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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

PARISH OF ST. JAMES.*

MONTEGO BAY CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD.

1.

(Ab.) MRS. ROSA PALMER OB. 1 MAY, 1790

Marble Mont. Sculpture in bas relieve, by Flaxman.

THE family of Palmer was one of the oldest in Jamaica, and intermarried with those of Modyford, Ellis, &c. Mrs. Palmer was three times married. She met her death by strangulation, at the hands of a negress, according to tradition, in an arbour, at her residence, Rose Hall.

2.

(Ab.) WILLIAM FOWLE, ESQ., OF WILTSHIRE ESTATE, DIED JULY 6th 1796.

He was a native of Charlton, co. Wilts. Monument erected by his nephew, W. Fowle, Esq., of Durrington, co. Wilts.

M. M. Arms, Gules, between 3 roses, a lion passant.

Westmacott, Junr., Sculpt.

3.

(Ab.) GEORGE MC FARQUHAR, ESQ., AFTER 22 YRS. RESIDENCE IN THE ISLAND, IN THE PRACTICE OF THE HEALING ART, DIED DEC. 25th y 1786, IN THE 45th YEAR OF HIS AGE.

G. M. Arms, Quarterly: 1. Arg. a lion rampant, gu. ; 2. Or, a raven close, ppr. ; 3. Or, a lymphad, ppr. 4. Gu., a fish naiant in fess, argt.

4.

(Ab.) ELIZABETH MINTO, DAUGHTER OF JACOB AND ISABELLA FLETCHER, OF LIVERPOOL, OB. 1783.

M. M.

5.

(Ab.) THOMAS REABURN, OB. 1844.

M. M.

6.

(Ab.) RACHAEL ANGLIN MORRIS, NAT. 1789, OB. 1814.

He was the daughter of Philip Anglin Morris, by his wife Amelia Barrett, daughter of William Waite, a supposed descendant of the Regicide, Thomas Wayte.

M. M.

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St. James' and St. George's parishes v, were, in 1711-12, exempt from taxation, "they having no towns, few inhabitants, and little commerce." Jour. House of Assembly. Roby, &c,.


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7.

(Ab.) THE HON. JOHN PERRY, ESQ., MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, AND FORMERLY OF BRISTOL OB. 1809, AET. 58. ALSO, ELIZABETH AND ANNE, HIS DAUGHTERS, AND ANNE, HIS WIFE.

M. M.

8.

(Ab.) BERNARD BIRCH, BORN AT LIVERPOOL, OB. 1782, AET. 22.

M. M.

9.

(Ab.) JOHN HUGHES, BARRISTER AT LAW, OB. 1802, AET. 27 ERECTED BY HIS FRIEND, JOHN CUNNINGHAM.

M. M.

10.

(Ab.) DUNCAN ANDERSON, BORN AT SHENTON, EAST LOTHIAN, N.B. 1757, OB. 1796

M. M.

11.

(Ab.) MRS. MARGARET BERNARD, OB. 1781.

M. M.

12.

(Ab.) DAVID BERNARD, OB. 1804 ERECTED BY HIS WIFE JUDITH.

M. M.

13.

(Ab.) JOHN, ELDEST SON OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, OB. 1804.

M. M.

14.

(Ab.) JOHN THARP, OF GREENPOND, OB. 1811, AET. 59.

M. M.

15.

(Ab.) JANE, WIFE OF EDWARD MONTAGUE, OB. 1819.

M. M.

16.

(Ab.) SARAH NEWTON KERR, DAUGHTER OF HERBERT NEWTON JARRETT, NAT. 1762, OB. 1814.

M. M.

17.

(Ab.) THE HON. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, ESQ., MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, BORN AT KIRKNEWTON, SCOTLAND IN 1738. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH, RELICT OF ROBERT WESTLAND, AND DIED IN 1812. ERECTED BY HIS SONS, JAMES, SAMUEL, AND GEORGE.

M. M.

He acquired Maxfield Estate, of which he had been the Attorney for the Hodges family.


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18.

(Ab.) MRS. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, OB. 1806.

M. M.

19.

(Ab.) ELIZABETH ROCHFORT, OB. 1783, AET. 58. ERECTED BY HER HUSBAND, ROBERT ROCHFORT, M.D.

20.

(Ab.) SAMUEL LABERT, ESQ., NAT. 1713 OB. 1786.

HE married Mary Poole, only daughter of Lemon Lawrence Lawrence, and Elizabeth Rachel, his wife, daughter of Jno. Lawrence of Ironshore.

1. Thomas Lawrence, of New England, ob. 1739. See General Notes. = Catherine Lewis, m. 10 May, 1687.

....2. Thomas, Mayor of Philadelphia. = Rachael Longfield.

......3. Thomas, s. p.

......3. Henry, s. p. m.

......3. John, s. p. m. inf.

.....3. John, educ. at Oxford. = Elizab. dau. of Tench Francis. (Ped. of Sir P. Francis.)

.......4. Elizabeth, sole heiress. = (1)Jas. Allen. See Penn Ped. = (2) John Lawrence, Judge of New York.

.........5. Represented by Professor. the Revd. Alexander McWhorter, Newhaven, U. S.

......3. Mary, mar. 1750. = Masters. See Penn Ped. by Mr. J. Colernan.

....2. Mary

....2. Rachael.

....2. Samuel, s. p.

....2. Cornelius, s. p.

....2. Lawrence, b. Oct. 1, 1700. Will p. 1753 (Capt.) = Susanna, dau. of John Lawrence and Susanna Petgrave. See Pedigree.

......3. Lemon Lawrence, m. 8 Oct., 1765. = Elizab. Rachael Lawrence, ob. 1796.

.........4. S. LABERT. m. 24 Oct., 1786, See Epitaph. = Mary Poole, b. 14 Oct., 1766. = T. E. Gabbadon.

......3. Catherine, (Mrs. Franklyn).

.....3. Rachael, (Mrs. Gordon) &c.

See General Notes. Also, Notes and Queries, 4th S., xii. 489511.

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21.

TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES O'CONNOR, ESQ, OF CHARLEMOUNT IN THIS ISLAND, WHO DIED AT MONTEGO BAY ON 4th MARCH, 1839, IN THE 68th YEAR. OF HIS AGE. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS IN TESTIMONY OF HIS MANY VIRTUES AND OF THEIR SENSE OF HIS SERVICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR ESTATES DURING A PERIOD OF UNPARALLELLED DIFFICULTY.

HE was the son of Philip O'Connor, Lieut. 89th Regt., by his wife, Susanna, daughter of James Lawrence, of Fairfield.

22.

(Ab.) CHARLES MORTON, OB. 1796.

23.

(Ab.) ROSA, WIFE OF THE HONBLE. JOHN PALMER, OB. 1 MAY, 1790, AET. 72.

See ante.

24.

(Ab.) SAMUEL BERNARD, OB. 1792.

25.

(Ab.) WILLIAM RENWICK, OB. 1795.

26.

(Ab.) WILLIAM THARP, OB. 1809, AET. 47.


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27.

(Ab.) VALENTINE WARD ...................

This is one of the most defaced tombstones in the Churchyard. Nothing of the inscription remains, but the name.*

28.

(Ab.) CAPTAIN HENRY BENNETT, OF THE SHIP "W....... LONG," OB. 1801.

FOR an account of this family, see ante.

29.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN CAMPBELL, ESQ., OF MONTEGO BAY, WHO DIED 21st DEC., 1834, AGED 46. THIS STONE IS PLACED OVER HIS MORTAL REMAINS, AS A TOKEN OF REGARD, BY HIS RESPECTED FRIEND, PATRICK NEILSON GLASGOW, 1835.

30.

(Ab.) JOHN HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, ESQ., LATE COLLECTOR OF THE CUSTOMS HERE ...... DIED 7th AUGUST, 1804, IN THE 28th YEAR OF HIS AGE.....HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED RELATIVES IN SCOTLAND ERECTED THIS MONUMENT OF THEIR GRIEF, 1806. MULTIS ILLE BONIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT.

Crest, On a wreath a rock. Motto, "Firm."

N.B. The short stay of the author in the northern parishes of Jamaica, precluded his copying their monumental inscriptions in extenso.

PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS.

RUNNING GUT ESTATE.

1.

IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN LAWRENCE,** SENR., WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, THE 2d DECR. 1776, AGED 72.

He was the second son of John and Susanna Lawrence, and was Member of Assembly for St. James, in 1735-6. The male line continues. A female line is represented by the Walcott and Vredenburg families.

2.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES LAWRENCE, WHO DIED, JULY 2d, 1798, AGED 47.

He was the younger son of Colonel James Lawrence, by Mary, his wife, daughter of George Brissett.

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*In the Methodist Chapel, Montego Bay, there is a marble tablet to "the Reverend Valentine Ward, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, who died March 26th, 1835." He was born 4th Jany., 1781.

**In the Will of another (?) Benjamin Lawrence, of Running Gut, (quoted by Roby, as of date 24th Jany., 1784) the testator desires " that my body be laid on the ground in my garden, and a pillar of stone be built thereon, and on no account my body to be interred in the earth."


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS 321

SPRING MOUNT ESTATE.

1.

IN MEMORY OF MRS. SARAH HEATH, BORN 15th NOVEMBER, 1731, OBT. 12th OCT., 1818, AGED 86 YEARS, 11 MONTHS.

2.

(Ab.) BENJAMIN HEATH, ESQ., OB. 10th MARCH, 1788, AET. 56. MULTIS ILLE, BONIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT.

3.

(Ab.) RICHARD HEATH, ESQ, DIED 12th JANUARY, 1823, AGED 62 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS .......................... HE WAS THE FOURTH SON OF BENJAMIN HEATH, ESQ. [AND SARAH, HIS WIFE] PROPRIETOR OF THIS ESTATE . ..............

CATHERINE HALL ESTATE.

1.

(Ab.) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JANE STONE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, OCT. 3rd, 1774, AGED 80A LADY OF SINCERE PIETY.

Eight eulogistic lines follow.

2.

NEAR THIS PLACE LYES INTERR'D THE BODY OF COLONEL JONATHAN BARNETT, AN HONEST, BRAVE, AND HUMANE MAN, ON WHOM REST THE MERCIES OF HIS CREATOR.HE DIED IN MARCH, 1744, AGED 67 YEARS.

In 1730 March 28 Colonel Jonathan Barnett, Richard Haughton, John Lawrence, Senr, and Hugh Kirkpatrick, Junr, were appointed Commissioners, for a party to be raised in Hanover, to reduce rebellious slaves.

3.

IN MEMORY OF MRS. ANN CURTIS, DAUGHTER OF COLONEL JONATHAN BARNETT, DEPARTED THIS LIFE, THE 11th DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1700, AGED 42 YEARS. A DUTIFUL CHILD, AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE, A TENDER MOTHER, & A SINCERE FRIEND.

ADELPHI ESTATE.

MARIA INNOCENT, LOVING, BELOVED, DYED A.D. 1798. HOW READ'ST THOU ?DYED ?

(Sixteen verses, the reputed composition of Peter Pindar, follow.)

Maria was the natural daughter of Isaac Lascelles Winn, of Marley Estate.

PARISH OF TRELAWNEY,

FORMERLY A PART OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES.)

FALMOUTH CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD.

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1.

(Ab.) CAPTAIN HERMAN B. MORRIS, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH AMERICA, OB. 1795.

Not improbably a member of the family of Morris, of Keldgate Gate, Yorkshire; the elder branches of which, on the breaking out of the second American war, lost their hereditary property in New England. The founder of this family in the New World, appears to have been Captain Lewis Morris, a servant of the Providence Island Company, in 1633.

In 1652, when Prince Rupert was threatening the British colonies, the Governor of Barbadoes recommends to the Council of State the appointment to the command of a squadron, to oppose him, " Colonel Lewis Morris, whose personal valour at Scilly was taken notice of."

2.

(Ab.) THOMAS REID, M-GENL. OF MILITIA, OB. 1793 [8?].

SEVERAL members of this family held a high position in Jamaica, during the eighteenth century. The name occurs frequently in the pedigrees of the principal families in the northern and western parishes of the island.

3.

(Ab.) JAMES, SON OF THOMAS LEAMEY, OB. 1785.

4.

(Ab.) THOMAS CHRISTIE, OB, 1798 SUSANNA CHRISTIE, OB. 1798.

5.

(Ab.) NEAR THIS PLACE, LIE INTERRED, THE REMAINS OF JOHN, THE BELOVED SON OF PRESTON AND REBECCA EDGAR, OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ENGLAND, WHO DIED, MAY 16th, 1805, AGED 22 ......

(Verses follow.)


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This family appears to have been of Scottish origin, probably from Peffermyln, near Edinburgh, of which Alexander Edgar was a subscriber to the Darien scheme. On the failure of the latter several of those emigrants settled in Jamaica. Amongst the refugees were Colonel Blair, Colonel Dowdell, who had served under William III., at the Boyne, and Colonels Guthrie and Campbell, &c.

See "An Account of the Sirname Edgar." Hotten, London, 1873.

6.

KOSIUSKO TERRELL, SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY TERRELL, OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ENGLAND, OB. 1821.

M.

Of the origin of this family in the West Indies, little is known. A Nicholas Terril occurs in the list of officers and soldiers engaged in the American Expedition of 1665-6.(Cal. S. P., Col. S.)

Usher Tyrrell, who had been expelled the Assembly, by Governor Beeston, was re--elected Member for St. James' Parish, in 1700.

7.

(Ab.) ALEXANDER MC CARTHY, ESQ, AN OFFICER IN THE .... REGIMENT, OB. 1820.

M.

8.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN HODGES, ESQ., WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, THE 27th OF FEB., 1787, AGED 53 YEARS.

The name of Hodges is frequently met with in the earlier history of our West India colonies.

In 1690, Anthony Hodges was Lieutenant Governor of Montserrat ; and about the same period, there was an Anthony Hedges, judge of the Admiralty Court. The name is found also in connection with warlike expeditions from the Island of Nevis.

The Hodges' of Jamaica, appear to have descended from Francis Hodges, Secretary of Nova Scotia, who became Treasurer of the former island in the time of Charles II., where he may have acquired estates named Acadia, and Luana, in the parish of St. Elizabeth. This gentleman was probably related to the Rev. Dr. Hedges, Chaplain to the House of Lords, at the Restoration.

A writer in " Notes and Queries," seems to be of opinion, that the family in question sprang from Sir Nathaniel Hedges, of Middlesex.

Of the same family was, probably, Sir W. Hodges, created a Baronet in 1697, but his line became extinct on the death of Sir Joseph Hodges, in 1722.

Nathaniel Hodges, an eminent physician, and son of Dr. Thomas Hodges, Dean of Hereford, distinguished himself in his professional capacity, during the Great Plague of London. He was author of a work intitled "Loimologia" but getting into difficulties, he died in Ludgate prison, in 1684.


JAMAICA. 324

The will of Joseph Hodges (1718, I. S. Off. Jamaica), of St. Elizabeth, tends to throw some light on this subject. He mentions his sons Nathaniel and Joseph, and his daughter Bonella, so named after her mother. The subsequent letters of administration of Andreise Joseph Hodges, brother of Nathaniel Hodges, show that he was then lately of Eaton, in Berks., of the Inner Temple, and of Lacovia plantation, Jamaica. In this document (entered Sept. 22, 1733) is mentioned, among other relatives, his cousin John Hodges, progenitor of Hodges of Maxfield, Member of Assembly in 1795.*

There are many other wills of Hodges' and Blakes, bearing on the family connections, which are interesting in a genealogical point of view; while the " Renunciation" of John Hodges, of Maxfield (whose first wife was Anne Blake), of his executorship, under the will of Richard Haughton James (1781), grandson of Samuel Williams Haughton, by his wife, Margaret Bonella, daughter of William and Elizabeth Blake, still further elucidates a connection of which present limits forbid a lengthier discussion. This John Hodges was a cousin of Bonella Hodges, who married the father of the first Lord Penrhyn; his father, Captain John Hodges, having been the son of Thomas Hodges, uncle of Joseph the father of Bonella.

See General Notes. Also, M. I. of Lt.-Col. B. Andreiss, of Lacovia, ob. 1710.

9.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE SEVEN BELOVED CHILDREN AND ONE GRANDCHILD OF THE REVD. WM. FRASER, A.M, RECTOR OF THIS PARISH, AND ELIZABETH LUCY, HIS WIFE. THIS WAS ERECTED BY HIM IN THE EIGHTIETH YEAR OF HIS AGE, 1843.

The Rev. William Fraser, Rector of Trelawney, second son of Francis Fraser, Esquire of Findrack, co. Aberdeen, was born at Findrack, DEC. 22d, 1763, and died at Falmouth, Jamaica, April 1st, 1844. He was educated at Aberdeen, and subsequently at Oxford. He married Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of .... James, of Jamaica. (See Notice of the family of James.)

The family of Findrack show a descent from Sir Alexr. Fraser of Durris, Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland, in the reign of King Robert the Bruce. The Revd. W. Fraser's mother was, Henrietta, daughter of William Baird of Auchmedden, Chief of that name, and great granddaughter of Lady Katherine Hay, daughter of George, 2d Earl of Kinnoull, through whom the family of Findrack represents the heirs of line of George, 1st Earl of Kinnoull, and as such, the dormant Viscounty of Dupplin, of date 4th May, 1627. (See Burke's "Peerage," voce Kinnoull: "Landed Gentry v. Fraser;" and "An Account of the Family of Baird" Edinb. 1856.)

His son and heir, Robert Francklin Hodges, married a daughter of Chief justice John Lewis. There was a connection also with the Barretts and Moultons. C. J. John Lewis was a relative of M. G. Lewis.


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10.

(Ab). NICHOLAS SMITH, OB. 1831.

M.

Arms, On a saltire, between 3 crescents, and a camel's head in base, an escallop, the whole within a border. Crest, A padlock (Q. escallop ?) between a sword and a pen in saltire.

11.

(Ab.) JOHN MARNOCH, OB. 1815.

M.

12.

(Ab.) JOAN GIBBES, OB. 1817.

M.

13.

(Ab.) SAMUEL EARNSHAW, OB 1824.

M.

14.

(Ab.) THE HON. JAMES STEWART, OB, 1828, AET.66.

M.

The Hon. James Stewart, Esq., a Justice of the Bench, Jamaica, a reputed descendant of a Stewart of Appin, married a lady named Law, by whom he had issue, two sons: Robert, the younger, and James Law Stewart, (viv. in 1869, aet. SQ) who married Anne Williamina Brisset, by whom he had 1. James, of Shaw Park, late Lieut. in the Army, who married Dorcas, daughter of ....... Norcott, 4th D. Guards; 2. Alexander ; and three daughters, viz., Emma, married 1st, H. Spooner, and 2nd, Col. Eyre; Margaret Ann, married Revd. T. Niblet ; Josephine, married R. Ewell.

Arms, Or, within a border flory counter flory, a fess checquy, az. and arg. surmounted of a bend sable. Crest, A pelican feeding her young.

15.

(Ab.) MISS MARY ATKINS, OB. 1813.

M.

16.

(Ab.) JAMES HOLMES, OB. 1816.

M.


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17.

(Ab.) ROBERT HOLMES, BORN AT GREENOCK, 1744, OB. 1807.

REGINALD sixth son of Christopher Wilson, Esq., of Broomhead, Yorkshire, was with his only son, swallowed up in the earthquake of 1692, at Port Royal, Jamaica. Anne, sister of Reginald, was married to Robert Holmes, of Alfreton, but it is not quite clear that these families were identical.

18.

(Ab.) JAMES LYON, ESQ., OB. 1807, AET. 47.

19.

(Ab.) Miss MARY LAMONT, DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK AND JANE LAMONT, OB. 1801.

She was aunt, by marriage, of the mother of the late William Dauney, Esq., Adv. and Solicitor General of British Guiana, an accomplished musician, and author of a work on Ancient Scottish Music, &c.

20.

(Ab.) LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WARBURTON, 60th. REGIMENT, OB. 1801, AET. 45.

21.

(Ab.) WILLIAM BELLFLOWER, OB. 1801.

22.

(Ab.) HENRIETTA PIDGEON, NAT. 1784, OB. 1843.

23.

(Ab.) WILLIAM BROWN,OB. 1798.

24.

TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES BLAKE. ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW. BORN, MARCH 4th, 1753 AGED 48 YEARS.

(For a notice of this family, see ante.)

Of this family was Anne Blake, who married John Hodges of Maxfield, and her sisters, Sarah (Mrs. Francklin, ob. 1815), and Martha (Mrs. Bennett).

25.

(Ab.) JAMES GALLOWAY, OB. 1833, AET. 75. A RESIDENT FOR FIFTY-SIX YEARS IN JAMAICA.

M. M.

Arms, A lion rampant, ducally crowned. Impaling, Quarterly, i and 4, A cross crosslet ; 2 and 3, Three battleaxes, or hatchets, in pale. Crest A grenade. Motto,"Altior."


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. 327

26.

(Ab.) JANE MC CONNELL, DAUGHTER OF DAVID & ANNE MC CONNELL, OB. 1798.

27.

MARY BROWN, OB 1819, WIFE OF DANIEL BROWN. ERECTED BY AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.

M. M.

28.

(Ab.) MARY ELIZABETH, WIFE OF WILLIAM CAMPBELL, MERCHANT, OB. 1802

M.

29.

WALTER OB. 1798.

Fragment oblit.

30.

(Ab.) JAMES TELFER, SON OF PATRICK AND ANNE TELFER, OB. 1788.

31.

(Ab.) JAMES GAYNER, OB. 1796, AET. 37.

32.

(Ab.) THOMAS WHITESIDE, OB. 1850.

33.

(Ab.) ROBERT CHRISTIE, 0B. 1847.

34.

(Ab.) JOSEPH HODGSON, OB. 1843

35.

(Ab). ROBERT ELLISON, LIEUTENANT 60th RIFLES, OB. 1843.

36.

(Ab.) MISS GRACE THARP, DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN THARP, MARINER, AND MARGARET THARP, HIS WIFE, OB. 1796.

The family of Tharp, or Tharpe, was of considerable local distinction. (See Burke's "Landed Gentry.")

William Tharpe, of Tap River Estate, (eldest son of Joseph Tharpe, of Bachelor Hall, first settler of the name, in Jamaica,) married Ann, daughter of Jonathan Haughton (from Barbados), by his second wife, Mary Dehany. Mary, the elder sister of Ann Haughton, married John Brissett, of Hampshire estate, also the first settler of his family in Jamaica.

37.

(Ab.) JOHN THARP CHAMBERS, SON OF EDWARD CHAMBERS, ESQ, OB. 1795.


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38.

(Ab.) THE REVEREND GRIFFITH GRIFFITHS, RECTOR OF TRELAWNEY, OB. 1815.

M.

39.

(Ab.) DR. WILLIAM ELLIS, OF FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, OB. 1802.

It does not appear whether Dr. Ellis was of the old Jamaica family, said by Roby, and others, to have been originally from Denbighshire, and which was founded by Captain John Ellis, an officer in the expedition under Venables, in 1655, and who was ancestor of the present Lord Howard de Walden, and Seaford.

There was also a Colonel Gershom, Gerthon, or Gershon Ely, or Elys. He represented the parishes of St. Mary, St. James, St. Thomas in the Vale, and St. Ann (in which latter he died, in 1738) from 17 11 to 1737. He seems to have possessed much local influence, and it is recorded that, at his marriage with Mary Willis [10 June, 1712], his Excellency my Lord Archibald Hamilton," was present.

These names, Ellis and Elys, may possibly have been one and the same family, hence the introduction of this note.

40.

(Ab.) JOHN JAMES LEAMY, OB. APRIL 2, 1781 AND, MARY JAMES LEAMY, OB. FEBRUARY 19, 1784 THE CHILDREN OF JOHN HODGES, BY HIS WIFE, MARY ANNE.

(The inscription concludes with grotesque rhymes.)

The above were the grandchildren of John Hodges, of Maxfield (see ante), and appear to have been named after the family of Houghton James.

PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS.

MAXFIELD ESTATE.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN SPENCE, BORN AT YARM. (Sic) YORKSHIRE, LATE COMMANDER OF THE " TABETH VIGILANT," MERCHANTMAN, FROM LONDON TO MARTHA BRAE; OBIT. 3rd JANUARY 1785, AE. 31 HIS ISSUE BY THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN HODGES, ESQUIRE, OF THIS ISLAND, WERE, MARTHA, WHO DIED IN LONDON, AN INFANT. ELIZABETH ANN, WHO LIETH HERE, OBIT. 25th FEBRUARY, 1788, AE.. 3 YEARS. AN AFFECTIONATE BROTHER PLACETH THIS TESTIMONY OF RESPECT.

The daughter of John Hodges, was probably the widow of a Mr. Bennett, when she married John Spence, as the latter name does not occur in the will of John Hodges of Maxfield, or in that of his son of the same name.


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2.

[ANNE BLAKE, 1st WIFE OF JOHN HODGES, OF MAXFIELD (OB. 1787), WAS BURIED AT MAXFIELD. But, in the absence of a copy of her epitaph, the author places this note upon record.]

ROSLIN CASTLE ESTATE.

1.

(Ab.) ROBERT MINTO, OB. MAY 3 rd, 1801 AET. 63 AND, ROBERT MINTO, HIS GRANDSON'S ELDEST BORN, CHILD OF HIS SON WALTER MINTO AND MARY, HIS WIFE) OB. AUGT. 24th. 1814, AGED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, & 11 DAYS.

2.

(Ab.) WALTER MINTO, OB. 18th DECEMBER, 1830, AET. 51 ..........

3.

(Ab.) MRS. MARY VIRGO, RELICT OF THE LATE COLL. WILLIAM VIRGO, OB. 21st NOVEMBER, 1787, AET. 67.

GOLDEN GROVE ESTATE.

1.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE DECEASED WIFE OF REBECCA REID, WIFE OF COL. THOMAS REID, WHO DEPARTED THIS, LIFE, ON THE 11th DAY OF APRIL, 1747, AGED 24 YEARS.

She was daughter of Col. R. Houghton, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Geo. Goodin. Mary, younger daughter of Colonel Richard Haughton, by his wife, Elizabeth Goodin,* married (29th March, 1743) Colonel John Reid, elder brother of the above.

Of the same family was Maj. Genl. Peter Reid, who married Elizabeth Barrett relict of Ezekiel Lawrence, of "The Spring " Estate. [Lawrence Pedigree.] Also, Maj.Genl. Thomas Reid, who married Elizabeth, daughter of James Lawrence, of Fairfield.

Goodin, erroneously spelled Goodwin and Godwin, in the pedigrees of Ricketts, Lawrence, &c. (See Burke's , "Landed Gentry," &c.) The two surnames are quite distinct.


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