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Return of the
Charles-Town
Maroons
1st November 1831
CO 140/121
|
Age |
|
Age |
Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn |
72 |
Lieutenant James Symes |
52 |
Lieu.- Colonel Nathaniel Beckford |
54 |
Ensign Robert Waters |
40 |
Major Thomas Thompson |
51 |
Sergeant William McFarlane |
35 |
Captain William Pink |
56 |
Sergeant Daniel Richards |
41 |
Lieutenant James Vidal |
60 |
Sergeant Robert Douglas |
41 |
Lieutenant John Sheckleford |
65 |
Sergeant Edward G. Ball |
48 |
|
|
Sergeant Henry G. Manhertz |
45 |
Privates
James Anderson |
35 |
William M. Moore |
21 |
John Birch |
34 |
Edward Manhertz |
48 |
Robert Ball |
51 |
James McGregor |
20 |
Edward Burnes |
32 |
James Oakley |
21 |
Robert Burnes |
24 |
Charles Pink |
35 |
Robert Blackwood, senior |
62 |
Thomas Pink |
27 |
Robert Blackwood, junior |
26 |
Thomas Prince, senior |
46 |
Francis Beckford |
19 |
James Richmond |
32 |
John Colthirst |
52 |
George Rodney |
59 |
Samuel Crawford |
36 |
Thomas Reeder |
26 |
Aleppo Cudjoe |
36 |
James Roper |
51 |
Archibald Cudjoe |
34 |
James Sheckleford |
39 |
Thomas G. Cargill |
18 |
Richard Saunderson |
23 |
Thomas Dacres |
21 |
Edward Symes |
31 |
James Edie |
42 |
John Stirling, junior |
33 |
Francis Edie |
28 |
Cudjoe Swimmer |
35 |
Robert Edie |
21 |
Robert Shawe |
60 |
Charles Edie |
19 |
John Symes |
22 |
James Fitzgerald |
24 |
James Swimmer |
20 |
Edward Fitzgerald |
20 |
Saunders Symes |
20 |
James Gordon, senior |
43 |
Thomas Thompson, junior |
26 |
James Gordon, junior |
27 |
Robert Thompson |
22 |
Robert Gordon |
26 |
Thomas Tait |
18 |
George Gray |
34 |
William Vidal |
35 |
John Gray |
37 |
William White |
46 |
James Grant |
21 |
Thomas Williams |
38 |
Robert Hines |
63 |
Thomas H. Wallen |
34 |
Peter Hines |
21 |
Richard Wallen |
31 |
John Hines |
35 |
Robert Wallen |
27 |
William Hunt |
35 |
Edward Wallen |
25 |
Richard Hamilton |
20 |
John Woodhouse |
34 |
Richard H. McGregor |
45 |
Reeder Waters |
20 |
Robert B. Moore |
38 |
Peter Brown |
20 |
William Moore/alias Urvin |
42 |
Henry Hall |
17 |
Billy Swimmer |
20 |
John Ford |
18 |
WOMEN
Bessy Anderson |
46 |
Isabella Hines |
27 |
Dolly Anderson |
39 |
Diana Hines |
25 |
Bessy Ashpole |
38 |
Charlotte Harris |
40 |
Beck Ashpole |
37 |
Mary Urvin |
61 |
Mary Ashpole |
24 |
Susannah Kildare |
41 |
Diana Brown |
23 |
Kitty Matthews |
45 |
Florence Burk |
27 |
Mary McFarlane |
20 |
Kate Benton |
42 |
Mimba |
53 |
Rosey Brion |
44 |
Louisa McFarlane |
46 |
Elizabeth Beckford |
26 |
Christian McGregor |
26 |
Harriet Brown |
49 |
Sarah Mead |
40 |
Harriet Ball |
39 |
Sukey Mead |
21 |
Mary Ann Beckford |
61 |
Charlotte McInnes |
18 |
Eliza Ball |
32 |
Sarah Nugent |
59 |
Sarah Ball |
42 |
Celia Oakley |
35 |
Jane Burnes |
21 |
Jane Oakley |
34 |
Ann Beckford |
15 |
Eliza Pink |
40 |
Abba Cargill |
20 |
Letitia Pink |
39 |
Nancy McFarlane, alias Crawford |
34 |
Mary Ann Peters |
35 |
Eleanor Crawford |
37 |
Nancy Rogers |
29 |
Jane Cargill |
17 |
Mary Ann Rogers |
48 |
Rachael Dacres |
56 |
Cecilia Richards |
51 |
Sarah Edwards |
54 |
Julian Richards |
25 |
Sarah Edie |
23 |
Mary Richards |
17 |
Susannah French |
45 |
Ann Shirley |
46 |
Janet French |
53 |
Sarah Ann Sheckleford |
37 |
Mary Griscome |
52 |
Jessy Symes |
33 |
Mary Gordon |
22 |
Juba Symes |
33 |
Florence Gordon |
42 |
Mary S. Ryffington |
42 |
Elizabeth Gould |
48 |
Elizabeth Symes |
47 |
Bessy Golbourn |
45 |
Mary Ann Sheckleford |
27 |
Elizabeth Green |
45 |
Dorothy Sutherland |
48 |
Cecelia Golbourn |
35 |
Ann Sutherland |
42 |
Louisa Green |
49 |
Phoebe Thombs |
20 |
Elizabeth Hartley |
19 |
Mimba Thomson |
22 |
Rosey Hartley |
16 |
Susannah Taylor |
60 |
Mary Hamilton |
37 |
Eliza Thomson |
23 |
Nancy Henry |
66 |
Nancy Vidal |
34 |
Susannah Henry |
51 |
Jane Vidal |
24 |
Lydia Hines |
38 |
Ansella Vidal |
40 |
Juba Waters |
42 |
Rachel Woodhouse |
47 |
Yaba Williams |
56 |
Cecilia Woodhouse |
29 |
Nancy Wallen |
56 |
Jenny Wood |
22 |
Mary Wallen |
39 |
Mary Ann Williams |
35 |
Elizabeth Wallen |
40 |
Eleanor Dacres |
33 |
Eliza White |
52 |
Franky |
46 |
Ann White |
51 |
Elizabeth Prince |
16 |
Mary Woodhouse |
52 |
Sarah Waters |
16 |
BOYS
James Anderson |
14 |
Ned Sheckleford |
17 |
Frederick Banbury |
17 |
Cuffy Swimmer |
13 |
William M. G. Cargill |
17 |
John O. Sheckleford |
14 |
Cudjoe Fitzgerald |
16 |
John S. Sheckleford |
17 |
Tom Fitzgerald |
14 |
William Walsh |
17 |
Francis S. Golbourn |
16 |
Henry Waters |
15 |
Thomas B. Golbourn |
15 |
Julius Bunbury |
13 |
John Moore |
15 |
Thomas Bayley |
11 |
Robert Oakley |
18 |
James Douglas |
11 |
Thomas Prince |
18 |
Robert Prince |
11 |
John Prince |
13 |
Henry S. Symes |
11 |
Peter Symes |
13 |
James Cowan |
14 |
GIRLS
Ann Ashpole |
15 |
Louise Hines |
12 |
Sarah Hamilton |
13 |
Elizabeth Hines |
11 |
Eliza Moore |
14 |
Jane Kelly |
11 |
Jessy Ashpole |
12 |
Jane Manhertz |
11 |
Nelly Ashpole |
11 |
Judy Richards |
12 |
Kitty C. Ashpole |
11 |
Sarah Richards |
11 |
Mary Anderson |
12 |
Cooba Swimmer |
14 |
Nancy Ball |
13 |
Ann Sheckleford |
13 |
Jane Bernard |
13 |
Bessy Sheckleford |
11 |
Sarah Beckford |
11 |
Harriet Sheckleford |
14 |
Janet Cargill |
12 |
Catherine Cowan |
11 |
Elizabeth Fitzgerald |
12 |
|
|
MALE
CHILDREN
Richard J. Burrowes |
8 |
William Prince |
8 |
Robert Cuffie |
10 |
Cudjoe Prince |
7 |
John Ellis |
4 |
Natty Unir |
4 |
George Edwards |
8 |
Harry Waters |
10 |
James Ford |
4 |
Dandy Waters |
9 |
William Gay |
10 |
Natty Waters |
8 |
Joseph Henry |
4 |
Robert Woodhouse |
8 |
Robert Kirkland |
10 |
Ned Wallen |
8 |
John McFarlane |
9 |
Mathew Wallen |
6 |
Edward Moore |
4 |
Hugh Cowan |
9 |
Cuffey Manhertz |
7 |
Nancy Rogers’ child |
3 |
John Oakley |
4 |
E. Wallen |
3 |
John Prince |
9 |
E. Beckford |
2 |
James Prince |
10 |
B. Ashpole |
2 |
Harris Richards |
9 |
Elizabeth Beckford’s child |
3 |
Joseph Richards |
4 |
John & Dromsell, R. B’s children |
|
Peter Satchwell |
6 |
Child of Jane Bernis |
|
Patrick Symes |
5 |
Child of Sukey Mead |
|
William Shirley |
10 |
Child of Mary Richards |
|
Robert G. Simpson |
10 |
|
|
FEMALE
CHILDREN
Jessy Ashpole |
10 |
Diana Blackwood |
|
Abba Anderson |
7 |
Isabella Cowan |
6 |
Charlotte Campbell |
10 |
Abba Cargill’s child |
2½ |
Jane Campbell |
7 |
Juba Syms |
2¼ |
Ann Maria Kirkland |
9 |
M. Gordon |
3 |
Sarah McInnes |
8 |
Julian Richards |
3 |
Ann McInnes |
5 |
Elizabeth Hartley |
3 |
Nanny Manhertz |
5 |
Harriet Ball |
3 |
Jessy McFarlane |
5 |
Sukey Mead |
3 |
Joanna McFarlane |
7 |
Dolly Anderson |
3 |
Diana D. McInnes |
10 |
Beck Ashpole |
3 |
Kate Reeder |
5 |
A. Cargill |
2 |
Mimba Sterling |
7 |
Child of Mary Gordon |
1 |
Susan Satchell |
10 |
Child of Mary McLary |
1 |
Diana Sheckleford |
10 |
Child of Charlotte McInnes |
1 |
Sarah Satchell |
7 |
Child of Mimba Thomson |
1 |
Cecilia Vidal |
10 |
Child of Jessy Baxter |
1 |
Nancy Wallen |
6 |
Child of Ann McLary |
1 |
Bessy Wallen |
5 |
J. Symes |
2 |
Antoinette Wallen |
4 |
|
|
INVALIDS AND SUPERANNUATED
William Cockburn |
72 |
Samuel Hamilton |
26 |
Thomas Freeman |
34 |
Fanny Giscome |
80 |
William Green |
41 |
Wenday |
95 |
BIRTHS since last return, residents
Female of Bessy Ashpole |
Boy of Charlotte Harris |
Female of Beck Ashpole |
Girl of Juliana Richards |
Female of Florence Burk |
Boy of Nancy Vidal |
Female of G. Beckford |
Boy of Ansella Vidal |
Boy of Harriet Bull |
Boy of Ann Beckford |
Female of Jane Cargill |
Girl of Eliza Thompson |
RESIGNED THEIR LANDS
John Gordon |
John Burrowes |
Patrick Anderson |
NON-RESIDENT MAROONS
William Arthur |
Annotto-Bay |
12 |
William Bayley |
St. Andrew’s |
51 |
John Panton |
Moore-Town |
11 |
George Panton |
ditto |
10 |
Jenny Panton |
ditto |
7 |
John Saunderson |
Portland |
44 |
Edward Woodhouse |
Scot’s Hall |
44 |
William Giscome |
St. George’s |
14 |
James Giscome |
ditto |
9 |
Christian Ball |
Annotto-Bay |
40 |
Nancy Baxter |
ditto |
41 |
Jane Ball |
St. George’s |
42 |
Lydia Benton |
Annotto-Bay |
40 |
Peggy Colvin |
Kingston |
48 |
Sarah Campbell |
Annotto-Bay |
11 |
Margaret Dacres |
Port Maria |
31 |
Diana |
Annotto-Bay |
74 |
Ann Giscome |
St. George’s |
21 |
Betsey Giscome |
ditto |
19 |
Francis Giscome |
ditto |
13 |
Eleanor Oakley |
St Thomas in
the East |
32 |
Elizabeth Panton |
ditto |
9 |
Elizabeth Palmer |
Scot’s Hall |
41 |
Sally Richards |
Annotto-Bay |
83 |
Mary Steele |
Moore-Town |
40 |
Mary Saunderson |
Above-Rocks |
38 |
Jane Venable |
Annotto-Bay |
9 |
Bella Vidal |
Above-Rocks |
38 |
Bessy Vidal |
Scot’s Hall |
39 |
Diana Woodhouse |
Kingston |
28 |
Rachel Kildare |
ditto |
17 |
Jessy Woodhouse |
Scot’s Hall |
41 |
Dorothy Giscome |
St. George’s |
8 |
Mary Giscome |
ditto |
6 |
Kitty Gray |
Moore-Town |
41 |
Catherine Goulbourn |
St. Ann’s Bay |
25 |
Bella Goulbourn |
ditto |
24 |
Sarah Goulbourn |
ditto |
16 |
Juba |
Moore-Town |
7 |
Sarah McFarlane |
ditto |
36 |
Kate McFarlane |
ditto |
33 |
Jane McFarlane |
ditto |
23 |
Elizabeth Oakley |
St. Thomas in the East |
23 |
Jane Oliver |
ditto |
23 |
Elizabeth Fitzgerald |
Kingston |
5 |
Three male & four female children of P. Colvin |
|
|
One female of M. Dacres |
|
|
Three male & seven female children of Bessy
Vidal |
|
|
Two male & two female children of D. Woodhouse |
|
|
Two male children of B. Vidal |
|
|
One female child of E. Oakley |
|
3 |
One ditto of E. C. Oakley |
|
3 |
One ditto of C. Ball |
|
3 |
DEATHS SINCE LAST RETURN
Rebecca Chambers, invalid |
Child of B. Ashpole |
Catherine Goulborn |
Child of E. Wallen |
BIRTHS SINCE LAST RETURN
Female of Bessy Ashpole |
Boy of Charlotte Harris |
Ditto of Beck Ashpole |
Girl of Juliana Richards |
Ditto of Florence Burk |
Boy of Nancy Vidal |
Ditto of G. L. Beckford |
Boy of Ansella Vidal |
Boy of Harriet Ball |
Boy of Ann Beckford |
Female of Jane Cargill |
Girl of Eliza Thompson |
SLAVES BELONGING TO MAROONS
George, to E. G. Ball |
Matty, Kitty, Gift, Nancy, and two others, to Robert
Ball |
Philip, to ditto, as guardian |
Letitia Hamilton, Elizabeth Pennock and child, to
Bessy Robertson |
Daniel Cameron, Thomas Cameron, Catherine Cameron,
Nelly Brown and Ann Cameron, to Rachel Dacres |
James Shackleford, Benjamin Cameron, Louisa Cameron,
and Edward, to F. Giscome |
Robert Richards, Richard, Will, Elizabeth James, and
Letitia, to G. Haughton, as guardian |
Thomas Richards, to M. A. Richards |
Daniel Clarke, William Wallen, Jane Duncan, Cecilia
Wallen and Sarah Haughton, to Mary Wallen |
Robert Anderson and John Davis to Wenday |
Kate, to Ann Shirley, as guardian |
William and Patience Burnes, to S. Mead, as guardian |
Frances, to R. Matthews |
George Burrowes, to Sarah French |
Female child of E. Pennock |
DEATHS OF SLAVES SINCE LAST RETURN
Eleanor Robertson, to Robert Hines |
FREE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE TOWN
Patrick Anderson, senior |
Jailman Vidal |
Mary Henry |
Patrick Anderson, junior |
Thomas S. Welby |
Ann Henry |
Daniel Ball |
George Welby |
Sarah Henry |
William J. Ball |
Charles Pink |
Isabella Henderson |
Richard Clover |
Ann Anderson |
Lydia Hannon |
Robert Cyprien |
Sally Anderson |
Mary John |
Joseph Corotano |
Jessy Anderson |
Kate McClery |
John Edwards |
Dorcas Ball |
Mary McClery |
George Gillepie |
Jessy Baxter |
Jane McClery |
William Henry, senior |
Catherine Burnes |
Ann McClery |
William Henry, junior |
Sarah Cyprien |
Fanny McClery |
Thomas Henry |
Susan Cyprien |
Charlotte McKay |
John Henry |
Maggy Cyprien |
Priscilla Martin |
George Haughton |
Coucouta |
Cecilia Pink |
James Hartley |
Bessy Cargill |
Mary Rodney |
Philip Hosack |
Elizabeth Clarke |
Bessy Rodney |
Archie Kirkland |
Bessy Clover |
Pinky Smith |
Rupert McKay |
Jenny Coucouta |
Cricket Smith |
Henry Morgan |
Jane Fitzgerald |
Diana Welby |
John Fitzgerald |
Judy Gillespie |
Letitia White |
John Prince |
Nancy Green |
Eleanor White |
Benjamin Smith |
Margaret Gordon |
Mary Wallen |
Thomas Welby |
Margaret Gibson |
Janet Wallen |
Quaco Vidal |
Frances Golbourn |
|
SLAVES POSSESSED BY RESIDENT PERSONS
By P. Anderson, Junior – Sarah Cole, Patience,
Venus, Tom, Frances, Chance |
By R. Burrowes – Robert Gray |
By John Gray – Robert Gray and Eliza |
By Mary John – Mary John |
By Kate McClery – Charles Cameron, James Richards,
Mary Gillespie & Elizabeth Wallen |
By Letitia White – Julian Burgess |
RECAPITUALTION
Officers and sergeants |
13 |
Men |
70 |
Women |
96 |
Boys |
24 |
Girls |
23 |
Children |
78 |
Invalids and superannuated |
6 |
Births since last return |
12 |
Non-resident maroons |
72 |
TOTAL
394
Deaths |
4 |
Slaves belonging to maroons |
40 |
Births since last return****** |
0 |
Deaths |
1 |
Resident free persons |
71 |
Their slaves |
15 |
Resigned their lands |
3 |
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Jamaica, ss.
I, Alexander Gordon Fyfe, do swear that the foregoing
pages are a true list of the maroons of this town, also their slaves, and free
people residing therein, to the best of my knowledge and belief.-----So help me
God.
A.G. Fyfe.
Sworn before me, this 18th November, 1831
P.
Baugh, Sen.
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