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JAMAICA ALMANAC 1779

ALMANAC AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1779

MAGISTRATES FOR MIDDLESEX

ST. CATHERINE'S PRECINCT

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Honourable William Patrick Browne, Esq.

Daniel Brodbelt

Stephen Richard Redwood

Richard Lewing

Edward Hampson Wynter

Rose Hering May

Richard Welch

Hon. Thomas Tredell

William Harvie

Samuel Alp_ess

Thomas Brooks

Martin Armstrong

Charles Boswell

Charles Palmer

James Trower

Samuel Howell

James Lewis

Henry Browne

George Ashley Reid

John Brownrigg

John Grant

John Verdon, Esquires

The above are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

George Aikenhead

William Pusey

Joseph Woodhouse

William Jackson

Thomas Bourke

Henry Rennalls

John Henderson

Benjamin Lyon

James Ridge

Edmund Fearon Bourke

John Mead

Thomas Craskell

John Brodbelt

William Mitchell

David Campbell

Samuel Horlock

John W. Bonynge, Esquires

Are of the Quorum

William Thompson

Richard Batty

Thomas Mure

James Jones

Robert Brereton

Bennett Smith

John Henekeld

Robert James

William Hepburn

George Clarke

W. Alexander

Henry Davies, Esquires

_____________

Clerk of the Peace and Coroner, Robert Cl___ Eso_, Esq.

Clerk of the Vestry, Thomas Cullum, Esq.

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CLARENDON AND VERE

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Common Pleas, The Honourable Thomas Fearon, Esq.

John Shickle

John Rodon

Rowland Smith

Wheeler Fearon

Edward Long

Daniel McGilchrist

John King, Esquires

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum.

William Smith

William Hewett

William Pusey

Robert Richard Huggins

John Macdonald

George McKenzie

Henry Parker

Larchin Gordon

Richard Gordon

Abraham Dunckley

Edmund Fearon Bourke

Archibald Sympson, Esquires

_____________

Coroner, Thomas Howell, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace and Court, Mr. James Smith

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ST. ANN

Custos, the Honourable Alexander Fullerton, Esq

Chief Judge of the Common Pleas. The Hon. James Risby Whitehorne, Esquire

James Dyer

David Jones

William Edwards

John Hyat

Gilbert Senior, Esquires

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

John Tracy

Joseph Price

John Lawrence

Thomas Munbee

John Scrogie, Esquires

____________

Coroner, George Gallimore, Esq.

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ST. MARY AND ST. GEORGE

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

The Honourable Francis Dennis, Esquire

Bryan Edwards

Thomas Davidson

Peter Ingram

George Seaton

Thomas Murphy

Donald Campbell

Peter Davidson

John Elmslie

John Thomas

Robert Mason

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

Crombie Stevenson

Richard Martin

George Barrif

John Lowe

Edward Cairns

Fortunatus D'Warris

Alexander Bell

Pat. Campbell

John Mead

William Elphinston

W. Carmichael, Esquires

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Commissioner for taking Affidavits out of Grand Court, John Farrill, Esq.


MAGISTRATES FOR CORNWALL

WESTMORELAND

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. John Cope, Esquire

William Bossley

Jeremiah Meyler

S. Williams Haughton

John Myrie

Hugh White

George Murray, Esquires

Are of the Quorum

William Antrobus

Thomas King

John Merrick Williams

Benjamin Williams Blake

Ephraim Dunn

Gilbert Senior

William Lewis

James Williams

John Lewis

John Wedderburn

George Crawford Ricketts

John Brownrigg

William Beckford

Robert Dunston Woollery

George Scott

Thomas Thistlewood

Thomas Boyd, Esquires

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Coroner, Nicholas Allen Blake, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace and Court, Henry Wardlow, Esq.

Clerk of the Vestry, Thomas Barker, Esq.

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CORNWALL ASSIZES

All the Judges of the Grand Court, with

John Tharpe

John Harriott

John Campbell of Salt Spring

George Murray

Samuel Warren Foster

William Rowe

Hugh White

Thomas King

Ephraim Dunn

George Scott

Benjamin Williams Blake

R. Dunston Woollery, Esquires

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ST. ELIZABETH

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. Francis Cooke, Esq.

James Baillie

John Watson

John Delaroach [Delaroche]

Joseph James Swaby

Thomas Chambers

William Rowe

Thomas Stokes Salmon

John Harriott

L. B. Martin, Esquires

The above are Assistant Judges, and of the Quorum

Rev. Thomas Warren

Matthew Smith

John White

James Murray

William Dunlop

Humphry Colquhoun

John Anderson

William Harris

Hugh White

Simon Facey

George Scott

George Murray

Thomas Dunkley, Esquires

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Commissioners to take Affidavits out of Grand Court, Peter Sargeant and John Delaroach [Delaroche], Esquires

Coroner, Thomas Chambers, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace and Court, Edward Badnedge, Esq.

Clerk of the Vestry, Sampson Delaroach

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HANOVER

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. John Campbell of Salt Spring, Esq.

George Spence

John Grizzel

Thomas James, senior

John Campbell of Orange Bay

Peter Campbell

William Anglin

Dugald Malcolm

Colin Campbell

James Campbell

Neil Malcolm

George Brissett

Edward Chambers

George Scott

William Hall

William Dawes Quarrell

John Robert James, Esquires

The above are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

Dugald McLachlan

George Robertson

George Binham

James Richardson, Esquires

____________

Clerk of the Peace, Court & Vestry, Mr. John Wills

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ST. JAMES

Custos, and Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the Hon. John Palmer, Esq.

Samuel Mottershed

Thomas Sawyer

John Erskine

Charles Bernard, junior

L. Lawrence Lawrence

Charles Hamilton

Rev. James Grignion

are Judges of the Common Pleas

Robert Henry Downer

Robert Jackson

Zachary Allnutt

William Rhodes Bernard

John Mowat

John Robert James

John Anderson, Esquires

____________

Coroner, Mr. Nathaniel Forbes

Clerk of the Peace, James Palmer, Esq.

Clerk of the Court, Ralph Mountague, Esq.

Clerk of the Vestry, Mr. Francis Mairez

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TRELAWNY

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

William Steventon

Richard Brissett

Henry Cunniffe

John Tharpe

John Simpson

Thomas Reid, junior

Rev. Joseph Stoney

Philip O'Connor

George Williams

John Jarret

Alexander Campbell

James Irving

Henry Wisdom Gallimore

John Stogdon

James Campbell

James Dyer

Samuel Graves

James Stothert

Jarvis Gallimore

Benoni Smith

John Lindsay Watt

W. James Hall, Esquires

____________

are Assistant Judges and of the Quorum

Coroner, Henry Wisdom Gallimore, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace and Vestry, Mr. Richard Poole


SUPERINTENDENT GENERAL

of all the Maroon Negro Towns

John Fergusson, Esq.

Superintendents:

Trelawny Town, John James, Esq.

Charles Town, Peter Ingram, Esq.

Accompong Town, Alexander Forbes, Esq.

Moore Town, Charles Swigle, Esq.

Scott's Hall, Bernard Nalty, Esq.


COMMISSARY OF PRISONERS

James Smith, Esq.

Physician to the Bath, Dr. George Troup

Physician to Kingston goal [gaol], Lawrence Hunter

Physician to Spanish Town gaol, Edward Parnell


SECRETARY OF THE ISLAND

Richard Lewing, Esq.

Deputies

Kingston, Robert Evans, Esq.

Montego Bay, Ralph Mountague, Esq.

Savanna la Mar, Thomas Barker, Esq.

Port Antonio, Mr. Thomas Richards

Lucea, Mr. Nathaniel Gray


RECEIVER GENERAL

Hinton East, Esq.

Deputies

Spanish Town, John Edward Shackleford, Esq.

Port Antonio, Mr. John Harris

Savanna la Mar, George Murray, Esq.

Montego Bay, Mr. Thomas D. Bernard, Esq.

Lucea, William Kynnier, Esq.


NAVAL OFFICER

James Robertson, Esq.

Deputies

Lucea, Donald Malcolm, Esq.

Port Antonio, Mr. George Minot

Savanna la Mar, George Murray Esq.

 


ENGINEER OF THE ISLAND

Thomas Craskell, Esq.

Island Store-Keeper, John Edward Shackleford, Esq.

Clerk of the markets, Mr. Alexander Cumming


OFFICERS FOR THE NAVY

Store-Keeper, Samuel Hollman

Ordnance keeper, Robert Benton

Agent-Victualler, John Braine

Agent for the Hospital at Port Royal, ___ Grant

Surgeon of the Hospital, Robert Wood, Esquires

Assistant, Mr. John Robinson

Builder, Mr. James Neath [?]


INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CUSTOMS

John Knill, Esq.

Custom House, Kingston

Collector, Hon. Thomas Davidson, Esq.

Deputy Collector, James El_ord, Esq.

Comptroller, John Woolfrys, Esq.

Land and Tide Surveyor, William Fenton, Esq.

Land-Waiters and Searchers

Matthew Swiney

William Shaftoe

Robert S. Byrne

Robert Ravenhill

W. Williams

Harbour-Master, Capt. John Fowles

__________________

Custom House, Savanna la Mar

Collector, John Swinney, Esq.

Comptroller, Patrick McDowell, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, Matthew Wade

__________________

Custom House, Lucea

Collector, Robert Dallas, Esq.

Comptroller, W. Baker, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, Thomas Rider

__________________

Custom House, Port Antonio

Collector, J. M. Dwyer, Esq.

Comptroller, Samuel Cator

Waiter and Searcher, William Morgan

__________________

Custom House, Montego Bay

Collector, Charles Hamilton, Esq.

Comptroller, Zachary __llnutt, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, William Robinson, junior

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PUBLIC MESSENGER

John Clement, Esq.

AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE REVENUES

John Hardwar, Esq.


POST OFFICE

Postmaster-General, Edward Dismore, Esq.

His Deputies

Leeward

Spanish Town, Mr. Thomas Fell

Old Harbour, Mr. John Denny

Clarendon and Vere, [blank]

Lacovia, Mr. James McIntosh

Black River, Hum. Colquhoun, Esq.

Saltspring Barquadier, Mr. Francis __oine_vell

Savanna-la-Mar, Robert Baker, Esq.

Lucea, Mr. John Evans

North Side

Buff Bay, Mr. Samuel ___ckmaster

Port Maria, Mr. John Walner

Port Antonio, Mr. Thomas Walton

Saltgut, Mr. Andrew Shearer

St. Ann, Thomas Riley, Esq.

Duncan's Bay, Mr. John Huie

Martha Brae, Mr. John Houldsworth

Montego Bay, John Palmer, Esq.

Windward

St. David's, Mr. George Logan

Hall Head, Mr. James Clarke

Morant Bay, Mr. James Renny

Port Morant, Mr. James Fleming

Bath, Mrs. Rebecca Gordon

Amity Hall, Mr. George Grant

Manchioneal, Mr. Jacob Cor. Saldan


RECTORIES with the names of the present INCUMBENTS

Kingston, W. Morgan

St. Catherine, John Lindsay, D.D.

St. Andrew, John Poole

St. Thomas in the East, Richard Johnson

St. Dorothy, Middleton Howard

St. Thomas in the Vale, Inglis Turing

Vere, William Stanford

Clarendon, Thomas Poole

Port Royal, John Scott

St. John, William Teale

St. David, Francis Johnstone

St. George, Robert Ker[?]nie

St. Mary, William Williams

St. Ann, David Fullerton

St. James, James Grignion

Trelawny, Joseph Stoney, A.B.

Westmoreland, William Bartholomew

St. Elizabeth, Thomas Warren

Hanover, Alexander Robertson

Portland, John Usher Tyrrell


KINGSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESENT YEAR

Thomas Hibbert, Junior, Esq., President

Alexander Allardyce, Esq., Vice-President

Moses Benson, Esq., Treasurer

Richard Watt

Thomas Gray

Hercules Ross

Robert Hibbert

Thomas Bell

Robert Milligan

John Moore

John Westmorland

John Coppell

William Dillworth

George Woodhouse

Thomas Bond

George Cuthbert

W. Donaldson, Esquires

Secretary, John Hardwar, Esq.


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