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1824 JAMAICA ALMANAC

CIVIL LISTS

MI D D L E S E X

The Members of the Council, Speaker of the Assembly, Judges of the Grand Court, and the Attorney-General, are Justices in every Parish. Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in the Island take Probates of Deeds.

ST. CATHERINES PRECINCT

Containing the Parishes of St. Catherine, St. John, St. Dorothy, St. Thomas in the Vale.

Custos Rotulorum, Hon. Francis Smith

Magistrates: William Ramsay

John Sibbit

William Bullock, Esqrs.

Hon. David Finlayson

*Edward Bullock, Esq.

+Hon. George Cuthbert

William Jackson

John Lunan

John March

+Robert William Harris

George Marshall

Malcolm McLeod

James Bicknell

Thomas Rossiter

*James Lumsden

Hugh Edwards

*James Lewis

John Hanson

James S. Lane

*Alexander Bayley

*Charles Oswin

*Hugh Maclean

William Smith

William Hewitt

Thomas Smith

+George Harrison Townshend

Alexander Lumsden

Alexander McInnes

George William Hamilton

William Shand, Esqrs

Hon. William Rodon Rennalls

John Gale Vidal

Herbert Jarrett James

Marcus Walpole Loane

John Campbell

*Thomas James Hall

Hugo James

*John Meek

William Myers, Esqrs

Rev. Thomas Alves

Alexander Deans

William Moore

William Collman, Esqrs

Clerk of the Peace for the Precinct, John Skelton, Esq.

Inspector and Collector of Rum Duties, John L. Edwardes, Esq.

ST. CATHERINE

Rector, Rev. Lewis Bowerbank

Curate, *

Churchwardens, John Lunan

John Gale Vidal, Esqrs

Vestrymen, Hon. David Finlayson

Sir Michael B. Clare

Knt. John March

James Tullock

William Myers

Foster March

Thomas Burrell Smith

Donald Fraser

John Gordon Jackson

Alexander McDowall, Esqrs.

Clerk of Vestry, James Taws, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk and Coroner, John Skelton

Commissioners of the Supreme Court, William Hewitt,

William Hill

Thomas B. Smith, Esqrs.

Physician to the Gaol, Sir Michael Benignus Clare, Knt. M.D.

Collecting Constable, John Lorenzo Edwardes, Esq.

Clerk of the Market, Mr. John B. Burrowes

Firewardens, John March

Alexander Deans, Esqrs, Magistrates;

Messrs. John Mitchell,

D. Cooper

Robert Nicol, Inhabitants.

Parish Clerk and Sexton, Mr. George Marcus

Organist, Mr._____Northcote

Clock Keeper, Mr. A. Congreve

Beadle, Mr. John McCarthy

Poundkeeper, Mr. Thomas Fraser

Police Constable and Town Surveyor, Mr. John B. Burrowes

Constables, Messrs. John B. Burrowes (Chief)

William Fane Lister

William Lee

William Parish

James Birkes

Evan McPherson

John Stewart

Constable at Passage Fort, Mr. _____Fraser

Constable at Port Henderson and the Ferry, Mr. Lewis Harty

WORKHOUSE

President, Hon. F. Smith

Treasurer, John Lunan, Esq.

Surgeons, Sir Michael Benignus Clare, Knight, M.D.

and William D. Turner, M.D.

Supervisor, Mr. Thomas Rennalls

Clerk, James Taws, Esq.

POOR HOUSE

Treasurer, The Acting Churchwarden

Surgeons, Sir M. B. Clare, Knight, M.D.

and William D. Turner, M.D.

Proveditor, James Taws, Esq.

Matron, Miss Sarah Lynn

FREE SCHOOL

Governors, The Governor or Lt. Governor, Council, Assembly, Chief Justice, Assistant Judges of the Supreme Court, Rector of the Parish, for the time being.

Master, Mr. George Marcus

Treasurer, John Lunan, Esq.

FLETCHER'S CHARITY

For the support of Poor Widows

Trustees, The Churchwardens for the time being. There are three at present on the Establishment, at 50 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence each.

DOCTOR GREGORY'S CHARITY

For Portioning poor Maidens and Relieving distressed Strangers.

Trustees, The Chief Justice, and the Custos and Rector of the Parish, for the time being.

ROAD BETWEEN SPANISH TOWN AND KINGSTON

Treasurer, John Lunan, Esq.

Clerk, William F. Clement, Esq.

Toll Keeper, Mr. Lewis Harty.

ROAD BETWEEN SPANISH TOWN AND OLD HARBOUR

Treasurer, Hon. Francis Smith

Clerk, William F. Clement, Esq.

Toll Keeper, Gilbert Fairfax Wallis, Esq.

ST. JOHN

Rector, Rev. William Thomas Leacock

Churchwardens, Thomas Smith

Marcus W. Loane, Esq.

Vestrymen, William Moore

William Collman

Turner Haslam

Thomas Oliver

Kenneth McDonald

John Stiff

John Rannie

Henry Mignot

Augustus F. Robinson

John March, Esqrs.

Clerk of the Vestry and Solicitor, John Skelton, Esq.

Collecting Constable, George Groves, Esq.

Coroner, Turner Haslam, Esq.

Parochial Schoolmaster, *

Tythingman and Constable, Mr. Stephen Crosbie

Parish Clerk, Mr. Thomas Scott

ST. DOROTHY

Rector, Rev. Thomas Alves

Churchwardens, William Jackson

Alexander Lumsden, Esqrs.

Vestrymen, William Irvine

John Townshend

Donald Fraser

William Smith

William S. Green

Thomas Ellison

James McIntosh

William King

Timothy Flannigan

John F. Gillkin, Esqrs.

Clerk of the Vestry And Commissioner of Supreme Court, Basil Pourie, Esq.

Solicitor, John Skelton, Esq.

Health Officer at Old Harbour, Dr. William Smith

Harbour Marter at Old Harbour, Mr. Philip Summers

Pilot for Old Harbour, Mr. David Gibbs

Collecting Constable, Coroner and Poundkeeper, Gilbert Fairfax Wallis, Esq.

Tythingman and Constable, Mr. Andrew Handyside

Care of the Church, Mr. William F. Wallis

ST. THOMAS IN THE VALE

Rector, Rev. William G. Burton

Churchwardens, Thomas Rossiter,

Alexander McInnes, Esqrs.

Vestrymen, Samuel Hyde,

Peter Burnett

George Bariffe

John Campbell

Alexander Gilzean

John McPherson

Peter F. Garrigues

Henry P. Bicknell

Adam Steel

Richard Hunt Sharpe, Esqrs.

Clerk of the Vestry, William Lord, Esq.

Commissioners of Supreme Court, James Seton Lane, +Robert William Harris, Esqrs.

Solicitor, John Skelton

Collecting Constable, Robert Page, Esq.

Coroner, James Grant, Esq.

Parish Clerk, Beadle, Sexton, Tythingman, and Constable, Mr. Jeremiah Hewer.


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