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1857 JAMAICA ALMANAC
The Members of the Legislative Council, The Speaker of the Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, and the Attorney -General are Justices for every Parish. All Justices of the Peace take Probates of Deeds.
Custos Rotulorum, &c.- [blank]
Magistrates.-
William Dutton Turner
Hon. Samuel Rennalls
†James Derbyshire
†Hon. Alexander Bravo
Hon. Richard Hill
Thomas Ludford
Moses Ergas
William Anthony Bell
Peter Harrison
Thomas Witter Jackson
†Adam William Thorburn
Richard Chamberlaine
Hon. George Price
James Heighington
William Spittal Norton
* Thos. Heath
John Clinton McAnuff
Adam William Thorburn, junr.
Robert George Francis Bourke
†Hon. Edward Thompson
John McGrath
Joseph Reid
Daniel Power Trench
*William Smith
The Hon. Maxmillian Augustus Baron Von Ketelhodt
Hon Alexander Heslop
*Samuel S. Wortley
Moses Lyon
*Solomon Iffla
†David Brandon
George Fraser
Edward. Vickars
Charles Ignatius Greenough
John Davey
William Berry
Richard Nelson
Rowland Israell
*Hon. Frederick George Ellis
Hon. Robert Osborn
Robert Lamb Constantine.
Clerk of the Peace. - Francis Robertson Lynch.
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. - Edward Bancroft Lynch.
Churchwardens. - John Clinton McAnuff, Charles Hamilton Jackson.
Vestrymen.-Francis Robertson Lynch, William Thomas March, James Philip Clarke, George Frederick Henriques, Alex. Alexander, Isaac Levy, Daniel Wolfe, George Francis Willett, James Gayleard, Robert Russell (of Two Mile Wood.).
Clerk of the Vestry. - William Neil Greensword.
Clerk to the Magistrates. - Francis Robertson Lynch.
Collecting Constable and. Collector of Taxes.- Andrew Henry Lewis.
Coroner. - John Clinton McAnuff
Solicitor.- Alexander Wells Aikman
Physician to the Middlesex County Gaol.- Hon. William Dutton Turner
Keeper of ditto.--David Jacob Soares.
Gaoler of ditto.--William. Leithman Young.
Surgeon to District Prison.- Hon. William Dutton Turner, M.D.
Superintendent of ditto. - Alexander Mitchell.
Clerk of the Market.- John Fonseca
Collector of Petty Debts.--David Jacob Soares.
Pound-keeper in Spanish Town, -Alexander Mitchell.
Clerk of the Parish Church.- Charles M. Magnan.
Organist of ditto. - Alfred Thorn.
Sexton of ditto. - Charles M. Magnan
Beadles of ditto. - Thomas B. Fenlayson, Henry. B. Shirley.
Clerk of Trinity Chapel.- Ebenezer Martin
Organist of ditto.-John R. Duboisson
Beadle to ditto.-Thomas Fuller.
Clerk of Highgate Chapel. -- John Martin
Beadle of ditto. -A. M. Cleland.
Inspector of Weights and Measures.--David Jacob Soares.
Keeper of the Town Clock.- James McPherson
Bailiff of Parish Lands.- [blank]
Petty Sessions are held in Spanish Town, on Tuesday and Friday in each week.
Board of Firewardens.-
Justices John Clinton McAnuff, Hon. Robert Osborn.
Inhabitants -Isaac Levy, Jacob J Sanguinetti, Peter J. Magnan, Henry A. Solomon, John Facey.
Clerk to the Board. -William Neil Greensword.
Crier of Circuit Court. [blank]
Churchwardens -Thomas Hansill, Moses Bravo.
Vestrymen. - Sylvester Tilley, Abraham Melhado, Isaac Dolphy, Rev. John E. Owen, Henry Soares, H W. Benjamin, W. N. Brennan, Charles D. Bravo, Michael Collman, Frederick Solan.
Coroner.-Thomas Hansill.
Clerk of the Vestry.-Thomas Ludford.
Clerk to the Magistrates. - Haughton James.
Collecting Constable, and Collector of Taxes.-Moses Ergas.
Solicitor.-Haughton James. Clerk of Markets. - Alexander Walker.
Health Officer and Harbour Master.- Dr. William Tarrant.
Keeper of Court House. -Mary Ann Wilkins.
Pound-keepers. -
Old Harbour Market, Benjamin Melhado.
Mountain, Henry Douglas.
Collector of Petty Debts - Hugh Perry.
Clerk of the Parish Church. - Alexander J. McCulloch.
Organist of ditto. -Mrs. Shea.
Beadle and Sexton. - John Thomas.
Cleric of St. Philip's Chapel. - John Walker.
Beadle and Sexton.-Archibald Robinson.
Clerk of St. George's Chapel - George McPherson.
Beadle and Sexton. - Robert Mills.
Petty Sessions are held every Saturday at the Court House, Old Harbour.
Churchwardens. - Adam W. Thorburn, John Price Nash.
Vestrymen. - William Thomas Johnson, Thomas Brown Rule, Rev. George Cheyne, George Fraser, Joseph Reid, Edward Archer Bell, Edward Brown, William Wallace Prince, Henry Graham, Henry Matthew Gregory.
Clerk of the Vestry. - Robert Rainsford Jackson
Clerk to the Magistrates. - Francis Robertson Lynch.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes. - Richard Nelson
Deputy Collectors. - R. McCulloch, Nicholas G. Warmington.
Coroner. -Dr. James Craig.
Solicitor. - Francis Robertson Lynch
Collector of Petty Debts.-James Campbell Bell.
Pound-keepers,
Upper District. -Patrick Brown Thomas.
Lower District.-Robert McCulloch.
Clerk of Parish Church.-Robert McCulloch.
Beadle and Sexton of ditto. - William Thompson.
Clerk of Luidas Vale Chapel.- Henry Graham.
Beadle and Sexton of ditto.- [blank]
Assessors of Taxes -John Price Nash, James Campbell Bell.
Petty Sessions are held every second. Saturday at Point Hill.
Custos Rotulorum, &c. - Hon. Samuel Rennals.
Magistrates. -
Peter Francis Garrigues
† John M'Grath,
*Hugh Donald McKay
Rich. Mansfield White
Thomas Witter Jackson
John Herman Hall
*Charles Edward Grant
James Heighington
Bryan Edwards Mackie
† Colin Chisholm
†Aaron Salom
Edward Kinkead
William Rodon
Hiam Barrow
John M`Phail
William Carr
†William Lord Garrigues
William James Edgill Hall
George McGrath
†George Henry Chevannes
†George Geddes
Francis Gordon.
Clerk of the Peace. - Edward Claver Smith.
Clerk to the Magistrates -John Herman Hall.
Churchwardens -John McPhail, John Masterman.
Vestrymen. - Henry Ireland Davis, Henry Dias, Alexander McLeod, James Moss Cocking, Richard McLeod, James Jones, Edward McCaw, Henry Broadhurst, Richard Thames, Father Adam Matthews.
Clerk of the Vestry. - James Heighington.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes.-Hiam Barrow.
Deputies. -Archibald Mossman, Adam D. Cocking, George L. McIntosh.
Collector of Arrears of 1852.-Henry Rubie.
Coroner.-Peter Francis Garrigues.
Solicitor of Parish: -†James Allwood.
Surgeon to the Hospital and Outdoor Poor.-Charles Brackenridge.
Superintendent of District Prison -Richard M. White.
Surgeon to ditto. - Alexander Gordon.
Clerk of Market,- Linstead. - Thomas Stewart Roach
Collector of Petty Debts.-Henry Rubie.
Pound-keepers. -
at Rodney Hall, Lewis Stewart Roach;
at Hampshire, William McGaw.
Clerk of Parish Church. -Samuel Campbell.
Organist of ditto.-Miss Sarah Blackburn.
Sexton of ditto.-Robert Cox..
Mistress of the Branch National School -Mrs. Sarah Garrigues.
Medical Practitioners.-Charles Brackenridge, Alexander Gordon.
Surgeon to the Police. -Alexander Gordon.
Crier of the Circuit Court. - [blank]
Petty Sessions are held at Rodney Hall, every Tuesday; and on Saturday when required;
at Above Rocks, on the last Thursday of every month.
Custos Rotulorum, &c. -Hon. Edward Thompson.
Magistrates. -
William Rose
Francis Lowe
James Lawrance
Hon. Louis Fullerton Mackinnon
Henry Crewe
Alex. Rose
*Thomas Heath
†Henry Bridgwater Shaw
+Gilbert Shaw
Frederick Jarman
†George Husband
John Moore
†John Bromby Staines
†Francis H. Moxsy
Manly Abrahams
†Crawford Smith
Solomon Rodrigues
Robert Oates
†William Rose.
Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk to the Magistrates. - Matthew Smith Farquharson.
Churchwardens.-James Lawrance, Alexander Rose.
Vestrymen.- John Gervan, Josias Penrith Wakeford, Rev . Josias Cork, Glaister Bell, John Knox Montgomery, Mark. F. Roche, William Harty, Abraham Noah, George William Clough.
Clerk of the Vestry.-Edward Ewbank.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes.- Francis Lowe.
Deputy Collectors of Taxes. -William W. Williams, William P. Thompson, Alex. Moodie, Richard Francis.
Coroner-Edward Ewbank.
Solicitors for the Parish.-Hill and Airey.
Physician to the Poor.-Robert Oates.
Clerks of the Markets. -William. P. Thompson, Peter Alison.
Collector of Petty Debts. -
Mountain, Theo. Bloomfield
Lowlands . -W. Walters Williams
Pound-keepers. -
at Chapelton, Dugald McCullum;
at Lime Savanna, Sarah McMahon.
Clerk of Parish Church.- George Mudahy;
at Lime Savanna, Alexander B. Killingbeck;
at Arthur's Seat, - James Whittle.
Organist at Chapelton--Robert Thrash.
Harbour Master. - Dr. William Tarrant.
Medical Practitioner. -Robert Oates.
Keeper of Court House.-Mary Ann Green.
Crier of the Circuit Court.- [blank]
Petty Sessions are held on alternate Saturdays at Chapelton, and at Lime Savanna.
Custos Rotulorum.&c.- Hon. Louis Fullerton Mackinnon.
Magistrates. -
Gilbert Shaw
Henry Lord Garrigues
John Stirke
Daniel Callaghan
William Murray,
James Mitchell Gibb
John James Ronaldson
†William Rose
†Henry Crewe
John Brown
†Alexander Goldie Kerr
†John Moore
†James Larchin Miller
William Tarrant
* James Henry Mitchel
†George Ashby
James Harvey
Thomas PierceWilliams
†Robert Francis Graham Page
†Charles Ignatius Greenough
Hon. Edward Thompson
John Dingwall, Robert William Smith.
Churchwardens.- Gilbert Shaw, Henry Lord Garrigues.
Vestrymen. - Thomas Gibb, John Bermingham, Alexander Moodie, William Murdoch, Rev. J. R. Chisholm, John Dingwall, William Arthur Clements, Thomas Pierce Williams, Francis Ranger.
Clerk of the Vestry. - William Murray.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes. - James Mitchell Gibb.
Coroner . -George Robert Bruce.
Physicians to the Poor. - Bruce, Tarrant, and Oates.
Physician to Milk River Bath.- Dr Robert Oates.
Clerk to ditto. - John James Ronaldson.
Clerk of the Market - William Livingston Reid (Lessee).
Collector of Petty Debts. - Samuel Eyre Auld.
Clerk of Parish Church- Horatio Canton.
Sexton of ditto. -Francis Foster.
Harbour Master and Health Officer.-Dr. William Tarrant.
Pound-keeper -Thomas Goulborn.
Medical Practitioners. - William Tarrant, Robert Graham Bruce.
Crier of Circuit Court.- Samuel E. Auld.
Petty Sessions are held at the Alley every Saturday.
Custos Rotulorum, &c. - Hon. John Reed Hollingsworth.
Magistrates. -
Samuel Glanville
John Robert Tomlinson
†John Davy
Michael Muirhead
Alexander Cochrane Logan
*Thomas Sweetland
John Clarke
Alexander Woodburn Heron
Robert Pearson
James Brown
George Thompson
Colin Thompson
*John Thompson
Forbes McBean Chevers
Thomas Haffenden
John Sawers
Horatio Swaby
Peart Robinson
Thomas Burrell
Henry Laidlaw
Simon Bonitto
William Roy
Alexander Napier
Lionel Isaacs
Francis Palmer Parker
Charles Middlemore Ingram
George D. Miles.
Clerk of the Peace.- Charles Hamilton Jackson.
Clerk to the magistrates. - John Swaby Harrison.
Churchwardens. - Hon. John Reed Hollingsworth, Robert Pearson.
Vestrymen. - Robert White, Alexander Fraser, George Saunders, William Rose, Henry Pool Wilkinson Baker, Abner Mendes, Adam Copland, Jacob De la Penha, Foster Davis, Walter Butt.
Clerk of the Vestry. - Charles Middlemore Ingram.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes. - Michael Muirhead.
Coroner. -Michael Muirhead
Solicitor.- Charles Hamilton Jackson
Surgeon to the District Prison. - Forbes McBean Chevers.
Superintendent of do.- James Bonthrone.
Clerk of the Markets. - James Paton.
Lessee of Mandeville, Newport, and Porus Market. -.Joseph Levy.
Collectors of Petty Debts.-James Lewis, William Ward, Edward Isaac Alexander, Charles Augustus Sandford.
Collector of Transient Tax. - Joseph Stewart.
Pound-keepers.-
at Mandeville, E. J. Alexander;
at Plowden, George Durrant;
at Downs, Ralph Segre.
Clerks of the Churches.-
Mandeville Parish Church-Caleb Powell
St. George's, Mile Gully, Samuel Nelson;
St. Paul's, Mile Gully, William Frekleton;
Snowden, Thomas Hannah;
Providence, Adolphus Valentine.
Health Officer.-Forbes McBean Chevers.
Medical Practitioners, -Adam Thorburn, Forbes McBean Chevers, Crawford Smith.
Crier of the Circuit Court. - James Paton.
Petty Sessions are held at. Mandeville every Saturday; at Porus, on the third Wednesday; at Wigton on the first Friday; and at Shirehampton, on the fourth Wednesday in each month.
Custos Rotulorum, &c. - Hon. Alexandre Joseph Lindo.
Magistrates. -
†Richard Harrison
Henry Rigg
†Hon. Richard Cussen Burke
*Patrick Morgan
†George McGrath
†Anthony Davis
Henry Walsh
†Edward Bond
† Robert Emery
† Henry Laidlaw
† Alexander Gordon Fyfe
William Litherland
John Milne
Jeffrey
John Fairweather
Robert Clemetson
*George Devereux Baggett
William Gray
†Michael Joseph Taaffe
Charles Draeseke
Wellwood Maxwell Anderson
John Phillpotts
James Stewart
†Henry Bridgwater Shaw
Michael Kelly
†William Haughton
†James Campbell
†Alexander Heslop
†Thomas McCulloch
†John Forbes
*Hon. Henry Westmoreland
*Thomas Henry Dakyns
†William Sellar
Alexander Currie
†Hon. Edward Thompson
George Geddes
†George William Gordon
Augustus Hire
Emanuel Lyons
George Silvera
Thomas Gray
Hon. William Hosack
Richmond Braham, junr.
George James Armstrong
†George John Kemp
John Broomley Staines
Alexander Brancker.
Clerk of the Peace. - Solomon Da Silva Lindo.
Clerk to the Magistrates. -Theodore Augusus [Augustus] Geoghegan.
Churchwardens. -John Bainbridge Livingston, Theodore Augustus Geoghegan.
Vestrymen. -Rev. David Day, Peter Christie Davidson, George Davidson, James Burnett, James Maxwell Ferguson, James Donald, John Beacham Goffe, Robert Madden, Thomas Wood Summerbell, Robert Ryan
Clerk of the Vestry - William Gray.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes. - Robert Clemetson.
Deputy Collectors of Taxes.- George William Clemetson, Richard Rigg, John Armstrong, Thomas Reade Bagnold.
Coroner.--Robert Clemetson.
Solicitor. - Foster Henry March.
Surgeon to the Asylum.-James Maxwell Ferguson.
Almoner. - William Lawes Thompson
Matron.-Eleanor Knibbs.
Clerk of the Markets -at Manning's Town, Zechariah Rankin.
Collector of Petty Debts.-William Silvera.
Collectors of Transient Tax.- William Lawes Thompson, Michael Levy.
Pound-keepers. -
at Manning's Town, Ann Clarke
at Retreat, Henry Rigg
at Somerset Cottage, John Mogg
at Wallingford, Mary, Armstrong
at Mount Bethel, Wilhelmina McCrae.
Clerks of Churches. - Parish Church, John Haughton Morris
at Retreat, Benjamin Scott Hind
at Highgate, Frederick Wade
at Guy's Hill Chapel, Charles Kein
Organist of ditto.- [blank]
Harbour Master.-Robert Clemetson
Health Officer.-James Maxwell Ferguson.
Medical Practitioners.- James Donald, James Maxwell Ferguson.
Crier of the Circuit Court..- Robert Menzies Anderson
Petty Sessions.-at Manning's Town, every Saturday; at Retreat, every alternate Wednesday; at Lucky Hill, every alternate Thursday.
Custos Rotulorum, &c.-*Hon. Charles Royes.
Magistrates. -
Alexander Geddes
William Parke
Samuel Whitehorne Rose
Richard Henry Zouch Heming
Henry Cox
Utten Thomas Todd
Abraham Isaacs
James Lowe
John Strachan
William Sellar
Richard Carter
†Henry Laidlaw
Theobald Augustus Dillon
*Samuel Boyd Barnett
Edward Tucker
George Robinson
†Henry Walsh
†Robert Emery
†John Kelly
†Frederick John Fleming
Hon. Walter George Stewart
†Thomas Barker Allwood
John Clark
Richard Haddock Holworthy
†Henry Bridgwater Shaw
Hon. Peter Moncrieffe
Richmond Braham
James Broderick
William Gray
Thomas Beacher Scott
Samuel Horlock
Hon. Edward Thompson
Charles Fletcher
Joseph Bravo
Thomas Johnston
Solomon Da Silva Lindo
David. Collie
Isaac Henriques
Charles Clement Bravo
Judah Moses
Donald MacIntosh
George Halsall
William McCorkell
John S. Codner
George Robert Ruthven
Robert Robinson
James Higgin
Robert Beverland.
Clerk of the Peace.-James Allwood.
Clerk to the Magistrates.- Michael Solomon.
Churchwardens.-Richard Carter, John Anderson.
Vestrymen.-Michael Solomon, John Wilson Davis, Robert Taylor, Charles Clement Bravo, Andrew Carter, William Bromley Rose, Henry Davis, Richard Carter, junr., M. J. Griffiths, Judah Moses.
Clerk of the Vestry.-Rowland Parkinson.
Collecting Constable and Collector of Taxes- Robert Robinson
Deputy Collectors of Taxes. - Robert H. Murray. Edward Campbell, William Wilmot, Charles Fareman, Stephen S. Minot, Thomas Rodney.
Coroner.-Samuel Whitehorne Rose.
Solicitor. -James Allwood.
Surgeon for the Poor.- Thomas Johnson.
Surgeon to the District Prison.- Gilbert McNab.
Clerk of the Market. -William B. Harris.
Collector of Petty Debts.-Isaac Morris.
Collector of Transient Tax.- William B. Harris.
Pound-keepers -
at St. Ann's Bay, David Morris;
at Dry Harbour, William L. Nash;
at Brown's Town, James Seivwright;
at Moneague, John F. H. Purscell;
at Ocho Rios, Ann Wilmot;
at Charlton, Ellen Morris.
Clerk of Parish Church.-Alexander McPherson.
Organist -Mrs. Rodgers.
Organ Regulator. - John Dumetz.
Harbour Master.- [blank]
Agents of the Colonial Bank.- Bravo, Bro., & Co.
Health Officers. -
St. Ann's Bay, Gilbert McNab;
Dry Harbour, Thomas Johnston.
Medical Practitioners.-Gilbert McNab, James Stewart, Thomas Johnston, Edward Tucker, William Bromley Rose.
Crier of the Circuit Court.-William Israel
Petty Sessions are held at St. Ann's Bay, every alternate Saturday; at Brown's Town, every second Friday; at Moneague, every third Monday; at Ocho Rios, on the first Monday of the month.
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