke's side, Caj)tain Boileau, Ensign Lynden, and
13 or 14 soldiers, and Captain Newel, Lieutenant
Worthington and 26 soldiers wounded, among the
latter being Michael Ayon and Mr. George French.
On the Assembly's side. Captain Piggott, Mr. Young,
Mr. Turton, and Mr. Rayne, were killed, and about
30 wounded.
Next day a sloojj was despatched to Lieut. -
General Hamilton.
December 11. A proclamation was issued re-
quiring all officials to continue to discharge their
duties as heretofore.
December 14. Several soldiers depose that they
met together at the Governor's house on 6th Decem-
ber, and that Parke promised them the plunder of
the property of all persons whom they might kill.
Mr. George Dewit swore that the country people
marched up to the hill near the church, and that
the Governor's people fired the first shot.
December 19. Lieut. -General Walter Hamilton
issues a proclamation to the people enjoining them
to give up all the late Governor's goods for his heirs.
December 23. Henry Lyons, Esq., takes the
oaths a,nd his seat at the Council Board. The
Assembly is adjourned and new writs issued.
1710-11, January 2. The new Assembly met
this day, all the former membei^ having been
returned except Mr. John Martin for Five Islands
vice Turner, and Mr. John Barnes vice Captain Pig-
gott, the latter having been killed in the late riot.
Nathaniel Crump was chosen Speaker.
January 8. H.M.S. "Adventurer" had been
recently captured and taken into Martinico. John
Wilkinson and Marcus Browne are imprisoned for
trading with the enemy.
January 9. Thirty pistoles to be expended for the
entertainment of Lord Archibald Hamilton, who is
daily expected to visit this Island.
January 9. The poor settlers to Windward suffer
from lack of water. The cisterns near the guard-
houses are ordered to be put in repair.
January 22. John Barnes, Gent., takes his seat
in the Assembly, and Rowland Williams and William
Codrington, Esqrs., join the Council.
January 26. Nine of the Council write home
describing all the events which led to Governor
Parke's death, and state that he threatened to clap
the Speaker into irons, and his soldiers boasted how
they were ready to fire on the Assembly.
The following partizans of Parke sign an address
to the Queen in his favour : —
Hon. Col. Jn° Hamilton.
Joseph French, Esq., Treasurer.
Cap. W™ Mathews.
Rich. Buckeridge, Collector of
Customs.
Cap. Jn" Wickham.
Maj'' Jeremiah Blizard.
M-- Cha. Raleigh.
Cap. Jn" Roe.
M' Caesar Rodeney.
for Mount Serrat.
Jn" Brett, Naval Officer. Jn» Haddon, Esq.
Isaac Royall, Esq. M' Tho. Turner.
For further particulars the reader may consult the
' History of Col. Parke's Administration,' by George French,
1717, 8°, printed in London.
January 26. The Assembly agree to present a
petition to Queen Anne in regard to the conduct of
the late Governor Parke.
February 22. At a Meeting of the General Council
and Assembly there were present : —
Hon. Walter Hamilton, Esq., L' Gen'.
Councill.
John Davis, Esq. Edward Byani, Esq.
John Willet, Esq. John Daly, Esq.
James Milliken, Esq. George Wyke, Esq.
Assembly.
Cap. Rob. Cunninghame,
Cap. .loseph Crisp,
Cap. Clement Crooke, } for Saint Christophers.
M-' Jn" I)u Port,
Cap. Ralph Willett,
Docf Daniel Mackineu,
Nath" Crump, Esq.,
Sam" Watkins, Esq., ) for Autigua.
Cap. Jn" Payuter,
Hen. Lyons, Esq., absent, ■
Cap. W- White,
Antli» Ravell, Esq.,
Cap. Jn" Bramley,
Cap. Antli" Fox,
Cap. W"' Barzey,
Colonel Richard Abbot, a Member of Council for
Nevis, was absent.
During February and March they frequently met
to discuss Governor Parke's afifau', and the clan-
destine trade with St. Thomas (for which they passed
an Act to pi'eveut traitorous correspondence with and
the supply of stores to the enemy).
On 24 February they sent an address to the Queen
praying her to continue Walter Hamilton as Governor.
March 3. Edward Perrie, Esq., and Thomas
Trant, Merchant, Attorneys to John Perrie, Esq.,
Prov.-Mar.-General, petition that Governor Parke had
illegally appointed Michael Ayon to his office, where-
by' he, John Perrie, had lost three years' fees. Mr.
Perrie's leave of absence, dated 6 August 1709, for
two years, was read.
March 10. Gousse Bounin, Surgeon, deposes on oath :
that no persons struck Gov'' Parke after he was wounded by
a shot in the thigh. He was carried out of the house where
he was wounded about ,50 paces into M"' Wrights dwelling &
placed on a bed, & he tarried with him till he died. He
stuffed the wound with tow but the Gov' was so very restive
that the bleeding recommenced of which he died. Sarah
Collings nursed him & laid him out & swears that there was
but the one wound in the thigh.
March 24. Major Walter Douglas is to succeed
Parke, and his commission is ordered by the Queen
to be drawn out. He is instructed to try, and to send
home, not fewer than three, nor more than six, of the
ringleaders implicated in the mm-der of Parke.
1711, March 29, Major Walter Douglas to be
Captain-General, his commission and instructions to
be prepared.
April 5. The Lieut. -General and Council report
that " M"' Edward Chester Sen' has offered the Lieut.-
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxxiii
Gen" to furnish the soldiers with provisions at seven-
pence a piece per diem which we conceive to he the
cheapest method that can be proposed for maintaining
them." Walter Hamilton, the Lieut. -General, writes
home that the old seal of the Leeward Islands was
melted down and converted into a tankard by Parke.
April 25. The following Wednesday ordered to be
kept as a public fast on account of the long drought.
May 3 Mr. John Buxton, rector .of St. Peter's
Parham, is cited to appear befoi-e the Assembly for
having preached a very virulent sermon against those
concerned in the commotion of 7 December last,
which contained many false charges.
June 25. Hamilton writes : that the French intended
to have made a descent here, but their sloops being met by
H.M.S. New Castle, they wei-e disabled & their design pre-
vented ; that on 14 June 1200 French landed at Montserrat
but Capt. Geo. AVvke with 60 men gallantly held them in
check at a pass or gutt, & they were finally i-epulsed by the
settlers ; & that Commodore Bourne who engaged the
privateers off Martinico had been voted a gratuity of £500 c.
Edward Perrie, Esq., lends the public £500 at
10 per cent, interest (which seems to be the current
rate at this period).
July 2. Nathaniel Crump is appointed Treasurer
vice Joseph French, so he vacates the Speakership
and gives bond for .£5000.
July 5. Samuel Watkins is chosen Speaker vice
Crump resigned.
July 10. Major Walter Douglas, the new Captain-
General, arrived and dissolved the Assembly.
By a printed proclamation pursuant to an Act of
Parliament of 9 Anne debentures for £103,003 lis. M.
sterling are to be paid before 25 December 1711 by
the Commissioners, specially nominated by the Coun-
cil of Trade and Plantations, to such persons as shall
re-settle their plantations at St. Christopher's and
Nevis.
July 17. New Sessions.
By
Sam. Watkins, Esq'
Edw. Byam, Esq'
Nath. Crump, Esq'
Jn" Kerr, Esq'
Isaac Horsf ord. Esq'
Hen. Lyons, Esq'
Jn" Gamble, Esq'
Cha. Loyd, Esq'
Isaac Royall, Esq'
The. Oesterman, Esq'
Jn» Haddon, Esq'
Jn" Sawcolt, Esq'
For
Sam. Watkins, Esq' I Dickinsons Bay
Jacob Mortran, Gent. I Division.
Cap. Jn" Paynter | New North Sound
M' Rich. Cockran ( Divis".
Cap. Jn" Duer | Old North Sound
M' Sam. Phillips | Division.
M' Jn" Kerr \ -o m j. T^• ■ •
M' Jn- Eliot ) ^'''*^'* Division.
Isaac Horsford, Esq' | Falmouth & Rende-
Cap. Jas. Barter | vous bay Divis".
Bap. Looby. Esq' \ Willoug-hby bay
M' Geo. Lucas f Division.
D' Dan. M'Kinen j
Col. Jn° Gamble | The Towne of S«
M' W'" Glanvile ( Johns.
M' Ed. Chester, Sen. '
Cha. Lnyd, Esq' |
M' Arch. C'ockran
Nonsuch Divis",
Isaac Royall, Esq' I
Jos. French, Esq' I
Col. Tho. Williams /
Popeshead Divis".
S' Johns Divis".
Maj' Jn° Tomlinsou |
Jn" Haddon, Esq' Five Islands Divis".
Col. Jn° Frye | The Road &Bermudian
M' Sam. Frye j" Valley Division.
Samuel Watkins chosen Speaker.
July 19. Joseph French and Isaac Eoyall de-
clared unduly elected. £500 currency voted to
Governor Douglas for the purchase of slaves and
horses.
July 26. Mr. Samuel Frye and Captain James
Barter refuse to serve.
August 3. Mr. William Hamilton and Mr. Fran-
cis Carlile are returned for Popeshead, Major Hum-
phrey Osborne for Falmouth, and Colonel John
Burton for Old Eoad.
August 11. Antigua. To His Excellency Walter Hamilton,
Esq'', Capt. Generall and Commander in Chief in and
over all her Majesties Leew'' Carribbee Islands in
America, and the hoa*'" the Couacill and Assembly of
the said Island. i
The Humble Petition of the Merchants, Factors, and
Traders of the said Island whose names hereunto subscribed
in behalfe of their Imployer and themselves.
Sheweth,
That your Petitioners being Disabled by the ill
Complyance of their Debtors to answer their Correspondents
Expectation at home in Making them Returnes according
to their Respective promises and Contracts are without any
faults of their own not only Suspected of Injustice and
wounded in their Reputation (upon Suppositions that they
are paid here by the persons who deal with them, and that
your petitioners Detain the Effects or that at Least they are
highly to be blamed for not prosecuting their Debtors at
Law, and by that Meanes enabled themselves to make better
and more punctuall Remittances) but are Deprived of
makeing any Improvement of their own private fortunes
the proceedings of Law being so very Delitary in Relations to
E-xecutious that it is not possible to procure any address {sic)
that way unless the Law now is being ammended. la
tender Consideration whereof and to the end that your
petitioners may not suffer without Cause, and that the
Trade of this Island may not Delay.
May it please your Excellency, your hon", and the Gent,
of the Assembly to make such a Law for the more Speedy
and Effectuall recovery of Debts as in your great & grave
wisdom you shall think most propper that so the Trade of
this Island may flourish and your Petitioners shall ever pray.
James Nisbitt. Samuel Procter. W. Glanvile.
Caesar Rodney. John Barbotain. Edward Chester.
Robert Joyce. John Burke. Joseph Adams.
Barth. Sanderson. And''' Murray. Ric. Sherwood.
John Barnes. Jn° Swettenham. John Rose.
Edward Chester. John Combes. Hopefor Bendall.
Math" Bermingham. Cha. Dunbar. Jacob Thibou.
C. Stoodly. Thomas Trant. Thomas Dolman.
John Roach. John Brett. Pat. West.
August 27. Douglas says that there is so strong
a feeling against the late Governor that he dare not
punish the guilty.
October 11. Eichard Lightfoot, Esq., presents
his mandamus, and takes his seat at the Council
Board.
October 18. Colonel John Hamilton and Colonel
William Byam attend the General Council, and Dr.
Dan. McKinnen, Mr. Samuel Watkins, Mr. John
Paynter, and Mr. Eichard Cochran the General
Assembly at St. Chi-istopher's.
December 11.
Cols. John Hamilton & W'" Byam of the Councill -j
Daniel Mackinen
M'' Samne" Watkins
1
■ of the General Assembly
for S*
l-X'fers*
(sic).
John Duer
John Painter I ,
Richard Cockran ^ J
These to be paid £252, being £36 a head for 36 days
service at S' X'fers, during Gov'' Parke's time. Also to
Col. Ed. Byam, Maj. Hen. Lyons, Nath. Crump, Esq., D--
Dan. Mackinen, Col. Sam. Watkins, Cap. Jn" Painter, M''
Fra. Carlisle £22 each for their service at the last General
Assembly.
* This should be Antigua.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
On Dec. 1 1 the Members of the Ass'y received orders on
the Treasurer for the following sumes " towards their
expenses* for service in public aft'airs at 6/- per diem " : —
Richard Oliver, Esq'
0
18
0
M' Francis Carlile
21
12
0
Nath" Humfrey
1
4
0
Isaac Horseford, Esq'
18
18
0
Coll" Tho» Williams
23
8
0
Maj' Hum. Osborne
5
8
0
Cap' William Pearne
11
2
0
Coll" John Burton
1
10
0
Cap' John Paynter
17
8
0
Isaac Koyall. Esq'
0
12
0
Charles Kallahan
6
12
0
John Haddon, Esq'
2
8
0
Edward Perrie
G
12
u
Rich'' Buckeridge
U
6
0
Baptist Looby
8
S
0
Cha. Lloyd. Esq'
llj
10
0
Coll" William Thomas
6
6
0
M' James Reade
.5
2
0
M' John Brett
0
18
0
Coll" Sam" Watkins
19
12
0
M' Sam" Phillips
21
18
0
M' Jacob Morgan
H)
8
0
Cap' John Lightfoot
4
10
0
Cap' John Piggott
2
2
0
Coll" William Byam
0
6
0
M' John Roe
0
12
0
Cap' John Duer
5
14
0
M' John Elliot
13
11
0
Samuel Parry, Esq'
0
12
0
M' Edward Warner
0
18
0
M' John Kerr
IH
10
u
M' George Lucas
9
6
0
M' Thomas Turner
y
18
0
Coll" John Gamble ■
16
10
0
Col" Francis Rogers
7
4
0
M' William Glanvile
23
14
0
Maj' Jere. Blizard
U
12
0
M' Richard Cockran
1
16
0
M' Da. Mackinen
23
14
0
M' W'" Hamilton
11
14
0
M' John Barnes
15
6
0
Maj' John Tomlinson
14
14
0
M' Sam" Wickham
5
8
0
M' Andrew Murray
0
12
0
M' William Grear
0
18
0
Cap' James Barter
8
8
0
M' Edward Chester
22
4
0
M' Arch' Cockran
17
2
0
Nath" Crump, Esq'
21
18
0
M' W'" Lavington
8
14
0
Coll" John Frye
22
10
0
M' John Martin
16
18
0
Joseph French, Esq'
7
11
0
£
.527
2
0
1711-12, January 14. Hon, Eichard Lightfootis
suspended. Nathaniel Browne, Esq., Deputy-Secre-
tary, John Booth, Registrar of the Court of Chancery,
and George Jennings, Master and Examiner of the
Court of Chancery and Notary Public, are sworn in.
February 4. A proclamation was issued, order-
ing the ensuing 20th to be kept as a fast on account
of Governor Parke's murder.
1711-12, Feb. 6. Antegoa.
By the Queen.
A PROCLAMATION.
Anne by the Grace of God of Great Brittaine, France,
and Ireland, Queen Defender of the Faith, etc. To all to
whom these presents shall come sendeth Greeting. Whereas
a great number of our Subjects in this our Island of
Antegoa did lately in an open Rebellions Manner take up
armes & committ a most barbarous Murther on the body
of Daniel Parke, Esq"^, then our Cap' Generall and Com-
mander in Chief in and over all our Leeward Carribbee
Islands in America. Nevertheless being persuaded that
many of the offenders were drawne into that Rebellion and
Murder by the subtle Insinuations and by the Influence of
some of the Chief advisers and proniotters thereof, and not
from any Rancour of mind or Disposition to our Govern-
ment, Wee out of our princely Disposition to forgive have
Resolved that our Clemency shall temper our Justice,
Know Yee that wee of our Especiall Grace and Favour,
Certaine Knowledge, and meer motion, have pardoned,
remitted, and Released, and by these presents for us our
heires and successors do freely and absolutely Pardon,
remitt, and Release to all our subjects of the island of
Antegoa who were any wayes offenders in the said Crime
(other than such persons as hereafter are excepted), and to
their heires, Executors, and administrators all, and all
manner of treason, fellouys, misprisons of treason or fellony,
murders. Crimes, Misdemeaners, and offences whatsoever
by them and every of them (except as hereinafter excepted)
committed, commanded, acted, or done on account of the
said late Rebellion and Murder, and of and from all paines
of death and other paines and penalties, Judicaments,
* These payments continued to be made for only a few more
years. This custom of paying their representatives was a bad
oae, as the members were always the richest and foremost men in
the Island, and it was felt to be an injustice to tax their poorer
brethren, to the amount of several hundred a year, for the benefit
of those who did not require such assistance.
Convictions, attainders, outlawrys, Escheats, and forfeitures
therefore had or given, or that may or might accrue for the
same (except out of this our proclamation of free pardon
all and every such person and persons who are apprehended
and in custody in order to be proceeded against and
prosecuted according to Tjaw for the Murder aforesaid, and
brought to Condigne punishment, and all such persons who
are fled from Justice on account of the said Crime),
whereby others may be deterred from Committing or
attempting the like for the future, also Except those of her
Maj'* Couucill in any of the four Islands of Antegoa, Nevis,
Montserrat, & S' Christophers who have been concerned in
Encourageing, abetting, or assisting in the said Rebellious
Murder, Provided allways that if any of the persons hereby
meant or intended to have the benefit of this our Gracious
and free pardon shall presume to Justifye the Murder
aforesaid, or shall assemble and meet together in order to
obstruct justice to be done upon any of the persons
excepted in this our Gracious proclamation of free pardon,
or shall attempt the like Rebellious Pratices (as above
mentioned) for the future, they shall Receive no benefitt
by this our Gracious proclamation of free pardon, but shall
be liable to be prosecuted according to Law for any of the
Crimes above mentioned, and further our will and pleasure
is and wee do hereby declare that this our free pardon by
the General! Words, Clauses, & Sentences thereof shall be
respected, deemed, and adjudged, expressed, allowed, and
taken in all our Courts in this Island and Elsewhere most
beneficially for our said subjects (not herein and hereby
excepted, or by the said proviso excepted) as if their
particular persons and Crimes where herein at large and
fully expressed without Ambiguity, question, or other
delay whatsoever to be pleaded, objected, or alledged by us
our heires or successors, by our Attorney Generall, or any
other person or persons for us our heirs or successors. In
Testimony whereof Wee have Caused these our Letters to
be made Pattents. Witness, Walter Douglas, Esq'', our
Cap' Generall and Commander in Chief in and over all our
Leeward Carribbee Islands in Amei'ica, at S' John's, our
Island of Antegua aforesaid, this sixth day of February in
the Year of our Lord 1711-12, and in the tenth Year of
our Reigne. God save the Queen.
Walter ( seai. ) Douglas.
February 6. An Act was this day passed for
establishing a Court of Queen's Bench and Common
Pleas.
February 21. John Painter, John Kerr, William
Hamilton, and John King, by their petition, state
that they have been in prison five weeks, and ask to
be allowed bail. It is probable that they had been
incarcerated by Governor Douglas for implication in
Parke's death. Six days later John Paynter, Esq.,
Hon. William Codrington, Hon. Edward Byam, Cap-
tain John Gamble, Captain John Duer, Captain
William Gunthrop, and Jonas Langford, Gent., came
before Edward Perrie and William Glanvile, two
Justices, and went bail collectively for £4000, and
individually £1000 apiece. ^611,000 bail for the four
prisoners was very excessive, but doubtless Governor
Douglas was bi'iuging pressure to bear on various
people with a view to extort hush-money.
The Assembly complain of the charge of 9d. for
letters as being illegal.
Edward Warner's mandamus as a Councillor is
dated 1 5 March.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxxv
The total losses at St. Christopher's and Nevis
according to the sworn returns were £356,926
sterling.
1712, May 13. Governor Douglas was becoming as
unpopular as Parke had been. He had been trading
on the fears of the people to extort hush-money
from them, but promised this day to cancel any
bonds given him in the way of presents !
May. Kobert Cunningham, a prisoner at St.
Kitts, petitions against Governor Douglas ; states
that he has a wife and eleven children ; that he is a
son of Richard Cunningham late of Glengarnock who
served Charles I. and II. ; and that he has been
imprisoned because he refused to vote a present of
100,000 lbs. to the Governor.
Jiine 26. William Mathew and, on the following
day, Edward Warner took their seats at the Council
Board. A letter was read from the Bishop of Lon-
don advising them of the despatch of two ministers,
Mr. Allen and Mr. Duncan.
July 6. Governor Douglas writes that he has
sent Mr. Mackinen and Mr. Samuel Watkins to
England, to be brought to justice as prime movers in
the late riot.
These two gentlemen petitioned their Lordships
on 9 October 1712 from Newgate, asking to be
bailed.
The total losses at Montserrat this year from
the French invasion were given in on oath as
£203,-506.
Several persons sign an addi-ess to Governor
Douglas, asking him to suspend Walter Hamilton,
Lieut.-Governor of Nevis, who was lately Lieut. -
General here, because he favoured the murderers of
Governor Parke. Signed by —
Sam. Byam. H. Pember. John Yeamans.
Joseph French. Rich. Worthington. The. Morris.
John Wickham. Isaac Rojall. Rich. Oliver.
Douglas acted according to their wishes and sus-
pended Hamilton, though seventeen of the Assembly
and seven of the Council signed an address in his
favour.
July 10. William Thomas takes the oath and
his seat at the Council.
Thomas Kerby, who fled to Barbados on account
of his implication in Governor Parke's murder, has
been taken into custody.
From a printed broadside, called " Truth brought
to Light, or Murder will Out," together with an
answer to the same, it appears Thomas Kerby was
accused of firing the first shot on the memorable
7 December 1710. Captains Pigott and Paynter led
two parties against the soldiers, and Daniel Mac-
kenny (? Mackinen) and Samuel Watkins were also
prime movers.
July 17. New Sessions.
By For
W" Glanvile, Esq'
Belfast Division.
• vSaiut Johns Towns.
Cap' Edw. Perrie
M' Chr. Stood ley
Jn" Gamble, Esq'
M' Edw. Chester, Sen. )
Jn" Tomlinson, Esq' M' Edw. Home i Saint Johns Divi-
M' And. Murray I sion.
Isaac Eoyall, Esq' Coll" Jer. Blizard | „ ,, ^
Cap. Jos. French ) '^°^^^ '^^^■
Jw Haddon, Esq' M' Rob. Hanson Five Islands.
Jn" Wickham, Esq' .Tu" Kerr. Jun' |
\V"' Painter (
Sam. Parry, Esq' M' Arch. Cockran j „ c v,
M' Joshua Jones , JNone buch.
Edw. Warner, Esq' Barry Tankard, Esq' | Falm"> & rendesvous
Isaac Horsford, Esq' I bay.
Edw. Byam, Esq' Cap' Francis Carlisle I -kt xt lu c i
Cap' Jn" Gunthrop } New North Sound .
Isaac Royall, Esq' Cap' Giles Watkins ( ^. , .
M' Jacob Morsan j -Liickisons bay.
Jn" Duer, Esq' Said Jn" Duer, Esq' I rvu xt ^-u a j
M' James Parke j Old, -N orth Sound.
Jn" Burton, Esq' Said Jn" Burton, Esq' / Old road and Ber-
M' Chas. Jacob f mudian valley.
Henry Lyons, Esq' M' Geo. Lucas | „,■,, , , ,
M' Baptist Looby [ VVilloughby bay.
Mr. George Lucas was chosen Speaker, William
Hinde clerk, and Thomas Stevens messenger.
.July 17. " The Gen' with some forces belonging to this
Island being now gone off for the reliefe of our poore dis-
tressed Friends and neiglibours of Montserrat."
The enemy quitted that Island on the 23rd. An
attack on Guadaloupe was now suggested, but in reply
to demands for assistance Governor Bennett of the
Bermudas declined to send any men, and Governor
Lowther of Barbados said he could not spare 200
arms.
July 25. Captain Charles Constable of H.M.S.
" Panther " refuses the present* from the Assembly
because he cannot stay.
August 2. Mr. Barry Tankerd, Mr. Isaac Hors-
ford, Mr. Joseph French, Mr. Jeremiah Blizard, and
Mr. William Paynter, refuse to serve on the
Assembly. Seventy ban-els of beef and 60 of flour
are sent to Montserrat for the relief of the destitute.
The public records were despatched for safety to
Monk's Hill. Robert Hanson, one of the members,
was ignominiously exj)elled from the House for ill-
conduct.
August 19. Blockhouses are to be erected at
Monk's Hill for the women and children in case of in-
vasion. Out of 10,000 feet of boards granted, one
guard-house only has been built, the rest embezzled.
The magazine at Willoughby Bay is to be rebuilt.
September 22. Ashton Warner, Gent., was
returned for Falmouth.
October 4. Edward Mann, Gent., was returned
vice Robert Hanson expelled.
The Assembly agree that their jjresent agent. Sir
John St. Leger, is of too near relationship to their
General, and of no use.
Oct. 29. Letter from D'' Gousse Bonnin, dated at London,
to the Earl of Dartmouth, Sec. of State, saying that he has
been sent home as an eye witness of Gov. Parke's murder,
against Sam. Watkins, Dan. Mackinen & others as chief
actors, & desires to be paid for his subsistence &
expenses.
Dec. 24. This day was read a letter from the Gov'' of
Barbados, dated the 10"' inst., stating that as the 4 months
truce made 4 Oct. last will cease on the 11"' inst., he proposes
to despatch a flag of truce to Martinique to renew it.
1712-13, Feb. 17. The following Merchants, Traders, &
Masters of vessels, petition the GoV & C that Capt. Cooper of
H.M.S. " Scarboro' " took a Fi-euch briganteen during the
* It was customary at this time to retain the services of the
captains of H.M.'s ships by offering- them presents of .50 or 100
guineas, or a valuable sword. Without this bribery they rarely
troubled themselves to protect the Antijjuan trade, but remained as
a rule at Barbados. It was the spirit of the age ; bribery and cor-
ruption pervaded all classes in a lesser or greater degree.
m
Ixxxvi
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Truce, & that such action will be very prejudicial. Signed
by-
Rich. Sherwood.
Joseph Adams.
Rob. Joyce.
John Barnes.
Rich. Burke.
Coline Pindlay.
Will. Grear.
Will. Patterson.
Marm. Nowell.
Jas. Nisbitt.
Chr. Stoodly.
Sam. Procter.
Cha. Dunbar.
Jas. Maxwell.
Jas. Parsons.
Will. Glanvile.
.... Redwood.
Tho. Trant.
Anth" Monteyro.
Jn" Roch.
Will. Hewitt.
Jn° Newton.
And. Murray.
J. Woodbury.
Abra. Cornwall.
1712-13. List of Inhabitants.
\Miite
Families. Women. Children.
S' Johns Town . . 235 246 260
S' Johns Division . 28 30 73
Dickisons Bay . . 19 26 45
Popes Head . . 22 28 73
Five Islands . . 15 15 13
Old Road & Berm. Valley 28 28 51
Old North Sound . 96 78 85
New North Sound . 78 55 86
Marshalls Creek . . 18 23 37
Belfast . . . 42 53 92
Willoughby Bay . . 13 13 24
Fal"- & Randezvous Bay . 62 62 129
None Such . . 80 89 96
New Div" & Berm. Valley 62 48 67
Men fit to
bear arms.
254
42
27
27
19
35
103
80
28
54
9
99
94
58
Negroes.
831
1.H15
463
364
4.50
589
[blaiii]
1,018
818
638
537
1.707
l^blank]
1,037
758
794 1,131
929 11,838
Parishes.
S' John's
S' Peter's
S' Paul's
S' Philip's
S' Mary's
Baptisms.
42
21
15
13
5
Burials.
32
13
1
1
3
From 25 March 1711 to 25 March 1712.
Feb. 2.3. " A List of Persons Nominated by his Excel-
lency and Councill to appear in the Corps Carabiniers in
this Island " : —
Collonel.
7
f Majors. > L'-CoUonels.
Brigadier Sub-Brigadier.
Captaines Adjutant.
Barry Tankard.
Fi-ancis Carlisle.
John Coomes.
Gyles Watkins.
Sam' Fryp.
Archibald Cockran,
Edw'^ Chester, sen.
Will. Pearne.
Jacob Morgan.
Thomas Trant.
Baptist Looby.
Chris. Stoodly.
Allen Gilbert.
John Barbottaine.
Andrew Murray.
Sam' Martin.
Joseph Adams.
James Weatherill.
Benja. Wickham.
Jiinas Langford.
•Samuel Rowe.
Henry Hodge.
Edward Perry.
Hopefor Bendall.
John Barnes.
Will. Glanvile.
Benja. Nibbs.
George Bullen.
Tiiomas Dewitt.
John Anderson.
John Weston.
John Witts.
Cornelius Hallo-
ran.
John Greenway.
Will. Grantham.
Richard Meynell.
John Wright.
Patrick West.
Henry Guichinett.
Thomas Rowe.
Antho. Garratt.
•James Hanson.
John Coduer.
Robert Pancey.
Tho. Botking.
Char. Dunbarr.
Natha. Wickham.
Robert Gamble.
Jacob Thibou.
Rich. Denbow.
"1 Chirur-
.... J geons.
Abram. Redwood.
Thomas Jarvis.
Orderly men.
Rich. Hughes.
Tho. Tanner.
James Tjow.
Jlath. Berrington.
Robert Joyce.
John Rowe.
Benja. Eversdcn.
Rich. Daniel.
Joseph Hodge.
Duncan Dee.
Edward Man.
John Bezoon.
Leo. Burroughs.
Bartho. Sanderson.
Lewis .Tefferyes.
Nicho. Lynch.
Rob' Christian.
William Dunning.
Robert Weir.
John Portlock,
farrier.
Tho. Woodstock.
John Butler.
To appear upon allarmes.
John Brest.
Tho. Breton.
Herbert Pember.
Will. Yeamans.
Caleb Lasher.
James Parke.
James Person.
Henry Osborne.
Marmaduke Urlin.
Thomas Haws.
.Tames Nybbs.
Joseph French.
John Hodsre.
Ash ton Warner.
Will. Hinde.
Phillip Abraham.
Richard Sherwood.
Giles Blizard.
John Farlow.
Natha. French.
Edw'' Chester, jun.
Will. Frankly.
Thomas Freeman.
George Jennings.
Micha. Arnold.
Gyles Thyere.
To appear with the Comm'''',
Tho. Williams.
John Tomlinsou.
John Wickham.
John Roach.
John Frye.
Will. Thomas.
Tho. Morris.
Edward Waruer.
AVill. Byara.
John Otto Baiier.
Bastian Otto
Baijer.
Tho. Oesterman.
Rich. Cockran.
John Gamble.
John Lucas.
1712-13, March 19. Mr. Speaker Lucas having been
called to Barbados, Mr. Joshua Jones is chosen pro tern.
March 24. The Attorney-General of England
having instructed the Governor to form a Court of
Escheat, and to put the naval office bonds in prosecu-
tion, the following were accordingly nominated, viz. —
Rev. Jonathan Yale Gilford to be Chancellor.
Hon. Jn° Lucas, Chief Baron.
Abraham Redwood ^
Sam. Parry >Puisny Barons.
Jer. Nesbitt J
The following persons petition that there is no law of
this island to form such a Court, and that it will ruin them.
Signed by —
John Brett.
Isaac Royall.
John Wriffht.
Abra. Redwood.
Pat. West.
John Booth.
Rich. Denbow.
Tho. Blaffden.
Hen. Lloyd.
Rich. Gough.
Rich. Jardine.
Jas. Porter.
Jos. French.
B. Eversden.
Edw. Morp:an.
John Turner.
John Hamilton.
Edw. Byam.
Rich. Oliver.
W" Thomas.
W»' Byam.
Gust. Scott.
Fra. Fisher.
Beamsly Perkins.
Peace has been made.
H. Guichinett.
Jac. Thibou.
Chr. Stoodley.
W. Glanvile.
Ed. Mann.
Jos. Adams.
Jn" Tomlinson.
Abra. Lynch Barth.
John Reynolds.
171.3, July 27.
Aug. 10. Letter from GoV Walter Douglas to my Lord
(? Carteret) acknowledging receipt of order for him to return
to EngH, but tho' his family is very sickly he will at once
comply.
August 21. A draught commission for Walter
Hamilton to be Captain-General was dated this day,
but never passed.
December 15. Tlie Assembly complain that
Governor Douglas has frequently adjourned them to
prevent certain bills from being passed ; they also say
that he called the gentlemen of the parish of Fal-
mouth " a parcell of idle wretches & miserable dogs."
The Governor left the Island this month for
England, and copies of all the minutes were sent home
by the Assembly, as he would j^i'obably use only
portions for his benefit.
1713, Dec. 15. New Sessions.
By
For
S' Johns Town.
S' Johns Division.
Popeshead.
Dickinsons Bay.
Belfast.
Nonsuch.
Coll" Jn" Gamble
Maj' James Nisbit
M' Chr. Stoodly
M' Tho. Turner
Coll" Jn" Sawcolt i
Cap' Edw. Home i
Said Isaac Royall i
M' W"> Hamilton '
M' Jac. Morpron
M' Giles Watkins
M' Jn" Eliote
M' Jn" KinH'
Joshua Jones, Esq"
M' Arch. Cochran
Said Haddon, Esq"
JIaj' Humphrey Osborn i
Maj' Tho. Nanton
Cap. Fra. Carlile
Jn" Gunthorpe, Esq"
M' Rich. Cochran
M' James Parke
Cap. Ju° Roe
Coll" Jn" Burton
Geo. Lucas, Esq"
M' Bap. Looby
George Lucas was chosen Speaker.
Dec. 15 Hon. Daniel Smith, L' Gov'' of Nevis, writes to
say that Gov'' Douglas left the great seal with him, & that
by the Queen's Instructions he is to be Commander in Chief
during the absence of the Cap*-Gen'.
Jn" Nisbit, Esq"
Rich. Oliver. Esq"
Isaac Royall, Esq"
Jeremiah Blizard, Esq'
W"> Grear, Esq"
Sam. Parry, Esq"
Jn" Haddon, Esq"
Edw. Warner, Esq"
Edw. Byam, Esq"
W" Byam, Esq"
Ambrose Torke, Esq"*
Hen. Lyons, Esq"
Five Islands.
Falmouth & Ren-
I desvouz Bay.
I New North
i Sound.
Old North Sound.
I Old Road & Ber-
I mudian Valley.
Willoughby Bay.
WILLIAM AND MARY. ANNE.
Ixxxvii
Dec. 31. Jas. Nisbitt, Esq., J. P., deposes that on
22 Sep. last GoV Donglas got him, to swear Nich^ Blake, a
great sconndrel, to certain papers which he was told referred
to timber-sales, bat Blake afterwards informed him that
there were many accusations in the said papers against
people here, including deponents brother Edw. Perrie, Esq.,
& Tho. Trant, Col. W" Thomas, Col. W"' Codrington, Edw.
Warner, Col. Sam. Watkins, D'' Dan. Mackinen, M'' Fra.
Carlile, M'' Arch. Cochran, M' Bap. Looby, M' Jn" Kerr, M"'
Jn» Elliott, Cap. Sain. Frye, Cap. Jn° Paynter, M"' W"
Hamilton & Cap. Crump the Treasurer.
1713-14, Feb. 12. The Inhabitants of S' Philips Parish
petition, that their church had been built by their ancestors
at Willoughby Bay, that it wants repairing, & that a chapel
of ease was intended to be built at Belfast over 20 years ago,
the laud for which was given & is used as a burial ground.
They object to have the old church pulled down and a new
one built elsewhere. Signed by : —
John Kerr, Church-
warden.
John Lavioount.
W™ Steel.
William Painter.
Sam" Mayer.
Tim"'-'' Singin.
John Prynn.
John Barnard.
John Wilts.
Joseph Todman.
Marmaduke Urlin.
Robert JeafEreson.
Cornelius Halloran.
Benj" Wickham.
John Fouler.
Hugfh Jones. +
Ja. Ayres.
Jos. Leddiatt.
Thomas Stiff.
Humphry Davis. +
John Parry.
Mich. Stridvian. +
Peter Adgett. +
John Brook.
Charles Goldin.
Cornelius Malloune.
Henry Louvy.
Vallentine Keeff.
Owen M'"Carty.
Mark Monk.
Edward Cooke.
Nicholas Lynch.
James Rice. +
Florence Carty.
John Slarchant.
Thomas Elmes.
Adam Wallis.
Peter Willcox.
Ja. Fallon.
Hugh Wapley. +
Jn° Blundon.
Dennis Sullivan. + Coll. Macmahon. Christoph.
Greorjre Nichols. + Peter Martin. NichoUs. +
Henry Soper. + Tho. Skerret. JohnLavicount, Jun'.
Note. — The persons against whose names there is a cross ( + )
signed with their mark.
Pet" also from Cap. Anth" Browne & M' Jn° Eliote, late
Churchwardens of S' Philips, that at a vestry meeting it was
decided to erect a church in the centre of the parish, on land
already obtained from M'' Jn° King, & a 'contract was
entered into with M'' Geo. Pullein, carpenter, for £1100.
They pray for indemuification.
1713-14, March 2.5. Taxes for the ensuing year.
Taxes suggested by
Taxes settled by Ass''',
Licences ....
Liquor office
Dry goods at 10 per cent.
Town rents
L'' Willoughbys Act
Traders ....
20 per cent, uon residents
Council.
At 2/ per acre
Negros at 10/ per head
Lycenoes to sell liquor
Liquor office
Dry goods & traders .
Town rents
£
5,000
1.000
600
1,.500
1,000
500
£
600
1,500
1,000
5U0
600
1,000
11,200
16,400
1714, July 16. Colonel Richard Oliver was ap-
pointed to inspect and report on the condition of the
Records.
July 23. Edward Perrie's commission as Clerk of
the Navy and Naval Oflficer was this day read. The
sum of £345 was paid to the members of the Assembly
for their attendance.
August 1. Queen Anne died.
CHAPTER VII.
GEORGE I. GEORGE II. 1714—1760.
1714, September 2. Hon. Colonel Oliver is de-
puted to draw up the Powder Act with the members
selected by the Assembly.
Sep. 25. Dan' Smith wrote announcing the death of the
Queen on P' Aug. last. The proclamation of Geo. I. was
signed bv the following inhabitants :—
Jn" Yeamans.
Ju" Hamilton.
Ed. Byam.
. Wm. (.'odrington.
Hen. Lyons.
W"' Thomas.
Tho. Morris.
Eich. Oliver.
W" Byam.
Jn" Lxicas.
Jas. Field.
Is": Royall.
Hen. Hughes.
Ed. Price.
W" Howard.
Chas. Pym.
Syer Allcocke.
Mar. Mackenzie.
Joshua .Jones.
Hum. Osborn.
Tho. Traut.
Nath. Crump.
Jn° Sawcolt.
Fra. Carlile.
Jn" Gamble.
Jn" Eliote.
Giles Watkins.
Ashton Warner.
Jn" Roe.
Jas, Nisbitt.
Jn° Duer.
Bap. Looby.
Tho. Turner.
Jac. Morgan.
W'" Hamilton.
Ed. Home.
Marm. Bacheler.
Tho. Jarvis.
H. Warner.
Hen. Douglas, Prov.
Mar. Gen'.
Jn" Haddon.
Pat. West.
And. Murray.
W" Pearne.
Jer. Blizard.
Geff. Duneombe.
Ed. Perrie, Surv.
Gen'.
Rich. Buckeridge,
ColK
Jn" Booth.
Jn" Brunckhurst.
Nath. Wickham.
Ed. Morgan.
Jas. Rawleigh.
Jn" Chamberlain.
Rob. Gamble.
Ed. Thornton.
Day. Soannell.
Jas. Godsell.
Nich. Weeks.
Jn° Burton.
Sam. Martin.
Geo. Forrest.
Gilb. Garratt.
Arth. Dalvan.
Tho. Wise.
Fra. Hamilton.
Through the agency and mediation of Stephen
Duport of London, a St. Kitts merchant of French
extraction, most of the Huguenot families of St.
Christopher's were re-possessed of their estates by the
King's commands, which was a wise and magnani-
mous proceeding. Owing to religious persecution
they were on very friendly terms with their English
neighbours, who had often saved them from death
and torture, and they had moreover in many instances
cemented this good feeling by intermarriage: — for
instance, Madame Elizabeth Salenave, widow of Jor-
dain Salenave, who had an estate of 300 or 400 acres
at St. Kitts before 1688, petitioned for its restoration,
and stated that Lieutenant Robert Cunningham had
married her niece. Her petition was granted. Other
French Protestants had settled at Antigua, where
letters of denization were readily granted them, their
advent being considered to be a welcome addition to
the strength of the Island.
1714-15. On January 5 a draught commission
for Colonel William Codrington to be Captain-General
was drawn out, but it was ordered to be stopped, and
on the 15th one for Hamilton was made out.
1714-15, Feb. 8. New Sessions.
By
Jas. Nisbitt, Esq"
Jn" Combes, Esq"
Edw. Perrie, Esq'"
Rich. Buckeridge, Esq"
Edw. Home, Esq"
And. Murray, Esq"
Rich. Cochran, Esq"*
John Duer, Esq"
Geo. Lucas, Esq"
Bap. Looby, Esq" I
Ben. Wickham, Esq" I
W"' Paynter. Esq" f
Jn" Burton, Esq" /
Jn" Roe, Esq" (
Fra. Carlile, Esq" |
Jn" Lightfoot, Esq" i
Giles Watkins, Esq" (
Jac. Morgan, Esq" f
Isaac Royall, Esq" I
Jos. French, Esq" |
Hum. Osborn, Esq" |
Jas. Barter, Esq" I
Joshua Jones, Esq" !
Arch. Cochran, Esq" |
Tho. Turner, Esq" f
George Lucas was chosen Speaker.
Herbert Pember, Esq"
John Sawcolt, Esq"
John Duer, Esq"
Hen. Lyons, Esq"
W" Grear, Esq"
Jn" Koe, Esq"
Hon'>'= Ed w. By am , Esq"
Jer. Blizard, Esq"
Isaac Royall, Esq"
Main Swete, Esq"
Nath. Crump, Esq"
Tho. Turner
For
S" Johns Town.
S' Johns Division.
Old North Sound.
Willoughby Bay
Division.
Belfast Division.
Bermudian
Valley.
New North
Sound.
Dickinsons Bay.
Popeshead Divi-
sion.
Falmouth & Ren-
desvous Bay.
Nonesuch Divi-
sion.
Five Islands.
Ixxxviii
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
February 8. Giles Theyer, Esq., of Gray's Inn,
was called in and presented a deposition from Charles
Hedges, Esq., Secretary of the Leeward Islands by
patent, authorizing him to act as his deputy. George
Lucas, Esq., and the parishioners of St. Paul's, Fal-
mouth, petition for the rebuilding of a bridge washed
away by the hurricane in 1713.
Feb. Edward Byam, Esq., appointed Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of his Majesty's Island of Antegoa in America, & Wil-
liam Mathews, Esq., appointed Lieutenant-Governor of his
Majesty's Island of S' Christophers, & Lieutenant-General
Hamilton appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands in the
room of Colonel Douglas, & Henry Douglas, Esq., made
Provost-Marshal of the Leeward Caribbee Ishiuds in the room
of Aston Warner, Esq., and Edward Perry, Esq., made Clei'k
of the Naval Stores in the Leeward Islands.
(' Historical Register.')
1714-15. State of the Forts.
Monks hill & Codrington battery. Many breaches, 20
mounted & 30 un-monnted guns.
Falmouth Fort. 7 guns mounted, 5 un-mounted, 2
mounted without the fort, ^ barrel! of powder & a few shott,
& some unfit firearms.
Old Road Platform. 7 guns mounted, i barrell of powder,
no spunge, ladle, rammer, nor ammunition.
S' Johns Fort. The gates downe, cisterns out of repair,
14 guns mounted, 13 carriages bad, 2 guns mounted outside,
1 gun inside dismounted, 100 cartridges, a few great shot,
i a barrell of powder, no rammer, etc.
Parham Platform. 4 guns mounted, 40 shott, ^ barrell
of powder, no ammunition.
Willoughby Platform. 5 guns mounted, 4 carriages
good, no stores.
March 10. By Act the Court of Chancery was in
future to consist of the Commander-in-Chief and
five Members of H.M. Council.
1715, March 28. Ashton Warner, the Clerk to
the Council, is to be paid £70 a year, and not £30 as
heretofore.
D' the public of Antigua.
To the amount of Debits.
£18,459 2 5f
9,300 15 OJ
Ballance £9,158 7 5i
By the Account of Credits.
£9,300 15 0;^
May 7. John Gamble, Esq., gives the returns of
the new members for St. John's, viz. : — John Gamble,
Eichard Buckeridge, Major Nisbitt, and John
Combes.
June 28. Captain Henry Smith try'd at the King's
Bench Bar for the Murder of Colonel Park, Governor of
Antegoa, and acquitted. (« Historical Register,' p. 63.)
One of the ringleaders (in the Parke riot of 1710), named
Smyth, was brought to trial in England, as long after the
date of the event as 1715, but owing to some iuformahty in
the proceedings, he was acquitted, and D'' Daniel Mackin-
non, Samuel Watkins, and Thomas Kerby, other principal
sharers in the rebellion, under the same indictment, were
consequently liberated from Newgate.
(' West India Sketch Book,' vol. ii., p. 262.)
June 30. Colonel William Mathew, the newly
appointed Lieut.-General of the Leeward Islands and
Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher's, arrived at
Nevis.
July 8. The Commissions of Edward Byam as
Lieut.-Governor of Antigua, dated 28 January
1714-15, and of William Mathew as Lieut.-General
and Commander-in-Chief, dated 25 March 1715,
were read.
Oct. 5. Account of Militia at Antigua : —
One Troop of Horse . . 86
ffoot— Blew Regiment . . . .289
Red „ . . . . 269
Green „ . . . .194
752
October 6. Colonel Val. Morris takes his seat at
the Council Board vice Colonel Eichard Oliver
indisposed.
October 24. The following clergy take the oaths
of fealty to King George : — Mr. James Field, Mr.
Jonathan Yate Gifford, Mr. Orr, and Mr. John
Simpson.
Oct. 24. All the inhabitants over 18 years of age are
required to take the oath of fealty to Geo. I., & certain
gent" were appointed as follows to carry this out : —
For
Hon. Tho. Morris, Esq. 1
Jn" Duer, Esq. [ Old Road & New North Sound Division.
Jas. Patten, Esq. )
Hon. Jn" Hamilton, Esq. ,
Herb. Pember, Esq.
Jn" Gamble. Esq.
Chr. Stoodly, Esq.
Isaac Royall, Esq.
Jn° Yeamans. Esq.
W™ Grear, Esq.
Sam. Parry, Esq.
Bap. Looby. Esq.
Hon. Ed. Warner, Esq.
Main Swete, Esq.
Is" Horsford, Esq.
Hon. Col. Val. Morris, Esq. '
.In" Burke. Esq.
Jn" Roe, Esq. )
October 28. The Governor is to receive £400 a
year in lieu of a house.
November 8. Mr. Nathaniel Carpenter, jun., to
be Agent for two years.
An account of the duties of H.M. troops.
Private Men. Serjeant. Corporal. Drummer. OflBcer.
1. On Town guard 18 1 1 1 1
2. Monks Hill 12 1 1 1 1
3. S' James Fort 10 1 1
4. Road platform 4 11
44 4 4 2 2
S' Johns, Popeshead, Dickinsons Bay,
& Five Islands.
' Belfast, Nonsuch, & Willoughby Bay.
■ Falmouth & Rendesvous Bay Divisions.
■ Old Ro.ad & Berm. Valley.
The privates receive from the public of this Isl'' 9'^ a day
part payable iu provision, a corporal or Serjeant 12'', & a
subaltern 4/-.
November. George Lucas, having been made
Treasurer, vacates the Speakership, and Archibald
Cochran is chosen.
The gross amount received from the 4^ per cent,
duty for thirteen years, 1703 — 1715, amounted to
£78,528, and the nett amount was £29,313.
November 21. Main Swete succeeds George
Lucas (now Treasurer) as Powder Officer.
1715-16, February 7. The commission for Walter
Hamilton, Esq., to be Captain-General, dated 23
August last, was read.
Barry Tankard took the oaths and his seat at the
Council.
February 8. John Hamilton and John Prye take
the oaths and their seats at the Council.
February 11. Giles Theyer, Clerk of the Council,
and Ashton Warner, Clerk of the Assembly, petition
for payment of their salary.
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
Ixxxix
February 14. Val. Morris takes his seat at the
Council vice Colonel Eichard Oliver.
February 21. Edward Warner takes the oaths
and his seat at the Council.
February 23. Chester's plantation to be rented
for the Governor, instead of £400 a year for house
rent.
February 25. John Gamble, Esq., to be Chief
Justice of the Court of King's Bench and Common
Pleas.
March 2. £100 currency a year voted to Gover-
nor Hamilton.
1716, May 3. New Sessions.
By
Jn° Gamble, Esq'
For
Tho. Oesterman. Esq'
Jn" Duer, Esq'
Bap. Looby, Esq'
Jn° Burton, Esq'
Jn" Grunthrop, Esq'
Jer. Blizard, Esq'
Is"^ Royall. Esq'
Is° Horsf ord, Esq'
Geo. Lucas, Esq'
Jn° Tomlinson, Esq'
M' Jn" Combes
M' Marm. Bachelor
M' Jas. Nisbitt
M' Chas. Dunbar
Ashton Warner, Esq'
M' And. Murray
M' Rich. Cochran
Cap. .Jn" Lightfoot
Sd. Bap. Looby
Cap. Jn° Lightfoot
M' Sam Martin
M' Rob. Pearne
Said Jn" G-unthrop
M' .Jn" Painter
M' Giles Watkins
M' .Jac. Morprau
M' W"' Hamilton
M' .Tas. Weatheril
Maj' Hum. Osborne
Cap. W" Pearne
M' Joshua Jones
M' John King
M' Geo. Thomas
S' Johns Town.
S' Johns Division.
j Old North Sound.
[ Belfast Division.
I Bermudian Valley &
j Old Road Divisions.
New North Sound.
Dickinsons Bay.
Popes Head Division.
Falmouth & Rendes-
I vous Bay Division.
[ Nonsuch Division.
Five Islands.
Ashton Warner was chosen Speaker.
1716, May 3. Archibald Cochran takes the oaths
and his seat at the Council.
May 20. To be celebrated at the public cost,
being the King's birthday.
June 12. Several prisoners imported by Captain
Scarsbrook from Liverpool, from the rebels at Pres-
ton, are advertised to be sold.
June 18. Captain J. Lightfoot, chosen for two
places, elects to sit for Old North Sound.
James Watson, a non-juror, having bought two
prisoners, is bound over in £50.
July 11. Mr. William Lavington was returned
for Willoughby Bay by Bap. Looby, Esq.
August 1. Several merchants having petitioned
the Governor that the 4^ per cent, duty might be
collected at four places, Edward Perrie writes to say
that he has well known this Island for thirty years
past, and that the duty was always collected at St.
John's, and there only, and he advises the Governor
to refer to the Lords of the Treasury.
August 16. Mr. Thomas Freeman was returned
for Old Road and Bermudian Valley vice Samuel
Martin gone to England.
September 19. A fast day to be kept for the
small-pox.
1716, Sep. 19. "A List of the Troops* Commanded by
Colonel Edward Warner" : —
Jeremiah Blizard, Esq"", Lieuten' Colonel.
Humphry Osl>orne l-^^:^
.John Gunthorpe f ■'
Robert Weir \ rt i. •
Robert Pearne I ^^P'^"^
lors.
Barry Tuiikerd.
John Combes.
William Pearne.
Edward Chester,
Jun'.
Baptist Looby.
Christopher
Stoodly.
Allen Gilbert.
John Barbottain.
Andrew Murray.
Ben. Wickham.
Rich. Meyiiil.
Jolm Wright.
Pat. West.
Hen. Guichinett.
Anth" Garret.
Cha. Dunbar.
Rob. Gamble.
Jac. Thibou.
Rich. Denbow.
Tho. Jarvis.
Jas. Lowe.
John Roe.
Jas. Credelauze.
JosP'' Hodge.
John Gallaher.
Rob. Newton.
Rich. Sherwood.
W™ Meredith.
Marm. Bachelor.
Rob. Christian.
Nich. Lynch.
Ph. Abraham.
Ben. Nibbs.
John Weston.
John Witt.
John Greenway.
October 10.
Jas. Parke.
Marm. Urlin.
Tho. How (?).
JosP'' French.
John Hodge.
Giles Blizard.
W"' Dunning.
Tho. Lynch.
Mark Monk.
Barth. Sanderson.
John Langelier.
Edm. Barter.
John Liglitfoot.
Rich. Ash.
W™ Hillhouse of
Parham.
Hen. Lyons.
Tho. Freeman.
W" Hinde.
Mich. Arnold.
Geo. Thomas.
W™ Dunbar.
John Knight.
W™ Frankly n.
Nich. Otto Baijer.
John Brett.
Paul Parry.
Hen. Brown.
W™ Master.
John Leot.
John Smith.
Tho. Dewitt.
Jas. Davis.
Jas. Weatherill.
W™ Glanville.
Geo. Weatherill.
John Mabson.
Barnabas Brabazon.
John Linsey.
JosP'' Lidea.
W'" Grantham.
John Fowler.
Tim. St John.
Edw. Trant.
Bayer Otto Baijer.
Sam. Watkins,
Sen'.
W^^ Mackinen.
John Roach.
Sam. Meers.
W™ Painter.
Jonath. Hill.
Row. Hamilton.
Corn. Halloran.
Tho. Skerret.
W" Hillhouse in
S' Johns.
Hen. Warner.
W"i Thomas.
.Jas. Faerweather,
Farrier.
Peter Mercer.
Levy Guishard.
Tho. Turner.
Ashton Warner.
Sam. Watkins,
Jun'.
John Tomlinson.
Herb. Pember.
W™ Yeamans.
W™ Thomas at M"^
Martins Plant".
Gilb. Fleming.
Josh" Jones.
tarns.
* This is the Yeomanry, or Troop of Carbineers.
Fifteen days quarantine to be im-
posed on all persons arriving from Martinique on
account of the contagious distemper raging there.
The burial of people who have died of small-pox
in St. John's Churchyard is thought to be dangerous
because of the rocky soil and shallow gi-aves.
November 3. A battery to be constructed at
Cripplegate.
November 5. Mr. Christopher Stoodly, one of the
Churchwardens of St. John's Church, states that the
poor people cannot be accommodated at the public
charge, the small-pox having caused such ravages.
Mr. George Thomas to be powder officer.
November 17. Major William Cogan of Bar-
bados, merchant, petitions for the payment of £440
which he spent in getting a man-of-war and volun-
teers over to Antigua during the last French scare.
Nov. 19. This Day Colonel Dowglass, who some time
ago was convicted of Male-Administration during his late
Government of the liCeward Islands, being brought to the
King's-Bench Bar, receiv'd his Sentence, which is, to
remain five years in Prison, and to pay 500 1. as a Fine.
(' Historical Register,' p. 549.)
Antigua was certainly unfortunate in having such
disreputable Governors forced on the inhabitants.
Of two successive ones Parke was killed by the people
and Walter Douglas imprisoned five years.
By Act, dated November 24, a new church was
to be erected in St. John's in the place of the old
one.
November 30. Habbijah Savage of the sloop
" Bonetta " deposes that he was taken by two pirates
between St. Thomas and St. Croix of eight guns and
80 or 90 men each, the one the " Mary Anne," and the
other French. Paul Williams, a goldsmith born in
xc
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
New England, was also there with other jjrisoners.
In December Captain Hume of H.M.S. " Scarboro' "
was sent by the Governor of Barbados in search of
them, and took on board one officer, two Serjeants,
one drummer, and 40 men.
1716-17, January 27. James Field, clerk, Com-
missai-y General and Eector of St. John's, appeals to
the Governor and Council against the opposition of
some of the vestry (Captain Otto-Baijer, Major Tom-
linson, Caj)tain Haddon, Mr. J. Morgan, Captain
Turner, Mr. Stoodly, Mr. Murray), they denying him
liberty to choose a churchwarden. Petitioner has
been Minister of St. John^s 24 years. The case is
referred to the Bishop of London.
Jan. 31. The C report that "We find the books
unbound, & the whole Records iu very great disorder, nay
some of them are in so bad condition that they can scarce be
read." They are ordered to be revised by a Committee &
some of them transcribed.
February 13. £1000 voted to the Governor for
the repair of his house.
February 20. Samuel Watkins is ajjjiointed
Chief Justice vice John Gamble, who resigned on
account of the gout.
Feb. 25. " Several persons having obtained commis-
sions in the Militia, 'tis ordered that Ben. Nibbs, W" Monk,
Mark Monk, Row. Hamilton, Jas. Fairweather, W"' Grant-
ham, lately appointed officers, be discharged from the Troop
of Carabiniers, & W"' Franklyn, Tho. Dewitt, Sam. Mears,
Corn. Halloran, Tho. Skerrett, & Jas. D ... be discharged
as incapable of duty ; also that Tho. Williams, Sam. Parry,
jun'-, W" Till, Tho. Hunt, Ben. Rutland, Ju" Elliot, & Hen.
Nibbs join the said troop."
1717, March 27. Work at Monk's Hill fortifica-
tion to be postponed, it being now croj) time.
Elizabeth Bass Johnson petitions for a licence to
beg alms.
The gun-carriages and gates at St. John's Fort
ordered to be repaired.
March 29. Hon. William Thomas granted one
year's leave of absence.
An Address was forwai-ded to His Majesty on his
return from Germany.
May 28. The next 5 June to be a fast day for
drought. Two sloops are hired to fetch water from
Berbuda and deliver it at the Narrows and Wil-
loughby Bay for230or settlers. Suggestion also made
as to the feasibility of distilling water.
June 6. Captain Eose of H.M.S. " Seaford " is
sent after the pirate at Blanco (a vessel of 12 guns
and 120 men), and he was given two barrels of pistol
powder, 10 of floui-, and 20 soldiers. The Lieut.-
Governor, Council, and Assembly unanimously
petition the Secretary of State against the recall of
Hamilton.
Hon. Colonel Thomas Morris having been sus-
pended by the Governor for the alleged use of dis-
respectful language about the King, many persons
present depositions in his favour. He had sat at the
Council Board since his appointment on 13 August
1703.
July 26. Archibald Cochran takes his seat at
the Council, his mandamus bearing date 4 April
1717 at St. James. Complaint was made that much
of the water bi'ought by the slooj)s went to people
who could well afford to obtain it themselves.
August 27. One hundred barrels of flour to be
purchased for the poor.
September 11. Several members being dead or
gone off, writs are to be issued vice Mr. John Painter,
Mr. William Pearne, Mr. Eobert Pearne, and Mr.
Andrew Murray.
After the conquest and expulsion of the French
from St. Kitts in 1704, it was for a long time doubt-
ful how the English Ministry would act.* They had
intended in the first instance to restore the Island to
the French, but wiser counsels prevailed, and it was
resolved to retain the captured portion and grant
patents for three years to any English who would
undertake to settle estates in the French quarter.
The following grants of lands in the French
quarter had been ah'eady made since 1704 : —
List of Planters who have no lands in the English quarter.
Acres. Negros.
Walter Douglas, Esq.
Peter 8oulegre .
Anthony Fahie
Antego John Hamilton
Montserrat Edward Parson
Nevis Gen' Hamilton
Nevis L' Gov'' Smith
390 acres & 100 negros have been returned to Madam
Salenave.
List of those who have also plant"^ in the English q''.
Acres. Negros.
400
150
400
190
200
90
150
10
200
40
400
200
200
40
L* Gen' Mathews
300
70
Maj"' Oen' Lambert .
350
ICO
Ralph WiUet .
200
71
Fra. Phipps
200
47
Jos'"'' Estridge
150
50
Hen. AViUet .
100
40
Jn" Willet
250
00
September 12. William Codrington wrote from
Doddington offering Government £8 per acre for
2000 acres in the French quarter ; Mr. Micajah Perry
and Eichard Perry and other merchants of London
also made various offers for lands, and Thomas John-
sou offered £61,000 for the whole remainder. The
unoccupied lands were not, however, sold to these
speculators, but Lieut. -Governor Mathew surveyed
them himself, and they were all sold to planters
and the proceeds received by the home Government.
In 1718 a very complete list, with personal particulars
of the 97 grantees, was drawn up.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 15.)
October 18. The poor are still in great distress
from lack of bread-stuff, and owing to the dry
weather and the worm they are daily leaving. One
hundred barrels of flour are to be distributed.
* West Indian history presents this curious phase, that millions
of money and thousands of liyes were often sacrificed in capturing
the French or other Islands ; but their reduction was no sooner
accomplished, and new plantations settled by our countrymen, than
by a stroke of the pen an uncertain patched up peace would be
signed, our colonists sacrificed, and islands which were always a thorn
in our side would be complacently restored by thoughtless Ministers
to their former owners. Such policy did not suit the colonies, the
planters expected to reap where they had sown, and not to be thrown
over to suit Ministers' European policy.
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
xci
October 25. John Reynolds had just sold 500
barrels of flour at two pistoles each. The following
new ineuibeis were returned : —
Isaac Horslbrd, Esq., for Falmouth & Rendesvoiis Bay.
W" Home, Esq., Bermudian Valley & Old Road.
The. Pigott, Esq., New North Sound.
1717-18, January 13. The old seal to be broken,
and the new one just arrived to be used.
February 20. John Gamble takes his seat at the
Council.
February 24. Next 5 March to be a fast day for
drought.
1717-18, Feb. The Committee report as follows con-
cerninn; the finances : —
d.
343 15 0
0 0
,250
350
1,000
500
The Annual Revenue.
There is a perpetuall fund of one pound of Sugar or
Tob.acco raised annually per acre on Fifty-five
thousand acres of Land which at 1^ per pound
amounts to ------- -
The Duty on Liquors Imported uncertain, but gener-
ally is 1,200
That during: the late Warrs with France the Tax on
Slaves hath been from tenn to sixteen shillings
per head frequently on Land and Cattle in Pro-
portion. This year on Slaves only at ten shillings
per head for sixteen thousand iive hundred is
On house Rents in the towns at 5 per cent.
On Merchants trading in the Island according to the
appearance of their business which Commonly
amounts to
On Lycences for selling Liquor - - - - -
On Ships and other Vessells trading to the Island one
pound of powder per ton . - . . .
The annual charge attending the Publick of this
Island in time of Peace.
To Monks Hill and other Fortifications for Gunners
and Matrosses
To Carriages and Flaggs about - - - . -
To making and Cleaning Ponds - . - - .
To Publick Entertainments and Festivals -
To the Council and Assembly's allowance on their
Public meeting at 6' per D;iy - . . .
To their Clerks and Messengers Sallery ...
To the Agents allowance ---...
To Solicitations at home ......
To repairing the Fortifications
To the Charge attending Slaves Executed and taking
up of Runaways -------
To Pensioners allowance ------
To Expence attending the General and Quarter
Sessions Clerks and Coroners fees
To the Treasurer his Clerk to"
To repairing of Bridges --...-
To incident Charges for Expresses sick sailors from
his Majesty's Ships fcc"
To rent of a house for his Excellency . - - -
To the four and a half per Cent, and other Charges
attending the Importation of sugar &c" for
18,000 hhd' is
The Charge attending the Publick of this Island in
time of Warr over and above what it doth in Peace.
To Monks hill Fortification for Managers Clerks
Overseers Provisions .and allowance for work of
slaves at one per cent. ------ 5,800
To twelve Guards at £75 per iiun. - . - . 900
To Quarters allowed twelve officers and three hundred
Centinells fi,670
To French Prisoners Truces and Provisions - - 1,500
T.) alarmes and Expresses 1,200
To carriages for Gunns 1,000
To Provisions for Guarders 150
Tu Masons and other Workmen 400
Signed Nath' Crump.
James Weatheeill.
Mabm» Bachelek.
The Comniittee also send in the following report
concerning defences, etc. : —
On Monkshill FortiSoation North Bastion to Eastward
of the Gate 6 Gunns, 4 well mounted, two wants Carriages.
The West Bastion Eastward .3 Mounted, 2 Dismounted.
The Great Platform Eastward 3 Mounted, 7 Dismounted
for want of Carriages.
On the Soutli side of the Fortification 4 Guns well
mounted.
On the West side of the Fortification 4 Guns dismounted
and no Carriages.
548
400
100
600
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
500
113
450
200
700
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
500
131
0
5
0
0
250
600
80
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000
600
0
0
0
0
10,125
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
On the Bastion of the West side of the Gate one well
mounted, 3 Dismounted and want Carriages.
On the Lower Battery called Codringtons 4 Guns well
mounted but not serviceable by reason they are Covered
with the watch of the Hill.
Most of the Guns when fitted will want Platforms. All
manner of Rammers, Spunges, Worms, & hand-spikes.
Flaggs for all the forts and Platformcs, and blie Spunges &
Rammers for Guns of four pounders, to those for 24 Guns
for all the Forts. A Quile of Rope for Monks Hill and
Saint .Johns.
On Falmouth Fort— 12 Guns mounted, and not above
si.x fitt for service, the Carriages being Decayed.
Willoughby Bay Platform— 5 Gunns and but one for
service, for want of Carriages.
Parham Platforme — 4 Cannon well mounted, but wants
a Platforme and the ]\Iagazeen Repaired.
Old Road Platforme— 6 Guns well mounted, the other
fitt for no use, the Platforme in good order.
Fort James — at Saint Johns 17 Pieces of Cannon, and
not six fitt for service. Carriages being English Wood all
Decayed. The Gate down and wants doing up.
The Magazeen wants repairing. The Platforme that
the Guns play on wants repairing. A new foot to the Flagg
staff, this being Rotten.
On Dickinsons bay. Ship Sterne, & other Bays, about
thirty pieces of Cannon, none fitt for service, all lying on
the Ground.
At Monks Hill nine pair of Lignum Vitaj wheels with a
little repair will be made good. The List taken the 12*'' of
August 1717 per
Sam' Parry.
March 3. George Lucas is sworn in as Treasurer.
The Assembly address the King about Governor
Hamilton's reported supersession and Colonel Pur-
cell's appointment in his place.
Hen. Syms.
Jn° Wi'ckham.
Tho. Williams,
Esq.
Tho. Williams.
Jn» Teate.
Nath. Wickham.
Edw. Mann.
Roger Adams.
Sam. Brvant.
W™ Thomas.
Nich. Lynch,. Jun.
Sam. Martin.
Obad. Bradshaw.
Jn" Tomlinson,
Jun'', to join the
Troop.
1718, March 81. An Address vras sent to the
King on the birth of a Prince.
Benjamin Rutland, John Buckshorne, Caesar
Rodeney, and Robert Heughes to join the Troop,
and John Lavicount, Jun., and John Fowler
exempted. Three hundred small arms have arrived.
There having been hardly any freight this season,
several masters of ships petition against the payment
of dues. A bridge was recently built at the end of
Dunconibe's Folly for £100.
June 10. Elizabeth Benson petitions for a
licence to beg alms, all her property to the value of
j6200 having been burnt as per certificate. She is
accordingly licenced for six months.
Isaac Royall, John Boudinot, and Charles Everet
to join the Troop.
Joseph French is so gouty he cannot longer
serve. Some of the Members were fined for depart-
ing the House contrary to rules.
July 1. John Gamble joins the Council.
September 18. John Haddon petitions for 3000 lbs.
of sugar or £18 for his negro.
Four Members were fined 6s. for being absent at
calliuff over list.
XCll
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
October 9. Samuel Martin and Tho. Kerby,
Esqrs., are returned for St. John's Town.
October 29. The present season a fine one.
December 10. John Yeamans, Esq., John Price,
Nathaniel Humphrys, Thomas Morris, Jan., to join
the Troop, and William Hilhous of Parham discharged.
December ] 6. Perrie York, Thomas Ainesworth,
Eobert Bryan, and Robert Menzies to join Troop.
Dec. 24. John Knight, Esq., of Gosfield Hall in the
county of Essex, appointed Secretary of the Leeward
Islands. (' Historical Register.')
1718-19, March 6. Letter read from Mr. Secretary
Craggs, dated 24 December last, notifying the Gover-
nor that war with Spain was about to be declared.
£5000 was at once raised for placing the colony in a
state of defence.
1719, March 26. £432 was paid to members of
the Assembly for their services from 9 March 1715
to 18 February 1718-19, and £144 to those of the
Council.
May 22. £1000 to be raised for the forts, and
one negro per cent, to be put on to work.
May 28. Mr. Jac. Morgan and Mr. Andrew
Murray expelled the House for contempt.
June 9. There are 84 barrels of powder in store
and 15 due.
Hon. Colonel Thomas Morris was re-instated at
the Council by order of the King, dated 4 April this
year. The Roman Catholic Act was disallowed.
The re-election of Andrew Murray and Jac. Mor-
gan, recently expelled, is declared void.
July 6. John Gamble, Esq., takes his seat at the
Council, his mandamus bearing date 20 August 1718,
vice Richard Oliver, Esq., deceased ; likewise John
Yeamans, Esq., whose mandamus was dated 6 Decem-
ber 1718, vice Colonel William Thomas deceased.
August 1. The Assembly adjourned, and to next
meet at the house of Jeffry Duncomb in Parham
Town.
August 7. All the laws are to be transcribed, and
Thomas Kerby, Esq., offers his collection of them for
£300, which was accepted on 14 September.
November 17. Slingsby Bethell,* Gent., John
Duer, Gent., Peter Gayner, Rob. Magill, Ambrose
Lynch, and William Hughs to join the Troop.
December 1 . Joshua Jones, having been aj^pointed
Deputy of the Leeward Islands by Horatio Walpole,
Esq., Surveyor and Auditor-General for America,
takes the oaths. A letter from the Lords of the
Treasury was also read, apjjointing Clement Crook,
Esq., as a Receiver of the Casual Revenue by warrant.
December 7. A Comt of Exchequer to sit and
settle about the sums due from the late Mr. Richard
Buckeridge, the Receiver and Collector of Customs.
John Lucas to be Chief Baron, and Isaac Hors-
ford, Samuel Mai-tin, Thomas Kerby, and Christopher
Stoodly, Esqrs., to be Barons.
• Later, M.P. for London, and Lord Mayor 1756.
1720, July 18. List of Inhabitants of the Leeward Islands.
Free.
Servts, free & unfree.
Men able
Meu.
Women
Boys.
Girla. Men. Women
Boys.
GhTs.
arms.
Negros.
Antigua .
739
819
744
652 471 140
45
42
1109
19,186
Montserrat .
486
492
295
.320 64 10
9
12
444
3,772
Nevis
331
426
206
312 33 18
13
4
378
5,689
S' Christophers
645
694
626
575 16 54
28
15
755
7,321
Christenings & Burials at Antigua 6 Feb. 1715-lC to 18 July
1720.
.Males.
Females.
Chri
steninfcs .
230
223
Burials .
311
124
Exports from Antigua.
Gallons
lbs. of
lbs. of lbs. of
lbs. of
lbs
of
gals, of
gals, of
Lime Juice.
Sugar.
Cotton. Ginger.
Lignum A'itse
Fustick.
Rum.
Molasses
25 June to 25 Sep. 1719
4.114,811
105,644 27,841
2,488
81,366
52,233
25 Sep. to 25 Dec. 1719
335
495,155
23,511 1,090
2,222
23,422
6,467
25 Dec. 1719 to Mar. 1719-20
,
1090
1,184,716
40,060
12,000
39.024
20.690
25 Mar. 1720 to 25 June 1
"20
6,149,090
93,495 57,046
100,152
61,266
1425
11,943,772
262,710 85,980
4,710
12,000
243,964
140,656
During the last two or three years there had
been much dissension in St. Philip's Parish as to the
advisability of building a new parish church in the
centre of the district. The old one stood at Wil-
loughby Bay by the sea-shore, and no doubt answered
its purpose in early days, but now the great majority
of the people lived several miles off, the various
plantations having become fully settled, and the old
township at Willoughby Bay, which had but few
houses, was chiefly used for the shipping of sugars
to St. John's.
It does not appear how the Assembly settled this
controversy, but it is probable that the matter was
compromised by retaining the old parish church by
the sea-shore and improving the chapel of ease at
Belfast for the accommodation of the inhabitants at
the other side of the parish. The following lists are
in vol. 16, B. T. Leeward Islands, together with a plan
of the parish with the names of the owners of the
estates, also one of Antigua annexed. The proposed
new central church was to be on the land of Captain
John King, half-way between Belfast chapel and
Willoughby Bay old church.
1720. List of the Parishioners of S' Phillips Parish that are
for building of the Center Church their Number of
Acres of Laud and Slaves : —
The Hon"" Coll" John Frey
Maj'' William Grear
Maj"' Anthony Brown
Cap' John King .
Cap' John Richards
Joshua Jones, Esq''
M"' Geffery Lyons .
M' William Lavington .
Land.
Slaves
334
90
123i
60
158i
48
222
80
200
53
270
32
415
94
140
59
GEORGE I. GEORGE 11.
xcm
M'' Obadiah Bradshaw
Cap' William Monk
Doct"' Joseph Archbold
M"' Mark Monk
M' Thomas Kerby
M-- Gilbert Garrett .
M"" George Brown
M' John Waters
Cap. John Kerr
Cap. John Elliot
For the Center Church
Against the Center Church
DifFerance
1.S6
70
27i
102i
50
43i
27
20
286
2534
23
10
6
9
24
1
6
85
101
2,81H
2,2401
780
548
51U 232
List of the Parishioners of S' Phillips Parish that are against
The Center Church their Number of Acres of Land and
Slaves : —
Cap. William Paynter
M'' Benj" Wickham
M' John Lavicount, Sen'
M"- John Witts
M.' Tymothy Singau
M' Joseph Lydeatt
M"" Joseph Todman
M"' Thomas Spencer, Jun
Cap' W" Steele
M'' John Lavicount, Jun
M.'' William Steele, Jun
M' Henry Lowry
M'^ John Barnard
M' Jn° Fowler
M' Jacob Swan
M' Vail. Keefe
M' Mart. Laviconnt
M' Sam'i Lavicount
W Tymothy Fowler
W Sam'i Miles
M'' John Delanay
M' George Hyde
M'' Peter Adgett
M"^ John Baker
M' Charles Golding
Jn" Pbilpott
John Brooks
Henry Swan
Corn. Maloou
M^
M--
M^
M^
Brought over
Nonsuch.
M'' Barth" Applegate
M' Symon Albiston
Sam" Amonnett .
Richard Bowen .
Benj* Barnes
Thomas Elmes .
James Echterlony
Hugh Jones
Daniell Manehan
Ambrose Marchant
William Prynn .
Edward Poskins
Francis Paw
John Pike .
William Rice
Den' Sullivan
Thomas Stevenson
Robert Toft
Peter Wilcox
John Williams .
Land.
110
480
64
98
83
150
20
16
80
54
80
20
30
29
10
13
13
36
30
10
60
10
30
20
20
Slaves.
40
100
18
39
31
30
11
1
11
17
1
15
7
20
1,566
674i
15
10
10
32i
34i
70
20
10
20
20
1301-
23
10
20
10
10
15
94
37i
10
2
3
6
2
8
1
3
2
4
387
161
2,2404 548
5
4
12
6
28
1
2
7
7
18
2
2
13
1
3
20
15
2
1
3i'i
6
10
3
20
3
10
—
6744
161
John Wallis
John Coleburn .
William Reynolds
Godfry Ellis
By Act of 20 February 1721 the Body Ponds
•were declared to be public, paths to them were
ordered to be laid out by a jury, and persons were
forbidden to cut timber within thirty feet of the
edge. These particular ponds are stated to have
yielded fresh and wholesome water when other
bodies of fresh waters had become dried up.
1721, May 9. John Hart was this day nominated
by the King to be the new Captain-General, and on
May 11 direction was given that his commission was
to be at once prepared and Hamilton's revoked.
July. The English and French Governors sign an
agreement for mutual aid in the destruction of pirates.
December 19. John Hart, Esq., the new Captain-
General, arrived this day after a seven weeks'
voyage. He appointed William Mathew, Esq., the
Lieut. -General, to be Lieut. -Governor of Nevis, as
well as of St. Kitts, in the place of Colonel Michael
Smith, who had recently died in London.
Andrew Kingston, commander of the " Lloyd " Galley,
carrying 12 Guns & 18 Men, wrote on 24 April from S'
Christophers : — " I was on the 26"' of March about four
Leagues from Antegoa : they fir'd at me, being Pirates, one
a Ship of 3G Guns, 250 Men, and 50 Negroes, the other a
Brigantine of 18 Guns, 46 Men, and 20 Negroes : These I
could not withstand." . . . . " PS. At this Place are several
Pirates in Prison, which run away with Merchant-Ships
Boats from Antegoa, and were taken at Santa Cruz, an
Island not inhabited : Its thought they will not be hang'd,
which makes a great many Pirates about these Islands."
(' Historical Register,' p. 247.)
1721-22, Jan. 1. New Sessions.
Justices taking
the election.
Mich' Arnald, Esq.
Ashton Warner, Esq.
Giles Watkins, Esq.
Geo. Thomas, Esq.
Hon. Nath. Crump, Esq.
Sam. Parry, Esq.
Geo. Lucas, Esq.
Hum. Osborn, Esq.
Jas. Weatheril, Esq.
Jn" Gunthrop, Esq.
Bap. Loobey, Esq.
Jn" Burton, Esq.
Persons elected.
Tho. Freeman, Esq.
Chas. Dunbar
Jn° Burk
Barth. Sanderson
Ashton Warner
Rich. Oliver
Jacob Morgan (
W"' Mackinen f
Geo. Thomas
Jn° Wickham.
Jn" Kerr
Jn° Duer
Jn° Lightfoot
Bap. Loobey
Hen. Osborn
Hum. Osborn
Isaac Horsford
Isaac Royall {
Jas. Weatheril )
Jn° Gunthrop |
Rich. Ash I
Joshua Jones
Jn° Richards
Sam. Martin
Jn° Roe
For what place
elected.
. S' Johns Town.
S' Johns Division.
Dickinsons Bay.
Five Islands.
[ Belfast.
} Old North Sound.
> Willoughby Bay.
( Falmouth & Ren-
i dezvous Bay.
Popeshead.
New North Sound.
Nonsuch.
I Old Road & Ber-
/ mudian Valley.
Hon. Ashton Warner chosen Speaker 7iem. con.
1721-22, Jan. 2. Jn° Roe declared to have been unduly
elected for Old Road, & Tho. Freeman to be the member.
By the 32" Royal Instruction the annual salary of
£700 St. hitherto paid to the Capt.-Gen' out of the 44 per
cent, duty, is to be increased by £500 St., & £200 st. a year
is to be paid to each of the L*-Gov". Any extra sums voted
to the Governor must be settled by the 1" Assembly called.
Jan. 8. The meetings of the Ass'y having always been
held in taverns, it is now thought fiHvjoob'e '■b"'- - h],ecial
house shall be treated for, & it is stated that M'" Dayley'a
can be rented for £100 a year, also Col. Jas. Nisbitt's.
XCIV
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Jan. 29. The Ass'J sits from 9 to 2 p.m. £1200 c. per
annum is voted to Gov' Hart, to begin from 2.5 Mar. 1723,
& £1000 a year till then. He appears to have been dis-
satisfied with this sum, but on 1 Feb. he finally agreed to
accept £1500 a year, which was to be raised by a tax of
3/6 per ton & 3 per cent, on goods imported. A cistern
was ordered to be built at Barnacle Point Guard House.
1722. Present prices of produce at Antigua : —
Sugar . . . .18/- per 100 lbs.
Rum . . . .18'' per gallon.
Molasses . . . . 9'' „ „
Black ginger . . .15/- per 100 lbs.
Scraped ,, . . . 50/- ,, „
White cotton . . . 8^ „ lb.
Yellow „ . . . 7'' „ „
May 3. Col. Jeremiah Blizard the Coroner is paid for
sitting on 39 bodies, at £3 2s. 6d. each.
1722-23, Jan. 10. M"' Hen. Warner is appointed
powder-ofiicer.
Feb. 12. Nath. Gilbert is returned for Old North
Sound & Jn" Parry, Esq., for Nonsuch.
Captain Nath' Uring with the colonists sent by the
Duke of Montague to colonise S' Lucia having been com-
pelled to capitulate to the French retired to Antigua. He
had with him but 80 men able to bear arms. (Southey.)
1723, May 25. The Assembly ofi'er .3/6 a ton for a year to
Gov'' Hart, which he refused to accept, and dissolved the
House on the 27"' inst. for not complying with H.M.
instructions.
1723, June 11. New Sessions.
Hon. Edw. Warner, Esq. Hum. Osborn, Esq'
Geo. Lucas, Esq'
Ashton Warner, Esq.
Jas. Nisbitt, Esq'
Hon. Arch. Cochran
Col. Jn° Gunthorp
Sam. Watkins, Esq.
Isaac Royall, Esq.
Col. Geo. Lucas
Cap. Jn" Burton
Col. Geo. Lucas
Jn" Kerr, Esq.
Ashton Warner, Esq'
Rich. Oliver, Esq'
Jn° Burk, Esq'
Chas. Dunbarr, Esq'
Chr. Stoodley, Esq'
Hopefor Bendall, Esq'
Tho. Freeman, Esq'
Nath. Gilbert, Esq'
Fra. Carlile, Esq'
Jn" Gunthorp, Esq'
Jac. Morgan, Esq'
.las. Weatherill, Esq'
Isaac Royall. Esq'
Tho. Jarvis. Esq'
Hen. Osborn. Esq'
Hen. Lyons, Esq'
Sam. Martin, Esq'
Sam. Fry, Esq'
James Gamble, Esq'
Joshua Jones, Esq'
Jn° Parry, Esq'
Jn" King, Esq'
Jn° Lightf oot. Esq'
Falmouth.
! S' Johns.
l«.
S' Johns Town.
Old North Sound.
New North Sound.
Dickinsons Bay.
Popeshead.
Willoughby Bay.
1 Old Road & Ber-
I mudian Valley.
Five Islands.
Nonsuch.
Belfast.
Ashton Warner was chosen Speaker.
Sam. Martin & Sam. Fry are declared unduly elected &
Jn° Burton & Fra. Burton, Esqrs., take their places.
June. Jn° Kerr to take the place of Jn° Lightfoot
unduly elected.
July 23. Mr. Wavell Smith, the new Secretary-
General, has lately an-ived. Thomas FreemECn,
Joshua Jones, and Richard Oliver of the Assembly,
to join with certain members of the Council and to
form a Committee for inspecting the records in the
Secretary's office.
August 7. Wavell Smith, Secretary-General, and
Patrick Crawford, Provost-Marshal-General, present
their patents under the Great Seal, both dated
29 July last at St. Kitts, and take the oaths.
September 3. Order passed for £12 to Jacob
Eustin for chains for Finan the pirate, whose body
is now hanging at Rat Island. Order for £8 Is. 6d. to
Anthony Gan-at for gallows. Petition of Francis
Delatroide for payment of Jll for dining 24 jurymen,
of whom Richard Oliver was foreman, at the trial of
the pirates.
September 13. Henry Warner, clerk to the
Board of Officers, is paid £18 15s. or 3000 lbs. for
one year's salary.
List of vessels drove ashore during the late dreadful
hurricane of 19 & 20 Sep. : —
At S' Johns Harbour, 7 ships, 6 snows, 7 briganteens, 2
schooners, & 6 sloops.
At Falmouth, 1 ship.
At Parham, 2 ships & 4 sloops.
6 ships, 2 snows, 3 briganteens, 1 schooner, & 1 sloop
rode out the storm.
H.M. Ships "Hector" & "Winchilsea" at English
Harbour received no damage.
October 4. Wavell Smith writes that Governor
Hart has removed with his family to St. Kitts and is
at variance with the Assembly of Antigua.
October 18. Colonel Humphry Osborne, repre-
sentative for Falmouth, is dead. William Furnell,
merchant, who lost a cargo worth £1300 on board the
" Joanna " by the late storm in St. John's Harbour,
petitions for remission of duty.
Antigua October 22'', 1723.
Wee the underwritten being appointed as a Committee
to receive Proposals for the building a New Magazine, have
accordingly mett and Richard Oliver Esq"^ being willing to
undertake the same, has proposed to us the building one of
Twenty two feet high from the water Table to the projection
of the Arch, The side walls to be three feet and half thick,
to be arched with Brick nine Inches, and a Wall to be over
the Brick to make the Arch Three feet thick and to be
tarrassed over, and all other things to be compleatly done
according to an Estimate delivered herewith, which M''
Oliver proposes to do for Three hundred pounds cash to be
paid as soon as the new magazine is finished and M'' Oliver
to have the Old Magazine and the Land belonging to it,
delivered to him to dispose off as he shall think proper
which land we believe to be half a proportion or there-
abouts.
John Frye.
Francis Carlile.
John Burke.
The above was the outcome of a resolution arrived at on
13 Sept. at a meeting of the Ass'>', when it was recorded
that " M'' Oliver a member of this House has proposed the
undertaking to build a Publick Magazine for powder."
November 9. George Thomas returned for Fal-
mouth vice Colonel Humphry Osborne, deceased.
Petition of John Chapman, Commander of the ship
" Francis," driven ashore during the late storm in St.
John's Harbour, whereby he lost £700. Begs for
remission of the 3 per cent. tax.
November 15. The new Assembly voted the
Governor £600 currency for the repair of his house
which suffered by the late hurricane, and £1000
currency for his support. John Parry resigns his
seat. Arthur Dabson, Esq., Deputy-Provost-Marshal,
says that the prison is in such bad repair that the
prisoners can go in and out as they like.
November 26. By a royal proclamation all officers
are to renew their commissions under Governor
Hart. The Hon. William Byam records his protest
that by the royal instructions the first Assembly
must always pass an Act for the Governor's mainten-
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
xcv
ance, and not a second one as in the present case.
Charles Dunbar is Surveyor-General of the Customs.
Wavell Smith and Richard Oliver, Esqrs., are sworn
as J.P.'s.
November 26. The following to join the Troop : —
Tho. Stevens.
Vict. Looby.
Jn" Bryan.
Edw. Morgan.
Abraham Picart
De Laferte.
Jacob Morgan, Esq. Benj. Joyce.
Geo. Thomas, Esq. Joiiath. Hill.
Gilb. Fleming, Esq. W" Grimes.
Peter Adams. W™ Hood.
Peter Hazell. Ja° Delap.
Hugh Holmes. W" Nugent.
Dec. 2. Timothy Singin, Tho. Nicholas, Steph. Blizard,
to join Col. Warner's troop of Carabiniers.
Dec. 9. A new gaol to be erected. Licence of absence
under the great seal granted to M'' Patrick Crawford,
Provost-Marshal of the Leeward Islands.
Dec. 12. The following gentlemen were sworn as pond-
wardens : —
Jn° Parry
Rob. Bryant
Jn" Kerr
Nath. Gilbert
Jas. Parke, Esq"
Geo. Thomos
For Jn" Gunthorpe
Falmouth Is' Royall
Precincts. Fra. Carlile
Chr. Stoodley, Esq'" _
For S' Johns
Division.
Cei'tain young Traders & others having been utterly
ruined by gamblers & swindlers, an Act was passed on
2 Dec. 1723 for their protection : by which any player
winning by fraud at cards, dice, billiards, tables, tenuis,
bowls, skittles, shovel-board, nine-pins, cock-fighting, horse
races, dog matches, or foot races, would foifeit treble win-
nings, i of which would go towards fortifications & ^ to the
loser. No person might win over £7 within the 24 hours
without incurring the like fine.
Great numbers of slaves having taken advantage of the
lenity of the laws & fled to the mountains, whence they
issued in armed bands to damage the plantations, an Act
was passed on 9 Dec. 1723 for their better government.
Their ring-leaders were attainted of felony & a reward of £3
■was payable for each runaway killed & £6 if captured alive.
The full value of such slaves killed to be paid their owners.
Christmas day & the 2 following days were to be holidays
for all slaves .during which time it was customary to declare
martial law.
1723-4, Jan. 23. It is decided that the Attorney-Gen'
shall always receive 42/ cash for his opinion. W™ Mackinen
returned for Dickinsons Bay v. Jac. Morgan. Many of the
troops hare died owing to their irregular way of living.
The Council of Officers passed a resolution to have Dragoons,
that the soldiers should have bayonets & every officer appear
■with a half pike & sash.
January 27. It was decided that "a breviatt
field officer " has a right to sit and vote at a general
court-martial. The Governor appointed Major James
Weatherill and Major John Tomlinson, Junior, his
Aides-de-camp.
February 13. It is ordered that 100 of the Duke
of Montagu's servants, who have been a great while
in the Leeward Islands, shall be offered £15 a head
if they will agree to sign Indentures for two and three
quarter years or more, and to have each one pair of
shoes and 10 yards of oznabrigs. Mr. William John-
son agreed to build a gaol upon Major Eichard
Oliver's plan for £900, and a magazine for £200,
which was accepted.
February 17. The Speaker to collect the laws for
publication, towards which £500 was voted.
March 10. £40 a year is to be paid to the free
school at Parham, where the Council and Assembly
and all Courts of Law are held for Falmouth Division.
The population and produce of the Island for the
past year is thus estimated : —
Whites (of all ages) . 5,200
White Men . . 1,400
Blacks (of all ages) . 19,800
Sugar . . . 12,000 hogsheads
Eum .... 4,000 (? puncheons)
Molasses . . . 850
Cotton . . . 200,000 lbs.
Ginger . . . 200,000 lbs.
(1724 ?) March 27. Michael Ayon petitions, that he
was wounded in the defence of Gov Parke, that he lost
£1000, that he attended here for the prosecution 5 years &
was only paid 5/ a day. Hopes for some compensation for
his losses & charges. Ordered £100 a year pension during
pleasure. (America and West Indies, No. 552.)
The Duke of Montagu had recently attempted a settle-
ment at S' Lucia with 180 persons mostly indentured of
whom many deserted, & the remainder having capitulated
to the French were sent on to Antegoa.
1724, April 8. William Reynolds, a poor man,
petitions the Assembly that Mr. Secretary Smith
has charged him 14s. or 15s. instead of 3s. 9c?.
Wavell Smith is reprimanded and referred to the
legal docket of fees settled by Governor Codrington
in 1703.
May 12. Mr. William Johnson is appointed
Clerk to the Assembly vice Mr. Henry Walker
resigned.
August 3. It was ordered that no person should
cut down timber within thirty feet of public ponds.*
November 26. The Council in their address to
Governor Hart remind him that in three years he
has received from the Island £4300 in specie, that
no former Governor received as much in five years ;
they now ofPer him a house or £400 a year, but
refuse to pass the Act of Settlement.
December 5. Governor Hart replies that £4300
currency is equivalent to £2860 sterling, and out of
that his servants' wages are £200 a year ; he will for
the future reside on another island.
December 11. The Council answer that Governor
Hamilton lived in the same house at £40 a year rent,
and had no estate here, and they had twenty-five
years' experience of him. They have had three good
seasons and discharged £15,000 of old debts, but there
is still due £2318 currency to Mr. JohnDenew of the
"Mary" galley, o-wing since 1705-6, with interest
at ten per cent., also £1363 currency to the estate of
the late General Hamilton and £571 to William
Nevine, Esq.
Gov' Hart reports that the Inhabitants of Antigua sail
9000 tuns of shipping. The annual produce for export
calculated on the mean for 7 years is 12,000 hhds. sugar,
4000 of rum, 850 hhds. molasses, 200,000 lbs. cotton,
200,000 lbs. ginger, no indigo. There are 5200 whites &
19,800 blacks, 1400 Militia. Taxes on 55,000 acres of
manurable land. Cost of government £6500. 3 Mihtia
* Antigua -was formerly covered with forest, nearly all of
which had been cleared for sugar planting. That the indiscriminate
destruction of trees was considered to be an eril is proved by the
above order from the Assembly, and their retention in the
immediate neighbourhood would naturally retard the evaporation
of water from the ponds. Whether or not the establishment of
woods on waste hill-tops at Antigua would attract rain may be left
to specialists to say, but there can be no doubt that they would help
to retain in the soil what rain fell.
XCVl
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Reg'' of foot & 1 troop of Carabiniers. Col. Rich. Lucas
has 10 companies of regular troops each of 32 effectives.
December 23. The Members of Assembly agree
to remit for the future their pay of Ga. a day.
1725, July 6. Their Lordships received a petition
against Governor Hart from the merchants trading
to the Leeward Islands.
Captain Francis Cooper of H.M.S. " Lynn " and
Captain Artlmr Del Garno of H.M.S. " South Sea
Castle " having reported that English Harbour
might be made a very proper place for careening and
refitting, and so save H.M. ships the trouble of going
to the Northern Colonies for that purpose, an Act
was passed 25 September 1725 granting twenty acres
to the King, on which wharfs, magazines, and store-
houses might be erected for the use of the men-of-
war of the Leeward Islands Squadron.
Between 20 December 1721 and 25 December
1725, 5600 negros were imported in forty-four vessels.
(Southey.)
1725-6. Governor Hart appoints Francis Carlile
to the Council vice Colonel John Hamilton, deceased.
January 3. John Roe, Esq., is appointed a
Puisney Judge of the Court of K.B. and C.P.
Mr. Robert Oliver was returned for Nonsuch vice
Mr. John Parry.
William Johnson is sworn in as Master and
Examiner in Chancery, and Edward Chester and
Nathaniel Crump, jun., as J.P.'s.
January 6. Colonel Crump is dying, and the
Governor recommends Edward Chester for a seat at
the Council.
January 10. St. Peter's Parish having been found
to be too extensive, the western portion was by Act
erected into a separate parish called St. George.
The Chapel of Ease with its burial-ground situate at
Fitches Creek was to be used as a parish church, the
new rector whereof would enjoy the customary fees
and salai'y.
March 11. A general fast ordained for drought.
1726. Mr. Gilbert Fleming had recently pur-
chased the office of Deputy-Secretary at Antigua
from Mr. Knight for ±200 a year.
May 20. Gov"' Hart writes that " Antigua is in a most
deplorable Condition from the Dry weather, which has
Continued for Eight j\Iouths past, there having been no
Rain fallen there till within this three Days. So that they
have not only lost their Crop for this Year and the next ;
But they have been oblig'd to bring all their Water from
Guadaloupe and Mountserrat ; which was Sold at fifteen
shillings a Hogshead which has occasioned the loss of many
of the Cattle and Negroes."
4633 Negi'os were imported between 20 Dec. 1721 &
25 Dec. 172G.
May 23. Thanksgiving ordered for rain.
July 23. A platform and magazine to be built
at English Harbour.
September 20. George Lucas presents his man-
damus and takes his seat at the Council. George
Byam appointed Treasurer vice Thomas Kerby who
■wishes to resign.
1726-7, January 25. Thomas Kerby, Esq., John
Williams, Archibald Hamilton, and Thomas Shep-
hard to join Troop.
March 3, Captain John King and Mr. Pare to
serve in the Troop.
March 10. Patrick Crawford, Esq., presents his
patent as Provost-Marshal-General.
1727, June 2. The Earl of Londonderry has been
nominated Captain-General of the Leeward Islands,
and his commission is to be drawn up.
June 24. General Mathew wrote that Colonel
Hart embarked on the 14th inst. for London, and
that he daily expects the Earl of Londonderry.
September 30. The proclamation of George II.
is signed by 103 principal inhabitants of Antigua.
(All original signatures Vol. 19, B.T. Leeward
Islands.)
Christenings & Burials Michaelmas 1726 to Mich. 1727.
Christening's. Burials.
S' Marys .15 12 Jas. Knox, Rector.
S- Georges . 4 3 Tho. Allen, Curate,
S' Pauls . 9 9 Tho. Allen, Rector.
S' Johns . 69 66 Tho. Allen, Curate.
S' Phillips . 9 8 Sam" Orr, Rector.
S' Peters .10 12 Sam" Saunders, Rector.
From 25 Mar. 1727 to 20 Nov. 1727, 1658 slaves were
imported which were sold for £20 per head.
Petition of Col. John Staunton that S'' Sam. Foxon was
seized in Antigua of an estate of £300 c. per annum & died
in 1688 & left 4 sons who were all killed in H.M. Service.
The last was Col. Tho. Foxon, A.D.C. to Lord Cadogan,
who was killed by his side at the siege of Mons. leaving
pef his heir & Ex'or. Complains of the fraudulent sale of
the plantation by a law of 1692 by the steward of it to the
said steward's brother for £50.
(America and West Indies, No. 451.)
1727, Dec. 11. New Sessions.
Bj For
Hon. Geo. Lucas, Esq. Hen. Warner ,E^^; [ Faln^outh Division.
Jn" Sawcolt, Esq. Ashton Warner, Esq' | „, -, , Division
Rich. Oliver, Esq' | ^ ''"'^'^^ Uivision.
Tho. Kerby, Esq. Jn"> Burke, Esq' I
^tlXX'"' [S' Johns Town.
Hon. W" Byam, Esq.
Jn° Gunthorpe, Esq.
Sam. Watkins, Esq.
Isaac Eoyall, Esq.
Hon. Geo. Lucas
Col. Sam. Martin
Geo. Thomas, Esq.
Joshua Jones
Col° Jn" Kerr
Nath. Crump, Esq'
Tho. Freeman, Esq' |
W" Yeamans, Esq' /
Fra. Carlisle, Esq' |
Jn" Gunthorpe, Esq' f
W" M'Kinnen, Esq'
Jac. Morgan, Esq'
Tho. Watkins, Esq' {
Isaac Royall, Esq' |
Josiah Martin, Esq' |
Rich. Ash, Esq' |
Sam. Martin, Esq'
Jn" Frye, Esq'
Geo. Thomas, Esq'
Joshua Jones. Esq' |
Sam. Harman, Esq' )
Jas. Parke, Esq' /
Ben. King, Esq' j
Old North Sound.
New North Sound.
■ Dickensons Bay.
Popeshead.
Willoughby Bay.
Old Road & Bermu-
dian Valley.
Five Islands.
Nonsuch.
Belfast.
Geo. Thomas was chosen Speaker, W™ Smith Clerk, &
M'' Jn° Jarvis Messenger.
December 15. John Yeamans, Esq., now in Lon-
don, to be Agent.
1727-8, January 5. Two hundred guineas voted to
Captain Delgarno for his services in constructing the
wharf and platform at English Harbour, etc.
March 2. Hon. William Codrington applies for
two years' more leave.
March 23. Lord LondondeiTy announces the
death of the Hon. Colonel Gamble.
1728, August 19. The Earl of Londonderry's
commission was read. George Thomas and Francis
Carlile take their seats at the Council. The present
Assembly is to continue.
GEORGE I. GEOEGE II.
XCVll
Antigoa, Aug. 20, 1728. (By the Gold Coast,
Cap' Tomlinson.)
Yesterday Noon landed my Lord Londonderry, to his
great Satisfaction as well as ours, having rid out in our
Road off the Bar, twenty four Hours Hurricane, in Defiance
of almost inevitable Death : It has done no Damage to any
of the Ships here, except one New-English Man, which is
drove on the Eocks to the Westward of Ratt-Island, and 'tis
feared will be lost. Some few Sloops were drove on Shore,
but got safely off again ; and on Shore are several Mills over-
set, and many others very much damaged.
(' Historical Register,' vol. xiii., p. 289.)
September 2. John Gunthorpe, Esq., stated
that Mr. Stephen Blizard had been returned for New
North Sound, and George Thomas, Esq , that Mr.
Robert Freeman was elected for Five Islands.
Samuel Martin now Speaker.
September 18. The Earl of Londonderry writes
to notify his arrival at his seat of government on 19th
August last, on which day he published his com-
mission.
October 11. Ordered that Fort Hamilton be
completed.
1728. Imports of sugar into England from Antigua
for 7 years from X'mas 1721 to X'mas 1728, taken from
the Inspector Generals Office, Customs House, 16 April
1730:—
£ £>
1721-2 . 80,067 1725-G . 67,678
1722-3 . 149,361 1726-7 . 96,112
1723-4 . 119,367 1727-8 . 187,260
1724-5 . 149,421
1728-9, January 2. The snow the " Martha and
Elizabeth," bound to Pennsylvania from London-
deny, Captain James Willock, commander, with 150
passengers, has been driven here by stress of
weather, and they are short of provisions. A supply
ordered for them.
February 28. Robert Freeman and Stephen
Blizai'd, Esqrs., to be Assistant-Justices of the Court
of K.B. A writ to be issued for St. John's Town on
account of the death of Mr. Nathaniel Crump.
The following to join Troop of Carbineers under
Colonel Gunthorpe : —
Rob. Martin. Jas. Crawly. Jas. Fleming.
Jn" Manwaring. Rich. Kirwan. W™ Wood.
Rich. Oliver. Tho. Brooke. Arth. Dabron.
Bayer Otto Bayer. Tho. Crafford. Jn" Dun, Jun^
W" Paynter, Sen'. Philip Crump. Jn° Harris.
W™ Smith. Sam. Archibald. Geo. Jenings.
Rob. Arbuthnot. Tho. Morris. Flem. Ward.
W" Wickham. W™ Johnson. W™ Richards.
Rob. Christian. Hen. Warner. Jas. Walker.
Jn° Jones. Hen. Browne. Edw. Gregory.
March 6. The following also to join, viz. : —
Jn" Cheny. Jas. .Senegate. Jn° Hamilton.
Jonas Langford, Rob. Glover, Sen. Jn" Nibbs, son of
Jun''. Jn" Nibbs, mill- Jer. Nibbs, de-
John Libert. wright of New ceased.
W"° Richards. North Sound.
March 8. Several of Colonel Crump's slaves
found guilty of conspiracy were executed.
March 20. Thomas Stephens returned for St.
John's Town.
1729, March 25. George Jennings takes the oaths
as a Master and Examiner in Chancery and Notary
Public.
April 26. Ashton Warner now Speaker vice
Samuel Martin, who has gone to England. Robert
Arbuthnot sworn in as a Judge of the Court of
Admiralty. The King's soldiers are paid 2s. per
diem besides their diet.
April 29. Richard Lucas, Esq., Colonel of the
King's regiment, has been found guilty of corrupt
practices in defrauding the men of their pay.
Sep. 12. Dy'd in the Island of S' Christopher's, Thomas
Pitt of Woodcote in the County of Dorset, Earl of London-
derry in the Kingdom of Ireland, Governor and Captain-
General of the Leeward Islands.
(' Historical Register,' p. 53.)
September 14. General William Mathew writes
to their Lordships from St. Kitts that His Excellency
the Earl of Londonderry died there on the 12th inst.,
that Petitioner had been in the second post of this
Government for fourteen years, and hopes they will
nominate him as Captain-General.
Oct. 18. About this Time came Advice of the Death of
Capt. John Smith, Commander of his Majesty's Ship the
" Saphire," who dy'd at Antigua the 19"" of August last.
(' Historical Register,' p. 58.)
November 12. John Burk, merchant, petitions
on behalf of Peter Papillon of Boston, merchant, re
the sloop " Catherine."
November 22. George Lord Forbes' commission
as Captain-General is ordered by the King to be
drawn iip. The Assembly has already spent £1250
sterling at English Harbour. (£900 currency=£600
sterling.)
November 26. Stephen Blizard is appointed
Judge of the Court of Admiralty.
December 3. Draft commission for Lord Forbes
to be Captain-General of the Leeward Islands.
In a manuscript account of St. Lucia prepared
for their Lordships it is stated that Sir Thomas
Warner settled the West Indies in 1626, and
appointed Major Judge Deputy-Governor of St.
Lucia. All the Islands were in 1627 granted to th&
Earl of Carlile, who settled St. Lucia in 1635 and
1637 by English from Bermuda, and in 1638 by a
colony from St. Kitts, and in 1640, 1644, and 1645
by people from Barbados. Reference is made to the
' History of Pere du Tertre,'* printed in Paris 1667,,
also to Purchas' ' Travels ' and Pere Labat'sf
' History.'
Dec. 5. Many Merchants at London petition against the
payment of so large a salary to the Gov^ They state that
the former salary of the Capt.-Gen' was £700 st. a year-
which was increased in 1704 by £500 to £1200. GoV
Hart in 1721 received in addition £1500 a year settled on
him by Antigua, £2000 a year by S' Christophers & £500 a
year by Montserrat. Lord Londonderry received in 1728
£1500 a year from Antigua, £500 a year from Nevis, £2000
a year from S' Christophers & £600 a year from Mont-
serrat. All which is about thrice the value of the salary paid
by the Crown. This state of things impoverishes the-
Islands.
* 'Histoire Generate des Antilles habitees par les franoois,'
5 vols., 4to, printed at Paris 1667.
t 'Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de I'Amerique,' 2 vols., 4to^
printed at the Hague 1724.
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THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
1729. List of Inhabitants at Antigua.
White Inhabitants
Free
Men.
Women.
Boys.
Girls.
persons
136
83
53
59
8
102
78
62
42
31
108
80
23
39
83
148
87
59
71
12
110
86
45
57
6
35
37
21
20
13
74
64
47
46
26
95
53
35
44
79
32
17
7
1
23
26
11
8
5
4
59
47
35
33
70
21
8
6
7
1
391
445
162
137
175
1337
1096
563
561
531
449
1726-7
. 2183
584
1727-8
. 1365
430
1728-9
. 284G
Division.
Old North Sound .
New North Sound
Nonsuch
S' Johns
Falmouth
Popeshead
Belfast .
Bermudian Valley
Dixsons Bay .
Willoughby Bay .
Old Road
Five Islands .
S' Johns Town .
During the nine years 1721 — 1729 there were at
St. John's 568 christenings and 1025 burials.
Between 5 January 1726-7 and 5 January 1729-30
the value of alcoholic liquors imported amounted to
£8788, which included 2668 pipes of Madeira and
9987 dozen of beer.
The following slaves were imported : —
1720-1, Dec. 25 251 1725-6 . 1645
1721-2 .
1722-3 .
1723-4 .
1724-5 .
1729-30, January 26. Mr. Nevine the late Agent.
1730, May 20. A new seal for the Leeward
Islands to be struck with this inscription : —
" GEORGIUS II. D.G. MAG. BRI. FR. ET HIB. REX. F.D.
BRUN. ET LUN. DUX. S.R. T. ARC. TH. ET PR. EL."
August 24. Jacob Thibou returned for St. John's
Town vice Christopher Stoodly resigned.
An Act was passed on 24 August confirming the
" constant and antient usage of this Island," by
which, for the prevention of concealment of crimes,
the value of slaves executed for felonies was paid
out of the Treasury to their owners.
On 8 December 1730 an Act was passed appoint-
ing for the use of the gimners and matrosses all that
twenty-five acres at St. John's Point which Colonel
James Vaughan granted to His Majesty by deed
dated 12 October 1680, and on which James Fort
had been built.
1731, Antigua, March 28. There is a great want of
Rain, little Sugar, and many Ships waiting for it ; and if
Rain dont fall, there ■will be no Crop next year. The young
€anes are much burnt. The Crops are very short at Nevis
and Mountserrat. The. Ponds are almost dry : and Water so
scarce, that a Pail of Cistern- Water is sold for 3«.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 219.)
May 11. Draft commission for William Cosby
to be Captain-General and revocation of that to
Lord Forbes.
June. Letters from all parts of the West Indies mention
a great Drought, and particularly at Antigua, at which Place
a Pail of Water, containing about 3 gallons, had been Sold
at 7s. that Country Money, or 4s. 8d. Sterling.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 265.)
July 2. Lieut. -General William Mathew having
gone home, Michael Smith, President of Nevis, is
now Commander-in-Chief.
July 14. Colonel Edward Jessup now Provost-
Marshal.
July 26. The Antiguan merchants complain
that the illicit trade carried on between Boston and
Rhode Island with the French Islands is very detri-
mental to them.
October 9. William Smith is appointed powder
officer.
December 2. The practitioners of physic having
done no duty for a long time are to attend as
follows : —
D' Crump
D' Williams
D' Cressy
D' Lavington
D' TuUideph
D' Husband
D' Young
D' Buckthorne )
D' Sydserfe
D' Boyle
D' Carron
D' Michaelson
D' Mignan
D' Sheffield
B' Webb
D' Scott
T>' Dunbar
D' Archbould
D' Boylestone
D' Cbardovoine
D' Pringle
D' Turnbull
To attend the Chief Gov'.
To attend Col. Crump's Reg'.
To attend the Gov''" Reg'.
To attend Col. Sawcolts Reg'.
To attend the Troop.
1
■ To attend as Troopers to be summoned.
To choose where they will appear whether
in Foot or Horse in the space of one
month.
December 10. Robert Weir is now Colonel of
the Forts.
1732, June 5. Drs. George Crump and Walter
Sydserfe certify as to the fitness of Mr. James Pemble
to practise surgery, etc., and he is accordingly
licensed.
June 26. John Morris, Esq., takes his seat at
the Council.
August 10. John Duer, Esq., takes his seat at
the Council, and Joseph Buckshorn is returned for
Falmouth vice Henry Warner, deceased. Josiah
Martin writes to the Speaker tendering his resigna-
tion.
Sep. 4.
Rob. Addison.
Pat. Cusack.
Nich. Poor.
Sam. Brooke.
Sam. Lyons.
Jn° Marlow Jeffer-
son.
Steph. Baker
Dav. Tullideph.
Hen. Bonnin.
Chas. Goor, tojoin
Troop.
September 26. Two of the oldest Council books
are in such bad order that they must be transcribed.
October 18. Black scurvy, which is on theincrease,
is contagious, and has attacked several white families.
The Moravian Brethren sent missionaries to Antigua to
preach the gospel. (Southey.)
1732-3, February 4. William Yeamans resigns
his seat for Old North Sound.
Sam. Meyers.
Ephraim Jordain.
Tbo. Turner.
March 10.
Mich. Lovell. .... Chardavoine,
Sam. Redhead. to join Troop.
Jn" Stephens.
1733, April 3. Draft commission to be pre-
pared for William Mathew, Esq., to be Captain-
General, etc.
May 23. John Murray, Esq., who is going to
England, resigns his seat.
October 31. His Excellency William Mathew's
commission as Captain- General was read.
By a Bill passed this year in the House of Commons it
was enacted that " After 25 Dec. 1733, 9d. per Gallon is to
be paid for Rum and Spirits made in the American Planta-
tions not belonging to his Majesty, on Importation to the
British Plantations ; 6^. per Gallon for Molasses and
Syrups ; and 5s. per C. weight for Sugar and Paneles, to be
paid in British Money. No Sugars, Paneles, Syrups, or
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
XCIX
Molasses of the British Plaatations to be imported into Ire-
land, unless shipped in Great Britain. Duties paid for
Sugar or Paneles imported from the British Plantations after
24 June 1733, to be repaid on Exportation within the year.
An Allowance of 2s. per C. Weight moi-e than formerly to
the Exporter for Sugars refined in Great Britain. Sugars
may be imported from the Spanish or Portuguese Dominions
as formerly. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 257.)
English Harbour being " by nature a port of the
utmost safety " against hurricanes, etc., the Legisla-
ture had built a wharf there, also a fort at the
entrance, and His Majesty had caused storehouses to
be erected besides supplying cannon and warlike
stores. In return for which favours an Act was
passed 8 February 1733 providing for the construction
of two brick cisterns 40 feet by 10 feet by 10 feet, as
also a platform of 100 feet square for conveying
water into them for the purpose of furnishing good
water to H.M.'s ships. Charles Alexander, Gent.,
was appointed Commissioner of the Works, and Tho-
mas Kerby, John Bui-ke, Jacob Thibou, Richard
Oliver, and Edward Chestei-, Esqrs., were nominated
a sub-committee by the House of Assembly for pur-
chasing materials.
1734, April 8. Colonel John Burton to be gunner
at Monk's Hill on account of his misfortunes and good
service.
April 27. Edward Thomas, Esq., is sworn as
Collector at Parham.
May 9. Carried unanimously by the Assembly,
that Mr. Secretary Wavell Smith had exceeded the
fees as settled by General Codrington in 1703,
June 5. Petition of William Smith, Esq., Clerk
of the Assembly, for a year's salary amounting to
£102.
The powder duty for the 10 years, 1725—1734,
amounted to 74,753 lbs. or £4179. The public taxes
for the like period were £61,932.
There were this year 377
whites and 24,408
(Southey.)
negros.
1734, July 2''. New Sessions.
Geo. Jenings, Esq. Jn" Burke. Esq' )
Tho.Kerby, Esci' '. S' Johns Town.
Tho. Stephens, Esq' j
Jac. Thiijou, Esq' ]
W" M'Kinnen, Esq' | Dickensons Bay
Jac. Morgan, Esq' | Division.
Tho. Watkius, Esq' | Popeshead Divi-
Jonas Langford, Esq' ( siou.
Jas. Parke, Esq' |
Ben. King, Esq' |
Rich. Oliver, Esq' |
Sam. Byam. Esq' I
Era. Delap, Esq'
Hen. Lyons. Esq'
John Fryp. Esq'
Kow. Williams, Esq'
Giles Watkins, Esq.
Isaac Royall, Esq.
Hon. Nath. Crump, Esq.
Geo. Jenings, Esq.
Hen. Lyons, Esq.
Hen. Webb, Esq.
Hen. Webb, Esq.
Hon. Geo. Lucas
Hon. Geo. Thomas
John Lightfoot, Esq.
Hon. Geo. Lucas
Belfast Division.
S' Johns Division.
I Nonsuch Divi-
I sion.
I Old Road Divi-
I sion.
T-i /^ti T> •• T? , I Bermudian Valley
Edw. Otto-Baijer, Esq' , ^^ ^-^^ Islands
Jos. Buckshorne. Esq' | Falmouth Divi-
Rol). Freeman. Esq'
Steph. Blizard, Esq'
John Tomlinson. Esq'
Edw' Byam, Esq'
Nath. Gilbert, Esq'.
Rob. Christian, Esq'
I sion.
/ New North Sound
I Division.
I Old North Sound
I Division.
I Willoughby Bay
I Division.
Tho. Kerby is chosen Speaker.
July 12. Hen. Douglas elected for Willoughby Bay.
July 23. A list of guns on the island good & bad.
Good,
i:
Fort James
Hamilton Fort .
Dickinsons Bay
High Point
Byams Fort
9
1 four-pounder bursted. 1200"".
1 eight-pounder y' muzzle broke.
2.500"'".
Mersers Creek .
Mudrlicove Guard
Reef Guard
Pigs Point
Neck of Land .
Half Moon Bay
Williams Fort .
Chalkhill Point
Barkley Fort .
Georges Fort
Codrington Battery
Charles Fort .
Rendezvous Bay
Old Road Fort .
Cades Bay
Johnsons Point
FuUertons Point
Hawks Nest Valley
Galleys Bay
Cripple Gate
Train Guns
Drue's Hill
W- Nibbs .
Parham
Good.
1
1
1
1
1
.5
2
12
33
r>
10
1
8
2
2
1
1
1
7
5
1
2
1
2 five A: a half pound Sakers spiked
& honeycombed. 2000"".
1 Saker has no trunnions. 2000"".
1 bad. 2200"".
2 bad 2000 each.
4000"".
1 bad four-pounder. 1200"=".
1 bad. 2000"".
2 bad Falcons. 1000"='.
1 bad nine-pounder. 3500"".
143 in all.
13 bad.
130 good.
August 29. Thomas Watkins, Ste^jhen Blizard,
and Robert Fi-eeman, Esqrs., are sworn as J.P.'s.
December 20. William Byam is nominated
Treasurer vice George Byam, deceased.
1734-5, January 9. The death of the Hon. Fran-
cis Carlile is announced. Captain John Harris, store-
keeper and armourer at Monk's Hill, receives £98 a
year.
January 16. Edward Thorn, Robert Lampley,
Alexander Shuttleworth, William Droope, Mr. Harry
Webb, John Chalmers, and Vict. Looby to join the
Troop.
February 22. All gun-carriages are made here
of the heart of Black Gregory called white wood.
March 6. Colonel Nathaniel Gilbert resigns his
seat. Experience in the late wars in Flanders
having proved a bayonet to be a very useful weapon,
it was this year ordered to be used by the Militia by-
Act of 15 March 1734.
1735, May 30. Robert Freeman, Esq., Assistant-
Judge of the Court of K.B., being now so sick John
Tomlinson is nominated in his jjlace. Hon. Colonel
Archibald Cochran is granted twelve months' leave.
June 18. Josiah Martin presented his mandamus
as a Councillor, dated 9 April 1735, signed by the
Secretary of State. Samuel Byam resigns his seat
for St. John's Division.
July 1. Edward Home returned for Old North
Sound vice Nathaniel Gilbert. Dr. David Purviance
is licensed to practise.
July 5. Robert Freeman and Joseph Buckshorn,
Esqrs., resign their seats.
August 16. Black leprosy and joint evil are in-
creasing so much among the blacks that cases must
be isolated for the future at Bird Island.
August 23. Ashton Warner was returned for
St. John's Division, and Nathaniel Gilbert and John
Yeamans for Falmouth and Rendezvous Bay.
December 10. William Richards and Anthony
Bezune, being too poor to serve in the Troop, are
dismissed. Mr. Darby's tenements adjoining the
Guard-house are to be hired for the public, and he is
paid £200 for two years' rent of the Court-house.
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
W" Read.
W-" Bird.
Sam. Morgan.
Dec. 20.
Jn° Richardson.
Hen. Hancock.
Jas. Mackie.
Jn" Dnncombft.
Tho. Hanson,
to join the Troop.
1735-6, Jimuarj 16. The j^oor passengers to
Pennsylvania, whose ship put in here, are to be
allowed 1 lb. of beef and 1 lb. of bread daily, and 1 lb.
of butter weekly for three weeks.
February 11. Dr. John Davis is examined by
Drs. William Young and Sydserfe, and is duly
licensed. The Governor reports that there were
13,917 men between the ages of fourteen and sixty,
besides 1889 soldiers on the French Caribbee Islands.
1736, April 30. By His Majesty's decree all
Surveyors-General of the Customs shall sit and
vote as ex officio Members of the Council Extra-
ordinary.
July 5. Edward Otto-Baijer resigns his seat, as
he is off to England.
July 15. John Tomlinson, Esq., one of the Puisne
Judges, will not further attend, and Giles Watkins
being incapacitated by old age and imj)aired con-
stitution and mind Edward Home is appointed.
Fast ordered for the blast and dry weather.
July. A printed letter was forwarded to their
Lordshij)S from a " considerable person at S* Kitts "
containing complaints of the Governor's doings, and
stating that he purchased a sloop of Mr. Gerrish in
1735, armed her, and then captured several French
sloops within a league of the shore.
August 3. Dr. William Mercer is licensed. The
Council report that Secretary Smith has omitted to
record many administrations, etc., and the Council
unanimously agree to petition His Majesty through
their Agent to remove liim.
October 15. Nathaniel French, Dr. Grant, Owen
Arnold, Captain Richard Nicholas, and Abraham
Kedwood to join the Troop ; on 23 October, George
Francklin, Martin Blake, and Samuel Lavington ;
and on 15 November, Philip Nibbs, James Watson,
Dr. Purviance, Mr. Bradford, and Dr. Mercer. A
writ to issue for St. John's, John Burke being lately
deceased.
Extract of a Letter from Antigua, Oct. 24 (1736).
Here has been a general Stop to all Business, occasion'd
by the Happy Discovery of an accursed Negro Plot, which
should have been perpetrated on the 11th Instant, the Anni-
versary of the Kings Coronation, on which Day the General
usually gives a handsome Ball to the Gentlemen and Ladies
of the whole Island, but this was postponed to the 30th
Instant, upon Account of the Death of the General's Son at
S' Christopher's some little time ago. This was the only
preservative of our Lives. The Plot was thus, viz.. One
Court, a Negro Man, belonging to Thomas Kirby, Esq., was
the chief Person in this Aifair ; Tomboy, a Negro Man,
belonging to M'' Thomas Hanston ; and Hercules, a Negro
Man, belonging to M"' John Christophers, were to have been
this King Court's Generals, and while the Gentlemen and
Ladies were diverting themselves at the Ball, which was to
have been held at M"' Christopher Dunbar's new House, they
were to convey a great Quantity of Gun-powder into the
Cellar, and blow the House up : At the same Time this
King Court, Tomboy and Hercules, were to lead a Party of
400 Men each, one from the East End of the Town, one
from Otter's Pasture, and one from Morgan's Pasture, all
arm'd with Cutlasses, and to fall on all the Whites in the
Town, Men, Women and Children, without Reserve, at the
same Time that the House blew up, which was to be a
genei'al Signal to the other Parts of the Island (for they
were to look out on several Eminences, which with a Fire
they were to make at each Place was to convey the Signal
thro' the Island) ; then the Negroes of each Plantation were
to rise and destroy all the Whites in their respective
Districts, and so have made themselves Masters of the whole
Island. Court, Tomboy and Hercules, being suspected for
former Crimes and High Misdemeanors, were taken up, and
after some strict Examination sufficient Cause was found to
commit them; and still more and more Evidences appearing
against them, they were at length convicted on the 19th
Instant at Night. The Day following King Court was
brought np to the Place of Execution, and so lay basking in
the Sun for the full Space of an Hour and a Quartei', when
he begg'd leave to plead, to which the Justices gave their
Assent, and he acknowledged every Thing, that was
acknowledged against him, and what his General Tomboy
had confess'd in Prison the same Morning. At last, about
Noon, King Court was broke on the Wheel, as were Tomboy
and Hercules ; Four more were burnt the same Day in
Otter's Pastui'C, and To-morrow will be 7 more, and so
many as they can find leading Men in this Plot.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 59.)
From Antigua, Jan. 15, 173G-7. That they contiuued
executing the Negroes concerned in the Plot to murder all
the white Inhabitants of that Island, and subvert the Govern-
ment ; that G9 had been executed, of whom five (one of
whom in case they had succeeded was to have been made
their King) were broke on the Wheel. Six were hung in
Chains upon Gibbets, and starved to Death (of whom one lived
nine Nights and eight Days without any sustenance), their
Heads then cut off and fixed on Poles, and their Bodies
burnt ; and 58 were at several Times chained to Stakes and
burnt; and above 130 remain in Prison. {Ibid., p. 187.)
November 1. John Murray returned vice Burke.
At Antigua, Monk's Hill Fort, of 30 guns; a fort of
14 guns at the mouth of St. John's River ('? Harbour) ;
and seven other batteries for the defence of so many
landing-places, in all mounted with 26 guns.
(Southey.)
November 18. Four Justices sign a warrant for
seven negros to be burnt at the stake at Otto's
pasture for conspiracy, one to be hung up alive in
chains, there to die of famine.
November 29. Eight more negros to be burnt.
Frederick Cope, Merrick Turnbull, Charles
Mathews, and William Dunin to join the Troop.
The Treasurer to borrow .€500 at ten per cent.
December 9. The guard at English Harbour is
in great distress, the allowance of 9d. per diem not
being sufficient at such a cold post to buy more than
warm liquor. Rum there costs them 6d. a pint and
bad sugar 6d. a lb. Ernest Lewis Terticon having
petitioned for a licence to practise physic, he was
ordered to lodge with the Secretary his testimonials
from the Prince of Hanault and the Surgeons' Hall
in Amsterdam.
December 20. Twelve more negros condemned
to death, Benjamin King and John Murray are
sworn as J.P.'s.
1736-7, January 8. A negro who stabbed himself
after his conviction had to be broken on the wheel,
and ten more were sentenced to death. From various
depositions from eye-witnesses and informants it
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appears that a very wide-spread plot had been formed
by the blacks to blow up the house in St. John's
where the Governor and the principal inhabitants
were going to attend a ball. Had the plot succeeded
all the whites on the Island would have been
massacred. The slaves used to meet at night in the
woods, and over 2000 of them were present when one
of their number was crowned king. The conspiracy
was, however, fortunately discovered in time, and
prompt and severe measures taken to punish the ring-
leaders. Up to 24 January 1736-7, 47 slaves had been
executed and 37 banished, and it was agreed that no
more should be arrested. By the Island laws all
slaves executed were paid for by the public, their
owners being recompensed the full value, so that
in the present instance the carrying out of justice
was a great expense to the tax-payers.
? 1736-7. A letter of recall was sent to Governor
Mathew, one year's leave granted to Gilbert Fleming,
and the seals ordered to be handed over to Lieut. -
Governor Edward Byam. The Governor had been
accused of making rapacious captures of French
vessels.
1737, March 31. Samuel Byam's mandamus as a
Councillor was dated 12 April 1735, and he takes the
oaths and his seat this day.
Complaint is made that the negros which were
banished in 1729 to the Spanish Coast are still kept by
Colonel Edward Jessup at his plantation at St. Kitts.
May 20. Henry Knight was returned vice Colonel
Jacob Morgan, who resigned.
July 13. Thomas Kerby the Speaker, about to
depart for England, resigns, and Stephen Blizard is
chosen in his place. James Parke resigns his seat.
1737-8, February 1. The following to join the
Troop : —
W"» Byam. Cha. Reed. Geo. Bladen.
Tho. Dunning. Ebenez. Grant. Rob' Lovie.
Jn° Taukerd. Jn" Semiue. Miles Topping.
Jn" Ayres. M'' Brooks, at the Rob. Bannister.
Hen. Osborne. Road. Jos. Sims.
Adam Dining. Geo. Horsford. Hen. Cyler.
Jos. Weston. Tho. Phillips. Jac. Morgan, Jun.
Geo. Hurst. Tho. Years. Rob' Baker.
W™ Chapman. Sheers Stephens. W" George.
Jos. Merry. Jn" Bannister. Jn" Taylor.
Edw. Looby. Edw. Davy. Jn" Fowler.
Cha. Goore. Tho. Dewitt. D' Ben. Benware.
Edw. England.
Willoughby Byam is licensed to practise Medicine,
etc.
February 15. Ebenez. Grant struck out of Troop.
1738, April 6. Eichard Oliver resigns his seat
for St. John's Division. Henry Wallace was returned
for Belfast vice James Parke resigned.
April 21. Edward Williams is returned for St.
John's Division vice Richard Oliver resigned.
April 28. Dr. John Rutherford is licensed to
practise. George Crump and Frederick Cope, Esqrs.,
are sworn as J.P.'s.
May 13. On account of the low value of sugar,
etc., an Act was passed reducing the public rate of
interest from ten to six per cent. Edward Byam, who
is going to the Northern Colonies, is granted twelve
months' leave.
June 1. William Maxwell is licensed to practise
Medicine and Surgery.
October 3. John Gunthorpe, Esq., takes his seat
at the Council, and Warner Tempest and John
Lightfoot are sworn as J.P.'s.
October 10. It is agreed that as soon as 400 fit
soldiers are here they shall receive the following
extra pay, viz. : —
Lieut. 15'', Ensign 12'', Serj' Gi^, corporal & drummer 4'',
private S"".
November 29. John Teamans resigns as Agent.
1738-9, March 1. Edward Byam, jun., resigns.
The Leeward Islands Regiment costs the home
Government £9775 a year.
March 3. Rev. Francis Byam takes his seat at
the Council vice Samuel Byam, deceased.
March 16. John Frye, jun., resigns on account
of health. Harry Webb was returned for Dickinson's
Bay vice. Henry Knight deceased, and John Wickham
for Old North Sound vice Edward Byam resigned.
1739, March 29. Rowland Williams' seat is
vacant by his death.
April 12. The following to join the Troop : —
John Duer. John Rutherford. D'' Jas. Boyle.
John Lightfoot. Chr. Knight, Jun. John Fogo.
Sam. Martin, Jun. D'' Maxwell. D'' Mackland.
D'' Gab. Rankin. Rich. .Jackson. Nath. Humphreys.
Pat. Wilson.
John Blaine.
Phil. Ledeatt.
W"" Redhead.
D" Carter.
April 26. James Boyle, Gent., is licensed to
pi'actise Surgery and Medicine. Hon. John Gun-
thorpe and Hon. Francis Byam appointed J.P.'s.
Two buoys are to be fixed to the head and tail of
Warrington Rock off St. John's Harbour.
May 18. Walter Sydserfe and Henry Wallace,
Esqrs., granted twelve months' leave.
July and August. The following to join the
Troop : —
Jas. Gordon, Esq. Math. Christian. W"" Furlong.
W"' Mackinen, Jas. Thennell. Jas. Penthony.
Esq. Jos. Davison. Tho. Burton.
Jas. England. Hugh Shewcraft. Fra. Roseman.
Sam. Hopkins. Theo. Walrond. Ben. Wickham.
Jas. Cooke. John Hurst. Jos. Wickham.
John Libert. Sam. Lindsay. John Tankard.
John Bolan. Pet. Lavicount. Rich. Reddey.
Rob. Glover. Nath. Lewis. .... Godfrey.
John Martin, Jun.
August 1. Thomas Watkins' seat vacant by his
removal to the Council Board.
August 21. William Boon returned for Popes-
head vice Thomas Watkins. William Smith, jun.,
Nisbitt Darby, Dr. Cherry, Dr. Lewis Jenticou, Tho-
mas Redhead, and Samuel Wickham struck out of
Troop.
September 13. William Smith and Walter TuUi-
deph are sworn as J.P.'s. James Penthony struck
out of Troop.
September 29. Samuel Mayer, Dr. Chovat, John
HoUiday, Francis Hanson, John King, and James
Langford are to join the Troop. Dr. Forgus presents
his diploma from the Faculty of Physicians of Anglers
in France, and is licensed.
October 8. The mandamus for Benjamin King,
Esq., to be of the Council vice Sir William Codring-
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
ton was dated at Kensington J 5 June 1739, signed
by tbe Secretaiy of State ; also that of William
Mackinen, Esq., vice John Duer resigned.
October 25, George Moncrief, Henry Hodge, and
Henry Livingstone to join the Troop.
October 30. Nicholas Collins was returned for
Belfast vice Benjamin King.
November 10. Mr. Webb having been guilty of
rude behaviour in refusing to carry a message from
the Governor is struck off the list of J.P.'s.
December 9. The Council complain of the want
of a cage, pillory, ducking-stool, stocks, and whip-
ping-post.
December 18. The Assembly has been successful
in their opposition to Wavell Smith in the matter of
fees. Martial law for four days at Christmas to be
proclaimed on account of the usual riotous behaviour
of the blacks.
1739-40, February 15. Hon. Samuel Watkins
appointed Chief Justice.
March 7. Two more companies of the King's
troops desirable.
1740, April 10. Henry Wallace, the member for
Belfast, is dead.
April 24. Thomas Elraes was returned vice
Wallace deceased.
April 30. Letter sent to the Governor announcing
the declaration of war against Spain, and that
the fleet is going out under Edward Vernon, Vice-
Admiral of the Blue, with the land forces under Lord
Carteret.
May 1. Thirty hogsheads of coal and 100,000
bricks are to be ordered from England for building
the new barracks, towards which His Majesty has
granted £2000.
May 19. 131 recruits have arrived. Rat Island
was finally selected as the best site for the erection
of new barracks, which would afford accommodation
for eight officers and 240 men.
June 17. The estimate for the barracks was
£4275. Major George Lucas was much opposed to
Rat Island on account of the facility for desertion ;
the swamp on one side, the negro burial-ground,
rum shops, and disorderly houses being close at
hand. All the Committee denied this, and his
opinion, which subsequently proved to be correct,
was overruled. Some years afterwards these barracks
were deserted for more healthy and suitable ones.
December. A hurricane has done prodigious
damage at Antigua and Martinico, many ships being
drove on shore ; the French and Spanish Fleets (as
reported) suffered much, and two of the former are
lost. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 622.)
1740-1, February 16. Mercy Dewitt struck off the
Troop. Hon. Major Lucas, Commanding Officer of
the six companies of General Dalzell's regiment, gives
the returns as : — 12 commissioned officers, 37 non-
commissioned officers, 12 drummers, and 352 privates,
or a total of 413.
March 5. The Assembly paid this day £380
currency to the executors of Phillip Darby as two
years' rent of the Guard House and Court House.
It was presumably in the latter building where they
held their meetings.
1741, March 31. On account of the scarcity,
68 barrels of flour and 36 of beef from Monk's Hill
are distributed among the necessitous, and a fresh
stock of provisions ordered for the fort.
April 24. There is already great mortality among
the I'ecruits. An Act was this day passed for fortify-
ing Rat Island and building barracks thereon.
April 30. Rat Island is the property of Slingsby
Cressy.
May 8. And. Lessley, Esq., resigns.
May 26. Dr. Fargus, Mr. Dacent, Mr. William
Sawcolt, Mr. Falton, and Mr. Conyers to join the
Troop.
June 11. Fast appointed for want of rain. Dr.
Walter Sydserfe not returning, his seat is declared
vacant.
October 30. The Assembly sign a petition com-
plaining that Mr. Charles Dunbar has been illegally
receiving fees of £400 a year.
1741-2, March 12. New Sessions.
Steph. Blizard, Esq.
Geo. Crump, Esq.
Ashton Warner, Esq.
Hon. Geo. Lucas, Esq.
Jas. Gamble, Esq.
Hen. Douglas, Esq.
Jn° Lightfoot, Esq.
Hon. Sam. Watkins, Esq.
Hon. Tho. Watkins, Esq.
Hon. Geo. Lucas, Esq.
Sam. Harman, Esq.
W" Lavington, Esq.
Steph. Blizard, Esq'
Jas. Nibbs. Esq'
Harry Webb. Esq'
W" Furnell, Esq'
Tho. Shephard, Esq'
Tho. Hanson, Esq'
Ashton Warner. Esq'
Jn° Murray, Esq'
Dan. Mathew, Esq'
Era. Delap. Esq'
Jn° Tomlinson
Hen. Doufflas, Esq'
Edw. Williams. Esq'
Nath. Gilbert, Esq'
Jn" Wickham, Esq'
Jas. Weatheril, Esq'
W" Mackinen, Esq'
Jonas Langford, Esq'
Tho. Gravenor, Esq'
Kob' Christian, Esq'
Jn» Dasent, Esq'
Nich. Collins, Esq'
Sam. Elliot, Esq'
Tho. Elmes, Esq'
Sam. Harman, Esq'
( New North
I Sound.
' S' Johns Town.
■ S' Johns Division.
I
[ Willoughby Bay.
Five Islands.
I Old Road & Ber-
!' mudian Valley.
I Old North Sound.
I Dickinsons Bay
i Division.
I Popeshead Divi-
I sion.
1 Falmouth & Reu-
V desvous Bay Di-
I vision.
> Belfast Division.
[ Nonsuch Divi-
) sion.
Steph.
Clerk.
Blizard chosen Speaker and M'' Edw'' Gamble
British Ships taken since the War. (' London Magazine,' 1742.)
Carried to
1740 July 16 Dorothy, Douglas master, Antego
to London . . . . S' Sebastians.
1740-1 Feb. .... Drummond master, Carolina
to Antigua . . . . S' Augustine.
And another . . . . S' Augustine.
1741 Oct. Speedwell, Montgomery master,
Antigua to Virginia . . Cape Francis.
1741 Nov. Antigua Mer, Stanny master,
Antigua to London . . Bilboa.
1741 Nov. Sea Nymph, Geare master,
Antigua to Liverpool . . S' Augustine.
Each ship worth one with another 3.500/.
1742, April 26. James Gordon takes his seat at
the Council, his mandamus being dated 31 December
1741 at the Court of St. James. James Doig petitions
for payment of £126 for nine gun-carriages.
July 30. The merchants and traders of St. John's
Town petition against the bill prohibiting hawking,
signed by : —
Pat. Wilson.
John Blane.
Jas. Doig.
Hugh Holmes.
Arch. Cochran.
Tho. Moore.
Hen. Bracken.
Jas. Birkett.
Dune. Grant.
Geo. Walker.
W" Dunbar.
Kob. Baker.
Rich. Sheepshanks.
Jn" Bohiu.
Gab. Thibou.
Rob. Addison.
Geo. Rooke.
Luke Daniel.
Arch. Johnson.
E. Ferriss.
Laur. Nihil), Jim.
Hugh Shewcraft.
Rob. Brown.
Tho. JafFiay.
GEORGE I. GEORGE 11.
cm
Geo. White. Jn° h. Sp'' Spe. Mich. Lovell.
Rich. Sherwood. Rossiiigton. Tho. Redhead.
Rich. Maitlaud. Pet. Sciirratt. Jn" Bannister.
Sam. Martin. Nisbit Darby. Math. Christian.
Jn" Holliday. Tho. Flattarty. Alex. Martin.
Pat. Lynch Joseph. Jas. Delap. Rich. Hungerford.
Rob. Gray. Jn° Chalmers. Jn° Wise.
Nath. French. Jn° Martin. Rich. Lee.
Merrick Tnrnbull. Alex.Shuttleworth. .In" Dunn, Sen^
Jas. Anderson. Hen. Livingston. Jas. Barton.
W"' Hillhoiise. Jn" Haws. Hen. Sinnot.
Cha. Mathews. Edw. Gregory. W'" Williams.
Joshua Lawson. Edw. Trant. Edw"! Tyley.
Pet. Nihil. Hen. Bowers. Edw" Murphy.
Cha. Murray. Jn" Napier. Jos'' Davison.
Tho. Phillips. Jas. Thibou. Sliugsby Cressy.
Edw. Cliester Jas. Hanson. Jn" Leacraft.
Bendall. And. Lessley. Dav. Gillespie.
Sam. Symous.
Extract of a Letter from New England, from a Captain to
his Friend at Barbadoes, dated Aug. 1742.
I Sail'd from this Port the 4th of Jan. last, bound to
your Island, but fell in with three large Spanish Ships of
60, 40, and 32 Guns all full of Land Forces, so that I was
obliged to strike directly. They sent my Ship to Porto
Rico ; but kept me in the 60 G. Ship. A few days after we
met the Antigua Station Ships the Eltham and Lively,
one of 40 Guns, the other of 20. They came up with the
Spaniards and fought them very bravely, notwithstanding
the great Odds, and the Commodore in whose Ship I was,
would have struck several times, the English fir'd so fast on
them, but an Irish Laud OflBcer on board, desir'd and
insisted that the Captain should not strike ; but if he did
not cliuse to fight, to give the Command to him, which
hinder'd the Captain from striking. The English kill'd
between 6 and 700 Men, and tore the Ship all to pieces, so
that it was with great Difficulty they were kept up ; and had
there been one Hour more Day ; or could the English have
come up in the Morning, they must have taken all the three.
They were oblig'd to make the best of their Way to Porto
Rico, and it was with no small Difficulty they reached that
Port. They had a vast Quantity of Bale Goods on board,
and a great Sum of Money to pay the Soldiers. They were
reckon'd the richest Ships that sailed from Spain this Year.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' 1743, p. 161.)
September 6. The following to join the Troop: —
Nath. Gateward. W™ Yearaans, Jun. Jn" Alpin.
Edw. Tyley. Ben. Steele. .... Hungerford.
Dan. Warner. Hen. Parker. Sam. Messett.
Isaac Jacobs. Row. Oliver. Jn° Brooke.
Drewry Otley. Jn" L. Spranger. David Algoe.
Rob. Gray.
December 15. Edward Byam takes his seat at
the Council, his mandamus bearing date 7 May 1742,
vice his great-uncle Governor Edward Byam, deceased,
and also takes the oath as a J. P.
The Old Fort that covers S' Johns is strengthen'd
with a horn work lately finished, has Twenty three pieces of
Cannon mounted & Six of his Grace the Duke of Montagues.
Barracks for Seaventy men. Monks Hill 9 acres very
weak, 32 cannon, and barracks for 200 men. There are
3441 Christians and 24,695 Negros. The 7 companies
of Gen' Dalzells Reg' number 411 men, the Militia
Reg'^ contain 1300 men, saylors from the shipping would be
about 150, and armed negros 1018, giving a total armed
force of 2939.
1742-3, February 14. The Duke of Newcastle
writes that Mr. William Lavington's friends have
applied for his appointment as Chief Justice when
Samuel Watkins, now of very advanced age, dies.
Mr. Lavington is to be at once appointed to the
honorary post of a Puisne Judge.
March 7. To join the Troop : —
Jn" Lynch. Stap. Dunbar. D'' Jliller.
Anth" Lynch. Sam. Lyons. Coll" Jn"Dowg!ass.
W" Denbow. Dora. Lynch. Byam Crump.
Abra. Chovett. D'' Jn" Richardson. Jas. Birkett.
Edw. Gamble. Rich. Holmes. Hen. Denning.
Tho. Warner. D'' Geo. Crump.
March 7. John Brooke elected for Old Eoad
vice Edward Williams, who resigned on 24 January.
March 8. John Vernon writes from Saumur this
day resigning his seat at the Council.
? 1742-3. Lieut. -Colonel George Lucas, writing
about the late expedition to La Guyra and the attack
on the Castle of Puerto Cabello, says that Lieutenant
John Osborne and Ensign Mark Dyer dying there of
fever he posted the " Eldest Ensigne Hamilton
Kerby to be Lieut, and two yong Gentlemen to be
ensignes who have carried Arms in the Ranks these
two years past, viz' M'' Lambert Witherell and
M'' William Allicock being Young men of Merit and
Spirit." He proceeds to say that the attack on
Puerto Cabello took place at night, the forces were
successfully landed, but one of the advance guard
while overpowering a sentry fired off his musket.
The main body of the English then fired in the dark
on their own advance guard, thinking that they were
being attacked by the enemy. The batteries and
castles also opened fire, and there was a stampede and
general rush to the beach, the officers being unable
to rally their men. Colonel Lucas's regiment had
been for some years stationed at the Leeward Islands
and many of its officers and men were Autiguans.
(America and West Indies, No. 54.)
1743, March 28. William Buckley petitions for
£126 for building part of the Guard House at John-
son's Point.
April 3. Josiah Martin is now President.
June 7. A gentleman writes from S' Kitts " The
Commodore in the Suttblk, with the Burford, Eltham, Scar-
borough, Lively, and Otter Sloop, are arrived at Antigua
from Porto Cavallo, where they met with as bad Success as
we did at La Guyra." (' London Magazine,' p. 398.)
July 25. About 50 of the Highlanders confin'd in the
Tower were put on board a Ship bound to Antigua.
(Ibid., p. 358.)
August 3. Complaint was made that the Regis-
ter's Office near the shore was so dangerously situated
that it might be captured by privateers
October 31. Daniel Mathew, Esq., took his seat
at the Council, his mandamus having been dated
2 June last at Whitehall, vice Valentine Morris
deceased ; so that by his promotion and the resigna-
tion of John Dascent two vacancies were created in
the Assembly.
November 4. Adam Byrne, Gent., presents his
certificate from Dublin University, and both he and
Henry Byam, Gent., are licensed to practise Medicine
and Surgery.
November 9. Major George Lucas appointed
Lieut.-Governor.
December 6. Edward Bendall, White Lacy Rum-
sey, and George Walker, Gentlemen, to join the Troop.
James Simon Sevine, who was born of Protestant
parents under the Elector of Brandenburgh in the
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
City of Berlin, desires to become an inhabitant.
John Watkius was returned for St. John's Division
vice Ashton Warner.
1743-4, March 21. A letter was received from
John Teamans, dated 9 February at Boston, New
England, resigning his post as Agent, which he first
held sixteen years ago, and recommending Samuel
Martin, jun., the Deputy, as his successor.
Ships captured on both sides. (' Clentleman's Magazine.')
November 27, 1743. An Antigua Brig, Cap' John
Doggett, taken in sight of Antigua, and of an English Man
of War, by a Privateer Sloop of S' Domingo with 75 Men,
who set ashore on an Island the Captain, two of his Men,
with the Master of another Vessel taken a Month before and
one of his Men, gave them 2 Pieces of Beef and 20Ib. of
bread. They were taken off the Island by a Vessel bound
to S' Thomas, and 2 Days after meeting with the Lively
Man of War and an English Privateer, both went in quest
of the Spanish Privateer, who upon their coming up, run
into Shoal Water. The Lively fired 350 Shot and the
Privateer 170, by which 3 Spaniards were killed and as many
wounded ; the Rest seeing the English man all their Boats,
quitted their Vessel, after running her ashore, and the
English destroy'd her.
Jan. 25, 174-f. The two Friends, .lubber, from London
and Cork for Autigua, taken about 60 Leagues to Windward
of Antigua, but afterwards retaken by the Comet Bomb
(which sprung her Mast, else she had taken the Privateer)
and carried into Antigua.
June 16. The Penelope, Reynolds, from Antigua, taken
off the Lizard, and car. into Granville.
May 23. The Mercury, Dewai', from Antigua for Lon-
don, taken & sent into Brest.
May 15. An Antigua Sloop, Daniel Smith, taken by
the Huming bird Privateer.
Aug. 16. The Mary, Serjeant, from Antigua for Lo.,
taken by a Fr. Privateer, carried into Granville.
Sep. A 2d privateer of great force from Martinico,
carried into Antigua, by the Warren privateer, Capt. Caius.
Nov. The Newbury brigantine, Charles Byrne, from
Dublin to Antigua, carried into Guadalupe by a French
privateer. The Betsey, Barter, from Autigua for London,
carried into Bourdeaux by a French merchant man.
The Friendship, Neale, from Cork for Antigua, taken by
a priv. of S' Sebastians.
The Flower de Luce, from Boston for Antigua, and a
ship from Guiney for Antigua, taken liy the French, and
carried into Martinico.
From the ' London Gazette.'
List of Prizes, the three first Spanish, the other French,
taken by his Majesty's Ships stationed at the Leeward
Islands, under the command of Capt. Warren and Capt.
Knowles, between the 12"' of February and the 12"' of
June 1744.
Ascension, bound to La Vera Cruz, 500 Tons, 24 Guns,
124 Men, laden with all Sorts of rich Merchandize.
S' Antonio de los Animos, cruizing, 90 Tons, 10 Carriage
and 14 Swivel Guns, 96 Men ; a Privateer.
Santissima Trinidada, cruizing, 110 Tons, 10 Carriage
and 12 Swivel Guns, 44 Men ; a Privateer.
L'Aimable, for Leogan, 150 Tons, 10 Guns, 38 Men;
400 Negroes, 163 Ounces of Gold, and 116 Elephants Teeth.
Dolphin, for Guardaloupe, 200 Tons, 6 Guns, 23 Men ;
Beef, Flour, Cordage, etc.
Marquis d'Antin, for Martinique, 180 Tons, 8 Guns, 29
Men ; Beef, Flour, Wine, Brandy, Cordage, etc.
S' Martin, for ditto, 150 Tons, 14 Guns, 19 Men ; ditto.
S' Firmin, for Bayonne, 110 Tons, 16 Men; Sugar,
Coflfee, Cocoa, Tobacco, 12,450 Dollars, and 45 Pistoles.
La Fortune, for Marseilles, 100 Tons, 6 Guns, 12 Men ;
Cocoa, Roquo, and Coflfee.
La Garonne, for Leogan, 120 Tons, 23 Men ; Beef
Flour, etc., Wine, and dry Goods.
L'Aimable .Julie, for Bourdeaux, 150 Tons, 6 Guns, 19
Men ; Sugar, Coflfee, and Tobacco.
Le bien Aime, for Martinique, 600 Tons, 24 Guns, 43
Men ; Wine, Provisions, and dry Goods.
Neptune, for ditto, 380 Tons, 14 Guns, 43 Men ; Wine,
Oil, Brandy, Soap, etc.
La Francoise de Cherbury, for ditto, 184 Tons, 8 Guns,
24 Men ; Wine, Beef, Candles, Cordage, etc.
La Princesse Anlope, for Roclielle, 130 Tons, 8 Guns,
24 Men ; Sugar and Coffee.
Union Brig, for Canada, 120 Tons, 14 Men ; Rum,
Sugar, Molasses, and Coflfee.
Junio Sloop, for Cape Francoise, 100 Tons, 4 Carriage
and 6 Swivel Guns, 18 Men ; Wine, Beef, Flour, Butter, etc.
Le Croyant, for Bourdeaux, 230 Tons, 10 Guns, 39 Men ;
Sugar and Coffee.
L'Aimable Teresa, for Martinique, 90 Tons, 4 Guns, 11
Men ; Snuff and Tobacco.
A Sloop, for Cape Breton, 100 Tons, 8 Guns, 14 Men ;
Sugar and Rum.
Le Patriarche Abraham, for Port Louis, 300 Tons, 12
Guns, 45 Men ; 650 Negroes.
L'Aimable Catherine, cruizing, 80 Tons, 8 Carriage and
12 Swivel Guns, 76 Men ; a Privateer.
A new Sloop, cut out of S' Martins, 80 Tons.
The taking so many Prizes was the Cause, that at Mar-
tinico, Bread rose to twenty Pence a Pound, Meat to thirty
Pence, Wine 200 Livres a Barrell, and Flour 150, and
scarce any to be had at that Price ; so that the Governor of
Martinico had issued out Orders for turning a certain Pro-
portion of all Cane- Lauds into Provision-Ground, for Plant-
ing Manoac, and other kinds of Grain for Bread.
(' London Magazine,' 1744, p. 409.)
1744, April 10. Tho. Kerb^' is appointed Agent
vice Yeamans resigned.
May 8. John Tomlinson, Esq., is appointed Chief
Baron of the Exchequer.
May 29. Robert Waller is sworn a J. P.
June 1. William Teamans, being infirm, is struck
out of the Troop.
July 24. Eowland Ash and Edward Otto-Baijer
are appointed Chief Bai-ous of the Exchequer.
July 31. John Tod presents a certificate from
William Wood, Chirurgeon and Apothecary at Edin-
burgh, and is licensed.
August 15. Duncan Grant, Charles Alley, John
Sedgwick, Jacob Tbibou, John Brown, and Thomas
Tew to join the Troop.
August 28. William Miller, Gent., is licensed to
practise Medicine and Surgery.
September 12. Samuel Lavicount, John Blane,
and John Hawes to join the Troop.
1744-5, January 3. Walter Sydserfe returned to
the Assembly vice Samuel Eliot.
January 31. The Hon. Charles Dunbar's house
to be rented for the public use for three years, at
£170 cui-rency yearly.
February 28. Thomas Gravenour resigns his seat.
March 6. Edward Home returned vice John
Tomlinson.
March 15. Thomas Warren returned for Popes-
head.
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cv
March 23. Returns of Lieut. -General Robert
Dalzell's regiment : — 23 officers, 29 Serjeants, 30 cor-
porals, and over 300 privates.
1745, April 23. At a Court Martial held to try Cha.
Dunbar, Esq., for cowardice there were present : —
Hon. Col. Niith. Gilbert, President of the Court.
Col. Tho. Watkins. L' Col. Josiah Cap. James Sal-
Col. Steph. Blizard. Martin. mond.
Col. John Murray. Maj; Mart in Blake. Cap. Rob. Addi-
L' Col. John Gun- Maj' John Wat- son.
thorpe. kins. Cap. John Blizard.
Cap. Nich. Collins.
Cap. Row. Ash.
The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to be
severely reprimanded.
May 20. By H.M's orders of 7 March last past
absentees' estates are not to be doubly taxed.
The following extract is from a letter by the Rev.
W. Smith, Rector of St. John's, Nevis : —
About two months before I left the West-Indies, I took
a little trip up to Antigua, which is a fine Island, though it
has not one single Spring of Water in it ; And as it was in
a time of great drowth, the whole face of the Country looked
dismally enough. All their Ponds were then quite dry, and
their Cisterns almost empty ; so that they were obliged to
fetch their fresh Water from Guardaloupe, a French Island,
and Montserrat, an Englisli one, which was afterwards sold
for Eighteen Pence a Pail-full. The Capital is called
St. John's, and is by far the most regular Town I saw in the
West Indies, close to the Houses whereof is the best and
most commodious Harbour, belonging to our English Lee-
ward Islands : They were then building a stately Church,
which I since hear is compleatly finished ; and I am satisfied
is the finest Building of the kind by much, we have under
the Government. And as for the Inhabitants, they (like our
other Settlements) were remarkable for Hospitality and
Civility to Strangers. (' A Natural History of Nevis and
the rest of the Euglish Leeward Charibee Islands,' by the
Rev. W. Smith, p. .305.)
At Antigua they have small, but well-tasted Oysters, that
stick to Mangrove-trees that grow close to Creeks.
{Ibid., p. 210.)
The population of Barbuda was estimated at 1200.
(Southey.)
Extract of letters from Antigua.
The Weymouth man of war, on Feb. 1 6 last struck on a
reef, near Sandy Island, just without S' John's Road,
Antigua. This accident was enquired into by a court
martial, where the Capt. Calmady was acquitted, but Lieut.
Crispe, who had the watch, was mulcted 6 months' pay, the
master declared incapable of ever serving in the navy, and
the pilot sentenced to be sent to England to suffer two years
imprisonment in the Marshalsea, and never to serve in that
quality more.
May 28, Antigua. Commodore Leigh in the Sufiblk,
and Dreadnought man of war, with a fleet of merchant
ships is arrived here from England.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' pp. 275 and 391.)
1745-6, January 26. Hon. William Lavington is
sworn as Chief Justice of the Courts of King's Bench
and Common Pleas.
February 11. John Tomlinson takes his seat at
the Council. Thomas Watkins, Esq., is dead.
February 20. James Weatheril is dead, and John
Tomlinson in the Council, so that there are two vacant
seats in the Assembly. Rowland Ash is sworn a J.P.
1746, March 26. Dr. William Jarvis is licensed
to practise Medicine, etc.
May 1 6. Forty-two merchants petition the King
against the inactivity of the men-of-war, and state
that within these few months fifty vessels from
Europe and the Northern Colonies to these Islands
have been captured by French privateers.
July 23. At the Court of Kensington a man-
damus was signed for Andrew Leslie to be of the
Council vice Thomas Watkins deceased.
Extract of a Letter from Antigua, July 23.
French privateers are so thick about this island, from
the indolence of his majesty's ships, that people dont care
to send out their boats ; the country have fitted out a guard
de costa, whicli three days ago (being the first day of her
going out) brought in a row-galley that lay off Popeshead,
with 25 hands, close under shore, but came out and gave
chace in hopes of a prize. We are in a miserable condition,
and in great danger of starving, by the French taking so
many of our provision vessels ; and they at the same time
in the greatest plenty ; and all for want of our men of war
being properly and constantly employ'd in cruizing to wind-
ward of our islauds, for the protection of trade ; which
would they but do, the tables would be turned, and we
should live in plenty, and the enemy would be starved.
9 or 10 sail of English men of war are on the stations of
Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, but pretend that they
cannot sail well enough to catch the privateers ; but all the
world knows, that they can sail well enough to protect and
retake the merchant ships, if they would keep cruizing in
proper stations. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 575.)
July 31. Petition to the King signed by the
Council and Assembly, stating that over 100 ships
have been lost since 29 October last, and that the
Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee, the commanding officer, is
greatly to blame.
August 12. Samuel Harman writes to resign his
seat.
August 19. William Thomas and Joseph Farley
to join the Troop.
September 16. William Skerrett, Esq., elected
vice Samuel Harman.
September 25. Hon. Benjamin King, Edward
Byam, and John Tomlinson are sworn as J.P.'s.
Extract of a Letter from Antigua, dated Nov. 9, 1746.
We have just now the agreeable News, that S' Bartholo-
mew, an Island ten Leagues to the Northward of S' Chris-
topher's, is taken by two Privateers belonging to this Island,
called the " Fitz-Roy " and the " Knowles." They have
secured about 300 Negroes, 200 of which are this Moment
arrived here in the two Sloops. A Fortification is already
made on the Island, in order to keep and secure it, and 70
Men are left in it. There is a very good Harbour in the
Island, from whence the Enemy greatly annoy'd our Trade,
and have taken since the Commencement of the War, above
50 sail of Merchant Ships, and carried them there till they
could have an Opportunity to carry them to Martiuico ,-
and constantly fitted out and refresh'd themselves in this
Port. The Privateers had on Board, when they attack'd
it, only 185 Men ; yet they have made near 400 White
People Prisoners, 140 of whom are fit to bear Arms. The
French were so suddenly attack'd, that they had not time
to defend themselves; two of the Privateers Men were
kill'd and one wounded ; of the Enemy only one was
wounded. ('London Magazine,' 1747, p. 52.)
November 10. Josiah Martin is still President.
November 17. At the Court of St. James' a
mandamus was signed for John Tomlinson, Esq., to
be of the Council vice Daniel Mathew resigned.
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November 24. The Hon. Colonel Benjamin
King's privateers have captured and plundered the
French Island of St. Bartholomew.
Extract of a Letter from Antigua, Nov. 28, 1746.
Complaint on a Com . . . . e (commodore).
As for iirotection by the men of war in respect to our
trade, the same neglects complained of by our council and
assembly are not only continued, but 1 tliiiik in my con-
science, the c .... e, to shew his contempt of us, our trade,
and our comphiints, gives us less protection than ever, and
this you'll find true, when you receive letters from those
who are better acquainted with mercantile concerns than
I am, fill'd with expressions exclaiming against the per-
nicious conduct of our men of war, who (sonic few instances
excepted) are generally far enough to leeward neither to be
able to hear or help us ; and this in expectation of meeting
with some very rich Spanish vessel, notwithstanding the
very little success that has constantly attended this cruize,
and for what reasons I know not. The whole duty of our
squadron seems to be center'd in the merit of taking prizes,
and the protection of our trade pish'd at, as not being part
of the errand the men of war came out on. By what
strange direction of providence it happens, we land-men
cannot say ; but so it is, that the two poles are as likely to
meet, as a British man of war and a French one in these
seas, tho' it's well known that the French put into the same
roads and harbours, and steer the same courses as formerly,
and sometimes but two, three, or four together. I dont say
they never did meet this war, for ad .... 1 T .... d (Town-
send) met three of them, but as that had no bad effect on
the French men of war, and the merchant ships could be
taken without taking them, prizes were taken, and tliat's
the chief end of war at sea. So you see what sort of
annoyance the enemy suffers from men of war, under the
encouragement of the Prize Act of 17 George II. And
whether this act answers its ends, the makers may know if
they enquire into it. I can hardly stop, this subject affording
so great a field for animadversion, and will only add, tliat had
the ports of Martinico and Guadaloupe been attended to, there
might have been fifty captures and recaptures by the men of
war, in the opinions of many who understand the affair, to
one made by the old wandering course upon the Spanish main.
Nobody blames any of the sea-commanders, but the head of
them only, for there is no reason to find fault with those
for acting as tliey do, since they act by compulsion of the
c . . . . e. Our trade here is ruined.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' 1747, p. 75.)
Ships taken on both sides. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1746, January. A Fr. man of war of 36 guns, capt. La
Touch (who made a descent on Anguilla), tak. by an English
man of war, and carried into Antigua.
Mar. Tlie Florinella, from Bristol to Antigua, taken
by the French in sight of that Island. The Priscilla, Shea,
from London for Antigua, carry'd into Brest. The Olive,
Jones, from New England for Antigua, taken by a French
privateer. A sloop, Capt. Hall, fi-om Jamaica for Antigua,
carry'd into Martinico.
May. A Spanish register ship, outward bound, valued
at 40,000/., taken by his majesty's ship the Lyme, Capt.
Tyrrel, and carry'd into Antigua. The Olive, Bush, fi-om
N. England for Antigua, carry'd into Guardaloupe. The
Postboy, Smith, from Antigua for London, car. to S' Maloes.
June. A large ship, coming out of Martinico, with
1300 hogsheads of sugar, taken by the William priv., Capt.
Eichards, of N. York, and a priv. of Boston, Capt. Bass,
sent to Antigua.
July. The Hunter, Hammond, of Jamaica, from
Madeira to Antigua, carried into Guardaloupe. The Nancy,
Street, from Antigua to London, taken near Antigua by a
French privateer. The Prince Charles, Taylor; and the
i'annouth, ]\Iontgomery, both from Boston for Antigua,
carry'd into jMartinico. The Lyon, Woodward, from Cork
to Ai;tigua, taken off the Island by a French privateer, in
company of two other vessels, one of which ran ashore, and
the other got in.
Oct. A Fr. priv. sloop taken by a priv. brigantine
of Antigua of but half its force, after an engagement of
5 hours, in which the French lost many men.
Nov. The Lydia, Thompson, from Antigua for Cork,
car. to Brest. The Byam, Buckley, one of the fleet from
Antigua for London, taken by a Fr. priv. The Duke of
Cumberland, Burton, from Antigua ; the Charming Nancy,
Pipon, ditto, taken by French priv. after the separatiion of
the W. India fleet.
Dec. The Charlton, Wheelwright, fi-om Cork for
Antigua, taken by a Fr. priv. The Fox, Hewiston, from
London for Antigua, and a brig, from Antigua, car. into
S' Maloes.
Ships taken on both sides. (' London Magazine.')
A French Ship from Leogaune taken by his Majesty's
Mast-Ship, the Bnname, and carried into Antigua. The
Antigua Packet, Lesley, carried into Brest. The Warren,
Clark, from New England for Antigua, carried into Cape
Francois. The Young Samuel, Tuke, from Dublin for
Antigua, taken by the French. The Leviathan, Warner,
from Antigua, carried into Dieppe. A large French Ship of
30 Guns, bound home from Jlartinico, taken by his
Majesty's Ship Lyme, Capt. Tyrrel, and carry'd into Antigua.
The New Ipswich, Hayes, from Antigua, carry'd into Bilboa.
Two Ships from the American Colonies for Antigua, carried
into Martinico. The Fanny, Haldwind, from Jamaica for
Antigua, carried into Martinico. The Samuel, from Lan-
caster to Antigua, taken by a French Privateer. The
King George, CoUingwood, from Rhode-Island for Antigua,
carried into Martinico. The Anguilla, Brown, for Antigua,
carried into Guardaloupe. The Aldborough Frigate,
Wilson, from .\ntigua to Piscataque, taken by a small
Privateer of Cape Francois.
1 746-7, Jan. 27. Major Robert Waller complains
of the badness of the passage to Rat Island. The
gallows are so offensive at the top of the town that
they are to be removed to leeward of the negro burial-
ground.
1747, April 29. George Martin, William Warner,
and Thomas Freeman to join the Troop. The trial
of Captain Lee, R.N., was very disappointing to the
inhabitants.
May 12. Commodore Edward Legge has been
ordered to hold a Court-martial on Captain Lee.
June. A Court House to be built and £2000
borrowed for that purpose. The site chosen was the
old market-place.
July 17. Thomas Shephard resigns his seat.
August 14. James Doig returned for St. John's
Town vice Thomas Shephard.
August 20. Patrick O'Hara, Captain of H.M.S.
" Gosport," receives the thanks of the legislature.
August 22. George Pocock, Captain of H.M.S.
" Sutherland," is ordered by the Hon. Mr. Legge to
send the " Suffolk " and " Lyme " as a convoy. The
trade sailed but twice a year. The Leeward Islands
fleet of merchantmen of 120 sail, which sailed from
St. Kitts on 26 August convoyed by H.M.S. "Lyme"
and " Suffolk," experienced a heavy gale on 15 Sep-
tember. The " Lyme " and most of the fleet
foundered, only 35 vessels arriving in England, and
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there were passengers on board all the missing
shijjs.
October 30. Nathaniel Gilbert, jun., returned for
Old North Sound vice Nathaniel Gilbert, sen. Lieut.-
Colonel George Lucas, Lieut. -Governor of Antigua,
died at Brest, being taken in an Autiguan ship.
Ships taken on both sides. (' London Mag-azine.')
1747, Feb. A French Privateer Sloop, taken by a
Privateer Brigantine of Antigua of but half its force, after
an Engagement of 5 Hours. The Diamond, Evans, from
Carolina to iVntigua, carried into Guadalunp. The Lnely,
Crumb, from Antigua for London, carried into S' Malo's.
March. A French Privateer, taken by the Hester
Brigantine of New York, and carried into .\ntigua. The
Adventure, Gibson, from Dublin for Antigua, carried into
S' Malo's. Tlie Sally and Fanny, Nevine, from Antigua for
London, taken by 2 French Men of War. The Eleanor,
Geheen, from Dublin for Antigua, carried into S' Jean de
Luz.
April. The Fanny, Beuret, from Antigua for London,
taken by the French. The Mary and Sarah, Atwell, from
North Carolina, and the James Kite, from N. England, both
for Antigua, carried into Martinico. Tlie Antigua Packet,
Gardiner, from Liverpool and Cork for the Leeward Islands,
carried into Martinico, where they had above 70 English
Prizes brought in. The Black Prince, Wilson, from Antigua
for London, carried into Martinico. The Lark, Heysham,
ft'om Lancaster for Antigua, carried into Martinico. The
Seahorse, Ross, from Antigua for London, carried into Vivero.
June. Six French Privateers, taken by the Fitzroy and
Knowles, two Privateers of Antigua. The William and
Mary, Stilson, from New England to Antigua, carried into
Guardaloupe. The Betty, M'^Elvanny, from Antigua for
London, carried into Cherbourg.
Ships taken. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
April. The Elk, from Dublin for Antigua, retaken (ijy us).
May. The . . . ., Euston, from Bermudas for Antigna,
carry'd into Porto Rico. The Lesley, Stevens, from London
for Antigua, car. into Martinico. The Lewis snow, from
Ireland to Antigua ; the Sarah, Hobson, from Dublin for
Antigua, retaken.
June. The Molly, Glegg, arriv'd at Antigua from Liver-
pool, taken and ransom'd for 600/. The Sarah, Morris, from
Falmouth for Barbadoes and Antigua, taken by the Barbara
pr. of Bilboa.
July. The Charming Nancy, Crawford, from Antigua
for London, car. to S' Sebastians. The Andrew, Bodkin,
from Gallway to Antigua, carried to Martinico. The
Victory, Brown, from Africa for Antigua, with 400 negroes,
carried into Martinico. The John and Jane, Fenwick, from
London to Antigua, taken by the French and ransom'd.
Aug. The brig Globe, Rees, of Philadelphia for Antigua,
carry'd into Martinico. The Peter and Mary, Pitton, from
Antigua for Dublin, taken July 31 off the Isle of Man.
A sloop, Habbla, from Connecticut to Antigua. The . . . .,
Smith, from Long Island to Antigua, & the Faithful Friend,
Waite, from Boston to Antigua, car. to Martinico. The
Greyhound, Gilmore, from Dublin for Antigua, carry'd into
Guardaloupe. The Mary, Maitin, from Antigua for Phila-
delphia, taken off the capes of Delawar.
Oct. A French Privateer, and a Martinico ship, car. by
the Dreadnought into Antigua. The Dispatch, from Dublin
for Antigua, carried into Martinico.
Nov. The Success, Oliver, from Boston for the Leeward
Islands, car. to Hispaniola. The Endeavour, Northcote,
from Antigua for London, car. into S' Augustine.
Dec. The Ballance, Gill, from Antigua for London,
carry'd into Rochelle. The Langford, Oliver, from Antigua
for London, carr. to Martinico. The D. of Cumberland,
Clark, from Antigua for Isquebo, & Dolphin, Gardiner, from
Boston to Antigua, carry'd to Martinico. The Charming
Fanny, M=Namara, from Antigua for London, car. into
Bayonne.
1747-8, January. Edward Otto-Baijer, Esq., has
been appointed to the Council by Governor Mathew.
February 13. William Furnell resigns his seat
in the Assembly, because he is going with his family
to North America.
February 23. Walter Tullideph returned vice
William Furnell.
March 8. Stephen Blizard being sick, John Mur-
ray is chosen Speaker p7-o tern.
1748, April 14. Francis Delap resigns his seat in
the Assembly on account of ill-health and private
business.
May 19. Eichard Oliver, Eowland Otto, Joseph
Lyons, William Lyons, Francis Fry, sen., George
Pry, jun., Richard Tuit, James Bogle, John Sawcolt,
and Andrew Ii-win to join the Troop.
May 27. Many complaints having been made
against Colonel Benjamin King, the Judge of Vice-
Admiralty, the Governor removed him from the
Council for extortion.
June 2. Walter Sydserfe and Jonas Langford
have resigned, and John MuiTay has been removed
to the Council.
By Act of 9 June it was ordered that the Court
House, now building, should be used as a jjlace of
meeting for the Council and Assembly, as Courts of
Justice, and also contain the offices of the Provost-
Marshal and Secretary. A new market-place was
laid out abutting on Church Street.
June 17. John Jeaffreson is returned for Belfast
vice Walter Sydserfe.
June 24. Edward Otto-Baijer and Henry Doug-
las to be of the Council vice Richard Oliver and
James Gordon, who have been absent several years
without licence.
June 30. At the Court at Whitehall a mandamus
was signed for Gilbert Fane Fleming to be of the
Council vice Charles Dunbar.
July 22. Perdinando John Paris writes home
saying that Governor Mathew had suspended Ben-
jamin King, Esq., for extortion, and appointed his
relative Mr. John Gunthrop in his place.
August 25. George Moncrieff returned for St.
John's Division, and Robert Hunter sworn a Notary
Public.
September 1. Shute Shrimpton Teamans present
as a Councillor. Dr. James Russell is licensed.
September 19. Samuel Redhead returned for
Willoughby Bay vice Shute Shrimpton Yeamans.
Peter Glass, James Brown, George Savage, John
Trotter, John Lindsay, William Livingston, James
Bolan, Dennis McMahon, Theodore Walrond, James
Barton, and Dr. Bogue to serve in the Troop.
October 10. By the royal instructions seven
Members of Council must be always on the Island.
Richard Tyrrell takes his seat at the Board and is
sworn as J. P.
November 10. James Brebner, Esq., takes the
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oaths as a Practitioner of Law. Joseph Lyons being
dead, his seat for Willoughby Bay is vacant, also
Henry Douglas', he being now a Councillor.
December 8. John Stevens, Esq., returned for
Old Eoad vice Henry Douglas, and Martin Goble for
Willoughby Bay vice Joseph Lyons. The Planters'
Club in London is referred to.
1748. Ships taken ou both sides.
(' Gentleman's Magazine.')
Jan. A Frencli privateer carry'd by an English man of
war into Antigua. The Charming Betty, Smith, from New
Hampshire for Antigua ; the Warren, Ashur, from Antigua
to Barbadoes ; the Speedwell, Ashwell, from Antigua, all
car. to Guardaloupe.
Feb. A French shij), one of the outward bound West
India fleet, taken by the Anne and Mary, Johnson, and
sent into Antigua.
Mar. The Philibert, from Quebec to Martinico, taken
by the S' Stephen, Williams, car. into Antigua. The
Amitie, Reine Hester, Prelada de Comerat, La Coronne de
Havre, L'Es[jerance, S' Pierre, La Felicite, and Triton,
from France to Martinico, taken by the Captain, Dread-
nought, Dragon and Ludlow men of war, and carry'd into
Antigua. The I'Amitie, for San Domingo, car. into Antigna
by Capt. Johnson from Liverpool. The Charming Molly,
Young, from Antigua for London, and the Peggy, Vavasor,
from Cape Faro for Bristol, retaken by the English sailors
left on board, and carried into Antigua. The Industry,
CoUinson, from Cape Fear for Antigua, car. into Guada-
loupe. The Bermudian, Mansell, from the Madeiras for
Antigua, car. into Porto Rico. The Frederick, Woolaud,
from Antigua for Nevis, car. into Martinico.
April, zi rich Spanish register ship, and several S'
Domingo men, car. by the Antelope priv. to Antigua. The
ship of Capt. Magdale, from Philadelphia for Antigna, taken
by the French. The Rebecca, Benson, from Cork for
Antigua, taken by a French privateer.
May. A Spanish sloop of 200 tons, with great treasure,
taken by a sloop of war near Antigua. The Oporto Mer-
chant Brigantine, Wilson, from Antigua to Ireland, taken by
the French. The John and Mary, Crawford, from Antigua to
London, car. into Guardaloup. The Bracelet, Woodhouse,
from Lancaster to Antigua, car. into Bayonne. The Tryal,
from Maryland to Antigua, retaken by us later.
June. Extract of a Letter from Sylvanus Carr, Com-
mander of the John and William of Boston :— " On Dec. 20,
14 leagues to windward of Antigua, about half after 12, we
engaged with a French privateer sloop of 8 carriage, 14
Bwivel guns, and 120 men, who after an hour and half
boarded us with 60 odd hands, and then sheer'd off on
receiving three round and two double-headed shot from ub,
besides 3 shot between wind and water, leaving the 60 odd
men aboard us, with musquets, pistols, cutlasses and pole-
axes. We then took to our close quarters, and had work
■enough till between 8 and 9 at night, when they call'd for
quarter, having seven kill'd and many wounded ; the fight
had been shorter, had the 2ud mate done his duty in the
forecastle ; but he and 4 men with him never fired a gun,
nor blew off his powder chests, but, on the contrary, cry'd
out for quarters, hove over all his powder out of one of the
ports, and suffer'd the French to cut the half deck thro'
•with their poleaxes. The Frenchmen made oath before the
judge of the Admiralty at Antigua, that they had above .30
men kill'd and mortally wounded ; our ship was much
damaged, but we had not one man hurt." The Ranger,
Kilner, from Lancaster to Antigua, the Martha, Adams, &
the Leeward Islands Packet, Hilton, from S' Kitts to
Antigua, taken by the French. The Martha, Oliver, from
Boston to the Leeward Islands, carry'd into Martinico.
The Scarborough, Murphy, from Antigua, ransom'd. A
large ship, 18 guns six pounders, and 36 men, from Pisca-
taqua to Antigua. The Ceres, Laverance, from Dartmouth
for Antigua, taken by a Spanish privateer. The Molly,
Walker, from London for Antigua, car. into Martinico.
The Rosewin, Atwell, from Bristol for Antigua, car. to
Guardaloupe. The William, Slone, from Dublin for Antigua,
car. to Martinico. The Charming Rebecca, Hartley, from
Piscataqua for Antigua ; the Dephight, Stewart, from Cork
for Antigua ; the Christian, . . . ., from S' Croix for Antigua;
the Dolphin, Sandford, from New Loudon for Antigua ; the
Seaflower, Oliver, from Boston for Antigua, car. into
Guardaloupe.
July. A Martinico ship, with cotton, coffee, etc., car.
into Antigua. The Swan, Robinson, from Virginia for
Antigua, car. to Martim'co. The William and Sarah,
Stephens, from Antigua for Boston, taken by a French priv.
of 20 guns and 150 men. The Amsterdam, Blackadore,
from N. England for Antigua, car. into Martinico. The
Kenly Frigate, Portland, with some others, from Ireland
for Antigua.
Aug. Tiie Prince of Orange, Turner, from Rhode
Island; the Charlotte, Veizie, from N. York; and the
Carolina, Combes, from Boston, all for Antigua, car. to
Martinico
Sep. The Welstead brigantine. Wood, from Antigua
for Boston, taken by a French priv. The George and
Fanny, from Africa and Antigua for Jamaica, car. into
Hispaniola.
1749, June 1, Patrick Malcolm presents his
diploma from Surgeons' Hall and is licensed, also
Mr. Fraser, who had a certificate from Dr. Alexander
Fraser, and Dr. John Dunbar.
July
Harry Webb
Dan. Warner
Jn" Hart
Walt. Tullideph
Jas. Doijr
Jn° Brooke
Jn" Stevens
Rob. ChriBtian
Fra. Farley
Sam. Redhead
Ham. Kerby
Tho. Elmes
Martin Goble
Xich. Collins
Jn" Jefferson
Nath. Gilbert, Sen.
Nath. Gilbert, Jun.
Row. Ash
Steph. Blizard
Tho. Warner
Tho. .Tarvis
W"' Mackinen
Geo. Weatherill
Jn" Watkins
Edw. Home
25. New Sessions.
S' Johns Town.
Five Islands.
Old Road & Bermudian Valley.
Falmouth & Rendesvous Bay.
Willougfhby Bay.
Nonsuch.
Belfast.
Old North Sound.
New North Sound.
Popeshead.
Dickinsons Bay.
S' Johns Division.
Stephen Blizard chosen Speaker.
The late earthquake has injured the Magazine
and James Fort. Mr. Ashton Warner, who has a
diploma from Surgeons' Hall, and Mr. James Boag
are licensed to practise Medicine and Surgery.
William Syms, Henry West, John Graham, Dr.
Byrne, Patrick Malcolm, Samuel Harman, jun., and
.... Saunderson, jun., to join the Troop.
July 25. The new Court House will be completed
by 1st March next.
1750, March 29. Stephen Blizard is appointed
Chief Justice vice William Lavington resigned.
Governor Mathewhasthe King's licence to be absent
for twelve months. The Rev. Francis Byam, who
formerly sat at the Council, is to again have his seat
as the youngest member.
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April 12. Hon. Edward Byam resigns his seat.
Rowland Oliver, Esq., appointed a Puisne Judge of
of the Court of Common Pleas vice Hon. William
Lavington resigned. Charles Dunbar^ Esq., the Senior
Member of Council, is on account of his age, deafness,
and other infirmities incapacitated to act as Presi-
dent and is asked to resign, which he refuses to do.
Many complain of his litigious and oppressive spirit,
and say that he had been court-martialled for dis-
couraging the people from entering into the defence
of the Island.
Api-il 18. Dr. Archibald Ramsey, having a proper
certificate, is licensed. Hon. Charles Dunbar has
been suspended. Nathaniel Gilbert, sen., and Daniel
Warner take their seats at the Council. William
Patterson, Esq., is the new Surveyor-General of the
Customs.
April 26. Charles Dunbar returns his answer,
denying the said charges : — States that he is only
turned 66, that the late John Yeamans, Esq., was
equally deaf and also used like artificial help, and does
not know why he was removed from the Surveyorship
of the Customs. He was court-martialled for having
put up a notice on his house in French, when several
of their ships were running down the coast, promising
that he would ransom his house and stores should
they be captured. He submits to the wishes of the
Council and Assembly, but sends a remonstrance to
the Governor, who, however, struck his name off the
Council. English Harbour was at this time secured
with a boom.
May 14. Thomas Lessly is returned for St.
John's Town vice Daniel Warner, and Joshua Crump
for Old North Sound vice Nathaniel Gilbert, sen.
October 11. Stephen Blizard sends his Letter of
resignation.
October 30. Samuel Martin is returned for New
North Sound vice Stephen Blizard, and is elected
Speaker.
November 17. Ralph Payne, Esq., writes to
Governor Fleming that the President of the Spanish
part of St. Domingo was on his way home with
£200,000 sterling on his galleon, that her convoy was
dispersed by a storm and she driven ashore in North
Carolina, where he hired two sloops to take him
home. Some villains, however, sailed off with one of
them and took all the treasure to Norman's Island
near Tortola, where they buried it, which place
belongs to the heirs of Colonel Phipps. Their secret
having been divulged people from Tortola dug up the
treasure after the pirates' departure. The Spanish
Governor demands restitution. On receiving the
above news Governor Gilbert Fleming himself went
down to Tortola, but he was not successful in recover-
ing more than 20,428 dollars besides £7514, which
certain of the inhabitants were allowed to retain.
(America and West Indies, No. 55.)
A Memorial was forwarded to the Lords Com'issioners
of Trade & Plantations stating that the best negros come
from AVhydaw & the Gold Coast. The Bristol & Liverpool
chuse to go to Calabar, Angola, & the Bite, because they
are cheaper there but inferior. We shall be ruined for want
of Caramantee, Fantee & Poppa negros. By the failure of
the African Co. our rivals now have the trade.
1751. The papers sent home this year are
apparently missing.
1752. July 28. Permission was given at White-
hall this day for Governor Fleming to have one year's
leave. i
November 10. Samuel Nibbs returned for Dick-
inson's Bay vice George Weatherill resigned. Rowland
Hamilton is Lieut. -Colonel of all the forts, Hon. John
Gunthorpe powder-offiicer, Hon. John Tomlinson
President. Sherrington Talbot writes that the
barracks should have been built on Denning's Hill, a
small eminence a quarter of a mile from the town,
which with 50 acres was afterwards purchased by
Walter Nugent, Esq., for only £400 sterling. Benja-
min King, Esq., forwarded a memorial to His
Majesty stating : — that he fitted out privateers at a
cost of £15,000, destroyed French ships and took five
privateers when he captured St. Bartholomew, and
complains that he has lost £25,000 through the
Governor's action.
1753. The new style commenced this year at
Antigua.
Feb. 7.
Jer. Nibbs. Jos. Farley.
Sam. Home. Jas. Furlong.
Bap. Looby. Jas. Bridges.
Sam. Warner.
Geo. Byam.
Edw. Burke,
to join Troop.
March 19. Hon. James Emra to be powder-
officer.
April 11. Edward Otto Baijer takes his seat at
the Council by a mandamus from the Right Hon.
the Lords Justices.
April 27. Hon. Andrew Lessly signs as President.
July 2. The commission of His Excellency
George Thomas, Esq., Captain-General, etc., was this
day read.
July 17. Dr. William Mushet, who has a degree
from Cambridge University and a testimonium from
the College of Physicians, petitions for a licence to
practise.
August 10. Rowland Oliver, Esq., is appointed
to the Council vice Charles Dunbar resigned, and takes
his seat.
1753. A List of the Inhabitants of the Island of
Antigua taken by the Order of His Excellency George
Thomas, Esq"', Captain-General and Governour-in-Chief of
His Majesties Leeward Charibbee Islands in America.
The Town of S' Johns.
Familya.
Men.
Women.
Boya.
Girls.
Isaac Anderson
2
1
1
1
John Grice
2
1
John Murphy .
3
Aaron Ward
Cath. Canham .
John Lang'ley .
.John Leycraft .
James Townsend
John Jacobs
Geo. Glover
2
John James
1
1
Zach. Fowler .
3
John Wills
1
W™ Griffith
not able 1
Marg' Wells .
John Ireland .
John Thibou .
1
-
Rob. Glover
1
Dan. Warner, Esq' .
2
9
3
Hen. Griffith .
Cha. Murdell .
1
ex
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Familys.
Dav. Watson
Neil Campbell
Tho. Stevens
Pet. Thibou
Jas. Rattan
Mary Woodall
Sarah Crook
Rose Poole
Rich. Welch
Phil. Cook
Ralph Waite
Tho. Chafing-s
Abig. Winthroope
W» Moore .
Elinor Stone
Eliz. Noye
W*" Bogrers
Ja. Thibou
Eliz. Scatliffe
John Fosut
John Williams
Jas. Watson
Sarah Hughes
Jos. Hall .
Afie Taylor
Hen. EUyatt
Tho. German
Dav. Haycocke
\V" Thorney
Elinor Thurloe
Hen. Thompson
Marg' Athy
Abig. Duncombe
W" McDonald
Ann Higgins
Abra. Lafarte
John Thibou, Sen,
Jane Lawrence
Phillip Hall
Penel' Halliday
W" Brunsell
Jas. Watkins
W" Lessley
Jn" Payne
Jn" EUyatt
Cath. Dunstan
Jas. Davis
Rob. Johnson
Joan Murphy
Tho. Elliott
Jos' Harrison
Thos. Poole
Ju" Bickford
Geo. Pollixfin
Gus. Hamilton
Sarah Addison
Martha Mills
Jn° Burton
Jas. Hanson
Jane Bowen
Sarah Wilson
Ann Gorman
Alex. Crawford,
Jas. Furlong
Mich. FoUin
Cha. Kerr .
Mary Felton
John Stuart
AmVirose Torke
Jn° Jenkins
Tho. (Jross
Jn" Martino
Eliz. Montero
Jos. Lee .
Ann Duncombe
Jas. Franklyn
Geo. Reed .
Mary Dixon
W" Fielding
Eliz. Salter
Tho. Bridges
J. G. Browne
Jn" English
W" Topham
Edw" Jones
Jn° Yeamans
Sime" Worlock
Rich. Danbow
Arch'' Cochran
W" King .
Nat. Kenslow
Mary Roberts
Jn° Ives .
W" Flower
W" Keeling
Do. Douglas
Hen. Byrne
Jas. Brenan
Mary Denning
Mary Glover
Duncan Grant
Geo. Harney
W" ? .irtino
Cha. r.ryant
Jn° I' imilton
Sam. vVatkins
Esq'
not able
Men.
1
2
1
1
Women.
Boy3.
not able
lirls.
Familys.
Men.
Women.
Anth" Garnett .... 1
3
Jn" Hillhouse .
2
Ben. Stutely
1
Rebecca JIasou
D' Sam. Young
Lewis Stevens .
2
Law. Nihell
Ambrose Curtle
Eliz. Nibbs
Geo. Flower
W- G. Hillhouse
Rich" Hillhouse
Mary Strong .
Sam. Hoskius .
Jn" Chalmers .
W" Anderton .
Peter Guicheneat
Ann Lenine
Cath. Barnes .
Mary Whitfield
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2
2
1
2
1
1
Ann Crawford .
Joseph Jaggers
Eliz. McSweeny
Simon Fishwyke
1
1
1
2
John Tom
1
1
Ann EUyatt
1
Ann Sampson .
1
Jn" Parry .
1
i
Rich. McCartney
2
1
Tho. Hanson .
3
4
Lydia Butler .
1
1
Jn" D. M urphy .
1
Peter Denap
1
1
John HalUday .
3
2
1
Mary Devereux
Rachael Boone .
3
2
1
Jn° Haycocke .
Sam. Boone
1
1
1
Sarah Griffith .
Elinor Gauthony
1
1
Jn" Budden
1
2
Rob. Merchant .
1
1
And. Lessley, Esq'
3
1
1
Cath. Elsinore .
Ann Dugan
1
1
Rob. Iiambert .
1
1
Jos'" Lynch
1
1
1
Jer. Skerrett
1
1
Jn" Winstanley
1
1
Rob. Mears
1
1
Sam. Smith
1
Lear Levingston
1
2
Ann Smith
Dan. McClanegan
Rob. Butler
Mary Bryan
1
1
1
1
Edw. Richards .
1
1
Eliz. Bryant
1
1
Marg' Salmon .
1
2
Mart" Soper CuUy
1
1
Nath. Messum .
2
Rob. Cullen
3
1
Eliz. Stevens .
2
Jn* Fenley
1
Sarah McCoy ,
1
1
Marg' Baker
Geo, Lingan
Geo. Lavicunt .
Mary Prior
Judith Leote .
Mary Read
Dennis McMahon
Tho. Bell .
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
Jos'' Weston
1
2
2
Sarah Purvis .
Jn" Watson
1
1
Jn" Paterson (Joinei
)
3
Faith" Fitzgerald
1
Pat. Byrne
3
Jn° Paterson (Shoerc
laker
)
1
Sarah Peller .
2
George Jenkins
1
1
Eliz> Young
1
John Supple
1
1
Sarah White .
2
Ja* Russell
1
Ja'* Clinch
1
1
Tho- Osborne .
1
1
Jn" Hazlewood .
1
Fran' Garrick .
1
Tho" Gorm.an .
1
1
1
Anthony Fletcher
2
3
Ja* Howison
4
1
Sam' Lyons
1
3
Ann Tanner
1
Mary Nowell ,
1
Jane Ronan
1
D' Nicholson
1
John Hall
1
Eliz" Pearce
1
1
Mary Crockett .
1
2
Alex' Shipton .
1
1
Tho" Nichols .
. 2
not <
ible 5
1
1
Geo. Rapper
1
1
W" Mills .
1
1
Dinah Christian
1
Boys
Girls.
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
Faniilya.
Sarah Ball
Sam' Lovely
W" Dickinson
Jn" Reynolds
Jn" Scandrett
Rob' Poole
W™ Buckley
D' Ashton Warner
Tho» Lillie
EdW Monteigue
Dan' Lillie
Sarah Dooly
Eliz. Watkins .
Mary Godfrey .
Ulrick Fickleshire
Jos'' Monteigue
Tho' Donalson .
Peter Welcker .
Rob' Cochran .
Elinor Mason .
Jos'" Borroughston
John Simms
Mary Martin
Geo. Roberts
And^^' Bodkin .
Eliz" Millar
Margt. King
Tho- Caddie .
Mary M'Dougal
Tho' Hughes .
Mansfield Orde
Rich'' Morley .
Jn" Morrison
W' Walker
Era- Elliott
Rob. Paul
Gregory M^CuIper
Jn" Bannister .
Jn" Williams .
Rebecca Christopher
Jn" Nethercutt .
Sarah Denbow .
Geo. Walker
Ralph Walker .
Tho" Kidder .
W'" Warner
Jn° Lindsay
Isaac Caton
Nath. Redhead .
Jn" Monteigue .
And'*' Phinnick
W'" Simms
Rich'' Hillhouse
Henrietta Bezune
Fran" Brinchoff
Fran" Smith
Sarah Crispin .
Tho» Lessley. Esq"'
Tho" Smith
W"" J3arnes
Geo. Manly
W"' Furlong
Henry Johnson
W"' Hudson
Rich'' Barnen .
Henry Langley
Rich" Wells
Jos'" Hawes
Eliz. Licorish .
Marg' Jones
George Baker .
Jn" Dring .
Jos'" Pediar
W'" Pullf-n
David M'CuUum
Ja" Bailey .
Rebecca Booth .
Elinor Mathews
Merrick Turnbull
Jn° Smith
Mary Weeds
Russell White
Geo. Foreman
David Scott
Rich'' Southwell
Henry Darcus
W-" White
W" Revely
Carter Stevens
Jonas Brakell
W"" Monro
Rich'' Vallence .
W"" Clenston
Judith Williams
Rich'' Ottley
Peter Norton
Ja* Knewstubb
Alex' Fraser, Esq'
John Birkett .
Rob. Townsend
Ann Redmond
Marg' f 'ow'in
Joanna Slaney
Mary Oneal
Ja* Kelley
Nich' Power
not able
Men.
1
2
3
1
2
5
1
2
1
2
not able 1
Women.
1
1
4
2
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
Boya.
Girls.
1
2
1
Familys.
Tho" Adshead
Tho' Williams
Henry Allen
Jn" Iremain
Cath. Phillips
Timothy Henry
Tho" Hicks
Warner Tempest
David Fogo
W" Patey .
Sophia Blizard
Ja' Kelley
Jn" Phillips
W"" Correll
Jn" Meany
Jn" Harris
Richard Ryllion
Tho" Cochran .
Marg' Saunders
Jn° Martin, Jun'
Jn" Perry .
D' W" Gordon
Jn" Sprainger
Tho" Moore
Henry Bonnin
Jn° Smith, Juu'
Rob' James
Jn" Stevens
Jn° Tough
Jn" Parr .
Benj" Mecom
Ja" Birkett
Ja" Butler .
Ja" Reeves
Jn" Ruby .
Bridget M'^Cabe
Lydia Bendall
Mary Whitell
Ja" Barren
Geo. GriiBth
Sam' Martin
W"" Evans
Cha* Dunbar, Esq'
Ja" Doeg, Esq'
Jn" Lind.'ay, Esq'
Edw* Burke
Patrick White
Hester Combett
W"" Cassen
Rich'' Graham
Jn" Dunn .
Ann Boudinott
Geo. Savage
Eliz" Colsworthy
John Blane
W-" Forbes
Sarah Wilson, G. T,
Eliz. Johnson
D' Jas. Dewar
John Rule
EdW Bull
Hugh Hext
Elinor Prinn
Jn" Gillchrist
Rich'' Lee, Esq
Chas. Martin
Patrick Higgius
Benj" Walker
Geo. Dalzell
Joseph Merry
W'" Campbell
Jas. Walker, Jun'
Cath. White
EdW" Stevenson
Cath. Webb
Marg' Payne
Eliz. Sherwood
Era" Weir .
Jas. Boag .
Gawen Montgomery
Martha Martin
Michael Darvey
Mary Harrox .
Cath, Carty
Jn" Hoskius
Geo. Swan
James Cook
Sam' Gunthorpe
W"' Bird .
W" Denning
Cath. Weatherill
Mary Rjnan
Sarah Johnson .
Mary Morris
Eliz. MuUaire .
Marg' Bruster .
W" Dunbar, Esq'
Mary Pritchard
Edw' Warner, Esq'
Robert Baker .
Jeremy Blizard
Geo. Hilton
Ebenezer Hughes
Eliz. Pritchard .
Henry Dunstan
W" Wardsworth
not
Men. Women. Boys.
CXI
Girls.
able
1
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[blank]
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
CXll
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Familys.
Henry Kirtland
Eliz. Abraham .
Gertrude Soper
Mary Hamilton
Gertrude Hamilton
Eachael Armstrong
Marg' Merchant
Simon Minikey
Mary Antrobus
Jn" Humphries
Joseph Pedlar .
Capt. W" Gordon
Jn° Hawes
Fra" Portavine .
Maria Browne .
Mary Bennett .
Jn^ Scaunal
Rebecca Hubbard
John King, ReW"
Eliz. Nibbs
Alex' Stuart
Harry Webb, Esq'
Mary Warden .
Henrietta Soper
Jas. Walker, Sen'
Era' Andrews .
Grace Lightfoot
Prudence Gregory
Ann Seymour
Eliz. Lowrey
Mary Howard
Sam' Carty
Henry Smith
Eliz. Mathews
Alex' Proctor
Ann Martin
Tho" Eraser
Letitia Lockhart
Sarah Portavine
Marg' Cooke
Rachel Browne
Peter Delanoy
Tho" Lessley
Geo. M'^Dougal
Jane Hawes
Simon Day
Simon Aska
Sarah Ankittle
Sarah Reynolds
Cath. Murray .
John White
Sam' Husbands
Tho" Berry
Patrick Barry .
W'" Cane .
Henry Burke .
Nath. Lucas
Cressey Bryan .
W"" Strong
Christopher Ceely
John Hart
Cha" Wager Mann
Edward Tyley .
Jn" Conyers
Jn" Walven
Geo. Bingham .
Nath. Gilbert, Jun'
Jonathan Chandler
Tho" Hart
Thos. Martin .
Hen. Guicheneat
Mich. Lovell
Anna Stevens .
Eliz. Knight
Jn" Knight
Elias Ferris
Geo. Fleming .
Mary Crump
Cath. Falkner .
Hen. Bingham .
Jn" Foster
Eliz. Glanville .
Hannah Vollard
Marg' Mascall .
Richard Irwin .
Ja" Storrick
Alex' Tavlor
Tho" May .
Marg' Chamberlain
Eliz. Burton
Geo. Morgan
Jos'' Manwaring
Marg' Carty
Jane Nibbs
Peter M'^Adam .
Eliz. Delap
Tho" Maddox .
W"" Geo. Crabb .
Marg' Mahany .
Elinor Hazlewood
Ann Alien
Tho" Hazlewood
Anth. Jones
W"" Denbow
Tho' Sawcolt .
Jacob Huyghue
not
Men.
Women.
Boys.
Girls.
Pamilya.
1
1
Mary Sawcolt .
1
1
1
3
1
Arch'' Hillhouse
Daniel Parke .
1
1
1
2
1
1
Lucy Dunbar Parke
Anne Keynell .
Marg' Toole .
Jacob Fletcher
1
1
1
1
Joyce Hillhouse
Eliz" Bradshaw
1
Ann Lambart .
1
Era" Traverse .
1
Elinor Denbow
1
3
1
1
1
3
1
Charl' Thomson
Eliz" Fletcher .
Jn" Ellyatt
Anth" Young .
e 1
Cath. Scott
2
1
1
Era- Tuffe .
2
3
1
Dorothy Crabb .
1
Jn° Gallwey
1
Fra" Rain .
3
1
Jn" Manwaring
1
1
John Risby
1
1
Eliz. Rawlins .
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rich. Peters
Eliz" Darlow .
Tho" Evans
Rachel Reynolds
Tho" Curry
Eliz. Carnegy .
Rich'' Hudson .
1
Jos'" Davison .
1
1
1
Alex' Willock .
Ann Hardtman
2
1
3
Eliz. Yates
Mary Mead
1
2
1
Arthur Wilkinson .
1
2
2
Mathew Donning
1
Era" James
1
Esau Ramsay .
1
1
Ann Peller
1
1
1
1
Mary Hughes .
1
Anth" Bezune .
1
1
Alex' Ramsav .
Eliz. Alihaud .
1
1
Rich'' Sheepshank
1
1
5
2
Rich'' Lee .
1
1
Mary Blowers .
1
Edw' Green
4
W'" Bailey
1
1
Mary Ann Oliver
1
1
Sarah Dugdull .
1
Edw" Reed
1
Eliz" Warner .
1
EdW^ Welch .
1
Jn" Nicholson .
1
Eliz" Wearum .
1
1
Jn" Tidhope
1
Jn" Stokes
1
2
1
Jos'" Buckley .
2
1
Ja" Buwey
1
Sarah Smith .
2
1
Magnus Cooper
1
Marg' Reed
1
Jacob Alihaud .
,S
1
Jn" Wise .
1
1
1
Lucy Gibbons .
1
Ann Godsell
1
Rich" Toppin .
1
1
1
1
Ann Dempsey .
1
i
John Gattley .
2
3
1
1
2
Eliz" Parker .
Mary Murray .
2
1
David Allen
1
Joanna Griffith
1
Sarah Sedgwick
1
2
1
Rebecca Horton
Nath. Booth
Mary Saville .
1
Sarah Roach .
1
Mary Nitell
2
1
W'" Shervington
1
1
Eliz. Fontaineu
1
2
W"'Day .
2
1
Ca;sar Roach .
1
Eliz" Kidd
1
Gabriel Thibou
1
Susan'' Nibbs .
1
1
Eliz. Copleman .
2
2
7
Tho" Huyghue .
1
2
1
1
Cath. Slaney
1
1
Ja" Nihpll .
Jn" Watkins. Esq' .
3
•1
1
Cha" Wignole .
1
Sarah Scannall
1
2
4
EdW Gamble .
1
1
1
Hugh Sliewcraft
1
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Ja' Barton
Rebecca Cheney
2
1
1
Tyrrell Herbert
1
1
EdW Home, Esq' .
Lawrence Nihell, Jun
1
1
Caroline Claxton
2
4
1
Tho» Barry
1
Mary Brenan .
2
2
2
3
W" Mussett
not
able
Men,
3
4
1
Women.
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
Boys.
Girls.
I
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
cxm
Fttiuilys.
Men.
Womeu.
Boys.
Girls.
Familys.
Men.
Women.
Boys.
Gir
Charity Jervis ....
1
10
Samuel Massett ... 4
1
1
Ja' Alley .
John Addis
1
2
1
Jn" Green way .
1
1
Eliz. Douglass .
2
Eliz. Stevens .
1
1
W'" Burton
2
Fra» Andiens .
1
Phillip Ronan, Jun'
1
3
1
Baptist Looby .
Eliz" Carroll .
1
Marg' Clerk
1
Marg' Salnarve
1
Mary Allen
1
Ann Williamson
1
Weavil Smith .
W'" Reynolds ....
1
2
3
Jn" Warren
1
2
Geo. Thomas, Jun', Esq' .
1
Jane Osborne .
2
Eliz" Watson .
1
7
Jane Fisher
2
1
Samuel Hawse .
1
G. F. N Pearce .
James Brebnar .
1
1
Sam' Franks .
1
1
Phillip Jones .
1
2
1
Jane Leary
1
Phillip Ronan .
4
2
1
Lucy Goodall .
1
John Ronan
3
1
Tho- Lynch
Nicholas Jackson
1
John Smith
1
Edm'' More Masoal .
1
1
Alex' Simms
1
Eliz" Scott
1
Ja' Winchester
1
Ann Wilson
1
Mary Sawcolt .
1
Parham Plantation .
9
3
2
1
Sarah Martin .
2
1
Bethells D> . . .
4
Jn" Graham
Edward Byams
4
Jn" Martin
1
2
1
Jn" Wickhams, now Freemans
4
3
Alex' Dean
2
1
1
Langfords
1
1
Jane Irwin
1
Arthur Freemans
3
Mary Ann Surges
1
Col. Cochrans .
2
2
1
Mary Claxton .
1
1
1
Gov' Martins .
2
Henry Lee
1
1
Judge Gordon .
5
1
Rob' Browne .
4
1
2
Ham. Kerby
2
2
1
Jn° Evans .
1
John Duer
5
Tho" Barty
1
1
S' W"' Codrington .
17
1
Tho* Pouusford
1
1
W"' Gunthorpe .
1
1
1
2
Nath' Monk
1
John Pare
2
Tho» Bartlett .
1
Shute Shrimpton Yeamans
2
2
1
2
Rich'' Pearce .
1
1
John Sanderson
2
2
Jn" VoUard
Arch'' Campbell
4
1
Total .
104
52
22
24
W"' Mathews .
Elinor Finch .
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New North Sound
Division.
Jane Andrews .
Jos'' Dewberry .
1
1
Shepherds Estate
Jeremiah Nibbs
2
1
1
Eliz. Richardson
Ann Lynch
2
Barry Nibbs
Tho" Gravenor, Esq'
Hamilton Kerby, Esq'
2
3
2
4
1
2
Jn° Bromtield .
W" Welch
Ann Paynter .
1
1
1
4
1
1
Rowl'' Otto Bayer .
General Thomas's
3
4
1
3
2
Eliz. Vickers
RowP Ash. Esq'
Doctor Frazier .
3
3
1
2
Judith MuUins
2
Geo. Stacpoole .
1
2
Hamilton's Estate .
Nichol's .
Gov Tomlinson's
Arthur Williams
2
2
8
2
1
2
Familys 701
594
622
222
230
1
S' Johns Division.
W"' Meredith .
2
4
3
4
Walter Nugent
Charles Dunbar
John Lindsay .
Jonas Langford
Abram. Redwood
8
4
1
4
1
5
1
1
1
3
1
1
Powells Estate .
Carlisles .
Giles Blizard .
W'" Blizard
James Grigg
Frances Elliott
2
6
4
3
1
1
4
1
1
3
2
2
John Tomlinsou
Edward Williams
Thomas Dwitt .
Nath' Gilbert .
Tho" Warner .
Tho" Parker
Richard Kirwan
John Sawcolt .
Tho" Peige
Benj" Ard
M'" Desilven
James Keeling .
George Harton
Rob' Jacobs
John Marchell .
M" Blizard
W- Young
M"" Nan ton
George Byam .
W-" Horn' .
5
5
1
2
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
.S
2
2
4
2
6
5
2
1
2
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
7
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
W" Jarvis
Peter Guilliat .
Mathew Williams
Stephen Blizard, Esq'
Henry EUiat .
Christ' Blizard .
D' Jn" Richardson .
Wintrops .
Jos'" Williamson
W" Wel.-h
Rich" Buckley .
Jos'" Guilliat
Sarah Taxter .
Nibbs
Simon Atkinson
Artey
Col. Gunthorpe, Esq'
W'" Byam .
Ja" Nibbs, Esq' .
Total
6
1
1
7
1
1
2
2
'. 1
1
4
2
1
7
7
6
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
4
3
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
3
1
1
2
1
I
i
3
1
2
2
1
Edward Horn .
106
56
25
26
Edward Hamilton
W"- Allen
John Host
3
3
2
1
2
3
1
3
Popes I
IKAD Division.
Peter Kirwan .
3
3
Tho' Jarvis, Esq' ... 2
1
2
1
Rowland Oliver
9
3
2
James Hudson .
W'" Dunbar
2
1
John Bird
1
1
George Lucas .
4
2
Jn° Darvill
1
Nath' Gilbert .
3
1
Nal' Humphry .
1
1
1
Isaac Thibou .
6
3
4
4
Sam' Jones
1
1
1
Rob' Nibbs
2
2
1
Na' Knight
1
1
Merrick TurnbuU
3
Jn" Coppin
1
Edw" Otto Bayer
•
Jn" Treasher
Jn" Weeks
1
1
Barny Poole
John Otto Bayer
11
8
3
3
Tho' Burton .
1
1
W'° Williamson
W'" Cameron
Dan' Mathew .
1
Rich" Ball
John Lightfoot
2
Tho" Richey .
1
1
George Clerk .
2
W'" Cisson
1
Margaret Paynter
1
Nat' Lavicount
1
Rob' M'^Laughliu
Mary Hill .
1
W" Redhead .
1
Isaac Hughes .
1
Robert Bannister
a
2
1
2
Giles Wilcox
1
1
Catharine Nugent
1
Peter Wilcox, Jun' .
1
John Knight .
3
2
3
Sam' Hilton .
1
Joseph Greenway
1
1
1
Geo. Hilton
CXIV
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Familya.
Tim. Clarkley .
Jn" Williamson
W" Buirn .
Tho" Soiies (not able)
Dennis Ferrell .
Bethel Clarkley
Total .
John Jeflreson
John Nibbs
Jos'' Todman
John Mayer
John Todman
Peter Lavicount
Kob' Mallam
W" Garratt
Benj" Steel
Eob' Parry
Ann Lowry
And"' Martino
Peter Addjitt
Tho" Spencer
EdW Willson
Patrick Grant
Jos'' Parker
Mart" Laricount
Ben]'" Wickham
Jos'' Wickham .
Mary Lideatt .
John Irwin
Sam' Lavicount
Thos. Urlin
W'° Mackaile .
Nich» Collins .
James Archer .
Total
Men.
1
1
1
1
1
1
Women,
Boys.
Girls.
28
16
Belfast Division.
3
1
1
2
1
3
2
3
48
37
Falmouth Division.
Rich'' Hoser
Nat' Marchant
Cath. Hughes
Mary Bower
James Irwin
Mary Cockrom
Eliz" Hale .
Eliz" Bailey
Marg-' M''Clashley
Kich'' Nanton
Jos'" Miller
Eliz" Franks
Cath. Brunan
W'° Jones .
Peter Jenks
Jona" Nunn
W'" Croziu
Ja" Ware .
W'° Davies
Ja" Coakeley
Tho' Morris
Cha" Morris
W"' Thompson
Rebecca Mills
Barbara Taylor
Eliz" Taylor
Mary Willson
Rob' Carpenter
Andrew Hiks
Geo. Thomas
W" Pajje .
Rich'' PufEord
Jn° Martin
Rev. Rob' Davidson
Tho' Freeman
Peter Bawn
W- Pike .
Christ' Skelton
Mary Stinson
Eliz. Oysterman
James Barton
W"" Gaul .
W" Barton
Arch'' Ramsey
Hamlyn Martin
John Dawley
W'" Great rix
Jos'" Green
Rowl^ Nanton
Rob' Braokstone
Sam' Winthrop
John Martin
Jos'" Green
John Abbott
Geo. Bladen
Geo. Horsfort
John Tankard
Ja' Barter
Rich" Tyrrell
Gales Estate
Hen. Warner
Tho" Bodkin
Jos'" Farley
Jn° Yummons
Rich'' Glover
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2
2
1
1
4
2
1
2
2
2
1.5
3
20
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Familya.
Dudley Sweeny
W" Maxwell
Cath. Horsfort
Sweets Estate
Corintons Ho.
John Grant
James Doe^
Daniel Mathew
Total
Meu.
W
omen.
Boys.
Girls
1
1
1
8
1
3
1
2
1
10
1
4
2
100
67
WiLLOUGHBY BAY DIVISION.
Francis Delap .
W" Thomas
Est. Archib'' Cochran
Rowland Frye .
Martin Blake
Vallence Morris
Eliz. Looby
John Lyons
Steph. Lavinifton
Rob' Christian .
Jane Webb
John Duer
Totall .
John Brooks, Esq'
Stephen Lynch
Jn" Darm" Nanton
Roger Astley
Geo. Halleron
Tho' Byshop
Sam' Marchant
Jn° Francis
Mary Swan
Pat"* Cusack
Lidia Trant
Rich" Collins
Valen. Browne
Oliver Kirwan
Marg' Ailhaud
W"' Trant .
Josiah Wipton
Cajsar Trant
W"' Torvat
Rachel Farley
Jas. Ailhaud
Mary Francis
Tho" Tracey
Cath. Jacobs
Rich" Nanton Wiptoa
Jn" Cane .
Rich" Chapman
Theo. Greatrick
Joshua Gittons
W" Phillpot
Jn" Smith .
Jas. M'^Intier
Paf* Arnold
Edw" Stainner
Sam' Franklyn
Isaac Jacobs
John Kidd
Ju" Jordain
James Welch
31
20
Old Road Division.
48
44
43
10
And"' Lessley,
John Frye
Jos'' Weston
Era" Frye .
John Stevens
John Bolan
Rob' Brown
Mary Celey
Rob' Bro'wne
Cha* Dunbar
Ja" Manwaring
Jn" Sedgwick .
Nath' Webb .
John Foster
W" Allen .
Rob' Martin
Cap' Sam' Martin
Col. Sam' Martin
James Doeg
W Smith
Nesbit Darby .
Mary Hanson .
Walter TuUideph
John Watkins .
Sam' Jennings .
Geo. Leonard .
Totall
Beemudian 'Valley & New Division.
Esq'
5
2
5
3
1
3
1
3
1
2
4
2
New Division.
6
2
4
3
2
1
3
2
35
4
3
3
4
4
4
2
5
1
5
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
6
6
G
1
2
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
18
4
2
2
1
1
2
2
23
11
7
6
2
1
1
2
55
23
29
11
16
7
15
6
78
40
23
21
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
CXT
Familys.
Men. Women.
Dickinsons Bay Division.
W" Mackinnen
Ja' Emra, Esq' .
Widow Evanson
Ju" Hillhouse .
Mathew Christian
Nat' Knight, Esq'
Sam' Xibbs, Esq'
Thos. Watkiiis, Esq'
Rob' Gray," Esq'
John Dunbar, Esq'
Sam' Jones
Brister Russell .
Thomas Cross .
Fort Hamilton .
Corbesons point Fort
James Brenan .
Coll' Otto .
Ja" Gambel
Doct' Sydeshorf
Ja" Barton
Eph"" Jordon .
Ja' Smith .
Dan' Grant
Total
20
Merceks Creek Division.
Col. Nat. Gilbert
Fra" Farley, Esq'
George Crump, Esq'
Sam' Redhead, Esq'
Jn" Greenway .
Edward Evanson
Edw. Byam, Esq'
S' W" Codrington
Rich" Tuite, Esq'
S' W"' Codrington
Totall .
24
13
Nonsuch Division.
Boya.
3
4
1
4
2
1 notable
2
4
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
Rob' Moncreif
1
Tho" Elmes
. 5
Sam' Harman
5
2
5
W'° Murray
3
1
W" Hunt .
3
2
1 1
Rob" Yille .
2
Martin Goble
4
1
Jos'" Archbould
3
Ja' Hector Lony
1
1
1 2
Anth. Browne .
1
2
Coleman Heyns
1
Cornel. Mineham
1
1
W™ Sheriflf
1
Rowl'" Hamilton
3
1
2
Hen. Harding .
1
1
1
Hen. Symes
3
1
Rich"" Cole
2
1
John Hunt
1
Ma. Walrond
3
2
i
Sarah Pike
2
Cha. Williams
2
Sa. Symes .
i
Ben. Merchant
■
1
Eliz. Parry
3
Fra" Lyons
1
Pat" Cusack
4
2
.5
Geo. Reynolds
1
4
3
Ja' Anderson
4
Richard Clow
1
W" Lyons
3
I
Rachel Kipps
1
1
W" Bowin
2
Jn" Col burn
1
2 £
Tho' Malcher
2
1 1
Marg' Harding
1
1
W" Wallis
3
1
2
Jn" Holmes
1
1
Hen. Kipps
1
1 1
W" FoUiott
1
1
3
George Hopson
I
2 1
2
W" Hamilton
2
2 ^
Tho- Ryce
2
1
1
Rob' .^myth
1
1 1
Paf" Wliite
1
Thos. Wilcocks .
1
1
John Barber
1
Barbara Carey .
1
Sarah Symes .
4
W" Ossbistone .
2
1 1
3
Total .
81
.5.-) 21
32
Totall of Inhabitants in the Island of Antigua.
Divisions.
S' Johns Town .
.594
622
222
230
S' Johns
129
78
31
29
Old North Sound
104
52
22
24
New North Sound
106
56
25
20
Popes Head .
28
16
8
4
Belfast
48
37
15
20
Falmouth .
100
67
43
35
Divisions.
Willoughby Bay .
Old Road ....
Bermudian Valley cfc New
Division ....
Dickinsons Bay .
Five Islands
Mercers Creek
Nonsuch ....
Totall =3261
Men.
31
48
78
42
20
24
81
Women.
20
44
40
17
8
13
Boya.
4
18
23
8
3
5
20
Qirll.
6
18
21
9
5
7
32
1433
1123
439
266
1754, January 15. Edward Warner, Esq., is
sworn as Deputy Provost-Marshal.
April 8. Edward Otto Baijer had been appointed
to the Council in 1748, but his name had been
omitted from the new lists because it was thought
that he would not return to Antigua. Their Lord-
ships now require the Governor to restore him to his
former rank and precedency.
June 21. This day a patent was signed at
Kensington for Harry Webb to be Attorney-General
of the Leeward Islands. By Act of 11 December
1754 provision was made for the erection of a new
church at Parham Town in place of the old parish
church of St. Peter. The ancient burial-ground in
this parish is situated about two miles from the town,
and it is probable that the old church was adjacent
thereto.
July 3. Petition of the churchwardens and
vestry of St. Peter's for leave to bring in an Act to
build a new church.
July 18. Dr. James Stevenson, who has a cer-
tificate from Sui-geons' Hall, Dr. James McKittrick,
and Dr. William Campbell, are all licensed.
The following are ordered to join the Troop : —
Jn" Braham. Jn" Jenkins. Cha. Manning.
W'" Buckley. W"' Campbell. Jn° Nethereott.
Isaac Caton. Pat. Maxwell. Rob. Nibbs.
Alex. Crawford. Robarts Merri- Rich. Pears.
Jn" Inglese. field. Rich. Sheep-
Elias Ferris. Josiali Martin. shanks.
W"i Garrett Hill- Chas. Martin. Jn» Sherrifife.
house. Jn° Muir. Carter Stevens.
Jn° Harvey. Alex. Munro. Tho. Winter.
£9000 was voted for the completion of the new
barracks.
September 12. Mr. John Sharpe, the Agent, is
instructed to apply to the Crown for £4000 towards
the barracks.
On the 13* of September was a violent hurricane at the
Leeward Islands, in which 15 vessels were run on shore at
Montserrat and Antigua, and 5 at S' Kits, which had
received great damage.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 529.)
December 10. Walter Tullideph, having been
called up to the Council, vacates his seat in the
Assembly.
1755, January 9. Thomas Jarvis, having been
called up to the Council, vacates his seat in the
Assembly. Thomas Barry takes the oaths as Clerk
to the Council, and John Halliday is returned vice
Walter Tullideph.
February 12. William Dunbar is returned for
Popeshead.
March 14. Eowland Ash, Henry Byam, Thomas
Lessly, and James Emra, Esqrs., are all sworn as
J.P.'s.
May 13. The Admiralty is asked to repair the
forts at English Harbour.
CXVl
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
May 30. A writer says that they are erecting
new barracks at Antigua for 700 men at a cost of
£18,000 sterling or £30,000 currency, tbe old ones
being so bad. £3000 or £4000 may be granted by
tbe King.
June 4. Alexander Fraser, a Captain in Colonel
Duroure's regiment, is sworn a J. P.
June 24. Mandamus dated at Whitehall for
Thomas Jarvis to be of the Council vice John Gun-
thorpe deceased.
June 27. William Home resigns his seat for St.
John's Division.
July 11. William Young is returned for St.
John's Division vice William Home resigned. Robert
Bakei, Surveyor-General, has recentlj- sounded
English Harbour because a report had been spread
that no ship over 50 guns could get in there, and
Carlile Bay, Barbados (an open roadstead with foul
anchorage), had been suggested as a better naval
station. Mr. Baker swears that the soundings are
the same as in 1722 when he piloted in H.M.S.
"Hector," and in 1748 when he published his map
of Antigua.
July 22. Bills for £400 sterling on Samuel Fry,
Esq., and £400 sterling on Richard Oliver, Esq., are
drawn by the Assembly as four years' salary due to
Mr. Sharpe the Agent.
September 9. Captain Thomas Morris, store-
keeper of Monk's Hill, is to be paid £30 a year.
October 14. Richard Buckley petitions for the
payment of £80 for his negro, who was executed for
knocking down John Hodgkiss and robbing him of
his hat.
December 4. By the death of Thomas Elmes
there is a vacancy in the Assembly.
1756, January 20. Main Swete Walrond is
returned vice Thomas Elmes.
April 8. Another seat in the Assembly is now
vacant by Joshua Crump's death. The capture of
the " Warwick " disastrous.
The following to join the Troop : —
Alex. Diichar. Byam Freeman. Chr. Nibbs.
Tho. Ellis. Edw. Trant, Jun'. Adam Smart.
Sam. Bean. Oliver Bnrke. Jos. Lynch.
Jn° Forstor. Rich. Alleyn. Val. Brown.
Hen. West. Sam. Simpson. W™ Mackaile.
Dav. Potter. Jas. Connor.
TV"' Walker. Ernest Udney.
May 5. Thomas Freeman returned vice Joshua
Crump.
May 17. War* was declared against France.
The negroes this year numbered 31,428.
(Southey.)
June 2. Thomas Warner takes the oaths on his
appointment as Attorney-General, and Harry Webb
resigns his seat for St. John's Town.
June 9. William Warner returned for St. John's
Town; Mr. William Home resigns the post of
Treasurer and Collector of the Impost, and the Hon.
Daniel Warner is appointed in his place, giving
£4000 sterling security.
* A copy of this Declaration of War was printed in the ' London
Magazine,' p. 237.
July 31. A gold-hilted sword was voted to
Colonel Alexander Duroure on his departure for
England.
August 11. Dr. James Dewar claims £50 for
attending the French prisoners.
September 29. Thomas Downes is licensed to
i^ractise Medicine and Surgery. Rowland Ash resigns
his seat for New North Sound.
October 12. Governor George Thomas writes
that 32 privateers have been fitted at Antigua, St.
Kitts, and Montserrat, and they have made captures
to the amount of £60,000.
1756.
Men.
Women.
Boys.
Girls
S' Johns Town ....
563
619
230
235
S' Johns Division
12.5
75
33
28
Old North Sound Division
105
50
24
26
New North Sound Division
110
53
26
24
Popeshead Division .
26
16
9
5
Beilfast Division
46
37
16
20
Falmouth Division .
94
66
44
35
Willoughby Kay Division .
31
19
4
6
Old Road Division
49
44
10
17
Bermudian Valley & New
Division
77
45
24
20
Dickinsons Bay Division .
42
17
7
8
Five Islands Division
20
8
4
5
Mercers Creek Division
24
12
6
7
Nonsuch Division
80
56
21
32
Total . • . .
1392
1117
458
468
Geo. Byam.
W"' An'dcrton.
Jn° Barrel!.
The number of inhabitants has decreased owing
to a malignant fever the preceding year. There are
18 forts and 14 guard-houses. Francis, Loixl Haw-
ley, Lieut. -Governor of Antigua, does not reside
there.
October 25. William Jarvis returned for New
North Sound.
Nov. 17.
W™Mackinen,Jun. Lewis Cusack. Sam. Masset.
Jas. Denbow. Ben. M'^Sween.
Rob. Hunter. Dav. AVeir, to join
Rob. Harvey. the Troop.
The Assembly offer a bounty of £5 currency for
every man killed or taken prisoner on board a French
privateer, provided the capturing vessel have cruized
for 10 days in sight of this island, and the captui'e
be effected within 30 leagues to the east and 10
leagues to the westward.
On 17 November it was enacted, for the pre-
vention of abuses in the fishery, that every mesh in
the bunt of each net should be 2^ inches, and that no
fresh fish, excej^t turtle and jew fish, was to be sold
over fourpence half-penny per lb.
1756. List of Prizes. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
May. The S' Pierre, from Martinico for Marseilles, the
Grand Duke, from Bourdeaux for Cape Francois, the Parteiu,
with 280 slaves, & the Alcion, with 511, both from Aft'ica
for S' Domingo; Le Infante de Bourdeaux, from Guardaloupe
for Bourdeaux; Le Deaux Petits, from Martinico for Bayonne;
L'Aimable, from Melimba, with 177 slaves, for Martinico,
car. into Antigua by Commodore Frankland. (P. 261.)
July. L'Aimable Katherine, fi-om Martinico for
Marseilles, taken by the Winchester & car. into Antigua.
(P. 360.)
Aug. The Pacifique, from Bordeaux for S* Domingo, of
400 tons, 40 men, & 16 guns, is taken by the Blandford man
of war & car. into Antigua. (P. 411.)
Sep. The Letitia, Curlet, from Antigua for London,
was taken the 31st ult. by the Catt privateer off Bayonne.
(P. 452.)
GEORGE I. GEORGE II.
CXVll
Dec. The Ceres, from Piscatana for Antigua, is car.
into Guadaloupe, The Thomas, Harris, from Boston for
Antigua, The Patty, Lynch, from Maryland for Antigua,
The Tryal priv., Thomas, of Antigua, of 10 carriage guns,
car. to Maryland, a sloop, from Antigua for Boston, the
Thatcher, from Antigua, car. into Guadaloupe. (P. 594.)
1757, January 4. Henry Wilmot of Gray's Inn
has been nominated Agent for Antigua vice Sharpe
deceased.
February 16. Thomas Walker is appointed
Attorney-General of the Leeward Islands vice Harry
Webb returned to England.
May 18. John Halliday resigns his seat.
July 6. Eighty or ninetj' hogsheads of public
sugar, for which no freight to London can be
obtained, are to be consigned to ionr houses at
Bristol, La Eoach's and Devonshire and Reeves's, and
the proceeds to go to Eichard Oliver of London, and
to save the additional commission to the latter, Mr.
Robinson Tudway and Mr. John Browning are
nominated as factors.
August 19. The Assembly are dissolved at their
own desire. Robert Cholmondeley has succeeded
Horace, Lord Walpole, as Surveyor and Auditor-
General of all the revenue in America by patent
dated 20 November 25 George.
1757, Sep. 20. New Sessions.
Hen. Byam, Esq' Jn° Watkins j
w™ Warner SMohns Town.
Bap. Looby I
Sam. Nibbs, Esq' W™ Mackinen | r»;„i„- „ i}»„
Sam.Nibbs [ Dickinsons Bay.
Hon. Tho. Jarvis Tho^Warner ' Popeshead.
Hon. Steph. Bllzard Sam. Martin | j^^^ ^^^^^ g^^^^_
r
Ham. Kerby
Rob. Bannister, Esq' Rob. Bannister |
Tho. Freeman |
Jn" Jeaffreson, Esq' Fra. Farley I R if f
Jn° Jeaffreson ( ^^''^^s''-
Sam. Harman, Esq' Main S. Walrond j t^, ,
Sam. Harman, Jun. j J>* onsucH.
Rob. Christian, Esq' Fra. Frye j
Jas Brebner )
W'" Maxwell, Esq' Rob. Christian (
W" Maxwell |
Hon. And. Lessly Jn° Brooke |
Ju" Stevens (
Hon. Rowl* Oliver Jn° Conyers |
Geo. Byam I
Hon. Ed. Otto-Baijer W" Allen Five Islands.
Old North Sound.
Willoughby Bay.
Falmouth.
Old Road.
S' .Johns Division.
Samuel Martin is chosen Speaker and Edward.
Gamble Clerk. Committee appointed to inspect
forts. Commodore Frankland has been removed
from the station by the Admiralty.
December 6. Lieut. -General Gilbert Fleming is
given 12 months' leave.
1757. List of Prizes. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
The Hawk, Conolly, from London, the Henry, Graham,
fi-om Bristol, both for Antigua, car. into Guadaloupe. A
Dutch vessel, from Antigua for Barbadoes, car. into Mar-
tinico. The Boyd, Boyd, from Glasgow for Antigua, taken.
Feb. The Minehead, Forrest, fi-om Antigua for London,
car. into S' Ouge near Bordeaux. The Betty, Quinlin, from
Antigua for Limerick, car. into a small port near MorIai.\.
June. The Charming Sally, Simple, fi-om N. England
for Antigua, is car. into Guadaloupe.
Oct. The Polly, Robinson, the Ceres, Rindge, & the
Samuel, Warner, from Piscataqua for Antigua, are taken by
the Fr.
July. The merchantmen from the Leeward Islands,
which are just arrived at the respective places of their
destination, when they came from the West Indies,
amounted to 175 sail, including those bound for different
ports in America, and not a single ship of them is missing.
There never were more pleasing countenances seen on the
Royal Exchange of London, than when the news came of
this fleet's safe arrival. It is at least computed to be worth
2,000,000 sterling, very little of which was insured.
Great damage to St. John's Harbour having
arisen owng to persons discharging therein rubbish
and ballast, an Act was passed on 24 November
imposing a heavy penalty for so doing, and the east
part of Rat Island, 20 feet above high-water mark,
was appointed for the deposit of all refuse.
1758, March. Captain Richard Tyrrell of H.M.S.
"Buckingham," 70 guns, with H.M.S. "Cam-
bridge," 80 guns, destroyed a fort and four privateers
at Martinico. He also, with only his own ship, the
" Buckingham," with 65 guns and a crew of 470
men, came to action with a French 74 with 700 men,
a 38 gun frigate with 350 men, and a 28 gun vessel
with 250 men. The " Florissant," 74, struck to him,
but afterwards escaped with the others.
Thii-ty-eight shillings a day is agreed to be paid
for supplying 580 gallons of water daily to the troops.
July 13. George Byam resigns his seat. Thomas
Warner is appointed Attorney-General.
September 7. John Lightfoot takes the oaths
and his seat at the Council.
October 5. Septimus Nibbs, Christopher Hodge,
Nicholas Kirwan, Andrew Browne, to join the Troop.
Ai-thur Freeman is sworn a J. P.
November 6. Thomas Warner to be Attorney-
General of the Leeward Islands vice Thomas Walker
deceased. Patent dated at the Court of Kensington.
December 14. Simeon Worlock, Ebenezer Elliott,
George Brebner, and William Whitehead, to join the
Troop. Proposals to be obtained for the deepening
of English Harbour.
1758. From a letter from S' Eustatia in the ' Amster-
dam Gazette,' dated 9 April 1758, it appears that the Dutch
Merchants accused the English privateers of unjustly con-
fiscating their ships, 30 or 40 of which had within 3 or 4
weeks been condemned at Antigua on the most frivolous
pretence. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 334.)
1758. Prize List. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
The Tartar, of Antigua, has taken a Fr. sloop & sent her
to Montserrat. A Fr. snow, with sugar and coffee, from
Montserrat for France, is taken by the .Jennings priv. of
Antigua.
Plantation News.
On the 28*'' of Oct. last Capt. White, late commander of
the private sloop of war Tiger, Xat. Flin, Tho. Cole, Elias
Atkins & Michael M'^Carroll, were tried at the court house
in the town of S* John in Antigua, for piratically entering a
Spanish snow in Jan. last about 4 leagues from the island of
Mona, & for stealing & carrying away from on board the
said snow divers goods of considerable value ; when, the
evidence turned out so full against them that the judges,
without much hesitation, sentenced them to be hanged, &
Capt. White's body to be hung in chains ; & they all
suffered accordingly, except Elias Atkins, who was reprieved
by- his excellency the general.
Feb. A Fr. Letter of Marque sloop, from Currasso for
Montserrat, with warlike stores, le Feme priv. of 8 guns and
the Grand Clamp of 12 ditto & 80 men, are taken by the
Amazon & Antigua priv., & car. into Antigua. The de
2
CXVUl
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Lorade priv. is also car. into Antigua by the Sturdy Beggar
priv. of New York & the Antigua priv. The S' Francis,
from Philadelphia for Antigua, is drove ashore. A Snow
from Gambia, a schooner, Hendrickson, from Liverpool, the
Swift, Strong, from Cork, the ... ., Hayes, the Susan, Hep-
burn, the Anne, Talem, the Sally, Nicholas, & the Molly,
Allen, all for Antigua, are taken.
April. The Tomlinson, Farrell, from Antigua for London,
is sent into Morlaix.
June. The Flaming, Nichols, from S' Kitts, the ....
Maclean, from Philadelphia, the Fanny, Hazlewood, from
London, the Lamb, Nichols, from New York, & the Hazard,
Warner, from Piscataqua, all for Antigua, the S' Andrew,
Grey, from Antigua for Berbicea, car. into Guadaloupe.
New York, June 19, Capt. Smith arrrived at Newhaven
the 7"' inst., in 25 days from Antigua, & reports, that about
a week before he sailed, Comm. Moore with 7 ships of the
line, & 2 frigates, sailed from thence on some secret design,
thought to be against S* Domingo.
Oct. The Mary Ann, Call, from S. Carolina, & the
Speedwell, Baldwin, from Newhaven, both for Antigua, car.
into Martinico.
1759, January 18. Mr. Hamlin Martin to be
gunner and storekeeper of Monk's Hill vice Thomas
Morris deceased. Trooj^s coming from Guadaloupe
with dysentery are to be isolated at Rat Island
barracks.
February 20 Writs of mandamus were signed at
tbe Court of St. James for Arthur Freeman, Francis
Frye, Byam Freeman, and Valentine Morris, to be of
the Council vice Benjamin King, Rev. Francis Byam^
and William Byam deceased, and William Mac-
kinnen, who was appointed 17 June 1739 but hath
never taken his seat.
February 26. John Watkins is sworn a Master
and Examiner in Chancery. Three hundred able
negros are to be armed and sent to Guadaloupe.
Commodore Moore is now on the station.
On 1 May Guadaloupe* surrendered to General
Barrington after three months' fighting in which
Colonel Crump, an Antiguan, highly distinguished
himself, and was left in command as Governor in June
with three regiments. He died, however, in 1760.
Commodore Moore's squadron in 16 months took 53
French privateers, carrying 400 guns and 2600
men.
August 9. William Allen resigns his seat, and
Francis Frye has been called up to the Council.
September 6. Byam Freeman is called to the
Council, and Nathaniel Gilbert, juu., is returned vice
William Allen.
September 19. Edward Home returned for St.
John's Division vice Byam Freeman. A seat for Old
North Sound is also now vacant by the death of
Thomas Freeman. Andrew Lessly is still President.
• For a full description of these proceedings see ' An Account of the
Expedition to the West Indies against Martinico with the reduction
of Guadeloupe and other the Leeward Islands Subject to the French
King 1759, by Rich. Gardiner, Capt. of Marines.'
1759. List of Prizes. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
The Lesley, Onslow, with 323 slaves, & the Salisbury,
Sacheverell, with 179, both from Africa, the Carolina,
Thompson, & the snow Bartram, from Newhaven, & the
sloop . . . ., Bosden, from New York, all for Antigua, car.
into Guardaloupe. The Pr. of Wales priv., from Antigua.
April. Two priv., one of 12 guns & 130 men, the other
of 6 guns & 50 men, car. into Antigua by the Antiguan sloop
Varlo. The Grace, French, from Dublin for Antigua,
taken. The Edward & Susannah, Mi^Namara, fi-om Bristol
& Madeira for Antigua, the Polly, M'^Namara, from Dublin
& Madeira, the Lucy, Eussell, from Madeira for Antigua, &
a Brig from Boston, Ingram, master, & The London, King,
from Glasgow for Antigua, taken.
July. The Snow Esprite, from Martinico is sent into
Madeira by Capts. Cookson & Allen, letters of marque, from
Bristol for Antigua.
1760, Jamiary 2. The Governor writes that
" Col" Oliver has of late resided principally at Nevis,"
so has appointed James Brebner to the Council.
Jan. 10. The King's sugars were sold in the long-room
at the custom house, at the following prices, viz., Antigua,
from 39s. dd. to 40s. 9rf., etc. Jeremiah Watkins, several
years commander in the West India trade, & late supercargo
of the Crump, William Turner commander, a letter of
marque of 1 6 guns & 50 men, made oath that they sailed
from London for Guadaloupe & Antigua last Aug., & in Oct.
were taken by a Fr. frigate & car. into Brest, where they
suffered very great hardships in prison.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 43.)
February 21. John Jeaffresou has resigned his
seat.
March 27. The Assembly vote £400 sterling for
a monument in St. John's churchyard to the late
General Crump, their countryman ; also a present of
£500 sterling to his widow, whom he has left in
distressed circumstances. The Council refuse to
agree to this, and recommend that 100 guineas
would be sufficient for the monument, and £200
sterling should be given to the widow. Samuel
Elliott is retui-ned for Belfast. William Warner
succeeds Daniel Warner as Treasurer and Collector
of the Impost.
April 17. Samuel Elliot returned for Belfast vice
John Jeaffreson deceased. Mr. Nathaniel Gilbert,
Speaker of Antigua, having joined the Methodists,
preached to his slaves and formed a society of about
200. (Southey.)
April 24. The Assembly had suggested the pay-
ment of £200 for General Crump's monument and
£300 for his widow, but the Council object that the
amount is excessive and the Island sufficiently in
debt. William Livingston is returned for St. John's
Town vice William Warner resigned. £11,000 to be
raised for the current year.
October 25. H.M.S. " Mermaid," of 24 guns, was
wrecked at Barbuda and 50 of her crew drowned.
King George II. died this day.
GEORGE III.
CHAPTER VIII.
CXIX
GEORGE III. 1760—1820.
1761, February 12. John Halliday returned for
Willong'liby Bay vice James Brebiier called to the
Council by Governor Thomas.
April 1. On the accession of George III. fresh
commissions were issued to George Thomas, Captain-
General, etc., Gilbert Fleming, Lieut.-General, Tho-
mas Warner, Attorney-Genei-al, and Thomas Cottle,
Solicitor-General of the Leeward Islands, also to
Francis, Lord Hawley, Lieut. -Governor of Antigua.
June 3. Governor Thomas has appointed Wil-
liam Young to the Council vice Colonel Nathaniel
Gilbert deceased.
June 6. Lord RoUo landing from James Douglas'
squadron captured Dominica.
July 17. William Brunsel is licensed to practise
Medicine and Surgery.
July 24. Thomas Warner the Attorney-General,
who has been eight years at Antigua, applies for 12
months' leave.
17(51, Auj?. 20. New Sessions.
For what place
Justices taliinfr
the election.
Ham. Kerby, Esq'
Persons elected.
Sam. Martin, Esq'
Hamilton Kerby, Esq'
The Rev's jjr David Jn" Hart, Esq'
Hopkins
elected.
I New North
f Sound.
S' Johns Town.
Baptist Looby, Esq'
W'" Livingston, Esq' (
Tho. iShephard, Esq' )
Edw. Home, Esq' I
Oliver Nugent, Esq' l'
W" Mackinen, Esq' |
Jer. Blizard, Esq' I
Tho. Warner, Esq' I
W"' Jarvis, Esq' I
Sam. Byam, Esq' (
Rob. Bannister, Jun., Esq' (
Fi-a. Farley, Esq' | g ,f ^
Sam. Elliott, Esq' ) oeiiasE.
M. S. Walrond, Esq' M. S. Walroud, Esq' |
Sam. Harman. Esq' i
Jn" Halliday, Esq' |
Tho. Elmes," Esq'
Rob. Christian, Esq'
\V"" Maxwell. Esq'
The Hon'ble W"
Young, Esq'
Sam. Nibbs, Esq'
The Hon'ble Tho.
Jarvis
The Hon'ble Jn°
Lightfoot
Pat. Grant, Esq'
Rob. Christian. Esq'
S' Johns Division.
Dickinsons-bay.
Popeshead.
Old North Sound.
Nonsuch.
The Hon'ble J.
Brebner
The Hon'ble F. Frye Jn° Brooke, Esq'
Jn" Stevens, Esq'
. Willoughby Bay.
I Falmouth & Ren-
f desvous-bay.
Old Road Bermu-
dian Valley, &
New Division.
Five Islands.
Jn" Conyers, Esq' Nath. Gilbert, Esq'
Sam. Martin chosen Speaker.
August 21. Dr. William Tudhope licensed.
November 18. Petition of Thomas Oliver, Deputy-
Secretary, for £143 for salary and fees as clerk to the
Council for six months.
Dec. 1. Gov'' Thomas writes "1 had the honor to
acquaint Y' L''ships that upon the Resignation of M'' Oliver,
who is gone to reside at Nevis, and the death of M"" Gilbert,
I had appointed M'' James Brebner & M'' William Toung
Members of the Council of this Island, to make up the
number Seven. Since that time M'' Lightfoot is also dead,
and for the same reason, I have likewise appointed M'' Wil-
liam Warner to succeed him."
1762. On January 4 war was declared against
Spain, and the same month Rear-Admiral Rodney
with 18 sail of the line and 14,000 troops sailed
from Barbados to Martinique which capitulated on
February 4. The islands of Grenada, Tobago, St.
Vincent, and St. Lucia also surrendered.
March 18. Edward Byam was returned for St.
John's Town vice John Hart deceased.
April 22. William Warner i-ecommended to be
of the Council.
May 3. Thomas Oliver* now clerk to the Council
and Depixty- Secretary.
June 1. Governor Thomas writes that he has
raised 400 negros at Antigua for the Expedition.
17('>2, Aug. 12. New Sessions.
Jer. Blizard, Esq.
Rev. D. Hopkins
Tho. Warner, Esq'
Sam. Nibbs, Esq'
Hon. T. Jarvis
Row. Ash, Esq'
Pat. Grant, Esq'
M. S. Walrond, Esq'
Rob. Christian, Esq'
Hon. Jas. Brebner
Hon. Fra. Frye
Sam. Martin
Jer. Blizard
Bap. Looby
W"' Livingston
Ed. Byam
Harry Alexander
Ed. Home
W'" Dunbar
W'" Mackinen
C. P. WeatherU
Tho. Warner
W"" Jarvis
Rob. Bannister, Jun' |
W"" Gunthorpe )
Fra. Farley |
Sam. Elliot
M. S. Walrond
Sam. Harman
Jn" Halliday
Tho. Elmes
Rob. Christian
W'° Maxwell
Jn" Brooke
Jn° Stevens
New North Sound.
I S' Johns Town.
I
S' Johns Division.
Diokensons Bay.
I
Popeshead.
Old North Sound.
Belfast.
Nonsuch.
Willoughby-bay.
Hon. Byam Freeman Nath. Gilbert
Sam. Martin chosen Speaker.
Falmouth & Rendes-
) vous-bay.
j Old Road, Bermudian
\ Valley, & New Divi-
) sion.
Five Islands.
Augtist 13. The Havanna capitulated to the
Earl of Albemarle and Sir George Pocock. Twelve
ships of the line and booty to the value of £2,000,000
were seized.
August 19. Edward Gamble appointed Registrar
vice Watkins deceased.
October 21. Govei-nor Thomas writes that Mr.
Young and Mr. William Warner, having gone to
England, he has appointed Ashton Warner to the
Council. Mr. William Warner's mandamios was
dated 13 May.
1763, January 1. A cessation of Arms to be pro-
claimed.
January 27. Mr. William Atkinson is sworn as
Deputy-Secretary.
February 10. By the Peace, signed at Paris with
Spain and France, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Marie-
galante, and Desirade, were restored to France, and
Havanna to Spain ; Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica,
and Tobago, were ceded to Great Britain ; and St.
Lucia to France. Many Antiguans took up lands in
the ceded Islands.
March 1 6. Ashton Warner recommended to be of
the Council vice Andrew Leslie, who has been absent
three years.
April 28. Nathaniel Gilbert chosen Speaker vice
Samuel Martin resigned.
May 11. Christopher Hodge returned for New
North Sound vice Samuel Martin, the late Speaker,
resigned.
July. The 38th Foot to be reduced to a peace
footing.
1764, February 16. John Lyons chosen for Old
North Sound vice Robert Bannister, jun.
• On 18 November 1762 he petitioned for payment of £143 for
salary and fees as Clerk to the Council for six months.
cxx
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
March 8. The 68th Eegiment, now in Ireland 500
strong, is to relieve the 38th at Antigua. They
arrived on the 31st May.
October -i. William Byam, sen., Esq., Mr. James
Farley, and Mr. John Yeamans, to join the Troop.
William Salmond chosen for Popeshead vice William
Jarvis resigned.
1765, January 10. William Dunbar is expelled
the House for being absent six times without excuse
or leave.
January 24. Charles Payne Sharpe was returned
for St. John's Division vice William Dunbar expelled.
February 7. An Act passed this day providing
for the erection of a stone or brick-built Register's
Office, where the Records were to be kept, much
damage having been sustained from their storage
in wooden buildings.
March 14. George Mackenzie is licensed to
practise Medicine and Surgery. James Thibou to join
the Troop.
1765, Mar. 23. List of the C at Antigua.
Edward Otto-Baijer.
Richard Tyrrell.
Walter Tullideph.
Rowland Oliver. Resigned & gone for England.
Thomas Jarvis.
Arthur Freeman.
Francis Frye.
Byam Freeman.
Valentine Morris. Absent ever since his appointment.
James Brebner.
William Young. Commissioner at the ceded Islands.
William Warner.
Ash ton Warner.
May 16. Martin Byam was returned for Popes-
head vice William Salmond resigned.
August 15. Nicholas Lynch was returned for
Nonsuch vice Samuel Harman resigned.
August 25. Valentine Morris Home was returned
for St. John's Division vice Edward Home resigned.
December 5. The unanimous thanks of the House
were voted to William Mackinen on his retirement
after his long and faithful services as a Member of
the Assembly for 40 years.
December 21. Governor Thomas writes that
£2000 sterling worth of stamps deposited in the
house of Mr. John Hopkins, the deputy at Basseterre,
St. Kitts, were seized by the mob and burnt ; that
Mr. William Tuckett was compelled by 500 people to
resign his post as stamp distributor, but that Antigua
was quiet and loyal. He is in a dilemma how to act.
1766, January 16. William Millar was returned
for Dickinsoia's Bay vice William Mackinen, and Oliver
Nugent vice Charles P. Weatheril deceased.
January 29. Governor Thomas writes that he
has superseded the Hon. Arthur Freeman for running
off with and marrying his daughter, and has appointed
Lieut. -Colonel Josiah Martin of the 6Sth Resimeut
in his place.
March 13. The obnoxious Stamp Act was re-
pealed by the House of Commons, and Mr. Secretary
H. S. Conway writes to Governor Thomas to acquaint
him with that fact.
June 28. James Virchild, President of St. Kitts,
writes that His Excellency Geoi-ge Thomas embarked
for England on the 1st instant, and by H.M.'s
instructions the government has devolved on him.
July 11. Arthur Freeman petitions that he has
been unjustly susjjended from the Council.
July 12. Governor George Thomas writes that
he left Antigua on 1st June and amved at Ports-
mouth this day.
October 13. William Woodley appointed Captain
General, etc., vice Sir George Thomas, Bai-t., resigned.
In Oct. a hurricane caused great destruction of life &
property at Martinique, and at Antigua many plantations
sufiFered, & some ships were lost.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 597.)
1767, February 26. David MacRichie is licensed
to practise Medicine, etc.
May 15. Anthony Stokes recommended to be of
the Council vice James Brebner appointed Chief
Justice of the Southern Caribbee Islands.
May 28. James Athill was returned for Nonsuch
vice Nicholas Lynch.
July 23. Samuel Redhead was returned for
WUloughby Bay.
July 29. Edward Otto Bayer, Thomas Jarvis,
Arthur Freeman, Francis Frye, Byam Freeman,
Valentine Morris, William Young, William Warner,
Ashton Warner, Josiah Martin, jun., Oliver Nugent,
and Ajithouy Stokes, are of the Council.
July 31. Samuel Martin was returned for St.
John's Division vice Charles P. Sharpe resigned.
The last two years were good after several of drought.
1 768, William Woodley arrived at Antigua from
England leaving his wife and family at home.
February 9. Alexander Willock was returned for
St. John's Division vice Samuel Mai'tin resigned.
February 29. Thomas Shephard was returned
for Dickinson's Bay. William Maxwell retm-ned for
Falmouth, resigns.
April 18. Ashton W. Byam was returned for
Falmouth vice William Maxwell resigned.
October 13. George Redhead was returned for
Old North Sound vice John Gilbert resigned.
December 1. Nicholas Lynch was returned for
Willoughby Bay vice Samuel Redhead resigned.
1769, February 12. James Furlong was returned
vice Harry Alexander.
Februarj' 16. Thomas Martin was returned for
St. John's Division vice Valentine Morris Home.
June 29. Thomas Warner was chosen Speaker
vice Nathaniel Gilbert resigned.
July 20. John Lindsay was returned for Popes-
head, John Dunbar for Dickinson's Bay, and De la
Court Walsh for Five Islands.
July 23. Richard Hawkshaw Losack, His Ma-
jesty's Lieut. -General, has arrived.
Sep. 20. Gov"' Woodley writes : — " I have Nothing par-
ticular to comuuiuicate to your Lordship but the terrible
Disaster that befel the Island of Antigua by Fire, upon the
ly"" of last Month. Two thirds of the Town of S' Johns is
in Ashes, and the Loss computed at upwards of Two
hundred Thousand pounds Sterling. I have promoted a
Subscription here, for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers."
October 26. John Dick is now Coroner. From
a memorial presented by the Council and Assembly
it seems that the fire at St. John's on 17 August
rasred for 12 hours. The custom house, market
GEORGE in.
CXXl
house, gaol, and arsenal were destroyed, and damage
done estimated at £400,000 sterling.
1 770, January 1 . Governor Woodley recom.mends
Edward Byam to be of the Council.
January 18. The King has granted £1000 bounty
for the relief of the sufferers by the recent fire.
1770. Feb. 8. New Sessions.
\V"' Livingston
Jas. Furlong-
Bap. Looby
Jn" Burke I
Jn" Dunbar I
W. Garrat Hillhouse 1
/
, S' Johns Town.
Dickinsons Bay.
Popeshead.
New North Sound.
Tho. Warner
Ju° Lyndsay I
Jer. Blizaid |
W» Millar |
Jn" Brooke )
Jn" Stevens I
John Lyons
Geo. Redhead
De la Court Walsh Five Islands.
Jn° Mayer |
Sam. Gunthorp
Old Road, Bermudian Valley, & New Division.
Old North Sound.
Belfast.
Nonsuch.
Willoughby Bay.
Falmouth & Rendesvous Bay.
• S' Johns Division.
M. S. Walrond
Jas. Athill
Tho. Elmes
Geo. Leonard
Bob. Christian
A. W. Byam
Alex. Willock
Tho. JIartin (
Th(i. Warner was chosen Speaker.
£346 is. (kl. was collected at Liverpool for the sufferers
by the late fire. Exports from the islands to Great Britain
£430,210 ; to N. America £35,551 ; to the other islands
£229. (Southey.)
May 4. Mandamus for Edward Byam to be of
the Council dated this day.
May 24. £12,888 c. to be raised for the current
year.
June 13. Bertie Entwisle, Esq., sworn as Deputy-
Collector of St. John's Town. Jeremiah Lloyd and
John Brooke take the oaths and their seats at the
Council.
July 9. E. H. Losack writes that General Wood-
ley left on the 3rd instant, and he has assumed the
government as Lieut. -General.
August 2. Edward Byam takes his seat at the
Council.
August 26. Governor Woodley writes from
(? Hendou) " that he landed at Plimouth Saturday
Sennight very gouty." His next letter was from
Hill Street on 16 November.
November 1. John Horsford was returned for
Falmouth vice A. W. Byam resigned ; Mr. John
Scott is sworn Deputy-Comptroller of St. John's ; and
a vacancy for Belfast has been created by the death
of Samuel Gunthorp, Esq.
Nov. 15. List of the C forwarded by L' Gen' Losack.
Edward Otto-Baijer in England.
Thomas Jarvis.
Arthur Freeman in England, going out.
Francis Frye.
Byam Freeman absent.
Valentine Morris in England.
W" Young Gov' of Dominica.
W" Warner.
Ashton Warner.
Josiah Martin, jun', resigned.
Oliver Nugent absent.
Anthony Stokes Chief Justice of Georgia.
Edw. Byam 1
Jer. Blizard > appointed by me.
Ju° Brooke )
1771, January 2.5. Jeremiah Blizard is recom-
mended to be of the Council, and on February 20
John Brooke. The w.andamus of the former was
signed on 6 February, and of the latter on 7 February
at the Court of St. James.
February 8. Philip Hicks, a barrister, is admitted
to practise the law.
April 25. Thomas Lynch who has a diploma from
many physicians of the College of Aberdeen is
licensed to practise Medicine, etc.
May 8. £1 1,380 c. to be raised for the current year.
May 10. Draught commission to be drawn out
for Sir Ralph Payne, K.B., to be Captain General,
etc., and the warrant issued on 15th.
August 8. Eowland Burton returned for New
North Sound vice William Miller resigned.
October 3. John Gray returned for Belfast vice
Samuel Gunthorpe deceased.
October 31. Hon. Edward Byam is to succeed
the Hon. William Warner as Treasurer and Collector
of the Impost.
1772, January 9. Hon. Eobert Christian is sworn
Judge Surrogate of the Court of Admiralty, and John
Hawes is licensed to practise as a Solicitor.
January 13. Lieut.-General Losack writes that
he has appointed Eobert Henville, Esq., of St. Kitts,
to succeed William Warner deceased as Eeceiver of
H.M.'s casual revenue.
February 1. Governor Sir Ealph Payne writes
that he has arrived at Antigua after a 10 weeks'
passage.
March 4. His Excellency i-ents Clarke Hill, the
property of Thomas Warner, Esq., for £300 c. a year.
April 2. Nathaniel Humphry was returned for
Popeshead vice John Lindsay resigned.
July 2. William Salmond takes his seat at
the Council vice William Warner deceased by man-
dattms dated 20 May last at the Court of St. James.
Sept. 5. Sir Ralph Payne writes : — " On Thursday
Night the 27"' of August, we had an exceedingly hard Gale
of Wind, which continued for the space of 7 or 8 Hours, and
then subsided without doing any very materia! Damage.
On the Night of Sunday the 30'" of August, the Wind blew
fresh .... & continued increasing till five in the Morning
when it blew a hurricane from the N.E a melancholy
Darkness prevail'd for more than an Hour after Sun rise.
At eight o'clock the Fury of the Tempest in some Measure
abated, but it was only to collect new redoubl'd Violence,
and to display itself, with ten fold Terror, for the Space of
i Hours .... Some Persons were buried in the Ruins of
their Houses. Many houses were razed. The doors, windows,
& partitions of the Court House were blown in, the interior
completely wrecked, & most valuable papers destroyed. The
Barracks are in a deplorable condition. At English Harbour
deemed storm-proof tliere was a squadron under Adm' Parry,
whose flagship* with others drove ashore, & the Hospital
there was levelled to the ground crushing in its fall the
unfortunate patients & attendants. My new study, with
most of my papers, was blown away."
September 10. £20,000 sterling to be raised on.
account of the late hurricane.
September 18. Montserrat suffered £60,000 loss
by the hurricane which also caused much havoc at
St. Kitts.
* On 31 August H.M.S. "Chatham," Rear-Admiral Parry, and
" Active" and "Seahorse" frigates, and "Falcon" sloop, were driven
on shore by a storm in English Harbour. After the gale tliey were
got off. (Southey.)
cxxu
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
The Council and Assembly petitioned that £2,500
sterling in the hands of the Executors of William
Warner might be applied towards the reiJair of the
barracks and hospital, which application was read by
their lordships on 29 April 1773.
1772. A List of Births and Funerals in the Island of
Antigua from the 1^' of Feb. 1772 to the P* of Oct. 1772:—
&.0
o2
I Fe
1 Oct
1 Ap
Birth
s.
Funerals.
In the Parish of S' Johns .
43
06
.52 80
In the Parish of S' Marj's .
4
4
2 13
In the Parish of Falmouth .
6
3
8 9
In the Parish of S' Peter .
3
7
5 11
In the Parish of S' Georpre .
fi
4
4 2
In the Parish of S' Phillips
12
9
t; 5
Total ....
74
93
77 120
One thousand two hundred and seventy six negros
were imported from 1 February to 1 October 1772,
and only 93 from 1 October 1772 to 1 April 1773.
October 1. The 68th Regiment is to return to
Europe, and the 2nd Battalion of the 60th from
North America will relieve them.
December 18. Lieut. -General James Adolphus
Oughton was appomted Lieut.-Governor vice Francis
Lord Hawley deceased. This post was a sinecure.
1773, June. The legislature send an address to
the Kins' thanking him for his donation of £2000
towards repairing their losses.
July 1. William Livingston is sworn a J.P.
July 15. £13,150 currency to be raised for the
current year.
At Great George Fort there were 81 guns, 11 bad; at
Fort James 3G guns ; Fort Berkeley 25 guns ; Fort Isaac
9 ; Fort Charles 11 ; Old Road 14, etc.
July 29. William Byam was returned for Wil-
loughby Bay vice Thomas Elmes resigned.
September 23. John Lyons was chosen Speaker
jpro tern.
November 25. Francis Farley, John Gray, and
William Mackinnen are all recommended to be of
the Council.
1774. The shipping belonging to the Fort of S' John's
included 3 ships, 2 brigs, 28 schooners & 21 sloops, total
tonnage 1067 & 321 men. The population amounts to
2,590 whites & 37,808 slaves. The ordinary expenditure
is £14,000 c. & the extraordinary £30,000 c.
List of public officers :— Chief Justice may get £400 a
year, no salary only a few fees. Judge of Admiralty in
War worth £1200 St. a year, in peace not as many shillings.
Treasurer & Collector of the Impost on liquor £G00 c. a
year, with extras £400 c. a year. Clerk to Assembly £l20 c.
a year. Searcher of Customs £320 c. a year. Registrar
no salary, £300 st. a year from fees. Powder Officer no
salary, £180 st. a year fi-om fees. Steph. Bhzard is Col' of
the Blue Regt., Rob. Christian of the Red, Fra. Farley Col' of
the train of artillery, & Geo. Halloran Capt. of the Indepen-
dent Company.
April 7. John Taylor was returned for St. John's
Town vice William Atkinson resigned.
May 19. Thomas Jarvis, jun., was returned for
St. John's Town vice William Livingston deceased,
and Eobert JeafBreson for Old North Sound vice
George Redhead resigned.
June 4. John Ronan was returned for Belfast
vice John Gray called to the Council.
July 21. £6,952 to be raised for the current year.
July 28. John Smith, jun., is appointed Coroner.
1775, February 9. Lockhart Russell was returned
for Old North Sound vice John Lyons deceased.
March 23. £1000 currency voted for the purchase
of a sword for Sir Ralph Payne. William Tizard is
licensed to practise Medicine, etc.
May 11. Robert Robertson is licensed to practise
Medicine, etc.
May 25. James Nibbs was returned for St. John's
Division vice Thomas Martin vacated.
July 2. The Lieut. -General to receive £300 a
year.
July 31. Craister Greatheed, President of St.
Kitts, is now Commander in Chief, and William
Salmond of New Bond Street, Agent.
September 14. Richard Kirwan was returned for
Dickinson's Bay vice John Dunbar resigned.
October 12. Nicholas Taylor was returned for St.
John's Town vice John Burke resigned.
1773-
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Negros imported.
1775. Captain John Parkings, of the briganteen
" Manners " from London to Boston put into EngHsh
Harbour this year, and reported that shortly after
sailing, their passenger, one Charles Hobby, behaved
in a very insulting manner towards the King's name,
and suspecting him to be a rebel he ordered his
mattress to be cut open, wherein they discovered
many letters in cypher addressed to John Hancock,
Samuel Adams, and John Adams, Esqrs., Generals
Washington, Ward, Lee, and Putnam by favour of
Captain Charles Hubbard. On accusing the said
Hubbard on deck before the crew he (Hubbard)
seized the papers and flung them into the sea. A
boat was immediately lowered and they were recovered
when Hubbard became very violent and abusive, and
agaijr endeavoured to destroy the letters. President
Jarvis having read all the correspondence at the
Council proposed to send Hubbard to England in a
man-of-war.
1776, February 17. Sir Ralph Payne writes from
Charles Street, and resigns the post of Captain-
General.
March. The American vessels are offering: high
prices for warlike stores, so President Greatheed
issues a public proclamation forbidding any such
traitorous commerce.
GEORGE III.
CXXUl
April 11. It was reported that Mr. William
Jarvis, Captain and Gunner of James Fort, had rated
one of his children, aged 5, as a matross, and had
drawn the pay. All the other four gunners had done
the same.
August 15. Eobert JeafEreson and William Byam
are sworn as Assistant-Justices of the Court of
Common Pleas (of which Thomas Jarvis is Chief
Justice) vice Hon. Robert Christian deceased and
Hon. Francis Farley resigned.
August 29. Mathew Christian was returned for
Falmouth vice Robert Christian deceased. £5,917
currency to be raised for the current year.
October 31. William Mathew Burt appointed
Captain-General vice Payne. (Southey.)
November 14. John Bright was returned for
Falmouth vice Mathew Christian who was unduly
elected.
1777. Petition of the owners of the privateer
sloop "Reprizal," of ten guns and fifty men, which
has captured several provision and lumber ships.
Signed by Nicholas Taylor, Alexander Dover, Samuel
Jeaffreson, John Otto-Baijer, B. Entwisle, Joshua
Brown, Thomas Bell, and George Redhead. The
Antiguan sloops have already taken sixty sail, in-
cluding several American ships who trade to St.
Eustatia for arms. The Governors of Martinique,
St. Croix, and St. Eustatia oijeuly assist the rebels.
A copy of the ' Antigua Mercury, or St. John's
Weekly Advertiser,' 3 May 1777, No. 518, is inserted
in vol. ii. B. T.
February 6. Thomas Warner the Speaker resigns,
and Rowland Burton succeeds him.
March 13. Joseph Lyons Athill was returned
for Popeshead vice Thomas Warner.
June 19. The Council report as follows about
the Records in the Registrar's Office : —
Vol. 1, Liber S, 1722-24, Vol. 2, Lib. E, 1738-12, &
Vol. 2, Lib. G, 1742-6, are torn & defaced & must be at
once transcribed. The following are in bad condition & all
require binding, Lib. A wills, 1728-43, Lib. B wills, 1743-56,
Lib. A patents, 1668-1723, Lib. A Surveyors returns, 1681-
1752, Vol. 1, Lib. L, 1709-12, Vol. 1, Lib. M, 1712-14,
Vol. 1, Lib. N, 1714-16, Vol. 1, Lib. P, 1717-19, Vol. 1,
Lib. Q, 1719-21, Vol. 1, Lib. R, 1721-22, Vol. 1, Lib. W,
1727-28, Vol. 1, Lib. X, 1728-30, Vol. 2, Lib. F, 1739-42.
Admiralty oflBce. It appears by letters received from
Vice Admiral Young, dated Antigua, the lO"" of March, that,
since his last account, the ships of his squadron had taken
27 rebel vessels, and retaken 7 ships that had fallen into
their hands. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 194.)
November 1. Governor William Mathew Burt
•writes that many ships have been wrecked at Bar-
buda, and their slaves seized for salvage and racked
on the wheel, by order of the late Mr. King, Attorney
of Sir William Codrington, without trial ; some
even were hanged by Mr. Redwood the Attorney.
List of Militia.
Carabineers 83
Blue Regiment . . . . .416
Red Regiment ..... 313
Independent Company ... 79
Train of Artillery
Total oflBcers & men
116
1007
1778, January 6. Governor Biu-t writes that
ships are daily dropping in from England to New
York, with coals, provisions, and recruits, from a
desire of increase of profit by delay ; to sell jjrizes ;
to distress the royal army ; and to aid the rebels.
He suggests, and the Admiral agrees with him, that
their charter-party should be forfeited. Mr. Bing-
ham, the North American agent, resides at St. Pierre,
Martinique, where he sells their prizes. Monsieur
Pregent, owner of eleven French privateers, com-
mands his own ship the " Revenge." The Governor
of Guadaloupe refused to permit privateers to refit at
his ports, but the Governor of Martinique, Marquis
De Bouillie, receives fifteen per cent, commission
from the Americans.
February 24. The Governor again complains
that a French 64 had convoyed six American vessels,
who all hoisted French colours, and that there are
22 ai-med French and American brigs at St. Pierre.
August 5. Lord George Germain, principal
Secretarv of State for America, advises Governor
Burt that France is no longer to be considered a
neutral power, and that hostilities have commenced.
Governor Burt writes that the forts at Antigua have
been ruinous for several years past, also that Count
de Byland, Governor of St. Eustatius, since the
French have acknowledged the Independence of
North America, permitted rebel colours to fly under
his suns. In order to bring him to his senses he
has refused permission to the inhabitants of that
island to fetch water from Old Road, St. Kitts, so
that they can have but cistern or well water now
owing to the absence of springs at St. Eustatius.
Sei^tember 7. Four French frigates and twelve
sloops attacked Roseau, the chief place at Dominica,
and carried the fort. Governor Burt was at this
time at St. Kitts, superintending the clearance of
the forts ; trees and bushes having for several years
been allowed to grow all round the rampants and
trenches. Thomas Shirley, Governor of Dominica,
was compelled to yield up that Island to the French
before it was known that hostilities had commenced.
He had been appointed on 5 February 1774 vice Sir
William Young resigned.
September 17. Jacob Jarvis was returned for
Popeshead vice Nathaniel Humphrys resigned.
September 24. Goat Hill near St. John's Harbour
is to be fortified.
September 30. Governor Burt writes from St.
Kitts:— "19 out of 20 here are loyal." "I am
truly sorry to say Sir Gillies Payne, now in England,
was always deemed a strong North American Par-
tizan." His Manager is an avowed supporter of
that Party.
October 4. An express was sent to the Governor
acquainting him with the situation at Antigua, and
the capture of Dominica by the French.
October 8. Jacob Jarvis was returned for Popes-
head vice Nathaniel Hvtmphrys unduly returned.
Dr. Eobert Garroway is licensed to practise Medi-
cine, etc.
December. St. Lucia was captured by Major-
CXXIV
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
General Grant and Admiral Barrington, who at the
same time repulsed the vastly superior force under
Count d'Estaing.
1779, January. The inhabitants of Angviilla have
captured the French part of St. Martins.
January 30. Admiral Byron has joined Admiral
Barrington.
February. St. Bartholomew's captured by us.
May 3. The present crops are destroyed by long
drought, the cisterns and large ponds are empty,
water is 18d. a gallon, and instead of 20 to 30,000
hogsheads of sugar this year there will be but 4000.
There is also great distress for provisions at the
French Islands.
May 7. Edward Otto Baijer and Colonel Francis
Farley being dead, Mr. Jeaffreson a gentleman of
family and fortune is appointed by the Governor to
the Council.
June 3. The Governor has appointed the Hon.
William Leslie Hamilton Attorney-General vice Tho-
mas Warner deceased. St. Vincent has been attacked
by the French.
On 16 June, owing to dissension between the
planters and Governor Morris, and the cowardice and
incompetency of Colonel Etherington, St. Vincent
fell into the enemy's hands. Governor Valentine
Morris (who was himself an Autiguan), with the
officers and soldiers, retired to Antigua to be ex-
changed for French prisoners.
On 1 July an Act passed authorising the borrow-
ing of £20,000 to be expended in provisions, of which
owing to no crops, drought, and war, there was a
great scarcity amounting almost to a famine. Bills
for this sum were accepted by Government in October.
On 3 July D'Estaing with 25 sail of the line and
10,000 troops captured Grenada. After the surrender
St. George Town was pillaged by the French troops.
D'Estaing, to the gi'eat relief of the British Islands,
sailed for North America after an indecisive action
with Admiral Barrington's fleet.
July 2-5. Grenada has capitulated to the French.
On the 15th instant war had been declared against
England in all the Spanish governments. General
Grant has left the 4th, 15th, 28th, 40th, and 55th
reofiments at St. Kitts.
August. Governor Burt complains that General
Prescott had refused to give him a list of the troops.
Lord George Germaine replied that the Governor
should always be supplied with such lists. About
1000 troops were this year quartered on the island.
December. Governor Burt having expressed a
wish to review the troops Colonel Musgrave refused
to allow him to do so. This led to great friction be-
tween the two. 3382 hogsheads of sugar were exported.
1780, February'. General Vaughan relieves
General Prescott as Commander-in-Chief of His
Majesty's forces.
From 1 March 1779 to 29 February 1780 the
legislature spent £4782 currency on the troops and
£3000 for barrack repair.
April 5. Thomas Hawes was returned for Old
lioad vice Joseph Lyons Athill. Mr. Thomas Daniel
is to have the rank of King's Counsel at the
Autiguan Bar. Governor Burt proposes that the
President of Antigua, not that of St. Kitts, should
be always second in command, for this reason, that
Antigua being poorer than St. Kitts most of the
landed proprietors live on the island because they
cannot afford to live in England ; whereas at St.
Kitts there are mostly managers.
April 17. Sir George Rodney with twenty ships
fell in with the French and Spanish fleet, and fought
an indecisive action.
August 23. William Gunthorpe was returned
for St. John's Division vice Alexander Willock.
September 6. Rowland E. Williams was returned
for Old Road vice Samuel Picart deceased.
September 20. Baptist Looby was sworn an
Assistant-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
September 26. The Governor proposes to appoint
James Nibbs, Esq., to be Assistant-Justice vice Main
Swete Walrond. The hurricane which affected the
southern islands and destroyed St. Pierre in Mar-
tinique and Basseterre in Guadaloupe was not felt
here.
October 4. Charles Winstone was sworn Solicitor-
General. The mandamus for John Duer to be of
the Council bears date 25 June. Dr. Samuel Athill
stated in his examination that nearly one-fifth of the
negros had died of dysentery in 1778, 1779, and 1780.
1781, January 31. Anthony Johnson, President
of St. Kitts, writes that Governor Burt died at
Antigua at 4 or 5 a.m. on Saturday the 27th instant,
and that he has assumed the government. Reprisals
are ordered against the States General.
On the 3rd February, acting on secret instructions.
Sir G. B. Rodney, with General Vaughan on board in
command of the troops, made himself master of the
Dutch island of St. Eustatius, St. Martins, and Saba,
where he obtained booty to the value of £3,000,000
sterling and over 150 sail. Much treasonable corre-
spondence which fell into his hands shewed that
British merchants settled there had been suj^plying
both the French and Americans with war material.
St. Eustatia had for some years been a centre for
illicit trade and privateering. Sir G. Rodney de-
spatched the naval stores to H.M.'s dockyard at
Antigua.
1781, Feb. 22. New Sessions.
Jn" Taylor
Tho. Jarvis I
Nich. Taylor f
Alex. Scott !
Phil. Hieks I
Jas. Nibbs )
Jacob Jarvis |
Jos. L. Athill )
Row. Burton I
And. Lessly I
Jos. Athill
Sam. Picart
W" Morson
T. N, Kerby
Rich. Kirwan
Jn° Ronan I
Bertie Entwisle I
W™ M'I\ennin, Jun' \
Sam. .Jeaffreson i
Jn° Dunbar
Jas. Uurdon, Jun.
Jn° Horsford /
Sam. Athill
Alex. Willock
Tho. Daniell
S' Johns Town.
Dickinsons Bay.
Popeshead.
New North Sound.
I Old Road, Bermudian Valley,
I it New Division.
I Old North Sound, Nonsuch, &
I Parham Town.
Five Islands.
Belfast.
Nonsuch.
Willoughby Bay.
, Falmouth & Rendesvous Bay.
S' Johns Division.
Rowland Burton chosen Speaker.
GEORGE III.
cxxv
MarcL. Sir Samuel Hood and General Vaugban
with three regiments were ordered to sail to the
Leeward Islands.
March 31. The death of Mr. W. L. Hamilton
the Attorney-General announced.
April 4. Colonel Shii-ley, late Lieut.-Governor of
Dominica, is to succeed Governor Burt. Thomas
Jarvis, Esq., is still President of Antigua.
May 9. Governor Shirley takes the oaths.
June 1. Tobago surrendered to a superior French
force.
August 27. Governor Thomas Shirley writes
amiouncing his arrival at Antigua.
Letter X.* Antigua, 3^ Nov^ 1781.
Dear Sir,
I sailed from S* Lucia, as was my intention, in
the English West India Packet, and arrived in this Island
in less than two days after I embarked ....
The appearance of Antigua from the South is highly
pleasing to the eye, as it consists on this quarter of a variety
of hills of different form, in high cultivation, intersected by
vallies and little Bays. In sailing along the coast in the
afternoon, we struck upon a Sand Bank, from which, how-
ever, the vessel got clear without sustaining any damage,
and in about three hours afterwards we anchored in the
Harbour of S' John's ....
The Planters of this Island have exjjerienced a train of
distressful events, the Cause of which may be attributed, to
the nakedness of the face of the Country, hardly any trees
being left standing. The populousness of the I.'sland and
the equal surface of the Land, induced the proprietors to
render every part of it as profitable as they could, by every
where cutting down the woods.
By this injudicious step, the fruits of the Earth are
deprived of those periodical supplies of moisture from rain,
which they experience in ahnost every other Island. Four
or five successive years of dry weather will occur, scorching
with heat almost the whole Island, excepting a small chain
of mountains, which, from their superior elevation attract
the passing clouds.
The sugar plantations here preserve their vegetation &
verdure, while those every where else exhibit a parched
appearance. It is indeed astonishing that vegetables of any
kind can grow, where heat predominates so powerfully and
where the supply of moisture is so inadequate. The only
refreshment of this kind which the Earth receives, is from
the nocturnal dews, generated by evaporation from the
ocean during the day ....
The only water in this country fit for the Use of Men and
animals, is that which is collected in Tanks or Cisterns of
Mason-work sunk underground, over which a concave stone
or brick cover is usually placed, to collect the rain when it
falls, with a hole in the centre for it to run through. They
have also on every plantation, large ponds lined with clay.
When these reservoirs of water become from long drought
nearly exhausted, the situation of the inhabitants must be
deplorable. This, I am informed, was not long ago the Case.
Property in this Island, which is subject to such striking
inconveniences, must be reduced considerably in its value.
Fortunately for Antigua it has lately been copiously
visited with showers, which, together with the vegetation,
have raised the drooping spirits of the planters.
In order to give you an idea of the reduced situation of
this Colony for want of rains, I shall mention to you a well
• The above letter is one of twelve in the Author's possession,
descriptive of " A Tour through part of the West Indies, containing
a particular description of the Climate, Cultivation, and several of
the Natural Productions of the Island of Tobago and other settle-
ments in that quarter of the world," fos. 255, with no clue to the
name of the writer of the MSS.
authenticated instance of the difference produced by seasons,
on the fertile Estates of a Gentleman of the most extensive
property here. He received from his plantations in favour-
able years, upon an average, a remittance of thirteen
hundred hogsheads of sugar. The whole amount of the
produce of these Estates last year, was eight hogsheads of
sugar, and which that of the year preceding did not much
exceed. Where there is so great a failure of yearly revenue,
the expence of maintaining such a number of negroes as is
necessary for cultivating these Estates, must be prodigious.
The plantation unable to yield its accustomed quantity of
vegetables is insufficient for the support of the negroes
settled on it, and the owner must supply the deficiency by
purchasing, which he is uidiappily necessitated to do, at a
time when he can least afford it.
Notwithstanding the nakedness of the Country, there
are many j)leasant and romantic situations here, such as
Five-Islands, the Valley, the Bead, Sir George Thomas's,
Sir W™ Codrington's and several spots near Willoughby
Bay.
The Town of S' .John, the Capital of the Island, is
situated upon its leeward or Western Side, which gently
slopes to the Water's edge. The Barracks for the Troops
built on the land immediately to Windward and adjoining
the Town, is a pretty extensive structure of white stone, con-
sisting of a center and two wings. The whole building is
single, or not more than one room in breadth to render the
apartments more cool and airy. It consists of a ground
floor and upper story, and on the East or windward Front ^
Galary supported by stone arches, runs along the whole
length of the building, and affords a cool and shady walk
both to the oflBcers & men. The streets of the Town are
judiciously laid out running from East to West, and from
North to South, crossing each other at right angles.
Several of the houses are built of brick, but by far the
greater part are of wood. They are in general, clean, com-
modious, and neat.
The Court House stands in the Center of the Town, and
is constructed of hewn stone, being two stories high, con-
taining several large Apartments, which are appropriated for
different uses ; those below forming the Court of Judicature,
the Secretarys and Provost Marshal's Offices. The upper
rooms are Chambers for the Use of the Council and assembly
of the Colony.
The Church is situated on an emiuence towards the
North East side of the Town, is built of brick and orna-
mented with stone. It is handsomely fitted up within, and
contains a good Organ.
The view from the rising ground on the windward side
of the Town is strikingly singular, rich and picturesque.
The Barracks, and the different houses appear in the Front
ground, over which is seen the harbour, with ships, schooners,
etc., lying at anchor, where a hill of considerable height
called Rat-Island, rises from the water, having a row of
Barracks upon its summit. The country on the North is
very flat, and the sea runs a considerable way into the land
forming a shallow Bay, which is separated from the sea on
the West by a long neck, at the Southern extremity of which
is placed James's Fort. The land on the South West side
of the Harbour, is varied by abrupt and precipitous hills,
although of no very great height, but the coast of the Bay
is sufficiently bold, and is well contrasted with its opposite
shore. Goats Hill, whicli is a round eminence containing a
stone fort, terminates the Western extremity of the Harbour,
at about four miles distance from the Town. The entrance
to this Bay is not free from danger, as there are hidden
rocks and banks of sand in different situations. The Town
and Country above it, viewed from a vessel turning into the
Bay, have an enchanting appearance.
Parham, a small Town, on the North side of the Island,
is about six miles from the Capital, and contains about fifty
r
CXXVl
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
■white families. It has a harbour, aud was a place of some
trade before the American War.
Falmouth, about ten miles from S' Johns, and half a
mile from English Harbour, stands at the bottom of Monks
Hill, upon a sloping Plain by the sea side. It contains
several short streets, and is principally inhabited by Trades-
people, and Artificers belonging to the Dock Yard.
The lofty land immediately above Falmouth has a kind
of Fortification extending around its summit, and is called
Monks Hill. It is not very extensive, and contains a
Barrack for the accommodation of some Troops ; A Company
from one of the Regiments being generally stationed there
for a month at a time. The situation is cool, pleasant, aud
healthy, and the view of the circumjacent Country is rich
and picturesque. The Fort is by no means in a very tenable
condition, notwithstanding the boldness of its situation and
the precipitous declivity of the mountain towards the sea.
It contains very few Cannon, and these, from their antiquity
and disrepair, would be of very little service in case of a
siege. The ascent to Monks Hill on the North side is
tolerably easy.
English Harbour lies to the Southward of this Fort, and
is surrounded on every side with lofty Hills, which defend it
from the winds. On account of the depth and perpetual
smoothness of the water, the narrowness of its Entrance,
and some other advantages, it is the best harbour in any of
the British West India Islands if we except Jamaica. On
the West side of the entrance of this Harbour is a small
redoubt, known by the name of Fort Barclay. It stands in
a commanding situation, and is well calculated to annoy an
Enemy, should an attack on that quarter be attempted.
The opposite rising ground at the mouth of this Harbour
also contains a stone defence, which commands an extensive
view of the sea. There are besides many little batteries in
various parts of the vicinity, which are judiciously placed,
and if well defended would oblige an Enemy of superior
numbers and strength, either to relinquish an attack upon
the Dock Yard, or to pay with considerable loss for the
advantage of taking or destroying it.
The Mouth of the Harbour is from 24 to '2^ feet in
depth of water.
Freemaus Bay, the place in which the Frigates and ships
generally lie is in depth from twenty two to twenty six feet.
The Bay becomes narrow about the Center of the Harbour,
but afterwards ditfuses itself to a considerable breadth. On
the West side of the narrow part of the Harboui-, stand the
store houses and different Work shops ; the houses for the
residence of the Commissioner, and of the Master Carpenter,
and the Capstan house for heaving down and repairing
Frigates and sloops of war, the Water here being from 18 to
20 feet in depth. Opposite to this is the Capstan House
for heaviug down 74 Gun Ships ; the water there being
22 feet in depth. The whole length of the Harbour is
about I of a mile from the Entrance to the Hospital, which
stands at the farthest extremity, where the Powder Magazine
is also placed. The Men who are employed in the Kings
Works at English Harbour suffer considerably from the heat
and closeness of the situation, the access of the regular
breeze being intercepted by the elevated ground which
environs this spot. The quantity of rubbish and filth daily
discharged from the sliips, must tend by quick putrefaction,
in some measure to corrupt the water into which it is thrown,
and to mingle with the exhalations produced by the solar
heat.
The tides here are so inconsiderable as hardly to make
any material alteration on the depth of the water, and the
currents which agitate and carry along, the surrounding
waters of an Islaud, cannot be supposed to have influence
beyond the contracted entrance of a land-locked Harbour.
The Waters in it, often therefore stagnate too long, and
combine with other causes to corrupt the atmosphere of a
place lying so low that the breeze which blows over the high
grounds on each side of it, can bestow none of its coolness
on the inhabitants. This is therefore considered as the most
unhealthy part of Antigua, and many have here suffered by
putrid distempers.
The windward part of the Island, presents to the sea a
coast consisting of rocky cliffs, and indented by small Bays.
There is here a considerable quantity of uncultivated land,
part of which contains trees of an inferior size and shrubs
or brush wood. I am convinced from observations which I
have made, that the trees which formerly covered the leeward
settlements must have been much smaller, and less vigorous
than those with which the windward or more southern
settlements are clothed.
From the general nakedness of the Colony, it cannot be
supposed to abound much with game, or with the feathered
tribes. In my rides through the Island I saw hardly any
birds, except the Ground Dove which is not much larger
than a thrush. There are considerable quantities of Fish
around the Coast, and the market of S* Johns is tolerably
well supplied ....
The Hospitality of some of the Inhabitants of this
Island is so great that my residence in the Town has
been very short, and I chiefly have spent my time at Sir
W. C.'s* in the Windward part of the Country, and at M"^
W.'s about two miles distant from Town. The former
derives his Estates from Inheritance, the latter has by
assiduous attention to the mercantile profession amassed
with a very fair and upright Character, a fortune, it is said,
of £300,000 sterling. This would be considered a capital
sum, even in the City of London. But although he is now
upwards of fifty four years of age, he possesses activity of
mind and ardor of negotiative enterprize, as if he were in
the prime of life and had not yet acquired a competency of
fortune ....
November 26. Governor Shirley proposes to con-
tract the defensive works, declares the batteries to
be useless, and recommends the strengthening of
English Harbour. He reports that on 26 November
Monsieur de Boirille and Count Dillon with 400 men
attacked St. Eustatius, and surprised the fort where
Sir G. B. Rodney had left a garrison of 600 men
from two of our regiments. The French obtained
possession of £160,000 currency prize money. They
are stated to have thirty five sail of the line with
10,000 troops on board, and Sir Samuel Hood can
have but twenty.
1782, January 11. The Marquis de Bouille landed
with 8000 troops at St. Christopher's, supported by
the Count de Grasse with 29 sail of the line. Sir
Samuel Hood arrived at Antigua on the 21st, took
on board General Prescott with the 28th Regiment
and two companies of the 13th, and proceeded to
St. Kitts with 22 sail. He was not successful in
raising the siege of Brimstone Hill, and rejoined
Rodney later. The inhabitants of St. Kitts deserved
their losses, for they had refused to vote negro
labour to drag up to the fort ten heavy guns with
shot aud shell which had been sent out by the
government ; these were found by the French at the
foot of the hill, and made use of by them.
February 15. Governor Shirley writes that St.
Kitts aud Nevis surrendered to the French on 12
February, after a siege of five weeks. The enemy
landed on 10 January and invested Brimstone Hill.
* Sir William Codrington.
GEORGE III.
cxxvu
He was compelled to capitulate owing to the existence
of large breaches, due to bad cement, and the
destruction of their stores and rum by fire. There
were 670 troops in garrison, besides the militia and
sailors. By the articles of capitulation he and
General Fraser -were allowed to leave, and were not
to be considered as prisoners of war. Sir Samuel
Hood arrived from Barbados on 24 January. Mont-
serrat surrendered to the French on 22 February,
also Nevis, so that Barbados and Antigua are the
only islands left in our possession.
May 2. Governor Shirley writes that he has
suspended Mr. Jeaffreson of the Council for saying
" The King could do what he pleased with his Privy
Council, and that he had a corrupt Parliament to
give him a sanction for it, or Words to that Effect,"
and on my calling him to order said " Why, you
yourself think so too, don't you?" He has heard
that on 12 April last Sir George Eodney engaged
the French fleet off Guadaloupe, and totally defeated
them, the " Ville de Paris," with Admiral Count de
Grasse, and four other ships being taken, and a 74
sunk. A week later two 64's were also taken. By
a letter from Whitehall the Governor was ordered
to re-instate Mr. Jeaffreson, and not to act so hastily
for the future.
July 12. Letters from the West Indies bring an account
of the unfortunate fate of S' John's in Antigua, one-third
of which is reduced to ashes by an accidental conflagra-
tion. The loss is immense.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 355.)
July 23. John Lyons was returned for Willoughby
Bav vice John Dunbar resigned, and also appointed
pond-warden for Falmouth.
A\igust 22. Hon. John Duer resigns on account
of ill-health.
September 3. The Governor recommends William
Gunthorpe and Thomas Jarvis, jun., to be of the
Council vice John Duer resigned.
September 19. William Jarvis was returned for
Popeshead vice Jacob Jarvis resigned.
October 17. Nathaniel Evanson was returned
for Old North Sound vice William Morson deceased.
The mandamus for Sir John Ogilvie, Bart., to be of
the Council was dated 7 March last past.
The defence of the island for forts, militia,
labour, etc., from 1 March 1776 to 31 December
1782, has cost the Legislature £142,479 currency,
all which has been paid.
1783, February 10. A treaty of peace with the
French announced.
March 27. The Council and Assembly petition
Parliament that they have had dry seasons for many
years past, that many affluent families have been
reduced to indigence, and several estates turned into
pasture. There were two fires in St. John's Town
in 1769 and 1782, and they hope that Parham and
St. John's will be declared free ports.
May 22. Henry B. Lightfoot was returned vice
William McKinnen resigned. Dr. Francis Brown is
licensed to practise Medicine.
July 11. List of the Council : — Thomas Jarvis,
President, Edward Byam, John Gi-ay, John Laforey,
Sir John Ogilvie, Bart., and William Gunthorpe.
Absent, William Mackinnen, Lockhart Russell, and
Charles Winstone.
July 31. Many useless and expensive forts are
to be demolished. The Incorporation Charter for
St. John's Town was this day received.
The preliminary articles of peace with France
and Spain were signed at Versailles 28 January, and
the definitive treaties with those powers and with
America at Paris on 3 September, by which St. Lucia
was restored and Tobago ceded to France. Grenada,
St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Christopher's, Nevis, and
Montserrat were restored to Great Britain.
October 7. James Athill was returned for Non-
such vice Samuel Jeaffreson resigned, David Scott
for Popeshead vice Joseph L. Athill resigned, and
Boyce Ledwell for St. John's Division vice William
Gunthorpe called to the Council.
The Methodist Chapel in Antigua was completed
and preached in for the first time on the 8th of
November. Several hundred had joined the Society,
the care of which rested on Mr. Baxter and Mrs.
Gilbert, who, unable to draw her annuity from an
estate in Antigua, left England to live upon it. Her
house was open every day for all who chose to attend
her family prayers, and she had one evening in every
week for the public reading of the Scriptures. Mr.
Wesley was requested to send out some more
preachers, but could not. Some Irish who were
emigrating to America were driven to Antigua in
great distress. One of these was a Methodist, who,
with his family, was enabled by the kindness of
others of that sect to remain in Antigua, where he
became very useful to them in exhorting and in
leading of classes. Upwards of 1000 members,
chiefly blacks, were soon in society.
The mandamus of William Gunthorpe was dated
at the Court of St. James 24 November, and that of
Thomas Norbury Kerby 10 November.
December 26. Trade between the United States
of America and the West Indies was authorized.
Antigua produced 3900 hogsheads of sugar this
year, being 12,300 less than last year.
1784. Alexander Willock and John Burton are
joint Agents at London.
February 4. Joseph Lyons Athill was returned
for St. John's Division vice Thomas Daniell resigned.
February 16. Dr. Thomas Fairbairn petitions
for licence to practise Medicine, etc. Mr. Andrew
Edwards is to serve in the Troop.
April 15. Main Swete Walrond was returned
for Old North Sound vice Thomas N. Kerby called to
the Council, and Nathaniel Marchant for Old Hoad
vice Thomas Hawes resigned. Richard Bowman now
Coroner.
June 24. William Wilkinson was returned for
for St. John's Town vice Nicholas Taylor resigned,
and Archibald Gloster for Willoughby Bay vice
James Gordon, jun., resigned.
By an Act passed this year a jury of six whites
was ordered for the trial of slaves accused of capital
CXXVlll
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
offences. Previous to this Justices decided in all
cases and awarded execution, which was carried out
by the Provost-Marshal in obedience to their warrant.
A Harbour Master was appointed for St. John's,
whose chief duty was to remedy abuses, and see that
no ballast was discharged into the water, and that
sunken ships and wrecks were removed by their
owners, etc.
1785, January 20. Eichard Scott Byam, M.D.,
was returned for Dickinson's Bay, William Gilchrist
for Falmouth vice James Nibbs, and John Horsford
called up to the Council.
From a long letter written on 20th March by
Captain Horatio Nelson of H.M.S. " Boreas," it
appears that he had been appointed in November
1784 to protect the commerce of the Leeward Islands,
and had rendered himself obnoxious to certain persons
by carrying oxat the navigation laws with strict
impartiality.
Mr. Stanley, the Attorney-General of these
islands, had a seat in Parliament. Governor Shirley
recommends Rowland Burton the Speaker, a lawyer,
as Solicitor-General, but is informed that His
Majesty had already appointed Mr. John Burke to
that post on 9 April. He also applies for a Baronetcy
for himself.
May 7. Antigua owes the Home Government
£37,609.
May 19. John Burke was returned vice David
Scott.
The mandamus for Thomas Jarvis, jun., to be of
the Council was dated 4 July at St. James. Giles
Blizard, Esq., was this year inhumanly murdered by
two of his slaves, one of whom was his natural son.
August 4. The suit against Captain Horatio
Nelson is to be defended by the Crown lawyers.
Prices were trebled by the late war, and are still
double what they were before.
August 12. Dr. Thomas Fairbairn returned for
Dickinson's Bay vice Dr. Richard Scott Byam
resigned. John Burke chosen Speaker vice Rowland
Burton resigned.
December 11. The Assembly agree to undertake
the building of a cistern at the Ridge, but they
absolutely refuse to spend Id. more on forts.
December 21. The Governor recommends Row-
land Burton for the office of Chief Justice, vacant by
the death of Thomas Jai-vis, Esq., on the 18th
instant.
1786, June 5. William Hutchinson, Esq., the
Governor's nephew, was appointed Agent vice Alex-
ander Willock resigned.
Jmie 7. Rowland Burton is appointed Chief
Justice.
September 21. Richard Oliver Athill was returned
for Falmouth vice Samuel B. Athill.
September 25. Governor Shirley has called
Samuel Byam Athill up to the Council.
October 3. Governor Shirley writes that he has
heard from his nephew Hutchinson that his (Shirle3''s)
name was put on Lord Sidney's list, and that he has
been made a Baronet.
October 9. John Wickham Mayer was returned
for St. John's Division vice Boyce Ledwell resigned.
The oOth, 35th, 55th, and 60th Regiments are at the
Leeward Islands, and four companies of the 55th
stationed at Antigua.
November 16. John Rose, Esq., late Deputy-
Provost-Marshal, was appointed powder officer vice
Samuel Byam deceased.
The Registrar's house having been nearly burnt
on 20 November, a committee report thereon and
rent a house for the records which is more safely
situated.
November 30. Dr. Alexander McPherson presents
his diploma from the College of Physicians of Glas-
gow, and is licensed.
December 20. Both Houses proceeded to the
Court House, where President Byam read an address
to H.R.H. Prince William Henry.
The following forty letters, pp. 180, small 8vo, are com-
prised in a somewhat rare book entitled : A Brief Account
of the Island of Antigaa, together with the customs and
manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black : as also
an accurate statement of the food, cloathing, labor, and
punishment, of slaves. In Letters to a Friend. Written
in the Years 1786, 1787, 1788. By John Luffraan.
London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. 178U : —
Letter I.
St. John's, Antigua,
May 15, 1786.
Beab Sie,
I arrived here on the 6th instant, after a tedious passage of
fifty-eight da3's, from the Downs. On the 23d of March we had a
heavy gale of wind from the S.W. which obliged us to put into Torbay ;
but the wind getting to the northward, we weighed anchor, and put to
sea, witli a fine breeze, wliich wafted us across the rolling waves of the
Bay of Biscay with more satisfaction than was naturally to be
expected. On the 2d of April, in latitude 39. 14. North, and longitude
17. 11. West, we experienced a storm, with lightning, which lasted
(with verj' little intermission) for four days, and the rude contention
for the elements seemed to threaten our bark with inevitable
destruction. The Captain was about to put in at Lisbon, when the
sea abated its terrors, to the great joy of the passengers, and the relief
of the seamen, who were nearly tired out with the fatigue they had
undergone ; and that ocean, whose waters were before running to a
terrific height, became in the space of six hours as smooth as the sur-
face of a mill-pond.
Nothing material happened after this during the passage, and we
amused ourselves, as well as we could, with cards and fishing. On the
30th of April, when in the latitude of this island, sever.il sharks were
discovered following the ship, all hands that could be spared were
immediately busied, and hooks were thrown out baited with large
pieces of salt beef or pork, and the granes rigged in order to strike, as
soon as they had gorged the bait. Our endeavours proved effectual,
and we brought one of those voracious creatures of the deep upon deck.
As soon as it was hoisted in, the carpenter with an axe struck off its
tail, which was afterwards nailed to the foremast. This monster
measured twenty-two feet in length ; and its ravenous jaws contained
four rows of teeth. The flesh was thrown into the sea, and, as we sup-
posed, swallowed by its late companions, as we saw no more of them.
We also caught two dolphins. This fish is the most beautiful of
the watery creation, consequentl}' as much unlike what is commonly
represented b}' painters, as it is possible to conceive. In the water it
appears in all tbe liveliest tints of green j and when dying displays the
various colours of the rainbow, intermixed with spots of azure. The
last which our people took weighed only eight pounds, and was exceed-
ing good eating, (at sea) similar to cod, but drier.
We saw great numbers of fl.ying fish. One of them, about the size
of a small whiting, was found in the mizen chains ; each wing was near
six inches long, which are useful in flying no longer than they con-
tinue wet.
As we closed in with the islands, we saw great quantities of gulf
weed floating : this, I was informed, was a certain indication of land
being at no very great distance.
I had almost forgot to observe, that on passing the tropic of Cancer,
the old custom of ducking and shaving such as have not before crossed
it, was performed by the seamen with some humour on one man and
two boys. The passengers waved the ceremony by a liquor fine.
We made the island on the 5th, at midnight. The joyful sound
of land ! laud ! reverberating from the stem to the stern, roused every
one from their slumbers ; and the faint light of the moon, which was
nearly setting, served to heighten the awful, yet pleasing gloom with
which night had clad the lofty hills.
I landed about ten o'clock in the morning, and was all astonish-
ment " seeing what I have seen, seeing what I see."
Acquaint C. B. and E. B. with my arrival; assure them of my
regard.
GEORGE III.
CXXIX
Lkttek II.
3Ia>/ 31, 1786.
The lieat of this country is exceedinijly great, but basing come
into it gradually, it does not yet seeui to take any disagreeable eifect
on me ; and as I could be^ir heat in Europe with better temper than
cold, I am in hojies a vertical sun will not in any great degree incom-
mode me. The musquitoes are troublesome, but I defend my legs
(which is the part these insects principally attack) with boots.
I have taken a house in the best situation this town affords, from
whence I purpose, agreeal)le to your particular request, (when I bade
adieu to the place of my nativity, and to my much esteemed friends) to
communicate whatever I should from time to time personally observe,
or collect from persons of veracity, relative to this country, and also
the manners and customs of the peo|ple, as well l)lacks as whites.
I like my habitation and am well pleased with the prospect before
me; a chain of hills, at about four miles distant, somo of which are
beautifuU}- romantic, others richly clothed with the lu.xuriant verdure
of the sugar-cane to their very suuunits. This |:ileasing assemblage of
hills, called by the inhabitants Sbekerley's Mountains, ranging as far
as the eye can reach, affords a view most charmingly picturesque, and
which cannot be seen without rapture and delight.
For the hire of this rus in urhe I have agreed to pay eighty-five
pounds per j'ear, this currency, eijual to about fifty pounds sterling:
it is money enough for a palace of timber, where you can see every
beam and scantling; but it is new, and therefore, probabl}', free from
vermin. I have hired a negro man-servant, for whose services I am
to pay his owner half a Joannes (eighteen shillings sterling) per
month ; and also a mulatto woman cook and wiislier, for whom I am
to pay three dollars per month. I have bought some furniture, in
addition to that I brought out with me from London, and commenced
housekeeper three days ago in this land of slaves.
The plants came unhurt. I have presented them to a gentleman,
whose garden is the first in the island, and who received them with
many th;inks. I was present when they were put in the ground, and
hope to give you (on some future day) an account of their well doing.
Letter III.
June 18, 1786.
I write this from the platform of my Indian villa, where I
generally pass away the hour from six till seven every morning, read-
ing, writing, or walking, being the most pleasant time throughout the
day. The heat begins to come on by nine o'clock ; the thermometer
of Fahrenheit is frequently by that time as high as ninety degrees,
and continues rising until between one and two, at which time the
mercury stands from 93 to 96 ; I have been told that it has been at
102 within doors. I am also informed that in the coolest season it
never falls below 74. From these premises I think the medium heat
of this climate may with tolerable exactness be put down from 85
to 90.
The breeze which nature has so wisely ordered to counteract, in
some measure, this extraordinary heat, and without which it would be
impossible to live here, springs up by eight in the morning, and con-
tinues until sun-set, genernlly blowing fresh during that time : not-
withstanding, if a man walks but half a mile in the sun, it causes such
copious perspiration, that it is necessary at his return to change his
linen.
The evenings, particularly moonlight, are enchanting beyond
description, but exceedingly dangerous, on account of the dews, which
are considerably greater and more humid than those of England ; and
Europeans, enticed from their houses by the unconunon brilliaucy of
Cynthia, frequently become victims to these pernicious damps, proving
in this, as in many other instances, that beauty and danger are but too
frequently united.
I dined at the Court-house, on the 4th instant, with the Governor,
Council, and Assembl}' ; the dinner and wines good, the company con-
vivial. In the evening was a ball. The creole ladies are lively
dancers, and the heat of the clime does not in the least prevent them
from engaging even to an extreme in this their favourite amusement.
It was two o'clock before I got home, well satisfied with having spent
several hours both cheerfuUj' and agreeably.
I am not a little troubled with what is here called prickly heat,
a kind of rash which covers the greatest part of the body, itches
intoUerable, but is said to be favorable to health.
I shall tax my industry for the subsequent month, so as to be able
to give you some further account of this country by the next packet ;
till when, I remain, etc.
Letter IV.
July 14, 1786.
This island is eighteen miles long, fourteen broad, between sixty and
seventy in circumference, and contains upwards of sixty-nine thousand
acres, being equal to one hundred and eight s(|uare miles. The south
side is mountainous, and its shores are nearly bounded by rocks. The
inhabitants, from the most accurate calculation, amount to about fifty
thousand persons; forty-five thousand, out of that number, are blacks,
mulattoes, and mestees. The produce, from the best information,
averages fourteen thousand hogsheads of sugar, and from seven to eight
thousand puncheons of rum annually ; any other articles, the growth
of this country, if spoken of in a commercial light, are very trifling.
Its capital, St. John's, is in latitude 17. 2. North, longitude 62. 3.
West from St. Paul's, London.
The island is divided into six parishes, viz. St. John, St. Peter, St.
Philip, St. Mary, St. Paul, and St. George ; and subdivided into fifteen
divisions, namely, St. John, Pope's-head, Dickenson's Bay, New, Old
North Sound, New North Sound, Bermudian Valley, Belfast, Mercer's
Creek, Willoughby Bay, Five Islands, Old Road, Nonsuch, Rendezvous
Bay, and Falmouth ; all of which send one or more members to the
Assembly ; and the town of St. John appoints four representatives to
that body. The Council, consisting of sixteen members (which serves
as an upper house) are appointed by the Governor, and approved by
the King ; the senior Counsellor is stiled President ; and acts as
Governor during the absence of the Commander in Chief. The present
Governor of the Leeward Caribbee Islands is Sir Thomas Shirley,
Bart., a Major General in the army. Here is a Court of Chancery and
a Court of Vice Admiralty, at botli of which the Governor, for the time
being, presides ; a Court of King's Bench and Grand Sessions, at which
the President presides ; and a Court of Common Pleas, and a Court of
Bxcheiiuer : the Judges of which are not lav\7ers, but planters, who
are fre(|uently dictated to and even directed by the Barristers, par-
ticularly when any cause which requires legal knowledge is in ques-
tion, thereby giving up their honest opinions to the chicanery and
artifice of an in.soleut and overbearing pleader. That this has been
done in these Courts I have from an authority which I cannot doubt
the veracity of. The place of Chief Judge, at this time vacant, is, I
hear, solicited for by a gentleman now in England, ndi'o has been for
some years at the bar in this country ; if he should succeed, probably
this brow-beating system will be laid aside: Arrogance and impudence
must then give place to sterling sense and real legal knowledge, too
long obscured by power, insolence, and duplicity.
Our military establishment consists of a militia troop of Carbineers,
a blue regiment of toot, a red ditto, an independent company, and a
regiment of artillery, which are drawn out every fourth Saturday and
exercised. To this force may be added a regiment, or the greatest part
of a regiment, of regidar troops.
For the first time in my life I felt a smart shock of an earthquake,
about six o'clock in the evening of the 3d instant ; I learn these visi-
tations are very frequent here.
Letter V.
Aug. 1, 1786.
This town is about three quarters of a mile long, half a mile broad,
and contains nearly eighteen hundred houses and huts, built princi-
pally of wood ; which for the most part are low, on account of the
hurricanes and earthquakes, convulsions which visit this part of the
torrid zone, frequently and too often fataly. The streets are spacious,
but unpaved, nor is there the least care taken to keep them clean ; the
prickly pear bush and other shrubs are suffered to grow therein, to the
annoyance of the passenger, the secreting of every species of filth and
nastiness ; and to the great increase of vermin, insects, and reptiles,
with which this place abounds.
The church is a handsome edifice of brick and stone, dedicated to
St. John ; the church-yard is inclosed by a brick wall, and the Baptist
and Evangelist, two well executed figures in Portland stone, are placed
on pillars at the south entrance. In this town are also Moravian and
Methodist meeting-houses.
The Court-house, situated nearly in the center of the town, is
built of stone brought from Pelican Island, about nine miles distant,
which is a good material similar to that of Portland. This building
is esteemed the best in the British West-Indies; here the Courts of
Justice are held, the Council and Assembly meet, and the public
dinners and balls are kept.
The jail is a stone building, near the Court-house, its inmates are
principally run-away negroes and mulattoes, and a few white debtors,
some of the latter description live within its walls in luxurious style,
to the manifest injury of their creditors.
The Custom-house is a good building, near the bottom of St. Mary's
Street, and the fees exacted there are enormotis.
The New Barracks and Military-hospital, situated to the eastward
of the town, are spacious and healthy, and allowed to be the most com-
plete in the islands. There is also a barrack on Rat Island, in St.
John's Harbour, but it has been suffered to go to ruin and is now out
of use.
A considerable part of this town was destroyed by fire, on the 17th
of August, 1769, and again suffered severely by that dreadful element,
on the 10th of April, 1782, from which it has not recovered its former
appearance ; many parts, even in the very center of business, remain-
ing in ruins. The great cause of this calamity being so extensive in
its effects here, is owing to the covering the tops of the houses with
shingles (small pieces of wood nearly in the shape, and made to answer
the purpose of tiles), which, when dried by the scorching rays of a
tropical sun, become touchwood, and a spark is sufficient to set the
whole town in a flame.
Letter VI.
Sept. 3, 1786.
Saint John's Harbour is large, and its entrance defended by Fort
James on the north, and b3' Goat-hill Fort on the south, but its best
security is the Bar, a shoal so called, extending almost across it, from
Hog John Bay, to Fort James : the depth of water on this shelve i.s
from eight to fourteen feet. This harbour undoubtedly ranks amongst
the first in the West-Indies, but it is choaking very fast, and, unless
effectual measures are soon taken for deepening it, vessels of three
hundred tons burthen, must, in a few years, discharge and take in
their cargoes at the distance of between two and three miles from the
wharfs. At this port nine tenths of the whole shipping business of
the island is done.
Parham, a small town, consisting of one principal street, with a
few outlets, is situated about five miles east of St. John's, and has a
wooden church, dedicated to St. Peter : also a custom-house, but
although the harbour is good, the shipping business done here is
inconsiderable. The few vessels that come to this port are principally
from Bristol, To the southward of this town is a hill or tumuli,
which appears to have been a work of art, probably the burying-place
of some of the aborigine Indian heroes ; its form is a long square,
ver3' regular in all its parts, lessening gradually from its base to the
top, which is flat, and may be from five to six hundred feet long, and
from forty to fifty feet high.
Falmouth, a small town, about nine miles south east of St. John's;
in war time becomes populous from its vicinity to English Harbour,
but in time of peace it is almost deserted. It has a wooden church
dedicated to St. Paul, and it formerly had a shipping trade, but is
now entirely destitute of that benefit, as is Carlisle Bay, or Old Road,
cxxx
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
about three miles to the westward, where the primitive adventurers
to this island first established a colony.
If a few miserable huts deserve the apiiellation of towns, there are
two or three more on the island ; but, believe me, they are so very
unworthy of notice that I will not take up your time to read, or my
own to give an account of them.
Lettee VII.
Oct. 7, 1780.
English Harbour, on the south side of the island, is the most
commodious in the West-Indies for receiving shipping ; the con-
veniences for refitting them also are already great, and from the
attention paid to its further improvement, by Government, are rapidly
encreasing. A seventy-four-gun ship can lay close to tlie wliarfs.
The store-houses are both substantial and well contrived, and so
tenacious are the principle officers of an}' discovery being made of
their contents, that no stranger whatever can be admitted into the
yard witbout leave. To this harbour, previous to the commencement
of the hurricane months (August, September, and October), British
vessels of war, stationed in the Caribbean seas, repair for security. It
is surrounded by stupendous hills which break the force of the winds
and renders it perfectly secure from the most violent tempests. The
passage into this valuable bason is so very narrow, as to admit of the
entry of one vessel only at a time, and is defended by Fort Barclay on
the west, and Horse-shoe Batter)' on the east. On the sea side it
appears next to an impossibility for an enemy to force it, and, in my
opinion, the consequence of such an attempt must be destruction to
the assailants. On the land side, the Bidge, a hill so named, that
commands it, is fortifj'ing, and the part now erei^fing, is called Fort
Shirley, in honour of the present Governor. The men of war are
supplied with water from the tanks or cisterns (built here some j-ears
since, for that jiarticular purpose) and from a fresh spring at Cade's
Bay, about si.\ miles distant from this harbour to the westward. In
the yard is a neat house for the admiral or whoever commands
on their West-India station, also for the master shipwright and
others.
Letter VIII.
Nov. 11, 1786.
Monk's Hill, a mile and a half north west of English Harbour, is
one of the highest in the island ; its summit commands a view of
nearly' the whole country, a small part to the westward excepted
where the sight is intercepted by the mountains. It is fortified, and
the principle work, called Fort George, is mounted with forty-eight
pounders, said to be the identical guns taken out of the Fourdriaunt
man of war, taken some years since in these seas ; from this fort
signals are hoisted on the appearance of one or more square rigged
vessels, which, in war time, are immediately answered by distant
signals, and the whole island is alarmed iu a few minutes.
Women and children, or such of the inhabitants incapable of
bearing arms, must retire to this fortress In case of invasion ; houses
have been erected and capacious cisterns formed for the use of such
distressed visitors.
At the conclusion of the late war, several forts, on the coasts of
the island, were sold by order of the I/egislature, and produced to the
public about a twentieth of tbe sum they cost in erecting. Some of
these buildings have been demolished by the purchasers for the useful
materials they were composed of, while others remain in their original
state, jirobably to be sold to the public on a future rupture, at any
price their proprietors shall think proper to demand for them.
From Flag-staff-hill, on ilr. Maxwell's, and from Boggy's, on 5Ir.
Bott's estate, thirteen islands under the different [lOwers of England,
Trance, Denmark, and Sweden, may, in clear weather, be distinctly
seen and numbered.
Letter IX.
Dec. 6, 1786.
Tbe ladies, inhabitants of this place, seldom walk the streets, or
ride in tlieir wiskys, without masks or veils, not, I presume, altogether
as a preservative to their complexions, being frequently seen at a
distance unmasked, but as soon as they are approached near, on goes
the vizor, thro' which, by a couple of jieep-holes, about the size of an
English shilling, they have an opportunity of staring in the faces of
all they meet. With you, this would he termed the grossest ill-
manners, but here custom has established it, if not necessarj', as
fashionable. Their dress is generally light, and inclined to tawdry,
and their conversation languid, except when a little of that species of
harmless chat, which ill-nature has called scandal, is busy in circu-
lation ; it is tben they are volubile, it is then they are eloquent, it is
then they are equal to any women in the world.
As mistresses of families, they are unimportant, almost every
domestic concern being left to the management of their negroes aud
mulattoes. They seldom suckle their infants, that part of a mother's
duty is transferred to a slave. But I must observe to you, there are
many exceptions iu this isle to the foregoing general character, here
are women of refined sense, good wives, excellent parents, worthy
friends, free from affectation, and blessed with every amiable quality
that can adorn the sex. They are also generally abstemious both in
their diet aud liquors ; their common drink being weak punch, cool
drink, lemonade, sorrel drink, and tamarind beverage, all of which
are diluting, and well adapted to tbe constitutions of persons in this
climate. The virtue of our fair is said to be superior to the arts of
seduction, infidelity to the marriage bed being very rarely known on
their parts. I wish I could say as much for the men. Marriages are
alwaj's solemnized in the houses, as are also baptisms (e.Ncept thuse of
negroes) and the churches are very thinly attended but on funerals,
or on particular public occasions.
This is the worst time of the year for thieving ; the negroes will
have some of the good things to keep Christmas with, and I have
contributed thereto by lay losses ; a fine lamb and a young milch goat
stole from me within the last twenty-four hours, and I am under uo
small apprehension for the fate of my poultr}'. The rogues rob
generally at midnight, stark naked, their bodies greased, therefore if
you get but slight hold of them, the)' slip through your hands and
are off in an instant.
This year four Wesleyaii missionaries, one of whom was
D'' Coke, bound for America, were driven here by tempestuous
weather & prolonging their stay preached the gospel to the
riegros. (' A History of the AVest Indies,' by Tho. Coke,
LL.D., vol. i., p. 213.)
1787, January 6. Six months' leave was granted
to Governor Shirlej', bttt he deferred his departure
till the foUovyiiig year.
Letter from S' Christopher, Feb. 11. In all these
islands .... the crops will be good. Prince William Henry
has been at Antigua for some time past repairing his ship,
where all ranks are vying with each in making grand enter-
tainments for their illustrious visitor. The Prince is quite
the officer, never wearing any other dress than his uniform,
and his star and garter only when receiving addresses, or on
any other public occasion. He has not slept a night out of
his ship since his arrival in these seas until coming into
English Harbour ; when the sliip's heaving down obliged
him to be on shore ; shews the most amiable disposition and
condescension on every occasion ; sees into the detail of the
business of the ship ; and delivers his own orders with the
most minute attention to the duty and discipline of the ship.
In short, he promises to be what all hope and wish, the
Restorer of the Antient Glory of the English Navy.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 8.57.)
February 15. Isaac Eecleston was returned for
St. John's Town vice Alexander Scott deceased. The
Ridge is being fortified, and the Assembly voted 300
labourers at 2s. per diem and 50 masons at 5s. per
diem for 30 days. There were 5465 negros under
the care of the Moravians, and the Methodists
numbered 2000. 1 9,500 hogsheads of sugar exported.
Population. (Sturge & Harvey.)
Whites 2,590
Free, Coloured & Black . . 1,230
Slaves 37,808
Dec. Letters from Antigua say that that Island has
experienced a total change of climate this year ; for at that
season wherein hitherto nothing but tempests and strong
blowing weather were known, there has been nothing but
the mildest and most benignant temperature. While
accounts from the Windward Parishes of the Island of
Jamaica gave reason to apprehend the approach of a hurri-
cane, advices from almost every other corner of the Island
afford ample room to expect, barring elemental visitation,
that the next harvest of the produce of the earth will be far
more abundant than any that has been known in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant living in that country.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 1115.)
Letters by John Luffman.
Letter X.
St. John's, Antigua,
Jan. 16, 1787.
Dear Sib,
Prince William Henry arrived here the latter end of last
month, in the Pegasus frigate ; his appearance has put this little
community into a ferment ; addresses were immediately presented to
him from the Legislative body, aud likewise from the merchants,
expressive of loyalty to his Royal Father, and of the happiness and
honor his Highness had conferred on them by his gracious visit : the
address of the Legislature was read and presented by a Mr. John
Burke, Solicitor General of the Leeward Islands, and Speaker of the
Assembly of this Island ; but notwithstanding this gentleman has
been for years hackneyed at the bar, and is a bold orator, yet, on
this occasion, to tlie astonishment of every bystander, he was nearly
bereft of the power of utterance. The merchants address was read
and presented by a Mr. John Scotland. His Highness received these
effusions of loyalty to his illustrious parent, aud, of respect to himself,
with great satisfaction, and returned gracious au.swers. Each of these
bodies gave a public dinner and ball for his Highnesses entertainment.
GEORGE III.
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The Prince opeued both balls, with a Miss A , a beautiful j-oung
lady of respectable family, and his allability, politeness, and con-
descension, to every person who had the honor of his conversation, was
as conspicuous as it was pleasing. The ladies put their best smiles on
their faces, and their best adornments on their persons ; indeed, everj'
individual seemed emulous of shewing respect to the Royal Visitor.
Many offers of particular attention and civility have been made to his
Highness, whicli, he, in general, declined, wishing rather to appear in
the humble character of a private gentleman, than in the dignified
situation of a Prince. How long he means to honor this isle with
his presence, I cannot with certniuty learn, it will jirobably be several
months ; the people here, I believe, hope, and wish it may be for
years. The negroes look at the Orande Bocrah (so they call the
Prince) with astonishment, and sometimes inrouunode him as he
walks the streets ; but his Highness possesses all that admired frank-
ness and noble liberality so characteristic in a British seaman, and
will frequently condescend to talk with them. Captain Nelson, of the
Boreas ; Captain Holloway, of the Solebay ; and the other principal
naval officers on this station, are his Highnesses chief attendants
on all occasions.
Letter XI.
Jan. 28, 1787.
To be the manager of an estate of an absentee, in this isle, I am
well satisfied is one of the best situations in it, altho' their stipends
amount to no more than from eighty to one hundred pounds sterling
per ann., and notwithstanding the necessaries and the superfluities of
life are considerably dearer than at London ; yet, however iiarado.^ical
it may appear, when I tell you this description of men sport several
dishes at their tables, drink claret, keep mulatto mistresses, and
indulge in every foolish e.xtravagance of this western region, it is
nevertheless striidly true. But as 30U would naturally ask, b}' what
means this expensive manner of living is supported ? It is thus I
answer — These people. Sir, raise on the grounds of their emploj'ers,
stock of every kind, suitable to our markets, which they feed prin-
cipally with the grain, etc. belonging to the estate on which thej' live ;
they also grow e.xotics, as well as the vegetables natural to the
climate ; and, to complete the system, planned with so mucdi wisdom
and justice, they employ the slaves belonging to the plantation to
vend such produce. There are of these men, or at least their wives
who occupy the time of from twelve to twenty negroes daily on this
business to the manifest injury of their masters, and emolument of
themselves. The adage which I have often heard applied to masters
of vessels and their owners, may, with the alteration of two words, be
applicable to these men — "Fat managers and lean employers," for I
am very certain, to be manager of, and altorney* to an estate of
a non-resident, is better than to be its owner, the first, receiving
benefits without the least risque, while the latter is subject to every
loss without receiving the advantages which ought, consistent with
justice to be his and not his servants. But here I must observe, that
manj' of these gentlemen managers, as well as the overseers under
them, contribute, in a great degree, to stock the plantation with
mulatto and mestee slaves ; it is impossible to say in what numbers
they have such children, but the following fact is too often verified,
" that, as soon as born, the}' are despised, not only b^' the very
authors, under God, of their being, but by every white, destitute of
humane and liberal principles," such is the regard paid to the hue of
comide.\iou in preference to the more permanent beauties of the
mind.
Letter XIII.
March 10, 1787.
Letter XII.
Feb. 15, 1787.
Europeans, who live in the West-Indies, ought to acquire fortunes
in a few years, but they are small in number who e.xperience so
favorable a return to their industry, and such only can arrive at
independance as will submit to any, ever}' meanness. Therefore those
persons who follow the huckstering business, are generally the most
successful in accumulating riches, many of these people having
acquired property sufficient, not only to purchase estates here, but
also to retire home (i.e. that is to England) where they live in
aukward splendor on the profits which have arisen from purchases
caused by the encouragement given by them to negroes to rob the
plantations of their owners ; the goods, thus procured b}' slaves, are
bought by these thrifty gentry, at their own price, and if discovery is
made of this villainous traffic, it seldom occurs that they can be
brought to justice, because the word of a slave will not be taken, nor
will even their oath serve on the most trifling occasion towards the
conviction of a white person. There is a practice among this species
of dealers, and its permission reflects disgrace upon the police of the
island, which is, that they e.xact from five to ten per cent, from the
public, for changing a dollar, unless those wanting such change lay
out more than half that sum at their shops. This is a tax upon the
public, which calls loudly for redress, and this isle, I learn, stands
singly in the imposition.
This country is poor, most of the landholders being impoverished,
from a series of bad crops, previous to the last three 3'ears. In fact,
the greater part of the estates, in this island, are in trust, or under
mortgage to the merchants of London, Liverpool, and Bristol. The
resident merchants suffer considerable losses from bad debts, and are
not in a small degree hurt by that bane of honorable commerce,
smuggling.
The crop is going on briskly and bids fair to be great, it is
supposed not less than twenty thousand hogsheads will be shipped
this year. This comes by a brig for Liverpool, which brings the first
sugars. No news, no life in this place, the Prince having gone on a
cruize ; dullness has again assumed her seat, and at this instant
prevades every thing.
The ordinary drink of the men of this place, is punch or grog ;
Madeira wine and porter are introduced at the tables of such persons
as may be said to live well ; but at public entertainments, and at the
houses of the principal merchants and planters, Claret is the rage.
The best is imported from London, under the denomination of
London Claret ; some also from Ireland, which is called Irish Claret,
but the greatest part of this luxury, drank here, is smuggled from our
French and Dutch neighbours at Guadaloupe and St. Eustatia. The
tables of the opulent and also of many, who can very ill afford it, are
covered with a profusion, known only in this part of the world ; their
attendants numerous, but it is not uncommon to see them waiting
almost destitute of clothing, and the little they have mere rags. Even
in the first hous s, where an attendant slave may possibly have a
shirt, jacket, and breeches, they are always without stockings, and
generally wanting shoes. A few days since, being invited to a tea
drinking party, where was collected from ten to a dozen ladies and
gentlemen, a stout negroe fellow waited, who !iad no other covering
than an old pair of trowsers. I believe I was the only person present
who took the least notice of the indelicacy of such an appearance, and,
indeed, it is my ojiinion, were the slaves to go quite naked it would
have no more effect on the feelings of the major part of the inhabitants
of this conntr}- than what is produced by the sight of a dog, cat, or
any other domestirated quadrupede.
* An Attorney for an estate, receives from half a guinea, to a
guinea, for every hogshead of Sugar he ships.
Lettee XIV.
April 21, 1787.
The beef of this countrj', is as unlike that of England, as if it was
not the flesh of the same animal, the best that can be got is very
indifferent, and sells from a bit and a half, to two bits per pound.
(A bit is equal to five-pence sterling and a fraction.) The mutton is
good, and nearly the same price as beef. Kid and pork, a bit a pound,
equal to any in the world, the flavour of the latter is peculiarly
delicious, probably from the animal being fed during the greatest part
of the 3'ear with sugar-cane tops, is derived the uncommon sweetness
of its flesh. Turkeys, dung-hill fowls, guinea-birds, Muscovy and
English ducks are in perfection here, and sell as cheap as at the
London markets.
"Wild ducks, plovers, and snipes visit this sunn)- region during the
hurricane months, they are the property of the slayer, whether white
or negroe, the people of this isle knowing no more about laws for
protecting game, than of a window, or a shop-tax.
Small birds are few, singing birds none. A sparrow, much like
yours in England. A gold-finch, similar to the English, but in
plumage not so beautiful, and its note a shrill squeak ; indeed there
are not any of the winged tribe here worth notice, e.xcept the
humming bird.
This beautiful little creature, is generally supposed to be the
smallest of the feathered creation, and I believe may be considered as
the first in point of plumage ; its feathers are green, uncommonly
brilliant, tinged with a rich gold color. The bodies of the largest of
these birds, are about an inch long, and the young ones are not bigger
than drones. I have a family of these little beauties, in a calabash
tree, adjoining my house, which aft'ords me pleasure and contem-
plation ; this extraordinary work of nature makes its nest of cotton,
and is particularly careful of its young : when its nest is attacked by
any bird, its revenge, and the manner of taking it, are equally
singular. It doth not attempt to cope with its antagonist, being
informed by instinct, that contention is vain, but it affects that by
stratagem which it could not do by power. It hovers over the head
of the hostile bird, and sometimes fixes itself thereon, the invader
thereby diverted from its pursuit, flies away with its little adversary,
who retaining its situation, plies, with wonderful ability, its fine long
bill, with which it is furnished by nature, for defence, to the skull of
its foe, and never ceases its application 'till it has perforated the head
and reached the brain, when of course the enemy falls, and the little
hero returns to its nest. This bird has no note, unless its humming
can be termed so.
Fish is plentiful and cheap, its variety in name is prodigious, but a
great sameness in flavor, the principal in esteem are the jew-fish, the
caramau, the king-fish, smelts, and eels, besides various sorts of shell-
fish, under which denomination I shall speak of the turtle.
This fish, or rather amphibious animal, from the excellency of its
flavor, deservedly received, both in Europe and America, as a first
rate viand, consists of two sorts, the green and the hawks-bill, the
first named is in the greatest estimation, being more mild than the
latter. West-Indian epicures seldom taste the hawks-bill, yet I think
it makes as good soup as the other, and this it is that afl'ords the
beautiful shell with you called tortoise-shell, but more properly
ttirtle-iheW. The shell of the green turtle is useless. The manner of
dressing this extraordinary production of nature here, differs materi-
ally from the tavern mode in London ; the gravy is drawn from its
own flesh, and not from beef, nor is it stufled up with veal, or other
meats which destroys its true flavor ; here it is dressed naturally, in
London, artificially. It is sold, from three to four bits a pound,
according to its quality, or the demand for it.
Letter XV.
May 12, 1787.
This island is almost destitute of fresh springs, that which I before
mentioned at Cade's Bay, and another which supplies the body ponds
in the center of the island, are the only two worthy of notice, there-
fore the water principally used, is rain, which the inhabitants collect
in stone cisterns : this water, after being drawn from the reservoir, is
filtered through a Barbadoes stone, which renders it free from animal-
cula, or any disagreeable quality it might have contracted by being
kept in the tank. It is exceedingly soft, and well flavored, and not-
withstanding what has been asserted by some writers of its unwhole-
someness, I affirm from experience that it is as good as any I ever
tasted in Europe. In dry seasons, an article of such vast consumption
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must necessarily be scarce and dear ; I have been informed, that rum
and wine have been given in exchange for it, and that it has even
been brought for sale from the neighbouring islands.
Goats milk is most in use, being deservedly preferred to that of
cows, for its superior richness, and the strengthening qualities it
possesses. Asses milk, so much recommended by the physicians of
England in consumptive cases is not more efficacious in relieving the
invalid, than the milk of these animals in this country.
The small quantity of fresh butter made here is very indifferent,
and the inhabitants "in general prefer the Irish, but it is sometime
before an Englishman can be brought to eat either the one or the other.
The bread is good ; it is principally made from American flour,
from the provinces of Pensylvania, New York, Virginia, and Mary-
land ; in vihiteness it exceeds the bread of London, but I think it is
not so well flavored. This difference is probably occasioned by the
leaven with which it is made, being very apt to turn sour in a short
time in this climate.
Cassava (commonly called Cassada) is a species of bread made from
the root of a plant of the same name, by expression. The water, or
juice, which issues from it in the preparation, is poisonous, but the
remaining part after being dried, or baked on thick iron plates is both
wholesome and palatable, it is eaten dry, or toasted, and it also makes
excellent puddings.
Lettee XVI.
June 1, 1787.
The fruits of this little spot are highly delicious, and surpass, in
richness of flavor, those of the neighbouring islands, of which the
pine apple, the orange, and the avocado pear, are allowed to be the
principals.
The pines of this island are superior to all others, both in size and
taste, there are two sorts, the yellow and the black, equally grateful,
and in the proper season, as many may be bought for two or three
fihillings sterling as would fill a bushel.
The orange (China as well as Sevelle) exceeds in size and flavor,
the Spanish or Portugese, at least such as are imported to the London
market, thej' are very cheap, it being common to purchase from six to
eight for a dog, about three farthings sterling.
The avocado pear, known also by the name of vegetable marrow,
from its great similarity to that substance, is an elegant and agreeable
fruit, eaten with or without bread, but can only be tasted within the
tropics on account of its perishable quality.
There are likewise Cashew nuts and apples, which are as one fruit,
when on the tree, the first being prefixed to the eye of the latter.
The nut is a fine fruit, either in its natural state or roasted. The
apple is also good as an eatable fruit, but the best use it can be put to,
in my opinion, is to emerge it into a bowl of punch, to which it com-
municates the most agreeable bitter in the world. The sappadilla,
granadilla, water lemon, pomegranate, melon, citron, lime, lemon,
guava, soursop, miiugoe, cocoa-nut, shaddock, and star-apple, are fine
fruits, cheap and nutritious, but a particular explanation of them
would require a volume, and as they are for the most part well known
in Europe, I shall decline saying any thing further on the subject,
and will in my next bring j'ou ac<iuainted with some of the culinary
and medicinal herbs, roots, and trees, produced in this island of
the sun.
Several slight shocks of earthquakes within this last fortnight, but
happily attended with no ill consequences, nevertheless they are
unpleasant vi.sitants.
Letter XVII.
June 12, 1787.
The yam is a coarse but wholesome root, irregular in its form,
weighing from one to three or four pounds, and is covered with a dark
brown rind ; when eaten in its proper season, affords great nourish-
ment, but if used before sufticiently ripe, it very commonly produces
fluxes.
The edda, called also the vegetable wash ball, from its apparent
soapy qualit}', is an excellent root, about the size of a small crab
apple, and has a coarse brown covering. It is principally used in
soups, as a thickener; from this nutritious vegetable, and the yam the
negroes and colored people derive the greater part of their subsistance.
The tops or leaves, when boiled, are in taste, similar to English
spinnach, as is the leaves of the prickly weed, and also those of
another weed, called weedy-weedy, ockrah, plantains, bananas, sweet
potatoes, squashes, and various sorts of Indian peas, are produced here
in abundance. We have also sundry culinary exoticks, such as
English peas, carrots, turnips, lettuces, radishes, cabbages, etc. none of
which are so good as wdieu produced in their native soil, and what is
rather extraordinary, the seeds produced from these plants, are unfit
for sow'ing, therefore those persons who find it worthy their attention
to raise them, must procure seed annually from London.
The palma christi, or castor bush, is a spreading shrub, which
grows from six to eight feet high ; its leaves are like those of the fig-
tree, but rather darker, and the seeds from whence the celebrated oil
that bears its name is extracted, the efficacy of which in billions com-
plaints, is superior to any thing yet discovered, are of a fine shining
black, streaked with a brilliant yellow, the oil is made by expression and
decoction ; the expressed sort is by far the most preferable, as being
less liable to ranciditj', and appears in color and consistence like a
strong mucilage of the finest gum arable.
The mauganil, or manchineel, is the most destructive tree in the
universe, the trunk of the largest is between two and three feet in
circumference ; the bark is smooth, the leaf like that of the bay, but
rather smaller; the flowers of a faint red, the fruit bears a near
resemblance to the golden pippin, but incloses a stone, and is a most
subtle poison ; the sap drawn from its body or branches, is the most
venomous of poisons ; the dust that falls from its flowers is poison, and
the very droppings from its beautiful leaves after rain are poison.
The cabbage tree in point of loftiness exceeds the whole vegetable
creation, being from sixty to eighty feet in height. It is perfectly
straiglit, and its top is furnished with a bunch or tuft of leaves which
incloses the cabbage, and is said to be good eating when boiled. It is
a very pleasant pickle.
The tamarind tree, the fruit of which is well known to Europe, in
its preserved state, grows here luxuriantly, affordiiig a fine shade,
from the closeness of its leaves and the number of its branches.
Cottuu and ginger are natives here, but very little attanded to.
Letter XVIII.
June 24, 1787
The good folks of this place are as strangely civil as an}' people in
the world. The sexton of the parish called on me yesterday morning,
and invited me to the funeral of a Mr. , " My friend (said I), you
must be mistaken, I did not know the person." " That does not signify
(he replied), I am ordered to invite any gentleman or lady that I
think proper." I accepted the invitation, being determined to see and
know every thing I could that might serve to elucidate the character
of the inhabitants of this place. " I am much obliged to 3'ou, (said I)
and will certainly be at the house in time, but pray. Sir, is this mode
of invitation customary ? " " Quite so " (answered the .sexton). As
soon as he was gone, having but a short time to prepare m3'self, I
looked out my sables, dressed, and went to the habitation of the
deceased. I was asked into the hall, where two gentlemen and one
lady, mourners like myself, were seated. I found I was in good time
to .see every proceeding; I observed the side-board well stored with
liquors and cakes, the negroe men dressed in white jackets and
breeches, with black ribbons tied round their arms ; the women in
white tenahs,* jackets and petticoats, and ribbons the same as the men.
In about half an liour after my arrival the company' began to come in
very fast, and in less than an hour I numbered seventy and upwards
within and without doors ; after being w^ell supplied with burnt wine
and other liquors, for about another hour, the undertaker gave the
company to understand, that such of them who wished to see the
corpse, must walk into the adjoining room ; a dozen or more followed
this finisher of fortunes, and I brought up the rear : The first thing
that presented itself was the coffin of the deceased, which was placed
upon two tables, and three or four negroe and mulatto women crying
and making a noise over it, as if in real sorrow ; indeed I thought no
otherwise of their tears and sighs, but as proceeding from heartfelt
grief, until I was undeceived by a gentleman who told me it was
merely a matter of custom. We were now put in order of procession,
the undertaker and his assistants having previously decorated the
persons of the pall bearers, and a few select friends of the departed,
with scarfs and hat-bauds, the first of Holland or Irish, sufficient to
make a shirt, and the latter of cambrick or long lawn, enough for two
pocket handkerchiefs, and when thus dressed, they have all the appear-
ance of the undertakers porters or mutes with you ; the procession now
moved onward, some walking in pairs, others riding in wiskys.
I kept myself the last in the train, for the better observation of the
mourners ; had I the pencil of a Bunbury, I would here delineate their
several aspects. The clothes worn on these occasions, are, with but a
few exceptions, borrowed ; the different makes, the indifferent fitting,
and the still worse m\or, for many of the coats, disdaining to be black,
have changed from that hue to brown ; but when it is considered that
a shirt and two handkerchiefs, are frequently gotten by keeping a
thing (coats I can hardly call some which I have seen) of this kind, the
parties so doing are no doubt commendable. The hearse is more like
a London bottle cart, than any other carriage I have ever seen, and we
immitate your nodding plumes, with grizzled horse tails, shaped not
very unlike old wigs fixed upon a kind of mopsticks ; so much for
funerals. Adieu !
Letter XIX.
July C, 1787.
The frequent opportunities for your great city, at this advanced
season of the crop, affords me the pleasure of communicating to you
mv ideas and observations, much oftener than I could by packets only,
I therefore make use of such favorable means, whenever I think the
reading of my epistles might give you satisfaction.
Being now about to commence my relation of the food, labor, and
treatment of slaves within this island, it may not be uninteresting to
you, to be previously acquainted with the mode of conveying these
unfortunate people to our shores, and the method of disposing of them
when brought hither ; for the first part I can only say it comes from
a person whose veracity is undoubted, for the last, my eyes have been
witnesses to the act.
The slave trade, from the British dominions, is principally carried
on by the merchants of Liverpool, Bristol does a little, and London
less. Slaves are for the greatest part kidnapped, and many fall into
the hands of the traders, from being prisoners of war to such of the
country princes, whom the white men, or their black agents, have
causedto commit hostilities on each other for the particular purpose
of procuring the miserable captives as freight for their ships.
When a slave ship arrives on the coast, it is not generally a con-
sideration with the captain or supercargo, what number of these
people their vessel will take conveniently, but how many they can get,
is the object ; consequently even common humanity has no concern
whatever in the employ, and it is customary to crowd as many of them
into the ship as their efforts can procure. Between decks is their
receptacle, the room allotted each man, is about six feet, by sixteen
inches ; women and children have a smaller, but proportionate allow-
ance ; very little regard is even paid to this rule of accommodation,
although sufficiently small, and they are frequently so closely stowed
together, as to be unable to lie down in any position but on one side.
The captain and officers look with particular attention to their own
security, for no sooner are the slaves on board, but the men are chained
together in couples, the right hand and leg of one, to the left hand and
leg of the other. When they are ordered up, which is generally when
the watch is relieved, at eight o'clock in the morning, as each pair thus
* A head-dress, composed of one or more handkerchiefs, put on in
a manner peculiar to these people.
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CXXXIU
joined ascend from the hatches, a chain is passed thro' their irons, and
made fast b_v ringbolts to the deck; and tlie precaution is absolutely
necessarj' for the well doing of this nefarious commerce, lest if permitted
the free use of their limbs, a spark of Heaven-born liberty should inspire
them with revenge against their enslavers. In this situation (if the
■weather permits) they contiiuie eight or ten hours, during which time
they are fed, and the decks below cleansed, from such filth which is
alone sufficient in one day to breed contagion. The women and children
slaves are not shackled.
Thus are the degraded sons of Africa brought to the AA'est -Indian
shores; and they are treated in the following manner on their arrival
here, previous to the day of sale : As soon a-s the anchor is over the
vessel's side, and the captain gone on shore to give in his account of
the cargo, the slaves are brought upon deck (having been shaved some
days before they made the laud), where they are cleansed from the
stench and vermin contracted on the passage, and their skins rubbed
with oil or grease, to give them a sleek appearance. This business
being done, they are sent on shore, under the care of some petty
oflTicors and seamen, to the merchant to whom the cargo is consigned,
who deposits them altogether in an empty store or warehouse, cou-
tiyiions to the wharfs, when after being advertised for sale, and walked
about the town, preceded by a drum beating and flag flying, for the
purpose of attracting the attention of the inhabitants to the persons
about to be sold; and when the merchant has sent written notices of
the time of such sale to the planters or others, whom he thinks likely
to become purchasers, the sale is announced by a trumpet sounding,
while the ships ensign, or some other flag, is displayed from a window,
or from the top of the place where the negroes are deposited ; and so
eagar are the whiles to see these ill-fated people, that the doors of such
receptacles are crowded almost as nuicli as those of the theatre, when
the immortal Garrick, or the inimitable Siddons, were to represent the
finest passages from our greatest and most favored poets.
The purchasers of slaves are as particular in examining them before
they strike a bargaiu, as a butcher, at Smithfield market, when dealing
for sheep. As soon as bought, they are walked to the respective planta-
tions of their owners, where the hoe is frequently i)ut into hands,
hitherto unused to labor, and as soft as the finest lady's in Europe.
These cargoes average from thirty-seven to forty pounds sterling
per head.
Letter XX.
July 20, 1787.
The buildings, on a sugar plantation, con>ist of a wind or cattle
mill (.sometimes both), a boiling house, a curing house, a house for
fermenting the liquor or wash, from which ruin is distilled : The great
house where the proprietor generally resides, the manager's house,
houses for the overseers, store houses for grain, stock houses, and negroe
huts. The great house, if the owner of the ]ilantation is an absentee,
and in other cases where several estates are the property of one man,
who may be a resident, and have houses of this description on every one
of them, then they are lei out as free tenancy's ; which is, that the
occupiers of such dwellings are allowed to live in them rent free, on con-
dition that himself and family answers to the public as servants to the
plantation whereon he resides, and thereby a saving is made to the owner
out of his taxes, of forty pounds currency, for every white man inhaljitant,
and twenty pounds for ever}' white woman inhabitant. And notwith-
standing the good folks of this isle are as proud as any in the world,
yet there are many (supposing themselves of no small consequence in
this little community) who submit to be returned at the proper oflice,
under the description just now mentioned. In England such a
situation would be looked on as a degradation from genteel life, but
here the dignity of the person is not lessened bj' this submission ; but
admitting that to be the case, and allowing the feelings of such people
to remain unhurt, still a ver}' e.xcellent local law, a law of the first
utillity to the island, a law admirably calculated by the wisdom of the
early settlers, which went to oblige owners of estates to keep a pro-
portionate number of real white servants to their slaves, is shamefully
evaded. This impolitic proceeding, together with incorporating the
ten acre lands (formerly held b}' poor white settlers) with the larger
estates has been (together with the cultivating the ceded islands) the
means of decreasing the population of whites here, nearly in the pro-
portion of one half within the last forty years.
The principal tax of this countr}' is a poll-tax on slaves of every
description, at the rate of six-shillings per head, this currency, annually,
and every slaveholder is obliged to swear once a year, before the proper
oflicer, to the number he possesses under tlie penalty of a flue tor every
single omission.
The negro houses or huts, are mostly built of stone, well thatched,
and as dry and comfortable as any of that description of buildings in
England. I forgot to tell you, in the foregoing part of this letter, that
the stills are in the open air.
Letter XXI.
Aug. 1, 1787.
The cane holes, which, throughout this island, are dug with hoes,
are four feet square, one foot deep, and about four feet asunder ; at the
distance of every eighty holes is an interval or carriage waj', from
twenty to thirty feet wide, and these spaces are made to intersect each
other at right angles, for the more free admission of air. Cane plant-
ing commences in September, and generally finishes in January. The
best method of increasing this useful species of vegetation, is by laying
in each hole, two plants, which should be pieces of new cane (the most
succulent being by far the best), ])lacing their eyes horizontally, and
covering them about an inch thick with mold. The cane comes into
the highest perfection for cutting in fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen
months, according to the soil and weather, and the crop commonly
commences in January, continuing, if a favorable season till the latter
end of July, during the time of the crop the slaves look better, although
harder worked, than at any other part of the year, which must
be attributed to the free use of the cane, which might almost
be said to be continually in their mouths, while the mills are about,
and which is not only medicinal as an antiscorbutic, but exceedingly
nutritious. Every part of this extraordinary plant is highly useful;
the body affording the juice that is manufactured into sugar, the dregs
of which is molasses, from whence, liy distillation, rum is produced.
The tops are food for cattle, and the lower leaves, called trash, serve to
mix with dung for manuring, or are burnt on the ground to destroy
vermin and insects. The magoss, which is the remains of the cane,
after expression b}' the mill, is the best of fuel for the boiling house
and distillery.
Holing in stiff ground is the heaviest labor that negroes can be put
to ; I think the plough might be used with success on the greater part
of this island, to the relief of the slave and consequent emolument of
the planter.
AVliat shipping now remains in this harbour, must sail before mid-
night, to prevent double insurance. This comes by a Capt. B n,
with whom I have twice crossed the Atlantic, who will deliver it
personally ; he is a worthy character, and has more of the gentleman in
ins behavior, than usually falls to the lot of the commander of a mer-
chant-man ; not that I wish to insinuate the least idea of disresprct
towards that very useful part of societj', particularly those concerned
in this trade, who are taken in general, genteel, respectable, and well-
behaved men.
Letter XXII.
Sep. 15, 1787.
The common allowance, for the support of a house slave, is three
bits per week, and although it appears so very trifling and insufficient,
it is generally preferred by them, to being fed from the tables of their
masters or mistresses. This description of slaves, are lodged in huts,
erected in the yards belonging to the houses of their owners or
employers, except such as are immediately engaged about their persons.
Tlie weekly allowance of a field negro, is from three to five quarts
of horse beans, rice, or Indian corn, with three or four salt herrings,
or apiece of salted beef or pork, of about two pounds weight; but
when the estates have such provisions as yams, eddas, guinea corn,
sweet potatoes, plantains, and bananas, they are served in lieu of the
former, and as nearly as possible in the same proportion. In addition
to this allowance, every slave on a plantation, whether male or female,
when they have attained their 14th or 15th3'ear, has a piece of ground,
from twenty five to thirty feet square, allotted to them, which by some is
industriously and advantageously cultivated, and b}' otliers totally
neglected. Tliese patches are found to be of material benefit to the
country, their produce principally supplying the Sunday market
(which is the greatest throughout the week, from being the negroes
holiday) with vegetables. They are also allowed to raise pigs, goats,
and fo'ivls, and it is by their attention to these articles, that the whites
are prevented from starving, during such times of the year as vessels
cannot come to these coasts with safet}'.
The clothing of a field slave consists of a blanket, which serves them
not only to sleep upon (tho' some have beds of dried plantain leaves),
but to fasten about their bodies in damp weather, also a piece of woolen
cloth, called a babbaw, which goes round the waist, a blue woollen
jacket, and a party colored cap of the same material. Their drink,
as per allowance, is water. When sick they are attended by young
doctors, whose principals contract with the owners of estates, or their
attorney's, by the year, and the common price is six shillings currency,
equal to three shillings and nine-pence sterling, per head. It is the
business of these assistants to visit the estates, thus put under the care
of their employers, twice a week, and on everj' plantation is an hospital
or sick-house, where the slaves, as soon as infected with disorder, or
having received hurt (the latter of which frequently happens in crop
time) are sent. These places, at least such as have come within my
observation, are as bad as you can uell supipose, being not only destitute
of almost every convenience, but filthy in the extreme, and the
attendants generally such negroes as are nearly superannuated or unfit
for active employment. I am much surprised how the medical gentle-
men, even in the manner this business is performed, can make it pay
the expences attending thereon, at so small a premium, and indeed,
I think it is impossible for them to get the keep of one of their horses
out of these undertakings although they should make use of the very
cheapest drugs that can be procured, or, if even only of medicinal
simples, the growth of the island.
A few days since the clouds bore a threatening aspect, the wind also
shifted round the compass; about two o'clock in the afternoon it
began to blow hard, and continued, with little abatement, till four the
following morning : I was at the house of a friend, about nine miles
distant from town, when it commenced, and intended to have gone
home immediately, in order to secure my most material concerns, in
case it should increase to a hurricane, but he advised me from it, by
telling me, among other things ciiually alarming, that there had been
instances where "man and horse, unable to keep their footing, were
blown down jirecipicesand destroyed; I therefore continued with him,
until the storm was over, full of fears for the safety of my property,
which on my return home, I found uninjured ; and this little puff (so
it was called here) had done no other damage than scattering a few
shingles, and driving a sloop or two out to sea.
Letter XXIII.
Oct. 3, 1787.
The negroes are turned out at sunrise, and employed in gangs
from twenty to sixty, or upwards, under the inspection of white
overseers, generally poor Scotch lads, who, by their assiduity and
industry, frequently become masters of the plantations, to which they
came out as indentured servants : subordinate to these overseer.*, are
drivers, commonlv called dog-drivers, who are mostly black or mulatto
fellows, of the "worst dispositions ; these men are furnished with
whips, which, while on duty, they are obliged, on pain of severe
punishment, to have with them, and are authorized to flog wherever
they see the least relaxation from labor; nor is it a consideration
H^ith them, whether it proceeds from idleness or inability, paying, at
the same time, little or no regard to age or sex. At twelve they are
turned in (that is, leave ott' work) to get what they can to refresh
nature with ; at half past one the bell rings, when tliey turn out and
resume their labor until sunset; for the last hour they are chiefly
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
employed in picking grass for the cattle, belonging to the estate, and
when a sufficiency is collected for that purpose, they gather what
they can for themselves, pack it up in handles, wliich tliey carry to
Saint John's, on their heads, and sell for one or more dogs, according
to the quantity or demand for it.
Not a vessel from Europe for sometime past, of course no news for
us transatlantic wanderers. Smith's tavern, in busy times, the great
resort of transient people, is now taken up iihoUy hy whist, cribbage,
and all-fours ; the parade, the 'change of our merchants, dull, as rainy
weather can make it, and what is worst of all, the little watchmaker's
shop, from whence the squibs of the day gCTierally take wing, is
almost deserted ; the thunder, lightning, and heavy rains, seem to
have driven false pride, envy, detraction, scandal, falshood, nay the
whole host of cardinal vices, into obscurity; that they may ever
remain there is the wish of him, who subscribes himself your's,
etc. etc.
Letter XXIV.
Nov. 9, 1787.
The punishments inflicted on slaves, in this island, are various and
tormenting. The picket, is the most severe, but as its consequences
are well known in Europe, particularly among the military, I shall
speak no further upon it, than to say it is seldom made use of here,
but many other cruelties equally destructive to life, though slower in
their operations, are practised by the unfeeling, among which is the
thumb-screw, a barbarous invention to fasten the thumbs together,
which a.ppears to cause excruciating pain. The iron necklace, is a
ring, locked or rivetted about the mck ; to these collars are frequently
added what are here termed pot-hooks, additions, resembling the
hooks or handles of a porridge pot, fixed perpendicularly, the bent or
hooked parts turning outwards, which prevents the wearers from
laying down their heads with any degree of comfort. The boots are
strong iron ring.s, full four inches in circumference, clo.sed just above
the ancles, to these some owners prefi.x a chain, which the miserable
sufferers, if able to work, must manage as well as they can, and
it is not nnfrequent to see in the streets of this town, at mid-da}-,
negroes chained together by these necklaces as well as by the boots,
when let out of their dungeon for a short time to l)reath the fresh air,
whose crime has been endeavoring to gain that liberty by running
away, which they well knew could never be otherwise obfciined from
their owners. The sjiurs are rings of iron, similar to the boots, to
which are added spikes from three to four inches long, placed hori-
zontally. A chain fastened about the body with a padlock, is another
mode of tormenting this oppressed race of being's. A boy who has
not yet seen his fourteenth year, passes by my house several times in
a day, and has done so for the.se si.x months past, with no other
cloathing ; he also lays upon his chains, and although they are as
much in p<pint of weight as he ought reasonably to carry, yet he is
obliged, through the day to fetch water from the country pond, at the
distance of half a mile from the house of his mistress, who is an old
widow-woman. To the chains thus put on, a fifty pounds weisjht is
sometimes added, .a,s an appendage ; this is undoubtedly a prudent
measure, and admirably well calculated to keep the slave at home, as
it must of course prevent the object thus secured, from escaping the
rigor of his destiny. The bilboe.s, severe floggings, and sundry other
methods of torturing these unhappy people, as best suits the caprice
or inventive cruelty of their owners or emplo3'ers, are here inflicted.
The public whipper is a white man, who executes his office by a
negroe deputy, and the price for every flogging is two bits.
However hurtful or di.sgusting tlae aforementioned punishments
are to those who have minds fraught with humanity, every application
to the magistrates to prevent the exercisint; such severities on these
unfriended people, must be inefl'ectual while there is no existing law
in the island code enabling them to take cognizance of the correction
of slaves by their proprietors. I could therefore presume to advise
those, to whom the power of making laws for the good government of
the British empire, both at home and abroad, is delegated, to enact a
law for establishius; a committee of humanity, composed of men of
liberal principles, and such, no doubt, can be found, not only in this
island, but also in all those under the British government, who should
have entire controul in all cases between the master and the slave.
To these men all complaints should be made, and by them and them
only, should punishments be dire';ted ; an act of such a nature, would,
I tru.^t, not only be applauded by all good men, but bring on the
authors of it, the blessings of Heaven, and the gratitude of a numerous
body of unfortunate fellow creatures.
Slaves, for criminal otfences, have within these few years, been
admitted to a trial by a jury of six white men, at which proceedings
two justices preside as judges. They are seldom hanged, unless for
murder, it being the interest of the owners of such as are convicted,
to get them off, the country allowing the masters but half the
appraised value of such as are executed ; they are therefore in mitiga-
tion generally flogged under the gallows, and sometimes sent off the
island to be sold.
A sloop of war arrived a few days since at English Harbour, with
an account of the greatest probability of a rupture with the French
and Butch, this news has put the "people here into spirits, as being
likely to make money circulate, but I hope the matter in dispute
(whatever it is) may be settled in such manner as to prevent the
spilling of human blood.
Letter XXV.
Dec. 8, 1787.
Slaves are not permitted to marry consequently take one anothers
words, and change their husbands and wives (as thev term them)
when, and as often as they please. Baptism is allowed by some
owners, but the slave mu.st pay the priest for executing his oflice and
the price is a dollar. Negroes and colored people are not buried in
the same church-yard as the whites, even if free; the distinction, and
the superiority which the European race claim over the African, are
extended as far as they can possibly go : to the grave ! but there they
must cease, and the hereafter, when the reign of human pride is over,
will be directed according to the fear we have had of God, and the love
we have borne one another during our earthly state of trial.
Negroe funerals, particularly such as are of old Creole families, or
in esteem among their fellows, are numerously attended ; I have seen
from one to two hundred men, women, and children, follow a corpse,
decently dressed in white, which dress has been recommended to them
by the Methodist and Moravian preachers, whose meetings are crouded
by these people, and to whose discourses they listen with seeming
attention. If the party deceased has been christened, and their
friends can afford to pay for the ringing of the church bell, they may
have that ceremony performed, as also the biu-ial service, the first of
these is sometimes done, the latter very seldom. The body is mostly
inclosed in a wooden shell or coffin, which, during the procession to
the grave, is covered with a sheet, by way of pall, and such as have it
in their power, bring liquor, fruit, etc., to the house of their deceased
uncle or aunt, brother or sister (the common appellations, whether
related in consanguinity or not), which are consumed by the company
while things are getting into readiness. Before I leave the subject of
negroe burials, I cannot avoid remarking to you, one, among many
other singularities, possessed by these people, as it will serve to shew
in what manner they feel, and express their feelings : when one of
their brotherhood dies, as they suppose by ill-usage ; as soon as the
body is brought out of the place where it was deposited, taken upon
the shoulders of the bearers, and has remained in that situation a few
seconds, they (the bearers) begin to reel and stagger about sur-
prisingly, going in zig-zags, and hurrying from one side of the street
to the other, as if forced by some supernatural impulse, when after
carrying on this joke for sometime, and probably tired themselves
with their retrograde motions, one or two of the mourners walk up to
the head of the coffin, and talk in a low voice to their departed
brother or sister, the purport of which is to request the deceased to go
in an orderly manner to the place of interment; to see them thus
agitated gives great trouble to their friends, who are very sorry for
what has happened, and that Gorramitee (the negroe manner of
expressing God Almighty) will punish those who have done them ill.
This exordium always appeases the defunct, who then goes quietly to
interment.
1788, January 10. Thomas Harman was returned
for New North Soutul vice RowLind Burton called
up to the Council.
April. Lieut. -General Mathew has been appointed
Commander-in-Chief of all the forces.
April 24. John Frye was returned for Old North
Sound vice M. S. Walrond resigned.
July 12. The Hon. John Nugent, President of
St. Kitts, writes that Sir Thomas Shirley left on the
18th June, and that he has assumed the government.
October. A scheme suggested for deepening St.
John's Harbour.
November 4. Rev. Arthur Freeman is sworn a
J.P. The acreage of Antigua on which taxes were
levied was 69,277, and the slaves numbered 36,000,
which at £50 each were valued at £1,800,000.
178S, Dec. 1. New Sessions.
Jn» Taylor )
Hen. B. Lightfoot
Isaac Eccleston
W" Wilkinson
Philip Hicks
, S' Johns Town.
Dickinsons Bay.
( Old North Sound, Mercers Creek,
I & Parham Town.
Five Islands.
I
Tho. Warner
Tho. Freeman
Jn" Frye
Rich. Kirwan
Ju'Ronan '.Belfast.
Bertie Entwisle I
James AthlU | xt„ „„>,
„ xj ■ Nonsuch.
Sam. Harman I
Hon. Row^ Burton | p ^.^ead.
Hon. Jn' Burke I '
Tho. Hannan | ^ ^^^^^ g^^^^
\\ '" Dickinson I
Nath. Marchant | Old Road, Bermudian Valley, Xew
Tho. Freeman | Division.
^j;«'i- J^lof^er I ^villoughby Bav.
Tho. Fairbairn I o j .
Ij!'^^- .O"^"?"- Athill I Falmouth & Rendesvous Bay.
W™ Gilchrist I
Jos. Lyons AthiU I g, j^^^^ Division.
Benj. Ireland )
The. Freeman was chosen Speaker.
Letters by John Luffman.
Letter XXVI.
St. John's, Antigua,
Jan. 1, 1788.
Dear Sir,
The general idea of Europeans, that blacks only are slaves,
is very erroneous, for slavery extends to every descendant of negroes
(slaves) by white men, such as mulatfoes, mestees and quarteroons,
and the two latter mentioned, are frequently as fair as Englishmen, at
least such of them as have been habituated to a sea-faring life, or to
tropical countries. I have seen persons sold here, having blue eyes
and flaxeu-hair, and complexioned equal almost to any on your side
the water, but such people fetch a lower price than blacks, unless
GEORGE III.
ex XXV
they are tradesmen, because the purchasers caiuiot employ them in
the drudgeries to wliich negroes are put too ; tlie colored raeu, are
therefore mostly brought up to trades or eni]ployed as house slaves,
aud the women of this description are generally prostitutes. When
taken into keeping by white men, they dress in a very ridiculous
manner, assuming the name of their keeper for the time being, and
laying it aside when turned olf. There are persons in this island who
let out their female slaves for the p-irticular purpose of fornication,
and that, as well as pnblickly cohabiting with them, is considered here
merely as a venial error. These women are mncli more subservient
to the will of their en:nnoi-afos, from a dread of punishment than a
white would be, or even the laws of the country suffer, for it is not
uncommon for some men to beat, and otherwise severely correct their
colored mistresses. This connexion strikes at the root of honorable
engagements with the fair, prevents marriage, and is, thereby, detri-
mental to the increase of legitimate population.
I have been entertained very much diu'ing the last week by the
negroes paying their highly absurd compliments of the season to every
person from whom they think a trille can be drawn, and their common
wish upon those occasions, is — " Long life and crosperity " — not
prosperity (observe, I mention this, lest you should suppose it to be
•an error of m3' pen). The holidays consist of three days, including
Christmas-day, and so careful are they to prevent any encroachment
on this privilege, that were their owners to give them double the time
in lieu thereof, at any other season of the year, they would not accept
it. A gentleman some years ago was murdered here by his slaves,
purely because he obliged them to work on the days appointed for
holidays.
Letter XXVII.
Jan. 27, 17
We begin to feel somewhat alive here, a theatre is established, the
performers gentlemen of the island, tlie profits of whose exhibitions are
to be applied t rwards raising a fund for compleating the Free-masons
lodge (alreidy in some forwardness), at the east end of the town. The
gentlemen engaged in this undertaking, deserve much praise, not only
for their endeavors to please and enliven the public, but also from a
desire of adding to their capital a place both of ornament and utilit}',
and which bade fair, without their exertions, to liave remained some
years to come in the same unfinished state it has been for these two or
three years past. This building, when completed, is intended for
various public uses, independant of the purposes of masonry.
Our little house oiiened on the 17th instant, with Venice Preserved,
preceded bv an occasional prologue ; the evening's entertainments
were well received by a numerous and genteel audience, and upwards
of one hundred pounds sterling was taken. On the 24th the same
play was repeated, with Foote's after ]iiece. The Mayor of Garratt,
which gave as much satisfaction as the first performance had done, and
brought nearly tlie same sum into the theatrical treasury. I shall not
boast of the brilliancy of the scenery and decorations, or of the
elegance of the dresses ; suffice it to say, they surpass, by far, what I
have seen belonging to itinerant companies in Englaiid. The orcliestra
is composed of the band of the fi7th regiment, under the direction of
a Mr. Green, organist of the churcli in this town, assisted b_v a Mr.
Van Ruyven. Mr. G. is a complete master of tlie musical science, and
very obligingly undertook this laborious task, to add to the public
pleasure ; I believe no other person, on this side of the atlantic, could
conduct a business of the kind, with more ability and judgment. The
house is divided into boxes and pit only ; the price of admission into
the first, IS two dollars (about nine sliillingo sterling) ; and to the
latter a dollar and a half.
The mills are mostly about (the term with us when grinding), but
what the crop will produce, time only can determine. An insect,
called the Borer, has found its way into the canes. This destroyer
perforates the rind of the plant and works to a joint or partition, then
turns out and reperforates till the cane, thus attacked, is entirely ruined.
I have seen whole pieces, on as fine land as this country affords,
rendered totally useless, by the ravages of this insect, and where the
evil is only partial, the sugar produced from such canes, is of the worst
quality, and bears the appearance of tar. From a hope of eradicating
this destructive creature, the planters burn off such pieces as are very
much infected, and this method, if properly pursued, will probably
annihilate them.
On the 11th instant, about half past nine in the evening, I felt a
slight shock of the earth. I begin to be used to them, and they now
hardly alarm me.
Letter XXVIII.
Feb. 7, 1788.
What is it I hear from you ? Not only that every appearance of
war has subsided, but that the British legislature have serious thoughts
of reforming the abuses in, if not totall}' abolishing the slave-trade to
Africa, and slaver}' in the West Indies ? Is there not sufficient scope
in the vast fields of Industan, for the virtue and justice of a British
senate to exercise its humane influence without extending the bless-
ings of peace and brotherly love to the unfortunate Africans, thereb}'
interfering with the concerns of the gay, the volatile West-Indian ?
I think I hear you say — " No ! let the banners of liberty, which are
those of justice, and virtue also, be displayed in their fullest glorj', in
ever clime under the British government." I join with you in the
wish, and condemn the traffic to Africa, for human flesh and blood, as
the most abominable, the most to be abhorred of any species of com-
merce ever carried on by our countrymen ; it is a disgrace to those
excellent laws we boast, and to the enlightened age we live in ; it tends
to the corruption of morals, and is totally repugnant to the immediate
order of the Creator, delivered by the heavenly host, when the Saviour
entered the world. " Olory to Qud in the hiijhesf, and on earth peace,
good will, towards men." Nevertheless, if the African slave trade is
abolished, and if slavery is still continued here, some wdiolesome laws
for the better cloathing and feeding of slaves will be absolutely
necessary, for population will not increase under the disadvantages of
hard labor, and indifferent food and raiment, and I have not a doubt,
that if these people were well fed, and treated in such a manner as
human beings ought to be treated, the stock of negroes already on this
island, would be suflicient for all its purpo.ses, without any further
supplies from Africa. I do not advance this as a mere matter of specu-
lation, but speak from facts, and shall adduce instances of them. On
the estate of Mr. Martin (late treasurer to the Princess Dowager of
Wales) not one tenth of tlie negroes are Africans, and such of them as
are from that country are the ancestors of the younger Creole slaves.
On Sir Ralph Payne's estate, out of upwards of five hundred as fine
slaves as any in the island, I have been well informed, there is not even
ten .salt-water negroes ; other plantations could be mentioned, where
the slaves, Africans and Creoles, are nearl}' in the same proporiiou as
those already spoken of, but as two, is as sufficient as two hundred to
shew you that what I have advanced on the subject if propagation can
be, nay is, effected by good usage, I shall not trouble you with a third.
The climate is similar to tlieir own, but generall}' said to be better,
therefore the mortality among them, cannot with justice be placed to
that account. Now if this business of abolition takes place and if
there is not a very sharp look out kept, to yirevent the smuggling of
the produce of this island to the slave market, which I should suppose
will be the island of St. Eustatia (as probably, the French, Dutch, and
Americans will Ije for pushing this trade when abandoned by the
British) it will tend much to the hurt of the revenue and be a means
of weakening our great national bulwark, the Navy ; first, by the loss
of the four and half per cent, received here on the shipment of goods;
secondly, by the duties when arrived in British ports ; thirdly, by the
loss of freight, to ship owners, which will naturally lessen the number
of vessels employed and consequently etieet one of our greatest
nurseries for sailors. It will also serve, without the before mentioned
prevention, as a heavy tax upon the planter, without benefitting the
mother country in the smallest degree, for what with tlie cost of the
slaves, at the foreign-market, and the expences attending thereon, they
will stand him in double the price they are now purchased for. This
is as it strikes me, but no doubt when such an event takes place, the
wisdom and vigilance of a British Parliament, will provide every matter
necessary to give the law its full effect.
Letter XXIX.
March 1, 1788.
Wilfully killing a slave, is, by a law of this island, finable only ;
but there is another act of this legislature, more cruel by far even than
that, which stipulates the price of blood, as being more extensive in
its consequences, by subjecting such as are absolutely free to all the
rigid local laws of this island and the concomitant horrors annexed to
.slavery, which is that if a iicgroe or colored stranger, is found idling
(that is out of employ, and it must be with much dithculty, and strong
recommendation, that a free person can get employment), he or she is
to be taken up and jnit into the common jail, and advertised by the
Marshal, by name, for an owner, as a su|iposed runaway, which
advertisement is repeated two or three times, and if the party, so made
public, is not owned in a time limited therein, he or .she is sold by
public auction (here called vendue) to the best bidder, under an order
signed by two magislrates. Thus is a free person, from a difference in
com]ilexion only, made a slave, from not having it in their power to
obtain business, in a country which seldom employs any others but
slaves ; and although these acts are the most diabolical ever passed by
an}' set of men, holding the office of legislators, they are the acts of an
island belonging to Great Britain. Notwithstanding which, the
people here (inde]iendant of their laws) are not in general more cruel
than in England, but where individuals are possessed of liard-hearted-
ness, and where they are dead to the feelings of human misery, this is
the place to excrci.se the unworthiness of their dispositions; this is the
place to gratify evei-y low and inordinate passion of the soul, in its
fullest extent. But there is a hope from the known humanity, and
sound understanding of the Governor, Council, and A.ssembly, that
both these abominable acts will shortly be repealed; for as men acting
under a government whose boast is "the equal distribution of justice,"
they must look on those laws as a disgrace to their statute book, which
places one fellow creature so much in the power of another, and, I
hope, never to have cause, even to think, that any set of enlightened
men can entertain such abstracted notions of liberiy, as to sutt'er such
cruel impositions to remain any longer in force. Jamaica, I am
informed, has set an example to the other islands, worthy of imitation,
by expunging the first mentioned of these odious acts from their
records, and it is now felony, without benefit of clergy, in that island,
for the wilful murder of a "slave.— Many slaves, who cannot properly
be said to be murdered, die from a want of care, or continual ill-usage,
which the law (those who are to administer it heing willing) cannot
take cogni-(;auce of ; these unfortunate people, not being allowed the
'oenefit of a coroner's inquest, and from the nature of tiie climate,
which brings on putridity immediately after death, they are hurried to
the grave almost as soon as the breath has left their bodies ; where
inquiry ceases. Indeed persons of the first consequence are mostly
buried within twenty-four hours after their decease.
Slaves are obliged, under a penalty of a flogging, to quit the streets,
of this town, at bell ring, about a quarter before ten, at which time
the nightly watch is set ; these guardians of nocturnal repose, consist
of fifty white men, and half of that number are, or should be, upon
duty every night, but this business is very indifferently perforjned,
and" the remissness is said to be owing to the public, lieing considerably
in arrears to the watch fund.
Letter XXX.
March 14, 1788.
Negroes are very fond of the discordant notes of the banjar, and
the hoTlow sound of the toombah. The Banjar is somewhat similar
to the guitlar, the bottom, or under part, is formed of one half of
a large calaba,sh, to which is prefixed a wooden neck, and it is strung
with cat-gut and wire. This instrument is the invention of, ami was
brought here bv the African negroes, who are most expert in the ]ier-
formances thereon, which are principally their own country tunes,
indeed I do not remember ever to have heard any thing like European
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numbers from its touch. The toombah is similar to the tabor, and has
gingles of tin or shells; to this music (it it deserves the name) I have
seen a hundred or more dancintc at a time, their gestures are extrava-
gant, but not more so than the principal dancers at your Opera-house,
and, I believe, were some of their steps and motions introduced into the
public amusements at home, by f rench or Italian dancers, they would
be well received ; I do not mean, by the bye, to indicate that the move-
ments of these sables are altogether graceiul, but their agility and the
surprising command of their limbs, is astonishing; this can be
accounted for only by their being habituated to a warm climate, were
elasticity is more general than in the colder latitudes : Tlie principal
dancing time is on Sunday afternoons, when the great market is over
(the nature and utilit}' of which I propose to give you in my next),
in fact Sunday is their day of trade, their day of relaxation, their day
of pleasure, and may, in the strictest sense of the words, be called the
negroes holiday.
Our theatre has attractions, whether it is owing to the abilities of
the gentlemen performers, or from the attentions paid the fair, who
visit it in great numbers, is not for me to determine, but we have
generally good houses. I will write you particulars on this subject
soon. Adieu !
Letter XXXT.
March 28, 1788.
In my last I promised you an account of the Sundaj' market, and
will now perform that promise. This market is held at the southern
extremity of the town, on the land of John Otto Bnijcr, Esij., Ijetween
three roads, leading to Five Islands, Uormudian Valley, and English
Harbour, and is about as large again as the Royal Exchange ; liere an
assemblage of many hundred negroes and mulattoes expose for sale,
poultry, pigs, kids, vegetables, fruit, and other things ; they begin to
assemble by daybreak and the market is generally crouded by ten
o'clock ; this is the proper time to purchase, for the week, such articles
as are not perishable : Tlie noise occasioned • by the jabber of the
negroes, and the squaUing and cries of the children basking in the sun,
exceeds any thing I ever heard in a London market : The smell is also
intolerable, proceeding from the strung effluvia, naturally arising from
the bodys of these people, and from the stinking salt-fish and other
oflfencibles sent for sale by hucksters, which the negroes will buy, even
when in the last stage of rottenness, to season their pots with, and I
do not exaggerate when I say that the nostrills will receive the fragrance
of this place, when at the distance of a full quarter of a mile from it,
to leeward. About three o'clock business is nearly over, when the
hucksters shops are filled, and their doors crouded, and new rum grog
is swilled in large quantities to the benefit of the retailers and
destruction of the negroes ; some, as I before wrote you, dance, others
play at dice (as they call it) with small shells, and frequently lose, not
only every dog that the}' have been working for through the day, but
so great is their love of play, that the very trifling clothes from their
backs is a forfeit to their mischance. It is not uncommon for them,
when intoxicated, to turn out to fight in Otto's pasture (adjoining the
market) ; they are not confined to rules, like the gentlemen brutes
with you, hut give their blows — how, and where they can, generally
open handed, and it is all fair to pull each others wool, kneel upon, beat
when down, or indeed whatever they have power to do, to the hurt of
their adversary. They are punishable b}' law for fighting, but the law
seldom interferes. The sight of a gun, or a white man, la_Ying about
him with a whip, will disperse them immediately ; and a negroe durst
not return a blow, under the forfeiture of their right hand.
This rigid law was introduced, I learn, to prevent the insurrections
of slaves ; which, about fifty years ago, had nearly proved fatal to the
white inhabitants of this island.
Letter XXXII.
April 12, 1788.
This island issues three weekly news-papers, namely, the Antisjua
Chronicle, the Antigua Gazette, and the Antigua Journal ; I wish 1
could say any one of them was free, hut freedonj, alas ! doth not
extend her influence to this place. The first mentioned of these
prints, attempted, very lately, to break from the bauds of venality, and
put forth a motto, which ^ave flattering hopes of success, but some
letters which exposed the impositions practised in conducting a part
of the public business, and other letters supposed to effect the feelings
of a man in office, Ijj' exposing his amours, his ridiculous attachments,
and his self-created consequences, appearing therein ; certain ]persons,
thirty-three in number, some of whom having weight in the island, and
others of no weight at all, ])ut their names to a paper which they sent
by a messenger (ojie of those w ho had signed it) to the printer's office,
the purport of which was, that they, the undersigned, \;ould withdraw
their subscriptions, if such letters were not discontinued. This dread-
ful intimidation had the desired effect; notwithstanding several
public spirited men oSered to make up the deficiency to the printer,
by additional payments, but he having recently sulTered severely, from
the power of the man whose follies the last mentioned letters were
supposed to have lashed, thought it most prudent to stop their further
publication. Thus was done awaj- the liberty of the press, in this
island, to the disgrace of those who were the cause of it, as dupes to
the artifices of ostentation and chicanery, and the Antigua Chronicle
has now sunk into that nothingness (which had already pervaded the
other two) suitable to the genius of arrogance, folly, and despotism.
We live here on shaking ground, another earthquake at half past
three in the morning of the third instant.
Letter XXXIII.
April 30, 1788.
Since my last, part of the 49th regiment has arrived here, under
the command of Major Campbell, and the}' now occupy our barracks,
in place of the 67th, gone to Grenada ; I saw the latter embark, and
regret sat visibly on the countenances of both officers and privates, no
doubt from leaving an island where they had been well treated ; the
officers, in particular, having lived in the habits of sociability with
the inhabitants, and in harmony with each other, since the disagree-
able business of the court martial, held on Capt. H ,* in the year
1786. The men of the 49th were drawn up on the barrack ground
soon after they arrived, and, allowing for their passage to cause some
difference in their appearance, to what it will be when they have been
in barracks a fortnight or three weeks, they looked very well. The
officers are men of good appearance, some of them, I understand, have
been in this part before, of course have a knowledge of the country
and will be particular in preventing the men from a too free use of
new rum, which is the true cause of laying so many unexperienced
Europeans in their graves, and not the clime, to which it has been
falsely attributed.
At our Court of Grand Sessions, in March last, a free negroe,
name Richard, was tried and convicted for the murder of a black
woman, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Teale, and has since been executed.
Tvfo Jews, by the names of Vanban and Marcus, were tried for the
robbery of a brother Israelite ; Marcus was cast for death but since
pardoned (as it requires interest to get a white man hanged), and
Vanban sentenced to the pillory ; I went on the appointed day to
this exhibition, and what was my astonishment when I saw the
culprit holding, with one hand, his hat before his face, and with the
other, supporting an umbrella, to prevent the sun from warming his
head : this struck me, not only as a shameful perversion of justice
(who, by ordering the punishment of the pillory, meant the exposure
of the offender), but also as a prostitution of the dignity of parasols.
It is now (what is here called) Court time, {i.e.) the time for
recovering debts, either by action or complaint. The first Court is
generall}' held the latter end of March, or the beginning of April, and the
other days appointed for this business, are ever}' fourth Tuesday, inde-
pendant of adjournments, 'till the 8th or 10th of August. A com-
plaint here, is the same as a summons at London, but extends to
debts under ten pounds, except when the sum is the remaining part
of a debt, originally more than thirty pounds.
The solicitors are advocates also. A Mr. Burke, mentioned in a
former letter, stands foremost for energetic declamation ; Mr. Hicks
and Mr. Wise for ingenuous argument ; the language of the latter is
elegant, possessing at the same time, the luxuriant flowers of rhetoric
and fine oratory, and this gentleman would be still greater, were it
not for a diffidence, which I am fearful is constitutional. It is to be
deplored that such abilities should be confined to so small a circle as
this island, abilities, which would possibly enable the possessor (if at
the bar of the Westminster courts) to raise himself to the first
eminence in his profession.
Letter XXXIV.
Mai/ 10, 1788.
The afternoon of the eighth instant, the house of Mr. Looby, an
assistant judge, in Bishopsgate-street, or Spring-garden, was dis-
covered to be on fire ; the church bell, as well as those of the planta-
tions within sight of it, announced the dreadful alarm to the frightened
inhabitants : I immediately went towards the place, and on my way,
observed terror to fill the countenance of every person, no doubt
l)roceeding from the severe and recent sufferings many of them had
experienced. When I reached the place, I found several of the
gentlemen, members of the friendly fire company, were already there,
and also a detachment of the troops of the 49th regiment, with Major
Cam))bell at their head. By the joint exertions of these two bodies,
the town was preserved, probably from total destruction, with the
loss of only one tolerable house and a few insignificant huts ; the
engines were worked with great dexterity, when considered how verj'
seldom they are brought into action, and the negroes assisted in
extinguishing the flames, as if they had been really interested in the
welfare of the place. This fire is said to have happened through the
carelessness of a negroe woman.
The friendlj' fire company, an institution of the greatest utility,
owes its establishment to the fire of 1782, and every member belonging
thereto, obliges himself to keep in good preservation a certain number
of buckets and fire-bags, and also to exercise their engines at stated
periods. Great praise, and tlie thanks of the community deservedly
belong to the founders of the society, as well as to the gentlemen who
at present compose it, particularly when it is considered that the
stores and warehouses of the merchants, contain property to a vast
amount, and that insurance did not extend to this island until after
this company was formed. The Phoenix, or New Fire-office, in
Lombard-street, was the first to send its proposals here, and I learn
that at this moment, they stand alone in West-Inda risks.
I am just going to sup off mangrove oysters, of which so much has
been said and so little believed concerning their growing upon trees,
which I will here explain. The mangrove bushes grow in the creeks
or swampy places, near the sea, and many of the branches are under
water, to these the oysters (I suppose from something peculiar in the
plant) adhere so fast, that in removing them, the bark is frequently
brought away with the shell ; they are very small but of a flavor equal
to those of Colchester, and give a zest to bottled porter superior to
any thing whatever.
Letter XXXV.
Mai/ 16, 1788.
Earthquakes are become frequent. This morning while I sat at
breakfast, the earth shook violently three or four times, many of the
whites as well as negroes were much alarmed and ran into the street.
I was under great apprehension of more shocks, but happily all has
been quiet throughout the day, now nine o'clock in the evening.
The inhabitants of this place seem determined to banish dulness,
long the tutelar divinity of the island, for indepeudant of the theatre,
a subscription assembly is established, at Smith's tavern, where the
Creole beauties dance on the " light fantastic toe — " and where such
gentlemen who are not so happy as to engage a partner among the
* I have a copy of the " Proceedings of a General Court-Martial
on Captain Robert Hedges of the 67th Regiment ; held at the Court-
House, St. John's, Antigua, from Monday the 30th of January, to
Monday the 13th of March, 1786, Antigua : St. John's : Printed by
James Hargrove, on the Parade, mdcclxxxvi.," pp. 112.— V. L. O.
GEORGE III.
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fair, play at cards and c inverse ; by twelve the siip))er is ou the table,
and by two o'clock the rooms are cleared.
Our theatricals go c.ii well, since I last wrote to you on that head,
several pieces have been brought out, and received vvith an applause
that cannot fail to be gratifying, to the gentlemen concerned in these
amusements. The Orphan, King Ilenry the Fourth, "West-Indian,
Lethe, and Lying Valet, are among those already played, and King
Lear. The Fair Penitent, Jane Shore, and several farces are getting
in readiness, bnt it is now a doubt whether I shall continue on the
island until they are enacted, nevertheless, I shall cheei-fnlly give up
that satisfaction, for the pleasure of hearing the enchanting notes of
a Bilhngton, the admired declanmlion of a Siddons, the laughable
buffoonery of an Edwin, or the dry humour of a Quick, or a Parsons.
The heat is now, and has been for several days past, excessive; I drink a
great quantity of weak punch to keep u]) perspiration, as the best means
of preventing a fever. General Sir Thomas Shirley will review the
troops on this island on the 29th. and intends sailing for England in
a few days after, in the Roehampton, Captain Ross ; Jlr. Nugent, of
Tortola, is coming here to reside, as Lieutenant Governor, but if that
gentleman should not arrive before the departure of Sir Thomas
Shirley, tlie governmeni will devolve on the President, the Hon.
Ashton Warner, Esq., a gentleman of great integrity, respectability,
and honor.
Letter XXXVI.
June 4, 1788.
Here, in addition to every inconvenience which an European
suffers in his own clime (cold excepted) may be added those arising
from the insects, reptiles, and vermin, for the propagation of which,
this isle may deservedly be stiled the hot bed. Rats abound in such
quantities, in the cane pieces, that they often do much damage to the
plants. The houses are infected by mosquitos, sand-flies, merry-
wings, scorpions, centipieds, and many others, which sting intolerably.
White people inclose their beds with mosquito nets, made of Scotch
lawn, or any other light material, to prevent the intrusion of these
troublesome visitors, bnt notwithstanding this precaution, the}' do
frequently get into the beds and night clothes. Ants are of various
kinds, and innumerable, both within and without doors, and it is
impossible to keep either victuals or sweets from them, but by
surrounding with water the dislies, or whatever such things are put
into, or by hanging them to the rafters b}' a cord, or string, rubbed
with castor oil.
The cockroach, about the size of a cockchafer, and not very dis-
similar thereto, is the most harmless insect here, having no sting, but
it is disagreeable and troublesome ; for as soon as the evening
approaches, they get into the houses, settle upon you, and run over
your cloaths and furniture. Potatoe-Iice, called also bete-rouge, is an
exceeding small insect, which lodges itself in the pours of the skin
and itches in so great a degree, that, unless allayed by acids or other
means, it is impossible to avoid scratching the affected parts until
they are in a state of inflamation.
The chigger is a small insect, which attacks the feet, but more
particularly the toes, it penetrates the skin, forms a bag between that
and the flesh, and lays its eggs, or nits, unknown to those that bear
them. Some jieople here say it is a jdeasure to have one of these
creatures, that the sensation the}' cause is amusing ; I have had them,
but I cannot say that I found my guests quite so pleasing, in fact, at
ill times, I would rather, according to the old phrase, " have their
room than their company."
The guana is a species of lizard, about two feet long, independant
of its tail, and is the most hideous creature I ever beheld, but it is
harmless, and the flesh said to be good eating.
The wood-slave, the most dangerous rejjtile in the universe, is
about four inches long, and two broad, somewhat like a toad, but
narrower bodied and short legged, the bite, as well as the nip of its
claws, are attended with the most fatal consequences, each toe
terminates in the form of a calliper or sugar nipper, and they take
such fast hold by these means, tliat it is impossible to extricate them
from the part they attack, but by cutting them away, and, if the
smallest particle remains within the flesh, the consequence is mortal.
These creatures are principally about old wood, and old wooden build-
ings, from whence they derive their name. Happy for this Island,
very few of them are to be found in it, but in Dominica I am informed
they abound.
At sun-set, snakes, lizards, crickets, and numerous et ceteras, begin
to hiss and cry from the bushes and prickly pears, and never cease
their clamorous vociferations till nearly sun-rise ; but, as a counter-
poise, in some measure, for the foregoing disagreeables, the air is as
salulirious as any in the world.
The review, which I apprized you of in my last, took place on the
time appointed ; the manoeuvreing was well jierformed ; and notwith-
standing the many disadvantages they must neccssaril}' lay under
from the heat of the climate, went through their evolutions much
to the satisfaction of the general, the otlicers, and the numerous
spectators.
Lettee XXXVII.
June 30, 1788.
This island is the principal residence of the Governors of the Lee-
ward Charibbee Islands, who are seldom or ever ajiproved of by the
people, over whom they are appointed to preside. If a Governor is an
active man, and looks with perspicuity into public affairs, as becomes
the good magistrate and the true representative of Royalty, he is
hated, because, among other things, he will, to the utmost of his
power, check smuggling, which is carried on, in a great degree,
between this island, and those of the French, Dutch, and Danes.
Indeed this spot seems to be particularly adapted to clandestine traffic,
from the many out bays, harbours, and coves it possesses. But this
business is not of modern date here, for so long back as the adminis-
tration of General, Daniel Parke, it was carried on with avidity, and
an attempt to prevent the ill consequences arising therefrom to the
fair trader, was the real cause of his death, being cruelly murdered, in
this town, on the 7th of December, 1710, by a mob in actual rebellion ;
some of the assassins were sent to England, tried and convicted, but
by the death of Queen Ann they escaped the punishment due to their
crimes, being released by the general pardon, granted, on the accession
of the House of Hanover.
Some of the Governors have been blamed for being too familiar
with the people, while others have been equally reprehensible for too
much reservedness, and when they have a ruler who will let them have
their own way, he is too easy, and gains the epithet of "fool !" hardly
any man ever acquired credit amongst them as their chief, except
the late Sir George Thomas, and Sir Ralph Payne, both West-Indians,
who knew the dispositions of the people they had to govern, and by
prudently keeping the arrogant at as great a distance, as the more
modest vionld iiatnrally keep themselves, they had the good fortune
to be approved. Sir Thomas Shirley, who left this island and his
government, about a fortnight since, refused the honors offered to him
by the legislature, conceiving himself to have been treated even in an
ungentleman-like manner, by that body, previnus to their vote of
civilities; and with the jiroper dignity of well founded resentment;
he w'ent on board the Roehampton, attended onlj' by his own Secretary
and a few select friends.
I hope to be able to quit this place in a few weeks, and shall soon
apprize you when and how, as vessels are leaving this port almost
every day for Europe.
Letter XXXVIII.
July 15, 1788.
I wrote you some time since, that the virtue of the Creole fair, was
said to be superior to the arts of seduction. Rut, alas I they are frail
as well as their beautiful sisters of Europe, and, as an instance, we
have had a trial for crim. con. in the Court of Common Pleas, on the
first instant. The offending parties, were a lady, the wife of a school-
master, and her gallant, a planter ; the first very young, the latter
rather descending into the vale of years, but as you well know there
is no such thing as accounting for the unaccountable taste of the
ladies, I shall sp.are myself the trouble of commenting on this lady's
choice, and come at once to the trial, which began about ten o'clock
in the morning, and lasted till four in the afternoon ; the damages
were laid at several ihou.sand pounds ; indeed the little teacher
thought himself very much hurt, but of that in the sequel : the
counsel, according to ancient custom in such cases, made long speeches,
and endeavoured to do every thing they could for their respective
clients ; the principal part of the evidence came from three young
ladies, two of whom were sisters, both in blood and iniquity, the other
a noviciate in the Cyprian rites. Jliss Jenny R , one of the
sisters, told what she knew of the matter in a manner that would have
shamed the most abandoned prostitute of Covent-Garden ; the other
two had some few latent sparks of modesty remaining, and could not
tell their tale vvith such unblushing cheeks and libidinous look, as
Miss Jenny, bnt notwithstanding it was sometimes with difficulty
that truth v\as drawn from this trio of virgins, the fact was ]iroved,
and, at the same time, another fact was established also, which was,
that this very much injured husband, had been an industrious laborer
in vineyards of seduction and prostitution, for which reason the jui'y
brought in a verdict, for the gentleman of the cane and birch, with
five hundred pounds damages only : And here, to the honor of the
island, it is worthy of remark, that this trial is the only instance for
the aforementioned offence, for the last forty years. A smart shock
of an earthquake on Sunday last, in the morning, which gave much
alarm, but did no damage.
I was at the play on the 10th, Jane Shore, and for want of females
in the dramatic walk, our representative of the lovely Jane " once
the fairest amongst English dames," was a gentlemtru, he spoke it
well, but looked it ill ; the parts of Hastings and Dumont, were well
filled ; indeed, Jlr. M — t — n, the gentleman who performed the latter
character, is a finished actor. Notwithstanding the aid of ventilators,
and altho' part of the roofing boards were removed also for the more
free admission of air, I suffered much from the extreme heat of the
house ; a most violent head ach was the consequence, from which I
am now hardly recovered. I shall not attend any other theatrical
exhibition in this place, having possitively fixed my departure for the
first of August.
Letter XXXIX.
Juh/ 21, 1788.
The blue regiment of militia, of this island, being most consider-
able in point of numbers, and from mustering in the vicinity of St.
John's, has afforded me more frequent opportunities of seeing its
manoeuvres than I could, with any degree of convenience, have of
viewing the other regiments of the same description, and as speaking of
one, is, in fact speaking of the whole, I shall only trouble you with
an account of this corps, which consists of a grenadier company, a
light infantry company, and battalions ; the grenadiers and light
infantry, are habiied regimentally, but the battalions remind me of
Shakespeare's description of Jack-Falstiff's heroes, " who would fill a
pit as well as other men " few, very few of these troops, except the
grenadiers, know even the common exercise. I have seen the negroes
laughing at their nnsoldier-like performances. The last time I
attended the military operations of this body, new colors were dis-
played ; they are elegant, and the motto, which is in their center, is
taken from "one borne in the civil wars, on the royal side with the
omission of the word Grei/e, being only Pro Sege et Lege, but if the
King and laws were to receive no better protection than what this
body of military men are capable of affording them, they must very
soon be in a disagreeable predicament. These troops have neither
fife nor drum.
I have also seen the troop of horse carbiniers, about thirty in
number, drawn up and exercised, they made aukvvard play of it.
The company of artillery are said to be tolerably disciplined, bnt I
have not had any opportunity of seeing the performance of these
men, from the guns having unfortunately been suffered to remain in
the arsenal, or store-house, under the rubbish occasioned by the
falling in of the roof of that building. Such is the narrow policy of
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THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
this government. It must be a matter of surprise to Britons, that
the people in power in the colony should so much nej^lect that best of
institutions for public safety, and internal protection, the Militia,
when the great disproportion of twelve blacks and colored persons to
one white is considered as now existing, and when it is observed that
eleven twelfths of the blacks are slaves, as are also many well informed
mungrels, mulattoes, and mestees, too often to unfeeling owners, and
■when it is remarked that at this particular period the people of Britain
seem almost determined on the abolition of the slave-trade to Afric.'a,
and may possibly extend their project to at least the amendment of
the slave-laws in the West-Indies, from a knowledge of which pro-
ceedings it is next to an impossibihty to keep them ignorant, it is but
reasonable to suppose, if the}' catch the idea that the people at home
favor their cause, a confidence may be raised in them, hitherto
unknown to the race, and the love of liberty, which I believe pervades
the heart of man, whether black or white, as the first and ruling
principle, might ins|)ire them to make a grand effort to throw oft the
yoke, under which thej- at present groan, and recover their natural
right, their libert_v. Now in such a case, and in such a cause, suppose
about twelve hundred men, almost as ignorant of military discii)line
as the negroes, opposed to forty thousand persons (for the women are
as capable as the men of enduring fatigue, and would, no doubt, join
in the cause) what ^vould be the consequence, but a dreadful carnage,
if not the total annihilation of the whites ! This observation does not
apply to Antigua onl}-, but to the other isles under the British
government, in the West-Indies, where the same disproportion reigiis,
from which I believe not one can be excepted but Barbadoes. It
therefore doth behove those in power, if only for the preservation of
their own lives and properties, to keep up a strict military discipline,
and endeavor also, by ever}' possible encouragement, to encrease the
number of white inhabitants. To adopt measures effective of preser-
vation from ill, is a duty imposed upon us by reason and common
sense, and reason and common sense forbid that any set of men should
turn a deaf ear to their dictates.
Letteb XL.
July 2G, 1788.
My remarks are closed : I have taken a passage on board the Sarah
and Ann, Capt. "William Farrer, bound for London, which will possi-
tively sail on the first of August. The pleasure which my imagination
paints, I shall experience, on seeing again my native country and
esteemed friends, is beyond the powers of my pen to describe. But
notwithstanding I dislike the manners and customs of this place, yet
I shall leave it with regret, for the tw-o following reasons : from
having enjoyed uninterrupted health ; and from having received much
kindness and civilit}' from many people here : May the}' ever prosper !
And wherever in the course of my letters, to you, I have mentioned
the follies and extravagancies of the inhabitants, of this island, in too
general terms, I must here beg leave to except the worthy, who are
many, from the least particle of censure on my part. I have been
drawing a picture, which may be compared to a landscape of extensive
view, wherein the beauties and deformities are so blended, as to make
it utterly impossible to separate them, v^ithout spoiling the effect of
the whole.
I shall bring with me a model of a mill and works, which will give
you a better insight into the manufac'turing of sugar and rum, than I
can possibly do by writing : They are the work of a negroe slave, and
are made of the cedar of this country.
I remain, etc., etc.
1789. List of Clergv in tlie Leewatd Islands.
1789, February 14. A committee wasform.ed for
entertaining Prince William Henry.
The following lists of Import & Export of slaves fur
14 years were enclosed with the Gov" letters: —
Imports.
Exports.
Tear.
VesseUs.
Tonnage.
Slaves.
Vessell
. Tonnage.
Slaves
1775.
. LS
906
1431
13
490
304
1776.
8
245
630
10
265
154
1777.
4
277
345
4
195
59
1778.
2
100
321
4
115
177
1779.
—
—
—
1
15
9
1780.
1
20
81
1
20
8
1781 .
1
100
210
1
2(1
78
1782.
5
470
1164
6
380
593
1783.
4
630
1491
7
510
590
1784.
. 11
1O50
2146
10
315
461
1785.
1
70
112
6
220
337
1780 .
li
420
952
5
170
136
1787.
(i
425
582
2
85
38
1788.
4
963
580
6
427
96
The free negros make writing clerks, taylors, etc., are
dissipated & lazy & think it an insult to be asked to work as
carpenters, coopers, etc.
Exports of Sugar & Rum.
Shipped.
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
Hhds
Lbs. Pun. Rum. Tierces. Barrells.
3,382
579
164
1.633
163
245
3,518
662
65
846
86
14
8,408
1,260
746
3,364
48
24
15,102
1,603
1.854
4,832
142
107
3.099
1,391
970
938
472
144
18,370
1.868
3.260
7,077
1.575
1,459
17,295
1.993
3,005
7,297
362
287
16.072
1.895
4,005
5,787
262
475
19.147
2.729
1 fi-,0
6.791
318
147
14,256
1,910
1.010
6,165
275
107
Parishes.
S" Johns
S' Peters
S' Philips
S' Marys
S' Pauls
Incumbents.
J.as. Lindsey .
Fra. Massett .
Theoph. Xugent
Josiah Weston
Arth. Freeman
Filed Salary.
Es
in
atcd annual
Currency.
value
&
surplice fees
350
7(HJ
300
350
300
350
300
350
300
350
300
350
ij' Georges Jas. Coull
The Methodists have a large meeting-house at S' Johns.
The Moravians have 2 settlements, one at S' Johns the
other at English Harbour, but only negros attend their
meetings.
Aug. 29. H.M. packet " Antelope," .... touched at
Barbadoes, where accounts had been received of a very severe
drought at Antigua ; insomuch, that Government had beea
under the necessity of paying 40/. a day, for some time past,
to supply the garrison witli water.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 1138.)
October 22. Edward Byam, juii., was returned
for New North Sound vice William Dickinson.
November 22. Sir Thomas Shirley, Bart., writes
from Bridge Town, Barbados, that be arrived there
on the 21st inst., 28 days out from Falmouth. Cap-
tain Shipley, commanding the Engineers at Antigua,
is fortifying the Ridge, and they have built there a
cistern holding 300 tons of water, and additional stone
barracks for 800 men, so that there is now accommo-
dation for a whole regiment. The Assembly refuse
to contribute any further towards the fortification
there.
From 1 April 1788 to 30 September 1789, 458
vessels entered at St. John's and 433 cleared. Hon.
Charles Winstone, one of the Council, removed in
1783 to Dominica.
The Moravians baptized 507 negros at St. John's
and 217 at Grace Hill from Easter 1788 to Easter
1789. No rain fell during seven months. The crop
was destroyed and 5000 cattle perished. Only 12,500
hogsheads of sugar of 13 cwt. each were ex23orted.
This year a new road to Five Islands, protected by
piles, was constructed, in place of the old one
destroyed by the encroachment of the sea.
1790, January 14. Hon. Thomas Jarvis, having
produced a diploma, signed by Dr. William Allanby,
from the College of Physicians at Edinburgh, is
licensed to practise Medicine, etc. The grave of the
late Governor Burt is to be covered with a marble
slab enclosed with iron rails, and a bust and monu-
ment to be placed in St. John's Church.
April 8. George Redhead returned for New
North Sound vice Edward Byam, jun.
April. The Superintendent of the King's Botani-
cal Gardens at St. Vincent reports thus : — ■
Guiny Corn, Hokus sacdiaratus Linn., growing a very
usefull grain has been imported into Barbados & Antigua
some years past where it is now carefully cultivated as well
for negroe food k for Poultry as fodder for Horses & Cattle —
if planted in proper season the leaves & young stems may be
cut a number of times before it goes to seed which is in Nov''
& Dec'' — as the stems root sevei'al crops may be had from the
same plant.
The Home Government was at this time acting
very judiciously in endeavouring to promote the
cultivation of many useful plants not hitherto grown
in the West Indies, and experiments were being
scientifically conducted both at Kew and St. Vincent.
GEORGE III.
CXSXIX
May. Forty-eipflit convicts ari-ived to work on
the forts, but they were not liked, and a promise was
exacted that no more would be sent. English
Harbour was cleaned and deepened.
June 18. Governor Shirley acknowledges the
receipt of cotton seed from the Cuzerat country, and
will distribute it among the planters.
October 21. Daniel Hill, jun., Esq., returned for
St. John's Division vice Joseph Lyons Athill deceased.
£8610 sterling or £15,068 currency was this year
spent by the Leo-islature in fortifying Dow's Hill
near English Harbour.
C" 1790. In the fertile Island of Antigua, there are a
number of salt-petre spots of land, which are great eye-sores
and prove very detrimental to the owners ; no remedy has
yet been found for this evil .... Francis Martin, Esq., on
the Diamond Estate in the above Island, informed me, that
some years ago, seven acres and one fourth made forty-eight
hogsheads of sngar, of an exceeding good quality ; this is
the greatest yielding I ever knew. This little plantation is
esteemed among the first in Antigua. The estate of Lang-
ford Level, Esquire, in the division of Pope's-Head, in a
good year, has made four hundred and twenty hogsheads of
sugar, and this year it has fallen short near four hundred,
merely from the baneful effects of dry weather, and the
borer.
Sir "William Codrington's property has made near eight
hundred hogsheads less ; But, speaking generally, I am
informed, the whole Island has fallen short, near eighteen
thousand hogsheads if not more. On the above properties
every attention was given, and the works are amongst the
first in that Island, in every respect.
I was unfortunately too late in going to this Island,
there were only a few estates at work ; amongst which were,
two of Sir John Laforey's, under the care of John Harvey,
Esq., the estate of Alexander Willock, Esq., inspected by
Henry B. Lightfoot, Esq., those of Bertie Entwisle, Esq., Sir
John Ogilvie, Bart, (managed by William Ogilvie, Esq.), and
Bandies, under the charge of Langford Lovel, Esq., ....
(' A Treatise of Planting,' by Joshua Peterkin, St. Kitts,
1790.)
1791. List of the Council.
Date of Mandamus.
Edward Byam, President . 1770 May 10
John Gray .... 1773 Dec. 11
W" Mackinnen . . . 1773 Dec. 11
Martin Byam . . . 1774 May 9
Sir John Laforey, Bart. . 1779 Nov. 24
Robert Jeaffreson . . . 1779 Dec. 11
Chas. "Winstone . . . 1781 April 30
Sir John Ogilvy, Bart. . . 1782 Mar. 7
Thos. Norbury Kerby . . 1783 Nov. 10
Wm. Gunthorpe . . . 1783 Nov. 24
Lockhart Puissell . . . 1783 Dec. 22
James Nibbs . . . 1784 Sep. 15
John Horsford . . . 1784 Sep. 16
Tho. Jarvis . . . . 1785 July 4
Sam. Byam Athill . . 1787 Mar. 6
1791. The Duke of Richmond orders the sus-
pension of all work on fortifications because the
Assembly have refused to purchase the necessary
lands.
January 8. Petition of Alexander Dow that
Dow's Hill has been taken by the coirntry and
fortified, and asking for indemnity. It has been
valued at £5824 currency or £3328 sterling.
January 14. Chief Justice Burton is recommended
to be of the Council.
Feb. 13. The Hon. Tho. Jarvis writes, "The borer
rages more than ever. Sir Thomas goes home in Barge,
& leaves his government for an abler head."
May 18. His Majesty has accepted Sir Thomas
Shirley's resignation.
May 19. Samuel Redhead was retui-ned for New
North Sound vice George Redhead, sen., resigned.
James McGillwray petitions for licence to practise
Medicine, etc., and the Assembly having appointed
Dr. Jonas Langford Blizard and Dr. Richai-d Scott
Byam to examine him, they reported on 9 June as
to his unfi^tness, and the petition was rejected.
May 27. The commissioners have left this Island,
having previously examined the Officers inspecting the
AVorks at the Ridge with more rigidness than was at first
expected.
September 21. William Woodley, now at St.
Kitts, to be Captain-General, etc., vice Shiiley
resigned.
1792, January 18. Governor Woodloy has taken
the " Farm," Dr. James Athill's, at £800 a year.
January 19. Rowland Burton takes his seat at
the Council. The Council and Assembly forward an
address to the King, reciting that owing to the dry
weather, the ravages of insect in the canes, and bad
trade there is so much distress that many of the
inhabitants have gone and settled at Trinidad ; they
therefore petition that one or two ports may be
declared fi-ee.
List of all the officers at Antigua.
Hon. Edw"! Byam, Treasurer & Judge of the Admiralty
Court.
Hon. John Gray, J. P., Master & Examiner in Chancery.
Hon. Thos. Jarvis, J. P.
Hon. Sara. Athill, J.P. & Surgeon to Great George Fort.
Hon. Tho. Freeman, J.P.
Hon. Row. Burton, Chief Justice & Chief Baron of
Exchequer & Registrar of Deeds.
Hon. Baptist Looby, Assistant Justice, L* Col. of Forts
& Puisne Judge of Exchequer.
Hon. Tho. Warner, Assistant Justice & J.P., Maj' of
Dragoons, Judge Advocate of Militia.
Hon. W™ Mackinnen, Assistant Justice.
Hon. John Burke, J.P., Solicitor Geni, & Gov' of Fort
James.
Rev. Jas. Lindsey, Arth. Freeman, John Frye, Cha.
Kerr, & Jn" Lavicount, Esq™% J.P.'s.
Philip Hicks, Esq., J.P. & Lieut. Col. of the Blue Reg'.
Boyce Ledwell, Esq., J.P. & Capt. of Johnsons Point
Fort.
Sam. Harman, Esq., J.P. & Adjutant Gen> of Forts.
James Athill, Esq., J.P. & Surgeons mate to Great
George Fort.
Sam. Martin, Esq., Collector at S' Johns & J.P.
Sam. Auchinleck, Esq., Collector at Parham.
W™ Jervis, Esq., Comptroller of S' Johns.
Rob. Clogstown, Esq., Dep. Naval Officer.
W" Entwisle, Esq., Searcher for S' Johns.
M"' Rich. Wright, W John Scholes, l AVaiters for S'
M'' Jn° Payne, & M'' Rob' Mack, J Johns.
M' Tho. Hawes, Waiter for Falmouth, M'' Corn.
Halloran, AYaiter fur Old Road, M-- Nich. Symes, AVaiter for
AVilloughby Bay.
AV™ Blizard Jarvis, Esq., Capt. of Fort James & Waiter
for Bermudian Valley.
W Rich. Chapman, AA^aiter & Searcher for Parham, M"'
Geo. Crump for Parham.
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THE HISTOllY OP ANTIGUA.
M'' Tlio. Winter, admeasurer of ships.
Ricli. Bfiwman, Esq., Coroner.
.lohn M''Connell, Esq., Post Master.
Ricli. Scott Byam, Esq., Pliysician Gen' to Militia.
D'' Alex. M'^Pherson, Jn" Hill, Anthony P-rowne, & .las.
Doig, Esq'=-% Lieuts.
D"- Pat. Doig, Capt. Lieut., & James Hill, Capt. of
Grenadiers.
Jn° Symes, Lieut., Tho. Scotland. liieut. of Grenadiers,
& Hen. Jarvis, Ensign in the Blue Reg'.
W"' Mathews, Arthur Bull, & Tho. Hanson Halloran,
Esq™, Notaries Public.
Tho. Osborne, Esq., Major of Forts.
Walt. Colquhoun, Esq., Gunner of Monks Hill.
M'Jas. Robinson, sub-gunner & fire-master of Fort James.
Tho. T. Wise, Esq., adjutant of Fort James.
D' Arthur Robertson, Physician to Fort James.
Dan. Hill, Sen., Esq., Capt. of Great George Fort.
Tyrrell Herbert, Esq., Capt. of Fort Byam.
M'' W'" Bridgewater Thomas, Jl aster gunner of Fort
Byam.
M'' Sam. Carter, gunner of Johnsons Point Fort.
W'" Graveuor, Esq., Capt. & gunner of Queens Battery.
Tho. Ottley, Esq., adjutant of Fort George.
Andrew fuly Quinlan, Major, Rich. Hunt, Capt., W"
Richardson, Jn" Symes, Jn° Allan, Ben. Merchant, Ale.x.
Dow, Jas. Gibson, Lieuts., & King Pittman, Ensigns in the
Red Regt.
Jn" Day, I.,ieut. of the Independent Company >t
Interpreter.
Cha. Gordon, Capt. & Adjutant of the Red Reg'.
W"' Hen. Levingston, Capt., Rob. Farquharson, Capt.
Lieut., & Tho. Allen, Lieut, in the Independent Company.
Alex. Dover, Col', Jn° Rose, Jun., & Tho. Kentish,
Capt', Dan. Hill, Jun'', Capt. Lieut., Rob. .\nderson, Sam.
Lynch, Edw. Jones, Hen. Pearson. Jn" Wickham Mayer,
Lieuts., & Jn" Bott, quarter master in the Artillery.
Tho. Rogers, Esq., Capt. of a Squadron of Dragoons.
M'' Hen. Thomas, auctioneer.
Campbell Brown, Esq., Com'issary Gen'.
All the above take the oaths.
Sir "William Young, Bart., paid Antigua a short
visit, landing at the Old Eoad on Saturday, January
28. He wrote in his diary on January 30 : —
Went to S' John's, a large, & in many parts a well built
town, & the church an excellent building, as is likewise the
town or court house ; but the town itself has the appearance
of ruined trade & deserted habitancy. The country for 12
miles, from the old road plantation to S' John's, is open,
with very few trees or even shrubs, but beautiful in its swells
of ground, scarcely to be called hills, spotted with buildings,
& varied with inlets of the sea opening in different points
of view; high but infructuous cultivation cover every acre.
The roads are excellent, & every thing speaking the civilisa-
tion, art, & toil of man ; but nature answers not. Under
the drought all fails : heat, with little or no moisture,
generates nothing. Partial rains have this year, as often
before, given hope to the planter for his canes, & to the
negro for his provisions ; but the season has again failed, &
their hopes are blasted. The whole is a picture of disap-
pointment, in land, beast, & man. The negro houses are
excellent, & many of them are stone ; but no in-doors
can give the face of comfort & contentment, if all is wanting
beyond the threshold.
The negroes having little or no provisions from their
gi-ounds, are fed by allowance from the planters, many them-
selves in distress, which scants their allowance. On estates
in good condition, it is 12 quarts of corn, with 2 or 3 pounds
of salt provision per week.
(Edwards' ' Historical Survey of St. Domingo,' p. 282.)
August 1. Several plantations were destroyed by
a hurricane.
December 13. Bertie Entwisle called to the
Council by Governor Woodley.
Daring the 3'ears eighty-nine, ninety, and ninety-one,
so little rain fell in the islands of Saint Christophers,
Antigua, Nevis, and Montserrat, as to abridge their crops of
sugar near two-thirds in quantity. Saint Christopher, whose
medium produce is about seventeen thousand hogsheads,
made upon an average, for the last three years, little more
than six thousand. Antigua has been still more roughly
treated. (' The Case of the Sugar Colonies 1792,' p. 37.)
Negros have advanced in price from £12 to £15 a
head since the peace. Before, they sold at £42 or
£43, now they sell at £55 to £60 sterling. Freight
outward has risen ~ since the late war. Lumber
formerly brought from America fetched £4 5s.
currency a thousand ; it is now £10 13s. Flour, rice,
and fish have risen in almost equal proportions.
1793, February. Governor Woodley writes that
the French aristocrats from Guadaloujje have fled to
the English Islands ; Monsieur D'Arote, the late
Governor of Guadaloupe, is at St. Kitts, and there
are 3000 French emigres ready to take up arms for
England.
March 1 . Petition of Andrew M'^Clure, to pi'actise
Medicine, etc. Dr. Samuel Athill and Dr. Nathaniel
Marchant are ordered to report thereon. Robert
Farquhar was returned for Willoughby Bay vice Dr.
Thomas Fairburn resigned.
March 7. War was declared against France. Of
2420 Methodists only 36 were whites.
April 15. Tobago surrendered to Admiral Sir
John Laforey.
1793. In May H.M.S. "Experiment" arrived in English
Harbour from Grenada, in the greatest distress, having lost
almost all her men by fever. An artificer belonging to the
ordnance, who had gone on board, and slept in a blanket
belonging to one of the dead men, was seized with the fever,
and died in a few hours. The infection by means of this
blanket, which was carried on shore to the ordnance
quarters, with the wearing apparel of the deceased, as part
of his property, was communicated to the whole detachment
of artillery, and from them to the 31st regiment, then on
garrison duty. A boat's crew of the " Solebay " frigate were
sent on board the " Experiment" to assist in working her
into the harbour; they caught the infection and all died.
They had communicated the disease to the crew of their own
ship, of whom 200 perished. The contagion was carried to
S' Johns. (Dr. Chisolm on Fevers, quoted by Dr. Coke,
vol. ii., p. 419, and Southey.)
June 12. John Stanley, Esq., President of St.
Kitts, wi-ites : " Gov'' Woodley died 2 June last at
S' Kitts," and that he has taken on the government.
The English were unsuccessful in their I'ecent attack
on Martinic[ue.
October 4. J. Balfour writes from Curzon Street
recommending for a seat in the Council his near con-
nection Mr. John Otto-Baijer, sou of the late Presi-
dent of that name.
October 9. President Stanley has called up to the
Council Thomas Freeman, the late Speaker, and Wil-
liam Mackinnen, jun. He has learnt that there is a
severe outbreak of yellow fever now raging at
GEORGE III.
cxli
Grenada, which was iinpovted from Sierra Leone.
One hundred cases have ended fatally in the shii^ping
there, most of which terminated within 20 hours.
He forwards a list of estates at Guadaloupe, belonging
to French Eoyalists, which had been sequestrated by
the revolutionists ; their revenue averaged between
50 and 150,000 livres each per annum.
On October 24 a writ was issued for St. John's
Division vice Benjamin Ireland deceased, and on the
27th Edward Byam, jun., was retui-ned for Old North
Sound and Abraham Redwood for Popeshead.
December 31. There is gi'eat mortality in the
21st Regiment stationed at the Ridge under the
command of Colonel Graham.
1794, March 20. Mr. Joseph Weston, Mr. Adam
Ogilvie, Mr. John Harris, Mr. James Watson, jun.,
and Mr. Thomas Edwards to join the Troop.
Martinique surrendered to Sir Charles Grey and
Admiral Sir John Jervis on March 22, St. Lucia on
April 4, and Guadaloupe on April 21.
Sir John Jervis writes f i-om Martinique that Fort
St. Louis and Fort Royal were stormed on 20 March,
Fort Bourbon then surrendered, also the Morne
Fortunee on 3 April, and by 22 April all the French
Islands had been captured by us.
June 21. Two hundred French Royalist refugees,
with 300 slaves, arrived at St. John's.
September 18. Samuel Harman to be of the
Council : Major-General Leigh is expected as the new
Captain-Genei'al. The English troops under Sir
Charles Grey are at present occupying a portion of
Guadaloupe.
October 2. Mr. Charles M. Ledeatt, Philip D.
Harris, and Henry Donovan to join the Troop.
November 13. Richard Scott Byam and Samuel
Watkins take the oaths and their seats at the Council
Board. President Stanley writes that the Hon. Wil-
liam Mackinnen died on his passage to England in
June last.
1795, January 9. The government of Guadaloupe
is offered to President Stanley.
January 17. From a list that was taken of the
French emigres from Guadaloupe, now residing at
Antigua, it appears that there were 112 men, 144
women, 197 children, and 969 slaves.
President Stanley left for England, and his first
letter to Ministers was dated 1 November from
Falmouth.
From 1795 to 1800 inclusive the various Presi-
dents omitted to forward copies of the Minutes of
the Council and Assembly to the Secretary of State.
1796, May 25. St. Lucia re-captured by General
Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
July 7. Archibald Esdaile, President of St. Kitts,
writes that His Excellency Major-General Leigh's
health is bad, and that he sailed for England on the
3rd instant, leaving the government in his hands.
Sep. 25. In the Island of St. Christopher, the Hon.
Archibald Esdaile, president of that island, master in
chancery, judge of the admiralty, and (in the absence of
Major-gen. Leigh) commander of the Leeward islands.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' 1797, p. 164.)
Sep. 29. At Antigua, where he had been for some
months on account of his health, his Excellency Henry Hamil-
ton, esq., governor of the island of Dominica, etc. {Ibid.)
October. John J. Thomas, President of St. Kitts,
writes that Archibald Esdaile* having died he has
succeeded him.
October 5. Spain declared war against England.
December 14. A meeting was held in London
this day for the purpose of organizing combined
opposition to Wilberforce's slave bill then before the
House. The following Members of Parliament, who
were all owners of West Indian estates, attended : —
Sir Rich. Gamon. M'' Lewis. Lord Lavington.
M'- Nesbitt. M"' Colhoun. M"- M^Douall.
Sir Cha. Bunbury. M'' Petrie. M'' G. Ellis.
Mr Cha. Ellis. M-- G. W. Thomas. Sir. G. Webster
M"' Barham. M"' B. Edwards. Vassal.
Sir W" Young. M'' Lushington. M'' M. Tudway.
M'- Manning. M"' Mitchell. Sir G. Thomas.
M'- Praed.
1797, February 14. President Thomas writes that
Captain Molloy is dead, who held the office of Regis-
trar-General in the Admiralty, and was Naval Officer-
General of these Islands, so he has appointed his
brother James Thomas in his place.
May 11. Robert Thomson, President of St. Kitts,
writes that President Thomas died on 15 April, and
that he has taken on the supreme command.
1798, Antigua, Jan. 28. On the 13"^ inst. died, at
English Harbour, Charles Peterson, Esq., first Lieutenant of
his Majesty's ship Perdrix. This event was occasioned by
a dispute between the deceased and Lord Camclford, upon
the right of commanding at English Harbour. Ld. C. com-
manded his Majesty's sloop of war, the Favourite, by virtue
of an order or warrant from Admiral Harvey ; and M^ P.
(though an older Lieutenant than Ld. C.) had lately served
on board that ship under his command ; but having been
removed to the Perdrix, and Ld. C. not having a commission
as master and commander, M' P. being then at English
Harbour, supposed himself to be the commanding officer,
and under that idea issued some orders to Ld. C. which were
answered by other orders from Ld. C. to M-^ P. Upon W
P.'s refusal to obey these orders, a Lieutenant with a party .
of marines were sent to put him under arrest, and M'' P.
prepared for resistance, and ordered the crew of the Perdrix
to arm in his defence. But before any conflict took place,
Ld. C. arrived, went up to M'' P. demanded if he would obey
his orders or not ; and upon being answered in the negative,
he immediately shot him dead upon the spot. An inquest
was taken by the Coroner the next day ; but the Jury, not
being willing to take upon themselves the determination of
the question upon whom the command at English Harbour
had devolved, found only that deceased had been shot by
Lord Camelford in consequence of a mutiny. A Court-
Martial has since been held on board his Majesty's ship
Invincible, in Fort Royal Bay, by WiUiam Cay ley, Esq.,
Captain of his Majesty's ship Invincible, and Senior Captain
of his Majesty's ships and vessels in Fort Royal Bay, Mar-
tinique, President ; Captains J. Mainwaring, Charles Ekins,
Richard Brown and Alexander Burrowes.
The Court being duly sworn, proceeded to try Lord
Camelford ; and having heard the whole of the evidence
adduced on the occasion, and what the prisoner had to offer
in his defence, and maturely and deliberately weighed and
considered the same, and being fully sensible of the necessity
• In the churchyard of St. Thomas, Middle Island, St. Kitts :
" Sacred to the memory of the Hon. Archibald Esdaile, Esquire, late
Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. Died Septr. 25'' 1796,
Ul." .
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
of prompt measures in cases of mutiny, were unanimously of
opinion that " the very extraordinary and manifest dis-
obedience of Lieutenant Peterson, both before and at the
instant of his death, to the lawful orders of Lord Camelford,
the senior officer at English Harbour at that time, and the
violent measures taken by Lieutenant Peterson to resist the
same, by arming the Perdris's ship's company, were acts of
mutiny highly injurious to the discipline of his Majesty's
service. The Court do therefore unanimously adjudge, that
the Right Honourable Lord Camelford be honourably
acquitted ; and he is hereby honourably acquitted accord-
ingly." (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 345.)
Lord Camelford fell in a duel with Capt. Best in March
1804.
In 1794 there were eigMeen Members of Council
at Antigua, and of these Charles Winston resides
at Domiuica ; John Horsford, Lockhart Russell,
Thomas Freeman, and William Mackinnen are dead.
March 2. At a meeting of the General Council
at St. Kitts thei-e were present Richard lies. Presi-
dent, Andrew Hamilton, Thomas J. Cottle, William
Woodley, Sir Patrick Blake, Bart., James Athill,
John Taylor, Edward B. Wyke, Esqrs. By their
printed journal it seems that the members of the
General Council were all appointed by the Captain-
General under his hand and seal. The oldest Coun-
cillor by seniority always took the chair. The
members of the General Assembly were elected by
each local assembly from among their own numbers,
and there were five sent up from each island. They
were called together at the present time to consider
the late resolution about slaves which had been
agreed to by the House of Commons on 6 April 1797,
A forced abolition of the slave trade had been aban-
doned, but they were advised to take all possible care
of their slaves, so that they might increase by propa-
gation and not by importation from Africa. Leprosy
also was veiy ju-evalent among the blacks. They
drafted an Act to suspend the 4^ per cent. duty.
On 21 April 1798 they drew up and passed a
lengthy Act for the improvement of the condition of
slaves, usually styled the " Amelioration Act." This
was the outcome of a resolution of the House of
Commons passed on the 6th April 37 George III.,
having for its object the abolition of slave traffic
with Africa (which caused a great waste of human
life), and the general improvement of the social
condition of the negros, so that there might be a
natural increase in their numbers by the preponder-
ance of births over deaths. By this Amelioration
Act it was enacted that slaves should receive certain
fixed rations, that they were to have allotments close
to their huts, aud that they could not be worked
before five a.m. nor after seven p.m., an allowance of
two and a half hours for meals being also deducted.
Any owner found guilty of ill-treating his slave was
to sufPer fiue or imprisonment ; and his slave could be
sold. All iron collars and chains were declared
illegal. Owners were to be compelled to provide for
medical attendance, etc., and to erect a hospital.
Slaves were to be encouraged to live together as hus-
band and wife, and a five dollar premium was offered
for each child born.
Their Lordships despatched pressing letters to
several members of the Antiguan Council who had
outstayed their leave, to which the foUowiug replied :
Bertie Entwisle writes from Tavistock Street 13
March that he intends returning to the Island.
William Mackinnen, from Exeter 14 March, will not
return. Martin Byam, 15 March, desires extension
of leave. Sir John Ogilvy, at Edinburgh 16 March,
win not return.
July 28. Lord Lavington writes from Argyll
Street to the Duke of Portland (shortly after his
stay with his Grace at Bulstrode) offering his services
as Captain-General.
December 21. Having heard of the reported
despatch of the 8th West India Regiment to Antigua,
James Athill the Speaker, on behalf of his colleagues,
addresses Lieut.-General Bowyer, and informs him
that the people entertain great abhorrence for the
black troops. The Council indorse this in their
letter to President Byam, and consider that " we
ought not to lose a single moment in attempting to
avert this abominable evil." They say further that
the men of the Black Regiment are totally un-
acquainted with our language and customs, have no
idea of religion, are in a barbarous and uncivilized
state, and might overpower the whites. Lieut.-
General Bowyer replies that Antigua has eight com-
panies of the 59th and two of the 60th, and politely
refuses to countermand anything. 37,808 slaves in
Antigua valued at £40 each equals £1,512,320.
1799. The United Brethren have in the Island of
Antigua three settlements ; one at S' Johns, another called
Grace Hill near Monks, and the third Grace Bay in Old
Road Town. The Negroe Congregation under their care
consisted at the beginning of 1798 in all 3 Places : —
Out of 7,070 Adults.
1,.526 Children.
8,51)6 Baptized.
969 Candidates for Baptism.
1,540 New People.
Total sum 11,105, besides those who appear now and then.
Upon the whole have been baptized since the beginning
of the Mission in 1756 up to this Date according to our
Church Books : —
3,933 Men.
5,676 Women.
2,'l78 Children, viz. -[ J'^^j ^P^^"
' ' I 1,124 Gms.
11,787
S* Johns, August 1'' 1798, Henry Christian Tsehirpe,
Minister of the Church of the United Brethren.
An Account of the Number of Negro slaves in Com-
munion with the Methodists in the Island of Antigua : —
Communicants . . 635
Baptised Adults . . 2115
Ditto Infants . . . 1320
4070
Antigua, 13"^ October 1798, John Baxter, Superintendent
of the Methodists in Antigua.
1799, January 20. Lord Lavington to be Gover-
nor.
April 10. On account of the large crop this year
and the scarcity of British shipping. President
GEOEGE III.
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Thomson Las allowed six months' trade with Ameri-
cans so that our colonists may barter sugar for
lumber and provisions.
June 6. The Act passed by the Legislature of
the Islands to admit all Eoman Catholics to equal
rights with Protestants is disallowed.
June 11. Pi'esident Thomson writes that he has
appointed John Burke (who has been Solicitor-
General 14 years) Attorney-General vice John Stan-
ley deceased, and Thomas Tuckett, a King's Counsel
of the Leeward Islands, Solicitor-General vice John
Bm-ke. Mr. Robert Clogstown to be searcher at St.
John's vice William Entwisle deceased.
June 26. The Act passed by the General Council
and Assembly doing away with the 4i per cent, duty
is disallowed this day. The Melioration Act is now
in force and works well.
July 1. The Secretary of State writes to the
President to at once stop trade with the Americans,
and severely censures him.
September 12. The President has called up John
Horsford to the Council. From 1 January 1797 to
31 December 1799, 1330 negros had been imj^orted
to St. John's and 392 exported. Eight thousand
three hundred hogsheads of sugar exported.
1801, Janiiary 17. John Otto-Baijer takes his
seat at the Council.
February 12. Lord Lavington arrived.
February 15. At a meeting of the Assembly
there were present : —
Hon. Jas. Atliill, Speaker.
Jn° Ronan. Ja" x\thill. Edw. Jones.
Philip Hicks. Kean B. Osborn. And. Edwards.
The. Kirwan. W"" Shervingtou. Oliver Y. Ash.
Dau. Hill, Jun. Val. Horsford.
Tho. Scotland. Walt. Colquhoun.
Absent : Hon. Jn° Burke, Hon. Jn° Taylor, Alex.
M<^Pherson, TV" Lockbead, & Paul Horsford, Esq'■=^ ^
Olf the Island: Hon. Nath. Marchant, R. 0. Athill,
T. D. Harman, Jn» Frye, Tho. "Warner, & Tho. Osborn.
Lord Lavington says that the Minutes of the
Council, from neglect on the part of the various
Commanders in Chief, have not been sent home for
several years past, a matter which he intends to
immediately rectify.
February 26. Dr. Michael Hodges presents his
diploma and is licensed.
March 6. Robert Colquhoun returned for St.
John's Division vice Thomas Osborne deceased.
Mar. 24. His Lordship writes " On the Evening of
Monday the 16* the General and Admiral sail'd from S'
Johns Road in the Leviathan of 74 Guns, with the South-
ampton of 32, Andromache 32, Calcutta (en flute) 44,
Drake 16, two Tenders of 10 Guns each, two Troop Ships,
and the Army Brig. Their Troops consisted of about 400
Men of the 8'" West India Regiment, of more than that
Number of the Buffs, of about 100 of the eS"", of the same
Number of the 11'", of as many of the 57'", and of about 100
of Artillery, besides the Marines of the Squadron and a
Portion of Seamen. On the 20"' Instant the Proselyte
arriv'd here, having under her Convoy ten Transports, con-
veying the first Battalion of the Royals, and the 64"' Regi-
ment, consisting of above 800 Men each; and on the 2P''
the Coromandel brought hither from Trinidad the 2"^ West
India Regiment, consisting of 400 Men under the command
of Colonel Carmichel. To each of these Bodies of Rein-
forcement I gave the secret Rendezvous which the Admiral
left with me. Gen' Trigge & Admiral Duckworth com-
manded.
May. Proposals made to build a government
house.
June 8. By Letters Patent, dated 12 August 41
Geo. III., Barbuda was again leased to .Christopher
Codrington and trustees for 50 yeai's.
June 13. The sums voted from the four Islands
to Lord Lavington, which have hitherto amounted to
£2600 a year, have been now augmented to £5000 a
year. Mr. Johnson, who was Commander in Chief
before Sir Thomas Shirley's arrival, emigrated later
to Trinidad then to St. Lucia, where he now holds a
subordinate post in the Custom House. President
Byam forwards his memorial to the Secretary of
State asking for a salary. The Lieut.-Governor, who
holds the commission, lives in England, does nothing,
and draws €200 a year. Petitioner, on the other
hand, who has heavy duties to perform, became
President on 7 April 1789, and was first a Councillor
on 30 November 1769.
July 16. Henry Hodge was returned for Dickin-
son's Bay vice Thomas Warner resigned. The
Assembly refer to " £3000 lodged in the hands of
Thomas Oliver, Esquire, of London, for the purpose
of procuring a new Silver Coinage for this Island."
August 13. Thomas D. Harman, returned for New
North Sound, is sworn. Anthony Brown is Agent.
September 10. John Duncombe Taylor was
returned for Belfast vice William Lockhead resigned ^
also Thomas Coull for Old Road vice Paul Horsford.
By an Act, dated at St. Kitts 8 June 1795, £600 a
year is paid as salary to the President Edward Byam.
October 29. John Lavicount was returned for
Old North Sound vice John Frye resigned. Archi-
bald Dow's eleven aci'es at the Ridge with the tene-
ment, etc., have been valued at £8345 currency.
They have been taken over for fortification.
November 30. His Lordship held a grand recep-
tion in St. John's Church, where he invested Lieut.-
General Sir Thomas Trigge and Rear-Admiral Sir
John Duckworth with the Insignia of the Bath.
An account of this appeared in the ' Antigua Journal '
for 8 December. Colonel Valentine Horsford, Hon.
Colonel James Athill, Hon. Colonel Gunthorpe, Hon.
Colonel Kerby, and Brigadier-General Edward Byam,
attended the ceremony as Aids-de-camj) to the
Governor.
1802, March 27. By the treaty of Amiens Spain
ceded Trinidad to England, and the latter gave up
Tobago, Martinique, and St. Lucia to France ; but
the compact was broken within a few months and
the war continued. It is decided by the Assembly
that a large haU, with two rooms over, shall be added
to the Governor's official residence, the " Parsonage
House."
July 1. The late President, Robert Thomson, is
dismissed from the Council of St. Kitts, and the Rev.
Samuel W. Hannan, a native of Antigua, appointed
in his place.
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THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
November 1. Preliminaries of peace witli France
signed.
Dec. 17. Lord Lavington writes: A most inveterate
Yellow Fever which was some time ago unfortunately intro-
duced into this Island by Two Transport Ships in his
Majesty's Service, and against which no human Prudence
nor precautionary Foresight could provide, has, since my
last letter to your Lordships of the 3'-'' of November, raged
into an irresistable Violence in this unhappy Island, and its
desolating Progress has carried off many of the most valuable
and respectable Inhabitants of it.
Few persons who have been attacked by this fatal
Malady have escaped almost immediate Death.
The Church bells which announ'd the Number of its
Victims were tolling almost continually from Morning till
Night until Orders were given to suspend the Ceremony, in
Order to prevent the Horror of this hourly Mortality from
reaching the Ears of those who were labouring under the
Disease, but had not arrived at the last Stage of it. The
Emerald Frigate, on board of which I was a few Weeks ago
on the Point of embarking for the Purpose of visiting the
leeward Parts of my Government, was suddenly invaded by
the Pestilence, and lost two of her Lieutenants, Three of her
Midshipmen, and Seventy of her Crew. My own Family
remained for a considerable Time unhurt by the Contagion,
and for a while, I fondly flattered myself would escape it ;
but it at length reached the Government House, and suc-
cessively swept away every white Person whom I brought
with me from England, for different Situations in my Family.
It has not spared those who were most immediately about my
Person. A faithful and attached Servant who had been the
constant Attendant on my Person for the hist Nineteen
Years, sunk under the Disease a very few Days ago ; and
Yester Morning he was followed both by my principal and
confidential Secretary (after scarcely two days' illness)
and (at as short a notice) by the last surviving Servant of
my Family, who had the entire care and Direction of all my
household affairs. On 29 Dec. the Epidemic was abating.
Daniel Mackinnen visited this his native island
during- the autumn. He published in 1804 ' A Tour
through the British West Indies,' in which pages
55 — 75 are devoted to a description of his stay here.
1803, January 31. His Lordship writes that the
yellow fever has vanished after three months' dura-
tion. From the military returns made there are in
garrison here of the Royal Artillery 32, 39th Eegi-
ment 465, 11th West India Regiment 184; total 681.
In February M'' Thomas Richardson, a Methodist
missionary, made the following report of the state of that
sect in Antigua : The society in .\ntigua consists of about
4000 Blacks and Midattoes, including a very small number
of Whites. In the congregations in the towns the proportion
of Whites is not more than 1 to 40. In S' .lohn's we have
a commodious chapel, which is geueraUy crowded with hearers.
In Parham, distant about 8 miles, we have another, which is
well attended ; & also a dwelling house, with other con-
veniences for the preacher. At Willoughby, 8 miles from
Parham & 15 from S' Johns, they are going to build a
chapel. Besides these places of worship the pi-eachers get
large congregations in Negro houses in all parts of the
country ; but they are obliged to lodge & board at their own
expence. There are in the island 6 or 8 local preachers,
besides several coloured women, who are very useful &
possess considerable abilities for prayer & exhortation. The
women in S' Johns hold public meetings every week. I
once got into a corner where they Could not see me, & was
astonished at their eloquence & unction. Their abilities far
exceed those of most of the women I have heard speak or
pray in England ; and, what is better still, they are patterns
of genuiue piety. (Southey).
April 8. Vast quantities of base coin have been
introduced here from England and America. The
Legislature hope to obtain a silver and copper coin-
age for this island.
May. W. A. Mardenbrough is the present Soli-
citor-General of these islands. Lord Lavington
complains that President Robert Thomson refuses to
account to him for his moiety of what has accrued
in the way of fees, etc., before his arrival, but claims
the whole. The Secretary of State decides that
during the absence of the Captain-General one
moiety only of all fees and perquisites belongs to the
Commander-in-Chief for the time being, and the
other moiety must be paid to the former.
June 22. St. Lucia was captured by Commodore
Sir Samuel Hood and General Grinfield. Tobago
surrendered to them on 30 June, and in September
Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice.
July 15. Owing to the death of the Hon. B.
Entwisel and the departure of the Hon. Samuel
Athill the Governor has appointed Mr. James Athill
the Speaker, Mr. Thomas D. Harman, and Mr. John
Lavicount to seats at the Council. Mr. Edward
Byam Wyke, the second member in seniority of the
Montserrat Council, having removed to Antigua, has
resigned. The old Members of Assembly have all
been re-elected. It has been the custom to dissolve
them every seven years.
July 30. Letters of Marque are to be issued
against the Batavian Republic.
Upon the 5th of September H.M.S. "Emerald "
fell in with thirteen armed schooners with 700 troops
from Guadaloupe, destined to attempt the destruction
of the dockyard at Antigua. She captured three of
them, and drove the rest back under their own
batteries. Sugar had attained very high pi-ices
during the four previous years, and was highest in
1798.
November 7. A swoi'd of £200 value is voted to
Captain James O'Bryen of the " Emerald " for
cutting out three privateers at Guadaloupe on 5 Sep-
tember last, which prevented the French executing
their proposed descent on English Harbour.
1804, January 1. Military returns : Royal Artil-
lery 52, 1st Battalion Royals 206, 64th Regiment 249,
70th Regiment 425, 4th West India Regiment 128,
total 1060.
In June the Methodist missionary at Antigua reported
the numbers in society on that island to be 22 Whites &
3516 Blacks & people of colour, & that not less than 300
had died during the year. He says : We had scarcely any
rain for 5 months ; I am obliged to ride 3 miles to get water
for my horse. (Southey.)
1805. The French fleet which surprised St. Kitts
on 5 March consisted of one 120-gun ship, four
74's, and three 44's. They took from Basseterre
£18,000 and £8000 currency in cash in return for
not plundering the town ; at Nevis they took £4112
currency; and at Montserrat £7500 currency.
GEORGE III.
cxly
Admiral Messery and General Lagrange were their
Commanders.
May 1. Lord Lavington invests Commodore Sir
Samuel Hood with the Order of the Bath. He sends
home a list of the French ships under Admiral
Villeneuve, and of the Spanish under Admiral
Gravina, which have on board from 10 to 16,000
troops.
June 8. The whole of the enemy's fleet uuder
Admiral Villeneuve was off St. John's this day. Lord
Lavington had hastily mustered 500 men during the
preceding night, as a landing was hourly expected.
H.M.S. "Netley" arrived with the disastrous intelli-
gence that the fourteen ships with the produce of
Antigua to the value of £300,000 had been captured
by the French fleet on the 8th instant. Lord Nelson,
who was in close pursuit of the French, anchored off
St. John's on the 13th instant with twelve line of
battle ships, shortly after their departure, and,
refusing to waste time in landing, wrote to Lord
Lavington from on board the " Victory," expressing
" his determination not to lose one Moment in
pushing after the Enemy," and his persuasion " that
they were gone to Cadiz and Toulon, flattering them-
selves with the Hopes of getting Egypt, dui-ing his
Absence, which they should not do if he could help
it." Nelson then disembarked 2000 troops. H.M.S.
"Kingfisher" sloop and H.M.S. « Osprey " fell in
with the thirteen Antiguan ships which were in the
company of five French frigates. The enemy was
seen to set fire to all of them, and the "Kingfisher"
and " Osprey " then hastily retired. There has been
no year of abundance since 1799. John Lillingston
Pownall, son of John Pownall, Provost -Marshal-
General of the Leeward Islands, deceased, for himself
and his brother George Pownall, petitions about the
fees. Their patent was dated 7 June 11 George III.
on the death of Richard Phelps, Esq. Only 3200
hogsheads of sugar exported. Population, 3000
whites, 1300 free coloured and blacks, 36,000
slaves.
1806, January 9. The Legislature send an
address to the King on receipt of the joyful news
of the glorious victory at Trafalgar, and express
their grief at hearing of the death of the heroic Lord
Nelson.
July 3. The whole of the Leeward Islands fleet
and convoy weighed from under Brimstone Hill,
St. Kitts, at twelve noon, and the French squadron
with four large two-deckers hove in sight at one p.m.
Our ships were not discovered and escaped, but had
they delayed sailing by a few minutes their capture
would have been inevitable. Mr. Thomas Donovan
and his son George rendered themselves very ob-
noxious by writing home and slandering the Courts
of Judicature. Their statements were considered by
all sides to be false and libellous.
July. Real'- Admiral Sir A. Cochran has been
invested with the Insignia of the Bath by Lord
Lavington. From a list of the Council it seems that
Robert Jeaffresou had been absent since July 1792,
WiUiam Gunthorpe since 1802, James Nibbs since
1799, Samuel Harman since 1794, and John Horsford
since 1800.
The mandamus for Thomas Duberry Harman to
be of the Council bears date 25 December and that
of John Lavicount 26 December.
Table of the Prices, Charges, and
Weight of Sugar. (' Bryan
Proceeds of a Hundred
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27
44
32
1797 .
64
81
17
13
30
51
33
1798 .
66
86
19
13
32
53
34
1799 .
55
75
20
13
33
41
26
1800 .
54
74
20
13
33
40
26
1801 .
44
64
20
14
34
30
19
1802 .
34
54
20
14
34
20
13
1803 .
43
67
24
10
34
33
21
1804 .
53
80
26
14
40
39
25
1805 .
49
76
27
14
41
34
22
1806 .
41
08
27
15
42
26
16
1807, February 28. Hastings Elwin is appointed
Advocate-General vice Burke resigned. Mr. Elwin
is of a respectable family in Norfolk.
March 25. Act passed by the House of Commons
for the abolition of the slave trade.
August 13. William Woodley, President of St.
Kitts, writes that Lord Lavington died at Antigua
on the 1st instant, and he has taken on the govern-
ment.
August 18. At a meeting of the Assembly there
were present : —
Hon. Jn" Taylor, Speaker.
Jn° Burke.
Jn" Ronan.
The. Kirwan.
Dan. Hill, jun.
K. B. Osborn.
Edw. Jones.
0. Y. Ash.
Hen. Hodge.
Tho. Coull.
Rich. L. Nanton.
L. L. Hodge.
Jn" Hall.
Sam. Warner.
John Javvis.
John Hanney.
Tho. Rogers.
Jas. Gilchrist.
Hastings Elwin.
W" Lee.
Mead Daniel.
Tho. Jarvis.
Off the Island : Andrew Edwards, W™ Briuton, Jn" D.
Taylor.
Thomas N. Kerby offers to sell his house and
land to the public for £13,000 currency, also to add
certain buildings to the Parsonage House.
September 8. President Woodley has nominated
John Woodley as Solicitor and Proctor-Geueral of
these islands vice William Anthony Mardenborough
deceased.
September 17. The Legislature vote 1000 guineas
for the erection of a monument to the late Lord
Lavington in St. John's Church.
November 25. Samuel Otto-Baijer was returned
for St. John's Division vice John Duncombe Taylor
resigned.
Dec'' 3. M' Tho. Sinclair writes from Antigua &
reminds their Lordships that they had recommended him as
Solicitor Gen' but he finds that M'' Jefferson (never Knighted)
had ceased to be a judge these 1 5 years, M"" Jas. Athill having
in 1792 been appointed his successor. M'' Elwyn is Lord
Lavingtons Executor. The Chief Justice has nosalary, the fees
for writs & warrants may be £300 a year. Lord Abercorn
is his patron.
cxlvi
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
The Council of Antigua object to the President
of St. Kitts being always next in command. In
vol. xlv. B. T. Leeward Islands is bound a copy of the
Antiguan Almanack, printed at the Gazette Office
on the Parade, 40 pages.
1807. The following clergy are now on the island : —
Sam. Harman Rector of S' John's
Fra. Massett „ S' Peter's.
Geo. Collins „ S* Phillip's.
Josiah Weston „ S' Mary's.
Arthur Freeman „ S' Paul's.
James Coull „ S' George's.
Nath. Humphreys is Private Sec. to the Capt. Gen'.
Paul Horsford, Hastings Elwin, & Oliver Yeamans Ash, are
King's Counsell for these Islands. The L' Gov'' is L' Col.
Rob. Mathews. Jn° Taylor, Speaker.
December. The Danish Islands of St. Thomas,
St. John, etc., taken by us.
1808. The following account of a visit to Antigua in
July of this year may prove interesting. It is taken from
' A Voyage in the West Indies,' by .John Augustus Waller,
Surgeon R.N. : —
The brig sent to convey me to the commander-in-chief
was called the Pultusk : she returned immediately to Tortola,
and remained there two clays to complete her watering, when
we sailed for Antigua. This vessel had been a French
privateer, and was accounted the fastest sailer on the station;
she had, in consequence, been very successful. As she was
to undergo a repair, we proceeded to English-harbour, where
the only dock-yard of importance on this station is
established. This harbour is large, and deep enough to
admit ships of any size, although the entrance is so narrow,
that they are obliged to be warped in. It is agreeably
situated, surrounded on all sides by lofty hills covered with
shrubs. On the top of the ridges to the right and left as
you enter, are spacious and commodious barracks ; and at
the bottom of the harbour, which winds in a very picturesque
manner round the projecting promontories, stands the Naval
Hospital, on an elevated but not well-chosen spot. There
is no town here, though this arsenal is the principal one on
the station, and a number of men-of-war are constantly here
for repair. The principal town (St. John's) is on the west
side of the island, about twelve miles from this place : the
squadron was at this time lying there, though the Admiral
with his staff were at English-harbour. Ships of war
seldom come here but for the purpose of refitting, as this is
one of the most unhealthy spots in the West Indies ; at
least, there are more seamen die here every year than in the
whole Leeward Island station besides, with the exception of
Barbadoes. The sicuation itself is unhealthy, being so sur-
rounded that the ventilation is impeded, and the heat
becomes intolerable. Indeed, there seems to be no spot in
these countries but what is from time to time visited by the
yellow fever, which renders them the grave of Europeans.
But the causes of fever here are accumulated : the men are
employed at severe labour in the dock-yard beneath a verti-
cal sun ; and in spite of the severest discipline, find the
means of procuring rum at an easy rate a temptation no
sailor can withstand. If they see a single individual of sober
habits fall a victim, it is a sufficient argument to them that
temperance is no security, and they may as well enjoy the
luxuries while within their reach. When the ships are under
repair, the crews are crowded all together into a long build-
ing called the Capstan-house, which, notwithstanding all the
precautions taken to insure ventilation and cleanliness, has
ever been a hot-bed of disease. So.f atal has English-harbour
proved to our seamen, that the commander-in-chief, Sir
Alexander Cochrane, who has always evinced the utmost
sobcitude for the health of the men, has given strict orders
with respect to this place. No captain is to go in here unless
by positive orders ; and the ships that prove sickly are fitted
with all possible dispatch, and sent out to sea, where they
become very soon healthy. It has been in contemplation to
remove the hospital, as a much greater proportion of men
were found to die here than at Barbadoes. The present
situation has a swamp to windward of it ; and many men
have never been affected with the fever until sent to the
hospital with some other complaint. The projected removal
to a height which enjoys the sea-breeze, is certainly very
desirable. The chief surgeon. Dr. Cummins, had very
recently fallen ; his successor, Mr. Hardy, an amiable
and accomplished young man and a profound scholar, had
just settled himself there. He had been four years in the
country as surgeon to the Jason frigate ; and he told me
that, during all that time, he had never felt even a headache.
A few weeks after my departure he too sunk under this
dreadful visitation. Whole ships' companies have been swept
off twice over, during their repair at this pestiferous station.
As the squadron was to proceed immediately to Marie
Gallante, I took a passage in a store-ship to S* John's, where
the ships were anchored at a considerable distance from the
town ; and, as we sailed early the next morning, 1 had no
opportunity of visiting it. I was informed, however, that
it was more regular and handsome than any of the other
English towns in this country. The island of Antigua is
the most considerable of the Leeward Islands; it is of much
greater extent than even Barbadoes, and is highly cultivated.
The rum produced here is equal to that of Jamaica, and is
in great esteem throughout the islands. There is no doubt
but the head-quarters of the station would be fixed here ;
but that the island of Barbadoes is situated so far to wind-
ward of all the rest, as to afford the greatest facility of
sending immediately any military aid to any of the other
islands. The packets likewise from England arrive there
for the same reason, and take the Leeward Islands in their
way home.
March 3. Robert Colquhouu was returned for
Belfast.
March 31. Captain James O'Bryen, E.N., owing
to the abolition of the slave trade, applies to have
100 negros apprenticed to him for fifteen years, as
he has purchased an estate at Antigua, and quotes
as a precedent that Admiral Sir Alexander Cochran
was granted 100 for his estate at Trinidad.
The Government of the Leeward Islands is worth
£4000 sterling per annum, including house rent
made up thus : —
Net.
Home Salary £1200 c. estimated £850
Island Salaries £5500 c. „ 2750
Chancery fees & perquisites . . 500
£4100 steriing.
Barbados is worth jgI050 sterling a year more.
Antigua currency is ^ sterling.
May. An Antigua paper communicates the following
distressing accident : — While the Circe frigate lay in Fal-
mouth Harbour, one of her boats upset ; when Lieutenant
Howes, a seaman, and a woman, were drowned. Fourteen
other persons, officers, seamen, and women had the good
fortune to escape, the accident occurring near the ship. At
break of day next morning, a centinel discovered two sharks
devouring the bodies of the unfortunate Lieutenant and sea-
man ; when the boats immediately put off, and with difficulty
rescued their remains in a state of sad mutilation from the
voracious fish. Those of the unfortunate woman were
searched for in vain. The bodies of Lieut. Howes and the
seaman were decently interred.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 453.)
GEORGE III.
cxlvii
July 4. Peace with Spain declared.
October 26. The draft commission for Hugh
EUiot to be Captain-General is approved by the King,
and a warrant ordered to be prepared.
1809. List of officers and their fees.
John Woodley, a barrister, is Procurator Gen' of the
Leew'' Islands, worth £450 c. or £236 st. a year.
A. P. Molloy, Naval Officer, has £1050 c. a year by fees.
His Deputy pays £840 c. for the office. Clerk hire amounts
to £60 c, & the nett receipts to the Deputy are £150 c. or
£75 St.
A waiter in the Customs gets £35 st. a year payable out
of the H per cent. duty.
Josiah Martin, in England, Collector of S' John's, was
appointed July 1795 by the Board of Customs by warrant
fi-om the Treasury for life. £500 st. a year is paid to the
previous holder, who became superannuated in 1795 after 20
years' service.
James Chalmers, Surveyor Gen', no salary, fees about
£88 c, is Manager of the Pasture Estate of Tho. Langford
Brooke called the "Old Plantation."
Kichard Weston Nauton, Notary Public, about £200 c.
a year by fees.
John Lillington Pownall, Provost Marshal Gen', £2700 c.
from fees. The Deputy is Tho. Berkeley, whose rent is
£400, other expenses £700 c. John Roberts has a lease
from Tho. Berkeley. Net receipt to Jn" Roberts £1200 c.
The clerks baibffs jail fees, etc., all have to be paid.
Anthony J. P. Molloy, Naval Officer. His Deputy is
Hastings Elwin. The Deputy for Antigua is John Roberts.
Gross receipts £1350 c. Rent to Hastings Elwin £850 c.
Clerk costs £100. Nett receipts to John Roberts £400 c.
John Taylor, Speaker, is now aged 64.
Tho. Norbury Kerby, Casual Receiver, £507 c.
Rowl'' Burton, Registrar, £700 c. gross. Clerk and rent
of house cost £380. Net proceeds £320 c.
The Treasurer & Collector of Impost is Tho. N. Kerby,
£560 c. net, £727 c. gross.
EdW Jones, Powder Officer, £320 c.
Coroner, Paul Horsford, £300 c. in fees.
Marshal of Vice Admiralty Court, Hon. Geo. Villiers by
patent. His Deputy, John Roberts, £2628 c. less £203 c.
for expenses, f go to the patentee, ^ to John Roberts.
Judge of Vice Admiralty Court, Edward Byam, Esq.,
£3200 c, no value in peace.
Secretary & Clerk of the Crown, Rob' Aberdein of Egham
Hill, gross £1500 c. Deputy is R. W. Nanton. f go to
patentee, ^ to R. W. Nanton. Expenses are £400 c. The
nett shares are £840 & £330.
Master & Examiner in Chancery, Jas. Athill, £2538 c.
gross, less £300 for expenses, nett £2238.
Attorney General John Burke, £190 c.
Chief Justice, Rowl'' Burton, who was admitted to the
Bar of King's Bench in Westminster Hall in 1772 or 3,
£500 c. in fees.
President £600 c. salary.
February 24. The capture of Martinique by
Lieut. -General George Beckwith and Sir Alexander
Cochran announced.
April 7. James Tyson, President of St. Kitts,
now Commander-in-Chief, writes that WiUiam
Woodley left on 15 March.
September. John Julius, President of St. Kitts,
writes that President Tyson died on 7 September,
and that he has taken on the government. Hugh
Elliott, late Minister at the Court of Sicily, writes
that he was gazetted April 1807 to the government
of Barbados, and to please the King exchanged to
the government of the Leeward Islands in Septem-
ber 1808.
1810, Februaiy 6. Guadaloupe captured by
General Beckwith and Sir A. Cochran.
August 14. Governor H. Elliott writes that he
landed to-day from H.M.S. "Thalia" at English
Harbour, and that the Assembly have voted an
increase of .£1000 currency to his salary.
August 23. The Assembly having now sat for
seven years apply through their Speaker Daniel Hill
to be dissolved.
Great publicity was given this year to the case of
Edward Huggins, Esq., of Nevis, a wealthy planter
and owner of 600 slaves. Several eye-witnesses
swore that they had seen some of his negros receive
from 200 to 365 lashes each in the market-place.
Mr. James W"ebbe Tobin took up the case against
him, and Mr. Huggins was put on his trial for
murder, but acquitted by the jury. Mr. Huggins,
sen., had two sons Edward and Peter, both planters,
and the President of the Council was his son-in-law.
Lady Lavington was this year voted £300 a year.
The Assembly was shortly afterwards dissolved.
S' Johns Town.
1810. Sep. 20. New Sessions,
John Taylor
\V"' Brinton
John Hall
Paul Horsford
?^°' ?ll^ c ■■ is* Johns Division.
Sam. Otto-Baijer |
fd.VA°'lyke I- Dickinsons Bay.
W|afn'er'^ } New North Sound.
Mead Home Daniell J' Nonsuch.
Tho. Kirwan Five Islands.
J^^Krds ! Old North Sound.
i^l^nB^^C^horn [ Wa.oughby Bay.
John Ronau | T>„if„„4.
Tho. Spencer Edwards I »eiiast.
Tho. CouU { Old Road, Bermudian Valley,
Rich'' L. Nanton | & New Division.
Edw^'joneT "^ I Falmouth & Rendezvous Bay.
Sam. Warner was chosen Speaker.
October 25. Dr. Thomas Gillan was returned for
Falmouth vice Edward Jones deceased. Dr. Coke
published this year his history of the West Indies
and of the missions carried on there by dissenters.
Pages 410 — 463 of vol. ii. are about this island.
1811, February 28. The Records were ordered
to be deposited in the Armoury or Guard-house.
Montserrat had gone down very much in popu-
lation during the last forty years, and more so in
proportion than the other islands. There were in —
Whites. Slaves.
1772 . . 1314 9834
1788 . . 880 8285
1811 . . 444 6735
In March the West Indians were startled to hear
that the Hon. Arthur Hodge of Tortola had been
guilty of murdering several of his slaves. He was
put on his trial for five murders, and it was proved
that he had poured boiling water down the throats
of two female slaves who died, as had three others
who were beaten to death. Governor Elliott ordered
Mr. Paul Horsford, the Solicitor-General, down to
cxlviii
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Tortola to prosecute the prisoner, who was ably
defended by Mr. William Musgrave, a King's Coun-
sellor there. A verdict of guilty was brought in,
and Mr. Hodge was hanged on the 8th of May.
The correspondence relating to this affair was ordered
by the House of Commons to be printed on 26 June.
Aug. We have very distressing accounts of damage done
to the shipping, by a hurricane which visited a number of
the Leeward Islands on the 7"' and S"" ult. At Antigua,
his Majesty's ship Gloire lost her mizea-mast, and threw
several of her guns overboard ; his Majesty's brig Guachapiu,
of 12 guns, sunk at her moorings ; several large merchant-
men, and about thirty small vessels on shore ; the ship S'
Andrew liilged, and cargo lost ; the Braganza and Specula-
tion on sliore, but expected to be got off.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 181.)
Governor Elliott's despatch to the Earl of Liver-
pool of 21 November 1810, containing some vei7
disparaging remarks about the inhabitants and
officials of the Leeward Islands, was read in the
House of Commons, and raised much anger at St.
Kitts; the Assembly of which island wrote on 25
September 1811 denying his statements, and accusing
him of libel. The Legislatures of the other islands
were equally incensed, and the Governor became an
object of such distaste that it is probable this hastily
penned dispatch led to his resignation.*
In December Clement Caines, Esq., of St. Kitts,
was expelled from the Assembly of that colony for
perverting justice.
1812, January. Paul Horsford and Nathaniel
Donaldson are Coroners. George W. Ottley is now
of the Assembly.
May. The monument to Lord Lavington has
arrived, and the Assembly agree about the inscription.
September 17. Thomas Kirwan, Thomas CouU,
Robert French, and Joshua Dyett are sworn J.P.'s.
October 15. George Ledeatt was returned for
Dickinson's Bay vice Edward Byara Wyke deceased.
Nathaniel Humphreys is Clerk to both the Council
and Assembly.
There were this year seven male and fourteen
female missionaries iu the service of the United
Brethren.
Return of slaves at Antigua from 25 January
anuary loll :
—
1807
30,282
1808
31,184
1809
30,409
1810
29,595
1811
28,317
Governor Elliott states that the slave trade was
abolished on 1 May 1807 ; that the return already
made for this year is 30,568 ; that about 400 more
were at English Harbour ; and that 484 have been
manumitted since 1807 ; which gives a total of
31,452, or 1170 increase by births only. Many people
positively stated that the slave population could not
* There was in all probability a good deal of truth in Governor
Elliott's strictures, and for this reason, that the older planter
families had mostly left the islands and resided in England, their
estates being managed by Attorneys and others, who were not
always men of the nicest honour ; this state of affairs was more
prevalent at St. Kitts than elsewhere.
be kept up by propagation ; that the death rate was
in excess of the birth rate ; and that the abolition of
the slave trade would ruin the colonies ; hence the
great desire evinced by His Excellency to so manipu-
late his figures as to shew a surplus of births. It is
probable that a good deal of smuggling of slaves
went on long after 1807, which would tend to stultify
all returns.
This year another so-called outrage was announced
at Nevis. Mr. Edward Huggins, jun., son of Mr.
Edward Huggins, sen., already previously mentioned,
was put on his trial for shooting a negro boy, but
was only fined £250 currency. In this case there
were doubts as to the heinousuess of the offence.
The boy was seen to break into the store at night
for the purpose of robbery, and the gun may have
been fired without intent to kill, which was the view
the jury took of the case. An account of the Hug-
gins and Tobin affair was printed in a small 4to of
24 pages, and is to be found bound up in vol. Iv.
B. T. Leeward Islands.
1813. At St. Kitts the Governor says the
Assembly is annual; at Antigua it usually sat for
seven years, but why there should be this difference
in the two islands does not appear.
April 1. Governor Elliott complains that Presi-
dent Byam is seventy-four years of age and feeble ;
that Mr. Burton and Mr. Otto-Baijer are both
between seventy and eighty years old ; and therefore
bess for writs of mnndamus for John Horsford and
Samuel Warner the Speaker, the former of whom he
appointed to the Council on 26 November 1811, and
the latter on 29 January 1813. The Governor has
just dissolved the Assembly of Montserrat which had
run for thirty years.
The writs of mandamus for John Horsford, Samuel
Warner, and Langford Hodge to be of the Council
were signed 15 July by the Prince Regent at Carlton
House.
November 1. His Excellency writes that he has
heard he is to be transferred to Java.
December 15. Major-General Edward Barnes
succeeded Richard Hawkshaw Losack* deceased as
Lieut.-General of the Leeward Islands.
Description of Barbuda, by Capt. Greville, E.N.
(Southey, vol. iii., pp. 522 — 24.)
The Woolwich, a forty-four with two decks, commanded
by Capt. T. B. Sulivan, was ordered, in July 1813, to pro-
ceed to Barbadoes, to take the flag of Sir F. Laforey, when
upon the night of the 11th of September 1818, she was
totally wrecked in a furious hurricane, upon the north end
of the small island of Barbuda ; the crew were fortunately
all taken from the wreck the next morning, and landed upon
the beach, where they remained for about a week, employed
* 1813, November 2, aged 83, Richard Hawkshaw Losack, Esq.,
of the Island of St. Christopher's, and Lieut.-General of the Lee-
ward Islands. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. C22.)
His widow d. 20 March 1818, aged 86. They had issue ; Geo.,
Admiral R.N., d.22 Aug. 182:) at Milan ; Woodley, Capt. K.N.,d. May
1839 ; James, Lt.-Col. 23d foot, d. 21 Jan. 1810 ; Richard, d. 1839,
aged 73 ; an only dau., m. 22 Feb. 1796 John White, R.N.
James Losack was Speaker of St. Kitts 1744.
Crest : Over a coronet a double-headed eagle displayed.
Arms : A double-headed eagle displayed, on a chief party per
pale three crescents on the right, gules three etoiles on the left.
GEORGE III.
cxlix
in saving the few stores, etc., that were not under water.
At the end of that time the officers and crew removed to
the settlement, if it may be so' termed, situated at the other
end of the island. " The extent of Barbuda may be about
ten miles long and seven broad. On the north side there is
an entrance into a large lagoon of six or seven miles in
length, and ft'om half a mile to a mile in breadth. On the
southern bank of this lagoon is situated the small settle-
ment, consisting of one white man and 300 or 400 black
slaves. The island is a grant from the Crown to the family
of Codrington ; and from the sale of its stock and the
profits derived from the many lamentable wrecks, is supposed
to yield to the present owner an income of £7000 per
annum. The white inhabitant at the time I visited the
island was a Mr. James, the respectable attorney for Sir
Christopher Codrington. He had then been resident about
ten years in the island, and, with the exception of an
occasional trip to the neighbouring island of Antigua,
lived entirely secluded from the world. From the very
superficial view I was then in the habit of taking of any
place, I am unable to say how many acres were under culti-
vation, but it strikes me they must have been few, and
confined entirely to raising a sufficiency for the maintenance
of the slaves, and providing food for the stock. Almost the
whole of the island was covered with wood ; and the stock
that run wild in it was reckoned to amount to, horned cattle,
3000 ; sheep, 40,000 ; horses, 400 ; deer, perhaps, 100 or
150. Rides were cut in the woods ; and Mr. James, who
kept a great many wretchedly broke horses in his stable,
some Porto Rico blood hounds, and two very expert hunts-
men, was in the constant habit of mounting his horse at day-
break, and, thus accompanied, repairing to the woods to hunt
the wild bull, or deer, if such should chance to fall in his way.
This was sport, as you may naturally suppose, sailors had
no particular objection to ; and no first-rate sportsman in
Leicestershire ever went to meet the hounds, at a favorite
cover, with more animated spirits than I mounted my rough
vicious pyeball to accompany Mr. James in his daily
diversion ; and it would have puzzled the best huntsman in
England to have displayed more judgment, skill, and
dexterity, in selecting and separating a young but full-grown
bull from a large herd, than my two black friends did. As
soon as this was accomplished, the bull generally made, at a
furious rate, for the thickest parts of the wood, followed by
myself and motley companions.
The huntsmen carried long ropes before them, and when-
ever they could get sufficiently near to the bull, they skilfully
threw them over the animal's horns, and not unfrequently
seized the creature by the tail, and by a sudden peculiar
jerk, succeeded in turning the bull over .... At other
times it was the practice of Mr. James to drive, by means of
a long line of slaves, and every tenth man a gong, which he
kept sounding, a vast number of sheep, into an arm of the
sea. They were then enclosed in this living palisade, and the
rams caught. The cattle, when wanted for exportation or
consumption, are caught as above described, and lashed to
the horns of tame oxen, who never fail, sooner or later, to
conduct them to head-quarters without any assistance.
The settlement consisted of a large barn-like looking
house, belonging to Mr. James, stables, artificers' shops of
every kind, Negro huts, and an old dilapidated castle, said to
have been built by the Buccanicrs, who, it seems, made this
island one of their places of abode. This piece of antiquity
had nothing particular to recommend it to notice. Two
very small schooners or boats belonged to the island, and
traded to and from S' John's, Antigua. Guinea birds were
found wild in the greatest profusion, also wild ducks ; and
on the beach were nightly turned many turtles.
1814, January 20. John Julius, President of St.
Kitts, writes to say that the government has devolved
on him.
February 1 1 . The late Governor Mr. Elliott wrote
suggesting that the Leeward Islands might be sub-
divided into two governments, one to include Antigua,
Montserrat, and Barbuda, with £2000 a year (in
addition to £1300 a year, the present cost of schooner),
and the other St. Kitts, Nevis, Tortola, and Anguilla.
Downing Street, Feb. 15. Lieut. -gen. Sir .James Leith,
K.B., Captain-general and Governor-in-Chipf in and over
the Leeward Islands in America.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' promotions, p. 194.)
Ajjril 8. James Le Marchant wi-ites to say that
he has been appointed Secretary of Antigua, worth
£1 200 a year. In his api)lication to Ministers made
one or two years previously he stated that his late
brother General Le Marchant had supported him
and his family till his death. He did not long enjoy
his post, for he was dismissed before the end of the
year. Mr. Oswald was the late patentee. The
York Light Infantry Volunteers, now at Antigua,
consisting of 39 Serjeants, 11 drummers, 858 rank
and file, are ordered to proceed to Jamaica.
May 13. Julius says that Rowland Burton, the
Chief Justice, died on 28 April, and that he has
appointed the Senior Assistant Justice, James Athill,
as his successor.
May 30. Treaty of peace with the French signed
at Paris.
June 25. Lieut.-General Sir James Leith, the
new Captain-General, arrives at Antigua.
September 15. The death of Captain Molloy,
R.N., Registrar of the Court of Admiralty, is
announced.
October 22. The great seal is very old and worn,
and does not bear His Majesty's arms.
December 8. The Assembly go in procession to
St. John's Church, and general thanks are returned
for peace.
On 24 December was signed the treaty of Ghent
between Great Britain and the United States.
1815. The Hon. Henry Rawlins takes chief
command during the absence of Sir James Leith
and President Jiilius. He complains that slaves are
smuggled to the islands through St. Bartholomew's.
All Government officers are now compelled to reside
at the various islands. William Musgrave and
Anthony Wyke are both candidates for St. John's
Town vice Hall deceased.
List of slaves who have been baptised.
By Rev"" Sam. B. Harman, Rector of S* John's, from
Sep. 1803 to Sep. 1815 668
By Rev'' James Coull, Rector of S' Peter's, from Jan.
1809 to Oct. 1815 683
By Rev* James Coull, Rector of S' George's, from
Jan. 1807 to Oct. 1815 427
By Rev"" Geo. ColHns, Rector of S' Philip's, from
1803 to 1815 1047
By Rev-i Nath. Gilbert, Rector of S« Paul's, from
Jan. 1810 to 1815 191
By Rev^i .... Chaderton, Rector of S' Mary, from
14 Dec. 1814 to 27 Sep. 1815 .... 6
The period of his holding the living.
Pastors of Society of United Brethren, Jan. 1812 . 1328
Rev. Jas. Curtin, Missionary of Church of England 2870
Pastors of Methodists since Jan. 1812 . . . 1996
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THE HISTORY Or ANTIGUA.
August 10. Guadaloupe capitiolated to General
Sir James Leith, G.C.B.
Oct. 6. The buildings of the victualling department at
English Harbour, Antigua, were set on fire by lightning.
From the gi-eat quantity of rum that was in them, the fire
burnt with such fury as to baffle every effort to extinguish
it. By great exertions the dockyard was saved. (Southey.)
On 20 November a treaty of i^eace was signed at
Paris between the Allies and the King of France, as
the result of the Battle of Waterloo.
December. Mr. Eobert Aberdein has been dis-
missed from the Secretaryship of Antigua, and the
post was promised the previous June to Mr. S. B.
Ferris.
1816, March. The general government of the
Leeward Islands was divided ; Major-General George
W. Ramsay was appointed as Governor of Antigua,
Montserrat, and Barbuda, and to Governor Probyu
was assigned St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, and the
Virgin Islands. The Assembly voted the former
jESOOO currency yearly, and in case of his death or
absence j63000 currency to the Commander-in-Chief
pro tern.
Sep. 19. S' John's, Antigua. The storm of Monday
last disposed us to hope that the violence of the fever, that
has now so long prevailed here, would have been abated. In
this, however, we have been painfully disappointed, as each
succeeding day has added one or more names to the list.
With some lew exceptions the fever has been confined to
persons resident here but a short time.
(' Ann. Register,' p. 143.)
The exports from G' Britain amounted to £116,559.
(Edwards.)
The imports to G' Britain included —
222,091 cwt. of sugar.
38,318 gals. rum.
98 cwt. coffee.
6,669 lbs. cotton-wool.
The shijiping consisted of 37 vessells of 10,236 tons &
484 men.
1817. Slave returns. Males 15,053
Females 17,216
Total 32,269
1818, Nov. 1. At Antigua, the late Governor, Lieu-
tenant-general Ralnsay. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 186.)
1819, Jan. 22. Major-general Sir Benjamin D'Urban,
K.C.B., to be Governor of Antigua, vice Ramsay, deceased.
(Ibid., p. 169, promotions.)
The new Gov arrived next year. Crop 20,056 hogs, of
sugar & 6,784 pun. of rum.
N.B. The Author was permitted by the Colonial
Secretary to examine the State papers down to the
year 1816, but not later, so that he is not in a
position to give much information about the island
between 1816 and 1894.
CHAPTER IX.
GEORGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTORIA. 1820—1894.
1820. In a return made of the Crown Funds there
appears " An account of the Four and Half per cent. West
India Duties, from 1760 to 1820— £2,116,484. This
Revenue is charged with the salaries of the governors and
various other public officers connected with the West Indies,
and also with the payment of pensions granted by the
Crown ; as appears in the accounts laid from time to time
before Parliament." ('Annual Register,' p. 759.)
Salaries paid out of the 4^ per cent. Barbadoes and
Leeward Islands Duty so far as relates to the Exchequer
1809 — 1818 from returns ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed 4 May 1820 : —
£
300
835
1000
1461
38
1500
3000
615
844
263
1744
1175
101
884
473
184
456
The officers employed here for the collection of the
duty included at — S' John's, W™ Jervis, Comptroller, at
£50 salary ; Parham, John Duer, Collector, at £80 salary.
1809
1810
W"' Woodley
John Julius
Acting
Governor
JJ
Hugh Elliot
Governor
.
1811
John Julius
Acting
Governor
1812
Hugh Elliot
Governor
.
1813
1814
John Julius
Acting
Governor
it
Hugh Elliot
Governor
.
1815
Sir James Leith
1816
1817
J)
J)
John Julius
Henry Rawlings
James Tyson
Stedman Rawlings
Archibald Esdaile
Acting
J)
yj
Go
vernor
T. Barnwell, Sam. Byam, T. R. Martin, & J. Waters,
Comptrollers, at £50 salary.
Gross & Nett Proceeds of the 4^
per cent. duty.
Antigua.
Gross. Charges.
Net Proceeds.
1813 £22,369 £10.342
£12,027
1814 26,054 12,829
13,224
1815 23,093 11,503
11,589
1816 30,117 16,369
13,747
1817 29,097 13,426
15,670
1818 33,109 16,340
16,768
Population.
Whites
. 1,980
Coloured ....
. 4,066
•^''^-iFetles ; :
14,454
16,531
OA nor;
Militia.
Staff-officers ....
. 15
Commissioned officers
. 87
Non-commissioned ofiBcers & privates .
Religion.
843
945
1821.
Established Church . " . . 16,730
Church of Scotland ... 183
Moravians 12,668
Wesleyans 6,563
Roman Catholics .... 25
(Antiguan Almanac for 1852.)
Occupation. — Of official & professional men there were
163; 217 were employed in commerce; 13,540 in agri-
culture, of whom 13,202 were labourers ; 2531 were
mechanics ; & 2017 domestic servants.
GEORGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTORIA.
cU
Whites
Population.
r Male
■ \ Female ,
Male
r
Free Coloured & Blacks < pi„™„ig
Slaves .
r Male
' [ Female
1,140
840
1,980
3,895
31,064
1,549
. 2,346
. 14,531
. 16,533
Total .
36,939
1824, June 8. Hon. Bertie E. Jarvis writes : " Wilber-
force's pamphlet has created a good deal of sensation here,
as if he had ever witnessed the care & attention, paid to
the Negroes in this Island, he would have written very
differently, but he has got all his notions from a Gentleman
at Barbadoes, where, I believe, on some few Estates, unjust
severeity has been used."
Population, 30,314 slaves, 3825 free coloured.
By letters patent of 24 July a diocese was formed
of Barbados and the Leevrard Islands, and Dr. Wil-
liam Hart Coleridge was nominated as the first
Bishop. An annual sum of £4200 was placed at his
disposal for diocesan purposes, but no minister was
to receive more than £300 sterling a year. Two
Archdeaconries of Barbados the Windward and
Antigua the Leeward were formed.
1825, Henry Nelson Coleridge visited Antigua
this year, and wrote an entertaining volume, entitled
* Six Months in the West Indies,' of which a second
edition was published in 1826. He devoted pages
236 — 264 to a description of his stay on this island.
Sir Patrick Ross was appointed Governor vice
D'Urban recalled, and Lieut. -Colonel E. Mathews,
Lieut.-Governor.
1826, Feb. 21. Hon. Bertie E. Jarvis writes that M"'
Huskinson's trade bill has injured, he has taxed American
produce as corn & meal. I wish M' Wilberforce, M' Buxton
& their Antislavery Associates were here to judge for them-
selves, they would be, at once, convinced of the Injustice of
their Accusations against us, for tho', I am a large Pro-
prietor in this Country, yet, if I saw anything, like oppres-
sion, I would be the first to cry it down, but it does not
exist. The negroes are happy & comfortable, & no com-
parison can be drawn, between their comforts & those of
the Peasantry at home, Cheerfulness & contentment mark
the countenances of the former, whereas Penury & misery
frequently sadden the brow of the latter & perhaps it might
appear incredible, when I tell you, but in this small Island,
there are no less than 500 coloured People, enjoying the
blessings of freedom, who are actually supported by the
Parish.
Mar. 4. The mail boat " lilaria " from Montserrat to
this Island, was wrecked oflF Sandy Island 3 days ago, with
y« Methodist Parsons, their Wives, and Children, all
perished, with the exceptioa of W^ .lones, who was jammed
in between the masts & was rescued, after having been
3 days & 2 nights in this perilous situation. It is however
doubtful, whether she will recover.
May 20. Sir Patrick Eoss has arrived & his salary has
been fixed at £5000 a year.
Hogsheads of Sugar Puncheons of Rum
of loUO lbs. nett. of IIU Gallons.
1820 14,912 5,774
1821 21,642 8,575
1822 8,198 3,674
1823 13,183 3,260
1824 20,122 4,356
1825 17,260 3,688
1826 20,342 4,299
1827 7,309 1,610
1829. Civil Establishment.
Sir Patrick Ross, K.C.M.G., Maj' Gen^ in the Army, Gover-
nor & Commander in Chief over Antigua, Montserrat
and Barbuda.
L' Col. R. Mathews, L' Governor.
Members of H.M. Council.
R' Rev. W" Hart Coleridge, D.D., Bishop of Barbadoes and
the Leeward Islands.
Samuel Athill, President. •
Samuel Warner. Kean B. Osborne.
Mead Home Daniell, M.D. Samuel Harman.
William Byam. Richard W. Nanton.
Paul Horsford. Rowland Edward Williams.
Speaker of the Assembly, Nicholas Nugent.
Clerk of the Council, Thomas Lane.
Marshal, Richard L. Nauton.
The slaves numbered 29,839.
The following letter and petition are in the
Author's possession ; all the signatures to the latter
are original : —
To Robert Stokes, Esq'^.
Antigua, April 17'^ 1830.
My Dear Sir,
I had the pleasure to address you, the
middle of last month apprizing you that the Petition from
the Coloured Inhabitants of this Island would be shortly
forwarded.
It is with infinite satisfaction I now transmit the same
to you, with a request from the Petitioners, that you would
on their behalf hand the Petition to that fi-iend of the
oppressed, D"' Lushington, with their best acknowledgments
for his kind promise, this year of presenting the same in the
House of Commons, at same time apologizing for not com-
municating direct with that Gentleman.
The Petitioners have to request a continuance of your
kind offices, by requesting some noble Lord to present the
Petition in the House of Lords, the selection of whom they
leave entirely to our fi-iend D'' Lushington and yourself.
The necessary explanations and information accompanies
the Petition, which will be handed you by M' Joseph Phil-
lips, a native of England, to whom I beg to refer you for
any information which may be required, he is intimately
acquainted from his long residence in this Island with every
particular connected with the West India sj'stem, and has
himself been much persecuted and oppressed, having married
a lady of colour by whom he has several children.
The Petitioners have also requested me to refer you to
John Osborn, J'', Esq'', should he be yet in London as he
also is well informed on this subject and with the system
against which they complain.
Explanation to be referred to in elucidation of the
prayer of the Petition, viz' :
No 1 _ — Weekly Register containing Copy of our Petition
to the local Legislature rejected, after a great
deal of abuse from several of the Members as
will be seen in the Debates on the Petition in
said Paper.
N" 2. — Answers to the objections made by several of the
Whites against the repeal of the AVhite Ser-
vants Acts, said objections were put by us into
the hands of those Members of the local Legis-
lature who were favourable to the repeal.
Xo 3.— Counter-Petition by 106 White Individuals (to
the local Legislature) opposed to our Petition,
etc.
N" 4. — A concise view of the rise and progress of the
White Servants Act, and of the method
resorted to at this time to defeat its pro-
visions.
No 5. — The manner in which Juries are impannelled.
clii
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
I have in conclusion to pray the favour of you and also
in the names of the Petitioners, to keep us advised as to the
reception and progress of the Petition in the British Parlia-
ment, as it is a subject of great anxiety to the many that are
interested.
I hope to hear from you very soon and that my subscrip-
tion to the Society is fully paid up.
I am. Dear Sir,
Your most faithful Servant,
(Signed) NATtf Hill.
The Petition of the Coloured Inhabitants of the
Island of Antigua.
Antigua. — To the Honorable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in
Parliament assembled.
The Humble Petition of the Undersigned for them-
selves and on behalf of the other Free Inhabitants
not being Whites,
That Your Petitioners in the exercise of that Consti-
tutional Right which is not denied any Subject of the
Eealm are induced most humbly and respectfully in the
language of Loyalty and obedience to pray for a redress of
those political grievances which they have so long and
patiently endured and which might perhaps have justified
louder complaints.
That Your Petitioners in making this Appeal to the
Wisdom and Justice of Your Honorable House are not
more Strengthened by the reflection that they have hitherto
used every Constitutional means short of an application to
the Imperial Parliament than encouraged by the happy
retrospect of their past loyalty to the King and veneration
for that Constitution which is the pride of every English-
man.
That by certain Laws of this Island Your Petitioners
are subjected to many disabilities, restrictions, and exclu-
sions, operating greatly to the prejudice of their Industry,
subversive of their rights as British Subjects, poignant to
their feelings as Men, and illiberal in this Enlightened Age.
That these enactments have encouraged the adoption of
Customs which have now assumed the force of Law and
tend not only to disqualify Your Petitioners from enjoying
various important privileges but also to their being held in
a degraded light by the White Inhabitants as though they
were physically and morally unfit for the enjoyment of those
Franchises to which they consider themselves justly entitled.
That the existence of such unnatural Prejudices on the
one side must create corresponding feelings on the other
alike injurious to the Peace of Society as it is to the interest
and Welfare of the Country at large.
That since the Tear One thousand eight hundred and
twenty three Your Petitionei-s have presented several
Petitions to the local Legislature setting forth their Civil
disabilities and have endeavoured by all Constitutional
means to procure the abolition of such disabilities, restric-
tions, and exclusions.
That in the month of July One thousand eight hundred
and twenty eight Your Petitioners prayed the Council and
Assembly to repeal an Act of this Island Number Six
Hundred commonly called the " White Servants' Act "
(peculiar to this Island and the Island of Jamaica)
the provisions of which prevent Your Petitioners from
engaging in Agricultural pursuits under a heavy Annual
Penalty.
That while the humble Appeal of Your Petitioners on
that occasion was rejected by the House of Assembly in
terms of Insult and Abuse by some of its Members it is due
to the Council to Acknowledge the liberal Sentiments
expressed and enlightened Policy manifested by most of
the Members of that Board ; but Your Petitioners despair-
ing of any beneficial change in their political condition
through the medium of local Legislative interference are
impelled to lay their grievances before Your Honorable
House in the anxious expectation and perfect Confidence of
obtaining your powerful interposition.
That Your Petitioners would briefly represent to Your
Honorable House that they are prevented from being
employed on Plantations as Overseers or Managers, — that
they are not eligible to hold Commissions in the Militia,
notwithstanding they compose two thirds of its force — nor
to serve as Grand Jurors, Petit Jurors, or even on Coroner's
Inquests, and they are also excluded from Parochial Aid in
every Parish, although willing to contribute their proportion
towards the poor-rates.
That these and other less important, but equally vexa-
tious disabilities, contribute to harass and perplex the minds
of Your Petitioners ; nor can it be otherwise, when they
perceive that the recommendations of His Majesty's Govern-
ment in their behalf have been unavailing, and that neither
Education, Wealth, nor Merit as good Subjects and Citizens,
have any tendency to render them eligible to Situations of
public trust, honor or emolument as enjoyed by their more
favored Brethren.
That your Petitioners are impressed with the conviction
that their full participation in all the Privileges of the
British Constitution is an Object essentially interwoven
with the prosperity of the Colony, the advancement of its
social Happiness, the Consolidation of its strength, and the
establishment of its Security.
Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that
Y''our Honorable House will be pleased to
take the Subject of their PoMtical disabilities
into your earnest Consideration and that
Your Honorable House will grant such relief
to Your Petitioners as will enable them to
participate in all the rights and immunities
which are enjoyed by others of His Majesty's
Subjects.
And Your Petitioners will ever pray, etc., etc., etc.
April 17th, 1830.
Nathaniel Hill.
Henry Loving'.
Rich" P. Blizard.
Chris' C. Jilizard.
Peter P. Walter.
W"' Thibou.
Thomas V. Moore.
William Este.
Georfje Cranstouu.
Joseph Shervington.
James Nibbs Brown.
Baptist Slaney.
Robert Tait.
John Halliday.
Jos. Donowa.
Tyrrell Shervington.
William Irish Wyke.
Jn» O'Brien.
James Grenville Hicks.
William Lynch.
Ju° H. Moore.
Daniel W. Scarville.
John Haycock Coates.
Henry Mearns.
Henry Anderson Pritchard.
.Tames Pritchard, Sen'.
William Woodman Dow.
Thomas Coull, J"'.
Charles S. Bouisson.
Edward Wesston.
James Gilchrist Crawford.
W" Collins.
Edward O'Hara Brown.
Richard Wilson.
William Wilberforce Millett.
Thomas Erskine Millett.
John Burke Scotland.
William Brinton.
Philip C. Hicks.
Patrick L. Ryan.
Tho" Burton.
Geo. Wilson.
Samuel B. Brown.
Henry J. Thibou.
James Fairbairn.
Tho' Elliot.
John Edward Ord.
George John Harney.
John Harney.
Jacob Scotland.
John Hicks.
John Carlisle.
Isaac Joseph Carlisle.
William Williamson.
Robert Meligan.
James Reese.
William Robert Powell.
William Taylor.
Jos" Phillips.
William Henry M'Nemara.
David Barnes.
Daniel Wesston.
Geo. Meliss.
John Wilson.
Arthur Edwards.
James Edwards.
Richard Edwards.
Elias A. Brown.
Adam White.
Duncan B. Athill.
Samuel Brown.
Samuel Thibou.
John Dodds.
Henry Gallery.
Joseph Bishop Cheek.
William Chelsea.
John Robertson.
Robert Carr Brown.
Tho" W. Martin.
William Marshall.
William Patterson.
Richard Kirwan.
James S. Mitchell.
John Bellot.
Richard R. Carty.
Thomas F. Bunkley.
Thomas Emerson.
John Aird.
John H. D. Kirwan.
Samuel Bannister Lavioount.
Edward Wills.
James Thibou.
GEOEGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTORIA.
cliii
John Kennedy.
William Willock.
Horatio Xelson Picart.
James Briuton.
Nafch' S. Wood.
Joseph B. Green.
William Ferris Mercier.
Charles Thomas Player.
John Swift.
John Swift. Sen'.
William J. Warren.
A. Kirkwood.
John Nanton.
D. Cranstoun.
Thomas C. Walter.
Joseph RoUande.
Daniel Rollande.
George David Lindsay.
Joseph Taylor.
James T. Keeling.
Samuel Crawford.
James White.
John Ray Harvey.
John James Taylor.
John James.
Edward Tyley Dickinson.
Richard F. Weatherill.
John Shelcross.
William Skerritt, Sen'.
Alex' Murrain.
B. L. Powell.
James L. Crichton.
Francis Smith.
James Lewis.
John Hurst.
Sam. Betts.
William L. Xibbs.
William Burn.
Jn« G. W. Thibou.
Benj" Macsween.
Samuel G rover Dow.
Edward Sutton.
Archibald Hart Dow.
John Alley.
Sam' G. W'atkins.
Richard Byam.
William Rondz.
Georg:e W. Byam.
Thomas Hart.
Robert Carr Daniell.
James Taylor.
Tho' Ritchie.
Geo. Crichton.
Thomas Ward.
Thomas Octavius Ward.
William Burnett Sandford.
Charles Henry.
Michael Anthoney.
Richard Grigg-.
James C. Burke.
Francis Alley.
John Carty.
Henry Brown.
James S. Weatherill.
Francis Crichton.
George Montaigne Hill.
Frederick Augustus Hill.
John A. Budd.
James F. Bates.
John Dover.
Jeremiah R. Nibbs.
James Farquhar.
Charles M^Dougall.
Robert Shaw.
William Willock, Jun'.
Tho" Mackie.
Charles Murray.
Tho' Lessly Moore.
Samuel H. Wills.
Jeremiah Nibbs.
Michael S. Bouisson,
Samuel Davis.
James Barnard.
Richard Starke.
John Billinghurst, Jun'.
Sam' Billinghurst.
Joseph Billinghurst.
John Boyd.
Dan' Lavicount.
Henry Prizgar.
Thomas Gallwey.
Gervas T. Picart.
John Entwisle, Senr.
John Entwisle, Junr.
Samuel Elliott.
William Phillips.
Joseph Phillips, Jun'.
W" Williams.
James F. Taylor.
William F. Hall.
John C. Erdman.
John J. C. Harrison.
Stephen Murray O'Brien.
George A. Telfer.
George Henry Wesston.
George Jarvis.
James Matthew.
William Morris.
William Willis, Junr.
Joseph Brown.
John Allen.
Henry Este.
Jos. Anderson.
B. W. Baxter.
Charles A. Hart.
Thomas A. M'Call.
John Henry Simpson.
John Cutting- Kyce.
Thomas Kyce.
Joseph Lyons Walrond Brooks.
Will"' C. B. Brooks.
Samuel Crichton.
William Richard Powell.
W. C. Brooks.
Charles Clarke.
Robert Clarke.
John C. James.
Nicholas Clarke.
Thomas Harney.
Sam' Brown.
Edmund Murray.
Charles Halsted.
Thomas Betts.
Ferris Monsew.
John S. Rose.
Richard S. White.
Cha" Bradfeete.
Peter Floorestow.
Philip A. Tyley.
Samuel Derry.
Thomas Burke.
Ja" D. Richardson.
Luke Cole.
William Stephenson.
John Saunders Richardson.
Tho< W. Richardson.
Edward H. Richardson.
Sam' Crichton.
Samuel Hunt, Jun'.
W. R. Crawford.
Tho» B. Ragin.
Geo. Black.
John Hunt.
Barth" Hart.
Edward Penstone.
Thomas Penstone.
John Harney.
Joseph Crowley.
Samuel Barnard.
John A. Hamstead.
George Malone.
John S. Pickeringe.
M'illiam Hewlett.
W. H. Ragin.
John Cole.
Cato C. Mascal.
Robert llascal.
John Ledger.
Robert Keane.
Wm. N. Mitchell.
James Harris.
William Davis.
John Brcmuer.
Tho" Anthonyson.
Charles Ferris Mercier.
James Bertie.
Alexander Jacobs.
Philip Wills.
John G, Wesston.
William Gardener.
Samuel Barnes.
Rowland E. Betts.
Nathaniel S. Martin.
James N. Watson.
George R. Burn.
George Lynch.
C. Evanson.
Richard Evanson.
Tho. Prizgar. Jun.
Rich'' P. M'Carty.
J. Thibou.
William C. Mead.
Samuel Barton.
Jos. L. Black.
John Ryce Watson.
Mich. Wyke.
Geo. R. Dwyer.
William Lea.
Richard Lea.
Dan' W. Prevost.
Geo. B. Figarilla.
James Lovell.
John Figarella.
Isaac Figarella.
Domingo Figarella.
Henry Figarella.
Cha» Figarella.
James Figarella.
William Figarella.
John Barton.
Joseph Desilvia, Sen'.
Geo. Desilvia, Sen'.
John Desilvia.
Joseph Desilvia, Ju"'.
George Desilvia, Ju'r.
Jn° Taylor.
George Betts.
George A. Betts.
Joseph Donawa, Ju'.
James M. Donawa.
John Fr' Smyth.
Mark Connolly.
W'" P. Meredith.
J. W. Meredith.
1831. The suppression of Sunday markets caused
an insurrection among the slaves, and incendiarism
raged. Martial law was proclaimed and the ring-
leader executed. Saturday was appointed as market
day for the future.
1832. Sir Evan Murray McGregor was appointed
to the government of the Leeward Islands, including
Dominica.
Slave Population.
Males .... 13,992
Females . . . 15,5-45
29,537
1833. Severe shocks of earthquake were felt this
year, which were followed by a season of drought.
1834. The Act for the Abolition of Slavery was
passed, but the Antiguans laying aside all claims to
apprenticeship gave their negros immediate freedom.
1835. A violent hurricane caused much damage,
and this was followed by yellow fever which broke
out again with great virulence. Sir Evan McGregor
was promoted to the government of Barbados about
this time.
1836. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Light became Lieut.-
Governor, but he was subsequently removed to
British Guiana.
In November Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey
arrived at Antigua with a view to ascertaining the
result of the emancipation of slaves on this and other
islands. Antigua, it will be remembered, was fore-
most of all the West India colonies in bestowing
complete freedom on its slaves, their apprenticeship,
which had been authorized by Parliament, having
been magnanimously rejected.
They reported in 1837 that in spite of the extreme
drought of the last 15 months there was manifest a general
improvement in trade & prosperity, that the introduction of
free labour had increased the value of land & led to the
more economical working of the plantations ; that the
negros as a body were not elevated beyond the stage of
moral & intellectual childhood, their character being dis-
tinguished by shrewdness, petty vice, great want of reflec-
tion & above all by distrust, but they were, however, in a
rapid course of improvement. (' The West Indies in 1837,'
being the .Journal of a visit to Antigua, etc., by Joseph Sturge
and Thomas Harvey, 1838.)
Dr. Nicholas Nugent was Speaker, and the Hon.
Samuel Warner President. Sir William McBean
George Colebrooke succeeded as Governor. The
Colonial Bank was established by royal charter.
1838. The Militia was abolished on July 1, thus
saving a considerable annual sum. Sir W. M. G.
Colebrooke attempted to hold a general Council and
Assembly for the Leeward Islands, but the home
government refused their sanction.
August 16. Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke reported
that the transition to entire freedom on the 1st of
August was accomplished in the Leeward Islands
with the utmost tranquillity, and that a public
thanksgiving had been observed according to his
instructions.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1839, March ] 6. Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke stated
tliat the negros were very reluctant to enter into
contracts in writing, and for any term beyond a
month. Many of them had purchased plots of land
and settled in villages. On the 12th of June he
enclosed the following returns of the crops : —
Susrar. Rum. Molasses.
Hogsheads. Puncheons. Puncheons.
182-1 . . 19,884 4,732 7,448
1825 . . 16,901 4,082 8,182
1826 . . 17,085 2,966 8,742
1827 . . 5,965 987 2,990
1828 . . 14,150 2,126 7,912
1829 . . 12,849 3.024 6,338
1830 . . 12,025 2,943 4,259
1831 . . 13,148 2,489 7,912
1832 . . 12,612 2,180 8,148
1833 . . 11,092 1,704 8,231
1834 . . 20,263 1,149 13,818
1835 . . 13,576 1,907 8,425
1836 . . 10,312 946 4,149
1837 . . 5,325 431 3,039
1838 . . 18,251 1,115 12,113
(Extracts from West Indian Papers, printed by order of
the House of Commons, 1839.)
1840. The Governor returned to England, and
Major McPhail, Lieut.-Governor of Dominica, became
Commander in Chief.
1841. A great fire took place.
To THE Honorable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, IN Parliament assembled —
The Humble Petition of the undersigned Planters,
Merchants and others interested in the British West
India Colonies.
That your Petitioners have for years past been subjected
to various changes and legislative enactments seriously affect-
ing their interests ; slavery has been abolished, and free
labour established throughout the British West Indies ; the
distinctive duties on Sugar and Rum, the produce of the
British possessions in the East Indies, no longer exist,
and capitalists, availing themselves of this concession, and
relying upon the implied iutentions of the Government,
have been induced to form extensive establishments for the
manufacture of Sugar throughout the British possessions in
the East Indies.
Your Petitioners, relying with entire confidence on the
intentions of the Legislature, that the great national experi-
ment of Slave Emancipation should have a full and fair trial,
have laboured to promote that object with perfect good faith
and at great sacrifices of capital and surplus expenditure.
Your Petitioners show that the abolition of Slavery not
only deprived the Colonies of one of the principal sources
fi'om whence they raised their revenue to meet the expenses
of their civil governments, but necessarily subjected them to
a very great addition to those expenses.
That in compliance with the desire of Her Majesty's
Government, they have greatly increased their burthens, by
raising a police, by the erection of prisons, and by enlarging
and improving their judicial establishments.
The civilization of theemancipated population, and thesuc-
cessful issue of the great measure of Emancipation, could alone
be effected by extending the means of religious and moral
instruction. The Colonies have therefore largely augmented
their ecclesiastical establishments, nor have they confined
their assistance to those places of religious instruction which
were connected with the Established Church, but have
extended it to all sects ; and your Petitioners show, that in
the colony of .Jamaica alone, an increase to the expenditure
of that colony has been incurred under these heads, and for
these objects, of upwards of £200,000 per annum.
Your Petitioners further show, that so great a change in
the cultivation of the British West India Colonies, as was
etiTected by the extinction of Slavery, was necessarily attended
with such difficulties, and such increased expense, as
required the fostering care and assistance of the mother
country, not only for the protection of those who are in-
terested in those Colonies, but for the success of the great
measure of Emancipation itself. But instead of any such
care and assistance, your Petitioners have learnt, with the
greatest surprise and alarm, that Her Majesty's Government
propose to reduce the duty on Foreign Sugar from 63s. to
36s., whilst no reduction whatever is proposed upon British
Plantation Sugar. A measure which your Petitioners main-
tain would, if adopted by your Honorable House, effect the
utter and irremediable ruin of the British West India
Colonies. It is an undeniable fact that those Colonies,
being dependant on free labour alone, cannot, in the culti-
vation and manufacture of their principal staple commodity
of Sugar, compete with Foreign Colonies, in which not only
does Slavery exist, but in which there is a continual addition
made to their labouring population by means of the atrocious
Slave Trade.
This measure would, therefore, not only involve the
utter loss of the capital which has been embarked in the
British West India Colonies, and which is upwards of One
Hundred Millions sterling ; but would, by placing them out
of cultivation, completely obstruct the progress of civiliza-
tion amongst the emancipated population, and reduce them
to a state of barbarism.
Y'our Petitioners further show, that the proposed measure,
inasmuch as it affords a direct encouragement to the con-
tinuance of Slavery, and the extension of the Slave Trade, is
an act of gross injustice to the British nation, by whom
millions have been expended in procuring Foreign States to
put an end to this barbarous traffic, and in compensating
her own subjects for the extinction of slavery in her own
possessions.
Y'our Petitioners further state, that this measure is not
justified or excused by any alleged high price or inadequacy
of supply, even if a measure fraught with such disastrous
consequences could have been justified or excused on such
grounds, because your Petitioners show that the importation
of Sugar from the West India colonies, until the last two
years, has been regular, and for the last 21 years has averaged
181,568 tons annually. The consumption during the same
period has averaged 176,737 tons, and has increased pro-
gressively with the population. From the particular circum-
stances of the Colonies the importation was reduced in 1839
to 141,143 tons; and in 1840 to 109,937 tons; and the
consumption in 1839 was 192,861 tons, and in 1840 was
180,344 tons, or 7 per cent, less than 1839, but equal to the
consumption of 1836 ; and the Stock of Sugar on hand at
1st January last was .
The estimated Imports in this
year from the West Indies
Mauritius
East Indies ....
35,000 Tons.
115,000
30,000
62,000
Together .
242,000 Tons.
which more than amply provides for the present and any
possible increase of consumption, whilst the transition to free
labour in the West Indies, and the efforts making for
extending the production in the Mauritius and over the
British Possessions in the East Indies, insure a gradual and
extensive addition to the annual importation of Sugar from
the British Colonies and Possessions.
It is likewise maintained by your Petitioners, that this
measure is equally uncalled for in consequence of the present
or prospective state of jirices. The last Gazette average
price for British Plantation Sugar was 37s. l^d. per cwt.,
being a progressive fall of 12s. per cwt. since the beginning
GEORGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTOUIA.
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of the year, thus reducing the price to the consumer to a
fraction more than (!</. per lb. ; and as it has been shown
that the supply for this and ensuing years will be more than
equal to the demand, it is contended that any material rise
in price cannot possibly take place. It is moreover to be
borne in mind that the Government still continue to strike
the Gazette averages upon transactions in West India Sugar
only, and that if the sales of low brown East India and
Mauritius were included it would materially reduce the
average now quoted.
Your Petitioners further state, that the proposed differ-
ence between the duty of 36s. on Foreign Sugar, and that
of 24s. on British Plantation Sugar, would, from the superior
quality of white Havannah Sugar, be merely nominal, and
would therefore, on such sugar, be in effect an equalization
of duty on the British and the Foreign product.
Your Petitioners likewise show, that the British Colonies
and Possessions afford the most regular and extensive
demand for British manufactures :
In 1839 the declared value of exports -i
to the West Indies and Mauritius y£3,986,598
amounted to . . . . '
Ditto, the East Indies, to . . . 4,748,607
Together .... £8,735,205
whilst during the same period the declared value of exports
to Brazil and the Foreign West Indies amounted to only
£3,542,539. These exports to the East and West Indies are
peculiarly a home trade, in British hands, from the manu-
facturer and ship-owner to the retail shop-keeper, advantages
which never have been and never can be realized from
Foreign Colonies.
For these and other reasons —
Your Petitioners implore your Honourable House
to withhold your sanction from any measure
for the admission of Foreign Sugar into
Home consumption, thereby endangering the
various and important interests involved.
And your Petitioners will ever pray.
A true Copy,
GEO. SAINTSBURY,
Sec.
5 Hay, 1841.
1842. Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy became
Governor. The diocese of Barbados was this year
sub-divided, the archdeaconry of the Leeward Islands
being erected into a bishopric, of which Dr. Daniel
Gateward Davis, D.D., its Archdeacon and Rector of
St. John's, was appointed Bishop by patent dated 21
August. Two archdeaconries of Antigua and St.
Kitts were at the same time formed.
The Author of 'Antigua and the Antiguans'
describes in the following terms the damage caused
by the earthquake, which visited Antigua and many
of the other Leeward Islands on 8 February 1843 : —
" Out of 14 parish churches, (including the chapels of
ease,) only 2 remain uninjured. S' Paul's, situated at Fal-
mouth, was entirely destroyed ; as also S' Stephen's chapel
of ease, the district church of All Saints, and the chapel
schools of S' Bartholomew's and S' Marks, not long ago
erected. The new church of S' Peter's .... which was
expected to be completed and opened for Divine Service in
1843, was also much rent and injured. The pretty parish
church of S' Philip's was cracked from top to bottom, and
rendered unsafe, and the school-house was levelled with the
ground. S* James' chapel of ease was severely injured, and
the north and south wings fell. The school-room at S'
Barnaby's was rent in several places ; and at S' Stephen's a
similar building was entirely levelled. The school-room at
Brecknocks was also rendered unsafe. There were 172 sugar-
mills upon the island . . . ., of these 35 were entirely levelled
with the ground, 82 split from top to bottom, and the
remaining 55 almost all of them injured, requiring numerous
repairs. Among those most seriously injured may be
mentioned : — Bellevue Messrs. Shand's, Renfrew's, Bel-
mont's, Bath Lodge property of Walters, Green Castle Sir
Henry Martin's works and mansion. Lower freeman's, Sir
George Thomas's works and part of the mansion. Little
Duer's, Big Duer's, Ffry's, Elliot's, Potter's, La Roche's,
Baijer Otto Baijer's, Mount Pleasant, Rock Hill, Delap's,
George Byam's, Patterson's new steam-mill and works,
Monterea's, Paynter's, Gunthorp's, Claremont the seat of
the Hou. W. E. Williams untenantable and works of two
estates. Gamble's Admiral Tollemache's, The Wood, Fryar's
Hill, M'^Kinnon's & the newly erected sugar-works of Wm.
Williams, Esq.
" The city of S' John's suffered severely, and after the
earthquake, presented a most dismal appearance. About ^
of the stores and dwellings were levelled with the ground ;
and the remainder (with the exception of those buildings
erected of wood) so shattered and torn, that they were
rendered untenantable. Some of the houses were completely
twisted round, presenting an acute angle to the street,
instead of their usual position. The cranes at the water's
edge were many of them lifted out of the ground ; and in
several of the stores, streams of water bubbled up through
the interstices of the pavement. Tlie court-house, police-
office, (formerly the old jail,) the arsenal, the new jail and
barracks, the registrar's office, treasurer's office, governor's
secretary's office, (recently erected,) colonial bank, Antigua
library-rooms, etc., were all of them rent and torn, and
several rendered unsafe. The cathedral of S' John's was
damaged to a great extent, the tower being rent from top to
bottom, the north dial of the clock precipitated to the
ground, and part of the east wall of the tower thrown upon
the roof of the church. The handsome altar-piece was
entirely destroyed ; and many of the monuments which
graced the walls of the cathedral were hurled from their
resting-places, and shivered into atoms. Of these were the
tombs of Lord Lavington, Warner, Kelsick, Ottley, and
Atkinson. The font was thrown off its pedestal, seven of
the large pipes in front of the organ knocked out, and much
damage done to the interior of that instrument. The whole
of the south-east walls of the cathedral were thrown into the
the church-yard, cai'rying with them some of the ornamental
ground-glass windows. The north-west walls fell in one mass-
of ruins, while the north-east protruded beyond the perpen-
dicular. The north and south vestibules were almost blocked
up by the piles of massy stones and bricks. The churchyard
also presented a melancholy appearance, many of the tombs
being rent open, and split in various places. Before this
awful event, it had been the intention of the vestry to enter
into a contract for raising the tower, and improving its
architectural adornments, as also to make some alteration in
the chancel. The school-room, erected near the rectory of
S' John's was also very much dilapidated, and the national-
school for girls was so much injured as to require being
taken down. The new Wesleyan Chapel was fearfully rent,
and doubts were at first entertained for the safety of the
building ; but upon a mature deliberation, it was determined
to rej^air it without pulling it down ; which has since been
done. The nearly finished Scotch Kirk met with a severe
injury, its walls being cracked in several places ....
Almost every kitchen and oven in the island was destroyed;
and many of the capacious cisterns I'uined ....
" The dock-yard at English Harbour — the pride of the
Caribbee Islands — has suffered greatly; the excellent wharfs
cracked and rent ; in some places they sank down to the
level of the sea, in others, they were heaved up and down,
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
like the billows of the great deep ; the massy stone and
brick buildings erected within the yard were nearly all of
them injured ; the officers' quarters severely rent ; the
cordage stores, etc., cracked from top to bottom ; the fine
capacious cisterns ruined. The superintendent's office, etc.,
was also much impaired and rent ; and the stone platform
which ran along tne commissioners' room moved out of its
place, and the pavement beneath literally wrested up. The
guard-house and midshipmen's quarters were greatly
damaged, and the stone building near presented an awful
appearance, one side of it having sunk some depth into the
ground, while that part of the wharf contiguous to it was
fearfully rent. In the boat-house, the massy stone circular
pillars which supported the shed were very much cracked,
and one of them was separated from its pedestal and hurled
to the ground. The blacksmith's shop, paint stores, etc.,
were left but as tottering walls, while the long line of cliffs
and stone walls that topped the hills at the back of the yard
were shivered in all directions. S"- Helena was also much
injured, and the embattled walls of Fort Berkley, at the
mouth of the harbour, were overthrown. The superintendent
of the yard, Jos. Hart, Esq., estimated the damage at about
£20,000 ....
" At the Ridge the terrible efifects of the earthquake were
also felt. The stone stores and barracks were either thrown
down, or so severely rent that they were uusafe .... The
small stone building, situated at the extreme point of Shirley
Heights (erected for the accommodation of the signal-man,)
fell at the commencement of the shock ....
" The town of Falmouth presented but a mass of ruins —
its church was levelled with the ground, and the tombs in
the churchyard rent open .... The fortifications at Monk's-
hill were cracked and rent in many places .... Dow's Hill,
the country residence of the governor, suffered great injury,
and his excellency Sir C. A. Fitzroy lost furniture to the
amount of 1000/. st. De Witts, the seat of Sir Robert
Horsford, Knt., solicitor-general of Antigua, was nearly
levelled with the ground, and several other delightful country
residences partly destroyed. The lately established villages
. were nearly all dismantled — their neat little stone cottages
in ruins. Many of the Moravian and AVesleyan settlements
throughout the island have suflPered very much as well as
several of the forts. Rat Island battery is also much
damaged, as well as the new lunatic asylum erected there
Bishop Davis was installed on 12 May 1843 at St.
John's, the church having been temporarily repaired.
So bad vFas the state of this edifice that it was
considered advisable not to rebuild it on the old lines,
but to erect a cathedral, the corner stone of which
was laid in 1845, the building opened for service on
10 October 1847, and completed next year at a total
cost of £40,000.
C. J. Cunningham, L* Gov in 1845, was succeeded by
Sir James Macaulay Higginson, K.C.B., who was Gov'
from 1846—1850.
Molasses.
Puncheons.
6,540
5,042
8,215
8,149
8,231
8,019
13,788
8,476
6,734
3,074
12,189
9,787
1850. Crops of the island.
Sugar.
Rum.
Hogsheads.
Puncheo
1828
14,976
4,169
1829
14,016
4,523
1830
15,646
3,590
1831
12,612
2,180
1832
11,092
1,705
1833
10,911
1,697
1834
20,921
2,380
1835
14,803
1,938
1836
11,741
942
1837
5,434
436
1838
18,534
1,134
18.39
15,935
1,032
1840
16,008
1,027
10,178
1841
12,114
594
7,657
1842
11,700
896
7,135
1843
13,285
44
9,102
1844
16,702
120
10,257
1845
12,659
114
8,481
1846
7,051
297
4,659
1847
15,817
319
9,505
1848
11,313
164
5,783
1849
13,329
184
8,026
1850
8,066
100
5,126
Value of
Imports
. £163,623
Value of Exports
131,882
Revenue
• • . •
21,664
Expenditure
21,771
Amount
paid for the Poor .
Education.
4,188
Children.
In schools of Established Church
. 18.50
Moravians .
,
. 994
Wesleyans .
,
. 537
Mico Charity
,
. 243
Normal School (male students)
11
R. J. Mackintosh, GoV.
1859. By a local act passed this year the
Governor was empowered to select one member of
the Legislative Council and two of the Assembly,
these three forming an administrative committee to
assist in the audit of accounts. Sir Hercules Robin-
son, Lieut. -Governor, was succeeded the same year
by E. J. Eyre. K. B. Hamilton, C.B., was Governor
in 1855—1859, and again in 1860.
Colonel Sir Stephen John HiU, C.B., K.C.M.G.,
was appointed Governor November 1862, and removed
to Newfoundland in 1869.
1864, June 15. The daily yield of water from the
three principal springs, all situated about six miles
from St. John's, was measured during a period of
drought. The water from these springs was collected
and carried by pipes to a large reservoir situated at
Barnes Hill to the south-west of St. John's, whence
it has been distributed all over the city.
Imp. gals.
Sawcolts .... 12,960
Mill Hill .... 20,160
Brecknocks . . . 8,610
41,760
The average rainfall in a favourable year was
estimated at 59 inches.
1864. The average temperature was found to be —
January
76-12
September .
79-6
May .
79-77
October
79-8
June .
80-4
November .
79-86
July . .
80-05
December .
76-79
August
80-65
From April to August the trade-wind blew, and this was
the rainy and hurricane season.
We now come to the consideration of the West Indian
Incumbered Estates Acts, the subject of this volume.*
The condition of the important and extensive colonies to
which they relate has long been a subject of grave anxiety
to British statesmen, and of deep interest to all. The
calamities which, during the last twenty years, have befallen
West India proprietors, are well known to be due to causes
which no human wisdom could have foreseen or prevented ;
nor has any scheme been devised from which a complete
restoration to their former prosperity could be expected.
But as the condition of the estates in some of the islands
* • A Treatise on the West Indian Inciuubered Estates Acts,' by
Eeginald John Cust.
GEORGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTOEIA.
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resembles in many respects the ancient condition of Irish
estates, it was not unreasonably hoped that the remedy,
which, as we have seen, was so succcssfnlly applied in
Ireland, might operate beneficially in the West Indies.
The decline of the West Indian Islands, and the rutin of
the West Indian proprietors, dated from the abolition of
slavery. It is obvious that even an English estate would
be injuriously affected by any sudden change in the relation-
ship of master and servant, or any circumstance which
might render the sujiply of labour uncertain or scanty.
But there is a wide difference between a plantation in the
West Indies and an agricultural estate in England or
Ireland, where the labour and risk are undertaken by
tenants, and the owner has only to collect his rents, and,
after setting apart a certain average proportion for manage-
ment and ordinary or periodical expenses, may look on the
residue as a constant annual income. The proprietor of a
West Indian plantation resembled rather the owner of a
business or trading concern, which, if properly managed and
worked, might produce a large revenue, but wliich required
a liberal investment of capital, and great skill and manage-
ment to produce anything at all.
Previously to the abolition of slavery, the West Indian
Islands had been brought to a marvellous state of develop-
ment and cultivation. The productiveness of the soil
seemed capable of indefinite extension, the commercial
relationship with England furnished an unlimited market
for any amount of produce that the land would yield, while
the system of compulsory labour supplied the necessary
machinery for extracting and manufacturing such produce.
The annual revenue of an estate depended in effect on the
capital employed in cultivating it ; such capital was, how-
ever, essential to the success of the undertaking. The
purchaser of an estate had to invest not only the sum he
paid for the fee-simple of the land, but also a large
additional amount of capital for the machinery, plant, and
supplies, by which alone the crops could be realised. He
had, of course, to procure competent skill to superintend
the works, and, above all, a constant supply of well-directed
and disciplined labour. Under a system of compulsory
labour, it was not difficult to fulfil these conditions ; and
the profits realised were so enormous that a vast amount of
capital became engaged in the cultivation of these islands.
The great European war contributed in no small degree to
expand the West Indian commerce, and in many cases
estates of a few hundred acres produced annual returns of
many thousands of pounds. It naturally followed that large
fortunes were amassed, and a West Indian estate came to
be looked upon as a mine of wealth, out of which a
moderate outlay of capital would infallibly extract a princely
revenue. A system of cousigneeship grew up, under which
London or Liverpool merchants undertook the entire charge
of receiving and realising the consignments, and of furnish-
ing from time to time the supplies necessary for cultivation ;
thus relieving the owner from the necessity of personally
attending to his property, and, by commissions and loans at
compound interest, ensuring large profits for themselves.
It not unfrequently happened that the owner of an
estate was unable to furnish the necessary capital for work-
ing it, and therefore either entered into partnership with
some person who had the requisite means, or raised the
amount required by mortgages, the interest of which, and
sometimes the capital, was easily defrayed out of the increased
profits. Family charges, such as jointures, legacies, and
children's portions, were also liberally charged on such
estates, especially when the owner resided in England, the
large annual profits apparently justifying the settlor or
testator in relying on such debts being easily discharged.
Consignees also, in the ordinary course of management,
were willing to take up money at 3 or 4 per cent, in England
and realise compound interest at 6 per cent, on West Indian
estates, when a bad harvest or the requirements of the
proprietor rendered a loan acceptable. Thus it happened
that many West Indian estates became saddled with incum-
brances, which, though heavy when compared with the
acreage of the estates, yet, when set off against their
prodigious returns, were borne without inconvenience, and,
if required, easily shaken off.
But suddenly the blow fell, which, though various
attempts were made to palliate or disguise' its effects, was
destined to ruin the majority of West Indian proprietors.
By the celebrated Act of the Imperial Legislature, passed
in 1833, compulsory labour was summarily abolished, and
in lieu thereof a money compensation was given to the
holders of slaves. But no money consideration could ever
restore the previous state of affairs, or enable the owner to
realise the profits which, in the palmy days of slavery, he
had looked upon as his undisi)uted inheritance. What has
followed has possibly been a return to a more natural order
of things, and, socially considered, the change may be a
beneficial one ; but to those who had grown up with, and
become dependent on, the ancient system, it was absolute
ruin. An estate which had produced a magnificent revenue
under a system of compulsory labour, had still a certain
value, and might be made to yield a reasonable profit in
proportion to its extent ; but the owner of a few hundred
acres was no longer a wealthy proprietor. The whole
position of his family and fortune was changed, and where,
as was often the case, mortgages, jointures, or charges had
been created on a scale corresponding with the ancient
profits of the estate, the interest of the owner vanished.
An estate which yielded £10,000 a year might, without
difficulty, pay a joynture of £1000 a year, and the interest
of £2(;»,000 or £30,000 to younger children or mortgagees,
leaving a handsome surplus for the owner ; but when the
annual profits were reduced to £1000 or £2000, the owner
had no longer any interest in cultivating it. He became,
in effect, a mere trustee or agent for others, and not
unfrequently for the junior members of his own family, and
having no substantial interest himself, left the management
of the estate in the hands of those who had, or thought
they had, such interest. This led, of necessity, to family
arrangements, which naturally developed themselves into
family quarrels and Chancery suits. Large estates came
under the management of the Court of Chancery, receivers
were appointed, and the costs of litigation swallowed up
what little surplus could be extracted. The same impedi-
ments to a sale existed here as in Ireland. The owner was
indifferent, and would take no steps, and incur no risks
about a property which, to him at least, was unproductive,
while the charges were so numerous, and the accounts so
complicated, that an incumbrancer who endeavoured to
realise his security was soon compelled to abandon the task
as hopeless. A certain amount of cultivation might take
place ; the consignees, receivers, managers, and agents still
made their profits, but little else was realised. To such a
pitch had matters arrived, that in the year 1852, on the
affairs of the lunatic tenant for life of a West Indian estate
being brought under the consideration of the Lord Chan-
cellor, Lord S' Leonards deliberately pronounced an opinion
that, as the expenditure on the estate had for some years
exceeded the income, and the continuance of the working
only tended to accumulate debt it would be for the benefit
of the lunatic's estate that the cultivation of the West
Indian estate should be abandoned.
It will thus be seen that landed property in the West
Indies, though differing in many respects from that in
Ireland, had been reduced, partly by causes peculiar to
itself, and partly by the same causes which prevailed in
Ireland, to an equally deplorable condition, alike ruinous to
the owners and unjust to the incumbrancers ; and as in
Ireland, when the ciy became too great to be neglected, the
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Imperial Legislature interposed a forcilile but beneficial
remedy, so, under the urgent pressure of West Indian
sufferers, it was endeavoured to introduce a similar remedy
into that part of the Empire, so f:ir as the constitutional
relations between the colonies and the mother country
permitted. In 1854 an Act was passed providing for the
creation of an lucumbered Estates Court in each of the
West Indian Islands, with a central commission in liondon,
but containing the proviso that the Act should not come
into operation in any colony until the Queen should, by an
Order in Council, direct it to come into operation in such
colony, and that such order in Council should not be made
until the Legislature of such colony had agreed to adopt
the Act, and had addressed the Crown in that behalf. This
last proviso, which was conceived out of a constitutional
regard for the independence of the colonial Legislatures,
and the provisions contained in the Act for the appointment
of a Local Commissioner and other officers, to be remu-
nerated out of colonial funds, were the causes of great
delay in the introduction of the measure.
By an order in Council dated 1 Nov. 18G4 a local act
was passed (dated 27 May 1864) for carrying into execution
in Antigua the above Acts of 1854, 1858, and 18G2.
1869, February. Sir Benjamin Cbilley Campbell
Pine, K.C.M.G., Governor, became in 1871 Governor-
in-Chief of the Federal Colony of the Leeward
Islands. A hurricane caused great destruction of
house property.
1871. Population 35,147. 15,988 males, 19,159
females.
By Act of 34 and 35 Vict., cap. 107, the islands of
Antigua, Montserrat, S' Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, and the
Virgin Islands, were formed into a Federal Colony styled
the Leeward Islands. " The Act professed to give one
Executive and one Legislative Council for general purposes
in coimection with the various Presidencies. In this General
Legislative Council there are ten members elected by the
Councils of the various islands, viz., four to represent
Antigua, two on behalf of the Council of Dominica, and four
from the Council of S' Kitts — Nevis. The nominated
members in addition, are three officials of Antigua, the
President of S' Kitts — Nevis, one each from the Five Island
Councils, and a President, chosen from one of those Councils.
The present occupant of the chair at the Federal Council is
a much respected proprietor and planter in Antigua.
The General Council has powers of legislation on certain
specified subjects. These powers are called concurrent with
those of the Island Legislatures, but the latter are practi-
cally overridden by the provision that any island legislation
on these specified subjects is void if contrary to the general
legislation, or it can be repealed by the General Legislature.
Among the subjects mentioned as within the cognisance of
the Federal Council are questions of property and mercantile
and criminal law, police, quarantine, post office and telegraph,
lunatic asylum. These subjects, no doubt, are of common
importance. Each island retains its own system of finance
and its own taxation. The process of amalgamation stopped
at the proposal of a common purse, although the Home
Government have more than once wished to bring this about.
The expenses of the Federal institutions are borne by the
different islands in a proportion agreed upon. The Governor
resides in Antigua, and pays occasional visits to the other
islands." (' The West Indies,' by C. Washington Eves,
C.M.G., 2nd edition, 1891.)
The Constitution of Antigua consists of a Governor,
aided by an Executive Council, the members of which are
appointed by the Crown ; and a Legislative Council consist-
ing of 24 members, of which the Colonial Secretary,
Attorney-General, Auditor-General, and Treasurer, are ex-
officio membei's ; 8 members nominated by the Crown and
12 elected members. The qualifications for Members and
Voters were fixed by an Act of 1852, and are as follows : — •
For Members. — An annual income of 66L derived from
real property within the Island, or an annual income of
200/. derived from profession or trade, etc. Voters for the
city and towns must possess land either in fee simple, or as
a tenant for a period of not less than six months previous to
election, and of the yearly value of 26/. Voters for the
country divisions — possession of ten acres of land in fee
simple, or of five acres with building thereon, or land of the
value of 110/., or one acre of land and building value 222/.,
or tenant paying not less than 88/. per annum.
The Island is divided into eleven electoral districts. Of
the 208 voters registered for the whole Island, 130 are
registered for the City of S' John. Tlie districts are as
follows : — ■
Members.
City of S' John 2
Division of S* John 1
,, Dickinson's Bay and Five Islands 1
„ Popeshead .... 1
Old Road 1
,, Bermudian Valley ... 1
„ New Division .... 1
Town of Parham 1
Division of Old and New North Sound . 1
„ Nonsuch ..... 1
Belfast 1
Willoughby Bay 1
Division of Falmouth and Rendezvous Bay
and Towns of Falmouth and English
Harbour ...... 1
The Governor appoints the President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the Legislative Council, who in the erent of an
equality of votes shall have a second or casting vote. All
grants or appropriations of money must originate with the
Government Members. The duration of the Council is for
five years. (' Colonial Office List,' 1885.)
1873. Sir Henry T. Irving, K.C.M.G., Governor,
became Governor of Trinidad July 1874.
1874, October. Sir George Berkeley, K.C.M.G.,
Governor, retired.
188L Sir J. H. Glover, R.N., G.C.M.G., was
Governor. A Census was this year taken.
1883. Sir Charles Cameron Lees, K.C.M.G.,
became Governor, and was succeeded by the present
one, Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith, K.C.M.G.
From the early times of the settlement, sugar has been
cultivated in Antigua. At the present time it is the one
great staple. The solidly built and handsome mansion-
houses, embosomed in the hills, of the planters of earlier
times are a substantial record of the prosperity then attained.
This favourable condition of things was not, however, with-
out its fluctuatious, owing principally to drought and the
absence of fresh-water streams. For instance, in 1826,
17,000 hogsheads were shipped, and in 1827, only 6000.
Such a variation has not been seen during the last twenty
years, but there is always the liability of an insufficient rain-
fall. At the time of the American civil war an attempt was
made to introduce the cultivation of cotton. This was at
first partially successful ; but on the termination of the war
it naturally collapsed, and those planters who had given up
sugar for cotton were much disappointed. So sugar remained
king. Praiseworthy efforts have been made to improve the
cultivation. There are more steam ploughs at work in
Antigua than perhaps in any West Indian island. They are
effective in the heavy clay soils, and their use is facilitated
by the general flatness of the fields. The sugar is made by
the ordinary process — that is, with open pans — and wind-
mills are employed to crush the canes as in Barbados. But
GEORGE IV. WILLIAM IV. VICTORIA.
clix
attention is being given to the improvement of these methods,
and, with a succession of good seasons, sufficient capital
ought to be available for a more rapid application of advanced
scientific processes, although an aggregation of sugar
properties in this, as in other islands, would probably form
the best solution of the question. It is true that one pro-
cess— that known as Fryer's Concretor — was introduced
some fifteen years ago ; although sufficiently practical in
idea, successful in working, and carried out with much skill,
it has not been so generally adopted as might have been
anticipated .... The total quantity of sugar exported in
1888 was just 18,000 tons, which was slightly above the
average of the preceding three or four years. There were
102 sugar estates in cultivation, covering some 20,000
acres.
Antigua grows vegetables and fruits in abundance, but
very little of this produce is exported. Guinea corn is grown
for feeding stock. Yams are largely produced. The
principal fruit of Antigua is the pine apple, said to be the
finest in the world .... Attempts have occasionally been
made to convert some of the abandoned sugar estates into
sheep and cattle farms. The breed of cattle has been
improved, and many useful working oxen are reared ....
The number of people is, on the whole, quite sufficient for
the sugar estates, but the difficulty is for the planter to
obtain that regular labour upon which his operations depend.
If he cannot get his canes planted, weeded, or cut at the
proper time, he is in danger of losing his crop. The planter
cannot be blamed for being unable to pay extravagant rates
of wages — and all sugar making is practically labour — that
would leave his produce on the wrong side of the account
when he brings it to market.
The labour difficulty was the cause of the abandonment
of estates in past years, signs of which are now only too
obvious. All evidence shews that there is plenty of work
and wages for the Antigua labourer if he would, more
largely than he does, take advantage of the opportunity.
His work on the estates supplemented by his garden or pro-
vision ground, opens a position which the Scotch crofter or
the Irish peasant might regard with envy. So great was
the difficulty in obtaining labour some few years ago that,
at a great expense, 500 Chinese immigrants were introduced.
Owing to the absence of contracts, however, the immigration
was not so successful as it might have been, but it relieved
the pressure for the time.
An educational system in Antigua is provided for out of
the general revenue. Grants are made, according to results,
to the schools of the different religious bodies. The Mico
School, endowed many years ago by Lady Mico, is doing
useful work, and turning out a supply of teachers for the
Government schools.
('The West Indies,' by C. W. Eves, C.M.G., 1891.)
Colonial Office List for 1885. — Antigua.
White.
Population.
Black. Coloured.
1861
1871
1881
2,560 27,603 6,882
2,146 26,380 6,890
1,795 27,219 5,950
Executive Council {Local).
The Governor.
The Colonial Secretary.
The Attorney-General.
The Auditor-General.
The Treasurer.
Sir Oliver Nugent.
Thomas D. Foote.
George Holborow.
Henry Ogilvie Bennett.
Clerk, Alfred E. Eldridge.
Total.
87,045
35,422
34,964
Legislatire Council {Local).
Nominees of the Crown :
Thomas D. Foote, Presi- 0. Nugent.
(lent. G. McHattie, M.D.
The Colonial Secretary. E. H. Lane.
The Attorney-General. .W. A. Coull, Vice-President.
The Auditor-General. Dr. W. H. Edwards.
The Treasurer. W. Forrest.
F. S. Cassin.
Elected Members. ,
G. .Holborow. C. A. Shand.
John Maginley. James Maginley.
H. 0. Bennett. T. Bell.
Thos. Baynes. D. Browne.
J. Rocke. D. W. Scarville.
A. McAdam. J. F. Foote.
Clerk, Edward Baynes, 75?.
Civil Estallishment.
President and Island Secretary, Neale Porter, 200/. (and
800?. as Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands).
Chrk, Alfred E. Eldridge, 100/.
Clerk in Local Audit Office, A. S. Tibbets, 150?.
Treasurer atid Oomptroller of Customs and Naingation Latvs,
J. F. Wylde, 500/., and Fees as Registrar of Shipping.
Landing Survegor and Harhoar Blaster, J. Burns, 250/.
Landing Waiters —
J. K. Chittick, 100/.
W. B. Davey, 100?.
E. R. Jones, 100?.
Clerk, M. D. B. Eldridge, 150/.
Second Clerk, C. S. Bell, 80/.
Cashier of the Savings Batik, A. S. Tibbits, 70/.
Accountant of ditto, J. Burns, 35/.
Postmaster, M. W. Gray, 150/.
Survegor of Public Works, Roads, etc., Hon. A. W. H.
A'Court, 350/. and 50?. horse allowance.
Secretary to the Board of HeaWi, R. S. Heagan, 50/.
Inspector of Weights and Measures, R. S. Heagan, fees.
Clerk to the Public Library, T. Cleghorn, 100/.
Health Officer, St. John, W. H. Edwards, F.R.C.S.E.
Ditto, St. Paul, S. B. Broome, M.R.C.S.E.
Ditto, St. Peter, John Freeland, M.R.C.S.E.
Provost Marshal and Registrar, 0. Humphrys, 350/. and 25/.
as Chief Registrar, Supreme Court.
First Clerk, Registrar's Office, E. D. Baynes, 150/.
Second ditto, D. Jones, 100/.
Third ditto, J. E. Peters, 50/.
Registrar in Vice- Admiralty, 0. Humphrys (fees) .
Coroners, the District Magistrates.
Marshall in Vice-Admiralty, D. Jones (fees).
Keeper of Common Gaol, .1. Peters, 180/.
District Magistrates, W. H. Whyham, 400/. ; William A.
Coull, 475/.
Inspector of Police, R. Thompson, 150?. and 35/. horse
allowance.
Clerk of Police, C. Musgrave, 100?.
Medical.
District No. 1. and Public Institutions.
W. H. Edwards, F.R.C.S.E, 400/.
A. E. Edwards, M.R.C.S.E., 180/.
„ 2.— A. G. McHattie, F.R.C.S. Ed., M.R.C.S.
Eng., 150?.
„ 3.— J. Freeland, M.R.C.S.E., 250/.
„ 4.— G. E. Pierez., M.B., CM., 250/.
„ 5.— S. B. Broome, M.R.C.S.E., 250/.
„ 6.— J. S. Gabriel, M.R.C.S.E., 250?.
Clergy.
Bis/top of Antigua, Right Rev. W. W. Jackson, D.D.,
2,000/.
Bishop Coadjutor, Right Rev. C. J. Branch, D.D.
Rector of St. Paul, Rev. Robert H. Biudon, 300/.
„ St. George, Rev. M. Drinkwater, 300?.
Chaplain of Common Jail, Right Rev. C. J. Branch, D.D., 50/.
clx
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
ANTIGUA.
CENSUS 1881. TABIE No. 5.
POPULATION IN THE SBVEEAL PARISHES ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1844, 1851, 1856, 1861, 1871, A2fD 1881.
Population
1844.
Population 1851.
Population
1856.
Population 1881.
Population 1871. | Population 1881.
Pabishes. -2
■a
E
o
—
'3
a
13
o
■3
S
a
o
1
males
otal.
ales,
nalea.
otsl.
ales.
a
13
S
&
H
s
p2
H
S
&
H
s
£ ^
^ fa
^ s
H
Saint John
. 6884
8560
16*44
7768
9077
16846 6855
8442
15297
7158
9166 16324
6645 8666
15211 7143
8704
15847
,, Mary
. 2113
2231
4347
2084
2151
4235 I 2013
2124
4137
1973
2083 4058
1882 2071
3953 1892
2109
4001
,, Paul
. 2016
2478
4494
2457
2697
5154 : 1994
2396
4390
1946
2294 4239
1984 2246
4230 1988
2162
4150
,, Philip
. 1921
2136
4057
1896
1989
3885 , 1926
2033
3969
1842
2028 3870
1687 1795
3382 , 1420
1625
3065
„ Peter
. 2006
2185
4191
2000
2083
4083 1885
1932
3817
1946
2052 3997
1762 1949
3711 ' 1759
1864
3623
,, George
. 1782
1863
3845
1411
1623
2934 : 1951
1867
3808
1879
2047 3926
1788 2069
3857 : 1677
1958
3635
Tot
als . . . 16722
19456
36178
17616
19520
37136 1 16624
18784
36408
16742
19670 36412
15648 18696
34344
16879
18442
34321
Island of Bar
buda . . —
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
318
395 713
350 463
813 ! 288
375
643
Eevenue.
Expenditure.
Imports.
Exports.
Sugar.
Molasses.
Rum.
Tonnag-e
1874
33,535/.
35,
■oU.
146
758Z.
95,804Z.
Hogsheads.
Puncheons.
Puncheons.
entered.
1875
36,341
34,158
ISO
363
249.677
1880 .
14,805
6,369
54
1876
33,356
.32.078
133.
502
136,393
1881 .
10,047
4,058
23
124 474
1877
34,102
35,125
176,093
210,.S65
1882 .
15.055
8,369
5
127
055
1878
37,362
35,
588
183,795
201,176
1883 .
1 2^402
6,7.30
181.426
1879
41,084
36.124
161,543
267,153
1880
\ . 48,874
49,252
160
767
263,550
The
niblic debt is .£25.571.
1881
41,584
41.341
151,883
178,581
,
'
1882
1883
47.008
44,055
53.702
43,184
179.717
183,636
270,845
214,572
1894
. €100,000 loan floated
in London
,
1888
40,722
46.160
157
792
198.961
Cfte ?|istorj> of Qlntigua.
Pctrttjret of ^hboU
Arms. — A chevron .... between three pears .... stalked.
Crest. — An unicorn's head couped.
JOHN ABBOT of Nevis ; Member of Assembly 1676 ; Lieut. 1678 ; Capt. 1683 ; Member of Council 1685.=
Richard Abbot of Nevis, born 1665 ; Member of Assembly 1688 ; Major=T= John Abbot of Nevis, born 1660 ; set.
1692 ; Lieut.-Col. 1694 ; Member of Council 1697 ; Col. 1707 ; set. 50, 1715;
Brigadier and President 1723 ; dead in 1726.
Edward Abbot of Nevis ; proposed
as a Member of Council 1741.
47, 1707 ; living 1711.
Elizabeth Abbot, bur. 23 Nov. 1733 ;
? dau. of the President.
Thomas Abbott,
living 1715.
3 women,
14 „
2 children
14 „
3 „
7 „
1
2
)>
ABBOTT OF NEVIS.
1676 and 1677-8. John Abbott a Member of the As-
sembly.
1678. Lt. John Abbott :
White — 5 men,
Black— 17 „
Mrs. Hester Abbott :
"White— 2 „
Black— 11 „
(Vol. 47, Colonial Leeward Islands.)
1683, Oct. 8. Capt. John Abbott, a Member of the
General Assembly (for Nevis).
1 685, March 30. Capt. John Abbott takes the oaths and
his seat at the Council, and was living 1686.
1688, Nov. 28. Richard Abbott, a Member of the As-
sembly.
1692-3, March 17. Major Richard Abbott named.
1693, Aug. 23. Major Richard Abbott chosen Member
for N.W. Division.
1694-5, March 1. Lt.-Col. Richard Abbott chosen
Member for St. Thomas' Parish.
1697. Lt.-Col. Richard Abbott then of the Council.
1699. Mr. Weaver says of Hon. Richard Abbott that
he is of " ordinary understanding," and a " Supernumerary
■with Burt and Smith." (Vol. 6, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1702, May 12. Col. Richard Abbott writes to their
Lordships ; seal affixed bears : — Arms .... a chevron ....
between three pears, stalked, pendant .... Crest. — An
unicorn's head couped. (Vol. 7, ibid.)
1704, May 15. By the Royal Instructions to Sir William
Mathew, he is directed to continue Richard Abbott as a
Member of the Council.
1706, June 3. Richard Abbott, Esq., informs their
Lordships that Nevis has capitulated to the French.
1707-8, Jan. Col. Richard Abbott :
White — 4 men, 4 women.
Black— 21 „ 12 „
Jane and Anne Abbott :
White— 2 „
Estate of Thomas Abbott :
Black — 16 men, 17 women.
1711-12. Col. Douglas writes that he has appointed
Mr. Abbot Brigadier-Gen. of the Leeward Islands. (Vol. 12,
ibid.')
1715. Thomas Abbott one of the Nevis hostages, a
prisoner at Martinique. (Vol. 14, ibid.)
1715, Sept. 19. Richard Abbott, Esq., aged about 50.
(Vol. 13, ibid.)
1717. Petition of Col. Richard Abbott of Nevis, who
had a grant on 7 April 1704 for 2^ years, and he now offers
to purchase his said plantation of 250 acres, being French
lands at St. Xp'her's for £6 per acre. Endorsed, Received
1717. (Vol. 15, ibid.)
1720. Richard Abbott, President of Nevis, deposes that
he was in command of Nevis when it was captured by the
French in 1712. (Vol. 16, ibid.)
1722, Oct. 6. Major Richard Abbott to be of the
Council. Gov. Hart writes of Mr. Abbott the President of
THE HISTOUY OF ANTIGUA.
Nevis that he is a weak man and easily imposed on. (Vol.
17, ibid.)
1723, Dec. 12. Brigadier Richard Abbott then Presi-
dent.
1726, Nov. 30. Gov. Hart writes that Col. Carey
Brodbelt has been appointed Member of the Council vice
Mr. Richard Abbott, dec'd.
1733. St. Thomas's Parish Register, Nevis. 1733,
Nov. 23, Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Richard Abbott, was buried.
1736. Oct. 8. Allusion made to the death of Hon Mr.
Abbott. (Vol. 55, ibid.)
1741. Edward Abbott a proper person to fill a vacancy
in the Council.
1810. Mr. George Abbott the Deputy Naval Officer.
In 1814 he stated that he had been Deputy for the last 15
years.
1835, Nov. 18. George Abbott, aged 24, second son of
George Abbott, late of the Island of Nevis, deceased.
(Foster's ' Gray's Inn Admissions,' p. 453.)
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S.
1678. William Abbott and John Abbott are entered in
the Census.
1707-8, Jan. John Abbot, set. 47 :
White — 1 man, 4 tvornen, 3 hoys, 3 girls.
Black— 1 „ 1 „ 2 „ 2 „
1711. Mr. John Abbott of Trinity Pahneto Point :
White — 1 man, 1 woman, 7 children.
Black —2 „ 3 „
(Vol. 12, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
St. George's Parish Register.
Baptized.
1744 May 27 Richard Abbott his son Edward.
1796, May 15. John Abbot's Commission as Capt. of
the St. Kitts Leeward Regiment of Militia dated this day.
ANTIGUA.
St. Paul's Parish Register.
Buried.
1753 Sept. 16 John Abbott, Escf.
1690
St. John's Parish Register.
Baptized.
. . Martin the s. of Martin Abbot and
his wife.
Married.
1750 Sept. 9 John Abbott and Grace Dasent, d. of
John Dasent and Henrietta his wife ;
by Lie. from the Hon. John Tomlinson,
President of the Council.
1754 Nov. 19 Robert Patterson and Grace Abbott,
Widow.
St. Peter's Parish Register.
Baptised.
1855 Feb. 14 Henry Mackenzie s. of Robert R. and Anna
Dyett Abbott, Parham, Clerk in Holy
Orders.
1857 Aug. 17 Mary Ann d. of Robert and Anne Dyett
Abbott, Parham, Clerk in Holy Orders.
1858 Sept. 24 Cari Ulrich s. of Robert R. and Anne
Dyett Abbott, Parham, Clerk in Holy
Orders.
1860 Dec. 23 William Jackson s. of Robert R. and Aune
Dyett Abbott, Parham, Clerk in Holy
Orders.
1864 May 6 Amalia Ulrich d. of Robert Ralston and
Anne Dyett Abbott, Parham, Clerk in
Holy Orders.
1876 Feb. 16
Married.
Robert Ralston Abbott and Louisa Man-
ning Peter, both of full age. Widower
and Widow, Clerk in Holy Orders, both
of this parish.
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Buried.
1861 Aug. 14 Cari Ulrich Abbot, Parham.
^ctitsrtt of ^tijot
Harl. 1046, fo. 92.
Anns.— Giiles, a chevron between three -pears pendant and stalled or.
ABBOT of Farnham in com: Sur.=
I
Maurice Abbot of Guilford in com: Sur : ob. 26 Sept. 1606=rAlice, dau'r of ... . March of Guilford ob. 15 Oct ;
[sepultus apud Guilford— Hari. MSS. 1147]. I 1626 [15 Sept.— Hari. MSS. 1147].
George Ab- Maurice Abbot of=pJoane,
bot,Arch-Br Guilford, 5 son
of Canterb : mar. to 2'' wife
4 son living [Margar:], da
1623. of Bartholomew
Barnes of Lon-
don. =j=
{sic)
Joane,
John=pSybbill,
dau. to
Abbot
dau : to
George
of
[Tige
Austen
Guil-
de
of
ford,
Stock-
Shal-
6 son.
well in
ford in
Sur-
Sur:
rey].
Anth'ony=rMary, dau. Richard Ab-=T=Edith, Rob* Abbot
Abbot of
Guilford
in Sur-
rey.
of John
Millet of
Guilford.
bot of Guil-
ford in CO :
Surrey, son
& h : 1623.
dau. to Bp of Sales-
Jo. bury, S-i
Banes- son.
ter.
George. Maurice.
Margaret. Edward.
Bartholo-
mew, son
and h.
1623.
I I
John Abbot
Dimaris, wife of
— [ Kingesley,
Sarah [uxor Robti Archidia Com.
Say sacrEe Theolog Cantuariensis].
Doctoris].
Rich : Abbot=j= Anne, d: of Dorothy, w : of
of London,
Merch :
1623.
Drago Pickas John Bolson of
of Brambley Farnborow in
in Suss : co: South'ton.
Rich : Abbot.
The portions within brackets [ ] are from Hari. MSS. 1147, fo. 138.
ABBOT FAMILY.
Notes.
Eobert Abbot, born 1560 ; student of Balliol Coll.,
Oxon, 1575 ; matriculated 20 Dec. 1577, £et. 17 ; B.A.
1579 ; Master 1009 ; Regius Professor of Divinity 1610 ;
Consecrated Bishop of Salisbury 3 Dec. 1615 ; died 2 March
1617-18, aet. 57.
George Abbot, D.D., born 29 Oct. 1562 ; entered
Balliol 1578 ; matriculated 2 May 1581, jet. 18 ; Fellow 29
Nov. 1583 ; Master of University Coll. 6 Sept. 1597 ; Dean
of Winchester 6 March 1599-1600 ; Bishop of Lichfield
3 Dec. 1609 ; Bishop of London 20 Jan. 1609-10 ; Arch-
bishop of Canterbury 1610-11 ; died at Croydon 4 Aug.
1633, ffit. 70, bur. in Trinity Church, Guildford. He
founded a spacious almshouse in this his native town.
Maurice Abbot was knighted at Whitehall 12 April
1625 as " S'' Morris Abbott, Aid. of London." He erected
a monument to his brother George in 1640.
^ttitflvet oi ^i)l)Ott.
Arms. — Sable, a cross voided between four eagles displayed or.
Crest. — A griffin sejant.
Motto. — Deo patrice amicis.
(This is the coat of Abbott of Hartland, co. Devon. (See Vivian's 'Visitation of Devon,' page 1.)
ABBOTT, stated to have been a Welshman, settled at Montserrat-
I
dau. of ... . Musgrave.
.... Abbott, only child. Removed from Montserrat to St. Christopher's^
J
Abbott of St. Christopher's, born 1794 ; only child.=
dau. of
Nolan.
Anne Dyett Harman, dau. of=
Rev. Samuel Wickham Har-
man, Rector of St. John's,
Antigua; born 30 Oct. 1824,
bapt. 12 June 1825 at St.
John's ; died 27 Sept. 1869 ;
bur. at St. Peter's. 1st wife.
■Rev. Robert Ralston-
Abbott, born 16 Feb.
1820; Rector of St.
Peter's, Parham, An-
tigua, 1863—81 ; died
18 Dec. 1886, ret. 66,
at Sevenoaks, co. Kent.
=Louisa Manning, dau. of William E.
Ledeatt of Antigua, Esq., and relict
of, Istly, Archibald Otto-Baijer;
2ndly, Dr. Heath ; 3rdly, G-. F. C.
Peter ; mar. 4thly 16 Feb. 1876 at
St. Peter's ; died 10 April 1885 at
Sevenoaks, co. Kent. 2nd wife.
Samuel Ab-
bott of St.
Christopher's;
now living,
jet. 65.
s.p.
I I
Bridget Gill
Abbott, died
1890.
Elizabeth
Shallcross
Abbott.
Harman
Wickham
Abbott,
born 2
Oct. 1848;
died 23
Oct. 1879;
bach.
Robert Abbot,=pLouise
born 14 July
and bapt. 8
Sept. 1852 ;
now of
London.
Ann
Ains-
worth.
Robert Harman Abbott,
born 24 Nov. 1883.
I I I I
Henry Mackenzie Abbott, born 14 Dec.
1854, bapt. 14 Feb. 1855 at St. John's.
Carl Ulrich Abbott, bapt. 24 Sept. 1858 at
St. John's ; bur. 14 August 1861 at St.
Philip's.
William Jackson Abbott, bapt. 23 Dec. 1860
at St. John's.
Fred. Abbott, born 31 Jan. 1863.
Margaret Eliz. Abbott, (?) born 9
April 1850 ; died Jan. 1877 ; spinster.
Matilda Abbott, died 13 Aug. 1861;
an infant.
Mary Ann Abbott, bapt. 17 Aug.
1857 at St. John's.
Amalia Ulrich Abbott, bapt. 6 May
1864 at St. John's.
4
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Bisse Hamilton, dau. aud coh.^
of her mother. Will dated 24
April 1762 ; proved 15 June
1762. [230 St. Eloy.] Died
at Southampton. 1st wife.
ISctitcjrcc of ^lcji'antJti\
Colonel JOHX HAMILTON of Antigua=f Margaret.
\
^Charles Alexander, 1758 and 176.3 of=
Great Britain, merchant. In 1762
of London, merchant. Lieut. 1736 ;
Capt. in Army 1752. Mar. 2nd
wife before 10 June 1763.
=Margaret,
widow of Chief
Justice Samuel
Watkins. 2nd
wife.
/\
Harry Alex-=pLydia Martin
ander of An- (?dau. of Josiah
tigua, Gent. Martin, Esq.).
1758 and Mar. at St. John's
1763. 12 March 1747.
Thomas Alexander of Harrow, Esq.=rElizabeth=rJoseph Hawkins of Antigua and Belmont
Living 1798. 2nd husband. | | near Usbridge. Will dated 30 Nov. 1786.
WiUiam Alexander of
Antigua, Gent. 1763.
Biss Alexander wife of Charles Alexander of London,
Merchant. Will dated 24 April 1762. Adm'on 15 June
1762 (of such of her goods as she at the date of a bond
entered into by Chas. Alexander to Kich'' Oliver, Jun., of
London, Merchant, dated 26 Dec. 1758, was possessed of)
granted to Rich'' Oliver, Jun. Testatrix was of Southampton,
deceased [230 St. Eloy]. To my good friends Rich'' Oliver
and Rich* Oliver the Younger, both of Gold Square, London,
all goods, securities, plate, linen, jewels, etc., in trust for my
dear sister Jane Lyons of Antigua, Widow, for her life, then
to her 2 sons Jn° Lyons and Henry Lyons equally.
Trustees to be Executors. Witnessed by Chas. Ije Gay,
Chas. Webb.
Joseph Hawkins, formerly of St. John's, Antigua, late of
Stanmore, co. Middlesex, and now of Belmont, near Uxbridge,
Esq. To my wife Eliz"" all my furniture, plate, linen, and
china. All residue to trustees. All my messuage called
Belmont and the right of common fishery, etc., to my wife
and my friends John Hume of Stanmore, Esq., and Alex''
Learmonth of Parliament Street, Westminster, Esq., on trust
to sell andallothermy real estate in England to pay £200 a
year to my wife and for benefit of all my children equally
at 21. Recorded at St. John's about 1792. Date missing.
Close Roll, 33 Geo. II., Part 11, Nos. 21 and 22.
Indenture made the 25 Dec. 32 Geo. II., 1758, between
Charles Alexander, late of Antigua, but now of Great
Britain, Esq., and Bisse his wife (one of the daughters and
coheirs of Margaret Hamilton, late wife of Col. John
Hamilton of Antigua) of the one part, and Robert Gray of
Antigua, Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that in
consideration of 5s. apiece .... Charles Alexander aud
Bisse his wife bargain and sell to Robert Gray all that piece
of land in the town of St. John's, Antigua, containing from
east to west 400 feet, and in breadth from north to south 370
feet, butted and bounded, east with land unbuilt on commonly
called the Church Pasture, west with the land of Anthony
Fletcher, late in the tenure or occupation of Dennis
MacMahon, and now in the possession of John Reynolds,
north with the said Church Pasture, and south with Newgate
Street and the common path leading from the said street
over to the Church hill .... for one whole year ....
Charles Martin, Alexander Ogilvie, witnesses.
No. 21.
Indenture made the 26 Dec. 1758 between the above
witnesseth that in consideration of £600 .... Charles
Alexander and Bisse his wife bargain and sell to Robert Gray
.... in his possession being .... all that piece of ground
(as in No. 22) to the only proper use of Robert Gray and
his heirs for ever .... and Charles Alexander and Bisse his
wife constitute Harry Alexander of Antigua, Gentleman,
and Thomas Warner and Edward Warner of Antigua,
Esquires, their Attorneys.
Close Roll, 33 Geo. II., Part 11, No. 20.
Indenture made the 26 Dec. 1758 between Charles
Alexander, late of Antigua, but now of London, Esq., and
Bisse his wife, of the one part, and Harry Alexander of
Antigua, Planter, of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of £130 .... Charles Alexander and Bisse his
wife grants to Harry Alexander all those 3 negro slaves,
Bessy and her 2 children Johnny and James .... to the
only proper use of Harry Alexander and his heirs for ever
.... and Charles Alexander and Bisse his wife constitute
Robert Gray of Antigua, Gentleman, and Thomas Warner
and Edward Warner of Antigua, Esquires, their Attorneys.
Close Roll, 38 Geo. III., Part 10, No. 4.
Indenture made the 6 Oct. 1798 between Thomas
Alexander of Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Esq., and Elizabeth
his wife (late Elizabeth Hawkins, widow of Joseph Hawkins,
heretofore of St. John's, Antigua, afterwards of Stanmore,
but late of Belmont, near Uxbridge, Esq., deceased), John
Hume of Stanmore, Esq., and Alexander Learmonth oi
Parliament Street, Westminster, Esq., of the 1st part, Joseph
Hawkins of Harrow Weald, Esq. (eldest son and heir at law
of Joseph Hawkins deceased), of the 2nd part, and Alexander
Brodie of Antigua, Planter, and Robert McNish of Antigua,
Esq., of the 3rd part. Whereas Joseph Hawkins, deceased,
by his last will duly executed .... so as to pass Real Estate
. . . . and dated the 30 Nov. 1786 .... as to his messuages,
lands, etc., in the town of St. John and elsewhere in Antigua
.... did give all ... . subject to an annuity of £200 to his
wife for life, or to such part of the said annuity as his estate
in England should fall short of .... to the use of Elizabeth
Hawkins his said wife, John Hume, and Alexander Lear-
month his friends, in trust, to sell the estate in Antigua if
they should think it advisable .... and whereas they think
it advisable to do so ... . and Elizabeth — with the privity
of Thomas Alexander, her present husband — is willing to
discharge the estate fi'om her annuity. Now this indenture
witnesseth that in order to discharge the said hereditaments
. . . . and in consideration of 10s. . . . Thomas Alexander and
Elizabeth his wife, John Hume, Alexander Learmonth, and
Joseph Hawkins grant to Alexander Brodie and Robert
M'^Nish all messuages, etc., and real estate late of Joseph
Hawkins deceased, in the town of St. John, Antigua, or else-
where in the island, in trust .... to enter in and manage the
said estate till sold .... and then to the use of the purchaser
.... and Lastly they appoint Alexander Brodie and Robert
M'^Nish to be their true and lawful Attorneys for that
purpose .... and they appoint William Gregory of Antigua,
ALLEN FAMILY.
watchmaker, and John Troup of Antigua, Gentleman, their
Attorneys to appear before the Secretary, etc., etc., to
acknowledge these presents .... James Donovan, Richard
Donovan, witnesses.
1736, Jan. 3. Lieut. Charles Alexander, then officer of
the King's troops.
1742, May 25. Petition of Charles Alexander, Jonas
Langford, and William Smith, Esquires, owners of the snow
" Popeshead."
1752. Captain Alexander has lived here many years,
and has gone to England on furlough. [This was Charles
Alexander, a captain in the regiment stationed at the
Leeward Islands.]
1763. William Alexander of Antigua, gent., appointed
attorney of Chai-les Alexander of London, merchant.
1768, Sept. 23. William Alexander, Esq., Alderman of
Cordwainers' Ward ; he was next in rotation after Alderman
Beckford to serve the oSice of Lord Mayor. (Page 448,
' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1769, Jan. 14. Captain Alexander, at Barking in Essex.
(Page 55, ibiiL)
1770, June 18. William Alexander, Esq., in Fenchurch
Street. (Page 280, ibid.)
St. John's Parish Registep.
Married.
1747 Mar. 12 Harry Alexander and Lydia Martin.
Buried.
1785 Nov. 22 William Alexander (Planter).
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Buried.
1834 Aug. 7 Christopher Alexander, the Diamond.
Infant.
petitcjrte oi ^lltn.
WILLIAM ALLEN of Antioua. In 1668 was granted 297 acres.:
widow of William Joslin.
I"
Robert Allen of Antigua, Planter ; dead in 1730.=f= Leonard Allen of Antigua, Planter. Will dated 22 Aug.
Richard Oliver, Esq., his Executor. 1734 ; sworn 2 Aug. 1736.
William Allen, born 1709 ; died iii=pMargaret ... . Robert Rachel Allen, born 1707; Mary Allen, spinster, John
Southwark 12 Dec. 1804, jet. 95,
bur. in Newington Churchyard.
Owner of " Aliens " in St. Mary's
parish, Antigua.
r
M.I. formerly Allen, mar. 13 March 1736 Ro- 1734. " Allen,
in St. Mary's, 1st son bert Lovie, Esq., at St. — only
Newington. and Philip's. She died 2 Jan. Eliz., mar Looby sonaiid
heir, 1800, fet. 93. M.I. St. before 1734 ; her will heir,
1730. John's. dated 2 Sept. 1789. 1734.
William Allen, only son ; killed 10 May 1768, asfc. 19. M.I. Newington Churchyard.
Joseph Allen of Antigua. Will dated 8 June 1696.
My house and land to my wife Mary for her life, then to
my son Joseph Allen and his heirs, and in default to my dau.
Eliz'" Allen. My wife and my son Joseph, Executors.
Phillip Pawley and Joseph Cowell to be trustees. Witnessed
by Charles Powell, George Griping, Phillip Pawley. Antigua.
By Chr: Codrington, Governor, etc., apiJeared George
Griping and Charles Powell. Sworn 17 July 1796. Re-
corded 9 Sept. 1696 at Antigua.
Sarah Mathis of Antigua. Will dated 6 Nov. 1698.
All my estate to my son in law Peter Mathis, son of W""
Mathis, deceased, he to be Executor, and in default to my
godson Joseph Allen, son of Joseph Allen of Antigua,
deceased. All my clothes to Elinor Camell, Mary Allen,
and Eliz"> Allen, dau's of Mary Allen. John Allen, Mer-
chant, and Thos. Turner, Guardians and Executors in trust.
Witnessed by Arthur Wharfe, Philip Pauley. By John
Yeamans 29 Nov. 1698 appeared Mr. Arthur Wharfe and
Mr. Philip Pauley.
Leonard Allen, Planter. Will dated 22 Aug. 1734. To
my dau. Eliz"' Looby 4 negros. To my dau. Mary Allen 1
negro and 1 house on square to the sea being the West of
three and ^ of all my estate. To my dau. Rachel Allen
(certain) negros and my house in Parbam now in possession
of Mr. John Vickry and ^ of my estate. To my son John
the middle house lived in by Mr. John M'^Leister with half
the land that both stand on to be divided between him and
Mary. Dr. Joshua Archibould, Andrew Bodkin, Ambrose
Lynch Bartholomew, Executors. Witnessed by Rob' Lovie,
Henry Whitewood. Before W™ Mathew, Esq., Governor,
etc., appeared Henry Whitewood and was sworn 2 Aug.
1736. Recorded 6 Sept. 1736 at Antigua.
Thos. Allen. Will dated 22 Oct. 1792. To Ann wife
of Alexander Brodie £500. To Alexander Brodie, Jun.,
Mary, Eliz., and Lydia Brodie their children £500 each.
To James Corss, Walter Thibou, Isaac Thibou, Abram
Picart and Dr. M<^CIure £10 each. To John Troup £50.
Before Edward Byam, Esq., appeared John Troup and
swore that he wrote the will at the request and dictation of
the testator Tho. Redhead Allen, Esq., 26 Oct. 1792.
Recorded 26 Oct. 1792 at Antigua.
Will of Rachel Lovey, wid. of Rob' Lovey, dated 1 Jan.
1800. To Rob. Farquhar, Esq., £100 c. To Mrs. Eliz. Col-
quhoun £100 c. Certain slaves left by my father and my
sister Eliz. Looby I give to Rob. Farquhar, Hon. J" Burke,
and Eliz. Colquhoun equally. All residue between Jn° Burke
and Eliz. Colquhoun. Rob. Farquhar, Eliz. Colquhoun,
and Jas. Athill, Executors. Witnessed by Tho. Hawes,
Jn° Mackie. Sworn 14 and Recorded 15 Feb. 1800.
1667. At the Road Division William Allen 100 acres.
He married the relict of William Joslin, deceased, and he
bought of Isaack Holland Oct. 1664, first granted by patent
to Isaack Holland and William Kaynell, and the latter's
Attorney Simon Bowers sold his moiety to Isaack Holland
y'' 13 Sep. 1662. (Book of Claims.)
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1668. William Allen, Patent for 297 acres.
1668. Fra. Allen, 10 acres by Gov. Winthrop 15 April.
Surveyed 6 Sep. 1668.
1673. Richard Allen, 50' x 80' at St. John's Town by
Gov. Warner 10 March. Surveyed April 1674.
1730, Aug. 1. Indenture. Richard Oliver, Esq., Exe-
cutor of William Allen, planter. Robert Allen was his first
son and heir and William Allen another son.
1767. William Allen rated on 232 acres and 71 slaves.
1780. William Allen rated on 182 acres and 85 slaves.
(St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
St. John's Parish Register.
Baptized.
1762 Aug. 25 Ann the d. of W" Allen and his wife.
\
Buried.
John Allen.
Eliz. d. of W-" Allen.
Henry s. of W" Allen.
Mr. William Allen.
Susannah Allen, widow.
W™ 8. of Robert Allen.
Joseph Alien.
Mary Allen, a child.
Rebecca Allin, a child of Robert Allin.
Samuel Allin.
Capt. William Allin.
Elizabeth Allen.
William Allen (Planter).
Married.
John Hill and Elliz. Allen. Lie.
Charles Allen to Elizabeth Lynch. Lie.
Nicholas Lynch to Lucy Allen.
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Married.
1736 Mar. 13 Robert Lovey, Gent., to Rachel Allen.
Lie.
1716
Nov. 5
1724
Aug. 20
1724
Sept. 11
1726
Feb. 14
1728
June 7
1731
Sept. 28
1731
Nov. 26
1732
Mar. 13
1740
Dec. 28
1744
Jan. 21
1745
June 7
1745
Dec. 22
1783
June 22
1709
April 3
1778
July 9
1782
April 24
St. Peter's.
Large Marble Ledger.
8ACHED TO THE MEMOBT OF | Mbs RACHEL LOVET ( THE
RELICT OF HOBEET LOVET ESQUIEE | FOEMEHLY OF THIS
ISLAND I WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2°'' DAT OP
JAKUAET 1800 I AGED 93 TEAES | THIS MOITUMENT IS
EEECTED BT EGBERT FAEQUHAR ESQ'^ | ONE OF HER LEGA-
TEES I AS A TRIBUTE OP SINCERE RESPECT TO HER
MEMORT I AND IN GREATFUL REMEMBRANCE OP HER
FRIENDSHIP FOE HIM. |
Newington Butts, Surrey.
In the old church before it was pulled down : —
On the floor, flat stone to the memory of Margaret, wife
of William Allen, Esq., of Antigua. (Lysons's ' Environs of
London,' p. 392, vol. i.)
In Henney's ' Collection of Epitaphs, 1814,' p. 69, is the
following from Newington Churchyard :—
Sacred to the Memory of
WILLIAM ALLEN,
An Englishman of unspotted life, and amiable
disposition.
Who was Murdered near St. George's Fields, on
the 10th of May, 1768, by a Scottish
Detachment from the Army.
His disconsolate Parents and other Inhabitants of
this Parish, caused this Tomb to be
Erected
For an only Son, lost to them and all the world in
20th year of his age.
A Monument of his virtue and their affections.
[Several lines follow.
1804, Dec. 12. At his house near Stone's-end, South-
wark, aged 95, Wm. Allen, esq. He was buried in the
tomb he erected in 1769, in Newington churchyard, in com-
memoration of, as is stated on the tombstone, the death of
his son, Wm. Allen, of remarkable memory, who was shot
by the guards at a riot on account of Mr. Wilkes, 1768.
(' Gent. Mag.')
"Aliens" is in St. John's parish. In 1852 it contained
239 acres, and was owned by the heirs of Robert M'^Nish.
Newington Butts.
The churchyard was enlarged by Act of Parliament,
29 George II. The most conspicuous monument there is
that of William Allen, who was kiUed by the soldiers in St.
George's Fields in the year 1768. The inscription asserts
that he was " inhumanly murdered on the 10th of May by
Scottish detachments from the army." There are also
some verses and texts of Scripture, which seem to be applied
with a very unjustifiable spirit of rancour, as an excuse for
which it must be admitted that the monument was erected
during the height of a party rage, and in the first trans-
ports of resentment by parents who had lost an only son.
The account of the riots which took place in St. George's
Fields in 1768 and the circumstances of this transaction
are detailed in many of the publications of that time. It
appears that Allen was illegally killed, whether he was
concerned in the riots or not, as he was shot apart from the
mob at a time when he might, if necessary, have been appre-
hended and brought to justice. The acquittal of the soldier
who was tried for his murder made a great clamour at the
time, though it appears that the weight of evidence pre-
ponderated much in his favoui-, and proved to the satisfaction
of the jury that he was not the person who fired the gun.
(Lysons's * Environs of London, 1792,' p. 393, vol. i.)
ANDERSON FAMILY.
^ctittjrte of ^nticrscitu
Note. — This Pedigree has been drawn up fi-oin the Harman Papers.
THOMAS ANDEESON, M.D. In the Army ; settled at=r Dyett of Montserrat.
Trinidad, where he acquired large estates.
Benjamin^
Ander-
son, M.D.
=Anne Daly, dau.
of Hon. Henry
Richard Dyett of
Montserrat.
Philip Ander-
son ; died a
bachelor.
Marian, Jesse, mar. Lieut,
married Herbert Mack-
Baron worth, R.N., son
Schach. of 8ir Digby
Mackworth, Bart.
I
Thomas An-=pAnne Byam Wyke, dau. of
derson,
M.D., of
Trinidad.
William Willock of An-
tigua, Esq. ; mar. at St.
George's, Antigua, 26
March 1828.
I I
Helen ; Alice
mar. Byam.
Richard
Cadiz.
I I
Henry An- Octavia Louisa Anderson,
derson. 1st dau. ; mar. Fred. B.
Harman, Esq. ; he died 4
Oct. 1881.
Eliza Christina ; mar. 14 Aug. 1857
William E. Ledeatt, M.D. (brother of
Louisa M. L.), of King's Coll., Lon-
don ; ho died s.p. 20 May 18G1.
Jesse ; mar. .Tames
Barrett ; she died
7 May 1872, and
left a dauuliter.
John Anderson of St. John's Town, cooper. Will
dated 27 Aug. 1G'J6. To my wife Elinor all my estate for
life, then equally to John Jardin and Gawen Rae my
Executors. Witnessed by Daniell Driskoll, Phi. Pawley,
John Samson. By the Deputy Governor 14 Nov. 1696
sworn. Recorded 16 Nov. 1696.
Order to appraise the goods of Ellinor Anderson of
Antigua, deceased, dated 19 Jan. 1697, by Governor Chr.
Codrington to Ambrose York and Wm. Johnson. £17 c,
due from John Gamble, deceased. Recorded 4 March 1697.
John Anderson of Antigua, planter. Will dated 25
Sept. 1783. To the youngest child of my friend Tho.
Elmes, Esq., £100. To my goddau. Eleanor Justina Chap-
man £50. To ray goddau. Susannah Greenway £50.
All residue to Henrietta Bezune and Mary Hunt and the
legacy left the latter by my fiithcr to be void. To my
friends Sam. Athill, Esq., John Lindsay, Merchant, and
Robt. Milne, Merchant, 20 guineas apiece, and Executors.
Witnessed by Wm. Tizard, John Houchins. Before Tho.
Shirley, Esq., was sworn John Houchins, planter, 29 Sept.
1783. Recorded 1 Oct. 1783.
1706, Dec. 4. Petition of Sarah Anderson, wid. Her
late husband Benj. Anderson had a proportion of land in
St. John's Town.
1753, Sept. 20. Barry Anderson, a waiter of customs.
1753, Oct. 22. Petition of Isaac Anderson for two pro-
portions of land. Granted.
Ten acres were granted in 1772 to John Robinson, who
fled in 1784, leaving his wife and dau. destitute. His wife
died in 1793. Mr. Wm. Anderson is half-brother to Ann
Robinson. (Minutes of Assembly 1801.)
1695
Jan. 9
1709
Oct. 2
1732
Mar. 29
1756
Dec. 12
1778
Oct. 25
1784
Nov. 24
1702
April 26
1741
Dec. 24
1777
April 5
(?) 1788 Feb. .
St. John's Parish Register.
Buried.
Ester wife of John Anderson.
Mrs. Catherine Anderson.
Mrs. Sarah Anderson.
Capt. John Anderson.
And. Anderson, Esq.
Robert Anderson (Coppersmith).
Married.
Rowland Anderson & Susanna Spencer.
Doc"' James Anderson and Ann Collins,
Widow of Tho. Collins, by L.
1702
1746
1786
1753
1775
Nov.
Oct.
Aug. 19
Jan. . .
St.
William Anderson to Ann Redhead.
Robert Anderson to Theodosia Hodgson,
spr., by L.
St. Paul's Parish Register.
Blarried.
. . Rich'' Prichard & Elizabeth Anderson.
Isaac Anderson and Mary Watkins.
Thomas Smith, Planter, to Clementina
Anderson, spr.
George's Parish Register.
Buried.
Thomas Anderson, at Carlisles Estate.
Richard Anderson.
30
6
St.
Peter's Parish Register.
Buried.
1771 Barry Anderson.
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Married.
1794 June 5 William Clark to Isabella Anderson.
1797 Feb. 12 William Carver to Margaret Anderson.
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
^ttitcjree of ^rcj)tl)alti.
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, (?) bur. 23 Oct/
1717 at St. John's.
^Frances Hart, mar. 7 June 1688 at St. Philip's ;
bur. 30 Jan. 1727 at St. John's.
I
Dr. Joshua Archbould. In=pSarah, (?) mar. Jane Archibald,
mar. 14 Feb.
1722 at St. John's
John Cable.
Samuel Archibald,=pAnn Thompson, mar. 30 April 1724
1718 of Antigua, Surgeon;
bur. 11 June 1758 at St.
Will dated 3 Oct.
recorded 28 June
Philip's.
1757 ;
1758.
2ndiy 21 June
1759 Earnest
Udney.
bur. 17 Aug. 1732
at St. John's.
at St. John's ; (?) mar. 2ndly, 3 Feb.
1733 at St. John's, Patrick Lynch.
Mary, bapt.23 May 1730 at St. John's ;
mar. 17 Nov. 1750 at St. Philip's.
I
Ann, bur. 21 June
1728 at St. John's.
I
William Yeamans^
Archbould. Will
dated 22 Feb. 1761,
then of Bristol,
Esq. ; proved P.C.C.
7 April 1763 (163
Cassar).
:Eliz. Rachel Ann Yea-
mans, dau. of William
Yeamans ; under 17
on 22 Feb. 1761; mar.
2ndly Dec. 1764 Sir
James Laroche, Bart.
Shedied27 Jan. 1781,
and was bur. in Staple-
ton church.
John Archbould, named
in his father's will 1757.
Joseph Archbould, (?) if
not identical with
Joshua.
Joshua Archbould,
named in his father's
will 1757.
I I I
Richard Boddicott Archi-
bould, bur. 20 March
1745 at St. Philip's;
infant.
Henry Archbould, bur. 27
Nov.1749 at St. Philip's.
Mary, bapt. 14 March
1730 at St. Paul's.
I I I
Charity, bur. 20 Feb.
1742 at St. Philip's.
Ann, bapt. 11 March
1735 at St. Paul's ; bur.
C May 1745 at St.
Phihp's.
Sarah, a minor in 1757.
B.p.
Joshua Archbould of Antigua, Surgeon. Will dated 3
Oct. 1757. To my son John Archbould £1500. To my son
Joshua Archbould £1500, and 3 slaves each if they ever
come to this island. To my dau. Sarah Archbould £1500
and 8 negros at 21 or marriage. All my personal and real
estate for my son W" Yeamans Ai'chbould, to John Green-
way, Tho. Ellis, Peter Buckeley, and Joshua Archbould as
Trustees, and his heirs male, and in default of issue to my
son John, then to my son Joseph, then to my dau. Sarah.
Rob' Christian, Edward Evanson, and James Emra, Esquires,
Executors aod Guardians. Witnessed by John Greenway,
Thorn' EUis, Peter Buckley. Before George Thomas, Esq.,
Governor, etc., appeared Tho. EUis and was sworn.
Recorded 28 June 1758 at Antigua.
W"> Yeamans Archbould of Bristol, Esq. Will dated
22 Feb. 1761 ; proved P.C.C. 7 April 1763. Adm'on of
goods of testator, who died at Antigua, to Eliz. Yeamans,
widow, the mother and guardian of Eliz. Rachael Ann
Archbould, the widow and relict, a minor, till she is 17 (163
Csesar). To my dear wife all my lands, tenements, and
plantations, and all estate in Antigua, England, or else-
where. I have made no bequest to my wife's mother, Mrs.
Eliz. Rachel Ann Yeamans, because my affairs are unsettled,
but my wife is to make a provision for her as circumstances
will allow. My wife sole Executrix. Witnessed by Ball.
Burman, Kath. Baldwin, Dan. Mills. Recorded also at
Antigua 2 May 1764.
1718, July 14. Dr. Joshua Archibald petitions for a grant
of 10 acres, late Thomas Ivory's (he ob. s.p.), and bounded
E. with Thomas Skerret, S. with James Eyres and John
Stevens, W. with Thomas Stevenson, N. with Major Antho.
Brown and Peter Martin. (Minutes of Assembly.)
Joshua Archbould, chirurgeon ; his land surveyed 25
Sept. 1718.
Indenture dated 25 April 1725 between John Goble of
Antigua, planter, and Elizabeth his wife and Joshua Arch-
bold, surgeon. Sale of 10 acres.
" Archbolds " is in St. Philip's Parish. In 1852 it (and
Browns) contained 312 acres, and was owned by Thomas
Daniell and Co.
1742
1745
1745
1747
1749
1730
1735
Feb.
May
Mar.
July
Nov.
St.
20
6
20
2
27
1758 June 11
1688
June 7
1750
Nov. 17
St.
1750
Nov. 17
Mar.
Mar.
St.
14
11
St,
1712
May 21
1717
Oct. 23
1727
Jan. 30
1728
June 21
1732
Aug. 17
1807
May 6
1722
Feb. 14
1724
April 30
1733
Feb. 3
1759
June 21
1779
Sept. 4
1730
May 23
1769
Aug. 1
Philip's Parish Register.
Buried.
Charity Infant d. of Joshua Archbould.
Anne d. of Dr. Archbould.
Richard Boddicott Infant s. of Dr.
Archbould.
Sarah Archbould.
Heniy Archbold s. of Dr. Joshua Arch-
bold.
Dr. Josh. Archbould.
Married.
WilUam Archibald to Frances Hart.
Wm : Lyons & Mary Archbold, spinster.
George's Parish Register.
Wm : Lyons, Esq., & Mary Archbold,
Spinster were married Nov. 17, 1750, in
Willoughby-bay parish.
Paul's Parish Register.
Baptized.
Mary d. of Joshua Archbould & Sarah
his wife.
Anne d. of Joshua Archbold and Sarah
his wife.
John's Parish Register.
Buried.
Margaret Archibald.
Wm. Archibald.
Mrs. Frances Archibald.
Ann d. of Samuel Archibald.
Mr. Samuel Archibald.
Lucy Archbold.
Married.
John Cable and Jane Archibald. Lie.
Samuell Archibald and Ann Thompson.
Lie.
Patrick Lynch and Anne Archibald. Lie.
Earnest Udney to Sarah Archbould. Lie.
George Glenny to Ann Archbould. Lie.
Baptized.
Mary the d. of Samuel Archibald and Ann
his wife.
James the s. of James Archbold and Ann
his wife.
ASH PAMILY
9
EICHARD ASH, gent. Will dated 13 March 1692-3 ; died 1693.=f Elizabeth.
Henrietta, dau. of Governor John=f=Kichard Ash, son and heir, under Capt. Rowland Ash, Imr. 30=pElizabeth .... bur.
Yeamans ; mar. before 1717.
A
17, 1692 ; living 1717.
June 1737 at St. Paul's.
2 June 1755.
Sarah Ayres Ash, bapt. 2 April
1726 at St. Paul's.
Rowland Ash, Jun. ; J. P. 1755 ; Member of=
Assembly 1756.
=Eliz., dau. of . . . Gunthorpe ; mar.
22 May 1735.
Richard Ash,
bapt. 15 Feb.
(?1741) at
St. George's.
William Gunthorpe
xish, bapt. 21 Sept.
1742atSt.George's.
Jno. Yeamans Ash, bapt.
7 April 17-48, and bur.
16 Nov. 1754 at St.
George's.
I
Yeamans Oliver Ash, born
28 Jan. 1749, bapt. 15 Feb.
1749-50 at St. George's.
Speaker of Assembly.
Henrietta Ash,
bapt. 18 Dec.
1744 at St.
George's.
I
Achild,born
. . June and
bapt. 3 July
1752.
Richard Ash of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 13 March
1 692-3. In this time of wars bound on an expedition in
their Majesty's service. All estate, sugar works, negros,
etc., to my friends John Yeamans and Saml. Martin, Esquires,
and Edward Waldron, gent., in trust. To my wife Eliz.
half of all rents and profitts in lieu of dower during her
widowhood, the other half to my son Richard and to his
heirs. If my wife marry again I give her but one-third.
To my wife all plate, household stuff, and a negi'o woman. To
my son Richard £500 at 21 and suitable maintenance to
bring him up to the Law, Divinity, or Merchantdizing. If
he die without issue then his share to my son Rowland and
his heirs. After the death of my wife my whole estate to
my son Richard. To my brother Ralph Ash my three-eighth
share of the pinke B . . . . and £100 payable after the now
war with the French be over. To my sister Ann Carpenter,
if living, £100. To Mr. Tho. Ifinty 10,000 lbs. of sugar.
My wife to manage my estate. My said trustees to be
Executors until my sons Richard or Rowland be 17. To
trustees £20 apiece. Witnessed by Jno. Otto, Isac Hors-
ford, Ed* Perry. Codicil 25 March 1693. Witnessed by
Will" Barnes, Jn" Otto, Isac Horsford, Ed" Perry. Before
His Excellency Chr. Codrington appeared Mr. W" Barnes,
Mr. I. Horsford, and Capt. John Otto, and were sworn 28
July 1693. Recorded 30 Aug. T. Gatewood, Sec.
1715-16, March 9. RowF Ash petitions for two parcels
of land in St. John's Town in the possession formerly of
Rob' Freeman, deceased, waste for the last twenty years,
bounded N. with Church Street, E. with N. and S. streets,
S. with Mr. Tho. Bodkin.
1755, March 14. Rowl'' Ash sworn a J.P., and on 29
Sept. 1756 resigns his seat in the Assembly.
St. George's Parish Register.
Baptized.
(71741) Feb. 15 Richard the s. of Rowland Ash and
Elizabeth his wife.
1742 Sept. 21 WiUiam Gunthorpe the s. of Rowland Ash
and Eliz"" his wife.
1744 Dec. 18 Henrietta the d. of Rowland Ash and
Elizabeth his wife.
1748
1749
1752
April 7
John Yeamans s. of Rowland Ash and
Elizabeth his wife.
Yeamans Oliver the son of Rowland Ash
and Eliz. his wife, born 28 Jan. 1749 ;
Baptized Feb. 15, 1749-50.
.... of Rowland Ash and .... born June
the .... 52 ; Baptized July the 3rd
1752.
Burwd.
1754 Nov. 16 John Yeamans Ash s. of Rowland Ash.
1735
1755
1764
Married.
May 22 Rowland Ash, jim'', & Elizabeth Gun-
thorpe, Spinster.
Dec. 20 Samuel Henry Warner, Gentleman, &
Ann Ash, Spinster.
and Frances Ash, Spinster.
St.
Paul's Parish Register.
Baptized.
1726 April 2 Sarah Ayres d. of Mr. Rowland Ash &
Elizabeth his wife.
Married.
1733
Jan. 26
Mr. Henry Blizard & Mrs. Elizabeth
Ash. Lie.
1740
Aug. 7
Mr. James Ayres & Mrs. Abigail Ash.
Buried.
1737
June 30
Capt° Rowland Ash.
1746
June 11
Richard Ash s. of Mrs. Ash, Widow.
1755
June 2
Mrs. Elizabeth Ash, Widow of Mr. Row-
land Ash.
St
John's Parish Register.
Buried.
1729
Oct. 3
John Ash.
1739
Oct. 8
Richard Ash.
1766
Feb. 20
James Wm. Ash, P.
1810
April 12
Martha Ash.
St.
Philip's Parish Register.
Buried.
1718
Jan. 1
Thomas Ash.
10
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
^^etitsret of mjill
Arms. — Argent, on a clievron sable three crescents of the first.
JOHN ATHILL of Guestwick, co. Norf.,died 4 and bur. 10 March 1732-3=pElizabeth, died 4 March 1768,
at Guestwick. Will dated 16 Nov. 1732 ; proved 5 April 1733 at Norwich, set. 78 ; bur. at Guestwick.
Thomas Athill,
born 13 April and
bapt. 2 June 1713
at Guestwick.
William Athill of
Norwich, attorney
at law, born 19
Sept. and bapt 2
Nov. 1717 at Guest-
wick ; mar. and
left issue.
Dr. John At-
hill of Antigua,
physician, etc.,
born 17 Nov.
and bapt. 20
Dec. 1718 at
Guestwick ;
died 5 Oct.
1766 at An-
tiofua.
=Jane Dunbar,
only child and
heiress and
adm'trix of
Anne Dunbar,
widow, 17G5;
mar. 8 Oct.
1747 at St.
John's ; died
Nov. 1817, ffit.
86, in St.
Marylebone.
James Athill, born
12, bapt. 15 Jan.
1719, and bur. 18
Sept. 1720 at Guest-
wick.
Dr. Joseph Athill
of Antigua, phy-
sician, etc., born 6
Sept. 1725 ; bur.
16 Oct. 1747 at St.
John's.
Dr. James At-=
hill of An-
tigua, phy-
sician, etc.,
Member of the
Council ;
bapt. 12 Nov.
1727 at Guest-
wick ; died 23
and bur. 24
Sept. 1779 at
St. John's.
=Anne Redhead,
only dau. of
Samuel Redhead,
born 22 March
1737 ; mar. 1
August 1757 at
Antigua ; died
28 Feb. and bur.
6 March 1802 in
Bath Abbey, co.
Somerset.
Tendau's,
all bom
and bapt.
at Guest-
wick.
Joseph Lyons=
Athill, Member
of Assembly and
Judge of An-
tigua, born 30
Aug. and bapt.
13 Sept. 1748
at St. Paul's ;
d. 13 and bur.
14 Sept. 1790
at St. John's.
WiU dated 27
Dec. 1784 and
recorded 16 Oct.
1790.
Christian Doig,
dau. of Capt.
James Doig of
"Rigbys," and
widow of Wil-
liam Living-
ston ; bapt. 20
Sept. 1741 at
St. Paul's ; mar.
24 April 1775
at St. John's;
died Feb. 1802
at Bath. Will
dated 31 May
1801 ; proved
P.C.C. 23 May
1806.
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John Athill. born 11 .Jan.
1760 and bapt. 29 Sept.
1761 at St. John's.
Anne Athill, born 9 Oct.
1753 ; bapt. 30 May 1757 ;
and mar. 24 July 1770 at
St. John's Samuel Turner
(son of Samuel Turner,
Lord Mayor of London).
He was born 1745 and died
1815. She died 16 Aug.
1833. Both bur. at St.
Dunstan's in the East, City
of London. [For their
issue see the Turner Pedi-
gree.]
I
Dr. Samuel=
Byam Athill,
physician, etc..
President of
the Council,
etc., born 1 9
June and bapt.
14 July 1758
at St. Peter's ;
graduate of
Trinity Col-
lege, Cam-
bridge; died 27
at " Lynch's,"
and bur. 28
Dec. 1832 at
St. Philip's.
=Mai'y Lynch,
dau. and sole
heiress of
Nicholas
Lynch of
" Lynch's,"
St. PhiHp's
parish : born
12 Jan! 1762;
mar. 13 Jan.
1780 at St.
Paul's ; died
15 and bur.
17 June
1808 at
" Lynch's."
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James Athill, Chief
Justice of Antigua,
born 23 Aug. and
bapt. 27 Sept. 1759 at
St. Peter's ; died bach.
30 Nov., bur. 2 Dec.
1822, and M.L at St.
John's. Will dated
12 Sept. and sworn
14 Dec. 1822.
Richard Oliver At-
hill, born 26 May and
bapt. 26 July 1763 at
St. Paul's ; died 18
and bur. 19 Nov.
1804 at St. John's.
Dorothy Athill, only
child and heir, born
26 March 1776 at
Antigua; mar. 1st
Thomas Hackett,
M.D., and 2ndly, 7
Jan. 1841 at St.
George's, Hanover
Square, Thomas
Turner, M.D., etc.,
of Curzon Street.
She died s.p. 1 Sept.
1843, bur. at Lin-
stead Parva, co. Suflf.
He died 10 March
1 865. [See Turner
Pedigree.]
Samuel At-
hill, edu-
cated at
Winchester.
Of Trinity
College,
Cambridge,
B.A.; and of
Lincoln's
Inn, barris-
ter-at-law ;
born 7 Oct.
1786 at
" Lynch's,"
d. 21 Oct.
1811 and
there bur.
I
James At-=
hill. Com-
mander
R.N., born
9 May 1790
at Lynd-
hurst, CO.
Hants; mar.
9 Nov. 1819
at Sunbury,
CO. Midd.;
died 9 and
bur. 1 1 April
1825 at
" Lynch's."
■Sehna Therisa
Bishop, 3rd dau.
of Charles Bishop
of Doctors' Com-
mons, H.M. Pro-
curator General ;
mar. 2ndly, 1 May
1827 at St. George's,
Hanover Square,
Robert Mangles of
Whitmore Lodge,
Sunninghill, co.
Berks, M.P. Guild-
ford. She died 7
Feb. 1882, ast. 83,
in Eaton Square.
B.p.
Nicholas Lynch At-
hill, bom 14, died 27,
and bur. 28 Sept. 1796
at St. Philip's.
Mary Athill, born 23
Dec. 1781 ; bapt. 20
Jan. 1782 at St.
Philip's; mar. 13 Jan.
1804 at St. Maryle-
bone Charles Turner of
Liverpool. He died 17
Jan. 1854; she died 10
July 1841; both bur. at
St. Michael's, Toxteth
Park, Liverpool. They
had fourteen children.
[See Turner Pedigree.]
Ann Turner Athill,
born 22 Nov. 1783
at " Delaps," bapt.
1 Aug. 1784 at St.
Paul's; died 16 Aug.
and bur. at St.
Philip's.
Elizabeth Rachel
Russell Athill, born
at "Lynch's" 21
May and bapt. 29
June 1791 at St.
Philip's ; died at
sea on board the
" William " 28 Nov.
1810 and bur. 3
Dec. at "Lynch's."
ATHILL FAMILY.
11
John At-=
hill, Judge
of Court of
Common
Pleas, An-
tigua, born
13 Jan. and
bapt. 7 Feb.
1766 at St.
Peter's ;
died 12 and
bur. 13
Nov. 1802
at St.
John's.
=Mary Red-
head, 2nd dau.
of George Red-
head of An-
tigua, bapt. 10
Jan. 1773 at
St. Peter's ;
mar. 6 Aug.
1789 at St.
Philip's ; died
16 Mar. 1847,
set. 75, at Bou-
logne-sur-Mer,
France.
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Elizabeth Athill, born
22 Jan. and bapt. 1
June 1761 at An-
tigua ; died 22 Sept.
1763.
Mary Ann Athill,
born 15 Nov. 1764
in Devonshire Street,
Bloomsbury, bapt. 18
Dec. 1764 at St.
George the Martyr,
Queen Square; mar. 25
May 1786 at St. John's
Samuel Harman.
I
Anne Athill, born 6 Aug. and
bapt. 1 Oct. 1769 at St. Peter's;
mar. 25 Sept. 1788 at St. John's
Capt. Richard Bickerton, R.N.,
afterwards 2nd Bart, of Up-
wood, K.B., Admiral of Red,
and a Lord Commissioner of
Admiralty ; he was born 11
Oct. 1759 at Southampton.
Took the additional name and
arms of Hussey by Royal Lie. 24
May 1823 ; he died s.p. 9 Feb.
1832 ; she died 2 March 1850.
Both bur. and M.L in Bath
Abbey.
I
Elizabeth Athill, born 22 Feb.
1771 at " Oliver's," bapt. 27 Jan.
1773 at St. Philip's ; mar. 1st 13
May 1799 John Vassall, son of Col.
John Vassall of Massachusetts by
Ehzabeth Oliver his wife ; he was
born 7 May 1762, and died 17
Oct. 1800 ; bur. at Lyndhurst.
Their only child John died 23
March 1827. She married 2ndly
25 Oct. 1817 at Lymington, co.
Hants, James Monro of Lyming-
ton aforesaid, who died 26 Oct.
1849,fBt.73; shedieds.p.s. 29 June
and bur. 7 July 1843 at Lymington.
James At-=
hill, R.N.,
bapt. 24
Aug. 1791
at St.
Philip's.
=EUen
Redhead,
dau. of
George
Redhead.
Samuel Athill, =
of E.LC.S.,
born 9 Oct.
1797, bapt. 28
Aug. 1798 at
St. Philip's ;
died in India.
^Hannah
Wright,
dau.
of
Wright.
/s
Samuel Athill. 2 dau'rs.
I I I
George Athill, bapt. 9 and bur. 17
Nov. 1794 at St. Philip's.
John Athill, born 19 June 1800, bapt.
1804 at St. Philip's ; died in India.
Richard Bickerton Athill, barrister-at-
law ; born 30 May 1803 ; bapt. at St.
Philip's. In 1820 of 5 Ely Place,
London. Living later at Boulogne ;
a bachelor.
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Margaret, born
bapt. 30 Aug.
Philip's.
28 July 1791,
1792 at St.
Ann, born 12 Oct. 1795 ; bapt.
21 June 1796 at St. Philip's;
died in India.
Georgina, born 13 Dec. 1798,
bapt. 13 Jan. 1800 and bur. 26
March 1801 at St. Philip's.
1755. To Governor GeorgeThomas. The humble petition
of John Athill of Antigua, that there is a proportion of land
near the N.E. part of St. John's Town, bounded N. and E.
with Mrs. Ann Dnnoars and your petitioner, W. with Mrs.
Rachel Gamble, widow, and S. with Church Street.
Petitioner is son-in-law of Mrs. Ann Dunbar. Granted 9
Jan. 1755. Recorded fo. 24, 22 Jan. 1755, in the book of
petitions.
1765, April 2. P.C.C. Adm'on of the estate of Ann
Dunbar, late of Antigua, widow, deceased, granted to
Richard Oliver, the attorney of Jane Athill (wife of John
Athill), the dau. and only child, now residing at Antigua.
1777, Nov. 1. Governor William Burt writes that he
has called up James Athill to the Council Board of Antigua.
1788, Dec. Lately at Antigua Capt. Bickerton of
H.M.S. " Sybil," son of Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart., to Miss
Athill, dau. of late Dr. Athill. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1790, Sept. 18. Hon. Joseph Lyons Athill, a member
of the assembly and one of the judges of the island of
Antigua. (Page 1052, ibid.)
1792, July 5. Petition of King Pittman, stating that
John Foulger Athill of Antigua, planter, deceased, d. s.p.,
and had 10 acres next to James Athill, Esq., and desires a
grant of it.
12
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1799, June 13. John Vassal, esq., to Miss E. Athill,
youngest dau. of the late James Athill, esq., of Antigua.
(' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1802, Feb. In Oxford Street, Bath, Mrs. Athill.
(Page 280, ihid.)
1804, Jan. 13. At St. Mary-le-bonne, Charles Turner,
esq., of Upper Wimpole-street, to Miss Athill, dau. of
Samuel Athill, esq., of Antigua. (Page 86, ibid.)
1811, Oct. 21. At Antigua, after a few days' illness,
aged 25, Samuel Athill, esq., late of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-
at-law, eldest son of Hon. Samuel Athill of that island, an
amiable young man. (Page 657, iUd.)
1817, Nov. 30. In Beaumont-street, aged 86, Mrs.
Athill, relict of the late John Athill, esq., of Antigua.
(Page 571, ihid.)
1819, Nov. 8. Captain James Athill, R.N., to Selina
Theresa, third daughter of the late C. Bishop, Esq., his
Majesty's Procurator General. (Page 562, ibid.)
1825, April 9. At Antigua, aged 35, Capt. Athill, R.N.,
only son of Samuel Athill, esq., the President and Com-
mander-in-Chief. (Page 574, ihid.)
1829. At Islington, Elizabeth, wife of J. Athill, Esq.,
of Antigua. (Page 283, ibid.)
1845, Feb. 8. At Ashford, George Athill, esq., of
Antigua, to Charlotte, second dau. of the late Thos. Tappen-
den, esq. (Page 536, ibid.)
1847, March 16. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, aged 75, Mrs.
Athill, widow of the late John Athill, esq., of Antigua.
(Page 566, ihid.)
Joseph Athill. Will dated 27 Dec. 1784 To my
dau. Dorothy Athill £1500 c, and if she die without issue,
to my wife Christian, but if she be dead, then to my mother
Jane Athill. All residue to my wife Christian, whom I
appoint sole Guardian and Executrix. Witnessed by W. H.
Livingston, John Gloster, John Burke, jun. Before His
Excellency Sir Thos. Shirley was sworn Wm. Henry
Livingston 13 Oct. 1790. Recorded 16 Oct. 1790.
Extract from a letter written by Hon. The. Jarvis on 16
Sept. 1790 : " Joe Athill died of y^ gout in his head on the
13th inst."
John Foulger Athill, planter. Will dated 13 March
1792. To my wife Sarah certain slaves, and all residue, she
to be sole Executrix. Witnessed by Thomas Stocker, Hugh
Park. Before Edw"" Byam, Esq., was sworn Hugh Park,
16 May 1792. Recorded 6 June 1792.
James Athill. Will dated 12 Sept. 1822. (Leaves
legacies to certain mulattos.) Confirm the settlement of
£4560 on my sister-in-law, the widow of my brother John
Athill, and on her children Marg*, Ann, Sam', aud
Rich'i Bickerton equally after her death. Independent of
other transactions between me and the co-partnership of
John* and Sam^* Athill I have advanced £1100 c. at 5 per
cent. I remit the interest and leave this sum to them in
trust for their brother Geo.* Athill to pay for his main-
tenance till he receive the amount at 21. To the Rev.
Chr. Anderson and his wife Esther of Edinburgh £800
sterling in addition to the £1200 sterling already given at
her marriage. To my brother the Hon. Sam. Athill all
the furniture in my house and office in Ratcliff Street, St.
John's, my books, and the silver-gilt vase given me by the
Legislature of the Island, and if he die before me I give the
vase to his son Jas. Athill, and in case he too die before
me, then to my godson Athill Turner, son of Chas.
Turner and my niece Maria. To John and Sam^ Athill
the furniture in the house on my estate called " Byams."
All my plate, china, wines, and old rum, carriages, horses,
* Natural sons of testator.
etc., to be sold, as also my estate after the crop, and all
residue to Marg', Ann, Sam' aud Rich* Bickerton, the
children of my late brother John Athill, equally. My brother
Sam', my nephew Jas. Athill, Commander R.N., and Mr.
John Farr, executors. Before Sir Benj° D'Urban, Hon.
Paul Horsford swore to the handwriting of the Hon. James
Athill, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of
Antigua, 14 Dec. 1822. Recorded 30 Dec. 1822.
Falmouth Churchyard.
SatrcD
to the memory of
MARY REBECCA ANN OLIVER,
Daughter of
WILL"" H. & REBECCA ATHILL,
who departed this life
5"' October 1822
Aged 13 Months & 3 Days.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a headstone : —
iSrfctflj
IN MEMORY OF
DUNCAN B. ATHILL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 1»' 1863
AGED LVI YEARS.
[Three lines follow.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over a stone tomb surrounded by railings :
Crest : Three plumes.
Arms : . ... On a chevron sable three crescents ....
JAMES ATHILL
born August 23'''' 1759,
DIED November SO"* 1822,
IN THE 64"' YEAR OF HIS AGE.
He WAS AT the TIME OF HIS DECEASE
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
Master and Examiner in Chakcery.
Situations which he had long filled
with EXEMPLARY' INDUSTRY AND ABILITY ;
WITH UNIMPEACHED AND INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY
AND WITH GENERAL APPROBATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
He HAD BEEN SPEAKER OF THE HoUSE OF ASSEMBLY
for a period of eight years :
he retired from that highly respectable
situation on being promoted to the
Board of Council in 1803
at the express desire of
HIS EXCELLENCY
RALPH LORD LAVINGTON,
who during THE WHOLE PERIOD OF HIS GOVERNMENT
HONOURED HIM WITH HIS MOST PARTICULAR
CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP.
St. John's Parish Register.
Married.
1747 Oct. 8 John Athel and Jane Dunbar.
1770 July 24 Samuel Turner to Ann Athill. By Lie.
1775 April 24 Joseph Lyons Athill to Christian Living-
ston. L.
1786 May 25 Samuel Harman to Mary Athill, sp^ L.
1788 Sept. 25 Captain Richard Bickerton (of hisMajesty's
Navy) to Anne Athill, Sp"'.
Baptised.
1757 May 30 Ann the d. of Doc' John Athill & Jane
his wife.
1761 Sept. 29 John the s. of John Athill and Jane his
wife.
ATHILL FAMILY.
13
1771
Dec.
16
1771
Dec.
16
1817
Jan.
22
1820
Oct.
4
1823
Aug.
21
1834
Aug
19
1836
Mar.
11
1839
Mar.
1
1747
Oct.
16
1774
July
23
1779
Sept.
24
1784
Nov.
20
1790
Sept.
14
1792
April 27
1802
Nov.
13
1804
Nov.
19
1822
Dec.
2
1842
Aug.
8
1843
Mar.
7
1844
Oct.
13
1773
Jan.
14
1782
[Jan.
20]
1791
June
29
1791
Aug.
24
1792
Aug.
30
1794
Nov.
9
1796
June 21
1798
Aug.
28
1800
Jan.
13
1800
Aug.
16
1804
George the s. of John F. Athill and Sarah
his wife.
Ann the d. of John P. Athill and Sarah
his wife.
Christopher s. of John Athill and Eliza
his wife ; b. 4 Dec. last.
Eliza Grace d. of John Athill and Eliza
his wife ; born Aug. 2.
"William Harman s. of John Athill and
Eliza his wife; b. Jan. 29, 1823.
Ann Matilda d. of Geo. & Eliza Athill,
St. John's, Mer'.
Eliza Amelia d. of Geo. & Eliza Athill,
St. John's, Merch'.
Georgina Justina d. of Geo. & Eliza
Atliill, St. John's, Mer*.
Buried.
Joseph Athell.
Ann Athill, a Child.
Doctor James Athill.
George Athill (Inf).
Honble. Joseph Lyons Athill.
John Folgill Athill.
John Athill.
Richard Oliver Athill.
The Honorable James Athill, late Chief
Justice and Master in Chancery.
Hon'''" John Athill, St. John's, aged 56.
John Athill, St. John's, aged 13 months.
Mary Athill, St. John's, aged 80.
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Baptisms.
Elizabeth Athill ; b. 22 Feb. 1771.
Mary d. of Samuel & Mary Athill.
Rachael Russell, d. of Hon. Samuel At-
hill & wife Mary.
James s. of John & Mary Athill.
Margaret d. of John & Mary Athill ; b.
28 July 1791.
George s. of John & Mary Athill,
Anne d. of John & Mary Athill; b. 12
Oct. 1795.
Samuel s. of John & Mary Athill ; b. 9
Oct. 1797.
Georgina d. of John & Mary Athill ; b.
13 Dec. 1798.
John s. of John & Mary Athill.
John & Richard Bickerton sons of John
& Mary Athill ; John b. 19 June 1800,
Richard b. 30 May 1803.
1789 Aug.
Married.
6 Jn" Athill & Mary Redhead, spr.
byL.
1794
Nov. 17
1796
Sept. 28
1801
Mar. 26
1808
June 17
1810 Dec.
1811 Oct. 22
1825 April 11
1832
Dec.
28
1850
Mar.
20
St
1780 Jan. 13
1748
1784
Sept. 13
Aug. 1
Buried.
George s. of John Athill.
Infant s. of Samuel Athill.
Georgina Athill.
Mrs. Mary Athill in the private Burial
Ground in the Plantation of the
Honourable Samuel Byam Athill, Esq',
in the parish of Saint Philip in the
Division of Nonsuch, called Lynch's,
by Permission in Writing from the
Honourable Edward Byam, Esquire,
Deputy Ordinary of Antigua, & for the
Time being Commander-in-Chief of the
said Island.
Miss Eliza Athill, dau. of the Honourable
Samuel Byam Athill, Esquire, in the
private Buryal Ground of the Family
on the Estate called Lynch's, etc. The
young Lady above mentioned was the
youngest Dauhter of Dr. Samuel At-
hill ; and in the same Burial Place was
interred in the year 1808 the corpse
of her Mother, Mrs. Mary Athill.
Samuel Athill, Junior, Esq'', s. of the
Honourable Samuel Byam Athill,
Esquire, in the private Burial Ground
of the family at the Plantation called
Lynch's.
James Athill, Esq., Capt. R.N.; died 9
April. (Not copied verbatim.)
Samuel Byam Athill.
Anne Athill. Gilberts, 80.
Paul's Parish Register.
Married.
Samuel Byam Athill, Esq., to Mary
Lyuch (spinster) ; per L.
Baptized.
Joseph Lions s. of Docf John Athill and
Jane his wife.
Ann Turner d. of James Athill, Esq., &
his wife. £6 12s.
Buried.
1830 Oct. 30 Sarah Athill. English Harbour, 75.
St. George's Parish Register.
Married.
1831 Oct. 2 Duncan Bayer Athill & Sarah Jane
Gumming.
1828, May 27. Pierse Hackett, of All Saints, South-
ampton, M.D., w., & Dorothy Athill, of S' Lawrence cum S*
John, in the s., 40, sp., at S' L. (Bishop of Winchester's
Marriage Allegations.)
Wi)t frnwil^ oi ^tj)^.
St. John's Parish Register.
Married.
1718 Feb. 18 John Coppinge and Elizabeth Athy. L.
1730 May 26 John Athy and Honour Burke. L.
Baptized.
1730 July 5 John the s. of George Athye and his
wife.
1732 Feb. 12 Elizabeth d. of George Athy & Tabitha
his wife.
1737 April 25 Mary the d. of George Athey and Tabitha
his wife.
1738 June 6 Mary the d. of George Athey & Tabitha
his wife.
Buried.
1716
Dec.
12
1731
Sept.
30
1733
Mar.
26
1737
April
25
1738
June
8
1739
Nov.
14
1739
Jan.
30
1739
Mar.
6
1740
Oct.
12
Ulick Athy.
John s. of Geo. Athy.
Eliz. d. of Geo. Athy.
Mary d. of George Athey.
Mary y" d. of George Athey.
Elizabeth y'= d. of George Athey.
Tabitha y« w. of George Athey.
George Athey of this Island.
Honour the w. of Serjant Atiiey.
This family was apparently of Irish descent.
14
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
,,-
Arms. — Argent, three bars sable.
Crest. — An ear of ivheat bearded proper.
Sir William Graham of Claverhou8e=pLady Jean Carnegie, 4th dan. of John, 1st Earl of Northesk.
Margaret Graham=rRobert Young of Auldbar. John Graham, created Viscount Dundee in 1688 ; killed 26 May 1689
I at the battle of Killiecrankie.
A dau.=p. . . . Barclay of Uric, co. Kincardine. [See pedigree of Barclay- Allardice in Burke's ' Landed Gentry.']
I
I I
A dau.=pRev Ochterlony of Fordham. A dau.np. . . . Stratton of Lauriston.
I ^1
A dau.=f=David Auchinleck. A dau.=j=Capt Goulston.
Samuel Auchinleck of Antigua, Collector of the Customs at Parham Town.=pEliz. Goulston, 2nd cousin to her hus-
Stated to have been the representative of the Barons of the Island of Auchinleck. 1 band ; died 31 Aug. 1819 at Antigua.
Samuel Stratton Auchinleck of Antigua ■,=rAnna Maria Drew, spinster ; Charles Auchinleck, Elargaret Auchinleck, mar.
only surviving son 1819; bapt. 22 Oct.
1781 at St. John's.
mar. 31 Oct. 1809 at St. born 18 May 1873
Peter's. at St. Philip's.
14 Feb. 1801 John Grant,
Lieut. 59th Regt.
I
Gilbert^
Auchinleck
of Antigua,
born 14 Dec.
1814 and
bapt. 18 April
1816 at St.
George's ;
died many
years ago.
=Eleanor Jane
Edwards, dau.
of B.IIutchins
Edwards of
Comfort Hall,
Antigua; mar.
29 Jan. 1839
at St. Peter's;
died 9 May
1840, set. 19.
Samuel Auch-
inleck, bur.
18 Dec. 1816
at St. Peter's.
Samuel Mar-
tin Auchin-
leck, born Feb.
and bapt. 20
March 1818
at St. Peter's.
Samuel Grant
Auchinleck,
bur. 11 April
1821, at. SJ,
at St. Peter's.
John Auchin-
leck, bur. 12
Dec. 1821,
ffit. 2, at St.
Peter's.
Melville Auchin-
leck, born 20 Feb.
1823, bapt. 20
April 1824 at St.
Peter's; died bach.
Anna Maria Auch-
inleck, bur. 21
Sept. 1822, a3t.
10 months, at St.
Peter's.
Graham=
Auchinleck,
2nd sur-
viving son,
Surg.-Gen.
retired list,
bapt. 22
Aug. 1825
at St.
Philip's.
I I
Mary Gilchrist
Auchinleck,
born 20 Nov.
1813 and bapt.
18 April 1816
at St. George's.
Maria Dobson
Auchinleck,
bapt. 9 Feb. 1834
at St. Philip's.
Gilbert Goulston Auch-
inleck ; died a bach.
I
William Douglas Auchinleck, Ist Clerk in Treasury, Antigua,^
1873 ; Landing Surveyor, 1874 ; Treasurer and Collector of
Customs,Nevis, 1881 ; Treasurer of St. Christopher's since 1883.
A dau. and only child.
Gilbert Grahame Auchinleck, 1st son and heir.
Extract from a Memorandum of the Auchinleck family,
left by A. M. Auchinleck, widow of Samuel Auchinleck,
grandfather of William Douglas Auchinleck.
The first we know of the Auchinlecks was in the reign of
David I. of Scotland, contemporary of Henry L of England,
■who gave a grant of lands in the east of Scotland to an Auch-
inleck (which deed is in the Registrar's office in Edinburgh).
The Barons of Auchinleck were summoned to Parlia-
ment by the earlier Stewart Kings. One of them was mur-
dered by Edward L with other followers of Wallace at the
Burns of Ayi-. They always upheld the Stewarts and were
strong Jacobites and Episcopalians, and lost a great deal of
their property by fine, forfeiture, etc., etc., until only the old
Tower remained, which was sold about the time Samuel
Auchinleck's father went to Antigua before the American
Revolution ; he was of a younger branch, but was the last
representative of the family. In an old churchyard in
Monarkie near Dundee there is a stone under which nine-
teen Gilbert Auchinlecks lie buried. Gilbert, eldest son of
Samuel Auchinleck, was the 22nd or 23rd of the name.
The Auchinlecks intermarried with the Douglases, Grahams,
Ogilvies, and other good families of the east of Scotland,
and at some ijeriod one of them acquired property in
Ayrshire which passed to the Boswells, another went to
Holland, and his descendants, coming to England, founded
the family of Affleck in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Auchinleck, parents of Samuel Auchin-
leck, were second-cousins, having one great-great-grand-
mother, who was Mrs. Young of Auldbar (sister of
" Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee." Grahame
of Claverhouse was descended from a daughter of Robert
Bruce) ; her daughter Miss Young married " Barclay of Ury,"
whose two daughters married one Mr. Ochterlong of Ford-
AUCHINLECK FAMILY.
15
ham (a minister), the other Mr. Stratou of the family of
Lauriston. Miss Straton married Captain Goulston (the
Goulstous were a good English family), Miss Ochterlong
married David Auchiuleck, from whom descended Samuel
Auchinleck's father. He married Miss Goulston, and thus
the families were united. Samuel Auchiuleck and his
sister Mrs. Grant were all that lived of a numerous family.
Samuel Auchinleck married and had 3 sons and 4
daughters : —
1st. Gilbert the eldest married and had two sons —
namely : —
Gilbert Goulston, died unmarried.
William Douglas, mamed, whose eldest son is
Gilbert Grahame, aged 8 years.
2nd. Grahame, Surgeon-General in the ... . Kegiment,
now retired. Has no sons, one daughter.
3rd. Melville, who died unmarried.
W
Copy of a letter from Rev. John Reid : —
Monikie Manse, Forfarshire.
1st April 1886.
D. Auchinleck, Esq., St. Christopher,
My Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 4th March came to hand last
week, and I have since tried to gather together some in-
formation regarding the lands and the family of Auchin-
leck. Unfortunately our Session Registers were fully
30 years ago removed to Edinburgh, to the General Register
House there. Our sources of information are thus most
seriously limited — though on payment of certain fees I sup-
pose the documents would be open to search aud inspection.
As far as I can make out, the lands of Auchinleck, in
this parish, gave rise, at a very early period, to the surname
of Auchinleck — originally, as it would seem, " Aghelck."
The first known proprietor is said to have been Mathew le
Naper de Aghelck, who lived towards the end of the 13th
century. The family held the lands upwards of 300 years.
But one account I have seen carried the possession back to
the time of David I., 150 years earlier. This account says
they were bestowed by charter from him. The chief of the
family is said to have been hereditary armour-bearer to the
Earls of Crawford. The family were well known in
Dundee, eight miles to the south-west. Several of them
were burgesses aud some of them magistrates. James was
provost in 1593 and William in 1619. In 1610 Gilbert
Auchinleck succeeded his father Robert, and it is said there
are certain tombstones in an ancient burying ground in
Dundee known as " the Howff," which have armorial
bearings of the family. It appears there was quite a con-
siderable succession of Gilbert Afflecks (as the property has
for a long time been called), though one account says that
in 1665 Gilbert Auchinleck of that Ilk was restored in the
lands, and that he was probably the last owner of that
family, having sold them. This of course might not take
place till perhaps nearly the very close of the 17th century.
But thus there would be allowed for the long line of
Gilberts only about ninety years, if the one of 1610 were
the first of them. Before the present church was built,
which was in 1812, there was an aisle at the back of the
old one, which the proprietors of Affleck had as their burial
place. But as far as I know, all that remains in the shape
of monument is an old stone built into the front wall of the
present church. It is so high that it is scarcely possible to
say, accurately, what is on it. It has, however, a shield or
coat of arms with the letter G on the one side, and the letter A
on the other, with a date below, which maybe 1578 or 1678.
The castle still stands, and has within my own memory
been greatly improved, or at least substantially repaired.
It is said to have been built by one or other of the Auch-
inlecks about the middle of the 15th century. It appears
to have been inhabited till some time in the earlier half.
perhaps, of that century. A house had been built quite
adjoining it, and this house was greatly enlarged and im-
proved about thirty years ago by a Mr. Mitchell, who had
acquired the property by purchase. You may not perhaps
be aware that there is a parish of the name of Auchinleck
in Ayrshire, and I suspect that in the accounts given there
is some httle confusion between the two in regard to the
families. I may mention further that I have found the
name of one Andro Auchinleck as the minist^', in 1574, of
three neighbouring parishes — Burly, Monfield, and Murroes.
But I have not discovered whether he was one of the family
or not. If I find anything more worthy of being com-
municated, I shall be glad to write to you ; and I am,
Yours faithfully,
John Reid.
St.
1781
Dec.
1
1782
Nov.
24
1783
May
18
1783 June 1
1825
Aug.
22
1834
Feb.
9
St
1816
Dec.
18
1821
April 11
1821
Dec.
12
1822
Sept.
21
1809
Oct.
31
1839
Jan.
29
1818 Mar.' 20
1824 April 20
St
1779
July 25
1781
Oct. 22
1801
Feb. 14
St.
1816
April 18
Philip's Parlsh Register.
Buried.
.... Auchinleck (infant).
Christian Auchinleck.
Charles s. of Samuel Auchinleck.
[8 May in duplicate entry. V.L.O.]
Charles Auchinleck s. of John & Sarah
Auchinleck.
Baptized.
Graham s. of Samuel & Anne Maria
Auchinleck.
Maria Dobson d. of Samuel & Anne Maria
Auchinleck, Wickhams, St. Phihp's,
Planter.
. Peter's Parish Register.
Buried.
Samuel s. of Samuel Auchinleck, Esq'^, &
his Wife, in Parham burying Ground.
Samuel Grant Auchinleck s. of Samuel
Auchinleck & his Wife, 3 years & 3
months old.
John s. of Samuel Auchinleck & Eliza-
beth his Wife, 2 years old.
Anna Maria d. of Samuel Auchinleck and
his Wife, aged 10 months.
Married.
Samuel Auchinleck, Planter, and Ann
Drew, spinster.
Gilbert Auchinleck of Wickhams, St.
Peter's Parish, & Eleanor Jane Edwards
of Comfort Hall.
Baptized.
Samuel Martin s. of Samuel Auchinleck,
Esq"', and his wife, 7 weeks old, at Mrs.
Drew's in Parham, privately.
Melville s. of Samuel Auchinleck & Anne
his wife was at Morris's Estate received
into the Church, having been previously
Baptized by Mr. Taylor, a Moravian
Missionary ; b. the 20 day of Feb. 1823.
. John's Parish Register.
Baptised.
David the s. of David Auchinleck & Eliz.
his wife.
Samuel Stratton the s. of Sam' Auchinleck
& Eliz. his wife.
Married.
John Grant (Lieut. 69th Regt.) to
Margaret Auchinleck. Lie.
George's Parish Kegister.
Baptized.
Mary Gilchrist, d. and Gilbert, s. of Samuel
Auchinleck and his wife, born Nov. 20
1813 & son Dec. (? 14) 1814.
16
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1819, Aug. 31. In the Island of Antigua, at the
residence of her only son, Samuel Auchinleck, esq., the
representative of the ancient Barons of that Isle, a gallant
and distinguished Lowland race, alluded to in Miss Porter's
historic novel of the ' Scottish Chiefs,' Elizabeth, relict of the
late Samuel Auchinleck, esq., many years Collector of the
Customs at Autigua, etc. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 284.)
In the north aisle of St. John's Cathedral, on a white
marble cross : —
IN
MEMORY OF
MARY AUCHINLECK
DIED JULY IS"" 1881.
^ttitcjree oi ^^vt^.
Colonel Richard Ayres, settled at Antigua before 1667 as a planter.=p
1674 Member of Council. Bur. 16 Jan. 1688 at St. Philip's.
William Steele the elder, of Antigua,=j=Mary
planter. Will dated 2 Oct. 1724.
Ayres^r.
Mary Steele, named=
1724 in her father's
will.
^ . . . Stevenson
[? John who was
living 1739].
William Steele, named=
1724 in his father's will.
Benjamin Steele, under
14, 1724, ?bur. 17 Dec.
1779 at St. Philip's.
John Ayres, a
minor 1724,
(7) bur. 22 March
1738atSt. Paul's,
(?) mar. 1733
Ann Barton.
James Ayres,=pAbigail Benjamin Ayres, =j=Sarah Ste-
a minor 1724,
named 1739
in the will of
his brother
Benjamin.
Ash, mar.
7 Aug.
1740 at
St. Paul's.
of Antigua,
planter, a minor,
1724. Willdated
2 and sworn 24
April 1739.
Benjamin Ayres, bapt. 24 March 1744-5 at St. Paul's.
venson,
mar. 29
Jan. 1735
at St.
Philip's ;
living
1739.
Samuel
Stevenson, a
minor 1739.
Elizabeth
Stevenson, a
minor 1724
and 1739.
Ann Stevenson,
minor 1739.
Mary Stevenson, a
minor 1724 and 1739.
Susannah Stevenson,
a minor 1739.
Eliz.
Steele,
living
1724.
William Steel Ayres, only child and heir, 1739.
Benjamin Ayers, Planter. Will dated 2 April 1739.
To my wife a negro, a horse and saddle of £20 value and
all my household goods. To my brother-in-law Sam'
Stevenson £20 at 21. To my sister-in-law Eliz. Stevenson
£20 at 21. To my brother-in-law Nath' Bacon £20 at 21.
To my brother James Ayers all my clothing. To my son
W™ Steel Ayers all my estate. To my sister-in-law Ann
Stevenson £20 at 21. To Mary Stevenson £20 at 21. To
Susannah Stevenson £20 at 21. John Stevenson, W""
Hunt, and John Bacon to be Executors. Witnessed by John
Bacon, John Marchant, John Stephenson. Before W"
Mathew, Esq., Governor, etc., appeared .John Bacon and was
sworn 24 April 1739. Recorded 13 May 1740.
W™ Steele of Antigua, planter. Will dated 2 Oct. 1724.
To my son W" Steele Is. To my dan. Mary Stevenson
£25. To my wife Mary my household goods. To my 3
grandsons John, Benj° & Jas. Ayres £25 each at 21. To
my granddau'rs Mary and Eliz* Stevenson £25 each at 21.
To my granddau. Eliz* Steele 10 acres I live on and 4 negros.
All residue to my son Benj" Steele at 14. John Lightfoot,
Rich* Baker, John Ledeatt, and Jo. Fowler Executors, and a
pistole each for a ring. Witnessed by Tim. Singin, W""
Henry Swan.
St.
1733....ber27
1740 Aug. 7
1749 Nov. 9
Paul's Parish Register.
Married.
John Ayres & Anne Barton.
Lie.
M"' James Ayres & M''^ Abigail Ash.
M' James Erwin and M" Anne Ayres,
widow. Lie.
1738 Mar. 22
1739 April 6
1744-5 Mar. 24
St.
1735 Jan. 19
1688 Jan. 16
1779 Dec. 17
St,
1754 Mar. 10
1760 Feb. 2
Burml.
M' John Ayres.
M"^ Benjamin Ayres.
Baptized.
Benjamin s. of M' James Ayres and
Abigail his wife.
Philip's Parish Register.
Married.
Benjamin Ayres, Planter, to Sarah Ste-
venson.
Buried.
Coll" Rich'' Eyers.
Benjamin Steel.
John's Parish Register.
Buried.
Nath' Ayers.
William Ayres.
1667. Captain Richard Ayres claims 33 acres at Ber-
mudian Valley, granted to him by Colonel Garden.
1668. Captain Richard Ayres, 40 acres at Nonsuch.
Surveyed 21 April.
1668. Captain Richard Ayres, patent for 158^ acres.
1670, Sept. 10. Robert Eyres of Nevis, merchant.
Letter of attorney to Fra. Carlile of Antigua, merchant, and
George Atturney of Antigua, planter.
1673-4. Captain Richard Ayres, 26 acres granted by
Governor Ph. Warner 26 Feb. 1673. Surveyed 14 March ;
also a grant of Green Island near Nonsuch.
1674. Richard Ayi-es, then a Member of Council of
Antigua.
1675. Captain Richard Ayres, 40 feet by 50 feet in
Bridge Town, granted by Governor Row. Williams 28 Sept.
Surveyed 8 Oct.
BAUER FAMILY.
17
ffmml}y oi Baijtr.
Bastiaen Baijer of London, Esq. Will dated 17 June
1701 ; proved 26 Oct. 1704 by the Executors. (195 Ash.)
Recorded at Antigua 17 June 1705. To be buried in the
Dutch Church in Austin Fryars, and a large bleue stone to
be placed over my grave with my name thereon. £100 to
the elders and £100 to the poor of the church. £10 to my
friend Mr. Emilius van Cuilemburg, minister. £2 to the
reader and £5 to the sexton, Van de Felde. 2000 lbs. of
Muscovado sugar yearly for twelve years to the poor of St.
John's Division, Antigua. 1000 lbs. of sugar yearly for
twelve years to the poor of Old Xorth Sound Division. My
diamond ring of seven stones and my watch to my honoured
nephew Fransois van Bredeholf, Esq., Heer van Oosthuysen,
and a diamond ring to his lady. All my gold rings,
buttons, &c., to my nephew Adrian van Bredeholf, Heer van
Ettersum, son of the said Fransois van Bredehofif and of my
deceased niece Johanna Hamell, dau. of my deceased sister
Cathrin Baijer. £50 each to my nephews Johan van
Bredehofif Hoere van Pylswaert and Jacob Josias van Brede-
hofif, sons of the said Fransois van BredehofF and of my
niece Joanna Hamell. All my silver plate to my niece
Elisabet van Bredehofif, Lady of Schonewall, wife of the
Heer van Schonewall, dau. of Fransois van Bredehofif and of
Joanna Hamell. £60 to my niece Mary Stevens, widow of
Pieter Marcys, dan. of my sister Joanna Baijer, deceased.
£20 each to my nephews Cornelius Voeghen and John
Marcys, sons of my niece Mary Stevens. To my beloved
nephew John Otto Baijer, son of my deceased sister Ger-
trug Baijer, £1600 in two bonds, one of £600 on lands in
Norfolk of Mr. John Cotton, the other of £1000 in Lin-
colnshire of Mr. Tho. Lake, to him and to his son Bastiaen
Otto Baijer. Also three pieces of plate — a bason, eure, and
trenchard of German work — left me by the late Mr. Pieter
Coene, all my linen and books. £300 to my servants John
Blagburn, John Stenny coachman, and my maid Mary
Hosier. My said coachman to also have £8 ground rent of
a tenement in Petty France in the possession of Joseph
Moseley of Bai'bican, which I purchased of John Smith for
twenty years from 25 Dec. 1699, and my coach and two
horses. £30 to my servant Tho. Sutton. To Edward
Boucher £24 yearly out of £64 he pays as rent for twelve
houses in Petty France. £20 to my old servant Mary
Craven, widow. £5 to Mrs. Anne Mott. 20s. rings to
Madame Mary Gillmore, Madame Cathrin Weymans, Mr.
John Miller, Madame Sarah Turney, Madame Rachel Tud-
way, and her son Clement Tudway. My clock to Mr. Isaac
Firth ; his brother Joseph. £3 to Richard Hoe. £3 to
John Kitching. To Timothie Pollard and all the elders
and deacons of the Dutch Church, 15s. rings. 20s. rings to
General Christopher Codrington, Colonel Rowland Williams,
John Yeamans, Esq., Colonel Edward Byam, Captain John
Frye, John Tory, Mr. Joseph Martyn, Captain Christopher
Jefferson, Mr. John Reynold, Mr. Joseph Wright, My Lady
Stapleton, and Madame Hill. 15s. rings to Mr. Pieter
Vinck, Mr. Richard Gary, jun., and Mr. Joseph Gary,
Captain Michael White, Mr. Henry Pollington, Capt.
Joseph Andrewes, Capt. Richard Tudway, Capt. John
Hentie, Mr. John Thurlby, Mr. Abraham Dolens, Mr.
Tobias Sedgwick, Mr. Mambey and Mrs. Mambey, Mr.
Robert Brown and Mrs. Brown, Mr. Robert Chappell, Mr.
George Arundell, Mr. George Turney, Mr. Arthur Turney,
Mr. Tho. Powell, Mr. Ralph Willis, Mr. Jacob Malsted,
Mr. Archibald Hutcheson, Mr. John Callandrin, Dr. Daniel
Mackinnen, Mr. Jonathan Palfreeman, Mr. Tobias Bowell,
Capt. W™ Freeman, W" Bromley, Esq., and Major
Joseph Crisp. £3 to Mr. John King, apothecary, Madame
Gary, the wife of Richard Gary, and their two dau'rs. To
Mr. Rich"! Gary £40 and a silver caudle cup, which I had of
Madame Mercy Walsh. To Mr. Jasper van de Bosch £40
and a silver salt-cellar. £40 to Mr. Henry van Berchem.
6000 lbs. of sugar yearly to my two nephews, Cornelius Voeg-
hen and John Marcys, brothers. To my nephew John Otto
Baijer my plantation of 266 acres in North Sound Division
for life, then to his younger sons, Nicolas arid Baijer. To
my nephew Bastiaen Otto Baijer, eldest son of my nephew
John Otto Baijer, a moiety of my plantation of 588 acres in
St. John's Division at 25, and the other moiety to his father
for life, and then the whole to revert to him and his
heirs male, and in default to his next brother Nicolas
the second son, then to his brother Baijer the third son,
then to the dau'rs of my nephew .John Otto Baijer. A £50
diamond ring to my niece the wife of my nephew John
Otto Baijer. All my negros now leased to Colonel Rowland
Williams to my nephew John. 100 acres left me by the
late John Hamlin and 5000 lbs. of sugar each to my nieces
the dau'rs of my nephew John Otto Baijer. 20s. rings to
Dr. Leech, minister of St. Peter's the poor in Broad Streete,
Mr. Tho. Lake and Mr. John Cotton. 1000 lbs. of sugar
to my godson Rob' Garden of Antigua. All residue to
my nephew John Otto Baijer. The residue of my English
estate to my nephews and nieces in Holland. Rich'' Gary,
Esq., of Antigua, Mr. Jasper van de Busch, elder of the
Dutch Church, and Mr. Henry van Berchem, merchant,
Executors. Colonel RowF Williams, Colonel Edw'' Byam,
Captain John Frye, and John Frye, jun., Esq., overseers.
Witnessed by Isaac Firth, Dan. Gill, Rich'* Hoe, John
Maletede, and John Kitching. Codicil dated 17 July 1704.
The legacies to Mr. Emihus van Cuilemburg, Mr. Pieter
Vinck, deceased, Capt. John Andrews, John Henty, Mr.
Tho. Lake, and John Cotton, to be void. £1000 to my
niece Mary Stevens, widow. £8 to Mr. Bishop, now
minister ofthe Dutch Church. Madame Sarah van Berchem.
£8 to Mrs. Agnes Perry. £4 to Timothie Pollard.
3000 lbs. of sugar yearly, not 6000, to my two nephews
Cornelius Voeghen and John Marcys. Mrs. White, widow
of Capt. Richard White. Madame Van de Busch, wife of
Mr. Jasper van de Busch. Witnessed by .Jas. Noke, Rich*
Hoe, Jn° Kitching, Anthony Chester. My father's and my
sister's pictures below in the parlour I desire may be sent
to my nephews in Holland.
Bastian Otto Baijer of Antigua, gent. Will dated 1
March 1715 ; proved 1 April 1718 by Gratia Otto Baijer,
the widow and relict ; power reserved to Hon. Byam, Capt.
John Otto Baijer, Hon. Col. W" Thomas and Hon. Col.
John Frye (73 Tenison). One moiety of my estate to my
only dau. Maria Burket Otto Baijer, and to her heirs, and
in default to my wife. To my dear wife Gratia the other
moiety, together with the moiety of 100 acres in St. John's
Division, bounded N. with the road called called East and
West line, E. with Col. John Hamilton, W. with Capt. Tho.
Oysterman, S. with Col. Rich'^ Oliver. The Hon. Governor
Byam, my father Capt. John Otto Baijer, Hon. Col. W""
Thomas, Hon. Col. John Fry, and my wife Gratia,
Executors and Guardians. Witnessed by Walter Sydgenten,
Edwin Devereux, Elizabeth Margin.
Will of Mary Burkett of Ramsbury, co. Wilts, widow of
Rev. W"^ Burkett, of Dedham, co. Essex, names her sister
Gratia Atkinson. Thev were both dau'rs of Samuel Cox.
18
THE HISTOUY OF ANTIGUA.
Arms on tomb of Captain John Otto-Bauer, 1727. — . . . . three {fircones?) .... impaling
Crest. — A demi-lion rampant covped reyardant holding in dexter paw a {!) fircone.
.... Baijer. His portrait mentioned in his son's will.=p
a lion rampant .
.... Otto.=
(John Otto,
owner of
lands in
Antigua
1667.)
=Gertrug Baijer, Sebastian Baijer, Col. of Militia and Mem-
mar, before ber of Council, Antigua ; bur. in Dutch
1657 ; died Church, Austin Friars, 26 Oct. 1704. AVill
before 1701. dated 17 June 1701, proved 26 Oct. 1704
(195 Ash). Owned large plantations in
St. John's parish ; ob. bach.
I
[? Nicholas Baijer
of Antigua, Esq. ;
died between 1672
and 1678 ; ? bro-
ther of Bastian.]
I I
Joanna, mar.
.... Stevens.
Cathrin, mar.
.... Hamell.
Naha. Baijer,
living 1673 ;
perhaps bro.
of Bastian.
Anne Carter, mar. at St. John's 1706 ;=
died 21 June 1726, a^t. 44. M.I. Will
dated 4 Feb. 1725, proved 2 March
1727 (92 Brooke). 2nd wife.
=John Otto-Baiger, heir to his uncle Baijer, whose name he=rMary, mar. before
took; died 14 Feb. 1724-5, ait. 67, bur. at St. John's 5 Feb. ' 1681 ; bur. at St.
1724. M.I. there. Will dated 16 July 1722, proved 2
March 1727 (91 Brooke).
John's 15 Sept.
1706. 1st wife.
Anna Maria Otto-
Baijer, bapt. at St.
John's 24 Dec.
of AU-
1713
hallows
Spinster.
granted
brother
1737.
Barking,
Adm'on
to her
10 May
Edward Otto-Baijer, President of=p
Council, Antigua, bapt. at St.
John's 24 FelK 17()9 ; bur. there
10 March 1779. Joined the Roys-
ton Club 1754. Will dated 10
Jan. and proved 5 Aug. 1779
(334 Warburton). Inherited
Lady Cook's plantation of 536
acres and Five Islands of 215
acres.
Gratia, dau. of Samueb
Cox and sister of Mary,
wife of Eev. William
Burkett of Dedham,
Essex ; mar. 2nd hus-
band, Benjamin A. At-
kinson ; both living
1748.
Bastian Otto-Beijer,
Captain of Militia ;
under 25, 1701; died
4 March 171 5, a3t. 34,
bur. 5 March. M.I.
St. John's. Will
dated 1 March 1715,
proved 1 April 1718
(73 Teuison).
Nicholas
Otto-Bai-
jer, bur.
at John's
21 Oct.
1716;
bach.
John Otto-Baijer,=
Capt. 38th Regt.,
Member of H.M.
Council, born r/rf.
1751;diedl0May
1817, at. 66, bur.
at St. John's 11
May 1817. Will
dated 28 Nov.
1816, proved 4
Oct. 1817 (502
Effingham).
=Sophia, 3rd
dau. of
Right Hon.
Benjamin
Sullivan of
Cork ; mar.
14 Aug.
1779 at St.
George's,
Hanover
Square.
Maria Bur-
ket Otto-
Baijer, only
child. Ad-
m'on of her
estate
granted to
her mother
15 Jan.
1717.
John Otto-Baijer, lst=
son and heir. Colonel
of Militia, bapt. at St.
John's 15 Jan. 1722 ;
living at Franklyn,
near Exeter, 1767 ;
bur. at St. Thomas,
near Exeter, 8 Nov.
1790, M.I. there.
Will dated 8 June
1790, proved 1 July
1791.
=Sarah, dau.
of Drewry
Ottley of St.
Christo-
pher's ; bur.
27 April
1796. M.I.
St. Thomas
by Exeter.
I
Bastian Otto-=
Baijer, born
1724 ; of New
Coll., Oxford ;
matriculated
17 June 1741,
set. 17 ; bur.
3 Jan. 1745
at St. John's.
Will dated 31
Dec. 1745.
=Margaret Ni-
cholls, mar.
at St. John's
29 Oct. 1745;
she mar.
2ndly at St.
John's 4 Jan.
1746 Harry
Webb.
B.p.
1. John Otto-
Baijer, officer
in the Army
1816.
2. Richard
Otto-Baijer,
living 1816 in
India.
Sophia Otto-
Baijer, ex'trix
to her father
1816.
Baijer Otto-=
Baijer of
Bentinck
Street, born
1761 ; heir
to his father
1790 ; died
25 Feb.
1839, set. 78.
M.I. at
Araersham,
CO. Bucks.
Ann Blizard, dau. of
Henry Hodge and
widow of Langford
Lovell ; bapt. at St.
John's 10 March
1746 ; mar. there
Nov. 1797 ; died 22
Sept. 1826, set. 80.
M.I. at Amersham.
Edith and Eli-
zabeth Otto-
Baijer, both
single, 1790.
Sarah Otto-
Baijer, bapt. at
St. John's 10
Sept. 1745.
Anne Otto-Baijer, 3rd
wife of Thomas Okes,
M.D., of Exeter. He
died 25 May 1797.
M.I. at Exeter Cath.
She died at Hackney
1835, set. 85.
Fanny Otto-Baijer, liv-
ing 1790; mar. 'VVilliam
Cazell ; he bur. 17 Aug.
1791. M.I. at St. Tho-
mas by Exeter.
Barbara Otto-Baijer,
bapt. at St. Thomas
near Exeter, 29 July
1767 ; living 1790;
mar. Robert Patch.
Mary Otto-Baijer,
widow of .... Wil-
liams 1790.
William Otto-Baijer, bapt. Samuel Otto-Baijer, Member of Council and=pElizabeth Mary, dau. of
at St. George's 1 Jan. Chief Baron of Court of Exchequer ; of
1780, bur. at St. John's " Pares ;" bapt. at St. George's 1 May 1782;
14 Feb. 1785. died at Philadelphia 20 Dec. 1835, at. 54.
. . Edwards of
Dove Hall, Jamaica, niece of Bryan Edwards,
M.P. for Southampton ; died 1813, iet. 26, at
Dove Hall, Jamaica.
Dr. James Heath, mar.=pLouisa Manning, dau. of William Eales Ledeatt. Mar. 3rdly,=rRowland Archibald Otto-Baijer,
at St. Paul's 26 Oct.
1839 ; bur. at Mont
serrat. 2nd husband.
Captain F. C. Peter of H.IM. Ordnance Department ; he died
at Parham 11 June 1865. Mar. 4thly, Rev. Robert Ralstan
Abbot, who died at Sevenoaks 18 Dec. 1886. She died 10
April 1885.
/\
mar. at St. Paul's 26 Sept. 1837 ;
died 24 Nov. 1837, set. 25.
1st husband.
BAUER FAMILY.
19
Baijer Otto-
Baijer, bur.
at St. John's
] Jan. 1737.
Will dated
15 May
1736, proved
28 Nov.
1738 (268
Brodrepp).
=Fi-ances, dau. of Hon.
Ed. Kichard Oliver,
Speaker of Assembly ;
mar. at St. John's 7
Nov. 1720. Will
dated 17 Aug. 1765,
proved 3 July 1782
(369 Gostling). Mar.
2ndly, 1739, at. St.
John's, John Murray.
Eichard Otto-=j=
Baijer, bur. at
St. John's 26
May 1734,
s.p.m.
Rebecca Mary Otto-
Baijer, under 21,
1736, only child;
died 1746, s.p.s.
John Otto-Baijer,=
bapt. at St. John's
1703 ; of Hack-
ney, CO. Middx.
Willdated25Jan.
1752, proved 6
May 1771 (193
Trevor).
=lsabella. Will
dated 15 April
1768, proved
18 July 1768
(268 Seeker).
Mary Otto-Baijer,
bapt. at St. John's
12 Nov. 1689 ;
bur. there 11 Aug.
1691.
Gertrude Otto-
Baijer, bapt. at St.
John's (?) 1694.
Anne Otto-Baijer, died 1759.
M.I. at Hackney.
Richard Otto-=
Baijer, bapt.
at St. John's
17 June 1729;
living 1765.
Baijer Otto-Baijer, bapt. at St.
bur. there 9 April 1738. ■
John's 7 Oct. 1733 ; Rowland Otto-Baijer, bapt.=pElizabeth,
Mary Otto-Baijer, bapt. at St. John's 28 Nov. 1737 ;
spinster 1782.
Sarah Otto-Baijer, bapt. at St. John's ? 1731 ; mar
Candler ; died before 1765.
at St. John's 17 Jan. 1726.
Will dated 24 Nov. 1761,
then of New Ormond Street,
St. And., Holborn, proved
12 Oct. 1762(411 St. Eloy).
2nd dau.
and coh.
of John
Pare of
Antigua.
Harriott
John Otto-
Rowland Otto-Baijer ,=p
Otto-
Baijer, born
heir to his father.
Baijer,
1749 ; an
born 29 Sept. and
under
imbecile ;
bapt. at St. George
21,
bur. 4 July
12 Dec. 1752 ; sold
1765.
1767 in
" Vaughans" to James
Oliver vault
Donovan in 1785 ;
under
Hving in England in
Greenwich
1798 ; ? living at St.
Church.
Peter's, Parham,
1813, and died before
0
1821.
:Sarah, dau. of
William Wick-
ham Harman
of Antigua ;
mar. at St.
Philip's 21
Nov. 1777 ;
about to be
divorced in
1798.=F
Rachel Otto-Baijer, bapt. at St.
George's, Antigua, 19 Nov.
1750, £et. three months. Will
dated 22 May 1778 at Bristol,
proved .... 1778.
Maiy Otto-Baijer, spinster,
1778 ; died 14 July 1780 ; of
Farley Castle.
Frances
1785.
Otto-Baijer, living
Elizabeth Otto-Baijer,
bur. at St. George 14
Oct. 1760.
Cath. Otto-Baijer,
bapt. at St. George,
— Nov. 1760 ; mar.
Zacchary Bailey Ed-
wards, both living
1785; he was of Chal-
cot, CO. Wilts, in
1798, and of Jamaica.
Maria.
Rowland Otto-Baijer, born 24 Sept. and bapt. at St.
George 21 June 1784 ; bur. at St. John's 6 June
1785.
Samuel Pell of Sywell Hall,=rMary, dau. of Owen Owen of
Northampton
Llaneyer, co. Denbigh.
Elizabeth Mary Otto-Baijer, born 9=
March and bapt. at St. John's 13 June
1810 ; died 1887, and left £130,000 ;
owned Pares and Cochrans.
:Owen Pell, 1st son, born
1786 ; died at Leaming-
ton 31 March 1867, aet.
81. M.I. at St. John's.
:Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Kt., born 1788 ;
entered Navy 1799 ; Capt. 1813 ; Com-
missioner of Greenwich Hospital ; died
29 Dec. 1869, ffit. 82. Will dated 21
Feb. 1866, proved 12 Jan. 1870.
Edwin
Pell.
Otto-Baijer Pell, born 1841
died before 1867.
Watkin Owen Spencer Pell, heir to his aunt, Mrs. E. M. Pell of Antigua ;
now owns Pares, Cochrans, Sion Hill, and Mayers.
20
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
John Otto Baijer of Antigoa, Esq. Will dated 16 July
1722 ; proved 2 March 1727 by Rev. James Field ; power
reserved to John Burke and Christopher Stoodley, the other
Executors. (91 Brooke.) To my Executors iu trust for
twenty-one years my plantation which I lately purchased of
the Lady Eliz. Cooke and John Cooke, Esq., also my
plantation at Five Islands where I now dwell, aud charge
the former with payment of two-thirds and the latter one-
third of all my debts, etc. To my wife Ann my messuage
in St. John's Town, now in the occupation of Mrs. Eliz.
Theyer and Mr. Gilbert Fleming, also two other jiarcels of
lands and a house in the tenure of Mrs. Frances Tempest,
also a house and 1 acre adjoining Otto's pasture, which last
were given me by John Evans, late of this island, smith,
deceased, and after my wife's death to my children, also the
use of my Jewells, plate, household goods, and furniture,
then among all my children equally, also my chariott and
coach horses, one of my best riding horses and five negros.
£2000 to my dau. Anna Maria Otto Baijer at 21, charged on
the Cooke plantation, £500 c. charged on the Five Islands
estate, £100 c. yearly for maintenance till 21, and 3 negi'os.
My 100 acres lying in the body of this island, which
descended to me as heir-at-law to my uncle Bastian Baijer,
with the mills, negros, to my son Richard and his heirs,
subject to the lease I granted to Mr. Daniel Hunt, and in
default to my son John, then to my son Edward, then to my
dau. Anna Maria, also £60 c. yearly. To my son John, in
case he shall and until he doth intermarry with a sister of
the whole or halfe blood of Mr. Rich'* Oliver of this island,
my Five Islands plantation and the moiety of 118 negros
there, but should he so marry or in default of issue male, to
my son Edward, then to my dau. Anna Maria, then to my
son Rich''. The Cooke plantation and the other moiety of
the 118 negros to my son Edward, also the survivors of 10
negros I bought of Mr. Edward Chester, sen., out of the
ship Royal Africa, and in default to my dau. Anna Maria,
but she and her descendants to take the name of Otto
Baijer, and then to my son John, then to my son Rich".
My Montcth punch bowl to be an heirloom & to go to the
possessor of the mansion on the Cooke plantation, also my
books. My wife to be Guardian. £30 c. to Mrs. Catherine
Fleming the wife of my friend Mr. Gilbert Fleming. £30 c.
to the poor of St. John's parish. £50 c. to my goddau.
Mary Field. All residue of personal estate to my wife. To
be bni'ied in St. John's churchyard near my former wife &
children. £100 fur my funeral. My wife, my friends
George Thomas, Esq., Rev. James Field, & John Burke,
Merchant, all of this island, Executors, £15 to each of
them for mourning. Witnessed by James Gamble, Phil.
Reynolds, Gilb' Fleming. Vera copia- Wav" Smith, secret.
Codicil. I revoke everything to my son John, & give to
my dau. Anna Maria my Five Islands plantacion, & in default
to my son Edward. To my son John £50 c. yearly. The
legacy of £2000 to my dau. Anna Maria to be null. My
son Baijer being very well provided for Is. only, & revoke
all bequests in reversion to him. To the son of my said son
Baijer now born, all the estate which might descend to my
right heirs. Revoke the appointment of Geo. Thomas as an
Executor, & nominate Mr. Christopher Stoodley in his
place. Dated l-l Dec. 1723. Before Hon. Edward Byam,
Esq., Lieut. -Governor, appeared the three witnesses, &
were sworn on 18 Feb. 1724. Recorded at St. .lohn's, fo.
139, Lib. T.
Ann Otto-Baijer of St. John's Parish, Antigua, widow.
Will dated 4 Feb. 1725, 12 George ; proved 2 March 1727
by James Field. (92 Brooke.) £20 c. to my good friend
Eliz., wife of Giles Watkins of Antigua, Esq. £20 c. to my
goddau. Cath. Fleming, dau. of Gilb' Fleming, Esq. £80 c.
to the poor of St. John's parish. 40s. rings to my Executors
& their wives. My ^ share of the ship Duke of
Gloucester, gold snuff-box, and toothpick-case, a pair of
gold shoe-buckles, a five-guinea piece of gold, & my own
wedding-ring to my son Edward at 21. My gold watch,
diamond earrings, pearl necklace, pair of gold buttons, my
mother's wedding ring, a gold 4-pistole piece, & 3 pieces
of old broad gold called Jacobus's or Carolus's, & 3 negros
to my dau. Anna Maria at 21. Rev. James Field, Rector
of St. John's, John Burke, Merchant, Gilb' Fleming, Esq.,
& Ashton Warner, Esq., all of this island, & Mr.
Humphry Hill of London, Merchant, Guardians & Execu-
tors. All residue equally to my son & dau. Witnessed
by Rachel Gamble, Grizell Watkins, Alice Fordham, Thos.
Tempest. Before Hon. Edwd. Byam, Lieut.-Governor,
appeared Rachel Gamble & was sworn 21 Oct. 1727.
Recorded 23 Oct. 1727. Vera copia Wav" Smith, secret.
Maria Burkett Otto-Baijer, late of North Sound, An-
tigua, deed. 15 .... 1717 adm'on to her Mother Gratia
Otto-Baijer, wid.
Anna Maria Otto-Baijer, of Allhallows Barking,
spinster. Adm'on 10 May 1737 to Edward Otto-Baijer,
Esq., the brother.
Baijer Otto-Baijer of Antigua, planter. Will dated 15
May 1736; proved 28 Nov. 1738 by Edward Otto-Baijer,
Esq. Power reserved to Rich* Oliver, Rowl'' Oliver, &
John Frye the younger, Esqrs. (268 Brodropp.) Recorded
also at Antigua 2 March 1737. About to depart to Great
Britain. To my dearly loved wife Frances above her dower
3 negros, all furniture, & live stock. My North Sound
plantation of 266 acres to my son Bastian Otto-Baijer,
charged with £105 yearly I am bound to pay to my
brother John Otto-Baijer. £1000 to my son Rowl'' Otto-
Baijer at 21, & £50 yearly till then for maintenance, &
2 negros. £1000 to my dau. Sarah Otto-Baijer at
21, & £50 yearly till then, & 4 negros. £100 to my
niece Rebecca Mary Otto-Baijer, dan. of my deceased
brother Rich"! Otto-Baijer, at 21, & £30 c. yearly till
then. £20 for mourning to my brother John Otto-Baijer
& a 40s. ring. All residue to my son John Otto-Baijer.
£1000 each to my sons Rich'' & Baijer Otto-Baijer at 21,
& £50 yearly for maintenance till then, & 2 negros
each. To my wife Frances & her sister Ann Oliver each
a suit of mourning & a 40s. ring. The like rings to my
Executors & £20 suits. My riding-horse I purchased of
Mr. Beomount to my brother Edward Otto-Baijer. I am
bound to pay £100 yearly to Gratia Atkinson, wife of
Benj° Andrew Atkinson, formerly widow of my brother
Bastian Otto-Baijer. Any future child to have £1000, &
£50 yearly maintenance. If more than one, £1500 amongst
them, & 40 yearly each. Should my son Bastian die
under 21 & without issue, my North Sound plantation to
my son Rowland. My brother Edward Otto-Baijer, Esq.,
my brothers-in-law Rich'' & Rowl'' Oliver, Esqrs., &
John Frye, jnn., Esq., Executors & Guardians. Witnessed
by John Manwaring, Joseph Clements, Will™ Wyne.
Bastien Otto-Baijer. Will dated 31 December 1745.
All to my wife Marg'. Rowl'' Oliver and John Murray
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Wal. Sydserfe, Alex' Eraser, Jn"
Abbott. Recorded at St. John's.
John Otto-Baijer of Hummerton in Hackney, Gent.
Will dated 25 Jan. 1752, 25 Geo. II. Adm'on 6 May 1771
to Jane Gillet, widow, sole Executrix to Isabella Otto-
Baijer, the relict of testator, both deceased, she dying before
execution of will. (193 Trevor.) All my estate to my dear
wife Isabella Otto-Baijer, & sole Executrix. Witnessed by
William Butterfleld, Mark-lane, Ellen Kelley at Mr. Otto's,
Hummerton, Ctesar Lord, Crutched Fryers.
BAUER PAMILY.
21
Rowland Ofcto-Baijer, late of Antigua, now of New
Ormond Street, St. Andrew, Holborn, Esq. Will dated 24
November ITtU ; proved 12 October 17G2 by Edward Otto-
Baijer, the uncle, & John Otto-Baijer, the brother. (411
St. Eloy.) Recorded at Autigua 1!) February ITIJS. To
my wife Eliz. plate, linen, coach, & £300. To my daus.
Frances, Rachel, Mary, & Cath. Otto-Baijer, & my son
Rowland Otto-Baijer £1000 each at 21, & £.50 yearly
till then. "Whereas my eldest son John Otto-Baijer, of
the age of 12 years or thereabouts, labours under an
Infirmity & Insanity of mind which may unhappily attend
him all his life," I do give him £120 per annum should he
so continue, if he recover to have my plantation called
Vaughans in North Sound Division. My uncle Edward
Otto-Baijer, Esq., my brother John Otto-Baijer, Esq.,
Rowland Oliver of Nevis, Esq., & Rich'' Oliver the younger
of London, Mercht., Ex'ors. Witnessed by Tho' Somers,
Rich'' Limbrey, & Rob* Turner.
1st Codicil. Dated 2(i November 1761. My son Row-
laud will probably inherit Pares' estate, his mother's.
2}id Codicil. Dated 11 May 1762. My son Rowland
shall iuherit my plantation called Vaughans in any case.
Witnessed by Rich'' Fisher, master of the Grown Inn at
Reding, Tho= Otter, Ann Gotts, servants to Mr. Rowland
Otto-Baijer.
Isabella Otto-Baijer, late of Hampstead, now of Leicester
Fields, widow. Will dated 15 April 1768 ; proved 18 July
1768 by Jane Gillett, widow. (268 Seeker.) To my
sister Ann Carswell of Dock, near Plymouth, £100.
To Eliz. Mackeness residing with Mrs. Gillett, widow, of
Leicester Fields, £50. All residue to Jane Gillett, widow,
and sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Geo. Green, Rob' Askwith.
Sworn to 15 July 1768 by George Green of St. Bridget,
London, & Robert Askwith his clerk.
Rachel Otto-Baijer, late of Farleigh, co. Somerset,
spuister, now at Bristol Hot Wells, co. Glouc. Will dated
22 May 1778 ; proved 3 July 1778 by Frances, Mary, &
Kath. Otto-Baijer. (295 Hay.) To my brother Rowland
Otto-Baijer of Antigua, Esq., who is in affluent circum-
stances, £50 and a guinea ring, & to his wife a like ring.
To my uncle Edward Otto-Baijer, my aunt Rachel Warner,
my uncle Ash ton Warner, and my grandmother Frances
Murray guinea rings. To Dr. Peter Renaudet for his care
of me in my illness 5 guineas. All residue to my sisters
Frances, Mary, and Kath. Otto-Baijer, spinsters, they to be
Ex'trices. Witnessed by Ashton Warner, Tho^ Symons of
Bristol.
Edward Otto-Baijer of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 10
January 1779 ; proved 5 August 1779 by John Otto-Baijer,
Esq., the younger. (334 Warburton.) To Sarah Cotterel
of Nottingham Street, St. Mary-Ie-bonne, £1500 & all
furniture in my house there ; her legacy payable out of
£4000 which was placed in the funds for me by Messrs.
Staples, Dimsdale & Co., bankers, of London. To Mary
Cotterel, dan. of Sarah Cotterel, £20 yearly. I allow
Sarah Cotterel £150 a year, which is to be continued tiU
her legacy be paid. To my servant Chas. Cutwell 20
guineas. To my mulatto Jenny £8 c. yearly. To my
negro Priscilla £4 c. yearly. To my negro Quasheba
£6 12.S. c. yearly. Having improved my plantation to the
amount of £16,000, this sum is to be paid to the Ex'ors of
John Otto-Baijer, Junr., late Capt. of the 38th foot, upon his
death. I give him all residue and all my plantations for his
life. On his death they go to the persons entitled to them
by the will of my late father, John Otto-Baijer, subject to
the payment of the £16,000. I appoint John Otto-Baijer,
Junr., sole Ex'or. Witnessed by Thomas Warner, Edward
Home, Tho' Stocker. Before the Hon. Tho. Jarvis, Esq.,
President, appeared the Hon. Tho. Warner, Esq., the Elder,
Attorney-General of the Leeward Islands, and Edw'* Horns
of Antigua, Esq., and were sworn 22 March 1779.
Frances Murray, widow. Will dated 17 August 1765 ;
proved 3 July 1782 by Mary Otto-Baijer, spinster, the
dau. (369 Gostling.) To my 1st son John Otto-Baijer
£50, & whereas he has by deed dated 1 1 May 1745 covenanted
to pay to my Ex'ors £400 in lieu of any claims on the sugar
crop on his plantation, I hereby assign his bond to my
2 nephews Rich'' and Tho. Oliver in Trust for the education
of my granddau. Harriot, dau. of my son Rich'' Otto-
Baijer, at 21. To my son Rich'' £25. To my nephews
Rich'' & Tho. Oliver £500 in Trust to pay the interest to
my son Rich'' for life. My late son Rowland Otto-Baijer
by deed dated 7 Nov. 1749 covenanted to pay to my Ex'ors
£200 in lieu of claims to the crops on his plantation, which
I also assign to my 2 nephews in trust for apprenticing my
grandson John Caudler, son of my late dau. Sarah Candler.
To my sister Ann Watkins £50. All residue to my dau. Mary
Otto-Baijer, & sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Marg' Webb,
Mary Arabella French, Harry Webb.
Codicil. Of Wimpole Street. The £500 bequeathed
to my son Rich'' to go after his death to his children by his
present wife at 21. Dated 1 May 1780. Witnessed by
William Miles, Esther Kimpton, W"" Merrick, St. Dunstan's
Hill, Tower Street.
John Otto-Baijer of Antigua. Will dated 28 November
1816 ; proved 4 October 1817 by Sophia Otto-Baijer,
spinster, the dau. Power reserved to the Right Hon. John
Sulivan, Tho. Norbury Kerby, Esq., and John Burke, Esq.
(502 Effingham.) Recorded also at Antigua. £100 to my
son John Otto-Baijer, he having already received a very
considerable sum laid out in his promotion in the Army.
My son Rich'' Otto-Baijer is already provided for in India.
£500 to my godson W'° James Otto Carr, Lieut. 55th
Regt. My house & land in Tanner Street to Sophia Otto,
dau. of Frances Clerkley, for life, then to her dau. Frances
Gordon, also 7 negros & £700 c. £300 c. to Jane Otto,
dau. to Sarah AVinter. £700 c. to Henrietta Otto, dau. to
Betsey Worlock, & 2 negros. £200 to Betsey Worlock.
My two-handled gilt cup, set of Fi'ench tea-china, & all
printed books to my most sincere friend the Hon. Tho.
Norbury Kerby. All residue to my dau. Sophia Otto-
Baijer. Right Hon. John Sullivan of Reching Park, co.
Bucks, my dau. Sophia, Hon. Tho. Norbury Kerby, Esq., &
my friend John Burk, Esq., of this island, Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Jos. Greenway, John Billinghurst.
Codicil. Dated 29 November 1816. To Sophia Otto,
dau. to Frances Clearkley, the house I purchased from
James Marshall, also one from Grace Davis. Ex'ors to
draw on Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale & Co. My excellent
watch, chain, & seal, with my pair of pistols, to be sent to
my son John Otto-Baijer.
John Otto-Baijer of St. Thomas, near Exeter. Will
proved P.C.C. 1 July 1791.
Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Knt., R.N., Commander
of Greenwich Hospital, died 29 December 1869 at Queen's
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
House, Greenwich, aged 82. Entered the Navy 1799.
Will dated 21 February 1866 ; proved 12 January 1870,
under £30,000. To his wife a life-interest in all his property,
and after her death equally to all his children, with
remainder to those of his brother Edwin. All real estates
to be sold. His wife, Sir Joshua Rowe, Kt., late Chief
Justice of Jamaica, and Jno. Ward Nicholls of Greenwich,
Ex'ors. (Page 131, ' Illustrated London News,' A° 1870.)
In 1668 Lieut. -Colonel Bastiaen Baijer signed the
capitulation of Antigua to the French, and himself con-
ducted most of the correspondence and proceedings.
1667. St. John's Division. Lieut.-Colonel Bastian
Baijer claims 500 acres by grant and purchase in St. John's
Division. 728 acres in Popeshead, also 140 acres. The
500 acres in St. John's Division by grant from Governor
Austin, also 18 acres by grant from Governor Keynell, also
50 acres bought of Rob' Hollingworth, & he had a gi-ant fi'om
Governor Austin, also 30 acres as Ex'or to John Miller
deceased, also 40 acres bought of John Swan & his wife (she
was y'' relict of Tho. Boer), first granted by Austin to W"
Lawrence and by him sold, also 50 acres granted by Governor
Austin to Edw'i Powell deceased, and by him left to his wife
and successor John Roe, & from him to Rob' Jessop as
adm'or, and so to said Colonel Bastian Baijer, also 20 acres
bought of John Jenkin & Patrick Richards granted by
Governor Austin to John Thurland, also 20 acres granted
by Governor Austin to Edw'' Pittman deceased, & by his
successor W"* Joslin sold by Egbert Johnson deceased, & so
by letters of adm'ou to Colonel Baijer, also 100 acres in Popes-
head, bought of John Howell & W"> Joslin, granted by
Governor Keynell to said Howell & partners, also 40 acres
bought of Tho. Mudd deceased granted by Governor Buncle.
Rudolphus Johnson bought of Colonel Baijer 300 acres by
said Colonel Baijer bought of Jacob Moulton & others
granted by Governor Hen. Austin, mortgaged by Johnson
to Peter Coene & John Otto, & now in possession of Colonel
Baijer on their behalf as their attorney. (Book of Claims.)
1668. Lieut.-Colonel Bast. Boyare had a patent for 100
acres in Five Islands Division.
1668. Jan. 28. Lieut.-Colonel Bastian Baijer of An-
tigua grants to his friend Peter Coone of Amsterdam 500
acres in St. John's Division.
1670. Lieut.-Colonel Bast. Byares 70 acres by Governor
7 May 1668. New Division surveyed 22 August 1670.
1671. He was then a Member of Council of Antigua.
1672. Mr. Nicholas Baijer named in deeds of 10 Sept.
1672 and 16 Jan. 167f.
1673. April 10. Naha. Baijer receives a warrant to
audit the Treasurer's accounts.
1678. Mr. Nicholas Baijer late of Antigua deceased.
167f, Jan. 17. John Otto, planter, for 3 negros sells a
moiety of 100 acres at Five Islands to Robert Garden.
1679. Mr. John Otto 20 acres granted 5 July by Jer,
Watkins, judge. Surveyed 4 Aug.
1679, Aug. 25. John Otto, planter, for 10,000 lbs. sells
100 acres at Five Islands to Robert Garden.
1679, Sept. 15. Mr. William Wainwright, planter,
sells 30 mens land to Mr. John Otto, planter.
In 1715 Captain John Otto-Baijer owned the plantation
now called Donovans, formerly Vaughans, in St. George's
Parish. The letters B. 0. B. are carved over a door
evidently to record the year the house was built by Baijer
Otto-Baijer, Esq. There is a very substantial windmill
still on the estate, and a walled family graveyard, probably
built by the Donovans, but there are no traces of any grave-
stones.
The Communion plate of St. John's Cathedral includes
a handsome, richly chased silver dish, which has in the
centre a well-executed representation of the Last Supper in
repousse work. It bears the London hall-mark of 1715-16.
Around the edge an inscription records that it was—
" Donum Domini Johannis Otto
Bayer ad Templum Divi
Johannis in Antigua."
1719, Nov. 10. John Otto-Baijer, Esq., & Baijer Otto-
Baijer, Gent., state that the Surveyor has run out St.
John's 25 feet off their land on the S. side, which has been
theirs since 11 April 1688. Their Counsel were W" Yea-
mans and W" Hinde, Esqrs. Michael Ayon for the town
wardens stated that the line should run from the whitewood
tree. On 17 Nov. John Otto-Baijer appeared. The Surveyor-
General and Jeremiah Blizard, Esq., had run out his estate
according to his patent ; the former measurement was
erroneous.
1720, Jan. 12. Acknowledgment by John Otto-
Baijer, with consent of his wife Anne, of a lease to Dan'
Hunt.
1724, Feb. 25. Indenture between Rich-i Otto-Baijer,
Gent., one of the younger sons of John Otto-Baijer, Esq.,
deceased, of the one part, and Baijer Otto-Baijer, another
younger son. They two are now the only younger sons who
were living at the date of Bastian Baijer's will. Rich''
releases his share of the Old North Sound plantation to his
brother Baijer for life.
1725, May 1. Indenture between Baijer Otto-Baijer of
Antigua, Gent., and Rich"" Oliver of Antigua, Esq., re Rich*
Otto-Baijer's £60 annuity.
1726, April 21. Indenture between Baijer Otto-Baijer,
Esq., and Rowland Oliver, Gent. Whereas Bastian Baijer,
formerly of London, deceased, by his will dated 17 June
1701, bequeathed to his nephew John Otto-Baijer, and after
latter's decease to the said Jn" Otto-Baijer's younger sons
Nicholas and Baijer, or any others, his plantation in North
Sound, and there was one younger son named Rich'^ not
mentioned in the will but by the same mother, and another
son born named John by another venter, and another sou
named Edward. To prevent disputes Baijer Otto-Baijer
for 7s. paid for destroying a joint tenancy and heritorship
by Rowland Oliver hath released to him the said plantation of
247 acres in St. George's parish North Sound with all slaves.
Witnessed by Ashton Warner, Ju° Delap.
1753, April 11. Mandamus read at the Council from
the Lords Justices appointing Edw* Otto-Baijer a Member
of that body.
1754, June 21. Governor Geo. Thomas is directed "to
admit and restore Edward Otto-Baijer, Esq', to his former
Rank and Precedency in His Majesty's Council of the
Island of Antigua."
1 760, Dec. John Otto-Baijer then an Ensign in the
38th Regiment at Antigua.
1773, June 2. The Hon. Edw. Otto-Baijer informs
their Lordships by letter that he is unavoidably prevented
from proceeding at present to Antigua by an action at the
King's Bench. (Vol. 35., B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1779, Aug. 14. John Otto-Baijer, Esq., to Miss Sophia
Sullivan of Richmond in Surrey. (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. 423.)
1780, July 14. At Clifton, near Bristol, Miss Mary
Otto-Baijer of Farley Castle. {Ibid, p. 348.)
BAUER FAMILY.
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In 1787-8 John Otto-Baijer, Esq., was owner of a planta-
tion in Five Islands Division, also of Dorfield, Cook's,
Dewitts, and Otto-Baijer's.
1793, Oct. 4. Jn° Balfour writes from Curzou Street
recommending as a Councillor Mr. Jn° Otto-Baijer, " a near
connection of mine." His father was for many years
President of Antigua. He Las a very considerable property,
and goes out this season. (29 Colon. Corresp.)
1794, Jan. 5. President J. Stanley writes that Mr. Jn"
Otto-Baijer of Ham Common has a very good property, and
is descended from a family settled here since the first es-
tablishment of the island.
179G. In St. Thomas's Parish, near Exeter, Mrs. Otto-
Baijer, relict of John Otto-Baijer, Esq., of Antigua.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 444.)
1801, Jan. 17. John Otto-Baijer takes the oaths as a
Member of Council of Antigua.
Kowland Otto-Baijer was rated for St. Peter's Parham
1796 to 1813. Sam' Otto-Baijer 1821—1832. (Vestry
Book.)
1817, May 10. At Antigua, aged 76, John Otto-
Baijer, Esq., a member of Council in that island, and
formerly in the 82nd Regiment. (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. .569.)
1819. On referring to Close Roll, 1 Geo. IV., Part 14,
Nos. 10 and 11, and recorded in the Cochran pedigree, it will
be seen that on 9 June 1819 Sam' Otto-Baijer agreed to
pay £18,000 for the North Sound plantation, late of Archib*
Cochran, deceased, of 170 acres and 135 negros.
1826, Sept. 22.. In Bentinck Street, Manchester Square,
the wife of Baijer Otto-Baijer, Esq. (' Gentleman's Maga-
zine,' p. 379.)
1831, Dec. 2. At Launceston, after an illness of three
weeks, occasioned by a puncture of the hand whilst dis-
secting, W"' Patch, Esq., formerly one of the surgeons to
the Xorth Devon Infirmary. (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. 570.)
In 1852 Cooks of 604 acres and Ottos of 578 acres,
both in St. John's Parish, were owned by Langford Lovell
Hodge.
Hackney Choechyaed.
Tomb of " Anne, daughter of John Otto-Baiier, Esq.,
1759." (Lysous's ' Environs of London,' vol. ii., p. 472.)
Close Roll, 18 Geo. II., Part 7, No. 25.
Indenture quadrupartite made the 6th June 1744
between Archibald Maclane of Cheapside, linendraper,
and George Major of the same place, linendraper,
Henry Hurt of St. Paul's Churchyard, Jeweller, of the 1st
part, Benjamin Andrews Atkinson of Bridgwater Square,
London, Gentleman, and Gratia Atkinson his wife, of the
2nd part ; William Mount and Thomas Page of Tower Hill,
Stationer, and partners, of the 3rd part ; and Mary Burkitt
of Ramsbury, co. Wilts, widow, and John Jones of
Wood Street, London, cotton merchant, of the 4th part.
Whereas by an Indenture of bargain and sale tripartite
entered in the High Court of Chancery dated the 22nd Feb.
last past, between Benjamin Andrews Atkinson of the 1st
part ; Archibald Maclane and Duncan Maclane his partner,
and George Major and Henry Hurt of the 2nd part ; and
Rebecca Telforth, James Miller, William Davy and John
Harison his partner, Edward Hillersdon, John Burrowes,
William Rawlins, William Coe (?), John Pearce, John
Shepperd, Salem Owen, Thomas Popiat (?), and Theophilus
Price, creditors of Benjamin Andrews Atkinson of the 3rd
part ; reciting among other things that Benjamin Andrews
Atkinson and Gratia his wife, or one of them, was seised
for the life of Gratia and in her right of a sixth part of a
plantation in the Body Division of Antigua, and of the
negros and mulatto slaves, cattle, horses, etc., etc., belonging
thereto, which, by an Indenture made the 6th June 1728,
they demised to Baijer Otto-Baijer under the yearly rent of
£100 ster., payable yearly on the 18th May during the life
of Gratia, and no longer, and also reciting that Benjamin
Andrews Atkinson and Gratia had agreed to convey the
said jjlantation, among other things, to Archibald Maclane,
George Major, and Henry Hurt to be sold and in trust for
themselves and all other creditors of Benjamin Andrews
Atkinson .... it is witnessed that for the considerations
therein mentioned they grant, etc., etc., all that sixth part
of a plantation, etc., etc., containing 555 acres then or late
in the possession of Baijer Otto-Baijer, Esq., butted and
bounded east by the lands of John Tomlinsou, sen., Esq.,
and the Hon. William Mathews, Esq., Lieut.-General of
Antigua ; north with the lands of John Gamble, late of An-
tigua, Esq., deceased ; south with Sir William Mathew and
the lands of Thomas Dewitt ; and west with the sea ; and
also the sixth part of all negros, etc., etc., and all right of
dower, etc., and all the estate, etc., etc., whatsoever either
in law or equity of Benjamin Andrews Atkinson and Gratia
.... to have and to hold to Archibald Maclane, George
Major, and Henry Hurt, in trust, to sell for the best price,
and to pay the money among the creditors, as far as it
would go towards discharging their debts .... and whereas
in compassion of the circumstances of Gratia Atkinson,
William Mount, Thomas Page, Mary Burkitt, and John
Jones have, at her request, agreed to advance the several
sums following — that is to say : William Mount and
Thomas Page £l<i0, Mary Burkitt £150, and John Jones
£50 — in all, £300 — for the absolute purchase of the planta-
tion, and to convey it to Archibald Maclane, George Major,
and Henry Hurt, who have agreed to accept, etc., etc., and
for securing payment of the said, sums, which William
Mount, Thomas Page, Mary Burkitt, and John Jones agree
to accept without interest, and to take on themselves the
hazard of Gratia dying before payment is made. Archibald
Maclane, George Major, and Henry Hurt have, at the
special request of the others, agreed to convey and assign
the said sixth part, etc., etc., to William Mount and Thomas
Page in trust .... and this Indenture witnesseth that, in
pursuance of the agreement, and in consideration of the
£300, they grant, bargain, etc., etc., the said sixth part, etc.,
etc., to the use of William Mount and Thomas Page during
the life of Gratia Atkinson, to divide the clear rents and
pay to themselves (William Mount and Thomas Page) £10
yearly, to Mary Burkitt £15 yearly, and to John Jones £5
yearly, and to pay the residue to Gratia Atkinson for her
own private, peculiar, and separate use, exclusive of her
husband .... or as she shall appoint. John Skynner,
John Willes, witnesses.
Close Roll, 22 Geo. II., Part 5, No. 2.
Indenture made the 6th March 1748 between Benjamin
Andrews Atkinson of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, Gentleman,
and Gratia his wife (late widow and Executrix of Bastian
Otto-Baijer, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the one
part, and John Otto-Baijer of Antigua, but now in London,
Esq. (son and heir and devisee of Baijer Otto-Baijer, late
of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the other part. Whereas
by an Indenture dated the 6th July 1748 between the said
Benjamin Andrews Atkinson and Gratia his wife .... and
Charles Dunbar of Antigua, Esq., of the one part, and
Baijer Otto-Baijer of Antigua, Esq., of the other part,
reciting that Benjamin xindrews Atkinson and Gratia his
wife by deed poll dated the 14th September 1727 did con-
stitute Charles Dunbar and George Thomas their attorneys,
to demand and receive all rents and arrears of annuities
due or payable by any one by reason of their farming or
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
tenanting any messuage, lands, etc., to which Benjamin
Andrews Atkinson and Gratia his wife were entitled in right
of Gratia in Antigua as widow and Executrix of Bastian
Otto-Baijer, and by the same deed did authorise Charles
Dunbar and George Thomas to lett, sell, or dispose of all or
any part .... by the said indenture it is witnessed that
Benjamin Andrews Atkinson and Gratia his wife, by Charles
Dunbar their attorney, in consideration of £100 ster. a
year payable by Baijer Otto-Baijer, did demise and sett over
and to farm lett to him all that the sixth or other part of a
plantation situate in the Body Division in Antigua con-
taining 555 acres .... then in the possession of Baijer
Otto-Baijer, bounded east with the lands of John Tomlinson,
sen., Esq., and the Hon. William Mathew, Esq.; north with
the lands of John Gamble, Esq., deceased; south with Mr.
William Mackinen and the lauds of Thomas Dewitt ; and west
with the sea ... . and all that the sixth of all the negros
.... and mulatto slaves .... cattle, horses .... in lieu of
dower. Baijer Otto-Baijer to pay the said £100 on the
18th May yearly to Charles Dunbar or as Benjamin
Andrews Atkinson and Gratia should appoint .... and
whereas Baijer Otto-Baijer is dead and John Otto-Baijer is
become entitled as sou and heir and devisee to the premises
mentioned .... and is advised it is necessary by a general
law of the Leeward Caribboe Islands that Gratia Atkinson
should be privately examined .... before a Justice ....
for the more effectual conveying and assigning the said
sixth .... and whereas it is agreed that the said £100 a
year shall in future be paid on the 4th March instead of the
18th May during the life of Gratia Atkinson unto Benjamin
Andrews Atkinson and Gratia to the day of the date of her
death, and if she survives her husband to her and her
assigns. . . . Now this indenture witnesseth that in pursuance
of the covenants Benjamin Andrews Atkinson and Gratia
his wife grant and confirm to John Otto-Baijer all that one
sixth part (as before) to the only use of John Otto-Baijer
and his heirs for ever subject to the considerations of the
recited Indenture to pay to Gratia Atkinson £100 ster. a
year .... in lieu of dower .... for life. . . . Thom» Shep-
pard, Ja. Davies, J"" Harwood, Edward Trubb (?), witnesses.
Close Roll, 27 Geo. II., Part 12, No. 25.
Indenture made the 15th January 1753 between .John
Otto-Baijer of Great Ormond Street, St. George the Martyr,
Gentleman, of the one part, and John Tomlinson, Stephen
Blizard, and Rowland Oliver, all of Antigua, Esquires
(devisees of some parts of the estate of Ashton Warner, late
of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the other part. Whereas
Richard Otto-Baijer, late of Antigua, Gentleman, deceased,
being in his lifetime seised and possessed of an estate tail
to him and the heirs male of his body in all that plantation
containing 100 acres in the division and parish of St. John
in Antigua, bounded N. with the lands of John Williams,
Esq., and of the heirs or representatives of the late Hon.
John Hamilton, deceased ; E. with the lands of the said
heirs, etc., of .John Hamilton ; S. with the lands of the said
Ashton Warner, and of Richard Oliver, Esq.; and W. with
the lands of the said Richai'd Oliver and the said John
Williams .... which plantation had been devised to Richard
Otto-Baijer in tail male with remainders over by the last will
of his late father, John Otto-Baijer, Esq., deceased, and which
plantation Richard Otto-Baijer had conveyed away for his
life to his brother Baijer Otto-Baijer, and by several mesne
conveyances Ashton AVarner was then in the tenure or occu-
pation of, did by a certain indenture tripartite made the
11th May 1734 between the said Richard Otto-Baijer of the
1st part, William Lindsey, Gentleman, therein named of the
2nd part, and Ashton Warner of the 3rd part, for the con-
sideration of £28 cur. paid by Ashton Warner, grant and
confirm to William Lindsey and his heirs for ever all the
said before-mentioned plantation .... and all the right,
title, etc., of Richard Otto-Baijer and his heirs male ....
and all those ten negros .... and all cattle in trust for
Ashton Warner and his heirs and assigns .... and for
barring all estate tail .... the indenture was executed in
the presence of John Watkins, Register, and Richard Otto-
Baijer appeared the same day before Giles Watkins, Esq.,
one of the Justices of the Court of Kiug's Bench and
Common Pleas in Antigua .... and whereas Richard Otto-
Baijer departed this life soon after making the indenture
without any lawful issue male, but leaving one only child,
Rebecca Otto-Baijer .... and whereas William Lindsey, in
pursuance of the trust, conveyed the said premises to Ash-
ton Warner and his heirs .... and whereas Edward Otto-
Baijer had been a remainder man named in the said will, who
did after the death of Richard, and in 1734, by some feigned
lessee, cause an action of ejectment at the common law in
Antigua to be brought against Ashton Warner to recover
possession of the plantation .... but after a tryal at law
and a special verdict judgment was given in July 1735 for
the defendant, whereupon Edward Otto-Baijer sued out a
writt of error, returnable before the Governor and Council,
to reverse the judgment, but on arguing the same in May
1738, judgment was affirmed .... and whereas Edward
Otto-Baijer afterwards appealed to his Majesty in Council,
and on being heard on the 31st January 1739, his Majesty
was pleased to order that so much of the judgment as
related to 17 acres of negro ground, part of the plantation,
should be reversed and sett aside, and Edward Otto-Baijer
have judgment to recover possession .... and his costs ....
but confirmed the rest of the judgment, whereby Ashton
Warner's title to 79 acres and eight-tenths of an acre was
so far confirmed .... and whereas on the 1st December
1744 Edward Otto-Baijer filed a bill in the Court of
Chancery in Antigua, against Ashton Warner and agains;
one Robert Grey as defendants, seeking to impeach the
deed and transaction of the 11th May 1734, under pretence
of fraudulent circumstances, imposition, lowness and un-
adequacy of the consideration by Ashton Warner, and mis-
take, weakness of capacity and understanding and drunken-
ness in Richard Otto-Baijer, and prayed to have a decree
for a conveyance of the said 79 acres .... and Ashton
Warner answered the bill, and a very long and expensive
examination of witnesses was had in the cause .... and it
came on to be heard in the Court of Chancery on the l.')th
.January 1750, when, after a full hearing, Edward Otto-
Baijer's bill was dismissed with costs, and whereas Edward
Otto-Baijer, not yet satisfied, appealed to his Majesty in
Council, and the appeal is still depending and unheard, and
whereas Ashton Warner being actually seised and in
possession of the said 79 acres made his last will and
devised the said plantation, etc., among other estates, to
John Tomlinson, Stephen Blizard, and Rowland Oliver,
in trust, and departed this life the 11th February last past
so seised .... and the trustees are now in seisin and actual
possession subject to the trusts and subject to the event of
Edward Otto-Baijer's appeal .... and whereas John Tom-
linson, Stephen Blizard, and Rowland Oliver, calling to
mind the exceeding great expense which Ashton Warner
was put to in his life to defend the said actions, and con-
sidering the yet further expense which his family must
undergo, and considering also that if, after the appeal is
determined, the heir-at-law or jsersonal representatives of
Richard Otto-Baijer should think proper to bring any
action on account of the matters mentioned in Chancery,
the same would prove a great delay and interruption to
their execution of the trusts, and would also occasion a
further expense to the estate and family .... they have
therefore applied to John Otto-Baijer, who is become heir-
at-law of Richard Otto-Baijer, to release his right ....
BAUER EAMILY.
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which he, out of regard and friendship to Ashton Warner's
family, and in consideration of the very heavy expenses, and
fof the several other considerations mentioned, hath
willingly consented to do in the most effectual manner . . . .
and whereas John Otto-Baijer, deceased, had by his first
wife only five sons, brothers of the whole blood to each
other, that is to say : Bastiau Otto-Baijer the eldest son,
Nicholas Otto-Baijer the second son, Baijer Otto-Baijer,
before named, the third son, Richard Otto-Baijer deceased
the fourth son, and John Otto-Baijer the fifth and youngest
son .... and whereas Richard Otto-Baijer died the last day
of May 1734, without issue lawful male, and leaving one
only child, Rebecca, who was then his heir-at-law, and
afterwards intermarried, and had one only child, which died
soon after its birth, a very tender infant .... and some
time in 1740 Rebecca herself dyed, and there is no issue of
her body living .... and whereas Bastian Otto-Baijer
married, and afterwards died in 1716 without any issue, and
Nicholas Otto-Baijer died unmarried in 1718, and Baijer
Otto-Baijer married, and afterwards died in 1738, leaving
issue John Otto-Baijer, party to these presents, his eldest
son and heir-at-law (and several other children), and at the
time of the decease of Rebecca he was and is her cousin of
the whole blood and heir-at-law, and also heir-at-law to
that child she once had, and to Richard Otto-Baijer ....
and Edward Otto-Baijer was son of testator by his second
wife, and was of the half blood only to the other sons. . . .
Now this indenture witnesseth that in consideration of all
and singular the premises .... and of the very great and
heavy expenses .... and out of the great regard and friend-
ship he has for the children of Ashton Warner, and for pre-
serving peace and quiet, and preventing any other suits
.... and in consideration of £21 paid to him by the
trustees .... John Otto-Baijer grants and confirms to the
said trustees in their actual possession being as aforesaid all
the said 79 acres, etc., etc., in trust for the purposes of the
willof Ashton Warner .... and John Otto-Baijer nominates
and appoints Harry Webb, Edward Home, John Banister,
and Robert Christian, all of Antigua, Esquires, his attorneys
.... Richard Oliver, William Glen, witnesses.
Close Roll, 28 Geo. II., Part 11, No. 22.
Indenture made the 24th January 1754 between Edward
Otto-Baijer of Buntingford, Herts, Esq. (one of the sons of
John Otto-Baijer late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, of the one
part), and Thomas Redhead of London, merchant, of the other
part, witnesseth that for docking and destroying all estates
tail and remainders and for settling the plantations, etc.,
hereinafter described .... and in consideration of 10s. . . .
Edward Otto-Baijer grants and conveys to Thomas Redhead
.... all those 17| acres of negro land, being part of a
plantation of 100 acres, in the Body Division in the parish
of St. John in Antigua, formerly known by the name of
Hunt's Lands, and all negros and slaves thereto belonging
.... and also all that plantation in the Body Division
called Lady Cooke's plantation, containing 536 acres
.... and also all those 183 negros particularly mentioned
in the first schedule annexed .... and also all that other
plantation in the Division of Five Islands in the parish of
St. John, containing 215 acres .... and all those 99 negros
particularly mentioned in the second schedule .... belonging
to the last-mentioned plantation .... in trust for the only
proper use of Edward Otto-Baijer and his heirs and assigns
for ever .... and Edward Otto-Baijer constitutes Edward
Home, Walter Sydsarfe, and William Allen, all of Antigua,
Esquires, his attorneys .... 1st Schedule, 57 men, 59
women, 36 boys, 31 girls ; 2nd Schedule, 28 men, 37
women, 21 boys, 13 girls. Jos" Sharpe, William Marsden,
witnesses.
Close Roll, 20 Geo. III., Part 3.
Indenture made the 28th May 1702 between Rowland
Otto-Baijer, late of Antigua, but now of New Ormond
Street, St. Andrew's, Holborn, aud Elizabeth his wife, of the
one part, and John Otto-Baijer of New Ormond Street,
Esq., of the other part. Whereas it is agreed between the
above that Rowland Otto-Baijer and Elizabeth his wife
shall make such an assignment of 2 messuages, 350 acres of
land, and 350 acres of pasture, with all appurtenances, etc.,
etc., in Vaughens in the New North Sound Division and
Parish of St. George's, Antigua, and all their lands, tene-
ments, rents, reversions, etc., whatsoever and wheresoever
unto John Otto-Baijer and his heirs, etc., in trust as by
John Otto-Baijer and his heirs, etc., or their counsel learned
in the law shall be reasonably devised, advised, or required,
this indenture witnesseth that Rowland Otto-Baijer and
Elizabeth his wife grant, etc., etc., to John Otto-Baijer the
2 messuages, 350 acres of land, and 350 acres of pasture in
Vaughens in the New North Sound Division and Parish of
St. George's, Antigua, in the Parish of South Petherton, co.
Somerset (sic), to stand seised in them in trust for Rowland
Otto-Baijer his heirs, etc., etc., freely discharged from all
claim of dower, etc., Elizabeth may have therein ....
during the life of Frances Murray, mother of the said Row-
land Otto-Baijer. . . .
Close Roll, 20 Geo. III., Part 4, No. 4.
Indenture tripartite made the 17th November 1780
between John Otto-Baijer of Frauklyn, near Exeter, Esq.,
and Sarah his wife, of the 1st part ; Thomas Oliver of Lay-
ton, Essex, of the 2nd part ; and the said Thomas Oliver
and Michael Lovell of Mark Lane, merchants, and co-
partners, of the 3rd part. Whereas by indentures of the
24th and 25th June 1779, the release being tripartite
between the above, reciting that the said John Otto-Baijer
then was indebted to Thomas Oliver £7726 4s. ster. in the
balance of accounts, and to Thomas Oliver and Michael
Lovell on the partnership account £4056 6s. Id. . . . and
for the better securing the repayment .... John Otto-
Baijer had agreed to convey to Thomas Oliver the premises
hereinafter mentioned .... it was witnessed that in pur-
suance of the agreement and in consideration of 5s. John
Otto-Baijer by the consent of Thomas Oliver and Michael
Lovell granted, etc., etc., to Thomas Oliver and his heirs
all his plantation in the parish of St. John's, Antigua,
called the Otto Plantation and all negros, etc., etc., to
the only proper use of Thomas Oliver and his heirs for ever,
subject, nevertheless, to a provision for the reconveyance,
etc., on the payment of the £7726 4s. on the 25th June
now last past aud on payment of the £4056 6s. 7d., with
interest at 6 per cent and whereas since the said in-
dentures Thomas Oliver and Michael Lovell have advanced
to John Otto-Baijer several sums of money, amounting with
interest and with commissions for business done to
£2032 Gs., John Otto-Baijer has agreed to execute the
present indenture, and also to give Thomas Oliver and
Michael Lovell his bond, etc., etc., bearing even date ....
now this indenture witnesseth that in consideration of
5s. . . . John Otto-Baijer grants, bargains, etc., etc., to
Thomas Oliver and his heirs for one whole year .... all his
plantation called the Otto plantation, bounded north by the
town of St. John's, south by a plantation called De Witt's
plantation, east by Mr. Thomlinson's estate or his heirs, and
west by the sea, containing 650 acres, with about 200
negros or slaves, now on the plantation, which are set down
in a schedule delivered by John Otto-Baijer .... and all
other plantations, etc., etc., of John Otto-Baijer in Antigua
.... to have and to hold to Thomas Oliver .... to his only
proper use, subject, nevertheless, to a provision .... that if
John Otto-Baijer pays the £7726 4s., the £4056 6s. 7d.,
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and the £2032 6s. before the 17th May next, with interest
at 6 per cent., Thomas Oliver shall reconvey the said
plantations, etc. . . . and further it is hereby decreed that
until a default shall be made it shall be lawful to John Otto-
Baijer and his heirs peacefully and quietly to have, hold,
occupy, and possess and enjoy all and singular the said
premises, and to receive and take the rents, etc., as if this
indenture had not been made .... and lastly, John Otto-
Baijer and Sarah his wife nominate Langford Lovell, Esq.,
Josepli Lyons Athill, Esq., and Richard Oliver, Esq., all of
Antigua, tiieir attorneys.
Close Roll, 30 Geo. III., Part 6, Nos. 9 and 10.
Indenture made the 20th July 1790 between John Otto-
Baijer of St. Thomas, near Exeter, Esq., and John Otto-
Baijer of Ham Common in the parish of Kingston, late
Captain in H.M.'s 38th Regiment of Foot, of the one part,
and Alexander AVillock of Broad Street Buildings, London,
merchant, of the other, witnesseth that in consideration of
5s. . . . John Otto-Baijer and John Otto-Baijer grant and
convey to Alexander Willock all those 17^ acres of negro
land heretofore the estate and inheritance of John Otto-
Baijer, Esq., deceased, and afterwards of Edward Otto-
Baijer, Esq., deceased, being part of a plantation of 100
acres in the Body Division and parish of St. John,
Antigua, formerly known by the name of Hunt's Land, and
all negros and slaves thereto belonging, and also all that
plantation heretofore the estate and inheritance of Edward
Otto-Baijer in the said division and parish commonly called
Lady Cooke's plantation, containing 53G acres .... and all
negros particularly mentioned in the schedule .... entitled
the 1st Schedule .... and also all that other plantation
heretofore the estate and inheritance of Edward Otto-
Baijer, in the division of Five Islands and parish of St.
John, called Five Islands Plantation, containing 215 acres
.... and all negros mentioned in a scliedule .... entitled
the 2nd Schedule .... for one whole year .... 1st Schedule
— Lady Cook's plantation, men 50, boys 13, women 51,
girls 19 (all names given). 2nd Schedule— Five Islands
plantation, men 49, boys 13, women 42, girls 18. Cattle on
Cooke's plantation, 122 head ; cattle on Five Islands
plantation, 57 head. Thomas Okes, Jno. Stoodlcy, wit-
nesses (to the Devonshire signature). Jno. Jordison, William
Hayward, witnesses.
No. 9.
Indenture made the 21st July 1790 between John Otto-
Baijer of St. Thomas .... of the 1st part, John Otto-
Baijer of Ham Common .... of the 2nd part, and Alexander
Willock .... of the 3rd part. Whereas by indentures
made the 18th and 19th December now last past .... 1789
.... the release being of three parts between the above
.... after taking notice that John Otto-Baijer of Ham
Common, under the will of Edward Otto-Baijer late of
Antigua, Esq., deceased, was entitled to an estate for life in
possession of the plantations, etc., therein named, and the
said jilautations by the said will stood charged with the
payment of £16,000 cur. to the Executors of the said John
Otto-Baijer .... by the person or persons who should after-
wards be entitled to the plantations and other real estate
.... and further reciting that John Otto-Baijer of St.
Thomas was under the said will entitled to the remainder
and reversion in fee simple .... subject to the said pay-
ment .... and also reciting that John Otto-Baijer of Ham
Common had then lately agreed with John Otto-Baijer of
St. Thomas for the absolute purchase of the reversion in fee
simple for £6000, subject to the payment of the £16,000 in
the manner therein mentioned .... and it had been agreed
that the plantations should be conveyed to Alexander
Willock in trust .... to the use of John Otto-Baijer of
Ham Common and his heirs and assigns for ever ....
it is witnessed that in consideration of £6000 .... and
for other considerations John Otto-Baijer of St. Thomas, by
the direction of John Otto-Baijer of Ham Common, did
(according to his estate and interest) grant and convey to
Alexander Willock all those 17-^ acres .... (as in No. 10)
in trust to the only proper use of John Otto-Baijer of Ham
Common .... and whereas by articles of agreement of the
same date between John Otto-Baijer of Ham ( iommon of
the one part, and John Otto-Baijer of St. Thomas of the
other, reciting the said recited indentures, and taking notice
they were meant to be acknowledged by John Otto-Baijer
of St. Thomas, before a judge of H.M.'s Court of Common
Fleas at Westminster .... pursuant to the laws of Antigua
. . . . but he was at that time in an ill state of health,
and unable to travel to Westminster without great
difficulty and danger to his life .... and personal attendance
being necessary according to the laws of Antigua .... it
was agreed the acknowledgment should be dispensed with
at that time and made thereafter if required .... and
whereas John Otto-Baijer of St. Thomas continues in an
ill state of health .... and Mr. Justice Heath, a judge of
the Court of Common Pleas, being appointed to go the
Western Circuit, will be at Exeter .... and John Otto-
Baijer of Ham Common hath requested John Otto-Baijer
of St. Thomas to make the acknowledgment .... and
whereas since making the said indentures .... the negros,
etc., have been ascertained more correctly .... and John
Otto-Baijer of Ham Common hath requested .... Now
this indenture witnesseth that for docking and destroying
all estates tail and reversions and remainders, and in con-
sideration of 10s. paid to each, John Otto-Baijer of St.
Thomas and John Otto-Baijer of Ham Common grant and
convey to Alexander Willock in his actual possession being
. ... all those 17|- acres (as in No. 10) in trust to the only
proper use of John Otto-Baijer of Ham Common and his
heirs and assigns for ever .... and they nominate, etc.,
Daniel Hill the elder, Henry Benskin Lightfoot, and John
Gray, Esquires, of Antigua, their attorneys. ... 1st
Schedule — Lady Cooke's plantation, men 53, boys 13,
women 50, girls 19, cattle 122. 2nd Schedule — Five
Islands plantation, men 49, boys 15, women 42, girls 18,
cattle 57.
Close Roll, 38 Geo. III., Part 1, No. 18.
Indenture of three parts made the lltli January 1798
between Rowland Otto-Baijer, late of Antigua, but now
residing in England, Esq., of the 1st part, Sarah Otto-
Baijer, his wife, now residing at Lambeth, Surrey, of the
2nd part, Thomas Rogers of Antigua, Esq., of the 3rd part.
Whereas by an indenture made at Antigua the 25th October
1785 and duly recorded there between Rowland Otto-Baijer
and Sarah his wife of the 1st part, James Donovan of
Antigua, Esq., of the 2nd part, and William Wickham
Harman, Esq., of Antigua, of the 3rd part, it was and is
witnessed that Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah, for the con-
siderations mentioned, did grant and convey to .James
Donovan and his heirs all that plantation called Vaughans
in the parish of St. George and division of Old North
Sound in Antigua, containing 280 acres .... bounded E.
with the lands of Edward Byham and late of William
Byham deceased, S. with the lands of Sir George Thomas,
Bart., W. with the lands theretofore of John Gunthorpe,
and then of William Gunthorpe, and N. with the lands then
late of Rowland Blackman deceased ; and also 26 oxen, 1
pasture bull, 17 cows, 6 heifers, 3 young bulls, 3 bull calves,
6 cow calves, and 9 mules to the plantation belonging, and
also the 114 negros particularly named, subject to the pay-
ment of £8000 and interest to the sisters of Rowland Otto-
Baijer as therein mentioned .... to the use of William
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Wickham Harman for 99 years subject to the provision
thereinafter mentioned in trust for the interests and pur-
poses expressed .... and after the determination of the said
term to James Donovan and his heirs and assigns for ever,
in which indenture is contained a provision that if James
Donovan pays to William Wickham Harman £4000 on or
before the 25th October 1795 with interest meantime yearly
at 6 per cent, the 99 years void, the interest to be received
by Rowland Otto-Baijer or his assigns for life, and after his
death by Sarah Otto-Baijer and her assigns for life, if she
survived him, and after the decease of the survivors in trust
to William Wickham Harman to pay so much of the yearly
interest as should be sufficient for the maintenance and
education of Samuel Otto-Baijer (son of Rowland Otto-
Baijer and Sarah) during his minority, and on his attaining
to twenty-one to pay him the £4000 .... and if he died
before twenty-one to any other child on the same trusts,
and if no child, to pay the £4000 as Rowland Otto-Baijer
should appoint, and in default of his appointment to his
next of kin .... and it was declared that no part of the
£4000 should be called in or received by William Wickham
Harman without the direction and consent of Rowland
Otto-Baijer and Sarah, or Rowland Otto-Baijer if he
survived her .... but it should be lawful for Rowland
Otto-Baijer and Sarah during their joint lives by deed
attested .... to revoke and annul all or any of the trusts
as they should think fit ... . and whereas in consideration
of great misconduct on the part of Sarah Otto-Baijer
Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah have for several years past
lived separate and apart from each other, and Rowland Otto-
Baijer hath for several years not only refused and discon-
tinued to allow to Sarah Otto-Baijer any alimony for her
separate maintenance, but hath refused and successfully
resisted the payment of any debts contracted by her, and
hath instituted a suit in the Spiritual Court for a divorce
and separation a thoro and mensa, and which suit is now
depending, and Rowland Otto-Baijer intends also to bring
an action at law, and finally to prosecute an application to
the High Court of Parliament for a dissolution of his
marriage with Sarah Otto-Baijer, and to enable him to
marry again, but insomuch as Sarah Otto-Baijer and her
infant daughter Maria — commonly called Maria Otto-
Baijer — are now without any provision or maintenance from
Rowland Otto-Baijer, and he is desirous of having the
trusts aforesaid declared of the £4000 revoked, and a new
appointment made for him absolutely, and Sarah Otto-
Baijer is also desirous that he shall make some immediate
provision for the maintenance and support of herself and
her daughter, and also that £1000 and all arrears of interest
in respect of it, which by virtue of the last will of Sarah
Murray late of Antigua deceased Rowland Otto-Baijer and
Sarah were in her right entitled to, and also one-fourth or
share of Rowland Otto-Baijer in the moneys recovered by
Nathaniel Weeks, late Judge of the Admiralty Court in
Barbados, in respect of a legacy of £400 bequeathed by the
last will of Adamson deceased, to the children of
William Wickham Harman aforesaid, should be assigned
and released in trust as a provision for the payment of the
debts of herself and the said Maria her daughter, and
subject thereto in trust as a further provision for her
separate use, benefit, and disposal, the respective solicitors
and other the mutual friends of Rowland Otto-Baijer have
proposed on their separate behalfs respectively and assented
and agreed that without prejudice to the prosecution of the
suit in the Spiritual Court or any other suit or application
by or on the part of Rowland Otto-Baijer, he shall, by the
joint bonds of himself and a sufficient surety, grant and
secure to or in trust to Sarah Otto-Baijer an annuity of
£100 during her life, and an annuity of £40 in trust for
her said infant daughter for life, in lieu of all contingent or
reversionary interest in the £4000 aforesaid, and also in full
satisfaction of all present and future alimony and separate
maintenance or other rights or claims she might by virtue
of any decree to be made in the aforesaid suit .... or under
the civil or common law of England or Antigua claim to be
entitled to from Rowland Otto-Baijer or his estates ....
and also that he shall join with her in an absolute assign-
ment of the said £1000 .... and of the said fourth part of
the moneys recovered .... to a trustee in trust to pay the
present and future debts of Sarah Otto-BaHjer and Maria
her daughter, and as a further provision, etc., etc., and in
consideration of the said annuities .... and further pro-
vision .... she shall join with him in revoking and
annulling all the trusts regarding the £4000 and the term
of 99 years, and in making an absolutely new appointment
thereof in trust for Rowland Otto-Baijer his executors and
assigns for ever, freed and discharged from all claims ....
and that she shall also join in all assurances necessary for
releasing all estates of Rowland Otto-Baijer from all her
contingent right of dower .... and Rowland Otto-Baijer
and Sarah, having duly considered the proposal and agree-
ments of their respective friends, have consented thereto,
but without prejudice to the suit in the Spiritual Court or
any other suit .... and Rowland Otto-Baijer, together
with Zachary Bayly Edwards of Chalcot, Wilts, Esq.,
as his surety, have at the request and nomination of Sarah
Otto-Baijer and her friends, and in consideration of the
revocation .... new appointment and release hereinafter
mentioned .... and in lieu and full satisfaction .... by
their bond bearing even date, become jointly and severally
bound to Thomas Jukes of Brinsdens Buildings in the parish
of St. Mary, I;ambeth, cabinet maker, a trustee nominated
by Sarah Otto-Baijer, in the penal sum of £2000 for the
payment of the annuities .... by equal quarterly payments
at the times mentioned .... and by an endorsement on the
bond it is declared that the said annuities are for the only
use, maintenance, and support of Sarah Otto-Baijer and her
daughter, and in lieu of all claims against Rowland Otto-
Baijer or his estates .... and by an indenture bearing even
date between Rowland Otto-Baijer of the 1st part, Sarah
Otto-Baijer of the 2nd part, and Thomas Jukes of the 3rd
part, it is witnessed that, for the considerations mentioned,
Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah have absolutely transferred
and set over to Thomas Jukes the £1000 .... and the
fourth part .... in trust. . . . Now this indenture wit-
nesseth that in further pursuance of the agreement, and in
consideration of the premises, Rowland Otto-Baijer and
Sarah, in exercise of their power, revoke, annul and make
void all the trusts contained in the before recited in-
denture, and appoint the £4000 to be henceforth to the
only use of Rowland Otto-Baijer and his heirs, executors,
etc., and that William Wickham Harman shall stand
possessed of the term to raise and pay the same to Rowland
Otto-Baijer and his executors for his and their own use ... .
and further witnesseth that Sarah Otto-Baijer releases all
estates .... fi'om her contingent right of dower .... and
they covenant with Thomas Rogers to do all things neces-
sary for better securing the £4000 .... and lastly, they
nominate the said Thomas Rogers and Thomas Scotland of
Antigua, Esq., their attorneys. Samuel W. Sweet, Temple,
Daniel Collins, clerk to Messrs. Blandford and Sweet,
witnesses.
Close Roll, 38 Geo. III., Part 2, No. 12.
Indenture made the 24th March 1798 between William
Wickham Harman of Antigua, Esq., of the 1st part;
Rowland Otto-Baijer, late of Antigua, but now residing in
England, Esq., of the 2nd part; and James Donovan of An-
tigua, but at present residing in London, Esq., of the 3rd part.
Whereas by an Indenture of the 25th Oct. 1785 between
Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah his wife, of the 1st part ;
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
James Donovan of the 2nd part; and William Wickham
Harman of the 3rd part ; it is witnessed that, in con-
sideration of £6000 paid by James Donovan to Rowland
Otto-Baijer, and of £8000 thereafter to be paid by him
to Frances Otto-Baijer and Katharine Edwards (wife of
Zachary Bailey Edwards), sisters of Rowland Otto-Baijer,
with interest at G p. c. cur., which has accordingly since
been paid off, and also in consideration of £4000 more,
secured to be paid by James Donovan to William Wickham
Harman .... with interest .... Rowland Otto-Baijer and
Sarah his wife grants to James Donovan all that plantation
called Vaughans, in the parish of St. George, and division
of Old North Sound, Antigua, containing 280 acres, butted
and bounded E. with the lands heretofore of Edward
Byam, and then late of William Byam, deceased ; S. with the
lands of Sir George Thomas, Bart. ; W. with the lands
heretofore of John Gunthorpe, and then of William
Gunthorpe ; and N. with the lands late of Rowland Black-
man, deceased; and all houses .... and also 26 oxen, 1 pasture
bull, 17 cows, 6 heifers, S young bulls, 3 bull calves, 6 cow
calves, and 9 mules, to the said plantation belonging, and
114 slaves .... to the use of William Wickham Harman
for 99 years .... subject to the equity of redemption ....
in trust .... and after the detei'mination of the 99 years
to the use of James Donovan and his heirs for ever ....
and if James Donovan pays the £4000, with interest, to
Wiiliam Wickham Harman on or before the 25th Oct.
1795, the 99 years to be void .... the said term being
limited to William Wickham Harman in trust to pay the
yearly interest of the £4000 to Rowland Otto-Baijer for
life, and to Sarah Otto-Baijer if she survives her husband,
and after their deaths for the maintenance and education
of Samuel Otto-Baijer, their son, till twen-ty-one, and then
the £4000 to him .... and failing him to any other child,
and if no other as Kowland Otto-Baijer appoints .... no
part of the £4000 to be called in by William Wickham
Harman without the direction of Rowland and Sarah Otto-
Baijer .... and they reserve to themselves the right to
revoke .... And whereas by an Indenture of the 1 1th Jan.
last past, between Rowland Otto-Baijer of the 1st part ;
Sarah his wife, of the 2nd part ; and Thomas Rogers of
Antigua, Esq., of the 3rd part ; reciting as above, it is
witnessed that Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah his wife
revoke the 99 years limited to William Wickham Harman
.... and appoint all interest to be paid to Rowland Otto-
Baijer absolutely, and William Wickham Harman shall
henceforward stand possessed of the said term in trust to
secure the said £4000 .... And whereas Rowland Otto-
Baijer lately commenced an action in H.M.'s Court of
King's Bench, with the consent of William Wickham
Harman, his trustee, against James Donovan, to recover
payment of the principal and interest due on the plantation,
and did, on the 17th of this present month, cause .James
Donovan to be arrested for £4240, and James Donovan
still remains in custody .... the said money is due to
William Wickham Harman as a trust only for Rowland
Otto-Baijer .... and James Donovan is not to pay it to
any but Rowland Otto-Baijer, or his attorneys .... or he
will be liable to pay the same again .... and whereas
James Donovan has proposed to pay off the said £4240,
and also £103 Is. 2d. of interest due since the 25th April
1797 .... now this Indenture witnesses that in con-
sideration of £4240, and of £103 Is. 2d., Rowland Otto-
Baijer grants, etc. (as before), to James Donovan and his heirs
for ever .... and Rowland Otto-Baijer constitutes Thomas
Rogers, Esq., and John Burke, Esq., both of Antigua, his
attorneys.
Close Roll, 45 Geo. III., Part 10, Nos. 15 and 16.
Indenture made the 16th Dec. 1805 between Samuel
Otto-Baijer of Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, Esq., of
the one part, and Robert Smith of Basinghall Street,
Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of 5s Samuel Otto-Baijer gi-ants and
conveys to Robert Smith all that one undivided moiety of
all the plantation called Pares in the division of Old North
Sound in Antigua .... and of all cattle, horses, and other
quick stock .... and of all negro and mulatto slaves ....
for one whole year .... George Spalding, John Watson,
witnesses.
No. 15.
Indenture made the 17th Dec. 1805 between Samuel
Otto-Baijer .... (grandnephew and also devisee in tail of
one undivided moiety of a plantation described in the last
will of Rachael Warner, late of Devonshire Place, Middlesex,
widow, deceased) of the one part, and Robert Smith .... of
the other part .... Whereas Rachael Warner, being in her
life time and at her death seized of an absolute estate of
inheritance in fee simple in possession of (among other
plantations) one undivided moiety of the plantation herein-
after mentioned, did, in her last will dated the 26th May
1803, attested as by law is required, etc give
and bequeath to Richard Otto-Baijer, her nephew, since
deceased, one moiety of the said moiety of the plantation
called Pares .... and of all cattle and negros, etc
charged with an annuity of £500 to the said Samuel Otto-
Baijer her grandnephew, and also with a legacy of £2500
to Rachel Pare Edwards her grandniece, as thereinafter
mentioned ; to Rowland Otto-Baijer for life, and after his
decease to Samuel Otto-Baijer and his heirs for ever,
charged with the legacy to Rachel Pare Edwards .... but
in case Samuel Otto-Baijer should depart this life without
lawful issue, she gave the said moiety of the moiety to
Rachel Pare Edwards and her heirs for ever, as by the
will proved in the P.C.C. may more fully appear .... and
whereas Rowland Otto-Baijer departed this life in the
lifetime of Rachael Warner .... and whereas she departed
this life without revoking or altering her will, save by a
codicil in which no mention is made of the said moiety,
leaving Samuel Otto-Baijer her grandnephew her surviving
. . . . Now this Indenture witnesseth that for barring and
extinguishing all estates tail and remainders, and in con-
sideration of 10s Samuel Otto-Baijer grants and
conveys to Robert Smith in his actual possession being
. ... all that one undivided moiety of one undivided moiety
of all that plantation called Pares .... (as in No. 16)
. ... in trust to reconvey the same to the use of Samuel
Otto-Baijer and his heirs and assigns for ever .... and
lastly Samuel Otto-Baijer constitutes Thomas Rogers and
Thomas Norbury Kirby, both of Antigua, Esquires, his
attorneys ....
Close Roll, 55 Geo. III., Part 12, Nos. 14, 15, and 16.
Indenture made the 28th July 1815 between Catharine
Ceely Mackie wife of George Mackie of Cheltenham, a
Lieut. -Colonel of H.M.'s 60th Foot, and the said George
Mackie of the one part, and Samuel Otto-Baijer of
Cheltenham, Esq., of the other part ; witnesseth that in
consideration of 5s. each .... Catharine Ceely Mackie and
George Mackie grant to Samuel Otto-Baijer .... all that
one-fifth part of one-fourth part of a plantation called
Pares, in the division of Old North Sound in Antigua ....
and of all cattle, stock, and slaves .... for one whole year
.... Bryan Edwards, Robert Shawe, witnesses.
No. 15.
Indenture made the 28th July 1815 between Frances
Otto Edwards of Cheltenham, spinster, and Rachel Pare
Edwards of Cheltenham, spinster, of the one part, and
Samuel Otto-Baijer of Cheltenham, Esq., of the other part ;
witnesseth that in consideration of 5s Frances Otto
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Edwards and Rachel Pare Edwardsgrant, etc., to Samuel Otto-
Baijer all those their undivided fifth parts .... respectively
devised to them, of one-fourth of a plantation called Pares,
in the division of Old North Sound in Antigua .... and
of all the negro and other slaves of both sexes .... for one
whole year. . . . Bryan Edwards, Robert Shawe, witnesses.
No. 14.
Indenture of six parts made the 29th July 1815 between
Catharine Ceely Mackie .... of the Ist part ; George
Mackie .... of the 2nd part ; Rachel Pare Edwards ....
of the 3rd part ; Frances Otto Edwards .... of the 4th
part ; Thomas Davenport Latham of London, Esq., of the
5th part ; and Samuel Otto-Baijer .... of the 6th part.
Whereas Rachel Warner, late of Devonshire Place, London,
widow, since deceased, being seised of or entitled to one moiety
of a plantation called Pares, in the division of Old North
Sound, Antigua, by her last will dated the 26th May 1803,
among other things, devised to Rowland Otto-Baijer, her
nephew, since deceased, one moiety of her said moiety, and
of all cattle, horses, and other quick stock, and of all negro
and mulatto slaves .... (charged with the payment of £500
a year to Samuel Otto-Baijer party hereto, her grand-
nephew, and also subject to the payment of a legacy of
£2500 to Rachel Pare Edwards, her grandniece) for life,
and after his decease to Samuel Otto-Baijer, her grand-
nephew, and his heirs for ever .... subject to the said
legacy of £2500 .... and devised to Katharine Edwards,
also since deceased, the other moiety of her said moiety ....
for life, and after her decease to Bryan Edwards, Eliza Edwards
(afterwards wife of Samuel Otto-Baijer, but now deceased),
Rachel Pare Edwards, Katharine Ceely Edwards, and
Frances Otto Edwards, children of the first-named Katharine
Edwards, and to their heirs as tenants in common, and not
joint tenants .... and whereas testatrix departed this life
long since without having revoked .... and whereas by
Articles of Agreement indented dated the 19th Jan.
1809 between George Mackie of the 1st part ; Katharine
Ceely Mackie, therein called Katharine Ceely Edwards, of
the 2nd part ; Katharine Edwards, siace deceased, of the 3rd
part ; and Samuel Otto-Baijer, Robert Shawe, Esq., and
Thomas Davenport Latham, Esq., of the 4th part ; being
Articles of Settlement previous to the marriage of Catharine
Ceely Mackie and George Mackie .... reciting among
other things that Catharine Ceely Mackie then was, or on
attiuning twenty-one would be, entitled to a certain
priiportion of the plantation called Pares .... by virtue of
the will of Rachel Warner .... and she and George Mackie
did agree, when she should attain her age of twenty-one,
to join in executing all deeds .... requisite for conveying
to Samuel Otto-Baijer, Robert Shawe, and Thomas Daven-
port Latham, all lands, etc., or real estate she should be
possessed of under the said will .... in trust to pay the
yearly interest to Catharine Ceely Mackie for life, for her
separate use, and after her decease to George Mackie for
life, and after his decease to make over the trust estate, as
Catharine Ceely Mackie by any deed or by her last will
should appoint .... and whereas Robert Shawe never acted
under the trusts, but, on the contrary, by an Indenture
made the 27th July inst. between him of the 1st part,
George Mackie and Catharine Ceely Mackie of the 2nd
part, and Thomas Davenport Latham and Samuel Otto-
Baijer of the 3rd part, hath disclaimed and renounced them
.... and whereas Catharine Ceely Mackie hath attained
twenty-one, but no settlement hath been made by her and
George Mackie .... pursuant to the recited Articles of
Agreement .... of her real or personal estate .... and
whereas Samuel Otto-Baijer hath contracted and agreed
with them for the purchase of all their estate and interest
in the one-fifth part of the one-fourth part .... for f 800
ster and hath contracted and agreed with Frances
Otto Edwards for the purchase of her one-fifth of one-fourth
part for the like sum .... and hath proposed to Rachel
Pare Edwards to purchase her share and interest at the like
sum, but she considering that the £2500 charged on the
one-fourth given to him and his heirs, as before recited, is a
very heavy incumbrance and burthen .... is desirous of
gratuitously conveying her one-fifth of one-fourth to him,
for the absolute use of him and his heirs .... and it hath
been agreed that the £800 to Catharine Cpely Mackie and
the £800 to Prances Otto Edwards shall be secured as here-
inafter mentioned. . . . Now this indenture witnesseth
that in pursuance of the agreement, and in consideration of
£800 secured to be paid to Thomas Davenport Latham
at their request .... and of 10s. to them Catharine Ceely
Mackie and George Mackie .... Catharine Ceely Mackie in
pursuance and exercise of her authority directs and appoints
that immediately after the death of the survivor all that
one-fifth of one-fourth shall remain, continue, and be to
Samuel Otto-Baijer and his heirs for ever .... and for the
considerations aforesaid and in consideration of 10s. . . .
Catharine Ceely Mackie and George Mackie grant, etc., to
Samuel Otto-Baijer now in his actual possession being ....
all that one-fifth of one-fourth of the plantation called
Pares. . . . to the use of Thomas Davenport Latham for 1000
years, and after the determination of that term to Samuel
Otto-Baijer and his heirs and assigns for ever .... and
further witnesseth that in consideration of £800 secured to
be paid to Frances Otto Edwards .... and in consideration
of the affection which Rachel Pare Edwards hath for him
.... and of 10s. each .... they grant, etc., to Samuel Otto-
Baijer in his actual possession being .... all those their
undivided fifth-parts of one-fourth part of the plantation
called Fare's .... to the use of Thomas Davenport Latham
for 1000 years, and after the determination of that term to
Samuel Otto-Baijer and his heirs and assigns for ever ....
and as touching the 1000 years it is declared that it is
limited to Thomas Davenport Latham in trust to secure to
him and to Frances Otto Edwards the sum of £800 each
with interest at 5 per cent. . . . subject to the provision
hereinafter named — that is to say, that if Samuel Otto-
Baijer pays to each of them £800 .... at the office of
Messrs. Shawe, Le Blanc, and Shawe in Tudor Street, Black-
friars, on the 29th July 1816 between the hours of
12 o'clock at noon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the
interest meantime half-yearly, the 1000 years shall be void
.... and Thomas Davenport Latham declares and agrees
that he is possessed of the £800 for the benefit of Catharine
Ceely Mackie and George Mackie in trust as by the articles
of settlement .... and Catharine Ceely Mackie, George
Mackie, Rachel Pare Edwards, Frances Otto Edwards,
Thomas Davenport Latham, and Samuel Otto-Baijer
appoint, etc., James Gilchrist and the Rev. Samuel Wick-
ham Hartman, both of Antigua, their attornies to appear
before the Governor, Deputy-Governor, Secretary, etc.
St. George's Parish Register.
Baptized.
1750 Nov. 19 Rachael d. of . . . land Otto Bai ... & his
wife ; th . . . months old wh . .
1752 Rowland s. of Rowland Otto Baijer ; born
29"^ September 1752 ; baptized Decem-
ber the 12"> 1752.
1760 Nov. — Catherine d. of Rowland Otto Baijer &
Ehzabeth his wife.
1780 Jan. 1 William the s. of Rowland Otto Baijer and
Sarah his wife.
1782 May 1 Samuel the s. of Rowland Otto Baijer &
Sarah his wife.
1784 June 21 Rowland s. of Rowland Otto Baijer &
Sarah his wife ; born Sepf 24"' inst.
30
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
St.
1689 Nov. 12
169 (? 4)
1703
1709 Feb. 24
1713 Dec. 24
1722 Jan. 15
1726 Jan. 17
1729 June 17
(?1731) 26
1733 Oct. 7
1737 Not. 28
1745 Sept. 10
1810 June 13
Buried.
1760 Oct. 14 Elizabeth d. of Rowland Otto Baijer &
Elizabeth his wife.
John's Parish Register.
Baptized.
Mary the d. of John Otto & Mary Otto
his wife.
Gertrude the d. of John Otto & Mary his
wife.
John s. of John Otto Baijer & Mary his
wife.
Edward s. of John Otto Baijer & Ann his
wife.
Anna Maria d. of John Otto Baijer & Ann
his wife.
John s. of Baijer Otto Baijer & Frances
his wife.
Rowland the s. of Baijer Otto Baijer and
Frances his wife.
Richard the s. of Baijer Otto Baijer and
Frances his wife.
Sarah the d. of Baijer Otto Baijer and
Frances his wife.
Baijer s. of Baijer Otto Baijer and Fran-
ces his wife.
Mary y'' d. of Baijer Otto Baijer and
Frances his wife.
Sarah the d. of Coll. John Otto Baijer and
Sarah his wife.
Elizabeth Mary Infant d. of Samuel Otto
Baijer and Eliza his wife ; born the 9
March last.
Buried.
Mary the d. of John & Mary Otto.
Mary Otto.
Bastian Otto Baijer.
Nicholas Otto Baijer.
Cap' John Otto Baijer.
M' Richard Otto Baijer.
Baijer Otto Baijer of this Island.
Baijer Otto Baijer s. of Baijer Otto Baijer
deceased.
Bastian Otto Baijer.
Edward Otto Baijer.
William Otto Baijer (child).
Rowland Otto Baijer (Inf.).
The Hon. John Otto Baijer.
Eliza Ann Pell, Infant.
Barbara Baijer, Cassada Garden, 65.
Married.
John Otto Baijer & Ann Carter. Lie.
Baijer Otto Baijer & Frances OHver.
Lie.
1739 (before 27 Dec.) Omitted John Murray & Frances
Otto. Married by y ReV* M'' Berry,
by Lie.
1745 Oct. 29 Bastian Otto Baijer and Marg. Nicholls
(? Nicholas). Lie.
1746 Jan. 4 Harry Webb, Esq^, and Marg* Otto Baijer.
1797 Nov. — Baijer Otto Baijer to Ann LoTeU, Widow.
Lie.
St. Paul's Parish Register.
1837 Sept. 26 Rowland Archibald Otto Baijer of S'
Peter's, Bachelor, & Louisa Manning
Ledeatt, Spinster, of this Parish. Lie.
1839 Oct. 26 James Heath, Practitioner of Physic, of
S' Peter's, Bachelor, & Louisa Manning
Otto Baijer, Widow. Lie.
1691
Aug.
11
1706
Sept.
15
1715
Mar.
5
1706
Oct.
21
1724
Feb.
5
1734
May
26
1737
Jan.
1
1738
April
9
1745
Jan.
3
1779
Mar.
10
1785
Feb.
14
1786
June
6
1817
May
11
1819
Nov.
24
1843
Sept.
27
1706
3
1720
Nov.
7
St. Philip's Parish Register.
Married.
\in Nov. 21 Rowland Otto Baijer & Sarah Harman,
Spinster.
Parish Register of St. Thomas near Exeter,
CO. Devon.
Baptized.
1767 July 29 Barbara d. of John Otto Baijer, Esq^ &
Sarah his Wife.
Buried.
1790 Nov. 8 John Otto Baijer, Esq^".
1791 Aug. 17 William Cazall, Esq^
1796 April 27 M" Sarah Otto Baijer, Widow.
Parish Register of St. George's, Hanover Square.
Married.
1779 Aug. 14 John Otto Baijer, of Richmond, CO. Surry,
Esq', B., & Sophia Sulivan, of this
parish, S. Licence.
Parish Register of Dutch Church, Austin Friars.
Buried.
1704 Nov. 1 CoUonel Bastian Bajer.
St. John's Churchyard.
In this churchyard there is a very handsome white
marble tomb. At the west end of it on a shield :
Crest : A demi-lion rampant regardant couped, holding in
its dexter paiv a fircone, wreath and helmet.
Ai'ms : . . . . three fircones 2 and 1, impaling a lion
rampant.
On South side : —
Here lyes interred the Body of
JOHN OTTO BAYER Esq.
of whom it may with truth be said.
That he was
Just, Sincere, Charitable, Beneficent, & Friendly :
In gratitude to whose Memory,
Ann his relict
Erected this Monument.
Obijt j4"' die Februarij,
Anno Dom J72f.
^tat. Suffi 67.
On the N. side : —
Here lyes also the Body of
ANNE OTTO BAYER
Relict of the said John Otto Bayer, Esq.
Who dyed in Her Voyage to Eng'' And according to Her
Earnest desire Her |
Body was brought back & is here Interred with that of
Her said Husband |
A true Emblem of their Inseparable Affections.
She was
A Dutifull obliging Wife, A Tender Mother,
A Good Neighbour & Mistress & very Charitable to
the Poor. |
Obijt 21° Junij
Anno Dom' J726.
^tat. Sum 44.
BAUER FAMILY.
31
On a ledger stone lying in the pathway leading from the
W. entrance gate of the churchyard :
Crest : A demi-Jioii rampant ; and the same Arms as on
the tomb.
In Memory of
Cap' BASTIAEN OTTO BAUER
(Nephew of the late Hon'''" Coll°
BASTIAEN BAUER) who departed
this Life in the SS"" year of his Age
March the i"" j7j.5.
This stone is dedicated by his
Mournful Widow GRATIA.
St. John's Cathedral.
as a last mournful token of affection,
this tablet is erected by
elizabeth mary otto bauer,
to the memory of her beloved father,
The Hon"'= SAMUEL OTTO BAI.IER,
OF PAIt,ES ESTATE IN THIS ISLAND ;
WHO DIED AT PHILADELPHIA
ON THE 26"' OF DECEMBER 1835,
AGED 54 YEARS.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF HER MOTHER,
ELIZABETH MARY OTTO BAUER,
WHO DIED IN 1813 AT DOVE HALL
IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA,
IN THE 27"' YEAR OF HER AGE.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF HER BROTHER
ROWLAND ARCHIBALD OTTO BAUER,
SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED
SAMUEL OTTO BAUER AND ELIZ"' MART HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT PARES ESTATE, IN THIS ISLAND,
ON THE 24"' NOVEMBER, 1837,
AGED 25 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS.
AND WHOSE REMAINS REPOSE NEAR THIS SPOT.
On the East wall, on a small marble tablet : —
rtjr i*lcmovi) of &\an\ |)rU,
of rtjts EslauD, rlOfBt §on of
SamufI anO i-HaiP |)rU, of imtW 1t)aU
SijUjcU, Counh) of Xortijamptoii,
h){)0 OtfD at ^Leamington, lilavrJj 31=' 1867,
3lgcD 81 Vravs, anJj toas tntcncD at ^wtocH.
% ftltal Son anH a ScliotcD 3i)usl)<1nD to
toijosf mcmovn as of one nrUrr to tic rrpIarrU,
tfjts (Tablet is rrrrtrti l)i) i)is IHiDoto
3Eli>ai)rti) itlarn |)fU, Baugljtrv of
Samuel (Ptto ISaijrv, of iiJavrs instate
in ti)is IsIanD.
also
to tijc JHcmonj of tijriv Infant Son
©tto 13ai?n- IJrll, born in 1841.
St. Thomas near Exeter.
On a ledger, S. Aisle : —
JOHN OTTO BAUER Esq"-
died Nov^ the P* 1790 :
Aged 67
WILLIAM GAZAL Esq'
died Aug. the 11, 1791
Aged 39
ELIZ"'* OTTO BAUER
died April the 20"' 1796
Aged 70.
Exeter Cathedral.
S. Aisle. Small white marble mural tablet : —
T. OKES, M.D. I .^TAT. 66. A.D. 1797 |
[Two Greek lines follow.]
[His son, Rev. Richard Okes, D.D., Provost of King's
College, Cambridge, died 29 Nov. 1888, set. 90.]
• Error for Sarah.
^ctitsrte of 3Sanntstei\
BANNISTER^
I
Richard Bannister, bur. 20=
Dec. 1768 at St. Philip's.
Mary .... bur. 6-
Oct. 1749at Par-
ham. 1st wife.
^Robert Bannister of Antigua, Collector=
of Customs ; bur. at Pelican Island. Will
dated 16 Nov. 1765 ; sworn 3 April 1 766.
Alice Ban-
nister, living
1705.
Mary Ban-
nister, living
1765.
=Elizabeth, dau. of Colonel
Nath. Gilbert ; mar. 4
Dec. 1750 at St. Philip's;
living 1765. 2nd wife.
Joseph Ban-
nister, bur.
21 January
1736 at St.
Piiilip's.
Mary Ban-
nister, bur.
1 1 Decem-
ber 1734 at
St. Philip's.
? Thomas
Bannister,
bur. 16
Feb. 1742
at St.
Philip's.
Robert Ban-=
nister, living
1758 ; died
v.p.
=Janetta,
living
1765,
mar.
2ndly
James
Blair of
St. Vin-
cent.
His will
proved
P.C.C.
I I I
John Bannis-
ter, named
1758 in will
of John
Lightfoot.
Martha Ban-
nister, living
1765, spin-
ster.
Anne Bannis-
ter, bapt. 4
June 1753 at
St. John's.
Alice Gilbert Ban-
nister, spinster 1765,
mar. Rev. Nicholas
Mosley Cheek, Rec-
tor of Rolleston, co.
Staff., son of Solomon
Cheek by Elizabeth,
1st sister of Sir John
P. Moseley, Bart.;
she died 14 Nov.
1825, ffit. 73, leaving
issue John M. Cheek
of Evesham, J. P.,
Mayor of Worcester
1841.
I I
Catherine Ban-
nister, mar. John
Burton of An-
tigua, mariner.
Will dated 7 Jan.
1782 ; sworn 19
Jan. 1787.
Mary Bannister,
mar. 14 July
1764, at St.
John's, John
Lyons.
Robert Bannister, living 5 April 1785
at St. Vincent, died there a bachelor
and minor in or before 1787.
Janetta Macarther Bannister, sole heir to her brother,=rGore Brown. In 1787
living 1765. On 5 April 1785 of St. Vincent, spinster ; | an Ensign in 25th Foot.
mar. before 9 Aug. 1787. M
32
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
I
I I
Bannister=p. . . . Mary Bannister, living 1773. Harriet Bannister, living 1773.
I
John Bannister of Antigua, died 1774. Will dated=
6 July 1773 ; proved 18 March 1774. (80 Bar-
grave.) Perhaps brother of Robert Bannister,
collector.
^Elizabeth .... Will dated 12 Aug. 1788,
then of Harley Street, widow ; proved P.C.C.
27 May 1789, and recorded at Antigua.
. I
Elizabeth Bannister ,=pSir George
1st dau. and coheir,
? born 27 July 1747
andbapt. 1747 at St.
John's.
Osborne,
Bart., of
Compton,
CO. Beds.
Henrietta Maria Ban-
nister, 2nd dau. and
coheir, bapt. 3 Jan.
1750 at St. John's ;
mar. 17 Jan. 1771 ;
died 20 Nov. 1796.
Sir John Osborne, 2nd
Bart., only son.
Francis North, 6th
Earl of Guildford,
1st son.
=Hon. and Right Rev.
Brownlow North,
D.D., Bishop of Win-
chester ; born 17 July
1741 ; died 12 July
1820. M.I. in Lady
Chapel, Winchester
Cathedral.
AnneBanniBter,=
8rd dau. and co-
heir, bapt. 4
June 1753 at St.
John's; living
r793.
Elizabeth Bannister,
livinn- 1773.
=Rev. Edmund Poulter
of Portman Square
in 1787.
/■\
Rev. Charles Augustus North,-
3rd son, born 23 June 1785.
Rector of Alverstoke, co. Hants.
=Rachael, 2nd dan. of Thomas Jarvis of
Mount Joshua, Antigua ; mar. 1809.
John Lightfoot, Esq., in his will dated 1758, names
Rob' Bannister, Jun., & Mary Bannister, Alice Bannister,
Martha Bannister, & John Bannister, the younger children
of Rob' Bannister, Esq.
Robert Bannister, Esq., of Antigua. Will dated 1 6 Nov.
1765. To be buried on my Pelican Island in Belfast
Division. To my wife Eliz. all her rings, watches, jewels,
linen, chaise & horse, & £50 c. To my dau. Mary, wife of
John Lyons, & my wife all my furniture & plate. To my
dau. Alice Bannister a negroe. To my dau. Martha a
negroe. To my granddau Macarther Bannister a
negroe. To my brother Rich'^ Bannister £100 c. To each
niece Alice Bannister & Mary Bannister .... brother Rich''
£50 c. at 21. These legacies only to be paid if my estate
realize over £5000 c. Freedom to certain slaves. To my
dau ine Burton, wife of John Burton of Antigua,
mariner, my lands & buildings in the east part of the
town of Parham. Power to Es'ors to sell the leases from
John Lindsey, Esq. Lands to Patrick Grant, Chas. Payne
Sharpe, Esq., my .... in law .... yons, Esq., my brother
in law D'' John Gilbert on trust to sell. To my wife Eliz.
£200 c. yearly. To my dau. in law Janetta Bannister
£100 c. yearly during her widowhood. Tlie annuity to
my wife is in lieu of monies for which I became bound to
John Lightfoot of Antigua, Esq., in trust for my wife at
our marriage, date of bond 4 Dec. 1760 (? 1750). All
residue to my daus. Mary Lyons, Alice Bannister & Martha
Bannister, & my grandchildren Robert Bannister & Janetta
Macarther Bannister equally. My wife during her widow-
hood & my brother in law Nath' Gilbert, Guardians. My
wife, Patrick Grant, Chas. Payne Sharpe, John Lyons &
John Gilbert, Ex'ors. Witnessed by W" G. Hillhouse,
Sam' Lavicount. Before Geo. Thomas, Esq., Governor,
appeared W" Garret Hillhouse, Esq., & was sworn 3 April
1766 ; recorded 25 April 1766. [Parts of this will are
missing.]
John Banister of Cavendish Square, Esq. Will dated
6 July 1773 ; proved 18 March 1774 by Elizabeth Banister
the widow. Power reserved to the other Executors. On
19 Sept. 1793 administration of the estate of testator,
formerly of St. George's, Hanover Square, but late of
St. Marylebone, Esq., deceased, left unadministered by
Elizabeth Banister the widow, granted to Ann Poulter,
formerly Bannister (wife of Rev. Edmond Poulter, clerk),
the daughter and residuary legatee, Ralph Willett, Esq., the
surviving Executor renouncing (80 Bargrave). To my
wife Eliz. all Jewells, plate, furniture, pictures, linen,
carriages & horses. To my sons in law Sir Geo. Osborne,
Bart., & the Rt. Rev. Brownlow, Bishop of Litchfield &
Coventry, £150 each. To my sister Ehz. Banister an annuity
of £100. To my aunts Mary & Harriet Banister annuities
of £42 10s. To Geo. Byng, Esq., & Ralph Willett, Esq.,
trustees under the mar. sett, of my late dau. Lady Osborne,
dec'', £5000 st. for my grds. John Osborne their only s. at 25.
There is due to me from W" Byam of Antigua, Esq., upon
mortgage of his plantation £11,000, which shall be made
up to £15,000, & I give this to the Earl of Dartmouth &
Lord Pelham, trustees under the mar. sett, of my dau.
North, to pay £400 a yr. to my wife Eliz., and the residue
for the children of my s'' dau. All residue to my Ex'ors to
pay a further £200 a yr. to my wife (who is also entitled
to £400 a yr. more by the marr. sett, of my late dau. Lady
Osborne), & the residue to my dau. Ann Banister at 28.
Ralph Willett of Morley [Merley], co. Dorset, Esq., W"'
Millar, late of Antigua, D'' of Physic, now of Walkinshaw,
Scotland, Esq., my wife Eliz., Steph. Blizard & Tho. Jarvis,
both of Antigua, Esq'«=, Ex'ors. M"^ Willett & my wife to
be Guardians of my dau. Anne. Witnessed by Hon. Wilmot,
John Lancaster, Rob' Watts, Jun.
Elizabeth Banister of Harley Street, Cavendish Square,
St. Marylebone, widow. Will dated 12 Aug. 1788 ;
proved P.C.C. 27 May 1789 by Brownlow, Bishop of
Winchester. £50 or £60 for funeral. £500 to my son in
law the Hon. & R' Rev. Father in God, Brownlow, Lord
Bishop of Winchester, & W°" Manning, Sen'', of S' Mary ^
Axe, Esq., on Trust, & out of the interest to pay 10 guineas
yearly to M' Marsh, dentist, till my grandson John Osborn
be 25 "to have his teeth properly taken care of," &
remainder to accrue for him. To my said grandson my
barrel organ & £50 for a watch, & his mother's oil picture
given me by his father, also his mother's picture on copper
when a girl, also his own picture when a child by Gardner.
To my son in law Sir George Osborn, Bart., £50. To my
dau. Ann Poulter £500, my bloodstone etwee, & my
cornelian seal with her father's & my arms, also £50. To
my son in law M'' Poulter £50. To my granddau. Harriet
North my watch & seals, & £100, & the Indian shawl her
BANNISTER FAMILY.
33
mother gave me. To my grandson Francis North £100.
To my granddau. Louisa North £50. To my grand-
daughters Lucy & Eliz. North & my grandson Brownlow
North 20 guineas each. To M'^ Sarah Blizard of Welbeck
Street, dau. of the late Stephen Blizard of Antigua,
20 guineas. To W" Manning of S' Mary Axe, Esq.,
20 guineas. To the Lady Heneage Osborn, wife of my son
in law Sir George Osborne, Bart., 20 guineas. To my
maid Mary Vernon 8 guineas. To my footman Thos.
Porter 8 guineas. To M''^ Susanna Butt, Sen'", my dau.
Poulter's housekeeper, 5 guineas. All residue to my son
in law Brownlow, Bishop of Winchester, & to my dau.
Harriet his wife, they to be sole Es'ors. Witnessed by
John Hogarth, Will" Thompson. Codicil dated 25 March
1789. To be buried at Compton, in Beds, Sir George
Osborn's parish church, just by Chicksand. Recorded at
Antigua 3 Oct. 1789.
Will of James Blair of St. Vincent's : Jennetta Blair,
dear wife, Robert and Jenny Banister, wife's children,
Henry Sharpe, father-in-law, Charles Payne Sharpe, brother-
in-law.
Close Roll, 27 Geo. IlL, Part 10, Nos. 4 and 5.
Indenture made the 25th July 1787 between John
Osborn (only child of Sir George Osborn of Chicksand
Priory, Beds, Bart., by Elizabeth his late wife, deceased,
one of the daughters and coheirs of John Banister of
London, merchant, deceased), an infant mortagee within
the intent and meaning of an Act of Parliament of 7 Anne
" to enable infants who are seized of estates in fee, in trust,
or by way of mortgage, to make conveyances of the said
estates," the Hon. and Rev. Brownlow North, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Winchester, and Harriet his wife (another
daughter and coheir of John Banister), and Edmund
Poulter of Portman Square, clerk, and Anne his wife (one
other of the daughters and coheirs, etc.) of the one part,
and James Nibbs of Antigua, Esq. (son and heir-at-law of
Samuel Nibbs, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the
other part, witnesses that in consideration of 5s. apiece
.... the former grant, etc., etc., to the latter all that
plantation called Dickinson's Bay Plantation, in the Division
of Dickinson's Bay, containing 80 acres, bounded East
and North with lands belonging to the heirs of James
Wetherill, deceased ; South, with lands belonging to
the heirs of Henry Knight, deceased, then in the possession
of Samuel Nibbs ; and West, with lands heretofore of
Christopher Knight, deceased, together with the canes and
other things thereon, growing and being, which was hereto-
fore the plantation of Nathaniel Knight, Esq., deceased
.... and also all the following slaves (names given), 14
women and 11 men .... to have and to hold for one whole
year .... to the uses of an Indenture to be made, etc., etc.
No. 4.
Indenture tripartite made the 26th July 1787 between
John Osborn, etc., etc., the Hon. and Rev. Brownlow
North and Harriet his wife, and the Rev. Edmund Poulter
and Anne his wife, of the Ist part ; Elizabeth Bannister of
Harley Street, Cavendish Square (widow of John Bannister
aforesaid, and sole Executrix of his will), of the 2nd part ;
and James Nibbs, etc., etc., of the 3rd part. Whereas by
Indentures made the 2nd and 3rd June 1760 between
Samuel Nibbs, since deceased, and Elizabeth his wife, of
the one part, and Richard Oliver and Richard Oliver of
London, Esquires, merchants and partners, of the other
part, it was witnessed that in consideration of £4861
Samuel and Elizabeth Nibbs did grant, etc., to Richard
and Richard Oliver all that plantation called Dickinson's
Bay Plantation (as in No. 5), to their only proper use, but
with a proviso of redemption on payment of the said sum
at a time therein mentioned with interest at 6 per cent.,
and of all other money Richard and Richard Oliver should
advance .... and whereas by Deed Poll of even date,
indorsed on the Release, under the hand of Robert
Christian, Esq., one of the Justices of H.M.'s Court of
Common Pleas, Antigua, it was certified that Elizabeth
Nibbs had appeared before him and declared she executed,
etc., etc., of her own free will, without any throat, dread, or
compulsion of her said husband .... and whereas by
Indentures of the 27th and 28th April 1764, the Release
being tripartite, between Richard Oliver, late of London,
but then of Antigua, merchant, of the 1st part; Samuel
Nibbs of the 2nd part ; and John Bannister of the 3rd
part, reciting as above .... and that Richard Oliver the
elder was dead, so that the mortgage was vested in Richard
Oliver, party hereto, and there was then due to him, on
the 1st Oct. then next, £5088 is. Ud. for principal and
interest, for payment of which Samuel Nibbs had drawn
bills upon John Bannister in favour of Stephen Blizard,
Esq., or his order, which bills Stephen Blizard had indorsed
to Richard Oliver, and it was witnessed that for the con-
siderations mentioned Richard Ohver and Samuel Nibbs did
grant, etc., to John Bannister the said plantation, etc.,
subject to a proviso of redemption, on payment, etc., etc.,
and whereas John Bannister departed this life 1774,
having made his will 6th July 1773, and after giving several
pecuniary legacies, gave all residue whatsoever and where-
soever to his Executors, in trust for purposes mentioned, and
appointed .... Ralph Willett of Morley, co. Dorset, Esq.,
William Millar, late of Antigua, M.D., and then of Walking-
schaw, Scotland, Esq., Elizabeth Bannister his wife, Stephen
Blizard of Antigua, Esq., & Thomas Jarvis of Antigua, Esq.,
his Executors, and Elizabeth Bannister only proved the
will ; and whereas the moneys secured by the said Indenture
of Mortgage are part of the estate of John Bannister ....
and whereas John Osborn .... Harriet, wife of Brownlow
North .... and Anne, wife of Edmund Poulter .... are
the coheirs of John Bannister, and are mortgagees in fee,
and the said John Osborn is an Infant Mortgagee as afore-
said .... certified by Mr. Pepys, a Master in Chancery, the
13th July 1787, whereon the 24th July 1787 an order was
made that .John Osborn should convey, etc., etc and
whereas the £5088 4s. lid. and interest have been fully
paid .... Now this indenture witnesses that in consideration
of £5088 4s. lid. paid to "Elizabeth Bannister, with the
consent and approbation of John Osborn, Harriet North,
and Anne Poulter, and of 16s. apiece to them, they grant,
etc., etc., to James Nibbs all that plantation, etc., etc. (as
in No. 5) to the only proper use of James Nibbs ....
Close Roll, 27 Geo. III., Part 7, No. 13.
Indenture made the 9th Aug. 1787 between Gore Browne,
an Ensign in His Majesty's 25th Regiment of Foot, .Janetta
Browne his wife (sister and heir at law of Robert Banister,
late of St. Vincent's, Gentleman, deceased) of the one part,
and John Yates, Esq., and Warner Barter, Esq., both of
Antigua (surviving trustees of the will of Richard Manning,
late of Antigua, carpenter, deceased, of the other part.
Whereas Robert Banister, deceased, was seized of a lott of
land in the town of St. John's, Antigua, which he sold to
Richard Manning for £165 cur., and whereas he was within
the age of 21 at the time of the sale, and departed his
life before attainment of the said age, in consequence
of which he never executed any legal conveyance ....
although he had actually and bona fide received the con-
sideration money .... and whereas Janetta, wife of 'Gore
Browne, being then sole, did, on the 5th April 1785, for
securing Richard Manning in his purchase, enter into a
bond by the name of Janetta Banister of St. Vincent's,
F
34
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
jointly with Robert Banister deceased, to Richard Manning,
in the penalty of £605 cur., and whereas Janetta, by virtue
of Robert Banister dying without lawful issue and un-
married, became entitled to the said lott of laud .... and
whereas Richard Manning is since deceased, having made
his will the 11th May 1786, and given to his friends
Alexander Scott, since deceased, John Yates, and Warner
Barter, all residue of his estate real and personal in trust to
pay one moiety to Margaret Manning his wife, for life, and
the other moiety to Margaret Manning his daughter, and
from the death of his wife all to his daughter and her heirs
for ever, and appointed his said trustees and his wife and
daughter Executors. Now therefore this Indenture wit-
nesseth that for saving the penalty of the said bond, and in
consideration of £165 cur. paid by Richard Manning in his
lifetime, and also of 5s Gore Browne and Janetta his
wife grant, etc., etc., to John Yates and Warner Barter all
that parcel of land in Church Street, Antigua, containing
one proportion of land, butted and bounded east with the
land heretofore of Rachael Gamble, deceased, but now of
Richard Bowman, north with a lane, west with Cross Street,
and south with Chm'ch Street, and all tenements, etc., etc.,
to have and to hold in trust for the uses of the said recited
will and no other use, etc., whatsoever .... and lastly Gore
and Janetta Browne appoint Elias Ferris, Esq., and William
Gilbert, Esq., both of Antigua, their attorneys. John Kirby,
Ensign .55th Regiment, Nathaniel Clayton, Town Clerk of
Newcastle upon Tyne, witnesses.
"October y^ 4"" 1679. Rich* Banister in the sloop
true Friendship for Antegoa, Charles Kallahane, Comander,
time out." (Ticket grants, Barbados, p. 355, Hotten's
Lists.)
1825, Nov. 14. Devon. At Court Hall, Sidbury, near
Sidmouth, aged 73, Alice Gilbert, widow of the Rev.
Nicholas Mosley Cheek, founder of St. Stephen's Church,
Salford, Manchester, and dau. of the late Robert Bannister,
Esq., of Antigua. In her the most unequivocal piety was
added to the sweetest disposition, and the most endearing
manners. (" Gentleman's Magazine," p. 572.)
1750 Jan. 3
1753 June 4
1764 July 14
Parish Register of St. John's.
Bapiized.
1747 John Bannister & Elizabeth his wife;
born the 27 July last.
Henrietta Maria the D. of John Bannister,
Esq'', and Elizabeth his wife.
Anne the D. of John Bannister, Esq%
Collector, and Elizabeth his wife.
Married.
John Lyons to Mary Bannister. L.
Parish Register of St. Philip's.
Buried.
Mary Bannister, a child.
Joseph S. of Robert Bannister.
Thomas Bannister.
Mary Bannister Wife of Rob' Bannister at
Parham.
Rich'' Bannister.
Married.
Rob* Bannister & Eliz. Gilbert, spinster.
Parish Register of St. George's.
Bapiized.
? 1738 Rob' Bannister.
Married.
1750 Robert Bannister, Gentleman, and Eliza-
beth Gilbert, Spinster, of the Parish of
Parham, were married December the 4*''
1750 in Belfast.
1734
Dec.
11
1736
Jan.
21
1742
Feb.
16
1749
Oct.
6
1768 Dec. 20
1750 Dec. 14
^ttiicjrtt of Barnts.
. . . BARNES=
Major William Barnes, Speaker of Assembly 1678 ; Prov.=i=Ursula, dau. of
Mar. General 1694. Will
11 May 1695 (67 Irby).
dated 1 Dec. 1693 ; proved
1693.
living
Thomas Barnes,
living 1693.
Nathaniel Barnes,=p.
living 1693; died
before 1694.
1st
wife.
I
=V\ illiam Barnes of Antigua, Gent.,=pSarah, dau. of=
born Dec. 1656 ; ffit. 32 in 1688
died 16 Nov. 1695, ajt. 39. M.I.
at St. George's. West India Mer-
chant ; he or his father Speaker
1694. Will dated 10 Nov. 1695;
proved 4 June 1698 (137 Lost).
Wood of
Bristol. L.A.C.
dated 4 Dec.
1088, then set.
19. 2nd wife.
=Anne, dau. of Col. Isabella
Ph. Warner, Dep. Barnes,
Governor of An- living
tigua; bur. at St. 1693;
George's 13 Feb. m
1745. 3rd wife. Shute.
Benjamin Barnes,
bur. at St. John's
18 Nov. 1695.
Nathaniel
Barnes,
living
1693.
Anne Roach,=pJohu Barnes, lst=
mar. at St.
John's 4 Jan.
1732 ; bur.
there 20 Oct.
1733. 1st
wife.
son,Eet. 27, 1708;
sold his estate
1719 by Act ; in
1727 of New
England.
^
=Rachel Alsop, dau. of Ehjah
Alsop and sister of Mrs. Ann
Pike ; mar. 27 Nov. 1736 at
St. Philip's ; she mar. 2ndly,
16 March 1750, at St. Paul's,
Dr. Arch. Ramsay. 2ud wife.
William Barnes,^
2nd son, a minor
in 1695 ; living
1719, ? of Bris-
tol ; soap-boiler
in 1727.
=Mary
living
1719.
Thomas Philip Barnes, 4th
Barnes, son, born 4 June
3rd son, 1695 ; bapt. at St.
died at Paul's 7 June 1696;
the age died 26 March
of 2. 1697. M.I. in St.
George's Church,
Fitche's Creek.
Ann Barnes, bapt. at St. John's 20 Oct. 1733.
BARNES FAMILY.
35
Major William Barnes, late of Antigua, now of Milend
in Stepney. Will dated 1 Dec. 1693 ; proved 11 May 1(;!).5
by William Barnes the son. ((!7 Irby.) Recorded at
Antigua 28 April l(;i)4. To my dear wife M" Ursula
Barnes ^ of the yearly profits of my plantation in Antigua
for life, & ^ of the debt due to me from Capt. Francis
Carlile of Antigua, & all monies in the hands of Mr. Rich"!
Gary of London, Merch', & all my plate & household stuff.
To my dau. Isabella Barnes, now Shute, after the death of
my wife, her mother, £20 yearly for life. To my beloved
brother Mr. The. Barnes £10. To my nephew Nath'
Barnes £10. To my very good friends Capt. John Fry &
Col. Francis Carlile £10 each. To my son W™ Barnes all
residue, & appoint him sole Ex'or. Witnessed by Joseph
Andrews, Thomas Moulton, Ruth Barber.
William Barnes of Antigua, sometime of London,
Merch^. Will dated Nov. 1695; proved 4 June 1698 by
Samuel Martin & John Fry, Jun', power reserved to John
Fry, Sen"'. (137 Lort.) Recorded at Antigua 20 Nov.
169.5. Funeral expenses £20. To my loving wife all
household stuff. To my son W" Barnes £1200 at 21, &
£40 yearly maintenance till then, & all the plate in the
hands of M' Jonathan Buttalls of Battersea, also the box of
watches & trinkets in the hands of M"^ Rich'* Cary of
Loudon, Merch'. The plantation I settled on my wife
before I married her & 25 negros. £500 to the child my
wife now goeth with if my son Thos. be then alive. My
loving brothers Esias Burges & Henry Perne Guardians to
my son Thomas. All residue to my son John Barnes & his
heirs, & in default to my son W" Barnes, then to my son
Tho. Barnes. My son John Barnes sole Ex'or, & my loving
fi'iends John Fry, Esq., & my brothers Samuel Martin &
John Fry, Jun'', Ex'ors & Guardians of my son John
Barnes, & give them each £10 & a 40s. ring. Witnessed
by Jer. Blizard, Fran. Blizard, Ann Bishop, Jn° Nibbs.
Edward Barnes of St. John's Town, Mariner. Will
dated 2 Dec. 1746. All estate to my 2 children Edward
Barnes & Ann Barnes. My wife Cath. Ex'trix. Witnessed
by Rebecka Curtiell, Isaac Martiu. By Hon. John Tom-
linson, Esq., Lieut. -Governor, appeared Isaac Martin,
clarke, & was sworn 12 July 1750. Recorded 18 Feb.
1761.
On a marble ledger in the nave of St. George's Church,
Fitche's Creek, is the following inscription, surmounted by
a scull, cross-bones, and hour-glass : —
Here lyes the body of William Barnes Aged
thirty nine years born in December An"
1656 and departed this life y'' 16*1" of Nov^
1695 as alfo the Body of Phillip Barnes
the son of the said AVilliaji and Ann Barnes
born the 4"' of lune An" 1695 who Departed this
Life the 26'" of March I697.
1668. Mr. John Barnes, Mr. Nathaniel Thornton, and
Mr. Robert Stevens, 600 acres granted by'Governor Winthrop
on 12 April 1668. Surveyed 16 April 1668.
1672. William Barnes of Kingsaile in Ireland,
Geut., takes possession of an estate in Antigua for 0.
Martin.
1675. Mr. William Barnes, two proportions 40 feet by
50 feet in Bridge Town, granted by Governor Williams on
28 Sept. 1675. Surveyed 8 Oct, 1675.
1679. Sergeant-Major William Barnes, 237 acres by
warrant of 16 July from Hon. Sergeant-Major .Jer. Watkins
and Hon. Paul Lee, Judges. Surveyed 20 July 1679.
Also 250 acres granted by Governor Stapleton 6 Feb. 1678.
Surveyed 13 May 1679.
1680, Feb. 22. Indenture of sale. Robert Gill of
Barbados and Charity his wife, dau. and heiress of Captain
Edward Foot, late of Antigua, sell to Major William Barnes
of Antigua 117 acres, formerly Captain Foot's.
1680. Major William Barnes has a patent for 237
acres granted 28 Feb. 1680 by Sir W. Stapleton, likewise a
patent for 117 acres in partnership with Captain Fra. Carlile.
1680. Mr. William Barnes, jun., has a patent for 230
acres granted 28 Feb. 1680 at the yearly rent of an ear of
Indian corn, late Mr. William Yeamans, deceased.
1681. William Barnes, jun., Gent., has a patent for 230
acres granted 8 Dec. 1681 by Sir W. Stapleton.
1688. Mr. Nathaniel Barnes two proportions at St.
John's Town by warrant from Sir Nathaniel Johnson dated
28 June 1688. Surveyed 7 July 1688.
1693. Mr. William Barnes rated on 100 acres. St.
Mary's Vestry Book.
1693. Mr. Nathaniel Barnes, 1 proportion by warrant
from John Yeamans dated 20 May 1693. Sui-veyed 6 June
1693.
1694, Feb. 15. Act No. 92. Private. To sell the
estate of Nathaniel Barnes, deceased, for the payment of his
debts.
1696. Madame Ann Barnes rated on 300 acres. St.
Mary's Vestry Book.
1708. In a deposition John Barnes, Gent., then a3t. 27.
1719, July 6. Act read. John Barnes sold land in
1713 to William Thomas, Esq., deceased. WiUiam Barnes
(brother of said John Barnes) with Mary his wife aliened
all right to same.
1719, July 13. Act No. 164. Private. An Act for
the better securing and confirming the title of George
Thomas, nephew and heir to William Thomas, late of the
said island. Esquire, deceased, to certain lands and negroes
purchased of John Barnes, Gentleman, by the said AVilliam
Thomas.
Deposition of Ann Barnes, widow and relict of William
Barnes, Gent., 11 Aug. 1724. She had two sons by him,
Thomas and Philip. Thomas died set. 2, and PhiHp under
12 months.
Letter from Edward Warner re his aunt, Mrs. Anne
Barnes : " I very well remember her husband Mr. William
Barnes, when I was a child in Antigua, and that she was
his second wife is very certain, for I well know Mr. John
Barnes, now in New England, who was a son of said William
Barnes, deceased, and have heard of another son at Bristoll,
a soap boiler, but my Aunt Barnes has no child of her own
alive. To William Niviue, Esq." Received 5 Oct. 1727.
William Barnes, sen., made his will 10 Nov. 1695, and gave
all residue to his son, John Barnes, with remainder to his
second son William Barnes, his third son Thomas Barnes,
etc. Fra. Fane reports thereon 12 Nov. 1727.
1779, Feb. 13. Indenture of sale. John Taylor and
Lilias his wife sell to Edward Barnes of Antigua, mariner,
a parcel of land for £500 c.
1800, June 17. Henry Barnes, youngest son of John
Barnes, late of the island of Antigua, Esq., deceased.
(Foster's " Gray's Inn Admissions.")
Parish Register of St. John's.
Baptized.
1726 May 8 Rhoda D. of Edward Barnes & Catherine
his wife.
1732 Dec. 31 RebeckaD. of Edward Barnes & Catherine
his wife.
36
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1742 July 18 Edward the s. of Edward Barnes &
Catherine his wife.
1733 Oct. 20 Ann the D. of John Barnes & Ann his
wife.
Buried.
1695
Xov.
18
Benjamin the S. of Nathaniel Barnes,
Dec"!.
1729
Dec.
24
Eliz. Barnes.
1732
Mar.
3
Rebecka Barnes, a child.
1733
Oct.
20
Ann wife of John Barnes.
1738
Nov.
22
Mary y« D. of Edward Barnes.
1745
Feb.
13
Madam Ann Barnes, in the country.
1746
Dec.
3
Edward Barnes.
1758
Sept.
6
Cathrine Barnes.
1776
Jan.
5
Edward Barnes.
1777
Oct.
2
Thomas Barnes.
1787
Sept.
6
Christian Barnes.
1790
Nov.
7
Capt. Samuel Barnes.
1717
June
29
1724
Mar.
27
1732
Jan.
4
1750
Feb.
27
Married.
Joshua Gill & Eliza Barnes. Lie.
Edward Barnes and Catherine Francis.
Lie.
John Barnes and Ann Roach. Lie.
George Crawford & Ann Barnes.
Parish Register of St. George's.
Buried.
1745 Feb. 18 M" Ann Barnes.
Parish Register of St. Philip's.
Buried.
1739 Aug. 27 M'- Edward Barnes.
1740 June 8 M" Christian Barnes, Widow.
1745 Oct. 4 Rebeka Anne, Infant D. of John Barnes.
Married
1736 Nov. 27 John Barnes to Rachel Alsop.
Parish Register of St. Paul's.
Married.
1750 Mar. 16 Docf Archibald Ramsay and M" Rachael
Barnes, Widow. Lie.
1751 . . rch 30 Richard Soanes and Anne Barnes. Lie.
Buried.
1837 Nov. 12 Arthur Vernon Barnes, Gent., English
Harbour. 26.
1688, Dec 4. William Barnes of S' James, Garlickhith,
Lond., Merch*, Wid'', ab' 32, & M--^ Sarah Wood of Bristol,
Sp'', ab' 19, with consent of her mother, her father dead ; at
Battersea, Surrey. (Marriage Allegations, Vicar-General.)
^^ttiicjrtt of Baitti%
RENOLDER BARTER of Falmouth, Antigua, planter. Will dated 10 Aug. 1675.=f=Agnes .... living 1675.
1709.
? living=pMajor James Barter, younger=pElizabeth Trelawny, widow, William Barter, =pAnne ... .living 1695;
son. Captain in 1709, bur. 21
April 1733 at St. Paul's
mar. at St. Paul's 10 Nov. elder son and
1726. 2nd wife (?). heir. Will dated
/K 8 June 1695.
mar. 2ndly before 26
March 1697 Adam
Martin.
Mr. James Barter of Ren-;
devous Bay plantation,
bur. at St. Paul's 12 Aug.
1755. Will dated 8 Aug.
1755.
=Ann .... living 1755.
Mr. Samuel Barter, bur. at
St. Paul's 21 Oct. 1732.
Edward Barter, living 1697,=p.
a minor at his father's death.
Agnes Barter, bapt. at St. Peter's
15 March 1727.
James Barter, bapt. 29 Jnly 1732
at St. Paul's, living 1755. Heir.
William Barter, bapt. at St. Paul's
26 Feb. 1736; bur. at St. Paul's
8 June 1737.
Warner Barter, bapt. at St. Paul's
27 May 1 788 ; living 1755. Party
to Close Roll of Bannister 1787.
" Esq." Died and left legacy to
his nephew and niece Adair.
Charles Barter, bapt. at St.
Paul's 10 Jan. 1739 ; bur. there
2 (? July) 1775. An Overseer.
William Barter, twin with John,
born 10 Oct., bapt. 7 Nov. 1742
at St. Paul's ; living 1755.
John Barter, twin with William,
born 10 Oct., bapt. 7 Nov. 1742
at St. Paul's ; bur. there 21
Aug. 1743.
Anne Barter,=f=Dr. James Mac-=pAgnes, dan. Frances
bapt. at St. kittrick - Adair, of ... . bur.
Paul's 13 settled at An- at St. Paul's
March 1734, tigua in 1750, 20 Sept.
living 1755. andleftinl765; 1753. 1st
2nd wife. assumed name wife.
of Adair ; died
1801.
/\
Barter,
living
1755.
=Dr. James Mackittrick-Adaii', died at Harrogate Anne AdairT=Rev. Dr. A. Laurie, Minister of Loudon, Ayrshire.
1802, v.p.
Major .... Adair=p.
Major Wallace Adair, now
in France, 1891.
I
Adair=p. . . . Laurie.
i
I I
3 other sons. 8 daughters.
Archibald Campbell Laurie, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, 1892.
BARTER FAMILY.
37
Renolder Barter of Antigua, planter. Will dated 10
Aug. 1675. To my cousin Bi-idget Sampson & Chas. Bald-
win one heifer each if they be obedient to my wife Agnes.
To my son W™ Barter my plantation in Falmouth.
To my son Jas. Barter a negroe. All goods to my 2 sons at
21. My wife Es'trix. My friend M"^ W" Wainwright is to
manage my estate. Witnessed by Paul Lee, W"" Procter.
Before Rowland Williams appeared W"" Proctor & was
sworn 30 April 1076.
William Barter. Will dated 8 June 1695. To my wife
Anne ^ my estate daring her widowhood. All residue to
my son Edward, he to be E.x'or, & in default to my brother
James Barter. Stephen Duer & Isaac Horsford to be
Trustees. Witnessed by Rob' Smith, Edw"* Leaver, Rich'^
Burraston. Before Chris. Codrington, Governor, appeared
Rob' Smith, Edw* licaver, & Rich* Burraston, & were
sworn 21 Nov. 1695. Recorded at Antigua.
James Barter of St. Paul's, Antigua, Gent. Will dated
8 Aug. 1755. By Indenture da. 31 July 1755 between my-
self, styled Esq., of the one part, & Thos. Elmes, Edw''
Home, & W"' Maxwell of Antigua, Esq'% of the other part,
reciting my debts, I sold to the said trustees all my planta-
tion called Rendevous Bay, with benefit of redemption, but
no provision was made for the advancement of my younger
children. I bequeath all my estate to my wife Ann, the
Hon. Rich* Tyrrell, Thos. Ehnes, Wm Maxwell, & Edw''
Home, Esq's on Trust to pay my debts & then to raise
£1000 c. for each of my younger children. 2 negroes to
my dau. Frances Barter. 3 negroes to my dau. Ann Barter.
The use of my house & furniture to my wife. All residue
to my son Jas. Barter & his heirs, and in default to my
2'"' son Warner, then to my 3'* son Charles, then to my
youngest son W", then equally to my 2 dan's. If any son
dock the entail he shall pay £1000 c. to each of my children.
My wife & trustees Ex'ors. Witnessed by Henret Horsford,
Margrett Mascall, jun>', Abigail Winthrop. Before Geo.
Thomas, Esq., Governor, appeared Henrietta Horsford, &
was sworn 19 Aug. 1755. Recorded at Antigua 15 April
1761.
Margaret Barter, spinster. Will dated 20 Nov. 1773.
All my estate to the Hon. Francis Frye, Esq., of Antigua,
in Trust for my sister Hannah Anderton, wife of W^^
Anderton of Antigua, planter. Francis Frye, Esq., & W'"
Anderton, Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Rutherford, William
Page. Before Tho. Shirley, Esq., Governor, etc., appeared
W"' Page, planter, and was sworn 7 Feb. 1784. Recorded
9 Feb. 1784.
Antigua. By Chris. Codrington. W'" Barter, deceased,
left his only son Edward Barter, a Minor, his sole Ex'or.
Adam Martin has married the testator's widow & mother of
the said Edward Barter. Adm'on to Adam Martin 26
March 1697. Recorded 7 April 1697. Order to appraise
the estate dated 26 March 1697.
Inventory of estate of W'" Barter deceased. Valued at
aSOO lbs. of sugar ; certified 23 Aug. 1697 by W"' Cochran
& Sam^ Parry. Recorded 22 Aug. 1697.
1732
July
29
1734
Mar.
13
1736
Feb.
26
1738
May
27
1739
Jan.
10
1742
Nov.
7
Parish Register of St. Paul's.
Married.
1726 Nov. 10 Maj'- James Barter, Esq'', and M'' Eliza-
beth Trelawny, Widow. L.
Baptized.
James S. of James Barter & Anne his wife.
Anne D. of M' James Barter and Anne
his wife.
William S. of James Barter.
Warner S. of M'' James Barter and Anne
his wife.
Charles S. of M'' James Barter and Anne
his wife.
William and John, Twins, Sons of M''
James Barter & Anne his wife, who were
bom y" 10"' of October last.
Buried.
M' Samuel Barter.
Major James Barter.
William S. of M'' James Barter & Anne
his wife.
M'» Elizabeth Barter.
John S. of M'' James Barter and Anne his
wife.
1753 Sept. 20 Agnes, Wife of M-- James M<^Kittrick,
Surgeon.
1755 Aug. 12 M'' James Barter.
1775 (?July)2 M"' Charles Barter, Overseer.
Parish Register of St. John's.
Married.
1741 Dec. 31 William Barter and .... Keeling.
1741 Feb. 20 William Keefing & Susanna Barter, by
the Reverend M'' Mackey.
174f Feb. 12 William Halloran Cable and Mary Barter.
ByL.
Feb. 5 James (? Barter) and Mary Byrne, by B.
July 14 Thomas Richey and Elizabeth Barter
(Widow). L.
1732
1733
1737
1738
1743
1743
1757
1727
Oct.
April
June
21
21
Sept. 22
Aug. 21
Parish Register of St. Peter's.
Baptized.
Mar. 15 Agnes D. of M-- Edward Barter.
19, B.T. Leeward Islands.)
(Vol.
Falmouth. Renalder Barter, 14 acres bought of Lieut.
ObadiahBradshaw. (Book of Claims, circa 1667.)
Renaldus Barter, 14 acres surveyed 3 June 1668. Also
srranted 28 acres.
Deposition of Nath. Marchant that on 10 Sept. 1709 he
was in the room where the wife of Captain James Barter
lay sick when Governor Parke's soldiers forcibly searched
the house. James Barter also deposes.
In 1787 Barters belonged to the Ex'ors of Tho. Warner,
and contained 250 acres, 58 slaves, 39 cattle, 16 mules,
cattle mill, dwelling-house, etc.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ttiicjvce of Barton.
JOHN BARTON, seu., 1659 sold half of 65 acres.^
John Barton, jun., dead in=
1667. Owned 35 acres at
Popeshead. Col. B. Baijer
and Capt. Jer. Watkins
were his Executors.
=. . . . the widow and Executrix of Tho.
Machum. She carried 30 acres to her
second husband Barton. Mar. 3rdly
John Partington, and 4thly Mr. John
Brand, Surgeon.
Christopher Barton,=
died before 1674.
•Sarah .... she had a grant
of 100 acres in 1674. In
1676 administratrix of her
husband.
/K
Bastian Anthony Barton,
son and heir 1671.
Mathew Barton, freeholder of St. Mary's Parish 1684—1706 ; living 1718.=
James Barton, sen., 1711 granted 10 acres. Probably the James Barton,=r.
carpenter, who was of Popeshead 1675-8.
Mathew Barton, living 1718.
1
James Barton, jun., died 15 Dec.=i=Margaret, dau. of ... . Murray ; mar. at St. John's 21 Feb. 1739 ; John Barton,
1760, a3t. 52. M.I. at St. John's. | she died 11 and bur. 12 Feb. 1769, set. 55. M.I. at St. John's. living 1710.
Barton=rElizabeth .... Will dated 1745, then a widow.
Sworn 26 Aug. 1745.
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Ann Barton, Christian
mar. 27 ... . Barton,
1733 John mar
Ayres, living Cheltoa.
a widow 1745.
I
James Barton,=j=Ann Bright,
carpenter. Will living 1799.
dated .... and
recorded 24
Dec. 1792.
Mary Pike
Bright, mar.
.... Grant.
BrightT=Eliaor Will dated 22 Aug. 1785 ;
■ recorded 2 June 1787.
=Sarah Mar. 2ndly
9 Aug. 1783 at St.
Philip's Richard Hunt.
.John Bright of An-=
tigua. Will dated 22
April 1781 ; sworn
25 March 1782.
s.p.
Robert Bright Barton.=
Will dated 13 August
1789 ; sworn 6 Sept.
1791.
I
=Eliza .... John Samuel Christian
Barton. Will dated 25
Nov. 1792 ; sworn 2
Feb. 1793.
Eliza Barton, mar. John
William Martin. Her will
dated 21 Nov. 1779,
widow ; sworn 4 Jan 1800.
Christian Ann Barton, bapt.
27 Dec. 1731 at St. Paul's;
mar. there 24 Nov. 1787
George Bladen.
I
James William Barton=pAnn McDermott. Robert Gibson Barton. Henry Bladen Barton, living 1799.
Edmund Grant Barton, born 2 Jan. 1819, and bapt. same year at St. Paul's.
Elizabeth Barton, widow. Will dated 1745. My dau.
Christian Chelton .... Eliz. Chelton & her heirs All
cattle .... To my dau. Ann Ayres, Widow, all clothing.
To my granddau. Eliz. Chelton 2 negroes. To my 2 dan's
Christian Chelton, Wi . . . . all ready money .... dau's
Ex'trices. Witnessed by W" Oesterman, Hamhn Martin,
Junr. Before George Lucas, Esq., Deputy Governor, ap-
peared Mr. W™ Oesterman & was sworn 26 Aug. 1745.
Recorded at Antigua 20 March 1752.
(The will is fragmentary.)
John Bright of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 22 Api-il
1781. To my wife Sarah all my lands in Falmouth, 16
negroes, furniture, chaise, & whiskey, & the use of 9 other
negroes, after her death all to be sold & the proceeds to be
divided amongst Sarah Bright Powell, Thos. Bright Powell,
& Mary Routledge Powell (children of Thos. & Mary
Powell). To my Mother Elinor Bright £20 c. yearly & 2
negroes for life, then the said 2 slaves to Christian Barton,
dau. of my sister Anne Barton. My sister Mary Grant. To
the said Christian Barton 4 negroes. To my sister Anne
Barton 5 negroes for life, & then to her dau. Eliz. Barton.
To my nephew Sam' Barton 2 negroes. My nephew Rob*
Bright Barton. Cattle to remain on John Sam' Barton's
land. 2 negroes to Thos. Powell in trust for my sister
Mary Grant. To Thos. Bright Powell a negroe. To Sai-ah
Bright Powell a mulattoe giri. To Eliz. Eliot £13 : 4 : 0
yearly. My slave Daphne to be free, & to have £10 c.
yearly. To Dan' Hill of S' John's, goldsmith, 7 negroes in
trust for Eliz. Sarah Bright, my dau. by Eliz. Marchant, &
to pay the latter £30 c. yearly. My swords & clothes to
Thos. Powell. To my wife £50. To Ex'ors £20 each.
To D'' Francis Jarvis £50. All my plantation in AVilloughby
Bay to be sold & my houses in Bridge Town I purchased of
Benj" & Sarah Marchant. All residue to Eliz. Sarah Bright,
Christian Barton, John Sam' Barton, & Rob' Bright
Barton. Dan' HiU, Nich^ Taylor, & Jn° Burke of Antigua,
Esq''^ Ex'ors. Witnessed by Sarah Sedgwick, Fra' Jarvis,
Thomas Powell. Before His Excellency Thos. Shirley, Esq.,
was sworne Sarah Sedgwick, wife of Sam' Sedgwick of An-
tigua, planter, 25 March 1782.
Codicil. Dated 18 Aug. 1781. Eliz. Sarah Bright's
name is Elinor, not Eliz. My wife to have ^ of all rents &
BARTON FAMILY.
39
profits for life. Eliz. Barton, dan. of Anne Barton, to take
share in the residue, & £10 yearly to my Mother Elinor
Bright. Witnessed by Rob. Owen, Fra' Jarvis, & Thomas
Powell. Rob' Owen of Antigua, planter, sworn 25 March
1782. Recorded 30 March 1782.
Elinor Bright, widow. Will dated 22 Aug. 1785. To
my dau. Ann Barton 2 negroes for life, then to my grand-
dau. Christian Ann Barton. To my dau. Mary Pike Grant
3 negroes. To my grandson .John Sam' Christian Barton 2
negroes. To my grandson Rob* Bright Barton 1 negroe.
To my granddau. Eliz. Mary Barton 1 negi-oe. To my
granddau. Christian Ann Barton 1 negroe. Archibald
Dow, my grandsons John Sam^ Christian Barton & Rob*
Bright Barton, Ex'ors. Recorded 2 June 1787.
Robert Barton of Antigua, writing clerk. Will dated 13
Aug. 1789. My wife Eliza .... To my sons Jas. W™,
Rob' Gibson, & Henry Bladen Barton my slaves at 21. My
wife, my brother John Sam' Barton, & my friend Mr. Hen.
Martin Ex'ors. Witnessed by W™ Bates, George Marshall.
Before Jn" Nugent, Esq., Commander-in-Chief, appeared
Mr. Geo. Marshall of Antigua, planter, & was sworn 6 Sept.
1791. Recorded 17 Sept. 1791 at Antigua.
John Samuel Barton, Gent. Will dated 25 Nov. 1792.
To my Mother Ann, & after her death to Eliz. Mary
Barton, my negroes & furniture. To my Aunt Mary Pike
Grant £20 c. To Archibald Dow & Edward Gamble in
trust certain slaves, the profits to go to my sister Christian
Ann Bladen. To my sister Eliz. Mary Barton my gold
watch & seals for life, & after to Jas. W'" Barton my nephew.
(His house & legacies he leaves to coloured children.)
All Residue equally between my 4 nephews & niece, Jas.
Williams, Rob' Gibson, Hen. Webb Barton, & W" Jas.
& Anna Maria Bladen, for their education. Trustees to be
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Alex. Dow, Mary Grant. Sworn to
by Alex. Dow 2 Feb. 1793. Recorded 2 Feb. 1793.
James Barton, cai'penter. My wife Ann, son John
Sam' Christian Barton, son Rob' Bright Barton, dau. Eliz.
Mary Barton, dau. Christian Ann Barton. Recorded 24
Dec. 1792.
Circa 1667. John Barton, jun., had 30 acres by
marriage with the relict and executrix of Thomas Machum,
deceased, and he by grant from Governor Keynell 2 Sept.
1653.
1671, July 1. Colonel Bastian Baijar, Esq., and Captain
Jeremiah Watkins, Gent., trustees of the will of John
Barton, deceased, on behalf of Bastian Anthony Barton, his
son and heir, lease to John Brand, surgeon, 35 acres at
Popeshead. Mr. John Brand married the relict of John
Barton deceased.
Sarah Barton, 100 acres by Governor Warner 18 Dec.
1674; surveyed 25 April 1675; her husband Christopher
Barton deceased.
James Barton, 40 acres by Governor Warner 23 June
1675 ; surveyed 20 July 1675.
1676. Sarah Barton, widow of Christopher Barton,
deceased. Her account of administration. She has paid
debts to the amount of 17,974 lbs. out of the estate.
1678, Aug. 19. James Barton, carpenter, sale to Jonas
Langford of 10 acres at Popeshead, bounded south with
Mary Humphries.
1684. Mathe w Barton a freeholder. (St. Mary's Vestry
Book.)
1688. Mathew Barton assessed at 200 lbs. {rbid.)
1693. Mr. Mathew Barton rated on 5 slaves and 70
acres. (Ibid.)
1706. Mr. Mathew Barton rated on 9 slaves and 30
acres. (Ibid.)
1710, Jan. 3. Petition of James Barton, sen., for 10
acres for his sons John and James. He has been from his
childhood on the island.
1711, April 9. James Barton granted 10 acres at
English Harbour.
1716. Mr. Barton allotted pew No. 25.
1718, Dec. 10. Mathew Barton states that his father
has 10 acres, E. with Elisha Alsop, W. with Darby New-
gent, N. with Hamlin Martin, S. with widow Newgent.
172f, March 10. James Barton, jun., too poor to pay
taxes.
1775, Sept. 14. Petition of John Samuel Christian
Barton for 10 acres at Falmouth, vacated by the death of
Elizabeth Coleburn, dau. of William, Barton deceased.
Paeish Register of St. Paul's.
3Iarried,
1729 Mar. 24 John Tanner & Mary Barton, Widow.
1731 Barton & Frances Soper. L.
1731 Barton & Mary Anne Pearne. L.
1733 . . ber 27 John Ayres & Anne Barton. L.
1737 eeman & Mary Barton, by Banns.
1748 Oct. 15 John Barton and Elizabeth Greatrix. L.
1749 May 22 William Barton and Catharine Lawler. B.
1751 . .mber28 Andrew Hicks and Ehzabeth Barton.
1787 Nov. 24 George Bladen to Christian Barton,
Spinster.
Bapfisms.
1730 Jan. 30 Elizabeth Ady D. of Sam. Barton & Mary
his wife.
1733 July 22 Elizabeth Ady D. of Samuel and Mary
Barton.
1731 Dec. 27 Christian Anne D. of James Barton.
1750 Aug. 7 Elizabeth Mary D. of William Barton &
Catharine his wife.
1819 Edmund Grant S. of James W"" Barton &
Ann M'^Dermott his wife was baptized
at Indian Creek, born 2 Jan^' 1819.
Bicried.
1727 Jan. 26 Richard Barton.
1734 Sept. 17 Samuel Barton.
1734 Oct. 30 Catharine D. of Mary Barton, Widow.
1738 Aug. 12 Thomas Barton.
1745 Aug. 14 Elizabeth Barton, Widow.
1745 Jan. 17 Richard Barton.
1767 May 6 M"' Jas. Barton's Burying-Place men-
tioned.
Parish Register of St. George's.
Baptised.
1743 Dec. 19 Frances the D. of Thomas Barton and his
wife.
40
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of St. John's.
Blarried.
Feb. 3 Will™ Land and Ann Bright by Banns.
1721
1739 Feb. 21
1764 June 30
James Barton & Margaret MuiTay.
Francis Waring Rossington to
Barton. L.
L.
Eliz.
1718
1769
1783
June
Feb.
7
12
Buried.
Thomas Bright.
Margarett Barton, Widdow.
C.P.
Parish Register of St. Philip's.
Married.
Aug. 9 Richard Hunt, Planter, to Sarah Bright,
widow of John Bright. L.
On a headstone, St. John's Churchyard :—
Here lies the body
of JAMES BARTON
who departed this life
on the Fifteenth day of December
in the Year of our LORD One
Thoufand Seven Hundred and
Sixty one Aged Fifty two Years
Here also lies the Body of
MARGARET his wife who
departed this life on the Eleventh
day of February in the Year
of our LORD One Thoufand
Seven Hundred & Sixty Nine
Aged Fifty Five Years.
^tUtsree of 33tntialL
Arms. — Bendy loavij of six ermine atid (azure), 07i a ranton {gu.) an etoile {or), Bendall ; impaling, A lion rampant
hetiveen eight crosses-crosslet .... within a border engrailed.
Crest. — A demi-lion rampant, holding an anchor.
BENDALL=
Dau., mar.
Jonathan
Perrie.
I
. ADAMS^Elizabeth
living 1717.
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Hopcfor Bendall of Antigua, Esq., ColIector=f:Elizabeth Adams, mar. Joseph Adams,
of H.M. Customs, died 28 Oct. 1728, ajt. at St. John's 18 July Will dated 1
45, bur. at St. John's 28 Oct. 1728. M.L j 1714 ; died 18 Oct. April 1717;
at St. John's. Will dated June 1727 ; 1724, fet. 85, bur. 19 proved 13 Oct.
proved 7 Oct. 1729. (263 Abbott.) Oct. and M.L at St. 1722. (188
John's. Marlbro'.)
Mary Adams, spin-
ster 1717 ; mar.
Daniel Davies of
London, packer ;
died before 1727.
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Joseph Bendall, bapt. at St. John's
15 June 1715.
Edward Chester Bendall, bapt. at
St. John's 3 July 1717. AVitness
1744 to will of John Goodall.
Davis Bendall, bapt. at
St. John's 29 Sept. 1720.
Hopefor Bendall, bapt.
at St. John's 19 Oct.
1724.
Joanna Bendall, bapt. at
St. John's 8 Aug. 1716.
Elizabeth Bendall, bapt.
at St. John's 14 Aug.
1719.
Mary Bendall, bapt. at St. John's
11 May 1722 ; mar. there 11
Sept. 1743 James Webb.
Ann Bendall, bapt. at St. John's
13 July 1723.
Hopefor Bendall of Antigua, Esq. Will dated June
1727 ; proved 7 Oct. 1729 by John Neale and Jonathan
Perrie, power reserved to Tho. Kerby and Francis Delap.
(263 Abbott.) My late brother in law Joseph Adams of
Antigua, & late of London, Merch', by his wiU dated 1 Ap.
1717, gave to his nephew, my son, Joseph Bendall, £600
after the death of testator's mother Eliz"' Adams, & all the
residue to the children of his sisters Eliz"' Bendall, my late
wife, & Mary Adams, late wife of Daniel Davies of London,
packer, & appointed myself & John Neale of London, dyer,
Ex'ors, which will was proved P.C.C. 13 Oct. 1722. I add
my own estate to that so bequeathed, & give it to John
Neale of London, dyer, my brother in law Jonathan Perrie,
late of London, Merch', now in the West Indies, & Thos.
Kerby & Francis Delap, both of Antigua, Merchants, in
trust to sell & the proceeds to be divided amongst my
children equally, my trustees to be Guardians & Ex'ors.
Deposition of W"" Wyne, notary publick, of St. John's
town, Sam' Archibold of Antigua, Merchant, Reed Elding,
clerk to testator, & Tho. Newgent, chirurgeon, before the
Hon. Edward Byam, Esq., Lieut. -Governor, 1 Nov. 1728.
W™ Wyne swore that he drew up the draft of the will of
testator, who was Collector of H.M. Customs, at testator's
house at St. John's, and that he died on Sunday, 27th Oct.
last. Recorded in the Register's office in libro W., fo. 139.
Giles Watkins, Registrar.
BENDALL EAMILY.
41
Joseph Adams of Antegoa, Merch', now residing in
London. Will dated 1 April 1717; proved 13 Oct. 1722
by John Neale, power reserved to Hopefor Bendall. (188
Marlbro'.) To my brother in law Hopefor Bendall of
Antigua, Merch', & John Neale of London, dyer, all my
estate in trust to pay to my mother Eliz'" Adams £30 a
year & £20. To Hopefor Bendall £20. To Daniel Davies
of London £20 if he marries my sister Mary Adams. To
John Neale £20. To my nephew Joseph Bendall, son of
Hopefor Bendall, £600 after my mother's death. To
Edward Chester, Jun'', my partner, £100. All residue to
the children of my sisters Eliz"' Bendall & Mary Adams. My
trustees Ex'ors. Witnessed by H. Strachey, Dav. Harris,
W™ Gregson.
Mr. Hopefor Bendall granted on the 4th inst. a propor-
tion of land in St. John's Town. Surveyed 23 March 1708.
170f, Feb. 16. Petition of Hopefor Bendall, merchant,
Richard Sharpe of Antigua, merchant, and James Porter,
Esq., for two proportions of land. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1733, Jan. 8. Mr. Bendall, an eminent Quaker in the
Minories, reputed worth £20,000.
Bendalls is in St. John's Parish. In 1852 it contained
503 acres, and was owned by W. P. Hyndman.
1724 Oct.
1728 Oct.
1771 April
1714 July
1743 Sept.
1715 June
1716 Aug.
1717 July
1719 Aug.
Parish Register of St. John's.
Buried.
19 M" Elizabeth Bendall.
28 Hopefor Bendall, Esq'', Collector of His
Majesty's Customs of this island.
4 Amy Bendall.
Harried.
18 Hopefor Bendall and Elizabeth Adams, by
Lycence from Gov' Yeamans.
1 1 James Webb and Mary Bendall. B.
Baptized.
1 5 Joseph s. of Hopefor Bendall & Eliz. his
wife.
8 Joanna d. of Hoi^efor Bendall & Eliz. his
•wife.
3 Edward Chester s. of Hopefor Bendall &
Eliz. his wife.
14 Eliz"! D. of Hopefor Bendall & Eliz. his
wife.
1720
Sept.
29
Davis s. of Hopefor Bendall & Eliz. his
wife.
1722
May
11
Mary the D. of Hopefor BendaU & Eliz.
his wife.
1723
July
13
Ann the D. of Hopefor Bendall & Eliz.
his wife.
1724
Oct.
19
Hopefor the s. of Hopefor Bendall & Eliz.
his wife.
Buried.
Jan.
10
Cap* Thomas Adams.
1718
April
9
Eliz. Adams.
Married.
1726
Oct.
2
Peter Adams and Jane Selby. L.
1737
• • ■ •
24
Roger Adams & Frances Green. L.
Baptized.
1788
July
27
William S. of James Adams, Sen., and
Anna his wife ; b. 14"» July 1788.
1795
Sept.
30
William S. of Robert Adam and Jane his
wife ; B. the 19*" July 1795.
1797
Nov.
14
Robert Jacob S. of Robert Adams and
Jane his wife ; B. the W^ October 1796.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over brick tomb : —
Arms : Bendy wavy of six, ermine and (azure) , on a
canton (gu.) an etoile (or), Bendall ; impaling, A lion ram-
pant between eight crosses-crosslet .... within a border
ey^gr ailed.
Crest : A demi-lion rampant, holding an anchor.
(Rowlandson gives the above arms as appertaining to
Bendall of Middlesex, granted 1692.)
Here lyeth Interr'd
the Body of
ELIZABETH BENDALL
wife of Hopefor Bendall Esq.
who departed this Life
the j8"' of October I724
In the 36"' Year of Her Age.
Here also Lyeth the Body of
HOPEFOR BENDALL Esq.
Late Collector in tliis Ifland
Who departed this Life October
the 28*'' 1728 Aged 45 Years.
dfamtlj) of BctJ)tll
Slingsby Bethell of London, Esq. Will dated 6 October
1694; proved 5 March 1696 by William Bethell, Esq. (86
Pyne). My nephew Bethell Goodwin owes me £100, & I
forgive him £50 & give the other £50 to my nephew
Walter Goodwin. To the sonne & dau. of my late nephew,
Col. Goodwin, the 700 guildei-s I lent their father in
Holland & £50 apiece. To my nephew Tho. Hesketh,
Esq., son of my late sister Hesketh, £100. To my nephews
Slingsby Bethell & Hugh Bethell, sons of my late brother
j)r T^m Bethell, £100 apiece. To my neece Anna Medcalfe,
wife of W"" Medcalfe, £10. To my cozen Chas. Hebel-
thwaite, grandson to my late sister Dame Frances Marwood,
£20. To my neece Ursula Palliser, dau. of my late brother
Sir Hugh Bethell, £10. To my neece Eliz"- Bellasis,
another of his daus., £10. To my neece Mary Robinson
the £200 her husband owes me on bond & £10. To my
servant Derick Beildfeild £30. To my neece Lucy Mottram,
dau. of my late brother Sir Hugh Bethell, £40. To my
nephew W" Bethell of Ellerton £10. To my neece Dame
Barbara Cobb £10. To my cozen Hugh Bethell of Ryse,
Esq., £5 for a ring. To M"' Mead & M'' How, ministers,
£20 in trust for dissenting ministers. To my nephew W""
Bethell of Swindon, co. Yorke, Esq., all my lease-
hold lands & tenements in Wistow & Cawood, co. Yorke,
which I hold by lease of the Archbishoprick of Yorke, &
all my manors in York to him for life, & then to his son &
heir apparent W™ Bethell of Swindon & his heirs male,
whom failing to any other son of my said nephew, then to
Slingsby Bethell, brother of my said nephew W"" Bethell
of Swindon & his heirs male, whom failing to Hugh Bethell
his other brother. £6000 to my nephew Thos. Hesketh
& W"" Medcalfe of Yorke, Esquires, to be laid out in
lands which are to go with my estate. To my nephew
W"' Bethell of Swindon all my Bank of England stock
& all residue, he to be sole Executor. Witnessed by
John Warter, attorney in Fetter Lane, Fran. Lenthall,
Jam. Barston, his clerks. Sententia pronounced 5 March
1696.
Q
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etii(jrtc of 35eti)clL
Arms. — Argent, a chevron sable, difference/I with a mvltet, bettveen three boars' heads couped, langued gules.
Crest. — An eagle azure couped, with wings displayed, charged with a mullet.
Sir Thomas Percy, executed 29 Henry VIII.,-
2nd son of 5th Earl of Northumberland.
Thomas and Henry Percy, Earls of Northum-
berland.
Thomas Slingsby of Scriven,:
vide Visit. York, 1563.
Mary Percy, bur. 7 February 1597=j=Francis, son and heir, bur. 4 August
at Knaresbro'. ICOO, tet. 78, at Knaresbro'.
Slingsby.
Bethel].=f=
Sir Henry Slingsby, a Royalist;
beheaded 8 June 1658.
Frances Slingsby, mar. Bryan
Stapleton of Mytton.
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Mary Slingsby^Sir Walter Bethell of Alne, William Bethels
Kt. Knighted at York 11 of York, Gent.
April 1617. Will proved Will dated 5
October 1623. August 1622.
^Elizabeth Will
dated 1 April 1625;
proved 10 January
1625.
Left a son and heir.
Bridget, dau.=pRev. William Bethell
of Sir John
Bourchier of
Beningbro'
Grange, co.
York, Bart.
of Kirkby Overblows,
CO. York, 1665, D.D.
28 June 1669, living
February 168^ ; died
before June 1685.
I
Slingsby Bethell
of London, Esq.
Sheriff of Lon-
don 1680. Will
dated 6 October
1694; proved 5
March 1696.
(86 Pyne.)
I
Sir Hugh Bethell,=r
Sheriff of York
1652, knighted
1658; died before
1694. /^
Issue.
Ill
Frances, mar. Sir George Marwood,
Bart., of Little Buskby, and had
three dau'rs, Barbara, Ann, and
Frances, all married.
Mary, mar. Thomas Heskotli of
Heslington, co. York. Their dau.
and coheir Anne mar. Jas. Yar-
burgh of Snaith Hall. She died
April 1718, and he in 1728.
Dau., mar. Goodwyn and left issue.
Elizabeth, dau. of Sir=
John Brooke of York,
Bart., mar. 25 Oct.
1688 at All Saints in
York ; mar. 2nd Tho-
mas Harrison of Cop-
grave, co. York, Esq.;
adm'on 1 Nov. 1707 to
Thomas Harrison and
15 Oct. 1718 to Hugh
Bethell, Esq., her son.
=William Bethell of
Swindon in Kirkby
Overblow and Gray's
Inn, Esq., ast. 14 in
1665. Heir to his
uncle Slingsby in
1694. Will dated 9
Feb. 1696, codicil 30
March 1699; proved
at York.
Bourchier Bethell of Lon-
don, mercer, died bach.
Will dated 24 Feb. 1680 ;
proved 17 May 1681. (68
North.)
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Sling.sby Bethell, cap-
tain in army, died
bach. in Dublin.
Adm'on June ITuo to
his sister Fra. Moore.
Walter Bethel), citizen Nicholas Bethell, 1665.
and merchant taylor of —
London, died bach. Will Hugh Bethell, living
dated 5 Feb. 168| ; proved 1683 and 1694.
14 Feb. (12 Hare.)
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Anna or Hannah,
1665, ux. Ist . . . .
Avison 1683, and nx.
William Medcalfe
1694.
Frances, 1665, ux.
.... Foster 1696,
and in 1700 ux. An-
thony Moore.
I
William
Bethell,
iBt son
and heir,
1694.
Hugh Bethell of=pDorothy.
Swindon, Esq.,
died s p., bur. in
South Audley St.
Chapel. Will
dated 20 June
1745 ; proved 26
Feb. 1747. (39
Strahan.)
SHngsby Bethell, Lord Mayor
of London 1756, M.P. Lon-
don, President of British
Herring Fishery. Settled
in early life in Antigua.
Died bach. Nov. 1758, bur.
7 Nov. 1758 in Allhallows,
Barking. Will dated 19
May and proved 14 and 29
Nov. 1758. (320 Button.)
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Priscilla, died spinster
in Queen's Square,
Bath, 1758.
Mary, mar. Sir Richard
Cox, Bart., living a
widow 1745 and 1758 ;
died at Bath s.p. ; he
died Oct. 1726.
I
Bridget, died at Bath,
spinster. Will dated 24
July 1776; proved 8
July 1778. (272 Hay.)
Elizabeth, mar. 1 2 March
1717-18 Sir William
Codrington, Bart., and
died 7 Feb. 1761. Their
issue were heirs to the
Bethell estates.
A portion of this pedigree is recorded at the College of Arms.
BETHELL FAMILY.
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York Wir,LS, 1683 to 1720, Searched for Sir Isaac
Heard.
1688. Eoberfc Bethell of Beverley.
1700, Aug. Slingsby Bethell.
1707, Nov. Adiu'on of Harrison al's Bethell.
1714, March. Walter Bethell of Heslington, Esq.
1717, Aug. Hugh Bethell of Rise, Esq.
No will nor adm'on of William Bethell, D.D.
Nuncupative will of William Bethell of York, Gt., dated
5 August 1622 ; proved by the Executrix 2 November 1622 ;
his wife Elizabeth his Executrix. His brother Sir Walter
Bethell, Kt. ; latter's will was proved October 1623.
Elizabeth Bethell of York, widow of William Bethell,
deceased. Will dated 1 April 1625 ; proved by Robert
Sliuger as tutor of the Executor, a minor, 10 January 1625.
1696 and 1699. (?) P.C.C. William Bethell. 1701 Sir
John Brooke.
Bourchier Bethell of London, mercer. Will dated 24
Feb. 1680; proved 17 May 1681 by William Bethell
the brother. (68 North.) All my est. to my brother
W"" B. of Gray's Inn & Executor. Witnessed by W""
Bethel, Marm. Robinson.
Walter Bethell, citizen and merchant of London. Will
dated 5 Feb. 1683 ; proved 14 Feb. 1683 by Row. Ayns-
worth. To my brother Slingsby B. £100. My brother
Hugh B. £50. My sister Fra. B. £100. My sister Hannah
Avison £50. All residue to ray father Dr. W" B. & ray
brother W"' B. equally. Row. Aynsworth Executor & £20.
Witnessed by Sam. Pownoll, Rich* Acton, W. Wightman, N.
1700, June 8. Slingsby Bethell, Captain in Colonel
Colorabine's regiment at Dublin, bachelor, deceased. Adm'on
to Frances Moore, wife of Anthony M., the sister.
Hugh Bethell of Swindon, co. York, Esq. Will dated
20 June 1745 ; proved 26 Feb. 1747 by Slingsby Bethell
the brother. (39 Strahan.) To my sister Priscilla Bethell
£100 a year. To my sister Bridgett Bethell £100 a year.
To my sister Lady Cocks £20 a year charged on my lands
at Swindon in the parish of Kirkby Overblow. To my
sister Lady Codrington, widow of Sir W" Codrington,
£500. To Jas. Moyser of Beverly, Esq., £200 & the
use of any of my pictures he has. To Mrs. Hannah Pratt,
widow of John Pratt, late of Dublin, deceased, £100. 'To
Francis Slingsby, Esq., of Ireland, £100. To Mrs. Eliz'"
Place & Mrs. Anne Place of Highwickhara, co. Bucks,
spinsters, £20 apiece. To Mrs. Martha Blount of Berkley
Street, spinster, £50, & to her sister Mrs. Teresa Blount
£20. To W" Draper, Esq., £50 & one of my horses, &
to his wife £100. To Mrs. Dorothy Draper, Mrs. Anne
Draper, Mrs. Diana Draper, & Mrs. Burk, each a state
lottery ticket not to exceed £20. To the Right Hon. the
Earl of Shelburne my triangular cornelian seal with the
head of Socrates on it. To Lady Brown, wife of Sir Rob*
Brown, my diamond mourning ring, containing the hair of
Mrs. Corbett. To Mrs. Sarah Bethell of Leicester Fields a
diamond mourning ring with the hair of her sister Eliz"'
Bethell. All my manors, etc., to my brother Slingsby
Bethell, Esq., of Towerliill, merchant, & all residue, he to
be sole Executor. My tenants Rich'' Duddy of Ellerton
& Hugh Waite of Swindon to have their farms for their
lives at the same rent. Witnessed by Austin Goodwin,
Rob' Maberly, Peter Arminson.
Slingsby Bethell, Esq., citizen and alderman of London.
Will dated 19 May 1758 ; proved 14 Nov. 1758 by Sam'
Turner & Tho. Gordon, Esq., power reserved to Dame
Eliz"> Codrington, widow, the sister, proved by her 29 Nov.
1758. (320 Hutton.) My sister Dame Eliz'" Codrington,
widow, & my good friends Sam' Turner of London,
merchant, & Tho. Gordon of Tower Hill, Esq., Executors
for Great Britain, .-Vntigua, & elsewhere. To my said sister
£5000. To my sister Dame Eliz'" Cocks, Widow, £100 a
year charged on my manors in Yorkshire. To my sisters
Mrs. Priscilla Bethell & Mrs. Bridget Bethell £100 a year
each. To my nephew Sir W™ Codrington, Bart., £200 for
mourning. To my nephew John Archibald Codrington
£4000. To my nephew Edward Codrington £4000. To
my niece Eliz'h Codrington £4000. To Mrs. Sarah Caroline,
wife of Rich'' Cox, the income of £4000 for life, then to her
children. To said Rich'' Cox £100. To Mrs. Mary
Bernard, widow of Geo. Bernard, the interest of £4000,
then to her two children now living. To Mrs. Dorothy
Pennyman, wife of Jas. Pennyman, the interest of £4000 in
like manner. To Mrs. Bridget Dowdeswell, wife of
W"" Dowdeswell, the interest of £4000 in like manner. To
W'^ Dowdeswell £100. To Francis Slingsby, Esq., £50.
To my late dear brother's widow, Mrs. Dorothy Bethell,
widow, 30 guineas. To Rich'^ Coope, Esq., £100. To the
Rev. Mr. Heringham of Theobalds Court, Strand, Rector of
Shadwell, co. Essex, £100. To Mr. John Curson, late of
Panton Street, Leicester Fields, £50. To Mr. John Miller
£200, & to Mr. Whithurst, my present clerk, £40. To my
servant Grace Beams £12 yearly. To my Executor £300,
to be paid to tlie Treasurer & Governors of the City of
London lying-in hospital for married women, of which I
am President. £200 to the S.P.G. Society. To the
Governors of Christ's Hospital £100. To St. Thomas'
Hospital £100. To St. Bartholomew's £100. To my
Executors £800 each. To Mrs. Martin, widow of Mr. Tho.
Martin, merchant, deceased, and to Mrs. Martha Blunt &
Teresa her sister 20 guineas each. To my servant Geo.
Wragg £20. To my coachman Chas. Hill & all my other
servants one year's wages. To the vicar, churchwardens, &
vestry of Allhallows Barking £100 in trust for six poor
people. All my manors, etc., in Yorkshire in trust to
Francis Slingsby & Rev. Mr. Heringham for my nephew
Ch'' Codrnigton for life, then to his heirs male, then to my
nephew John Archibald Codrington, then to my nephew
Edw'' Codrington, then to my nephew Sir W™ Codrington,
Bart. My heirs to use my name and arms only, and to have
power to settle joynture of £500 on their wives, and to
raise £5000 for younger children. My real estate in
Antigua I purchased of Mr. John Vernon, who has lately
set up a very unjust claim thereto ; my Executors are to pay
him £6000 if he release all claim, & it shall then be charged
with £6000 for my nephews and nieces. All residue & my
said plantation to my nephew Ch>' Codrington. Witnessed
by J. Read, Rich'' Brooke, Fra^ Eyre.
Priscilla Bethell of Bath, spinster. Will dated 8 Feb.
1766 ; proved 3 Feb. 1768 by Sir W™ Codrington, power
reserved to Ch'' Bethell & Edward Codrington, Esquires, &
proved 19 Feb. 1768 by the latter. (42 Seeker.) To my
3 nephews. Sir W"" Codrington, Bart., Ch' Bethell, & Edw'
Codrington, Esquires, all my personalty. To my sister
Bridgett Bethell all my pictures & furniture. To Mary
Barnct, dan. of my niece Mary Barnet, £500. To Rev. Jas.
Sparrow of Bath £20. To Sarah Harvey of Bath £2o. To
my 3 servants 5 guineas each. To Mr. Bevan of Lang-
harne, co. Carmarthen, £100 in trust for Welsh schools.
All residue to my said 3 nephews equally, they to be
Executors. Witnessed by W™ Sole, Ste. Stout.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Sir Hugh Bethell, York. Knighted 30 May 1604 at
Whitehall.
Sir Walter Bethell, York. Knighted 11 April 1617
at York.
Sir Hugh Bethell, York. Knighted 25 May 1628 at
Whitehall.
1738. Slingsby Bethell of Tower Hill, merchant.
(' London Directory.')
Pope, writing from Bristol in 1789, says : " I had a line
from Mr. Slingsby Bethell, to acquaint me his brother was
well ; and I will write to him from hence." (' Gloucester-
shire Notes and Queries,' 1890, p. 567.)
Vestry minute at Alhallows Barking, co. Essex, 23 Oct.
1755. — " Ordered, that it be left to the churchwardens to
alter the Corporation pew in the church for the reception of
Slingsby Bethel, Esq., Lord ilayor elect, in the same
manner as it was done in the mayoralty of Sir John Eyles,
and to provide a handsome sword-iron, with proper arms
and decorations." Accordingly, the erection bears the
arms of — 1, Bethel; 2, those of the Fishmongers' Com-
pany ; and above, the City and Royal arms.
An illustrated description of this church, with an
engraving of the ironwork and arms referred to above,
appeared in the ' Pictorial World ' 27 Dec. 1888, and it is
therein stated that the Alderman was represented as
"Shimei" in Dryden's 'Absalom and Ahitophel.'
1758 Nov.
Parish Register.
Buried.
Slingsby Bethel, Esq^
1748, Feb. 16. Hugh Bethell, Esq., at Ealing, Middle-
sex ; his estate of £2000 per annum goes to his brother
Slingsby Bethell, Esq., Member of Parliament for London.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 92.)
1751, Sept. 28. Slingsby Bethell, Esq., Alderman of
Walbrook Ward .... one of the new Sheriffs, was sworn in
at Guildhall. (' London Magazine,' p. 427.)
1758, Nov. 1. Slingsby Bethell, Esq., Alderman for
Walbrook Ward, and Member for London. He has left
£300 to the Lying-in Hospital, Aldersgate Street, of which
he was Pi-esident, and £100 to the Society for Propagating
the Gospel. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
Jfamtlj> of Bladtman.
Jeremy Blackman of St. Andrew's Undershaft, Esq.
Will dated 9 Oct. 1656 ; proved 21 Nov. 1656 by Captain
William Ryder, power reserved to Jeremy Blackman. (380
Berkeley.) To my dear wife Eliz'" all the household stuff,
plate, & Jewells which she brought with her, valued at
£700 & upwards, & all the jewels I have given her, valued
at £100(», & a joyntiire in land of £400 a year for her life,
acording to our marriage settlement, & after her death the
£400 a year to my youngest son Lucie Blackman & £200
at 21, & failing him to my son Jeremy. To my loving
daughter Susan Blackman £4000 at 18, if she die without
heirs £2000 of it to my son Jeremy & £1000 each to my sons
Maurice & W"". To my son Maurice Blackman the lease of
my dwelling-house & warehouses in St. Mary Acts, valued
at £1000, & my share of the ship ' Welcome,' which cost
me £500, & £1500 more, all at 21. To my son W™ Black-
man £2000 in stock at the sugar-house in Woolwich, which
I have in company with Master Luke Lucie & Captain W'"
Ryder, and £1000 more, all at 21. To my loving brother
Joseph Blackman £200. I forgive £500 to my brother
Tho. Prince, & to my sister Prince his wife £20 & £10 a
year for life, and to their children £100 each at 21. To
Ashueros Ridgmorter & W™ Ridgmorter £20 each, sons of
my now wife, Eliz"' Blackman, by her former husband. To
my friend Captain John Manne and his now wife the £50
I lent to her. To Eliz'" Suelling £50 of the £100 her
mother owes me. To the children of my cozen W" Har-
grave £20 each, & the like sum to my cozen .Jeffereyes &
her children. To Francis & Jas. Abrathwaite £10 each.
To John Bull £20. To Mrs. Mayer, who attends me in my
sickness, & to Susan Temple, & to Eliz"' wife of Wheeler,
£20 each. To my dear friends Maurice Thomson, Esq.,
Colonel Geo. Thomson & Captain W-" Ryder £20 each.
To the poor of Olives, Southwarke, £10 a year for ever in
fee simple & £100 for settling the ft-ee school for poor
mariners' children at East India House at Poplar. All
residue to my son Jeremy Blackman, he & Captain W'"
Ryder Executors. Maurice & Geo. Thomson, Esquires, to
be Overseers. To Mr. Cooper & Mr. Venning, preachers
in said parish, £10 each. Witnessed by Maurice Thomson,
John Burk, & Hum. To^vne, sC.
Jeremy Blackman, Gent. Will dated 29 Aug. 1668 ;
proved 31 Aug. 1668 by Bridget Blackman the relict.
(103 Hene.) To my wife Bridgett Blackman all my
manners, lands, goods, jewels, & plate, she to provide for
my children & to be sole Executrix. Witnessed by Geo.
Moore, Ptr. Davies, Tho. Peach, Tho. Browne.
1671, July 22. Adm'on to Eliz"' Armiger al's Black-
man al's Regimorter, wife of W"" Armiger, mother of
Ahasuerus Regimorter, late of Northcreake, Norfolk, bach"^,
dec''.
1676, June 16. Com" to Jas. Bugden & John Foorth
the principal creditors of Jeremy Blackman, late of Stepney,
dec"!, Susanna B. the wid. renouncing.
Bridgett Blackman of St. Andrew, Holborn, widow.
Will dated 10 Feb. 1692 ; proved 5 May 1698 by Sir W"
Pritchard. On 25 May 1715 commission to Rich'^ Uthwat,
Esq., an Executor of Sir William Pritchard, Knt., a principal
creditor. (114 Lort.) To be buried at Endfield Church
in Durance vault next my dear son Wake Blackman. I
have engaged myself in a suit of law against Rob' Osbalston
for the lights on the North & South Foreland, co. Kent. I
cannot give my Lady Stringer the £100 I promised her till
after the suit be recovered by the Court of Exchequer. The
debt due to Sir W"" Pritchard to be paid from the bond of
W" Stringer, Esq. My son Fj-ancis Errington & Eliz"" his
wife Executors. Witnessed by W"* Watts, Jephson Honers,
sen'', Tho. Trowe.
Lucie Blackman of St. Katherine Colemans, London,
Gent. Will dated 15 May 7 Wilham, 1696; proved 27
Aug. 1696 by John Thruston, Esq., John Warkhouse, Esq.,
and Arthur North, Rich"! Park, Peter Vansittart of
BLACKMAN EAMILY.
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London, mercliants. (155 Bond.) To my first son John
Blackniiin all my messuages, lands, etc., in Barbadoes, An-
tego, & Jamaica, also in Rivenhall, Witham, & Fanbourne,
CO. Essex, & in Yorksheir, Lincolnsheir, London, & else-
where, also all residue of my personal estate, failing issue to
my second son Lucie Blackman & his heirs male, then to
my 4 dau'rs, Mary, Ann, Eliz'", & Susan equally. To my
son Lucie £3000. To my 1st dan. Mary £1000. To my
second dau. Ann £750. To my third dau. Eliz"', in con-
sideration of her having the King's Evill in so high a degree,
£1000. To my fourth dau £750. If my second son
Lucie should come into possession of my plantation he shall
pay £500 to each of my dau'rs. To my wife £100 and £40
yearly, which will make up her joynture to £80 a year. I
give her also her cupboard of dressing plate and my yellow
diamond ring. My pearl necklace, the table diamond ring
& the diamond pendants, little Jappan cabinet & the black
& white inlaid one, all in the brown room, to be heirlooms.
To Mrs. Thos. Hunt of co. Norfolk £20. To the poor of
Witham £30, & of St. Katherine Coleman £30. To the
hospitals of Bethlehem & Bridewell £50. To my cozen
Philippa Wythe £20. To Mary Fish & John Lee £5 each.
To John Thruston of Hoxne, co. Suffolk, Esq., & John
Warkhouse of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Mr. Arthur North, Mr.
Rich* Park, & Mr. Peter Vansittart of London, merchants,
£50 each ; they are to hold ray lands for five years to allow
my first son £400 a year, & suitable maintenance for all my
other children till 21. All residue to my son John at 21, &
appoint him sole Executor, if he die then my second son
Lucy. Witnessed by Tho. Clements, Tho. Allcock, Reig-
nold Mohun, Jo. Rippiugall ; resigned & sealed 17 July 1696
in presence of Salusbury Cade, Mich* Stanhope, Reignold
Mohun, Jo. Rippingall.
Joseph Blackman of Five Islands, St. John's Parish.
Will dated 12 June 1704. To my son Joseph Blackman
12 negro men, women, & children. To my wife Marg' a
negro woman and a girl. If my son Joseph die s.p. the
negros to go Eliz"" Mannering, dau. of my wife Marg'.
Captain Geo. Thomas & Major Rob' Thorneton Executors
& Guardians. Witnessed by Tho' Younge, John Mannering.
By John Yeamans, Lieut. -Governor, appeared 11 Oct. 1704
Jno. Mannering. Recorded 11 Oct. 1704.
Hon. John Lucie Blackman of St. Joseph's parish,
Barbados, Esq. AVill dated 5 June 1724 ; entered at Bar-
bados 1 Feb. 1725 ; proved 14 Nov. 1726. (218 Plymouth.)
To my wife Frances £200 c. per annum for life and the use
of my mansion house in Barbados, and the management of
my estate during the minority of my heir, afterwards to
have the use of that part of the said house called the "New
Building," & the garden behind it as far as the citron fence,
thence to the corner of the old negro yard, also the use of
5 negros, a new kitchen to be built for her, and a riding
horse to be purchased, & all corn & bread to be paid for by
my Executors. If she die before the majority of my heir,
then all my plate to be taken charge of by Mr. Kob'
Warren. Two inventories to be made of all my property in
Barbados & Antigua. All my estates in the West Indies to
my son Rowland Blackman & his heirs male, also my lands
in Rivenhall, Witham, & Fanborne, co. Essex, & London,
then to my sons John Lucie Blackman, Sam' Blackman,
Thurston Blackman, Jacob Lucie Blackman, & Joseph
Blackman in tail male, then to my dau'rs Anna Maria,
Frances, Eliz"', Susan, Marg', Henrietta, and then to my
first sister Mary Blackman, then to the heirs male of my
late sister Anne Longuet, then to my sister Susan Blackman.
All the heirs of my estate to take my sirname. To each of
my sons, John Lucie, Sam', Thurston, Jacob Lucie, &
Joseph, £1000 c. at 21. To each of my said six dau'rs
£1000 c. at 21. My wife to be their guardian during
her widowhood. To each of the following a suit of
mourning & a ring— viz., my sisters Mary Blackman, Susan
Blackman, Mary Fry, & Mary Williams ; my niece Eliz">
Cochram, Mrs. Mary Warren, wife of my friend Rob'
Warren, Esq. To W" Thomas, who shall continue to reside
on my estate in Antigua, £100 mourning anfi a ring. £20
for a piece of communion plate for the church of Stifkey, co.
Norfolk, where I was born. £20 for a like piece of plate foi-
Witham Church, co Essex ; likewise for Fitches Creek
Church, St. Peter's parish, Antigua. 40 yards of Ozen-
briggs shall be given away by my wife yearly on St. John's
Day to some of the poor of St. Joseph's parish. All the
produce of my estates to be shipped to my nephew Rowl''
Frye. My E.xecutors for my Barbados estate to sell my 100
acres abutting east on lands of Henry Gollop, Esq., west on
the Mount Lucie plantation, north on the land of Mack-
lands, south on Mr. Francis Grant, and with the proceeds
pay a debt due to Joseph Hole, Esq. My son Rowl'' Black-
man Executor at 21 and my second son John Lucie Black-
man also at 21. To Rob' Warren 100 guineas. To be
buried in a plain cedar coffin at night in St. Joseph's
Church, only six of my friends to be present. To the
minister who shall preach my funeral sermon £5. My
wife, Rob' Warren, & Joseph Hole, Esquires, Executors for
Barbados ; my wife, my brothers-in-law John Frye, Esq., &
Thos. Williams, Esq., my nephews Archibald Cochran &
Mr. Rowl'i Frye Executors for Antigua ; my wife, Rob'
Warren, Joseph Hole, John Frye, Tho. Williams, & my
nephews Arch'' Cochran & Rowl'' Frye Executors for Great
Britain. To each of them a suit of mourning & as
good an enamelled ring as can be made on this island.
All residue to my son Rowl'' Frye. Witnessed by Will.
Joseph Holt, Sam' Cox, Jn*" Clarke. Barbados 1st Feb.
1725 appeared Rev. Joseph Holt, Mr. Sam' Cox, & Mr.
John Clarke & were sworn. On 7 May 1726 copy
attested by W'" Webster, Sec, before Governor Henry
Worsley.
Marg' Terrey, widow, of St. John's Town. Will dated 10
May 1725. A mulatto woman to Mary Gamble, dau. of
Jas. Gamble of Antigua, Gent., & Rachell his wife, and
after her death to my son Joseph Blackman. All residue
to my said son, & if he die without issue then one-third to
my dau. Eliz"' Fullwood, one-third to Mary Gamble, & one-
third to Mary wife of Joseph Blackman. Tho. Kerby, Esq.,
Ashton Warner, Esq., & Jas. Gamble, Executors. Wit-
nessed by Warner Tempest, W"" Thurston. Before Governor
John Hart were sworn W. Tempest & W"" Thurston 8 Dec.
1725.
Susanna Blackman, of Epsom, co. Surrey, spinster.
Will dated 20 April 1737 ; proved P.C.C. 26 Sept. 1737
by Anna Maria Longuet. On 2 July 1746 adm'on of
estate left unadministered by her a spinster, dec'', gi'anted
to John Samuel Longuet her brother & adm'or. (200 Wake.)
To be buried at S' Catherine Coleman's in Fenchurch
Street. To my sister Mary Blackman my apparel, plate,
£100, & the interest of £3000, the lease of my house here,
and the furniture. My nephew Rowl'' Blackman oweth me
£400 & £150 which I lent him for binding his brother
Thurston Blackman out apprentice. I give him the £400,
& out of the £150 I give £20 to my sister Frances Black-
man, my niece Anna Maria Hannar (sic) £10, my niece
Frances Blackman £10, my goddau. Eliz. Blackman £50,
my nieces Marg' Blackman, Henrietta Blackman, & my
nephews John Lucie Blackman, Sam' Blackman, & Joseph
Blackman £10 each. My nephews Thurston Blackman,
Jacob Blackman, & John Samuel Longuet £300 each. My
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
goddau. Susanna Gale, wife of John Gale, tinplate worker,
£300. Mrs. Eliz Parker, wife of Mr. Rob' Parker, clothier,
£20. Mr. Jas. Nicholas, master of the boarding-school at
Clapham, £50. Mrs. Mary Fry £10. Mrs. Mary Knight
£10. Mr. Fermor, apothecary of Epsom, £10. Rev. Mr.
Murray £20. Mr. Benj. Longuet £20. Mr. Samuel
Longuet £20. Thos. Miles, formerly my coachman, £5.
To each of my servants £5. Mrs. Rachel Gi-ay & Mrs.
Mary Gray £5 each. To the poor of St. Kath. Coleman
£20. £200 to any relatives of my late friend Mr. John
Beaumont. My Executrix to be advised by her two uncles
Mr. Benj" Longuet & Mr. Sam' Longuet. To my nephew
John Sam' Longuet a ring with his mother's hair. To my
nephew Rowl'' Blackman two small pictures sett in gold,
one my father's, the other my uncle Lucy's. All residue
to my niece Anna Maria Longuet & Executrix, & after the
death of my sister Mary Blackman £200 each to my
nephews Thurston Blackman, Jacob Blackman, & John
Samuel Longuet & Susanna Gale. Witnessed by Wm.
Heritage, John Gale, James Swift.
Mai-y Blackman of St. Paul's Churchyard in St.
Gregory's parish, spinster. Will dated 30 March 1738 ;
proved 5 Feb. 1740 by Thurston Blackman & Jacob Lucie
Blackman. (27 Spurway.) To my good friend Mrs.
Martha Barwell £50, my silver coffee-pot & sauce cup. To
my nephew John Lucie Blackman £50. To my niece Anna
Maria Longuet £50 & my silver plate & cover. To Mrs.
Rachel Grey £5 & to her sister Mary Grey £5. My
servant Mary Sherwood £20. All residue to my two
nephews Thurston Blackman & Jacob Lucie Blackman
equally, & appoint them Executors. Witnessed by Rob'
Barwell, Th. Wilson.
Jacob Lucie Blackman. Will dated G March 1748 ;
proved 21 Oct. 1766 by Thurston Blackman. (362 Tyndal.)
To my dear brothers Rowl*, John Lucie, Sam', & Joseph
Blackman £10 each for mourning, & to my sisters Mrs.
Anna Maria Haunay, Mrs. Frances Blackman, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Blackman, Mrs. Susanna Lyte, Mrs. Marg' Blackman,
Mrs. Henrietta Blackman, & my mother Mrs. Frances
Blackman £50 each for mourning. To my sisters Mrs.
Priscilla Blackman & Sirs. Ann Blackman & my dear
friends Geo. Hannay, Esq., W°' Frye, & Hugh Hughes
£10 each for mourning. All residue to my brother
Thurston Blackman, he to be sole Executor. Witnessed by
Jn" Bromc, Thom^ Weston.
1754. John Samuel Louguet of Honitou, co. Devon,
Esq. Adm'on Sept. 12 to Eliz. L. the relict.
Will of Eliza Hannay of Christ Church, Barbados, widow.
Dated 12 Nov. 1755 ; Barbados, Entered 27 Nov. 1755 ;
proved 28 Sept. 1756 by Jn° Newton, Esq., power reserved
to the others. (247 Glazier.) £100 to poor. Granddau.
Judith Alleyne £100 a year and £12,000 c, plate, furni-
ture, chariot & four horses. Mrs. Prudence Hart, widow,
£6 a year. All residue to my gi-anddau. Eliza, wife of
John Newton, Esq. The latter two and Judith Alleyne,
Executors. Witnessed by Jn° Philips, Hen. Durant, Jn°
Ramsey.
George Hannay, formerly of Barbados, now of Stanlake,
CO. Midd., Esq. Will dated 13 June 1767 ; proved
7 December 1776 by Rowl^i Blackman, Esq. (495 Bellas.)
To my wife Anna Maria Hannay £500 a year, also £1500
bank stock, £1300 reduced bank annuities, £2450, £4000 c.
owing from John Lyte of Barbados, Esq., & £1600 c. from
the estate of Conrad Adams in Barbados, also my house in
Conduit Str. with all furniture, jewels, plate, coach, chaise,
& coach horses, & £100. To my sister-in-law Frances
Blackman, sp'', £150 a year & £20. To my sister-in-law
Eliz"' Blackman, sp', £20 a year & £30. To my cousin M"
Anne Perkins of Barbados, widow, £20 c. a year & £20 c.
To my brother-in-law Thurston Blackman £20 a year & £50.
To my niece Anna Maria Blackman £1000 bank stock &
£4000 4 per cent. Consols, she to resign all claim to £700
held in my name. I give her also £20. To my kinsman
Thos. Ince of Barbados, Esq., £200, & cancel debts, &
£10 c. To my cousin M''* Mary Perry, wife of M'' Jacob
Perry of Barbados, £50 c. To my brothers-in-law John
Lucie Blackman and Sam' Blackman £50 each. To my
sisters-in-law Susanna, wife of John Lyte, Esq., Margaret
Maynard of Barbados, widow, & Henrietta Blackman, sp',
£30 c. each. To my niece Mary dau. of RowF Blackman
£30. To my nephew John Lucie Blackman £50, & to
each of his sisters £30 c. Whereas I have a large sum in
the hands of John Lucie Blackman & his partner W"
Shaw, £500 is to remain 4 years with them fi'ee of interest.
All residue to my brother-in-law Rowl'' Blackman of Bath,
Esq., he to be sole Ex'or. Witnessed by A. Bobbins, W"
Marshall, W" Boxall.
Thurston Blackman of Clifford's Lm, gent. Will dated
25 September 1767 ; proved 12 March 1770 by W™
Marshall during the minority of W" Jones, and again
31 July 1772 by W" Jones, he being 21. (88 Jenner.)
To my brother Rowl'' Blackman, my sister Priscilla
Blackman, Geo. Hannay, Esq., & my sister Anna Maria
Hannay, & my brothers John Lucie Blackman & Sam'
Blackman £20 each for mourning. To my sisters Frances
& Eliz"' Blackman, sp'S £500 each. To my sisters Marg'
Maynard £100 & Susanna Lyte £20 for mourning. To
my sister Henrietta Blackman, sp'', £500. To my nieces
Anna Maria & Mary Blackman daus. of my brother Rowl'',
& to each of the children of my brother John Lucie Black-
man (except John to whom I give £500) £20 for mourning.
To my cousin M' W'" Frye £50 for mourning. To
M-- W"' Marshall of Clifford's Inn £100. To my clerk
W"" Boxall 10 guineas. To Cath. Jones, laundress, wife
of Edw'' Jones of New Str., carpenter, 10 guineas, & to
her husband £500, & to their son EdW Jones £100. To
each of my brothers & sisters a mourning ring. Like rings
also to my friends EdW Woodcock of Lincoln's Inn, Esq.
M'' Elbrough Woodcock, M"" Tho. Barnard of Lincoln's
Inn, & to Sir Nath' Nash, K', M"- John Elliott, Jf EdW
Davis, M' Geo. Townsend, M'' John Browne, M'' W"' Frye,
my nephew John Blackman, & M"' W"" Shaw his partner,
M' W-" Chamberlayne, M'" Andrew Robbins, & M' W-"
Marshall. To JI"'' Eliz''' Hamton, sp', £100, living with
M''= Rogers in Castle Street, Southwark, to whom 10 guineas.
All residue to my intended dark W"" Jones, son of Edw''
Jones the Elder, at 21, he to be then Ex'or, & W"' Marshall
till then. Witnessed by W. Monk, Jn" GriflBths.
Ut Codicil. Dated I'J October 1768. To my kinsman
Archibald Cochran, Esq., 50 guineas for a ring. To Rowl''
& Sam' Frye, Esq"-*', rings. To Eliz"' Hamton £200. To
M'^ Anne Martin of Old Street Road, widow, £300. To
my very good friend John Braithwaice, Esq., M'' Hugh
Hughes, M' Francis Hutchins, M"' John Brome, jun'',
M"- Joseph Bennett, M"- John Partridge, & M'' Rob'
Murray of the Royal Exchange Assurance Office, rings.
Witnessed by Jn" Whittaker, Clifford's Inn, F. Baldwin,
clerk to Messrs. Monk & Whittaker.
2nd Codicil. Dated 21 January 1770. To my nephew
Geo. Blackman £500 payable to his father. To Edwi
Jones, jun'', son of Edw'' Jones of New Str., carpenter,
£200, and to another of his sons Thos. Jones £200.
Srd Codicil. Dated 16 February 1770. To my brother
Rowl'' Blackman 100 guineas for a piece of plate, & my gold
watch by Sidey & chain & seals ; and to his dau. Mary Black-
BLACKMAN FAMILY.
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man my silver candlesticks and salts, and to his dau. Anna
Maria Blackman the diamond I'ing M'' Shaw gave me. To
M' W" Marshall my term in my chambers, N" 15 Clifford's
Inn, on the ground floor, & the furniture & set of Ruff-
head's Statutes. To W™ Jones my term in the other
chambers two pair stairs. To my clerk W"' Boxall £20.
To my nephew .John Lucie lUackman my interest in Cap'
Pingle's ship. To Mary Clarke, a mullata servant with
Rowl'' Blackman, 20 guineas for her great care and
attention in my illness, and to Martha Stokes another
mulatta 5 guineas, £10 amongst the rest of my brother's
servants. To be buried near my late brother Jacob Black-
man. Witnessed by Thomas Harford, John Thring. On
10 March 1770 appeared Rich'' Gravatt of S' Dunstan's in
the West, G*, & Geo. Blagden of the same parish, G'. The
testator died at Bath.
Rowland Blackman of Bath, Esq. Will dated 27 August
1777; proved 6 Marcii 1781 by Priscilla Blackman, the
widow & relict, Anne Maria Blackman & ]\Iary Black-
man, the dau'rs, spinsters. (110 Webster.) Recorded at
St. John's 3 May 1781. To my wife Priscilla Blackman
£200 a year above the £300 a year (Barbados currency)
already settled, & charge it on my Antigua estate. If she
survive my sister Hannay she will be entitled to £200 a
year more, charged on my Barbados estate. My wife and
I about 1762 or 3 joined in the sale of my estate called
Black Rock or Warren's plantation in Barbados, which
was her estate of inheritance, co Tho. Breuster of Barbados,
Esq., since dead, for £13,700, to pay off the incumbrances
of £4700, & I have received (apart from the £4700)
£4000 only of the purchase money. All incumbrances
have been paid off except the joint bond of M"'= Mary
Warren & Rob' Warren, my wife's mother & brother, of
£150 to my dau. Mary, & the legacies left by Rob'
Warren & his brother W™ Henry Warren to my 2 dans.
There is now due £5000, the remainder of the purchase
money which belongs to my wife. I give her also £4000
& £400, all my furniture, linen, jewels, coach & horses, &
use of plate. My brother-in-law Geo. Hannay, Esq., by
will gave to my sister Hanuay £1500 bank stock & £1300
three per cent, stock, & to my dau. Anne Maria £1000
bank stock & £4000 four per cent. Consols, but all which
he sold out ; the last parcel of £1700 he sold May 1776, &
by bis papers he said that £800 of it belonged to my dau.
Anne Maria. I will therefore that £114 a year be paid to
my sister Hannay for life, & I give £800 to my said dau.,
& I charge the same on all the estates in Barbados which
came to me by the will of my brother Geo. Hannay. A
debt of £315 I owed him he gave to my dau. Anne Maria
which was in July or Aug. 1769. To my sister Eliz""
Blackman £60 a year. To my sisters Anne Maria Hannay,
Frances Blackman, Eliz"' Blackman, Susanna Lyte, &
Henrietta Blackman, my brothers John Lucie Blackman &
.Sam' Blackman, my nephew John Lucie Blackman, my
niece Mary Blackman, & to Geo. Blackman, son of said
John Lucie Blackman, each £20. All residue to my daus.
Anne Maria & Maiy Blackman, they & their mother
Ex'trices. Witnessed by Tho'^ Daniell, W'" Henay, Robert
Forsyth.
Codicil. Dated 11 December 1780. To my friend
Tho. Daniell of Unity Street, Bristol, Esqre., 50 gs. To
my sister Eliz"' Blackman £40 a year. To my wife's maid
Mary Clark 20 gs. Witnessed by Tho= Ketcherside, Eliz'"
Ketcherside, Benj. Olde.
Rob' Bowyer, citizen & Salter of London, had each one-third
of a plantation in North Sound Division of 600 acres, and
in one other plantation of 100 acres. Luke Lucy died, &
his share came to his brother Jacob Lucye, merchant.
Rob' Bowyer also died, & his one-third came to his son &
heir Rob' Bowyer, Gent., & Jacob Lucye & John Harris
then purchased his one-third of Rob' Bowyer the son, &
John Harris about 1681 sold his half-share to Rob' Gillmore
of the Inner Temple, but later of Ramsbury, Esq. Jacob
Lucye died about 1688, and gave his half to Eliz"" Lucye
his daughter, and she before her marriage with Gerard ....
Esq., of London, by deed settled her half, but with a clause
in Jacob Lucye's will that if she died s.p., as she did, her
half should go to his nephew, Lucye Blackman, Esq , &
accordingly the latter took possession after her death.
Rob' Gillmore & Lucye Blackman are both dead. By Rob'
Gillmore's will his share went to Mary Gillmore & Kath.
Weymaas. Giles Watkins is the present manager. They
appoint EdW^ Byam & John Otto-Baijer, of Antigua,
Esquires, their attorneys, to remove Giles Watkins. Dated
18 Sept. 1703. Sam' Williams, physician, swears affidavit
to above before John Yeamans, Lieut. -Governor.
Mary Gillmore of Ramsbury, co. Wilts, widow, & Kath.
Weymans, formerly Kath. Millar of Ramsbury, widow.
Whereas Luke Lucy, merchant, John Harris, merchant, &
Indenture dated 23 Oct. 1724 between John Frye of
Antigua, Esq., and John Cotton of the Middle Temple,
Esq., of the one part, and John Lucy Blackman of Barbados,
Esq., of the other. Whereas by Indenture of lease dated
24 and 25 June 1722 tripartite between Cordrington John
Prissick of Carlton in Cleveland, Yorkshire, brother and
heir of Chris'' Prissick, who was son and heir of Chris'
Prissick, late of London, merchant, of the 1st part ; and
Sarah Prissick of Carlton, widow and relict of X'fer Prissick,
the father, and John Prissick of Carlton, brother and sole
acting Ex'or of X'fer Prissick, the father, of the 2nd part ;
and John Frye and John Cotton of the 3rd part; for
£1685 paid by John Frye and John Cotton, they sold to
the latter half of a plantation in North Sound of 600 acres,
and half of a plantation in the New Division of 100 acres.
John Frye and John Cotton acting as trustees for John
Lucy Blackman ; release now made by Jn" Frye and Jn""
Cotton to J. L. B.
Parish Register of St. John's.
Buried.
1 704 June 20 Mr. Joseph Blackman.
1705 June 14 John Blackman.
Baptized.
1703 Jan. 29 Joseph the s. of Joseph Blackman & Mary
his wife.
3Inrried.
1700 Jan. 3 Jo' Blackman & Katharain Manwaring,
widdow.
Register of Bath Abbey.
Buried.
1781 Jan. 12 Mr. Blackman was carried away & y«
Mortuary was paid.
Parish Register of St. Michael, Barbados.
Buried.
1678 Nov. 1 Sarah Blackman.
1678 Dec. 17 Mary d. of William Blackman.
In 1676—80 Mr. Bryan Blackman and Mr. Tho. Black-
man were of St. George's parish, Barbados.
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THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
^Setitcjrct of 33Iadunan*
Arms. — Quarierhj .- 1 and 4, Six torteaux, three, two, and one, Harnage ; 2 and 3, Ermine, three lions
rampant argent within a bordure or, semee of crescents azure, Blackuan.
Crest (Harnage). — Out of a ducal coronet a lion's jamb fielding a torteaux.
Motto. — Deo duce decreri.
Crest (Blackman). — A demi-gri^n or, semee of crescents azure, collared gules.
Motto. — Fide et fiducia.
BLACKMAN.=
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Mary, dau. o^Jeremy Blackman of St. Andrew=
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1st
wife.
Undershaft, Esq., and there bur.
18 Nov. 1656. Will dated 9 Oct.
1656; proved 21 Nov. 1656.
(380 Berkeley.)
^Elizabeth, dan. of .Jolin Lucie, Esq.; bapt. at Dutch
Chiu'ch, Austin Fryers, 18 June 1624 ; mar. 1st
Ahasuerus Regimorter, M.D., who died 25 Nov.
1650, and Srdly, William Armiger, Esq., of North
Creak, CO. Norfolk. She was living 1686. 2nd wife.
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Joseph Blackman,
living 1656.
Dau., wife of The.
Prince.
Mary, dau. of'^^Jeremy Blackman, bur.'
bur. at
St. Andrew
7 April 1660.
1st wife.
at St. Andrew 2 Sept.
1668. Will dated 29
and proved 31 August
1668. (103 Hene.)
/\
=Bridget, dau. of
Will dated
10 Feb. 1692;
proved 25 May
1698. (lllLort.)
2nd wife.
Maurice Blackman,
died abroad ; adm'on
1673 to Elizabeth
his relict.
William Blackman=j=Elizabeth Stowell,
mar. at St. Kathe-
rine's, Coleman
Street, Sept. 1660.
s.p.
Wake Blackman, died before 1692, Elizabeth Blackman, wife of Francis Emngton ; mar. lie. 10 May 1686, she then set. 20
bur. at Enfield. and he 24. Both living 1692.
John Blackman, born at StiflPkey, oo. Norfolk, circa 1676, took name=f=Frances, sister to Thomas
of Lucie before Blackman, of Mount Lucy estates in Barbados and Williams of St. .Joseph's,
Antigua. Member of Council of Antigua in 1706; bur. at St. Barbados, in 1715, then set.
Katherine's, Coleman Street, 31 Oct. 1725. Will dated 5 June 1724; 28; she died on that island
proved 14 Nov. 1726. (218 Plymouth.) circa 1758.
Jacob Blackman,
ob. v.p.
Eowland Blackman, born 26 Sept.=
1705 ; matriculated ChristChurch,
Oxon, 20 Feb. 1722, xi. 17. Heir
to his brother-in-law George Han-
nay, Esq., of Barbados ; died at
Bath, bur. at St. Katherine's, Cole-
man Street, Jan. 1781. Will
dated 27 Aug. 1777 ; proved 6
March 1781. (110 Webster.)
Priscilla,
John Lucie'
dau. of
Blackman,
Robert
born 28 Oct.
Warren,
1707 ; bur.
M.D.,
at St.
of Bar-
Michael,
bados ;
Barbados,
living
circa 1780.
1793.
^Anne, dau. of
George Walker,
Esq., of Barba-
dos ; mar. circa
1733 ; she died
there f*rc« 1752.
Thomas Blackman,
born 9 Dec. 1708,
ob. infant.
Samuel Blackman,
born 11 Feb. 1709,
ob. bachelor 1787,
set. 72, bur. St.
Michael, Barbados.
Thurston Blackman,
born 9 Dec. 1715; ob.
bachelor at Bath 1
March 1770, bur. at
St. Katherine's, Cole-
man Street. Will
dated 25 Sept. 1767,
then of 15 Clifford's
Inn ; proved 31 July
1772. (88 Jeuner.)
Anna Maria
Blackman,
spinster 1793.
Mary Blackman, mar. 21 Oct.
1781 Hon. W. H. Irby, 2nd son
of 1st Lord Boston (he was born
1750 and died 1830) ; ob. Sept.
1792, bur. at Whiston, co.
Northants.
John Lucie Blackman of Boarded=
Hall, Barbados, and of Chatham
Place, Blackfriars, merchant, only
son, born 27 Nov. 1735 in Bar-
bados ; ob. 10 Jan. 1797, bur. St.
Marti tt's in Fields.
:Mary, dau. of Henry Harnage, Esq.,
of London, and formerly of Belser-
dine, co. Salop, born 26 Nov. 1739 ;
she mar. 2ndly July 1798 Admiral
Sir Edm. Nagle, K.C.B. ; died at
East Moulsey 13 May 1836, ast. 98.
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Mary, 1st surviving dau. of^pSir George Harnage, Bart., of Chatham Place, Blackfriars, only son, born 5 July 1767 ;
Henry Harnage, Esq., of
Belswardyne, cousin to her
husband; mar. 19 July 1791.
created Baronet 8 Sept. 1821. On 13 Oct. 1821 assumed the name of Harnage. Died 19
Nov. 1836 at East Moulsey, bur. at St. Olave's, Hart Street. Took out a grant of arms and
recorded his pedigree Royal College of Arms in 1800.
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Sir George Harnage, 2nd Bart., Captain=pCaroline Helena, youngest dau. and
R.N.; bornl9 July 1792 in Chatham Place; coheir of Bartlet Goodrich, Esq., of
ob. 10 March 1866. Saling Grove, co. Essex ; mar. 26
Jan. 1826 ; died 1855.
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John Lucie Harnage, born 4 Oct. 1793
in Chatham Place; Captain Coldstreams;
killed at Waterloo ; ob. bachelor.
Sir Henry George Harnage, 3rd Baronet, of Belswardyne, co. Salop, J. P., Captain^
Salop Yeomanry, High Sheriff 1875 ; born 24 June 1827 ; educated at Cambridge ;
died 13 Jan. 1888 at Cronage, near Ironbridge, co. Salop, s.p. Title extinct.
=Elizabeth Sarah Maude, 3rd dau. of
Rev. Edward Egremont, Vicar of
Wroxeter ; mar. 4 Oct. 1866.
s.p.
BLACKMAN FAMILY.
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Susan Blackmail,
under 18 in 1656;
mar. Sir Jolin Ray-
ney, 2nd Bart., of
Wrotham ; he died
1680.
Lucie Blackman, mar. alleg. dated 7 Nov. 1678, he then fet.=
26. Owned lauds in Antigua, Barbados, and Jamaica, also at
Rivenhall, Witham, and Faubourne, co. Essex ; heir to his
uncle Jacob Lucie after the death of his cousin Elizabeth
Napier. Bur. at St. Katherine's, Coleman Street, 4 Aug. 1696.
Will dated 15 May 1696 ; proved 27 Aug. 1696. (155 Bond.)
=Aune, youngest dan. of John Thurs-
ton of London, Esq., and from Hox-
ney Abbey, co. Norfolk ; she was set.
23 in 1678; bur. at St. Katherine's,
Coleman Street, 15 Aug. 1713.
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Lucie Blackmail,
ob. s.p. 14 Aug.
1696, bur. at St.
Katherine's, Cole-
man Street.
Mary Blackman, ob. spinster,
bur. at St. Katherine's, Cole-
man Street, 25 Jan. 1740.
Will dated 30 March 1738 ;
proved 5 Feb. 1740. (27
Spurway.)
Ann Blackman, mar. John Longuet, Esq. ;
bur. at St. Katherine's, Coleman Street,
24 Dec. 1719.
Elizabeth Blackman, ob. spinster at St.
Katherine's, Coleman Street, 25 May 1723.
Susanna Blackman, ob. spin-
ster at St. Katherine's, Cole-
man Street, 16 Sept. 1737.
Will dated 20 April 1737 ;
proved P.C.C. 26 Sept.
1737.
Jacob Lucie Black-
man, born 14 Feb.
1716 ; ob. bachelor,
bur. at St. Kathe-
rine's, Coleman
Street, 14 Oct. 1766.
Will dated 6 March
1748 ; proved 21
Oct. 1766. (362
Tyndall.)
Joseph Blackman, born
18 March 1719 ; ob.
bachelor in Jamaica.
Twin with Margaret.
Elizabeth Blackman,
born 25 Nov. 1714 ;
spinster 1793.
Anna Maria Blackman, born 10
Dec. 1711 ; mar. before 1748
George Hannay, Esq., of Bar-
bados ; she bur. at St. Kathe-
rine's 22 July 1790 ; he bur. at
St. Katherine's 26 Oct. 1776,
tet. 74; his will dated 13 June
1767; proved 7 Dec. 1776.
(495 Bellas.)
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Frances Blackman, born 21 June 1713 ;
ob. Aug. 1787 at Tunbridge Wells, spin-
ster, bur. St. Katherine's 28 Aug. 1787.
Henrietta Blackman, born 7 Dec. 1721 ;
died spinster in Barbados 1803.
Margaret Blackman, born 18 March 1719 ;
mar. . . . Maynard, Esq., of Barbados ; she
died s.p. at Barbados.
Frances Blackman, died 1817, spin- Dorothy Blackman, mar. Joshua Gittens Anna Maria Blackman, mar. Thomas
ster, bur. at St. Katherine's. of Barbados, and died there s.p. Best of Barbados, and died there s.p.
Rev. Henry Harnage, born 3 Nov.
Chatham Place ; ob. Aug. 1853.
1794 in Edward Harnage, born 18 Oct. 1798 in^pEliza, 1st dau. of Rev. Mark
Chatham Place ; died 25 June 1861. Drury ; mar. 3 June 1830.
Mary Louisa.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1665, Dec. 28 William Armingcr, Esq., of St. Dunstan
in the West, London, bachelor, 27, and Elizabeth Blackman,
of St. Catharine Colman, London, Widow, 30 ; at Fulham,
Middlesex. (Marriage Allegations, Vicar-General.)
1678, Nov. 7. Lucie Blackman of Walsingham Abbey,
CO. Norfolk, Gent., Bach'', ab' 26, & Anne Thruston of
Hoxon Abbey, s'^ co., Spi", ab' 23, at her own disposal ; at
Hoxon or Thorpe, co. Norfolk. {Ibid.)
1686, May 10. Francis Errington, of St. Andrew,
Holborn, Lond., Gent., Bach', ab' 24, & Elizabeth Black-
man, of the same, Sp'', ab' 20, with consent of her mother
.... Blackman, Wid. ; alleged by Giles Bullock, of St.
Bottolph, Aldgate, Lond., Draper ; at St. Bottolph's afs*.
{Ibid.)
In St. George's Church, Fitches Creek, on the floor of
the nave : —
Here Lyeth Interr'd the Body
of Thomas Blackman the Son
of John Lucie and Frances
Blackman who departed this
life the 26"> day of lune I7O9
Being 6 Months And I7
days Old.
St. Paul's Churchyard, Falmouth. Headstone: —
Here
lies the Body of
ELIZABETH BLACKMAN
who departed
.... Life the 26 Day
of Oct. 1776 in y<= 32
Year of her Age.
1635. The ship "Globe" of London, Jeremy Black-
man, Master.
1682. Mr. Jacob Lucy & Co., patent for 529 acres at
Antigua 18 May 1G82 by Sir W. Stapleton.
1703, Aug. 16. Indenture of sale. Richard Scott of
Barbados, Esq., for £100 sterling sells a negro to John
Lucye Blackman of Antigua, Esq.
1705. .lohn Lucy Blackman, Gent. 6 acres of flashes
by John Johnson, 1705, situated on the west side of Fitches
Creek. Surveyed 30 March 1705. His patent for 6 acres
■was dated 9 July 1706.
Barbados Act No. 554, confirmed 10 March 1715. " An
Act to dock the entail of Mount Lucy plantation and other
the estate in this island of John Lucy Blackman, Esq., and
to vest the same in the said John Lucy Blackman in fee-
simple."
Barbados, St. Joseph's parish. Madam Frances Black-
man— 4 men (36, 30, 30, 18), 3 women (28, 28, 21), a boy
(4), 3 girls (3, 2, 8 months).
Captain Jas. Binncy's company included Mr. Bryant
Blackman, 2 men. (Barbados 1715.)
171^, March 9. Petition of John Lucie Blackman that
he has been seized since 9 July 1760 (by patent from Hon.
John Johnson, late Commander-in-Chief) of a parcel of
flashes and mangroves on the west side of Fitches Creek,
beginning at the old bridge, etc., patent is granted, also a
small island. Total, 6 acres, N. with Colonel Byam, S. with
old bridge, E. with creek, W. with the common path to the
church.
1780. At the Leeward Islands, .lohn Lucie Blackman,
Esq., of the island of Barbadoes. (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. 445.)
1787, July. At Tunbridge-wells, Mrs. Frances Black-
man, sister to Mrs. Hannay of Conduit-str., Hanover-square.
{Ibid., p. 740.)
1791, July 19. Mr. Geo. Blackman, only son of John
Lucie B., esq., of Chatham-place, to Miss Harnage, daughter
of Colonel H. {Ibid., p. 680.)
1798, Aug. 16. Capt. Sir Edmund Nagle, of the
royal navy, to Mrs. Blackman, widow of the late John
Lucie B., esq., of Craven-str. {Ibid., p. 722.)
1830, May 17. At Worthing, aged 80, the Hon.
Wm. Henry Irby, uncle to Lord Boston. He was the
youngest son of William the 10th Lord, by Albinia, eldest
dau. of Henry Selwyn, Esq. He married Oct. 25, 1781,
Mary, dau. and coh. of Rowland Blackman, esq., and by
that lady, who died .July 20, 1791, had one son, William-
Henry-Rowland ; and a dau., Augusta Priscilla, who became
in 1810 the 2'' wife of Sir William Langham, Bart.,
and his widow in 1812. {Ibid., p. 573.)
1836, May 13. At East Moulsey, aged 98, Mary, widow
of Adm. Sir Edmund Nagle, K.C.B., previously of John
Lucie Blackman, esq., of Craven-street. She was married
to Sir Edmund Nagle in 1798, and left his widow in 1830.
{Ibid., p. 676 ; see ' Gentleman's Magazine,' xc, 1, 470.)
1836, Nov. 19. At East Moulsey, in his 70th year. Sir
George Harnage, Bart. He was the only son of John Lucie
Blackman, esq., of London, merchant (of an old London
and West India family), by Mary, daughter of Henry
Harnage, esq., who afterwards remarried the late Adm.
Sir Edmund Nagle. He married July 19, 1791, his cousin
Mary, eldest surviving daughter of Henry Harnage of Belles-
wardine, co. Salop, esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in the army, and
in 1821 he assumed the surname of Harnage only, by licence
under the royal sign manual. The family of Harnage long
flourished in Shropshire, and purchased the manor of Belles-
wardine in 1542. In the same year (1821) by patent dated
Sept. 8 he was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet.
Sir George had issue four sons : —
1. Sir George Harnage, his successor, born in 1792, a
Captain R.N. ; he has married Caroline Helena, daughter
and coheiress of Bartlett Goodrich, Esq., of Saling Grove,
CO. Essex, and has issue Henry George, his heir-apparent.
2. Captain John Lucie Harnage, of the Coldstream-
guards, slain at Waterloo.
3. Rev. Henry Harnage Harnage.
4. Edward Harnage, esq., who married in 1830 Ehza,
eldest dau. of the Rev. Mark Drury. {Ibid., 1837, p. 203.)
The family estate in Antigua, situated in St.
George's parish, was called "Mount Lucye" and later
"Blackmans." In 1852 it contained 230 acres, and was
owned by Messrs. W. and F. Shand. The estate in Barba-
dos was also styled "Mount Lucye."
BLADEN FAMILY.
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^ctiicjret of JSlatieih
Mrs. Martha Popplewell, widow, mar. at St. Georjfe's=pGEORGrE BLADEN, mar.=f=Mary, dau. of Major Anthony Brown
15 June 1784
? 1st wife.
bur. at St. Paul's 8 Nov. 1736
9 April 1737 at .... ; bur.
at St. Paul's 24 May 1753.
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Mary
Bladen,
bapt.
at St.
Paul's
1 Aug.
1739.
/N
by Mary his wife ;
24 April 1773.
bur. at St. Paul's
William George
Bladen, bapt. at
St. Paul's 10
Dec. 1740; bur.
there 1 1 Dec.
1740.
Elizabeth
Bladen,
bur. at
St. Paul's
8 May
1743.
Sarah Bladen,
bapt. at St.
Paul's llJune
1744 ; bur.
there 15 June
1744.
Nicholas
Bladen,
bur. at
St. Paul's
20 June
1744.
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Barbara
Bladen,
bapt.
at St.
Paul's
17 Out.
1745.
William John
Bladen, bapt.
at St. Paul's
9 March
1746 ; living
1759.
Grace Bladen,
bapt. at St.
Paul's 17 July
1748 ; bur.
there 5 Oct.
1748.
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David Bladen,
bapt. at St.
Paul's 26 Nov.
1749 ; living
1759.
George Bladen, of Piccadilly, Antigua; born 17G5 ; bur. at St. Paul's 29 March=j=Christian, dau. of James Barton;
1832, set. 67. ? grandson of George of 1753. I mar. at St. Paul's 24 Nov. 1787.
George Bladen.
William James Bladen, named 1792 in the will of his uncle .John
Samuel Barton ; bur. at St. Paul's 4 July 1824.
Ann Maria Bladen,
living 1792.
Close Roll, 4 Geo. III., Part 16, No. 25.
This Indenture quinquepartite made the 8th day of
November 17G3 between Archibald Buchanan of London,
merchant, only son and heir-at-law of James Buchanan,
late of London, merchant, deceased, of the 1st part ; Jane
Buchanan, widow, relict and only surviving Executrix
named in the last will of the said James Buchanan, deceased,
of the 2nd part ; James Cave of Woodford, co. Essex,
surgeon, and Mary his wife, heretofore Mary Hurt, widow
and relict of Christopher Jarvis Hurt, mariner, deceased,
formerly Mary Hooper, spinster, of the 3rd part ; Archi-
bald Napier of Waltham Abbey in co. Essex, surgeon, and
William Strahan of New Street in the parish of St. Bride's,
London, printer, of the 4th part; and John Fothergill
of London, Doctor in Physick, of the 5th part. Whereas
Frances Bladen, late of the parish of Barking, Essex, widow,
by her last will dated 27th day of Oct. 1746, gave her
estate at Nevis in America, real and personal, rented at
£300 per annum, as follows : To her friend Mrs. Deborah
Hurt and to her heirs £50 a year ; to her [sic] son
Christopher Hurt and his heirs £50 ; to Joseph Hooper
and his heirs £50 ; to the said Mary Cave, then Mary
Hooper, and her heirs £50 ; to Sarah Hooper £50 a year
for life, and after her decease to be equally divided between
the said Joseph and Mary Hooper and their heirs ; and to
Sophia Snow £50 per annum for life. Whereas Frances
Bladen soon after died, and the said Joseph Hooper is
also since dead intestate without issue, whereby the said
Mary Cave, as only sister and heir-at-law of the said
Joseph, became entitled to the said 6th part. Whereas by
Indentures of lease and release dated respectively 1st and
2nd of May 1753 made between the said James Cave and
Mary his wife, of the one part, and Archibald Napier and
William Strahan, of the other part, being by way of
marriage settlement subsequent to the marriage of the said
James and Mary Cave, it was witnessed that the said
James and Mary released to Archibald Napier and
William Strahan all those three undivided 6th parts in
that plantation, and in all the lands, meadows, etc., situate
in Nevis, late the estate of the said Frances Bladen : to
hold to them, their heirs and assigns, to the use of them,
their heirs and assigns for ever, upon trust that they
(Archibald and William) should, while the said James and
Mary Cave should jointly live, pay the rents and profits of
the premises to such persons as the said Blary should
direct. Archibald Buchanan, Archibald Napier, and
William Strahan have granted to John Fothergill, his heirs
and assigns for ever, one full and equal 3rd part, customary
share, or dower of Mary Cave, for the natural life of the
said Mary.
[No particulars given of the plantation or lands.]
1739
1740
1744
1745
1746
1748
1749
1787
1736
1740
1743
1744
1744
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Baptized.
Aug. 1 Mary D. of George Bladen.
Dec. 10 William George S. of George Bladen &
his wife.
June 11 Sarah D. of M'' George Bladen and Mary
his wife.
Oct. 17 Barbara D. of M"' George Bladen and
Mary his wife.
Mar. 9 William John S. of M'' George Bladen and
Mary his wife.
July 17 Grace D. of M'' George Bladen and Mary
his wife.
Nov. 26 David S. of M' George Bladen and Mary
his wife.
Married.
Nov. 24 George Bladen to Christian Barton,
Spinster.
Buried.
Nov. 8 Martha Wife of George Bladen.
Dec. 11 William George S. of George Bladen.
May 8 Elizabeth D. of M^' George Bladen &
Mary his wife.
June 15 Sarah D. of M'' George Bladen and Mary
bis wife.
June 20 Nicholas S. of M'' George Bladen and
Mary his wife.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1748 Oct. 5 Grace D. of M' George Bladen and Mary
his wife.
1753 May 24 M' George Bladen.
1773 April 24 M^ Mary Bladen.
1824 July 4 W™ J. Bladen, in S' Paul's church yard.
1832 Mar. 29 Geo. Bladen, of Piccadilly, aged 67.
1840 June 5 John TVm. Bladen, planter, of Deep Bay,
aged 45.
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
1734 June 15 George Bladen & Martha Popplewell,
Widow.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
1817 Oct. 1 John Sheppard, Planter, and Maiy Powell
Bladen, Spinster, at Cotton New Work.
L.
Buried.
1817 July 1 Effee Smith Bladen D. of Thomas Bladen,
from Cotton New Works, in Parham
Church Yard.
1820 April 11 Thomas Smith Bladen, from Cotton N.
Work, S. of Thomas W. Bladen, aged
27 years. Inquest.
1820 June 17 Sarah Bright Bladen, late Wife of Thomas
Bladen, from Cotton New Work.
Parish Register of St. Mary.
Married.
1846 June 17 Richard Howard Bladen of S' Philip's,
planter, & Eliza Ann Martin of S'
Mary's, Spinster. L.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1732 April 9 George Bladen to Mary Brown.
Buried.
(? 1746) May 26 Barbara Infant D. of George Bladen.
ifamtli) of 3SlaIte.
Codicil to the will of Christopher Blake of Barbados,
merchant. Dated 23 May 1719 ; proved 8 July 1719 by
Patience Blake the widow and relict. (121 Browning.) To
my sister Marg*, wife of Rich"' Hawkins, chandler & soap-
boiler of Galloway, £150. 10 hogsheads of sugar sent to M''
Jos. Read of Lond., Merch', & 10 to Bristol to M'' W">
Raymond, Merch', for my wife Patience to pay Capt. Jas.
England for the passage of self & family my 2 sons & for
their passage back. Witnessed by Tho. Clayton, Ben.
Wrigley.
Martin Blake of Leicester Fields, St. Martin in the
Fields. Will dated 1 April 1743 ; proved 25 August 1743
by Andrew Blake the brother (254 Boycott.) To my
wife Sarah Blake the use of my diamond solatair & diamond
ear rings, valued at £750, a diamond ring valued at £60, &
the following gold articles — viz., my chased repeating watch
chain, & seal with a blackamore's head, valued at 50 gs., my
carved snuff box valued at 30 gs., shuttle for knotting at
10 gs., pair of scissars & case at £20, tooth pick case 10 gs.,
patch box with looking glass 4 gs., thimble 1 g., smelling
bottle 8 gs., for life, then to my brother Andrew Blake of
Lile street, London. To such child I may have l/-. All
residue of my personal estate & all my lands in S* Kitts &
elsewhere to my said brother, he to be sole Ex'or. Witnessed
by Da. Plunkett, Dom'' Blake, William Sweeny.
Patrick Blake, Esq., of St. Christopher's. Will dated
5 March 174 J ; proved 24 ... . 1745 by Geo. Leigh, Esq.,
and Peter Lynch, power reserved to Dominick Trant and
John Willet, Esquires. (266 Seymour.) To my brother
M'- Nich^ Blake of Ireland £1000. To my dau.-in-Iaw
M" Marg' Higgons of Ireland £1000. To my kinsman
M"' Peter Lynch, now of S' Christopher's, £1000. To my
nephew M'' Peter Blake of Antigua £600. To M''' Jane
Kelly £300, £30 c, & my negro Pathena. To M""
Andrew Lynch Fitz j\Iartin of the city of Gallway, Merch',
£200, & £30 for the children of Nich^ Lynch Fitz-Andrew,
late of Gallway, dec"*. To the Rev. Sam^ Simcock,
Warden of Gallway, £30. To Andrew & Edmund Blake,
Esq™, of Ireland, £100 for the children of Ulick Bnrk,
late of S' Christopher's, dec*. To the heirs of John
French, late of Montserrat, dec"!, £30. To my nephew
the Rev. M'' Stapleton Davis of S' Christopher's £30 a
year for life. To the children of Anthony Lynch, late of
Montserrat, dec'', £30 c. To my nephew Martin Blake,
EsqS of Antigua, £500. To my kinsman M"^ Tho. Caines
all interest due on his bonds <t £85 I lately lent him. To
my dau. Marg' Blake the interest of £6000 for life, then to
my grandchildren at 21, & in default to the children of Ed-
mund Blake, Esq., of Rasheny, co. Gallway. To my sister
M'^ Marg' Lynch al's Blake of the co. Gallway £500. To
my nephew M"" Arthur Blake £300. To my nephew M''
Jas. Lynch £300. To Francis Blake, son of Mary Katon,
my share of the ship " S' Patrick" & £500. To Anthony
Hodges, Esq., late of London, Merch', £150 c. To my
son Andrew Blake all rents of my estate in Montserrat & to
his heirs male, then to the son of Edmund Blake of Rasheny,
CO. Gallway. Freedom to 4 slaves, and £10 c. a year till
15. To the poor of S' Anne, Sandy Point, £100 c, & of
Trinity, Palmato Point, £100 c. To M'' Dominick Lynch
of Montserrat £20 c. To M'' Concannon of Montserrat
£20 c, the like to M'' Tho. Caines, Chas. Laval Molineux,
Esq., & M''= Eliz'i' Fahie. All residue to my grandson
Patrick, 1" son of my son Andrew Blake. If my son
should have any dau'rs I give them each £2000 at 18. My
good friends Dominick Trant, John Willett, & Geo. Leigh,
Esq^'^S & M'' Peter Lynch Ex'ors in trust & guardians
of my grandson till 25. Witnessed by John Frank, Peter
French, Anthony French.
Codicil. Dated 5 March 174|. In case of failure of
heirs male of my son Andrew, then to my brothers Martin
& Nich^ Blake of Ireland. To each Ex'or £50.
Andrew Blake of New Norfolk Street, Hanover Square,
Esq. Will dated 21 July 1760 ; proved 11 November 1762,
administration to Charles Massey, the guardian of Christo-
pher Blake, a minor, the Executors renouncing. (414
Lynch.) By certain articles of agreement, da. 13 Mar. 1745,
between myself as the only son & heir of Patrick Blake, late
of S' Christopher's, Esq., deC", of the one part, & Jeffery
French of Argyle Buildings, co. Midd., Esq., on behalf
of Patrick Blake, an infant, my 1=* son & heir, & for Ch'
Blake & Edward Blake my younger sons & all other sons.
BLAKE EAMILY.
53
power was given to me to charge an estate at Montserrat &
St Christopher's with £8000. I now therefore charge the
same with £2000 to my good friends Sir Wm Gage, Bart., of
Bury S' Edmunds, co. Suffolk, Rob' Harland of Sproughton,
-co. Suffolk, Esq., & Jeremiah Hooper of St Martin in the
Fields, apothecary, on trust for my son Edward Blake at 23,
also £.500 for my son Arthur at 21, £.500 for my dan.
Frances Barbara at 21, £500 for my dau. Mary Ann
Austerbert. The residue of £4500 for my son Ch'' Blake at
21, he to pay £500 to my housekeeper Mary Johnson,
sp''. All the Jewells in the possession of the widow
Blake of Paris, as mentioned in my dear brother's will, to
my dau. Barbara Francos. To be buried in S' Pancras
Church. All furniture, linen, china, pictures, & plate in
my house to Mary Johnson. All my plate assigned to M"
Eliz"' Gee for a debt I give to my son Ch''. "To my son
Patrick 1/- only, because of his undutifullness to me &
following the advice of a parcell of Irish knaves who mean
nothing but to plunder him." My trustees to be guardians
& Es'ors. All residue of my personal estate to my son
Ch'- Blake. £20 to each trustee. To Mr. Chas. Massey of
the Temple 10 gs. & a ring. Witnessed by Fountaine
Cook, Cha' Massey, Abraham Williamson.
Martin Blake of Seven Oaks, Kent, Esq. Will dated
-2!) July 1767 ; proved 16 Oct. 1767 by Elizabeth Blake the
relict. (362 Legard.) All my plantation in Parham &
Willoughby Bay, Antigua, subject to the trust by Indenture
of 25 Oct. 1763 for the use of my 2'' son Martin Tomlinson
Blake for life, to John French Lynch, Esq., of Gray's Inn,
Esq., & John Smith of Prince's Str., London, merch' &
mariner, in trust for him & his heirs, then to my dau's Jane
Blake & Sarah Town Blake. Power to my son to charge a
joN'uture of £400 a year & £4000 for younger children. I
charge my estate with £200 a year for my 1^' son John
Blake. My wife Eliz'^' to have her own negros, all residue
& to be sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Barlow Trecothick,
Rich'' Maitland, Thurston Blackman. Recorded at Antigua
29 Mar. 1768.
Christopher Blake, late of Lakenheath, now of Langham
Hall, CO. Suffolk, Esq. Will dated 5 Oct. 1779; proved 1
Feb. 1780 by Arthur Blake, Esq., power reserved to Robert
Pigott. (54 Collins.) I appoint my good friend Rob'
Piggott of Northallerton Lodge, co. Huntingdon, Esq., &
my y=' brother Arthur Blake, Esq., Ex'ors, & my 1" brother
Sir Patrick Blake, Bart., supervisor. To Ann Parry of
Piccadilly, sp'', £300. All residue of my personal estate in
trust for Ch'' Mary Antony Barry, my natural son by Ann
Parry at 21. If he die then to my brother Sir Patrick
Blake, Bart., in trust for Geo. Blake, a boy of 9, now at a
boarding school at Walsham in the Willows, co. Suffolk, &
to the 2 natural dau's of Shae, a mulatta. Witnessed by
Christopher Lardenois, John Sparke.
Sir Patrick Blake of Langham, co. Suffolk, Bart. Will
dated 3 June 1784 ; proved 24 July 1784 by Sir Charles
Bunbury, Sir Herbert Mackintosh, Rob* Ladbroke, & W'^
Manning, Esquires. All my real estate in S' Christopher's
& in 6' Britain to Sir Chas. Bunbury of Great Barton,
CO. Suffolk, Bart., Sir Herbert Mackworth of Cavendish
Square, Bart., Rob' Ladbroke of Idiecott, co. Warwick,
Esq., & W"° Manning of St. Mary Axe, Esq., on trust for
my P' son Patrick Blake & his heirs male, & in default to
my 2" son Jas. Henry Blake, then to my dau. Annabella
Blake, then to the dau's of my 1" son & of my 2'' son, then
to my brother Arthur Blake, then to his sou Arthur Garland
Blake, then to his 2'' son Edward Blake, etc., then ^ for my
sister Frances Hodges, wife of Mr. Tho. Hodges, & i to her
P' son, then to my sister Marianne, wife of the Right. Hon.
Tho. Lord Mountfort, & to his 1^' son the Hon. Henry
Bromley. To my mulatta Peggy Shea £200 a year & £100
& £3000 apiece to be raised for hsr dau's Barbara Anne
Shea, Marg' Shea, & Henrietta Shea, & till they are 14 £50
a year, & till 21 £100 a year. To Mark Anthony Blake,
the natural son of my late brother G\V Blaise, £500, he is
now at school at the Rev. M'' Shenry's at Ealing. To Geo.
Blake, an infiuit of 13, son of Marg' Gostoe, late of New
Str., Carnaby Market, now apprenticed to Capt. Tiio. Oliver
of the ship " Annabella," in the West Indian trade, £2000.
To Charlotte, dau. of my negro woman, Ritty, living on my
Sandy Point plantation, £700, & the like sum to her son
Jas. To Rob' Brookes of Langham, apprentice to John
Fell of Wardour Street, coachmaker, £300. To Sarah
Cocksedge of Langham, dau. of Sarah Cocksedge, £100.
To my good friend Mr. John Brown of S' Christopher's £500.
To Jas. Plunket, Esq., of Bath, my relation, Geo. French,
Esq., Mathew Plunkett, Esq., & to Nich' Hagen, Capt.
of the "Rowley" in the West India trade, £50 each.
Power to my heir to charge estate with £1500 a year for
dower & £15,000 for younger children. By deed da. 4
Sep. 1781 I purchased of John Sparke of Waltham in the
Willows, CO. Suffolk, G', a farm & another in Badwell Ash
for £5800, and have paid £2800. To my trustees all my
house & furniture in Portland Place to let. I release
Arthur Murphy of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., of all sums he owes
me. To each Ex'or £200. To M"' John Sparke of .... in
Suffolk £100. To M" Frances Scott of my dau. £200.
I confirm the settlement of £20,000 on my son Jas. Henry
& my dau. Annabella, the only surviving younger children
by my late wife. All residue to my son Patrick, who is to
avoid horseracing & gaming. Witnessed by Jo. Allen, jun'',
John Carn.
1684 and 1688. John Blake, Esq., was then of the
Council of Montserrat.
1710, Sept. 23. Mr. John Blake, Merchant, supercargo,
and part owner of the brigandeen " St. Jago," puts in affi-
davits re smuggled brandy. (Minutes of Council.)
Losses at Montserrat at the French attack in 1712 : —
Patrick Blake .... £9788
John Blake . . . . 215
Henry Blake . . . . 159
Thomas Blake, chirurgeon . 75
Petition of Patrick Blake of St. Christopher's, Esq., and
Martin Blake his son and heir by Mary Ann his late wife
deceased, and now set. about 17, recites that Andrew Bod-
kin, formerly of St. Christopher's, Gent., late father of
Mary iVnn, and who died 1689, had a plantation in the
English quarter of the island, and Mary Ann was his only
child and heir, and only three or four years old at his death.
One Andrew Tanvet obtained possession of his plantation,
but in 1714 Patrick Blake and Mary Ann his wife regained
possession. Received 26 Nov. 1731.
1742, Dec Blake, Esq., son of Patrick Blake,
Esq., one of the most considerable persons in the island of
St. Christopher's, to Miss Trant, daughter of Dominick
Trant, Esq., of Montserrat. ('Gentleman's Magazine.')
1760, Nov. 6. John Sober, Esq., of Barbadoes, to Miss
Pen. Blake, of Sevenoak, Kent. (Ihicl., p. 542.)
By Indenture dated 18 May 1764 Patrick Blake of
Langham, co. Suffolk, Esq., for 5s. sells to Sir Robert Lad-
broke, Knight and Alderman, all his plantations in St.
Christopher's and Montserrat for such uses and trusts as he
by deed or will shall appoint. (Close Roll, 4 Geo. III.,
Part 16, No. 12.)
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Petitgrct oi 3$lalte.
Arms. — Argent, a fret gules.
Crest. — A leopard passant-gjiardant proper.
Motto. — Gmtfido etprobitate.
MARTIN BLAKE FITZ ANDREW of Cummer, Sheriff of=rMargaret Martyn of Dangan.
Galway 1C48 (probably of same stock as Lord Wallscourt). I
I
Peter Blake of Bally Glunin and Cummer,=pSibilla Joyce.
CO. Galway, Esq., died 1691.
Andrew Bodkin, Gent., died 1689, seized=
of a plantation in St. Cliristopher's.
Martin=p Patrick Blake, born 1676 ; died 7 March:
Blake. 1744, a3t. 68. Will dated 5 March 1743,
proved 24 ... . 1745 (266 Seymer). M.L
at St. Christopher's.
^Mary Ann, only child and
heir, bora 1683 ; she died
18 February 1720, set. 37.
M.I. at St. Christopher's.
Nicholas Blake,
living 1743 in
Ireland.
Margaret Blake
of CO. Galway,
mar
Lynch.
Martin Blake, of St. Christopher's,=rSarah, dau. of Dominick
etc., £Et. 17 in 1731 ; ob. v.p. Will I Trant; mar. 1742 ; living
dated 1 April 1743 (then of Leicester in Paris 1760, a widow.
Fields), proved 25 Aug. 1743 (254
Boycott).
B.p.
Andrew Blake, sole heir to his brother
Martin ; bur. at St. Pancras Church.
Will dated 21 July 1760 (then of New
Norfolk Street), proved 11 Nov. 1762
(414 Lynch). Owned estates at Mont-
serrat and St. Christopher's.
=Marcella, dau. of
.... French of
Ireland.
Sir Patrick Blake, created Baronet 8 Oct.=
1772, of Langham Hall, co. Suffolk, heir
to his grandfather; under 21 in 1745;
disinherited by his father. Will dated
3 June 1784, proved 24 July 1784.
M.P. for Sudbury, and of Portland Place.
Owned plantation at Sandy Point, St.
Christopher's.
=Annabella, youngest
dau. of Rev. Sir Wil-
liam Bunbury, 5th
Bart. ; she died
before 1784.
Christopher Blake, heir to Edward
his father ; under 21 in Blake,
1760. Will dated 5 Oct. under
1779 (then of Langham 23 in
Hall), proved 1 Feb. 1780 1760.
(54 Collins). Ob. s.p.l.
bach.
Frances Barbara
Blake, under 21
in 1760 ; mar.
Tho. Hodffes.
Sir Patrick Blake, 2nd Bart., of^pMaria Charlotte, only dau.
10th Dragoons : mar. 12 Aug
1789 ; died 25 July 1818.
of James Phipps, Esq., of St.
Christopher's ; died 5 Feb.
1823.
Sir James Henry Blake, 3rd Bart.,=
mar. 13 Feb. 1794 ; died 21 April
1832 at the Priory, Bury St.
Edmunds.
s.p.
=Louisa Elizabeth, dau.
of General Hon. Tho-
mas Gage ; she died
21 Jan. 1832.
Mai'y Anne, only dau.=
of William Whitter,
Esq., of Midhurst, co.
Sussex ; mar. 2 Aug.
1819 ; she died 20
April 1841. 1st wife.
=Sir Henry Charles Blake, 4th Bart.,=T=Louisa, 3rd dau. and coheir
born 23 Nov. 1794 ; mar. 2ndly
15 Feb. 1849 ; and died 22 Jan.
1880 at Ashfield Lodge, Bury St.
Edmunds.
of Sir Thomas Pilkington,
7th Bart., and widow of Rev.
G. A. Dawson ; she died
28 Dec. 1881. 2nd wife.
I I
Patrick Rev. William Robert
John Blake, Vicar of Gt.
Blake, Barton, co. Suffolk;
Admiral died 1868.
R.N.
s.p.
Rev. Henry Bunbury Blake, Eector=pFrances Marian, only dau. William Gage Blake, of Nowton=rMary, 1st dau. of Rev.
of Hessett, co. Suffolk ; born 14
May 1820 ; mar. 1 July 1847 ; ob.
v.p. 20 April 1873.
of Henry James Oakes, Hall ; born 14 Nov. 1821 ;
Esq., of Nowton Court, mar. 16 June 1859 at Cologne.
Bury St. Edmunds.
James T. Bennet,
Rector of Cheveley, co.
Cambridge.
Sir Patrick James Graham Blake, 5th Bart,
his grandfather ; now living 1890.
born 23 Oct. 1861 ; succeeded 4 daus.
3 daus.
BLAKE FAMILY.
65
Mr. Peter Blake of Antigua, nephew
of Patrick ; living 1743.
Mary Ann Blake,
mar. 1st, ....
Austerbat ; and
2ndly, on 29 Feb.
1772, Thomas,
Lord Montfort.
He was born 1732,
and died 24 Oct.
1799.
I
Arthur Blake,=
under 21 in
1760 ; living
1784.
Major Martin Blake of Antigua, nephew of=pElizabeth, only dau. and heir
Patrick of 1743 ; was late of St. Christopher's of John Burke; mar. at St.
in 1735. Will dated 29 July 1767 (then John's 24 Dec. 1735; she
of Sevenoaks), proved 16 Oct. 1767 (362 died 1771.
Legard).
I I I
John Blake, born 9 Feb.
1736, bapt. at St. John's
12 Feb. 1736 ; living
1783.
Martin Tomhnson Blake.
Edmond French Blake,
bapt. at St. John's 13 May
1745.
Margaret Blake,
bapt. St. Paul's
12 July 1738;
mar. Jno. Thom-
linson, M.P. for
Steyning.
I I I
Jane Blake, bapt. at St. John's
12 Dec. 1739; mar Ken-
trop of Antwerp.
Sarah Toun
Masterson.
Blake,
Penelope Blake, mar. John
Sober, Esq., of Barbados, 6 Nov.
1760.
I
Annabella Blake, living 1784 ; mar. Robert
Jones Adeaue of Babraham, co. Cambridge;
she died 15 Aug. 1812.
Henrietta
Blake.
Frances Blake,
died young.
Arthur Garland Blake,
living 1784 ; died 30
Nov. 1813 in India,
set. 33.
Edward Blake.
I
James Bunbury Blake of=f=Catherine, youngest
Thurston House, co. Suf-
folk ; mar. 1831 ; died
1874.
dau. of Sir Thomas
Pilkington, Bart.
I I
Thomas Gage Blake.
George Henry Blake.
Maria Charlotte
Blake, 1st dau.
I
George Pilkington Blake, of Thurston House, Capt.
mar. 15 May 1860.
Emily Eliza Blake, 2nd dau.,
mar. Michael Edwards Rogers;
she died 26 Jan. 1859.
Louisa Annabella Blake, mar.
Francis King Eagle.
born 1836;=
= Adeline, 3rd dau. of James J. King, Esq., of Staunton
Park, CO. Hereford, M.P.
Eustace James Pilkington Blake.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
By Indenture dated 17 May 171)4 Patrick Blake of
Langham, co. Suflfblk, Esq., eldest son and heir of Andrew
Blake, Esq., deceased, and grandson and devisee of Patrick
Blake, late of St. Christopher's, deceased, for 5«. sells to Sir
Robert Ladbroke, Knig-ht, all his plantations in St. Christo-
pher's and Montserrat devised to him by ids grandfather
and father for one year. (No. 13, ibid.)
1780, Jan. 10. At Langham, near Bury, Cbristo
Blake, esq., and on July 4, In Devonshire str., Miss
Fr. Blake, young, dau. of Sir Patrick Blake, bart., and on
Aug. 10 Miss Harr. Blake, yon. da. of Sir Patrick. (' Gentle-
man's Magazine.')
1784, July 1. In Portland-place, Sir Pat. Blake, bart.,
late M.P. for Sudbury.
17'J4. President John Stanley, Commander-in-Chief of
Leeward Islands, appoints Sir Patrick Blake, Bart., to the
Council of St. Christopher's.
By Close Roll, 4G Geo. III., Part 0, No. 14, it appears
that Bryan Blake of Antigua, merchant, shortly after 8
Aug. 1801 purchased land in St. John's Town, formerly
Geo. Savage's, for £800 c, and made his will 4 June
1800, directed his friend Pat Lenaghan, merchant, to
dispose of and sell his property, named Val. and Malachi
O'Connor of Dublin his Executors, and died 28 Aug. 1801.
1812, Aug. 15. The wife of Robert Jones Adeane,
esq., of Babraham, co. Cambridge, and sister of Sir Patrick
Blake, bart., of Bury St. Edmund's. (' Gentleman's Maga-
zine,' p. 196.)
1813, Nov. 30. At Rajahmundry, aged 33, Arthur
Garland Blake, esq., of the Bast India Company's civil
service. Fort St. George establishment, collector of that
district, and cousin to Sir Peter B., bart., of Langham,
Sutfolk. In all the virtues which adorn human nature he
might have been equalled, but not surpassed. (/6/r/.,p. 660.)
1816, Jan. At Langham, aged 37, J. B.Blake, Esq. {Ibid.)
Martin, son of Brian Blake of Antigua, Esq., Matricu-
lated, Trinity College, Ctou., 12 March 1817, ajt. 18.
1823. Suflfolk. Feb. 5. At Bury St. Edmund's, Dame
Maria Charlotte, relict of Sir Patrick Blake, of Langham,
second bart. She was the only daughter of James Phipps,
Esq., of the island of St. Christopher, M.P. for Peter-
borough, and an immediate descendant from a brother of
Sir Cun.stantine Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and
ancestor of the present Lord Mulgrave. She was married
to the late Sir P. Blake Aug. 12, 1789, but had no issue.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 286.)
1882, Jan. 21. At the Pi'iory, near Bury, aged 66, the
Hon. Louisa Elizabeth, wife of Sir James Henry Blake,
Bart., of Langham Hall, and aunt to Lord Viscount Gage.
She was the second daughter of General the Hon. Thomas
Gage, by Margaret, dau. of Peter Kemble, esq. ; was married
Feb. 13, 1794, and has left a numerous family. {Ibid., p. 188.)
1832, April. At the Priory, near Bury St. Edmund's,
in his 62nd year. Sir James Blake, the third Baronet, of
Langham in Suffolk, etc. (Ibid., p. 462.)
1841, April 20. At Barton, near Bury St. Edmund's,
Lady Blake, wife of Sir Henry Charles Blake, Bart., and
only dau. of the late William Whitter, esq., of Midliurst.
{Ibid., p. 668.)
Parish Register of St. Jokn.
The two following M.I. are quoted in Betham's
Baronetage, but it is not stated where the persons referred
to were buried (probably at St. Christopher's) : —
" Here lies the body of Mary Ann Blake alias Bohuu,
the wife of Patrick Blake Fitz-Peter of Cummer in the
county of Galway, in Ireland, who departed this life the 18*''
day of February 1720 in the 38"' year of her age."
" Here also lies the body of the above-mentioned Patrick
Blake Fitz-Peter, of this island, who departed this life the
7"' day of March 1744, aged 68 years."
1691
1714
1719
1723
1731
1734
1754
1780
1799
1801
July 29
April 26
April 21
June 17
April
Jan.
Mar.
June 29
Oct.
Aug.
3
22
2
1710 Jan.
1735 Dec.
1791 Feb.
25
29
21
24
1
1712
Mar.
12
1734
Feb.
10
1736
Feb.
12
1739
Dec.
12
1745
May
13
1796
June
19
1 . . . June 4
1801 Dec.
1833 Dec. 13
Buried.
Robert Blake.
Mary Blake.
Alex' Blake.
Andrew Blake.
Alexander Blake.
Stedfast Blake.
Edward Blake.
John Blake.
Mary Blake.
Bryan Blalce.
Married.
Alexander Blake & Mary Taylor. L.
Martin Blake and Elizabeth Burke.
Bryan Blake (Mercht) to Lydia Brodie,
Spr. L.
Baptized.
Alexander s. of Alexander Blake & Mary
his wife.
Mary D. of Alexander Blake & Mary his-
his wife.
Edward the s. of Stedfast Blake, Deceased.
John the s. of Martin Blake and Eliza-
beth his wife.
Jane y« D. of Martin Blake & Elizabeth
his wife.
Edmund French the S. of Maj'' Martin
Blake and Elizabeth his wife.
Henry S. of Bryan Blake and Lydia his
wife. B. the 21" September 1795.
„.„ r Children of
Ann, B. 25"' June 1793.
Cecilia, B. 9"> March 1797.*
Martin, B. l»t Janry 1799.
Valentine O'Connor S. of
Bryan Blake
and Lydia
.his wife.
Bryan Blake
1738 July 12
deceased and Lydia his wife. B. the
6'" Decern' 1800.
Jean Graham D. of Benjamin & Elizabeth
Blake. English Harbour in the parish
of St. Paul. Merchant.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Bapfized.
Margarett D. of M' Martin Blake &
Elizabeth his wife. N.B. At the Re-
quest of M'' Martin Blake it is here
Inserted that John, S. of the said M"'
Martin Blake & Elizabeth his wife, was
Born the 9"' Day of February 173f in
the Parish of St. John in this Island
and Baptized there.
Parish Register of St. Anthony, Montserrat.
Baptized.
1726 Oct. 22 Sarah D. of M-- John Blake & Mary his
wife.
Blakes is in St. Paul's Parish. In 1852 it contained
276 acres, and was owned by the Countess Masterson.
BLIZAED FAMILY.
57
jfamtlp of BU^arti.
Thomas Blissard, sen., of Laverton, co. Gloucester, yeo-
man. 16 March 1G52, Jii" Simons, Edw'' liigham ; proved
1 Dec. 1654 by Tho. Blissard and Sam' Blissard. (233
Alchin.) My son Steph. Blissard 10 ewes & to his Wife
Eliz. £5. My dau. Eliz. Bagge 5s. G''"s. Jno. Bagg the |
y'* of land in Cowhomborne, co. Glouc, & all other lands.
Gr'^dau. Mary Bagg £10. My dau. Hanna Dowdeswell 5s.
To my grdch" Jn", Tho., & Sam' Dowdeswell, 1 sheep each.
All res. to my sons Tho. Blissard & Sam' Blissard & Es'ors.
Jn° Symond of Laverton, husb", & my s. Steph. overseers.
Giles BHzard, Mariner, of H.M.S. " Dreadnought." 12
Dec. 1C88. (134 Eat.) All to bro. in I. W'» Goodridge.
Henry Blizard of Antigua. Will dated 14 Aug. 1697.
To my wife Mary a negroe & a mare, she to manage my
estate. To my dau. Mary Bhzard 2 negroes, a horse, &
6000 lbs. sugar at 16. To my dau. Dorothy Blizard 2
negroes, a horse, & COOO lbs. sugar at 16. To my 2 sons
Henry & John Blizard all my estate. If all my children
die without issue, then my estate to my brother Jeremiah
Blizard's children. To my brother-in-law Jeremiah Nibbs
1 buckanear gun. Appoint L' Col. Edward Byam Ex'or.
L' Col. Francis Carlile & my brother Jeremiah Blizard
Trustees. Witnessed by Mathew Thomas, James Nibbs,
Rice Thomas, James Jones. By Chris. Codrington, Esq.,
Governor, etc., appeared Jas. Nibbs, Eice Thomas, and Jas.
.Jones, and were sworn 3 Feb. 1697. Recorded 14 Feb.
1 697.
Stephen Blizard of Aldermenbury, packer. 1 9 Sept. 1733,
Hen. Howard, W™ Eusters, E. Yardley Ladlane ; proved 20
Mar. 1748 by J. Bill, power reserved to Stephen Blizard.
(68 Lisle.) Neph. Jn^ Blizard £50. Neph. Steph.
Blizard £50. Neph. Jos'* Blizard £50. Niece Alice
Blizard £50. Niece Hannah Blizard £50. Children of bro.
Sam' Blizard. To neph. Tho. Blizard, s. of bro. Tho.
Blizard dec" £100 at 21. All res. to bro. Sam' Blizard &
wife & my bro. in 1. .Jn" Bill & his w. my sist. Stephen
Blizard & Jn. Bill Ex's.
Jane Blizard of Antigua. Will dated 5 June 1760. To
my son Christopher Blizard a negro boy. To my dau.
Margaret Blizard a negroe woman. To my dau. Rebeckah
Blizard £45 c. To my dau. Elizabeth Blizard a negro
woman. To my dau. Mary Blizard a negro boy. Payable
to my children at 21. My brother Tho. Gravenor & my
brother in law W™ Blizard Ex'ors. Witnessed by Geo.
Powell, Joseph Gillyat. Before Governor Thomas appeared
Geo. Powell and was sworn 31 Aug. 1761. Recorded 1
Sept. 1761.
Elizabeth Blizard of Antigua, dau. of John Blizard, Gent.,
and Margaret his wife. Will dated 15 Feb. 1764. To my
mother Marg' Blizard 1 negroe woman. To my godson
Henry, son of my brother Henry Blizard, 1 negroe girl at
21. All residue to my brother W"' Blizard. My brothers
W"' Blizard & Nath' Knight Ex'ors. Witnessed by Nath'
Knight, John James. Before Geo. Thomas, Esq., Governor,
etc., appeared John James, and was sworn 24 May 1764.
Recorded 30 May 1764.
Stephen Weatherill Blizard, jun. Will dated 14 Nov.
1768. Son of John & Eliz"' Blizard. To my brother
Jonas Langford Blizard £50 c. To my brother John
Knight Blizard £50 c. out of money left me by my uncle
Jonas Langford. My grandmother Eliz"' Langford be-
queathed me £100 s. & my aunt Mahittable' Nibbs £40 c,
which was in the hands of my uncle W"" Blizard, and I give
the said £lOo & £40 to my sister Marg* Langford Blizard
with all residue, and appoint her Ex'trix & my uncle W"*
Blizard Ex'or. Witnessed by Jeffery Hodge, John Donald-
son, jun. Before Edw"! Otto-Baijer, Esq., appeared Jeffery
Hodge and John Donaldson, and were sworn 7 Jan. 1769.
Recorded 1 April 1769.
Priscilla Blizard reputed natural dau. of Giles Blizard.
Will dated 16 Dec. 1783. Now pregnant. If child live -J-
of share bequeathed me by my late father, if it die the said
■| to my brother George Blizard's natural dau. Sarah. My
brother Geo. Blizard & Geo. Dring Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Michael Dickinson, Jn" Wilcocks. Before Tho. Jarvis,
Esq., appeared Jn° Wilcocks and was sworn 2 July 1785.
Recorded 2 July 1785.
Francis Blizard, writing clerk. Will dated 15 March
1789. To my wife Sarah my furniture and nothing more
than she can claim by law. To my brothers John, George,
Joshua, & Christopher Blizard, & my sisters Rebecca
Jacobs, Eliz"" Blizard, & Sarah Sperkius all residue equally.
D'^ John Robertson & M'' John Meredith Ex'ors. Witnessed
by Thos. Skeet, Joseph Pattison, Edw' Bertie. Before
Edw'^ Byam, Esq., appeared Jos. Pattison and was sworn 15
May 1792. Recorded 15 May 1792.
William Blizard, Esq., of Antigua. Will dated 18 Sept.
1789. To my sister Mary Bowers, widow, my house and
land in St. John's for her life, then to her grandchildren
Mary & Jane, dau's of her late son John Bowers. To my
nephew John Donaldson 1 negroe & my small sword. My
plantation in North Sound to my Ex'ors in Trust to pay ^
of the profits to my sister Mary Bowers for her life, &
then to her son Christopher, -j to my sister Margaret
Wendal & i to my nephew John Donaldson. John Burke,
Andrew Lesby, W"' Gravenor, & Hen. B. Lightfoot, Esq",
Ex'ors.
Codicil. Dated 18 Sept. 1789. If my sister Mary
Bowers give up my bond of £300 c. then the house and
land in St. John's after her death to her son Christopher.
Witnessed by W. Jarvis, W. B. Jarvis. Before John
Nugent, Esq., appeared W"> Jarvis and was sworn 3 Oct.
1789. Recorded 5 Oct. 1789.
Dr. Jonas Langford Blizard. Will dated 3 Oct. 1794.
To my wife the house I reside in, & the other house to the
eastward to my dau. Rebecca Marg', the wife of D' W"'
Crowe. To my son in law D'' Crowe my medicines, instru-
ments, & liljrary. To my wife all furniture, my whiskey,
& 1 horse. Residue between my wife & dau. My wife,
Thos. Warner, & Baijer Otto-Baijer Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Ebenezer Lovell, Philip Hicks. Before John Stanley, Esq.,
appeared Philip Hicks and was sworn 29 Jan. 1795.
Recorded 15 Feb. 1795.
58
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
^a^tiisrte xif Blnaiti,
Captain GILES BLIZARD ; living at Antigua 1655 ; died before 1670, and left 155 acres to his children.^
Henry Blizard of Popeshead,=
Planter ; died 27 Jan. 1697,
set. 60. M.I. on his est. Will
dated 14 Aug. 1697.
=Mary . . . .; living
1697. ? sister of
Jeremiah Nibbs.
Jeremiah Blizard
(see below), named
in his brother's
will 1697.
Thomas Blizard ;
living at Antigua
1675.
Gyles=pElizabeth, dau. of
Blizard,
jun.
Thomas Capps ;
mar. before 17()7.
Henry Blizard,=
named in his
father's will ;
living 1715.
=Mary
living
1715.
Mary Blizard,
named in her
father's will ;
living 1697.
I
Dorothy Blizard,
named in her
father's will; mar.
9 June 1705, at
St. John's, jac.
Thibou.
I
John Blizard, seu.,=
Esq., named in his
father's will 1697 ;
bur. at St. George's
20 July 1751.
^Margaret, dau.
of . . ..; named
1764 in the
will of her
dau. Elizabeth
Blizard.
Giles Blizard, Esq.,
an infant in 1723 ;
killed by his slaves ;
bur. at St. George's
2 Dec. 1781 ; died a
bachelor.
Henry=r=Elizabeth, widow
Blizard. of ... . Ash ; mar.
at St. Paul's 26
Jan. 1733 ; bur.
at St. John's 19
Oct. 1749.
Rachcll Blizard,
born 27 Sept.
1707; died 10
Sept. 1724. M.I.
at Blizards.
I
Jane Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's 1 Jan.
1714 ; ? mar.
there, 1 2 July
1739, Robert
James.
I
Mary
Blizard,
bapt. at
St.
John's
6 May
1716.
"William Blizard,
Esq. ; bur. at St.
George's 24 Sept.
1789.
Henry Blizard, =
named in will
of his sister Eli-
zabeth Blizard
1764.
•Mary, dau.
of
Nibbs ;
mar. at St.
John's
Nov. 1743.
Henry Blizard,=
bapt. at St.
John's 27 May
1737 ; living
1764.
=Margaret, dau.
of ... . Mere-
dith ; mar. at
St. John's 13
May 1758.
Rowland John
Blizard, bapt.
at St. Paul's
28 Aug. 1743.
Richard Blizard,
bapt. at St. John's
30 Oct. 1748 ; bur.
at St. George's 6
May 1781.
Robert Bliz-=pAnne Harris ;
ard ; ? bur. mar. at St.
at St. John's 4 Dec.
John's 24 1768.
Jan. 1784.
Henry Mary
Blizard, Blizard.
living —
1764. Dorothy
Bhzard.
Mary Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's 4 Feb.
1760.
Margaret Blizard,
bapt. at St. John's
20 Nov. 1760,
then ist. 6
months.
William Bliz-
ard, bapt. at
St. John's
28 Dec.
1770.
I I
Isaac Blizard, bapt. at
St. John's 26 Jan. 1781.
John Blizard, bapt. at
St. John's 21 Nov. 1783.
I
Henry John
Blizard,
bapt. 25 and
bur. 30 June
1773 at St.
John's.
Robert Blizard,=
bapt. at St.
John's 18 Jan.
1780.
=Sarah, dau.
of . . .
Hunter ;
mar. at St.
John's 17
Feb. 1798,
George Blizard, bapt. at St. John's 22 March 1800.
Frances, dau. of=
. . . ., living 1692.
1st wife.
=Jeremiah Blizard, Esq. (see above), born 1660 ; tet. 26 on 18 Jan. 1686 ;■
had a patent 1710 for 149 acres ; Member of Council 1711 ; millwright ;
in 1716 Lieut.-Colonel of Carabineers ; living 1724 ; dead 1741.
=Anne Lavington ; mar. at
St. Philip's 1 Jan. 1700 ;
bur. at St. George's 14
Aug. 1737. 2nd wife.
I
Jeremiah Bliz-=j=Sarah
ard, bapt. at Scar-
St. John's veil.
1692 ; mar.
there 25 Feb.
1743.
Samuel Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's 1692 ;
? bur. at St.
George's 17
April 1747.
Sarah
Blizard,
bapt.
at St.
John's
1692.
Elizabeth
Blizard,
bapt.
at St.
John's
1692.
Stephen Blizard, Esq., matric. from=
Wadham Coll., Oxford, 2 June
1720, a='t. 16 ; Judge of Court of
Common Pleas ; died 24 Nov. 1777,
iBt. 74. Will dated 22 July 1772 ;
Codicil 8 March 1773.
=Jane, dau. of
Thomas Kerby ;
mar. at St. John's
1 Oct. 1724; bur.
there 22 Dec.
1742.
Sarah William Ann, dau.=Jeremiah Blizard,=pMary
Blizard,
bapt.
at St.
John's
29 Nov.
1747.
Blizard,
bapt.
at St.
John's
27 Aug.
1751.
of Colonel
John
Gun-
thorpe.
1st wife.
bapt. at St. George's
2 March 1734; living
1766 ; admitted
Gray's Inn 28 March
1753 ; Member of
Assembly 1768 ;
died v.p., adminis-
tration to his father.
bur.
at St.
John's
27 April
1766.
2nd
wife.
I
John Bliz-
ard, bapt.
at St.
George's 9
Aprifl738;
? bur. there
29 Dec.
1740.
William Warner ,-
Esq., Treasurer ;
mar. at St.
George's 14 Feb.
1754 ; died 11
Oct. 1771,£fit. 42.
1st husband.
^Elizabeth:
Blizard,
bapt.
at St
George's
6 . . . .
(?1735);
living
1803.
: Martin Byam;
mar. at St.
John's 2 Nov.
1775 ; Member
of Council ;
died June
1805. M.I.
Lyndhurst, co.
Hants.
2nd husband.
Jane Blizard, bapt. at St. George's 14 Aug. 1760 ; mar. before=pJohn Young, 2nd son of Sir William Young, 1st Baronet
1788 ; set. 21 on 19 July 1781 ; died at Bath 3 Dec. 1838. | of Delaford, co. Bucks ; died at Bath 24 March 1834.
BLIZAED FAMILY.
59
Elizabeth,:
dau. of
Jonas
Langford,
Esq., died
before
1750. 1st
wife.
r.Jolin Bliz-
anl, jim.,
Esq. ; bur.
at St.
George's
29 March
1751.
=Sarah, dau. and coheir
of Major Charles Lloyd
and widow of Samuel
Wiekham, Esq. ; mar.
at St. George's (5 Sept.
1750 ; mar. 3rdly Wil-
liam Murray. Her will
dated 1 Dec. 1775.
2nd wife.
I
Elizabeth
Blizard ;
bur. at St.
George's
21 Feb.
176-t.
Will dated
15 Feb.
176-4.
Mary Blizard, mar. Frances
22 June 1741, at Blizard,
St. George's, Henry mar. 1 Oct.
Bowers, and had a 1750, at St.
son John Bowers, George's,
who mar. 16 Aug. Randolph
1768, at St. John's, Donaldson.
Rebecca Blizard.
I
Chris-:
topher
Blizard.
s.p.
I
Jonas Lang-:
ford Blizard,
M.D., bapt.
at St. John's
14 July
1743 ; bur.
there 20 Dec.
1794. Will
dated 3 Oct.
1794.
^Elizabeth, dau.
of ... . War-
ner ; mar. at
St. John's 18
March 1773 ;
bur. there 23
May 1798. Will
dated 17 April
1708; sworn 29
May.
John Knight Blizard, bapt. at
St. John's 13 Oct. 1784.
Stephen Weatherill Blizard,
bapt. at St. John's 10 Aug.
1745 ; bur. at St. George's
Nov. 1768. Will dated 14
Nov. 1768.
Margaret Langford Blizard,
bapt. at St. John's 28 Dec.
1735 ; bur. at St. G-eorge's
29 Jan. 1778.
=Jane, dau. of Tho-
mas Gravenor,
Esq., and widow
of ... . Nibbs ;
bur. at St.
George's 6 June
1760. Will
dated 5 June
1760.
I I
Christopher Blizard,
bapt. at St. George's
1743 ; 7 bur. there
14 Dec. 1767; named
in his mother's will.
Margaret Blizard,
bapt. at St. George's
26 March 1745;
named in her
mother's will.
Rebecca Blizard, named in her
mother's will ; ?mar. at St. John's,
16 Aug. 1768, John Bowers.
Elizabeth Bhzard, bapt. at St.
John's 5 May 1748 ; named in
her mother's will.
Mary Blizard, bapt. at St. John's
23 June 1749 ; named in her
mother's will.
Rebecca Margaret Blizard, only child, bapt. at St. John's 21 Jan. 1774 ;=p William Crowe, M.D.,
mar. there 5 June ? 1793.
living 1794.
I
Elizabeth Mary Langford Crowe, under 17, 1799 ; mar. 1st, at St. Peter's, 19 March 1814, Anthony Wyke, Esq.,
and 2ndly, Thomas Coull, M.D. Vide Coull Pedigree.
I
Louisa-
Blizard,
bapt.
at St.
John's
20 Oct.
1740 ;
living
1803.
^George
Weatherill,
Esq. ; mar.
at St.
George's
28 Feb.
1765 ; died
14 Nov.
1765.
Ann Bliz
ard, bapt.
at St.
John's 14
June
1748 ;
mar. at St.
George's.
■=pThomas
Lessly.
Rebecca^
Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's 18
Dec. 1742 ;
died 24 Jan.
1810 in
Camden
Street.
^Edward Byam, born
21 Dec. 1740 ; mar.
at St. George's 7
July 1763. Judge
of Court of Vice
Admiralty, Presi-
dent of Council
nearly 50 years.
Died 8 Feb. 1817.
I
Sarah Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's
(? 1731); died
in Welbeck
Street. Will
dated 21 July
1796.
Jane Bliz-
ard, bapt.
at St.
John's
1 Jan.
1741; bur.
there 8
Jan. 1741.
William Tho-
mas Blizard,
bapt. at St.
John's 5 Dec.
1733 ; bur. at
St. George's
28 Aug.
1735.
Georgiana Weatherill, only child, born
11 Jan. and died 31 Jan. 1766.
Jane Byam, only child and heir.
60
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.-
Elizabeth Blizard, widow. Will dated 17 April 1798. To
pr "vym Crowe my house in North Street, S' .John's, for his
life, tlien to any child he may have by his present wife, my
dau. Rebecca Marg* Crowe. All residue to her, & after
her death to my granddau. Eliz. Mary Langford Crowe.
Philip Hicks, Tho. Norbury Kirby, & W™ Crowe, Es'ors.
"Witnessed by Langford L. Hodge, .James Cameron. Before
Edw'' Byam, Esq., appeared Langi"^ L. Hodge, & was sworn
29 May 1798. Recorded 29 May 1798.
Close Roll, 28 Geo. III., Part 2, Nos. 4 and 5.
Indenture made the 14th April 1788 between John
Young of Delaford, Bucks, Esq., of the one part, and
Edward Byam of Antigua, Esq. (surviving Executor and
Trustee of Stephen Blizard, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased),
of the other part, witnesses that in consideration of
5s John Young grants, etc., etc., to Edward Byam
all that parcel of land in the division of New North
Sound and parish of St. George, Antigua ; bounded east
by the lands late of Thomas Shephard ; south by lands late
in the possession of Arthur Williams, and now of William
Dickenson, Esq. ; and west and north by lands late of
Stephen Blizard, beginning at the south-east corner, and
running north 19 chains 10 links, then north-west to the
first station 6 chains .... to have and to hold for one
whole year, etc., etc.
No. 4.
Indenture made the 15th April 1788 between John
Young, etc., etc., and Jane Young his wife (daughter of
Jeremiah Blizard, late of Antigua, planter, deceased, and
granddaughter of Stephen Blizard of the said Island,
deceased), of the one part, and Edward Byam, etc.,
etc., of the other part. Whereas Stephen Blizard made his
will the 2nd July 1772, and among other things gave as
follows . ..." to my granddaughter Jane Blizard, daughter
of my son Jeremiah Blizard, Esq., deceased, by Mary Blizard
his late wife, deceased, £5000 gold and silver cur. at 21
or marriage " .... and she was to be allowed as much
sterling money a year, during her residence in England, as
should be thought necessary to complete her education,
according to the discretion of Mrs. Ann Kerby, relict of
Hamilton Kerby, Esq., deceased ; and when she came out of
England she was to be allowed £200 ster. to furnish her
■with necessary apparel, besides paying for her passage and
necessaries for her voyage, and on her arrival in Antigua to
have £100 gold and silver cur. a year, for deaths and
pocket-money, and £60 a year for lodging and diet, with
some relation or friend, till 21 or marriage, but if
she died before, the legacy void ; and whereas Stephen
Blizard made a codicil the 8th March 1773, and recited as
above, and further that he had taken all negro and mulatto
slaves, belonging to Jane Blizard, by descent from her
deceased mother, into his possession, and had also taken
out Letters of Administration, and disposed of all the
estate her late father died possessed of, except 10 acres
made over to him by testator some years ago, to qualify
him to vote, and be a representative of his county, and also
had made over all slaves in which her father had a rever-
sionary right, as they belonged to the wife of testator ....
to Edward Byam, his son-in-law, for his only proper use
and behoof, which said negroes had been appraised .... and
testator had, as a valuable consideration for the said negroes,
etc., paid all the debts of Jeremiah Blizard, as far as
they came to his knowledge (except his gaming debts which
testator had refused to pay), which debts exceeded the
appraised value of the slaves .... and if Jane Blizard
should sue and recover, etc., etc., or should refuse to make
over to Stephen Blizard's daughters the 10 acres aforesaid,
when of age to do so, all sums of money so recovered
by her to be deducted from her fortune, and whereas
she attained to 21 the 19th July 1781, and has lately
intermarried with John Young, etc., etc., and she
and her husband are willing and desirous in all things to
conform to the will, in order to possess themselves of the
£5000 .... Now this Indenture witnesses that in pursuance,
etc., etc., and in consideration of 10s .John and .Jane
Young grant, etc., etc., to Edward Byam all that parcel of
land, etc., etc. (as in No. 5), and the said slaves .... in
trust for the will of Stephen Blizard .... the slaves (names
given) 15, and 5 had died and 4 been born ....
Close Roll, 34 Geo. III., Part 3, No. 6.
Indenture made the 4th Dec. 1793 between Martin
Byam, late of Antigua, and now of Totteridge, Herts., Esq.,
and Elizabeth his wife (late the widow of William Warner,
Esq., deceased, and one of the daughters of Stephen Blizard,
late of Antigua, planter, deceased, and one of the devisees
named in his will), of the one part, and William Manning
and Benjamin Vaughan of Billiter Square, merchants and
copartners (carrying on trade under the firm of Mannings
and Vaughan), of the other part. Whereas Stephen Blizard
duly made and published his last will in such manner as by
the law is required for the passing of real estate, dated
the 22nd July 1772 .... and in order to prevent any dis-
putes as to what should be deemed real estate and what
personal, did declare that all cattle, horses, mules, and all
living stock on his plantations, and all carts, carriages, etc.,
and all other dead stock, should be considered part of his
plantations and real estate, and should go according to the
limitations thereof thereinafter mentioned ; and he devised
his plantations to be divided into five equal parts, and after
devising one full and equal fifth part as therein mentioned,
he gave another full and equal fifth part to his daughter
Sarah Blizard for life, with remainder to Trustees to support
the contingent remainders to her first and other sons ....
and for default to her daughters, as tenants in common ....
and for default to her right heirs .... and he gave another
full and equal fifth part to his daughter Elizabeth Warner
for life, with remainder to Trustees to preserve the con-
tingent remainders to her sons and daughters hereafter to
be begotten in like manner as for the sons and daughters
of Sarah Blizard .... and whereas Stephen Blizard made
three codicils, dated the 10th Oct. 1772, the .Stli March
1773, and the 10th May 1776, but did not by the
first and second revoke or vary the devise of the fifth part
to Elizabeth Byam, then Elizabeth Warner, and after
taking notice in the third of her intermarriage with Martin
Byam, and that he had given her one-fifth with remainder
in fee ... . he gave by the said codicil the one undivided
fifth to Trustees to pay the rents into her own proper hands
for life .... and if she should at her death have any
children living by Martin Byam, he gave the rents, etc., to
Martin Byam and his assigns for life, with limitation to his
sons and daughters .... and whereas Stephen Blizard
departed this life without having revoked .... and whereas
Elizabeth Byam has not had any issue by Martin Byam ....
Now this Indenture witnesseth that for the several causes
and considerations mentioned in the Indenture bearing
even date hereinafter referred to, and for divers other good
and valuable causes and considerations .... and in con-
sideration of 10s Martin Byam and Elizabeth his
wife grant and convey to William Manning and Benjamin
Vaughan all that one and undivided fifth part .... to tlieir
only proper use .... but with a provision of redemption
mentioned in a certain Indenture bearing even date, and
made between Martin Byam and Elizabeth his wife, of the
1st part ; William Manning and Benjamin Vaughan, of
the 2nd part ; and William Curtis, James Daniell, and
John Sowerby, therein described, of the 3rd part ....
BLIZARD FAMILY.
61
in trust to such uses as Elizabeth Byam, with or with-
out the power of revocation, sliould declare without prejudice
to the Articles of Agreement last mentioned .... and lastly
Martin Byam and Elizabeth his wife constitute Samuel
Eliot, Langford Lovell, and Langford Hodge, of Antigua,
Esquires, their attorneys .... to make a schedule of all
negroes .... and to appear .... George Weston, Leo
Raisbeck, witnesses.
Close Eoll, 43 Geo. III., Part 8, No. 18 and 19.
Indenture made 12th May 1803 between Ann Lessly
of Welbeck Street, widow, Martin Byam of Lyndhurst,
Co. Southampton, Esq., and Elizabeth Byam his wife, Louisa
Weatherill of Antigua, widow, Edward Byam of Antigua,
Esq., and Rebecca Byam his wife, and Godschall Johnson,
Lieutenant in H.M.'s 10th Light Dragoons, of the one
part ; and Thomas Sermon, of Gray's Inn, gentleman, and
Walpole Eyre of Gray's Inn, gentleman, of the other
part, witnesses that in consideration of 5s. the former
grants to the latter all that one undivided fifth part of all
that one undivided moiety of the sugar plantation called the
Folly, in Antigua, containing 385 acres .... and all slaves,
etc., etc., and all that undivided fifth part of the undivided
moiety of that other plantation called the Savannah, and
of Piccadilly, part of the Savannah in the division of
Falmouth and parish of St. Paul, containing 1559 acres
1 rood and 7 perches, and all slaves, etc., etc., which said
one undivided moiety by Indentures of Lease and Release
and Mortgage of 7th and 8th May 1773 was granted by
Edward Byam to Stephen Blizard, deceased, and to his
heirs subject to redemption, etc., etc to have and to
hold the said undivided fifth of the said undivided moiety
to Thomas Sermon and Walpole Eyre .... for one whole
year yielding, etc., therefore one peppercorn .... that they
may be in actual possession, etc., etc.
No. 18. Release of Seven Parts.
Indenture made 13th May 1803 between Ann Lessly,
widow, etc., etc., Martin Byam and Elizabeth his wife, etc.,
etc., Louisa Weatherill, widow, etc., etc., Edward Byam and
Rebecca his wife, etc., etc. (which said Ann Lessly,
Elizabeth Byam, Louisa Weatherill, and Rebecca Byam
are the four surviving sisters and heirs at law of Sarah
Bhzard, late of Welbeck Street, spinster, deceased, one of
the five daughters and coheiresses of Stephen Bhzard,
formerly of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the 1st part;
Martin Byam aforesaid, and James Nibbs of Upton House,
Southampton, Esq. (Executors of the will of Sarah Blizard,
deceased), of the 2nd part ; Thomas Norbury Kerby of
Antigua, but now residing in Baker Street near Portman
Square, and Jane Kerby his wife (who is residuary legatee
of Sarah Blizard, deceased), of the 3rd part ; Edward Byam
aforesaid, and Sir Richard Neave, of London, merchant
(surviving Executors of the will of Stephen Blizard,
deceased), of the ith part ; Godschall Johnson aforesaid
(eldest son and heir at law and devisee of the will of
Godschall Johnson, late of London, merchant, deceased),
of the 5th part ; Henry Samuel Eyre of Jermyn Street, Esq.,
Thomas Milles of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., and John Willing
Warren of the Inner Temple, Esq. (Executors of the will
of Godschall Johnson, deceased), of the 6th part; and
Thomas Sermon, etc., etc., and Walpole Eyi-e, etc., etc.,
aforesaid, of the 7th part. Whereas by Indentures of
7th and 8th May 1773 between Edward Byam of Antigua,
Esq., of the one part, and the Hon. Stephen Blizard, of
Antigua, Esq., of the other part, reciting that Edward
Byam by a bond dated 17th Sept. 1771, became bound to
Stephen Blizard in the penal sum of £5000 ster., for the
payment of £2500 on the 1st Oct. then next ensuing, and
further reciting there would then be due £300 for interest
.... it was witnessed that for better securing the repayment
Edward Byam granted, etc., to Stephen Blizard all his one
undivided moiety in a sugar plantation, containing 385
acres, and all slaves, etc., etc., belonging thereto,
butted and bounded as therein mentioned, and also his
one undivided moiety of the Savannah i Plantation, and
Piccadilly, a part of it, ... . subject to a provision of
redemption, etc, etc., and charged with the further sum of
£500 advanced to Edward Byam the 3rd of this present
month of May, etc., etc., and whereas the said sums were
not paid .... whereby the estate of Stephen Blizard became
absolute .... and whereas he afterwards lent to Edward
Byam several other considerable sums of money .... and
departed this life the 2J:th Nov. 1777 having made his
will the 22nd July 1772, and after giving several legacies
gave all residue among his daughters Ann Lessly, Sarah
Blizard, deceased, Elizabeth Warner, Louisa Weatherill,
and Rebecca Byam equally, and appointed Robert
Christian, Francis Farley, Thomas Warner, and the said
Edward Byam his Executors, and by a codicil app(jinted
Richard Nea-s'c (now Sir Richard Neave) also an Executor,
who since the death of Stephen Blizard proved the
will and codicil, and whereas the said undivided moiety
descended to his said five daughters, his only children and
coheiresses at law .... and whereas Godschall Johnson,
deceased, in his lifetime purchased the said moiety from
Edward Byam ; and by Indentures of 14th and 15th April
1780 between Edward and Rebecca Byam, of the one part,
and Godschall Johnson, since deceased, of the other part
.... it is witnessed that in consideration of £18,361 Is. 5d.
ster. Edward and Rebecca Byam granted, etc., etc., to
Godschall Johnson and to his heirs for ever, the said
plantations, etc., etc., and whereas upon the 25th July
1787 there remained due upon the interest of the mortgage
£5300, to which Ann Lessly and her sisters became entitled
.... and whereas the three shares of Ann Lessly, Louisa
Weatherill, and Rebecca Byam have been paid, but not
those of Sarah Blizard, deceased, and Elizabeth Warner,
now Elizabeth Byam .... and whereas Godschall Johnson,
the father, departed this life in June 1800, having made
his will 22nd March 1800, and after giving divers pecuniary
and specific legacies, gave to his Executors all his planta-
tions, etc., in Antigua, subject to a mortgage thereon,
therein more particularly recited, in trust till Mary Eliza-
beth Johnson, his third daughter, should be 16, and
then gave all to Godschall Johnson, his eldest son, and to
his heirs for ever, charged with a mortgage for £2000 due
to the representatives of Stephen Blizard, being the shares
of Sarah Bhzard and Elizabeth Byam .... and whei-eas
Sarah Blizard has also departed this life, and made her will
21st July 179G, and gave all her personal estate, subject to
debts and legacies .... to Jane Kerby .... and appointed
Martin Byam and James Nibbs her Executors ; and James
Nibbs duly proved the will .... and whereas Sarah Blizard's
share descends to her sisters .... and Martin Byam and
James Nibbs have requested Godschall Johnson to pay ofl'
the said one-fifth of Sarah Blizard, deceased, in the £53()(i
remaining due on the 25th July 1787, amounting to £1060,
and Godschall Johnson is desirous to do it, and has occasion
for the money to do it with, and has requested his father's
Executors to advance it, and they have consented .... on
having Sarah Blizard's interest in the premises conveyed to
them .... Now -this Indenture witnesses that in considera-
tion of £1060 paid to Martin Byam and James Nibbs with
the consent of Ann Lessly, Elizabeth Byam, Louisa Weather-
ill, and Rebecca Byam .... they grant the said plantations,
etc., etc., to Thomas Sermon and Walpole Eyre in trust,
. . . . and they appoint Edward Jones, Esq., and Valentine
Horsford, Esq., both of Antigua, their Attorneys.
62
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
" At the request of Dr. Henry Stodder we have surveyed
the plantation belonging to Capt. Giles Blizard, & now in
the possession of his children, of 155 acres. 27 Ap.
1670."
Barbados. Jas. Vaughan and Rich'' Travels. Letter
of Attorney to Mr. Thos. Blizard of Antigua, G March
1675. Also another from Jas. Vaughan, Arth. Middleton,
and Barnard Skinghingh.
Letter of attorney dated 19 Aug. 1702 of Marlborough
Merewether of St. Olave, Southwark, feltmaker, to W™
Randall of ditto, mariner, for sums due fi-om Jeremiah
Blizard, Milright, of Antigua. By Laurence Crabb, Esq.,
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Falmouth
Town, appeared W™ Wotton, witness to above. Recorded
i March 1702.
1706. Mr. Giles Blizard, jun'', 30 acres. Surveyed
9 Sept.
1707, May 24. Giles Blizard, jun', and Eliz*" his
wife petition for patent. He has 24 acres and 4 acres in
her right in Belfast. About 12 years ago Thos. Capps
deceased, his wife's father, had a warrant from the Governor,
but the patent was not obtained. Patent now granted.
1709, Oct. 3. Giles Blizard, jun., is granted 40 acres
in Belfast Division.
Jeremiah Blizard, planter, 149 acres at New North
Sound bought by him (12 acres were left him by his father),
27 June 1710, patent by Dan' Parke.
At the request of Hon. Edward Warner, Esq., laid out
for Mr. Henry Blizard 100 acres and f in the Savannah.
Surveyed 9 Dec. 1715.
1715, June 20. Hen. Blizard and Mary his wife sell
10 acres to W" Codrington for £350 c.
In Chancery, 1741, Aug. 19. Rob' James and others
the legatees of Blizard, complainants, v. the Heirs and Exe-
cutors of Blizard and others, defendants. Henry Blizard,
deceased, late father of the said defendant Henry Blizard.
(Abigail Duncomb and Tho. Shephard other defendants.)
Act for attainting slaves, 1723, against "Jack, a Negro
Man, belonging to Giles Blizard, an infant, and Mimba, a
Negro Woman, belonging to Mary Blizard, Widow, for the
crime of attempting to poison the same infant," etc.
Indenture dated 29 Sept. 1724, between Jeremiah
Blizard of Antigua, Esq., and Ann his wife of the one part,
Stephen Blizard of Antigua, Gent., their son, of the other.
Gift of a plantation in New North Sound of 204 acres,
bounded east with W" Barnes, deceased, and Henry
Lyons, Christopher Skipworth, Jas. Nibbs, and Jeremiah
Nibbs, all of Antigua, Gentlemen, west with W. Hamilton,
Benj" Thaxter, and Giles Blizard, deceased, south with
Cassada Garden. He to pay them 20,000 lbs. yearly.
Indenture dated 29 Sept. 1724 between Stephen Blizard
of Antigua, Gent., of the 1st part, Jeremiah Blizard of
Antigua, Gent., and Ann his wife of the 2nd part,
Nath' Gilbei-t and Tho. Kerby of Antigua, Esq^-^S of
the 3rd part, and Jane Kerby, spinster, daughter of
said Tho. Kerby, Esq., of the 4th part. Marriage settle-
ment. Stephen Blizard receives a sum of £1500 c.
from Tho. Kerby as a portion for Jane Kei'by his
daughter.
Indenture dated 12 Dec. 1724. John Richardson, sen"',
of Antigua, planter, gives to Margaret Blizard, widow, his
daughter, a negro woman.
1730. Mrs. Mary Blizard petitioned for a path 1 Dec.
1730. Surveyed and recorded 3 Dec. 1734.
1731, Dec. Green Island of 60 acres now belongs to
Stephen Blizard by patent from Genl. Douglas.
1749, Nov. 2. Deposition of Steph. Blizard, Esq., fet.
46. (29 B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1750, March 29. Stephen Blizard is appointed Chief
Justice, vire W" Lavington, who resigns. On 18 April
he is granted a patent for Green Island.
1775, April 6. Jno. Knight Blizard a debtor in jail.
1777, Nov. 24. "Stephen Blazard (sic), Esq., in the
75"' year of his age, formerly Speaker of the Assembly at
Antigua, Col. of Militia, and Chief Justice of the Court
of Pleas of that Island." (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 556.)
1785, Aug. 12. " Petition of the Honorable William
McKennin, Executor and Trustee of Giles Blizard, late of
this Island, Esquire, Deceased, for the Sum of One hundred
and Ninety five Pounds, being the Appraised Value of
Johnny, a Mulatto Man, aud Jefl'ery, a Negroe Man, the
Property of the said Giles Blizard, Executed for the Murder
of their said Master, was Read and Granted and referred to
the House of Assembly." (B. T. 42 Leeward Islands.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1692 Jeremiah and Samuel the sons of, Sarah &
Elizabeth the daughters of Jeremiah
Blizard aud Frances his wife.
1714 Jan. 1 Jane D. of Henry Blizard & his wife.
1716 May 6 Mary D. of Henry Blizard & Mary his
wife.
(? 1731) Sarah the d. of Stephen Blizard and Jane
his wife.
1733 Dec. 5 William Thomas the s. of Stephen Blizard
& Jane his wife.
1734 Oct. 13 John the s. of John Blizard & Eliz. his
wife.
1735 Dec. 28 Margaret Langford the D. of John Blizard,
Jun'', and Eliz"' his wife.
1737 May 27 Henry j" s. of Henry Blizard & Elizabeth
his wife.
1740 Oct. 20 Louise the D. of Stephen Bhzard & Jane
his wife.
1741 Jan. 1 Jane the D. of Stephen Blizard aud Jane
his wife.
1742 Dec. 18 Rebecca the D. of Stephen Blizard and
Jane his wife.
1743 July 14 Jonas Langford the s. of John Blizard,
Ju', and Elizabeth his wife.
1747 Nov. 29 Sarah the D. of Jeremiah Blizard and
Sarah his wife.
1748 May 5 Elizabeth the D. of Christopher Blizard
and Jane his wife.
1748 Oct. 30 Richard the S. of Henry Bhzard and
EHzabeth his wife.
1749 June 23 Mary the D. of Christopher Blizard and
Jane his wife.
1751 Aug. 27 William the S. of Jeremiah Blizard and
Sarah his wife.
1760 Feb. 4 Mary the D. of Henry Bhzard and
Margaret his wife.
1 760 Nov. 20 Margaret D. of Henry Blizard and Mar-
garet his wife (ab* 6 M° old.)
1770 Dec. 28 William the S. of Robert Blizard and Ann
his wife.
1773 June 25 Henry John the S. of Robert Blizard and
Ann his wife.
1774 Jan. 21 Rebeccah Margaret the D. of Doc'' Jonas
Langford Blizard and Elizabeth his
mfe.
1780 Jan. 18 Robert the s. of Robert Blizard and Ann
his wife.
1781 Jan. 26 Isaac the s. of Robert Blizard & Ann his
wife.
1783 Nov. 21 John the s. of Robert Blizard and Ann
his wife.
BLIZARD FAMILY.
63
1800 Mar. 27 George S. of Robert Blizard and ... . his
wife.
1833 Oct. 16 Alice Bradley D. of Christopher & Alice
Blizzard, S' John's, Merchant.
1834 Sept. 20 John Bradley S. of Christopher & Alice
Blizzard, S' John's, Merchant.
1837 Feb. 3 Rich'^ Joshua S. of Christopher & Alice
Blizzard, St. John's, Merchant.
Married.
Jacob Thibon & Dorothy Blissard. L.
Stephen Blizard and Jane Kerby. L.
John EUijatt and Frances Blizard. L.
Robert James & Jane Blizzard. L.
James Manwaring & Ann Blizard.
Henry Blizard & . . . . Nibbs.
Jerimiah Blizard & Sarah Scarvell. L.
Thomas Lessly and Ann Blizard.
Henry Blizard to Margaret Meredith,
Spinster.
John Bowers to Rebecca Blizard. L.
Robert Blizard to Ann Harris. L.
JoQas Blizard (Surgeon) to Elizabeth
Warner. L.
John Jacobs to Rebecca Blizard. L.
Christian Sperkins to Sarah Blizard. L.
Robert Wilson (Taylor) to Ann Blizard
(Widow). L.
Francis Blizard (writing Clerk; to Sarah
Meredith, Spinster. L.
William Crowe, M.l)., to Rebecca Mar-
garet Blizard, Spinster. L.
Robert Blizard to Sarah Hunter, Spin-
ster. L.
Samuel Crauford to Sarah BUzard, Spin-
ster. L.
James Aldis, Wesleyan Minister, to
Susannah Brown. L.
Buried.
1741 Jan. 8 Jane Blizard a child of M'' Stephen
Blizard.
1742 Dec. 22 Jane Blizard w. of Stephen Blizard, Esq.
1747 Dec. 13 Henry Blizard a child.
1749 Oct. 19 Eliz'i' Blizard widow of Hen. Blizard.
1752 Dec. 19 William Blizard, Sen"'.
1704 Mar. 24 Margarett Blizard.
1766 April 27 Mary Blizard in Popeshead wife of Jer.
Blizard, Esq.
1708 Dec. 8 Stephen Bhzard, Jun''.
1771 April 14 Sophia Blizard.
1773 June 30 Henry John Blizard.
1780 Aug. 10 Mary Blizard.
1781 Mar. 27 Sarah Blizard.
1784 Jan. 24 Rob' Blizard.
1794 Dec. 20 Jonas Langford Blizard, M.D.
1798 May 23 .... Blizard.
1800 Mar. 22 George Blizard, Inf.
1809 Jan. 25 Jane Blizard.
1809 May 17 Margaret Blizard.
1829 Mar. 6 William Blizard. S' John's. 6 weeks.
1841 Aug. 18 Abigail Blizzard. S' John's. 23.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
3Iarricd.
1730 June 23 John Riply, Gent", & Elizabeth Blizard,
Spins^ L.
1733 Jan. 20 M' Henry Blizard & M" Elizabeth
Ash. L.
1705
June
9
1724
Oct.
1
1734
Mar.
5
1739
July
12
1741
July
n
1743
Nov.
, ,
1743
Feb.
25
1748
June
14
1758
Blay
13
1768
Aug.
10
1768
Dec.
4
1773
Mar.
18
1782
Nov.
2
1785
July
17
1787
Mar.
10
1787
Mar.
11
(? 1793) June 5
1798
Feb.
17
1801
July
15
1837
Feb.
11
Buried.
1734 Dec. 6 Mary 1). of M'' Henry Blizard & his wife.
Baptized.
1734 Nov. 30 Mary D. of M'' Henry Blizard & Elizabeth
his wife.
1743 Aug. 28 Rowland John S. of Hilary Blizard and
Elizabeth his wife.
1745 Feb. 10 Elizalieth D. of M'' Henry Blizard and
Elizabeth his wife.
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
1734 March 2 Jeremiah the S. of Stephen Blizard &
Jane.
(?1735) .... 0 Elizabeth y<^ D. of Stephen Blizard &
Jane his wife.
1738 April 9 John y^ S. of Stephen Blizard & Jane his
wife.
(? 1741) John Blizard, Jun^
1743 .... 21 Christopher the S. of Christopher Blizard
and Jane his wife.
1745 Mar. 26 Margarett the D. of X'pher Blizard and
Jane.
1745 June 18 Mary the D. of Henry Blizard and Sarah
his wife.
1745 Aug. 10 Stephen Weatherill the S. of John Blizard,
Jun', & Eliz"> his wife.
1753 S. of Henry Blizard & his wife,
born Jnne 30*'' 1753 . . ed December
the 9«' 1753.
1755 (-Sept. 28 Stephen S. of Blizard & Sarah his
wife.
August 11'", 1754. Baptized . . ber 28"'
1755.
1760 Aug. 14 Jane 1). of Jeremiah Bhzard & Mary his
wife.
Married.
Christopher Blizard and Jane Nibbs,
Widow.
Henery Bowers and Mary Blizard,
Spinster.
Thomas Lesly & Ann Blizard.
-John Blizard, Junior, of the Parish of S'
George's Fitches, Widower, & Sarah
Wickham of S* Phillip's Parish, Widow.
Randolph Donaldson & Frances Blizard.
W™ Warner, Gentleman, & Elizabeth
Blizard, Spinster.
Edward Byam, Merchant, and Rebecca
Blizard, Spinster.
George Weatherill, Gentleman, from S'
Christopher's, & Louisa Blizard,
Spinster.
Samuel Carle & Mary Blizard, Jun^
Samuel Burnett, Planter, and Elizabeth
Blizard, Spinster.
Buried.
1735 Aug. 28 William y" S. of Stephen B . . . . d.
1737 Anna Blizzard (vidua) sepulta fuit decimo
quarto die Augusti Anno prfcdicto.
George Blizzard, Infant.
John Blizard an Infant.
John Henry S. of Henry Blizard and
Sarah his wife.
Samuel Blizard.
Henry Blizard.
1740
Feb.
14
1741
June
22
1748
June
14
1750
Sept.
6
1750
Oct.
1
1754
Feb.
14
1763
July
7
1765
Feb.
28
1769
June
29
1785
Feb.
6
1739
1740
1747
1747
1748
July
Dec.
Mar.
April
June
11
29
8
17
18
64
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Mary Blizard, Widow.
•John Blizai'd, juii', Esq.
John Blizard, Sen'', Esq.
Christopher Blizard.
Jane Re .... Christopher Blissard de-
ceased.
Eliz" Blizard.
Christopher Blizard.
Stephen Weatherill Blizard.
Margaret Blizard in the Burying C4round
on the Estate of William Blizard, Esq"'.
Margaret Langford Blizard.
Richard Blizard in the Family burying
Ground.
Giles Blizard, Esq', in his Estate.
Frances Blizard.
William Blizard in the Family Burying
Ground.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1700 Jan. 1 Jeremiah Blizard to Anne Lavington.
1750 Sept. G John Blizard, jun"", & Sarah Wickham,
Spinster {sic).
Buried.
1845 Oct. 5 Sarah Blizard. Parham. 66.
1749
Mar.
4
1751
Mar.
29
1751
July
20
1756
. . . .
. .
1760
June
6
1764
Feb.
21
1767
Dec.
14
1768
Nov.
. ,
1770
Jan.
24
1778
Jan.
29
1781
May
6
1781
Dec.
2
1789
Mar.
16
1789
Sept.
24
On a slate ledger near the old house on Will. Blizard's
plantation : —
Here lyeth Interred the Body of
Rachell Blizard who was born
the 27"' Day of September I7O7 : who
departed this Life on thelO"' day of
Sept'« 1724.
She was her Fathers loy her Mothers
Care. Mankinds delight who l)y
untimely fate full in her blooming
Years became a Victim to Relentlefs
Death Sacred to Memory her Parents
Placed this Tomb.
On a large stone ledger close by the M.I., much worn
and barely legible : —
HERE LYETH THE BODT OF
HENRY BLIZZARD WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE 27^= DAT OF
lANUARY ANNO DOMINI 169|-
AGED 60 YEARS.
" Giles Blizards " is now owned by John Jarvis, Esq.,
of Mount Jarvis ; " Judge Blizards " in same parish in 1852
contained 422 acres and was owned by the heirs of Judge
Blizard ; and " Will Blizards," 90 acres, owned by Messrs.
W. and F. Shand. These three estates are all in St.
George's Parish.
J^etitcjrte oi Botilun.
Arms. — Ermine, on a saltire gules a leopard'' s face or.
Crest (Bodkin of Galway). — A leopard's face or.
DOMINICK BODKIN, living 1694 and 1705.=rMary
. living 1705. Kean Osborne of Antigua, Gent.
Will dated 8 March 1705.
Jane Bodkin, Thomas Bodkin,
living 1705. named in will of
Grissel Jameson
1093.
Lawrence Bodkin,=pPenelope, dau.
mar. at St. Philip's
11 June 1774.
Elizabeth .... widow of ... . Parry ,=f=Andrew Bodkin=p]\Irs. Barbara Murray, mar.
mar. at St. Paul's 10 April 1727 ; bur.
St. Paul's 22 Feb. 1736. 1st wife.
of Wilcox,
7 bur. St. John's
28 Nov. 1800.
at St. Paul's 7 Sept. 1740 ;
? bur. St. Philip's 25 Sept.
1748. 2nd wife.
Andrew Bodkin,
bapt. St. Paul's
3 Sept. 1741.
I
Mary Bodkin,
bapt. St. Paul's
5 Dec. 1742.
I
Joseph Bodkin, bapt. at St.=pEster Williams.
Paul's 12 Sept. 1744 ; mar. at
St. John's 2 Nov. 1767, bur.
there 5 March 1780. /
John Murray Bodkin, bapt. at St. Philip's 14 June 1779.
BODKIN FAMILY.
66
Dominick Bodkin. Will dated 9 Oct. 1674; proved
5 Dec. 1674 by Peter Kerron and Francis Blake, and on
5 May 1681 by Jas. Bodkin. (121 Bunce.) To the
Benedictine Dames of Dunkerque 150 livers, & to the
English Clores 150 livers. To father Parsons 6 crownes.
To be bur. in the ch. of the English Clores, & give them
90 livers more, also 60 livers if buried in the habit of S'
Fi'ancis. To the Augustines of Gallaway £10, the Fran-
ciscans £i>, & Dominicans £5. To my mother £10. I
apiioint M'' Peter Kerwan & M"" Francis Blake my brothers
in law, & Jas. Bodkin my neph., all of Gallaway, Ex'ors.
To my said neph. £140, & all residue to my wife & 2
children. Witnessed by Eich'' Goodwin, Jean F . . . .,
Dan' Patair, tfras. Hereford.
Codicil to will of Dominick Bodkin. Dated 9 Oct.
1674. (68 North.) I owe to Schipper Fra. Underkerkhorne
£46 for sugar less 15 guilders I lent him. I owe the carpenter
of the ship £12, & Aron, an Englishman, £8. M'' Ben.
Salley, my attorney in Virginia, lent me 50s., & sent by me
1 hogshead of tobacco worth 400 lbs. Father Masse of
Virginia sent 1 hogshead of tobacco to be delivered to
sister Masse in princes hoef in Bridges. My wife & children.
My kinsman M'' Jas. Bodkin. Proved by latter 5 May
1681.
David Bodkin of Gallway, merchant. Will dated
14 June 1717 ; proved 30 Dec. 1718 by Megg alias Marg*
Bodkin alias French, the relict, and Rob* Dean and
Martin French. (231 Tenison.) To be buried at S'
Nicholas in the town of Gallwey with my ancestors. To
my wife Megg Bodkin al's French £200, & the £500
according to our marriage settlement. To my niece Ann
Bodkin 1»' d. of my brother John Bodkin, £200, & the like
sum to his 2 other dans. Molly & Marg' Bodkin. To uncle
Martin French's dans. £40. To Sisley French, my uncle
Nich^ French's dau., £12. To my aunt Agnes French £8.
To my sister Marg* Lynch al's Kirwan £80. To the poor
£30. To M'' Patrick Skerret £2 10s. Od. To M'' Mich'
Joyce 40s. To M' Gregory French & M'' Rob* French
40s. To fathers John Bodkin & Jerome Martin 40s. each.
To father Nich' Martin 30s. To old father John Bodkin
20s. To my brother Arthur French £5 for charity. If
my wife be with child all previous legacies to be void, &
all my estate for such child. All residue to my brother
John Bodkin. My wife, uncle Martin French, & cousin
Rob' Dean, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Antho. Lynch, Marcus
Lynch, Tho. Lynch.
1702, May 4. Dominick Bodkin of Antigua, planter.
Letter of attorney to my wife Mary and my brother in law
Kean Osborne.
Cisterns at English Harbour laid out, 1^ acres bought
of M' Tho. Bodkin, of Ireland, Gent., surveyed 25 Oct. 1734.
No. 197. An Act to invest a certain Tract of Land at
English Harbour, belonging to Thomas Bodkin of the
Kingdom of Ireland, in His Majesty, His Heirs and
Successors, for certain publick Uses ; and for appraising
and valuing the same, and paying the Owner thereof.
Dated 23 January 1743.
1727
Dec.
12
1754
Apri^
22
1759
Aug.
13
1765
Aug.
30
1766
July
31
1780
Mar.
5
1785
April 16
1787
Dec.
16
1800
Nov.
28
1809
Nov.
17
1767
Nov.
2
1784
Mar.
24
1727
1740
1741
1742
1744
1736
1723
1748
1751
1774
1779
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
Mark Bodkin.
Andrew Bodkin.
Martin Bodkin.
Andrew Bodkin. P.
And. Bodkin, child.
Joseph Bodkin.
John M. Bodkin, Infant.
Elizabeth Bodkin, Infant.
Penelope Bodkin.
Mary Bodkin.
Married.
Joseph Bodkin to Ester Williams. L.
Philip Hall to Hester Bodkin (Widow). L.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
April 10 M'' Andrew Bodkin and M'^ Parry,
Widdow. L.
Sept. 7 M'' Andrew Bodkin & M" Barbara Murray.
Baptized.
Sept. 3 Andi-ew S. of M'' Andrew Bodkin &
Barbara his wife.
Dec. 5 Mary D. of M' Andrew Bodkin & Barbara
his wife.
Sept. 12 Joseph S. of M*' Andrew Bodkin and
Barbara his wife.
Buried.
Feb. 22 Elizabeth Wife of Andrew Bodkin.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
June 16 Andrew Bodkin.
Sept. 25 Barbara Bodkin.
June 5 Mark Bodkin.
Harried.
June 11 Lawrence Bodkin & Penelope Wilcox,
spinster.
Baptized.
June 14 John Murray s. of Laurence & Penelope
Bodkin.
"Bodkins" is in St. Paul's Parish. In 1852 it con-
tained 412 acres, and was owned by K. B. Osborn, M.D.
^Sttiisree oi loolmh
. . BOLAN=
Francis Bolan, senior, of co. Clare,=j=Alice
Ireland.
Christopher Bolan of Antigua, merchant. AVill dated 12 Dec, and
recorded 16 Jan. 1739-40.
\ \ I
John Bolan of Antigua, merchant; bur. 18 No v.=j=Margaret Hodge, sister of Henry James Francis Mary Bolan, mar. in
1750 at St. John's. Will dated 10 Nov. 1750
proved P.C.C. 7 June 1758. (176 Hutton.)
Hodge of Antigua ; mar. 4 Aug. Bolan, Bolan, or before^l750
1735 at St. John's; living in living junior.
1752 at Limerick. 1754.
Baimbridge.
Elizabeth Bolan, only child and heiress ; a minor in 175i
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Christopher Bolan, merchant. Will dated 12 Dec.
173!). To my bro. Francis Bolan of Clare, Ireland, &
to my nephew John Bolan of Antigua, all my estate.
Witnessed by Jas. Bolan, Anne Greaves. Eecorded 16 Jan.
1739.
John Bolan of Antigua, merchant. Will dated 10 Nov.
1750 ; proved P.C.C. 7 June 1758 by John Thomlinson,
Esq., one of the surviving- E.xecutors, power reserved to
Andrew Lessley, Esq., Stephen Blizard, Esq., Tho. Elmes,
and James Bolan, Esq., the others. (176 Hutton.) To
my dan. Eliz. Bolan ail my jilantatiou & slaves in Antigua,
& to her heirs in tail male, remainder to my brother James
Bolan & his heirs male, charged with the payment of £8000 c.
or £6o00 St. for the issue female of my said dau., my
brother Fi'ancis Bolan, Junior, the daughters of my said
dau. Eliz., the 1'' son of my sister Mary Baimbridge, the
daus. of my brothers James Bolan & Francis Bolan, Jun.
To my brother James Bolan £1000 Irish, but if he should
succeed to my estate, he shall pay £200 to my brother
Francis Bolan, jun., & £100 to M'' Dennis M<^Mahon. To
my said brother Francis Bolan £300, & if he succeed to my
estate he shall pay £100 to M'' Dennis M'^Mahon. To M"^
Dennis IPMahon & his sister Miss Honor M'^JIahon £200
Irish each. My honored father Francis Bolan & my
Mother Alice £50 a year. £200 a year to my dau.
Eliz. till 21. To my Wife Margaret £100 c. a year, & my
house in 8' John's where Miss Scandrett dwelleth, & 4
negros in lieu of dower. John Thomlinson, Esq., of
London, Merchant, & Tho. Elmes of Antigua, Esq.,
Guardians of my said dau. John Thomlinson, Andrew
Lessly, Esq., Stephen Blizard, Esq., & the said Tho. Elmes,
M'' Dennis M'^Mahon, & my brother James Bolan, Ex'ors,
with power to mortgage my estate in Antigua & Tortola.
All residue to my said dau. Witnessed by Kichard Lee,
John Butler, W'" Cantlay.
Close Roll, 2 Geo. III., Part 1, Nos. 2 and 3.
Thomlinson and Apthorpe, etc.
Indenture made 8th March 1762 between John Thom-
linson of East Barnett, Herts, Esq., of the one part, and
John Apthorpe of London, merchant, and Thomas
Martin of Antigua, merchant, of the other part. Whereas
by an Indenture of bargain, sale, and enfeoffment of
8th March 1743 between William Denning of Antigua,
gentleman, and Mary Denning his wife of the one part, and
John Banister of Antigua, merchant, of the other part ....
in consideration of £4417 4s. '2d. William and Mary
Denning granted to John Banister and his heirs all that
plantation in the division of Bermudian Valley in the
parish of St. Mary, Antigua, containing 346 acres, butted
and bounded east with the lands of Col. Valentine Morris
and John Mayo, deceased ; south with the lands of Col.
John Frye, now or late in the tenure of John Frye the
younger, Esq. ; west with the lands heretofore of the said
Col. John Frye and the Flashes ; and north with the lands
of the said Col. Valentine Morris .... and all dwelling
houses, etc., etc and all negro slaves, etc., etc
and all cattle, horses, asses, and mules, etc., etc and
all estate, right, and title of William and Mary Denning,
subject always to the estate and interest in the said
premises which Catherine Weatherill of Antigua, widow,
had therein in lieu and satisfaction of her dower, and subject
also to the equity of redemption therein mentioned ; and
whereas by an Indenture of 2nd November 1745 between
John Banister aforesaid of the one part, and Nathaniel
French of Antigua, planter, of the other part, reciting the
Indenture of 1743, it was witnessed, that in consideration
of £3401 16s., John Banister granted, etc., to Nathaniel
French and his Executors, etc., the aforesaid plantation, etc.
. . . . subject as before . . . . ; and whereas by an Indenture
of 1st May 1746 between Nathaniel French and John
Banister, it is witnessed that, in consideration of
£3270 13s. lOd., Nathaniel French granted, etc., to .John
Banister the said lands, etc., subject to the conditions made
in the Indenture of 1743 ; and whereas by an Indenture
tripartite made 7th Nov. 1746 between John Banister of the
1st part ; Francis Delap of Antigua, planter, of the 2nd
part ; and James Delap of Antigua, planter, of the 3rd part
. . . . reciting the previous Indentures, it was witnessed that,
in consideration of £346() 18s. 8(/ and of £21 moi'e,
to reimburse John Banister for what he has been out of
pocket in several incidental charges and for his personal
trouble, in all £3487 18s. 8d. John Banister granted, etc.,
to Francis Delap and his heirs for ever all the said lands,
etc., subject as aforesaid .... to their only use .... and
Francis and James Delap declare themselves satisfied that
the £3487 18s. 8d. was a principal sum lent by Francis
Delap .... and the whole to bear interest at 6 per cent, from
the 1st March ne.xt ensuing, subject to such deductions as
should be made for sugars shipt to Great Britain since the
1st March . . . . ; and whereas by an Indenture made 5th
June 1747 between Francis Delap of the one part, and
William Dunbar of London, merchant, of the other part,
reciting the former Indentures, and further reciting that the
name of Francis Delap in the Indenture tripartite was used
in ti'ust for William Dnnbar, and all the consideration
money was bona fide his, as Francis Delap did acknowledge
. . . . It was witnessed that in consideration of all and
singular the premises, and of 7s. cur., and in pursuance
of the trust reposed in him, Francis Delap granted, etc.,
to William Dunbar and his heirs all the said lands ....
subject as before mentioned to their own proper use . . . .;
and whereas by Indentures of 11 th and 12th Jan. 1750
the release being tripartite between Elizabeth Dunbar of
London, widow ; George Thomas of Yapton, co. Sussex,
Esq. ; Walter Sydserfe of London, Esq.; Thomas Godfrey
of London, Esq. ; Joseph Godfrey of London, Esq. ; and
Robert Fcrgusson of London, Esq. (E.xecutors of the will of
William Dunbar, late of London, merchant, deceased), of the
1st part ; George Dunbar, Esq. (only son and heir-at-hiw
and residuary legatee of William), of the 2nd part; and
John Thomlinson aforesaid of the 3rd part ; reciting as
before, and further reciting that William Dunbar departed
this life in Dec. 1749, having made his will 22nd Dec.
1747, by which he gave several pecuniary legacies, and gave
all residue, real and personal, to his son, and appointed the
aforesaid Executors, who all proved the will ; and fui'ther
reciting that there was due to them as Executors, upon the
only virtue of the before-recited mortgage, £2668 Is. lOd. ;
and it was witnessed that in consideration of that sum paid
to the Executors, and of 5s. paid to George Dunbar,
they granted, etc., to John Thomlinson (in his actual
possession then being by virtue of a bargain, etc.) and to
his heirs, all the said plantation, etc., for ever, subject to
such equity of redemption as William Denning and Mary
his wife and his heirs had therein ; and whereas John Bolan
of Antigua, merchant, afterwards purchased of AYilliam
Denning the said equity of redemption, and made his last
Will 10th Nov. 1750, and directed his debts, etc., to be paid
from his real estate if his personal was insufficient .... and
devised to Elizabeth Bolan his beloved daugliter all his
plantation and slaves, etc., and other real escate in Antigua
or elsewhere for life, and to her sons in tail male successively,
with remainder to James Bolan his brother .... in tail
male charged with £8000 c. or £6000 ster. to the issue
female of Elizabeth, with remainder to Francis Bolan, jun.,
his brother .... in tail male charged as aforesaid, with
remainder among such daughters of Elizabeth as should be
living at her death or at the death of James and Francis
.... and in case of no issue female of Elizabeth gave his
BOLAN FAMILY.
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estate to the eldest son of JIary Bainbridge his sister . . . .
in tail male, with remainder to her other sons successively
.... and remainder among such daughters of his brotlier
James Bolan as should be living at his death .... and
reiiiMinder among the daughters of his brother Francis
Bolan .... and remainder to his own right heirs for ever
. . . . ; but it was his will that if Elizabeth died without heirs
male and his estate devolved to James or Francis there should
be paid to the daughters of Elizabeth, if four or more, £8000
to be equally divided, and if one, two, or three, £6000 to be
equally divided, or all to one if only one, at 21 or marriage
. . . . ; and he directed £1000 cur. per ann. to be allowed to
Elizabeth during her minority for her maintenance and
education, or if her guardians should think more necessary
for her better education in England or Ireland, he em-
powered his Executors to give it, provided it was not more
than £200 cur. per ann. ; and he gave to Margaret Bolan
his wife £100 cur. per ann. and his house in the town of St.
John's (wherein Miss Scandrett then dwelt) for life with the
use of any four of his negros, two women and two men or
three women and one man, not being carters, boilers, or
tradesmen belonging to his estate .... U[ion condition she
within 12 months released, all right to dower, etc
and appointed John Thomlinson aforesaid ; Andrew Lessly,
Esq.; Stephen Blizard,Esq.; Thomas Elmes, Esq.; Mr. Dennis
MacMahon ; and James Bolan his brother, his E.Kecutors,
and empowered them, if necessary, to raise money by mort-
gage of his estate in Antigua or by sale of his lands and
estate in Tortola .... and gave all residue to Elizabeth Bolan
his daughter and her heirs . . . .; and whereas John Bolan
died and his Will was proved by John Thomlinson, to whom,
in his lifetime, he was indebted in a considerable sum of
money, and at his death was also, together with Dennis
MacMahon and James Bolan his co-partners, indebted to
John Thomlinson in a considerable sum of money ; and
■whereas by an Indenture of 23rd Oct. 17.52 between Mar-
garet Bolan of Limerick (widow of John and one of his
legatees) of the one part, and the Executors of John Bolan
of the other part, it was witnessed that in consideration of
£221 i>aid by John Thomlinson for Margaret Bolan and
Elizabeth her child, and of £57 '2s. lOd. to be paid for her
annuity, and £28 lis. bd., half a year's annuity, due to 17th
May last .... and for other considerations Margaret
Bolan did accept the legacies, etc., and released the
Executors, and John Thomlinson agreed to pay her for life
the £57 2s. lOd. a year .... and all profits of the house
and four slaves .... she granted to him the £100 cur. a
year and the house and four slaves during her life . . . .; and
whereas by an Indenture made 6th March 1754 between
Dennis MacMahon, merchant, of the one part, and John
Thomlinson of the other part, reciting that Dennis Mac-
Mahon and James Bolan, the surviving partners of John
Bolan, deceased, were indebted to John Thomlinson in
several large sums, their outstanding debts due to them as
surviving partners not being sufficient, and Dennis Mac-
Mahon was willing to secure John Thomlinson by the
mortgage of a house, land, and slaves under a provision it
should be void on payment .... It is witnessed that for
divers considerations and in consideration of 10s. cur.
Dennis MacMahon grants, etc., to John Thumlinson all
that messuage in the town of St. John's, bounded and butted
east with the lands of Charles Alexander, Esq., and with
lands belonging to the hospital, west with the lands belonging
to Thomas Nicholls, north with North Street, and south with
the lands of Captain William Robinson .... containing six
proportions of laud, etc., and the following slaves (names
given), four men, one woman, two boys, and one girl . . . . ;
and whereas by an account to 6th March 1762 there is due
to John Thomlinson from the estate of John Bolan, as mort-
gaged from his estate on his private account and from him
in co-partnership, etc., etc., etc., together with interest
£15,147 14s. 2d., and John Thomlinson hath agreed for
£12,500, to be paid him by John Apth'orpe and Thomas
Martin aforesaid, to sell and assign to tliem all money due
to him from John Bolan's estate .... now this Indenture
witnesseth that in consideration of the said premises and of
£3000 sterling John Thomlinson has granted, etc., etc., the
said plantation to John Apthorpe and Thomas Martin and
their heirs for ever charged with annuity, etc., etc., and has
constituted them his Attorneys irrevocable, and also consti-
tuted Robert Browne, Esq., Thomas Warner, Esq., and
Elias Ferris, gentleman, his .Attorneys in Antigua ....
No. 2.
Indenture made 9th March 1762 between John Apthorpe
of London, merchant, and Thomas Martin of Antigua,
merchant, of the one part, and John Thomlinson of East
Barnett, Herts, Esq., of the other part. Whereas John
Apthorpe and Thomas Martin, by bond bearing even date,
became bound to John Thomlinson in the penal sum of
£19,000 sterling, with the condition that if they shall pay
to him the full sum of £9500 on the 9th March 1769, with
interest at 5 per cent, half yearly, the obligation shall be
void. Now this Indenture witnesseth that for the further
and better securing of the £9500 .... and also in con-
sideration of 10s. John Apthorpe and Thomas Martin grant,
etc., to John Thomlinson and his heirs all the plantation in
the division of Bermudian Valley and parish of St. Mary, An-
tigua, containing 346 acres (as in previous Indenture), and
all houses, etc., and slaves, etc., and also that dwelling house,
land, etc., in the town of St. John''s (as in previous Inden-
ture) as the same are now or late were in the possession of
Dennis MacMahon, and all negro slaves .... and all cattle
.... subject to the equity of redemption .... and further
witnesseth that for the considerations aforesaid they have
granted, etc., to John Thomlinson and his heirs as well all
money as was due ft'om the estate of John Bolan, late of
Antigua, merchant, deceased, alone, as also all money owing
from the estate in co-partnership between John Bolan, Dennis
MacMahon, and James Bolan, to John Thomlinson, and
assigned by him to them .... provided always that if they
pay the £9500 and interest .... the Indenture is to be
void .... and they appoint Robert Browne, Esq., Thomas
Warner, Esq., and Elias Ferris, gentleman, all of Antigua,
their true and lawful Attorneys irrevocable .... and till
default is made in payment it shall be lawful for John Ap-
thorpe and Thomas Martin and their heirs peaceably and
quietly to have, hold, and enjoy the said bargained premises
without any let or interruption by John Thomlinson and
his heirs.
1767. Jn° Bolan rated on 141 slaves. (St. Mary's
Vestry Book.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1750 Nov. 18 John Bolan, Merchant.
JIarried.
1735 Aug. 4 John Bolan and ^Margarett Hodge, by L.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etittjrcc ot BScinntn,
GGUSSE BONN IN of Antigua, Surgeon. Will-f=Mai'j bur. at St.
dated 1 July 1712 ; proved 18 Aug. 1713. John's 7 Aug. 1727.
Henry Bonnin. Will dated 10 Feb. 1 777 ; recorded at St.=
John's ; bur. there It Aug. 1778. ? Only son and heir.
Margaret Bonnin, =pCaptain (? Henry) Beaulieu, shot in
livinK 1712. 1710.
Margaret Bonnin, mar. at=j=Nicholas Taylor, died before Henry Bonnin, jun.,=pMary Denning. Henrietta Beaulieu.
St. John's 2 Aug. 1764 ;
died before 1790.
1790 ; (?) from Ninewelle.co. mar. at St. John's 29
Notts. Oct. 1759, bur. 17
Dec. 1760.
Margaret Beaulieu.
Ann Beaulieu.
All three infants 1713.
I
Elizabeth Taylor, =pThomas Rodie of Liver- ]\Iary Taylor=pJohn Cooke of Cordangan, co. Tipperary, Barrister-at-Law,
living 1790.
pool, Merchant 1790. mar. 10
March 178;'..
J. P. Only son and heir of Jos. Cooke of Coi-dangan. (See
Burke's ' Landed Gentry.')
Jane Scott Rodie, mar. 18 May 1 8 1 8=j= Joseph Cooke of Cordangan, J. P., D.L., born 8 Oct. 1787. Only son and heir.
Gousse Bonnin, Surgeon. \YiIl dated 1 July 1712. To
my wife Mary all my estate during her widowhood, if she
marry then only her thirds. To my dau. Marg' Beaulieu, &
after her death to her 3 dan's Henrietta, Marg*, & Ann
Beaulieu, the house adjoining east with M'' Weekes & west
with my other houses fronting Broad Str. & -J my female
negros after my wife's death. To my son Henry Bonnin
my house and ground whereon 1 now live, all male & 4 the
female negros after my wife's death. Coll° Main Sweet, gent.,
Cap' Jn" Roe, gent., of Antigua, Ex'ors. Witnessed by W™
Mathew, Giles Watkins, Tho'' Jarvis, Jas. Godsell. Before
Governor Walter Douglas were sworn Giles Watkins and
Thos. Jarvis 18 Aug. 1713.
Jane Bonnin, widow of Peter Bonnin of Lisbon. Will
dated 20 Oct. 1743 at Greenwich ; proved 20 March 1744
by Hannah Mary Bonnin, spinster. (73 Seymer.) To my
dau. Jane Townley & her heirs £400, my pearl necklace
with diamond locket, & a silver coffee pot & large salver
with . lord Donegall's arms on it. To my bro. Geo. Stepney
& my sisters Ann & Eliz"' Stepney & my nephew John
Kelly £10 each. All residue to my dau. Hannah Mary
Bonnin, she to be sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Rich'' Oliver,
Mary Oliver.
Codicil dated 6 Feb. 174|. Any sums due equally to my
1st dau. & my Ex'trix. Witnessed by Richard Oliver, Mary
Oliver, David Irish.
Close Roll, 30 Geo. IIL, Part 4, No. 4.
Indenture made the 19th May 1790 between Thomas
Rodie of Liverpool, merchant, and Elizabeth his wife (one
of the daughters of Nicholas Taylor and Margaret his wife,
both deceased, and granddaughter of Henry Bonin, late of
Antigua, also deceased), of the 1st part, and John Bott of
Antigua, Esq., of the 2nd part. Whereas Henry Bonin in
his lifetime, to witt, on the 19th Feb. 1777 by his last Will,
among other things, gave and devised all that piece of land
covered with sea water of the harbour of St. .Tohn's, bounded
N. with the wharf of John Bott, heretofore of John Oatley (?),
and W. and S. with other sea water, unto his granddaughters
Mary Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor and their respective
heirs as tenants in common and not joint tenants .... and
if either died before 21 or unmarried, her share to the
survivor, as by the Will proved in Antigua more fully
appears, and wliereas Mary aud Elizabeth Taylor have
attained to 21, and both have married, Mary with John
Cooke of Cardangan, co. Tipperary, and Elizabeth with the
said Thomas Rodie, party hereto, and whereas John Bott is
desirous of purchasing the undivided moiety of Elizabeth
Rodie, and has offered £300 gold and silver currency, which
she and Thomas Rodie have agreed to accept .... Now
therefore this Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of
the said £300 Thomas Rodie and Elizabeth his wife grant
and confirm to John Bott all that their undivided moiety of
that piece of land .... butted and bounded as follows: N.
with the lands and tenements of John Bott, S. with Tanner
Street, E. with the lands of Miss Elizabeth Sherwood, and
W. with the sea or harbour of St. John's .... and of all
houses, etc., etc., to the only use of John Bott and his heirs
for ever .... and they constitute Archibald Gloster of An-
tigua, Esq., their Attorney .... Sally Allan, James Dover,
Thomas Scott, witnesses.
1687. Aman Bounin (? Bonnin), an alien born, received
a letter of denization. (' Lists of Foreign Protestants and
Aliens,' p. 48, Camden Society's Publications.)
1712, 29 Oct. Letter from G. Bonnin, dated at Loudon,
to the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State : — says he has
been sent home as an eye-witness of Governor Parke's
murder, against Samuel Watkins and Daniel Mackinen and
others as chief actors, and desires payment for his charges
and subsistence. No. 451, America and West Indies.
In the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, An-
tigua. John Barbottain of Antigua, merchant, against Dr.
Gousse Bonnin, Henry Guichinett, merchant, and Margaret
Beaulieu, widow. Executors of the will of Henry Beaulieu of
Antigua, merchant, for £400 c. (Vol. 13, B. T. Leeward
Islands.)
Dr. Gousse Bonnin's son-in-law. Captain Beaulieu, was
shot during the riot when Governor Parke met his death.
(Vol. 12, B. T. ilwJ.)
Letter from G. Bonnin, dated 2 Feb. 171 f, about "the
Murther of my Son in Law in Antego," and says he has to
BONNIN FAMILY.
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maintain "his three yong children with theii- poor Desolate
Mother."
Gousse Bounin attended Governor Park after he was
shot by the inhabitants at St. John's ; his affidavits are pre-
served amongst the records, and by them it appears that
Governor Park, after receiving his wound, was not torn in
pieces by the enraged populace, as usually stated, but was
carried into Mr. John Wright's house about 50 yards off,
where he was carefully attended by Mr. Bonnin and a nurse.
Their care, however, was unavailing, and the patient sank
in two hours from exhaustion, following severe hemorrhage
resulting from a bullet wound in the thigh.
174.'), July 3. Petition of Henry Bonnin of Antigua,
merchant.
Parish Eegister of St. John
Btiried.
172f
Mar.
14
Mrs. Ann Beaulieu.
1727
Aug.
7
Mad™ Mary Bonnin.
1760
Dec.
17
Henry Bonnin, Jun^
1775
Jan.
22
Mary Bonnin.
1778
Aug.
9
Henry Bounin.
1781
June
9
Joseph Bonnin.
Married.
1759 Oct. 29 Henry Bonnin, Jun'', and Mary Dun-
ning. L.
1764 Aug. 2 Nicholas Taylor to Margarett Bonnin. L.
ffmxil^ of Boone.
Samuel Boone. Will dated 8 July 1716. To each of
my 6 sons Jones, John, Joseph, Edw'', James, & Sam', a negroe
& £100 c. each at 18. To mydau. Mary Devereux £100 c.
& a negroe. Kesidue to my son W"', he to be Ex'or, &
until he arrive on the Island my brother W™ Boone & my
son-in-law Edmond Devereux to be guardians of my estate
& children. Witnessed by Rob' Wilcocks, W"> Woodstock.
By Walter Hamilton, Esq., appeared Rob' Wilcocks and
was sworn 23 July 1716.
1676, Oct. 23. William Boone, a Quaker, was committed
to prison by Major Tho. Mallet ; he was likewise beaten on
6 Dec. for refusing to undertake his military duties.
(Besse's 'Sufl'erings of the Quakers,' vol. ii., p. 372.)
In the Census of Antigua taken in 1678, William Boone
had 4 white men, 2 white women, and 3 white children in
family, with 1 negro.
1678, May 20. Walter Burke, planter, sells 20 acres to
W™ Boone, planter.
1684. William Boone sent to the Fort for not appearing
in arms. (Besse's ' Sufferings of the Quakers,' vol. ii.,
p. 376.)
1685. " We are next to relate a variety of sufferings of
William Boon, to whose House, on the 4th of the Second
Month, G/iarhs Goss, Field-Marshal, came with seven armed
Men, and seized a Negro Woman, but left her there ; Ooss
went and told Cul. Mallet that he had found Effects, but
Boon had taken them away from him by Force. This Story,
however false, gave Mlallet a colourable Pretence for issuing
his Warrant to Philip Chapman, a Serjeant, to seize the
Body of Boon, and carry him to the Fort : Accordingly on
the 6th, Chapman came to execute the Warrant, but Boo7i
was not at Home. On the 7th, Serjeant FHchbourn, not
named in the Warrant, came with several others to take
Boon, but he being again from Home, Fitchbourn said, He
would have him bij the Point of his Sword.
" On the 12th, Serjeant Chapmanc&me again, and shewed
his AVarrant, but did not take him away. When Chapman
came the third Time, Boon was sick, and the said Chapman
said. He had not the Conscience to take him from his Family
in that Condition, and so the Matter rested.
"On the 24th of the Fourth Month, John Hashes, Con-
stable, came with a Warrant to seize 800 lb. of Tobacco,
upon the Account of his not bearing Arms, which William
Boon refusing to pay, the Constable distrained two Asses,
though there were Goods enough to have answered his
Demand without them ; but such was the Disposition of
some Officers, that they chose to take what was most pre-
judicial for the Sufferers to part with.
" On the 12th of the Fifth Month they came again on the
same Account, and took away 50 lb. of gin'd Cotton, worth
200 lb. of Tobacco.
" On the 3d of the Sixth Month the said Constable came
again, and seized for the Priest's Use 45 lb. of gin'd
Cotton, worth 180 lb. of Tobacco.
" On the 30ch of the same Mouth Col. Thomas Mallet
issued his Warrant to Serjeant Chapman to raise a File of
Soldiers, and seize the Body of William Boon and carry him
to the Fort, there to remain till farther Order. William
Boon being at the House of Jonas Langford, was asked.
Whether he ivould paij Charles Goss the Field-Marshal
4000 lb. of Tobacco, for his and his People's not bearing
Arms ? he answered, Nay, I will not give thee nine Pence
to be quit. Several Officers present would have persuaded
William Boon to pay the Marshal something, but he
answered. He could as ivell pay all as some.
"On the 1st of September the said Serjeant came again
to William Boon's House, and took him away to the Fort,
where he found no Body to receive a Prisoner, so the
Serjeant dismissed him, at which Col. Mallet was much
enraged.
"On the 12th of the same Month, Capt. Francis Burton
issued a Warrant to the aforesaid Chapman to apprehend
the Body of the said William Boon, and carry him to the
Fort till he should be discharged by the Governour ; the
Fort being about five IMiles from W. Boon's House. So the
said Boon submitted, took his Leave of his Wife and
Children, and was sent to Prison, where he remained five
Weeks and five Days, and underwent great Hardships, for
he was grievously bitten by Vermin, and through much Wet
and Cold was so benummed, that he was almost like a dead
Man. The Governour being applied to, protested that he
would not release him till he had paid Charles Goss.
"On the 14th the Governour with the Council and
Assembly came to the Fort, where Boon's Wife and Children
were then with him. But, though many spake in his
Behalf, and the Governour's Brother, in Compassion to
Boon's Family, would have had him released, nothing could
be done ; for Mallet had so incensed the Governour with
false Accusations against Boon, that he would not release him
saying, He could do Nothing of himself. This pleased Mallet
to find that he had Interest enough with the Governour to
keep the innocent Man in Prison, and accordingly he swore,
that Now his Liberty depended on his Pleasure, he should
not be released. Nevertheless, after forty Days the said
Field-Marshal Goss came to Boon's House, and took away a
Cow big with Calf, which he would not willingly have sold
for 3000 lb. of Tobacco, and having led away the Cow
Boon was set at liberty." {Ibid., p. 376.)
Tortola Census, 22 Nov. 1717. W™ Boone born in
Antigua. 1 woman and 15 negros.
70
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^tUtijrte of l^oont.
"WILLIAM BOONE of Antigua in 1C76. A Quaker. Living 1685.=
Samuel Boone, bapt. at St. Jolin's 1700, on the same clay=pLucie
as his dau. Mary. Will dated 8 July 1716.
I
William Boone, living 1716.
Mary Eonan, mar. at St.=pWilliam Boone=rJane Wilkinson, mar. at St. Jones Boone. John Boone^pElizabeth
John's 12 Feb. 1709. 1st
wife.
I I I I
Ann Elizabeth Thomas Lucey
Boone, Boone, Boone, Boone,
John's 22 May 1718. 2nd
wife.
I
bapt. bapt. at bapt.
at St. St.John's at St.
John's 13 Nov.
SApril 1717.
1716.
Ann
Boone,
bapt. bapt.
at St. at St.
John's John's John's
27 Oct. 24 May 27 May 1724
1718. 1719. 1721 ;
bur.
1730.
Mary Boone, Jane Boone, Susannah Samuel Edwar
bapt. at St. bapt. at St. Boone. Boone. Boone
John's 30 John's 14 — — bur.
July 1724 ; Dec. 1728 ; Rebecka James 1739.
bur. 29 Sept. bur. 1731. Boone. Boone.
d, Christian
, Boone,
bm-.
1734.
Samuel
Boone.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1702 Mary Boone & Peter Rogers.
1709 Feb. 12 William Boone & Mary Ronan. L.
1718 May 22 William Boone & Jane Wilkinson. L.
1724 Oct. 4 James Boone and Margarett Hodge. L.
1731 Aug. 8 Thomas Griffiths and Sarah Boone. L.
1733 Mar. 11 Joseph Boone and Rachell Soanes. L.
1733 Mar. 11 John Hanson and Lucey Boone. L.
1761 Nov. 28 John Bamfield and Margarett Boon. L.
Baptized.
1700-1 (?) . . . . Samuel Boone.
Mary the d. of said Samuel Boone and
Lucie his wife.
1716 April 8 Ann D. of William Boone & Mary his wife.
1717 Nov. 13 Ehz"D. of William Boone & Mary his wife.
1718 Oct. 27 Thomas s. of William Boone & Mary his
wife.
1719 May 24 Lucey d. of W" Boone & Jane his
wife.
1721 May 27 Ann the D. of William Boone & Jane
his wife.
1722 July 29 Eliz'" D. of William Boone & Eliz'" his
wife.
1724 July 30 Jones (?) the s. of Samuel Boone & . . . .
his wife.
1724 July 30 Mary d. of William Boone and Jane his
wife.
1726 Feb. 19 Jane the d. of James Boone and Margaret
his wife.
1726 June 21 Samuel s. of Samuel Boone & Sarah his
wife.
1727 Aug. 11 Lucey the d. of Samuel Boone and Sarah
his wife.
1728 Dec. 14 Jane the d. of William Boone and Jane
his wife.
1728-9 Mar. 2 Mary the d. of James Boone & Marg' his
wife.
1733 Oct. 13 Rebecka the D. of W" Boone & Jane his
wife.
1734 July 28 Christian D. of John Boone & Eliz"'
his wife.
1734 Jan. 23 Samuel the s. of John Boone & Elizabeth
his wife.
1735 Oct. 12 Margarett the D. of Joseph Boone &
Rachell his wife.
1735 Dec. 15 Samuel the s. of William Boone and Jane
his wife.
1736 Aug. 18 Margaret the D. of James Boone &
Margarett his wife.
1737 April 6 Susannah the D. of William Boone and
Jane his wife.
1739 Sept. 28 Edward y^ S. of William Boone & Jane
his wife.
1741 April 19 Edward the s. of Joseph Boone & Rachel
his wife.
1741 May 4 James the s. of William Boone and Jane
his wife.
1742-3 Mar. 27 Mary the D. of Joseph Boone and Rachel
his wife.
Buried.
1716
Oct. 5
Eliz. Bone.
1724
Sept. 29
Mary the D. of W"' Boone.
1728
June 26
M' Samuel Boone.
1730
July 24
Ann D. of M'- W™ Boone.
1731
Sept. 20
Eliz"' D. of M-- W'" Boone.
1731
Oct. 16
Jane D. of W" Boone.
1734
July 30
Christian D. of John Boon.
1734
Nov. 25
Mary D. of James Boone.
1737
Dec. 25
Mary D. of James Boone.
1739
Sept. 29
Edward y'' s. of William Boone
1741
Aug. 6
Edward Boon, a child.
1750
Aug. 16
Joseph Boon, in the country.
1754
Aug. 16
Samuel Boone.
1770
April 3
Rachel Boone.
"Boons" is a very small estate in St. John's Parish. In
1852 it contained 85 acres, and was owned by J. ToUemache,
Esq.
BOONE FAMILY.
71
Joseph=rRachel Soanes, mar.
Boone, I at St. John's 11
bur. March 1733 ; bur.
1750. 1770.
Edward
Boone.
James:
Boone.
^Margaret Hodge,
mar. at St. John's
4 Oct. 1724.
Samuel Boone,"
bur. at St.
John's 2G June
1728.
=Sarah Mary Boone, =Edmond
.... bapt. at St. Devereux.
John's 1700.
Mary
Margaret
Edward
Mary
Mary
Jane Boone, bapt.
Margaret
Jones Boone, bapt.
Samuel
Lucey
Boone.
Boone.
Boone,
Boone,
Boone,
at St. John's 19
Boone.
at St. John's 30
Boone,
Boone
bur.
bur.
bur.
Feb. 1726.
.July 1724.
bur.
1741.
1734.
1737.
1754.
BOEASTON=F. . .
^ctiicjrtc of 33orastj:in,
Captain Joseph Lee ; owned Michaell's Mount alias Dimsdales=
of 275 acres in Falmouth Division. Will dated July 1669.
Thomas Boraston, died=
before 1674.
Major Richard Boraston, Speaker 1669 ; 200=j=Mary, dau. and eventual heir; inherited
acres in 1664 ; a patent for Dimsdales of 200
acres was given him in 1684.
Dimsdales from her father, which was con-
firmed to her and her husband in 1679.
Richard Boraston, living 1674.
John Boraston, planter, living 1679.
Joseph Boraston, £et. 16 in 1686-7.
Richard Boraston, infant 1716 ; joint owner with=pAnn . . . ., bur. 13 Oct. 1751. AVill dated Steven Boraston,
Steven of 233 acres at Rendezvous Bay.
12 Oct. 1751. Sworn 25 Aug. 1752.
infant 1716.
Richard Samuel Joseph Boraston, Benjamin Theodora Boraston, bapt. Margaret Boraston, Jane Boraston,
Boraston, bapt. bapt. 29 April Boraston, bapt. 22 July 1727 ; mar. bapt. 7 Jan. 1730. bapt. 25 June
2 Nov. 1722. 1733. 21 Dec. 1736. George Hobson. 1739.
Ann BurrowstoD, widow. Will dated 2 Feb. 1738. To
my niece Ann Smith certain negros, remainder to Francis
Goss. Witnessed by Rob* Allen, W™ Young. Before W™
Mathew, Esq., was sworn Rob' Allen 11 Oct. 1746.
Ann Borraston. Will dated 12 Oct. 1751. To my
friend .... Lightfoot, Esq., of Parham .... in trust for
my dau. Theodora Hopson, wife of Geo. Hobson, and after
to her dau. Marg*. John Lightfoot, E.x'or. Witnessed by
Jn° Watkins, Julius Caesar Parke. Before John Tomlinson,
Esq., was sworn John Watkins 21 Aug. 1752. Recorded
26 Aug. 1752.
1667 circa. Willoughby Bay. Major Richard Bur-
reston owns 200 acres by grant from His Excellency Francis
Lord Willoughby of Parham, dated 16 May 1664.
Richard Buraston, son of Thos. Buraston, deceased, 10
acres granted 12 Feb. 1674 by Colonel Philip Warner.
Surveyed 3 July 1675.
1679, Oct. 14. George Robinson, planter, sells 45 acres
to John Burrastone.
1679, Dec. 6. John Borastone, planter, sells 45 acres
at Five Islands to George Robinson.
1684, Jan. 20. Major Richard Borraston, Gent., granted
200 acres, called Dimsdales or Michaell's Mount, and 100'
square and 10 acres and 2^ acres.
168f, March 24. Deposition of Joseph Borraston, set.
16, naming his father (Major Richard Borraston) and his
mother, re a slave that had run off their plantation.
171|, Feb. 1. On the Writ of Error Richard Roe, lessee
of Stephen and Richard Burraston, both infants, by John
Duer, Esq., their guardian. John Doe, casual ejector, de-
fendant. William Franklyn, planter, tenant in possession,
in the act of ejectment for plantation in Rendezvous Bay of
233 acres, bounded E. with Richard and Robert Smith, W.
with Colonel Rowland Williams, N. mth Rendezvous Bay
Mountains, S. with Tuck's Hill. The counsell being Ashton
Warner, Esq., Attorney-General, and Mr. Tho. Freeman
with defendants. No error. Judgment affirmed with costs.
72
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
n-21 No7. 6 M" Ann Borrastou.
1734 Feb. 28 Margaret Borraston, a child.
1739 July 25 Jane j"= D. of Richard Borraston.
1740 Nov. 22 Rebecca Borraston.
1740 Nov. 24 Stephen Boraston S. of Step" Boraston.
1740 Dec. 23 Richard Boraston, carpenter.
1751 Oct. 13 Ann Boraston.
1760 April 21 Elinor Boraston.
1773 Jan. 16 Joseph
1783 April 8 Jane Borriston, Widow.
1793 Jan. 22 Richard H. Borraston, Infant.
1801 Nov. . . Richard Borraston.
\ Married.
1754 June 8 Joseph Boraston and Jane Hazlewood.
L.
1789 Oct. 17 Richard Borraston, Planter, to Ann Hamil-
ton, Spinster. L.
1722
Nov.
2
1727
July
22
1730
Jan.
7
1733
April
29
1736
Dec.
21
1739
June
25
1758
Oct.
24
1761
Oct.
8
1768
Aug.
9
1791
Dec.
26
Baptized.
Richard Samuel s. of Richard Burriston
& his wife.
Theodora the d. of Rich'^ Borraston and
his wife.
Margaret the d. of Rich'^ Borraston & his
wife.
Joseph the s. of Rich'' Borrastou by Ann
his wife.
Benjamin the s. of Rich'' Borraston & . . . .
his wife.
Jane y^ D. of Richard Borraston & Ann
his wife.
Elinor Hathorne the D. of Joseph Boras-
ton & Jane his wife.
Jane the D. of Joseph Bnrreston and ....
his wife.
Theodora the D. of Joseph Bnrreston by
Margaret his wife.
Richard Hanson S. of Richard Borraston
and Ann his wife. B. the 20*i> May 1791.
^^ttiifjrcc of Bott.
Frances Byrne, mar. at St. John'8=pJOHN BOTT, dead=^Elizabeth, dau. of Mrs. Anne Lynch, mentioned in
14 May 1765. 1st wife. j in 1798. her mother's will, dated 1798. 2nd wife.
Frances
Bott,
bapt.
at St.
John's
30 Dec.
1765.
James
Bott,
bapt.
at St.
John's
17 Nov.
1775.
Francis
Bott,
living
1798.
Samuel Bott,
bapt. at St.
John's 17
Nov. 1775 ;
living 1798.
Sarah=FAlexander=
Farley,
bur.
8 Nov.
1806.
1st
wife.
Bott,bapt.
at St.
John's 17
July 1781;
dead in
1820.
John Bott,
born 4 and
bapt. 26
March 1806.
Elizabeth
Bott,
born 26
March
and bapt.
12 April
1804.
:Jane Ken-
nedy, mar.
16 May
1809; dead
in 1820.
2nd wife.
Henry Bott,
bapt. at St.
John's 7
June and
bur. 11 June
1782.
Elizabeth
Bott, bur.
18 Nov.
1782.
Thomas Wil-
liam Bott,
bapt. at St.
John's 6
March (?) 1785.
Samuel Bott,
born 24 May
and bapt. 28
June 1810.
David Bott,
born 17
June and
bapt. 15
July 1811.
Rev. Alexander=pMary Ann
Bott, born 17
May and bapt.
11 Aug. 1814.
Rector of St.
George, Tor-
tola.
Eliza
Teagle,
mar. 11
Nov. 1839.
Joseph Bott,
born 25 Aug.
and bapt.
30 Sept.
1820.
Elizabeth
Bott,
born 9
Oct. and
bapt. 3
Nov.
1812.
JIargaret
Bott,
Ijorn 28
(Jet. and
bapt. 28
Nov.
1815.
Ann Lynch of Antigua, widow, in her Will dated 2 Aug.
1798, names her dau, Eliz. Bott, Mr. John Bott, dec, and
her grandchildren Francis Bott, Samuel Bott, and Alex-
ander Bott.
Parish Register of St. John.
Blarried.
1765
May
14
John Bott to Frances Byrne, by L.
1778
Dec.
17
John Lynch to Sarah Bott, by L.
1809
May
16
Alexander Bott to Jane Kennedv, Sp"',
byL.
Baptized.
1765
Dec.
30
Frances the D. of John Bott and Frances
his wife.
1775
Nov.
17
James the S. of John Bott and Elizabeth
his wife.
1775 Nov. 17 Samuel the S. of John Bott and Elizabeth
his wife.
1781 July 17 Alexander the S. of John Bott & Eliza-
beth his wife.
1782 June 7 Henry the S. of John Bott and Elizabeth
his wife.
(? 1785) Mar. 6 Thomas William the S. of John Bott and
Elizabeth his wife.
1804 April 12 Elizabeth D. of Alexander Bott and Sarah
Farley his wife. B. 26 Mar. 1804.
1806 Mar. 26 John S. of Alexander Bott and Sarah
Farley his wife. B. the 4"" Instant.
1810 June 28 Samuel S. of Alexander Bott and Jean
his wife. B. the 24"' May last.
1811 July 15 David S. of Alexander Bott and Jane
his wife. B. the 17"> June last.
1812 Nov. 3 Elizabeth D. of Alexander Bott and Jane
his wife. B. the 9ti» Oct. 1812.
BOTT FAMILY.
73
1814 Aus>-. 11
1815 Nov. 28
1820 Sept. 30
1771
Jan.
24
1782
Nov.
11
1782
Nov.
18
1785
Mar.
10
Alexander S. of Alexander Bott and Jean
his wife. B. the 17'" May last.
Margaret D. of Alexander Bott and Jean
his wife. B. the 28"' Oct. last.
Joseph S. of Alexander Bott, Dec'', and
Jean his late wife. B. Aug. 25, 1820.
Buried.
Francis Bott.
Henry the Infant Son of John Bott.
Elizabeth Bott the D. of John Bott.
Thomas Bott, Infant.
(? 1790) Aug. 27
1798 Sept. 25
1800 June 18
1806 Nov. 8
1810 Nov. 9
John Bott, Junior.
Francis Bott.
Richard Bott.
Sarah Farley Bott.
John Bott.
Valley Chapel.
1839 Alexander Bott (Batchelor), of the ?arish of Saint
John, Clerk in Orders, now rector of Saint
George's, Tortola, and Mary Ann Eliza Teagle
of this Parish, were married in this Chapel by
Licence this Eleventh Day of November 1839.
petitsret of Bratisjab).
THOMAS DEEREMAN was granted land by Governor Austin.-
I
LIEUT. OBADIAH BRADSHA'W^, owned 48 acres in Falmouth,=f=Martha Deereman, sole dau. and heir ;
Antigua, 1667, died before 1678, leaving his wife his Executrix. 1 living 1678, widow.
John Bradshaw, owner of 15 acres 1667. Grant of 165 acres 1668.=r- • ■ ■
"Will dated 17 May 1701. Bur. at St. John's 9 May 1702. 1
I \ \ ^1
Thomas Bradshaw. Obadiah Bradshaw, bur. at St. John's 9 Feb. 1729. Martha Bradshaw. Mary Bradshaw.
John Bradshaw. "Will dated 17 May 1702. To my son
Thos. £300 c. at 21. To my dau. Martha £50 c. at 21.
To my dau. Mary £50 c. To the child my wife is now with
£70 if a male & £50 if a female. All residue to my son
Obadiah. Cap' Jack Horsford, Cap' John Duer, M'' Jas.
Parks, Ex'ors & Trustees. "Witnessed by Jn" King, Philip
Ledeatt, Joseph Todman. On 18 Sept. 1702, before Edw''
Byam, esq., was sworn Lieut. King.
Book of Claims c. 1667. Falmouth. L' Obadiah Brad-
shaw 48 acres purchased of Jas. Everden, he had it of
Percivall Inocent, he bought of Cap' Benj. Langham in
May 1647, who had pattent of Govi' Ashton, also 70 acres
in right of his wife Martha sole dau. .fe heir of Tho. Deere-
man, dec", being 40 mensland granted to Deereman by
pattent from Gov'' Austin 4 Jan , and in her right of
200 acres.
John Bradshaw (by Obadiah Bradshaw his ftither) 15
acres by gift from Gov'' Buuokle his godfather.
John Bradshaw 150 acres surveyed 2 Sept. & 15 acres on
13 June 1068.
1668. John Bradshaw has a patent for 165 acres.
"Warrant 7 Oct. 1674 to value estate of Cidley Bradshaw,
Merch', on behalf of Rich"! Bradshaw and others. Inventory
42,606 lbs.
Adm'on of estate of Chidley Bradshaw to his brother
Rich'' Bradshaw 3 June 1075.
1075. Capt. Obadiah Bradshaw 40'x50' at S' John's
•Town, granted 28 Sept. 1675 by Col. Row "Williams. Sur-
veyed 8 Oct. 1675.
1677-8, March 22. Martha Bradshaw for 19,000 lbs. sells
to W "W"' AVaiuewright her plantation in Fahnouth.
1678, Nov. 6. Martha Bradshaw, "Wid., and Ex'trix of
Capt. Obadiah Bradshaw, her heavy debts .... sells lands to
"W"" "Wainewright.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1704
Dec.
21
Roger Wattson to Sar
1736
May
8
James Bradshaw and ]
Buried.
1702
May
9
John Bradshaw.
1702
July
5
John Bradshaw, Jun.
1703
Oct.
1
Thomas Bradshaw.
1729
Feb.
9
Obadiah Bradshaw.
1735
Aug.
18
M'^ Jane Bradshaw.
On a handsome white marble tomb in St. George's Church-
yard, Fitche's Creek : —
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF |
MARY ANNE, wife of the reverend HENRY
NEWTON GAGE HALL, |
DIED 16™ MARCH 1854, AGED 49 YEARS. |
ALSO OF THE REVEREND H. N. G. HALL M.A.
19 YEARS RECTOR OP THIS PARISH, |
DIED 22"" August 1854, aged 52 years. |
AND ALSO OF JOHN BRADSHA"W, merchant |
AND ACTING CHURCHW' ARDEN, OF SAINT JOHNS
PARISH FOR 30 YEARS |
DIED 1^'^ FEBRUARY 1861, AGED 60 YEARS.
[Two linos follow.]
74
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etitcjrte ot Brotun.
Major ANTHONY BROWN, was granted 105acres,=rMary ....(?) dau.of .... Lynch. Mar. 2ndly .... Sken-et and
1668. Bur. 23 Jan. 1723 at St. Philip's. Will dated
18 Jan. 1723.
died bis widow very aged. Will dated 20 Nov. 1759 ; sworn 15
Nov. 1760.
Anthony Brown,=
(?)mar. 1st Sarah
.... who died 5
Nov. 1737 fet. 31.
M.I. at Valley.
(?)Bur. 9 Jan.
1754 at St.
Philip's.
=Rachae], widow
of .... Soper,
mar. 18 June
1738 at St.
Philip's.
Thomas Brown,
living 1723 and
1740.
George Brown,
living 1723.
Nicholas Brown, died
bach.,bur.l6Feb.l740
at St. Philip's. Will
dated 14 Jan. 1740.
Barbara Brown, mar.
before 1723 Gary;
living 1759.
Sarah Brown, mar. 1st William Steven-
son ; 2ndly 17 March 1749, at St.
Paul's, Rowland Nanton ; bur. there 10
Nov. 1776.
Mary Brown, mar. 9 April 1737, at St.
Philip's, George Bladen ; he bur. 24 May
1753 ; she bur. 24 April 1773 at St. Paul's.
Anthony=j=Sarah
Brown.
bnr.l807at
St. Philip's.
William Howard
Brown, living
1740 and 1759.
Nicholas^
Brown.
Frye. Dr. Francis Sarah Brown, mar. 5 Sept. 1776, at St.
Brown. Philip's, Ashton Warner.
Mary Brown, mar. Nicholas Kirwan.
I
Anthony Brown, bapt. 2 Oct. 1769 at St. Philip's,=pDorothy, dau. of
1789 Clerk of Assembly, Barrister Lincoln's Inn,
M.P. Headon, co. York, Agent in London,
Editor of Antigua Laws. In 1807 of Montagu
Place. Died 1840.
. Har-
man, mar. 31 Oct. 1791 at St.
Philip's, living 1807. They
had an adopted dau., Emma
Letitia Browne.
Charles Brown,
bur. 18 Dec.
1765 at St.
Philip's.
Sarah Brown, named
1759 in the will
of her great-grand-
mother Mary Skerrec.
Ann, dau. of ... . bur. at St.=
John's 14 May 1755. 1st wife.
I I
Edward Brown, bapt. 26
Nov. 1743 at St. John's.
Mary Brown, bapt. 12
May 1745 at St. John's.
^Robert Brown of Bodkins, Esq.,=
dead 1774, (?) bur. at St. John's
20 May 1772.
Elizabeth Brown, mar. Christo-
pher White of Antigua, Mer-
chant. Widow 1797. Sole
heir to her brother James
Brown.
=Lucy Crosby, mar. 23 Nov. Andrew Brown, Gent.,
1757 at St. John's. 2nd wife. Executor to Robert
Brown.
I
James Brown, Esq., bapt.=
26May 1759 at St. John's;
died s.p. Will dated 27
Sept. 1797 ; sworn 5 Oct.
s.p.
Robert Brown, bapt. 9
Nov. 1762 at St. John's.
Lucy Brown, bapt. 20
Oct. 1764 at St. John's.
Catherine .
Jan. 1775.
. . died before 5=
1st wife.
^Joseph Brown, Merchant, bur.
at St. John's 13 Aug. 1784.
Rebecca Brown,
bapt. at St. John's
18 Sept. 1772;
living 1779.
Richard Brown, bapt.
at St. John's 18 Sept.
1772 ; living 1779
and 1784.
Catherine Brown,
bapt. at St. John's
5 Jan. 1775 ; living
1779 and 1784.
-Mary, dau. of Dr. R. N. Weston ; living 1784.
mother's will dated 1779. 2nd wife.
See her
Major Francis Frye Brown of Diamond Samuel Martin
Estate, bapt. at St. John's 5 Jan. 1775 ; Brown, bapt. at
bur. 28 April 1842 set. 68. In 1799 a St. John's 4
Lieut, of 3rd Buffs. Later a Member of June 1776.
H.M. Council.
William Brown of Antigua died intestate. Adm'on to
Martin Brown the brother 25 July 1676. Inventory annexed.
Robert Browne of Antigua died intestate. Adm'on to
Jonathan Squires 15 July 1697. Recorded 26 July 1697.
Order to appraise estate, dated 15 July 1697, to Rob'
Broughton, John Evans, & Jos. Cowell. Recorded 26 July
1697. Inventory handed in by them £17 17s. 6^. Re-
corded 26 July 1697.
William Browne of Antigua died intestate. Adm'on to his
widow Joane Brown by Chris. Codrington, Esq., 12 July 1698.
Warrant to appraise, dated 12 July 1698, to Mr. Nath^
Sampson, Mr. Thos. Long, Mr. Peirce Lynch. Inventory
dated 16 July 1698, £150 9s. 6d. Recorded 19 Sept. 1698.
Patrick Browne of Antigua, merchant. Will dated 8
Feb. 1705. To my wife £400 c, a horse, a negroe woman,
plate, & furniture. To my brother Peter Brown of Galla-
way in Ireland, Merch', £150, or to his children if he be
dead. To Marcus Brown all my clothing. To Ex'ors
£10 c. apiece. All residue to my son James Brown & his
heirs, and in default to my son Patrick, then to my 2 dan's
equally, then to the son of my brother Peter Brown. The
son of mine who first lives to be 21 to pay to each of my
dan's £500 c. at 18, & to my youngest son £500 at 21.
My children to go to my brother at Gallaway for their edu-
cation. Joseph Alford, Daniel Alford, Merchants in
London, Jarvis Turton & Peirce Lynch, Merchants in An-
tigua, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Charles Kallahane, David
Swigle, John Alhand, Thomas Gateward. By John
Yeamans, Esq., proved 30 Aug. 1706.
BROWN FAMILY.
75
Major Anthony Brown, planter. Will dated 18 Jan.
1723. To my wife Mary my plantation near Willoughby
Bay of 50 acres & negroes for her life, then to my son
Thomas. To my son George 27 acres adjoining M'' Skerrit's,
& occupied by him, & £30 c. To my dau. Barbara Gary
£40 c. & a negroe. To ray dau. Sarah £50 c. & a negroe
at 21. To my son Nicholas 10 acres & a negroe. To my
dau. Mary a negroe. To my godsons Francis Lynch &
Thos. Turpey £5 c. each. To my brother in law Nicholas
Lynch my pistols, sword, & gun. To my sister in law
Sarah Lynch, my nephew Nicholas Lynch, niece Rachel
Turpey, Sarah Svmes, Kath. Lynch, Mary Lynch, Gharity
Lynch, & Eliz. Lynch, pistole rings. To my granddau.
Mary Gary a heifer. To the poor of S' Philip's £20 c.
My children Thos., Sarah, Nicholas, & Mary to have
maintenance till 21. To my dau. Sarah & Mary £25 c. each.
If my sons die without male issue my estate to females. To
my son Anthony my plantation at Point Gagoway & all
residue to him & his heirs, & in default to my nephew Fran-
cis Lynch. Joshua Jones, Esq., Baptist Looby, Esq., Thos.
Kerby, Esq., & my brother-in-law Nicholas Lynch Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Elijah Alsop, Tho' Morris, Jun'', Peter
Turpey. Before Edw'^ Byam, Esq., appeared Peter Turpey
and was sworn 19 Oct. 1726.
Nicholas Brown, planter. Will dated 14 Jan. 1740.
To my mother Mary Skerret my 10 acres in S' Philip's
Parish & Nonsuch Division, bounded E. with W"" Skerritt,
W. with D'' Joshua Archbould, N. with John Barnes, also
7 negroes, for her life, then to my niece Eliz. Bladen,
infant dau. of my brother & sister George & Mary Bladen,
& in default to my said sister, & then to my nephew W™
Howard Brown. To my niece Eliz. Bladen a negroe now
with the widow of Benj° Hughes. To my niece Mary
Stephenson a negroe. To my niece Mary Brown a negroe.
To my nephew AV'" Howard a negroe. To my nephew Thos.
Stephenson a negroe. To my nephew Anthony Brown a
negroe. To my sisters Sarah Stephenson, Mary Bladen,
Barbary Gary, & my nephews George Skerritt Stephenson, &
Francis Brown, £20 c, payable out of the salary due to me
from Benj° King, Esq. To my mother all cattle, stock, etc.
To my brothers Anthony & Thos. Brown, W™ Stephenson, &
George Bladen, also my nephew John Gary £2 16s. c,
mourning rings. To my brother Thos. Brown my saddle,
case of pistols, & clothing. W" Skerritt & my brother
George Bladen Ex'ors. Witnessed by Nath' Macnish, James
Garmichall, Thomas Southerland.
Codicil. Dated 15 Jan. ]741. To my sister Sarah
Stephenson a negro boy. Witnessed by John Garey, James
Garmichall. Before George Thomas, Esq., Gov^, appeared
Henry Symes of Antigua, Gent., & Humphrey Golquhoun,
Planter, and were sworn 4 Jan. 1759. Recorded 11 Jan.
175iJ.
There is another copy of above will which varies slightly,
and the witnesses, Jas. Mitchelson, Surgeon, and W™ Hunt,
Planter, were sworn before W" Mathew, Esq., Gov, 27 Feb.
1740-1. Recorded 9 April 1741. This will is dated 26 Jan.
1741 (? 1740-1), and parts ot it are missing.
Mary Skerret of Antigua, widow. Will dated 20 Nov.
1759. To my dau. Sarah Nanlon wife of Rowland Nanton
7 negros, * my apparel, & a bed. To my granddau. Mary
Kirwan a negro. To my dau. Mary Bladen, widow of Geo.
Bladen, 2 negros & i ray apparel. To ray grandson Geo.
Skerret Stephenson £100. To my grandson Thos. Steven-
sou £50. To ray grandson Francis Browne £50. To my
grandson W™ Bladen £50. To my grandson John Nanton
£50. To my great grandson W™ Thomson, son of W'"
Thomson & Mary his wife, £60 st. & £10 c. yearly for 5
years. To my Ex'ors 2 negro women in Trust to pay their
hire to ray granddau. Mary Thomson. To each of my
grandchildren Nich' Nanton, Nath' Nanton, & David
Bladen £25 c. To M" Barbara Garew my chaise. To my
grandson W'" Browne 3 negros. To my great granddau.
Sarah Browne, dau. to my grandson Anthony Browne, a
negro woman. All residue to my grandson Anthony
Browne. Sam' Harman, Rob' Christian, Francis Farley of
Antigua, Esq'*^', Ex'ors. Witnessed by Goleman Heyns,
Jn" M^Kittrick, Tho' Mitchell. Before Governor Thomas
was sworn Goleman Heyns of Antigua, Gent., 15 Nov. 1760.
Recorded 16 April 1761.
Sarah Gorman of Antigua, widow. Will dated 1 Jan.
1780. To my sist. Mary Brown of Antigua, Wid., 6 negros,
& then to her 2 sons Rob* Jn° Thos. & Eraauuel Brown.
All residue to her. She & Jn" Bott of Antigua, wheelwright,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Alex' Bowyer, Jn° Whitlock, Alex.
Brodie. Before Tho. Shirley, Esq., appeared the three
witnesses 4 June 1782. Recorded 26 July 1782.
Andrew Brown,
mulattoes named.
Will recorded 21 Aug. 1784. Only
Joseph Brown of Antigua, Merch* (a fi-agraent). To
my wife Mary my horse & chaise & i my furniture. My
plate to be sold. To my 1" son Rich'' Brown my gold
watch & chain .... (He was buried at St. John's 13 Aug.
1784.)
James Brown, Esq. Will dated 27 Sept. 1797. About
to embark on a voyage to N. America for my health.
To my sister Eliz"" AVhite, widow of Ghristopher White of
Antigua, Merch', & their children all ray estate, & recom-
mend to her care my 3 mestee children. My sister & Thos.
Scotland Ex'ors. At Gustaira Island, S' Bartholoraew.
Witnessed by Michael Morgan O'Brien, Benj. Watts King,
Thos. Keeling. Michael M. O'Bryen sworn at St. Bartholo-
raew 5 Oct. 1797. Recorded 4 Oct. 1797.
Glose Roll, 14 Geo. III., Part 24, No. 13.
This Indenture made the 2nd day of May 1774 between
James Browne, now of the parish of Fulham in co. Midd.,
but late of the Island of Nevis in the West Indies, Esq., and
Anne his wife of the one part, and James Dobie of the
Inner Temple, London, gentleman, of the other part,
witnesses that the said James and Anne in consideration of
5s. paid to them by the said James Dobie have bargained
and sold to him all those messuages or tenements, store-
houses, sugar-works, mills, lands, grounds, plantations, etc.,
situate in the parish of St. James in the Island of Nevis,
commonly called Browne's Estate, bounding north of the
plantation some time since of Thomas Butler, Esq., deceased,
in other parts on lands purchased by the said James Browne,
and on the other parts upon the sea, containing about 200
acres heretofore in the possession of James Browne, grand-
father of the said James Browne, and devised by him (the
grandfather) to his son James Browne, father of the said
James Browne. To have and to hold for one whole year,
yeilding therefore the rent of one peppercorn if demanded.
No. 12.
Indenture made the 3rd day of May 1774 between the
said James Browne and Anne his wife on the one part, and
James Dobie of the other part.
[This Indenture is word for word the same as the pre-
ceding one except that James Dobie is to have the said
plantation " to the only proper use & behoof of himself his
heirs & assigns for ever."]
76
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Close Roll, 47 Geo. III., Part 36, Nos. 15 and 16.
Indenture made the 23rd Nov. 1807 between Anthony
Browne, late of Antigua, but now of Montagu Place,
Russell Square, Esq., of the one part, and the Hon. Thomas
Norbury Kerby of Antigua, Esq., of the other part, wituesseth
that in consideration of 5.s Anthony Browne bargains
and sells to Thomas Norbury Kerby all that parcell of land
heretofore belonging to George Savage, deceased, in the
Town of St. John in Antigua, bounded east by a cross
street to the eastward of the said Town ; north by the high
road ; west by cross street ; and south and south-east by
lands and hereditaments belonging to Thomas Norbury
Kerby .... and all that messuage .... standing thereon
.... which said parcell of land and messuage, etc., now are
and for sometime have been in the possession and occupation
of Thomas Norbury Kerby .... for one whole year ....
Charles Mallet, 38 Fenchurch Street, Richard Bussell, servant
to Mr. Brown, witnesses.
No. 15.
Indenture of three parts made the 24th Nov. 1807 between
Anthony Browne .... and Dorothy his wife of the 1st part,
the Hon. Thomas Norbury Kerby .... of the 2nd part, and
the Hon. James Athill of Antigua, Esq., of the 3rd part.
Whereas by Articles of Agreement dated the 8th Jan. now last
past, between James Athill (on behalf of Anthony Browne) of
the one part, and Thomas Norbury Kerby of the other part,
James Athill in consideration of £1100 cur. paid to him for
the use of Anthony Browne at the times and in the manner
therein mentioned did agree with Thomas Norbury Kerby
for the sale and conveyauce to him and his heirs in fee
simple of the parcell of land, etc., thereinafter mentioned ....
Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance and per-
formance of the contract and in consideration of the said
£1100 .... and also in consideration of the further sum of
£2200 cur. being the residue of the purchase-money.
Payment whereof, with interest at the times and in the
manner in the Articles of Agreement mentioned, is agreed
to be secured to Anthony Browne by a mortgage of the said
piece of ground, etc to be granted by an Indenture of
three parts to be made between Thomas Norbury Kerby of the
1st part, James Athill of the 2nd part, and Anthony Browne
of the 3rd part .... and for barring and extinguishing the
Dower of Dorothy .... and in consideration of 10s
Anthony Browne and Dorothy his wife grant and confirm
to Thomas Norbury Kirby all that parcell of land (as in No.
16) to the use of Thomas Norbury Kirby and James Athill,
and the heirs of Thomas Norbury Kerby for ever, never-
theless as to the estate and interest limited to James Athill
in trust for Thomas Norbury Kerby, and no other intent or
purpose whatsoever .... and lastly Anthony Browne and
Dorothy his wife nominate and appoint the Hon. John
Burke, and Samuel Athill, and Langford Lovell Hodge,
Esquires, all of Antigua, their Attorneys. . . .
Book of Claims, circa 1667. Willoughby Bay. RicM
Brown 45 acres as adm'or of Geo. Mould, dec*, in right of
his wife Barbery Mould, sister by the whole blood to said
deCi, i bought of W™ Tyler 18 Nov. 1662, and i of Henry
Stodder 11 June 1661, and 60 acres of Steph. Martin
26 June 1660, to whom granted by Gov' Austin by patt'
14 May 1649.
1668. Anthony Browne, patent for 105 acres at "Wil-
loughby Bay.
W™ Browne 15 acres granted by Gov' Warner. Sur-
veyed 5 June 1677.
Garratt Browne 10 acres granted by Gov'' Warner 27
Mar. 1677. Surveyed Aug. 1677.
W™ Browne 15 acres granted by Gov'' Warner 27 Mar.
1677. Surveyed Aug. 1677.
W" Browne 50 acres granted 15 Oct. last by Col. Jas.
Vaughan. Surveyed 26 Nov. 1678.
1684. W" Browne, then a freeholder of St. Marys.
1689, July 13. John Browne, planter, patent for 144
acres by Sir N. Johnson.
1704. Jas. Brown, patent for 10 acres 3 Feb. by Gov.
Chr. Codrington and Council.
1706, June 7. M'' Patrick Browne rated on 290 acres
and 77 slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
1708. Deposition of Jeremiah Browne, aged 22.
1708, April 29. Anthony Browne, planter, granted 3
proportions of land at Bridgetown, Willoughby Bay.
(Minutes of Assembly.)
1711, Oct. 11. Nath' Brown, Esq., under the patent of
Mr. Hedges applies to be made Sec^ of Antigua ; he is sworn
in on Jan. 14.
1712. Montserrat. Losses from the French Invasion.
White River Div°, D' Patrick Brown foi' Andrew Brown
of Gallway £190, and for both of them £222.
1716, Feb. 4. Anthony Browne, planter, has 50 acres
in Nonsuch, E. with David Dewsterde (?), W. with Maj'' Hen.
Lyons and Mr. Henry Cook, N. with Mr. H. Pike, S. with
sea ; also 2u acres E. with petitioner, W. with Benj° Barnes
and petitioner, N. with Tho. Skerret ; also 10 acres E. with
petitioner, W. with Baldwin Johnson, N. with latter, S. with
Benj. Barnes and Rich'' Bowen ; also 10 acres E. with Tho.
Skerret, W. with petitioner, N. with Benj" Barnes, S. with
Tho. Skerret ; also 75 acres E. with the sea and Rob' Toft,
N. with the sea, S. with Rob' Toft, Tho. Skerret, and Chr'
Nichols, W. with Rich'' Heughes, Rob* Glover, and Benj''
Barnes. Petitions for patent.
Rob' Oliver of Antigua, married at St. John's 3 Feb.
1722 Ann Brown, dau. of James Brown of Antigua by Eliz.
his wife, which Ehz. Brown, Wid., married 2ndly, in 1707,
Isaac Royall of Antigua.
Browne, .James, s. James, of Isle of Nevis, West Indies,
arm.. Trinity Coll., matric. 15 Aug. 1726, aged 16, of the
Inner Temple 1726. (Foster's Alumni Cxonieuses.)
1743, Sept. 15. Petition of Mary Skerrett, her grand-
son Anth" Brown, son of Anth° Brown .... the latter has
agreed not to meddle with his said sons' estate.
Eliz. Livingston married, before 1752, John Brown, and
had 2 sons Hen. and W">.
1767. Andrew Browne was rated on 35 slaves. (St.
Mary's Vestry Book.)
Indenture dated 31 Oct. 1777 between John Bm-ke of
Antigua, Esq., and Andrew Brown of Antigua, Gent., 2 of
the Ex'ors named in the codicil of the will of Rol)' Browne
of Antigua, Esq., deceased, of the 1 part, and Benj" Bod-
dington and Thos. Boddington of London, Merchants and
co-partners, and surviving co-partners with Rich'' Maitland
of London, Merch', deceased, of the other part. John Burke
and Andrew Brown sell a plantation to Mess''= Boddington,
late that of Rob' Browne, in the Division of AVilloughby
Bay and Falmouth, of 500 acres, bounded E. with Valen-
tine Morris and Archibald Cochran, Esq''^ ; N. with Valen-
tine Morris and Sir Jas. Laroche ; S. with the heirs of Henry
Warner and with Monks Hill ; W. with Capt. Francis Grant
Gordon. To hold for 1 year. (Lib. M., Fo. 1.)
1780. Andrew Browne was rated on 70 slaves. (St.
Mary's Vestry Book).
1783, May 22. Dr. Era. Brown is licensed to practise.
1789, Sept. 10. Anth° Brown is sworn clerk of the
Assembly vice Rich'' Kirwan, Esq., dec''.
1799, Jan. 25. Era. Frye Brown, then a Lieut, of the
3rd Buffs.
1817 Sept. 20. Iiieut. W. Hammersley, 3rd Garrison
Battalion, to Jean, dau. of the late Campbell Brown, esq.,
of Antigua. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 362.)
1836, Oct. Wm. Brown, esq., of Antigua, who has
bequeathed to the parish of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire,
BROWN FAMILY.
77
the sum of £4000 to be invested in perpetuity for the poor of
that parish. He also bequeathed a thousand pounds to the
church he was connected with in Antigua. (Ibid., p. 678.)
" Capt. Storey, R.N., married the widow of Anthony
Brown, Esq., which M'' Brown was possessed of considerable
estates in Antigua, and in the neighbourhood of Loudon."
(Cussans, ' Herts,' vol. iii., p. 256.)
Browne of the City of Gallwey bore, Or, an eagle dis-
played with 2 heads sable. Crest, an eagle's head erased.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1694 July 20 Abraham Brown of the Swallow Briganteen
of Boston iu New England, Jas. Arnald
Comm'''.
1700 Oct. 25 Catherine Whife of John Brown.
1701 June 8 Elinor wife of Peter Brown.
1702 April 21 M'' W"' Brown.
1705 Feb. 9 Patrick Browne.
1714 Sept. 18 John Browne.
1715 July 4 Nath' Browne, Esq'^
1716 Sept. 17 Dominick Brown.
1718 June 25 John Brown.
1722 Oct. 16 Patrick the s. of Patrick Browne.
1724 May 26 M'' Nicholas Browne.
1725 Mar. 2 Thomas Browne.
1726 Feb. 5 Eliz. the D. of Martin Brown, deceased.
1730 July 10 Richard Browne.
1734 Oct. 27 M'- JIarcus Browne.
1737-8 Mar. 25 Catherine y'= wife of Thomas Browne.
1742 Oct. 24 Nathaniel Brown, a child.
1744 (?Feb.) Elinor Brown.
1744-5 Mar. 29 Thomas Brown.
1745 May 4 Michael Brown.
1748 April 30 Anthony Brown, a child.
1748 May 15 A child of Thomas Browns.
1752 Mar. 2 Caji* .John Brown.
1755 May 14 Ann Brown.
1757 Oct. 21 Thomas Gunter Browne.
1701 Mar. 20 Valentine Browne.
1770 June 25 Sarah Browne.
1771 Aug. 23 Mary Barbara Brown.
1772 May 20 Robert Brown.
1777 Mar. 8 Sarah Brown.
1777 Aug. 29 Richard Brown.
1778 Cap. Francis Brown.
1780 Jan. 4 John Brown.
1780 April 30 John Brown.
1780 Dec. . . Robert Brown.
1781 Feb. 3 Elizabeth Brown.
1784 July 25 Andrew Brown.
1784 Aug. 13 Joseph Brown (Merchant).
1784 Oct. 11 Robert Brown, Merch'.
1804 Aug. 3 Prudence Brown.
1806 Jan. 25 Lucy Brown.
1807 Sept. 21 David Brown.
Bfiptised.
1703 Ann d. of James Browne & E. his wife.
1700 April 13 Arabella D. of Patrick Browne & Arabella
his wife.
1718 Mar. 28 Tho= s. of Martin Browne & his wife.
1723 Jan. 23 EHzabeth d. of Martin Browne & Martha
his wife.
1733 May 13 Charity the D. of Thos. Browne & Cathe-
rine his wife.
1743 Nov. 26 Edward the S. of Robert Brown and Ann
his wife.
1745 May 12 Mary the D. of Robert Brown and Ann his
wife.
1752
Jan.
20
1752
Jan.
20
1755
Nov.
23
1756
Jan.
6
1757
Oct.
23
1759
May
26
1762
Nov.
9
1763
Oct.
18
1764
Oct.
20
1772
Sept.
18
1772
Sept.
18
1774
Jan.
18
1775
Jan.
5
1775
Jan.
5
1775
June 18
1776
June
4
1777
June
8
1787
Oct.
3
1802
Sept.
2
1804 Aug. 19
1805
Jan.
23
1807
June
3
1809
Mar.
24
1810
May
23
1811
June
19
1700
9
1707 (?June)3
1717 May 4
1721 Feb. 3
1725 Oct. 8
1732 May 20
1739 Oct. 13
1744 Feb. 2
1745 Jan. 30
1757 Nov. 23
1785 Sept. 18
Jaine.s the S. of Rachel Brown, wife of
Anthony Brown, by ... .
Ann the D. of Rachel Brown, wife of An-
thony Brown, by ... .
Ann the D. of John Brown & Ann his
wife.
William the S. of Tho= Gunter Browne &
Ann his wife. ^
Tho' Gunter the S. of Tho^ Gunter
Browne, & Ann his wife, b. November
3«i 1756.
James the S. of Robert Browne and Lucy
his wife.
Robert S. of Robert Browne and Lucy his
wife.
Elizabeth the D. of Noel Browne and Ann
his wife.
Lucey the D. of Robert Browne and Lucey
his wife.
Rebeccah the D. of Joseph Browne &
Catharine his wife.
Richard the S. of Joseph Browne & Catha-
rine his wife.
Mary Frances the D. of Cap* John Brown
and Mary his wife.
Catharine the D. of Joseph Brown and
Catliarine his former wife, Deceas'd.
Francis Frye the S. of Joseph Brown and
Mary his present wife.
Elizabeth the D. of John Brown & Ann
his wife.
Samuel Martin the S. of Joseph Brown and
Mary his wife.
Frances Delanoy the D. of .John Brown &
Ann his wife.
Mary Cooper D. of Nicholas Brown and
Sarah his wife. B. S"' August 1787.
Albert de Valangen S. of Abraham Brown
and Prudence his wife. B. the 25*''
April 1802.
Henry Watkins S. of Abraham Brown and
Prudence his late wife, b. 29 March
1804.
Robert Carr S. of Samuel Brown and
Alice his wife, b. 14 Dec. 1804.
Eliza Kirwan D. of Samuel Brown and
Alice his wife. B. the 12*'' April last.
Susannah D. of Samuel Brown and Alice
his wife. B. tha 23'* January last.
Samuel Baxter S. of Samuel Brown and
Alice his wife. B. the
Joseph Fitch S. of Samuel Brown and
Alice his wife. B. the 7"' Instant.
Married.
Augustin Power and Joan Browne, Wid-
dow.
Isaac Rovall & Elizabeth Browne. Lye.
Martin Browne & Martha Hall. L.
Rob' Oliver and Ann Brown. L.
Desidarius Gale and Martha Browne. L.
[See her mother's marriage above to
Isaac Rovall. ]
Robert White and Susannah Browne. L.
Ricliard Ball & Eleanor Browne. L.
Alexander Proctor and Eliz. Brown. L.
Valentine Brown and Christian Lynch.
Robert Browne (ilerch*) and Lucy Crosby.
L.
Doctor Nathaniel Marchant to Mary
Brown, Widow. L.
78
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1786 Aug. 28 Nicholas Browu to Sarah Hurst, Spinster.
L.
1799 Sept. 14 Abraham Brown to Prudence Grigg, Spin-
ster. L.
1800 Oct. 18 Samuel Brown to Alice Nibbs, Spinster. L.
1826 Mar. 8 James Nibbs Brown W. Cl'k and Mary
Ann Nibbs, Spinster. Witnesses, Thos.
F. Nibbs & Sam' Brown.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Docf Brown.
Maj. Anthoy Brown.
John Brown.
George Brown.
Nicholas Brown.
Gertrude Wife of Patrick Brown.
Mary D. of Patrick Brown.
Patrick Brown.
Barbara Brown, Widow.
Anthony Brown.
Thomas Browne.
Charles S. of M"- Anth? Browne.
John Brown.
John Brown.
M''' Sarah Browne, in the family Buryal
Ground.
Baptized.
Anthony S. of Anthony & Sarah Brown.
1722
Nov. 22
1723
Jan. 23
1727
Mar. 3
1730
Sept. 9
1740 (?Feb.)16
1741
(?Sep.) 19
1741
Oct. 28
1742
Mar. 27
1745
July 13
1754
Jan. 9
1754
Mar. 1
1765
Dec. 18
1771
Dec. 29
1775
June 16
1807
1769 Oct.
Married.
1737 Api-il 9 George Bladen to Mary Brown.
1738 June 18 Anthony Browne to Rachel Soper, Widow.
1757 June 25 Nicholas Kirwan & Mary Browne.
1773 Nov. 27 John Storey & Sarah Brown, spinster.
1776 Sept. 5 Ashton Warner & Sarah Brown, spinster.
1779 May 16 James Brown & Sarah White, spinster.
1791 Oct. 31 Anthony Brown & Dorothy Harman,
spinster.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Buried.
Nov. 2 Catherine j" Wife of M' Valentine Brown.
1727
1732 Mar. 19
Thomas Brown.
Married.
1749 Mar. 17 Rowland Nanton and Sarah Stevenson,
Widow, by L.
10 Robert Carpenter and Arabella Brown. L.
5 Andrew Browne and Frances Looby,
Spinster. L.
1753
1753
Feb.
Mar.
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
1802 Mar. 10 Robert S. of Andrew Browne and Mary
his wife, b. Oct. &^ 1800, & Mary d. of
Andrew Browne and Mary his wife, b.
December 27"' 1801.
1803 Aug. 3 Jane D. of Andrew Browne and Mary bis
wife, b. July 10"' last.
1809 April 17 Sophia D. of Andrew Browne and Mary
his wife at Bodkins.
Married.
1753 April 23 Thomas Gunter Brown & Ann Dickinson,
Spinster.
1814 Dec. 15 Rowland Spencer Frye, Esq'', to Mary
Cowper Brown, S., at Stoney Hill, by L.
Buried.
1810 Aug. 12 Christopher Brown from Barnacle Point.
Valley Churchyard, Antigua. On a small headstone :-
Here lies y" Body
of Sarah Brown
Wife to An' Brown
Who Departed
this Life in
Novem y'' 5, 1737
Aged 31 years.
St. Paul's, Falmouth : —
SacrcD I To the Memory of | Ann Brown | who
the 25"' day of Dec' 1811 | in the 22'i year of her Age
called &c. [Twelve lines follow.]
on
was
ifamtl^> (si ButHlej>.
1755, March 24. William Buckley of St. Christopher's,
Esq., deceased. Adm'on to Abednego Mathew, Esq., hus-
band and guardian of Jennett Mathew, formerly Buckley,
a minor, Penelope Buckley, widow, renouncing. Penelope
Buckley and William Buckley, the other children, being
also infants.
1755, March 24. Mary Buckley of St. Christopher's,
spinster, deceased. Adm'on to Abednego Mathew, Esq.,
husband and guardian of Jennett Mathew, formerly Buckley,
sister of the whole blood. A further adm'on passed 5 Feb.
1768 to Jennett Mather, now over 21.
1756, Nov. 17. Penelope Buckley of St. George's,
Bloorasbury, widow, deceased. Adm'on to John West a
creditor. William Buckley, Esq., a minor, and Penelope
Buckley, infant, not appearing.
ito
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9
Richard Buckley, planter. Will dated 2 May 1759. To
my dau. Ann the wife of Edward Gamble, Gent., my house
in Ratcliffe Street, St. John's. All residue of my estate to
be sold. To my granddau. Eliz. Stevenson a negroe
woman, g of the residue to my son Jeremiah Buckley. ^
to my son W"' Buckley. -5 to my son Benj" Buckley.
my son Joseph Buckley. ^ to my dau. Ann Gamble. ^ to
my dau. Dorothy Thompson, i to my dau. Hester Hunt.
\ to my granddau. Rachel Wilcocks. \ to my granddau.
Penelope Richardson Wilcocks. Stephen Blizard and W""
Mackinnen, Esq'^ Ex'ors. Witnessed by Tho' Warner,
Joseph Lee.
Codicil. Revoke \ to my dau. Ann Gamble & give it to
my other residuary legatees. My son in law Edw''
Gamble is not to be charged for the rent of house he has
lived in. Dated 2 May 1759. Before Geo. Thomas, Esq.,
Governor, etc., appeared Thos. Warner, Stephen Blizard,
and W"" Mackinnen, Esq", and were sworn 7 June 1759.
Recorded 16 June 1759.
BUCKLEY FAMILY.
79
Joseph Gravenor Buckley, a Lieutenant on half pay.
"Will dated 5 Feb. 1808. To my wife Eliz. Jane all my
estate. To my godson Rowland Spencer Frye, son of the
late M" Eliz. Frye, deceased, a negro. John Q. Pooler,
John Grant, Isaac Thompson, & John Pooler, Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by John Grant, John Bnrton. Before Hugh Elliot,
Esq., Governor, appeared John Halloran and Thos. Harris
of St. John's Town, Esq", and were sworn 26 March 1812.
Close Roll, 1 Geo. III., Part 1, No. 3.
Indenture quadrupartite made the 3rd April 1761 between
Abednego Mathew of Handley, co. Dorset, Esq., and Jen-
nett Mathew his wife (only surviving daughter of William
Buckley, late of St. Kitts, Esq., and Sarah Buckley his wife,
deceased, heretofore the widow of Thomas Butler the elder,
late of St. Kitts, Esq., deceased, and mother of Thomas
Butler the younger of St. Kitts, Esq., also deceased), of the
Ist part ; Daniel Mathew of the parish of St. Marylebone,
Esq., and "William Mathew Burt of Maiden Early, Berks,
Esq., of the 2ud part ; Richard Maitland of London, mer-
chant, and Hugh Hamersley of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman,
of the 3rd part ; Edward Jessup of Wriddle Park, co. Esses,
Esq., and Ralph Payne of St. Kitts, Esq., of the 4th part.
Whereas by Indentures made the 7th and 9th May 1757,
the release being tripartite between Abednego Mathew and
Jennett Mathew his wife of the 1st part, Daniel Mathew
and William Mathew Burt of the 2nd part, and Richard
Maitland and Hugh Hamersley of the 3rd part, the planta-
tion or tract of land, dwelling houses, etc., and negros, etc.,
etc., in the parish of St. George Basseterre, St. Kitts,
therein particularly mentioned, were, for considerations men-
tioned, granted, etc., to Daniel Mathew and William Mathew
Burt to the uses following, that is, as to so much as is
of the nature of inheritance to them and their heirs, etc.,
and as to so much as is of the nature of chattle-interests to
them and their heirs, etc., in trust, to the use of Abednego
and Jennett Mathew for life, and from the death of the
survivor to the use of Richard Maitland and Hugh Hamers-
ley for 500 years, subject to the provisoes and agreements
with divers remainders over, in trust, in case there should
be one or more child, whether son or daughter, besides an
eldest son, to raise £12,000 for portions of all such children,
other than an eldest son, or for one if only one .... but with
power to Abednego and Jennett Mathew to revoke, etc.,
and whereas by Indentures made the 5th and 6th Dec.
1759 the release tripartite between Abednego Mathew and
Jennett his wife of the 1 st part, Edward Jessup and Ralph
Payne of the 2nd part, and Richard Maitland and Hugh
Hamersley of the 3rd part, reciting, among other things,
that Abednego and Jennett Mathew had issue then living,
one son, Abednego Mathew, and three daughters, Penelope
Jennett Mathew, Lydia Pane Mathew, and Mary Buckley
Mathew, of the respective ages therein mentioned and no
other issue, and Abednego Mathew and Jennett his wife had
agreed for the then present to live separate and apart from
each other, and had further agreed in consideration of their
numerous family to make a separate provision for the sup-
port and maintenance of themselves and their children
during such separation, and also an immediate provision for
raising portions for the younger children .... and also for
raising several sums of money claimed to be due to William
Coleman the elder and Thomas Truman of London, merchants,
and to Sir Giles Payne, Bart it is witnessed that in pur-
suance, etc., etc., Abednego and Jennett Mathew, grant,
etc., to Edward Jessup and Ralph Payne for 99 years the
plantation, etc., etc., in trust, to pay to Abednego Mathew,
while he and his wife live separate, £600 a year for his
maintenance, etc., and the maintenance and education of
his son from the age of 5 years .... and to Jennett Mathew
£700 a year for her and her children, and on the death of
Abednego or Jennett, to pay to the survivor £1000 a year
for life, and £2000 a year for the use of the children
.... If they end the separation all rents to be paid to
them for their lives ....
Close Roll, 11 Geo. III., Part 11, No
Indenture made the 6th June 1771 between John Wil-
lett of Broad Street, London, merchant, William Smith
Buckley of St. George's, Hanover Square, Esq. (only son and
heir of William Buckley, late of St. Kitts, Esq.), and Penelope
Buckley his wife (heretofore Penelope Smith, and afterwards
Penelope Mathew), both deceased .... which said Penelope
was only child and heir-at-law of William Smith, Esq., and
Elizabeth Smith his wife, both heretofore of the said island,
also deceased, and was also the great-granddaughter and heir-
at-law of Penelope Mead, heretofore of the said island, also
deceased, and Daniel Mathew of Felix, otherwise Filiol's
Hall, Essex, Esq., of the one part, and Hugh Hamersley of
Lincoln's Inn, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in
consideration of 5s. John Willett, William Smith Buckley,
and Daniel Mathew grant, bargain, etc., etc., to Hugh
Hamersley all those two plantations in the parish of St.
Mary Cayon in St. Kitts, heretofore in the tenure or occu-
pation of William Woodley, jun., his under tenants, etc.
.... containing 188 acres, the lower of which is bounded
eastward with the highway, northward with the lands here-
tofore of Penelope Mead, westward with the path called
Church Path, and southward with Cayon River, and the
upper to the northward with a path leading to the planta-
tion heretofore of Thomas Bisse, eastward with a path
leading to Cayon River, westward with the lands heretofore
of the said Thomas Bisse, and now or late in the tennre of
John White, and southward with Cayon River .... and
also all that plantation containing 370 acres, in the parish
of St. Mary Cayon, being all the lands heretofore in the
possession of Penelope Mead, deceased, bounded northwardly
with the lands heretofore of Captain John Pogson and the
high road round the island, westwardly with the gutt
whereby part of the estate is divided from the Grange plan-
tations, now or late of the Hon. Gilbert Fleming, Esq., and
from the lands heretofore in the possession of William
Ottley, Esq., and by the lands late of Mr. Clement Crooke,
southwardly with the lands lately leased to Mr. John White
and the French River and Cayon River, and with the said
188 acres, which were heretofore in the possession of John
Williams, Esq., as lessee, and with the little plantation and
lands heretofore of Dame Ann Stapleton, deceased, and the
lands aforesaid, heretofore of Captain John Pogson, and
being as fully as now or late occupied by Daniel Mathew
aforesaid .... and all other plantations, etc., heretofore of
Penelope Buckley, mother of William Smith Buckley and
now .... Buckley .... for one whole year, etc., etc., to the
uses of an Indenture of nine parts to bear date on the day
next after this ....
No
Indenture of nine parts made the 7th June 1771 between
Sir Gillies Payne of Roxton, Beds, Bart, (who has survived
James George Douglas of London, merchant, deceased, his
co-trustee), of the 1st part, William Mathew Burt of
Maiden Early, Berks, Esq. (Executor of the will of William
Pym Burt, late of St. Kitts, Esq., his father, deceased, who
survived John Willett of the said island, Esq., also de-
ceased), of the 2nd part, William Smith Buckley of the 3rd
part, John Willett of the 4th part, James Clobery Gas-
coigne of Mitcham, gentleman, and Elizabeth Giiscoigne
his wife (heretofore Elizabeth Buckley) of the 5th part,
Abednego Mathew of Handley, co. Dorset, Esq., and Jan-
nett Mathew his wife (one of the daughters of AYilliam
Buckley the father, deceased, and administratrix and heir-
80
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
at-law to Mary Buckley her sister, spinster, deceased) of the
6th part, Daniel Mathew aforesaid of the 7th part, Hugh
Hamersley aforesaid of the 8th part, and Ricliard Maitland
of London, merchant, of the 9th part. \Yhereas Penelope
Smith was at her marriage with Daniel Mathew, which
happened the 4th Feb. 1736, seized of an estate of inherit-
ance to her and her heirs, as only child and heir-at-law of
William Smith, her then deceased father, and otherwise
well entitled to two plantations, etc., etc., of 188 acres here-
tofore in the occupation of William Woodley, jun., and
afterwards of John Williams, Esq., subject to the right of
dower of Elizabeth Smith her mother .... and to the re-
version, etc., etc., of 370 acres on the death of Penelope
Mead, and then in the occupation of the said Penelope
Mead .... and whereas by deed poll of William Mathew,
Esq. (late father of Daniel Mathew), then Commander-in-
Chief, etc., etc., and John Williams of St. Kitts, Esq.,
recorded in the island, reciting that Penelope Mead be-
queathed to William Mathew, and John Williams aforesaid,
and William Coleman, and William Fenton, Esquires, all
residue of her estate, in trust .... and further reciting
that the said Penelope Smith hath since intermarried with
Daniel Mathew, and by the said marriage all her estate is
vested in him, who has complied with all the conditions of
Penelope Mead's will, and the said trustees in consideration
of £3910 lOcl. sterling, being an appraisement .... have
granted to Daniel Mathew all the negro slaves of Penelope
Mead, being 14G, and 11 mules, 5 horses, 6 bulls, and 3
cows .... and whereas by Indentures of 7th and 8th April
1742 the release being tripartite between Daniel Mathew
and Penelope Mathew his then wife and Elizabeth Smith
her mother of the 1st part, John Willett, Esq., and William
Pym Burt, Esq., of the 2nd part, and John Douglas, Esq.,
and William Estridge, Esq., of the 3rd part, reciting that
Elizabeth Smith was entitled to her dower of the said two
plantations of 188 acres, the reversion belonging to Penelope
Mathew, and further reciting that differences had arisen
between Daniel Mathew and Penelope and they had lived
separate for some time, and that it had been agreed a
settlement should be made .... and it was witnessed that
Elizabeth Smith and Daniel and Penelope Mathew had
granted to John Willett and William Pym Burt all those
two plantations, etc., etc., to the intent that Elizabeth
Smith should thereout receive certain yearly rent .... John
Douglas and William Estridge should yearly during the lives
of Daniel Mathew and Penelope his wife, then separated, re-
ceive thereout a clear yearly rent of £G00 sterling to the
separate use of Penelope, and subject thereto to the use of
Daniel for life, and after his death to John Willett and
William Pym Burt for 99 years in trust .... and Penelope
Mathew to have power to make a will and charge the in-
heritance .... and 84 negros and five-ninths of the females
were demised to John Williams, late of St. Kitts, Esq.,
deceased, fur an Indenture of the 1st May 1732 between
Elizabeth Smith of the 1st part, AVilliam Fenton, Esq.,
Eichard Wilson, Esq., and the said Ehzabeth Smith
(guardians of Penelope Smith, then under 21) of the 2nd
part, and John AVilliams, Esq., of the 3rd part, for a term
of years not yet expired .... and whereas Elizabeth Smith
departed this life many years since .... and whereas by an
Act of Parliament of 1745 to dissolve the marriage of
Daniel Mathew and Penelope to enable him to marry
again, the marriage was dissolved and annulled .... and
whereas Penelope Mathew soon after intermarried with
William Buckley .... and by Indentures of the I3th
and 14th May 1745, being their marriage settlement be-
tween William Buckley of the 1st part, Penelope Smith of
the 2nd part, and Ralph Payne of St. Kitts, Esq., and
Edward Jesup of St. Kitts, Esq., of the 3rd part, reciting
that a marriage was intended .... and that in consideration
of the marriage and of 5s. Penelope Smith with the consent
of William Buckley granted, etc., etc., to Ralph Payne and
Edward Jesup all those plantations, etc., etc., in trust to
preserve the contingent remainders .... as Penelope and
William Buckley should appoint .... and failing appoint-
ment to William Buckley and his heirs for ever .... and
with power to William Buckley and Penelope to charge the
plantations for 1000 years with any sums not exceeding
£6000 for the portions and maintenance of Jannett Buckley
and Mary Buckley (the two daughters of William Buckley
by Sarah Buckley his former wife) and of a female child
then born of the said Penelope and living with her, being
aged 1 month and 14 days, meaning Elizabeth Gascoigne,
and of such children as William Buckley should have by
Penelope, other than an eldest son .... and whereas by a
deed of 21st Oct. 1749 between William Buckley of the one
part, and Sir Gillies Payne and James George Douglas, since
deceased, of the other part, reciting the marriage settlement
and the power to charge, etc., etc., and reciting that Jannett
and Mary Buckley were then living, and by the descent to
them in equal moieties of a plantation in St. Kitts of a con-
siderable value were sufficiently provided for .... and Eliza-
beth Buckley, meaning Elizabeth Gascoigne, was then also
living, as also two other children of William Buckley by
Penelope, namely an eldest or only son William Smith
Buckley, and a daughter Penelope Buckley .... it was
witnessed that William Buckley granted, etc., etc., the
said plantations to Sir Gillies Payne and James George
Douglas in trust for 1000 j-ears, after the death of himself
and Penelope, to levy the £G000 for Jannett and Mary, and
Elizabeth and Penelope .... and if no other younger chil-
dren to jmy to Jannett and Mary £50 each, to Elizabeth
£3900, and to Penelope £2000 .... at 21 or marriage ....
and whereas William died .... 1754 .... and Penelope
the daughter afterwards died unmarried and under 21,
whereby Elizabeth Gascoigne became entitled to her sister's
share, or the principal sum of £5900 .... and Mary also is
since dead, and Jannett, wife of Abednego Mathew, is her
administratrix .... and Penelope Buckley the mother died
the Gth Feb. 1756 .... and whereas Daniel Mathew duly
paid to Elizabeth Smith and Penelope Buckley for life the
yearly sums reserved for them .... and whereas William
Smith Buckley attained to 21 ... . and by Indentures of
the IGth and 19th Dec. 1768 between him and John Willett
it was witnessed that for barring, etc., all estates tail, etc.,
etc., William Smith Buckley granted, etc., to John Willett
all the said plantations in trust .... and whereas by a
decree of the High Court of Chancery in a cause between
James Clobery Gascoigne and Elizabeth his wife, and Sir
Gillies Payne, Daniel Mathew, William Smith Buckley, and
Abednego Mathew and Jannett his wife, it was ordered that
the plaintiff's bill, so far as it sought to impeach the deed
of 8th April 1742, should stand dismissed against Daniel
Mathew, and decreed that Ehzabeth Gascoigne and James
Clobery Gascoigne were entitled to £5900, and Jannett
Mathew and Abednego Mathew to £100 ... . The planta-
tions were put up for public sale the 29th Nov. 1770 for
£42,000, and William Smith Buckley appru%'ed of the
bidding .... and was willing that £21,000 should go as
the Court of Chancery should direct, and the rest to him
for life, and he agreed to accept £1500 a year .... and
Hugh Hamersley ha.5 agreed to advance to Daniel Mathew
on a mortgage of the plantations, etc., £21,000 .... Now
this Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of £10,398
15s. paid to James Clobery Gascoigne and £50 to Daniel
Mathew as Attorney for Abednego Mathew, James Clobery
Gascoigne, Sir Gillies Payne, William Mathew Burt, William
Smith Buckley, John Willett, Abednego Mathew, and Daniel
Mathew, grant, etc., the said plantations to Richard Maitland
for the residue of the 1000 years, and subject to that, and
to dock, etc., etc., all estates tail, etc., to Hugh Hamersley, in
his actual possession being .... to the intent that William
BUCKLEY FAMILY.
81
Smith Buckley may receive £1500 a year for life .... and
they appoint the Hon. Samuel Crook and the Hon. Craister
Greathead, both of St. Kitts, Esquires, their Attorneys.
Close Roll, 52 Geo. III., Part 4, Nos. 9 and 10.
Indenture made the 29th Feb. 1812 between John
Eoberts of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, Esq., and Jane
Richardson his wife (formerly Jane Richardson Buckley,
spinster, granddaughter and devisee named in the will of
Thomas Gravenor, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the
one part, and William Edward King of Pall Mall, silk-
mercer, and John Lavicount of Stockwood House, Rayn-
ham, CO. Somerset, gentleman, of the other part, witnesses
that in consideration of 5s., John Roberts and Jane Rich-
ardson his wife grant and convey to William Edward King
and John Lavicount their undivided 4th part of all that
plantation called "Gravenor" in the division of Popeshead
in Antigua, containing 100 acres, all in cane, except a small
quantity of pasture, lying between the estates of Mr. Nibbs
and Mr. Jarvis which encircle the said plantation all round
.... which said plantation was formerly the estate of
Thomas Gravenor, deceased .... and of all negroes ....
and all horses, cows, oxen, sheep, and other cattle .... for
one whole year .... George Dickson of Constitution Row,
London, Edward Eyre, Gray's Inn, gentleman, .John Evans,
clerk to Mr. Eyre, witnesses.
No. 9.
Indenture made the 2nd March 1812 as above. Whereas
Thomas Gravenor at the time of the execution of his will
hereinafter in part recited was seized and possessed of the
plantation, slaves, etc., hereinafter mentioned, and did pub-
lish his will dated at Antigua .... and devised all his plan-
tation, etc., etc., to the Hon. Edward Byam and Thomas
Norbury Kerby, Esq., in trust .... to permit William
Gravenor his son to enjoy the rents, etc., for life,, but with
no assignable interest, and after his decease to permit Eliza-
beth and Ann Gravenor, testator's daughters, to enjoy the
same for life, and to the survivor, and after the death of
the survivor to .Joseph Gravenor Buckley, testator's grand-
son, and to his issue .... and for default of all issue to his
granddaughters Mary Blizard Buckley, Elizabeth Warner
Buckley, Anne Gravenor Buckley, and the said Jane Rich-
ardson Roberts, then Jane Richardson Buckley, as tenants
in common, and to their respective heirs, and to the sur-
vivors, and appointed .... executors ; and whereas Thomas
Gravenor departed this life in 1785 without revoking,
leaving William, Elizabeth, and Anne Gravenor, and .Joseph
Gravenor Buckley and his sisters, him surviving .... and
the will was proved .... and whereas .... Mary Blizard
Buckley intermarried with Thomas Dubery Harman and
has since departed this life leaving one son and one daughter ;
and Elizabeth Warnei- Buckley intermarried with John
Frye, M.D., and has since departed this life leaving two
sons, Rowland Frye and Joseph Frye ; and Anne Gravenor
Buckley intermarried with John Lavicount, Esq., and is
still living .... and whereas Joseph Gravenor Buckley
departed this life in 1810 without leaving any issue, and in
consequence the estate, of which an undivided 4th is
intended to be conveyed, is now vested in possession in the
son of Mary Blizard Harman, deceased, Rowland Frye,
eldest son of Elizabeth Warner Frye, deceased, Anne Grave-
nor Lavicount, and the said Jane Richardson Roberts ....
and whereas John Roberts and Jane Richardson his wife
are desirous of barring and destroying her estate tail in the
said 4th .... Now this Indenture witnesses that for dock-
ing and destroying all estates tail and remainders and in con-
sideration of 10s. John Roberts and Jane Richardson his
wife grant and confirm to William Edward King and John
Lavicount in their actual possession being .... all that
undivided 4th (as in No. 10) .... in trust during the life
of Jane Richardson Roberts to pay the rents as she shall
appoint, and in default of her appointment into her proper
hands for her separate and particular use exclusive of John
Roberts or any future husband .... and iAimediately after
her decease to her heirs and assigns ....
1702, May 20. Joseph Bnckley of London, linendraper,
lett,er of attorney to W" Randall v. Mark Robison of
Antigua.
1708. Colonel John Ward of St. Christopher's in his
deposition names his wife's kinswoman, Mrs. Mary Buckley.
In 1711 Mary Buckley was returned in the Census in the
family of Joseph Crisp, Jun.
1755, Oct. 14. Petition of Richard Buckley for £80 for
a negro executed for knocking down John Hodgkiss and
robbing him of his hat.
In 1767 Buckley was rated on seven slaves. (St. Mary's
Vestry Book.)
1824, Nov. 12. At Brighton, Mary, wife of W. Smith
Buckley, esq., of S' Christopher's, S' George, S' Christopher's.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 573.)
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
1757 Nov. 11 William Hunt, Jun'', & Hester Buckly,
Spinster.
1789 April 24 Thomas D. Harman, Esq', and Mary
Buckley, S.
1790 Nov. 4 John Frye and Elizabeth Buckley, Spinster.
1791 Nov. 30 John Lavicount, Jun', and Ann Gravenor
Buckley, Spinster.
Parish Register of St. Mary.
Married.
(? 1806) Aug. . . Joseph Gamble Buckley to Catherine Bern-
hard.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1737
Dec. 8
Sarah D. of Jeremiah Buckley.
1746
Jan. 12
Rach. Buckley D. of William Buckley
1748
Oct. 10
Giles Buckley.
1752
April 8
John Buckley.
1754
Feb. 18
Joseph Buckley, a Child.
1756
Feb. 27
Eliz. Buckley.
1756
June 20
Benjamin Buckley, a Child.
1758
Dec. 2
EUzabeth Buckley at Knights Est.
1759
May 27
Richard Buckley (Popeshead).
1771
Nov. 14
Joseph W™ Gravenor Buckley.
1777
Feb. 17
Joseph Buckley.
1777
Feb. 26
Eliz. Hawes Plenderson Buckley.
1787
Oct. 21
Benjamin Buckley.
. . • .
July 6
Elizabeth Buckley.
1817
Nov. 29
Ann Buckley.
1821
April 2
Elizabeth Buckley.
Parish Register of St. George, St. Christopher's.
Buried.
174i Feb. 10 Jane Buckley.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ttitcjr^c oi BucfeU^.
ELIAS BUCKLEY of Antigua, Planter, named=f
1672 in will of John Bridges of Antigua.
Colonel Buckley, living 1666 at the time
of the Capitulation to the French.
Richard Buckley of Popeshead, Carpenter, living 1672.
Richard Buckley.
Will dated 2 May 1759.=rElizabeth
I
Jeremiah^
Buckley.
'William=pElizabeth God- Benjamin
Buckley, sell, marr. at St. Buckley.
John's 24 ... .
1737.
Joseph Buckley=
=Mary, dau. of Tho-
mas Gravenor, Esq.,
mar. at St. John's
29 Sept. 1761.
I
Ann Buckley, bapt. at
St. John's 26 Jan.
1723 ; mar. Edward
Gamble.
Mary Blizard Buck-
ley, bapt. at St.
John's 26 Aug.
1765 ; mar. at St.
George's 24 April
1789 Thomas Du-
berry Harman,
Esq. ; she was bur.
at St. Phihp's 4 Oct.
1809, and he 17
Dec. 1813.
I I I I I
William Godsel Buck-
ley, bapt. at St. John's
12 Aug. 1750.
Joseph Buckley, bapt.
at St. John's 3 June
1753; bur- 18 Feb.
1754.
John Buckley, bapt.
at St. John's 31 July
1754.
William Buckley,
bapt. at St. John's 21
April 1762.
Rachell Buckley, bur.
at St. John's 12 Jan.
1746.
Elizabeth Hawes Henderson Buckley, bapt. at St. John's 4 Oct. 1776 ; bur. there 26 Feb. 1777.
Elizabeth Buckley, bapt.
1
Elizabeth
Richard =p
atStJohn'slDec. 1736.
Buckley,
Buckley,
—
bapt. at
bapt.
Sarah Buckley, bapt. at
St. John's
at St.
St. John's 26 Nov. 1737;
23 Nov.
John's
bur. 8 Dec.
1745.
18 Feb.
—.
—
1747.
Ann Buckley, bapt. at St.
John's 10 Dec. 1738.
Richard Edward Buck-
ley, bapt. at St. John's
20 Jan. 1739.
Margaret Buckley, bapt.
at St. John's 3 June
1741.
I
Elizabeth Warner
Buckley, bapt. at
St. John's 17 Dec.
1766 ; mar. 4
Nov. 1790 at St.
George's Dr.
John Frye ; she
died before 1812.
WILLIAM SMITH of Nevis, Esq.=j=Elizabeth . .
Sarah, dau. of Sir Chai-les Payne, 1st"
Bart., of St. Christopher's. Mar.
1st, Thomas Butler, sen., Esq., by
whom she had a son, Thomas Butler,
jun., Esq. 1st wife.
=William Buckley of St. Christo-^
pher's, Barrister-at-Law, died
1754 intestate ; adm'on granted
24 March 1755 to his son-in-
law Abednego Mathew.
Janet Buckley, only=
surviving dau. and
heir, mar. 14 Dec.
1752 ; a minor
1755 ; separated
from her husband in
1759 ; died 10 Dec.
1812, St. 75. M.L
Abbots Langley, co.
Herts.
= Abednego Mathew,
son of Governor
William Mathew,
bapt. 17 Dec. 1724
at St. Mary Cayon,
St. Christopher's.
In 1771 of Hand-
ley, CO. Dorset.
M.P., Corfe Castle.
Mary Buckley,
died 1756, spin-
ster. Adm'on
granted to her
sister.
=Penelope Smith, only child and heir, mar. 1st,
Daniel Mathew, son of Governor W. Mathew,
from whom she was divorced ; mar. 2ndly, 4 Feb.
1736, but separated in 1742, and her marriage
dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1745 ; died 6
Feb. 1756. 2nd wife.
William Smith Buck-=
ley, only son and heir.
In 1771 of St.
George's, Hanover
Square. Owned two
estates in St. Mary
Cayon, St. Christo-
pher's, of 188 and
370 acres. Living
1824.
/\
=Mary ....
died 12
Nov. 1824
at Brighton.
I I
Penelope Buckley,
living 1749, died
spinster, a minor.
Elizabeth Buck-
ley, fet. 1 month
and 14 days on 13
May 1745 ; mar.
1771 .James Clo-
bery Gascoigne of
Mitcham.
BUCKLEY EAMILY.
83
I
Dorothy Buckley, bapt. at St.
John's 8 Feb. 1729 ; mar.
there 27 June 1749 John
Thompson.
I
Hester Buckley, bapt.
at St. John's 3 1 Aug.
1735; mar Hunt.
I
Elizabeth Buckley,
mar. at St. John's
20 July 1728 Tho-
mas Stevenson.
I
Mary Buckley, mar. at St.
John's 20 Sept. 1732 Peter
Wilcox, son of Peter Wil-
cox.
Ann Gravenor Buckley, bapt.
at St. John's 12 Feb. 17C8;
mar. at St. George's 30 Nov.
1791 John Lavicount, jun.,
of Long Lane, 3rd of the name.
She was living 1812.
I
Jane Richardson Buckley, bapt. at
St. John's 27 Aug. 1769 ; mar. be-
fore 1812, John Roberts, Lieut.
Monmouth Militia. She had quar-
ter of "Graveuors." s.p.
I
Joseph William
Gravenor Buck-
ley, bapt. at St.
John's 27 Aug.
1771, bur. there
14 Nov. 1771.
I
Sarah Buckley,
bapt. at St.
John's 13 April
1723.
Joseph Gravenor=pElizabeth
Buckley, bapt. at ; Jane Doig,
St. John's 10 May mar. at St.
1773 ; died 1810. John's 2
Lieut, in Army. June 1801.
s.p.
Parish Register of St. John.
Bwptized.
1723 April 13 Sarah D. of Richard Buckly & Elizabeth
his wife.
1723 Jan. 26 Ann d. of Richard Buckley & Elizabeth
his wife.
1729 Feb. 8 Dorothy the d. of Rich-i Buckley and
his wife.
1735 Aug. 31 Esther D. of Richard Buckley & Elizabeth
his wife.
1736 Dec. 1 Elizabeth the D. of Jeremiah Buckley and
Sarah his wife.
1737 Nov. 26 Sarah y« D. of Jeremiah Buckley & Sarah
his wife.
1738 Dec. 10 Ann yi^ D. of Jeremiah Buckley & Sarah
his wife.
1739 Jan. 20 Richard Edward y^ S. of Jeremiah Buckley
& Sarah his wife.
1741 June 3 Margaret the D. of Jeremiah Buckley &
Sarah his wife.
1745 Nov. 23 Elizabeth the D. of William Buckley and
Ehzabeth his wife.
1746 May 25 Mary the D. of Giles Buckley and Eliza-
beth his wife.
1747 Feb. 18 Richard the S. of William Buckley and
Elizabeth his wife.
1750 Aug. 12 William Godsel the S. of W" Buckley and
Elizabeth his wife.
1753 June 3 Joseph the S. of William Buckley and Eh-
zabeth his wife.
1754 July 31 John the S. of W™ Buckley and Eliz. his
wife.
1754 Dec. 8 Ann the D. of Joseph Buckley, by Mul.
1756 June 18 Benjamin the S. of Joseph Buckley, by a
Mul.
1762 April 21 Benjamin the S. of WiUiam Buckley and
Ehz. his wife.
1765 Aug. 26 Mary Blizard the D. of Jos. Buckley and
Mary his wife.
1766
Dec.
17
1768
Feb.
12
1769
Aug.
27
1771
Aug.
27
1773
May
10
1776
Oct.
4
1809
Nov.
1710
Feb.
6
1718
Aug.
1
1725
April
20
1728
July
20
1732
Sept.
20
1737
24
1745
June
6
1746
Aug.
23
1748
Mar.
2
1749
June
27
1750
Aug.
21
1761
Sept.
29
1765
Aug.
10
1765
Dec.
5
1801
June
2
Eliz. Warner the D. of Jos. Buckley and
Mary his wife.
Ann Gravenor the D. of Joseph Buckley
and Mary his wife.
Jane Richardson D. of Joseph Buckley
and Mary his wife.
Joseph W"" Gravenor the S. of Joseph
Buckley and Mary his wife.
Joseph the S. of Joseph Buckley and Mary
his wife.
Elizabeth Hawes Henderson the d. of
Richard Buckley & Ann his wife.
Joseph Edward S. of Joseph Gamble
Buckley and Catherine his wife. B. the
10'" December last.
Married.
William Whitehill & Rebecca Buckley.
William Harrox and Mary Buckley. L.
Thomas Brookes and Mary Buckley. L.
Thomas Stevenson and Eliz» Buckley.
Peter Wilcox and Mary Buckley. L.
William Buckley & Elizabeth Godsell.
Giles Buckley and Mary Welch.
Michael Darsey and Dorothy Thibou
Buckley.
Brister Russell and Mary Buckley.
John Thomson and Dorothy Buckley. L.
William Davis and Sarah Buckley. L.
Joseph Buckley and Mary Gravenor. L.
Abraham Marshall to Ehz. Buckley. L.
Thomas Hawes to Eliz. Buckley. L.
Joseph Gravenor Buckley to Elizabeth
Doeg, Spinster. L.
L.
L.
" Buckleys " is in St. John's Parish. In 1852 it was
owned by David Cranstoun.
84
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^Sttitcjree of 5$iidte.
Arms. — . ... a cross .... in the first quarter a lion rampant.
Crest. — A leopard sejant reguardant collared and chained.
JOHN BURKE, died 8 Oct.=
1736, at. 50. M.I. St. John's.
^Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Allan of
Antigua, she bapt. 1695. Arms :
A cross potent.
JOHN BURKE, bur. at=pHonour Higgins, mar. at
St. John's 1 Oct. 1727.
St. John's 12 April 1723.
Mary
Burke.
John Burke. (?) Marriage=pSarah .... she mar.
settlement dated 13 March
1745. Living 1756. Owned
"Burke's" of 450 acres in
Falmouth Division, St.
Paul's Parish.
2ndly .... Walrond ;
living 1789. Called
sister by Dr. George
Crump 1756.
Thomas Elizabeth Burke, only dau. and Tobias Burke,
Burke. heir, mar. at St. John's, 24 Dec. bapt. at St.
— 1735, Martin Blake, Esq., of John's 26
George St. Christopher's and Antigua, Nov. 1728.
Burke. marriage settlement dated 23
Jan. 1735 ; she died 1771.
Frances^
living
1770.
1st
wife.
/s
=Hon. John Burke, Esq., Bar-=
rister. Of Gray's Inn 28 Jan.
1765. Bur. at "Burkes" 20
Oct. 1821, a^t. 75. Will
dated 9 Feb. 1821 ; sworn 29
Oct. 1821.
=Dorothy Bonnen
Meredith, mar.
at St. John's 27
June 1815 ; died
20 Jan. 1836.
2nd wife.
'Walter=
Burke,
cooper,
living
1770.
=Mary
/\
Mary Burke,
living 1789.
Edward Burke, bapt.
at St. John's 9 March
1768.
Sarah Burke, bapt.
at St. John's 7
Sept. 1769.
Oliver Burke,
bapt. at St.
John's 4 Jan.
1774.
Andrew
Burke,
living
1784.
Edmond Burke,=pMargaret, dau.
Merchant. Will
dated 7 Dec.
1768 ; sworn 22
Oct. 1771.
William Cassen Burke,
bapt. at St. John's 12
July 1764; living 1768.
of Susannah
Moraine, and
half-sister and
heir of William
Cassen.
Mary Burke, bapt.
at St. John's 10
Jan. 1766 ; living
1768.
Edmund Burke of Antigua, merchant. Will dated 7
Dec. 1768. To my Mother in law, M" Susannah Moraine,
£6 c. To my wife Marg' \ of estate, & f to my 2 children
W" & Mary. M'^ Francis Martin & my wife Es'ors. Wit-
nessed by John Crosbie, Charles O'Connor. Before Thos.
Jarvis, Esq., was sworn John Crosbie, merchant, 22 Oct.
1771. Recorded 15 March 1782.
Mary Burke of Antigua, now of the town and province
of Leige, widow. Will dated 15 April 1774. My bond of
=£600 s. to Lord Stourton to be paid out of the legacy of
£2000 c. left me by my late father Rob' Browne, & charged
on his estate called Bodkins. All residue to my niece Mary
Ann White, dau. of my sister Eliz. White, at 16 ; if she
die, then to Antonetta White, 2'i dau. of my said sister, and
to my sister the family of slaves given me by my mother
Ann Browne. To my brother James Browne a mulattoe
boy. Lucy Browne, Widow of my father Rob' Browne, now
in England, John Burke, Esq., Barrister, & Andrew Burke,
Gent., Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Nihell, Edward Nihell.
Before His Excellency Thos. Shirley was sworn John Nihell
of St. John's Town, merchant, 11 December 1783. Re-
corded 3 March 1784.
Richard Burke of Antigua, planter. Will dated ....
To my uncle John Burke & his 2 sons of parish of Kilvaron,
CO. Tipperary, Ireland, £150 c. between them. To my
cousin Thos. Hogan, planter, my clothing. To my loving
wife Mary Burke all residue. My friends Thos. Hogan &
Patrick Cummins & my wife Ex'ors. Witnessed by William
Hunt, jun., Tho' Casey, John Nanton. Before His Excel-
lency Thos. Shirley was sworn John Nanton, planter, 7
Aug. 1782.
John Burke of Antigua, Barrister-at-Law. Will dated 9
Feb. 1821. To my wife Dorothy Bonnen, John Lindsay,
now of Antigua, Esq., Commander R.N., & Thos. Rogers,
Esq., all my plantation in the parish of S' Paul, Falmouth,
in Trust for my said wife. They to be Ex'ors. Witnessed
by Thos. Chambers, Hugh Edwards, George W'" Henry
Gregory. Before Sir Beuj" D'Urban appeared Hugh
Edwards and was sworn 29 Oct. 1821. Recorded 11 March
1822.
Close Roll, 1 Geo. II., Part 8, Nos. 15 and 16.
Indenture made the 23rd June 1727 between James
Duncan of Kircaldie in Scotland, mariner, of the one
part, and John Burke of Antigua, merchant, of the other
part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s James
Duncan grants, etc., to John Burke all messuages, tene-
ments, lands, plantations, etc., in Antigua, either in his own
right, or in right of his late wife Frances Duncan, deceased,
BURKE FAMILY.
85
or in right of any otlier person whomsoever that he claims
under .... or which descend and go along with the free-
hold and inheritance, according to the custom of the Island
.... to have and to hold for one whole year .... that he
maybe enabled to accept a grant and release of the reversion
and inheritance to him and his heirs ....
No. 15.
Indenture made the 24th .June 1727 between the above
.... Whereas .John Burke hath agreed, in consideration of
£500, with James Duncan for the absolute purchase of all
real and personal estate in Antigua in any way belonging
to James Duncan either in his own right or in right of his
late wife Frances Duncan, deceased .... now this Indenture
witnesseth that in consideration of £500 paid as follows,
viz., £250 paid before signing and sealing, etc., etc., and
£250, the remainder, secured on the said plantation, etc., to
be paid in twelve months .... James Duncan grants, etc.,
etc., to John Burke all messuages, etc., etc. (as in No. 16),
to the only proper use of John Burke and his heirs ....
and constitutes John Burke his Attorney .... James Duncan
appeared before the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace of
Edinburgh .... John Cunningham, W.S., George Irving,
W.S., John Snodgrass, W.S., witnesses.
Close Roll, 7 Geo. III., Part 16, No. 14.
Indenture made the 14th Oct. 1767 between John
Burke of the parish of St. Marylebone, Esq., of the one
part, and George Crump of the same parish, Esq., of the
other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 10s. and in
conformity with an Act for supplying the want of levying
of fines .... of the Leeward Caribee Islands .... John
Burke hath granted, bargained, and sold to George Crump,
his heirs and assigns, all that plantation in the parish of St.
Paul, in the division of Falmouth, Antigua, called Burke's
Plantation, now in the possession and occupation of James
Athill of Antigua, surgeon, containing 450 acres ....
and the dwelling-house and all houses and buildings ....
and all negro, mulatto, and other slaves .... and all horses,
cows, steers, and other cattle .... and all those nine mes-
suages in the town of St. John mentioned in a deed of
settlement dated the 13th March 1745, made in Antigua,
between John Burke of Antigua, Esq., now deceased, of the
let part, Samuel Redhead and others of Antigua, gentle-
men, of the 2nd part, Sarah Burke, the then wife of the
said John Burke, of the 3rd part, and George Crump of
Antigua, physician, now deceased, of the 4th part, which
said Indenture is duly recorded in the Register's OfHce of
Antigua, and now in the possession and occupation of divers
persons at present unknown to John Burke .... to have
and to hold the said plantation, slaves, and premises, to the
only use and benefit of .John Burke, his heirs and assigns,
for ever .... and lastly John Burke doth constitute and
appoint Francis Massett of Antigua, gentleman, and
William Massett of Antigua, coppersmith, his Attorneys, to
appear before the Register of Deeds at Antigua .... so
that the same may be recorded in the Register's Office in
due form of law. Nicholas Lynch, Natlianiel Crump,
witnesses.
Close Roll, 8 Geo. III., Part 1, No. 8.
Indenture made the 10th Feb. 1768 between Amand
Boneville of the parish of St. Pancras, Esq., and Charity
his wife, of the one part, and John Burke of the parish of
St. Marylebone, Esq., of the other part. Whereas Charity
Boneville was seized in fee in her own right, before her
marriage, of several slaves in Antigua, hereinafter particu-
larly named, and Amand Boneville and she are willing and
desirous to sell the said slaves .... and all their right,
title, and interest in them, whether in law or equity ....
and whereas slaves are real estate in Antigua, so that their
right and title cannot be legally conveyed to a purchaser
unless by deed duly executed .... with the private examina-
tion of Charity before some Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in Westminster Hall, or some Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas held for Antigua, testified and endorsed
thereon, which deed must be recorded in the Register Office
in Antigua. Now therefore this Indenture witnesseth that
in order to bar and destroy all estates tail and remainders
in the said slaves, and to enable John Burke to convey a
pure, absolute, and indefeasible estate in fee simple to any
purchaser .... and in consideration of 5s. . . . Amand
Boneville and Charity his wife grant and confirm to John
Burke .... all the following slaves : Garrick and Damon,
negro men ; Dick, a negro boy ; Jack, a mustee boy ;
Molly, Peggy, liouisa, Rose, Narcissa, and Katy, negro
women ; Rachel, a mulatto girl ; Betty, a mulatto girl ; and
Anne, a mustee girl .... in trust .... to sell .... in his
name .... provided always that the moneys shall be to the
only use and behoof of Amand Boneville and his Executors,
etc., etc., and to no other use .... and lastly Amand
Boneville and Charity his wife constitute Francis Massett
of Antigua, gentleman, and William Massett of Antigua,
coppersmith, their Attorneys .... George Crump, witness.
Close Roll, 11 Geo. III., Part 8, No. 19.
Indenture made the 17th August 1770 between John
Burke of Antigua, Esq., and Frances his wife (now in the
City of London), of the one part, and Walter Burke of An-
tigua, cooper, of the other part, witnesseth that, in considera-
tion of £400 gold and silver currency paid by Walter Burke
to John Burke on the 26th October 1768, John Burke and
Frances his wife grant and confirm to Walter Burke and his
heirs all that parcel of laud in the town of St. John in An-
tigua, bounded E. with Market Street, W. with the lands
and tenements of the heirs of John Gunthorpe, N. with
Tanners Street, and S. with South Street .... and all
houses, etc., erected thereon .... to the only proper use
and behoof of Walter Burke and his heirs for ever, and to
no other use ... . and lastly Frances Burke nominates and
puts in her stead and place Oliver Birch of Antigua,
merchant, and Thomas Warner of Antigua, Esq., to be her
Attorneys irrevocable to appear .... Robert Duncan, Deputy
Registrar, witness for John Burke ; Charles Lander, witness
for Frances Burke.
Close Roll, 11 Geo. III., Part 8, No. 17.
Indenture made the 17th August 1770 between John
Burke of Antigua, Esq., and Frances his wife (now of the
City of London), of the one part, and Peter Alsop of An-
tigua, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that, in considera-
tion of £100 gold and silver currency, John Burke and
Finances his wife grant and confirm to Peter Alsop and his
heirs and assigns a mulatto woman slave named Beck,
together with the issue of the said slave hereafter to be
born .... and all estate, right, and title of .John Burke and
Frances his wife of and in the said slave .... and lastly
John Burke and Frances his wife (Frances being now in
Great Britain) nominate Thomas Warner of Antigua, Esq.,
and William Whitehead of Antigua, merchant, their
Attorneys. Robert Duncan, Deputy Registrar, witness ;
Charles Lander, witness.
86
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Close Roll, 11 Geo. III., Part 8, No. 18.
Indenture made the 17th August 1770 between John
Burke of Antigua, Esq., and Frances his wife (now in the
City of London), of the one part, and George Savage of
Antigua, Esq., of the other part. Whereas on the 17th
August last past a fire happened in the town of St. John in
Antigua, which consumed the buildings then erected on a
piece of land hereinafter mentioned to be conveyed ....
and whereas George Savage did some time since agree with
John Burke for the purchase of the said piece of land for
the price hereinafter mentioned, and has, since such agree-
ment, with the consent and approbation of John Burke,
erected certain messuages thereon. Now this Indenture
witnesseth that, in consideration of £330 gold and silver
currency, John Burke and Frances his wife grant and con-
firm to George Savage all that parcel of land of John Burke
in the town of St. John, bounded E. with the land of
Thomas Turner Wise, W. with land belonging to the heirs
of Doctor Minchan (?) deceased, N. with Long Street, and
S. with High Street al's Broad Street .... and all houses,
etc., etc., to George Savage and his heirs and assigns for
ever .... and lastly John Burke and Frances his wife
(Frances being now in Great Britain) nominate Thomas
Warner of Antigua, Esq., and William Pitts of Antigua,
Esq., their Attorneys. Robert Duncan, Deputy Registrar,
witness ; Charles Lander, witness.
1675. William Bourke 100 acres at the request of
Lieut. -Colonel John Mayer, agent to John Lord Willonghby
of Parham. Surveyed 20 Jan.
1G77. Walter Burke, 20 acres; Edward, Burke, jim.,
35 acres ; William Bourke, 100 acres ; by warrant from
Governor Warner of 27 March 1677. Surveyed August
1677.
1679, June 24. Walter Burke, plantei', sells to Philip
Hall, late of Surrinam, now of Antigua, planter, 5 acres at
Popeshead.
Re William Burke, deceased. Warrant by Paul Lee,
Judge of Falmouth, to Lieut. John Hall, Edmond Cole,
Peter Lavicount, and John Cane to appraise estate, dated
25 June. 10 acres valued at 975 lbs., 27 June 1679.
December the SO''' 1679. Jeoffery Burke in the Sloop,
true friendship, for Antegoa, Charles Kallahane, Comand^ ;
time out. (Ticket from Barbados. Hotten's ' Lists.')
1679-80, Jan. 31. Edward Burke, planter, sells 10
acres to Derick Brunckhurst.
1680, Dec. 20. Math. Solavan, planter, sells land to
Edward Burke.
Edward Burke has a patent for 15 and 35 acres, 22
March 1683, by Sir W. Stapletou.
Marriage settlement dated 23 Jan. 1735 between Martin
Blake, late of St. Christopher's, now of Antigua, Esq., of
the 1st, Tho. Kerby and Ashton Warner, Esquires, of the
2nd, and John Burke, Esq., and Elizabeth Burke, spinster,
his daughter, of the 3rd part. In consideration of £2000
paid by John Burke to Martin Blake latter makes settle-
ment on wife and provides for children.
1736, Oct. 15. John Burke, Esq., Member of Assembly
for St. John's, lately deceased.
1759-60, Aug. 20. William Burke to be Secretary and
Registrar of Guadaloup.
1765, Jan. 28. John Burke of the Island of Antigua,
Gent. (Foster's ' Gray's Inn Admissions.')
Before His Excellency George Thomas was propounded
the will of William Cassen of St. Peter's, Gent., promoted
by Edmund Burke of St. John's, Gent., and Margaret his
wife, which latter was half-sister to testator and legatee
against Samuel Redhead, Esq., the pretended administrator,
8 April 1765. William Bivin of St. Peter's, Gent., swore
that on or about 14 July 17 64 William Cassen declared,
" My sister Peggy shall have what I have if I die." 8
April 1765. Recorded 12 April 1765.
The signature of John Burke, Deputy Secretary, is ap-
pended to some papers dated 1772 in the author's possession.
John Burke, Attorney-General, writes in 1805 that he
has practised the law at Antigua over 38 years.
1836, Jan. 20. Dorothy Bonnin, widow of the Hon.
John Burke of Antigua. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 330.)
1706
1719
1720
1721
1722
1724
1726
1728
1728
1733
1737
1763
1764
1766
1768
1769
1774
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
April 11 Mary D. of John Burke & Elizabeth his
wife.
April 12 John s. of John Burke & Eliz. his wife.
Aug. 14 Mary d. of John Burke & Mary his wife.
Aug. 27 Thomas s. of John Burke & .... his wife.
Nov. 16 Robert s. of John Burke & .... his wife.
May 11 Esther Ann the D. of M"- John Burke &
Elizabeth his wife.
May 16 Jane D. of M^ John Burke & Eliz. his
wife.
Aug. 1 3 Margaret the d. of M' John Burke and
Eliz'" his wife.
Nov. 26 Tobias the s. of . . John Burke, Deceased,
and Honour his wife.
April 12 Edward the s. of M'' John Burke & his
wife.
Sept. 15 Edward yes. of . . John Burke & Margaret
his wife.
Mar. 8 George the s. of Henry Burke and his
wife.
July 12 Will™ Cassen the S. of Edmond Burke
and Marg' his wife.
Jan. 10 Mary the D. of Edm^ Burke and Marg'
his wife.
Mar. 9 Edward the S. of Walter Burke and Mary
his wife.
Sept. 7 Sarah the D. of Walter Burke & Mary his
wife.
Jan. 4 Oliver the S. of Walter Burke & Mary his
wife.
1707
1723 April 12
1730 May 26
1738 May 3
1744 June 10
1787 Jan. 26
1804 May 24
1815 June 27
1696
June
29
1708
Mar.
8
1716
July
15
1721
Sept.
8
1722
Sept.
21
1727
Oct.
1
1728-9 Mar.
25
1730
Nov.
11
1733
Feb.
12
1734
Sept.
22
1736
Oct.
9
Married.
John Burke & Catharine Hinds. L.
John Burke and Honour Higgins. B.
John Athy and Honour Burke. L.
George Crump and Elizabeth Burke.
Stephen Constant & Eliz. Burke, by B.
John Burke (Lieut, in 28"' Reg') to Mar-
garet Payne, Spinster. L.
Richard Byam, junior, to Elizabeth Burke,
Sp^ L.
John Burke, Esquire, to Dorothy Bonnen
Meredith of the Town of Saint John's,
Spinster. L.
Buried.
Thomas Burck the s. of Henry Burck of
Sornbey.
John Burke s. of Oner Burke, V.D.N.C.
Thomas Burke.
Mary D. of John Burke.
Thomas the s. of M'' John Burke.
John Burke.
Francis Burke of this Parish.
Elizabeth Burke.
Ml- John Burke.
Luther Burke.
John Burke, Esq% of this Island,
Merchant.
BURKE FAMILY.
87
1737
Oct. 23
Margaret y" wife of William Burke
1748
April 11
Elinor Biivke.
1753
May 7
Patrick Burk.
1760
May 8
Thomas Burke, in Popeshead.
1762
Mar. 27
James Biirke.
1768
Mar. 21
Edward Burke.
1773
May 3
John Burke.
1779
Aug. 4
Jane Burke.
1779
Nov. 2
Walter Burke.
1785
June 22
Arthur Burke.
1786
Dec. 13
William Burke.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Buried.
1774
Dec. 8
Walter Burke.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1772 April 17 Richard Burke & Mary Ozbeston.
Buried.
1781 Aug. 28 Richard Burke. (W.Bay). A duplicate
entry gives Aug. 25.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Buried.
1821 Oct. 20 The Honi'i" .John Burke on his estate
called Burkes. Aged 75 years.
1829 Sept. 19 Tho^ Burke. (In the family burial-ground,
English Harbour.) English Harbour.
46.
St. John's Churchyard.
Large ledger : —
Crest : A leopard sejant reguardant, collared and chained,
over helmet.
Arms : . . . . a cross, in the first quarter a lion rampant,
impaling a cross potent.
Here Lyeth the Body of
M" JOHX BURKE
obiit 8 October lySe
Aged 50 years
And alfo three Children Viz.
Mary, Thomas & George.
" Burkes " is in St. Paul's Parish. In 1852 it contained
364 acres.
frnwW^ of Burt.
Joachim van Hemert of London, merchant. Will dated
25 Aug. 1715; proved 7 Nov. 1719. Commission to
Francois and John van Hemert, the Attorneys of Francois
van Hemert the father, the Ex'ors first renouncing. (211
Browning.) Lodging at the house of John Sherman, packer,
in Cullom Str. To be bur. in the Dutch Church in
Augustin Fryers. Sir Justus Beck, Bart., M'' W™ Hen.
Cornelison, & M' Dennis Dutry, Ex'ors. To my brothers
Francoys, Jun., & Wolfert van Hemert £50 apiece, & to
Simon & Jan van Hemert £25 apiece. To my sisters
Cath. van Hemert £100 & Susanna & Sara Maria £50 each,
to be pd. by my father Francoys van Hemert at Amsterdam.
All residue to him and appoint him sole Ex'or. (Translated
out of Low Dutch.) I was born at Amsterdam 30 Sept.
1688 of my Mother Ann van Aferen, married to my father
Francoys van Hemert. On 17 Nov. 1719 appeared John
Slater of St. Dyonis Back Church, packer, at whose house
testator died, and Henry Brandthicht of St. Andrew
Holborn, and Nich. Baley, Barnard Naminick, and Chr.
Toepkin of London, merchants.
Francis van Hemert. Will dated in London 25 Dec.
1724 ; proved 11 May 1734 by, John van Hemert. (
Ockham.) To be bur. in the Dutch reformed Church in
Austin Fryars. My brother John van Hemert to be heir to
all my estate and to pay to my honoured father Mr.
Francois van Hemert, living at Amsterdam, £10, & to the
Dutch Congi-egation in Austin Fryars £15. PS. Born at
Amsterdam 3 Feb. 1692, New Stile. My mother, dec**, was
Anna van Aferen, wife of my Father Francois van Hemert.
(Translated from the Low Dutch 4 May 1734 W™ Delgols,
Notary Public.) On 7 May 1734 appeared Henry Brandt-
licht of St. Luke, merchant, and Tho. Ardern of St. Martin
in Outwich, packer, and swore they knew testator, who was
late of St. Martin Outwich, merchant, deceased.
On 28 Dec. 1744 before Jan Ardinois, Not. Pub.
of Amsterdam, appeared Lady Baltina Van Hemert, Wid. of
the Noble & Awful Lord Jan Bernard, Magistrate of s!^ city
& Dep. Councillor in the College of Admiralty of Sealand,
& made her will & bequeathed her est. to her 2 dau's,
Maria & Cath. Jacoba Bernard. (95 Paul.)
John van Hemert. Will dated 21 April 1758 at Old
Ford, CO. Middlesex ; proved 28 May 1758 by Dirk Cloes
Lutkeman. (154 Hutton.) To be bur. in the Dutch
Church at Austyn Fryers. To M'' Dirk Ck es Lutkeman,
my Ex'or, £150. To my dear Wife Eliz. all jewels, furni-
ture, & £300. All residue of my est. to be laid out by her,
by my brother M' Wolfert van Hemert, & M^ Dirk Cloes
Lutkeman in Trust to pay to my son Francis £2500 at 21,
& to my dau. Anna £2500 at 21. The leases of my own
house & that where M"' Courant dwells may be sold.
Debts due from Timothy & Ed. Haswell to be cancelled.
I was born in Amsterdam 18 Aug. 1694. (Translated from
Low Dutch 18 May 1758 by Ben. Bonnet, Notary Public.)
On 20 May appeared Hen. van der Vecht of St. Peter le
Poor & Gysbert van Voorst of St. Butolph's, Bishopgate,
merchant, and swore to will of testator, and who was late
of St. Peter le Poor, merchant, but at Old ford, Esq.,
deceased.
On 8 May 1772 before Daniel Van dere Bunk, Not.
Pub. of Amsterdam, appeared the R' Noble Anthony Van
Hemert, 1 of the Cora.'^ of b-" city, & made his will, & ap-
pointed M' W™ Van Hemert of s*! city, Merch', his brother,
his heir for all his est. within the jurisdiction of the P.C.C.
Proved 12 April 1786 by W"' Van Hemert the brother.
(250 Norfolk.)
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ttitcjrec oi 33uvt.
Colonel WILLIAM BURT. 1670 signed a petition of the I-eeward Island Planters. Styled^
Major in 1678, and then of the Nevis Council. Deputy Governor of Nevis. Died 1686.
Colonel William Burt, President of Nevis, died 1707. Owned^Jane, dan. of Colonel Charles Pym of Nevis,
the Tower Hill Estate in St. Thomas's Parish of 240 acres.
William Pym Burt, Esq., 1722 appointed^
to Council of Nevis, and in 1 725 to that
of iSt. Christopher's ; Chief Justice and
Treasurer of latter ; removed from Nevis
to St. Christopher's circa 1725 ; died 1751.
Will dated 21 Nov. 1748.
=Louisa, youngest
dau. of Sir Wil-
liam Mathew,
Kt. ; a minor
1704 ; jiving
1756.
Codringtou Burt=pMary .... Charles Pym Burt=
Marv Burt, bapt.
20 May 1726 at
St. Mary Cayon,
St. Christopher's.
Ann Burt, bapt.
11 May 1728 at
St. Mary Cayon,
St. Christopher's.
Elizabeth Burt,
born 24 and bapt.
30 Oct. 1734 at
St. John's, Nevis.
William Ma-=
thew Burt,
appointed
Governor of
Leeward
Islands
1776 ;
27 and
28 Jan
1781.
m
died
bur.
=Sarah, dau . of Colonel
John Foster of Ja-
maica, born 1727 ;
mar. at St. George's,
Hanover Square, 29
Aug. 1754 ; died at
Bath June 1781.
Will dated 18 March
and proved 13 Sept.
1781. (572 Web-
ster.)
Petronella,^
dau. of ....
bur. 1 1
June 1770
at Dutch
Church,
Austin
Friars. 1st
wife.
^Charles Pym=
Burt, Esq.,
appointed
1753 of
Council of
Nevis ; died
30 June
178S in
Albemarle
Street.
I
pAnna, only dau.
Abednego
Daniel
of John van He-
Valemput
Mathev
mert of London,
Burt,
Burt.
Merchant, born
living
—
12 and bapt. 29
1748 ;
Louisa
June 1748 at St.
died s.p.
Burt,
Dionys Back-
intestate
mar.
church ; mar.
before
• ■ > •
21 Sept. 1770 ;
1769.
Eraser.
living 1782.
2nd wife.
I I
Mary Burt, mar.
.... Spooner.
Anne Burt, mar.
1st Benjamin
Hutchinson, and
2ndlyJohnGun-
thorpe of An-
tigua, Esq.; her
will dated 22
May 1756.
II ^ I
Charles Pym Burt, Louisa'
only son and heir, Burt,
minor 1781, died minor
bachelor. 1776.
Elizabeth Burt,
minor 1776.
=Richard
Massey
Hansard,
of Mis-
kin, CO.
Glamor-
gan.
William
Pym
Burt.
Louisa Burt, mar.
12 June 1788
John Morgan,
Esq., of Tredegar,
CO. Monmouth.
Catherine Math.
Bui-t, living 1756.
Woifert van Hemert
Burt, died Dec. 1802.
Nathaniel Burt, living
1782.
I
Anna
1782.
Burt, living
Elizabeth Burt, 1 st dau.,
minor 1782 ; mar., 10
May 1800, Captain
William Cumberland,
R.N., who died a Rear
Admiral 15 Nov. 1833,
set. 67, at Cheltenham.
William Mathew Hansard, born 1792.
Eliza Barham Hansard, born 3 Oct. 1790 ; mar. 17^John Taylor-Gordon, M.D.
Oct. 1812.
I
Louisa Burt Taylor, mar. Rev. Henry Stonehouse, Rector of Eaton-Bishops, co. Here-
ford, grandson of Sir John Stonehouse, Bart. ; he died 1838, leaving issue.
Eliza Luther Taylor, mar. Lieut.-
Colonel Samuel Hughes, C.B.
FRANCOIS VAN HEMERT of Amsterdam 1724.=rAnna van Aferen, dead 1724.
Joachim van Hemert,
born 30 Sept. 1688 at
Amsterdam ; Merchant
of London ; died 6
Nov. 1719, set. 31,
bur. in Dutch Church,
Austin Friars. Will
dated 25 Aug. 1715 ;
proved 7 Nov. 1719.
(211 Browning.)
Francis van He-
mert, born 3 Feb.
1692 at Amster-
dam ; died 3 May
1734, bachelor,
bur. in Dutch
Church, Austin
Friars. Will
dated 25 Dec. and
proved 1 1 May
1724. (Ockham.)
I
John van Hemert, born=
18 Aug. 1694 at Amster-
dam; Merchant of Broad
Street, London ; died at
Old Ford, CO. Middx., 16
May 1758, ajt. 63, bur. at
Dutch Church, Austin
Friars. Will dated 21
April 1758 : proved 28
May 1758. (154 Hut-
ton.)
=Eiizabeth ....
bur. 13 Jan.
1781 in Dutch
Church, Austin
Friars. Will
dated 7 Dec.
1779 and
proved 20 April
1780. (217
Webster.)
II I II
Woifert van Hemert, Catherine
bur. in Dutch Church, van He-
Austin Friars, 22 mert.
March 1786, ajt. 82. —
Will dated 25 April Susanna
1782 ; proved 17 van He-
March 1786. (192 mert.
Norfolk.) —
— Sara
Simon van Hemert, Mariavan
living 1715. Hemert.
1
Francis van Hemert, only son and heir,=p. . . . dau. of Roger Walshman, Anna van Hemert, only dau., born 12 and bapt.
born 4 and bapt. 12 March 1745-6 at St.
Dionys Backchurch ; died 9 May 1818.
Esq., of Lancaster, she died 23 29 June 1748 at St. Dionys Backchurch ; mar.
March 1818, aat. 67. 21 Sept. 1770 Charles Pym Burt, Esq., of Nevis.
Rev. .J. van Hemert=pCaroline, dau. of T. Richardson of Norwood, mar. 1 May 1820.
BURT FAMILY.
89
William Mathew Burt, Esq., Governor of H.M. Charibee
Leeward Islands, and of Maiden Earley, co. Berks. Will
dated 30 Dec. 177(') ; proved 27 March 1781 by the brother
and Joseph Foster Barham, Esq. (118 Webster.) I con-
firm the settlement of £800 a year on my marriage, by In-
denture of 27 & 28 Aug. 1754, with my dear wife Sarah
Burt, then Sarah Foster, sp'', which was not registered at S'
Christopher's. I give her also the use of plate, furniture,
& jewels, then to my P' son, also my coach & 4 horses, 4
cows, liquors, some furniture given her by her late mother,
M''^ Barham, & the use of my house at Maiden Earley free
for 1 year. The furniture in my house in town to be sold.
To my dau's Eliz"' & Louisa Burt each £4000 at 21. All
my estates to trustees, viz., my wife Sarah, my brother Chas.
Pym Burt, John Jleggot Elwes, Esq., Beeston Long, Esq.,
& John Bagnal, Esq., for 500 years for the use of my son
Chas. Pym Burt & his heirs, then to his sisters, his mother,
his uncle Chas. Pym Burt, & the latter's son W™ Pym Burt.
30 guinea rings to my trustees. M'' N. Richardson to con-
tinue the improvements in the park around my mansion. To
my sister Mary Spooner a 30 guinea ring ; rings also to M"
Mary Mathew wife of Dan' Mathew, Sir John & Lady Moore,
Col. Edw'> Mathew & Lady Jane Mathew, & M'= Anne Burt,
wife of my brother Charles Pym Burt. To my sister Daniel
Mathew Graiuger (sic) £40 a year. I reduce to £50 a year
the allowance of £80 hitherto paid to my niece Eliz"'
Fraser. My son to have £200 a year, a private tutor, & to
go to the University. My wife Sarah, my brother Chas.
Pym Burt, John Meggot Elwes, Beeston Long, Hon. W""
Hervey, John Bagnall, & Joseph Foster Barham, Esq^''^
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Geo. Blagave, W'" Shakel, W" Elliot.
Co(/tt- i7 dated 18 Jan. 1777. 5°/o interest to be paid on my
dans.' portions, & they are to each have £50 a year in addition.
Elizabeth van Hemert of St. Peter le Poor, widow. Will
dated 7 Dec. 1779 ; proved 20 April 1780 by Wolfert van
Hemert, Esq. (217 Webster.) To my s. Francis Hemert
my plate. To my dau. Anna Burt, Wife of Cha. Pym Burt,
jewels & furniture. To Judith Grainger, Wife of M"' Sam.
Grainger of co. Hereford, £36, but if she be dead', then to
M'' Fra. Haswell, her s. by her 1=' husb'^. To my gr''dau.
Eliz. Burt, P' d. of Chas. Pym Burt by Anna my dau., my
gold watch & seals. All res. to my s* s. & dau. equally. Wol-
fei't van Hemert of Lond., Esq., Ex'or. Witnessed by Lewis
Nicholas, Pet. Hen. Hoogenbergh of London, Notary Public.
Sarah Burt of Walcot parish, Bath, widow. Will dated
18 March 1781 ; proved 13 Sept. by the daughters Eliza-
beth and Louisa Burt, spinsters. (572 Webster.) My dau. 's
Eliz"* & Louisa Burt to have all my furniture, linen, and
personal effects. I owe my dau. Eliz*'' £100. £270 is
also due to her from her late father's Ex'ors under my late
Mother's will.
Wolfert Van Hemert of Broad Street, London, merchant.
Will dated 25 April 1782 ; proved 17 March 1786 by
Arnold Mello and Gerard Backus. (192 Norfolk.) To be
bur. in the vault at Dutch Church, Austin Friars. My
partner M"" Arnold Mello of Lond., M', and M' Gerard
Backus, Ex'ors, £400 to the former & £300 to the latter.
To my nepli. Francis van Hemert Johnsson £100. To
Cha. Pym Burt, who mar. my Niece Anna van Hemert,
£100. To the Dutch Ch. £50 & to their poor £50 ; to
their Minister, Rev. Hen. Putman £50, & Rev. M'' Justus
Melchior van Effen £100. To Lewis Nicholas, my clerk,
£100. To the wife of John Watkins 20 guineas. To my
housekeeper 20 guineas. To each servant £10. To my
Niece Johanna Jacoba Beelsnyder, relict of Iman Pawer, (?)
at the Hague, £3000. To the 3 children of the late Gerard
Beelsnyder, viz., Francis, Johanna, & Susanna Catharina,
Wife of John Jacob van Newselaar of Amsterdam, £1000
each. To my niece Catharina Beelsnyder, Spinster, at
Amsterdam, £2000. My neph. Francis Beelsnyder Frans-
zoou, at Amsterdam, £2000, & my neph. Wolfert Beelsnyder
Franszoon, at Amsterdam, £3000 at 21. My niece Anna
van Hemert, Wife of Cha. Pym Burt, my leasehold house
where I live in Broad Str., with contents. All residue to
my Neph. Francis van Hemert Johnsson &i my niece Anne
van Hemert equally. My late partner Dirk Cloes Luckman
gave 20,000 guilders to the latter for her & her children &
in default to his younger bro. ,Jac. Luckman. I give to her
children Eliz. Burt, Anna Burt, Wolfert van Hemert
Burt, & Nath. Burt £100 each at 21. To my clerk Arnold
Carlbur £100. Witnessed by Ben. Bonnet, Notary Public
1782, Is" Cooper, Ju° Hampshire.
Codicil. 21 April 1785. Confirm legacy to M'» Martha
Watkins, now wid. of Jn° W. The legacy to my neph.
Wolfert Beelsnyder Franszoon to be in Trust & after his
death to the children of my late sister Susanna van Hemert,
viz., Francis Beelsnyder Franszoon, Johanna Jacoba Beel-
snyder, & Cath. Beelsnyder, the 3 children of Gerard Beel-
snyder deceased. Revoke all legacies to my neph. Francis van
Hemert Johnsson & give him £7000 in Trust. I Witnessed
by Tho. Bonnet, Bank Buildings, Jn" Hampshire, J. Lee.
Close Roll, 9 Geo. III., Part 15, Nos. 5 and 6.
Indenture made the 6th Sept. 1769 between William
Mathew Burt of Maiden Early, Berks, Esq., and Charles
Pym Burt, late of St. Croix, but now residing in Loudon,
Esq., of the one part, and William Hyndman of Nevis,
Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of
5s. the former grant, bargain, etc., to the latter all that
plantation called Towerhill Plantation in the parish of St.
Thomas, Nevis, containing 240 acres, abutted and bounded
east with the Mountain, west with the lands in the pos-
session of Archibald Thompson, Esq., north with lands be-
longing to the said Archibald Thompson and lands of Tobias
Gallway, Esq., deceased, and south with the lands of the heirs
of the late Mathew Mills, Esq., deceased, and all messuages,
etc., and also all negros and cattle, etc., etc., all which lands,
etc., etc., formerly were in the tenure and occupation of
William Burt, grandfather, and afterwards of AYilliam Pym
Burt, father of William Mathew Burt, Charles Pym Burt,
and Abednego Valemput (?) Burt, and late of Charles Pym
Burt, and now in the possession of the said William Hynd-
man, Esq., and his under tenants .... for one whole year,
he paying one peppercorn for rent if lawfully demanded
.... to the intent they may be in his actual possession that
he may accept and grant a release .... Thomas Wildman,
Bream's Buildings ; Thomas Myers, his clerk, witnesses.
No. 5.
Indenture tripartite made the 7th Sept. 1769 between
William Mathew Burt, etc., of the 1st part, Charles Pym
Burt, etc., of the 2nd part, and William Hyndman, etc.,
of the 3rd part. Whereas William Pym Burt (father of
William Mathew Burt and Charles Pym Burt), by his last
will dated in St. Kitts the 21st Nov. 1748, gave his estate
in Nevis, called Tower Hill Plantation, to his two younger
sons, Charles Pym Burt and Abednego Valemput Burt, and
to the survivor, and their heirs lawful for ever, and after
giving several legacies to his daughters, gave all residue,
real and personal, to his eldest son, William Mathew Burt
and his heirs for ever, and whereas Abednego Valemput
Burt departed this life several years ago, without issue and
intestate, whereupon the whole of the said estate iu Nevis
descended to Charles Pym Burt by virtue of the will ....
and whereas he and Petronella Burt his wife have sold and
conveyed it to William Hyndman at the price of £12,500
. . . . and whereas AVilliam Mathew Burt, claiming to have
some right to or interest in it, did lately commence in one
N
90
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
of His Majesty's Courts in Nevis an action of ejectment
against William Hyndman or the tenants of the estate for
the recovery thereof .... and although on further examina-
tion into the title of the said estate he is satisfied he has a
right, etc., etc., as tenant in tail .... yet for removing all
questions, doubts, etc., etc., and for confirming the sale
made by Charles Pym Burt and Petronella his wife ....
and for quieting William Hyndman, etc., etc., he has agreed
to release his right and to join in the conveyance, etc., etc.,
and this Indenture witnesseth that for the considerations
and purposes aforesaid, and to bar and extinguish all estates,
tail and remainders, etc., and in consideration of 10s.,
WiUiam Pym Burt grants, etc., etc., to William Hyndman
in his possession now being all that plantation, etc., etc. (as
in No. G), to have and to hold to William Hyndman and his
heirs for ever .... and lastly William Mathew Burt and
Charles Pym Burt appoint, etc., .James Smith of Nevis,
Esq., and John Corlett ( ?) of St. Kitts, Esq., their Attorneys.
1670, Sept. 22. William Burt signs the petition of the
Planters of the Leeward Islands.
1678. Nevis Census. Capt. W™ Burtt had 7 white
men, 1 do. woman, 6 do. children, 16 negro men, 17 women
and 15 children. (Vol. 47, Colonial Leeward Islands.)
1685. Captain William Burt then Deputy Governor of
the Leeward Islands.
S'' Nathi Johnson wrote in 1687 that in reference to the
present of 100,000 lbs. the Assembly had voted to Col. W"
Burt he could ascertain but little, as Col. Burt died before his
arrival, and his Ex'ors and friends pretended ignorance, but
Burt had done His Maj. good service. (47, Colonial Entry
Book.)
1692-3, March 17. Captain \Yilliam Burt then of the
Council of Nevis.
1697, March 23. John Hamlin of Antigua by his will
bequeathed £6 to John Burt for physic and care.
1704, May 15. W"» Burt, Esq., President of the Council
of Nevis, and then acting Commander-in-Chief.
1707, May 24. John Burt, chirurgeon, applies for 10
acres. Granted.
Nathaniel Estwick writes from St. Christopher's, 18
Nov. 1707, "President Burt is dead." " Col" Burt is not
much lamented, his indifferent behaviour when the French
visited the Islands being still remembered against him."
(Vol. 10, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1707-8. Nevis Census. The orphans of Colonel
William Burt :
White — 3 men, 3 women.
Black— 21 „ 33 „
Blanch Burt :
White— 1 „
Black— 1 „ 4 „
William Burt :
White— 1 „
Black— 1 „
1722, Oct. 6. William Pym Burt appointed a Member
of Council of Nevis.
He was also one of the Assistants to the Court of King's
Bench and Common Pleas in Nevis ; he then removed to
St. Christopher's, of which island he was appointed a
Councillor vice Colonel John Davis on 12 Feb. 1725.
1735, Aug. 21. Mr. Codrington Burt then owner of a
vessel. (No. 26, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1748, June 30. Mandamus dated this day for William
Pym Burt to be of the Council of St. Christopher's.
1751, April 30. At the Court of St. James's. Present :
the King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. Upon
reading this day at the Board a representation fr-om the
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations dated the
24th of this inst., setting forth that William Pym Burt,
Esq., one of His Majesty's Council in the Island of Nevis, is
dead .... (Board of Trade, vol. 103.)
1753, May 21. Mandamus dated this day for Charles
Pym Burt to be of the Council of Nevis.
1755, Aug. 26. Hen. Sharpe to be of the Council of St.
Christopher's vi'ce William Mathew Burt, who will not return.
1764-5. Edward Luther of the Council of Montserrat
is dead.
Petition of William Maynard of the Council of Nevis :
" That Charles Pym Burt, Esquire, now remains in the List
of Councellors of Nevis, although he hath sold his Estate at
Nevis and hath been many years Eesident at the Dutch
Settlement of Saint Eustatia, where he is married." Read
22 Nov. 1768. (Vol. 33, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1770, Sept. 21. Charles Pym Burt, Esq., Pall Mall, to
Miss Van Hemert, Broad str. (' Gentleman's Magazine.)
In a letter of 30 March 1780 Governor Burt names Presi-
dent B. M. Brotherson of St. Kitts his relative by marriage.
Anthony Johnson, President of St. Kitts, wrote 31 Jan.
1781 to say that Governor Burt died at Antigua at 4 or
5 P.M., Saturday the 27th inst.
1781, June. At Bath, M"-^ Burt, relict of W. M. Burt,
esq. ; late Captain General of the Leeward Islands.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 294.)
1788, June 30. At Isleworth, Charles Pym Burt, esq.
of Albemarle str.
1800, May 10. Capt. Cumberland, of the royal navy,
to Miss Burt, daughter of the late Charles Pym Burt, esq., of
Albemarle-street. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 485.)
1802. Lately Dec, at his house in Portman-square,
W., Van Hemert Burt, esq.
1818, March 23. In her 68"' year, the wife of M'' Van
Hemert, and daughter of the late Roger Walshman, esq., of
"Lancaster. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 473.)
1818, May 9. In his 74*i' year, F. Van Hemert, esq.,
only son of the late J. Van Hemert, esq., of Old Broad-
street. {Iliid., p. 572.)
1820, May 1. Rev. J. Van Hemert, son of the late F.
Van Hemert, esq., of London, to Caroline, daughter of T.
Richardson, esq., of Norwood, Surrey. (Ibid., p. 467.)
1833, Nov. 15. At his house at Cheltenham, after a
very painful and lingering illness, aged 67, Rear-Admiral
William Cumberland. He was the youngest son of the late
Richard Cumberland, esq., the celebrated dramatist, &c
Rear-Adm. Cumberland married, in 1800, a daughter of the
late Charles Pym Burt, esq., of Albemarle-street. (Il/icL,
p. 83.)
1843, Jan. 13. Killed at Gundamuk, where the last
struggle took place with only twenty men and three or four
officers alive, Lieut. Edw. Sandford Cumberland, son of the
late Rear-Adm. Cumberland, grandson of the late Charles
Pym Burt, esq., of S' Croix and Albemarle-st., great-nephew
of the late Lieut.-Gen. William Mathew Burt, Gov. Gen. of
the West India Islands, &c. (Ibid., p. 554.)
1843, May 18. At Dominica, Edward, son of the late
James Potter Lockhart, esq., formerly President of the
Island, to Louisa, third dau. of the late Adm. Cumberland,
and grand-dau. of the late Richard Cumberland, esq.
{Ibid., p. 427.)
Parish Register of St. John, Antigua.
3Iarried.
1701 Sept. 4 John Burt & Jane Abram.
Buried.
1781 Jan. 28 His Excellency William Mathew Burt,
Cap' General, &c.
Parish Register of St. John, Netis.
Baptized.
1734 Oct. 30 EHzabeth D. of Charles Pym Burt. B.y^
24 inst. Baptized this day.
BURT FAMILY.
91
1741
Parish Register of St. James, Nevis.
Buried.
Jan. 8 Kemp Burt S. of W"" Burt.
Parish Register of St. Mary Cayon, St. Christopher's.
Baptized.
1726 May 20 Maiy D. of Codrington & Mary Burt.
1728 May 11 Ann D. of Codrington & Mary Burt.
Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square.
3[arried.
17.54 Aug. 29 William Mathew Burt, B., & Sarah Foster,
S. L.A.C.
1788 June 12 John Morgan of Tredegar, co. Monm.,
Esq., B., & Louisa Burt, of this parish,
S., a minor. By Licence, & with con-
sent of her father, Cha' Pym Burt,
Esq. Married by Bob* Burt, LL.B.,
Vicar of Twickenham, &c. Witnesses,
Cha' Spooner, Cha» Gould, Tho=
Hnddleston.
Parish Register of St. Dionys Backchurch.
Buried.
1719 Nov. 6 M"' Joachim Van Hemert, Merchant,
Lodger at M"' John Slater's ; carried
away to the Dutch Church in Austin
Friars.
Baptized.
1745-6 Mar. 12 Francis Vanhemert, son of John & Eliz.
Vanhemert (Merch'), born 4 Mar.
1748 June 29 Anna, dau. of John & Elizabeth Van-
hemert (Merch*), born 12 June.
Register of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars.
Buried.
1719 Nov. 19 Joachim van Hemert.
1734 May 9 Francois van Hemert, bij sijn breeder.
1758 May 24 Jan van Hemert, in hetgraf van zijn E.
familie.
1770 June 11 Petronella Heiliger Huisvrouw van den
Wei. Ed. Heer Charles Pym Burt.
1781 Jan. 13 Elisabeth van Hemert, we. van de Hr.
Jan, in een f. graf, zie 24 Mel
1758.
1786 Mar. 22 Wolfert van Hemert, in zijn f. grafdaar
den 13 Jan. 1781 Zijus Broers weduwe
I Elizabeth van Hemert begraven is.
At Gunthorpes : —
SACRED I TO THE MEMORY OF | GEORGE BURT |
who DECEASED ON THE | 5'^'' Sep' 1831 ... . 33 years,
(Fragment.)
^ctJijjrtc of Burton*
Captain FRANCIS BURTON, Cornet in 1680, Lieut. 1684.^= Ann bur. at St. John's 2 Nov. 1690.
Burton=r(?) Mrs. Elizabeth
. . . . living a widow
1761.
Francis Burton,=pElizabeth
1724. I
Colonel John Burton, granted 2 1 5 acres=
1708-11 ; Esquire 1724 of St. Mary's ;
living 1743.
=Mary ....
living 1710
and 1724.
Thomas Bur-"
ton, Esq.,
living 1759
and 1761.
^Elizabeth, dau. of Colonel John
Sawcolt, mar. at St. .John's 17
Oct. 1747. She had one-sixth
share of " Sawcolts."
Catherine Burton, living
1759, mar. Dr. NeiU
Campbell ; his will dated
2 Nov. 1761. Died s.p.
John=
Burton.
=Margaret
Francis Child, bapt.
Burton, at St. Joh n's
living 21 Dec.
1743. 1710.
Thomas Burton, bapt.
at St. John's 5 Feb.
1753. Will dated 30
May 1804. Died
bachelor.
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John Burton, living=FElinor
1759 and 1776, son
and heir-at-law,
then of Lincoln's
Lm, Esquire.
Marchant,
mar. at St.
John's 19
Nov. 1778.
Francis Bur-
ton, bapt. at
St. John's 8
March 1752.
Appleton
Burton,
bapt. at
St. John's
9 March
1763.
Margaret
Burton,
bapt. at
St. John's
28 July
1759.
I
Ann Bur-
ton, bapt.
at St.
John's
26 Feb.
1764.
.James
Burton,
bur. at
St. John's
20 Feb.
1752.
William Burn-=
thorn, living
1804.
=Margaret Burton,
bapt. at St. John's
6 June 1782 ;
livina: 1804.
Hon. Rowland Burton, Barrister of Lincoln's^pSarah, widow of (? Val. Morris)
Inn, Chief Justice of Antigua, appointed
Registrar 21 Oct. 1779 on death of Edward
Gamble ; died 28 April 1814.
Home, born 1749 ; mar. at St. John's
1 Aug. 1776 ; died 7 June 1807,
iet. 58. M.I. St. John's.
/N
Timothy Burton, planter. Will dated 2 .June 1690.
To my wife Marg* my plantation in Mercers Creek & ^ of
my estate, & after her death to my son Rich* with the rest
of my estate, & in default equally to my brother & sister.
To my son W» & my dau. Eliz"" Hutchens 10,000 lbs.
between them. W™ Archibald & Philip Watkins Ex'ors.
Witnessed by John Thompson, Edw"^ Thomas. Before Chr.
Codrington, Esq., was sworn Edw* Thomas 14 Jan. 1692.
Petition of Margaret Burton to be appointed guardian
of her son. Granted 6 Feb. 1692.
Neill Campbell of Antigua, surgeon. Will dated 2
Nov. 1761. To my mother-in-law Elizt*" Burton £50 c.
My slave Sophia to be free. To my sister Mary McMillan
in London the interest of £500 st. yearly & £500 st. for
92
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
her children. To uiy dear friend D'' Joiiu JPKittrick all
sums due from D'' John Robertson upon entering into co-
partnership with him, about £10U0 c, to be paid annually
during partnership, and about £2000 st. as soon as my
estate can pay it ; and I recommend him to enter into
partnership with Df Robertson. The debt due from M''
John Martin, planter, not to be pressed for 7 years. To my
wife Cath. ^ of residue & all furniture. To David Potter
the other ^. Rob* Christian, Esq., D'' John M'=Kittrick,
D" John Robertson, & David Potter, Merch', Ex'ors, also
Thos. Burton, Esq., Exor, & D' W" Millar & my wife
Cath. Witnessed by John Gatley, John Burton.
Codicil. Also to my aunt Isabella Campbell of London
£50 St. The legacy of £2000 c. to D' J. M-^Keterick I am
unable to pay, therefore 1 give him £250 st. David Potter
to forfeit his share of my estate if he marry Marg' Bonin or
any except a white woman, then all debts due by my mother-
in-law I give her, & remainder of forfeiture to my wife.
Witnessed by Abigail Burton, etc. Before His Excellency
Geo. Thomas were sworn John Gatley of St. John's,
merchant, on 20 Oct. 17G3, and John Aird, Tho. Burton on
3 Dec. 17G3.
Francis Burton. Will dated 6 May 1780. All to my
younger brother Thos. Burton, he to be Ex'or. Witnessed
by W. Brinton. Before Tho. Jarvis, Esq., was sworn W""
Brinton, merchant, 6 Oct. 1785.
Codicil. 18 Dec. 1782. If my brother Thos. die before
me, then to my aunt Sarah Williams £40 c. To W™
Brinton a 2 guinea ring. All residue to M'' Daniel Hill &
his son Dan' Hill in trust for the children of my brother
John Burton. If my aunt Sarah Williams die before me,
then £40 to her dau.'s Eleanor Halloran & Ann Williams.
Dan' Hill, senior and junior, to be Ex'ors. On 28 March
1787 Tho. Hanson Halloran swore to "testator's hand-
writing. Recorded 28 March 1787.
Catherine Burton, widow. Will dated 7 Jan. 1782. All
to Mary Lyons, widow, she & Bertie Entwisle of this Island-
to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by Sarah Steel, Ann Ledeatt. By
His Excellency Tho. Shirley was sworn Ann Lediatt 19
Jan. 1787. Recorded 20 Jan. 1788.
(Robert Bannister, Esq., in his will dated 1765
bequeathes houses, etc., to . . . . ine Burton, wife of John
Burton of Antigua, mariner.)
Thomas Burton of Antigua, planter. Will dated 30
May 1804. All my estate to be sold. My 3 children by
Nancy to be free belonging to the estate of .lohn Brooke,
Esq., deceased, & mortgaged to Chr. Baldwin of G'
Britain, Esq., & £30 c. yearly apiece. To the said 3
children & their Mother £100 apiece. A mustee called
John & his 2 sisters, belonging to Capt. W™ Blizard Jarvis,
Capt. & Master Gunner of Fort James, to be purchased.
All residue to them. My niece Marg* Burnthorn, wife of
W™ Burnthorn & dan. of my late brother John Burton.
Dan' Hill, Jun"-, & Jas. Hill, Esq>'«, of Antigua, Merch'S &
W™ Brinton & Edw" Rigg of Antigua, Gent", Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Thos. Philpott, W" Oldroyd, Benj" Philpott.
Before Edwd. Byain, Esq., President of Council, was sworn
W"" Oldroyd of Antigua, planter, 17 March 1807.
Codicil. 3 Feb. 1807.
Timothy Burton, 10 acres by Governor Warner 27
March 1677 ; surveyed Aug. 1677.
1680, March 23. John Bowden sells land to John
Burton.
Cornett Francis Burton, 300 acres called Crabb Hall by
Sir WiUiam Stapleton 7 July 1680; surveyed 10 Oct. 1680.
Cornett Francis Burton 300 acres by patent 2 May
1681, 33 Chas. II. ; G. Cruft, Secretary General.
Lieut. Francis Burton and Mr. John Roe, a parcell of
land in St. John's Town. Patent granted 3 Sept. 1684 by
Sir W. Stapleton.
Colonel John Burton, planter, 180 acres in Old Road
Division. Patent granted 21 Oct. 1708 by Daniel Parke.
Colonel John Burton, planter, 35 acres in Old Road
Division. Patent granted 20 March 1711 by Walter Douglas.
1712. Colonel John Burton, then one of the four
Colonels of Militia.
Indenture dated 22 July 1724 between Francis Burton
of St. Mary's, Gent., and Elizabeth his wife, and John
Burton of St. Mary's, Esq., and Mary his wife, and William
Horn of St. John's parish, Gent., of the one part ; sale of
26 acres to Ashton Warner.
On 21 April 1726 Sarah Burton, widow of Benjamin
Burton, petitions Council.
On 8 April 1734 Colonel John Burton, for his good
service and late misfortune, is appointed Gunner of Monks
Hill Fort.
1743. Plan of 14 acres per deed of Colonel John
Burton to his son Francis Burton ; only \\\ by survey.
In 1755 Mr. Thomas Burton was brother-in-law of
Sawcolt.
In 1767 Thomas Burton was lated on 14 acres and 50
slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
1814, May 13. President John Julius wi-ites that Chief
Justice Rowland Burton died 28 April last.
Parish Register of St. Michael, Barbados.
Baptized.
1678 Mar. 6 Francis y<^ S. of Capt. Francis Burton &
Judith his Wife.
1679 Sept. 12 Georg y^ S. of Capt. Francis Burton &
Judith his wife.
Buried.
1679 Aug. 6 Francis y<^ s. of C. Francis Burton &
Judith his Wife.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1710 Dec. 21 .... Burton y^ .... of John Burton &
his wife.
1752 Mar. 8 Francis the S. of .John Burton and Mar-
garet his wife.
1753 Feb. 5 Thomas the S. of Thomas Burton and
Elizabeth his wife.
1759 July 28 Margaret the D. of John Burton and ... .
his wife.
1763 Mar. 9 Appleton the S. of John Burton and
Marg' his wife.
1764 Feb. 26 Ann the d. of John Burton & Marg' his
wife.
1782 June 0 Margaret the D. of John Burton and
Elinor his wife.
Buried.
Ann the widdow of Cap'" Fran. Burton.
James Burton S. of John Burton.
Ann Burton.
EUzabeth Burton. P.
Margarett Burton. P.C.
Margarett Burton. Child.
Elizabeth Burton. C.P.
Thomas Samuel Burton.
1690
Nov.
2
1752
Feb.
20
1764
Mar.
16
1764
Sept.
30
1764
Dec.
31
1765
April
12
1767
Oct.
1
1772
Dec.
6
BURTON FAMILY.
93
1777 Mar. 8 Margaret Frances Biirtou.
1781 Feb. 7 Christopher Burton.
1814 Kowland Burton.
1818 Aug. 28 Rowland Ash Burton.
Married.
n^l Oct. 17 Thomas Burton aud Elizabeth Sawcolt.
177() Aug. 1 Rowland Burton to Sarah Home, Widow.
L.
1778 Nov. 19 John Burton to Eleanor Marchant. L.
Pabish Register of St. George.
Baptized,
{c. 1740) May 3 Samuel .... Burton.
Buried.
1751 Aug. 13 Mary Burton of Parham.
Married.
1748-9 Feb. 29 W"" Burton of Parham & Mary Nibbs,
Spinster.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Harried.
1774 Jan. C William Symes & Ehzabeth Burton.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over brick tomb : —
In Memory of '
M«s SARAH BURTON who lyeth
here interred Wife of the
HonouRaBle ROWLAND BURTON
Chief lustice of this Island
She departed this life, and from
the conjugal Society of a loving
.... and beloved Husband
on the Seventh day of lune
in the year of our Lord
One thousand
eight hundred and Seven
and in the 59'^' year
of her age.
^Bttiisree oi 33utla\
Arms."
a bar heticeen three right hands couped.
Captain THOMAS BUTLER of Nevis. In 1678 had three^
children. Will dated 2 Dec. 1687 ; proved P.C.C. 17 Oct.
1688. (134 Ent.)
Major William Butler, Speaker of=pSarah
Nevis 1697. Colonel 1707.
Iivingl698.
1 1
William Butler,
1
Captain Thomas Butler,=j
=Mary
James Butler,
Anne Butler, wife Mary Butler,
Carolina Butler,
a minor 1687,
living 1687 and 1703, of
Hooke.
living 1703.
of ... . Oysterman wife of ... .
spinster, a minor
living 1703.
Camberwell and Nevis,
—
(? Captain Thomas Smith.
1687.
—
Agent for that Island,
Sarah Butler,
Oesterman of An-
—
Duke Butler, a
Major 1097, Colonel
wife of ....
tigua ; bur. at St.
Frances Butler,
minor 1087,
1707 and 1722; died
Rowland.
John's 30 Dec.
spmster, amnior
living 1703.
1744.
1695.)
1687.
Ill 1
John James Butler. Sarah Butler, wif
1
e Bethia
Butler, wife of Elizabeth Butler, wife of Thomas
1
Henrietta But-
Butler.
of Rev. Willian
1 Rev. William Vaughan
; Pym (1st son and heir of Thomas
ler, wife of
Duke Butler. Holford.
he living 1739.
Pym of Nevis) ; he died s.p.
William Clark.
Tobie Buttler Fitz-Thomas of Antigua, planter. Will
dated 10 Aug. 1675. To my wife Marg' Buttler al's Murphy,
my sole heir & Ex'trix, my 10 acres & 2 negros, also the
goods belonging to me aboard y^ ship Blessing of Kinsaile.
To my bro. Edmund Buttler 20 lbs. & 10s. Witnessed by
Denis Sheehan, Philip Roche, John Leddan, Ste. Galwey.
Captain Thomas Butler of this Island (Nevis), planter.
Will dated 2 Dec. 1687. On 17 Oct. 1688 commission to
Jos. Martin, the attorney of the four sons of testator, who
was late of Nevis. (134 Ent.) To my dau.'s Sarah Row-
land, Anne Oysterman, & Mary Smith, £b each. To my 2
dau.'s Carolina & Fra. Butler 60,000 lbs. ea. at 21. To my 4
sons, W™, Duke, The. & Jas. Butler, all residue, & Ex'ors.
Capt. Ph. Lee, L* Hen. Litton, M'' Tho. Tovey, Jun., &
Ebenezer Eyrtland overseers & guardians of my 2 yst. sons,
Tho. & Jas. Witnessed by Ph. Lee, Hen. Litton, Mich.
Webber, Ph. Payne, Ebenez. Kyrtland.
John Butler of Old Road Town, Antigua. Will dated
6 July 1720. To my dan. Henrietta, wife of Ambrose
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Marchant, my land in Old Road, now in possession of her
husband, & negros, & in default of heirs male to my grand-
dau. Ann, wife of John Haloran, G', then to my brother
Edward Butler, then to ray brother Walter Butler, then to
Theobald Butler, son of my uncle Edw'' Butler. All residue
to my granddau. Ann Haloran, & in default of heirs male
to my dau. Henrietta Marchant, etc. To ray son-in-law
Ambrose Marchant during the life of my dau. Marg' Pullen
£100 c. yearly. Cap* W" Home, M' Francis Delap, M'
John Bm-ke, "W"" Dunbar, Esq., Ex'ors. Witnessed by Tho'
Williams, Phil. Abraham, Mark Monk. Before Edw'' Byam,
Esq., was sworn Phil. Abraham.
1667 William Gilliard & Tho. Butler 104 acres at Fal-
mouth by bill of sale from Edmond EUis. (Book of Claims.)
1667. Koad .... Roger Elsmore, 30 men's land. He
mar. the widow of John Butler, deceased ; latter's will was
dated 23 July 1666. Butler bought of William Barloe and
William Moore, and they from John Roberts and Robert
Kirke, and Robert Kirke had a patent from Governor
Austin 28 Jan. 1644.
1668. Toby Buttler. Patent for 25 acres.
1678. Nevis. Captain Thomas Butler had 1 white
man, 1 woman, and 3 children ; 8 negro men, 9 women,
and 14 children.
1679, Jan. 23. John Goold of Kinsaile in Ireland,
merchant. Letter of attorney to Edmund Hull by bill of
sale against Toby Buttler, deceased, and Margaret his wife.
John Goold on 7 June following sells 10 acres to John
Lucas, merchant, for £25 at.
1688. John Butler assessed at 150 lbs. of sugar. (St.
Mary's Vestry Book.)
1693. Mr. John Butler rated on 20 acres and 6 negros.
(St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
1697. William Butler, Speaker of Nevis, seals his
letter with a seal bearing : Crest : A staff's head couped
transfixed hy an arrow. Arms : . . . . a bar .... between
three right hands couped .... (Vol. 5, B. T. Leeward
Islands.)
1698, Dec. 24. Deposition of Major William Bntler
and Mrs. Sarah Butler and Mr. Thomas Butler at Major
Butler's house, all of Nevis. (Vol. 6, B. T. Leeward
Islands.)
1703. An Act to settle the estate of Captain Thomas
Buttler, deceased, on his three sons, WiUiam, Thomas, and
James Buttler, and their heirs and assigns for ever. (Laws
of Nevis.)
1707. John Butler, planter, 80 acres at Old Road.
Patent granted 20 May 1707 by Governor D. Parke.
1707-8. Nevis Census :
Col. Thomas Butler :
White — 1 woman.
Black— 26 men, 24 „
James Butler :
White— 1 „
Black— 1 „
John Buttler :
White— 1 „
Black— 3 „ 4 „
Col. William Buttler :
White— 1 „ 1 „
Black— 13 „ 23 „
1720. Thomas Butler then Lieut.-Colonel of the
Militia Troop of Horse at Nevis.
1740, July 25. Richard Cox is appointed to the Council
of Nevis vice Hon. Thomas Butler in England.
1744, May. Thomas Butler, Esq. ; a West-India
Merchant, and Agent for the Island of Nevis. (' Gentle-
man's Magazine.')
A daughter of Sir Charles Payne, 1st Bart., of St.
Christopher's, married first Thomas Butler, by whom she
had Thomas Butler, Esq. ; and married secondly William
Buckley, Esq., barrister-at-law, also of St. Christopher's.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1721 Nov. 14 Cap*" Rich" Butler.
Baptized.
1784 Oct. 24 Eliza D. of William Butler (Merch«) and
Elizabeth his wife.
Harried.
1719 Sept. 20 Jasper Butler and Alice Dunn. L.
Parish Register of St. Thomas, Nevis.
Burted.
1734 May 18 M' W" Butler was buried.
On a small headstone in St. John's Churchyard : —
Here Lyeth
katherine butler
who was born in the
County of Sligo
in Ireland. Died y'
e'l'of May 1735 Aged
81.
BYAM FAMILY.
95
^etittjrte of Bj>am/
Arms. — Quarterly of Six -. 1 and 6, Argent, three dragons' heads erased vert, each holding in its mouth a dexter hand erased
proper, dropping blood, Rhys Gooh ; 2, Sahle, a chevron Mireen three spears' heads erect argent pointed gules,
Caeadoc Vraicii-Vras ; 3, Gules, a lion rampant-reguardnnt or, Elistan Glodrydd ; 4, GuJes, three towers
triple-turretted argent, Howell, Prince of Caerleon ; 5, Vert, a chevron between three ivolves' heads erased
or, Elvarch, Lord of Penrose.
Crests. — 1. A squirrel passant or, collared and chained vert. 2. A dragon's head erased vert, langued gules, holding in its
paws a hand proper dropping blood.
Motto. — Daris dexter a factis.
CARADOC VRAICH-VRAS, Earl of Hereford, Lord of Radnor=f=Tegayayr Eurvron, dau. aud heir
and Lord of the Doloreuse. ; of King Pelinor.
{If.JS. The intermediate Descents will oe found in Jones's ' Brecon.') \
Mainerch, Lord of Brecknock, paternally descended from Caradoc=i=Ellen, dau. of Eignion ap Selifif, Lord of the
Vraichvras, Earl of Hereford. Cantred of SeliflT.
Rhys Goch, Earl of Istraddue^p.Toan, dau. of Cadogan ap Elistan Glodrydd.
Kynwell ap Rhys Goch=pJannett, dau. and heir of Howell, Prince of Caerleon.
Kynwyn ap Kynwell=f=Gladis, dau. of Sicilt ap Dyfhwall, Lord of Gwent.
Arthur ap Kynwyn=pEUen, dau. of Mireg ap Kradog of the House of Mathews.
Howell ap Arthur=pJone, dau. of Grono ap Llowarth, Lord of Kebor.
Griffith ap Howell=^Jannett, dau. and sole heir of Grono ap Trahayrne ap Blaithe ap Elvarch, Lord of Penros.
David ap Griffith=pMaude, dau. of Llewelyn ap Kenrick Vaughan of Llansamlet.
I
Howell Gam ap David=rJoane, dau. of Adam ap Rees ap Eignon Sais.
I
Meirige ap Howell Gam=pGwentlian, dau. of Gwillim ap Jenkin.
Jevan ap Merick de Penrose, Esq''=j=Joane, dau. of Llewellyn Vaughan ap Llewellyn ap Madog ap Howell Velyn.
I
JENKIN BYHAM of the Mardey, co. Monmouth^r
I
I
Thomas Byham of the Mardey aforesaid=pJohanna, dau. of Llewellyn ap Gwyllym.
Edward Byham of Mardy aforesaid, and Bath, co. Somerset, Hving 1545 ;=rWelthian, dau. of Robert Gamage of (? Coity),
died Jan. and bur. 2 Feb. 1594 in Bath Abbey. co. Glamorgan.
Thomas Byham=pJoan, bur. in Lawrence Byham of Luccombe, co. Somerset, clerk, 2nd=pAgnes, or Anne, dau. of Henry
of Bath, 1st son Bath Abbey son, of Brasenose College, Oxford, 1506; presented Yewings, or Ewens, of Capton,
and heir. 20 Aug. 1569. 1575 by Queen Elizabeth to the Rectorv of Luccombe co. Somerset; mar. at Stogum-
ber, CO. Somerset, 26 May 1578 ;
bur. at Bicknoller, co. Somer-
set, 8 Dec. 1623. Will dated
0 Dec. 1623, proved at Taun-
ton 16 Jan. following.
Bath Abbey son, of Brasenose College, Oxford, 1566 ; presented
20 Aug. 1569. 1575 by Queen Elizabeth to the Rectory of Luccombe
in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Reference is made
in the Calendar of Wills in the Archdeaconry Court
of Taunton to the Will of Lawrence Byham, clerk,
of Luccombe 1614, but which is not now to be
found. A
* The greater portion of this Pedigree has been taken from one recorded at the Heralds' College, which was printed in 1838 by Sir
Thomas Phillipps in Mundy's ' Visitation of Somersetshire.' A plate of the above arms will be found in Burke's ' Heraldic Illustrations,' No. xxii.
96
THE HISTOET OF ANTIGUA.
A|
Mary Byam, mar.
Francis Peirse
1623.
Anne, or Agnes,
Byam, mar. Wil-
liam T\Tiitfield;
witnessed her mo-
ther's will 1623.
Christian Byam,
mar. Giles Sweet-
ing: sole execu-
trix of her mo-
ther's will 1623.
I
Henry Byhara, or Byam, clerk, D.D.,=
horn at Luckham 31 Aug. 1.580 ; ad-
mitted a student of Exeter College, Oxford,
10 June 1597, a3tat. 17 ; B.D. 1612 ;
created D.D. at Oxford by Charles I. ;
succeeded his father in the Rectory of
Luccombe, and instituted to the Rectory
of Selworthy 25 Feb. 1617, on the pre-
sentation of John Byam, clerk, Rector of
Clotworthy. One of the overseers of his
mother's will 1623. He was a Canon of
Exeter, Prebendary of Wells, and Chaplain
in Ordinary to King Charles II. ; died 16,
and bur. 29 June 1669 at Luccombe anno
set. 89, where a monument stiU exists to
his memory. AVill dated 30 April 1669 ;
proved in London 10 September follow-
ing. (101 Coke.)
^Susanna, dau. and
coheir of Rev.
William Fleete,
Rector of Sel-
worthy, CO. Somer-
set. Exeter mar-
riage licence dated
29 March 1611.
She was drowned
in Bristol Channel
circa 1642.
John Byam, clerk ;=
D.D. ; admitted a stu-
dent of Exeter College,
Oxon, 12 Oct. 1599,
a3tat. 16; B. A. 1603 ;
Rector of Clotworthy,
CO. Somerset, 1616;
succeeded his brother
Edward in the Vicar-
age of Dulverton.
One of the overseers to
his mother'swill 1623.
Mar., 2ndly, Edith,
who died 1668. Will
dated 20 Sept. 1653 ;
proved at Westmin-
ster 16 Feb. 1653-4.
(325 Alchin.)
=pSarah, dau. of
William Mas-
call, clerk.
Rector of
Clotworthy ;
there mar.
18 Oct. 1609 ;
died in child-
bed, and was
bur. at Clot-
worthy 3 April
1627. Ist
wife.
Anne Byam, 5th dau.,
mentioned in her brother
William's will as his " sis-
ter Anne Byam" ; living
1669.
Joane Byam, 4th dau.,
at the date of her fa-
ther's death in 1639 ;
mentioned in the will of
her brother William as his
"sister Joane Mills."
Elizabeth Byam, born
17 and bapt. 30 April
1619 at Dulverton ;
mentioned in the will
of her brother William
as his "sister Eliza-
beth Kingsmill"; liv-
ing 1669.
Margaret Byam, born
23 and bapt. 26 March
1618 at Dulverton.
Sarah Byam, born
24 and bapt. 26
Jan. 1616 at Dul-
verton ; unmar. at
her father's death
1639 ; mentioned
in the will of her
brother William as
his " sister Sarah
Morley"; living
in 1669.
Lawrence Byam, eldest
son at the date of his
father's death in 1639 ;
living Oct. 1644, when
he signed a Petition and
Remonstrance of the
Protestants of Munster
to the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland and Council
thereof as " Lawrence
Byam, Cornet of the
Garrison of Youghall."
Edward Byam, born
16 and bapt. 19 Nov.
1621 at Dulverton.
John Byam, born 2
and bapt. 15 Nov.
1625 at Dulverton ;
ensign in Royalist
army ; bur. at
Bridge water 12 Jan.
1644.
All unmar. at the date of their father's death 1639.
I
William Byam,
eldest son, so
called in his
father's will
1669, wherein
it is also stated
that he would
be of age on
the 22nd Nov.
1673.
Willoughby Byam, 2nd-
son, so called in his
father's will 1669,
wherein it is also stated
that he would be of
age 23 Dec. 1678 ;
Lieut.-Col.intheArmy.
AVill dated 25 May
1690 ; proved in An-
tigua 31 March 1692.
=Rebecca, dau.
of Major
Samuel Win-
throp; under
16 in 1675 ;
mar. in or be-
fore 1679 ;
dead in 1703.
Mary Byam, men-=f:George Nedham Alice Byam,=pColonel
tioned in her fa-
ther's will 1669 as
being then the
wife " of George
Needham"; execu-
trix of her hus-
band's will 1688.
of Jamaica. Will
dated 16 March
1668 ; proved in
Jamaica 7 July
1690.
mentioned
in her fa-
ther's will as
unmar. in
1669, and
that she
would be of
age 6 Oct.
1677.
Francis
Carlile
of An-
tigua.
I
William Byam, eldest son, mentioned=
in his father's will as under age 1690.
He was of Cedar Hill, Antigua, and
had a confirmation or conveyance of
his estate upon coming of age in
1701 from his uncle and guardian
Edward Bvam (deed of conveyance
dated 28 Oct. 1701) ; Colonel in the
Army, and Member of the Privy
Council of Antigua, also one of the
General Council of the Leeward
Islands. Will dated 27 Oct. 1727;
proved in Antigua 31 May 1729.
=Mary, dau.of John
Yeamans of Mill
Hill, Old Road, in
Antigua, Lieut.-
Governor of that
Island ; widow of
Nathaniel Samp-
son ; mar. at St.
John's 30 Oct.
1701.
Samuel Byam,
2nd son, a
minor in 1690.
See Pedigree
€*, p. 100.
DorothyByam,
mar. Alexan-
der Crafford;
settlement
dated 1 Nov.
1703.
Elizabeth Byam,
mar. Samuel
Phillips; settle-
ment circa 1703.
SarahByam,
mar. at St.
John's 12
March 1710
Edward
Morgan.
All mentioned in their father's will as under
age (1690), and unmar.
I
William Byam,
entered Gray's
Inn 30 Aug.
1722 fi'om
Christ Church,
Cambridge, as
1st son and heir;
? died v.p.
Willoughby Byam,
died young ; bur. at
St. Aldate's, Ox-
ford, 7 July 1714,
tet. 13.
Yeamans Byam,
died young ; bur. at
St. Aldate's, Ox-
ford, 24 June 1714,
set. 12.
I
Edwai-d Byam of Cedar Hill, Antigua, and of=
Clay Hill, Enfield, Middlesex ; sometime of
Llanian in the parish of St. Mary, Pembroke ;
called " eldest surviving son " in his father's will ;
entered Gray's Inn 4 Jan. 1728 ; admitted a
student at Trinity College, Cambridge, 29
.Tune 1728, then fet. 16; one of the execu-
tors of the will of his brother-in-law AVilliam
Byam ; died 13 June 1768, anno set. 56 ; bur.
at St. Mary's, Pembroke. Will dated 5 Aug.
1758 ; proved in London.
=Lydia, dau. of Ed-
ward Byam, Gover-
nor of the Leeward
Islands ; born in
Antigua 14 Aug.
1713 ; mar. at St.
George's in that
Island 9 Nov. 1734;
died 5 Dec. 1767,
anno set. 55 ; bur.
with her husband.
John Sampson
Byam, 2nd sur-
viving son, un-
der the age of 15
at the date of
his father's will;
mentioned as
living in Anti-
guain will of his
brotherEdward;
died 1766, nnm.
BYAM FAMILY.
97
Edward Byham, or Byam, clerk,=
born at Luckham 1584; ad-
mitted a student of Exeter Col-
lege, Oxon, 31 Oct. 1600, then
a3t. 16; B.A. 1604: instituted
to the Vicarage of Dulverton,
CO. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1612, of
which place he continned vicar
till 1625 ; witnessed his mother's
will 1623; emigrated to Ire-
land, and became Precentor of
Cloyne Cathedral ; died at Kil-
willin, CO. Cork, about 6 June
1639, and was bur. in the parish
church of Castle Lyons, co.
Cork, as appears by a certificate
of his funeral upon i-ecord in
Ulster's Office, Dublin. Ad-
ministration of his effects grant-
ed by the Prerogative Court of
Dublin to his relict Elizabeth,
and to Lawrence Bvam his son,
dated 31 July 1631)"
=Elizabeth, dau.
of Anthony
Eglesfield,clerk,
Rector of Wal-
ton, near Glas-
tonbury, CO.
Somerset ; bapt.
at Chewton
Mendip, near
Wells, CO.
Somerset, 22
May 1595; mar.
at Walton
aforesaid 22
July 1613.
Signed the Fu-
neral Certificate
of her husband
1639. She and
her eleven chil-
dren were all
living 1 Feb.
1639.
William Byam=
of Stogumber,
CO. Somerset ;
mentioned in
will of his
mother as then
absent from
home 1623;
living in 1640.
=Anne,
dau. of
• • • . )
bur. at
Stogum-
ber
1640.
Captaia=
Francis
Knollys
of Stan-
ford in
the
Vale,co.
Berks ;
died 4
Aug.
1640;
bur. at
Stan-
ford
afore-
said.
1st hus-
band.
=Alice, sister
and coheir
of Sir
William
Beecher,
Knt., Clerk
to the
Privy Coun-
cil. Went
to Barba-
dos in
1646.
" Dame
Alice
Huncks "
who owned
a planta-
tation in
Falmouth
Division.
=Sir Henry Huncks,
Governor of Bar-
bados 1639-41 ;
knighted at Ox-
ford 1 Jan. 1642 ;
nephew of Lord
Couiway, Secretary
of State. 2ndhusb.
(Lt.-Col. Sir Tho-
mas Hunches was
knighted at White-
hall 30 Nov. 1626,
2 Charles L) In
1645 Capt. Henry
Huncks was to be
paid £300 by Par-
liament out of such
delinquents' es-
tates as he should
discover (Part ii.,
Dom. Cal. of Com.
for advancing
money, P.R.O.).
I I 1
Henry Byam.
Ban-y Byam.
Arthur- Byam.
I
William Byam, born at Luccombc 9 March 1622 and bapt. at Dulverton=
7 April 1623 ; educated at Lismore School in Ireland, and entered at
Trinity College, Dublin, as "Scholarium Commensalis" 24 May 1639,
then Eet. 18 ; commanded a party against the rebels at Bridgewater 1645,
and was taken prisoner upon the surrender of that town to the Parlia-
mentary Forces under General Faii-fax. He afterwards left England, and
in the year 1651-2 was one of the Commissioners appointed by Lord
Willoughby to treat for the rendition to the Parliament of the Island of
Barbados, which had remained attached to the Royal cause. In 1654 he
was Governor of the colony of Surinam, and continued so until it was
yielded by the Treaty of Breda to the Dutch a.d. 1667-8, and the colony
removed to the Island of Antigua, where he died. He had a grant of
lands situated at Willoughby Bay and North Sound, Antigua, by patent
dated in April 20 Charles II. (1668). Will dated 27 Sept. 1669 ; codicil
7 June 1670 ; proved in Antigua 3 Jan. 1670-1.
^Dorothy, sister and heir to
AVilliam and Francis Knollys ;
bapt. at Stanford 21 Oct. 1633;
mentioned in the will of her
maternal uncle Sir William
Beecher of Putney, Knt.,
dated 6 July 1650, and proved
in 1651, as then unmar.,
being described therein as
his " Niece, Dorothy Knol-
lys." Executrix of her hus-
band's will 1670.
Sarah, dau. of Sam-=
uel Winthorpe,
Esq., of Antigua,
and relict of Col.
Samuel Jones (lat-
ter's will dated 15
June 1684). 1st
wife.
^Edward Byam, youngest son, so called in his father's will
1669, wherein it is also stated that he would be of age
on the 9th Jan. 1684. He was Governor of the Leeward
Islands and President of the Council of Antigua 1707.
Executor of his son George's will. Mar. to his 2nd wife
Lydia Martin 22 July 1703 at St. John's, Antigua; died
4 and bur. 5 Dec. 1741, in the parish church of St.
George, Antigua. Will dated 20 Nov. 1734 ; sworn at
Antigua 15 Dec. 1741 ; proved in London 20 July 1742.
(209 Trenley.) 4^
See Pedigrees ^ and IS
Lydia, dau. of William=pSamuel Martin of
Thomas, and aunt of
Sir George Thomas,
who was created a
hart. ; executrix in
1742. Her will dated
6 Oct. 1744 ; proved
28 March 1747. (64
Potter.) 2nd wife.
Green Castle in
the Island of An-
tigua ; grand-
father of Sir
Henry Martin,
who was created a
bart. in 1791.
Edward Byam, a mer-=rWelthian Devonshire, mar. at St. Augustine's
chant of Loudon. Will
dated 11 Nov. 1733
sworn 24 Nov. 1733.
Church, near the Cathedral, Bristol, 20 Aug.
1719 ; died 28 Jan. 1750-1 ; bur. at Edmon-
ton, Middlesex. Will dated 2 June 1749 ;
proved 5 Feb. 1750-1. (35 Busby.)
Mary Byam, only dau., by=
1st match ; born in An-
tigua 13 Oct. 1690; liv-
ing at the date of her
father's will 1734.
s.p.
=Thomas Williams
of the Old Road^
Antigua.
/N
Willoughby
Byam,
called 3rd
son in his
father's
will, then
under 15 ;
surgeon
1737; died
unmar.
1764.
Henry Byam, D.D.,=
called 4th surviving
son in his father's
will, and then uuder
the age of 1 5 ; Rec-
tor of St. John's.
Will dated 5 Jan.
1758 ; codicil 1
June 1760 ; sworn
1 Oct.
^Hester, dau.
of John
Gunthorpe
of Antigua ;
survived her
husband,
and bur. at
St. George's,
Antigua, 19
Feb. 1770.
Mary Byam,:
eldest dau.,
under age
1727; mar.
at St.
George's,
Antigua, 12
March 1738.
-Warner
Tempest
of An-
tigua,
and of
Moulsey,
CO. Sur-
rey.
I
Anne=
Byam,
2nd
dau.,
living
1727.
=Crook Tho-
mas, of
London,
merchant ;
one of the
executors of
the will of
his father-
in-law Wil-
liam Byam.
Rebecca=f=Thomas
Byam.
/\
Freeman
of An-
tigua, at
the date
of her
father's
will.
98
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Samuel Byam of=
Antigua, 2nd
Eon, living under
age at the date
of his father's
will; died in An-
tigua 1786. Will
dated 4 Oct., and
sworn 6 Nov.
1786.
^Elizabeth, dau.
and heir of
Thomas Shep-
pard of Anti-
gua ; mar. at
St. George's, in
that Island, 30
June 1764 ;
diedin London.
Edward
Byam,
bur. at St.
George's,
Antigua,
28 May
1795.
Sarah Byam,
bapt. at St.
John's 13
Feb. 1735.
Lydia Byam,
bapt. at En-
field, Middle-
sex, 13 Aug.
1752.
Eebecca=p.
Byam,
unmar.
1758.
Davies,
R.N.,
died
s.p.
William Byam of Ce-=
dar Hill aforesaid ; a
member of the Privy
Council of Antigua,
and sometime of
Sunny Hill in the
parish of Manorbier,
CO. Pembroke ; bur. at
St. George's, Antigua,
1 Oct. 1779.
I
r
^Martha, dau. of
Edward Rogers
of Lunborough,
CO. Bucks ; mar.
at Haverford
West, CO. Pem-
broke, 26 June
1766 ; died 28
Jan. 1794.
Lydia Byam,=j=Robert Sutton Edward Byam of Cedar Hill aforesaid ; born in=pChristiana Matilda, dau. of Mathew
bapt. at St.
John's, An-
tigua, 27 Jan.
1768.
of Titteshall, 1767 ; a Member of the House of Assembly of
CO. Norfolk, Antigua ; bur. at St. George's, Antigua, 28 May
clerk. 1795. Will dated 7 June 1792 ; codicil 21 May,
sworn 3 June 1795.
Ryan of Dublin, Barrister-at-Law ;
mar. at Clifton — April 1791 ; died
at Warblington Lodge 20 Jan. 1847,
set. 78.
Sir William Byam of Cedar=
Hill aforesaid, born in
Edinburgh ; a Member of
the Council of Antigua,
also Lieut.-Colonel of the
Squadron of Dragoons
there ; President of H.M.
Council ; Knighted 1859 ;
died 1869.
=Martha, dau. of Tho-
mas Rogers of An-
tigua ; mar. 8 Feb.
1815 at Cedar Hill,
and registered at St.
Peter's, Antigua. She
died at Westwood, co.
Southampton, 8 May
1867, ajt. 78.
I
Edward Byam of Warblington Lodge,:
Hants, 2nd son, born in Antigua 24
Dec. 1794 ; bapt. at St. Philip's 8 Feb.
1795 ; late Major in the 15th Hussars,
later a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army ;
served in the Battles of Salamanca,
Vittoria, Orthes, and Waterloo.
^Elizabeth Augusta, dau. of
Sir Grenvifle Temple,
Bart. ; born in London
30 May 1802 ; mar. at the
residence of the British
Minister at the Court of
Florence 10 Sept. 1829.
"William Byam, born
8 and bapt. at St.
■George's, Antigua,
11 March 1817; died
16 May following ;
bur. at St. Peter's.
Edward Byam, bapt.
at St. Peter's 15 Oct.
1820 ; bur. 29 Nov.
following at St.
George's, Antigua.
Edward Gamage
Byam, born at Cedar
Hill 30 June 1823;
bapt. at St. John's
15 June 1825.
Thomas Rogers
Byam, born at Ce-
dar Hill 12 Dec.
1826 ; bapt. at St.
Peter's 25 March
1827 ; died inf.
William Byam, born at Ce-
dar Hill 10 Feb. 1828 ;
B.A. Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, 1849 ; Barrister-at-
Law of Inner Temple ; died
at St. John's 30 June
1853. M.I. at St. George's.
Christiana Thomas Byam,
born at Bath 28 Dec. 1815 ;
bur. at St. George's, An-
tigua, 18 Aug. 1818.
Lydia Byam,=rFrancis
born 31 Dec.
1818 ; bapt.
at St. Peter's
15 Oct. 1820;
mar. at St.
George's, An-
tigua, 16
March 1837.
Had thirteen
children.
Shand of
Liverpool,
merchant,
and of
Everton,
CO. Lan-
caster.
Martha Anne Byam,
born at Cedar Hill
29 Aug. 1821; bapt.
at St. John's 15 June
1825 ; mar., 29 Oct.
1856, Charles Godol-
phin Osborne. She
diedat Antigua 1880,
leaving two daus.
.... Byam, a dau.,
born in 1831.
Pedigree a. (Vide p. 97.)
Edward Byam^Lydia Martin.
I
WilliamByamof "Byams "in Antigua, and of Westbourne House, Padding-=pAnne, dau. of Colonel .John Gunthorpe, a
ton, Middlesex, a Colonel in the Army, and a Member of the Privy Council Member of the Privy Council of Antigua ; mar.
of Antigua ; born there 3 July 1706"; admitted of Christ's College, Cam- at St. George's in that Island 19 June 1735;
bridge, 21 June 1720 ; B.A. 1724 ; mentioned in his father's will 1734 ; living at the date of her husband's will 1747 ;
died at Barbuda 26 Sept. 1755 ; bur. at Antigua. Will dated 23 April bur. at St. George's, Autigua, 4 Dec. 1779.
1747 ; proved in London 26 Nov. 1755. (278 Paul.) Will dated 20 May 1756 ; codicil 24 Nov. 1779.
Martin Byam of Antigua, a Member
of the Council there ; born in Nor-
folk Street, Strand, 29 Sept. 1 742,
called eldest son in his fiither's will ;
educated at Eton, and admitted a
Fellow Commoner of Sidney Col-
lege, Cambridge, 30 April 1760;
died — June 1805 : bur. at Lynd-
hurst, Hants; s.p.' M.I. s.
^Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen
Blizard, Judge of Court of
Common Pleas in Antigua,
and relict of William Warner
of Antigua ; mar. at St.
John's, Antigua, 2 Nov.
1775 ; died in 1810, and bur.
at St. Martin's in the Fields,
p.
I
Edward Byam, born=
at York 15 Sept.
1743 ; a Lieut, in
the Royal Navy ;
lost in the Ville-de-
Paris after her cap-
ture in 1782. 1st
husb.
=Anne, dau. of Wil--
liam Gunthorpe of
Antigua, born 26
May, and bapt. at
St. George's, An-
tigua, 10 June
1750; living at
Kensington 1838.
=Rev. Wil-
liam Ste-
vens, D.D.,
Chaplain
to the Duke
of Cumber-
land. 2nd
husb.
/\
AVilliam Henry Byam, Captain R.N., only son and heir ;=pAlicia, dau. of Anthony Wyke, 1st Louisa Byam, only dau.,
died at Kensington, co. Middlesex, 26 Nov. 1838, aged
62, and was there bur. ; s.p
cousin to her husband; living a
/Kwidow 1838.
died unmar. at Kensing-
ton 1835, and there bur.
Martin William Byam, born at=
Bittern, co. Hants, 19 Aug.
1783; died 22 and bur. 27 April
1836, at Petersham, co. Surrey ;
fi.p.
^Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas
Bull of Bostock Hall, co.
Chester, and of the Cus-
toms, London ; living a
widow 1838.
Rev. Richard Burgh Byam, born at South-^
ampton 26 Jan. 1785 ; a Member of the
Council of Antigua, Fellow of King's Col-
lege, Cambridge, and Vicar of Kew and
Petersham, co. Surrey, over 40 years ; died
1867, set. 82 ; succeeded to estates of his
brother Martin.
George Watkins Byam, born 7 Oct., and bapt.
19 Nov. 1806, at St. John's.
=Frances, dau. of
.... Watkins,
mar. at St.
John's 18 Dec.
1805.
Mary Matilda Byam, born 12 March, and bapt.
13 May 1808, at St. John's.
BYAM FAMILY.
99
I
Mary Gunthorpe Byam,:
born 9 Nov. 1748, and
bapt. at St. George's,
Antigua, 14 May 1749 ;
mar. there 8 Jan. 1771.
=Colonel Wil-
liam Dun-
das, brother
to Lord Vis-
count Mel-
ville.
Henry Byam, ob. inf.
Edward Byam, bapt.
17 Sept. 1757 at St.
George's, Antigua ;
bur. there 13 Dec.
following.
Anne Byam, liv- Hester Byam, bapt. at St.=Anthony
ing at Pear Tree John's, Antigua, 15 Sept. Munton.*
Lodge, near South- 1754; mar. at St. George's,
ampton, unmar. Antigua, 7 Aug. 1781 ;
1838. died at Pear Tree Green,
Hants, 1814 ; s.p.
Samael Byam, D.D., of University College, Oxford, born at Llanian, near=pJane, dau. of John
Pembroke, and bapt. at St. Mary's, Pembroke, 2 Sept. 1769 ; Vicar of Cat-
terick, co. York, and one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to George III. ; Matricu-
lated University College, Oxford, 24 Jan. 1788, tet. 18 ; B.A. 21 Oct. 1791 ;
M.A. 10 July 1794; B.D. '22 April, D.D. 21 April 1807 ; Vicar of Wyke
Regis, Weymouth ; died at Brussels 24 April 181G.
Welsh of the Island
of St. Kitt's ; living
a widow at Dawhsh
1838.
William George
Munton Byam,
born 5 Aug.
1804, and bapt.
at Wyke, near
Weymoutli ;
late Lieut. 43rd
Light Infantry.
Adolphus Elizabeth Byam,
born 5 Sept. 1805, and bapt.
at Wyke, near Weymouth,
2 Oct. following ; Captain in
Madras Artillery, and Secre-
tary to the Resident at the
Court of Hydrabad; died at
the Cape of Good Hope 10
Nov. 1839, »t. 33.
Henry James
Bvam, born
1813 ; an Of-
ficer in the
Service of the
Queen of
Spain; died at
San Sebastian
5 Aug. 1837.
Cornelia Rachel^
Munton Byam,
born 23 Feb.
1803 ; mar. at
Brussels ; died
in 1826.
=Baron
Augustus
de Firkes
of Mittau
in Cour-
land.
/s
Lydia Byam, bapt.
at Manorbier 4 Sept.
1772 ; died on her
passage from the
West Indies, unmar.
Augusta Louisa=rFrederick
Anne Byam, born
4 Nov. 1806 ;
bapt. at Wyke
aforesaid ; living
a widow at Tor-
quay, CO. Devon,
1838.
Shallet
Lomax of
Netley
Park, CO.
Surrey ;
died
1828.
I
Willoughby
Temple
Byam, born
15 Oct.
1832, bapt.
at Lynd-
hurst, Hants,
5 July
following.
Henry Edward
Byam, born at
Milford, near
Lymington,
Hants, 22 Aug.,
bapt. there 15
Sept. 1835.
Arthur Merick
Byam.
Edward Wil-
loughby Gren-
ville Byam.
Matilda Augusta
Anne Byam, born
28 June 1830,
bapt. at Lynd-
hurst 11 Sept. fol-
lowing.
Agnes Wel-
thian Byam,
born 7 June
1831, bapt.
at Lynd-
hurst 5 July
following.
Maria Christiana
Elizabeth Byam,
born at Cates-
field House, near
Fareham, 6 Jan.
1834, bapt. at
Fareham 1 Feb.
following.
Augusta Temple
Byam, born 10
May 1837 ; bapt.
at Warblington,
near Havant,
Hants.
Ellen Gladys
Byam.
* For Pedigree of Munton see p. 54, vol. iv., 'Miscellanea Grenealogioa et Heraldica' (New Series).
William Byam, born=
at Enfield, Middle-
sex, 7 Nov., and bapt.
there 5 Dec. 1753 ;
a Captain in the
68th Regt. of Foot ;
died at Calais 27
April 1830.
=Mary, only dau. of Rev.
Richard Burgh of Mount
Bruis, CO. Tipperary ;
mar. at Kilkenny 1781;
died at Clifton, near
Bristol, 7 April 1815,
and there bur.
Anne Byam, eldest-
dau., born at Bar-
ley's, near Exeter,
27 Sept. 1744 ;
mar. at St. John's,
Antigua, 13 Jan.
1763 ; died at Bath
16 June 1814.
=Anthony Alice Byam, 2nd dau., born=pSamuel
Wyke of at Harpenden, co. Herts, 29 ' Eliot of
Mont- Sept. 1746 ; mar. 23 April I Antigua,
serrat. 1763 at St. George's, An-
tigua ; died 13 Dec. 1827,
and was bur. in the family
vault of Lord Le Despencer
at Mereworth. /^
Edward Samuel Byam,:
born at Winscombe, co.
Somerset, 5 Aug. 1788 ;
late Commissary-General
of the Police in the Isle
of France, and Civil Com-
missary of Port Louis ;
Celtic scholar ; of Chel-
tenham, CO. Gloucester,
1862. Dead. _
I
^Eleanor, eldest dau. of
Andrew Murray Prior
of Rathdowny in
Queen's County, and
of Clermont, co. Wick-
low ; niece of Viscount
Frankfort de Mont-
morency ; mar. at the
Ambassador's Chapel
inParis26 March 1818.
Martha Byam, eldest
dau., born at Cork
7 May 1782 ; living
uumar. 1838.
Anna Maria Sarah
Byam, born at Row-
borough, CO. Somer-
set, 15 March 1786;
unmar. 1838.
Alicia Juliana Byam,=T=WiUiam Fowler
born at Winscombe,
CO. Somerset, 10 April
1787
ford,
Aug.
1838.
mar. at Sea-
co. Sussex, 21
1805
living
of Tortington
House, CO. Sus-
sex,living 1838.
/N
Edward de Montmorency Byam, born in Gloucester Place, Portmau Square, London, 6 Aug. 1819 ; died
and was bur. in the family vault at Harpenden, near St. Alban's, aforesaid, 31 Oct. 1819.
100
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
PEDiGitEE B. {Vide p. 97.)
Edward Byam=pLydia Martin.
George Byam of Antigua, mercliant, born there=
24 April 1704 ; bapt. at St. .John's 29th of
same mouth ; bur. at St. George's, Antigua, 13
Nov. 1734. Will dated 29 Sept. 1733 ; sworn
at Antigua 22 Nov. 1734 ; proved in London 4
Nov. 1748, and again 14 April 1756, by his widow.
(318 Strahan.)
=Henrietta Maria, dan. of Colonel
John Frye of Antigua : execu-
trix of her husband's will, which
she proved in London 14 April
1756 ; bur. at Kelvedou, co.
Essex, 29 March 1796, £et. 93.
Alice Byam, born in An-=pRobert
tigua 19 May 1711 ; I Freeman
mar. 11 July 1728 ; bur. of An-
at Harpenden, co. Herts, tigua.
with her mother, 21 Oct.
1756.
Mary Byam, bapt.^
at St. John's, An-
tigua, 27 July
1730 ; mar. 1st at
St. Philip's 21 June
1748 Col. Joseph
Lyons of Antigua ;
bur. at Kelvedon
25 Oct. 1814, set.
84. /K
=Danie] Mathew
of Antigua, and
of Fells Hall,
CO. Essex,
was bur.
Kelvedon
June 1777.
husb.
He
at
2nd
Elizabeth Byam, bapt.
at St. John's 1731 ;
died unmar. ; bur. at
Kelvedon, co. Essex, 1
Dec. 1807, fet. 76.
Henrietta Maria Byam,
bapt. at St. John's,
Antigua, 10 April
1733 ; bur. at St.
George's, Antigua, 9
March 1736.
I I
Lydia Byam, died
unmar. 1751 ; bur.
6 Aug. 1749 at St.
Philip's. Will dated
28 July 1749; proved
1 June 1751. (164
Busby.)
John Byam, a minor
1747; bur. at St.
George's, Antigua,
27 Oct. 1754,unmar.
George Byam of=
Apps Court, CO.
Surrey, and of
Albemarle St.,
London ; bapt.
at St. John's,
Antigua, 31 May
1734 ; bur. at
St. George's,
Antigua, 7 Nov.
1779.
=Louisa, dau. of
Peter Bathurst
of Clarendon
Park, Wilts ;
M.P. ; brother
of Earl Ba-
thurst ; died at
Eastwell House,
nearDevizeSjCO.
Wilts, in May
1779.
George Byam, ob. an infant ;
bur. at Walton-on-Thames,
CO. Surrey, 24 Sept. 1774.
Selina Byam,=rRev. William
living a wi- Houy of Lis-
dow in Chel- keard, co.
tenhaml839. Cornwall.
I
Ehzabeth Byam,=Mark Batt of Lawell
died at Exeter House, Chudleigh,
circa 1830. co. Devon ; living at
Bath 1835 ; s.p.
I I
Louisa Byam and
Henrietta Maria
Byam, both died
unmar.
Pedigree €t. ( Vide p. 96.)
Blajor SAMUEL BYAM, 2nd son of Col.=pElizabeth Anne, dau. of George Clarke of=j=Ashton Warner, Speaker of the
Wiiloughby Byam, at the time of whose
decease in 1690 he was a minor. He
signed a Public Document in Antigna in
1711, and died the following year intes-
tate ; administration to his widow. 1st
husb. (See p. 96.)
Clarke's Hill, in Antigua ; re-mar. 8 April
1714 ; died 2 and was bur. at St. John's,
Antigua, 4 June 1748, ast. 50, in the
church of which place is a monument to
her memory.
House of Assembly, brother of
Colonel Edward Warner mentioned
below; born 1691, and died 11
Feb. 1752, and was bur. at St.
John's, Antigua, set. 61. 2nd
husb.
/s
William Fauquier=pGrace, dau. and coheir of Colonel Edward Warner of the=
of ElthaminKent,
born 1704, and was
bur. at Eltham 21
Dec. 1788, set. 88.
2nd husb.
Savanna and Folly Estates in Antigua, the representative
of Sir Thomas Warner, the first Governor for the English
in the West Lidies, of an ancient and distinguished family
in Suffolk. She was born in Antigua 13 Oct. 1717, and
was bur. at Eltham 31 May 1754.
=Samuel Byam, born 1712 ; entered at
Queen's College, Oxon, 18 June 1729, set.
17 ; mar. — Dec. 1735, and was bur. at
St. George's, Antigua, 14 Jan. 1738 ; his
will dated London 6 Feb. 1736-7, was
proved there 21 April 1739. (71 Hench-
man.) 1st husb.
Four children were the issue of this
mar. ; one of them, viz. Georgiana,
was the wife of George Venables,
2nd Lord Vernon.
Samuel Byam, born in or about 1737, and bapt. at St. George's, was educated at
Eton under T)v. Bernard, returned to the West Indies where he was about to be
mar. to Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Thomas Shepherd of Antigna, when he died,
and was bur. at St. John's in that Island 20 Nov. 1761. Will dated 19 Nov.
1761 ; sworn 7 Oct. 1762.
Charlton AVollas-
ton, eldest son,
died an infant
1763.
Charlton Byam Wollaston, born 16 Feb. 1765 ;
at Cambridge University in 1784; Barrister-
at-Law of the Inner Temple ; Recorder of
Dorchester ; died at Dorchester 21 Feb. 1840,
unmar., being then the representative of his
mother Phillis, and this branch of Byam family
descendants.
Phillis Byam Wollaston,=
mar. at Moreton, co.
Dorset, 3 July 1781; died
at Cliff in the same
county 22 June 1834, set.
72.
=Evelyn Shirley of Eating-
ton, CO. Warwick, grand-
son of the 1st Earl of Fer-
rers. He was born 1750,
and died 17 May 1810.
BYAM FAMILY.
101
Lydia Byam, born=f=Edward Byam of
in Antigua, 14 Aug. Cedar Hill, Anti-
1713; mar., at St. gua, and of Clay
George's in that Hill, Enfield, Mid-
Island, 9 Nov. 1734, dlesex. His will,
to her cousin. dated 5 Aug. 1758,
appointed his wife
executrix.
/\
See p. 96.
Francis Byam, clerk, M.A., Rector of=
St. John's, Antigua, and a Member of
the Privy Council of that Island ; born
there 8 Aug. 1709 ; admitted a student
of Trinity College, Cambridge, 3 July
1728, then vet. 19 ; died — July 1757 ;
bur. in Antigua. Will dated 1 Oct.
1755 ; sworn in Antigua 7 Oct. 1762 ;
proved in London 3 Oct. 1771. (396
Trevor.)
I
Grace Johnson=pThomas Ottley
Byam, only dau.,
burn 1 Jan.,
and bapt. at St.
John's,Antigua,
27 Feb. 1752 ;
mar. there 3
March 1767 ;
died — Jan.
1829 ; bur. in
Weston Church-
yard, near Bath.
of the Island of
St. Vincent,
born 1745; died
at Clarke's Hill,
Antigua, 1805;
bur. at St.
John's in that
Island.
/\
John Byam, bapt. at Elt-
ham, 12 Dec. 1748.
William Byam of Santa
Cruz, born 23 Nov., and
bapt. 9 Dec. 1741 at St.
John's ; died s.p.
Rev. Scott Byam, M.D.,
bom 20 and bapt. 24
Dec. 1753 at St. John's,
Antigua ; died at Bath
unmar. 19 Dec. 1832.
Sir Ashton Warner
Byam, Knt., born
1 June 1744 ; bapt.
at St. John's, An-
tigua, 9 th of same
month ; A. B. of Sid-
ney College, Cam-
bridge ; entered
Gray's Inn 6 Oct.
1763 ; Attorney-
General of Grenada;
died unmar. ; bur.
at Antigua 26 Dec.
1790.
•Jane, dau. and coheir of Edward War-
ner of Eltham,co. Kentt,a Colonel in the
Army, and Member of the Privy Coun-
cil, Antigua ; born in the parish of
Christ Church, Barbadoes, 11 Sept.
1720 ; mar. at St. George's, Antigua,
2 Jan. 1738 ; executrix of her hus-
band's will ; bur. at St. John's, Anti-
gua, 10 Jan. 1758. Will dated 1 Jan.
1758 ; sworn 7 Oct. 1762.
I
Edward Byam, born=
21 Dec. 1740, and
bapt. at St. John's,
Antigua, 30 Jan.
1740-1 ;Judgeof the
Court of Vice-Ad-
miralty, and Presi-
dent of the Council
of Antigua ; died 8
Feb.l817,andbur.at
St. John's, Antigua.
Will dated 29 Jan.
and sworn 13 Feb.
1817.
=Rebecca, dau. of
Stephen Blizard,
Judge of Court
of Common
Pleas, Antigua ;
mar. there at St.
George's 7 July
1763 ; died —
Jan. 1810 at
Camden Town ;
bur. at St. Mar-
tin's in the
Fields.
Jane Byam, only child and heir ; mar. at St. George's, Antigua,=rThoraas Norway Kerby, President of the Council
10 June 1784 ; bur. at Hampton, co. Middlesex, — Dec. 1836. | of Antigua ; died 1819 ; bur. at Antigua.
She had apartments in Hampton Court Palace. /js.
Charlton Wollaston, M.D.,:
F.R.S., of Pall Mall, born
1733; Physician to her Ma-
jesty Queen Charlotte; died
26 July 1764; bur. at Eltham,
Kent. 1st husb.
_r
=Phillis Byam, heir of her brother Samuel and of this branch^
of the family, born at Eltham in Kent 18 Nov. 1736, and
bapt. at the same place on the 24th following ; mar. her 1st
husb. 28 Feb. 1758; her 2nd in or about Sept. 1766 ; died
at Dorchester 2 Feb. 1829, set. 92. M.I. at Moreton.
James Frampton of Moreton, co. Dorset, born=pLady Harriett Strangways, 3rd
4 Sept. 1769 ; High Sheriff of the county
1793 ; Colonel of the Yeomanry Corps ; mar.
9 Sept. 1799 ; died 8 Feb. 1855.
dau. of Thomas, 2nd Earl of
Ilchester; born 17 June 1778 ;
died 1845.
=JameB Frampton of More-
ton, CO. Dorset, born 171 1 ;
died 28 Oct. 1784. 2nd
husb. F/ffeHutchins" Dor-
set.'
Mary Frampton, born 21 June
1779 ; died 9 Nov. 1846. See
her Journal, edited by her
niece Mrs. Mundy.
102
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
A|
Evelyn John=
Shirley of
Eatington
Park, CO.
Warwick ;
born 26 April
1788 ; M.P.
for South
Warwick-
shire.
^Elizabeth, dau.
of Arthur
Stanhope of
Tilney Street,
London ; born
6 July 1785.
Henry
Shirley.
Sell n a
Shirley,
born
1787.
Charles Shirley ,=
bom 1792 ; a
Captain in the
Foot Guards ;
died 1808.
=Anne Char-
lotte, dau.
of Hon. and
Rev. George
Bridgman,
son of Earl
of Bradford.
William Shirley,
born 1794; Major
in 7th Hussars.
Rev. James Shir-
ley, born 15 Jan.
1802.
Horatio Shirley,
born 18 Dec. 1805.
Arthur=pChristian,
Goorge
Sewallis
Capt. of
7 th
Hussars.
dau. of
James War-
drop of
Charles
Street, St.
James's
Square.
/\
Evelyn Phillip
Shirley, M.P.,
bom 1812.
Arthur Shir-
ley, born
1813.
Sewallis Shir-
ley, bom
1816.
George Edward
Shirley, bora
1817.
Waiter Devereux
Shirley, bom
1829.
Selina Shir-^. . . .
ley, born Heath-
1814. cote.
Louisa Shir-
ley, born
1819.
\
Rev. Thomas Balch, Vicar of Dulverton. Will dated
10 July 1648 ; proved at Taunton. My sisters Sarah &
Amy Byam, my father-in-law John Byam. (Somerset
Wills.)
John Byam of Clatworthy, co. Somerset, clerk. Will
dated 20 Sept. 1653 ; proved 10 Feb. 1653. (325 Alchin.)
All my goods to my son-in-law Geo. Peppin.
(He married Susanna, testator's daughter.)
Henry Byam of Luckham, co. Somerset, D.D., aged and
weak in body. Will dated 30 April 1069 ; proved 10 Sept.
1669 by Francis Byam the son. (101 Coke.) To W"" my
1^' son all my part of lands in Burradhayes & West Luck-
ham, cottages in Porlock, & leases lately purchased of
Rich'' Aruadell, now Lord Arundell. To my 2'* son
Francis, parts of 4 tenements called Cloudishay in Stoke
Pero. To my 1^' dau. Mary a piece of plate of £10, a great
bible brought out of France, Archbishop Laud i: Fisher, &
the French Chronicle. To my y^' dau. Cecill Wood £5, her
dau. Mary £5, her dau. Cecill £5, & to her 2 sons Henry
& Laurence £5 each at 21. To M" Mary Worth a 30s.
ring. To my cousin M''' Lavinia Brome 10s. for a ring.
Poor of Luckham £5, & of Selworthy, co. Som., £5. All
residue to my son Francis Byam, he to be Ex'or.
My kinsmen M'' Tho. Henley & M'' Francis Peirse, over-
seers. Witnessed by W™ Pulford, Tho. Luckis, Jane Bird.
(Somerset Wills.)
William Byam, Esq. Will dated 27 Sept. 1669. To
my wife Dorothy J- of all annual produce. To my grand-
child born of my dau. Mary Nedham, wife of Geo. Nedham,
40,000 lbs. of sugar or tobacco, as made on the estate, to be
laid out in new negroes out of the shipps. To my dau.
Alice Byam 30,0u0 lbs. of sugar or tobacco at 21, which
will be the 6 Oct. 1677. To my sister Eliz. Kingsmill
2000 lbs. & to my other 3 sisters, M" Sarah Morley, Joane
Mills, & Ann Byam, 1000 lbs. each. To my nephew John
Parry & my niece Mary his wife & my niece Washington
500 lbs. each. To Eleanor Doyle 1 cow, calf, & a yew lamb.
To D'- John Stephens & W" Holland my overseer 300 lbs.
each. All my estate to my sons W™ Byam, the eldest,
Willoughby Byam, the 2'', & Edw"* Byam, the youngest,
equally at 21. My son W"' Byam will be at y* age on 22
Nov. 1673, my son Willoughby on 3 Dec. 1678, & ray son
Edw** on 9 Jan. 1684. My sons to be sent home to the
care & tuition of my brothers M' W™ & M^ Francis Knollys,
their uncles. My debts to my said brothers & my son
Peter Hancock, Esq., to be speedily discharged. Capt°
Sami Winthorpe, Col. Philip Warner, L' Col. Bastian Bayer,
& Serj' Major Nath' Gierke, overseers in Trust.
Codicil. Dated7 June 1670. My wife Dorothy Ex'trix.
Witnessed by John Roane, William Holland.
Lieut.-Colonel Willoughby Byam of Antigua. Will
dated 25 May 1690. All estate to my brother Capt. Edw''
Byam & to my 2 brothers-in-law Major Francis Carhle &
Capt. Sara' Winthorp in Trust to pay my debts, etc. 2
hogsheads of sugar to the poor of S' Peters. Maintenance
for my 2 sons W™ & Sam' & my 3 daus. Dorothy, Eliz., &
Sarah. £400 s. for each dau. at 21. £500 s. to my said
youngest son. All my estate to be conveyed to my P' son
W"^ at 21. To my trustees rings and mourning clothes,
they to be Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by James
Porter, Tho. Norenorthy, Chari^^ Norenorthy, Michael
Bennett. By Chris. Codrington, Governor, etc., appeared
M'^ Jas. Porter and Michael Bennett, and were sworn 31
March 1692. Recorded 29 June 1697 per Walter Quarme,
Deputy Secretary.
Sarauel Phillips. Will dated 7 June 1714. Of St.
Peters. To ray dr. Dorothy £500 c. To my dr. Robertha
Phillips £500 c. To both at 21. My wife with child, if a
son, then to ray 1^' dr. Sarah Phillips £1000 c. at 21, & all
residue to said son, but if a dr., £500 to said dr. at 21, &
all residue to my dr. Sarah, with remainder to my other ds.
Col. W™ Byam, Cap. Nath. Crump, Cap. Fra. Carlile, &
Arch'' Cochran, Gent", Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by
Jer. Blizard, J. Richards, Tho. Williams. Before Jn" Yea-
mans, Esq., appeared Jer. Blizard and Jn" Richards, Gent.,
3 May 1715.
George Byam of Antigua, Merchant. Will dated 29
Sept. 1733 ; proved 4 Nov. 1748 by Rowland Frye, Esq.;
power reserved to Edward Byam, Colonel John Frye,
Francis Carlisle, John Frye, jun., Esquires, and Henrietta
Maria Byam the widow. Proved also 14 April 1756 by
Henrietta Maria Byam the widow ; power reserved to
Edward Byam, Colonel John Frye, Francis Carlisle, John
Frye, jun., Esquires. (318 Strahan.) To my dear wife
Henrietta Maria Byam a negro boy & all my plate. £150 c.
to poor. All residue to my 4 dau.'s Lydia Mary EUz.
Harriott Maria, & the child ray wife now goes with. My
father Edw'' Byam, Col. John Frye, Francis Carlisle, &
BYAM FAMILY.
103
1
Mary-pGharles
Fi-ances
Emily-rEdward,
] III ■ .
James Francis Frampton,
Harriett=pWilliam, only
Henry-pCharlotte
Shir-
Morant
Shirley,
Shirley,
Srdljord
born 28 March 1802 ; died
Geor-
son of Francis
Framp-
Louisa,
ley,
of
born
born
Siiffield,
9 May 1818.
giana
Mnnday of
ton of
dau. of
born
Hants.
1795.
17!'9;
born 10
—
Framp-
Markeaton,
More-
Robert
28
mar.
Nov.
William Charlton Framp-
ton,
CO. Derby ;
ton,
Willis
Feb.
12 Sept.
1781;
ton, born 4 June 1811 ;
born
M.P. for that
born 7
Blencowe
1791.
1826;
died G
Kector of Moreton.
1806 ;
county.
May
Esq., of
died 3
July
—
mar. 28
1804 ;
Haves,
Jan.
1835.
Emily Harriett Frampton,
Oct.
mar. —
Middle-
1881.
born 20 Dec. 1799.
1830.
May
sex.
2nd
—
/\
1833.
wife.
Louisa Charlotte Framp-
/
\
ton, born U May 1808.
George Edward Morant.
Louisa Mary Frampton, only child and heir,
born 8 April 1834 ; mar., and left issue.
John Frye, Jun'', Esq'^ & M'' Rowland Frye of London,
Merch', and my wife, Ex'ors & Guardians. Before His
Excellency W™ Mathew were sworn Jas. Salmond & John
Barton, bookkeepers of testator, 22 Nov. 1734.
Affidavits of Jonathan Chandler, clerk to Ashton Warner,
Esq., dated 10 Aug. 1748, as to handwriting of copy, & of
Wyseman Clagett, notary c% tabellion publick of St. John's,
done at request of Henrietta Maria Byam the widow 10
Aug. 1748.
Edward Byam, Esq., of St. John's. Will dated 11 Nov.
1733. My father Governor Edward Byam & my brother
George Ex'ors. To my wife Welthing £200 s. yearly. To
my brotner W™ Byam £100 c. yearly. To my wife 2
houses at Edmonson, co. Middlesex, my 3 shares in copper
& brass works at Bristol, use of plate, bowles, linen, &
household goods for her life, & then to my brother George.
To my father £10 for a ring. My plantation, etc., to my
brother George ; pray him to keep it entire, and not let it
go out of our family. All residue to my said brother, he to
pay what I owe my sister-in-law Frances Devonshire. Wit-
nessed by Rob' Arbuthnot, Thos. Gale, Rob' M'^Farlane.
By W"' Mathew, Esq., Governor, etc., appeared Thos. Gale
and Rob' M=Farlane and were sworn 24 Nov. 1733.
Recorded 25 Nov. 1733.
Hon. Edward Byam, Esq., sen., of Antigua. Will dated
20 Nov. 1734 ; proved 20 July 1742 by Lydia Byam the
widow ; power reserved to Edward Byam and Thomas
Kerby. (209 Trenley.) To my wife \ of the profitts of
my real estate, 6 negroes, my coach & 6 horses, all my plate
& household stuff (except my arms & books) & linen, my
negroe Tony, & her riding horse. To my son Francis
£2000 c. To my dau. Mary Williams £500 c. To my
dau. Alice Freeman £500 c. To my dau. Lj'dia Byam
£500 c. To my son in law Major Josiah Martin £10.
To the 2 children of D-' W-' Thos. Martin £10 each. To
my son in law Col. Sam' Martin £50, because he has
punctually paid me his Mother's thirds. To my said 3 dau.'s,
my sons Francis & Edw^ Byam £50 each. To my 14
grandchildren £20 c. apiece at 21 or marriage. To my
wife £30 s. for purchase of rings as by my list. To Cap'
Thos. Jarvis & M'' Rowland Ash, churchwardens, & to the
minister of S' George's parish, my negro man & boy now
in their custody, to be hired out, & the proceeds to go
towards the instruction of poor children to sing in the
church. To Major Rich"! Oliver & Andrew .... Esq., the
churchwardens of S' John's Parish, & to the minister, a
bond of Ashton Warner's, Esq., for £100 for teaching poor
children to read & write, & the like sum to M"' Thos. Jarvis
& M'' Rowland Ash for the same purpose. Funeral expenses
not to exceed £100. To my 5 grandchildren, children of
my son George, £100 c. apiece at 21. Benj" Asty & his
family to have the use of my little island called Needs must,
with the house. If this island be ruined in this present
war, my wife to have £500 s. from my stock in England.
All residue to my son W™ & his heirs, then to my sou
Francis, then to the heirs of my deceased son George. My
son in law Capt. Edw^i Byam, Thos. Kerby, Esq., & my
wife Ex'ors. Witnessed by Tho= Fox, James Des Tories,
Charles Harrisson.
Codicil. I have sold the house formerly the late Patrick
West's to M'' Moore or to M' W™ Hillhouse, and a bond
due from the latter for £300 as part of purchase money is
to be paid to Col. Jonas Langford & M' W»' Furnell,
churchwardens of S' John's, & to my son Francis, the
present Minister, for supplying of an almshouse or hospital
for poor sailors or strayngers, also £290 c. for the support
of the same. Before His Excellency W" Mathew were
sworn Tho= Fox, James Des Tories, and Charles Harrisson,
15 Dec. 1741.
Samuel Byam of London, Esq. Will dated 6 Feb.
1736-7, 10 Geo. IL ; proved 21 April 1739 by Thos. Tryon
& Thos. Smith ; power reserved to W'" Tryon, Edw' Byam,
and Stephen Blizard. (71 Henchman.) Recorded also at
Antigua 26 April 1739. About to go to Antigua. All my
sugars from that Island to be consigned to Messrs. Tryon &
Co., Merchants in London. To my dear wife Grace £300
a year above her marriage settlement, & all jewels & plate.
To my loving brothers Joseph, Ashton, Daniell, Edw'', &
W" Warner, & my sisters Barbara Warner, Ann Warner,
Eliz. Ann Warner, & Jane Warner, £30 apiece for mourning.
To my aunt Phillis Maria Kirke, for her care of myself &
wife, £30 a year. To my dau. Phyllis Byam, in case my
wife have no other child, £6000 at 21. If I leave a son,
then all my estate to him, & £4000 only to my dau. Phillis.
If I have no son, or one that dies under 21 & without issue,
all residue to my brother & godson Sam' Henry Warner.
£30 yearly to my dau. Phillis till 10, £100 a year till 21.
My good friends W"> & Thos. Tryon, M'' Thos. Smith,
attorney at law, of Coney Court, Gray's Inn, EdW Byam,
John Toralinson, & Stephen Blizard, Esq", Ex'ors &
Guardians, & £50 apiece. Witnessed by Geo. Clarke, John
Smith, Mary Baker.
Lydia Byam of Harding, co. Herts. Will dated 6 Oct.
1744; proved 28 March 1747 by Samuel Martin and
William Byam ; power reserved to Josiah Martin and
104
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Francis Byam. (64 Potter.) Imanumit Sabulla, my slave,
bequeathed to me by my late husband Hon. Edw'' Byam,
Esq. To my dau. Alice Freeman my coach & horse, plate,
linen, & furniture. My watch & chain to my granddau.
Lydia Martin, dau. of my son Josiah Martin. My grand-
son W'" Martin, sou of my deceased sou D'' Martin, having
been left very ill provided for, I give for him all residue in
trust at 16 to my son Sam^ Martin. If he die, then to my
grandson Geo. Byam, then to my grandson John Byam.
My 4 sons Sam' Martin, Josiah Martin, W'" Byam, &
Francis Byam, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Rhoda Morland,
Samuel Martin, jun.
William Byam of Antigua, now of London. Will dated
23 April 1747 ; proved 26 Nov. 1755 by Samuel Byam,
Esq., the nephew ; power reserved to Francis Byam, Samuel
Martin, the brothers, and Edward Byam. (278 Paul.)
To my dear wife £500, i my furniture & linen, my coach
& horses. To my 3 younger children £2000 apiece at 21.
To my nephew John Byam £1000 at 21, & to be educated
out of my estate. To my nephew W" Martin, son of my
brother D"' Martin deceased, £200 at 21. My brothers
Francis Byam & Sam' Martin, my brother in law Edward
Byam, & my nephew Sam' Martin of the Inner Temple,
Ex'ors & Guardians, & £100 each. All residue to my P*
son Martin Byam. Witnessed by Thomas Johnson, Jos.
Jacob, Thomas Vocker.
Welthin Byam of Edmonton, co. Middlesex. Will dated
2 June 174!) ; proved 5 Feb. 1750 by Rev. William Smelt.
(35 Busby.) To M'' Ann Beijen of Edmonton my 2 shares
of the copper & brass wire works at Bristol, the furniture of
my room, & clothing. All residue to the Rev. M'' W™
Smelt of Edmonton, he sole Ex'or. Witnessed by William
Pritchard, Thomas Pritchard.
Lydia Byam of Antigua, spinster. Will dated 28 July
1749 ; proved 1 June 1751 by Rowland Fry, Esq. ; power
reserved to Samuel Fry and Samuel Redhead. (164 Busby.)
To my aunt Eliz. Frye £30 for mourning, & the same to
each of my brothers & sisters. To my sister Eliz. Byam
my negroe woman. To my dear Mother Henrietta Maria
Byam my negro woman Myrtilla & her 3 children, & all
residue. My uncles Rowland & Sam' Frye, Merchants in
London, & Sam' Redhead of Antigua, Gent., Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Elizabeth Home, Robert Yuille.
Dr. Slingsby Cressy. Will dated 6 Jan. 1752. All to
be sold to pay debts. £20 c. to my man serv* Edw* Cressy,
a free negro. Any remainder to my nephew Cressy Byam.
Rev. Sam' Byam Ex'or. Witnessed by Cath. Lybert, Mary
Langroom. Before John Tomlinson, Esq., was sworn Mary
Langroom 16 April 1752. Recorded 11 May 1752.
William Byam. Will dated 17 Oct. 1754. To my
nephew John Byam, youngest son of my brother George
Byam, £1000 s. My brothers F . . . . Byam & Sam'
Martin, my nephew Sam' Martin, & my kinsman John
Byam, Sen'', Ex'ors, & to each £100 s. All residue to my
P' sou Martin Byam. Witnessed by W" Clinton, John
Brown, Anne Browne. Recorded ....
Francis Byam, Clerk, M.A., Rector of St. John's, An-
tigua. Will dated 1 Oct. 1755; proved 3 Oct. 1771 by
John Johnson, a surviving Executor ; power reserved to
William Fauquier and Thomas Warner. (396 Trevor.)
To be buried in chancel of S' John's church on the North
side, & as a mason all the freemasons on the island to be in-
vited to the funeral, & to have each a pair of gloves, but no
scarves or hatbands to be used. To my dear wife Jane
the demi landau & chaise, my 2 horses Duke & Jumper, &
2 horse nets, my 2 negroes Quaco & Bentley, all cash in the
house, linen & furniture in the Easternmost chamber, my
silver coffee pot & salver, case of silver spoons, best tea table
& china, etc., & she is to give them to my dau. Grace Bynm
when mairied. To my son Edward Byam my gold watch &
seal, one of my gold headed canes, my negro boy Sam, &
horse Meggot. To my son W'" Byam my other gold headed
cane & diamond ring. To my son Ashton Warner Byam
all my books. To my son John Byam a gold medal of the
Dnke of Cumberland. To my dau. Grace Byam my negro
girl Phosbe. To my son Rich* Scott Byam his brother
Edward's silver watch & 6 guineas for a seal. All residue
to be sold, & proceeds into 7 parts for my wife & my 6
children at 21. My wife & my brothers W™ Fauquier, &
John .Johnson, & my good friend M'' Thos. Warner, Ex'ors
& Guardians. Before His Excellency Geo. Thomas were
sworn Benj" Walker & Christopher Ceely 7 Oct. 1762. Re-
corded also at Antigua 7 Oct. 1762.
Anne Byam of Antigua, widow of William Byam, Esq.
Will dated 20 May 1756. To my 1" son Martin Byam
£100 & my large silver moulet. To my sons Edw^ &
W™ Byam £200 apiece. To my said son Edward 3 negroes.
To my 1=' dau. Ann 3 negroes. To my youngest dau. Alice
2 negroes. All residue to my said 2 daus. Sam' Martin,
Sen'', Francis Byam, John Byam, Esq., Ex'ors, and give
them each a 40s. ring. Witnessed by John Killian, Samuel
H. Warner, Josiah Martin. Before Thos. Jarvis, Esq.,
appeared John Killian, Gent., & W"" Morson, merchant,
and were sworn 10 April 1780.
Codicil. Dated 24 Nov. 1779. To my dau. Anne
Wyke, Widow of Anthony Wyke, late of Montserrat, Esq.,
& to my dau. Alice, now wife of Sam' Eliot of Antigua,
Esq., 4 negroes. Witnessed by Ann Warner, Margaret
Gunthorpe. Before Tho. Jarvis, Esq., appeared Ann
Warner of Antigua, widow, and was sworn 10 April 1781.
Recorded 28 Mav 1781.
Jane Byam of Antigua. Will dated 1 .Jan. 1758.
Whereas my husband & myself by deed of 21 Oct. 1754
conveyed to W"" Fauquier, John Johnson, W"" Byam, &
Tho. Warner, Esq''''% ^ of the estate of my father Edw"!
Warner, Esq., dec*, & the slaves in Barbados & Antigua on
Trust. I give all this my ^ to W"" Fauquier, John John-
son, & Tho. Warner on Trust. All residue to my children
equally. Trustees Ex'ors. Witnessed by Chris'' Ceeley,
Benj" Walker, Jane Osborne. Before Governor Thomas
appeared Ch'' Ceeley and Benj° Walker 7 Oct. 1762. Re-
corded 7 Oct. 1762.
Henry Byam of Antigua, Minister of St. John's. Will
dated 5 Jan. 1758. My brothers Edwi, John, & Willoughby
Byam, with Charles Wager Man, Rob' Gray, Esq., & my
wife Hester Byam, Ex'ors. To my son Henry Byam 4
negroes. All residue to my wife, son, & daus. Mary, Ann,
& Hester equally. To be buried at the church of Fitches
Creek near my brother in law John Gunthorpe & in the
same grave with my son Edw*.
Codicil. Dated 1 June 1760. As Rob* Gray & Chas.
Wager Man are both dead, I leave as Ex'ors my brother-in-
law W"' Gunthorpe & John Watkins, Esq. Defore Governor
Thomas appeared Rowland Ash, Esq., and Rowland Otto-
Bayer, Esq., and were sworn 1 Oct. 1760. Recorded 6 Oct.
1760.
BYAM FAMILY.
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Samuel Byam of Antigua. Will dated 19 Nov. 1761.
To my brother & sisters Thos., Eliz., Jane Georgiana, &
Mary Fauquier £300 c. each at IS. All my books to my
cousin Ashton Byam. All my plantations in Antigua to
my father W™ Fauquier, Esq., & my good friends Stephen
Blizard, Esq., & Thos. "Warner, Esq., in Trust for my sister
Phillis Wollaston for her life, then to her 1*' son, his heirs,
etc., & in default of issue to my brother Thos. Fauquier,
my sister Eliz. Fauquier, Jane Georgiana Fauquier, & Mary
Fauquier. If a dan. should inherit, she to pay £0000 to the
other dans. All residue to the children of my sister Eliz.
(? Phillis) Wollaston (e.xcept an l^t son). My father W"^
Fauquier, & my brother D"' Charlton Wollaston, & Stephen
Blizard, Esq., Thos. Warner, Esq., Ex'ors, & £50 apiece.
Witnessed by Wm Gunthorpe, Arch'' Gloster (D'). Before
O-overnor Thomas appeared W" Gunthorpe of Antigua,
Esq., and was sworn 7 Oct. 17G2.
Codicil. Dated 1!) Nov. 1761. I have entered into
contract of marriage with Eliz"' Shephard of Antigua,
Spinster, a dan. of Thos. Shephard & Eachael his wife,
which said Thos. Shephard has been dead some time. I
give her £600. Before Governor Thomas appeared W"
Gunthorpe of Antigua, Esq., and was sworn 7 Oct. 1762.
Recorded 7 Oct. 17G2.
John Byam of Antigua, planter. Will dated 4 Nov.
1762. To be buried on the land I purchased of D'' Francis
Jarvis & his wife Barbara. To Miss Eliz. Thomas, dau. of
His Excellency Geo. Thomas, Esq., 50 guineas, & to M''
Geo. Thomas his son 10 gs. To my Ex'ors Francis Farley,
W"' Warner, & AV"" Millar, Esq", 10 gs. each, likewise to
the wives of Mess™ Farley & Warner. To a negroe woman
Sarah, bought of M" Barbara Jarvis when she was wife of
M' Archibald Cochran, £20 yearly & my slaves Cordelia &
Africa, with my furniture & contents of cellars, land, &
houses in trust for her to my good friend M^'^Thos. Warner,
& after her death for my 4 mulatto children by the said
Sarah, named Jane, Eliz., Rebechah, & Mary. To my said
4 children all residue. Witnessed by Fra' Jarvis. Before
His Excellency Geo. Thomas was sworn Francis Jarvis,
Gent., 2 July 1763. Recorded 6 Sept. 1764.
Samuel Byam, Esq. Will dated 4 Oct. 1786. All
estate between my wife Eliz*'' & my dau. Lydia Byam, if my
dan. die without issue, then to Jane Kerby, dau. of Hon.
Edward Byam, Esq., Treasurer of Antigua, wife of Thos.
Norbury Kerby. My wife & dau., Edw* Byam, & Thos. N.
Kerby, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Thos. F. Wise, Francis
Brown, Michael Lea. Before His Excellency Thos. Shirley
was sworn Francis Brown 6 Nov. 1786. Recorded 2 Oct.
1787.
Edward Byam, jnn., of Cedar Hill, St. Peter's Parish,
Antigua, Esq. Will dated 7 June 1792. To my Mother
Martha Byam, now of Camberwell, Surrey, widow, £400 s.
yearly. To my brother Sam' Byam of University Coll., Ox-
ford, £1000 s. To my wife Christian Matilda £600 s. a
jear. To my son W^ Byam my estate in Antigua called
Cedar Hill, Upper & Lower Works, cattle, slaves, etc., & all
residue. My wife, Sam' Byam, Thos. Rogers, Thos. Red-
man Eodie of Liverpool, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Geo. Brow
Crump, attorney at law, Liverpool, John Osborne, James
Scott. Before Edw"" Byam, Esq., was sworn John Osborne
of Antigua, Gent., 3 June 1795.
Codicil. Dated 21 May 1795. To my 2'' son Edward
£3000 at 21 & maintenance till then. Recorded 3 June
1795.
Hon. Edward Byam of Antigua. Will dated 29 Jan.
1817. Release my son in law Hon. Thos. N. Kerby of
debt of £2300. To my sister M'^ Grace Ottley a lot of land
in Newgate Street & house on it, & £100 c. Freedom to a
negroe & her 3 children. All residue to my dau. Jane
Kerby ; if she be dead, then to my granddau. Anne Byam
Kerby. My said son in law Ex'or. Witnessed by Pat.
Doig, Meade H. Daniell, David Aird.
Codicil. Dated 2 Jan. 1817. Before 'His Excellency
Major-General Geo. Ramsay was sworn Dr. Meade H.
Daniell 13 Feb. 1817. Recorded ....
Close Roll, 28 Geo. IL, Part 1, Nos. 15 and 16.
Indenture made the 4th Feb. 1754 between Edward
Byam, late of Antigua, but now of the parish of St. Andrew's,
Holborn, Esq., and Lydia his wife, of the one part, and
John Byam of Antigua, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth
that in consideration of 5.s. Edward Byam and Lydia his
wife grant and convey to John Byam all that plantation in
Guana Island near unto Antigua, containing 211 acres ....
and now in the possession of Edward Byam and Lydia ....
bounded N., E., and S., with the sea, and W. with the lands of
Edward Evanson .... and all negro, mulatto, and other
slaves .... and all cattle .... for one whole year ....
Louis Russell, Gray's Inn, Chris. Toomes, witnesses ....
No. 15.
Indenture made the 5th Feb. 1754 between the above
witnesseth that for barring and destroying all estates tail
and remainders, and all right of dower of Lydia .... and
in consideration of 5s Edward Byam and Lydia his
wife grant and confirm to John Byam .... in his actual
possession being .... all that plantation .... (as in No.
10) in trust for Edward Byam and his assigns for ever ....
and Edward Byam and Lydia his wife constitute Harry
Webb and Charles Wager Mann, Esquires, of Antigua, their
Attorneys ....
Close Roll, 7 Geo. III., Part 14, Nos. 13 and 14.
Indenture made 1st May 1767 between Edward Byam,
late of Antigua, Esq., but now of Bath, of the one part, and
Henry Wilmot of Bloomsbury Square, Esq., of the other
part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s. Edward Byam
hath bargained, etc., to Henry Wilmot all that plantation in
the parish of St. Peter and division of Old North Sound,
Antigua, containing 500 acres, bounded eastward by the
lands of John Vernon, Esq., deceased, westward with the
lands of Sir George Thomas, Bart., and Rowland Otto-
Baijer, Esq., deceased, south with the Great Eastern and
Western Line, and north with the sea ( ?) and lands of Row-
land Blackman, Esq., .... together with all negros .... for
one whole year, yielding therefore the rent of one peppercorn
if demanded .... and Edward Byam appoints Thomas
Warner, Esq., and Ashton Warner Byam, Esq., both of
Antigua, his Attorneys.
(This is the Cedar Hill plantation.)
No. 13.
Indenture made 2nd May 1707 between Edward Byam
etc., of the one part, and Henry Wilmot, etc., of the other
part, witnesseth that for docking and destroying all estates
tail and remainders, etc., and in consideration of 5s., and
for divers other good causes and valuable considerations,
Edward Byam hath bargained, etc., to Henry Wilmot (as
above) to the use of Edward Byam and his heirs and to no
other use whatever .... John Lancaster, Pal. Henry
Allott, witnesses.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Close EoU, 30 Geo. III., Part 5, Nos. 2 and 3.
Indenture made the 2-2nd April 1700 between Martin
Byam of Antigua, now residing in Bath, Esq., and Alexander
Willock of Broad Street Buildings, merchant, of the one
part, and James Kirkpatrick, John Kirkpatrick, and Joseph
Kirkpatrick, of the Isle of Wight, bankers and co-partners,
and William Parsons of New Bond Street, Esq., of the other
part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s Martin Byam
and Alexander Willock grant and convey to John, James,
and Joseph Kirkpatrick and William Parsons all that
plantation of Martin Byam in the division of New North
Sound and parish of St. George, Antigua, containing 517
acres .... bounded E. with the sea, W. with the plantation
called " Paynters," N. with the lands late of Samuel Byam,
Esq., deceased, and S. with the lands late of John Gun-
thorpe, Esq., deceased .... and also the dwelling house
.... aud all slaves, cattle, and horses, etc., particularly
mentioned in a schedule .... Ijeing the same plantation
and slaves, etc., which in Indentures of the 8th and 9th
March 1782 were conveyed and assured to Alexander Wil-
lock as therein mentioned .... for one whole year ....
Schedule (names given), 142 men, 134 women, 54 oxen,
cows, and bulls, 8 calves, 7 mules, and 6 horses. Ambrose
Weston, William Hayward, his clerk, witnesses.
No. 2.
Indenture of three parts made the 23rd April 1790
between Martin Byam .... and Elizabeth his wife of the
Ist part, Alexander Willock of the 2nd part, and John,
James, and Joseph Kirkpatrick .... and William Parsons
.... of the 3rd part. Whereas by Indentures made the
2nd and 3rd Aug. 1765 the release tripartite between
Martin Byam of the 1st part, Ann Byam of Antigua, widow
(a relict of William Byam, then late of Antigua, deceased),
of the 2nd part, and John Banister and James Hammond of
London, merchants, of the 3rd part, it is witnessed that in
consideration of £4600 paid to Martin and Ann Byam ....
Martin Byam did grant, etc., to John Banister and James
Hammond a plantation then of Martin Byam in the
division of New North Sound, Antigua .... subject to the
payment of whatever should be found due from William
Byam, deceased, to the Executors of John Guuthorpe, then
late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, with interest at 6 per cent,
from the date of the Indenture .... with proviso of re-
demption on the payment by Martin Byam of tlie said
principal sum and interesc at the times mentioned, and long
since past .... and whereas by Indentures made the 30th
Nov. and 1st Dec. 1768, the release being quadrapartite
between John Banister and James Hammond of the 1st
part, Martin Byam of the 2nd part, Ann Byam of the 3rd
part, and Edward Warner and Godschall Johnson of London,
merchants, of the 4th part, after reciting the last recited
Indentures, and taking notice there remained due to John
Banister and James Hammond the said principal sum, all
interest having been paid, aud that Martin Byam had
requested Edward Warner aud Godschall Johnson to pay it,
and they had agreed to do so upon having security, it is
witnessed that in consideration of £4600 .... John Banister
and James Hammond at the request of Martin Byam did
convey to Edward Warner and Godschall Johnson all that
plantation .... (subject as before) .... and whereas by
Indentures made the 8th and 9th March 1782 between God-
flchall Johnson (who had survived Edward Warner) of the
one part aud Alexander Willock, then of Craven Street,
Esq., of the other part, after reciting the before recited
Indentures, and taking notice that Edward Warner had de-
parted this life, and Martin Byam and Godschall Johnson
had settled all accounts in respect of the said principal sum,
but there remained due to Godschall Johnson £9539 4s. lie?.,
which sum had been paid by Alexander Willock at the
request of Martin Byam, and Alexander Willock had re-
quested him to convey, etc., the said plantation .... it is
witnessed that in consideration of 10s and at the re-
quest of Martin Byam .... Godschall Johnson did grant to
Alexander Willock all that plantation, etc., .... and whereas
there is now due to Alexander Willock by virtue of the said
mortgage and on several other securities .... the full sum
of £10,000 and upwards, and he has applied to Martin
Byam to pay him, but it being at present inconvenient ....
Martin Byam has applied to James, John, and Joseph Kirk-
patrick and William Parsons to lend him £10,000 .... and
James, John, and Joseph Kirkpatrick have agreed to lend
£5000, and William Parsons the remaining £5000, and for
securing the payment Martin Byam has become bound to
them in the two penal sums of £10,000 .... Now this
Indenture witnesseth that for barring all estates, tail and
remainders .... and all title of dower of Elizabeth Byam,
and in consideration of £10,000 paid to Alexander Willock,
at the request of Martin Byam, and of 10s. each ....
Martin Byam and Elizabeth his wife grant, etc., and
Alexander Willock confirms, etc., to James, John, and
Joseph Kirkpatrick and William Parsons in their possession
being .... all that plantation, etc., etc. (as in No. 3), with
proviso of redemption on payment of the £10,000 and
interest on the 22nd Dec. next ensuing .... free from all
incumbrances .... except an annuity of £350 cur. payable
to ... . Byam (. . . . of Martin Byam) for her life, and
charged on the plantation .... and except a legacy of
£1500 ster. beqireathcd to William Byam (brother of
Martin) by the last will of William Byam, deceased (father
of Martin) .... and except four several sums of £1000 by
virtue of four bonds dated the 25th June 1766 made and
entered into by Anthony Wyke, formerly of Montserrat,
Esq., and Martin Byam to Anthony Hodges, Esq., and
which have been assigned to Alexander Willock, and are
now a subsisting charge on the plantation .... and e.xcept
the sum of £2830 13s. on a bond dated the 13th May 1767
made by Martin Byam to William Gunthorpe, Esq
and a judgment obtained thereupon .... and assigned to
Alexander Willock .... being the said debt due to the
Executors of John Gunthorpe, deceased, all which bonds,
etc., are intended to be assigned, together with a judgment
obtained in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas,
Antigua, by Thomas Kidder against Martin Byam for
£705 Is. id. sterling, to Ambrose Weston and James
Weston of Fenchurch Street, Gentlemen, by an Indentm-e
already prepared of equal date between Martin Byam of the
1st part, Alexander Willock of the 2nd part, James, John,
aud Joseph Kirkpatrick and William Parsons of the 3rd
part, and Ambrose Weston and James Weston of the 4th
part .... in trust for the better securing the repayment of
the £10,000 .... Martin Byam meantime peaceably to
enjoy .... and lastly Martin Byam nominates Thomas
Fairbairn, Langford Lovell, Daniel Hill the elder, Henry
Benskin Lightfoot, and John Gray of Antigua, Esquires, to
be his Attorneys ....
1611, March 29. Henry Byam, Clerk, of the parish of
Luckham, in co. Somerset, and Susanna Fleeke of Maker.
Robert Downe of St. Paul, Exeter, with said Mr. Henry
Biam in £200. (Exeter Marriage Licenses.)
.... Byam, 200 acres at Willoughby Bay, land formerly
granted to Richard Wilkins of London. Surveyed 20
March 1664.
Lease of Colonel William Byam's plantation and in-
ventory, 17 men, 17 women, and 24 children, 26 Aug. 1672.
(Surveyor's book.)
By the Hon. Valentine Russell, President of H.M.
Council, Captain William Byam and Mr. Edward Byam,
BY AM FAMILY.
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with consent of Colonel Philip "Warner, trustee of the late
Colonel William Byam, petition to divide the estate. Com-
mission to Captain Archiljald Gockrau and Mr. John Morris
for Captain William Byam and Major William Barnes and
Mr. Samuel Winthrop for Mr. Edward Byam to divide,
dated 15 March, 32 Charles II. Plantation of 532 acres.
Edward Byam not 21. 24 March lU7i)-80, divided
accordingly.
Captain Willoughby Byam 80 acres and two proportions
of land granted 17 Jan. 1G81.
" Edward Byam, late of Castlegones, in the county of
Cork, clerk, son of Laurence Byam. The said first-
mentioned Edward took to wife Elizabeth, daughter of
Anthony Eaglesfield of ... . Somersetshire in the kingdome
of England, by whom he had issue six sons and five
daughters, viz., Laurence, eldest son ; William, second ;
John, third ; Henry, fourth ; Barry, fiftii ; and Arthur,
sixth son. Sarah, eldest daughter ; Margaret, second ;
Elizabeth, third ; Joan, fourth ; and Anne, fifth ; all as
yett unmarried. The said finst-mentioned Edward departed
this mortall life at Kilwillin, in the said county, about the
6"' of June 1639, and was interred in the parish church of
Castle gone aforesaid. The truth of these premisses is testi-
fied by the subscription of the said Elizabeth, relict of the
said defunct, who hath returned the certificate into my olBce,
to be there recorded. Taken by Thomas Preston, esq.,
Ulvester King of Armes, the first of February IfiSO."
1703, Nov. 1. Samuel Phillips of Antigua, (lent., for
£580 c. paid by WiUiam Byam of Antigua, Gent., as a
marriage portion with my now wife Elizabeth, his sister.
Receipt. Recorded 28 Nov. 1704.
Indenture dated 10 Oct. 1711. Elizabeth Byam, widow
of Samuel Byam of Antigua, Esq., of the one part, and
Francis Carlile of Antigua, Gent., of the other. They sold
350 acres in 17 . . Release of all claims now for 5s. Wit-
nessed by William Byam and Henry Symes, Registrar.
In 1712 Edward Byam and William Byam were two out
of the four Colonels of Militia.
1712. Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas, An-
tigua. Elizabeth Byam widow and administratrix of
Samuel Byam, Esq.
1715-16, Mar. 18. Edward Byam, Esq., Lieut. -Governor,
states that he owns lands in New North Sound Division,
St. Peter's parish, of 428 acres, bounded N. with Francis
Carlile, John Bowen and Samuel Bowen, and Samuel Byam,
infant ; E. with Colonel John Lucie Blackman and Robert
Weir ; S. with Captain John Gunthrop and Johu Bowen,
John Painter, Francis Carlile, and James Duncan, which
were formerly the lands of Robert Oliver, deceased, also an
island of 2 acres, and petitions for a patent.
William Byam, Esq., states that he owns a plantation in
Old North Sound Division and in St. Peter's parish of 460
acres, bounded E. with Captain John Vernon, deceased,
S. with the E. and W. line, W. with Hon. Colonel
William Thomas and Captain John Otto-Baijer, N. with
Colonel John Lucie Blackman and the sea, 516 paces
E. and W. by 1690 paces N. and S., also lands on
Guana Island of 209 acres, W. with Robert Hillman,
deceased, and the sea. Petition for patent, which is
granted.
Edward Byam's patent refers to Martin Byam's or
Fitche's Creek plantation, now owned by Hon. Arthur
Shand, Esq., which is in St. George's parish, and in 1852
contained 517 acres, and was then owned by Messrs. W.
and F. Shand. The island of 2 acres would be Cinnamon
Island.
William Byam's patent refers to the Cedar Hill Estate,
which in 1852 contained 452 acres, and was then owned by
WiUiam Byam, Esq. It has since been twice sold.
1716, June 28. Hon. Edward Byam, Esq., and Lydia
his wife, late wife of Samuel Martin, Esq., deceased, of one
part, and Samuel Martin of Antigua, Esq., son and heir of
said Samuel Martin ; they release dower for 40,000 lbs.
yearly.
1722, Aug. 30. William Byam of Christ College, Cam-
bridge, gent., son and heir of William Byam of Antigua,
America, Esq. (Foster's ' Gray's Inn Admission Registers.')
1728-9, Jan. 4. Edward Byam, eldest son of William
Byam of the Isle of Antigua, Esq. {Ibid.)
On fragment of a deed endorsed Edward Byam to
William Byam .... discharge of all debts .... pay two
hogsheads to poor of St. Peter's .... pay maintenance and
portions to his children Edward Byam, Francis Carlile, and
Samuel Win ....(? Winthrop) shall after said portions, etc.,
are paid transfer the said plantations .... (Probably re-
corded 1733.)
1737, March 31. Samuel Byam is sworn a Member of
Council. His mandamus dated 12 April 1735.
1737, July 24. Willoughby Byam petitions for a Mcence
to practise medicine and surgery, which is granted on 1st
Feb.
1738, May 13. Edward Byam going to Northern
Colonies is given twelve months' leave.
1738-9, March 1. Edward Byam, jun., resigns his seat.
" My Lords, — There remaining in this Island but six
members of His Majesty's Council by the Death of Samuel
Byam, Esq', to make up the Number seven I have sworn as
a member of that Board The Reverend M'' Francis Byam,
son to the Lieutenant Governour, a Gentleman very worthily
esteemed by all that know him. — I am, with Greatest
Respect, My Lords, Your Lordships' most obedient, Humble
servant,
William Mathew.
Antigua, 3 March 1738-9.
Right Hon*"'^ Lords Commissioners for Trade, etc."
(55 B. T., No. 26, Leeward Islands.)
1739, April 26. Hon. Francis Byam, sworn J. P.
1740-1, March 10. Lieut.-Governor Edward Byam,
dead. (No. 27, B. T. Leeward Islands, p. 47.)
Edward Byam to be Member of Council I'ire Edward
Byam, deceased. {Ibid., p. 49, and B. T., Vol. 55,
p. 208.)
1742, May 17. At the Court of Kensington. Edward
Byam, great- nephew of Governor Edward Byam, deceased,
to be of the Council of Antigua vice the said Governor
Edward Byam, deceased.
1742, Dec. 15. Edward Byam, Esq., his mandamus as
Member of Council vice Lieut.-Governor Edward Byam, de-
ceased, was dated 7 May 1742, he is also sworn a J. P.
1743, Nov. 4. Henry Byam is licensed to practise
medicine and surgery.
1750, March 29. Rev. Francis Byam having returned
to the Island is re-appointed Member of Council.
1750, April 12. Hon. Edward Byam resigns as Member
of Council.
1755, March 4. John Byam of Antigua, bachelor.
Adm'on to Henrietta Maria Byam, widow, the mother.
1763, Oct. 6. Ashton Warner Byam of Peterhouse
College, Cambridge, gent. (Foster's ' Gray's Inn Admission
Registers.')
1768, Dec. 15. Petition of James Frampton of More-
ton, CO. Dorset, Esq. ; Phillis Frampton his wife (late
Phillis Wollaston, widow of Dr. Charlton Wollaston), only
sister of Samuel Byam of Antigua, Esq., deceased, on behalf
of Phillis Byam Wollaston and Charlton Wollaston, her
children ; William Fauquier of Stratton Street, Piccadilly,
Esq., for himself and Jane Gcorgiana Fauquier and Mary
Fauquier his two infant daughters, Thomas Fauquier his
son, and Elizabeth Fauquier, spinster, his daughter ; Stephen
Blizard and Thomas Warner, for leave to bring in a Bill
to sell the Byam estates. (Minutes of Assembly, B. T.,
vol. 27.)
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THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
Indenture dated 21 Feb. 1770 between Martin Byam,
late of Antigua, now of Bond Street, St. George's, Hanover
Square, Esq., of the one part, and Sir Thomas Frankland of
Bond Street, Bart. The latter has agreed for the purchase
of annuities of £100 during the life of William Frankland,
one of his sons, also for an annuity of £100 duriug the life
of Roger Frankland, another son. Is to pay for the same
£2000 sterling, charged on a plantation of New North
Sound, St. George's parish, of 514 acres, bounded south
with lands of John Gunthorpe, Esq., deceased.
Elizabeth Byam now of Kinsale, Ireland, wife of Martin
Byam of Kinsale, late of Antigua, Esq. She was a dan. of
Stephen Blizard of Antigua, but last of Great Britain, Esq.,
deceased, and formerly the widow of William Warner, late
of Antigua, Esq., deceased. Stephen Blizard's will was
dated 22 .July 1772, and a codicil dated 10 May 1776. He
gave Elizabeth and William AVaruer £2000 c. as a marriage
portion. Elizabeth was then married to Martin Byam, and
had given her £2000 more and her share of his personal
estate and one-fifth of his real estate. She now appoints
Samuel Elliott and Andrew Lesley of Antigua, Esquires,
her Attorneys, dated 15 .... 1778. Recorded, Lib. M.,
Dec. 1778.
Indenture dated 11 June 1778. Edward Byam of An-
tigua, Esq., lease for a year to Godschal Johnson of London,
Esq., of half of a plantation.
1791, June 16. Before Hon. John Nugent, Com-
missioner-in-Chief, Dr. Richard Scott Byam renounces
execution of will of late Dr. John Aird of Antigua, but last
of Stirling.
The Governoi' writes, 1 April 1813, that President
Edward Byam is 74 and feeble.
There is an account of the Byams in the ' Gentleman's
Magazine,' 1819 and 1848.
Edward S. Byam published two notices of his family,
one in 1854, styled a ' Chronological Memoir of the Revs.
H. J. and E. Byam,' 12mo., and in 1862 a second edition, 4to.
For other references vide Marshall's ' Genealogical Guide.'
residue of the money, arising by such sale, in the purchase
of land and hereditaments, in that part of Great Britain
called England, to be settled to the uses of the will of the
said Samuel Byam. Dated 23rd Oct. 1769.
Local Acts.
No. 36. Private. An Act empowering and enabling
Willoughby Byam for himself and liis brother Edward to
sell and dispose of a certain plantation at Willoughby Bay
for the better paying and discharging his father's debts and
legacies. Dated 8th Jan. 1670.
No. 226. An Act to empower John Tomlinson of the
Island of Antigua, Esq., one of the E.xecutors of Samuel
Byam, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, and in case of the
death of the said John Tomlinson, to empower the other
acting Executors of the said Samuel Byam, or the survivors
of them, or the Executors or Administrators of the survivor
of them, to sell certain lands and tenements in Antigua, and
the reversion of certain slaves being in Antigua which were
belonging to the said Samuel Byam at his death, for and
towards payment of the Debts of the said Samuel Byam.
No. 227. An Act for the sale of part of the real estate,
late of Samuel Byam, Esq., deceased, situate in this Island,
for and towards the payment of his Debts. Dated 31st May
1742.
No. 230. An Act for the sale of certain lands, tene-
ments, and slaves in this Island, late of George Byam,
merchant, deceased ; and for placing out at interest the
money arising by such sale in the Public Funds, or in
Government Securities, or upon real securities in this Island.
Dated 17th Jan. 1743.
No. 318. Private. An Act for vesting the plantation
or estate, late of Samirel Byam, Esq., deceased, situate in
the parish of St. George, in the Island of Antigua, with the
live and dead stock thereunto belonging, in trustees, to be
sold for the Payment of his Debts, and for laying out the
From the ' Gentleman's Magazine.'
1735, Dec. Samuel Byam, merchant, to Miss Grace
Warner, of Eltham, Kent.
1742, June Fouquear, Esq., of Charterhouse-
square, to Mrs. Byam, a Widow Lady of a plentiful Estate.
1756, Jan. 20. Hon. William Byam, Esq., one of the
Council of Antigua.
1757. Rev. U'' Byam of Antigua, in his jjassage from
thence. (False intelligence, V.L.O.)
1783, Oct. 21. Ashton Warner Byam, esq,, apjjointed
attorney-general of Grenada.
1789, Ashton Warner Byam, esq., attorney-general
of Grenada, Knighted.
Sir Ashton Wai-ner Byam, Knt., of Peterhouse, Cam-
bridge, and attorney-general of Grenada, admitted B.A.
1790, Dec. 25. At Jamaica, Sir Ashton Byam, attorney-
general of that island. (Jamaica, error for Grenada, V. L. 0.)
1791, April. At Clifton church, Hotwells, Bristol,
Edw. Byam, esq., of Cedar-hill in the island of Antigua, to
Miss Christiana Matilda Ryan of the city of Dublin.
(P. 380.)
1795, Sept. At Antigua, iu his 29'" year, Edward
Byam, esq., of Cedar-hill, a member of the assembly in that
island.
1803, Feb. 22. In Manchester-street, the wife of the
Rev. Samuel Byam, a daughter. (P. 281.)
1804, Aug. 5. At Weymouth, the wife of the Rev.
Samuel Byam, a son. (P. 782.)
1805, Aug. 21. At Seaford, Sussex, W™ Fowler, esq.,
of the 11"' Lt. Dragoons, to Juliana, you. dau. of Wm.
Byam, esq., of Autigua. (P. 773.)
1810, Jan 24. In Camden-street, Camden town, Mrs.
Rebecca Byam, the lady of Edward Byam, esq., president of
his Majesty's Council, Antigua. (P. 286.)
1810, May. Rev. Dr. Byam of University college, Ox-
ford, chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. (Preferment.)
(P. 483.)
1817, Feb. 8. At Antigua, in his 77'" year, Hon. Ed-
ward Byam, Judge of the Court of Vice-admiralty, President
of his Majesty's Council, and a Brigadier-general in the
West Indies. More than 50 years of his life were devoted
to public duties .... He is succeeded by the Hon. T.
Norman {sic) Kerby. (P. 374, Part. I.)
1819, Aug. 11. At Gloucester-place, Portman-square,
the wife of Edwai-d S. Byam, esq., a son. (P. 367.)
1820, May 16. At Brussels, Augustus Baron Firks of
Mittan, in Courland, to Cornelia, dau. of late Rev. Sam.
Byam, D.D. (P. 635.)
1820, Dec. 29. The Hon. Miles John Stapleton, sou of
Lord Le Despencer, to Anne Byam, dau. of the Hon. T.
Norbury Kerby, deceased, and grand-daughter of the Hon.
Edward Byam, deceased, both late of the island of Antigua.
(P. 634.)
1826, Sept. 16. Durham. At Eggleston Hall, aged 63,
Wm. Hutchinson, esq., a Justice of the Peace, and formerly
High Sheriff and Vice-Lieut, of the County. On the
following morning, aged 52, Mary his wife, dau. of the late
M. Byam, esq., of Antigua. (P. 379.)
1829, Feb. 2. At Dorchester, aged 93, Phillis, widow
of James Frampton, esq., of Moreton. She was the sole
daughter and heiress of Samuel Byam of Antigua, esq., and
was married 1st, in Feb. 1758, to Charlton Wollaston,
M.D., F.R.S., and uncle to Dr. Wollaston, recently deceased.
She was left a widow in 1764, with one son, Charlton Byam
BYAM FAMILY.
109
Wollaston, esq., afterwards a barrister in tlie iliddle
Temple, and a daughter, married to Evelyn Shirley, esq.
She was married, secondly, to Mr. Frampton, and by that
gentleman, who died in 1784, had a son, the present James
Frampton, esq, of Morton, and a daughter. (See the Diary
and Letters of Mary Frampton.) (P. 187.)
1834, Jan. G. At Catisfield House, near Fareham,
Hants, the lady of Lieut. -Col. E. Byam, a dau. (P. 220.)
1836, April 22. At the vicarage, Kew, M. Byam, esq.,
late of B3'ams, Antigua. (P. 67fi.)
1838, Nov. 26. At Kensington, aged G2, 'William
Henry Byam, esq., a Post Captain, R.N. This officer was
the only son of Lieut. Edward Byam, R.N., who perished in
the Ville de Paris (grandson of the Hon. Edward Byam,
Governor of Antigua), by a daughter of William Gunthorpe,
esq., of Antigua. He was born in London Feb. 16 1776,
etc., Lieut. R.N. 1795, Commander 1804, Post Captain
1811. He married Oct. 11, 1813, his first cousin, Alicia,
daughter of the late Hon. Anthony Wyke, Judge of the
Vice-Admiralty Court of Montserrat. (P. 318, 1839.)
1839, Nov. 10. At the Cape of Good Hope, aged 33,
Capt. Adolphus E. Byam, E.I.C. Horse Art. Mil., Secretary
to the Resident at Hyderabad, second son of the late Rev.
D' Byam (p. 333), i.e. Samuel Byam, D.D., rector of Wyke
Regis, CO. Dorset, and Chaplain to Geo. iii. (P. 435.)
1847, Jan. 20. At Warblington Lodge, the residence
of her sou. Col. Edward Byam, aged 78, Christiana Matilda
Byam of Byam House, Brighton, widow of Edward Byam,
esq., of Cedar Hill, Antigua. (P. 330.)
Matriculations, Oxford University.
Coll : Exon., June 10, 1597. Henricus Byam, Somerset.
Ministri verbi Dei Eilius, setat 17.
Coll: Exon., Oct. 12, 1599. Joannes Biam, Somerset.
Ministri, Filius, tetat 16.
Coll: Exon., Oct. 31, 1600. Edwardus Byam.
Coll: Reginfe 1729, Junii 18. Sam. Byam, set. 17,
Sam Filius de Insula, Antegoa, Arm. Fil.
Coll : Uuiversitatis, 1788, Jannarii 24, Samuel Byam,
18 Gulielmi de Milford Haven, com. Pern. Arm. Fil.
1704
1730
July
17
1731
15
1733
April 10
1734
May
31
1735
Feb.
13
1740
Jan.
30
1741 Dec.
1744 June 9
1752 Jan. 27
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
George s. of Coll. Edw'' Byam & Lydia
his wife.
Mary the D. of George Byam & Henrietta
his wife.
EUzabeth the D. of George Byam & Hen-
rietta his wife.
Henriett Maria D. of George Byam &
Henrietta his wife.
George s. of George Byam & Henrietta
his wife.
Sarah theD. of M''Edward ByamandLydia
his wife.
Edward the s. of the Rev. M-^ Fran= Byam
and Jane his wife. B. the 21" of
December 1740.
William the s. of the Rev. M'' Francis
Byam and Jane his wife. B. 23'' of
November last.
Ashton Warner the s. of the Honble. &
Rev. M'' Byam and Jane his wife,
who was b. the 1" instant.
Grace Johnson the D. of the ReV M''
Francis Byam and Jane his wife, b. the
1 day of January last.
1753 Dec. 24 Richard Scot the S. of the Rev" M' Fran-
cis Byam and Jane his wife, b. the 20"'
of Dec 1753.
1754 Sept. 15 Hester the D. of Doc>- Henry Byam &
Hester his wife.
1768 Jan. 27 Lydia D. of Samuel Byam and Elizabeth
his wife.
1806 Nov. 19 George Watkins S. of Richard Byam and
Frances his wife. B. the 7"" October
last.
1806 April 6 Ashton Burke S. of Richard Byam and
Elizabeth his wife. B. the 12"' Janu-
ary last.
1808 May 13 Mary JIatilda D. of Richard Byam and
Frances his wife. B. the 12"* March
last.
1825 June 15 B. Aug. 29 1821, Martha Anne d. of
William & Martha Byam, Cedar Hill,
Esquire ; & B. June 30, 1823, Edward
Ganiage S. of ditto.
Harried.
W™ Byam & Mary Sampson, widow.
Coll. Edw" Byam & Lydia Martin.
Edward Morgan & Sarah Byam.
Thomas Sheppard and Eliz" Byam. L.
Francis Byam & Jane Warner, by y" Rev"
M'' Charles Rose.
Anthony Wyke to Ann Byam. L.
Thomas Ottley to Grace Johnson Byam.
L.
Martin Byam to Elizabeth Warner,
Widow. L.
Richard Byam, junior, to Elizabeth
Burke, Spinster. L.
Richard Byam to Frances Watkins,
Spinster. L.
Buried.
1758 Jan. 10 Jane Byam.
1761 Nov. 20 Samuel Byam.
1771 Jan. 31 W™ Byam, A Child.
1790 Dec. 26 Sir Ashton Warner
General of Grenada.
1701
Oct.
30
1703
. . • .
22
1710
Mar.
12
1730
Aug.
8
1738
Jan.
2
1763
Jan.
13
1768
Mar.
3
1775
Nov.
2
1804
May
24
1805
Dec.
18
Byam, Attorney
Parish Register of St. Philip.
3Iar7ied.
1748 June 21 Joseph Lyons to Mary Byam.
1776 Sep. 5 Archibald Dow & Martha Byam, Spinster.
Baptized.
1794 Feb. 8 Edward s. of Edward Byam & . . . .
wife.
1832 Mar. 18 Christina Elizabeth d. of William &
Martha Byam, Cedar Hill, Member of
Council.
Buried.
1749 Aug. 6 Lydia Byam.
1774 June 26 William Byam.
1837 Aug. 26 William Byam (Mercers' Creek), S' Ste-
phen's chapel at ease, 60.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Buried.
1726 Nov. 25 Alice D. of y" Hon. Coll. William Byam.
(Vol. 19, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1765 Dec. . . Will-" Byam.
110
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1817 May 26 William, Infant S. of William Byam, Esq'',
of Cedar Hill, on the Estate, by licence.
Kemoved to Fitch's Church Yard.
Harried.
1815 Feb. 8 William Byam, Esq', and Martha Rogers,
Spinster, at Cedar Hill. L.
Baptized.
1820 Oct. 15 Lydia D., b , & Edward S., b ,
of the Honourable William Byam, Esq'',
and Martha his wife, at Cedar Hill.
1827 Mar. 25 Thomas Rogjers S. of William, Martha
Byam, Cedar Hill, Esquire.
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
Edward Byam, Esq', & Lydia Byam,
Spinster.
William Byam, Esq'', & Ann Gunthorpe,
Spinster.
Francis Byam & Jane Warner.
Warner Tempest and Mary Byam.
Samuel Elliot, Gentleman, & Alice Byam,
Spinster.
Edward Byam, Merchant, and Rebecca
Blizard, Spinster.
Samuel Byam, Esq'', and Elizabeth Shep-
hard. Spinster.
Major William Dundas, of His Majesty's
ti8 Regiment, and Mary Byam, Spinster.
Anthony Munton and Hester Byam,
Spinster.
The Honorable Thomas N. Kerby, Esq'',
and Jane Byam, Spinster.
Francis Shand, Esq., Batch., & Lydia
Byam, Sp', of S' Peter's. L. By Rob'
Holberton, Rector of S' John's.
Buried.
George Byam, Esq''.
Henrietta Byam, infant.
Samuel Byam.
The Hon'"'* Governour Byam.
Edward Byam.
Edward Byam, an Infant S. of the Re'?^
Henry Byam & Hester his wife.
Hester Byam, Widow of the Rev'' Henry
Byam, deceas'd.
George Byam, Esq.
Ann Byam.
Edward Byam, Jun'', from Cedar Hill.
Samuel Byam, from Martin Byam's, in
the Family Burying Ground in Fitche's
Creek Church Yard.
Christiana T). of William Byam, Esq'', of
Cedar Hill, & Martha his wife, 2^ years
old.
Edward, Infant S. of The Honorable Wil-
liam Byam, from Cedar-hill, in the
Family Burying Place in Fitch's Church-
yard.
Baptized.
Samuel ye S. of ... . Byam & Grace ....
Mary Gunthorpe D. of Henry & Hester
Byam, b. 9 November 1748.
Edward the .... lu'y Byam and .... his
wife. B. Aug' . . 1757.
William S. of William Byam & Martha his
wife, 3 days' old.
1734
Nov.
9
1735
June
19
1738
Jan.
2
1738
Mar.
12
1763
April 23
1763
July
7
1764
June
30
1771
Jan.
8
1781
Aug.
7
1784
June
10
1837
Mar.
16
1734 Nov. 13
1735-6 9
1738 Jan. 14
1741 Dec. 5
1745 May 30
1757 Dec. 13
1770 Feb. 19
1779 Nov. 7
1779 Dec. 4
1795 May 28
1814 Aug. 6
1818 Aug. 18
1820 Nov. 29
Lee, Co. Kent.
Married.
1742 May 24 Wm. Fauquier, of S' Sepulchre, Middx.,
Esq., and Grace Byham, of Eltham,
wid.
Petersham, Co. Surrey.
Buried.
1836 April 27 Martin W'" Byam, of Limehouse, age 52.
Bath Abbey.
Buried.
1569 Aug. 20 Joane Abyam w. of Thomas Abiam.
LuccoMBE Church, co. Somerset.
Mural monument ; above are the arras of Byam : —
Non procul hinc sub marmore congenito,
sepultum jacet corpus Henrici Byam :
ex antiquilTima Byamorum Familia oriundi,
Sacrofanctas Theologi» Doctoris insigniflimi,
hujus EcclefiiE, & proximo Selworthianse
Rectoris, Pastorisq vigilantiffimi,
Eccleflfe Cathedralis Esonienlis Canonici,
Ecclefifeq Wellenfis Prfebendarij,
SerenilliniEe Majestatis Caroli fecundi Regis
Capellani, et Concionatoris ordinarij :
nee non Ejufdem, sieviente ilia Tyrranide,
et semper eiecranda Phanaticorum Rebellione,
Terra mariq Comitis, Exnlisq limul.
Ex meliore Into ejus constructum corpus,
poft annos tandem octoginta et novem,
Anno falutis millelimo fexcentefimo fexagefimo nono,
morti non tam triumphanti, qnam invitanti, placide cellit ;
Sed extat ad hue, viri hujus optimi,
celebrius multo hoe, et ornatius monumentum ;
non marmore perituro, fed Typis exeratum
perpetuis, fcripta fcilicet, ejus planoe Divina :
ubi animi vires, et fummum ejus ingenij
acumen, intueberis, Qmul et miraberis.
Lugubrem hnnc lapidem, Honoris et RevereuticB indicem,
posuit Filius ejus obsequentiHiraus, Francifcus Byam.
Instauratum a nepotibus Maria & Cecilia Wood An'o D'ni
1713. I
Instauratum iteruni a.d. 1862 ob Honoris et Reverentioe
causam, a quibusdam ejusdem nominis et perantiquoe
Familoe : oriundis scilicet a fratre defuncti ;
Edwardo, de Litter et Castle Lyons in Hibernia
Rectore, Ecclesioe Cathedralis Clouensis Cautore
et Prebendario de Lismore.
Ille Edwardus Byam sepultus erat apud Castle Lyons A.D.
1689. I
1737 26
1749 May 14
1757
1817 Mar. 11
On a stone in Luccombe chancel : —
" Here lieth the Body of Henry Byam
who died 30 June 1669 aged 89 years."
A year under date of which he is mentioned at much
length by Echard in his ' History of England ' amongst
the nine worthies or remarkable persons whose loss the
country had that year to deplore or take notice of ; Queen
Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I., and the celebrated
Mark, Duke of Albemarle, being likewise included in that
number.
BYAM FAMILY.
Ill
St. George's, Fitches Creek.
In the Chancel on the south wall on a black and white
marble tablet : —
Crest :
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM BYAM, M.A.,
BARRISTER AT LAW,
(second son of THE HON. WILLIAM BYAM,
PRESIDENT OF H.M. COUNCIL OF THIS ISLAND)
WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER AT S'^ JOHNS,
JUNE SC" 1853, AGED 25 YEARS
HE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF GREAT PROMISE ;
HE GRADUATED AT CAMBRIDGE,
AS A MEMBER OF TRINITY COLLEGE,
B.A. IN 1849 — M.A. IN 1852,
ENTERED AT THE INNER TEMPLE IN 1845,
CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1850.
HE HAD RETUUNED FROM ENGLAND
TO SETTLE IN THIS HIS NATIVE ISLAND,
ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE BREAKING OUT
OF THE FATAL EPIDEMIC
WHICH REMOVED HIM FROM A COMMUNITY
THAT LAMENTED HIS EARLY LOSS
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY HIS SURVIVING PARENTS,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR MUCH LOVED SON,
AND AS A TRIBUTE TO WORTH,
DURING HIS SHORT BUT BRIGHT CAREER.
OCCIDIT, OCCIDIT,
SPES OMNIS ET FORTUNA NOSTRI NOMINIS.
Mural monument in Castle Lyons Church, Ireland, to
the Kev. Edward Byam, Precentor of Cloyne, Prebendary
of Lismore, Rector of Litter, etc., and Vicar of Castle
Lyons. Ancestor of the Byam. family of Antigua, including,
A.D. MDCCCLXiv, the present Sir William Byam, Rev.
Richard Burgh Byam, Lieut.-General Edward Byam, and
Edward S. Byam, Esq.
Crest of Byam over helmet. Arms of Byam impaling
.... three eagles displayed two and one, a crescent for
difference.
SACRED I TO THE MEMORY OF | THE REV" ED-
WARD BYAM MA I OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE : OXFORD |
SON OF THE REV° LAWRENCE BYAM, RECTOR OF | LUCCOMBE,
SOMERSET. — AND BROTHER OF THE | CELEBRATED HENRY
BYAM, D.D OF THE SAME PLACE. | HE MARRIED A.D. 1612
ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF THE | REV° ANTHONY EAGLES-
FIELD, RECTOR OF AVALTON, | AND PREBENDARY OF WELLS.
I ON RESIGNING THE VICARAGE OF DULVERTON | IN HIS
NATIVE COUNTY, SOMERSET. A.D. 1625 | HE BECAME VICAR
OF CASTLE LYONS AND | PRECENTOR OF CLOYNE, I HE
DIED AT KILWILLIN 6'^° JUNE 1639, IN THE 55'^" YEAR OF
HIS AGE, I AND WAS BURIED AT CASTLE LYONS. | HIS SONS
LAWRENCE & WILLIAM WERE COMMANDERS 05 | DISTINCTION
IN THE SERVICE OF KING CHARLES THE l^'^ \ BUT MORE
ESPECIALLY THE LATTER, WHO ROSE TO | GREAT EMINENCE
& WAS GENERAL OF GUIANA | & GOVERNOR, FIRST OF
SURINAM, & AFTERWARDS OF ANTIGUA, [ WHERE HE DIED
1670. I THIS TABLET WAS A.D 1864 RAISED TO THE MEMORY
I OF A RESPECTED ANCESTOR | BY THE REV" RICHARD
BURGH BYAM M.A. | a member of the council of
ANTIGUA I VICAR OF KEW & PETERSHAM, IN THE COUNTY
of surrey. I
In St. Peter's Church, Parham.
On a white marble slab on the north wall : —
IN memory OF
MARTHA, the much loved wife of sir william byam
KNIGHT, I
OF CEDAR HILL IN THIS PARISH, — PRESIDENT OF ANTIGUA.
SHE DIED MAY 8''''^ 1867, AT WESTWOOD, PARISH OF SOUTH-
STONEHAM SOUTHAMPTON, |
^TAT 78 YEARS, AND WAS BURIED IN THE ADJOINING
CEMETERY. |
ADMIRABLE IN THE RELATIONS OF LIFE AS A
" DUTIFUL DAUGHTER " — " AFFECTIONATE SISTER " —
" EXEMPLARY WIFE " — " FOND MOTHER " — |
" KIND MISTRESS " — " FIRM FRIEND " — " AND FAITHFUL
CHRISTIAN " I
This Tablet is erected by the mourning Partner of her joys
and sorrows. For a period of more than 52 Years,
as a just tribute to her many virtues.
In the chancel of St. John's Church, Oxford : —
" Willoughby, son of Col. William Byam, born in the
Division of Old North Sound, in the Island of Antigua,
died July the 6'" 1714.
Yeamans, his second son, died June 23''''."
" Folly Byams " is in St. Paul's Parish. In 1852 it
contained 1931 acres, and was owned by Godschall Johnson.
^Sentgrte oi Catie.
BONCLE=r.
John Boucle of=
London, Gent.
Colonel John Buncle, Deputy Governor of Antigua,
died before 1767. Intestate.
.... younger brother of=
Colonel John.
Mounteney Boncle
of London, Gent.,
son and heir 1691.
James Boyd, Gent., mar. before 21 March= Jane Boncle, niece of=f Captain John Cade, owned
" " ~ -. . . ^^Q ^^j^.gg ^^ Rendezvous
Bay in 1 667. 1st husband.
1682. Got a patent circa 1681, and sold
his plantation to Governor Edward Powell.
2nd husband.
Governor Buncle, party
to deed of 28 Feb. 1680,
then a widow.
Jane Cade, dau. and coheir 1682. Mary Cade, dau. and coheir 1682.
112
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1667. At Rendezvous Bay, Captain John Cade 410
acres in right of his wife by patent from Governor Bouncle
to Thomas White. Thomas White sold it to Governor
Bouncle, and Governor Bouncle gave it to his neece y^ wife
of y" said Cade. At the Road Captain John Cade owned
35 mens land in right of his wife by deed of gift from
Colonel John Buncle, and he of Colonel Charles Ghest ;
also 30 mens land bought by said Buncle of Mr. Samuel
Irish, also 39 mens land in right of his wife by gift of
Colonel John Buncle, deceased, who purchased of Mr. James
Holliday and Katherine his wife, the Executors of Major
Richard Lisle ; also 25 acres bought by Buncle of Mr.
Thomas Taylor, also 35 mens land in right of his wife by
gift from Colonel John Buncle, deceased, he bought of
Mrs. Anne Warrington.
.... Cade, 500 acres lately possessed of Captain John
Cade, y"= half of 1000 acres called Cynamon Valley. Sur-
veyed 16 Oct. 1668.
Barbodoes, 1673. Anthony Cade, for Defaults of
sending Men and Horses into the Militia, 2430 lb, ; for
Demands for Church and Priest, 3081 lb. ; and for a Writing,
wherein he justified the Testimony of Margaret Breuster,
who went, as a Sign, in Sackcloth, 10,000 lb. In all,
15,511 lb. (Basse's ' Sufferings of Quakers.')
Barbadoes. " 1 674. Anthony Cade, for not watching
at Forts, and not appearing in Arms (fined) 8180 lb."
{Ibid.)
Jane, widow of Captain .lohn Cade, sells to Owen
Bramble, planter, 55 mens land 28 Feb. 1680.
James Boyd has 64 mens land and 150 acres given to
Jane his wife (late wife of Captain John Cade, deceased).
Surveyed 21 March 1682.
•lane and Mary Cade, daughters and coheirs of Captain
John Cade, deceased, granted 500 acres by patent, dated 25
March 1682.
Petition of Mounteney Boncle of London, Gent., reciting
that Colonel John Boncle, Esq., formerly Governor of An-
tigua, died there intestate, s.p., seized of a plantation which
should descend to petitioner as son and heir of John {sic)
Boncle of London, Gent., first brother of Colonel Boncle, but
Jane, dau. of a younger brother, being the Governor's neece,
and there residing, got possession, and married James Boyde
of Antigua, Gent., who ten years since got a patent from Sir
William Stapleton. Petitioner obtained a letter on 15 Jan.
1683 to do him justice, but Boyde sold the plantation to
Colonel Edward Powell, then Deputy Governor, who is now
a rebel in Ireland. At Whitehall 14 May 1691. (No. 551,
America and West Indies, p, 47.)
St. Christopher's Census, 1711. John Cade, 1 white
male and 6 negros.
^ttitgrce of Cartitn.
Colonel ROBERT CARD EN, Member of H.M. Council 1664, in 1665 Deputy=rMary .... livings
Governor of Antigua, taken prisoner 1666 by the French, killed before 1668. 1668 a widow.
Captain Robert Garden, son and heir ; bur. at=pJane
St. Philip's 8 Nov. 1697. Adm'on granted to |
his widow Jane 1697. /K
^Captain William Kyn
or King. 1st husband.
Henrietta King, living 1668,
mar. Henry Winthrop.
Mary King, living 1668, mar.
Colonel John Frye, sen.
By an Antiguan Act of 11 April 1668 the lands of the
widow Garden were confirmed to her, viz., 300 acres in
Bermudian Valley, to her daus. Henrietta and Mary King,
and 300 acres at Five Islands to her son Robert Garden.
1668. Robert Garden, son and heir of Colonel Robert
Garden, deceased, granted patent for 360 acres at Five
Islands.
1678, Dec. 12. Robert Garden, Gent., son of Colonel
Robert Garden, deceased, sells 300 acres at Five Islands for
14,000 lbs., also, on 19 April 1678, 80 acres to Samuel
Martin for 6500 lbs.
1679, Sept. 17. Robert Garden, Gent., sells 100 acres
at Five Islands to Thomas Dipford and John Michaell.
Robert Garden, Gent., 150 acres, patent granted 10
Dec. 1681 by Sir W. Stapleton ; styled "son and heir to
Colonel Robert Garden, deceased," by his mother Mrs. Mary
Garden.
Order to appraise the goods of Captain Robert Garden
of Antigua, deceased, Jane Garden the administratrix, 17
Dec. 1697, to Captain Henry Lyons, Captain David Martin,
and Mr. Samuel Parry, by Christopher Codrington. In-
ventory, £42 17s. Qd. Recorded 7 Feb. 1697.
1697
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Nov. 8 Robert Cardin.
CARLILE FAMILY.
^attiicjrtc of Carltlt»
113
Arms. — Argent, on a chevron between three choughs sable, three etoiltes or.
EICHARD CARLILE, w'rfe ' Vi8i-=i=Elizabetb, dau. aud coheir of Christopher Conyers of Pinchingthorpe, co. York, by
tation of Somerset ' 1531 and 1573.
Thomas Carlile of=pAnne, dau. of .
Taunton 1573. co. Somerset.
Alice, natural dau. of Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick.
Bnshell of Dr. John Bourne, D.D., Canon of Wells. Will dated 23
March 1G21-2; proved 4 Jane 1622. (53 Savile.)
Thomas Francis Carlile of Mells,=
Carlile. co. Somerset, Gent., died
before 1 Feb. 1635.
I
=Eleanor Bourne, mar. before
1621 ; living 1663, named
in her son's will.
John Bourne of Lincoln's Inn and Durleigh,==j=
CO. Somerset. Will dated 21 Aug. 1651 ; proved
9 Aug. 1652. (70 Bowyer.)
S-P
Francis Carlile of Wem-^
den and Dnrleigh, near
Bridgwater, died 1664.
Will proved at Taunton.
Christopher Carlile of New
College, Oxford, matricu-
lated 1 March 1632-3, set.
17, B.A. 30 June 1637.
Rev. John Carlile, Rector of Spaxton, co. Somer8et,=
1645-68 ; Prebendary of Comb in tt'ells 1661 7 ; ma-
triculated 1 Dec. 1637, ajt. 17; ofWadham College, Ox-
ford; Executor to his brother Francis; died 7 June 1664.
Captain Francis Carlile of=j=(?) Alice,
Antigua, merchant, born
circa 1648 ; Member of
Assembly 1676, set. 38 in
1686 ; died 1702, then a
Member of Council.
dau. of
General
William
Byam.
I
John Carlile of Hart Hall, matricu-
lated 6 April 1666, set. 17. Will
dated Aug. 1671 ; proved 26 April
1673. (43 Pye.) Left advowson
of Spaxton to his brother Henry.
.=pHenry Carlile of St. Albau Hall, ma-
triculated 20 May 1675, a3t. 1!), B.A.
4 Feb. 1678-9, Rector of Brendon,
CO. Devon 1686-94, Rector of Spax-
ton 1709 till his death 1712.
Colonel Francis Carlile, Member of H.M.=pElizabeth, dau. of Dr. Daniel Mackinen Elizabeth
Council, set. 23 in 1709 ; bur. at St.
George's
Nov. 1734. Owned 500
acres in New North Sound, which he left
to his son William.
of Antigua, mar. at St. John's 28 April Carlile,
1708 ; mar. 2ndly, July 1752, John Gray, living
Esq., of London and Jamaica. 1686.
Henry Carlile of Exe-
ter College, Oxon,
matriculated 27 March
1723, set. 18, B.A.
Trinity 1726.
I
Francis Car-
lile, under 21
1718 ; died
young.
I I I
Elizabeth Mary Carlile, born 1 7 Edward
Cariile, Oct. 1715 ; died 5 Carlile,
bapt.atSt. Aug. 1715, set. 1 year living
John's 10 and 10 months. M.L 1719.
Nov. 1709. at Watford, co. Herts.
I
William Cariile of Middle
Temple, died bachelor. Will
dated 1 Nov. 1724 ; proved
21 Feb. 1742-3. Devised
his 500 acres to his mother.
Alice Cariile, under 18 1718,
mar. at St. John's, 8 July 1734
(1st wife), Ralph Payne, Esq., of
St. Christopher's ; she died be-
fore 1744 ; he died 1762.
Edward Car-=pLucy, widow of John
lile, bur. 10
Oct. 1779.
Goodall, mar. 1 Sept.
1764. Will dated
Aug. 1784.
I
Jane=
Carlile.
=Thomas Parke,
R.N., of Gos-
port.
Elizabeth Ralph Payne, Lord Lavington, of " Carliles,"
Payne, Antigua, born at Basseterre, St. George's, St.
only dau. Kitts, 19 March 1739, only son. Sole heir
to his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Carlile.
Edward Carlile, infant, bur. 26 Jan.
1769, at St. .John's.
Samuel Carlile, bapt. 28 and bur.
June 1770 at St. John's.
30 Lieut. Thomas Parke, R.N., heir to his
aunt Lucy 1789.
William Cariile of the Middle Temple. Will dated 1
Nov. 1742; proved 21 Feb. 1742 by Rowland Fry and
Samuel Martin, sen. ; power reserved to William Mackinnen
and John Tomlinson, sen. (P.C.C. Trenley.) To my cousin
John Tomlinson, Jun"', £500. To my good friend W"' Eid-
lington of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, £300. To my brother-
in-law Ralph Payne, £1000. To my uncles W"" Mackinnen
and John Tomlinson, S'', & to Rowland Frye & Sam' Martin,
E', Merchants in Mark Lane, £20 each, they to be Ex'ors.
AU my property in England, Antigua, & elsewhere to my
dear mother Eliz. Carlile. No notice taken of my nephews
& niece, the children of my sister Alice, on account of my
father's will, but I wish my Mother to leave the estate to
my 1=' nephew Ralph & his heirs, & then to my other
nephew John Willet Payne, then to my niepe. Witnessed
by Sam. Frye, Jos. Wrigles worth, Step" Venn.
John Goodall of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 7 Dec. 1744 ;
proved 31 Aug. 1748 by Lucy Goodall, the relict ; power re-
served to John Tomlinson and William Mackinen. (243
Strahan.) I am entitled to £5000 in the hands of my trus-
tees & guardians. Col. Peregrine, Tho. Hopson, & Edward
Hopson, Esq'«', of Wey bridge, co. Surrey. I give £4000 of
it to my wife Lucy, & £1000 to her sister Miss Eliz*'' Parke
of Antigua. To John Tomlinson, Esq., & W" Mackinen,
Q
11-i
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Esq., both of Antigua, any lands I may have in trust, to pay
all rents to my wife & her sister for life, & at her death to
any one she may by her will appoint. All residue to my
said wife, she with John Tomlinson & W"' Mackinen of An-
tigua, Escf", Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Yeamans, Robert
Lambert, William Yeamans, jun. Vera Copia Nathaniel
Gilbert, Secretary.
Coificil. 7 Dec. 1744. If my Wife be with child £2000
to it. Witnessed by Edward Chester Bendall, Richard Lee.
Lucy Carlile of Antigua, widow. Will dated Aug. 1784.
To my friend Ann Boudinott £50 c. To my friend Eliz.
Sims of Antigua £50. To my fi-iend Tlios. Turner Wise
£50. To ray godchildren Dorothy, dau. of Thos. Turner
Wise, Deborah, dau. of M'' W'" Crosier, late' of Antigua,
deceased, & David, son of M' David Grant, late of Antigua,
deceased, £20 c. apiece. To my trusty companion Mary
Burke £33 c. My slave Minali to be free. All residue to
Elias Ferris & Isaac Eccleston of Antigua, Esq'^ on Trust
to sell & the proceeds to Thos. Parke, Lieut. R.N., son of
Thos. Parke, late of Gosport, who was also in his Majesty's
service, & Jane Overton, late Jane Carlile, sister of my late
husband Edw" Carlile. Trustees Ex'ors. Before Edward
Byam, Esq., President of II. M. Council, was sworn Thos.
Turner Wise of Antigua, barrister, nephew of Mrs. Ann
Boudinot, 19 Nov. 178i). Recorded 21 Nov. 17S'J.
John Bourne, D.D., Canon Residentiary of Wells. Will
dated 23 March l(;21-2 ; proved 4 June 1G22. (53 Savile.)
My dau. Eleanor Carliel, etc. (' Somersetshire Wills,' vol. 5,
p. 77.)
John Bourne of Durleigh, Somerset. Will dated 21
Aug. 1G51 ; proved 1) Aug. 1652 by Francis Carliel, etc.
(70 Bowyer.) My cousins Fra. Carliel & X'pher John
Carliel. My sister Carliel. (Ihid.)
Francis Carleil was a witness to the will of Eliz. Bourne
of Gothelney, Somerset, widow, dated 12 June KiCO. (103
Nabbs.) {Ihitl., p. 79.)
(43 Pye.) Nuncupative will of John Carlile of Spaxtun,
CO. Somerset, who died in Aug. 1671, and left the advowson
of Spaxton to his brother Henry Carlile. Adm'on 26 April
1673.
Close Roll, 18 Geo. II.. Part 13, Nos. 9 and 10.
Indenture made Uth Oct. 1744 between Elizabeth Car-
lile of the parish of West Drayton, Jliddlesex, widow, of the
one part, and Ralph Willet of Gray's Inn, Esip, and Samuel
Martin of the Inner Temple, Esq., of the other part, wit-
nesseth that in consideration of 5s. Elizabeth Carlile has
bargained and sold, etc., to Ralph Willet and Samuel Martin
all that plantation in the parish of New North Sound, An-
tigua, containing 500 acres, as the same was occupied, etc., by
Francis Carlile, Esq., deceased, her husband, and by him
devised to William Carlile his son, and his heirs, and by
William to Elizabeth aud her heirs .... and all messuages
and ncgros or other slaves, cattle, and horses, etc., etc., and
all other hereditaments of Elizabeth Carlile in Antigua and
all reversions, etc., etc., fur one whole year at the rent of a
peppercorn if lawfully demanded .... to such uses as in an
Indenture bearing date the next day after this shall declare
.... Benjamin Cooke, Princes Street, James Barnett,
witnesses.
No. 9.
Indenture made 12th Oct. 1744 between the above.
Whereas Elizabeth Carlile now is seized to her and her heirs
of tlie plantaLion, etc., etc., hereinafter particularly men-
tioned, and being desirous to settle the same after her
decease upon Ralph Payne, her grandson and heir apparent
(son of Alice Payne her daughter, deceased, by Ralph Payne
of St. Kitts, Esq.), and the heirs of his body in order to
make some certain provision for Ralph Payne the son for his
advancement in the world after her death and to limit the
remainder of the premises, etc., etc., and also to reserve to
herself and Ralph Payne the father such power as is hei'ein-
after mentioned .... Elizabeth Carlile has agreed to convey
and assign all the said jiremises to Ralph Willet and Samuel
Martin and their heirs to the several uses, etc., hereinafter
mentioned .... and this Indenture witnesseth that in pur-
suance of the agreement and in consideration of the natural
love and affection which she has for her grandson and for
his more certain provision and advancement in the world in
case of her death and in consideration of 5s. and for divers
other good causes Elizabeth Carlile has granted, bargained,
etc., etc., all that plantation containing 500 acres (as above)
.... to have and to hold .... to the use of Elizabeth Car-
lile and her assigns for life, and at her death to the use of
Ralph Payne the son and the heirs of his body, whom
failing, to John Willet Payne (second son of Ralph the
father), etc., etc., whom failing, to Elizabeth Payne (only
daughter of Ralph the father), etc., etc., whom failing, to
Ralph Payne the father for life, and at his death to the
right heirs of Elizabeth Carlile for ever .... and Elizabeth
Carlile may at any time charge the plantation with the pay-
ment of any sum or sums whatsoever for the benefit of any
one or more of the children of her said daughter Alice Payne,
deceased, by Ralph Payne .... and may lease, etc., etc.
Close Roll, 26 Geo. II., Part 19, Nos. 0 and 7.
Indenture made the 28th Sept. 1752 between John
Gray of Southampton Street, St. Paul's, Covent Garden,
Esq., and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Carlisle, widow),
of tlie one part, and George Barclay, of the parish of St.
Clement, Eastcheap, merchant, of the other, witne.'sseth tliat
in consideration of 5s and for diverse other good
causes and considerations .... John Gray and Elizabeth
his wife grant and to farm lett to George Barclay all that
plantation in the division of New North Sound, Antigua,
containing about 500 acres, as such was occupied and
possessed by Francis Carlisle, Esq., deceased, the former
husband of Elizabeth Gray, and by him devised to William
Carlisle his son, and his heirs, aud l)y William Carlisle to
Elizabeth Gray, and her heirs .... and all messuages,
etc., negros and other slaves .... cattle, horses, and stock
whatsoever .... and all other plantations, etc., of either of
them in Antigua .... for 99 years, if Elizabeth Gray
should so long live, yielding and paying at Christmas, yearly,
one ear of Indian corn .... in trust, nevertheless, to the
only use, benefit, and behoof of John Gray and Elizabeth
and their assigns, and to no other use .... and John Gray
and Elizabeth his wife constitute Stephen Blizard, William
Mackinon, and James Brebner, Esquires, and Dr. William
Millar, all of Antigua, their Attorneys. Andi'ew Reid,
Fras. Eyre, witnesses.
No. 6.
Indenture made the 28th Sept. 1752 between the above.
(A mere counterpart.)
Close Roll, 26 Geo. II., Part 9, Nos. 7 and 8.
Indenture made the 29th Sept. 1752 between John
Gray of Southampton Street, St. Paul's, Covent Garden,
Esq., and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Carlisle, widow),
of the one part, and Alexander Grant of the parish of St.
Catharine Cree Church, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth
that in consideration of 5s John Gray and Elizabeth
his wife grant, etc., to Alexander Grant all that plantation
in the parish of New North Sound, Antigua, containing
about 500 acres .... as possessed and enjoyed by Francis
Carlisle, Esq., deceased (former husband of Elizabeth Gray),
CARLTLE FAMILY.
115
and by him devised to William Carlisle his son, and his
heirs, and by William Carlisle to Elizabeth his mother, and
her heirs .... for one whole year .... Fras. Eyre, Robert
Gwyn, witnesses.
No. 7.
Indenture made the 30th Sept. 1752, between the above,
witnesseth that in consideration of a marriage had between
John Cray and Elizabeth .... and of the settlement and
provision made for Elizabeth by John Gray .... and for
settling and assuring the said plantation, etc., and in con-
sideration of 5s and for divers other good causes ....
John Gray and Elizabeth his wife grant, etc., to Alexander
Grant all that plantation (as in No. 8) to the use of John
Gray and Elizabeth for life, and from the death of either to
the use of the survivor for life .... and John Gray and
Elizabeth appoint, Stephen Blizard, William JIackinen, and
James Brebner, Esquires, and Dr. WiUiam Millar, all of
Antigua, their Attorney's.
Nos. 5 anl C, mere counterparts, even as to dates.
Close Roll, 26 Geo. II., Part 5, No. 1.
Article.^ of .igreanisnt in lent 3d, mala, and concluded
the 26th Nov. 1752 between John Gray of Southampton
Street, in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Esq., and
Elizabeth his wife (who was lately widow of Francis Carlisle,
late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the one pirt, and Ralph
Payne, E>q., late of St. Kitts, but at present resident in
Southampton Street, as well in belialf of himself as on behalf
of Ralph Payne the younger (his only son by Alice his late
wife decjased), anl of Elizabeth Payne (his only daughter
by the said Alice) of the other part. Whereas a marriage
hath been lately had and solemnised between .John Gray
and Elizabeth .... and whereas by Indentures made the
29th and .30th Sept. now last past between the said .John
Gray and Elizabjth as therein described of the one part,
and Alexander Grant of St. Catharine Cree Church, Esq., of
the other part, for the several considerations mentioned,
John Gray and Elizabeth his wife did grant, etc., to Alexander
Grant all that plantaUon in the parish of New North Sound
in Antigua, containing 500 acres .... as occupied and en-
joyed by Francis Carlisle, deceased, the former husband of
Elizabeth, and by him devised to William Carlisle his son,
and by William Carlisle to his mother .... and all the
slaves, etc., etc., to the use of John Gray and Elizabeth his
wife for life, anl to the survivor and the heirs and assigns
of the survivor .... and to no other u^e .... and John
Gray and Elizabeth his wife did constitute certain persons
to be their attorneys .... and whereas John Gray and
Elizabeth his wife on the SOih Sept. now last past
came before Sir Thomas Burnett, a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas .... and acknowledged the said Indentures
.... and on the 21st Oct. they were acknowledged before
Robert Alsop, Lord Mayor of London, on the oath of one of
the witnesses .... and the said Indentures have been sent
over to Antigua to be acknowledged .... and whereas
Ralph Payne the father heretofore intermarried with Alice,
who was daughter of Francis Carlisle and of Elizabeth, now
Elizabeth Gray, which said Alice is since dead, and Ralph
Payne has issue by her now living Ralph Payne the younger,
his only son, and Elizabetli Payne, his only daughter, who
are the only descendants, from Francis Carlisle and Elizabeth,
now living, and whereas Ralph Payne the father having
been acquainted with the Indentures so made, on behalf of
himself and his children, expressed great concern that by
the tenor of the said Indentures it might so happen, more
especially in case .John Gray should survive Elizabeth, that
no provision might be made out of the plantation for the
said children, although the only descendants now living of
Francis Carlisle, whose estate the said plantation formerly
was, and earnestly requested that a settlement might be
effectually fi.xed and secured for the interest and benefit of
himself and his children ; upon serious and full consideration
whereof and all the circumstances the parties have at his
request and in order to prevent all manner of future claims,
contests, and suits, and to preserve peace in the family,
deliberately come to the following agreements .... Now
these Articles witness that it is hereby mutually and re-
ciprocally covenanted and agreed between .lohn Gray and
Elizabeth for themselves and their heirs .... and Ralph
Payne for himself and his heirs .... that is to say, that
Ralph Payne the father and Ralph Payne the younger and
Elizabeth or some or one of them shall within eight calendar
months, but not at any time after, petition the Legislature
of Antigua in due and proper manner in order to obtain an
Act of the Governor, Council, and Assembly of Antigua to
conSrra this present agreement and every article therein,
and effectually to settle and assure the estate and
premises comprised in it, in such way as is hereafter
mentioned .... and that such petition shall be presented in
the names of all of them .... and for obtaining the said
Act one part of these .Articles duly executed or acknowledged
by John Gray and Elizabeth shall be exhibiced to the Legis-
lature to testify their consent .... and that the said Act ....
if it shall obtain the Royal approbation .... within thirty
calendar m lathj and noi o:;herwise .... shall enact upon
the prayer of Ralph Payne and the others that all the lands,
etc., etc., shall be settled, held, descend, and for ever after
be enjoyed as hereinafoer mautioned, and not in any other
manner whatsoever .... and that Payne and all persons
claiming, etc., shall use every means in their power to pro-
cure the said Act .... and if obtained .... they shall forth-
with thereafter deliver such Act .... together with the
Royal Order in Council under the seal of the Privy Council
.... to John Gray and Elizabeth or the survivoi', or to the
heirs or assigns of the survivor .... and that such Act so
to be applied for .... if the Legislature shall think proper
to pass it .... shall enact that all and singular the
plantations, negros, and other slaves, and all things com-
prised in the before recited Inlentures shall be for ever
hereafter clearly and absolutely vested in Alexander Grant
and his heirs, freed from all former and other estates, in
trust, as follows, to the use of John Gray and Elizabeth his
wife for their joint lives, and with fall ]iower to commit
waste of what nature and kind soever (t'le wilful firing of
growing canes by the express orders of John Gray or Eliza-
beth only excepted), and immediately after the decease of
either to the use of the survivor, with full power, etc , etc.,
and immediately after the decease of both to the use and
behoof of Stephen Blizard, William Mackinen, and James
Brebner, all of Antigua, Esquires, for 500 yeai's in trust as
hereinafter mentioned .... and subject thereto to the use
of Ralph Payne the son and his assigns for life, in trust to
Alexander Grant to support the contingent remainders to
the first son of Ralph Payne and his heirs male, and for de-
fault to other sons of Ralph Payne, etc., etc., and for default
to daughters of Ralph Payne the son as tenants in commou,
and to their respective heirs .... and for default to Eliza-
beth Payne and her assigns for life in trust to Alexander
Grant to preserve the contingent remainders to her first and
other sons and their heirs male, and for default to her
daughtei's as tenants in common, etc., etc., and for default
to Ralph Payne the father and his assigns for life, and
immediately after his death to the use and behoof of John
Gray and Elizabeth and the heirs, etc., of the survivor for
ever .... and the trust of 500 years is so limited in case
any loss, casualty, damages, etc., should happen to any part
of the plantation, slaves, etc., during the lives of John Gray
and Elizabeth or the survivor, by any rout, riot, insur-
rection, or tumult of the negros or others in Antigua, by
any public enemies of the Crown, by any pyrates or others
IIG
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
who may land upon or otherwise invade or phinder the
Island, or by reason of any horricane, tempest, storm,
lightning, earthquake, airquake, or by inundacoii' or fire,
such fire not happening by the wilful default of John Gray
or Elizabeth .... or by sickness, distemper, or mortality
among the slaves, cattle, or beasts .... to raise in the first
place from the rents or by sale or mortgage .... after the
decease of John Gray and Elizabeth what is necessary to
repair the losses, etc., etc., and in further trust to raise a
sum, not less than £4000, and not exceeding £8000, for the
portion of Elizabeth Payne in case she shall marry, and such
marriage shall happen in Europe with the consent of John
Gray and Elizabeth if living, or after their decease with the
consent and approval of Ralph Payne her father, Ralph
Willett of Shooter's Hill, Kent, Esq., and James George
Douglas of London, merchant, or of such as shall then be in
Europe, and if in the West Indies, with the consent of her
father only, if living, and if dead of John Gray or Elizabeth
.... or of Ralph TTillett and James George Douglas ....
to be paid on her marriage, if after the death of John Gray
and Elizabeth, but if otherwise, within six months after the
death of the survivor .... and interest at 5 per cent
the portion to be considered a vested interest upon her
marriage .... and if she dies unmarried or marries without
consent .... the portion to sink into the estate .... and
whereas if Elizabeth Payne should marry in the life of John
Gray and Elizabeth yet she will not be entitled to the
portion .... John Gray and Elizabeth his wife agree
that if the Act is obtained .... Elizabeth Payne shall
receive for the residue of the life of John Gray, after
the decease of Elizabeth .... £120 sterling a year . . . .
and .lohn Gray and Elizabeth his wife and Ralph Payne
the father constitute Stephen Blizard, William Mackinen,
James Brebner, and Dr. William ilillar their Attorneys
.... Ferd. John Paris, Era' Eyre, Robert Gwyii, witnesses.
1670, Sept. 22. Francis Carlile of Antigua, merchant,
leases to George Torney of Antigua, planter, loo acres at
New North Sound.
Francis Carlile, 50 feet by 80 feet St. John's Town, by
Governor Warner, 28 June 1673 : surveyed 20 Feb. 1673.
Mr. Francis Carlile, 40 feet by aO feet, Bridge Town, by
Governor Williams, 28 Sept. 1675 ; surveyed 8 Oct. 1675.
Mr. Francis Carlile, 100 acres, St. John's Division, by
Governor Williams, 20 Dec. 1675 ; surveyed 4 Jan. 1675.
Mr. Francis Carlile, 50 feet by 80 feet, St. John's Town, by
Governor Williams, 30 April 1676 ; surveyed G Apiil 1676.
Mr. Francis Carlile, 50 acres, by Governor Warner, 27
March 1677; surveyed July 1677.
1678, March 18, Major William Barnes for 2560 lbs.
sells to Captain Francis Carlile 150 acres bought of Win-
throp, called " Stotes Land." Deed of partnership follows.
167'J, April 3. Captain Samuel Jones sells 63 acres at
New North Sound to Major William Barnes and Captain
Francis Carlile.
1671), Oct. 22. Dorothy Clarke, widow, of St. Christo-
pher's, sells to Francis Carlile, merchant, her 96 acres called
" Fryers Hill " in Pupeshead Division.
Captain Francis Carlile, 150 acres, granted 4 March 168(i
by Sir W. Stapleton.
1688, Sept. 12. Captain Francis Carlile, 20 acres sur-
veyed.
Colonel Francis Carlile, Esq., 18 acres granted 20 March
1688 by Sir N. Johnson.
In a letter written in 1702 the death of Francis Carlile
is announced. (Vol. 7, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
In a deposition of Francis Carlile in 170i) his age is 23.
(Vol. 13, ibid.)
1711, July 2. Francis Carlile, Gent., possesses a planta-
tion in New North Sound of 300 acres, bounded E. with
Henry Lyons and Edward Byam ; S. with John Painter,
Jer. Neal, and John Sampson ; W. with Cassada Garden,
late Jonas Langford's, deceased ; N. with John Barnes ;
also 50 acres bounded E. with lands late of John Yeamans
and Thomas Gravenor ; S. with Arthur Williams ; W. with
John Elliott, Henry Elliott, and Richard Todraan ; N. with
Richard Todman and William Hamilton. Patent granted.
Francis Carlile of Antigua, Gent., forwards a memorial
to their Lordships in which he prays that he may have the
seat in the Council now vacant by the death of Colonel
William Thomas. Endorsed "Received 3 Oct. 1718."
(Vol. 15, B. T., Leeward Islands.)
Edward Byam of London, merchant, petitions for Francis
Carlile to be of the Council of Antigua rice Colonel Thomas
Morris deceased ; received 21 Feb. 1727-8.
1752, July. John Gray of Southampton Street, Esq.,
of £6000 per annum in Jamaica ; to Mrs. Carlisle of Wood-
ford Bridge of £2000 per annum in Antigua, and £20,000
in money. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
Parish Register of St. John.
£aj)t/2ed.
1709 Nov. 10 Elizabeth Carlile the dau. of M'' Francis
Carlile & Eliz. his wife.
1736 .lune 13 Ambrose the s. of Ambrose Carlile and
Rebecca his wife.
1742 July 11 AVilliam the s. of Arthur Carlile & Mary
his wife.
1766 Jan. 13 .... the .... Edward Carlile and Ruthy
his wife.
1770 June 28 Samuel the S. of Edward Carlile and Lucy
his wife.
1806 Oct. 17 Rachael D. of John Carlile and Mary Ann
his wife. B. the 12th August last.
1814 Aug. 2 Sarah D. of John Carlile and Mary his
wife. B. tiie 26 th ultimo.
1815 July 26 George Diamond S. of John Carlile and
Ann his wife. B. 16th June last.
Buried.
.John Carlile.
Edward Carlile, an Jnft.
John Carlile. P.
Samuel Carlile, a Child.
Edward Carlile.
Benjamin Carlisle.
Married.
Francis Carlile & Elliz. Mackinen. L.
Ambrose Carlill and JIarianne Rebecka
Collins.
Ralph Paine, Esq'', and Alice Carlile.
Arthur Carlile and Mary Nelson.
Edward Carlile to Lucy Goodall.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
Nov. 27 The Hon'''« Francis Carlile, Esq'.
1714
Sept. 19
1769
Jan. 26
1769
Aug. 22
1770
June 30
1779
Oct. 10
1800
Jan. 27
1708
April 28
1733
June 14
1734
July 8
1740
July 28
1764
Sept. 1
B.
L.
1734
In Watford Church, co. Herts, near the north door : —
HERE LYETH THE BODY of MARY CARLILE (DAUGHTER of
FRANCIS & ELIZABETH CARLILE of Y^* ISLAND of ANTIGVA)
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 5'''° of ATGUST 1717 AGED A
YEAR AND TEN MONTHS.
" Carliles " is in St. George's parish. In 1852 it con-
tained 388 acres, and was owned by K. B. Osborn, M.D.
CARPENTER EAMILY.
117
Jfamtlj) of Carptntcr.
Henry Carpenter of Nevis, Gent. Will dated 19 Nov.
1703 ; proved 27 Nov. 1704 by William Gerish. (227 Ash.)
To the p'sh of S' Paul's, Charles Town, £200 st. for books of
divinity and history for the public use, aiso £14 o. for an
anniversary sermon on 14 Jan. My friend M'' Jos. Martyn
of London £5(1. To my gods. Lucius Levermore £1000 St.
at 21, he to go to the University. My goddau. Edaye .Smith
£200 St. My cousin John Carpenter of Farncombe, co.
Surrey, if liv., £500 St. To each of my rebitions in the
West Lidies £20. All residue to my Icinsnum W'" Gerish
of Mountsarat, & sole Ex'or. Witnessed by Philip Browne,
Jas. Milliken, Jn° Huffiun, Mich. Nowell.
Codicil. 2 Nov. 1703. To M'^ Anne Levermore,
Sen', £100 c. To Phineas Andrews my horse. M'^
Anne Levermore, Jun'', £20.
William Carpenter, Captain in the Earl of Inchiquin's
Regiment of Foot. Will dated at Tarragona in Catalonia,
Spain, 1 June 1710 ; proved 13 Nov. 1711 by Charles Pin-
fold, D'' of Laws, power reserved to the Hon. L' Gen' Geo.
Carpenter, Major W'" Pinfold, & Cap' Samson Archer.
(230 Young.) i my estate to my sister Marg' Carpenter &
■J to my sister Eliza Carpenter. My dear Mother. The
Hon. Maj"' Gen' Carpenter, Major W" Pinfold, D'' Chas.
Pinfold, & Cap' Samson Archer, Ex'ors.
On 13 Nov. 1711 appeared Kath. Carpenter, widow,
stating that she had received 2 letters, dated 10 June
1710, from L' Gen' Geo. Carpenter, & that testator's 2
sisters were her dans. Mrs. Marg' Patterson, wife of Chas.
Patterson, Esq., and Eliz"' Carpenter. On 9 Nov. 1711
appeared Nath' Carpenter of S' Edmund the King, Merch',
who stated that he was brother of L' Gen' Geo. Carpenter,
now in Spain, and swore to the 2 letters sent to M"' Car-
penter at her house in Westm''. He had also received
letters from his brother, wherein he stated that he
had sent to his cousins {i.e. M''= Carpenter's 2 daus.).
On 13 Nov. 1711 appeared Chas. Pinfold, D'' of Laws,
and stated that he had received a letter from his brother
Maj'' W'" Pinfold, of Brigadier Gen' Humphry Gore's
Reg* of Foot, saying that testator died at Tarragona on
Monday 22 May (O.S.) 1710.
Isaac Beardsley, citizen and dyer, of London. Will dated
29 March 1711 ; proved 24 April 1711. (75 Young.) £5
to each bro. & sist. To the child my wife now goes with
£500. All residue to my wife Susannah Beardsley, &
E.t'trix. Witnessed by Hester Grevill, Anne Saunders, Ben.
Eaton.
Nathaniel Carpenter, citizen and draper, of London.
Will dated 30 July 1713 ; proved (5 March 1715 by
Nathaniel Carpenter the son. (4G Fox.) If my Wife release
all claim to dower I give her an Exchequer annuity of £150
which will run for 99 years from 1704, & which I purchased
of John Vernon of St. Jas., Westminster, Esq., and after
her death I give the same to my s. Nath. Carpenter.
Having already ])aid the portions of my daus. Mary, Wife of
Peter Drybutter, & Sarah, wife of Rich'' Beardsly, I give
them but £ 1 0 each for mourning. All residue to my s. Nath.,
& sole Ex'or. Witnessed by Geo. North, Tho. Winchurst,
W"' Cock.
On l(j Aug. 1739 adm'oii of estate left uuadm. by Nath.
Carpenter the son, now also detfi, so far relating to £550
which was due to Nath. Carpenter, Sen"', from Edw. Gillard
of S' X'phers, dec", & by the s" Nath. Cprpenter, Jun.,
assigned to Hester Thornbery of London, Spr., by deed poll
of 12 Oct. 1721, is now granted to Tho. Thornbery of St.
Gregory's, London, E.sq.
Warncomb Carpenter, late of Brockhampton in Astley,
CO. AVorcester, Gent., now of Stoke Newington, co. Middle-
sex. Will dated 11 Feb. 1723; proved 7 Nov. 1726 by
George, Lord Carpenter, the brother, and Isaac Garnier.
(223 Plymouth.) To be buried at Astley between my late
mother & wife. £500 to the trustees of my son's marriage
settlement. To my dan. Eleanor Baylys £500. To my
loving bro. Geo., Lord Carpenter, & to my bro. in law Isaac
Garnier, £500 on trust for my dau. Eliz"' Sanderson & her
children. To my son Warncomb Carpenter £50. To my
son in law Edw'' Sanderson £50. To my dau. Eleauor
Baylis £50. To John Jervis, my late wife's bro. in law,
40s. a year. To the poor of Astley £5, with the advice of
Sir Tho. Cooks AVinford, Bart. To Tho. Ricketts & his
wife £10. To. Geo. Carpenter, Sen'', clerk of Astley, a
guinea. All residue to my loving brother Geo., Lord Car-
penter, & Isaac Garnier, for my dau. Eliz"" Sanderson,
they to be Ex'ors, & I give them & Lady Carpenter & my
sister Garnier a guinea apiece. Witnessed by John Ferrers,
Sam. Smithin, Stephen Wellden.
Richard Beardsley, citizen and founder, of London, re-
siding at Stoke Newington, co. Middlesex. AVill dated 1
Aug. 1730 ; proved 2 March 1731 by Sarah Beardsley,
widow. (63 Lane.) I have settled my lands in Alvecoate,
Stuttington, & Pooley, co. AA''arwick, & Merivale,co. Leicester,
on my AV'ife Sarah for life, remainder to my s. Rich'' Beardsley.
My brothers & sisters 5 guineas each. Neph. Tho. Beards-
ley, s. of my brother Job. Beardsley. Wife sole Ex'trix.
George, Lord Carpenter. Will dated 31 Dec. 1731 ;
proved 7 Feb. 1731 by George, Baron Carpenter of Killaghy.
(36 Bedford.) To Rob' Carpenter, Cap' of Dragoons, now
on half pay, £l(iOO. To M'' Geo. Freeman, a landwaiter
in the port of London, £1000. To my bro. & sister
Garnier rings & £10. To my friend L' Gen' Geo. AVade a
ring, as likewise to all my bro. Garnier's daus. & their hus-
bands, my nephew Tho. Garnier, my nieces Mary Drybutter,
Sarah Beardsly, & Eliz"' Sanderson, & to M>^ Henry
Procter. To my niece Mary Drybutter £50. To each
servant £5. To be buried at Ouselbury church near my
wife. £20 for funeral. £20 to the poor of Ouselbury.
All residue to my son Geo., he to be sole Ex'or. AVitnessed
by Henry Procter, Maurice Shipton, Hungerford Barton.
1732. Alice, Lady Carpenter of Killaghy. On 17 Aug.
adm'on to George, Lord Carpenter of Killaghy, in Ireland,
the son.
118
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^Setitcjrtt of Carptnter*
Akms. — Paly of six argent and gules, on a chevron azure three cross-crosslets or.
"WARNCOMB CARPENTER=fEleanor, dau. of William Taylor of Withington, co. Hereford, and relict of John Hill;
of CO. Hereford.
bur. at Astley before 1723.
Warncomb Carpenter:
of Astley, co. Wor-
cester, bur. there 26
Oct. 1726. Will dated
11 Feb. 1723; proved
7 Nov. 1726. (223
Plymouth.)
=Joane South- Nathaniel Car- Lieut.-General George, Lord Carpenter, of=pLady Alice, dau. of
aU, mar. at penter of St. Killaghy in Ireland, youngest son, born 10 William, 1st Viscount
Astley 2 May Edmund's, Feb. 1657 at Pitcher's OcuU, co. Hereford ;
1682 ; bur. Lombard page to the Earl of Montague at age of 11 ;
there 19 Oct. Street. See entered army circa 1673 ; created Baron
171-4. Pedigree a. Carpenter 29 May 1719 ; died 10 Feb. 1731,
tet. 74. M.L at Ouselbury, co. Hants.
Will dated 31 Dec. 1731 ; proved 17 Feb.
following. (36 Bedford.)
Charlemont, and relict
of James Margetsou,
mar. 23,ran. lG93-4at
St. Edmund the King,
then tet. 33 ; died at
Bath 7 Oct. 1731 ;
bur. at Ouselbury.
Warncomb Car-=FMartha
penter, bapt. at
Astley 27 Dec.
1684.
Elizabeth Carpen-=
ter, bapt. 15 May
1683 at Astley;
living 1736.
=Edward San-
derson of An-
tigua. Will
dated 1736.
Eleanor Carpenter,
bapt. 10 Oct. 1687
at Astley ; mar.
Mathew Bayliss.
George, 2nd Baron Carpenter, Lieut.-
Colonel 1st Regiment Horse Guards,
died 12 .July 1749. Title became
extinct with his grandson.
Warncomb Carpenter, bapt. 5
Feb. 1716 at Astley.
Martha Carpenter, bapt. 22
March 1720 at Astley.
Elizabeth Carpenter, bapt. 15
March 1722 at Astley.
Bowater
Sanderson.
Eleanor
Sanderson.
Pedigree ^.
Mary bur. 23 Dec. 1681=j=NATHANIEL CARPENTER of St. Edmund the King, Lombard Street,-rSarah .
at St. Edmund. 1st Avife.
citizen and draper, bur. there 16 Feb. 1715-16. Will dated 30 July 1713 ;
proved 6 March 1715. (46 Fox.)
Ann Carpen-
ter, bapt. 31
March 1679,
and bur. 11
Jan. 1679-80.
James Car-
penter, bapt.
19 Sept. 1680;
bur. 19 June
1685.
Nathaniel Car-=
penter, bapt. 1 1
June 1686 ;
sole heir to his
father 1713 ;
in 1715 Agent
for Antigua ;
died at Beau-
mout Hall, co.
Heris. Adm'on
April 1739.
^Elizabeth John Carpenter, bapt. 20 Sept.
Thoru- 1691 ; bur. 3 Oct. 1694.
bury, —
died be- Sarah Carpenter, bapt. 28 Aug.
fore her 1687; mar., 26 Dec. 1710, Rich-
husband, ard Beardesley of London, citizen
and founder ; he was bur. 3 Feb.
1731-2; she was bur. 23 May
1749. His will dated 1 Aug.
1730 ; proved 2 March 1731
(63 Lane) ; hers 25 Feb.
1748 ; proved 1 June 1749 (171
Lisle).
Mary Carpenter, mar.
Peter Drybutter, and
had issue. Her will
dated 1 April 1747 ;
proved 4 June 1749.
(178 Lisle.)
Urania Carpenter,
bapt. 4 Sept. 1688 ;
bur. 8 May 1693.
Agnes Carpenter,
bapt. 16 Aug. and
bur. 24 Nov. 1689.
?nd wife.
I I
Eleanor Carpenter,
bapt. 3 Aug. 1690;
bur. 2 Oct. 1692.
Katherine Carpen-
ter, bapt. 5 Nov.
1693 ; bur. 26
Nov. 1694.
Ann Carpenter,
bapt. 1 1 May
1697.
I I I I I
Nathaniel Carpenter,=f=Eleanor Sanderson, 2nd Elizabeth Carpenter, Sarah Carpen- Mary Carpen- Sarah Carpenter,
bapt. 24 March 1717- I cousin to her husband, died before 1748; bur. ter, living 1748. ter, bur.7 June bur. 4 Feb.
18 ; living 1748. J^ at Stoke Newington. 172]. 1727-8.
CARPENTER FAMILY.
119
Eleanor Carpenter .^plsaac Gamier, Apothecary- Thomas Hill, laeut. -Governor of=pMargaret Car-=T=Eandolph Russell, 2ncl
..r^r_.„r.- General to the Army. Will St. Christopher's. Will dated 5 — "^— i;-— — ^f r.„i„.,„i r.„„
mar. 25 May 1697
1st wife.
dated 5 and proved 11
March 1735. (56 Derby.)
April and proved 20 Oct. 1697.
(201 Pyne.) 2nd husband.
I I
Thomas Garnier.
Elizabeth Gar-
nier, mar. John
Laroche, M.P.
for Bodmin.
"I
penter, living
1697,
son of Colonel Ran-
dolph Russell of Nevis.
1st husband.
Eleanor Gar- Margaret Garnier,=pWilliam Mathew, Gover-
nier, mar. 25 marriage settle- ! nor of the Leeward
April 1721, at ment dated 8 Dec. | Islands for seventeen
St. Edmund's, 1731 ; living 1752. i years ; died 14 Aug. 1752.
Henry Shel- 3rd wife. |
ley. ' /K
^Anna Hill, dan.
and heir, died 26
July 1725, fet.
29. M.I. at St.
Kitts. 1st wife.
I
Elizabeth Russell,
mar. Captain John
Vernon of An-
tigua ; he was bur.
1704 at St. Ed-
mund's.
Thomas Carpenter of the Horn in Dilwyn, co. Hereford,
Esq. Will dated 21 May 1733 ; proved 10 June 1734 ;
adm'on to Steven Smith, guardian to John Smith, a minor,
the sole Ex'or, who is under 17. (129 Ockham.) To
Geo., Lord Carpenter, of Hanover Sq., the mannor of the
Hom, also a tenement called Sayses, except 10 acres called
Sayses meadow beyond the brook in the township of
Heaven, also a tenement called Falley & Eckley's Farm,
subject to the payment of legacies, viz., to John Smith, son
of M'- Steven Smith of Weston, £800 at 21, if he die then
to my kinsman Tho. Carpenter, Jun'', of Tillington, Gent.
To Eliz"' James £250. To W™ Davis, excise officer in Carleen,
CO. Monmouth, my tenement in Eardisland called the Rnfi"
Moors. To Rich'^ & W™ Carpenter, sons of Rich'' Carpen-
ter, deceased, £100. To the poor of Dilwyn 40s. yearly for
ever, to be distributed on S' Thomas's Day to poor & respect-
able decayed labourers. To Eleanor d. of Eleanor Jones of
Chosetree, Widow, 2s. weekly. To Eliz'" Bradford £10.
To Ann, d. of Widow Bluck, £10. To said John Smith,
Sayses meadow in Heaven. To Tho. Carpenter, Jun^ of
Tillington, Gent., £100 charged on Sayses meadow. To said
Smyth my messuage in Church Dilwyn, now in the possession
of Tho. Morris, charged with the 40s. yearly to the poor of
Dilwyn, also my messuage called Bird's tenement, near
Dilwyn's Common, & all lands I purchased of Francis Bird.
To ray godchildren M'' W'" Munn 10 guineas, Tho. Carpen-
ter 10 guineas, Tho. Bradford 5 guineas, Tho. son of M'' W"
Phillips 5 guineas, to another godchild, who was married in
the parish of Kiiinersley, 5 guineas. All residue of my
estate to John Sinyth, he to be sole Ex'or. My friends
Rev. Morgan Evans, Rev. John Wooddin, M"' Benj"
Breuster, & M'' Tho. Carpenter of Weobley, mercer, over-
seers, & 10 guineas each. To my goddau. Eliz*'' Carpenter
of the Hydefeild 10 guineas. Witnessed by W"' Phillips,
Jas. Carpenter, Tho. Morris. Mem. To John Powell,
servant to Benj" Rock of the Hay, sadler, £50. To Mary
Powell, servant to John Powell of Michael Church, £50.
To my clerk Tho. Morris £5.
Edward Sanderson of London, merchant, bound to An-
tigua. Will dated 13 Nov. 1736 ; proved 11 March 1737
by Jos. Studley. (77 Brodrepp.) To my dau. Elianor
Sanderson £200. All residue to my Wife Eliz. Joseph
Studley of Nicholas Lane, London, Gent., sole Ex'or in
Trust & £20. All estate for my said wife. Witnessed by
Tho. Glascock, Eliz. Lockley, R'^ Hennand.
Nathaniel Carpenter, Esq. Adm'on granted 20 Feb.
1739 to Geo. Freeman of S' Jas., Westm'', Esq., concerning
only the settlement of £4000 referred to in certain articles
of marriage, dated 15 May 1717, between Rob' Carpenter of
London, Esq., & Hester Thornbury, sp'', his how wife, dau.
of Benj" Thornbury of S' Saviour's, Southwark, grocer,
since dec"", of the one part, & Hester Thornbury, aunt of
Hester Thornbury, Jun'', & Nath' Carpenter of London,
Merch', of the other part. Nath' Carpenter survived
Hester Thornbury, & died Intestate a widower at Beaumont
Hall, Co. Herts, leaving 3 children, Eliz"' Carpenter, sp',
Nath' Carpenter, & Sarah Carpenter, sp"", all minors who
have renounced adm'on by Geo. North their Guardian.
Adm'on granted also, 13 April 1739, to W"" Taylor of
Christ Church, Spittlefields, citizen & joyner, concerning
£1478 referred to in marriage articles, dated IG Sep. 1715,
between W"' Prince of Henley on Thames, apothecary, &
Eliz"' Crowe (his now wife), dau. of Josias Crowe, late of
S' Mary, Whitechapel, Esq., deC^, of the 1 part, & W"*
Bateman of Reading, G', & Nath' Carpenter of London,
Merch', the latter having been the administrator in trust
for the heirs of Cap' Josias Crowe.
120
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Nathaniel Carpenter of Hatton Garden, St. Andrew's,
Holborn, Esq. Will dated 1 July 1741 ; proved IG March
1753 by Ann Carpenter, the widower. (74 Searle.) My
houses, etc., in London. To Brook Bridges, Esq., & Watkins
Wildman of London, goldsmith, in trust for any s., then for
my dau. Susannah Carpenter at 21 or marriage, then in
default of issue to my wife Anne, then to my nephews Tho.
& Nath. Bayes, sons of my sist. Anne Bayes, dec"". My
sist. Mary West. My sist. Susannah Wildman. My nieces
Mary Bayes, Ann West, & Reb'= Cottom. Brook Bridges
of Hatton Garden, Esq., by his will of 80 March 1738 gave
to his s. Brook Bridges £6000 on certain trusts, which I
give to my wife. £200 for the Widows of dissenting
ministers. Rev'' Joshua Bayes. All residue to my Wife.
Witnessed by EdW^ Benton, Walt. Erie, Edw'' Benton, Jan.
Robert Carpenter, of St. Ann, Westminster, Esq.,
1st Major and Captain of 3rd Foot Guards. Will dated
27 March 1745 ; proved 18 May 1745 by George, Lord
Carpenter; power reserved to Thomas Thornbury. (135
Seymer.) By marriage settlement with my late wife
Hester, I have the power of bequeathing £4000 to my
children, & as they are all provided for except Eliz"', Rob*,
Mary, & Arrabella, I give this sum to them. I forgive my
1^' son Benj" £3500, on condition that if I die before
M'» Eliz*" Melles he prove the will of Arthur Edwards of
S' Geo., Hanover Sq., Esq., & make over to my said
4 children all his claims under that will. I give them
also all my lands, & all residue at 21. If my bro. in law
Tho. Thornbury do not fulfil his promise to provide for
my son Thos., his fortune is to be made up equal to the
others. Tho. Thornbury & the R' Hon. Geo., Lord
Carpenter, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Iz. Tregagle, John Lane,
Nath" Barrett.
On 22 Dec. 1749 adm'on granted to Benj" Carjjenter,
Esq., the guardian of Mary & Arrabella & Rob* Carpenter,
then in the East Indies, till one of them shall be 21. Tho.
Thornbury, the surviving Ex'or, renouncing, & Eliz*''
Harris, wife of Rev. Rich'^ Harris, a dau. of testator
renouncing.
On 29 Dec. 1757 adm'on granted to Mary Carpenter,
sp'', the dau. of testator, she being now 21.
On 28 March 1766 adm'on of will of testator, who was
Col. of the 3* Reg* in Flanders, Widower, dee"", left unad-
ministered by Geo., Lord Carpenter, deC", & Mary Heriot
(formerly Carpenter), wife of Chas. Hubert Herriott, Esq.,
dau. of testator, now also dec"", was granted to Arabella
Ray, wife of Rev. W'" Ray, & dau. of testator.
On 6 Blay 1769 adm'on of goods left unadministered
by Mary Herriott, dec", & Arrabella Ray, dec'', was granted
to Rob* Carpenter, Esq., the son & surviving residuary
legatee.
Mary Dry butter of Stoke Newington, widow. Will
dated 1 April 1747. On 4 June 1749 adm'on to Sarah
Carpenter & Susannah Beardesley, sp', the Ex'trices in the
will of Sarah Beardesley, widow, the sister & Ex'trix &
residuary legatee of testatrix. Sarah Beardesley survived
testatrix, but died before she took on herself the execution
of the will. (178 Lisle.) To be buried in the churchyard
of Stoke Newington under the church window, near my
niece Carpenter. To the underbearers Is. 6d., clerk 2s. 6d.,
& sexton 5s. To M^ Thoresby 2 guineas. M' Dessier 1
guinea. To the poor £3. To my sister Sarah Beardesley
£100. To my nephew Nath' Carpenter & my niece Sarah
Carpenter £20 each. To M" Susan Farmery £10. To my
couzin Nancy Grayham £5. My couzin Eleanor Sanderson
& her bro. Bowater Sanderson £20 each. Miss Susan
Beardesley £5. To the 3 servants of my sister Beardesley
2 guineas each. To my sister Sarah Beardesley the dividends
of £300, she to pay Eliz"" Rymall, sp"-, £4 yearly, & after
her death the £300 to go to my couzin Eleanor Sanderson,
she to pay to M" Susan Farmery £10, & to her bro. Bowater
Sanderson £30, & to my niece Sarah Carpenter £20, but if
Eleanor Sanderson be dead, then the £300 to iier brother
Bowater Sanderson & Sally Carpenter equally. All residue
to my sister Sarah Beardesley, she to be sole Ex'trix.
Witnessed by Mary Rowbotham, Sarah Ludlaiu.
Sarah Beardesley of Stoke Newington, widow. Will
dated 25 Feb. 1748 ; proved 1 June 1749 by Sarah Car-
penter and Susannah Beardesley. (171 Lisle.) To be
buried at S* Edmund the King in Lumbard Street. To
my nephew Nath' Carpenter £147 2s., being the sum I
received of him & his sister Eliz*'' Carpenter for their
board & lodging to the death of Eliz"'. I also give him
£800 New South Sea Stock. To my niece Sarah Carpenter
what I have & shall receive for her board, & £200 like
stock, also my copyhold tenement where I now dwell in
Church Street, Stoke Newington, with the yard, garden, &
stables, & all my furniture. To my nephew Tho. Beardesley
£200 like stock over & above what he is entitled to by the
will of his uncle Rich'' Beardesley, my late husband, dec''.
To my niece Susannah Beardesley £200. My niece Ann
Beardesley £50. M'^ Eleanor Sanderson, M'' Bowater
Sanderson, M''^ Rachel Goodwin, M'' John Cooper £20 each.
To M''' Sarah Gi'iggs £20, 5 guineas, & £5 a year. Rev.
M'' Thoresby, M'"' Susanna Farmer, M"^' Anne Graham,
Ann Elmore, Sarah Darnell, & to the poor of Stoke
Newington £10 each. To my servants 5 guineas each.
All residue to Sarah Carpenter & Susannah Beardesley, they
to be Ex'trices. Witnessed by Alice Edge, Jos. Newton.
Codicil. My late sister Mary Drybutter has made me
her Ex'trix, & all I am entitled to under her will I give to
my nephew Nath' Carpenter & my niece Sarah Carpenter.
Dated 16 Mareh 1748. Witnessed by Ele. Sanderson. On
3 June 1749 appeared John Cooper of Lincoln's Inn, G*.
Elizabeth Carpenter, widow, of St. Martin's in the Fields.
Will dated 28 Dec. 1763 ; proved 24 Sep. 1766. (334
Tyndall.) To be buried at Weobley, Co. Hereford, near my
late husband John Carpenter. To my nephew Tho. Carpen-
ter, my niece M''^ Hawkins, & to M" Elinor Wheeler £5 each.
My dau. Eliz*'' Carpenter. My grandson John Carpenter
£1050.
Codicil. 26 Nov. 1764. On 22 Sep. 1766 appeared
John Carpenter & Eliz*'' Carpenter, widow.
In the will of Thomas Hill, Lieut. -Governor of St. Kitts,
dated 1697, reference is made to his brothers and sister (in
law), Nathaniel, Warncomb, and Ellinor Carpenter.
Brook Bridges of St. Andrew, HoH)orn, Esq., in his
will dated 1738 (133 Browne) names his daughter
Anne, the wife of Nathaniel Carpenter, and his grand-
daughter Susan Carpenter.
Visitation of co. Hereford A° 1586. Joanna, filia
Nicolaii Garnors de Garnors in Co. Hei-eford by Alice, dau.
& h. of Watkin ap Harry, mar. P' Tho. Carpenter, and had by
him a dau. Maria uxor. Tho. Webb. She (Joanna) mar. 2'"^'?
W" Hyde, by whom she had a dau. Jane ux. Barth Mason.
In the Visitation of London A" 1634 is recorded the
pedigi-ee of Joshua Carpenter of London, son of William
Carpenter of Godalming, co. Surrey, and grandson of William
Carpenter of co. Hereford. The arms given are : Pali/ of
six argent and gules, on a chevron sable three cross-crosslets
or ; and the Herald made a note that " This Coat is in glasse
windowes of the Colledge & Churches of Westbury & in
Worcester Church."
CARPENTER FAMILY.
121
Mr. Henry Carpenter writes to tlieir Lordships from
Nevis 1 Aug. 1685. A large seal affi.xed bears his arms :
. . . .an escallop-shell .... between two pales azure. Crest : A
snail passant proper, the shell on his lack .... (49 Colonial
Leeward Islands.) (Rowlandson gives the arms of Carpen-
ter of Somersetshire : Vert, an escallop-shell argent betiveen
two pales or. Crest : A snail passant proper, the shell on his
hack argent. Granted 1GG3.)
Isaac Garnier, John, Jonas, Daniel, and Paul, his sons,
and Mary his daughter, aliens, made free denizens of
England 2-1 Aug. 1(!84. (Camden Society's Publications,
1682.) Also Michael Garnier, l\Iary his wife, James, Daniel,
and Samuel, his children, also Peter Garnier 9 April 1687,
also Isaac Garnier on 16 Dec. 1687.
Henry Carpenter was appointed Secretary-General of the
Leeward Islands 27 Nov. 1701, 13 William III.
1715, April 16. George Carpenter, Esq., Lieutenant-
General, appointed his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to
the Court of Vienna, in the I'oom of Richard Temple, Vis-
count Cobham. (' Historical Register,' p. 56.)
1715, Nov. 8. Mr. Nathaniel Carpenter, junior, is
appointed Agent of Antigua for two years, by Act.
1716, July 5. General Carpenter, appointed Goveraor
of Minorca and Port Mahone, in the room of the Duke of
Argyle. (' Historical Register,' p. 354.)
1719, May 1. George Carpenter, Esq., of Killaghy, in
the county of Kilkenny in the Kingdom of Ireland, Lieu-
tenant General of his Majesty's Forces, a Baron of the said
Kingdom, by the name. Style and Title of Baron Carpenter
of Killaghy in the County aforesaid. {Ibid., p. 23.)
1722, Aug. 26 George Carpenter, Esq., Son of the
Lord Carpenter, marry'd to the only Daughter of M. Petty,
an eminent Citizen of London ; Dec. 3, George Lord Car-
penter, elected M.P. for the City of Westminster. {Ibid.,
pp. 41 and 53.)
1723, August 13. The Wife of George Carpenter of
Longwood, in the County of Southampton, Esq., Son of
George Carpenter, Baron Carpenter of Killingby, in the
Kingdom of Ireland, brouglit to bed of a Son. {Ibid., p. 36.)
1731, Oct. 7. The Lady Carpenter at Bath. (' Gentle-
man's Magazine.')
1732, Feb. 10. George Carpenter, L* Carpenter of the
Kingdom of Ireland, Governour of Minorca, and Lieut. Gen.
of the army. He was made a Colonel 1701, Brigadier Gen.
1705, Major and Lieut. Col. 1708, and had been 59 years in
the Army ; and married Alice, Daughter to Wm., Lord Vis-
count Charlemont, by whom he has left Issue only one Son
of the same Name, who succeeds him in Honour and Estate.
{Ibid.)
1732, Feb. 10. Dy'd the Right Hon. George Lord
Carpenter, who was the eldest Lieutenant General in his
Majesty's Service, Colonel of a Regiment of Dragoons, and
Governor of the Island of Minorca. He had been fifty-
nine Years in the Army, and rose gradually from a private
Gentleman in the Third Troop of Guards, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel of Horse, and then purchased the Regiment he ever
since commanded. He served in the first Wars of Ireland
and Flanders, and in the last Wars with Spain, with
Honour and Reputation. In the year 1715, he was ap-
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Emperor. In the late Rebellion he prevented the Rebels
seizing Newcastle, and the March they designed into
Yorkshire ; and overtaking them at Preston, where they
were invested by Sir Charles Wills, block'd them up more
closely, and obliged them to surrender. He had receiv'd
several Wounds, and one very remarkable one at the Defence
of Brihnega in Spain, by a Musket Ball, which having
broke hi.s Jaw Bone, and beat all his Teeth on one Side,
lodged itself in the Root of his Tongue, where it stay'd
fifty-one Weeks before it could be got out ; most Part of
which Time he was in great Pain, not being able to swallow
any Thing but Spoon Meat. He died in the 74th Year of
his Age. By his Will having settled his Real Estate,
which is about 200?. a Year, which he lately purchased in
Herefordsiiire (and had been above three hundred Years in
his Family, till it was sold by his Lordship's Father and
Grandfather), upon his Son and his Children, and has left
several Legacies and Annuities out of his Personal Estate,
which was about 16,000/. He married Alice, Daughter to
William, Lord Viscount Charlemount, by whbm he has issue
one Son, who succeeds him in his Honour, and is now
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Horse-Guards. (' Historical
Register,' p. 28.)
1732, Feb. 20. M"' Rd. Beardsley, a Jamaica and Bar-
badoes Merchant, at Stoke Newington. (' Gentleman's
Magazine.')
1733, May 23. Thomas Cai-penter, Esq., of the Homme,
near Weobly in Herefordshire, and left his Estate (about
300/. a year) to his Cousin the Ld. Carpenter. {Ibid.)
1733, May 24. Dy'd Thomas Carpenter, Esq., of the
Homme near Weobley in Herefordshire, a Gentleman
much lamented by his Neighbours. The Lord Carpenter
was his Cousin and Heir at Law. (' Historical Register,'
p. 28.)
1733, Sept. Capt. Carpenter, a Relation to Lord Car-
penter, made Capt. -Lieutenant to Sir Charles Will's Regi-
ment of Foot Guards, in the room of Col. Lascelles, pro-
moted to a Company in the said Regiment. {Ibid., p. 37.)
1738, Dec. Thomas Carpenter, jun., of Tillington in
the county of Hertford, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for that County, and a near Relation to the
Lord Carpenter, marry'd to Miss Tyler, niece to the late D"^
Tyler, Bishop of Llandaff, a Fortune of 5000/. {Ibid.,
p. 47.)
1738, Jan. 8. Col. Carpenter at Richmond. (' Gentle-
man's Magazine.')
David Petty, Esq. (5th son of George Petty, Esq., of co.
Kent, by Anne, daughter of David Polhill, Esq.). M.I. at
Wansted. 1745. Arras : Quarterly or and azure on a bend
vert three martlets of the \st (Putty), impaling argent two
chevronels between six martlets, 3, 2, and 1 (Cookes). He
married a daughter of John Cookes, Esq., of co. Worcester,
by whom he had a daughter the wife of George, 2nd Lord
Carpenter. (Lysons.)
1745. Killed at Tournay, "Col. Carpenter, nearly
related to Lord Carpenter, he left a wife and seven children "
— of the S<^ Reg. of Guards. (' London Magazine,' p. 276.)
Mr. Nathaniel Carpenter at one time owned a plantation
at Old North Sound which he sold to Colonel Samuel Parry,
and the latter sold to Thomas Kerby before 1746.
1748, March. Hon. George Carpenter, only son to the
Lord Carpenter, to Miss Clifton, Niece to the Earl of
Grantham. (' London Magazine,' p. 140.)
1749, April 1. The lady of the Hon. George Carpen-
ter, son to the lord Carpenter, deliver'd of a daughter.
{Ibid., p. 195.)
1749, July 12. R' Hon. George, Lord Carpenter, baron
of Killaghay, lieut. col. of the first troop of horse-guards,
and fellow of the Royal Society, a nobleman of the strictest
probity and most exact economy ; he is succeeded by his
only son George, now lord Carpenter. {Ibid., p. 336.)
1750, May 15. Hon. Frances Carpenter, only child of
Lord Carpenter. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1750, June 30, Lady Carpenter dehvered of a son.
('London Magazine,' p. 333.)
1753, March 3. Nat. Carpenter of Hatton Garden,
Esq. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
122
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of St. Edmund, Lombard Street, in
THE City of London.
Baptized.
1679 Mar. 31 Ann Carpenter y|= d. of Nathaniell & Mary
Carpenter.
1680 Sept. 19 James Carpenter y<^ s. of Nathaniell Car-
penter.
1681 Nov. 25 Mary Carpenter y" d. of Mathew & Mary
Carpenter.
1686 June 11 Nathaniel Carpenter the s. of Nathaniel
Carpenter & of Sarah his wife.
1687 Aug. 28 Sarah d. of Nathaniel Carpenter & of
Sarah his wife.
1688 Sept. 4 Urania Carpenter d. of Nathaniel &
Sarah.
1689 Aug. 16 Agnes d. of Nathaniel & Sarah Carpenter.
1690 Aug. 3 Eleanor d. of Nathaniel & Sarah Carpenter.
1691 Sept. 20 John s. of Nathaniel & Sarah Carpenter.
1691 Nov. 9 Joan Hill (a black of 30 years), Servant
to L* Generall Hill of the Cariby
Islands.
1693 Nov. 5 Katherine d. of Nathaniel & Sarah Car-
penter.
1697 May 11 Ann d. of Nathaniel & Sarah Carpenter.
1717-18 Mar. 24: Nathaniel s. of Nathaniel & Elizabeth
Carpenter.
Married.
1693-4 .Ian. 23 Colonel George Carpenter of S' James,
AVestminster, Singleman, & Alice Mon-
geeson widow of same. T.L.
1697 May 25 Isaak Gamier of S' James, Westminster,
Bach"', & Elianor Carpenter, single-
woman. T.L.
1709 April 28 Edward Marsh of Kingston, co. Surrey,
Bach'', & Elizabeth Carpenter of S'
Mathew, Friday Street, Singlewoman.
T.L.
1710 Dec. 26 Richard Beardsley of S' Dioness, Back-
church, Bach'', & Sarah Carpenter of S'
Edm. the King, Singlewoman. T.L.
1721 April 25 Henry Shelley, junior, of S' Paul, Coveut
garden, co. Midd., Bach', & Eleanor
Garnier of S' James, Westminster,
Singlewoman. T.L.
1679-80 Jan. 11
1681 Dec. 23
1685 June 19
1689 Nov. 24
1692 Oct. 2
1693 May 3
1694 Sept. 10
1694 Oct. 3
1694 Nov. 26
1713 Dec. 29
1715-16 Feb. 16
1721 June 7
1727-8 Feb. 4
1737 Jan. 15
1713 Nov. 12
Buried.
Ann Carpenter the d. of Nathaniell Car-
])enter, & Mary his wife. W.
Mary Carpenter y*^ Wife of M' Carpenter.
W.
James Carpenter the S. of Natlianiell
Carpenter.
Agnes d. of Nathaniel Carpenter.
Elianor d. of Nathaniel Carpenter. W.
Urania Carpenter d. of M' Carpenter.
W.
Ann Farmer, M'' Carpenter's sister. W.
John s. of M' Carpenter. W.
Katherine d. of Nathaniel Carpenter. W.
Mary Carpenter wife of Nathaniel Car-
penter. W.
M'' Nathaniel Carpenter. W.
Mary d. of M'' Nathaniel Carpenter. W.
Sarah Carpenter.
Nathaniel Carpenter.
Beardesleij Family.
Baptized.
Richard s. of Richard and Sarah Beardsly.
1708
July
20
1710
May
2
1712
June
8
1714
June
15
1717
Sept.
5
1721
Mar.
30
Buried.
1711-12 Jan. 4 Sarah Beardsly d. of M'' Richard Beardsly.
W.
1715 Dec. 2 George s. of M'' Richard Beardsley. W.
1721 Oct. 18 Sarah Beardsly d. of M'' Beardsly. W.
1731-2 Feb. 3 M'' Rich'' Beardsley.
1733 April 27 Thomas Beardsley.
1749 May 23 Sarah Beardsley.
Drybutter Family.
Baptized.
Eleanor d. of ilf Peter & Mary Dributter.
Alicia d. of Peter and Mary Drybutter.
George s. of Peter and Mary Drybutter.
Nathaniel 8. of Peter & Mary Drybutter.
William s. of Thomas & Mary Dributter.
Mary d. of Thomas and Mary Drybutter.
Buried.
1703 Nov. 18 M--' Elizabeth Di'ybutter. W.
1710 July 26 Eleanor d. of M"- Drybutter. W.
1711 June 25 Ahcia d. of M'' Drybutter. W.
1716 Dec. 28 George s. of M'' Peter Drybutter. W.
Parish Register of St. Nicholas Acons, London.
Baptized.
1674-5 Jan. 28 Mary Drybutter theD. of Peeter Drybute
and Elisabeth his wif.
1676 Sept. 14 Fetter Drybutter the S. of Fetter Dry-
butter and Ann his wif.
Thomas Drybutter the S. of Fetter Dry-
butter and Ann his wif.
Mary Drybutter y<^ d. of Peter & Elizabeth
Drybutter.
Sarah Drybutter yd. of Peter & Elizabeth
Drybutter.
Mary Drybuttei- yi" d. of Peter & Elizabeth
Drybutter.
Buried.
Mary Drybutter the D. of Peeter Dry-
butter and Ann his wif.
Thomas Drybutter y<^ s. of Peter & Eliz.
Dributter, in Woollen.
Mary Drybiuter y' d. of Peter & Eliza-
beth Dributter, in Woollen.
1677
Aug.
5
1679
June
4
1681
Aug.
3
1682
Oct.
3
1677
Nov.
26
1679
Dec.
9
1679
Dec.
9
Parish
1672 Feb.
1675 Jan.
1683 May
1684 Dec.
1687 Oct.
1694 Aug.
1696 Feb.
1699 Dec.
1701 Nov.
1716 Feb.
1720 Mar.
1722 Mar.
1727 May
Register of Astley, co. Worcester.
Baptized.
Ann d. of Tho^ Carpenter by Mary.
Mary d. of Tho^ Carpenter by Mary his
wife.
Elizabeth d. of M'' Warncomb Carpenter
by Joane his wife.
Warncomb s. of M"' Warncomb Carpenter
by Joane ....
Eleanor d. of M'' Warncomb Carpenter
by .Joane.
George s. of George Carpenter by Eliz"'.
Mary ye d. of George Carpenter & Eliz"".
Ann ye d. of George & Eliz"" Carpenter.
Thomas ye s. of George Carpenter by
Eliz"'.
Warncomb s. of M'' Warncomb Carpenter.
Martha d. of M' Warncomb Carpenter,
J'', by Martha.
Eliz"' d. of M"' Warncomb Carpenter . . by
Martha.
15 Ann ye d. of George & Eliz"' Carpenter.
4
24
15
CARPENTER FAMILY.
123
1728 May
1729
Mar.
28
1729
June
1
1732
1735
April 20
1740
June 11
1743
Mar.
4
1754
April
5
1755
July
3
1757
May
15
1758
Mar.
27
1759
June
30
1761
Nov.
2
1763
Mar.
11
1764
Aug.
19
1767
Sept.
20
1768
Nov.
22
1674
Mar.
19
1686
June
4
1687
Aug.
4
1689
Nov.
2
1694
April
3
1704
July
17
1714
Oct.
19
1718 Mar.
1721
Aug.
13
1726
Oct.
26
1729
Aug.
13
1729
Dec.
15
1729
Mar.
21
1747
Feb.
13
1754
Jan.
22
Eliz. ye d. of Warncoinb & Eliz"" Car-
penter.
Mary ye d. of George Carpenter & Mary.
Mary ye d. of Tho^ Carpenter & Alice.
Sarah ye d. of Tho^ Carpenter & his pre-
tended wife Sarah Holmes. Incestuous.
Tho' s. of George & Eliz"" Carpenter.
Sarah Ann d. of Tho^ Carpenter and
Sarah Holmes.
Tho* 8. of Tho^ Carpenter & Sarah Holmes.
Benjamin s. of Benjamin & Sarah
Crowther.
Sarah d. of Tho' & Sarah Carpenter.
Tho^ s. of Tho" Carpenter, J'', by Sarah.
John s. of George & Mary Carpenter.
John s. of Thos. & Sarah Carpenter.
George s. of Thos. & Sarah Carpenter.
Tho'* s. of George & Mary Carpenter.
Mary d. of Thos. & Sarah Carpenter.
William s. of Thos. & Sarah Carpenter.
Martha d. of George & Sarah Carpenter.
Buried.
Elizabeth Carpenter.
Thomas Carpenter.
Mary Carpenter wife of Tho' Carpenter.
Warncomb Carpenter.
M'^ Mary Carpenter, Widow.
M''^ Pierce Carpenter.
Joane Carpenter wife of M'' Warncomb
Cai'penter.
M''^ Mary Carpenter ye wife of M'' Warn-
comb Carpenter, Sen''.
Thos. Carpenter.
M"^ Warncomb Carpenter, Sen''.
Mary ye wife of George Carpenter.
Mary ye d. of George Carpenter.
Mary the d. of Tho" Cai-penter & Alice.
M'' Warncoinb Carpenter.
Sarah Carpenter, 78 yrs.
1757 Sept. 13
1758 Mar. 28
1768 Mar. 28
1793 Mar. 24
1800 May 22
1682 May 2
Eliz. Carpenter (Widow), pauper.
Mary ye wife of George Carpenter.
John s. of George & Mary Carpenter.
Martha d. of George & Sarah Carpenter.
Martha Carpenter of Hartlebury, 73 yrs.
Married.
1693 June 18
1715 Nov. 14
1718
1729
.June 16
April 15
M'' Warncomb Carpenter & Joane South-
all. B. '
George Carpenter & Elizabeth Carpenter.
B.
M'' Warncomb Carpenter & Mary Geevans.
L.
John Wenlock & Mary Carpenter.
Tho' Carpenter & Alice Holmes, per
Banns.
1752 Benjamin Crowther & Sarah Carpenter of
Astley. Banns.
1 754 Dec. 15 George Carpenter & Sarah Jones of Astley.
1755 May 5 Tho= Carpenter & Mary H.
1763 Nov. 23 George Carpenter & Sarah Lippit.
1785 George Carpenter & Mary Jones.
Tho^ Carpenter & Sarah Hancock.
1683. M"' Warncomb Carpenter, churchwarden, for Bull
Hill; also Supervisor 1686 to 1689 ; churchwarden 1092
for Broobhampton. M'' Carpenter, overseer 1694 & 1702 ;
supervisor 1707, 1708, 1712 ; churchwarden 1709. Geo.
Carpenter, churchwarden 1707. Warncomb Carpenter,
overseer 1724, 1726, 1728.
Mat Fair Chapel, St. George, Hanover Square.
Married.
1748 Mar. 23 Hon. George Carpenter and Frances
Clifton.
1693-4, Jan. 20. L' Col. George Carpenter, of
S' James, Westminster, Bach'', 33, & the Hon. the
Lady Alice Margetson, of same, Widow, 33 ; alleged
by Nathaniel Carpenter, of S' Edmund the King, London ;
at S' Edmund afs"" or (. . . .), Bishop of Lond. fac. lie.
^ctitsrcc of Carter.
THOMAS CARTER, living 1752.=r.
. Tuite, of the family of Tuitestown, co. Westmeath.-
Thomas Carter.
Erasmus Carter.
Philip Carter.
Ehzabeth Carter.
Mary=
Carter,
living
1748.
=William Griffith
of Antigua,
mariner. Will
dated 9 April
1730 ; recorded
12 July 1736.
John Carter of=
Antigua, sur-
geon. Will
dated 12 Oct.
1748 ; proved
9 July 1752.
(181 Bettes-
worth.) 2nd
husband.
^Rebecca, dau. of Mrs.=
Elizabeth Howard.
Will dated 5 May
1756, then of
Princes Street, Lon-
don ; proved 27
April 1759. (124
Arran.)
s.p.
^ . . . Tuite,
1st
band.
lUS-
Nicholas Tuite'
of London,
merchant. Will
dated 5 Feb.
and proved 27
Nov. 1772.
(425 Taverner.)
=Ann
Wil
Ham Griffith.
Richard
Elizabeth
Robert Tuite,
—
Tuite.
Tuite.
sole Executor
James Griffith.
—
—
in his father's
—
Robert
Eleanor
will.
The
)raas Griffith.
Tuite.
Tuite.
Winifred Tuite, mar.
Justin McCarthy, Esq.
Ann Tuite, mar. Tho-
mas Stapleton, Esq.
Elinor Tuite, dau. and heir.
2nd wife before 1753 of Tho-
mas Selby, Esq., of Biddleston,
CO. Northumberland. (See
Burke's ' Landed Gentry.')
Bryan Carter. Will dated 18 June 1713. My wife Mary
being now with child I leave all my estate both real &
personal to my P' dan. Mary, my 2'^ dau. Eliz., my 3'' dau.
Rachel, my son Bryan & the said child unborn equally.
M"^ Anthony Montero, Laurence & David Scannel, with my
wife, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Andrew Maggee, Thos. Murrell,
John Chamberlain. Before John Yeamans, Esq., were
sworn M"- Andrew Maggee, & Thos. Murrell, 17 March 1714.
124
THE HISTORY
William Griffith, mariner. Will dated 9 April 1730.
All my estate equally between my sons W™, James &
Thomas. My wife Mary Ex'trix with John Wilkinson &
M' Josiah Newfield, overseers. Witnessed by Jn. Foster,
Louis Thibou. Recorded 12 July 1736.
John Carter, late of Antigua, surgeon, now of Stoke
Newingtou. Will dated 12 Oct. 1748 ; proved, P.C.C., 9
July 17.52, by Thomas Carter the father ; power reserved
to the other Executors. (181 Bettesworth.) Recorded
also at Antigua 6 July 1753. To be buried as becomes a
private gentleman. To my mother-in-law M''' Eliz. Howard
£100. My brother Philip Carter £.50. My sister Mary
Griffith £250. My brother Thos. Carter £50. My brother
Erasmus Carter £50. My sister Eliz. Carter £100. My
nephew Thos. Griffith £100. All residue equally between
my wife Rebecca Carter & my father Thos. Carter. My said
father, M"" Nicholas Tuite, merchant in London, Patrick
Cusack & Francis Farly both of .\iitigua, Esq'''=% Bx'ors.
Witnessed by Robert Weed, Peter Rudkin, Thomas Palmer.
Codicil. Dated 23 Nov, 1748. My wife to have all
that is due to me on account of dower from M' Richard
Tuite. Witnessed by Thos. Carter, Mary Griffith.
Rebecca Carter, of Princes Street, London. Will dated
5 May 1756 ; proved 27 April 1759 by Nicholas Tuite and
John Bradshaw. (124 Arran.) To my sons Richard &
Robert Tuite & my dan. Eliz. Tuite £5 apiece. All residue
to my dau. Eleanor Tuite. My brother-in-law M' Nicholas
Tuite & M'' John Bradshaw, Ex'or. Witnessed by Bridget
Bradshaw, Jane Rinmier, Rebekah Lone.
OFJf ANTIGUA.
1772, Nov. 16. Nicholas Turte (sic), Esq., Qu. Anne-str.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 543.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Bitried.
1691 June 21 Margery the wife of John Carter.
1691 Nov. 16 Philip Carter.
Circa 1702 or 1703 Jane Carter.
1714 May 31 Rich" Carter.
1728 May 22 John Carter.
1734 Jan. 16 William Carter.
1746 June 17 Susannah Carter, a child.
1748 Oct. 11 Susannah Eliz. Carter, a child of Thomas
Carter Carp.
Baptized.
1745 Sept. 1 Susannah the D. of Thomas Carter and
Elizabeth his wife.
1804 May 20 Eliza Gillan D. of Nicholas Tuite and
Mary his wife born the 6 March 1804.
Married.
1700 7ber 5 Bryan Carter & Mary Poore, Widdow.
1719 Aug. 1 Joseph Carter and Ann Codry. B.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1741 Sept. 19 Thomas Carter & Elizabeth Hillhouse.
By Bans.
Jfamilj) of Carj?-
Henry Long of S* Andrew, Holborn, Esq. Will dated
27 Feb. 1719 ; proved 17 Dec. 1723 by Thomas Long
the brother ; power reserved to IMarg' Long the widow, and
proved by her 11 Feb. 1723. (262 Richmond.) Before
my marriage with my present wife Marg' Webb I cove-
nanted to lay out £12,000 in the purchase of lands the
rents etc. to go to her. I give her also my tenement in
Red Lion Square, S' Andrew's, Holborn, for the remainder
of the lease, all my jewels, furniture, coach, cattle, & £200.
To my dau. Ann Long my farm at Bayford, Co. Herts, now
in the possession of Geo. Nash at £15 a year, also my farm
at Bayford T purchased of ... . Gardner now in the
possession of Widow Bassell at 30*. a year, also £3000 at
21. If she die under age & without issue then £1000 to
my wife, £1000 to my son Rich'' Long & £1000 to my
Mother Marg' Long & to my sisters Marg' Harvey, Sarah
Long & Jane Long. To Chas. Long, the natural son of
Eliz"' Plumley, late of New York, dec"!, £300 ; he was late
in the service of M'' Wilson of New York, Merch'. To
Henry Philips, of Ware, Co. Herts, carpenter, £200. To
my 2 aunts, Sarah Haggard & Cath. Haggard, £100 apiece.
To my 3 nieces, Mary JIarg' & Ann Harvey, & my nephew
Henry Harvey, children of my sister Marg' Harvey, widow,
£100 apiece. To my brother Tho. Long £150(», & a £500
bond due from my father .... Backer, payable after his
death. To my 3 sisters, Marg' Harvey, Sarah & Jane
Long, £400 apiece. By Indenture of 28 Jan. 1713,
reciting my marriage articles made before my marriage with
Jane Cary, one of the dan's of Rich'' Gary, the lordships
& manors of Bayford & Bay, were settled on our issue, &
having no male issue by her & but 1 dau., she is therefore
intitled to the whole, but if she die under age without issue,
then I give the estates to my son Rich'' Long, then to my
dau. Anne Long, charged with £1000 to my brother Tho.
Long & £500 apiece to my 3 sisteis, then to my brother
Tho. Long, charged with £10(iO apiece to my 3 sisters.
My dau. Jane being so well provided for I give her only
£20. I appoint Rich'' Cary, Esq., her grandfather.
Guardian, £50 a year to my dear Mother, & to my brother
& 3 sisters 10 guineas each. All residue to my son Rich''
Long. My wife & my brother Tho. Long, Ex'ors.
Witnessed by W"' Proby, Sam. Diggle, W"" Plumpton.
Richard Cary of London, Esq. Will dated 13 May
1721 ; proved 3 Feb. 1726 by Robert Elwes, junior, esq.
(37 Farrant.) To my worthy sons in law Henry Long &
Rob' Elwes, Jun', Esq'■'=^ £100 each. To poor of S'
Dunstan in the East £100. To Rob' Elwes, Jun'', my
Ex'or, £4000 on trust for Jane Long, my granddau., an
infant of 6 years, dau. of Henry Long by Jane my late dau.,
dec'', at 21. To my dear dau. Martha Elwes, now wife of
Rob' Elwes, my plantation in Antegoa, with my storehouse
at S' Johns towne, negros, & cattle for life, then to my
grandson Cary Elwes, their son & heir apparent. To M"'
Tho. Prime my good friend 10 guineas. To my son in law
Rob' Elwes, all my exchequer annuities, & all residue of my
personal estate on trust, to be invested in the purchase of
manors in England, for my dau. Martha Elwes & her heirs.
Witnessed by Tho. Prime, Tho. Prime, Jnn., Harding
Tomkins.
Codicil. Dated 10 April 1724. My son in law Henry
Long is dead, & Jane Long is now 10 years old. Rich''
AVright, of London, my loving nephew, to be her Guardian.
Witnessed by Tho. Prime, Tho. Prime, Jun., Fra. Beyer.
GARY FAMILY.
125
Arms.— Arffenf, on a bend sable three roses of the first ; 07i a cantoti or an anchor of second.
Crest. — A sivan with icings addorsed argent.
[From a seal on a letter of Kiehard Gary's, dated 20 Oct. 1698.— Vol. 0, B. T. Leeward Islands.]
CARY^F
Kicliard Gary of St. Dunstan in the-
East, London, merchant, Agent for
Antigua, Governor of Bank of Eng-
land, set. 30 in 1684 ; died 26 Jan.
1726-7, ffit. nearly 80. Will dated
13 May 1721 ; proved 3 Feb. 1726.
(37 Farraut.)
Margaret" Henry Long, Esq., of St. An-
=Jane, dan. of ... .
Wright, of St. Bo-
tolph's, Aldersgate,
marriage licence
dated 27 May 1684,
she then set. 24 ;
living 1701.
Dorothy Gary of St.=
Dunstan 's in the
East, marriage alle-
gation dated 12
Jan. 1681-2, then
of age ; died intes-
tate 1684.
=Tobias Frere, ret. 35 in 1681-2; ad-
ministration of his wife Dorothy's goods
granted to him 24 March 1684 ; in 1685
he signed a petition as a merchant
trading to the Leeward Islands. (Co-
lonial, vol. 49, Leeward Islands.) 2nd
husband.
Webb.
2nd wife.
drews, Holborn. Purchased
Manor of Bayford, co. Herts,
in 1713. Will dated 27 Feb.
1719 ; proved 17 Dec. 1723.
(262 Richmond.)
=Jane Gary, 1st
dau. and co-
heir, died be-
fore 1721. 1st
wife.
Richard Gary,
jun., living
1701 ; (?)died
v.p.
I
Martha Gary, 2ud dau.=pRobert Elwes, jun.,
and coheir, mar. 1717; of Throckins; and
died 2.5 March 1 768 ; bur. Roxby, brother of Sir
at Throcking, co. Herts; Jeff. Elwes, Kt.
inherited her father's
plantation in Antigua.
I I I
Richard Long. Jane Long, only dau. and heir,=pCharles Gaasar of Benington, 1st son of
Ann Long.
fet. 6 in 1721 ; mar. Oct. 1729,
set. 15, then a ward in Chancery.
Charles Ctesar, Esq., he ran off with his
wife, they were married in a cottage ;
died 1740 v.p.
I
Gary Elwes, only child and
heir, born 1718 ; mar.
twice ; died 22 Dec. 1782,
bur. at Throcking.
Jane Gsesar, born 1732 ; mar. Charles C.
Dormer, son of Sir G. C. Dormer, Kt.
Harriet Cassar, mar. 1758, Robert
Chester, Esq., of Barkway.
1681, Mar. 11. Adm'on of goods of Shershaw Gary,
formerly of Lisbon, Merch', deC^, granted to John & Rich"
Gary, the sons. Ult. March 1683.
1684, Mar. 24. Adm'on of estate of Dorothy Frere, al's
Gary, late of S» Dunstans in the East, dec'', granted to
Tobias Frere, the husb''.
1678, JIar. 10. Richard Gary, in the Pink Seaventure,
for Antegua, George Battersby, Gomander. Security.
(Ticket from Barbados, Hottens Lists.)
1678. Nevis. M^ Rich'' Gary, of the Ass'y.
1680, Jan. 28. At a Court of Admiralty at Nevis.
Names given of the foreman & jury. Gapt. Cha. Pym,
prosecutor. Trial of Rich-i Gary & others, who in 2 sloops
fired at the sloop Africa, & killed a man in 1679. Acquittal.
(48 Colon. Entry Book.)
1691-3. Rich'5 Gary was one of the four Commissioners
for the Leeward Islands.
1702-.S. Letter written by Rich'i Gary to Sir Chas.
Hedges, one of the Secretaries of State, asking that an
Engineer from Barbados might visit the forts at Antigua.
(N" 451, America and W. Indies.) He was then Agent.
1727, Jan. 26. Dy'd Richard Gary, Esq., aged nearly
80 Years, formerly a West India ilercbant, and several
of the Bank of England.
Years one of the Directors
('Historical Register,' p. 7.)
1731, Feb. 16. Com" to Jane Gary, Sp"-, d-'of Shershaw
Gary, late of Nevis, Wid^ dec''.
A pedigree of Long, by Cussans, is in 'Miscellanea
Genealogica et Heraldica,' p. 135, vol. 4 ; also in vol. 1, of
Gussans's ' History of Herts.'
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1705
July
24 Joseph Carey.
1744
July
23 Doctor Thomas Karey.
Married.
1720
May
22 William Gary and Mary Bonner
B.
1681-2, Jan. 12. Tobias ffrore, of S' Dunstan's in the
East Loud., Merch', Bach^ ab' 35, & M", Dorothy Gary of
S« Sepulchre's Lond., Sp"", 21 & upw''', at her own dispose,
her parents dead, at S' Dunstan's aforesaid. (Marriage
Allegations, Vicar General.)
1684, May 27. Richard Gary, of S' Dunstan's in the
East, Loud., Jlerch', Bach"-, ab' 30, & M" Jane Wright, of
S' Bottolph's, Aldersgate, Lond., Sp'', ab' 24, with consent
of her parents, at S' Bottolph's, Algate, Lond. (Marriage
Allegations, Vicar General.)
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ctiitjrce of Cljtsttr
Arms. — Quarterly : 1 and 4, Ermine, on a chief sable a griffin passant argent (Gbestsr) ; 2 and 3 Quarterly, 1 rind 4, Sable,
three birds' legs erased or, a crescent for diprence ; 2 and 3, Or, a Moor's head sable, couped gules, wreathed
argent; orer all an inescutcheon.
Crests. — 1, A demi-griffin segreant proper. 2, A thistle proper.
Sir ROBERT CHESTER of Royston.co. Herts, Kt., Gentleman Usher to Henry VIII., grant=rCatherine, dau. of Clmsto-
of Royston 31 Henry VIII., and of Barkway 4 Edward VI., knighted 2 Sept. 1552, Sheriff of
Herts and Essex 7 Elizabeth ; died 25 Nov. 1574. Descended from an old Derbyshire family.
pher Thrograortou of Coorse
Court, CO. Gloucester, Esq.
Edward Chester, son and^Catherine, dau. and heir of Sir James Granada, Kt., Equerry to Henry VIII., he was knighted
heir, Colonel in Low
Countries, mar. circa 16
Oct. 6 Elizabeth.
at Musselburgh Field 1 Oct. 1547, and died 4 May and biir. 6 May 1557 at St. Dunstan's in
the East. Administration of his estate granted 17 Sept. 1585 to his dau. Catherine Chester,
his relict Dame Magdalen Granada being now also deceased.
Sir Robert Chester of Cockenhatch in Barkway, co. Herts,=pAnne, dau. of Sir Arthur Capell of
knighted 23 July 1603 (ride Clutterbuck's ' Herts ' and Little Iladham, co. Herts, Kt., by
Visitation 1634), Sheriff of Herts 41 Elizabeth, J.P., " ' - . _ . ^
entertained James I. at Royston.
Mary, dau. of John, Lord Grey, of
Mary Chester, mar. Ed-
ward Thornbro', Esq., of
Shaddesden, co. Bucks.
Pargo.
Rev. Robert Chester, M.A., D.D.,=
Rector of Stevenage, co. Herts,
born 1597; instituted 19 Dec.
1C29 ; died 1664, set. 67. M.I. at
Stevenage.
Dr. Granado Chester, D.D., Rector Henry Chester,^
of Broadwater, co. Sussex. Will L.A.C. dated
dated 27 Dec. 1646; proved 19 6 May 1633,
Jan. 1646 and 17 June 1647. (12 Colonel in Army.
Fines.)
Chester,=pAnne, dau. of Theodore
Read of Barking, a3t. 17
in 1633.
Rev. Edward Chester, Fellow
of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge. Will dated 25 June
1703 ; proved 5 Jan. 1703.
I
Granado Chester of St. Helen's, Bishopgate, grocer, bom 1640,=pAnne, dau. and coheir of
" ' Robert Hawkins of Lon-
dou, citizen, she had four-
teen children ; set. 18 in
1670 ; died 1693.
L.A.C. dated 2 Nov. 1670, then ajt. circa 30, of Whitechapel (St.
Mary). Administration granted 6 Feb. 1699-1700 to his son
Granado, and administration de bonis non granted 8. Ian. 1757-8
to his granddau. Anne Chester. (Act Book P.C.C.)
Robert Chester
of Southwark,
living 1738.
1st son.
Thomas Ches-
ter. 3rd son.
Theodosia
Chester, living
1691.
Granado Chester,=
2nd son, born circa
1676 ; L.A.C. 28
April 1714. Ad-
ministration 27
June 1726 to
widow ; de bonis
moh8 Jan. 1775-8
to his dau. Anne
Chester.
=Mary Win-
ter. WiU
dated 28
Oct. 1738;
proved 29
Nov. 1738.
(256 Broad-
repp.)
Edward Chester, ]'un.,=
of Antigua, 4th son,
owned " Briggins "
there, ffit. 26 in 1708;
mar. at St. Paul's 24
Oct. 1726; bur. at St.
John's 9 Aug. 1744.
Will dated 31 Jan.
1743 ; proved 1 1 April
1745. (107 Seymour.)
=Rns.sel, dau. of
Barry Tankard.
Mar. 2ndly Ad-
miral Richard
Tyrrell of An-
tigua 18 Nov.
] 747 at St.
Paul's. Her
will dated 1751.
B.p.
Elizabeth Chester, mar. .lohu
Mascoll, she living 1738.
Mary Chester. Will dated 22
Aug. 1719 ; proved 13 March
1720. P.C.C.
Ann Chester, mar. John Che-
vall; L.B.L. 25 Oct. 1692.
Her will dated 24 June 1743 ;
proved 12 July 1743. (224
Boycott.)
I
Granado Chester, bapt. at St.
Helen's 25 Nov. 1715 ; living
1743 ; chapman of Sydenham,
bankrupt ; mar. two or three
times ; L.B.L. 2 Dec. 1749;
( ?) in 1782 of Chiswell Street,
St. Luke's parish, Gent. ;
died before 1793.
Robert Chester,=p.
died before
1793.
J II.
James Theodosia Chester, mar.
S. Ches- James Hodgson ; she
ter. died before 1793.
Elizabeth Chester, mar.
Thomas Carberry ; she
living, widow, 1793.
Sarah Chester,
mar. James
Seager.
I
Ann Chester,
died before
1793.
Mary Ches-
ter, died soon
after 1744,
spinster.
a quo Edward Chester,
Esq., of Indian Civil
Service 1889.
I
Mary Seager, dau. and coheir, living 1782, then
of Drefow Court, Broad Street, Golden Square,
spinster. Owned one-twelfth of " Briggins "
plantation.
Ann Seager, dau. and coheir, mar. Joshua
Pattison of High Wycomb, co. Bucks,
plumber. She owned one-twelfth of
" Briggins " in 1782.
CHESTER EAMILY.
127
Oliver Chester=pMagdalen WattBon of St. Olave's, Hart Robert
I Street, mar. licence dated 22 July 1570. Cliester.
Prances Chester, mar. Robert
Filmere of co. Kent.
Catherine Chester,
mar. John Forte.
Sir Edward Chester of Cockeuhatch and Royston, 1st son and heir, John Chester, born IG07. Five dans., all married,
knighted 1042. Will dated 2 Nov. 1660 ; proved -1 May 1661.
a quo Chesters of Bush Hall, co. Herts.
Mary Chester, mar. William Hasledine Chester of Plaistow,=pJane, sister of Anne Hawkins, jet. 19 1674, had fifteen
Crowley of Hunsdon, Gent., co. Essex ; mar. licence 19 May
licence dated 27 Nov. 1667 ; 1674, then set. circa 29 ; died
livino- 1703. intestate 1701.
children, bur. at St. Helen's, Bishopgate, 9 Aug. 1717.
Will dated 3 Dec. 1716 ; proved ii Aug. 1717. (152
Whitfield.)
Robert Chester
of London,
merchant, heir
to his uncle
Dr. Edward
Chester ; of
" Briggins,"co.
Herts, and An-
tigua ; died 22
Feb. 1732, iBt.
56, bach. Will
dated 9 May
1730 ; proved 6
Feb. 1732. (36
Price.) M.I.
at Hunsdon.
Edward Ches-
ter, sen., of
Antigua, Esq.,
bur. at St.
John's 4 Nov.
1727 ; mar.
2udly Anne,
dau. of ... .
■Catherine
M
mar. at
St. John's
1 Dec.
1702;
bur. there
30 Dec.
1715.
I
Henry Ches-=
ter. Admin-
istration to
his widow.
=Mary
a quo Chester
of Poyle Park,
CO. Surrey.
(See Burke's
' Landed
Gentry.')
Hawkius^EIizabeth
Chester.
Will
dated 6
Dec.
1718 ;
proved
21 Feb.
1718
P.C.C.
(24
Brown-
ing.)
s.p.
I
Jane Chester, bapt.
1734, George Ford
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Theodosia Ches-
ter, of Stratford,
CO. Essex, spin-
ster. Adminis-
tration to Peter
Tahourdin 19
Nov. 1754.
Mary Chester,
dead 17 54, spin-
ster.
Hasledine Ches-
ter, died young.
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Jane Chester,
died spinster
17 July 1736,
set. 56. Will
dated 15 July
1736 ; proved
22 July 1736.
(149 Derby.)
Anne Chester,
living 1716.
Martha Clies-
ter, died
young.
at St. John's 25 Aug.
living 1736.
1707 ; (?) mar. at St. John's, 13 July
Samuel Chester, bapt. at St. John's
8 Sept. 1706.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Granado Chester, D.U. Will dated 27 Dec. 1646 ;
proved 19 .Jan. 1646 by Robert Chester, and 17 June 1647
by John Alford. (12 Fines.) To » Edward Chester, K\
my elder bro. £5. To my loving bro. T>' Rob' Chester, all
my books except 6 or 8 of my mothers, which I give to my
dear sister Ratcliffe. I give her also £40. To my loving
sister M" Theodocia Theobald £10. To my godson
Granado Nightingale, son of Theodocia ....,& if he die
under 21, then to her next son by her former husband.
To my kinde sister M''' Eliz'" Hinton, £30 amongst her
children. To her husband D'' Sam' Hinton £10. To my
kinde sister M" Frances Piggott £30 among her children.
To Granadoe Nightingale, son of S'' Tho. Nightingale, by
my sister Kath. Nightingale, dec'', £20. To my sister
Ann Chester, now wife to my bro. M' Henry Chester £20.
My lands about Royston, left me by S'' Rob' Chester, K',
my deare father. I bequeath to Granadoe Chester, 2'' son
of D"' Rob* Chester my bro., & to the 2^ son of M'' Henry
Chester equally, & their heirs male. If Granadoe die under
21, then his share to Bdw'', younger son of D'' Rob' Chester,
then to his next bro. My sister RatclifTe to receive the
rents till they are 21. To the poor of Royston £3 6s. 8d.
for ever, to be p* on S' Thos' day in freize, cole, & canvas,
by the Vicar, churchwardens, overseers, & 1 friend of the
lord of Royston. To the poor of Broadwater & "Worthyn,
the portion of my lands which I surrendered in open court,
i.e. 10 acres to be let by the churchwardens for the poor.
The 4 acres of pasture called the Weeles, adjoining my
servant Henry Gilbert, to be sold, as also my house in
Broadwater. To Mess" Francklin, Yarbrand, Blackston,
Hancock, Johnson, Cole, Poeton, Chandler, Standley, each
40«. To my 2 ancient & worthy friends, D'' Wimberly &
D'' Thornedicke, £5 apiece. To my 2 godsons, John &
Granadoe Linnett, sons of M"' W™ Linuett, dec'', 20s. apiece.
To Granado Streter my godson, son of Rich'' Streter 20s.
To Ralfe RatcliflPe my kind friend £5. To my neighbour
Rich"! Streter 40s. To M' W™ Alcock 40s. To Henry
Gilbert my servant £10. To M' W'" Linnett, 1"' son of
M"' W™ Linnett, dec'', 40s. To my servants Hugh Crannell
40s., John Budd 40s., Rob' Woodridge 20s., Woode 40s.,
Mary Aven £10, Dennis Deane 50s., Mary Baker 20s.,
Eliz"' wife of Isaac Steer 20s. To my good friend M''
Edw" Scott £5. To my servants Tho. Frye 20s., Tho. s. of
W™ Turnagwyn 40s. To Rob' Joy & Mary his wife 40s.
John Bennett uiy ancient tasker 40s. Young John Duke
my thresher 40s. My friend Edw'' Badby, Sen"', £30.
To M'- EdW Badby, Jun^ £5. John Alford of Ockington,
Esq., & D'' Rob' Chester my bro., Ex'ors, & £100 apiece.
To the poor of Stevenage £3. To those of Broadwater
£10. To David Hobdan 40s. £100 for the use of the
sons of my bro. D' Rob' Chester. £100 for my poorest
kindred, & £100 for the poor of Broadwater. To M''
Francis Selwyn my kinsman £10. My ring to my sister
Ratclift'e. My bay nag to my bro. I)'' Rob' Chester.
Witnessed by Edw'' Badby, John Poeton, Rob' Doyley.
Sir Edward Chester of Cockenhatch, in Barkway, Co.
Herts, Kt. Will dated 2 Nov. 1660 ; proved 4 May 1661
by Robert Fade, Esq. ; power reserved to Thomas Crouch, and
James Willymott, Thomas Burke having died. (82 Burke.)
To be buried in the chancell of Royston, near my ancestors.
To my ys' dau. Anne Chester £1500 at 21, or marriage. I
formerly conveyed my messuage with barn, stable, & malt-
house in Royston, now in the occupation of Rob' Bunion
at £40 a year, to Sir Peter Saltonstall, dec", my bro. D^
Rob' Chester, & Jas. Willymott, Sen., for my son Rob'
Chester. I hereby confirm the same, & give him also £500
at 21. To my son Edw'' Chester the following : fee farm,
rents or tenths I purchased of M"' John Humfreys of
London, Mercer, viz. : — £1 2s. ?>d. payable out of the
manor of Cockenhatch, £3 2s. id. out of the Rectory &
parish of Barkway, £1 10s. Od. out of the manor of Barley
al's Minchinberrie, Co. Cambridge, £1 15». 'Jd. out of the
manor of Abbotsberry, in parish of Barley, & in default to
my son Rob'. I give him also all my right to the manor,
rectory, & parish of Barkeway, purchased of Ellis Crispe, &
Mary his wife, his heirs, etc., then to my son Rob' Chester,
then to my dau. Anne Chester. My son Edw' to have my
furniture at Cockenhatch, but to pay to my Ex'ors the value
of the same. To my dau. Fade, wife of Rob' Fade, M.D.,
£100. My son in law John Persehouse, Esq's bond of
£200 to be cancelled if he pay £100. My dau. Persehouse,
his wife. My dau. in law Mary Chester, widow, late wife of
my son John Chester, dec*, £100, & the use of all my
household stuS" nt Royston, where M'' Rombald dwelleth.
To my grandchildren, my son .John's children, viz. : —
Eliz'h Chester £600 at 21, & Rob' Chester, & John Chester
£500 apiece at 21. To the poor of Royston £5, i.e. 5
marks to the Cambridge side, & 5 nobles to the Hertford
side, also £20, the interest to be laid out in sea coalea,
which are then to be sold to the poor at cost price. To the
poor of Barkway 5 marks, to the poor of Nutthamstead 6
nobles, & £10 in like manner for coales, so that they need
not break hedges & steal wood. To the poor of Barkway
£4 a year out of my new brick house built by me in the
possession of W"' Swan, grocer, viz. : 20s. apiece to 3 poor
people of Barkway, & 20s. to use of Nutthamstead. My
father bequeathed £100 for the poor of Royston, the income
to go for bread, & I have given another £l00 for the same
purpose. To my servant Jolm Fox £10, 2 suits, & a nag.
My maid Phoebe Lyndsey £10. My servant John Moore
£5, the others 40s. each. To D"' Young of Anstey, & M.'
Thos. Crouch of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, £20 for the poor
ministers. To my loving bro. D'' Rob' Chester £100. To
M^ Jas. Willymott, Sen., £10. To the Minister of Royston
40s., of Barkway 40s. To D"^ Young, W Esdras Bland,
& M' Cousins, Ministers, 40s. apiece. My son Edw'' liolds
a coppyhold of £14 a year, & a tenement of £6 in Helyons
Bampstead, Co. Essex, now in the tenure of John JIason.
I wish him to settle this on his bro. Rob'. To my uncle
Edwi Saltonstall £10. By lease & release of 1 NoV last, I
conveyed Royston to Rob' Fade, M.D. of Cambridge, Tho.
Burke, Esq., of Cambridge, Tho. Crouch of Trinity Hall,
G', & Jas. Willymott, Jun., of Hertford, G', in trust to pay
£100 a year to my dau. in law Mary Chester, widow, & to
hold the same after payment of legacies for the heir of my
son .John, dec'', at 22. The said heir shall then convey my
manor of Cockenhatch & Hedlies al's Hadleys in Baikway,
Earles Wood of 72 acres, a close called Great Thomas of 24
acres, Marybones close of 16 acres, Cockenhatch leyes of 24
acres. Potters Pitts of 4 acres, & the house now let to Isaac
Tottenham, New or Long Close of 1 6 acres in the possession
of Edw"' Witham, New Close of 16 acres, & 2 acres in Butt
meade in Barkway & Nutthamstead to my son Edw"" & his
heirs, then to my son Rob'. If he do not do this, then all
Royston to my son Edw''. My trustees, Ex'ors, & £50 each.
To my son Edw'' the land I purchased of EdW Gill of
Anstey, G', & W™ Wenham of Nutthamstead, husbandman,
containing 6* 3'' & 8% & the rent charge of £20 a year I
purchased of my bro. Henry, given him by the will of my
father Sir Rob' Chester. Witnessed by Tho. Fiddes, .lohn
Nodes, John Rudd, John Fox, John Bilenton.
Edward Chester of Royston, co. Herts, Esq. Will
dated 20 Aug. 1676 ; proved 19 Nov. 1677 by Frances
Chester the widow ; power reserved to Edward Chester.
(110 Bence.) To my wife Frances the farm I lately
purchased of Rob' Chester, Gent., now leased to Joseph
Wortham, for life. To my son Granado £1000 at 21, £20
CHESTER EAMILY.
129
a year till 10, £40 a year till 21. All my woods in
Barkway called Highwood, Shortwood, & Scoles Park of
34rU acres, & my tenement in Rojston, leased to W"' Abbis,
G', charged with said legacy. My P' son to have £30 a
year till 12, then £60 a year till 21. My loving bro. Kob'
Chester, & sister Eliz"' Chester £l(_iO apiece. To my
loving nncle Edw'' Chester of Cockenhatch, Esq., £50.
All residne to my son Rob' Chester & his heirs male. My
wife Frances, & Edw'' Chester of Cockenhatch, Ex'ors.
Written by Jn" Buxton, in presence of Jn° Buxton, &
Edw' Chester.
Edward Chester, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
clerk. Will dated 25 June 1703 ; proved 5 Jan. 1703 by
Pearce Cleaver. (P.C.C, Degg.) To be bur. in the Ch.
of Abington, n'' Shingay, Cam., or in the Chapel of Trin.
Coll. To Rob' Chester of Lond., Merch', s. of my late bro.
Haseldeu Chester, dec'', all my lands held of the Manor of
Stevenage, Herts, & other lands held by lease from Hen.
Bishop of Lond., & he is to pay to my godson Ed. Chester,
s. of my late bro. Granado Chester, dec'', £250. My neph.
W^i Crowley of Trin. Coll., s. of W"' Crowley, Gent., dec'',
has an estate, nearly all charged with his Mother's main-
tenance, & he is to be maintained till he has taken his M.A.
degree, & out of money due from W'" Chester, dec**, £50
shall be paid to his sister Mary Naylor, now wife of ... .
Naylor, 1 year after the death of her Mother Mary Chester,
& the residue among his other sisters Jane Cath., now Wife
of Tillotson & Eliz. Chester. £200 for Mary Chester
dau. of my late bro. Granado Chester at 21, remainder to
her bro. Tho. Chester & her sisters Eliz., now Wife of
.... Masohall, & Ann Wife of ... . Chivers. Release sums
owing from Ex'ors of my bro. Haselden Chester. To my sist.
Jane Chester 20s. Sist. Crowley £5. My friend Edw.
Chester, Esq., & Rob* Chester, Esq., his son. To Peter
Chester, Gent., Ann Fountaine, Eliz. Flyer, Cath. Perne (?),
Eob* Chester, Esq., & Cath. his Wife, Anne Hoogan, John
Buxton, Gent., 20s. rings. £20 for the Coll. Library.
Poor of Abington £5. Pierce Cleaver of Bygrave, Herts,
Esq., Ex'or & £10. All residue to Tho. Chester, Ann
Chivers, & Eliz. Maschall, s. & daus. of my late bro.
Granado Chester. Witnessed by John White of Stratford,
John Smith of Westham, John Buxton.
from Granado Chester, citizen & tallow chandler, of London,
also £300 secured on a mortgage from Lewis of co. Mon-
mouth & all residue, & sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Rich''
Carell, jun., Hugh Jones.
Jane Chester of Upton in West Ham, co. Essex. Will
dated 3 Dec. 1716; proved 22 Aug. 1717 by Anne and
Mary Chester. (152 Whitfield.) To my sons Rob', Henry
& Edw. Chester, & my dau. Jane Chester £10 each, & to my
s. Hawkins Chester £50 a year charged on my tenements in
Bell Alley, & Whites Alley in Coleman Str., my lauds in
Barkin, co. Essex, & Feversham, co. Kent, & my moiety of
lands in Rochester, co. Kent, & Fulford, co. Stafford. To
my dau. Anne Chester my bed. To my daus. Theodosia &
Mary Chester my furniture. All lands to my s'' 3 daus.
equally. Witnessed by Tho. Ward, W"" Hawkins, W"" Evans.
Codicil. Dated 3 May 1717. To my dau. Jane Chester
£800. Witnessed by W-" Halford, John Darling, W"^
Hawkins.
Hawkins Chester of Collyer Row, in Hornchurch, co.
Essex, Gent. Will dated 6 Dec. 1718 ; proved 21 Feb.
1718-19 by Elizabeth Chester, the relict. (24 Browning.)
To my wife Ehz. £1300 South Sea stock, of which £800 is in
the name of my brother Rob' Chester, Esq., as Trustee,
also £50 a yr. payable from the Exchequer, & bonds of £300
due from Tho. Bodycoate, citizen & wine-cooper, also £200
Rob' Chester of Briggins in Huusdou, co. Herts, Esq.
Will dated 9 May 1730; proved 6 Feb.' 1732 by Jane
Chester the sister. (36 Price.) To be buried in a vault
at Hunsdon & a handsome monument to be erected. To
my brother Henry Chester £2000 payable out of a sum of
£3000, my cousin Edw'' Chester of Antegoa is to pay
within 3 years after my death charged on an estate in
Autegua. To my niece Jane Chester of Antegua £500.
The interest of £1000 South Sea stock to be p" yearly to my
sisters Theodosia & Mary Chester for life. The interest of
£2000 like stock to be p'' yearly to Mary Bignell, I give
her also £100 & all the furniture, linen, plate, pictures, in
my house at Woodford, Co. Essex, for her care in the
management of my family there. To my sister Mary
Chester, wife of my brother Henry Chester £10. To my
cousin Rob' Chester of Southwark £10, my cousin Ann
Chevall £10, my cousin Eliz"' Mascoll £20, my cousin
Eliz"' Hughes £10, my cousin Jane Tyler £10, my cousin
Mary Tillottson £20 all for mourning. To my cousin
Edw'i Chester of Antigua, Esq., £100. To Gabriel Smith,
Joseph Taylor, Esq., Rev. John Scott, minister of Hunsdon,
& Cha. Millward, each £10. To the poor of Hunsdon £5.
To the poor of Woodford £5. To the poor of Hunsdon a
piece of land of 13 acres, now let to John Foster at £7
yearly to be vested in 4 trustees, of whom the owner of
Briggins shall be one, & the Minister of Hunsdon another,
but I appoint as the first trustees my sister Jane Chester,
Mathew Bluck, & Peter Calvert, Esq'^'^S & Rev. John Scott.
Should my wishes not be carried out, then the said piece of
land to go to Christ Church Hospital. The income of all
residue to my sister M''= Jane Chester for life, she also to
receive the interest of sums bequeathed to my sisters Theo-
dosia & Mary Chester, & Mary Bignell, in case tliey die
before her, & after her death I give £100 to Christ Church
Hospital, £100 to S' Bartholomew's, £100 to Bridewell
& Bethlehem, & all residue to my brother Henry Chester
& my sisters Theodosia & Mary Chester. On the death
of my sister Jane Chester, all my real estate to my brother
Henry Chester, then to my cousin Edw'' Chester, Esq., of
Bygrave. My sister Jane Chester sole Ex'trix. Witnessed
by A. Sansom, Joanna Darrack, Tho. Darrack.
Jane Chester of Briggins in Hunsdon, co. Herts,
spinster. Will dated 15 July 1736 ; proved 22 July 1736
by Mary Chester, spinster, the sister. (149 Derby.). To
be buried in the vault with my late brother Rob' Chester,
Esq. £5 to the poor, 5 guineas to the Minister, & £10 for
mourning. To my loving brother M' Henry Chester
£1000. To my sister Mary Chester £2000 in trust for my
sister Theodosia Chester, if she die to my sister Mary, but
if Mary die before Theodosia, then in trust to my cousin
Mi's Mary Tillottson who lives with me at Briggins, then
after the death of my 2 sisters to M'^' Mary Tillottson &
her children, & if she die s.p., then among all the children
of my cousin Granado Chester, dec'', late of Bishopgate Str.,
G' (his 1=' son excepted), & among the children of my
cousin W'" Crowley, dec'', late Minister of Eight, Co. Beds.
To my sister Mary Chester £800 in trust for my cousin
Jane Tyle, widow, & after her death among the 8 children
of my cousin W"" Crowley, deci, to wit :— W-", Luke, Ricy,
Leuisa, Mary, Jane, Ehz"", & Hester Crowley. Also £600
for my cousin Eliz'" Maskill, then to Rob', Ann, Eliz"-,
s
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Theodosia, & Mary Chester, children of my cousin Granado
Chester. To my niece Jane Chester of Antegua £300.
To my cousin Mary Tillotson £500, & £10 for mourning.
To my servant Winifred Richards £200, & £5 for mourning.
To Geo. Champneys & Eliz'''' his wife £5 apiece. To each
servant who has been in my service over 7 years £100.
To my labourers Geo. Gladwin & wife, & John Shepherd,
40s. each. To my cousin Eob' Chester of Southwark, &
my cousin Edward Chester of Antegua, £10 each. To my
cousin Ann Chivall £20. All residue for my sister Mary,
& after her death £200 to my cousin Jane Chester of
Antegua, & the residue among the children of my late
cousin Granado Chester (except his P' son), & the
children of my late cousin W™ Crowley, dec''. Mary
Chester my sole Ex'tri.x. Witnessed by Mary Parker,
Mary Gatward, John Randall.
Mary Chester of St. Hellen's parish, widow. Will dated
28 Oct. 1738 ; proved 29 Nov. 1738 by Edward Winter,
and Thomas Warren. (256 Broadrepp.) To my 1^' son
Granado Chester, who is already sufficiently provided for,
£10. To my dau. Sarah wife of .Jas. Seager £5. To my
sister in law Eliz'" Maskall my gold watch & chain for life,
then to my dau. Ann Chester. To my sister in law Anne
Chevall, widow, my diamond ring for life, then to my dau.
Eliz"' Chester. To my brother in law Rob' Cliester, G', a
guinea ring. To my Ex'ors £5 apiece. All residue, stock
in trade, plate, & linen, to my son Rob' Chester, & my
daus. Anne, Eliz"', Theodosia, & Mary Chester (all under
21). My brother Edw'' Winter of Bishopgate St^, corn-
chandler, & Tho. Warren, citizen & saddler of London,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Eliza Warren, Edm"" Davis.
Edward Chester of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 31 Jan.
1743; proved 11 April 1745 by Granado Chester, Ann
Chester, spinster, and Theodora Hodgson formerly Chester
(now wife of Jacob Hodgson), the nephews and nieces by
the brother of deceased, and three of the residuary legatees :
Thomas Kerby, Rowland, and Samuel Frye, the Ex'ors
renouncing. (107 Seymour.) To my wife Russel £500, &
all the improvements on the plantation in .\ntigua, which
belonged to her late father the Hon. Barry Tankerd, Esq.,
of which estate I am tenant for our joint lives, except the
negros & cattle, which I put on it 5 or 6 years ago from my
plantation called Briggins. I give her 40 cattle & 6 cows,
all my printed books, medals, i silver plate & pictures,
household stuff in my house called Orleance, on her late
father's estate, & -j of that at Briggins, all rings & jewels.
To my negro boy Tony, baptised by the name of Anthony
Chester, his freedom, & £10 a year. To M''^ Marg' Looby
of Antigua, who now lives with me, £l00 c. To my good
friend Rich'' Sherwood of Antigua, Esq., £500 c. To each
Ex'or £50 c. All residue amongst all the children of my
late brother Granado Chester, deC^, viz. : to Granado
Chester, Rob' Chester, Theodosia wife of Jacob Hodgson,
Eliz"" wife of Tho. Carberry, Sarah wife of M"^ Seager, Ann
Chester & Mary Chester, & their heirs intail male, i of my
sugars to be shipped to Tho. Kerby, late of Antigua, now of
Loudon, Merch', the other -j to Messrs. Rowl'' & Sam^ Frye,
Merch" in London. 20 slaves to be purchased & placed on
my estate. Rich'' Sherwood, Stephen Blizard, Ashton
Warner of Antigua, Esq''", to be Ex'ors for America, & Tho.
Kerby, EowF & Sam' Frye of London, Merch", for Europe.
Witnessed by Tho. Warner, Nich= Wedge, Tho. Stevens.
Codicil. Dated 8 Aug. 1744. To M' Rich'' Sherwood
£250 more. Witnessed by Tho. Stevens. Antigua, before
Hon. Geo. Lucas, Esq., Lieut. Governor, were sworn Tho.
Warner of Antigua, Esquire, Nich' Wedge his clerk, & Tho.
Stevens, late clerk to testator 17 Aug. 1744. Vera copia.
Edwi Gamble, Deputy Register. On 10 April 1745, Tho.
Kerby of Mincing Lane, Merchant, and Thady Flaherty of
St. Clement's Lane near Lombard St., Merchant, swore to
Edw"* Gamble's signature, who had for many years past, &
was Deputy Register to Governor Mathew.
Anne Chevall of St. John's, Southwark, widow. Will
dated 24 June 1743; })roved 12 July 1743 by Thomas
Warren and Robert Holland. (224 Boycott.) To be buried
in the church of G* S' Heleas. A hearse with 6 horses, &
only 2 mourning coaches with 2 horses each for the
attendants, who are to be only my 2 nephews Granado &
Rob' Chester & my 2 Ex'ors to whom I give £10. To my
bro. Edw'' Chester of Antigua, Merch', £100 for mourning
for him & his wife. To my nieces Anne Chester, Theodosia
Hodson, & Mary Chester £10 each for mourning. To M'
Tho. Warren of Bartholomew Lane, sadler, & to M"^ Rob'
Holland late of Threadneedle Street, now of Tower Street,
watchmaker, £10 each for mourning for them& their wives.
To M' Edwi Winter of Bishopgate Street, cornchandler,
£30. To Eliz"' Lindley, servant to my late bro. Granado
Chester £30. To my maid Sarah Teall a years wages.
All my clothing & linen to my 3 nieces Anne Chester,
Theodosia Hodson, & Mary Chester. To Theodosia Hodson
my gold watch, chain, seals, & small diamond ring. To my
nephew Granado Chester my silver tankard, & great silver
salver. All rest of plate, jewels, & furniture to my said 3
nieces. To my niece Eliz"' Carbery Is. To my bro. Edw''
Chester £1000, Tho. Warren, & Rob* Holland, Ex'ors, &
£1000 to them on trust, to rebuild the dwelling house of
my late brother Granado Chester next to the gateway of
the Bull Lin, in Bishopgate Str., on condition my nephew
Granado Chester convey it to them, for him & his heirs, &
in default to his bro. Rob' Chester, then to his sister Anne
Chester, his sister Theodosia Hodson wife of Jacob Hodson,
his sister Mary Chester. To the poor of S' Helen's £10.
£500 to my Ex'ors on Trust for my niece Anne Chester.
£80 apiece to my Ex'ors. My late bro. Rob*' Chester.
My late sister Mary Chester. ^ of residue to my nephew
Rob' Chester, \ to my niece Anne Chester, i to my
niece Theodosia Hodson. Witnessed by John Godfrey,
John Owen, W"" Mason.
Sir James Granada of St. Dunstan's in the East, London,
Knt., deed. Adm'on Sep. 17, 1585, de bonis non, to his
dau. Cath. Chester al's Granada, Dame Magdalen Granada
being now also deC*. He d. 4 May, & was bur. 6 May,
1557, at S' Dunstan's in the East. (See ' Somersetshire
Wills,' vol. 6, p. 58.)
1726, June 27th. Adm'on to Mary Chester, widow of
Granado Chester, late of S' Helen's ; & further adm'on of
goods left unadministered by Mary Chester, now also dec'',
granted 8 Jan. 1757 to Anne Chester, Sp'', the dau.
1749, May 2. Theodosia Chester of Stratford, co.
Essex, Sp'', dec''. Adm'on of goods left unadm. by Hen.
Chester, dec'', the brother, granted to Mary Chester, widow,
& ad'trix of s'' Hen. Chester, Mary Chester the sister dying
before taking out adm'on. First grant Feb. 1741-2.
Third one May 1753.
1754. On 19 Nov. adm'on of the goods of Theodosia
Chester, late of Stratford, Co. Essex, Sp^ dec'', left un-
administered by Henry Chester her brother, as by Mary
Chester, ■n'idow, adm'trix of said Henry Chester, dec'', now
also dec"^, was granted to Peter Tahourdiu, Esq., adm'or of
the goods unadministered by Henry Chester. Mary Chester
the other sister dying before she had taken out letters,
May 1754. Last grant May 1749.
CHESTER FAMILY.
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1757, Jan. 8. Granado Chester of S' Mary, White
Chapel, Wid^ deC". Adm'on of goods left unad. by
Granado Chester the son, gr. to Ann Chester the dau.
of dec*.
Close Roll, 13 Geo. II., Part 21, No. 9.
Indenture made 13th Nov. 1739 between the Koyal
African Company of the one part and William Dunbar of
Loudon, merchant, of the other part. Whereas the Royal
African Company by a deed poll of 2(ith Aug. 1717, duly
executed under the common seal, did appoint Barry Tan-
kerd and Thomas Kirby, both of Antigua, Esquires, their
Attorneys, to recover and i-eceivu all debts due to them from
Edward Chester, sen., of Antigua, merchant, or any other
person in the said island .... and whereas the Royal
African Company on the 12th Aug. 1718 did obtain a
decree iu the High Court of Chancery, Antigua, against the
said Edward Chester and also Edward Chester, jun.,
merchant, for £36,785 Is. lid. currency ; and whereas on
the 14th Sept. 1719 it was ordered by the Court among
other things that Edward Chester, sen., and Anne Chester
his wife should convey to the Royal African Company all
their plantations, lands, etc., negi'os, cattle, and horses, etc.,
etc., and all other estate, real and personal, whatsoever and
wheresoever, and in consideration thereof Barry Tankerd
and Thomas Kirby should release, etc., etc and whereas
the Hon. George Gamble of Antigua, Esq., deceased, by an
Indenture dated 19th June 1710 in consideration of £6000
cur. paid to him by his late Excellency Daniel Parke,
Esq., then Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief, etc.,
etc., did demise, grant, etc., etc., to Daniel Parke and his
Executors, etc., all that his plantation containing 316 acres
in St. John's Division, Antigua, bounded east with the lands
of Captain Giles Watkins, south with the common road
leading to Parham, west with the common road leading to
Dickinson's Bay and Pope's Head, and north with the
lands of Jonas Langford and Jacob Leroux, and all houses,
etc., and all negros, etc., etc., and horses and cattle, etc.,
mentioned in a schedule, to have and to hold to Daniel
Parke and his heirs for 99 years on the yearly rent of a
peppercorn with the provision that if George Gamble should
pay to Daniel Parke, etc., etc., £10,200 cur. the Inden-
ture should be void .... and whereas George Gamble, by his
last will dated 27 July 1709, did devise the said plantation,
etc., to John Gamble, his uncle, and his heirs, charged with
debts and legacies, and whereas after the death of Geoi'ge
Gamble Edward Chester, sen., purchased the plantation and
negros, etc., etc., subject to the payment of the mortgage,
and also of the debts and legacies .... and whereas Edward
Chester, sen., and Anne Chester by Indenture dated 27th
June 1720, reciting as above, in obedience to the said order,
and also in consideration and in part satisfaction of the
£36,785 Is. lid did grant, etc., etc., to the Royal
African Company all their right, etc., etc. Now this Inden-
ture witnesseth that in consideration of £526 sterling paid
to the Royal African Company or to Richard Spence of
London, Esq., their Secretary and Treasurer, by William
Dunbar, they grant, etc., etc., to him in his actual possession
now being all the aforesaid plantation, etc., etc., to have and
to hold to the only proper use of William Dunbar and his
heirs for ever .... and they appoint, etc., etc., Francis
Delap of Antigua, Esq., and Walter Tullideph of Antigua,
Doctor in Physic, their Attorneys. John Halliday, W.
Kedknap, William Currie, Ferdo. John Paris, witnesses.
same place. Gentleman, Jacob Hodgson of the parish of St.
Swithin, Cannon Street, London, Gentleman, and Theodosia
his wife, Thomas Carberry of St. George's, Hanover Square,
staymaker, and Elizabeth his wife, Sarah Seager of High
Wicomb, Bucks, widow, and Ann Chester of the parish of
Great St. Helen's, spinster, of the one part, and Richard
Tyrrell of Antigua, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that
in consideratiou of £53. 10s. 8d. sterling jthe former grant
and confirm to Richard Tyrrell .... Delia, a negro woman,
and her son Tommy .... and to his heirs and assigns for
ever and to no other use .... and they nominate Thomas
Warner, Daniel Warner, and William Warner, all of An-
tigua, Esquires, their Attorneys .... Gustavus Barton,
Thomas Gladman, John Savile, witnesses.
Close Roll, 23 Geo. III., Part 13, No. 23.
Indenture made the 29th Nov. 1782 between Mary
Seager of Drefow (?) Court, Broad Street, Golden Square,
London (one of the two daughters and only children of
James Seager, late of [blank], deceased, and Sarah his
wife, which Sarah was one of the devisees named in the will
of Edward Chester, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the
one part, and Granado Chester of Chiswell Street, St. Luke's
parish. Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that for
docking and barring all estates tail, etc., etc., of and in one
undivided twelfth part in all those plantation lands, etc.,
slaves, etc., etc., hereby granted, etc., etc., and in considera-
tion of 10s Mary Seager grants, etc., to Granado
Chester in his actual possession being .... all that her un-
divided twelfth part of the plantation called Briggins
plantation in the parish of St. John, Antigua, containing
100 acres, butted and bounded E. with the common road,
W.N.-westerly with the common road leading to St. John,
thence runs northwardly bounded to the E. with the lands
late of his Excellency William Mathew, deceased, and John
Murray, Esq., deceased, then runs W. bounded N. with the
lands of his said late Excellency and the lands of Colonel
John Otto, thence and southwardly bounded to the W.
with the lands of the said .John Otto, thence runs E. to the
first station, bounded S. with the lands of the late Colonel
James Weatherill and of Edward Williams, Esq in as
full and ample manner .... as the same were held and en-
joyed by Edward Chester in his life time .... and also of
all windmills, etc., etc., and also of all negros and other
slaves, cattle, and other things .... in trust to Granado
Chester and his heirs, etc., etc., to reconvey .... to the only
use of Mary Seager and her heirs for ever ....
Close Roll. 28 Geo. II., Part 4, No. 7.
Indenture made the 17th Aug. 1754 between Granado
Chester of Sydenham, Gentleman, Robert Chester of the
Close Roll, 23 Geo. III., Part 13, No. 22.
Indenture made the 29th Nov. 1782 between Joshua
Pattison of High Wycomb, Bucks, plumber, and Ann his
wife (one of the two daughters and only children of James
Seager, late of \_bla?ik], deceased, and Sarah his wife,
which Sarah was one of the devisees under the will of
Edward Chester, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the
one part, and Granado Chester of Chiswell Street, St.
Luke's, Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that for
docking and barring, etc., all estates tail, etc., etc., of and
in one undivided twelfth part of all those plantation lands,
etc., etc., slaves, etc., etc., hereby granted, etc., etc
Joshua Pattison and Ann his wife grant, etc., etc., to
Granado Chester in his actual possession being .... all
their one undivided twelfth part of Briggins plantation
. . . . (boundaries as in Seager and Chester) and of
all slaves, etc., etc., in trust to reconvey to the only
use of Joshua Pattison and Ann his wife, and their heirs
for ever ....
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Close Roll, 33 Geo. III., Part 1, Xo. 1.
Indenture of three parts made the 21sfc March 1793
between Elizabeth Carbery of the parish of St. Georo;e'8,
Soiithwark, widow, of the 1st part, Mary Carbery and Sarah
Carbery of the same place, spinsters, her only surviving
children, of the 2nd part, and Eobert Smith of Basinghall
Street, Gentleman, of the 3rd part. Whereas Edward
Chester, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, was in his life time
seized in fee simple of a plantation, etc., and negros, etc.,
hereinafter mentioned, and by his last will dated the 31st Jan.
1743 did, among other things, give the said plantation, etc.,
to all the children of his then late brother Grenado Chester,
deceased, that is to say, Grenado Chester, Robert Chester,
since deceased, Theodosia Hodgson, since deceased, Ehza-
beth Carbery (party hereto), Sarah Seager, Anne Chester,
since also deceased, and Mary Chester, since also deceased,
as tenants in common .... with remainder to his Executors
to preserve the contingent I'cmainders to their sons in tail
male, wdth cross remainders, remainder in tail general, with
ultimate remainder in fee to testator's own right heirs ....
and whereas testator soon after died, leaving the aforesaid
.... him surviving, and whereas soon after his death Mary
Chester died without issue and unmarried, and the others
became entitled to her seventh part .... and whereas by
virtue of a writ of division issued in Antigua the plantation
was allotted to them in six parts .... and whereas the
boihng house and one-fifth of 24 negro houses, and 10
slaves, and 5 head of horned cattle, hereinafter granted,
were allotted to Elizabeth Carbery .... and the windmill,
and one other fifth of 24 negro houses, and 11 slaves, and 7
head of horned cattle, to Anne Chester, and afterwards, in
June 1777, Anne Chester departed this life without issue and
unmarried, and the others became entitled to her share, each
to one-fifth of one-sixth .... Now this Indenture wit-
nesseth that for extinguishing all estates tail and remainders
in the said boiling house, etc., etc., and in the one un-
divided fifth of the said windmill, etc., etc., and in con-
sideration of 10s Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah Carbery
grant and convey to Robert Smith in his actual possession
being .... all that boiling house and one-fifth of 24 negro
houses standing upon the plantation called Briggins in the
parish of St. John's, Antigua, and all those 10 slaves
(names given) and i) head of horned cattle, 1 ox, 2 cows,
and 1 calf .... and all that undivided fifth of all that
windmill .... and in all those 11 slaves (names given) and
7 head of horned cattle, 3 oxen, 2 cows, and 2 calves ....
in trust .... and they appoint, etc., Alexander Brodie and
William Gregory, both of Antigua, Esquires. James Smith,
Carter Draper, clerks to Robert Smith, witnesses.
1701, Oct. 14. 13 William III., fo. 139. Wee the
Royal African Company of England appoint our trusty
Eriend Edward Chester of Antigua, Merch', our true & law-
ful Attorney, etc. Recorded 12 Oct. 1703.
1704-5, March ye 14. Edward Chester, Gent., was a
Member of Assembly. (39, Vol. 4.)
170G, Nov. 1. Indenture between Richard Oliver, Exe-
cutor of late Robert Oliver, of one part, and Edward Chester,
sen., of St. John's, merchant. Sells to Edward Chester said
Robert Oliver's house and land in St. John's Town, and
takes in exchange 470 acres, by deed of said Edward
Chester and Catharine his wife.
Edward Chester, sen., Esq., 87 feet by 50 feet in St.
John's Town, granted 18 Aug. 1707 by D. Parke.
1708. Deposition of Edward Chester, jun., merchant,
at. 26. (Vol. 13, B. T. Leeward Islands.)
1710, Jan. 26. Deposition of Edward Chester, sen.,
that on 6th Dec. Lieut. Worthington and his soldiers
forcibly entered his house in St. John's and threatened him
so that he hid in his storehouse.
In Chancery, 11 Dec. 1717. The Royal African Com-
pany of England, Complainants ; Edward Chester, sen., and
Edward Chester, jun., Defendants. Mr. Hinde, Counsel
with plaintiffs. Seven days given to defendants to produce
witnesses.
Indenture dated 14 Dec. 1719 between Edward Chester,
sen., of Antigua, merchant, and Anne his wife, of the one
part, and the Royal African Company. A Chancery decree
was obtained by the Royal African Company on 12 Aug.
1718 V. Edward Chester, sen., and Edward Chester, jun., for
£36,785 c. Edward Chester and Anne his wife now convey all
their real and personal estate in consideration of this debt,
viz., their plantation in St. John's Parish, Body Division, of
203 acres, which he bought of Daniel Mackiiien in 1704
and 1706, also Little Zoar in St. John's Division of
223 acres, bought of Robert Weir in 1704. Inventory
appended.
1720, June 27. Indenture between Edward Chester,
sen., merchant, and Anne his wife, of the one part, and the
Royal African Company of the other. The Hon. George
Gamble of Antigua, Esq., deceased, by Indenture dated ....
sold to Governor D. Parke for £6000 s. his plantation of
316 acres for 99 years, said George Gamble by will dated
27 July 1709 gave said estate to his uncle John Gamble, of
whom said Edward Chester purchased. Edward and Ann
Chester now grant it to Royal African Company. Inventory
of negros. They also assign long list of debts 25 June
1720, also long list of sums due to said Edward Chester.
Everything is handed over to Royal African Company. (62,
Vol. 4.)
1723, Nov. 20. Indenture between Cffisar Rodeney of
Antigua, merchant, Ex'or of Daniel Parke, Esq., deceased,
late Captain General of the one part, and Thomas Dunbar
Parke of Antigua, Gent., and Lucy his wife dau. of
Katherine Chester, deceased, late wife of Edward Chester of
Antigua, Esq., of the other part. The late Hon. George
Gamble of Antigua, Esq., by Indenture of 1st. part, and
Governor Parke of the other, sold his plantation of 316
acres in St. John's Division for 99 years to said Governor
Parke, terminable on the payment of £10,200 c. on certain
days. This payment was never made, and the estate is now
handed over to Thomas & Lucy Dunbar Parke.
1724, June 16. Indenture between the Royal African
Company of the one part, and Robert Chester of London,
merchant, of the other in consideration of 5s., they sell to
him an estate of 203 acres in St. John's Parish, formerly
belonging to Edward Chester, and part of 233 acres, said
Edward Chester purchased of Daniel McKinen by Indenture
dated 24 Aug. 1704, and 7 Sept. 1706, they also sell to him
a plantation of 220 acres, called " Little Zoar," which was
conveyed to said Edward Chester by Robert Weir, Gent., by
Indenture dated 13 and 14 Feb. 1704, which was piart of
265 acres conveyed by Robert Weir to said Edward Chester
on 9 July 1713, and the said estates were conveyed by said
Edward Chester, sen., merchant, and his wife Ann to
the Royal African Company by Indenture dated 14 Dec.
1719.
Francis Lynn, Secretary of Royal African Company,
gives a receipt for £5,500 sterling, paid on 17 June 1724
by said Robert Chester.
N.B. " Briggins " now consists of 426 acres, and it
was probably formed by Robert Chester by the amalgamation
of the 203 acres above mentioned, with Little Zoar of 233
acres.
An Inventory of 1724 gives the value or sum paid by
Eobert Chester, Esq., for his property, viz.: 220 acres at
£20 per acre, also 203 acres at £20 per acre, 60 negro men,
52 negro women, and 14 boys and 3 girls. The total sum
of the valuation was £16,092 10s. Oil. currency.
Governor Hart writes on 6 Jan. 1725-6, Colonel Crump
of Antigua is dying, and he now recommends Mr. Edward
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Chester in his place, who " is now leaving off Trade, which he
has follow'd for many Years in an eminent manner, to enjoy
the fruits of his labours in an easy fortune."
1700. Granado Chester, seized of one-sixth of Briggins
plantation in Antigua, and of Sydenham, a horse dealer.
Bankrupt, which estate is in the tenure of Robert and
"Walllngton Brown of Antigua, merchants and copartners.
(Close Roll.)
1778, Aug. 27. Petition of Granado Hodgson re
"Briggins" in Antigua, belonging to him and others in
Europe. (B. T. 37.)
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1726 Oct. 24 Edward Chester, Jun^ Esq', and Miss
Russel Tankard. L.
1747 Xov. 18 Richard Tyrrell, Esq', Commander of his
Majesty's Ship the Centaur, and M"
Russel Tankard Chester, Widow. L.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
Edward Chester & Katharine M . . . .
George Ford and Jane Chester.
Buried.
Catherine Chester.
Edward Chester, Sen', Merchant.
M' James Chester of this Island.
Edward Chester, Esq''.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
1737 Nov. 22 Ann Chester.
Parish Register of St. Helex, Bishopgate, London.
Baptized.
1708 Aug. 5 Anne, the natural daughter of Granado
Chester by Anne .... wife of ... .,
shee cohabiting with the said Chester
incontinent, as being sold by her said
husband to Chester, according to
common fame.
1715 Nov. 25 Granodo, son of Granodo Chester and
Mary his wife.
( Vide Dr. Cox's ' Annals of St. Helen's.')
1702
Dec.
1
1734
July
13
1715
Dec.
30
1727
Nov.
. .
1736
Oct.
30
1744
Aug.
9
1570, July 22. Oliver Chester, Gent., of Royston,
Herts, & Magdalen Wattson of S' Olave's, Hart Street.
General Lie. (L.B.L.)
1615, Sept. 8. Edward Chester of Cockenhatch, par.
Barkway, co. Herts, Esq., 25, & Katherine Stone of S*
Stephen's, Coleman Street, London, Maiden, about 20, dau.
of John Stone of same par., Esq., who consents ; at S'
Stephen's, Coleman Street. (L.B.L.)
1633, May 6. Henry Chester of Barking, Herts, Gent.,
Bach', 25, & Anne Read, Sp', 17, dau. of Theodore Read of
same, Esq., whose consent is attested by Robert Chester of
Stevenage, Herts, Clerk, M.A., brother of s'^ Henry ; at S*
Margaret's, Westminster. (A.C.)
1642, May 4. Edward Chester of Barkway, co. Herts,
Esq., Widower, 50, & Anne Salthingston (i.e. Saltonstall),
of same. Spinster, about 22 ; consent of her father Sir
Peter Salthingston, K*, at S* Martin's in Fields, S* Andrew's,
Holborn, or S* Peter le Poor. (L.B.L.)
1661, Aug. 21. Edward Chester of Barkway, Herts,
Esq., Bach', about 18, & Judith Wright of Bexley, Kent,
Sp', about 17, her parents dead ; consent of guardians ; at
Chislehurst, Kent. (Vicar-General.)
1667, Nov. 27. William Crowle of Hunsdon, Herts,
Gent., Bach', ab* 28, & M" ilary Chester of Stevenage, s*
CO., Sp', ab' 20, consent of mother, M'= Anne Chester of
same, Widow ; at Stevenage or Ashton, co. Herts. (Vicar-
General.)
1670, Nov. 2. Granado Chester of St. Helen's, London,
Grocer, Bachelor, about 30, & Anne Hawkins, spinster,
about 18, dau. of Robert Hawkins of All Hallows Staining,
London, Citizen & Fishmonger of London, who alleges ; at
S' Dunstan in the East, All Hallows Barking, or S' An-
drew's, Holborn, London. (A.C.)
1674, May 19. Hasledine Chester of S' Helen's, London,
Bach', 29, & Jane Hawkins, Sp', about 1 9, dau. of Robert
Hawkins of S' Mary at Hill, London, who consents ; at any
parish church in the City of London. (A.C.)
1676, Jan. 16. Sir Charles Cleaver of Bygrave, Herts,
K', Wid', ab' 40, & M'« Frances Chester of Royston, s"! co.,
Widow, ab' 24 ; in parish church or Chapel of Henry VII""
at Westminster. (Vicar-General.)
1681, May 21. Thomas Fountayne of Lincoln's Inn,
Esq., Bachelor, about 40, & Anne Chester, Sp', about 20,
dau. of Edward Chester, Esq., of Cockenhedge, Herts, who
consents ; at Barkway or Barley, co. Herts, or Abington,co.
Cambridge. (A.C.)
1689, April 25. Francis Flyer of Sandon, co. Herts,
Esq., Bach', about 35, and Elizabeth Chester, Sp', about
20, dau. of Edward Chester of Barkway, s" co., Esq. ;
alleged by Peirce Cleaver of Bigrave, Herts, Gent., at Bark-
way afs". (A.C.)
1714, April 28. Granado Chester of S' Helen's, London,
Bach', 38, & Mary Winter of S' Leonard's, Eastcheap, Lon-
don, Sp', above 21 ; at S' James, Clerkenwell. (A.C.)
1749, Dec. 2. Granado Chester of Sydenham, Kent,
Widower, & Eliz"' Elkington of S' Martin's in Fields,
Spinster, 21 ; at S' Benuet's, Paul's AVharf. (L.B.L.)
Stevenage, co. Herts.
In spem resurrectionis ad vitam seternum. Hie jacet
Robertus Chester (sacrre Theologias Professor) et hujus
ecclesise Rector, qui obiit, jetatis suae 67, redemptionis 1664.
(Eight lines follow). (Cussans's ' Herts.')
Hunsdon, co. Herts.
On a large marble monument in the church : —
Beneath are the remains of
ROBERT CHESTER,
of Briggins in this Parish Esq :
tvho departed this tife the ^ind of February 1732.
in the 57th year of his age.
(Many lines follow.)
He left 13 acres for the poor of the parish.
On a white marble monument in the same church : —
MRS. JANE CHESTER
of Briggius
a ladij of unaffected Piety, innate Modesty
and a most engaging deportment.
Scarce any had fewer failings, &
more vertues have seldom met in one peison.
She was released from the troubles of this life
July 17. 1736, in the 57 year of her age,
and interred in the same vault
with her Brother, ROBERT CHESTER Esq.
134
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
Petiicjrec of Cljmtian.
CHRISTIAN=p
Elizabeth . . . .^Francis Christian. Will dated 12 FraDccs Tobiu, mar. at St. John's=
living 1699. March 1699 ; proved 29 May 1700. 23 Jan. 1725; (?)biir. at St.
John's 16 Aug. 1740. (?) 2nd
s.p. wife.
=Gustavns=j=Ann ....(?) bur. at
Christian
Frances Christian, bur.
at St. John's i) Jan.
1727.
Robert Christian, bapt.
at St. John's 1731.
Rebecca Christian, bapt.
at St. John's 1731.
St. John's 30 Aug.
1721. (?) 1st wife.
Gustavus Chris-
tian, bapt. at St.
John's 11 Feb.
1727 ; bar. at
St. John's 3
Dec. 1731.
Thotnazin Chris-
tian, living 1099;
mar. at St. John's,
4 Aug. 1717,
Walter Piper.
Hopefull Ball,=pGustavus Adolphus=pDiana Vincent,
at St. 1 Christian, bapt. at [ mar. at St.
May St. John's 170 ; Paul's 6 June
bur. bur. at St. John's 1748 (sic). 2nd
25 Oct. 12 March 1752. wife. She mar.
Ist Will dated 1752.
mar.
John's
1721 ;
there
1724.
wife.
2nd
James
tailor,
John's
1756.
husband
Daly, a
at St.
28 Feb.
Mathew Christian, bapt.
at St. John's 15 Aug.
1745 ; (?) bur. at St.
John's 6 Nov. 1745.
Sarah Christian, bapt.
at St. John's 17 Sept.
1746 ; (?) bur. at St.
John's 23 Sept. 1746.
Catherine
Christian,
bapt. at
St. John's
Jan. 1748.
Gustavus Christian, bapt.
at St. John's 3 Nov.
1749 ; (?) bur. at St.
John's 15 Nov. 1749.
Henrietta Christian, Robert
born 1750 ; bapt. at Christian.
St. John's 16 March
1761.
Francis Christian of Antigua. Will dated 12 March
1699. To my wife Eliz. the nett produce of all my
estate. To my sister Marg' Price 3000 lbs. sugar yearly.
To my sister Barbary Evans 10,000 lbs. To my sister
Rebecca Davis 10,000 lbs. To my neece Tomazin Christian
dan. of my brotlier Gustavus Christian 20,000 lbs. To my
god-dau. Mary Fuller dau. of Dennis Fuller 5000 lbs. at 16.
To my god-dau. Mary Wright 5000 lbs. at 16. To Eliz.
(? Horn), 5000 lbs. To John Hilton, who lives with me,
5000 lbs. at 16. All my estate to my brother Rob'
Christian & his heirs, & then to my brother Gustavus
Christian, then to my brother Mathew Christian. Cap'
Nath' Crump, M"^ Nath' Gilbert, M"- Evans, E.x'ors, & to
each a 40s. ring. Witnessed by Edmund Mulard, Hugh
Evans. Before Gov' John Yeamans were sworn Edmund
Mulard, and Hugh Evans, 29 May 1700.
Gustavus Christian. To my wife Diana all my estate.
My son Robert. (All remainder is lost). Probable date 1752.
Mathew Christian. Will dated 8 Nov. 1757. To my
wife £300 c. a year & £200 c. at once, also my house &
lands at Dickenson's Bay. To Peter Guichinet my book
keeper £70 c. a year. To Thos. Farley, Esq., £1500 c.
to be distributed among the children of his late brother
Simon Farley, & £500 c. for his own use. To Mary wife
of Alex' Crawford £100 c. To Rebecca wife of Alex''
Willock £200 c. To my sister Sarah wife of Benj"
Marchant £100 c. To Nath' Knight, Esq., £100 c. All
residue to Mathew son of my brother Rob' Christian.
Rob' Christian, Sen"', & Francis Farley, Ex'ors. Witnessed
by Ja. Boag, John Muir. Before His Excell'^y Geo. Tho-
mas, Esq., was sworn James Boag, 16 Oct. 1758.
Recorded 21 Nov. 1758.
Robert Christian of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 19 Oct.
1775 ; proved 18 March 1777 by John Halliday, Esquire,
Doctor Michael M'=Namara, James Bogle French, Esquire,
and Justinian Casamajor, Esquire ; power reserved to the
Hon. Francis Farley. (1(.)2 Collier.) To my wife
Mary all cattle & small stock on my estate, which I
purchased of John Ince Marchant, also her mare, horse &
cart, my whiskey, use of land, & negroes, & the dwelling
house in which I now live, during her widowhood, use of
plate & furniture, & house negros, also £300 c. To my
niece Sarah Dunbar wife of John Dunbar, Esq., a bond due
from Rob' Browne, Esq., deceased. To my negro Jack
£15 a year for life. To my dau. Margaret Christian £6000
at her marriage, & £300 a year till then. To my son
John Christian £300 a year, & £1000 on condition he
conveys to my son Mathew Christian all the negroes left to
him by his grandmother M" Eliz. Grant, & £100 c. My
partner John Smith of London, Merchant. All residue to
my son Mathew Christian iti Heu of all the effects due to
him under the will of my late brother Mathew Christian.
My nephew the Hon. Francis Farley, Esq., John Halliday,
Esq., Jlichael M'^Namara, Esq., of Great George Street,
Westminster, physician, & Jas. Bogle French of London, Esq.,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Hosier, Jas. Barrett, W™
Kneustub.
Codicil. Dated 22 May 1776. My partner John
Smith died 12 Feb. last, & the partnership is dissolved. I
have been obliged by my absence from England to appoint
D"' Michael M'^Namara, Justinian Casamajor, Esq., & John
Halliday, Esq., my attorneys to act with Daniel Hobson,
Ingham Foster, & Sam' Smith, the Ex'ors of John Smith.
Justinian Casamajor to be also Ex'or. A treaty of marriage
is on foot between my dau. Marg' Christian & W"" Gun-
thorpe, J'', Esq., now of G' Britain, son & heir apparent of
W Gunthorpe late of Antigua, now of G' Britain, & I
have promised £5000 for her with £1000 more at my death.
Witnessed by Richard Bowman, Alexand. Scott, David Grant.
Close Roll, 19 Geo. III., Part 1, Nos. 7 and 8.
Indenture made the 28th Jan. 1779 between William
Gunthorpe, the younger, of Aldershof, Hants, Esq., and
Margaret his wife (only sister and heir at law of Mathew
Christian late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the one part,
and Godschall Johnson of London, merchant, of the other
part, witnesseth that in consideration of bs. William Gun-
thorpe and Margaret his wife grant and convey to Godschall
Johnson all that plantation late of Mathew Christian,
deceased, called Red Hill plantation, in the division of
CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
135
Matliew Christian,
livina; 1699.
Robert Christian, living- 1(599 ; in 1706 of=j=Margaret=pWilliam Grear. Jrarrias^e settlement dated
St. Mary's parish. Heir to his brother
Francis. 1st husband.
I 22 May 1724.
2nd husband.
Mathew Christian,=
bapt. at St. John's
20 Feb. 1710. Will
dated 8 Nov. 1757 ;
proved 16 Oct.
1758.
I
=Elizabeth Robert Christian, Esq., mar. at=
Knight, St. Philip's 5 Oct. 1734. (?) Of
mar. at St. Red Hill plantation of 410 acres
John's 4 in St. Paul's parish. Will dated
June 1739. 19 Oct. 1775 ; proved 18 March
1777. (102 Collier.)
-Mary, dau. of
Captain John
King, (?) bur.
at St. Philip's
21 Feb. 1781.
Rebecca Chris-
tian, mar. at
St. Philip's, 24
April 1717,
John Farley.
I I
Frances llatiiew Christian, heir to his
Christian, uncle Mathew 1757; living
bapt. at 1775 ; owner of Red Hill, St.
St. John's Paul's parish, of 410 acres,
26 Dec. Bevan's of 200 acres in St.
1751. Mary's parish, the Valley of
350 acres, Hnyghne's of 200
acres, and Elmes', St. Philip's
parish, of 149 and 180 acres ;
dead 1779.
Elizabeth Chris-
tian, bapt. at St.
Paul's 23 Aug.
1739.
Sarah Christian,
bapt. at St.
Paul's 9 Nov.
1740.
Margaret Chris-
tian, born 14
Nov., bapt. at
St. Paul's 19
Dec. 1742 ; bur.
7 March 1745
at St. Philip's.
John Christian, born
27 June, bapt. at St.
Paul's 28 July 1745;
of St. Mary Hall,
Oxon., matriculated
5 July 17G4, set. 17,
(?) bur. at St. John's
13 Oct. 1777.
Margaret Christian,
under 15 1724.
Sarah Christian,
mar. Benjamin
Merchant.
Margaret Christian,
bapt. at St. Paul's
2 June 1751 ; mar.
William, son and
heir of William
Gunthorpe, Esq.,
1776-79; only sister
and heir at law of
her brother Mathew.
Falmouth and parish of St. Paul in Antigua, containing
410 acres .... bounded E. with the sea, S. with the
plantation of Edward Bryam (Byam) and the said Godschall
Johnson called Savannah, W. with the plantation of
Archibald Cockran, Esq., and N. with the plantation of
Samuel Redhead, Esq., called Fryes .... together with 176
negros thereto belonging .... called as follows (names and
occupations) .... and also all that other plantation, late of
Mathew Christian, deceased, called Bevans (? Biffins),
in the New division and in the division of Old Road and
parish of St. Mary, containing 200 acres .... bounded E.
with another plantation of the said Mathew Christian,
deceased, called Hughuess, S. with the lands of Sir
William Younge, Bart., W. with lands belonging to the
heirs of John Foster, deceased, and another plantation late
of the said Mathew Christian, deceased, called the Valley,
and N. with the lands of Wilham Allen, Esq together
with 89 negros in or about the said plantation (names and
occupations) .... and also all that other plantation, late of
Mathew Christian, deceased, called the Valley Estate in
New division and the parish of St. Mary, containing 350
acres .... bounded E. with the lands of the said William
Allen, S. with the said estate called Bevans, S.W. with
lands of the heirs of John Foster, W. with the lands
belonging to John Bott, Esq., and N. with the lands
belonging to the heirs of Robert Pearne, deceased, called
Blubber Valley, and with lands of the said William Allen,
together with 186 negros .... (names and occupations)
.... and also all that other plantation late of Mathew
Christian, deceased, called Huyghues, in the division of
Old Road and parish of St. Mary, containing 200 acres,
bounded S.E. and E. with the lands late of Stephen Lynch,
Esq., deceased, called Tom Moors, N.E. with the lands of
John Gilchrist, Esq., N. with the lands of the said Francis
Farley, W. with other lands of Mathew Christian, deceased,
and S.W. with the lands of the said Sir William Young
called the River Estate .... together with 103 negros
(names and occupations) .... and also all that other
plantation, late of Mathew Christian, deceased, called
Elmes's Creek Estate in the division of Nonsuch and parish
of St. Philip, containing 149 acres .... bounded N. partly
with the lands late of the said Stephen Lynch, deceased,
and John Levicount, Esq., and the lands late of Robert
Gray, Esq., deceased, S. with the lands of John Nibbs,
Gentleman, and country lands belonging to John Jackson
and Stephen Norden, E. with the lands of Sir George
Colebrooke, Bart., and lands late of Stephen Lynch, deceased,
and W. with the lands of John Lyons, Esq., and the said
John Levicount .... and also all that other plantation, late
of Mathew Christian, deceased, called Elmes's Windward
plantation in the division of Nonsuch and parish of St.
Philip, containing ISO acres .... bounded N. with the
lands of Alexander Willock, Esq., Sir George Colebrooke,
and the lands late of Nicholas Lynch, Esq., deceased, S.
with the lands of the said Nicholas Lynch, and E. with
lands in the possession of persons to whom grants have
been made of 10 acres of land by virtue of an Act of
Antigua .... together with 196 negros (names and occu-
pations) .... and all cattle, horses, mules, and all other
live stock .... for one whole year .... Joseph Pickering,
Thomas Sermon, witnesses.
No. 7.
Indenture made the 29th Jan. 1779 between the above,
witnesseth that for the great love and affection Margaret
Gunthorpe, hath and beareth for William Gunthorpe her
husband, and to the intent the plantations .... may
become vested in Godschall Johnson in trust for the
absolute use and benefit of William Gunthorpe and his
assigns .... and in consideration of 10s William
Gunthorpe and Margaret his wife, grant and convey to
Godschall Johnson in his actual possession being ....
(as in No. 8) in trust to the absolute use of William
Gunthorpe and his heirs and assigns for ever, and to no
other trust, and they nominate Samuel Elliot, and Francis
Farley both of Antigua, Esquires, their Attorneys ....
1G98, July 16. Francis Christian, Gent., and Eliza-
beth his wife, sell to Pierce Lynch, Gent., one proportion of
land at St. John's.
Gustavus Adolphus Christian, by warrant of 27 Aug.
1700 by John Yeamau's, two proportions of land at St.
John's Town ; surveyed 29 Aug. 1700.
1706, Feb. 4. Deposition of John Christian, Mariner,
set. 28.
136
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1706, June 7. Mr. Robeft ChristiaD 30 acres, 9 slaves.
(St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
Indenture tripartite dated 22 May 1724 between
Margaret Christian of Antigua, widow and relict of Robert
Christian of Ancigua, planter, deceased, of the 1st part,
Francis Delap of Antigua, merchant, of the 2nd part, and
William Graer of Antigua, Gent., of the 3rd part. A
marriage about to be solemnised between the said William
Graer and the said Margaret Christian. She gives her
thirds left her by her first husband and six negroes to
Francis Delap in trust to raise £30 for Margaret Merchant,
daughter of Benjamin Merchant by Sarah her daughter, at
12, and £50 c. for Ann Farley, daughter of John Farley,
planter, bj' Rebecca her daughter, at 12, and £50 c. for her
daugliter Margaret Christian at l.j.
Marriage settlement dated 3 Oct. 1734 between Robert
Christian, Gent., of the 1st, Jolm King, sen., Gent., of the
2nd, Mary King, daughter of said John King, spinster, of
the 3rd part. In consideration of £1000 c. paid by John
King, Robert Christian makes over his plantation in St.
Mary's, Old Road Division, of 87 acres, another in St.
Peter's, Old North Sound, of 30 acres, and another in St.
Mary's, Old Road Division, of 113 acres ; to pay to Mary
King, if she survive him, £100 c. a year.
1767. . . ristian, 260 slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
17S0. Mary Christian, 800 acres. (Ibid.)
John Gray, Master in Chancery, on 5 July 1787 adver-
tises the sale by auction of " Barters " pursuant to a decree
in Chancery of 28 June 1787, in the case of Justinian Casa-
major and James Bogle French, the surviving Executors of
the will of Robert Christian, who was surviving partner of
John Smith, deceased, against Joseph Warner, Ashton
Warner, Thomas A7arner, and B. Ledwell, the surviving
Executors of Thomas Warner, deceased. (Antigua Chronicle,
7 Sept. 1787, No. 41);).)
170-
• • • •
1710
Feb.
20
1727
Feb.
11
1731
. . . .
1745
Aug.
15
1746
Sept.
17
1748
Jan.
1
1749
Nov.
3
1751
Dec.
26
1761
Mar.
16
1801
Aug.
5
1808
Mar.
9
1701
Jan.
21
1721
Aug.
30
1724
Oct.
25
1727
Jan.
9
1731
Dec.
3
1739
Dec.
11
1740
Aug.
16
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
Gustavus Rodolphus Christian s. of Gus-
tavus Christian and Ann his wife.
Mathew ye S. of Robert Christian and
Margaret his wife.
Gnstavus the s. of Gustavus Christian and
Frances his wife.
Robert & Rebecca s. & d. of Gustavus
Christian and Frances his wife.
Mathew the s. of Gustavus Adolphus
Christian and Diana his wife.
Sarah the D. of Gustavus Christian and
Diana his wife.
Catherine the D. of Gustavus Christian
and Diana his wife.
Gustavus the s. of Gustavus Christian and
Diana his wife.
Frances the D. of Rob' Christian and Mary
his wife.
Henrietta D. of Gustavus Christian and
Diana his wife. (11 years old.)
Cornelius Floth S. of Peter Christian and
Maria his wife. B. the 14th June 1801.
Hugh Chalmers S. of John Christian and
Mary his wife. B. the P' Feb. last.
Buried.
Christavus Cadulfes Christyan.
Ann Christian.
Hopeful! wife of Gustavus Christian.
Frances Christian, a child.
Gustavus s. of Gus. Christian.
William Christian.
Frances the wife of Gustavus Christian.
1741
July
30
1744
July
26
1745
Nov.
6
1746
Sept.
23
1749
Nov.
15
1752
Mar.
12
1777
Oct.
13
1779
June
27
1789
Nov.
4
1802
Jan.
5
1813
Dec.
21
1717
Aug.
4
1721
May
3
1725
Jan.
23
1739
June
4
1750
Nov.
1
1756
Feb.
28
1759
Jan.
24
1806
Dec.
22
1727
Oct.
15
1748
June
6
1739
Aug.
23
1740
Nov.
9
1742
Dec.
19
1745
July
28
1751
June
2
1745 Mar. 7
1688
Oct.
25
1691
Sept.
4
1717
April 24
1734
Oct.
5
1766
Dec.
20
1700
May
5
1701
June
22
1703
June
4
1722
Oct.
29
1745
Mar.
7
1755
Oct.
10
1781
Feb.
21
Ann Christian, a child.
Barbary Christian, a child.
Mathew Christian, a child.
Sarah Christian, a child.
Gustavus Christian, a child.
Gustavus Adolphus Christian.
John Christian.
James Christian.
Rebecca Christian.
John Christian.
Cornelius Christian.
Married.
Nicholas Wilkinson & Ann Christian. L.
from Gov"' Yeamans. (Date destroyed.)
Robert Delamare & Mary Christian. L.
from Gov'' Yeamans. (Date destroyed.)
Walter Piper & Tamazin Christian. L.
Gustavus Adolphus Christian and Hope-
full Ball. B.
Gustavus Christian and Frances Tobin. B.
Mathew Christian and Elizabeth Knight.
Robert Chi'istian and Mary Thompson. L.
James Daly (Taylor) and Diana Christian
(Widow). L.
Samuel Nibbs and Elizabeth Christian. L.
John Christian to Mary Chalmers, Spin-
ster. L.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
W Nanton & M" Christian. L.
Gustavus Christian and Diana Vincent. L.
Baptized.
Elizabeth I), of Robert Christian, Esq., &
Mary his wife.
Sarah D. of M"^ Robert Christian and
.Mary his wife.
Margaret D. of Robert Christian, Esq"", &
Mary his wife ; was b. the 14*'' of
November last.
John S. of Robert Christian, Esq"', & Mary
his wife ; he was b. June y** 27* last.
Margaret D. of Robert Christian, Esq', &
Mary his wife.
Buried.
Margaret D. of Robert Christian, Esq'',
and Mary his wife in Willoughby bay
Church yard.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
Francis Christian to Sarah Thomas.
Francis Christian to Rachell Bastin.
John Farley & Rebecca Christian.
Robert Christian, Esq'', to Mary King. L.
Rich'' Hosier & Henrietta Christian.
Buried.
Francis Christian.
Gustavis Christian.
Elizabeth Christian.
Robert Christian.
Margaret Infant D. of M'' Robert Christian.
.... Christian.
Mary Christian widow of Robert Christian
of W. Bay.
St. John's Churchyard.
Small headstone : —
SACRED TO THE | MEMORY OF AN AFFEC | TIONATE SON |
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF CORNELIUS | FLOTH CHRISTIAN |
■WHO DEPARTED | THIS LIFE DEC. 1815 | AGED 12.
CLAEKE FAMILY.
137
^Sctiiartc i3f Cladtc.
CLARKE=
I
Colonel Nathauiel Clarke of=pAnii . . .
Antigua, Esq., Member of deadlCSl.
Council llwO. Will dated
22 July 1074; sworu 26
April 1675. s.p
1st
wife.
=Samuel Clarke of Nortli=p.
Crowly, CO. Bucks, elder 2nd
brother and heir of wife.
Nathaniel.
Rev. John Clarke, Rector of Ashton, co.
Xorthauts, heir to his bi'other Nathaniel ;
sells his plantation of 277 acres in New
North Sound to Col. Bastian Baijer 7
June 1681 ; died 1701).
Autia . . . .=T=Nichola8 Clarke of Antigua. Will dated 29 Aug. 1G75 ; sworu 7 Oct. 1G75. Mary Clarke. Katheriue Clarke.
Nathaniel Clarke of Antigua, Esq. AVill dated 22 July
1074. To my nephew Nicholas Clarke now with me in
Antigua, P' son of my P' brother M'' Sam^ Clark of North
Crowly, CO. Bucks, all my estate in Antigua after my wife's
death. To my wife Ann | of all produce, i to my said
nephew. To my loving brother M'' Sam' Clarke £100 s., &
to his daus. M''^ Mary Clarke, M" Kath. Clarke by his latter
wife £100, at 16. To M'' Stephen Gerrie, nephew to my
wife, & son of M'' Henry Geery of London, deceased, £200.
To my brothers M'' Sam' Clarke & M' John Clarke £10 for
mourning. My wife & nephew Nich^, Ex'ors. Witnessed
by Edward Maynard, William Styler, Willoughby Byam.
On 26 April 1075 sworn before Gov'' Philip Warner by W™
Styler & Willoughby Byam.
Nicholas Clarke of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 29 Aug.
1675. To my wife Anna Clarke all that | of my Uncle
Coll" Nath' Clarkes estate, which he gave me by Will, & all
negros & goods, & sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Willoughby
Byam, AV™ Slycer, Will"' Knightley, Edw'> Leaver. Before
Roland Williams were sworn M'' Willoughby Byam, W""
Slycer, W'" Knightly, & Edw' Leaver, 7 Oct. 1675 ; proved
P.C.C. 29 Oct. 1079 by Anne Eastchurohal's Clarke, widow,
the adm'on granted Feb. 1677 to Eliz"' Hobson, testator's
sister, having expired. (127 King.) Vera copia Jer.
Watkins, Judge of Court of Common Pleas, & J. P.
Recorded by Aquilla Stoughton, Dep. Sec, sworn to 29
July 1679 by Col. Jas. Vaughan, Member of H. M. Council,
per Edw'' Dendy, Notary Public.
John Clarke of the city of Norwitch, England, Chirur-
geon, now residing iu Antigua. Will not dated. All my
estate to my wife Alice Clarke now dwelling at Norwitch,
except 20s. to be paid to Jas. Nisbitt, 10s. to John Jourdan
to buy gloves. My wife Ex'trix. Capt. Caleb Aldred
Ex' or in Trust in Antigua. Should he die before he arrives
in England, then Jacob Howell, chief mate, to act in his
place. Witnessed by John Jourdan, James Robinson,
Thos. Gatewood. By His Excell'^y Chris. Codrington was
sworn Thos. Gatewood, 28 July 1693. Recorded 28 July
1693. T. Gatewood, Sec.
Richard Clarke of Antigua. AVill dated 2 Dec. 1781.
To my Mother Eliz. Clarke all my estate, & then after her
death to my sisters Fanny & Sophia Clarke, & 100 guineas
to my brother Anthony, & 200 guineas to my sister Ijoathies.
My brother Anthony Clarke of Clitibrd's Inn, & M"' John
AT'" Dow, M"- Frank Martin, M"- W-" Brinton, all of Antigua,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Edward Jones, Robert Martin. To
my godson Archibald Dow son to M'' John AV"" Dow, to
my godson Geo. Collins son to the late M'' Geo. B. Collins,
& to my brother Geo. Clarke, £50 c. each. My Ex'or to
dispose of my lease of Nibbs'. Before Thos. Jarvis, Esq.,
was sworn Edw'' Jones of Autigua, planter, 12 Jan. 1782.
Recorded 20 Feb. 1782.
Close Roll, 33 Chas. II.
Indenture made 7th June 1081 betweene John Clarke of
Ashton, Northants, clerke (Executor of the will of Nathaniel
Clarke his brother, deceased), Samuel Clarke of London,
gentleman (elder brother, and heyre of the said Nathaniel), of
the one part, and Bastiaea Bayer of London, Esq., of the
other part, witnesseth that in consideration of £500 steriing,
and of 25 guineas sterling, John Clarke grants, bargains,
etc., etc., to Bastiaen Bayer and his heires all that plantation
and parcel of land in North Sound Division, in the Island of
Antegoa, late in the occupation of John Clarke, his agent
or assigns, conteyning 277 acres, which was part of the
estate of the said Nathaniel Clarke, deceased, and in his
last will dated 8th Dec. 1674, devised to John Clarke, from
and after the death of Anne Clarke (wife of Nathaniel),
who has since died .... and also all houses, etc., etc.,
thereupon .... and also all other, the plantations, etc., etc.,
whatsoever of him, the said John Clarke in Antegoa, and
the several remainders, etc., etc., etc., to the only proper
use of Bastiaen Bayer and his heirs .... and for the con-
sideration aforesaid, John Clarke grants, etc., etc., to
Bastiaen Bayer his Ex'ors, 11 men negros, 19 women negros,
6 young boys negros, 10 negro children, and 1 Indian
woman, etc., etc., and also 23 head of old and young Cattle
. . . . and the whole stores of hogg and fowle, and also all
household stulf .... and in consideration of 2 guineas ;
Samuel Clarke confirms the sale.
North Crawley, co. Bucks. " AVilliain Clarke occurs
Rector in 1650 ; and although he was in 1001, made Vicar
of Stepney, in Middlesex, and in 1665 Dean of Winchester,
yet he kept this Rectory to the time of his death. He was
buried 22 Sept. 1679, in S' Peter's Church, in S' Alban's :
Clutterbuck's ' Herts,' vol. 1, p. 17." (Lipscombe's ' Bucks,'
vol. 4, p. 129.)
Book of claims 1667. St. John's Division. Lieut.
Robert Clarke and Susan (only daughter of Henry Clark,
deceased), 570 acres bought by said Robert and Henry
Clark from Captain John Noye, who bought 175 acres of
Hen. Knight and one .lones, and the rest of George Mugh,
and he of Captain George (? Sterrell) and AA^illiam Joslin who
138
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
had grant from Governor Austin. Confirmed to said Robert
and Henry Clark, by patent from John Buncle, Mar. 1661.
Roger Clarke and his wife, 20 acres, by Governor Win-
throp, 2 March 1667 ; surveyed 27 May 1668.
1668, Roger Clarke, patent for 20 acres.
1668, Susanna Clarke, patent for 300 acres, daughter
and heiress of Henry Clarke, deceased.
Nathaniel Clarke, 400 acres from Lieut.-Colonel Cham-
man and Arundell, 200 by patent from Governor Ashton ;
surveyed 28 April 1668.
Serjeant Major Nathaniel Clarke was a Member of
Council for Antigua in 1670.
Dr. John Clarke 60 acres, by Colonel William Byam's
warrant for 200; surveyed 16 Aug. 1670.
1671, Nov. 6. Sir Charles Wheeler issues a warrant to
Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel Gierke, Lieut.-Colonel of ye
Regiment of Antigua.
Colonel Nathaniel Clarke 50 acres, by Governor Warner,
11 Jan. 1671 ; surveyed 3 March 1671.
Colonel Nathaniel Gierke of Antigua, Esq. Letter of
Attorney to my nephew Mr. Nicholas Gierke of Antigua,
21 July 1674.
Thomas Gierke of Antigua, Gent. Letter of Attorney
to Mr. Nicholas Gierke of Antigua, 14 Dec. 1674.
Mr. Nicholas Clarke 166 acres, by Governor Warner, 28
June 1675 ; surveyed 6 June 1675.
Letter of Attorney. On 13 Oct. 1675 before me,
Nicholas Hayward, Notary Public in London, appeared Mr.
John Clerk, minister and rector of Ashton, co. Northampton,
at present in London, sole Executor of his brother Colonel
Nathaniel Clerk of Antigua. He has appointed William
Thory of London, Gent., and Ann his wife bound to
Antigua, Rowland Williams, and Jeremiah Watkins,
Esquires, of Antigua, his Attorneys.
There is some difference between Mr. William Thory,
and Mrs. Anna Gierke, widow, of Mr. Nicholas Gierke,
deceased. Major Richard Borraston, and Captain Roger
Jones are to adjudge, 31 March 1676.
Lease dated 10 July 1678 between Mr. William Barnes
Gent., Attorney to Mrs. Dorothy Clearck of St. Christopher's,
widow, and Richard Pitts of Fryers Hill by patent granted
to Eustace Jefferyes.
Joseph Clarke of Ne\ns, merchant, 125 acres granted 22
Jan. 1684 by Sir W. Stapleton.
Rev. John Clarke, rector of Ashton 1682, died in 1700.
(Baker's ' Nortbaats,' p. 126, and Bridges' 'Northants,'
vol. 1, p. 284.)
Eliz. Anne Clarke, dau. of Geo. Clarke of Clarke's Hill,
Antigua, mar. Istly Major Samuel Byam, who d. 1772
intestate, and 2ndly Ashton Warner, Esq., who d. Feb.
1752. She d. 2 June and was interred 4 June 1748, set.
50, in the Warner vault in St. John's churchyard.
1820, Feb. 11. In Burton-crescent, in her 31st year,
Dorothy, wife of H. A. Hardman, esq., of Grenada, and
daughter of Thomas Clarke, esq., of Monterose, Antigua.
{' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 282.)
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Baptized.
1833 May 14 Charles Dilkes s. of Thomas & Octavia
Clark, Parham New Work, Planter.
Married.
1794 June 5 William Clark to Isabella Anderson.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Slurried.
1807 Oct. 10 Henry Anthony Hardman, Lieu' 7th West
India Reg*, to Dorothy Clark, spr.
1824 Oct. 18 Thomas Clark, Jun^ and Octavia Wyke.
L.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
Cap'" Joseph Clark of this parish.
Barbary Clark, widdow.
Thos. Clarke of said Jesey.
George Lee Clark.
Capt" W-" Clark in y« Phaina Sloop from
Guinea.
Joseph Clarke.
Joseph Clarke.
•lohn Clarke.
Mary wife of Tho^ Clarke.
Thomas Clarke.
Edmund Clarke, Planter.
Married.
John Thurland and Mary Clarke. B.
Samuel Clarke and Elizabeth Morgan. L.
Baptized.
1742 April 4 Mary the D. of John Clarke and Sarah
his wife.
1790 July 13 Thomas S. of Thomas Clarke and Helen
bis wife. B. the e"" May 1790.
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
1691
Nov.
9
1694
April
17
1694
July
16
1701
Aug.
21
1702
April 12
1716
Sept.
13
1724
Feb.
1
1725
Oct.
28
1733
July
27
1733
April
27
1794
Nov.
6
1718
Aug.
3
1758
June
7
1806 June 26
Mary Ann Clark, spinster, to D'; Jn"
Knox of his Majesty's ship .... L.
St. Johx's Churchyard.
Slab on six stone pillars within iron railings : —
SACRED I to the memory of | THOMAS WILLIAM
CLARK I who departed this life April 30th 1833 | Aged 49
years.
Small stone : —
Here Lies | the Body of
Departed
ANDREW CLARK | who
this Life Oct. 5"> | 1806 Aged | 46 years.
White marble ledger : —
SACRED I to the memory of | ELIZA, | . . . . george
W. CLARKE ESQ. | . . . . EPARTED THIS LIFE | . . . . CHILD
BIRTH I 16'^'^ OF OCTOBER 1828 | AGED 18 YEARS.
Ledger stone : —
SACRED I TO THE MEMORY OF | HARIOT AMELIA
I WIFE OF I GEORGE WILLIAM CLARK | of this
ISLAND 1 WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE | THE 27 OF DECEMBER
1823 I AGED 46 YEARS.
St. Philip's Churchyard.
Large flat stone over arched vault : —
BENEATH THIS STONE LIE THE REMAINS | OF M"* ANN
W. CLARKE, WHO died | September 1833, aged 61
YEARS I (her 2 surviving children erect this).
[Sixteen lines follow.]
ALSO THE REMAINS OF | ANNA GORDON CLARKE,
] granddaughter OF THE ABOVE; | BORN 19''" MAY
1826, DIED 12'^'' JUNE 1832 | OF ELLA TYNES, | BORN
28^'' SEPTEMBER 1854, ] DIED 13''° SEPTEMBER 1861 | AND
OF I JOHN INCE JONES, | 35 YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH ;
I BORN 26'^'' JANUARY 1801 | DIED 28'^° APRIL 1863.
CLOGSTOWN FAMILY.
139
Petii0ret of Clotjstoloiu
CLOGSTOWN^
Eobert CIoo-sto«'n=pLetitia llarman, dau. of Ann Clogstown.
of Kirkcudbrio'lit,
N.B. Will dated
13 June 1799 ;
sworn 22 Oct.
1799.
Samuel Hai-man of An-
tigua by Mary Cusack ;
mar. C April 1785 at St.
Philip's ; died 1 1 April
1810 in London.
Edmund Walcot Symp-=pCatlierine Anne Lyons, dau. of
son of Winkton, Christ 1 John Lyons of Antigua by
Jane Harman his wife ; mar.
circa 1783 ;' died 21 July
1832, ajt. 68. M.L at Christ
Church, CO. Hants.
Church, CO. Hants, died
24 Dec. 1840, ret. 84
M.L there.
Samuel Clogstown, only sou, Collector of Customs, Trinidad ; a minor 1799=i=Caroline Ann Sympsou.
Anthony Clogstown, Governor=pGeorgiana Warner, dau. of
of Gambia, later Provost Ashton Warner, Chief
Marshal of Trinidad; died Justice of Trinidad; born
there 1851. 10 Sept. 1819 ; mar. 10
Sept. 1840.
Herbert Clogstown.
Dorothy Clogstown,
mar. Major Martin
of the Guards.
Caroline
Clogstown.
Augusta Clogstown, mar.
George Wilder, son of
George Ludowick Wilder
by Augusta Walcot.
H. Clogstown, of the Board of Revenue, Madras, 1892,
Robert Clogestown, Esq. Will dated 13 June 1799 at
St. John's. A negro girl to Eliz. wife of Walter Colquhoun,
also to Julia Crump till my son Sam' is 21, unless my wife
return to the island. £100 st. to my aged father, if he be
dead to my sister Ann Clogestown, spinster. John Roberts,
one of my Ex'ors, shall continue in the office of Dep. Prov.
Marshal for 6 mos., for winding up my accounts, & shall
have £330 St., or £500 c. All residue to be sold or other-
wise, according to the wishes of my wife Latitia, & my son.
Walt. Colquhoun, John Burke, W™ Mathews, John Roberts,
& Anthony Browne, Esq"^^ Ex'ors. Witnessed by R.
Johnson, A. Colquhoun, Rob' Rose. By Edw. Byam, Esq.,
was sworn Alex. Colquhoun 22 Oct. 1799. Recorded 22
Oct. 1799.
1810, April 11. In Keppel-street, Bedford-square, Mrs.
LEetitiaClogstoun, widow of Robert C, esq., late of Antigua.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 494.)
1840. Lately. Dec''. Li Trinidad, Anthony Clogstown,
esq., Marshal of the island, to Georgiana, dau. of the Hon.
Ashton Warner, late Chief Justice of that colony. {Ibid.,
p. 650.)
1841. Lately. Dec''. At Bristol, aged 49, Robert
Claxton, esq., late Collector of her Majesty's customs at the
Island of Antigua. {Ihkl., p. 664.)
1785
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
April 6 Robert Clagson, Esq., to Letitia Harman,
spinster. Lie.
^Sttiisit^ of Cocl)van.
COCHRAN=r.
I
Archibald Cochran of Antigua, Colonel of the Militia,=pElizabeth widow of Rice
Surveyor of Crown Lands 1669-80, set. 46 in 1686.
Will dated 10 Sept. 1689. zK
Morgan, living 1678.
Elizabeth Read,=
mar. 27 June
1710 at St.
John's. 1st
wife.
^Archibald Cochran of Antigua and^pElizabeth
of Cheshunt, co. Herts; in 1714
inherited half of William Cochran's
estate; Speaker 1715; Member
of the Council 1717 ; died 26
Jan. 1736, at. 49. M.I. at Ches-
hunt. Will dated 28 Nov. 1736;
proved 1 Feb. 1736-7. (20 Wake.)
Frye,dau.
ofColonel
John
Frye of
Antigua ;
living
1773.
2nd wife.
I I
Archibald Cochran, only
son and heir ; a minor
1736 ; living 1773 ;
probably of Putney, and
died in or before 1816.
Mary Cochran, died at
Bristol, a spinster, before
1749.
Frances Cochran,
mar. William
Gadogan, M.D.,
F.R.C.P. Ad-
ministration of
her estate granted
to him 1749 ; he
died 26 Feb. 1797,
jEt. 86.
Elizabeth Cochran
of Queen Square,
London, died 13
Nov. 1778, a spin-
ster. M.L at
Cheshunt. Will
dated 6 Oct. 1773;
proved 27 Nov.
1778. (441 Hay.)
William Cochran of Antigua,=
living 1697, owner of 327
acres, dead in 1714.
I I
John Cochran, 1st son,
of age in 1697 ; died
s.p.m. before 1714.
Robert Cochran, 2nd
son, a minor in 1697 ;
died s.p.m. before 1714.
Richard Cochran of:
Old North Sound ;
removed to Bar-
bados 1703 ; »t. 34
in 1709; inherited
half of William
Cochran's estate in
1714.
=Rachell
living
1714.
Jane Cochran, mar Hulbert ;
died 7 Feb. 1806, at. 75.
Harriet Amelia Cochran of Queen
Square, London, died 6 Dec. 1771,
a spinster. BI.I. at Cheshunt.
Will dated 27 Jan. 1768 ; proved
31 Dec. 1771. (477 Trevor.)
Richard Cochran
of Balliol Col-
lege, Oxford ;
matriculated 8
Dec. 1724, set.
16.
140
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Archibald Cochran of Cheshunt, co. Herts, Esq. Will
dated 28 Nov. 1736, 10 Geo. H.; proved 1 Feb. 1736-7 by
Rowland Frye and Samuel Frye ; power reserved to John
Frye, John Frye, jiin., William Lavington, Francis Delap,
and James Hilhouse. (20 Wake.) To my loving wife
£200, all household goods, plate, linen, jewels, coaches,
horses, & £300 a year. To my daus. Mary, Frances, Jane,
Eliz., & Harriott Emelia, £2000 each, & 50,000 lbs. of
sugar at day of marriage. To my daus. Mary, Frances,
Jane, & Eliz., £80 a year for maintenance, till legacies are
payable. To my dau. Harriot Emelia £50 a year till 12,
after then, £80 a year. To M'' Francis Gilbert, son of my
friend Nath' Gilbert of Antigua, Esq., £100. To my
kinsman Archibald Hilhouse of Antigua, £150 c. To my
kinsman Michael MacLester of Londonderry, £150 c. All
residue in England, Antigua, & elsewhere, to my only son
Archibald Cochran at 21, but if he die under age without
issue, then £1600 more to each of my daus., & all residue to
my brother-in-law Sam' Frye of London, Merchant. My
father-in-law John Frye, Esq., John Vernon, my brother-in-
law John Frye, Jun'', AV" Lavington, & Francis Delap, all
of Antigua, Jas. Hilhouse of Bristol, & my brothers-in-law
Rowl"* & Sam' Frye of London, Merch*', Es'ors & Guardians,
& I give them power to purchase slaves for my plantations
in Antigua. Witnessed by Ja. Macdonald, Joshua Young,
at Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, Jon" Evendon in Fenchurch
Street, London. Recorded also at Antigua 9 April 1737.
Hariot Amelia Cochran of Queen Square, co. Middlesex,
spinster, one of the daus. of Archibald Cochran, late of
Cheshunt, co. Herts, Esq., deceased. Will dated 27 Jan.
1768 ; proved P.C.C. 31 Dec. 1771 by Jane Hulbert,
widow, and Elizabeth Cochran, spinster. (477 Trevor.)
My father by his will dated 28 Nov. 1736 gave me £2000,
& 50,000 lbs. of sugar deliverable at Antigua. To my
Mother Eliz. Cochran £30, my brother Arch'' Cochran £30,
my sister Jane Hulbert £1000, my sister Eliz. Cochran
£1000. All residue to my e,^ 2 sisters, & Ex'trices.
Witnessed by Easther Ellill, Thurston Blackman.
Codmt. To my goddau. IMiss Mary Neale £50, my
niece Miss Frances Gadogan £20, Miss Judith Butler £10,
Miss Mary Butler £10, & Mrs. Westmore £10.
Elizabeth Cochran of Queen's Square, St. George the
Martyr, spinster, dau. of Archibald Cochran of Cheshunt,
CO. Herts, Esq., deceased. Will dated 6 Oct. 1773 ; proved
27 Nov. 1778 by Jane Hulbert, widow, the sister. (-141
Hay.) My father's will was dated 28 Nov. 1736. To my
loving Mother M" Eliz. Cochran £500. To my brother
Archibald Cochran, Esq., £1000. To my sister Jane
Hulbert £1500. To Miss Frances Cadogan £50. My
godson W" Neale £50. D"' W" Cadogan £40. Miss
Judith Butler £10. Miss Mary Butler £10. All residue
to my sister Jane Hulbert, and sole Ex'trix. Witnessed
by Row'i Frye, Chrisf Hull.
1748, Jan. 28. Frances Cadogan, formerly Cochran,
late of Bristol, deceased. Adm'on to W™ Cadogan, M.D.,
the husband. P.C.C.
1749. Frances Cadogan, formerly Cockran, late of
Bristol, died intestate. Adm'on to her husband W™
Cadogan, D'' of Physic. She was sole Ex'trix of her sister
Mary Cockran, spinster, of Bristol, deceased. Recorded
at S' John's. Copy sent out from P.C.C.
Close Roll, 6 Geo. XL, Part 6, Nos. 10 and 11.
Indenture made 27th July 1732 between Archibald
Cochran, late of Antigua, but now of Cheshunt, Herts, Esq.,
of the one part, and Rowland Frye of London, merchant,
of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s.,
and for divers other reasons, Archibald Cochran grants,
etc., to Rowland Frye .... all his plantation in the Division
of Old North Sound in the parish of St. Peter, Parham,
Antigua, bounded north with the lands of Clement Tudway,
east with the lands of John Pare, south with the lands of
Josiah Martin and Edward Darcey (?) and west with the
lands of ... . Wickham .... and all messuages, etc., and all
negro and other slaves whatsoever .... for one whole year,
yielding, etc., therefore one peppercorn if demanded .... to
the intent that he may be in actual possession, and enabled
to accept of a grant and release of the reversion and
inheritance to the uses, etc., etc., to be appointed ....
No. 10.
Indenture made 28th July 1732 between Archibald
Cochran, etc., of the one part, and Rowland Frye, etc., etc.,
of the other part, witnesseth that for docking, barring, etc.,
all estates tail, reversions, and remainders, and for settling
an estate in fee simple to the use of Archibald Cochran and
his heirs in the said plantation, and in consideration of 5s.
.... Archibald Cochran grants, etc., etc., to Rowland Frye
in his actual possession, now being all that plantation, etc.,
etc. (as in previous Indenture).
Close Roll, 1 Geo. IV., Part 14, Nos. 10 and 11.
Indenture made the 8th June 59 Geo. III., 1819,
between William Courtenay of Duke Sti'cet, in the Liberty
of Westminster, one of the Masters of Her Majesty's Court
of Chancery, the Reverend Cholmely Edward John Dering
of Howlets, CO. Kent, clerk, and Daniel Byam Mathcw, late
of Weymouth Street, Middlesex, Esq., but now residing at
Maida Hill, in the parish of Paddington, of the one part,
and Samuel Otto-Bayer, late of Antigua, but now of
Chalcott, Wilts, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that
William Courtenay, Cholmely Edward John Dering, and
Daniel Byam Mathew, in consideration of 5s grant,
etc., to Samuel Otto-Baijer all that plantation or sugarwork,
called North Sound in Antigua, with all pieces of land
known as part thereof .... which plantation contains
170 acres or thereabouts, and was formerly the estate of
Archibald Cocki-an, deceased .... and all the negro and
other slaves on the plantation, at the date of Articles of
Agreement made the 30th Aug. 1816 .... being in number
135, or such as are now living .... of which a schedule is
intended to be annexed to the release .... and all horses,
oxen, steers, heifers, mules, and cattle .... for one whole
year .... to the use of an Indenture of 4 parts to be made
. . . . Robert L. Appleyard, Lincoln's Inn, gentleman, Tho-
mas Orbell, New Bridge Street, George J. Nicholson, 1
New Square, Lincoln's Inn, Samuel Boydell, clerk to Mr.
Appleyard, witnesses.
No. 10.
Indenture made the 9th June 1819 between William
Courtenay .... and the Reverend Cholmely' Edward John
Dering, of the 1st part, Daniel Byam Mathew .... and
Elizabeth his wife, of the 2nd part, Henry Davidson and
^neas Barkly of Lime Street Square, merchants and co-
partners, of the 3rd part, Samuel Otto-Baijer .... of the
4th part. Whereas by Indentures made the 4th and 5th
April 1815, the release between Daniel Byam Mathew, of
the 1st part, Mary Elizabeth Mathew, spinstei-, his only
daughter, of the 2nd part, William Thomas Roe, Esq., of
COCHRAN FAMILY.
141
tlie 3rd part, and William Courtenay, and Cholmely Edward
John Dering of the 4th part, reciting that Daniel Byain
Mathew was seized in fee of the plantation, etc., hereinafter
mentioned, free from incumbrances .... and that a marriage
had been agreed upon, and was shortly to be had between
'William Thomas Roe and Mary Elizabeth Mathew . . . .
and that upon the treaty for such marriage, it had been
agreed that the said plantation, etc., should be conveyed to
William Courtenay and Cholmely E. J. Bering in trust, it
is witnessed that in pursuance of the agreement Daniel
Byam Mathew, with the consent of William Thomas Roe
and Mary Elizabeth Mathew, did grant, etc., to William
Courtenay and Cholmely E. J. Dering .... all that planta-
tion called North Sound in Antigua .... late the estate of
Archibald Cockran of Putney, Esq., deceased, and by his
will devised to Daniel Byam Mathew .... together with
the slaves, etc., in trust, to sell and dispose of all the said
lands, etc either in Antigua or England, and together
or in parcels, and by public sale or private contract as they
think proper to any persons willing to become the pur-
chasers .... and to apply the moneys upon the trusts
therein expressed .... and whereas by Articles of Agree-
ment the 30th Aug. 1816, between William Courtenay
and Cholmely Edward John Dering of the 1st part, Samuel
Otto-Baijer of the 2nd part, and Henry Davidson and
.tineas Barkly of the 3rd part, it was witnessed that in
consideration of £6000 paid by Henry Davidson and
.33neas Barkly on account of Samuel Otto-Baijer .... and
of a further sum of £48 9s. lOd. for interest to the 12th
July last .... and also in consideration of £12,000 to be
paid by Henry Davidson and ^neas Barkly .... by
instalments, and with interest as hereinafter mentioned
.... making altogether £18,000 exclusive of interest for
the absolute purchase .... William Courtenay and Cholmely
Edward John Dering did agree with Samuel Otto-Baijer
that they would with all convenient speed make out a good
title, etc., etc., and convey the plantation .... and all the
negroB .... being 13,') .... subject to a term of 1000
years to themselves to secure payment of the £ 12,000 ....
to Henry Davidson and ^neas Barkly for securing such
sums as they should advance to Samuel Otto-Bayer and
subject thereto to the use of Samuel Otto-Baijer and his
heirs for ever .... and Samuel Otto-Bayer did covenant
to pay the £12,000 and interest as follows.... £3150
being one j^ear's interest on the 12th April 1817
.... £3300 being 2 year's interest .... on the 12th
April 1818 .... £34.50 being 3 years' interest ....
on the 12th April 1819 .... and £3600 being 4 years'
interest .... on the 12th April 1820 .... for which sums
Henry Davidson and ^neas Barkly have accepted bills of
exchange, drawn on them by Samuel Otto-Bayer .... and
it is agreed that the bills of exchange shall be deposited
in the hands of Messrs. Shawe, Le Blanc, and Shawe, of
New Bridge Street .... and when a good title is made out
shall be delivered to William Courtenay and Cholmely
Edward John Dering .... but if the title .... could not
be cleared and made out before the first bill became due,
the money for the said bills should be received by Messrs.
Shawe, Le Blanc, and Shawe, and invested in Exchequer
bills .... and held by them .... as stakeholders, between
the parties until the title should be made out .... and
then delivered .... and by a memorandum .... payment
was extended to the 12th Aug. of each year .... and
whereas William Courtenay and Cholmely Edward John
Dering have made an abstract of their title, and have
delivered it to the solicitors of Samuel Otto-Baijer, who
have approved of it ... . and the said bills of exchange
have been delivered .... and whereas Samuel Otto-Baijer
has paid to Henry Davidson and iEneas Barkly the £6000
advanced by them for the first instalment .... and whereas
the said recited contract having been entered into with the
privity and at the request of Daniel Byam IMathew he has
agreed to confirm it and to join in the conveyance .... and
Elizabeth his wife has consented to join for the purpose of
extinguishing any right or title of dower she might have ....
Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance of the
said recited agi-eement and in consideration of £6000 ....
William Courtenay, Cholmely Edward John Dering, Daniel
Byam Mathew and Elizabeth his wife, witji the consent of
Henry Davidson and .iEneas Barkly .... grant, etc., to
Samuel Otto-Baijer in his possession being .... all that
plantation, etc. (as in No. 11), to Samuel Otto-Baijer and
his heirs for ever .... but to the use of Henry Davidson
and .35neas Barkly for 2000 years .... subject to a pro-
vision of redemption .... and they nominate James Gil-
christ and Hugh Campbell, Esquires, of Antigua, their
Attorneys ....
Archibald Cochran and Thomas Connoway 100 acres at
Musquito Cove ; surveyed 3 April 1669.
Archibald Cochran, 30 acres by Governor Warner 11
Jan. 1671 ; surveyed 2 March 1671.
1673. Ensign Archibald Cochran values the estate of
Thomas Garret.
1673, April 2. George Garnet of Antigua, planter, sells
to Thomas Cochran of Antigua, planter, 20 acres at Old
North Sound.
Archibald Cochran, grant of Seadinell, now called Goat
Island, by Governor Warner 28 June 1675 ; surveyed 7
March 1675.
Thomas Cochran 30 acres by Governor Rowland
Williams 16 July 1675 ; surveyed 18 Oct. 1675.
Captain Archibald Cochran 80 acres by Governor Warner
27 March 1677 ; surveyed 2 Jan. 1677.
1678, March 26. Archibald Cochran and Elizabeth his
wife for 7500 lbs. sell to Mr. Henry Winthrop, Gent., 90
acres at Bermudian Valley.
1679, March. Captain Archibald Cochran and Eliza-
beth his wife, widow of Rice Morgan, sell to Colonel Row-
land Williams 200 acres in St. John's Division.
1680, Feb. 17. Captain Archibald Cochran patent for
372 acres by Sir W. Stapleton.
1684, Feb. 14. Major Archibald Cochran, Gent., patent
for 20 acres.
Deposition of Archibald Cochran, Esq., Surveyor-
General of Antigua, set. 46, on 13 Jan. 1686. (Colonial
Leeward Islands, vol. 50.)
Antigua. Act No. 95, Private. Confirmed 22 Oct.
1700. An Act to enable William Cochran as Guardian of
the Body and Estate of his son Robert Cochran, and John
Cochran in his own Behalf, to convey and sell several
Parcels of Waste Land, late belonging unto Colonel Archibald
Cochran, late of this Island, deceased, for the Payment of
his Debts and Legacies. Dated the 13th Day of July 1697.
Barbados. Indenture 28 Feb. 1703. Richard Cockran,
late of Antigua, Esq., now of Barbados, for £2039 4.s. 6(/.
sells to Charles Thomas of Barbados, Esq., and James
Ainsworth of Barbados, merchant, 51 slaves.
1709. Deposition of Richard Cochran, Gent., then set.
34. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 13.)
1712. Archibald Cochran, Gent., and Elizabeth his
wife, administratrix of James Reade, merchant, and Edward
Byam, Esq., and Francis Carlile, Gent., administrators with
the said Elizabeth of the goods of the said James Reade.
(Ibid.)
Division of an estate of 327 acres (late Mr. William
Cochran's, deceased) between Mr. Richard Cochran and Mr.
Archibald Cochran, Gentlemen ; 153 acres surveyed and
measured out to each ; plan attached. 20 acres purchased
by Mr. William Cochran to go to Mr. Richard Cochran.
Dated 25 Aug. 1714. (Surveyor-General's Book.)
142
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Indenture. Archibald Cocliran's will \?as dated 10
Sept. Ifi89. He had IK) acres at Old North Sonnd, and
gave his estate to his two nephews, John and Robert
Cochran, and in default of heirs of John to Richard, and in
default of heirs of Robert to Archibald his nephew. The
said John and Robert are both since dead without male
issue. Petition for Act to sell dated 29 Oct. 1714.
Granted same date. This Indenture dated 20 Nov. 1714
between Richard Cochran of i\.ntigua, Esq., and his wife
Eachel, and Archibald Cochran of Antigua, Esq., and his
wife Elizabeth. Sale to John Duer for £2600 c.
No. 145. Private. An Act to enable Richard Cochran
and Arciiibald Cochran, Esquires, to sell and dispose of
certain Lands in Old North Sound, in the said Island of
Antigua. Dated the 29th Day of October 171.5.
In Chancery 13 Jan. 1717. EUinor Tankerd, widow,
plaintitF, and Hon. Archibald Cochran and Baptist Looby,
defendants.
Archibald Cochran, Esq., was sworn Member of Council
26 July 1717 ; his mandamus was dated at St. James' 4
April 1717.
Jean Cochran, wife of William Cochran ; her receipt
dated 9 Feb. 1724.
1771, Dec. Miss Harriot Amelia Cockran, in Queen's
square. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 570.)
Archibald Cochran was rated for St. Peter's Parish
1796-1814, and 1823.
William Cadogau, M.L)., b. in London, s. of Roger
Cadogan of Usk, co. Monmouth, pleb. of Oriel College,
matric. 5 Dec. 1727, set. 16, B.A. 18 June 1781. Ent. at
Leyden 6 Oct. 1732, M.D. there 1737. Phys. to Foundling
Hospital. M.A. O.xon. 20 June 1755, M.B. and M.D.
Oxon. 27 June 1755. F.R.C.P. Lond. 26 June 1758,
F.R.S. Ob. in George Street, Hanover Square, 26 Feb.
1797, set. 86 ; bur. at Fulhara. M.I. there. (See
Mnnk's ' Roll of R.C.P.')
1803, Feb. 1. At her house in Wimpole-street, aged
83, Mrs. Hulbert. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 188.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1710 Juue 27 Archibald Cochran & Elizabeth Read.
1756 July 21 Francis .larvis and Barbara Cochran,
Widow. L.
Buried.
1734 Dec. 28 James Cochran.
1755 April 13 Archibald Cochran.
1756 Dec. 15 John Cochran.
1765 Dec. 26 James Cochran. P.
1771 Aug. 18 James Cochran.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1746 May 27 M-- Archibald Cochran and M" Barbara
Bawn. L.
1752 July 30 Tristram Hellmore and Mary Cochran. B.
Register of Eton Chapel.
Buried.
1731 M"- Edward Cockran, a scholler of y«
school, murder'd by Tho' Dalton his
schoolfellow March 6*.
1731, March 1. Two Youths at Eaton School, of about
12 Years of Age, quarrelling at play, one drew a Penknife
and stabbed the other to the Heart, who dy'd immediately.
He was only Son to M'' Cockram, an Antigua Merchant.
(' Gentleman's Magazine.')
Parish Register of St. Anthony, Montserrat.
Buried.
1725 July 14 Coll" John Cochran.
Married.
1726 Aug. 22 William Liddell, Esq--, & Jane Cochran.
ByL.
In Cheshunt Church, co. Herts, on the S. wall of aisle : —
Archibald Cochran, Esq., died '2(i^^^ January 1736, aged
49 years.
Harriet Amelia Cochran, died 6"' December, 1771.
Elizabeth Cochran, died 13"' November, 1778.
Jane Hulbert, widow, daughter of the above Archibald
Cochran, died 7"' February 1806, aged 75 years.
" Cochrans " and " Pares " are in St. Peter's Parish. In
1852 they contained 328 acres, and were owned by Owen Pell.
They are now in the possession of Mr Pell, his nephew.
" Cochrans," in St. Paul's Parish, in 1852 contained 545
acres, and was owned by the heirs of R. French.
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
143
ffmwil^ oi Cotirincjtoiu
Francis Codrington of Bristowe, merchant. Will dated
10 Aug., and proved 30 Oct. 1557 by William Carr. (41
Wrastley.) To the mother church of Bristowe £12, & to
that of S' Warborowes of which parish I now am towards
the reparations & new glasinge with white glasse. My
debts in company with W"" Carre. My debts to W™
Rowley & to Roger Myllard which is for the legacy his
grandfather John Shipmau bequeathed to him at 21. My
father-in-law W™ Shipman's will to be performed as well in
deedes of charity to the poor maiden's marriage, & bedding
for the almshouses. W" Carr to be Ex'or. To poor
householders £20, & 12" to every person that dwelleth in
any almshouse in Bristowe city, & £10 for the poor of S'
Warborowe. To Hen. Barker my kinsman £5, & £10 to
his dau. Mary, my goddau., at 16 or mar. To the alms-
house of laffers gate for bedding, wood, & coal, £ . . . .
(blank), as M'' John Shipman's gift. For the repair of the
London way John Willes, chamberlain of Bristowe, late
made in the forest of Kynswood, £ . . . . £30 for the
prisoners of Newgate in Bristowe. To my gods. Fra.
Wyott £5, & to Hen. Wyott his father £5. To Fra.
Rowley & Mary Hamocke, Wife to John Hamocke, £5.
Kath. Smith, dau. to ... . Grace. My sister PouU ....
£ . . . . & my houses before S* Peter's Church. My
brothers-in-law John & Tho. Shipmau. To my Wife
Marg* £1333 Gs. 8d., my household stuif, & ^ my plate
in my house in Small Str. To Gyles my s. & h. apparent
£1333 6s. 8d., the other i of my plate, & all the
household stuif in my mansion house in Frampton-upon-
Severn, all farming implements & cattle, at 24. Witnessed
by John Whyte, Tho. Rowlands.
John Soper of Codrington, Esq. Will dated 15 Oct.
1558 ; proved 8 Feb. 1558. (35 Welles.) To be bur. in
the Codrington Isle. M'' Codrington my father-in-law,
dec''. My cousins Symon & Tho. Codrington, etc.
Gyles Codrinton of Pucklerchurche, co. Gloucester,
Gent. Will dated G May 1577 ; proved 26 Jan. 1581 by
Peter Johnsonne, the Attorney of Isabella Codrinton, the
relict. (1 Darcey.) To the Cathedral church of Gloster
£12. To my dau. Anne Codrinton £200 at 18 or mar.
To Cicelye Codrinton £200. To my s. Rich'' Codrinton
all contracts betw. Jas. Tyler & me, but if Jas. Tyler & his
s. John do pay what they owe they shall enjoy their
coppiehold. The lease I have made my s. Rich'' is in the
hands of Hen. Emley. To Frances Codrinton the
annuitie I bought of Walter flforster. All household stuff
to my Wife Isabell Codrinton & to Frances Codrinton
equally. To my uncle Rich'' Arnalde 100 marks as over-
seer. Certain years are yet to come in the grange or farm
of Powcklechurche I bought of W" Luclin, & appointed
to be assigned to Hugh Heynes' children, £90 due for it
next Lady Day. To my s. Fra. Codrinton £100 at 21.
To Sir Tho. Porter a 40s. ring. All residue to my Wife
Isabella & sole Ex'trix.
Francis Codrington of Frampton-upon-Severn, co. Glou-
cester, Gent. Will dated 24 Aug. 1581, 23 Elizabeth ; proved
P.C.C. 25 Oct. 1581 by John Lewis, Notary Public, the
Attorney of Mary Codrington the relict. (36 Darcey.) If
my Mother perform the agreement between her & me,
made by Sir Thos. Porter & my unkle M^' Richard Arnolde,
then I give her 100 markes yearly. My sister Sistlie £400.
My said brother. My late father. To Marie my wife £100
a year, payable out of the grange of Poucklechurch, & all
residue, & Ex'trix. Witnessed by Symon Codrington, Chr.
Browne, Chr. Westerdale, Hen. Emleye.
Robert Codrington of the precinct of St. George's
Cathedral, Bristoll, Gent. Will dated 1 1 Feb. 1618 ; proved
7 May 1619 by Anne Codrington the widow. (46 Parker.)
To my P' dau. Eliz"' Codrington £200, 6 mos. after her
marriage. To my 2'' dau. Anne Codrington £200. To my
3'' dau. Frances £100. To my 4"' dau. Susanna £200, my 5'-''
dau. Dorothie £200, my 6"' dau. Joyce £200, & my 7'" & y»*
dau. living Marye £300, payable 1 year after the death of
Marg' Gale, wife of W"' Gale of Warrinton, co. Som., Esq.
To my 2 elder dau's Eliz'" & Anne £20 yearly till marriage.
To my 6 younger sons £10 apiece quarterly for maintenance
during the life of my father Symon Codrington of Codring-
ton, CO. Glost., Esq. To my 1'' s. John Codrington the
lease of all woods growing in Cheslecome haynes, the elm
haye, & winch haye, adjoining the manor house of Codring-
ton, granted to me by my father, he to satisfy my 6
younger sons their £20 apiece quarterly. All residue to
my wife Anne, she to be sole Ex'trix. My good friends
Sir Tho. Guest, K*, M'' Tho. Joye, Gyles Codrington & John
Codrington my brothers, overseers, & to have lis. each.
Signed " Rob'te Codringtonne," in the presence of Tho.
Joye, Nic. Hely.
John Codrinton of the Inner Temple, Esq. Will
dated 19 Nov. 1622, 20 James; proved P.C.C. 23 May
1623 by Jane Codrinton the relict. (44 Swan.) All my
plate & jewels at Codrinton to my wife Jane, & all my
right in the manor & farme of Codrinton, the rectory of
Wapley, my lands in Erlingham, co. Glouc, & my lease
from Chr. Stoakes, Gent. My wife sole Ex'trix, & my
friend Unton Croke to assist her.
John Codrington of Didmarton, co. Gloucester, Esq.
Will dated 9 Sep. 1670 ; proved 4 Nov. 1670 by Frances
Codrington the widow. (159 Penn.) £100 for Funeral.
To the poor of Wapley & Codrington, Chipping Sodburie,
& Didmarton, £5 apiece. To my Ex'trix the rents of my
manor of Didmarton, & of my lands in Oldburie super
montem & Chappell's Waste till my s. Rob' Codrington be
21. By power of deed granted to Tho. Horton of
Gumming, co. Glost., & Henry Guise of Chepstow, co.
Monmouth, Esq'"", I direct them to convey the inheritance
in fee simple of my said manor of Hutton to my Ex'trix
towards payment of legacies. My wife Frances to be
Guardian of my sons. To my dau. Rachell Codrington £1500
at 18. To my l'*' s. Rob^ my manor of Didmarton, Old-
burie, & Chapi3eirs Waste, at 21, & his heirs. To my 2'' s.
John Codrington £99 6s. Ocl, the rent from my manor of
Baltonsburie, Co. Som. To my 3" son W"' my lands in
Sherstone, Wicks, & Liickingtou, co. Wilts. To my 6
daus. Anne Isaack, Jane Codrington, Mary Browning,
Eliz'" Poore, Ann Luttrell, & Frances Wyndham 20s. each.
All residue to my wife Frances, & sole Ex'trix. Wit-
nessed by Tho. AVyndham, Tho. Ouldham, Nioh. IdoUs.
144 THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
JSetitsrct of Cotirincjton of Barljatios, ^nttsua, auti Botiinston,
CO* #loucesui\
^ MkJS3s
^"^^ ^'^^^
Arms. — Argent, a/ess embattled counier-emhattled between three lions passant ffulei^.
Crest. — Out of a dwal coronet or, a dragon's head couped gules between live wings or and azure.
Motto. — Immersabil is est vein virtus.
CHKISTOPHER CODRINGTON of Barbados, on=p(probably) Frances, dau. of William Drax and sister of Sir James
which island he is stated to have settled in 164:9. Urax, Kt., sen., of Barbados ; she was a spinster in 1G32.
Christopher Codrington of Barbados, a trustee for the sale of St. Lucia in IfiCiS ; of the Council of Barbados and=p. . . .
Lieut.-Colonel of Militia 1666 ; President 1668-72 under William, Lord Willoughby ; in 16>^1 with his brother
John acquired land.s in Antigua, and in 35 Chas. IL obtained a lease of Barbuda; in 1684 he was owner of Did-
marton and Consetts in St. John's parish, Barbados ; on 80 June 1688 Member of the Council of Barbados and
aged 48 ; Captain General of the Leeward Islands 1689-98; bur. 21 July 1698 at St. Philip's, Antigua. Will
dated 15 July and proved 12 Oct. 1698. (211 Lort.)
Christopher Codrington, Esq., born 1668 at Barbados ; of Christ Church College, Oxford ;
matriculated 4 July HW5, ffit. 17 : of the Middle Temple 1687 ; Fellow of All Souls 1690 ;
B.A. 1691 ; M.A. 29 Jan. 1694 ; Colonel of 1st Regiment of Guards ; Captain-General of
the Leeward Islands 1698-1703 ; died at Barbados 7 April 1710; re-interred in All Souls'
Chapel, Oxford, 19 June 1716; purchased the manor of Dodington. co. Gloucester, of his
" cousin," Samuel Codrington. Will dated 22 Feb. 1702 ; proved 8 Feb. 1710. (23 Young.)
John Codrington, 2nd son,
a lunatic 1698. Adminis-
tration granted 14 Aug.
17o2 to his brother
Colonel Christopher Cod-
rington.
Wilham Cod- Sir William Codrington, 2nd=
rington, born Bart., of Dodington, co.
14, bapt. 24, Gloucester, and Bettys Hope,
and bur. 28 Antigua, born 26 Oct. and
Nov. 1718 at bapt. at Dodington 24 Nov.
Dodington. 1719; mar. when aged 17,
but separated from his wife
before their son was born ;
of University College, Ox-
ford ; matriculated 14 Dec.
1736, ffit. 17;M.P.for Bever-
ley 1747-61, and for Tewkes-
bury 1761-92.
=Anne, dau.
of
Acton of
Fulham,
CO. iliddle-
sex ; mar.
22 Feb.
1735-6 at
St. Bride's,
London ;
she died
1775.
John Archibald Cod-=
rington of Waltham-
stow, born 26 Nov.
and bapt. 2 Jan.
1721-2 at Doding-
ton: died s.p. at Bath
and bur. at Doding-
ton 26 March 1759.
Will dated 6 Feb.
and proved 11 April
1759. (123 Arran.)
=Sarah, dau.
of 'Henry
Capper of
Wincanton,
CO. Somer-
George Charles Codring-
ton, born 28 May, bapt.
27 June and bur. 2 Aug.
1723 at Dodington.
Christopher Codrington,
born 3 May, bapt. 11
June 1726, and bur. 29
Jan. 1726-7 at Doding-
ton.
s.p.
Mary, dau. of . . . .=
Kirke ; born at
Derby, died s.p. in
la Place de la
Liberte, Dinan, 20
April 1789, fet. 57.
1st wife.
=Sir William Codrington, 3rd Bart., only;
son, disinherited by his father; of Christ
Church College, Oxford ; matriculated 9
May 1755, ret. 18 ; died at Rennes in
Brittany 5 Sept. 1816, ret. 78 years and
7 months. Will dated 12 March
1816 ; proved 14 March 1817. Will
for French property dated 8 May
1816.
s.p.
:Eleanor, dau. of
Godfrey Kirke
of London by
Marie Holland ;
she was niece to
the 1 st Lady
Codrington ;
died at Rennes
13 Feb. 1816,
set. 42^. 2nd
wife.
Christopher Bethell of=
Dodington, Esq., born
1764 ; sole heir to his
uncle Sir William Cod-
rington. His arms were
exemplified by patent
4 Feb. 1797. Assumed
the name of Bethell by
licence dated 17 Nov.
1797. He unjustly
claimed the baronetcy.
=Lady Harriet
dau. of Tho-
mas, 2nd
Lord Foley,
mar. 16 Aug.
1796; diedl
Jan. 1843.
Sir William Raymond=j=Anne Mary, dau.
Codrington, 4th Bart.,
only son, born at
Rennes 25 and bapt.
27 Jan. 1806 ; died
17 Dec. 1873.
of J. Lefer de
Bonabon, lord of
Bonabon near St.
Malo ; mar. 20
May 1828; died
27 Oct. 1876.
Mary Ann Eleanor Codrington,
only dan., born at Rennes 3
Feb. 1807, and there bapt. ;
mar. 1826 Charles JIagon,Esq.,
of the 6th Regiment of French
Hussars ; she died 1834.
I I
Christopher William=pLady Geor- Seven
Codrin2;ton of Dod- i g-iana, 2nd dans.
ington, I\LP., born
12 March 1805 ;
died 24 June 1864.
dau. of
Henry, 7 th
Duke of
Beaufort.
Sir Wiiliam=f Mary, dau. of
Codrington,
5th Bart.,
born 12
March 1829.
Robert Ros-
kell, Esq., of
Park House,
Fulham ; mar.
12 April 1866.
Artliur Cod-
rington, boru
1 5 " Sept.
1838.
Three daus.,
all married.
Sir Gerald AYilliam
Henry Codrington,
1st Bart., of Doding-
ton, born 9 Oct.
1850 ; created baro-
net 25 Feb. 1876.
George John Granville
Christopher Codrington,
born 24 Dec. 1855 ; of
Christ Church College,
Oxford; matriculated 15
Oct. 1875, let. 19.
Three
daus.
William Robert Codrington, George Raimond Codring- Alexander Joseph Codrington, Charles Arthur Codrington,
born 18 April 1867. ton, born 14 Aug. 1868. born 9 Ang. I.s70. boru 7 Aug. 1878.
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
145
John Codrington of Barbados, Esq., Colonel of tlie=p. . . . dan. of Colonel William Bate
Militia ; Treasurer aud Member of the Council ;
in 1 (i80 of St. Michael's Parish, and owner of oOO
acres and 137 slaves ; living 35 Chas. II.
of Barbados, who was of
Council iu 1C66.
the
Robert Codrington^
of St. Michael's
Parish, Barbados,
1678.
=Elizabeth
Sir William Codrington, 1st Bart.,=
of Dodington, co. Grloucester,
Member of the Council of An-
tigua ; iuherited Dodington, co.
Gloucester, and Bettys Hope in
Antigua, from his cousin Christo-
pher ; created Bart. 21 April
1721 ; died 17 Dec. 1738. Will
dated 6 Dec. 1738 ; proved 27
Nov. 1741. (229 Spurway.)
^Elizabeth, 4th dau. of
William Bethell of
Swindon, co. York ;
mar. 12 March 1717 ;
died 5 and bur. 12
Feb. 1761 at Doding-
ton. Will dated is
Aug. 1759; proved 18
March 1761. (86
Cheslyn.)
John Codrington,
2nd sou, died be-
fore 1717.
Dorothy Codring-
ton, mar
Chapman ; died
25 June 1712, and
M.I. at Dodington.
Sarah Codrington,
mar. Christopher
Prisick of London,
merchant ; his
will dated 1717 ;
proved 2 July
1720. (162Shal-
ler.) She had oue-
third of Barbuda.
Frances Codring-
ton, bapt. and
bur. 8 Sept. 1868
at St. Michael's.
Alice Codrington,
bur. IG July 1678
at St. Michael's.
Christopher Codringcon,=
born 10 Aug. and bapt.
11 Sept. 1728 at Doding-
ton ; heir to his uncle
Slingsby Bethell, whose
name and arms he took ;
died s.p. Sept. 1797 ;
bur. at Swindon, co.
York. Will dated 19
July and proved 8 Sept.
1797. (P.C.C, E.\eter.)
^Anne, 2nd dau. of
Samuel Sandys of
Ombersley, co.
AVorcester, Esq.,
born in St. James's,
Westminster, 10
Jan. 1733, and
bapt. 5 Feb. follow-
ing ; mar. 21 July
1768 at Ombersley;
bur. at Swindon.
s.p.
Edward Codrington"
of Broad Street
]->uildings, Loudon,
merchant, born 22
June, and bapt.
Aug. 1732 at
Dodington ; died 4
Jan. 1775 at Dijon,
liur. there 19 Fe-
bruary 1775. Will
dated 17 Dec. 1774;
proved26Jan. 1775.
(6 Alexander.)
=Rebecca
Lesturgeon,
mar. 4 May
1759 ; died
1770, bur.
at Hoddes-
don, CO.
Herts.
Elizabeth Cod-
rington, living
in Albemarle
Street, spinster,
July 1798, set.
about 80.
Sarah Caroline
Codrington,
mar. 12 June
1747 Richard
Cox, Esq.
Dorothy Codrington,
mar. 9 June 1743
James Pennyman, Esq.
Mary Codrington , mar.
George Barnard, Esq.
Bridget Codrington,
mar. 1747 the Right
Hon.AVilliam Dowdes-
well, Chancellor of the
Exchequer ; he died
1775 ; she was living
1798.
William John Bethell of=
Swindon, co. York, born
Nov. 1768 : assumed
the name and arms of
Bethell by royal sign
manual dated 12 March
1798, his brother Chris-
topher wishing to convey
the Bethell estates to him.
=Anna Maria,
dflu. of ... .
Chaloner of
Guisborough,
CO. York.
Sir Edward Codrington,=
G.C.B., Admiral R.N.,
born 1770 ; entered the
Navy 1783 ; M.P.
for Devonport 1832-40;
died 2S April 1851. He
had three sons and three
daughters.
=Jane, dau. of ... .
Hall, Esq., of
Otterburn, Hex-
ham, and of Old
Windsor, co.
Berks ; mar. 27
Dec. 1802 ; died
1837.
Elizabeth Caroline Codrington,
Codring- only surviving dau.,
ton, living mar. Dec. 1797 at St.
1774. George's, Hanover
Square, Joseph Lyons
Walrond, Esq., of
Antigua, and Dul-
ford House, co.
Devon.
Emma Codrington, only child 1826.
Note.
Sir William, the 3rd Baronet, though disinherited, received an allowance of £1000 a
year from his father, and after the latter's death, £2000 a year from his cousin Christopher
Bethell. On the death of his cousin. Sir William, in 1817, Christopher Bethell claimed the
baronetcy, alleging that the former was not married, and that his son was illegitimate.
The case was completely investigated by the Heralds, and proof of the marriage and of the
legitimate birth of the son was obtained.
146 THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etrtfliee of Cotinncjton of SSiaplc^, to. #loiicesm\
Arms. — Vert, on a head argent three roses gules ; in siiiister ijoint of chkf a dexter hand proper.
Robert Codrlngton=p. . .
John Codring'ton^
Edward Codrington=j=.
Thomas Codrington of Codrington^
in Wapley, co Gloucester.
=Mary, dau. and coheir of ... . Kelway
of Tregorthen, co. Cornwall.
Simon Codrington of Codrington, lord of the manor of=pAgnes, dau. and coheir of Richard
Wapley IGOS; inherited the manor of Didmarton
through his wife; in 1627 fet. nearly 100; died 26
March 1631. Inq. post mortem 8 Sept. 7 Chas. I.
Seacole, Gent., died 28 Dec. 1618.
Arms : Vert, a lion rampant gules.
Alice Codrington, wife of
Thomas Hyett of Woot-
ton, CO. Somerset, 1 573.
Robei't Codrington of Codrington,=
Didmarton, and Bristol, Gent., 1st
son and heir ; probably of Jlagda-
len College, Oxford ; matriculated
9 Feb. 1587-8, a3t. 14 ; of Gray's
Inn 1591 ; mnx. circa 1594 ; died
v.p. 14 Feb. 1618, ret. 46. M.I.
in Bristol Cathedral. Will dated
11 Feb. 1018; proved P.C.C. 7
May 1619. (46 Parker.)
=Anne, dau.
and coheir
of
Stubbs.
Mar.Sndly,
July 1627,
Ralph
Jlarshe,
Gent.
Giles Codring- John Codrington of the=pJane, relict and executrix of
ton, living Inner Temple and of
1618. Codrington, Esq. ; mar.
Oct. 14 Jac. I.
Through his wife be-
came lessee of the
manors of Codrington
and Wapley. Will dated
19 Nov. 1622; proved 23
May 1623. (44 Swan.)
William Gunter of Codring-
ton, Gent., mar. 5 Jac. I. and
died 14 Jac. I. ; relict also of
Thomas Blagden of "Wotton-
under-Edge, who died 5 Jac.
I. ; he had a lease of manors
of Codrington and Wapley for
three lives from the Dean and
Chapter of Bristol.
Kathe-=i=,
rine,
dau. of
William
Capell,
Esq.,
by Mar-
garet
hiswife;
mar. 9
April
1617;
died 26
Sept.
1629.
1st
wife.
John Codrington of=
Codrington and Did-
marton, 1st son and
heir ; of Balliol Col-
lege, 0.\ford ; matricu-
lated 8 March 1604-5,
set. 15 ; Barrister-at-
Law Inner Temple
1617 ; succeeded his
grandfather in 1631 ;
High Sheriff 1638 ;
died 25 Sept. 1670,
set. 70; bur. and M.I.
at Wapley. Will
dated 9 Sept. and
proved 4 Nov. 1670.
(159 Penn.)
=Anne, dau.=
and coheir
of Na-
thaniel
Still of
Hutton,
CO. Somer-
set, Esq. ;
fet. 10,
1623. 2nd
wife.
^Frances, dau.
of William
Guise of CO.
Gloucester,
Esq.; bapt.
1626 ; mar.
1647 ; died 2
July 1676.
M.I. at Wit-
ham Friary,
CO. Somerset.
Will dated 11
Nov. 1674 ;
proved P.C.C.
20 Nov. 1676.
(136 Bence.)
3rd wife.
Robert Cod-
rington, 2nd
son ; of Mag-
dalen Col-
lege, Oxford ;
matriculated
26 June 1621,
fet. 19 ; demy
1619-27;
B.A. 18 Feb.
1622-3; M. A.
27Junel626;
settled in Nor-
folk ; died of
the plague
in London
1665.
Mill
William Cod-
rington, living
1627.
Nicholas Cod-
rington, living
1628.
Christopher
Codrington,
Hving 1028.
Thomas Cod-
rington, living
1628.
Samuel Cod-
rington, living
1628.
Elizabeth Cod-
rington, mar.
circa 1621-2
Christopher
Terry ; living
1628.
Anne Codring-
ton, dead 1628.
Frances Cod-
rington, mar.
before 1628
Edward Ernley.
Susanna Cod-
rington, living
1628.
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Dorothy
Codring-
ton, dead
1628.
Joyce Cod-
rington,
mar. James
Prynii of
Furnivall's
Inn. living
1628.
Mary Cod-
rington,
youngest
dau., living
1628.
Anne Cod-
rington,
only dau.,
mar. 1654
Robert
Isaac,
living
1670.
Jane Codring-
ton, mar. 5
March 1650,
at Dodington,
Samuel Cod-
rington ; she
was bur. 10
March 1682 at
Dodington.
Three other
daughters.
Robert Codring-^
ton of Codring-
ton and Didmar-
ton, Esq., 1st
son and heir ; of
Wadham College,
Oxford ; matricu-
lated 19 Oct.
1666, ffit. 16; ajt.
33 in 1683 ; died
1717.
=Agne8, 4th dau.
of Richard Sam-
well of Gayton,
CO. Northants,
Esq. ; died 1717.
Will dated 14
Oct. 1717 ;
proved P.C.C.
16 Jan. 1717-18.
(6 Tenison.)
John Codring-
ton, 2nd son ; of
Merton College,
Oxford ; ma-
triculated 2
April 1669, iBt.
15 ; of the
Inner Temple
1670; died a
bachelor 6 July
1674. M.I. at
Wapley.
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Captain WilMam
Codrington, died
20 Dec. 1696.
M.I. at Wapley.
Frances Cod-
rington, mar.
Thomas Wind-
ham of CO. Somer-
set, Esq., living
1676.
Rachell Codring-
ton, aat. 21, 1686;
mar. John Cour-
thorpe of the
jMiddle Temple by
licence dated 12
June 1686; styled
cousin in 1702
by Christopher
Codrington,
Governor of the
Leeward Islands.
CODRINGTON EAMILY.
147
A|
Colonel John Codrington^
of Wraxall, co. Somerset,
set. 5 et amplius 1G83 ; of
University College, Ox-
ford ; matriculated 6 Sept.
1695, £et. 17 : probably
M.P. Bath 1710-27 and
1734-41. Will dated -»0
April 1748 ; proved
P.C.C. 26 June 1754.
(163 Pinfold.)
=Elizabeth,
dan. and
heir of
Samuel
Gorges of
Wraxall,
CO. Somer-
set, Esq.
"I
John Codrington.
Robert Codring-
ton.
Samuel Codring-
ton.
Christopher Cod-
rington, 4th son,
died 1686.
William Cod-
rington of
Lincoln Col-
lege, Oxford ;
matriculated 1
Feb. 1704,-5,
jet. 17; B.A.
1708 ; M.A.
1711 ; created
D.C.L. 21
June 17 IG.
Frances Cod-
rington.
Agnes Cod-
Elizabeth
Codrington,
mar
Tyrrell.
Isabella Cod-
rington, mar.
Oliver Calley
of Burdrop,
CO. Wilts,
Esq. His will
dated 13 May
1747; ])roved '
20 March
1715-lC.
(45 Fox.)
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Mary Codring-
ton, living
1717 and 1748.
Dorothy Cod-
rington, living
17i7 and 1748.
Penelope Cod-
rington, living
1717.
Jane Codrington, only child and heir, mar., 8 Aug. 1742, Sir Richard
W. Bampfylde, Bart. ; he died 1776 ; she died 15 Feb. 1789.
^Setittjrtt cif CoUrincjton of ^otii)ui7>, co» Gloucester-
Arms. — Argent, a/ess sable between three lions passant gules.
ROBERT CODRINGTON held lands in Sodbury, co. Gloucester, in 1399.=p. . . .
I
•John Codrington, Standard-bearer to Henry V. in 1415 ; Henry VI. gave him the manor of=pAlicia, living 49
Codrington ; died 9 Oct. 1475, set. 111. M.I. at Wapley.
Henry VI.
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John Codrington, son and heir, living Thomas Codrington, Esq., 2nd=pElizabeth, dau. of John Humphry Codrington,
49 Henry VI. son. Poyntz. living 49 Henry VI.
Ambrose Codrington of Bristol, son and heir=pMaria, dau. and coheir of Lawrence Teste.
Francis Codrington of Frampton-upon-Severn, co. Gloucester, Esq., and of St. Warburg's=pMargaret, dau. of William
parish in the city of Bristol, merchant. Will dated 10 Aug., and proved P.C.C. 29 Oct.
1557. (41 Wrastley.)
Shipman of Bristol, living
1557.
Giles Codrington of Pucklechurch, co. Gloucester, Gent., son and heir, under 24 in=rlsabella, dau. of Arthur Porter and
1557. Will dated 6 May 1577 ; proved P.C.C. 26 Jan. 1580. (1 Darcey.)
sister of Sir Thomas Porter, Knt.
Francis Codrington of Frampton-=pMary, dau. of
upon-Severn, cu. Gloucester, Esq.;
of Lincoln College, Oxford ;
matriculated 15 March 1575-6,
ifit. 16 ; B.A. l.')78 ; died 24 Eli-
zabeth. Will dated 24 Aug. 1581 ;
proved 5 Oct. 1581. (36 Darcey.)
Sir Nicholas
Poyntz of
Iron Acton
and sister of
Sir John
Poyntz.
Richard Codrington of Dodington,=
CO. Gloucester, Esq. ; of Lincoln
College, Oxford ; matriculated 15
March 1575-6, ast. 15 ; of Lin-
coln's Inn 1580 ; perhaps M.P.
Tavistock 1593; bur. 22 Sept.
1613 at Dodingcon.
=Joyce, dau. of
John Burlacc,
Esq. ; bur. 23
March 1635
at Dodington.
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Anne Codrmgton,
under 18 in 1577.
Cecilia Codring-
ton, a minor in
1577 ; mar. Wil-
liam Rosewell of
Dunkerton.
148
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Miirgaret
Codring-
ton, only
cliild and
heir ;
mar. 1st,
Edward
Bronis-
wick of
Broms-
borow,
CO. Glou-
cester ;
2ndly,
William
Slicp-
pard.
\
John
Cod-
riug-
ton,
Ist
Bon,
died
in-
fant.
Samuel Cod-=
rington of
Dodington,
E8i].,2ndKon
and heir,
born 151 July
15'.)'.) ; died
5 June and
bur. 7 June
1076 at Dod-
ington. Will
dated 11
June 1G74 ;
proved
P.C.C. 13
Nov. 1C76.
(30 Beuce.)
^Elizabeth, dau.
of Thomas
Stephens of
Lupiat, CO.
Gloucester, At-
torney-General
to Prince
Henry ; bur.
24 Fob. 1087,
Kt. 82. M.I. at
Dodington.
Administration
granted at
Gloucester 16
March 1087 to
her grandson
Samuel
Codrington.
I
Richard-
Codring-
ton, 3rd
son ; of
Pem-
broke
College,
Oxford ;
B.C.L. 8
May
1020 ;
bur. 5
May
1035 at
Dyrham.
■Joan,
dau.
of
Wy-'
roll ;
mar.
27
Jan.
10 30
at
Dyr-
ham.
Robert Codrington,=pHenning- Wi
4th son. ham, dau.
of
Drewry of
CO. Nor-
folk.
ton,
mar.
I.I I I ! I
liamCodring-
5th son,
/s
Thomas Codrington=p. . . . dau.
of Keynsham, bapt. of John
10 Dec. 1612 at Dod- Scrope of
ington ; of St. Alban Castle
Hall, Oxford ; ma- Comb,
triculated 1 April
1631, set. 18 ; B.A.
1633; M.A. 1635;
Vicar of Keynsham,
CO. Somerset, 1639-
74 ; Rector ofMarkes-
bury, CO Somerset,
1674; died 1676. /K
Giles Codring-
ton, 6th son.
John Codring-
ton, 7th son.
Four daughters.
Kichard Cod-
rington, 1st
son, bapt. 17
May 1624 ;
bur. 18 Jan.
1644 at Dod-
ington. S.p.
Samuel Cod-=
rington of
Dodington,
2nd son,
bapt. 5 Oct.
1028 ; died
12 Jan., bur.
13 Jan. 1003
at Doding-
ton.
Jane, dau. of John Cod- Elizabeth
rington of Codrington Codring-
and Didmarton, by his ton, bapt.
2nd wife Anne Still ; 23 June
mar. 5 March 1050 ; bur. 1022 ;
10 March 1082 at Dod- bur. 15
ington. Administration June
granted 4 April 1083 to 1030 at
her dau. Jane King. Doding-
ton.
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Edward Codring-
ton.
Joyce Codrington.
Anne Codrington.
Rev. Thomas Codring-=pEsther,
All bapt. at Dod-
ington, and died
infants.
ton, bapt. 4 Oct. 1030
at Dodington ; of Mag-
dalen Hall, Oxford;
matriculated 29 Jan.
1048-9 ; B.A. 31 May
1651 ; Rector of Dod-
ington, and bur. there
15 Sept. 1675.
Richard Codrington,
bai)t. 3 Jan. 1053 ;
bur. 14 July 1657 at
Dodington.
Anne Codrington,
bapt. 14 May 1652 ;
mar.. 21 Nov. 1071
at Dodington, Joshua
Browning of Cowley ;
he died s.p. 1675,
ffit. 25.
Mary Codrington,
bapt. 'J Ain-il 1650
at Dodington ;
mar. there, 24 Dec.
lG73,William Mor-
gan of Wells ; he
was bur. at Dod-
ington 13 Jan.
1674 ; she mar.
2ndly Richard
Weekes Huntley.
Elizabeth Cod-
rington, bapt.
15 Aug. 1058;
mar., 3 Sept.
1074 at Doding-
ton, Edmund
Rowe of liyni-
son, CO. Devon ;
she was bur. 7
April 1077 at
Dodington.
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Frances Codrington,
bapt. 1000 ; mar. 23
May 1078 at Dod-
ington, William
Spoore of Porbury,
CO. Somerset.
Jane Codrington,
born 10 June 1004,
bapt. at Dodington ,■
mar. 1st, Richard
King ; 2ndly, ....
Eatwell ; and 3rdly,
.... Tillott.
I
Samuel Codrington, son
and heir 1687 ; of St.
Edmund Hall, Oxford;
matriculated 9 July
1677, aet. 16 ; of the
Middle Temple 1680;
sold the manor of Dod-
ington to his kinsman
Christopher Codrington
of the West Indies, son
of Christopher Codring-
ton, who gained a great
fortune there.
dau. of
Piiim-
mer,
bur. 1
Sept.
1089
at Dod-
ington.
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Anne Cod-
rington,
bapt. 2
March
1065 at
Dodington.
]\Iary Cod-
rington,
bur. 30
jMarch
1077 at
Dodington.
^ctitcjrce oi Cotirtncjton of Bmtol
RICHARD CODRINGTON of All Saints' Parish in the city of Bristol, mercer. Will dated=rMary ,
26 April 1701 ; proved 3 June. Kinsman of Samuel Codrington, Esq., of Dodington. I
I
Rev. Richard Codrington of St.
Edmund Hall, Oxford ; matri-
culated 14 May 1078, ait. 10,
as son of Richard Codrington,
"pleb." ; B.A. 9 March 1081-2;
M.A. 1685 ; Vicar of Congres-
bury 1688 ; Canon of Wells
1692 ; Rector of Dodington
1093; died 1 Feb. 1732.
M.I. at Dodington. AVill
dated 7 June 1729 ; proved
80 March 1733. (81 Price.)
Francis
Cod-
rinsrton.
I
William Cod-
rington of
Bristol, mer-
cer. Will
dated 10 Jan.
and proved
7 March
1718-19. (43
Browning.)
Samuel Cod-=
rington of
Bridgewater.
AViirdatedl2
May 1746 ;
proved 26
March 1747.
(60 Potter.)
Mary Cod-
dau. of
rington.
John
—
Sealey.
Bridget
Codrington
Elizabeth
Codrington
Joanna Cod-
rington, mar.
Rev. Jer.
Horler, Rec-
tor of Little
Sodbury ; he
died 1 March
1723-4 ; she
died 3 March
1721. M.I.
at Doding-
ton.
Ann Cod-
rington,
mar.
Richard
Browning,
mercer.
Samuel Codrington, a tobacconist, living 1729.
CODRINGTON PAMILY.
149
^^etiitjrct nf 53rai\
WILLIAM DRAX of Coventry, co. Warwick; died 1682. (See Le Neve's ' Knights.')=rMary, dan. of
Lapworth
Armf
..—Chech
// or anil gules.
on a ch
>/ of the second a phime of three
feathers
"/
of .... CO. War
wick.
Wil
the first.
pMargaret,
Ham
Drax of=f=Ursula, dau.
III 1
Anne Drax, mar. Frances Drax,
Meliora, dau. of=pSir James Drax Of^
Barbados
and
of John Hor-
Nicholas
Bnosof spinster 1632
John Houghton
St. George's Parish,
dau. of John
London,
died 17
ton of Wol-
London,
joiner. ( ?) mar. Cin-is-
of Wo
:verton,
Barbados. In 1650
Bamfield of
Dec. lOGO, aet.
verton, co.
toiiher Cod-
CO. Somerset ;
fined 80,000 lbs.
Hardington,
62. M.]
. in St.
Somerset.
Mary Drax, mar. ringtou of
died
March
by tlie Royalists ;
CO. Somerset,
Helen's,
bishops-
Will dated 2
John eia
rkson of Barbados.
1663;
bur. in
knighted by Crom-
Esq. Will
gate. W
ill dated
March 1682;
Loudon,
joiner.
London
1st
well 6 Jan. 1657 ;
dated 1 1 and
11 Oct.
16(;',) ;
proved 4 Jan.
-
wife.
buried 17 March
proved 17
proved
7 Jan.
1683-4.
Sarah Drax, mar.
1661 in St. John
Feb. 1682-3.
1669-70.
(-t
(3 Hare.) .
Alexandc
r Jack-
Zachary, T-ondon ;
(18 Drax.)
Penn.)
son of
London,
funeral from Cam-
2nd wife.
Wi
goldsmith.
den House.
Ham
1 1 1 1 1
Benjamin Sir James=pEssex,
Frances,=pCol. Henry^
=Dorothy,
III III II 1 1
John Drax Melioria Drax, mar. James,
Drax.
Drax. Drax of
dau. of
dau. of
Drax of
dau. of
of St. Robert Pye of the Bam-
Will
— Hackney,
Sir
John,
Barbados ;
Ricliard,
Michael's, Mynde, co. Here- field.
dated 21
A dau., knighted
Lance-
Earl of
recorded
Lord
Barbados, lord ; mar. licence and
Aug.
mar. 18 June
lot Lake
Thanct,
his pedi-
Lovelace;
died there dated 5 July 1675, Alex-
and
Hugh 1660;
of Can-
mar.
gree A"
mar.
bachelor, she a3t. 24 and he ander
proved 6
Frank- died
nons, CO.
licence
1663 in the
licence
Will dated 35; administration Drax,
Sept.
land. March
IMiddle-
dated 16
Visitation
dated 21
25 July granted to iier 15 died
16&7.
— 1663.
sex,Kt.;
Feb.
of Middle-
July
1671; April 1(!S1 ; siie was young.
(182
Hannah
mar.
1664-5,
sex. Will
1671, she
proved 16 bur. 6 Dec. 1691). —
Pyne.)
Drax,
licence
she ffit.
dated 30
ffit. 21.
Jan. 167^. — Jacob
=f:
mar.
dated 19
20 and
June and
Will
(3 Eure.) Elizabeth Drax, Drax,
Ferdi-
March
he 24.
jiroved 20
dated 26
— mar. Thomas Shet- only son,
nand 0
1662,
1st wife.
Sept. 1682.
Get.
Samuel terden of co. Herts; set. 6
Gorges.
she £et.
(107
1683 ;
Drax of St. mar. licence dated 1664;
—
24.
Cottle.)
proved 1
John'sCol- 25 Sept. 1666, he of Christ
Meliora
July
lege. Ox- ffit. 31, she 17. Church
Drax, s.
P-
1 6S4.
ford; ma- Tiieir 1st son and College,
spinster
(88 Hare.)
triculated heir Thomas took Oxford;
1682.
/
s /
2nd wife.
11 Sept. the name of Drax matri-
1661, a;t. as heir to Colonel culated
17; of Henry Drax 1682. 13 Oct.
Gray's Inn — 1676,
1662; died Plnlateas (?) Drax, a3t. 17;
bachelor. mar. Thomas Go- of Lin-
— mcldon of co.Kent ; coin's
Jeremiah mar. licence dated Inn
Drax, died 9 Aug. 1 671, he .-et. 1678 ;
bachelor. 27, she 17. died
bach.,
Drax of Jamaics
1 and Tw
July and
iEt. 21.
Charles
ickenham.
Will dated 7
proved 7 Oct. 1721. (178 Buck"'.)
John Drax of St. Michael's, Barbados. Will dated
1671 ; proved 1671-2. (3 Eure.) My cousin Col. Chr.
Codrington, DeptJ Gov. of Barbados, & his lady. John
Codrington, Esq, etc.
Samuel Codrington of Doddington, co. Gloucester, Esq.
Will dated 11 June 1674; proved 13 Nov. 1676. (136
Bence.) Old, & my personal estate very small. To my
wife EH7> who had £200 a year in land out of my estate
for her joynture, & who at my request parted with most of
it for my children, I leave all my personal estate, she to be
sole Ex'trix, & to give such portion to my grandchildren as
she can spare. Witnessed by John Stevens, John de
La Beere, Tho. Hatton.
Frances Codrington, widow of John Codrington, late of
Didmarton, co. Gloucester, Esq. Will dated 11 Nov. 1674;
proved 20 Nov. 1676. (136 Bence.) To my s. Rob'
Codrington, Esq., £10. To my s. W"' Codrington £10.
To my dau. Frances, wife of Tho. Wyudham, Esq., £ 1 0. To
my goddau. Frances Codrington, dau. of Sam' Codrington,
dec'', £10. To my goddau. Mary Browninge, dau. of John
Browninge, Esq., £10. To my goddau. Frances Poore, dau.
of Phillipp Poore, Esq., £10. To my grauddau. Frances
Wyndham, dau. of Tho. Wyndham, Esq., £20. To the poor
of Wapley & Codrington £5. To the poor of Ilutton £5.
All residue of goods, plate, jewels, cattle, etc., to my dau.
Rachell Codrington, & appoint her Ex'trix, & if she die
before 18, then to my s. W'" Codrington, £1000. Wit-
nessed by Tho. Hooper, John Pell, Marg' Cooper.
Alexander Dyer of St. Mary le Savoy, Gent., Proctor in
the Arches Court. Will dated 4 May 1677 ; proved 4
Nov. 1682. (132 Cottle.) I have received £800 on 6
June 1672 of M" Codrington, now dec'', Ex'trix of John
Codrington of Didmarton, co. Glouc, out of the sum of
£1600 left in the hands of M' Codrington for the Manor of
Ilutton, etc., Somerset.
150
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
Henry Drax of St. Giles in the Fields, co. Middlesex,
Esq. Will dated 1682; proved 1G8-2. (107 Cottle.) My
godchildren Chr., Eliz., & Dorothy Codrington ,£20 each.
My good friends Chr. Codrington & John Codrington,
Esq'''=^ Ex'ors, for Barbados, etc.
Dorothy Drax of St. Giles in the Fields, widow of Henry
Drax, Esq. Will dated 1083 ; proved 1684. (88 Hare.)
My goddau. Dorothy Codrington. My cousin Gertrude
Codrington, etc.
Mary Codrington of Tottenham High Cross, co.
Middlesex, widow and Ex'trix of William Codrington of
Tottenham, Gent. Will dated 28 Dec. 1687 ; proved 8
Feb. 1687-8 by Timothy Puller, S.T.P. (U Exton.) 40s.
to the poor. £4 a yr. to my cousin Marg* Codrington.
£b to my dear sist. M''^ Magd. Aylet. £3 to my niece M"
Alice Shrigly. £3 to my gods. W™ Haselfoot. £5 to my
neph. W™ Codrington. 40s. to my gods. Jos. Griffin & to
Rich'i Browne. To my gr'dch" Mary Puller £100, Eliz.
Puller £50, & W"> Puller £.i(), at 21. My dear bro. & sist.
Puller, & D'' Barbor, 20.s. rings. My dear son D'' Timothy
Puller £100 & Ex'or. All residue to my only dau. M''=
Alice Puller. Witnessed by Sam' Pollett, Ben. Barncll,
W" Dell.
Antigua. Christopher Codrington, Esq., Captain-
General of H.M.'s Leeward Charibbee Island. Will
dated 15 July 1698, 10 William III. ; proved 12 Oct.
1698 by Christopher Codrington, Esq., the son and Execu-
tor. (211 Lort.) To my s. John Codrington £200 a year,
" his brother Ch>' to be mindful & careful of him, consider-
ing the infirmity that God Almighty hath been pleased to
afflict him with." To W™, s. of Maudlin Marianus, his
freedom, & £500 at 21, he to be sent to school in England,
& to have £50 a year, & to his mother her freedom. To
Mary Codrington, now residing here, dau. of Marg', who is
in Barbooda, & who formerly waited upon me, her freedom,
£300 at 21, & £30 yearly till 18. To my goddau. Henrietta
Yeamans, dau. of John Yeamans, Es(p, all sums due to me
from her father. Each of my slaves to have per week 1 lb.
of fish, & 1 ozenbrig pair of breeches, & 1 red cotton jacket,
& the women 1 ozenbrig jietticoat, & 1 cotton jacket, every
Christmas. The pickeiininyes to have I lb. of fish aweeke.
To each of my spiuners 3 lbs. of fish aweeke, & 3 petticoats,
& 3 smocks, at Christmas, the like to my tradesmen &
overseers. To all the Councill of Antigua, £15 apiece.
To John Yeamans, Esq., & Eliz"' his wife, & their children
£20 c. apiece for mourning. To Capt. John Perrie &
Capt. Mich' Lambert of S' Christopher's, £20 c. apiece for
mourning. To my overseer Nath" Gilbert & his wife £10
apiece for mourning. To M'' Sam' Fort my overseer in
Barbadoes, & his wife, £20 apiece for mourning, & the
same to my fi'iend Tho. Pilgrim. John Yeamans, Esq., &
.... Perrie, Esq., both of Antigua, Ex'ors, till my son Ch'' can
act, & the like power to Tho. Pilgrim of Barbadoes. To
my mulatta Cateen & her dau. Meliour their freedom, &
£200 to the latter at 21. John Yeamans to be guardian
of Mary Codrington, & John Perrie of Maudlin JIarianus,
& her s. W"' & Capt. Henry Pearne, Esq., of Catreen & her
dau. Melionr. All residue to my s. Ch'', he to be sole Ex'or,
& if he die s.p., to my son John, a lunatic, £.')00 a year.
Witnessed by Abraham Slade, clerke, Th. Moses Levermore,
John Sanderson, Rob' Lucas. 12 Oct. 1698 appeared
Rich'' Cary of Ijondou, Merch', & deposed that he received
from John Perrie, Esq., Prov. Marshall of the LeeW Isles,
the copy of Col. Codrington's will. Sworn before the Council
12 Aug. 1698, & signed by them. Row. Williams, John Frye,
Edw. Byam, Sam. Martin, Hen. Pearne, & John Tankerd.
Recorded also at Antigua 13 Aug. 1698.
Richard Codrington of the High Street, in the parish
of All Saints', Bristol, mercer. Will dated 20 April 1701 ;
proved 3 June 1701 by Richard Browning & Samuel
Codrington. (77 Dyer.) My house & garden in Maudlin
Lane to be sold. To my wife Mary £250 & my leasehold
property in Monmouthshire. To my s. M'' Rich'' Codring-
ton, minister of Dodington in Gloucestershire all my lease-
hold estate in the parish of Dirham, charged with £5 a
year for my sister Mary Osborne, widow, & £5 a year for
my dau. Mary Codrington. To my sons Francis & W™, &
my daus. Bridgett, Eliz"', 'Joanna, & Mary, £300 apiece.
My brother M'' W"' Viner & my kinsman Sam' Codrington
of Doddington, Esq. To my dau. Bridgett my leasehold
house in Tucker Str. To my dau. Eliz"" my leasehold house
in Ballen Str. My large silver tankard to my dau. Joanna.
To my s. M'' Rich'' Browning, mercer, & to my dau. Anne his
wife £10 apiece, & to my granddau. Anne Browning £20.
To my s. M"' Sam' Codrington of Bridgewater, & his wife,
& to all their children £10 each. To my kinsman Sam'
Codrington of Doddington, Esq., & my 2 bros. M"' W"
Viner & M'' John Viner £5 apiece. All residue to my 6
younger children Francis, W", Bridgett, Eliz"', Joanna, &
Mary. My loving sons Rich'' Browning & Sam' Codrington,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Mich' Pope, Benj. Bayley, Geo.
Vaughan. Mem. 1 May 1701. To my dau. Browning £30
more, & if my s. W"' die before 17, then £100 to her.
AVitnessed by Rob^ Wulsted, Geo. Vaughau.
Christopher Codrington of Doddington, co. Gloucester,
Esq., and chief governor of H.M's Leeward Charibbee
Islands. Will dated 22 Feb. 1 Anne, 1702-3; proved
8 Feb. 1710 by Christopher Prissick and Nathaniel
Carpenter, the attorneys of Colonel William Codrington,
the Ex'or, the others renouncing; proved 30 April 1710 by
Colonel William Codrington. (23 Young.) To my neirest
kinsman L' Col. W'" Codrington all my estate at Dodington,
he to pay to All Souls' Colle.ge, Oxford, £10,0iii), viz.,
payable £2000 yearly, £6000 of it for building a library,
& £4000 for purchase of books. I give to the College
also all my libi'ary, now in the custody of M' .John
Caswell at Oxford. All my P' crop of sugar from my
plantations in Barbados, Antigua, & S' Christopher's, to be
shipped to M' Rich'' Cary of London, jMerch', & the proceeds
to go towards payment of legacies. To my cousin L' Col.
W"' Codrington my plantation in Antigua called " Bettys
Hope " (charged with £500 c. I give to my cozin M''=
Rachel Courthope), also all my estate at S' Christopher's,
& the mi)iety of my island of Barbuda. My plantation in
S' John's, Antigua, to my good friends Col. Michael
Lambert of S' Christopher's tt W"' Harman of Antigua,
G', they to pay £500 to W"' son of JIaudline Morange at
21, & £40 yearly for his maintenance, & he is to be
brought up for the sea. My 2 plantations in Barbados I
give to the Society for the Propagation of the Christian
Religion in Foreign Parts, established by my late good
master, Kiug W'" III., 300 negros to be kept thereon, & a
convenient number of professors & scholars, maintained
under the vowes of poverty, chastity, & obedience, to study
physick & chirurgery, as well as divinity. To my friends
Col. ilich' Lambert & W'" Harman i of my island of
Barbooda, & the remainder to the said Society. To my
friend Vavasor Cage my 2 parcells of land in Nonsuch Div"
of 80 & 120 acres, my cozin Col. W"' Codrington to help
him clear the land & erect a dwelling house, also all my
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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storehouses in towu of Prtrliam. To my friend Chas.
Boyle, Esq., the £1500 I liave in the Jline lottery. To
my friends the R' Hon. the Earl of Peterborough, the Hon.
Lord Mordent, W"' Blaithwaite, Esq., .John Kendall, Esq.,
Archibald Hutchison, Esq., Sara' Codrington, Esq., of
whom I purchased my estate at Doddington, .John Caswell
of Oxford, M'- Rich"* Codrington of Doddington, S* John
Brodrick of the Temple, Esq., the Rev. D'' Geo. Small-
bridge, Rev. D'' Gastrell, preacher of Lincoln's Inn, W™
Etricke of the Temple, Esq., D'' Rob* Morgan of Christ Ch.,
John Yeamans, Esq., Gov"' of Antigua, & D'' Nath' Loyde
of Doctors Commons, 100 guineas apiece. To my good
friend M'' Alex'' Cunningham 100 guineas, besides what I
have already secured to him by deed of gift. My friend
Archibald Hutchison, M'' Rich'' Cary, & M'' Rich" Bates,
Ex'ors for legacies to be paid in England, & my cozin Col.
W"" Codrington sole Ex'or. I desire that the body of my
dear father may be carried to England, & buried in West
minster Abbey. Besides the £760 c. already granted for
that purpose by S' Christopher's & Antigua, I give £500 c.
for a monument to him. My own body I wish to be
interred in All Souls' Chapel, Oxford, & a plain black
marble of £20 value, only to be placed over it. Dated at
Bettys Hope in the presence of John Yeamans, John
Hamilton, Henry Pearne, James Hyme, Edward Perrie.
Agues Codrington of Didmarton, co. Gloucester, relict
of Robert Codrington, Esq., lately deceased. Will dated 14
Oct. 1717 ; proved 16 Jan. 1717-18 by William Codrington.
(G Tenison.) To my sister M'" Rachel Curthorpe £10.
To my s. John Codrington, Esq., £10 & all the family
pictures in my house at Didmarton. To my dau. Tyrrell £20.
To my dau. Mary £20. To my s. W>" Codrington £100.
To my dau. Dorothy £20. To my dau. Frances £ii0. To my
dau. Penelope £50. To my granddau. Eliz"' Tyrrell £50. To
my grandson John Codrington £40. To all my children
lO.s. rings. To my servants £10. To the poore of
Didmarton £5. My funeral expenses not to exceed £100.
All residue to my s. W'" Codrington whom I appoint Ex'or.
Witnessed by Ann James, Mary Andrews.
Christopher Prissick. Will dated 1717 ; proved 2 .July
1720 by John Prissick, power reserved to Sir Henry
Marwoood, Bart, Chumley Turner, Esq., John Dickeson
being deceased. Adm'on April 1719 to Sarah Prissick, the
widow, being recalled. On 12 July 1742 adm'on of est.
left unad. by Jn" Prissick the Ex'or, comprized in an
Indenture tripartite da. 27 Aug. 1709 betw. Jn" Stalker,
Gent., of the 1 p*. Rich'' Bate, & s'^ Ch'' Prissick, & Isaac
Hawkins of the 3'''', granted to Jn" ffenton of Burton-on-
Trent, co. StafP^, Gent., Cholmeley Turner & Geo. Prissick
surviving Ex'ors renouncing. (102 Shaller.)
To be bur. in my vault at Calton. To my dans. Sarah,
Dorothy, Eliz., Ann, & Bate, £600 each. My lands in
Carlton, ffareby, Northallerton, Brumpton, Deyton, &
Rummanby, co. York. To my bro. Jn° Prissick £12 a yr.
for my dau. Mary Prissick, in heu of the farm settled on
her ilother at marriage. To my s. Chr. Prissick (? an
imbecile) £50 a yr. To my Wife over & above her
joynture, i of the profits of my alum works, my chariot &
a pair of horses, she to be Guardian. Legacies left to my
ch" by their gr'dmother. The accounts with my bro.
Codrington to be amicably settled by arbitration, & "I
desire our dear Mother will assist my poor dear wife
towards the getting of her third part of Barbudo, that she
was pleased to give her as her part, that fell to her by
the death of her dear Brother John." To my bro. Jn"
Prissick £20 a yr. Tomy bro. William's Wid. £(5 a yr. To
my 2 nieces Dorothy & Mary Prissick £10 ea. To my sist.
Armstrong, her husb'' & ch", rings. To my bro. Thos.'
Wid. & ch" rings. To my s. Codrington Jn° Prissick, at
21, my land in Calton & Cleaveland, settled on my Wife as
joynture, 1 farm in occup. of Ralph Armstrong, another of
Jn" Scarth, 2 others of Ju" & W"' Talverson, another of
W"' Roberts at Scruton, another of my bro. Jn" Prissick,
another of W'" Scarth, another of Jn° Belton, another of
W"' Norton, for'y in occup. of Tho. Trenholme. To my s.
W"' Prissick the Manuor of Cleaveland, i.e. the lordship of
ffaseby, etc. To my friends M' Ja" Dickeson, S"^ Hen.
Marwood or Chumley Turner, M' Ju" Prissick or Geo.
Prissick, £10 each & Ex'ors. 50s. a yr. to poor of Calton.
20s. a yr. to those of ffaseby. Witnessed by Jam. Oades,
Jas. Pamflett, Nath. Tyrack.
William Codrington of Bristol, mei'cer. Will dated IG
Jan. 1718 ; proved 7 March 1718-19. (43 Browning.)
To my neph. Sam. Codrington £50. My bro. Rich''
Codrington £50. My neph. John Browning £100. My
niece Glover £10. My niece Ann Miles £lO. All residue
to my brother Rich'' Codrington, clerk, & Jeremiah Horler,
clerk, in Trust for my sister Browning, wife of Rich''
Browning, mercer.
Richard Codrington of Dodington, clerk. Will dated
7 June 1729; proved 30 March 1733 by John Browning,
power reserved to Samuel Codrington. (81 Price.) To
my cousin Mary Codrington of Cainsham, co. Som., £5.
To my mother-in-law M"'' Mary Codrington 20s. To Tho.
Blanchard & Rob* Holway of Dodington 20s. apiece. To
Tho. Burge, Era. Clark, LTrsula Britain of Dodington, &
Cha. Hayes of Little Sodbury, 10s. apiece. To my servants
Jer. Hillmau & Jane Parsons £3 apiece. To my niece
Anne Glover £10. To the poor of Congresbnry, co. Som.,
£5, & of Wyke S* Lawrence £5. To the S. P. G. in
Loudon £10. To my hro.-iu-law Rich'' Browning £10.
To my cousin Sarah Mason £5, & to her sister Hester
Jackson a ring. To my good friend il'^ Stephens of Little
Sodbury a ring. All residue to my neph. Sam' Codrington
of Bridgewater, co. Sora., tobacconist, & my neph. John
Browning of Bristol, mercer, to pay £12 a year to my
sister Bridget Codrington, & £8 a year to my sister Mary
Codrington (including the £5 a year I have to pay her by
my father's will), & of the residue, ^ to my neph. John
Browning, & J to my nephews Sam' & Rich** Codrington.
My nephews Sam' Codrington & John Browning Ex'ors,
& 5s. apiece to 6 bearers. Witnessed by Tho' Lodge, Chas.
Hughes.
Mary Prissick of St. George's, Buttolph Lane, London,
widow. Will dated 13 Aug. 1730 ; proved 7 Nov. 1730 by
Elizabeth Prissick only dau., power reserved to George
Prissick. (313 Aubcr.) To be bur. near my late luisb''.
My sons Chr. Prissick, Ju'> Prissick, & dau. Eliz. Prissick.
My bro. Tho. Booth £5. My kinsman M'' Geo. Prissick.
All rents to my s'' 3 ch". My dau. Eliz. Prissick & my s.
Geo. Prissick, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Chrisostom Wilkins,
Ja. Flower, Cath. Thompson.
Sir William Codrington of Doddington, co. Gloucester,
Bart. Will dated 6 Dec. 1738, 12 Geo. III.; proved 27
Nov. 1741 by Dame Elizabeth Codrington the widow ;
power reserved to the Right Hon. Charles Lord Cardigan,
Hugh Bethell, John Codrington, and William Day, Esquires,
(229 Spurway.) To my dear wife Eliz"' Codrington, & my
trusty friends the R* Hon. Chas. Lord Cadogan, Hugh
Bethell of Swindon, co. York, Esq., John Codrington of
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Wraxall, co. Soin., Esq., & W"' Day of Little pontin, co.
Line, Esq., all uiy manors of Doddington, Marshfield, &
Marsfield foreign & all other my lands in Old Sodbury,
Chipping Sodbury & Yate, also my plantations in Antigua,
called Bettys Hope, Roomes, Cotton, the Folly, & Cables,
my plantation in Barbadoes, & lands in S' Christopher's,
also the island of Barbuda, subject to my wife's joynture,
in ti'ust to pay all debts, & £500 a year to my wife. My
lands in S' Christopher's to be sold. To each dan. £25,000
(including the £10,000 settled on each of my younger
children by my marriage settlement), at 18. To my 3
negro women Judith, Flora, & Rebecca Gee, £10 c. each
yearly, & their freedom. To my mulatto boy Tho. s. of
Sarah Sackey £500 c, he to release all claim to a like sum
by deed of gift I executed to AV™ & John Williamson of
S' Christopher's. All profits to be consigned to my brother
Slingsby Bethell, Esq., of London, Merch'. All my lands
in Gloucestershire & Bettys Hope, Cotton, Barbuda, &
Cables, for my s. W'" & his heirs male, then to my s. John
Archibald, my s. Ch', my s. Edward. My estate in
Barbadoes to my s. John Archibald. Roomes in Antigua
for my s. Ch', Folly to my s. Edw'l ]\Iy said 3 sons under
21, they releasing all claim to £10,000 each by my marriage
settlement. To my wife all my horses & cattle at
Doddington, use of plate & furniture for life, then to my
s. W"'. All my ships to my trustees. All my wild oxen
& bulls at Barbuda to be sold 100 yearly, no hamock or
qnilt to be sold there under £6 apiece, & the turtle to be
sold. All debts due from Maj'' Cogan & J\P W"' Walker
at Barbadoes to be got in. I estimate debts due to me
amount to £7000. All my sugar to be potted, twice
strained, & twice clayed. All molasses to be made into rum.
All ginger to be scalled & scraped as fast as diigg. £20
apiece to all my attorneys. To my brothers Hugh, &
Slingsby Bethell, Esq., £20 apiece for mourning. My
sisters Dame Lady Cocks, M--= Pricilla Bethell, & M''^
Bridgett Bethell, £"20 apiece. My waitiug man 10 guineas,
& each servant 5 guineas. The R' Hon. Lord Cadogan,
Hugh Bethell, John Codrington, & W'" Day, Esq'", £20
apiece. All residue to my trustees except a diamond ring
& a pair of pearl necklaces to my dau. Eliz"', & another
pearl necklace to my dau. Sarah Carolina. Trustees to
be Ex'ors. Witnessed by Eliz. Johnson, J. Wallis, Ste.
Simpson.
Samuel Codrington of Bridgewater, co. Somerset, Gent.
Will dated 12 May 1740; proved 20 March 1747. (66
Potter.) John Sealey my father-iu-law. My nephews
Rich'' & John Codrington. My sister Ann Glover, widow.
My neph. Sam' Codrington, glover.
John Codrington of Wraxhall, CO. Somerset, Esq. Will
dated 20 April 1748 ; proved 26 June 1754 by William and
Robert Codrington. (163 Pinfold.) There is a mortgage
of £10,000 on my manors of Codrington, Wapley, &"
Chipping Sodbury, co. Glost., according to the settlement
of these manors on the marriage of my dau. with Sir Rich''
Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. My niece Miss Tirrell, dau. of
my late sister M" Eliz"' Tirrell, being wholly unprovided
for, I give to my nephew W™ Calley of Burdrop, co. Wilts,
Esq., Oliver Calley of Overton, co. Wilts, G', W"' Codring-
ton of Chipping Sodbury, G', & Rob' Codrington of Wells,
G', £600 on trust for her life, then to them. All my plate
to my only child Lady Bampfylde. To my sister Calley
& my sisters Mary & Dorothy Codrington £20 a year. To
W'" King £5. To my servants £3 each. All residue of
personalty to my said 2 nephews, they to be Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Sam. Cooper, Fra. Freeman.
John Archibald Codrington of Chingford Hatch in
Walthamstow, co. Essex, Esq. Will dated 6 Feb. 1759 ;
proved 11 April 1759 by Edward Codrington the brother
and John Miller ; power reserved to Christopher Codring-
ton. (123 Arrau.) To my brothers Sir W'" Codrington,
Bart., Ch'' Codrington, & Edward Codrington £100 apiece
for mourning, & to my father in law Henry Gapper of Win-
canton, CO. Somerset, G', & my good friend John Miller of
London, Merch', like sums. To my nephew & niece Geo.
& Mary Barnard, children of my sister Mary Bernard,
Widow, £100 each. To my wife Sarah Codriagton, late
Sarah Gapper, sp^ £100 for mourning & all my plate,
china, linen, jewels, furniture, & £200 a year, & if I die
childless £300 instead of £200 a year charged on my estate
in Barbados in lieu of dower. All my lands to my sons in
tail male, & failing issue to my daus. equally, then to my
brother Edward Codrington. All my personalty equally
among any children I may have, then to my said brother.
My brothers Ch"" & Edw' Codrington & John Mills, Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Ja^ Hutchinson, Copthall Court, London,
Jn° Robinson, Geo. Pearson, his clerks.
Dame Elizabeth Codrington of Dodington, co. Gloucester,
widow. Will dated 13 Aug. 1759 ; proved 18 March 1761
by Elizabeth Codrington, spiuster. (86 Cheslyn.) To be
buried at Dodington. To my dau. Bridgett Dowdeswell,
wife of W"' Dowdeswell, Esq., £100. To my granddau.
Ann Mary Bernard £200. To my housekeeper Mary Back-
house £10 yearly. To my negro Scipio 1 guinea yearly.
To the poor of Dodington £20. To my s. Cap* Ch^ Bethell
£50. To W"^ Dowdeswell £50. To the latter two £3000
on trust, to pay the interest of £1000 to each of my daus.,
Caroline Cox, wife of Rich'' Cox, Esq., Dorothy Pennyman,
wife of Jas. Pennyman, Esq., & Mary Bernard, widow, for
life, then to her dau. Ann Mary Dorothy Bernard, at 21.
All residue to my dan. Eliz"' Codrington, whom I appoint
sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Tho^ Dorrington, Tho. Wetherly,
juii-
Edward Codrington of Broad Street, London, Esq.
Will dated 17 Dec. 1774 ; proved 26 Jan. 1775 by Christo-
pher Bethell, Esq., the brother ; power reserved to John
Miller. (6 Alex''.) To Eliz"' Le Sturgeon of Wood Str.,
Cheapside, Sp'', £50 a year. To my Ex'ors £50 each. All
my plantations in Antigua & elsewhere to my bro. Ch'
Bethell & my partner John Miller in trust for my 5 children,
Eliz"', Caroline, Ch', W"' John, & Edw' Codrington at 21
equally, all my personal estate to be divided in like manner.
My trustees to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by Ja^ Hutchinson,
Leathers" Hall ; George Tickner Hardy, B. W. Higgins,
his clerks.
Sir W. Codrington of Doddington, co. Gloucester, Bart.
Will dated 19 Jan. 1789. All my islands, plantations,
castles, messuages, cattle, negros in the West Indies, also
my manors, messuages in co. Gloster & elsewhere, to Sir
John Guise of Highman, Gloster, Bart., Michael Angelo
Taylor, Spring Garden, co. Midd., Esq., in Trust to the use
of W"', Lord Viscount Barrington, Benj"^ Lethemillier of
Seymour Place, Mayfair, Esq., Chas. Tyrrel Morgan of Fair-
ford, CO. Gloster, Esq., Marmaduke Trattle of London,
Merch*, for 500 years on trust for the use of my nephew
Chris'' Codrington, s. of my late bro. Edwi" Codrington,
& to his 1^' s. in tail male, and in default to my nephew
W™ John Codrington, 2'' s. of Edw'' Codrington, then to
my nephew Edw'' Codrington, 3'' s. of Edw'' Codrington,
then to my reputed dan. Jane Charlotte Miller, sp', now
residing with me & her sons, then to my right heirs. My
Ex'ors are to pay to my said dau. an annuity of £1500.
To my sister M''^ Bridget Dowdeswell £100 a year. To my
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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old seryt Tho. Willis £20 a year. (Legacies to all his ser-
vants.) Power to my Ex'ors to sell estates in West Indies
or in the parish of Tewkesbury & Twyning. Co. Glost., &
invest proceeds in estates in England, also my heir may
charge estates with £70 for dower for every £1000 he shall
receive as his wife's portion. My heir to reside for 6
months after my decease on my estate in the West Indies
to learn planting. Witnessed by Tho. Dunn, John Lan-
caster, William Lancaster ; 6 Nov. 1789 witnessed by New-
digate Poyntz, Geo. Hardwicke, Isaac WebbHorlock; 19
Jan. 1792 witnessed by Newdigate Poyntz, rector ofTor-
marton, Ebr. Ludlow, surgeon apothecary, of Chipping Sod-
bury, John Beard, yeoman, Tormarton.
1st Codicil. To the club or mess at the St. Alban's
Tavern a hogshead of claret & a gold ring to each member.
Davis Street, 1 Feb. 1790.
2nd Codicil. To my reputed dau. Jane Charlotte Miller
all my jewels & an additional £500 a year. 14 Dec. 1791.
Srd Codicil. To my nephew Rich'' Edw'' Dowdeswell,
fellow of All Souls' Coll., Oxon, £500. To my niece Char-
lotte Dowdeswell £100. To her sisters Theodosia, Diana,
& Carolina. £100 each. Dodington, 27 Dec. 1791.
4/A Codicil. To Philip Bliss, rector of this parish, £100,
& to his sisters Cath. & Mary Bliss £100 each. Dodington,
8 Jan. 1792.
bth Codicil. To my nephew W"' John Codrington
£1000. To my nephew EdW^ Codrington £1000. London,
18 Feb. 1792.
6/A Codicil. I have this day cancelled a bond for
£17,992 with interest owing by the estate of my late bro.
EdW Codrington. 27 Feb. 1792.
On 29 March 1792 the Eev. Newdigate Poyntz and
Ebenezer Ludlow of Chipping Sodbury, Surgeon, swore to
above. P.C.C. Recorded at St. John's 7 March 1793.
1656, June 15. Christopher Codrington of Bath, de-
ceased. Adm'on to Mary Codrington the relict.
Sir James Drax (son of Sir James Drax) in his will of
166.8 names Christopher Codrington of Barbados, Esq., his
wife & children.
Will of John Bellamy 1667. Rob* Codrington a witness.
1673, Nov. 10. Mary Codrington of Sutton Mandeville,
CO. Somerset, deceased. Adm'on to Mary Codrington,
widow, the mother.
Samuel Newton in his will of 1683 names his son-in-law
Rich'' Bate & Dorothy Codrington his goddau., dau. of L'
Col. John Codrington.
William Frankland (son of Hugh Frankland by a dau.
of William Drax), in his will of 1684 names his kinsman
L* Col. John Codrington, his wife & children, & his cousin
Dorothy Codrington, dau. of the said John.
Will of Barbary Newton 1693. Rich'' Bates son-in-law
& Capt. Chr. Prissocke, Ex'ors.
Will of Sir Willoughby Chamberlaine 1697. Chr.
Prissick a trustee.
John Codrington of Antigua, bachelor, deceased.
Adm'on 14 Aug. 1702 to Arch'' Hutchinson, attorney of
Col. Ch' Codrington, esq., brother of dec''.
Thomas Stokes, M.D., of Barbados, in his will dated
1731, names his kinswoman M"'' Mary Codrington of
Kainsham n'' Bath.
Close Roll, 11 William III.
Indenture made the 16th Jan. 1699 betweene Daniel
Browning of Cowfold (?), Sussex, Gent., of the one part,
and Christopher Codrington, Esq. (eldest sonne and heire, and
executor of Major General Christopher Codrington, late of
Barbados, late deceased), of the other part. Whereas by
an Indenture dated 23rd March 1684 betweene Christopher
Codrington, deceased, of the one part, and Daniel Browning,
of the other part, it is witnessed that in consideration of
£3448 12s. sterling Christopher Codrington did bargaine,
sell, and to farme, lett, to Daniel Browning all his 2
plantations with their appurtenances, one of them called
Dedmarten's plantation, and tiie other Consett's plantation,
lying together, and conteyning 750 acres, dn the parish of
St. John, Barbados, abutting on the lands of Mr. Henry
Estwick towards the north, on the lands of Captain
Nathaniel Trevanion towards the east, on the land of
Captain Thomas Baldwyn towards the south, and on the
land of Lieut.-General Henry Walrond towards the west,
together with all those 3 windmills of stone, well fitted for
worke, a large boyling house with 17 coppers, and large
stillhouse with 4 large stills, etc., etc., on Dedmarten's
plantation, and the messuage or dwelling house, etc., etc.,
on Consett's plantation, and all the 250 working negros,
men, women, boys, and girls, and about 20 negro children,
one pottworke, etc., etc., one sloope with tackling, etc., etc.,
and all horses, horned beasts, and all other appurtenances,
as such was then in the occupation of Captain John
Higginbotbam, or let by lease to him about Feb. 1683, for
1 1 yeares, at the rent of £2200 sterling, and all wood, etc.,
etc., for 1000 yeares .... the Indenture to be void on
payment of £4042 12s and Christopher Codrington,
and his heires, to peaceably enjoy, etc., etc and
Christopher Codrington likewise became bound to Daniel
Browning for £7000 sterling by an obligation dated 23rd
March 1685 .... to be void with the above .... the
present Indenture witnesseth that Christopher Codrington
has paid Daniel Browning, and Daniel Browning reconveys
to him the plantations, etc., etc. " I Daniel Browning
hereby acknowledge to have received, on account of the
mortgage, on the 9th Sep. 1698, £1000 by the hands of
Richard Cox, merchant, on the 7th Oct. 1698, £2000, by
the hands of Richard Cox, and on the 19th Nov. 1698,
£1042 12s.," the further interest until the 19th Nov., paid
to John Harwood, by order of Daniel Browning. John
Heniug, Morgan Lloyd, witnesses.
Close Roll, 3 Geo. III., Part 13, Nos. 17 and 18.
Indenture made the 13th May 1763 between Sir
William Codrington of Dodington, co. Gloucester, bart.
(eldest son and devisee for life of Sir William Codrington
of Dodington, bart., deceased), and William Codrington,
Esq. (only son of Sir William Codrington, and devisee in
tail of Sir William Codrington, bart., deceased), of the one
part, and Francis Buxton of Tooke's Court, London, Gent.,
of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s.
.... Sir AV'iUiam Codrington and William Codrington,
grant and convey to Francis Buxton all that the Island of
Berbuda in America, and all bays, creeks, rivers, etc., etc.,
and also all that the Castle of Berbuda, with all the guns,
cannons, small arms, ammunition, provision of victuals,
carts, etc., etc., and all other warlike and other stores ....
and all negros, white or other servants, horses, mares, colts,
asses, mules, bulls, cows, steers, calves, sheep, lambs, hoggs,
piggs, goats, kids, deer, and other cattle, wild as well as tame,
.... and all other the stock whatsoever quick or dead on
the island, or in the harbours, bays, or creeks .... and all
those several plantations in Antigua in the West Indies
called the Garden, Betty's Hope, Cotton, and Cotton New
Work Plantations .... and all the negros, mules, coppers,
etc., given and devised to Sir William Codrington party
hereto, by the will of his father Sir William Codrington,
deceased, for life, with remainder in tail male to William
Codrington his son ... . for one whole year .... Robert
Smith, John Dease, clerks to Mr. Buxton, witnesses.
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No. 17
Indenture made the 14th May ITGS between the above,
■ffitnesseth that in pursuance of, and in conformity with
an Act of the General Assembly of H.M.'s Leeward
Islands .... and for barrino- and destroying all estates tail,
reversions and remainders .... and in consideration of 5s.
.... Sir William Codrington and William Codriugton,
grant and convey to Francis Buxton in his actual possession
being .... all that Island of Berbuda, etc., etc. (as in No.
18), in trust .... as Sir William Codrington and William
Codrington his son shall appoint .... and failing their
appointment, and in the meantime to the use of Sir
William Codrington for life, and after his decease to
William Codrington and his heirs male, lawful, and for
default to the said Sir William Codrington party hereto,
and his heirs and assigns for ever ....
Close Roll, 4 Geo. III., Part 17, Nos. 11 and 12.
Indenture made the 30th Aug. 1764 between Sir
William Codrington of Dodington, bart. (eldest son and
devisee for life of Sir William Codrington, late of Dodington,
bart., deceased), and William Codrington, Esq. (his only
son and devisee in tail of Sir William Codrington, deceased),
of the one part, and Henry Whitaker of Tewkesbury, Gent.,
of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5«.
.... Sir William Codrington and William Codrington
bargain and sell to Henry Whitaker .... all that the
Island of Baibuda .... and the castle .... and all negros,
white and other servants .... and all horses, mares, etc.,
etc and all those several plantations in Antigua
called the Garden, Betty's Hope, Cotton, and Cotton New
Work Plantations .... and all the negros and other slaves
.... etc., etc., etc., which were given and devised to Sir
William Codrington party hereto by the last will of Sir
William Codrington, deceased, with remainder in tail male
to William Codrington the son .... for one whole year
.... and Sir William Codrington and his son constitute
Samuel Redhead and Stephen Blizard of Antigua, Esquires,
and James Athill of Antigua, doctor of physic, their
Attorneys .... Neast Havard, John Toms, jun., witnesses.
No. 11.
Indenture made the 21st (? 31st) Aug. 1764, as above, wit-
nesseth that in conformity \yiih an Act of the Leeward Islands
.... and for barring and destroying all estates tail and
remainders .... and in consideration of 5s Sir
William Codrington and William Codrington grant and
convey to Henry Whitaker in his actual possession being
.... all that the Island of Barbuda .... (as in No. 12),
to the use of Sir William Codrington ....
Close Roll, 16 Geo. III., Part 17, Nos. 6 and 7.
Indenture made the 19th May 1776 between Sir William
Codrington of Dodington, co. Gloucester, Bart., and William
Codrington, Esq., his only son and heir apparent, of the
one part, and Sir William Guise of Rendcombe, co.
Gloucester, Bart., Sir George Cornwall of ilockas Court, co.
Hereford, Bart., and Henry Wilmot of Bloomsbury Square,
Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of
OS Sir William Codrington and AVilliam Codrington
grant and convey to Sir William Guise, Sir George Corn-
wall, and Henry Wilmot .... all that the Island of Bar-
buda .... and also all that the castle of Barbuda .... and
all the negros, white or other servants, horses, mares, colts,
asses, mules, bulls, cows, steers, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs.
pigs, goats, kids, deer, and other cattle, wild and tame ....
and all those several plantations in Antigua called the
Garden, Betty's Hope, Cotton, and Cotton New Work
Plantations .... and all negros, mules, and cattle .... and
all those lauds called Cables in Antigua and the appurte-
nances .... and all other lands the estate of Sir William
Codrington, Bart., deceased, late father of Sir William Cod-
rington, and grandfather of William Codrington, and
entailed by his will ... . for one whole year .... and Sir
William Codrington and William Codrington appoint
Stephen Blizard, Esq., Samuel Redhead, Esq., James
Athill, Doctor of Physic, and George Redhead (son of the
said Samuel), all of Antigua, their Attorneys. Robert
Taylor, John Lancaster, witnesses.
No. 6.
Indenture made the 20th May 1776 between the above.
Whereas by Indentures made the 30th and 31st Aug. 1764
between .Sir William Codrington by the name and addition
of eldest son and devisee for life of Sir William Codrington,
Bart., deceased, and William Codrington of the one part,
and Henry Whitaker of Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester
Gentleman, of the other part, all the island, castle, planta-
tions, negros, and hereditaments hereinafter limited ....
stand conveyed in trust as Sir William Codrington and his
son by deed with or without power of revocation shall
appoint, and in default of their appointment to the use of
Sir William Codrington for life, and at his death to William
Codrington and his heirs for ever .... and whereas by
certain other Indentures made the 25th and 26th April
1763, the release between Sir William Codrington and
William Codrington his son of the Ist part, Francis Buxton,
Gentleman, therein named, of the 2nd part, and Neast
Howard, Gentleman, therein named, of the 3rd part, by
virtue of a common recovery therein agreed to be suffered
by Sir William Codrington and William Codrington, and
which was accordingly duly suffered, all those the manors
or reputed manors of Dodington, Marshfield, and Marsh-
field Foreign, in the county of Gloucester, and_the rectory
or parsonage, advowson, capital messuage, and other mes-
suages, park, lands, etc., etc., particularly mentioned in the
said county were limited to such persons and such uses as
Sir WOliam Codrington and his son should at any time
during their joint lives appoint .... and for default of
their appointment upon several uses .... that is to say,
as to a messuage and farm and several closes, etc., of
land particularly mentioned to be in the respective tenures
of persous named at two several yearly rents of £492 10s.
and £15, making together £507 10s., to the use of William
Codrington and his assigns for life, with remainder as to
them and all other lands to the use of Sir William Codring-
ton and his assigns for life (except as to the remainder to
Francis Buxton to preserve the contingent remainders to
the heirs male lawful of William Codrington, whom failing,
to the use of Sir William Codrington and his heirs and
assigns for ever), with power of leasing and jointuring as
therein mentioned .... and whereas in 1769 William Cod-
rington represented to his father that he was indebted to
divers persons in several principal sums, amounting in the
whole to £3528 8s. lOd., besides interest, being all he then
owed, and did request his father to pay the same .... and
whereas Sir William Codriugton did pay off and discharge
the said sum and interest .... and whereas William Cod-
rington hath lately represented to his father that he has
contracted divers debts, and has granted many annuities for
his life, and that a great number of the debts and annuities
are secured by bonds and judgments given and confessed to
by William Codrington, and that the annuities so granted,
exclusive of the debts secured by bonds and judgments,
amount to £5000 a year and upwards, but that he can re-
deem the annuities and pay the debts for £55,000, and has
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requested Sir William Codrington will advance the sum
.... and that instead of the said farms, amounting to
£507 10s., secured to him for life .... Sir William Cod-
rington will pay to him for life the clear annual sum of
£1000 .... to be secured by bond to Sir William Guise,
Sir George Cornwall, and Henry Wilmot as hereinafter
mentioned, in consideration whereof William Codrington
has proposed to convey and assure all the said estates in
Gloucester, and also the said plantations and negros, cattle,
and hereditaments in the West Indies to Sir AVilliam Cod-
rington and his heirs, or as ho shall direct .... and
whereas Sir William Codrington, in order to extricate his
son from his present embarrassed state and condition, and
to make a certain provision for his future maintenance and
support, has agreed to comply with his request, and in pur-
suance thereof has already advanced £12,400, part of the
said £55,000 .... and Sir William Codrington has also at
the time of the execution of these presents advanced to his
son the further sum of £42,540 .... making together the
full sum .... which William Codrington has agreed imme-
diately to pay to one or more persons to be immediately
applied in the redemption of the annuities and the payment
of the debts .... and Sir William Codrington has likewise
in full performance of the agreement by bond bearing even
date secured to be paid to Sir William Guise, Sir George
Cornwall, and Henry Wilmot in trust for William Codring-
ton a clear annuity of £1000 for life .... so that the same
may remain for his subsistence, and may not be assignable
by him to any person whomsoever .... This Indenture
therefore witnesseth that iu pursuance of the agreement and
in consideration of £55,000 .... and of the said bond ....
being the same £55,000 and the same bond mentioned in
an Indenture bearing even date .... and in consideration
of 10.S and for other good causes and valuable con-
sideratiions, Sir William Codrington and William Codring-
ton, by virtue of the power reserved to them in the herein-
before recited Indentures .... bargain and assign to Sir
William Guise, Sir George Cornwall, and" Henry Wilmot
.... all that Island of Barbuda, etc. (as in No. 7), in trust
for Sir William Codrington and his assigns for ever, and no
other trust, intent, or purpose whatsoever .... and further
witnesseth that for the considerations aforesaid, and for
further and more efifectually conveying and assuring the
said island, etc., etc., to the uses hereinbefore mentioned, and
for barring and destroying all estates tail and remainders.
Sir William Codrington and William Codrington grant and
confirm to Sir William Guise, Sir George Cornwall, and
Heury Wilmot in their actual possession being .... all that
island, etc., etc., in trust for Sir William Codrington and
his heirs for ever .... and it is hereby declared and agreed
that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend
to make Sir William Codrington in any degree liable to any
of the debts of William Codrington or any of his creditors
.... or to pay any of the annuities or to redeem the same
Close Roll, 7 Geo. IV., Part 24, No. 24.
Indenture made the 8th June 1826 between Sir Chris-
topher Bethell Codrington of Dodington Park, co. Gloucester,
Bart., of the 1st part, Christopher William Bethell Codring-
ton of the same place, Esq., of the 2nd part, Thomas Carr
of John Street, Bedford Row, Esq., of the 3rd part, and
Michael Angelo Taylor, formerly of Spring Gardens and
now of Whitehall Yard, Esq. (surviving devisee to the uses
named in the will of Sir William Codrington, Bart., de-
ceased), of the 4th part. Whereas the said Sir William
Codrington of Dodington, Bart., being seized or well
entitled to the inheritance in fee simple in possession of and
in (among other hereditaments) the islands, plantations,
castles .... negros, slaves .... hereinafter described and
hereby granted and conveyed .... by his last will dated
the 19th Jan. 1780, and executed as by the law is required
for rendering valid devises of real estates .... gave to Sir
John Guise of Highnara, co. Gloucester, Bart., and the said
Michael Angelo Taylor, all his islands, plantations, etc., in
the West Indies, to the use of William, Lord Viscount
Barrington, Benjamin LetheuUier of Seymour Place, May-
fair, Esq., Charies Tyrrel Morgan of Fairford, Gloucester,
Esq., and Marmaduke Trattle of London, merchant, for 500
years from the day of his death, to the use of his nephew
the said Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington (in the now
reciting will called Christopher Codrington), eldest sou of
Edward Codrington, deceased, testator's late brother, and
to his assigns for life, with remainders to Sir John Guise and
Michael Angelo Taylor to preserve the contingent re-
mainders to the first son of the said Christopher Codring-
ton and to his heirs male, with divers remainders over, and
testator did declare that the term of 500 years was limited
to the said Lord Viscount Barrington, Benjamin Letheuillier,
Charles Tyrrel Morgan, and Marmaduke Trattle, that they
should raise by the ways and means mentioned so much
money as should be sufficient to pay all the legacies there-
inafter bequeathed .... and also so much of his debts, etc.,
as his personal estate should not extend to satisfy .... and
then to raise .... by the same ways and means and to pay
one clear annuity of £1500 to Jane Charlotte Miller, testa-
tor's daughter, for life, in case she should continue un-
married, and in case she should marry with their consent
and approbation to raise .... £20,000 and pay the same
to her or to such persons as she should appoint as her
marriage portion, and the annuity then to cease .... and
also in trust to pay certain small annuities mentioned
amounting altogether to the annual sum of £210 ... . and
in the said will was contained a power to Sir Christopher
Bethell Codrington (therein called Christopher Codrington)
and to the other tenants for life .... when they should be
in actual possession .... to limit and appoint to any
woman or women .... a jointure not exceeding £70 per
annum for every £1000 of a marriage portion .... and it
was declared that Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington ....
and the other tenants for life .... should within twelve
calendar months after they were in possession set out and
embark for the West Indies (unless rendered incapable by
illness, and in that case as soon afterwards as might be) and
reside upon some part of the estates for six calendar months
at least, in order to learn the business of planting, and in
case of neglect or refusal so to do, testator willed that the
next in remainder should become entitled to his islands,
etc., etc., and every part thereof, as if the person neglecting
or refusing had been actually dead .... and further pro-
viding that in case Christopher Codrington or the other
tenants for life should in testator's life reside six months on
the estates it should be deemed a sufficient compliance ....
and whereas testator departed this life the 11th March 1792
without revoking .... and his will was shortly after proved
.... and whereas by an Indenture made the 8th Aug. 1796
between the said Sir Christoper Bethell Codrington (then
called Christopher Codrington) of the 1st part, the Hon.
Caroline Georgina Harriet Foley, spinster (therein described),
of the 2nd part, the Hon. Edward Foley and the Hon. An-
drew Foley (therein also described) of the 3rd part, and
Rowland Berkeley (therein described) of the 4th part, it is
witnessed that in consideration of a marriage then shortly
intended to be had and solemnised between Sir Christopher
Bethell Codrington .... and Caroline Georgina Harriet
Foley, and also in consideration of two several sums of
£30,000 and £5000, her marriage portion, agreed to become
the absolute property of Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington
upon the solemnisation of the marriage .... he did grant
and demise to Edward and Andrew Foley (among and
together with other hereditaments) all the islands, plauta-
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tions, castles, etc., etc., hereby granted and assured from
the day of the solemnisation of the marria;?e for 99 years if
he should so long live, yearly, during the joint lives of him-
self and his vpife to raise £600 and pay it to such persons
as she should appoint, or failing her appointment into her
own proper hands for her own use .... but not to be sub-
ject to anticipation .... and further witnesseth that in
pursuance of the power given by the will .... Sir Christo-
pher Bethell Codrington .... did grant to Caroline Geor-
gina Harriet Foley .... if she should happen to survive
him as her jointure and in bar of dower .... £2450 sterling
yearly to be issuing from the said islands, etc., etc and
whereas the marriage was afterwards duly had and solemnised
.... and whereas Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington .... in
pursuance of the will .... did within the time .... set out
and embark for the West Indies and did reside on some part of
the estates for six months and upwards .... and whereas Sir
Christopher Bethell Codrington took and assumed the name
of Bethell in pursuance of the will of his great uncle Kingsley
(? Slingsby) Bethell, Esq., deceased, in addition to Codrington,
by virtue of H.M.'s Letters Patent .... and whereas there
is issue of the marriage of Sir Christopher Bethell Codring-
ton and Caroline Georgina Harriet his wife, the said Chris-
topher William Bethell Codrington, eldest son, and eleven
other children .... and whereas Christopher William Bethell
Codrington attained his age of 21 the 13th March last
past .... and his father and he are desirous of barring
and destroying his estate tail in the said islands, etc., etc.,
and of resettling the same to the uses, intents, and purposes
hereinafter mentioned .... Now this Indenture witnesseth
that in pursuance of the agreement and for docking and
destroying all estates tail and remainders, and also in con-
sideration of 5s Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington
and Christopher William Bethell Codrington grant and con-
vey unto Thomas Carr .... all those several plantations in
Antigua called the Garden, Betty's Hope, Cotton, and
Cotton New Work Plantations .... and also all those lands
called Cables in Antigua .... and the slaves thereon ....
which slaves or the greatest part according to their regis-
tered names and descriptions are in pursuance of an Act
made in the o9th year of his late Majesty, entitled " An Act
for establishing a registry of colonial slaves in Great Britai n and
for making further provision with respect to the removal of
slaves from the British Colonies," enumerated and specified
in a schedule annexed .... in trust, subject to the 500
years created by the recited will .... and also subject to the
99 years determinable on the life of Sir Christopher Bethell
Codrington created by the in part recited Indenture of 1796
.... and without prejudice to the annuity to Caroline
Georgina Harriet Codrington if she survives her husband
.... to the uses of Indentures of lease and release intended
to be made, the lease to bear even date, and the release to
bear date the day after these presents, between Thomas
Carr .... of the 1st part, Sir Christopher Bethell Codring-
ton and Christopher William Bethell Codrington of the 2nd
part, and Michael Angelo Taylor of the 3rd part .... being
the reconveyance by Thomas Carr to Michael Angelo Taylor
.... in trust for such purposes as Sir Christopher Bethell
Codrington and his sou shall appoint, and failing their
appointment as Christopher William Bethell Codrington
shall appoint if he survives his father, but not in his life
.... and meantime to the uses of the recited will .... and
lastly they appoint John 0 shorn, Esq., and John James,
Esq., both of Antigua, their Attorneys ....
Schedule. — Names and occupations, 640 in all (impossible
to say how many on each plantation, owing to the arrange-
ment in two paraUel columns) : —
Garden Plantation.
Old Cotton Work.
Weeding Garden.
and so on.
Chancery Proceedings. — Eliz., Jac. I., and Car. I.
Chancery Proceedings, Eliz., W. W. 1, No. 35.
Woodward v. Codrington.
7th Nov. 1590. Humbly complaininge yo'' Orator
William Woodward, Gent., that whereas one .John Secole,
Gent., disseassed, was lawfully seized in his demesne as of
fee of certen messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments
in Ringwood, in the couutie of Wilts, and beinge soe seized
by his last Will dated about 40 yeares paste, did devise
all his saide Lands, etc., except certen Lands called
Monckton Myll, to Richard Secole, his 2°'' Sonne, and the
heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for defaulte,
to the right heires of him John Secole for evej-, and further
devised the saide Lands called Monckton Myll, and certen
other Lands in the said Will excepted, lieing in Ringwood
aforesaide, unto John Secole (Sonne and Heire of William
Secole, eldest Sonne of Testator) and to his heires for ever, and
after John Secole the elder dyed. By and after whose decease
Richard Secole ent'red into all the saide premises, and was
of the Lands to him devised seased in his demesne as of fee
tayle, and of the residue possessed as tenant at will, unto the
saide John Secole the younger, and after Richard Secole
about 20 yeares paste dyed, seazed of the saide premises to him
entayled, without yssue male of his body lawfully begotten,
By and after whose death, John Secole the Sonne ent'red into
the premises and was of all the saide premises seized in his
demesne as of fee, and beinge soe seized did, about 10 yeares
paste, by wri tinge indented under his hande andseale, demyse,
graunte, and to ferme, lett, the saide premises unto Johan his
Sister for the terme of 21 yeares, by force whereof she ent'red
into the premises and was thereof possessed, and beinge soe
possessed did take to her Husband William Woodward,
yo'' Orator, by force whereof yo'' Orator ent'red into the
premises and was thereof possessed .... and whereas one
Symon Codrington, Esq., beinge desirous to purchase of one
John West, certen Lands in Sapworth, in the countie of
Wilts, requested yo"' Orator's advice and counsel therein,
in considerac'on whereof he faythfullie promised to yo''
Orator the sum of £20, yf he, the saide Symon, could law-
fullie by Law or equity voyde the particuler estate for lives
therein, of one John Idolph and diverse persons whose
names yo' Orator Knoweth not, and yo'' Orator thereupon
agreed with the saide Symon Codrington to warrant to avoyde
the saide Leases by course of Lawe, at the charges of Symon
Codrington for the saide £20 .... and thereupon Symon
Codrington ent'red into the saide purchase of the inheritance
of the saide Lands of the saide West, and paide to him £160
for the same .... whereuppon diverse Suytes in Lawe grew
Betweene the tenants of the Lands and Codrington, with the
estates beinge voyde by the Co'mon Lawe, and the saide West
for want of abilytie was not able to undoe, albeyt he often
attem^jted the same, duringe which Suytes in Lawe, as well by
Repolevin as in this honorable Courte againste the tenants
. . . . Symon Codrington did enter into an obligation as
suertie for yo' Orator in the sum of £40 to one Edward
Trye, Esq., for the payment of the £20, and for his satisfie
and savinge harmles thereof yo' Orator and one Robert Dewe,
Gent., ent'red into a Bond in the sum of £80 .... But
ueverthelesse it was then agreed, and before M' Trye by
Symon Codrington promised and faithfullie assured that yf
the Lauds were by him enjoyed, and the particuler estate of
the saide John Idolls, and others avoyded, Symon Codrington
wold not only pay to the saide Trye the £20, but also wold
deliver to yo' Orator his saide counterbandes, and wold also
pay yo' Orator such proSitts of certen Lands of Leynard
Stanley, in the countie of Gloucester, as he by virtue of a
sequestration in this honorable courte, for yo' Orator sholde
levie and take, which in truth did amount to aboute ....
which he likewise kept in his hands for his satisfie of the
payment of the saide £20 .... the Lands were worth.
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presentlie to be sold, £500 .... for which Codrington paide
£160 .... and Codrington hath gott into his hands the
evidences, deedes, etc., etc., of the saide Lease for yeares
.... granted to yo"' Orator's Wief .... and hath paide the
£20 to Trye, notwithstandinge he staudeth indebted to yo''
Orator £20 for obtainiiige the saide premises, and also for
the profitts for the sequestration, yett he the saide Symon
Codrington, having had the use of yo'' Orator to serve his
turne in all his suytes, upon his fayre promises doth nowe
goe about to abuse yo' Orator, havinge doen many thinges
for him, and sufercd much troble thereby, and doth seeke
to sue yo'' Orator and Eobert Dewu .... and Symon
Codrington Keepeth possession of the saide Lands, etc., in
Kingwood, and refuseth to permitt yo'' Orator to enjoye the
same, accordiuge to his Lease made by John Secole to
Johau his Sister ....
Answer of Symon Codrington, Esq., to the Bill of
Complaint of William Woodward ....
John Secole, deceased, had yssue 2 Sonnes, William and
Eichard, and was lawfully seized in his demesne as of fee,
of certen Lands, etc., etc., as in the Bill alleged, and did
convey to Richard Secole, his 2"* Sonne, and his heires in
fee simple, the saide Lands in Ringwood .... by force
whereof Richard Secole was lawf ullie seased thereof, duringe
the life of John Secole the elder, and beinge soe seized had
yssue 2 Daughters and heires, that is to say, Agnes, whom
the saide Defendant Symon Codrington hath sythence
married, and one Grysill whome one Richard Sperte hath
taken to Wief .... and Richard Secole dyed without yssue
male, as in the Bill sett forth .... By and after whose
decease the Defendant and Agnes his Wief, and Richard
Sperte and Grysill his Wief, did enter into all the premises,
and were lawfully seized thereof in their demesne as of
fee ... .
Demurrer of Symon Codrington, Esq., to the Bill of
Complaint ....
Long before the saide Bill was exhibited .... William
Woodward was adjudged lawfullie and sufiicientlie outlawed
at the suyte of Defendant, upon Mondaie nexte^ after the
Feaste of Thiuvenc'on of the holi Crosse, in the 29"' yeare
of the Queenes Ma'''^ moste glorious reigne that nowe is,
in an Action of debts broughte by this Defendant against
Complainant, as by a Writt of Exigent (?).... moste
plainlye and evidentlie may appeare ....
John Secole's will shews that the lands in Ringwood
were left in default of heirs male of Richard, to the heirs of
William the elder brother. John was of Southlynthe (?), Oxon,
Yeoman ; Richard was of Dydmerton, Clothier.
Chancery Proceedings, Eliz.
Codrington v. Herbert et al.
1 Dec. 1597. Bill of Complaint of Richard Codrington
of Pucklechurch, Esq. (Bill torn and full of holes.)
Answer of Francis Fyton, Esq., to the Bill of Complaint
of Richard Codrington, Esq.
Whereas in the 37"" yeare of our Sovereigna Ladie
Queene Elizabeth yt was concluded and agreed upon be-
twene Sir Edward Herbert, K', in the Bill mentioned, and
this Defendant Francis Fyton, and the late R' Hon''i*
Lady Katheryn, Countesse of Northumberland, dec. (then
the wief of this Defendant), that William Herbert,
Esquier, in the Bill named, Sonne and Heire apparente
of Sir Edward, should mary and take to Wief the Lady
Elyno'' Percy, Daughter of the saide Countesse, and yt was
agreed what porcon of money Sir Edward should have for
the said marriage, and what Joynture Lady Elyno'' should
have, and withall in what sorte the possessions of Sir
Edward should be established and assured .... in
p'formance whereof Indentures were made the IS"" Feb. 37
Eliz. betweene Sir Edward Herbert, K*, Dame Mary, then
his Wief, and William Herbert, Esq., his eldest Sonne and
Heire apparente, of the one parte, and William, Lord
Herbert of Cardiffe, Sir Thomas Cecyll, K'^ AVilliam Percy,
Esquier, Sir William Herbert of Swansey, K', and this
Defendant, Francis Fyton, of the other parte .... Sir
Edward Herbert covenanted to levy a fine .... but very
shortly after died .... and no estate by fine or otherwise
was executed, by reason whereof the manor of Hendon,
Middlesex, and the Manor of Dodington, and lands in
Dodington, Ould Sodbury, and Yate, in the countie of
Gloucester, in the Bill mentioned, with other lands of Sir
Edward, descended to William Herbert, Esq., and corteine
Lands in Hendon, came to Dame Mary Herbert, as parte of
her Joynture, for lief .... and she and William Herbert did
refuse to p'forme and assure .... as by the saide Inden-
tures .... and Dame Mary Herbert and WiUiam Herbert,
Esq., and this Defendant Francis Fyton, fell to a new
agreement .... and by Indentures dated 2"'^ June 37 Eliz.
it was agreed ....
(No more of this suit taken.)
Chancery Proceedings, Jac. I., 4th Part, 8.
Cotherington v. Light.
3 Nov. 1606. Humbly complaininge yo'' dailye Orator
Symon Codrington of Codrington, co. Gloucester, Esq., and
James Joham of Wapley in the same countie, thatyo'' Orator
Symon Codrington being seized of dyvers lands, tenements,,
etc., etc., in Dydmerton, and soe beinge seized aboute Whit-
sontyde last paste, did contract and agree with one Nicholas
Light of ... . for a Lease to be made to him by yo'' Orator of
certeyne houses, pastures, etc., in Dydmerton, and the
agreement was put into writinge, to which Symon Codring-
ton subscribed his name, and it was agreed he should make
a Lease to Light from the Feast dale of Thannunciac'on
.... nowe next eusuinge, for 4 yeares, in considerac'on
whereof Nicholas Light should paie 100 markes for everie of
the 4 yeares, that is, £30 at the sealinge, etc., etc., and
£36 13.S. 4(7., the residue of the 100 markes, within 10
dales after notice given .... and the other 300 markes to
be paide duringe the first 3 yeares .... and it was likewise
agreed Light should lende to Symon Codrington three or
four hundred poundes, after the rate of £10 for the £100
for forbearance and the loane thereof, and that was agreed
to be lent upon one month's warninge, yC Orator giving
securitie by his Lande, and one or two of his Tennantes to
be bounde with him .... accordiuge to which agreement
yo'' Orator did give warninge to Light to paie the residue of
the 100 markes, beinge £36 13s. 4f7., within 10 dales ....
and that he was readie to p'forme the said agreement ....
but Light fayled to make paiemente of the saide residue
.... and yo"' Orator was not only disappointed of the saide
£36 13s. 4(/., but of the loane, which Light hath sithence
refused to p'forme .... and Symon Codrington was at the
time indebted to dyvers p'sons in several! somes of monie,
parte thereof then to be paide .... in regarde of which he
did agree to make the Lease .... for muche under the value
thereof .... and he did relye and depende .... thinkinge
Light would have honestlie p'formed .... and Symon Cod-
rington was inforced to forfytt dyvers Bondes .... uppon
some of which he hath sithence been arrested and ymprisoued
.... and thereby constrayned to paie the whole forfeytures
.... soe much more than the debte .... to his losse and
hinderance above £200 .... and yo"" Orators farther shewe
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there was noe counterparte of the Agreement, which \s in
the hands of Light, who dcteyneth it from the sight of yo''
Orators .... and yo'' Orators further shewe they were both
bounds in a Bonde of £60 .... to p'forme the Agreement
.... and Light goeth aboute to putt the saide Bonde in
suyte .... and hath accordinglie arrested yo' Orator James
Jocham, who was suretie for Symon Codrington .... and
intendeth to take the forfeyture of the bonde in extreamitye
of Lawe .... they humbly praie Nicholas Light may be
subpoenaed ....
10th Nov. 1606. Answer of Nicholas Light to the Bill
of Complaint of Symon Codrington, Esq., and James
Joachim, yeoman.
.... it is true that Articles of Agreement were made,
sealed, and delivered .... wherein Symon Codrington did
demise and to farms, lett to Defendant .... soe muche
howsinge pf his Manor House of Dydraerton as was latelie
in the occupation of Edith Heaven, widdowe, and more
thereof than shee had, the little parlar nexte the streete, and
one of the Sellars, together with all the grasse, herbage, and
feedinge of the meadowes .... to the Manor House be-
longinge (excepte Jeoffrey's Orchards and all trees, woodes,
etc., etc.) .... and all arable lands, com'ons .... and all
thesheepe fleght (?).... and it was also agreed Defendant
should give to ths pidgeons of the pigeon house the offall of
all his corns .... and should have halfe the pigeons ....
and should have one orchard and halfe the apples .... and
one garden to be made by defendant in the same place
where yt had usuallie bin heretofore .... and should have
sufficients Plowhooks (?) of Rough Tymbsr .... andsvsrye
yeare 12 loades of good woode to burns .... and that De-
fendant should Tyle and Glase his parts of the howsinge
when needs shoulde require and leave the same soe good as
he fynde yt . . . . and Symon Codrington should repairs ths
stons wall boundes of the premises .... and should allowe
Frith and Snsll to maks the hedges .... and should paie
all dues .... (Tythes onlie excepted) for 4 yeares from the
2.')"' March .... and Nicholas Light should paie £30 at
the date of the agreement and £30 more at the ssalinge
.... and 20 nobles at the commencement of the Lease
.... but he denies having agreed to lend money, and
says Simon Codrington did not perform his part of ths
agreemen t.
Chancery Proceedings, Jac. L, 13th Part, 17.
Codrington v. Parsonage.
9th May 1G12. Humbly complaininge yo'' dailye Orator
Symon Codrington of Codrington, Esquier, that yo'' Orator
was lawfullie seized in his demesne as of fee, of a Messuags,
and all Barnes, Stablss .... and appurtenaness thsreto be-
longinge, iu Sodbury, co. Gloucester, called by ths name of
the signs of the Bsare, and bsings soe seized, in June 7
Eliz., by his Dsede did demise and graunte the said pre-
mises unto one Nicholas Parsonage al's Franklin and Mary
his wifs, and Thomas thsir Sonne, for their lives and ths
lifs of the longest lyver .... and they beinge sos ssizsd of
ths prsmisss, Nicholas and Mary, about 20 ysares last past
dysd SOS ssizsd, aftsr whose death Thomas Parsonage al's
Franklin hsld himsclfe in the premises and was thereof
seized in his demesne, as of fi-eehold, for hef, and sos bsings
ssized he and one Eobsrt Hancocks, beinge his Farmer or
Tsnant, about 12 ysares last past mads advancss to yo''
Orator to make a nsws Lease of the premises unto James
Joachim, Thomas Joachim thelder, and Thomas Joachim
ths youngsr, for their lyves and the lief of the longest lyver,
at the yearlie rente of 33*. 4d. and certayne Herriotts, in
considerac'on of which Lease soe to be made Thomas
Joachim thelder, and Thomas Joachim the younger should
paie to yo"' Orator £29 more in the name of a fyne for the
p'raisss .... whsreon yo"" Orator did graunts, etc., the
p'mises to the saids James, Thomas, and Thomas Joachim
.... and accordinglie Thomas Parsonage al's Francklin
and Robert Hancocks in March 43 Eliz. did surrender and
yield up their Estate to yo'' Orator, and did promise to
deliver the Deeds of the first mentioned Lease .... and yo''
Orator by an Indenture made in Marche 43 Eliz., in con-
siderac'on of ths £29 and other considsrac'ons, did graunte
.... but Thomas Parsonage al's Francklin and Robert
Hancocke have kspt ths Dssds .... and by means of it
wrongfullie have dispossessed the Joachims .... and yo'
Orator recsiveth noe rente ....
Answer of Thomas Parsonage al's Francklin . .
dsniss all and is ssizsd for life, stc, etc.
he
Chancery Procssdings, Jac. L, C, 23, 41.
Codrinton v. Ivy.
26th May 1617. Humbly complainings yo' Orator John
Codrinton of Codrinton, co. Gloucester, Esquier, and Jane
his Wief, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of
William Gunter, late of Codrinton, Gentleman, dec, that
heretofore in the lifetime of William Gunter, that is, aboute
6 or 7 yeares last paste, he exhibited his Bill of Complaints
to this Hono'''^ Courte of Chancerie shewinge that in
Fsbruaris in ths 5"' yeare of his Ma'''== reigne in England
William Ivye of Kenton, Wilts, Gentleman, understandings
that William Gunter then was to marrye with yo' Oratrix
Jane, then beinge a Widows, and lats the wife of one
Thomas Blagden, dec, did make offer unto William Gunter
that he woulde then travsll to Gloucsstsr to procure a
Licence whereby the marriage might bs solemnised ....
and William Gunter did imploye him aboute the same ....
and William Ivye having gotten the Licence, delivered yt
to William Gunter, who understood by him that he could
not gst it before he had cutred into a Bond of £200 to the
bishoppe of Gloucester, condic'oned to save the Bishopps
and Ordinaris of that dyocss harmelss, or to ths like sffecte,
from whome the Licence was procured, as by the saide
Bonds .... and William Gunter did agree, at the request of
William Ivys, to bscomc bounden unto him and ons other,
whoms William Gunter thsn knows not, in a Countsrbond,
to savs William Ivye and the othsr psrson harmeles
touchinge the Bond by them entred into unto the Bisshoppe,
and William Gunter willed William Ivys to maks the same,
whoo accordinglie made yt and delivered yt to William
Gunter .... and the condic'on of the Bond was only to
save William Ivye and the other person harmelss .... and
aftsr William Guntsr had rsad the Bond he layd it in the
rooms, whsrs he and William Ivye and the other person
then were, until such time as wax might be procured for the
ssalinge .... and in the meantime William Guntsr walked
in ths room, being held in speeche with some then beinge
in his companie .... and the wax beinge brought in place,
William Ivye, as himsclfe afterwards gave forth, when
William Gunter was busis in spseche, tooke upp the saide
Bond, and in place thereof layde one other bond of the like
penaltie, condic'oned amonge othsr things for the paiemsnts
of £100 at a dais menc'oned .... and ths saids Bond
bsings soe placed, William Gunter takinge it for the sams
. . . . did then and thsre simply and playnely seals and
deliver it as his Act and Deede, withoute any Reviewinge,
not ha'vings thsn anie suspic'on of anie dishonest dealinges
to be minded or endeavoured by William Ivye towardes
him, as well in respect of his affinity and pretended frisnd-
shipp, as alsoe in regard that William Guntsr had dons him
manis good offices of kindness and relieved him with money
to supply his occasions, and that alsoe in Marche in the
saide 5"' years William Guntsr at the request of William
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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Ivye did become bounde in £30 unto one Mathew Spring-
ham for tlie paiement of £15 at a daye then shortly
after, and now long since past, which was for the only
proper debt of William Ivye .... and it was done uppon
faithfuU promise to paye the same and save AVilliani Gunter
harmeles, but William Gunter had to pay .... and William
Ivye endeavoured to putt the saide £200 bond in suy te against
William Gunter at the Com'on Lawe .... and William
Gunter alleged that if anie such bond were it was very in-
directly procured by William Ivye .... and William Gunter
prayed the Ayde of the liono'^'^ Court of Chancery, and for a
supena againste William Ivye .... who was served with a
supena, and did not appeare nor answer, and an order was
granted to have an Iniunction awarded againste William
Ivye to staye his proceedinges at the Com'on Lawe ....
and afterwards William Ivye dyed intestate, whereby Adm""
of his estate came to the hands of Sir George Ivie, K' . . . .
and afterwards William Gunter, about June last past, made
his last Will, and thereof named yo'' Oratrix Jane, then his
Wife, his Executrix .... and died allso, and afterwards yo''
Oratrix made probate thereof, and did undergoe the burthen
of Executrix and did administer his estate .... and after
yo'' Oratrix marryed and tooke to Husband yo'' Orator John
Codrinton .... and Sir George Ivie hath threatened to putt
the saide bonde of £200 in suite at the Com'on Lawe
againste yo'' Orators, and doth desire to cancell the same
.... and that the matter may be renewed in this bono'''''
Court, yo'' Orators humbly pray to have a Writt of Supena
ad Kevivendum to be directed to Sir George Ivye ....
(No answer.)
Chancery Proceedings, Jac. I., Bundle C, 24, 34.
Codrinton v. Steephens.
10 Feb. 1617. Humbly complaiuinge yo'' Orator John
Codrinton of Codrinton, Esquier, that aboute October in the
14"' yeare of his Mat'== reigne he became a sutor for
marriage unto Jane Gunter of Codrinton, then a Widowe,
and now bis Wief, and soe farr Gayned her good opinion
that in the monthe aforesaide she had speech with diverse
of her friends of her purpose to marry him, which speech
being overheard by John Steephens and Anthony Wood-
ward, two of Jane Gunter's then servants, before such tyme
as yo'' Orator had gott knowledge of her purpose .... they
plotted betweene them how they might advance themselves
thereby, and to that end shortly after came to yo'' Orator,
then lodginge in his Father's house, and by maine subtile
and crafty insinuac'ons p'swaded him that they had soe
greate power with their M'''» that they could worke her to
like of him, and that withoute them there could be noe
possibilicie of his p'vaylinge, for that upon their good or
bad report to their M'''^ she would either settle or not settle
her affaires, and thereupon prest yo'' Orator to give them
£20 a piece for their assistance .... which subtleties yo'
Orator did not easily believe, nor did in anie sorte for a long
tyme after yield to the saide demandes .... yet afterwardes,
findinge in the regresse of his suite that they did him manie
ill offices by false reports aud tales to their M''^, and to
thend he might take off the edge of their Rancor and
spleene against him, yo'' Orator was forced to yield to their
unjust demandes .... whereupon they, not long before yo''
Orator's intermarriage with Jane Gunter, brought him 2
bondes readie drawne, one of £20 for the payment of £10
to Steephens, and the other of £40, for the payment of £20
to Woodward, and with short days then to come as by the
bonds .... which bondes they tendered to yC Orator, and
severally p'mised and p'tested that if yo'' Orator would seale
and deliver the bondes they would uot take anie advantage
.... save then to assure themselves of some smale gratuity
to be given to them after the marriage, and that their
meaninge was to cancell the bondes upon receivinge the
same .... whereupon yo'' Orator, fearinge to be Crost in
his suite .... and alsoe because they p'mised .... did
enter into and seale the bondes to them .... Howbeit
Steephens and Woodward never had anie power to p'vayle
with their M'''' as they p'tended, nor did at anie tyme labour
for yo' Orator or p'swade with the said Jane .... nor did
give, doe, or p'cure anie thenge valuable for or to yo' Orator
in considerac'on of the Bondes .... but yo' Orator and
Jane, by their owne mutuall good likinge, and by noe helpe
or p'swasion of Steephens and Woodward, did afterwards
entermarrie .... and Woodward and Steephens beinge
after the marriage tought in conscience with their lewd
practice. Woodward did freely deliver up his bonde without
anie recompense at all ... . and Steephens hath alsoe in his
writinge under his hand released to yo' Orator the £20
.... as in all equitie they were bounde to doe .... and yet
notwithstandinge soe it is, may it please yo' good Lordshipp,
albeit John Steephens is not ignorant that the considerac'on
of the bonde was not valuable .... but that the bonde was
gott .... by the wicked practice and subtletie of Steephens
used towards yo' Orator, as he had usually before done to
others that were Suto'^ to his M'"^, and albeit he did not at
all labour to have his M''' for yo' Orator, nor was at anie
expense, or suffered anie damage, or deserved anie manner
of rewarde .... for anie paines by him taken in the pre-
mises .... and albeit yo' Orator since his marriage ....
hath diverse ways gratified Steephens farr above the
gratuity promised .... that is, by advancinge his yearely
■wages, by giving him a Sword which cost yo' Orator £5,
and by givinge him a greate some of money which he
p'tended to be due to him from yo' Orator's predecessor,
and wherein Steephens was remedilesse .... besides manie
other guiftes and thinges .... and albeit Steephens well
knoweth that Anthony Woodward whoe had by like
practize .... did shortly after yo' Orator's marriage ....
by the Checke of his owne Conscience for his dishonest and
deceiptful dealiuges, freely deliver up the Bond .... and
lastly, albeit Steephens hath likewise by his writinge ....
released yo' Orator .... yet contrarie to all right, equity,
and good conscience he hath of late putt the Bond in suite
at the Com'on Lawe, aud therein p'ceeded with a speede
that he will shortly recover the penaltie against yo' Orator,
if by yo' Lordshipp's good favour in like cases the saide
suite be not stayed and further order taken .... In tender
considerac'on whereof and that yo' Orator is remedilesse ....
prays that Steephens may be subpoenaed ....
(No answer.)
Chancery Proceedings, Jac. I., C, '2Q, 50.
Codrington v. Gwatkius.
30 April 161'J. Humbly complaiuinge yo' Orator John
Codrinton of the Inner Temple, London, Esquier, that one
Nicholas Dymery late of Codrinton, Gentleman, in the 4P'
yeare of our late Soveraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth,
affirminge himselfe to be lawfullie possessed for divers
yeares then enduringe, by force of 2 Leases from the Deane
and Chapter of the Holy and undevided Trinity of Bristol,
of and in the Manors of Codrinton and Wapley, and the
Groundes and pasture of Everinghill in Hinton, the p'sonage
of Wapley aforesaide, and all those lands and tenements,
etc., in Erlingham, and one yard land in Bradley, with the
appurtenances, in the countie of Gloucester, and havinge
occasion to borrowe' greate sums of money, did treate with
one William Gwatkius of the Parish of Thorubury, Glouces-
ter, Gentleman, to supply his then occasions .... and in
thend it was agreed betweene them that William Gwatkius
should lend Nicholas Dymery £1000, or some other greate
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THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
some, upon a Mortgage of the saide Leases'and estate ....
and thereupon William Gwatkins did lend the saide some of
money .... and Nicholas Dymery and Gyles Dymerie his
Father, who was formerly thought to be interested in the
saide Manors, etc., duringe the tearme of the Leases, did
aboute the saide tyme joyne in a Mortgage .... with con-
dic'on that if the £1000 .... were paide at some tyme
after menc'oned .... the Mortgage should be Toide ....
and after, that is about 14 or 15 yeares last past, Nicholas
Dymery did treate with Thomas Blagden of Wotton under
Edge, Gentleman, to purchase the saide tearme of Nicholas
Dymery and William Gwatkins in the saide Manors ....
and at length it was agreed that they should surrender the
saide tearmes .... to the Deane and Chapter .... and
that Nicholas Dymery should p'cure a good and lawful
estate void of all incumbrances .... to be graunted by the
Dean and Chapter to Thomas Blagden, or some one nomin-
ated by liim duringe 3 lives, likewise to be nominated by
Thomas Blagden, who did nominate Roger Blagden his
Brother duringe the life of himselfe Thomas, and of Jane
then Wife of Thomas and nowe Wife of yo'' Orator, and of
William Blagden, Sonne of Roger, and of the longest liver
.... which was effected accordingly .... and was on Trust
for the behoofe of Thomas Blagden and Jane .... the saide
Jane beinge for life therein, in lieu of her Joynture and
Thomas Blagden paide £1700 or £1800 in money for the
same, whei-eof £500 or some other some was by agreement
payde to William Gwatkins, in full discharge of the Mort-
gage, and in considerac'on of his joyninge in the surrender
of the Manors, etc., formerly conveyed to him .... and not
redeemed within the tyme .... whereby the same were for-
feyted .... and soe then of all sides acknowledged by
William Gwatkins, Nicholas Dymery, and Gyles Dymery to
Thomas Blagden .... and Thomas Blagden eutred into
the p'mises and enjoyed the p'fitts thereof duringe all his
Hfe time .... withoutc any challenge or clayme made by
any p'son whatsoever .... and a little before the decease of
Thomas Blagden .... in the 5"' yeare of his Ma'''=^ reigne
in England that nowe is, Roger Blagd' by the appointment
of Thomas, for the better assuringe of the intended estate
to Jane for her Joynture, did convey the said Manors, etc.,
etc., to Thomas and Jane for 60 yeares, if either should soe
longc live .... and shortly after Thomas Blagden dyed in
the saide 5"' yeare .... and Jane tooke to husband William
Gunter of Codrinton, gentleman, who in the 10"" yeare ....
boughte of Roger Blagden the residue of his estate in the
p'mises for £740 in money, and had the same conveyed unto
John Pill of Codrinton, gentleman, in Trust for him William
Gunter, and William Gunter did enter into, and was seized
of, the Manors, etc., for the life and in right of Jane, as for
her Joynture, and for the life of William Blagd', under the
saide Trust reposed in the saide Pill .... and after, that is
in the 11"' yeare .... William Gunter for £200 payde to
the Deane and Chapter .... p'cured them to accepte of a
surrender of the saide estate for 2 lives, and to graunte the
p'mises to John Pill for the life of William Gunter and Jane
his Wife, and of one Anne Pill, which surrender was in the
saide yeare accordinglie made, and the p'mises were con-
veyed by the Deane and Chapter to John Pill and his
assignes on Trust for William G unter .... and John Pill
did afterwardes in the saide ll"" yeare .... lease the
p'mises to William Gunter for 99 yeares, if he and Jane his
Wife and Anne Pill or anie of them should soe longe live
.... and William Gunter entred into the p'mises, and was
by a longe tyme thereof quietly possessed withoute any
challenge .... and after in the 13"" yeare .... John Pill at
the appointment of William Gunter assigned the residue of
his estate in the p'mises unto Henry Dennys, Thomas
Fleet, Henry Fisher, and Edmund Strange in Trust for
William Gunter .... and after, William Gunter havinge
greate occassion to use money for the supply thereof, was
forced to borrowe greate somes of John Pill, and for the
securinge thereof did in the saide yeare lease all the saide
Manors to John Pill for 10 yeares for repayment by £100 a
yeare .... and shortly after .... in the month of June in
the 14"' yeare .... William Gunter beinge possessed of the
residue of the 99 yeares .... and of little other personal
estate besides the saide Lease, and beinge fallen sicke, and
takeinge into considerac'on that the Manors, etc., were left
unto .Jane his Wife for GO yeares .... in lieu of a Joynture
by Thomas Blagden, her former Husband, did in his last
Will .... and as a small recompense of the saide Joynture
.... make her his sole Executrix, and did bequeathe to her
after paiement of his debts, etc., all residue of the saide 99
yeares .... and shortly after died, above £1800 in debt to
severall creditors .... and Jane proved the Will .... and
tooke upon herselfe execution .... and aboute October in
the saide 14"" yeare .... yo'' Orator tooke the saide Jane to
Wife and thereby became possessed of the residue of the
Lease for 99 yeares, and the better to enable himselfe to paye
the greate debts and Legacies of William Gunter, Yo'' Orator
did in Julie in the 15"' yeare bargaine to and with Christo-
pher Stokes of Stanshawes, Gloucester, gentleman, to p'cure a
Lease of the Manor, Lands, and premises to be made by the
Dean and Chapter of Bristoll to the saide Stokes for the lives
of John Codrinton, yo'' Orator, and Jane his Wife, and of
Thomas Stokes, soune of Christopher .... and that Chris-
topher should demise to yo'' Orator all the saide Manor,
Lands, etc. (certeyne groundes called Can Leaze and Can
Meade only excepted), for 99 yeares, if yo'' Orator and Jane
should soe longe live .... which Lease upon the 24"' June
nowe last past, the Deane and Chapter of Bristol, upon the
surrender to them of all estate then in beinge in the saide
Manor, etc., did accordinglie by the appointment of yo''
Orator make and graunte unto Christopher Stokes ....
who shortly after did lease the Manor, etc., to yo'' Orator
.... for which Lease soe made to Christopher Stokes ....
he payde to yo'' Orator £700 and odde .... all which, to-
gether witli much other of yo'' Orator's p'per money, yo'
Orator hath payd to the Creditors and Legatees of William
Gunter, and yet further doth yerely pay out of the p'fitts of
the Manor, etc., to John Pill for divers yeares yett to come
the saide sum of £100 towardes the discharge of Gunter's
note .... But howe soe it is may it please yo'' Ijordshipp
that one William Gierke of Brinckworth, AVilts, Yeoman,
and Agnes his Wife (Executrix of the last Will of John
Barnes of Brinckworth aforesaide, Yeoman), and Thomas
Nicholas, Father of Agnes, combininge and confederatinge
with AVilliam Gwatkins aforesaide, Richard Talboys, an
Attorney at the Com'on Lawe, and Michael Pepwell and
Elizabeth his Wife (Administratrix of the goods and chat-
tells of Nicholas Dymery), doe nowe p'tende that Nicholas
Dymery, aboute 1(5 or 17 yeares last past, and duringe the
tyme of the Mortgage to William Gwatkins, did graunte and
convey a messuage called the Oxstall, with a paddocke
adjoininge, a grounde called the Upper King's Hill, and
another called the Lower King's Hill, and 2 other groundes
called Can Leaze and Can Ley .... p'cell of the Manor to
.John Barnes aforesaide for many yeares p''= whereof yett to
come .... which Lease, if any such were made, was made
uppon fraude to deceive purchasers, and in Trust for Nicho-
las Dymery .... for the saide Dymery and Gwatkins con-
tinued in possession of the saide Lands, etc., and made sale
of them to Thomas Blagden, as lawful owners thereof ....
and noe clayme or challenge was made by John Barnes or
any one to his use duringe all his life .... But John
Barnes and the saide Dymeries, beinge both of them lately
dead, William Gierke and Agnes by confederacy betweene
them and the others .... doe endeavour to sett on foott
the grauntes p'tended to be made to John Barnes, which
were never enjoyed by him .... but possession hath ahvaies
gone againste the same which Dymeries, Thomas Blagden, and
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161
William Gunter, ever since the tyrae of the supposed makinge
of the p'tended graunte, have had .... and William Gierke
and Agnes, and other of the Confederates doe goe aboute to
trouble and impeach the possession of yo'' Orator and Chris-
topher Stokes and to sett on foott the saide dormant Lease to
the utter overthrowe of yo"" Orator's estate .... and to that
purpose have made divers entries into the premises or parte
thereof, and have arrested the tenants of yo'' Orator and of
Stokes .... and have contrived divers secret estates and
Leases to themselves or others in Trust for them, and for
the trial of the estate p'tended to be granted to John Barnes
.... and Gwatkins, in whose hands all the p'mises stood in
mortgage at the tyme of the p'tended graunte .... altho'
the saide mortgage was soe made to him for the securinge
of a greate some of money by him lent to Nicholas Dymerie,
for which he had noe other security .... doth notwith-
standinge, in favour of the unjuste clayme of Clarke and
his Wife .... and upon the combinac'on aforesaide, give
out and report that the mortgage was made unto him by
fraude and on Trust, and that it should be voide against
Barnes .... altho' Gwatkins well knoweth the mortgage was
not fraudulente, and that in considerac'on of his joyninge with
Dymery in the surrender .... he had received of Dymeiy
and Thomas Blagd' greate somes of money ere he would
yeeld up his estate .... and Thomas Nicholas, altho' from
the beginninge fully acquainted with all the conveyances of
the p'mises from Dymery to Gwatkins in mortgage, and
that the mortgage was made for valuable considerac'ons,
and that Dymery and Gwatkins joyned in the sale to
Thomas Blagd', and that the saide dormant Lease was nev'
enjoyed nor claymed till nowe of late yett .... he is become
lessee of Clarke and Agnes for the triall of the saide title ....
and Michael Pepwell and Elizabeth his wife .... doe
deteine from yo'' Orator divers writinges, evidences, Court
Eolls, etc shewinge the agreement made betweene
Gyles and Nicholas Dymery .... that Nicholas should have
an estate in the p'mises for noe longer than duringe Gyles
Dymerie's life only .... and Richard Talboys .... hath of
late gott out of the hands of one William Meredith, nowe
dec', certeine writinges, etc., concerninge yo' Orator's saide
Manor and other p'mises, which he giveth out to' be such as
that he will thereby .... overthrowe yo' Orator's present
estate .... and subject the same to the Entry of the Deane
and Chapter .... and doth refuse to deliver the saide
writinges .... to yo'' Orator as in all conscience he ought
to doe, or discover to yo' Orator the certeine true contentes
thereof .... and he well knoweth they belonge to yo'
Orator, and that he was charged by Meredith on his death-
bed to deliver them to yo' Orator .... In tender con-
siderac'on whereof yo' Orator humbly prays .... for
subpoenas ....
Joynt and severall answers of William Gwatkins, William
Clarke al's Patye and Agnes his Wyef, Richard Talboys,
Thomas Nicholas, and Michael Pepwell and Elizabeth his
Wyef, Defendants to the Bill of Complaint of John Cod-
rington, Esq.
.... William Gwatkins believeth that the Deane
and Chapter of Bristoll was at the tyme menc'oned
lawfully seized of the Manor, lands, tenements, and heredita-
ments in the Bill named .... and beinge soe seized did demise
and graunte them to one Walter Gleson for CO yeares ....
and Defendant doth certeynely knowe that Gyles Dyndy
was afterwards possessed of the saide Manor, etc., by force
of certeine assignements .... made to him by Walter
Gleson .... and Gyles Dyndy, soe beinge possessed did
for good considerac'ons sett over all his estate and interest
therein to Nicholas his sonne, and Nicholas Dyndy was
thereof possessed accordingly, and tooke the Issues and
p'fitts for dyvers yeares together .... and Defendant
further saith, that hee beiuge familiarly acquainted with
Giles and Nicholas Dymery, and beinge privy to some
passages and courses which they took in the managinge of
their estates .... they for some secret purpose aboute 20
yeares sythence and not longe before niakinge of the Inden-
ture of Lease to John Bamies, dec by their Indenture
dated .... of the reigne of our late Sovereigne Ladie Queene
Elizabeth, upon the speciall trust and confidence which
Nicholas Dimery did repose in this Defendant .... did
make an Indenture of Demise unto him for dyvers yeares
. ... of the saide Manors and Lands, etc and De-
fendant doth think it was made in the nature of a mortgage
upon a supposed payment of money .... but Defendant
saith in regarde hee never had custody of the Indenture
. . . . neyther did truly understand .... why Gyles and
Nicholas Dymerie Dyd make the same unto him, hee dyd
not soe p'cisely observe either the date or contentes as
otherwise hee would have done .... and Defendant doth
utterly denye that the manor, etc., 'or anie parte, was at anie
tyme mortgaged to him, or that there was ever anie agree-
ment betweene Nicholas Dymerie and him, that hee should
lend Nicholas Dymerie £1000 or anie other some, upon a
Mortgage to be made .... or any estates or leases upon
anie condic'on at all ... . and Defendant doth confesse that,
beinge requested by Nicholas Dymerie upon his sale of the
Manor, etc., to Tiiomas Blagden for to surrender all his
estate therein into the hands of the Deane and Chapter
.... he did very freely and voluntarily, withoute any con-
siderac'on at all, surrender up into their hands all the estate
.... he then soe had therein (beinge none for ought he
dyd then or doth yet knowe of) .... and he doth utterly
denye that Thomas Blagden payd unto him £.500 in con-
siderac'on of his discharginge anie mortgage, or for joyninge
.... in the surrender .... or that he ever reported that
the Manor and p'mises were forfeyted unto him .... or
were ever assured unto him in any other manner than he
hath truly expressed .... and he denieth hee had possession
of the Manor, etc., or that he made sale or joyned in sale
thereof to Thomas Blagden .... other than as before truly
sett downe .... and he denieth hee hath confederated ....
or that hee hath troubled, or in any sorte impeached the
possession of Complainant, and hopeth he may discover
uppon his oath the truth of his knowledge concerninge the
estate of Nicholas Dymerie in the Manor .... and hee
further saith hee doeth not in favour of any unjuste clayme
made by William Clarke and Agnes .... and he verily
believeth Nicholas Dymery at the tyme of raakinge the
Lease to John Barnes had absolute right and power to do
so ... . and that it was made for valuable considerac'ons,
and not upon fraude or for the use of Nicholas Dymerie or
of this Defendant William Gwatkins .... as is untruly sur-
mised .... and William Clarke and Agnes say that Com-
plainant hath exhibited his Bill .... of purpose to weary
and vex them with multiplicity of suites in Lawe, and to
p'longe the tyme till the Lease made to John Barnes may
be runne out, all^eit he well knoweth there hath byne severall
suites heretofore dependinge in this bono''''' Court for the
very self same matters, one of which .... was dismissed to
the Com'on Lawe .... yett neverthelesse .... they answer
that John Barnes, dec, whose Executrix Agnes was, about
the 20"' March 45 Eliz., for the sum of £307, dyd purchase
of Nicholas Dymery an estate in certeine closes of meadowe
or pasture groundes called Can leaze and Can meades, and in
2 closes called Upper Kings Hill and Nether Kings Hill,
and in one close of meadowe thereto adjoininge, containinge
4- acres, and of one oxhouse and a close of pasture thereto
adjoininge, called furhouse and furlese, containinge 3 acres
.... to have and to hold for 22 yeares, for the yeerely rent
of 1^ by virtue whereof John Barnes was of the saide
Closes, etc., lawfully possessed, and beinge soe possessed, by
his Indenture dated 28 March 45 Eliz., for the con-
siderac'ons menc'oned, dyd demise them unto Nicholas
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Dymerie, Jolm Ford, and Richard Ford, of Westoa Byrte,
Glonctister, yeomen, to have and to hold for 22 yeares, payinge
yeerely therefor to John Barnes, his Ex'ors, etc., the rent of
£40 per an on which Indenture of regraunte there
was a condic'on that yf the rente sliould be unpaide 7 daies
. . . . yt should be lawful for John Barnes to distreyne ....
by force of which last recyted Indenture Nicholas Dyraery
into the saide Closes, etc., entred, and tooke the issues and
p'fitts .... and did for 9 yeares pay to John Barnes the
saide yeerely rent .... and Agnes further saith that on the
20"' Sep. 11 Jas John Barnes made his last Will ....
and made her his Executrix, and afterwards dyed, and
sythence shee hath taken to Husband .... William Clarke
.... and William Clarke and Agnes further jointly say that
John Barnes by his will dyd bequeath dyvers Legacies to
his Children and left the saide Lease and the whole interest
thereof, and of the £40 per an., to Agnes, for raisinge up
of the saide Legacies, and towardes the mayntenance of 8
Children he left behind him at his death .... yet never-
theless, such hath byne the unjust and malicious dealiuges
.... both of William Gunter in his life tyme, and also of
the complainant and other his confederates sythence his
intermarriage with the Widows of Gunter, that Defendants
cannot come by the possession of the p'mises menc'oned in
their Lease, nor yet can receyve one peny of the saide
annual rent, reserved as aforesaide, whei'ewith to releeve the
poore children of John Barnes, but are and have byne con-
stantly kept in suites in this Hono"''' Court, to their greate
charges, trouble, and vexation, havinge alreadie spent here
.... by meanes of Gunter and the Complainant, and of one
Stoakes, who hath confederated with the Plaiutilfe, and hath
exhibited his Bill againste the Defendants .... which is
still depeudinge .... £100 or neare thereabouts .... and
they pray for liberty to p'ceed at the Com'ou Lawc .... the
saide Lease is all they have left for raysing the porc'ons and
for the mayntenance of the 8 pooi'e fatherlesse children ....
and they denye that they have curabiued .... or that the
Lease was a dormant one .... but doe confesse they have
made diverse entries .... and have sold a Lease of the
p'mises to Thomas Nicholas for tryinge of their tytle, as
they hope was and is lawful for them to doe .... and
Richard Talboys saith he ys an Attorney of his Mat'"' Court
of Com'on Fleas at Westminster, and being nominated an
Overseer of the Will of Jolm Barnes, and havinge speciall
knowledge of his estate in his lyfetime, he beiuge a dealer
for Barnes in his suytes at Lawe, aboute 4 yeares before the
death of Barnes and of Nicholas Dymerie, John Barnes did
shewe this Defendant the Indenture of Leixse which
Nicholas Dymerie did make to him, and also an Indenture
of regraunte of John Barnes to Nicholas Dymerie, John
Ford, and Richard Ford for 22 yeares .... and told him
Dymerie had not paide the rent .... and he intended to
make an entry accordinge to the condic'on ....
(Nothing more worth taking. Giles Dimery's will shews
that Elizabeth Pepwell was his daughter.)
Chancery Proceedings, Jas. I., C. 15, 70.
Codrinton v. Doughtie.
6th Oct. 1620. Humbly complaininge yo'' Orator John
Codrinton of Codrinton, Esquier. Whereas yo'' Orator
aboute 4 yeares nowe last past, was lawfully possessed of a
Lease for divers yeares of 3 medowe groundes in Codrinton,
called the Jlickle-meades, conteyninge 40 acres .... of the
demise and graunte of Symon Codrinton of Codrinton,
Esquier, his Father, determinable on the death of the saide
Symon .... for assuringe of the paiement of £40 per
an. to yo'' Orator towardes his maintenance in the studye
of the Com'on Lawes at the Inner Temple .... and yo"'
Orator havinge occasion to use monye did aboute the IS""
Nov. in the 14"' yeare of the Kinge's Mat'" reigne that
nowe is over England by the only p'curement of his elder
Brother Mr. Robert Codrinton of the Citty of Bristoll,
sithence dec, assigne and graunte the saide Lease and
groundes unto one John Doughty of Bristoll, Mercer, for
the some of £90 for the tearme of 9 yeares and one quarter
. . . . payeiuge yeerlie one peppercorne .... uppon a con-
dic'on indorsed by John Doughtie that uppon repaiement
. ... at any tyrae within 2 yeares .... he would redeliver
the said deede .... and aboute a raonthe before the expira-
tion of the 2 yeares yo'' Orator at Bristoll, in the presence of
his Father and divers other credible witnesses, tendered to
John Doughtie the some soe agreed .... who utterly re-
fused to receyve it ... . and doth refuse to yield to yo"^
Orator the saide yearlie rent of £40, it beinge behind by
the space of one yeare and thi'ee quarters since the saide
tender .... againste all good conscience and all good and
houeste dealinge .... and yo'' Orator hath bin of late
credibly informed that Doughtie, hearings he was resolved
and provided to redeem the meadowes .... had some smale
tyme before yo'' Orator's tender, very deceiptfully practised
with yo'' Orator's saide Brother, who was at that tyme
livinge, how to defeate yo' Orator of the Micklemeades,
while yo'' Orator was then in London, and to frustrate and
avoids the agreement .... and by insinuac'ons and under-
hand promises prevailed with yo'' Orator's Father, beinge a
weake old man, and suspectinge noe badd dealinge, who at
the request of yo'' Orator himselfe only had formerly joyned
in the assignement .... to Doughtie, to accejjte a surrender
of the Micklemeades from Doughtie, and to assigne some
other groundes to him in exchange thereof for the assurance
of the £40 per an and that by Deede indented,
whereof Doughtie never sealed unto Symon Codrinton any
counterparts .... howbeit Doughtie well knowsth, and soe
did yo'' Orator's Brothsr wiien he lived, and yo' Orator's
Father cannot denie that yo' Orator's Father joyned in the
assignement to Doughtie for conformity's sake only, for
Doughtie's more coutentement, and noe other cause ....
beinge requested by yC Orator himselfe only and by noe
other .... and Doughtie laboured yo'' Orator to p'cure his
Father .... sayinge it would be noe disadvantage to yo''
Orator .... and Robert Codrinton in his life tyms laboured
yo' Orator .... as by Letters readie to be shewed ....
that yo' Orator would p'cure his Father to give collatterall
security by Bond to Doughtie for the paiement of the £40
per an., till it should bs redeemed by yo' Orator, and
Doughtie offered yo' Orator some considsrae'on if he p'cured
.... and Symon Codrington after he had p'used the letters
.... did it wilhngly without anie considsrae'on .... yo'
Orator nothing doubtinge of any suche indirecte dealinges
as sithence he hath most unjustly susteyned .... the £40
per an. beings all ths ysarelie mayntenance duringe the
life of his Father yo' Orator doth rsceyve .... all whereof
the saide Anne Codrinton well knoweth, ths whole
inheritance of yu' Orator's Father, to the value of £700 or
£800 per an., beinge settled uppon yo' Orator's saide
Brother while he lived and uppon his issues .... and yo'
Orator further sheweth that since ths decease of his said
Brother, which was abouts a yeare and a halfe since, he
hath bin credibly informed that Doughtie's name hath bin
used in all ... . to the sole use and behoofe of his Brother,
and not to the p'per use of Doughtie .... and that
Doughtis continuallye paide to Robert Codrinton .... the
£40 psr an. as it was paide to him by Symon .... and yet
continuallye doth pay it to Anne Codrinton of Bristoll,
relict of yo' Orator's Brother, and sole Executrix of his Will
.... or to some other for her use .... which yo' Orator
bsheveth, for that Anns Codrinton p'fesseth that whether
the assignement was indorsed .... or other groundes ex-
changed .... shs can and will keepe ths same from yo'
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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Orator, notwithstandinge any oLayme he hath or ever had
thereunto, albeit she knoweth that her deceased husband
had determined in his life tyme that when the £90,
together with the use thereof at £10 in the £100, shoulde
by effluxion of tyme be repayde out of the Micklemeades,
they shoulde then be by Doughtie reassigned to yo'^ Orator
gratis .... and Robert Codrinton died .... and Doughtie
and Anne Codrinton refuse to reassigue the £40 per an.
to yo"' Orator, altho' they have receyved in .3 yeares and
three quarters £150 at the leaste .... yo'' Orator reposed
his gi'eatest trust in his deceased Brother, who beinge a
very familiar friend of Doughtie, yo'' Orator could not mis-
trust any indirecte dealinges could be had or intended
towardes him ....
Answer of John Doughtie, Merchant, Mayor of Bristoll,
and of Anne Codrington, to the Bill of Complainte of John
Codrington, Esquier.
.... John Doughtie believeth it is true that Com-
plainante in September in the 14"' yeare .... having some
estate in some Laud in Codrinton, within the parish of
Wapley, determinable uppon some life or lives, not cer-
teynely knowne to this Defendant .... the reversion beinge
in the Deane and Chapter of Bristoll, and determinable on
the death of Simon Codrinton, Father of the Complainant
.... repaired unto his Brother, Robert Codrinton of
Bristoll, and desired him to p'cure him some money to pay
for the alteringe and renewinge ot the saide Lease or estate
with the Deane and Chapter .... and made offer to sell
and assign over his estate unto Robert Codrinton or anie
other who would buye the saide estate determinable uppon
the death of Simon, who was then of the age of 80 yeares
andupwardes .... and complainant was then of full age,
and before that tyme had come to be Utter Barrister at
the Lawe .... and before that tyme Complainant was
married and a housekeejjer in Codrinton, and see hath bin
■ ever since .... and havinge a good estate to lyve uppon, as
Defendant hath heard, and doth believe to be true ....
and Robert Codrinton beinge then either unpi'ovided of
money, or els, as Defendant hath lately heard, beinge care-
full to avoyde havinge to doe with his Father and Brother,
with whome he suspected he should be much trobled and
encombered, they beinge troblesome men, as Defendant hath
since found to be true .... and yet beinge willinge Com-
plainant should be furnished with money accordinge to his
occasion .... Robert Codrinton brought Complainant to
this Defendant, and desired Defendant to buy the estate in
the 3 meadowes .... and to let Complainant have money
.... and told Defendant he considered the same to be a
good bargains .... and Defendant paide £00 .... and
Simon and John Codrinton, by their Indenture IS*'' Sep.
14 Jas., did demise and convey to Defendant the saide 8
Micklemeades for certeyne yeares, determinable on the
death of Simon .... and Defendant did then and yet doth
think he gave as much as it was worth in respect of the
uncertaintie of an estate determinable on the death of soe
old a man and in regards the bargaine had been offered to
manie others and by them refused .... and Defenndant
would not have done yt but at the request of Robert Cod-
rinton .... and afterwardes Defendant fearinge he should
be trobled by Symon Codrinton, gave Complainant £5 to
p'cure Symon to become bounde to Defendant in £200 for
the p'formance of the covenants .... and Defendant saith
Complainant did never pay nor tender to him £90, and
there was noe cause why Defendant should surrender the
estate .... and Defendant refuseth to reassigne or pay to
Complainant the £40 per an. for that there is noe cause
.... and true it is the purchase was made for Robert Cod-
rinton .... and Defendant did pay to him the £40 per an.
as he receyved it from Symon .... and yet doth pay it to
Anne .... (The rest mere repetition by Anne.)
Chancery Proceedings, C. I., C. c, 68, 33.
Codrington v. Marshe.
(No Bill.)
. . Dec. 1G27. Answer of Ralphe Marshe and Anne his
Wife to the Bill of Complaint of William Codrington.
.... Ralphe Marshe and Anne his Wife answer and say
that Robert Codrington menc'oned in the Bill was in his
life tyme and at his decease seized in his dfemesne as of fee,
or some other estate of inheritance, of divers lands, tene-
ments, or hereditaments, in the county of Gloucester, of the
yearely vallewe of £300 as in the Bill alleged .... never-
thelesse Anne saith shee thiuketh it to be true that her
late Husband did at the tyme of his death hold and enjoye
by force of law under certeine Leases made by Symon Cod-
rington his Father Lands in the saide conntie of the
yearely vallewe of £170 .... for some p'ticuler estate de-
terminable on the life of Symon, who was living at the
death of Robert .... to which Leases Anne referreth her-
selfe .... and as to the goods and personal estate whereof
Complainant p'tendeth Robert Codrington to bee possessed
at the tyme of his death, amountinge to £3000 or there-
abouts, these Defendants denie that he was possessed of
goods, chattells, cattell, jjlate, household stuflfe, readie
monie, or debts of the saide vallewe or neere .... howbeit
Anne sayth that shee thinketh it to be true that he was law-
fully possessed of goods and personal estate of a competent
vallewe, the Inventory whereof amounted to £2272 13s. 8d,
and noe more .... but Defendants couceave it did not in
truth amount to the saide sum, as well for that some of
the debts of good vallewe conteyued in the Inventory ....
are not yet receyved, but are either desperate or very
doubtful, as alsoe for that some of the goods are twise
vallewed in the Inventory .... and Defendants further say
that Robert Codrington on the 11*'' Feb. 1618 did make
his last Will .... and among other things did bequeath to
his Seven Daughters divers Legacies and greate sums of
money .... and further true it is that he gave to his Six
younger Sonnes, whereof Complainant was one, £10
apeece to be paide to every one of them yearely by Anne,
or she to maynteyne them with suflHcient and necessary
meate, drinke, and apparel, with good educac'ou, leaving
her to doe which of these shee would during the life of
Symon Codrington .... and did further give to John Cod-
rington his eldest Sonne a Lease of certeine woods .... (as
in the Will) only upon this proviso, that John should pay
to Robert Codrington his 6 Sonnes £20 a piece within a
yeare after the decease of Robert .... and bequeathed aU
residue .... whatsoever .... to Anne .... and made her
sole Executrix .... and Robert Codrington shortly after
dyed, and Anne proved the Will and tooke upon herselfe
execution, and possessed herselfe of soe much of the personal
estate as shee could lawfully gett into her hands, but
whether such became sufficient to pay the debts, etc., etc.,
these Defendants are doubtful, and are not able to expresse
upon theire oathes .... and true it is that Anne did inter-
marry with Ralphe Marshe, but both doe say that they are
not, in equity or otherwise as they couceave, lyable to pay
to the Complainant any Annuity of £10 in any manner
whatsoever, or any arreares, or to continewe pajonent
thereof for any tyme, or in any manner, or to pay any
Legacy of £20, as in the Bill p'tended, for Anne sayth that
in p'formance of the Will shee did by the space of a yeare
and three quarters or nere thereabouts, after the death of
her late Husband, at her owne cost mayntaine and find
William Codrington, the Complainant, meate, drinke, and
apparel, and other necessaries fitt and convenient for his
calling, and did alsoe duringe all or most parte of
the tyme, at her owne charges, keepe him at Schole for
the improving of him in knowledge and understandinge,
the which expense .... did stand this Defendant in £30
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
and above, as shee verily thinketh, and at thend of the tyme
Complainant, by this Defendant's p'curement, and by
meanes of one Christopher Terry, Sonne-in-Lawe of this
Defendant, was placed with one John Scharbnrgh, Gentle-
man, menc'oned in the Bill, beinge a Gierke of this Court,
to be educated and bredd up as a Gierke for 5 yeares in the
knowledge and exercise of the proceedings and .business of
this Court .... and for the better obteyninge the saide
Gierke's place .... altho' Symon Godrington was very ould,
beinge then almost 100 yeares of age, whereby Anne was
not likely to have been for any number of yeares chargeable
with the mayntenance of Complainant, or payment of £10
per ;m. to him, yet shee did deliver into the hands of
Christopher Terry £30 to be paide to the saide Scharburgh
.... Anne intendinge the whole should be paide to IP
Scharburgh .... and Christopher Terry did pay as Anne
hath heard .... £22 of the said £30 and delivered him a
horse (?) at the rate of £5 10.? and thereupon William
Godrington was receyved by the saide Scharburgh into his
service, where he was breade as a Gierke for 5 yeares,
during which tyme Aune did every yeare pay to him, or to
M' Scharburgh, towardes findinge him apparell, £5 a yeare
.... and within a shorte tyme after M'' Scharburgh dyed,
and Complainant became a Gierke in this houo"'^ Court,
under M'' Tothill in his tyme, and since his death under
M'' Morelj' (?) whereby he liath receyved advancement and
p'ferment .... and Defendant sayth att thend of the 5
yeares, altho' shee conceiveth that by the placing of Com-
plainant .... she was to bee noe further charged with him,
by means of the Decedant's Will, yett shee since thend of
the 5 yeares till now very lately did find Complainant with
meate and drinke, here in this Cittie of London, and paide
to him £5 every yeare, in respect of all which charges
which shee hath alreadie disbursed, shee conceiveth shee
p'formed the Will of her late Husband touchinge the Legacy
of £10 yearely .... and Aune denieth that shee ever made
her election to pay Complainant £10 yearely as in the Bill
alleged .... and further sayth all shee hath done hath been
in satisfacc'on of the saide Legacy .... during the life of
Symon Godrington .... and Defendants say that true it is,
Complainant beinge soe well placed and provided for by the
meanes and at the charges of Aune, they doe now forbeare
to pay the saide yearely payment .... and hope they may
lawfully soe doe .... and whereas Complainant p'tendeth
by his Bill that Anne was desired by her late Husband that
such of his Children as should bee fitt for Schollers shee
should out of her owue meanes trayne in learninge, and
place others as apprentices .... also at her owne charges,
without any diminution of their portions .... shee for answer
denieth she was desired .... to doe any such thing out of
her meanes and estate .... or that shee did promise to
p'forme the same, or that to her knowledge Complainant's
Father left her any estate the better to p'forme the saide
p'tended desires .... as in the Bill alleged .... neverthe-
lesse she sayth her late Husband in his sicknes tyme made
some expression of his minde to have her children bred and
placed in such manners as was most agreable with their
natures and capacitie, or to such eflfecte, wherein likewise it
was left to the discrec'on of Anne .... and as touchinge
Complainant's demand of £20 with interest in respect of
the proviso annexed to the bequest of the Lease .... to
John Godrington .... shee sayth, as shee remembereth,
Symon Godrington did some tyme before Februarie 1618
make some granule by his Deede in writinge to Robert
Godrington of the saide Woodes .... for a p'ticuler terme
.... Redeemable, neverthelesse, on the payment of £80
.... to Robert or his Ex'ors .... on the 24"' June 1G19
as Defendant taketh it ... . but for wante of the Deede is
not able more p'ticulerly to expresse .... and before the
day of redemption Robert Godrington dyed, after whose
death Symon did pay to Defendant .... being Executrix
. . . . £80 in discharge .... by Reason whereof the Lease
was avoyded .... and Anne became lawfully entitled as
Ex'or to reteyne the money to her owne use .... But shee
absolutely denieth that the Mortgage Lease was forfeyted to
Testator, or that the payment to her was to debarr Com-
plainant of the £20 .... or that shee hath made coposic'on
with Symon for a newe Lease .... for a small sum of
money, as in the Bill p'tended .... and Defendants say
they have in their Custody the said last Will .... but doe
denie suppressinge or concealinge of it ... . or that either
of them deteynes from Complainant any money intended
for him .... and it is not true that the £10 a year and
the £20 were all that was left him for his livelihood, for
that there were lands of inheritance of the yearely vallewe
of £40 or £50 .... estated upon him by his late Father,
dec as they hope to make good proofe of ... .
Chancery Proceedings, G. c, 119, 34.
Godrington v. Marshe.
Answer of Ralph Marshe to the Bill of Complaint of
John Godrington, Esq., Nicholas Godrington, Christopher
Godrington, Thomas Godrington, Samuel Godrington, Ed-
ward Ernley and Frances his Wief, Christopher Terry and
Elizabeth his Wief, Susan Godrington, and Mary Godring-
ton, Complainants.
26"' June 1628 .... Robert Godrington died possessed
of a competent personal estate .... (as in the answer of
Anne Marshe) .... and during her widowhood, which was
about 8^^ yeares, Anne did manage, order, and dispose of
the personal estate which came to her hands .... and did
pay .... and more particularly £32 for the funeral ex-
penses of the saide Testator and the charges of a Tombe,
to the 4 Overseers of the Will 44s., for the proving of the
Will .... for the mayntenance of the saide Anne Godring-
ton, Daughter of Testator, for one full yeare after his
decease, £10, for the mayntenance of the saide Elizabeth
for 2^ yeares before she married £50, to Frances Ernley
and her Husband Edward Ernley 90 (?), to Christopher
Terry since his marriage with Elizabeth £304, besides one
yeares dyet for him and his Wief ; to James Prynn since
his marriage with Joyce £270, besides very great charges
Anne Marshe was putt to and did disburse for the wedding
apparel, amounting, as Ralph Marshe hath heard, to £40,
and for the mayntenance and benefit of the other children
. . . . and Anne Marshe dm-ing her widowhood lost £106,
as this Defendant hath heard, by desperate debts, she being
forced to take a small composition and what she could gett
from Daniell Chappell, Henry GlifFe, Francis Harrington,
and others .... (illegible) .... Symon Godrington is yet
living .... Indenture made the 1=' July in the 15* yeare
of our late soveraigne Lord King James, betweene Symon
Godrington and Robert (,'odrington of the one part and Sir
John Strangewayes, K', of the other part .... (illegible)
.... (a great deal more, too ofteu illegible to be put to-
gether with certainty, but apparently of no genealogical im-
portance) .... and true it is this Defendant did in July last
past Entermarrye with and take to Wief the said Anne ....
Chancery Proceedings, G. L, G. c, 68, 33.
Godrington v. Marshe.
2n<i Aug. 1628. Answer of Anne Marshe, Wife of
Ralphe Marshe, Gentleman, one of the Defendants to the
Bill of Complaint of John Godrington, Esq., and others,
Complainants.
.... Anne Marshe confesseth that her late deceased
Husband Robert Godrington in the Bill named was in his
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life tyme, about the tyme ia the Bill menc'oned, possessed
of a good personal estate .... the Inventoiy whereof
amounteth to £2200 as sett down .... by her as Executrix
.... and it is true (illegible) and that he did bequeathe
amouge his childreu in the Bill named the saide sererall
Legacies (illegible) and it is true he did nominate her his
sole Executrix .... and it is true that Robert Codrington
did before his decease acquainte this Defendant that altho'
hee had menc'cned in his Will to give but £100 to Prances
his Daughter, which hee saide hee had done because hee
feared shee was aboute to marry contrary to his likeinge,
yet his Will was Defendant should pay unto her £200 soe
as shee marryed with the consent and good likeinge of
Defendant, which Fraunces did not doe, by lueanes whereof
Defendant was not, as shee conceiveth, to pay her anie
further porc'on than the £100 .... but Defendant con-
fesseth that true it is that after the intermarriage of
Fraunces Defendant p'ceiving the unkinde and sep'ate
living of the saide Edward Earnley, one of the Com-
plainants, from the societye of Fraunces, this Defendant's
Daughter, shee. Defendant, out of the natural love and
affec'on shee did beare towardes her Daughter .... did
deposite into the hands of the Complainant John Codring-
ton £100 out of her owne estate, in Trust, the use whereof
shee did expresse and inteude should goe towardes the
reliefe and maintenance of Fraunces, yf in case shee and
her Husband shoulde continewe sep'ate .... but yf yt
sholde please God that they shoulde live togeather as man
aud wife oughte to doe, the £100 shoulde be by John Cod-
rington delivered to them .... to be disposed of at their
owne wills aud pleasure, and John Codrington discharged
froni all Trust .... and Defendant further confesseth shee
did not reserve to herselfe anie power of revocac'on ....
nor did ever intende soe to doe, but did voluntarily and
absolutely give the same as aforesaide .... but yf Fraunces
sholde dye duriuge such sep'ation from her Husband, the
£100 to be equally divided among the surviving Sisters of
Fraunces .... and True also it is that Robert Codrington
did in his life tyme acquainte this Defendant that his
meaninge was that the £300 hee had bequeathed to Mary
his Daughter shoulde be paide and satis6ed by and' with the
sum of £oOO which the saide William Capell, Esq., and
Margaret his Wief, iu the Bill named .... had by Inden-
ture covenanted to pay to Robert Codrington, his Ex'ors
and assignes, within d months after the decease of Mar-
garet Capell, being p'cell of the sum of £1500, thereby
covenanted to be paide for the marriage porc'on of the
saide Katharine, Wief of the Complainant John Codring-
ton .... and that the saide Complainant Mary shonlde have
the £300 for her marriage porc'on .... and for the more
certeyntie Defendant referreth herselfe to the Indenture
.... and Defendant confesseth it is true that after the
decease of Robert Codrington she did prove the Will . . . .
and afterwardes did exhibit an Inventory of the p'sonal
estate .... that was come to her hands, amountinge as
aforesaide .... wherewith were valued the 3 Leases in the
Bill menc'oned for the life of the saide Symon Codrington,
Father of Robert .... whoe is yet livinge .... of the cleere
yearly vallewe of £80 .... which saide Leases Robert Cod-
rington left to this Defendant, the better to enable her to
maintaine herselfe and her younger children, or that shee
might allowe unto them £10 a peece yearely towardes their
mayutenauce aud educac'on in Case shee sholde marry or
disposte of them out of her owne goverment .... Besides
all which true it is that there was assured unto this De-
fendant upon her marriage with Robert Codrington Landes
of the vallewe of 200 Markes per an. for her Joynture
duringe her lyfe, commencing after the death of Symon
Codrington, Father of Robert .... whoe is still livinge
.... and that iu the meantyme Defendant was to have £40
per an. after the death of Robert Codrington, whoe, con-
ceavinge the £40 per an. to be to small a p'porc'on for her
duringe the life of Simon, in respecte of there manie
children shee had to bring upp, did p'cure the saide
Symon, in lieu of the £40, to assigne unto her, during
the joint lives of her and Symon, Lands in Codrington of
the yearely vallewe of £115, and noe more, which De-
fendant enjoyeth, and was assured unto her for the better
enablinge her maiuteyne herselfe and to educate and bring
upp her children .... and Defendant confesseth it is true
that since the death of Robert Codrington the saide Anne,
one of the saide Daughters, dyed before her intermarriage,
and that by meanes thereof her porc'on of £200 became
payable amouge the other 6 surviving Sisters equally, and
that after the saide Dorothie, another of the saide
Daughters, dyed before her intermarriage, and that by
meanes thereof her porc'on became payable amonge the saide
Frances, Elizabeth, Susanne, Mary, and Joice, the Com-
plainants, the surviving Sisters in the Bill named, in such
sorte as in the Bill alleged .... and Defendant confesseth
that sithence shee became Executrix .... shee havinge in
her widowhoode taken a Bond of £400 for the paiement of
£200 .... or to severall bonds of £200 a peece, the cer-
teyntie whereof she doth not well remember, of the saide
Complainant, John Codrington, for the saide Complainant,
Fj'aunces, her porc'on .... shee deposited them as afore-
saide to the uses aforesaide, and that the bond or bondes
were taken in the name of the Defendant in Trust for the
saide Complainant Fraunces, but not at her request, as iu the
Bill alleged .... and Defendant intended the p'formance
of the saide Trust, and alsoe has paide to the saide Com-
plainants Edward Earnley and Frances his Wief the moneys
which became due of the porc'ons of Anne and Dorothie
deceased, savinge £40 which was not at anie tyme paide by
her, nor is yet paide by Raljihe Marshe her Husband ....
and Defendant intended to have p'formed to all her other
children all Legacies and payments accordiuge to the Will
of Robert Codrington .... and accordinglie did paye unto
the saide Complainants Christopher Terry and Ehzabeth
his Wief all Elizabeth's porc'on savinge £20, which is yet
behinde as parte of the bequest given by reason of the
death of Anne and Dorothie .... and Defendant did mayn-
teyne the saide Complainants Nicholas, Christopher,
Thomas, Samuell, Susanne, and Mary Codrington, and in-
tended to have continewed the saide mayutenauce ....
and to have paide them their severall porc'ons and Legacies
.... and Defendant confesseth it is true that she did
lately intermarry with Ralph Marshe, whoe before hee inter-
married with her p'tended that hee was lawfully possessed
of a Lease of certeyne Tythes in the Countie of Lancaster
of the yearlie vallewe of £140 per an., besides a good
some of money in purse, and other possibilities .... and
did alsoe before the intermarriage agree and p'miste ....
that hee would not intermeddle with her children's porc'ons,
or doe anie Acte to their p'judice .... and did enter into
a Bond, as in the Bill alleged, of £1000 to Defendant not
to intenneddle .... and true it is he p'vately entred into
the Bond, and Defendant confidently believinge it would
have stood good in Lawe for her and her children, and that
hee would not, as it is now happened, have fayled in his
p'mise .... did intermarry with him .... by meanes
whereof shee is now informed by her Counsell the Bond is
in Lawe become voyde .... and Ralph Marshe hath by
reason of the marriage possessed himselfe of all the p'sonal
estate, and by p'swasions and threateniuges hath laboured
her to goe with him into Lancasheire, as shee verily
believeth to take occasion to leave and forsake her
children .... but what certeyne meanes he hath shee
knoweth not .... she denies that the Bonds are put in
Suit against John Codrington with her knowledge ....
or that she intended to defraude Edward Earnly and
Fraunces ....
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Chancery Proceedings, C. I., C. c, 17, 8.
Codrington v. Browne.
28*'' June 1629. Yc Daylie Orators Robert Codrington
and Richard Codrington, late of the (corner torn off) . . . .
Codrington of Dodington, Gloucester, Esq., dec, did by his
last Will give and bequeath .... money for theire mayn-
tenance and lyveliliood and educac'on in Learninge, both at
the Universitie as elsewhere, and made .... Executrix and
leaf t the Care of theire educac'on to her the saide Joyce,
who accordingly did out of her greate love and moth . . . .
in learning p'cure yo'' Orators to be admitted of the saide
Universitie in two severall Colleges there. That is to saie
yo' Or ... . Magdalen, and yo^ Orator Richard Codrington
of Pembroke College, and after p'cured Robert Codrington
to have the bene .... at S' Magdalen aforesaide. But
nowe soe it is may it please y'' good Lordshipp that one
John Bi^owne and Mihill his Wife of the Cittie of Oxford
beinge .... p'sons and havinge nothinge to lyve uppon but
sellinge of Tobaco and keepinge of a tiplinge house and all
manner of ill-rule, and thereby and by seducing of young ....
to loose and inordinate Courses, theyc the saide John Browne
and Mihill his Wife for theire owne gaine and p'fitt in-
sinuated themselves into yo'' Orators' acquaintance and
drewe yo'' Orators to theire house and there lodged them
night after night and caused and p'cured them to spend
and consume their whole porc'ons which their Father had
leaft them .... and after that John Browne and his Wife
had soe by theire lewed and wicked courses which they
drewe yo'' Orators into, defrauded and gotten from them
the saide porc'ons of money, beinge to the value of £400
given by their Father .... they John Browne and Mihill,
beinge not therewith satisfied, did further plott and devise
how to gaine more money from your Orators, and for that
purpose offered that if yo'' Orators would continewe in
theire house they would have Tobaco and drinke upon
their owne securities, and that they would trust yo'' Orators
for the value of £100 more in Tobaco, soe that yo'' Orators
would afterwards be bounde, and alsoe p'cure one Elizabeth
Codrington, their Sister, to be bounde with them, whome
Browne and his Wife well knewe had £500 to her porc'on.
By which inticinge and wicked courses John Browne and
his Wife in short tynic drewe yo"' Orators and Elizabeth
Codrington, beinge a young gentlewoman, into diverse
severall boudes of greate penalties for the payement of £100
or thereabouts ; which bonds John Browne hath heretofore
put in suite at the Com'on Lawe againste yo'' Orators aud
Elizabeth Codrington, and enforced Elizabeth to pay the
saide money, Browne boastinge that he knewe Elizabeth,
theire Sister, would pay the money for yo'' Orators rather
than it should come to her Mother's Ears that she was
bounde for them .... and yo'' Orators further shewe that
Browne since the entringe into the obligations had received
£60 from yo'' Orators and Elizabeth Codrington, uppou
payement whereof he faithfullie p'mised to scale to yo''
Orators and Elizabeth a geuerall Release, yet notwith-
standinge, Browne and his Wife thinkinge by the saide
wicked practises and plotts to worke out more money
out of yo"' Orators as formerly they had done, he, John
Browne, hath p'secuted diverse suites againste yo'^ Orators,
as well at the Com'on Lawe as in the Vischanncelors Cort at
Oxford, and hath declared againste Robert Codiington
uppon severall accons of accompts and other moneys pre-
tendinge to be owinge by Robert Codrington to him before
€ntringe into the obligations for the saide Tobaco and
drinke and other thinges for which the saide obligations
■were made, and in verie truth yo'' Orator Robert Codrington
•doeth not owe unto Browne any money at all, but ought
in all equitie to be discharged from the saide Browne, and
to have the saide money repayde to him and Elizabeth
Codrington soe formerly received by John Browne and
Mihill his Wife for that the saide bondes were unduly and
by practise obteyned from yo'' Orators and Elizabeth for
noe valuable considerac'ons, neyther can Browne expresse
Wherefore he had yt, and from yo'' Orators the greate
somes of money to the value of £300 at severall tymes ....
and they further shewe that John Browne beinge a verie
pore fellowe, and one that hath receaved often punishment
in the saide Universitie for the lewed house which he kept,
and beinge compelled to fly from the saide University to
the Cittie of London, he, the saide Browne, intendinge to
make a further pray of yo'' Orators, and utterly to ruine and
undoe yo'' Orator, Robert Codrington, hath of late sued him
for severall sumes pretended to be due for board and
Tobaco before entringe into the obligations, and hath of
late alsoe p'cured him to be arrested uppon a Writ of
Excomunicac'on in a suite commenced diverse yeares since
in the saide Channcelor's Cort at Oxford, which money, if
any were due, is longe since payd, and uppon that arrest
yo'^ Orator Robert Codrington beinge utterlie ruinated by
Browne, hath kepte him in prison in the Counter of London
for himselfe (':') and halfe a yeare last past .... Uppon
considerac'on of all which premises, and forasmuch as yo'
Orator hath noe i-emedy by the course of the Com'on Lawe
for want of such due proofs as are required, and for that
John Browne refuseth to give j'o'' Orators a geuerall release
accordinge to his promise, albeit they and theire Sister
Elizabeth Codrington payd to liim £00 as aforesaide ....
yo'^ Orators pray he may be subpcBuaed ....
Chancery Proceedings, C. I., C. c, 107, 51.
Codrington v. Marshe.
26"' Jan. 1630. Humblye complaininge yo'' Orators
John Codrington of Wrington in the county of Somerset,
Esq., and Richard Laurance, that whereas Symon Codring-
ton, Esq., yo' Orator's grandfather, was heretofore lawfully
seized in his demesne as of fee among other things of divers
Lands, etc., etc., in Codrington in the county of Gloucester,
and being soe seized, and having yssue Robert Codrington,
his eldest Sonne and Heire apparent, whoe many yeares
since did marry and take to Wyfe Anne the Daughter of
William Stubbes, Esq., nowe deceased, with whome Robert
had little advancement, but only a possibility of a future
estate in Lands after the death of her Father, hee, Symon
Codrington, neverthelesse, upon the marriage betweene
Robert and Anne, did by good and lawfull conveyance
assure and settle upon Anne for her Joyntui-e, in recom-
pense of Dower, certaine Lands, p'cell of the premises, of
the yearely value of £120 or thereabouts, that is to say, a
pasture called Juncliins (?), 2 Meadowes called the Newe
Tynnings(?), one meadowe called the Micklemeade, lienge
neare to the Manor house, one pasture grounde called the
Worthye, another called the far (illegible), and another
meadowe called the little Micklemeade in Codrington, to her
and her assignes, immediately after the death of Symon, for
lyfe, as by the Joynture Deed, if it could be p'cured, it
would appeare .... after the making of which Estate
Robert Codrington had yssue by Anne, yo'' Orator John
Codrington, their eldest Sonne, and dyvers other children,
and Symon Codrington, yo' Orator's Grandfather, for the
better maintenance of Robert, yo' Orator's Father, aud his
children, did by severall Indentures demise and graunte to
Robert and his Ex'ors and assigns severall other p'cells of
the Lands in Codrington before mentioned, that is to say,
certaine groundes called Boughtry (?) containinge 60 acres,
or thereabouts, one other grounde called New Tymminge,
containinge 25 acres .... one other grounde called the
Barley lease, containinge 24 acres .... duringo soe longe
tyme as Symon Codrington and Anne, yo' Orator's Mother,
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should jointlie live together, and also a messuage called the
Lodg, together with 120 acres of Land, arable and pasture,
thereunto neare adjoiniuge, called Fearnlic (illegible) one
close of meadowe called Junchins coutaininge 30 Acres,
one other close of pasture called Buulstridge (?) lauds, cou-
taininge 23 Acres .... and 3 p'cells of meadowes, p'cell of
the demesne lands of the Manor of Codrington, one called
Newe Tynuinge neare the Lodge, coutaininge 20 acres ....
the second called King's t'urlonge, containinge 16 acres ....
and the third called the G (?) (illegible) containinge 16
acres .... to have and to hold to Robert Codrington and
his assignes for dyvers yeares then and yet enduringe, by
virtue whereof Robert, yo'" Orator's Father, into the saide
Messuage and Lands soe demised and graunted unto him
in p'sent possession, entred, and was thereof lawfully seized
and possessed of an estate for yeares, determinable by his
Father's death, the Inheritance and reversion beinge and
continuinge still in Symou Codrington, and Robert Cod-
I'inajton quietly possessed and enjoyed the same beinge of
the yearely value of £160 or thereabouts, and the Rents to
his owne use duringe his natural lyfe receaved and converted
accordinglie .... and Robert was besides possessed in his
owne right of divers other goods and chattells, plate, house-
hold stuffe, ready money, Jewells, debts, sp'cialties of debts,
etc., of the valine of £2000 or upwards .... and beinge soe
seized and having yssue by Anne, yo'' Orator John Codring-
ton and fower other Sonnes, viz., Nicholas, Christopher,
Thomas, and Samuel, and other children, did make his Will
.... and among other things did give to his fower younger
sonnes .... (as in the other suits) and shortly after died
.... and Symon Codrington out of the naturall love and
affection he bore to yo'' Orator, his grandchild and next
heire, that is, sonne and heire of Robert Codrington
deceased, who was eldest sonne of Symon, and for other
valuable cousiderations from yo'' Orator .... did by good
and sufficient conveyance in Law convey and assure all the
saide messuages and Lands, and divees other Lands, and
the reversion .... unto yo'" Orator and his heires for ever,
by force whereof yo"^ Orator was and is seized of the In-
heritance in fee, and being soe seized, and Anne his Mother
being possessed of the leased landes aforesaide of an estate
for yeares, determinable on the deatli of Symon Codrington,
and seized of an estate for life in reversion after the death
of Symon of the Joynture lands mentioned, Anne in her
widowhood beinge desirous to be at a certaiutie concerninge
the Lands and the yearely p'fitts, and to estate and settle
the samp for a certaine yearlie Rent upon yo"" Orator .John
her sonne, who had the inheritance thereof, and soe might
the better improve for his owne benefit the yearely value of
the Lands, she out of these respects and to ease herself e of
the trouble of p'curinge Tenants to rent the saide Lands,
also that in the uncertaintie of her estate therein, depending
on the lyfe of Symon, they could not be drawen to give a
valluable rent for the same, did by her Indenture dated the
13"' Oct. in the 22"'' yeare of our late Sovereigne Lord
King James over England, after recitall therein of her
severall estates in the p'mises before mentioned for herselfe,
her Ex'ors, etc., covenante, promise, and graunte the saide
lands to John Codrington and his heires, etc., from and
after the date of the saide Indenture, and that he should
occupy and enjoy the saide Messuage and lands whereof
Anne stood seized for the joynt lyves of herselfe and Symon
Codrington .... and that Anne and her assignes should
not from thenceforth sett, lett, occupie, or intermeddle with
the saide Lands or anie part thereof .... and yo'' Orator in
consideration thereof did for himselfe and his heires
covenant to pay to Anne Codrington for the hfe of Simon
Codrington the yearly rent of £170, beinge the uttermost
yearly value of the Lands .... and it was covenanted that
immediately after the death of Symon yo"" Orator should
enjoy all the p'mises, and Anne should not sett, lett, nor
intermeddle .... in consideration whereof yC Orator
should pay to Anne £120 a year, beinge the uttermost
yearely value .... and yo' Orator has paid the Annuity to
Anne and has improved the p'mises .... and during yo"^
Orator's holding the p'mises Anne married and tooke to
Husbande one Ralph Marsh, gentleman, unto whom shee
brought in marriage very great advancement, howbeit he,
thirstinge after his owne profitt, neglected the children of
Anne, and sought to abridge them of their porc'ons and
Annuities bequeathed to them .... (the end almost
illegible, but the gist apparently as follows :) John ceased to
pay the Annuity, "the i)lace of aboode of Anne and Ralph
Marshe beinge uncerteyne," and suits thereupon Pillowed,
and were referred to the learned Sir Enbull Thelwall, who
made a decree .... but Ralph Marshe and Anne and
Richard Heyward their servant, who were all parties to the
Agreement and to the improvement of the premises by
John, and to the other matters, have nevertheless combined
together and have made entry on the Lands .... and John
Codrington prays they may be subpoenaed ....
Richard Laurence's name is inserted as if by afterthought
at the beginning, but does not apparently occur again.
Answer of Ralph Marsh, very long and almost illegible.
Answer of Anne Marsh 4th Feb. 1630.
.... she believes it to be true that Symon Codrington,
Esq., was heretofore lawfully seized, etc., etc., and soe beinge
seized, upon this Defendant's marriage with Robert, Sonne
of Symou, about 36 yeares agoe, or thereabouts, in con-
sideration of the marriage, and for providing of a Joynture
for this Defendant, with whom Robert Codrington had a
competent preferment, did assure and settle on her certaine
Lands in the Bill named, about the yearly value in the Bill
mentioned, from and after the decease of Symon for her lyfe,
and Symon Codrington did afterwards by severall demises,
leases, etc., grant to Robert Codrington and his assignes
dyvers p'cells of Land, viz., Boulstry, of the yearly value of
£60 .... New Tynninge, of the yearly value of £35 ....
and the Barley lease, of the yearly value of £20 .... for
the joint lives of Simon Codrington and Anne, and also
demised to Robert Codrington a Messuage called the Lodge,
with dyvers Lands belonginge or neare adjoiuinge ....
with dyvers other Lands in the Bill named, for dyvers
yeares yet endureinge, determinable on the death of Symon
Codrington .... and Robert Codrington beinge soe in-
terested, etc., made his last Will .... and bequeathed £10
a yeare to be paide to his fower Sonnes Nicholas, Christo-
pher, Thomas, and Samuel, and appointed this Defendant
his sole E.wcutri.x; .... and she believes it to be true that
Symon Codrington did convey the reversion of the saide In-
heritance to John Codrington the Complainant .... and
this Defendant, for good considerations her moving, by her
Indenture, the date whereof she doth not remember, cove-
nanted and agreed with John Codrington that he should
enjoy all the Lands for the severall remainders of yeares
determinable on the lyfe of Symon Codrington, and by the
saide Indenture John Codrington agreed to pay £170 a
yeare to Defendant duringe the lyfe of Symon .... and
John Codrington did truly pay to her the saide sum, until
she intermarried with Ralph Marsh, after which inter-
marriage the saith Suites being commenced and differences
arising betwixt her late Husband's children, namely John
Codrington, and his other Brothers and Sisters, and the
other Defendant Ralph Marsh, for the saide Children's
porc'ons, the differences were at last referred to the
learninge and orderinge of Sir Enbull Thelwall, K', in the
Bill named, who made an agreement between all the saide
parties, and a decree was drawen up ... . but she doth not
know the particulars and after the decree was made De-
fendant considered that the £40 in the Bill mentioned were
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
to be deducted from the £170 in discharge of the saide 4
Annuities of £10 .... and Defendant believeth the other
Defendant Ralph Marsh hath allowed the same, and
accepted the residue of the £170, beinge £130 yearly, from
John Codrington ....
Chancery Proceedings, C. I., C. c, 98, 13.
Codrington v. Davys.
24 May 1636. Humbly complaining your Orator Samuel
Codrington of Doddington, Esquier, whereas your Orator
now is and for many yeares last past hath bin lawfully
seized in his demesne as of fee, in the Manor of Doddington,
and of all and singular the Lands and meadowes, etc.,
thereto belonginge, which your Orator had by descent from
his Father, Eichard Codrington, dec and your
Orator \i8 likewise seized in fee of the inheritance and
reversion of one certeine Tenement and divers Lands,
meadowes, etc., thereunto belonginge, situate in Doddington
aforesaide, and p'cell of the saide Manor, formerly in the
tenure and occupation of one John Phill, and since of one
Roger Hayes or Joane his Wife (late Wife of William
Badder(?), dec), or of one John Curteys, or of one of them,
and also of the inheritance and reversion of one other tene-
ment, called the Dayhouse, and divers Lands, etc., thereto
belonginge, in Doddington aforesaide, and p'cell of the saide
Manor, formerly in the tenure or occupation of one Randall
Davys, and nowe of one John Davys of Castlecombe, called
John Davys the younger .... and your Orator being soe
seized, Roger Hayes and Jane his Wife and John Curtys
p'tending and clayming some terme or estate for life or
yeares, they or one of them hath in the first recited Tene-
ment .... the Reversion being in your Orator and his
heires .... and John Davys the younger likewise p'tending
some terme of yeares, or for life, in the Tenement called the
Dayhouse .... the Reversion being in your Orator and his
heires .... have demised the saide severall Tenements or
made some inferior estates thereof, to your Orator un-
knowne, unto one John Davys the elder of Doddington,
and John Davys the elder holding in possession the saide
Tenements .... hath committed Wast .... and cutt downe
Trees .... cuttinge them in the middle soe that some are
dead .... to the damage of £100 at the leaste ....
Simon Codrington, esquire.
Inquisition taken at Wootton-under-Edge 8th Septem-
ber 7 Charles I. (1631), before Fefer Bird, escheator, after
the death of Simon Codrington, esq., by the oath of Robert
Smith, gent., Alhan Saunders, Thomas Burton, Richard
Burton, Robert Crewe, Thomas Salter, Richard Browne,
Walter Griffijn, Richard Smithe, John Oakes, Robert Hickes,
William Byshoppe, John Heskyns, John Portman, and John
Harrolde, who say that :
Simon Codrington was seised of the manor of Codelyngton
aVs Codrington aVs Codrington and Wapley ; the manor of
Didmerton aVs Didmarton ; of the advowson of the church
of Didmerton, one cottage, 120 acres of land, and 5 acres
of meadow in Tormerton ; 7 messuages, 7 gardens, 7
orchards, 3 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all
beasts in Chipping Sodbury; 50 acres of pasture in
Doddington; one messuage, 60 acres of land, 3 acres of
meadow, and common of pasture for all beasts in Ouldbury ;
one messuage, one fulling mill, one grain mill, and certain
land containing 2 acres, with the said messuage occupied,
late in the occupation of Thomas Taylor, in Kingswood in
the county of Wilts ; one messuage and certain land called
Bunsell, containing 46 acres, late in the occupation of
Elisabeth Anyhton, widow, in Kyngswood ; one close of
pasture, called Whitecrosfild, in Kingswood, and of the
moiety of one close of pasture called the Ley in Kyngswood.
The said Simon Codrington being so seised, a fine was
levied in Michaelmas term 36 Elizabeth between William
Stubbes and Thomas Estcourte, esquires, plaintiifs, and the
said Simon and Agnes his wife, deforciants as to one pasture
called Inychins, one other pasture called the Worthye, one
pasture called the Gaston, 2 meadows called Newe Tyninges,
one meadow called Mickle meade, and one meadow called
little Mickle meade (parcel of the said manor of Codrington
and Wapley), to the use of the said Simon for his life, and
after his death to the use of Robert Codrington, gent., then
son and heir of the said Simon and of Anne Stubbes, after-
wards his wife, for their lives, after their decease to the use
of the heirs of the body of the said Robert lawfully begotten,
with divers remainders over, the remainder thereof in fee to
be to the right heirs of Simon Codrington for ever. And as
to the residue of the said manor of Codrington and Wapley
and all other the premises to the use of the said Simon and
Agnes for their lives, after their decease to the use of the
said Robert Codrinyton and his heirs, with remainder to the
right heirs of the said Simon Codrinyton for ever.
Afterwards, in Trinity Terra 15 James I., another fine
was levied between John Stranywaies, Knight, Tfioinas
Estcourte, Knight, and Henry Denys, esq., plaintiffs, and the
said Simon and Robert Codrinyton, deforciants, of the said
manor of Didmerton, and the advowson of the church of
Didmarton, to the proper use of the said John Strany-
waies, Thomas Estcourte, and Henry Denys, and their heirs
for ever.
They being so seised afterwards, to wit, on the 15th
October 16 James L (1618), enfeoffed thereof the said
Ro bert Codrington and Thomas Ivye, gent., and the heirs of
the said Robert, to the use of the said Robert during the
life of the said Simon Codrinyton, and after his decease to
the use of John Codri?iyton, gent., son and |heir of the said
Robert for his life, after the decease of the said Simon and
John Codrinyton then to the use of Katherine, wife of the
said John, and daughter of Maryaret Capell, for her life for
her jointure, and afterwards to the use of the said Robert
Codrington and his heirs for ever.
On the 9th April 15 James I. (1617) the said John
Codrinyton married the said Katlierine. Aynes Codrinyton
died 28 Dec. 16 James I. (1618), Robert Codrington died
17th February 16 James I. (1619), and Katherine, wife of
the said John, died 26th September 5 Charles I. (1629).
The manor of Codrington and Wapley is held of the
King in socage by fealty and the yearly rent of £11, and is
worth per annum, clear, £12. The said premises by the
said fine limitted to the use of the said Robert and Anne
Codrinyton are parcel thereof, and are worth per annum
£3 6s. Sd. The premises in Tormerton are held of the
King in socage by fealty and the yearly rent of 2s., and are
worth per annum, clear, 13s. id. The manor of Didmarton
and the advowson of the church of Didmerton are held of
Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, as of his honor of
Hereford, by reason of the minority of Henry, Lord
Stafford, by Knight's service, and are worth per annum,
clear, 50s. Of whom or by what service the premises in
Chipping Sodbury are held the jurors know not ; they are
worth per annum, clear, 13s. id. Of whom the premises in
Doddington are held the jurors know not ; they are worth
per annum, clear, 10s. Of whom or by what services the
premises in Ouldbury are held the jurors know not ; they
are worth per annum, clear, 6s. 8d. The premises in
Kyngswood are held of the King in chief by Knight's
service, to wit, by the one hundredth part of a Knight's
fee, and are worth per annum, clear, 13s. id.
Simon Codrington died 26 March 6 Charles L (1631),
John Codrington, esq., is his kinsman and next heir, to
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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wit, son and heir of the said Robert Codrington, deceased,
son and heir of the said Simon, and was then aged 30 years
and more. — Inq. p.m. 7 Charles I., p. 3, No. 54. (' Index
Library,' p. 138, Oct. 1892.)
1633-4, 9 Car. I., May 20. John Codrington cousin
and heir of Simon. Licence of entry on lands. Calendar
of Privy Seals. (' Gloucestershire Notes and Queries,' vol. iv.,
p. 152.)
Robert Codrington was born of an ancient and genteel
family in Gloucestershire, elected demy of Magd. coll.
29 of July 1619, aged 17 years, being then some months
standing in that house, took the degree in arts, that of
master being compleated in 1626, and afterwards (upon his
return from his travels) lived in the quality of a gent.
in Norfolk for several years, and there took to him a wife.
At length, retiring to London, spent the remainder of his
days, and there finished his course. This person, who was
always accounted a puritan, hath written and translated
these things following [list given] .... nor do I know
anything else of him, only that he died of the plague in
Loudon in 1665, but where buried I cannot yet tell, and
that he had other matters lying by him fit for the press.
(Wood's ' Athense Oxonienses,' vol. iii., p., 699.)
1666. Council of Barbados. Lieut.-Colonel Christo-
pher Codrington, well beloved and free from faction ; an
ingenious young gentleman.
Major William Bates, a stout man and fit for command.
Christopher Codrington of Barbudoo, Esq., appoint
Colonel Phil. Warner, Deputy Governor of Antigua, my
attorney. Dated 17 Oct. 1671. Recorded 16 Dec. 1671.
William, Lord Willonghby, in his letter of 14 Nov.
1672, writing from Barbados, says: "Wherefore as soone
as I could I call'd the assembly & us'd all j" Rhetorick I
could to persuade (though my late Deputy Coll. Codrington
hath harrassed them to death w"' heedless improssitions)."
(Egerton MSS. 2395, fo. 483, Brit. Mus.)
Bettys Hope, 725 acres. Old North Sound ; surveyed
1676.
Colonel Christopher Codrington and Colonel John Cod-
rington 380 acres in 1677 by Colonel Philip Warner, in Old
North Sound and Guiana Island of 600 acres ; surveyed 27
Sept. 1680.
1679. Barbados, St. Michael's Parish : John Codring-
ton, Esq. — 300 acres, 1 hired servant, 5 bought ditto, 137
negros. Colonel William Bate — 125 acres, 1 hired servant,
1 bought ditto, 60 negros.
H.M. regituent of Guards under the command of Colonel
William Bate, .lohn Codrington, Lieut.-Colonel.
Barbados, St. John's Parish : Colonel Christopher Cod-
rington, one of the King's Counsel — 618 acres, 8 bought and
15 hired servants, 300 negros.
Barbados, St. Philip's Parish : Jasper Codrington —
3 acres, 1 negro.
Christopher and John Codrington, Esquires. Barbuda
was given on 1 Oct. 20 Charles II. for thirty-two years to
Captain Samuel Winthrop, Captain Joseph Lee, William
Mildeu, and Fra. Sampson, and since assigned to Christopher
and John Codrington, Clement Tudway, and George
Tuiney, Gentlemen. It is now leased to the latter four for
fifty years, with right to hold a Court of Franke-Pledge and
Court of Pypowder, etc., to possess all wreckage, to erect
markets, and to pay one horse yearly. Letters Patent dated
29 Jan. 35 Charles II.
Colonel Christopher and Lieut.-Colonel John Codrington
380 acres granted 4 Oct. 1681 by Sir W. Stapleton.
In the Memorials of the English and French Commis-
saries concerning St. Lucia, 1755, is a copy of the sworn
deposition of the Hon. Christopher Codrington, Esq., a
Member of H.M.'s Council of Barbados, taken 30 June
1688, the deponent being then aged 48 years or thereabouts.
1693. Colonel Christopher Codrington rated on 120
acres; in 1696 on 544 acres but no slaves ; in 1706 on 544
acres. In 1767 the estate of William Codrington was rated
on 42 acres. In 1780 that of Edward Codrington on 630
acres and 267 slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
Indenture dated 1700. Christopher Codrington to Main
Swete of Antigua, Gent.
General Codrington writes 25 Aug. 1701: "I have
given a Commission to a Couzen German of Mine, M''
William Codrington, untill his Majesties pleasui'e is known,
to be Secretary of these Islands, He is a young Gentleman
of great virtue and hopes, has a very good and clear Estate
in Barbados, and the foundation of one in this Government.
I would willingly lead him into business and make him fit
for the public Service."
William Codrington, Esq., 80 acres in Road Division,
granted 27 June 1702 by G. Codrington.
William Codrington, Esq., 100 acres St. Mary's Parish,
granted by John Johnson, Lieut.-Governor and Commander-
in-Chief, and Council, 9 July 1706.
Governor Parke, writing to their Lordships 16 Nov.
1709, says that Kate Sullivein " was formerly Coddrington's
Wench, and she layd two Bastards to him, but she giving
him the Pox he turned her off."
1710, Nov. 17. Berbuda was on Sunday last occupied
by 2 privateers. It is the private property of Codrington's.
(Minutes of Council.)
1712. Petition of W"' Codrington of Barbados, Esq.,
and the S.P.G. that a Pattent of 29 Jan. 35 Chas. II. was
granted to Chr. and Jn" Codrington, petitioner's uncle and
father, of the island of Barbuda for 50 years, at the annual
rent of a horse. There are 22 years of that lease yet to
come. Petitioner's father built a castle there and died shortly
after the grant, and petitioner's uncle then possessed the
whole. Chr. Codrington, son of his said uncle, and
petitioner's cousin, also had the island, and by will gave J to
petitioner, |- to the S.P.G. , and g to two others. In March
1711) the French took the island, blew up the castle, and
carried off' all the negros and servants, damaging the place,
several thousand pounds. Petitioner has rebuilt the Fort.
The S.P.G. had -^-g, and Petitioner will give them ^^ more if
their Lordships will give a free grant of the island in per-
petuity, as the lease is too short for him to effect improve-
ments. Copy of Gen' Codrington's will annexed. Signature
of Chr. Prissick and others to the Memorial. Copy also of
Sir W" Stapleton's Patent to Chas. Tudway, Geo. Turney,
Sam. Winthrop, and Joseph Lee, being a lease for 32 years,
which having been surrendered, a fresh lease of 50 years
had been made to Chr. and John Codrington on 29 Jan.
35 Chas. II. W™, L'' Willonghby granted it 1 Oct. 20
Chas. II. to Sam. Winthrop, W™ Mildon, and Fra. Sampson,
and it afterwards passed to the Codringtons, Clement
Tudway, and Geo. Turney. (B. T. Leeward Islands,
vol. 12.)
Indenture dated 1 July 1714 between Hon. William
Codrington of Antigua, Esq., and Joshua Jones of Antigua,
Esq., for £10,000 sterling, sale of Bettys Hope, and 400
acres, amounting to 1130 acres in Old North Sound. (? A
mortgage by Codrington.)
1715. Census of Barbados, St. Michael's Parish :
Madam Sarah Codrington— 2 men, 3 women.
The late General Codrington had a plantation granted
to him in St. Christophers of 763 acres, which Governor
Parke has seized. William Codrington petitions, 1717, to
have this restored to him.
William Codrington wrote from Doddington in Glouces-
tershire 12 Sept. 1717, and oftered £8 per acre for 2000
acres of the French lands at St. Christopher's.
Memorial of Colonel William Codrington applying to be
appointed liieut.-Governor of Antigua, offered to their
lordships by his brother-in-law Christopher Prissick of
170
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
London, merchant ; undated. (' America and West Indies,'
No. 551, p. 302.)
Indenture dated 1723. Sir William Codrington's
estates in Antigua were Bettys Hope of 871 acres, the
Cotton of 400 acres, and 300 acres purchased of William
Denning.
1724:. Sir AVilliam Codrington writes that he intends
returning to Antigua in a year's time.
(43 Brodrepp.) 21 March 1734. By William Boon,
Notary Public of Rotterdam re Mr. John Osy and Madam
Barbara Steendyk his wife, who left all their estate to the
survivor, and then to their son John Osy, jun., and daughter
Christian Osy and daughter Johanna Barbara Osy, 9 Jan.
1737-8. Proved 7 Feb. 1737-8 by Barbara Steendyk al's
Osy the widow.
Westerhall estate in Grenada was at one time mortgaged
to Sir G. B. Codrington by the Osy family. From their
abstract of title the following pedigree is obtained : —
John Osy of Westerhall, Grenada, the=j=. . . .
Mortgagee ; apparently a native of
Rotterdam. Will dated 3 May 1788.
John Carel 0sy,=
died intestate.
Cornelius Baldwinus Osy,
lord of Palesteyn and Zeg-
waart, and of Brussels.
Ferdinand
Catherine^
Marie Jo-
Josepha
seph Osy
Geslaine
de Wicken
Osy.
of Ant-
werp, only
son and
heir.
I
Eugenia Marie=
Josepha, only
child.
/N
= Dcla-
faille of
Antwerp.
Charles Patrick Edward Osy
of Leige.
Jean Joseph Regnier Osy of
Antwerp.
Joseph Louis Alexander Osy
of Brussels.
Marie Julie Claire Osy, wife of
Joseph de Baillet of Brussels.
Louise Charlotte Curnelie
Osy, wife of Alexander de
Vrinels Truenf eld of Brussels .
1754, May 21. Petition of Christopher and Edward
Codrington to have the double tax they paid in 1742 and
1744 refunded, they being (? then) absentees and infants
under 21.
Memorial of Sir William Codrington, Bart., that in 1705
Queen Anne granted Barbuda to Christopher Codrington
for 99 years. Governor George Thomas now demands
£3000 of him, or he will grant the reversion of the lease to
one of his (Thomas') sons. Dated 14 July 1756.
Governor George Thomas refutes Codrington's state-
ments, and states that the grant of Barbuda, an island of
40,000 acres, to him was by John Johnson, who assumed the
Government on the death of Sir William Matthew, but had
no right to do so.
Petition of Christopher Codrington, Esq., for a grant of
Barbuda for 50 years fi'om the expiration of his present
grant, read 17 July 1793, recites the first grant of 9
Jan. 1684 to Christopher and .lohn Codrington for 50 years,
and the 2nd patent made by Governor Johnson, dated 5 June
1705, for 99 years at the rent of a fat sheep yearly.
In Chancery. Christopher Codrington, late Christopher
Bethell, Esq., WiUiam John Bethell, late WiUiam John
Codrington, Esq., and Edward Codrington, Esq., Plaintiffs,
and Joseph Lyons Walrond, Esq., and John Dowdeswell,
Esq., Defendants. Bill filed 31 May 1805 states that by
deed dated 21 May 1798 between Christopher Codrington,
then Christopher Bethell, and Hon. Caroline Georgiana
Harriott his wife, of the 1st part, Thomas Carr of John
Street, Bedford Row, of the 2nd, and John Dowdeswell,
then of the Inner Temple, but now of Lincoln's Inn, Esq.,
of the 3rd part, certain manors in Yorkshire were settled in
trust, and by Indenture of five parts dated 23 and 24 May
1798 between Christopher Codrington, then Christopher
Bethell, of the 1st, John Bethell, then William John Cod-
rington, of the 2nd, Edward Codrington of the 3rd, Arthur,
Marquis of Downshire, since deceased, of the 3rd, and
Joseph Lyons Walrond, Esq., of the 4th, Rev. Edmund
Christopher Dowdeswell and John Dowdeswell of the 5th
part, he conveyed certain lands to Arthur, Marquis of Down-
shire, and Joseph L. Walrond, charged with £1000 a year to
Edward Codrington, to the use of William John Bethell
and his heirs male in trnst, power to charge the estate with
£600 a year dower and £10,000 for daughters' portions or
younger sons, and to sell. Portions of the estates have been
sold and the proceeds reinvested in other lands. Arthur,
Marquis of Downshire, died in 1800. Other parts have been
since sold and the proceeds invested in Government Securities
in the name of Joseph Lyons Walrond amounting to
£91,557 2«. Id. 3 per cent. Bank Annuities. J. L. Walrond
wishes to be released from the trusteeship of 99 years, also
John Dowdeswell. Plaintiffs with three new trustees ap-
pointed. The Master on 16 Aug. 18(»5 approved of Robert
Chaloner, John Dowdeswell, and Richard Betenson Dean, as
new trustees. The total sum now invested is £96,937 7s. \d.
Other portions of estate were sold, and on April 1812
Plaintiffs ask for accounts. (MS. in the Author's possession.)
In Chancery. To be heard at the Rolls on 4th May
1S12. Between Christopher Codrington, late Christopher
Bethell, Esq., William John Bethell, late William John
Codrington, Esq., and Edward Codrington, Esq., Plaintiffs,
and Joseph Lyons Walrond and John Dowdeswell, Esq.,
Defendants, by original bill, and between Christopher Cod-
rington, William John Bethell, and Edward Codrington,
Plaintiffs, and Robert Chaloner, Esq., and John Dowdeswell,
Defendants, by supplemental bill. To the Master of the
Rolls. The petition of William John Bethell. By virtue
of deeds of 23 and 24 May 1798, the petitioner, about May
1801, with the concurrence of Arthur .Marquess of Down-
shire, since deceased, and of the Defendant Joseph L. Wal-
rond, the trustees, and of the Plaintiff Edward Codrington,
purchased of Mrs. Anne Cholmley the manor of Langton in
the North Riding for £27,000, which was placed in trust,
and spent a large sum in furnishing the house. After-
wards, with the concurrence of the Defendants Robert
Chaloner and John Dowdeswell, the new trustees, on 13
Sept. 1805, he sold the estate and furniture to Francis Red-
fearn for £30,000. He now petitions to receive the value
of furniture, etc., from his trustees. {Ibid.)
Ca,se before the Master of the Rolls 24 March 1808
between Christopher Codrington, Esq., and William John
Bethell, Esq., Charles Tirrell Morgan, Esq., and Marmaduke
Trattle, Esq., Plaintiffs, i>. Sir Peter Parker, Bart., John
Wilson, and John Allen, Defendants.
The Plaintiffs' Case.
Antonetta Skerrett, widow of Robert Skerrett, was
possessed of a plantation in 1771 subject to the payment of
£2000 due to her sister Margaret Skerrett and £6000
mortgage to Sir Peter Parker. On 30 Nov. 1771 Edward
Codrington lent her £17,500 at 5 per cent., she agreeing to
ship all sugars to him. Later he lent her £10,000 or more
for stores, etc. Becoming involved, his brother, the late
Sir William Codrington, lent him £17,992 in May 1774.
On 18 Dec. 1775 she sold her estate to Oliver Nugent, Esq.
(since deceased), and John Allen of Clement's Inn. OUver
Nugent was adjudged a bankrupt Nov. 1777, and his estates
assigned to Robert Sorsbie (since deceased) and John
Townsom, since deceased, intestate, leaving Defendant John
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
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Wilson of Liverpool, Esq., his heir at law, in whom the
equity of redemptioa is now vestud. Edward Codrington
died 30 Dec. 1774, and his will was proved P.C.C. by
Christopher Bethell. Christopher Buthell obtained a verdict
in the Court of Common Pleas, Antigua, for £10,983
current, and made a levy on the estate, but before a sale
could be held Sir Peter Parker obtained an injunction from
the Court of Chancery, Antigua, to prevent such sale, and
in Aug. 177fi got possession of the plantation and stock as
mortgagee, and is now in possession. Sir William Codring-
ton died March 1792, and appointed the Right Hon.
WiUiam, Lord Viscount Barrington, Benjamin Lethieullier,
Esq., and the Plaintiffs, his Executors. The former two are
dead. John iMiller died before Christopher Bethell.
Christopher Betliell died June 1797, and appointed Arthur,
Marquess of Downshire (since dead), and the plaintiffs Chris-
topher Codrington and William John Bethell (then William
John Codrington), his Executors. Antonetta Skerret died
circa 1782 insolvent, leaving Oliver Nugent, her brother, her
heir at law. Margaret, wife of Sir Peter Parker, has lately
died, and administration was granted to him of her estate.
John Allen died recently, leaving his nephew John Allen
his heir at law. Plaintiffs revived the suit 25 Nov. 1807.
Defendant's Case.
The Defendant Sir Peter Parker answers denying
various allegations, and states that by Indenture of Blortgage
5 July 1765 between Oliver Nugent, Esq., deceased, and
Elizabeth his wife of the one part, and Robert Skerrett,
Esq., deceased, of the other, Oliver Nugent and his wife
mortgaged to Robert Skerrett their estate of 500 acres,
afterwards called Skerretts, for £18,000, repayable with
interest at 6 per cent. By an Indenture dated 5 June 1766
Robert Skerrett acknowledged that £6i(00 of the purchase
money was Sir Peter Parker's. The estate was left by
Robert Skerrett to his wife Antonetta, charged with the
payment of £2000 for her sister Dame Margaret, late widow
of Sir P. Parker, by the will of her late father Walter
Nugent, Esq., and the £6000 to him, also £500 a year to
Antonetta, late widow of Walter Nugent, and £20i»0 to
Eleanor Nugent, another daughter of Walter Nugent.
Oliver Nugent, elder brother and heir at law of Antonetta
Skerrett, died five or six years ago in North America, and
left Robert Nugent his son and heir. Antonetta Skerrett
died in 1785 or 1786. Rowland Burton, Esq., now Chief
Justice of Antigua, is Defendant's Attorney. Antonetta,
widow of Walter Nugent, Esq., died about 1794 or 1795.
Owing to a three years' drought, scarcity of provisions, and
epidemics, several thousand negros died in Antigua in a few
months. His Honour referred the matter and accounts to
Mr. Harvey, a Master of Chancery, to take account of what
is due to Defendant on the £6000 and £2000, and in
respect of the £500 a year and £2000 Plaintiffs are to pay
him, and then the estate is to be reconveyed to them.
(The above case is contained in sixty-eight folios of MSS.
in my possession. V. L. 0.)
On 16 June 1821 Skerretts was purchased by Sir
Christopher Bethell Codrington of the Deputy Provost
Marshal, and was offered for sale in 1847.
All Souls' College, Oxon.
In the Hall is a picture of " Christopher Codrington,
Esq., the Founder of the New Library, and these arms over
it : Argeni, a Fess embattled counter-embattled Sab. fretty
Or, between three Lions passant Gules. Crest : Out of a
ducal Coronet Or, a Dragon^s Head between two Dragons''
Wings Arg.," which was presented by Sir N. Lloyd, Kt.
"In 1710, Christopher Codrington, Esq., left by will
the sum of 10,000/. to the College, for the purpose of
building a New Library, together with a large collection of
valuable books The building commenced on May 3,
1715, but was not wholly completed in its interior part till
1756. There is also a large statue of him in white marble
by Sir H. Cheere, with an inscription and arms."
On June 21, 1716, the foundation stone was laid with
great ceremony, with the following inscription on it: —
XI Kal. Jvl. MDCCXVI jacta funt fundaraenta
BibliothecEe Chichleio-Codringtonian*
A Chriftophero Codrington Arm. fu'ndatEe :
Praefentibus
Wilhelrao Codrington Arm. Hserede ex Testamento,
Johanne et Wilhelmo Codrington
Chriftopheri Confanguineis
Una cun Bernardo Gardiner Cuftode,
Sociifque Collegii quampluvimis :
Perorante Edwardo Young Soc.
(Gutch's ' Antiquities of Oxford,' p. 280.)
The ' Biog. Brit.' contains the following notice :
" Christopher Codrington was born in the island of
Barbadoes in the year 1668. Coming over to England, he
received his education first at a private school, and after-
wards removed to Christ Church in this University in 1685;
where having taken one degree in Arts, he was admitted
Fellow of this College in 1689. Quitting the University,
but retaining his Fellowship, he entered into the Army and
soon recommended himself to the notice of K. William, by
whom he was honoured with promotion. On the conclusion
of the peace at Ryswick, he was appointed Captain General
and Governour in Chief of the Leeward Carribbee Islands,
in which he met with some trouble; for in 1701, several
articles were exhibited against him to the House of Com-
mons in England, but he was honourably acquitted from all
imputations. In 1703 he was at the attack on Guadaloupe,
belonging to the French, in which he shewed great bravery,
though that enterprise happened to be unsuccessful. Some
time before his death he resigned his government, and
retired to the enjoyment of a studious and learned course of
life, which ended at his seat in Barbadoes on Good Friday,
April 7, 1710. He was buried first in the Church of St.
Michael in that island, but his body was afterwards brought
over to England and interred in the Chapel of this College,
June 19, 1716. Two Latin Orations to his memory were
spoken by two Fellows of this Society, the one by Digby
Cotes, M.A., the Public Orator of the University, at his in-
terment ; the other the next day by Edward Young, B.C.L.,
at the laying the foundation stone of the New Library.
(Both published at Oxford, octavo, 1716; see also Dr.
Young's Woi'ks, vol. vi., p. 129.) By his last will he also
bequeathed his two plantations in Barbadoes, and part of
the Island of Barbuda, to the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the purpose of building a
College in Barbadoes, in which he appointed that a certain
number of Professors and Scholars should be maintained,
who are to be obliged to study and practise Physic and
Chirurgery as well as Divinity. This benefaction is valued
at above 2000/. a year."
The inscription on his tomb was " Codrington " only.
He was author of poems in the Musse Anglicanre, printed
1741, and of verses inscribed to Sir Samuel Garth upon his
Dispensary. (' Biographical Dictionary,' 1798.)
A further notice of Colonel Codrington will be found in
Wilford's ' Biographical Memorials,' p. 443.
1718, March 12. Col. William Codrington marry'd to
Mrs. Elizabeth Bethel. (' Historical Register,' p. 10.)
1721, April 27. His Majesty conferr'd the Dignity of
a Baronet of Great Britain on William Coddrington of
Dodington in the County of Gloucester, Esquire. (Ibid.,
vol. vi., p. 21.)
172
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1724, May 29. The Lady Cocldrington, Wife of Sir
William Coddrington of Doddingtoii in Gloucestershii-e,
brought to Bed of a Daughter. (' Historical Register,' vol.
ix., p. 29.)
17-26, May 8. The Lady Coddrington, Wife of Sir
William Coddrington of Doddington in the County of Glou-
cester, Bart., brought to Bed of a Son. {Thid., vol. xi., p. 20.)
1738. At his Seat at Doddington in the County of
Gloucester, Sir William Coddrington, Bart., Member of
Parliament for Minehead in Somersetshire, and one of the
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to his Majesty. Sir William
Coddrington, Bart., was Heir at Law to Col. Coddrington,
Governor of the Leeward Islands, who left £10,000 to All
Souls' College, to build a Library and furnish it with Books,
besides his own inestimable Library ; he also left £2000 per
Ann. to the Corporation for Propagating Christian Know-
ledge for the building and endowing a College at Barbadoes.
Sir William rnarry'd a Daughter of the late AYilliam Bethel
of Swindon in Yorkshire, Esq., by whom he has left several
Children, and is succeeded in Dignity and Estate by his
eldest Son, now Sir AYilliam Codrington, Bart. {Ibid.
vol. xxiii., p. 50.)
1741, Feb. Mrs. Codrington, Wife of John Codrington,
Esq. ; Member of Parliament for Bath. (' London
Magazine,' p. 101.)
1742, Aug. 9. Sir Eichard Bamfyld, — to a Daughter
of Col. Codrington. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 443.)
1743, .June. James Peunyman of Ponton near Grant-
ham in Lincolnshire, Esq. ; Nephew to Sir James Pennyman,
Bart., to Miss Codrington, Sister to Sir William Codrington,
Bart. (' London Magazine,' p. 311.)
1743, June 9. Pennyman of Gloucestershire, Esq. ; —
to Miss Codrington. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 332.)
1747, June 12. Eich. Cox, of Bartlett's Buildings,
Esq. ; — to a sister of Sir W" Codrington, Bart. {Ibid.,
p. 297.)
1747, Nov. 15. Wm. Dowdeswell, Esq. ; Member for
Tewkesbury, — to a sister of Sir Wm. Codrington, Bart.
{Ibid., p. 544.)
1754, April 17. Eob. Codrington, Esq. ; who was
Member for Bath in 7 parliaments. {Ibid., p. 191.)
1759, March 18. Jn. Codrington, Esq. ; brother to
Sir Wm. Codrington, bt., at Bath. {Ibid., p. 146.)
1759, May 4. Edw. Codrington, Esq.; — to Miss
Lestourgeou of Mortlake. {Ibid., p. 242.)
1761, Feb. 5. Lady Codrington, mother to Sir Wm.
{Ibid., p. 94.)
1764, Nov. 5
{Ibid., p. 546.)
1775. Edward Codrington, Esq. ; brother
William Codrington, Bart., in the South of France,
nual Register,' p. 205.)
1778, Sept. 24. Lady of Sir William Codrington, Bart.
{Ibid., p. 227.)
1780, Oct. At Taunton, Jas. Codrington, esq. ; aged
104. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 494.)
1792, March 11. At his hou.se in Davies-street, Berkeley-
square, Sir Wm. Codrington, bart., M.P. for Tewkesbury,
CO. Gloucester. {Ibid., p. 285.)
1793. Chr. Codrington of Doddington, esq., appointed
Sherifi' of co. Glouc. {Ibid., p. 183.)
1796, Aug. 16. Codrington, esq., to the Hon. Miss
Foley, niece to Lord Clanbrassil. {Ibid., p. 788.)
1805, Feb. The wife of Christopher Codrington, esq.,
of Codrington-park, M.P. for Tewkesbury, a sou and heir.
{Ibid., p. 279.)
1806, July 29. At Marble-hill, the seat of the Countess
of Bath, Mrs. Codrington, of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
{Ibid., p. 780.)
1808, Sept. 19. At Dodington, co. Gloucester, the
Hon. Mrs. Codrington, a son. {Ibid., p. 950.)
Eob. Codrington of Somersetshire, Esq.
to Sir
('An-
1809, Nov. 18. Hon. Mrs. Codrington, a daughter.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 1073.)
1810, lately Feb. In Charles-street, Berkeley-square,
the wife of Capt. Codrington, R.N., a daught. (Ibid.,
p. 179.)
1811, Feb. 5. At Dodington, Gloucestershire, the Hon.
Mrs. Codrington, a daughter. {Ibid., p. 181.)
1812, May 8. At Dodington, co. Gloucester, the Hon.
Mrs. Codrington, a daughter. {Ibid., p. 485.)
1813, May. At Dodington, the youngest daughter of
C. Codrington, esq. {Ibid., p. 499.)
1813, Aug. 6. In Park-lane, the Hon. Mrs. Codring-
ton, a son. {Ibid., p. 186.)
1814, Dec. 15. At Dodington, co. Glouc, Hon. Mrs.
Codrington, a dau. {Ibid., p. 600.)
1816, Sept. 2. At Rennes, France, in his 78"' year, Sir
Wm. Codrington, bart. He succeeded to the baronetcy in
March 1792. He married in 1776 Mary, daughter of the
late Hon. Wm. Ward. He is said to have died without
issue, in which case the baronetcy will devolve upon
Christopher Codrington, esq. of Dodington, co. Gloucester.
{Ibid., p. 379.)
1817, Sir C. BetheU Codrington, bart. {sic) has recently
purchased the whole of the freehold and leasehold estates,
the property of Jeremiah Hill, esq. of Bristol, for £45,000,
situate at Wapley and other parishes in Gloucestershire;
and from their contiguity, this acquisition makes Sir
Bethell's estates extend upwards of 15 miles in one continued
line. {Ibid., part ii., p. 623.)
1818, March 27. At Sunbury, Mrs. Dowdeswell, relict
of the Rt. Hon. William Dowdeswell, of Pull-court, co.
Worcester, chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer in the
Rockingham Administration, and sister of the late Sir
William Codrington, bart. M'^ Dowdeswell has left three
sons, the eldest of whom was late Governor of the Bahamas,
and the youngest is now Member of Parliament for Tewkes-
bury. {Ibid., p. 474.)
1823, May 20. At Doddington, in her 20th year, Anna-
Maria, 6th dau. of Sir Christopher and Lady Bethell Cod-
rington. {Ibid., p. 284.)
1823, July. M"' Edward Codi-iugton, Midshipman of
H.M.'s ship Cambrian, and eldest son of Rear- Admiral Sir
Edw. Codrington. Although only 19, from the confidence
Capt. Hamilton placed in him, and from his speaking
foreign languages, he was selected for a particular service ;
and was proceeding to the Island of Hydra in the ship's
cutter, when a violent squall of wind overset the boat, and
consigned him, with a merchant, the coxwain, and three of
the crew, to a watery grave. {Ibid., p. 95.)
1826, Jan. 3. At Doddington, co. Glouc, the Hon.
Arthur Thellusson, brother of Lord Rendlesham, to Caroliae
Anna Maria, dau. of Sir C. Bethell Codrington. {Ibid.,
p. 80.)
1826, May 11. The Rev. Edward Leigh Bennett, of
Lechlade, co. Gloucester, to Elliuor, dau. of the late W.
Codrington, esq., of Wroughton, co. Wilts. {Ibid., p. 462.)
1827, April 18. At Doddington House, Gloucester-
shire, the seat of Sir Bethel Codrington, bart., Henry
Peyton, esq., only son of Sir Henry Peyton, bart. of Tus-
more House near Bicester, Oxfordshire, to Georgiana, third
dau. of Sir B. Codrington. {Ibid., p. 461.)
1834, Dec. 10. At Dodington, Gloucestershire, H.
Lannoy Hunter, jun., esq., of Beach Hill, Berks, to
Charlotte Octavia, dau. of Sir C. Bethell Codrington, Bart.
{Ibid., p. 102.)
1836, Dec. 29. At Badminton, C. W. Codrington, esq.,
M.P., to the Lady Georgiana Somerset, second dau. of the
Duke of Beaufort. {Ibid., p. 201.)
1837, Jan. 22. At Brighton, Jane wife of Adm. Sir
Edw. Codrington, G.C.B. She was the only dau. of Jasper
I Hall, esq., of Jamaica. {Ibid., p. 333.)
CODRINGTON FAMILY.
173
18J:3, Jan. 1. At Doddington Oastle, near Cirencester,
in her 6Gth year, the Hon. Harriet-Georgiana-Caroline,
wife of Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington, Bart., etc.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 220.)
1843, Feb. 4. At Doddington, co. GIouc, aged nearly
80, Sir Christopher Bethel Codrington, the fourth Bart., of
that place (1721); elder brother to Vice-Adm. Sir Edward
Codrington, G.C.B., etc. {Ibid., p. 533.)
1843, Aug. 1. At St. George's, Hanover-sq., John
Harvey Lovell, esq., second son of the late Peter Harvey
Lovell, esq., of Cole Park, Wilts, to Emma, dau. of the
late Sir Bethell Codrington, Bart., of Dodington, Gloucester-
shire. {Ibid, p. 428.)
1843, Sept. 1. At Sunning Hill, Capt. Sir Thomas
Bourchier, K.C.B., to Jane-Barbara, eldest dau. of Adm.
Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. {Ibid., p. 537.)
1844, March 12. Cecilia, sixth dau. of the late Sir
Bethel Codrington, Bart., of Dodington. {Ibid., p. 442.)
There is an account of the Codrington Baronetcy in
vol. iv. of Nichols' ' Herald and Genealogist.'
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1719 Feb. 7 Francis Codrington.
1721 Feb. 21 John s. of William Codrington & Ann
his wife.
Parish Register of St. Mary.
(B.T. Leeward Islands, vol. 24.)
Baptized.
1734 Oct. 28 William S. of M' William Codrington,
Christ'd.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
1608 July 21 Chris. Codrington in Garden.
1772 Aug. 21 Judith Codrington.
1843 Jan. 2 Jane Codrington, Cotton New Work, 60.
Parish Register of St. Michael, Barbados.
Baptized.
1678 Sept. 7 Frances y'' d. of M"' Robert Codrington &
Elisabeth his Wife.
Buried.
1678 July 16 Alice y" d. of M' Robert Codrington.
1678 Sept. 8 Frances y« d. of Robert & Elisabeth
Codrington.
Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square.
Married.
1797 Dec. 28 Joseph Lyons Walroud, Esq'', B., &
Caroline Codrington, S. Licence. Wit-
nesses, Ch. H. Codrington & Chris°
Codrington.
Parish Register of Dodington, co. Gloucester.
Copied from extracts supplied in 1793 by the then Rector
to Sir Isaac Heard. (College of Arms MSS.)
1663.
1675.
1676.
Samuel Codrington of Dodington, Jun., deceased,
January 12">, buried Jan. 13""' 1663.
Thomas Codrington, Rector of Dodington, died
Sept. 13, buried Sept. IS"" 1675.
Samuel Codrington, Sen'', Esq., Lord of this place,
died the S'l", & was buried 7"' of June 1676.
1677. Mary, Daughter of M''^ Esther Codrington, Widow,
Relict of M'' Thomas Codrington, sometime Rector
of this place, buried March SO"" 1677.
1682. M''' Jane Codrington, Widow, was buried March
10"'.
1687. Buried Feb. 24'", M'^ Elizabeth Codrington, Relict
of Sam' Codrington, Esq''.
1689. M'-' Esther Codrington, Relict of M'' Thos. Codring-
ton, sometime Rector of this parish, was buried
Sept. 1.
1664. Jeane, the Daughter of Samuel Codrington & Jeane
his Wife, was born {sic) June 16*'' 1664.
1665. Anne, the Daughter of Thomas Codrington & Esther
his Wife, was baptized the 2'' of March 1665.
1671. Anne, the Daughter of Samuel Codrington the
Younger, deceased, was married unto M'' Joshua
Browning, son of M'' John Browning of Cowley,
Nov. 23'! 1671.
1673. Will"" Morgan of Wells, in the County of Somerset,
& Mary Codrington, the Daughter of M"
Jean Codrington, Relict of Samuel Codrington,
Junior, formerly deceased, were married Dec'' 24"'
1673.
1674. M'' Edmund Roe of Lymson, in the County of
Devon, & M''^ Elizabeth Codrington, Daughter of
M"^' Jean Codrington, Widow, Relict of Samuel
Codrington the Younger, were married Sept. 3''
1674.
1675. Rob' Webb of Marshfield & Elizabeth Codrington
were married at Littleton Jan. 3'* 1675.
1678. M'' William Spoore of Portbury in the County of
Somerset, Gent., & M''* Frances Codrington were
married May 23'i . . 78.
The following additional entries in the Dodington
Parish Register are taken from ' Gloucestershire Notes and
Queries,' vol. ii. : —
Baptized.
Esabella d. of Richard Cotherington, Esq'.
Thomas s. of same.
Elizabeth d. of M' Samuel Codrington.
Richard s. of M'' Samuel Codrington and
Elizabeth his wife.
Samuel s. of Samuel Codrington, Esq^
Thomas s. of same.
Joyce d. of same.
Edward s. of same.
Ann d. of same.
Ann d. of Samuel and Joane Codrington.
Richard s. of Samuel Codrington, Esq"^,
and Joan.
Mary d. of Samuel Codrington, Esq% and
Joan.
Elizabeth d. of same.
Frances d. of same.
1668 Mar. 2 Ann d. of Thomas
Esther.
1608
Feb.
19
1612
Dec.
16
1622
June
23
1624
May
17
1628
Oct.
5
1630
Oct.
4
1632
Oct.
4
1633
Jan.
23
1636
June
14
1652
May
14
1653
Jan.
3
1656
April
9
1658
Aug.
15
1660
• • • •
, ,
Codrington and
Married.
1614 Dec. 14 Edward Goddard and Ann d. of Rich*
Codrington, deC^.
1623 Oct. 9 M'' Edward Donnilie, Gent., to M''» Joyce
d. of M'' Rich'' Codrington, dec".
163G Oct. 12 William Bucke, Gent., and Elizabeth d.
of Richard Codrington.
1650 Mar. 5 M' Samuel Codrington, Esq'', and Jane d.
of John Codrington of Codrington,
Esq''.
1701 Sept. 15 By Licence, John Kington of Bristol,
Grocer, and Elizabeth Codrington.
174,
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
Buried.
1613 Sept. 22 Richard Codrington, Escf.
1635 July 9 Edward s. of Samuel Codrington, Esq'.
.... Mar. 23 Joyce, Relict of Richard Codrington, Esq^
1636 June 15 Elizabeth d. of Samuel Codrington and
Elizabeth.
1638 Nov. 2 Joyce and Ann, daus. of same.
1644 Jan. 18 Richard Codriugtou s. of Samuel C, Esq.
1657 July 14 Richard s. of Samuel Codrington, Esq'',
and .Joan.
1674 Jan. 13 M'' William Morgan of Wells.
Parish Register of Dyrham.
Married.
1630 Jan. 27 Richard Codrington, Gent., and Joanna
Wyroll, Gent., by L.
Buried.
1635 May 5 Richardus Codrington, Clericus, predi-
catus, sepultus fuit.
1662 Dec. 12 M'^ Johan Codrington, Widow.
Parish Register of Westdown, North Devon.
(' Gloucestershire Notes and Queries,' vol. ii., p. 41.)
1653. Robert Isaac, the son of Francis Isaac, Gent., and
Ann Codrington, the dan. of John Codrington of
Didmarton in the County of Gloucester, Esq",
had their Banns published Oct. 8 and two
following Lord's days, and were married 27 day
of the same month.
1661, Feb. 25. Southcott Lutterell of Saunton Court,
par. Braunton, Devon, Widower, & Ann Codrington, dau.
of .lohn Codrington of Dedmarton, co. Gloucester, Esq.,
at ... . (Not signed nor attested). (Vicar-General.)
1686, June 12. John Courthope of the Middle Temple,
Esq., Bach'', 23, & Rachell Codrington of S' Andrew's,
Holborn, sp^ 21, at her own disposal ; at par. ch. of
Bramford [? Brentford]. (Faculty Licence A.C.)
In Waplet Church, co. Gloucester.
On an altar-tomb : —
Hie jacet Johes Codrington armiger qui obijt
nono die Menm Odobris Anno Dom'
MCCCCLXXV. cujus etat erat die quo
obijt CXPs Annor V. Jletisin' XIII. Dierum
cuy aie' p'pitiet. Amen.
(Sir J. Heard's MSS., College of Arms.)
Here hjeth the Body o/ John Codrington,
of Codrington Efq. who departed this Life
the 25 day of Sept ember Anno Dom' 1670
aged Seventy Years.
{Ibid.)
Here lyeth the Body of .John Codrington
the 2"* Son o/" John Codrington of Codrington
Efq. who departed this Life the 6 Day
of July Anno Dom' 1674.
{Ibid.)
Here lyeth the Body of Cap^ William Codrington
S"* Son of John Codrington of Codrington Efq.
■who departed, this Life the 20 Day of Decern. 1696.
{Ibid.)
Over the entrance of the vault : —
S. C, Efq., 1675 fecit.
In the churchyard on a raised tomb : —
Elizabeth Codrington, the Wife o/ Samuel Codrington Efquire
changed Mortality to Immortality, the 22 Day of Feb. 1687.
{Ibid.)
WiTHAM Friary, Somerset.
Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Fran | ces Codrington,
relict of John | Codrington, in the | Covuty of Gloster, Esq.,
and mother of M''^ Frances Wyndham, the wife | of Thomas
Wyndham, of Witham, | Esq''. Obiit Jvly y" 2, An« 1676.
('Gloucestershire Notes and Queries,' vol. iv., p. 638.)
Christ Church, Cheltenham.
Sacred to the memory of | Christopher Codrington, [
Captain in the Bengal Array, and Commandant | of the
Goorkha Regiment of Shah Shooja's | Contingent who fell
at Chareekar, in | Afghanistan | whilst defending his post
against an | overwhelming force of the enemy | November
S"* 1841, I aged 34 years. {Ibid., p. 606.)
In Dodington Churchyard.
On a shield : —
Qtiarterly : 1 and 4, Codrington ; 2 and 3, Or, on a bend
argent three roses gules, in chief a dexter hatid, impaling, on a
chevron between three boars' heads couped a star of six points.
HERE lyeth the Body of
M''^ DOROTHY CHAPMAN, Sister
to the Honourable William
Codrington Efq'' who departed
this Life June '2b Anno Dom'.
1712
Also the Body o/ WILLIAM the
son of the said William Codrington,
And Elizabeth his Wife who
departed this Life A'^ov the 26
Anno Dom' : 1718 aged 12 Days.
(Heard MSS.)
P.M.
Quod Reliquiem est
JoannseTife Ricardi Codrington
Gen' Uxoris Charifsimce JEREMI^
Horlor, Rectoris de Sodbury
Parva qme obijt tertio die Martij
Anno Dom' 1721
Deposilum etiam JEREMI^
HORLOR 7.;/YCf^/c-; qui obijt
primo die Martij 1723-4
Reliquiw etiam
RICARDI -CODRINGTON A.M.
Hujus Ecclesice
Rectoris obijt
1 Feb. 1732.
Below: 1, Azure, three squirrels argent;
Codrington.
{Ibid.)
impaling, 2,
On a large and sumptuous monument against the east
wall of the north aisle of Bristol Cathedral : —
Above is a shield with these arms : 1 aiul 4, Codring-
ton ; 2, Argent, a chevron between three escallop shells sable ;
3, Sable .... between four .... or.
Beneath this : —
HOC MONtJMENTVM AVITVM REFIGIEND, ET EESTAVRAND,
PIE CVRAVIT BETHEL CODRINGTON BARONETTVS
MDCCCXL.
CODUINGTON FAMILY.
175
ons
At the base is this M.I. : —
Generofs : uiro Dom : Roberto Codrintoneo
aCodrintoneI in Comitatu Glocest : Armigero atauorvm
iiTiagiiiabus |
Spleudidifsiiiio fidei morumq candore fpectatil'simo, Fe-
BRUAR : 14" poft I
incarnatum Devni 1018° J3tatissuiB4G''exhocuita3 ergaftulo,
emancipato ; ularifs" & charifs" coniuux Dom* Anna Codr*
ex qua 8 iilios flliafque . 9 . geuuit :
Monu T r.-r •
moeltilsima
EOBERTUS CODRINGTONEUS
Anagramma
ore bt corde Jvstvs Beor
Plangite ; difcefsi ; quiii plaudite, uita beatar
Eft mihi cumq folo, gratior uiq polo
Hie mens, hie foboles, uohtatq per Aera vaftu
Femma Codringtonei non moritura pij
Os homini, Domino patuit cor, conlcia recti
Mens mihi, uel nullis contaminata malis,
Ore fui Jvstvs ; merces durabilis avra
CoRDB fui Jvstvs (prsemia magna) Beor.
Am
et
Hon
ergo mentum > ,. •,
Munu I 1'"'"'*
Below are three shields, of which the one on the left
has : Argent, a /esse embattled counter-embattled sable between
three lions passant gules. (Codrington of Barbados.)
The central one has Codrington as in No. 1, impaling,
Quarterly, 1 and i .... on a bend .... between three
pheons three buckles .... (Stubbes) ; 2 and 3, Lozengy
Argent and Sable. The shield to the right has : Argent,
two squirrels sejant addorsed yules. (Samwell.)
" Bettys Hope," " Cotton New Work," " Cotton Old
Work," and " The Garden " are in St. Peter's Parish.
In 1852 they contained 1689 acres, and were owned
by Sir W. C. Codrington, Bart., in whose family they
still remain, after an uninterrupted possession of over
200 years. This is the finest estate on the island. There
are enormous tanks near the house, which during drought
have sustained hundreds of people. The two old windmills
stand side by side, but are not now used, steam power
having superseded them. The late Hon. Mr. Holborough
was for many years the very capable manager of this estate.
^^ctiicjrcc of Collins,
COLLINS=j=Mary, sister of Dr. George Crump and dau. of Nathaniel Crump, President=j=Francis Lynch,
in 1735. Will dated 28 Oct. 1782 ; sworn 24 March 1784.
1 I 1
Ann Collins. Hester Collins, mar. 4 Mary Collins, mar.=pNicholas
March 1771, at St. 4 Sept. 1759 at St.
Philip's, John Ronan. Philip's.
Lynch,
Esq.
Nathaniel Lynch, living 1756; Francis Lynch,
was named in the will of his living 1756.
grandfather Nathaniel Crump.
Mary Lynch, dau. and sole heir, inherited " Lynch's," born 12 Jan. 1762 ; mar. 13 Jan.=f=Samuel Byam Athill, M.D.
1780 at St. Paul's ; died 15 and bur. 17 June 1808 at " Lynch's."
GEORGE BARRET COLLINS, bur. at St. John's 16 April 1776=rJane .
'" ""'1 I
Rev. George Collins, Rector of St. Philip's,=j=Elizabeth, dau. of William Collins, bapt. at Martin Nichols Collins, bapt.
(?)bapt. at St. John's 7 May 1773 ; mar.
there 22 April 1806.
Livingston. St. John's 23 Dec. 1771. at St. John's 5 April 1776.
George ElUs Collins, born 13 March Wilham Gell Collins, born 24 Oct. 1811, Jane Halford Collins, born 24 Jan. 1807,
1809, bapt. at St. John's March 1814. bapt. at St. John's March 1814. bapt. at St. Philip's 18 Oct. 1809.
Mary Collins of Antigua, widow. Will dated 28 Oct.
1782. To my sou Francis Lynch, a negro & £200 c. To
my dau. Ann Collins, 6 uegros. To my dau. Hester Ronan,
2 negros till her son Nicholas Ronan be 21. To my gi-and
dau. Mary Athill, wife of D"- Samuel Athill, £200 left me
by her late father. ^ of residue to my dau. Anne Collins,
and -g to my dau. Hester Ronan, wife of John Ronan. My
son Francis Lynch, my son in law .John Ronan, and Sam'
Byam Athill, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Row" Burton, Hugh
Melville, Rich'' 0. Athill. Before Thos. Jarvis, Esq., was
sworn Rich'i Oliver Athill, 24 March 1784. Recorded 24
March 1784.
D"' George Crump of Antigua, in his will dated 20
June 1756, names Nath. & Francis Lynch, sons of his
sister Mary Collins by her former husb'' Fra. Lynch.
1668. John Collins. Patent for 10 acres.
1668. Nicholas Collins, 16i acres. Surveyed.
1673, Sept. 8. Lieut. George Torney of Antigua sells
to Nicholas Collins 16^ acres at New North Sound.
1673, Oct. 18. Derby Collins, 10 acres granted by
13 Sept. Surveyed.
Darby Collins, 10 acres granted by
.... Surveyed.
Darby Collins for 1000 lbs. sells 20
acres to Andrew Reece.
1703. Nicholas Collins, Gent., receives 40 acres of
Robert Lucas.
1723, Sept. 3. Petition of B. Collins, widow, of St.
John's Town, for land bounded E. with the public pond,
S. with land lately granted to Petitioner, W. with the street,
N. with laud lately belonging to Petitioner's Mother deceased.
Governor Warner.
1677, Aug. 29.
Governoi' Warner.
1680, April 20.
176
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1723, Aug. 12. Barbara Collins of St. John's Town,
petitions for a grant of land bounded E. with the public
pond, S. with waste, W. with the Cross Street, N. with laud
late of Margaret Wake.
1738. Barbara Cook, widow, her former husband
George Collins.
Mary daughter of Nicholas Lynch married James Nibbs,
and he died 1742.
No. 412. Private. An Act for vesting the plantations
or estates and slaves, late of Nicholas Collins, Esq., de-
ceased, situate in the parish of St. Philip in the said Island
of Antigua, with the live and dead stock thereto belonging,
in Trustees, to be sold for the payment of his debts, and for
paying and laying out the residue of the money arising
by such sale as is therein directed. Dated 20th August
1782.
1691
1704
1717
1717
1722
1728
1737
1738
1748
17fil
1776
1777
1800
1832
1737
1771
1773
1776
1805
1814
^ Parish Eegister of St. John.
Burled.
June 9 Cap' Robert Collins of London.
Jan. 2 Thomas Collin.
Sept. 5 George Collins.
Nov. 3 James Collins.
Jan. 22 M" Margeria Wake.
May 22 Thomas Collins.
April 24 M" Hannah Collins, lately arrived from
London.
June 7 Cap' William Collins from Carolina.
Aug. 4 Richard Collins.
Dec. 10 Richard Collins.
April 16 George Barrett Collins.
Dec. 19 Cap' Peter Collins.
Dec. 17 Jane Lynch Collins.
Nov. 21 John Collins. St. Johns, 50.
Baptized.
Dec. 23 James y« s. of Thomas Collins & Ann
his wife.
Dec. 23 William the S. of George Barrett Collins
and Jane his wife.
May 7 George the S. of George Barrett Collins
and Jane his wife.
April 5 Martin Nichols the S. of George Barrett
Collins & Jane his wife.
Nov. 8 Mary Hall D. of William Collins, Sen^
and Ann his wife. B. the ig"" July last.
Mar. . . George Ellis, B. 13"> March 1809 ;
William Gell, B. the 24"' October
1811 ; Sons of The Reverend George
.... Rectot of the parish of Saint
Phillip, and Elizabeth his wife.
Baptist Donaldson s. of John Cox &
Mary Collins, Rectory House, parish
of St. Mary, Clergyman.
1831 Mar. 16
1706
1730
Dec.
Mamed.
30 George Collins & Barbara Gomos. L.
24 Benjamin Cook and Barbara CoUins.
1736
Feb.
3
1737
June
18
1741
Dec.
24
1733 June 14 Ambrose Carlill and Marianne Rebecka
Collins. L.
Thomas Haw and Sarah Collins. L.
Thomas Collins & Ann Farril.
Doc' James Anderson and Ann Collins
Widow of Tho. Collins. L.
1806 April 22 The Reverend George ColHns to Elizabeth
Livingstone, Spinster. L.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
1700
1703
1717
1730
1740
1755
1771
1696
1700
1759
1771
Dec. 14
June 21
Jan. 5
Dec.
May
Feb.
Feb.
2
13
6
11
Oct.
1
Aug. 15
Sept.
Mar.
1809 Oct. 18
Mary Collins.
Bridget Collins.
Waldin Collins.
Elizabeth Collins.
Sarah Wife of Nicholas Collins, Esq.
Patience Collins, a child.
Nich. Collins.
Married.
Darby Collins to Elie Thorne.
Nicholas CoUins to Hester Walden.
Nich. Lynche, Esq"", & Mary Collins.
John Ronan & Hesther Collins.
Baptized.
Jane Halford d. of Rev. George Collins
& Elizabeth, b. 24 Jan. 1807.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1741 April 9 M' Nicholas Collins & M" Frances
Yeamons, by L.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
1817 Aug. 22 John Samuel Collins Inf s. of John
Collins from Carliles.
1820 April 14 William Collins, Senior, from Scotts Hill,
in the Family Burying-Ground at
Barnacle Point.
St. John's Churchyard,
within this vault I rest the mortal remains of
I THE REV° J. C. COLLINS, I FOR ELEVEN YEARS
RECTOR I OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF | s'' ANTHONY AND
S'' PATRICK I IN THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT | HE DIED
AGED 37 YEARS | AT s'' JOHNS RECTORY | ON THE 25™
MARCH 1844 I BEING THE DAY APPOINTED | FOR HIS
PREACHING I AND ORDINATION SERMON | IN THIS CATHE-
DRAL I
Five Hues follow.
In 1852 "Collins" was in the possession of Messrs. W.
and F. Shand.
COLQUHOUN FAMILY.
177
Jfamilj) o( Colqu!)oiuu
1750, May 20. James Carmicliael of Antigua by his
will of this date bequeathed all his estate to his Mend
Humphry Colquhoun.
1750, Nov. 17. Ralph Payne of St. Christopher's
writes: "M" Colhoun died last night."
1776, Aug. Walter Colquhoun, Esq., at Logan, in the
Island of Dominica, to Miss M'^Alister, of the same place.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 435.)
1790. Elizabeth Dunbar, widow, in her will dated 5 April,
names Eobert, first son of Mr. Walter Colquhoun, and Allister,
Sarah, and William Millar Colquhoun, his other children.
Frances, 2nd daughter of Eobert Colquhoun of St.
Christopher's (stated to have been of the Kenmure family),
mai'ried firstly Sir James Maxwell of Pollok, 6th Baronet,
after whose death in 1785 she married Sir John Shaw
Stewart of Ardgowan, co. Greenock, Bart.
Patrick Colquhoun, LL.D., Lord Provost of Glasgow,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex, was agent for the colonies
of St. Vincent, Nevis, Dominica, and the Virgin Islands.
He was born at Dumbarton 14 March 1745, and died 25
April 1820. M.I. in St. Margaret's, Westminster. (' Notes
and Queries,' August, 1892.)
1800, Oct. Lately. R. Colquhoun, esq., jun., of Cam-
straddan, co. Dumbarton, to Miss Harriet Farrer, of Wey-
mouth. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 1002.)
1802, Feb. 12. At Antigua, Walter Colquhoun, esq.,
of Camstraden in Scotland. {Ibid., p. 374.)
1803, Jan. Lately. At Antigua, Hon. Walter Col-
quhoun, Member of the Assembly. {Ibid., p. 86.)
The late Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun, K.C.B., of Cam-
stradden, co. Dumbarton, who died in 1870, matriculated
from Pembroke College, Oxford, 10 April 1823, aged 20, as
only son of Robert Colquhoun, Esq., of Glasgow. The last-
named was perhaps first son of Walter Colquhoun of Antigua.
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
1777 June 22 Robert S. of Walter Colquhoun and Eliza-
beth his wife, born 8"" instant.
1779 Aug. 18 William Millar the S. of Walter Colquhoun
and Elizabeth his wife.
Parish Register of St. John.
BaiJtized.
1782 Feb. 2 Sarah the D. of Walter Colquhoun and
his wife.
1799 May 3 Walter S. of Walter Colquhoun & Eliza-
beth his wife. B. this day.
1801 Mar. 29 Elizabeth Marianne D. of Robert Col-
quhoun and Harriet his wife. B. the
23'' Instant.
1801 Nov. 7 George Crump S. of Walter Colquhoun,
Esq ., and Elizabeth his wife. B. this day.
1807 Oct. 25 Harriot Lavington D. of Robert Col-
quhoun and Harriet his wife. B. the
. . August last.
Buried.
Walter Colquhoun, Infant.
Elizabeth Marianne Colquhoun.
George Crump Colquhoun, Inf.
Walter Colquhoun.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
1774 Dec. 15 Robert Colquhoun & Elizabeth Killian.
Buried.
1810 Oct. 22 William Colquhoun, late Captain, from
Cochrans.
1799
May
3
1801
Nov.
6
1801
Dec.
8
1802
Feb.
13
Jfamtlp oi CoulL
Sampson Coall, planter. Will dated 4 March 1740.
To my wife Rebecca all my estate in S* Johns for life, then
to my dau. in law Mary Griggs. Daniel Pelloe, Ex'or.
Witnessed by Arthur Skelton, Robt' Lambert. Recorded
Rachael Lovely. Will dated Nov. 1779. To my neph.
Tho. Bridges certain plate. To Rebecca Bridges my silver
sugar basket. To my sister Ann Sanderson silver knives,
tea chest, etc., after her death to John Bridges, & silver
slop basin afterwards to Rebecca Bridges. To my sister
Ann silver cans. To my sister Sarah Bridges plate. My
books & pictures equally between my 2 sisters and my 2
nephews, Tho. & John Bridges & Jas. CouU. To my
nephew John Bridges certain furniture, & the remainder to
my sisters Sarah Bridges and Ann Sanderson, also my
dwelling house, and after their death to my grandnephew and
godson W" Coull, also my turret, a negro room in my yard &
a pail of water daily. In consideration whereof his father
Jas. Coull to pay to my nephew John Bridges £50 c. 1 year
after my death, & £50 c. to my grandnephew Tho. Coull. To
my sisters Ann & Sarah each a miniature. Residue of plate
to my grandnephews Tho. & W" Coull. To Mary Monteigne
£10. Geo. Leonard, Esq., & Rev. Jas. Coull, Ex'ors. Sworn
to by Jas. Coull, 1 Mar. 1787. Recorded 20 Aug. 1787.
James Hay. Will dated 12 March 1781. To my wife
Mary my house in Spring Gardens, plate, and £1000 c. To
my brothers Rob' & W" £50 each. All residue & ^ of my
Wilderness plantation in Dominica to be sold & the pro-
ceeds equally to my children James, Eliz., Rob', Mary, &
W". To my 1»' son James £500 at 21. Geo. Nibbs, Esq.,
of Tortola, James Dunlop, Esq., of London, my brothers
Rob* & W" Hay of G' Britain, M"' John Anderson of An-
tigua, & my wife Mary, Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by
Arch. Shannon, Sam' Clapham. Before Thos. Shirley, Esq.,
appeared Arch. Shannon of Antigua, Gent., testator's clerk,
7 Jan. 1782. Recorded 11 March 1783.
Rebecca Mary Crowe, widow of D' W™ Crowe of
Antigua, deceased. Will dated 8 Feb. 1799. All my
estate to my dau. Eliz. Mary Langford Crowe. Hon. Tho.
Norbury Kerby & Thos. Rogers, Esq" of Antigua, Ex'ors &
Guardians. Witnessed by Geo. Halloran, Jun., John
Furnace. Before Hon. Edw'' Byam, President of the
Council, was sworn Geo. Halloran of Antigua, Gent., 18
Sept. 1799.
Codicil, dated 7 Aug. 1799. If my dau. die under 17
then £200 to Thos. Rogers, Esq., & £400 to his children,
viz. : — Anthony Munton Rogers, Martha Rogers, & Ann
Lydia Matilda Rogers. Daniel More, Esq., of No. 10
Grafton Street, Dubhn. Mary Rebecca Harriet Gilchrist,
& Eliz. Gilchrist, daus. of my aunt Rebecca Gray of
England. Philip Hicks to be also an Ex'or. & Guardian.
Witnessed by Lydia Rose, Mary Ann Stilling. Before
Hon. Edw" Byam, was sworn Mary Ann Stilling of Antigua,
Spinster, 18 Sept. 1799. Recorded 20 Sept. 1799, at S'
Johns.
A A
178
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^
^,,i:,ih
7
Arms. — Argent, a lion rampant azure hetween two spur revels in chief gules and apheon in base of the second.
Crest. — A dexter arm in armour embotoed grasping a scimitar all proper.
Motto. — Cole Deum serva regem.
James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl=pAnne, dau. of Hugh, 7th Earl
of Findlater, died 1711. I of Eglintoa. 1st wife.
Rachel Coull, mar. Rev. Samuel
Lovely. Will dated 1778.
PATRICK COULL of Cullen, co.^
Banff, merchant.
=Anne Ogilvie.
James Ogilvie, 4th Earl
of Findlater, died 1730.
Margaret
Ogilvie.
Elizabeth,=
dau. of
.... bur.
at St.
John's 13
June
1779.
1st wife.
=Rev. James Coull, M.A.,=
born 21 and bapt. 22
June 1748 at Cullen ;
left Scotland and became
Rector of St. George's,
Antigua ; owner of
Crabbs of 237 acres ;
living 1818.
-Mary, widow of
.... H^y ; mar.
at St. George's
3 July 1784;
(?) bur. at St.
John's 5 Dec.
1803. 2ndwife.
I
William Coull, Ieft=
Scotland with his
brother and settled
at St. Vincent ;
died at Culien 30
Sept. 1815. Ad-
ministration 1815
to his three sisters.
s.p.
.... a son,
settled at St.
Lucia, and
owned an
estate called
Roseau.
I I I
Margaret Coull, mar.
Patrick Gordon ; living
1815.
Isabella Coull, spinster
1815.
Ellen Coull, mar.
Nuncie.
William
Coull,
bur.
at St.
John's
14 Feb.
1780.
Anne Lydia Matilda,^
dau. of Thomas
Rogers, Esq. ; mar.
at St. Peter's 30
Sept. 1818 ; bur. at
St. George's 11 Jan.
1823. 1st wife.
=Thomas Coull, M.D.,=
born 12 Feb. and
bapt. 16 May 1775 at
St. George's ; ad-
mitted M.D. of Edin-
burgh 1797 ; died 13
Sept. 1852, set. 78.
M.I. at St. George's.
=Elizabeth Mary Langford, only child and heir of
William Crowe, M.D., by Rebecca Margaret,
only child and heir of Dr. Jonas L. Blizard ; her
father was mar. 5 June 1793 and bur. Ifi Jan.
1799 at St. John's ; she mar. Istly Anthony
Wyke, Barrister-at-Law, at St. Peter's, 19 March
1814, who died 1819-20, s.p. ; mar. 2ndly Dr.
Coull 18 Feb. 1830 at St. Peter's. 2nd wife.
Colonel ....
Coull. In
1846 claimed
the Earldom
of Findlater.
I
Joyce, dau. of=pWilliam Anne Coull,
Dr. Anthony
Musgrave ;
died 1 March
1871, set. 44,
bur. at St.
George's.
M.I. there.
bapt. 9 Jan. 1823 at
St. Peter's ; matricu-
lated from Queen's
College, Oxford, 3
Apriri841, a3t. 18;
J. P.; sold Crabbs;
died at Dominica 29
April 1890, xt. 67.
He was Vice-Presi-
dent of the Legisla-
tive Council of An-
tigua in 1882.
I I I
James Coull, bapt. at
St. George's 3 Oct.
1819, then set. 5 days.
Thomas Rogers, bapt.
30 May 1821 at St.
George's, bur. there
14 Nov. 1827.
Alicia Coull, bur. at
St. Peter's 4 Oct.
1825.
.... dau.=
of
Ruan of
St. Croix ;
died ....
=James
George
Coull,
born
1833 ;
now
living.
I
Francis Coull,
bapt. at St.
Peter's 29
April 18.'39 ;
now (1891) of
St. Vincent, a
bachelor.
I
Elizabeth Adelaide
Coull, bapt. at St.
Peter's 3 Feb. 1836,
and at St. John's 25
April 1835 ; mar.
Thomas B. Mus-
grave, son of Dr.
Anthony Musgrave,
and had issue 1 son
and 3 dans. ; she is
now living a widow
at St. Vincent.
I I
Thomas Anthony Musgi-ave Coull,
born 14 Sept. 1852 ; died 17 Jan. 1855.
WiUiam Coull, bapt. at St. Peter's 8
Dec. 1857 ; now of Dominica ; J. P.
and Member of the Assembly since
1883.
Mary Coull,
born 7 Sept.
1849.
Joyce Coull,
born 25 Oct.
1850.
Florence Coull, bapt.
at St. Peter's 20
Sept. 1854.
Ellen CouU, bapt. at
St. Peter's 8 Feb.
1856; died 1889.
I I
Zoe Coull, died 21 Jan. 1876,
8Bt. 15. M.I. at St. George's.
Elizabeth Mary Langford
Coull, born 1 Oct. 1861 ; died
22 Oct. 1889.
Nellie Coull,
set. 22, 1891,
of St. Vin-
cent.
1747, Nov. 12. Samuel Lovely subscribed the Test,
and is going to keep a school. (Minutes of Council.)
Rev. Jas. CouU was Rector of St. Peter's, Parham, 1809
to 1828, and perhaps later.
Thos. Coull was rated for same parish 1821-1831.
1815, Sept. 30. At Cullen, co. Banff, Wm. Coull, esq.,
late of the Island of S' Vincent. (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. 635.)
Plan of Crabbs Estate, the property of Rev. James
Coull, A.M., Rector of St. George's and St. Peter's, 1818.
Arms : . . . . a lion rampant. Crest : A dexter arm couped
holding a falchion ; over, wreath and helmet. Motto: Cole
Deum serva regem. Total of cane pieces 237 acres. This
plan is amongst the papers belonging to C. C. Tudway, Esq.,
the present owner of Crabbs Estate.
Extracts from a Letter written in 1891 by Mr.
Francis Coull op Seberly Lodge, St. Vincent.
I fear we cannot give you any great am' of information
ab' our forbears. But I enclose copies of what documents
I possess. I was told that James CouU an Episcopal
COULL FAMILY.
179
Clergyman, & his brother, left Scotland from being impli-
cated in the rising for Charles Edward the Pretender —
James becoming Rector of St. George's or first St. Mary's
in the Valley Antigua, and William to S' Vincent. Another
brother, I think, went to S' Lucia and owned an Est. there ;
I think it was named Roseau. Both the S' Lucia & S'
Vincent Est. were sold by Thomas C, M.D. (my Father),
to pay the debts on Crabbs. Patrick, as you see, married
Anne Ogilvie, daughter of the Earl of Findlater. This title
lapsed for want of Male Heirs, and in '4G or '47 a Col.
CouU, my father's first Cousin, tried to get the earldom.
He applied to my father T. C. for evidence and assistance
in proving, which D'' T. C. refused, saying he had no more
claim than he himself had, which was none, explaining by
saying that if his, Thomas C, M.D.'s, Grandmother, had
been a man. He might have been an Earl .... The Title
was combined with that of Seafield. His name Ogilvie
Grant connected with the firm of Grants of London, The
Head of which was Thomas C, M.D.'s first Cousin, and his
guardian as a boy in England. His G. was also Heir to
the Estates if He died without a son. Your Father told
me he was very civil to him when at school until James was
born, & then he forgot him. The present Grant does not
acknowledge the relationship. Cullen is a Town in Banff,
Scotland. Sir W. Ogilvie, who owned & was disposed of at
New Division Est., was a relation of Jas. Coull. A D"' Coull
(He seems to have been a well-known Medical Man, as I
see the name quoted in an old medical work). His daughter
was a famous beauty (called the rose, or some flower, of
Scotland), she married the Earl of Dunbar. Your Grand-
father, Thomas C, M.D., was assistant to him until he
arrived at middle age, when he came out first to His Uncle
William in S' Vincent, and then to his father James in
Antigua ; my mother had a romantic notion that he had
been in love with his cousin, and came out to heal his
broken heart when she married the Earl .... James
Coull 2"'' wife was a widow, named, I think, Lindsay ; she
was a Jewess, maiden name Levy, relations (rich) of that
name in St. Thomas .... He had no children by her.
Her 3 daughters by her first husband married Col. Brown.
D' Odium, Shorediche. Old M'' Brown here did. me the
honor of claiming relationship, but I do not think the suns
and daughter know anything ab* it . . . .
Thomas Coull married P' Anne Rogers, 2'^'' Elizabeth
M. Laugford (Crowe), widow of ... . Wyke, a Barrister.
M''' Rogers was Miss Crowe's Aunt .... D° Sir W. Byams —
& Mother in Law daughter of M" Blizzard, who was Miss
Warner. I get slightly mixed here, but I think your
correspondent will know all ab' the relation to Byams,
Rogers, Harman, Guy, Laugford, Lovell, Bridger, et hoc
genus omne, when he gets to Warner & Rogers. The
Author of a well-known work, ' Hist, of the Clans of
Scotland,' met your Father at Corfu, and gave him the
Genealogy of His Father's Family ; perhaps you may find
it. A Coull of Cullen (or something) still exists in Scotland,
& is recognised as head of the clan, the oldest in H. named
after, he claiming direct descent from the first King Comhal.
In the ' Highlander ' newspaper ab' 10 y'rs ago I found an
article by professor Blackie, with ab' a dozen different ways
of spelling his name, of which the above is one, though
it should have Mac or Vac. It appears to have been
originally Gael or Gaul, and means Stranger or Wanderer
.... I hope this will be all that is necessary to enable your
correspondent to fill up the blanks .... D'^ Thomas Coull
(my Father) was a Citizen of London ; this I believe carries
certain privileges with it to his descendants (Having served
his time in London). His Diplomas M.D. of Edinburgh
and the Blazonry of Coat of Arms from Heralds' College of
Scotland is in a Trunk in S' John's .... Your great grand-
father James was the Eldest son of Patrick and Anne Ogilvie
.... I understood that there was little more than a small
Island attached to the Title .... I add that there is an old
Castle named Coull castle, a ruin well known to the Tourists
in the Highlands. You will see a view of it in one of your
large set of Waverly Novels ....
Family of Crowe.
William Crowe, M.D., Younger son of Robert Crowe of
Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland. He quarrelled with his father
and came to Antigua ab' 1793. As a partner to D''
James (sic) Langford Blizzard, whose daughter Marg' Lang-
ford Blizzard he married. D'' Blizzard's wife was Miss
Warner. After her father's death he went to Law with a
W" Armstrong for his father's property in Ireland, and I
believe won it. He was returning to settle in Ireland, when
his wife and himself died of Yellow fever 28th Jan"?
1778 {sic). A Cousin brother's son was a Justice of peace
for Ennis in 1847. All the rest I know of him is that he
went to law as above in Ireland, and with the Warners, etc.,
in Antigua ab' Blizzards & Friars Hill Estates, & left some
large Bonds on them which were never paid. Seems to
have had money, and spent it, from his Bills on Ireland.
His father is spoken of as the Squire, and mentioned as
having been in Town, therefore he did not live in Ennis.
I mention this as I emphatically deny any relationship to
Seven Miss Crowes of Ennis ....
Elizabeth Warner, daughter of Daniell Warner and
Rebecca his wife (married J. L. Blizard) was born the S""
October 1748.
^ „ (Married 18"' Febry. 1830 at St.
Thomas Coull 1 pg^g^., p^rham. Signed Sam^
Elizabeth M. L. Wyke^ ^^^^^^ Viv^xmi:
Your Grandmother's marriage certificate William had.
(Anne Rogers.)
Copies op Documents.
1. Certificate of Baptism June 22'"i 1748. Patrick
Coull, Merchant, of Cullen, by his wife Anne Ogilvie." Child
born the 21^', named James, after James Earl of Findlater,*
James Lord Deskford, .James Lawton of Cullen, James B
Bailli,'^ name mothers'' Margaret Ogilvie in Airdoch,'' Jane
Grey. Extracted from the record of Births & Baptisings
kept at Cullen 21/7/29. Rob'.
<^ Anne Ogilvie was daughter of Earl of Findlater.
* Brother of M" Coull. "^Cousin. ''Aunt. « Airdoch, a farm
near Cullen.
2. Certificate of Baptism, May IG'^ 1775. Thomas the
son of James Coull and Elizabeth his wife, born Feb'? 12'".
Extracted from the Register book of the Parish of St. George,
Antigua, Sam^ Ashton Warner. I have also a mem. of
above, signed Test. James Coull, minister.
The marriage certificate of James Coull and Elizabeth
his P' wife I had, but gave it to James, & he cannot find it,
nor can I be certain of her name. It was, I think, at St.
George's they were married, but if not there or the valley,
your informant can easily procure it from Cullen (between
1748 and 1775).
James, I see, was Rector of S' George's in 1793 by one
of his mem. books.
3. Administration of M'' W"^ Coull, dec". Thomas
Coull, D'' of Physic, and Peter Coull the Lawful Attornies
of Margaret Gordon, wife of Patrick Gordon, Isabella Coull,
Spinster, Ellen Nuncie" (?) widow, the natural and lawful
sisters and three of the next of kin, to William Coull,
formerly of the Island of St. Vincent and of Cullen in
North Britain, deC^, for the use of the above respectively
residing at Cullen. Signed Charles, Archbishop of Canter-
bury, etc. Died 1815. Property £7000. Westwood Est.,
etc. I include this as the family.
« Her son was a Merchant, and died suddenly by the
sword in Antigua.
I believe a Grandson is well off in Glasgow. One sister
was alive ab' 1847.
180
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
Copy of Patent.
To all and sundry whom these presents do or may con-
cern. We, Thomas Robert, Earl of Kinnoull, etc.. Lord Lyon
King of Arms, do hereby certify and declare that the ensign
Armorial pertaining & belonging to Thomas Coull, Esquire,
Physician in Antigua, admitted Doctor of Medicine of the
University of Edinburgh in the year 1797, also member of
the Legislature of that island, & one of His Majesty's
Justices of Peace for same. Are Matriculated in the public
registers of the Lyon Office, and are blazoned as on the
margin thus, viz': Argent, a lion rampmit azvre between
ttvo spur revels in chief yules and a pheon in base of the
second ; Above the shield is placed an Helmet befitting his
degree with a mantling Gules, the doubling Argent, and
on a Wreath of his liveries is set for crest a dexter arm in
armour embowed grasping a Scimitar all proper, and in an
Escroll this motto, " Cole Deum serva regem," which
Armorial Ensigns above blazoned We do hereby ratify, con-
firm, and assign to the said Thomas Coull, Esquire, M.D.,
and the heirs male of his body, as their proper Arms &
Bearing in all time coming. In testimony whereof these
presents are subscribed by James Home of Linkhouse,
Esquire, Our Deputy, and the seal of our ofBce is approved
hereunto at Edinburgh this 27'^ day of Nov. 1815. Lyon
Office, Edin., 1815. This Patent is duly entered in the
records of the Lyon Office by me,
John Ker, Herald Painter & Keeper of Lyon Records.
James Home.
1775
1819
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
May 16 Thomas the S. of James Coull & Elizabeth
his wife, b. Feb'-y 12"\
Oct. 3 James S. of Doctor Thomas Coull & Anne
his wife ; 5 days old, privately baptised.
Buried.
1823 Jan. 11 Anne Lydia Matilda Coull, Wife of Doctor
Coull from Crabbs, in the Family
Burying Place, Fitch's Church yard.
Thomas Rogers Coull, aged 6 years ; buried
from S' John's.
1827 Nov. 14
Married.
1784 July 3 James Coull, Min'' of this Parish, and
Mary Hay, Widow.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
1814 Mar. 19 Anthony Wyke, Esq'', Barrister-at-Law, to
Elizabeth Langford Crowe, Spinster, at
Cedar-Hill. L.
1818 Sept. 30 Thomas Coull, M.D., to Anne Lydia Ma-
tilda Rogers, Spinster, at Hawes. L.
1830 Feb. 18 Thomas Coull of this Parish, Physician,
and Elizabeth Mary Langfoi'd Wyke
of the Parish of S' John's, Widow, by
L., with consent of Friends, by the
Rev. Sam' Ashton Warner.
Baptized.
1821 May 30 Thomas Rogers S. of Thomas Coull, M.D.,
Esquire, and Anne Lydia Matilda his
Wife, Crabs.
1823 Jan. 9 William Anne S. of Thomas Coull, M.D.,
Esquire, and Anne Lydia Matilda his
Wife, Crabbs.
1836 Feb. 3 Elizabeth Adelaide d. of Thomas & Eliza-
beth Mary Langford Coull, Coral Hall,
Doctor of Medicine.
1839 April 29 Francis S. of Thomas and Elizabeth M. L.
Coull, Coral-Hall, Doctor of Medicine.
1856 Feb. 8 Ellen d. of William Ann & Joyce Coull,
Crabbs, Pro])rietor.
1857 Dec. 8 William s. of William Ann & Joyce Coull,
Crabbs, Proprietor.
Buried.
1825 Oct. 4 Alicia Coull, Crabb Hall, Inf.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1694
Jan.
27
Jeremiah the sonn of Alexander Coale.
1772
July
3
ReV^ Samuel Lovely.
1779
June
13
Elizabeth Coull.
1780
Feb.
14
William Coull.
1799
Jan.
16
William Crow.
1803
Dec.
5
Mary Coull.
1820
Aug.
16
John M. Coull.
Baptized.
1835 April 25 Elizabeth Adelaide D. of Elizabeth &
Thomas Coull, S' John's parish, Doctor
of Medicine.
1854 Sept. 20 Florence d. of Wilham Ann & Joyce
Coull, Mercer's Creek, Landed Pro-
prietor.
Married.
1793 ? June 5 William Crowe, M.D., to Rebecca Mar-
garet Blizard.
St. George's Churchyard.
On a Cross of Calvary inside a brick enclosure : —
sacred
TO the memory of
3Joj?re
the beloved wife of
W. A. COULL
who died march l^'^ 1871 AGED 44 YEARS
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
ALSO
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
Zot
5™ DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED
WHO DIED JANUARY 21. 1876 AGED 15 YEARS
She is not dead but sleepeth.
St. George's Church.
On a black and white tablet, north wall of chancel : —
SACRED
TO the MEMORY OF
THOMAS COULL M.D.
who departed this life
on the \2i^^ of september 1852,
aged 78 y'ears.
his unfailing tenderness as husband and parent,
is deeply engraven in the hearts of those
who remain to mourn his loss,
and to raise this tribute
of their grateful love.
he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John c. vi. v. 47.
" Crabbs," in St. Peter's Parish of 400 acres, belonged
in 1852 to Thomas Coull, M.D., also "The Hermitage"
in St. Mary's Parish of 117 acres, and "Hawes" and
"Mercers Creek" of 311 acres in St. Peter's Parish to
William Coull.
CRABB FAMILY.
181
^Sctitcjitt of Cralji),
RICHARD CRABB, granted 100 acres 1669=
=Richard Meynell of Old North
Sound, died before 1724. 2nd
husband.
Hon. Lawrence Crabb, Esq., settled in Antigua circa 1693 ; living 10 April=pSarah . . . .•
1699, owner of 360 acres in St. Peter's; in 1702 styled Chief Justice of | living 1727.
Court of Common Pleas for Falmouth Town ; appointed to the Council
1707 ; on 23 April 1709 stated to be lately deceased, and his vacant seat in
the Council filled by appointment of Richard Oliver.
] \ \ \ I I
Isaac Crabb, George Crabb, living William Crabb, Sarah Crabb,=pWilliam Paynter, Mary Crabb, Martha Crabb,
living 14 3 Sept. 1733 ; set. 21 living 14 Jan. living 1727. | living 1727. living 1727. living 1727.
Jan. 1733. in 1724. 1733. /[x
.... Crabb=rEleanor, sister of William Grove, Esq., of Islington ; his will dated 29 Nov. 1777.
L
1 \ I
James Crabb, heir to his uncle William=j=Sally Grove Boucher, living 1777. Benjamin Crabb, Edward Crabb,
Grove, Esq. /|n living 1777. living 1777.
William Grove, late of Plymouth, co. Devon, now of
Islington, Esq. Will dated 29 Nov. 1777 ; proved P.C.C.
To my sister Ana Basnett £400. To my sister Eliz"!
Raggett £400. To my brother John Raggett £100. To
my sister Elenor Crabb £400. To my goddau. Sally Grove
Boucher, wife of my nephew Jas. Crab £500. To my
nephs. Benjn Crabb & Edw'' Crabb £100 each. To my
goddau. Sail Grove Crabb £50 a year purchased in Jamaica
on the lives of my nephew Jas. Crabb & Eliz"' Druitt. £20
a year to my serv' Eliz"' Heath. £10 a year to my serv*
Jas. Ploughman. All residue to my nephew Jas. Crabb, he
to be Ex'or. Witnessed by Tho. Oldershaw, Cha. Lander.
1st Codicil. Islington 23 Feb. 1778. To my niece
Penelope Raggett £12.
2)1(1 Codicil. Islington 26 June 1778. To my sister
Ann Bassnett £50. Recorded at Antigua.
Richard Crabb. 100 acres by Henry Willoughby,
Governor of Antigua, Barbuda, and Anguilla, surveyed 20
Oct. 1669.
In a long memorial on the state of the West Indies,
Laurence Crabb of Antigua, Esq., writes on 18 June 1707
that he has been an inhabitant of that island for fourteen
years. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 10.)
Charles Cox writes on 10 July 1707 from Southwark
recommending Laurence Crabb as Member of Council for
Antigua, and Lord Stamford is mentioned as a person who
will also speak for him. The mandamus appointing him to
the Council vice Henry Pearne, Esq., deceased, was dated
26 July 1707, 6 Anne. (451 America and West Indies,
p. 25.)
Sarah Meynill, widow and relict of Rich'' Meynill, Gent.,
of Old North Sound. Deed of gift of 10 acres to her son
Geo. Crabb, now of age. Dated 16 May 1724.
From " An Abstract of the Title of Valentine Morris,
Esq'', to his Estate called Crabbs in the Island of Antigua,
signed by Thomas Warner 31 March 1772." (These original
papers are in my possession. V. L. 0.)
On 10 April 1699 Laurence Crabb and Sarah his wife
convey to Thomas Lasher the estate of Crabbs in trust. It
then consisted of 360 acres ; now, in 1772, of 550. On the
15th April Thomas Lasher reconveys it to them for their
lives, then to the use of their children.
On 26 and 27 May 1727 Sarah Meynell, Wilham
Paynter, and Sarah his wife, one of the daughters of Sarah
by Lawrence Crabb, the first husband, Isaac Crabb, George
Crabb, and William Crabb and Mary Crabb and Martha
Crabb, children of Sarah and Laurence Crabb, mortgage to
Valentine Morris, Esq., deceased, Crabbs estate in Old North
Sound Division and St. Peter's Parish.
27 May 1727. By deed between Sarah Meynell and
William Paynter and Sarah his wife, Isaac Crabb, George
Crabb, William Crabb, Mary Crabb, and Martha Crabb of
the one part, Ashton Warner and Philip Ronan of the other,
the former convey Crabbs in trust to the latter two for the
use of Sarah Meynell for life, then to Isaac Crabb in tail
general, George Crabb, William Crabb, Sarah Paynter,
Martha Crabb successively.
3 Sept. 1733. George Crabb releases his equity of
redemption to Valentine Morris.
14 Jan. 1733-4. Isaac Crabb and William Crabb convey
to Thomas Kerby and John Frye all the provisions made
for them by the deed of 27 May 1727 in trust for Colonel
Morris.
19 Jan. 1733-4. Isaac Crabb, George Crabb, and William
Crabb release to Valentine Morris the equity of redemption.
1778, June 30. Wm. Grove, Esq
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 335.)
at Islington.
Parish Register of St. John.
1729
1758
Sept. 24
Dec. 11
1740 Dec. 7
1741 July 19
1743 Oct. 23
Married.
William Crabb and Catherine Morraine.
L.
Mathew Williams and Patience Crab. L.
Baptized.
Elizabeth the D. of William Crabb &
Dorothy his wife.
Buried.
William Crabb.
Elizabeth Crabb, a child.
" Crabbs " is in St. Peter's Parish. In 1852 it contained
400 acres, and was owned by Thomas Coull, M.D., from
whose family it was purchased by Mr. Tudway. No sugar-
cane is now grown there, the land not being good.
182
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^Setiitjree of Craluforti*
ALEXANDER CRAFFOED of Antigua, Geiit.=pDorothy, sister of William Byam, Esq., her marriage portion paid 1703.
Alexander Crawford of Antigua, Esq., set. 36 in Nov. 1749 ; Provost Marshal in 1750; purchased Evansons of=pMary
C. Tudway. Will dated 18 Sept. 1772, then of Devonshire Street ; proved 9 Oct. 1772. (353 Taverner.)
John Francis Crawford,
bapt. at St. John's 1
Feb. 1749 ; heir to his
father ; died at Kilburn
10 April 1800, a3t. 49.
Alexander Craw-
ford, bapt. at St.
John's 2 March
1750; (?)bur. at
St. George's 7
Feb. 1766.
I
Charles
Crawford,
bapt. at
St. John's
28 Oct.
1752.
Robert Craw-
ford, bapt. at
St. John's 29
Nov. 1759 ;
bur. there 16
Nov. 1765.
Euphemia Craw-
ford, bapt. at St.
John's 31 Aug.
1754 ; bur. there
29 March 1756.
Rebecca Grace
Crawford, bapt.
at St. John's 16
March 1756.
Mary Craw-
ford, bapt. at
St. John's 21
.Jan. 1758 ;
living 1772.
Alexander Crawford of Antigua, now residing in Devon-
shire Street, near Queen Square, Esq. Will dated 18 Sept.
1772 ; proved 9 Oct. 1772 by John Francis Crawford, Esq.,
the son ; power reserved to Robert Christian and Francis
Farley. (353 Taverner.) Having lately agreed to purchase
for £8000 of Clement Tudway, Esq., of Wells, a plantation
in Antigua called " Evansons," which was part of his estate,
I give the same & all residue to my son John Francis Craw-
ford, charged with payment of legacies. To my wife Mary
£200 a year in lieu of dower, my horse & chaise, silver &
china tea equipage. To my y=' son Chas. £2000 & £150 a
year till p^i. To my dau. Mary Crawford £2000 & £100 a
year till p'^ My good friends Rob' Christian & Francis
Farley of Antigua, Esq''<=^, & my son John Francis Craw-
ford, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Christop. White, John Smith,
Samuel Smith, St. Mary Axe, London.
Codicil. On the expiration of my lease of a plantation
granted by Rowl"" Otto, Esq., dec'', now in my occupation
in Antigua, a new appraisement will be made, & any
surplus to my 2 sons & dau.
Margaret, widow of John D. Nanton in her wiU dated 3
April 1779 bequeathed £40 to her niece & goddau. Mary,
widow of Alex. Crawford, Esq.
Mathew Crawford, planter. All to mulatto children.
Dated 25 March 1797 ; recorded 11 Nov. 1797.
Close Roll, 50 Geo. IIL, Part 36, No. 6.
Indenture made the 3rd Dec. 1810 between John
McKellar, late of Antigua, but now of Judd Place, Somer-
town, and Anne his wife, of the one part, and John Craw-
ford of Antigua, Surgeon and practitioner in physic, of the
other part, witnesseth that in consideration of £950 gold
and silver currency .... John McKellar and Anne his wife
grant and convey to John Crawford a parcel of land in the
town of Falmouth, Antigua, bounded N. by a street or
highway to the north of the town, S. by the land of Thomas
Clark, E. by a street, and W. by a high-road leading to
Falmouth, together with the messuage or dwelling-house
thereon erected .... and all their right, title, and interest
therein .... and to his heirs and assigns for ever .... and
lastly they appoint .... of Antigua their true and lawful
Attorney to appear .... Robert Leslie, jun., of Token House
Yard, James Wright of the same place, witnesses.
Close Roll, 4 Geo. IV., Part 1, No. 11.
Indenture made the 3rd Jan. 1823 between John
McKellar, late of Antigna, but now of Judd Place, East
Somers Town, Middlesex, Esq., and Anne his wife, of the
one part, and William Crawford of Antigua, Esq., of
the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of £500
currency, being £236 sterling .... John McKellar and
Anne his wife grant and sell to William Crawford a parcel
of land in the town of Falmouth in Antigua, bounded N. by
a street or highway to the north of the town, S. by the
land of Thomas Clark, E. by a street, and W. by a high-
road leading to Falmouth Bay .... together with the
dwelling-house, etc., etc., to William Crawford and his heirs
and assigns for ever .... and lastly John McKellar and
Anne his wife constitute Thomas Clark of Antigua, Esq.,
their Attorney .... William Lyddon, 24 Carey Street,
Lincoln's Inn, Solicitor ; James Brown, same place. Solicitor.
Close Roll, 5 Geo. IV., Part 6, No. 8.
Indenture made the 27th April 1824 between John
McKellar, late of Antigua, but now of Judd Place, East
Somerstowu, Esq., and Anne his wife, of the one part, and
William Crawford of Antigua, Esq., of the other part, wit-
nesseth that in consideration of £500 gold and silver
currency, being £250 sterhng at the present rate of exchange,
John McKellar and Anne his wife grant and confirm to
WilUam Crawford a certain parcel of land in the town of
Falmouth, bounded N. by a street or highway to the north
of the town, S. by the land of Thomas Clark, E. by a street,
and W. by a high-road leading to Falmouth Bay ....
together with a dwelling-house .... and to his heirs and
assigns for ever, and lastly John McKellar and Anne his
wife constitute Thomas Clarke of Antigua, Esq., their
Attorney. William Lyddon, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn,
Solicitor ; John Lyddon, same place, witnesses.
No. 121. Private. An Act to enable Alexander Craw-
ford, guardian of Elizabeth Rolt, sole daughter and heir of
James Rolt, late of this island, deceased, to sell one hundred
and thirty acres of land belonging to the said Elizabeth Rolt,
for the payment of the Debts due thereon, and support and
maintenance of the said Elizabeth. Dated 11th Aug. 1701.
Alexander Crafford of Antigua, Gent. In consideration
of £400 St. paid to me by W°> Byam of Antigua, G', as a
marriage portion with Dorothy my now wife his sister,
release of all claim. Dated 1 Nov. 1703; recorded 29
Nov. 1704.
Patrick Crawford's commission as Provost Marshal
General of the Leeward Islands was dated at St. Christopher's
29 July 1723 ; and he was sworn in on 7 Aug. following.
Deposition of Alexander Crawford, Esq., Deputy Provost
Marshal, set. 36, 10 Nov. 1749. (B. T. Leeward Islands,
vol. 29.)
1800, April 10. At his lodgings near Kilburn wells, in
his 50*'' year, John Francis Crawford, esq., of the island of
Antigua. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 397.)
CRAWFORD FAMILY.
183
Parish Eegister of St. John.
Buried.
1721 Feb. 10 Ensigne W"" CraflFord.
1738 Jan. 27 Frances y^ wife of Alexander Crawford.
1752 June 28 Doc' George Crawford.
1755 Mar. 29 Enpheraia Crawford.
1765 Nov. 16 Robert Crawford, child.
1770 Nov. 2 Ann Crawford.
1780 AprU 12 Mary Crawford.
1808 Dec. 25 George B. M. Crawford.
Baptized.
1749 Feb. 1 Jolin Francis the s. of Alex'' Crawford and
Mary his wife.
1750 Mar. 2 Alexander the S. of Alexander Crawford
and Mai-y his wife.
1752 Oct. 28 Charles the S. of Alex'' Crawford and Mary
his wife.
1754 Aug. 31 Euphemia D. of Alex. Crawford & Mary
his wife.
1756 Mar. 16 Rebeccah Grace the D. of Alex. Crawford
& Mary his wife.
1758 Jan. 21 Mary the D. of Alexander Crawford &
Mary his wife.
1759 Nov. 29 Eobert the S. of Alexander Crawford and
Mai'y his wife.
1804 Jan. 18 Charlotte D. of George Crawford and
Frances his wife, b. 18 Jans' i803.
1804 Jan. 18 Louisa Grace D. of Samuel Crawford and
Sarah Charles his wife, b. 12 March
1801.
1807 Oct. 2 Ann Crawfeild D. of John Crawford and
Mary his wife. B. the 24"^ July last.
1810 Mar. 1 John S. of John Crawford and Mary his
wife. B. the IS"" October last.
1811 May 22 George S. of John Crawford and Mary his
wife. B. 1=' March last.
1812 Nov. 25 James Gilchrist S. of Mathew Crawford
and Harriet his wife. B. the 24'''
August last.
1815 Sept. 13 Mary D. of John Crawford and Mary his
wife. B. the 17"' December 1814.
1817 Oct. 1 Edwardina Eldridge D. of John Craw-
ford and Mary his wife. B. 10'" June
last.
Margaret Pearson D. of John Crawford
and Mary his wife. B. 17"' June last.
Married.
Aug. 5 Thomas Crawford and Mary Patterson. L.
Jan. 6 John Painter and Mary Crawford.
1749
April
16
175a
Feb.
27
1800
Nov.
6
1801
July
15
1819 Sept. 11
1727
1741
1807 Aug. 26
Andrew Crawford and Esther Meglo King.
George Crawford & Ann Barnes, by L.
George Crawford to Frances Crisp. L.
Samuel Crawford to Sarah Blizard, Spin-
ster. L.
Thomas Harris Crawford to Eliza Jordan,
Spinster. L.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1788 June 10 Alexander Crawford & Frances Bawn.
1807 Sept. 11 D'' Ju° Crawford to Eleanor Nanton,
Spinster. L.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
1766 Feb. 7 Alexander Crauford, Jun''.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
1842 Dec. 22 William Fleming (Planter) of this Parish
& Ann Crawfield Crawford, Spr.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
1809 June 2 Margaret Susannah Crawford, D. of W
Thomas Harris Crawford and Eliza his
"Wife, in Willoughby Bay Church Yard,
where were also interred on the 27"'
May 1808 the remains of William S. of
the same parents ; but whose Burial by
accident was omitted to be registered
before. The corpses of the above two
Children, who died both Infants, were
deposited in the same Grave, and the
Burial Service at both Funerals read.
1809 July 16 Mary Ann Crawford, Infant D. of M'
William Crawford and Sarah his Wife,
in Willoughby Bay Church Yard.
1810 May 19 Thomas Crawford S. of M'' Thomas Craw-
ford and Eliza his Wife, in Willoughby
Bay Church Yard.
Baptized.
1808 May 13 William S. of Thomas Harris & Eliza
Crawford, b. 4 May.
1809 May 17 Margaret Susannah d. of Thomas Harris
& Sarah Crawford, b. May 7.
1809 May 29 Mary Ann d. of William & Sarah Crau-
ford, b. 9 Feb.
184
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^Sctitsret xif Crump.
NATHANIEL CRUMP, sen., Barrister ; Speaker of Antigua before 1710
of Council 21 July 1716 ; President of Council 1735 ; Colonel of Militia.
sworn a Member=
=Aun White, mar. at St.
Philip's IG Oct. 1698.
Dr. George Crump of Mer-=pElizabeth
cer's Creek Estate, mar. at
St. John's 3 May 1738.
Will dated 20 June 1756 ;
sworn 20 Aug. 1761.
Burke,
living
1756.
General Byam Crump, Lieut.-Colonel of 4th
Regiment of Foot, Governor of Guadaloupe ;
mar. at St. John's Dorothea . . . . ; died 11
March 1760 ; voted a public monument.
Administration on 1 Aug. 1760 to his widow.
Captain Joshua=pElizabeth, dau.
Crump ; mar at. of ... . Masters;
St. Philip's 3 living 1756.
April 1742 ;
living 1750 :
died April 1756.
Ann, dau.=
of ....;
bur. at
Cocoa Nut
Hall 16
Oct. 1808.
=Nathaniel Crump, in-
herited Mercer's Creek
Estate alias Cocoa Nut
Hall, of 240 acres, from
his uncle Dr. George
Crump ; conveyed
Crumps, of 360 acres,
in 1769 to his brother
George.
George Crump, in-=pRussel, dau. of
herited the Mountain
Estate, of 1 20 acres,
from his uncle Dr.
George Crump ; en-
tered Gray's Inn 2
Jan. 1768; died 23
Oct. 1793, set. 48.
Dr. Patrick
Cusack ; mar.
at St. Philip's 3
Sept. 1766.
Joshua Crump, Ensign
68th ; under 21 1756;
bur. at St. John's 29
Sept. 1767.
Byam Crump, under 21
1756 ; (?) bur. at St.
John's 5 Jan. 1771.
Mary Crump, under
21 1756 ; living
1761 ; mar. 1st
John Harman.
Ann Crump, under
21 1756 ; living
1761.
Elizabeth Crump, dau. and heir, mar. 1781 or 82 Andrew Edwards, Ann Crump,
Esq. ; she inherited Cocoa Nut Hall. living 1798.
Elizabeth Crump,
living 1798.
•lulia Cramp,
living 1798.
Will of John Barnard. To my Wife Sarah Barnard all
my est. during her widowhood, but if she marry & after her
death all to my sons Barth. & Jn" Barnard. Loving friend
& relation Nath. Crump. Recorded 1697.
George Crump of Antigua, Doctor in Physic. Will
dated 20 June ] 756. £50 c. for funeral & to be buried at
night. To my wife Eliz"' £100 c. & £25 c. for a horse.
To my brother Byam Crump 400 gs. To each of my sisters.
Patience Wickham, Mary Collins, & Sarah Burke, £50 c.
for mourning. To each of my nieces, Ann Freeman
& Ann Redhead, £30. To my nephew Geo. Redhead all
my physic books. To Nath' Lynch & Francis Lynch, sons
of my sister Mary Collins by her late husband Francis
Lynch, the debt of £200 due to me. Eliz., widow of my
late brother Joshua Crump, shall reside in my house till her
1^' son, to whom I leave my Mercers Creek Plantation & the
land I purchased of M'' John Jeafferson in Belfast, shall
come into possession ; also the use of my furniture, linen,
chariot, & 7 negroes. A boy Sam', the reputed son of my
brother Joshua by Dorothy Williamson, & W", his reputed
son by Sarah Risdon, to be kept at school till 15. To each
of my nephews, Joshua Crump & Byam Crump, sons of my
brother Joshua, £1000 st. at 21. To each of my nieces,
Mary Crump & Ann Crump, daus. of my brother Joshua,
£1000 each at 21. If my Mercers Creek Plantation & land
I purchased of John Jeaffreson, or my Mountain Plantation,
come to Joshua Crump before he is 21 his £1000 to go to
the others, & the same to apply to Byam Crump. All my
estate to my brother Byam Crump, Francis Farley, & Thos.
Freeman of Antigua, Esq" in Trust, to apply my personal
estate (except my lease of land of Edward Williams, Esq.)
for debts & legacies. To George Crump, 2'' son of my
brother Joshua Crump, my Mountain Plantation, & to his
heirs, then to my nephew Joshua Crump, then to my nephew
Byam Crump, then to my nephew Nath' Crump, 1^' son of
my said brother Joshua Crump, then to my brother Byam
Crump, then to Geo. Redhead, 2^ son of Sam' Redhead by
my late sister Ann Crump, then to Nich^ Lynch, Nath'
Lynch, & Francis Lynch, sons of my sister Collins by her
late husb'' Francis Lynch, then to John Burke, son of my
sister Sarah Burke by her husb'' John Burke. To my
nephew Nath' Crump my Mercers Creek Plantation & land
I purchased of John Jeaffreson & all residue, & to his heirs,
and in default to my nephew George Crump, then to my
nephews, Joshua Crump, Byam Crump, etc. Heirs to have
possession of said estates at 24. My trustees, Exors.
Witnessed by John AthiU, James Athill, John Smith.
Omit Sam' Redhead as Exor., and add in his place Hon.
Stephen Blizard & M"^ Sam' Martin, Merch' in S' Johns,
also 1> Jas. Athill & Thos. Warner, Esq^ I have blotted
out Rob' Browne. Before His Excelly Geo. Thomas,
Esq., was sworn John Athill of Antigua, Surgeon, 20
Aug. 1761.
Codicil dated May 1757. Revoke legacy of books to my
nephew Geo. Redhead. Having lately given my brother
Byam Crump £200, I give him only 200 gs., not 400. All
my physic books to my nephew George Crump, son of my
brother Joshua Crump, if he be brought up to Physic. To
Jane Savage, wife of Geo. Savage, £30 c. for mourning.
To Edw^ Brown, Mary Brown, & Eliz. Brown, son & daus.
of M'' Rob' Rrown by my niece Ann Garratt, £100 c. each
at 21. Annul bequest to Nath' & Francis Lynch, sons of
my sister Collins, & give them £100 c. each. Revoke gift
of chariot and horses to Eliz., widow of my late brother
Joshua Crump. A house for my former servant Franky
(whom I free) to be built, & he is to have 2 barrells of beef
& flour yearly. Revoke appointment of Sam' Redhead as
Trustee and Ex'or. " He had nothing in the world of his
own to begin with until my Brother Nathaniel Crump dec''
interested him a third part, if I remember right, in a Sloop
Cargo, the profitts whereof could not be much, & but 2
years after that my said Brother died, when it fell to my lot
to befriend M"' Redhead, which I did to the utmost of my
fortune, as I reposed an entire Confidence in his Honesty,
yet out of the many different Voyages he made in Trade to
which I promoted him, he never has rendered the least
account of his transactions." I appoint the Hon. Stephen
Blizard, Esq., Tho. Warner, Esq., Sam' Martin of S' John's
Town, Merch', & D'' Jas. Athill, Francis Farley, & Thos.
Freeman, Ex'ors in Trust. Witnessed by John Athill,
Kenneth M'^Donald, Charles Malcolm. Before His Ex-
CRUMP FAMILY.
185
Ann Crump, mar.
Samuel Redhead,
Esq. ; bur. at St.
John's 16 Jan.
1742.
Patience Crump,
mar. John Wick-
ham, Esq. ; his
will dated 12
Sept. 1750.
Mary Crump, mar.
1st Francis Lynch,
and 2ndly ....
Collins ; she living
1756.
Philip Crump,"
dead 1750,
(?) bur. at St.
John's 25 Aug.
1732.
I
Nathaniel-
Crump,
jun.,dead
just before
28 Feb.
1728.
Sarah Crump, mar.
1st .Tohn Burke, and
2ndly Wal-
rond ; she living
1777 and 1789.
Mary Crump. Ann Crump, living 1750.
John Crump.
cellency George Thomas were sworn John Athill, Doctor in
Physic, and Kenneth M'^Donald of Antigua, Merchant, 20
Aug. 1761.
2nd Codicil. Revoke legacies of £1000 apiece to my
nephews Joshua & Byam Crump, and give them only £500
each, & to each of my said nieces Mary Crump & Ann Crump
£1000 more. 4 July 1761. Witnessed by John Blake,
Samuel Grover. Before His Excellency George Thomas
were sworn John Blake, Esq., and Sam' Grover, planter, 20
Aug. 1761. Listructions : M"' Francis Farley has managed
my estate for 2 or 3 years ; D'' Jas. Athill will help him.
All plantation necessaries to come from Codriugton &
Millar. Provisions for servants, etc., to come ft'om M'' John
Crump, Merch' in Dublin. Sugars from my Mountain
Estate to go to Maitland and Boddington, those of Mercer's
Creek to Codringcon and Millar. My niece Polly's fortune.
A legacy of £200 given by my father to Mary Crump, dau.
of my brother Phillip, also £100 to his grandson, Nath'
Lynch, to be paid at once. 1 Nov. 1758. John Douglas,
dec*, my overseer. Before His Excellency Geo. Thomas
was sworn Geo. Savage, Esq., of St. .John's Town, Merchant,
20 Aug. 1761. Recorded 22 March 1762.
to
(Portion of will.) Sam' Redhead, subscribing witness
. . . Crump her last will. Recorded 30 Nov. 1752 ....
1760, Aug. 1. Byam Crump, Esq., late Governor of
Guadaloupe, deceased. Administration to Dorothea Crump,
the widow.
No. 9.
67 between George
Close Roll, 8 Geo. IIL, Part I
Indenture made the 20th Dec. 1
Crump of the parish of St. Marylebone, Esq., of the one
part, and Nathaniel Crump of the same parish, Esq., of the
other part, witnesseth tha,t in consideration of 10s
and in conformity with an Act of the Leeward Islands ....
and to the end all estates tail and remainders may be
effectually destroyed .... and for divers other good causes
and considerations .... George Crump grants and confirms
to Nathaniel Crump, his heirs and assigns, all that planta-
tion in the parish of St. Mary and division of Old Road in
Antigua called Crumps Mountain Plantation, containing
120 acres .... and also the dwelling house, etc., etc., and
all negro, mulatto, and other slaves, men, women, and
children .... and all stores, mules, cows, steers, and other
cattle .... in trust, to the only use, behoof, and benefit of
George Crump and his heirs and assigns for ever .... and
lastly George Crump nominates John Burke of Antigua,
Esq., and William Massett of Antigua, coppersmith, his
Attorneys. Nicholas Lynch, witness.
Close Roll, 10 Geo. IIL, Part 13, No. 24.
Indenture made the 2l8t Nov. 1769 between Nathaniel
Crump of the parish of St. Marylebone, Esq., of the one
part, and George Crump of the same parish, Esq., of the
other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 10s
and in conformity with an Act of the Commander in Chief,
Council, etc., etc., of the Leeward Islands .... and to the
intent that all estates tail and remainders may be fully and
effectually extinguished, barred, docked, and destroyed, and
for divers other good causes and considerations ....
Nathaniel Crump grants and confirms to George Crump, his
heirs and assigns, all that jjlantation in the parish of St.
Peter and division of Mercers Creek in Antigua called
Crumps Windward Plantation, containing 300 acres ....
and the dwelling house, etc., and also all negro, mulatto,
and other slaves, men, women, and children .... and also
all horses, cows, steers, and other cattle .... and also all
that plantation in the parish of St. Philip and division of
Belfast called Crumps Stock Plantation, containing 60 acres
.... to the only use, behoof, and benefit of Natlianiel Crump
and his heirs and assigns for ever and to no other use, intent,
or purpose whatsoever, and lastly Nathaniel Crump nominates
John Bourke of Antigua, Esq., and William Massett of An-
tigua, coppersmith, his Attorneys. Martin French, witness.
Close Roll, 10 Geo. III., Part 4, No. 9.
Indenture made the 10th Oct. 1770 between George
Crump, late of Antigua, but now of St. Marylebone, Esq.
(one of the sons of Joshua Crump, late of Antigua, Esq.,
deceased), and Russell his wife (one of the daughters and
coheiresses of Patrick Cnsack, -late of Antigua, planter, de-
ceased, and also one of the residuary devisees nominated in
his last will, and also one of the residuary devisees nomi-
nated in the will of John Tankard, late of Antigua, planter,
deceased), of the one part, and John Burke of Antigua,
Esq., and .James Athill of Antigua, Esq., of the other part.
Whereas George Crump and Russell his wife are desirous to
sell such parts of the lands and slaves late of Patrick Cusack
deceased, and also such parts of the lands and slaves of
John Tankard, deceased, of which they are in right of
Russell seized or in any way entitled to ... . Now this In-
denture witnesseth that for enabling John Burke and James
Athill, or the survivor, to sell the same absolutely in fee
simple to any purchaser .... and in consideration of 5s.
. . . . George Crump and Russell his wife grant, etc., to
John Burke and James Athill all such parts, etc., etc. (as
above), in trust to sell for the best prices that can be got
.... and to pay the money to George Crump or as he shall
direct .... and they nominate John Burke and James
Athill their Attorneys to sell, etc., etc and lastly
George Cramp and Russell his Avife nominate William Pitts
of Antigua, Esq., and William Massett and Henry Thomas of
Antigua, Gentlemen, their Attorneys irrevocable to appear
.... Martin French, witness.
Close Roll, 11 Geo. III., Part 14, No. 13.
Indenture made the 13th Sept. 1771 between Nathaniel
Crump of the parish of St. Marylebone, Esq., of the one
B B
186
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
part, and James Balmer of London, merchant, of the other
part, witnesseth that in conformity with the Act of the
Leeward Islands .... and in consideration of 10s
Nathaniel Crump grants, etc., to James Balmer all that
plantation late the plantation of George Crumpe, Esq.,
deceased, and commonly called his Mercers Creek Planta-
tion in the Division of Mercers Creek in Antigua, con-
taining about 240 acres, bounded E. with the sea, W. with
the lands late of Samuel Nibbs, Esq., deceased, now in the
tenure and occupation of Dr. Ashton Warner, N. with the
sea, and S. with the lands of Francis Farley .... and also
the mansion house thereon erected .... and also all that
other parcel of land late of George Crump, deceased, pur-
chased from John Jeaffresou, Esq., deceased, in the
Division of Belfast in Antigua, containing about 150 acres
.... bounded E. with the lands of Nicholas Collins, Esq.,
W. with the sea, N. with the sea, and S. with the lands of
Christopher Codringtoa Bethell, Esq and all those
negros, mulattos, and other slaves .... and all stores,
mules, cows, steers, and other cattle .... to have and to
hold to the only use and behoof of Nathaniel Crump and his
heirs and assigns for ever, and for no other use .... and
lastly Nathaniel Crump appoints John Burke, Esq., and
James Athill, Esq., of Antigua, to be his Attorneys ....
Andrew Lessly, William Lessly, witnesses.
1699. Nathaniel Crump then a Member of Assembly
for Old North Sound. He was Speaker before 1710.
1711, Feb. 21. Nathaniel Crump stated on 10 Oct. last
several French privateers landed at his plantation and took
fifteen slaves. He petitions to the Assembly for payment.
On 22 May he is paid ,£GC1 for these out of the public money.
1716-17, Feb. 4. Petition of Nathaniel Crump, Esq.,
that he owns 145 acres in Old North Sound, bounded N.
with the sea, E. with the sea and Captain Archibald
Cochran and Pdchard Cochran, S. with Mr. James Parke &
Mercer's Creek, W. with Mr. Thomas Hews and James
Parke ; also 13^ acres N. with Nathaniel Gilbert, E. with
James Parke, S. with John (?) Brunckhurst and Nathaniel
Gilbert, W. with Sarah Philips, an infant, and lands late of
Dr. Anthony Sheotford.
Leyden University.
Crump, Georgius, Ilibernus, 24 Sept. 1715.
Crump, Georgius, Anglus, 1 Jul. 1720.
Crump, Biam, Anglo- Britannus, 5 Nov. 1736.
(Peacock's 'Lidex of Bnglisli Graduates at Leyden.')
In 1721 Nathaniel Crump, sen., w^as practising at the
Antiguan Bar.
1725, Jan. 3. Nathaniel Crump, jun., Esq., sworn a J. P.
1729, Nov. 26. Petition of George Crump and Samuel
Redhead, who have a large sloop of 10 guns now fitting for
the coast of Guinea, offering to take back 6 free negros who
had been kidnapped from Cape Apollonia by the mate of
the sloop " Catherine," which latter vessel belonged to Peter
Papillon of Boston, merchant. The mate murdered his
skipper, but the deed was discovered at St. John's, where he
put in for provisions.
1738, April 28. George Crump sworn a J.P.
1740, Oct. 13. Deposition of Josiah Crump, Master of
the sloop " Speedwell."
1742, March 7. Byam Crump joins the troop.
1753, Dec. Byam Crump, Esq.; appointed major to
col. Duroure's reg. of foot. (' London Magazine,' p. 581.)
1756, April 8. Death of Joshua Crump ; his seat in
the Assembly vacant.
1760, March 11. Col. Byam'Crump, Governor of Guada-
loupe, and lieut.-col. of the 4"" reg. of foot. He was seized
with an ague fit about 4, and died about 5, in strong con-
Tulsions. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 249.)
1768, Jan. 2. George Crump, of the Island of Antigua,
Gent. (Foster's 'Gray's Inn Admissions.')
1703
1734
1738
1777
1797
1727
1732
1747
1748
1761
1762
1767
1769
1771
1779
1793
1834
1844
1730
1782
1698
1742
1766
April
May
Nov.
Nov.
Aug.
Nov.
Feb.
Nov.
Mar.
Sept.
Feb.
Jan.
Sept.
Sept.
Feb.
Sept.
Dec.
Feb.
M'
M^
Oct. 16
April 3
Sept. 3
1698 Sept. 29
Parish Kegister of St. John.
Married.
James Hanson & Margaret Crump. L.
Josiah Crump and Sarah Lisle. L.
George Crump & Elizabeth Burke.
William Crump to Barbara Ramsay. L.
.... jun' to Bhzabeth Crump, Spinster. L.
Buried.
Edward Crump.
PhiUip Crump.
Sarah Crump, wife of .Josiah Crump.
Josiah Crump.
Eliz"' Cramp.
Abell Crump.
Joshua Crump, Ensign in the eS"" Regmt.
P.
Mary Crump, Widdow. C. P.
Byam Crump.
Mary Crump.
William Crump.
Barbara Crump, S* John's, 76.
Richard Crump, S' John's, 69.
Baptized.
John the s. of Nathaniel Crump.
Elizabeth the D. of William Crump and
Barbary his wife.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Alarried.
Nathaniel Crump to Ann White.
Joshua Crump to Elizabeth Masters.
George Crump, Esq., & Miss Russel Cusack.
Buried.
Martha Crump.
29
14
26
22
29
26
5
13
18
16
10
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Buried.
1774 Aug. 5 Patience Wickham.
1808 Oct. 16 Ann Crump, Widow, in the private Burying-
Ground on Cocoa Nut Hall Estate,
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Buried.
Geo. Crump, Esq'', Gunner of Monk's Hill,
in S' Paul's churchyard.
1821 Sept. 23
St. John's.
On the Lisle tomb in the churchyard : —
Here also Heth the Body of
SARAH CRUMP Relict of
the faid WILLIAM LISLE, and
late Wife of Cap' JOSIAH CRUMP
who Departed this life Nov"' : 28""
I747 in the 49''' Year of her Age
Ah! SARAH MAT RUM optima Mulierum
amcmtijpima Vale.
Inside the family burial-ground on the Cocoa Nut Hall
small head-stones, the inscriptions partly
Plantation are
illegible : —
GEORGE CRUMP
Efq.
Departed this Life
JULY 1773 (?)
.... years.
Geo V Crump Esq'
died
Ocf 23'' 1793
Aged 48 years.
" Crumps," in St. Philip's Parish, of 514 acres, is now
known as Comfort Hall.
CUSACK FAMILY.
187
^^etitgrte of Cusatk,
Arms. — Per pah or and azure, afess counterchanged.
Dr. PATRICK CUSACK of Antigua; (?) of the family=pLettice Lewis (dau. of Lewis of the Hay, co. Brecon), niece
of Cusack of Gerardstown and Clonard in Ireland. and coheir to Joshua Jones, Esq. ; bur. at St. Philip's 19 May 1762.
I .
Letitia Cusack, mar.
at St. Philip's, 28
Jan. 1761, Thomas
Elmes, Esq. ; he
mar. 2ndly Elizabeth
Harman.
Russell Cusack,
mar. at St.
Philip's, 3 Sept.
1766, George
Crump, Esq.
I
Mary Cusack, born 12
May 1744; mar. at St.
Philip's, 30 Aug. 1762,
Samuel Harman, Esq.;
died 11 Dec. 1769.
M.I. at Harmans.
Francis Cusack,
bur. at St.
Philip's 4 Dec.
1745, set. 6.
I I
( ?) Ann Cusack, bur. at
St. Philip's 4 Feb. 1754.
Joshua Cusack, bur. at
St. Philip's 29 Oct. 1738.
I I
Peter Cusack.
(?) Lewis Cu-
sack, bur. at
St. Philip's 12
Sept. 1759.
Close Roll, 22 Geo. II., Part 19, No. 2.
Indenture tripartite made the 22nd Sept. 1748 between
Thomas Vernon of Bristol, Esq., and Ehzabeth his wife, of
the 1st part, Patrick Cusack of Antigua, planter, and Lettice
his wife (late Lettice Lewis, a niece and devisee of Joshua
Jones, late of Nonsuch, in the parish of Willoughby Bay,
Antigua, Esq., deceased, of a moiety of all his plantations,
etc., and real estate), and Nicholas Power of Antigua,
planter (who married Mary Lems, since deceased, another
niece of Joshua Jones .... and devisee of the other moiety),
of the 2nd part, and Ashton Warner the elder of Antigua,
Esq., and Thomas Warner of Antigua, Esq., of the 3rd
part, witnesseth that in consideration of £300 sterling paid
by Patrick Cusack and Nicholas Power .... and lO.s. by
Ashton and Thomas Warner .... Thomas Vernon grants,
etc., at the nomination and appointment of Patrick Cusack
and Lettice his wife and Nicholas Power, testified by their
being parties hereto .... to Ashton and Thomas Warner, in
their actual possession being, by an Indenture dated the day
before these presents .... all that one full and equal fourth
or quarter part of all that plantation in the Division of
Nonsuch and Parish of St. Philip's, Antigua, late in the
occupation of Joshua Jones or his undertenants .... what-
soever contents of acres, and howsoever butted and bounded
.... and of all messuages .... and of the negro slaves
following (names given), 47 men, 37 women, 12 boys, and
9 girls .... wherein Thomas Vernon, or any one in trust
for him, is seized .... and which Thomas Vernon or some
one in trust for him, purchased some years since of Lettice
Cusack and Mary, late wife of Nicholas Power, formerly
Lettice and Mary Lewis .... and of all oien, bulls, cows,
heifers, and other cattle whatsoever .... to have and to
hold to Ashton and Thomas Warner in trust for the persons
entitled thereto under the will of Joshua Jones .... as if
the same had not been conveyed at any time since his death
.... and to no other use whatever .... and Thomas
Vernon appoints, etc., Harry Webb of Antigua, merchant,
and the Rev. Charles Rose of Antigua, clerk, his attorneys.
Thomas Rock, Thomas Owen, witnesses.
Received the consideration money from Patrick Cusack
and Nicholas Power by the hands of Slingsby Bethell, Esq.,
of London.
The arms of Cusack as impaled on the ledger of Samuel
Harman, Esq., at Antigua, are : Per pale or and azure, afess
counterchanged.
1744, June 26. Petition of Patrick Cusack, master of
the " Penelope."
Parish Register, of St. Philip.
Buried.
1738
Oct.
29
Joshua s. of Patrick Cusack.
1745
Dec.
4
Francis S. of M"^ Patrick Cusack, aged 6
1754
Feb.
4
Ann Cusack.
1759
Sept.
12
Lewis Cusack.
1762
May
19
M" Cusack.
1766
Jan.
1
Patrick Cusack, Esq.
Married.
1761
Jan.
28
Tho' Elmes, Esq^ & Lostitia Cusack.
1762
Aug.
30
Samuel Harman & Mary Cusack.
1766
Sept.
3
George Crump, Esq'', & Miss Russ
1707
Cusack.
Register of Bath Abbey.
Buried.
Oct. 12 Robert Cusacke, Esquir, of Frigear,
County Dublin.
188
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etitijree oi BanicL
WILLIAM DANIELL^
of Montserrat, Barrister-
at-Law.
Eliza Earle:
Daniel, mar.
11 July
1818 ; died
1851. 1st
wife.
Henry Wolseley, 3rd son of Sir=pCharlotte Elizabeth, only
William Wolseley, Bart., of dau. of Major John Delap-
Wolseley, co. Stafford ; Cap-
tain in the Array ; died 1836.
DANIELL=F.
Halliday
died 1826.
of Antigua ;
Eight other
children.
William Bertie Charlotte, dau. of John=pMeade Home Daniell, M.D.,=
Wolseley, born Ireland Rose ; born 10
1797 ; twenty- andbapt. 24 June 1801 ;
one years in the mar. 14 May 1818 ; died
Civil Service of 28 Jan.l839,iBt.38. M.I.
British Guiana, at St. John's. 2nd wife.
Member of Council of Mont-
serrat 1808, of Antigua
1817 ; died G Sept. 1852,
set. 73. M.I. at St. John's.
Louisa ToUe-
mache Wolse-
ley, mar.
1853.
I
=John Rose
Daniell.
/\
I I
George Norval Home
Daniell, bapt. 22
April 1838.
Ann Meade Daniell,
born 22 June 1819,
bapt. 26 May 1821.
=Maria Osborne, dau.
and coheir of Boyce
Ledwell of Antigua,
Esq. ; mar. 26 Nov.
1804. 1st wife.
Charlotte Elizabeth Earle
Daniell, bapt. 7 Aug. 1829.
Caroline Elizabeth Daniell,
bapt. 10 Dec. 1833.
Eliza Daniell,
April 1838.
bapt.
I
Ann William
Daniell, died
5 July 1847.
M.I. at St.
John's.
William Osborne Daniell,
born and bapt. 10 April
1807.
Elizabeth Jane Daniell,
born Dec. 1809, bapt. 15
July 1811.
John Lindsey of Antigua, Esq.=p. . . .
Anne Lindsey, only dau., born 5 March 1759,=
bapt. 26 April 1760 at St. John's ; died 13
July 1792 in London. 1st wife.
=THOMAS DANIELL of the Villa, Antigua, 1788 ;=r Anne
Attorney-General of Dominica ; died 17 March 1806 1806.
at Suettisham, Lynn, co. Norfolk.
Earle Lindsey Daniell, of the Villa, Antigua, Esq.,=pElizabeth
only son and heir ; Lieutenant 12th Dragoons, living 1813.
Will dated 9 July 1813; sworn 22 Sept. 1814.
/\
Anne liindsey Daniell, only dau.,
mar. 1 April 1802, at Snettisham,
CO. Norfolk, John Holmes, jun.,
of Belfast.
. . . living
2nd wife.
I
Edward Thomas
Daniell, living
1806.
Earl Lindsay Daniel of Antigua, Esq. Will dated
9 July 1813. All my estates in Antigua & Dominica to
Maj"' Gen' Jn° Lindsay & Jn" Heyman of London, Esq., on
Trust, to sell my estate in Dominica, & to pay the incum-
brances on my Villa estate in Antigua, & any surplus to my
wife Eliz., she to receive the rents of the Villa plantation
then for any children, & in default to Maj'' Gen' Jn°
Lindsay & his wife. Trustees to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Cha. Cheshire, Jn" Lewis, R' Barton. Before Governor
John Lindsay appeared Jn" Mason Lewis of Antigua, Esq.,
Captain R.N., & Commander of English Harbour. 22 Sept.
1814.
Josiah Webb of Nevis, Esq., in his will dated 20 Feb.
1767, named his sister Eliz. Daniel, dec'', and bequeathed to
her dau. Sarah Daniel £1200, her son George Webbe Daniel
£2500, her dan. Ann Daniell £1200, and her dau. Phoebe
Daniell £1200.
William Lindsay, in his will dated 1811, states that
he had sold his 2 plantations in Antigua & Dominica to
Tho. Daniel, Esq., father of Earle Lindsay Daniel, Esq.,
& there was still due to him £1500 st.
1740 or 1741. Nicholas Daniel appointed Member of
Council of Nevis. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 27.)
1748, Jan. 11. Nicholas Daniel, Esq., and Edward
Daniel, Esq., to be of the Montserrat Council (B. T.
America, and W. I., No. 103). The former of these had
been nominated by General Mathew in 1743.
1760. Meade Daniell and Earle Daniell, Members of
the Council of Montserrat, sign the Proclamation of George
III. (B. T. Leeward Islands, No. 33.)
1764, May 30. Governor Thomas writes announcing
the death of President Wyke of Montserrat, and that the
next Councillor Edward Daniel is residing at St. Croix.
1765, Dec. 13. Edward Daniel of the Council of Mont-
serrat having left that Island, Alexander Gordon is
appointed in his place.
1768, June 18. Governor Woodley writes that he
has re-instated Edward Daniel as Senior Councillor of
Montserrat. The Home Government on 7 Feb. 1769
orders that he shall not be restored to his former seniority.
1770, April 20. Governor Woodley has appointed
Earle Daniell to be of the Council of Montserrat.
1780, April 6. Mr. Thomas Daniel to have the rank
of King's Counsel at the Antiguan Bar.
1789. Signature of George Webbe Daniell of Nevis,
Esq. (B. T. Leeward Islands, 89.)
1802, April 1. At Snetsham, Norfolk, John Holmes,
jun., esq., of Belfast, to Miss Daniell, only daughter of
Thomas Daniell, esq., attorney-general of Dominica.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 373.)
DANIEL FAMILY.
189
1803, July 15. Dr. Meade Home Daniell, a gentle-
man of an old family in Montserrat, to be of the Council
there.
1806, March 17. At his house at Snettisham, near
Lynn, Norfolk, after a lingering and painful disease, of a
cancerous nature, in his cheek, Thomas Daniell, esq.,
attorney-general of the Island of Dominica. (' Gentleman's
Magazine,' p. 293.)
1810, June 20. James Weekes appointed Chief Justice
of Nevis, vice George "Webbe Daniell, deceased.
1840, Oct. 7. At Demerara, Thomas Porter, jun., esq.,
eldest son of T. Porter, esq., of Rockbeare-house, Devon,
to Charlotte-Elizabeth, eldest dau. of "W. B. Wolsely, esq.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' 1841, p. 90.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1769
1785
Oct.
May
12
23
1804 Nov. 26
Boyce Ledwell to Elizabeth Cooke, by Lie.
Boyce Ledwell to Jane Osborne, Spinster,
by Lie.
Meade Home Daniel, Practitioner of
Physic, to Maria Osborne Ledwell,
Spinster, by Lie.
1818 May 14 The Honorable Meade Home Daniell to
Charlotte Rose, Spinster. Lie. from
Thomas Kerby, Esq., Commander in
Chief.
William Bertie Wolsely to Eliza Earle
Daniell, Spr.
1818 July 11
Baptized.
1787 Oct. 3 Maria Osborne D. of Boyce Ledwell and
Jane his wife. B. -2^^ August 1787.
1807 April 10 William Osborne S. of Meade Home
Daniel and Maria Osborne his wife.
B. this Morning.
1811 July 15 Elizabeth Jane D. of Mead Home Daniel
and Maria Osborn his wife. B. Decem-
ber 1809.
1821 May 26 Ann Meade D. of The Honorable' Meade
H. Daniell, Esquire, and Charlotte his
wife. B. June 22" 1819.
Buried.
1812? Jane Ledwell.
1822 Oct. 10 Charlotte Elizabeth D. of William Bertie
Wolseley, Esq'', and Eliz. Earle his wife.
B. August 5, 1822.
1824 Sept. 10 Frances Anne D. of William Bertie
Wolseley and Eliza Earle his wife. B.
August lO"" 1824.
1826 Nov. 10 B. the 3 July last. Cecilia Lewis Pauline
D. of William Bertie & Eliza Earle
Wolseley, of Weatherills, Esquire.
1829 Aug. 7 Charlotte Elizabeth Earle D. of Meade
Home & Charlotte Daniel. Belmont.
Member of H.M. Council.
1833 Dec. 10
1838 April 22
1839 Jan. 29
Caroline Elizabeth D. of Meade Home
& Charlotte Daniel. Belair. Member
of H.M. Council.
(Pri.) Eliza Wolseley D. of Meade Home
& Charlotte Daniel. Weatherills.
President of H.M. Council. Also George
Nerval Home s. of do.
Charlotte Daniel. Weatherills. 38.
St. John's Cathedral.
On a plain marble tablet against the north wall : —
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE HONOURABLE
MEADE HOME D.\NIELL, ESQUIRE, M.D.,
HE WAS A NATIVE OF THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT,
EDUCATED IN EUROPE,
AND EARLY IN LIFE REMOVED TO THIS ISLAND,
WHERE FOR MANY YEARS
HE SUCCESSFULLY PRACTISED HIS PROFESSION.
IN 1817 HE WAS CALLED TO THE
HONOURABLE BOARD OF COUNCIL,
AS PRESIDENT OF WHICH HE ADMINISTERED
THE LOCAL AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT,
WITH MUCH CREDIT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
HE DIED AT WEATHERILL's ESTATE, IN THIS PARISH,
ON THE 6'^° SEPTEMBER 1852, AGED 73,
REGRETTED BY THE COMMUNITY
AND DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HIS FAMILY
AND A NUMEROUS CIRCLE OF FRIENDS,
WHO, AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND ESTEEM
HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a flat stone over a brick tomb : —
IN REMEMBRANCE
OF HIS
BELOVED AND LAMENTED SISTER
ANNE WILLIAM DANIELL
THIS MARBLE SLAB
IS PLACED
OVER HER GRAVE
BY
MEADE H. DANIELL
5'^° JULY
A.D. 1847.
On a marble slab : —
THIS TABLET
PROTECTS THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
CHARLOTTE
THE AFFECTIONATE
AND DEEPLY LAMENTED WIFE OF
MEADE HOME DANIELL
WHO DIED THE •2>(^^ OF JANUARY 1839
AGED 38 YEARS.
190
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^Sttii(jrcc of iiasent
Arms. — Azure, a/ess or between three towers argent.
Crest. — A dexter vambraced arm grasping a falchion proper.
Mottoes. — Strike and Mon Dieu est ma roche.
JOHN DASENT of St. Christopher's and Nevis ; Member of Assembly=f=- • • • died 30
for St. George's Parish, Nevis, 1693-95 ; living 7 May 1709. Aug. 1707.
Hill.^
1st wife.
1
=John Dasent of Nevis, born 4 March l()91-2 ; of Christ=. . . . the relict
Church College, Oxon ; uiatriculated 19 Julv 1707, aet. of ... . Pym.
16; Speaker of Nevis 1721, 1730,1748, "and 1750; 2nd wife.
Chief Justice of Nevis 1731 till his death 1754.
1
Frances Dasent,
born 9 July
1695 ; died 2
Dec. 1707.
1
Elizabeth Dasent,
born 20 Dec.
1701.
I
John Dasent of Dasents in Antigua, born S Sept.'
1712; settled at Antigua before 1741; Member
of Assembly 1742 ; died 10 April 1747, v.p.
^Henrietta Parson, dau.
of Mrs. Grace Parson
of Montserrat.
Joseph Dasent, born
19 May 1714; died
20 June 1716.
Joseph Dasent, born
28 Nov. 1717 ; died
Oct. 1736.
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Anne Dasent, born=pBates Williams
8 Nov. 1736; died
Dec. 1802.
Peterson, died
Dec. 1802.
Grace Dasent, born 28 Dec. 1733 ; mar. Istly, 9 Sept. 1750, at St. John's, Antigua,
John Abbott, who was bur. 16 Sept. 1753 at St. Paul's, Antigua; mar. 2ndly,
19 Nov. 1754, at St. John's, Robert Patterson, who was living 1758 ; she was of
Great Ormond Street, London, widow, in 1779.
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Robert Peterson,
Deputy Post-
master Nevis, died
Dec. 1805.
John Peterson.
Thomas Peterson.
Grace Peterson.
Jane Peterson, mar. Ro-
bert Hughes Pemberton.
Harriet Frances Irwin,=
dau. and coheir of Alex-
ander B. Irwin of St.
Vincent ; born 4 July
1784; died 22 Jan. 1808.
1st wife.
=John Roche Dasent,=pCharlotte Martha Irwin,
born 1773 ; edu-
younger sister of Harriet
cated at Westminster
Frances ; born 12 Jan.
School ; Attorney-
1791 ; died 26 Jan.
General of St. Vincent ;
1863 at Rugby. 2nd
died 15 Feb. 1832.
wife.
John Bury Dasent, born 22 Dec. 1806 ; educated=j=Jane Camden French, Bury Irwin Dasent,=pElizabeth Coningham,
at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cam-
bridge ; Barrister-at-Law Middle Temple 19
April 1833 ; Judge of County Courts 1858-84 ;
died 7 April 1888.
3rd dau. of M. D.
French, Barrister-at-
Law, of Tortola ; she
died 1880.
born 12 July 1815
at Bracknell, co.
Berks ; died 1872
at Trinidad.
/\
/^
youngest dau. of
William Coningham of
Upper Gower Street ;
mar. 4 Feb. 1845 at
St. Pancras.
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John Roche Dasent, born 24 Jan. 1847 ; educated at Westminster School ; of Christ^
Church College, Oxon ; matriculated 7 June 1865, jet. 18 ; junior student 1865-72 ;
B.A. 1869; M.A. 1872; Barrister-at-Law Middle Temple 1885; entered the public
service as a junior examiner in the Education Department 1876 ; private secretary to
the Lord President of the Council 1880-85 and 1892.
=Ellen Codrington, second dau.
of Sir Henry Codrington,
K.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet,
etc. ; mar. 27 July 1878.
r
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Manuel Dasent, born 13 May 1879, a naval cadet of H.M.S. Britannia 1892. Walter Dasent, born 17 Nov. 1880.
DASENT FAMILY.
191
dfamil^> of Bastut.
1693, Aug. 23. Mr. John Dacent chosen a Member of
the Assembly for St. George's Parish, and again on 1 Mar.
1694-5. (Minutes of Assembly of Nevis.)
1G95, Sept. 4. "The Assembly make Choice of M' Ph.
Browne & M"^ Jn" Dacent to joyne w"' two of y'' Councill to
survey y= Sessions house and Goals." {Ibid.)
1707-8. List of Inhabitants of Nevis, .Tno. Decent (sic),
1 white male, 1 white female, 9 negro males, and 4 negro
females.
1715-16. Mr. John Dasent signs as a Member of Assembly
of Nevis. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 13.)
1720. John Dasent, Esq., a Judge of the Court of K.B.
and C.P. at Nevis. {Ibid., vol. 16.)
1721, Mar. 16. John Dasent was returned for St.
George's, and chosen Speaker of Nevis. He was also Speaker
in 1727 and 1730-1.
1781, Aug. 2. John Dasent, Esq., takes the oaths on
his appointment as Chief Justice of Nevis. In a lawsuit of
1735 his age was given as 43.
1741, May 26. Mr. Dacent to join the Troop. (Minutes
of Assembly, Antigua.)
1742, Oct. 31. John Dascent's seat in the Assembly
now vacant by his resignation. He had been returned for
Falmouth Division on 12 March previously. {Ibid.)
1748, John Dasent then Speaker of Nevis.
1749, July 25. Petition of Hill Dasent for £40 for a
negro. (Minutes of Assembly, Antigua.)
1750, July 10. Signature of John Dasent, Esq., Speaker
of Nevis. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 29.)
He died in 1754, and Joseph Herbert succeeded him as
Chief Justice on 21 June 1754.
1768, June 18. Governor Wm. Woodley writes, "In
Obedience to His Majesty's Warrant signed by the Earl of
Shelburne, appointing John Dasent, Esq., Chief Judge of the
Island of Nevis, that Gentleman was sworn in before me."
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 33.)
176'J, May 11. John Dasent recommended for a seat in
the Council of Nevis.
In 1780 Judge Dasent was accused by the Grand Jury of
improperly discharging a prisoner, against whom a true bill
liad been found. At a Meeting of the Assembly 27 Jany.
1781, upon hearing read tlie "Answer of the Honourable
John Dasent, Esq"', Chief Justice of the Island of Nevis, to
the Petition of the Subscribers, who acted as a Grand Jury
at the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas, held in
and for the said Island on Tuesday, the Second day of May
last : This House Unanimously resolved such Answer to be
Vague, Vulgar, Insolent, False, and Infamous." The
President and Council concurred and agreed to apply for
his removal. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol.37.) In vol. 38
there are several papers referring to this dispute, from which
it appears that the Judge had dismissed the charge against
the prisoner on account of some inadvertent error on the
part of the prosecution, but the Home Government decided
that he was right in law.
1787, May 1. The writer of a letter to Lord Sydney
states " That the office of Chief Justice of S' Christopher's
became vacant about 10 days ago by "the death of John
Dasent, Esq."
1794, Oct. 5. At Northaw, Herts, M'' George Dasent,
son of the Hon. John Dasent, deceased, late Chief Justice of
the Island of Nevis. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 966.)
James Dasent,=pFrances Hill Dasent, born 2 July 1719 j^pMary Home, mar. 7 Nov.
born 30 Nov. Hickman, bur. at St. John's, Antigua, 16 | 1741 at St. Paul's, Antigua.
1715. Nov. 1750. /(x
Daniel Dasent, born Other
26 May 1724 ; died issue.
18 April 1725.
John Dasent of Nevis, born 19=
Feb. 1734-5; Barrister-at-Law;
Attorney-General of Nevis ;
Chief Justice of Nevis 1768-87 ;
(?) died 1787.
=Eleanor Koche,
dau. of James
Roche of Mar-
tinique.
James Daniel Dasent of An-
Dasent, tigua. Overseer, born
born 28 11 Feb. 1741. Will
Aug. dated 8 July ; sworn
1789. 18 July 1761.
William Jones Dasent,
born 21 Oct. 1742.
William J ones Dasent,
born 27 July 1744.
Mary Fenton
Dasent, born
28 Jan. 1736-
1737.
Hill Dasent. George Dasent, died at Northaw,
CO. Herts, 5 Oct. 1794.
Eleanor Roche Dasent, mar Gallwey
of Trinidad; both living 1807.
Bridget Dasent, spinster
in 1807.
Sir George Webbe Dasent of Tower Hill,=
Ascot, CO. Berks, born 22 May 1817 ; edu-
cated at AVes tminster School and Magdalen
Hall, Oxon ; matriculated 28 April 1836,
aet. 18; B.A. 1840; M.A. 1843; D.C.L.
1852 ; Barrister-at-Law Middle Temple
1852, and Advocate in Doctors' Com-
mons ; Civil Service Commissioner 1870-
1892 ; knighted 27 June 1876 ; an
original Jlember of Royal Commission
on Historical MSS.
=Frances Louisa
Delane, 3rd
dau. of W. P.
A. Delane of
Easthampstead
and Bracknell,
CO. Berks ; mar.
4 April 1846 at
St. James, Pic-
cadilly.
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Alexander=pCaroline Charles=pSophia
Dasent,
born i
April
1822.
Grant.
Under
wood
Dasent,
born
1827.
Hastings.
/s
Harriet Dasent,
born 1813; mar.
Thomas Henry
Dakins, and has
issue.
Charlotte Da-
sent, born at
Ightham ; died
infant.
George William Manuel Dasent, born 29 April
1849 ; educated at Westminster ; of Christ Church
College, O.xon ; matriculated 30 May 1868, ast.
19; junior student 1868-72; drowned at Sand-
ford 30 April 1872.
Arthur Irwin Dasent, born 8 May 1859 at 6 Broad Frances Emily
Sanctuary, Westminster ; educated at Eton 1872-6 ; Mary Dasent,
studied at Dresden 1877 ; appointed to H.M. Duchy born 5 Nov.
of Lancaster office May 1879, and a clerk in the 1855.
House of Commons 1 Jan. 1882.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etiicjrtt of $r\um.
of those who locked the gates on 7 Dec. 1688
July 1744. (P.C.I.)
Arms. — Argent, three branches of holly of as many leaves vert, tied gules, the strings Jlotant.
ALEXANDER IRWIN of Dublin, Merchant Adventurer of Londonderry, and one=f=. . . . Stanley, cousin-german to
the Rt. Hon. Sir John Stanley,
Bart.
Bury Irwin of Tankardstown and Castletown=
Moore, co. Meath, and of the Kills Estate near
Tcmplemore, CO. Tipperary, born 1091 ; 1709
volunteer in Spain ; 1710 purchased en-
signcy in Colonel Edward Stanhope's Regi-
ment ; entered the army in Colonel Hale's
Regiment of Foot (reduced 1718) ; 13 Oct.
17.5.5 appointed Capt.-Lieut. 81st Regiment
of Foot or Invalids ; 176G Capt.-Lieut. 71st
Regiment ; 1767 name not in Army List ;
died circa 1766. His portrait by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, in 1761, is iu the possession of Sir
George Dasent.
=Martha Thomas
. . . . Irwin.
Burrows Irwin of Hunt—
ingbrook, co. Kilkenny,
born 1695 ; entered the
army in Colonel Hale's
Regiment of Foot,
which was put on half-
pay in 1718, and he
continued on the Non-
effective List till his
death. Will dated 1753,
proved 175-1.
=Rebecca
Walsh,
marriage
licence
dated
15 Oct.
1734.
William
Irwin.
Jane
Irwin,
mar.
Rev.
Richard
Fisher
of
Stack-
allan,
CO.
Meath.
Alexander Burrowes Irwin of the Kills, co. Tipperary, and of the Union-
Estate, St. Vincent, born 1744 ; Ensign 32nd Regiment of Foot 12 July
1759 ; Lieutenant 4 May 1763 ; Capt.-Lieut. 20 June 1764 ; Captain
9 May 1768 ; second on List of Captains 1774 ; 1775 his name dis-
appears from Army List; died 22 .July 1806 ; bur. at St. Vincent.
M.I. in St. George's Cathedral.
=Lydia, dan. of Harry Ale.Yander of
the Mains, and widow of Harry
Hackshaw of St. Vincent ; born
1757 ; died March and bur. 21
March 1836 at St. Ijunstan in the
West, City of London.
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Other issue.
Henry Bury Irwin, only son, born 12 Dec. 1789 ;
Lieutenant 6Sth Regiment 23 June 1804 ;
Captain 4 June 1812 ; killed 9 Nov. 1813 at
the Battle of the Nivelle in the Peninsular War.
Harriet Frances Irwin, 1st dau.
and co-heir, born 4 July 1784;
mar. 22 Feb. 1806 John Roche
Dasent, and died 22 Jan. 1808.
Charlotte Martha Irwin, 2nd dau. and
co-heir, born 12 Jau. 1791 ; 2nd wife
of John Roche Dasent aforenamed ;
died at Rugby 26 Jan. 1863.
^Sctiisru of ^Icjianticr.
HARRY ALEXANDER of Mains Menstrie (claimed to be nephew of Henry, 5th Earl of Stirling, who=rJane Martin,
died s.p. 4 Dec. 1739).
I II II
Lydia Alexander, born=pHarry Hackshaw of Jane Alex- Anne Alexander ,=pAndrew Ross, Elizabeth John Alex-
1757 ; mar. 2ndly
Alexander B. Irwin ;
bur. 21 March 1836
at St. Dunstan in the
West, City of London.
the "Three Rivers," ander, mar. mar. 1st
St. Vincent, and of .... Cox. Falside, Esq. ; she
Hinton St. George, died 1828.
CO. Somerset. 1st
husband.
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Harry Hackshaw of the '' Three-
Rivers," St. Vincent, and of
Gloucester Place, London.
=. . . . dau. of ....
Mackay of Bighouse,
CO. Sutherland.
Lydia Hackshaw,
mar. Thomas Da-
kins, Esq.
-^ .. , .- —
Esq., 2nd bus- Alexan- ander, died
band. der, mar. 29 Nov.
.... An- 1838.
derson.
GeorginaPaulinaRoss,mar.=pGeorge Whit-
field, Esq., 1st
2ndly Mr. de Beranger,
who died 1848.
Lucy Hackshaw, mar. 1st Duncan Forbes Sutherland, Esq. ; mar. 2ndly,
in 1848, Sir John Hall, K.C.B., M.D., who died 1866.
husband.
Georgina Frances=i=Vicomte de Peyronnet,
Whitfield. died 1872.
Juhette Laura de Peyronnet, mar. 25 Sept. 1865 Lord Arthur Isabelle Raymonde de Peyronnet, mar. 6 June 1878,
Russell, brother of 9th Duke of Bedford. 3rd Marquis of Sligo.
For the Pedigrees of Dasent, Irwin, and Alexaijder I am indebted to Mr. Arthur
Irwin Dasent. The Antiguan portion has been added by myself. — V. L. 0.
DASENT FAMILY.
193
Daniel Dasent of Antigua, overseer. Will dated 8 July
1761. To M" Mary Tnint my negro woman. To M' Jn°
Hurst my negro boy & my cattle in Nevis. All residue for
the use of Dan^ a mulatto boy belonging to Dan' Mathew
Esq. & to Frances a mulatto girl belonging to M" Grace
Patterson ; their freedom to be purchased. Jn° Hurst sole
Ex'or. Witnessed by Alex'' M'=Pliersoii, Jn" Ross. By
Gov'' Geo. Thomas was sworn Jn° Ross 18 July 1761.
Recorded 10 Sept. 1761.
John Lynch of Antigua by his will, dated li Aug. 1807,
bequeathed £1000 to Miss Bridget Dasent, dau. of Judge
Dasent of Nevis, and £100 to her sister Eleanor Dasent, then
wife of M^ Galwav of Trinidad.
Close Roll, 32 Geo. II., Part 13, No. 15.
Indenture made the 31st Oct. 1758 between Robert
Patterson, late of Antigua, but at present in London, Esq.,
and Grace his wife (a daughter, and one of the coheiresses
of John Dasent, late of Antigua, Esq., and Henrietta his
wife) of the one part, and Richard Oliver the elder, of
London, merchant, and Richard Oliver the younger, also of
London, merchant, of the other part. Whereas by an In-
denture tripartite made the 9th July 175() between Robert
Patterson and Grace his wife of the 1st part, Henrietta
Dasent of the 2nd part, and the Hon. Rowland Oliver of
Antigua of the 3rd part, for the purposes and considerations
mentioned therein, Robert Patterson and Grace did bargain
and sell, alien, enfeoft, and confirm unto Rowland Oliver
and his heirs for ever all their undivided moiety in all that
plantation called John Dasent's Plantation, containing 193
acres, in the Parish of St. Paul, Antigua, whereof 157 acres
were butted and bounded N. with the lands then in the
possession of Benedict Willis, Esq., E. with lands thereto-
fore of Nathaniel Gale, and W.N.W. with the dividing line
of John Horsford, a minor, and the remaining 36 acres,
bounded N. with the pasture lands of the said John Hors-
ford, W. with Benedict Willis, S. with the sea, and E. with
Mayne Sweet, Esq as fully as occupied by John
Dasent, deceased, father of Grace Patterson, with the castle,
mill, etc., etc., and all those negro slaves (names given), 21
men, 14 women, 3 boys, and 4 girls .... and also all their
undivided moiety of that plantation called Morning Star,
containing 32i acres, in Fig Tree Parish, in Nevis, butted
and bounded E. with the lands of the late Brigadier Broad-
belt, N. with the lands of the Hon. Ralph Payne, W. with
the lands of Ralph Willett, Esq., and S. with Mrs. Pember-
tou .... as fully as occupied by the Hon. John Dasent,
Chief Justice of Nevis, grandfether of Grace Patterson
.... in trust to the uses and behoof of Robert Patterson
for life, without impeachment of wast, except voluntary
wast, in sending or selling of slaves from Antigua and
Nevis, without the leave in writing first had and obtained
of Rowland Oliver .... and after his death to the use of
Grace Patterson and her heirs for ever and to no other use
.... subject to the annuity reserved to Henrietta Dasent
.... therein mentioned .... and it should be lawful for
Grace Patterson, if she died before Robert, to grant to Hen-
rietta Dasent, if living at her death, £50 a year currency
for life, besides what Robert Patterson had already agreed
should be paid to her .... but the additional £50 not pay-
able in the life of Robert Patterson .... and on the day of
the date of the Indenture Robert and Grace Patterson
appeai'ed before Hamilton Kirljy, Esq., one of the Justices
of H.M.'s Court of Common Pleas, Antigua, and acknow-
ledged, etc., etc., and the Indenture was recorded in the
Register's Office there, in Liber B., 3rd vol., folio 147, as
by a certificate, etc., signed by Edward Gamble, Deputy
Registrar .... and whereas Robert Patterson and Grace
have borrowed from Richard and Richard Oliver £1200
sterling the better to enable them to improve the said
premises .... and have agreed to give the best security in
their power .... for securing the repayment .... Now
this Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of £1200
.... Robert Patterson and Grace his wife grant, etc., to
Richard Oliver the elder and Richard Oliver the younger
all those plantations, etc. (as above) .... provided always
that if they pay £1380 sterling at the south porch of the
Royal Exchange .... as follows .... £60 on the 1st Nov.
1759 .... £60 on the 1st Nov. 1760 . . . i. and £1260 on
the 1st Nov. 1761 .... the Indenture shall be absolutely
void .... but if default shall be made Richard and Richard
Oliver shall enter upon, etc., etc., the said plantations ....
and Robert and Grace Patterson appoint Thomas Warner,
Daniel Warner, John Watkins, and Byam Freeman, all of
Antigua, Esquires, their Attorneys. Ferd. John Paris,
John Towse, witnesses.
Eleanor Roche was dau. of James Roche of Martinique,
who was 7th in descent from Philip Roche of Serele and
Rahan near Tullamore, King's County, 6th sou of David,
Viscount Fermoy, temp. Edw. IV. In 1725 James Roche
was allowed by Hawkins, Ulster King of Arms, the same
arms, crest, and motto as Viscount Fermoy, with a fleur-de-
lis for difference. The viscounty of Fermoy has been dor-
mant since 1733.
John Roche Dasent accompanied Lord Montague and M''
Sedley Burdett, when they were unfortunately drowned at
the falls of the Rhine, at Laufenburg, near Schatfhausen, in
Oct. 1799. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
An estate was sold to the late father of Samuel Byam
Athill of Antigua, Esq., by Bates Williams Peterson and
Anne his wife, parents of Rob* Peterson, £4000 c. was to be
paid to the Trustees — Rowland Oliver and Rob' Ciiristian,
to be invested in lands. Petersou and his wife both died
Dec. 1802, and left 5 children — Grace Peterson, Rob*
Peterson, Jane Peterson (since mari-ied to Rob' Hughes
Pemberton), .lohn Peterson, and Thomas Petersou. M''*
Pemberton is now dead. M'' Rob' Peterson, who died Dec.
1805, was late Dep. Post Master at Nevis, and his share of
the estate is £800. (Part 1, vol. 52, Colonial Correspond-
ence.) In the previous vol. is a letter, dated 1810, from M'
John Peterson, H.M. Councillor at Law and Notary Public of
Nevis, to which his seal is affixed : — Arms, GuJes, on across
.... five eagles displayed, between four lions ramp
Crest, An eagle displayed.
1838, Aug. 18. At All Souls', Langham-place, J. B.
Dasent, esq., B.C.L., to .lane-Camden, third dau. of the late
M.D. French, esq., of Wimpole-street. {Ibid., p. 543.)
1845, Feb. 4. At S' Pancras, Bury Irwin Dasent, esq.,
of Pall Mall, second son of the late John Roche Dasent, esq.,
Attorney-General of the Island of S' Vincent, to Elizabeth,
youngest dau. of the late William Conyngham, esq., of
Upper Gower Street. {Ibid., p. 422.)
1846, April 4. At S' James's, Piccadilly, George Webbe
Dasent, esq., M.A., third son of the late John Roche Dasent,
esq., Attorney-General for the Island of S' Vincent, to Frances-
Louisa, third dau. of W. F. A. Delane, esq. {Ibid.,
p. 639.)
A list of Sir G. W. Dasent's works may be seen in
Foster's ' Men at the Bar.'
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1750 Nov. 16 Hill Dasent, in the country.
Married.
1750 Sept. 9 John Abbott and Grace Dasent, daughter
of John Dasent and Henrietta his wife,
by Licence from the Hon''''= John Tom-
linson, President of the Council, etc.
1754 Nov. 19 Robert Patterson and Grace Abbott,
Widow, by L.
c c
194
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Married.
1741 Nov. 7 M'' Ilill Dasent & M" Mary Home, by L.
Buried.
1753 Sept. 16 John Abbott, Esq'.
Parish Register of Christ Church, Oxford.
(' Misc. Gen. et Her.,' vol. i., 2nd Series, p. 295.)
Buried.
1872 May 4 George William Manuel Dasent, Junior,
Student, drowned when bathing in
Sandford lasher, 23.
WILLIAM DAVIS, emigrated from Merionethshire in 17th ceutury,^
and settled at Bermuda, where he died 1713-14.
Isfc wife=pWilliam Davis,
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1st son=F. . . . 2nd wife.
William Davis, Ist son, settled in=pElizabeth, dau. of Richard ap Owen
1728 at Antigua. of Devon's Tribe, Bermuda.
Col. Thomas Spencer of=
Spencer Hall, Antigua.
John Davis of Hawes' and Cocoa Nut Hall, only^
son, born 1728; died 1794. Will dated 20 and
sworn 30 Jan. 1794 at St. John's.
=Arabella Spencer, mar.
1759 ; survived her
husband.
Margaret Spencer, mar.
Blashford ; living 1794.
Benjamin Brown Davis,"
born 20 Jan. 1773 ; sole
heir to his father ; re-
moved to St. Kitts in
180G ; became a Mem-
ber of the Council there;
died 3 Sep. 1824.
^Frances, 4th but Ist surviving
dau. of William Darnell of
Newcastle-on-Tyne ; born 1769;
living his widow 1832.
[For Pedigree of Darnell,
see ' Miscellanea Genealogica
et Heraldica,' New Series,
vol. iv., p. 144.]
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Arabella
Davis,
mar
Knewstub,
and was
living
1794.
Elizabeth Davis,
mar. at St. Peter's,
5Mar. 1778, An-
drew Edwards,
of Cocoa
Hall ; she
25 June
Esq.,
Nut
died
180C, a3t. 45.
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Dr. Thomas^
Spencer
Davis of
Antigua,
disinherited
by his
father ; died
1795.
William Darnell
Davis,ChiefJus-
tice of Grenada,
born 20 Jan.
1800; died 12
Sep. 1863.
=Agnes, dau.
of Robert
Slinger of
St.George's,
Grenada ;
mar.]5Nov.
1832.
John Nicholas Davis, died at
Antigua, set. 7 weeks.
Frances .lane Davis, mar.,
21 July 1820, at St. Christo-
pher's, Charles Hamilton
Mills, 1st son of George Gal-
wey Mills, JI.P. for Walling-
ford and AVinchelsea.
Stewart Spencer=pAnna Louisa,
=Sarali, dau. of ... .
Edwards, and
niece of Thomaa
Edwards, Esq. ;
mar. at St.
Philip's 5 Dec.
1791; living 1798.
Davis, now of
Bournemouth,
CO. Hants, ast.
87, 1892.
William Darnell
Davis, settled in
U.S.A.
Steuart Davis,
Attorney-Gen-
eral of Grenada,
and died there.
Nicholas Darnell
Davis, now of
George Town,
Demerara.Comp-
troller of the
Customs.
-Augusta Halibur-
ton, dau. of Rev.
John Bambridge
Smith, and grand-
dau. of Judge
Haliburton.
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Charles Shut-
tleworth
Davis, now in
Demerara.
dau. of George
Henry Burt,
Esq., of St.
Kitts.
Arabella Davis, born 4
Mar. and bapt. 10 Oct.
1793 at St. John's.
Sarah Davis, born 27
and bapt. 29 Nov.
1794 at St. John's.
Benjamin S.
Davis of St.
Kitts.
Steuart F.
S. Davis of
St. Kitts.
Agnes
Davis.
Eliza
Frances
Davis.
Sarah
Anna Louisa
Davis.
Margaret Earle
Tudor Davis.
Emma Agnes Davis, only child, living 1898.
Thomas Davis of Antigua. Will dated 12 Dec. 1695.
To my 2 friends Jn° Evens & Amy his wife all my est. he
to be Ex'or. Witnessed by Tho. Edwain, Ann Davis, Jas.
Jones. By Governor Chr. Codrington was sworn J. Jones
4 Sep. 1696. Recorded 6 Jan. 1696.
Colonel John Davis, President of the Council of St.
Christopher's. Will dated 4 Dec. and proved 17 Dec. 1725
(246 Romney). My wife's grave. M" Bridget Davis & her son
my neph. Jos. Davis. My dau. in law Anne, Wife of Jos.
Estridge, Esq., & Hen. Sharpe her son by her former husb"*
Lieut. W'" Sharp. My niece Mary Sherman dau. of my
niece Cornelia Brozett, dec"".
John Davis, Esq. Will dated 20 Jan. 1794. To be
buried in S' John's Churchyard. To my son Benj. Brown
Davis certain negros. All residue to W™ Taylor, Isaac
Eccleston, .loseph Lyons Walrond & Tho. Turner Wise in
trust to pay to my wife Arabella the yearly proceeds for her
life, to pay to my son Thos. Is. to prevent him enjoying any
part of my property & to allow to my unhappy dau. Arabella
Knewstub such annual sum as will provide her in raiment
food & house-rent. To Arabella dau. of my son Thos.
Spencer Davis £30 c. yearly till 15. To Marg' Blashford
sister of my wife if she survive her £30 a year. To my
dau. Eliz. Edwards £1000 c. after my wife's decease. All
residue then to my son Benj. Brown Davis & his heirs,
remainder to my daus. Eliz"" Edwards & Arabella Knewstub
equally. My trustees, my wife, my son Benj. Brown Davis
& Andrew Edwards, Esq., Ex'ors. Witnessed by Chas.
Harden, John Drew, John Whitell. Before John Stanley,
Esq., was sworn John Drew, gent., 30 Jan. 1794. Re-
corded 30 Jan. 1794.
DAVIS PAMILY.
195
John Lyons Knewstub, cutler. Will dated 4 Sep. 1794.
To my sister Susannah Stocker an oval brooch & ring with
hair-work & the letters E. K. To my god-dau. Eliza Tilson
Glover £50. All residue to my brother Jas. Knewstub &
my sisters Susannah Stocker & Diana Sones. Jas.
Knewstub, Henry Glover & W" Matliew Hughes Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Josh. Aska, God. Davey. Recorded 4 Oct.
1794.
1700 No. 177. Private. An Act to enable Nathaniel
Sampson to sell the Moiety or Half-part of one hundred Acres
of Land, situate in the Body Division, for Payment of Publick
and Parish Taxes, and for the Maintenance and Education of
John Davis, the minor Son of James Davis, deceased.
Dated 9 October 1700.
1713. John Davis, Esq., of St. Christopher's, seals his
letter with the following: — Crest: A boar's head coupecl ;
Arms : Nehide . ... on a bend .... three hoars" heads couped.
1716-7, Feb. 8. Sam. Mills, planter, petitions that the
late .Tno. Laurence had 10 acres bounded W. with Chr.
Taylor, which on 28 May 1709 he sold for £15 to Henry
Davis, deceased, for 99 years. Davis died intestate, leaving
a widow Susannah and 1 child. Petitioner married Susannah
the widow and paid debts. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1718, Oct. Samuel Mills states that Robert Colson had
a patent for 10 acres formerly given to Dav;d Kidd and
leased by the latter for 99 years to Henry Davis, deceased,
etc., and petitions for a grant of the 10 acres which are in
Belfast, bounded E. with Tho. Stiff and John Baker, S.
with Humphry Davis, W. with Benj. Wickham, N. with
John Bernard.
The lion. Colonel John Davis, late President of St.
Christopher's, died at London 13 Dec. 1725. (B. T. Lee-
ward Islands, vol. 18.)
1735, Feb. 11. Dr. John Davis is licensed to practise.
1820, July 21. At S' Christopher's, West Indies, C.
Hamilton Mills, esq., eldest son of G. Galway Mills, esq., to
Frances-Jane, daughter of the Hon. B. Brown Davis, esq.,
of that island. (' Gentlemen's Magazine,' p. 272.)
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1691
Sept.
19 Gilbert Davis of Bristol.
1691
Sept.
19 Sylvester Davis of Bristol.
1730
May
22 Thomas Davis.
1731
Aug.
29 Peter Davis.
1733 Nov. 28 Honour Davis.
1738 Nov. 13 Benjamin y*^ s. of Benjamin Davis.
1738 Jan. 6 Marry Dorrell grand daughter of William
Davis.
1739 April 5 Thomas y« s. of William Davis.
1739-40 Feb. 9 William y' s. of William Davis.
1742 Oct. 20 Elizabeth Davis, widow.
1760 Dec. 19 Thomas Spencer, Sen^
1782 May 14 George Parry Knewstub. '
1788 Sept. 24 James Knewstub, Sen.
Baptized.
1708 June 6 William S. of Richard Davis & Julian his
wife.
1793 Oct. 10 Arrabella Spencer, D. of Thomas Spencer
Davis and Sarah his wife. B. the 4""
March 1793.
1794 Nov. 29 Sarah D. of Thomas Spencer Davis and
Sarah his wife. B. 27"' November 1794.
Married.
(? 1703) 8 Henry Daviss & Mary Ashton, by lie.
1721 Nov. 19 Will"" Spencer and Mary Fletcher, by lie.
1723 Feb. 9 William Spencer and Esther Markes, by
lie.
1748 Nov. 12 James Howison and Dorothy Spencer, by
lie.
1750 Aug. 21 William Davis and Sarah Buckley, by lie.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried,
nbi July 3 Thomas Sharpe Davis.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Harried.
1778 Mar. 5 Andrew Edwards & Elizabeth Davis.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1791 Dee. 5 Thomas Spencer Davis to Sarah Edwards,
Spinster.
Buried.
1727 Dec. 7 Thomas Spencer, Senior.
Register of Westminster Abbey.
Buried.
1725 Dee. 16 Colonel John Davis in the South aisle.
Jfamilj) of Btlap.
John Delap. Will dated 15 Sep. 1735. To my god-
dau. Ann Delap, dau- of my cousin Francis Delap, £20 c. To
my godson Geo. Martin, son of Thos. Martin, £20 c. All
residue to D'' Walter Sydserfe, he paying £50 s. to each of
my brothers & sisters W™, Rebecca, & Eliz. Francis Delap
& D"' W" Sydserfe, Ex'ors. Witnessed by James Ralmond,
John Husliand. Before Edw* Byam, Esq., was sworn Jas.
Salmo!id 25 Sep. 1735. Recorded 27 Sep. 1735.
Dorothy, now the wife of Francis Delap of Antigua,
gent., formerly the wife and after the widow of Jacob
Thibou of Antigua, Merchant, deceased. AVill dated 1 Nov.
1757 ; proved 1 Aug. 1760 by Francis Delap the husband ;
power reserved to Stephen Blizard, Esq. (321 Lynch). By
Indenture trii)artite dated 1 July 1745 between Francis
Delap of the P' part, Jas. Doig of Antigua, Gent., & Nes-
bitt Darby of Antigua, Gent., of the 2* part, & myself as
Dorothy Thibou, the Widow & Relict of Jacob Thibou, of
Antigua, Merch', deceased, of the 3"* part, made before my
marriage with the said Francis Delap certain sums, including
£400 in the hands of Slingsby Bethell, Esq., were settled.
By another Indenture dated 10 Feb. 1747 between Francis
Delap & myself of the P' part, Jas. Doig & Nesbitt Darby
of the other I was empowered to will away 2 negroes, & by
another deed, dated 10 March 1750, 6 negroes. I give all
my negroes to my 2 trustees to sell. £30 to my son-in-law
Thos. Jarvis, Esq., & £12 to my dau. his wife. £100 c. to
my grandson John Mathews. All residue to my daus.,
Dorothy, now wife of Jas. Doig, Sarah, now wife of Cor-
nelius Leary, Ann, wife of Rich'' Gem, Alice, wife of Chas.
Reed, Eliz., wife of Nesbitt Darby, & Amelia, wife of John
Richardson. All my clothing to my dau. Charlotte, wife of
M"' Thos. Pittman. My son-in-law Thos. Jarvis not to be
pressed for any claims, he having spent much money in
erecting houses in S' John's and on his works at Popeshead
196
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
& Long Island & he having fully paid my dower. Hon.
Stephen Blizard, Esq., & my dear husb'' Francis Delap,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Jonathan Gregg, Samuel Atkinson,
William Bennett.
Codicil. £100 c. to my granddau. Eliz. Mathews. 21
May 1758. Recorded also at Antigua 1 Aug. 1759.
Alexander Dellap of London. Will dated 29 Aug. 1764;
proved 9 Dec. 17(!5 (440 Rushworth). Having already
settled £200 a yr. on my Wife I give her all my linen, plate,
& £500 out of the money in the hands of Messrs. Moi-se &
Bayley, Merch'^ in Lond. The pen & 21 negrosin S' Cath.,
Jamaica, which I have rented to D"' W™ Jackson for 13
years at £200 c. a yr., belong to my s'' Wife Eliz. I stand
indebted to my brothers & sisters being tlie bal. due from
the est. of John Patten, dec*, viz. : to my brother .-Ynd. Dellap
£465, my brother-in-law Gellispick White £228, my brother-
in-law Tho. Harvey £419, my sist. Barbara Dellap £475,
payable with interest from 28 Aug. 1763. To my nurse
Marg' Cooper of Co. Donegal £10. To the poor house-
keepers of Tully Anghuish in the s"" co. £20, to be p'' to my s''
bro. And. Dellap of Ray in s"" co. To my neph. Alex'' Dellap
£50, to be p'^ to my s'' bro. To my sist. Cath. Dellap, wife of
my bro. Rob' Dellap, a ring of 20 guineas. All residue to my
brother And. Dellap & my sist. Anne, wife of Gellespie White,
my sister Lilly Harvey, wife of Tho. Harvey, & my sister Bar-
bara Dellap, all of co. Donegal. My good friends John Morse
of Loud., Jas. Prevost, & Rob* Cooper Lee of S* Cath.,
Jamaica, Esq''", Ex'ors. Witnessed by W'" Holland, Mar-
tha Holland, W" Tildesley.
Francis Delap of St. James Parish, co. Cornwall, Jamaica,
Esq. Will dated 21 July and proved 1 6 Dec. 1775 by Samuel
Delap. Esq., the brother, and Robert Delap tlie nephew, .John
Stevenson, Henry CunifFe, Patrick Hanlon, George Robert
Goodin, and William Fowle, Esquires (466 Alexander).
To each of my surviving sisters in the N. of IreF, viz. : my
1'' one Eliz. Delap (otherwise Stevenson), my 2'' one Rebecca
Delap (otherwise S.), and my 3'* & y'' one Marg' Delap (other-
wise Caldwell), each £500, as payment of any claim against
me under the will of my brother Rob' Delap,* Esq., late Prov.
Mar. Gen' of Jamaica, dec''. To my neph. John Stevenson,
s. of my s'' sister Ehz. Delap, otherwise Stevenson, my planta-
tion adjoining the Wheelerfield, one in the p'sh of S' Tho.
in the E. of 700 acres, also £5000 st. or £7000 c. to be p*
in 1783, & he to take my name of Delap al's Dunlop al's
Dunlap, & if 1 sh'i sell this est. I give him £10,000. My
Ex'ors to have power to sell all my real est., except the s^
700 acres & my 2 sugar-works called Monteagle & Orange,
& lands n' Green Pond in Trelawney p'sh, patented for 1700
acres, partly now iu possession of M.'' John Graves & M."
Jane Stowe. All my estates to my brother Sam' Delap of
Letterkenny& Rathmolton, Irel'', Esq., my only surv. bro. &
heir-at-law, he to pay £500 a yr. to my neph. his s. Rob' Delap
of the Middle Temple, Esq., & after his death all to go to
his s'' s. Mourning rings to my Ex'ors, also to Sam' Delap,
Esq., Merch' in Bordeau.x, my P' & nearest cousin german,
Tho. Barton, Esq., Merch', in do., my good old master &
uncle, & his son W"" Barton, Esq., of Fethard, Tipperary. My
8* bro. Sam. Delap & my s'' neph. Rob' Delap & John Steven-
son, & my friends Hen. CunifFe, Pat. Haulon, Geo. Rob' Goodin,
& W"" Fowle of CO. Cornwall, Jamaica, Esq'", W"" Harvie,
Hen. Brown, Jn" Allen, Jun., of S' Cath., Esq'''^ & Rob.
Cooper Lee of Berners Str., Esq. Ex'ors & Guardians of
my reputed naturall children by Mary Shippen, a free woman,
dec*, viz.: Sarah, Rob', Eliz., & Francis Delap, also of
Arthur 1 )elap, s. of Fanny, the house-wench. Witnessed by
Thos. Burke, Jun., Mai. Cunifie, John Bayley.
* He was Member for Westmoreland, Jamaica ; mar. 15 Nov.
1741 M.ary, relict of Col. John Guthrie, and died U Nov. 1751.
Elizabeth Delap of Antigua, widow. Will dated 2 April
1783. To my grandson David Ballin Gall certain plate.
To my grandson Stephen Rose Wliitlock a negroe. To my
dau. Marg' Whitlock, my gi'anddau. Eliz. Rose, my son Jas.
Delap, my dau. Kath. Rose, & my dau. Marg' Whitlock all
residue of furniture & plate. M'' Isaac Eccleston & John
Taylor, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Elizabeth Pearce, Zacchariah
Harris. Before His Excellency Thos. Shirley was sworn
Zacchariah Harris, planter, 9 Aug. 1783. Recorded 29 Sep.
1783.
Will of Arrabella English of Antigua, widow, dated 13
Dec. 1789. All Est. in T. to Jos. Aska, D"' Jn" Robertson,
& .Jas. Robinson for my sist. Jane Morley, viz. : 6 negros &
houses & land. To my mulatto boy Geo. his freedom & £ 1 0
a year. To my niece Sarah Delap, after the death of my
sister Jane Morley, all Est., & in default to my friend Ehz.
Saunders of Antigua, Wid., & the dau. of my friend Jas.
Robinson, called Jane Robinson, equally. My T., Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Jn° E. Hamilton, Jn" Aska. Sworn 12 April
and recorded 13 .^pril 1791.
No. 222. An Act for cutting off the Intail of certain
Lands, formerly of John Bradshaw, deceased, and settling
the same upon Francis Delap of the Island of Antigua,
Merchant, and his Heirs, subject to the Right, and charged
and burthened with several Sums of Money hereinafter men-
tioned. Dated 31st January 1729.
1737. At the request of the Hou. George Lucas and
Francis Delap, Esq., I have surveyed 2 parcells of land in
Willoughby Bay, sold by the former to the latter, 205 acres.
Recorded 20 Feb. 1737.
1738, Oct. 10. Robert Delap, Esq., is paid £1604 for
expenses incurred as Deputy-Provost Marshall. He was
acting as such in 1736.
1775, Dec. 10. Francis Delap, Esq., in Charterhouse
Square. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. G07.)
Elizabeth Dellap, widow, died 14 March 1784. M.L at
Lambeth (Manning and Bray's ' Surrey,' vol. iii.).
1834, Aug. 13. At Wickwar Ca.stle, aged 69, the Hon.
George Massey, great-uncle to Lord Massey. He was the
youngest son of the first Lord Massey, by his second wife
Rebecca, daughter of Francis Dunlap of Antigua, esq. ; and
was twice married : first in July 1787 to Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Abel Gage, esq, ; and secondly, to the R' Hon.
Elizabeth Countess dowager of Massareene, the daughter of
.... Lane, esq., and widow, first in 1805 of Clotworthy,
second Earl of Massareene, and secondly of George Doran,
esq. By the first marriage he has left several children.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 444.)
1718
1719
1721
1724
1726
1728
1732
1734
1736
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptised.
July 13 Ann D. of Fran. Delap and Ann his wife.
Jan. 7 Robert s. of Francis Delap & Eliz"' his
wife.
June 23 Eliz'" the D. of Francis Delap & Eliz'" his
wife.
Oct. 1 Mary the D. of Francis Delap & Eliz"" his
wife.
Nov. 1 1 Blargaret the D. of Francis Delap & Eliz'"
his wife.
Oct. 31 Rebecca the D. of Francis Delap & Eliz"'
his wife.
July 13 William s. of James Delap & Eliz'" his wife.
April (1?) John the s. of James Delap & Elizabeth
his wife.
April 6 Francis the s. of James Delap and Eliza-
beth his wife.
DELAP FAMILY.
197
1740 Nov. 5
1742 Mar. 19
1744 June
1750
April
6
1751
Sept.
23
1728
Jan.
11
1733
Oct.
18
1735
Sept.
16
1737
Sept.
23
1738
May
5
1739
Nov.
11
1740
Feb.
28
1743
Feb.
13
1750
June
7
1751
June
13
1757
Jan.
30
1781
Nov.
27
1783
April
4
1786
Nov.
6
1789
Sept.
13
1715
Mar.
17
1731
May
1
1745
July
1
1762
May
18
1767
May
30
Henry Lyons the s. of James Delap &
Elizabeth his wife.
Sarah Osborn the D. of Ja' Delap and
Elizabeth his wife.
Catherine the 1). of James Delap and
Elizabeth his wife.
Margaret the T). of Ja' Delap and Eliza-
beth his wife.
Joseph Kiug the s. of James Delap and
Elizabeth his wife.
Buried.
Margarett D. of M' Francis Delap.
W" s. of James Delap.
M'' John Delap, Merch'.
Francis y^ s. of James Delap.
Mary y= D. of Francis Delap.
John y^ s. of James Delap.
Margaret Delap D. of Francis Delap, Esq''.
Samuel Delap s. of Francis Delap, Esq^
Henry Delap s. of James Delap.
James Delap.
Sarah Delap.
Joseph Delap.
Elizabeth Delap, Widow.
James Delap.
Jane Delap Whitlock, Infant.
Married.
Francis Delap and Eliz" Donaldson. L.
James Delap and Eliz* Duning.
Francis Delap, Esq'', and Dorothy Thibou.
David Balliugale to Elizabeth Delap. L.
Stephen Rose to Cathrine Delap. L.
1778
1783
1741
1743
1744
1757
1739
May 9 John Whitlock to Margaret Delap. L.
Feb. 15 James Delap to Sarah Morley. L.
1736
1744
Parish Register of St. Paul.
3Ia7-ried.
Dec. 17 M"- John Holliday & M"
Delap. L.
Elizabeth
Buried.
Feb. 13 Samuel s. of Francis Delap, Esq'', and
Elizabeth his wife, at S' John's.
Sept. 25 Ehzabeth Wife of Francis Delap, Esq',
Buried at Willoughby-Bay Church.
Dec. . . Samuel Atkinson, a Relation of M' Delap,
buried in Willoughby-Bay Church-
yard.
Baptized.
Dec. 2 Samuel S. of Francis Delap, Esq', & Eliza-
beth his wife.
Parish Rboister of St. Philip.
Buried.
Jan. 16 Anne D. of Francis Delap.
Sept. 25 Elizabeth Wife of M' Francis Delap.
"Delaps" is in St. Paul's Parish. In 1852 it contained
240 acres and was owned by John Tollemache, Esq. (later
Lord Tollemache).
The arms of the Delaps of co. Donegal are: — Gules, on
a pile argent mi eagle displayed of the field.
Ij^ttiiQxtt of Btlap,
Robert Donaldson. Will=j=Elizabetli, dau. of Gawen Mason ; mar.
dated 21 April 1707. 2ndly Captain Andrew Murray.
. . DELAP=
. . DELAP=
1 1
Robert
1
Elizabeth Donald-=i
1
=Francis-
Donaldson.
son, mar. 17 Mar.
Delap.
—
1715 at St. John's;
Will
Mary Don-
bur. 25 Sep. 1744
dated
aldson.
at Willoughby
28 Jan.
Bay. Ist wife.
1763.
s
I I I
Robert Delap,
bapt. 7 Jan.
1719 at St.
John's.
Samuel Delap,
bapt. 2 Dec.
1739 at St.
Paul's; bur. 13
Feb. 1743 at
St. John's.
Anne Delap,
bapt. 13 July
1718; bur. 16
Jan. 1736 at
St. Philip's.
I I I
Elizabeth Delap,
bapt. 23 June
1721; mar. 17
Dec. 1741 at St.
Paul's John Hal-
liday a quo Lord
Tollemache.
MaryDelap,bapt.
1 Oct. 1724 and
bur. 5 May 1738
at St. John's.
Margaret Delap,
bapt. 11 Nov.
1726; bur. 11
Jan. 1728 at St.
John's.
^Dorothy, widow of
JacobThibou; mar.
1 July 1745 at St.
John's. Will dated
1 Nov. 1757; proved
1 Aug. 1760 (321
Lynch). 2nd wife.
James=FElizabeth Duning,
Delap,
? bur.
13
June
1751
at St.
John's
s.p.
Margaret Delap,
bur. 28 Feb.
1740 at St.
John's.
Rebecca Delap,
bapt. 31 Oct.
1728; 2nd wife
of Lord Massey.
niece of Mary Han-
son ; mar. 1 May
1731 at St. John's.
Will dated 2 April
1783 ; sworn 9
Aug.
John Delap, mer-
chant, died bache-
lor; bur. 16 Sep.
1735 at St. John's.
Will dated 15 Sep.
and sworn 25 Sep.
1735.
William Delap.
Rebecca
Delap.
Eliza-
beth
Delap.
William Delap, bapt.
13 July 1732 ; bur.
18 Oct. 1733 at St.
John's.
John Delap, bapt.
April 1734 ; bur. 11
Nov. 1739 at St.
John's.
James Delap, named
in his mother's will
1783.
Francis Delap, bapt.
6 April 1736 ; bur.
23 Sep. 1737 at St.
John's.
Ill
Heniy Lyons Delap,
bapt. 5 Nov. 1740 ;
bur. 7 June 1750 at
St. James.
Sarah Osborne Delap,
bapt. 19 Mar. 1742 ;
? bur. 30 Jan. 1757
at St. John's.
Catherine Delap,
bapt. 7 June 1744 ;
mar. 30 May 1767
Stephen Rose.
Margaret Delap, bapt.
6 April 1750 ; mar. 9
May 1778 at St. John's
John Whitlock.
Joseph King Delap,
bapt. 23 Sep. 1751 at
St. John's.
Elizabeth Delap, mar.
18 May 1762 David
Ballingale.
198
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ettijree of Benlji^U),
RICHARD DENBOW of St. John's Towu,=FSarah
Vintner, bur. there 23 April 1730. set. 95.
. . bur. 19 Feb. 1768,
Will dated 1707.
Elizabeth=
1st
wife.
=William Denbow.=
Will dated 26
Feb. 1755.
=Sarali . . .
2nd wife.
=Elizabetli . . . .=
bur. 26 March
1746-7. 3rd
wife.
=Anne Gamble,
mar. 4 Aug.
1748 ; living
1762. 4th wife.
Sarah Denbow, bapt.
S Aug. 1707 ; mar. 9
March 1722 Thomas
Martin ; living 1767.
Ann Denbow, bapt.
3 April 1709 ; mar.
6 Nov. 1746 Ed-
ward Stanton.
Sarah Denbow,
bapt. 1 Dec.
1733 ; living
1755 ; mar. 27
Oct. 1760 Cole-
man Heynes.
Archibald
Hamilton
Denbow,
bapt. 19
July 1735;
bur. 27
Dec. 1737.
! I
Ann Denbow,
bapt. 1 Oct.
1737; living
1755.
Mary Den-
bow, bur. 28
Aug. 1736.
William Denbow,
bapt. 28 July, and
bur. 13 Oct. 1739.
By am
bapt.
1740 ;
1755.
Denbow,
18 Nov.
living
Cxrace Denbow, bapt. 10
Jan. 1742; bur. 27
Nov. 1745.
Alice Bayley Denbow,
bapt. 28 Nov. 1745;
mar. 2 March 1762
Nicholas Kirwan.
William Gamble^
Denbow, born 1
Oct. 1756, bapt.
10 Feb. 1757 ;
bur. 8 May 1804.
William John Denbow,
bapt. 15 March 1782.
James Harriot Denbow, born 14 Sarah Eliza Denbow, bapt. 8 Aug.
Oct. 1783 ; bapt. 21 Sept. 1786. 1783 ; (?) bur. 12 Jan. 1784.
^Harriot
bur. 21
Dec.
1784.
William Denbow of Antigua. Will dated 26 Feb. 1755.
To my wife Anne 3 negros & ^ of my household stuff, & |
to my 2 daus. Sarah & Ann Denbow. My son Byam Den-
bow. To my nephew Tho. Sawcolt £4(iO. To my sister
Sarah Martin £20. All residue to my 4 children, viz.,
Byam Denbow, Sarah Denbow, Ann Denbow, & Alice
Bayly Denbow, and in default to my brother Rich'' Denbow
and my nephew Tho. Sawcolt equally. Rev. Francis Byam,
Stephen Blizard, Esq., Tho. Warner, Esq., & Harry Webb,
Esq., my brother Rich'' Denbow, & my nephew Thos. Saw-
colt, E.x'ors. Witnessed by Joseph Borraston, John
GeiTard, Mary Muncrease. Before Governor Geo. Thomas
was sworn .Joseph Borraston, writing clerk, 11 Feb. 1758.
Recorded 20 Nov. 1762.
Rachel Denbow, widow. Will dated 9 Jan. 1762. To
my dau. Charity Denbow a negro woman. To my dau.
Mary Ann Denbow a negro woman & boy. To my son
Jas. Denbow a boy. ^ share of land in St. John's & the
wharf called " Roach's " to my son & daus. equally, also
several houses in St. John's for which a law suit is com-
menced. To Csesar Roach, G', M" Ann Denbow, M" Sarah
Fisher, M" Eliz"' Kennerly, M" Rachael Gamble, mourning
rings, to be p^ out of the sale of my furniture. All residue
equally between my children. Sam' Nibbs, Esq., & Ca3sar
Roach, E.x'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by John Lyons,
Rich'' Cripps, Jn" Smith. Before Governor George Thomas
was sworn John Lyons 11 April 1765. Recorded 12
April 1765.
Part of the will of Sarah Denbow, dated 1767. All
residue to my daus. Mary Sawcolt, Eliz"' Kennel, & Sarah
Martin, they to be Ex' trices.
1709, Oct. 20. Edward Chester, sen., of Antigua, Esq.,
sells a plot in St. John's Town to Rich'' Denboe, vintner,
for £750 c.
1711, Oct. 11. Richard and Thomas Denbow named.
(Minutes of Council and Assembly.)
1719, Aug. 19. Re Richard Denbow's sloop and three
Indians he captured as slaves.
1716
Aug.
7
1730
April
23
1730
June
5
1735
July
31
1736
Aug.
28
1737
Dec.
27
1740
Oct.
24
1744
April
27
1745
Nov.
27
1746-'
' Mar.
26
1764
Sept.
21
1768
Feb.
19
1784
Jan.
12
1784
Dec.
21
1789
May
16
1804
May
8
1707
Aug.
3
1709
April
3
1712
June
15
1717
June
23
1719
Sept.
15
1730
May
22
1732
Aug.
12
1733
Dec.
1
1734
.Tune
9
1735
July
19
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
Sibella Denbow.
M^ Richard Denbow.
George s. of Richard Denbow.
Penelope Denbow, a child.
Mary the D. of William Denbow.
Archibald y' S. of William Denbow.
Penelope D. of Richard Denbow.
Thomas Denbow, a child.
Grace Denbow D. of William Denbow.
Eliz"' Denbow w. of W™ Denbow.
Rachel Denbow. C.P.
Sarah Denbow (ag'' 95 y"""). C.P.
Sarah the Infant D. of William G. Den-
bow & Sarah his wife.
Harriot Denbow.
William Denbow.
William Gamble Denbow.
Baptized.
Sarah D. of Richard Denbow & Sarah his
wife.
Ann I), of Richard Denbow & Sarah his
wife.
Eliner D. of Richard Denbow & Sarah
his wife.
Susannah D. of Rich'' Denbow & Sarah
his wife.
Jane D. of Rich'' Denbow and Sarah his
wife.
George the s. of Richard Denbow and
Rachell his wife.
James s. of Richard Denbow & Rachell
his wife.
Sarah D. of William Denbow & Elizabeth
his wife.
Penelope D. of Richard Denbow &
Rachell his wife.
Archibald Hamilton the s. of Will"' Den-
bow & Sarah his wife.
DENBOW FAMILY.
199
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Eleanor Susannah Denbow, Mary Denbow, Elizabeth Den- Jane Denbow, Richard Den-=pKachel .
Denbow, bapt. 23 June mar. 21 May bow, mar. 22 bapt. 15 Sept. bow, dead 1762.
bapt. 15 1717; mar. 16 Feb. 1724 Thomas Nov. 17-40 1719; mar.
June 1739 Francis Mar- Sawcolt ; James Keynell ; 29 Dec. 1744
1712. tin. living 1767. living 1767. John Fisher.
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George Denbow, bapt. 22 May,
bm-. 5 June 1730.
Thomas Denbow, bapt. 3 July
1741 ; bur. 27 April 1744.
James Den-=pEleanor
bow, bapt.
12 Aug.
1732; living
1762.
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Penelope Denbow, bapt. 9 June
1734 ; bur. 31 July 1735.
Penelope Denbow, bapt. 1 Nov.
1738 ; bur. 24 Oct. 1740.
Penelope Rodeney Denbow, bapt. 24 Sept. 1757.
bur. 21
Sept. 1»764. Will
dated 9 Jan. 1762;
sworn 11 April 1765.
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Charity Denbow, bapt. 5
Nov. 1743 ; living 1762.
Mary Ann Denbow, bapt.
12 Nov. 1755; living 1762.
1737 Oct. 1 Ann y" D. of William Denbow & Sarah
his wife.
1738 Nov. 1 Penelope y" D. of Richard Denbow and
Rachell his wife.
1739 July 28 William y« S. of Wilham Denbow &
Elizabeth his wife.
1740 Nov. 18 Byam the s. of William Denbow & Eliza-
beth his wife.
1741 July 3 Thomas the s. of Richard Denbow and
Rachell his wife.
1742 Jan. 10 Grace the D. of William Denbow and
Elizabeth his wife.
1743 Nov. 5 Charity the D. of Richard Denbow and
Rachel his wife.
1745 Nov. 28 Alice Bayley the D. of William Denbow
and Elizabeth his wife.
1755 Nov. 12 Mary Ann the D. of Rich's Denbow &
Rachel his wife.
1757 Feb. 10 Wm. Gamble the S. of William Denbow
& Ann his wife, b. October 1'' 1756.
1757 Sept. 24 Penelope Rodeney the D. of Jam^ Den-
bow & Eleanor his wife.
1782 Mar. 15 William John the s. of William Gamble
Denbow and Harriate his wife.
1783 Aug. 8 Sarah Eliza the D. of William Gamble
Denbow and Harriate his wife.
1786 Sept. 21 James Harriot S. of William Gamble
Denbow and Harriot his wife dec'ed.
B. 14*1' October 1783.
1722 Mar 9
1724 May 21
Married.
Thomas Martin and Sarah Denbow.
from Gen^ Hart.
Thomas Sawcolt and Mary Denbow.
from Majf Gen' Edwi Byam.
Francis Martin & Susanna Denbow.
James Keynell and Elizabeth Denbow.
John Fisher & Jane Denbow.
Edward Stanton and Ann Denbow.
William Denbow and Ann Gamble.
Nicholas Kirwan to Alice Denbow.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Harried.
1760 Oct. 27 Coleman Heynes & Sarah Denbow.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
1739 Oct. 13 William Denbow, an Infant.
1739
Feb.
16
1740
Nov.
22
1744
Dec.
29
1746
Nov.
6
1748
Aug.
4
1762
Mar.
2
L.
ffmxil^ oi 5ieluar»
James Dewar, Lieutenant in the 84th Regiment of the
Hon. Colonel Coote. Will dated 5 Feb. 1760 ; proved 22
Aug. 1766. Administration of goods of testator, who died
a bachelor in the East Indies, granted to John Orme, the
attorney of George Dewar, Esq. (308 Tyndall.) All my
estate to my cousin Geo. Dewar, Esq. Witnessed by Ann
Orme, J. H. Jones.
James Dewar of Antigua, Surgeon. Will dated 15 Dec.
1764. On 22 March 1766 administration granted to John
Lancaster, the attorney of James Howison, Jane Dewar the
relict, and Samuel Martin, all residing in Antigua. (98
Tyndall.) All my estate to my wife Jane Dewar, whom
with the Hon. Samuel Martin, Esq., & M'' James Howison,
I appoint Ex'tris. Witnessed by James Falside, Robert
Lyle.
George Dewar of King's En ham, co. Southampton, Esq.
Will dated 10 Jan. 1784; proved 14 July 1785 by David
Dewar, Esq., the son ; power reserved to the other executors.
(371 Norfolk.) Whereas my 1=* s. John Dewar has, by a
continued series of imprudence & extravagance, involved
himself hopelessly in difSculties, I give to Tho. Maitland of
Drayton, co. Southampton, Esq., Tho. Boddington of Lon-
don, Merchant, & James Dewar of Clapham, Esq., annuities
of £100 & £400 charged on my estates at Dominica, S'
Christophers, & elsewhere in the West Indies, in trust to
pay the £100 a year & £200 a year to my son John &
£200 a year to his wife Caroline Dewar. I had formerly
settled on John & Caroline .£400 a year, which he sold. To
Caroline Dewar, dau. of my son John, £400 a year for life,
& to trustees till she is 21. To John Dewar, s. of my s.
John, £100 a year till 12, then £200 a year for life. To
200
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
my sisters Ann Napier & Marg' Dewar £200 a year between
them, charged oa my real estate in England. To my s.
David Dewar, Esq., now in India, & to his heirs all my
manors & real estate in England, S' Christophers, Dominica,
& elsewhere, & all negros, & in default to my grandson
Joha. To Lady Mary Bertie, dan. of the present Duke of
Ancaster, my brilliant diamond ear rings, which were my
late wife's. To Lady Jaue Mathew my gilt dressing plate.
To my sisters Ann Napier & Marg* Dewar & M" Greig
£50 each. To Tho. Maitland, Esq., Tho. Boddington,
James Dewar, Esq., & my s. David Dewar £100 apiece for
mourning. To my servants a years wages, & to Jacques
Ponnier £.50 & my wearing apparel. All residue in trust
for my sou David Dewar 5 years after my decease & to his
heirs, then to my .son John's children, then to my sister Ann
Napier. Tho. Maitland, Esq., Tho. Boddington, Merchant,
James Dewar, Esq., & my s. David Dewar, Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Ra. Etwall, Kingston Fleet, Ra. Etwall, jun.
Codicil dated 7 April 1786. Now of Park Place, S«
James. Finkley Farm in Audover, co. Southampton, which
I recently purchased, to my son David Dewar. Witnessed
by Ra. Etwall, Ra. Etwall, jun., W'" Cook.
Alex'' Inglis of Edingburgh, merchant, who d. 1669,
had a dau. married to a Mr. Douglas, by whom she had issue
a dau., married to .... Scott, Esq., to whom she bore a
dau., the wife of .... Dewar, Esq., to whom she bore
James Dewar, Esq., captain in the East India Company's
naval service, who died Feb. 9, 1795, having left issue,
besides others, Robert Dewar, Esq., who married Miss West
of Clapham ; Elizabeth, the wife of Philip Dorville, Esq.,
captain in the Royal Dragoons. (' Betham's Baronetage.')
1753, Mar. 81. George Dewarr, Esq. ; was marry'd to
Lady Caroline Bertie, sister to the D. of Ancaster. (' Gen-
tleman's Magazine,' p. 200.)
1766, Feb. 13. Petition of Jaue Dewer and James
Howison, administrators of Dr. James Dewer. (Minutes of
Assembly.)
1708, April. Capt. James Dewar of the Speaker, India-
man, to Miss Ann Smith of Clapham. (' Gentleman's
Magazine,' p. 198.)
1771, Sept. Hon. A Dewar, Esq., in Dominica. {Ibid.,
p. 4-26.)
1774, June 8. The Rt. Hon. Lady Caroline Dewar.
(rbid., p. 287.)
1792, April 19. James Dewar, esq., of Vogrie, to Miss
Caroline Cumming, second daughter of the late Col. Sir
John C. {Ibid., p. 384.)
1794, July 6 (sic). At his seatatEnham, near Audover,
the Lady of Richard (sic) Dewar, esq., a son. {Ibid., p. 670.)
1794, Nov. 20. At Milford, near Lymington, David
Dewar, esq., of Euham-house, co. Hants, in the commission
of the peace and a deputy-lieutenant of the said county ; a
gentleman universally beloved and sincerely lamented ; also
a charitable good Christian. {Ibid., p. 1153.)
1795, Feb. 9. At Bath, within four days after he
arrived there, John Dewar, esq., of Clapham. His son was
taken, in the course of last year, in the Lisbon packet, and
carried prisouer to France, where he still remains. {Ibid.,
p. 256.)
1799, Oct. 23. At S' James's Church, Charles Cumber-
land, esq., to Mrs. Dewar, relict of David D., esq., youngest
daughter of General Mathews, and niece to the Duke of
Ancaster. {Ibid., ^. llQ-2.)
1800, June 16. On the island of S' Thomas, after two
days' illness, Edward Dewar, esq., of Clapham, Surrey.
{Ibid., p. 694.)
1800, August 21. Miss Sarah Dewar, of Clapham,
Surrey, of a decline. {Ibid., p. 806.)
1802, Aug. Robert Dewar, esq., to Miss West, both of
Clapham, Surrey. Rev. Thomas Bourdillon of Trinity-
hall, Cambridge, to Miss Dewar of Clapham. {Ibid.,
p. 780.)
1809, Mar. 11. Mary-Anne, eldest daughter of Robert
Dewar, esq., of Clapham, Surrey. (Ibid., p. 385.)
" Lady Caroline Dewar, aged 47," from a ring with her
hair in it, in the possession of M" Dewar.
Extract from a letter from Baron Munchausen to John
Daniel Mackinnon (who was guardian to M" CaroUne
Dewar's children, Edward and Caroline) : —
" Should you have formed a resolution concerning the
future welfare of the young Dewars, and I can be of any
service to you on the Continent, I beseech you, dear Sir, to
inform me of it ; I shall with pleasure do everything that
lies in my power, in order to give you a proof of the high
consideration, with which I have the honor to subscribe
myself
" Sir, your most obedient servant,
"F. Munchausen, Grand Chambellan.
" Bronswic, the 3 Obr., 1814."
(' Memoirs of Clan Fingon,' p. 146.)
1816, Jan. 10. In Edinburgh, aged 59, Alex. Dewar,
esq., late of Calcutta. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 185.)
1821. Lately. David A. Dewar, esq., of Doles, Hamp-
shire, to Anne, dau. of Richard Magenis, esq., of Grosvenor-
place. {Ibid., p. 467.)
1837, June 8. Aged 46, Miss Jane Charlotte Dewar,
only dau. of the late David Dewar, esq., of Enham House,
Hants, and grand-daughter of the late Gen. and Lady Jane
Mathews of Clanville Lodge. Her remains were interred at
Enham. {IbiiL, p. 99.)
Mary-Anne Johnstone, 3'''' dau. of James Raymond
Johnstone, Esq., of Alva, N.B., mar. 30 Oct. 1838 James
Dewar, only son of Robert Dewar, Esq., of Clapham.
(Burke's ' Landed Gentry.')
M' David A. B. Dewar sold the Enham and FinUley
estates in 1817, and the plantation in S' Kitts was sold
under his will in 1867.
From Tablets in St. Michael's Church, Enham, near
Andover.
George Dewar died July 12, 1786, aged 78 years.
David Dewar (his 2'"' son) died Nov. 20, 1794, aged 46.
Also George Edward Mathew the eldest son of the above
and Penelope Susannah his wife, born 1"' Sept. 1792, died
7 Jan. 1803.
Jane Charlotte Dewar (their only daughter) died S'*"
June 1846, aged 46.
David Albemarle Dewar, born at Enham House July 3'''',
1794, died in London Nov. 25, 1859.
Also of Ann Louisa his wife, daughter of the late
Colonel and Lady Ehzabeth Magenis of Chanter Hill,
county Fermanagh. She died at Vienna Nov. 19, 1855,
aged 58 years. Their remains are laid in the vault below.
Also of George, younger son of the above, who died at
Boulogne Sept. 10, 1850, aged 25 years.
Adeliza Bertie the beloved child of Albemarle Dewar,
Esq., formerly Captain in H.M. 87 R.I. Fusiliers, and Jane
his wife, and granddaughter of D. A. B. Dewar, Esq., of
Doles, Hants. She died in Paris Nov. 23, 1859, aged 20
days. Her remains are laid in the vault below.
Albemarle Dewar, Esq., of Doles Hall near Andover,
formerly Captain in H.M. 87 Reg*, eldest son of the late
D. A. B. Dewar. Born 18 May 1822. Died in London
5 June 1862. His remains are deposited in the vault below.
/
DEWAR FAMILY.
201
Arms. — . ... a ship with sails furled . ... on a chief azure three boars' heads
Crest. — A71 anchor cahkd proper.
Motto. — Dum spiro spero.
JOHN DEWAR. Merchant, of=r.
Edinburgh, Postmaster-General
of Leith and that city.
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of=i=Jane, dau. and coheir of Sir John
Ancaster, born 29 April 1686; Brownlow, Bart., of Belton, co.
died 1 January 1742. Lincoln.
Christina=
Panton,
only child
and heir
of Mr.
John
Panton of
St. Kitts.
1st wife.
^George Dewar of St.=
Ghrif5topher's, later of
King's Enham and of
Doles Lodge, co.
Hants, Esq. Named
in the entail of the
Vogrie Estate, co.
Midlothian, 1772 ;
died 12 July 1786, ffit.
78. M.I. at Enham.
Will dated 10 Jan.
1785; proved 14 July
1786. (371 Norfolk.)
=Lady
Caroline
Bertie,
4th dau.,
mar. 31
March
1753 ;
died 8
June
1774,Eet.
47, at
Bromp-
ton. 2nd
wife.
I
Lady Jane-
Bertie, 3rd
dau., mar.
31 March
1743 ; died
21 July
1793, and
was bur. at
Edenham,
CO. Lin-
coln.
s.p.
^General Lady Mary Bertie,
Edward 1st dau., mar. 21
Mathew, Feb. 1747 Samuel
Governor Greatheed of Guys
of Gren- Cliff, co. Warwick,
ada, died formerly of St. Kitts ;
26 Dec. she died 23 May
1805, a3t. 1774.
78. —
Lady Albinia Bertie,
2nd dau., mar. Fra.
Beckford of Basing
Park, CO. Hants, and
of .Jamaica ; she died
12 Feb. 1754.
Peregrine=p,
Bertie,
3rd Duke,
diedl778.
Brownlow
Bertie,
5 th and
last Duke,
dieds.p.m.
1809.
I
John Dewar,=
lstson,1785.
^Caroline Vernon, dau. of James Vernon,
nephew of Henry Vernon of Hilton Park,
CO. Stafford ; mar. 27 Aug. 1766 at St.
George, Hanover Square. [Her sister
Louisa was wife of William Mackinen of
Antigua.]
David Dewar of Enham=T=Penelope Susannah
House and Doles Lodge,
J. P., D.L., 2nd son and
heir ; mar. 1787 ; died 20
Nov. 1794, ffit. 46. M.I.
at Enham.
Mathew, 2nd dau. ;
mar. 2ndly at St.
James 23 Oct. 1799
Charles Cumber-
land.
Robert Bertie,
4th Duke, died
1779 bachelor.
John Dewar,
under 12 in
1785.
I
Caroline Dewar,
mar. Baron F.
Munchausen, a
Bavarian Judge.
George Edward
Mathew Dewar,
born 1 Sept.
1792 ; died 7
Jan. 1803. M.I.
at Enham.
David Albemarle^
Bertie Dewar of
Doles Lodge,
Esq., born 3 July
1794 ; died in
London 25 Nov.
1859.
=Ann Louisa Magenis, dau. of
Colonel Richard Magenis of co.
Down, by Lady Elizabeth, dau.
of the 1st Earl of Enniskillen ;
mar. April 1821 ; died at
Vienna 19 Nov. 1855, ast. 58.
M.I. at Enham.
I
Jane Charlotte
Dewar, only dau.,
died8 June 1837,
set. 46. M.I. at
Enham.
I
Albemarle Dewar of Doles Hall,=T=Jane O'Beirne, only child of Felix
Captain 87th Regiment, born 18 O'Beirne, son of Charles O'Beirne
May 1822 ; died in London 5 June of Kilbride House, Drumsna, co.
1862. M.I. at Enham. Antrim ; living 1893.
George Dewar, died
at Boulogne 10
Sept. 1850, ajt 25.
Elizabeth Ann Dewar, mar.
the Marquis Taliacarne,
Italian Ambassador at
Lisbon.
Albemarle O'Beirne Wil-=
loughby Dewar of Doles,
1st son and heir ; matricu-
lated from Oriel College,
Oxford, 15 April 1875, set.
19 ; living 1893.
=Plorence Wilhelmina Rose Mathews, dau.
of Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Marriott
Mathews of Jersey, J. P. and D.L. for
Oxon (only son of Rev. Andrew Hughes
Mathews, Vicar of Wcston-on-the-Green,
Oxfordshire, by his 1st wife Miss Mar-
riott of Tetsworth Manor) ; living 1893.
George Albemarle
Bertie Dewar ; matri-
culated from Pem-
broke College, Oxford,
6 Feb. 1882, at. 19 ;
B.A. 1886.
Florence Jane Bertie De-
war, living 1893.
A dau., died 1859 infant.
Adeliza Mary Bertie Dewar,
living 1893.
Albemarle Willoughby David Dewar,
bapt. 3 Nov. 1886 at St. Heliers,
Jersey; living 1893.
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Clive Albemarle Willoughby Dewar, born in
Jersey 19 May and died 26 June 1891, bur. in
St. Saviour's Churcliyard there.
Hubert Stephen Lowry Dewar,
bapt. 6 July 1892 at Enham;
living 1893.
For much of this Pedigree I am indebted to Mr. Albemarle O'Beirne Willoughby Dewar. — V.L.O.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
1750-1 Mar. 24 James Dewar, Surgeon, & Jane Bennet,
Spinster.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1764 Dec. 27 James Dewar, P.
1776 Nov. 3 Robert Dewar.
1777 Mar. 23 Eleanor Dewar.
Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square,
London.
Married.
John Dewar of this parish, B., & Caroline
Vernon of S' Clement Danes, S.
James Dewar, Esqi", & Caroline Cumming,
a minor. By Licence, & with consent
of her guardians Lady Mary Cumming,
widow, & Geo. Graham, Esq''.
1766
1792
Aug. 27
April 19
\
Parish Register of St. Simon's District Church,
St. Heliers, Jersey.
Married.
1882 April 29 Albemarle Willoughby Dewar, aged 26,
son of Albemarle Dewar, Capt. 87 Reg*
(retired), and Florence Wilhelmina
Rose Mathews, aged 20, dan. of Andrew
Marriott Mathews, Lt-Col. H.M. 89
reg' (retired). Witnessed by A. M.
Mathews, Cornelia J. Mathews, Con-
stance Mathews.
Baptized.
1886 Nov. 3 Albemarle Willoughby David, son of
Albemarle Willoughby and Florence
Wilhelmina Rose Dewar. Born 18
Sept. 1886.
Parish Register of Eneam, co. Hants.
Baptized.
1892 July 6 Hubert Stephen Lowry Dewar, son of
Albemarle O'Beirne Willoughby and
Florence Wilhelmina Rose Dewar.
Hurstborne Tarrant.
St. John's Churchyaed.
On a large ledger : —
DOCTER
JAMBS DEWAR
departed this life Deem*" -f 26 1764 Aged 36 years.
^Bctitsrte of 23^ Settt
GEORGE DE WITT of Antigua.
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Lieut. Philip De=p,
Witt; in 1685
Collector of St.
Christopher's ;
1692-3 of Nevis.
Will dated 25 Sept. 1683 ; sworn 29 Aug. 1 684.=rElizabeth living 1691.
\
I
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Philip De^
Witt,
named in
the will of
Governor
Netheway
of Nevis ;
under 18
in 1691;
set. 32 in
1720.
George De Witt,=pAnne Thomas De John De Witt,=pElizabeth
~~ a minor in .... dau.
1695 ; bur. 15 of Robert
July 1723. Tremills ;
bur. 23
Nov. 1743.
bur.
13
Aug.
....
Witt,
Eet.
1712.
Will dated
i3ur.7
18 in
1695;
1 Ai
lo-
1712;
Oct.
bur. 4
April ,
sworn
21
May.
1722.
1732.
=Mary
De
Witt,
mar.
1715.
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Mercy Du=rMary George De Witt,
Witt, only Peirce, bur. 10 Sept.
surviving mar. 7 1705.
sou and Nov. —
heir, and 1730 ; Joseph De Witt,
a minor in bur. 30 bapt. 22 April
1712 ; in Mav 1708, bur. 16
1744 mes- 173"8. Oct. 1709.
jer to —
the As- Dorothy De Witt,
sembly. bur. 2 Aug. 1 700.
Mary De Witt,
living 1712.
Elizabeth
De Witt,
under 17
in 1683 ;
bur. 7 Sept.
1691.
I
Mary De Witt,
under 17 in
1683; mar. 4
May 1709 John
Mainwaring.
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Elizabeth De
Witt, mar. 3
Dec. 1724
Robert Baker.
Ann De Witt,
bur. 31 July
1707.
Margaret De
Witt, bapt. 18
April 1712;
mar. 13 Aug.
1748 John
Mahony.
I
George Thomas De=pSarah
De
Witt,
bapt.
28 Dec.
1713.
Witt, bapt.
14 Sept.
1715; bur.
7 March
1758. Will
dated 2
March
1758;
sworn 21
Feb. 1760.
Strong,
mar.
23 Jan.
1747;
bur. 28
Sept.
1796.
William De Witt, bapt.
3 Jan. 1736 ; bur. 21
April 1740.
Ann De Witt,
bapt. before
1734.
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Mary De Witt, Dorothy De Witt, Margaret De Witt,
bapt. 27 April bapt. 19 June bapt. 8 May 1738.
1734. 1735.
Mary De Witt,
bapt. 26 June
1720 ; bur. 21
Sept. 1736.
Frances De
Witt, bapt. 7
April 1722 ;
bur. 7 Oct.
1744. Will
dated 2 Oct.
1744 ; sworn
20 Nov. 1760.
Elizabeth De
Witt, mar 25
Nov. 1739
Christopher
Knight.
George Dewitt of Pondridge, Antigua. Will dated 25
Sept. 1683. To my wife Eliz. one acre & | of my estate &
household goods. To my son Philip Dewitt a silver beaker
& a gold ring. To my dau. Eliz. Dewitt 24,000 lbs. sugar
at 17 & a negro girl of 14. To my dau. Mary Dewitt
24,000 lbs. at 17 & a negroe giri of 14. To the poor of S'
Andrews in the town of Plymouth £3. All residue to my
4 sons PhiUip, George, Thos., & John, they to be Ex'ors.
If my son Philip come & live here he is to manage my
plantation diu-ing the minority of my 3 other sons & to
have 4000 lbs. yearly. Capt. John Fry, Lieut. Rich*
Haddon, Lieut. Edw* Paynter, & M' Jas. Combes, over-
seers. Witnessed by W" Jones, Rich"! Haddon, Tho.
Silvester. By Governor Edward Powell were sworn William
Jones and Lieutenant Richard Haddon 29 Aug. 1 684.
DE WITT FAMILY.
203
George De Witt of Antigua, planter. Will dated 1 Aug.
1712. To my wife Anne my best horse. To my dau.
Mary Dewitt a negro girl. To my dau. Eliz. Dewitt a
negroe girl. To my dau. Marg' a negroe girl at 14. My
estate to be valued, & § of the value to my son Mercy & my
daus. Mary, Eliz., & Marg'. All my plantations, lands, &c.,
to my son Mercy at 21 & his heirs, in default to my dau.
Mary. My son Ex'or. Cap. John Paynter, Capt. Bastian
Otto Baijer, & Rev. Jas. Field of Antigua, Ex'ors till my
son is 21. Witnessed by H. Pember, Tho' De Witt, Hen.
Thornton, John Manwaring. By Grovernor John Yeamans
were sworn Herljert Pember, Thos. De Witt, and John
Manwaring 21 May 1712.
Frances Dewitt of Antigua, Spinster. Will dated 2 Oct.
1744. To my brother Thos. Dewitt .3 negroes & to his
heirs, then to my 2 nephews Chas. Knight & Christopher
Knight, sons of Christopher Knight, deceased, & Eliz. his
wife my sister. To my said nephew Chas. Knight 2 negroes
at 21. To Christopher Knight 1 negroe at 21. Thos.
Dewitt & Thos. Shephard of Antigua, Esq., Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Anne Dunbar, Fr^ Pearce, Mercy Dewitt. Before
His Excellency George Thomas, Esq., was sworn Anne
Dunbar 20 Nov. 1760. Eecorded 6 March 1761.
Thomas Dewitt of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 2 March
1758. To my wife my house in S' John's Town & furniture
for life, then to my sister Eliz. Glass, then to my nephew
Chas. Knight at 21. To Eliz. Glass £200 c. All residue
to my wife & my sister Eliz. Glass & my nephew Chas.
Knight, & in default to M^^ Eliz. Pearce, M''= Rachel Man-
warying, & Mary Martin, my relations. My friends Sam^
Nibbs, Esq., Sam' Martin, March*, & Patrick Cusack, Sen',
planter, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Neill Campbell, Cathrine
Falkner, W™ Evans. Before His Excellency George
Thomas, Esq., was sworn William Evans 21 Feb. 1760.
Recorded 14 May 1762.
Elizabeth Strong, spinster, in her will dated 23 July
1789, sworn 18 March 1790, names her sister M'^ Eliz. Dewitt.
Antigua, 1680. Mr. George Dewitt, two proportions of
land in St. John's Town, 14 Feb. 1680, from the Governor ;
surveyed 23 Feb. 1680.
1681. George Dewit, 200 acres, granted 23 Jan. by Sir
W. Stapleton.
1684. Mrs. Elizabeth Dewitt and her sons George,
Thomas, and John Dewitt, 81 acres granted 18 Feb. by Sir
W. Stapleton.
1685, Sept. 30. Mr. PhiUp De Witt, then Collector of
the King's Customs at St. Christopher's. On 1 March
1694-5 he was chosen to represent Charles Town Parish in
the Nevis Assembly, and on 23 Aug. 1693 he was returned
for St. John's Parish.
Thos. Dewit, aet. 18, & John Dewit, Eet sons of
Geo. Dewit, late of Antigua, dec", have chosen Jas. Combe
& . . . . Guardians 24 Mar. 1695-6 by Chris. Codrington,
Esq. Recorded 28 March 1696.
1718, Aug. 25. Writ of Error. Richard Roe, leassee of
Thomas Dewitt, planter, John Dewitt, and Mercy Dewitt,
an infant, by his mother Anne Dewitt, plaintiff; John Doe,
defendant, Dr. Daniel McKinen, and William Kenneday,
planter, tenants in possession. Judgment reversed re 66
acres and costs ; appeal granted.
1720, June 25. Deposition of Philip Dewitt, Gent.,
aet. 32.
1724, Jan. 11. Indenture between Mercy Dewitt of
Antigua, planter, of the one part, and Robert Baker of An-
tigua, Mariner, and Elizabeth his wife and Marg* Dewitt,
spinster, the two sisters of the said Mercy Dewitt. Their
father George Dewitt. Sale of 61 acres for £600 c. for a
term of seven years.
1744, April 10. Mr. Mercy Dewitt appointed Messenger
of the Assembly.
There was a plantation in Nevis called Bewitt's which
was purchased by Ralph Payne, Esq., father of Lord
Lavington.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1709 May 4 John Manwarring & Mary Dewitt. L.
1715 (? April) 4 Phillip De Witt & Mary De Witt. L.
1724 Dec. 3 Robert Baker and Elizabeth De Witt.
1730 Nov. 7 Mercy Dewitt and Mary Peirce.
1739 Nov. 25 Christopher Knight & Elizabeth Dewitt.
L.
1747 Jan. 23 Thomas Dewitt and Sarah Strong.
1748 Aug. 13 John Mahany and Marg* Dewitt. L.
1749 Oct. 21 Isaac Martins and Mary Dewitt. L.
Baptized.
1708 April 22 Joseph S. of George Dewitt & his wife.
1712 April 18 Margaret D. of George Dewitt & Ann his
wife.
1713 Dec. 28 George s. of John Dewitt & Elizabeth his
wife.
1715 Sept. 14 Thomas s. of John De Witt & Eliz"' his
wife.
1720 June 26 Mary D. of John De Witt & his wife.
1722 April 7 Frances D. of John Dewitt & his wife.
22 Ann the D. of Mercy Dewitt & Mary his
wife.
1734 April 27 Mary D. of Mercy Dewitt & Mary his wife.
1735 June 19 Dorothy D. of Mercy Dewitt & Mary his
wife.
1736 Jan. 3 William the s. of Mercy Dewitt and Mary
his wife.
1738 May 8 Margaret y<= D. of Mercy Dewitt & Mary
his wife.
Buried.
1691
Sept.
7
Elizabeth d. of George Dewitt, Decs*, &
Elizabeth his widdow.
1700
Aug.
2
Dorothy D. of George De Witt & Ann his
wife.
1705
Sept.
10
George Dewitt, Jun'.
1707
July
31
Ann D. of Geo. & Ann Dewitt.
1709
Oct.
16
Joseph Dewitt s. of M' George Dewit.
1712
Aug.
13
George Dewitt.
1719
Nov.
1
George Dewitt.
1722
Oct.
7
M" Ann Dewitt.
1723
July
15
M' John De Witt.
1732
April
4
M'' Thomas Dewitt.
1736
Sept.
21
Mary Dewitt the D. of John Dewit, deced.
1738
May
30
Mary y^ wife of Mercy Dewitt.
1740
April
21
William y'' S. of Mercy Dewitt.
1743
Nov.
23
Elizabeth De Witt, widow.
1744
Oct.
7
Frances De Witt.
1746
Feb.
15
Ann Dewitt, a child.
1748
Jan.
28
Dorothy Dewitt.
1758
Mar.
7
Thomas De Witt.
1796
Sept.
28
Sarah Dewit.
1803
Feb.
20
Mary Dewit.
204.
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
DOIG=
Ann .... bur. ac St. Paul's 1 May 1740.=pWilliam Franklyn of Antigua
Will dated 18 April, and proved 6 May
1740.
Will dated 6, and sworn 23 Jan.
1721.
r
James Doig of Antigua, Esq., nephew and heir in 1740 of Mrs.=pDorothy, dau. of Jacob
Ann Franklyn ; owned Rigbys in New North Sound ; bur. at Thibou, mar. 1 July
St. John's lo July 1759. Will dated 1 Feb. 1759.
Thibou, mar. 1 July
1727 at St. John's.
David Doig,
living 1759.
Christian Doig,
mar. Rev. David
Blair of Brechin.
William Henr
Doig of An-
tigua and
Cookstown,
N.B., Esq., 1st
son and heir ;
bapt. 28 Feb.
1730 at St.
Paul's. Will
dated 21 Feb.
1765 ; proved
9 April 1768.
(146 Seeker.)
Anne, sister-
in-law of Sir
James Car-
negie, Bart.;
died at
Twickenham.
Will dated 10
Sept., then of
Lower
Berkeley
Street ;
proved 16
Oct. 1805.
John Doig, bapt. James-
5 June 1733, and Doig,
bur. 21 Feb. 1737, bapt.
at St. Paul's. 29
— April
John Doig, twin 1743
with Jacob, bapt. at St.
14 Nov. 1739, John's,
and bur. 16
March following
at St. Paul's.
Jacob Doig, twin
with John, bapt.
14 Nov. 1739,
and bur. 16 June
following at St.
Paul's.
^Elizabeth,
dau. of
Nesbitt
Darby ;
living
1805.
David Doig,
bapt. 20
Nov. 1746
at St. John's.
John Doig,
bapt. 21
Dec. 1749
at St. John's.
Anne Doig,
bapt. 22
Nov. 1735
at St. Paul's;
mar. 1 July
1752, at St.
John's,
John Lind-
say, Esq.
Dorothy Doig, bapt.
11 Dec. 1737 at St.
Paul's ; mar. before
1 Feb. 1759 Hon.
Francis Frye ; she
died before 1770; he
died 20 March 1774.
Christian Doig, bapt.
20 Sept. 1741 at St.
Paul's ; mar. 26 July
1759, at St. John's,
Wilham Living-
stone ; mar. 2ndly
Joseph Lyons Athill,
Esq. ; he died 13
Sept. 1790; she died
at Bath, Feb. 1802.
Her will was proved
23 May 1806.
I I
Sarah Doig,
bapt. 9 Feb.
1744 at St.
John's.
Ehzabeth
Jane Doig,
living 1805.
Ann Doig, only child. Will:
dated 18 Nov. 1796 ; proved
12 June 1787.
^Walter Riddle, Esq.,
of Glen Riddell, co.
Dumfries.
r
James Doig, mar.=pMargaret Hurst ; mar. 2ndly
22 Oct. 1787 at 28 Jan. 1808, at St. Mary's,
St. John's. Walter Thibou, Esq.
John Hurst Doig of Rendezvous=pAnn ; mar. 2ndly
Bay, Gent., born 17 May 1793, ' 19 March 1836,
bapt. 14 Jan. 1801 at St. John's; at St. Paul's,
bur. 24 Dec. 1833, set. 39, at St. I William John
Paul's. ! Huggins.
Elizabeth Lane
Doig.
William Henry Doig=f:Mary Harris.
of Rigbys, Gent.,
born 17 May 1795,
bapt. 14 Jan. 1801 at
St. John's.
James Nisbitt Doig, born 10
April 1799, bapt. 14 Jan.
1801 at St. John's, bur.
there 22 Jan. 1809.
I
Emily Elizabeth Doig,
bapt. 31 Jan. 1841 at
St. Peter's.
I
Margaret Doig, bur.
4 Dec. 1836, at. 7,
at St. Paul's.
I
Margaret
Elizabeth Doig,
born 4 July, and bapt. 3
Sept. 1823 at St. John's.
Wilhelmina Frederica
Doig, bapt. 29 May
1829 at St. John's.
Elizabeth Ash Doig,
bapt. 29 March 1834
at St. John's.
Ann Franklyn, widow. Will dated 18 April 1740. To
W™ Doig, son of my nephew James Doig, £100 c. yearly at
21. To Jacob Doig, 2*1 son of the said Jas. Doig, 2000
Bank of England stock at 21. To Ann, dau. of Jas. Doig,
£2000 c. at 21. To Dorothy, 2i dau. of Jas. Doig, £2000
c. (under 12). To my nephew David Doig & niece
Christian Blair £50 s. each. To my sister Mary Ward
£50 c, & to her dau. Anne Gordon £50 c. To my sister
Mary Ward's granddau. Mary Duvine £50 c. To my niece
Marg' Steel £50 c. To Dorothy, wife of my nephew Jas.
Doig, a negro. To M' Jacob Thibou, M'' Joseph Mathew,
& their wives, each a gold ring. All residue to my nephew
James Doig. He, Jacob Thibou, Thos. Wilson, clerk,
Es'ors. Witnessed by Thos. Wilson, Joseph Heal, Grace
Wilson, Thos. Paul, Edw* M^Giness. Before His Excel-
lency William Mathew were sworn Thomas Paul, Joseph
Heal, and Thomas Wilson, clerk, 6 May 1740. Recorded at
St. John's 22 May 1740.
James Doig, Esq. Will dated 1 Feb. 1759. Whereas
by Indenture of 1 July 1727 between Ann Franklyn, late of
Antigua, widow, of the 1^' part, Jacob Thibou of the 2"^, &
myself & my wife Dorothy (then called Dorothy Thibou) of
the 3'''*, in consideration of a marriage intended between
myself & the said Dorothy Thibou, Ann Franklyn granted
to Jacob Thibou certain plantations with slaves in Rendez-
vous Bay in trust for Dorothy my now wife, on condition
that if my wife survived me she should receive £200 c.
yearly. The said £200 c. is to be increased to £300 s.
yearly. I give her also £200 a year to be charged on
Rigby plantation in New Division, 8 slaves, furniture, &
right of residence at Rigbys, i plate, choice of a carriage
& 2 horses, £150 s., and my house in S' John's purchased
of Frances Sherwood. Having already provided for my 2
daus. Ann Lindsay & Dorothy Fry on their marriages, I
give to John Lindsay & Ann & to Francis Frye, Esq'', &
Dorothy £50 c. each. To my dau. Christian £2000 at 21
charged on Rendezvous Bay & £80 yearly till 21. To my
dau. Sarah £2000 in like manner. To my youngest son
John £4000 at 21, & £80 a year till 14, then £120 till 18, &
£150 till 21. If he should possess Rigbys the legacy to be
void. To any future dau. £2000 & to any son £4000. To
my 1^' son W™ Henry Doig all my messuages & stores on
the Parade in S' John's Town called Lucas' stores, to
receive the rents till my son John is 21, if John die, then
for my son James at 21. To my 1^' son my estate called
Rigbys, for my son James at 21, & in default to my son
DOIG PAMILY.
205
John. Whereas Francis Hanson deceased by his will dated
22 Nov. 1747 bequeathed £500 c. to my dau. Christian, if
it be paid I give to each of my daus., Ann, Dorothy, &
Sarah, £500 c. more. To my 1=' son my Rendezvous Bay
estate, & I request him if he have no heirs male to devise it
to one of his brothers, also my J of a plantation in the
Dutch settlement of Essequibo, which I hold in common
with Absalam Sealers, who resides there and manages
it, also my brick messuage wherein I now reside at St.
John's, & given to his mother for her life, & all residue.
My wife, my brother David Doig, my 1*' son W" Henry
Doig, Rob' Gray, & James Brebner, Esq''^ Ex'ors, & with
my sons-in-law .John Lindsay & Francis Fry, guardians, &
£5 each for a ring.
Codicil. My wife to deliver up possession of Rigbys if
called upon, & to receive £50 yearly in lieu. Before His
Excellency George Thomas was sworn William Leacock 30
July 1759. Recorded 30 July 1759.
William Henry Doig, late of Antigua, now of Cookstown,
N.B., Esq. Will dated 21 Feb. 1765 ; proved 9 April 1768
by Ann Doig, the relict, and Alexander Scott ; power
reserved to James Brebner, Esq. (146 Seeker.) To Mary
Brebner, dau. of James Brebner of Antigua, Esq., £1000
at 21, payable from mortgage moneys due to me from my
brother-in-law John Lindsay. To Dorothy Richardson,
dau. of D'' John Richardson of Antigua, £600 at 21 ; if she
die, to her sister Eliz. Richardson. To my wife Anne, if
I die s.p., £600 a year, otherwise but £400 a year, charged
on my plantation in Rendevous Bay, in lieu of a jointure of
£200 a year made by my marriage settlement, & of any
claim out of my estate at Essequibo. All my Rendevous
Bay estate & all my houses in S' John's, subject to the
charges of my late father's will, I give to James Brebner &
Patrick Grant of Antigua, Esq'''^^ on trust, together with
the moiety of my parcel of land at Essequibo which I hold
as tenant in common with Absolom Zeagers, who manages
it, to my 1=' sou, &c., then to my 1^' dau., &c., & in default
to my brother John Doig for life & his heirs, then to the 1^'
son of my late brother James Doig, then to my brother-in-
law Alex"^ Scott of Edinburgh, Merch', & to his son by
Elizabeth his wife. £4000 to be raised for my dau. Ann
Doig in case she is excluded by a son. All residue to my
wife Anne, she & James Brebner & Mffsy Scott, Ex'ors.
This paper is duly stampt by David Ross, cl'k to Colquhoun
Grant, Writer to the Signet, at my house at the back of
Hope Park, near Edinburgh. Witnessed by Colquhoun
Grant, Will Scotland, writers, Joseph Horsburg, servant to
Mr. Doig.
Codicil. 19 Dec. 1766. £500 only to Mary Brebner,
& the other £500 to Christian, Magdalen, Isabella, Sey-
mour, & David Blair, 5 of the children of M'' David Blair,
Minister of Brechin, by Christian Doig, his wife, & my
aunt. Revoke £600 to Dorothy Richardson. John Doig
is my youngest brother now surviving. My immediate
younger brother James, now deceased, who was elder than
John, left issue a son James & a dau. Eliz. Lane Doig,
whom I prefer before the said John Doig & his issue. My
nephew James Doig to give over to John Doig Rigby's
plantation in Antigua now belonging to him, or else
£10,000 s., & his sister Eliz. Lane Doig's portion to be
made up to £2000.
of Edinburgh, Esq., dec*, of the 1^', my husband Walter
Riddell of Glen Riddell, Co. Dumfries, Esq., of the 2'', Sir-
Rob' Lawrie, Bart., & Jas. Gordon, Seu'', Esq., of the 3''<',
W", Duke of Queensbury & Dover, & Sir David Carnegie,
Bart., of the 4"', & the Right Hon. Dunbar Douglas, Earl
of Selkirk, & Jas. Gordon, Jun'', Esq., of the 5"" part, being
a marriage settlement, all my plantation in the parish of S'
Paul & Rendevous Bay DiV in Antigua was granted to the
use of Sir Rob' Lawrie & Jas. Gordon, Sen'', f9r 99 years for
my use for life, & to raise portions for younger children &
to the use of our 1^' son, & by a Scotch deed dated 31 May
last Hope Park & the lands at Cookston, Unthauk, &
Duingram near the town of Brechin, co. Forfar, & a bond
from Alex"' Campbell, Esq., to my late father for £500, were
settled as by the former deed. If I have no male issue, all
my estate to David Scott of S' Eustatius, Esq., for my 1^'
dau., & in default of issue then £1200 to be raised for my
Mother M'= Ann Doig & £300 for M'^ Magdalen Doig of
Parkside, co. Midlothian, & to Thos. Scott, son of David
Scott, £100. My husband sole Ex'or. Witnessed by John
WiUiams, Christian Noel, W. Riddell.
Codicil. To my Mother Ann Doig £800, & £200 to
my aunt Magdalen Doig & to my aunt Eliz'" Scott £1000.
7 April 1787. On 6 June 1787 appeared W. Riddell, Esq.,
John Williams of S' Marylebone, G', & Christian Noel of
do., G'.
Ann Riddell, wife of Walter Riddell of Lower Berkeley
Street, Portman Square, Esq. Will dated 18 Nov. 1786 ;
administration 12 June 1787 to Walter Riddell, Esq., the
husband. (P.C.C.) By Indenture of 30 & 31 May past, the
release being of 5 parts between me (then Ann Doig) of
SuflTolk Street, S' Marylebone, sp'', only child of W" Henry
Doig, formerly of Antigua, & late of Hope Park n' the City
Will of Anne Doig, late of Lower Berkely Street,
widow, but at Montpelier Row, Twickenham, deceased.
Sworn under £12,500 ; proved P.C.C. by Elizabeth Carnegie,
spinster, 16 Oct. 1805. Copy recorded at St. John's.
Anne Doig of Lower Berkely Street, co. Middlesex,
widow, at present at Montpelier Row, Twickenham. Will
dated 16 Sept. 1805. To my sister the Dowager Lady Car-
negie £5000 s., my diamond pin & silver tea caddy. To
my sister M''^ Eliz. Scott of S' Andi'ew, Scotland, £5000 s.,
2 silver goblets, silver tea pot & stand, my second best
diamond pin, my late husband's picture & his ring, & the
largest picture of my late dau. To my 2 nieces Mary Car-
negie & Eliz. Carnegie £2000 each, 2 pairs of silver candle
sticks, the use of my diamonds for life, then to my goddau.
& grandniece Ann Carnegie, dau. of my nephew Sir David
Carnegie, deceased. To my said niece Eliz. Carnegie the
small picture of my late dau. & one of M'= Liddel. To my
nephew M"' John Carnegie £500. To my grandnephew
James Carnegie his son £1000 at 21. To my grandniece
Ann Carnegie £500, & to each of her sisters, all daus. of
the said Sir David Carnegie, deceased, 9 in number, £100.
To my 3 nieces, daus. of my said sister Eliz. Scott, £500
each. To my cousin M'' David . . air of Dundee £50. To
To M' Speed of Ardivy, Scotland, £50. To M" Eliz.
Darby of Antigua & her sisters M"'" Dorothy Darby & M"
Mary Darby, both of London, £50 apiece. To M--^ EUz.
Scott, widow of my late nephew David Scott, deceased,
£300. To M'= Morley, her sister, £50. To Lady Carnegie,,
widow of Sir David Carnegie, deceased, £50. To M''* Car-
negie, wife of my nephew Col. Carnegie £50. To M"
Margaret Ann Taylor, wife of my friend M"^ Rob' Taylor of
Ember Court, co. Surrey, Esq., 20 gs. To the said Rob'
Taylor & to my friend Rich'* Clark, Esq., partner in the
house of Messrs. Boddington & Co., of London, Merchants,
£100. To M"'^ Maria Reddel £100 bequeathed to me by
her late husband M' Walter Reddel. To Rev. D' Hill of
S' Andrew's £50. To Messrs. W"i & John Lindsay,
nephews of my late husband, £50 each. To M" Christian
Athill, my husband's sister, £50. To the poor of Buthin in
Angus £50. To M"' & M" Aberdeen of Egham Hill,
CO. Surrey, 20 gs. each. To W™ James Brennan Gordon
Tew, Esq., of Upper Grosvenor Street, £500 s. To M"
Eliz. Jane Doig, dau. of the late M^ James Doig of Antigua,
& sister of my late husband, £500 s. To the 4 daus. of the
206
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
late M"- Hugh Ferguson of Antigua £500 each. To M"
Eliz. Doig, widow of M' James Doig, brother of my hus-
band, £50. To my servant Grace Gullion 1 year's wages
& £15 yearly. To my maid Martha Perry & my cook Ann
Lloyd 1 year's wages A £12 a year each. To my footman
W"* Wallace 1 year's wages. To my coachman £10. All
residue to my 2 nieces Mary & Eliz. Carnegie, they & Rob'
Taylor & Rich"* Sharp to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by Rich.
Grant, Henry Kirk, William Steele. Sealed 28 Feb. 1806.
Close Roll, 24 Geo. III., Part , Nos. 4 and 5.
Indenture made 14th July 1784 between Ann Doig of
Suifolk Street, St. Marylebone, spinster (only child of Wil-
liam Henry Doig, heretofore of Antigua, but lately of Hope
Park, near Edinburgh, Esq., deceased), of the one part, and
James Gordon, late of Moor Place, Herts, but now in
Antigua, Esq., and Thomas Boddington of Hackney, Esq.,
of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s.
Ann Doig grants, etc., etc., to James Gordon and Thomas
Boddington all that plantation in the Parish of St. Paul
and Division of Rendezvous Bay, Antigua, containing 500
acres, butted and bounded east with the lands of Thomas
Warner, deceased, north with the lands now or late of
Edward Williams and the heirs of William Maxwell, de-
ceased, west with the lands of John Laforey and the said
Edward Williams, and south with the sea, together with the
messuage or dwelling house, etc., etc., and all the following
slaves (names given), about 114 men aud 93 women, etc.,
etc., and all cattle, horses, etc., etc., and also all those lands,
messuages, or dwelling houses in the Town of St. John's,
that is all that piece of land in Ratclifife Street, butted and
bounded to the east with a lane running from Nevis Street
to Ratcliife Street, west with other lands and tenements of
Ann Doig, now or late in the occupation of John Nugent,
north with Ratcliffe Street, and south with other lands and
tenements of Ann Doig, now or late in the occupation of
Lachlan Grant and all that brick messuage, etc., on the said
piece of land, now or late iu the occupation of Peter
McDonough, and that other piece of land in Ratcliffe Street,
butted and bounded to the east with other lands and tenements
(sic) now or late in the occupation of Dorothy Shewcraft, west
with the lane leading from Nevis Street to Ratcliffe Street,
north with Ratcliffe Street, and south with other land of
Ann Doig, and all that wooden messuage or dwelling house,
etc., on the said piece of land, now or late in the occupation
of William Bowie, and also that other piece of land in Rat-
cliffe Street, butted, etc., east with the lands and tenements
of Andrew Brown, west with lands and tenements of Ann
Doig, north with Ratcliffe Street, and south with other lands
of Ann Doig and a wooden dwelling house thereon, now or
late in the occupation of Dorothy Shewcraft and that other
piece of laud in Nevis Street, butted, etc., east with the lane,
etc., west with other land of Ann Doig, now or late in the
occupation of John Nugent, north with the land, etc., of
Ann Doig, now or late iu the occupation of Peter McDonough,
and a stone tenement, now or late in the occupation of Mrs.
Monteigue, and south with Nevis Street and all that wooden
dwelling house thereon, now or late in the occupation of
Lachlan Grant, and that other piece of laud in Ratcliffe
Street, butted, etc., east with land now or late in the occu-
pation of Peter McDonough, west with the sea, north with
Ratcliffe Street, and south with Nevis Street and the wooden
dwelling house thereon, now or late in the possession of
John Nugent, and all that piece of land in Nevis Street,
now or late in the possession of John Bott, butted, etc., east
with the lands of Richard Topping, west with the lane, etc.,
north with the lands aforementioned of William Bowie, and
south with Nevis Street and aU those 2 pieces of land on the
Parade of St. John's, butted, etc., north with the High
Street, east with lands now or late iu the possession of John
Dunn, south with lands now or late in the possession of
William Ewing, and west with the Parade, together with a
wooden turrett or tenement thereon erected .... and all
houses, etc., belonging to the plantation .... for one whole
year, yielding, etc., therefore one peppercorn that they may be
in actual possession, etc., and enabled to accept, etc., a grant
and releases, etc., etc.
No. 4.
Indenture made 15th July 1784 between Ann Doig,
etc.. etc., of the one part, and James Gordon, etc., etc.,
Thomas Boddington, etc., etc., of the other part, witnesseth
that for barring and destroying, etc., all estates tail and
remainders, etc., and in consideration of 10s. Ann Doig
grants, etc., etc., to James Gordon and Thomas Boddington
all those plantations, lands, etc. (as in previous Indenture),
in trust for the use of Ann Doig and her heirs for ever and
for no other use whatsoever .... and Ann Doig nominates,
etc., etc., Thomas Fairbairn, Doctor of Physic, and Lachlan
Grant, Esq., both of Antigua, her Attorneys.
Marriage Settlement, 1 July 1727. Between Ann
Franklin, widow, of the 1^' part, Jacob Thibou, Merch', of
the 2""* part, Jas. Doig, Gent., nephew of Ann Franklin, and
Dorothy Thibou, spinster, dau. of Jacob Thibou, of the 3"'*
part. A marriage about to be solemnised between Jas.
Doig and Dorothy Thibou. In consideration of £1000 c.
paid to Ann Franklin and Jas. Doig as a marriage portion
Ann Franklin grants to Jacob Thibou a plantation in
Rendevous Bay, also 80 acres and a messuage in S' John's
Town for the use of herself and Jas. Doig and his heirs, and
to pay to Dorothy if she survive her husband £200 c. yearly.
1742, April 26. James Doig paid £126 for 9 gun-
carriages. (Minutes of Council.)
1765, April 30. Sir Ja. Carnegie, Bt. member for Kin-
cardinesh. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 247.)
In 1767 the estate of James Doig, an infant, was rated
on 320 acres and 122 slaves, and likewise in 1780.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1727 July 1 James Doig and Dorothy Thibou. L.
1752 July 1 John Lindsay, Esq", and Ann Doig. L.
1759 July 26 William Livingston to Christian Doig.
1787 Oct. 22 James Doeg to Margaret Hurst. L.
1801 June 2 Joseph Gravenor Buckley to Elizabeth
Doeg, Spinster. L.
Baptized.
1743 April 29 James the s. of James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1744 Feb. 9 Sarah the d. of James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1746 Nov. 20 David the s. of James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1749 Dec. 21 John the s. of James Doig and Dorothy
his wife,
f John Hurst. B. 17"- May"]
1793.
1801 Jan. 14^
1813 Jan. 19
William Henry. B. H"-
May 1795.
James Nesbitt. B.
I April 1799.
David S. of Doctor
Children of
James Doeg
j- and Mar-
^, garet his
10"' I wife.
J
Patrick Doig and
1823
1829
Sept.
May
29
Jane his wife. B. the 27"> September
1812.
Margaret Elizabeth D. of William Henry
Doig and Mary Harris his wife B.
July 4"' 1823.
Wilhelmina Frederica D. of William
Henry & Mary Harris Doig, S' Mary's,
Gent.
DOIG FAMILY.
207
1834 Mar. 29 Eliza Ash D. of W'" Henry & Mary
Harris Doig, Rigbys, parisli of St.
Mary. Planter.
Buried.
1747
Nov.
4
.... Doig, a child.
1759
July
15
James Doig, Esq^
1764
Jan.
12
James Doig. C.P.
1809
Jan.
22
James Nisbet Doeg
1823
Sept.
24
Elizabeth L. Doig.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Baptized.
1730 Feb. 28 William Henry S. of M' James Doig &
Dorothy his wife.
1733 June 5 John S. of M"' James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1735 Nov. 22 Anne D. of M"" James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1737 Dec. 11 Dorothy D. ofM" James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1739 Nov. 14 John and Jacob, Tmn Sons of M"^ James
Doig and Dorothy his wife.
1741 Sept. 20 Christian D. of M' James Doig and
Dorothy his wife.
Buried.
1737 Feb. 21 John S. of M'' James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1739 Mar. 16 John S. of W James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1740 June 16 Jacob S. of M"' James Doig and Dorothy
his wife.
1833 Dec. 24 John H. Doig. Rendezvous Bay. 39.
1836 Dec. 4 Marg* Doig, Inf. D. of iM" Huggins.
Rendezvous Bay. 7.
Married.
1836 Mar. 19 W" Jn° Huggins, B., S' John's, & Ann
W . . kins Doig, widow. L.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Baptized.
1841 Jan. 31 Emily Elizabeth d. of John H. & Ann H.
Doig, Rendezvous Bay, Gentleman.
Parish Register of St. Mart.
Married.
1808 Jan. 28 Walter Thibou, Esq., to Margaret Doig,
Widow.
^etiijjree of Bonoijan,
DONOVAN=F.
James Donovan of Antigua ; in 1785 pur-=
chased Vaughans of 280 acres in St. George's
parish for £18,000 of Rowland Otto-Baijer,
Esq. ; bur. 14 Oct. 1810 on his estate.
Robert Gorges Dobyns Yate of=pAnnabella Christiana only dau. of
Broomsberrow, co. Gloucester,
Esq., died 26 May 1785, set. 33
(see Burke's ' Landed Gentry').
William Honywood of Mailing
Abbey, co. Kent ; mar. July 1775 ;
died April 1808.
George Donovan, younger son, matriculated from Richard Donovan, 1st son and heir, of=pCaroline Elizabeth Yate, only
St. John's College, Oxford, 30 Oct. 1797, set. 20 ; Serjeant's Inn, Esq., 1797, and of Tib- surviving dau. ; mar. 12 Sept.
Barrister of Inner Temple 1805 ; ignominiously berton Court, co. Gloucester ; bur. 12 1797 ; died 13 Dec. 1819.
expelled fi-om the Antiguan Bar 1807. July 1816 at St. George's.
Caroline Anne Donovan, only surviving child, bapt. at Stanmore,^Jame8 Scott, C.B., of Tibberton Court, Captain R.N. ;
CO. Middlesex; mar. 3 May 1819 at Bath.
born 18 June 1790 in London.
Honywood Dobyns Yate Scott, born 1821. Richard Donovan Yate Scott, born 1823. Caroline Anne Yate Scott.
Close Roll, 37 Geo. III., Part 10, No. 9.
Indenture of four parts made the 4th Sept. 1797 between
James Donovan of Antigua, Esq., of the 1st part, Richard
Donovan of Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, Esq. (eldest son
of James Donovan), of the 2nd part, Caroline Elizabeth
Yate of Broomsberrow, Gloucester, spinster (one of the two
surviving younger children of Robert Gorges Dobyns Yate,
late of Broomsberrow Place in the Parish of Broomsberrow,
Esq., deceased, by Annabella Christiana Yate, now his
widow, heretofore Annabella Christiana Honeywood, spin-
ster), of the 3rd part, and the Rev. Thomas Drake of
Rochdale, Lancashire, Doctor of Divinity, the Rev. Henry
Gorges Dobyns Yate of Broomsberrow Place, Doctor of
Laws, the Rev. William Hassal of Bolderstone in the Parish
of Rochdale, Clerk, of the 4th part. Whereas a marriage
is intended shortly to be solemnised between Richard
Donovan and Caroline Elizabeth Yate .... and whereas
James Donovan is seized of an estate in fee simple in pos-
session free from incumbrances, in the plantation hereinafter
mentioned .... and upon treaty for the said marriage it
was proposed and agreed that in order to make some pro-
vision for Caroline Elizabeth Yate, if she should survive
Richard Donovan, James Donovan should grant and secure
to her an annuity of £300 sterling, from the said planta-
tion, and for better securing it should demise the plantation
to Thomas Drake, Henry Gorges Dobyns Yate, and William
Hassal for 200 years .... and whereas Caroline Elizabeth
Yate will under her father's and mother's marriage settle-
ment become entitled on the day of her marriage to £3000
sterling, which it has been agreed shall be settled on Richard
Donovan and herself and their issue, and which is intended
to be done by a separate deed to bear equal date ....
Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance of the
first recited proposal, and in consideration of the marriage,
and of the fortune of Caroline Elizabeth Yate so to be
settled, and of 10s. paid by her .... James Donovan grants
and confirms to Caroline Elizabeth Yate, in case the mar-
riage takes effect and she survives Richard Donovan ....
an annuity of £300 sterling, to be taken from all that
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
plantation called Vaughans in the Parish of St. George
and Division of Old North Sound in Antigua, containing
280 acres .... bounded E. with the land heretofore of
Edward Byam, and late of William Byam, deceased, S. with
the lands of Sir George Thomas, Bart., W, with the lands
heretofore of John Gunthorpe, and now of William Gun-
thorpe, and N. with the lands late of Rowland Blackman,
deceased .... and also from the dwelling house .... and
from all oxen, bulls, cows, heifers, calves, and mules, and
also from all negros .... for life, free from all taxes, etc.,
etc., payable at the Royal Exchange in the City of London
.... and further witnesseth that for the considerations
aforesaid, and for better and more efFectually securing pay-
ment of the annuity .... and in consideration of 10s
James Donovan grants to Thomas Drake, Henry Gorges
Dobyns Tate, and William Hassall, the said plantation,
dwelling house, negros, etc., etc., from and immediately
after the death of Richard Donovan, for 200 years .... in
trust .... to permit James Donovan and his heirs to receive
the rents, etc., for their own use and benefit till default
shall be made in the annuity or any part thereof .... and
if in default 100 days, in trust, to bring actions against the
tenants for the recovery .... or to take such other ways as
they think best .... and at the death of Caroline Elizabeth
Yate, and the payment of all arrears .... the 200 years to
determine .... if any of the trustees die or be desirous to
quit and be discharged, or become incapable of acting,
Richard Donovan and Caroline Elizabeth, or she alone if
she survives him, may nominate others .... Ralph
Shuttleworth, Attorney-at-Law, Rochdale, Richard Shuttle-
worth, also of Rochdale, Benjamin White, Clerk to the
Rev. Dr. Yate of Broomsberrow, witnesses.
23 Nov. 1797. Benjamin White maketh oath that he
saw .... and Caroline Elizabeth Yate, now Caroline Eliza-
beth Donovan .... sign the said deed.
1806, July 22. The two Donovans, father and son,
wrote to the Home Government slandering the Courts of
Judicature at Antigua, and to this accusation. Chief Justice
Burton, a Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, sends a very complete
refutation, and remarks : — " That M' Jas. Donovan, when
he knew him, was a clerk in the Marshal's Office, then set
up a huckster's shop for the sale of rum, sugar, and pro-
visions (often stollen by slaves from their masters and sold
to him), and so acquired money to purchase the estate he
now possesses. M' Geo. Donovan, his son, is of the Bar at
Antigua, and was committed to prison for trying to get
witnesses to perjure themselves, and for libel." All the
Council sign the Chief Justice's declaration. The Assembly
also call the elder Donovan " an obscure illiterate individual,
without competent means, and risen from poverty to
wealth."
The plantation now called Donovans, formerly known
as Vaughans, was for many years the property of the Otto-
Bayers. Carved on a stone, on the very substantially built
windmill, are the initials B. 0. B., for Bayer Otto-Bayer.
There is a walled family burial ground near the house,
but there are no stones now there.
1705
1798
1798
1810
1816
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
Feb. 13 Jane Donovan, a Child of, & in James
Donovan's Estate.
Feb. 6 Rachael Donovan, on M'' Donovan's
Estate.
May 30 Sarah Donovan, in the Family burying
Ground on the Estate.
Oct. 14 James Donovan, in the Family burying
Ground on the Estate, by L.
July 12 Richard Donovan, Esq'', on his Estate, by
L. from E. Byam. P.
Married.
1825 May 5 James Hancock Donovan to Jane Rosina
Hodge, Sp^ L.
Baptized.
1790 Aug. 16 Jane Ann D. of James Donovann & Sarah
his wife.
1810 May 7 John S. of James Donovan and Lsset his
wife, b. March 27"> last.
1810 Aug. 11 Jane Elizabeth D. of James Donovan,
deceased, and lsset Hancock, b. May S"'
last.
1827 Jan. 21 James Edmund Arthur s. of James Han-
cock Donovan (Planter) and Jane
Rosina his wife. Donovans.
1828 Mar. 25 Frederick S. of James Hancock Donovan
(Planter) and Jane Rosina his wife.
Donovan's Estate.
ifamtlj) of BdUijlas,
Alexander Dowglass of St. Mary's Parish, Antigua.
Will dated 3 Oct. 1094. To my wife Susanna my mare.
All residue to my youngest .... not yet baptized. M^
John Roe, Gent., Ex'or, if he die my kinsman Thos. Turner,
Jun"', to be Ex'or. Witnessed by John Hogdon, Rob'
Tremill. Before His Excellency Christopher Codrington
were sworn John Hogdon and Robert Tremill 20 Dec. 1694.
Recorded 20 Dec. 1694.
Nuncupative will of Archibald Douglas, late Ensign of
Captain .John Sanderson in the Regiment of the Hon.
Colonel Thomas Wetham, dated 3 Jan. 1703. All my pay
to my colonel & my share of prize money to Cap' John
Sanderson. Sworn to by Joseph Buckshorn, Gent., and
Thomas Thomas. Recorded 12 Jan. 1703.
John Douglas of St. Christopher's, Esq. Will dated 22
June 1747 ; proved 13 Dec. 1748 by James George Douglas,
the brother; power reserved to the others (359 Strahan).
To my Wife Susannah in lien of dower \ of the clear profits
of my plantation Pensez y bien in S' X'pher's (she being
already entitled for her life to ^ of the CoUedge est.), my
coach, chariott, 6 horses, plate, Jewells, & the use of my
dwelling-house at Pensez y bien. I am entitled on the
death of M''^ Priscilla Lambert, Wid. & relict of the Hon.
Mich. Lambert, late L* Gov. of S' X'pher's, to | or i & ^ of
a plantation in S' Thos. Middle Isl"" & S' Ann's, Sandy
Point, which was his est., i of which I lately purchased of M"
Marg' Weatherill, Wid., & of her son M' Lambert Weatherill,
& the other i or ^ hath been conveyed by myself & my wife
to my use, & I give the \ so purchased to my 2* son Jas.
Douglas, & the i or ^ to my wife or to my s* s. if she be
dead. If it be judged that the i is only ^, in that case the
^ belongs to Rich^ Holmes, Esq., 1=' s. of my wife, & my
Ex'or shall purchase it for my s. Jas. Douglas, but if he
DOUGLAS EAMILY.
209
inherit f of the s* Gov. Lambert's est. I charge £500
thereon for my s. W" Lambert Douglas, & £500 for my
dau. Marg' Donglas. I have recently agreed to purchase of
M' Joshua Crump of Autigua 40 acres, which on account of
his wife's nonage could not be completed, & I give this to my
yst g_ Tf^m Lambert Douglas, & my 1=' s. John S' Leger
Douglas, when 21, shall convey it to him, or in default pay
£2000 St. To my s. W™ Lambert Douglas £2000 at 21.
To my dau. Marg' Douglas £3000 at 21. To my brother
Jas. Geo. Douglas & my sisters Eliz. Smith & Mary Est-
ridge & my 2 sons-in-law Rich'' & Mich. Holmes £50 each.
To each of my father's children in France £100 & £20 a yr.
to each of the boys till 21. To my cousins Percy Gethin &
Gertrude Philpot £40 each. The allowance I have p"' for
several years to M" Susannah Douglas, Wid. of D"^ Geo.
Douglas, dec'', of £15 a yr. shall be continued. To M" Fra.
Perrean £40. To my overseer Jos. Farley 20 pistoles, &
£10 to each of his children. To my bro. .Jas. Geo. Douglas
£500, & so long as he continue a sugar-factor my sugars
ai'e to be shipped to him, except ^ part from Antigua to M"^
Jas. Douglas of Loudon. My father's sword & guus I give
to my brother Jas. Geo. Douglas. All residue of lands &
those purchased of Hixou Neale, the daus. of Watley & their
husbands in the Canaries, & the Mountain in S' X'pher's to
my l*' s. John S' Leger Douglas in tail male. My brother
Jas. Geo. Douglas, Steph. Blissard, & Tho. Warren of An-
tigua, Esq''^S Ralph Payne, Rich"! Rowland, & W™ Estridge
of S' X'pher's, Escp^ Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Baker,
Mary Baker, John Mahon.
Henry Douglas of Antigua, planter. Will dated 30 Nov.
1752 ; proved P.C.C. 2G June 1753 by James Douglas and
Henry Douglas, Esquires ; power reserved to the others. (170
Searle.) To M'' Phineas Lavers, Custom house Officer in
Crook Haven, Ireland, £200, but if he die before me £100
to his dau. Mary Lavers & £100 to his other children
equally. To my brother George Douglas of Friershaw,
advocate iu Edinburgh, £1500. To my brother James
Douglas, Merch' in London, £1200, or to his children. To
my sister Martha Douglas (al's Martha Murray) £400, or to
her children. To my sister Jane Douglas (al's Jane For-
dice) £600, or to her children. To Miss Mary Darby for
her care of my dau. £150. To my godson Henry Lavers,
son of Hercules Lavers, £50. To M" Rachel Lavers of
Cork, widow, £30. To the Infirmary Hospital at Edin-
burgh £20. To the poor of the parish in Edinburgh where
I was bom £100. To each Ex'or £25. In case from
default of issue of my dau. Mary my estate should come to
my brother James, I give these legacies following, viz : — To
Benjamin King, Esq., my son-in-law, £500. To my
brother George £1500 more, cr to his children. To my
sister Martha Douglas al's Murray £200. To my sisterjJean
Douglas al's Fordyce £300. To Andrew Lessly, Rob'
Christian, & Patrick Grant, all of Antigua, Esq", all my
real & all residue of my personal estate in Trust to pay
rents to my dau. Mary, wife of Benjamin King, Esq., & to
her heirs, & in default to my brother James, £5000 may be
charged by the possessor of my estate for younger children.
My dau. Mary, Benj° King, Andrew Lessly, Rob' Christian,
Patrick Grant, my brother James Douglas, & my nephew
Henry Douglas, son of my brother George Douglas, Ex'ors.
Witnessed by John M"=Kittrick, John Winthrop, James
Anderson. Before John Tomlinson, Esq., was sworn Jno.
McKittrick 6 Feb. 1753. Recorded at Antigua 27 Feb.
1753.
James George Douglas of London, Merchant. Will
dated 17 March 1759 ; proved 16 May 1768 by Mary Douglas
the widow ; power reserved to the others. (193 Seeker.) My
leasehold house in Parliament Str. to my wife Mary. £0000
to my dau. Eliz. S' Leger Douglas at 21, she to be educated
with the approbation of my friends Ralph Willett of
Shooter's Hill, Esq., Tho. Truman of London, Merch', &
my nephews John S' Leger Douglas & Jas. Douglas, Esq"',
& if she die, &c., the s-" £6000 to my Wife. To Chas.
Douglas of .... in France, Esq., £100, & to his sister
Fraucoise Theresa Douglas, also of France, £30 a yi'. To
the 1=' s. of my neph. John S' Leger Douglas, £100.
To the P' s. of my neph. Jas. Douglas, £^00. To ea. of
the children of my niece Marg' Dalrymple, Wife of Campbel
Douglas of Brechal, co. Berks, Esq., £50 each. To my
cousin Alex"- Douglas of S' X'pher's, Merch', £100. To my
sist. Mary Estridge, Wid., £50. All my furniture, coach,
horses, & all residue to my Wife, she & Ralph Willett, Tho.
Truman, John S' Leger Douglas, & Jas. Douglas, Ex'ors.
Robert Douglas of Antigua, Overseer. Will dated 8
Nov. 176-. To my dau. Marg' Douglass of Antrim County
£30. All residue to my son James Douglas. He & Harry
Alexander of Antigua, planter, Ex'ors. Witnessed by James
Dewar, Tha. Fitzpatrick. Before His Excellency George
Thomas, Esq., was sworn Thad. Fitzpatrick 4 March 1763.
Recorded 5 March 1763.
John Bourke Douglass of Antigua, Surgeon. Will dated
21 March 1821. All my estate to my children Henrietta
Sarah Bourke Douglass, Mary Douglass, Ann Amy Douglass,
& John Alleyne Douglass equally. Jas. Douglass, Surgeon,
Thos. Sanderson, Rich'' Garland, Esq", Ex'ors. Witnessed by
David Aird, John Boyd, Rob' M'^Nish, Jun>-. Recorded 6
July 1821. Petition of Edward Alleyn for letters of ad-
ministration 4 July 1821. Thomas Sanderson and Richard
Garland decline to act.
1669, Jan. 13. Sir Anthony St. Leger of Westminster,
Kt. Administration to Frances St. Leger his rehct.
1742, April 22. James Douglas, late of St. George the
Martyr, M.D. Administration to Martha the rehct.
Close Roll, 27 Geo. II., Part 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Indenture made the 14th June 1753 between John St.
Leger Douglas of St. Kitts, Esq., but at present resident in
Broad Street, London (eldest son and heir of John Douglas,
late of St. Kitts, Esq., deceased, and brother and heir of
William Lambert Douglas, late of St. Kitts, Esq., youngest
son of John Douglas, now also deceased, without issue, and
devisee in tail named in the last will of John Douglas of
the real estate hereinafter mentioned, in case of the death
of William Lambert Douglas without issue), of the one
part, and William Dawson of Broad Street, merchant, of
the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s
John St. Leger Douglas grants and conveys to William
Dawson all that tract of land containing 40 acres in the
Parish of St. Paul in Antigua, late the estate of John
Douglas, and by him purchased of Joshua Crumpe of An-
tigua, which by his last will dated the 22nd June 1747 he
devised to his youngest son William Lambert Douglas and
his heirs, and for default to John St. Leger Douglas and
his heirs, with divers remainders, John St. Leger Douglas
paying one half of the value at a fair appraisement to such
other of testator's children as should then be living, equally,
or to one if only one .... for one whole year .... William
Hippesly, Thomas Witherby, witnesses.
No. 3.
Indenture made the 15th June 1753 between the above,
witnesseth that in consideration of 5s and for barring
and destroying all estates tail and remainders John St.
Leger Douglas grants and conveys to William Dawson (as
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
m No. 4) to the use of John St. Leger Douglas and his
heirs, and to no other use .... and John St. Leger Douglas
nominates the Hon. Stephen Blizard and Thomas Warner,
Esquires, of Antigua, to be his Attorneys ....
No. 2.
Indenture made the 14th June 1753 between John St.
Leger Douglas .... (eldest son and heir and residuary
devisee in tail of John Douglas, late of St. Kitts, Esq.,
deceased, of his real estate called Peusez y bien, and other
real estate hereinafter mentioned) of the one part, and
William Dawson of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of 55 John St. Leger Douglas grants and
conveys to William Dawson all that plantation called
Pensez y bien, containing 200 acres, in the Parish of St.
Peter Basseterre in St. Kitts, and all those tracts of land in
the Parish of St. George Basseterre, the Canaries and the
Mountains in St. Kitts, also late the estate of John
Douglas, deceased, and by him purchased of Hixon Neale
and the daughters of Watley and their husbands, and all
other lauds late of John Douglas in any other part of St.
Kitts (except such lands as were heretofore Lieut.-
Governor Lambert's), all which lands were by the last will
of John Douglas .... devised to John St. Leger Douglas
and his heirs with divers remainders .... and all negros
and other slaves, etc., and all horses, mares, geldings, colts,
mules, asses, bulls, cows, oxen, and all other cattle .... for
one whole year. William Hippesley, Thomas Witherby,
witnesses.
No. 1.
Indenture made the 15th June 1753 between the above
witnesseth that in consideration of 5s and for barring
and destroying all estates tail and remainders John St.
Leger Douglas grants and conveys to William Dawson (as
in No. 2) to tlie only proper use of John St. Leger Douglas
and his heirs .... and John St. Leger Douglas authorises
and in his place puts Kalph Payne, William Buckley, James
Losack, and Robert Pbipps, Esquires, all of St. Kitts ....
to appear ....
Close Roll, 32 Geo. II., Part 1, Nos. 1 and 2.
Indenture made the 29th Nov. 1758 between Mary
King, late of Antigua, but now of the Parish of St. Mar-
garet's, Westminster (only daughter and heir of Henry
Douglas, late of Antigua, planter, deceased, and also widow
and relict of Benjamin King, late of Antigua, Esq., de-
ceased), of the one part, and Hugli Haraersley of Lincoln's
Inn, Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of 5s Mary King grants, etc., to Hugh
Hamersley all those plantations late the estate of Henry
Douglas, deceased, but now of her Mary King, in the
Division of Old Road and Parish of St. Mary, Antigua,
that is, a plantation called Ravenscroft, containing 210
acres, butted and bounded eastward with the lands of
William Youuge and Francis Farley, Esq., west with the
lands of John Brooke, Esq., formerly of Alexander Polling-
ton, Esq., northward with the ridge of the mountain, and
southward with the lands of Valentine Morris and John
Brooke, Esquires, formerly Brambles .... and all that other
plantation late of Henry Douglas .... containing 300 acres,
butted and bounded east with the lands now in the
possession of John Brooke, Esq., west with the lands of
Shute Shrimpton Yeamaus, Esq., south mth tlie sea, and
north with the tops of the mountains .... and also all
those the negroes and mulatto slaves, both black and
white, male and female, late of Henry Douglas .... that is
to say (names given), 55 men, 43 women, 11 boys, and
15 girls, together 124 ... . all which plantations, etc., were
heretofore in the tenure or occupation of Henry Douglas,
and late of Mary King or of Edward Trant the younger.
of Antigua, Esq., her lessee .... and all houses, etc., etc.,
of Mary King, heretofore in the tenure or occupation of
Henry Douglas, and since of Benjamin King .... and now
or late in the tenure or occupation of Mary King .... for one
whole year .... and Mary King appoints Robert Christian,
George Savage, and Patrick Grant, Esquires, all of Antigua,
her Attorneys. Giles Hitchcock, Richard Gilbert, witnesses.
No. 1.
Indenture made the 30th Nov. 1758 between Mary
King .... of the one part, and Hugh Hamersley .... of
the other part, witnesseth that for the docking, discharging,
extinguishing, cutting off, and barring of all and every
estate and estates tail .... and in conformity with the Act
.... for supplying the want of fines .... and in considera-
tion of 5s. Mary King grants, etc., to Hugh Hamersley
. ... (as in No. 2).
Close Roll, 3 Geo. III., Part 3, Nos. 8, 9, 10.
Indenture made 2nd May 1763 between Andrew Lessly,
late of Antigua, but now of Youngsbury in the Parish of
Standing, Herts, Esq., Robert Christian of Antigua, Esq.,
and Patrick Grant, also of Antigua, Esq. (trustees of
Henry Douglass, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased), Michael
McNemara, late of Barbados, but now of the Parish of St.
Margaret's, Westminster, Doctor in Physic, and Mary
McNemara his wife (late Mary King, only daughter and
heir of the said Henry Douglas and Mary his wife, both
deceased), of the one part, and Sir James I )ouglas of St.
OUa in the Orkney Islands, etc., etc., Rear- Admiral of the
White Squadron of the Royal Navy, .John Newton of Ehn-
hurst, CO. Stafford, Esq., and Hugh Hamersley of Lincoln's
Inn, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in considera-
tion of 5s., the former have granted, etc., etc., to the latter
all those plantations late the estate of Henry Douglass in the
Division of Old Road and Parish of St. Mary, Antigua,
that is to say, a plantation called Ravenscroft, containing
210 acres butted and bounded to the eastward witli the
lands now or late of William Young, Esq., and Francis
Farley, Esq., westward with the lands now or late of .John
Brooke, Esq., formerly of Alexander Pollington, Esq.,
northward with the ridge of the mountains, and southward
with the lands now or late of Valentine Morris, Esq., and
John Brooke, Esq., formerly Brambles, and all that planta-
tion, containing 300 acres, butted and bounded east with
the lands now or late of John Brooke, Esq., west with the
lands now or late of Shute Shrimpton Yeamans, Esq., south
with the sea, and north with the tops of the mountains
and also the mansion house, kitchen, etc., etc., built on
the last-mentioned plantation, and also the cattle mill, etc.,
etc., and all the negro and mulatto slaves (names given),
54 men, 42 women, 11 boys, and 29 girls, etc., etc., and all
cattle, etc., etc., all which plantations, etc., lately were in
the tenure or occupation of Edward Trant the younger of
Antigua, Esq., by lease dated 28th April 1758, made by
Andrew Lessly, Robert Christian, and Patrick Grant, and
also by Mary McNemara, for eleven years from the 15 th
Aug. then last past, at rents amounting to the yearly sum
of £1180 sterling, and now are or lately were in the tenure,
etc., of John Harvey, Esq., and his under-tenants .... and
all other plantations, etc., whatsoever in Antigua by the will
of Henry Douglass devised, etc., etc., to have and to hold
to Sir James Douglas, John Newton, Esq., and Hugh
Hamersley, Esq., for one whole year at the rent of a
peppercorn, if demanded, that they may be in actual
possession, etc., etc., to the uses of an Indenture quadru-
partite bearing date the day after these presents .... and
lastly they nominate, etc., Robert Christian of Antigua,
Esq., and John Brooks of Antigua, Esq., their Attorneys.
Witnessed by Mary Darby, Giles Hitchcock, John Lessly.
DOUGLAS FAMILY.
211
No. 9.
Indenture made 2nd May 1763 between Michael
McNemara, etc., etc., and Mary McNemara his wife, etc.,
etc., of the one part, and Sir .James Douglas, etc., etc., John
Newton, Esq., etc., etc., and Hugh Hamcrsley, etc., etc., of
the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 5s. the
former have bargained, etc., etc., to the latter all those
messuages, etc., of Mary McNemara in the town of St.
John's heretofore the estate and inheritance of Mary
Douglas her mother, and now let to different persons at
rents amounting to ,£120 sterling yearly, and the negro or
other slaves, Cippe, otherwise Elizabeth Douglas, Johanna
and her daughters Catty, Maria, Jone, and Dinah, Johnny,
otherwise .John Douglas, son of Johanna .... for one whole
year, etc., etc. The same Attorneys and the same witnesses.
No. 8.
Indenture quadrupartite made 3rd May 1763 between
Andrew Lessly, Robert Christian, and Patrick Grant of the
1st part, Michael McNemara and Mary his wife of the 2nd
part, Sir James Douglas of the 3rd part, and John Newton
and Hugh Hamersley of the 4th part .... Whereas Henry
Douglas by his will dated 30th Nov. 1752 gave to Andrew
Lessly, Robert Christian, and Patrick Grant all his mes-
suages, plantations, etc., etc., and real estate in trust for the
life of Mary his daughter, then wife of Benjamin King,
Esq., for her and her heirs male in tail, whom failing, to her
daughters, etc., etc., and died leaving her his only child and
heir-at-law, and whereas by Indenture tripartite (no date)
between Mary, then Mary King, of the 1st part, Michael
McNemara of the 2nd part, and Sir James Douglas and
John Newton, Esq., of the 3rd part, reciting among other
things that Mary, then Mary King, was seized of an estate
of inheritance in certain jalantations, etc., etc., and a
marriage was intended to be had between her and Michael
McNemara, it was witnessed that in consideration of such
marriage and of the provision intended by him for her and
their issue, she agreed to assure the said plantations, etc.,
etc., to Sir James Douglas and John Newton, Esq., in trust
to pay to her £600 a year for life and to preserve the con-
tingent remainders .... and failing issue of Michael and
Mary McNemara as she should appoint .... and failing her
appointment the messuages, etc., in the town of St. John's
to the use of Susanna Lavers, widow, and all the children of
Captain Hercules Ijavers of Bristol, deceased, equally, and
to their heirs, and as to the plantations, etc., etc., to the
right heirs of Mary King for ever, and Mary King to have
power to charge the plantations with £2000, etc., etc., and
whereas the marriage was had and solemnised 20th Jan.
now last past .... and whereas by deed poll .... from and
after the death of Michael McNemara and Mary, without
issue, the plantations were granted, etc, etc., to Sir James
Douglas and John Newton, Esq., in trust to preserve the
contingent remainders to George Douglas (eldest son of Sir
James) and his heirs male in tail with like remainder to
James Douglas (second son of Sir James) and his heirs,
etc., etc., and to Thomas Douglas (3rd son of Sir James)
and his heirs, etc., etc., with remainder to the heirs of Sir
James Douglas, but with power to Mary McNemara to
revoke if she survives her husband .... now this Indenture
witnesseth that to bar all estates, etc., etc., they grant,
bargain, etc., etc., the said plantations, etc., etc., to Sir
James Douglas and John Newton, Esq., in trust ....
Close Roll, 49 Geo. III., Part 3, Nos. 15 and 16.
Indentui'c made the 18th Aug. 1809 between Rachel
Males of Westbury-upon-Trim, Gloucester, widow, Mathew
Gravett Hawkins, Gentleman, Benjamin Lavers Hawkins,
Surgeon, Susan Hawkins and Ann Hawkins, spinsters, all
of Westbury-upon-Trini, of the one part, and Amy Clark
and Hannah Clark, both of the town of St. John, Antigua,
spinsters, of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of
5s Rachel Males, Mathew Gravett Hawkins, Benjamin
Lavers Hawkins, and Susan and Ann Hawkins grant and
convey to Amy and Hannah Clark all that plot or parcel of
land in Church Street in the town of St. John, Antigua,
bounded E. with Newgate Lane, N. with Newgate Street,
W. with the land of Richard Shubrick, lands of the parish
of St. Anne's, Westminster, and lands late of John Killian,
deceased, and Daniel Hill, and S. with Church Street,
together with the messuages or dwelling-houses, etc., etc.,
standing thereon, heretofore the estate and inheritance of
Mary Douglas, and which said piece of ground, etc., have
been for many years past in the tenure or occupation of
Gavin Hamilton, but now of them Amy and Hannah Clark
.... for one whole year .... and they constitute Daniel
Hill of the town of St. John and .... Jacques of the City
of Bristol, merchant, trading to Antigua, their Attorneys
.... Bryant Biggs, G. P. Hinton, clerks to Mr. Hawkins.
No. 15.
Indenture made the 19 Aug. 1809 between Rachel
Males .... (one of the daughters of Hercules Lavers,
formerly of Bristol, named in an Indenture of settlement
hereinafter recited), Mathew Gravett Hawkins, Benjamin
Lavers Hawkins, and Susan and Ann Hawkins (only sur-
viving children of Susannah, one other of the daughters of
Hercules Lavers, by Mathew Hawkins of Bristol, Gentle-
man) of the one part, and Amy and Hannah Clark .... of
the other j^art. Whereas by an Indenture tripartite made
the 19th Jan. 1763 (recited in Close Roll, 3 Geo. III.,
Part 3) between Mary King of the Parish of St. Margaret's,
Westminster (only daughter and heir of Henry Douglas of
Antigua, Esq., and Mary his wife, both deceased), of the 1st
part, Michael Macnamara, late of Barbados .... of the
2nd part, and Sir James Douglas of St. 011a .... and John
Newton of Elmhurst, Esq of the 3rd part .... after
reciting that a marriage was intended .... it was witnessed
that Mary King did grant and convey to Sir James Douglas
and John Newton .... among divers other lands, etc., etc.,
particularly mentioned .... all those messuages or
dwelling houses in the town of St. John, heretofore the
estate of Mary Douglas, mother of Mary King, and let
together at yearly rents amounting to £120 sterling .... in
trust .... to preserve the contingent remainders .... and
failing issue of Michael and Mary Macnamara, as she should
appoint .... and failing her appointment, to the use of Sus-
anna Lavers, widow, and all the children of Captain Hercules
Lavers, late of Bristol, deceased, as tenants in common ....
and to their respective heirs .... and whereas the marriage
took eSect .... and Mary King, afterwards Mary Mac-
namara, departed this life without leaving any issue by
Michael Macnamara, and without making any will or deed
of appointment in pursuance of the power given her ....
and whereas Michael Macnamara is also since dead ....
and whereas Hercules Lavers left at his death only two
children living, Rachel, who afterwards intermarried with
John Males of Bristol, gentleman, since deceased, and
Susanna, who intermarried with Mathew Hawkins of
Bristol, gentleman, and which said Susanna departed this
life the 12th Oct. 1796, leaving .... the parties hereto,
who became entitled to her moiety .... and whereas Amy
and Hannah Clark did some time past contract and agree
for the absolute purchase of the fee simple and inheritance
of the messuages, etc., at the price of £550 sterling ....
and there has since become due for interest £130 19s. 10^.,
making together £680 19s. lOd. sterling .... Now this
Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of £340 9s. lid.
paid to Rachel Males, and the like sum to Mathew Gravett
Hawkins, Benjamin Lavers Hawkins, and Susan and Ann
Hawkins .... they grant and confirm to Amy and Hannah
Clark, in their actual possession being .... all that plot of
ground, etc. (as in No. 16), to them and their heirs forever.
212
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Arms. — Argent, a human heart imperially croirned, proper, on a chief aziire three mullets of the first.
Crest. — A cubit arm erect, graspiti/j a broken tilting-spear, all proper.
Motto. — Doe or Die.
Sir JAMES DOUGLAS of Friarshaw, co. Roxburgh=p. .
I
William Douglas of Friarshaw, 2nd son, died 1575.=pEuphemia, dan. of ... . Davidson.
John Douglas of Friarshaw, died Two other sons George Douglas of Friarshaw, died 1623.=r Margaret, dau. of Hugh
s.p. circa 1603. and one dau. Myddlemist.
i
Andrew Douglas of Friarsha
Andrew Douglas of Friarshaw, died 1698.=j=Jean, dau. of .
I mar. 1040.
Home of the family of Polwarth, Earls of Marchmont ;
Henry Douglas of Friarshaw, =
2nd son, died March 1702.
=Martha, only child of Samuel Lockhart of Castle Hill, youngest
sou of Sir Jamus Lockhart of Lee, Knt. ; mar. 1672.
George Douglas:
of Friarshaw ;
Advocate in
Edinburgh ;
died 1753.
=Elizabeth,
dau. of Sir
Patrick
Scott of
Ancrum,
Bart. ;
mar. 1702.
Martha Douglas,
mar
Murray.
Jean
mar.
dyce.
Douglas,
. . . For-
Henry Douglas of Antigua,^
born in Edinburgh ; Pro-
vost-Marshal-General of the
Leeward Islands 1714 ; died
19 Feb. 1753, St. 70. Will
dated 30 Nov. 1752. M.L
at St. John's.
=Mary Trant, mar.
at St. John's 12
Jan. 1715 ; died
22 and bur. 24
Sept. 1744, mt.
66. M.I. at St.
John's.
James Douglas^
of London,
Merchant, even-
tual heir to his
brother Henry.
Henry
Douglas,
of Min-
cing
Lane
1763.
Helen, dau.=
of Thomas
Brisbane of
Brisbane ;
mar. 1753 ;
died 1765.
1st wife.
=Sir James Douglas, Bart.,:
K.N., of Springwood
Park, CO. Roxburgh ; M .P.
for the Orkneys 1754 and
1761 ; Rear- Admiral of
the White ; knighted
1759 ; created baronet 10
June 1786 ; died 1787.
:Lady Helen
Boyle, dau.
of John,
Earl of
Glasgow ;
died 1794.
Colonel Benjamin:
King of Antigua.
Will dated 11
Jan. 1756; proved
5 Feb. 1759. (60
Arran.) 1st hus-
band.
=Mary Douglas,^
only child and
heir; she eloped
from her 1st
husband. Will
dated 26 March
1763 ; proved
26 Jan. 1778.
=Michael McNa-
mara, M.D., of
Barbados and
London ; mar.
20 Jan. 1763.
2nd husband.
s.p.
I
Sir George Douglas,=
2nd Bart., M.P. of
Springwood Park,
born 1754 ; he was
to inherit the An-
tiguan estate of
Mrs. McNamara ;
died 4 June 1821.
=Lady Eliza-
beth Boyle,
dau. of John,
Earl of Glas-
gow ; mar.
16 Oct.
1786 ; died
15 Feb.
1801.
Elizabeth, widow=
of Captain Am-
brose Riddall,
R.N., and dau. of
Captain Robert
Scott, R.N. ; mar.
Nov. 1793 ; died
2 May 1819. 1st
wife.
A quo the present Baronet.
:James Douglas,^
R.N., Admiral
of the Red ;
born 3 June
1755 ; died 8
June 1839, at
Dyrham Park,
Bath.
^Frances, widow of
William Blath wayt
of Dyrham Park,
CO. Gloucester, and
dau. of William
Scott of Great
Barr, co. Stafford ;
mar. 1820. 2nd
wife.
8.p.
I'll
Thomas Douglas, born 18
Nov. 1756 ; died 1780 in
India.
Henry Douglas, a Judge at
Patna, born 25 Oct. 1758 ;
died 18 Nov. 1839.
Mary Douglas, died 1818.
Isabella Douglas, mar. Sir
Hay Macdougall, Bart. ; she
died 1796.
James Douglas, only son, died a bachelor, 1818, in India.
DOUGLAS FAMILY.
213
^^ttit^rte of Boiicjlas.
tii^ti
Arms. — . ... a heart gules, transfixed transversely by an arrow and surmounted bij a crown, on a chief .
Crest. — A dexter arm roiiped, holding a short sword.
Motto. — Sapientia et Virtus.
three mullets.
WALTER DOUGLAS, Major in the Army r
Governor of Leeward Islands 1710-11 till his
supercession Aug. 1713; living 1717 and
172-1 ; owner of 560 acres at St. Christopher's.
He retired to France, where he had a son
Charles and a dan. Francoise Therese, who
were both living 1759.
=. . . . dau. of ... .
St. Leger ; living
1720.
Arms. — Frettg,
a chief or.
John Douglas, James Douglas, M.D. of London, 1717;
Chirurgeon- born 1675 in Scotland ; M.D. Rheims;
General of the F.R.S. 1706 ; F.R.C.P. 1721 ; died
liceward April 1 742, bur. on 9th at St. Andrew's,
Islands 1712. Holborn. Administration 22 April to
Martha his widow. (See Muuk's RoU
of the R.C.P.)
Walter William
Douglas, bapt.
5 Aug. 1713,
and died 16 Oct.
1713, set. n
weeks. M.I.
at St. John's.
Susannah Lambert,=
dau. and coheir of
Governor Michael
Lambert, of St.
Christopher's, and
widow of Richard
Holmes, Sen. ; liv-
ing 1723.
=John Douglas,
1st son and heir;
Ensign 1717 ;
Eet. 21, 1723.
Will dated 22
June 1747;
proved 13 Dec.
1748. (359
Strahan.)
Mary Douglas,
mar. (? Wil-
liam) Estridge,
Esq., living his
widow 1759 ;
mar. 2ndly
Griffith, living
1775.
Elizabeth
Douglas,
mar
Smith ;
living
1747.
I
James George Doug-=
las. 2nd son, living
1712, of London,
Merchant ; died April
1768 at Brentford.
Will dated 17 March
1759 ; proved 16 May
1768. (193 Seeker.)
=Mary Payne,
dau. of Abra-
ham Payne
ofSt.Christo-
pher's
1768.
living
. diedT=Jobn St. Leger Douglas,=j=Caroline Otway,
11 June
1764. 1st
wife.
in 1757 sole heir to his
half-brother Richard
Holmes, Jun., M.P. ;
M.P. for Weobly, co.
Hereford, 1776.
mar. 30 Dec.
1765 at St.
George's, Han-
over Square.
2nd wife.
I I
James Douglas,
living 1759.
William Lam-
bert Douglas,
died bachelor
before 1753.
Frances Pym Douglas, goddau.
of Charles Pym, Esq., 1739.
Margaret Douglas, bapt. 14 Sep.
1734 at St. George Basseterre,
St. Christopher's ; mar. 1st
Campbell Dalrymple of Grenada,
2ndly Charles Dalrymple ; liv-
ing 1759.
I
Elizabeth St.
Leger Doug-
las, mar. at St.
George 's,Han-
over Square,
2 March 1769,
John Willett,
Esq.
I I I
A son, bom 28 March 1754. A son, born 12 May 1755. A dau., died 27 April 1776, set. 19
1672, April 17. Walter Duglas of Antigua, planter,
sells to William Jones of Antigua, planter, 10 acres in the
Road Division.
1710-11, March 24. Major Walter Douglas is to suc-
ceed Governor Parke, and his commission and instructions
are ordered to be drawn out.
One of his letters, dated 20 July 1711, bears a small
seal with these arms : . . . . a heart transfixed transversely
by an arrow and surmounted by a crotcn, on a chief ....
three mullets. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 12.)
In 1713 he used a very large seal in the same style as,
and apparently copied from Governor Parke's. In the
centre is his single coat of arms, surmounted by his crest, a
dexter arm couped holding a short sword, the whole backed
by military trophies, probably having reference to the Duke
of Marlborough's victories. He was superseded on 12 Aug.
1713, when Walter Hamilton was appointed Governor in
his stead. {Ibid., vol. 13.)
1712. Sir John St. Leger writes to their lordships on
25 July that he has received a letter from Lieutenant
William Douglass, who was taken prisoner on board an
Antiguan sloop and carried into Brest. All the papers
which that officer was bringing home from Governor Walter
Douglas had to be thrown overboard. {Ibid., vol. 12.)
1712, Oct. 4. Our Agent, Sir John St. Leger, is of
too near relationship to the General (Governor Walter
Douglas), and of no use. (Minutes of Assembly.) On 4
Feb. 1711 he was described as of the Middle Temple. On
the same day William Douglas, Esq., petitioned for land
E. and W. 50 feet by N. and S. 60 feet, bounded N. with
Nevis Street, S. with James Street, E. with Taylor Street,
W. with Philemon Bird, which was granted.
1712, Dec. 1. Grant by Walter Douglas, Esq., Governor,
to John Douglas, Esq., Chirurgeon-General of the Leeward
Islands, of a plantation in Cappisterre, St. Christopher's, for
three years. Recorded 7 Dec. 1714.
1714. Henry Douglas, then Provost-Marshal-General.
1715. Sir John St. Leger made a Baron of the Court
of Exchequer in Ireland. (' Historical Register,' p. 22.)
1717. Petition of Ensign John Douglas, Gent., that
Queen Anne on 3 Nov., in the 10th year of her reign,
granted to Sir John St. Leger, Kt., now one of the
Barons of the Exchequer in Ireland, James Douglas of
London, Doctor of Physic, and John Thornton of Nevis,
Esq., a plantation in St. Christopher's, French land, for
three years, for the use of petitioner. Petitioner's parents
desire a grant of it for him.
By a return made in 1717 it appears that Walter
214
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
Douglas had no land in the English, but 400 acres and 150
slaves in the French quarter. (B. T. Leeward Islands,
vol. 15.)
1718. Ensign John Douglas, son to Walter Douglas,
Esq. His mother manages his estate. (Ibid.)
1719-20, 29 Jan. Mr. James George Douglass petitions
that he had a grant of French lands at Basseterre, and
his parents erected storehouses thereon. His father, while
Captain -General, passed a patent to him, dated 1 Dec.
1712, of a piece of land 170 feet by 80 feet ; Sir William
Mathew renewed it to him for two and a half years on 10
Jan. 2 Geo his poor parents .... his elder brother
John Douglass is also threatened in regard to his title of
land near petitioner's. (America and West Indies, No. 551,
p. 845.)
1720. Henry Douglas, Esq., granted 150 acres at the
Eoad Mountains. Surveyed 12 Jan.
In a letter dated 3 Dec. 1723 Governor Hart says :
The late Governor Douglas's estate of 560 acres was in
trust for his son John, and is heavily mortgaged. (America
and West Indies, No. 451, p. 35.)
In 1724 Walter Douglas, Esq., was in possession of a
plantation called Pensez y bien, which he granted to Josh.
Ward in 1714. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 18.)
The law officers to the Board of Trade report adversely
against the sale of the Douglas Plantation. It is stated
that John Douglas, son of Walter Douglas, late Captain-
General, came of age about 1723. Mrs. Douglas, his
mother, came to England that year, and mortgaged all the
stock, etc., to Mr. Bernardistou, a merchant in London.
Governor Hart lent £1000 to John Douglas to enable him
to buy back 200 acres of tlie estate he sold. The estate
was never legally sold, but only mortgaged. Eeceived 15
May 1727. {I/rid., vol. 19.)
1738 and 1743. John Douglas, then present, as a
Member, at a meeting of the Council of St. Christopher's.
(Ibid., vols. 2e and 27.)
1740, Oct. 23. George Douglas, Esq., appointed Agent
for St. Christopher's vice Richard Coope. (Ibid., vol. 55.)
1742, April 2. D' James Douglass of Red-Lion Square,
a famous Man-midwife. ('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 118.)
1744. James George Douglas, then Agent for St.
Christopher's.
1748. Ralph Payne appointed a Member of the Council
of St. Christopher's vice George Douglas, Esq., deceased.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 29.)
1754, March 28. The lady of John St. Leger Douglas,
Esq., of a son. (' London Magazine,' p. 140.)
1755, May 12. Lady of John St. Leger Douglas, Esq.,
of a son. (Ibid., p. 251.)
1764, June 11. Lady of John S' Leger Douglas, Esq.,
near Grosvenor-square. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 302.)
1766, March 20. Lady of Sir Ja. Douglas, near Kelso.
(Ibid., p. 152.)
1768, April. Ja. Geo. Douglas, Esq., at Brentford
Butts. (Ibid.)
1770, Sept. Hon. Alexander Douglas, manager on the
estate of John St. Leger Douglas, at St. Christopher's, re 10
runaway negros.
1776, April 27. Miss Douglas, aged 19, daughter to
John S' Leger Douglas, member for Weobly, Herefordshire.
(' Gentleman's Magazine, p. 286.)
1779, Oct. 24. At S' Christopher's, Robert Douglas, esq.,
governor of all his majesty's forts and fortifications in that
island He has left the bulk of his fortune (which
is very considerable) to his brother Capt. John Douglas,
of his Majesty's ship the Terrible. (Ibid., 1780, p. 50.)
1838, July 31. At Grenada, John Douglas, esq., Pro-
vost Marshal General of the Island. (Ibid., p. 566.)
1839, June 8. At Dyrham Park, Bath, James Douglas,
Esq., Admiral of the Red. This officer was the second son
of Sir James Douglas, of Springwood Park, Roxburghshire,
Knt. and Bart., by his first wife Helen, daughter of Thomas
Brisbane, esq., and was descended from Andrew Douglas of
Friarshaw, who married Jane Home, of the family of the
Earls of Marchmont. After passing through the inter-
vening ranks of Midshipman, Lieutenant, and Commander,
he was advanced to that of Post-Captain Oct. 20 1780, and
in the same year commanded the Venus frigate, at the Lee-
ward Islands, from which vessel he was afterwards removed
into the Alcmene of 32 guns. On the breaking out of the
war with the French republic, Capt. Douglas was appointed
to the Saturn, a 74-gun ship, in which he proceeded to the
Mediterranean, and was with Admiral Hotham when that
officer encountered the enemy's fleet, July 13 1795. He
returned to England in company with a squadron under
the orders of Rear-Adm. Mann, and was subsequently
stationed in the Channel. He was promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral, Feb. 14 1799 ; Vice-Admiral, Nov. 9, 1805 ;
and Admiral, July 81, 1810. Mrs. Douglas died May 2, 1819.
Sir James Douglas was knighted for bringing home the
news of the surrender of Quebec in 1759 ; he commanded a
squadron at the Leeward Islands in 1761 ; took Dominica,
and had a broad pennant at the siege of Martinique in the
same year. He was created a Baronet June 10 1786, but
died in the following year. He is now represented by his
gi'eat-grandson, Sir George Henry Douglas, the fourth
Baronet, a minor. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 424.)
Admiral James Douglas was born in 1756. He was
twice married ; first, in 1793, to Elizabeth, widow of Am-
brose Riddall, Capt. R.N., and daughter of Robert Scott,
Capt. R.N., by whom he had one son, James, who died
unmarried in India in 1818. Mrs. Douglas having died in
1819, the Admiral married secondly in the following year
Frances, widow of William Blathwayt of Dyrham Park, co.
Glouc, esq., and daughter of William Scott of Great Barr,
CO. Stafford, esq. This lady survives him. (Ibid., p. 442.)
1713
Aug.
5
1733
Jan.
16
1742
Jan.
9
1820
Jan.
7
1826 Nov. 28
1828
1831
Aug. 22
July 20
1713
Oct.
17
1717
Feb.
23
1732
]\Iar.
2
1744
Sept.
24
1753
Feb.
20
1754
Dec.
3
1760
Nov.
11
1765
Sept.
24
1778
April
21
1805
Aug.
28
1830
Nov.
11
1836
Dec.
10
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
Walter William S. of His Excelly Walter
Douglas & Jane his wife.
Mary D. of John Douglas & Dorothy his
wife.
Sarah the D. of Alexander Douglass and
Elizabeth his wife.
John Alleyne S. of John Bourtie Douglas
and Mary Eliza his wife. B. the 10'"
December last.
B. the 10* Inst. Anna Maria D. of
James & Elizabeth Ash Douglass, S'
John's. Doctor of Physic.
William Adam s. of James & Elizabeth
Douglass, S' John's. Doctor of Medicine.
Henrietta Martha D. of James & Eliza-
beth Douglas, S' John's, Practitioner
of Physic.
Buried.
Walter William Douglas.
Ehzabeth Douglas.
Cap' Robert Douglisse.
.... Douglas, wife of Henry Douglass,
Esq.
Henry Douglas, Esq'.
Dorothy Douglas.
Robert Douglas.
Thomas Douglas.
William Douglas.
Archibald Douglas.
James Douglas. S' John's. Inf
John Douglass, M.D. S' John's. 38.
DOUGLAS FAMILY.
216
1715 Jan.
12
1732 Mar.
25
1753 Mar.
6
1809 Jan.
•i
1825 June 25
1767
Married.
Henry Douglass and Mary Trant.
The liev' M"' Jolin Douglass and Doro.
Dariiy. L.
William King and Margaret Douglas. L.
Daniel Douglas to Elizabeth Lyon, Widow.
L.
James Douglass, M.D., and Elizabeth
Ash Scholes of this Parish, Spinster. L.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Sept. 15 W" Douglas.
Parish Register of St. George, Bassiterre, St.
Christopher's.
Baptized.
1734 Sept. . . Margaret the D. of Susannah and John
Douglas, Esq'-, X'd 14"', 2 days old.
Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square.
Married.
John S' Leger Douglas, Esq"-, W., & Caro-
line Otway, S. L.B.L.
John Willett of S' Bennett Fink, London,
Esq'- & B., & Elizabeth S' Leger
Douglas of this parish, S. L.A.C.
Wit. by John S' Leger Douglas &
Ralph AVillett.
1765 Dec. 30
1769 Mar.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over a brick tomb : —
Arms : .... a heart surmounted hi/ a crown, on a chief
.... three mullets.
Crest : An arm embowed in clouds holding a broken
tilting-spear.
Motto : Doe or die.
Here lies MARY DOUGLAS
Wife of HENRY DOUGLAS
of the li'land of Antigua Efq'- :
She died the 22'i of September I744
Aged 66 Years.
Here lies also the Body of
HENRY DOUGLAS Efq'- : her Husband
■who departed this life the 19 of February
1753 Aged 7O years. '
On a ledger in the pathway leading up to south door : —
Arms : . . . . a heart gules transfixed transversely by an
arroiv and surmounted by a crown ; on a chief .... three
mullets (Douglas) impaling fretty a chief or (St. Leger).
Crest : A dexter arm couped holding a dagger.
Motto : Sapientia et Virius.
Here lyes y'^ body of
WALTER WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Son to his E.xcellency
Walter Douglas Efq' CAp'
Generall & Commander
in Chief in and Ouer all
Her Majesties Leeward
Caribbee Iflands in
America & Great Grand
son by Mothers fide to
ANTHONY S^ LEGER
of Ireland who was twice
Lord Leiu' : & three times
Lord Deputy of that
Kingdom he departed this
life the 16 of October
I7I3 Aged elevauen weeks.
Mary Ann Lawson, mar.^ALEXANDER DOW, of Antigua, died=pElizabeth . . . ., bur. 7 February
17 September 1743. before 3 February 1750. 1750 at St. Paul's.
Margaret Dow, bapt. 17 September 1743.
Alexander Dow, Senior, bapt. 3 February 1750.
ARCHIBAI;D DOW, Esq., of Dow's Hill near=f=Martha Byam, mar. 5 September 1776 at
English Harbour, Antigua. St. Philip's.
Munton
Dow.
Charles
Dow.
William Dow,4th son, =pCaroline, 3rd dau. of Sam-
Lieut. R.N., born 23
May 1794 ; living
1849. (See O'Byrue's
Nav. Biog. Diet.)
uel Enderby of Groom's Hill
House, Greenwich; mar. 18
Jan. 1830. He died 24 Oct.
1829, a>t. 74. M.I. at St.
Alphage, Greenwich.
Eliza Dow, mar., 31 March
1803,Rev.SamuelWickham
Harman, Rector of St.
John's. She was bur. there
15 December 1817. He was
bur. there 21 May 1827.
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Four daus., 1849.
Rebecca Dow,
mar., 24 Feb.
1803, at St.
John's, Captain
Kenneth
McKenzie,R.N.
Martha Dow,
mar., 5 Dec.
1805 at St.
John's,James
Gilchrist.
William Pike of Antigua, Planter. Willdated 5 .Ian. 1714.
To my dau. Cath. Pike 50,000 lbs. at 21 or marriage. To
my Mother Ann Steventon £10 c. & maintenance. To my
goddau. Elianor Gratris £30 c. at 21 or mar. To my
brother's dau. Eliz. Pike £25 c. at 21 or mar. To John
Tankard s. of Mary Murphy £50 at 21. £3 rings to my
Ex'ors. To my Wife Ann a horse. All residue to my s.
W" Pike & in default to my dau. Cath., my father-in-law
Hen. Cooke & all residue to my brother-in-law John Steven-
ton & my niece Eliz. Pike. My Wife, M'- John King,
Joshua Jones, Esq., Cap. John Duer & M"- W'" Lavington
Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by W'" Grear, John Teatte,
John Marchant, Mary Howard. Sworn before John Yea-
mans, Esq., by W-" Grear & John Teatte 15 Mar. 1714.
Will of Samuel Grover, planter, dated 19 Jan. 1786.
To my niece & goddau. Eliz. Dow dau. of old Alex'' Dow 6
negros. To my niece & goddau. Ann Pyke Dow a negro.
To my neph. Arch. Grover Dow a negro. To my neph.
Alex' Dow, son of old Alex'' Dow, a negro. To my neph.
Arch'' Dow a negro. To my old serv' Katy my negro Obba,
6 joes, bed, &c. To my neph. Arch. Dow, S'-, my lignum
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
vitfe, puucb-bowl, family bible, & gold headed cane. To
my son Sam^ my gold stock buckle. To my niece Eliz.
Dow S', silver plate. To my niece Martha Dow a negro
girl. To my neph. Sam' Dow a negro. To my niece Re-
becca Dow a negro. 4 negros to be sold to pay debt to my
aunt. All apparel to my poor sick son Jno. Grover. Arch.
Dow & Ales'' Dow, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Ed. Home.
Sworn 2 & Kec. 7 Feb. 1786.
Rebecca Marchant, Sp', m. at St Philip, 18 May 1699,
Dan' Hart, & 2'^^^ .... Alsop.
M'' Rachel Marchant in her will dated 1732 names her
dau. Rebecca Allsop.
1770. Peter Alsop, Esq., a trustee for sale of Steph.
Shepherd's lands.
1775, Aug. 10. Petition of Jn° W" Dow, carpenter,
for his son Alex. Alsop Dow.
1801, Oct. 29. Arch. Dow's 11 acres at the Ridge with
a tenement, &c., have been valued at £8345 c. The public
required this land for the purpose of fortification.
Sam' Dow, Gent., presented the petition of Ann Pike,
late of Antigua, Widow, deceased, who presented it on 2 Feb.
1797, and therein stated that she had 10 acres in S' Paul's
Parish which were originally granted to Elijah Alsop of
England her late father, and ou his death descended to hers
and her sister Rachel Ramsey also deceased, and had been
in the possession of her family 100 years. There are no
heirs of Elijah Alsop but the said petitioner Ann Pike, and
she desires to resign the 10 acres to Sam. Dow.
Ann Pike had lately died s.p.
1830. Archibald Start Dow, Samuel Grover Dow, and
William Woodman Dow, signed the petition of coloured
persons.
Lieut. Charles Kerr Dow, R.N., died in or near London
15 Nov. 1833. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 553.)
1750 Feb.
1781
Mar.
25
1784
July
18
1750
Feb.
3
1771
Nov.
23
1804
Aug.
10
1750 Mar. 16
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Buried.
7 Elizabeth Dow, Widow of Alexander Dow,
Deceased.
Rebecca D. of Arch. & Martha Dow.
Elizabeth D. of Arch" & Martha Dow.
£3 Gs. Od.
Baptized.
Alexander S. of Alexander Dow, Deceased,
& Elizabeth his wife.
Alexander Alsop the s. of John Wilham
Dow and Harriott his wife.
Ann Harriet D. of Archibald Grover Dow
and Margaret his wife, b.30 April, 1804.
Married.
Docf Archibald Ramsay and M" Rachael
Barnes, Widow. Lie.
1736
June 27
1788
July
12
1800
Mar.
26
1802
Nov.
15
1803
July
7
1804
Dec.
11
1806
Sept.
2
1743
Sept.
17
1802
Dec.
30
1803
Feb.
24
1803
Mar.
31
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
Daniel s. of Alexander Dow.
Alexander Dow.
Alexander Dow.
John Dow.
William Dow.
Archibald Dow.
Ai'chibald Grover Dow.
Harried.
Alex'' Dow & Mary Ann Lawson, by Banns.
Archibald Grover Dow to Margaret Jordan,
Spinster. Lie.
Kenneth Mackenzie to Rebecca Dow, Spr.
The Reverend Samuel Wickham Harman,
Clerk, to Eliza Dow, Spinster.
1805 Mar.
2
1805 Dec.
5
1821 Oct.
18
1743
Sept.
17
1794
Nov.
22
1796
Aug.
16
1797
Sept.
9
1806
Jan.
16
1807 July 8
1809 June 19
Duncan Dow & Jane Blizard Bowers,
Spinster. Ijic.
James Gilchrist to Martha Dow, Spinster.
Lie.
Otho Hamilton Wemyss, Ensign in His
Majesty's first West India Reg*, to
Mary Dow, Spinster, by Lie.
Baptised.
Margaret D. of Ale.x'' Dow and Mary Ann
his wife, aged about 5 months.
John William S. of John William Dow and
Mary his wife, B. the 21=' October 1794.
Mary D. of John William Dow and Mary
his wife, B. the 17* January 1796.
Charles Bartrum S. of John William Dow
and Mary his wife, B. the 2P' July 1797.
Margaret Wendell D. of Duncan Dow and
Jane Blizard his wife, B. 23'' November
1805.
Edward Lesslie S. of Duncan Dow and
Jane Blizard his wife, B. the 29'"
March last.
Charlotte Mary D. of Duncan Dow and
Jane Blizard his wife, B. the 7* Sep-
tember last.
Margaret D. of Archibald Grover Dow,
deceased, and Margaret his Widow, B.
the 5"> Feb. 1806.
Edwin Brinton S. of Alexander Dow and
Ann his wife, B. ihe 28"' April.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
Nov. 12 John Duncan Dow, of S' Paul's, Planter,
and Mary Donovan, of S' John's,
Spinster. By Lie.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
John Barnes to Rachel Alsop.
Archibald Dow & Martha Byam, Sp'.
Buried.
1843 Nov. 18 Emma L. Dow, Cedar Hill, 5.
Parish Register of St. Anthony, Montserrat.
Buried.
1724 April 28 M"' William Pyke of Antigua.
Parish Register of Cheltenham.
Btiried.
1800 July 4 CoP Alexander Dow. (' Gloucestershire
Notes and Queries,' vol. i., p. 297.)
1810
1820
1834
Aug. 29
July 5
1736
1776
Nov. 27
Sept. 5
St. Paul's, Falmouth.
To 1 The Memory of | DOROTHY ALSOP | This
Tomb is gratefully erected ( By her affectionate Husband \
PETER ALSOP | She departed this Life | 4"' Janu. 1764 |
In the 28"' Year of her Age | Here rests the Body of
PETER ALSOP ESQ"^ | Who died on the | 17"' April
1798 I Aged 63 Years. |
Crest : A dove with wings displayed.
Cheltenham Churchtard.
Col' Alex-^ Dow, died 29 June 1800, aged 46. Col'
Alexander Dow was in the service of the East India
Company on the Bombay Establishment, and was the
nephew of Dow, the Historian of India, who died in Bengal
about the year 1779. This addition is made by R. Harri-
son, on the Bombay Medical Establishment, who was
intimately acquainted with both the Dows, July 1827.
(' Gloucestershire Notes and Queries,' vol. ii.)
DUEE. FAMILY.
217
^^ctiicjrtt of 3Buer»
.... DUER of Antigua, 70 acres granted to liim in 1680."
(In 1679 a Stephen Dewer left Barbados for Antigua.)
=Grace .... died aged. Will dated 14 Sep-
tember 1700 ; sworn 1 September 1702.
Major John Duer of Great=
and Little Duers of 410
acres ; died G September
1716 at St. Andrew's, Hol-
born. Will dated 6 May
1716; proved 4 April 1718.
(76 Tenison.)
=Charity, dau. of
Mrs. Joan
Power ; owned a
plantation in
Barbados ; mar.
2ndlyJohuCha-
worth.
Captain Ste-=rAnn, dau.
phen Duer,
overseer
1702 to Na-
thaniel Gil-
bert, senior.
of Natha-
niel Monk,
senior ;
living
1700.
I
Jane Duer, mar. 1st
Nathaniel Gilbert, sen.,
who died 1702 or 3 ; she
mar. 2ndly Capt. .John
Lightfoot of Parham.
His will was dated 3 Dec.
1734. She died 1753.
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Ann Duer, mar.
liam Lavington.
died 1(599.
Wil-
He
A dau., mar
Boraston; she was dead
1700.
Elizabeth ( ? dau.=
of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dupper), mar.
before 1718; liv-
ing 1731.
^Major John Duer of Duers and Fulham, co.Midd.,^
only son and heir ; matriculated from Christ
Church, 0.\ford, 25 Feb. 1714-15, set. 16; mar.
his 1st wife while a minor ; Member of Council
1732-38 ; died 1 Dec. 1764, jet. 67. M.I. at Ful-
ham. Will dated 26 Sep. 1750 ; proved 12
Jan. 1765. (12 Rush worth.)
=Frances, dau. of Colonel John Frye ;
mar. at St. Philip's 26 April 1739 ;
died 3 July 1787, set. 74. M.I. at
Fulham. Will dated 4 Nov. 1786 ;
proved 26 Sep. 1787. (406 Major.)
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Stephen Duer.
Ann Duer,
hving 1700.
Edward
Dner, a
Lieu-
tenant
in the
army
1750-
1761;
living
1786.
Rev. Rowland Duer,=
1st son and heir,
Chaplain to the
Bishop of Lincoln ;
in 1788 owner of
Great Duers of 400
acres, then of Chi-
chester, CO. Sussex ;
died at Batli 8 June
1791.
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John Duer, inherited
Little Duers (? Cap-
tain of H.M.S.
Aurora in 1808) ;
died 17 Nov. 1814.
Samuel and William,
both under 10 in
1750.
Mary Duer, died 21 Dec.
1757, set. 16. M.I. at
Fulham.
Theodora Duer, mar. 7
July 1769 Rt. Hon. Geo.
Rose, M.P., he was born
17 June 1744, and died
13 Jan. 1818. She died
6 Nov. 1834, ffit. 90,
both buried and M.I. at
Christchurch , Hants.
Henrietta Duer,
died 12 May
1811, set. 65.
M.I. at Christ-
church.
Elizabeth Duer,
under 10, 1750;
living 1761.
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Frances Duer,
died 20 Sep.
1835, iEt. 84.
M.I. at Christ-
church.
Elizabeth
Grace Duer,
died 15 Sep.
183.5, set. 78.
M.I. at Christ-
church.
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Rev. Rowland Duer of New=Elizabeth dau. of . . . ., died John Duer,
College, Oxford ; matriculated 19 Jan. 1844, set. 74, at living
22 Feb. 1787, set. 19. Chichester. 1786.
Theodora Duer,
hving 1786.
Mary Duer,
living 1786.
Elizabeth Duer,
living 1786.
Grace Duer of Antigua. Will dated 14 Sep. 1700.
Aged. My son John Duer & Nath^ Crump Guardians &
Ex'ors. To my granddau. Abigail Lavington ^ of my
estate. To my granddau. Ann Duer, dau. of my son Stephen
Duer, ^. To my grandsons Stephen & Rich'' Boraston, sons
of my dau. Boraston, deceased, ^ each. To my grandson
John Duer, child of my son John Dewar, ^. To my grand-
dau. Martha Gilbert, dau. of my dau. Jane Gilbert, ^. To
my granddaus. Grace & Ann Lavington a negro each. To
each Ex'or & his wife, to my son Stephen Duer & his
wife, & to my dau. Ann Lavington, 24s. gold rings. AVit-
nessed by Henry Lane, Nicholas Lane. By Edw'' Byam,
President, was sworn Nath' Crump 1 Sept. 1702. Recorded
SO April 1703.
Joan Power, wife of Augustine Power of Antigua.
Will dated 17 April 1701. The said Augustine Power by
deed dated 17 Sep. 1700, gave his bond to Dominick
Bodkin of Antigua, Planter, of £400 c, in consideration of
a mai-riage to be had between us, £200 c. of which I can
bequeath by will, & £50 was to be paid to John & Charity
Duer for mourning. To my dau. Charity, wife of John
Duer, £150. To my dau. Mary Mackasky, formerly Hanson,
£50. Signed Joan Brown. Witnessed by Daniel Mackinen,
Ja. Browne, Rebecka Hanson. By Hon. Edw'' Byam,
President, was sworn M'' Ja. Browne 21 Oct. 1702.
Recorded 30 April 1703.
(76 Tenison.) To my nephew Duer Lightfoot £500 c. at
16. To John Duer Duncombe £200 c. payable to his
parents or guardian. All my estate to my son John Duer,
but if he die s.p., then my " Little Plantation " to Duer
Lightfoot. Witnessed by William Thomas, Allen Gilbert,
John Goss. Memorandum of some tilings spoken by Maj'
Duer. 1, he had made a will in Antigua, but had named
no ex'ors, that Madam Duer should be his sole Ex'trix
during the minority of M'' Duer, & M'' Budgen to have
£100 c. for mourning, also M'' Sanderson. 1716, Sep. 27,
appeared John Sanderson, late of Antigua, but now of S*
Andrew, Holborn, G', & Thos. Budgen of do., G*, & Mary
his wife, & deposed that they were well acquainted with
Major John Duer, late of Antigua, Esq., & of the said
parish. Merchant, till his death on the e"" inst., & that the
above memorandum was dictated by him 3 day b before hisdeath.
John Duer of Antego, but bound to old England. Will
dated 6 May 1716 ; proved 4 April 1718 by Charity
Chaworth alias Duer the widow, now wife of JohnChaworth.
John Duer, late of Antigua, now of Gover, co. Devon,
Esq. Will dated 26 Sep. 1750; proved 12 Jan. 1765 by
Rowland Frye & W™ Frye, Esq", power reserved to Stephen
Blizard, Sam' Redhead, Rob' Christian, the other surviving
Ex'ors. (12 Rushworth.) To my wife Frances £350 a
year, £235 chargable on my "Great," & £115 on my
" Little Plantation," & on the lands I purchased of W™
Young, Esq. I give her also my coach, horses, & furniture.
To my dans. Mary & Theodora £2050 each at 21 or marriage.
To each of my dans. Henrietta & Eliz., & my sons AV"" &
Sami, £2000 each at 21, & £30 a year till 10, then £50 a
year till 18, & £60 a year till 21. To my son Edward a
captaincy & £40 a year till the purchase is completed, on
condition he gives up all claims under the will of his grand-
F F
218
THE HISTOKY OF ANTIGUA.
mother Eliz. Dupper. To M" Eliz. Horseford of Antigua
£20 c. yearly, & £20 c. yearly till her dau. Charity is 21,
then the sum of 300 c. All my plantations to my good
friends & relations, Rowland Frye, Sam' Frye & W™ Frye
of London, Merchants, Sam' Redhead, Thos. Elmes, Rob'
Christian & Stephen Blizard of Antigua, Esq", for 100
years. To D' Thos. Glass of Exon, my Great Plantation in
trust for my son Rowland Duer & his heirs male, then to
my sons John Duer, W™ Duer & Sam' Duer, & in default
to be sold, & the proceeds to my son Edward & my daus.
Mary, Theodora, Henrietta & Elizabeth, then to Stephen
Blizard. My Little Plantation also in trust for my son John
Duer & his heirs male, then to my sons W" Duer, Sam'
Duer & Rowl*" Duer, then to be sold as aforesaid. The
heirs of my said Great & Little Plantations may settle £200
& £100 a year on their wives, & raise £2000 & £1000
respectively for their daughters' portions. All residue of
rents, etc., to accumulate till my sons Rowland & John are
24, then | to the former & i to the latter. £20 each to
my Ex'ors, they & my wife to be Guardians. To StejDhen
Weston & Bartholomew Jeffery of Exeter, Esq"', £25 to be
paid to the Devon & Exeter Hospital. All residue to my 2
eldest sons by my said wife Frances, f to the elder, & i to
the younger. My trustees to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by
David L . . . y, Thurston Blackman, W™ Marshall.
Isf Codicil. Dated 11 Dec. 1761. Now of Fulham, co.
Midd. Revoke appointment of Thos. Elmes as pjx'or, & in
his place nominate Sam' Berkley of Little Chelsea, Esq., &
Stephen Blizard, Esq., & give them each £50. All my
copyhold estate at Fulham where I now dwell, & which I
purchased in 1750, to my brothers-in-law Rowland & W"'
Frye, Esq''", in trust for my wife Frances for life, then to
my 4 daus. Theodora, Henrietta, Frances, & Eliz. Grace for
4 years, then to go to the owner of my Great Plantation in
Old North Sound Division. All the contents of my house
to be heirlooms. £20 a year to my daus. towards keeping
up the garden. By mistake I have not provided for my
dau. Frances. I give her £3000 at 21. To Sam' Redhead
of Antigua, Esq., one of my Ex'ors, £50. To my daus.
Theodora & Henrietta £1000 each more at 21. To my
dau. Ehz. Grace (born since the execution of my will),
£3000 at 21. Revoke former sums for maintenance, & give
in lieu £70 yearly to my daus. Theodora & Henrietta, £G0
yearly for my sons W™ & Sam'. To my dau. Frances £00
yearly till 14, then £70. To my dau. Eliz. Grace £40
yearly till 9, £60 till 14, then £70. Revoke captaincy for
my son Edward, & give him instead sufficient to purchase
a Majority or Lieut.-Colonelcy, but if he be on lialf-pay £50
yearly. Witnessed by Math. Greenwoleers, Thurston Black-
man, William Marshall.
2)id Codicil. To my wife Frances all plate, jewels, &
china, & £300. 6 Jan. 1762, 2 Geo. 3". Witnessed by
George Bj-am, Jacob Blackman, Thurston Blackman.
Frances Duer of Farnham, co. Surrey (widow of John
Duer, Esq., late of Fulham, co. Midd., deceased). Will
dated 4 Nov. 1786. By Codicil to my husband's will dated
6 Jan. 1762. I bequeath my plate, Jewells, & china, to my
4 daus. Theodora Rose, Henrietta Duer, Frances Duer, &
Eliz. Grace Duer. To my son-in-law Capt. Edw'' Duer, my
son Rowland Duer, his 2 sons Rowland & John Duer, & his
8 daus. Eliz., Mary, & Theodora Duer, £20 each. These
legacies payable from the £400 due from my son Rowland,
& the remainder to my 3 daus. Henrietta, Frances, & Eliz.
Grace Duer. To my son-in-law George Rose, Esq., my dau.
Theodora Rose, my 2 grandsons Geo. Hen. Rose & W™
Stewart Rose, my granddau. Theodora Rose, & my friend
M'' Henry Cridland, £20 each. To my 3 daus. Henrietta,
Frances, & Eliz. Grace Duer, all residue & sums due from
the Great or Little Estate, my coach, sedan chair, etc.
Witnessed by John Jackson, Mary Jackson.
26 Sept. 1787. Adm'on to Henrietta, Frances, & Eliz.
Grace Duer, the daus. & residuary legatees, no Ex' or being
named.
Chancery Proceedings, 1714 — 1758. Mitford, 1982.
Duer V. Carpenter.
April, 1718. Humbly complaining to your Lordshipps
your Orator, John Duer (only Son and Heir of John Duer late
of Antigua, Esq., dec), an Infant under 21, by John Blechyn-
den, his prochein Amy, sheweth that John Duer his Father
in 1716 aud for many years before living at Antigua, was
seized and possessed of a real Estate consisting of Messuages,
etc., and Lands of inheritance, and of divers Plantations
and Negros, Cattle and Stock thereon at Antigua, Barbados,
and other parts in the West Indies, and also possessed of
and interested in a considerable personal Estate in the
places aforesaid, and also in Great Britain and elsewhere,
consisting of divers household goods, Plate, Rings, Watches,
wearing clothes, wearing linuen. Sheets, and other linnen.
Jewels, China ware. Horses, and other Cattle, ready money,
debts, and great quantitys of Sugars, Cottons, and other
goods, and of Shipps and shares of Ships, and the cargoes
thereof .... to the amount of £6000 .... and being so
seized did at Antigua on the 6th May 1716 make his last
Will .... and after giving to his Nephew Duer Lightfoot
£500 cur. at 16, and to John Duer Duucombe £200 in a
year, gave his whole Estate to your Orator and his Heirs
for ever, and the Will was witnessed by William Thomas,
Allen Gilbert, and John Goss .... and your Orator sheweth
that Testator soon after came to England, and shortly after,
in September 1716, departed this life, and the Will was
proved the 17th Dec. 1716, and recorded in Antigua
together with the affirmation of the witnesses .... and
Testator after his arrival in England did before his death
direct some memorandums to be taken in the nature of a
Codicil, and having read and approved thereof sett his name
thereto, and taking notice he had left his Will in Antigua,
and there were no Exors. named, directed tliat Charity his
Wife should be sole Executrix in Trust during your Orator's
minority, and she obtained Letters of Administration in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury until the Will should be
transmitted to England, upon an allegation that there were
effects in England which would perish before the Will could
be sent over, and by virtue thereof she and John Chaworth
(who has since intermarried with her) have taken on them-
selves to receive the Estate and effects given to your Orator
.... and fui-ther sheweth that Testator when he resided in
Antigua used to consign to one Nathaniel Carpenter and
William Parrott as his Factors or Agents, Sugars, Cottons,
and other Com'oditys to be sold .... and at the time of his
death they had a considerable part of his goods and effects
in their hands .... and they took on themselves the
Guardianship of your Orator and his maintenance and
education, and also possessed themselves of divers other
goods which have been brought over .... for all which
they ought to render a true account .... and further
sheweth that Charity and John Chaworth since their inter-
marriage, or some one by their order .... have possessed
themselves of a great part of Testator's personal Estate,
and dispose of it as they think fit ... . and have given
authority in writing to John Sanderson or some other
persons now gone or about to go to Antigua to collect
Testator's Estate and receive as many of the debts owing to
him as he or they can, aud will, if not prevented by this
Honourable Court, Imbezell the same and dispose of it to
their own use, to the great detriment of your Orator ....
and sheweth that your Orator being entitled to the real and
personal Estate of Testator, and being almost 21, and having
reason to believe there has not been due care taken of the
personal estate left to him, aud of the produce of the real
DUER EAMILY.
219
estate, has caused the Act of the P.C.C., whereby Carpenter
aud Parrott were constituted his Guardians, to be annulled,
and has chosen John Blechynden in the place of Nathaniel
Carpenter, and rechosen William Parrott, and they have
been appointed by an Act of the P.C.C. dated the 1st April
1718 .... and sheweth that your Orator and others on his
behalf have often applied to Charity and John Chaworth,
and desired them to give an account of the personal Estate
and effects and of the rents .... which have come to their
hands .... and whether they have paid the Legacies ....
and whether they were paid by the direction or advice of
Nathaniel Carpenter .... and have often applied to
Nathaniel Carpenter and William Parrott for an account
.... and well hoped they would give such accounts ....
but John Chaworth and Charity combining and con-
federating with Nathaniel Carpenter and William Parrott,
and several other persons unknown to your Orator .... do
refuse .... and John Chaworth and Charity do sometimes
pretend your Orator's Father made noe such Will, or in
case he did, as they doe at other times admitt, they pretend
he had noe power to give all his Estate to your Orator, but
that Charity as his Widow is by the Laws of Antigua en-
titled to a considerable part of the real Estate and to a great
part of the personal .... and that they will receive and
dispose of it as they think fitt to their own use .... and
for such part as belongs to your Orator they insist they are
not accountable till he is 21 .... whereas your Orator
chargeth that if Charity is entitled to any part it is incon-
siderable .... and she and John Chaworth ought to discover
and sett forth what part they claim, and how and by what
reason and for what use, to the end that your Orator's part
may be taken care of and secured for him .... and he is
advised his Mother is not entitled to any part of the personal
Estate .... and that tho' not yet 21, he is entitled to au
account .... and he has the greater reason to insist because
John Chaworth is reputed to be a person of such circum-
stances that if he and Charity be permitted to receive and
dispose of your Orator's Father's personal estate and effects,
your Orator may be in danger of loosing what is justly due
and belonging to him .... and Nathaniel Carpenter and
William Parrott pretend they have given in an Account to
Charity as Administratrix, and she has allowed and passed
the same, and that they are not accountable to your Orator
.... and will continue to act in the Management of your
Orator's Estate during his minority on behalf of Charity,
and will render only to her accounts thereof .... (A great
deal more but not of importance, and dealt with in the
Answer of Charity and John Chaworth.)
Answer of John Chaworth and Charity.
It is true that John Duer, Father of the Complainant
and late Husband of Charity, was in 1716 and several years
before resident in Antigua, and was at the time of his death
seized of Real Estate, consisting of 2 Plantations and the
Negros, etc., thereon, and was also heretofore seized and
possessed, in right of his marriage with Charity, of a
Plantation and some Negros in Barbados, and also of a
Plantation given to Charity by her Father-in-law John
Hanson, dec, in Antigua, but Charity was long since pre-
vailed on by her Husband to join him in the sale of the 2
Plantations .... and they were accordingly sold, viz., that
in Barbados to one John Franklyn of Barbados, and the
Negros belonging to it were taken by John Duer and placed
on his own Plantations in Antigua, where they have ever
since continued .... and the said Plantation in Antigua
was sold to one Nicholas Lynch .... and Defendants admit
that John Duer was possessed of a considerable personal
Estate in the West Indies, consisting of such species as in
the Bill mentioned, but whether the amount is £60(»0 or
what other sum they know not nor can set forth, but they
believe it will not amount to £6000 .... and they admit
that John Duer when in Antigua and of sound mind ....
did on the 6th May 1716, make his Will as in the Bill set
forth, but after his arrival in England and before his death,
which happened the 7th Sep. 1716, did make some Codicill
as in the Bill mentioned .... and Charity Chaworth for
herself further saith that she did prove the said Codicil in
the P.C.C, and did obtain Letters of Adm'on until the Will
should be sent over from Antigua .... which were dated
Sep. 1716, and having obtained a copy of the Will under
the hand of Charles Hedges, the Secretary of the Island, she
did exhibit and prove the same with the Codicil in the
P.C.C. where it now remains, and had Letters Testamentary
granted to her dated the 4th April 1717 ... . and on proving
the Will she did carry into the P.C. and deliver the Letters
before granted .... and John Chaworth and Charity deny
they did ever receive more than one copy .... which
was received by Nathaniel Carpenter (another Defendant) ■
in a letter from Nathaniel Crump, John Brnnckhurst, and
John Richards, hereinafter named, on the day of ... . last,
and by him some day after shewn to them .... and the
reason why the same was not immediately proved was
because Defendants were not then come to a resolution or
advised whether it was most proper for Charity to renounce
execution on account of having too much reason to believe
they should be harrassed by some vexatious suit from Com-
plainant .... and they say John Duer was in his lifetime
and at his death seized .... of 2 Plantations called the
Great and the Little Plantations in the Division of North
Sound near the Town of Parham, but the quantity of Acres
they know not .... but they partly consist of Cane Grounds
for the planting of Sugar Canes and partly of Grass Grounds
for the feeding of Cattle, and some Grounds for planting
provision for the use of the Negros and the Plantations ....
and they cannot set forth the yearly value, the same not being
let to a Tenant or farmer, and the produce consisting of
Sugar, Rum, Molasses and Cotton, which are very uncertain
Com'odities, the Plantations in some years producing twice
as much in England as in others, by reason of the different
quantitys of Crop and different qualitys aud the prices
thereof .... besides which 2 Plantations Testator was
seized of a Dwelling house in the Town of Parham where
he sometimes resided, and of another house in the said Town
now claimed by Captain Lightfoot as purchased of Testator,
but Defendants do not believe Testator was seized of any
other Plantations .... or Real Estate .... and they have
in a Schedule annexed, entitled the 1st Schedule, set forth
the produce of the Real Estate (since Testator's death)
received by them, and what has been laid out, and how, when,
and to whom .... and Charity Chaworth saith she hath
exhibited in the P.C.C. a true Inventory .... and hath for
Complainant's benefit set it forth in the 2nd Schedule ....
and Charity Chaworth saith as Widow of John Duer she
doth claim and insist to have her Dower or thirds in all
Real Estate as now mentioned, and no more except the said
Negros and their increase and wages, which were transported
from her Plantation in Barbados on selling the same, and
placed by John Duer on his own Plantations, and which
being Real Estate by the Laws of the West Indies she is
advised belong to her, she never having parted with her
right thereto nor joined in any sale of them .... and John
Chaworth saith by virtue of his intermarriage he is entitled
to and claims during their joint lives the share of Real
Estate mentioned and no more .... and they both say they
always were and still are ready to come to an Account ....
and they beli(!ve Testator did while in Antigua consign to
Nathaniel Carpenter and William Parrott divers quantitys
of Sugars, Cotton, etc., to be sold .... and that they did
take on them the Guardianship of Complainant and his
maintenance and education, and have also possessed them-
selves of divers goods, etc., that have come over since
Testator's decease, but the particulars Defendants cannot
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
set forth, and refer Complainant to the Answer of Nathaniel
Carpenter .... and Defendants furthei- say they have given
to John Sanderson, who is now going to Antigua, a Letter
of Attorney, giving power to him, to Xathaniel Crump of
Antigua, Esq., John Brunckhurst and John Richards of the
said Island, Gentlemen, or any 2 of them, to demand and
receive from all whom it may concern one third part of the
produce of the 2 Plantations and of all other real Estate,
and to remit the same to them, and giving power as much
as in them lay to the same persons to adjust and pay
Testator's debts .... and to collect his effects and personal
estate whatsoever, and to take all necessary and lawful ways
for the recovery of the same, but they deny that the Letters
of Attorney were given with any intent to Imbezle the said
effects, etc and Defendants believe Complainant did
first choose such Guardians and afterwards alter the same
.... and Defendants deny that Complainant or any one
on his behalf hath applied to them for an account .... and
they deny they ever pretended Testator made no such Will
.... or that he had no power to give his real and personal
Estate to his Son .... but they insist to be entitled to the
3rd part of the Real Estate, and deny they pretend to any
part of the personal estate in their own right, or to dispose
of for their own use by virtue of the Letters Testamentary
.... and they deny that they or any Friends of theirs have
Letters, papers, books and documents, which they are not
ready at Complainant's charge to let him have the inspec-
tion of ... . and they deny that they or their Agents have
cancelled, burnt, etc., etc., any Deed .... but they affirm
they were always ready to give Complainant satisfiiction, and
have always had a friendly correspondence with him till he,
tho' so young in years, did lately, by ill advice, Contract
Matrimony with a person, for ought Defendants can
learn, of little or no fortune, without the consent of his
Parents or Guardians or any other of his Friends, and which
will prove as Defendants have too much reason to believe
Tery much to his prejudice .... and Defendants deny all
manner of Combination and Confederacy ....
1st Schedule. — Sugars, etc., sold by Nathaniel Carpenter
and William Parrott to persons named, and at dates and
for prices mentioned. One-third paid to John and Charity
Chaworth.
2nd Schedule. — Inventory of goods and chattels of
Major John Duer, late of Antigua, but in the Parish of St.
Andrew, Holborn, dec, valued 2ud April 1718 by David
Higby and Peter Masters. Household goods .... £6 9s.
Wearing apparel — 1 black Suit, 1 coloured Suit, 1 Silk
Nightgown, 2 corded Dimity wastcoats, 1 capp and hat, 17
Shirts, 2 neckcloths, and a parcel of old stockings, £9.
Linen . . . . £1-1 los. Plate— 1 Tea Kettle and Lamp,
1 Teapot and Lamp, 2 Tankards, 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Cans and
2 Salvers, 2 Porringers, 1 pair of Candlesticks, 1 Tea
Canister, 1 Sugar Castor, 1 Pepper Castor, 1 Mustard
Castor and Spoon, 4 Salts and 4 Salt-spoons, Snuffers and
frame, 1 Soop Spoon, 19 Spoons, 8 Tea spoons, 1 pair Sugar
tongs, and 1 Silver Seal, in all 322 oz. at 5s. 6d., £88 10s.
Gold — 4 plain Gold ring, 2 pairs of Gold buttons, 13 dwt.
18 grains, £2 8s. 6d. China— 6 Dishes, 4 Basons, 14
Saucers and 20 cups, 1 Tea Pot and Saucer, 1 Milk Pot and
Sugar dish, £5 8s. Ready money — £14. John Duer was,
at his death, owner of one 8th of the Ship " Antigua Mer-
chant," Captn. Lightfoot Commander, now lying at Bristol.
Sugars brought from Antigua to Bristol in said Ship con-
signed to Captn. Philip Harris of Bristol .... Several goods
and debts in Antigua in the hands of Messrs. Benjamin
Wickliam, Nicholas Lynch the elder, Peter Martin, Major
Humphrey Osborne, Joseph Redhead, and Mrs. JMary Me-
caskell of Antigua, and others whose names she kuoweth not
nor the particulars of their value. Testator shortly before
his death bespoke of Sanniel Clarke, Bookseller in Birchin
Lane, some printed books which Clarke sent to deceased's
late lodgings at Mr. Hopkins in East Street near Red Lion
Square, and are now in her custody in her present dwelling
house in Covent Garden, unpaid for, and she has sent to
Mr. Clarke to take them back again. She is informed Mr.
Nathaniel Rous, late of London, Merchant, who some years
since became a Bankrupt, was considerably indebted to
deceased, but what sum she knoweth not .... Deceased's
Son had, shortly after his father's death, a Light tied Wigg,
a Blew Cloack trimmed with Gold, 6 Shirts, 4 Neckcloths,
6 Holland night capps, 6 Turnovers, 6 Necks, 1 Silver
hilted Sword, 1 pair Silver Spurrs, several pair of silk and
thread Stockins, and a Cane belonging to deceased, but the
value she knows not. Deceased died of the Smallpox, and
she gave the Nurse who Striped and Laid him out his
Nightgown, Shirt, and some other Linen and things found
upon him as are usually given in like cases, besides the half
guinea charged in the Account annexed, paid by her as
Administratrix ....
The accounts put in include sums for 12 long streamers
with Mr. Duer's arms, 18 mourning coaches with 6 horses,
80 men in mourning gowns and capps to carry branches.
Funeral at St. Andrew's, Holborne.
Close Roll, 5 Geo. II., Part 10, No. 2.
Indenture tripartite made 10 Feb. 1731 between John
Duer, late of Antigua, but now of the Parish of Endfield,
Esq., of the 1st part, Slingsby Bethell of London, Merchant,
of the 2nd part, and Henry Marshall of Warnford Court in
Throckmorton Street, Merchant (a person nominated in
trust for Slingsby Bethell), of the 3rd part, witnesseth that
John Duer as well for the better securing the repayment of
£1000 Ster., being the consideration money mentioned in
the Mortgage hereafter excepted, as also in consideration of
the further sum of £2000 Ster. paid by Shngsby Bethell,
and 5s. by Henry Marshall, grants etc., etc., to the latter in
trust for Slingsby Bethell all that plantation now or late in
the occupation and possession of John Duer, called the
Great Plantation, in the Parish of Parham, Antigua, and
all that other plantation now or late in the occupation of
Leonard Allen or his under tenants, called the Little Planta-
tion in the Parishes of Parham and Willoughby Bay in
Antigua, and all Negro Slaves whatsoever, and all Cattle
and Horses, etc., and all right interest, etc., etc., either in Law
or Equity of John Duer and Elizabeth Duer his Wife . . . .,
providing always that if John Duer pays to Slingsby Bethell
in Lopes Coffee House in Lombard Street the £1000, and
the £2000 with lawful interest on the 10th Aug. next ensu-
ing, that is of 1732 .... the bargain is to be void .... but an
Indenture recorded in Antigua 23rd Aug. 1726, whereby
John Duer and Elizabeth Duer his Wife demise the said
plantations, etc., etc., to Slingsby Bethell and his Heirs for
1000 years, in trust for the life of John Duer .... is to
remain in force.
Close Roll, 20 Geo. II., Part 9, Nos. 21 and 22.
Indenture made the 13th May 1746 between John Duer,
late of Antigua, but now of Bellair near Exeter, Esq., of the
one part, and George North of Merchant Taylors' Hall,
London, Gentleman, of the other part, witnesseth that in
consideration of 5s John Duer grants to George
North all those his 2 Plantations, called the Great Planta-
tion and the Little Plantation, in the Division of Old North
Sound, Antigua, formerly the estate of John Duer, Esq., his
father, dec, containing 410 acres .... and all Negros and
other Slaves .... and Horses, Cattle, and all live Stock
for one whole year ....
No. 21.
Indenture made the 14th May 1746 between John Duer
.... of the one part, and George North .... of the other
DUER FAMILY.
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part, witnesseth that in accordance with the Act for supply-
ing the want of Fines and Recoveries in the Leeward
Caribbee Islands .... and for settling an Estate in fee simple
in John Duer .... and in consideration of 5s John
Duer grants, etc. (as above), to George North in his actual
possession being to the use of John Duer and his Heirs and
Assifrns for ever.
Close Roll, 24 Geo. II., Part 8, No. 1.
Indenture made the 8th Sep. 1750 between John Duer,
late of Antigua, but now of Gover, co. Devon, Esq., and
Frances his wife, of the one part, and Stephen Blizard of
Antigua, Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of 10s and for divers other good causes and
considerations .... John Duer and Frances his Wife grant,
etc., to Stephen Blizard in his actual possession being ....
.... all those several Negro Slaves, male and female, and
their issue .... part of the Estate and inheritance of John
Duer and Frances his Wife, in right of Frances .... in
Antigua .... in Trust to the only proper use of John Duer
and his Heirs and Assigns for ever .... and John Duer
and Frances his Wife constitute Samuel Redhead, Thomas
Elmes, and Robert Christian of Antigua, Esquires, their
Attorneys to barr all entails, reversions, and remainders, etc.,
etc.
Close Roll, 28 Geo. III., Part 7, Nos. 5 and 6.
Indenture made the 10th Oct. 1788 between Rowland
Duer of Chichester, co. Sussex, Clerk (one of the Sons of
John Duer, late of Antigua, but since of Gover, co. Devon,
Esq., dec), and Rowland Duer of Chichester, Esq., his
eldest Son and Heir apparent, of the one part, and Thomas
Durnford of the Parish of St. Bartholomew, adjoining to
the City of Chichester, Clerk, and William Walker of the
said City, Clerk, of the other part, witnesseth that in con-
sideration of 5s Rowland Duer and his Son grant and
convey to Thomas Durnford and William Walker .... all
that Plantation or Sugar work called the Great Plantation
and so described in the last Will of -John Duer, or by what-
soever other name it is known in Antigua, and containing
400 acres .... and all Negros and other Slaves ....
Horses, Mules, Asses, Beasts, Cattle, etc., etc., belonging to
the said Plantation .... and all other Estate in Antigua
which Rowland Duer and Rowland Duer his Son are at
present seized of, interested in or entitled to, either at Law
or Equity, in possession, remainder or reversion .... by
virtue of the last Will of Joha Duer, dec, or otherwise
whatsoever .... for one whole year .... William Fowler
of Chichester, Attorney at Law, Richard Dally, jun., his
Clerk.
No. 5.
Indenture tripartite made the 11th Oct. 1788 between
Rowland Duer .... of the 1st part, Rowland Duer .... of
the 2nd part, and Thomas Durnford and William Walker
of the 3rd part, witnesseth that in conformity with an Act
of the Leeward Islands .... and for barring and destroying
all Estates, tail and remainders .... Rowland Duer and
Rowland Duer his Son grant and confirm to Thomas Durn-
ford and William Walker, in their actual possession being
.... all that Plantation (as in No. G) .... in Trust ....
as Rowland Duer and his Son shall appoint .... and they
appoint John Burke and Bertie Entwisle, both of Antigua,
Esquires, to be their Attorneys ....
" November y*^ 15"", 1679, Stephen Dewer in the Barq
' Resolution ' for Antegoa, Tho. Gilbert, Comander. Time
out." (Ticket from Barbados, Hotten's ' Lists.')
W Stephen Dure granted 70 acres 14 Oct., by Col. V.
Russell surveyed 19 Oct. 1680.
Stephen Duer, 70 acres at Old North Sound granted 22
May 1682 by Sir W. Stapleton.
1711, Mar. 27. Capt. John Duer of Parham Towa
petitions for a grant of land bounded E. with his own,
W. with M"- W"' Glanvile, S. with M>- Leonard Allen and
M"' John Eliott, N. with the sea. Col. Thbs. Morris claimed
it, and the petition was not agreed to. (Minutes of
Assembly.)
1714, .July 16. .John Duer paid for two negros.
1732, Aug. 10. John Duer, Esq., took the oaths and
his seat at the Council Board.
1738, Oct. 21. Sir W™ Mathew writes that "John
Duer, Esq'', member of the council for Antigua, sometime
since by a letter desired to be Excus'd on ace' of his bad
health from attending any more at the Council Board."
.... He resigned 18 April 1739. (B. T. Leeward Islands,
vol. 26 and vol. 55, fo. 158.)
Leyden University, " Duer, Johannes, Devoniensis, 5
Mart. 1764."
1777, Nov. 1. Gov. W"^ M. Burt writes that he has
called up John Duer to the Council Board of Antigua. His
Mandamus was dated 25 June 1778.
1781, Aug. 3. Edw. Duer, esq., to Miss Drinkwater.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 393.)
1782, Aug. 22. John Duer, Esq., resigns his seat at
the Council Board on account of his bad health.
1787, lately July. At Farnham, in an advanced age,
M'* Duer, widow of the late John -Duer, esq., possessed of
considerable estates in Antigua. ('Gentleman's Magazine,*
p. 639.)
1791, June 8. At Bath, Rev. Rowland Duer, chaplain
to the Bishop of Lincoln, and brother-in-law to Geo. Rose,
esq., of the Treasury. {Ibid., p. 588.)
1808, Admiralty Office, July 16. Letter from Capt. J.
Duer of H.M.S. " Aurora " to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated—
" Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, June 2.
" Sir, I beg leave to represent to yon, for the information
of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on my
passage to the West Indies in H.M.S. ' Aurora,' under my
command, with a convoy, on the 29"^ ult., I fell in with
and captured, after a chace of four hours, the French
schooner privateer ' Le Vengeance,' pierced for 14 guns,
but mounting eight 9-pounders and one long 12-pounder on
a pivot, with 86 men ; four of the 9-pounders she threw
overboard in the chace. She had been out 26 days from
Point a Pitre, Quadaloupe, but had made no capture. It
appears she was his Majesty's late schooner ' The Tobago.'
J. Duer." (Ibid., p. 733.)
1811, May 12. At Southampton, after a painful illness
of more than two years, M''^ Henrietta Duer, second daugliter
of the late John Duer, esq., of Antigua, and sister-in-law of
the Right Hon. George Rose. (Ibid., p. 601.)
1814, Nov. 17. In Wellington-square, John Duer, esq.,
R.N. (Ibid., p. 606.)
John Duer, R.N., or his estate rated for S' Peter's
parish 1814 to 1824 ; also Rowland Duer, deceased, and
John Duer, deceased, 1796-1815.
On April 1, 1816, there was a debate about the salary of
M'^ Rose, the treasurer of the navy, which was £4000 a year.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 547, part, i.)
1818. "Jan. 13, Died, at his seat, CuflTnells, near
Lyndhurst, in his 74"' year, without a struggle .... the
Right Hon. George Rose, M.P. for Christchurch." ....
He is stated to have commenced life as purser of a man-of-
war. " On Friday, Jan. 23, his remains were interred in
the family mausoleum under the Countess of Salisbury's
Chapel, at Christchurch." A portrait and notice of him
appeared in the Picture Gallery of contemporaneous
Portraits, and an extract of this is given on p. 246, part i.,
1812, ' Gentleman's Magazine.' He was son of Rev. David
Rose of Lethnet, by Marg', dau. of Donald Rose of Wester-
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
chine. An extract of his will is given on p. 93. The
personalty was sworn under £36,000. ('Gentleman's
Magazine,' p. 82.)
1818, Carlton-house, April G. Right Hon. George
Henry Rose sworn in a Member of the Privy Council.
1822, July 17. At Berlin, Anne, daughter of Eight
Hon. Sir G. H. Rose.
1831, "Scotland, June 20. At Montrose, aged 90,
M" Margaret Rose, sister of late Right Hon. Sir G. Rose,
Treasurer of the Navy." (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 94.)
1835, Sep. 12. At Bordeaux, Charles Philip Rose, esq.,
Eeading Clerk and Clerk of the Private Committees in the
House of Lords, second son of the R' Hon. Sir G. H. Rose.
(Ibid., p. 667.)
1844, Jan. 19. At Chichester, aged 74, EHzabeth, dan.
of the late Rev. Rowland Duer. [Ibid., p. 332.)
1846, Jan. 15. At Mudiford, Somerset, aged 74, Mrs.
Trances Rose, dau. of the late Right Hon. Geo. Rose, and
sister to the present Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose. {Ibid.,
p. 333.)
M' WiUiam A. Duer of 115 Broadway, New York City,
wrote me on 30 Dec. 1891 : — " My great grandfather, William
Duer, who came here just before the 'Revolution,' was the
son of John Duer, who lived for some years at Antigua, and
there married Frances Frye." M' Duer not having sent the
promised papers no details of his pedigree can be given.
Mr. C. H. Athill, Richmond Herald, kindly informs
me: — "There is no Funeral Certificate of Major John
Duer, nor do I find any Grant of Arms to the family. The
name, however, sounds Scotch. His burial is recorded at
St. Andrew's, Holborn. ' 171C, Sept. 12, Major John
Duer, East Street.' "
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1739 April 26 John Duer, Esq"', to M" Frances Frye.
Parish Register of St. John.
3Iarried.
1781 Sep. 8 John Duer to Mary Hodges. L.
Baptized.
1782 Oct. 22 John the S. of John Duer and Mary his
wife.
Parish Register of St. George's, Hanover Square.
Married.
1769 July 7 George Rose, Esq., of this parish, B., &
Theodora Duer, of Fulham, co. Midd.,
S.L.B.L.
All Saints, Fulham, Middlesex.
On a vault lying in the churchyard east of the chancel
enclosed by an iron railing.
On the slab : —
Here lieth the Body of
JOHN DUER Esq., who died
1 DeC^ 1764. Aged 67.
At the south side : —
MARY DUER
Died December 21" 1757 Aged 16 Years.
JOHN FRYE
Died February 6"^ 1760, Aged 16 Years.
MARY FRYE,
Died June ll"", 1709, Aged 81 Years.
Also Mrs ELIZ^" FRYE Widow of
JOHN FRYE Esq' of Antigua died August
the 6 1768 Ared 58 Years.
At the north side : —
W^ FRANCES DUER
Relict of the Above lOHN DUER Esq-^;
Died July y^ S-i 1787 Aged 74.
Christ Church Priory Church, co. Hants.
On a tablet on the west end of the Salisbury Chapel : —
IN the
vault beneath are deposited
the mortal remains of
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE ROSE
one of the committee of his majestys council
for affairs of trade and foreign plantations
treasurer of the navy
and in six successive parliaments
one of the representatives of the borough
who on the 13™ of jan^ 1818
in the 74™ YEAR OF HIS AGE
in the FAITH OF CHRIST
AND IN CHARITY WITH ALL MANKIND
CONCLUDED A LIFE THE WHOLE OF WHICH
WAS THE CONTINUED AND STRENUOUS EFFORT
OF AN ARDENT AND POWERFUL MIND
TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE STATE
AND THE HAPPINESS OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES.
Below the above : —
IN MEMORY OF THEODORA WIDOW OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE ROSE.
HER MORTAL REMAINS REST WITH THOSE OF HER HUSBAND,
SHE DIED ON THE d"^^ OF NOVEMBER 1834,
THE 91^^ YEAR OF HER AGE.
ALSO OF HER SISTERS
WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS REST IN THE SAME VAULT,
HENRIETTA DUER, died may 11'^" 1811 aged 65.
ELIZABETH GRACE DUER,
died sept'' lb™ 1835 aged 78.
FRANCES DUER died sept" 20™ 1835 aged 84.
Christ Church Churchyard.
On the north side is a large stone altar-tomb with M.I.
to the Memory of : —
1— R' Hon. Sir Geo. Henry Rose, b. 3 May 1770,
d. 17 June 1855.
2 — Ellen Rose his dau. by his wife Frances, b. 3 Nov.
1803, d. 2 May 1848.
3 — Emily his y=' dau. by his wife Frances, b. 27 June
1805, d. 25 Oct. 1850.
4 — Frances his widow d. of Tho. Duncombe Esq. of
Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, b. 24 Mar. 1775, d. 12 Oct. 1861.
5— Geo. Pitt Rose Esq. his P' son, b. 9 Feb. 1797, d.
19 Sep. 1851.
6— Fred. Edw-i Rose Esq. his y=' son, b. 21 Mar. 1814,
d. at Lower Gore 16 Mar. 1858 (or 1838).
On a granite tomb : —
Sir W" Rose K.C.B., b. 1808, d. 1885.
On a granite tomb : —
Field-Marshal Hugh Henry Rose Lord Strathnairn, b.
1801, d. 1885.
North wall, on a slate slab : —
WITH the remains OF HER PARENTS,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE ROSE
AND THEODORA ROSE his wife,
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF THEIR OWN DAUGHTER,
FRANCES THEODORA ROSE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON 15'^" JANUARY 1846,
IN THE 75™ YEAR OF HER AGE.
(2 lines follow.)
DUER FAMILY.
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Brass, north wall : —
STo tljr iMrmarj) af
4tl) ^01) Df ^ir (ScDigr mils Itadn ^a^e
aaoni 1808 jQirS 1885.
(4 lines follow.) • ■ ■
North wall : —
TO THE MEMORY OF
HAEIET BRIDGET EMILY
THIRD DAUGHTER OF
GEORGE SHOLTO DOUGLAS EARL OF MORTON
AND FRANCES THEODORA his wife
BORN AT EDINBURGH MAY G'^" 1828
DIED AT SANDHILLS MARCH 25''" 1832.
HER MORTAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED
NEAR THIS TABLET IN THE VAULT OP
THE RIGHT HON'"-'= GEORGE ROSE.
(3 lines follow.)
" Duers " in St. Peter's Parish contained 839 acres in 1852,
and was owned by the assignees of Manning and Anderdon.
" Little Duers" in the same parish contained 140 acres,
and was owned by Wm. Lee.
jfamilj) of Buni3ai\
James Dunbar, sometime in Jamaica, Doctor of Medi-
cine, presently in Forres. Will dated 18 May 1743 ; proved
2 Aug. 1743 by Archibald Dunbar the brother. (260 Boy-
cott.) To my 1^' brother german Archibald Dunbar of
Dykeside all my real & personal estate in Jamaica & Ex'or,
he to pay £50 to VYalter Dunbar in South Carolina my 2^
brother german & £40 to Geo. Dunbar in York Town in
Virginia my 3'' brother german. Wit. by James Dunbarr,
whigmaker, of Forres.
William Dunbar of London, Merchant. Will dated 22
Dec. 1747 ; proved 4 Dec. 1749 by Walter Sydserfe, Tho.
Godfrey, Jos. Godfrey, and Rob. Ferguson, Esqrs., and on
18 Dec. by Eliz. Dunbar, the widow, and Geo. Thomas, Esq.
(368 Lisle.) To my wife Eliz. all furniture, plate, linen,
jew'ells, coach & horses, & £550 per annum for life, then ^
to my son Geo., & ^ between my daus. Eliz. & Charlotte
Dunbar. To my said 2 daus. £8000 each at 21. Any future
child to have £4000. To my nephew W"" M'^Kie £200.
To Marg' Douglas, dan. of my half sister Agnes Nisbet £10
a year, & £200 among her children. To my nephews Geo.
Thomas & W" Dunbar £30 each. All residue to my son
George. My wife, my brother-in-law Geo. Thomas, Walter
Sydserfe, Thos. Godfrey, Jos. Godfrey, & Rob' Ferguson,
Esq", Ex'ors, & £30 each. Witnessed by Jasper Maudit
in Culham Street, Robert Scott in Crutched Fryars, John
Gay in Lombard Street.
Codicil dated 26 Feb. 1748. My wife to have £50 a
year more, & my 2 daus. Eliz. & Charlotte Dunbar £2000
apiece in addition. Recorded also at S' John's.
Nevis. Hon. James Symonds, Esq., late President of
Nevis. Will dated 21 July 1758 ; proved at London
7 Sept. 1762 by the Hon. Ralph Payne, Esq., one of the
surviving executors, and administration 27 jMarch 1792 to
Judith Butler Dunbar, widow, the dau. of Ralph Willett,
Esq., the executor of Ralph Payne, Esq., deceased, re-
nouncing. (398 St. Eloy.) To my nephew John Symonds
£500. My servant Eliz. Liburd £300 c. Release M"
Judith Butler, widow, now in England, & sister to my late
wife, of all debts. To Eliz. Richardson & Henrietta
Richardson, daus. of John Richardson, Esq., by my niece
Eliz. his wife, 10,000 lbs. of sugar apiece. To my dau.
Judith Butler Dunbar all my plate & furniture. To my
ft-iends Rob' Pembertou, Sam' Clarke Peraberton, & Ralph
Payne, Esq^", all my plantations and slaves on Trust to pay
the rents to my dau. the wife of Stapleton Dunbar & intail
male, remainder to my nephew John Symonds. After my
dau.'s death all my personal est. equally to all her children.
Wit. by Henry Sharpe, Al. Kenziack, Lachlan Eraser, Geo.
Burnet. Before Hon. Joseph Herbert, President of Nevis,
was sworn Geo. Burnett of Nevis 23 Aug. 1758. Recorded
31 Aug. 1758.
Stapleton Dunbar, late of Nevis, now of Great Britain,
Esq. Will dated 6 April 1759 ; proved 21 March 1760 by
Judith Butler Dunbar the widow. (97 Lynch.) The
Mountain Plantation formerly the inheritance of my wife's
mother was settled by deed da. 11 & 12 March 1759
recorded in G' Britain, as also my own proper plantation in
the Lower Grounds near Indian Castle or Dumbersdale, &
my house in Charles Town, Nevis, all which I confirm, but
annul the £50 a year therein made payable to Stapleton
Dunbar, grandson of Rob' Bowles of Titchfield Str., as also
the contingent inheritance of my estate. My father Clias.
Dunbar hath settled on me £2000, payable 2 years after his
death, in lieu of a marriage provision, also £1000, & he may
further provide for me by his will. I have a very consider-
able personal estate thro' my wife & also my own. It shall
go to pay debts & of the surplus £100 to Master W™
Sanders at M' Jephson's school at Camberwell at 21. To
M''^ Ann Davis resident in my family £100 c. To my
brother John & his wife, my brother W™ & his wife, my
brother Joseph, my sister Jane & her husb'^, my brother
John L. dart (sic), & to my friend M'' Francis Eyre of
Cecil Street, London, £100 c. among them. If I sell the
Mountain Plantation then £1000 c. to Master Roger Cole,
son of Thomas Cole of Nevis, Gent., at 21. To Stapleton
Dunbar £1000 c. at 21 & £15 yearly till then, to be
apprenticed a clerk. Forgive debt of 5 gs. to M''' Fenton
wife of Rev. Butler Fenton & also £220 I lent him. My
wife's relations having behaved very scandalously towards
me I give all residue of my personal estate to my wife
Judith Butler Dunbar, & in default of her appointment to
go towards improving my estate after her death. My wife
Ex'trix, but if she die my brother John Dunbar & M'
Francis Eyre, Ex'ors. As touching my real estate late of
Jas. Symonds, Esq., President of Nevis, I confirm the said
deeds. Witnessed by Mord. Greene, French Ordinary Court,
Tho» Brice, Walter Stone Welsteed.
James Dunbar of St. John's Town, Gent. Will dated
7 Oct. 1768. All my estate to my wife Eliz"', she sole
Ex'trix. Witnessed by Geo. Colley, Jn° Donaldson. Before
Hon. Tho. Jarvis, Esq., President of H.M. Council, was
sworn John Donaldson of Antigua, Gent., 15 Dec. 1774.
Recorded 20 Jan. 1775.
Thomas Milliken Mills, Esq., of Bishopshul, co. Somerset,
by his will dated 15 Jan. 1774 bequeathed all his lands at
Taunton Deane & his negros in Nevis to M" Judith Butler
Dunbar, widow, of Bishopshul.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^etitsree id! Buniiar*
DUNBAR=p.
Col. William Duubar^pElizabeth, dau. of Col.
of Antigua and Lon-
don, Merchant. Will
dated 22 Dec. 1747 ;
proved 4 Dec. 1749.
(368 Lisle.)
George Thomas ; mar.
at St. John's 7 May
1716 ; named 1773 in
the will of her brother
Sir George Thomas,
Bart.
Alice, dau. of . . . .=
Glauville ; mar.
between 1704 and
1714 ; bur. 25
April 1722. 1st
wife.
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^Charles Dunbar of Antigua, Mer-=
chant ; Member of Council for all
the Leeward Isles ; Judge in Court
of Chancery ; Surveyor-Gen. of Cus-
toms ; set. 6.5 in 1750, when he was
deprived of all his offices ; living
1759.
^Elizabeth, mar.
before 1725 ;
styled cousin in
the will of Capt.
Edward Warner
of 1732. 2nd
wife.
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George Samuel Dunbar, =
only son and heir 1747,
of London 1750, bapt.
at St. John's 13 Nov.
1722. Will dated 29
April 1789 ; proved 18
Nov. 1790.
^Susannah,
dau. of
Mrs. Mary
Byles.
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William Dunbar, bapt.
7 Oct. 1727, and bur.
4 Dec. 1745.
Byam Dunbar, bur. 23
Nov. 1746.
Elizabeth Dunbar,
living 1748.
Charlotte Dunbar,
living 1748 ; (?)
mar Mit-
chell.
William Dunbar oi^Barbara, dau. of
Machermore, co.
Kircudbright, bapt.
at St. John's 22
July 1717 ; living
1769.
Ashton Warner,
born 9 May
1720 ; mar. 30
Nov. 1738 ;
living 1803.
William
Dunbar.
Elizabeth
Dunbai".
Horatio Dunbar, bapt. 8 and bur.
18 Nov. 1740.
Charles Warner Dunbar of Macher-
more, 1st surviving son and heir,
bapt. at St. Johu's"31 July 1743 ;
died s.p. May 1794, and his estates
passed to his nephew Robert
Nugent.
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William Dunbar, bapt.
29 Nov. and bur. 4
Dec. 1745 at St. John's.
Ashton "Warner Dun-
bar, bapt. 27 Jan. and
bur. 5 Feb. 1753 at St.
John's.
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Elizabeth Dunbar,=p01iver Nugent
bapt. at St. John's
5 Dec. 1741 ; mar.
there 23 Jan.
1759. 1st wife.
of Antigua,
son of Walter
Nugent, bapt.
at St. John's
22 May 1737 ;
living 1799.
Alice Glan-
ville Dun-
bar, bapt.
23 Nov.
1748; bur.
7 Jan. 1749
at St.
John's.
Eobert Skerrett Nugent-Dunbar, succeeded to-
Machermore on the death of his uncle Charles
W. Dunbar in 1794 ; born at Nugeuts or Clare
Hall, Antigua, Feb. 1769 ; bapt. at St. John's
2 March following ; Capt. of 2oth Foot in 1798 ;
later a Major ; died 20 March 1846, set. 77, at
"Wyke Regis, Dorset.
-. . . . dau.
of Sir John
Lister,
Bart., of
Middleton
Hall.York-
shire.
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Walter Nugent, bapt.
at St. John's 14
July 1764.
Oliver Nugent, bapt.
at St. John's 30
Aug. 1765.
Mary Nugent, Barbara Nugent ; in
bapt. at St. 1799 about to mar.
John's 1 1 Oct Broome, an
1772 ; died
spinster.
American.
Antonetta Skerrit
Nugent, bapt. at St.
John's 22 Mar. 1767.
Roliert Nugent-Dunbar of=f=Annette Ellen, 1st
Machermore, Esq., 1st son
and heir, born at Alphing-
ton Lodge, Exeter, 31 May
1798 ; died 25 July 1866.
dau. of Rev. An-
thony Singleton
iVtcheson, Rector of
Teigh, CO. Rutland ;
mar. 9 July 1856.
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William Nugent-Dunbar,
mar. and left a dau. ; he
died at Rome.
John Nugent-Dunbar,
died bachelor.
Waiter Nugent-Dunbar.
Arthur Nugent-Dunbar.
Antonetta Nugrent-Dunbar.
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Catherine and
five other
children, died
young.
All three died single.
Patrick Nugent-Dun-
bar, born 14 April
1857 ; died 9 July
1862.
Robert Lennox Nugent-Dun- Ellen Cathe-
barof Machermore, Esq., Capt. rine Nugent-
Royal Scots Fusiliers, born Dunbar.
23 Sept. 1863.
Annette Roberta
Nugent-Dunbar.
Charlotte Mary Emily Nugent-
Dunbar, mar. 3 April 1891, at
St. Stephen's, S. Kensington,
James Cleland Burns, son of
Sir John Burns, Bart.
Sarah Dunbar wife of John Dunbar. Will dated 5 Aug.
1780. All my estate to my brother Ashton Warner, he to
be sole Es'or. Witnessed by H. Hawes, Mary Bodkin.
Before Edw^ Byam, Esq., was sworn Mary Bodkin, Spinster,
2 March 1787. Recorded 1 May 1787.
George Dunbar of Southampton Row, St. George's,
Bloomsbury, Esq. Will dated 29 April 1789 ; proved
P.C.C. 18 Nov. 1790 by Richard Heatley ; power reserved
to Robert Graham, Esq. To my goddau. Miss Jane Lowe,
dau. of Tylie Lowe late of Birchin Lane, London, Notary
Public, £100. To Rich'' Heatley, JunS son of M-- Rich"
Heatley of Hull Court, Mincing Lane, wine merch*, £50.
Rob' Graham of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., barrister, & the said
Rich<i Heatley, Ex'ors, & £50 each & £10 rings. To my wife
Susannah all the contents of my house. AU residue to my
trustees on trust to pay £40 a year to Mary Byles, widow,
my wife's mother & £350 to my wife, & of the residue ^ for
the maintenance of my son W™ till 21, & i for my dau.
Eliz. till 21, then the principal sum to be paid them. If
they die under age & without issue all residue to my wife,
then to my 2 nieces Charlotte Mitchell & Louisa Mitchell,
spinsters, then to the children of my cousin Margaret Free-
man by her late husband Arthur Freeman, Esq., & to aU
the children of my cousin Susannah Roe by her hush'' W"
Roe, Esq. Witnessed by Ja. Chalmer, Buckingham Street,
Will. Moncur, Broad Street, Golden Square. On 21 April
1808 was sworn W™ Moncur of Abingdon Street. Recorded
at S' John's.
DUNBAR FAMILY.
225
Stapleton Dunbar=pJuclith Butler, John Danbar,=
of Nevis, bapt. at
St. John's 9 Aug.
1719 ; of Gray's
Inn 18 Oct. 1738.
Will dated 6 April
1759 ; proved 21
March 1760. (97
Lynch.)
dan. and heir bapt. at St.
of James Sim- John's 4 Sept.
monda, Presi- 1721 ; living
dent of Nevis; 1759.
sole heir 1774
to T.M.Mills;
living a widr.
1792.
s.p.
living
1759.
Jane Dunbar,
mar. 8 Apiil
1756, at St.
John's, An-
drew Lessley,
Jnn., Esq. ;
both living
1763.
Joseph Dunbar, bapt.
11 June 1738 ; living
1759.
Charles Dunbar, bur.
15 Dec. 1731.
Cassandra Dunbar,
bapt. 10 Sep. 1727;
bur. 9 Dec. 1731.
Alice Dunbar, bapt.
8 Oct. 1730.
Elizabeth Dunbar, widow. Will dated 5 April 1790.
To M" Eliz. Saunders my furniture & negroes. To her son
M'' Henry Saunders of S' Vincent what is owing to me from
M' John Day of Charles Town, S. Carolina. To Betsey
Walch my clothing. To Rob' !•' son of M'' Walter Colqu-
houn £5. To Allister his brother £10. To Sarah his
sister £50. All residue to M'^ Walter Colquhoun, Chas.
Kerr, John Killian, & Hugh Mackay as Ex'ors in trust for
W™ Millar Colqnhoun at 21. Witnessed by Sai-ah Gardner,
Edw"^ Home. Before His Excellcy. Wm. Woodley was sworn
John Johnston, Esq., 28 Sep. 1792. Recorded 1 Oct. 1792.
1765, April 2. Adm'on of Ann Dunbar late of Antigua,
widow, deceased, granted to Richard Oliver, Attorney
of Jane Athill (wife of John Athill), the dau. and only
child, she now residing in Antigua.
Jane Dunbar married Dr. John Athill 8 Oct. 1747, and
died Nov. 1817, £et. 86.
1704, March 28. Grant to Lieut. David Dunbar of the
plantation of Monsieur Olive, in the French part of St.
X'pher's, for his services in the reduction of that Island.
A large seal of Gov. Codrington is attached to this patent.
(America and West Indies, vol. 52.)
1712-13, March 24. Mr. Charles Dunbar, Deputy-
Treasurer of Antigua.
1716, Aug. 1 . Mr. William Dunbar, late Dep.-Treasurer.
1725. Charles Dunbar, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife
lease land to Thomas Stephens.
1725, Sep. 4. Stapleton Dunbar, described in a deed
as second son of Charles Dunbar of Antigua, Esq.
1736, Oct. 8. Mr. Dunbar to supply the 2 vacancies in
the Councils of Montserrat and Nevis. (B. T. Leeward
Islands, vol. 55.)
1737, July. Dr. John Dunbar lived at Blubber Valley
Plantation. (Minutes of Council.)
1738, Oct. 18. Stapleton Dunbar, second son of Charles
Dunbar, of the Isle of Antigua, Esq., Inspector-general of
the Leeward Islands (specially admitted to Middle Temple,
Nov. 26, 1735, by certificate of Charles Worsley, Vice-
treasurer). (' Gray's Inn Register.')
1738, Feb. 2. Chas. Dunbar, Councellor in all ye Islands,
resides chiefly at Antigua. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 26.)
Circa 1740. William Dunbar of London, Merchant,
brother of Charles Dunbar, a Member of Council and Judge of
the Court of Chancery of Antigua, petitions their lordships
on bis said brother's behalf, against his threatened removal.
1742, May 28. Charles Dunbar, Esq., Surveyor-General
of the Customs of Antigua and Member of Council, had been
accused of unlawfully receiving £400 a year by illegal fees.
1743, Nov. 8. He was still a Member of Council for
Antigua, Montserrat, and St. X'pher's. (B. T. Leeward
Islands, vol. 27.)
1749, Dec. 3. Wm. Dunbar, Esq., Antigua, merchant.
(' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1750, April 12. Hon. Charles Dunbar, Esq., Senior
Member of Council, is on account of his age (66th year)
and deafness, etc., incapacitated from acting, so on 3rd
May the Governor deposed him. It was stated, among
other charges, that he was sentenced by a court-martial to be
severely reprimanded for cowardice, and it was further proved
that he exacted illegal fees as Surveyor-General of the Cus-
toms, of which office he had since been deprived. He was
also oppressive and litigious, and cordially hated by everyone.
1750, Sep. 6. Capt. Agnew, eldest son of Sir Andrew
Agnew, to a daughter of late Wm. Dunbar, Esq. (' Gen-
tleman's Magazine.')
1752, Nov. 10. Petition of Dr. John Dunbar for a
year's rent of his house, used as the court house.
1753, Aug. 2. Petition of Ann Dunbar, widow, for a
proportion of land at St. John's Town.
1753, Aug. 7. Charles Dunbar writes and resigns his
seat at the Council Board.
1755, Feb. 12. William Dunbar is returned as a Member
of Assembly for Popeshead.
1761, Nov. 19. James Symonds, Esq., of Margaret-
street, Cavendish-square. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 539.)
1 775, Sep. John Dunbar resigns his seat in the Assembly.
1794, May. At Newton-Douglas, in Galloway, Ch. Warner
Dunbar of Machermore. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 483.)
1798, May 31. At Alphington-lodge, near Exeter, the
wife of Capt. Robert Nugent Dunbar, of the 20th Foot, a
son and heir. {Ibid.)
1846, March 20. At Wyke Regis, Dorset, aged 77,
Robert Nugent Dunbar, esq., of Machermore, in the
stewartry of Kircudbright, Scotland, late Major in the
army. {Ibid., p. 554.)
1891, April 3. The marriage of Mr. James Cleland
Burns, son of Sir John Burns, Bart., of Castle Wemyss,
with Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert
Q Q
226
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Nugent Dunbar, of Machennore, Kirkcudbrightshire, was
solemnised yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large
congregation, in St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Arbuthnot,
vicar of Stratford-on-Avon, and the bride was given away
by her brother, Captain Nugent Dunbar. ('Morning Post.')
Leyden University.
1740, April 12. Dunbar, Johannes, Britanicus, ex
Insula Americana Antigoa.
1742, Aug. 31. Dunbar, Johannes, Anglus, ex Antignen
in America.
1717
1719
1720
1721
1722
1727
1727
1730
1738
1740
1741
1743
1745
1748
1753
July
Aug.
Sep.
Nov.
Sep.
Oct.
Oct.
June
Nov.
Dec.
July
Nov.
Nov.
Jan.
22
27
4
13
10
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
William 8. of Charles Dunbar & Alice
his wife.
Stapleton s. of Charles Dunbar and Alice
his wife.
Margaret D. of W™ Dunbar (or Denbow)
and Rebecca his wife.
John s. of Charles Dunbar & Alice his wife.
George Samuel s. of William Dunbar &
Eliz. his wife.
Cassandra the d. of Charles Dunbar and
Eliz*'' his wife.
William the s. of William Dunbar and
Eliz"' his wife.
Alice the d. of Charles Dunbar and Eliz*''
his wife.
Joseph y'= S. of Charles Dunbar & Eliza-
beth his wife.
Horatio the s. of William Dunbar &
Barbara his wife.
Elizabeth the d. of William Dunbar &
Barbary his wife.
Charles Warner the s. of William Dunbar
& Barbara his wife.
William the s. of William Dunbar and
Barbary his wife.
Alice Glanville the D. of William Dunbar
and Barbary his wife.
Ashton Warner the S. of William Dunbar
and Barbara his wife.
11
31
29
23
27
1760 Sep. 19
(C/rca 1704-14)
George the S. of James
Elizabeth his wife.
Dunbar and
1716
1730
1738
1746
1747
1756
1759
1759
1773
1722
1725
1728
1728-
1731
1731
1733
1734
1740
1741
1745
1746
1746
1747
1748
1753
1761
1762
1763
1768
1770
1771
1773
1792
7
13
20
1
May
Jan.
Nov.
May
Oct. 8
April 8
Jan. 23
July 15
July 28
April 25
Jan. 3
Nov. 14
■9 Mar. 17
Dec. 9
Dec. 15
April 17
Nov. 8
Nov. 18
Feb. 16
Dec. 4
June 8
Nov. 23
Jan. 15
Jan. 7
Feb. 5
Oct.
Oct.
July
Nov.
Aug.
Mar.
Jan.
Auk.
17
10
8
2
16
6
26
12
Married.
Charles Dunbarr and Alice Glanville. L.
William Dunbar and Eliz" Thomas. L.
Adam Dunbar and Ann Ainsworth. L.
William Dunbar & Barbara Warner. L.
John Hart and Grace Dunbar.
John Athel and Jane Dunbar.
Andrew Lessly, Jun', and Jane Dunbar.
Oliver Nugent and Elizabeth Dunbar. L.
James Dunbar to Eliz" Fletcher (Widow).
Doctor John Dunbar to Sarah Warner. L.
Buried.
M" Alice Dunbar.
Herbert Dunbar, Esq'.
Robert Dunbar.
M"^ Patrick Dunbar.
Cassandra D. of Charles Dunbar.
Charles s. of Charles Dunbar.
Archibald Dunbar.
M'' Adam Dunbar.
Horatio the s. of William Dunbar.
Doctor John Dunbar.
W"" Dunbar s. of William Dunbar, Esq'.
Catherine Dunbar.
Byam Dunbar s. of Col" William Dunbar.
A child of Doc' John Dunbars.
Alice Glanville Dunbar, a child.
Ashton Warner Dunbar, a child of William
Dunbars.
George Dunbar.
Josh. Dunbar.
Ann Dunbar.
James Dunbar. P.
Joseph Dunbar.
Elizabeth Dunbar.
Eleanor Dunbar.
Elizabeth Dunbar.
" Dunbars " is in St. John's Parish. In 1852 it con-
tained 165 acres, and was owned by W. Dunbar.
^ctiicjrec of Buncomije,
DUNCOMBE=
Hannah=
living
1680.
1st wife.
^Thomas Duncombe of An--
tigua, Esq. ; removed from
Surinam to Antigua circa
1677 ; Speaker 1683 ; Mem-
ber of Council 1693 ; set. 45
1697-8 ; hving in England
1703. Will dated 6 May
1713 ; pi-oved 14 Aug.
1719. (144 Browning.)
I
-Sarah ....
aunt of Ed-
ward Wal-
rond ; bur. at
St. John's 24
Oct. 1695.
2nd wife.
Anne Manestey,:
marriage licence
dated 29 Dec.
1668, then Eet.
17. 1st wife.
=Roger Duncombe,=
citizen and draper,
of London, set.
30 1671; living
1713; bur. in the
Temple Church.
/\
s.p.
s.p.
=Lydia Conley of
Tanfield ' Court
in the Temple ;
murdered 1732,
set. 80 ; bur.
in the Temple
Church. 2nd
wife. Will dated
4 April 1729;
proved 12 Feb.
1732. (37 Price.)
.... Duncombe. (? Jefifery
Duncombe of Antigua, Gent.,
get. 80 in 1708.)
=Abigail .... living
a widow 1729.
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Ann Dun-
combe,
mar
Kaly, and
had issue
Elizabeth
and Fran-
ces.
Lydia Duncombe, mar. 1st Rev. William Jones of Athlone ; mar.
2ndly Thomas Hacket, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, who was dead in
1713 ; she died 1730-1 v.m.
John Dner Duncombe of An-=pAnne . . . .
tigua, Merchant; named 1718 living 1750.
in the will of John Duer. Will
dated 27 Dec. 1750 ; proved 9
Jan. 1751. (8 Bushby.)
Anne Duncombe, mar.
27 April 1738, at St.
John's, Henry Busch ;
she was living 1750.
I
Grace
Duncombe.
Lydia Duncombe,=
living 1750 ;
(?) bur. 6 Jan.
1782 at St. John's.
=Edward .Jones
of Antigua,
Merchant.
/s
Jeflfery Jones.
BUNCOMBE FAMILY.
227
Thomas Diincombe of London, Esq., now in Dublin.
Will dated 6 May 1713 ; proved P.G.C. 14 Aug. 1719 by
Lydia Jones al's Hackett al's Dunconibe, now wife of Rev.
W. Jones, clerk. My brother Roger Duncumbe £5. My 2
nieces, Eliz. Kaly & Frances Kaly, £30 equally. A bond due
from M'' W™ Parrott, Merchant in London. My sister
their Mother Ann Kaly. All residue to my niece Lydia
Hackett al's Duncombe, late wife of Tho. Hackett, Esq.,
Councillor-at-Law, dec'', & to her dau. Lydia Hackett
al's Duncombe equally and Ex'trices. Witnessed by Richd.
Pue, Sam. Raymond, and Sam. Cotton.
Lydia Dunconibe, widow of Roger Duncombe, citizen
and draper, of London, deceased. Will dated 4 April 1729 ;
proved 12 Feb. 1732 by Frances Rymer, wife of William
Rymer. (37 Price.) To be bur. in the Temple Church
n' my late husb'^. The leg. of £120 left by the will of my
aunt Grace Doods, dec'', to my dau. Lydia, wife of William
Jones of Athlone, Ireland, cl'k, to be p''. To my granddau.
Lydia Hackett, Spr., dau. of the s'^ Lydia Jones, 20 guineas
& my trunk marked L. C. To my grands. John Duer Dun-
combe 5 guineas. To my grandchn. Anne Duncombe &
Grace Duncombe 50 guineas each. To my granddau. Lydia
Jones, wife of Capt. Ed. Jones, £50. My dau. -in-law Abigail
Duncombe, wid. To Capt. Ed. Jones 4 guineas, & to his
8. Jeffery 10 gs. The money for my s'' grandchn. to be laid
out in the purchase of negros. My granddau. Lydia Jones &
Frances wife of W™ Rymer of the Inner Temple, Gent.,
Ex'ors ; if either die, my late husband's niece, Prances
Kely, to be Ex'trix. Witnessed by Tho. Roouch, Hen.
Gauler.
1st Codicil. 10 Dec. 1729. My grandch'' Lydia Jones is
going on a voyage to the West Indies with her s^ hus'*
Capt. Edw. Jones, & I revoke her appointment as Ex'trix &
appoint Fra. Keely in her stead. Witnessed by Eliz.
Harrison, Tho. Rooch.
2nd Codicil. 27 Aug. 1730. All residue to my dau.
Lydia Jones, Wife of W™ Jones.
3rd Codicil. 28 Sep. 1731. My dau. Lydia Jones
lately dead, & all residue to my granddau. Lydia Hackett.
John Duer Duncombe of Antigua, merchant, now in
London. Will dated 27 Dec. 1750 ; proved 9 Jan. 1751 by
Slingsby Bethell ; power reserved to Anne Duucombe, the
relict, Ste. Blissard, and Harry Webb. (8 Bushby.) To
my wife Anne all jewels, plate, linen, china, and furniture.
I give to her and my fi'iends Slingsby Bethell of Loudon,
Esq. and Alderman, Steph. Blissard & Harry Webb of An-
tigua, Esqii^^ all my negros & lands there in trust for my
wife & children, remainder to her, then to my sister Lydia,
wife of Ed. Jones of Antigua, Merch', & Anne, wife of Hen.
Bush, equally. Trustees to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Arthur Payne, John Millar, John Edgar, Copthall Court,
London.
Thomas Duncom had a patent for 150 acres by warrant
of Feb. 1677 from Captain P. Lee ; surveyed 24 July 1680.
1679-80, Mar. 15. Colonel James Vaughan sells 500
acres in St. John's to Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Hannah
his wife.
Circa 1680. Thomas Duncombe removed with his 40
slaves from Surinam to Antigua.
Thomas Duncombe received on 8 Sep. ,1682 patents for
two proportions of land and 250 and 650 acres.
Thos. Duncombe signs as Speaker of Antigua 27 Feb.
1683. (48 Colonial Leeward Islands.)
Thos. Duncomb, Esq., was rated on 100 acres 15 Jan.
1693. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
General Codrington writes on 8 Feb. 1697-8: "Tho.
Duncomb of y' Gouncill of Antigoa being grown a great
Sott .... in his drunken fitts abuses gov'. I have sus-
pended him." (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 5.)
Deposition of Thos. Duncombe, Esq., Member of
Coimcill, set. 45, da. 11 Mar. 1697-8. (Ibid.)
Petn. of Thos. Duncomb, Esq., Member of H.M. Councill
at Antigua, that he was suspended by Geul. Codrington and
no reason assigned. Petr. is a J.P. and has a great estate,
and was appointed a Judge of the Common Laws Court by
Sir Nathl. Johnson. The Genl. was inraged with him
because he allowed £1500 bail to one Ham, the poor master
of a sloop. Received 8 May 1699. (B. T. Leeward Islands,
vol. 6.) In another letter, dated 1702, recorded in vol. 7,
he is stated to have sold his estate, not intending to return.
1703, Dec. 27. Mr. Thomas Duncombe, late a Member
of Council for Antigua, then in England, and won't return.
1704, July 17. Geffry Duncombe one of the two Deputy
Provost Marshals of Antigua.
1708. Geoffry Duncombe of Antigua, Gent., then set.
30. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 11.)
1712, July. The Assembly usually dined at the house
of Mr. JefFry Duncomb. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1724-5, Mar. 10. Petition of Jeffry Duncomb of Par-
ham Town for remission of taxes.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1695 Oct. 24 Sarah wife of Thos. Duncombe, Esq^
Married.
1738 April 27 Henry Busch & Ann Duncombe. Lie.
1668, Dec. 29. Roger Duncombe, of S' Giles, Cripple-
gate, Citizen & Draper, Bachf, ab' 28, & M" Anne Manestey,
of Hampstead, Midx., Sp^ ab* 17 ; her mother's consent ; at
Hampstead aforesaid. (Marriage Licences, Vicar-General.
Harleian Society's Publications, p. 173.)
1671, July 10. Roger Duncombe, of S* Laurence Jewry,
Widower, 30, & Lydia Copley, of S' Andrew's, Holborn,
Spinster, 21 ; consent of M'' William Nay lor, her father-in-
law ; at S' Clement Danes. (Marriage Licences, Bishop of
London.)
228
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^eUicjrtt oi Buim.
Arms. — . . . . A sword in pale between two padlocks . .
Peregrine Henzell* of Newcastle, Glass Maker=p. . .
r
Jane Muchmore, bora at Cock-=pJOHN' DUN, sen., born in Hall^.Judith, bapt. at All Saints', New- Henzelt
T -. ,irtn _i_LiL ^ !■ T> , ^ ril.,^™^,.. T i?r"7 . «.^f.*-l^ C TV/Toi.fiVi Ifift.i . mQ** of
ram, CO. Lane, lfi79 ; mar. at St
John's 20 December 1708 ; died
1 June 1718, ffit. 38.
Captain John Dun, jun.,
erected monument to Peter
Thiboa 1760.
of Provence, near Glasgow, 1677;
died 16 February 1727-8, set. 50.
M.I. at St. John's.
castle, 6 March 1684 ; mar. at
St. John's 14 May 1719 ; died
20 December 1759, aet. 75.
Judith Henzell, born at the Glass Houses, Newcastle ; mar. at
St. John's, 3 February 1739, Peter Thibou ; died 10 May 1760,
set. 40. Will dated 22 April 1760.
• For an account of the Henzeys of Newcastle see Collections for a Genealogy of the noble families of Heuzey, Tyttery, and Tyzack, by
H. S. Grazebrook, 1877.
1680, Sep. 1. Edward Dun granted 50 acres.
1725, Feb. 26. Jno. Dunn, Senr., being so gouty is
released from sei-ving any more in the Carabiniers.
(Minutes of Council and Assembly.)
1727, May 30. Jno. Dunn, Junr., petitions that he is
so poor that he cannot provide his accoutrements, etc., as a
member of the Carabiniers without great loss to his family.
He is accordingly discharged. {Ibid.)
1735. Mr. John Dunn, Jun., named in the will of
John Partis.
1752. Captain John Dunn an ex'or to will of Kobert
Lovie.
Parish Register of St. John.
Buried.
1715 Oct. 28 Kath= Dunn.
1718 July 2 John Dunn.
1725-6 Mar. 26 Jane Dunn.
1727 Feb. 10 M"^ John Dunn.
Married.
1705 Nov. 11
1705-6 Jan. 24
1708
X'ber26
1718
Dec. 24
1719
May 14
1719
Sep. 20
1728
June 1
Dunne & Jane Bromfeild, by
Hartford & Elizabeth Dunn,
Thomas
banns.
Michaell
byL.
John Dunn & Jane Muchmore.
John Dunn & Judith Comfoon. L.
John Dunn & Judith Hensill, by L.
Jasper Butler and Alice Dunn, by L
John Dunn and Judith Dunn, by L,
1789 Aug. 7
1790 July 30
Baptized.
James S. of James Dunn and Margarett
his wife. B. the 8"> June 1789.
George S. of James Dunn and Margarett
his wife, b. the 21^^' January 1790.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over a brick tomb : —
On a shield surmounted by a helmet without crest :
Arms. — A sword in pale between tiro padlocks; impaling, Three
acorns, on a chief a label.
Vnder here lieth y^ Body of Jane Dun
The Wife of John Dun who was Born
in Cockram in Laucafhire in the Year of
our Lord 16/9 and Departed this Life
the First Day of June Anno Dom'"' I7I8
in the Thirty nine"" Year of her Age
Here Alfo lieth the Body
of John Dun who was Born in the
hall of Prouenc in Scotland
near Glafcow in the Year of Our Lord
16/^ and Departed this Life the
Sixteen"" of February Ann Dom'°' 172-|-
in the Fifty firft Year of his Age
Here also Lieth the Body of
JUDITH DUNN
who was born att the Glafshoufes
near Newcastle ypon Tine
who departed this Life
The 20 of Dec I759
Aged 75 Years.
DUNNING FAMILY.
229
^^ttitcjrtt of ©unninjj.
. . DONNING=r- ■ •
Thomas Donning of Bristol ,=pMary .... mar. 2ndly circa 1669 Isaac Wharfe. William Donning of Bristol, Merchant;
Merchant ; 1669 granted
500 acres; died 1670-4.
His will dated 2 Dec. 1706;
Her will dated 1725; swori
sworn 11 April 1719. executor 1674 of his brother Thomas ;
rn 1 Dec. 1726. appointed a Common Councilman 1676.
Robert Dunning of Antigua,=pAnna William Dunning of Antigua, Planter=pCatherine, dau. of Colonel Henry Lyons ;
Planter. Will dated 2() April
1716 ; sworn 9 July 1718.
1694; living 1716 ; owned :U7 acres
at Bermudian Valley ; dead 1724.
mar. 2ndly, in or before 1724, Major
George Weatherill ; living 1750.
Eobert Dun-
ning, a minor
1716 ;lieirin
1725 to his
grandmother
Mrs. Mary
Wharfe ;
living 1734.
I
William^
Dunning.
(?) Will
dated 6
Feb.
1734-5.
Robert Elizabeth
Dunning. Dunning.
ilary Margaret
Dunning. Dunning.
Eliza-
1 1 1
Thomas Dunning,
1
William^j
_
beth
under 18 in 1725.
Dunning ;
. . . .
—
sold Den-
Mary Dunning,
nmgs
living 1706.
1743-50;
bur. 29
Catherine Dun-
April
ning, living 1706.
1756 atSt.
John's.
Mary Ann, 1st
dau. and coheir
of Nathaniel
French ; mar.
20 Feb. 1741 at
St. John's ; mar.
2ndly, 25 July
1757, Josiah
Weston.
Henry=
Dunning,
a minor
1724.
=Margaret
William French
Denning, bur.
10 Mar. 1750-1
at St. John's.
Robert Dunning,
bapt. 20 May
1744; bur. 12
Aug. 1745 at St.
John's.
I
Henry Dun-
ning, bapt.
19 April
1748 at St.
John's.
I
Catherine Boyle Dun-
ning, bapt. 17 Not.
1745; mar. 20 Sep.
1768, at St. John's,
Robert Weir Osborn.
Mary
Dunning.
Elizabeth
Dunning.
I
Henrietta Dun-
ning born 8,
and bapt. 22
July 1750 at St.
Georjre's.
Isaac Wharfe of St. Mary's Parish, Antigua, planter.
Will dated 2 Dec. 1706. To my wife's grandchild Mary
Duning £100 c. To my wife's graudchild Cath. Duuing
£50. To my wife's nephew Rob' Walker £50 c. All resi-
due to my wife Mary, she to be Ex'trix. Witnessed by
Ambrose Yorke, Robt. Tremills, J. Bezune. Before Walter
Hamilton was sworn John Tremills ; Robert Tremills and
Ambrose Yorke being dead. Perrie York was also sworn
11 April 1719.
Robert Duning, planter. Will dated 20 April 1716.
To my wife Ann a negro and her thirds. To my sons
Rob' & W" Duning my plantation in S' John's parish
equally at 21. To my son Tho. my plantation in the Body
DiV. To my da. Mary £100 c. To my da. Cath. £100 c.
All residue to all my sons equally. My wife to manage
my estate during minority of my sous. Valentine Morris,
Esq., Barry Tankard, Esq., John Fry, Esq., my wife, &
nephew W" Dunning, Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Brott,
John Booth, Cha. Daly. Before Walter Hamilton, Esq.,
were sworn John Brott and John Booth and Cha. Daly 9
July 1718.
Mary Wharfe. Will dated 1725. To my granddau.
Cath. Franklyn negros, then to her dau. Frances Franklyn,
if latter die under 21, then to John Calahan. To my
granddau. Ann Duning negros, all plate, except 2 tan-
kards and 2 porringers, & £300 c. at 15 & £30 c. yearly
till then. To my grandson Tho. Duning £300 c. at 18, &
maintenance, certain negros & furniture & silver, if he die
then to my granddau. Ann Duning & my grandson John
Calahan equally. To my great grandson John Calahan
£200 c. & negros, etc., at 18. All residue to my grands.
Robert Duning. Valentine Morris, Ashton Warner, & Sam^
Martin, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Sarah Anderton, Saml. Frye,
John Roe.
Codicil. Whereas my grands. Rob' Duning has threatened
to put in suit a bond from my husband Isaac Wharfe, dec*,
to his fother Rob' Duning, dec"", unless he record satisfaction
for the bond immediately after my death, I leave all
residue to my grandson Thos. Duning. 1 Dec. 1726.
Before Edwd. Byam, Esq., were sworn Henry Martin
and Robt. Delamere 14 Feb. 1726.
.... Will dated 6 Feb. 1734. To my wife Eliz"'
Dunning a negro, & to her child she now has, as also all
my plate for life, then to my s. Rob' Dunning. To my
brother Rob' Tho. Dunning my large silver tankard and
1 doz. forks. To my dans. Mary, Eliz"', & Marg' £300 c.
each at 18, also £30 a year till then. All residue to my son
Rob' Dunning. My 15 acres in S' John's may be sold.
D"- W" Young, Hugh Holmes, D' Walter Tullidiph, &
my bro. Thos. Dunning, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Tho.
Hanson, Francis Franklyn, David Purviance. Before Edwd.
Byam, Esq., Deputy-Governor, was sworn Francis Frank-
lyn 7 March 1734-5. Recorded 14 Aug. 1740. (This
will is partly destroyed.)
Mary Dunning, widow. Will dated 28 Oct. 1784. To
my d. Jane Byrne a parcel of land at Dickinson's Bay, now
in possession of M'' Anne Evanson, & after her death to my
granddaus. Mary & Jane Byrne. To my d. Mary Hodges
my land in Popeshead Street, S' John's, & 3 negros. All
else to be sold except my mulatto Billy. Dan' Hill, Esq.,
M.' John Hardcastle, Mary Hodges, Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Alex'' W. Bruce, Barry C. Hart. Before Tho. Shirley was
sworn Alexi-. W. Bruce 31 Dec. 1784. Recorded 31 Dec.
1784.
1669. Daniel Duneing granted 15 acres.
Mr. Thomas Dunning, 500 acres granted by Governor
Winthropin New Division ; surveyed 13 June 1669.
230
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1670, Jan. 23. Thomas Duning, merchant, Letter of
Attorney to Edward Maynard, merchant of Antigua. Wit-
nessed by George Hawkins, Corn. Lary.
William Donning of Bristol, merchant, executor of the
will of his brother Thomas Donning of Bristol, merchant,
deceased, in Antigua. Letter of Attorney to Mr. John Fry
of Antigua 10 Dec. 1674.
William Donning of Bristol, merchant, executor to
Thomas Donning, late of Bristol, merchant. Letter of
Attorney to his friend Lieut. John ffrye of Antigua dated 20
Nov. 1676.
Dunning's estate of 230 acres, the property of Captain
Thomas Philp in 1680, was sold to Colonel Rowland Williams
that year.
1687-8, Jan. 14. Wm. Donning appointed a Common
Councilman of Bristol. (' Bristol Past and Present,' vol.
iii., p. 117.)
In 1694 Mr. Wm. Dunning was rated on 243 acres and
16 slaves. In 1696 on 242 acres and 13 negros. (St.
Mary's Vestry Book.)
1701, Aug. 2. William Dunning of Antigua, planter.
Letter of Attorney to Samuel Martin, Esq., and John Frye,
jun., Gent., and my brother Robert Dunning, merchant.
In 1705 Robert Dunning refuses to act.
1706. Mr. Wm. Dunning rated on 288 acres and 66
negros. Mr. Robert Duuning on 40 acres. (St. Mary's
Vestry Book.)
1708. Petition of Mary, wife of Isaac Wharfe,
cooper, whom she married nine years ago, and brought
£800 sterling in dower. He has ill-used her, and she
wishes to have protection. Ann Dunning corroborates
her case.
On 26 April 1716 Mr. William Dunning was alloted
pew 24 in St. Mary's Church.
Indenture dated 17 July 1724. Samuel Frye, Thomas
Hanson, sen., John Martin, and Henry Lyons of Antigua,
Esqrs., Guardians of William Denning, Henry Denning,
Mary Denning, and Elizabeth Denning, infants, of the one
part, and Edward Traut. Lease to latter for £4000 c. of
two-thirds of said Dennings plantation of 347 acres in
Bermudian Valley for 18 years. William Denning was
the father of said children. Edward Trant to pay their
fortunes and give them £50 c. yearly each. Inventory
appended.
This William Denning also owned 300 acres which he
sold to Sir William Codrington before 1723.
By deed of 8 Mar. 1743 William Denning of Antigua,
Gent., and Mary his wife mortgaged to John Bannister of
Antigua, merchant, for £4417, their plantation of 346 acres
in Bermudian Valley, St. Mary's Parish, bounded E. with
Colonel Valentine Morris and John Mayo, deceased, S. with
Colonel John Frye, W. with same and the Flashes, N.
with Colonel Valentine Morris, negros and stock. The
equity of redemption was sold before 1750 by William
Denning to John Bolan {vide Close Roll, 2 Geo. III., Part 1,
Nos. 2 and 3), subject to the claim for dower by Catherine
Weatherill, widow. In 1724 George Weatherill and his
■wife Catherine sell to Edward Trant her thirds on Dennings
of 347 acres for 18 years at £250 a year.
1724
Feb.
20
1733
July
21
1741
Feb.
20
1757
July
25
1759
Oct.
29
1760
July
22
1766
Aug.
9
1768
Sep.
20
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
Robert Duning and Eliz" Yorke. L.
Thomas Duning and Mary Hodge. L.
William Denning and Mary Ann French,
by the Reverend M'' James Berrie.
Josiah Weston and Mary Dening (Widow).
L.
Henry Bonnin, Jun"', and Mary Dunning.
L.
Thomas Hodges and Mary Denning. L.
W" Hamilton to Eliz. Denning. L.
Robert Weir Osborn to Cathrine Boyle
Denning. L.
Baptized.
1744 May 20 Robert the S. of Henry Denning and
Margaret his wife.
1745 Nov. 17 Catherine Boyle the D. of Henry Denning
and Mai'garet his wife.
1748 April 19 Henry the S. of Henry Denning and
Marg* his wife.
1750 Nov. 25 Katherine Hanson the D. of W" Denning
and Elizabeth his wife.
Buried.
W Arthur Wharfe.
Robert Deuning, a child of M' Henry
Dennings & Margaret his wife.
WUliam French Denning S. of William
Denning.
Eliz. Denning, a Child.
William Denning.
Eliza Denning.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
3Iarried.
1737 July 6 Adam Dining to Martha Ledeat, by L.
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
1750 July 22 Henrietta D. of Henry Denning & Mar-
garet his wife, b. July 8"".
1705
Sep. 3
1745
Aug. 12
1750-1 Mar. 10
1756
Feb. 29
1756
April 29
1793
June 30
St. John's Churchyard.
On a headstone : —
HERE
Lyeth the Body of
SARAH DENING
who departed this
life June y« 15"' I744
Ag'' 18 months.
" Dunnings " or " Providence " is in St. Mary's Parish.
In 1852 it contained 170 acres, and was owned by P. P.
Walter.
EDWARDS FAMILY.
231
Arms. — Ermine, a lion rampant sable, on a canton gules an eagle displayed or.
Crest. — A demi-lion rampant holding in its paws a castle.
Motto. — Recti Tenax.
Crest of Dalzell. — A dagger erect. Motto. — / dare.
EDWARDS of CO. Monmouth=T=
I
Nicholas Edwards, first settled in=
Barbados, but is stated to have
removed to Antimia.
=. . . . a sister of Rev. Joseph Hutchins, at
one time rector of St. Michael's, Barbados,
who was ejected from that living.
Henry Edwards, settled with his brother
Nicholas at Barbabos, and left issue. His
plantation was called " Edwards."
Margaret Spencer of Spencer Hall,=
sole heiress of ... . (? Col. Thomas)
Spencer ; mar. 2 June 1774 at St.
Philip's ; died 25 and bur. 20 March
1796, ffit. 39. M.I. at St. George's.
1st wife.
=Thomas Edwards of Comfort Hall, Antigua, =pChristian "Wall, mar.
Esq. ; died 28 Feb., and bur. 1 March
1805, ast. 57, at St. Peter's. M.I. at St.
George's. Will dated 20 May 1798 ;
proved 1805.
14 July 1798; bur.
10 Dec. 1806 at St.
John's. 2nd wife.
Andrew Edwards
of Cocoa Nut
Hall, Antigua.
(See below.)
s.p.s.
William
Lewis
Edwards,
died 13
April
1799, set.
23. M.I.
at Cocoa
Nut
Hall.
Eliza=
Sarah
Edwards,
dau. of
Andrew
Edwards.
She was
fii-st-
cousin to
her hus-
band.
^Thomas =pAnne
Spencer i Wick-
Edwai'ds
of Com-
fort
Hall,
Esq., ;
bapt. 19
March
1785.
ham
Dal-
zell.
2nd
wife.
John Luman
Attwater Ed-
wards, born 28
Feb., and bapt.
30 Sep. 1787 at
St. John's; Lt.
46th Regt.;
died 18 Oct.
1806, set. 20.
M.I. at Belfast,
Antigua.
Benjamin Hut-=
chins Edwards,
bapt. 30 Sep.
1793 at St.
George's ; Ma-
jor 43rd Foot ;
A.D.C. in In-
dia. In 1840
of Fresh ford,
Bristol.
=. . . . Sarah Edwards, bapt.
dau. 1 Jan. 1776 at St.
of John's ; mar. 12
Gen- June 1794, at St.
eral Philip's, Gil-
.... Ian.
Eliza Edwards, bapt.
6 Jan. 1779 at St.
John's.
I I
Louisa Edwards,
bapt. 20 March,
died 26 Sep., and
bur. 5 Oct. 1796.
M.I. at St.
George's.
Juliana French
Edwards, bapt.
15 Aug. 1770 at
St. George's.
Thomas Spencer
Edwards, bapt. 4
July 1807 at St.
Philip's ; died 23
Jan. 1817, ffit.
94, in Livei-pool.
Andrew Berry
Edwards, died at
sea IG July 1816,
a3t. 8. M.I. at
St. Paul's.
I
William=j=Emma
Horatio Dalzell
Edwards Chopin,
of Bvase-
nose Col-
lege, Ox-
ford ;
matricu-
lated 10
Oct.
1828,a;t.
17;B.A.
1832.
I I
Henry Benjamin Ed-
wards, died 17 and
bur. 18 Aug. 1815,
£et. 5 months, at St.
Philip's. M.I. at St.
Paul's.
Elizabeth Margaret
Ed wards, bapt. 6 April
1814 at St. Philip's ;
died 22 June 1819,
«t. 6. M.I. at St.
Paul's.
Francis Wilson=j=Susan
Edwards of
Comfort Hall,
Esq. His es-
tates passed
through the
Encumbered
Estates Court.
Emma Ed-
wards, died
spinster.
Caines
Pon-
sonby.
Spencer Henry
Hutchins Ed-
wards, late Lt.-
Col. 98th Regt.;
living 1889.
Ellen Jane,
mar. Gilbert
Auchinleck of
Antigua. She
died there 9
May 1840, set.
19.
Henley
John
Ed-
wards,
late of
E.I.
C.S.;
living
1889
at
Lon-
don-
derry.
Thomas Henry Edwards, died
bachelor.
Henry Dalzell Bridges Edwards, Frank Ponsonby St. John Edwards of Antigua,
a clerk in the Colonial Bank at planter, 1888 ; born 3 and bapt. 5 Sep. 1860 at
Trinidad, 1888. St. John's.
Andrew Edwards of Cocoa Nut Hall, Antigua, Esq., younger=rElizabeth Davis, dau. of John Davis, Esq., mar. 5 March
brother of Thomas Edwards ; living 1802 ; dead in 1808.
Andrew^
Ed-
wards,
bapt. 3
Jan.
1782 at
St.
John's ;
dead
1815.
I
John Davis=
Edwards of
Oldham
Hall, CO.
Gloucester,
which he
purchased ;
bapt. 17
Feb. 1785
at St.
John's ;
living 1815.
=Julia. Hugh=j=Anne
1778 at St. Peter's ; died 25 June 1806, set. 45.
Ed.
wards,
Bar-
rister-
at-
Law ;
living
1815.
Char-
lotte
Durat,
mar. 1
April
1815
at St.
John's.
I I
Samuel Ed-
wards, Esq.,
living 1815.
Andrew
John Ed-
wards, bur.
25 Nov.
1808 at St.
Philip's, in-
fant.
Lewis Ed-
wards.
Arrabella Davis Edwards, died
spinster; bur. 23 Oct. 1815 at
St. Peter's. Will dated 22
March 1815.
Elizabeth Sarah Edwards, mar.
her first-cousin Thomas S. Ed-
wards.
Mary Hurst Edwards, died 23
Nov. 1792, set. 4. M.I.
Mary Hurst Edwards, died 24
Oct. 1794, set. 9 months. M.I.
Arabella Rutlidge
Edwards, bapt. 20
March 1779; bnr.
6 July 1781 at St.
John's.
Sarah Edwards,
mar. 5 Dec. 1791
Thomas Spencer
Davis, E.sq., her
first-cousin.
Charlotte Ed-
wards, died 31 Oct.
1800, a3t. 3. M.L
232
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
A|
Ann
Eliza
Edwards,
living
1815.
Jolm Edwards, only son, born=
19 March, and bapt. 1 Nov.
1821 at St. Peter's; of Mag-
dalen Hall, Oxford ; matricu-
lated 6 June 1840, set. 19.
=Emraa Hut-
chinson, dan.
of ... . Pitt
Smith.
Eliza Mary Ann
Edwards of
Freshwood,
Bath ; living
1815 and 1889.
Hugh Edwards,
born 29 March,
bapt. 18 Sep.
1821.
John Bridges Bowen
George Edwards,
living 1889.
Charles Edward Park Edwards,
bur. 6 July 1853 at. St. Peter's.
Charles Edwards,
living 1889.
Anne Edwards,
living 1884.
Andrew Sebastian Ed-
wards, born 28 Sep.,
bapt. 19 Dec. 1815 at St.
John's ; bur. 2 Dec.
1816 at St. Peter's.
Alice Edwards, died 1883 ;
bur. at Kensal G-reen.
Jenkin Edwards of Antigua, planter. Will dated 7
April 1G95. To my wife Eliz. all estate, she to be Ex'trix.
To my dau. Eliz. ^ my goods at 15. A debt of £300 is
due to me from my brother Evan Edwards, & I give £100
of it to Ann & Rebecka Haddon, & £200 to my dau. Eliz*''.
My friends M'' John Row, M'' Philemon Birde, to be Ex'ors
in Trust. My gold headed cane to Philemon Birde, & a 12s.
gold ring to John Row. To M"" Francis Walters my heifer.
Witnessed by William Walters, Samll. Wood, Heniy Hawys.
By Christopher Codrington, Esq., were sworn William
Walters and Henry Hawys 7 Oct. 1695. Recorded 25 Feb.
1695-6. .
William Edwards. Will dated 20 Sep. 1702. To my
granddau. Mary Stedman a framed house. To Jonathan
Mills my silver thumb ring & a pair of buckles for his dau.
To Jonathan Squires .... To Daniel (? Royden) & Honour
(To .... poole) 2 proportions of laud. To John Jorden 2
proportions of laud and 2 houses. Cancel debt from
Jillan Keirsey. To W" Browne a horse. To John Jorden
a boat. To W"' Garrett a silver worm & picker & fusee.
To Honour (? Tothpoole) all my wife's close. To W™
Cooper a fusee. All residue to Dan' Reyden & Honour
Tothpoole. John .Jorden, Ex'or. Witnessed by George
Searle, William Knight, William Coupper, Samuel Ashburne.
Codicil. 22 Sep. Revoke all to Honour Tothpoole &
give legacies instead to Julian Keirsey. Witnessed by
George Searle. Before Hon. Edward Byam, Esq., Presi-
dent, were sworn William Knight and William Coupper 19
Nov. 1702.
Will of John Edwards sworn to by Jab. Hand . . ley and
.fohn Bickford May 1746. Recorded 3 June 1746. (Will
is missing.)
Thomas Edwards of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 20 May
1798. To my niece Sarah Davis, wife of Dr. Thos.
Spencer Davis, £20 c. To my niece Sarah Edwards
£16 10s. c. To my nephew Lewis Edwards £150 c. To
my dau. Sarah Gillan £400 c. if she give up all claim to
Spensers in Belfast Division. To my brother Andrew
Edwards, Dan' Hill, Jun'', of Antigua, Merch', Rob' ....
except my 1^' son or heir. If my dau. Jane Edwards con-
vey all her title to Spencers in 6 months to Andrew
Edwards, Dan' Hill, & Rob' French, & Hon. Thos. Kerby,
Esq", then I give her £400 c. & to Andrew Edwards
£400 c. To my dau. Juliana French Edwards £400 c. at
21. To my trustees £4000 for maintenance of my sons
John Luman Atwater Edwards & Benj° Hutchins Edwards
till 21, then to pay them £400 c. each & assure them in
their rights to my plantation. If any of my sons die under
21 & have issue the £1600 he would have been entitled to
is to be divided among his children. All residue in trust
for my son Thos. Spencer Edwards & his heirs, & in default
to my sons John Luman Atwater Edwards, Benj. Hutchins
Edwards, my daus. Sarah Gillan, Jane Edwards, & Juliana
French Edwards equally. All furniture, plate, & linen to
my daus. Witnessed by Thomas F. Nibbs, Thomas H.
Halloran, Daniel H. Furlong.
Codicil. Certain slaves to be free. To my niece Sarah
Davis £40 c. To my nephew Campbell Edwards £40. To
my wife Christian & my dau. Ann Frances Edwards £180 c.
yearly. If my dau. Ann Frances survive my wife, £3000
to remain in trust for her, and in like manner as the £3000
left my other daus. To my wife a whiskey & horse, £100 c,
& i linen, the other half to my dau. Nan. No date. Wit-
nessed by James Cranston, John Duesberry. " This parcel
was opened by me iu presence of Hon''''' John Burke, Hon.
Thos. Norberry Kerby, Andrew Edwards, Rob' French,
Edw"! Byam, Thos. Edwards, John Edwards, & John D.
Edwards, Esq'", Monday, 15 April 1805. (Signed) E.
W. Wyke."
Arabella Davis Edwards of Antigua, spinster. Will
dated 22 March 1815. All my furniture to my brother
Hugh Edwards, Esq. My silver waiter to Sam' Edwards,
Esq. All my jewels to my sister Eliza Sarah Edwards. 6
negros to my niece Eliza Mary Ann Edwards, dau. of my
brother John Davis Edwards, Esq., and in default to my
brothers John IXavis Edwards, Hugh Edwards, & Sam'
Edwards, my sister Eliza Sarah Edwards, & my niece Ann
Eliza Edwards, dau. of my late brother Andrew Edwards.
My brothers John Davis Edwards, Hugh Edwards, & Sam'
Edwards, & my cousin Thos. Spencer Edwards, Esq.,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by Sarah Davis, Jane Bridges, Samuel
Lovely Bridges. Before Edward Byam, Esq., was sworn
Saml. Lovely Bridges, Esq., 4 Nov. 1815.
Thomas Edwards granted 10 acres by Governor Warner
19 Nov. 1673 ; surveyed 20 Jan. 1673.
1680, April 19. Thomas Edwards, victualler and
planter, sells a parcel of land in St. John's Town to Cuth-
bert Jamesson, Gent.
Inventory of goods of Elizabeth Edwards, deceased,
widow of Jenkin Edwards of Antigua. Total value
54,438 lbs. Made by Robert Martin, Samuel Hilder,
George Thomas, 1695.
In 1803 Sir George Thomas sold his plantation and
slaves in Belfast Division, St. Philip's Parish, for £22,000
to Thomas and Andrew Edwards.
1840, May 9. At Antigua, in her 20th year, Ellen-
Jane, wife of Gilbert Auchinleck, esq., dau. of B. Hutchins
Edwards, Esq., of Freshford, near Bristol. (' Gentleman's
Magazine,' p. 33.)
1891, May 9. Marriage in High Life.— One of the
events of the week was the marriage of the Hou'ble Fred.
Evans, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Leeward
Islands, with Miss Elleuwood Katherine Carr, eldest
daughter of William Wood Heath, Esq., Manager of the
Antigua Branch of the Colonial Bank, and granddaughter
EDWARDS FAMILY.
233
of our veteran doctor "\Vm. H. Edwards, Esq. The party
was one of the largest we have ever seen, and it was less
difficult to count those who were not there. The ceremony
was performed at the Cathedral, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, by
the Bishop Coadjutor, assisted by the Revs. H. Y. Shepherd
and B. C. Howell ; after which the company was entertained
by Dr. Edwards ; the happy couple then drove to Clarence
House, where the honeymoon will be spent. We unite our
felicitations with the numerous good wishes which must have
been showered upon them on the occasion. (' Antiguan
Standard.')
Mr. Henry Dalzell B. Edwards informed me that two
brothers, Nicholas and Henry Edwards, from co. Mon-
mouth, settled in Barbados. Nicholas, the elder, was
ancestor of the Antiguan, and Henry of the Barbadian
branch. There are descendants of the latter still living in
Barbados, whose estate bears their name. A Samuel
Edwards was Solicitor- General of Barbados. A Rev. Lam-
bart Campbell Edwards, M.A., Vicar of Kingsbury, Middle-
sex, N.W., is a member of the Barbadian family.
1776
Jan.
1779
Jan.
1779
Mar.
1782
Jan.
1785
(?Feb
1785
Mar.
1787
Sep.
1788
Oct.
1790
Feb.
1791
Nov.
1799
July
1808
Jan.
1815
Dec.
20
17)
{
19
13
1821 Sep. 18
1853 Feb. 25
1860 Sep. 5
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1 Sarah the D. of Thomas Edwards & Mar-
garet his wife.
6 Eliza the d. of Tho. Edwards & Marg*
his wife.
Arrabella Rutlidge the d. of Andrew Ed-
wards and Eliza his wife.
Andrew the S. of Andrew Edwards &
Eliz" his wife.
[• Infant Children of Andrew
Eliza Sarah I Edwards and Elizabeth
John Davis , • -f^
L his wire.
Thomas Spencer luf S. of Thomas Ed-
wards & Margaret his wife.
John Lumau Attwater S. of Thomas Ed-
wards and Margaret his wife, b. 28"'
February 1787.
George S. of George Dalzell and Sarah
his wife, b. the 8'" Dec. 1787.
Eliza Montgomery D. of George Dalzell
and Sarah his wife, b. the 17'" Oct. 1789.
John Mayer S. of George Dalzell and
Sarah his wife.
Ann Frances D. of Thomas Edwards and
Christian his wife. B. the 24'" May
1799.
Edward Edwards s. of Samuel Edwards
and Sarah his wife.
Andrew Sebastian S. of Hugh Edwards
and Anne Charlotte his wife. B. 28'"
September last.
Hugh Durat S. of Hugh Edwards and
Ann Charlotte his wife. B. March 29,
1821.
Arthur Elliott Infant s. of William Henry
and Georgiana Ellen Edwards S' John,
Physician.
Frank Ponsonby S' John (b. Sep. 3, 1860)
8. of Francis Wilson & Susan Canas
Edwards, Comfort Hall, S' Philip's
Parish, Planter.
14
15
19
Married.
1725 Dec. 4 Harvey Edwards and Lydia Morgan. B.
1748 Oct. 12 John Tongue and Agnes Edwards. L.
1749 July 1 George Dalzell and Elizabeth Hill, by Lie.
1798 July 14 Thomas Edwards to Christian Wall,
Spinster. L.
1808
Aug.
1809 Jan. 19
1815 April 1
1694 Mar. 18
1695 Sep. 10
1695 Nov. 25
(? 1702 or 1703)
1730 Oct. 13
1746 May 5
1757 July 3
1762 Aug. 19
1777 Jan. 30
1781 July 6
1806 Dec. 10
1810 Oct. 1
1833 Jan. 21
10 Samuel Lovely Bridges to Jane Edwards,
Spinster. L.
George Mackie, Esquire, Major in the 3"^
Batt. of His Majesty's 60 Reg', to
Catherine Ceely Edwards.
Hugh Edwards, Esquire, Barrister at law,
to Ann Charlotte Durat.
Buried. '
Edward the s. of Jenkin Edwards.
■ Jen kin Edwards.
Elizabeth Edwards, widdow.
W°i Edwards.
John Edwards.
John Edwards.
Ephraim Jordan Dalzell, a Child.
Dorothy Edwards.
Eliz'" Dalzell.
Arabella Rutledge Edwards.
Christian Edwards.
Samuel Edwards, P.P.
Arthur Edwards, Green Castle estate, 31,
parish of S' Mary's, buried at S' Luke's
Chapel.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Buried.
1808 Nov. 25 Andrew John Edwards Infant S. of An-
drew Edwards, dec'', in the Family
Bury-Ground.
1815 Oct. 23 Arabella Davis Edwards in the Family
Vault on the Estate of her Father,
Cocoa Nut Hall.
1816 Dec. 2 Andrew Edwards Infant S. of Hugh
Edwards, Esq'', and his Wife from
Town, in the Family burying ground
on Cocoa Nut Hall.
1819 May 11 Andrew Edwards in the Family Vault at
Cocoa Nut Hall.
1853 July 6 Charles Edward Parke S. pf John &
Emma Hutchinson Edward.*, Cocoa-
Nut Hall, Proprietor.
Baptized.
1821 Nov. 1 John S. of John D. Edwards and Julia
his wife, b. March ig"" last at Cocoa
Nut Hall.
Married.
1778 Mar. 5 Andrew l<]dwards & Elizabeth Davis.
1839 Jan. 29 Gilbert Auchinleck of Wickhams, S'
Peter's Parish, & Eleanor Jane Ed-
wards of Comfort Hall.
Parish Register of St. George.
Buried.
1796 Mar. 26 Margaret Edwards Wife of Thomas-
Edwards.
1796 Oct. 5 Louisa Edwards, Infant.
1805 Mar. 1 Thomas Edwards from his Estate in
Belfast.
1815 Oct. 23 Arrabella Davis Edwards in the Family
Vault on her Father's Estate at Cocoa-
Nut Hall. Parham Parish recorded.
Baptized.
1790 Aug. 15 Juliana French D. of Thomas Edwards
& Margarett his wife.
1793 Sep. 30 Benjamin Hutchins S. of Thomas Ed-
wards & Margarett his wife.
179G Mar. 20 Louisa D. of Thomas Edwards & Mar-
garett his wife.
H H
234.
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1768
Jan.
18
1815
Aug.
18
1832
Nov.
1
1849
Nov.
21
1854
.Jan.
15
1855
Aug.
6
1774
June
2
1791
Dec.
5
1794
June
12
1807 July
1814 April
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Jn° Edwards.
Henry Benjamin Infant S. of Thomas
Spencer Edwards, Esq., & Elizabeth.
Catherine Edwards, Parham Lodge, 75.
Phcebe Edwards, Cocoa Nut Hall, 70.
.John Edwards, Cocoa Nut Hall, 33.
Daniel Edwards, Cocoa Nut Hall, 31.
Married.
Thomas Edwards & Margaret Spencer,
Spinster.
Thomas Spencer Davis to Sarah Edwards,
Spinster. L.
Tliomas Gillan to Sarah Edwards, Spin-
ster. L.
Baptized.
Thomas Spencer s. of Thomas Spencer &
Eliz"' Edwards, A.M., b. 11 Aug. 1802.
Eliza Marg* d. of Thomas Spencer &
Eliz'i' Edwards.
In the private burial-ground on the Cocoa Nut Hall
Plantation.
On a ledger : —
Sacred to the Memory of
W^ ELIZABETH EDWARDS
"Wife of ANDREW EDWARDS Esq.
of this Island who departed this Life
June 25"> 1806 Aged 45 Years.
Also MARY HURST EDWARDS
Daughter of AND" & BLIZ" EDWARDS
who departed this Life Nov'' 23"° 1792
Aged 4 Years.
Also MARY HURST EDWARDS
Daughter of the above
who departed this Life Ocf 24"' 1794
Aged 9 Months.
Also CHARLOTTE their Daughter
who departed tliis Life Ocf 31'' 1800
Aged 3 Years.
Also WILLIAM LEWIS EDWARDS
Nephew of AND" & ELIZ" EDWARDS
who departed this Life April 13"' 1799
Aged 23 Years.
St. George's Churchyard.
Ledger on brick tomb : —
Sacred to the Memory of
MARGARET Wife of
THOMAS EDWARDS Esq.
of this Parish,
who departed this Life March 25"' 1796,
Aged 39 Years.
Also LOUISA their infant Daughter
who departed this Life Sep'' 2G"' 1796
Aged six Months.
Also the aforesaid
THOMAS EDWARDS,
who departed this Life Feb. 28*'' 1805
Aged 57 Years.
St. John's Churchyard.
SACRED I to the memory of | RICHARD THIRD
SURVIVING I son of the late Richard | edwards of
WEYBRIDGE I surrey esquire by MARY HIS | WIFE WHO
MET WITH AN | UNTIMELY DEATH THROUGH THE | ACCI-
DENTAL DISCHARGE OF HIS | FOWLING PIECE IN s'^ JOHN'S
BAY I OF THIS ISLAND ON THE 19'^° OF | MAY 1837 IN
THE 22"" YEAR OF HIS AGE | THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HIS I AFFLICTED MOTHER AND BROTHERS | AS A TRIBUTE
OP THEIR AFFECTION.
At Belfast burial-ground, inside a walled space.
On a ledger : —
In Memory of
JOHN L. A. EDWARDS a Lieu'
of his Majesty's 46"' Regiment of Foot
second Son of the late
THOMAS EDWARDS Esq^^
of the Island of Antigua,
who fell a Martyr to the yellow Fever
Oct^ 18'" 1806 Aged 20 Years.
There is also a headstone M.I. illegible.
St. Paul's Churchyard.
On a broken stone, apparently a mural tablet : —
Sacred to the Memory
of the three sons
of Thomas Spencer and Eliza Edwar . .
of Antigua.
Henry Benjamin Edwards died 17 of August 1815 aged
five Months |
Interred in this Island
ANDREW BERRY EDWARDS
died on the Atlantic Ocean
July le"' 1816 Aged 8 years
THOMAS SPENCER EDWARDS
died in Liverpool
January 23"^ 1817 aged nine years and six Months.
(Four lines follow.)
On a loose fragment : —
Also
ELIZA MARGARET died in
Antigua the 22°'' of June 1819
aged six Years and
three Months.
Valley Churchyard.
John Edwards | born in the | Principality of Wales
died in this Island | May P' 1825 | Aged 45.
" Comfort Hall " is in St. Philip's Parish. In 1852 it
contained 514 acres and was owned by the heirs of T. S.
Edwards. It has since passed out of the possession of that
family.
" Cocoa Nut Hall " is in St. Peter's Parish. In 1852
it contained 247 acres, and was owned by John Edwards.
EDWARDS FAMILY.
236
^3ttii(jree of Ctitoartis of Jamaica.
Arms. — Per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or.
Crest. — Nosce te ipsum.
ZACCHARY BATLEY of Westbury, co. Wilts-p Abigail.
EDWARDS^
of WestbuiT, CO.
Wilts.
Bayk'y=p.
Elizabeth Bayley, dau. and co heir ; born at=
Westbury 10 Sep. 1680 ; mar. there 29 May
1701 ; died at Corston, co. Somerset, 28 Dec.
1734 (see 'Misc. Gen. et Her.,'vol.iv., p. 194).
.... Edwards-
of Westbury.
Inherited a
paternal estate
of £100 a
year ; died
1756.
. I I
^Elizabeth Zacchai-y Bayley of Nonsuch
Bayley, and Unity, in .Jamaica, Esq. ;
living died 18 Dec. 1769, set. 47.
1756, M.I. at St. Andrew's Church,
with her Will dated 22 Sep. 1769;
6 chil- proved 4 June 1771 (241
dreu. Trevor).
^Benjamin Harrington,
1st son and heir of John
Harrington, Esq., of
Corston Manor.
I
Nathaniel Bayley,^Eliza-
younger and only
brother. In 11^2
M.P. Abingdon.
In 1760 of Lin-
coln's Inn Fields.
beth,
died
17
Jan.
1788.
/•\
Mary Bayley of Westbury.
Ann Bayley, mar Barton.
Susanna Bayley, mar Singer.
Jane Bayley, mar Watts.
Bryan Edwards of Jamaica,=p.
Esq., M.P. ; born at West-
bury 21 May 1743; died
at Southampton 16 July
1800.
I
Nathaniel Zacchary Edwards,
died 28 Jan. 1771, set. 19.
M.I. at St. Andrew's, Ja-
maica.
Zacchary Bayley Edwards.-
In 1785 late of St. An-
drew's parish, Jamaica,
Esq.; bur. 2 Sep. 1800 at
Cheltenham.
^Catherine, dau. of Row-
land Otto-Baijer, Esq.,
of Antigua ; bapt. at St.
George's Nov. 1760 ;
died before 1815.
Only
son,
1800.
Bryan Edwards of=p. . .
Westmoreland in mar.
Jamaica, Esq. ;
died 13 Nov. 1835,
set. 29.
1835.
/N
I I
Frances Otto Edwards
of Cheltenham, spin-
ster, 1815.
Rachel Pare Edwards
of Cheltenham, spin-
ster, 1815.
Katherine Ceely=f=George Mackie,
Edwards, mar. C.B. In 1809
19 Jan. 1809 at
St. John's ;
died 7 May
1867.
a Major of 60th
Regt. ; later a
Major-General.
I
Eliza Edwards, mar.
Samuel Otto-Baijer,
Esq., of Antigua ;
she died at Dove
Hall, Jamaica, 1813,
ffit. 26.
William Sinclair Cathcart
Mackie, Capt. of 88th
Regt. ; died near Varna
29Aug.l854,£et. 44. M.I.
at Corsham, co. Wilts.
Eliza Frances Mackie, died 1840, set.
26 ; bur. at Stoke Daniarel,co. Devon.
Catherine Margaret Massy Mackie,
died 1841, set. 21 ; bur. at Corsham.
James Francis Mackie, died 1845
18 ; bur. at Corsham.
set.
Otto Baijer Mackie, 5th son, Lieut.
R.A. ; died at Tobago 3 Aug. 1846.
Georgina Jane
Mackie, died
27 Aug. 1844,
aet. 18 ; bur.
at Corsham.
Zachary Bayly of Jamaica, Esq. Will dated 22 Sep.
1769 ; proved 4 June 1771 by Bryan Edwards the nephew
and sole Ex'or. (241 Trevor.) My sister Mary Bayly of
Westbury, co. Wilts, £400 a year for life or £4000. My
other sisters Elizabeth Edwards, Ann Barton, Susanna
Singer & Jane Watts each £100 a year. I did settle on the
Hon. M" Eliz. Bayly, wife of my brother Nath' Bayly, Esq.,
£600 a year dower & I give her £500. To each of my
nephews £2000 & nieces £1000. My friends Benj. Hume
of this Island, Tho. Harris of Bristol & John Morse of
London 100 guineas. 50 rings for my friends. John Ellis,
Esq., & the Rev. W"" Williams £50 each. John Ireland's
bond for the use of my kinswoman Cath. Ireland his wife,
& if she die for her brother James Nibbs. My 4 planta-
tions in the parish of S* Mary, called Trinity Tryal, Bayly's
Vale, Brimmer Hall & Sundry Penns of 3000 acres to be
managed by my nephew Bryan Edwards for 5 years, my
brother NatW Bayly to receive £1000 a year from the
profits, then to the use of my said brother, then to my said
nephew Bryan Edwards in tail male, then to my nephew
Zachary Bayly Edwards, then to the heir of my sister Ann
Barton. My 1000 slaves. My heir to always take the
name of Bayly by Act of Parliament. My 2 other planta-
tions called Nonsuch and Unity of 2000 acres in S' Mary's
Parish to my said nephew Bryan Edwards & his heirs.
Close Roll, 85 Geo. III., Part 1, No. 13.
To all to whom these presents shall come : Zachary
Bayly Edwards, late of the Parish of St. Andrew, in the
County of Surrey, Jamaica, Esq., and Katharine his wife,
send Greeting. Whereas by a certain Indenture dated the
25th Oct. 1785, made between Rowland Otto-Baijer of An-
tigua, Esq., and Sarah his wife of the 1st part, Jamea
Donovan of Antigua, Esq., of the 2ud part, and William
Wickham Harman of Antigua, Esq., of the 3i'd part, it is
witnessed that in consideration of £6000 sterling paid by
James Donovan to Rowland Otto-Baijer, and of £8000 to
be paid by him to Frances Otto-Baijer and Katharine Ed-
wards (wife of Zachary Bayly Edwards, then or late of
Jamaica, Esq.), the sister of Rowland Otto-Baijer, in the
manner afterwards mentioned, and with interest at 6 per
cent., and for the other considerations therein mentioned,
Rowland Otto-Baijer and Sarah his wife did grant and
confirm to James Donovan and his heirs and assigns aU
that Plantation called Vaughans, in the Parish of St.
George, and Division of Old North Sound in Antigua,
together with all negros and other slaves, mules, cattle, and
stock, subject to the payment of the £8000 .... to the
uses, upon the trusts, and subject to the provisoes therein
mentioned .... and by the Indenture now in recital it was
declared and agreed between all parties that the £8000
should be paid as follows : £4000 to Frances Otto-Baijer,
for principal and interest of a portion settled upon her by
her late father Rowland Otto-Baijer and Elizabeth his wife,
deceased, and £4000 for principal and interest of a like
portion settled upon Katharine Edwards .... and whereas
by a Letter of Attorney dated 19th July 1766, Zachary
Bayly Edwards and Katharine his wife, and Frances Otto-
Baijer, after reciting the above Indenture did constitute
236
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
.... Bryan Edwards of Westbury House, Hants, Esq., and
John Wessell of London, Merchant, their true and lawful
Attorneys to receive the money .... and whereas James
Donovan has long since paid to .John Wessell the £4000
due to Zachary Bayly Edwards and Katharine, with the
interest thereon, and has now requested them to execute a
Deed of Release and to discharge the Plantation ....
Now these presents witness that in consideration of the
£4000 paid to John Wessell their Attorney .... Zachary
Bayly Edwards and Katharine his wife release and for
ever discharge James Donovan, his heirs, Ex'ors, and all
the Plantation, negros, etc., etc., from every part of the
said £4000 .... and whereas James Donovan had paid to
Frances Otto-Baijer in her lifetime several suras in part
payment of the £4000 .... and had from time to time
kept down the interest .... and whereas on the 25th Oct.
1789, there remained due to her of the principal £1,498
16s. 4rf and whereas on the 5th Dec. 1791, James
Donovan paid to John Wessell £450 in part payment of
the said balance .... and whereas Prances Otto-Baijer
duly made and published her Will dated the 22nd Jan.
1786, and after several bequests gave all residue real and
personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, in possession, rever-
sion, or expectancy, to her sister Katharine Edwards and
her heirs and assigns, and appointed her said sister and
Zachary Bayly Edwards her Ex'ors .... and whereas
Frances Otto-Baijer departed this life the 17th Feb. 1793,
without revoking .... and whereas, on the 25th Oct. 1794,
James Donovan paid to the said John DuflTell the further
sum of £451 8s. 5(/. in farther part payment .... and
whereas £979 lis. still remains due for principal and in-
terest to Zachary Bayly Edwards and Katharine in right of
the Estate of Frances Otto-Baijer .... and whereas Frances
Otto-Baijer did not in her lifetime execute a Release, or
give a proper discharge to James Donovan on receiving the
said several sums .... and whereas James Donovan has
applied to Zachary Bayly Edwards and Katharine to pay to
them the said remaining sum of £979 1 1.5. on their executing
a Release and discharging the Plantation .... Now these
presents further witness that in consideration of the said
several sums paid to Frances Otto-Baijer in her lifetime
.... and also of £979 lis Zachary Bayly Edwards
and Katharine his wife release and for ever discharge James
Donovan .... Ann Meredith, George Frith (of St. Paul'.s,
Covent Garden, Gentleman), witnesses.
1766. Letter from Zacchary Bayley, Esq., of Jamaica,
to his brother Natbl. Bayley, Esq. (' Gentleman's Maga-
zine,' p. 1.35.)
1771. N. B. Edwards, Esq., in Jamaica. {Ihid., p.
286.)
1788, Jan. 17. At her lodgings in Norfolk Street,
Strand, Mrs. Baily, wife of Nathaniel Baily, Esq., of
Jamaica. {Ibid., p. 85.)
1798, June 30. At Woodford, Essex, Job Mathew
Raikes, Esq., of Alderman's-walk, Bishopsgate, to Miss
Bayley, daughter of Nathan ael Bayley, Esq., of Bayley's-
vale, Jamaica. {Ibid., p. 625.)
1800, July 16. At his house at the Polygon, near
Southampton, Bryan Edwards, esq., M.P. for Grampound,
CO. Cornwall. He has left an only son to inherit his great
fortune. By his elegant " History of the West Indies," he
has raised a monument to himself more lasting than any
marble ; whilst the number of workmen he employed, and
the poor whom he relieved, will bear record to his benevo-
lence and worth. He exercised his literary talents in a
memorable way in Jamaica ; for, by the strokes of his pen,
he drove Peter Pindar from that island, and that bitter
satirist never dared to attack his character while he remained
in this country. (Ibid., p. 702.)
1809, April 28. Deservedly lamented by his relations
and friends, Zachary Bayly, esq., of Bellevue, Weston, near
Bath. (Ibid., p. 482.)
1835, Nov. 13. In Jamaica, aged 29, Brian Edwards,
esq., special stipendiary magistrate for the parish of West-
moreland, leaving a widow, to whom he had been united
but a few days. {Ibid., 1836, p. 335.)
Cheltenham.
(' Gloucestershire Notes and Queries,' vol. i., p. 297.)
Buried.
1800 Sep. 2 Zacchary Baily Edwards.
CoRSHAJi, CO. Wilts.
South Transept : —
In memory of | William Sinclair Cathcart Mackie Esq",
Brevet major | and Captain 88th Regiment, eldest son of
the late | Major General Mackie, C.B. | and of Catherine
Ceely his wife, | he died of Cholera near Varna | while
serving | with the army in Turkey, | August 29*'' 1854 |
Aged 44 years. | Also of Catherine Ceely, his mother, | who
died May 7"> 1867.
In memory of | Eliza Frances, | Catherine Margaret
Massy, | and James Francis, | children of the late | Major
General Mackie, C.B. | and Catherine Ceely his wife, | they
died of decline | a.d. 1840, 1841, 1842, | aged 26, 21 and
18 years. | The remains of | Eliza | are interred at Stoke
Damarel, Devon ; | Catherine and James | repose in the
adjoining churchyard.
Also I in memory of | Otto Baijer Mackie, Esq", |
Lieutenant Royal Artillery, | 5"' son of the above | George
and Catherine Ceely Mackie, | he died at Tobago, West
Indies, August 3'''' 1846, | aged 27 years. | So greatly was
he beloved and respected that | a subscription was raised by
the principal inhabitants of the island | to erect a tablet to
his memory in the parish church | of that colony. | .\nd
also I to the memory of | Georgiua Jane, his sister | who
died I on the 27"" of August 1844, aged 18 years ; | her
remains are interred in the adjoining ] churchyard.
(' Misc. Gen. et Herald.,' page 336, vol. iv., 2nd Series.)
Jamaica.
Epitaph by Dr. Hawkesworth : —
NEAR this place lie
the remains of
the Honourable Zachary Bayly, Efq.
Cuftos and chief magiftrate of the precinct
of S' Mary and S' George, and one of
his Majefty's Honourable Privy Coun-
cil in this Iflaud, who died Dec. 18,
1769, in the 48th year of his age.
(25 lines follow.)
Here alfo lies, ....
NATHANIEL ZACHARY EDWARDS,
his nephew,
on the 28th of January, 1771, in the 20th
year of his age,
he paid the debt of nature.
His surviving brother,
BRYAN EDWARDS, &c.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' 1784, p. 733.)
A reproduction of the bookplate of Bryan Edwards, Esq.,
of Greenwich Park, Jamaica, may be seen in Griggs'
' Examples of Armorial Book Plates,' 2nd Series, No. 5.
ELL Y ATT FAMILY.
237
^Sttitsree of €ll^mtt.
Mr. Robert Elliatt of Antigua, granted
150 acres in 1668 ; dead 1672.
Henry Elliott of Rendezvous Bay, Antigua,=
in 1650. Will dated 9 Oct. 1654.
HENRY ELLYAT of New North Sound,^
Planter. ? Arrived in 1679 from Barbados.
Will dated 23 Jan. 1702.
=Jane .... Joan Elliot, in 1668 was in
possession of her father's
land.
Anne=pJohn Ellyat=pMargaret, dau. of John
1st
wife.
of Pope's
Head. Will
dated 14
July 1733.
Richardson, and wid. of
. . . . Blizard ; bur. 12
Dec. 1744 at St.
George's. 2nd wife.
I I
William
Ellyat.
Henry
Ellyat.
Jane Ellyat,
mar. before
1702
Thomas
Gravenor.
I I I
Mary Ellyat.
Ann Ellyat.
Sarah Ellvat. -
Minors
'1702.
Samuel Ellyat=pCathe-
of New North rine
Sound, Planter ,
AVill dated 7 living
May 1740. 1740.
John=pFrances Blizard,
Ellyat. dau. of Mrs.
Will Margaret
dated 1 Blizard ; mar. 5
April March 1734 at
1748. St. John's ;
living 1762.
I I I
Samuel Ellyat,
bapt. 12 March
1726 at St.
John's.
I I I
Jane
Ellyat.
William
Eliza-
beth
Ellyat. Ellyat.
Mary Ellyat,
mar. 5 June
1731, at St.
John's, John
Greenaway.
Anne
Ellyat.
Grace Ellyat,
bapt. 22 Nov.
1729 at St.
John's ; mar.
14 June 1745,
at St.
George's,
James
Griggs. His
will dated 31
May 1753
and 1757.
John Ellyat, 1st
son and heir,
and a minor in
1740 ; living
1761.
William Ellyat,
bapt. 22 Nov.
1729 at St.
John's ; living
1740.
Henry=pFrances
Ellyat,
bur. 14
Aug.
1761
at St.
George's.
Will
dated 12
Aug.
1761.
Ebenezer Hughes
Ellyat, bur. 17
March 1762
St. George's.
Will dated
Jan. 1762.
at
15
Thomas El-=i=Anne
lyat, heir to
his uncle
James
Griggs, and
a minor in
1757.
Elizabeth El-
lyat, bapt. 7
April 1745 at
St. George's;
living 1762.
I
Margaret Ellyat,
bapt. 21 Oct.
1736 at St.
John's ; mar.
before 1753
Capt. Thomas
Huyghue.
Mary
Ellyat,
bapt. 22
July
1742
at St.
George's.
John German
Ellyat, bapt.
25 Sep. 1753
at St. John's;
living; 1761.
Thomas Ellyat, bapt. 17
July 1769 at St. John's.
John William Ellyat, bapt. 12 Oct. 1770 at=
St. John's ; bur. there 12 Aug. 1808. Will
dated 21 July 1808.
■Eleanor Muir Desilva, mar.
1794 at St. John's.
William Ellyat, born
8 and bapt. 25 Sep.
1795 at St. John's.
Thomas Ellyat,
bapt. 26 July
1804 at St.
George's.
Robert Ellyat,
bapt. 1 Nov.
1807 at St.
George's.
Frances Blizard Ellyat,
bapt. 18 March 1798 at
St. George's.
Eleanor Ellyat,
bapc. 4 Dec.
1799 at St.
George's.
bur. 26
Aug.
1764
at St.
George's.
Mary
Ellyat,
a minor
1740.
I I I
Frances Ellyat,
bapt. 14 July 1756
at St. John's.
Ann Ellyat, bapt.
25 March 1759 at
St. John's.
Catherine Ellyat,
bapt. 10 Aug. 1760
at St. John's.
Margaret Roberts
Ellyat, bapt. 8
June 1801 at St.
George's.
Henry Eliot of New North Sound Division, planter.
Will dated 23 Jan. 1702. To my dau. Jane Gravener
£30 c. & a negro woman. To each of my 3 daus. Mary,
Ann, & Sarah Eliot £30 c. each & a negro woman at 21.
All residue to my 4 sons John, W™, Henry, & Sam' Eliot
equally at 21. To my grandchild Eliz. Gilliard a 20s. ring.
M"' Giles Blizard & my son-in-law Thos. Gravenor & my
son John Eliot Ex'ors. Witnessed by James Jones,
Richard Todman, Robert Tremills. By Hon. John Yeamans,
Esq., Lieut. -Governor, were sworn James Jones, Richard
Todman, and Robert Tremills 9 March 1702. Recorded 5
April 1703.
John Ellyatt, planter. Will dated 14 July 1733. To
my wife Margaret £20 a year & use of house & furniture.
To my dau. Jane 6 negros. To my dau. Mary, besides
what she has already, £50 & a negro. To my grandson
John Greenaway a negro boy of £25 c. To my dau. Eliz.
£200 c. & a negro. To my dau. Grace £200 c. & 2 negros.
To my son John 18 acres on my brother .... Alyatt &
James Griggs & ^ of all my negros. All residue to my 2
sons W" & Sami, to be divided when latter is 21. In
default to my daus. To my sister Ann Ellyatt main-
tenance. If my wife claim her thirds the £20 a year to be
void, as also legacies to my son Sam' & dau. Ann, & all
estate to my sons John & W™ only. Thos. Gravenor, Sam'
Mathew Williams, & my son John Ellyatt Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Joseph Gillyatt, Samuel Ellyatt, Hill Chandler.
Before Hon. Edward Byam was sworn Joseph Gillyatt
31 July 1733. Recorded 12 Aug. 1733.
(Will much broken and parts missing.)
Samuel Ellyatt of New North Sound Division, planter.
Will dated 7 May 1740. To my wife Catherine a negro
woman, then to my dau. Mary Ellyatt. To my wife all
furniture & a horse. To my son W™ Ellyatt a negro at 21.
To my son Henry a negro boy at 21. To my dau. Mary
Eliot 2 negros at 21. My wife to be Ex'trix & Guardian, but
if she marry, M"" John Brenan, planter, & M' Hugh Holmes,
Merch', both of Antigua, to be Ex'ors. All my lands &
houses to my son John at 21 & to his heirs, in default to
my sons W", Henry, & my dau. Mary. Witnessed by John
Scott, James Berry. Before His Excellency William
Mathew was sworn John Scott 13 Dec. 1740. Recorded 23
Feb. 1740.
238
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
John Elliot, planter. Will dated 1 April 1748. To my
dau. Margaret £200 c. To my dau. Eliz. £200 c. at 18.
To .... at his .... To my wife a horse. All residue to
my 1=' son Ebenezer, then to my next son Thomas, then to
my daus. My wife Frances, Stephen Blizard, Esq., & D'
Thos. Jarvis, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Grace Griggs, Thomas
Jarvis. Before His Excellency William Mathew was sworn
Grace Griggs. Recorded 17 Dec. 1750.
James Grigs of Antigua, planter. Will dated 31 May
1753. Mary Gravenour, wife to Thos. Gravenour. .lane
Nibbs, formerly Jane Gravenour. Eliz"' & Mary Grave-
nour, daus. of Tho. & Mary Gravenour. To Mary, wife of
W-" Thomas, £20 a year, her 2 daus. Eliz"! & Mary. To
Margt Huyghue, wife of Thos. Huyghue & dau. of Frances
Elliott, £50, her dau. Marg' Huyghue. Tho. Ellyat (under
21). Eliz"' Ellyat, the other dau. of Frances Ellyat. All
residue to my wife Grace Grigs, she & ray loving friends
Stephen Blizard, Esq., & D"- John Richardson, Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Frances Ellyat, James Swift, John Gore.
Codicil da,ted 22 J uae 1757. My wife Grace has gone
to G' Britain for her health. All residue if she die to Tho.
Ellyat, son of Frances Ellyat, nephew on the father's side to
my wife Grace, but charged with £100 c. a year to M"
Frances Ellyat for life & to her children, she to have the use
of my house till Thos. Ellyat be 21. £50 c. a year to M"
Jane Nibbs, dau. of M"- Thos. Gravenour. £50 c. a year
each to Miss Eliz"", Mary, & Ann Gravenour, all 3 daus. of
Thos. Gravenour. Witnessed by John Hay, John Gore.
By Governor Thomas appeared John Gore 18 July 1757.
Henry Elliott (signed Ellyat) of Antigua, planter. Will
dated 12 Aug. 1761. To my son John German Elliott, who
is provided for, my silver watch <fe £10 c. at 21. To my
wife Frances & my 3 daus. Frances, Ann, & Catherine, 4
negi'os at 21. To my wife & 3 daus. a proportion of land
in S' John's Town with the house, & in default to my son
John. My wife & my brother John Ellyatt Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Francis Prynn, Ellinor Prynn, Ann Gray.
Before His Excellency George Thomas, Esq., was sworn
Ann Gray 18 Sep. 1701. Recorded 1 Oct. 1761.
Ebenezer Hughes Ellyat of Antigua, Gent. Will dated
15 Jan. 1762. To my sister Margaret Huyghue £50 c.
To my sister Eliz. Ellyatt £50 c. To my niece Margaret
Huyghue, dau. of Capt. Thos. Huyghue & my sister Mar-
garet, £300 c. at 1 8. To my nephew Thos. Huyghue, son
of Capt. Thos. Huyghue & my sister Margaret, £300 c. at
21. To ray nephew David Huyghue, son of Capt. Thos.
Huyghue & my sister Margaret, £300 c. at 21. All residue
to my mother Frances Ellyat for life, then to my brother
Thos. Ellyatt, & in default to my nephew Thos. Huyghue,
my nephew David Huyghue, my sister Eliz. Ellyat, & my
niece Margaret Huyghue equally. My brother-in-law Thos.
Huyghue, D'' John Richardson, & my Mother, Ex'ors.
.Witnessed by James Mackintosh, William Atkinson. By
His Excellency George Thomas, Esq., was sworn William
Atkinson 1 April 1762. Recorded 1 April 1762.
John Elliott, planter, of Antigua. Will dated 24 May
1790. To be buried in Old Road church yard. To my
wife Rebecca a negro & furniture, then to my dau. Jean
Elliott, in default to my son John Elliott. To my dau.
Jean Elliott 5 negros & my house at Old Road Town. To
my son John Elliott 4 negros. To my granddau. Eliz.
Mary Anderson a boy. To my granddaus. Eliz. Anne Re-
becca Elliott & Susannah Catherine Mary Jane Elliott each
a girl. All residue to my dau. Jean & my son John. My
son John Ex'or. Before John Nugent, Esq., Lieut.-
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, appeared John Nugent
of St. John's Town, Gent., 28 Sep. 1791. Recorded 1 Oct.
1791.
John William Ellyate of Antigua, planter. Will dated
21 July 1808. To my wife Eleanor 3 negros & all
furniture, then to my 3 sons W'", Thos., & Rob', & my 3
daus. Frances Blizard Ellyate, Eleanor Ellyate, & Margaret
Roberts Ellyate. My wife, Hon. Thos. N. Kerby, & Thos.
Hanson, Ex'ors. Witnessed by Richard W. Nanton, Charles
Curtis. Before Edward Byam was sworn Richard ^V. Nan-
ton of Antigua, Deputy Secretary, 30 Aug. 1808.
Joan Elliott, daughter of Henry Elliott, deceased,
20| acres in Rendevous Bay by her father's will dated 9
Oct. 1654, being quarter of 83 acres.
1667. Thomas and Grace Tiphany, coheirs of Robert
Tiphany, deceased, 20| acres in Rendevous Bay by Ensign
Robert Smith their guardian, being quarter of 83 acres
granted to Henry Elliott and John Stanwarth by patent
dated 20 Jan. 1650 from Governor Austin. EUiott sold
half of his share to Ensign John Hall, who died s.p. and
left it to his wife Grace, who married Robert Tiffany, ye
father of these orphans, and so became their mother.
1668. Robert Elliatt granted a patent for 150 acres.
1668. Robert Elliot, 150 acres by warrant from
Governor Winthrop 2 March 1667 ; surveyed 15 May 1668.
Commission dated 3 April 1672 to Richard Boraston,
Anthony White, and Richard Kingston to settle the account
between Samuel Foxon and Richard Hughes, merchants,
and the estate of Robert Elliatt, deceased. They advanced
to him cargoes worth £1632 18s. Id., and he returned to
them 53,034 lbs. of tobacco at 3d. per lb. = £662 18s. 6d.
Warrant dated 25 July 1672 re accounts of Mr. Robert
Elliot, deceased, due to Mr. Richard Hughys and Mr.
Samuel Foxon, merchant in Ireland. Daniel Pello, Daniel
Michell, John Ward, John Austen, appraise and find balance
of 120,119 lbs. due, and the estate to amount only to
4200 lbs.
1679, Oct. 2. Henry Elliott in the Sloop "True Friend-
ship" for Antegoa, Charles Callahane Comand''. Time out.
(Ticket from Barbados. Hotten's ' Lists.')
1679-80, March 12. Benjamin .Teffries, Gent., sells
16 acres at Old North Sound to John Eliot, planter.
1680, June 14. John Elliott, sen., and Jane Elliot,
both of Antigua, sell for 6000 lbs., to Francis Carlile and
George Turney, 10 acres.
1680, Nov. 10. Dearby Newgent and Margaret his
wife, daughter of Captain John Lynt, deceased, sell 32 acres
in Belfast to John Elliott, cooper.
Appraisement of the goods of Mr. Robert Elliott,
deceased, by Jonas Langford and Daniel Ely = 59,829 lbs.
No date. (?1670 to 1690.)
1702. Shipped by Isaac Horsford on ship " Richard
and Edward," Nathaniel Elliot, Master, now at Falmouth.
In 1767 John Elliot was rated on 6 slaves. In 1780
John Elliott, Sen., on 14 slaves, & John Elliott, Jun., on 18
slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
Parish Register of St. George.
Ma7Tied.
1741 Henery Ellyatt and Elizabeth Nibbs,
Widow.
1742 Oct. 31 William Ellyatt and Ann Ellyatt, Spinster.
1742 Nov. 4 Robert Elsinoor and Catharine Ellyatt,
Widow.
ELLYATT EAMILY.
239
1744 July 28 John Ellj-att and Elizabeth Gillyatt,
Spinster.
1745 Jnne 14 James Griofgs & Grace Ellyatt.
1751 Sep. 11 Thomas Huyghue, Esquire, & Margaret
Ellyat, Spinster.
1754 Jan. 6 Joseph Gillyat, Widower, & Elizabeth
Ellyat, Widow.
1803 William Gibson, Gentleman, and Jane
Ann Eilyatt, S., by L., at Nibbs' New
N. Sound Estate.
Buried.
1737 Jan. 6 Stephen Eilyatt.
1740 Aug. 21 Samuel Eilyatt.
1741 April 7 Henery Eilyatt, Sen^
i742 Sep. 27 William Ellyat.
1743 Jan. 4 Elizabeth the D. of Henery Eilyatt and
his wife.
1744 Dec. 12 Margaret Eilyatt, Widow.
1744 Jan. 7 William Eilyatt.
1745 Aug. 10 Mary the D. of John . . yatt.
1745 Mar. 9 Samuel Eilyatt.
1747 Mar. 1 Henry Blizard S. of Henry Eilyatt and
Elizabeth his wife.
1748 Nov. 30 Samuel Eilyatt.
1748-9 Mar. 12 Catherine Eilyatt an Infant.
1751 Oct. 21 W" Eilyatt.
1761 Feb. 22 Joshna Elliott s. of M"^ Elliott, Manager
of M"- Nugent's Estate call'd Gambles.
1761 Aug. 14 Henry Eilyatt from the parish of S«
John's.
1762 Mar. 17 Ebenezer Eilyatt from the parish of S'
John's.
1763 Dec. 7 John Eilyatt.
1764 Aug. 26 Frances Widow of Henry Eilyatt, deed.
1773 April 26 Ann Jane D. of Thomas Elliott- and Amy
his wife from S' John's.
1810 Jan. 2 Jane Elliott from Cassada Garden.
BapHzed.
1742 July 22 Mary the D. of John Elly . . and Frances
his wife.
1 743 April 24 Elizabeth the D. of Hen. Eilyatt and his
wife.
1745 April 7 Elizabeth the D. of John Eilyatt &
Frances his wife.
1745 Nov. 21 Samuel Gillyatt S. of John Eilyatt &
Elizabeth his wife.
(? 1746) Elizabeth the D. of John Eilyatt, Junior,
& Elizabeth his wife.
(? 1746) Jan. 6 .... S. of John Eilyatt & . . . .
1747-8 Feb. . . Henry Blizard the S. of Henry Eilyatt &
Elizabeth his wife.
1749-50 Feb. 15 Ann D. of Hen. Eilyatt & Eliz. his wife.
B. 25 Feb. 1748-9.
1798 Mar. 18 Frances Bhzard D. of John W. Eilyatt
and Eleanor Muir his wife.
1799 Dec. 4 Eleanor D. of John W. Eilyatt and his
wife.
1801 June 8 Margaret D. of John W. Eilyatt &
Eleanor his wife.
1804 July 26 Thomas S. of John W"" Eilyatt & Eleanor
his wife.
1807 Nov. 1 Robert S. of John W. Eilyatt & his wife,
aged 11 months.
Parish Resister of St. John.
Buried.
1706 Nov. 14 John Elliott.
1720 Dec. 27 Mary Eilyatt, a child.
1728
1730
1738
1747
1747-
1755
1757
1758
1763
1769
1770
1772
1773
1785
1787
1787
1793
1803
1805
1807
1808
1808
1690
June 11 M'- Thomas Elliott.
Sep. 23 Ehz'i' Elyatt.
April 18 John Eilyatt of this Island.
July 24 Eliz. Elliott.
JFeb. 19 John Elliott.
Sep. 11 Thomas Elliott.
Mar. 7 Francis Elliott.
Sep. 6 Ann Elliott. ^
May 1 Ann Eilyatt in the Country. P.
Dec. 14 Elizabeth Eilyatt.
Oct. 22 Grace Mlliott.
Aug. 22 John Elliott.
May 9 Joseph Elliott.
Feb. 2 Robert M'^Crae Eilyatt, Infant.
Feb. 8 Thomas Eilyatt (Planter).
Feb. 17 M" Eilyatt.
Aug. 9 Rebecca Elliott.
April 4 Euphemia Ellyat, Inf.
June 2 Mary Elliott, Infant.
Oct. 4 John Eilyatt.
July 29 Margaret Elliot, Infant.
Aug. 12 John W™ Ellyat.
Baptized.
Mary the d. of Henry Eliot & Jane his
wife.
1711 Mar. 27 Ann D. of John Elliott & Ann his wife.
1713 (? Dec.) Ann Elliott.
1717 Oct. 15 Rebecca D. of John Eilyatt & his wife.
1722 Nov. 19 A child of M^ John EUiots of Pope's
Head.
1726 Mar. 12 Samuel the s. of John Eliott & his wife.
1729 Nov. 22 Grace the d. of John Elliott and Margarett
his wife.
1729 Nov. 22 W" the s. of Samuel Elliott and Katharine
his wife.
1731 May 20 Henry s. of Henry Eliot & his wife.
1732 Sep. 27 Henry s. of Henry Eliott & his wife.
1736 Oct. 21 Margarett the D. of John Elyott and
Frances his wife.
1738 April 29 John Keeling j" s. of John Eilyatt &
Mary his wife.
1748 Nov. 27 Catherine the D. of John Elliott and
Elizabeth his wife.
1753 Sep. 25 John German the S. of Henry Elliott and
Frances his wife.
1753 Dec. 8 .lohn the S. of John Elliott and Elizabeth
his wife.
1755 Dec. 15 Mary the I), of John Elliott & Eliz. his
wife.
1756 July 14 Frances the D. of Henry Eilyatt &
Frances his wife.
1758 Feb. 26 Catharine the D. of John Eilyatt & Eliza-
beth his wife.
1759 Mar. 25 Ana the D. of Henry Eilyatt and Frances
his wife.
1760 Aug. 10 Cathrine the D. of Henry Eilyatt and
Frances his wife.
1769 July 17 Thomas the S. of Thomas Eilyatt and
Ann his wife.
1770 Oct. 12 John William the S. of Thomas Eilyatt
and Ann his wife.
1772 Mar. 25 Ann Jane the D. of Thomas Eilyatt and
Ann his wife.
1773 Mar. 7 Joseph the S. of John Elliott, dece'd, and
ilary his Widow.
(? 1785) bert M'Crae S. of Thomas Eilyatt and
Anne his wife.
1795 Sep. 25 William S. of John William Eilyatt and
Elinor Muir his wife. B. the 8"' Sep-
tember 1795.
240
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1724
Jan.
9
1731
June
5
1734
Mar.
1
1734
Mar.
5
1745
Feb.
11
1747
July
25
1751
Sep.
28
1754
June
15
1763
Sep.
2
1764
Feb.
18
1775
May
27
1787
Feb.
26
1794
1826
Oct.
5
Married.
James Nibbs and Elizabeth Elliott. B.
John fxreenaway and Mary Eliott. L.
Samuel Bacon and Eebecka Ellyatt. B.
John Ellijatt and Frances Blizard. L.
William Elliott and Elizabeth Bartlett.
WiUiam Cable and Eliz. Elliott.
George Horton and Mary Ellyat. L.
Denbow Sawcolt and Mary Ellyat. L.
James Tate to Eliz"' Ellyatt. L.
John Ellyatt to Rebecca Ramsey. L.
George Gooseley to Frances Ellyatt.
Robert Hyndman to Catherine Elliot,
Spinster. L.
John Ellyatt to Eleanor Muir Desilvia,
Spinster. L.
Thomas Ellyatt of S' Peter's and Grace
Haycock of this parish, Spinster.
Parham old Bueial Ground.
On a marble ledger : —
Sacred to the memory of
MARTHA ANN ELLIOTT
the beloved wife of
GLANVILLE O'BRIEN ELLIOTT M.D.
Died January IS"" 1879
and of their two infant children
The eldest
Died November 6"' 1873
and the youngest
November 14"' 1874.
(Two lines follow.)
St. John's Churchyard.
TO THE MEMORY | OF | WALTER PANNEL ELLIOTT
I SON OF dan"- ELLIOTT, | OF 157 EDGWARE ROAD |
LONDON I DIED JANUARY 15™ 1859 | AGED 19 YEARS.
^ttitcjrte oi €ltot.
Colonel JOHN ELIOT of Antigua. In 1711 Member of Assembly=
for Belfast division ; bur. at St. Philip's 13 Feb. 1733-4. Will dated
11 Oct. 1733 ; sworn 29 Sep. 1736.
=Ann .... mar.
before 1711 ;
living 1733.
Samuel Eliot of " Eliots,"=pElizabeth, dau. of William John Eliot.=
of 192 acres in Belfast
division, 1st son audheir;
bur. at St. Philip's 27
Oct. 1744. Will dated 26
Oct.
Yeamans, Esq. ; mar. at
St. Paul's in 1737 ; mar.
2ndly there, 7 Aug. 1746,
Dr. William Maxwell.
A-
=Jane, dau. of
Samuel Wat-
kins ; living
a widow
1743.
Thomas Eliot,
living 1733.
I I I
Elizabeth Eliot,
a minor 1733.
Eleanor Eliot.
Ann Eliot.
Samuel Eliot of Belfast, An-=j=Alice, dan. of William Byam, Esq. ; born 29 Sep. Thomas Yeamans Charity Eliot, only
tigua, and later of Sanger,
Kirkcudbright, N.B., Esq.,
1st son and heir.
1746 ; mar. 23 April 1763 at St. George's ; died Eliot, living 175U dau., mar. 1765
13 Dec. 1827, fet. 81 ; bur. in Lord Le De- and 1766. Amand Bonnaville ;
spencer's vault at Mereworth, Kent. both living 1787.
Samuel Eliot,
living 1769.
See Mary
Paynter's will.
I
Thomas^
Eliot of
Kirk-
cud-
bright
William Eliot, and An-
R.N., living tigua.
1769.
John Eliot,
bapt. 1 May
1772 ; an
officer in the
Army.
MM
Edward Eliot, bapt.
27 March 1769.
Freemam Willis
Eliot, bapt. 30 Sep.
1781.
Mary Willis Eliot,
bur. 1 Dec. 1772.
Mary Willis Elliot,
bapt. 80 Sep. 1781.
I
Anne Eliot, mar. at
Marpoole, Exmouth,
20 Aug. 1793 Lt.-
General Sir Henry
Cosby,* Knight, of
Barnesville Park,
Chepstow ; he died
17 Jan. 1822, at.
79 ; she died 24
May 1817, set. 52 ;
both bur. and M.I.
in Bath Abbey.
Elizabeth Eliot,
born 12 and
bapt. 30 Sep.
1767 at St.
Philip's ; mar.
1 July 1791 Sir
Thomas Staple-
ton, Bart.,
Baron Le De-
spencer ; he
died 3 Oct.
1831 ; she died
3 Jan. 1848.
Mary Eliot,
mar. 13
June 1811
Robert
Camden
Cope, Col.
of the
Armagh
Militia.
Alicia Eliot,
bapt. at St.
Philip's 16
May 1775 ;
mar. 3 Aug.
1796 Wil-
liam 15th
Earl of
Errol ; she
died 24
April 1812,
set. 34. M.I.
in Bath
Abbey.
Elizabeth Yeamans Eliot, died 30 Sep. Rachael Yeamans Eliot, youngest dau. and heir ; mar. in 1805 Daniel 2nd son of
1829 at Binfield, co. Berks. William Mackinen, Esq., of Antigua and Binfield, co. Berks ; he died Jan. 1829.
* Sir Henry Cosby was son of Capt. Alexander Cosby, Governor of Surat, and was born in 1743 at Minorca.
John Eliot of St. Philip's. Will dated 11 Oct. 1733.
To my wife Ann ^ of the produce of my plantation &
several negros. To my dau. Eliz"' Eliot £600 c. at 21.
To my daus. Elinor and Ann the same. To my sons John
& Thos. Eliot £600 c. each. To my 1»' son Sam' all
residue, & in default of heirs to my other sons in succession.
then to my daus. equally. My wife, Hon. Sam' Watkins,
Col. Thos. Watkins, Col. James Parke & M' Henry Wallace,
Ex'ors and Guardians. Witnessed by J. Sanderson,
Nicholas Collins. By His Excellency William Matthew,
Esq., was sworn J. Sanderson 29 Sep. 1736. Recorded 2
Nov. 1736.
ELIOT FAMILY.
241
Close Roll, 27 Geo. III., Part 9, No. 1.
Indenture made the 4th Dec. 1787 between Amand
Bonneville, late of Carlisle Street, Soho, and now of Great
Newport Street, Esq., and Charity his wife (late Charity
Eliott, spinster, only daughter of Samuel Eliott, late of
Antigua, Esq., deceased), of the one part, and Alexander
Willock, late of Old Broad Street, and now of Broad Street
Buildings, Merchant, of the other part. Whereas by an
Indenture made the 19th July 17(54 between Samuel Eliot
of Antigua, Esq. (eldest son and heir at law, and residuary
legatee under the will of Samuel Eliot, late of Antigua,
Esq., deceased), of the oue part, and Charity Eliot, spinster
(now wife of Amand Bonneville), of the other part, reciting
that Samuel Eliot, deceased, by his last will dated 26th Oct.
1745 did bequeath to Charity Eliot £1400 currency, and did
appoint William Yeamans, Nicholas Collins, Thomas Elmes,
and Francis Farley, all of Antigua, his Ex'ors, it is among
other things witnessed that Samuel Eliot for the considera-
tions therein mentioned did grant to Charity Eliot during
life an annuity of £100 sterling, issuing out of all that
Plantation in the Pai'ish of Belfast, Antigua, containing
192 acres .... bounded E. with the lands of Nicholas
Collins and AYilliam Dunbar, Esquires, W. with the lands
of Sir AVilliam Codriiigton, Bart., N. with the lauds of
Samuel Watkins Ker (?), and S. with the lands of John
Lavicount, Esq Whereas by an Indenture made the
15th Dec. 1735 (? 1765) between Amand Bonneville and
Charity his wife of the one part, and Alexander Willock of
the other part, reciting the said Indenture, and further
reciting that Charity Eliot had since the date of the In-
denture intermarried with Amand Bonneville, and that
Alexander Willock had contracted with Amand Bonneville
for the absolute purchase of the annuity, and of all arrears,
for £700 and £25 jDer annum, payable as therein and herein
mentioned, that is £200 on execution .... and £500 on
the decease of either Amand or Charity Bonneville to the
survivor, together with an annuity of £25 during their
joint natural lives .... and that Alexander Willock had
entered into a Bond in the penal sum of £1000 .... and
further reciting an Indenture bearing even date between
Amand Bonneville and Charity his wife of the one part,
and Eobert Oliphant of Broad Street, London, of the other
part, wherein it was declared that the said Bond was given
by Alexander Willock to Robert Oliphant .... and Robert
Oliphant stood possessed thereof upon trust .... it was
witnessed that in pursuance of the said Contract of Agree-
ment, and in consideration of £200 .... Amand Bonneville
and Charity his wife did grant to Alexander Willock ....
all that annuity .... and whereas the said last recited
Indenture was made and executed in Great Britain, and ought
according to the Laws and customs of Antigua to have been
acknowledged before one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas, and inrolled within six months in the Court
of Chancery, Great Britain, in order to have been equivalent
to a fine .... but such inrollnient and acknowledgment
were omitted .... and Alexander Willock hath applied to
Amand Bonneville and Charity his wife to suf)ply the
omission .... Now this Indenture witnesseth that for the
considerations aforesaid, and in consideration of 10s
they grant, etc., to Alexander Willock all that annuity ....
and constitute him their true and lawful Attorney to recover
.... and lastly they nominate Henry Benskin Lightfoot,
Daniel Hill the elder, and John Gray, all of Antigua,
Esquires, their Attorneys to appear .... Robert Oliphant,
12 Broad Street Buildings, George Weston, Ambrose
Weston, witnesses.
1711-12, Jan. 10. John Elliott of Antigua, Gent., and
Anne his wife, sell 41 acres at Nonsuch for £1000 c. to
John King of Antigua, Gent.
1744, Oct. 17. " Sir, — As my Business is such that will
not allow me the Honour of continuing my Seat in the
Assembly, desire that I may have the Liberty granted me
to Resign.
" I am. Sir, Yr. most Obed' Ser.,
" Samuel Eliot."
(Letter to the Speaker.)
1793, Aug. 20. At Marpool, near Exmouth, Sir Henry
Cosby, to Miss Eliot, dan. of Sam. Eliot, eSq., of Antigua,
and sister of Lady Le Despencer. ('Gentleman's Maga-
zine,' p. 860.)
1796, July 27. By special licence, the Hon. Wm. Hay
Carr, brother to the Earl of Errol, to Miss Eliot, third da.
of Sam. Eliot, esq., of Antigua. {Ibid., p. 701.)
1798. The lady of the present Earl of Errol is one of
the four daughters of .... Eliot, esq., of Antigua. The
two elder are married to Lord Le Despencer and Sir Henry
Cosby ; the third is the present Countess of Errol ; and the
fourth daughter is still unmarried. {Ibid., p. 622.)
1811, June 13. Lieut.-Col. Robert Camden Cope of
Loughgall, CO. Armagh, to Mary, youngest daughter of the
late Samuel Eliot, esq., of Antigua, and sister of the
Countess of Errol, Lady Despencer, and Lady Cosby.
{Ibid., p. 671.)
1812, April 24. In Norfolk Crescent, Bath, Alicia,
Countess of Erroll. She was the third daughter of Sam.
Elliot of Antigua, esq. {Ibid., p. 595.)
1817, May 24. At Clifton, Lady Cosby, wife of Lieut.-
Gen. Sir H. Cosby, of Barnesville Park, Gloucestershire,
daughter of the late S. Elliot, esq., of Antigua, and eldest
sister of the late Countess of Errol, the present Lady Le
Despenser, and Mrs. Camden Cope. {Ibid., p. 571.)
1822, Jan. 17. "At Bath, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry
(Augustus Montagu) Cosby, Knt., of Barnsville-park, near
Chepstow, senior officer of the whole of the Company's
service " .... a long obituary notice follows on p. 177 ....
" Sir Henry Cosby re-married, in 1793, Miss Ann Eliot,
eldest daughter of Samuel Eliot, Esq., of the Island of
Antigua (a younger branch of the Eliots of Port Eliot in
Cornwall), and sister to the Baroness Le Despencer, and
late Countess of Errol, and Mrs. Cope. By her he had
issue: — 1, Augusta Louisa; 2, Phillips, a Lieutenant in
his Majesty's 52d Light Infantry regiment ; 3, Henry, a
minor. Lady Cosby died in 1817, and was buried in the
Abbey at Bath, where Sir Henry's remains were likewise
deposited." On p. 648 is a copy of his M.I. He died in
his 79th year. {Ibid., p. 94.)
1827, Dec. 13. At the house of her son-in-law Lord
le Despenser, in Nottingham-place, aged 81, Alice, widow
of Sam. Eliot, esq., of Antigua. Her third and youngest
dau. was the second wife of the late Earl of Errol, and
mother of the present Earl, she died in 1812. Lady Le
Despenser is her second daughter. {Ibid., p. 571.)
1829, Sep. 30. At Binfield, Berks, Eliz. Yeamans, dau.
of late Thos. Eliot, esq., of Kirkcudbright. {Ibid., p. 379.)
Parish Register of St. Phillip.
Buried.
1699 Nov. 27 Elizabeth Elliott.
1717 Dec. 6 John Elliot, jun.
1733 Feb. 13 Col" John Elliot.
1744 Oct. 27 M-- Samuel Elliot.
1772 Sep. 2 John Eliot.
1801 July 31 Edmond (or Edward) Elliot.
Baptised.
1767 Sep. 30 Eliza d. of Samuel & Alice Eliott, b.
Sep. 12.
1769 Mar. 27 Edward s. of Samuel & Alice Eliott.
1772 May 1 John Eliott.
1 1
242
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1775
1781
1700
1763
1770
1772
May 16 Alicia d. of Samuel Elliott, Esq.
Sep. 30 Freeman Willis & Mary Willis s. & d. of
Samuel & Alice Ellott.
Married.
Aug. 4 John Elliott to Elizabeth Perry.
Parish Register of St. George.
Married.
April 23 Samuel Elliot, Gentleman, & Alice Byam,
Spinster.
Buried.
Infant d. of Samuel Elliot, Esq'', & Alice
his wife.
Dec. 1 Mary Willis D. of Samuel Elliot, Esq^ &
Alice his wife.
\
Parish Register of St. Paul.
1737
1746
1812
1817
Married.
ot & M" Elizabeth Yeamans.
Aug. 7 Doct' William Maxwell and M'= Elizabeth
Elliott, Widow, by L.
Register of Bath Abbey, co. Somerset.
Buried.
May 1 Allicia Countess of ErroU was buried.
.June 2 Anne Cosby, Clifton, Gloucestershire, 52.
Bath Abbey.
On a ledger in south transept : —
ALICIA
countess of erroll
died April 24"' 1812
in her 35"^ Year.
On west wall, white marble tablet : —
Sacred
to the Memory of
ALICIA COUNTESS OF ERROLL
In whom was combined every virtue
that could adorn human nature ;
she died at Bath April 24"' 1812
in the 35"' year of her age :
deeply and sincerely lamented
by every one
who had the happiness
of knowing her.
Sacred to the Memory of
ANNE LADY COSBY
Wife of Lieu' Gen' Sir Henry Cosby,
died May 24"' 1817.
(Fourteen eulogistic lines follow.)
Close to her sister's tablet, on the ledger over the vault,
her age is given as 52.
^^ctitcjvee of Cosl)^>.
ALEXANDER COSBY of Stradbally, Queen's Co. ; died 1694=
Alexander Cosby, 5th son,=f=Anne, dau.
Lieut. -Col. in the Army
and Lieut.-Governor of
Nora Scotia ; died 26
Dec. 1743.
of Ales.
Winnard of
Annapolis.
William Cosby, 6th son, Governor^
of New York 1730 ; Colonel of
the Royal Irish ; Equerry to the
Queen of George II. ; died 10
March 1736.
:Grace, sister of George Jlontague, Earl of
Halifax ; died 25 Dec. 1767. Will dated
4 May 17G7 ; proved 14 Jan. 1768. (6
Seeker.)
Phillips Cosby, 2nd son,=
Admiral of the White ;
succeeded to Stradbally
on the death of his
cousin Baron Sydney ;
died 10 Jan. 1808, aet.
77.
:Eliza, dau.
of William
Gunthorpe
of An-
tigua; mar.
Aug. 1792.
1st
wife.
=Sir Henry Au-=
gustus Mon-
tague Cosby of
E.I.C.S., died
17 Jan. 1822,
aet. 79.
B.p.
-Anne, 1st dau.
and coheir of
Samuel Eliot of
Antigua ; mar.
1793 ; died 24
May 1817, jet.
52. 2nd wife.
William Cosby.
Henry Cosby, Cap-
tain R.N., died
1753.
Grace Cosby, mar.
.... Murray of
New York.
Elizabeth Cosby, 1st
dau., mar. 1733 Lord
Augustus Fitzroy, 2nd
son of Charles, 2nd
Duke of Grafton, who
died 1741 ; mar.
2ndly, in 1765, James
Jefferys ; died 22 Dec.
1788.
I
Captain Phillips Cosby, died
27 June 1826, ist. 26.
Henry Cosby, died=pHarriet Frances.
Jan. 1842, «t. 37.
Four daus.
Augusta Louisa Cosby,
only dau.
William Cosby, Esq., Governor of New York and New
Jersey. Will dated 19 Feb. 1735 ; republished 9 March
1735 ; proved 3 July 1739 by Grace Cosby the relict. (145
Henchman.) The laud I purchased of the Germans called
the Manor of Cosby on both sides of Mohawk river, Albany
CO., to my 2 sons W"" & Henry. My lands at Rochester,
Ulster CO., to my wife Grace, also my house in Soho-sq.,
London, & at S' Leonard's Hill, & all my pers. est., &
sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by James De Lancey, John
Felton, Charles Williams, William Cosby, Joseph Murray.
Grace Cosby of Henrietta Street, St. Marylebone, widow.
Will dated 4 May 1767 ; proved 14 Jan. 1768 by the
Ex'ors. (6 Seeker.) To my dau. Eliz., Lady Fitzroy, now
wife of James Jeffreys, Esq., certain plate. My nephew
Geo. Montagu, Esq., all my family pictures. All my
personal estate to James Jeffreys & Frederick Montagu of
Hanover Sq., on Trust to hold till my granddau. Eliz.
Jeffreys, dau. of the said Jas. Jeffreys & Ehz., be 21, but if
she die to my 2 other grandchildren, Grace Jeffreys & Lucy
Jeffreys. All real estate to be sold. My trustees to be
Ex'ors. Witnessed by John Ashe, sen., John Ellerbeck,
John Ashe, jun.
Codicil. 15 Sep. 1767. My sister Wilmot £20. My
niece Rice a ruby ring.
On 13 Jan. 1768 appeared William Brooke of St. Mary-
lebone, Gent., and Alexander M<^Cabe of St. Mary at Hill,
Gent.
COSBY FAMILY.
243
1730, Dec. 17. Col. Cosby made Governor of the Lee-
ward Islands. (' Historical Register,' p. 68.)
1731, April 29. The Hon. Col. Cosby kiss'd his
Majesty's Hand this Day, on his being appointed General
and Governor in and over his Majesty's Leeward Islands in
America. {Ibid., p. 21.)
1732, Jan. 9. Col. Cosby, late Governor of the Leeward
Islands, kiss'd the King's Hand on his being appointed
Captain Genei-al and Governor in Chief in and over New
York and New Jersey and the Provinces thereto belonging.
{Ibid., p. 4.)
1736, May. His Excelleney William Cosby, Esq.,
Captain-General and Commander in Chief of his
Majesty's Provinces of New- York and East and "West New-
Jersey. His Excellency's Death makes a fourth Government
vacant in the Colonies. (' London Magazine,' p. 279.)
In the pedigree of the Cosbys of Stradbally, in Burke's
' Landed Gentry,' no mention is made of Sir Henry A. M.
Cosby.
1788, Dec. 22. In Holies-street, Cavendish-square, Lady
Fitzroy, relict of Lord Henry Augustus Fitzroy, second son
of the late Duke of Grafton .... Her Ladyship afterwards
married Jas. JeflFeries,esq., late one of the Commissioners of the
Customs .... (' Gentleman's Magazine,' pp. 1131 and 1181.)
Bath ABBEr.
Sacred to the memory of Lieu' Gen' | Sir Henry Au-
gustus Montague Cosb}-, | of the Honourable Company's
Service, and | of Barnsville Park, in the county of Glouces-
ter I Died January 17'", 1822, aged 79.
(Twelve lines follow.)
In the south transept there are likewise inscriptions to
the memory of other members of the Cosby family : —
Admiral Phillips Cosby, d. 10 Jan. 1808, aged 77.
Capt. Phillips Cosby, eldest son of Sir Henry Cosby and
Anne his wife, d. 27 June 1826, aged 26.
Henry Cosby, late Capt. 1"' Royal Dragoon Guards, second
and last surviving son of same, d. January 1842, aged 37.
Harriet Frances his wife d. March 1837, aged 30.
Their four daughters viz. : —
Mary Augusta, d. 21 July 1842, aged 14.
Harriet Louisa Anne, d. 28 Jan. 1850, aged 20.
Emma Grace Mary Anne, d. 11 May 1855, aged 22.
Frances Eliza Jane, d. 1 Dec. 1857, aged 24.
Augusta Louisa, wife of the Rev. William Samuel Parr
Wilder, M.A., and only dau. of Sir Henry Cosby and Anne
his wife, d. 16 Dec. 1862, aged 67. (' Gloucestershire Notes
and Queries,' vol. iv., p. 538.)
^^ttittjrtt cf tX\\\t%.
THOMAS ELMES of Antigua, 1667 ; granted 65 acres ; living 1680=
Thomas Elmes, died Dec. 1755=j=Mary Marchant, dau. of Mrs. Rachel Marchant ; mar. 23 Feb. 1698 ;
bur. 24 Sep. 1738 at St. Philip's.
Thomas Elmes, jun. ; bur. 19 April 1745=rMary Ann Monk, mar. 22 Aug. 1734
at St. Philip's. Will dated 13 April 1745.
bur. 20 Nov. 1749 at St. Philip's.
Rachel Ehnes, mar. 5 Sep. 1734,
at St. Philip's, James Watson.
Lsetitia Cusack, dau.=rThomas Elmes-
and coheir of Dr.
Patrick Cusack ; mar.
28 Jan. 1761 at St.
Philip's ; died 2 and
bur. thereS Aprill763.
1st wife.
I
I (?bur. 13 Mar.
i 1776 at St.
Philip's).
=Elizabeth Har-
man, dau. of
Col. Samuel
Harman. 2nd
wife.
John Elmes
(?of Gray's
Inn, 10
June 1765).
Mary Elmes, a minor
1745.
Rachel Elmes, bur.
30 March 1746 at St.
Philip's.
Sarah Elmes, mar. 7 Dec.
1758, at St. Philip's,
Robert Henville.
Ann Ehnes, bur. 15 Jan.
1749 at St. Philip's.
Lsetitia Elmes,=pFrancis
mar. 7 Dec.
1782 at St.
John's.
Pittman.
Anne Pittman, mar. 1st
John McDiarmid, Bar-
rister-at-Law, author of
' History of Highland
Clans ; ' mar. 2ndly
.... Hart, by whom
s.p.
Charlotte Pittman, mar.
Henry Keane Smithers.
Mary
Ehnes.
Thomas Elmes.
Inherited
" Elmes," and
died s.p.
Capt. James Williams-
of Grenada, mar. 24
April (?1788) at St.
John's. 1st husband.
=Dorothy Elmes,=pHenry Papps of H.M.
born 3 May and Ordnance, Antigua ; of
bapt. 22 Aug. a Wiltshire family ;
1768 at St. died 1805. 2nd. hus-
Philip's. band.
Elizabeth Papps Wil-
liams, only surviving
dau. ; mar. 1st Major
John William Dunn
of 18th Hussars and
8th Dragoon Guards ;
mar. 2ndly Capt.
Knightly Musgrave
Clay.
Henry Spencer=
Papps, Barris-
ter-at-Law ;
born 26 Jan.
1800 in An-
tigua ; in 1850
removed to
Canada ; died
1867 in Eng-
land.
=Frances
Anne
Forbes,
dau. of
Alex-
ander
Forbes
of Upper
Woburn
Place.
George:
Papps,
Barris-
ter-at-
Law ;
born 14
JIarch
1804 in
Antigua.
:Jane Ann
Anderson
Lawrance,
dau. of
Thomas
Lawrance
of
Demerara,
/K
Anne Papps, mar, .
Charles Glynn
Gloyne of Kens-
ington ; both
died aged in 1881,
leaving a son
Charles Papps
Gloyne, and a
dau. Marianne
Gloyne.
Henry Alexander Papps,=
born 14 March 1829 ;
lived in Russia and Eng-
land.
=Rose Marie Nu-
gent, only child
of Eugene Nu-
gent.
Issue.
George Ludlow Papps,"
born 7 Sep. 1832 ;
Barrister-at-Law, of
Hamilton, Ontario.
^Caroline Augusta Dug-
gau, dau. of Richard
Oliver Duggan of
Hamilton, Ontario;
mar. 19 May 1874.
Issue.
Fanny Papps,
mar. Charles
Nightingale
Beazley.
Mary Anne
Papps,
mar. P. E.
Nouverre.
244
THE HISTOEY OE ANTIGUA.
Thomas Elmes the younger of Antigua, Gent. Will
dated 13 April 174:5. To my wife Mary Ann, a negTO
woman, a horse, & jewels. By Indenture dated 1 Sep. 1738
between myself & Mary Ann my wife of the one part, &
Rob' Christian, Esq., of the other, a term of 300 years was
limited to him in trust of certain lands, etc., to pay £4000 c.
to my younger children. I direct him to raise it for my
younger children : Mary Elmes, Rachel Elmes, Sarah Elmes,
& John Elmes at 21. To my mulatto boy Joicey his
freedom. M"" Thos. Rice £50 c. To the poor of St.
Philip's £50 c. All residue to my son Thos. Henry
Lyons, late of Antigua, now of Great Britain, Rob' Christian
of Antigua, Esq., & . . . . Farley of Antigua, Esq., Ex'ors.
Witnessed by James Mitchelson, Pevice Lynch, Henry
Symes. Before Governor George Thomas was sworn Henry
Symes of Antigua, Gent., 9 Dec. 1755.
1st Codicil. My fortune is increased and the number of
my children decreased, therefore each child's portion to be
£2000. £4000 charged on the estate of my deceased
wife. My dau. Mary . . . ., my dau , my son John.
My uncle Benj" Marchant. Dated 24 Dec. 1751. Witnessed
by Robert Yuille, John McKittrick, William Wallis. Before
Governor George Thomas was sworn John McKittrick,
Surgeon, 9 Dec. 1755.
27id Codicil. To Sarah Rice, dau. of W™ Rice, deceased,
£300 c. To each E.x'or £20. To Peter Cusack, son of my
friend M'' Patrick Cusack, £30. 26 Deo. 1751. Witnessed
by Main Swete Walrond, Henry Symes, John McKittrick.
Before Governor George Thomas were sworn Main Swete
Walrond, Esq., & Henry Symes, Gent (Several
portions of this will are destroyed.)
Rachael Marchant. Will dated 12 June 1732. BIy
dau. Rebe .... My granddau., dau. of my son An . . . .,
Rachael Elmes. My grandson Thos., Rachel Marchant
.... dau. of my son Benjamin. My grandson John Elmes.
.... in law Thos. Elmes, likewise to aforesaid Mary Elmes,
2 negros. Household stuff equally among my children,
Benj. Marchant, Rebecca Allsop, & Mary Elmes. The crop
on the ground I now live on to go to defray funeral ex-
penses & debts. My son Benj™ Marchant and my grand-
son Thomas Elmes Ex'ors. Witnessed by Fattrick Browne,
William Hunt. Before His Excellency William Matthew
was sworn William Hunt 12 Sep. 1738. Recorded 10 Oct.
1740.
1654. Mountserrat. John Elmes owes 100 lbs. to the
Dutch merchants. (Egerton MS. 2395.)
1667, March 4. Thos. Ehnes and four others had a
grant of 65 acres. Surveyed 5 June 1668.
1668. Thos. Elmes and Howell Jones 50 acres by
patent.
1679, July 29. Geo. Price, planter, sells to Thos.
Elmes, planter, 25 acres.
1680, Oct. 20. Thos. Elmes 50 acres surveyed.
1680, Oct. 21. Thos. Elmes, planter, sells to Winifred
Upshott 12 acres.
1731, Jan. 15. Thos. and Wm. Ehnes petition for 10
acres.
1738, July 24. Thomas Elmes, sen. and jun., named.
1755, Dec. 4. Death of Thos. Elmes ; his seat in the
Assembly vacant.
1765, June 10. John Elmes of the Island of Antigua,
America, Gent. (Foster's ' Gray's Inn Register.')
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Mcm-ted.
1698 Feb. 23 Thomas Elmes to Mary Marchant.
1734: Aug. 22 Thomas Elmes, Gent., to Mary Anne
Monk. L.
1734 Sep. 5 James Watson, Gent., to Rachel Elmes.
1758 Dec. 7 Rob' Henville, Esq^ &■ Sarah Ehnes.
1761 Jan. 28 Tho' Elmes, Esq"', & Laetitia Cusack.
Buried.
1730 Mar. 6 John Elmes, Jun.
1738 Sep. 24 M" Mary Elmes.
1745 April 19 M^ Thomas Elmes, Sen".
1746 Mar. 30 Rachel D. of W Thomas Elmes.
1749 Nov. 20 Mary Ann Elmes, Wife of Tho^ Elmes.
1749-50 Jan. 15 Ann Elmes, D'' of Tho» Ehnes.
1763 April 3 M" Ehnes.
1773 May 3 Elizabeth Ehnes.
1776 Mar. 13 Thomas Elmes.
Baptized.
1768 Aug. 22 Dorothy d. of Thomas & Elizabeth Elmes,
b. 3 May.
1772 Jan. 10 Elizabeth Elmes.
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
1782 Dec. 7 Francis Pittman to Laticia Ehnes. L.
(? 1788) April 24 James Williams (of Grenada) to Dorothy
Elmes, Spinster. L.
"Elmes" is in St. Philip's Parish. In 1852 it con-
tained 158 acres, and was owned by Philip Lyne.
Jfamtlj? oi €ntU)isilt»
William Entwisle of Antigua, bachelor. Will dated 7
March 1798. I appoint Bertie Entwisle, Jn" Scholes, &
David King Ex'ors. To Mich. Branthwaites a negro. To
Mary Richardson all my furniture. To Jn" Scholes my
gold seal with the Entwisle arms, & to his son W" Scholes
my large silver tankerd. All my own family are provided
for. Witnessed by Robert Burnthorn, Richard Hodges,
William Jervis. Before President Edward Byam was
sworn Richard Hodges of Antigua 30 May 1799. Recorded
1 June 1799.
1770, June 13. B. Entwisle, Esq., is sworn as Deputy
Collector of St. John's Town.
1798. Bertie Entwisle writes to their lordships from
Tavistock Street, London, on 13 March, informing them
that he intends returning to Antigua. In a later letter
postponing his immediate departure he encloses one from
his lawyer, who is preparing the conveyance of the Irby
estate to him, and is busy over other matters relating to
the late Mr. Henry Entwisle's estate. (Colonial Corre-
spondence, vol. 33.)
1803, April. "At Antigua, aged 70, Bertie Entvrisle,
esq." (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 691.)
1803, July 15. Lord Lavington writes: "The Island
has lately had the Misfortune to lose M' Entwisle, one of
the Members of the Council, and in every respect a most
valuable Man, who died of the Gout in his Stomach, a very
few Hours after he had been seiz'd by that fatal Disorder."
A pedigree of Entwisle of Foxholes in Rochdale is given
on p. 60, vol. 3, of Baine's ' History of Lancashire,' new and
revised edition.
ENTWISLE EAMILY.
245
^ctittjree of €nt\uisle.
Arms. — Argent, on a hend engrailed sable three mullets of the first.
JOHN ENTWISLE of Foxholes iu Hundersfield, Rochdale, Esq., living April 1665, then=rDorothy . .
aet. 32 ; bur. at Rochdale. His pedigree was recorded iu the Visitation of Lancashire 16G4. I
Bertie Entwisle of Wigan, Esq., Vice-Chan cellor of the County Palatine,=f Claresse, dau. of John Chorley of Ormskirk,
2nd son, bapt. 29 April 1655 at Rochdale ; bur. 23 Dec. 1723 at Wigan.
Lancashire ; bur. 18 Dec. 1745 at Wigan.
John Entwisle of:
Liverpool, Mer-
chant, 2nd son ;
bur. there.
=. . . . dau. of ... . Other
Haughton of Liver- issue,
pool, Gent. ; bur.
there.
Ellen Entwisle, 1st child, bapt. 9=rJohn Markland of Wigan, born July
Sep. 1685 at Wigan; mar. 27 1666; died 1742. His descendants
July 1713; died circa 1755 and took the name of Entwisle.
there bur.
Bertie Entwisle of Antigua,=pSarah, only dau. and
Merchant, 1st son, born 1732
at Liverpool ; Dep.-Collector
of St. John's 1770 ; owner of
the Golden Grove Plantation
1787 ; Member of the Coun-
cil ; died s.p. at Antigua 27
April 1803, set. 70.
heir of John Jeaffre-
son.Esq. ; mar. 18 Jan.
1759 at St. Philip's ;
died 22, bur. 24 May
1799, iEt. 60, and M.I.
at Belfast, Antigua.
John
Entwisle,
2nd son.
William Entwisle of Antigua,
Searcher of the Customs at the
port of St. John's, 3rd son,
born at Liverpool ; died a
bachelor 22 May 1799, fet. 61.
M.I. at St. John's. Will dated
7 March 1798 ; sworn 30 May
1799.
Eliza Entwisle, bapt. 12 and bur. 15 Oct. 1772 at St. John's.
Richard Entwisle, 4th
son, born at Liver-
pool ; died a bachelor,
probably in the West
Indies.
1759
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
Jan. 18 Bertie Entwisle & Sarah Jeafft-eson.
Buried.
1799 May 24 M" Entwisle.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1772 Oct. 12 Eliz" the D. of Bertie Entwisle and Sarah
his wife.
Buried.
1772 Oct. 15 Elizabeth Entwisle.
1776 Aug. 8 William Entwisle.
1799 May 24 William Entwisle.
1801 July 27 William Entwisle, Inf.
St. John's Churchyard.
On a ledger over a brick vault : —
Here lieth
the Body of
WILLIAM ENTWISLE Efq"
Searcher of Cuftoms S' John's
who Died 22''^ Hay 1799
Aged 61 Years.
^etrtsrte oi €banson.
NATHANIEL EVANSON=
of Foremill, Bantry, co.
Cork, living 1759.
=Martha
living 1759.
Mary, dau. of ... . Hawes ;=
bur. at St. John's 7 May
1751. 1st wife.
=EDWARD EVAN SON of=
Guana Island, Antigua, Esq.
Will dated 19 Dec. 1759.
/\
-- 2nd
wife, who
survived.
Charles Evanson of Antigua, mar. at St. John's^pAnne, relict of Christopher Knight of Antigua.
24 May 1750 ; bur. there 14 Jan. 1753. In 1787 of Redland, Bristol, widow.
Rev. Nathaniel Evanson of=fCatherine, dau. of Thomas Willard of East-
Antigua, bapt. at St. John's
11 July 1752; heir 1759
to Edward Evanson.
bourne, Esq. ; mar. 2ndly John Bean of
Clapham House, co. Sussex ; and died 1827.
(See Burke's ' Landed Gentry.')
Martha Evanson, bapt. at St. John's 11 July
1752 ; mar. there 3 July 1777 Alexander Scott
of Antigua, Jlerchant, who was bur. 14 Jan.
1787, and whom she survived. His will re-
corded at Antigua.
246
^ THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Nathaniel Evanson. Will dated 13 Sep. 1694. All
estate to M''^ Margery Lovelj, sister to my late wife. Wit-
nessed by Thomas Gellatley, .James Stollard, John Smart.
On 6 April 1G98 commission to Margery Lovell, spinster,
residuary legatee of Nathaniel Evanson, late of Barbados,
deceased.
Edward Evanson of Guana, Esq. Will dated 19 Dec.
1759. To be bur. near my uncle Baptiste Looby in Parham
Churchyard. To my cousin Eliz*'' Looby, dau. of Baptist
Looby, £30 c. yearly. To my cousin Marg' Looby of
€ork £20 c. yearly. To my kinsman Nath' Evanson, sen',
of Foremill, Bantry, co. Cork, £200 a year, & if he come
to the West Indies after my death, all my wine & old rum
in the room south of the kitchen chimney where I now live,
all my wether sheep, hogs, poultry, 2 horses, chaise, and
liberty to live iu either of my 2 houses at Guana Island, &
if Martha his wife should outlive him, then I give her
£40 St. yearly. I give him also my furniture & plate. To
Mary Mason of Cork 3s. weekly. To the Incorporated
Society at Dublin for Promoting the English Protestant
Schools in Ireland £30 st. To Martha, dau. of the late
Chas. Evanson, £G00 c. To my godson Chas. Martin, son
of my Ex'or Sam' Martin, £50 c. To my goddau. MargS
dau. of the late Philip Ronan, £50 c. To M'-= Russel
Gloster, late Hawes, now wife of Arch'' Gloster, surgeon,
being niece of my former wife & attendant to my present
wife, £500 c. To Mary Charity, dau. of the late Ch"-
Knight, £20 st. To my kinswoman Eliz"', relict of John
Hawes, Carpenter, £100 c. To D>' Ashton Warner ray
Cremona fiddle. To Milberry Pyne, my kinswoman of the
half blood, £50 c. To Hercules Lavers release of debt of
£20 St. Ijegacies to be paid out of personalty ; no real
estate to be sold, nor the leasehold I hold from Chas. Tud-
way, Esq. My Ex'ors are to hold my estate till legacies are
paid, then I give it to Francis Farley, Sam' Martin, Rowl''
Otto Baijer, Nath' Evanson Sen'', & Alex'' Willdck, in Trust
for Nath' Evanson Jun'', grandson of Nath' Evanson Sen'',
& son of the late Chas. Evanson of Antigua & Ann his wife,
for life, & to his heirs, power to charge it with £1000 c. for
daus., & in default of issue my trustees are to divide Guana
Isl'' East from West as on plan, the East part to my kins-
man Tankard Looby, & the West to my kinsman Rich''
Evanson of Foremill AVater, Perth. My kinsman Nath'
Evanson to be genteely educated at Eton. All residue to
him. £20 st. to each Ex'or. Trustees Ex'ors. Witnessed
by Richard Lee, John Greenway, William Brettargh. My
■wife's dower to be commuted to £200 a year if necessary.
Freedom to my inf mulatto Cath. By His Excellency
■George Thomas was sworn William Brettargh 22 Jan. 1760.
Recorded 25 Jan. 1760.
Merch', £100 st. a year. To his reputed children, Margt.,
Thos., Ehnor, & Henry, £500 st. each. My trustees to provide
maintenance for Jas. & Colin Peter, sons of my brother
John Scott of Muthil, till 24, & all residue, if any, to be
equally divided between them. Trustees to be Ex'ors ....
(Rest of will destroyed.)
Alexander Scott, merchant. To be bur. near my sister
M" Ross in 8' John's Churchyard, the grave to be enclosed
•with wooden rails. My Ex'ors to collect estate & debts of
house of Ledwell & Scott. To my wife all my household
stutif, plate, slaves, horses, carriages, etc. To Miss Marg'
Manning the hire of a negro. To my sister Jean Scott of
Muthil, Perth, £1000 st. To my brother John Scott of
Mutliil £1(100 St. To Boyce Ledwell, Henry Pearson,
David Ross, W"" Butler, Tho. Rodie, £50 each. All residue
to Rev. John Scott of Muthil, Henry Pearson, now or late
of London, Merch', Tho. Rodie of Liverpool, W'" Butler of
Antigua, Merch'-, on trust to pay to my widow £200 st.
yearly, & if my estate will stand it, to augment it up to | of
the yearly income of my estate. To my mother M"'' Anne
Evanson £100 st. a year. To M''= Marg' Manning, wife of
Richard Manning of Antigua, £50 st. yearly. To his dau.
Margt. £500 st. To Tho. Scott of M . . . . Place, London,
Close Roll, 30 Geo. II., Part 3, Nos. 12 and 13.
Indenture made the 30th Aug. 1756 between Edward
Byam, late of Antigua, but now of Great Britain, Esq., and
Lydia his wife, and John Byam of Antigua, Esq., of the
one part, and Edward Evanson of Guana Island, being on€
of the islands adjacent and belonging to Antigua, Gentle-
man, of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of
5s. Edward Byam and Lydia his wife and John Byam grant,
etc., to Edward Evanson all that plantation .... of Edward
Byam .... in Guana Island .... containing 211 acres, and
now in the possession and occupation of Edward Byam and
Lydia his -wife .... bounded N., E., and S. with the sea,
and W. with the lands of Edward Evanson .... and also
two negro slaves, Johnny and Guamino .... for one whole
year .... Richard Boddicot, John Alexander, witnesses.
No. 12.
Indenture made the 31st Aug. 1756 as above. Whereas
Indentures of lease and release were made the 4tli and 5th
Feb. 1754 between Edward Byam, late of Antigua, but now
of St. Andrew's, Ilolborn, Esq., and Lydia his wife, of the
one part, and John Byam of Antigua, Esq., of the other
part, by which release Edward Byam and Lydia, in con-
sideration of 5s and for barring the estate of dower of
Lydia, did grant, etc., to John Byam, among other things,
the said plantation in trust for Edward Byam and his heirs
for ever .... and Edward Byam and Lydia aclcnowledged
the deeds in England .... but they have never been en-
rolled in Antigua, though particular authority was given to
proper persons there .... and the time allowed in Antigua
for such enrolment is now expired .... and Edward Evan-
son is advised that John Byam cannot as trustee give him a
good title to the said plantation .... although Edward
Byam by Deed Poll dated the 6th Feb. 1754 impowered
John Byam to sell it ... . and whereas Articles of Agree-
ment were entered into the 6th April last between Edward
Byam (by John Byam his Attorney) of the one "part, and
Edward Evanson of the other part, by which, after reciting
the Deed Poll, it was witnessed that in consideration of
£1500 to be paid on execution .... and of £500, and £500,
and £500, to be paid on the 31st Aug. 1757, 1758, and
1759 .... with interest on the said sums of £500 from the
31st Aug. 1756 at 6 per cent Edward Byam and Lydia
his wife did grant, etc., to Edward Evanson and his heirs
the said plantation .... subject to a term of 500 years to
Edward Byam for securing the payment of the three sums
of £500 .... Now this Indenture witnesseth that in con-
sideration of £1500 .... and to carry the said articles into
execution and to barr and destroy all estates tail, etc., etc.,
Edward Byam and Lydia his wife and John Byam grant
and confirm to Edward Evanson in his possession being
.... all that plantation (as in No. 13) and two old negro
slaves, Johnno and Guamino .... and Edward Byam and
Lydia appoint Thomas Warner, Daniel Warner, and John
Hart of Antigua, Esquires, and William Warner of Antigua,
merchant, their Attorneys ....
Close Roll, 3 Geo. III., Part 4, No. 4.
Indenture made 31st Aug. 1703 between Ann Evanson,
late of Antigua, but now of Redland near Bristol (widow of
EVAN SON FAMILY.
247
Charles EvansoD, late of Autigua, gentleman, deceased,
formerly wife and widow of Christopher Knight, late of
Antigua, planter, deceased), and Mary Charity Knight, late
of Antigua but now of Redland, spinster (her daughter by
Christopher Knight), of the one pai't, and Thomas Warner
of Antigua, Esq., and Joseph Farley of Antigua, planter, of
the other part, witnesseth that for barring, docking, etc.,
etc., all estates tail and remainders, etc., upon all lands,
slaves, etc., hereinafter mentioned, and in consideration of
OS., Ann Evanson and Mary Charity Knight grant, etc., to
Thomas Warner and Joseph Farley all that their plantation
in the Division of Dickenson's Bay and Parish of St. John,
Antigua, containing 60 acres, bounded northward upon the
lands of James Weatherill, Esq., deceased, eastward upon
the lauds of Nathaniel Knight, southward upon the lands of
William Mackinen, and westward with the sea ... . and all
negro slaves (names given), etc., etc., in trust to the
following uses .... as touching one undivided third to the
use of Ann Evanson for life, and at hei- death to Mary
Charity Knight and her heirs for ever, and to no other use,
and as touching the other two undivided thirds, to the use
of Mary Charity Knight and her heirs for ever, and to no
other use .... and Ann Evanson and Mary Charity
Knight nominate, etc., etc., Jeremiah Blizard, Esq., Dr.
Ashton Warner, and Samuel Henry Warner, Esq., their
Attorneys.
1781. Nathaniel Evanson, then of Ireland, and on 17 Oct.
1782 returned as a Member of Assembly for Old North Sound.
1750
1777
1752
1752
1751
1753
1787
Parish Register of St. John.
Married.
May 24 Charles Bvauson and Ann Knight, Widow,
by L. from Geu' MathAw.
July 3 Alexander Scott to Martha Evanson. L.
Baptized.
July 11 Martha the D. of Cha' Evanson and Ann
his wife.
July 11 Nathaniel the S. of Cha^ Evanson and
Ann his wife.
Buried.
May 7 Mary Evanson wife of Edward Evanson.
Jan. 14 Charles Evanson.
Jan. 14 Allexander Scott (Merch.).
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Ann Evanson. Parham Hill. 42.
Joseph Evanson. Parham Hill. 50.
Ellen Evanson. Parham Hill. 19.
1836
Aug.
30
1844
Aug.
1
1846
Nov.
16
^ttitsrte of JfarUj>»
Simon Farley, jun., bur. 26 Sep. 1G88 at St. Philip's.
Ann, dau. of Nathaniel-
Monk, Esq. ; mar. 22
Sep. 1713 at St. Philip's.
1st wife.
JOHN rARLEY,=
bur. 1 May 1750 at
St. Paul's.
/x
: Rebecca, dau. of ... . Chris-=
tian ; mar. 24 April 1717 at
St. Philip's ; bur. 9 Oct. 1734
at St. Paul's. 2nd wife.
=Rachell Chap-
man, mar. Sep.
1736. 3rd
wife.
Joseph=pSarah Abram,
Farley, mar. 4 June
1737 at St.
John's.
Rebecca
Farley,
bapt. 6
Oct.
1734.
Simon-
Farley,
Gent.
Will
dated
13
June
1756.
^Eleanor
Kerr,
mar. 18
Dec.
1746
at St.
Philip's.
Francis Far--
ley, Esq.,
Colonel of
the Corps of
Artillery ;
Member of
Council,
Judge, etc. ;
living 1756.
John Simon Farley,
Lieut. -General in the
Army, and Colonel of
the 68th Foot ; son
and heir ; bapt. 8
Oct. 1747 at St.
Paul's ; died in Lon-
don 5 June 1824,
set. 77.
Francis Farley, bur.
1 Nov. 1756 ; a
Elizabeth Farley.
Rebecca Farley,
bapt. 5 Oct. 1752
at St. John's.
Samuel Farley, bur. 25 Elizabeth Farley, bapt. 16 Jane Farley.
June 1747 at St. Paul's. Sep. 1747 at St. Paul's. —
— — Tankard Far-
Henry Farley, bapt. 14 Susannah Farley, bapt. 13 ley, a dau. ;
April 1757 at St. John's, and bur. 29 Oct. 1749 at bapt. 12 April
— St. Paul's. 1761; bur. 11
George Farley, bapt. — Sep. 1779 at
April 1759 at St. John's. Mehitable Farley, bapt. 14 St. John's.
May 1755 at St. John's.
Ann Farley.
Eleanor Henri-
etta Farley,
bapt. 3 Aug.
1754 at St.
John's; bur. 21
Nov. 1754 at
St. Paul's.
Francis=pElizabeth, sister Eleanor Farley, only=pAdmiraI
Farley,
Member
of
Council
1774;
? dead
1780.
of Sir George
Thomas, Bart. ;
mar. 25 June
1774 at St.
Paul's.
surviving dau. ; heir
to her brother ; mar.
15 Feb. 1763 at St.
John's ; died Sep.
1823 in George
Street, Portman
Square.
Sir John
Laforey,
Bart. ;
died 14
June
1796.
/s
248
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGTJA.
Dr. JAMES FARLEY of Antigua,=rJane, dau. of ... . Moore; mar. 2ndly, 1 July 1775, at St. John's,
Surgeon ; mar. 20 Oct. 1770 at St.
George's.
John Crosbie, Esq. She was bur. 24 Feb. 1778 at St. John's,
will was dated 21 Jan. 1814, and sworn 11 Jan. 1815.
His
/K
AnneThibou, mar. 22 Nov.=p=Joseph James Farley, Esq., only
1792 at St. .John's ; living a
widow 6 June 1810.
son ; heir 1789 to Mrs. Sarah Gar-
rett, his kinswoman ; dead 1810.
Sarah Dewitt Far-
ley, bapt. 17 and
bur. 26 Oct. 1772.
James Farley,"
parentage un-
known.
Joseph James Farley,
born 7 Feb. and bapt.
9 Sep. 1795 at St.
John's; infant 1810.
Jane Farley, born
25 Oct. 1793;
bapt. 15 Jan. 1794
at St. John's ; in-
fant 1810.
James H. Farley, Surgeon,
born 18 Aug. and bapt. 21
Sep. 1803 at St. John's ;
bur. 0 Oct. 1840, aet. 36,
at St. Paul's.
Eliza Frances Farley, born
24 March and bapt. 2
May 1805 at St. John's.
:Sarah Ronan, mar.
22 April 1802 at St.
John's.
Anna Maria Farley,
born 12 Aug. and
bapt. 24 Sep. 1806
at St. John's.
Simon Farley of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 13 June
1756. To my wife £100 c, all plate, furniture, jewels, &
£100 0. a year in lieu of dower. To my sou Francis Farley
£1000 c. at 21. To my daus. Eliz., Rebecca, & Ann,
£1000 c. each at 21. £100 as an apprentice fee for my
son Francis. I have a lease of a plantation from Harry
Webb & Rob* Webb, Esq", the working of which estate is
to be carried on. My lands in Virginia & N. Carolina may
be sold. To M" Thos. Forbes £10. To the poor of St.
Paul's £25. All residue to my son John Farley. My
uncles Rob' Christian & Matthew Christian, Esq", & my
brother Francis Farley, Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed
by John Halliday, Alexander Crawford, John Devereux
Murphy. Before His Excellency George Thomas, Esq.,
was sworn John Halliday. Esq., 18 May 1756. Recorded
3 Sep. 1757.
Indenture dated 3 Feb. 1724. John Farley and
Rebecca his wife ; sale of 32 acres in Falmouth for £500 c.
to William Young of .\ntigua, Surgeon.
In 17G7 Francis Farley was rated on 171 acres and 50
slaves, and Rachell Farley on 11 slaves, in St. Mary's parish.
Mrs. Margaret Nanton, widow, in her will dated 3 April
1779, bequeathed £100 to her nephew John Farley of
Clithero, Lancashire.
In 1780 the estate of Francis Farley, deceased, was
rated on 171 acres and 9 slaves in St. Mary's parish.
Sarah Garrett, by her will dated 5 Sep. 1789, bequeathed
her estate in equal shares to her kinsman Joseph James
Farley, only son of Dr. James Farley, deceased, & to Eliz.
Garrett Crosbie his half-sister, dau. of John Crosbie, Esq.
In 1808 it was stated by the Govr. that Mrs. Christian
Snaipe, widow, «^e Clarke, who died intestate, in Ireland, was
niece of Richd. Reddy, who also died in Antigua. She had
resided here 30 yrs., & left a .shop worth £220 c. a yr. &
12 slaves rented at £211 c. a yr. She died Feb. 1802 in-
testate, & her estate had escheated to the Crown. (Colonial
Correspondence, vol. 46.) Later he says that Mrs. iSnaip
died aged 70, the widow of Wm. Snaip of St. John's,
Mercht., who died 20 yrs. ago. Her estate is worth £4000
St. She left England when aged 14. The Memorialist,
Mary Snaip, is heir-at-law of the said Wm. Snaip.
Petition dated 6 June 1810 of Ann Farley of Antigua,
widow of Joseph J. Farley, late of Antigua, Esq., for herself
and her two infant children — Jane Farley and Joseph Far-
ley—reciting that Christian Snaip, late of St. John's,
widow, died on 8 Feb. 1802, and bequeathed to petitioner
her negros, house, etc., and ai)pointed her and Rachael
Scholes, widow, Ex'trices, and signed her Will, but not in
the presence of Witnesses. Petitioner is not opulent, as
her husband left her but little property.
In 1811 a Mrs. Davies came forward and stated that she
was a witness to the will of the late Christian Snaip, but
kept the fact secret for six years.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1752 Oct. 5 Rebeccah the D. of Simon Farley &
Eleanor his wife.
1754 Aug. 3 Eleanor Henrietta the D. of Simon Farley
& Eleanor his wife.
1755 May 14 Mehitabel the D. of Joseph Farley &
Sarah his wife.
1757 April 14 Henry the S. of Joseph Farley & Sarah
his wife.
1759 April 9 George the S. of Joseph Farley and Sarah
his wife.
1760 Mar. 17 Elizabeth the D. of William Farley and
Cathrinc his wife.
1761 April 12 Tankar the D. of Joseph Farley and
Sarah his wife.
1767 June 28 Margaret the D. of William Farley &
Sarah his wife.
1770 June 9 James the S. of Henry Farley & Eliz* his
wife.
1772 Oct. 17 Sarah Dewitt the D. of Doc"' James Farley
& Jane his wife.
1794 Jan. 15 Jane D. of Joseph James Farley and
Anna his wife ; B. the 25"" October
1793.
1795 Sep. 9 Joseph James S. of Joseph James Farley
and Anna his wife ; B. the 7"^ February
1795.
1803 Sep. 21 James S. of James Farley and Sarah his
wife ; B. 18 August last.
1805 May 2 Eliza Frances D. of .James Farley and
Sarah his wife ; B. 24"^ March 1805.
1806 Sep. 24 Anna Maria D. of James Farley and
Sarah his wife ; B. the 12"" August last.
Married.
1737 June 4 Joseph Farley & Sarah Abram.
1758 Nov. 11 William Farley to Cathrine Budden. L.
1763 Feb. 15 John LaflFory to Elinor Farley. L.
1775 July 1 John Crosbie to Jane Farley (Widow). L.
1785 Dec. 31 Richard Jesse to Elizabeth Farley. L.
1792 Nov. 22 Joseph James Farley to Anna Thibou,
Spinster. L.
1793 Mar. 2 Joseph Greenway to Henrietta Farley,
Spinster. L.
1802 April 22 James Farley to Sarah Ronan, Spinster.
L.
(? 1814) July 3 Thomas Croot to Ann Farley, Widow. L,
Buried.
1768 Mar. 24 Hester Farley. C.
1769 June 7 George Farley. C.
1770 Oct. 10 Sarah Farley.
1772 Oct. 26 Sarah Dewit Farley.
FARLEY FAMILY.
249
1777
April 19
Rebeccah Farley.
1747
1779
Sep. 11
Tankerd Farley.
1779
Oct. 2
William Farley.
1749
1779
Dec. 11
Joseph Farley.
1781
Mar. 25
Elizabeth Farley.
1751
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Married.
1736
1713
Sep. 22
John Farley & Ann Monk.
1774
1717
April 24
John Farley & Rebecca Christian.
1746
Dec. 18
Simon Farley to Eleanor Ker.
1773
June 17
Aron Jessee (?) & Elizabeth Farley,
1734
spinster.
1747
Buried.
1748
1688
Sep. 26
Simon Farley, jun.
1733
Dec. 3
Rachel D. of John Farley.
1749
1768
Dec. 4
Eliz"' Farley.
1750
Parish Register of St. Peter.
1750
Buried.
1754
1766
Sep. 29
Henry Farley, jun'.
1771
Pat
Henry Farley.
?TRH Register of St. Paul.
1756
1840
Baptized.
1734 Oct. 6 Rebecca D. of M"^ John Farley & Rebecca
his wife.
1747 Sep. 16 Elizabeth D. of Joseph and Sarah Farley.
1770
Oct. 8 John S. of M' Simon Farley and Eleanor
his wife.
Oct. 13 Susanna D. of M"^ Joseph Farley and
Sarah his wife.
Sep. 21 Jane y" D. of Joseph Farley & Eleanor
his wife.
Married.
Sep. . . M"' John Farley & Rachel Chapman.
June 25 The honourable Francis Farley, Esq'', to
Miss Elizabeth Thomas, p'^ L.
Buried.
Oct. 9 Rebecca Wife of John Farley.
June 25 Samuel Farley S. of Joseph Farley and
Sarah his wife.
Sep. 16 Elizabeth d. of Joseph Farley and Sarah
his wife.
Oct. 29 Susannah d. of M' Joseph Farley and
Sarah his wife.
May 1 M' John Farley.
Sep. 24 Jane y<= D. of Joseph Farley and Eleanor
his wife.
Nov. 21 Eleanor D. of M' Simon Farley and
Eleanor his wife.
Nov. 1 Francis S. of the late M^ Simon Farley and
Eleanor his Widow.
Oct. 6 James H. Farley, Practitioner of Physic,
of Falmouth, aged 36.
Parish Register of St. George.
Blarried.
Oct. 20 James Farley, Surgeon, & Jane Moore, S.
petitcjree oi dfti'susscin.
HUGH FERGUSSON of Antigua.-pSarah William Mathews, Ex'or 1764^
Esq. ; died 1771. .... to John McDonough.
pElizabeth ....
living 1788.
John Bourryau Fergusson,
bapt. 30 May 1770 ; set.
21 on 24 Aug. 1790. In
1792 of Essequebo, where
he had been settled 6 years.
Hugh Fergusson, bapt. 1
Sep. 1768.
Sarah Fer-=j
gusson,
bapt. 22
Aug. 1764;
living
1791 a
widow.
pPeter Christian Fer-
McDon- gusson, bapt.
ough, 23 Mar. 1767;
living mar. Thomas
1788. Trusted ; both
living 1790.
Dorothy Fer-
gusson, mar.
Rev. William
Humphrys ;
he was dead
4 April 1789;
she living
1791.
E
li
Ann Fergusson,=j
bapt. 11 June
1766 ; mar.
circa 1787 ;
both living
1801.
=William
Mathews,
jun., Esq.
Charles
Ma-
thews.
1
William McDon
(See Will of Tho
ough, living 1788.
mas Hughes, Esq.)
iiza Mathe
vmg 1788.
ws,
1747. William Dunbar in his will dated 1747 names
Robert Ferguson.
1771. " Hugh Ferguson, Esq., planter, Antigua."
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 46.)
1778, Jan. James Ferguson, Esq., at Tobago, youngest
son of the late Sir James Ferguson, Bart. {Ibid., p. 45.)
Extracts from Hon. Thomas Jarvis' Letter-Book.
1790, Aug. 20. To M" Sarah Fergusson— that her son
M' Jno. Fergusson comes of age on the 24"" inst. Her late
husband's property is about to be divided. Tho. Trusted,
W" Mathews, Dorothy Humphries, & Sarah McDonough
referred to as appai'ently legatees by the will.
1791, Feb. 12. To Sarah Fergusson, Sarah McDonough,
Christian Trusted, Dorothy Humphrys, Ann Mathews,
& Jno. Fergusson, Tho. Trusted, & W" Mathews, Esq"',
stating that he represents the surviving Ex'or of Fergus-
son's estate.
1791, April 30. To M''^ McDonough dau. of the late
Hugh Fergusson.
1791, Sep. 12. To M'' Sarah Fergusson, Wid. of Hugh
Fergusson, deC*.
1792, May 5. To John Fergusson, now settled 6 years
at Essequebo, Demerara.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1764 Aug. 22 Sarah the d. of Hugh Ferguson and Sarah
his wife.
1700 June 11 Ann the D. of Hugh Ferguson and Sarah
his wife.
1767 Mar. 23 Christian the D. of Hugh Ferguson &
Sarah his wife.
K K
250
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1768
1770
Sep. 1
May 30
1826 June 7
1831 Oct. 19
1838 Dec. 28
Hugh the S. of Hugh Ferguson and Sarah
his wife.
John Bourryau the S. of Hugh Ferguson
and Sarah his wife.
B. 31 Jan. 1824, Maron Hale D. of
Thomas & Esther Fergusson, St. John's,
Doctor of Physic, & Esther Scotland
dau. of do.
Barbara Sophia Murray D. of Tho' &
Hester Ferguson, S' John's, Physician.
Peter George Colebrooke S. of Thomas &
Esther Ferguson, St. John's, Medical
Practitioner.
1821 Oct. 25
1726
April 24
1727
June 27
1728
Oct. 14
1746
Oct. 23
1802
Dec. 3
1804
Sep. 3
1845
May 21
Married.
Thomas Fergusson, M.D., to Esther Scot-
land, Spr. L.
Buried.
James Ferguson.
Robert Ferguson.
Mary Ferguson, a child.
Alex"^ Ferguson.
Charles Fergusson.
Ebenezer Ferguson.
Thomas Ferguson, Practitioner of Physic,
Native of Scotland, S' John's, 38.
^eDicjrct oi ftxx\%.
ELIAS FERRIS, bur. Aug. 1734 at the Valley=f=Mary bur. 14 Aug. 1740 at St. John's.
Thomas Ferris, Elias Ferris, sen., bapt. 20 Oct. 1728 at=
bapt. 24 June St. John's ; bur. there 25 March 1752.
1722. Will recorded at Antigua.
Elias Ferris, Merchant ;
Hying 1768.
James Webb Elizabeth Ferris, William Ferris, Mer-
Ferris, bapt. bapt. 14 Jan. chant ; bapt. 10 Feb.
19 Dec. 1734. 1724. 1735 ; living 1768.
Lieut.-Col. Samuel Bates Ferris, =pEmily Jane .
1815 Deputy-Secretary of Antigua.
Thomas Henry Ferris, born 29 .July and bapt. 19 Aug. 1818.
Rebecca Ferris of St. John's, widow. Will dated 30
May 1798. To my mestee Madge her freedom & £75 c.
To John Smith of Antigua, merch', & Ann his wife £200 c.
Miss Ann Rosco. All residue to the s'' John Smith, John
Burke, & W™ Mathews of Antigua, Esq™S in Trust, to pay
rents to Henrietta, wife of Rich'^ Rosco, late of St. X'pher's,
Esq. M" Henrietta Rosco & my 3 Trustees Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by D. King, J. S. Smith, John Crawford. Before
Edward Byam, Esq., was sworn James Smith, 11 June
1798.
Elias Ferris. Will dated 21 May 1793. All est. to my
-wife Rebecca. Langford Lovell, John Smith, sen., Daniel
. . . ., sen., & my said wife Ex'ors. Witnessed by William
Collins, George Barret Collins. Before Edward Byam, Esq.,
was sworn G. B. Collins, 26 Aug. 1793. Recorded 26 Aug.
Hon. Daniel Warner, Esq., & Mr. Samuel Martin swore
to the handwriting (?of the will) of Elias Ferris, 9 April
1752. Recorded 13 April 1752.
Close Roll, 8 Geo. III., Part 5, No. 10.
Indenture made the 4th Nov. 1768 between James
Barrett, late of St. Paul, Shadwell, and now of the hamlet
of Rateliffe, in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, victualler,
and Catharine Barrett his wife, of the one part, and Elias
Ferris of Antigua, merchant, of the other part. Whereas
the said James Barrett is seized of sundry negro slaves, in
the Island of Antigua, which he is desirous of selling, and
for that purpose has agreed to convey them to the said
Elias Ferris and his heirs, etc. Now in order to enable
Elias Ferris, etc., to convey an absolute estate in fee simple
to a purchaser of the slaves, and for the sum of 5s
James Barrett and Catharine his wife have bargained and
sold the following slaves (names given) to Elias Ferris and
his heirs, etc., to have and to hold for ever in trust, to sell
the said slaves .... for such prices as he shall think fit ;
the money arising therefrom to be to the only use of James
Barrett, his Ex'ors, and assigns .... Lastly, James and
Catharine Barrett appoint .... John Fletcher and William
Ferris, merchants, both of Antigua, to be their Attorneys.
1722
1724
1728
1734
1735
1735
1818
1734 Aug,
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
June 24 Thomas s. of Elias Ferras & Mary his wife.
Jan. 14 Elizabeth the d. of Elias Ferris and Mary
his wife.
Oct. 20 Elias the s. of Elias Ferris and Mary his
wife.
Dec. 19 James Webb the s. of Elias Ferris &
Mary his wife.
Feb. 1 Robert the S. of Alexander {sic) Ferris
and Mary his wife.
Feb. 10 William the s. of Elias Ferris and Mary
his wife.
Aug. 19 Thomas Henry S. of Lieu'-Col. Samuel
Bates Ferris and Emily Jane his wife.
B. 29"' July last.
Married.
Elliott Cooke and Elizabeth Ferris.
Robert Mallowne to Sarah Ferris.
Elias Ferris and Rebecca Glover, by Lie.
Buried.
James Pettit Ferris.
Sarah Ferris, a child.
Mary y^ w. of Elias Ferris.
Elias Ferris, Sen'.
Rebecca Ferris.
Parish Register of St. Mart.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 24.)
Buried.
. . W Ferris buried at the Valley.
1752
April
9
1758
Dec.
14
1760
July
17
1732
Nov.
25
1735-6 Feb.
1
1740
Aug.
14
1752
Mar.
25
1798
June
5
In 1815 S. B. Ferris (Samuel Bates Ferris) succeeded
M"^ Robert Aberdein as Deputy-Secretary of Antigua, the
latter having been dismissed.
PIELD EAMILY.
FIELD=
251
Eachel, widow of the Hon. Colonel
, Peter Lee, Chief Justice of Antigua ;
Rev. James Field, Rector of St.
John's, Antigua, 1692 ; mar. 21
Oct. 1705 at St. John's ; set. 37 ■ born there; died 26 May and bur
in 1708 ; living 1718. ' 28 May 1718 in Westminster Abbey.
John Field of Ayles-=
ford, CO. Kent, dead
1736.
Mary Field, mar.
.... Walters of
River near Dover.
Theophilus Field, bapt. 23 Dec. 1707
at St. John's ; of St. John's College,
0.\ford ; matriculated 21 Oct. 1724,
aet. 17. Will dated 18 June 1736.
Mary Field, bapt. 7 Nov. 1706
at St. John's. Will dated 31
Jan. 1735; proved P.C.C. 24
Oct. 1739.
Catherine Field, bapt. 3 Nov.
1710 at St. John's; mar. there,
1 May 1739, Isaac Thibou; he
diedl4Sep.l768,ffit.78. M.I.
Sophia Field, bapt.
26 May 1713 at
St. John's ; living
1735.
Mary Feild in New North Street, St. George the Martyr,
London. Will dated 31 Jan. 1735. To my brother
Theophilus Feild of Antigua, Esq., & to my sisters Kath.
Feild & Sophia Feild my part of 2 shares in the Royal
Mines of Gold & Silver in the counties of Stafford & Salop,
but if they die without issue, then to M" Mauwarring, wife
of John Manwarring of Antigua, & her children, she to pay
to Ann Feild, dau. of Jas. Feild in Haydon Court, S' James
Parish, a of the profits, & in default to M''= Gamble & her
children in Antigua. To my said brother £150. To M"
Manwarring of Antigua £20, & to her dau. M" Rachel
Manwarring £25. To her other children £25 amongst
them. To Ann Feild, dau. of Jas. Feild, £15. To M''^
Mann of Antigua £10 c. ; like sum to M'^ Gambell of An-
tigua. To M" Walter, Baily, & Jennings, each 40s. All
residue to my said 2 sisters, they to be Ex'trices. Wit-
nessed by Elizabeth Kent, Elizabetli Kingston, John Grant.
Copy from P.C.C. Recorded at St. John's 16 March 1740.
On 24 Oct. 1739 administration of testatrix, late of An-
tigua, gi-anted to Katherine Thibou alias Field (wife of
Isaac Thibou) and Sophia Field, spinster, the sisters.
Theophilus Field of St. John's. Will dated 18 June
1736. To my aunt Mary Walters of Rines (?) near Dover
£100, but if she be dead £150 among her children. To
the children of my uncle John Field, dec*, of Aylesford,
Kent, £100. To my tutor D-- W™ Holmes, Presid' of S*
John's Coll., Oxon, a piece of plate of £30 value, & £100
to be divided among the poor as he thinks fit. To the
ReV^ Rich* Wallington of Wotton-under-Edge, co. Glouc,
my large silver tankard & 2 cans, 6 spoons, all my books
& globes, & 20 gs. To the daus. of M"" Jas. Gamble £50 c.
each, & to his son Edw'' £20 c. & all my clothing. Whereas
W" Mildron by his will left 50 acres for erecting a hospital
for the poor of this island, to further the same I give
£500 c, & in case it shall not be erected within 3 years
from my death, I give £200 c. to S' Mary's Parish for a
charity school, but not to be confined to the poor of that
parish only, & £40 yearly for putting out poor & godly
people's children to some business ; & a small house to be
erected near my negro houses for a poor, destitute parson,
with an annuity of 12 pistoles, for instructing my negros in
the fear of God. An annuity of £30 c. to be distributed
among the poor by my Ex'ors. Rich"" Oliver, Eowl'' Oliver,
& John Frye, Jun'', Ex'ors, & £14 each for a suit of
mourning & a gold ring of 20s. To Tho^ & Sam' Hanson
& Jas. Gamble & his wife like rings. Two slaves to be free
& to have 20 aci'es each. All residue to my sisters Kath. &
Sophia. Witnessed by Simon Scatliffe, George Leonard,
Samuel Martin. Before Governor William Mathew was
sworn Samuel Martin of New Division, 1 Jan. 1736. Re-
corded 11 March 1736.
Codicil. If D'' Holmes & Rev. Richii Wallington be dead
before me, I give the £100 among the children of .Jas. Gamble
of Five Islands, also the plate. To Edw'' Gamble the books
& globes. To Tho. Hanson £50. To the daus. of Jas.
Gamble £100 more. To my sisters £20 each, & all residue
to the vestry of St. John's & that of S' Mary's for charitable
uses according to the annual produce. 2 Jan. 1736. Wit-
nessed by James Gamble, Rachel Gamble, Martin Albert.
Before Governor AVilliam Mathew were sworn James Gamble
and Martin Albert, 31 Jan. 1736. Recorded 11 March 1736.
Theophilus Field, S.T.B., Vicar of Lid, co. Kent, induct.
1611, vacat. 1627. (Hasted, vol. iii., p. 517.)
1708. Deposition of James Field, clerk. Rector of St.
John's, aged 37.
1716, Jan. 20. Petition of James Field, Clerk, Com-
missary-General, and Rector of St. John's. He appeals to
the Council against some of the Vestry, states that he has
been Minister of St. John's twenty-four years ; the business
was referred to the Bishop of London.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1706 Nov. 7 Mary d. of James Field & Rachell his wife.
1707 Dec. 23 Theophilus S. of James Field & Rachell
his wife.
1710 Nov. 3 Catherine d. of Rev. M'' James Field &
Rachell his wife.
1713 May 26 Sophia D. of James Field & Rachell
his wife.
1729 Mar. 1 James the S. of .James Field and Rachell
his wife.
1732 Oct. 1 Mary the D. of James Field by Eliz'i' his
wife.
1690 Feb. 8 David Poore and Elizabeth the widow of
patrick field.
James Field & Rachell Lee.
James Field and Eliz" Price. L.
Isaac Thibou & Catherine Field. L.
Register of Westminster Abbey.
Buried.
May 28 Mrs. Rachel Feild : in the North Cloister.
1705
Oct.
21
1731
Feb.
, ,
1739
May
1
1718
(Colonel Chester's ' Westminster Abbey Registers.')
Westminster Abbey.
Afifix'd under the second Arch of the North Cloyster
Wall, on a Marble Jlonument : —
In memorij of Mrs. Rachel Field, Wife of the
Reverend Mr. James Field, |
Born in Antegoa, and Died in Weftminster, May 26, 1718.
Upon a Gravestone : —
Here ties the Body of Mrs. Rachel Field, toho Died
May 26, 1718.
(Dart's 'History of St. Peter's, Westminster,' vol. ii., p. 132.)
Neale, in his history of the Abbey, gives the following
arms sculptured and painted : Sable, a chevron engrailed
between three garbs argent.
252
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Arms. — Gules, neme'e of crosses Jitche'e, three crescents or.
Crest. — A dexter hand in armour holding a sword, all proper.
HENRY FLEMING* of Westhope^
Manor, in parish of Diddlebury, co.
Salop; died 1656, xt. 32.
Sir John Edwards of Heath House, co. Salop ;=
knighted at Whitehall 6 April 1680 ; part of his
estates were sold, 1706-7, by Act of Parliament.
(^Vide Le Neve's 'Knights,' p. 336.)
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John Fleming* of Westhope, Esq., born=j=Elizabeth Edwards, 1st dau.,
1652 ; bur. at Diddlebury 30 March 1715. born 1655 ; died 16 Feb. and
Will dated 2() Feb. 1709 ; proved 22 June bur. 20 Feb. 1728 at Diddle-
171G. (116 Fox.) bury.
Arabella Edwards. Will
dated 2 July 1747 ;
sworn 23 Nov. 1750 at
Antigua.
Arabella, dau.
of .... ; liv-
ing 1706-7.
I
Arthur Edwards of
Heath House, Esq.,
in 1706-7 ; living
1738.
Richard Fleming* of Sibdon=
Castle and Shadwell in Clun,
CO. Salop ; born 1680; died
20 June, bur. 2 July 1748,
set. 68, at Clun. M.I. there.
Will dated 5 June, and
proved 19 July 1748. (213
Strahan.) Mar. 2ndly Ann,
who survived him.
^Elizabeth,* 4th dau. of Sir
Edward Acton of Alden-
ham, Bart. ; born 30 April,
bapt. 16 May 1683 at
Morville ; mar. there 12
June 1708, and bur. there
6 Feb. 1738. 1st wife.
Hector Fleming, 10th son, of Lon-=f=.
don, Merchant ; bora 1690 ; bapt.
at Clun 4 Jan. 1601 ; died 20 Feb.
and bur. 7 March 1728 at Diddle-
bury. Will dated 17 Feb. 1728 ;
proved 6 May 1729. (131 Abbott.)
s.p.m.
Hercules Fleming,
13th son ; bapt. 9
Aug. 1696 at
Clun ; bur. 10
Nov. 1721 at
Diddlebury.
Edward Fleming,* Esq., of Sibdon Castle, =pAnue,* dau. of John Cooper
born at Shadwell 19 April, and bapt. at
Clun 2 May 1711 ; of Middle Temple
1740 ; died 30 March and bur. at Clun 31
March 1773, set. 63. Will dated 20 Feb.
1773.
of Camberwell, co. Wilts,
who died at Trowbridge 1
Feb. 1748 ; she died 2 May,
bur. at Sibdon 6 May 1770.
Mary Fleming, born at Aldenham Elizabeth
12 May, bapt. at Blorville 26 Fleming,
May 1709. bur. at'
— Morville
Beatrice Fleming, born at Shad- 10 Nov.
well 11 Oct. 1721. 1740.
Gilbert Fleming of
Sibdon Castle, Esq.,
bapt. there 29 Nov.
1745 ; died at Wor-
cester 21 March,
and bur. at Sibdon
26th March 1774,
B.p.
died
1774,
Sarah Fleming,=pJohn Baxter of the Rock,
died 10 Dec. near Newtown, co. Mout-
jet. 34. gomery ; died 25 Aug.
1788, a3t. 64. M.I. at
Llanllwchairn. His issue
took the name of Fleming-
Baxter.
Ann Fleming, owner of Shadwell ; bapt. at Elizabeth
Sibdon 10 May 1748 ; mar. at C'lunganford, Fleming,
29 Aug. 1773, Richard James of Ludlow, bapt. 17
surgeon, died 6 Feb. and bur. at Sibdon and bur.
1 1 Feb. 1802 ; his father died 7 Dec. 1770, 29 Aug.
and his mother 21 Sep. 1771. She died at 1751.
Ludlow, bur. at Sibdon 29 April 1801,
set. 53.
James Fleming-Baxter, =pElizabeth
of Ludlow, Solicitor I daii.of. . ..
and Town Clerk ; born i Gwillim of
4 Aug. 1767 ; died 21 i Colebach,
Jan., bur. SO Jan. 1830 in Bishop's
in Sibdon chancel. Castle.
Edward Fleming-
Baxter, died a
minor atMr. Dup-
pa's of Cheney-
Longville, 11
Sep., bur. at Sib-
don 14 Sep. 1793.
Frances Fleming-Baxter, mar. 1st at Wor- .... Fleming-
cester, 27 Feb. 1782, Rev. Joshua Symonds Baxter, dau. ;
of Shrewsbury, bur. at St. Alkmuud's, Shrews- mar Owen
bury, 1791, set. 31 ; mar. 2ndly Richard of Newtown, a
Harper of Stokesay Castle, who died 6 March solicitor.
1832, aet. 60 ; bur. there. She was bur. at
Stokesay 5 Aug. 1812.
Penelope, dau. of . . . .=pJames Fleming-Baxter of Sibdon and Ludlow, Esq.,=rFrances, 1st dau. of
Jones of Worcester ;
bur. at Sibdon 21 May
1832,fEt. 33. 1st wife.
J. P., D.L., Lord of the Manor of Sibdon, near
Newton, Shrewsbury ; only son; born 1805 ; died
1871.
s.p.
I \
James Fleming-Bax- Alfred Fleming-Baxter,
ter, born 1835; died born 1837 ; died 1862
1860 s.p. s.p.
Thomas White of
Ludlow ; mar.
1833. 2nd wife.
Elizabeth Fleming-
Baxter, mar. Rev.
James Compson,
vicar of St. Chads,
Shrewsbury.
Rev. Henry Fleming-Baxter of Sib-=
don, born 17 May 1838 ; M.A.
Brasenose, Oxou ; Vicar of Bush-
bury, Staffordshire, 1867 — 71.
=Aun Maria, younger dau. of James
William AVeaver, J. P., of Oaken in
CodsaU, CO. Staff. ; born 11 Oct.
1842 ; mar. 14 Sep. 1869.
James Fleming-
Baxter, born 12
Aug. 1870.
Gilbert Fleming-
Baxter, born
1872; died 1873.
Robert Hanbury
Fleming-Baxter,
born 29 Jan. 1874.
Henry Courtney Flem-
ing-Baxter, born March
and died Sep. 1878.
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Godfrey Fleming- Hilda Mary Flem-
Baxter, born 13 ing-Baxter, born
Sep. 1879. 14"0ct. 1876.
Portrait at Sibdon Castle.
FLEMING FAMILY.
253
Katherine-pGILBERT FLEMING, Esq., 14th son of John Eleming of=
.... 1st Diddlebuiy, CO. Salop; settled at Antigua before 1720 ; Lieut. -
wife. Governor of St. Christopher's, and Lieut.-General of the Leeward
Islands 1733. Will dated 17 April 1760 ; proved 4 March 1762.
(103 St. Eloy.) His portrait is at Sibdon Castle. Died 1 Jan.
and bur. 14 Jan. 1762 at Diddlebury.
s.p,
=Anne, relict of Col. Charles Mathew of St.
Christopher's, a3t. 14 on 7 July 171.5; mar.
her 2ud husband Nov. 1732 : bur. at King-
ston-on-Thamos. Will dated in London 1
Nov. 1766 ; proved 8 April 1769. (122
Bogg.) 2nd wife.
Gilbert Fane Fleming of=pLady Camilla, only dan. of Charles, 2nd
Shadwell, The Grange,
Westhope, and Salt
Ponds Plantations in St.
Christopher's ; died in
Wimpole Street 26 Dec.
1776. Will dated 2 Dec.
1776 ; proved 14 Jan.
1777. (17 Collier.)
Earl of Tankerville ; mar. 14 Jan. 1754,
at St. George's, Hanover Square ; mar.
2ndly, 6 Oct. 1779, Basil Wake,
Apothecary, of Bath ; she died there 7
Feb. 1785 ; he died there 5 May 1800,
xt. 80.
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Scrope Joseph Fleming,
sole heir 1747 to his
great aunt Arabella Ed-
wards.
Ann Fleming, bapt. 19
Sep. 1723 and bur. 9
July 1724 at St. John's,
Antigua.
Katherine Flem--
ing, bapt. March
1720 at St.
John's, Antigua;
mar. 12 April
1739.
^Gabriel
Wayne,
living
1760.
Camilla Annabella Flem-=pEdward Cary Caroline Alicia=pSir John Brisco,
ing, 1st dau. and cob. ;
born 1755 ; mar. 8 Feb.
1776; died27 Jan. 1780;
bur. in Exeter Cathedral.
of Follaton,
CO. Devon,
Esq. ; died
17 Jan. 1822,
set. 87.
Fleming, 2nd
dau. and co-
heiress ; died 27
Dec. 1822.
1st Bart., of
Crofton Hall, co.
Cumberland ;
died 1806.
Gabriel Wayne, in-
herited a plantation
at Tortola from his
grandfather Gilbert
Fleming in 1760.
Catherine Wayne,
living 1747 ; a
minor 1760.
Elizabeth Wayne,
a minor 1760.
/\
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Algernon Fleming,
mar. and had issue.
Gilbert Fleming,
14th son. (See
above.)
I
Captain Joseph Fleming=pSarah, dau. of
of St. James, West- Mrs. C. Fow-
minster ; bur. at Diddle- cher ; proved
bury 18 Jan. 1740. Will her husband's
dated 20 Feb. 1738; will,
proved 23 April 1741.
(43 Spurway.)
Beatrice Fleming, youngest dau.
bapt. at Clnn 4 Feb. 1699 ; mar.
at Diddlebury, 25 July 1720, Rev.
Johd Acton (son of Sir Edwrad
Acton, Bart.), Vicar of Clun, Rector
of Acton Scott, died 4 June
1745, set. 57 ; she died 25 May
1724, fet. 25. M.I. at Diddlebury.
Eichard Fleming, born at Shadwell^
25 Sep., bapt. at Clun 10 Oct. 1713 ;
one of the seven clerks in Chancery;
died 14 Sep. 1772, set. 59. M.I. at
Clun. Will dated 25 April 1770 ;
proved 12 Nov. 1772. (402
Taverner.)
^Frances, dau. of
Dr. Stukeley ;
mar. 7 Dec.
1752 ; living
1776 in New
Ormond Street.
I
Rev. John Fleming, born at Shadwell 4=
Aug. 1719 ; matriculated from Christ
Church College, Oxon, 6 Feb. 1737, a;t.
18 ; B.A. 1741 ; B. and D.C.L. 1764 ;
Kector of Acton Scott 1745; Vicar of
Highley, co. Salop, 1772 ; died onboard
ship 1782.
Frances Fleming, bapt. at Frances-
Sibdon 9 Jan. 1754 ; Lady Fleming,
of the Manor of West- only
Lope ; mar. John Harris dau. ;
of Cruckton, co. Salop, mar. 26
Barrister; died s.p. 24 May
Nov. 1792 ; bur. at Pad- 1788.
dington. 4s,
=Rev. John F. S. St.
John ; Prebendary
of Worcester; grand-
son of 10th Lord
St.John;bornl761;
died 4 Dec. 1832.
I
Richard
Stuke-
ley
Flem-
ing,
living
1776.
Elizabeth Fleming-
and Ellen Flem-
ing, both died
1682.
Catherine Flem-
ing, only child ;
mar. Edward
Stanley, LL.D.,
cousin of the
11th Earl of
Derby.
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Highley Rev. Richard Fieming,=
Flem- born 1754 ; matriculated
ing, a from Worcester College,
dau. ; Oxon, 26 June 1771, set.
born 16; B.A. 1775 ; Curate of
April Eaton under Haywood ;
1758. died 20 Dec, bur. there
24 Dec. 1819, a;t. 65.
^Elizabeth
. . . ., died
at Eaton 6
April and
bur. there
10 April
1812, set.
44.
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Ann Maria
Fleming-
Baxter,
died 10
June 1777,
set. 12.
Richard Acton
Fleming of
Liverpool,
bapt. at Eaton
28 Oct. 1811.
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Mary Fleming, bapt. at
Clee St. Margaret 5
Aug. 1795.
Anne Fleming, bapt. at
Clee St. Margaret 25
May 1797.
I
Sarah Fleming,
bapt. at Clee St.
Margaret 6 Oct.
1799.
Eloisa Fleming, bapt.
at Eaton C June
1803.
Alice Fleming, bapt.
at Eaton 19 Feb.
1805.
Jane Fleming, bapt.
at Eaton 22 Sep.
1807 ; mar. at Lud-
low, 19 Jan. 1831,
Thomas Hooper of
Hay.
Herbert Fleming-=pMaria Jane Hancock, dau. of C. F. Han-
Baxter, born 9 I cock of Hendon, co. Middlesex ; born 14
Nov. 1839. j April 1846 ; mar. 27 April 1865.
lst=i=Rev. Henrv^pFrances Elizabeth Fleming-Bax-
wife.
Fane Fleming-
Baxter, born 8
Jan. 1875.
Violet Fleming-
Baxter, liorn 19
Oct. 1866.
May Fleming-
Baxter, born
13 Sep. 1870.
BayleyClis-
sold.
ter, born 28 July 1841 ; mar. 20
April 1871. 2nd wife.
I
Arthur Herbert
Clissold, born
12 March 1872.
Mortimer Bayley
Clissold, born 19
Sep. 1875.
Ethel Frances
Clissold, born
12 Jan. 1874.
Constance Eliza-
beth Clissold,
born 12 Sep. 1877.
The main portion of this Pedigree was compiled and sent me by the Rev. Frederick William Weaver, M.A., of
Milton ClevedoD, Evercreech, Bath, 4th son of J. W. Weaver, Es(i., uf Codsall, by Mary Crowley his wife.
254
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
John Fleming of "Westhope in Didlebury, co. Salop, Esq.
Will dated 20 Feb. 1709; proved 22 June 1716; com-
mission to Elizabeth Fleming, the guardian of Beatrice
Fleming, a minor, the daughter and sole Ex'trix. (116
Fox.) To my son Rich* all writings that secure Westhope
& Shadwell to him. My picture in gold & my interest in
Monkeye beyond Weighbridge in Shrewsbury, with the
money my said son borrowed of me at Shadwell, Westhope,
Bishopscastle, & London, to my dau. Bettridge, & stock,
implements, husbandry, & household goods, she to be sole
Ex'trix, also the remainder of the £400 articled with my
son John, & what is due from my son Benj., & £20 due
from my sou Algernon when he is 21, & all other my debts
& goods. To my children living at my decease except my
son Rich'i & Bettridge 40s. apiece. To my. dau. Dorothy
£5. The gold chain to my wife. £20 for my funeral, &
to be buried in the chancel of Didlebury or Clun, with a
deep Impression on my Gravestone : " Unhappy Industry
obijt the day of Anno D'ni 170 etatis suffi."
To poor of Didlebury £3. My attorney an Ex'or in Trust.
Witnessed by Thomas Brompton, William Watts, John
Burton.
Hector Fleming of London, Merchant. Will dated 17
Feb. 1728 ; proved 6 May 1721). (131 Abbott.) £40 for
funeral. To my bro. Eich'' Fleming £50. To my neph.
Rich"' Fleming my greenish cloth & hair Calamantee, one
lined with blew. To my friend M'' Markham Eeles of St.
Mary Hill, London, potter, £40. To M' Jas. Fage of the
Park, Southwark, clothworker, £30. To my mother Eliz"'
Fleming, £10, a funeral ring, & a half hogshead of
mountain wine. To M'^ Anne Minefe £20 for her care.
My servant Sarah Wilkins £5. All residue to ray 2 dans.
Eliz* & Mary Fleming at 21, but if they die then £G00 for
rebuilding & endowing the chapel of Westhope, co. Salop,
& £400 to my bro. Algernon's dans., & the residue to
Christ's Hospital. My bro. Rich'', Markham Eeles, & Jas.
Fage, Ex'ors & Guardians of my 2 dans. My wife, their
mother, living in debauchery & libertinism, I leave her
nothing. Witnessed by Robert Booth, William Petty,
John Taverner.
Joseph Fleming of St. James, Westminster, Esq. Will
dated 20 Feb. 1738 ; proved 23 April 1741 by Sarah
Fleming, the relict, Francis Fane & Henry Fane, Esquires,
renouncing. (43 Spurway.) To my dau. £25u0 at 25, &
on the death of her grandmother £500 more. All residue
to my wife, & after her death £1000 among my brother
Gilbert's sons, payable from sums owing to mo in the West
Indies, & the residue to my dau. & her children. If my
dau. die before my wife without issue, then all residue to
my brother Gilbert's children. If my dau. die single or
under 30, then £2000 to my wife, & then £1500 of it to
my brother Gilbert's children. My dau. may bequeath
£500 of the £2500 by will, but if not, my wife to give the
£500 among my relatives, especially i to my cousin Rich''
& £500 to my brother Gilbert. All books of prints &
pamphlets to M'' Francis Fane & choice of pictures. My
books of memoirs to his brother M"' Henry Fane. All my
books of History, Divinity, Antiquities, Philosophy, &
Dictionarys to my brother Gilbert. To my wife's mother,
M''^ C. Foucher, 20 gs. a year. My uncle Arthur Edwards.
My cousin Rich'' Fleming £50 on the death of my wife's
mother. To my brother Rich'' Fleming my large silver
cup. All household goods & use of plate to my wife.
To Cap* Curweu £50. 10 guineas each to my wife's
mother & to my wife's brother. I appoint Francis &
Henry Fane, Esq''", Ex'ors, & my brother Gilbert for
America.
Arabella Edwards. Will dated 2 July 1747. To my
great niece Cath. Wayne £80. To M-^^ Sarah Fleming,
widow of my nephew Joseph Fleming, captain, deceased,
£50. To my nephew Gilbert Fleming, Lieu' Gen" of the
Leeward Islands, £50, & £10 to his wife for a ring. £60
to the poor. My negro Katey & her children to him. To
M''^ Hutcheson, widow of Archibald Hutcheson, a 5 guinea
ring. All residue to my great nephew Scrope Joseph, soa
of Gilbert Fleming. Gilbert Fleming to be Ex'or. Wit-
nessed by William Manning, John Fraizer, Ann Fraizer.
Before Ralph Payne, Deputy-Governor, were sworn John &
Ann Fraizer 23 Nov. 1750. Recorded at St. John's 7 Dec.
1751.
Richard Fleming of Dinmore, co. Hereford, Gent. WiU
dated 5 June 1748 ; proved 19 July 1748 by Richard
Fleming the son ; on 29 Nov. 1748 Ann Fleming, the
relict, renouncing. (213 Strahan.) To my wife all my
household goods and £150. To my son John £200. To
my wife the lease of the Jay & Heath Tythe & £50 a year.
To my son Rich'' all my preceptorys & manors, etc., in the
cos. of Hereford, Salop, Montgomery, & Radnor, & all
residue. He & my wife Ex'ors. To be bur. near my
1*' dau. in Clun p'sh. AVitnessed by J. Walcot, Bry.
Crowther, Charles Stevenson.
Gilbert Fleming, Esq., Lieut.-General of H.M. Leeward
Charibbee Islands, now residing in London. Will dated 17
April 1760 ; proved 4 March 1762 by Gilbert Fane
Fleming, Esq., the son. (103 St. Eloy.) I have settled on
my wife Ann £500 a year charged on my lands in St. X'ofers
called the " Salt Ponds," & on my plantation called
" Shadwell," & I give her my coach, 2 horses, furniture, the
picture of her dau. Mathew & use of plate, also the picture
of myself by Vanloo. To the R' Hon. Lady Camilla
Fleming 100 guineas. To ray granddaus. Camilla & Caro-
line £100 at 14 to buy them the Lord Halifax's " Advice to
a Daughter" & a buckle. To the R* Hon. the Countess
Dowager of Tankerville 5 guineas. To my wife's dau. M^^
Susannah Mathew 10 guineas. To my worthy friend
Henry Fane, Esq., 5 guineas. To my dear cousin Rich''
Fleming, Esq., 10 guineas. Guinea rings to my sister-in-
law Sarah Fleming & to all my nephews & nieces, & to M'
Edw'' Stanley. Whereas my late dear brother Cap. Joseph
Fleming by his will gave £1000 after his wife's death for
such of my children as I direct, I bequeath it to my son
Gilbert Fane, but he shall during the life of Catherine, wife
of Edw'' Stanley, & dau. of my brother Joseph, pay her the
interesc thereof for her life, & after her death to her
children. To each of my grandchildren Cath. & Eliz.
Wayne £1000 at 21 & interest at 5 per cent., charged on
my plantation at Tortola, & I give the said plantation
there to my grandson Gabriel Wayne. My son-in-law
Gabriel Wayne. To my son Gilbert Fane all sums payable
to my children by the articles made on my 1^' marriage, &
do appoint him Ex'or. Witnessed by Samuel Owens, John
Owens, John Farmer, at the cockpitt, Whitehall.
Codicil dated 3o April 1760. Now in London. To my
wife the use of 2 uegros.
Ann Fleming of Upper Brook Street, St. George's,
Hanover Square, widow. Will dated 1 Nov. 1766 ; proved
8 April 1769 by Mary Spateman the niece. (122 Bogg.)
To be buried at Kingston, co. Surrey, near my late dear
dau. Susanna Mathew. To my 5 nieces Ann, Susannah,
Eliz., Mary, & Judith Spateman, £600 each, charged on the
bond of £2o00 given by my late husband Gilbert Fleming,
FLEMING FAMILY.
255
Esq., to my late dau. Susannah Mathew, & on £1000 stock,
both which sums I am entitled to as her residuary legatee.
To M"' George Keightley, the landlord of my leasehold
house, £50. All residue to my niece Mary Spateman, &
appoint her E.x'trix. The pictures of ray late husband
Gilbert Fleming, Esq., of Sir Rob' Walpole, after Earl of
Orford, of Horace Walpole, Esq., after Lord Wolterton,
of John Scrope, Esq., & of Henry Fane, Esq., belong to my
son-in-law Gilbert Fane Fleming, Esq., & I give him the
picture of my Lady Berkley. To Colonel Edw"! Mathew
of Argyle Street the picture of my P' husband Chas. Mathew,
Esq., & that of my late dau. Susanna Mathew. Witnessed
by Thomas Barsham, John Howard.
Codicil. To M" Oath. Coke & M™ Eliz. Wayne, grand-
daus. of my late husband Gilbert Fleming, Esq., each an
E. I. bond of £100. Dated 24 June 1767. Witnessed by
J. Church, Law. Smith, William Donaldson.
Eichard Fleming, Esq., of the Chancery Office. Will
dated 25 April 1770 ; proved 12 Nov. 1772 by Francis
Fleming, the widow, and Darcey Tancred, Esq. (402
Taverner.) To my cousin Gilbert Fane Fleming, Esq., my
brothers Edvi^ & John Fleming, M" Ann Aubrey, & John
Woodhouse, Esq., rings of 10 guineas. To M" Baldwyn,
M-^ & M" Woodroofe, Tho. Perkins, Albany Wallis, M'
Devon, EdW^ Jeffreys, Cha. Holland, & M' Woodhouse,
rings. To M'' Alex' Basset & Jas. Cleator 5 guineas each.
To Henry Rosser 5 guineas for mourning. To my wife
£150, & use of plate, furniture, linen, etc., so long as she
remain my widow. To my dau. Frances Fleming £4000
at 21 in full of any claims upon my marriage settlement.
To my wife Frances £350 a year. All residue to my wife
& Darcy Tancred, Esq., in trust for my son Rich'' Stukeley
Fleming at 24, also £500 to place him out in business.
If he marry or set up in business before my wife's death he
is to be paid £GO00. If he marry without consent of his
trustees, then £2000 more to my dau. If he die under 24,
then all residue to my dau. Frances, & if she marry without
consent of her trustees £2000 to my godson Gilbert
Fleming. If my son & dau. both die under 24, then my
estates to my wife, Darcy Tancred, Esq., & Alex' Bassett,
Esq., in trust, & after payment of £2000 to my niece Sarah
Baxter, all residue to Rich"* Fleming, son of my brother
John Fleming, at 24, if he die, then to Gilbert Fleming,
son of my brother Edw'^ Fleming. My wife Frances &
Darcy Tancred, Esq., Ex'ors, & I give him 20 guineas.
Jly wife guardian, but if she die my cousin Gilbert Fane
Fleming. To be buried at Cluun near my father, only the
tenants of the family & freeholders to be bearers. The
Warden & poor men to attend, & to have 30s. for a dinner
til be dressed at the Hospital, & to have each a pair of
brown tanned gloves. Witnessed by William Frogatt, W.
Smithson, Henry Rosser.
Gilbert Fane Fleming of Wimpole Street, St. Maryle-
bone, Esq., and of St. Christopher's. Will dated" 2 Dec.
1776 ; proved 14 Jan. 1777 by Lady Camilla Fleming, the
widow ; power reserved to the Hon. Henry Fane and
William Manning. (17 Collier.) I give the reversion (if
my 2 dans, die without isssue) of my 2 plantations called
« Shadwell " in S* Geo. Basseterre & the " Grange " in S'
Mary's Cayon, S* X'ofer's, which were described in the
settlement on my marriage with my present wife the R'
Hon. Lady Camilla, to the use of John Brisco of Crofton
Hall, CO. Cumberland, Esq., for life. All my negros & my
2 other plantations called " Westhope " in S' Peter's Basse-
terre & the " Salt Ponds " in S' Geo. Basseterre, & my
copper mines in the island of Spanish Town to my wife &
the Hon. Henry Fane of Berners Str., S' Marylebone, &
W" Manning of London, Merch', on trust to pay all debts
& legacies if my personal estate be insufficient, & to pay my
wife £800 a year over & above her settlement, & the said
estates for the use of my dau. Carolina Alicia Brisco, wife
of John Brisco, for life on trust, then to her P' son in tail
male, & in default to my kinsman Rich* Stjikeley Fleming,
now residing with his mother M" Frances Fleming in New
Ormond Str., Bloomsbury, then to my kinsman Rich*
Fleming, sou of the Rev. John Fleming of Highley, co.
Salop, then to the Hon. Tho. Pane, brother of the present
Earl of Westmoreland, & younger son of John the late
Earl. All my furniture, plate, & £500 to my wife. All
my house, jewels, & objects of art to my trustees for her
use for life, then to my dau. Caroline Alicia Brisco. To
my kinswoman M" Frances Fleming of New Ormond
Str., 100 guineas. To the Hon. Henry Fane, my trustee,
50 guineas. To W™ Manning 50 guineas. To M" Barbara
Conway, widow, living n' Chelsea Hospital, 50 guineas.
My Ex'ors to erect a monument costing £60 to the memory
of my father in the church n' Ludlow in Shropshire where
he was buried. I wish to be buried in the parish where I
die. All residue to my trustees for my dau. Brisco,
they to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by James Coulthard,
Lincoln's Inn, F. F. Luttsell, Middle Temple, John Gib-
son, Clerk to Mr. Coulthard.
1723, Aug. 7. Petition of Gilbert Flemming that he
had a grant of land in St. John's Town fronting St. Mary's
Street, bounded E. with widow Ann Meldrum, S. with widow
Borraston, W. with Chr. Stoodly.
1727, Oct. 24. Gilbert Fleming, Esq., returned to
Assembly of St. Christopher's for St. Ann Sandy Point.
1728, May 16. Gilbert Fleming, Esq., made Receiver
of all the Money arising by the sale of Lands in the Island
of St. Christopher. (' Historical Register,' p. 28.)
1730, April 12. " Wm Waine, Esq., of Somersetsh.,
— to Miss Fleming, Daughter to the Lieut. Gen. of the
Leeward Islands, 20,000/." (' Gentleman's Magazine,'
p. 216.)
Memorial of Ann Fleming wife of Gilbert Fleming
Lieut. -Gen. of the Leeward Islands, that he has an ulcer of
the face which continues to spread ; he fears it is a cancer
and asks for leave. Received 8 Dec. 1757. He was granted
12 months' leave on 0 Dec. 1757.
17G2, Jan. 1. Gilbert Fleming, Esq., Lieut.-Gov. of
the Leeward Islands, in Berkshire. (' Gentleman's Maga-
zine, p. 45.)
1774, March 21. Gilbert Fleming, Esq., of Sibdon
Castle, in Shropshire. {Ibid., p. 190.)
1776, Feb. 8. Edward Gary, Esq., of Tarnsham, in
Devonshire, to Miss Camilla Fleming, daughter of Governor
Fleming. (Ibid., p. 94.)
1779, Oct. 6. Mr. Wake, apothecary at Bath, to
Lady Camilla Fleming, relict of the late Gilbert Fane
Fleming, esq. (to whom she was married Jan. 14, 1754),
and aunt to the present Earl of Tankerville. {Ibid.,
p. 566.)
1785, Feb. 7. At Bath, right hon. Lady Camilla Wake,
wife of Mr. Wake of that city, and aunt to the Earl of Tan-
kerville. She first married Gilbert Fleming, esq. (Ibid.,
p. 157.)
1788, May 26. At Worcester Cathedral, Rev. Mr. St.
John, 2d. Son of the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Worcester,
to Miss Fleming, only dau. of the late Rich. Fleming, esq.,
of the Chancery Office and granddau. of the late Dr. Stukeley.
(Ibid., p. 561.)
1800, May 5. Basil Wake, Esq., apothecary, of Bath, at
his house in South Parade, aged 80. (Ibid., p. 491.)
266
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Parish Register of Clun, Shropshire.
Baptized.
1684 Nov. 16 Elizabeth (!"■ of John Fleming & Elizabeth
his wife.
1685 Feb. 3 Charles son of M"' John Fleming & Eliza-
beth his wife.
1686 Mar. 9 Samuel son of John Fleming, Esq"', &
Elizabeth.
1687 Mar. 14 Arthur son of John Fleming, Esq'', &
Elizabeth.
1690 Nov. 24 Benjamin son of John Fleming, Esq"^, &
Elizabeth.
1691 Jan. 4 Hector son of John Fleming, Esq"", &
Elizabeth.
1693 Sep. 8 Allgernon ffleming.
1696 Aug. 9 Hercules ffleming.
1699 Feb. 4 Beatrice ffleming.
1711 May 2 Edward the Son of Richard Fleming, Esq',
& Madam Elizabeth his wife.
1713 Oct. 10 Richard y« Son of Richard Fleming, Esq',
and Madam Elizabeth his wife.
Buried.
1686 Aug. 9 Charles Fleming, infant.
1748 July 2 Richard Fleming, Gent.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1720 Mar. . . Katherine D. of Gilbert Fleming &
Katherine his wife.
1723 Sep. 19 Ann D. of Gilbert Fleming & Catherine
his wife.
1735 Dec. 23 Mary Clementina the D. of George Flam-
ming and Jane his wife.
1738 Feb. 18 Elizabeth y« D. of George Fleming & Jane
his wife.
1741 April 18 Ann the D. of George Fleming and Jane
his wife.
1742 Jan. 16 Jane the D. of Richard Fleming and Jane
his wife.
Married.
1734 Feb. 18 George Fleming and Jane Alicock. L.
1759 Jan. 19 Thomas Scott and Jane Fleming. L.
Buried.
Ann D. of Gilbert Fleming, Esq.
M" Margarett Fleming.
David Fleming.
Mary Clementina D. of George Fleming.
Robert Fleming, a child.
Jane Fleming, a child.
Elizabeth Fleming, a child.
Ann Fleming, a child.
George Fleming.
Archibald Fleming.
Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square.
Married.
1754 Jan. 14 Gilbert Fane Fleming of S' Martin in
the Fields, Esq', B., & the R' Hon.
Lady Camilla Bennet of this parish,
S. L.A.C.
1724
July 9
1730
Nov. 3
1734
Aug. 30
1736
April 13
1744
Mar. 29
1744
May 12
1744
Aug. 6
1744
Aug. 19
1756
April 11
1780
Mar. 16
Clun Church, co. Salop.
Near this Place lyes interr'd
The Body of
Richard Fleming Esq' formerly of Shadwell
and late of Sibdon Castle
He dyed the 20"' of June 1748
set. 68.
Also
The Body of his second Son
Richard Fleming of Dinmore
In the County of Hereford Esq'
one of the seven Clerks
In the Court of Chancery
He died the 14"' of Sept' 1772
Aged 59.
Near this place
Are Deposited the Remains of
Edward Fleming Esq'
late of Sibdon Castle, in this County
He died the 3P' of March, 1773
Atred 63.
For the extracts from the Registers and copies of M.I. I
am indebted to the Vicar of Clun, the Rev. Charles Warner.
^^etitsrtc of dfoote*
FOOTE=
Thomas Dickson Foote, Clerk in the Ord-=
nance Department at EngHsh Harbour ;
bur. at St. Philip's 22 July 1858, st. 62.
=Margaret, dan. of Eleanor Foote,=
Wyke ; mar. 25 March mar. 30 Oct.
1815 at St. Paul's. 1819.
=John Freeland.
II I I I
Maria Foote, Edward Foote, Thomas Dickson Foote,=pCatherine Foote
bapt. 5 July bapt. 18 Jan. Planter ; for over 50 Freeland, bapt.
1817. 1821 ; bur. at years Attorney of the 21 June 1832 ;
— St. Philip's 31 Tudway plantations at mar. at St.
Anthony Oct. 1835, set. Parham ; President of George's 25
Foote, bapt. 19. the Legislative Council April 1849 ;
18 Jan. 1821. 1885. living 1893.
Gretta Foote, mar.,
18 July 1818, Tho-
mas Extou Dean.
John Freeland Foote,=pEdith A.
Arabella Free-
land, bapt. 18
May 1828.
Ellen Dickson
Freeland, bapt.
18 May 1828.
.=j=John Freeland,=j=Jane
1st
wife.
M.R.C.S.E.,
now of Grave-
nors and of
Parham Town.
2nd
wife.
s.p.
Planter, bapt. 1 Feb.
1851 ; livino; 1893.
Dobridcre.
I
JIargaret Wyke Ellen Catherme
Foote, bapt. 11 Foote, bapt. 26
Aug. 1852. Dec. 1860.
John Freeland, M.R.C.S.,=j=Elizabeth, only child of
now of Parham Town ;
mar. 25 June 1889.
A son.
the late George Hol-
borow, Esq., Member of
the Legislative Council.
rOOTE FAMILY.
267
Parish Register of St. Paul, Falmouth.
Baptized.
1817 July 5 Maria I), of Thomas D. Foote & Margaret
his wife was baptised at Deep Bay.
1821 Jan. 18 Anthony S. of Thomas D. Foote & Mar-
garet his wife was baptised at Windsor.
1821 Jan. 18 Edward S. of Thomas D. Foote & Mar-
garet his wife was baptised at Windsor.
Marrisd.
1815 Mar. 25 Tliomas Dickson Foote to Margaret Wyke,
sp'', by Lie.
1818 July 18 M>^ Thos. Exton Dean & Miss Gretta
Foote, sp', by Lie.
1819 Oct. 30 M"- John Freeland & Miss Eleanor Foote,
sp'', by Lie.
1836 Dec. 1 Robert Foote, Planter, Bach., & Kitty Gar-
land O'Connor, Widow, of St. John's.
Parish Register of St. Peter, Parham.
Baptized.
1828 May 18 Arabella D. of John & Ellen Freeland,
Parham Hill, Planter.
1828 May 18 Ellen Dickson D. of John & Ellen Free-
land, Parham Hill, Planter.
1840 Oct. 13 Mary Ann d. of Thomas Dixon and Han-
nah Foote, Parham Hill, Planter.
1851 Feb. 1 John Freeland s. of Thomas Dixon and
Catherine Foote, Parham New Work,
Planter.
1852 Aug. 11 Margaret Wyke d. of Thomas Dixon and
Catherine Footo, Parham New Work,
Planter ; Sponsors, Mary Auchinleck,
Martha Ann Foote, John Henry Agar.
1860 Dec. 26 Ellen Catherine d. of Thomas Dixon &
Catherine Foote, Parham Hill, Planter.
Parish Register of St. George, Fitche's Creek.
Blarried.
1849 April 25 Thomas Dickson Foote of St. Peter's, Bach.,
& Catherine Foote Freeland, by Lie.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1832 June 21 Catherine Foote d. of John & Ellen
Freeland, Parham Hill, Planter.
1835 Oct. 7 Robert S. of Thomas Dickson & Hannah
Foote, St. John's Parish, Planter ; also
Martha Anne d. of do. (privately, in St.
John's Parish).
Buried.
1841 Jan. 24 George Baptist Freeland, 5.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Edward Foote. Parham Hill.
Hannah Foote. Parham Hill.
William Foote. Blakes. 26.
Thomas D. Foote. Parham Hill
George Foote. The Lodge. 24.
1835
Oct.
31
1850
Aug.
27
1851
July
10
1858
July
22
1860
July
13
19.
54.
62.
St. Peter's Church, Parham.
On a black and white marble tablet : —
IN fond remembrance of
ROBERT POOLE GRIFFITH m.r.c.s.b.
of portmadock north wales
who died on october 25'^° 1881
aged 33 years.
(Two lines here.)
THIS IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE.
Parham Old Churchyard.
On a marble headstone against a large stone vault : —
LH.S.
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ROBERT POOLE GRIFFITH M.R.C.S.E.
WHO DIED OCTOBER 25™ 1881.
^ctitcjrtt of Jranklttu
FRANKLIN=pMargaret . .
living 1706.
JOHN FRANKLIN,=T=Eli2;abeth , mar. 2udly
bur. 12 July 1691. ■ David Hartnold 1691.
Ann, dau. of . . .
1st wife.
=Thomas Franklin, bur. 12 Sep.=T=Elizabeth, dau. of ; bur. 18 Oct. 1719.
1706. Will dated 10 Sep. 1706. Will dated 2 Oct. 1719. 2nd wife.
John Franklin=p.
I I I
William Franklin,=pAnn ...., aunt of James Thomas Franklin,
son and heir, bur. i Doig ; bur. at St. Paul's bur. 30 April 1701.
20 Jan. 1721. Will ! 1 May 1740. Will dated —
dated 6 and sworn 18 April and sworn 6 John Franklin, bur.
23 Jan. 1721. May 1740. 21 Nov. 1704.
Elizabeth Franklin, mar. Charles
Jacobs ; she died v.m.
Margaret Franklin, mar. ...
Chamberlain ; both living 1721.
Rowland Yea-
mans Frank-
lin, bapt. Aug.
1734 at St.
Mary's.
William Henry Franklin, only son and heir, bur. 21 Sep. 1724. Grace Franklin, bapt. 9 Oct. 1716.
Thomas Franklyn of Antigua. Will dated 10 Sep.
1706. To my wife Eliz. a negro boy & 2 girls & £50 c.
To my mother Marg* Franklyn £15 yearly. To my dau.
Eliz. Franklyn £600 c. To my dau. Marg* Franklyn
£600 c. All residue to my son W™ Franklyn. My friends
Capt. Jas. Barter, M' Jurvis Turten, Cap. Tho. Nanton, &
my son W™ Franklyn Ex'ors. Witnessed by Thomas
Bisliopp, Charles Jacob, Margarett Turton. By Governor
Parke were sworn Thomas Bishop and Charles Jacob 12
April 1707.
L L
258
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
Elizabeth Franklin, widow, of St. John's. Will dated 2
Oct. 1719. To my dau. Marg' Chamberlain my horse &
saddle & furniture. To her dau. Eliz. Chamberlain a
negi-o. To my grandson W™ Henry Frauklyn, son of my
son W"' Franklyn negros & a pistole ring. To my grand-
son James Jacobs, son of my late dau. Eliz"" Jacobs, negros.
To my 4 grandchildren Sarah, Mary, Frances, & James
Jacobs £100 c. My son W">, Main Swete, Esq., & my son-
in-law Chas. Jacobs Ex'ors & rings. All residue to my son
W". Witaessed by Michael Arnald, Ambrose Lynch
Bartholomew, William Lynch James. Before His E.xcel-
lency William Mathew, Esq., was sworn A. L. Bartholomew
15 Oct. 1723.
William Franklyn. Will dated (! Jan. 1721. To my
brother Chamberlain £25 for mourning. To his dau.
Eliz"" £25 at 18. If my sister Chamberlain survive my
wife <fc son, he not leaving issue, then £50 yearly to her.
To M" Burrish the use of 2 rooms in my house for life,
& after the death of my wife & son to my brother Jacobs
for his children by my sister. All residue to my wife Anne
& my son W" Henry Franklyn. To Paul Parry & his wife
40s. rings, & the same to Jas. Godsell & his wife, D"' Symon
Smith, & M'- John Smith of the Road, & M' Bourstell. To
Madam Grace Swete a riding horse. Grace Swete, my
wife, & Col. Swete Ex'ors, & the said Main Swete, Esq.,
Joshua Jones, Esq., & our wives before mentioned, & my
son Ex'ors, & to each £5. Witnessed by William Wood-
son, John Bourstell, James Godsell, Kichard Eidge. Before
His Excellency John Hart, Esq., was sworn John Bourstell
23 Jan. 1721-2.
Ann Franklyn, widow. Will dated 18 April 1740. To
W™ Doig, son of ray nephew James Doig, £100 c. yearly at
21 & a negro. To Jacob Doig, 2'' son of the said James
Doig, £2000 Bank of England stock at 21. To Ann, dau.
of Jas. Doig, £2000 c. at 21 & £12 c. yearly for main-
tenance. To Dorothy, 2'' dau. of Jas. Doig, £2000 c. &
£60 0. maintenance after 12 till 21. To my nephew David
Doig & my niece Christian Blair £50 s. each. To my
sister Mary Ward £50 c, & to her dau. Anne Gordon
£50 c. To my sister Mary Ward's granddau. Mary
Duvine £50 c. To my niece Marg* Steel £50 c. To
Dorothy, wife of James Doig, a negro. To M'' Jacob
Thibou, M"' Joseph Mathew, & their wives, each a gold
ring. All residue to my nephew James Doig. Jas. Doig,
Jacob Thibou, Tho. Wilson, clerk, E.x'ors. Witnessed by
Thomas Wilson, Joseph Heal, Grace Wilson, Thomas Paul,
Edward McGines. Before His Excellency William Mathew
were sworn Thomas Paul, J. Heal, Thomas Wilson 6 May
1740. Recorded 22 May 1740.
Will of John Franklyn, sen. All my children then
living. Wife & John .... Ex'trix & . . . . Witnessed by
Ehzabeth Horsford, Francis Brinkhoof.
Mary Franklyn. Will dated 27 Feb. 1791. All my
estate to be sold. To ray brother Billy Nugent a cow. To
Mary, Henry, Sallie, & Benj" Adney £10 c. each. To Eliz.
Alleyn & Rebecca Roberts my clothing. To my son Benj"
Merko my house & land in Popeshead & all residue
Adney under ray charge as orphans. Witnessed by Samuel
McCarty, Henry Adney.
Codicil. To Henry Adney a silver stock buckle. To
Benj. Adney a pair of gold sleeve buttons. To Mary Adney
my large gold ring. To Eliz. Alleyn a small gold ring. To
Mary & Sarah Adney a large chest, etc. To my Ex'ors in
trust for my granddau. Mary Merko 2 cows & my gold
thimble. 22 Feb. (sjc) 1791. Before Edward Byam, Esq., was
sworn Samuel McCarty 8 July 1797. Recorded 13 July 1797.
1706. William Franklin, Merchant Taylor, one pro-
portion of land, St. John's Town, gi-anted 13 July 1706 by
John Johnson.
1713, July 27. Margt. Franklyne petitions for 10
acres in Berraudian Valley bounded S. with Jervas Turton,
deed., E. with Mr. Chas. Jacobs, N. with said Jervas
Turton, W. with the sea. (Minutes of Council.)
Order of the Lords Justices in Council re the application
of Mary Frankhn, widow of Wm. Franklyn, and of Wm.
Henry Franklyn, their son, an infant. Dated at Whitehall
27 Aug. 1723. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1723, Nov. 26. Appeal in the case of Mary Franklyn,
widow of William Franklyn, and William Henry Franklyn,
an infant, their son.
See the Doig marriage settlement dated 1727, to which
Ann Franklyn was a party.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1716 Oct. 9 Grace d. of W™ Francklyn & Ann his
wife.
1751 Nov. 23 Marian the D. of James Franklyn and
Judith his wife.
1755 Feb. 20 William the S. of Jam' Franklyn & Judith
his wife.
1769 Sep. 23 Charles Peter the S. of Gilbert Francklyn
and Edith his wife.
Married.
1691 David Hartnold & Elizabeth widdow of
John Franklin.
1733 Nov. 16 Herbert Williams and Martha Franck-
ling. B.
1734 Sep. 26 George Franckling and Rachell Liott.
1743 Oct. 15 John Rogers & Rach' Francklyn, Widow.
1749 Dec. . . James Francklyn aud Judith Francklyn.
L.
1751 July 16 James Manwariug and Catherine Franck-
lyn. L.
1767 Feb. 7 William JLasset to Ann Francklyn. L.
Buried.
John Franklyn.
Thomas s. of Thoraas Franklyn & Ann
his wife.
John s. of Thomas Franklyn & Elizabeth
his wife (sic).
John Franklyn.
M' Thomas Franklyn.
Gertrude Franklyn, a child.
Eliz'h Franklin.
William Franklin.
William Henry Franklin.
Francis Franklyn.
George Franklyn.
Judith Franklyn.
Mary Franklyn.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Buried.
1740 May 1 M^^ Anne Franklyn.
Parish Register of St. Mary.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 24.)
Baptised.
1734 Aug. . . Rowland Yeamans S. of M' Jn" Franklyn.
Christ'd.
1691
July
12
1701
April
30
1704
Nov.
21
1704
1706
Sep.
12
1717
Sep.
24
1719
Oct.
18
1721
Jan.
20
1724
Sep.
21
1740
Jan.
19
1742
Mar.
9
1758
Mar.
26
1797
July
1
FRASER FAMILY.
269
^etiisret of Jfraser.
Alexander Fraser, bur. 22 July 1702.
.... FRASER of Balnain, co. lQverness=p
^1
Margaret Berry, mar .=j=Dr. Thomas Fraser of Antigua,=pElizabeth, dau. of William McKinen,
10 June
21 Sep.
■wife.
1749
1750.
bur.
1st
youuger son ; licensed to practise
June 1749 ; bur. at St. John's
2.5 Oct. 1760. Will dated 19
Oct. 1700 ; sworn 22 Jan. 1761.
Esq., of Antigua ; bapt. at St. John's
8 March 1729 ; mar. there 18 June
1752. Will dated 17 Oct. 1767 ;
sworn 9 Aug. 1781. 2nd wife.
Joanna
Fraser,
bapt.
14 and
bur. 21
Sep.
1750.
William McK;inen=
Fraser, M.D., born
1 Aug. and bapt.
at St. John's 1
Sep. 1753; M.D.
Edinburgh 1775 ;
F.R.C.P. London ;
died at Shornbrook
near Bedford 22
Sep. 1807. (Monk's
Roll of R.C.P.)
:. . . . died
at Inver-
ness 18
March
1812, ret.
48.
Charles McKinen
Fraser, bapt. at
St. John's 19
March 1761.
Charity Fraser,
bapt. at St.
John's 9 Sep.
1758.
Thomas Fraser,
bapt. at St.
John's 19 Sep.
1757; bur. there
27 Oct. 1760.
Alexander Fra-
ser, bur. at St.
John's 27 Nov.
1760.
Jane Fraser,^
bapt. at St.
John's 4
Sep. 1755 ;
mar. 1770 ;
died 2.3 Jan.
1827.
Dr.
ilexander-r-Louisa
Fraser, ? Sur-
• • • ■
geon
of Dai-
zell's
Regiment
1744.
Charles
1 1 1
Williaa
Fraser,
Grant,
bapt. 27 July
Esq.,
1745.
born
—
1746;
Louisa Mathew
M.P.
Fraser, bapt. 2
Inver-
Aug. 1746.
ness.
—
Ann Gunthorp
Fraser, bapt. 3
Aug. 1747.
Ten children.
Charles Grant, created Baron Glenelg of Glenelg, co. In-
verness, 11 May 1835 ; died bachelor 23 April 1866.
Thomas Fraser of Antigua, Physician. Will dated 19
Oct. 1760. To my wife the interest of her marriage
portion & of the sum I sold my house in S' John's for, also
19 negros. All residue to my Es'ors on trust to sell &
divide proceeds equally among my children. To my wife
plate & furniture to value of £200 c. My wife, W"" Mac-
kinen, Esq., Jas. Brebner, Esq., W" Maxwell, Esq., Earnest
TJdney of Antigua, Merch', & Chas. W" Mackinen, Merch',
Ex'ors & Guardians. Witnessed by Elizabeth Gravenor,
William Millar, Thomas Warner. Before Governor Thomas
were sworn William Millar and Thomas Warner 22 Jan.
1761. Recorded 22 Jan. 1761.
Elizabeth Fraser of Antigua, widow. Will dated 17
Oct. 1767. To my 2 daus. Jane & Charity Fraser all my
plate, jewels, & furniture, & if they die under age without
issue, to be sold, & proceeds invested for my 2 sons W™
Mackinen Fraser & Chas. Mackinen Fraser at 21, & in de-
fault to my brother W™ Mackinen. All residue to my 4
children. My said brother W" Mackinen, W™ Woodley
Parsons, W" Millar, Esq^^s, Ex'ors, & my cousins Eliz"' Tho-
mas of Willoughby Bay, & Lydia Charity Mackinen Ex'trices.
Witnessed by Thomas Kidder, Samuel Eliot, WiUiam Lynch.
By Thomas Shirley, Esq., Governor, was sworn Samuel Eliot
of Antigua, Esq. (Tiiomas Kidder, late of Antigua, now of
London, Merchant), 9 Aug. 1781. Recorded 10 Aug. 1781.
1744-5. Surgeon Alexander Fraser and Lieut. Alex-
ander Fraser, officers in Dalzell's Regiment at Antigua.
1749, June. Mr. Thomas Fraser is licenced to practise
medicine and surgery, he having a certificate from Dr.
Alexander Fraser and Dr. John Dunbar.
1807, Sep. 22. At Shornbrook near Bedford, William
Mackinen Fraser, M.D. He graduated at Edinburgh in
1775, and was for several years in considerable practice, first
at Southampton, afterwards at Bath, and lastly in Lower
Grosvenor-street, London. He was a man of mild and
gentlemanly manners, of great professional talents ; and a
short time before his death (which was the result of a paralytic
affection) had the honour to be appointed Extraordinary to
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. He has left a widow and ten
children. (' Gentleman's Magazine.)
1812, March 18. In Inverness, in her 49th year, Mrs.
Fraser, widow of Dr. Wm. Mackinnon Fraser, late of Lon-
don. (Ibid., p. 395.)
Mrs. Mackinnon, widow of the late Major-General Daniel
Mackinnon, has in her possession a picture by Hogarth
(painted about 1747) of William Mackinnon, then set. 14,
and Elizabeth Mackinnon, then jet. 17 (afterwards wife of
Dr. Thomas Fraser).
John.
1750
Sep.
14
1753
Sep.
1
1755
Sep.
4
1757
Sep.
19
1758
Sep.
9
1761
Mar.
19
1732
Sep. 16
1749
June 10
1752
June 18
Parish Register of St.
BapNzed.
Joanna the D. of D'' Thos. Frasier and
Margaret his wife.
William M-^ Kenin the S. of DoC Tho»
Frasier and Elizabeth his wife ; b. the
I8t August last.
Jane the D. of Tho. Frasier & Eliz. his wife.
Thomas the S. of Tho^ Frasier and Eliz.
his wife.
Charity the D. of Thomas Fraser & Eliz.
his wife.
Charles M<= Kinen the S. of D'^ Thomas
Fraser and Elizabeth his wife.
Married.
Francis Lynch and Sarah Frazier. L.
Thomas Fraser and Marg* Berry. L.
Doc' Thomas Frazier and Elizabeth M<=
Kenin, Governour Tomlinsou present.
Buried.
M"^ Alex'^'' Frazier Interr'd.
John Frazier.
William the s. of D'' Alexander Frazier
and his wife.
William Frazier s. of Docf Frazier.
Louisa Mathew the D. of Alexander
Frazier and Looisa his wife.
Ann Gunthorp the D. of D' Alex'' Frazier
& Looisa his wife.
John Nies Frazier.
Hugh Frasier, Esq', Collector of his
Majestie's customs at Parham.
Margaret Frasier.
Joanna Frasier.
Esther Frasier.
Donald Frazier.
Doctor Thomas Fraser (M" Kinen's Est").
Thomas Fraser (a Child M'' Kinen's Est").
Alexander Fraser (a Child at M" Kinen's
Est").
Elizabeth Fraser.
William Frazer, S' John's, 46.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
1747 June 29 D'' Fraser of Betty's Hope.
N.B. — Alexr. Fraser mar. Eliz"' dau. of Dr Patrick
Grant of Antigua.
1702
July
22
1739
Mar.
16
1745
July
27
1745
Aug.
18
1746
Aug.
2
1747 Aug. 3
1748
Oct.
20
1750
April 22
1750
Sep.
21
1750
Sep.
21
1753
Feb.
30
1754
Nov.
13
1760
Oct.
25
1760
Oct.
27
1760
Nov.
27
1780
July
17
1832
Aug.
12
260
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Arms. — Quarterly ermine and argent, in/ess three lozenges or.
Crest. — A demi-Uon rampant gules.
FREEMAN=
Eobert Freeman of
Antigiia, gentle-
man.
See Pedigree %,
I
Arthur Freeman of Antigua,=
Surgeon. Will dated 1 July
1738, then of St. Clement
Danes, London ; proved 14
July 1738. (17-lBrodrepp.)
=Dorothy, widow of George Symes,
Speaker of Antigua ; bur. 1 Nov.
1724 at St. John's. Will dated
5 July 1721 ; proved 20 March
1737. (56 Wake.)
Charles Freeman of=i=Abigail
Antigua, Planter.
Will dated 3 Dec.
1725 ; sworn 2
Oct. 1726.
I
Thomas Freeman of Antigua, Esq. ; owned=
the Old North Sound Plantation of 400acres
in St. Peter's Parish ; admitted to Gray's
Inn 5 Nov. 1707. Will dated 1 Dec.
1733 ; proved 8 Sep. 1736. (200 Derby.)
Rebecca Byam,
dan. of Colonel
William Byam ;
dead 1750.
Elizabeth Freeman,
bur. 5 Jan. 1754 at
Lambeth ; adm'on
17 Jan. to Byam
Freeman.
Thomas Robert Free- Elizabeth
Freeman. man,bapt. 13 Freeman.
Nov. 1712 at
St. John's.
thur
Arthur Freeman of Antigua, =pMargaret, youngest dau
Esq., Member of the Council ; of Sir George Thomas
died 30 Jan. 1780, at. 56.
M.I. at Willingdon. Will
dated 0 June 1779 ; proved 4
March 1780. (132 Collins.)
Bart. ;
1765 ;
ajt. 51.
don.
mar. 5 Dec.
died 1 Sep. 1797,
M.I. at Willing-
Robert Free- Elizabeth Mary Freeman, mar.
man, died a Freeman, 22 Jan. 1738, at Eg-
bachelor Feb. mar. ham, Surrey, Charles
1787 at Beth- Richard Philips; his will
nal Green. Kirwan. dated and jtroved
1747 ; she died 1755.
I
Charlotte Free-
man, 3rd wife
of General
Sherrington
Talbot.
Charlotte, 1st dau.=
of Henry Peirse of
Bedale, co. York,
M.P., by Charlotte,
dau. of John, 2nd
Lord Monsou ;
mar. 3 July 1797
at St. Marylebone ;
died 17 April 1800,
set. 20, bur. at Cin-
tra, Portugal. 1st
■wife.
I
=Inigo Thomas of Rat-=
ton Park and Yapton,
CO. Sussex, J. P., D.L.,
and M.P. ; assumed
the name of Thomas
only by Royal man-
date 1786 on succeed-
ing to the estates of
his grandfather Sir G.
Thomas, Bart. ; died
21 Dec. 1847, Kt. 80,
bur. at Willingdon.
=Lady Frances Ann,
only dau. of George,
4th Viscount Mid-
dleton ; born 18
Dec. 1782 ; mar.
24 Aug. 1803 at
Pepperharrow, co.
Surrey ; died 19
Feb. 1858, aet. 76.
M.I. at Willing-
don. 2nd wife.
George Thomas, Lieut.- Margaret
Colonel 11th Hussars; Freeman,
born 23 Dec. 1770 ; born 20
took the name of Tho- Sep.
mas only ; inherited 1768 ;
the Antiguan estates died 8
of his grandfather Sir Nov.
G. Thomas, Bart.; 1847, bnr.
died a bachelor 11 at Alves-
Nov. 1827. M.I. at ton.
Willingdon.
Melusiua Warbur-
ton Freeman, born
16 Oct. 1770 (?);
mar. 17 Aug.
1795 Nathaniel
Bayley of Bath ;
he died at Cher-
burg Sep. 1837;
she died 12 Aug.
1856, and was bur.
at Clifton.
I I
Charlotte Thomas,
born 19 May 1798 ;
died 9 Nov. 1814.
M.I. at Willingdon.
Georgiana Thomas,
born 25 April 1799
at Harley Street ;
mar. William Bat-
tie Wrightson of
Cus worth, CO. York ;
he died 1879 ; she
died 1880, bur. at
Warnisworth.
Freeman Tho-=
mas of Ration
Park, Esq.,
Lieut. 8th
Hussars ; born
23 Aug. and
bapt. 15 Oct.
1808 at Wil-
lingdon ; died
8 March 1859.
M.I. at Wil-
lingdon.
= Amelia,
dau. of
Colonel
Thomas
Frederick,
mar. 26
April
1886 ;
died 1889.
I I
William Brod-
rick Thomas,
born 18 Feb.
1811.
George Pel-
ham Thomas,
born 5 April
and bapt. 19
Aug. 1814 at
Willingdon ;
died 7 Sep.
1828. M.I. at
Willingdon.
I I I
Frances Thomas,
born 25 May
1804 ; living
1892.
Emily Thomas,
born 27 May
1805 ; Hving
1810.
Mary Thomas,
born 21 Aug. and
bapt. 19 Sep.
1806 ; died 1877.
Harriet Thomas,
born 1 Aug.
1807 ; died 12
Nov. 1828. M.I.
at Willingdon.
Albinia Thomas,
born 19 Feb.
1810 ; mar. 1877
Richard Wright-
son of Cusworth
Park ; he died
1891.
Sophia Thomas,
born 25 March
1812; died 1812.
Louisa Thomas,
born 22 March
1813; mar. 6 Oct.
1842, at Willing-
don, Arthur John
Knapp, her 1st
cousin ; she died
1879; he died at
Clifton.
George Freeman
Thomas, 1st son
and heir, born 17
Feb. 1837, bapt.
at Holybourn,
CO. Hants ; died
5 Nov. 1856;
bur. at Willing-
don.
I
Frederick Free-=
man Thomas of
Ratton Park,
born 1 1 April
1838 ; bapt. at
Boulogne ; died
1 Dec. 1868 at
SanRemo. M.I.
at WiUino'don.
JIabel, 3rd
dau. of 1st
Viscount
Hampden ;
born 1845 ;
mar. 1863.
Alan Brod-=
rick Tho-
mas, C.B.,
Captain
R.N., born
24 Feb.
1844.
^Elizabeth,
dau. of
Robert
Power
of Mel-
bourne ;
mar. 1885.
Charles Inigo=
Thomas, Prin-
cipal Clerk
in the Ad-
miralty ; born
1846.
s.p.
■Emma Milli-
cent, dau. of
J. Nesbitt
Evans, Cap-
tain R.N., of
Rosehill, co.
Donegal ;
mar. 1886.
Arthnr Goring
Thomas,
Musical Com-
poser, bapt. 29
Dec. 1850 at
Willingdon ;
died 1892 ;
bur. at Fiuch-
ley.
I I
Freeman Tho- Florence Margaret Thomas, born
mas of Ratton 1864 ; mar. 29 April 1889, at St.
Park, only son Peter's, Eaton Square, Marshall
and heir, born G. Brooks, 2nd son of Thomas
1866 ; is mar. Brooks of Crawshay Hall, co.
and has issue. Lane, and has issue.
Margaret Georgina Tho-
mas, born 1865 ; mar.
Edward EUice of Inver-
garry, N.B., Captain
Grenadier Guards, and
has issue.
Helen Thomas, born
1868 ; mar. Edward
Beaumont Nesbitt of
Tubberduly, King's
Co., and has issue.
Mary Florence Tho-
mas, born 1886 ;
died 1887.
Kathleen Thomas,
born 1888.
FREEMAN EAMILY.
Pedigree 21.
261
FREEMAN=F
John Slicer of Antigua, Planter^
(Catherine, widow of Captain
Joseph Winthrop, mar. 2nclly in
1680 Richard Slicer.)
Robert Freeman of Antigua, Gent., brotlier of Arthur Freeman. On 10 Feb.=
1698 his wife Mary joined him in the sale of 200 acres. Will dated 1*4 June
and recorded 7 Dec. 1705. Henry Lyons, Esq., was his brother-in-law.
=Mary Slicer, only child and heir, a minor
1700; mar. 2ndly before 14 Feb. 1706-7
(? Captain William) Perne.
Robert Freeman, only child and heir, a minor 1705 ; owned Freeman's Rest, St.^pAlice, 3rd dan. of Governor Edward
Paul's Parish, of 300 acres ; in 1735 Assistant Judge of Court of Common Pleas ;
died at New York. Will dated 6 Jan. 1733 ; codicil 7 Dec. 1734 ; sworn 28 Nov. 1739.
Byam ; born 19 May 1711 ; mar. 11
July 1728 ; living 1750 ; dead 1777.
Robert Freeman, only son and
heir ; heir to Dr. Joseph Buck-
shorn in 1744 ; dead 1750, s.p.
Mary Freeman, only dau., bapt. 19 Aug. 1729 at=
St. Paul's ; inherited the Buckshorn and Freeman
estates; of Eversley, co. Hants; widow in 1787.
=Benedict Willis, Merchant ; in 1750 of
Hatton Garden, later of Charles Street,
Cavendish Square; died 1774-7 intestate.
Benedict Freeman Willis,* educated at Eton ; of
University College, Oxon ; matriculated 2(1 Feb.
1770, set. 19 ; later of Lincoln's Inn ; died a
bachelor 13 and bur. 14 Nov. 1774, set. 23.
M.I. at St. George's, Antigua, and in University
College Chapel, Oxon.
Joseph Webb Willis, of University College, Oxon ; ma-
triculated 6 April 1772, set. 18 ; later of Lincoln's Inn ;
died a bachelor at sea 17 May 1778, aet. 24. Will dated
22 Sep. 1777 ; proved 27 Aug. 1778. (343 Hay.)
M.I. at St. George's, Antigua, and in University College
Chapel.
Mary Willis.
Rebecca Freeman, mar.
Daniel Warner, Esq.,
of Antigua.
Alice Freeman, died be-
fore 1750, infant.
Thomas=
Freeman,
a minor
1750;
dead
1785.
=Ann, dau. and co-
heiress of Colonel
John Wickham of
Antigua. Will
dated 1 May 1795;
sworn 14 Oct. 1797.
Byam Freeman, bapt. 31 Dec. 1731 at St. Paurs,=
Antigua ; of Oriel College, Oxford ; matriculated
26 May 1748, xt. 16 ; Barrister-at-Law Inner
Temple 9 Feb. 1753. Will dated 1770 ; jaroved
21 June 1771. (250 Trevor.)
I. Ill
Lydia Frances Freeman, born Patience Rev. Arthur
11 Jan. 1772 ; mar. 16 Oct. Freeman, Freeman,
1804, at St. Mary's Chapel, died at Rector of St.
Walcot, Bath, John Leonard sea a Paul's, An-
Knapp ;t he was born 29 April spinster. tigu^ ; bur. 6
and bapt. 9 May 1767 at Will July 1814 at
Shenley, co. Bucks ; he died dated 13 St. Peter's.
29 April 1845 ; she died 22 May and — •
Oct. 1838 ; both. bur. at Al- sworn 4 John Free-
veston, CO. Gloucester. Oct. man, died
1798. young.
Rev.=
Arthur
Thomas,
born 14
Feb. and
bapt. 20
Sep.
181G at
Willing-
don.
^Julia,
dau. of
Julian
Skrine
of Cam-
bridge ;
mar. 18
March
1840;
died
1875.
Henry John=
Thomas,
Lieut. -Col.
R.H.A.,
born 22 Feb.
and bapt. 19
Sep. 1817
at Willing-
don.
=Mary
Eliza-
beth,
dau.
of
Ser-
jeant
D'Oy-
ley;
mar.
1858.
Rev. Charles=
Edward
Thomas,
Rector of
Warms-
worth, Don-
caster ; born
20 May and
bapt. 10 Oct.
1823 atWil-
lingdon.
=Ann, dau. and
coheiress of
Thomas Wat-
kins, Esq., of
Popeshoad,
Antigua.
Thomas Freeman^
of Antigua, Bar-
rister-at-Law ; of
Trinity College,
Cambridge ; B.A.
1778; M. A. 1781;
Speaker 1790 ;
died at Bath 15
Dec. 1794, ast.
38.
-Christiana,
2nd dau. of
Francis
Frye, Esq.,
of Antigua;
died 23
Feb. 1808,
I
£et.
and
45,
bur.
at Chelten-
ham.
Harriet Freeman, only child
and heiress, mar. at St.
John's, 3 June 1781 (2nd
wife), Thomas Oliver, Esq.,
formerly Lieut. -Governor of
Massachusetts, son of Robert
Oliver of Antigua ; he was
born 5 Jan. 1733 and died 29
Nov. 1815 ; she died 16 July
1808, fet. 50 ; both bur. at
St. Paul's, Bristol. M.I.
Thomas Inigo=p.
Wickham Free-
man, entered
the Army 1815;
at one
Captain
Hussars
Colonel
1884 at
owned
Freemans
211 acres.
time
18th
later a
died
Bath ;
Upper
of
/K
Ann Freeman, born 3 June 1786,
bapt. 4 April 1787 at St. John's.
Harriet Freeman, born 17 Oct.
1787, bapt. 20 Sept. 1788 at
St. John'.s. _
Dorothy Frances Freeman, born
8 Jan. and bapt. 3 Nov. 1789 at
St. John's.
Caroline Freeman, born 15 Aug.
and bapt. 27 Sep. 1792 at St.
John's.
Florence Emily Tho-
mas, born 1840 ;
bur. 8 Aug. 1855 at
Willingdon.
Isabella Mary Tho-
mas, born 1842; mar.
24 Sep. 1861, at Wil-
lingdon, Rev. John
Goring ; she died
1885.
I I
Cecil Henry
Thomas,
born 1851.
Amy Cathe-
rine Thomas,
born 1841 ;
mar. 1877
Stewart Mac-
naghton of
Bitterne,
Southampton.
Vanda,=pRobert
dau. of
Cun-
hffe.
Thomas.
Elizabeth
Frances
Thomas,
dead.
/K
Lady Isa-=
l)ella,diiu.
of 3rd
Marquess
of Exeter;
born
1853 ;
mar.
1884, and
has issue.
/K
=William
Henry
Thomas,
heir to
Richard
Wright-
son of
C us worth
Park,
whose
name he
took.
Charles
Freeman
Thomas.
Arthur
Thomas,
dead.
George
Thomas.
Francis Ini-
go Thomas.
Frederica
Thomas.
Lucy Tho-
mas.
Mary Tho-
mas.
* See his character written by Col. Samuel Martin in ' Gentleman's Mag.azine,' 1775, p. 420.
t For a full pedigree of the Knapp family see ' Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,' New Series, vol. iii.
262
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Robert Freeman of Antigua, Gent. Will dated 24 June
1705. To my loring wife 6 negros off my plantation, all
furniture, plate, a horse, and ^ of the produce of my estate.
To my nephew Joseph Buckthorne £500 c. To the P' son
of my brother Arthur Freeman £500 c. To my cousin
Geofry Lyons, son of my brother-in-law Hen. Lyons, Esq.,
£100 c. To M''^ Eliz. Yeamans, dau. of John Yeamans,
Esq., £100 c. at marriage. To my brother-in-law Heury
Lyons & to his wife £100 c. each. To my brother Arthur
Freeman & his wife, & to John Yeamans, Esq., & his wife,
mourning suits and 50s. rings. All residue to my son
Rob' at 21. John Yeamans, Esq., my brother-in-law Hen.
Lyons, Esq., & my brother Arthur Freeman, Es'ors. Wit-
nessed by Simon Smith, Kean Osborne, Charles Lyons.
By John Yeamans, Esq., Deputy-Governor, were sworn
Capt. Kean Osborne and Mr. Charles Lyons. Recorded
7 Dec. 1705.
Dorothy Freeman of Antegoa, wife of Arthur Freeman,
Esq. Will dated 5 July 1721 ; proved 26 March 1737 by
Elizabeth Freeman, spinster, the dau. (56 Wake.) To my
dau. Eliz. Freeman Sxnegros & all chattels & furniture, she
to be sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by R. Menzies, Ann Werdon.
Arthur Freeman the husband assents to the will, 10 July
1721, in the presence of Thomas Freeman.
Charles Freeman, planter. Will dated 3 Dec. 1725.
To my wife Abigail the produce of my plantation, negros,
a cow, & horse. My son Thos. negros. My son Rob'
cattle. My dau. Eliz. sheep. John Booth & Edward
Suttou Ex'ors. Sworn 2 Oct. 1726.
Robert Freeman of Antigua, Gent. AVill dated 6 Jan.
1733. To my dau. Mary Freeman £2000 & f 100 a year till
21. To my kinsman IV Joseph Buckshorn £500 c. To
my goddau. Mary Ann Barton £250 c. To my brother
Rich^ Pearne £250 c. To my godson Rob' Freeman, 2'"'
son of my kinsman Thos. Freeman, £500 c. To my wife
Alice, use of furniture, plate, linen, chaise, & horses for
life, & £200 c. a year. To each Ex' or a suit of mourning
& a ring, also to Governor Byam and his family. All
residue to my son Rob' Freeman. Thos. Freeman &
Joseph Buckshorn Ex'ors. Witnessed by Robert Freeman,
John Scott, John Luis.
Codicil. — I appoint in room of Hon. Francis Carlile &
Geo. Byam, deceased, the Hon. Geo. Thomas & Col. John
Tomlinson, & my wife Alice Ex'ors & Guardians. 7 Dec.
1734. Before William Mathew, Esq., were sworn John
Burton, Esq., and William Fernell, Merchant. John Scott
being reported dead 28 Nov. 1739. Recorded 23 Jan.
1739.
Thomas Freeman of Antegoa, Gent. Will dated 1 Dec.
1733 ; proved 8 Sep. 1736 by Artlun- Freeman, Esq., the
father, John Yeamans, Esq., and Col. George Thomas ;
power reserved to Col. Samuel Martin, John Frye, jun.,
Edward Byam, and Rebecca Freeman the widow. (200
Derby.) Funeral not to exceed £40. To my wife Rebeckah
£200 a year & use of plate, jewels, furniture, chariott,
chaises, and house in lieu of dower. To my dans. Eliz.,
Mary, Charlotte, Rebeckah, & Alice, & my sons Rob', Thos.,
& Byam Freeman, £1500 c. each at 21. All residue to my
1=' son Arthur & his heirs male, with power to provide a
jointure of £200 c. & £1000 portions for his younger
childi-en. My father Arthur Freeman, Hon. John Yeamans,
Geo. Thomas, Esq., Col. Sam> Martin, John Frye, Jun^
my wife's brother Edw^ Byam, & my wife Ex'ors &
Guardians, & to have £30 apiece. My wife £50. Witnessed
by John King, George Byam, Josiah Martin. Recorded
also at St. John's 26 March 1736.
Arthur Freeman, late of Antigua, now of St. Clement
Danes, Esq. Will dated 1 July, 12 Geo. IL ; proved 14
July 1738 by Elizabeth Freemau the dau. (174 Brodrepp.)
On 17 Jan. 1754 adm'on to Byam Freeman, Esq., the
adm'or of Elizabeth Freeman, deceased. To my dau. Eliz.
Freeman, spinster, the interest of my South Sea old an-
nuities. I have a demand on the estate of my late son
Thos. Freeman of Antigua, Esq., of £200 a year which
shall be laid out in like stock & paid to my dau. After her
death the principal to be paid to my grandson Arthur
Freeman, P' son of my son Thos., & to his heirs, & in
default to his brother Rob' Freeman, then to his next
brother, then to the 4"' & youngest son of my son Thos.,
then to his sister. Whoever shall be entitled to this
principal sum shall pay £1500 equally among the younger
children of my son Thos. My said son made me his Ex'or &
I fi-ee his estate of any claim. All residue to my dau. Eliz.
Freeman, she to be sole Ex'trix. My friend John Yeamans,
Esq., Messrs. Rowland & Sam' Fry of Mark Lane, Mer-
chants, to be overseers. Witnessed by Edd. Combe,
Edmund Combe, jun., Mary Whitter. Recorded also at
St. John's 16 Feb. 1739.
Byam Freeman of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 1770 ;
proved 21 June 1771 by Arthur Freeman and Francis Eyre,
Esqrs. ; power reserved to Thomas Jarvis, Stephen Blizard,
and Richard Maitland, Esqrs. (250 Trevor.) To M"
Louisa Wetheril of Antigua, widow, a dau. of Stephen
Blizard, Esq., £1000 c. To my niece Indiana Talbot
£1000. To my brother Arthin- Freeman, Esq., my gold
watch, chain, seals, & gold snuff box. All my estates in
trust to Thos. Jarvis, Stephen Blizai-d, Rich"! Maitland,
Arthur Freeman, & Francis Eyre, Esq", for my only child
Harriot Freeman & her heirs, but £5000 to go to any younger
children she may have, & in default of issue to my brother
Arthur Freeman. Trustees to be Ex'ors and Guardians &
to have each 10 gs. Witnesse<l by John Clialoner, R.
Burges, William Smith.
Joseph Webb Willis of Antigua and Lincoln's Inn,
Esq. Will dated 22 Sep. 1777 ; proved 27 Aug. 1778 by
Mary Willis, the mother. (343 Hay.) Am seized in fee
of " Freeman's Rest," & the equity of redemption of
" Buxhornes," both in Antigua, subject to the payment of i
the net profits to my mother for life & £5000 to my sister. I
give these estates to my mother. To my 2 cousins Miss
Elliot & Miss Eliz. Elliot, daus. of Sam' Elliot of Antigua,
Esq., £100 each. By the will of the late Henry Tho. Cope
Freeman, of which I was sole Ex'or, I am entitled to
the reversion of certain lands, & I hereby appoint the Hon.
Bartholomew Bouverie, 3'' son of the late Lord Radnor,
& Tho. Plumer, Esq., of University Coll., Oxf, as Ex'ors of
the said will, & give them all my rights under it for my
sister Sarah Willis for life, then to M"'^ Susannah Freeman,
mother of Hen. Tho. Cope Freeman & wife of John Cope
Freeman of Abbots Laugley, & to her heirs. To my dear
mother my seal of the Willis and Freeman arms. To my
dear sister my diamond pin. To my friend liord Hyde an
antique ring of Hercules head. To my much loved friend
the Hon. John Chas. Villiers, 2'' son of the Earl of Clarendon,
believing he will rise high in the law, all my legal books.
To my dear friend the Hon. W'" Heury Bouverie, brother
to Lord Radnor, certain Classics left by Francis Leighton
to Cope Freeman and myself To my dear friend Tho.
Plumer all my Greek and Latin books, except Cicero's works
won by my brother at Eton. To John Cope Freeman my
gold enamelled sleeve buttons, as a mark of affection for
him & his son. To his wife M" Susanna Freeman my
larger drawing of Pevensea Castle in black and white. To
the Rev. Rob' Hoblyn, curate of Gwennas, n"' Truro, my
FREEMAN FAMILY.
263
gold watch and chain. To the Hon. Bartholomew all MSS.
& books. All residue to my mother Mary Willis, & appoint
her sole Ex'trix. Witnessed by Charles Butler, Stephen
Hope, clerk to Mr. Butler, M. P. Julliett. On 25 Aug.
1778 was sworn Moses Paul Julliett of Charles Street,
Covent Garden, Apothecary. Testator died at Antigua.
Arthur Freeman, Esq., of Antigua. Will dated 6 June
1779 ; proved 4 March 1780 by Margaret Freeman the
widow. (132 Collins.) To my wife Marg' 4 negros, £100,
all jewels, plate, books, furniture, etc. My estates to
trustees, viz., Hon. Jas. Athill & Langford Lovell of
Aucigua, Esq", & Messrs. Benj. & Tho. Boddington of
London, Merchants. £2000 to be raised for each of my
children, viz., Marg', Melusina Warbuton, Geo. Thomas, &
Lydia Francos, at 21. All lands to my son Inigo Freeman
& his heirs, then to my 2'^ son Geo. Tho. Freeman. My
wife and trustees to be Ex'ors and Guardians. Witnessed
by Tyrrell Herbert, Joseph Herbert, Charles Gordon.
Anne Freeman, widow. Will dated 1 May 1795. To
my dan. Patience Freeman £3000 & all plate, except the
silver caudle cup given me by my late son Thos. Freeman,
which I give to his son, my post chaise & any 2 horses
she chooses, & parlour furniture. To my son Kev. Arthur
Freeman my land called "Massetts," purchased of Nath'
& Geo. Crump, he to pay | value to my dau. Patience. To
each of the daus. of my late son Thos. Freeman £200. All
residue between my son Arthur & my dau. Patience. My
son Arthur, John Burke, Thos. Warner, Edw" Gamble,
Ex'ors. Witnessed by George Crump, George Nugent.
Before Edward Byam, Esq., sworn 14 Oct. 1797. Recorded
16 Oct. 1797.
Patience Freeman, spinster. Will dated 13 May 1798.
To my goddau. & niece Ann Freeman £1000 c. To my
niece Harriott Freeman £300 c. To my niece Dorothy
Frances Freeman £300 c. To my niece Caroline Freeman
£300 c. To Eli?"' Crump, dau. of my late cousin Geo.
Crump, £500 c. To her sister Julia £500 c. To Ann,
dau. of Nath' & Ann Crump, £100 c. To Eliz"', widow of
Eich"! Kirwan, £100 c. To her sister Jane Gamble £100 c,
& to her sister Amelia Gamble £100 c. To Ann Pierson
£100 c. To my goddaus. Ann Maria Drew & Tryphena
Ronan £100 c. each. To my godson Daniel Francis Warner
£100 c. To Ann Gravenor, dau. of Thos. & Mary Har-
man, £1((0 c. To Edw*! Gamble, Esq., £500 c. & a negro.
To my Ex'ors £500 c. for a white boy, J. Teigue, whom
my mother patronised. To Ann Freeman my gold watch,
seals, & trinkets, diamond half hoop ring, large silver cup,
point lace, etc. Freedom to certain slaves. All residue to
my cousin John Burke, Esq., Edw"" Gamble, & Thos.
Duberry Harman, Esq., in trust for the children of my late
brother Thos. Freeman. Trustees to be Ex'ors & to each
40 gs. Witnessed by Charles Eichards. Before Edward
Byam, Esq., was sworn Charles Richards, 4 Oct. 1798.
Recorded 5 Oct. 1798.
Close Roll, 24 Geo. II., Part 16, Nos. 2 and 3.
Indenture made the 13th Aug. 1750 between Benedict
Willis of Hatton Garden, St. Andrew's, Holborn, Esq., and
Mary his wife (only sister and heir-at-law of Robert Free-
man, deceased, who was only son and heir, and likewise
devisee in fee of the Estates of Robert Freeman, late of
Antigua, Gentleman, also deceased, by Alice Freeman, who
is still living), of the one part, and Edward Byam of the
Parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Esq., and Edward
Williams of the Parish of Endfield, Esq., of the other part,
witnesseth that in consideration of 5s Benedict
Willis and Mary his wife sell to Edward Byam and Edward
Williams .... all that Plantation called Freeman's Rest,
otherwise Figg Tree Hill, or Freeman's Plantation .... in
the Parish of St. Paul's and Falmouth Division, containing
300 acres .... which together with the negros .... was
formerly the Estate of the said Robert Freeman, father of
Mary Willis .... and afterwards of Robert Freeman,
brother of Mary .... and are now in lease to John Douglas
at the yearly rent of £65n .... and also all that other
Plantation in the said Parish and Division formerly the
Estate of Joseph Buckshorne, late of the Parish of Falmouth,
Doctor in Physic, and by him devised to Robert Freeman,
brother of Mary Willis .... and all negros .... for one
whole year ....
No. 2.
Indenture tripartite made the 14th Aug. 1750 between
Benedict Willis .... and Mary his wife of the 1st part,
Edward Byam .... and Edward Williams .... of the 2nd
part, and Joseph Willis of the Parish of Lambeth,
Gentleman, and Louis Russell of Gray's Inn, Gentleman,
of the 3rd part. Whereas Benedict Willis and Mary his
wife, in right of Mary, only sii-ter, etc., etc., are now
seized of the Plantations, etc., subject to the dower of Alice
Freeman, chargeable on the part that belonged to Robert
Freeman the father .... and also subject as to his part to
several legacies bequeathed by his 'will .... Now this
Indenture witnesseth that for settling the said Plantations,
etc., and in consideration of 10.5 Benedict Willis and
Maiy his wife grant and confirm to Edward Byam and
Edward Williams in their actual possession being .... all
those Plantations (as In No. 3) in trust during the lives of
Benedict Willis and Mary and the survivor, to pay to Alice
Freeman so much money as the Estate of Robert Freeman,
her late husband, shall fall short of £400 sterling yearly,
and to preserve the contingent remainders to the 1st and
other sons of Benedict Willis and Mary, and to their heira
male .... and for default of issue male, to Joseph Willis
and Louis Russell for 500 years, to the use of Alice Freeman
and her assigns for life .... and after the determination of
the 500 years to Edward Byam and Edward Williams
to preserve the contingent remainders to the survivor of
Benedict Willis or Mary and heirs and assigns for ever ....
and the term of 500 years is limited in case Benedict Willis
shall have no son, or all sons die without issue male, and if
he shall have one or more younger daughters, if one only,
to raise £5000 as a portion, and to pay £200 a year for
maintenance and education till 21 or marriage, if after the
decease of Benedict Willis and Mary, and if before, till one
year after the decease of the survivor .... and if more
than one, the £5000 and £200 a year equally among all
daughters .... and when the portions are paid the 500
years void .... James Riddick, Robert Price, witnesses.
Close Roll, 24 Geo. II., Part 19, Nos. 14 and 15.
Indenture made the I7th Oct. 1750 between George
Dunbar of London, Esq. (only son and heir-at-law and
residuary legatee of William Dunbar, late of London, Mer-
chant, deceased), and Elizabeth Dunbar, widow (relict of
the said William, and one of his Ex'ors), George Thomas,
Esq., Walter Sydserfe, Esq., Thomas Godfrey, Esq., Joseph
Godfrey, Esq., and Robert Ferguson, Esq. (the other Ex'ors
of William Dunbar), and Arthur Freeman of London, Esq.
(eldest son and heir-at-law of Thomas Freeman, late of
Antigua, Gentleman, deceased, and devisee named in his
last will of the Plantation lands, etc., hereinafter mentioned
to be bargained), of the one part, and Lewis Charles
Montolieu of Albemarle Street, St. George's, Hanover Square,
Esq., of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration
of 5s the former grants to the latter all that Planta-
tion in tlie Parish of St. Peter commonly called Parham, in
Old North Sound, abutting now or lately on the N. on the
264
' THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
lands of George Thomas, Esq., and Edward Byam, Esq. ;
S. on the lands of Jonas Langford, and the heirs of Samuel
Wickham, deceased ; E. on the lands of Col. John Wick-
ham, and W. on the lands of Mary Berry and Rowland Ash,
containing 400 acres .... late the estate and inheritance
of Thomas Freeman, deceased .... and all messuages, etc.,
etc., thereon, and all other Plantation lands, negros, etc.,
etc., in Antigua, which were the Estate of Thomas Freeman,
and descended to Arthur Freeman, party hereto, as eldest
son and heir-at-law, or were devised to him by his father's
will, or which he was on the 28th April 1749 any ways
possessed of ... . all which Plantations, etc., etc., by In-
dentures of Lease and Release, or feoffment, made the 27th
and 28th April 1749, the Release being quadrupartite,
between Arthur Freeman, party hereto, of the 1st part,
William Dunbar aforesaid, since deceased, of the 2nd part,
Walter Tilledeph, Esq., and James Doig, Esq., both of
Antigua, of the 3rd part, and Francis Delap, Esq., and
John Halliday, Esq., both of Antigua, of the 4th part, were
released to William Dunbar by way of mortgage .... for
securing the repayment of £3500 and interest .... for one
whole year that Lewis Charles Montolieu may be in actual
possession, etc., etc.
No. 14.
Indenture of five'parts made the 18th Oct. 1750 be-
tween George Dunbar and the Ex'ors of William Dunbar
(as ia No. 15) of the 1st part, Arthur Freeman .... of the
2nd part, Lewis Charles Montolieu .... of the 3rd part,
Henry Douglas of Antigua, Esq., and Dr. Patrick Grant of
Antigua of the 4th part, and Robert Christian, Esq., of
Antigua, and Michael Lovell, Esq., of Antigua of the 5th
part. Whereas Tiiomas Freeman being legally seized in his
demesne as of fee of and in the plantation lands ....
negros .... made and published his last will the 1st Dec.
1733 (will recited), and whereas Thomas Freeman on or
about the year 1736 departed this life, seized as aforesaid
.... and entitled to a considerable personal estate .... with-
out revoking his will .... and probate was duly granted
the 8th Sep. 1736 to Arthur Freeman, John Yearaans, and
George Thomas, and it is apprehended the will was also
proved in Antigua by Rebecca Freeman, Edward Byam,
aud John Frye .... and whereas Arthur Freeman, who is
son and heir of Thomas Freeman, hath attained his age
of 21 and is in possession .... and whereas Rebecca
Freeman, his mother, is lately dead, and her annuity was
duly paid and is determined .... and Elizabeth Freeman
hath intermarried with Richard Kirwan, Esq., and her
legacy hath been paid .... and Mary Freeman inter-
married with the late Charles Philips, and is become his
widow, and her legacy hath been paid, and Charlotte Free-
man hath intermarried with Colonel Sharington Talbot, but
her legacy hath not, so far as is known, been paid, and Re-
becca Freeman hath intermai-ried with Daniel Warner, Esq.,
and her legacy hath been paid .... and Robert Freeman
hath attained to 21, but is incapable to receive or discharge
his legacy .... and Thomas Freeman and Byam Freeman
have not yet attained to 21, and are not yet entitled,
and Alice Freeman the other daughter died several
years since, an infant under three years, and her legacy
hath not been paid .... and whereas by Indentures of the
27th and 28th April 1749 (as in No. 15) it was witnessed
that for barring, etc., etc., all contingent estates, and in
consideration of £3500 sterling .... Arthur Freeman did
grant, etc., to William Dunbar all that plantation, etc.,
with the provision that on payment at the dwelling-house
of William DQul)ar in Mincing Lane, on the 28th April
next ensuing, of £3675 .... and all other sums William
Dunbar might advance .... William Dunbar should recon-
vey the said premises .... and Arthur Freeman did nomi-
nate Walter Tullideph and James Doig his Attorneys . . . .
in his name to enter into and take full and peaceable
possession .... or Francis Delap and John Halliday his
Attorneys in that behalf .... and whereas some time after
the date and execution of the said recited Indentures and
the sending them over to Antigua to have livery and seizin
of the premises taken .... William Dunbar died in Great
Britain, leaving George Dunbar his only son and heir-at-
law, having made his hist will the 22nd Dec. 1747 (will
recited) .... and whereas default was made by Arthur
Freeman .... on the 28th April last past whereby the
estate of William Dunbar became absolute in law .... and
whereas upon an account made up between the Ex'ors ....
and Arthur Freeman .... there did remain due to them
£3608 2s now this Indenture wituesseth that in con-
sideration of that sum paid to the Ex'ors of William Dun-
bar by Lewis Charles Montolieu .... with the consent and
approbation of Arthur Freeman and George Dunbar and
of 5s. paid to George Dunbar, he and the Ex'ors grant, etc.,
to Lewis Charles Montolieu .... in his actual possession
being all that plantation, etc., etc., to have and to hold to
him and his heirs for ever, and to no other use whatsoever,
subject, nevertheless, to such power and benefit of re-
demption as in equity Arthur Freeman, his heirs or assigns,
or any child or children, or descendants, might have ....
and this Indenture further wituesseth that in further con-
sideration of £891 18s. sterling paid by Lewis Charles
Montolieu to Arthur Freeman .... making with the
£3608 2s the full sum of £4500 sterling .... and
for barring, etc., aud entirely defeating all estates tail, etc.,
etc., Arthur Freemeu grants, etc., to Lewis Charles Monto-
lieu in his actual possession being .... all the before-
mentioned plantations, etc., etc subject to a proviso
of redemption that on payment of the £4500 sterling ....
and of the interest .... and of all other sums that Lewis
Charles Montolieu may advance .... and of all claims
against the estate .... the interest on the 19th Oct. yearly,
and the principal on the 19th Oct. 1757 .... Lewis Charles
Moutolieu shall reconvey .... the plantations, etc., etc.,
to Arthur Freeman. Ferdinand John Paris, Francis Eyre,
witnesses.
Close Roll, 17 Geo. III., Part 6, No. 7.
Indenture tripartite made the 15th Sep. 1777 between
Mary Willis of Lower Grosvenor Street, widow (and relict
of Benedict Willis, formerly of Hatton Garden, and late of
Charles Street, Cavendish Square, Esq., deceased), of the
1st part, Joseph Webb Willis of Lincoln's Inn, FiSq. (their
only son and heir), of the 2nd part, and Thomas Brograve
of Gray's Inn, Gentleman, of the 3rd part. Whereas by
Indentures of the 13th and 14th Aug. 1750 (recited in full,
see ante), and whereas Benedict Willis has lately departed
this life, leaving Mary Freeman his widow, Joseph Webb
Willis his only son, and Mary Willis the younger, his only
daughter and only younger child, and whereas no appoint-
ment was made for the benefit of Mary the daughter in the
life of Benedict or since his death by virtue of the power
vested in Mary Willis the mother, by the settlement of the
14tli Aug. 1750 .... and whereas Mary Willis, the mother,
and Joseph Webb Willis are desirous and have agreed to
join in all acts, etc., etc., as shall be necessary to barr and
extinguish all estates, tail, and remainders, etc., iu Free-
man's Rest .... and to limit the said Plantation and
negros to such uses as by an Indenture already prepared
and intended to bear date the day after these presents,
between Thomas Brograve of the 1st part, and Mary WilHs
the mother of the 2nd part, Joseph Webb Willis of the 3rd
part, and Nathaniel Webb of Saville Row, St. James's,
Westminster, Esq., Henry Martin of the City of Bath, Esq.,
and Samuel Eliot of Antigua, Esq., of the 4th part ....
Now this Indenture wituesseth that for barring and ex-
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tinguishing all estates, tail, and remainders, etc., in Free-
man's Rest, etc and in consideration of 10s., Mary
Willis and Joseph Webb Willis, grant, etc., etc., to Thomas
Brograve all that Plantation, etc., etc., and all negros
thereto belonging .... to have and to hold .... to the
intent he may be seized of the inheritance to the uses and
trusts purposed .... and Mary and Joseph Webb Willis
appoint Samuel Eliot of Antigua, Esq., and Samuel Byam
of Antigua, Esq., their Attorneys. John Winder, John
Brady, witnesses.
Close Roll, 27 Geo. III., Part 8, No. 11.
Indenture tripartite made 29th Oct., 28 Geo. III., 1787,
between Thomas Oliver of Layton, co. Essex, Esq., of the
1st part, i\rary Willis, late of Lower Grosvenor Street, St.
George's, Hanover Square, but now residing at Eversley,
Hants (heretofore called Mary Freeman), widow (and
relict of Benedict Willis, formerly of Hatton Garden, St.
Andrew's, Holborn, and late of Charles Street, Cavendish
Square, Esq., deceased, and which said Mary Willis was
devisee in tail of the hereditaments hereinafter mentioned
by virtue of the last will of Joseph Buckshorn, late of the
Parish of Falmouth, Antigua, Doctor of Physic, deceased),
of the 2nd part, and William Lyon of Gray's Inn, Gentle-
man, of the 3rd part. Whereas Joseph Buckshorn by his
will dated 23rd April 1744 did amongst other things express
himself to the effect following : — Item, I will and bequeath
to the heirs of Robert Freeman, deceased (who died in New
York), all my real and personal estate .... that is to say,
to Robert Freeman, child of the said Robert, deceased, and
his heirs lawful, and if none sucli, to Mary Freeman,
daughter of the said Robert, deceased, and her heirs lawful,
and if none such, to Robert Freeman (2nd son of Thomas
Freeman the Lawyer, deceased) and his heirs lawfnl, and if
none such, to the rest of his (Robert's) brothers and sisters
for ever .... and whereas by Indentures bearing date 17th
and 18th Jan. 1774 between Benedict Willis and Mary his
wife of the one part, and Thomas Oliver of the other part,
reciting among other things that by a Bond of 3rd Dec.
then last past, Benedict Willis and Thomas Oliver became
jointly and severally bound to William Tooke of Sergeant's
Inn, Fleet Street, Esq., in the penal sum of £12,000 sterling,
to be void on the payment of £G000 on the 3rd Dec. 1779,
with interest at 5 per cent., and further reciting that Thomas
Oliver entered into the Bond as surety of Benedict Willis
■ and at his request .... and the Indenture witnesseth that
for saving harmless, etc., Thomas Oliver and his heirs,
Benedict and Mary Willis grant, etc., to him all that
Plantation called Buckshorns, hereinafter described ....
to the only proper use of Thomas Oliver and his heirs ....
and whereas Joseph Buckshorn's will did not appear at the
execution of the Indentures, and it was understood that Mary
Willis was entitled to the said Plantation as only sister and
heir of Robert Freeman .... aud whereas the £6000 were
not paid by Benedict Willis to William Tooke .... and
whereas Benedict Willis some time ago departed this life
intestate, and the equity of redemption descended to Joseph
Webb Willis his only son, since also deceased, as heir-at-
law, which Joseph Webl) Willis did by his last will dated
22nd Sep. 1777 among other things give to Mary Willis,
his mother, all his interest, etc., etc., now this Indenture
witnesseth that for docking and barring, etc., all estates,
tail, etc., etc., and for conveying the Plantation to William
Lyon .... in trust to the intents contained in an Indenture
to bear date the day after these presents, between William
Lyon of the 1st part, Mary Willis of the 2nd part, and
Thomas Oliver of the 3rd part, and in consideration of 5.s.
paid to them, Thomas Oliver and Mary WilHs grant, etc.,
to William Lyon their respective rights, etc., in Buck-
shorn's Plantation, in the Parish of St. Paul, and Division
of Falmouth, Antigua, containing 250 acres, bounded north
by tlie land now or late of Barry Tankard, Esq., east by the
land now or late of Mr. Nathaniel Gale, south by the land
now or late of Captain Isaac Horsfere (Horsford), and west
by the land now or late of Mr. Thomas Kirby .... and all
negros or slaves .... and all rights, etc., of Thomas Oliver
and Mary Willis .... to have and to hold to William
Lyon, etc., etc., in trust to perform the conditions of the
said Indentures .... and lastly Thomas OJiver and Mary
Willis nominate, etc., etc., Langford Lovell and Joseph
Lyons Athill, both of Antigua, Esquires, their Attorneys.
Close Roll, 51 Geo. III., Part 3, No. 16.
Indenture of 3 parts made the 20th Feb. 1811 between
Inigo Thomas of Ratton Lodge, co. Sussex, Esq. (formerly
called Inigo Freeman, but who under the authority of
H.M.'s Royal Sign Manual has assumed the surname of
Thomas, eldest son and heir-at-law and devisee named in
the will of Arthur Freeman, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased),
of the 1st part, Marmaduke Robinson of Essex Street, St.
Clement Danes, Gentleman, of the 2nd part, John Allan,
Esq., and .John Billinghurst, Esq., both residing in Antigua,
of the 3rd paro. Whereas Arthur Freeman aforesaid being
seized in his demesne as of fee in the Plantation and negros
hereinafter particularly mentioned, did make his last will
.... the 6th June 1779 (will recited) .... and whereas by
an Indenture of bargain and sale made the 4th Nov. 1801,
and duly enrolled in H.M.'s Court of Chancery, in England,
on the 7th Nov. of the same year, between the said Inigo
Thomas of the one part, and the said Marmaduke Robinson
of the other part, for barring and extinguishing all estates,
tail, and remainders, and in pursuance of the Laws of
Antigua .... and for the nominal considerations therein
mentioned, Inigo Thomas did convey to Marmaduke Robin-
son the said Plantation, etc., in trust .... and whereas
Inigo Thomas by Indentures dated the 21st and 22nd Aug.
1803, the Release being of 4 parts, between the said Inigo
Thomas of the 1st part, the Right Hon. George Brodrick,
Lord Viscount Middleton in Ireland, Baron Brodrick of
Pepper Harrow in England, and the Hon. Frances Ann
Brodrick, spinster, his daughter, of the 2nd part, the Hon.
and Right Rev. George Pelham, then Lord Bishop of
Bristol, and the Hon. John Brodrick, one of the brothers
of Viscount Middleton, of the 3rd part, and the Right Hon.
Thomas Lord Pelham, Joseph Berens the younger of
Bedford Square, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and George White
Thomas of Watergate House, Sussex, Esq., and George
Thomas Thomas, Lieut.-Col. of H.M.'s 11th Light
Dragoons, of the 4th part, purporting to be a settlement
made previous to the marriage then intended to be had and
which was shortly after solemnized between Inigo Thomas
and Frances Ann Brodrick, in consideration of the said
then intended marriage and of the pecuniary fortune of
Frances Ann Brodrick, and for other considerations men-
tioned, Inigo Thomas did convey to George, Lord Bishop _
of Bristol, and John Brodrick the said Plantation, etc., in
trust, to the intent and purpose that Frances Ann Brodrick,
if she should survive her husband, should receive yearly for
life as jointure and in bar of dower £500 sterling .... with
remainder to Thomas Lord Pelham, Joseph Berens, George
White Thomas, and George Thomas Thomas, for 200 years
from the death of Inigo Thomas, upon the trusts therein
described .... with remainder to Inigo Thomas and his
heirs and assigns for ever .... and whereas it has been
lately discovered that owing to some mistake or omission
the said Indenture was never registered in Antigua ....
and was therefore ineffectual .... and whereas Inigo
Thomas is desirous to confirm the settlement .... Now
this Indenture witnesseth that for docking and destroying
all estates, tail, and remainders, Inigo Thomas grants and
M M
266
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
conveys to Marmaduke Robinson .... all that Plantation
called Arthur Freeman's Plantation, containing 360 acres
.... in the Parishes of St. Peter and St. George in
Antigua .... and all negros and other slaves, and all mules
and cattle .... in trust .... to the uses of the marriage
settlement .... and lastly, luigo Thomas constitutes John
Allan and John Billinghurst his Attorneys .... Charles G.
Eobinson, Essex Street, Alexander Harper, do., witnesses.
Richard Freeman, 100 acres at Old Nortli Sound, by
Governor Winthrop 2 March 1667 ; surveyed 2 April 1668.
Ciiarles Abeeles of Antigua, merchant, deceased : ad-
ministration to Nicholas Rainsford and George Poore of
Antigua, merchants, creditors, 11 May 1675. Security
taken per bond of Major William Freeman.
1680, May 20. Edward Rutt of Falmouth, blacksmith,
and Martha his wife, daughter of Richard Freeman,
planter, deceased, sell to Captain John Vernon for 4000 lbs.
their interest in 40 acres, late in the occupation of her
mother, Mildred Freeman.
1698, Feb. 10. Robert Freeman of Antigua, Gent.,
and Mary his wife sell 200 acres for £260 c. to John
Terry in the Road Division.
1700, Dec. 24. Act re Robert Freeman and his wife
Mary, she a minor, to sell 180 acres in St. Philip's Parish,
of which her half share is a moiety. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1701. Grant of 60 acres in St. Peter's Parish to Ben.
Wickham, bounded W. with Arthur Freeman, chirugeon.
Petition of Arthur Freeman, an Ex'or in Trust for
Robert Freeman of Antigua, infant, reciting that John
Slicer of Antigua owned several plantations, and died
leaving them to his only child Mary Slicer, whom Robert
Freeman married, and improved the said lands. They by
Act dated 24 Dec. 1700 were empowered to sell portion of
the lands. Robert Freeman is dead, leaving an only child
and infant Robert Freeman. Mary, widow of Robert Free-
man, is married to one Perne, who threatens the purchasers
of the said land. Dated 14 Feb. 1706-7. (48 B. T. Lee-
ward Islands, p. 460.)
1707, Nov. 5. Thomas Freeman, son and heir of
Arthur Freeman, of the city of London, gent. (Foster's
'Gray's Inn Admissions.')
1709-10, Feb. 16. Charles Freeman has 7 slaves and is
granted 10 acres. (Minutes of Assembly.)
1711, Oct. 11. Petition of Wm. Freeman of the sloop
" Wanton." (Minutes of Council and Assembly.)
Antigua.
No. 159. Confirmed 19 May 1720 by Order of King
in Council. Private.
An Act to enable Arthur Freeman and Dorothy his
Wife to sell and convey a certain Plantation within the
said Island, to raise portions and make Provisions for
Henry Symes and Elizabeth Athy, Children of the said
Dorothy by her former Husband George Symes, deceased.
Dated 1 March 1717. (Laws of the Leeward Islands, p. 168.)
1717-18, Feb. 20. Act read to enable Arthur Freeman
and Dorothy his wife to dispose of Symes' Plantation, aud
on March 1 the Act re Dr. Freeman and Dorothy his wife
was discussed.
1722, March 14. In Chancery. Dorothy Freeman,
Plaintiff, v. Thomas Freeman and Arthur Freeman, Es-
quires, Defendants.
1723, April 9. Elizabeth Freeman, spinster, i). Thomas
Freeman, Esq., Defendant.
1735, May 30. Robert Freeman, Esq., Assistant Judge
of the King's Bench, is so sick that John Tomlinson is ap-
pointed in his place.
1743, Sep. 22. Joseph Buckshorn, jun., petitions for
£124, his salary as deputy-storekeeper at Great George Fort.
1746, Aug. 13. Petition of Jane Buckshorne for the
value of a negro.
Mr. Charles Philips of Great Queen Street, in the parish
of St. Giles's, Middlesex, by his will made in 1747, left four
pictures to his " dear wife Mary," viz. :— 1, The portrait of
his own mother Martha, dau. of Mr. John Elliston of West
Mailing in Kent. 2, The portrait of his " brother Freeman,"
namely, Arthur Freeman, Esq. 8, The portrait of his wife
Mary, second dau. of Thomas Freeman, Esq., of Antigua, by
Rebecca, dau. of Colonel William Byam ; and 4, The picture
of his children. The two first of these pictures descended to
the writer (T. Wharton Jones), who is the grandson of Martha
Byam Philips, the only daughter of Charles Philips and Mary
Freeman, and only child that left issue. He still possesses
the portrait of his great-great-grandmother, and has given
that of his great-grandmother (Mary tiee Freeman) to Mr.
F. F. Thomas of Rattons, in Sussex, the great-grandson of
the person it represents. The picture of the children is lost ;
but the third picture, having come into the possession of the
third and youngest brother, Mr. Richard Elliston Philips,
was left by him to liis widow, nee Whatman, and passed to the
Whatman family. (' Herald and Genealogist,' vol. iv., p. 460.)
At a meeting of the Council 19 Dec. 1765 Governor
Thomas ordered the following minute to be recorded:
" The General acquaints the Council, that Arthur Free-
man, a Member of this Board, having in defiance of the
Laws of Great Britain, and of this Island, in contempt of
the respect due to him as his Majesty's Governor in Chief
of the Leeward Islands, and in Violation of the Laws of
Hospitality, basely and treacherously seduced his Daughter,
of considerable pretensions, from the Duty and obedience
due to him as a most affectionate and tender Father, by
prevailing on her to make a private Elopement from his
house, with assurances, from his uncommon indulgence, of
an easy forgiveness, and by Bribing an Indigent Scotch
Parson, who has been indebted to the General for his daily
bread, to join them in Marriage without Licence or any
other Lawful authority ; in hopes of repairing the said
Freeman's Fortune ; become desperate by a series of Folly
and Extravagance. He thinks, the said Arthur Freeman
unworthy to hold any longer a seat of the Council Board,
and therefore suspends him from the Council of this Island."
On 10 Sep. 1766 a despatch was sent out stating that
Arthur Freeuiau was to be retored to his seat, as the affair
in question was of a purely private nature. (B. T. Lee-
ward Islands, vol. 33.)
1795, Aug. 24. Nathaniel Bayley, esq., of Bath, to
Miss Melusina Warburton Freeman, daughter of the late
Arthur Freeman, Esq., of Antigua. (' Gentleman's Maga-
zine,' p. 703.)
1799, April 25. At her father's house in Harley-street,
the wife of Inigo Freeman Thomas, esq., M.P., a daughter.
{Ibid., p. 346.)
1803, Aug. 24. By Special Licence, at Pepper- Harrow,
the seat of Lord Viscount Middleton, Inigo Freeman
Thomas, esq., of Ratton, co. Sussex, to the Hon. Miss
Broderick, his Lordship's eldest daughter. (Ibid., p. 788.)
1806, Aug. 21. At Ratton, Sussex, the Hon. Mrs.
Thomas, a daughter. {Ibid., p. 773.)
1812, June. At Monmouth, Miss F. Freeman, second
daughter of Thos. Freeman, esq., barrister-at-law, and
formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives, Antigua.
(Ibid., p. 601.)
1815, Jan. At Ratton, aged 16, Charlotte, eldest
daughter of Inigo Thomas, esq. (Ibid., p. 91.)
1828, Sep. 7. At Ratton, in his 15th year, George
Pelham, third son of Inigo Thomas, esq. (Ibid., p. 285.)
1841, Feb. 17. At Cambridge, the Rev. A. Thomas,
third son of I. F. Thomas, esq., of Ratton, Sussex, to Julia,
second dau. of J. Skrine, esq., of Lensfield, Camb., and late
of civil service, Bombay. (Ibid., p. 534.)
FREEMAN FAMILY.
267
1847, Nov. 8. At Cliftou, aged 79, Mrs. Margaret
Freeman, eldest dau. of the late Arthur Freeman, esq., of
Antigua. {Ibid., p. 667.)
1889. " On Monday afternoon, April 29th, at St. Peter's,
Eaton Square, in the presence of a largo and fashionable
assembly, a marriage was celebrated between Mr. Marshall
G. Brooks, the second son of Mr. Thomas Brooks of Craw-
shaw Hall, Lancasliire, and Whatton House, near Lough-
boro', Leicestershire ; and Miss Florence Margaret Thomas,
the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Frederick Freeman
Thomas, and granddaughter of Viscount Hampden. The
service was fully choral, the ofliciating clergy being the Rev.
Malcolm Graham, Vicar of Burslem, Staffordshire, assisted
by the Rev. H. Ruck-Keeue. The bride, who was given
away by her brother, Mr. Freeman Thomas, wore a long
trained gown of striped white moire, plain tulle veil,
fastened by handsome diamond stars, and small spray of
orange blossom. Her seven bridesmaids were INIiss A.
Thomas, sister of the bride. Miss Evelyn Knowles, niece of
the bridegroom, Miss Rachel Sturgis, Miss Dorothy Brand,
Miss Lettice M'Naughton, Miss Elsie and Miss Joan Cam-
pion, cousins of the bride. These young ladies all wore
white " Directoire " dresses of corded silk and crepe de
Chine, blaster Harry Sturgis and Master Ronald Parker
acted as train-bearers to the bride, and Mr. Roderick Pryor
was best man. A reception after the wedding was given at
12 Lennox Gardens, which was largely attended. Early in
the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Brooks left for Grooms Grove,
Leatherhead." (' The Lady.')
Death of Mr. Goring Thomas.
1892, March 22. " We regret to announce the death of
Mr. Goring Thomas, the esteemed composer, which occurred
on Sunday night under exceedingly painful circumstances.
Mr. Thomas, who had recently suffered much from ill-health,
was on a visit to his brother at Marlborough Hill, St. John's
Wood, and was waiting for a train at West Hampstead Station
shortly after 6 p.m. As it was approaching he was seen to
throw himself on to the line, and was afterwards picked up,
having sustained mortal injuries, both arms being broken
and the internal organs shockingly mutilated. Death must
have been instantaneous, and it is said that the composer,
who never enjoyed vigorous health, had of late suffered
much from mental depression. Arthur Goring Thomas,
son of Mr. F. Thomas of Ratton Park, near Eastbourne,
was born on November 21st, 1851, and was originally
destined for the Civil Service. Music, however, claimed
him, and despite weak health he began the serious study
of tlie art after he came of age, and worked for two years
with M. Emile Durand, a Professor in the Paris Conserva-
toire, though he was not, as stated in some quarters, a
student in that far-famed institution. He afterwards came
to London, and entered the Royal Academy of Music,
where his Professors included Sir Arthur Sullivan and
Mr. Ebenezer Prout. But his style as a composer was
determined by his residence in Paris, and to the last his
music, whether intended for the concert platform or the
lyric stage, always reflected the elegant art of his namesake,
Ambroise Thomas, and other modern French composers of
the lighter school. Rather more than ten years ago the
compositions of Mr. Thomas began to attract general at-
tention, a cantata entitled ' The Sun Worshippers,' produced
at the Norwich Festival in 1881, being very favourably
received. Much wider recognition, however, was won by
his opera, ' Esmeralda,' based on Victor Hugo's romance,
which saw the light under the Carl Rosa management at
Drury Lane in 1883. In spite of a rather poor libretto,
this work made its way in various parts of Europe, and was
translated into French for Sir Augustus Harris two years
ago. A still finer work was ' Nadeshda,' also produced under
the Carl Rosa management in 1885, and generally acclaimed
by musicians as his best effort. The Russian story, how-
ever, on which it is founded was felt to be unsympathetic,
and although ' Nadeshda ' has been heard on more than one
German operatic stage, it has failed to win the favour
accorded to ' Esmeralda,' which is unquestionably an inferior
work musically speaking. For the last seven years nothing
of equal importance has been put forward by the talented
musician, whose pen is now for ever laid aside. A number
of minor compositions, however, testify almost as much as
his operas to the grace and elegance of his style, and
although he was earnestly advised to forswear the man-
nerisms of the modern French school in which he indulged
so freely, alike in phraseology and orchestration, it must at
least be admitted that in his sphere Mr. Goring Thomas
was remarkably successful, and his premature death will
leave a gap in the ranks of English musicians which
cannot fail to be widely felt and deeply mourned."
1893, May 3. At 47 Lennox Gardens, the Hon. Mrs.
Freeman Thomas, of a son.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Baptized.
1729 Aug. 19 Mary D. of Robert and Alice Freeman.
1731 Dec. 31 Byam S. of Thomas Freeman, Esq'', &
Rebecka his wife.
1733 Sep. 8 Robert S. of M"' Robert Freeman and
Alice his wife.
1738 Oct. 8 Thomas S. of Thomas and Mary Freeman.
Married.
1736 May 20 John Taylor and Elizabeth Freeman.
1737 eeman & Mary Barton, by Bans.
1734 June 5
1744 May 11
1744 May 12
Buried.
Robert Freeman.
Joseph Buckshorn, Esq''.
Joseph Buckshorn, Jun^
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
1712 Nov. 13 Robert s. of Charles Freeman & Abigail©
his wife.
1733 June 10 James the s. of James Freeman & Bridget
his wife.
1768 Nov. 17 Mary Wills the D. of Stephen Freeman and
Mary his wife.
1787 April 4 Ann D. of Thomas Freeman and Christian
his wife. B. V^ June 1786.
1788 Sep. 20 Harriet D. of Thomas Freeman and
Christian his wife. B. the H"" October
1787.
1789 Nov. 3 Dorothy Frances D. of the Hon'ble
Thomas Freeman and Christian his wife.
B. the 8"= .Jan'ry ]789.
1792 Sep. 27 Caroline D. of the Hon'ble Thomas Free-
man and Christian his wife. B. the
IS'" August 1792.
Married.
1785 Aug. 9 Thomas Freeman to Christian Frye,
Spinster. L.
Buried.
1700 Jan. 19 Mary AV. of W"i Freeman.
1701 April 26 John Freeman belonging to y« Lyon, Cap'.
Burnside.
1724 Nov. 1 M" Dorothy Freeman.
1733 Dec. 13 Jane Freeman, a child.
1739 Aug. 4 Lavinia D. of Mary Freeman.
268
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1754
May
14
1769
Feb.
23
1779
Dec.
25
1787
July
8
1798
May
17
1802
Sep.
10
1804
Aug.
19
Henry Freeman.
Ann Freeman. C. P.
Violet Freeman.
.John Freeman.
Elizabeth Freeman.
Thomas Freeman.
William Freeman.
Parish Eegister of St. Peter.
Buried.
1814 July 6 The Rev'' Arthur Freeman, Rector of S*
Paul's, in the Family Burying Ground
in North Sound.
Parish Register of Willingdon, co. Sussex.
Bcqriized
1806 Sep. 19 Thomas, Mary D' of Inigo, Esq., & y<^
Hon. Frances Ann.
1808 Oct. 15 Thomas Freeman son of Inigo Thomas,
^ Esq., and the Honorable Frances Ann
Thomas, born August 23''', & christened
October the 15"' 1808 by the ReVi L. W.
Elliott, Rector of Peper-Harrow, Surry.
1813 Oct. 2 Louisa D"' of Inigo & the Honourable
Frances Ann Thomas. Ratton. Gentle-
man.
1814 Aug. 19 George Pelham son of Inigo & the
Honourable Frances Ann Thomas.
Ratton. Gentleman.
1816 Sep. 20 Arthur son of Inigo Freeman & the
Honourable Frances Ann Thomas.
Ratton. Gentleman.
1817 Sep. 19 Henry John son of Inigo Freeman & the
Honourable Frances Ann Thomas.
Ratton. Gentleman.
1823 Oct. 10 Charles Edward son of Inigo Freeman &
the Honourable Frances Ann Thomas.
Ratton. Gentleman.
1837 George Freeman Thomas, born Feb'^ 17,
1837, privately baptized at Holybourn
in Hants by the Rev. Philips.*
1838 Freeman Frederick Thomas, born April
ll"", 1838, privately baptized at Bou-
logne-sur-Mer by the Rev. J. Meade.*
[* 'J'hese two entries are headed by the
parents' names " Freeman Thomas " and
''Amelia Thomas," and they are written
on a loose sheet of paper addressed to the
Vicar.]
1850 Dec. 29 Arthur Goring (son of) Freeman & Amelia
Thomas. Ratton. Esq.
Married.
1842 Oct. 6 Arthur John Knapp, full age. Bachelor,
Gentleman (of) Clifton, (son ofj John
Leonard Knapp, Gentleman, to Louisa
Thomas, full age, spinster, of Willingdon
(d. of) Inigo Freeman Thomas, Gentle-
man, by L. Witnessed by Freeman
Thomas, William Broderick Thomas.
M'' by Arthur Thomas.
1861 Sep. 24 John Goring, 37, Bachelor, Clerk in Holy
orders, (of) Wiston, (son of) Charles
Goring, Dec'', Esquire, to Isabella Mary
Thomas, 19, Spinster, (of) Willingdon,
(d. of) Freeman Thomas, Dec'", Esquire.
Witnessed by Fi-eeman Frederick Tho-
mas, Amy Katherine Thomas.
Buried
1780 Feb. 10 Arthur Freeman, Esq'', of Antigua and
son in Law of the late Sir George
Thomas, Bart., of Ratton.
1827
Nov.
16
1828
Sep.
12
1828
Nov.
18
1847
Dec.
29
1855
Aug.
8
1856
Nov.
5
18.58
Feb.
26
1859
Mar.
15
16 George Thomas Thomas. Ratton. 56
years.
12 George Pelham Thomas. Ratton. 14
years.
Harriet Thomas. Ratton. 21 years.
Inigo Thomas. Willingdon. 80.
Florence Emily Thomas. Ratton. 15
years.
George Freeman Thomas. Ratton. age
19.
The Hon''''= Frances Ann Thomas. West
Wickham, Kent. 75.
Freeman Thomas. Ratton. age 50.
St. George's Churchyard.
On a handsome stone tomb : —
Arms. — Quarterly, 1 and 4, . . . . three lions rampant two
and one within a bordure (Willis) ; 2 a7id 3, Ermine, in
fess three lozenges (Freeman).
Sacred to the memory of BENEDICT FREEMAN
WILLIS Esq-- |
the Elder Son of BENEDICT WILLIS Esq'^ & MARY
his WIFE I
and Grandson to ROBERT FREEMAN Esq^ of this
Island : |
A Youth of very e.xtraudinary Virtues & Attainments !
His warmth and Constancy of Attachment
In a peculiar manner endeared Him to his Friends ;
His inventive genius, Clearnefs of Comprehension, &
unwearied Application |
To the Learned
His Humility, Benevolence, and Piety, to the Good
His Modesty, Sincerity, and steady Adherence to Right
To all who knew Him.
These Talents and Virtues He had uniformly displayed
at the School of Eton, the University of Oxford, and at
Lincolns Inn : |
And in this happy Course of Piety and Learning
He was taken from the World in the 24"> Year of his Age
He died after a few days Illness ye 13"' Nov'' 1774.
A Singular and most pleasing Attestation to his Virtues
Is given in a Monument erected to his Memory
In the Chapel of University College Oxford,
By his Noble & much beloved Friends
The Hon"i'= W" H^ BOUVERIE, the Hon''i'= B"'
BOUVERIE & THO : COPE FREEMAN Esq.
A Testimony such as only uncommon Worth could either
give, or receive.
On the end panel are 18 lines of poetry
by their surviving widowed mother.
placed
On the opposite panel to the first M.I. : —
Sacred to the memory of JOSEPH WEBB WILLIS, Esq''
Second & only-surviving Son of BENEDICT & MARY
WILLIS I
The Poffefsors of a valuable Property in this Island.
It was his Honour & his Happinefs to have trodden close in
the Steps of his Brother
Alas ! He inherited both his Virtues & his Fate ;
For having gone though the several Stages
of a liberal Education
With similar Application and similar Succefs,
He had arrived at a similar Degree of Excellence
In every Quality that is Efcential or ornamental
To the Gentleman, the Friend, the Scholar, and the
Christian |
But amidst the fair Hopes, which his Family, & his Friends
had so justly conceived.
He was overtaken by a Consumption ;
FREEMAN FAMILY.
269
And being flattered with some Hope from the justly
celebrated Salubrity of this Air,
He undertook a Voyage hither, Nov'' 1777,
And died in his Pafsage from hence the 17"' of May 1778,
aged 24. |
This last sad Tribute of the fondest parental Affection,
Due to two Sons of such transcendent Merit ;
Is here paid in one common monument by their disconsolate
Mother.
University College Chapel.
On the north side of the chancel, against the wall on a
marble table : —
M. S.
Benedicti Freeman Willis Arm. hnjus Collegii Sup.
Ord. Comm. |
Qui in Infiila Antigose obiit Anno Dom. 1774, tetatis
fufe 24. 1
Hoc Marmor erigi juffcrunt
Hon Gul. Hen. Bouverie — Hon. Bart. Bouverie —
Hen. Tho. Cope Freeman Arm. |
Dum autem Adolefcenti, defideratiffimo
Hoc illius Virtutis juxta ac Amicitiae fu£e
Teftimonium parabant.
Eheu ! ipfius Hen. Thom. Cope Freeman fimilis fors et
Virtus hand diffimilis |
Idem illi quoque popofcernnt :
Raro itaque Fato,
Et a duobus fuperftitibus duplicate hoc Vulnere fauciatis
nunquam non lugendo,
Poftremum hoc msftse Amicitiae Munus
Uno eodumque jMarmore
Dat et accipit.
Arms. — Quarterly, 1 and 4, Partu per fess gules and
argent, three lions rampant counterchanged, withhi a bordure
ermine (Willis) ; 2 and 3, Quarterly ermine and argent,
over all three lozenges in /ess or (Freeman).
On a similiar marble table by the side of the former : —
Inanem hie, Lector, vides Tumulum
JosEPHi Webb Willis Arm.
Collegii Univerfitatis olim Superioris Ordinis Commenfahs :
Quem fratris fui veftigia infequentem
Mors etiam ante diem invida abripuit,
Mali xvii, a.d. mdcc lxxviii :
^tatis fuffi xxiv.
Quo Teftimonio Amicorum pietas
Iftius alterius memoriam colvit,
Eodem hujufce profequitur Mater,
Superftite filio orbata, et ipfa Vidua
Hoc tamen luctus folatium habet.
Quod eos fane, breves licet sevi, peperit,
Quos verae virtutis exempla fibi proponere
Non erubefcat in pofterum Juventus.
Arms, the same as before, with a Crescent for dis-
tinction.
(Gutch's ' Antiquities of Oxford.')
At " GUNTHORPES."
On a small ledger : —
SUCKCfS I To The Memory Of | THOMAS B.
FREEMAN | Who was Born Anno Domini 1797 and |
Departed This Life Sep" 13™ 1827 | Aged 30 Years, j
He was a Dutiful Son, a loving Brother, | an affectionate
Husband and a tender Father | a true & sincere Friend as
a Doctor's Mate | he was patient and submifsive Just in
all his I Dealings Universally Beloved. |
(Four lines follow.)
S31CKC?S I TO THE memory OF | HENRY FREE-
MAN I WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE | DECEMBER IS"' AnnO
1837 I AGED 38 YEARS.
(Eight lines follow.)
In Willingdon Church, go. Sussex.
On the south wall of the chapel on the north side of the
chancel is a large marble tablet : —
Above, Crest. — A demi-lion rampant over wreath and
helmet.
Arms. — Argent, three lions rampant gules, a chief azure
with baronet's badge (Thomas).
Below the M.I., Crest. — A demi-lion rampant gules.
Anns. — Quarterly ermine and argent, in fess three
lozeyjges or (Freeman).
Underneath
were deposited the remains of SIR GEORGE THOMAS
of Yaplon in this county and of Ration in this parish,
BARONET
For many years Governor of the Leeward Islands
in the West Indies.
who died on the 3P' of December 1774
in the 80'-'' year of his age,
And of
ARTHUR FREEMAN
of the Island of Antigua
ESQUIRE,
who died on the SO"" day of January 1780,
aged 56 years ;
.\lso of
M'-= MARGET FREEMAN,
Wife of the latter,
and youngest daughter of the former,
of the above mentioned highly respected Persons.
During the last fifteen years of her life
she resided chiefly at Ratton,
An example to all around her,
A Christian in Principle and in Practice :
and died on the 1'' of September 1797,
in the 52'"' year of her age.
On a white marble mural tablet below Sir George
Thomas' : —
to
THE conjugal VIRTUES
and
lamented memory
OF CHARLOTTE,
THE WIFE OF INIGO THOMAS,
OF RATTON, IN THIS PARISH, ESQ ;
TO
HER MENTAL ENDOWMENTS,
AND PERSONAL GRACES CUT OFF UNTIMELY IN HER
EARLY BLOOM ! |
HER AFFLICTED HUSBAND DEDICATES
THIS MARBLE :
A MONUMENT OF HIS IRREPARABLE LOSS,
AND OF HIS HUMBLE RESIGNATION
TO THE DIVINE WILL
SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF HeNRY PeIRSE, ESQ"
OF BEDALE IN YORKSHIRE SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT |
LISBON, ON THE XVII DAY OF APRIL, MDCCC AGED XX
YEARS AND XI MONTHS ; AND WAS INTERRED IN THE |
CEMETERY OF THE ENGLISH FACTORY OF THAT CITY. |
On a brass on north wall of the chapel: —
THE East Window in the Chancel of
THIS Church is dedicated to the dear
MEMORY of Freeman Frederick Thomas,
of Ratton, who died at San Remo,
Italy, Dec 1" 1868, aged 30 by his
Wife, Mother, Sister, and Brothers.
(Three lines follow.)
270
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
On a black marble tablet on south wall of chapel : —
Within these rails lie the Remains
of GEORGE PELHAM
OF CHARLOTTE
the elder Daughter of
INIGO and CHARLOTTE
THOMAS,
of Ratton, in this Parish,
who died
on the 9"' of November
1814
in the 17"" Year
of her Age.
third son of
INIGO and FRANCES ANN
THOMAS,
who died
on the 7"" of September
1828
in the 15^^ Year
of his Age.
ALSO
and of HARRIET
fourth Daughter of
INIGO and FRANCES ANN
THOMAS,
who died
on the 12"' of November
1828
in the 22°'' Year
of her Age.
of their paternal Uncle, GEORGE THOMAS THOMAS
Esquire,
Sometime Lieutenant Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment.
On the north wall of chapel :
to tijc itlrmorj? of
Jiaiffi© 2r?^®l*ia* ©sqrc.
of milCCr©!^ in tlm IJansl)
tofjo DirD xxi Srccmiirv mDrrrxlbit
in ti)c Ixxxi xjtav of i)ts agr
bflobcD auD rrsprrtfU !)» all toljo fenrto i()ii«
ais some fatnt trsttmonv
of tljc mani* liutucs tijat aUovurD Ijis ciiaracter
ti)t icmfmhrancr of bjJjiclj
IB inUfltlih) tinprrosfli upon tijcir oiun ijrarts,
rt)is last saD trilmtc of gvatrful affection
is ercftcB tij l)is UfbotcOli) attacljcD
anD sorroUitng JLSliDolD
anU l)ts ten suibtliing cljilDren.
(Three lines follow.)
On the lower part of Inigo Thomas' tablet : —
Also of
FRANCIS ANN, Widow of the above, and only Daughter of
GEORGE iv"' Viscount Midleton of Peper Harrow,
Surrey by |
FRANCES PELHAM, daughter of THOMAS 1" Earl of
Chichester |
of Stanmer, in this County
Born Dec'' xviii mdcc lxxxii Died
Feb'y xix mdccc lviii.
Above are the arms of Thomas impaling Midleton.
" Lower Freemans " is in St. Peter's Parish ; in 1852
it contained 365 acres, and was owned by Inigo Thomas ;
"Upper Freemans" of 211 acres by T. I. W. Freeman.
" Winthorpes " of 231 acres in St. George's, and " Gaily
Bay " of 447 acres in St. John's, were also owned by Inigo
Thomas. " Willis Freemans " is in St. Paul's Parish ; in
1852 it contained 430 acres, and was owned by Robert
Sutton.
^ttitcjree of Jfveeman of ^t. Cijristopljer^s,
Ahms. — Azure, three hsenges or.
Colonel WILLIAM FREEMAN, in 1629 arrived at St. Kitts in ye ship " Carlisle " from London ;=
in 1666 owner of the manor of Godwyn in that island ; died in England 1675 — 1682.
Captain William Freeman of=pElizabeth
St. Christopher's and of Lon-
don, Merchant ; purchased living
the manor of Fawley, co. 1707.
Bucks, circa 1684 ; died 11
Oct. 1707, a;t. 62. Will dated
10 April and proved 6 Nov.
1707. (199 Poley.) 4^
Henry
Freeman,
aet. 21
1682-3.
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Katherine=
Freeman.
Cook Freeman, mar. Rev. John Millward,
son of Thomas Millward of Wollescote, co.
Worcester ; matriculated from Pembroke
Hall, Oxford, 24 March 1670-1, set. 16 ;
? Rector at one time of St. Thomas', Middle
Island, St. Kitts ; bur. in the east cloister
of Westminster Abbey 14 April 1703. Will
dated 3 April and proved 29 April 1703.
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John Cook-Freeman, Esq., of=pSHsanna, 2nd dau. of Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, Knt.,
Fawley Court, nephew and
heir of Captain William Free-
man ; died 9 Aug. 1752, aet.
63.
by Judith, dau. of Nicholas Vanacker ; he died 27
April 1705; she died 9 May 1770, set. 85. (See
the ' English Baronetage,' 1741, vol. iv.)
Thomas Stephen
Cooke. Cooke,
jun.
Mary Cook, 1st
dau.
Katherine Cooke.
Jeremy Freeman, Esq.,
born 22 Feb. 1726 ;
died 16 June 1759.
Sambrooke Freeman, Esq., of Fawley-
Court, M.P. for Pontefract ; died 21
Sep. 1782, »t. 62.
=. . . . dau. of ... . Winford
of Glasshampton, co. Wor-
cester ; mar. Dec. 1757.
John Freeman, Esq.,
of Fawley Court ;
died 14 Sep. 1794.
y\
FREEMAN FAMILY.
271
Sarah Helmes of Nevis, sole Ex'trix of Robert Helmes of
Nevis, deceased. Will dated 4 Oct. 1687 ; on 17 May 1690
commission to James Honblon, Esq., guardian of Elizabeth
Baxter, a minor ; proved 25 June 1701 by Elizabeth Baxter,
now of full age. (72 Dyke.) The £500 st. demised by
my late husband to my sister Christian Helmes, for which
Capt. Philip Lee hath on my behalf entered into an obliga-
tion to her, is to be paid him out of such sums that are due
to me by M' John Maryon of Braiutree, co. Essex. To my
sister, Eliz., wife of Capt. W" Freeman, all my clothes,
jewels, plate, linen & household stuff, & £200 st., for which
I have obliged myself in the penal sum of £400 st. to M'
Joseph Little of Montserrat. To Silvanus Taylor of Nevis,
merchant, £20. My 3 servants, Humphrey Edwards, Eliz.
Hughes, & Eliz. Hatchfeild, £10 each. To my friend
Capt. Philip Lee my large silver tankard. To my friend
M''^ Jane Masculine of London my wrought bed in England.
To M''' Mary Maryon, dau. of John Maryon, my silver bason.
To my aunts M'^ Mary Baxter of London & BI" Mary Little of
Alsebury, co. Bucks, £25 each. To my dear brother Capt.
W" Freeman £100, also £50 to M"" Henry Freeman his
brother. All residue to my neece M''^ Eliz. Baxter of Lon-
don, only dau. & sole heir of my dear brother W™ Baxter of
London, lately deC^, & sole Ex'trix. James Houblon, Esq.,
my brother Capt. W™ Freeman of London, & Philip Lee &
Henry Carpenter of Nevis, Esq'''^^ overseers. To James
Houblon & Henry Carpenter each a hogshead of claret.
Witnessed by Archibald Hutcheson, Ra. Lomax, Silvanus
Taylor, William Harrington.
William Freeman of the parish of Fawley, co. Bucks,
Esq. Will dated 10 April 1707 ; proved 6 Nov. 1707 by
Sir John Knight; power reserved to John Cook ; proved 15
Sep. 1710 by John Cook. (199 Foley.) To my wife Eliz.
Freeman £300 a year & £100 at once, all my plate, Jewells,
coach & pair of horses, & all the N. side of Fawley Court.
My niece Kath. Cooke £500, to be paid her at 21 by John
Cook her brother. My niece Mary Cook, 1'' dau. of my
sister Kath. Cook, £300 at 21. My friend Sir John Knight
£200 & to be Ex'or. My friend M^ Paul Lumbard £20.
My nephew Geo. Milward £500 & all my estate at St.
Christopher's. My nephews Tho. Cooke & Stephen Cooke
the Younger, sons of my sister Kath. Cooke, £250 each.
My plantation at Montserat may be sold. My natural son
William Freeman, an infant at nurse, £30 a year, payable
out of my estate at Castle yard, S' Andrew Holborn, till 7,
then £50 a year till 15, then £100 a year till 21, & at 21
all my estate in Castle yard & Tookes Court. To my
nephew John Cook, 1** son of my sister M'''' Kath. Cooke,
my manor of Fawsley & the advowson & lands in Bucks &
Oxon & Crosby Square, & to his heirs male, remainder to
his brothers Thos. Cook & Steph. Cook. Sir John Knight
of Bristol, Kn', & ray said neph. M'' John Cook, Ex'ors. Wit-
nessed by Thomas Stevens, Johu Whistler, Jonathan Upp.
During the Civil Wars, Prince Rupert made Wollescote
House, then possessed by Thomas Milward, his headquarters
for a considerable time, and on his departure gave Mr. Mil-
ward his signet from his finger, telling him that his adverse
fortune would not permit him to recompense his damage
and loyalty, but that when the King's affairs turned out
prosperously he should have his loss repaired on presenting
the King with this ring and stating the circumstances. A
younger son of Mr. Thomas Milward, John Milward, D.D.
of Oxford, obtained by this means the living of St. Thomas,
Middle Island, St. Kitts, and a grant of a sugar plantation
called the " Godwin Estate," St. Kitts, to which place he
emigrated with Mr. Harry Freeman, a Creole, and a native
of St. Kitts (of the family of Freeman of Fawley Court,
Bucks), whose sister he married, and was inducted into his
church. (' Herald and Genealogist,' vol. i., p. 431.)
1676, Nov. 11. Christopher Jeaffreson writes from St.
Christopher's : " There is one Hemskerke, a Dutchman,
that lives upon the Godwin Plantation, and pays forty
thousand weight of sugar per annum for it and the stock.
I believe Captain Freeman will never recover his right in it,
who some say, bought it but for twelve yeats of my father ;
but I can give no credits to any of these reports."
1676. Mr. Robert Helmes then a merchant of Nevis.
1678. Captain William Freeman of London is Agent
for the Governor of the Leeward Islands.
1680. William Freeman, one of the Commissioners ap-
pointed to deal with all claims at St. Christopher's.
1682. Petition of the Sieur De Chambre of St. Kitts,
who had bought a plantation of Mr. Freeman in 1666.
1682. Captain Helmes, a master of a West ludiaman.
1682-3, Jan. 19. William Freeman, Esq., writes to his
honoured friend William Blathwaite, Esq., at the Plantation
Office, about an estate at St. Christopher's which was " my
father's," for which he never received any satisfaction, but
to this day De Chambre hath enjoyed it. It was left by my
father's will to my younger brother, who is lately come from
France. Petition of De Chambre follows, in which he states
that he purchased ft-om Robert Freeman after 1666 the said
lordship of Goudouin, his the said Freeman's Plantation of
270 acres, and 6 negros, 25 horses, 18 cattle, 60 sheep, for
140,000 lbs., by deed dated 2 June 1666.
Petition of Henry Freeman, son of Colonel Freeman,
deceased. His answer to De Chambre's case, viz. : That in
1666 petitioner's father was j)0ssessed of the manor of God-
win in St. Christopher's, was severely wounded in the fight
with the French, was forcibly made to sign the deed of sale
to De Chambre, and was then transported to Jamaica, but
subsequently came to England, and died leaving petitioner
an infant, but is now of age. Endorsed, " Read 10 Feb.
1682-3."
1682-3, Feb. 20. Christopher Jeaffreson writes that he
has received information from Mr. Blathwait and Captain
Freeman as to the unsoundness of Mr. De Shambray's title
to the Godwin Plantation in St. Christopher's, which
property, together with the negroes, horses, and cattle upou
it, Captain Freeman is sanguine of recovering by suit of
law. (Jeaffreson Papers, vol. ii., p. 31.)
1683, Sep. 20. Petition of William Freeman, Esq.,
merchant of London, re his plantation at Montserrat, which
he and John Bramley are jointly seized of, by deed of part-
nership for thirty years, with a £4000 sterling bond for
carrying out the same. Only thirteen years have expired,
and Bramley has applied for a partition of the plantation.
?1684. Re Freeman and Captain John Bramley.
Their lordships order the previous partition to be void,
because it was done by four private men, and a sworn jury
of twelve must do it by law.
1685. Mr. Thomas BelchamberandMr.Robert(? Henry)
Carpenter appointed joint agents of the Royal African
Company in the place of Mr. Robert Helmes.
1686, Aug. 3. Captain Freeman has had the misfortune
lately to wound a gentleman of his own name in a duel,
which happened upon a slight occasion at Epsom, as they
were in company. The Captain and his second are wounded
likewise ; but are retired till a pardon is procured, for Mr.
Freeman of Surrey is dead. (Jeaffreson Papers, vol. ii.,
p. 304.)
Nevis. Copy of a patent dated 8 Aug. 1699 to William
Freeman of Fawly Court, co. Bucks, Esq., of all that plan-
tation formerly belonging to Colonel William Freeman of
St. Thomas', Middle Island, called the manor of Godwin of
500 acres, before the late war pretendedly belonging to
Madam De Chambre. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 7.)
272
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Warrant dated 2 Feb. 1C99 for the division of (lodwyn's
Plantation between William Freeman, Esq., of co. Bucks,
and his partner Col. James Norton. Endorsed, " Received
21 Oct. 1702." (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 8.)
1701, Dec. 18. Petition of William Freeman, Esq., re
the manor of Godwyu at St. Christopher's, which was con-
veyed to him by patent of 8 Aug. 1699, complaining that
he has been dispossessed by Colonel Codrington.
1701, Dec. 29. Deposition of John Goodwin, Gent.,
late Marshal of Nevis, that Captain John Pogson is his
near kinsman, and that the manor of Godwyn was only
managed by Pogson on behalf of William Freeman, Esq.
1705, July 8. Mr. Thomas Helme of Gillingham, co.
Dorset, Gent., only brother and heir-at-law of Robert
Hehne, late of Nevis. Letter of Attorney to Mr. Philip
Brome of Nevis, Gent., & Mr. Robert Helme of Nevis,
Merchant, to recover all sums at the Leeward Islands.
1757, Dec. Sambroke Freeman of Fawley court, Bucks,
Esq., member for Pontefract, to Miss Winford of Glass-
hampton, Worcester. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 577.)
1759, June 16. Jeremiah Freeman, Esq., mercliant,
brother to Sir Sam. Freeman, bt., to whom he has left the
bulk of his fortune, of an apoplectick fit, which seized him
when getting out of his chariot. {Ibid., p. 293.)
179i, Sep. 11-. At Chute, near Andover, Hants, John
Freeman, esq., of Fawley-court, near Henley upon Thames,
nephew of the late Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, bart. {Ibid., p. 870.)
1841, Jan. 7. At Fawley, George Rooper, esq., son of
the Rev. Thomas Rooper, Rector of Abbotts Ripton, Hunt-
ingdon, to Mary Frances, only dau. of the late W. P. W.
Freeman, esq., of Fawley-court, Bucks. {Ibid., p. 200.)
Fawley Court was built by Sir Christopher Wren. It
formerly belonged to Sir Bulstrode Whitelock, who married
a sister of liord Willoughby of Parham. His son James
sold the estate in 1686 to William Freeman, at whose death
in 1708 it descended to his nephew John Cook, who there-
upon took the name and arms of Freeman. It passed from
this family in 1853. (For an illustrated account of the
mansion see the ' Gentlewoman ' for 8 April 1893.)
Fawley, co. Bucks.
In the Freeman mausoleum at the north-west part of
the churchyard : —
Arms. — Azure, three lozenges or.
In memory of William Freeman, Esq., son of Col.
William Freeman. He built the Manor House called Faw-
ley Court, 1684, and died 11 Oct. 1707, fet. 62. He was
brave, friendly, and good. This monument was most
gratefully erected by his nephew, John Freeman, Esq., a.d.
1750, as a burial place for himself and his family.
In the recesses are the following inscriptions : —
.lobn Freeman, Esq., ob. 9 Aug. 1752, sat. 63.
Jeremy Freeman, Esq., born 22 Feb. 1726, ob. 16 June
1759.
M''' Susanna Freeman, wife of John Freeman, Esq., ob.
9 May 1770, fet. 85.
Sambrooke Freeman, Esq., ob. 21 Sep. 1782, set. 62.
(Lipscombe's ' Bucks,' vol. iii., p. 563.)
JOHN BOGLE of the family of Bogles Hole, Glasgow ; " out "=pMary Graham, sister or dau. of tlie last
in 1715 ; settled at Strabane in Ireland ; died there. M.I. Earl of Menteith. M.I. at Strabane.
I
Andrew Bogle,^
M.D., went to
Jamaica.
Samuel Bogle, died intestate=pElizabeth, sister of James Graham ; mar. 2ndly .... Somerville.
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Samuel Bogle, mar. Mark Bogle, James Bogle of Antigua and=rElizabeth, dau. and coheir of
23 March 1742-3, at died young. London, Merchant; died 7
St. John's, Sarah Oct. 1792, set. 69. A
Baker, widow ; she posthumous child,
was bur. 17 Feb.
Nathaniel French of An-
tigua ; mar. at St. John's 14
April 1748 ; died 7 Feb. 1781.
1745, s.p.
Issue took the name of French after Bogle.
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James Andrew Bogle, only son ; bom in Edinburgh ; died 1809, set. 63.-r. . . .
Maiy Eleanor Bogle, only dau ; petitioned House of Lords 1839-
Bishop.
Mary Eleanor Bishop=. . . . Mathews.
Rebecca Kenyon, mar. 27 Sep. 1777^ROBERT FRENCH of Eliots, of 192=rSarah Lee Harris, mar. 1 May (? 1793) ;
at St. Peter's. 1st wife.
acres in St. Philip's pai'ish.
Ashton Warner French, ))apt.
6 March 1785 at St. George's ;
bur. 24 May 1785 at St. John's.
Thomas Kenyon Edwards
French, bapt. 29 Jan. 1786
at St. George's ; bur. 4 Feb.
1788 at St. John's.
Juliana French, bapt. 29 April
1782 at St. George's ; bur. 13
Nov. 1784 at St. John's.
bur. 2 May 1835, set. 58. 2nd wife.
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Robert French,
born 28 Feb.
and bapt. 22
April l.sOl ;
bur. 3 Dec.
1804.
George William
French, born
23 April 1805 ;
bapt. 3 Oct.
1807 at St.
John's.
Henry French,^
M.D., born 16
June and bapt.
3 Oct. 1807 at
St. John's ;
died 13 Dec.
1843, aet. 36.
M.I. at Eliots.
Sarah French,
born 16 Oct.
and bapt. 7
Dec. 1795 at
St. George's.
Sarah French,
boi'n 10 April
1797 ; bapt.
17 Mar. 1798
at St. John's.
Jane Kelsick
French, born
31 Dec.
1798 ; bapt.
22 April
1801 ; mar.
1 Feb. 1815,
at St. John's,
Robert
Grant, Mer-
chant.
Octavia French,
born 23 Aug.,
bapt. 9 May
1810 ; and bur.
1814 at St.
John's.
Margaret Eliza-
beth French,
born 9 Dec,
bapt. 24 Jan.
1819 at St.
John's.
FRENCH FAMILY.
273
Arms. — . . . . a bend .... between two dolphins
JOSEPH FRENCH, Esq., a Quaker ; Treasurer of^
Antigua before 1711; the King's Escheator ; elected
Member of Assembly 2 July 1711. Will dated 10 Aug.
1738, then of St. Michael's, Barbados ; recorded 26
June 1740 at Barbados ; proved P.C.C. 8 Aug. 1741.
=. . . . bur. in
the Quakers'
Ground at
Barbados.
GEORGE FRENCH, livings
1736.
In 1724 George French,
juE., was Deputy-Secretary
of Montserrat.
=Sarah. dau.
of William
Frye, Esq.,
of Mont-
serrat.
Nathaniel French=
of Cedar Valley,
Antigua ; served
in corps of Cara-
bineers in 1711 ;
bur. at St. John's
24 Jan. 1747-8.
Will dated 18
Nov. 1747 ; sworn
25 Jan. 1747-8.
=Mary . . . . ;
mar. 2udly
Bullock ;
bur. at St.
Mary's, Lam-
beth. Will
dated 24 June
1782; proved
22 Jan. 1784.
(7 Rocking-
ham.)
Joseph
French
of St.
Michael's,
Barbados.
Elizabeth French,
mar. Thomas
Sharpe, son of
William Sharpe,
Esq., Governor of
Barbados, and had
a son Thomas
Sharpe.
Keturah
French,
mar. James
Bruce, Esq.,
Chief Judge
of Barba-
dos; he died
19 Sep.
1749.
John French,^
Esq.,ofSpend-
love, St.
George's, Bar-
bados. Will
dated 7 March
1777, then of
Percy Street;
P.C.C. 8 Sep.
1777. (384
Collier.)
Mary
French.
Sarah
French .
Henri- Eliza-
etta beth
French. French .
Maria
Ann
French,
mar.
at St.
John's,
20 Feb.
1741,
William
Den-
ning.
Elizabeth:
French,
inherited
Cedar
Valley ;
mar. at
St. John's
14 April
1748; died
at Hamp-
stead 7
Feb. 1781.
= James Keturah French, mar. at St.
Bogle Michael's, Wood Street, 26 Feb.
of St. 1756, Rev. Primatt Knapp,
Swithin's M.A., Oxon, Vicar of Shenley,
Lane, Bucks, he bapt. there 1730 ;
London, died 7 Dec. 1793. M.I. at
West In- Powick, co. Worcester. (See
dia Mer- Knapp pedigree, ' Misc. Gen.
chant, et Hel.,' vol. iii., p. 262, new
died 7 series.) She died at Brixton
Oct. 12 Sep. 1789, bur. at St.
1792, £et. Mary's, Lambeth.
69. —
Leonora French, youngest
dau.
William=fMary
Nathaniel
French,
living in
1762 and
1777 ;
Lieut, in
Deacon's
Musque-
tiers.
Arrabella,
dau. of
Thomas
Nicholas,
Esq., of
Antigua ;
living
1782,
widow.
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Anna Maria
French, 1st
dau., mar.
William Dot-
tin Battyn,
Esq., of Bar-
bados.
Mary French.
Josepha
French, mar.
Thomas Sep-
timus Dalby,
Esq.
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Lucy Henrietta
French, mar.
Rev. William
Rugge ; mar-
riage settlement
dated 16 Jan.
1777.
Keturah French,
youngest dau.,
mar. at Bath, 27
Oct. 1794, Rev.
Mr. Mid ford of
Swallowfield, co.
Berks.
Nathaniel Bogle-=p.
French of Dul-
wich, Merchant,
died at Brighton
lODec. 1816, a3t.
58, of Cedar Val-
ley, Antigua.
dau. of
. . . . Skot-
towe ; mar.
1 Jan. 1782;
died at Bath
31 March
1803.
Mary Bogle-French, =
born 1749; died
3 Nov. 1804, a3t. 55.
=Robert Smith,
Attorney, F.R.S.,
F.S.A., of Bas-
inffhall Street.
Elizabeth=F William
I
Jane
Bogle-
French.
Horace Smith and seven others.
Nori'is,
Surgeon.
Rebecca Bogle-
French, born
1768 ; mar.
1785 ; died
1824.
=John
Smith,*
West In-
dia Mer-
chant,
died 1818,
fet. 54.
Miss E. B.
French,
died at
Tunbridge
Wells 22
July 1794.
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Nathaniel Bogle-=
French, jun., of
Dulwich, died
v.p. 27 April
1816 at Henwick
House, CO. Bed-
ford. ,
^Elizabeth, only
child of William
Jackson, Chief
Justice of Ja-
maica ; mar. 5
Jan. 1811.
Marianne^
Noi'ris,
mar.
1808.
=Edward
Archer
Wilde,
3rd son of
Thomas
Wilde,
and bro.
of Lord
Truro.
Mary Ann=
Shawe, sis-
ter of Cap-
tain Law-
rence Shaw
of the 5th
Dragoon
Guards.
1st wife.
: James =
Bogle-
Smith,
born
1788;
died
circa
1875.
=Mary
Stewart,
2nd
wife ;
mar.
2ndly
Graham.
Rolandf
Smith, born
1807; Rec
tor of Swyn-
combe near
Henley ;
mar. thrice ;
living 1889.
Lord Penzance
and othei's.
Percy Shawe Smith, only child, born
1829 ; served in a cavalry regiment
in the Crimea; is mar., and has issue.
Stewart Bogle-
Smith, born
1859.
Cuthbert Bogle-
Smith, born
1864.
Minnie Bogle-
Smith, born
1858.
Bertha Bogle-
Smith, born
1867.
* An impression of his seal which Mrs. V. J. C. Smith lent me
bore — Ermine, three roundles .... (Smith), impaling- .... a bend
.... between, two dolphins (French). (Rowlandson gives
this latter coat as appertaining to French of Kent or Sussex.)
Crest : Out of a ducal crown- a plume of Jive ostrich feathers. Another
seal bore SMITH as before, impaling-, Quarterly, 1 and 4, .... a lion
salient . . . . ; 2 and 3, Barry azure and argent.
t He matriculated from St. John's College, Oxford, 25 March
182.5, aged I'J, as 3rd son of John Smith, Esq., of Huntingfield,
Kent; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1831; Rector of Ilston, co. Pembroke,
18o-t-65, of Nazing, Essex, 1865-71, and of Swynoombe, Oxon,
1871.
N N
274,
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Nathaniel French of St. Mary Magdalen, in Bermondsey,
Citizen and Stationer. Will dated 17 Nov., and proved 25
Nov. 1693, by Keturah French, the relict. (184 Coker.)
To each child who shall apply for it 12''. All residne to my
wife Keturah & Ex'or. Witnessed by George Tutchin,
Thomas Cole, John Allen, sen., in Redriffe Wall.
Martin French of Montserrat, Gent. Will dated 11
Nov. 1724; proved 13 Sep. 1726 by Andrew French;
power reserved to the others. (181 Plymouth.) To my
wife Margaret £200 c. yearly, & if she marry £300 a
year like currency, in lieu of dower. M' Anthony Nixon
£300 c. My nephew Valentine French £500 c. To each
of my brother Henry French's daus. that are unmarried
£50 St. To Jane Skerrett, dau. of Rob* Skerret, £30 c,
James Trant £40 st. Poor of the Town of Gallway in
Ireland £10 st. yearly, payable by my brother Andrew
French. To Mary Kirwan, dau. of Kath. Kirwan, £50 c,
Margaret Quirck £30 c. for her children. Stephen Lynch,
son of John Lynch of S' Christopher's, £40 st. Martin
French, son of my brother Andrew French, £200 st. at 14,
& to each of my said brother's other children £10 st. To
the wife of Simon Semper of Montserrat £30 c. Forgive
debts of James Haynes. M'' Tho. Hollis £14 c. To each
Ex'or a ring of £10 st. All residue of personal estate to
my dau. Kath. French, also all my lands, remainder to my
nephew Martin French, son of my bro. Andrew French, &
his heirs male, then to the heirs of my said brother Andrew
French, & of my brother Henry French. Sugars to be
shipt to my friend Dominick Trant if he settle in London.
My bro. Andrew French, & my friends Bartholomew Lynch
& Tho. Lee of Montserrat, John Lynch & Dominick Trant
of S' Christopher's, Bx'ors & Guardians. My nephew
Valentine French 7 years after he has received his legacy
of £500, shall pay to my nephew Michael French, son of
my brother Henry French, £30(1 c. Witnessed by John
Farrill, Daniell Daly, John Welch. Before the Hon. Paul
George, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of said Island, appeared
John Farrill and John Welch, 11 March 1725. Recorded
12 March 1725, per George French, jun., Deputy-Seci'etary.
Codicil. 15 Nov. 1725. Now of Bristoll, Esq. Whereas
I gave to Valentine French of Goloway, Gent., £500, I
revoke it, & give £250 to Henry French his father, & £250
to Martin French, son of my bro. Andrew French Peter.
Witnessed by James Hilherere, Jarrit Smith, Margaret
Blake.
Richard French, Planter. Will dated 19 May 1737.
To my nephew Rich"" F. Ireland £30. All residue to my
3 natural children. M'' Nich' Lynch, sen^ M'' Ambrose
Lynch, & Cap* Henry Symes, Ex'ors. Witnessed by
Nicholas Joyce, Ellinor Marchant, Nicholas Power. Before
Edward Byam, Esq., was sworn Nicholas Power 20 June
1737. Recorded 13 Oct. 1737.
Joseph French of St. Michael's, Barbados. Will dated
10 Aug. 1738. Entered at Barbados 26 June 1740 ;
proved 8 Aug. 1741 by Nicholas Tuite, the Attorney of
Nathaniel French, now residing on said island. (201 Spur-
way.) To be interred near my late wife in the Quaker's ground.
To my friends John Oxley & Joseph Gamble £2(i apiece.
To my son Nath' French all my estate in Antigoa, also my
large silver Monteith & cover weighing 100 ozs., a large
silver salver with cipher of 29 ozs. 8 dwt., 12 silver hafted
knives of 19 ozs. 12 dwt., 12 solid fluted silver forks marked
i'e of 19 ozs. 12 dwt., my largest china bowl, & all gold
rings. To my son John French my negro woman Bimbo,
& I release him of all bonds concerning the plantation
called Spend Love, which I conveyed to him, I also give
him £1000 c, my silver coffee pott of 41 ozs. 15 dwt., &
strainer of 2 ozs. 15 dwt., my silver chafing dish of 20 ozs.
8 dwt., & 10 silver spoons marked J. L. A. To my grand-
dau. Anna Maria French, 1" dau. of my son John French,
my large china jar & cover, & a cow. To my granddau.
Keturah French, y^* dau. of my son John, my negro girl
Dido, a silver cup marked L. C.of 2 ozs. 3 dwt., & a gold girdle
buckle. To my son Joseph French my house and land
where I now live in S* Michael's of 16 acres, my furniture
& stock, also 8 acres in S* Peter's near Speights town, pur-
chased of John Bradley, the remainder of my silver plate,
23 negros, £1500 c, my gold watch with cornelian seal &
chain. To my dau. Keturah Bruce £300 c, a pair of silver
candlesticks, & my negro woman Sabina. To my granddau.
Keturah Bruce the younger my negro girl Betty. To my
dau. Eliz. Sharpe £1000 c, my negros Cambridge & Belinda,
a case of gilt knives forks & spoons, 12 of each, & a gilt tea
equipage. To my granddau. Maria Ann French, 1^' dau. of
my son NatW French, £600 c. at 18, & my negro girls
Hannah, Amelia, & Rose, a silver & tortoiseshell cabinet,
intended for her by my late wife, & her gold snuff box &
toothpick case, a large silver cup & cover with my wife's
ciijher, 2 smelling bottles ribbed and capped with gold &
engraved at the bottom " Ann French 1728," a pair of gold
shoe buckles, & gold thimbles & bodkin marked A. F., a
string of gold beads & locket marked M. F. To my son
Nath' all residue. Witnessed by Joseph Gamble, Thomas
Adams, John Davis. Inventory of 23 negros given to my
sou Joseph.
Nathaniel French. Will dated 18 Nov. 1747. To each
nephew & niece, the children of my brother John French,
£100. To my nephew Tho. Sharpe, sou of Tho. Sharpe by
my sister Eliz., £100. To my cousin Mary Barrett of
London, widow, £20 a year (^ page missing) .... To
Chas., another son of Sam' Martin, £30 c. My 1»' dau.
Mary Ann, wife of W"> Denning, .... & £500 left her by
her grandfather, & otherwise provided for. To my grand-
son W™ French Denning, son of my said dau., £1000 for
his education, & I do recommend .... that he be educated
in Scotland .... bound to an apothecary or surgeon. To
my youngest dau. Leonora £1000 at 21, & £50 a year
maintenance. To my dau. Keturah £5000 at 21, & £80 a
year maintenance. My estates in Monserrat & Cedar Valley.
To my brother John French, Esq., W™ Mackinen <fc Harry
Webb of Antiqua, Esq™', Sam' Martin, Merch', & Robert
Webb of the Inner Temple, Esq., all my estate in Cedar
Valley, S' John's parish, in trust, to maintain & educate my
dau. Eliz*'' during her minority in a handsome manner, &
to raise a fund to purchase almost at any price the land
now occupied by John Brenan, which intersects my estate,
& after her age of 21, to settle the estate on her & her heirs
male, & in default to my dau. Keturah & her heirs male,
then to their daus., then to my grandson W" French Den-
ning, & all persons succeeding to my estate to take my name
& arms. My brother John French to be guardian to my
dans., & they are not to come to this or any other colony
during their minority, & guardian to my said grandson.
Trustees to be Ex'ors. Witnessed by Abraham Picart
Delaferte, Samuel Painter, Brian O'Brien. Before Josiah
Martin, Esq., was sworn Harry Webb, 25 Jan. 1747.
Robert Bogle, sen.. Merchant, in London. Will dated 21
May 1774; proved P.C.C. ; adm'on 12 Dec. 1777 of his estate
(testator was late of Grenada, bachelor, deceased) granted
to William GammuU and Robert Gammull. (49G Collier.)
All my estate, except my share in the soap works in
Glasgow, to my friends W" Gammull, Esq., & Robert
Gammull, Esq., of London, in trust, as to ^ for Agnes, wife
of James Anderson, Merch* in Glasgow, my 1»* sister, &
FRENCH FAMILY.
275
after her death for W"' Anderson their son, & the other i
for my youngest sister Kebecca Bogle, spinster. W^itnessed
by John Seton, Thomas Langlands, John Lambert.
John French of Percey Street, Esq. Will dated 7 Marcli
1777 ; proved 8 Sep. 1777 by Mary and Keturah French,
spinsters, the dans., power reserved to Eev. John Pilgrim.
(384 Collier.) To my old servants Ann Eldin & Tho.
Green £20 each, & if they wish to go to Barbados £.5 more
apiece & their passage money, freedom, & £20 yearly. To
my good friends Eev. John Pilgrim of Windsor, & James
Straker, jun'', of Barbados, 5 gs. each. Whereas my son-in-
law W™ Dottin Battyn of Barbados, Esq., is very largely
indebted to me, & my son W™ Nath' French has been
guilty of the highest imprudence, ifc thrown himself away
in marriage, I give my son all such sunrs due. By an
Indenture of Settlement of 3 parts, da. 16 Jan. last past,
between Eev. W™ Eugge of the 1=' part, myself & my dan.
Lucy Henrietta French of the 2'', & Jonathan Buttall &
James Arbonin, Esq'^ of the 3'''*, I settled ^ of my planta-
tion called " Spendlove," in S' George's Parish, Barbados,
of 30G acres, 1 rood, & 2(1 perches, & all slaves, on Jonathan
Buttall & James Arbonin, in trust for W™ Eugge & Lucy
Henrietta his wife, & their issue, all which I confirm. To
Eev. .John Pilgrim & James Straker, jun'', the other f of
Spendlove, in trust, to sell to pay following legacies. To
my daus. Mary & Keturah French, each ^ of the proceeds.
From the remaining ^ trustees are to deduct £1500 for
possible debts, & then residue of £1500 to my 3 daus.
Mary & Keturah French, & Josepha Dalby, equally, the
latter having already received £1500 as her marriage
portion. All residue of this ^ to my son-in-law Thos.
Septimus Dalby, Esq. All sugars to be consigned to James
Bogle French of London, Merch*. All residue to my daus.
Mary & Keturah French, they & Eev. John Pilgrim, Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Joseph Pickering, Tobias Pickering, Thomas
Sermon.
Mary Bullock of Lambeth, widow. Will dated 21 June
1782 ; proved 22 Jan. 1784 by Leonora French, spinster,
the dan. (7 Eockinghaui.) To be buried near my late
husband in the churchyard of S' Mary, Lambeth. All my
freehold estate in S' Giles in the Fields to my dau. Leonora
Fi'ench, she paying to M'' John Bullock, M'' Jeremiah Bul-
lock, & M'' Mary Baack, a moiety thereof, according to my
late husband's will, & the interest of £1000 lent on mort-
gage. To my sister M" Abigail Coxe £100, any picture
she chooses, & £100 worth of my books. To my dau.
Keturah Knapp, wife of the Eev. Primatt Knapp of Shenley,
Bucks, my large mahogany cloaths chest & glass bureau in
the library, 2 silver sauce boats, & to her & her husband
£20. To my 2 granddaus. Mary & Leonora Knapp £1000
at 21. To my 1=' granddau. Cath. Knapp their sister, who
has been better provided for by her uncle M' W" Primatt,
I give my watch, diamond and turquoise ring, & my
emerald one. To M' John Bullock of King Street, Covent
Garden, the picture of his uncle, my late husband, drawn in
crayons. To my granddau. Mary Smith, wife of Eob'
Smith, attorney, 2 fine old china bowls. All sums due to
me as dower from the estate in Antigua to her & her sister
Eliz. Jane Norris, wife of W'" Norris, surgeon. To Eliz.
Jane Norris my hoop diamond ring & £150 lent on bond
to Tho. & W" Littlefear of St. Margaret's, Westminster.
My husband left her sister Mary Smith a handsome present
on her marriage. To my grandson Nath' Bogle French
10 gs. To my granddau. Eebecca Bogle 10 gs. & my
diamond earrings. To M" Eliz. Whittaker 5 gs., & to her
son M"' W™ Whittaker 3 gs. To my dau. Leonora French
my furniture, chariot, horses, & all residue, because for no
cause her father made such a difference between her & her
two sisters, & she at the time being quite a child. Witnessed
by Frances Deacon, James Deacon, James Ogle.
1739, Jan. 6. Adm'on to Nicholas French, the attorney
of Julian French, widow, of Galway, the mother of Martin
French, late of Bussorah in Persia, bach'', deceased.
Close Eoll, 2 Geo. III., Part 3, No. 24.
Indenture made the 10th June 17G2 between William
French (Lieutenant in the Queen's Eoyal Eegiment of
Musquetters, commanded by Major John Deaken) and
Mary Arabella French, his wife, of the one part, and
Thomas Kearnon of Loudon, Merchant, of the other part.
AVhereas Thomas Kearnon has advanced to William French
£300 sterling, and William French is entitled in right of
his wife and for her life to an annuity of £57 15s. from
lands in Antigua belonging to John Eichardsou, Esq., of
Antigua, and payable in London, as by the original deed in
the hands of John Conyers of Antigua, Esq., duly recorded
.... this Indenture witnesseth that for the better securing
of the repayment of the £300 William French and Mary
Arabella his wife have granted the said annuity to Thomas
Kearnon for the life of Mary Arabella French, subject to
the redemption .... if the £300 is paid in three years ....
and they appoint Thomas Kearnon their Attorney to
demand and receive the same from John Eichardsou
or his factor or merchant in London. Harry Webb,
Eichard Swords, witnesses.
Close Eoll, 21 Geo. III., Part 1, Nos. 3 and 4.
Indenture made 27th March 1781 between Nathaniel
Bogle-French, Esq., of the one part, and Eobert Smith of
Fredericks Place, Old Jury, Gentleman, of the other part,
witnesseth that in consideration of 5s Nathaniel
Bogle-French grants, etc., to Eobert Smith, etc., etc., all
that plantation called Cedar Valley, containing 200 acres,
in the Parish of St. John and Division of Dickinson's Bay,
Antigua, bounded E. with the lands now or late of Col. John
Blizard, John Blizard, and James Criggs, N. with the lands
now or late of Jonas Langford, Esq., deceased, S. with the
lands now or late of James Langford, Walter Nugent,
and Abraham Eedwood, Esquires, and all houses, etc.,
etc., for one whole year ....
No. 3.
Indenture made 28th March 1781 between Nathaniel
Bogle-French (son and heir of Ehzabeth Bogle-French, de-
ceased, who was daughter of and devisee in the will of
Nathaniel French, late of Antigua, deceased), of the one
part, and Eobert Smith, etc., etc., of the other part ....
witnesseth that Nathaniel Bogle-French grants, etc., to
Eobert Smith (as above) .... to the use of Nathaniel
Bogle-French and his heirs for ever.
1692, March 2. Montserrat. The pink " Lyon," Capt.
Nich. French. (Minutes of Council, Colonial Entries
Book, 48.)
1699, April 24. Joseph French, Merchant, and Ehza-
beth his wife sell to William Thomas and Daniel Mackinen.
John Brady, Esq., was granted salt ponds in Anguilla
24 Jan. 1708 by Governor Parke, which he assigned to
Martin French 21 April 1709.
1709, April 21. Martin French, grant of Nixon's Hill
Plantation at Montserrat of 145 acres by Governor D. Parke.
1709, Sep. 15. George French of Antigua, planter, and
Lucia his wife, lease 45 acres to James Ayres of Antigua,
planter.
1711, June 27. Letter of Attorney from George French
to Lucia his wife.
276
HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
1711, Oct. 10. Indenture between Joseph French of
Antigua, Esq., of the one part, and Edward Mackee of An-
tigua, overseer, lease of 6f acres in New North Sound.
1712. Losses at Montserrat by the French attack:
John French, £320 ; George French, £500 ; Martin
French, £1500.
1714, Aug. Petition of George French and Richard
Oglethorpe, Gent., who were forced to London as witnesses
against Governor Parke's murderers. By a warrant of 10
July 1713 they were to receive 10s. a week each. (Calendar
Treasury Papers, vol. 84.)
Samuel Bogle petitions for two jwoportions of land at St.
John's Town ; granted 6 March 1745.
1748, Feb. 23. William Mackinen and Samuel Martin,
Esquires, Ex'ors of Natlianiel French, deceased.
1780, Sep. 16. Robert French, esq., a "West India
Merchant. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 44C.)
1781, Feb. 7. At Harapstead, Mrs. French, wife of Jas.
Bogle-French, esq., merchant. {Ibid., p. 95.)
1782, Jan. 1. Mr. Nath. Bogle-French, to Miss Skot-
towe. (Ibid., p. 45.)
1787, March. James Bogle-French was one of the
committee agitating for the repeal of the Corporation and
Test Acts against Protestant Dissenters.
1792, Oct. 7. In his 70th year, James Bogle-French,
esq., merchant, in Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, and one of
the Committee for London of the African Company.
('Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 964.)
1794, July 22. At Tunbridge-wells, Miss E. B.
French, daughter of Nathaniel Bogle-French, merchant.
(Ibid., p. 773.)
1794, Oct. 27. At Bath, Rev. Mr. Midford, of Swallow-
field, Berks, to Miss K. French, one of the coheiresses of
the late John French, Esq., of Percy-street, London. (Ibid.,
p. 1148.)
1798, Oct. 17. George French to be of the Council of
the Virgin Islands.
1799, Captain French of the Somersetshire Fencible
Cavalry. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 1092.)
1800, July 26. At Ramsgate, Mr. Martin French,
many years commander of a ship in the Antiguan trade.
(Ibid., p. 799.)
1801, June 10. Mr. Robert Parkinson, late partner with
Messrs. J. Bogle-French and Son, West India Merchants,
Swithin's-lane. (Ibid., p. 580.)
1802, Feb. 8. Miss Grace Bogle, daughter of Mr. John
Bogle of the family of Hutchison, near Glasgow, and niece
of the late William Earl of Monteith, who died in 1783.
(Ibid., p. 275.)
1802, June 2. In Bristol, the widow of Capt.
Nathaniel French of the Somersetshire Fencibles. (Ibid.,
p. 591.)
1803, March 31. At Bath, the wife of Nathaniel Bogle-
French, esq., of Dulwich, Surrey. {Ibid., p. 387.)
1804, Nov. 3. In her 56th year, deeply lamented by all
who knew her worth, Mary the wife of Robert Smith, esq.,
of Basinghall street, and daughter of the late James Bogle-
French, esq., etc., leaving a husband and 8 children.
(Ibid., p. 1079.)
1811, Jan. 5. Nathanael Bogle-French, jun., esq., of
Dulwich, Surrey, to Elizabeth, only child of the late Hon.
Wm. Jackson, Chief Justice of Jamaica. (Ibid.)
1816, April 27. At Henwick-house, co. Bedford,
Nathaniel Bogle-French, esq., jxm., third son of N. B.
French, esq. (Ibid., p. 566.)
1816, Dec. 10. At Brighton, aged 58, Nath. Bogle-
French, esq. (Ibid., p. 572.)
1818, June. Lately. In Devonshire-street, Portland-
place, aged 72, Mrs. French, widow of the late William
French, esq., of the Island of Montserrat. (Ibid.,
p. 644.)
1822, Jan. 1. St. John Bogle-French, esq., of the
Madras Military Establishment, to Louisa Jane, daughter of
the late G. Rose, esq., of Cookham, near Newbury.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 82.)
Parish Register of St. Philip.
1715 Mar. 21
1723 Feb. 13
1732 June 30
1737 May 22
1761 Jan. 16
Buried.
Lucee Freinch.
James Freinch.
Nicholas French.
Richard French.
Jos. French.
Parish Eegister of St. George.
Baptized.
1782 April 29 .... the D. of Robert French and Rebecca
his wife.
1785 Mar. 6 Ashton Warner S. of Robert French &
Rebecca his wife.
1786 Jan. 29 Thomas Kenyon Edwards S. of Robert
French & Rebecca his wife.
1795 Dec. 7 .... D. of Robert French & Sarah Lee
his wife.
Parish Register of St. Peter.
Married.
1777 Sep. 27 Robert French & Rebecca Kenyon.
1779 .... 8 William Smith & Mary French.
1772 Dec. 22
1795 Dec. 7
1798 Mar. 17
1801 April 22
1807 Oct. 3
1810 May 9
1819 Jan. 24
(? 1741) Feb. 20
1742-3 Mar. 23
1748 April 14
1749 Jan. 16
1783 Nov. 11
(? 1793) May 1
1815 Feb. 1
Children of Robert
French and Sarah
Lee his wife.
S's of Robert
French & Sarah
his wife.
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
Stephen the S. of James French & Mary
his wife.
Sarah D. of Roljert French and Sarah
Lee his wife ; B. the le"" October 1795.
Sarah D. of Robert French and Sarah
Lee his wife ; B. the 10'" April 1797.
Jane Kelsick ; b. 31
Decer. 1798.
Robert ; b. 28 Febry.
1801.
George William ; B.
the 23* April
1805.
Henry; B. the W^
June 1807.
Octavia D. of Robert French and Sarah
Lee his wife ; B. the 23'''^ of August last.
Margaret Elizabeth D. of Robert French
and Sarah Lee his wife ; B. 9"' Decern''
last.
Married.
William Denning and Mary Ann French,
by the Reverend M'' James Berrie.
Samuel Bogle and Sarah Baker, Widow.
James Bougie and Elizabeth French.
Jeremy Skerret and Mary French. L.
George William White to Elizabeth
French.
Robert French to Sarah Lee Harris,
Spinster. L.
Robert Grant, Merchant, to Jane Kelsick
French, Spinster. L.
Buried.
1719 April 11 Rich* French.
1726 Feb. 18 Robert French, kill'd by a fall from
Comberlidge's balcony.
1743 Jan. 7 Margaret French, a child.
1745 Feb. 17 Sarah Bogle, w. of Samuel Bogle.
FRENCH FAMILY.
277
1747
Jan.
24
Nathaniel French, Esq^
1750
Nov.
16
Eichard French.
1773
Jan.
3
.James Fi'ench.
1774
July
17
Stephen French, a Child.
1781
Nov.
10
Henry French.
1784
Nov.
13
Juliana, Infant D. of M'' Robert French
1785
May
24
Ashton French (Infant).
1788
Feb.
4
Thomas French, Infant.
1788
Mar.
25
Elizabeth French.
1800
April
19
Sarah French, Infant.
1802
Dec.
1
Frances French, Infant.
1803
Jan.
11
Mary Ann French.
1804
Dec.
3
Robert French, Inf.
1814
....
, ,
Octavia French.
1835
May
2
Sarah Lee French, S' John's. 58.
At Elliot's Plantation, on a block of marble (portion of a
monument which was sent out from England, but never
erected, by the brother Joseph French) : —
TO THE MEIIOUY OF
HENRY FRENCH
ESQ"^ M.D.
TOTJNGBST SON OF
THE LATE
ROBERT FRENCH, ESQ"^
OF THIS ISLAND,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIF^
ON THE 13™ OF
DECEMBER 1843,
IN THE
37'''' YEAR OF HIS AGE
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE.
"Cedar Valley" is in St. John's Parish. In 1852 it
contained 128 acres, and was owned by Messrs. W. and F.
Shand. The heirs of R. Fi'ench owned " Elliots " of 192
acres in St. Philip's Parish.
dfamtlj) of dfvj>t.
John Ffry. Will dated 10 April 1701. To my son
John Fry, my son-in-law Geo. Gamble, Esq"^ & John
Gamble my son-in-law, £30 c. equally. To S' Mary's
Parish, where I now live, £10 c. for the use of the church.
To my son Sam^ Fry, now in England, the plantation I now
live on of about 25 acres, bounded on the W. by my now
dwelling house, with a N. & S. line between my own laud &
that of my son John Fry, E. of my house by a mastick tree,
marked by Rob* Martin, gent., sworn surveyor of this
island, S. with the lands of my son Sam' that descended to
him from my last wife Mary, deceased, dau. of W™ King,
Gent., deceased, & N. as far as the line of Eliz. Nicholls, a
little to S. of the sugar works, & from there to the path
leading to S* John's by the lands of W™ Denning, where
the lands of my sons John & Sam^ meet, in the parish of S'
Mary. To my son Sam' my plantation containing 250 acres
adjoining the former, if he die without issue then to my
grandson John Fry, youngest son of my son John Fry.
To my son Sam' all residue, & appoint him sole E.x'or. My
son John Fry, my son-in-law John Gamble, Gent., &
Jervass Turcon overseers, & £10 c. each. Witnessed by
James Whitfield, John Clerk, Mathew Barton, Robert
Shears, Robert Comberbach. Before the Hon. Edward
Byam were sworn Mathew Barton and Robert Sheers.
Samuel Frye, late of Antigua, Planter, now of Liverpool.
Will dated 6 March 1735. Recorded at St. John's. To my
son Geo. Frye £500. To my dans. & all the rest of my
younger children £300 each. To Mary Fry, al's Craddock,
dau. of Eliz. Craddock, now or late of Antigua, £200. To
my Ex'ors aU my lands iu Antigua called The Lower
Plantation, adjoining the plantation of Sam' Winthrop, in
trust, to sell & to pay legacies. All residue to my son
Francis Frye. My wife Mary, John Frye of Antigua,
Merch', & Timothy Gamon of Liverpool, Merch', Ex'ors.
Witnessed by Mary Mashiter, Edward Park, Thomas Moss.
Testator died in Liverpool. His widow Mary Frye and
John Frj'e both live in Antigua. They are to be sworn
there, and the documents transmitted to the Commissary of
our Court of Canterbury, 10 March 1736.
John Frye, junr., Esq. AVill dated 27 Dec. 1745 ;
proved 9 Sep. 1748 by Rowland Frye and William Frye,
the brothers ; power reserved to Samuel Frye, Francis Delap,
Esqrs., and .... Frye, the widow. (264 Sirahan.) Re-
corded also at St. John's, 17 Sep. 1747. To be buried at
Bermudiau Valley, £40 for funeral. To my dear wife my
chaise, horses, furniture of 1 chamber, plate, china, & part
of kitchen furniture, also £500 above her settlement, &
interest of £1000, which sum was given her by her late
father Valentine Morris's will. To my dau. Eliz. £5000 at
21 or marriage. To my son Rowland £5000 at 21. All
residue to my son John. My estate to be rented at £1000
per annum for 22 years to some Protestant, to the exclusion
of any Roman Catholic. All rents to be invested in the
funds. If my estate be destroyed, all residue equally to my
sous John & Rowland, & my dau. Eliz"'. My brothers
Rowland, W", & Sam' Frye, my friend Francis Delap,
Esq., & my wife Ex'ors and Guardians.
Codicil. If my son John die under 21, & my son Row-
land survive him, £5000 more to my dau. Eliz. By Hon.
Josiah Martin, Esq., Lieut.-Governor, were sworn George
Moncrief and Edward Home, Esqrs., 15 Sep. 1747. Vera
copia, John Watkins. Registered 25 June 1748. On 8
Sep. 1748 James Navine of St. George's, co. Middlesex,
mariner, swore to signature of John Watkins.
John Frye, the elder, of Antigua, Esq. Will dated 14
Aug. 1747 ; proved 2 Dec. 1748 by Rowland Frye, Esq.,
the son and sole Ex'or. (361 Strahan.) Recorded also at
St. John's. £100 ' for funeral. To my wife Mary the
furniture in my 4 chambers, chaise, coach, 4 best horses,
use of 3 negros, £200, & use of my house & 5 acres on the
hill called the Garden, with right of grazing 30 sheep.
£500 to my dau. Frances if she survive her husband John
Duer, Esq., if she die before me then to any one of her
children at the discretion of my sons Rowland, Sam^, & W"i,
payable at 21. IMy dau. Henrietta Maria Byam may reside
in my house on my Willoughby Bay Estate. To my son
Rowland all my pictures. To my granddaus. Lydia, Mary,
& Eliz. Byam, £200 apiece. To my grandson Geo. Byam
£400 at 21 & £60 yearly for maintenance. To my grand-
son John Byam £600 at 21 & £50 yearly till then, also
£300 for apprentice fee. By Indenture of 1 Sep. 1732
between myself of the 1 part, & my son John Frye of the
other, I charge £1000 on certain estates conveyed by that
deed. To all my sons & sons-in-law, daus. & daus.-in-law,
& all my grandchildren, £20 each. £100 to my friend M'
Barry Anderson for bis assistance to me in my business.
To my son Rowland all residue, he sole Ex'or, but if he die
to my son Sam', then to my son W"". My good friends
Francis Delap & Rowland Oliver, both of Antigua, Esq'-==,
overseers. Witnessed by Barry Anderson, John Perry,
Kean Osborn. By Hon. Josiah Martin, Esq., Lieut-
Governor, were sworn John Pearcy and Kean Osborne,
6 April 1748. John Watkins attests will 28 Sep. 1748 in
presence of John Pringle. John Pringle of St. Jlary,
Whitechapel, and Archibald Crawford of St. .John, Wapping,
mariners, swore to signature of John Watkins, 2 Dec. 1748.
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HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
^ictitsrcc of JfrjL't,
Arms."
a fleur-de-lis between three horses courant two and one . .
Lieutenant Thomas Tuck, in 1647 had a patent for land at Antigua ; styled Captain in 1G65 ; dead 1667^.
Katherine Tuck,=pJOHN FKYE of Antigua, Planter ; 1655 living at Bermudian Valley,'
mar. in or before
16 07 1 dead before
1677. 1st wife.
Antigua ; 1669 overseer to Alexander Polliugton ; 1671 Lieutenant ;
1679 styled Captain ; mar. before 1680 a dan. of Captain John Lintt,
deceased, and thereby acquired a moiety of 132 acres ; Member of the
Council 1697. Will dated 10 April 1701, and recorded at St. John's.
=Mary, dau. of Captain William
King, Gent. ; mar. in or before
1677 ; dead in 1701. She had
190 acres in her own right.
2nd wife.
(? Henrietta,=f John Frye of Antigua, Mem-=
dau. of ber of Council ; Colonel of
Governor Militia ; died G and bur. 7
Philip War- March 1747-8, let. 78, at Wil-
ner; spinster loughby Bay. M.L there.
circa 1695.) Will dated 14 Aug. 1747;
1st wife. proved 2 Dec. 1748. (361
Strahan.)
=Frances=rMary, sister, 1724, of
. . . ., John Lucie Blackman ;
living she died 11 June 1769,
1713. jet. 81, and was bur. in
2nd the Duer vault at Ful-
wife. ham. M.I. 3rd wife.
Henrietta Frye (? by which match), mar.
before 1700 (? 2nd wife) George Gamble,
Esq., Treasurer, Colonel of Militia,
Speaker 1697, and Judge of Vice-Ad-
miralty Court ; in his will dated 27 July
1709 he named his brothers-in-law John
and Samuel Frye; she was living 1711.
Rowland Frye, 1st
Bon and heir, of
London, Mer-
chant ; graduated
at Ley den 17
March 1717; 1762
purchased Ban-
stead Manor, co.
Surrey ; died 20
Oct. 1777, £Bt. 82,
M.L at Banstead,
but bur. at St.
Olave's, Hai't
Street. Will dated
9 July and proved
5 Deo. 1777. (507
Collier.)
John Frye of=
Antigua, ma-
triculated from
Balliol Col-
lege, Oson, 10
March 1717-8,
£et. 18 ; died
1745, ast. 48,
v.p., probably
bur. at Ber-
mudian Valley.
Will dated 27
Dec. 1745 ;
proved 9 Sep.
1748. (264
Strahan.)
^Elizabeth, Samuel Frye of Mark
dau. of Lane, Loudon, Mer-
Colonel chant ; bur. at St.
Valentine Olave's, Hart Street.
Morris of Will dated 22 March
Antigua ; 1768 ; proved 29 March
living 1770. (99 Jenner.)
1767 at —
Old Henrietta Maria Frye,
Windsor, mar. George Byam,
CO. Berks; Merchant, son of Gover-
died 6 nor Edward Byam ; he
Aug. was born 24 April
1768, »t. 1704, and died 12 Nov.
58. M.I. 1734; she died 1796,
at Ful- aet. 93.
ham.
William Frye
of Walliug-
ton in Bed-
dington, heir
to his brothers
Rowland and
Samuel ; died
4 Feb. 1795,
ifit. 80. M.L
at Banstead,
CO. Surrey.
Elizabeth Frye, bapt. 18
Feb. 1726 at St. John's ;
mar. Archibald Cochran
of Antigua, he died 26
Jan. 1736, set. 49, at
Cheshuut, co. Herts.
M.L She was living
1777.
Frances Frye, bapt. 27
Sep. 1730 at St. John's;
mar., 26 April 1739, at
St. Philip's, Hon. John
Duer of Antigua and Ful-
ham ; he died 1 Dec. 1764,
aet. 67 ; she died 3 July
1787, a3t. 74. M.L
John Frye, 1st son and
heir; died 6 Feb.
1760, set. 16, bur. in
Duer vault at Fulham.
M.L Ad'mon to his
mother.
Rowland Frye of Walliugton, co.=
Surrey, heir to his brother John and
to his uncle William ; matriculated
from Exeter College, Oxon, 9 May
1764, ajt. 18.
^Bliss Spencer, dau. of
Henry Spencer, Esq.,
of Thorpe, co Surrey,
by Anu Leigh.
s.p.
Elizabeth Frye,=
mar. 19 Aug.
1762 at St.
Maryleboue ;
living a widow
1777.
= William Newton,
in 1764 Lieut.-
Colonel of 86th
Regiment.
William Morris Frye of Wallington in Beddington, co. Surrey, onl^
son, heir to his uncle Rowland Frye ; in 1801 assumed the name of
Frye only by Royal Licence ; died 18 Nov. 1820, set. 57.
Elizabeth Frances
Newton, living
1777.
. . . . ? only dau. and heiress, of^pHenry Leigh Spencer, Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers, son of
Banstead Park ; mar. circa 1812. I Rev. Wolley Leigh Spencer ; died 27 Aug. 1829, set. 57.
Henry Newton Spencer of Banstead Park, died 19 Jan. 1836, set. 22.
FRYE FAMILY.
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Mary Moncrieff of Lisson Green, co. Middlesex, wife of
George Moncrieff of Scotland, Esq. Will dated 16 June
1763; proved 8 Dec. 1766. (458 Tyndall.) To my dau.
Alice Frye my negros now in the possession of my son-in-
law Geo. Hollerand & of my son Francis Frye, both of
Antigua, Esq", & all residue, she to be sole Ex'trix. Wit-
nessed by Thurston Blackman, William Marshall, John
Shire. Recorded also at St. John's, 11 May 1789.
Samuel Frye of Mark Lane, Esq. Will dated 22 March
1768 ; proved 29 IMarch 1770 by William Frye, Esq. (99
Jenner.) To my loving brother Rowland Frye, Esq., & to
my sisters Eliz. Cochran, Henrietta Maria Byam, & Frances
Duer, £50 apiece. To my sister-in-law Eliz. Frye, widow,
£30. To my servants 1 j'ear's wages. To my servant
Cath. Bowden £30 for her 16 years' service. All residue
to my brother W"' Frye, he to be sole Ex'or. Witnessed by
George Townsend, Thurston Blackman.
Hon. Francis Frye, Esq., of Antigua. Will dated 22
Jan. 1772; proved 17 June 1774, by Samuel Turner, Esq.,
the surviving Ex'or. On 17 April 1777 adm'on of goods
left unadministered by Samuel Turner, Esq., deceased,
granted to Samuel Turner, Esq. (226 Bargrave.) To my
4 daus. Harriott, Christian, Dorothy, & Eliz. Frye, £2000
each at 21, & £60 yearly till 12, then £100 a year till 21.
To my brother-in-law W™ Livingston of Antigua, Esq., &
Sam' Turner of London, Merch', £100 c. yearly for W"
Anderton of Antigua, planter. To my said trustees £100
a year for my sister Alice Frye of G' Britaiu. All residue to
my dear sou John Frye, & £60 a year till 10, then £80 till 14,
& £200 till 2 1 , & in default to his 4 sisters equally. My Trus-
tees, Ex'ors & Guardians & to manage my plantation. Wit-
nessed by John Steevens, John Rutherford, Zacliariah Harris.
Codicil dated 11 Feb. 1772. By Indenture da. 28 Aug.
1771 between Geo. Halloran of Antigua, Esq., of the 1, &
myself of the other part, he conveyed to me on trust a
certain plantation of 140 acres in Old Road Division, S'
Mary's Parish, with all negros and stock, to pay his Execu-
tion creditors. I desire to extricate his estate for the
benefit of his children by his now wife Sarah Maria Hal-
loran, late Frye, & my Ex'ors are to obtain a loan to con-
tinue him as manager, & to increase his salary to £60 c. a
year. Witnessed by John Rutherford, Jacob Ailhand,
Zachariah Harris.
I
Samuel Frye, Member of Assembly for Bermudian Valley
1711. Will dated 6 March 1735 at Liverpool, and recorded
at St. John's.
Mary . . . ., mar. 2ndly George Moncrieff of North Britain.
Her will dated 15 June 1763, then of Lisson Grove; proved
8 Dec. 1766. (458 Tyndall.)
Francis Frye of Bermu-=pDorothy Doig, dau. of George Frye,=pMartha Monk,
dian Valley, Esq., Mem-
ber of Council ; died at
Antigua 20 March 1774.
Willduted22 Jan. 1772;
proved 17 June 1774.
(226 Bargrave.)
James Doig, bapt. 11
Dec. 1737 at St.
Paul's ; mar. before 1
Feb. 1759; died before
1770. Adm'on 2 April
1776.
bur. 31 Aug.
1761 at St.
John's.
mar. 27
1738.
Sep.
/\
Henry Frye, bapt.
7 July 1729 at
St. John's.
Samuel Frye, bapt.
20 Dec. 1735 at
St. John's.
I I
Sai'ah Maria Frye,
mar. before 1763
George Halloran ;
both living 1772.
Alice Frye, living
1772 and 1792.
John Frye,=
M.D., only
surviving
son and
heir; under
10 in 1772;
in 1788 of
Halloran s ;
1800 of
Gower
Street.
^Elizabeth War- Samuel Frye, Harriott Frye, under 12, 1772 ;
ner Buckley, bapt. 11 Sep. mar. William Mackinen of An-
dau. of Joseph 1767 at St. tigua ; he was born 24 Jan.
Buckley ; liapt. John's. 1760 and died 17 June 1794 ;
17 Dec. 1776 — she was living 1836.
at St. John's ; Dorothy —
mar. 4 Nov. Frye, bapt. Christiana Frye, 2nd dau.,
1790 at St. 10 Jan. 1758 under 12, 1772 ; mar. 9 Aug.
George's, and at St. John's. 1785, at St. John's, Thomas
there bur. 9 Freeman, Speaker of xlntigua ;
Jan. 1802. she died 23 Feb. 1808, £et. 45,
at Cheltenham.
Elizabeth Frye, bapt.
30 May 1770 at
St. John's ; spinster
1792 ; ? mar. 4
March 1796, at
St. George's, John
Wickham Mayer.
His will dated 7
June 1797. She
was living in Great
Britain 1812.
Dorothy Frye, bapt.
30 May 1770 at St.
John's; mar. 12 Feb.
1790, at St. Mary's,
Thomas Warner ;
he was born 12
Feb. 1753, and died
1825 at Sevenoaks ;
she died 30 April
1837 and was bur.
at St. Margaret's,
Rochester.
Rowland Spencer=pMary Cooper Brown, dau. of Nicholas Joseph
Frye of Antigua,
Esq., over 21,
1815.
Brown ; born 3 Aug. and bajit. 3 Oct. Frye,
1787 at St. John's ; mar. 15 Dec. 1814 living
at St. George's. 1815.
Francis Frye, Elizabeth Warner Ann Gi-avenor
bur. 12 Dec. Frye, bur. 9 Jan. Frye, bapt. 18
18(12 atGrave- 1802 at Gravenors. Dec. 1791 at
nors. St. George's.
. . ., a son, born and died 6 June 1824. M.L at Long Lane. Ann Elizabeth Frye, bapt. 26 April 1827 at St. George's.
Rowland Frye of Wallington, co. Surrey, Esq. Will
dated 9 July 1777 ; proved 5 Dec. 1777 by William Frye,
Esq., the brother, Archibald Cochran, Esq., the nephew,
and John Lucie Blackman, Esq. (507 Collier.) To be
buried in the vault with my late brother Sam' Frye. To
my sister Eliz. Cochran my leasehold house in Gloucester
Street, Queen Sq., if she die to her daus. Jane Hulbert,
widow, & Ehz. Cochran, also all furniture there, & £100,
the like sum to each of her daus. To my sister Henrietta
Maria Byam £100. To my sister Frances Duer £100, &
to her children £100 apiece at 21. To my nieces Eliz.
Newton, Mary Mathew, & Eliz. Byam, £100 apiece. To
my nephew Archibald Cochran, Esq., £100. To my nephew
Geo. Byam, Esq., £100. To my nephew Rowland Frye
£2000 to go to pay off a mortgage made by him of his
estates in Antigua to Jas. Coldham, Esq., by Indentures da.
5 & 6 April 1773. To my granddau. Louisa Byam £50.
To my niece Ann Blake £100, free of her present husband.
To my niece Mary Place £100 & £40 yearly. To my
cousin John Lucie Blackman of Crutched Friars £50. To
my servant Eliz. Edney £12 yearly. £200 among all my
servants. To my brother W" Frye my manors of Thorn-
280
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
bury & Pottlemouth, co. Devon, & Bansted, Burstow,
Horley, Dunshot, & Leigh, in parishes of Bansted, Burstow,
Horne, & Horley, & all my lauds in the parishes of Car-
shalton, Mitcham, Moreion, & at Wallington, then to
Christopher Hull of the Temple, Gent., & Edmund Davis
of London, Blackwell Hall, factor, in trust, for his heirs, &
in default to my nephew Eowland Frye & his heirs, then
to W™ Morris Newton, only son of my niece Eliz. Newton,
widow of Col. W™ Newton, then to her dau. Eliz. Frances
Newton. All residue to my brother \V°' Frye, he my
nephew Archibald Cochran, & my cousin John Lucie
Blackman, Ex'ors. Witnessed by George Townsend,
William Cooper, W. Reynolds.
1776, April 2. Adm'on of Dorothy Frye, wife of the
Hon. Francis Frye, late of Antigua, granted to Samuel
Tm'uer, Esq., surviving testamentary guardian of John,
Harriott, ^Christian, Dorothy, and Elizabeth Frye, spinsters
and minors, the only children of deceased. The said Francis
Frye died without having taken upon him letters of adm'on,
and Samuel Turner was appointed their guardian by their
said father Francis Frye.
Alexander PoUington in his will dated 1G6'J names
Master John Frye the overseer of his plantation in the
Leeward Division of Antigua.
William Barnes, junr., wlio mar. Ann, dau. of Governor
Phillip Warner, in his will dated 1695 names his brother
John Frye, junr.
George Gamble by his will dated 27 July 1709 appointed
his two brothers-in-law John and Samuel Frye as Ex'ors.
John Lucie Blackman, who mar. Frances Williams,
spinster, in his will dated 1724 names his brother-in-law
John Fry, Esq., his sister Mary Fry, & his nephew Rowland
Frye.
James Doig in his will of 1 Feb. 1759 stated that he
had already provided for his dau. Dorothy Fry on her mar-
riage, so gave her and Francis Fry, Esq., only £50 each.
John Lucie Blackman, son of the above, is styled cousin
in the will of Rowland Frye, dated 1777.
Close Roll, 4 Geo. IIL, Part 3.
Indenture made 19th March 1764 between William
Newton of St. George's, Hanover Square, Esq., Lieut.-Col.
86th Regiment of Foot, and Elizabeth Newton his wife
(late Elizabeth Fiye, one of the daughters of John Frye
the elder, deceased, and sister of John Frye an infant,
deceased, son and heir and residuary legatee of the said
John Frye the elder), and Elizabeth Frye, widow (and
relict of the said John Frye the elder), of the one part, and
Francis Delap of Antigua, Esq. (one of the guardians of the
body and estate of Rowland Frye au infant, the other son
of the said John Frye the elder, and brother of the whole
blood to the said John Frye an infant, deceased, and to
Elizabeth Newton), of the other part. Whereas Elizabeth
Frye, widow and relict of John Frye the elder, and mother of
Elizabeth Newton and John Frye the younger, deceased,
and Eowland Frye, and also Administratrix of all goods and
chattels, etc., which were of John Frye the younger at his
decease .... did on the 11th Feb. 1763 file her Bill in the
Court of Chancery of Antigua, against Francis Delap,
Eowland Frye the elder, Samuel Frye, and William Frye
(four of the Ex'ors of John Frye the elder, deceased), and
Eowland Frye the infant .... for an account and discovery
of the personal estate of John Frye the infant, deceased,
and particularly for an account of what slaves had been
purchased from the death of John Frye the elder, for
carrying on the plantation of John Frye the younger, and
claimed to be paid 2-thirds of the value of the said personal
estate for her own and her daughter Elizabeth's shares, and
for other purposes mentioned in the Bill .... to which
Bill Francis Delap and Rowland Frye the infant put in
their Answers the 12th Feb. of the same year, and on the
14th Feb. the cause was heard before the Court of Chancery
of Antigua, where among other things it was declared that
the Defendant Francis Delap should come to an account
before Edward Gamble, Esq., the Master of the Court, for
all slaves purchased since the death of John Frye the father
.... for carrying on the plantation, and the Master was to
enquire what number were living at the death of John
Frye the infant, and what number of issue, and whether
any of them died between the death of the said infant and
the 3rd Oct. 1760, and what was their respective value ....
and the Master was to settle the rent to be paid for the
slaves so dying, and as touching the negro slaves mentioned
in the Schedule annexed to Complainant's Bill to be pur-
chased since the death of John Frye the elder, the Master
was to estimate them according to the Schedule of Appraise-
ment, and the Master was to consider that Rowland Frye
the infant was to make good the value .... and was to pay
to the Complainant 2-thirds of the gross value .... and
the remaining third was to belong to Rowland Frye the
infant .... In pursuance .... the Master made his report
the 2nd May 1763, and there was purchased since the death
of John Frye the elder 79 slaves, living at the time of the
separate estate, and valued at the rate of £3947 lis. 6d.
gold and silver cur. of Antigua, and he granted £2631
14s. id. to Ehzabeth Frye as her and Elizabeth Newton's
shares, and an Order was made 20th Sep. 1763, that on
Elizabeth Frye and Elizabeth and William Newton making
a proper conveyance to the said infant, they be paid by him
or his guardians each £1315 17s. id., with interest at 6 per
cent, from the 3rd March 1763 .... and whereas Francis
Delap and Elizabeth Frye did on the 20th Sep. prefer their
petition as guardians, etc., to be at liberty to purchase the
two undivided thirds, and the Court consented, and also
allowed them from time to time to purchase other slaves for
the benefit of the infant .... Now this Indenture wit-
nesseth that in consideration of £1315 17s. 2d. cur., and
£82 12*. 3(7. interest .... at the rate of £80 for exchange,
amounting to £776 18s. lid. ster William Newton
and Elizabeth his wife grant, etc., etc., to Francis Delap
all their undivided third in the said 79 slaves (names given,
34 men, 27 women, 8 boys, and 10 girls) .... and they
and Elizabeth Frye nominate, etc., etc., Edward Horne,
Esq., Charles Payne Sharpe, Esq., John Halliday, Esq.,
Thomas Warner, Esq., and William Warner, Esq., all of
Antigua, their Attorneys .... and lastly Francis Delap
declares his name is only used in trust, and the money is
Rowland Frye's. Richard Welsh, Christopher Saltren,
Henry Wilmot, John Lancaster, witnesses.
Close Roll, 4 Geo. III., Part 2, Nos. 8 and 9.
Indenture made the 16th March 1764 between Rowland
Frye of Wallington, co. Surrey, Esq., of the one part, and
Samuel Redhead of Antigua, Esq. (by Edward Codrington
and Jolin Miller of London, Merchants, his Attorneys duly
appointed by Deed Poll), of the other part. Whereas
certain Articles of Agreement were made the 15 July 1763
between the above, by which Rowland Frye in consideration
of £20,000 paid to him by Samuel Redhead, covenanted, etc.,
as follows: that he would before the 1st April ensuing,
make out a good title, etc., to all that Plantation in the
several parishes of St. Philip and St. Paul, or elsewhere in
Antigua, containing 420 acres, then in the possession of
Rowland Frye, his agents, managers, etc., etc., and all those
negro and mullatto slaves, etc., etc the £20,000 to
be paid by Samuel Redhead in the following proportions :
£6000 with interest on the 1st Sep. 1764, and £3500 with
rUYE FAMILY.
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interest on the 1st Sep. 1765, 176G, 17G7, and 1768, or if
inconvenient, in smaller i^roportions, so that the first was
not less than £6000, and that all was paid by Sep. 1768,
and Samuel Eedhead on giving security was to take posses-
sion .... and he entered into and took possession accord-
ingly .... Now this Indenture witnesseth that Rowland
Frye has granted and bargained to Samuel Redhead all that
Plantation in the Parish of St. Philip, and Division of ... .
containing 320 acres, butted and bounded E. with the lands
of John Lyons, Esq., W. with the lands of James Brebner,
Esq., and the lands of William Thomas, deceased, N. with
the lands of the said .John Lyons and James Brebner, and
S. with the lands of John Lyons and the Cod of Willoughby
Bay .... and also all that Plantation in the Parish
of St. Paul, and Division of .... called Frye's Pasture,
containing 100 acres, butted and bounded E. with the
lands of William Thomas, deceased, and the lands of
Robert Christian, Esq., W. with the lands of Archibald
Cochran, Esq., and Martin Blake, Esq., and the said
William Thomas, deceased, and S. with the lands of Robert
Christain and Archibald Cochran .... and all slaves, that
is to say (all names given), 55 men, 12 boys, 71 women, 11
girls, and 28 children, boys and girls .... and also 2 bulls,
35 oxen, 30 cows, 12 cow calves, 18 bull calves, 3 steers, a
fatling, and 4 horses (all now in the actnal possession of
Samuel Redhead, by virtue of a bargain) .... to the use of
Rowland Frye and his Ex'ors, etc., for 1000 years, and then
to the use of Samuel Redhead and his heirs for ever, and to
no other purpose whatever, but on the provisoe that if
Samuel Redhead pays to Rowland Frye the £20,000 with
interest at 5 per cent., and performs all covenants, etc., the
estate for 1000 years to be void, and the plantations, etc.,
to Samuel Redhead and his heirs for ever .... and Rowland
Frye appoints, etc., Thomas Warner, Esq., William Warner,
Esq., Dr. James Athill, and William Dickinson, sen..
Merchant, all of Antigua, his Attorneys.
No. 9.
Indenture made the 15th March 1764 between Rowland
Frye of Wallington, Esq., of the one part, and Samuel
Redhead, etc., etc., of the other part.
Close Roll, 40 Geo. IIL, Part 3, No. 1.
Indenture made 8th May 1800 between John Frye of
Antigua, Doctor in Physic, now residing at No. 82 Gower
Street, near Bedford Square (only son and heir-at-law of
Francis Frye, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, and residuary
divisee named in his last will), of the 1st part, Samuel
Turner of London, Merchant (surviving copartner in trade
of Samuel Turner the elder, his late father, deceased, and
residuary divisee and Ex'or of his late father), and Anne
Turner his wife of the 2nd part, and the Hon. Samuel
Athill of Antigua (a Trustee hereinafter named for Samuel
Turner) of the 3rd part. Whereas by Indenture of 30th
July 1792 between the said John Frye and Elizabeth
Warner his wife of the 1st part, Alice Frye of Antigua,
spinster (sister of Francis Frye aforesaid of Antigua,
deceased), of the 2nd part, Samuel Turner (party hereto)
of the 3rd part, and William McKinnen of Antigua, Esq.,
and Harriott his wife, Thomas Freeman of Antigua, Esq.,
and Christian his wife, Thomas Warner of Antigua, Esq.,
and Dorothy his wife, and Elizabeth Frye of Antigua,
spinster, of the 4th part, reciting that Francis Frye,
deceased, made his will 22nd Jan. 1772 (will recited) ....
and further reciting that William Livingston having de-
parted this life before Francis Frye, Samuel Turner took
upon himself the burthen of execution of the said will, and
during his life expended divers very considerable sums of
money for the benefit of the plantation of Francis Frye and
the maintenance of his children, and also for the benefit of
the trust estate of George Halloran, etc. Samuel Turner
(party hereto) as copartner in his father's trade during his
life and since his decease has also expended divers other
considerable sums for the like purposes .... and for the
recovery of such monies he did on the 30th April 1789 file
his Bill in the Court of Chancery of Antigua against John
Frye, William and Harriott McKinnen, Thomas and
Christian Freeman, Thomas and Dorothy Waruer, and
Elizabeth Frye, to- which all the Defendants answered ....
but for the avoiding of all further proceeding in the suit
it has been agreed that the accounts and demands of Samuel
Turner against the estate and representatives of Francis
Frye shall be amicably adjusted .... that Samuel Turner
shall pay to Thomas and Christain Freeman, William and
Harriott McKinnen, Thomas and Dorothy Warner, and
Elizabeth Frye each £500 sterling, in full satisfaction of
Francis Frye's legacies to his daughters .... that an
annuity of £G0 sterling charged on the plantation, etc.,
shall be paid to Alice Frye in full satisfactiou of all monies
due to her .... and that these sums shall be added to the
monies due to Samuel Turner .... and secured to him by
a mortgage of the plantation, etc., and slaves, etc., of
Francis Frye, deceased, and of other slaves, late the property
of Dorothy Frye, deceased (wife of Francis) .... on terms
and conditions hereinafter mentioned .... and further
reciting that upon a final settlement of the accounts between
Samuel Turner and John Frye .... the sum of £18,696
sterling was found to be due to Samuel Turner after
deducting £4457 sterling, received by him from Sir John
Laforey, Bart., for the purchase of the trust estate of George
Halloran, deceased .... and also reciting that Samuel
Turner had paid the £500 each to the 4 daugliters of
Francis Frye .... it is witnessed that in further pursuance
of the Agreement, etc., and for securing repayment of
the £18,696 and the said 4 sums of £500 to Samuel
Turner and his Ex'ors, etc., and in consideration of 10s.,
John Frye and Elizabeth Warner his wife grant, etc., etc.,
to Samuel Turner all that plantation late of Francis Frye,
deceased, and then of him John Frye, containing 368 acres
in St. Mary's Parish, and the Valley Division in Antigua,
bounded E. by a ridge of mountains and lands called
Lynches and Denbows, N. by the lands of John Rose and
Christopher Codrington, W. by the lands of Rowland Frye
and John Butt .... and a messuage or dwelling house, etc.,
and all houses, etc., upon the plantation, and all those
negro, mulatto, and mongrell slaves (names given, about
165) .... and also 29 oxen, 15 cows, 4 cow calves, 5 bull
calves, 3 heifers, 7 young bulls, 1 pasture bull, 23 mules,
and 1 ass ... . and the reversion and remainder of the
yearly and other rents .... to the use of Samuel Turner
.... charged with the payment of £60 a year to Alice
Frye for life, and also subject to a proviso that if John
Frye and his heirs, etc., at the South Gate of the Royal
Exchange in the City of London, on or before the 1st Aug.
1799 pay the said sum of £20,696 Os. Ud., and 5 per cent,
interest, and in the meantime ship and consign to Samuel
Turner .... all sugars and Rums made on the Plantation
over and above so much of the said sugar and rum as it may
be necessary to sell in Antigua for the contingent expenses
of the plantation and the payment of the annuity to Alice
Frye, and of £200 a year to John Frye for the management
of the plantation .... then Samuel Turner agrees to re-
convey the plantation .... and meantime to apply the
rents, etc., towards the payment of the £20,696 Os. lid.
.... and it was agreed that if at the expiration of the 7
years granted to John Frye for redemption it should be then
necessary to have the plantation sold to pay the debt
Samuel Turner should cause to be paid to John Frye from
the money arising from the sale, £1000 sterling to his own
proper use ... . and it is further recited that in further
pursuance of the agreement and in consideration of the
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
release made by Alice Frje to be mentioned .... iind in
consideration of 10s John Frye (with the consent of
Samuel Turner) grants, etc., etc., to Alice Frje £60 a year
for life .... and it is further recited and witnessed that in
consideration of the money paid to William and Harriott
McKinnen, Thomas and Christian Freeman, Thomas and
Dorothy Warner, and Elizabeth Frye, they release John
Frye and Samuel Turner .... and Alice Frye releases .John
Frye and Samuel Turner .... from all money due to her
fi-om Francis Frye at the time of his decease or from his heirs
and ex'ors at any time afterwards, or for or by reason of any
slaves heretofore the property of the late mother of Alice
Frye .... and whereas John Frye in pursuance of the
agreement .... has from time to time shipped and consigned
to Samuel Turner all sugars and rums .... and whereas
the whole principal of the £20,69*j with a considerable
arrear of interest remains due to Samuel Turner ....
which John Frye admits and acknowledges, and is
considerably more than the value of the mortgage, planta-
tion, lands, etc and there being no prospect that the
produce of the premises will be able to pay off the debt,
Samuel Turner is desirous of having the equity of redemp-
tion conveyed to his own use and benefit and has applied to
John Frye who has consented upon condition that he be
allowed to take away for his own use the household furniture
in the dwelling house, and also a black horse purchased by
him of Daniel Hill, sen., a small grey poney, and a
Whiskey, and the following of the negro slaves, John
Parker, Charlotte and her mustee child, Georgina, and Betty
and her 2 children, one aged three and the other one year,
and also on condition that Samuel Turner pays him £iOO,
and accepts 3 bills of exchange to be drawn upon him by
John Frye for £300, £350, and £350, payable on the 1st
Jan. 1801, 1802, and 1803 .... to all wliich conditions
Samuel Turner agrees .... Now therefore this Indenture
witnesses that in consideration of the premises and of £400
paid to John Frye by Samuel Turner, and of 10s. paid to
John Frye and Samuel Turner by Samuel Athill, John
Frye (at the request of Samuel Turner) and Samuel Turner
and Amelia Turner his wife, grant, etc., etc., to Samuel
Athill and his heirs all that said plantation containing 3G8
acres .... and all slaves .... charged as aforesaid ....
to Samuel Athill and his heirs freed and absolutely dis-
charged from the equity of redemption .... during the life
of Samuel Turner and immediately after to the heirs of
Samuel Turner and to no other use .... and lastly John
Frye, and Samuel Turner, and Anne Turner his wife
nominate and appoint .... John Athill, Esq., and Thomas
Osborne, Esq., both of Antigua, their Attorneys . . . .
Thomas D. Harman, Peter Cook, Thomas Sermon of Gray's
Inn, Obadiah Scott, witnesses.
Benjamin Tuck, by patent granted by Governor Austin
to Lieutenant Thomas Tuck, his father, 10 Dec. 1647,
160 paces.
1658, June 10. Capt. Geo. Fry taken prisoner on his
return from Barbados, was apparently a Royalist. (Cal.
Colon. Papers.)
1664. Wm. Fry signs the petition of the Council and
Representatives of St. X'phers. {Ibid.)
Rendevous Bay. " Lieuf John ffiye in y'' Right of
Katharine his wife layes Clayme unto tweenty acrees of
Land Given her by her father Capt. Thomas Tuck, dec*,
Lyeing and being behind Rendevous Bay Mountaines,
being in breadth 25 Chaines upon y<= Points East & west,
and in lengthe Eighty Chaines upon y'= Points North & south :
Bounded to y* East with y' Land of Cap* Benjamin Lang-
ham, to y^ south with y' topp of Rendevous Bay Mountaines.
To y"" North and west with land untaken upp. Granted by
Warr. fro' Go. Keynell." (Book of Claims, circa 1667.)
Bermudian Valley. " L' John ffrye stands Possessed
of thirty mens Land Bounded to y"^ southward with y» land
of Andrew Curteens & to y^ Northward with y'= Id. of Hugh
Crane & Lewis Owen, Exetending in Longitude from y''
sea side to 7"= top of y"' Next Adjacent Hill, & there to take
y« Breadth of fifety men or 160 Geom. Paces unto y= top of
y= next high Mountainc East & by North. And y* greater
part of it Purchased of M' Allexand. PoUington of London
by virtue of a deed of sale under his hand dated in Lond.
Octob. y* 19"', 1664, y'' other Part as shall be made appeare
by other deeds of sale from John Glaus." {Ibid.)
" More he is Possessed of twelve acres of Land Purchased
from Andrew Curteen by virtue of his deed of sale, dated y®
29"' day of May 1666, and to him Confirmed by Pattent
from Capt. Henry Austin, sometime Govern'^ of this Island.
Bounded to y" North-ward with y* land of y'= s*" ffry, to y^
South-ward with y'= land of Coll. Robert Garden, dec''. Ex-
tending in Longitude from the Mangroves to y'' little hill
upon y= Point East." {lUd.)
"More also nine acrees of Land Bounded to y'= North
with y^ Land of Robert Nanton, to y' south with y« land of
y^ s*" ffrye, to y= East with y'= land of Jasper Griggs & John
Nowling, & to y^ west with y^ land of Anthony Morrell and
y« land of ye s" L' fi"rye." {Ibid.)
St. John's Division, Benjamin Tuck, 200 acres granted
by Governor Austin to Lieutenant Thomas Tuck, his
father. {Ibid.)
1668. Charles Bernard, Teig Hea or Haye, and Thomas
Chatborne of Antigua, planters, sell 150 acres in Npnsuch
to Lieutenant John Ffrye.
1671. Lieutenant John Frye, 19 acres Bermudian Valley
granted by warrant from Hon. Philip Warner, Governor, 13
Jan. 1671, and 9 acres on 23 Jan. 1671 ; surveyed 20 Feb.
1671, March 9. Lieutenant John Fry of Antigua,
planter, sells 50 acres in Nonsuch to John Luscrum.
A small parcel of land was granted to Benjamin Tuck 4
March 1672 by Governor Warner ; surveyed 1 April 1673.
Lieutenant John Fry, 2J acres in Bermudian Valley by
Governor 6 March 1674-5 ; surveyed 27 Aug. 1675.
1675. Warrant dated May 29 from Governor Philip
Warner to Benjamin Tuck, Lawrence Turton, and John
Erie to appraise the estate of Captain John Lynt, deceased.
Return made of 95,641 lbs.
1677. Lieutenant John Fry, 190 acres in Bermudian
Valley in right of his wife Mary, formerly in the possession
of Captain William Kyn ; surveyed 10 March.
1677. John Fry, 180 acres on North side of Rendevous
Bay mountains by Ph. Warner 14 Nov. 1676 ; surveyed 26
April.
1678, March 17. John Crossfeild of Bristoll, merchant,
attorney to Mr. Nathaniel Hawkins and Mary Hawkins of
Bristol, spinster, and Mary Potteau of Antigua, spinster,
sell to Captain John Frye 67 acres at Bermudian Valley.
1678, Sep. 19. Benjamin Tucke for 8000 lbs. sells to
Captains John Cade and John Frye his Rendezvous Bay
Plantation in ye Road Division of 163 acres.
1678, Sep. 22. Tuck and Fry transfer this to Alexander
PoUington of London.
1678. Captain John Frye, 40 acres in Bermudian
Valley by warrant 2 Oct. 1677 from Colonel James Vaughan,
Governor ; surveyed 24 Oct.
" London, February j^ 6th, 1679.
" Cap"" ffrye,
" S' — My last to you was y" 16*'' of December last by
Cap"^ James Bowman, with' a Letter of Attorney Inclosed
for y^ sueing for a Recovery of my plantation, which I hope
is Come safe to yo'' hands .... with my harty love & Re-
spects to you & your good wife.
" I remain, S'^, yo' very Loving friend & Countryman
to Command,
Recorded at Antigua 1680. " Thomas Philp."
FRYE FAMILY.
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Letter of Attorney from Thomas Philp of London,
Gent., dated 5 Feb. 1679, to John Fry of Antigua, factor,
to sell my plantation of 500 acres iu New Division.
1679, Oct. 31. Robert Nicholes, planter, and Zac-
chariah Snooks, planter, each sell 10 acres at Bermudian
Valley to Captain John Frye, planter.
1680, May 13. 32 Chas. IL John Fry, Gent., as
attorney to Thomas Philp of London, Gent., leases to
Richard Shears of Antigua, Gent., 500 acres, formerly Mr.
Thomas Dunning's, in New Division, bounded with lands
formerly Mrs. Catherine Holliday's.
1G80, Aug. 10. Captain .John Fry, attorney to Captain
Thomas Philp of London, on 8 June 1680 obtained a
verdict of Jury to 230 acres, and possession was given by
John Gunthrop, Provost-Marshal of Antigua, and for
10,000 lbs. he sold the said 230 acres called Dunnings to
Colonel Rowland Williams.
1680, Aug. 31. Derby Newgent, iu right of his wife
Margaret, daughter of Captain John Lintt, deceased, warrant
to divide 132 acres now in possession of Captain John Fry,
half to Fry and half to Newgent.
1682. Captain John Fry, 532 acres, patent granted 12
May by Sir W. Stapleton.
1684, 1685, and 1686. Captain John Frye, member of
St. Mary's Vestry. Li 1688 he was rated on 70 slaves and
992 acres; the same in 1093; in 1696 on 72 slaves and
1000 acres.
Conveyance of land to Nicholas Raynsford from Captain
John Frye at Bermudian Valley, where the church is now
standing, south and north 140 feet, east and west 120 feet,
bounded on all sides by John Frye, dated 9 Aug. 1686, 2
Jas. IL, Lib. E, fo. 93.
In 1698 Captain John Frye and Mr. John Frye were
both vestrymen.
In 1701-2 Feb. 18, Captain John Frye, jun., was present.
No. 120. Private. Antigua. An Act to enable John
Frye, junior, and George Thomas, or either of them, to sell
Two hundred and forty Acres of Land, situate and lying in
the Division of New North Sound, for payment of the
Publick and Parish Taxes, and selling the Surplusage for
the Maintenance and Advancement of Samuel Winthrop, a
Minor. Dated the 12th Day of April 1701.
In 1703, April 1st, Mr. Samuel Frye was a vestryman.
1705, June 19. John Frye, Esq., Letter of Attorney to
George Thomas of Antigua, Esq., and Gervase Turton of
Antigua, Gent.
In 1706 Colonel John Frye was rated on 103 slaves and
660 acres. Mr. Samuel Frye on 67 slaves and 300 acres.
Colonel John Frye present at vestry in 1708, 1709,
1710, 1712, 1714.
1711, April 9. Petition of John and Samuel Frye,
Executors of Gervas Turton, for payment for two negros
taken by the French.
John Fry and Thomas Williams, Esq., 28 acres in St.
Mary's Parish for use of Rectors, granted 11 Feb. 1712 by
Walter Douglas.
Colonel John Frye's estate of 100 acres at Willoughby
Bay surveyed 22 Aug. 1713.
On 8 Feb. 1715-16 John Frye appointed Member of
Council ; takes the oath.
In 1716 Colonel John Frye was allotted pew No. 4, and
Samuel Frye pew No. 8.
1717, March 17. Rolandus Frije, Americo-Britannus.
Graduate of Leyden University.
1718, Mai-ch 31. Petition of John Frye stating that he
owns lands in Bermudian Valley of 588 acres, bounded S.
with Mr. Samuel Frye and the salt pond, E. with Samuel
Frye, James Read, Mr. Robert Dunning, and John Stephens,
joining to Parnasses Rock, W. with the sea. Also another
plantation in same Division of 133 acres, N., S., and W.
with Samuel Frye, E. with the top of the ridge of the Great
Mountains. Another in Willoughby Bay and iu St. Philip's
Parish of 304 acres, E. with Mr. Jeffry Lyons, S. with
latter and Mr. William Lavington and Mr. Joseph Lee, W.
with widow Monk and Mr. Mark Jlonk, S. with the sea and
Jeffry Lyons. Another iu St. Paul's Parish of 107 acres,
N. with John Lucas, Esq., and the widow Monk, W. with
Hon. Archibald Cocliran, S. with Robert Christian, E. with
the sea. Petitioner prays for a grant of certain fish ponds,
mangroves, and flashes in the first plantation, also at his
landing place 60 feet into the sea from low water mark by
100 feet long that he may build a wharf. Patent granted.
On 16 April 1718 Col. Frye petitions for a year's absence.
1720, June 11. Rolandus Frijen, Anglus. Graduate
of Leyden University.
Indenture dated 30 March 1724. Samuel Frye of
Antigua, planter, leases 100 acres in St. Mary's parish to
Tho. Bishop.
In 1729 Colonel John Frye, John Frye, jun., Esq., and
Samuel Fry, Esq., were all three present.
1730. The original signature of Rowland flfrye may be
seen iu B. T. Leeward Islands, vols. 21 and 25. Samuel
flfrye signs in vol. 25.
" Frye, Rowland and Samuel, Merchants, Mark Lane."
(London Directory of 1740.)
1746, Nov. 10. The Honble. Jno. Frye, Esq., at present
Member of the Council of this Island, being by age. Blind-
ness, and other Infirraitys, Incapable of acting in the Chief
Command His Excellency appointed Josiah Martin the next
Member of Council to be President. (Minutes of Council).
In 1750 Francis Frye, Esq., present.
1760, Feb. 6. John Frye, Esq., of Great Russel Street.
(' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 103.)
Affidavit of William Boxall of Clifford's Inn, gent., re
deed between Rowland Frye the younger, of Oxford, Esq.,
2nd son of John Frye the younger, late of Antigua, Esq.,
deceased, and brother and heir of John Frye, late of Great
Russel Street, Bloomsbury, Esq., also deceased, who was the
1st son of the said John Frye the younger, deceased, of the
1st part, and Elizabeth Frye of Old Windsor, widow of
John Frye the younger, deceased, of the 2nd part, and
Henry Wilmot of Bloomsbury, Esq., of the 3rd part, grant
of annuity of £200 a year from Rowland Frye to Elizabeth
Frye charged on a plantation in St. Mary's, Antigua, dated
24 April 1767, sworn at the Mansion House before Rob'
Kite, Mayor. Acknowledged by AVilliam Dickinson, sen.,
4 July 1767. Edward Gamble, Registrar.
In 1767 the Hon. Francis Frye was rated on 342 acres
and 149 slaves ; the estate of Rowland Frye on 588 acres
and 236 slaves. In 1780 Rowland Frye on 588 acres and
208 slaves ; the estate of Francis Frye, deceased, on 342
acres and 194 slaves. (St. Mary's Vestry Book.)
1774, Mar. 20. The Hon. Francis Frye, Esq. ; at
Antigua. (' Town and Country Magazine.')
Wm. Cole writes c. 1779 to 1784 :— " Meeting with 2
short pedigrees of Frye of Dorsetshire, with the same arms
as the wife of my friend John Duer of Fulham, in Middle-
sex, Esq., whose name is Frye, and though born at Antigua
yet is descended of a Devonshire family, where her brother
Roland Frye has a good estate, I give them place." Then
follow two visitation pedigrees of Frye of Dorset and Devon.
(Add. MS., 5822, fo. 133, Mus. Brit.)
1795, Feb. 4. At Wallington, Surrey, aged 80, Wm.
Frye, esq., one of the principal fruit and salt meters
for the City of London. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 175.)
Whitehall, 17 March 1801. The King has been pleased
to grant unto William Morris Newton of AVallington, in
parish of Beddington, in county of Surrey, Esq., his Royal
Licence and authority that he and his issue may (in
compliance with certain directions contained in the last
wills and testaments of his maternal groat uncle AYilliam
Frye, and of his maternal uncle Rowland Frye, both late of
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Wallington aforesaid, Esquires, deceased) take and use the
surname of Frye only and also bear the arms of the family
of Frye, quarterly, with those of Newton ; such arms being
first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms and
recorded in the Herald's Office. And also to order that his
Majesty's said concession and declaration be registered in
his College of Arms. (' London Gazette,' p. -1:29.)
Over the North door of Banstead church on a white tablet
within a yellow border, at the top an urn.
Sacred to the memory of Rowland Frye, Esq., Lord of
this manor. He died 20 Oct. 1777, aged 82 years, and was
buried in St. Olave's church, Hart Street, London ; Also of
William Frye, Esq., brother of the above Rowland Frye.
He died 4 Feb. 1795, aged 80 years. Upon his death the
estate descended to his nephew Rowland Fry of TVarfield,
in the county of Berks, Esq., who hath caused this monu-
ment to be erected.
Arms: Within a hordvre Arg.; Verf, three horses Arg.
courant between them a fleur-de-lis of tlie same.
Adjoining is : —
In memory of Rowland Frye, late of Warfield, Berks,
died 14 Feb. 1801, aged 56 years.
Banstead passed with Beddington to Sir Nicholas
Hacket Carew who in 1762 sold this manor to Rowland
Frye, Esq. He died 20 Oct. 1777, ffit. 82, and was succeeded
by his brother William, who, dying 4 Feb. 1795, left Row-
land Frye his nephew, his heir. This gentleman died 1801
and gave the estate to his nephew William Morris, he
taking the name and arms of Frye, which he accordingly
did, and is now (1809) the owner. (Manning and Bray's
' History of Surrey,' vol. ii., p. 595.)
1820, Nov. 18. In Alfred place, Bedford square, aged 57,
William Morris Frye, late of Wallington, Surrey, only son of
the late Col. Newton. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 478.)
Rowland S. Frye rated for St. Peter's Parish 1821-27.
Thornbury Manor now (1822) belongs to Wm. Morris
Fry, Esq., who is patron of the Rectory. (Lyson's
♦ Britannia,' p. 500.)
1829, Aug. 27. At Banstead Park, aged 57, Hen.
Leigh Spencer, esq., late of 7th Royal Fusileers. (' Gentle-
man's Magazine,' p. 285.)
1836, Jan. 19. Aged 22, Henry Newton Spencer, esq.,
of Banstead Park. (Ibid., p. 333.)
1726
1729
1730
1735
1758
1767
1770
1770
1720
1760
1785
1702
1708
1739
Parish Register of St. John.
Baptized.
Feb. 18 Eliz"' the D. of John Frye and Frances
his wife.
Henry the s. of Samuel Frye and Mary
his wife.
Frances the D. of -John Frye and Frances
his wife.
Samuel the S. of Samuel Frye and Mary
his wife.
Dorothy the D. of Francis Frye &
Dorothy his wife.
Samuel the S. of Francis Frye and
Dorothy his wife.
Dorothy the D. of Francis Frye and
Dorothy his late wife. Deceased.
Elizabeth the D. of Francis Frye and
Dorothy his late wife. Deceased.
Married.
Rich'' Gaulony and Bridgett Frye. Banns.
George Frye and Barbara Saweolt. L.
Thomas Freeman to Christian Frye. L.
Biiried.
or 1703 Christopher Fry (? Gen.).
Nov. 22 M" Tuck.
Jan. . . Rob* Frye.
July 7
Sep. 27
Dec. 20
Jan. 10
Sep. 11
May SO
May 30
July 31
Mar. 5
Aug. 9
1759
1761
1766
1775
1794
1738
1747
1791
1827
1790
1796
June 22 Thomas Frye from the Hospitall.
Aug. 31 George Frye.
Nov. 23 Barbary Frye.
Dec. 9 Isaac Frye.
Aug. 28 Joseph Frye.
Parish Register of St. Paul.
Mmried.
Sep. 27 M-^ George Fry & M" Martha Monk.
Parish Register of St. Philip.
Buried.
Mar. 7 Jn° Fry.
Parish Register of St. George.
Baptized.
Ann Gravenor D. of D' John Frye &
Elizabeth his wife.
Anne Elizabeth d.of Rowland Spencer Frye
(Planter) and Mary Ann Cowper his wife.
Married.
John Frye and Elizabeth Buckley, Spinster.
John Wickham Mayer & Elizabeth Frye,
Spinster.
Rowland Spencer Frye, Esq', to Mary Cow-
per Brown, Spinster.at Stoney-Hill, byL.
Bu7ied.
Elizabeth Warner Frye in the Family
burying Ground at M' Gravenor's
Estate.
Francis Frye, S. of Doctor Frye, in the
Family burying ' Ground at M' Gra-
venor's Estate.
Dec. 18
April 26
Nov.
Mar.
4
4
1814 Dec. 15
1802 Jan. 9
1802 Dec. 12
At Long Lane, on a small ledger close to a large vault : —
SACRED
To
The Memory of the
INFANT SON
of
KotajIauD fluO iilari?jFfm
born died
JUNE 6
1824
Justus es Domine.
On a slate ledger at Willoughby Bay Old Churchyard,
in perfect preservation : —
Crest : — A demi-horse couped over ivreath and helmet.
Arms : — .... a fleur-de-lis between three horses courant,
2 and 1 [Frye], impaling, . . . . a griffln segreant with tvings
displayed [? Williams] .*
I. S. R.
Here lye the Remains
of loHN Frye Efq"^
One of his Majefties Covncil of this Ifland
A Man too Worthy
in his Life and Manners
To he loft to Remembrance,
He left the World fi"- March 1747
Aged 78.
" Ffryes " is in St. Philip's Parish. In 1852 it contained
320 acres and was owned by Jos. Liggins.
Another " Ffrys " is in St. ]\Iary's Parish at Bermudian
Valley, and in 1852 contained 543 acres, and was owned by
Eliza F. Spencer.
* The arms of Williams of Denbighshire are : Or, a griffin
segreant gules. John Lucie Blackman mar. Frances, sister of
Thomas Williams of St. Joseph'.^, Barbados ; she was aged 28 in 1715,
aud Mrs. Mary Frye, who died 1769, aged 81, was her younger sister.
FRYE FAMILY.
285
43ttiisree of ffv^t of jHcmtsmat*
Arms. — Verf, three horses and three fleurs-de-lis argent.
Crest. — An arm grasping a short sivord.
Arms were used by William Frye, who died 1736. There is no proof of the Antiguan and Montserrat Fryes being related.
FRYE=r
William Frye of Montserrat, Speaker 1693-5, then a Captain ; Member of Council 1705 ; Presi--
dent 1723 ; died 17 May 1736. Will dated 13 April 1736, recorded at Montserrat only.
He or his ancestors stated to have gone ft'om Devon to Ireland, and thence to the West Indies.
Edward Frye, lst=
son and heir ; of
Christ Church Col-
lege, Oxon ; ma-
triculated 9 March
1710-11, set. 18 ;
Barrister-at-Law
Middle Temple
1719 ; living 1739.
=Mary ....
WiU dated
1 Feb. 1776;
proved 14
x\ug. 1779.
(344 War-
burton.)
Colonel William Captain George-
Frye, jun., of Old Frye, President
Koad Planta- of Council,
tion ; Member of
Assembly 1727.
Will dated 4
May 1732; re-
corded 17 Feb.
1732 at Mont-
serrat.
Montserrat ;
died 8 Dec.
1754.
pJane
. . . .,
living
Thomas Frye,
living 1732 ;
heir to his
Jane Frye,
died spin-
ster 5
1754.
brother
March
William.
1774, «t.
—
74.
Selvin Frye
(son), bur. at
St. Anthony's
Mary Frye,
died before
19 May 1729.
1736.
I
John Ravel Frye,=
only son ; set. 9
or 10 1754 ; ap-
pointed Member of
Council 1768, and
resigned 1780 ;
died 26 June 1799.
=Sarah, 1st dan.
of Percival Pott,
Surgeon of St.
Bartholomew's ;
mar. 25 Nov.
1771 ; she died
27 Oct. 1791,
£et. 41.
I
Mary
Frye,
mar.
Rigby.
Henrietta Frye, mar. (? Arthur
Frye) Skerret of Antigua.
Marianne Skerret,* died
29 July 1887, set. 93.
I I I
Christina Frye, mar.
Birch.
Margaret Frye, mar.
.... Middleton.
Ann Frye, mar.
Yeomans.
I I
Sarah Frye,
mar. Cap-
tain George
French.
Christian
Frye, mar.
. . . . Peters ;
living a
widow 1736.
Mary Frye, born
14 June 1741
at St. Anthony's,
Montserrat.
Major William
Edward Frye,
born 29 Oct.
1783 ; died
a bachelor at
St. Germain-
en-Laye 9 Oct.
1853.
Rev. Percival Frye, born=
27 May 1785 ; of Oriel
College, Oxon ; matricu-
lated' 29 JIarch 1803,
ffit. 17 ; B.A. 1806 ;
M.A. 1811; mar. 18
Aug. 1818 ; Vicar of St.
Winnow, co. Cornwall,
1835 till his death there
28 Nov. 1863, st. 78;
bur. there 4 Dec.
I I I I I I
=Laura Augusta Colonel Charles Mary Frye, born Sarah A son, still-
Hastings Scott Frye, born 8 2 Oct. 1774 ; Frye, born 6 April
Waring, born April 1788 ; mar. 6 Aug. born 1786.
Feb. 1798; died died 1833 in 1803 F. Charles 29Sep. —
at Lostwithiel India. Litchiield, Solici- 1775 ; Another son,
1878; bur. at tor of Treasury, died stillborn 9
St. Winnow 19 and of John spin- Nov. 1790.
Jan. 1878, ast. Street, Bedford ster 9 —
79 and 11 Row ; she died March A dau., still-
months. Jan. 1806. 1844, born 17 Oct.
«t.69. 1791.
Percival=p.
Edward
Frye,
1st son.
John Percival Frye
of Lincoln College,
Oxon ; matriculated
8 Dec. 1836, st. 17.
Henry Fryef
of Chateau-
briant, Loire
Inferieure ;
living 1887.
William Arthur Frye of Oriel Augusta Frye,:
College, Oxon ; matriculated mar. at British
21 Nov. 1850, ffit. 19 ; B.A. Embassy,
1855 ; living 1888 in United Paris, 1846.
States.
=Comte Charles
Ernest de Luber-
sac of Roche-
fort, cousin of
the Marquis and
Comtc Guy.
. . . ., son, settled in
United States 1888.
Louise Amelie Andree de Lubersac, 5th dau.,=rHenry Durett Foster of Bodmin, 7th
mar. 14 Sep. 1886 at St. Winnow, co. Cornwall. | son of late Richard Foster of Castle.
■i"
* Miss Marianne Skerret, who died 29 July 1887, at 41 Beau-
mont Street, Marylebone, ag'ed 91!, had been for many years in her
Majesty's Service, from which she retired in 1861. She was
much beloved and respected by the Queen and all her Majesty's
children, whom she had known from their birth. (' Court Circular.')
She was a prreat linguist and an accomplished woman. The Queen
gave her a life pension of £400 a year.
t Mr. Henry Frye went to Montserrat in 1870, but found that
all the early rejristers in the church there had been destroyed years
ago by the French,
286
THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
William Frye, jun., of Jlontserrat. Will dated 4 May
1732. To my cousin Grace Parsons £30. To my niece
Eliza Frye £40. To my sister .Jane Frye £.50. All my
estate to my honoured fathei- W™ Frye for life, then to my
brother Thos. Frje & his heirs male, then to my brother
Edw* Frye. My father. Col. Tho. Butler, Merch' in Lon-
don, & Geo. French, Esq., Ex'ors. Witnessed by John
Molineux, Nicholas Dougan, Edward Bennett. Sworn 17
Feb. 1732-3. Recorded and examined with original 6
March 1732-3 by George French, jun., Deputy-Secretary ;
transcribed 31 May 1791. Recorded at Montserrat.
William Frye, President of the Council of Montserrat.
Will dated 13 April 1736. To my 3 granddaus., Mary,
Eliza, & Christian Frye, daus. of my son Edw'' Frye, £10
apiece. To my 2 granddaus. Mary French (sic), daus. of
my dau. Sarah French, £10 apiece. To my 2 grandsons
Edw'' Peters and John Peters, sons of my dan. Christian
Peters, £10 each. To my dau. Sai-ah French £12, & to her
husband Geo. French, Esq., £12. To my dau. Christian
Peters £12. To my 2 daus. Henrietta Frye & Jane Frye
£12 each. To my son Edw* Frye, Esq., & his wife Mary,
£12 each. To my son Geo. Frye £12. All the above
sums for mourning. To my son Edw'' Frye, Esq., £400 in
full barr of all claim to my estates in this island. To my
son-in-law George French £500 for the good services he did
me when last in England, also £40 for purchase of 2 negro
girls for my 2 granddaus. Sarah & Eliz. French. To my
son Geo. Frye £50 a year till the lease I gave of the Old
Road Plantation to M>' W™ Earle shall end, also £200 on
condition he release to my daus. Henrietta & Jane Frye a
legacy of £200 left him by my dau. Mary Frye, deceased.
To my dau. Christian Peters £20 a year during her widow-
hood. To my dau. Henrietta Frye £500 & 4 negros.
To my dau. Jane Frye £500 & 5 negros. To my grand-
dau. Mary Frye, dau. of my son Edw"" Frye, £200 at 21.
To my son Edw'' Frye my title to a plantation by me sued
for in Trinity Parish in Palmeto Point Division in St.
Christopher's. I release my son Geo. Frye of all sums
which since the death of my son W™ Frye I have paid on
ace' of the latter's estate, & I give him all the negros
which belonged to W™, except Mincky, whom I have given
to my granddau. Mary French. I give him also all cattle
and horses on condition he abide by the lease granted to
W™ Earle. To my 1st dau. Henrietta Frye £40 yearly,
& to my dau. Jane Frye £30 a year whilst unmarried, &
the use of my garden, dwelling house & furniture, & the
following provisions allowed from the estate, viz. : Ifi barrels
beef, 4 firkins butter, 1 cwt. soap, 1 cwt. caudles, 6 barrels
flower, 12 lbs. tea, 1 cwt. doubly refined sugar, 1 cwt. singly
I'efined do., 25 pots clayed sugar, 3 bari'els brown sugar,
1 pipe Madeira. All residue to the 1^' son of my son
Edw* Frye, then to Geo. Frye in default & to his male issue,
then to ray dau. Henrietta, her issue then to take name of
Frye, then to my dau. Jane, my dau. Christian Peters, then
to the daus. of my son Edw''. W" Fenton & Geo. French
of Montserrat, Tho. Butler & Sam' Travers of Montserrat,
Merch', & my daus. Henrietta & Jane Frye, whilst single,
Ex'ors, & to each a £5 gold signet ring with my coat of arms
engraved thereon. Signed in presence of John Molineux,
Nicholas Vougan, James Cooke, John Warner, on 3 May 1736.
Codicil. All residue to my son Edw'' Frye & his heirs
male. To my dau. Christian Peters £10 yearly more &
£50. I cancel gifts of £400 to my son EdW Frye & £200
to ray granddau. Mary Frye. £600 equally to my daus.
Henrietta & Jane Frye. £12 to my granddau. Henrietta
French. Signed in presence of John Molineux, Bernard
Brady, John Warner, on 3 May 1736.
There is no seal to the will nor date of probate. Re-
corded at Montserrat.
Mary Frye of Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, widow.
Will dated 1 Feb. 1776 ; proved 14 Aug. 1779 by Percival
Pott, the Attorney of John Ravel Frye, Esq., the son, re-
siding at Montserrat. (344 Warburton.) My daus. Mary
Rigby, Christina Birch, Henrietta Skerrett, Ann Yeoraans,
& Marg' Middleton £50 each. To my 4 granddaus, Mary
Clarkson, Christian Birch, Mary Frye, & Sarah Frye, £20
each. To my 4 grandsons, Gilb*- Kigby, Jn° Edward Birch,
Tho. Birch, & Walter Skerrett, £10 each. To my 3 g* grand-
children, Ann Maria Clarkson, Henry Clai-kson, & Henrietta
Clarkson, £10 each, payable to their father. All residue in
Great Britain & British Islands in America to my son John
Ravel Frye, Esq., he sole Ex'or.
John Revel Frye. Will dated 8 Nov. 1798 ; proved
P.C.C. 1799. Leaves his property in Montserrat to be
divided amongst his five children, all under age, viz. : Mary,
Sarah, William, Percival, and Charles Frye. Trustees to
have power to sell estate and divide the proceeds. Corapton
Cox and .... Baker, etc., to be trustees and Ex'ors,
1688. AVilliam Irish a Member of Council.
1692, March 2. Captain William Frye of the Assembly,
and Speaker 1C93, 1G94, 1695.
1693, Aug. 16. Lieut.-Colonel William Irish a Member
of the Council.
Circa 1700. Good signature of Hon. William ffrye of
Montserrat in B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 7.
1702. The death of Hon. John Irish announced.
1712. Losses at the French attack: William Frye, sen.,
£4406 (in another list £6006). Thomas Frye, sen., £207.
Sarah, dau. of Edward Wyke, Lieut. -Governor of Mont-
serrat, married 7 March 1722 William Irish, Esq.
Governor Hart writes on 16 March 1723-4 to say that
he has suspended Mr. William Fry, President of Mont-
serrat (for contradicting him at a meeting of the Council).
He says he has to act carefully, as most of the members are
related to Mr. Fry, Mr. Wyke being his own ncjjiiew,
Mr. Irish mamed his niece and is also his relation in blood,
Mr. Cooke and Mr. Hodges are his cozens german. (B. T.
Leeward Islands, vol. 17.)
Death of William Irish, Esq., of the Council announced
6 Jan. 1725. (Jbid., vol. 18.)
Petition of William Frye, Esq., who has been of the
Council twenty years. (Ibid.)
1725, April 27, William Fry, Esq., is to be restored to
the Council.
In 1726-7 William Frye was Member of Council.
1727, Sep. 26. Edward Frye, George French, junior,
clerk to the Council, Peter French, and others, sign the ad-
dress to George II.
1727, Sep. 27. William Frye, jun., Esq., Member of
Assembly for St. Anthony Parish.
Census 1729-30. Coll" William Frye, Planter, 1 cattle
mill, 44 slaves, 2 in family, 40 acres of canes, and 26 cattle.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 21.)
William Frye, Esq., President, Planter, 1 windmill, 1
cattle mill, 2 men, 5 women, 1 girl under 14, 1 boy under 9,
1 girl under 8, 100 slaves, 7 in family, 100 acres of cane,
60 cattle. (Ibid.)
1744, July 9. An Order was sent from the Lords of
the Admiralty, to the Marshal of that Court, to take into
Custody the Lieutenants Frye, Davidson, and Colepepper,
then on board his Majesty's Ship the " Fowey," at Long-
Reach, lately arrived from .Jamaica, who were tried there
for Mutiny and disobeying Orders, the former of whom is to
be imprisoned for 15 years, and the other two for five.
(' London Magazine,' p. 360.)
George Frye, Esq., First Lieutenant in Brigadier Wolf's
Regiment of Marines, who was committed to the Marshalsea
PRYE TAMILY.
287
Prison, pursuant to a Sentence of a Court Martial held in
the West Indies, for 15 years' imprisonment, was discharged
from his said confinement, by an Order from the Lords of
the Admiralty, and restored to his rank in the Regiment
aforesaid.
1748. Edw. Frye, Esq., a barrister at law. (55,
America and "West Indies.)
Geo. Frye, Esq., is appointed Member of Council 4 Aug.
1748. (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 29.)
Minutes of Council of Montserrat. The Assembly
impeach Hon. George Frye, President of the Council, accuse
him of having defamed both the living and the dead, abused
his authority, and used obscene language, etc., 13 Dec.
1753. Various depositions follow. On 17 Dec. he delivers
his answer, his brother Edw. Frye being his counsel. Four
of the Council! vote him guilty, and be is suspended ou 19
Dec. His Wife is mentioned. [The offences complained
of were very trivial, and all the proceedings ludicrous in
the extreme, V. L. 0.] (B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 31.)
Petition of Geo. ifrye re above, received by their Lord-
ships G Nov. 1754. {Ibid.').
Montserrat (recorded in Court of Chancery, Antigua).
Petition of the guardians of John Ravel, Frye, viz. : —
his mother Mary Frye, widow, and others appointed by his
late father Edward Frye who owned a plantation in St.
Anthony's parish. John Ravel Frye is now about 9 or 10.
Complains that the windmill on the estate has no wind,
it is too near a high mountain. The works should be
moved. Dated 20 May 1754, fo. 82, and on fo. 92. Ex'ors
of Edward Frye against Jane Frye and others 1754-
Edward Frye was son and heir of William Frye, deceased,
30 June 1756.
The case of Capt. George Frye, President of the Council
of Montserrat, containing an impartial narrative of the steps
taken to procure his suspension and impeachment, and his
answer to the Assembly's reply was published 1754 at Lon-
don, 8vo. (518 e. 15, 31 and 1410, g. 43, British Museum.)
He enjoyed a small estate at Montserrat by inheritance
from his father who was President of the Council there.
In the Spanish AVar he served as a volunteer against Cartha-
gena, under General Wentworth, became 1st .Lieut, in
Genl. Wolfe's Marines, and after 15 months' detention was
sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by Sir C. Ogle, 7 Xov.
1744. This unjust sentence having been remitted, he was
restored to his former rank, and received £1000 compensa-
tion. He subsequently commanded 100 volunteers of Lon-
don, became a Captain in the Leeward Islands, and was
appointed a Member of Council before July 1750. Hon.
John Bramley, Esq., was his brother in law. The President's
brother Mr. Edward Frye.
1754, Dec. 8. Capt. Geo. Fry, of the regiment in the
Leeward Islands. (' Gentleman's Magazine.')
1768, Nov. 1. Jno. Ravel Frye recommended to be of
the Council, Montserrat.
1771, Nov. 25. John Ravel Frye, Esq., to Miss Pott,
daughter of Mr. Pott, of Lincoln's Inn. (' Gentleman's
Magazine.')
1774, Mar. 5. Mrs. Jane Frye, aged 74, a maiden lady,
daughter of the late William Frye, Esq. ; President of his
Majesty's Council at Montserrat. ('Town and Country
Magazine.')
1780, June 13. Resignation of Mr. Frye at Montserrat.
1791, Sep. 27. Mrs. Frye, wife of John Reeve {sic)
Frye, Esq., and daughter of the late Percival Pott, Esq.
1709, July 26. In Wimpole street, John Ravel Frye, Esq.
1803, Aug. 6. Henry Charles Lichfield, Esq., of John
Street, Bedford Row, to Miss Frye, of Manchester Street,
daughter of the late John Revel Frye, Esq., of Montserrat.
1818, p. 274. Lately, Rev. Percival Frye, rector of
Dinsdale, co. Durham, to Miss Scott Waring, daughter of
Major Scott Waring, of Half Moon Street.
Rev. Percival Frye was Vicar of Merrington, co. Durham.
3 Oct. 1809, Rector of Dinsdale, co. Durham, 3 Mar. 1812,
Vicar of St. Winnow, co. Cornw., 11 Feb. 1835. (Foster's
' Index Ecclesiasticus.')
1844, March 9. In Woburn Place, Russell Square, at
her uncle's the Ven. Archdeacon Potts, aged 69, Sarah, dau.
of the late John Ravel Frye, esq., of the Island of Mont-
serrat. (' Gentleman's Magazine,' p. 440.)
1846, Oct. 9. At the British Embassy, at Paris, Charles
Ernest, Baron de Lubersac, only son of the Vicomte de
Lubersac, of Rochefort, Seine et Oise, to Augusta, eldest
dau. of the Rev. Percival Frye, of St. Winnow, Cornwall.
{Idid., 1847, p. 79.)
1847, Feb. 16. "At his house in Woburn-place, aged
88, the Rev. Joseph Holden Pott, M.A., Chancellor of the
Cathedral Church of Exeter ; and late Archdeacon of
Loudon." He was son of Mr. Percival Pott, surgeon, of
St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; was educated at Eton and St.
John's Coll., Cambridge, B.A. 1780, M.A. 1783 ; 1787
rector of St. Olave Jewry ; 1789 Archdeacon of St. Alban's ;
1824 Vic. of Kensington, etc. By his will dated 4 Jan.
1847 he desired to be buried near his parents at St. Mary
Aldermary, and bequeathed his fortune of about £20,000
jointly to his niece Mrs. Mary Caroline Earle, wife of the
Rev. E. R. Earle, Vic. of Wardley-with-Belton, Rutland,
and his nephew the Rev. Percival Frye, Vic. of St. Winnow,
Cornwall, etc. (p. 210.) His mother, a dau of Robert
Cruttendeu, a writer, was living in 1809, aged 85. {Ihid.,
p. 659.)
Fro.m Family Bible.
On the 25th of November 1771 John Ravel Frye of the
Island of Montserrat, West Indies, was married to Miss
Sarah Pott, Eldest daughter of Percivall Pott of Lincoln's
Inn Fields.
The children of J. R. Frye and Sarah Pott his wife.
1st. Mary, born 2* of October 1774 ; married 6 August
1803 to Fr. C. Litchfield, solicitor of the Treasury ; died in
.January 1806, leaving an only son, Percival Edward Litch-
field, still living in Paris.
2nd. Sarah, born the 29th of Sep''" 1775 ; died un-
married 9th March 1844.
3rd. William Edward, born the 29th of October 1783 ;
died unmarried on the 9th of 8'""' 1853 at Saint Germain en
Laye, France.
4th. Percivall, born the 27 May 1785 ; married 18
August 1818 to Laura Augusta Hastings Scott Waring ;
has issue 6 sons and 2 daughters, of whom hereafter ; died
the 28th of November 1863.
5th. A son, stillborn 6th April 1786.
6th. Charles, born the 8th of April 1788 ; died in India,
Colonel of his regiment, in 1833.
7th. A son, stillborn November 9"» 1790.
8th. A daughter, stillborn October 17'" 1791.
Sarah Frye, wife of John Ravel Frye, departed this life
27th of October 1791.
John Ravel Frye departed this life June 26'" 1799.
Parish Register of St. Anthony, Montserrat.
(B. T. Leeward Islands, vol. 28.)
Baftized.
1726 Dec. 30 Jane a Slave of M" Mary Frye.
1741 June 14 Mary y« D. of M' George & Jane flTrye of
y* parish of S' Antiiony was christened.
Buried.
1729 May 19 Selvin S. of President Fry was buried.
288
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
There is an excellent pedigree of the Frys of Yarty in
Colonel Vivian's ' Visitations of Devon,' pp. 375, 376, and
377, but there is no clue to the West Indies. Their arms
were : Gules, three horses coicratit argent.
A pedigree of Fry of Tarrant Gunfield was recorded in
the 'Visitation of Dorset, 1623,' and of this family was
John Frye, one of the Regicides, who died 1657, aged 46,
leaving a son John. Their arms were : Vert, a fleur-de-lis
or, hetiveen three horses courant argent.
Mr. E. A. Fry of 172 Edmund Street, Birmingham, and
Mr. George S. Fry of Walthamstow, have been collecting
for several years everything appertaining to the Fry family,
but they have not been able to ascertain the origin of the
Frys of Antigua and Montserrat.
END OF VOLUME I.
3ntjejc of i^ames.
Names in Italics have the arms given at those references.
„ in Small Capitals are the headinijs of Pedigrees.
„ with a prefix will be found under such prefix.
A., J. L., 274 ; — , cxxxi.
A'Court, Hon. A. W. H., clis.
Abbis, William, 129.
Allot, 1, 2.
Abbot, Alice, 2 ; Anne, 2 ; ^Viithony, 2
Bartholomew, 2 ; Carl Ulrich. 2 ; Dimaris
2 ; Dorothy, 2 ; Edith, 2 ; Edward, 1, 2
Elizabeth, 1 ; George, 2, 3 ; .loane, 2 ; John
1. 2 ; Louisa Manning, 18 ; Louise Ann, 3
Margaret, 2 ; Martin, 2 ; Mary 2 ; Maurice
2, 3 ; Richard, 1. 2 ; Col. Richard, Ixxxii
Robert. 2, 3 ; Rev. Robert Ralston, 18
Sarah, 2; SybbiU, 2 ; —1,2.
Allot t, 1, 3.
Abbott, Amalia Ulrich, 2, 3 ; Anna Dyett,
2 ; Anne, 1 ; Anne Dyett, 2, 3 ; Bridget
Gill, 3 ; Carl Ulrich, 2, 3 : Edward, 2 ;
Elizabeth. 2 ; Elizabeth Shallcross, 3 ;
Fred.. 3 ; George, 2 ; Grace, 2, 190, 193 ;
Harman Wickham, 3 ; Henry Mackenzie,
2, 3 ; Hester, 1 ; Jane, 1 ; John, cxiv, 1, 2,
20, 190. 193, 19-1 ; Capt. John, 1 ; Lieut.
John, 1 : Louisa Manning, 2, 3 ; Louise
Ann, 3 ; Margaret Elizabeth, 3 ; Mary Ann,
2, 3 ; Matilda, 3 ; Sir Morris, 3 ; Richard,
1,' 2 ; Brig. Richard. 2 ; Col. Richard, Ixxv,
Ixxvi, 1, 2 ; Lieut.-Col. Richard, 1 ; Maj.
Richard, 1 ; Robert, 2, 3; Robert Harman,
3 ; Robert R.. 2 ; Robert Ralston, 2 ; Rev.
Robert Ralston, 3; Samuel, 3 ; Thomas, 1 ;
William. 2 ; William Jackson, 2, 3 ; Hon.
-, 2 ; -, 3.
Abeeles, Charles, 266.
Abercorn, — , Lord, cxlv.
Abercrombie, Gen. Sir Ralph, cxli.
Aberdeen, — , 205.
Aberdein, Robert, cxlvii, el, 250.
Abrahall, Richard, 1, Ix.
Abraham, Elizabeth, cxii ; Isaac, Ix ; Ph.,
Ixxxix ; Phil., 94 ; Phillip. Ixxxvi.
Abram, Jane, 90 ; Sarah, 247, 248.
Abramson, Step., xxiii.
Abrathwaite, Francis, 44 ; James, 44.
Abrihall, Jone, lix.
A'byam, Joane. 110 ; Thomas, 110.
Acton, Anne. 144 ; Beatrice, 2.')3 ; Sir Edward,
252, 253 ; EUzabeth, 252 ; Rev. John, 253 ;
Richard, 43 ; — , 144.
Adair, Anne, 36 ; Maj. Wallace, 36 ; — , 36.
See also Mackittrick-Adair.
Adam, Jane, 41 ; Robert, 41 ; William, 41.
Adams, Anna. 41 ; Conrad, 46 ; Elizabeth,
40, 41 ; Frances, 41 ; James, 41 ; Jane, 41 ;
John, cxxii ; Joseph, Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxiii,
Issxvi, 40, 41 ; Mary, 40, 41 ; Peter, xcv,
41 ; Robert, 41 ; Robert Jacob, 41 ; Roger,
xci, 41 ; Samuel, cxxii ; Thomas, 274 ;
Capt. Thomas, 41 ; William, lix, 41 ; — ,
cviii, 40.
Adamson, — , 27.
Addis. John, cxiii.
Addison, Robert, xcviii, cii ; Capt. Robert,
cv ; Sarah, ex.
Addjitt, or Adgett, Peter, lxxxvii,xciii, cxiv.
Adeane, Annabella, 55 ; Robert Jones, 55,
56 ; — , 56.
Adney, Benjamin, 258 ; Henry, 258 ; Mary,
258 ; Sallie, 258 ; Sarah, 258.
Adshead, Thomas, cxi.
Ady, John, Ixvi.
Affleck, —,14.
Agar, John Henry, 257.
Agnew, Sir Andrew, 225 ; Capt. — , 225 ;
°— 225.
Ailh'aud, Jacob, 279 ; Joseph, cxiv ; Mar-
•■■aret. cxiv. See also Alhand, Alihaud.
Aiusworth, Ann, 226 ; Louise Ann, 3 ; Tho-
mas, xcii.
Aird, David, 105, 209 ; John, cUi, 92 ; Dr.
John, 108.
Akehurst, Thomas, xxv.
Albemarle, Mark, Duke of, 110 ; — , Earl of,
cxix.
Albert, Martin, 251.
Albiston, Symon, xciii.
Aldis, James, 63 ; Susannah, 63.
Aldred, Capt. Caleb, 137.
Alexander, Anne, 192; Biss, 4 ; Bisse, 4;
Charles, xcix, 4, 5, 67 ; Capt. Charles. 5 ;
Lieut. Charles. 5 ; Christopher, 5 ; Eliza-
beth. 4, 192 ; Harry, cxx,'4, 5, 192, 209 ;
Jane, 192 ; John, 192, 246 ; Lydia, 4, 5,
192 ; Margaret, 4 ; Thomas, 4 ; William,
4 5.
Alford, Daniel, 74 ; John, 128 ; Joseph, 74.
Algoe, David, ciii.
Alhand, John, 74.
Alihaud, Elizabeth, cxii ; Jacob, cxii.
Allan. Elizabeth, 84 : John, cxl, 265, 266 ;
Robert, 84 ; Sally, 68.
Allanby, Dr. William, cxxxviii.
AUardice. See Barclay-Allardice.
Allcock, Syer, Ixxxvii ; Tho., 45 ; William,
128.
Allen. Ann. cxii, 6 ; Charles, 6 ; David,
cxii ; Elizabeth, 5, 6 ; Fra., 6 ; Francis,
lix ; Henry, cxi, 6 ; Jo., 53 ; John, xvii,
xxxi, cliii, 5. 6, 170, 171, 196, 274 ; Joseph,
5, 6 ; Leonard, 5, 220, 221 ; Lucy, 6 ; Mar-
garet, 5, 6 ; Mary, oxiii, 5, 6 ; Rachel, 5, 6 ;
Richard, Iv, 6 ; Robert, 5, 6, 71 ; Susannah,
6 ; Thomas, xcvi. cxl, 5 ; Thomas Redhead,
5 ; William, Iviii, cxiii, cxiv, cxvii, cxviii,
5, 6, 25, 135 ; Capt. — , cxviii ; — , Ixxxv,
cxviii, 5. See also Alleyn, AUin, Alyen.
Alley, Charles, civ ; Francis, cliii ; James,
cxiii ; John, cliii.
Alleyn, Elizabeth, 258 ; Judith, 46 ; Rich.,
cxvi.
AUicock, Jane, 256 ; William, ciii.
AUin, Rebecca, 6 ; Robert, 6 ; Samuel, 6 ;
Capt. William, 6.
Allison, Peter, Ix.
AUott, Pal. Henry, 105.
Almond, James, Iviii.
Alpin,John, ciii.
Also2}, 216.
AIsop, Ann, 34 ; Daniel, 216 ; Dorothy. 216 ;
Elijah, 34, 75, 216 ; Elisha, 39 ; Peter, 85,
216; Rachel, 34, 36, 216; Rebecca, 216,
244 ; Robert, 115 ; — , 216.
Alyatt, — , 237.
Alyen, Clement, xxiii.
Amonnett, Samuell, xciii.
Ancaster. See Bertie.
Anderdon, — , 223.
Anderson, Agnes, 274 ; Alice Byam, 7 ; And.,
7; Ann, 7, 176; Anne Byam Wyke, 7 ;
Anne Daly, 7 ; Barry, 7, 277 ; Benjamin,
7 ; Catherine, 7 ; Rev. Chr., 12 ; Clemen-
tina, 7 ; Elinor, 7 ; Eliza Christina, 7 ;
Elizabeth, 7, 192 ; Elizabeth Mary, 238 ;
EUinor, 7 ; Ester, 7 ; Esther, 12 ; Helen,
7 ; Henry, 7 ; Isaac, cix, 7 ; Isabella, 7,
138; James, ciii. oxv, 209,274 ; Dr. James,
7,176; Jesse, 7 ; Jo.. Ixxix ; John, Ixxxvi,
7, 177 ; Capt. John, 7 ; Jos., cliii ; Mar-
garet, 7 ; Marian, 7 ; Mary, 7 ; Octavia
Louisa, 7 ; Philip, 7 ; Richard, 7 ; Rob.,
cxl ; Robert, 7 ; Rowland, 7 ; Sarah, 7 ;
Susanna, 7 ; Theodosia, 7 ; Thomas, 7 ;
William, 7, 275 ; — , Ixxvii, 7, 192.
Anderton, Hannah, 37 ; Sarah, 229 ; Wil-
liam, ex, cxvi, 37, 279.
Andiens, Fra., cxiii.
Andrew, Margaret, 54 ; Martin Blake Fitz,
54 ; Maj. — , xliii. See also Fitz- Andrew.
Andrews, Fra., cxii ; Jane, cxiii ; John,
xxiv ; Capt. John, 17; Joseph, 35; Capt.
Joseph, 17; Mary, 151; Phineas, 117.
Anglston, Elizabeth, 168.
Angus, — , lii.
Ankittle, Sarah, cxii.
Anne, Queen of England, Ixxxvii.
Anthony, Francis, Ix ; Michael, cliii.
Anthonyson, Thomas, cliii.
Antrobus, Mary, cxii.
Ap Arthur, Howell, 95 ; Jone, 95.
Ap David, Howell Gam, 95 ; Joane, 95.
Ap Dyfnwall, Soilit, 95.
Ap Elvarch, Grono ap Trehayrne ap Blaithe,
95 ; Jannett, 95.
Ap Griffith, David, 95 ; Maude, 95.
Ap Gwyllym, Johanna, 95 ; Llewellyn, 95.
Ap Harry, Alice. 120 ; Watkin, 120.
Ap Howell, Griffith, 95 ; Jannett. 95.
Ap Jenkin, Gwentliau, 95 ; Gwillim, 95.
Ap Kradog, Ellen, 95 ; Mireg, 95.
Ap Kynwell, Gladis. 95 ; Kynwyn, 95.
Ap Kynwyn, Arthur, 95 ; Ellen, 95.
Ap Llowarth. Grono, 95 ; Jone, 95.
Ap Merick, Jevan, 95 ; Joane, 95.
Ap Owen. Elizabeth, 194 ; Richard, 194.
Ap Seliff, Eignion, 95 ; Ellen. 95.
Ap Thomas, Thomas, Iviii.
Aplon, Sergt. — , viii.
Appleby, Christopher, xviii.
Applegate, Barth., xciii ; — , Ixxx.
Appleyard, Robert L., 140.
Apthorpe, John, 66, 67.
Arbonin, James, 275.
Arbuthnot, Rev. George, 226 ; Robert,
xcvii, 103.
Archer, James, cxiv ; Capt. Samson, 117.
Archibald, or Archbould, Ann, 8 ; Charity,
8 ; Elizabeth Rachael Ann, 8 ; Frances, 8 ;
Henry, 8 ; James, 8 ; Jane, 8 ; John, 8 ;
Joseph, 8 ; Dr. Joseph, xciii ; Josh., oxv ;
Joshua, 8 ; Dr. Joshua, 5, 8, 75 ; Lucy, 8 ;
Margaret, 8 ; Mary, 8 ; Richard Boddi-
cott, 8 ; Sam., xcvii ; Samuel, 8, 40 ; Sa-
rah, 8 ; William, 8, 91 ; William Yeamans,
8 ; Dr. — , xcviii.
Ard, Benjamin, cxiii.
Ardem, Tho., 87.
Ardinois, Jan, 87.
Argyle, — , Duke of, 121.
Arlington. Lord, xliii, xliv, xlvi.
Armiger, Elizabeth. 44, 48, 50 ; William, 44,
48, 50.
Arminson, Peter, 43.
Armitage, Thomas, xxiii.
Armstrong, Rachael, cxii ; Ralph, 151 ;
William, 179 ; — , 151.
Arnald, or Arnold, Barrakiah, Ixvi ; James,
77 ; Mich., Ixxxix, xciii ; Michael, 258 ;
Micha., Ixxxvi ; Owen, c ; Patk., cxiv ;
Richard, 143.
Aron, — , 65.
Artey, — , cxiii.
Arundel and Surrey, Thomas, Earl of, 168.
Arundell, George, 117 ; Richard, Lord, 102 ;
— , 138.
Ash, Abigail, 9. 16 ; Ann, 9 ; Elizabeth, 9, 58,
63 ; Frances, 9 ; Henrietta, 9 ; James Wil-
liam, 9 ; John, 9, 242 ; John Yeamans, 9 ;
Martha, 9 ; 0. Y., cxlv ; Oliver Yeamans,
cxliii, cxlvi ; Ralph. 9 ; Richard, Ixxxix,
xciii, xcvi, 9 ; Rowland, civ, cv, cviii, cxiii,
cxv, cxvi, cxix, 9, 103, 104, 264 ; Capt.
Rowland, cv. 9 ; Sarah Ayres, 9 ; Thomas,
9 ; William Gunthorpe, 9 ; Yeamans Oliver,
9 ; — , Ixxvii, 9, 58.
Ashburne, Samuel, 232.
Ashton, Henrietta, xix ; Henry, xix, lii ;
Capt. Henry, xix ; Col. Henry, xx, xxvii ;
Mary, 195 ; Capt. — , 1 ; — , xxiii, lii, 73,
138.
Ashur, — , cviii.
Ashwell. Francis, Iviii ; — , cviii.
Aska, John, 196 ; Jos., 196 ; Josh., 195 ;
Simon, cxii.
Askwith, Robert, 21.
Asten, — , xiv, xv.
Astley, Roger, cxiv.
Astry, James, viii.
Asty, Benjamin, 103.
Atcheson, Annette Ellen, 224 ; Rev. Anthony
Singleton, 224.
Athel. Jane, 12, 226 ; John, 12, 226 ; Joseph,
12.
Athill, 10, 12.
Athill, Ann, 11, 12 ; Ann Matilda, 12 ; Ann
Turner, 10, 13; Anne, 10, 11, 13; C. H.,
222; Christian, 10, 12. 205 ; Christopher,
12 ; Dorothy, 10, 12 ; Duncan B., ciii, 12 ;
Duncan Bayer, 13 ; Eliza, 12, 13 ; Eliza
Amelia, 12; Eliza Grace, 12; Elizabeth,
10, 11, 12, 13; Elizabeth Rachel Russell,
P F
290
THE HISTOEY OF ANTIGUA.
10; Ellen, 11; George, 11. 12,13 ; Georgina,
11,13; Georgiua Justina, 12 ; Hannah, 1 1 ;
J., 12; James, cxx, cxxi, cxxvi, csxxiv,
cxxxix, cxlii, cxliv, cxlv, cxlvii, cxlix, 5,
10, 11, 12, 13, S5, 151, 181. 1.S5, 181! ; Capt.
James, 12 ; Dr. .James, cxxxix. Id, 12, 184,
185, 281 ; Hon. Col. James, cxliii ; Hon.
James, 12. 13, 76, 203 ; Jane, 10, 11, 12, 13,
22.1 ; Joe. 12; John, cxliii, 10, 11, 12, 13,
184, 185, 225. 282 ; Dr. John, 10, 12, 13,
225 ; Hon. John, 13 ; John F., 12 ; John
Foulger. 11, 12; Joseph, cxxiv, 12; Dr.
Joseph, 10 ; Joseph L.. cxxiv, cxxvii ;
Joseph Lions, 13 ; Joseph Lyons, cxxiii,
cxxiv, cxxvi, cxxxiv, cxxxix, 10, 12, 26,
265; Margaret, 11, 12; Mary, 10, 11. 12,
13, 175; Mary Ann, 11; Mary Rebecca
Ann Oliver. 12 ; Nicholas Lynch, 10; E.
O., cxliii ; Rachael Russell, 13 ; Rebecca,
12 ; Richard Bickerton, 11, 12, 13 ; Richard
Oliver, cxx viii, cxxxiv, 10, 13,175 ; Samuel,
cxxiv. cli, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 76, 282 ; Dr.
Samuel, cxxiv, cxl. 13, 175 ; Hon. Samuel,
cxxxix, cxliv. 11, 12, 13, 281; Samuel
Byam, cxxviii, cxxxix, 13, 175, 193 ; Dr.
Samuel Byam, 10 ; Hon. Samuel Byam,
13 ; Sarah, 12, 13 ; Sarah ,Jane. 13 ; Selina
Theresa, 12 ; Selina Therisa, 10 ; Thomas,
10 ; William, 10 ; William H.. 12 ; William
Harman, 12 ; Capt. — . 12 ; — , 10, 11, 12.
Sfe also Athel.
Athy, Athey, or Athye, Elizabeth, 13, 266 ;
George, 13 ; Honour. 13, 86 ; John, 13, 86 ;
Margaret, ex: Mary, 13; Serjaut, 13;
Tabitha, 13 ; Ulick, 13 ; — , 13.
Atkins. Elias, cxvii ; Sir J., Iv ; John, xlix,
li, Ix ; Sir Jonathan, li, Ivi.
Atkinson. Benjamin A., 18, 20, 23. 24 ; Gra-
tia. 17. 18, 20.23, 24 ; John, Iviii ; Samuel,
li)6. r.)7; Simon, cxiii ; William, cxix,
cxxii, 238 ; — , civ.
Atturuey. George, 16. See uUo Turney.
Atwell, William, Ix ; — , evil, cviii.
Aubrey. Ann, 255.
Auchinleck, 14.
AUCHIXLECK, A. M., 14; Aiidro, 15; Ann,
15; Anna Maria, 14, 15; Charles, 14, 15;
Christian. 15 ; David. 14. 15 ; Eleanor
Jane. 14, 15. 233 ; Elizabeth, 14. 15, 16 ;
EUeuJane, 231,232 ; Gilbert, 14,15, 231,
232. 233 ; Gilbert Goulstoh, 14 ; Gilbert
Grahame, 14, 15 ; Graham, 14, 15 ; James,
15 ; John, 14, 15 ; Margaret, 14,15; Maria
Dobson. 14, 15; Mary, 16, 257; Mary
Gilchrist. 14, 15 ; Melville, 14, 15 ; Robert.
15 ; Sam., cxxxix ; Samuel, 14, 15, 16 ;
Samuel Grant, 14, 15 ; Samuel Martin, 14,
15 : Samuel Stratton, 14. 15 ; Sarah, 15 ;
W. D., 15 ; William Douglas, 14, 15 ; — ,
Baron of, 14 ; — , 14, 15.
Austerbat. or Austerbert, Mary Ann, 53, 55 ;
— , 55.
Austen, or Austin, George, 2 ; Hen., 22 ;
Capt. Henry, 282 ; James, x ; Jane, 2 ;
John, Ixi, 238 ; Ensign John. Iviii, Ixi ;
Val., xliii ; — , 22. 76. i»4, 138, 238, 282.
Aven, Mary, 128.
Avie. Capt. — , Ixi.
Avison. Hannah. 43.
Aylet, Magd., 150.
Aynsworth, Row., 43.
Ayon. Michael, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, xcv, 22.
Ayees, or Ayers, Abigail, 'J. 16 ; Ann, 16,
38 ; Anne, 16, 3i> ; Benjamin, 16 ; Ja.,
Ixxxvii ; James, 9. 16.275; John ci, 16, 38,
39 ; Nathaniel. 16 ; Richard, xxiv. 1, liii,
Ixii. Ixvi, Ixvii, 16 ; Capt. Richard, xlvi,
xlviii, 16; Col. Richard, 16; Lieut.-Col.
Richard, Ixi ; Sarah, 16 ; William, 16 ; Wil-
liam Steel, 16 ; — , 16.
Ayscue. Sir George, xx, xxi.
B
B., C, cxxviii ; E., cxxviii.
Baack, Mary, 275.
Bacheler. Marm.. Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xci.
Backer. William, lix ; — , 124.
Backhouse, Mary, 152.
Backus, Gerard, 89.
Bacon, John. 1. 16 ; Nathaniel. Ixxx, 16 ;
Rebecka, 240 ; Samuel, 240.
Badby, Edward. 128.
Badder. Joane. 168 ; William, 168.
Bagg, Elizabeth, 57 ; John, 57 ; Mary, 57.
Bagnal. John, 89.
Baijek, Col. B., 38 ; Barbara, 30 ; Bastian.
Ixix, 17. 18, 20; Col. Bastian, Ixv, Ixix,
22. 30. 31. 39, 137 ; Lieut.-Col. Bastian, xlv,
22 ; Cathrin. 17, 18 ; Gertrug, 17, 18 ;
Joanna, 17, 18 ; Naha., 18, 22 ; Nicholas,
18, 22 ; Sebastian, 18 ; Col. — , xxxii ; — ,
18. See aim Otto-Baijer and Bayard,
Bayart, Bayer, Beyer, Boyare, Boyer,
Boyers, Byar, and Byares.
Bailey, Elizabeth, cxiv ; James, cxi ; William,
cxii.
Bailli, James B., 1 79.
Baily, Nathaniel, 236 ; — , 236, 251.
Baimbridge, Mary, 65, 6G, 67 ; — , 65.
Baine, — , 244.
Baipts, Bast., Ixv.
Baker, Elizabeth, 202, 203 ; George, cxi ;
John, xciii, 195, 209 ; Jonas, lix : Margaret,
ex ; Mary, 103, 128, 209 : Robert, ci, cii,
cxvi, 202. 203, 272 ; Sarah, 276 ; Steph.,
xcviii ; Maj. William, Ixvi ; — , 138, 286.
Balch. Rev. Thomas. 102.
Baldwin, Charles, 37 ; Chr., 92 ; Christopher,
xxiii ; F., 46 ; Katherine, 8 ; Capt. Thomas,
153 ; — , cxviii, 255.
Bale, JHen., xliii ; Tho., Ixxx.
Baley, Nich., 87.
Balfour, J., cxl ; John, 23.
Ball, Eleanor, 77 ; Hopefull, 134 ; Jos., Ixix ;
Richard, cxiii, 77 ; Sam., Ixv, Ixix ; Sarah,
cxi ; Thomas, lix : William, lix.
Ballingale, David, 197; Elizabeth, 197.
Balmer, James, 186.
Bamfield. John. 70, 149 ; Margaret, 70, 149.
liamiarde, Robert, xviii.
Bampfylde, Jane, 147; Sir Richard, 172;
Sir Richard \V., 147 ; Sir Richard War-
wick, 152 ; — , 172.
Banbury, Jos., Ix ; Tho., Ixxx.
Banester, Edith, 2 ; Jo., 2.
Bangers, Will', xxiv.
Banister, Alexander, xi ; Ann, 32, 33 ;
Elizabeth, 32, 33 ; Harriet. 32, 33 ; Ja-
netta, 33, 34 ; Jenny, 33 ; John, 25, 32,
33, 66, 106 ; Mary, 32 ; Richard, 34 ; Ro-
bert, 33, 34 ; Maj. — , xlvii.
Bannister, Alice, 31, 32 ; Alice Gilbert, 31 ;
Anne, 31, 32, 34; Catherine, 31; Eliza-
beth, 31, 32, 33, 34 : Harriet. 32 ;
Henrietta Maria, 32, 34 ; Janetta, 31, 32 ;
Janetta Macarther, 31, 32 ; John ci, ciii,
cxi, 31, 32, 33, 34, 230; Joseph, 31. 34 ;
Martha, 31, 32 ; Mary. 31, 32, 34 ; Richard,
31, 32, 34 ; Robert, ci, cxvii, cxix, 31, 32,
34, 92 ; Thomas, 31, 34 ; Maj. — , xlii ;
— , 31, 32, 3i;.
Baraston. Richard, xxxv ; Samuel, xxxv.
Barber, John, cxv ; Ruth, 35,
Barbor, Dr. — , 150.
Barbottain, John, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, 68 ; — , Ixxvii, Ixxviii.
Barclay, George, 114 ; — , 14.
Barclay-AUardice, — , 14.
Barham, — , cxli.
Barker, Hen., 143 ; Mary, 143.
Barkly, ^neas, 140, 141,
Barloe, John, lix ; William, 94.
Barnard, Barth.. 184 ; George, 145, 152 ;
Jas.. cliii ; John, Iviii, Ixxxvii, xciii, 184 ;
Mary, 145. 152 ; Samuel, cliii ; Sarah, 184 ;
Tho.. 46 ; — , 21.
Barnell, Ben., 150.
Baruen, Richard, cxi.
Barnes, Agnes, 160, 162 ; Ann, 34, 35, 36,
183, 280 ; Arthur Vernon, 36 ; Bartho-
lomew, 2 ; Benjamin, Ixxx, xciii, 34, 36 ;
Catherine, ex, 35, 36 ; Christian, 36 ; Da-
vid, clii ; Edward, 35, 36 ; Maj.-Gen. Ed-
ward, cxlviii ; Elizabeth, 36 ; Henry, 35 ;
Isabella, 34, 35 ; John, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, 34,
35, 36, 75, 116, 160, 161, 162, 216 ; Margar.,
2; Mary, 34, 35, 36 ; Nathaniel, 34. 35, 36 ;
Philip, 34, 35 ; Rachel, 34, 36, 216 ; Re-
becka, 35, 36 ; Rebeka Anne, 36 ; Rhoda,
35 ; Samuel, cliii ; Capt. Samuel, 36 ;
Sarah, 34, 36 ; Thomas, 34, 35, 36 ; Ursula,
34, 35 ; William, Ivii, lix, Ixv, Ixvii, Ixix.
Ixx. cxi, 9, 34, 35, 36, 62, 138, 280 ; Maj.
William, Ixi, 34, 35, 107, 116 ; Sergt.-Maj.
William, 35 ; — , 34.
Barnet. James. 114 ; Mary, 43.
Barnwell, T., cl.
Baron. Ensign Robert, Ixx.
Barrell, James, cxi ; John, cxvi.
Barrett, Bartho., Ixxiii ; Catharine, 250 ;
James, 7, 134, 250 ; Jesse, 7 ; Mary, 274 ;
■ Nathaniell. 120.
Barrington, William, Viscount, 152, 155,
171 ; Admiral — , cxxiv ; Gen. — , cxviii.,
Barry. Chr. Mary Antony, 53 ; Garrett, lix ;
John, lix, Ixvii ; Pat., cxii ; Robert, Ixii ;
Thomas, cxii, cxv.
Barsham, Thomas, 255.
Barston, Jam.. 41.
Barter, Agnes, 36, 37 ; Ann, 36, 37 ;
Charles, 36, 37 ; Edm., Ixxxix ; Edward,
36, 37; Elizabeth, 36,' 37; Frances, 36,
37 ; James, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxvii,
cxiv, 36, 37 ; Capt. James, Ixxvi, Ixxvii,
Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, 37, 257 ; Maj. James, 36,
37; John, 36, 37; Margaret, 37; Mary,
37 ; Renalder, 37; Renaldus, 37 ; Renolder,
36, 37 ; Samuel, 36, 37 ; Susanna, 37 ;
Thomas, Ixxxi ; Warner, 33, 34, 36, 37 ;
William, 36, 37 ; — , cxiv, 36, 37.
Bartholomew, Abra. Lynch, Ixxxvi ; Am-
brose Lynch. 5, 258.
Bartlett, Elizabeth, 240 ; Thomas, lix, Ixx,
cxiii.
Bartley, WilUam, Ixxx.
Barton, Ann, l(i, 38, 39, 235 ; Arthur, Ixii;
Bastian Anthony, 38, 39 ; Catharine, 39 ;
Christian, 38, 39, 51 ; Christian Ann,
38, 39; Christopher, 38, 39; Edmund
Grant, 38, 39 ; Elizabeth, 38, 39, 40 ;
Elizabeth Ady, 39 ; Elizabeth Mary,
39 ; Frances, 39 ; Gustavms, 131 ; Henry
Bladen, 38, 39 ; Henry Webb, 39 ; Hunger-
ford, 117 ; James, lix, ciii, cvii, cxii, cxiv,
cxv, 38, 39, 40, 51 ; James William, 38, 39 ;
John, cliii, 38, 39, 103 ; John Samuel, 38,
39, 51 ; .John Samuel Christian, 38. 39 ;
Margaret, 38, 40 ; Mary, 39, 267 ; Mary
Ann. 39, 262 ; Mathew, 38, 39, 277 ;
Richard, 39, 188 ; Robert, 39 ; Robert
Bright, 38, 39 ; Robert Gibson, 38, 39 ;
Samuel, cliii, 38, 39 ; Sarah, 38, 39 ;
Thomas, 39, 196 ; William. Ixxx, cxiv, 39,
196 ; —, Ixxvii, 38, 39, 235.
Barty, Thomas, cxiii.
Barwell, Martha, 46 ; Robert, 46.
Barzey, Capt. William, Ixxxii.
Bashan, John, Ix.
Basnett, Ann, 181.
Bass, Capt. — , ovi.
Bassell, — . 124,
Bassett, Alexander, 255.
Bassnett, Ann, 181.
Bastin, Rachell, 136.
Bate, Richard, 151. 153 ; Col. William, 145,
169 ; — , 14.5.
Bateman, William, 119.
Bates, James F., cliii ; Richard. 151 ; William,
39; Maj. William, 169-.
Bath, John, lix ; — , Countess of, 172.
Bathurst, Louisa, 100 ; Peter, 100 ; — , Earl,
100.
Batt, Elizabeth, 100 ; Mark, 100.
Battersby, George, 125.
Battyn, Anna Maria, 273 ; William Dottin,
273, 275,
Bawdon, John, Ixv.
Bawu, Barbara, 142 ; Francis, 183; Peter, cxiv.
Bawne, — , Ixxx.
Baxter, Elizabeth. 271 ; John, cxlii, 252 ;
Mary, 271 ; R. W., cliii ; Sarah, 252, 255 ;
William, xliii, Ixv, 271 ; — , cxxvii. Sea
also Fleming-Baxter.
Bayard, Bastion, xxxv.
Bayart, Bastion, xxxv ; Sebastien, xxxiii ;
Col. — , xxxii,
Bayer, Bastian, lii, 137 ; Lieut.-Col. Bastian,
xxxvi, xlii. xlv, 102 ; Otto, Ixxi ; Col. — ,
Ivi, Ixix ; Lieut.-Col. — , xxxvi. See also
O'Bayer a)id Otto-Bayer.
Bayes, Anne. 120; Rev. Joshua, 120; Mary,
120 ; Nath., 120; Tho., 120.
Bayley, Ann, 235 ; Benjamin, 150 ; Eliza-
beth, 235 ; Jane, 235 ; John, xvii, 196 ;
Mary, 235 ; Melusina Warburton, 260.
266 ; Nathaniel, 235. 23G. 260, 266 ; Susan-
na, 235 ; Zacchary, 235, 236 ; — , 196, 235,
236.
Baylis, Eleanor, 117.
Bayly, Hon. Elizabeth, 235 ; James,
Ix ; John, xxxi ; Mary, 235 ; Nathaniel,
235 ; Zachary, 235, 236 ; Hon. Zachary,
236.'
Baynes, E. D., clix ; Edward, cUx ; Thomas,
clix.
Beams, Grace, 43.
Bean, Catherine, 245 ; John, 245 ; Sam.,
cxvi.
Beard, John, 153.
Beardsley, Ann, 120 ; George, 122 ; Isaac,
117; Job, 117; Richard. 117, 118, 120,
121, 122 : Sarah, 117, ll.S, 120, 122 ; Susan,
120; Susannah, 117, 120 ; Tho., 117, 120,
122 ; — , 122.
Beaufort, Henry, Duke of, 144 ; ^ Somer-
set, Duke of, 172.
Eeaulieu, Ann, 68, 69 ; Henrietta, 68 ; Capt.
Henry, 68 : Margaret, 68.
Beaumont, John, 46.
Beazley. Charles Nightingale. 243 ; Fanny,
243.
Beck, John, Ix ; Sir Justus, 87 ; Thomas, 1,
liii, Ix.
Beckford, Lady Albinia, 201 ; Fra., 201 ;
Beckwith, Lieut.-Gen. George, cxlvii ; Gen.
— , cxlvii,
Bedford, — Russell, Duke of, 192 ; — , Earl
of. XX.
Bedingfeilde, Col. John, xvii.
Beecher. Alice, 97 ; Sir William, 97.
Beelsnyder, Catherine, 89 ; Francis, 89 ;
Gerard, 89 ; Johanna, 89 ; Johanna Jacoba,
89 ; Susanna Catharina, 89,
Beijen, Ann, 104.
Beildfeild, Derick, 41.
Belain, Pierre, ix.
INDEX OF NAMES.
291
Belchamber, Thomas, Ixvi, Isvii, Ixs, 271.
Belcher, James, Ix ; Rich., xlv.
Belgrove, Robert. Iviii.
Bell, C. S.. clix ; T., clix ; Thomas, ex, cxxiii.
Bellamy, John, 1 53.
Bellasis, Elizabeth, 41.
Bellot, John, cUi.
Belmont, — . civ.
Belt, David, Ix.
Belton, John, 1.51.
Benbovr, Rich., Ixxvii ; Admiral — , Ixxi.
Bcndall, -10, 41.
Bendalt.. Amy, 41 ; Ann, 40, 41 ; Davis, 40,
41 ; Edward, ciii ; Edward Chester, ciii,
40, 41, 1 14 ; Eliziibeth, 40, 41 ; Hopefor,
Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, xcix, 40, 41 ;
Joanna, 40, 41; Joseph, 40, 41; Lydia,
cxi ; Mary, 40, 41 ; — , Ixxvii, Ixxviii, 40,
41.
Beng, Joseph, Ix.
Benifield, — , viii.
Bennet. Lady Camilla, 25() ; Rev. James T.,
.■)4 ; Jane. 202 ; Mary, 54.
Bennett, Edward, 2)S(; ; Rev. Edward Leigh,
172; Ellinor, 172; H. 0., clix; Henry
Ogilvie. clix ; John, 128 ; Joseph, 46 ;
Mary, cxii ; Michael, 102 ; William, 19G ;
— , Ixxxv.
Benson, Elizabeth, xci ; John, Ixxx ; — ,
Ixxvii. cviii.
Benton, Edward, 120.
Benware, Dr. Ben., ci.
Beuzoine, John, Ixxx.
Beomount, — , 20.
Bereus, Joseph, 2Gj.
Berkeley, Sir George, clviii ; Rowland, 155 ;
Tho., cxlvii.
Berkley, Samuel, 21.S ; — , Lady, 255.
Bermingham, Jlathw., Ixxxiii.
Bernard, Ann Mary Dorothy, 152 ; Lady
Baltina, 87 ; Catherine Jacoba, 87 ;
Charles, 282 ; George, 43 ; Lord Jan, 87 ;
John, i'Jo ; Maria, 87 ; Mary, 43, 152 ;
Dr. — , 100.
Bernardiston, — , 214.
Bernell, Lewis, Ix.
Bernhard, Catherine, 81.
Berrie, Rev. .James, 230 ; Eev. — , 216.
Berrington, Nath., Ixxxvi.
Berry, James, 237 ; John, Iviii ; Capt. John,
xxxvii ; Sir John, xl, Ixix ; Margaret, 259 ;
Mary, 2(i4 ; Thomas, cxii ; — , 30.
Bertie. Lady Albinia, 201 ; Brownlow, Duke
of Ancaster, 201 ; Lady C^aroline, 200, 201 ;
Edward, 57; James, cliii ; Jane, 201;
Jjady Jane, 201 ; Lady Mary, 200, 201 ;
Peregrine, Duke of Ancaster, 201 ; Robert,
Duke of Ancaster, 201 ; — ,201 ; — , Duke
of Ancaster, 200.
Bervill, John, Ix.
Beshoou, — , Ixxvii.
Besse. — , xxix, xxx, xxxvii, xlv, xlix, li, Iv,
Ivii, Ixi, Ixii, Ixv, Ixvi, Lxvii, lxi.x, 09, 112.
Best, Anna Maria, 49 ; Thomas, 49 ; Capt.
— , cxlii.
Betham, — , 56, 200.
BethM, 42.
Bethell, Anna, 42 : Anna Maria, 145 ;
Anne, 145 ; Bourchier, 42. 43 ; Bridget,
42, 43, 152 ; Hon. Caroline Georgiana Har-
riott, 170 ; Chr., 43 ; Christopher, 144, 145,
152, 170, 171; Capt. Christopher, 152;
Christopher Codrington, 186 ; Dorothy, 42,
43 ; Elizabeth, 42, 43, 145, 171 ; Frances,
42. 43 ; Hannah, 42, 43 ; Lady Harriet,
144; Hugh, 41, 42, 43, 44, 151, 152; Sir
Hugh, 41, 42, 44; John, 170; Kingsley,
1511 ; Mary, 42 ; Nicholas, 42 ; Priscilla,
42, 43, 152 ; Robert, 43 ; Sarah, 43 ;
Slingsby, xcii, 41, 42, 43, 44, 145, 152, 156,
1S7, 195, 220, 227 ; Walter, 42, 43 ; Sir
Walter, 42, 43. 44 ; William, 41, 42, 43,
145, 172 ; Dr. William, 41, 43 ; Rev. Wil-
liam, 42 ; William John, 145, 170, 171 ;
-, 42, 43.
Bethells, — . cxiii.
Bettley, William. Iviii.
Betts, George, cliii ; George A., cliii ; Row-
land B., cliii ; Sam., cliii ; Thomas, cliii.
Beuret, — , cvii.
Bevan, — , 43.
Beyer, Era., 124.
Bezoon, John, Ixxx, Ixxxvi.
Bezune, Anthony, xcix, cxii ; Henrietta,
cxi. 7 ; J., 229 ; — , Ixxviii.
Biam, Henry, 106 ; Joannes, 109.
Bickerton, Anne, 11 ; Capt. Richard, 11.
Bickford, John, ex, 232.
Biggs, Bryant, 211.
Bignall, Mary, 129 ; Will', xxiii.
Bilenton, John, 128.
Bill, J., 57.
Billinghnrst, John, cliii, 21, 265, 266 ; Jos.,
cliii ; Samuel, cliii.
Billington, — , cxxxvii.
Billop, Capt. X'pher, Ixiv.
Bims, Robert, viii.
Bindon, Rev. Robert H., clix.
Bing, Henry, Ix.
Bingham, George, cxii ; Hen., cxii ; — ,
cxxiii.
Binney, Capt. James, 50.
Bintell, — , Ixxvii.
Birch, Christian, 286 ; Christina, 285, 286 ;
John Edward, 286 ; Oliver, 85 ; Tho., 286 ;
— , 285.
Bird, Francis, 119 ; Jane, 102 ; John, cxiii ;
Peter, 168 ; Philemon, Ixxii, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, 213, 232 ; Maj. Philemon, Ixx ; Phil-
lem., lxvii ; William C, cxi ; — , Ixxvii.
119.
Birkett, James, cii, ciii, cxi ; John, cxi.
Bishop, Ann, 35 ; C, 12 ; Charles, 10 ; Mary
Eleanor, 272 ; Selina Theresa, 10, 12 ; Tho-
mas, 257, 283 ; — ,17, 272.
Bisse, Thomas, Ixv, Ixvi, 79 ; Capt. Thomas,
Ixvi ; Ensign Thomas, Ixx.
Bitterley, Nicholas, xviii.
Bitton, Will, xxiv.
Bivin, William, 86.
Black, George, cliii ; Joseph L., cliii ; Ro-
bert, Ix.
Blackadore, — , cviii.
Blackbourne. William, Ix.
Blackie, Prof. — , 179.
Blackiston, Nathaniel, lxvii, Ixx ; Col. Na-
thaniel, Ixix.
JSlachman^ 48.
Blackman, Ann, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 ; Anna
Maria, 4.5, 46, 47, 48, 49 ; Bridget, 44, 48 ;
Bryan, 47; Bryant, 50; Dorothy, 49;
Elizabeth, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 ; Fran-
ces, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 280, 284 ; George,
46, 47, 48, 50 ; Henrietta, 45, 46, 47, 49 ;
Jacob, 46, 47, 48 ; Jacob Lucie, 45, 46, 49 ;
Jeremy, 44, 48, 50 ; John, 46, 46, 47, 48 ;
John Lucie, Ixxv, Ixxx, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50,
278, 279, 280, 284 ; Col. John Lucie, Ixxvi,
107 ; Hon. John Lucie, Ixxviii, 45 ; Joseph,
44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 ; Katharain, 47 ;
Lucie, Ixxviii, 44, 45, 47, 49, 60 ; Col.
Lucy, Ixxvii ; Margaret, 45, 46, 49 ; Mary,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. 278 ; Maurice, 44,
48 ; Priscilla, 46, 47, 48 ; Rowland, 26,
28, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 105, 208 ; Samuel, 45,
46, 47, 48 ; Sarah, 47 ; Susan, 44, 46, 49 ;
Susanna, 44, 45, 49 ; Thomas, 47, 48, 50 ;
Thurston, 45, 46, 48, 53, 140, 218, 279 ;
Wake, 44, 48 ; William, 44, 47, 48 ; Col.
— , Ixxvii ; — , 47, 48, 50.
Blackston, — , 128.
Bladen, Anna Maria, 39, 51 ; Barbara, 51,
52 ; Christian, 39, 51 ; Christian Ann, 38 ;
David, 51, 75; Effee Smith, 62; Eliza
Ann, 52 ; Elizabeth, 51, 75 ; Frances, 61 ;
George, ci, cxiv, 51, 52, 74, 75, 78 ; Grace,
51, 62 ; John William, 62 ; Martha, 51, 52 ;
Mary, 51, 52, 74, 75. 78 ; Mary Powell, 52 ;
Nicholas, 51 ; Richard Howard, 52 ; Sarah,
51 ; Sarah Bright, 52 ; Thomas, 52 ; Tho-
mas Smith, 52 ; Thomas \V., 52 ; William,
75 ; William George, 51 ; William J., 52 ;
William James, 39, 51 ; William John, 51.
Blagburn, John, 17.
Blagden, George, 47 ; Jane, 146, 158, 160 ;
Roger, 160; Thomas, Ixxxvi, 146, 160,
161 ; William, 160; — , 158.
Blagg, Capt. Edward, xxii ; Capt. — , xxv.
Blagrave, George, 89.
Blaine, John, ci.
Blair, Christian, 204, 205, 258 ; David, 205 ;
Rev. David, 204 ; Isabella, 205 ; James,
31, 33 ; Janetta, 31, 33; Magdalen, 205 ;
Seymour, 205.
Blaithwaite, William, 151.
Blake, 64.
Blake, Adeline, 55 ; Alexander, 56 ; Andrew,
52, 64, 66 ; Ann, 56, 279 ; Armabella, 53,
54, 55 ; Arthur, 52, 53, 55 ; Arthur Gar-
land, 53, 55, 56 ; Barbara Frances, 53 ;
Benjamin, 56 ; Brian, 56 ; Catherine, 55 ;
Cecilia, 66 ; Christopher, 52, 53, 54, 56 ;
Domk., 52 ; Edmond French, 55, 66 ; Ed-
mund, 52 ; Edward, 52, 53, 54, 65, 56 ;
Elizabeth, 53, 56, 56, 84, 86 ; Emily Eliza,
65 ; Eustace James Pilkington, 55 ; Fr.,
56 ; Frances, 65 ; Frances Barbara, 53, 64 ;
Frances Marian, 54 ; Francis, 52, 65 ;
George, 53 ; George Henry, 55 ; George
Pilkington, 66 ; Henrietta, 65 ; Henry, 53,
56 ; Rev. Henry Bunbury, 54 ; Sir Henry
Charles, 64, 66 ; J. B., 56 ; Sir James, 66 ;
James 13unbury, 55 ; James Henry, 53 ;
Sir James Henry, 54, 56 ; Jane, 53, 55, 56 ;
Jean Graham, 56 ; John, Ixiv, 53, 65, ,56,
185 ; Louisa, 54 ; Louisa Anuabella, 55 ;
Louisa Elizabeth, 64, 56 ; Lydia, 56 ; Mar-
cella, 54 ; Jlargaret, 62, 54, 55, 56, 274 ;
Maria Charlotte, 54, 55, 56 ; Mark An-
thony, 53 ; Martin, c, cxiv, 62. 53, 54, 56,
84, 86, 281 ; Maj. Martin, cv. 55, 56 ; Mar-
tin Tomlinson, 53, 56 ; Mary, 64, 56 ; Mary
Ann, 53, 54, 55, 66 ; Nicholas, Ixxxvii ; Pa-
tience, 52 ; Patrick, 52, 63, 54, 55, 66 ; Sir
Patrick, cxlii, 53, 54, 56 ; Sir Patrick James
Graham, 54 : Patrick John, 54 ; Pen., 53 ;
Penelope, 56 ; Peter, 52, 54. 55 ; Sir Peter,
56 ; Robert, 56 ; Sarah. 52, 54, 5(i ; Sarah
Town, 53 ; Mibilla, 64 ; Stedfast, 66 ; The-
mas. 53 ; Thomas Gage, 55 ; Valentine
O'Connor, 56 ; William Gage, 54 ; Rev.
William Robert, 54 ; — , 53, 54. 56.
Blanchard, Tho., 151.
Bland, Esdras, 128.
Blanden, John, Iviii.
Blandford, — , 27.
Blane, John, cii, civ, cJci.
Blashford, Jone, lix ; Margaret, 194 ; — , 194,
Blathwayt, Frances, 212, 214 ; William, Ixv,
Ixx, 212,214,271.
Blechynden, John, 218, 219.
Blencowe, Charlotte Louisa, 103 ; Robert
Willis, 103.
Blish, Ensign Tho., Ixx.
Bliss, Catherine, 153; Mary, 163; Philip,
153.
Blissard, Christopher, 64 ; Dorothy, 63 ;
Elizabeth, 67 ; Jane, 64 ; Samuel, 67 ; Ste.,
227 ; Stephen, 57, 209 ; Thomas, 57.
Blizaed, Abigail. 63 ; Alice, 67, 63 ; Alice
Bradley, 63 ; Ann, 58, 69, 62, 63, 64 ;
Chrisr. C, ciii ; Christopher, cxiii. 57, 59,
62, 63, 64 ; Dorothy, 57, 58 ; Eliza, 64 ;
Elizabeth, 9, 57, 68, 59, 60, 62, 63, 98,
108 ; Fran.. 35 ; Frances, 58, 59, 63, 64,
237, 240 ; Francis, 57, 63 ; George, 57, 58,
63 ; Giles, lix, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, cxiii, cxxviii, 57, 58, 62. 64, 237 |
Capt. Giles, 58, 62 ; Ensign Giles, Ixi ;
Lieut. Giles, xxiii ; Hannah, 57 ; Hen.,
Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx ; Henry. 9. 57, 58, 62,
63 ; Henry John, 58, 62, 63 ;' Isaac, 58,
62 ; J. L., 179 ; Jane. 57, 68, 69, 60, 62,
63 ; Jer., Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, cxix, cxxi, 35,
102 ; Brig. Jer., Ixxix ; Capt. Jer., Ixxvi ;
Col. Jer., Ixxxv ; Maj. Jere., Ixxxiv ;
Jerem., Ixxxvi ; Jeremiah, Ixxvii, Ixxxv,
cxxi, 22, 57, 58. 60, 62. 63, 64, 247 ; Brig.
Jeremiah, Ixxx : Col. Jeremiah, xciv ;
Lieut.-Col. Jeremi.ah, Ixxxix ; Maj. Jere-
miah, Ixxx ; Capt. Jeremy, Ixxv ; Maj.
Jerh.. Ixxix ; John, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64,
275 ; Capt. John, cv ; Col. John, 275 ;
John Bradley, 63 ; John Henry, 63 ; John
Knight, 57, 59, 62 ; Jonas, 63 ; Dr. Jonas
L.. 178; Jonas Langford, 57, 59, 62, 63;
Dr. Jonas Langford, cxxxix, 57, 62 ; Jo-
seph, 67 ; Joshua 57 ; Louisa 59, 62, 63 ;
Margaret, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 237 ; Mar-
garet Langford. 67, 59, 62, 64 ; Mary, 8, 57,
58. 59, 60, 62, 63, 64; Priscilla, 57; Ra-
chell, 68, 64 ; Rebecca, 67, 59, 62, 63, 101,
111), 179; Rebecca Margaret, 57, 59, 60,
63, 178, 180; Richard, 58, 62, 64; Rich-
ard Joshua, 63 ; Richard P., ciii ; Robert,
58, 62, 63 ; Rowland John, 68, 63 ; Samuel,
57, 58, 62, 63 ; Sarah, 33, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
62, 63, 64, 183 ; Sophia, cxi, 63 ; Steph.,
xcv, xcix, cii. cviii, cxiii, cxxii ; Col. Steph.,
cv ; Hon. Steph., cxvii ; Stephen, xcvii,
xcix, ci. cvii, cviii. cix, 24, 32, 33, 57, 58,
63, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 78, 98, 101, 103, 105,
107, 108, 114, 115, 116, 130, 154, 195, 196,
198, 217, 218, 221, 237. 262 ; Hon. Stephen,
184, 210 ; Stephen Weatherill, 57, 59, 63,
64 ; Thomas, 57, 58, 62 ; William, cxiii, 8,
57, 68, 62, 63, 64 ; William Thomas, 59,
62 ; X'pher, 63 ; — , cxiii, 237.
Blizzard. Alice, 63 : Alice Bradley, 63 ; Anna,
63 ; Christopher, 63 ; George, 63 ; Henry,
64 ; Dr. James Langford, 179 ; Jane. 63 ;
John Bradley, 63 ; Margaret Langford,
179 ; Richard Joshua, 63 ; — , 179.
Blograve. Thomas, 264, 265.
Blondel, — , XXXV.
Blount, Martha, 43 ; Teresa, 43.
Blowers, Mary, cxii.
Bluck, Ann, 119 ; Mathew, 129 ; —,119.
Blunden, — , Ixxx.
Blundon, John, Ixxxvii.
Blunt, Martha, 43 ; Teresa, 43.
Boag, Ja., 134 ; James, cviii, cxi.
Boddicot, Richard, 246.
Boddington. Benjamin. 76, 263 ; Thomas, 76,
199, 200. 206, 263 ; — , 205.
Bodkin, 64.
Bodkin, Andrew, cxi, 5, 53. 54, 64, 65 ; Ann
65 : Barbara, 64, 65 ; David, 65 ; Doml
nick, Ixxvii, 64, 65, 217 ; Elizabeth, 64,
66 ; Ester, 64, 65 ; James, 65 ; Jane, 64
John, lii, 65 ; John M., 64. 65 ; Joseph, 64,
65 ; Lawrence, 64, 66 ; Margaret, 65
Mark, 65 ; Martin, <;5 ; Mary, 64, 65, 224
Mary Ann, 53, 54 ; Megg, 65 ; Molly, 65
Penelope. 64. 65 ; Thomas, cxiv, 9, 64, 65
— , Ixxvii, cvii, 64.
Bodycoate, Tho., 129.
Boer, Tho., 22 ; — , 22.
Bogers, William, ex.
Bogle, Agues, 274 ; Andrew, 272 ; Elizabeth,
272, 273 ; Grace, 276 ; James, cvii, 272 ;
292
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
James Andrew, 272 ; John, 272, 276 ; Maria
Ann, 273 ; Mark, 272 ; Mary, 272 ; Mary
Eleanor, 272 ; Rebecca, 275 ; Robert, 27i ;
Samuel, 272, 276; Sarah, 272, 276; — ,
272. .SV« also Bougie.
Bogle-French, E.. 273, 276 ; Elizabeth, 273,
27.T, 276 ; Elizabeth Jane, 273 ; .J., 276 ;
James, 275, 276 ; Louisa Jane, 276 ; Mary,
273, 276 ; N., 276 ; Nathaniel, 273, 275,
276 ; Rebecca, 273 ; St. John, 276 ; — , 273,
276.
Bogle-Smith, Bertha, 273 ; Cuthbert, 273 ;
James, 273 ; Mary, 273 ; Mary Ann, 273 ;
Minnie, 273 ; Stewart, 273.
Bogue. Dr. — , cvii.
Bohun, Mary Ann, 56.
Boileau, Hen., Ixxix ; Capt. — , Ixxxii.
Boiserett, — , xxvii.
Boitiere, P., x. ISee also De Boitiere.
Bokeby, John, Ixv.
BOLAN. Alice, 65, 66 ; Christopher, 65, 66 ;
Elizabeth, 65, 66, 67 ; Francis, 65, 66, 67 ;
James, cvii. 65, 66, 67 ; John, ci, cii, cxiv,
65, 66. ()7, 230 ; Margaret, 65, 66, 67 ; Mar-
garett, 67 ; Mary, 65.
Bolson, Dorothy, 2 ; John, 2.
Bolton. Duke of, Ixviii.
Bonche, Col. Jean, xxxiii.
Bonole, Jane, 111, 112 ; John, III, 112 ; Col.
John, 111, 112; Mounteney, 111. 112;
— , 111. See also Bouncle and Buncle.
Boncley, I., xxxiv ; — , xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv.
Bond, Dennis, xix ; — , viii.
Bone. Elizabeth, 70.
Bonner, Francis, Iviii ; Mary, 125.
Bonnet, Ben.. 87, 89.
Bonneville, Amand, 85, 240, 241 ; Charity,
85, 240, 241.
BONNIN, Aman, 68 ; Dorothy, 84, 86 ; G., 68 ;
Gousse, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, 68, 69 ; Dr. Gousse,
Ixxxv, 68 ; Hannah Mary, 68 ; Hen.,
xcviii, cxi, 68, 69, 230 ; Jane, 68 ; Joseph,
69 ; Margaret, 68, 69. 92 ; Mary. 68, 69, 230 ;
Peter, 6S.
BooNE, Ann, 70 ; Christian, 70 ; Edward, 69,
70, 71 ; Elizabeth, 70 ; James, 69, 70, 71 :
Jane, 70, 71 ; John, 69, 70 ; Jones, 69, 70,
71 ; Joseph, 69, 70, 71 ; Lucey, 70, 71 ;
Lucie. 70 ; Margaret, 70, 71 ; Mary, 69,
70, 7! ; Rachel, ex, 70, 71 ; Rebecka, 70 ;
Sam., Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx ; Samuel, ex. 69,
70, 71 ; Sarah, 70, 71 ; Susannah, 70 ; Tho-
mas. 70 ; William, Iv, lix, Ix, Ixv, Ixvi, ci,
69, 70, 170.
Booth, Capt. Andrew, lii ; Arthur, Ixx ;
John, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, 229, 262 ;
Nath.. cxii ; Rebecca, cxi ; Rich., Ixv ;
Robert, 254 ; Tho., 151 ; Lieut. — , Ixx.
BOEASTON, Ann, 71, 72 ; Benjamin, 71, 72 ;
Elinor, 72 ; Elinor Hathome, 72 : .Jane,
71, 72 ; John, 71 ; Jos., cxi; Joseph, 71,
72, 198; Margaret, 71, 72; Mary, 71;
Rebecca, 72 ; Rich., liii. Iv. 72 ; Richard,
71, 72, 217, 238; Maj. Richard, 71, 138;
Richard Hanson, 72 ; Richard Samuel, 71 ;
Stephen, 72, 217; Steven, 71 ; Theodora,
71, 72 ; Thomas. 71 ; — , 71. 72, 217. See
also Baraston, Buraston, Burraston, Bur-
reston, Burriston, and Burrowston.
Bosden. — , cxviii.
Boston. William Irby, Lord, 50 ; — Irby,
Lord, 48, 50.
Boswell, — , 14.
Botking, Tho., Ixxxvi.
BOTT. Alexander, 72. 73 ; Rev. Alexander, 72 ;
David, 72 ; Elizabeth. 72, 73 ; Frances, 72 ;
Francis, 72, 73 ; Henry, 72, 73 ; James,
72 ; Jane, 72 ; Jean, 72, 73 ; John, cxi, 68,
72, 73, 75, 135, 206 ; Joseph, 72, 73 ; Mar-
garet, 72, 73 ; Mary Ann Eliza, 72, 73 ;
Richard. 73 ; Samuel, 72 ; Sarah, 72 ; 8arah
Farley, 73 ; Thomas, 73 ; Thomas William,
72 ; — , cxxx.
Boucher, Edward, 17; Sally Grove, 181.
Boudinot, Ann, cxi, 114 ; John, xoi.
Bougie, Elizabeth, 276 ; James, 276.
Bouisson, Chas., clii.
Bouncle, —,112.
Bourchier, Bridget, 42 ; Jane Barbara,
173; Sir John, 42; Capt. Sir Thomas,
173.
Bourdillon, Rev. Thomas, 2U0 ; — , 200.
Bourke, John, 185 ; William, 86.
Bourne. Eleanor. 113 ; Elizabeth, 114 ; John,
113, 114 ; Dr. John, 113 ; Commodore — ,
Ixxxiii ; — , 113.
Bourstell, John, 258 ; — , 258.
BouBson, Jlichael, cliii.
Bouverie, Hon. Bartholomew, 262. 263, 268,
269 ; Hon. William Henry, 262, 268, 269 ;
— , Lord Radnor, 262.
Bovine, M.. 1.
Bowden, Catherine, 279 ; John, lis, 92.
Bowell, Tobias, 1 7.
Bowen, Jane, ex ; John, Ixxx, 107 ; Richard,
xciii, 76 ; Samuel, 107.
Bower, Mary, cxiv.
Bowers, Christopher, 57 ; Hen., ciii ; Henery,
63 ; Henry. 59 ; Jane, 57 ; Jane Blizard,
216 ; John, 57, 59, 63 ; Mary, 57, 59, 63 ;
Rebecca, 59, 63 ; Simon, 5.
Bowes, Thomas, xxiv.
Bowey, .James, cxii.
Bowie, William, 206.
Bowin, William, oxv.
Bowles, Robert, 223.
Bowman, Capt. James. 282 ; Rich., cxi ;
Richard, cxxvii, 34, 134.
Bowyer, Alexander, 75 ; Robert, 47 ; Lieut.-
Gen. — , cxlii.
Boxall, William, 46, 47, 283.
Boyare, Lieut.-Col. Bast., 22.
Boyd, James, HI, 112; Jane, 111,112 ; John,
cliii, 209 ; — , cxvii.
Boydell, Samuel, 140.
Boyer, Bastien, xxxv ; Peter, xxiv.
Boyers. Col. — , Ix ; Lieut.-Col. — , Ix.
Boyle, Charles, 151 ; Lady Elizabeth, 212 ;
Lady Helen, 212 ; Dr. James, ci : John,
Earl of Glasgow, 212 ; Dr. — , xcviii.
Boylestone, Dr. — , xcviii.
Boyse, John, xxiv.
Brabazon, Barnab., Ixxxix.
Brackamont, Dominicus, Ix.
Bracken. Hen., cii.
Brackstone, Robert, cxiv.
Bradeson. John, Ixxx,
Bradey, .John, Ixxx.
Bradfeete, Chaa., cliii.
Bradford. Elizabeth, 119; The, 119; — , c ;
— Bridgman, Earl of, 102.
Bradley. John. 274.
Bbads'haw, Bridget, 73, 124; Chidley, 73;
Elizabeth, cxii ; James, 7.3 ; Jane, 73 ;
John, 73, 124, 196 ; Martha, lix, 73 ; Mary,
73 ; Obad., liii, xci. xciii. 73 ; Lieut. Oba-
diah, 37, 73 ; Capt. Obed., 1 ; Richard, 73 ;
Sarah, 73 ; Thomas, 73 ; William, xxiii,
Ixxvii ; — , Ixxvii, 73.
Brady, Bernard, 286 ; John, Ixxix, 265, 275.
Braham. John, cxv.
Braithwaite, John, 46.
Brakell, Jonas, cxi.
Bramble, Owen, 112.
Bramley, John, xlix, 271 ; Capt. John,
Ixxxii ; Hon. .John. 287.
Bramwell, John, Ixxviii, Ixxx.
Branch, Rev. C. J., clix.
Brand. Dorothy, 267 ; John, 38, 39 ; — ,
38, 39.
Brandenburgh, Elector of, ciii.
Brandthicht, or Braudtlicht, Henry, 87.
Brauthwaites, Mich.. 244.
Bray, — , 196, 284.
Brayne, Lieut. -Gen. — , xliii, xliv.
Brebner, George, cxvii ; Hon. J., cxix ;
James, cvii, cxiii, cxvii, cxviii, cxix, cxx,
114, 115, 116, 205, 2.59, 281 ; Mary,
205.
Brecknock, Mainerch, Lord of, 95.
Bremner, John, cliii.
Brenan, James, ex, cxv ; John, 237, 274 ;
Mary, cxii ; — , Ixxx.
Brest, John, Ixxxvi.
Breton, Tho., Ixxxvi.
Brett, John, Ixxv. Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix ; William, Iviii : — , Ixxviii.
Brettargh, William, 246.
Bretton. Abraham, Ix.
Breuster, Benj., 119; Margaret, 112; Tho.,
47. See also Bruster.
Brice, Thomas, 223.
Bridge, Sir Tobias, xliii, xlv, lii ; SirTobyas,
xliii.
Bridger, — , 179.
Bridges, Anne, 120 ; Brook, 120 ; James,
cix; Jane, 232, 233; John, 82, 177;
Rebecca, 177; Samuel Lovely, 232, 233;
Sarah, 177 ; Tho., ex, 177 ; — , 138.
Bridgman, Anne Charlotte, 102 ; Hon. Rev.
George, 102 ; — , Earl of Bradford, 102.
Biudoman, Symon, xviii.
Briggs, Thomas, xlv.
Bright, Ann. 38, 40 ; Elinor, 38, 39 ; Elinor
Sarah, 38 : Elizabeth, 38 ; Elizabeth Sarah,
38 ; John, cxxiii. 38, 40 ; Mary Pike, 38 ;
Sarah, 38, 40 ; Thomas, 40 ; — , 38.
Brinchoff, or Brinkhoof , Fran,, cxi, 258.
Brinton, James, cliii ; William, cxiv, cxlvii,
clii, 92, 137.
Brisbane, Helen, 212, 214 ; Thomas, 212, 214.
Brisco, Caroline Alicia, 253, 255 ; John, 255 ;
Sir John, 253.
Brisket, Capt. Anth., xviii.
Brittaiu, or Britton, John, li, liii ; Ensign
— , Iv ; Ensign John, 1, Ix : Ursula, 151.
Broadbelt, Col. Carey, 2 ; Rich., Ixix ; Lieut.
Samuell, Ixx ; Brig. — , 193.
Brock, John, lix.
Brodie, Alexander, 4, 5, 75, 132 ; Ann, 5 ;
Elizabeth, 5 ; Lydia, 5, 56 ; Mary, 5.
Brodrick, Hon. Frances Ann, 265 ; George,
Baron, 265 ; George, Viscount Middle-
ton, 265 ; Hon. John. 265 ; Hon. — . 266 ;
— , Viscount Middleton, 266.
Brome, John, 46 ; Lavinia, 102 ; Philip, 272.
Bromfeild. Jane, 228 ; John, cxiii.
Bromley, Hon. Henry, 53 ; Marianne, 53 ;
William, 17 ; — , Lord Mountford, 53.
Brompton, Thomas, 254.
Bromswick, Edward, 148; Margaret, 148.
Bromwell, Owen, Ix ; — , Ixxvii.
Brook, John, Ixxxvii.
Brooke, Elizabeth, 42 ; John, ciii, cviii,
cxvii, cxix, cxxi, 92, 210; Sir John, 42,
43 ; Richard, 43 ; Sam., xcviii ; Tho.,
xcvii ; Tho. Langf ord, cxlvii ; William,
242.
Brookes, Mary, 83 ; Robert, 53 ; Thomas, 83.
Brooks, Florence Margaret, 260, 267 ; John,
cxiv, 210 ; Joseph Lyons Walrond, cliii ;
Marshall G., 260, 267; Thomas, Iv, 260,
267 ; W. C, cliii ; William C. B., cliii ;
— , ci.
Broome, Barbara, 224 ; S. B., clix ; — , 224.
Brotherson, B. M., 90.
Brott, John, 229.
Broughton, Robert, 74.
Bkown, Abraham, 77, 78 ; Albert de Valan-
gen, 77 ; Alice, 77, 78 ; Andrew, 74, 75,
76, 77, 20(5; Ann, 74, 76, 77, 78, 184;
Anthony, Ixxvi, Ixxx, xcii, cxliii, 74, 75,
76, 77, 78 ; Maj. Anthony, 8, 51, 74, 78 ;
Arabella, 78 ; Barbara, 74, 78 ; Campbell,
cxi, 76 ; Catherine, 74, 77, 78 ; Charles,
74 ; Christian, 77 ; Christopher, 78 ; David,
77; Dominick, 77; Dorothy, 74, 78; Ed-
ward, 74, 77, 184 ; Edward O'Hara, clii ;
Elias A., clii ; Elinor, 77 ; Eliza Kirwan,
77 ; Elizabeth, 74, 76, 77, 184 ; Emanuel,
75 ; Frances Delanoy, 77 ; Francis, 75,
105 ; Capt, Francis, 77 ; Dr. Francis,
cxxvii, 74, 76 ; Francis Frye, 76, 77 ; Maj.
Francis Frye, 74 ; George, xciii, 74, 75,
78 ; Gertrude, 78 ; Gore, 31 ; Hen.,
Ixxxix, 196 ; Henry, cliii ; Henry Wat-
kins, 77 ; James, cvii, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,
182 ; James Nibbs, clii ; Janetta Macar-
'ther, 31 ; Jean, 76; Joan, 217; Joane,
74; John, Ixv, Ixvi, civ, 53, 76, 77, 78,
104 ; Capt. John, 77 ; Joseph, cliii, 74, 75,
77 ; Joseph Fitch, 77 ; Joshua, cxxiii ;
Lucy, 74, 77 ; Marcus. 74 ; Martin, 74, 77 ;
Mary, 51, 52, 74, 75, 77, 78, 184; Mary
Barbara, 77 ; Mary Cooper, 77, 279 ; Mary
Cowper, 78, 284 ; Mary Frances, 77 ;
Michael, 77 ; Nathaniel, 76, 77 ; Nicholas,
74, 75, 77, 78, 279 ; Patrick, 74, 78 ; Dr.
Patrick, 76 ; Peter, 74, 77 ; Prudence, 77,
78 ; Rachael, 74 ; Rachel, 77 ; Rebecca,
74 ; Richard, 74, 75, 76, 77 ; Capt, Richard,
cxii; Rob,, cii; Robert, cxiv, 17, 74, 77,
133, 184 ; Sir Robert, 43 ; Robert Carr,
clii, 77 ; Robert John Thomas, 75 ; Sam,,
clii ; Sam, B„ clii ; Samuel, clii, 77, 78 ;
Samuel Baxter, 77 ; Samuel Martin, 74,
77 ; Sarah, 74, 75, 77, 78 ; Susannah, 63,
77; Thomas, 74, 75, 77, 78; Thomas
Gunter, 78 ; Val., cxvi ; Valentine, 77, 78 ;
Wallington, 133 ; William, 74, 76, 77 ;
William Howard, 74, 75; Col. — , 179;
— , cvi. c\ii, 17, 74 ; — , Lady, 43.
Browne, 11.
Browne, Andrew, cxvii, 76, 78 ; Ann, 77, 84 ;
Anne, 75, 104; Anth., cxv ; Capt. Antho.,
Ixxxvii ; Anthony, Ixxvii, oxl, 75, 76, 78,
139 ; Arabella, 77 ; Catherine, 77 ; Charity,
77 ; Charles, 78 ; Chr., 143 ; D., clix ;
Dorothy, 76 ; Eleanor, 77 ; Elizabeth, 77 ;
Emma Letitia, 74 ; Frances, 78 ; Francis,
75 ; Garratt, lix, 76 ; Gore, 33, 34 ; Hen.,
xcvii ; J. G., ex ; Ja., 217 ; James, Ixxiv,
75, 76, 77, 84 ; Jane. 78 ; Janetta, 33, 34 ;
Jeremiah, 76; Joan, 77; John, 46, 76,
77, 166 ; Joseph, 77 ; Lucy, 77, 84 ; Mar-
cus, Ixxxii, 77 ; Maria, cxii ; Martha,
77 ; Martin, 77 ; Mary, 78 ; Mihill, 166 ;
Nathaniel. Ixxxiv, 77; Nicholas, 77;
Noel, 77 ; Patrick, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, 74, 76,
77. 244; Ph., 191; Philip, 117; Rachel,
cxii, 78 ; Rebeccah, 77 ; Ilichard, xxxix,
77, 150, 168; Robert, cxiii, cxiv, 67, 72,
76, 77, 78, 84, 134, 184 ; Sarah, 75, 77, 78 ;
Susannah, 77 ; Tho., 44 ; Thomas, 77J 78 ;
Thomas Gunter. 77 ; Valentine, cxiv, 77 ;
William, 72, 75, 76, 77, 232.
Browning, Ann, 148, 150, 173 ; Daniel, 153;
John, cxvii, 149, 151, 173; Joshua, 173;
Mary, 143, 149; Richard, 148, 150, 151;
— , 151,
Brownlon-, Jane, 201 ; Sir John, 201,
Brozett, Cornelia, 194.
Bruce, Alexander W., 229 ; James, 273 ;
Keturah. 273, 274 ; Robert, 14.
Brumblecome. John, Ix.
Brumley, John, lix.
Brunau, Catherine, cxiv.
Bruuckhurst, Derick, Ix, 86 ; John, Ixxxvii,
186, 219, 220.
Bruning, Francis, Ixii.
INDEX OF NAMES.
293
Brunsel, William, ex, cxix.
Bruster, Margaret, cxi ; Mark, xxiii ; Lieut.
Mark, Ix ; Lieut. — , xxiii. iSV-c also
Breuster.
Bryam, Edward, 135.
Bryan, Cressey. cxii ; John, xcv ; Mary, ex ;
Mathew, Iviii ; Robert, xcii ; Lieut. Wil-
loughby. Ixi. Sci' alsn O'Bryan.
Brj-ant, Cha., ex ; Elizabeth, ex ; Rob.,
xev ; Sam., xci.
Bryet, Gidion, xxiii.
Buchanan, Archibald, 51 ; James, 51 ; Jane,
51.
Bucher, James, xviii.
Buck, Edw., lix ; Elizabeth, 173 ; Lieut.
Thomas. Ixi ; Walter, lix ; William, 173.
Buckei'. Raudoll, Ix.
Buckeridge, Rich., Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxii ; Richard, Ixxiv, Ixxix, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxviii, xcii ; Col. Richard, Ixxxvii
Buckley. Ann. 7S, 81, 82, 83 ; Auu Gravenor,
81, S3 ; Benjamin, 78,81,82, 83 ; Catherine,
81, 83 ; Dorothy, 83 ; Dorothy Thibou,
83 ; Elias, 82 : Elizabeth, 71), 80, 81, 82,
83, 2U6, 28-1 ; Elizabeth Hawes Henderson,
81, 82. 83 ; Elizabeth Jane, 79, 83 ; Eliza-
beth Warner, 81, 82, 83, 279 ; Giles, 81, 83 ;
Hester, 81, 83 ; James Gravenor, 206 ; Jane,
81 ; Jane Kichardson, 81, 83 ; Janet, 82 ;
Jannett, 80 ; Jeunett, 78, 79 ; Jeremiah,
78, 81, 82, S3 ; John, 81, 82. 83 ; Joseph,
78, 81, 82, 83, 279 ; Joseph Edward, 83 ;
Joseph Gamble. 81. 83 ; Joseph Gravenor,
79, 81, S3 : Joseph William Gravenor, 81.
83 ; Josh., cxii ; Margaret, 82, 83 ; Mary,
78, 80, 81, 82, S3 ; Mary Blizard, 81, 82,
83 ; Penelope, 78, 79, SO, 82 ; Peter, 8 ;
Rachell, 81. 82 ; Rebecca. 83 ; Richard, Iv,
Ix, cxiii, cxvi. 78, 81, 82, S3 : Richard Ed-
ward, 82, 83 ; Sarah, 79, SO, 81, 82, S3, 195 ;
William, ciii, cxi, cxv. 78, 79, 80, 81, 82,
83, 94, 210 ; William Godsel, 82, S3 ; Wil-
liam Smith, 79, 80, 81, 82 ; — , cvi, 94.
Buckshoru, Jane, 2(>6 ; John, xci ; Joseph,
xcviii, xcix, 208, 262. 263, 265, 266, 267 ;
Capt. Joseph, Ixxvi ; Dr. Joseph, 261, 262 ;
Dr. — . xcviii.
Budd, John, 128 ; John A., cliii.
Budden, Cathrine, 248 ; John, ex.
Budds, James, Ixxiii.
Budgen. Mary, 217 ; Thomas, 21 1.
Bugden, James, 44.
Bulger, Simon, Ix.
Bull, Arth., cxi ; Edw., cxi; Elizabeth, 98 ;
John, Ixii, 44 ; Thomas, 98.
Bullen, George, Ixxxvi.
Bullock, Giles, 50 ; Jeremiah, 275 ; John,
275 ; Mary. 273, 275 ; — , 273.
Bultam, Lieut. William, lix.
Bunbury, Annabella, 54 ; Sir Cha., cxii ; Sir
Charles, 53 ; Rev. Sir William, 54.
Buncle, or Bunkley, John, 138 ; Col. John,
XXX ; Thomas F., clii ; Col. ' — , xxxiv,
xxxvii : — , 22, 73.
Bunion, Robert, 128.
Bunu, William, cxiv.
Buraston, Richard, 71 ; Thomas, 71.
Burck, Henry, 86 ; Thomas, 86.
Burden, William, Ixxiii.
Burdett. Sedley, 193.
Burge, Tho., 151.
Burges, Esias, 35 ; Mary Ann, cxiii ; R., 262.
Burgesse, Anthony, lix.
Burgh, Mary, 99 ; Rev. Richard, 99 ; — , ix.
Burk, John, xciii, xciv, xcvii, 21, 44 ; Patrick,
87 ; Ulick. 52 ; William, lix ; — , 43.
Bnrki; 84. 87.
BUKKE, Andrew, 84 ; Arthur, 87; Catharine,
86 ; Dorothy, 84, 86 ; Dorothy Bounen, 86 ;
Edmond,84,86; Edward. cix, cxi, 84,86,87 ;
Elinor, 87; Elizabeth, 55, 56, 84, 86, 109, 184,
186 ; Esther Ann. 86 ; Frances, 84, 85, 86 ;
Francis, 86 ; George, 84, 86, 87 ; Hen.,
cxii ; Honour, 13, 84, 86 ; James, 87 ;
James C, cliii ; Jane, 86, 87 ; Jeoffery,
86 ; Hon. Jo., 5 ; John, Ixxxiii, Ixxxviii,
xciv, xcvi, xcix, o, cxxi, cxxii, cxxviii,
cxxx, cxliii, cxlv, cxlvii, 12, 20, 21, 28, 38,
55, 57, 76, S4, 85, 86, 87, 94, 139, 184, 185,
186, 221, 250, 263 ; Hon. John, cxxxiv,
oxx'xix, cxliii, 76, 84, 87, 232 ; Luther, 86 ;
Margaret, 84, 86, 87 ; Mary, 84, 86, 87,
114; Oliver, cxvi, 84, 86; Oner, 86;
Richard, Ixxxvi, 84, 87 ; Robert, 86 ; Sarah,
84, 85, 86, 184, 185 ; Thomas, cliii, 84, 86,
87, 128, 196; Tobias, 84, 86; Walter, 69,
84,85,86,87; William, 84, 86, 87 ; William
Cassen, 84, 86 ; — , c, cxxxvi, cxlv, 14, 95,
123, 127, 200, 207, 243, 245. See also
Burck.
Burkett, Mary, 17, 18, 23 ; Rev. William,
17, 18.
Burkingham, — , xxiv.
Burlace. John, 147 ; Joyce, 147.
Burlyn, Thomas, lix.
Burman, Ball, 8.
Burn, George E., cliii ; William, cliii.
Burnett. Elizabeth, 63 ; George, 223; Samuel,
63; Sir Thomas. 115.
Burns, Charlotte, 225 ; Charlotte Mary Emily.
224 : J., cliv ; James Cleland, 224, 225 ;
Sir John, 224, 225.
Burnside, Capt. — , 267.
Burnthorn, Margaret, 91, 92; Robert, 244;
William, 91,92.
Burraston, John, 71 ; Richard, 37, 71 ; Maj.
Richard, xlv, Iviii ; Stephen, 71.
Burrell, Jane, Iviii.
Burreston, Jane, 72 ; Joseph, 72 ; Margaret,
72 ; Miij. Richard, 71 ; Theodora, 72 ; — ,
72.
Burrish, — , 258.
Burriston, Richard, 72 ; Richard Samuel, 72 ;
Burroughs, Leo., lxx,xvi ; Leond., Ixxix,
Ixxx ; — , Lxxvii.
BuiTowes, Capt. Alexander, cxii ; John 23.
Burrowston, Ann, 71.
Bdrt, Abednego Valemput, 88, 89 ; Ann, 88,
89, 91 ; Anna Louisa, 194 ; Catherine Math.,
88; Charles Pym, 88, 89, 90. 91 ; Codriugton,
88, 90, 91 ; Daniel Mathew, 88 ; Elizabeth,
88, 89, 90 ; George, 91 ; George Henry, 194 ;
Jane, 88, 90 ; John, 90 ; Kemp, 91 ; Louisa,
88, 89, 90, 91 ; Mary, 88, 91 ; Nathaniel,
88, 89 ; Petronella, 88, 89, 90 ; Petronella
Heiliger Huisvrou, 91 ; Robert, 91 ; Sarah,
88, 89, 90, 91 ; Van Hemert, 90 ; VV. M.,
90; William, xliii, 11, 89, 90; Capt. Wil-
liam. 90 ; Col. William, Ixvi. Ixvii, Ixx,
Ixxviii, 88, 90; William M., 221 ; William
Mathew, cxxiii, 79, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91 ; Wil-
liam Pym, 79, 80, 88, 89, 90 ; Wolfert van
Hemert, 88, 89 ; — , oxxiv, cxxxviii, 1, 90.
Burton, Abigail, 92 ; Ann, 91, 92 ; Appleton,
91, 92 ; Benjamin, 92 ; C. Francis, 92 ;
Catherine, 31, 91, 92 ; Christopher, 93 ;
Eleanor, 91, 92, 93 ; Elizabeth, cxii,
91. 92, 93 ; Fra., Ixvi, xciv ; Francis,
91, 92; Capt. Francis, 69,91,92; Lieut.
Francis, Ixv, 92 ; George, 92 ; James, 91,
92 ; John, lxxvii. Ixxix, Ixxxv, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxix, xciii, xciv, ex, cxxvii, 31, 32, 79,
91. 92, 254, 262 ; Capt. John, Ixvii, xciv.
Col, John, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, xcix,
91, 92; Maj. John, Ixxvi; Judith, 92;
Margaret, 91, 92 ; Margaret Frances, 93 ;
Margarett, 92 ; Mary, 91, 92, 93 ; Nancy,
92 ; Richard, 91, 168 ; Row., cxxiv ; Hon.
Row., cxxxiv, cxxxix ; Rowd,, 175 ; Row-
land, cxxi, cxxiii, cxxiv, cxxviii, cxxxiv,
cxxxix, cxlix, 171 ; Hon, Rowland, 91,
92. 93 ; Rowland Ash. 93 ; Rowld., cxlvii ;
Samuel — , 93; Sarah, 91, 92, 93; Tho.,
ci ; Thomas, cxiii, clii, 91. 92, 93. 168;
Thomas Samuel, 92 ; Timothy, 91, 92 ;
William, cxiii, 91, 93 : Maj. — , lxxvii ; — ,
cvi, cxxxix, cxlviii. 32, 91.
Busch, Ann, 227 ; Arme, 226 ; Henry, 226,
227, Sec also Van de Busch.
Bush, Anne, 227 ; Hen., 227 ; John, Iviii ;
Phillip, Iviii.
BushelL Anne, 113 ; —,113.
Bussell, Richard, 76.
BiUlcr, 93, 94.
BUTLEK, Alice, 94, 228 ; Ann, 93, 94 ;
Bethia. 93 ; Carolina, 93 ; Charles, 263 ;
Duke, 93 ; Edward, 94 ; Elizabeth, 93,
94 ; Frances, 93 ; Capt. Gregory, xxii,
XXV ; Henrietta, 93 ; James, cxi, 93, 94 ;
Jasper, 94, 228 ; John, lxxvii, Ixxxvi,
66, 93, 94; Judith, 140, 223; Katherine,
94: Lydia, ex; Mary, 93, 140; Capt.
Richard, 94 ; Rob., ex ; Sarah, 79, 82, 93,
94 ; Theobald, 94; Thomas, 75, 79, 82, 93,
94 ; Capt. Thomas, 93, 94 ; Col. Thomas,
94, 286 ; Hon. Thomas, 94 ; Walter, 94 ;
William, 93, 94, 246 ; Col. William. 94 ;
Maj. William, 93, 94 ; — , lxxvii, 93, 94.
Butt, John. 2S1 ; Susanna, 33.
Buttall, Jonathan, 35, 275.
Butterlield, William. 20.
Buttler, Edmund, 93 ; Margaret, 93, 94 ;
Toby, 94.
Bu.xton, Francis, 153, 154 ; .John, lxxvii,
Ixxxiii, 129 ; — . cli, 153.
By am, 95, HI.
Byam, a. W., cxxi ; Capt, Adolphus E.,
109 ; Adolphus Elizabeth. 99 : Agnes, 96;
Agnes Welthiau, 99 ; Alice, 96, 99, 100,
102,104,109,110, 113,240,242, 2lil ; Alicia,
98, 109 ; Alicia Juliana, 99 ; Amy, 102 ;
Ann, 102, 104, 106, 109. 110 ; Anna Maria
Sarah, 99 ; Anne, 96, 97. 98, 99, 104, 105,
107 ; Arthur, 97, 107 ; Arthur Merick, 99 ;
Ash ton, 105 ; Sir Ashton, 108 ; Ashton
Burke, 109 ; Ashton Warner, 104, 105.
107, 108. 109; Sir Ashton Warner, 101,
108, 109 ; Augusta Louisa Anne, 99 ; Au-
gusta Temple, 99 ; Barry, 97, 107 ; Chris-
tian, 96 ; Christian Matilda, 105 ; Chris-
tiana, 110; Christiana Matilda, 98, lOS,
109 ; Christiana Thomas, 98 ; Christina
Elizabeth, 109 ; Cornelia, 108 ; Cornelia
Rachel Muuton, 99 ; Cressy, 104 ; Dorothy,
96, 102, 182 ; E., 208 ; Lieut.-Col, E., 109 ;
Rev. E., 108 ; Ed., Ixxviii, Ixxxi, Ixxxii,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, cxix, cxxi, cxliii ; Col. Ed.,
lxxvii, Ixxxiii ; Edith, 96 ; Edw,, Ixvii,
Ixviii, Ixix, 139, 150 ; Maj, Edw., Ixx ;
Edward, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Ixxiv, lxxvii,
Ixxxiii, Ixxxv, Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, xcix, ci,
ciii, cv, cxiii, cxv, cxix, cxxi,cxxvii, cxxxviii,
cx.xxix, cxii, cxlvii, 5, 12, 28, 47, 57, 59, 60,
61, 63, 73, 75, 92, 94, 96. 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110,
114, 116, 13.5, 141, 195, 208, 217, 224, 229,
232, 238, 244, 246. ^.50, 2.5,s, 261, 262. 263,
264, 274, 278 ; Brig.-Gen. Edward, cxliii ;
Capt. Edward, 102, 103 ; Col. Edward,
Ixxv, Ixxvi, 17, 109 ; Col. Hon. Edward,
Ixxviii ; Hon. Edward. Ixxxiv, cix, cxxi,
cxxxix, 13, 20, 40, 81, 103, 104, 105, 107,
108, 109, 177. 232, 237, 277 ; Lieut, Ed-
ward, 109, 111; Lieut,-Col. Edward, 57;
Maj.-Gen. Edward, 199 ; Rev. Edward,
111 ; Edward de Montmorency, 99; Ed-
ward Gamage, 98, 109; Edward S., 108,
110, 111: Edward Samuel, 99; Edward
Willoughby Grenville, 99 ; Bdwardus, 109,
110; Eleanor, 99; Elizabeth, 58, 60, 61,
86, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 104. 105, 106, 107,
108, 109, 110, 111, 277, 279; Elizabeth
Anne, 100, 138 ; Elizabeth Augusta, 98 ;
Ellen Gladys, 99 ; Frances, 98, 109 ; Fran-
cis, 101, 102, 103, 104, 109, 110; Hon.
Francis, ci, 107 ; Rev. Francis, ci, cviii,
cxviii, 107, 109, 198; Frauciscus, 110;
George, xcvi, xcix, cix, cxiii, cxvi, cxvii,
civ, 100, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109, 110, 218, 262,
277, 278, 279 ; George W,. cliii : George
Watkins, 98, 109 : Grace, lOO, 103, 104,
108, 110; Grace Johnson. 101, 109: Kev.
H. J., 108 ; Harriott Maria, 102 ; Hen.,
cxvii ; Henricus, 109, 110 ; Henriett
Maria, 109 ; Henrietta. 109, 110; Henrietta
Maria, 100, 102, 103, 104, 107, 277, 278,
279; Henry, ciii, cxv, 96, 97, 99, 102, 104,
106, 107, 110, 111 ; Dr. Henry. 109 ; Rev.
Henry, 110; Henry Edward, 99; Henry
James, 99 : Hester, 97, 99, 104, 109, 110 ;
Jane, 99, 101, 104, 105, 109, 110 ; Joan, 107 ;
Joane, 96 ; John, 59,96, 100, 101, 102, 104,
105, 107, 246, 277; John Sampson, 96;
Juliana, 108 ; Laurence, 107 ; Lawrence,
96, 97, 111 ; Louisa, 98, 100, 279 : Lydia,
96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105,
107, 109, 110, 246, 277 ; M., 108. 109 ; Mar-
garet, 96, 107 ; Maria Christiana Elizabeth,
99 ; Martha, 98, 99, 105, 109, 110, 111, 215,
216 ; Martha Anne, 98, 109 ; Martin, cxx,
cxxxix, cxiii, 58, 60, 61, 98, 104, 106, 107,
108, 109, 110; Martin William, 98, 110;
Mary, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, loS, 109,
110, 277 ; Mary Gunthorpe, 99, 110 ; Mary
Matilda, 98, 109 ; Matilda Augu.sta Anne,
99; Phillis, 101, 103, 108; Phyllis, 103 ;
Rebecca, 59, 61, 63, 96, 97, 98, 101, lu8,
110, 260, 266 ; Rebeckah, 105 : Richard,
cliii, 86, 109 ; Rev, Richard Burgh, 98,
111; Richard Scot, 109; Richard Scott,
cxxviii, cxi, cxii, 104 ; Dr, Richard Scott,
cxxviii, cxxxix, 108 ; Sam,, lxxvii, Ixxviii,
Ixxxv, xci.x, cxix, cl ; Capt. Sam., Ixxix ;
Samuel, xcix, ci, cxxviii, 96, 98, 99, 100,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 265 ; Maj. Samuel, Ixxx. 100, 138 ; Rev.
Samuel, 104, 108 ; Sarah, 96, 97, 98, 102,
107, 109 : Rev. Scott, 101 ; Selina, 100 ;
Susanna. 96, 102, 106 : Thomas Rogers, 98,
110; Welthiau, 97; Welthin, 104; Wil-
liam, xlii, Ixvii, Ixviii, lxxvii, Ixxix, Ixxxi,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, xcix, ci, cxiii, cxviii. cxx,
cxxii, cxxiii, cli, 28, 32, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101,
102, 103. 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110,
111, 182, 208, 240 ; Capt. William, 106, 107 ;
Col. William. Ixxiv, Ixxv, lxxvii. Ixxx,
Ixxxiii, 102, 106, 107, 109, 111, 138, 260.
266; Gen. William, 113; Hon. William,
xciv, xcvi, 108, 110, 111 : Lieut.-Col. Wil-
liam, Ixxvi : Maj. William, xxi, xxii ;
Sergt.-Maj. William, xxi ; Sir W., 179 ; Sir
William, 98. 1 11 ; William George Muncon,
99 ; William Henry, 98. 109 ; Willoughby,
ci, 96,97. 102, 104, 107, 108, HI, 137 ; Capt.
Willoughby, 107 ; Col, Willoughby, 100,
102 ; Ensign Willoughby, lix ; Willoughby
Temple, 99 ; Yeamans, 36, 111 ; — , xlv,
cxiii, cxliii, cxlviii, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110,
262 ; Capt, — . Ixix ; Col. — , xlv, xlix.
Ixxi, 50 ; Hon. — , 17 ; Rev. Dr. — , 108, 109.
See also A'byam, Biam, and Byham.
Byar, liast. Otto, Ixxx.
Byares, Lieut.-Col. Bast., 22.
Byham. Agnes, 95 ; Anne, 95 ; Edward, 26,
95,97; Grace, 110; Henry, 96 : Jeukin,
95 ; Joan, 95 ; Johanna, 95 ; Lawrence,
95 ; Thomas, 95 ; Welthiau, 95 ; — , 95.
Byles, Mary, 224 ; Susannah, 224.
Byng, George, 32.
Byrne, Adam, ciii ; Charles, civ ; Frances,
294
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
72 ; Hen., cs ; Jane, 229 ; Mary, 37, 229 ;
Pat., ox ; Dr. — , cviii. See alio O'Byme.
Byron, Admiral, cxxiv.
Bystop, Thomas, cxiv ; William, KiS.
C, L., 274 ; S., 174.
Cable, Elizabeth, 240 ; Jane, 8 ; John. lix. 8 ;
Mary, 87; William, 240; William Hal-
loran, 37.
Caddie, Thomas, cxi.
Cade, Anthony, Iviii, Ixi, 112; Jane, 111,
112 ; John, xxiv, xli. liii, Ixii, 112 ; Capt.
John, xlv, xlvi, xlviii, Ix, Ixi, 111, 112,
282; Mary, 111, 112; Halusbery, 4.5;
— , 112.
Cadell, T., cxxviii.
Cadiz, Helen, 7 ; Richard, 7.
Cadogan, Charles. Lord, 151 ; Frances, 139.
140; Roger, 142 ; William, 139 ; Dr. Wil-
liam, 140, 142 ; — , Lord, xcvi, 152.
Caerleon, Howell, Prince of, 95.
Caerlon, 95.
Caisar, Charles, 125 ; Harriet, 125 ; Jane, 125.
Cage. Vavasor, 150.
Caines, Clement, cxlviii ; The, 52.
Cains, Capt. — , civ.
Caldwell, Margaret, 196.
Call, — , cxviii.
Callahan, Bridgett, 73 ; Cha., Ixsx, 238 ;
John, 229.
Callander, William, Ix.
Callandrin, .John, 17.
Galley, Isabella, 147 ; Oliver, 147. 152 ; Wil-
liam, 152.
Callman, Alex., Ixxix. Ixxx ; Alexander,
Ixxvii.
Calmady. Capt. — , cv.
Calvert, Peter, 129.
Camden, — , 68, 121.
Camelford, — , Lord, cxli, cxlii.
Camell, Klinor, 5 ; John, xxiv.
Cameron, .lames, 60 ; William, cxiii.
Cammell, Urion, Ix.
Campbell, Alexander, 205 ; Archd., cxiii ;
Catherine, 91 ; Hugh, 141 ; Isabella. 92 ;
Lieut. John. 1 ; Neil, ex ; Neill, 91, 203 ;
Dr. Neill, 91; William, cxi, cxv ; Dr.
William, cxv; Capt. — , xlii ; Maj. — ,
cxxxvi.
Campion, Elsie. 267 ; Joan, 267.
Cand, Edmn., Ix.
Cane. John, cxiv, 86; William, cxii.
Canham, Catherine, cix.
Cannell, Christopher, xxvi.
Canter, John, Ix.
Cantlay, William, 66.
Capell, Anne. 126 ; Sir Arthur, 126 ;
Katherine, 146 ; Margaret. 146, 165, 168 ;
Mary. 126; Willi.am, 146, 16.",.
Capper. Henry. 144 ; Sarah, 144.
Capps. Elizabeth, 58, 62 ; Thomas. 58. 62.
Carberry, Elizabeth. 126, 1.30. 131, 132 ; Mary,
132 ; Sarah, 132 ; Tho., 126, 130, 131.
Card. William, lix.
Caedex, Jane. 112; Jlary. 112; Eobert,
xxxvii, Ixvi, Ixvii, 17, "22, 112; Capt.
Robert, 112; Col. Robert, xxix, xxx, 112,
282 ; — , xxxii, xxxiv, 112 ; Capt. — , Ixvi,
Ixix ; Col. — , xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvi, 16;
Sergt.-Maj. — , xxv.
Cardigan. Charles. Lord, 151.
Carell, Richard, 129.
Carew, Barbara, 75 ; Sir Nicholas Hacket, 284.
Carey, Barbara, cxv ; John, 75 ; Joseph, 125.
Carlbur, Arnold, 89.
Carle, Mary, 63 ; Samuel 63.
Carliel, Eleanor, 114; Fra., Ixvi ; Francis,
114 ; Xpher John, 114 ; — , 114.
Carlile. 112.
Caelile. Alice, 96. 113, 116; Ambrose. 116;
Ann, 113, 116 ; Arthur, 116 ; Christopher,
113; Edward.lI3. 114,116 ; Eleanor.113;
Elizabeth, 113, 114, IK! ; Era., liii. Ixv. Ixvii,
Ixviii, Ixxi, Ixxix. l.xxxvii. xciv, xcv, 16 ;
Capt. Era.. Ixv. Ixxviii, Ixxxvi, 35, 102 ;
Col. Era.. Ixx ; Fran., Ixxii, Ixxxiv ; Capt.
Fran., Ixxxi ; Ensign Fran., lix : Francis,
Ixxvii, Ixxxiii, xciv. xcvi, 102. 107, 113,
114, 116. 141, 238 : Capt. Francis, 35. 113,
116 ; Col. Francis, Ixxiii, 96, 113 ; Ensign
Francis, Ixi ; Hon. Francis, xcix, 116, 262 ;
Lieut.-Col. Francis, 57 ; Maj. Francis, 102 ;
George Diamond. 116; Henry. 113, 114;
James. Earl of, xx ; .Jane, 113, 114 ; John,
113, 114. 116 ; Rev. John, 113 ; Lucy. 113,
114, 116 ; Mary. 113,116 ; Mary Ann, 116 ;
Rachael, 116 ; Rebecca, 116 ; Richard. 113 ;
Eutby, 116; Samuel. 113, 116; Thomas, 113;
Capt. Thomas. Ixxviii : William. 113, 114,
116 ; — , 113 ; — , Earl of, xi, xiv, xxix. xxx,
xcvii; — , Lord, xliii ; — . Lord of, xv, xvi.
Carlill, Ambrose, 116, 176; Marianne Ee-
becka, 116, 176.
Carlingford, — , Earl of, Ixvii.
Carlisle. Benjamin. 116 ; Capt. Charles. Ixvi ;
Elizabeth, 114, 115 ; Fra., Ixxx, Ixxxiii,
xcvi ; Fran., Ixxxvi ; Capt. Fran., Ixxxv ;
Francis, Iv, 114, 115; Isaac Jos., clii ;
James, Earl of, xi. xii, xviii, xix ; .James,
Lord Hay, Earl of. xi ; .John, clii ; William.
114. 115 ; — , cxiii, 116 ; — , Earl of. x, xi,
xviii, xix, xxxix, xli, Iv ; — , Lord, xii.
Carmichael, James, 75, 177 ; Col. — , cxliii.
Carn, John, 53.
Carnegie, Ann, 205 ; Anne, 204 ; Sir David,
205 ; Elizabeth, cxii. 205, 206 ; Sir Ja., 206 ;
James, 205 ; Sir James, 204 ; Lady Jane,
14 ; John, Earl of Northesk, 14 ; Mary,
205, 206 : Col. — , 205 ; Lady — , 205.
Carpenter, 118, 120, 121.
Caupenter, Agnes, 118, 122 ; Alice, 121, 123 ;
Alice, Lady, 117. 118, 122, 123; Ann, 9,
118, 120, 122 ; Arabella, 78, 120 ; Benjamin,
120; Eleanor, 118, 119, 120, 122: Eliza-
beth, 117, 118. 119, 120, 122, 123 ; Frances.
123 ; Hon. Frances, 121 ; George, 117, 121,
122, 123; Col. George, 122, 123; Hon.
George. 121, 123 ; Hon. Lieut.-Gen. George,
117; George. Lord, 117, 118, 119, 120,
121; Lieut.-Gen. George, Lord. 118;
Harry, 271 ; Hen., Ixvi. Ixxiii ; Henry,
117, 121, 271 ; Hester, 119, 120 ; James,
118, 119. 122; Joane, 118. 122, 123;
Joanna. 120 ; John. 117,118.120,122,123 ;
Joshua, 120; Katherine, 117, 118, 122;
Margaret, 117, 119; Maria, 120; Martha,
118, 122, 123; Mary, 117, 118, 120. 122.
123 ; Mathew. 122 ; Nathaniel. Ixix.
Ixxxviii, 117, 118, 119, 120. 121, 122, 123,
150. 218. 21!i, 220; Pierce, 123 ; Richard,
119; Robert, Iviii, cxiv, 78, 117, 119. 120;
Sally, 120; Sarah, 117, 118, 119, 120. 122,
123; Sarah Ann, 123 ; Susan, 120; Susan-
nah. 120 ; Thomas, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123 ;
Urania, 118. 122; Warncomb. 117. 118.
120. 122, 123 ; William, 117, 119. 120, 123 ;
— . 121 ; Capt.—, 121 ; Col., 121 ; Gen. — ,
121.
Carr, Sylvanus, cviii; Thomas, 155, 156,
170; William, 143; Hon. William Hay.
241 : William .James Otto. 21 ; — , 241 ;
— . Earl of Errol, 241.
Carrell, Edmo., Iviii.
Carroll, Elizabeth, cxiii ; John, lii ; — , Hi.
Carron, Dr. — , xcviii.
Carstenson. Car.sten, xxiii.
Carswell. Ann, 21.
Cartek. Ann. 30, 124 : Anne. 18 : Bryan. 123,
124; Elizabeth, 123. 124; Erasmus. 123,
124 ; Jane, 124 ; John, 123, 124 : Joseph,
124; Margery, 124; Mary, 123. 124;
Philip, 123, 124 ; Rachell, 123 : Rebecca,
123, 124 ; Richard, Iviii, 124 ; S,am.. cxi ;
Susannah. 124 ; Susannah Elizabeth, 124 ;
Thomas, 123, 124 ; William, 124 ; — , 123 ;
Dr. — , ci.
Carteret. — , Lord. Ixxiii, Ixxxvi, cii.
Cartwright, Pet,, Ixv.
Carty, Catheiine. cxi ; Daniell, Iviii ; Darby,
lix ; Florence. Ixxxvii ; John, cliii ; Mar-
garet, cxii : Richard R., clii ; Sam., cxii.
Carver, Margaret, 7 ; William. 7.
Carwardiue. William, lii.
Vary, 125.
Caky, Barbara, 75 ; Barbary, 75 ; Camilla,
255 ; Camilla Annabella, 253 ; Dorothy,
125; Edward, 2.53, 255; Jane, 124, 125;
John, 75, 125; Joseph, 17 ; Martha. 125 ;
Mary, 75, 125 : Rich., Ixv. Ixvi ; Richard.
Ixix. 17. 35, 124, 125, 1511.151 ; Shershaw,
125 : William, 125 ; — , Ixxi, Ixxii. Ixxvi,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, 17.
Carj'e, Rich.. Ixix.
Casamajor. Justinian, 134, 136.
Casey, Thomas, 84.
Cash, John, xxiii, lix.
Cassen, F. S.. clix ; William, cxi, cxiii. 84.
86.
Caswell, John, 150, 151.
Cately, — , x.
Caton, Isaac, cxi, cxv.
Candler. John, 21 ; Sarah, 21.
Cave, Abraham, Ix ; James, 51 ; John, lix ;
Mary, 51 ; Robert, xvii, xxxi.
Cayley, William, cxli.
Cazal, or Cazell, Fanny, 18 ; William. 18, 30,
31.
Cecyle, Sir Thomas, 157.
Ceely, Christopher, cxii, 104 ; Mary, cxiv.
Chaderton, Rev. — . cxlix.
Chafings, Tho., ex.
Chalmer, Ja., 224.
Chalmers, James, cxlvii : John, xcix, ciii,
ex : Mary, 136.
Chaloner, Anna Maria, 145 ; John, 262 ; Eo-
bert, 170; — , 145.
Chambault, — , x.
Chamberlain, Elizabeth, 258 ; John, Ixxxvii,
123; Margaret, cxii, 257, 258; William,
Iv. Ix, 46 ; Sir Willoughby. 153 ; — , 257,
258.
Chambers. John, lii ; Thomas, 84.
Chamblett. Sam., Ixv.
Cham man, Lieut.-Col. — , 138.
Champante, Jo., xxxix, xl ; — , xliii.
Champneys, Elizabeth, 130 ; George, 130.
Chandler, Hill, 237 ; Jonathan, cxii, 103 ;
— , 12,S.
Chan tail, — , x.
Chapman, Dorothy, 145. 174 ; Eleanor Jus-
tina, 7 ; .John, xciv ; Philip, 69 ; Phillip,
lix; Rachel. 249 ; Rachell, 247 ; Richard,
cxiv, cxxxix ; William, ci ; — , Ivi,
145.
Chappell, Daniell, 164 ; Robert, 17 ; Capt.
— , xvi.
Chardavoine, Dr. — , xcviii ; — , xcviii.
Charlemont, William, VLscount, 118, 121 ;
— , Lord, Ixxiii.
Charles, .John. xi.
Chatborne. Thomas. 282.
Chaworth. Charity, 217. 218, 219, 220 ; John,
217, 218, 219, 220.
Cheek, Alice Gilbert, 31 ; Elizabeth, 31 ;
John M., 31 ; Joseph Bishop, clii ; Rev.
Nichol.as Mosley, 31, 34 : Solomon, 31.
Cheere. Sir H., 171.
Chelsea. William, clii.
Chelton, Christian, 38 ; Elizabeth, 38.
Cheney. .John, xcvii ; Rebecca, cxii.
Cheriy, Dr. — , ci.
Cheshire, Cha., 188.
Chester, 126.
Chester. Andrew, 17 ; Ann, 126, 127, 128,
129, 130, 131. 132, 133; Anthony, 1.S0 ;
Catherine, 126, 127. 129, 130, 132, 133;
Ed., Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv ;
Edw., Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxv. Ixxxvi ;
Edward". Ixxiv, Ixxx. Ixxxii, xcvi, xcix, 20,
41. 126. 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133,
198 ; Rev. Edward. 126 ; Sir Edward. 127,
128 ; Klizabeth, 126. 127. 128, 129, 130,
133 ; Frances. 127, 128, 129, 133 ; Granado,
126. 128, 129, 130. 131. 132, 133 ; Dr. Gra-
nado, 126 ; Harriet, 125 ; Haselden, 129 ;
Haslediue, 127, 133 ; Hawkins, 127, 129 ;
Henry. 126, 127, 128, 129, 130. 133 ; James,
133; James S., 126; Jane. 127. 129, 130,
133 ; Jane Catherine, 129 : John. 127. 128 ;
Judith. 133: Katherine, 132. 133; Lucy,
132; Magdalen. 127 133; Martha, 127;
Mary, 126, 127. 128. 129, 130, 132, 133 ;
Olive. 127; Oliver, 133; Peter, 129; Ro-
bert, 125. 126, 127, 128, 129, 130. 131, 132,
133; Dr. Eobert, 128; Eev. Eobert, 126;
Sir Robert, 12(1. 128; Russel, 126, 130,
133; Russel Tankard, 133; Samuel, 127;
Sarah, 126; Theodora. 130; Theodosia,
126. 127, 129. 130; Thomas, 126. 129;
William, 129; — , Ixxxix, 126. 127; Col.
-,251.
Chesword. Hugh, xxiv.
Chevall. Ann. 126, 129. 130 ; John, 126.
Chichester. Thomas Pelham, Earl of, 270.
Chilbury. John, Ux.
Chisolni. Dr. — , cxi.
Chittick. J. K.. cliv.
Chivers. .\nn, 129.
Cholmeley, Anne, 1 70 : John, Ixv.
Cholraondeley. Robert, cxvii.
Chopin, Emma Dalzell. 231.
Choppin, Lieut. Robert, lii ; Sarah, lii.
Chorley, C'laresse. 245 ; John, 245.
Chovat. Dr. — , ci.
Chovett, Abra., ciii.
Christian, Ann, 134, 13(; ; Barbary, 136;
Catherine, 134, 136; Cornelius. 136 ; Corne-
lius Floth. 136; Diana, 134, 136 ; Dinah,
ex; Elizabeth, 134, 135, 136; Frances,
134, 135, 136 ; Francis, 134, 135, 136 ; Gus-
tavus, 134, 136 ; Gustavns Adolphus, 134,
135. 136 ; Gustavns Rodolphus. 136 : Hen-
rietta. 134. 136 ; HopefuU, 134, 136 ; Hugh
Chalmers. 136; James, 136; John. 134,
135, 136 ; Margaret, 134, 135, 136 ; Maria,
136 ; Mary, 134, 135, 136 ; Miith.. ciii;
cxv, cxxiii. 134, 135, 136. 248; Nath., ci ;
Peter, 136; RacheU, 136; Rebecca, 134,
135. 136, 249 ; Rob., Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxix. xcvii, xcix, cviii, cxvii, cxix, cxxi ;
Robert. Ixxxvi. cii. 8, 25. 33, 61, 75,
92, 134, 13.5. 136, 182, 193. 209, 210, 211,
217, 21.S, 221, 244, 248, 264, 281, 283;
Hon. Robert, cxxi. cxxiii ; Sarah, 134, 135.
13i; ; Tamazin. 136 ; Thomazin, 134 ; Wil-
liam. 136 ; — . 134, 136.
Christopher, John, c ; Rebecca, cxi.
Christyan, Christavus Cadulfes, 136.
Church, J., 255.
Clagett, Wyseman, 103.
Clagson, Letitia, 139 ; Eobert, 139.
Clanbrassil, Lord. 172.
Clapham, Samuel, 177.
Clare, Thomas, xviii.
Clarendon, — Villiers, Earl of, 262.
Clark, Amy, 211 ; Andrew, 138 ; Barbary,
138: Charles Dilkes, 138; David, lix;
Dorothy, 138 ; Fra., 151 ; George Lee, 138 ;
INDEX or NAMES.
295
George William, 138 ; Hannah, 211 ;
Harlot Amelia. l;iS ; Henrietta, ilS ; Henry,
137, 138 ; Isabella, 7, 138 ; Capt. Joseph,
138 ; Mary, 47 ; Mary Ann, 138 ; Octavia,
138 ; Richard, 205 ; Robert, Iviii, 137, 138 ;
Ensign Samuell, Ixx ; Thomas, 138, 182 ;
Thomas William, 138 ; William, 7, il3, 138 ;
Capt. William, 138 ; — , cvi, CTii.
Clarke, Agnes, llil, l(i2; Alice, 137; Ann,
137, 138 ; Ann W., 138 ; Anna Gordon, 138 ;
Anthony, 137; Charles, cliii ; Christian,
248; Dorothy, lllj, 138; Edmund, 138;
Elizabeth, 137, 138 ; Elizabeth Anne, 100,
138 ; Fanny, 137 ; George, 100, 103, 137,
138 ; George W,, 138 ; Helen, 138 ; Henry,
138 ; John, 4,i, 137, 138 ; Dr. John, 138 ; Rev,
John, 137, 138 ; Joseph, 138 ; Katherine,
137: Mary, 47,-137, 138; Nathaniel, 137,
138; Col. Nathaniel, 137, 138; Lieut,-Col,
Nathaniel, xlviii, 1 : Maj. Nathaniel, slv ;
Sergt.-Maj. Nathaniel, 1U2, 138 ; Nicholas,
cliii, 137, 138 ; Richard, 137 ; Robert, xvii,
xxxi, cliii ; Lieut, Robert, sxxi, 137 ;
Roger, 138 ; Samuel, 137, 138, 220 ; Sarah,
138 ; Sophia, 137 ; Susan, 137 ; Susanna,
138 ; Thomas, 138, 182 ; William, 137, Kil,
162 ; — , 137, 161,
Clarkley, Bethel, cxiv ; Tim., cxir.
Clarkson, Ann Maria, 2Si; ; Henrietta, 286 ;
Henry, 286 ; John, 141) ; Mary, 149, 286.
Claus, John, 282.
Claxton, Caroline, cxii ; Mary, cxiii ; Robert,
139.
Clay, Elizabeth Papps, 24,3 ; Knightly Mus-
grave, 243.
Clayton, Nathaniel, 34 ; Tho., 52.
Clearck, Dorothy, 138.
Clearkley, Frances, 21 ; Sophia. 21.
Cleator, James. 255.
Cleaver, Sir Charles, 133 ; Frances, 133 ;
Pearce, 129 ; Peiroe, 133 ; Pierce, 129.
Cleghorn, T., clix.
Clements, Joseph, 20 ; Tho., 45.
Clenston, William, cxi.
Clerk, George, cxiii ; John. 138, 277 ; Mar-
garet, cxiii ; Col. Nathaniel, 138 ; Lieut.-
Col. Nathaniel, xlvi ; — , Ixxvii.
Gierke, Agnes, 160, Kil; Anna, 138; Nath.,
xlix ; Lieut.-Col. Nath., xlvi ; Col. Natha-
niel, 138 ; Lieut.-Col. Nathaniel, 138 ;
Sergt.-Maj. Nathaniel, xlii, xlv ; Nicholas,
138; Thomas, 138; William, 160, 161.
Clerkley, Frances, 21 ; Sophia, 21.
ClifEe, Henry, 164.
Clifton, Frances, 123 ; — , 121.
Clinch, James, ex.
Clinton, William, 104.
Clissold, Arthur Herbert, 253 ; Constance
Elizabeth. 253 ; Ethel Frances, 253 ;
Frances Elizabeth, 253 ; Rev. Henry Bay-
ley, 253 ; Mortimer Bayley, 253 ; — , 253.
Clogstovcn, Ann, 139 ; Anthony, 139; Au-
gu?ta, 139 ; Caroline, 139 ; Caroline Ann,
139; Dorothy, 139 ; Georgiana. 139 ; H.,
139 ; Herbert, 139 ; Letitia, 139 ; Rob.,
cxxxix ; Robert, cxliii, 139 ; Samuel, 139.
Clow, Richard, cxv.
Clurruck, Tho., xxiii.
Clutterlmck, — , 126, 137.
Clyfford, Andrew, Ixii.
Coakeley, James, cxiv.
Coale, Alexander, 180; Jeremiah, ISO.
Coall, Mary, 177; Rebecca, 177; Sampson,
177.
Coaply, Dennis, Iviii.
Coate, Thomas, xxiv.
Coates. John Haycock, clii.
Cobb, Barbara, 41 ; John, Ixxiii.
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 121.
Cocburn, — , Ix.xx.
Cochram, Elizabeth, 45.
COOHRAN, Rear- Admiral Sir A., cxiv ; Sir A.,
cxlvii ; Admiral Sir Alexander, cxlvi ; Sir
Alexander, cxlvi, cxlvii ; Arch., 1, l.xvii,
Ixviii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxvi. Ix.xxvii,
cii, ex; Hon. Arch., xciv ; Maj. Arch.,
Ixvi ; Archd., Ixvi, 102 ; Archibald,
Ixxxviii. Ixxxix. xc, 23, 45, 46, 76. 105,
135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 278, 279, 280, 281 ;
Capt. Archibald, 141, 186 ; Col. Archi-
bald, 141 ; Ensign Archibald, 141 ; Hon.
Archibald, 142, 283 ; Hon. Col. Archibald.
xcix ; Babara, 142 ; Barbara, 105 ; Eliza-
beth. 139, 140, 141, 142, 278, 279 ; Est.
Archibald, cxiv ; Frances, 139, 140 ; Harlot
Amelia, 140 ; Harriet Amelia, 139. 142 ;
Harriot Emilia, 140 ; Harriott Emelia,
140 ; James, 142 : Jane, 140, 142, 279 ;
Jean, 142 ; John, 139, 141, 142 ; Cob .John,
142; Mary, 139, 140, 142; Rachel, 142;
Raohell, 139 ; Rich., Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx ;
Richard, Ixxvii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix.
139, 141, 142, 186; Rob., cxi ; Robert, 139^
141, 142; Thomas, cxi, 141 ; William, 37,
139, 141, 142 ; — , 23, 139 ; Col. — , cxiii.
Cock. William, 117,
Cockeram, Capt. Arthur, Ixi.
Cockly, Timothy, Iviii.
Cockram, — , 142 ; Lieut. — , lix.
Cockran, Arch., Ixxxiii, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi ;
Archd., Ixxxiv ; Archibald, 140, 141 ;
Capt. Archibald, 107; Edward, 142;
Frances, 140 ; Harriot Amelia, 142 ; Mary,
140 ; Richard, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, 141.
Cockrom, Mary, cxiv.
Cocks. Lady Elizabeth, 43; — , Lady, 43,
152.
Cocksedge, Sarah, 53.
Coddrington, Ensign John. Ixx.
Coduer. John, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi.
CiHh-iiirjtvn, 144, 14i), 147, 171, 174. 175.
CODRINGTON. Agnes, 146, 147, 151, 157, 168;
Alexander Joseph, 144 ; Alice. 145, 146,
173; Alicia. 147: Ambrose, 147; Anna
Maria, 145. 172; Anne, 143, 144, 145, 146.
147, 148, 150, 163, 164. 165, 166, 167, 168,
173. 174. 175 ; Anne Mary. 144 ; Arthur,
144 : Sir B., 172 : Bethel. 174 : Sir Bethel,
172. 173 ; Lady Bethell. 172 ; Bridget, 145,
14.S, 1.50, 151 ; C„ 169, 172 ; Sir C. B., 170 ;
Sir C. Bethel!, 172 ; C. W.. 172 ; Caroline,
145. 152, 173; Caroline Anna Maria, 172;
Caroline Georgiana Harriet, 155. 156, 170 ;
Cecilia, ]47, 172; Ch. H., 173: Charles
Arthur. 144 ; Charlotte Octavia, 172 ; Chr.,
Ixvi. Ixviii, Ixxvii, 5, 7, 9, 76. 91, 194 ;
Chris,, 37, 57, 74, 102, 137, 203'; Chrisn.,
173 ; Christopher, Ixx, Ixxiii, Ixxv, cxliii,
112, 144, 14.5, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 1,52,
153, 15.5, 164, 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173.
174, 208, 232, 281 ; Col. Christopher, xlvi,
lix. Ixix. Ixxviii. 144, 153. 169 ; Gen. Chris-
topher, 17 ; Hon. Christopher, 169 ; Lieut.-
Col. Christopher, 169 ; Maj. Gen. Christo-
pher. 153 ; Sir Christopher, cxlix, 172 ;
Sir Christopher Bethell, 155,151!, 171, 173;
Christopher William, 44 ; Christopher Wil-
liam Bethell, 155, 156 ; Dorothv. 143. 145,
146, 147. 150, 151, 152. 153, 165" 174; Ed-
ward. 43, 145, 146, 148, 152, 153, 155, 169,
170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 280 ; Rear-Admiral
Sir Edward, 172. 173; Sir Edward, 145;
Eleanor, 144 ; Elizabeth, 42, 43, 143, 145,
141!, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 1.52, 165, 166,
171, 173, 174; Lady Elizabeth. 43; Ellen,
190 ; Ellinor, 172 ; Emma, 145, 173 ; Esther,
14s, 173 ; Frances, 143, 144, 14.5, 146, 147,
148, 149, 151, 165, 173, 174 ; Francis, 143,
147, 148.150, 173 : Fraunces, 165 ; Geoflfry,
146 : George Charles, 144 : George John
Granville Christopher, 144 ; George Rai-
mond, 144 ; Georgiana, 172 ; Lady Geor-
giana, 144, 172 ; Sir Gerald William Henry,
144; Gertrude, 150; Giles, 146, 147, 148;
Gyles. 143; Lady Harriet, 144; Hon.
Harriet Georgiana Caroline, 173 ; Henning-
ham, 148; (Sir Henry, 190; Humphry,
147; Isabella, 147; James, 172; Jane,
143, 145, 146, 147. 148, 172, 173; Jane
Barbara, 173; Jasper, 169: Jean, 173;
Jeane. 173: Joan, 148, 173, 174; Joanna,
148, 150, 174 ; Johan, 174 : Johannes, 171 ;
Johes, 174; John, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147,
148, 149, 150, 151, 1.52. 1.53, 163, 164, 165,
166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174 ; Col.
John, 147, 153, 169; Ensign John, Ixx;
John Archibald, 43, 144. 152 ; Joyce, 143,
146. 147, 148, 164. 165, 173, 174; Judith,
173 : Katherine, 146, 165, 168 ; Margaret,
143. 147, 148, 150, 168 ; Maria, 147 ; Marie,
143; Mary, 143, 144, 145, 146. 147, 148,
1.50, 151, 1.52, 153, 164, 165, 172, 173 ;
Mary Ann Eleanor, 144 ; Nicholas, 146,
164, 165, 167 ; Penelope, 147, 151 ; Rachell,
143, 146, 149, 174 ; Rebecca, 145 ; Richard,
147, 148, 150, 151, 152,157,166,168,173,
174 : Rev, Richard, 148 ; Robert, 143. 145.
146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 163, 164,
165. 166, 167, 168,169, 172, 173 ; Robertus,
175 ; Samuel, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150,
151, 1.52, 164,16.5,167,168,173,174; Sarah,
144, 145, 152, 169; Sarah Carolina, 152;
Sarah Caroline, 145 ; Simon, 146. 158, 165,
167. 168, 169; Sistlie, 143 ; Susan, 164;
Susanna, 143 ; Susanne. 165 : Symon, 143,
156, 157, 158, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167 ;
Thomas, 143, 146, 147, 148, 164, 167, 173 ;
Rev. Thomas, 148 ; W., 172 ; Sir W.,
1.52 ; Sir W. C. 175 ; Wilhelmus, 171 ;
William, Ixxiii, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvii. Ixxix,
Ixxxi. Ixxxii, Ixxxvii. xc, 62, 143. 144,
146. 147. 148, 149. 1.50. 151, 152, 153, 1,54,
1.5.5, 163, 164, 169. 171, 173, 174; Capt,
William, 146, 174 ; Col, William, Ixxsvii,
1.50, 151, 169, 171 ; Hon. William. Ixxxiv,
xcvi. 169. 174 ; Lieut.-Col. William. Ixxvi ;
Sir William, ci, cxiii, cxv, cxxiii, cxxv,
cxxvi, cxxxix, 42, 43, 144, 145, 151, 152,
153, 154, 155, 170, 171, 172,230. 241 : Wil-
liam John, 153, 170, 171 ; Sir WilUam
Raymond, 144 ; William Robert, 144 ;
— , xli, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Ixxxi, xcv, cxlix, 143,
144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 166. 172,
225 ; Capt. — , 172 ; Col. — , xxxvii, Isxiv,
Ixxv, 171, 172. 272 : Gen. — , Ixxi, Ixxvii,
xcix, 169, 227 ; Lieut.-Gen. — . Ixviii ; — ,
Lady. 43, 144. 172.
Codringtonne, Rob'te, 143.
Codrintou. Anne, 143, 162, 163; Cicelye,
143; Frances, 143; Gyles, 143 ; Isabella,
143 ; Jane, 143. 158, 159, 160 ; John, 143,
158, 159, 162, 163 ; Richard, 143 ; Robert,
162, 163; Simon. 162, 163.
Codry, Ann. 124.
Coe, \\'illiam, 23.
Coene, Peter, 22 ; Pieter, 17.
Cogan, Maj. William. Ixxxix ; Maj. — , 152.
Coke. Catherine, 255 ; Tho., cxxx ; Dr. — ,
cxxx, cxi, cxlvii.
Colburn, John, cxv,
Coldham, James, 279,
Cole, Edmond, 86 ; John, cliii ; Luke, cliii ;
Richard, cxv ; Roger, 223 ; Tho,, cxvii ;
Thomas, 223, 274 ; William, 283 ; — , 128.
Colebrooke, Sir George, 135 ; Sir W, M. 6,,
cliii, cliv ; Sir William McBean George,
cliii,
Coleburn, Elizabeth, 39 ; John, xciii.
Coleman, Anne, xxx ; William, 79, 80,
Colepepper, — -, 286,
Coleridge, H. N., xli : Henry Nelson, cli ;
Dr. William Hart, cli ; Rev. William Hart,
cli.
Colhoun. — , cxli, 177.
Coll, Edmond, lix.
Collars, John, xxiv.
CoUe, William, Ixii.
Colley, George, 223.
Collier, Capt. — , xxxvii.
Collin, Thomas, 176.
CoUinge, — , x.
Ceilings. Sarah, Ixxxii.
Collingwood, Col. Christopher, Ixxi; Col.
Fra. Ixxii ; — ■, cvi.
Collins, Ann, 7, 175, 176 ; B., 175 ; Barbara,
176; Bridget, 176; Daniel, 27; Darby,
Iviii, Ixxiii. 175, 176 ; Elie, 176 ; Elizabeth,
175, 176; Frances. 176 ; George, cxlvi, 137,
176 ; Rev. George, cxlix, 175. 176 ; George
B., 137; George Barret, 175, 176, 250;
George Ellis. 175, 176 ; Hannah, 176 ; Hen-
ry, xxi ; Hester. 175, 176 ; Rev. J. C, 176 ;
James. 176 ; .Jane, 175, 176 ; Jane Halford,
175, 176 ; .Jane I^ynch, 176 ; .John, 175, 176 ;
John Samuel, 171) ; Joseph, xviii ; Mari-
anne Rebecka, 116, 176; Martin Nichols,
175, 176 ; Mary, 175, 176, 184, 185; Mary
Hall, 176; Nich,, cii, cviii, cxiv; Capt.
Nich,, cv ; Nicholas, lix, cii, 175, 176, 186,
240, 241; Nicolas, Ixxiv ; Patience, 176;
Capt. Peter, 1 76 ; Richard, cxiv, 1 76 ; Capt.
Robert, 176 ; Sarah. 176 ; Tho., 7 ; Thomas,
xxiv, 176 ; Waldin, 176 ; William, clii, 175,
1 76. 250 ; Capt. William, 1 76 ; William
Gell, 175, 176 ; — , Ixxvii, 175, 185.
CoUinson, — , cviii,
CoUowell, Henry, xxiv.
Colombine, Col. — , 43.
CoLQUHOUN, A., 139; Alexander, 139; Allis-
ter, 177, 225 ; Elizabeth, 5, 139, 177 ; Eliza-
beth Marianne, 177 : Frances, 177; George
Crump, 177 : Harriet, 177 ; Harriot La ving-
ton, 177 ; Humphrey, 75, 177 ; Patrick,
177; R,, 177; Robert, cxliii, cxlvi, 177;
Sir Robert Gilmour, 177 : Sarah, 177, 225 ;
Walt., cxi, cxliii: Walter, 139, 177, 225;
Hon. Walter. 177; William, 177 ; Wil-
liam Millar, 177, 225 ; — , 177.
Colson, Robert, 195.
Colsworthy, Elizabeth, cxi.
Columbus. — , viii.
Combe, Edd., 262 ; Edmund, 262 ; James,
203.
Comberlach, Robert, 277.
Combes, James, 202 ; John, Ixxx. Ixxxiii,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, Ixxxix ; — , cviii.
Combett, Hester, cxi.
Comes, John, xxxvii.
Comfoon, Judith. 228.
Comhal, King, 179.
Complain, or Complyng, Roger, Ix ; Ensign
Roger, Ixi.
Compton, Thomas, Ix.
Concannon, — , 52,
Coningham, Elizabeth, 190; Ensign Robert,
Ixx; William. 190.
Conings, Thomas, lix,
Connell. Duncan, Ix ; James, lix,
Conner, Curnelius, Iviii,
Connolly, Mark, cliii ; — , cxvii.
Connor, James, cxvi. See also O'Connor.
Connoway, Thomas, 141.
Consett. — , 153.
Constable, Capt. Charles, Ixxxv.
Constant, Elizabeth, 86 ; Stephen, 86,
Conway, Barbara, 255 ; H, S., cxx ; Sir Henry
Huncks. Lord, 97.
Conyers, Alice, 113 : Christopher, 113 ; Eliza-
beth, 113: John, cxii, cxvii, cxix, 275 ; — ,
cii.
Conjnigham, Elizabeth, 193 ; William, 193.
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Cook, Barbara, 176; Benjamin, 176 ; Foun-
taine, 53 ; Henry, 76 ; James, Ix, cxi ;
John, 271, 272 ; Katherine, 270, 271 ; Mary,
270, 271; Peter, 282; Phil., ex; Steph.,
271 ; Thomas, 271 ; William, 200 ; — ,
Ixxx, 23, 270; — . Lady, 18, 26.
Cook-Freeman, John, 270 ; Susanna, 270.
Cooke, Benjamin, 114 ; Edw., Ixxxvii ; Ed-
ward, Iviii ; Elizabeth, 189, 250; Lady
Elizabeth, 20 ; Elliott, 2.i0 ; Hen., 215 ;
Henry, Iriii ; James, ci, 286 ; Jane Scott,
68 ; John, 20, 68 ; Joseph, 68 ; Katherine,
271 ; Margaret, csii ; Mary, 68 ; Stephen,
270, 271 ; Thomas, Ixxvii, 270, 271 ; — ,
286 ; Capt. — , xxxi ; Lady — , 25, 26.
Cookfs, 121.
Cookson, Capt. — , cxviii.
Coolie, Capt. John, xvi.
Coomes, John. Ixxxvi ; William, Iviii.
Coone, Peter, 22.
Coope, Richard, 43, 214.
Cooper, Anne, 252 ; Edmund, xxiv ; Edward,
Iviii ; Capt. Francis, xcvi ; Isc, 89 ; John,
120, 252 ; Magnus, cxii ; Margaret, 149,
196; Sam., 152; William, 232, 280; — ,
44 ; Capt. ^, Ixxxv.
Coote, Alexander, Ix ; Hon. Col. — , 199.
Cope, Frederick, c, ci ; Mary, 240, 241;
Robert Camden, 240, 241.
Copleman, EUzabeth, cxii.
Copley, Lydia, 226, 227.
Coppin, John, cxiii.
Coppinge, Elizabeth, 13 ; John, 13.
Coragre, James, lix.
Corbet, John, Ixxii, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx ;
Miles, xix ; — , 43.
Corby, William, Iviii.
Corinton, — , oxiv.
Cork, — , Ixxx.
Corlett. John, 90.
Cormick, Col. John, Hi ; Ensign John, lii.
Cornelison, Cornelus, xxiv ; William Hen., 87.
Corn wall, Alira.. Ixxxvi ; Sir George, 154, 155.
Correll, William, cxi.
Corss, James. 5.
Cosby, Alexander, 242 ; Capt. Alexander,
240 ; Anne, 240. 242, 243 ; Anne, Lady,
242 ; Augusta Louisa, 241, 242 ; Eliza,
242; Elizabeth. 242 ; Emma Grace Mary
Aune, 243 ; Frances Eliza Jane, 243 ;
Grace, 242; Harriet Frances, 242, 243;
Harriet Louisa Anne. 243 ; Henry, 241,
242. 243 : Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry, 240, 242 ;
Sir Henry, 241, 248; Sir Henry A. M.,
243 ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Augustus
Montagu, 241 ; Sir Henry Augustus Mon-
tague, 242, 243 ; Mary Augusta, 243 ;
Phillips, 241. 242 ; Admiral I'hillips, 243;
Capt. Phillips, 242, 243 ; William, 242,
243 ; — , 241, 242 ; Col. — , 243.
Cotes. Digby, 171.
Cotherington, Isabella, 173; Richard, 173;
Thomas. 173; — , 157.
Cotte, I'eter. xvii.
Cotterel, Mary, 21 ; Sarah, 21.
Cottle. Thomas, cxix ; Thomas J., exlii.
Cottom, Rebc, 120.
Cotton, John, 17, 47 ; Sam., 227.
CoiiU, 178, 180.
COULL, Alicia, 178, 180 ; Anne, 178. 179. 180 ;
Anne Lydia Matilda, 178, 180 ; Elizabeth,
178. 179, 180; Elizabeth Adelaide, 178,
180 ; Elizabeth Mary Langford, 59. 178,
179, 180; Ellen. 178, 180; Florence, 178,
180 ; Francis. 178, ISO ; Isabella, 178, 179 ;
James, cxxxviii, exlvi, 177, 178, 179, 180 ;
Rev. James, cxlix, 177. 178 ; James George,
178; John M., 180; Joyce, 178, 180;
Margaret. 178; Mary 178, 180; Nellie,
178 ; Patrick, 178, 179 ; Peter, 179 ; Rachel,
178 ; The, cxlv, cxlvii ; Thomas, cxliii,
cxlviii, clii, 59, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181 ;
Dr. Thomas, 179, ISO ; Thomas Anthony
Musgrave. 178 ; Thomas Rogers, 178, 180 ;
W. A., clix, 180; William, 177, 178, 179,
180 ; William A., clix : William lAnn, 180 ;
William Anne, 178, 180; Zoe, 178. 180;
— , 178 ; Col. — , 178, 179 ; Dr. — , 180.
Coulson, The, Ixv.
Coulthard, James, 255.
Coupper, William, 232.
Courant, — , 87.
Court, John, Ixviii ; King, o ; — , c.
Courtenay. William, 140, 141.
Courthope. John. 146, 174 ; Rachel, 146, 150,
174.
Cousins, — , 128.
Couttenell, Thomas, xxiv.
Cove, Capt. Peter, lii.
Coventry, — . li, liv.
Cowell, Jos.. 74 ; Joseph, 5.
Cowin, Margaret, cxi.
Cowper, Mary Ann, 284.
Cox, Abigail. 275; Baptist Donaldson, 176;
Caroline, 152; Charles, 181; Compton,
286 ; Gratia, 17, 18 ; Jane, 192 ; John,
176 ; Mary, 1 7, 18, 42, 176 ; Richard, 43,
94, 145, 152, 153, 172; Sir Richard. 42;
Samuel, 17,18,45 ; Sarah Caroline, 43, 145;
Thomas, Ivii, lix ; — , 133, 172, 192.
Ceabb, Benjamin, 181 ; Catherine, 181 ;
Dorothy, cxii, 181 ; Edward. 181 ; Eleanor,
ISl ; Elizabeth, 181 ; George, 181 ; Isaac,
181 ; James, 181 ; Laurence, Ixxii. Ixxiv,
Ixxvi, Ixxvii. Ixxix, (12, 181 : Hon. Law-
rence, 181; Martha. 181 ; Mary, 181 ; Pa-
tience. 181 ; Richard. 181 ; Sally Grove,
181 ; Sarah, 181 ; William, 181 ; William
George, cxii ; — , 181.
Craddock, Elizabeth, 277 ; Mary, 277.
Crafford. Alexander, 96, 182; Dorothy, 96,
182 ; Tho.. xcvii ; Ensign William, 183.
Craggs. — , xcii.
Crane, Hugh, 282.
Craanell, Hugh, 128.
Cranston, James, 232.
Cranstoun, D., cliii ; David, 83 ; George, clii.
Cranwell, John, lix.
Crauford, Alexander, 183; Samuel, 63;
Sarah, 63.
Craven, Mary, 17 ; — , Lord, Ixviii.
Crawford, Alex., ex, cxv ; Alexander. 134,
182. 183, 248 ; Andrew, 183 ; Ann. ex, 36,
183 ; Ann Crawfeild, 183 ; Ann Crawfield,
183; Archibald, 277; Charles, 182, 183;
Charlotte, 183 ; Edwardina Eldridge, 183 ;
Eleanor, 183 ; Eliza, 183 ; Esther Meglo,
183 ; Euphemia, 182, 183 ; Frances, 1S3 ;
George, 36, 183 : Dr. George, 183 ; George
B. M., 183 ; Harriet, 183 ; James Gilchrist,
clii, 183 ; John, 182, 183, 250 ; Dr. John,
183 : John Francis, 182. 183 ; Louisa
Grace, 1S3 ; Margaret Pearson, 183 ; Mar-
garet Susannah, 183 ; Mary, 134, 182, 1S3 ;
Mary Ann, 183 ; Mathew, 182, 183 ; Pat-
rick, xciv, xcv. xcvi, 182 ; Rebecca Grace,
182; Rebeccah Grace, 183; Robert, 182,
183: Samuel, cliii. 183 ; Sarah, 183: Sarah
Charles, 183; Thomas, 183; Thomas
Harris. 183; William, 182, 183: W. R.,
cliii ; — , cvii, cviii ; — , Earl of, 15.
Crawley, North, 137.
Crawly, James, xcvii.
Credelanz, James. Ixxxix.
Cressy, Edward, 104; Slingsby, cii, ciii ; Dr.
Slingsby, 104 ; Edward, 104 ; Dr. — ,
xcviii.
Crewe, Robert, 168.
Crichton, Francis, cliii ; George, cliii ; James
L., cliii : Samuel, cliii.
Cridlaud, Henry, 218.
Criggs, James, 275.
Griping, George, 5.
Cripps, Richard, 198.
Crisp, Frances, 183 ; Maj. Jos.. Ixx ; Joseph,
Ixvii, 81 ; Capt. Joseph, Ixxxii ; Maj.
Joseph, 17.
Crispe, Ellis, 128 ; Mary, 128 ; Lieut. — , cv.
Crispin, Sarah, cxi.
Crockett, Mary, ex.
Croke, Unton, 143.
Cromwell, Oliver, xix. xxi, xxv, xxvi ; — ,
xxvi, 149 ; Capt. — , xxv.
Crook, Clement, xcii, 79 ; Capt. Clement,
Ixxxii ; M.aj. Henry, lii ; Hon. Samuel, 81 ;
Sarah, ex ; Maj. — , xxxi.
Croot, Ann, 248 ; Thomas, 248.
Crosbee, — , Ixxx.
Crosbie, Elizabeth Garrett, 248 ; Jane, 248 ;
John, 84, 248.
Crosby, Lucy, 74, 77 ; William, xcviii.
Crosier. Deborah. 114 : William, 114.
Cross, Tho., ex ; Thomas, cxv.
Crossfeild, John, 282.
Crouch, Thomas, 128.
Crowe, Elizabeth, 119 : Elizabeth Langford,
180 ; Elizabeth Mary Langford, 59, 60,
177, 178,179; Josiah, 119; Capt. Josias,
119; Margaret Langford, 179; Rebecca
Margaret, 57. 59, 60, 63, 178. 180 ; Rebecca
Mary, 177 ; Robert, 179 ; William, 59, 63,
178, 179, ISO ; Dr. William, 57, 60, 177.
Crowley, Elizabeth, 129 ; Hester, 129 ; Jane,
129 ; Joseph, cliii : Leuisa, 129 ; Luke,
129 ; Mary, 127, 129, 253 ; Richard, 129 ;
William, 127, 129, 130; — , 129.
Crowther, Benjamin, 123 ; Bry., 254; Sarah,
123.
Crozin, William, cxiv.
Cruft, G., 92.
Crumb, — , cvii.
CKniiP, Abell, 186 ; Ann, 184, 185, 186, 263 ;
Barbara, 186 ; Barbary, 186 ; Biam, 186;
Byam, ciii, 175, 184, 185, 186 ; Col. Byam,
186 ; Gen. Byam, 184 ; Dorothea, 184, 185 ;
Edward, 186 ; Elizabeth, 86, 184. 186, 252,
263 ; George, ci, cii, cxv, cxxxix, 85, 86,
184, 185, 186, 187, 263 ; Dr. George, xcvui,
ciii, 84, 175, 184 ; George Brow, 105 ;
Georgius, 186 ; Rev. James, 252 ; John,
185, 186 ; Joshua, eix, cxvi, 184, 185, 186,
209 ; Capt. Joshua, 184 ; Josiah, 186 ;
Capt. Josiah, 186 ; Julia. 139, 184. 263 ;
Margaret, 186 ; Martha, 186 ; Mary, cxii,
175, 184, 185, 186; Nath.. Ixxi, Ixxvii,
Ixxviii, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvii,
xoiii, xcvi ; Capt. Nath., Ixxvii, Ixxviii,
102 ; Hon. Nath.,xcix ; Nathaniel. Ixxviii,
Ixxix, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, xci, xcvi. xcvii, 85,
175, 184, 185, 186. 217, 219, 220, 263;
Capt. Nathaniel. 134 ; NathlL.lsxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxxiv ; Capt. Nathll., Ixxii, Ixxiv ;
Patience, 185 ; Philip, xcvii, 185 ; Phillip.
185, 186 ; Richard, 186 ; Russel, 184, 186,
187; Russell. 185. 187; Samuel. 184;
Sarah, 185, 186; William, 184, 186; — ,
185 ; Capt. — , Ixxxvii ; Col. — , xcvi,
xcvii. cxviii, 132 ; Dr. — , xcviii ; Gen.
— , cxviii.
Culford, Michel, xxiii.
Cullen, Rob., ex.
Cully, Martin Soper, ex.
Cumberland, Charles, 200, 201 ; Lieut. Ed
ward Sandford, 90 ; Elizabeth, 88 ; Louisa,
90 ; Penelope Susannah, 201 ; Richard,
90 ; Capt. William, 88 ; Rear-Admiral
William, 90 : — , 90, 200 : Capt. — , 90
— , Duke of. 98, 104.
Gumming, Caroline, 200, 202 ; Sir John, 200
Lady Mary, 202 ; Sarah Jane, 13.
Cummins. P.itrick. 84 ; Dr. — , cxlvi,
Cuniffe, Henry. 196 ; Mai., 196.
Cunliffe. Vanda, 261 ; — , 261.
Cunningham, Alexander, 151 ; C. J., clvl ;
John, 85 : Richard. Ixxxv ; Robert, Ixxxv ;
Capt. Rob.. Ixxxii ; Ensign Robert, Ixx ;
Lieut. Robert, Ixxxvii.
Curlet, — , cxvi.
Currie, Thomas, cxii ; William, 131.
Curson. John, 43.
Curteein. .Aindrew, xxiv, Ixi, 282.
Curteys. .lohn. 168.
Curthorpe, Rachel, 151.
Curtiell. Rebecka, 35.
Curtin. Rev. James, cxlix.
Curtis, Charles, 238 ; John, Ix, 168 ; Wil-
liam, Iviii, 60 ; — , xxiii.
Curtle, Ambrose, ox.
Curwen. Capt. — , 254.
Cusack, 187.
CUSACK. Ann, 187; Francis, 187; Joshua, 187;
Lajtitia. 243, 244 ; Letitia. 187 ; Lettice,
187; Lewis, cxvi, 187; Loetitia, 187;
Mary. 187 ; Pat., xcviii ; Patk., cxiv, cxv ;
Patrick, 124. 203,244; Dr. Patrick, 184,
185, 187, 243 ; Peter. 187, 244 ; Russel,
184. 186, 187 ; Russell, 185, 187 ; — , 187.
.sV'c alsd De Cusack.
Cusacke, Robert. 187.
Cussans, — , 77, 125, 133.
Cust, Reginald John, clvi.
Cuttey, Peter, xiv.
Cutwell. Charles, 21.
Cyler, Hen., ci.
D
D., James, xc.
D'Arote. — , cxi.
D'Esnambue, — , xi, xii, xiii ; Capt. — , ix ;
Sieur — , ix.
D'Estaing, Count, exxiv.
D'Estree. Comte, Ixi.
D'Orvillier. — , xxxii.
D'Oyley, Mary Elizabeth, 261 ; — , 261.
D'Urban, Sir Benjamin, cl, 12, 84 ; — , cii.
D'Witt, Tho., ixxx.
D'Witte, George, ixxx.
Dabron. Arth.. xciv, xcvii.
Dacent, John, 191 ; — , cii, 191.
Daines. Morris, Iviii.
Dakins, Harriet. 191 ; Lydia, 192 ; Thomas.
192 ; Thomas Henry, 191.
Dalby. Josepha, 273, 275 ; Thomas Septimus,
273, 275.
Dally, Richard, 221.
Dalrymple, Campel, 209 ; Charles, 213 ;
Margaret. 209, 213.
Dalton, — , 142.
Dalvan. Arth., Ixxxvii.
Daly. Cha.. 229 : Daniel, lii, 274 ; Diana,
134. 136 ; James, 134, 136 ; John, Ixxxii.
Dalzell, Anne Wiekham, 231 ; Eliza Mont-
gomery, 233 ; Elizabeth, 233 ; Ephraim
Jordan, 233 ; George, cxi, 233 ; John
Mayer, 233 ; Lieut.-Gen. Robert, ov ;
Sarah, 233 ; Gen. — , cii.
Dampier. — , Ixv.
Dancey. Robert. Ixxxvi.
Danes, Phil., Ixix.
Danford, — , Ixii.
Daniel, or Daniell, Ann, 188 ; Ann Meade,
188, 189; Ann William. 188, 189; Anne
Lindsey, 188 ; Caroline Elizabeth, 188, 189;
Charlotte, 188, 189; Charlotte Elizabeth
Earle, 188, 189 ; Earle, 188 ; Earle Lindsey,
188 ; Edward, 188 ; Edward Thomas, 188 ;
Eliza Earle, 188, 189; Eliza Wolseley, 189;
Elizabeth, 188 ; Elizabeth Jane, 188, 189;
George Nerval Home, 188, 189 ; George
INDEX OF NAMES.
297
Webbe. 1S8, 189; J., xxvi ; James, 60;
John Rose, 189; Maj.- Gen. John, 188;
Jos., Iviii ; Louisa ToUemaohe, 188 ; Luke,
cii ; Maria Osborn. 188, 189 ; Mead, cxlv ;
Mead Home, cxlvii, cli. 105, 188, 189;
Meade, 188; Hon. Meade H., 189 ; Nicholas.
188 ; Phoebe, 188 ; Rich.. Ixxxvi ; Robert
Carr. cliii ; Sarah, 188 ; Thomas, csxiv,
cxxvii. 8. 47, 188, 189 ; William, 188 ; Wil-
liam Osborne, 188, 189 ; — , 188.
Darby, Dorothy, 205. 215 ; Elizabeth, 195,
204, 2(15 ; Mary. 205, 209, 210 ; Nesbit, ci,
ciii, cxiv, 195, 204 ; Philip, Ixii, cii ; — ,
xoix.
Daroej', Edward, 140.
Darcus, Henry, csi.
Darling. John. 129.
Darlow, Elizabeth, cxii ; Thomas, xlix, li,
Iv, Is.
Darnell, Frances, 194 ; Sarah. 120; William,
194.
Darrack. .Joanna. 129 ; Tho., 129.
Darsey. Dorothy Thibou, S8 ; Michael, 83.
Dart,—, 251.
Dartmouth, — . Earl of, Ixxxv, 32, G8.
Darvey, Michael, cxi.
Darvill. John, cxiii.
Dasent, 190.
Dasent, .Mexander. 191 ; Anne, 190 ; Arthur
Irwin, 191, 192 : Brid<;-et, 191, 193 ; Bury
Irwin. 190, 193 ; Caroline, 191 ; Charles
Underwood, 191 ; Charlotte, 191 ; Char-
lotte Martha, 19(1, 192 ; Daniel, 191, 193;
Eleanor. 191. 193 ; Eleanor Roche, 191 ;
Elizabeth, 190, 193 ; Ellen, 190 ; Frances,
190. 191 ; Frances Emily Mary, 191 ;
Frances Louisa, 191, 193 ; George, 191 ;
Sir George. 192 ; George Webbe, 193 ; Sir
George Webbe. 191 ; George William
Manuel, 191, 194; Grace, 2, 190, 193;
Harriet, 191; Harriet Frances, 190, 192;
Henrietta, 2, 190, 193 ; Hill, 191, 193, 194 ;
J. B., 193 ; James, 191 ; Jane Camden, 190,
193 ; John, cii, ciii, 2, 190, 191, 193 ; Hon.
John. 191, 193 ; John Bury, 190 ; John
Roche. 190. 192, 193 ; Joseph, 190 ; Man-
uel, 190; Mary, 191, 194; Mary Fenton,
191; Sophia, 191; Walter, 190; William
Jones, 191; — , 190, 191, 193. Sm also
Dacent.
Dashwood, Peter, It ; Rich., Ixxx ; Richard,
Ixxiii ; Thomas, Iv.
Davenport, Ensign James, Ix, Ixi.
Davey, God,, 195 ; W. B,, cliv.
Davidson, Euphemia, 212 ; Henry, 140, 141 ;
Rev. Robert, cxiv ; — , 212, 286.
Davies, Daniel. 40, 41 ; John, xxvii ; Mary,
40 ; Ptr., 44 ; Rebecca, 98 ; Rowland,
Iviii ; WilUam, cxiv ; — 98, 248.
Davis, 195.
Davis, Agnes, 194 ; Agnes Eliza, 194 ; Ann,
194, 223; Anna Louisa, 194; Arabella,
194; .Irrabella Spencer, 195; Augusta
Haliburton. 194 ; Hon. B. Brown, 195 ;
Benjamin, 195; Benjamin Brown, 194;
Benjamin S., 194 ; Bridget. 194 ; Charles
Shuttleworth, 194 ; Dr. Daniel Gateward,
civ ; Darnell, xxi ; Edmund, 130, 280 ;
Edward. 46; Elizabeth, 194, 195, 231,
233 ; Emma Agnes, 194 ; Frances, 194 ;
Frances Jane, 194, 195 ; Frances Sarah,
194; Gilbert, 195; Grace, 21; Henry,
195 ; Honour, 195 ; Humphry, Ixxxvii,
195 ; Ja., 24 ; James, Ixxxix, ex, 195 ;
John, Ixii, Ixxxii, 194, 195, 231, 274 ; Col.
John, 90, 194, 195; Dr. John, c, 195;
Lieut, John, Ixiv ; John Nicholas, 194 ;
Jos., 194; Julian. 195; Margaret Earle
Tudor, 194; N. Darnell, xi ; Nathaniell,
Ixii ; Nicholas Darnell, 194 ; Peter, 195 ;
Rebecca, 134 ; Richard. 195 ; Samuel, cliii ;
Sarah, .83, 194. 195, 231, 232, 234; Rev.
Stapleton, 52 ; Steuart, 194 ; Steuart F. S.,
194; Stewart Spencer, 194; Susannah,
195 ; Sylvester, 195 ; Thomas, 194, 195 ;
Thomas Sharpe, 195 ; Thomas Spencer,
195, 231, 232, 234; Dr. Thomas Spencer,
194 ; Tom, xi ; William, cliii, 83, 119, 194,
195 ; William Darnell, 194 ; — , Ivii, clvi,
194.
Davison, Jos., ci, ciii ; Josh., cxii.
Daviss, Henry, 195 ; Mary, 195.
Davy, Edw., ci ; William, 23 ; — , vii.
Davys, John, 168 ; Randall, 168.
Dawley, Daniell, lix ; John, cxiv.
Dawson, Rev. G. A., 54 ; Louisa, 54 ; Wil-
liam, 209, 210.
Day, John, cxl, 225 ; Simon, cxii ; William,
cxii, 151, 152.
Dayley, — . xciii.
De Aghelck, Mathew le Naper, 15.
De Baas, — , xlii, li.
De Baillet, Joseph, 170 ; Marie Julie Claire,
170.
De Belin, — , x.
De Blenac, — , Comte, Ivii.
De Boitiere, — , x.
De Bonabon, Anne Marj'. 144 ; J. Lefer, 144.
De Bouille, — , Marquis, cxxiii, cxxvi.
De lirisac, Capt. Paul, Ixx.
De Byland, — •, Count, cxxiii.
De Ca,sse, Admiral — , Ixix.
De Chambre, — , xxxii, xxxiii, 271,
De Clodore, — , xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv,
XXX vi.
De Cusac, — , xi, xii,
De Fauconbege, Lieut. Dominicus, Ixx.
De Firkes, Baron Augustus, 99 ; Cornelia
Rachel Munton, 99.
De Fuckingberg, Lieut. Demeny, Ixx.
De Grasse, — , Count, cxxvi ; Admiral — ,
Count, cxxvii.
De Koster, — , Ixxvii, Ixxviii.
De la Bard, — , xl.
De la Barre, Antony Lefebure, xxxvi ; M.
Antoiue le Febure, xxxiii ; — , xxxii,
xxxiii, xxxiv. xxxv, xxxviii, xl, xlvii.
De la Beere, John, 149,
De Lancey, James, 242.
De Lespraine, — , xxx.
De Lion, — , xxxii, xxxiv.
De Lubersac, Augusta, 285, 287 ; Charles
Ernest, Baron, 287 ; Comte Charles Ernest,
285 ; Louise Amelie Andree, 285 ; — , Vi-
comte, 287.
De Montmorency, Viscount Frankfort, 99.
De Nambucq, — , x, xiv, xvii, xxx ; Capt. — ,
ix, X.
De Nombre, — , ix.
De Peyronnet. Georgina Frances, 192 ; Isa-
belle Raymonde. 192 : Juliette Laura, 192 ;
— . Vicomte, 192.
De Poincy, — , xLx, xxi.
De Ruiter, — , xxx.
De St. Laurence, — , xxxi.
De Sales, Charles, xxviii.
De Shambray, — , 271,
De Stockwel'l, Sybbill, 2 ; Tige, 2.
De Toledo, Don Frederick, xii, xv.
De Witt, Ann, 202, 203 ; Dorothy, 202,
203 ; Elizabeth, 202, 203 ; Frances, 202,
203 ; George, Ix, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxxii, 202,
203 ; Lieut. George, Ixi ; John. 202, 203 ;
Joseph. 202, 203 ; Margaret, 202, 203 ; Mary,
202, 203 ; Mercy, cii, 202, 203 ; Philip, Ixix,
202, 203 ; Lieut. Philip, 202 ; Sarah, 202,
203 ; Thomas, Ixxix, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, xc, ci,
23, 24, 202, 203 ; William. 202, 203 ; — , 23,
25, 202, 203.
Deacon, Frances, 275 ; James, 275.
Deaken, Maj. John, 275,
Dean, Alex., cxiii ; Gretta, 256, 257 ; Richard
Betenson, 170; Robert, 65 ; Thomas Ex-
ton, 256, 257,
Deane, Dennis, 128.
Dease, John, 153.
Decasse, — , Ixviii.
Declary, Robert, Ix.
Decoster. John, Ixxx.
Dedmarten, — , 153.
Dee, Duncan, Ixxxvi.
Deereman, Martha, 73 ; Thomas, 73 ; — , 73.
Deinnis, George, xvii.
Del Garno, Capt. Arthur, xcvi.
Delafaille, Eugenia Marie Josepha, 1 70 ; — ,
170.
Delaferte, Abraham Picart, 274 ; — , xov.
Delaraare. Mary, 136 ; Robert, 136, 229.
Delanay, John, xciii.
Delane, Francis Louisa, 191, 193 ; W. F. A.,
191, 193.
Delanoy, Peter, cxii.
Ddiij), 197.
Delap, Ann, 195, 196, 197 ; Arthur, 196 ;
Catherine, 197 ; Dorothy, 195, 197 ; Eliza-
beth, cxii, 196, 197; Fra,, xcix, cii ; Francis,
cvii, cxiv, 40, 66, 94, 131, 136, 140, 195,
196, 197, 264, 277, 280; Henry, 197;
Henry Lyons, 197 ; James, cii, 66, 196,
197 ; John, xcv, 22, 195, 196, 197 ; Joseph,
197 ; Joseph King, 197 ; Margaret, 196,
197 ; Mary, 196, 197 ; Rebecca, 196, 197 ;
Robert, 196, 197 ; Samuel, 196, 197 ;
Sarah, 196, 197 ; Sarah Osborn, 197 ; Wil-
liam, 196, 197 ; — , civ, 197,
Delap-Halliday, Charlotte Elizabeth, 188 ;
Maj, John, 188.
Delatroide, Francis, xciv.
Delavall, Capt. Tho., Ixx ; Col. Tho., Ixxii ;
Maj. Thomas, Ixxiii.
Delgarno, Capt. — , xcvi.
Delgols, William, 87.
Dell, William, 150.
Dellap, Alexander, 196 ; And., 196 ; Anne,
196 ; Barbara, 196 ; Catherine, 196 ;
Elizabeth, 196 ; Lilly, 196 ; Robert, 196.
Dempsey, Ann, cxii.
Denap, Peter, ex.
Denbow, Alice, 199 ; Alice Bayley. 198, 199 ;
Ann, 198, 199 ; Archibald, 198 ; Archibald
Hamilton, 198 ; Byam, 198, 199 ; Charity,
198, 199 ; Eleanor, cxii, 198, 199 ; Eliza-
beth, 198, 199; George, 198, 199; Grace, 198,
199; Harriot, 198,199; James, cxiv, 198, 199;
James Harriot, 199; .Jane, 198, 199;
Margaret, 226 ; Mary, 19S, 199 ; Mary
Ann, 198, 199; Penelope, 198, 199; Pene-
lope Rodeney, 199; Rachel, 198, 199;
Rebecca, 226 ; Richard, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, ex, 198, 199 ; Sarah, cxi,
198, 199 ; Sarah Eliza, 199 ; Sibella, 198 ;
Susannah, 198, 199; Thomas, 198, 199;
William, ciii, cxii, 198, 199. 226 ; William
Gamble, 198, 199 ; William John, 199.
Deudy, Edw., Ix ; Edward, 137.
Denew, ,John, xcv.
Deniford, Teag, Ixii.
Dennet, John. Iviii.
Denning, Catherine Boyle. 230 ; Daniell,
Iviii ; Eliza. 230 ; Elizabeth, 230 ; Hen.,
ciii ; Henrietta, 230 ; Henry, 230 ; Ka-
therine Hanson, 230 ; Margaret, 230 ;
Maria Ann, 273 ; Mary, ex, 66, 68, 230 ;
Mary Ann, 230, 274, 276; Robert, 230;
Sarah, 230 ; William, cxi, 66, 170, 230,273,
274, 276, 277 ; William French, 230, 274.
Dennys, Henry, 160.
Denton. William, Ixii.
Denys. Henry, 168.
Depoincij. — . xxvii.
Depree, Anthony. Ix,
Derby, — Stanley, Earl of, 253,
Dering, Rev, Cholmely Edward .lohn, 140,141.
Derrick, Garrard, xxiii ; Capt, Garrard, xxv ;
Garret, xxiii ; Jacob, xxiii, xxiv, xxv ;
Capt, — , xxiv,
Derrickson, Capt, Garrard, xxiv ; Jacob,
xxiv,
Derry, Samuel, cliii,
Des Vories, James, 103.
Desilven, — , cxiii.
Desilvia, Eleanor Muir, 237, 240 ; George,
cliii ; John, cliii ; Joseph, cliii,
Deskford, James, Lord, 179.
Dessier, — , 120.
Devereux, Edmond, 69, 71 ; Edwin, 17 ;
Mary, ex, 69, 71.
Devon, — , 255.
Devonshire, Frances, 103 ; Welthian, 97.
Dewar, 201.
Dewar, Hon. A., 200 ; Adeliza Bertie, 200 ;
Adeliza Mary Bertie, 201 ; Albemarle, 200,
201, 202 ; Albemarle O'Beirne Willoughby,
201, 202 ; Albemarle Willoughby. 202 ;
Albemarle Willoughby David, 201, 202;
Alex., 200 ; Ann, 200 ; Ann Louisa, 200,
201 ; Anne, 200 ; Caroline, 199, 200, 201,
202 ; Lady Caroline, 200, 201 ; Christina,
201 ; Clive Albemarle Willoughby, 201 ;
David, 199, 200, 201; David A., 200;
David Albemarle, 200 ; David A. B., 200 ;
David Albemarle Bertie, 201 ; Edward,
200; Eleanor, 202 : Elizabeth, 200 ; Eliza-
beth Ann, 201 ; Florence Jane Bertie, 201 ;
Florence Wilhelmina Rose, 201, 202;
George, 199, 2(.l0, 201 ; George Albemarle
Bertie, 201 ; v^ieorge Edward Mathew,
200, 201 ; Hubert Stephen Lowry, 201,
202 ; James, 199, 200, 202, 209 ; Capt.
James. 200 ; Dr. .lames, cxi, cxvi, 200, 202 ;
Jane, 199, 200, 201, 202 ; Jane Charlotte,
200, 201 ; John, 199, 200, 201, 202, 217 ;
Margaret, 200 ; Mary Anne, 200 ; Pene-
lope Susannah, 200, 201 ; Richard, 200 ;
Robert, 200, 202 ; Sarah, 200 ; Stephen,
217, 221 ; — , civ, 200, 201.
Dewberry, Josh., cxiii.
Dewe, Robert, 156, 157.
Dewsterde, David, 76.
Dick, .John. cxx.
Dickeson, John, 151.
Dickinson, Ann, 78 ; Edward Tyley, cliii ;
Michael, 57 ; William, cxi, cxxxiv,
cxxxviii, 60, 281, 283.
Dickson, George, 81.
Digby, George, lix ; William, xvi.
Diggle, Sam., 124.
Dillon, Count, cxxvi.
Dimery, Elizabeth, 162 ; Giles, 162 ; Nicholas,
161.
Dimsdale. — , 21.
Dining, Adam, ci, 230 ; Martha, 230.
Dipford, Thomas, Ix, 112.
Dixon, Mary, ex.
Dobie, James, 75.
Dobridge, Edith A., 256.
Dobyns, Capt. William, Ixix.
Docody. John, xxiv.
Dodds. John, ciii.
Doe, John, 71, 203.
Doggett. Capt. John, civ.
Doio, Ann, 204, 205, 206, 258 ; Ann H., 207 ;
Ann W. Kins, 207 ; Anne, 204, 205, 207 ;
Christian, 10, 204, 205, 207 ; David, 204,
205, 206, 258 ; Dorothy, 195, 204, 205, 206,
207, 258, 279, 280 ; Elizabeth, 83, 204, 206 ;
Elizabeth Ash, 204, 207 ; Elizabeth Jane,
83, 204, 205 ; Elizabeth L., 207 ; Elizabeth
Lane, 204, 205 ; Emily Elizabeth, 204,
207 ; Jacob, 204, 207, 258 ; James, cii, cvi,
oviii, cxi, cxiv, cxl, 10, 105, 19.5, 204, 205,
Q Q
298
THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
206, 207, 257, 258, 264, 279, 280; James
Nisbitt, 20-1. 206 ; Jane, 206 ; John, 204,
205, 206. 207 ; John H., 207 ; John Hurst,
204, 206 ; Majfdalen, 205 ; Margaret, 204,
206, 207 ; Margaret Elizabeth, 204, 206 ;
Mary, 204, 206 ; Mary Harris, 207 ; Dr.
Patrick, cxl, 206 ; Sarah, 204, 205, 206 ;
Wilhelmina JPrederica, 204, 206 ; William,
204, 258 I William Henry, 204, 205, 206,
207 ; — , 204, 207.
Dolens, Abraham, 17.
Dolman, Thomas, Ixxxiii.
Dominico, Petter, xxiv.
Donaldson, Elizabeth, 197 ; Frances, 59, 63 ;
John, 57, 223 ; Mary, 197 ; Nathaniel,
cxlviii ; Randolph, 59, 6.3 ; Robert, Ixxviii,
197 ; Thomas, csi ; William, 255 ; — ,
Ixxvii.
Donawa, James M., cliii ; Joseph, cliii.
Doncaster, James Hay, Lord Viscount, xii ;
James Lord Hay, Viscount, xi.
Donegall, — , Lord, Ixxiii, 68.
Donn. George, xii ; Sergt.-Maj. — , xvi.
Donnilie, Edward, 173 ; Joyce, 173.
Donninff, Mary, 229 ; Math., cxii ; Thomas,
229, 230 ; William, 229, 230 ; — , 229.
Donovan, Caroline Arme, 207 ; Caroline
Elizabeth, 207, 208 ; Frederick, 208 ;
George, oxlv, 207, 208 ; Henry, cxli ;
Isset, 208 ; James, 5, 19, 26, 27, 28, 207,
208, 235, 236 ; James Edmund Arthur,
208 ; James Hancock. 208 ; Jane, 208 ;
Jane Aun, 208 ; Jane Elizabeth, 208 ;
Jane Kosina, 208 ; Mary, 216 ; Rachael,
208 ; Richard, 5, 207, 208 ; Sarah, 208 ;
Thomas, cxlv ; — , 22, 207.
Doods, Grace, 227.
Doogon, Dearemon, xxiv.
Dooly, Sarah, cxi.
Doran, Elizabeth, 196 ; George, 196.
Dormer, Sir C. C, 125 ; Charles C, 125 ;
Jane, 125.
Dorrell, Mary, 195.
Dorrington, EUinor, Iviii ; Thomas, 152.
Dorville, Elizabeth, 200 ; Philip. 200.
Dougan, Nicholas, 286.
Doughtie, John, 162, 163.
Douglas, 212, 213. 215.
Douglas, Alexander, 208, 209, 214 ; Hon.
Alexander, 214 ; Andrew, 212, 214 ; Anna
Maria, 214 ; Ann Amy, 209 ; Archibald,
208, 214 ; Caroline, 213, 215 ; Charles, 209,
213 ; Daniel. 215 ; Do., ex ; Dorothy, 214,
215 ; Dunbar, Earl of Selkirk, 205 ; Eliza-
beth, cxiii, 211, 212, 213,214. 215; Lady
Elizabeth, 212; Eliz. Ash, 214, 215 ; Eliza-
beth St. Leger, 209, 213, 215 ; Euphemia,
212 ; Frances, 212 ; Frances Pym, 213,;
Frances Theodora, 223 ; Fraucoise The-
resa, 209, 213 ; George, 209, 211, 212, 214 ;
Dr. George, 2U9 ; Sir George, 212 ; Sir
George Henry, 214 ; George Sholto, Earl
of Morton, 223 ; Harriet Bridget Emily,
223 ; Helen, 212, 214 ; Lady Helen, 212 ;
Hen., Ixxxvii, xcix, cii ; Henrietta Mar-
tha, 214: Henrietta Sarah Bourke, 209;
Henry. Ixxxviii. cvii. cviii, 209, 210, 211,
212, 213, 214. 215, 264 ; Isabella, 212 ;
James, cxix, 208, 209. 211, 213, 214,215;
Admiral James, 214 ; Dr. James. 214 ; Sir
James, 210, 211, 212, 214 ; James George,
79, 80, 116, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214 ; Jane,
209, 214 : Jean. 209, 212 ; John, 80, 185,
208, 2(19. 210, 211, 212, 213, 214. 215, 263 ;
Capt. John, 214 ; Col. John, ciii ; Rev.
John, 215 ; John Alleyne, 209, 214 ; John
Bourke, 209. 214 ; John St. Leger, 209,
210, 213. 214. 215 ; Margaret. 209, 212,
213, 215, 223 ; Martha. 209, 212, 213 ; Mary,
209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 ; Mary
Eliza, 214 ; Robert, 209, 214 ; Capt. Ro-
bert, 214 ; Sarah, 214 ; Susannah, 208. 209,
213, 215; Thomas, 211,212,214; Walter,
Iviii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, xc, 68, 92,
213, 214, 215, 283; Maj. Walter, Ixxxii,
Ixxxiii ; Walter William, 213. 214, 215 ;
William, lis, 212. 213, 214, 215 ; Lieut. Wil-
liam, 213 ; William Adam, 214 ; William
Lambert, 209, 213 ; — , Ixxxv, cii, 14, 62,
200, 212, 213, 214 ; Col. — , Ixxxviii, 1.
Dover, Alexander, cxxiii, cxl ; James, 68 ;
John, cliii.
Dover and Queensbury, William, Duke of,
205.
Dow, Alexander, cxxxix, cxl, 215, 216 ; Col.
Alexander, 216 ; Alexander Alsop, 216 ;
Ann, 216 ; Ann Harriet, 216 ; Ann Pyke,
215 ; Archibald, cxliii, 39, 109, 137. 215,
216 ; Archibald Grover, 215, 216 ; Archi-
bald Hart, cliii ; Archibald Start, 216 ;
Caroline, 215 ; Charles, 215; Charles Bar-
trum, 216 ; Lieut. Charles Kerr, 216 ;
Charlotte Mary, 216 ; Daniel, 216 ; Dun-
can, 216 ; Edward Lesslie, 216 ; Edwin
Brinton, 216 ; Eliza, 215, 216 ; Elizabeth,
215, 216 ; Emma L., 216 ; Harriott, 216 ;
Jane Blizard, 216 ; John, 216 ; John Dun-
can, 216 ; John William, 137, 216 ; Mar-
garet, 215, 216 ; Margaret Wendell, 216 ;
Martha, 109, 215, 216 ; Mary, 216 ; Mary
Ann, 215, 216 ; Munton, 215 ; Rebecca,
215, 216 ; Samuel, 216 ; Samuel Grover,
cliii, 216; William, 215, 216; William
Woodman, clii, 216 ; — , 215.
Dowdeswell, Bridget, 43, 145. 152 ; Carolina,
153 ; Charlotte, 153 ; Diana, 153 ; Rev.
Edmund Christopher, 170 ; Hanna, 57 ;
John. 57, 170; Richard Edward, 153;
Samuel, 57; Theodosia, 153; Tho., 57;
William, 43, 152, 172; Rt. Hon. William,
145, 172 ; — , 172.
Dowdy, John, lii.
Dowgasse, Col. — , IxxxLx.
Downe, Robert, 100.
Downes, Thomas, cxvi.
Downshire, Arthur, Marquis of, 170, 171.
Doyle, Eleanor. 102 ; Robert, 128.
Drake, Hen., lix ; Rev. Thomas, 207, 208 ;
Timothy, Iv ; Col. — , xlvii.
Draper, Carter, 132 ; Diana, 43 ; Dorothy,
43 ; William, 43.
Drax, 149.
Drax, Alexander, 149 : Anne. 149 : Bamfield.
149; Benjamin, 149; Charles, 149;
Dorothy, 149, 150 ; Elizabeth, 149 ; Essex,
149 ; Frances, 144, 149 ; Hannah, 149 ;
Henry, 149, 150; Col. Henry, 149; Jacob,
149; James, 149; Sir James, 144, 149,
153 ; Jeremiah, 149 ; John, 149 ; Margaret,
149 ; Mary, 149; Meliora, 149 ; Plulateas,
149; Samuel, 149; Sarah, 149; Thomas,
149 ; Ursula, 149 ; William, 144, 149, 153 ;
— , 149.
Drew, Ann, 15 ; Ann Maria, 263 ; Anna
Maria, 14 ; John, Ix, 194 ; — , 15.
Drewry, Henningham, 148 ; — , 148.
Dring, George, 57 ; .John, cxi.
Drinkwater, Rev. M., clix ; — , 221.
Driskoll. Daniell, 7.
Droope, William, xcix.
Drowne. William, lix.
Druitt, Elizabeth, 181.
Drummond, — . cii.
Drury. Eliza, 49, 50 ; Rev. Mark. 49, 50.
Dryljutter, Alicia. 122 ; Aun. 122 ; Eleanor,
122 ; Elizabeth. 122 ; George. 122 ; Mary,
117. lis, 12(1. 122 ; Nathaniel. 122 ; Peter,
117. 118. 122; Sarah. 122; Thomas. 122;
William, 122; — , 122.
Dryden, — , 44.
Du Bruil. — , X.
Du Parquet, — , xii.
Du Port, John, Ixxxii.
DuRoissey, — , xii ; Urbaiu, x; Capt. — , ix ;
— , X.
Du Tertre, Pere. scvii ; — , x, xii, xiii. xix,
XXV, XXX, xxxi, xxxii, li.
Duchar. Alex., cxvi.
Duckworth. Rear-Admiral Sir John, cxliii ;
Admiral — , cxliii.
Duddy. Richard, 43.
Duell. Dermott. lii.
DUER, Ann. 217 ; Charity. 217. 218. 219 : Ed-
ward. 217, 218, 221 ; Capt. Edward. 218 ;
Elizabeth. 217, 218, 220, 222; Elizabeth
Grace. 217, 218, 222; Frances, 217, 218,
221, 222. 277, 278, 279 ; Grace. 217 ; Hen-
rietta, 217, 218. 221. 222; Capt. J., 221;
Jane. 217; Johannes, 221; John, Ixxvii,
Ixxx, Ixxxiii. Ixxxv, Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii,
Ixxxix, xcii, xciii, xcviii, ci, cii, cxiii. cxiv,
cxxiv, cl, 71, 142, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221,
222, 226. 277, 283 ; Capt. John, Ixxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxvi, Ixxviii. Ixxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, 73, 215,
221 ; Hon. John, cxxvii, 278 ; Maj. John,
217. 220, 222 ; Mary, 217, 218, 222 ; Row-
land. 218, 221 ; Rev. Rowland, 217, 221,
222 ; Samuel, 217, 218 ; Steph., Ixxvii ;
Capt. Steph., Ixxi, Ixxvi ; Stephen, 31, 217,
221 ; Capt. Stephen, Ixxv, 217 ; Theodora,
217, 218, 222; William, 217, 218. 222;
William A., 222 ; — , civ, 217, 221 ; Capt.
— . Ixxiv.
Duesberry. John, 232.
Duffell, John, 236.
Dugan, Ann, ex ; John, Iviii.
Dugdall, Sarah, cxii.
Duggan, Caroline Augusta, 243 ; Richard
Oliver, 243.
Duke, John. 128.
DnNBAR, Adam, 226 ; Alice, 224, 225, 226 ;
Alice Glanville, 224, 226; Ann. 11, 225,
226 ; Anne, 10, 203 ; Archibald, 223, 226 ;
Ashton M'arner, 224, 226 ; Barbara, 224,
226 ; Byam, 224, 226 ; Cassandra, 225, 226 ;
Catherine, 226 ; Ch. Warner, 225 ; Cha.,
Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi ; Charles, Ixxxix, xciii,
xciv, xcv, cii, cvii, oix, cxi, cxiii, cxiv, 23,
24, 223, 224, 225, 226 ; Hon. Charles,
civ, cv ; Charles Warner, 224, 226 ;
Charlotte, 223, 224 ; Christopher, c ;
Lieut. David, 225 ; Eleanor. 226 ; EHza-
beth. 66, 177, 223, 224, 225, 226, 263 ;
George, 66, 223, 224, 226, 263, 264 ; George
Samuel, 224, 226 ; Grace, 226 ; Herbert,
226 ; Horatio, 224, 226 ; James, 223, 226 ;
Jane, 10, 12, 223, 225, 226 ; Johannes, 226 ;
John, exv, cxx, cxxi, cxxii, cxxiv, cxxvii,
134, 223, 224, 225, 226 ; Dr. John, cviii,
225, 226, 259 ; Joseph, 223. 225, 226 ;
Josh,. 226 ; Judith Butler, 223, 225 ; Mar-
garet, 226 ; Patrick, 226 ; Rebecca, 226 ;
Robert, 226 ; Sarah, 134, 224, 226 ; Stap.,
ciii ; Stapleton, 223, 225, 226 ; Susannah,
224 ; W., 226 ; Walter, 223 ; William,
Ixxxix. cii, cxi, cxiii, cxv, cxix, cxx, 66,
94, 131, 223, 224, 225, 226, 241, 249,263,
264 ; Col. William, 224, 226 ; — . 223, 224,
225 ; Dr. — , xcviii ; — , Earl of, 179.
Duncan, Frances, 84, 85 ; James, 84, 85, 107 ;
Robert, 85, 86 ; — , Ixxxv.
DUNCOMBE, Abig., ex, 62 ; Abigail, 226, 227 ;
Ann, ex, 226, 227 ; Anne, 226, 227 ;
Frances. 222; Geoffry, Ixxvii, Ixxx. Ixxxvii,
xcii, 226. 227 ; Brig. Geoifry. Ixxix ; Grace.
226, 227 ; Hannah. 226, 227 ; John, c ;
John Duer. 217, 218, 226, 227; Lydia,
226, 227 ; Roger, 226, 227 ; Sarah, 226,
227 ; Thomas, Ixii. Isvi, Ixx, Ixxi, lixii,
Ixxiii, 222, 226, 227 ; — , 226.
Dundas, Mary, 110; Mary Gunthorpe, 99;
Col. William, 99 ; Maj. William, 110 ; — ,
Viscount Melville, 99.
Dundee, John Graham, Viscount, 14.
Duneing, Daniel, 229.
Dunin, William, c.
Duning, Ann, 229 ; Catherine, 229 ; Eliza,
197, 230 ; Elizabeth. 197 ; Mary, 229, 230 ;
Rob.. Ixxx ; Robert. 229, 230 ; Thomas,
229, 23(1 ; William, 229.
Dunlap, Francis, 196 ; John, 196.
Dunlop. .James, 177 ; John, 196.
Dunn, 228.
Dunn. Alice, 94, 228 : Edw., Ix. 228 ; Eliza-
beth, 228 ; Elizabeth Papps, 243 ; George,
228 ; James. 228 ; Jane, 228 ; John, xcvii,
ciii, cxi. 206, 228 ; Capt. John, 228 ; Maj.
John William, 243 ; Judith, 228 ; Kathe.,
228 ; Margarett, 228 ; Thomas. 153, 228.
Dunning. Ann, 230 ; Anna. 229 ; Catherine,
229 ; Catherine Boyle. 229 ; Elizabeth,
229 ; Henrietta, 229 ; Henry, 229 ; Mar-
garet. 229 ; Mary, 69, 229, 230 ; Rob.,
Ixxvii ; Robert. 229, 230, 283 ; Robert Tho.,
229 ; Tho., ci ; Thomas, 229, 283 ; William,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, 229, 230 ;
William French, 229.
Dunstan, Catherine, ex ; Henry, cxi.
Dunyter, Hen., Lxxx.
Duport, Stephen, Ixxxvii.
Duppa. — , 252.
Dupper, Elizabeth. 217. 218.
Durand, Emile, 267.
Durant, Hen., 46.
Durat. Ann Charlotte, 231, 233.
Dure. Stephen, 221.
Dureing, .Stephen, Ix.
Durnford. Thomas, 221.
Duroure. Col. Alexander, cxvi ; Col. — , cxvi,
1.86.
Dutry, Dennis, 87.
Dutton. Peter, lix.
Duvine. Mary. 204, 258.
Dwitt. Thomas, cxiii.
Dwyer. George R., cliii.
Dyer. Alexander, 149 ; Ensign Mark, ciii.
Dyett. Aime Daly. 7 ; Hon. Henry Richard,
7 ; Joshua, cxlviii ; — , 7.
Dymery, Giles, 160. 161 ; Nicholas, 159, 160,
161, 162 ; — , 160, 161.
Dyndy, Gyles, 161 ; Nicholas, 161.
E
Fade, Robert, 128 ; — , 128.
Eagle, Francis King, 55 ; Louisa Annabella,
55.
Eaglesfield. Anthony, 97, 107 ; Rev. Anthony,
111 ; Elizabeth, 97, 107, 111.
Earle, Rev. E. R.. 287 ; Col. Edw., Ixix ;
Mary Caroline, 287 ; William. 286 ; Maj.-
Gen. — , Ixxiii.
Earnley, Edward, 165 ; Frances, 165 ;
Fraunces. 165.
Eastchurch. Anne, 137 ; Tho.. lix.
Easted, Edmond. lix.
Eaton. Ben.. 117.
Eccleston, Isaac, cxxx, cxxxiv, 114, 194, 196.
Echard, — , 110.
Echterlong, James, xciii.
Eddy, John, Ixvi.
Edgar, John, 227.
Edge, Alice, 120.
Edmundson, William, xlv.
Edney, Elizabeth, 279.
Edwain. Tho., 194.
Eilwurds. 231, 235.
Edwards, A. E., clix ; Agnes, 238 ; AUce,
232 ; And., cxliii ; Andrew, cxxvii, cxlv,
cxlvii, 184, 194, 195, 231, 232, 233, 234 ;
INDEX OF NAMES.
299
Andrew Berry, 231, 2H4 ; Andrew John,
2:il, 2:iS ; Andrew Sebastian, 232, 233 ;
Ann Charlotte, 233 ; Ann Eliza. 232 ; Ann
Frances, 232, 233 ; Anne, 231, 232 ; Anne
Charlotte, 281, 233 ; Arabella, 252, 253,
254 ; Arabella Davis. 232, 233 ; Arabella
Rutledfre. 233 ; Arabella Rutlidse. 231 ;
Arrabella Davis, 231. 233 ; Arrabella Rut-
lidffe. 233 ; Arth., clii ; Arthur, 120, 233,
252, 25-t ; B., cxli ; B. Hutchina, 232 ;
Ben., Ixix ; Benjamin Hutchins, 231, 232,
233 ; Brian. 236 ; Bryan, viii, cxlv. 18, 28,
29, 235, 23(! : Campbell, 232 ; Catherine,
19, 234. 235 ; Catherine Ceely. 233 ;
Charles, 232 ; Charles Edward Park, 232 ;
Charles Edward Parke, 233 ; Charlotte,
231, 234 ; Christian, 231,232, 233 ; Daniel,
234 ; Dorothy. 233 : Edward. 233 ; Eleanor
Jane. 14, 15. 233 ; Eliza Mary Ann, 232 ;
Elizabeth. 29, 184, 191, 195, 231, 232, 233,
234, 235, 252; Elizabeth Martraret, 231,
234 ; Elizabeth Mary, 18 ; Elizabtth Sarah,
231,232,233; Ellen Jane. 231, 232 ; Ellen-
wood Katherine Carr, 232 ; Emma, 231 ;
Emma Dalzell, 231 ; Emma Hutchinson,
232, 233 ; Evan, 232 ; Frances Otto, 28, 29,
235; Francis Wilson, 231, 233; Frank
Ponsonby St, John, 231, 233 ; Hon. Fred.,
232 ; Harvey, 233 ; Henley John, 231 ;
Henry, lix. 231. 233 ; Henry Benjamin,
231, 234 ; Henry Dalzell Bridges, 231.
233 ; Hug-h. 84. 231. 232. 233 ; Hugh
Durat. 233 ; Humphrey. 271 ; James, clii ;
Jane. 232. 233 ; Jenkin. 232. 233 ; John,
xxiv, 232, 233, 234 ; Sir .John. 252 ; John
Bridges Bowen George, 232 ; John Davis,
cxlvii. 231, 232, 233 ; John Luman Att-
water. 231, 233, 234; Julia. 231. 233;
Juliana French, 231, 232, 233 ; Katharine,
28, 29, 235, 236 ; Katharine Ceely, 29, 235 ;
Rev, Lambart Campbell, 233 ; Lewis, 231,
232 ; Louisa, 231, 233, 234 ; Lydia, 233 ;
Margaret, 231, 233, 234 ; Mary Hurst, 231,
234 ; N, B., 236 ; Nan., 232 ; Nathaniel
Zacchary, 235, 236 ; Nicholas, 231, 233 ;
Phoebe, 234 ; Rachel Pare, 28, 29, 235 ;
Richard, clii, 234 ; Samuel, 231, 232, 233 ;
Sarah, 194, 195, 231,232,233,234 ; Spencer
Henry Hutchins, 231 ; Susan Caines, 231,
233 ; T, S., 234 ; Tho., lix ; Thomas, cxli,
194, 231, 232, 233, 234 ; Thomas Henry,
231 ; Thomas Spencer, cxlvii, 231, 232,
233, 234 ; Dr. W. H., clix ; William, 232,
233 ; William H., 233 ; William Horatio,
231 ; William Lewis, 231, 234 ; Zacchary
Baily, 19, 27, 28, 235, 236 ; — , cxxxvii.
cxl, cl, 14, 18, 194, 231, 235.
Eeles, Markham, 254.
Egerton, — , ix, xii, xiii, xxiii, xxv, xxvi,
xxviii, xsix. xxx. xxxviii, xl, xli, xlii,
xliii. xliv, xlix, Ivi, Ixiv, 169.
Eglinton. Hugh, Earl of, 178.
Egremont, Rev. Edward, 48 ; Elizabeth
Sarah Maude, 48,
Ekins, Capt. Charles, cxli.
Eldin. Ann, 275.
Eldridge. Alfred E., clix ; M. D. B., cliv.
Elector of Brandenburgh, ciii.
Eliot, Alice, 99, 104, 240, 241, 242; Ann,
240, 241, 242 ; Charity, 240, 241 : Edward,
240,241; Eleanor, 240; Elizabeth, 38, 240,
241 ; Elizabeth Yeamans, 240, 241 ; Free-
man Willis, 240, 242 ; Henry, 239 ; Jane,
240; John, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, 221,
238, 239, 240, 241 ; Col, John, 240 ; Mary,
240, 241 ; Mary Willis, 240, 242 ; Rachael
Yeamans, 240; Samuel, civ, 61, 99, 104,
239, 240, 241, 242, 259, 264, 265 ; Thomas,
240, 241 ; Thomas Yeamans, 240 ; William,
240 ; — , 239, 240, 241.
Eliote, John, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii.
Elkingtou, Elizabeth, 133.
Ellerbeck, John, 242.
EUett, Edward, xviii ; John, lix.
Elliat, Henry, cxiii.
EUiatt, Robert, 237, 238.
Ellice, Edward, 260 ; Margaret Georgina,
260 ; Col. Thomas, xxi.
EUijatt. Frances, 63, 240 ; John, 63, 240.
EUill, Easther, 140.
Elliot, Alice, 110, 242; Catherine, 240;
Ebenezer, 238 ; Edmond, 241 ; Edward,
241 ; Elizabeth, Ixxvii, 238, 262 ; Frances,
238 ; Hugh, cxlvii, cl, 79 ; Jane, 238 ;
Joan, 237 ; John, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxiv, xc,
238, 239, 241 ; Col, John, 241 ; Margaret,
238, 239 ; Nathaniel, 238 ; Robert, 238 ;
Sam., cii ; Samuel, 110, 135, 241, 242, 262 ;
Thomas, clii, 238 ; William, 89 ; — , Ixxvii,
civ, 239. 262.
Elliott, Amy, 239 ; Ann, 238, 239, 241 ; Ann
Jane, 239 ; Catherine, 238, 239 ; Ebenezer,
cxvii; Elizabeth, 239,240,241,242 ; Eliza-
beth Anne Rebecca, 238 ; Fra., cxi ; Frances,
cxiii, 238, 239 ; Francis, 239 ; Glanville
O'Brien, 240 ; Grace, 239 ; H., cxlvii ;
Henry, 116, 237, 238, 239 ; Hugh, cxlvii ;
Jane, 239 ; Jean. 238 ; John, Ixxxi. Ixxxvii.
46. 116, 238, 239, 241, 242 ; Capt. John,
xciii ; Joseph. 239 ; Joshua, 239 ; Katha-
rine, 239 : Rev, L. W„ 268 ; Margaret, 238,
239 ; Martha Ann, 240 ; Mary, 239 ;
Rebecca, 238, 239 ; Robert, 238 ; Samuel,
cxviii, cxix, cliii, 108, 239. 242 ; Susannah
Catherine Mary Jane, 238 ; Thomas, Ixv,
ex, 239 ; Walter Pannel, 240 ; William,
240; ■ — , Ixxix, cxlvii, cxlviii, cxlix, 237,
239.
Ellis, Cha., cxli ; Edmond, 94 ; G., cxli ;
Godfrey, xciii ; Godfry, xciii ; John, Iviii,
235 ; Tho,, cxvi. 8 ; William, Iviii.
EUiston, John, 266 ; Martha, 266.
Eliot, Ann, 237 ; Henry, xxiii, 237. 239 ;
Jane, 239 ; John. 237 ; Mary, 237. 239 ;
Samuel, 237 ; Sarah, 237 : William, 237.
Elly, Frances. 239 ; John, 239 ; Mary, 239.
Ellyat. Ann. ex. 237. 238. 239 ; Ann .lane,
239 ; Catharine. 237, 238, 239 ; Ebenezer,
239 ; Ebenezer Hughes. 237, 238 ; Eleanor,
237, 238, 239 ; Eleanor Muir. 237, 239, 240 ;
Elizabeth, 237, 238, 239, 240 ; Euphemia,
239 ; Frances, 237, 238, 239, 240 ; Frances
Blizard, 237, 238, 239: Grace, 237, 239,
240; Henrv, ex, 237, 238, 239; Henry
Blizard, 239"; .Jane, 237 ; Jane Ann, 239 ;
John, ex, cxii, 237, 238, 239, 240 ; John
German, 237 ; John Keeling, 239 ; John
William, 237, 238, 239 ; Margaret, 237,
239 ; Margaret Roberts, 237, 238 ; Mary,
237, 239, 240 ; Rebecca, 239, 240 ; Robert,
237, 238, 239 ; Robert McCrae, 239 ;
Samuel, 237, 239 ; Samuel Gillyatt, 239 ;
Sarah, 237; Stephen, 239; Thomas, 237, 238,
239, 240 ; William, 237, 238, 239 ; — , 239.
Elmes, Ann, 243, 244 ; Dorothy, 243, 244 ;
Elizabeth, 187, 243, 244 ; John, 243, 244 ;
Laetitia, 243, 244 ; Laticia, 244 ; Letitia,
187; Loetitia, 187 ; Mary, 243, 244; Mary
Ann. 243,244 ; Rachael, 244 ; Rachel, 243,
244 ; Sarah, 243. 244 ; Tho., Ixxx, cii, oviii,
cxix. cxxi, 7. 66 ; Thomas, Iviii, Ixxxvii,
xciii, cii, cxv, cxvi, cxxii, 37, 67, 187, 218,
221,241,243, 244; William, 244 ; —, Ixxvii,
243, 244.
Elmore, Ann, 120 ; Elizth., Ix ; Roger, Ix.
Elsinoor, Catharine, ex, 238 ; Robert, 238.
Elsmore, Roger, 94.
Eltonhead, Edward, xxii.
Mi-arch, 95.
Elwes, Carv, 124. 125 ; Sir Jeff., 125 ; John
Meggot.''89; Martha, 124, 125; Robert,
124, 125.
Elwin, Hastings, cxlv, cxlvi, oxlvii.
Ely, Daniel, 238,
Emerson, Thomas, clii.
Emley, Hen., 143.
Emra, James, cxv, 8 ; Hon. James, cix.
Enderby, Caroline, 215 ; Samuel, 215.
Eudratt. Thomas, Ix.
England, Edw., ci ; James, ci, 52 ; Thomas,
Iviii.
English, Arrabella, 196 ; John, ex.
Ennis, John, lix, Ix ; Capt, Renatus, xlvi,
Enniskillen, — , Earl of, 201,
Enos, Anne, 149 ; Nicholas, 149,
Ent.wislc, 245.
Entwisle, B., cxxiil ; Hon. B., cxliv ; Bertie,
cxxi, cxxiv, cxxxiv, cxxxix, cxl. cxiii, 92,
221, 244, 245 ; Claresse, 245 ; Dorothy,
245 ; Eliza, 245 ; Elizabeth, 245 ; Ellen,
245 ; Henry, 244 ; John, cUii. 245 ; Rich-
ard, 245 ; Sarah, 245 ; William, cxxxix,
cxliii, 244, 245 ; — , 245.
Erdman, John C, cliii.
Erie. Walt., 120,
Ernley, Edward, 164 ; Frances, 164,
Errington, Elizabeth, 44, 48, 50 ; Francis,
44, 48, 50.
Erroll. Alicia, Countess of, 241, 242; Wil-
liam, Earl of, 240 ; — , Carr, Earl of, 241.
Erwin, Anne, 16 ; James, 16.
Esdaile, Archibald, cl ; Hon. Archibald,
cxli.
Estcourte, Thomas, 168.
Este, Henry, cliii : William, clii.
Estridge, Anne, 194 ; John, xvii, xxxi, xlix ;
Lieut. -Col. John. Ixiv ; Jos., xc, 194 ;
Mary, 209, 213 ; William, 80, 209, 213.
Estwick, Henry, 153 ; Nathaniel, Ixxviii, 90.
Etherington, Col. — , cxxiv.
Etricke, William, 151.
Etwall, Ra., 200.
Eurvron, Tegayayr, 95.
Eusters, William. 57.
Evans, Barbary, 134 ; Emma Millicent, 260 ;
Hugh, Iviii, 134 ; J. Nesbitt, 260 ; John,
cxiii, 20, 74, 80 ; Rev. Morgan, 119 ; Tho.,
cxii ; William, Iviii, cxi, 129, 203 ; — ,
cvii, 134.
EVAXSON, Ann, 229, 245, 246, 247 ; C, cliii ;
Catherine, 245 ; Charles, 245, 246, 247 ;
Edward, cxv, 8, 105, 245, 246, 247 ; Ellen,
247 ; Joseph, 247 ; Martha, 245, 246, 247 ;
Mary, 245, 247 ; Nathaniel, cxxvil, 245,
246, 247 ; Rev, Nathaniel, 245 ; Richard,
cliii, 246 ; — , cxv, 245,
Evendon, Jona, 140.
Evens, Amy, 194 ; Hugh, xxiv ; John, 194.
Everard, Arthur, lix ; Lieut, Arthur, Ixi ;
Clement, xxii ; Col, Clement, xvii, xxi,
xxviii ; Col. — , xxv, xl.
Everden, James, 73.
Everett, Charles, xci.
Eversden, Benj., Ixxxvi.
Eves, C. W., clix ; C. Washington, clviii.
Evins, John, Ixxx ; Tho,, Ix,
Ewens, Agnes, 95 ; Anne, 95 ; Henry, 95,
Exeter, — , Marquess of, 261.
Eyles, Sir John, 44.
Eyre. E. J., clvi ; Edward. 81 ; Francis, 223,
"262, 264; Eras., 43, 115, 116; Henry
Samuel, 61 ; Walpole. 61.
Eyres, James. 8 ; Capt. Richard, xlvi, Iviii ;
Col. Richard, 16 ; Robert, 16 ; Capt. — ,
xlv. See also Ayres.
F.. A.. 274 ; Jean, 65 ; M., 274,
Faerweather, James, Ixxxix,
Fage, James, 254,
Fahie, Anth., xc ; Elizabeth, 52,
Fairbairn, James, clii ; Tho.. cxxxiv; Thomas,
106, 206 ; Dr. Thomas, cxxvii, cxxviii, cxl.
Fairfax, Gen. — , 97.
Fairweather, James, xc.
Falkner, Catherine, cxii ; Cathi'ine, 203.
Falle, George, xviii,
Fallemert, Francis, Ix,
Fallon, Ja., Ixxxvii ; — , Ixxx.
Falside, Anne. 192 ; James, 199 ; — , 192.
Falton. — , cii.
Fane, Francis, 254 ; Henry, 254, 255 ; Hon.
Henry, 255 ; John, Earl of Westmoreland,
255 ; Hon. Tho., 255 ; — , Earl of West-
moreland, 255.
Fargus, Dr. — , cii.
Farham, Joseph Foster, 89 ; — , 89.
Farley. Ann, 136, 247, 248, 249 ; Anna
Maria, 248 ; Cathrine, 248 ; Eleanor, 247,
248, 249 ; Eleanor Henrietta, 247, 248 ;
Eliza Frances, 248 ; Elizabeth, 247, 248,
249 ; Era,, cviii, cxv, cxvii, cxix, cxxii, 61,
75, 124, 13.5, 182, 184, 185, 186, 210, 241,
246, 247, 248. 249 ; Col. Francis, cxxiv ;
Hon. Francis, cxxiii, 249 ; George, 247, 248 ;
Henrietta, 248 ; Henry, 247, 248, 249 ;
Hester, 248 ; James, cxx, 248, 249 ; Dr.
James, 248 ; James H., 248, 249 ; Jane,
247, 248, 249 ; John, 135, 136, 247, 248,
249; John Simon, 247; Jos., cix, 209;
Joseph, cv, 247, 248, 249 ; Joseph J., 248 ;
Joseph James, 248 ; Josh., cxiv ; Margaret,
248 ; Mehitabel, 247, 248 ; Rachel, cxiv,
247, 248, 249 ; Rebecca, 135, 136, 247, 248.
249 ; Samuel, 247, 249 ; Sarah, 72, 247,
248, 249 ; Sarah Dewit, 248 ; Simon, 134,
247, 248, 249 ; Susannah, 247, 249 ; Tan-
kard, 247, 248, 249 ; Thomas, 134 ; Wil-
liam, 248, 249 ; — , 105, 244, 247,
Farlow, John, Ixxxvi.
Farmer, Ann, 122 ; Susanna, 120.
Farquhar, James, cliii ; Rob., 5 ; Robert,
cxl. 6.
Farquharson. Rob., cxl.
Farr, John, 12.
Farrell. .James, lix : William, Iviii ; — , cxviii.
Farrer, Harriet, 177; Capt, William, cxxxviii.
Farril, Ann, 176,
Farrill, John, 274,
Fauquier, Elizabeth, 105, 107; Georg-iana,
100; Grace, 100, 110; Jane Georgiana,
105, 107; Mary, 105, 107; Thomas, 105, 107;
William, 100, 104, 105, 107, 110 ; — , 100.
Fell, John, 53,
Felton, John, 242 ; Mary, ex,
Fenley, John, ex.
Fennij, William, xxiv.
Fenton, Rev. Butler, 223 ; John, 151 ; Wil-
liam, 80, 286 ; — , 223.
Fenwick, — , cvii.
Ferdinando, Domingo, Iviii.
Ferguson. Alexander, 250 ; Ann, 249 ;
Barbara Sophia Murray, 250 ; Charles, 250 ;
Christian, 249 ; Dorothy, 249 ; Ebenezer,
250 ; Esther, 250 ; Esther Scotland, 250 ;
Hugh, 206, 249, 250 ; James, 249, 250 ; Sir
James, 249 ; John, 249 ; John Bourryau,
249, 250 ; Maron Hale, 250 ; Mary, 250 ;
Peter George Colebrooke, 250 ; Robert, 66,
223, 249, 250, 263 ; Sarah, 249, 250 ;
Thomas, 2.50,
Fermor, — , 46.
Fermoy. David Roche, Viscount, 193.
Fernell, William, 262.
Ferrars, — . Earl of, 100.
Ferras, Elias. 250 ; Mary, 250 ; Thomas, 250.
Ferrell, Dennis, cxiv.
Ferrers, John, 117.
Fbbkis, Alexander, 250 ; Elias, cxii, cxv, 34,
300
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
67, 114, 250 ; Elizabeth, 250 ; Emily Jane,
250 ; James Pettit, 250 ; James Webb,
250 ; Mary, 250 ; Rebecca, 250 ; Robert,
250 ; S. B., cl ; Samuel Bates, 250 ; Lieut.-
Col. Samuel Bates, 250 ; Sarab, 250 ;
Thomas, 250 ; Thomas He \ry, 250; Wil-
liam, 250 ; — , 250.
Ferriss, E., cii.
Fickleshire, TJlrick, cxi.
Fiddes, The, 128.
Field, Ann, 251 ; Catherine, 251 ; Eliza,
251 ; Elizabeth, 251 ; James, Ixxvii, Ixxx,
Ixxxvii, Lxsxviii, xo, 20, 251 ; Rev. James,
Ixxvi, 20, 203, 251 ; John, 251 ; Katherine,
251 ; Mary, 20,251 ; Patrick, 251; Rachel,
251 ; Rachell, 251 : Sophia, 251 ; Theophi-
lus, 251 ; — , Ixxvii, 251.
Fielding-, William, ex.
Figarella, Charles, cliii ; Dominffo, cliii ;
George B., cliii ; Henry, cliii ; Isaac, eliii ;
James, cliii ; John, cliii ; William, cliii.
Filmere, Frances, 127 ; Robert, 127.
Finaoh, — , Lxxx.
Finan, — , xciv.
Finch, Elinor, cxiii.
Findlater, James Ogilvie, Earl of, 178 ;
— , Ogilvie. Earl of, 179.
Fiudlay, Coltue, Ixxxvi.
Fingon, — , 200.
Finsly, — , xlii.
Firks, Augustus, Baron, 108 ; CorneUa, 108.
Firth, Isaac, 17 ; Joseph, 17.
Fish, Mary, 45.
Fisher, Fra., Ixxxvi ; Henry, 1(50 ; Jane, 192,
199 ; John, lxxx, 199 ; Richard, 21 ; Rev.
Richard, 192 ; Sarah, 198 ; — , 102.
Fishwyke, Simon, ex.
Fitchbourn, Sergt. — , 69.
Fitche, Daniel, xxxvi ; Col. Daniel, xxxv ;
Lieut.-Col. Daniel, xxxiii ; — , xxxv ; Capt.
— , 1 ; Col. — . xxxiv, xxxv, 1.
Fitz-Andrew, Nicholas, 52.
Fitz-Peter, Mary Ann, 56 ; Patrick Blake, 56.
Fitz-Thomas, Margaret, 93 ; Tobie Buttler, 9,S.
Fitzgerald, Faithll., ex.
Fitzpatrick, James, 209 ; Thad., 209.
Fitzroy, Lord Augustus. 242 ; Sir C. A.,
clvi ; Charles, Duke of Grafton, 242, 243 ;
Sir Charles Augustus, civ ; Elizabeth,
242 ; Lord Henry Augustus, 243.
Flaherty, Thady, 130.
Flamare, — , x.
Flattarty, Tho., ciii.
Fleeke, Susanna, 106.
Fleet, Kingston, 200 ; Thomas, 160.
Fleete, Susanna, 96 ; Rev. William, 96.
Fleming, 252.
Fleming, Algernon, 253, 254 ; Alice, 253 ;
AUgernon. 256 ; Ann. 252, 253, 254. 255,
256 ; Ann CrawEeld, 183 ; Anne, 252, 253 ;
Archibald, 256 ; Arthur. 256 ; Beatrice,
252, 253, 254, 256 ; Benjamin. 254, 256 ;
Bettridge, 254 ; Camilla, 254. 255 ; Lady
Camilla, 253, 254, 255, 256 ; Camilla
Annabella, 253 ; Caroline, 254 ; Caroline
Alicia, 253. 255 ; Catherine. 20, 253, 256 ;
Charles, 256 ; David, 256 ; ' Dorothy, 254 ;
Edward, 252, 255, 256 ; Elizabeth, 252,
253, 254, 256 ; Ellen, 253 ; Eloisa, 253 ;
Frances, 253. 255 ; Francis, 255 ; George,
cxii, 256 ; Gilb., Ixxxix, xcv ; Gilbert,
xcvi, ci, cix, csix, 20, 252, 253, 254, 255,
256 ; Hon. Gilbert, 79 ; Lieut.-Gen. Gilbert,
cxvii ; Gilbert Fane, cvii, 253, 254, 255,
256 ; Hector, 252, 254, 256 ; Henry, 252 ;
Hercules, 252, 256 ; Highley, 253 ; James,
xcvii ; Jane, 253, 256 ; John, 252, 253, 254.
255, 256 ; Rev. John, 253, 255 ; Joseph,
254 ; Capt. Joseph, 253, 254 ; Katherine,
253, 256 ; Margarett, 256 ; Mary. 252,
253, 254 ; Mary Clementina, 256 ; Richard,
252, 253, 254, 255, 256 ; Rev. Richard. 253 ;
Richard Acton, 253 ; Richard Stukeley,
253, 255 ; Robert, 256 ; Samuel, 256 ;
Sarah, 252, 253, 254 ; Scrope Joseph, 253,
254 ; William, 183 ; — , 252, 255.
Fleming-Baxter, Alfred. 252 ; Ann Maria,
253 ; Anna Maria, 252 ; Edward, 252 ;
Elizabeth, 252 ; Fane, 253 ; Frances, 252 ;
Frances Elizabeth, 253 ; Gilbert, 252 ;
Godfrey, 252 ; Rev. Henry, 252 ; Henry
Courtney, 252 ; Herbert, 253 ; Hilda Mary,
252 ; James, 252 ; May, 253 ; Penelope,
252 ; Robert Hanbury, 252 ; Violet, 253 ;
— , 252, 253.
Fletcher, Anthony, ex, 4 ; Elizabeth, cxii,
226 ; Hen., lxxx ; Jacob, lxxx, cxii ; John,
250 ; Mary, 195 ; Capt. — , lii.
Flin, Nat., cxvii ; Philip, xxiv.
Floorestow, Peter, cliii.
Flower, George, ex ; Ja., 151 ; William, ex ;
— , Ixxix.
Flyer, Elizabeth, 129, 133 ; Francis, 133.
Fogo, David, cxi ; John, ci.
Foggarth}', Dan., Ixvii.
Foley, Hon. Andrew, 155 ; Hon. Caroline
Georgina Harriet, 155, 156 ; Hon. Edward,
155 ; Lady Harriet, 144 ; Thomas, Lord,
144; — , 172.
Follin, Mich., ex.
Folliott, William, csv.
Fontaineu, Elizabeth, cxii.
Foorth, John, 44.
Foot, Edward, lix ; Capt. Edward, 35 ;
Thomas, Ix.
FOOTB, Anthony, 256. 257 ; Catherine, 256,
257 ; Edith A.. 256 ; Edward, 256, 257 ;
Eleanor, 256, 257 ; Ellen Catherine, 256,
257 ; George, 267 ; Gretta, 256, 257 ;
Hannah, 257 ; J. F., clix ; John Free-
land, 256, 257 ; Kitty Garland, 257 ; Mar-
garet, 256, 257 ; Margaret Wyke, 256, 257 ;
Maria, 256, 257 ; Martha Ann, 257 ; Mary
Ann, 257 ; Robert, 257 ; Thomas Dickson,
clix, 256, 257 ; William, 257 ; — ,cxxxv,256.
Forbes, Alexander, 243 ; Frances Anne, 243 ;
George, Lord, xcvii ; Thomas, 248 ; Wil-
liam, cxi ; — . Lord, xoviii.
Ford, George, 127, 133 ; Jane, 127. 133 ;
John, 162 ; Richard, 162 ; Will., xxiv.
Forder. Capt. Jon., Lxx.
Fordham, Alice, 20.
Fordyce, Jean, 209, 212 ; — , 212.
Foreman, George, cxi.
Fergus, Dr. — , ci.
Forrest, George, lxxx., Ixxxvii ; W., clix ;
— , cxvii.
Forster, Edmond, xi ; Capt. John, lxx ;
Walter, 143.
Forstor, John. cxvi.
Forsyth. Robert, 47.
Fort, Samuel, 150 ; — , 150.
Forte, Catherine, 127 ; John, 127.
Foster, Frances, 42 ; Henry Durett, 285 ;
Ingham, 134 ; John, Iviii, cxii, cxiv, 124,
129, 135; Col. John. 88; Louise Amelie
Andree, 285 ; Richard, 285 ; Sarah, 88, 89,
91 ; —^ ivii, 2. 35, 42, 76, 86, 107, 186, 193,
244. 266. 287.
Fosut, John, ex.
Fothergill, John, 51.
Fouoher, C, 254.
Fouler, John, Ixxxvii.
Foulkes, Capt. — , Ixix ; Col. — , lxx.
Fountayne, Anne, 129, 133; Thomas, 133;
Capt. — , XXV.
Fouquear, — , 108.
Fowcher, C, 253 ; Sarah, 253.
Fowle. William. 196.
Fowler. Alicia Juliana, 99 ; Jo.. 16 ; John,
Ixxxix, xci, xciii, ci ; Juliana, 108 ;
Nicholas, lix ; Tim., xciii ; William, 99,
108, 221 ; Zach., cix.
Fox, Capt. Anth., Ixxxii ; Col. Ed.. Ixxii ;
John, "128; Thomas. 103; William. Ixiv,
Ixix ; Capt. William. Ixxii.
Foxon, Sir Sam., xcvi ; Samuel, 238 ; Col.
Tho., xcvi.
Fraizer, Ann, 254 ; John, 254.
Frampton. Charlotte Louisa, 103 ; Emily
Harriett, 103 ; Lady Harriett, 101 ;
Harriett Georgi.ana, 103 ; Henry. 103 ;
James, 101. 107, 108, 109; James Francis,
103 ; Louisa Charlotte, 103 ; Louisa Mary,
103; Mary. 101, 109; PhiUis, 101, 107,
108 ; WilUam Charlton. 103 ; — , 109.
Frances, Tho., lxxx.
Francis, Catherine, 36 ; John, cxiv ; Mary,
cxiv.
Frank, John, 52.
Frankland, Hugh, 149, 153 ; Roger, 108 ; Sir
Thomas, 108 ; William, 108, 153 ; — , 149 ;
Commodore — , cxvi, cxvii.
Feaxklix, Ann, 204, 206, 257, 258 ; Cathe-
rine, 229. 258 : Charles Peter, 258 ; Edith,
258 ; Elizabeth, 257, 258 ; Francis, 229,
258 ; Fran., xli ; George, c, 258 ; Ger-
trude, 258 ; Gilbert, 258 ; Grace, 257,
258 ; James, ex, 258 : John, lix, 219, 257,
258 ; Judith, 258 ; Margaret, 257, 258 ;
Marian, 258 ; Martha, 258 ; Mary, 158, 258;
Nicholas, 158 ; Raehl., 258; Rowland Tea-
mans, 257, 258 ; Samuel, cxiv ; Tho., Ixxv,
Thomas, Ixxvi, 158, 257, 258; Will., Ixxxvi;
William, Ixxvii, Ixxix, lxxx., Ixxxix, xc,
71, 204, 257, 258 ; William Henry, 257,
258 ; — , 128, 257.
Franks, Elizabeth, cxiv ; Samuel, cxiii.
Franky, — , 184.
Franszoon, Francis Beelsnyder, 89 ; Wolfert
Beelsnyder, 89.
Feasek, Alexander, cxi, 20, 259 ; Capt.
Alexander, cxvi ; Dr. Alexander, cviii,
259 ; Lieut. Alexander, 259 ; Ann Gun-
thorp, 259 ; Charity, 259 ; Charles Mao-
kinen, 259 ; Donald, 259 ; Elizabeth, 89,
259 ; Esther, 259 ; Hugh, 259 ; Jane, 259 ;
Joanna, 259 ; John, 259 ; John Nies, 259 ;
Laehlan, 223 ; Louisa, 88, 259 ; Louisa
Mathew, 259 ; Margaret, 259 ; Sarah, 259 ;
Tho., cxii ; Thomas, 259 ; Dr. Thomas,
259 ; William, ^59 ; William Mackinen, 259 ;
Dr. William Mackinnon, 259 ; — , cviii, 88,
259 ; Dr. — , cxiii, 259 ; Gen. — , cxxvii.
Frederick, Amelia, 260 ; Col. Thomas, 260.
Freeland, Arabella, 256, 257 ; Catherine
Foote, 256, 257 ; Eleanor, 256, 257 ; Eliza-
beth, 256 ; Ellen, 257 ; Ellen Dickson,
256, 257 ; George Baptist, 257 ; J., clix ;
Jane, 256 ; John, cUx, 256, 257 ; — . 256.
Freeman, 260, 268, 269, 270, 272.
Feeeman, Abigail. 260, 262, 267 ; Alice,
100, 103,104.261, 262, 263,264, 267; Ann,
184, 261, 263, 267, 268 ; Arthur, cxiii,
cxvii, cxviii, cxx, cxxi, cxxxviii, cxxxix,
cxlvi, 224, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265,
266, 267, 269; Hon. Arthur, cxx; Rev.
Arthur, cxxxiv, 261, 263, 268 ; Bridget,
267 ; Byam, cxvi. cxviii, cxx, cxxi, 193,
260, 261, 262, 264, 267 ; Hon. Byam,cxix ;
Caroline, 261, 263.267; Charles, 260, 262,
266, 267 ; Charlotte, 260, 262, 264 ; Chris-
tian, 267, 281, 282, 284; Christiana, 261,
279 ; Cope, 262 ; Dorothy, 260, 262, 266,
267 ; Dorothy Frances, 261, 263, 267 ;
Elizabeth, 260, 262, 264, 266. 267, 268, 270,
271; F., 266; Fra., 152; George, 117,
119; George Thomas, 263; Harriet, 261,
262, 263, 267 ; Harry, 271 ; Henry, 268,
269, 270, 271 ; Henry Tho. Cope, 262, 269 ;
luigo, 263, 265, 268 ; James, 267 ; Jane,
267 ; Jeremy, 270, 272 ; Sir Jeremy, 272 ;
John, 261, 267, 268, 270, 272 ; John Cope,
262 ; Katherine, 270 ; Lavinia, 267 ; Lowerj
civ; Lydia Frances, 261,263; Margaret,
224, 260, 263, 267, 269 ; Martha, 266; Mary,
260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267 ; Mary
Frances, 272 ; Mary Wills, 267 ; Melusina
Warburton, 260, 263, 266; Mildred, lix, 266;
Patience. 261, 263 ; Rebecca, 97, 260, 261,
262, 264, 266, 267 ; Richard, 266 ; Rob.,
Ixxi, xcix ; Robert, xcvii. xcix,9, 100, 260,
261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 271 ;
Sir Sam., 272 ; Sambroke, 270, 272 ; Ste-
phen, 267 ; Susanna, 262, 272 ; T. I. W.,
270 ; Tho., Ixxxix, xciii. xciv, xcvi, cxvii,
cxxxiv, 71 ; Hon. Tho.. cxxxix ; Tho. Cope,
268 ; Thomas, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, xciv, cvi,
cxiv, cxvi, cxviii, cxi, cxiii, 97. 184, 260,
261, 262. 263, 264, 265, 266, 267. 268, 279,
281, 282, 284 ; Hon. Thomas, 267 ; Thomas
B., 269 ; Thomas Inigo Wickham, 261 ;
Violet, 268 ; W. P. W.,272 ; William, xvii,
xxxi, Ixv, Ixix. 266, 267. 268, 271, 272 ;
Capt. William, 17, 270, 271 ; Col. William,
270, 271, 272 ; Lieut.-Col. William, xvii ;
Maj. William, 266 ; — , Ixxvi, Ixxvii, 261,
270, 272. .SVy' a!so Cook-Freeman.
Freinch, .James, 276 ; Lucee, 276.
Freind, Humphry, lix.
Freneli, 273.
Fkexch, Agnes, 65 ; Andrew, 274 ; Ann,
274 ; Anna Maria, 273, 274 ; .4nthony, 52 ;
Arabella, 275 ; Arthur, 65 ; Ashton, 277 ;
Ashton Warner, 272, 276 ; Dominick, Iviii ;
Elizabeth. 272, 273, 274, 275,276, 277,286 ;
Frances, 277 ; George, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, 53,
273, 274, 275, 276, 286 ; Capt. George,
285 ; George William, 272, 276 ; Gregory,
65 ; Henrietta, 273 ; Henry, 272, 274, 276,
277 ; James, 276, 277 ; James Bogle, 134,
136 ; Jane Camden, 190, 193 ; Jane Kel-
sick, 272, 276 ; Jeffery. 52 ; John, lix, 52.
273, 274, 275, 276 ; Jos., Isxiv, Ixxvii,
Ixxviii. lxxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxix ; Capt. Jos.. Ixxxv ;
Joseph, Ixxv, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxxii. Ixxxiii.
Ixxxv, xci, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277 ;
Josepha, 273 ; Julian, 275 ; Juliana, 272,
277 ; K,. 276 ; Katherine. 274 ; Keturah,
273, 274. 275 ; Leonora, 273. 274, 275 ;
Lucia, 275 ; Lucv Henrietta, 273, 275 ;
M. D., 190, 193 ; Marcella, 54; Margaret,
65, 274 ; Margaret Elizabeth, 272, 276 ;
Maria Ann, 273, 274 ; Martin, 65, 185, 274,
275. 276 ; Mary, 273, 275, 276, 286 ; Mary
Ann, 229, 230, 274, 276, 277 ; Mary
Arabella, 21, 275 ; Mary Arrabella, 273 ;
Megg, 65 ; Michael, 274 ; Nath., Ixxxvi,
ciii ; Nathaniel, e, 66, 229, 272, 273, 274.
275, 276, 277 ; Capt. Nathaniel, 276 ;
Nicholas, 275, 276 ; Capt. Nicholas, 275 ;
Octavia, 272. 276, 277 ; Peter, 52, 286 ;
R,, 142, 277 ; Rebecca, 272, 276 ; Richard,
274, 276, 277 ; Robert, cxlviii, 65, 232. 272,
273,276, 277; Sarah, 272, 276, 277, 285,
286 ; Sarah Lee, 272, 276, 277 ; Sisley,
65 ; Stephen, 276, 277 ; Thomas, 277 ;
Thomas Kenyon Edwards. 272, 276 ;
Valentine, 274 ; William, 275, 276 ; Wil-
liam Nathaniel, 273, 275 ; — , cxviii, 54.
272, 273, 276 ; Capt. — , 276. See also
Bogle-French.
Frere, Dorothy, 125 ; Tobias, 125.
Frey, Capt. John, Ixi ; Hon. -Col. John. xcii.
Erie, John, 282.
Frije, Rolandus, 283.
Frith, George, 236 ; — , 158.
Frogatt, William, 255.
Fry, 288.
Fry, Christopher, 284 ; Dorothy, 280 ; E. A.,
INDEX OF NAMES.
301
288 ; Francis, cvii, 205, 280 ; George, cvii,
284 : Capt. Georg:e, 282, 287 ; George S.,
288 ; Capt. Jo., Ixi ; John, xxiv, Ixvi,
Ixvii, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxx, 35, 229, 230,
277, 280, 282, 283, 284 ; Capt. John, Ixiv,
35, 202, 283 ; Hon. Col. John, 17 ; Lieut.
John, xlv, Ix, 282 ; Maj. John, Ixxiv ;
Martha, 284 ; Mary, 45, 4(5, 277, 280, 282 ;
Rowland, 104. 113, 262, 284 ; Sam., Ixxvii,
Ixxx, xciv ; Samuel, cxTi, 104, 262, 277 ;
Selvin, 287 ; William, Ixxv, 282, 286 ;
William Morris, 284 ; — , civ, 287 ; Lieut.-
Col. — , Ixxiv.
Pryc, 278, 284, 285.
Fryb, Alice, 279, 281, 282 ; Ann, 285 ; Ann
Elizabeth, 279, 284 ; Ann Gravenor, 279,
284 ; Augusta, 285, 287 ; Barbara, 284 ;
Bliss, 278 ; Bridgett, 284; Charles, 286, 287;
Col. Charles, 285 ; Christian, 267, 279, 280,
284, 285, 286 ; Christiana, 261, 279 ;
Christina, 285 ; Dorothy, 204, 279, 280,
284 ; Edward, 285, 286, 287 ; Eliza, 286 ;
EIb.abeth, 78, 81, 104, 139, 222, 277, 278,
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 ; Elizabeth
Warner, 81, 82, 279, 281, 284 ; Hon. F.,
cxix ; Fra., cxiv, cxvii, cxx, cxxi ; Frances,
217, 222, 277, 278, 284 ; Francis, cxviii,
261, 277, 279, 280, 281, 283, 284 ; Hon.
Francis, 37, 204, 279, 280, 283 ; Fras., 114 ;
George. 277, 279, 284, 286, 287 ; Capt.
George! 2H5. 287 ; Hon. George, 287 ;
Harriott, 279, 280; Henrietta, 278, 285,
286 ; Henrietta Maria, 100, 277, 278 ;
Henry, 279, 284, 285 ; Isaac, 284 ; J. R.,
287 ; Jane, 285, 286, 287 ; John, liii, Ixx,
Ixxx, Ixxxviii, xciv, xcvi, xcix, ci, cxxxiv,
cxxxix, cxliii, 20, 45, 47, 66, 81, 102, 103,
140, 150, 181, 222, 251, 262, 264, 277, 278,
279, 280. 281, 282, 283, 284, 288 ; Capt.
J'ohn, 17, 282, 283; Col. John, Ixxviii,
Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, 66, 100, 102, 112,
139, 217, 230, 283 ; Dr. John, 82, 284 ;
Hon.-Col. John. 17 ; Hon. John, 283 ;
Lieut. John, 230, 282 ; John Percival,
285 ; John Ravel, 285, 286, 287 ; Joseph,
81, 279, 284 ; Katherine, 278, 282 ; Laura
Augusta Hastings Scott. 285, 287 ; Mar-
garet, 285 ; Martha, 279 ; Mary, 112, 222,
277, 27S, 279, 284, 285, 286, 287 ; Mary
Ann, 284 ; Mary Cowper, 78, 279, 284 ;
Percival, 286, 287 ; Rev, Percival, 285,
287 ; Percival Edward, 285 ; Robert, 284 ;
Rowland, cxiv, 45, 46, 81, 102, 103, 104,
113, 130, 140, 217, 218, 277, 278, 279, 280,
281, 283, 284 ; Rowland Spencer, 78, 79,
279, 284 ; Capt. Sam., Ixxxvii ; Samuel,
Ixxviii. Ixxx. Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, 46, 104, 113,
130, 140, 218, 229, 230, 277, 278, 279,
280, 283, 284 ; Sarah, 273, 285, 286, 287 ;
Sarah Maria, 279 ; Selvin, 285 ; The, 128 ;
Thomas, 284, 285, 286 ; William, 46, 217,
218. 273, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283. 284, 285,
286, 287 ; Capt. William, 286 ; Col. Wil-
liam, 285, 286 ; Hon. William, 286 ; Wil-
liam Arthur, 285 ; William Edward, 287 ;
Maj. William Edward, 285 ; William
Morris, 278, 284 ; — , 74,277, 278, 279,285,
287 ; Col. — , Ixxvii.
Fryer, Tho.. xxiii ; Thomas, xxiv.
Fulgeman. Robert, Ixii.
Fullam, William, xlv. ; Lieut. William, Ixi.
Fuller, David. Ixxiii ; Dennis, 134 ; Mary,
1.34.
Fullwood, Elizabeth, 45.
Furfey, Richard, xxv.
Furlong, Daniel H., 232 ; James, cix, ex,
cxx, cxxi ; William, ci, cxi.
Furlove, William, lix.
Furnace, John, 177,
Furnell, William, xciv, cii, cvii, 103.
Fyton, Francis, 157 ; Lady Katheryn, 157.
G
Gabriel, J. S., clix.
Gadbury, Capt. — , Ixv.
Gael, — , 179.
Gage, Abel, 196 ; Elizabeth. 196 ; Louisa
Elizabeth, 54 ; Margaret, 5(j ; Gen. Hon.
Thomas, 54, 56 ; Sir William, 53 ; — , Vis-
count, 56.
Gale, Desidarius, 77 ; John, 46 ; Jos.,
Ixxvii, Ixxx ; Margaret, 143 ; Martha, 77 ;
Nathaniel, 193, 265 ; Susanna, 46 ; Thomas,
103 ; William, 143.
Gales, Thomas. Ix ; — , cxiv.
Gall, David Ballin, 196.
Gallaher, John, Ixxzix.
Gallery, Hen., clii.
Gallwey, Sergt.-Maj. David, Hi ; Eleanor,
193 ; Eleanor Roche, 191 ; John, cxii ;
Ste., 93 ; Thomas, cUii ; Tobias, 89 ; — ,
191, 193.
Gam, Gwentlian, 95 ; Howell, 95 ; Meirige,
95.
Gamage, Robert, 95 ; Welthian, 95,
Gamble, Amelia, 263 ; Ann, 78, 82, 198, 199 ;
Edward, ciii, cxii, cxvii, cxix, 39, 78, 82,
91, 130, 193, 251, 263, 280, 283 ; George,
Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxvii. Ixxix, Ixxxi, 131, 132,
277, 278, 280 ; Capt. George, Ixxii ; Col.
George, Ixxv, Ixxvi, Ixxviii ; Hon. George,
131, 132; Henrietta, 278; James, xciv,
cii, cxv, 20, 45, 251 ; Col. James, Ixxxvi ;
Jane, 263 ; John, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvii,
Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxv,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, xc, xci, xcii, 7,
23, 24, 131, 132, 277 ; Capt. John, Ixxii,
Ixxxiv ; Col. John, Ixxxiv ; Maj. John,
Ixxiv ; Joseph, 274 ; Mary. 45 ; Rachel,
11, 20, 34,45, 198, 251 ; Robert, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxix ; Hon, Col., xcvi ; — , elv,
251.
Gamiell, George, xliii.
GammuU, Robert, 274 ; William, 274.
Gamon, Sir Rich., cxii ; Timothy, 277.
Ganspoel, Capt. Davd., Ixx.
Ganthony, Elinor, ex.
Gapper, Henry, 152 ; Sarah, 152.
Garden, Marie, xxxiv ; Robert, xxxiv ; Col.
— , xxxiv
Gardener, William, cliii.
Gardiner, Beruardus, 171 ; Rich., cxviii ;
— , cvii.
Gardner, John, Ixix ; Morris, xvii ; Col.
Samuel. Ixxi ; Sarah, 225 ; — , 32, 124.
Garett, Thomas, Iviii.
Garland, Richard, 209.
Garnett, Antho., ex ; George, 141.
Garnier, Daniel, 121 ; Eleanor, 119, 122 ;
Elianor, 122 ; Elizabeth, 119; Isaac, 117,
119,121; Isaak, 122; John, 121 ; Jonas,
121 ; Margaret. 119 ; Mary, 121 ; Michael,
121 ; Paul, 121 ; Peter, 121 ; Samuel, 121 ;
Tho., 117; Thomas, 119.
Garnish, George, lix ; Lewis, Iviii.
Garners, Alice, 120 ; Joanna, 120 ; Nicolas,
120.
Garrard, Gen. — , lii.
Garrett, Ann, 184 ; Antho., Lxxix, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, xciv ; Garret, Ixxx ; Garrett, Ixxvii,
lxxix. Ixxx ; Gilb., Ixxxvii ; Gilbert, xciii ;
Brig. Gilbert, Ixxx ; Gilbt., lxxix, Ixxx ;
Nathaniel, Iviii ; Peter, Ix ; Sarah, 248 ;
Thomas, 141 ; Tom, xlii ; William, Ix.
Ixxiv, cxiv, 232.
Garrick, Fra., ex ; — , oxxxiii.
Garroway, Dr. Robert, cxxiii ; Thomas, Ix.
Garth. Lieut. Richard, Ixx ; Sir Samuel, 171.
Garthwart, — , Ivi.
Gascoigue, Elizabeth, 79, 80, 82 ; James
Clobery, 79, 80, 82.
Gastrell, Rev. Dr. — , 151.
Gateward, Mary, 130 ; Nath., ciii ; Thomas,
Ixxxi, 74.
Gatewood, T., 9 ; Thomas, 137.
Gattley, John, cxii, 92.
Gaughag, William, Ixii.
Gaul, William, cxiv ; — , 179.
Gauler, Hen., 227.
Gaulony, Bridgett, 284 ; Richard, 284.
Gay, John, 223. See also Le Gay.
Gaynor, Peter, xcii.
Geare, — , cii.
Gee, Elizabeth, 53 ; Flora, 152 ; Judith, 152 ;
Rebecca, 152.
Geery, Henry, 137.
Geevans, Mary, 123.
Geheen, — , cvii.
Gellatley, Thomas, 246.
Gem, Ann, 195 ; Richard, 195.
Gentilz, — , x,
Geoffryes, Lewis, Ixxx.
George, Hon. Paul, 274.
George, Prince, of Denmark, Ixxv.
Gerard, Sir Gilbert, xix.
Gerish, William, 117 ; — , c.
Germaine, Lord George, cxxiii, exxiv.
German, Tho., ex.
Gerrard, John, 198.
Gerrie, Stephen, 137.
Gethin, Percy, 209.
Gethings, John, Ix.
Ghest, Col. Charles, 112.
Gibbons, Lucy, cxii.
Gibson, James, cxl ; Jane Ann, 239 ; John,
255 ; Thomas, Ix ; William, 239 ; — , cvii.
Gideon, Samson, Ixix.
Gilford, Ensign Fra., xlv ; Franoies, xxiv ;
Francis, Iviii ; Jonathan Yate, Ixxxviii.
Gilbert, Alice, 34 ; Allen, lxxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, 217, 218 ; Elizabeth, 31, 34 ; Fran-
cis, 140; Henry, 128; Jane, 217; John,
cxx, 32; Dr, John, 32; Martha, 217;
Col. Nath., cxv, 31 ; Hon. Col. Nath., cv ;
Rev. Nath.. cxlix ; Nathaniel, xciv, xcv,
xcix, cii, cvii, cviii, cix, cxii, cxiii, cxviii,
cxix, cxx, 32, 62, 114, 134, 140, 150, 186,
217 ; Col. Nathaniel, xcix, cxix ; Richard,
210 ; Tho., 221 ; William, 34 ; — , cxxvii,
150.
Gilchrist, Elizabeth, 177 ; James, cxiv,
cxlvii, 29, 141, 215, 216 ; John, cxi, 135 ;
Martha, 215, 216 ; Mary Rebecca Harriet,
177 ; William, cxxviii, cxxxiv.
Gilhau, William, Ixxvii.
Gill, Charity, 35 ; Dan., 17 ; Edward, 128 ;
Eliza, 36 ; Joshua, 36 ; Richard, Iviii ;
Robert, 35 ; — , cvii.
Gillan. Sarah, 231, 232, 234 ; Thomas, 234 ;
Dr. Thomas, cxlvii ; —,231.
Gillard, Edw., 117.
Gillespie, Dav., ciii.
Gillet. Jane, 20, 21.
Gilliard, Elizabeth, 2S7; Thomas, Ixvi, Ixxvii;
William, 94.
Gillmore, Mary, 17, 47 ; Robert, 47.
Gillyatt, Elizabeth, 239 ; Joseph, 57, 237,
239 ; Thomas, Ix ; — , Ixxx.
Gilmore, — , cvii.
Giron, Capt. — , xii.
Gittens, Dorothy, 49 ; Joshua, cxiv, 49,
Gittings, William, xxiv.
Gladman, Thomas, 131.
Gladwin, George, 1.30 ; — , 130.
Glandfeild, Richard, Ix.
Glanvile, Alice, 224, 226 ; Elizabeth, cxii ;
William, Ixxvii, lxxix, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii,
Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, 221 ; — ,
224.
Glascock, Tho., 119,
Glasgow, John Boyle, Earl of, 212.
Glass, Elizabeth, 203 ; James, Iviii ; Peter,
cvii ; Dr. Thomas, 218.
Glegg, — , cvii.
Glen, William, 25.
Glenelg, Charles Grant, Baron, 259.
Glenny, Ann, 8 ; George, 8.
Gleson. Walter, 161.
Olodrydd, 95.
Glodrydd, Cadogau, 95 ; Elistan, 95.
Gloster, Archibald, cxxvii, 68 ; Archd., 105,
246 ; John, 12 ; Russel, 246.
Glover, Ann, 152 ; Anne, 151 ; Eliza Tilson,
195 ; George, cix ; Henry, 195 ; Sir J. H.,
clviii ; Mary, ex ; Rebecca, 250 ; Richard,
cxiv ; Rob., Ixxx, xcvii, cix ; Robert, ci,
76.
Gloyne, Anne, 243 ; Charles Glynn, 243 ;
Charles Papps, 243 ; Marianne, 243.
Goble, Elizabeth, 8 ; John, 8 ; Martin, cviii,
cxv.
Giwh, 95.
Goch, Jannett, 95 ; Joan, 95 ; Kynwell, 95 ;
Rhys, Earl of Istraddue, 95.
Goddard, Ann, 173 ; Edward, 173.
Godet, Theodore, Ixxvii ; — , Ixxx.
Godfrey, John, 130; Jos., 223; Joseph, 66,
263 ; Mary, cxi ; Thomas, 66, 223, 263 ;
— , ci.
Godsell, Ann, cxii ; Elizabeth, 82, 83 ; James,
lxxix, Ixxxvii, 68, 258 ; — , 258.
Golbin, John, x.
Golding, Charles, Ixxx, Ixxxvii, xciii.
GoUop, Henry, 45.
Gomeldou, Plulateas, 149; Thomas, 149.
Gomos. Barbara, 176.
Gonspoell, Capt. David, Ixx.
Gontier, — , xxxvi.
Goodall, John, 113 ; Lucy, cxiii, 113, 116.
Goodin. George Robert, 196.
Goodrich. Bartlet, 48 ; Bartlett, 50 ; Caro-
line Helena, 48, 50.
Goodridge, William, 57.
Goodsonn, Vice- Admiral — , xxvi.
Goodwin, Austin, 43 ; Bethell, 41 ; John,
272 ; Rachel, 120 ; Richard, 65 ; Walter,
41 ; Col. — , Ixx, 41 ; — , 42.
Gookin, Capt. — , xxvi.
Goold, John, 94.
Goor, Charles, xcviii, ci.
Gooseley, Frances, 240 ; George, 240.
Gordon, Alexander, 188 ; Anne, 204; Charles,
cxl, 263 ; Frances, 21 ; Capt. Francis
Grant, 76 : James, ci, cii, cvii, exxiv,
cxxvii, 205, 206 ; Margaret, 178, 179 ;
Patrick, 178, 179; Tho., 43; Capt. Wil-
liam, cxii ; Dr. William, cxi ; — , cxiii.
See also Taylor-Gordon.
Gore, Brig.-Gen. Humphry, 117 ; John, 238.
Gorge, — , xlix.
Gorges, Elizabeth, 147 ; Ferdinando, 149 ;
Capt. Ferdinando, 1, li ; Hannah, 149 ;
Samuel, 147.
Goring, Charles, 268 ; Isabella Mary, 268 ;
Isabella Thomas. 261 ; John, 268 ; Rev.
John, 261.
Gorman, Ann, ex ; Sarah, 75 ; Thomas, ex.
Goss, Charles, Ixvi, Ixvii, Ixviii, 69 ; Capt.
Charles, Ixxiv ; Francis, 71 ; John, 217,
218.
Gostlin, Margaret, xxx.
Gostoe, Margaret, 53.
Gotts, Ann. 21.
Gough, Rich., Ixxxvi.
Gould, Charles, 91.
Goulding, Robert, Ix.
Goulston, Elizabeth, 14; — , 14, 15; Capt.
— , 14, 15.
Gowes, George, xlii.
302
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Grace, — , 143.
Graer. Margaret, 136 ; William, 136.
Grafton. Charles Fitzroy, Duke of. 242.
Graham, Anne, 120 ; Elizabeth, 272 ; George,
202 ; Sir James, 272 ; Lady Jane, 14 ;
John, cviii, cxiii : John, Viscount Dundee,
14 ; Rev. Malcolm, 267 ; Margaret, 14 ;
Mary, 272, 273 ; Richard, cxi ; Robert,
224 ; Sir William, 14 ; — , cxvii, 14, 273 ;
Col. — , cxli ; — , Earl of Monteith, 272.
Grainger, Daniel Mathew, 89 ; Judith, 89 ;
Sam., 89.
Granada, Catherine, 126, 130; Sir James,
126, 130 ; Magdalen, 126, 130.
Grandam, William, Ixxx.
Granden, Henry, Ix.
Granger, Joan, Ix.
Grant, Alexander, 114 : Caroline, 191 ;
Charles, 259 ; Charles, Baron Glenelg,
259; Colquhoun, 205 ; Daniel, cxv; David,
114, 134; Dune, cii ; Duncan, civ, ex;
Ebenez., ci ; Elizabeth, 134, 259; Francis,
45 ; Jane, 259 ; Jane Kelsick, 272, 276 ;
John, cxiv, 79, 251 ; Lieut. John, 14, 15 ;
Lachlan, 206 ; Margaret, 14, 15 ; Mary,
38, 39 ; Mary Pike. 38, 39 ; Ogilvie, 179 ;
Patrick, cxiv, cxix, 32, 205, 209, 210,
211 ; Dr. Patrick, 259, 264 ; Richard, 206 ;
Robert, 272, 276 ; — , 15, 38, 179 ; Dr. — ,
c ; Gen. — , cxxiv ; Maj.-Gen. — , cxxiv.
Grantham, Will., Ixxxvi ; William, Ixxix,
Ixxxix, xc ; — , Earl of, 121.
Grascock, Rowland, viii ; — , ix.
Gratrix, Edward, Ixxiii ; Elianor, 215 ; John,
lix, Ixxx ; — , Ixxx.
Gravenor, Ann, 81, 238, 263; Elizabeth, 81,
238, 259 ; Jane, 59, 237, 238 ; Mary, 82, 83,
238 ; Tho., 57 ; Thomas, lix, Ixxix, cii, civ,
cxiii, 59, 81, 82, 116, 237, 238; William,
cxl, 57, 81 ; — , Ixxvii, 284.
Graves, John, 196.
Gravett, Richard, 47.
Gravina, Admii-al — , cxiv.
Gray, Ann, 238; Elizabeth, 113, 114, 115,
116 ; John, cxxi. cxxii, cxxvii, cxxxix, 26,
106, 113, 114, 11.5, 116, 136, 241; Hon.
John, cxxxix ; M. W., cliv ; Mary, 46 ;
Rachel, 46 ; Rebecca, 177 ; Robert, ciii,
cxv, 4, 104, 135, 205.
Graydon, Henry, xxx, xlix, li, Iv, Ixv, Ixvi,
Ixvii, Ixix.
Grayham, Nancy, 120.
Grazebrook, H. S., 228.
Grear, Margaret, 135 ; William, Ixxi. Ixxvii,
Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, 135,
215 ; Capt. William, Ixxiv, Ixxviii ; Maj.
William, xcii ; Capt. — , Ixxiv.
Greatbach, Daniel, li.
Greatheed, Craister, cxxii ; Hon. Craister,
81 ; Lady Mary, 201 ; Samuel, 201.
Greatrick. Theo., cxiv.
Greatrix. Elizabeth, 39 ; William, cxiv.
Greaves. Anne. 66.
Green, Edw.. Ix. cxii ; Frances, 41 ; George,
21 ; John, Ixxiii ; Jos. B., cliii ; Josh.,
cxiv ; Mary, Ixvi ; Thomas, Iviii ; Capt.
William, Ixxv ; — , cxxxv.
Greene, Mord., 223.
Greenway, Henrietta, 248 ; John, Ixxvii,
Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, cxiii, cxv, 8,
21, 237, 240, 246 ; Jos., cxiii ; Joseph,
248 ; Mary, 237, 240 ; Susanna, 7.
Greenwoleers, Math., 218.
Gregg, Jonathan. 196.
Gregory, Edw., xcvii. ciii ; Gilbert, xxxv ;
George William Henry, 84 ; Prudence,
cxii ; Thomas, Ixii ; Ensign Thomas, lix,
Ixi ; WilUam, 4, 132.
Gregson, William, 41.
Greig. — , 200.
Grendrip. John, xxiv.
Greville, Capt. — , cxl viii ; Hester, 117.
Grey, Sir Charles, cxli; Jane, 179; John,
Lord, 126 ; Mary, 126 ; Robert, 24 ; — ,
ex viii.
Greydon, Hen., Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx.
Grice. John, cix.
Grief, — , Ivii.
Griffin, Evan, Ix ; Jos., 150 ; Owen, xxiv.
Griffith. George, cxi ; Hen., cix ; James, 123,
124; Joanna, cxii; Mary, 123, 124,213;
Robert Poole, 257 ; Sarah, ex ; Thomas.
123, 124 ; William, cix, 123, 124 ; — , 213!
6V(' n!sn Ap Griffith.
Griffiths. John. 46 ; Sarah, 70 ; Thomas, 70.
Griffyn, Walter, 168.
Grigg, James, cxiii ; Prudence, 78 ; Richard,
cliii ; Tho., Ixxx.
Griggs, George, Ix ; Grace, 237, 238, 239 ;
James, 237, 238, 239 ; Jasper, 282 ; Mary,
177; Sarah, 120; Tho., Ixxix, Ixxx; — ,
236.
Grimes, John, lix ; Mathew, xxiii ; William,
xcv.
Grinfield, Gen. — , cxliv.
Grosswell, Thomas, Iviii.
Grove, Eleanor, 181 ; William, 181.
Grover, John, 216 ; Samuel, 185, 215, 216.
Gubbins, Symon, Iviii.
Guest, Sir Tho., 143 ; Col. — , xxxii.
Guichinett, Hen., Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix,
cxii, 134 ; Henry, 68 ; Peter, ex ; — ,
Ixxvii.
Guildford, Francis North, Earl of, 32.
Guilliat, Josh., cxiii ; Peter, cxiii.
Guise, Frances, 146 ; Henry, 143 ; Sir John,
152, 155 ; William, 146 ; Sir William, 154,
155.
Guishard, Levy, Ixxxix.
Gullion, Grace. 206.
Gunter, Jane, 146, 158, 159, 160 ; John, lix ;
William, 146, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162 ; — ,
162.
Gunthorpe, Ann. 58, 110; Anne, 88, 98;
Eliza, 242 ; Elizabeth, 9 ; Hester. 97 ; John,
Ixviii, xcv, xcvi, xcvii, ci, cxvi, 26. 28, 85,
88, 97, 104, 106, 108, 208 ; Col. John, 58,
98 ; Hon. John, ci, cix ; Lieut.-Col. John,
cv ; Maj. John. Ixxxix; Margaret, 104,
134, 135; Samuel, cxi, cxxi; W., 134;
William, cxiii, cxix, cxxiv, cxxvii, cxxxix,
cxiv, cxlvii, 2(i, 28, 98, 104, 105, 106, 109,
134, 135, 208, 242 ; — , civ, 9, 109 ; Hon.
Col. — , cxliii.
Gunthrop, John, Iviii, Ixvii, Ixix, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, xciii, cvii, 283 ; Capt. John, Ixxxv,
107 ; Col. John, xciv ; Capt. William,
Ixxxiv.
Gutch. — . 171,269.
Guthrie, Col. John. 196 ; Mary, 196.
Guy, — , 179 ; — , Marquis. 285.
Gvvatkins, William, 159, 160, 161 ; — , 161.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 252 ; — , 252.
Gwine, Daniell, Ixii.
Gwyn, Robert, 115, 116.
H
H., Mary, 123 ; Capt. — , cxxxvi.
Habbla, — , cvii.
Hacket, Dorothy, 10 ; Lydia, 226, 227 ;
Thomas, 10, 226, 227.
Hackney, Henry, lix.
Hackshaw, Harry, 192; Lucy. 192; Lydia,
192 ; — , 192.
Haddock, Sir Richard, Ixi ; Capt. — , Ivii, Ixi.
Haddon, Ann, 232 ; John, Ixxiv, Ixxvi,
Ixxviii, Ixxix. Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii. Ixxxiv,
Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, xci ; Rebecka, 232 ;
Lieut. Richard, 202 ; — , Ixxvii ; Capt. — ,
xc.
Hagen, Nicholas, 53.
Haggard, Catherine, 124 ; Sarah, 124.
Haig, — , Ixxvii.
Haij. Robert, xxiii.
Haldwind, — , cvi.
Hale. Elizabeth, cxiv ; Nathaniell. xviii ;
Thomas, xviii ; Col. — , 192.
Halfehide, Tho.. xxiv.
Halford, William, 129.
HaUburtou, — , 194.
Halifax, George Montague, Earl of, 242.
Hall, Grace, 238 ; Rev. Henry Newton Gage,
73 ; Hester, 65 ; Jane, 145, 172 ; Jasper,
172; Joan, xxxvii, Ix ; .John, ex, cxiv,
cxlvii ; Ensign John, Iviii, lix, Ixi, 238 ;
Lieut. John, 86 ; Sir John, 192 ; Jos,, ex ;
Lucy, 192 ; Mark, xxiil ; Martha, 77 ;
Mary Anne, 73 ; Philip, ex, 65, 86 ; Wil-
liam F., cxlix ; — , cxlix, 145 ; Capt. — ,
XV. cvi.
Hallet, Richard, xxiv.
Halliday, Elizabeth, 197 ; John, ex, cxv,
cxvii, cxix, ciii, 131, 134, 197, 248, 264,
280; Penele., ex. 6V'ea7i<iDelap-Halliday.
Halloran, Ann, 94 ; Corn., Ixxxvii. Ixxxix,
xc, cxxxix ; Cornelius, Ixxxvi ; Eleanor,
92; George, cxiv, 177, 279, 281; Capt.
George, cxxii ; John, 79, 94 ; Sarah Maria.
279 ;'Tho. Hanson, cxl, 92, 232.
Halsted, Charles, cliii.
Ham, — , 227.
Hambleton, Andrew, Ix ; Capt. John, Ixi ;
Lieut. John, Ix.
Hamell, Cathrin, 18 ; Johanna, 17 ; — , 18.
Hamersley, Hugh, 79, 80, 81, 210, 211.
Hamilton, Alex., Ixxx ; Andrew, cxiii ; Ann,
72 ; Archibald, xcvi ; Lord Archibald,
Ixxxii ; Bisse, 4 ; Ed., cxiii ; Elizabeth,
230 ; Fra., Ixxxvii ; Gavin, 21 1 ; Gert.,
cxii ; Gus., ex ; Hen., cxli ; J., Ixxx ; John,
Iviii, Ixvi, Ixvii, Ixviii, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiii,
Ixxiv, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxxi, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxviii, xc, xcvii, ex, 151 ; Col. John, Ixx,
Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxxiii, xcvi, 4, 17 ; Hon.
John, Ixxxviii, 24 ; Hon. Col. John, Ixxviii,
Ixxxii ; John E., 196 ; K. B., clvi ; Mar-
garet, 4 ; Mary, cxii ; Row., Ixxxix, xc,
cxv ; Lieut.-Col. Rowland, cix ; W., 62 ;
W. L., exxv ; Walter, Ixxvi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxv,
Ixxxviii, 69, 213 ; Capt. Walter, Ixviii ;
Col. Walter, Lxxv ; Hon. Walter, Ixxxii ;
Lieut.-Gen. Walter, Ixxxii ; William,
47, 49 ; Eliza,
— , 47, .50.
Louisa, 88 ;
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, cxv, 116, 230;
Hon. William Leslie, cxxiv ; — , Ixxxvii,
Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, xc, xci, xciii, xcv, cxiii ;
Brigr. — , Ixxiii ; Capt. — , 172 ; Col. — ,
Ixxiii, Ixxxi ; Genl. — , xc ; Maj.-Gen. — ,
Ixxvi.
Hamlin, John, 17, 90 ; William, li, lii ; — ,
liv, Ivi.
Hammeraley, Hugh, 79 ; Jean, 76 ; Lieut.
W., 76.
Hammond, James, 106 ; — , cvi.
Hamocke, John. 143 ; Mary, 143.
Hampden, — , Viscount, 260, 267.
Hampshire, .John, 89.
Hamstead, John A., cliii.
Hamton, Elizabeth. 46.
Hancock, Hen., c ; Isset, 208 ; John, cxxii;
Peter, 102; Robert, 158; Sarah. 123; — ,
128.
Hand . . ley. Jab., 232.
Handson, — , Ixxx.
Haneren, Charles, lix.
Hanlon, Patrick, 196.
Hannay. Anna Maria, 45, 46,
46 ; George, 46, 47, 48, 49 ;
Hanney, .John, cxiv.
Hansard, Eliza Barham, 88 ;
Richard Massey, 88 ; William JIathew, 88.
Hanson, Francis, ci, 205 ; James, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxvi, ciii, ex, 186 ; John, 70, 219 ; Lueey,
70 ; Margaret, 186 ; Mary. cxiv. 197, 217 ;
Rebecka. 217; Rob.. Ixxvii. Ixxx, Ixxxv;
Robert, Ixxxv ; Samuel. 251 ; Tho., c, cii,
ex, 229 ; Thomas, Ixxx, 230, 238, 251 ; — ,
Ixxvii, Ixxx.
Hanston, Thomas, c.
Hardcastle, John, 229.
Harden, Charles, 194.
Harding, Hen., cxv ; Margaret, cxv.
Hardman, Dorothy, 138 ; H. A., 138 ; Henry
Anthony, 138.
Hardtman, Ann, cxii.
Hardwicke, George, 153.
Hardy, George Tickner, 152 ; — , cxlvi.
Hare, William. Ixix.
Harford, Thomas, 47.
Hargeden, Charles, Iviii.
Hargrave, William. 44.
Hargrove, James, exxxvi.
Harison, John, 23.
Harland, Robert, 53.
Harlanole, Steven, xviii.
Harman, Ann, 263 ; Anne Dyett, 3 ; Dorothy,
74, 78 ; Eliza. 215, 216 ; Elizabeth, 187 ;
Fred. B., 7; Jane, 139; John. 184; iSir
John, xxxviii, xl ; Letitia, 139 ; Mary. 12,
81, 184, 187, 263; Mary Blizard, 81, 82 ;
Octavia Louisa, 7 ; Sam., xcvi, cii, cxvii,
cxix, exxxiv, cxxxix, cxlvi ; Rev. Sam. B.,
cxlix ; Samuel, cv, cviii, cxv, cxx, cxli,
cxiv, cii, 12, 75, 139, 187; Rev. Samuel
W., cxliii, 3, 29,215,216; Sarah, 19, 30;
Thomas, exxxiv, 263 ; Thomas D., cxliii,
cxliv, cxiv, 81, 82, 263, 282 ; William, 150 ;
William Wickham, 19, 26, 27, 28, 235 ;
— , Ixxvii, 179.
Ilarnage, 48.
Harnage, Caroline Helena, 48, 50 ; Edward,
49, 50 ; Eliza, 49, 50 ; Elizabeth Sarah
Maude, 48 ; Sir George, 48, 50 ; Henry, 48,
50 ; Rev. Henry, 49, 50 ; Heniy George,
50 ; Sir Henry George. 48 ; John Lucie,
48 ; Capt. John Lucie, 50 ; Mary, 48, 50 ;
Mary Louisa, 49 ; — , 50 ; Col. — , 50.
Harney, George, ex ; George John,
John, ciii, cliii ; Thomas, cliii.
Harper, Alexander, 266 ; Frances,
Richard. 252 : Stephen, Iviii, Ixi.
Harpur, Sir John, xliii.
Harrington. Benjamin, 235 ; Elizabeth, 235 ;
Francis. 164 ; John, 235 ; William, 271.
Harris, Ann, 63 ; Anne, 58 ; Sir Augustus,
267 ; Dav., 41 ; Elizabeth, Ix, 120 ; Fran-
ces. 253 ; James, cliii ; John, xcvii. cxi,
cxli, 47, 253 ; Capt. John, xcix ; Mary,
204, 206 ; Peter, xviii, xxiii ; Capt. Philip,
220; Philip D., cxli; Rev. Richard, 120;
Robert, Iviii ; Sarah Lee, 272, 276 ; Tho.,
235 ; Thomas. 79 ; William, Iviii ; Zaccha-
riah, 196 ; Zachariah, 279 ; — . cxvii.
Harrison, Charles, 103 ; Elizabeth, 42, 227 ;
Lieut. George, Ixx ; John J. C, cliii ;
Jos., ex ; R., 216 ; Lieut. Richard. Ixx ;
Thomas, 42 ; — , 43.
Harrolde. John, 168.
Harrox, Mary, cxi, 83 ; William, 83.
Hart, Anne, 243 ; Barry C, 229 ; Barthw.,
cliii; Charles A., cliii ; Daniel, 216; Fran-
ces. 8 ; Grace, 226 ; John, Ixii, xciii, cviii,
cxii, cxvii, cxix, 45, 226, 246, 258 ; Jos.,
clvi ; Prudence, 46 ; Rebecca, 2 16 ; Samuell,
lix ; Thomas. Ixv, cxii, cliii ; — , xciv, xcv
xcvi, 1, 2, 132, 199, 214, 243, 286 ; Col. — ,
xcvi.
Hartford, Elizabeth, 228 ; Michaell, 228.
Hartley, — , cviii.
ciii ;
252;
INDEX OF NAMES.
303
Hartnold, David, 258 ; Elizabeth, 257, 258 ;
John, 257.
Harton, George, cxiii.
Harty. Claus, sxlv, xxv ; Cloyce, xxiv.
Harvey. Ann, 124 ; Henry, 12-t ; John, cxv,
cxxxix, 210; John Ray, cliii ; Lilly, 196;
Margaret, 124 ; Mary, 124 ; Rob., oxvi ;
Sarah. 43 ; Thomas, cliii ; William, 196 ;
— , cxxx, 171. lyfi ; Admiral — , cxli.
Harwood, John, 24, 153.
Haselfoot. William, 150.
Hassal, William, 208 ; Rev. William, 207.
Hastings, Sophia, 191 ; — , Ixxvii.
Haswell, Ed., 87 ; Era.. 89 ; Timothy, 87.
Hatchfeild, Elizabeth, 271.
Hatfield. — , xxiv.
Hatton, Tho., 149.
Haughton, — , 245.
Havard, Neast, 154.
Haw, Sarah, 176 ; Thomas, 176.
Hawes, Elizabeth, 83, 246 ; H., 224 ; Jane,
cxii ; John, ciii. civ, cxii, cxxi, cxxvii,
246 ; Jos., cxi ; Mary, 245 ; Ru6sel, 246 ;
Thomas, lix, Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, cxxiv,
cxxxix, 5, 83 ; — , 245.
Hawkesworth. Dr. — , 236.
Hawkins, Auue, 126. 127, 133, 211 ; Benjamin
Lavere, 211 ; Elizabeth, 4 ; George, xlv,
230; Isaac, 151; Jane, 127, 133 ; Joseph,
4 ; Margaret, 52 ; Mary. 282 ; Mathew,
211; Mathew Gravett, 211; Nathaniel,
282 ; Richard, 52 ; Robert, 126, 133 ; Susan,
211 ; Susanna, 211 ; William. 129 ; — ,xxii,
120, 193.
Hawley, Francis, Lord, cxvi, oxix, cxxix ;
Henry, xix ; Capt. Henry, xvii, xviii ;
— , XX.
Hawse, S.amuel, cxiii.
Hawys, Henry, 232.
Hay, Archibald, xix ; Elizabeth, 177 ; Jamea,
177; Sir James, xix ; James, Lord Viscount
Doncaster, xii ; James, Lord, Baron of
Sawley, Viscount Doncaster, Earl of Car-
Hsle, xi ; John, 238 ; Mary, 177. 178, 180 ;
Robert, xxiv, 177 ; William, 177 ; — , 178 ;
Lieut. — , xii.
Haycock, Dav., ex ; Grace, 240 ; John, ex.
Haydon, John, Ivii, Ix ; Maj. John, Iv.
Haye, Teig, 282.
Hayes, Cha., 151 ; Danll., Iviii ; George, xv ;
Capt. George, xvi ; Jane. 168 ; Joane, 168 ;
Roger, 168 ; — , cvi, cxviii.
Haynes, James, 274 ; Thomas, Iviii.
Hay ward, Nicholas, 138 ; William, 26, 106.
Haywod, Anthony, Ixv.
Hazard, Henry, xxii.
Hazell, Peter, xov.
Hazlewood, Elinor, cxii ; Jane, 72 ; John,
ex ; Thomas, cxii ; — . cxviii.
Hea. Teig, 282.
Headland, John. Ixxx.
Heagan, R. S., clix.
Heal, Joseph, 204. 258.
Heard, Sir Isaac, 173 ; Sir J., 174.
Hearne, Robert, xxiii. xxiv ; — , xxiii.
Heath, Elizabeth, 181 ; Ellenwood Katherine
Carr, 232; James, 30; Dr. James, 18;
Louisa Manning, 3, 18, 30 ; Thomas, xxi,
lix ; William Wood, 232 ; — , 26 ; Dr. — , 3.
Heathcote, Gilbt., Lxix ; Margaret, ^"^^ ;
Selina, 102 ; — , 102.
Heatley, Richard, 224.
Heaven, Edith. 158.
Hebelthwaite, Charles, 41.
Hedges, Charles, Ixxxviii, 219 ; Sir Charles,
Ixxv, 125 ; Capt. Robert, cxxxvi ; — ,
Ixxviii, 76.
Heeley, John, lix.
Hegwyu, Col. — , lxix.
Helborne. George, xviii.
Helder, Lieut. Sam., Ix.
Hellmore, Mary, 142 ; Tristram, 142.
Helme, Christian. 271 ; Robert, 271, 272 ;
Sarah, 271 ; Thomas, 272 ; William,
lxix.
Hely, Nic, 143.
Hemmings, William, xlv.
Hemskerke, — , 271.
Henay, William, 47.
Henderson, — , 1.
Hendrickson, — , cxviii.
Hening, John, 153.
Henley, Tho., 102.
Henlock, John, xxiii.
Hennand, Richard, 119.
Henney, — , 6.
Hennis, William, Ix.
Henrietta, Maria, Queen of England, 110.
Henry, Chas., cliii ; Timothy, cxi.
Hensley, Daniel, Iv ; Daniell, lix ; Lieut.
Dauiell, Ixi.
Hentie, Capt. John, 17.
Henville, Robert, cxii, 243, 244 ; Sarah, 243,
244.
Henzell, Judith, 228; Peregrine, 228; — ,
228.
Hepburn, — , cxviii.
Herbert, Sir Edward, 157 ; Lady Elynor,
157 ; Joseph, 191, 263 ; Hon. Joseph, 223 ;
Lady Mary, 157 ; Tyrrell, cxii, cxi, 263 ;
William, 157 ; Sir William, 157 ; William,
Lord, 157 ; — , xxxi.
Hercules, — , c.
Hereford, Caradoc Vraich-Vach, Earl of, 95 ;
Caradoc Vraichvras, Earl of, 95 ; Pras., 65.
Heringham, Rev. — . 43.
Heriot, Mary, 120.
Heritage, William, 46.
Heme, Rob., xxiii.
Herriott, Charles Hubert, 120 ; Mary, 120.
Hervey, Hon. William, 89.
Hesilrig, Sir Arthur, xix.
Hesketh. Anne, 42 ; Mary, 42 ; Tho., 41 ;
Thomas. 42 ; — , 41.
Heskyus, John, 168.
Hester, Jos., lix.
Heughes, Richard, 76 ; Robert, xoi.
Heuish, Daniel, liii.
Hewetson. Col. — •, Isviii.
Hewing, Andrew, Ix.
Hewiston, — , cvi.
Hewitt, Will., Ixxxvi.
Hewlett, William, cliii.
Hews, Thomas, 186.
Hext, Hugh, cxi.
Heydon, John, Iv.
Heyman, .Tohn, 188.
Heynes, Coleman, cxv, 75, 198, 199 ; Hugh,
143 ; Sarah, 198, 199.
Heysham, — , ovii.
Hey ward, Richard, 167.
Hickes, Robert, 1(;8.
Hickman, Frances, 191.
Hicks, Andrew, 3it ; Dennis, lix ; Elizabeth,
39 ; James Greuville. clii ; John, clii ;
Phil., cxxiv ; Philip, cxxi. cxxxiv, cxxxix,
cxliii, clii, 57, 60, 177; Thomas, cxi ; — ,
cxxxvi.
Higby, David, 220.
Higginbotham, Capt. John, 153.
Higgins, Ann, ex ; B. W., 152 ; Honour, 84,
86 ; Pat., cxi.
Higginson, Sir James Macaulay, clvi.
Higgons, Margaret, 52.
Higham, Edward, 57.
Hiks, Andrew, cxiv.
Hilder, Samuel, Ixx, 232.
Hilherere, James, 274.
Hill, Anna. 11!); Charles, 43; Daniel,
cxxxix, cxi, cxliii, oxlv, cxlvii, 26, 38, 92,
106, 211, 229, 232, 241, 282 ; Eleanor, 118 ;
Elizabeth, 6, 233 ; Frederick Augustus,
cliii ; George, xliii ; George Montaigne,
cliii ; George Underwood, Ixxii ; Humphry,
20; Jacob, 1, liii ; Lieut. Jacob, Iv ; James,
cxi, 92 ; Jeremiah. 172 ; Joan, 122 ; John,
cxl, 6, 118; Jonath.. Ixxxix, xcv ; Mar-
garet, 119; Mary, Ix, cxiii; Nathaniel,
clii ; Col. Sir Stephen John, clvi ; Thomas,
Ixii. Ixviii, 119. 120; Col. Thomas, Ixvii,
Ixx. Ixxi ; William, xxxvii, xlv ; — , Ixxvii,
Ixxviii, Ixxxi. 17, 190 ; Rev. Dr. — , 205 ;
Lieut.-Gen. — , 122.
Hillersdon, Edward, 23.
Hillhouse, .\rchd., cxii, 140 ; Elizabeth, 124 ;
James, 140; John, ex, cxv; Joyce, cxii;
Richard, ex, cxi ; W. Garrat, cxxi ; Wil-
liam, Ixxxix, soil, ciii ; William G., ex ;
William Garret, 32 ; William Garrett,
cxv ; — , 103.
Hillman, Jer., 151 ; Robert, 107.
Hilton, Anthony, x, xiv, xv, xvi ; Capt.
Anthony, xvi ; George, cxiii ; Jo., xvi ;
John, xiii, xv, xvi, 134; Samuel, cxiii;
— , XV, cviii.
Hinde, \Vill., Ixxxvi ; William, Ixxxi,
Ixxxv, Ixxxix, 22 ; — , 132.
Hinds, Catharine, 86.
Hinsselin, — , xxxv.
Hinton, Elizabeth, 128; G. P., 211; Dr.
Samuel, 128.
Hippesley, William, 209, 210.
Hitchcock, Giles, 210.
Hobby, Charles, cxxii.
Hobdan. David, 128.
Hoblyn, Rev. Robert, 262.
Hobson, Daniel, 134 ; Elizabeth, 137 ; — ,
cvii.
Hodden, Richard, Ix.
Hodge, Ann Blizard, 18 ; Hon. Arthur,
cxlvii ; Christopher, cxvii, cxix ; Hen.,
Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, cxlv ; Henry,
cii, cxliii, cxlvii, 18,65 ; Jane Rosina, 2U8 ;
Jeffery, 57 ; John, Ixxvii, Ixxxvi, Lxxxix ;
Jos., Ixxvii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix ; L. L., cxlv ;
Langfoi-d, cxlviii, 61 : Langford, L., 60 ;
Laugford Lovell, cxlvii, 23, 76 ; Marg.aret,
65, 71; Margarett. 67, 70; Mary, 230;
Richard, lix ; — , cxlviii.
Hodges, Capt. Antho., lii ; Col. Antho., Ixxii ;
Anthony, xlix, lxix, Ixxix, 52, 106 ; Fran-
ces, 53 ; Frances Barbara, 54 ; Mary, 222,
229, 230 ; Dr. Michael, cliii ; Richard, 244 ;
Tho., 53, 54, 230 ; — , Ixxxi, 286.
Hodgkiss, John, cxvi, 81.
Hodgson, Granado, 133: Jacob, 130, 131;
James, 126; Theodora, 130; Theodosia, 7,
12(i. 130, 131, 132.
Hoe, Richard, 17.
Hogan, Hugh, Ix ; Thomas, lix, 84.
Hogarth, John, 33 ; — , 259.
Hogdon, John, 208.
Holberton, Robert, 110.
Holborough, Hon. — , 175.
Holborow, Elizabeth, 256 ; G., elix ; George,
clix, 256. ,
Holdet, Col. — , xxv.
Holdip, Richard, xxii ; Col. — , xxv.
Hole, Joseph, 45.
Holford, Sarah, 93 ; Rev. WilHam, 93.
Holland, Cha., 255 ; Cornelius, xix ; Isaac,
xxiii; Isaack, 5; Martha, 196; Robert,
130; William, 102, 196.
HoUerand, George, 279.
HoUiday, Catherine, 112, 283; Elizabeth,
197; James, xxxiii, 112; John, ci, ciii,
197. jS'fC iilsn Halliday.
Holliugworth, Robert, 22.
Hollis, Robert, Iviii ; Tho., 274.
HoUoran, Cornelius, lxx:vii, Ixxix, Ixxx. See
also Halloran.
HoUoway, Capt. — , cxxxi.
Hollyman, Justinian, xxix, xxx, xxxvii.
Holmes, Alice. 123 ; Anne Liudsey, 188 ;
Hugh, xcv, cii, 22y, 237 ; John, cxv, 188 ;
Matthew, Iviii ; Mich., 208 ; Richard, ciii,
208, 213 ; Lieuo. Richard, Ixx ; Sarah, 123 ;
Susannah, 213 ; Dr. William, 251.
Holt, Maj. Edward, Ixxi ; Hen., Ixxi ; Col.
Hen., Ixx ; Rev. Joseph, 45 ; Capt. Tho.,
Ixx ; William Joseph, 45 ; Col. — , lxix,
Ixxi ; Lieut.-Col. — , Ixviii.
Hoi way, Robert, 151.
Home, James, ISO ; Jane, 214 ; Jean, 212 :
-, 212.
Honers, Jephson, 44.
Houy. Selina, 100 ; Rev. William, 100.
Honywood, Annabella Christiana, 207 ; Wil-
liam, 207.
Hood, Sir Samuel, cxxv, cxxvi, cxxvii, cxliv,
cxlv ; William, xcv.
Hoogau, Anne, 129.
Hoogenboergh, Pet. Hen., 89.
Hooke, Mary, 93.
Hooper, Jane, 253 ; Jeremiah, 53 ; Joseph,
51 ; Mary, 51 ; Col. Robert, xlvii ; Sarah,
51 ; Tho., 149 ; Thomas, 253.
Hope, Stephen, 263.
Hopkins, Rev. David, cxix ; John, cxx ;
Sam., ci ; — , 220.
Hopson, Edward, 113 ; George, cxv, 71 ;
John, Iviii ; Margaret, 71 ; Theodora, 71 ;
Tho., 113.
Hopton, Ensign John, Ixi ; William, xxiv.
Horlock, Isaac Webb, 153.
Horlor, Jeremiah, 151, 174 ; Rev. Jer., 148 ;
Joanna, 148, 174.
Horn, Ed., cxiii ; Elizabeth, 134 : William,
cxiii, 112.
Home, Ed., Ixxx, Ixxxvii ; Capt. Ed., Ixxxvi ;
Edw., Ix, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxv, oviii, cxii,
cxix : Edward, xcix, c, civ, cxviii, cxx, 21,
25. 37. 216, 225, 277, 280 ; Elizabeth, 104 ;
Mary. 191, 1!)4 ; Sam., cix ; Ensign
Samuell, Ixx ; Sarah, 91, 93 ; Val. Morris,
91 ; Valentine Morris, cxx ; William,
Ixxix, xci, cxvi ; Capt. William, 94 ; — ,
Ixxviii ; Capt. — , Ixxiv ; Ensign — , Ixx.
Horsburg, Joseph, 205.
Horsford, Catherine, cxiv ; Charity, 218 ;
Elizabeth, 218, 258; George, ci, cxiv;
Henrietta, 37 ; Isaac. Lxxii, Ixxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxv, Ixxxviii, xci. xcii, xciii, 9, 37, 238 ;
Capt. Isaac, lxxii, Ixxiv, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, 265 ;
Isc, Ixxxix ; Capt. Jack, 73 ; John, cxxi,
cxxiv, cxxviii, cxxxix, cxiii, cxliii, cxlv,
cxlviii, 193 ; Paul, cxliii, cxlvi, cxlvii,
cxlviii, cii ; Hon. Paul. 12 ; Sir Robert,
clvi ; Val., cxliii ; Valentine, 61 ; Col.
Valentine, cxliii.
Horton, George, 240; John, 149; Mary,
240; Rebecca, cxii; Tho., 143; Ursula,
149.
Hoser, Richard, cxiv.
Hosier, Henrietta, 136; John, Ixii, 134;
Mary, 17; Richard, 136.
Hosking, John, cxi ; Sam., ex.
Host, John, cxiii.
Hotham, Admiral — , 214.
Hotten, — , 34, S6, 221, 238.
Houblon. James, 271.
Houchins, .John, 7.
Houel, Charles, xxvii ; Lord Charles, xxviii ;
Robert, xxvii.
Houghton, ilohn. 149 ; MeUora, 149.
How, Tho., Ixxxix ; — , 41.
Howard, Elizabeth, 123, 124 ; Hen., 57 ;
John, Ixxx, 255 ; Mary, 215 ; Rebecca, 123 ;
Robert, lix ; William, xii, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxvii ; Capt. WilUam, Ixxvi ; — , Ixxvii.
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THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
ffowdl, 95.
Howell, Rev. B. C, 233; Jacob, 137; John,
22. Sei' also Ap Howell.
Howell, Prince of Caerleon, 95.
Howes, Lieut. — , cslvi.
Howison, Dorothy. 195 ; James, cs, 193, 199,
200.
Hubhard, Capt. Charles, cxxii ; Rebecca, cxii.
Huddleston, Thomas, 91.
Hudson, Frances, xxiv ; James, csiii ; Rich-
ard, cxii ; William, cxi.
Huffam, John, 117.
Huggins, Ann, 204 ; Ann W . . kins, 207 ;
Edward, cxlvii, cxlviii ; Margaret Doig,
207 ; Peter, cxlvii ; William John, 204,
207.
Hughes, Benjamin, 75 ; Catherine, cxiv ;
Charles, 151 ; Eliza Luther, 88 ; Elizabeth,
129,271; Hen., Ixxxvii ; Hugh, 4r> ; Isaac,
cxiii ; John, 69 ; Mary, cxii ; Richard,
Ixxx, Ixxxvi, 238 ; Robert, 1 ; Col. Samuel,
88 ; Sarah, ex ; Thomas, cxi, 249 ; William,
Iviii, xoii ; Capt. William, Ixxvi ; William
Mathew, 195 ; — , Ixxvii.
Hughys, Richard, 238.
Hugo, Victor, 267.
Hugs, Rich.. Ixxix.
Hulbert, Jane, 139, 140, 142, 279 ; — , 139,
142.
Hulet, — , Ixxviii.
Hull, Christopher, 140, 280 ; Bdmond, Ix ;
Edmund, xlv, Ivii, 94.
Hume, Benjamin, 235 ; John, 4 ; Capt. — , xc.
Humphreys, Dorothy, 249 ; John, cxii. 128;
Mary, lix, 39 ; Nathaniel, Ixxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxiv, xcii, ci, cxiii, cxxi,
cxxiii, cxlvi, cxlviii ; Capt. Nathaniel,
Ixxvi ; 0., clix ; Rev. William, 249.
Huncks, Alice, 97 ; Henry, xviii ; Capt.
Henry, 97 ; Maj. Henry, xix ; Sergt.-Maj.
Henry, xix ; Sir Henry, 97 ; Lieut. -Col.
Sir Thomas, 97 ; — , xx ; — , Lord Conway,
97 ; Maj. — , xvii, xix.
Hungerford, Richard, ciii : — , ciii.
Hunt, Daniel, 20, 22; Hester, 78, 81, 83;
John, cxv, cliii ; Mary, 7 ; Richard, cxi,
38, 40 ; Samuel, cliii ; Sarah, 38, 40 ; Tho.,
Ixv, Ixix, xc ; Thomas, 45 ; William, Iviii,
cxv, 16, 75, 81, 84,244 ; — , Ixxx, 25, 26. S3.
Hunter, Charlotte Octavia, 172; H. Lannoy,
172 ; John, Is ; Mathew, Ix ; Robert, cvii,
cxvi ; Sarah, 58, 63 ; — , 58.
Huntley, Mary, 148 ; Richard Weekes, 148.
Hurd, .James, Ix.
Hurlo, Morris, lix.
Hurst, George, ci ; John, ci, cliii, 193 ; Mar-
garet, 204, 206 ; Sarah, 78.
Hurt. Christopher Jarvis, 51 ; Deborah, 51 ;
Henry, 23 ; Mary, 51.
Husband, John, 196 ; Dr. — , xcviii.
Husbands, Capt. John, xvi ; Sam., cxii.
Huskinson, — , cli.
Hussey, Anne Bickerton, 11 ; Capt. Richard
Bickerton, 11.
Hutchens, Elizabeth, 91.
Hutcheson, Archibald, Ixvii, 17, 151, 254,
271 ; — . Ixvii, 254.
Hutchins. Francis, 46 ; Rev. Joseph, 231 ;
— , 101, 231.
Hutchinson, Anne, 88 ; Archd., 153 ; Ben-
jamin, 88 ; James, 152 ; Mary, 108 ; Wil-
liam, cxxviii, 108 ; — , 276.
Huyghue, David, 238 ; Jacob, cxii ; Mar-
garet, 237, 238, 239 ; Tho., cxii ; Thomas,
238, 239 ; Capt. Thomas, 237, 238 ; — ,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii.
Hyde, George, xciii ; Jane. 120 ; Joanna,
120 ; William, 120 ; — , Lord, 262.
Hyett, Alice, 146 ; Thomas, 146.
Hymes, Phillip, xviii.
Hyndman, Catherine, 240 ; Robert, 240 ;
W.P., 41 ; William, 89,90.
Hyne, Jeames, 151.
IdoU. John, 156.
IdoUs, Nich., 143.
Idolph. John, 156.
Ifinty, Tho.. 9.
Ilchester, Thomas Strangways, Earl of, 101.
lies, Richard, cxiii.
Immans, Robert, xxii.
Ince, Thomas, 46.
Inchiquin, — , Earl of, 117.
Indys, Maj. — , lii.
Inglefield, John, Ixxviii.
Inglese. John, cxv.
Inglis. Alexander. 200 ; — , 200.
Innocent. Percivall, xxiv, 73.
Ingram, — , cxviii.
Irby, Albinia, 50 ; Augusta Priscilla, 50 ;
Mary, 48 ; Hon. W. H., 48 ; William, Lord
Boston, 50 ; Hon. William Henry, 50 ;
William Henry Rowland, 50 ; — , Lord
Boston, 48, 50.
Ireland, Benjamin, cxxxiv, cxii ; Catherine,
235 ; John, cix, 235 ; Richard F., 274.
Iremain, John, cxi.
Irish, David, 68 ; Hon. John, 286 ; Samuel,
xxiii, xlvii. xlix, liii, Ix, 112 ; Sarah, 286 ;
William, 286.
Irviu, Robert, Ixxiv.
Irving, George, 85 ; Sir Henry T., clviii.
Jrwhi, 192.
Irwin, Alexander, 192 ; Alexander B.. 190,
192 ; Alexander Burrowes, 192 ; Andrew,
cvii ; Burrows, 192 ; Bury, 192 ; Charlotte
Martha, 190, 192 ; Harriet Frances, 190,
192 ; Henry Bury, 192 ; James, cxiv ;
Jane, cxiii, 192 ; John, cxiv ; Lydia, 192 ;
Martha, 192; Rebecca, 192; Richard,
cxii ; Thomas, 192 ; William, 192 ; — ,
192
Isaac,' Ann, 143, 146, 174 ; Francis, 174 ;
Robert, 146, 174.
Istraddue, Rhys Goch, Earl of, 95.
Ivatt. William, Ixix.
Ives, John, ex.
Ivory, Thomas, 8 ; — , Ixxx.
Ivye, Sir George, 159 ; Thomas, 168 ; William,
1.58, 159.
Jackson, Alexander, 149 ; Elizabeth, 273,
276 ; Hester, 151 ; John, 135, 218 ; Lieut.
Mark, Ix ; Lieut. Marke, Ixi ; Mary, 218 ;
Nichs., cxiii ; Richard, ci ; Robert, Ixi ;
Sarah, 149; Rev. W. W.. clix; William,
273 ; Dr. William, 196 ; Hon. William,
276 ; — , XXV.
Jacob, Charles, Ixxxv ; Jos., 104.
Jacobs, Alexander, cliii ; Catherine, cxiv ;
Charles, 257, 258 ; Chr., Ixxx; Elizabeth,
257. 258 ; Frances, 258 ; Isaac, ciii. cxiv ;
James, 258 ; John, cix, 63 ; Mary, 258 ;
Rebecca, 57, 63 ; Robert, cxiii ; Sarah,
258 ; — , Ixxx.
Jacques, — , 211.
Jaffray, Tho., cii.
Jaggers, Jos., ex.
James, Ann, 131 ; Elizabeth, 119 ; Fra.,cxii ;
Henry, Ixii ; Jane, 58, 63 ; John, cix, cliii,
57, 156 ; John C, cliii ; Robert, nxi, 58, 62,
63 ; William Lynch, 258 ; — , cxlix.
Jameson, Cuthbert, Ixvi, Ixvii, Ixviii, 232 ;
Grissel, 64.
Jardin, John, 7.
Jarringdon, John, xi.
Jarvis, Barbara, 103, 142 ; Hon. Bertie E.,
cli ; Francis, 39, 105, 142; Dr. Francis,
38, 105 ; George, cliii ; Hen., cxi ; Jacob,
cxxiii, cxxiv, cxxvii ; John, xovi, cxiv, 64 ;
Rachael, 32 ; Thomas, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxix, xciv, cviii. cxiii, cxv, cxvi, cxx,
cxxi, cxxii, cxxiii, cxxiv, cxxv, cxxvii,
cxxviii, cxxxix, cxiv, 32. 33, 57, 68, 84, 92,
104, 137, 175, 193, 262 ; Capt. Thomas, 103 ;
Dr. Thomas, 238 ; Hon. Thomas, cxvii,
cxix. cxxxviii, cxxxix, 12, 21, 223, 249 ;
W., 57 ; W. B., 57 ; William, cxiii, cxvi,
cxvii, cxix, cxx. cxxiii, cxxvii ; Dr.
William, cv ; William Blizard, cxxxix ;
Capt. William Blizard, 92 ; — , cxxii, 81,
195,
Jeaffreson. Christopher, xx, Ivii, Ixix, 271 ;
Capt. Christopher, 17 ; John, viii, cvii,
cviii, cxiv, cxvii, cxviii, 184, 186 ; Capt.
.John, viii ; John Cordy, Ivii ; John Mar-
low, xcviii ; Robert, Ixxx, Ixxxvii, cxxii,
cxxiii, cxxxix, cxiv ; Samuel, lix, cxxiv,
cxxvii ; Sarah, 245 ; — , Ixvi, Ixxvii,
cxxiv, cxxvii, cxiv.
Jean, John, Iviii.
Jeffereyes, — , 44.
Jefferies, Ensign Benjamin, Ix ; Lieut.
Benjamin, Ixi ; James, 243 ; — , 243 ; Capt.
— , xxxi.
Jeffreys, Bartholomew, 218 ; Benjamin, 238 ;
Edward, 233 ; Elizabeth, 242 ; Eustace,
138 ; Grace, 242 ; James, 242 ; John, Ixv ;
Lewis, Ixxix, Ixxxvi ; Lucy, 242.
Jenings, George, xcvii, xcix; Capt. — , xvii.
Jenkin, John, 22. See also Ap Jenkin.
Jenkins, George, ex ; John, lix, ex, cxv.
Jenks, Peter, cxiv.
Jennings, George, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, xcvii ;
Samuel, cxiv ; — , 251.
Jenticon, Dr. Lewis, ci.
Jephson, — , 223.
Jervis, Charity, cxiii ; John, 117 ; Sir John,
cxii ; William, cxxxix. cl, 244.
Jesse, Aron. 249 ; Elizabeth, 248, 249 ;
Richard, 248.
Jessup. Edward, 79, 80 ; Col. Edward, xcviii,
ci ; Robert, 22.
Joachim, James, 158 ; Thomas, 158.
Jobam, James, 157.
Johnes, John, xviii, Ixxx.
Johnson, Anthony, cxxiv, 90 ; Arch., cii ;
Capt. Archibald, Ixi ; B., Ixxx ; Baldwin,
Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxvii, 76 : Edward, Iviii ;
Egbert, 22 ; Elizabeth, cxi, 152 ; Elizabeth
Bass, xc ; Godschall, 61, 106, 108, 111, 134,
135 ; Hen., cxi ; James, lix ; John, Ixxvi,
50, 104, 169, 170, 258; Col. John, Ixxiii,
Ixxvi ; Hon. Col. John, Ixxv ; Mary, 53 ;
Mary Elizabeth, 61 ; Capt. Moyell, or
Moyle, lii, Ixi ; Moyle, Ixxiii ; Sir N.,
Ixviii, 76, 116 ; Sir Nathaniel, Ixvii, Ixxvi,
35, 90, 227 ; Paulus, 1 ; R., 139 ; Rob., ex ;
Rudolphus, 22 ; Sarah, cxi ; Thomas,
Ixxx. xc, 104 ; William, Ixxvii, xcv, xcvi,
xcvii, 7 ; — , Ixxiii, cviii, cxliii, 128 ; Capt.
— , cviii ; Lieut. — , Ixxviii.
Johnsonne, Peter, 143.
Johnsson, Francis van Hemert, 89.
Johnstone, James Raymond, 200 ; John,
223 ; Mary Anne, 200.
Jolly, James, Iviii ; — , ixv,
Jones, Ann, Ix : Autho.,cxii ; Catherine, 46;
D., clix ; E. R.. cliv ; Capt. Ed., 227 ;
Edw., ex, cxi, cxliii, cxiv ; Edward, cxlvii,
46, 61, 137, 226; Edwd., cxlvii ; Eleanor,
119; Evan, Iviii. Ix ; Howell, Iviii, 244;
Hugh, Ix, Ixxxvii, xciii, 129 ; J. H., 199 ;
James, lix, Ixv, 57, 194, 237 ; Col. James,
Ixxix ; Jeffery, 226 ; John, Ixvii, xcvii,
23 ; John Ince, 138 ; Joshua, Ixxx, Ixxxv,
Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xcii, xciii, xciv,
xcvi, 75,169, 187,215, 258; Lydi.i, 226, 227 ;
Margaret, cxi ; Mary, 123 ; Obadiah, Iviii ;
Penelope, 252 ; Petter, xxiii ; Phillip,
cxiii ; KandoU, Iviii ; Robert, 1, liii ; Roger,
liii, iviii ; Capt. Roger, 1, 138 ; Samuel,
cxiii, cxv ; Capt. Samuel, lix, Ixi, Ixv, 116 ;
Col, Samuel, 97 ; Samuell, liii, Ixii ;
Sarah, Iviii, 97, 123 ; T, Wharton, 266 ;
Thomas, lix, 46 ; Rev. W., 227 ; William,
Ixvi. cxiv, 46, 202, 213,227 ; Rev. William,
226 ; — , Ivii, cvi, cli, 95, 137, 252 ; Col.
— , xxvii ; Sergt. — , viii.
Jonson, Peter, xviii.
Jordain, Eliza, 183 ; Ephraim, xcviii, cxv;
Henry, Ixii ; John, cxiv, 137, 232 ; Mar-
garet, 216.
Jordison, John, 26.
Jory, Jos., Ixix ; Lieut. Jos., Ixvi.
Joseph, Pat. Lynch, ciii.
Joslin, William, 5. 22, 137 ; — , 5.
Joy, Mary, 128 ; Robert, 128.
Joyce, Andrew, Ixxiii ; Benjamin, xcv ;
Jasper, Ixvi ; Michl., 65 ; Nicholas. 274 ;
Rob., Ixxxvi ; Robert, Ixxxiii ; Sibilla,
54.
Joye, Tho., 143.
Jubber, — , civ.
Judge, Maj. — , xcvii.
Jugwell, Thomas, lix.
Jukes, Thomas, 27.
Julius, John, cxlvii, cxlix, cl, 92.
Julliett, M. P., 263 ; Moses Paul, 263.
Kallahan, Charles, Ixxiv, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, ixxxiv, 34, 74, 86 ; Capt. Cha.,
Ixxviii ; — , Ixxvii.
Kaly, Ann, 226, 227 ; Elizabeth, 227 ; Fran-
ces, 227 ; — , 226.
Karey, Dr. Thomas, 125.
Katon, JIary, 52.
Kayne, Able. xxiv.
Kaynell, Anne, cxii ; Christopher, xxii,
xxiii, xxix, Ix, 23 ; Col. Christopher, xxiv,
xxvi, xxvii, xxxvii, liii ; Elizabeth, 198,
199 ; Ensign Christopher, Ixi ; Francis,
xxiii ; George, 282 ; Harvey, xxxv ; Capt.
Harvey, xlv, Ix ; James. 199 ; William, 5 ;
— , XX, xxiii, xxvii, 22, 39.
Keane, Robert, cliii.
Kearne, John, xxiv.
Kearnon. Thomas, 273.
KeefF. Vallentine, Ixxxvii, xciii ; — , Ixxvii.
Keeling, James, cxiii ; James T., cliii : Susan-
na, 37 ; Thomas, 75 ; William, ex, 37 ;
— , 37.
Keely, Fra., 227.
Keene. &■(■ Ruck-Keene.
Keightley, George, 255.
Keir, John, Ixxiv.
Keirsey, JilUan, 232 ; Julian, 232.
Kelland, Ensigne Thomas, xxiv.
Kelley, Ellen, 20 ; James, cxi ; Jane, 52 ;
John, 68.
Kelsick, — , civ.
Kelway, Mary, 146 ; — , 146.
Kemble, Margaret, 56 ; Peter, 56.
Kempe, David, xviii.
Kendall, John, 151.
Kene, Rose. Ixxvii.
Kenedy, Phillip, Iviii.
Kenestone, Tho.. Ix.
Kenmure, — . 177.
Kennedy, Jane, 72 ; John, cliii ; Roger, lix ;
William, 203.
Kenslow, Nat., ex.
INDEX OE NAMES.
305
Kent, Elizabeth, 251.
Kentish, Tho., cxl.
Kenton, William, ssiv.
Kentrop, Jane. 55 ; — , 55.
Kenyon, Rebecca, 272, 2rt).
Kenziao, Al.. 223.
Ker, Eleanor. 240 ; John. 180 ; Capt. John,
Ixxi ; Samuel Watkins, 241.
Kerby, Ana. ('<0 : Anne Byam, 105, 108 ;
Hamilton, cviii, csiii, cxvii, cxix^ 60, 193 ;
Ensign Hamilton, ciii ; Jane, 58, 61, 62,
63,101,105,110: John. 34; Thomas. Isxvii,
Ixxix, Ixxx. Ixxxv. Ixxxviii, xcii, xciii,
xcvi, xcix, c, oi, civ, 40, 45, 58. 62, 75.
86, 103. 121, 130, 131, 181. 189. 265;
Hon. Thomas. 232 ; T. N., cxxiv ; Tho.
N., cxlvii ; Thomas N.. cxlv ; Tho. Nor-
bury. cxlvii, 21, 60 ; Hon. T. Norbury,
108 ; Hon. Tho. Norbury. 177 ; Hon.
Thomas N., 76, 110. 232, 238: Thomas
Norbury, cxxvii, cxxxix, 28, 61, 76, 81, 101,
105 ; Hon. Col. — , cxliii.
Kerr. Charles, ox, cxxxix, 225 ; Eleanor, 247 ;
John, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvi, Ixxviii, Ixxx,
Ixxxi. Ixxjsiii. Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxvii. xciii.
xciv, xcv : Gapt. John, Ixxii, xciii, xcvi ;
William, Ixxx ; Capt. — , Ixxiv, Ixxvii.
Ketcherside, Elizabeth, 47 ; Thomas, 47.
Kettleby, Capt. John. xvii.
Kidd. David. 195; Elizabeth, cxii ; John,
cxlv.
Kidder, Thomas, cxi, 106, 259.
Kilbume. Charles, xviii.
Killian, Elizabeth. 177 ; .John, 104, 211.
Killigrew, Sir Robert, xi.
Kilner, — . cviii.
Kimpton, Esther, 21.
King, Adeline. 55 ; Benjamin, lix, xcvi, xcix,
c, ci, cii, cix. cxviii, 75, 209, 210, 211 ;
Col. Benjamin, cvii, 212; Hon. Col. Ben-
jamin, cv, cvi ; Benjamin Watts, 75; D.,
250 ; David, 244 ; Esther Meglo, 183 ;
Henrietta, 112; James J., 55 ; Jane, 148;
John, Ixxvii, Ixxx. Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
IxLxxix, xciv, oi, cxii, 17, 73, 136, 215, 241,
262 ; Capt. John, xcii, xcvi, 135 ; Margaret.
cxi, 215 ; Mary. 112. 13.5, 136, 209, 210, 211,
212, 277. 278 ; Pelinor, 95 ; Richard, 148 ;
William, ex, 152, 215, 277 ; Capt. William,
112.278; William Edward, 81 ; —, cxviii,
cxxiii.
King Comhal, 179.
King Court, c.
King Tegreeman, xiii.
Kingesley. Dimaris, 2 ; — , 2.
Kiugsmill. Elizabeth, 96, 102.
Kingston, Andrew, xciii ; Elizabeth, 173,
251; John, 173; Richard, 238; — , Earl
of, XX.
KinnouU, Thomas Robert, Earl of, 180.
Kipps, Hen., cxv ; Rachel, cxv.
Kirke, Eleanor. 144 ; Godfrey, 144 ; Henry,
206 ; Marie. 144 ; Mary, 144 ; Phillis Maria,
103 ; Robert, 94.
Kirkpatrick, James, 106 ; John, 106 ; Joseph,
106.
Kirkwood, A., eliii.
Kirtland, Henry, cxii.
Kir wan, Alice, 199 ; Alice Bay ley, 198 ; Eliza-
beth, 260, 2(13, 264; John H. D., clii ;
Katherine. 274 : Marcus, Ixxix, Ixxx ;
Margaret, 65 ; Mary, 74, 75, 78, 274 ;
Nicholas, cxvii. 74, 78, 198, 199 ; Oliver,
cxiv ; Paul, 65 ; Peter, cxiii ; Rich., Ixxix,
Ix.KX. xcvii, cxxiv, cxxxiv ; Richard, cxiii,
cxxii, clii, 76. 260, 263, 264 ; Tho., cxliii,
cxlv, cxlvii ; Thomas, cxlviii ; — , Ixxxvii.
Kitchen, Richard, lix.
Kitching, John, 17.
Kite, Robert, 283.
Knapp. Arthur John, 260, 268 ; Catherine,
275 ; John Leonard, 261, 268 ; Ketorah,
273, 275 ; Leonora, 275 ; Louisa, 260, 268 ;
Lydia Frances, 261 ; Mary, 275 ; Rev.
Primatt, 273. 275.
Knewstub, Arabella, 194 ; George Parry, 195;
James, cxi, 195; John Lyons, 195; Wil-
liam, 134 ; — , 194.
Knight. Ann, 245, 247 ; Charles, 203 ; Christo-
pher, Ix, Lxxiv, Ixxvii, oi, 33, 202, 203, 245,
246, 247 ; Elizabeth, cxii, 135, 136, 202, 203 ;
Henry, ci, 33, 137 ; John, Iviii, Ixxxix, xcii,
cxii, cxiii ; Sir John, Ixvi, 271 ; Mary Cha-
rity, 246, 247 ; Nath., cxiii, cxv ; Nathaniel,
33. 57, 134, 247 ; William, 232 ; — , xcvi.
Knightly, William, lix, 137 ; Ensign Wil-
liam, Ixi.
KnoUys, Alice. 97 ; Dorothy, 97 ; Francis,
97, 102; Capt. Francis. 97; William, 97,
102.
Knowles, Evelyn, 267 ; Capt. — , civ.
Knox, James, xcvi ; Dr. John, 138 ; Mary
Ann, 138.
Koster. See De Koster.
Kradog. See Ap Kradog.
Kyn, Mary, 112 ; Capt. William, 112, 282.
Kyrtland. Ebenezer, 93.
L . . . . y. David, 218.
La Barett, — ■, xlii.
La Barre, — , x.
La Barrediel, — , x.
La Biere, — , xlii.
La Roche, — , civ.
Labarr. See De Labarr.
Labat, Pere, xcvii.
Laoasse, Ensign — , Ixx.
Lachaisnay, John, lix.
Lacy, Robert, xxiv.
Ladbroke, Robert, 53 ; Sir Robert, 56.
Ladlane, E. Yardley, 57.
Laforey, Eleanor, 247, 248 ; Sir F., cxlviii ;
John, cxxvii, 248 ; Admiral Sir John, cxl,
247 ; Sir John, cxxxix, 281.
Lagrange, Gen. — , cxlv.
Lake, Essex, 149 ; Jac, xv ; Jacob, xv ;
Capt. Jacob, xvii ; Sir Lancelot, 149 ; Tho.,
17.
Lambert, Ann, cxii ; John Ixxix, 275 ; Hon.
Mich., 208, 209 ; Michael, 213 ; Col.
Michael, Ixxvi, 150 ; Capt. Michl., 150 ;
Phillipp, xvii, xxxi ; Priscilla, 208 ; Rob.,
ex; Robert, 114, 177; Susannah, 213;
Lieut.-Col. Symon, xlvii ; — , Ivii, 210;
Col. — , Ixxvi ; Lieut.-Gen. — . xc.
Lampley. Robert, xcix.
Lancaster, John. 32, 105, 153, 154, 199, 280 ;
William, 153.
Lancey. Sre De Lancey.
Laud, Ann, 40 ; William, 40.
Lander, Cha., 181 ; Charles, 85, 86 ; Mary,
Ix.
Lane, E. H., clix ; Elizabeth. 196 ; Henry,
217; John, 120; Nicholas, 217; Thomas,
cli ; — , 196.
Langelier, Johu. Ixxxix.
Langford, Capt. Abraham, xliv ; Elizabeth,
57, 59; James, ci, 275; Job, Iv ; Jonas,
xxix, XXX, xxxvii, xlv, Iv, lix, Ix, Ixvi,
Ixix, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvi,
xcvii, xcix, cii, cvii, cxiii, 5, 39, 57, 59, 69,
103, 116, 131, 238, 264, 275 ; — , cxiii,
179.
Langham, Augusta Priscilla, 50 ; Capt.
Benjamin, xxv, 73, 282 ; Sir William, 50.
Langlands. Thomas, 275.
Langley, Henry, cxi ; John, cix ; — , viii.
Langrish, Lieut. Henry, Ixxvi.
Langroom, Mary, 104.
Lannet, John, xxiii.
Lapworth, Mary. 149 ; — , 149.
Lardenois, Christopher, 53.
Larkin, George, Ixxiii.
Larmore, Pharoah, lix.
Laroche, Elizabeth, 119; Elizabeth Rachel
Ann, 8 ; Sir James. 8, 76 ; John, 119.
Lasoelles, Col. — , 121.
Lasher, Caleb, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxvi ;
Thomas, 181.
Latham. Thomas Davenport, 29.
Laud. — , 102.
Laughland, John. Ixxx.
Laurence. Capt. Giles, Ivii ; H., xliii ; John
195 ; Richard, 166, 167, See also De St.
Laurence.
Laurie. Rev. Dr. A., 36 ; Anne, 36 ; Archi-
bald Campbell. 36 ; — , 36.
Laverauce, — , cviii.
La vers, Henry, 209 ; Hercules, 209,211,246 ;
Capt. Hercules, 211 ; Phiueas, 209 ; Rachel,
209, 211 ; Susanna, 211.
Lavicount, Ann Gravenor, 81. 83 ; Daniel,
cliii ; George, ex ; John, lix, Ixxvii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, l.xxxvii, xci, xciii, cxxxix, cxliii,
cxliv, cxlv. 81, 83, 135, 241 ; Mart., xciii ;
Martin, xciv ; Nath., cxiii ; Peter, ci,
cxiv, 86 ; Sam. Bannister, clii ; Samuel,
xciii. civ, cxiv, 32.
Lavington. .Abigail, 217; Ann, 58, 64,217;
Grace, 217; Ralph Payne, Lord, 12, 113 ;
Samuel, c ; Steph., cxiv ; William, Ixxi,
Ixxii, Ixxvii, Ixxx. Ixxxi, Ixxxiv, Ixxxix,
xcii, cii. ciii. cviii, 62, 140, 215, 217, 283 ;
Hon. William, cv, cix ; Dr. — , xcviii ; — ,
Lady, cxlvii ; — , Lord, cxii, cxiii, cxliii,
cxliv, cxlv, cxlviii, civ, 244 ; — Payne,
Lord, 203.
Lawler, Catharine, 39.
Lawrence, Jane, ex ; Jane Ann Anderson,
243; Thomas, 243; William, 22. See also
St. Lawrence.
Lawrie, Sir Robert, 205.
Lawson. Curnelius. Ix ; Joshua, ciii ; Mary
Ann, 215, 216.
Lawton. James, 179.
Laysey, Rob., xxiv.
Le Blane. — , 29, 141.
Le Bruil, — , x.
Le Despencer. — , Lady, 241 ; — , Lord, 99,
240, 241 ; Stapleton, Lord, 108.
Le Febure, — , x.
Le Gay, Charles, 4.
Le Marchant, James, cxlix ; Gen. — , cxUx.
Le Neve, — , Ixviii, 149, 252.
Le Roux, Jacob, Ixxvii, Ixxx ; Ste., Ixxx ;
Steph., Ixxix.
Le Sturgeon, Elizabeth, 152.
Le Touch, — , cvi.
Lea, Michael, 105 ; Richard, cliii ; William,
cliii.
Leach. Joshua, lix.
Leacook, William, 205.
Leacraft, John, ciii.
Learmouth, Alexander, 4.
Leary, Cornelius, 195 ! Jane, cxiii ; Sarah,
195.
Leavens, Capt. — . xlv.
Leaver, Edward, lix, 37, 137.
Lebar, Thomas, Ix.
Leddan, John, 93.
Ledeatt. Ann, 92 ; Charles M., cxii ; Eliza
Christina, 7 ; George, cxlviii ; John, 16 ;
Joseph, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xciii : Louisa
Manning, 3, 7, 18, 30 ; Martha, 230 ;
Mary, cxiv ; Philip, ci. 73 ; Thomas, lix ;
William E., 3, 7 ; William Bales, 18 ; — ,
Ixxx.
Ledger, .Tohn, cliii.
Led well, B., 136 ; Boyce, cxxvii, cxxviii,
cxxxix, 188, 189. 246; Elizabeth, 189;
Jane, 189; Maria Osborne, 188, 189; — ,
246.
Lee, Hon. Fitzroy Henry, cv ; Henry, cxiii ;
J., 89 ; John, 45 ; Jos., ex ; Joseph, xxv,
xxxiii, 78, 283; Capt. Joseph, 71, 169;
Mary, 71 ; Capt. P.. 227 ; Paul, xxiv, liii,
Ivii, Ixii. 37. 86 ; Capt. Paul, xlvi, xlviii,
1, Iviii. Ixi. Ixiv : Hon. Paul. Ixv, 35 ;
Lieut. Paul, xlv ; Peter, Ixvii, Ixviii, Ixxi,
Ixxii ; Hon. Col. Peter. 251 ; Philip, Ixiv,
Ixvi. 93 ; Capt. Philip, 271 ; Rachael, 251 ;
Richard, ciii, cxi, cxii, 66, 114, 246 ;
Robert Cooper, 196 ; Thomas, 274 ; William,
lix, cxlv, cxlvii, 223 ; — , xxvi. Ixxx, 71 ;
Capt. — , xxvi, cvi ; Gen. — , cxxii.
Leech, Dr. — , 17.
Lees, Sir Charles Cameron, clviii.
Lefebure, — , x.
Legge, Commodore Edward, cvi.
Leidy, Thomas. Ixxvii.
Leigh, Ann, 278 ; George, 52 ; Commodore
— , cv ; Maj.-Gen. — , cxii.
Leighton, Francis, 262.
Leith. Gen. Sir James, cxlix, cl.
Lenaghan, Pat., 56.
Lenine, Ann, ex.
Lenthall, Fran., 41.
Leonard. George, cxiv, cxxi, 177, 251 ; — ,
Ixxvii.
Leot, John, Ixxxix ; Judith, ex.
Leroux, Jacob, 131.
Lessley, or Lesley, Andrew, cii, ciii, cv, ex,
cxiv, cxviii, oxix, cxxiv. 57, 66, 67, 108,
186, 209, 210, 211, 225,226 ; Hon. Andrew,
cix, cxvii ; Ann. 59. 61, 63 ; .Jane, 225,
226 ; John, 210 ; Robert, 182 ; Thomas, cix,
cxi, cxii, cxv, 59, 63 ; William, ex, 186 ;
— , cvi.
Lestourgeon, Rebecca, 145 ; — , 172.
Lethemillier, Benj., 152, 155, 171.
Levermore, Anne, 117; Lucius, 117; Moses,
150.
Levy,—, 179.
Lewellin, Robert, xxii.
Lewis. James, cliii ; John, 143, 188 ; John
Mason, 188 ; Lettice, 187 ; Mary, 187 ;
Nath., ci ; — , cxii, 129, 187.
Ley, .John, Ixi.
Leycraft. John. cix.
Libert. Johu, xcvii. ci ; Catherine, 104.
Liburd. Elizabeth, 223.
Lichfield, Henry Charles, 287 ; — , 287.
Lichtenberg. Capt. — , xlii.
Licorish, Elizabeth, cxi.
Liddell, Jane, 142 ; William, 142 ; — , 205.
Liggins, Jos., 284.
Light, Lieut.-Col. Henry, cliii ; Nicholas,
157, 158.
Lightfoot, Duer, 217, 218; Grace, cxii;
Hen. B., cxxxiv, 57 ; Henry B., cxxvii,
cxxxix ; Henry Beuskin, 26, 106. 241 ;
Capt. J., Ixxxix ; Jane. 217 ; John, Ixxvii,
Ixxx, ]xx,xvii, xciii, xciv, xcix, ci, cii,
cxvii, 16, 31, 32.71; Capt. John, Ixxviii,
Ixxxiv, Ixxxix, 217; Hon. John, cxix ;
Rich., Ixxii ; Richard, Ixxxiii ; Hon.
Richard, Ixxxiv ; Simon, Ixxx ; — , cxix ;
Capt. — , 219, 220.
Ligon, — , Ivii.
Lillie. Danll., cxi ; Thomas, cxi.
Lillingston, Col. Luke, Ixxvi ; Col. — ,
Ixxix.
Limbrey, Richard, 21.
Lindley, Elizabeth, 130.
Lindsay, or Lindsey, Ann, 188, 204, 206 ;
George, xviii : George David, cliii ; James,
cxxxviii ; Rev. James, cxxxix ; Johu,
cvii, cxi, cxiii, cxx, cxxi, 7, 32, 84, 188,
204, 205, 206 ; Phoebe, 128 ; Sam., ci ;
William, 24, 188, 205; — , 179.
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THE HISTORY OE ANTIGUA.
Lingan, George, ex.
Lingham, Johu, Ixxiii ; Capt. John. Ixvi.
Linnett, Granadoe, 128 ; John, 128 ; William,
128.
Linsey, John, Ixxxix.
Lintt, Capt. John, 278, 283 • Margaret, 283 ;
— , 278.
Liot, Capt. — , xii ; Rachell, 258.
Lippit, Sarah, 123.
Lipscombe. John, Iviii ; — , 137, 272.
Lisle, Capt. Richard, xxiii, xxiv ; Maj.
Richard, 112: Sarah, ISC; William, 18(1.
Lister, Sir John, 221 ; — , 224.
Litchfield, F. Charles, 285 ; Fra. C, 287 ;
Mary, 285, 287 ; Percival Edward, 287.
Little, Joseph, 271 ; Mary, 271.
Littlefear, Thomas, 275 ; William, 275.
Littleton, Thomas, xiv, xvi, xvii ; — , xi.
Litton, Lieut. Hen., 93.
Liverpool, — , Earl of, cxlviii.
Livingston, Christian, 10, 12, 20C ; Elizabeth,
76, 175, 176; Hen., cii, ciii ; Lear, ex;
William, cvii, cxviii, cxix, cxxi, cxxii, 10,
206. 279, 281 ; William Henry, csl, 12 ;
— , 175.
Lloyd, Ann, 206 ; Charles, Ixxii, Ixxiv,
Ixxv, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi. Ixxxiii,
Ixxxiv ; Lieut. Charles, Ixx ; Capt.
Charles. Ixxii, Ixxvii, Ixxviii ; Maj. Charles.
59 ; Capt. Godfrey. Ixx ; Col. Godfrey,
Ixx ; Hen., Ixxxvi ; Jenkin, xvii ; Jere-
miah, cxxi ; Morgan, 153 ; Dr. Nathaniel,
151 ; Sir K., 171 ; Sarah, 59 ; — , Ixv ; Col.
— , Ixx.
Loaders. William, Ixix.
Loathies, — , 137.
Lockhart, Edward, 90 ; Sir James, 21 2 ;
James Potter, 90 ; Letitia. cxii ; Louisa,
90 ; Martha, 212 ; Samuel, 212.
Lockhead. William, cxliii.
Lockley, Elizabeth, 119.
Lockwood, William, lix.
Loder, John, xviii.
Lodge, Thomas, lix, 151.
Loftee, John, Iv.
Lofto, Robert, xviii.
Lomax, 11a., 271.
Londonderry, Thomas Pitt, Earl of. xcvii ;
— , Earl of, xcvi ; — , Lord, xcvii.
Lone, Rebekah, 124.
Long, Ann, 124, 125 ; Anne, 124 ; Beeston,
89 ; Charles, 124 ; Henry, 124, 125 ; James
Hector, cxv ; Jane. 124, 125 ; Margaret,
124, 125; Patrick, Iviii; Richard, 124,
125 ; Samuell, Ixii ; Sarah, 124 ; Thomas,
Ixxii, 74, 124 ; Col. Thomas, Ixxx ; Maj.
Thomas, Ixxix ; — , Ixxii ; Col. — , Ixxxi ;
Maj. — , Ixxiv. Ixxvii.
Longuet, Anna Maria, 45, 46 ; Anne, 45 ;
Benjamin, 46 ; Elizabeth, 46 ; John
Samuel, 45, 46 ; Samuel, 46.
Looby, Baptist, Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxiii.
Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii,
Ixxxix, xciii, cix, cxiii. cxvii, cxix, cxxi.
cxxiv, 75. 142, 246 ; Hon. Baptist, cxxxix ;
Lieut. Baptist, Ixxv ; Edw., ci ; Elizabeth,
cxiv, 5. 24(i ; Frances, 78 ; Margaret,
130, 246 ; Vict., xcv, xcix ; — , Ixxvii,
cxxxvi, 5.
Lord, Cfesar, 20.
Lory, .lone, lix.
Losaclt, cxlviii.
Losack, George, cxlviii ; James, cxlviii, 210 ;
R. H.. cxxi ; Richard, cxlviii ; Richard
Hawkshaw, cxx, cxlviii ; Woodley, cxlviii ;
— . cxlviii.
Louvy, Hen., Ixxxvii.
Lovelace, Dorothy, 149 ; Richard, Lord,
149.
Lovell, Ann, 30 ; Ann Blizard, 18 ; Ebenezer,
57 ; Emma, 173 ; James, cliii ; John Har-
vey, 173 ; Langford. cxxxix. 18, 26. 61, 106.
250, 263, 265 ; Margery, 246 ; Mich., xcviii,
cxii ; Michael. 25, 264 ; Nich., ciii ; Peter
Harvey. 173 ; Thomas, lix : — . 179.
Lovely, Rachel, 177. 178 ; Samuel, cxi, 178 ;
Rev. Samuel, 178. 180.
Loveraine. Theod., xlix ; Lieut.-Col. — , xxxi.
Lovey, Rachel, 5. 6 ; Robert, ci, 5, 6, 228.
Loving, Hen., ciii.
Lowe. James, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix ; Jane, 224 ;
Tylie, 224 ; Walter, Mil.
Lowler. Stephen. Ix.
Lowry. Ann, cxiv ; Elizabeth, cxii. Hen.,
xciii ; Thomas. Ixxvii.
Lowther, — , Ixxxv.
Loxley. Gilbert, xvii, xxxi, lii.
Lucas, George. Ixxxi. Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxv,
Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii, Ixxxriii, Ixxxix, xci, xciii.
xcvi, xcix, cxiii, 38 ; Col. George, xciv ;
Hon. George, xcvi, cii, 130, 196 ; Lieut.-
Col. George, ciii, cvii ; Maj. George, cii ;
John, Ix, Ixvii, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxvii,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, xcii, 94 ; Capt. John,
Ixxiv ; Lucy, Ixxvii ; Nath., cxii ; Col.
Richard, xcvii ; Robert, 150, 175 ; — ,
Ixxxvi ; — , Lord, Ixxi.
Lucie, Elizabeth, 47, 48 ; Ja., Ixv ; Jacob,
Ixv, 47, 49, 50 : John, 48 ; Luke, lix, 44, 47.
Luckis. Tho.. 102.
Luckman, Dirk Cloes. 89 ; Jac, 89.
Luclin, AVilliam. 143.
Ludlam, Sarah, 120.
Ludlow, Ann, 252 ; Ebenezer, 153 ; Richard
James, 252.
Luifman. John, cxxviii, cxxx, cxxxiv.
Luis, Johu. 262.
Lumbard, Paul, 271.
Lumby, John. Iviii.
Lumley, John, xviii.
Luscrum, John, 282.
Lushington, — , cxii ; Dr. — , cii.
Luther, Edward, 90.
Lutkeman. Dirk Cloes, 87.
Lutterell, Ann, 143, 174 ; Southcott, 174.
Luttsell, F. F., 255.
Lyddon. John, 182 ; WilUam, 182.
Lyle, Robert, 199.
Lynch, Ambrose, xcii, 274 ; Ann, cxiii, 8, 72 ;
Anthony, ciii, 52, 65 ; Bartholomew, 274 ;
Charity, 75 ; Christian, 77 ; Dominick,
ciii, 52 ; Elizabeth, 6, 72, 75 ; Francis, 75,
175, 184, 185, 259 ; George, cliii ; James,
52 ; John, ciii, 72, 193. 274 ; John French,
53 ; Jos., ex, cxvi ; Katherine, 75 ; Lucy,
6 ; Marcus, 65 ; Margaret, 52, 54, 65 ; Mary,
10, 13, 74, 75, 17.5, 176, 184, 185 : Nathaniel,
175, 184. 185 ; Nicholas, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxix. xci, cxx, 6, 10, 75, 85, 175,
176, 184, 18.5, 219, 220, 274; Patrick, 8 ;
Peter, Ixxix, 52 ; Pierce, 74, 135, 244 ;
Sam.,cxl ; Sarah, 72, 75, 259 ; Steph., cxiv ;
Stephen, 135, 274 ; Thomas, Ixxxix, cxiii,
cxxi, 65 ; Sir Tho., xlvi ; William, cUi,
259 ; — , lxx;vii, cxvii, 13, 54, 74 ; Col.
— , xliii.
Lynden, Ensign — , Ixxxi, Ixxxii.
Lyne, Philip, 244 ; Sergt. William, xxv.
Lynn, Francis, 132.
Lynt. Capt. John. 238, 282 ; Margaret, 238.
Lyon, Elizabeth. 215 ; William, 265.
Lyons, Catherine, 229 ; Catherine Anne, 139 ;
Charles, 262 ; Fra., cxv ; Geofry, xcii, 262,
283 ; Henry, Ixxi, Ixxii. Ixxiii, Ixxiv, Ixxv.
Ixxvii. Ixxviii, Ixxxi, Lxxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxv.
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, IxxxLx, xciv, xcix, 4, 62,
116. 230, 261, 262; Maj. Hen., Ixxxiii;
Capt. Henry, Ixx, 112 ; Col. Henry, 229 ;
Maj. Henry. Ixxiv. Ixxvi, 76 ; Jane. 4, 139 ;
John, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Ixxvii, cxiv. cxix, cxxi,
cxxii. cxxvii, 4, 32, 34, 135, 139, 198 ; Capt.
John, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii ; Lieut. John, Ixx ;
Maj. John, Ixxii ; Joseph, cvii, cviii, 109,
281 ; Col. Joseph, 100 ; Mary, 32, 34, 92,
100, 109; Sam., xcviii, ciii, ex; Thomas
Henry, 244 : William, cvii, cxv.
Lysons. — , 6, 23. 284.
Lyte, John, 46 ; Susanna, 46, 47.
M
M . . . . , Catherine, 127 ; Katharine, 133.
M . t . n, — , cxxxvii.
Ma . . II, Edward, xxiv.
Maberly, Robert, 43.
Mabson, John, Ixxxix.
Mac Lester, Michael, 140.
Mac Mahon, Dennis, 4, 67.
Mac Ritchie, David, cxx.
Macdonald, Ja.. 140.
Macdougall. Sir Hay, 212 ; Isabella, 212.
Macey. David. Iviii ; Theodora, Iviii.
Machum. Tho., 38 ; Thomas, 39 ; — , 38, 39.
Mack. Robert, cxxxix.
Mackaile, William, cxiv, cxvi.
Mackaskv, Mary, 217.
Mack.ay, Hugh. 225 ; — , 192.
Mackee, Edward, 276.
Mackene.ss. Elizabeth. 21.
Mackenzie, George, cxx; Kenneth. 216;
Rebecca. 216.
Mackey, Rev. — , 37.
Mackie, Catharine Ceely, 28, 29 ; Catherine
Ceely, 233, 236 ; Catherine Margaret Massy,
235 ; Eliza Frances, 235, 236 ; George, 28,
29, 233, 235, 236 ; Georgina Jane, 235, 236 ;
James, c ; James Francis, 235, 236 ; John,
5 ; Katherine Ceely, 235 ; Otto liaijer, 235,
236 ; Thomas, cliii ; William Sinclair Cath-
cart, 235. 236 ; Maj.-Geu. — , 236.
Mackinen, Daniel, Ixxv, Ixxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxv. Ixxxviii, cxliv, 17, 68, 132, 203,
217,240.275; Dr. Daniel, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxviii. !l:i ; Maj. -Gen. Daniel, 259 : Eliza-
beth. 113. 116, 259; Harriott, 279,281.
282 ; John Daniel, 200 ; Louisa, 201 ;
Lydia Charity, 259 ; Rachael Yeamans,
240 ; William, Ixxxix, xciii, xcv, xcvi,
xcix, ci, cii, cviii, cxv, cxvi, cxvii, cxviii,
cxix, cxx, cxxii, cxxiv, cxxvii, cxxxix, cxl,
cxiii, 24. 78. 113, 114, 115, 116, 201,240,
247, 259, 274, 276, 279, 281, 282 ; Hon.
William, cxxxix, cxii, 62 ; — , civ, 259
Dr. — , Ixxiv, ixxvii.
Mackintosh. Henry, Ixii ; Sir Herbert, 53
James, 238 ; R. J., clvi.
Mackittrick- Adair, Agnes, 36, 37 ; Anne, 36
James, 37 ; Dr. J., 92 ; Dr. James, cxv
36 ; John, 75, 209, 244 ; Dr. John, 92 ;
36.
Mackland, Dr. — , ci.
MacUlemore, Dennis, Ixxvii.
Mackworth, Sir Digby, 7 ; Lieut. Herbert,
7 ; Jesse, 7.
Maclane, Archibald, 23 ; Duncan, 23.
Maclean, — , cxviii.
Macuaghton, Amy Catherine, 261 ; Stewart,
261.
Macsween, Benjamin, cliii.
Maddox, Thomas, cxii.
Magdale, Capt. — , cviii.
Magenis, Ann Louisa, 200, 201 ; Anne, 200 ;
Lady Elizabeth, 200, 201 : Richard, 200 ;
Col. Richard, 2(X), 201.
Maggee, Andrew. 123.
Magill, Rob., xcii.
Maginley, James, clix ; John, clix.
Magon, Charles, 144 ; Mary- Ann Eleanor,
144.
Mahany, John, 203 ; Margaret, cxii, 203.
Mahon. John, 209.
Mahony, John, 202 ; Margaret, 202.
Males, John, 211 : Rachel, 211.
Mainerch, Lord of Brecknock, 95.
Maining, Ph., Ixv.
Mainwaring, Capt. J., cxii ; John, 202 ;
Mary, 202.
Maitland, Richard, ciii, 53, 76, 79, 80, 81,
262 ; Tho., 199, 200.
Major, George. 23.
Malcher, Thomas, cxv.
Malcolm. Charles, 184 ; Patrick, cviii.
Maletede. John, 17.
Malham, Capt. Francis, Ixiv ; Robert, cxiv.
Mallard. Paull, Iviii.
Mallet, Charles, 76 ; Thomas, 69 ; Col.
Thomas, Ixvi ; Maj. Thomas, 1, liii, Iv,
Iviii, 69 i Lieut.-Col. Thomas, Ixi, Ixiv ;
— , Ivii ; Maj. — , Ivii.
Mallowne. Corn., Ixxxvii, xciii ; Robert, 250 ;
Sarah, 250.
Malone, George, cliii.
Malsted, Jacob, 17.
Maltalo, Dennis, lix.
Mambey, — , 17.
Man, Charles Wager, 104 ; Ed., Ixxxvi.
Manchester, Edward, Earl of, xix.
Manehan, Daniel, xciii.
Maneringe, Sampson, xvii, xxxi.
Manesty, Anne, 226, 227.
Mangles, Robert, 10 ; Selina Therisa, 10.
Manly. George, cxi.
Mann, Charles Wager, cxii, 105 ; Edw., xci ;
Edward, Ixxxv ; Sam., lix ; — , 251 ; Rear-
Admiral — , 214.
Manne. Capt. John, 44 ; — , 44.
Mannering. Elizabeth, 45 ; John, 45.
Manning, (ha., cxv; Margaret. 34, 246;
Richard, 33, 34, 246 ; Capt. Richard, Ixv ;
William, 32, 33, 53, 60, 254, 255 ; — , cxii,
196, 223, 284.
Mansell. — , cviii.
Mansfield. William. Iv.
Mantle, Samuell, lix.
Man waring. Ann, 63 ; Catherine, 258 ; James,
cxiv, 63, 25S ; John, Ixxvii, xcvii, cxii, 20,
203, 251; Jos., cxii; Katharain, 47;
Mary, 203 ; Rachel, 203, 251 ; — , Ixxx,
251.
Mapson, John, Ixxx.
March, Alice, 2 ; — , lii, 2 ; — , Lady, lii.
Marchant, Ambrose, xciii, 93, 94 ; Benjamin,
cxv, cxl, 38. 134, 135, 136, 244 ; Eleanor,
93 ; Elinor, 91 ; Ellinor, 274 ; Elizabeth,
38 ; Henrietta, 93, 94 ; John, Iviii, Ixxiii,
Ixxx, Ixxx™, 16, 215; John Ince, J34;
Margaret, cxii, 136 ; Mary, 77, 243, 244 ;
Nathaniel, cxiv, cxxvii, cxxxiv, 37 ; Hon.
Nathl., cxliii ; Dr. Nathaniel, cxl, 77 ;
Rachel, 216. 243. 244 ; Rebecca, 216 ; Ro-
bert, ex ; Samuel, cxiv ; Sarah, 38, 134,
135. iSce alsfi Le Marchant.
Marcher, — , xxxviii.
Marchmout, — , Earl of, 214 ; — Polwarth,
Earl of, 212.
Marcys, John, 17 ; Mary, 17 ; Pieter, 17.
Mardenborough, William .\nthony, cxliv,
cxiv.
Margetson, Alice, 118; Lady Alice, 123;
James, 1 1 8.
Margin, Elizabeth. 17.
Marianus. Maudlin, 150 ; William, 150.
Maris, Thomas, Ixxix.
Markes, Esther, 195.
Markland, Ellen, 245 ; John, 245.
Marlborough, Henry, Earl of, xix ; James,
Earl of, xix ; — , Duke of, 213.
Marloe, Seth, Ix.
Maroon, Curnelius, Ix.
INDEX OE NAMES.
307
Marriott, — , 201.
Marsden, William, 25.
Marsh, Anne, 167 ; Christopher, lis ; Edward,
122; Elizabeth. 122; Ralph, 1()7, 1«8 ;
— , 32.
Marshall, Abraham, 83 ; Elizabeth, 83 ;
George, 39 ; Henry, 220 ; James, 21 ;
John, Iviii ; William, clii, 46, 47, 218,
279 ; — , 108.
Marshe, Anne, 146, 163, 164, 165, 167 ;
Ralph, 146, 163, 164, 165, 167.
Martin, Adam, Ixxvii, 36, 37 ; Alex., ciii ;
Andrew Lynch Fitz, 52 ; Ann, cxii, 36,
46 ; Bob, Ixxiv ; Charles, cxi, cxt, 4, 246,
274; Capt. David. 112; Dorothy, 139;
Edward, xlix, Iv, Ixvi : Eliza, 38 ; Eliza
Ann, 52 ; Krancis, cxxxix, 84. 199 ; Frank,
137 ; George, cvi, 195 ; Hamlin, cxiv,
cxviii, 38, 39 ; Henry. 39, 229. 264 ; Sir
Henry, olv, 97 ; Isaac, 35 ; Jane, 192 ;
Jason, Ixsix, Ixxx ; .Jerome, 65 ; John,
Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxii, Lxxxiv, oi. ciii, cxi,
cxiii, cxiv, 92. i'iO ; John William, 38 ;
Jos., 93 ; Joseph, Ixix ; Josiah, xcviii,
xcix, ciii, cv, cxv, cxxi, cxlvii. 4; 103, 104,
140, 262. 274, 283 ; Hon. Josiah, 277 ;
Lieut. -Col. Josiah, cv, cxx ; Maj. Josiah,
103 ; Lydia. 4, 5, 97, 98, 100. 104, 107, 109 ;
Martha, cxi ; Mary, cxi, 203 ; Nathaniel
S., cliii ; Nicholas, (>o ; O., 35 ; Peter,
Ixxxvii. 8. 220 : Rob., Ixxv. xcvii ; Capt.
Rob., Ixxi ; Robert, cxiv. 137, 232, 277 ;
Capt. Robert, Ixxiv ; Sam., Ixvi, Ixvii,
Ixviii, Ixxii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii. Ixxxix, xoi,
xciii, xciv. xcvi. ci, ciii, cxi. cxvii, cxix,
cxxxix, 150; Maj. Sam., Ixxi, Ixxvii;
Samuel, Ixx, Ixxii, Ixxxix, xeii. xcvii, civ,
cix, cxvii. CKix, 9, 3.5, 97, 103, 104, 1IJ7, 112,
113, 114, 184, 199, 203, 229. 230. 246, 2.50,
251, 274, 276 ; Capt. Samuel, cxiv ; Col.
Samuel, cxiv, 103, 261, 262 ; Maj. Samuel,
Ixxii; Sarah, cxiii. 198, 199; Steph., 76;
Straphon, xxiv ; Susanna, 199 ; T. R., cl ;
Thomas, cxii, cxx, cxxi, cxxii. 43, 6(J. 67,
195, 198, 199 ; Thomas W., clii ; William,
104 ; Dr. William Thomas. 103 ; —.Ixxvii.
Ixxxix, cvii. cxiii. oxxxv, 43 ; Dr. — , 104 ;
Maj. — , Ixxvii, 139.
Martino, And., cxiv ; John, ex ; William,
ex.
Martins, Isaac. 203 ; Mary, 203.
Martyn, Edw., Ix ; John, Ix ; Jos.. Ixix, 117 ;
Joseph, 17; Margaret, 54; Pet., Ixxx;
Samuell, Ix, Ixxii ; Ensign Samuell, Ixi.
Marwood, Ann, 42 ; Barbara, 42 ; Frances,
41, 42 ; Sir George, 42 ; Sir Henry, 151.
Maryon, John, 271 ; Mary, 271.
Mascal, Cato C, cliii ; Edmund More, cxiii :
Elizabeth, 126, 129, 130 ; John, 126 ;
Margaret, cxii, 37 ; Robert, cliii ; Sarah,
96 ; William, 96 ; — , 129.
Masculine. Jane, 271.
Mashiter, Mary, 277.
Mason, Barth, 120; Elinor, cxi; Elizabeth,
197 ; Gawen, 197 ; Jane, 120 ; John, 128 ;
Mary, 246 ; Rebecca, ex ; Sarah, 151 ;
William. Ix, 130.
Massareene, Clotworthy. Earl of, 196 ;
Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of, 196.
Masse, — , 65.
Mas-iet, Ann, 258 ; Fra., cxxxviii, cxlvi ;
Francis, 85 ; Samuel, cxiii, oxvi ; William,
85,185,258. _
Massey, Charles. 52, 53 ; Elizabeth, 196 ;
Hon. George, 196 ; Rebecca. 196, 197 ; — ,
Lord, 196, 197.
Masters, Elizabeth, 184, 186 ; John, Iviii ;
Peter, 220 ; William, Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxix.
Masterson, — , Countess of, 56.
Mather, Jennett, 78.
Mathew, Abeduego, 78, 79, 80, 82; Col.
Abednego, Ixvii ; Hon. Abednego, Hi ;
Anna, 119 ; Anne, 253 ; Charles, Ixvii,
Ixxiv, 255 ; Col. Charles, 253 ; Dan., cii ;
Daniel, ciii, cv, cxiii, cxiv, 79, 80, 82, 89,
•100, 193; Daniel Byam, 140, 141; Col.
Edward. 89, 255 ; Gen. Edward, 201 ;
Elizabeth, 140, 141 ; Lady Jane, 89, 200,
201 ; Janet, 82 ; Jaunett, 78, 79, 80 ;
Joseph, 204. 258 ; Louisa, 88 ; Lydia
Payne, 79 ; Margaret, 119 ; Mary, 89, 100,
279 ; Mary Buckley, 79 ; Mary Elizabeth,
140, 141 ; Penelope, 79. SO, 82 ;
Penelope Jennett, 79 ; Penelope Su-
sannah, 201 ; Richard, Iviii ; Susanna,
254, 255 ; Sir W.. Ixxvi ; William, Ixxxv.
xciii, xcviii, 5. 16. 68, 71, 75, SO, 82, 103,
107, 119. 131. 204, 237, 238, 251, 258, 262 ;
Col. William, Ixxiv, Ixxxviii ; Gen.
William, xcvii ; Hon. William, 24 ; Lieut.-
Gen. William, xcviii ; Sir William, Ixxiv,
Ixxv, 1, 23. 88, 214, 221 ; — -, xc, ci, cvii,
cviii, 130, 188, 247. 254 ; Gen. — , xcvi ;
Lieut.-Gen. — , cxxxiv.
Mathewes, Tho., xxiv.
Mathews, A. M.. 202 ; Rev. Andrew Hughes,
201 ; Lieut.-Col. Andrew Marriott, 201,
202 ; Ann, 249 ; Cha., ciii ; Charles, o,
249 ; Constance, 202 ; Cornelia J., 202 ;
Elinor, cxi ; Eliza. 249 ; Elizabeth, cxii,
196, 249 ; Florence Wilhelmina Rose, 201,
202 ; Lady Jane, 200 ; John, 195; Mary
Eleanor, 272 ; Lieut.-Col. R., cli ; Richard,
lix ; Lieut.-Col. Uob., cxlvi ; Teige, Iviii ;
William. Ixxxviii, cxiii. cxi, 139, 249, 250 ;
Capt. William, Ixxxii ; Hon. William, 23 ;
— , 95, 200, 201, 272; Ensign — , Ixvii ;
Gen. — , 200 ; Lieut.-Gen. — , xc.
Mathis, Peter, 5 ; Sarah, 5 ; William, 5.
Matthew, James, cliii ; William, 240 ; Sir
William, 17U.
Maudit, Jasper, 223.
Maxwell, Elizabeth, 242 ; Frances, 177 ;
.Tames, Ix.xxvi ; Sir James, 177 ; Pat., cxv ;
William, ci, cxiv, cxvii, cxix, cxx, 37, 206,
259 ; Dr. William, 240, 242 ; — , cxxx ;
Dr. — , ci.
May, Thomas, cxii.
Mayer, Elizabeth, 279, 284 ; John, cxiv,
cxxi ; Lieut.-Col. John, 86 ; John Wick-
ham, cxxviii, cxi, 279, 284 ; Sam., Ixxx,
Ixxxvii ; Samuel, ci ; William, lix ; — ,
44. Sec also Meyer.
Maynard, Anthony, Iviii ; Edward, 137,
230 ; Margaret, 46, 49 ; William, 90 ; — , 49.
Maynell. Rich., Ixxix, Ixx.x.
Mayo. John, 66, 230 ; Lewis, Iviii.
Mayot, John, xxiv.
Mayrs, S.am., Ixxvii.
M'Call, Thomas A., cliii.
McAdam. A., clix ; Peter, cxii.
McAlister, — , 177.
McCabe. Alexander, 242 ; Bridget, cxi.
McCarroll, Michael, cxvii.
McCarthy, Justin, 123 ; Winifred, 123.
McCartney, Rich., ex.
McCarty, Dennis, lix ; Michaell, lix ; Owen,
Iviii. Ixxvii, Ixxxvii ; Phylom, lix ; Richd.
P.. cliii ; Samuel, 258.
McClanegan, Dan., ex.
McClashley, Margaret, cxiv.
McClure, Andrew, cxi ; Dr. — , 5.
McConuell. John, cxi.
McCoy, Sarah, ex.
McCullum, David, cxi.
McCulper, Gregory, cxi.
McDermott, Ann. 38, 39.
McDiarmid, Anne, 243 ; John, 243.
McDonald, Kenneth, 184, 185 ; William, ex.
McDonall, — , cxii.
McDonough, John, 249; Peter, 206, 249;
Sarah, 249 ; William. 249 ; — , 249.
JlcDougal, Charles, cliii ; George, cxii ;
Mary, cxi.
McElvanny, — , cvii.
McFarlane, Robert, 103.
McGillwray, James, cxxxix.
McGines^, Edward, 204, 258.
McGregor, Sir Evan Murray, cliii.
Mcllattie, A. G., clix ; G., clix.
Mclntier. James, cxiv.
McKellar. Anne, 182 ; John, 182.
McKenzie, Capt. Kenneth, 215 ; Rebecca,
215.
McKie, William, 223.
McLaughlin, Robert, cxiii.
McLeister, John, 5.
McMahon, Dennis, cvii, ex, 66 ; Honor, 66 ;
Col. Ixxxvii.
McMillan, Mary, 91.
McNamara, Mary, 210, 211. 212 ; Michael,
21(1,211,212; Dr. Michael, 134; — , cvii,
cxviii ; William Henry, clii.
McNish, Nathaniel, 75 ; Robert, 4, 6, &09.
McPhail, Maj. — , cliv.
McPherson, .Alexander, cxliii, 193 ; Dr.
Alexander, cxxviii, cxi.
McShee, Thurlo, lix.
McSween, Ben, cxvi.
McS weeny, Elizabeth, ex.
Mead. Mary, cxii ; Penelope, 79, 80 ; Rev. J.,
268 ; William C, cliii ; — , 41.
Meagher, Philip, Hi.
Meakem, John, xvii.
Meany. John. cxi.
Mearns, Henry, clii.
Mears, Rob., ex ; Sam., xc ; Samuell, Ixxiv.
Meauls, Ensign .John, Ixx.
Mecaskell, Mary, 220.
Mechin, Thomas, Iviii.
Mecom. Benjamin, cxi.
Medcalfe, Anna, 41, 42 ; Hannah, 42 ; Wil-
liam, 41, 42.
Meeres, Sam.. Ixxxix ; Col. — , lix.
Meldram, Ann. 255 ; Sir John, xx.
Meligan, Robert, clii.
Meliss, George, clii.
Melles, Elizabeth, 120.
Mello, Arnold, 89.
Melville, Hugh, 1 75 ; — Dundas Viscount, 99.
Menzies, R., 262 ; Robert, xcii.
Mercer, Peter, Ixxxix ; Dr. William, c.
Mercier, Charles Ferris, cliii ; William-
Ferris, cUii.
Meredith, Ann, 236 ; Dorothy Bonnen, 84,
86 ; J. W., cliii ; John, 57 ; Margaret, 58,
63 ; Sarah, 63 ; William, cxiii, 161 ;
William P., cliii ; — , 58.
Merewether, Marlborough, 62.
Merick. .Sep Ap Merick.
Merifield, Ralph, viii.
Merko, Benjamin, 258 ; Mary, 258.
Merreton, Robert, xvi.
Merrett, John, Iviii.
Merrick, William, 21.
Merrifield, Ralph, viii, ix ; Robarts, cxv.
Merry, Jos., ci, cxi.
Messery, Admiral — , cxiv.
Messett, Sam., ciii.
Messum, Nath., ex.
Meyer, Hen., 1 ; Henry, Ix ; Sam., xcviii ; — ,
Ixxvii. jSVr also Mayer.
Meynell, Richard. Ixxxvi, 181 ; Sarah, 181 ;
— , Ixxvii, Ixxviii.
Meynil, Richard. Ixxxix, 181 ; Sarah, 181.
Michaell, John, 112.
Michaelson, Dr. — , xcviii.
Michell, Daniel. 238.
Mice, — . Lady. clix.
Middlecott. Rich., Ixv.
Middleton. Benjamin. Ixv; George, Viscount,
260, 270 ; George Broderick, Viscount,
265 ; Margaret, 285, 286 ; Tho., Ixv ;
Thomas, Iviii ; — , 285 ; Capt. — , xx ;
Col. — , XXX, xxxiU ; — , Earl of, Ixvii ; —
Broderick, Viscount, 266.
Midford, K., 276 : Keturah, 273 ; Rev. — ,
273, 276.
Mignan. Dr. — . xcviii.
Milden, William, 169.
Mildron, William, 251.
Miles, Ann, 151 ; Ensign John, Ixx ; Robert,
xviii, xxiv ; Samuell. xciii ; Thomas, 46 ;
William, 21.
Millar, or Miller, Elizabeth, cxi ; Katherine,
47; James, 23 ; Jane Charlotte, 152, 153,
155 ; John, 17, 22, 43, 152, 171, 227, 280;
Josh., cxiv; William, civ, cxx, cxxi, 32, 33,
105, 259; Dr. William, 92, 114, 115, 116 ;
Dr. — , ciii.
Milles, Thomas, 61.
Millet, John, 2 ; Mary, 2.
Millett, Thomas Brskine, clii ; William
Wilberforce. clii.
Millikeu, James, Ixxxii, 117.
Mills, Charles Hamilton, 194, 195 ; Dan., 8
Frances Jane, 194, 195 ; George Galwey.
194, 195; Joane, 96, 102; John, 152
Jonathan, 232 ; Martha, ex ; Mathew, 89
Rebecca, cxiv ; Samuel, 195 ; Susannah
195 ; T. M., 225 ; Thomas Milliken, 223
William, ex.
Milne, Robert, 7.
Milward, Cha.. 129 ; George, 271 ; John,
271 ; Rev. John, 270 ; Thomas, 270, 271 ;
— , Ivii, 270.
Minchan, Daniell, Iviii ; Dr. — , 86.
Minefe, Anne, 254.
Mineham. Cornel., cxv.
Minikey. Simon, cxii.
Miskoll, Daniel, lii.
Mitchell. Charlotte, 224 ; Lieut. Daniel, Iviii,
Ixi ; James, S., clii ; Louisa, 224 ; Thomas,
75 ; William, N., cliii ; — , cxii, 15, 224 ;
Ensign — . Ixxvi.
Mitchelson. James, 75. 244.
M'Naughton. Lettice, 267.
Modyford, Col. Thomas, xx, xxi ; Col. — ,
xxii, XXV.
Mohun, Reignold, 45.
Molesworth, Col. Guy, xxii.
Molineux, Charles Laval, 52 : John, 286 ;
— , Ivii.
MoUoy, A. P., cxlvii ; J. P., cxlvii ; Capt.
— . cxii, cxlix.
Moncrief, George, cii. cvii, 277, 279 ; Mary,
279 ; Robert, cxv.
Moncur, Will., 224.
Mongeeson, Alice, 122.
Monk, Ann, 217. 247, 249; Anne. Ixxvii;
Capt. Anthy.. Ixxviii ; Marcus, Ixxviii,
Ixxx ; Brig. Marcus, Ixxix ; Mark. Ixxx,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xc, xciii. 94, 283 ; Martha,
279, 284 ; Mary Ann, 243 ; Mary Anue,
244 ; Nath., 1, Ixxvii, Ixxx, cxiii ; Nathan-
iel, Ixxii. 217, 247 ; Nathaniel, Ixxiv ; W.,
46 ; William, xc ; Capt. William, xoiii ;
— , Ixxvii, 46, 283 ; Col. — , xxxii.
Monmouth, — , Duke of, Ixvi.
Monro, Elizabeth, 11 ; James, 11 ; William,
Ixii, cxi.
Monsew, Francis, cliii.
Monson, John, Lord, 260.
Montague, Frederick, 242 ; George, 242 ;
George, Earl of Halifax, 242 ; Grace, 242 ;
— . Duke of, xciv, xcv, ciii ; — , Earl of,
118; — , Lord, 193.
Monteigue, Edw., cxi ; John, cxi ; Mary,
177 ; Jos., cxi ; — , 206.
Monteith, William, Earl of, 276 ; — Graham,
Earl of, 272.
308
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Monterea, — , civ.
Monteyro, Anthony, Isxvii, Isxx, Ixxxvi,
123 ; Capt. Antho'., Ixxvi, Ixxlx ; Elizabeth,
ex.
Montfort, Thomas, Lord, .5.5.
Montgomery, Gawen, cxi ; — , cii, cvi.
Montgomery and Pembroke, Philip, Earl
of, xix.
Montolieu, Lewis Charles, 263, 264.
Moon, Dermond, Iviii ; John, 1, lis.
Moore, Anthony, 42, 43; Frances, 43; George,
44 ; Jane, 24S ; John, 128 ; Sir John, 89 ;
John H., clii ; Tho., cii ; Thomas, cxi ;
Thomas Lessly, cliii ; Thomas V., clii ;
William, ex, 94 ; — , 42, 103, 248 ; Comm.
— , cxviii ; Lady — , 89.
Moraine, Margaret, 84 ; Susannah, 84.
Morange, Maudline, 150 ; William, 150.
Morant, Charles, 103 ; George Edward, 103 ;
Mary, 103.
Mordent, — , Lord, 151.
More, Daniel, 177 ; Robert, xviii ; Thomas, Ix.
Merely, — , 164.
Morgan, Charles Tirrell, 1 70 ; Charles Tyrrel,
152, 155 : Ed., Ixxxvii ; Edw., Ixxxvi, xcv ;
Edward, Ixxx, Wi, 109 ; Elizabeth, 138,
139, 141 ; George, cxii ; J.,xc ; Jac.,lxxx,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xcii, xcv, xcvi, xcix, ci ;
Jacob, Lxxvii, Ixxix. Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv,
Ixixv, Ixxxvi, xciii, xcv ; Col. Jacob, ci ;
John, 88, 91 ; Louisa, 88, 91 ; Lydia, 233 ;
Mary, 148. 173 ; Kice, xlv, 139, 141 ; Dr.
Robert, 151; Sam., c; Sarah, 96, 109;
Will', xxiii ; William, lix, 148, 173, 174 ;
— , c.
Morland, Rhoda, 104.
Morley, Jane, 196 ; Richard, cxi ; Sarah, 96,
102, 197.
Morphew, John, Ix.
Morraine, Catherine, 181.
Morrell, Anthony, 282.
Morrice, Col. Lewis, xlvii ; Col. — , xxii, xxv.
Morris, Charles, xvii, xxxi. cxiv ; Elizabeth,
278 ; John, lix, Ix, Ixvi, Ixix, xcviii, 107 ;
Lieut. John, Ixi ; Mary, cxi ; Thomas.
Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxxi, Ixxxv,
Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii, xcii, xciv, xcvii, cxviii, 75,
119 ; Hon. Tho., Ixxxviii ; Capt. Thomas,
Ixxiv, cxvi ; Col. Thomas, 116, 231 ; Hon.
Col. Thomas, xc ; Lieut.-Col. Thomas,
Ixxix. Ixxx ; Valentine, Ixxxix, cxx, cxxi ;
Col. Val., Ixxxviii ; Hon. Col. Val., Ixxxviii;
Maj. Val., Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, ciii, cxviii.
oxxiv, 76, 181, 210, 229, 277 ; Col. Valen-
tine, 66, 230, 278 ; Vallence, cxiv ; William,
cliii, 284 ; — , Ixxvii, cvii, 15.
Morrison, John, cxi.
Morse, John, Iviii, 196, 235.
Morson, William, cxxiv, cxxvii, 104.
Mortimiro, John, Ixv.
Morton, George Sholto Douglas, Earl of, 223.
Moseley, Elizabeth, 31 ; Sir John P., 31 ;
Joseph, 17.
Moss, Roger, lix ; Thomas, 277.
Mott, Anne, 17.
Mottram, Lucy. 41.
Mouk, Col. — , xxxii.
Mould, Barbery, 76 ; George, 76 ; Jane. Ix.
Moulton, Jacob, 22 ; Thomas, 35.
Mount, William, 23.
Mountford, — Bromley, Lord, 53.
Moyaer, James, 43.
Moyses, Thomas, Ixi.
Muchmore, Jane, 228.
Mudd, Tho., 22.
Mug, Capt. — , xxxvi.
Mugh, George, 137.
Muir, John, cxv, 134.
Mulard, Edward, 134.
Mulgrave, — , Lord, 56.
Mullaire, Elizabeth, cxi.
MuUins, Judith, cxiii.
Munchausen, Caroline, 201 ; F., Baron, 200,
201.
Muncrease, Mary, 198.
Munday, Francis, 103 ; Harriett Georgiana,
103 ; William, 103.
Munke, Nathaniell, Iviii ; — , 213.
Munn, William, 119.
Munro, Alex., cxv.
Munton, Anthony, 99, 110 ; Hester, 99, 110.
Murdell, Cha., cix.
Murphy, Arthur, 53 ; Edw., ciii ; Joan, ex ;
John, cix ; John D., ex ; John Devereux,
248 ; Lawrence, Iviii ; Margaret, 93 ; Mary,
215 ; — , cviii.
Murr, Hugh, Ix.
Murrain, Alexander, cliii.
Murray, Andrew, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx,
Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxix, xc, xcii ; Capt. Andrew, 197 ;
Barbara, 64 ; Catherine, cxii ; Charles,
ciii, cliii ; Edmund, cliii ; Elizabeth, 197;
Frances, 19, 21, 25, 30 ; Grace, 242 ; John,
xcviii, c, cii, cvii, 19, 20, 30, 131 ; Col.
John, cv ; Joseph, 242 ; Margaret, 38, 40 ;
Martha, 209, 212 ; Mary, cxii ; Robert, 46 ;
Sarah, 27, 59 ; William, cxv, 59 ; — , xc,
38. 212, 242 ; Capt. — , Lxx ; Rev. — , 46.
Murrell, Thomas, 123.
Musgrave. Dr. Anthony, 178 : C, clix ;
Elizabeth Adelaide, 178; Joyce, 178;
Thomas B., 178 ; WiUiam, cxlviii, cxlix ;
— , 3 ; Col. — , cxxiv.
Mnshet, Dr. William, cix.
Mussenden. Maj. — , lix.
Mussett, William, cxii.
Myddlemist, Hugh, 212 ; Margaret, 212.
Myers, Thomas, 89.
My Hard, Roger, 143.
N
Nagle, Admiral Sir Edmund, 48, 50 ; Capt.
Sir Edmund, 50 ; Mary, 48, 50 ; — , 50.
Namiuick, Barnard, 87.
Nanton, Eleanor, 183 ; George, Ixiy ; Henry,
Ixxvii ; John, Ixxx, Ixxxi, cliii, 75, 84 ;
John D., cxiv, 182 ; Margaret, 182, 248 :
Nathaniel, 75 ; Nicholas, 75 ; R. W.,
cxlvii ; Richard, cxiv ; Richard L., cxiv,
cxlvii. cii ; Richard W., cii, 238 ; Robert,
Ix, 282 ; Rowland, cxiv, 74, 75, 78 ; Sarah,
74, 75. 78 ; Capt. Tho., Ixxvi, 257 ; Thoma,s,
Ixxvii, Ixxx ; Maj. Thomas, Ixxxi, Ixxxvi ;
— , Ixxx, cxiii, 136.
Napier, Ann, 200 ; Archibald, 51 ; Elizabeth,
49 ; John, ciii.
Napper, George, Ixxix, Ixxx ; — , Ixxvii.
Nash, George, 124 ; Sir Nathaniel, 46.
Naylor, Mary, 129 ; William. 227 ; — , 129.
Neale, Hixon, 209, 210 ; Jer.. 116 ; John, 40,
41 ; Mary. 140 ; William, 140 ; — , civ.
Neave, Sir Richard, 61 ; Roger, Ix.
Needham, George, 96, 102 ; Mary, 96, 102.
Nelson, Capt. Horatio, cxxviii : Mary, 116 ;
Capt. — , cxxxi ; — . Lord, cxiv.
Nesbitt, Edward Beaumont, 260 ; Helen,
260 ; — , cxii.
Nethercott, John, cxi, cxv.
Netheway, Edw., Ixv ; John, xli, xlix.
Nevill, Alice, 113 ; Richard, Earl of Warwick,
113.
Nevine, James, 277 ; William, Ixxix, xcv,
35 ; — , xcviii, cvii ; Capt. — , Ixxxi.
Newcastle, — , Duke of, ciii ; — , Earl of, xx.
Newel, Capt. — , Ixxxii.
Newfield, Josiah, 124
2.38, 283;
— , 39.
Margaret,
Newgent, Darby. 39,
238, 283 ; Tho., 40 ;
Newland, Ben., Ixix.
Newman, Henry, lix.
Newsteed, Christopher, xxiii.
Newton, Barbary, 153 : Eliza, 46 ; Elizabeth,
278, 279, 280 ; Elizabeth Frances, 278, 280 ;
John, Ixxxvi, 46, 210,211 ; Jos., 120; Rob.,
Ixxxix ; Samuel, 163 ; WUliam, 278, 280 :
Col. William, 280 ; William Morris, 278,
280, 283 ; Col. — , 284.
Nibbs, Alice, 78 ; Barry, cxiii ; Benjamin,
Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix, xc ;
Chr., cxvi ; Elizabeth, ex, 33, 136, 238, 240 :
George, 177; Hen., xc ; James, Ixxvii,
Ixxix, Ixxx. Ixxxvi, cii, cxxii, cxxiii,
cxxiv, cxxviii. cxxxix. cxiv, 35, 37, 61,62,
78, 176. 235, 240; Jane, cxii, 59. 63, 238 ;
Jeremiah. Ixxvii. xcvii, cix, cxiii, cliii, 57,
62 ; Jeremiah K.. cliii ; John, xcvii, lix,
cxiv, 35, 135 ; Mahittable. 57 ; Mary, 58,
93, 176 ; Mary Arm, 78 ; Philip, c ; Robert,
cxiii, cxv ; Samuel, cix, cxv, cxvii, cxix,
33, 136, 186, 198, 203; Septimus, cxvii;
Susan, cxii ; Thomas F., 78, 232 ; William
L., cliii ; — , cxiii, 58, 59, 63, 81, 137.
Nichol, Henry, xxiii ; — , cxiii.
Nicholas, Agnes, 160 ; Ed., xxx ; James, 46 ;
Lewis, 89 ; Margaret, 30 ; Mary Arrabella,
273 ; Capt. Richard, c ; Tho., xcv ; Thomas,
160, 161. 162, 273 ; — , cxviii.
Nicholls, Chr., Iviii, 76 ; Elizabeth, 277 ;
George, Ixxx, Ixxxvii ; Henry, Ixi ; Capt.
Henry, Ix ; John. Iviii; John Ward, 22;
Margaret, 18, 30 ; Nich., Ixxxvii ; Nicholas,
Ixxiv ; Richard, xxiii ; Robert, Lxi, 283 ;
Thomas, ex, 67 ; — , Ixxx, cxviii, 173.
Nicholson. George J., 140 ; John, cxii ; Tho.,
xli ; Dr. — , ex.
Nightingale, Geoff., Ixix ; Granado, 128 ;
Granadoe, 128; Katherine, 128; Sir Tho., 128.
Nights, William, Ixii.
Nihell, Edward, 84 ; James, cxii ; John, 84 ;
Lawrence, cii, ex, cxii ; Pet., ciii.
Nisbitt, Agnes, 223 ; James, Ixxvi, Ixxxiii,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xciv, 137; Col.
James, xciii ; Capt. John, Ixxviii ; Capt.
— , Ixxvii, Ixxviii ; Maj. — , Ixxxviii.
Nitell, Mary, cxii.
Nixon, Anthony, 274.
Nodes, John, 128.
Noel, Christian, 205 ; Thomas, xxii.
Noke, James, 17.
Nolan, — , 3.
Noon, James, Iviii.
Noonane, Darby, Ixxiii.
Norden, Stephen, 135.
Norenorthy, Charles, 102 ; Tho., 102.
Norris, Elizabeth Jane, 273, 275 ; Marianne,
273 ; William, 273, 275.
North, Arthur, 44, 45 ; Hon. Rev. Brownlow,
32, 33 ; Rev. Charles Augustus, 32 ; Eliza-
beth, 33 ; Francis, 33 ; Francis, Earl of
Guildford, 32 ; George, 117, 119, 220, 221 ;
Harriet, 32, 33 ; Henrietta Maria, 32 ;
Louisa, 33 ; Lucy, 33 ; Raehael. 32 ; Capt.
Roger, viii ; — , 32 ; — , Lord, viii.
Northcote, — , cvii.
Northesk, John Carnegie, Earl of, 14.
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 42 ;
Lady Katheryn Percy, Countess of, 157 ;
Thomas Percy, Earl of, 42 ; — , I?erey,
Earl of, 42.
Norton, Edw., Ix ; Capt. Edward, Ixx ; Hen.,
Ixxix, Ixxx ; Capt. James, Ixx, Ixxi ; Col.
James, Ixxii, 272 ; Peter, cxi ; William,
151.
Nott, Maj. Edward, Ixx.
Nouverre, Mary Anne, 243 ; P. E., 243.
Nowell, Marm., Ixxxvi ; Mary, ex ; Mich.,
117.
Nowling, John, 282.
Noye, Elizabeth, ex ; Capt. John, 137.
Nugent, Antonetta, 171 ; Antonetta Skerrit,
224 ; Barbara, 224 ; Billy, 258 ; Catherine,
cxiii ; Ed., Ixxx ; Eleanor, 171 ; Elizabeth,
171, 224, 226 ; Eugene, 243 ; George, 263 ;
John, 39, 57, 206, 238 ; Hon. John, exxxiv,
108 ; Mary, 224 ; Nicholas, cii ; Dr.
Nicholas, vii, cliii ; 0., clix ; Oliver, cxix,
cxx, 170, 171, 224, 226; Sir Oliver, clix ;
Robert, 171, 224; Robert Skerrett, 224;
Rose Marie, 243 ; Theoph., cxxxviii ;
Walter, cix, cxiii, 171, 224, 275 ; William,
xcv ; — , cxxxvii, 224, 239.
Nugent-Dunbar, Annette Ellen, 224 ;
Annette Roberta, 224 ; Antonetta, 224 ;
Arthur, 224 ; Catherine. 224 ; Charlotte,
225 ; Charlotte Mary Emily, 224 ; Ellen
Catherine, 225 ; John, 224 ; Patrick, 224 ;
Robert, 224, 225 ; Capt. Robert, 225 ;
Robert Lennox, 224 ; Robert Skerrett,
224 ; Walter, 224 ; WilUam, 224 ; — , 224,
225.
Nuncie, Ellen, 178, 179; — , 178.
Nunn, Jonan, cxiv.
Nuttbeane, Jane, Iviii.
O
O'Bayer, Bast., Ixxx.
O'Beirne, Charles, 201 ; Felix, 201 ; Jane,
201.
O'Bryen, Brian, 274 ; James, Iviii ; Capt.
James, cxliv, cxlvi ; John, clii ; Michael
Morgan. 75 ; Stephen Murray, cliii.
O'Byrne, —,215.
O'Connor, Charles, 84 ; Kitty Garland, 257 ;
Malaehi, 56 ; Val., 56.
O'Criminy, Dannell, xxiv.
O'Hara, Patrick, cvi.
O'Sham, Tearry, xxiv.
Cades, Jam., 151.
Oakes, Frances Marian, 54 ; Henry James,
54 ; John, 168.
Oatley, John, 68.
Oberston, Symon, Iviii.
Obrynon, I'hylom, lxi.
Ochterlong, — , 14, 15.
Ochterlony, — , 14 ; Rev. — , 14.
Odium, Dr. —, 179.
Oesterman, Anne, 93 ; Thomas, Ixxv, Ixxviii,
Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix ; Capt.
Thomas, Ixxvi, Ixxviii, 93 ; WilUam, 38 ;
Capt. — , Ixxvii.
Ogilvie, Adam, cxii ; Alexander, 4 ; Anne,
178, 179 ; James, 179 ; James, Earl of
Findlater, 178, 179 ; Sir John, cxxvii,
cxxxix, exlii ; Margaret, 178, 179 ; Patrick,
179; Sir W., 179; William, cxxxix; — ,
14 ; — , Earl of Findlater, 178, 179.
Ogle, Sir C, 287 ; James, 27.5.
Oglethorpe, Richard, 276.
Okes, Anne, 18 ; Rev. Richard, 31 ; T., 31 ;
Thomas, 18.
Olde. Benjamin, 47.
Oldershaw. Tho., 181.
Oldmixon, John, Ixv ; — , viii, xxi, xli,
Ixviii, Ixxi.
Oldroyd, William, 92.
Oldwyn, Oliver, lix.
Oleryan, James, Iviii.
Oliphant, Robert, 241.
Olive, — , 225.
Oliver, Ann, 20, 76, 77 ; Christoph, Ixix ;
Elizabeth, 11 ; Frances, Ixxvii, 19, 30;
Harriet, 261 ; Mary, 68 ; Mary Ann, cxii ;
Richard, Ixix, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, xcii, xciii, xciv,
xcv, xcvii, xeix, ci, cxvi, cxvii, 4, 5,
INDEX OF NAMES.
309
6, 11, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 33, 68, 132, 181,
193, 225, 251 ; Capt. Richard, Ixxv ; Col.
Richard, Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, Ixxsix, 17 ;
Hon. Richard, 11) ; Maj. Richard, Ixxvi,
xev, 103 ; Robert, xcvi, 76, 77, 107, 132,
261 ; Rowland, ciii, cix, csiii, cxx, 20, 21,
22, 24, 251, 277 ; Hon. Rowland, cxvii,
193 ; Capt. Tho., 53 ; Thomas, Ix, cxix,
cxliii, 21, 25, 26, 261, 265 ; — , cvii, cviii ;
Capt. — , Ixxiv, Ixxvii ; Col. — , cxviii.
Oneal, Mary, cxi.
Onslow, — , cxviii.
Orbell. Thomas, 140.
Ord, John Edward, clii ; Mansfield, cxi.
Orford, — , Karl of, 255 ; — , Lord, Ixxi.
Orin, Teige. Ix.
Orkney. — , Lord, Ixxviii.
Orme, Ann. 199 ; John. 199.
Orr, Samuell. xcvi ; — , Ixxxviii.
Osbalston, Robert, 44.
Osborne, Cain, Ixxi ; Cath. Boyle, 229, 230 ;
Charles Godolphiu, 9S ; Elizabeth, 32, 33 ;
Sir Geory:e, 32, 33 ; Hen., Ixxxvi, xciii,
sciv, ci ; Lady Heneag'e, 33 ; Col. Hum-
phrey, Ixxviii, xciv ; Maj. Humphrey,
Ixxxiii, Ixsxiv, Ixxxix, 220 ; Humphry,
Ixxvi, Ixxxvii, xciii, xciv ; Jane, cxiii, 104,
189 ; John, cli, 32, 33, 105, 156 ; Lieut.
John, ciii ; Sir John, 32 ; Kean, Ixxii,
Ixxiv, Ixxvii, 64, 65, 262, 277 ; Capt. Kean,
Ixxiv ; Maj. Kean, Ixxv, cxlv ; Kean B.,
cxliii, cxlvii, cli, 65, 116; Martha Anne,
98 ; Mary, 64, 150 ; Robert Weir, 229,
230 ; Roger, xxii ; Col. Roger, xxvii,
xxviii ; Thomas, ex, cxi, cxliii, 282 ; Capt.
— , Ixxiv ; Maj. — , Ixxvii.
Osenberg, Ensign — , Ixx.
Ossbistone, William, cxv.
Ostry, James, x. t^e Astry.
Oswald, — , cxlix.
Oswell. Robert, lix.
Osy, Barbara, 170 ; Catherine Josepha Ges-
laine, 170 ; Charles Patrick Edward, 170 ;
Christian, 170 ; Cornelius Baldwinus, 170 ;
Eugenia Marie Josepha, 170; Ferdinand
Marie Joseph, 170 ; Jean Joseph Kegnier,
170; .Johanna Barbara, 170; John, 170;
John Carel, 1 70 ; Joseph Louis Alexander,
170; Louise Charlotte Cornelia, 170;
Marie Julie Claire, 170 ; — , 170.
Otter, Thomas, 21 ; — , c.
Ottley, Drewry, ciii, 18 ; George W., cxlviii ;
Grace, 105 ; Grace Johnson, 101, 109 ;
Richard, cxi ; Sarah, 18 ; Thomas, cxi,
101, 109 ; William. 79 ; — , civ.
Otto, Frances, 30 ; Gertrude, 18, 30 ;
Henrietta, 21 ; Jane, 21 ; John, Ix,
9, IS, 22, 30 ; Capt. John, Ixxii. Ixxvi ;
Col. John, 131 ; Mary, 30 ; Rowland, cvii,
182 ; Sophio, 21 ; — , 18, 20 ; Capt. — ,
Ixxiv, Ixxvii ; Col. — , cxv.
Otto-Baijer, 18, 30, 31.
Otto-Baijer, Ann, 18, 19. 20, 22, 23, 30 ; Ann
Blizard, 18 ; Anna Maria, 18, 20, 30 ;
Archibald, 3 ; Baijer, Ixxxix, xcvii, civ, 17,
18, 19. 20, 22, 23, 24, 25. 30, 57, 208 ; Bar-
bara, 18, 30 ; Bastian, Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxvi,
17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 30 ; Capt. Bastian,
Ixxix, Ixxxi, 31, 203 ; Catherine, 19, 21, 29,
235 ; Edith, 18 ; Edward, xcix, c, civ, cvii,
cix, cxiii, cxv, cxx, cxxi, cxxiv, 18, 20, 21,
22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 57 ; Hon. Edward, cxvii,
22 ; Elizabeth, 18, 19, 21, 25, 29, 30, 31, 235 ;
Elizabeth Mary, 18, 19, 30, 31 ; Frances, 18,
19, 20. 21, 28, 30. 235, 236 ; Gertrude, 19 ;
Gratia, 17, 18, 20, 31 ; Harriot, 19, 21 ;
Isabella, 19, 20, 21 ; John, Ixxxvi, cxiii,
oxxiii, cxxxvi, cxi, cxliii. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 47 ; Capt. John,
Ixxxi, 17, 18, 22, 30, 107 ; CoL John. 30 ;
Hon. John, 30 ; Katharine, 21, 28 ; Louisa
Manning, 3, 18, 30 ; Margaret, 18, 20, 30 ;
Maria, 19, 27 ; Maria Burket, 17, 18, 20 ;
Mary, 18, 19. 21 22, 30 ; Nicholas, Ixxxix,
17, 18, 22, 25, 30; Rachel, 19, 21, 29;
Rebecca, 24, 25; Rebecca Mary, 19, 20;
Richard, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30 ;
Rowland, cxiii, 19, 20, 21, 23. 25, 26, 27.
28,29, 30, 104, 105, 207,235,246 ; Rowland
Archibald, 18, 30, 31 ; Samuel, cxlv, cxlvii,
18, 23, 27. 28, 29, 30, 31, 140, 141, 235 ;
Hon. Samuel, 31 ; Sarah, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 235 ; Sophia, 18, 21, 22,
30; William, 18, 29, 30; —, cxlviii, 17,
23 ; Capt. — , xc.
Otway, Caroline, 213, 215.
Oughton, Lieut.-Gen. James Adolphus, cxxii.
Ouldham. Tho., 143.
Overton, Fra., Ixvii ; Jane, 114 ; Robert, xli.
Owen, John, 130, 254 ; Lewis. 282 ; Mary,
19; Owen, 19; Rob., 39; Salem, 23;
Samuel, 254 ; Thomas, 187 ; — , 252.
Oxford, Margery, Iviii.
Oxley, John, 274.
Oysterman, Anne, 93 ; Elizabeth, cxiv ; Capt.
The, 17 ; Thomas, Ixxiv ; — , 93.
Ozbeston, Mary, 87.
Pack, Mich., xxi ; Capt. — , xxi.
Packer. Thomas. Ix.
Packins, Richard, xxiv.
Page, Thomas, 23 ; William, cxiv, 37.
Painton, Capt. Thomas, viii.
Palfreeman, Jonathan, 17.
Palliser, Ur.sula, 41.
Palmer, Sir Henry, ix ; John, Ixx, Ixxi ;
Ensign Radney, Ixx ; Thomas, 124 ; Lieut.
— , xxiv.
Pamflett, James, 151.
Panton, Christina, 201 ; .John, 201.
Papillon, Peter, xcvii, 186.
Papps. Anne, 243 ; Caroline Augusta, 243 ;
Dorothy, 243 ; Fanny, 243 ; Frances Anne,
243 ; George, 243 ; George Ludlow, 243 ;
Henry, 243 ; Henry Alexander, 243; Henry
Spencer, 243 ; Jane Anne Anderson, 243 ;
Mary Anne, 243 ; Rose Marie, 243 ; — ,
243.
Pare, Elizabeth, 19 ; John, cxiii, 19, 140 ;
— . xcvi.
Parham, — , lix, Ixxvii, cxiii.
Paris, Ferd. John, liii, 116, 193 ; Ferdinand
John, 264 ; Ferdinando John, cvii ; Ferdo.
John, 131 ; George, xxxviii.
Park, Edward, 277 ; Hugh, 12 ; Richard. 44,
45 ; — , 69 ; Col. — , Ixxxviii.
Parke, D., 94, 132, 275 ; Daniel, Ixxvi, Ixxxi,
Ixxxiv, cxxxvii, 62, 92, 131 ; Col. Daniel,
Ixxv; Elizabeth, 113; George, Ixxx;
James, Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix,
xov, xcvi, xcix, ci, 186 ; Capt. James,
Ixxvi ; Col. James, 240 : Jane, 113 ; John,
Ixxx ; Julius CiBsar, 71 ; Lucy, 132 ; Ijucy
Dunbar, cxii, 132 ; Thomas, 113, 114, 132 ;
Lieut. Thomas, 113 ; Thomas Dunbar, 132 ;
— , Ixxvi, Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii,
Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, xcv, 37, 68, 169, 213. 257,
276 ; Col, — , Ixxv.
Parker, Edward, xvii, xxxi ; Elizabeth, cxii,
46 ; Hen., ciii ; John, 282 ; Jos., lix ;
Josh., cxiv: Margaret, 171 ; Mary, 130;
Sir Peter, 170, 171 ; Robert, 46 ; Ronald,
267 ; Thomas, cxiii ; Lieut, Thomas, xlv ;
— , Ixxvii.
Parkes, Hen.. Ixxx ; James, 73 ; Capt. James,
Ixxix.
Parkings, Capt. John, cxxxi.
Parkinson, Robert, 276.
Parr, John. cxi.
Parrott, John, Ixxvii ; William, 218, 219,
220, 227.
Parry, Ann, 53: Elizabeth, cxv, 64; J.,
Ixviii ; John, xlvi. xlviii, 1, lix, Ixii, Ixv,
Ixvi, Ixvii, Ixx, Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxvii, xciv,
xcv, xcvi, ex, 102 ; Jlary, 1112 ; Paul,
Ixxxix, 258 ; Robert, cxiv ; Rowland,
Ixxix ; Samuel, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvii, Ixxix,
Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxviii, xc, xci, xciii. 37,
112, 121; — , 64, 65, 258; Admiral —,
cxxi ; Capt. — •, Ixxiv.
Parson, Edward, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii. Ixxiii, xc ;
Grace, 190, 286; Henrietta, 190; James,
Ixxxvi ; Jane, 151 ; William, 106 ; William
Woodley, 259 ; — , Ixxii, cxxxvii, 65.
Parsonage, Mary, 158 ; Nicholas, 158 ;
Thomas, 158.
Partington, John, xxiv, Iviii, 38 ; — , 38.
Partridge, John, 46.
Patair, Daniel. 65.
Patch, Barbara, 18 ; Robert, 18 ; William, 23.
Patey, William, cxi.
Pattean, Francis, xxiv.
Patten, James. Ixxxviii ; John, 196.
Patterson, Charles, 117 ; Grace, 2, 190, 193 ;
John, ex ; Margaret, 117 ; Mary, 183 ;
Robert, 2, 190, 193 ; Will., Ixxxvi ; William,
cix, clii ; — , civ.
Pattison, Ann, 126, 131 ; Joseph, 57 ; Joshua,
126, 131.
Patye, Agnes, 161 ; William, 161.
Paul, Rob., cxi : Thomas, 204, 258.
Paw, Fran., xciii.
Pawer, Imaa, 89 ; Johanna .Jacoba, 89.
Pawley, Ensign Edward, Ix, Ixi ; Phillip, 5,
7 ; — I Ixxvii.
Payne, Abraham. 213; Alice, 113, 114, 115,
110; Arthur, 227; Sir Charles, 82, 94;
Elizabeth, 113, 114, 115, 116; Sir Giles,
79 ; Sir Gillies, cxxiii, 79, 80 ; John, ex,
cxxxix ; John Willet, 113, 114 ; Margaret,
cxi, 86 ; Martin, lix ; Mary, 213 ; Ph., 93 ;
Capt. Philip, xlvii ; Ralph, cix, 79, 80,
113, 114, 11,5, 116, 177, 203, 209. 210, 214,
254; Hon. Ralph, 193, 223; Sir Ralph,
cxxi, cxxii. cxxxv, cxxxvii ; Ralph, Lord
Lavington, 113; Sarah, 82 ; — , cxxiii, 94;
— , Lord Lavington, 203.
Paynter, Ann, cxiii ; Edm., lix ; Lieut.
Edward, 202 ; John, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxvii,
Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxix, xc,
107, 116, 183; Capt. John, Ixxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxvi, Ixxviii, Ixxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii,
Ixxxiv, Ixxxvii, 203 ; Margaret, cxiii ;
Mary, 183, 240 ; Samuel, 274 ; Sarah, 181 ;
William, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxv, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxix, xcvii, 181 ; Capt. William, xciii ;
— , civ ; Capt. — , Ixxxv.
Peach, Tho., 44.
Peacock. — , 186.
Pearce, Elizabeth, ex, 196; 203 ; Frs., 203 ;
G. F. N.. cxiii ; John, lix, 23 ; Richard,
cxiii ; Sir Richard, xxi.
Pearcy, John, 277.
Pearne, Catherine, 129; Henry, Ixxi, Ixxii,
Ixxiii, Ixxiv, Ixxv. Ixxix, 35, 151, 181 ; Capt.
Henry, 150 ; Lieut. Henry, Ixx ; Mary. 261,
266; Mary Anne, 39; Richard, 262; Robert,
Ixxxix, xc, 135; Capt. Robert, Ixxxix;
William, Ixxv, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii. xc,
150 ; Capt. William, Ixxvi, Ixxxi, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxix, 261 ; — , Ixxvii; Col. — , Ixxiii,
Ixxiv.
Pears, Isaack, Ixii ; Rich., cxv.
Pearson, George, 152 : Hen., cxi ; Henry, 246.
Peatten, Francis, xxiii.
Pedlar, Jos., cxi, cxii.
Peige, Thomas, cxiii.
Peirse, Charlotte, 260, 269 ; Francis, 96, 102 ;
Henry. 260, 269 ; Mary, 96, 202, 203.
Pelham, Frances, 270 ; Hon. Rev. George,
265 ; Henry, Iviii ; Thomas, Earl of Chi-
chester, 270 ; Thomas, Lord, 265 ; — ,
Lord, 32.
Pelinor, King, 95.
Pell, E. M., 19 ; Edwin, 19, 21 ; Eliza Ann,
30 ; Elizabeth Mary, 19, 31 ; John, 149 ;
Mary, 19, 31 ; Otto-Baijer, 19, 31 : Owen,
19, 31, 142 ; Samuel, 19. 31 ; Sir Watkin
Owen, 19 ; Admiral Sir Watkin Owen, 21 ;
Watkin Owen Spencer, 19 ; — , 142.
Pellar, or Pello, Ann. cxii ; Daniel, liii, 238 ;
Lieut. Daniell, Ixi ; Sergt. Daniel, xlv ;
Sarah, ex.
Pember, Herbert, Ixxix, Ixxxi, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, 203.
Pemberton, Jane, 190, 193 ; Robert, 223 ;
Robert Hughes, 190, 193 ; Samuel Clarke,
223 ; — , 193.
Pemble. James, xcviii.
Pembroke and Montgomery. Philip, Earl of,
xix.
Pen, Admiral William, xxv ; — , xxv, xxvi.
Pengelly. Ralph, Ix.
Pennell, Valentine, Ixii.
Pennyman, Dorothy. 43, 145, 152 ; James,
43,"l45, 1.52,"l72 ; Sir James, 172 : — , 172.
Penstone, Edward, cliii ; Thomas, cliii.
Penthony, James, ci.
Penzance, — , Lord, 273.
Peppin, George, 102 ; Susanna, 102.
Pepwell, Elizabeth, 160, 161, 162; Michael,
160, 161.
Pepys, — , 33.
Percy, Lady Elynor, 157 ; Henry, Earl of
Northumberland, 42 ; Lady Katheryn,
Countesse of Northumberland, 157 ; Mary,
42 ; Sir Thomas, 42 ; Thomas, Earl of
Northumberland, 42 ; William, 157 ; — ,
Earl of Northumberland, 42.
Peregrine, Col. — , 113.
Perkin, William, xi.
Perkins, Anne, 46 ; Beamsly, Ixxxvi ; Ed.,
Ixxx ; Tho., 255.
Perrean, Fra., 209.
Perrie, Ed., Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvii ; Edmund,
Ixxix ; Edw., Ixxv, Ixxvii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvii ;
Capt. Edw., Ixxviii, Ixxxv ; Edward, Ixxxii,
Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, 151 ; Capt
John, 150 ; Jonathan, 40 ; — , 40.
Perry, Agnes, 17; Ed., Ixxxvi; Edward,
Ixxxviii, 9 ; Elizabeth, 242 ; Jacob, 46 ;
John, cxi, 277 ; Martha, 206 ; Mary, 46 ;
Micajah, xc ; Richard, xc.
Persehouse, John, 128 ; — , 128.
Person, James, Ixxxvi.
Pesblot, Lieut. Daniell, Iviii.
Peter, Capt. F. C, 18 ; G. F. C, 3 ; Louisa
Manning, 2. 3, 18. Sec Fitz-Peter.
Peterborough, — , Earl of, Ixxv, 151.
Peterkin, Joshua, cxxxix.
Peters, Christian, 285,286; Derrick, xxxviii ;
Edward, 286 ; J., clix ; J. E., olix ; Jane,
286 ; John, 286 ; Richard, cxii ; — , 285.
Peterson, 193.
Peterson, Anne, 190, 193 ; Ant., xli ; Bates
William, 190. 193 ; Charles, cxii ; Grace,
190, 193 ; Jane, 190, 193 ; John. 190, 193 ;
Robert, 190, 193 ; Thomas, 190, 193 ;
— , cxiii.
Petrie, — , cxii.
Petty, 121.
Petty, Anne, 121 ; David, 121 ; George, 121 ;
M., 121 ; William. 254 ; — , 121.
Peyronnet. See De J'eyronnet.
Peyton. Georgiana, 172 ; Henry, 172 ; Sir
Henry, 172.
Phalela, Morrise, xxiv.
Phelps, Richard, cxlv.
Philips, Charles, 260. 264, 266 ; Henry, 124 ;
John, 46 ; Martha, 266 ; Martha Byam,
310
THE IIISTOPtY OF ANTIGUA.
266 ; Mary, 260, 264, 266 ; Richard Ellis-
ton, 266 ; Sam., Ixxvii, Ixxviii ; Sarah, 186 ;
Rev. — , 268.
Phill. John, 168.
Phillips, Catherine, cxi ; Dorothy, 102 ;
Elizabeth, 96, 107 ; George, Is. ; .lohn, cxi ;
Jos., clii, cliii ; Joseph, cli ; Robert, Iviii ;
Robertha, 102 : Sam., Ixxv, Ixxx, Ixxxiii ;
Samuel, fl6, 102, 107; Samuell, Ixxxi,
Ixxxiv ; Sarah, 102; Tho., ci, ciii, 119;
Sir Thomas, 95 ; Walter, Iviii ; Lieut.
Walter. Ixi ; William, cliii, 119.
Phillpot, William, cxiv.
Philp', Thomas, 282, 283 ; Capt. Thomas,
230.
Philpott, Benjamin, 92 ; Gertrude, 209 ;
John, xoiii ; Thomas, 92.
Phinneck, And., cxi.
Phipps, Sir Constautine, .")6 ; Fra.. xc ; James,
54, 56 ; Capt. James, Ixviii ; Maria Char-
lotte, rii, .56 ; Robert, 210 ; Col. — , cix.
Picart. Abra., xcv, ex, 5 ; Gervas T., cliii ;
Horatio Nelson, cliii ; Sam., cxxiv ;
Samuel, cxxiv. See also De Laferty.
Piokas, Anne. 2 ; Drago, 2.
Pickering, John S., cliii ; Joseph, 135, 275 ;
Tobias, 27.^.
Picot, — , X.
Pierez, G. E., clix.
Pierson, Ann, 263.
Piggot, Capt. John, Ixxxi.
Pigott, Frances, 128 ; John, I'^^t ; Capt.
John, Ixx, Ixxxiv ; Capt. Jon., Ixx ;
Robert, 53 ; Tho., xci ; Capt. — , Ixxxii,
Ixxxv.
Pike. Ann, 34, 215, 216 ; Catherine, 215 ;
Elizabeth, 215 : H., 76 ; John, Iviii, xciii ;
Sarah, cxv ; William, xxiv, Ixxiii, Ixxx,
cxiv, 215 ; Ensign William, Ixi.
Pile, Sam., xxiv.
Pilgrim, Rev. John, 275 ; Tho., 150.
Pilkin<;ton, Catherine, 55 ; Louisa, 64 ; Sir
Thomas, 54. 55.
Pill, Anne, 160; John, 160.
Pindar, Peter, 236.
Pine, Benjamin, Ixii ; Sir Benjamin Chilley
Campbell, clviii.
Pines, William, 1.
Pinfold, Dr. Charles, 117 ; Maj. William. 117.
Pingle, Capt. — , 47.
Pinnell, Francis, Ixxix.
Piper, Tamazin, 136 ; Thomazin, 134 ; Walter,
134, 136.
Pipholet. — , ix.
Pipon, — , cvi.
Pitt, John, Ixv ; Thomas, Earl of London-
derry, xcvii.
Pittman, Anne, 243 ; Charlotte, 195, 243 ;
Edward, 22 ; Francis, 243, 244 : King,
cxi, 11; Lietitia, 243; Laticia, 244;
Thomas, 195.
Pitton, — . cvii.
Pitts, Richard, 138 ; William, 86, 185.
Pixe, William. Iviii.
Place, Anne, 43 ; Elizabeth, 48 ; Mary, 279.
Planchard, Benjamin, Iviii.
Plane, Henry, Ixii.
Piatt, — . Ixiv.
Player, Charles Thomas, cliii.
Ploughman, James, 181.
Plumer, Tho., 262 ; Willitim, xvii, xxxi.
Plumleigh, Capt. Richard, xii.
Plumley, Elizabeth, 124.
Plummer, Esther. 148 ; — , 148.
Plnnipton, William, 124.
Plunket, James, 53 ; Mathew, 53 ; — , 52.
Poooek, George, cvi ; Sir George, cxix.
Poeton, John, 128 ; — , 128.
Pogson, Capt. John, Ixiv, Ixxvi, 79, 272 ;
— , Ixxvi : Capt. — , Ixvii.
Pole, Hon. W. W., 221.
Polhill, Anne, 121 : David. 121.
Pollard, Timothie, 17.
Pollett, Samuel, 150.
PoUiugton, Alex., Ixix : Alexander, xviii,
lii, Ix, Ixv, 210, 280, 282 ; AUexand., 282 ;
Henry, 17 ; — , Ixxvii, Ixxviii.
Pollixfin, George, ex.
Polton, George, Ix ; John, Ix.
Pohvarth, — , Earl of Marchmont, 212.
Ponnier, Jacques, 200.
Ponsonby, Susan Caines, 231.
Poole, Barny, cxiii ; Robert, lix, cxi ; Rose,
ex ; Thomas, Iviii, ex.
Pooler, John. 79 ; John Q., 79.
Poore, David, 251 ; Elizabeth, 143, 251 ;
Frances, 149; George, 266; Mary, 124;
Nich., xcviii ; Phillipp, 149 ; — , Ixxx.
Pope, John, Ix ; Miohl.. 150 ; Peter, xviii ;
— , 44.
Popiat, Thomas, 23.
Popplewell, Martha, 51, 52.
Port, Dr. — , Ixvi. See also Du Port.
Portavine, Fra., cxii ; Sarah, cxii.
Porter, Arthur, 147 ; Charlotte Elizabeth,
189; Isabella, 147; James, Ixxiv, Ixxvii,
Ixxxvi, 41, 102 ; Capt. James, Ixxiv, Ixxvi ;
John, Ixxx ; Neale, clix ; Nicholas, Iviii ;
T., 189; Thomas. 33, 189; Sir Thomas,
143, 147 ; — , 16 ; Capt. — , Ixxiv.
Portland, — , Duke of, cxlii.
Portlock, John, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi.
Portman, John, 168.
Poskins, Edw.. xciii.
Pott, Rev. Joseph. 287 ; Percival, 285, 286,
287 : Sarah, 285. 287 ; — , 287.
Potteau, Mary, 282.
Potter, Dav., cxvi ; David, 92 ; — , civ.
Pouch, Francis, Ixxv, Ixxx.
Poulaine, George. Ixxx.
Poulter, Ann, 32 ; Anne, 32, 33 ; Rev. Ed-
mond, 32 ; Edmund, 33 ; Rev. Edmund.
32 ; — , 33.
Pounsford, Thomas, cxiii.
Povey, Richard, xliii ; Thomas, xliii ; Wil-
liam, xliii ; — , xliii.
Powe, Fra., Ixxx.
Powell, B. L.. cliii ; Charles, 5 ; Edward,
Ixv. Ixvi, 22, 202 ; Capt. Edward, Ixvii ;
Col. Edward, Ixv, 111, 112; George, 57;
John, Ixxxi, 1 19 ; Lieut. John. Ixx ; Mary,
.38, 119; Robert. Ix; Sarah Bright, 38;
Thomas, 17, 38, 39 ; Thomas Bright, 38 ;
William, Ixii ; William Richard, cliii ;
William Robert, clii; — , cxiii ; Capt. — .Ixx.
Power, Augiistin, 77, 217 ; Charity, 217 ;
Elizabeth, 260 ; Joan, 75, 217 ; Mary, 187 ;
Nicholas, cxi, 187, 274 ; Robert. 260.
Pownall, George, cxiv ; John, cxiv ; John
Lillingston, cxiv, cxlvii.
Pownoll, Warn., 43.
Poyntz. Elizabeth. 147; John, 147; Sir
John, 147 ; Mary, 147 ; Newdigate, 153 ;
Rev. Newdigate, 153 ; Sir Nicholas, 147 ;
Maj. -Gen. Sir Sydenham, xx ; Maj.-Gen.
— , xxi.
Praed, — , cxii.
Pratt, Hannah. 43 ; John, 43 ; Thomas, Ix.
Pregent, — , cxxiii.
Prescott, Gen. — , cxxiv.
Preston, Thomas. 107.
Prevost, Daniel W., cliii.
Price, Ed., Ixxxvii ; Eliza, 251 ; George,
Iviii, 244 ; .lohn, xcii ; Margaret, 134 ;
Robert, 263 ; Theophilus, 23 ; Will', xxiii,
xxiv ; William, xxiv.
Prichard, Elizalioth, 7 ; Richard, 7.
Primatt. William, 275.
Prime, Tho., 124.
Prin, Thomas, lix.
Prince, Elizabeth, 119; Tho., 44. 48; Wil-
liam, 119 ; — , 44, 48.
Prince George of Denmark, Ixxv.
Prince Howell of Caerleon, 95.
Prince of Honault, c.
Prince of Orange, Ixvii.
Prince Rupert, xx, xxi, 271.
Prince William Henry, cxxviii, cxxx,
cxxxviii.
Pringle. John, 277 ; Dr. — , xcviii.
Prinn. Elinor, cxi.
Prior, Andrew Murray, 99 ; Eleanor, 99 ;
Mary, ex.
Prissick, Ann, 151 ; Bate, 151 ; Christopher.
47, 145, 150. 151. 153, 169 ; Capt. Chr.',
153 ; Codrington John, 47, 151 ; Dorothy,
151 ; Eliz.abcth, 151 ; George, 151 ; John,
47, 151 ; Mary, 151 ; Sarah, 47, 145. 151 ;
Thomas, 151 ; William, 151 ; — , 151.
Pritchar4, Hen. Anderson, clii ; James,
clii ; Mary, cxi ; Thomas, Iviii, 104 ;
William. 104 ; — , Ixxx.
Pritchett, Sir William, 44.
Prizgar, Hen., cliii ; Tho., cliii.
Proby, William, 124.
Probyn, — , cl.
Procter, Henry, 117 ; S.am., Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi ;
William, 37 ; — , xvi.
Proetor, Alex., cxii ; Alexander, 77 ; Eliza-
beth, 77 ; Sam.. Ixxviii ; William. 37 ;
Lieut. William, xlv, 1, Iviii ; — , Ixxvii,
Ixxviii.
Prout, Ebenezer, 267.
Pryn, — , Ixxvii.
Prynn, Ellinor, 238 ; Francis, 238 ; James,
146, 164 ; John, Ixvii. Ixxx, Ixxxvii, xciii ;
Joyce, 146, 164.
Pr3'or, Roderick, 267.
Pue, Richard, 227.
Puffet, Thomas, xviii.
Pufford. Richard, cxiv. .
Pulford, William, 102.
Pullein, George, Ixxxvii.
Pulltn, Marg.aret, 94.
Puller, Alice, 150; Mary, 150; Timothy,
150; Dr. Timothy. 1.50; William, 150;
— , 150.
Pumpney, Edwd., Iviii.
Purcell, Col. — , xci.
Purchas, — , xcvii.
Purder, Martin, xxiv.
Purfrey, Capt. — , lix.
Purviance, David, 229 ; Dr. David, xcix ;
Dr. — , c.
Purvis, Sarah, ex.
Putmau, Kev. Hen., 89.
Putnam, Gen. — , cxxii.
Pye, Melioria, 149 ; Robert, 149.
Pyke, William, 216.
Pym, Charles, xxi, Ixvi, Ixxxvii, 213 ; Capt.
Charles, Ixiv, 125 ; Col. Charles, Ixix, 88 ;
Elizabeth, 93 ; Jane, 88 ; John, xix ;
Thomas, 93 ; —, 190 ; Lieut. -Col. — ,
Ixvi.
Pyne, Milberry, 246.
Quarm, Walter, Ixxii, 102.
Queen Ann of England, Ixxxvii.
Queen Henrietta of EugLand, 110.
Queensbury and Dover, William, Duke of.
205.
Queivy, Samuel, xxviii.
Quests, Col. — , xxxii.
Quick, — , cxxxvii.
Quimby, Capt. — , Ixix.
Quinlau, Andrew Tuly, cxi,
Quinliu, — , cxvii.
Quirck, Margaret. 274.
R
R., Jenny, cxxxvii.
R . . n, Capt. — , cxxxiii.
Radnor, — Bouverie, Lord, 262.
Rae, Gawen, 7.
R.aggett, Elizabeth, 181 ; John, 181 ; Pene-
lope, 181.
liagin, Thomas B., cliii ; W. H., cliii.
Raikes, Job Mathew, 236 ; — , 236.
Rain, Fra., cxii ; John, Ixxx.
Itainsford, Nicholas, 266.
Raisbeck, Leo, 61.
Raleigh. Cha., Ixxxii.
Ramsay, Alex., cxii ; Ann, 34 ; Archd.,
cxiv ; Dr. Archibald, cix, 34, 36, 216 ;
Barbara, 186; Christopher, lix; Esau,
cxii ; Maj.-Gen. George, cl, 105 ; John,
46 ; Peter, lix; Rachel, 36, 216 ; Rebecca,
240.
Randall, John, 130 ; William, 62, 81.
Rankin, Dr. Gab., ci.
Rapper, George, ex.
Ratcliffe, Ualfe, 128 ; — , 128.
Rattan, James, ex.
Ravell, Antho., Ixxxii.
Rawdon, Marmaduke, xi.
llawleigh, James, Ixxxvii.
Rawliugs. Elizabeth, cxii ; Henry, cl ; Hon,
Henry, cxlix ; John, Ixii ; Stedman, cl ;
William, 23.
Ray, Arabella, 120 ; Rev. M'illiam, 120.
R.aymond, Samuel, 227 ; William, 52.
Rayne, Andrew, Ix ; — , Ixxxii.
llayney. Sir John, 49 ; Susan, 49.
Raynolls, William, Ix.
Raynsford, Nich.. Ixiv, Ixv, Ixvi ; Nicholas,
283.
Read, Anne, 126, 133 ; Christopher, Ix ;
Elizabeth. 139, 142 ; J., 43 ; James, Ixxviii,
Ixxx, Ixxxiv, 141, 283 ; Jos., 52 ; Mary,
ex ; Col. Nathaniel, lii ; Theodore, 126,
133 ; William, c.
Reddy, Richard, ci, 248.
Redfearn, Francis, 170.
Redhead, Ann. 7. 10, 184, 185 ; Ellen, 11 ;
George, cxx, cxxi, cxxii, cxxiii, cxxxviii,
cxxxix, II, 154, 184: Jos., Ixxvii, Lxxx ;
Joseph, 220; Mary, 11, 13; Nath., cxi;
Robert, 25 ; Samuel, xcviii, cvii, cviii, cxv,
cxx. cxxxix, 10, 85, 86, 104, 135, 154, 184,
185, 186, 217, 218, 221, 280, 281 ; Thomas,
ci, ciii : William, ci, cxiii.
Redknap. W.. 131.
Redmond, Ann, cxi.
Redmore, Teige, Ix.
Redwood, Abraham, Ixxvii, Ixxxvi, c, cxiii,
cxii, 275 ; — , Ixxxvi, cxxiii.
Reece, Andrew, 175.
Reed, Alice, 195 ; Cha., ci ; Charles, 195 ;
Edw., cxii ; George, ex ; Margaret,
cxii.
Rees, — , cvii.
Reese, James, clii.
Reeves, James, cxi.
RefEord, Nathaniell, Iviii.
Regimorter. Ahasuerus. 44, 48 ; Elizabeth,
44, 48 ; William, 44.
Region, iTames, Ixii ; Thomas, Ixii.
Reid, Andrew, 114 ; Rev. John, 15.
Renaudet, Dr. Peter, 21.
Rendlesham, — Thellusson, Lord, 172.
Renfrew, — , civ.
Rennell, — , xxii.
Revely, William, cxi.
Reyden, Daniel, 232.
Reyerson, Anthony, xxviii.
Reyly, Roger, Ixii.
INDEX OF NAMES.
311
Reynolds, Georg-e, cxv ; Hazael, Ixxvii, Ixxx ;
John, Ixxix. Ixxx, Ixxxvi, xci, csi, 4, 17 ;
Sir Joshua, lili' ; Phil., 20; Rachel, cxii ;
Sarah, cxii ; W., 280 ; William, xciii. xcv,
cxiii ; — , Ixxvii, civ.
Rhodes, John. viii.
Riccard, Andrew, xxii.
Rice, Elisha, Ix ; J.imes, Ixxxvii ; Sarah, 244 ;
William, xciii. 244 ; — , lxix,242.
Rich, Hon. Roland, xxi.
Richards, Charles, 2158 : Edw., ex : John, Ixvi,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, xciii, 102, 21'J, 220;
Capt. John, xoii ; Patrick, 22 ; William,
xcvii, xcix ; Winifred, 130 ; Capt. — , cvi,
Richardson, Amelia, 195 ; Caroline, 88, 90 ;
Dorothy, 20."> : Edward H., cliii ; Elizabeth,
cxiii, 223 ; George, Iviii ; Henrietta, 223 ;
James D., cliii ; .John. Ixxx, c, G2, 19.5,223,
237, 27.') ; Dr. John, ciii, cxiii, 205, 238 ;
John Saunders, cliii ; Jos., lix : Margaret,
237 ; Mary, 244 ; \., 89 ; T., 88, 90 ; Thomas,
csliv ; Thomas AV., cliii ; William, cxl ; — ,
Ixxvii.
Richelieu, Cardinal, ix,xi, sii.
Richey, Elizabeth, 37 ; Thomas, cxiii, 37.
Richmond, Duke of, cxxxix.
Rickards. John, Ixxix ; Rich., Ixxx.
Ricketts, Tho., 117 ; —, 117.
Riddall, Capt. Ambrose, 212, 214 ; Elizabeth,
212,214.
Riddiok, James, 2()3.
Riddle, Ann, 204, 205 ; Maria, 205 ; Walter,
204, 205,
Ridge, Richard, 258,
Ridlington, William, 113,
Rigby, Gilbert, 28() ; Mary, 285, 286.
Rigg. Edwd., 92.
Rimmer, Jane, 124.
Rindge, — , cxvii.
Riply, Elizabeth, (!3 ; John, 03.
Rippingall, .Jo., 45.
Risby, John, cxii.
Risdon, Sarah, 184.
Ritchie, Thomas, cliii.
Roach, Ann, 36 ; Anne, 34 ; Cajsar, cxii, 198 ;
John, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix ; Sarah, cxii.
Roane, John, 102.
Robbins. A., 46 ; Andrew, 46.
Robenson, James, lix ; John, lix ; Tho., Ix ;
William, Ix.
Roberts, George, cxi ; Jane Richardson, 81,
83 ; John, xxii, xxiii, cxlvii, 81, S3. 94,
139 ; John, Lord, xix ; Marj', ex ; Rebecca,
258 ; Thomas, lix ; William, 151.
Robertson. Dr. Arth., cxl ; James, Iviii ;
John, clii ; Dr. John, 57, 92, 196 ; Robert,
cxxii.
Robinson. Ann, 7 ; Charles G., 266 ; George,
Ix, 71 ; Sir Hercules, clvi ; .James, Ixvi,
cxl, 137, 196: Jane, 19G ; John, Iviii, 7,
152; Marm., 43; Marmaduke, 265, 266;
Mary, 41 ; Capt. William, 67 ; — , cviii,
cxvii.
Robison, Mark, 81 : William. Ixii.
Roche, David, Viscount Fermoy. 193 ;
Eleanor, 191, 193 ; James, 191. 193 : John.
Ixxxvi ; Philip, 93, 193. Sec alvi La
Roche.
Rochefort, — , viii. xxvii.
Rock, Benjamin. 119 ; J., clix ; Thomas,
187.
Rodie, Elizabeth, 68 ; Jane Scott, 68 ; Tho.,
246 ; Thomas, 68 ; Thomas Redman, 105.
Rodney, Cassar, Ix, Ixvi, Ixxvii, Ixxviii,
Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, xci, 132 ; Capt. Casaar, Ixvi ;
Sir George, cxxiv, cxxvi, cxxvii ; Rear-
Admiral — , cxix.
Roe, Edmund, 173 ; Elizabeth, 173 ; James,
Ixxx ; John, Ixvii. Ixxii, Ixxx, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii. Ixxxix, xciii, xcvi, 22,
92, 208, 229 ; Capt. John, Ixxi, Ixxii,
Ixxviii, Ixxxii, Ixxxvi, 68 ; Richard, 71.
203 ; Susannah, 224 ; William, 224 ;
William Thom.as, 140, 141 ; Capt. — ,
Ixxvii.
Rogers, Ann Lydia Matilda, 177 ; Anne,
179; Anne Lydia Matilda, 178. 180;
Anthony Munton, 177 ; Edward, 98 ;
Emily Eliza, 55 ; Fra., Ixxi, Ixxviii,
Ixxxi ; Lieut.-Col. Fra., Ixxvi, Ixxix ;
Fran.. Ixxv ; Col. Fran.. Ixxxiv ; Lieut.-
Col. Fran., Ixxviii ; Francis, Ixxii, Ixxiv,
Ixxv ; Lieut.-Col. Francis, Ixxx ; Maj.
Francis, Ixxiv ; John, 258 ; Martha, 98,
110. 177; Mary, 70; Michael Edwards,
55 ; Peter, 70 ; Rachl., 258 ; Thomas, cxl,
cxlv, cxlvii, 26, 27, 28, 84, 98, 105, 177,
178 ; — , XX, 46 ; Col. — , Ixxvii.
RoUand. Daniel, cliii ; Jos., cliii ; Marie, 144.
Rolles, John, xix.
Rollo, Alexander, Iviii ; — , Lord, cxix.
Rolt, Elizabeth, 182 ; James, 182.
Rombald, — , 128.
Rome, Thomas, Ixxix.
Ronan, Hester, 175, 176 ; Jane, ex ; Johan,
175 ; John, cxiii, cxxii, cxxiv, cxxxiv,
cxliii, cxlv, cxlvii, 175, 176 ; Margaret,
240 ; Mary, 70 ; Nicholas. 175 ; Philip,
cxiii, 181,246 ; S.arah, 248 ; Tryphena, 263.
Rondz, William, cliii,
Rooch, Tho., 227.
Rooke, George, oil.
Roome, Thomas, Ixxvii, Ixxx.
Rooper, George, 272 ; Mary Frances, 272 ;
Rev. Thomas, 272.
Roouch, Tho., 227.
Rosa, Carl, 267.
Rosco, Ann, 250 ; Henrietta. 250; Richard,
250.
Rose, Anne, 222 ; Catherine, 197 ; Rev.
Charles, 109, 187 ; Charles Philip, 222 ;
Charlotte. 188, 189 ; Rev. David, 221 ;
Donald, 221 ; Elizabeth, 196; Ellen, 222;
Emily, 222 ; Frances, 222 ; Frances Theo-
dora, 222 ; Fred. Edward. 223 ; G., 276 ;
Rt. Hon. Sir 6., 222 ; George, 221, 222 ;
Rt. Hon. George, 217, 218, 221, 223; Sir
George, 223; George Hen., 218, 222; Rt.
Hon. Sir George Henry. 222 ; George Pitt.
222 ; Hugh Henry, Lord Strathnairn, 222 ;
John, Ixxviii, Ixxix. Ixxx. Ixxxiii. cxxviii,
cxl, 281 ; John Ireland, 1S8 ; John S.,
cliii ; Katherine, 196 ; Louisa Jane, 276 ;
Lydia, 177; Margaret, 221, 222 ; Robert,
139; Stephen, 197; Theodora, 217, 218,
222; Sir William, 222, 223; William
Stewart, 218 ; — , Ixxvii ; Capt. — , xii,
xc ; — , Lady, 223.
Rosengrave, — , Ixxxi.
Roseuman, Fra., ci.
Rosewell. Cecilia, 147 ; William, 147.
Roskell, Mary, 144 ; Robert, 144.
Ross, Andrew, 192 ; Anne, 192; David, 205,
246 ; Georgina Paul, 192 ; John, 193 ; Sir
Patrick, cli ; — , cvii, 246 ; Capt. — ,
cxxxvii.
Rosser, Henry, 255.
Rossington, Elizabeth, 40 ; Francis William,
40 ; John L. S. S., ciii.
Rous, Nathaniel, 220.
Rowbotham, Mary, 120.
Rowe, Edmund, 148 ; Elizabeth, 148 ;
Elkana, Iviii ; John, Iviii. Ixxxvi, 232 ;
Sir Joshua, 22 ; Sam., Ixxxvi ; Thomas,
Ixxxvi.
Rowland, Richard, 209 ; Sarah, 93 ; Tho.,
143; — . 93.
Rowlandson, — , 41, 121, 273.
Rowley. Fra., 143 ; William, 143.
Roj-all, Ann, 76 ; Elizabeth, 75 ; Isaac. Ixxx,
Ixxxii, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, xci. xciii, xciv,
xcv, xcvi, xcix, 75, 76 ; Capt. Isaac, Ixxvii ;
— , Ixxvii.
Royden, Daniel, 232.
Ruan. — . 178.
Rub.^ight, Abell, Lx.
Ruby, John, cxi.
Ruck-Keene, Rev. H.. 267.
Rudd. John, 128.
Rudkin, Peter. 124.
Rudyerd, Sir Benjamin, xix.
Rueboroe. Heare, xvi.
RufEhead. — , 47.
Rugge. Lucy Henrietta, 273, 275 ; Rev.
William, 273, 275.
Rukett, Edwd., Iviii.
Rule, .John, cxi.
Rumdell, Col. Chamond, xxiv.
Rumsey. White Lacy, ciii.
Rupert, Adrian, Ix ; Prince, xx, xxi, 271.
Russell, Lord Arthur, 1 92 ; Brister, cxv, 83 ;
Elizabeth, 119; James, xvi, xxviii, ex;
Col. James, xvii, xlv ; Dr. James, cvii ;
Maj. James, xxvii ; Sir James, 1, Ixvii ;
John, Iviii, Ixxix, Ixxx ; Col. John, xliv ;
Juliette Laura, 192 ; Lockhart. cxxii,
cxxvii, cxxxix, cxiii ; Louis, 105, 263 ;
Margaret, 119 ; Mary, 83; Michael, Ivii ;
Lady Penelope, Ixxiii ; Capt. Randall,
xxvii ; Col. Randall, xvii, lii ; Randolph,
Ixix, 119; Col. Randolph, 119; Thomas,
lii; Col. v., 221; Valentine, Ixi, Ixii;
Hon. Valentine, 106 ; — , cxviii ; Col. — ,
xlvii ; Lady — , Ixxvi ; Lieut.-Col. — ,
xlvi ; — , Duke of Bedford, 192.
Rustin, Jacob, xciv.
Rutherford, John, ci, 37, 279 ; Dr. John, ci.
Rutland. Ben., xc ; Benjamin, xci.
Rutt, Edward, 260 ; Martha, 266.
Ryan, Christiana Matilda, 98, 108 ; Ensign
John, lii ; Mathew, 98 ; Patrick L., clii ;
Steven. Ixii.
Ryce, John Cutting, cliii ; Lewelling, Iviii ;
Thomas, cxv, cliii.
Rycroffte, Roger, xviii.
Ryder, John, lix ; Capt. William, 44.
Ryerson, Anthony, Ix.
Ryle, William, viii.
Ryley, Ensign — , Ixxvi.
Ryllion, Richard, cxi.
Rymall, Elizabeth, 120.
Rymer, Frances, 227 ; William, 227 ; Ensign
X'pher, Lxi.
Rymes, Christopher, Iviii.
Rynan, Mary, cxi.
Sabulla, Imanumit, 104.
Sacheverell, — , cxviii.
Sackey, Sarah, 152 ; Tho., 1.52.
St. John, Arthur Elliott, 233 ; Frances, 253 ;
Capt. Francis, xli, xlii ; Georgiana Ellen
Edwards, 233 ; Rev. John F. S.,253 ; Row.,
Ixv; Tim., Ixxxix; William Henry, 233;
— , 255 ; Rev. — , 255.
St. Laurence, — , xlvii. See also De St.
Laurence.
St. Lawrence, — , xxxi, xlii.
St. Lfrjcf, 215.
St. Leger, Anthony, 215 ; Sir Anthony, 209 ;
Frances, 209 ; Sir John, Ixxxv, 213.
St. Leon, — , xlii.
St. Leonards, — , Lord, civil.
Saintsbury, George, civ.
Sais, Adam, 95 ; Eiguon, 95 ; Joaue, 95 ;
Rees, 95.
Salenave, Elizabeth, Ixxxvii; Jordan, ixxxvii;
Margaret, cxiii.
Salisbury, — , Countess of, 221.
Salley, Ben,, 65.
Salmon, Margaret, ex ; Phillip, x.
Salmond, James, 103, 195 ; Capt. James, cv ;
William, cxx, cxxi, cxxii.
Salter, Elizabeth, ex ; Thomas, 168 ; — ,
Ixxx.
S,althingston, Anne, 133 ; Sir Peter, 133.
Saltonstall, Anne, 133 ; Elizabeth, 128 ; Sir
Peter, 128.
Saltren, Christopher, 280.
Sambi-ooke, Sir Jeremy, 270 ; Susanna, 270.
Sampson, Ann, ex ; Bridget, 37 : Fra., 169 ;
Fran., xli ; Francis, xlvii; John, 7, 116;
Mary, 96, 109 ; Nath., Ixxi, Ixxii ; Na-
thaniel, Ixxii, 74, 96, 195 ; — , Lxxvii,
Ixxviii.
SammV, 175.
Samwell, Agnes, 146 ; Richard, 146.
Sanders, John, Ix ; Nath., Ixix ; William,
223.
Sanderson, Ann, 177 ; Barth., Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix, xciii ; Bo water, 118, 120 ; Edward,
117, 118, 119; Eleanor, 118, 119, 120;
Elizabeth, 117, 118, 119; J., 240; John,
cxiii, 150, 217, 218, 220 ; Capt. John, 208 ;
Lieut. John, Ixx ; Thomas, 209.
Sandford, William Burnett, cliii ; — , cviii.
Sandy, — , Ixxxi.
Sandys, Anne, 145; Samuel, 145.
Sansom, A., 129.
Saule, Robert, xviii.
Saunders, Alban, 168 ; Anne, 117 ; Elizabeth,
196, 225; Henry, 225 ; John, Ixv ; Margaret,
cxi ; Samuell, xcvi.
Saunderson, — , cviii.
Savage, George, cvii, cxi, 56, 76, 86, 184, 185,
210 ; Habbijah, Ixxxix ; Jane, 184.
Savannah, — , Ixxvii.
Savile, John, 131 ; Mary, cxii.
Sawcolt, Barbara, 284 ; Denbow, 240 ; Eliza-
beth, 91, 93 ; John, Ixxxiii, xcvi, cvii,
cxiii ; Capt. John, Ixxvi ; Col. John,
Ixxxvi. 91 ; Mary, cxii, cxiii, 198, 199,
240 ; Thomas, cxii, 198, 199 ; William, cii.
Sawley, James Lord Hay, Baron of, xi.
Sawyer, — , Ixxx ; Col. — , Ixxx.
Say, Robert, 2 ; Sarah, 2.
Say and Sele, William, Viscount, xix.
Scandrett, John, cxi ; — , 66, 67.
Scannal, David, Ixxxvii, 123 ; John, cxii ;
Laurence, 123 ; Sarah, cxii.
Scarratt, Pet., ciii.
Scarsbrook, Capt. — , Ixxxix.
Scarth, John, 151 ; William, 151.
Scarville, D. W., clix ; Daniel W., clii ;
Sarah, 58, 63.
Scatliffe, Elizabeth, ex ; Simon, 251.
Scharburgh, John. 164.
Seholes, Elizabeth Ash, 215 ; John, cxxxix,
244 ; Rachael, 248 ; William, 244.
Schureman, Pet., Ixxix, Ixxx.
Scotland, Esther, 250 ; Jacob, clii ; John,
cxxx ; John Burke, clii : Tho., cxl, cxliii ;
Thomas, 27, 75 ; Will, 205.
Scott, Alexander, cxxiv, cxxx, 34, 134, 205,
245, 246, 247; Caroline Anne, 207 ; Caro-
line Anne Yate. 207 ; Catherine, cxii ;
Colin Peter, 246 ; David, cxi, cxxvii, cxxviii,
205 ; Edward, 128 ; Elinor, 246 ; Elizabeth,
cxiii, 205, 212, 214 ; Frances, 53, 212, 214 ;
Gust., Ixxxvi ; Capt. Gustavus, Ixxv ;
Henry, 246 ; HonywoodDobyns Yate, 207 ;
James, 207, 246 ; Jane, 256 ; Jean, 246 ;
John, Ixix, cxxi, 237, 246, 262 ; Rev. John,
129, 246 ; Margaret, 246 ; Martha, 245.
247 ; Obadiah, 282 ; Sir Patrick, 212 ;
Richard, 50 ; Richard Donovan Yate. 207 ;
Robert, 223 ; Capt. Robert, 212, 214 ;
Thomas, 68, 205, 246, 256 ; Walter, lix ;
312
THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
William, 212, 2H ; — 200 ; Dr. — ,
xcviii.
Scouch, — , Ixxvii.
Scrope, Edm., Ixix ; John, 148, 255 ; — , 148.
SeacoJt% 146.
Seager, Absalam, 205 ; Ann, 126, 131 ; Jamea,
126, 130, 131 ; Mary, 126, 131 ; Sarah, 126,
130, 131, 132 ; — , 130.
Seagrave, Thomas, lix.
Sealey, John, 148, 152 ; — , 148.
Seaman. James, Ixii.
Searle, Daniel, xxi, xxv ; George, 232 ; Col.
— , xxii.
Seavenocks. Zachary, Ixi.
Secole, Agnes, 146, 157; Grysill, 157; Johan,
156, 157 ; John, 156, 157 ; Richard, 146,
156, 157 ; William, 156, 157.
Sedgwick, John, civ, cxiv ; Samuel, 38 ;
Sarah, cxii. 38 ; Tobias, 17 ; Maj. — , xxvi.
Selby, Elinor, 123 ; Jane, 41 ; Thomas, 123.
Seldon, Ensign Roger, xlv.
Selkirk, Dunbar Douglas, Earl of, 205.
Sellers, .John, xxiv.
Selwyn, Albinia. 50 ; Francis, 128; Henry, 50.
Semiue, John, ci.
Semper, Simon, 274 ; — , 274.
Senegate, Jiimes, xcvii.
Sergant, George, Ix ; — , civ.
Sermon, Thomas, 61, 135, 275, 282.
Serrano, Don Antonio, viii.
Seton, John, 275.
Sevenill. Thomas, Ix.
Sevine, James Simon, ciii.
Seward. John, Ix.
Sewster, William, xliii.
Seymour. Ann, cxii.
Shakel, William, 89.
Shakespeare, — , cxxxrii.
Shallet, Augusta Louisa Anne, 99 ; Fre-
derick, 99.
Sham ban t. — , ix.
Shand, Hon. Arthur, 107 ; C. A., clix : F.,
50, 64, 107, 17(;, 277; Francis, 98. 110;
Ljdia, 98, 110 ; W., 50, 64, 107, 176, 277 ;
— , civ.
Shanley, Catherine, cxii.
Shannon, Arch., 177.
Sharpe, Charles P.,cxx ; Charles Payne, cxx,
32, 33, 2.S0 ; Elizabeth, 273, 274 ; Hen., 90,
194 ; Henry, Ix, 33, 223 ; John, Iviii, cxv ;
liieut. John, lii ; Josa, 25 ; Rich., Ixxix ;
Richard, 41, 206 ; Tho„ 274 ; Thomas, 273 ;
William, 273 ; Ensign William, Ixx ;
Lieut. William, 194 ; — , cxvi, cxvii ;
Ensign — , Ixx.
Shawe, Capt. Lawrence, 273 ; Mary Ann,
273 ; Robert, cliii. 28, 29 ; William, Iviii,
lix, 46 ; _, 29, 47, 141.
Shea, Barbara Anne, 53 ; Henrietta, 53 ;
Margaret, 53 ; Peggy, 53 ; — , cvi.
Shears, Richard, 283 ; Rob., Ixxx.
Sheehan. Denis, 93.
Sheepshank, Richard, cii, cxv.
Sheer, Lieut. Richard, Ixi.
Sheeres, Robert, Ixxvii, 277.
Sheffield, Dr. — , xcviii.
Shehaun. Maurice, xxiv.
Shelburne. — , Earl of, 191 ; — , Rt. Hon.
Earl of, 43.
Shelcross. John, cliii.
Shelley. Eleanor, 119. 122 ; Henry, 119, 122 ;
— , Ixxx.
Shenry, Rev. — , 53.
Sheotford, Dr. Anthony, 186.
Shephard, Elizabeth. 98, 100, 105, 109, 110
Rev. H. Y.. 233 ; John, 23, 52, 130 ; Mar-
garet, 148 ; Mary Powell, 52 ; Peter, 216
Rachel, 105 ; Thomas, xcvi, cii, cvi, cxix,
cxx, 24. 60, 62, 98, 100, 105, 109, 203
Willi,am, 148 ; — , cxiii.
Sheriff, John, cxv ; William, cxv.
Sherman. John, 87 ; Mary, 194.
Sherrard, Archd., Ixxx.
Shervington, Jos., clii ; Tyrrell, clii ;
William, cxii, cxliii.
Sherwood, Elizabeth, cxi, 68 ; Frances, 204 ;
Mary, 46 ; Ric. Ixxxiii ; Rich., Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix ; Richard, ciii, 130.
Shetterdun, Elizabeth, 149 ; Thomas, 149.
Shewcraf t, Dorothy, 206 ; Hugh, ci, cii,
cxii.
Shipley, Capt. — , cxxxviii.
Shipman, John, 143 ; Margaret, 147 ; Tho.,
143 ; William, 143, 147.
Shippen, Mary, 196.
Shipton, Alex., ex ; Maurice, 117.
Shire, John, 279.
Shirley, Anne Charlotte, 102 ; Arthur
George Sewallis, 102 ; Charles, 102
Christian, 102 ; Elizabeth, 102 ; Emily
103 ; Evelyn, 100, 109 ; Evelyn John, 102
Evelyn Phillip, 102 ; Frances, 103 ,
George Edward, 102 ; Henry, 102 ; Horatio!
102 ; Rev. James, 102 ; Louisa, 102 ; Mary,
103 ; Phillis Byam, 100 ; SeUna, 102 :
Sewallis. 102 ; Thomas, xviii, cxxiii, 7, 37
38, 75, 84, 92, 105, 177, 196, 229, 259 ; Col
Thomas, cxxv ; Gen. Sir Thomas, cxxxvii ;
Sir Thomas, cxxix, cxxxiv, cxxxviii,
cxxxix, cxliii, 12 ; Walter Devereux, 102 ;
William, 102 ; — , cxxvi, cxxvii, cxxviii,
cxxx, cxxxix. 109.
Shorediche, — , 179.
Short, John, lix.
Shrigly, Alice, 150.
Shubrick, Richard, 211.
Shute, Isabella. 35.
Shuttleworth, Alex., ciii ; Alexander, xcix ;
Ralph, 208 ; Richard, 208.
Siddons, — , cxxxiii, cxxxvii.
Sidney, — , Lord, cxxviii.
Sigsworth. William, Ixxix, Ixxx.
Silvester, Tho., 202.
Simcock, Rev. Samuel, 52.
Simes, John, xviii ; Robert, Ixii.
Simmons, Tho.. Ixix.
Simms, Alexander, cxiii ; John, cxi ; William,
cxi.
Simonds, James, 225 ; Judith Butler, 225.
Simons, John, 57 ; — , ix.
Simple, — . cxvii.
Simpson. John, Ixxxviii ; John Henry, cliii ;
Sam., cxvi ; Ste.. 152.
Sims, Elizabeth, 114 ; Jos., ci.
Sinclair, Tho., cxlv.
Singan, Tim., xciii.
Singer, Susanna, 235 ; — , 235.
Singin. Tim.. Ixxrii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvii,
16 ; Timothy. Ixxvii. xcv.
Sinnot, Hen., ciii.
Sizemore. Samuel, Iv, Ivii ; Samuell, Ix.
Skeet, Thomas, 57.
Skelton, Arthur, 177 ; Christ., cxiv ; John,
xlv.
Skerret, Antonetta, 170, 171; Arthur. 285 ;
Henrietta, 285, 286 ; Jane, 274 ; Jeremy,
ox, 276 ; Margaret, 170, 171 ; Marianne,
285 ; Mary, 74, 75, 70, 276 ; Patrick. 65 ;
Robert. 170, 171, 274 ; Thomas, Ixxvii,
Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvii. Ixxxix, xc, 8, 76 ;
Walter, 286 ; William, cv, cliii, 75 ; — ,
Ixxvii, 74, 75.
Skinghtng, Barnard, 62.
Skippon, Maj. -Gen. — , xxv.
Skipworth, Christopher, 62.
Sklyner, Kichard, hiii.
Skottowe, — , 273, 276.
Skrine, J., 266 ; Julia, 261, 266 ; Julian.
261.
Skynner, John. 23.
Slade, Abraham, 150.
Slaney. Baptist, clii ; Joanna, cxi.
Slater, John, 87, 91.
Slicer, Catherine, 261; John, 261, 266;
Mary, 261, 266 ; Richard, 261 ; — , 261.
Sligo, ■ — , Marquis of. 192.
Slinger, Agnes, 194 ; Robert, 43, 194.
Slingsby, Frances, 42 ; Francis, 42, 43 ; H.,
X ; Sir Henry, 42 ; Mary, 42 ; Thomas, 42 ;
— , 42.
Slinke, James, xviii.
Slone, — , cviii.
Sloper, Rachael, 74 ; — , 74.
Slycer, William, 137.
Smallbridge, Rev. Dr. George, 151.
Smallecombe, Robert, lix.
Smart, John, 246.
Smelt, Rev. Samuel. 104 ; Rev. William,
104.
Smith, 273.
Smith, Ann, ex. 71, 200, 250 ; Augusta
Haliburton, 194 ; Christopher, Iviii ;
Clementina, 7 ; Daniel, Ixxxvii, civ ;
Hon. Daniel, Ixxxvi; Edaye, 117; Eliza-
beth, So, 82, 209, 213 ; Emma Hutchinson,
232 ; Fran., cxi ; Lieut. Fran., Ixx ;
Francis, cliii ; Gabriel, 129 ; George, Iviii ;
Hen., Ixxx, cxii ; Capt. Henry, Ixxxviii ;
Lieut. Henry, xxiv ; Horace, 273 ; J. S.,
250 ; James, cxv, 90, 132, 273 ; Jarrit,
274 ; John, xli, lix, Ixxxix, cxi, cxiii,
cxiv, cxxii, 17, 53. 103, 119. 129, 134, 136,
182, 184, 198, 250. 258, 273 ; Capt. John,
xcvii ; Rev. John Haliburton, 194 ;
Katherine, 143 ; Law., 255 ; Mary, 93,273,
275, 276 ; Michael, xxvii, xcviii ; Col.
Michael. Ixxii, xciii ; Penelope, 79,
80, 82 ; Percy Shawe, 273 ; Rebecca. 273 ;
Richard, Ixxx, Ixxxi, 71, 168 ; Robert, 28,
37,71, 132, 153, 168, 238, 273, 275, 276;
Ensign Robert, Iviii ; Roland, 273 ;
Samuel, ex, 134, 182; Lieut. Samuell,
Ixx ; Sarah, cxii ; Simon, 262 ; Rev.
Simon, Ixxvi, Ixxix; Steven, 119; Dr.
Symon, 258 ; Thomas, Iv, lix. cxi, 7, 103 ;
V. J. C, 273 ; Kev. W., cv ; Wavell. xciv,
xcv, xcix, cii, cxiii, 20 ; William, Iviii,
xcvi, xcvii, xcviii, xcix, ci, cxiv, 5, 79, 80,
82, 262, 276 ; Sir WilUam Frederick
Haynes, clviii ; Zachary, xxiv ; — , Ixxix,
xcv, cvi, cvii, cviii, cxxxiv, cxxxvi, 1, 93,
213, 273 ; Capt. — , ix, cxviii ; Lieut. -Gov.
— , xc ; — Pitt, 232. See also Bogle-
Smith.
Smithers, Charlotte, 243 ; Henry Keane,
243 ; Robert, xxiii ; , — , xxiii.
Smitbin, Sam.. 117.
Smith.son, W., 255.
Smyth. John, 119 ; John Frs., cliii ; Robert,
cxv ; William, Ixv ; — , Ixxxviii, 119.
Snaip, Christian, 248 ; Mary, 248 ; William,
24,S.
Snell. William, xviii ; — , 158.
Snelling. Elizabeth, 44 ; George, xviii ;
Philip, Ixv ; Phillip, Iv, Ixvi.
Snodgrass, John, 85.
Soanes, Anne, 36 ; Rachel, 71 ; Raohell, 70 ;
Richard. 36.
Sober, John, 53, 55 ; Penelope, 55.
Sockwell, Capt. — . Ixxvii.
Solavan. Math., 86.
Sole. William, 43.
Somers. Thomas, 21.
Somerset. Lady Georgiana, 1 72 ; — , Duke of
Beaufort, 172.
Somerville, Elizabeth, 272 ; — , 272.
Sones. Daniel. Ixxvii ; Diana, 195 ; Thomas,
Ixxx, cxiv.
Soper. Frances, 39 ; Gert., cxii ; Henrietta,
cxii ; Henry, Iviii, Ixxxvii ; John, 148 ;
Rachel, 78 ; — , Ixxx.
Sorsbie, Robert, 170.
Soulegre, Peter, xc.
Sonthall, Joane, 118, 123.
Southerland, Thomas, 76.
Southey, — , viii, ix. xi, xix, xxviii, 1, Ixix,
Ixxviii, xciv. xcvi. xcviii. xcix, c, cv, cxvi,
cxviii, cxxi. cxxiii. cxi, cxliv, cxlviii, cl.
Southwell, James, xxiii ; Richard, cxi ; Sir
Robert, lii, Iv, Ivi ; Lieut. Tho., xxiii.
Sowerby. John, 60.
Spalding, George, 28.
Sparke, James. Ix ; John, 53.
Sparrow. Rev. James, 43 ; Capt. Thomas,
xvii ; Capt. — , xvi.
Spateman, Ann, 254 ; Elizabeth, 254 ;
Judith, 254 ; Mary, 254, 255 ; Susannah,
254.
Speed, — , 205.
Spence. Richard, 131.
Spencer. 'Ann. 278; Arabella, 194; Bliss,
278 ; Dorothy, 195 ; Eliza F., 284 ; Esther,
195 ; Henry. 278 ; Henry Leigh, 278, 284 ;
Henry Newton. 278, 284 ; Margaret, 194,
231, 234 ; Mary, 195 ; Rob., Ixv ; Susanna,
7 : Thomas, xciii. cxiv, 195 ; Col. Thomas,
194, 231 ; William, 195 ; Rev. Wolley
Leigh, 278 ; — , 278.
Sperkins, Christian, 63 ; Sarah, 57, 68.
Sperte, Grysill, 157 ; Richard, 157.
Spettle, Alexand', xxiv.
Spooner. Charles, 91 ; Mary, 88, 89 ; — ,
88.
Spoore, Frances, 148, 173 ; William, 148,
173.
Sprainger, John, cxi ; John L., ciii.
Springiiam, Mathew, 159.
Spurstowe, William, xix.
Spycer, Martyn, Iviii.
Squires, Jonathan, 74, 232.
Stacpoole. George, cxiii.
Stafiford, Henry, Lord, 168.
Stainer, Edw., cxiv.
Stalker, John, 151.
Stamford, — , Lord, 181.
Stanherry. Nathan, Ixvi.
Standley, Robert, lix ; — , 128.
Stanhope, Arthur, 102 ; Col. Edward, 192 ;
Elizabeth, 102; Micha., 45.
Stanley, Catherine, 253, 254 ; Edward, 253,
254 : J,, 23 ; John, cxi, cxliii, 56, 57, 194 ;
Sir John. 192 ; — , cxxviii. cxi, cxii, 192 ;
— , Earl of Derby, 253.
Stanny, — , cii.
Stanton. Ann, 198, 199 ; Edward, 198, 199.
Stanwarth, John, 238.
Staples, — , 21.
Stapleton. Ann, 79, 123 ; Anne Byam, 108 ;
Bryan. 42 ; Elizabeth, 240 ; Frances, 42 ;
Hon. Miles John, 108 ; Col. Redmond,
Ixvii ; Thomas, 123 ; Sir Thomas, 240 ;
Sir W., Ixv, Ixvi, Ixvii, 35, 86, 112, 116,
138. 141, 203, 221, 283 ; WilUam, 1 ; Col.
William, xxxvii. xlvui, 1, li ; Gen.
William, xvii. xlix ; Lieut. -Gen. William,
xlvi ; Sir William, xlix, Lxxiii, 92, 112,
169; — , xlvi, liii, Ivii, Ixv, Ixvi, Ixxvi;
Col. — , xlv, 1, li, lii, Ivi, Ixi ; Lieut.-Col.
— , xlvii ; — , Lady, 17; — , Lord Le
Despencer. 108.
Starke, Richard, cliii.
Starkey, Robert, Ix.
Staunton, Col. John, xcvi.
Stedman, Mary, 232.
Steel, Benjamin, Ixxvii, ciii, cxiv, 16 ; Eliza-
beth, 16 ; Jone, Ix ; Margaret, 258 ; Mary,
Ix, 16, 204 ; Sarah, 92 ; William, Ixxvii,
Ixxx, Ixxxvii, xciii, 16, 206 ; Capt. William,
xciii.
Steendyk, Barbara, 170.
Steephens, John, 159.
INDEX OF NAMES.
313
steer. Elizabeth, 128 ; Isaac, 128.
Steevens. John, 27y.
Stermy, John, 17.
Stephens. Elizabeth, US ; John, xcviii, 283 ;
Dr. John, 102 ; Sheers, ci ; Tho., xcix ;
Thomas, xcvii, 148 ; William, Ix ; — , cviii,
1,51.
Stephenson, George Skerret, 75 ; John, 16 ;
Mary, 75 ; Sarah, 75 ; Thomas, 75 ; Wil-
liam, cliii, 75.
Stepney. Ann, 68 ; Elizabeth, 68 ; George,
68 ; Jane, 68.
Sterrell, Capt. George, 137.
Stevens, Anna, cxii ; Anne, 98 ; Carter, csi,
CXT ; Elizabeth, ex; Joanna. 18; John,
cviii, cxi, csiv, cxvii, cxix, cxxi, 8, 149 ;
Lewis, ex ; Mary, 17 ; Kobert, 35 ; Tho.,
xcv, ex. 130 ; Thomas, Ixxxv, 271 ; Rev.
William, 98 ; — , Ixxvii, cvii, IS.
Stevenson, Ann, 16 ; Charles, 254 ; Edw.,
cxi ; Elizabeth, 16, 78,83, 196 ; Dr. James,
cxv ; John, 16, 196; Mary, 16; Samuel,
16 ; Sarah, 16, 74, 78 ; Susannah, 16 ;
Thomas, xciii, 8, 83 ; William, Ixxiii, 74 ;
— , Ixxx.
Steventon, Auu, 215 ; John, 215.
Stewart, Frances, 177 ; Sir John Shaw, 177 ;
Mary, 273 ; — , cviii.
Stiff, Tho., 195 ; Thomas, Ixxxvii.
Still, Anue, 146, 148 ; Nathaniel, 146.
Stiller, William, lix.
Stilling, Mary Ann, 177.
Stilson, — , cvii.
Stinson, Mary, cxiv.
Stirling, Henry, Earl of, 192.
Stoakes, Chr.. 143 ; Luke, xvi. xvii ; — . 162.
Stocker, Susannah, 195 ; Thomas, 12.
Stodder, Henry, lix ; Dr. Henry, 62, 76 ;
Capt. — , xxiv.
Stokes, Anthony, cxx, cxxi ; Christopher,
160. 161 ; John, cxii ; Luke, xxii ; Martha,
47 ; Robert, cli ; Thomas, 153, 160.
StoUard. James, 246.
Stone, Elinor, ex ; John, 133 ; Katherihe,
133.
Stonehouse, Rev. Henry, 88 ; Sir John, 88 ;
Louisa Burt, 88.
Stonne, Capt. John, xvi.
Stoodly, Chr., Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxx,
Ixxxiii. Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxviii, Ixxxix,
xcii, xoiv, xcv, xcvi, xcviii, 20, 255 ; John,
26 ; Joseph, 119 ; — , xc.
Storey. John, 78 ; Sarah, 78 ; — , 77 ; Capt.
— , 77.
Storrick, James, cxii.
Story, John, Ixv ; Sam., Ixv.
Stote, Henry, xxiv.
Stoughton, Aqiiilla, 137 ; Aquilles, Ixvi.
Stourton, — , Lord, 84.
Stout, Ste., 43.
Stowe, Jane, 196.
Stowell, Elizabeth, 48.
Strachey, H., 41.
Strahan, William, 51.
Straker, James, 275.
Strange, Edmund, 160.
Strangwayes, Lady Harriett, 101 ; John, 168 ;
Sir John, 164 ; Thomas, Earl of Ilchester,
101.
Strathnairn, Hugh Henry Rose, Lord, 222.
Straton, — , 15.
Stratton. John, lix ; Margaret, lii ; — , 14.
Street, — , cvi.
Streeter, Granado, 128 ; Richard, 128.
Stridviau, Nich., Ixxxvii.
Stringer. William, 44 ; — , Lady, 44.
Strode, Col. — , xlvi.
Strong, Elizabeth, 203 ; Mary, ex ; Sarah,
2U2, 203 ; William, cxii ; — , cxviii.
Stuart, Alex., cxii ; John, ex.
Stubbes, 175.
Stubbes, Anne, 166, 168 ; William, 166, 168.
Stubbs, Anue, 146 ; — , 146.
Stukeley, Frances, 253 ; Dr. — , 253, 255.
Sturge, Joseph, cliii ; — , cxxx.
Sturgis, Harry, 267 ; Rachel, 267.
Stutely. Ben., ex.
Styler. William, 137.
Subbatha, Capt. Campoe. xxv.
Suffield, Edward, Lord, 103 ; Emily, 103.
Sullivan, .Sir Arthur. 267 ; Rt. Hon. Ben-
jamin, 18 ; Dennis, Ixxxvii ; Dermott, lii;
Rt. Hon. John, 21 ; Kate, 160 ; Owen, lix ;
Sophia, 18, 22, 30 ; Capt. T. B., cxlviii ;
Teige, lix ; Thomas, xciii.
Sum'ers, William, xvii.
Supple, John, ex.
Surrey and Arundel. Thomas, Earl of, 168.
Sutcliffe, Willi.am, Ixxx.
Sutherland, Duncan Forbes, 192 ; Lucy, 192.
Sutton. Ell., Ixxx ; Edward, cliii. 262 ; Lieut.-
Col. John, lii ; Lydia, 98 ; Robert, Iviii,
98, 270; Tho., 17 ; — , Ixxiii, Ixxvii.
Swan, AVjr.i., Ixxi ; Abraham, Ixxii ; George,
cxi ; Hen., xciii ; Jacob, xciii ; John, 22 ;
Mary, cxiv ; Symon, Iviii ; William, 128 ;
William Henry, 16 ; — , 22.
Sweeny, Dudley, cxiv ; William, 52.
Sweeting, Christian, 96 ; Giles, 96.
Sweets, — , cxiv.
Swete. Grace, 258 ; Main. Ixxvi. Ixxvii, Ixxx,
Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii, 169, 193, 258 ; Capt.
Main, Ixxiv ; Col. Main, 68 ; Maj. Main,
Ixxvii ; Samuel W., 27 ; — , 27 ; Col. — , 258.
Swetteuham, John, Ixxxiii.
Swift, James, 46, 238 ; John, cliii.
Swigle, David, Ixxx, 74.
Swinnerton, Robert, xi.
Swords, Richard, 275.
Sydgenten, Walter, 17.
Sydney, — , Baron, 242 ; — , Lord, 191.
Sydserfe, Walter, ci, civ, cvii, 20, 25, 66, 195,
223, 263 ; Dr. Walter, xcviii, eii, 195 ; Dr.
— . xcviii, c. cxv.
Symes, Dorothy, 260, 266 ; Eliziibeth, 93,
266 ; George, Ixvi, Ixvii, 260, 266 ; Capt.
Hen.. Ixxviii ; Henry, Ixi, Ixxx, xci. cxv, 75,
107, 244, 260 ; Capt. Henry, 274 ; John,
cxi ; Capt. John, Ixiv ; Nich., cxxxix ; Sa.,
cxv ; Sarah, cxv, 75 ; William, cviii, 93.
See also Simes, .Simms, Sims.
Symkin, John, Ixv, Ixix.
Symmons. Nath., Ixxix.
Symond, John, 57.
Symonds, Frances, 252 ; James, 225 ; Hon.
James, 223 ; John, 223 ; Rev. John, 252 ;
Walter, xlix, Ixix ; Waltr., xli.
Symons. Nath., Ixxx ; Sam., ciii ; Thomas,
lix, 21.
Sympson, Caroline Ann, 139 ; Catherine
Anne, 139 ; Edmund Walcot, 139.
Tahourdin, Peter, 127, 130.
Tait, Robert, clii.
Talbot, Charlotte, 260, 264 ; Indiana, 262 ;
Col. Sharington, 264 ; Sherrington, cix ;
Gen. Sherrington, 260.
Talboys, Richard, 100, 161, 162.
Talem, — , cxviii.
Taliacarne, Elizabeth Ann, 201 ; — , Mar-
quis, 201.
Talverson, John, 151 ; William, 151.
Tanckerd, Henry, xxiv.
Tancred, Darcy, 255.
Tankard. Barry, Ixxii, Ixxiv. Ixxv, Ixxvii,
Ixxviii, IxxLX, Ixxx, Ixxxv. Ixxxvi, Ixxxviii,
Ixxxix. 126, 131, 229, 265 ; Hon. Barry,
Ixxix. Ixxx, 130 ; Ellinor, 142 ; John, Ixxi,
Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxx, ci, cxiv, 150, 185, 215 ;
Brig. John, Ixxix ; Russel, 126, 130, 133 ;
— . Ixxvii.
Tankerville. Charles, Earl of, 253 ; — .
Duchess of, 254 ; — . Earl of, 255.
Tanner, Ann, ex ; John, 39 ; Mary, 39 ; Tho.,
Ixxxvi ; Thomas, Ixxx.
Tanvet, Andrew, 53.
Tapster, William, lix.
Tarrant, Hurstborne, 202.
Tasted. William, viii.
Tate, Elizabeth, 240 ; James, 240.
Taverner, John, 254.
Taxter, Sarah, cxiii.
Taylor, Affe., ex ; Alex., cxii ; Ann, 63 ;
Barbara, cxiv ; Chr., 195 ; Diana, 136 ;
Edward, Lxxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxviii ; Eleanor,
118; Eliza Luther, 88; Elizabeth, cxiv,
68, 267 ; James, cliii, 136 ; James F., cliii ;
John, ci, cxxii, cxxiv, cxxxiv, cxlii, cxlvi,
cxlvii, cliii, 35. 196,207 ; Hon. John, cxliii,
cxiv; John Duncombe, cxliii, oxlv ; John
James, cliii ; Joseph, cliii, 129 ; Lilias, 35 ;
Louisa Burt, 88 ; Margaret, 68, 69 ; Mar-
garet Ann, 205 ; Mary, 56, 08 ; Michael
Angelo, 152, 155, 150 ; Nicholas, cxxii,
cxxiii, cxxiv, cxxvii. 38, 08. 69 ; Robert,
63, 154. 205. 200 ; Silvanus. 271 : Thomas,
168 ; Maj. Thomas. 112 ; William, Ix, clii,
11.8. 119, 194 : — , Ixxx, cvi, 15.
Taylor-Gordon, Eliza Barham. 88 ; John, 88.
Teagle, Mary Ann Eliza, 72, 73.
Teale, Rev. — , oxxxvi.
Teall, Sarah, 130.
Tearne, Jacob, xlv.
Teate. John, xci, 215.
Tegreeman, King, xiii.
Teigue, J., 263.
Telfer. George A., cliii.
Telforth, Rebecca, 23.
Tempest, Frances, 20 ; Mary, 97, 1 1 0 ; Thomas,
20 ; Warner, ci, cxi, 45, 97, 110.
Temple, Elizabeth Augusta, 98 ; Sir Greu-
ville, 98 ; Richard, Viscount Cobham, 121 ;
Susan, 44.
Terry, Christopher. 146, 164, 165 ; Elizabeth,
140, 164, 165 ; James, Ixxix ; John, Ixxvii,
206 ; Margaret, 45.
Terticon, Ernest Lewis, o.
Teste, Lawrence, 147 ; Maria, 147.
Tew, Thomas, civ ; William James Brennan
Gordon, 205.
Thaley, John, Iviii.
Thanet, John, Earl of, 149.
Thatborne, Margarett, Iviii.
Thaxter, Benjamin, 62 ; — , Ixxvii.
Thellusson, Hon. Arthur, 172; Caroline
Anna Maria, 172 ; — , Lord Rendlesham,
172.
Thelwall, .Sir Enbull, 167.
Thennell, James, ci.
Theobald, Theodosia, 128.
Theyer, Elizabeth, 20 ; Giles, Ixxxviii.
Thibou. Anna, 248 ; Catherine. 251 ; Dorothy,
63. 195, 197, 204, 206, 207; Gab., cii ;
Gabriel, Ixxviii, cxii ; Henry J., clii ;
Isaac, cxiii, 5, 251; J., cliii; Ja., ex;
Jacob, Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxiii, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix,
xcviii. xcix, civ, 03, 195, 197, 204, 206,
258 ; Brig. Jacob, Ixxix ; James, ciii, cxx,
clii ; John, cix, ex ; John G. W.. cliii ;
Judith. 228 ; Louis. 124; Margaret, 204;
Peter, ex. 228 ; Sam., clii ; Walter, 5, 204,
207; William, clii.
Thistlewaite, Jeremy, Iviii.
Tluuiias, 209.
Thomas, A., 207 ; Rev. A.. 200 ; Alan Brod-
rick, 200; Albinia, 200; Ambroise, 207;
Amelia. 200, 268 ; Amy Catherine, 261,
268 ; Anne, 97 ; Arnold, Ix ; Arthur, 261,
268 ; Rev. Arthur. 201 ; Arthur Goring,
200, 207, 268 ; Cecil Henry. 201 ; Charles
Edward, 268 ; Rev. Charles Edward, 261 ;
Charles Freeman. 261 ; Charles Inigo, 260 ;
Charlotte, 260, 266, 209, 270 ; Crook, 97 ;
Edward. Iviii, lix, xcix. 91 ; Ensign Ed-
ward. Ixi ; Elizabeth. 105, 224. 226, 238,
247, 249, 259, 200 ; Elizabeth Frances,
261 ; Emily, 200 ; Emma, Milliceut, 200 ;
F., 267; F. P., 260 ; Florence Emily, 261, 268;
Florence Margaret. 2(i0. 207 ; Frances,
260; Lady Frances Ann. 260, 265, 268,
270 ; Francis Ann, 270 ; Francis Inigo,
261 ; Frederica, 201 ; Frederick Freeman,
200, 267 ; Freeman, 260, 207, 268 ; Free-
man Frederick, 268, 269 ; Sir G., cxii,
260 ; G. W., cxii ; George, Ixxii, Ixxv,
lxxvi. Ixxxix, xciii, xciv, xcv, xcvi, xcvii,
cix. cxiii, cxiv, cxvi, cxix, cxx, 8, 11, 20,
22, 23, 24, 32, 35. 37, 60, 75, 78, 80, 92, 104,
105, 170, 184. 185. 198, 203, 205, 209, 223,
232, 238, 244, 240, 248, 260, 261, 263, 264,
283 ; Capt. George, 45 ; Col. George, Ixxv,
lxxvi, Ixxvii, 224, 262 ; Hon. George, xcix ;
Maj. George, Ixxiii, Ixxiv ; Sir George,
cxxv, cxxxvii. clv. 26, 28. 97, 105, 208,232,
247. 260, 268, 269 ; George Freeman, 260,
268 ; George Pelham, 260, 266, 268, 270 ;
George Thomas, 265, 268, 270 ; George
White, 265 ; Georgiana, 200 ; Goring. 267 ;
Harriet, 260, 268, 270 ; Helen. 260 ; Hen.,
cxi ; Henry, 185 ; Henry John, 261, 268 ;
Capt. I., Ixi ; I. F., 260 ; Inigo, 260, 265,
266, 268. 269. 270 ; Inigo Freeman, 266,
268 ; Lady Isabella, 201 ; Isabella Mary,
261, 208 ; .Tacob, Ix ; James, cxii ; John J.,
cxii; Julia, 201, 206; Kathleen, 260;
Louisa, 200, 268; Lucy. 261 ; Lydia, 97;
Mabel. 260 : Margaret. 200 ; Margaret
Georgina. 260; Mary. 238. 260, 261, 268;
Mary Elizabeth, 261 ; Mary Florence, 260 ;
Mathew, 57 ; Phillip. Ixii ; Rice, 57 ;
Robert, 261; Roger, Iviii; Sarah, 136;
Sophia, 200 ; Thomas, 208 ; Venada, 261 ;
Will., Ixii, Ixxxvi ; William, xlvi, Ixvii,
Ixviii, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxvii. Ixxviii, Ixxx,
Ixxxv, Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii. Ixxxix, cv. cxiv,
35. 45. 97, 217, 21.S. 238, 275. 281 ; Capt.
William, xlviii. lix, Ixi ; Col. William,
Ixxv, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxxi, Ixxxiv,
Ixxxvii. xcii. 110; Hon. William, xc ;
Hon. Col. William, 17. 107; Lieut. Wil-
liam, xlv. xlvi ; Maj. William, Ixv ; William
Bridgewater. cxi ; Willi.am Brodrick, 200,
268 ; William Henry, 201 ; — . cxvii, cxx,
cxii. 57, 75, 170, 188, 259, 261, 266; Gen.
— , cxiii ; Hon. — , 266.
Thompson. Ann, 8 ; Archibald, 89 ; Cath-
erine, 151 ; Charles, cxii ; Dorothy. 78, 83 ;
Edward, xviii. xxi, xxii ; Garrett, Ix ;
Col. George. 44 : Hen., ex ; Isaac, 79 ;
John, 83, 91 ; Capt. John, xxxvii ; Mary,
75, 136 ; Maurice, xviii, 44 ; R., clix ;
Robert, cxii, cxliii, cxliv ; Capt. Rowland,
xviii, xix ; William, Iviii, cxiv, 33. 75 ;
— , cvi, cxviii, cxliii.
Thoresby. — , 120 ; Rev. — , 120.
Thorn, Edward, xcix ; Capt. Edward, Ixviii.
Thornliery. Hester. 117 ; Tho., 117.
Thornbro' Edward, 126 ; Mary. 120.
Thornburgh. William, Ixix.
Thornbury, Benjamin, 119 ; Elizabeth, 118 ;
He.ster, 119 ; Thom.as. 120.
Thorne, Capt. Edward, Ixx ; Elie, 176 ; John,
Iviii.
Thornedieke. Dr. — , 128.
Thorneton, Maj. Robert, 4.5.
Thorney. William, ex.
Thornhill. Ensign Charles. Ixx ; Sir T.,lxix,
Ixx ; Sir Timothy. Ixviii.
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIGUA.
Thornton, Ed., Ixxxvii ; Hen., 203 : John,
213 ; Nathaniel, 35 ; Rob., Isxiv ; — ,
Ixxvii ; Maj. — , Ixxiv.
Thorp, William, lix.
Thory, William, 138.
Thring, John, 47.
Throgmorton, Catherine, 126 ; Christopher,
126.
Throssle, Richard, xviii.
Thruston, Anne, 50 ; John, 44, 45.
Thurland, John, 22, 13S ; Mary, 138.
Thurlby, John, 17.
Thurloe, — , xxii, xxiii, xxv, xxvi.
Thurston, Anne, 49 ; John, 49 ; William,
4.5.
Thyere, Gyles, Ixxxvi.
Thynne, James, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Isxiv, Ixxv,
Ixxix.
Tibbets, A. S., clix.
Tichbourne, Thomas. Is.
Tiffany, — . Ixxvi.
Tildesley, William, 196.
Till. William, xc.
Tilledeph, Walter. 264.
Tillotson. Jane Catherine, 129 ; Mary, 129,
130 ; — , 129.
Tillott, Jane, 148 ; —,148.
Tiphany. Grace. 238 ; Robert, 288 ; Thomas,
238.
Tirrell, Elizabeth, 152 ; — , 152.
Tizard, William, cxxii, 7.
Tobin. Frances, 134, 136 ; James Webbe,
cxlvii ; — , oxlviii.
Tod, John, civ.
Todman, John, cxiv ; Jos., Ixxx, Ixxxvii,
xciii ; Joseph. 73 ; Josh., cxiv ; Joshua,
Ixxvii ; Richard, lix, 116, 237.
Toepkin, Chr.. 87.
Toft, Robert, Iviii, xciii, 76 ; — , Ixxvii,
Ixxx.
Tollemache, J.. 70 ; John, Lord, 197 ; — ,
Admiral, civ ; — , Lord, 197.
ToUor. Xt", xxiv.
Tom. .John, ex.
Tomboy, — , c ; Gen. — , c.
Tomkins, Harding, 124.
Tomlinson, John, Ixxvi, Ixxx, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxix. xci. xcix. c. cii, civ, cv, oxiii. 23,
24, 55, 66, ()7, 71, 103, 104, 108, 113, 114,
209, 266 ; Col. John, 262 ; Hon. John, cix,
2, 35, 193 ; Maj. John, Ixix, Ixxxi. Ixxxiii,
Ixxxiv, xcv ; Martraret, 55 ; — , cxiii, 25,
259 ; Capt. — , xovii ; Maj. — , Ixxviii,
xc.
Toms, John, 154.
Tongue, Agnes, 233 ; John, 233.
Tontain, Chambault, x.
Tooke, William, 265.
Toole, Margaret, cxii.
Toomes, Chris.. 105.
Topham, William, ex.
Topping, Miles, ci ; Richard, cxii, 206.
Torney, George, 116 ; Lieut. George, 175.
Torvat, William, cxiv.
Tory. John, 17.
Tothill, — , 164.
Tothpoole, Honour, 232.
Tottenham, Isaac, 128.
Tough, John, cxi.
Tovey, Tho., 93.
Towne, Hum., 44.
Townley, Jane, 68.
Townsend, George. 46, 279, 280 ; James, cix ;
Rob., cxi ; Admiral — , cvi.
Towusom, John, 170.
Towse, John. 193 ; — . 1.
Tracey, Thomas, cxiv.
Trant, Ca;sar, cxiv ; Dominick, 52, 53, 54,
274 ; Edw., Ixxxix, ciii, cxvi ; Edward,
210. 230 : James, 274 ; Lidia, cxiv ; Mary,
193, 212, 215: Nich., Ixxvii. Ixxx; Brig.
Nich., Ixxix ; ISarah, 54 ; Tho., Ixxviii,
Ixxix, Ixxx. Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii ; Thomas,
Ixxxii, Ixxxiii ; William, cxiv ; — , Ixxvii,
Ixxviii, 53.
Trappin, William, Iviii.
Trattle, Marmaduke, 152, 155, 170.
Travels, Rich., Ixvi, Ixvii ; Richard, 62.
Travers. Fra., cxii ; Samuel, 286.
Treasher. John, cxiii.
Trecothick. Barlow, 53.
Treffaine, Robert, xxiv.
Tregagle, Iz., 120.
Trelawny, Elizabeth, 36, 37.
Tremills, Elizabeth, 202 ; John, 229 ; Rob.,
Ixxx ; Robert, 202. 208, 229, 237 ; William.
Ix. Ixxx.
Trenholme, Tho., 151.
Trevanion, Capt. Nathaniel, 153.
Trigge, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas, cxliii ; Gen.
— , cxliii.
Triplett, John. Iviii.
Trotter, Hugh, Iviii ; John, Ix, cvii.
Trottman, Roger, Ix.
Troup, John. 5.
Trowe, Tho., 44.
Trubb, Edward, 24.
Truenf eld, Alexander de Vrinels, 1 70 ;
Louise Charlotte Cornelie, 170.
Truman, Tho., 209 ; Thomas, 79.
Truro, — Wilde, Lord, 273.
Trusted, Christian, 249 ; Thomas, 249.
Trye, Edward, 156.
Tryou, Thomas, 103 ; William, 103.
Tsehirpe, Henry Christian, cxiii.
Tubb, Robertt, Iviii.
Tuck, Benjamin, Iviii, 282 ; Katherine. 278,
282 ; Capt. Tho., xxiii ; Lieut. Thomas,
278, 282 ; — , 278, 284.
Tuckett, Thomas, cxliii ; William, cxx.
Tudhope, John, cxii ; Dr. William, cxix.
Tudway. C. C, 178; Charles, 169, 246;
Clement, Ixv, 17, 140. 169, 182 ; M.. cxii ;
Capt. Richard, 17 ; Robinson, cxvii ; — .
181.
Tuffe, Fra.. cxii.
Tuite, Ann, 123. 124 ; Eleanor. 123, 124
Elinor, 123 ; Eliza Gillan, 124 ; Eliz.T,beth,
123, 124 ; Mary, 123 ; Nicholas, 123, 124,
274 ; Rebecca, 123 ; Richard, cvii, cxv
123, 124 ; Robert, 123, 124 ; Winifred, 123
— , 1 23.
Tuke, — . cvi.
TuUideph, Dav., xcviii ; Walt., cviii, cxiv ;
Walter, ci, cvii. cxv, cxx, 131, 264 ; Dr.
— , xcvii, 229.
Turf rey. Cap. — , xxiv.
Turnagwyn, Thomas, 128 ; William, 128.
TurnbuU. Merrick, c, ciii. cxi, cxiii ; Dr. — ,
xcviii.
Turner, AmeUa, 282; Anne, 10, 281, 282;
Athill, 12 ; Charles. 10. 12 ; Cholmeley,
151 ; Dorothy. 10 ; .John, Ixxxvi ; Maria,
12; Mary, 10; Robert. 21; Samuel, 10,
43, 279, 280, 281, 282 ; The, liii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, Ixxxii, Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii, Ixxxix,
xcviii ; Thomas, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxi,
Ixxxiv, 5, 10, 208; William, cxviii ; — ,
Ixxxii. cviii, 10 ; Capt. — , xc.
Turney. Arthur. 17 ; George, Iv, 17, 169,238 ;
Sarah, 17. i^iv aho Atturney.
Turner, Thomas, Ix.
Turpey, Peter, 75 ; Rachel, 75 ; Thomas,
75.
Turphery, George, Ixxiii.
Turtan. .Tarvis, Ixxx ; Jervase, Ixxix.
Turte (.' Tuite), Nicholas, 124.
Turton. Gervase. Ixxviii, Ixxx, 74, 257, 258,
277, 283 ; Laurence, Ix ; Margarett, 257 ;
— , Ixxvii, Ixxxii.
Tutchiu. George, 274.
Tyer, John, Ix.
Tyle. Jane. 129.
Tyler, James, 143 ; John, 143 ; WilUam,
xxiv, 76; — , 121 ; Dr. — , 121.
Tyley, Ed., cxii ; Edw., ciii ; Philip, A.,
cliii.
Tynes. Ella. 138.
Tyrauk, N.ith., 151.
Tyrrell, Elizabeth, 147, 151 ; Richard, cvii,
cxiv, cxvii, cxx, 131, 133 ; Hon. Pilchard,
37 ; Russel. 126 ; Russel Tankard, 133 ;
— , 147 ; Admiral — , 126 ; Capt. — ,
cvi.
Tyson. James, cxlvii, cl ; — , Ixxvii.
Tyttery, — , 228.
Tyzack, — , 228.
U
Udney. Earnest, 8, 259 ; Ernest, cxvi ;
Sarah, 8.
Tlnderkerkhorne, Fra., 65.
Unthawk, Charles, xviii.
Upp. Jonathan, 271.
Upshott, Phillip. Iviii ; Winifred, 244.
Urban. See D' Urban.
Uring, Capt. Nathaniel, xciv.
Urlin, Marm., Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
IxxxLX ; Marmaduke, Ixxvii ; Thomas,
cxiv.
Uthwat, Richard, 44.
Vallemont. — , x.
Vallence, Richard, cxi.
Vallett, Capt. William, xv, xvi ; Capt. — ,
xiv.
Van Aferen, Ann, 87 ; Anna. 87, 88.
Van Alpan, Adrian, Ixx.
Van Alphen, Lieut. Adrian, Ixx.
Van Brechem, Henry, 17 ; Sarah, 17.
Van Bredehoff, Adrian, 17; Elisabet, 17;
Fransois, 17 ; Jacob Josias, 17 ; Johan, 17 ;
Johanna, 17.
Van Cuilemborg, Emilius, 17.
Van de Bosch, Jasper, 17.
Van de Felde, — , 17.
Van der Vecht, Hen., 87.
Van dere Bunk, Daniel, 87.
Van Effen, Justus Melchior, 89.
Van Ettersum, Heer, 17.
Van Hemert, Ann, 87, 88, 89, 91 ; Anthony,
87 ; Lady Baltina, 87 ; Caroline, 88, 90 ;
Catherine, 87, 88 ; Elizabeth, 87, 88, 89, 91 ;
F., 90; Francis, 87, 88. 89, 91; J., 90;
Rev. J., 88, 90 ; Joachim, 87, 88, 91 ; John,
87, 88, 91 ; iSara Maria, 87, 88 ; Kimou, 87,
88 ; Susanna. 87, 88, 89 ; William, 87 ;
Wolfert. 87, 88, 89, 91 ; — . 88. 90.
Van Newselaar, John Jacob, 89 ; Sasanna
Catharina, 89.
Van Oosthuysen, Heer, 17 ; — , 17.
Van Osenbergh. Ensign Gasparus, Ixx.
Van Pylswaert, Heere, 17.
Van Ruyven, — , cxxxv.
Van Schonewall. Elisabet, 17 ; Heer, 17.
Van Voorst, Gysbert, 87.
Vanacker, Nicholas, 270 ; Susanna, 270.
Vane, Sir Harry, xix.
Vanloo, — , 254.
Vansittart, Peter. 44, 45.
Varvell, Tho., xxi.
Vassall. Elizabeth, 11 ; Sir G. Webster, oxli ;
John, 11 ; Col. John, 11 ; Samuel, xix.
Vauderop, — , ix.
Vaughan, Benjamin, 60 ; Bethia. 93 ; George,
150 ; James, Ixxii, 62 ; Col. James, Ivii,
Ixi, xcviii, 76. 137. 227, 282 ; Kenrick, 95 ;
Llewelyn, 95 ; Maude. 95 ; Rev. William,
93 ; Sergt. William, Hi ; — , Ixvi ; Gen.
— , cxxiv, cxxv.
Vavasor, — , cviii.
Vears, Tho., ci.
Veizie, — , cviii.
Velyn, Howell, 95 ; Joane, 95 ; Llewellyn
Vaughan ap Llewellyn ap Madog, 95.
Venables, George, Lord Vernon, 100 ;
Georgiana, lOO ; — , xxv, xxvi.
Veniola, Francis, Iviii.
Venn. Stepu., 113.
Venning, — . 44.
Vernon, Caroline, 201. 202 : Vice-Admiral
Edward, cii; Elizabeth, 119, 187 ; George
Venables. Lord, 100 ; Henry, 201 ; James,
201 ; John, xlii, xlv, liii. Ixv, Ixvi, Ixvii,
Ixxii, ciii, 43, 105, 117 ; Capt. John, lix,
Ixi, Ixiv, 107, 119,266 ; Louisa, 201 ; Mary,
33 ; Thomas, 187 ; — , Ixxvii.
Versill, John, xvii, xxxi.
Veynes, Simon, lix.
Vickers, Elizabeth, cxiii ; John, Ixix.
Vickry. John. 5.
Villeneuve, Admiral — , cxiv.
Villiers, Hon. George, cxlvii ; Hon. John
Charles, 262 ; — , Earl of Clarendon.
262.
Vincent. Diana, 134.
Vinck, Pieter. 17.
Viner. John, 150 ; William, 150.
Virchild, James, cxx.
Vivian, — , 3 ; Col. — , 288.
Vocker, Thomas, 104.
Voeghen, Cornelius, 17.
VoUard, Hannah, cxii ; John, cxiii.
Vougan, Nicholas, 286.
Vraich- Vrus, 95,
Vraich-Vras, Caradoo, Earl of Hereford, 95 ;
Ellen, 95 ; Mainerch, Lord of Brecknock,
95 ; Tegayayr. 95.
Vraichvras, Caradoo, Earl of Hereford, 95.
Vvathier, Jeremie, xxxv.
W
W. p.. Iv.
Wade, Lieut.-Gen. George, 117 ; James,
Ixxvii ; William, xviii ; Capt. — , Hi.
Waine, William, 255 ; — , 255.
Waiuwright, William, 1, 22, 37, 73.
Waite, Hugh, 43 ; Ralph, ox ; — , cvii.
Wake, Basil, 253, 255 ; Lady Camilla, 253,
255; M.irgaret, 176; Margeria. 176; — ,
255.
Walch, Betsey. 225.
Walcot, Augusta, 139 ; J., 254.
Walden, Hon., lix ; Hester, 176.
Walker, Anne, 48 ; Benjamin, cxi, 104 ;
George, cii, ciii, cxi, 48 ; Commodore H.,
Ixxiv ; Henry, xcv ; James, Ixiv, Ixix,
xcvii, cxi. cxii ; Ralph, cxi ; Robert, 229 ;
Sam.. Ixxix, Ixxx; Thomas, cxvii ; WiUiam,
Ix, cxi, cxvi, 152. 221 ; — , cviii.
Wall, Christian. 231, 233.
Wallace, Henry, ci, cii, 240 ; William, 206 ;
— , 14.
Waller, John Augustus, cxlvi ; Robert, civ ;
Maj. Robert, cvi.
Walling, .John. xxiv.
Wallingtfiu. Rev. Richard, 251.
Wallis, Adam, Ixxxvii ; Albany, 255 ; J.,
152 ; John, xciii ; William, cxv, 244.
Wallscourt, — , Lord, 54.
Walpole, Horace, 255 ; Horace, Lord, cxvii ;
Horatio, xcii ; Sir Robert, 255.
Walrond, Caroline, 145, 173 ; Edward, xxii,
Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii, 9, 226 ; Lieut.-Gen. Henry,
INDEX OF NAMES.
315
153 ; Col. Humphry, xxii ; Joseph Lyons,
145, 170, 173, 11)4 ; M. 8., cxix, cxxi, cxxxiv ;
Ma., CSV ; Main Swete, cxvi, cxvii, csxiv,
cxxvii, 244 ; Sarah, 84, 185 ; Theodore, ci,
cvii ; — , Ixxviii, 185.
Walsh, De la Court, oxx. cxxi ; Mercy, 17 ;
Rebecca, 192.
Walshman, Roger, 88, 90 ; — , 88.
Walter. P. P., 2:i0 ; Peter P., clii ; Thomas
C. cliii ; — , 251.
Walters. Francis, 232 ; Mary, 251 ; William,
xxiv. 232 ; — , civ, 251.
Walton. William. Iviii.
Walven. John, cxii.
Wapley. Hugh. Ixxxvii.
Ward, Aaron, cix ; Charles, Ix ; Flem.,xcTii ;
James. Iviii ; .John, 1, Iviii, 238 ; Col. John,
81 ; Josh., 214 ; Mary, 81, 172, 204, 258 ;
Thomas, cliii, 129: Thomas Octavius, cliii ;
Will', xxiii ; Hon. William, 1 72 ; Gen. — ,
cxxii.
Warden, Mary, cxii.
Wardrop, Christian, 102 ; James, 102.
Wardsworth, William, cxi.
Ware, James, cxiv ; — , viii.
Waring, Laura Augusta Hastings Scott, 285,
287 ; Scott. 287.
Warkhouse. John. 44, 45.
Warner. Ann, 9, 34, 103, 104, 280 ; Lady
Ann, lii : Ashton, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxviii, Ixxxix. xciii, xciv, xcvi, xcvii,
xcix, cii, civ, cviii. cxix, cxx, cxxi, 20, 21.
22,24, 25, 45, 71, 74. 78, 86, 92, 100, 103,
130, 13(5, 1.38, 139, 181, 187, 224, 229 : Dr.
Ashton. cxi, lS(i, 24ti. 247 ; Hon. Ashton,
xciii, cxxxvii, 139 ; Barbara. lO.S, 224, 22(i ;
Rev. Charles. 25(1 ; Dan., ciii. cviii, cix ;
Daniel, cix. cxviii. 103, 131. 179, 193. 246,
261, 2(;4 ; Hon. Daniel, cxvi. 250: Daniel
Francis, 263 : Dorothy, 279, 2S1, 282 ;
Hon. Ed., Ixxxviii, xciv : Edward, xi, xvii,
lxxx,lxxxiv. Ixxxv. Ixxxvi. Ixxxvii. Ixxxix,
cxi, cxv. 4. 35. 1(11, 103, 106 ; Capt. Edward,
xiv, xviii, 224 : Col. Edward, Ixxxix, 100 ;
Hon. Edward, (12 ; Elizabeth, cxii, 58, 59,
GO, 61, 63, 98. 108. 109, 179: Elizabeth
Anne, 100, 103, 138 ; Georgiana, 139 ;
Grace, 100, 108; H., Ixxxvii; Henrietta,
xix, 278 ; Henry, Ixxxix, xciv, xcvi, xcvii,
xcviii, cxiv. 76 ; Indian, 1, li, lii, liii ;
Jane, lOil, 103, 109. 110; John, 286;
Joseph, 103, 13(i ; Philip, xix, xliii, xlvii,
1, liv, Iv, Ivi, Ixi, 16, 137, 278, 280 ; Capt.
Philip, xxxiii, xxxv ; Col. Philip, xlv,
xlvi. xlviii. 1. li. lii, liii, Ivi, Iviii, Ixvii,
34, 71, 102, 107, 169; Hon. Philip, 282;
Rachel, 21, 28, 29 ; Kebecca, 179, 261, 264 ;
Samuel, cix, cxiv, cxlvii, cxlviii, cli : Hon.
Samuel, cliii ; Samuel Ashton, 179 : Rev.
Samuel Ashton, 180 ; Samuel Henry, 9,
103, 104, 247 ; Sarah. 74, 78, 224, 226 ;
Hon. The, cxxxix ; Thomas, viii. x, xv,
li, Ixvii. ciii. cviii, cxiii, cxvi, cxvii. cxix.
cxx, cxxi. cxxiii, cxxiv, cxxxiv, cxliii, 4,
21, 37, 57, 61, 67, 78, 85, 86, 104, 105, 107,
131, 136, 181, 184, 187, 193, 198, 206, 210,
246, 247, 259, 263, 279, 280,281.282 ; Capt.
Thomas, xiii, xiv, xvii, li ; Sir Thomas,
viii, xi, xii, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx,
XXX, xliii, xlvi, xlviii, 1, lii, liv, xcvii. 100 ;
William, cvi, cxi, cxvi, cxvii, cxviii, cxix,
cxx, cxxi, 58, 60, (;3, 9S, 103, 105, 108. 131,
246, 2S(J, 281 ; Hon. William, cxxi ; — ,
ix, xi, xlvi, li, lii, liii, cvi, cxvii. cxviii,
civ, 6, 39, 59, 76, 86, 116, 138, 141, 175,
179, 232, 282 ; Capt. — , viii, ix, x, xii, xiv ;
Col. — , XXXV, xlviii, li. lii, liii, Iv, Ivi,
xcv ; Gen. — , x.
Warren, Eliza, 130 ; John, cxiii ; John Wil-
ling, 61; Mary, 45, 47; Prisuilla, 48;
Robert, 45, 47, 48 ; Thomas, civ, 130, 2(_i9 ;
William Henry, 47 ; William J., cliii ; — ,
civ, 47,
Warrington, Anne, 112 ; Will', xxiii.
Warter, John, 41.
Warwick. Richard Nevill, Earl of, 113;
Robert. Earl of, xix.
Washington, — , 102 ; Gen. — , cxxii.
Waterfall, John, Ixxx.
Waters, J., cl.
Watkins, Ann, 21, 261; Elizabeth, cxi, 20;
Frances. 98, 109 ; Francis. Ix ; Giles. Lxxx,
Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xciii, xci.^, c, 20,
24, 40, 47, 68 ; Capt. Giles, Ixxvi, Ixxxv,
131 ; Grizell, 20 ; James, ex ; Jane, 240 ;
Hon. Sergt.-Maj. Jer., 35 ; Jeremiah, xii,
liii, Ixi, cxviii, 22, 137, 138 ; Capt. .Jeremiah,
xlix, 1, Ix, 38, 39 ; Maj. Jeremy, Ixi ;
John, civ, cviii, cxii, cxiv, cxvii. cxviii, 24,
71, 89, 104, 193, 277; Maj. John, ov ;
Ensign .Joseph, Ixi ; Margaret, 4 ; Martha,
89 ; Mary, 7 ; Philip, 91 ; Samuel, Ixxi,
Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, Ixxviii,
Ixxix, lxxx, Ixxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii. Ixxxv,
Ixxxviii, Ixxxix, xc, xciv, xcvi. ciii, ex,
cxii, 4, as, 240 ; Capt. Samuel, Ixxiv ;
Col. Samuel, lxxx, Ixxxiv, Ixxxvii ; Hon.
Samuel, cii, 240 ; Samuel G., cliii ; Hon.
Tho,, cii ; Thomas, xcvi, xcix, ci, cv, cxv,
261 ; Col. Thom.as, cv. 24(1 ; — , lxxx, cxix,
98 ; Capt, — , li, Ixxvii ; Col. — , Ixxvii.
Watley, — . 209, 210.
Watson, Dav., ox ; Elizabeth, cxiii ; Henry,
Iviii ; James, Ixxxix, c. ex, cxii, 243, 244 ;
James N., cliii ; John, ex, 28 ; John Ryce,
cliii ; Rachel, 243, 244.
Watts, James, 44 ; Jane, 235 ; Jonas, 1, liii ;
Katlierine, Ix ; Robert, 32 ; William, 254 ;
Col. William, xxx, xxxi ; — , xl, 235.
Wattson, Magdalen, 127 ; Margarett, 138 ;
Roger, 73 ; Sarah. 73.
Wayne. Catherine, 253, 254 ; Elizabeth, 253,
254, 255 ; Gabriel. 253, 254 ; Katherine,
253.
Wayuwright. William, Iviii ; Lieut. William,
Ixi.
Wearner, Rob., xxiv.
Wearum, Elizabeth, cxii.
Weatheril, Catherine, cxi, 66, 229, 230 ;
Charles P., cxix, cxx ; George, Ixxxix,
cviii, cix, 59. 63, 230 ; Maj. George, 229 ;
Georgiana, 59 ; .James, Ixxii, Ix.'ixvi, Ixxxix,
xci, xciii. xciv, cii, cv, 33, 247 ; Col. James,
131 ; Maj. James, xcv ; James S,, cliii ;
John, Ixix ; Lambert, ciii, 208 ; Louisa,
59, 61, 63 : .Margaret, 208 ; Mary, Ixxvii ;
Richard T., cliii ; Win., Ixxvii.
Weatherly, Capt. — . lxxx.
Weaver, Anna Maria, 252 ; Edward, viii ;
Rev. Frederick William, 253 ; J. W., 253 ;
James William, 252 ; Mary, 253 ; — , viii,
Ixxii. 1.
Webb, Catherine, cxi ; Charles, 4 ; Ensign
Charles, Ixx ; Dan., cviii : Elizabeth, 173,
188 : Harry, xcix. oi, cii, cxii. cxv. cxvi,
cxvii, 18, 21, 25, 3(1, 105, 187, 198, 227, 248,
274, 275 ; Hen., xcix ; James, 41 ; Jane,
cxiv : Josiah, 188 ; Marg.aret, 18, 21, 30,
124. 125; Maria, 120; Mary, 41; Nath.,
cxiv; Nathaniel. 264; Robert, 173. 248,
274 ; Tho., 120; Thomas, Ix ; — , cii; Dr.
— . xcviii.
Webber, Josiah, Ix ; Mich., 93.
Webster, Jegon, xxiii ; Ralph, xxv ; Wil-
liam, 45.
Wedge, Nicholas, 130.
Weed, Mary, cxi ; Robert, 124.
Weeks. James. 189 ; John, cxiii ; Nathaniel,
27 ; Nich., Ixxxvii ; — , 68.
Weir. Dav., cxvi ; Fra., cxi : John, Ixvi,
Ixvii, Ixviii ; Capt. -John, Ixxi ; Rob.,
Ixxvii; Robert, lx.xxvi, 107, 132; Capt.
Robert, Ixxxix ; Col. Robert, xcviii ; — ,
Ixxviii.
Welbouru, Sam,, xxiv.
Welch, Edw.. cxii : James, cxiv ; Jane, 99 ;
John', 99, 274 ; Mary, 83 ; Peter, Ix ; Rich.,
ex, 280 ; William, cxiii.
Welcker, Peter, cxi.
Wellden, Stephen. 117.
Wells, John, xviii ; Margaret, cix ; Richard,
cxi.
Welsted, Robert, 150 ; Walter Stone, 223.
Welthing, — , 103.
Wemyss, Mary, 216 ; Otho Hamilton, 216.
Wendal, Mai-garet, 57.
Weuham. William, 128.
Wenlock, John, 123 ; Mary, 123.
Wentworth, — , xxv ; Gen. — , 287.
Werdon, Ann, 262.
Wesley, — , cxxvii.
Wessell, John, 236.
Wesston, Daniel, clii ; Edward, clii ; George
Henry, cliii ; .John G., cliii.
West, Ann, 120; Hen., cxvi; Henry, cviii ;
John, 156 ; Mary, 120 ; Pat., lxxx, Ixxxiii,
Ixxxvii ; Patrick, Ixxix, Ixxxvi, 103 ; — ,
200.
We.stcotts, John, Ixv.
Westerdale, Chr., 143.
Westmore, — . 1 40.
Westmoreland, John Fane, Earl of, 255 ; —
Fane. Earl of, 255.
Weston, Ambrose, 106, 241 ; George, 61,241 ;
James, 106 ; .John, Ixxix, lxxx, Ixxxvi,
Ixxxi.x ; Jos., ci, ex ; .Joseph, cxii ; Josh.,
cxiv ; Josiah, cxxxviii, cxlvi, 229, 230 ;
Mary, 74. 230 ; Mary Ann, 229 ; Dr. R.
N., 74 ; Richard, cxlvii ; Stephen, 218 ;
Thomas, 46.
Westrot. John, Ixix.
Wetham, Hon. Col. Thomas, 208.
Wetherly, Tho., 152.
Weymans, Cathrin, 17 ; Katherine, 47.
Wharfe. Arthur, 5, 230 ; Isaac, Ixxviii, Ixxix,
lxxx, 229, 230 ; Mary. 229. 230 ; — , Ixxvii.
Wharton, Philip, Lord, xix; Kichard, x.xxviii;
— , xxxvii.
Whatman, — , 266.
Wheadey, Henry, xi ; Robert, xi.
Wheeler, Gen. Sir Charles, xvii ; Sir Charles,
xliv, xlv, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii, xlix. li, Ivi,
Ixvi. 1.38; Elinor, 120; Elizabeth, 44;
Sir Francis, Ixx ; — , 44.
Wheelwright, — , cvi.
Whetham, Col. — , ixxvi.
Whistler, John, 271.
Whitaker. Henry, 154.
White, Adam, clii ; Ann, 184, 186, 196 ;
Anthony, Iviii, 238 ; Antonetta, 84 ; Ben-
jamin, 208 ; Catherine, cxi ; Christopher,
74, 75, 182 ; Elizabeth, 74, 75, 84, 276 ;
Frances. 252 ; Gellespie. 196 ; George, ciii ;
George William, 276 ; James, cliii ; John,
lix, cxii, cxlvii, 79, 129, 143 ; Mary Ann,
84 ; Capt. Michael, 17 ; Patrick, cxi. cxv ;
Capt. Richard, 17; Richard S., cliii;
Robert, 69, 77 ; Russell, cxi ; Sarah, ex,
78; Susannah, 77; Thonms, 112, 252;
William, cxi ; C!apt. William, Ixxxii ; — ,
cxlviii, 17 ; Capt. — , cxvii.
Whitehead, Willi.am, cxvii, 85.
Whitehill, Rebecca, 83 ; William, 83.
Whitell. John, 194 ; Mary, cxi.
Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, 272 ; James, 272 ;
— . XX.
Whitewood, Henry, 5.
Whittield, Agnes, 96 ; Anne, 96 ; George,
192; Georgina Frances, 192; Georgina
Paul, 192; James, 277; Mary, ex; Wil-
liam, 96.
Whithurst. — , 43.
Whitlock, Jane Delap, 197 ; John, 75, 197;
Margaret, 196, 197 ; Stephen, 196 ; — ,
Ixxvii.
Whittaker, Elizabeth, 275 ; John, 46 ; Wil-
liam, 275.
Whitter, Mary, 262 ; Mary Anne, 54 ; Wil-
liam, 54, oi) : — , 56.
Whyham, W. H., clix.
Wickham, Ann, 261 ; Benjamin. Ixx, Ixxix,
lxxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii, Ixxxix, xciii, ci,
cxiv, 195, 220, 266 ; John, Ixxvii, Ixxix,
Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, xci, xciii, ci, cii, cxiii, 185 ;
Capt. John, lxxx, Ixxxii ; Col. John. 261,
264 ; Jos., ci ; Josh., cxiv ; Nath., Ixxxvi,
Ixxxvii, xci ; Patience, 184, 185, 186 ;
Capt. Sam,, Ixxviii ; Samuel, Ixxvii, ci,
59, 264 ; Samuell, Ixxxiv ; Capt, Samuell,
lxxx ; Sarah, 59, 63, 64 ; William, xcvii.
Wightman, W.. 43.
Wignole, Charles, cxii.
Wilberforce, — , cxii, cii.
Wilcock, William, xxiv.
Willcocks, .John, 57 ; Penelope, Richardson,
78 ; Rachel, 78 ; Thomas, cxv ; William,
xxiv.
Wilcox, Giles, cxiii ; Mary, 83 ; Penelope,
64, 65 ; Peter, xciii, cxiii, S3 ; — , 64.
Wilde, Edward Archer, 273 ; Marianne, 273 ;
Thomas, 273 ; — , Lord Truro, 273.
Wilder, Augusta, 139 ; Augusta Louisa,
243 ; George, 139 ; George Ludowick, 139 ;
Rev. William Samuel Barr, 243.
Wildgoose, Thomas, lix.
Wildman, Susannah, 120 ; Thomas, 89 ;
Watkins, 120.
Wilford. — , 171.
Wilkes, — , 6.
Wilkins, Chrisostom, 151 ; Richard, 106 ;
Sarah, 254 ; — , Ixiv.
Wilkinson, Ann, 136 ; Arth,, cxii ; Jane,
70; John, xvii, xxxi, Ixxxii, 124; Nich-
olas, 136 ; William, cxxvii, cxxxiv.
Willard, Catherine. 245 ; Thomas, 245.
Willoock, or Willcox, Capt. James, xcvii ;
Peter, Ixxxvii ; Ensign Pet., xlv ; Lieut.
Peter, Ix, Ixi ; — , lxxx.
Willes, John, 23, 143 ; Iticharde, xviii.
Willet, Hen., xc ; John, Ixxxii, xc, 52 ;
Ralph, Ixiv, xc, 114 ; Capt. Ralph, Ixxxii ;
Capt. William, Ixiv.
Willett, Elizabeth St. Leger, 213, 215 ; John,
.52, 79, 80, 213, 215 ; Judith Butler, 223 ;
Ralph, Ixix, .32, 33, 119, 193, 209, 215, 223 ;
William. Ixix.
William Henry, Prince, cxxxviii.
Willitims, 284.
Williams, Ann, 92 ; Arthur, Ixi, cxiii, 60,
116; Chiirles, cxv, 24 2; Dorothy, 243,
244 ; Edward, Iviii, ci, cii, ciii, cxiii, 131,
184, 206, 263 ; Elizabeth, Ixv ; Elizabeth
Papps, 243 ; Ester, 64, 65 ; Frances, 48,
280, 284 ; Herbert, 258 ; James. Ix, 39,
244 ; Capt. James, 243 ; John, xciii, xcvi,
ex, cxi. 24, 79. 8(1. 2(15 ; Judith, cxi ;
Martha, 258 ; Mary, 18, 45, 97, 103 ;
Mathew, Iviii, cxiii, 181 ; Patience, 181 ;
Paul, Ixxxix ; Roger, Ixxvii ; .Maj. Row.,
xlvi ; Rowland, 1. liii, Ixii, }xji\. Ixxii, Ixxiii,
Ixxiv, Ixxviii, lxxx, Ixxxii, xci-x, ci, cxxiv,
16, 37, 137, 138, 150; Col. Rowland, Ixi,
Ixv, Ixvi, Ixix, Ixx, 17, 71, 73, 141, 230,
283 ; Lieut.-Col. Rowland, liii, Ix ; Sergt.-
Maj. Rowland, xlviii, I ; Rowhind Edward,
cli ; Capt. Rowld., xlv, xlvi ; Samuel, 47 ;
Samuel Mathew, 237 ; Sarah, 92 ; Tho.,
Ixxviii, lxxx, Ixxxvi, xc, xci, cxi, ](I2;
Thomas, lii, Ixxiii, lxxx, 48, 94, 1)7, 283,
284 ; Capt. Thomas, Ixxiv ; Col, Thomas,
Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxxi, Ixxxiii, Ixxxiv ; (Jol.
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THE HISTORY OP ANTIGUA.
Hon. Thomas, Ixxviii ; Lieut.-Col. Thomas,
Ixxv, Ixxvi ; W. B., civ ; Walter, Ix ;
William, lix. ciii, cliii, civ ; Rev. William,
235 ; — , cviii, IS, 3.5, 11(1 ; Capt.. — , Lxv ;
Col. — , Ixxvii ; Dr. — , xoviii.
Williamson, Abraham, 53 ; Ann, cxiii ;
Dorothy, 184 ; John, cxiv, 152 ; Josh.,
cxiii ; William, cxiii, clii, 152.
Willis, 268, 269.
Willis. Benedict, 193, 261, 263, 264,265,268 ;
Benedict Freeman, 261, 268, 269 ; Joseph,
263 ; Joseph Webb, 261, 262, 264, 265, 268,
269; Mary, 261, 262, 263. 264, 265, 268 ;
Kalph, 17 ; Sarah, 262 ; Tho., 153 ; William,
cliii.
Willock, Alexander, cxii, cxx. cxxi, cxxiv,
cxxvii, cxxviii, cxxxix, cliii, 26, 106, 134,
135, 241, 246; Anne Byam Wyke, 7;
Rebecca, 134 ; William, 7.
Willougrhby, Francis, Lord, xx, xxii, xxix,
XXX, xxxvii, xxxix, xl, xlix, li, Ixvii, 71 ;
Henry, xxxii. xli, xlii, 181 ; Col. Henry,
xxxix ; Lieut.-Gen. Henry, xxxi, xxxiv,
XXXV, xxxvi, xliii, xlvii ; James, xlii ;
John, Lord, 86 ; W., xliii ; William, Lord,
X, xxxvii, xxxix, xl, xli, xlii, xlvii, li, Hi,
144, 169 ; — , xxxviii ; — , Lord, xxi, xxx,
xxxi, xxxii, xxxviii, xli, xliii, xliv, xlvi,
xlvii, xlviii, xlix. Hi, Ixxii, Ixxviii, Ixxxvii,
97, 272.
Wills, Sir Charles, 121 ; Edward, clii ; John,
lix, Ixxx, cix ; Philip, cliii ; Samuel H.,
cliii.
Willshire, Edw., Ix.
Willson, Edw., cxiv ; Mary, cxiv ; Will',
XXV.
Willymott, James, 128.
Wilmot, Hen., 32 ; Henry, cxvii, 105, 154,
155, 280, 283 ; — , 242.
Wilson, Ann, cxiii, 63 ; George, clii ; Grace,
204, 258 ; John, clii, 170 ; Pat., ci, cii ;
Richard, clii, 80 ; Robert, 63 ; Sarah, ox,
cxi ; Th., 46 ; Thomas, 204, 258 ; Will',
xxiii ; — , cvi, cvii, cviii, 124.
Wilts, John, Ixxxvii.
Wimberly, Dr. — , 128.
Winchester, James, cxiii.
Winchurst, Tho., 117.
Windall, Sam,, xli.
Windebank, — , xviii.
Winder, John. 265.
Winford, Sir Tho. Cooks, 117 ; — , 270, 272.
Winuard, Alexander, 242 ; Anne, 242.
Winslow, Edmund, xxii.
Winstanley. John, ex.
Winstone. Charles, cxxiv, cxxvii, cxxxix,
cxiii ; Hon. Charles, cxxxviii.
Winter, Edward. 130 ; Jane, xxi ; John,
xxiv; Mary, 126, 133; Sarah, 21 ; Tho.,
cxv, cxl.
Winthrop, Abigail, ex, 37 ; Adam, Ixv ;
Catherine, 261 ; Hen., Ixvi ; Henrietta,
112 ; Henry, Ixxvii, 112, 141 ; Capt. Jo.,
Ixi ; John, xxx, xxxvi, xxxvii, 209 ; Capt.
John, Iviii : Capt. Joseph. Ixi, 261 ;
Rebecca, 96 ; Samuel, xxx, xxxiii, xxxv,
xxxvii, xxxviii, Ixv, Ixvi, Ixvii, Ixviii, cxiv,
96, 97, 1U7, 277, 283 ; Capt. Samuel, xxxvi,
xxxvii, xlii, xlv, xlvi, 1, Ixi, 102, 169 ; Col.
Samuel, li ; Hon. Capt. Samuel, xlv ;
Sarah, 97 ; — , xxiv, xxxvii, Ixxx, cxiii.
6, 3.5, 116, 138, 229, 238, 266; Lieut. — ,
lix ; Col. — , xxxvi, xlv.
Wipton, Josiah, cxiv ; Richard Nanton, cxiv.
Wise, Dorothy, 114 ; John, ciii ; Tho,,
Ixxxvii ; Thomas, Ixxvii ; Thomas Turner,
cxl, 86, 105, 114, 194 ; — , cxxxvi.
Witham, Edward, 128.
Witherby, Thomas, 209, 210.
Witheridg, Alexander, Ix ; Edw., xxi.
Withers, Maj. J.acob, xxiv.
Witt, John, Ixxxix. See also D'Witt and
De Witt.
Witts, John, Ixxvii, Ixxix, Ixxx, Ixxxvi,
xciii.
Wolfe, Brig, — , 286 ; Gen. — , 287,
Wollaston, Charlton, 100, 101, 107, 108 ; Dr.
Charlton, 105, 107 ; Charlton Byam, 100,
108 ; Elizabeth, 105 ; Phillis, 100, 101,
105, 107, 108 ; Phillis Byam, 100, 107 ; — ,
109.
Wolseley, Cecilia Lewis Pauline, 189 : Char-
lotte Elizabeth, 188, 189 ; Eliza Earle, 188.
189 ; Frances Anne, 189 ; Henry, 188 ;
Louisa ToUemache, 188 : Sir William, 188 ;
William Bertie. 188, 189 ; — , 188.
Wolsely, Charlotte Elizabeth, 189 ; Eliza
Earle, 189; W. B., 189; William Bertie,
189.
Wolterton, — , Earl of, 255.
Wood, Cecilia, 110 ; Cecill, 102 ; Henry, 102 ;
Laurence, 102; Maria, 100; Mary, 102;
Nathaniel S.. cliii ; Samuell, 232 ; Sarah,
34, 36 ; William, xcvii, civ ; — , cviii, 34,
128, 169.
Woodall, Mary, ex.
Woodbury, J., Ixxxvi.
Woodcock, Edward, 46 ; Elbrough, 46.
Wooddin, Rev. John, 119.
Woodhouse, John, 255 ; — , cviii.
Woodley, John, cxiv, cxlvii ; William, cxx,
cxxxix, cxiii, cxiv. cxlvii, cl, 79, SO, 191,
225 ; — , cxxi. cxl, 188.
Woodrid>re, Robert, 128.
Woodroofe, — , 255.
Woodson. William. 258.
Woodstock, The, Ixxxvi : William, 69,
Woodward, Anthony, 159 ; Johan, 156 ;
William, 156, 157 ; — , cvi.
Woojran. Mary, Ix.
Woolaham, Teige, lix.
Wooland, — , cviii.
.Worlock. Betsey. 21 ; Henrietta. 21 ; Simeon,
ex, cxvii.
Worsley, Charles, 225 ; Henry, 45.
Worth, Mary, 102.
Wortham, Joseph, 128.
Worthington. Rich., Ixxxv ; Lieut. — , Ixxxi,
Ixxxii, 132.
Wotton, William, 62.
Wragg. George, 43.
Wrayford, William, Ixv, Ixix.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 272.
Wright, Elizabeth, Ixxx ; Hannah, 11 ;
James, 182 ; Jane, 125 ; John, Ixxvii, Ixxix,
Ixxx, Ixxxvi, Ixxxix ; Joseph, 17 ; Judith,
133 ; Laurence, Ixix : Mary. 134 ; Richard,
cxxxix, 124 : Tho., xxiii ; — , Ixxxi, Ixxxii,
11, 69, 125; Admiral — , Ixix; Capt. — ,
Ixix.
Wrightson, Albinia, 260 ; Georgiana. 260 ;
Richard, 260, 261 ; William Battle, 260.
Wriglesworth, Jos., 113.
Wrigley. Ben.. 52.
Wyke, Alicia. 98, 109 ; Ann, 99, 104, 109 ;
Anthony, cxlix, 59, 98. 99, 104, 106. 109.
178, 180 ; Hon. Anthony, 109 ; E. W., 232 ;
Edward, 286 ; Edward Byam, cxiii, oxliv,
cxlvii, cxlviii ; Elizabeth Langford, 180 ;
Elizabeth Mary, 179 ; Elizabeth Mary
Langford, 59, 178, 180; George, Ixxxii;
Capt, George, Ixxxiii ; Margaret, 256, 257 ;
Mich., cliii; Octavia, 138; Sarah, 286;
William Irish, clii : — , 179, 188, 256.
Wylde, J. F., clix.
Wyndham, Frances, 143, 149, 174 ; The,
143, 149 ; Thomas, 174.
Wyne, William, 20, 40.
Wynter, .John. Iviii.
Wyott. Fra., 143 ; Hen,, 143,
Wyroli, Joan, 148 ; Joanna, 174 ; — , 148.
Wythe, Philippa, 45.
Yarbrand, — . 128.
Yarburgh, Anne, 42 ; James, 42.
Yate, Annaljella Christiana, 207 ; Caroline
Elizabeth, 207, 208 ; Rev. Henry Gorges
Dobyns. 207, 208 ; Robert Gorges Dobyns,
207 ; Rev, Dr. — , 208.
Yates, Elizabeth, cxii ; John, 33, 34,
Yeaman. John. 135.
Yeamans. Elizabeth. 8, 150, 240, 242, 262 ;
Elizabeth Rachel Ann, 8, 285, 286 ; Frances,
176 ; Henrietta, 9, 150 ; John. Ixv, Ixvi,
Ixvii, Ixviii, Ixix, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiii,
Ixxiv, Ixxv. Ixxix. Ixxxv, Ixxxvii,
Ixxxviii, xcii. xcvi, xcix, ci. civ, cix, ex,
cxiv, cxx, 5, 9. 17, 35, 45, 47, 74, 96, 102,
114, 116, 123, 134, 150,151,203,215,262,
264 ; Capt. John, Ixvi ; Hon. John, Ixxiv,
Ixxv, Ixxxi, 237 ; Lieut. John, Ixx ; Lieut.
Jon., Ixx ; Mary, 96 ; Shute Shrimpton,
cvii, cxiii, 210 ; William, lxxi.x, Ixxx,
Ixxxvi. Ixxxix, xcvi. xcviii, ciii, civ, 8, 22,
35, 114, 240, 241 ; — , Ixv, Ixxiii, Ixxvii,
Ixxix, 41, 285.
Yewings, Agnes, 95 ; Anne, 95 ; Henry,
95.
Yexly, John, Iviii.
Yille, Robert, cxv.
York, Ambrose. Ix, Ixxvii, Ixxx, Ixxxvi, ox,
7, 229 ; Capt, Ambrose, Ixxvi, Ixxviii ;
Eliza, 230 ; Perrie, xcii ; Thomas, Iviii ;
— , Duke of, XX, xlvii.
Young, Andrew, Iviii ; Antho.. cxii ; Edward,
171 ; Elizabeth, ex: H., Ixix; Jane, 58,
60 ; John. 58, 60 ; Joshua. 140 ; Margaret,
14; Robert, 14; Dr. Sam., ex; Tho.,
Ixxix. Ixxx, 45 ; William, cxiii, cxvi, cxix,
cxx, cxxi, 71, 210, 217, 248 ; Dr. William,
c, 229 ; Hon. William, cxix ; Sir William,
cxxiii, cxl, cxii, 58, 135 ; — , Ixxxii, cviii,
14 ; Dr, — , xcviii, 128, 171 ; Vice- Admiral
— , cxxiii.
Yuille, Robert, 104, 244.
Zeagers, Absolom, 205.
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