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INDEX TO EXTANT WILLS RECORDED IN THE SUPREME COURT 1725-1882

Items 1 and 2 the court in which these wills were probated is not identified, but they were recorded in the Supreme Court.

Items 3 and 4 were transmitted to the Records Office in Spanish Town with notes indicating: "List of all wills from the District Courts recorded in the Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature since the coming into operation of the Judicature Law 1879 (Law 24 of 1879)."

Item 5 contained a letter stating that the author was sending: "Six original Wills specified in the enclosed Schedule A, on which probate ... has been granted by the Supreme Court .... I also send herewith original wills specified in Schedule B which have been proved and recorded in the several District Courts, and also recorded in this Office." The six wills probated in the Supreme Court were for Sarah Mackay, Charles Davis, Ephraim Athias, George T. Farquharson, James G. Doorley, Theophilus Messop. All other wills in item 5 were District Court Wills.

Format for each item:

NAME,

PARISH,

OCCUPATION OR STATUS,

[DATE OF DEATH if stated,]

YEAR PROBATE RECORDED,

ITEM [abbreviated "It"], SEQUENCE #

Date format: month/day/year

A

Alexander, James B., St. Andrew, planter, 1880. It 3 #1

Allwood, Philip, Kingston, shipwright, died 2/15/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #2

Athias, Ephraim, Kingston, Probate 1882 Supreme Court. It 5 #3

B

Bailey, Mary, St. Thomas, widow, 1882. It 5 #4

Barnett, Henry, Jackson Town, Trelawny, laborer, died 4/23/1877. Probated 1880. It 3 #20

Barrett, James, Rose Hill, St. James, carpenter, 1882. It 5 #5

Baugh, Richard Leonard, Kingston, gentleman, died 11/3/1880. Probate 1880. It 3 #21

Belisario, Arthur Wellesley, Kingston, painter, died 4/8/1880. Probate 1880. It 3 #22

Belisario, Sophia Mendes, Kingston, spinster, died 1879. Probate 1881. It 4 #1

Berwick, Mary Ann, Kingston, widow, died 10/2/1872, Probate 1880. It 3 #23

Betton, Georgiana, St. Ann92's Bay, St. Ann, gentlewoman, died 11/19/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #25

Blackford, Robert, Kingston, tailor, died 6/11/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #26

Bloomfield, Theophilus, Clarendon, 1880. It 3 #2

Bogle, Robert, Kingston, gentleman, 1880. It 3 #3

Bogle, Robert Andrew, Kingston, painter, died 4/6/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #6

Bratt, Sarah White Tull, The Cottage, district of Vere, Clarendon, gentlewoman, died 1/17/1882. Probate 1882. It 5 #72

Brodber/ Broadber, David Davis, Clapham, Moneague district, St. Ann, planter and overseer, died 10/12/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #27

Brooks, Joseph, Kingston, gentleman, died 10/19/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #7

Brooks, William, Snr., Portland, laborer, died 4/18/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #28

Brown, John Samuel, Kingston, 1880. It 3 #4

Brown, William, Hanover, planter, 1882. It 5 #8

Bryan, Robert, Kingston, bookbinder, died 12/24/1879. Probate 1881. It 4 #2

Burrell, Edward, "The Oaks" estate, Clarendon, planter, 1880. It 3 #5

C

Cadow, William, St. Mary, planter, 1798. It 1 #68

Cameron, Ann, St. Catherine, free black woman, 1839. It 2 #95

Campbell, Alexander, late Captain of Her Majesty’s 84th Regiment, now of Major Dell’s Corp, 1783. It 1 #25

Campbell, Jane, Falmouth, Trelawny, spinster, 1851. It 2 #119

Campbell, John, Trelawny, died 10/3/1880. Probated 1881. It 4 #3

Campbell, Mary, widow of James Campbell, gentleman, Kingston, died 2/21/1881. Probate 1881. It 4 #4

Campbell, Robert, St. Ann, 1844. It 2 #121

Carter, Joannah, St. Catherine, a free sambo woman, 1801. It 2 #5

Carter, John, Barracks, Blue Mountain Valley, St. Thomas, mason, died 12/29/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #29

Casup, Mary, St. David, free woman of color, 1817. It 2 #68

Charman, James, St. Dorothy district of St. Catherine, shopkeeper, died 10/26/1880. Probate 1881. It 4 #5

Chevers, Forbes McBean, Cedar Grove plantation, Manchester, practitioner in physic and surgery, died 1/16/1882. It 5 #9

Claire, Elizabeth, St. Ann, widow, 1800. It 2 #1

Clark, Ann, Port Royal, a free brown woman, 1805. It 2 #20

Clark, Thomas, Porus, Manchester, laborer, died 9/1867. Probate 1880. It 3 #30

Clark, Sarah Priscilla, "Abbey Court", St. Andrew, spinster, 1858. It 2 #134

Clarke, Benjamin, Kingston, laborer, died 8/18/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #24

Clarke, Elenorah, Trelawny, wife of James Clarke, 1792. It 1 #44

Clarkson, Patrick Lynch, 1825. It 2 #78

Coapland, John, St. Elizabeth, 1837. It 2 #86

Coates, William Taylor, Montego Bay, St. James, 1858. It 2 #131

Cock, Elizabeth Manderson, Montego Bay, St. James, spinster, died 12/28/1879. Probate 1880. It 3 #57

Cohen, Reuben Zaleg Felipe, formerly of Cuba but now of St. Catherine, planter, died 7/29/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #10

Colash, John, Kingston, carpenter, died 2/26/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #11

Coleno, Rachel, Westmoreland, 1822. It 2 #95

Coles, Comfort Gallimore, St. Ann, 1868. It 2 #154

Collins, Margret, St. Catherine, free black woman, 1837. It 2 #84

Colthirst, Henry Forbes, Kingston, merchant, 1879. It 2 #164

Cooper, Sarah, Duncans, Trelawny, died 7/21/1880. Probate 1881. It. 4 #6

Coteno, Rachel, Westmoreland, 1846. It 2 #106

Cotterel, Alexander Harrison, 1843 [first page missing]. It 2 #103

Cox, Eleanor Milliken, wife of Thomas Milliken Cox, 1858. It 2 #133

Cox, Philip, Westmoreland, assistant Road director, 1867. It 2 #153

Craig, Robert, St. Ann, planter, 1788. It 1 #28

Crawford, John, residing at Bellfield Estate, St. James, 1858. It 2 #132

Crooks, Charlotte, daughter of William Lewis, Trelawny, 1882. It 5 #12

Crosbie, Lindesay, 1880 Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Inspector of the Jamaica Constabulary Force; died 12/8/1881 Paisley Pen, Clarendon. Probate 1882. It 5 #1

Cross, Ann John, Kingston, 1843. It 2 #101

Crotty, Sarah, Kingston, widow, 1790. It 1 #35

Cruise, Frances, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, spinster, died 1/12/1881. Probate 1881. It 4 #7

Cunningham, George, Esquire, of the Austrian Military Service, 1851. It 2 #120

Curphey, Georgiana Elizabeth, wife of Thomas John Curphey, Kingston, died 8/4/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #13

Curtin, William, Kingston, watchmaker, 1756. It 1 #9

D

DaCosta, Daniel Rodrigues, Kingston, merchant, 1882. It 5 #20

DaCosta, Sarah Rodrigues, Kingston, spinster, gentlewoman, died 10/1/1878. Probate 1880. It 3 #31

Dailey, Andrew, St. Catherine, a free black man, gardener, 1812. It 2 #60

Daily, Stephen Andrew, late of Kingston, now of St. Catherine, free person of color, 1812. It 2 #56

Dale, Ann, Winder’s Hill, St. Ann, gentlewoman, died 2/6/1880. Probated 1880. It 3 #32

Daly, Lawrence, St. Elizabeth, gentleman, 1847. It 2 #114

Darling, Marie Louise, St. Catherine, wife of Robert Darling, 1857. It 2 #128

Darling, Robert, proprietor of Malton plantation in Manchester, died 11/28/1854. Probate recorded 1880. It 3 #33

Davidson, James Burke, St. Catherine, 1881. It 4 #8

Davidson, John, 1804. It 2 #45

Davis, Alexander, St. James, carpenter, died March 1866. Probate recorded 1881. It 4 #9

Davis, Charles, Church Pen, St. Catherine, Probate 1882 Supreme Court. It 5 #15

Dawes, Charles, Esquire, Kingston, written 1772. It 2 #36

Dawson, Adam, St. James, free black man, 1812. It 2 #58

Delapenha, Leah, Kingston, widow, 1807. It 2 #54

Delara, Esther Cohen, Kingston, widow, 1799. It 2 #48

Deleon, Aaron, Westmoreland, 1850. It 2 #117

Delisser, Alexander, Trelawny, gentleman, died 1/22/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #16

Delisser, Matthew, Kingston, merchant, 1796. It 2 #49

de Menard, Charles, Lieut. Colonel in His Majesty’s Regiment of Royal Foreign Artillery, 1864. It 2 #151

Dempster, William, St. Catherine, laborer, 1871. It 2 #157

Dendy, the Revd. Walter, St. James, Baptist minister, 1879. It 2 #165

Dennis, Howlett, St. Mary, cooper, 1855. It 2 #123

Depass, Daniel junior, Kingston, shopkeeper, 1814. It 2 #66

Depass, Edmund. Will dated 1869, recorded 1881. It 4 #10

Dewar, May Agnes, Hopewell Pen, St. Ann, widow, 1882. It 5 #17

Dick, Margaret, St. Catherine, gentlewoman, written 1869. It 2 #163

Dismorr, James, late mariner but now of Kingston, 1826. It 2 #72

Dixon, Christopher, St. Andrew, laborer, 1880. It 3 #7

Dineout, Susan, Trelawny, lady, 1855. It 2 #124

Donald, James, St. Catherine, planter, 1784 [torn]. It 2 #40

Donnon, Jannet Agnue, Portland, 1858. It 2 #130

Doorley, James Graham, St. James, civil engineer. Probate 1882 Supreme Court. It 5 #18

Dorward, John, Westmoreland, planter, 1788. It 2 #43

Douglass, Capt. James, Kingston, mariner, 1794. It 2 #44

Douglas, Elizabeth, Old Harbour Market, St. Catherine, widow, died 1/4/1877. Probate 1881. It 4 #11

Douglas, William, S. John, 1840. It 2 #97

Douglas, William, Kingston, merchant, 1858. It 2 #127

Dove, Sarah, St. Catherine, widow, 1794. It 2 #45

Downes, William, written 1772. [will torn] It 2 #35

Drascoon, Jacob, Kingston, confectioner, 1817. It 2 #67

Drew, Stephen, Esquire, St. Ann, 1807. It 2 #149

Duaney, Rebecca Sanders, Kingston, spinster, 1871. It 2 #152

Dubuisson, Peter Alexander, Kingston, gentleman, died 3/5/1878. Probate 1881. It 4 #12

Duff, David, St. James, clerk in Holy Orders, rector, 1814. It 2 #65

Dumont, Alexander, of Panama in the state of Columbia but at present of Kingston, compositor, 1882. It 5 #21

Duncan, William, Ward Room Steward on Her Majesty’s Ship "Urgent" and now a patient in the Royal Naval Hospital in Jamaica, died 12/31/1879. Recorded 1880. It 3 #34

Dunmore, Sarah, written 1765. [will torn] It 2 #34

Dunn, Hannah Susanna, Kingston, widow, written 1786. It 2 #42

Dunn, William Russell, St. Ann, land surveyor, died 7/1/1880. Recorded 1880. It 3 #35

Dufrettey, Charles Pierre, born in Normandie France, Port-au-Prince, St. Domingue, 1797. [in French] It 2 #47

Durns, John, Kingston, landing or tide surveyor of the Customs at the Port of Kingston, 1817. It 2 #69

Dyer, Ann, Kingston, widow, died 10/20/1880. Probate recorded 1881. It 4 #13

E

East, Anne, widow of the Honorable Hinton East, Esquire, Raymond Hall, St. Andrew, 1882. It 5 #19

Eden, William, Esquire, Grand Cayman Island, Custos Rotulorum and Chief Magistrate of the Cayman Islands, 1880. It 3 #8

Ellis, Elizabeth Maryann, Kingston, widow, died 3/9/1879. Recorded 1880. It 3 #36

England, Catherine, Glasgow, St. James, 1881. It 4 #14

F

Farebrother, Jane Oliver, wife of Frank Broadhurst Farebrother, gentleman, Kingston, died 6/26/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #22

Farmer, Charlotte Smith, St. Andrew, spinster, died 4/28/1879. Probated 1880. It 3 #37

Farquharson, George Taylor, Chapelton, Clarendon. Probate 1882 Supreme Court. It 5 #23

Felsted, Samuel, Kingston, organist of St. Andrew, 1805. It 2 #21

Feurtado [spelled Furtado but signed by X], Sarah Aboab, Kingston, widow, 1796. It 1 #60

Fielding, Anne, St. Catherine, 1847 [will torn] It 2 #109

Findlater, Eliza, St. James, widow, died 11/12/1875. Probated 1880. It 3 #38

Fisher, Richard Smart, Esquire, Trelawny, 1779. It 1 #20

Fisher, Thomas, St. James, 1787. It 1 #29

Fleming, Frederick John, Portland, died July 1779. Probated 1880. It 3 #39

Fletcher, Charles, Esquire, Cedar Valley, St. Ann, died 2/8/1882. Probate 1882. It 5 #24

Flood, Mary, St. James, gentlewoman, 1839. It 2 #91

Florin, Mary A. DeMenazes, Kingston. (Received from Vice-Consul of Brazil) 1882. It 5 #25

Foote, John Jordon, town of Port Royal, Kingston, died 11/17/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #26

Ford, James Dearmer, Kingston, died 6/16/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #27

Foulkes, McKenzie, St. Ann, married man, 1858. It 2 #138

Fox, Charlotte, Rio Bueno, Trelawny, gentlewoman, 1847. It 2 #108

Francis, Lucy, a free Negro woman, St. Catherine, 1768. It 1 #4

Francis, William, Pindars Valley,Clarendon, died 1/13/1875. Probated 1880. It 3 #40

Franklin, Mary, St. Thomas in the East, widow, 1792. It 1 #41

Franklyn, William, Kingston, gentleman, 1802. It 2 #10

Fraser, James, Esquire, Portland, 1725. It 1 #1

Ffrench, George, Esquire, St. Catherine, 1795. It 1 #54

French, Mary, widow, St. Ann, written 1766. It 1 #3

French, Sarah, [first page missing], 1799. It 1 #77

Fry, Herbert Hine, Esquire, Moor Park Estate, St. James, died 11/15/1880. Probate 1881. It 4 #15

Fry, William Anderson, Kingston, gentleman, died 12/20/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #28

G

Gardiner, Charlotte, Kingston, widow, 1837. It 2 #85

Gardiner, Georgianna, Trelawny, spinster, died 1/4/1881. Probate 1882. It 5 #29

Gaskins, James Edward, Kingston, gentleman, died 9/11/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #30

Gerrard, Julia, Falmouth, Trelawny, spinster, 1881. It 4 #17

Gibson, Christiana Rebecca Tyrrell, district of St. George, Portland, widow, died 8/15/1874. Probated 1880. It 3 #41

Gilbourne, Henry Selvyn, Falmouth, Trelawny, died 3/22/1881. Probate 1881. It 4 #18

Gill, John DeCourcy, late of Great Britain but now of Port Royal, surgeon, 1794. It 1 #48

Glen, Thomas, St. Andrew, planter, died 8/2/1879. Probate 1881. It 4 #16

Godwin, Jane, Hanover, 1796. It 1 #28

Gonsales, Isaac, Kingston and Middlesex England, gentleman, 1776. It 1 #5

Good, Jane, Kingston, a free black woman, 1784. It 1 #26

Gordon, Alexander, otherwise called John Davidson since arrival in Jamaica, St. James?, 1804. It 2 #52

Gordon, John, St. Ann, died 6/4/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #31

Goulbourn, George, St. Andrew, gentleman, 1773. It 1 #8

Grace, Frances, Falmouth, Trelawny, gentlewoman, 1882. It 5 #32

Grady, Standish, St. Andrew, planter, 1797. It 1 #64

Graham, Thomas, Kingston, gentleman, 1784. It 1 #27

Grant, Charles, Montego Bay, St. James, master carpenter and builder, 1882. It 5 #33

Grant, David, Great Queen Street, St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England, merchant, 1792. It 1 #40

Grant, William Emanuel, Kingston, tailor, 1874. It 2 #160

Gray, John, Kingston, butcher, 1882. It 5 #34

Green, William, Trelawny, 1793. It 1 #40

Grey, Thomas Reid, St. Ann, mason, 1797. It 1 #65

Grier, William, Williamsfield, St. Ann, 1796. It 1 #59

H

Hall, Prince, Taylor’s Caymanas and Spanish Town, St. Catherine, planter, died 6/1/1880. Probate 1881. It 4 #19

Hall, William, Caledonia, Manchester, planter, died 2/4/1880. Probated 1880. It 3 #42

Hamilton, Duncan, Esquire, Kingston, died 12/15/1879. Probated 1880. It 3 #43

Hamilton, James Hollister, Kingston, saddler, died 12/29/1880. Probate 1881. It 4 #23

Hamilton, Robert, the Honorable, Clifton Mount, St. Andrew, 1880. It 3 #44

Hammond, Mary, St. Catherine, widow, died 8/20/1880. Probate recorded 1881. It 4 #20

Harris, James, Kingston, tobacconist, died 4/12/1882. Probate 1882. It 5 #35

Harry, Theophilus, Kingston, died 5/8/1880. Probate 1880. It 3 #47

Hartman, Edmund, Golden Spring, St. Ann, 1881. It 4 #21

Harvey, Charles Ernest Maximilian, Kingston, died 6/29/1881. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #36

Hay, George, residing at Pennystripe, Aberdeen, Scotland, administrator of Alexander Hay late of Duckenfield Estate, Plantain Garden River, St. Thomas. 1857. It 2 #137

Heming, Ellen, St. Ann, widow, 1880. It 3 #9

Heming, Cecil Zouch, St. Andrew, gentleman, clerk in the Treasury Office of Jamaica, 1882. It 5 #37

Hilton, James, Kingston, gentleman, written 1772. It 1 #33

Hinshelwood, John, Esquire, Portland, 1881. It 2 #161

Hogg, Elizabeth, Kingston, widow, died 8/16/1880. Probate recorded 1881. It 4 #22

Holmes, Richard Alex, Hanover, 1882. It 5 #38

Hugg, John, of the island of Colon in the United States of Columbia but at present in Kingston, merchant, 1882. It 5 #39

Hughes, Mary, Rio Bueno, Trelawny, widow, 1882. It 5 #40

Hume, John, Kingston, late soldier of the 2nd West India Regiment, died 12/24/1880. Probated 1881. It 3 #48

I

Ibbott, Thomas Sutton Taylor, Kingston, gentleman, died 3/14/1881. Probate 1881. It 4 #24

J

Jackson, Catherine Harris, Kingston, spinster, died 11/14/1882. Probate 1883. It 3 #49

Jackson, Eleanor, coolie, Kingston, died 5/22/1880. Probate 1880. It 3 #10

Jackson, Elizabeth Hannah, Kingston, spinster, died 5/12/1884. Probate recorded 1885. It 5 #41

Jacobs, Rachel, Kingston, widow, 1882. It 5 #42

James, Frances, St. James, gentlewoman, spinster, died 7/9/1878. Probate 1880. It 3 #50

Jobson, Austin, St. Ann, planter, 1880. It 3 #11

Johnston, Richard Richardson, town of Port Royal, Kingston, gentleman, died 2/13/1878. Probate recorded 1882. It 5 #62

Johnstone, Joseph, St. Ann, planter, 1850. It 2 #116

Jones, Thomas, Waters Hill, St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, died 3/3/1877. Probate 1880. It 3 #51

K

Kerr, David, Esquire, 21 Warrestor Crescent, Edinburgh. Probate in Edinburgh Scotland, 1880. Recorded in Jamaica 1882. It 5 #43


These Wills are in the Island Records Office in Twickenham Park, Jamaica. The text of these wills may also be found on LDS microfilm #1937926



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