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A quote from the book: "On account of the size of the Handbook, it has been necessary to leave out the interesting accounts of the early history of the Churches, for which the reader is referred to the Handbook of 1891 . . ."
The early history of the Church of England in Jamaica from its establishment in 1692 under the Deputy Governorship of Sir Charles Lyttleton up to the year 1866, the time of the inauguration of Crown Government, has been published in previous numbers of the Jamaica Handbook, and to these the reader is referred for such information as he needs prior to the advent in Jamaica of Sir John Peter Grant.
OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD:
Most Rev. Enos Nuttall, D.D., Lord Bishop of the West Indies, Pres., and Sec'y. of Incorporated Lay Body
Rev. J. B. Ellis, Secretary
T. L. Harvey, Esq., Legal Adviser
THE INCORPORATED LAY BODY:
J. F. Cargill, M.D.
A. H. Jones, Esq.
S. C. Burke, Esq.
Dr. Pringle, C.M.G.
DIOCESAN COUNCIL:
Nominated by the Bishop:
Ven. Archdeacon Downer
Rev. H. H. Isaacs, M.A.
Rev. Canon MacDermot
Rev. R. G. Ambrose
Rev. Canon Simms, M.A.
Rev. J. D. Ellis (also secretary)
Charles Goldie, Esq.
L. G. Gruchy, Esq.
W. E. Sant, Esq.
Hon. S. C. Burke
Hon. Dr. Pringle
A. N. Dixon, Esq.
Elected by the Snyod:
Rev. Canon Kilburn
Rev. J. W. Austin
Rev. J. B. Ellis, M.A.
Rev. R. Harding
Ven. Archdeacon Davis
Rev. Canon Wortley
R. Johnstone, Esq.
A. H. Jones, Esq.
F. Cundall, Esq., F.S.A.
J. W. Mennell, Esq.
C. P. Bovell, Esq.
F. Vickers, Esq.
MEMBERS DIOCESIAN FINANCIAL BOARD (NOT PERMANENT)
Rev. J. B. Ellis, M.A. (and secretary)
C. A. T. Fursden, Esq.
L. Isaacs, Esq.
R. Johnstone, Esq.
Rev. Canon Simms, M.A. (secretary)
Hon. V. G. Bell
L. C. Gruchy, Esq., F.S.A.
Rev. Canon Kilburn
W. E. Sant, Esq.
E. J. Sadler, Esq.
E. Vickers, Esq.
BUSINESS REFERENCES
Oscar Marescaux, Esq.
C. G. Farquharson, Esq.
Hon. James Allwood
L. R. Latrielle, Auditor
C. O. Magnan, Auditor
The Colonial Bank, Treasurer
KINGSTON:
(Church and Name of Clergyman)
G. W. Downer, Parish Church
M. C. Clare, Ditto
G. H. Thompson, Ditto
H. H. Kilburn, St. George's
J. B. Ellis, Ditto
R. G. Ambrose, St. Michael's
J. Massiah, Allman Town and 6 Mission Stations
C. H. Coles, Ditto
A. B. Mullings, Ditto
ST. ANDREW:
H. H. Isaacs, M.A., Halfway-Tree
C. R. G. Thomas, Ditto
D. W. Bland, The Grove and Woodford
H. M. F. MacDermot, Craigton
T. P. George, Clifton and Mavis Bank
J. N. Swaby, Mount James and Brandon Hill
W. M. Whiteley, St. Christopher's and Stony Hill
B. J. Shaul, St. Lukes and 8 Mission Stations
ST. THOMAS:
R. J. MacPherson, Morant Bay
Yallahs (vacant - no minister)
A. A. Hedmann, Woburn Lawn and Blue Mountain Valley
J. A. Bowen, Bath, Golden Grove and 4 Mission Stations
PORTLAND:
T. Harty, Port Antonio
C. C. Douce, Manchioneal, Rural Hill, and Boston
J. Thomas, St. Margaret's Bay
Thos. Banbury, Hope Bay
C. E. Tomlinson, Hope Bay, Moore Town and 10 Mission Stations
W. J. Dewdney, Buff Bay
F. Scurfield, Birnam Wood
ST. CATHERINE:
E. J. Wortley, The Cathedral
C. M. Buckley, Trinity and Spanish Town
G. C. Linton, Harewood and St. Faith's
R. Harding, Linstead
J. S. Fraser, Somerset Hall
A. Brown, Lluidas Vale and Point Hill
Rev. J. S. Fraser, St. John's and O. P. Church
C. H. Swaby, Old Harbour, St. Phillip's, Catechist of Highgate, and 9 Mission Stations
CLARENDON:
C. P. Muirhead, Chapelton
A. Brown, Arthur's Seat
J. D. Hunt, Lime Savannah
A. B. Williams, Milk River and Kemp's Hill
C. T. Husband, Portland, Hayes, St. Peter's (Vere), and 10 Mission Stations
ST. MARY:
J. H. Graham, Port Maria
W. T. Graham, B.A., Retreat
S. A. Swaby, Highgate and Scott's Hall
F. M. H. Mercier, B.A., Annotto Bay
A. C. S. Smyth, Ditto
F. H. Sharpe, Gayle, Labyrinth, and 8 Mission Stations
MANCHESTER:
Rt. Rev. C. F. Douet, Mandeville
H. Clarke, Ditto
E. Clarke, Mile Gully
J. Cass, Christiana
W. Lund, Porus and Chantilly
F. L. King, Snowdon and Providence
T. A. Fraser, Pratville
F. H. Perkins, Keynsham, Balaclava, and 6 Mission Stations
ST. ANN:
R. J. Ripley, St. Ann's Bay
G. S. Grange, Ocho Rios
J. P. Hall, Brown's Town
S. I. Moodie, Aboukir
J. W. Graham, Guy's Hill
J. T. H. Chandler, Claremont, Catechist of Gibraltar, and 7 Mission Stations
ST. ELIZABETH:
C. Melville, Black River
B. A. S. MacCalla, Lacovia and Siloah
A. P. Kennedy, Gilnock and St. Alban's
A. E. Lewis, Mount Hermon and Nain
C. T. Rickard, Plains, Mayfield, and 8 mission stations
J. D. Ellis, St. Mary
E. D. Tinling, Whitehall
WESTMORELAND:
C. H. Davis, Sav. la-Mar
J. J. C. Ormsby, Ditto
S. J. Vaughan, Trinity
S. Negus, Bluefields and Kings
R. L. Reid, St. Paul's and Negril
W. Heaver, Petersfield and Darliston
E. D. Tinling, New Road, and 5 Mission Stations
HANOVER:
E. J. Thomas, Lucea
J. N. Somerville, Green Island
J. Rigg, St. Saviour's and 6 Mission Stations
ST. JAMES:
J. W. Austin, Montego Bay
G. B. Hall, Holy Trinity
H. F. R. Sharpe, Marley
C. G. McGregory, Montpelier, and 5 Mission Stations
TRELAWNY:
E. A. Stewart, Falmouth
H. A. Cover, Ditto
W. E. Evelyn, B.A., Swanswick
W. Noble, Rio Bueno
J. P. Hall, Stewart Town
F. H. Perkins, St. Silas
J. R. M. Cass, Albert Town, and 4 Mission Stations
The Church of Scotland in Jamaica has ten churches, four Clergymen, and one unpaid Lay Missionary and 2,000 to 2,400 communicants, twelve Day School and ten Sunday Schools with Scholars to the number of 1,200 and upwards. Its adherents are over 8,900. The General Assembly of the Church which met in Edinburgh in May, 1890, gave its sanction and approval to the formation of a Presbytery the members of which shall be the ordained Ministers of the Church labouring in Jamaica and in the Island of Grenada, along with a representative Elder from each Kirk Session. There is one Church in Kingston and there are seven others situated in the Parishes of Manchester and St. Elizabeth - Medina, Hyde Park, Thornton, Retirement, Accompong, Cambridge, and Giddy Hall. The Scotch Church in Kingston was opened for service in the year 1819. It was one of the finest buildings in Jamaica and cost over 12,000 sterling in its erection. It is octagonal in form, and while in an architectural point of view its external appearance is massive, and somewhat heavy, its internal arrangements are graceful if not elegant.
MINISTERS, CHURCH, ADDRESS:
Rev. W. Graham, Kingston, Kingston
Rev. W. S. Lea, Thornton, Retirement, Accompong and Glen Stuart, Siloah
Rev. J. Maxwell, Medina, Giddy Hall, Cambridge, Green Valley and Hyde Park, Black River
Mr. Buckland, Cambridge, Black River
There is a considerable number of the members of this Church in Kingston where they constitute an influential section of this community. Their principal Church is that of Holy Trinity at the junction of Duke Street and Sutton Street. They have besides about 20 chapels in various parts of the island which are periodically visited either from Kingston or by Missionaries resident in the country.
CLERGY AT THE BISHOP'S HOUSE, 26 NORTH STREET, KINGSTON:
The Right Rev. Charles Gordon, Bishop of Thyatira and Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica
Rev. William Spillman, S.J.
Rev. John J. Collins, S.J.
Rev. James Noonan, S.J.
Rev. P. F. X. Mulry, S.J.
Rev. Edward Magrath, S.J.
Rev. P. Kayser, S.J.
Rev. W. F. Gregory, S.J.
OTHER CATHOLIC CLERGY AND ADDRESS:
Rev. A. Emerick, S.J., All Saint, Duncans P.O.
Rev. J. J. Broderick, S.J., Reading, Anchovy P.O.
Rev. D. Lynch, S.J., Spring Hill P.O.
The foundation of the Baptist Mission in Jamaica was laid by a few black and coloured men who came from American to the Island in 1783. Some of them were slaves in the United States, who were granted liberty by their owners. Some were Christians when they arrived in Jamaica, but others were converted after their arrival. The most noted of these men were George Lisle, George Lewis, George Gibb and Moses Baker. It was chiefly through Moses Baker's representations that the English Baptist Missionary Society was led to take up missionary work in Jamaica. The first Missionary sent out was the Rev. John Rowe, who landed at Montego Bay, February 23, 1814. He commenced his earnest labours in Trelawny and St. James, but died in little more than two years after his arrival. In 1815, a second Missionary, Rev. Lee Compere was appointed, whose labours were commenced near Old Harbour, but who afterwards removed to Kingston, and ere long had a Church containing 400 communicants. Mr. Compere was followed by the Rev. James Coultart, who arrived in Kingston, May 9, 1817. Thus, at important centers, north and south, the Mission was started, and in a very short time, so diligent and successful were the Missionaries, the work extended until its influence was felt, and Churches were formed in almost every part of the island. The Missionary Society were gratified with the progress made, and generously supplied the Mission with men and women as fully as they were able. Many years previous to 1838 were years of struggle for the abolition of slavery and through all these years, the Christian Missionary of every denomination was opposed and persecuted in a greater or less degree. The Baptist Missionary was assumed to be among the most zealous friends of the slaves, and therefore received an unusually large share of the persecution. The published report for the Jamaica Baptist Union for 1898 shows that there are 177 churches connected with it, in which Churches there are 33,638 members and sons. There are many substantial places of worship belonging to the Baptists in the island, such as at East Queen Street, Kingston, Spanish Town, Porus, Sav.la-Mar, Lucea, Montego Bay, Mount Carey, Bethel Town, Falmouth, St. Ann's Bay, Brown's Town, Jericho, and many others.
CHURCH OFFICERS - 1899 AND ADDRESS:
Rev. S. J. Washington, Chairman, Secretary of Total Abstinence Association, Porus
Rev. G. House, Chairman Elect, St. Ann's Bay
Rev. P. Williams, Secretary, Bethel Town
Rev. E. J. Hewett, Secretary, Anchovy
Rev. P. F. Schoburgh, Secretary, The Sunday School Society, Adelphi
Rev. C. Chapman, Secretary, Day School Society, Montego Bay
BAPTIST MINISTERS AND ADDRESSES:
Arnett, E., Linstead
Barron, Charles, Ulster Spring
Bennett, C. M., Moneague
Bennett, J. G., Dry Harbour
Bennett, R. E., Grange Hill
Brown, C. S., Gayle
Brown, T. N., St. David
Brown, W. D., Kingston
Brown, W. N., Montego Bay
Burke, Windsor, Point Hill
Chapman, Charles, Montego Bay
Christie, W. M., Flint River
Collie, G. S., Ulster Spring
Cunning, E. H., Bath
Dillon, J. T., Old Harbour
Donaldson, E. V., Rock River
Duckett, Angus, Four Paths
Eccleston, A. G., Falmouth
Edmonds, F., Ocho Rios
Fray, Ellis, Duncans
Gooden, A. M., Milk River
Gordon, J. J., Ewarton
Head, William. Cave Valley
Henderson, G. E., (M.A.), Brown's Town
Henderson, W. D., Oracabessa
Hewett, E. J., Anchovy
Hobson, R. H., Old Harbour
House, George, St. Ann's Bay
Hutchins, T. C., Montego Bay
James, A., (B.A.), Principal of Calabar College, Kingston
James, R. R., St. Margaret's Bay
Jones, Edward, Riversdale
Kendon, J. J., Linstead
Kingdon, John, Falmouth
Kirkham, A. G., Sav-La-Mar
Linton, J. S., Gayle
Marson, S. I., Santa Cruz
Marston, T.E., Newmarket
McCaulay, J., Cave Valley
Morman, W. J., Port Antonio
Mowl, Edwin, Cedar Valley
Murphy, J. B., Chapelton
O'Meally, Patrick, Ulster Spring
Pearn, W., Annotto Bay
Pratt, W., (M.A.), Kingston
Schoburgh, P. F., Adelphi
Shaw, M.A.N., No location given
Sibley, Charles, Balaclava
Sibley, W. P., Hector's River
Smythe, L. A., No location given
Somers, T. G., Spanish Town
Steele, J. J., Rio Bueno
Touzalin, E. J., Sav.-La-Mar
Thompson, W. J., Buff Bay
Tucker, Leonard (M.A.), Calabar College, Kingston
Tucker, W. A., Spanish Town
Turner, George, Croft's Hill
Washington, S. J., Porus
Watson, A. P., Blue Mountain Valley
Webb, W. M., Stewart Town
Webster, H. L., Montego Bay
Williams, Philip, Bethel Town
Yair, John, Lucea
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