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McQUISTIN GENEALOGY

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Descendants of Adam McQuistin

Generation No. 1

        1.  Adam1 McQuistin died 1741.  He married Catherine Fletcher, daughter of George Fletcher and his wife Millisent.  She was born Bef. May 10, 1683.

Notes for Adam McQuistin:
He had land in St. Catherine. [McQuistin family notes).

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INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ADAM McQUISTIN

ESTATE APPRAISAL

73 ounces of sterling plate
50 ounces of Jamaican plate
Pennyweight and 8 grains of gold
Buttons and earings
1 pair of pistols silver capped
1 cutlas silver mounted
1 sword silver mounted
1 gun silver mounted
1 bed and furniture
1 geneve matt
1 bed and furniture
1 Spanish chest
1 scritore
1 bedstead
1 horse
1 saddle and furniture
Old brass copper
1 glass
1 small table
1 bedstead
2 Spanish jars
2 cassader stones
1 whip saw
2 graters
1 iron pot
1 gun
1 iron
1 sledge hammer
1 case of knives forks and spoons
1 case of old forks
14 cane chairs
13 old chairs
1 parcel of old china

Note that Mrs. Adam McQuistin owes her husband Adam £3. 17. 3d.
                      Value of personal estate £4479. 7. 10d

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More About Catherine Fletcher:
Baptism: May 10, 1683, St. Catherine1
        
Children of Adam McQuistin and Catherine Fletcher are:
        2 i. John2 McQuistin, born Bef. January 04, 1711; died 1742.

More About John McQuistin:
Baptism: January 04, 1711, St. Catherine2
Occupation: Medical doctor

        3 ii. George McQuistin, born August 30, 17133; died 1713.

More About George McQuistin:
Baptism: September 13, 1713, St. Catherine3

        4 iii. George McQuistin, born Bef. October 05, 1715.

More About George McQuistin:
Baptism: October 05, 1715, St. Catherine4

+ 5 iv. Thomas McQuistin, born Bef. September 28, 1718; died 1800.

Generation No. 2

        5.  Thomas2 McQuistin (Adam1) was born Bef. September 28, 1718, and died 1800.  He married (1) Mary (McQuistin) Bet. 1749 - 1763.    He met (2) Lucretia Rose Bef. 1775, daughter of Rachel Peak.    He married (3) Jane Ronald June 09, 1785 in St. Catherine5.  

Notes for Thomas McQuistin:
Documents from 1764-1766 indicate he owned St. Faith's Pen in St. Ann.

More About Thomas McQuistin:
Addressed as: 1785, Esquire
Baptism: September 28, 1718, St. Catherine6
Occupation: Medical doctor

More About Thomas McQuistin and Mary (McQuistin):
Marriage: Bet. 1749 - 1763

More About Lucretia Rose:
Race/nationality/color: Free quadroon

More About Thomas McQuistin and Lucretia Rose:
Partners: Bef. 1775

Marriage Notes for Thomas McQuistin and Jane Ronald:
Her name was recorded as "Jean" in the St. Catherine marriage register.

More About Thomas McQuistin and Jane Ronald:
Marriage: June 09, 1785, St. Catherine7
Marriage license: 1785
Status of bride/groom: Widow
        
Children of Thomas McQuistin and Mary (McQuistin) are:
+ 6 i. Elizabeth3 McQuistin.
       7                 ii. Amelia McQuistin, born Abt. 1750; died 1759.

Notes for Amelia McQuistin:

1759. On Thursday the 23rd August a deplorable accident happened at Gravesend. The ship Friendship, Captain Thompson, arrived that day from Jamaica. The captain had just quitted the ship, in a waterman's boat, to proceed to London and the wife of the mate had gone on board to meet her husband, when the ship was blown up. There were on board, at the time, twelve young gentlemen and six young ladies, who came from Jamaica for education, who all perished, with the mate, his wife and others that were on board; the whole number of lives lost being forty-two. The only persons who escaped were four foreign seamen who belonged to the crew, being two Dutchmen and two Danes. They leapt overboard and were taken up. The accident was supposed to have been occasioned by a spark, dropped in the gun-room, where the powder was kept, by officers searching for seamen, to impress them; there being on board, at the time of the calamily, some officers and sailors belonging to men-of-war who had bought the ship round to the river, and others who belonged to a press gang. It was a practice, when any of the crew of a ship were impressed in the channel, for sailors to be put on board to do the duty for them, in navigating the ship to London. The cargo of the Friendship consisted of 500 Hogsheads of sugar and other colonial produce.
                
Robert Peirce Cruden. The History of the town of Gravesend in the County of Kent and of the Port of London.  1843 London. 1st

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Explosion on the Thames 23 August 1759

Amelia McQuistin c 1750-1759 daughter of Thomas McQuistin J.P., 1712-1800, of St. Jago de La Vega (Spanish Town) Jamaica was sent to England for education aboard "The Friendship " a Jamaican ship. The cargo was five hundred hogshead of sugar, rum, and pimento, and when the ship blew up forty-two lives were lost including eighteen children going to school in England. Four men were saved jumping into the river at Hope Point. The cause of the accident was the dropping of a lighted candle by one of the guardians accompanying three Customs Officers aboard.  Ships on both banks of the river were badly damaged. A Mr. Latham discovered Amelia's body in the Salts and she was buried in St. Peter & St. Paul Churchyard, Shorne.

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St. Peter & St. Paul Shorne, Medway, 29 August 1759.

Buried. Daughter of Thomas McQuistin in Spanish Town Jamaica . This young lady was found dead in the Salts belonging to this Parish by Lathen (?) of Higham killed with near forty two persons by the blowing up of the Jamaican ship lying in ye Thames . . . to Chalk Church on Thursday August 23rd. 1759. The gentleman who undertook the care of her burial sent me the note on my desiring the ladys name in order to register it.

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        8 iii. Millicent McQuistin, born 1750; died 1793.  She married Francis Smith.
+ 9 iv. Catherine McQuistin, born Abt. 1756.
        10 v. Sarah McQuistin, born February 11, 17568.

More About Sarah McQuistin:
Baptism: March 08, 1756, St. Catherine8

        
Children of Thomas McQuistin and Lucretia Rose are:
        11 i. Adam Rose3 McQuistin, born November 07, 17759.

Notes for Adam Rose McQuistin:
"Mustee child of Lucretia Rose a free quadroon" [from Register of Baptisms].  The fact that the name of the father was not included in the Register indicates that Lucretia Rose was unmarried.

"He was injured in battle 1798-1799.  His father reputedly left him a lot of money and his nephew Thomas Mayhew, grandson of Thomas McQuistin, was asked to enquire about it." " Left £500 in in 1800 will." [from McQuistin family notes].


More About Adam Rose McQuistin:
Baptism: October 26, 1776, St. Catherine9
Race/nationality/color: Free mustee

        12 ii. Mary Rose McQuistin, born July 09, 17769.

Notes for Mary Rose McQuistin:
"Mustee child of Lucretia Rose a free quadroon" [from Register of Baptisms].  The fact that the name of the father was not included in the Register indicates that Lucretia Rose was unmarried.

More About Mary Rose McQuistin:
Baptism: October 26, 1776, St. Catherine9
Race/nationality/color: Free mustee

        
Child of Thomas McQuistin and Jane Ronald is:
+ 13 i. Maria3 McQuistin, born March 21, 1786; died 1805.

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS McQUISTIN
1718-1800

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PORTRAIT OF JANE McQUISTIN nee RONALD
1761-

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Generation No. 3

        6.  Elizabeth3 McQuistin (Thomas2, Adam1)  She married Barnaby Mayhew.  

Notes for Elizabeth McQuistin:
In 1800 she was a widow, at Industry Fields and Content. [McQuistin family notes).
        
Children of Elizabeth McQuistin and Barnaby Mayhew are:
        14 i. Thomas4 Mayhew, died 1820.

Notes for Thomas Mayhew:
The 1800 will of Thomas McQuistin left him £500. [McQuistin family notes).

        15 ii. Catherine Mayhew.

Notes for Catherine Mayhew:
The 1800 will of Thomas McQuistin left her £300. [McQuistin family notes).

        16 iii. Bridget Mayhew.

Notes for Bridget Mayhew:
The 1800 will of Thomas McQuistin left her £300. [McQuistin family notes).

        9.  Catherine3 McQuistin (Thomas2, Adam1) was born Abt. 1756.  She married Alexander Morrison.  
        
Child of Catherine McQuistin and Alexander Morrison is:
        17 i. Millicent4 Morrison.  She married ? Smith.

Notes for Millicent Morrison:
She inherited £300 from her grandfather, Thomas McQuistin.

        13.  Maria3 McQuistin (Thomas2, Adam1) was born March 21, 178611, and died 1805.  She married Charles Angus March 07, 1800 in St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England10.  He was born 1767, and died 1829.

More About Maria McQuistin:
Baptism: April 27, 1786, St. Catherine11

More About Charles Angus:
Occupation: 1800, Merchant
Residence: 1800, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

More About Charles Angus and Maria McQuistin:
Marriage: March 07, 1800, St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England12
Marriage license: 1800
Witness: Isaac McQuistin
        
Children of Maria McQuistin and Charles Angus are:
        18 i. Jane Ronald4 Angus, born June 22, 180112.

More About Jane Ronald Angus:
Baptism: July 20, 1801, Richmond St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire, England12

        19 ii. Maria Angus, born August 13, 180212.

More About Maria Angus:
Baptism: April 27, 1803, Liverpool, Lancashire, England12

        20 iii. Thomas McQuistin Angus, born January 12, 1804 in Lancashire, England12; died 1825.

More About Thomas McQuistin Angus:
Baptism: August 08, 1804, Holy Trinity, Liverpool, Lancashire, England12
Burial: 1825, St. Faith's Pen, St. Ann


Endnotes

1.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 22.
2.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 54.
3.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 57.
4.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 59.
5.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 174.
6.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 63.
7.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 174.
8.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, I, p. 264.
9.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 33.
10.  B665 English Church Records.
11.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 68.
12.  B665 English Church Records.

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NOTE: This genealogy was provided by a McQuistin descendant.  Only the items which have been footnoted were researched and verified by jamaicanfamilysearch.com.


Descendants of Thomas McQuistin, mulatto

        1.  Thomas1 McQuistin  He married Sarah Richards October 25, 1771 in St. Catherine1.  

More About Thomas McQuistin:
Race/nationality/color: Mulatto

More About Sarah Richards:
Race/nationality/color: Mulatto

Marriage Notes for Thomas McQuistin and Sarah Richards:
From the Parish Register: "1771 - October 25.  Thomas McQuistin & Sarah Richards Mulattoes by License"

More About Thomas McQuistin and Sarah Richards:
Marriage: October 25, 1771, St. Catherine1
Marriage license: 1771
        
Child of Thomas McQuistin and Sarah Richards is:
        2 i. Richard2 McQuistin, born Bef. June 08, 17722.

More About Richard McQuistin:
Baptism: June 08, 1771, St. Catherine2
Fact: Born in wedlock
Race/nationality/color: Mulatto


Endnotes

1.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 163.
2.  B0080 St. Catherine Parish Register BMB I & II, 1669-1825, II, p. 18.


OTHER PERSONS NAMED McQUISTIN
BAPTISMS IN St. CATHERINE, JAMAICA
Parish Register, Volume II

McQuistin, Thomas, born out of wedlock April 18, 1767, baptism April 28, 1768.  Page 9

McQuistin, John, Mulatto aged about 5 years, born out of wedlock, baptism May 19, 1769.  Page 10.

McQuistin, John, Negro, born out of wedlock, baptism October7, 1772.  Page 19.

McQuistin, Thomas, quadroon child, born out of wedlock, baptism August 25, 1773.  Page 22.


For terms referring to racial make-up (Mulatto, quadroon, mustee) please see the Glossary at http://jamaicanfamilysearch/Samples/Glossary.htm



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