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JAMAICA ALMANAC 1779

JAMAICA LISTS

Governor, and Commander in Chief,

His Excellency Major General John Dalling

Deputy Secretary, John Clement, Esquire

Domestic Chaplain, the Rev. Thomas Warren

THE HONOURABLE THE COUNCIL

President, the Hon. Thomas Iredell, Esq.

Hon. Francis Cooke

Hon. Rose Hering May

Hon. William Patrick Browne

Hon. John Palmer

Hon. William Barnett

Hon. Samuel Alpress

Hon. Richard Welch

Hon. Thomas Hersey Barrett

Hon. Thomas Wallen

Hon. James Wildman

Hon. Nathaniel Beckford

Officers

Chaplain, the Rev. David Fullerton, M. A.

Clerk, Richard Lewing, Esq.

Usher of the Black Rod, and Messenger, William Mitchell, Esq.

Public Messenger, John Clement, Esq.

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THE HONOURABLE THE ASSEMBLY

Speaker, the Hon. Samuel Williams Haughton, Esq.

Kingston

Thomas French, Esq.

Simon Taylor Esq.

Paul Phipps Esq.

Port Royal

Digby Denniss

James Crean

Matthew Wallen, Esquires

St. David

Augustin Gwyn

Robert Richards, Esquires

St. Andrew

Daniel Moore

Edward East, Esquires

St. Catherine

James Lewis

James Trower

Benjamin Lyon, Esquires

St. Dorothy

William Jackson

John Grant, Esquires

St. John

Thomas Brooks

Joseph Woodhouse, Esquires

St. Thomas in the Vale

Malcolm Laing

S. R. Redwood, Esquires

Clarendon

Thomas Fearon

Wheeler Fearon, Esquires

Hanover

S. W. Haughton

John Campbell of Salt Spring, Esquires

Vere

William Pusey

Archibald Sympson, Esquires

St. Elizabeth

Lewis B. Martin

William Harvie, Esquires

Westmoreland

John Cope

George C. Ricketts, Esquires

St. James

Walter Murray

Robert Jackson, Esquires

Trelawny

William James Hall

James Irving, Esquires

St. Ann

J. R. Whitehorne

Alex. Fullerton, Esquires

St. Thomas in the East

William Harris

Richard Cargill, Esquires

Portland

Philip Philip Livingston

Henry Browne, Esquires

St. George

John Mead

William Elphinston, Esquires

St. Mary

Thomas Murphy

Francis Dennis, Esquires

Officers

Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Warren, A.B.

Clerk, Samuel Howell, Esq.

Messenger, William Alexander Esq.

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CHANCELLOR, ETC.

His Excellency John Dalling, Esq.

Masters in Ordinary

Daniel Brodbelt

Samuel Howell

John Woolfrys

John Michael Dwyer

Edward Bowes

George Murray

Richard Batty

Thomas Barker

John Hardwar

Edward Marriott

Algernon Warren

James Nesbett

John Pritchard

William Kynnier

George French, Esquires

Masters Extraordinary

St. Thomas in the Vale

Anthony Yeates, Esq.

St. Elizabeth

John Watson

William Rowe

John Anderson

Robert Brown, senior

Alexander Walker, Esquires

St. Thomas in the East

Joseph Orr, Esq.

Hanover

James Lewis

Thomas James

James Millar, Esquires

St. Mary

George _eaton, [Seaton?] Esq.

St. James

Charles Bernard, senior

William Plummer

James Stothert

Daniel Bernard, Esquires

Trelawny

Colin Campbell, Esq.

Westmoreland

John Somerville

William Antrobus, Esquires

St. Ann

William Edwards, Esq.

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Register and Clerk of the Patents, Peter Ramsay, Esq.

Sergeant at Arms, and Mace-bearer, William Mitchell, Esq.

Days for Motions in Chancery

The Thursday preceding every Grand Court

Days for Hearings

The Tuesday preceding every Surry Assize

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JUDGES OF THE GRAND COURT

Chief Justice, the Hon. Richard Welch, Esq.

Assistant Judges

Thomas French

James Trower

Lewis Burwell Martin

Walter Murray

John Grant

William Jackson

John Cope

James Lewis

William Elphinston

Joseph Woodhouse

Augustin Gwyn

Charles Hall, Esquires

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Attorney General

Hon. Thomas Harrison, Esq.

Solicitor for the Crown, Matthew Byndloss, Esq.

Clerk of the Crown, William Singer, Esq.

Clerk of the Court, Lewis Knight, Esq.

Commissioners for taking Affidavits out of Grand Court

Edward Bowes and Algernon Warren, Esquires

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Provost-Marshal

William Mitchell, Esq.

His Deputies:

Kingston and Port Royal: Mr. John Sleater

Spanish Town precinct: Mr. William Smith

St. Andrew, St. David and St. Thomas in the East, Portland and St. George: Mr. William Adams

Clarendon and Vere: Mr. Thomas Grant

St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland and Hanover: Mr. David Finlayson

St. James and Trelawny: Mr. Edmund Kelly

St. Ann and St. Mary: Mr. Henry McCooke


MAGISTRATES FOR SURRY

KINGSTON

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. Thomas French, Esq.

Philip Prioleau

Bryan Edwards

Paul Phipps

James Nasmyth

Robert Brereton

Lewis Cuthbert

Philip Philip Livingston

Thomas Hibbert

Thomas Davidson

Nicholas Ridley

George Scott

William Elphinston

Thomas Gray, Esquires

are Assistant Judges of Common Pleas

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Moses Benson

Lowbridge Bright

Alexander Allardyce

Edward Bowes

James Robertson

Hercules ____ [torn]

David Morton

Robert Hibbert

Robert Holden

David Duncomb

John Jaques

John Hardwar, Esquires

Justices of the Quorum.

SURRY ASSIZES

All the Judges of the Grand Court, with

Edward East

Lewis Cuthbert

Nathaniel Phillips

David Grant, Esquires

Coroner, James Dun, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace, George Sieben, Esq.

His Deputy, John Sh. Somerset, Esq

Clerk of the Inferior Court, William Smith, Esq.

His Deputy, Mr. James Burnside

Clerk of the Vestry, Mr. Thomas Coleman Johnson

Assay-master, Mr. John Sanderson

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PORT ROYAL

Custos and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Please, the Hon. Digby Denniss, Esquire

William Jackson

George Aikenhead

Nicholas Ridley

Richard Thomas

Richard James

Robert Wood

Rev. John Scott

John Henderson, Esquires

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

Nicholas Reynolds

Ham. Lythgow, Esquires

__________

Coroner, Richard James, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace, and of the Court, Thomas Denniss, Esq.

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ST. ANDREW

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Hon. Charles Hall, Esq.

Paul Phipps

Daniel Moore

James Crean

George Hobart

James Cockburne

John Player

Algernoon Warren

William Jackson, Esquires

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

James Dickson

George Pinnock

___ __leborne

____ Thomas

Hinton East

David Grant

Benjamin Moseley, Esquires

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Coroner, Thomas Barton, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace and Court, Samuel P[?]oylter, Esq.

Clerk of the Vestry, Mr. Wickes Skurray

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PORTLAND

Custos and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. William Wright, Esq.

John Harris

William Downer

Hugh Forsyth[?]

Philip Philip Livingston

Henry Browne

James Williams

Rev. William Williams

Charles Hall

James Fraser

James Borton, Esquires

are of the Quorum

Rev. J. Usher Tyrrell

John King

Thomas Prince

T. Trump Tyrrell

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Clerk of the Peace and Court, Mr. William Wansbrough

Coroner and Clerk of the Vestry, John Hassell, junior.

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ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST AND ST. DAVID

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Please, the Hon. Simon Taylor, Esq.

Samuel Alpress

Charles Irvine

Richard Cargill

Benjamin Allen

Robert Richards

Augustin Gwyn

Nathaniel Phillips

James Pinnock

Walrond ___ron

Henry Brown

Lewis Cuthbert

John Bryan Brown

John Robertson

William Harward

Joseph Orr

John Paterson

George Hayle

Thomas Cussans

Edward Marriott

Nathaniel Beckford

Thomas Stoakes Harris, Esquires

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

Philip Philip Livingston

John Grant

George Troup

James Blaw

Daniel Crokatt

William O'Brien

John Hanson

John King

John Codrington, Esquires

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Coroner, Clerk of the Peace, Court and Vestry, Thomas Harris, Esq.


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