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OTHER LISTS OF LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PERSONS
For details and links to these pages, please go to 1670 Landowners.
This list includes the country of origin of the inhabitants. It is taken from Colonial Correspondence CO152/12/2. See Spanish Town.
In 1721 many of these families were transferred from the island of Anguilla in the Leeward Islands to Jamaica to increase the number of settlers here. This list is taken from the same packet as the list of Spanish Town inhabitants, found in Colonial Correspondence CO152/12/2. See Anguilla.
These are two Lists of White Families introduced into Jamaica from 1734 to 1753 under several Acts that were passed in England to encourage settlers to move to the island. The lists were included in CO 137/28.
List One consisted of 145 families, for a total of 347 individuals,described as "white families and artificers." At the end of the page you will find a report taken from the Journals of the House of Commons in 1753 concerning the efficacy of the Acts. Go to List One
List Two consisted of 112 families, for a total of 353 individuals. For most of them the list shows when and where they settled, and how many acres of land they received. Go to List Two.
This list was contained in Colonial Office Correspondence filed at CO 137/28 pages 169 to 175. It provides the name of the landowners, (noting whether they were deceased), the name of the property (where available), details on the number of acres planted in sugar, coffee, cotton, food crops, etc.; the number of white servants, Negroes, or cattle; the quality of the land and whether or not it was mountainous. Please go to 1753 St. Andrew.
For details and links to these pages, please go to 1754 lead page.
These lists concerning St. James are among documents and schedules presented by C. E. Long, Esq. to the British Museum in March 1842. They contain notes on statistics by Edward Long which were probably used by him in his History of Jamaica. The papers have now been transferred to the British Library.
The schedules on St. James were prepared in part by the Clerk of the Vestry. They are the most detailed lists available on the inhabitants of St. James at the time.
The first is a list of Sugar Estates; the Names of their Owners; number of men there able to bear arms, number of women and children, slaves, stock; sugar production.
The second is a list of smaller settlers, including "Pens, Coffee planters, Jobbers, Millwrights, Carpenters, Masons & such like". It gives the Name of the landowner, profession, and the same numbers as the first list.
For these first two lists, please see St James lists 1 & 2
The third is a list of "Housekeepers" who possessed slaves and stock, providing once again the Name and Profession and the same numbers as the first list.
The fourth is a "List of Quarteroons (Quadroons) Mulattoes and Negroes who are Free and Able to bear Arms in the Parish of Saint James," which provides the "Name, Colour, Profession, Place of Residence."
There is also a schedule of the number of Houses in the Town of Montego Bay from 1762 to 1775 and their annual rent or value.
For this second set of lists, please see St. James 1774 continued.
A list compiled by a contributor, taken from various sources, including Colonial Office papers about the attempted rebellion in Hanover in 1776. It contains a list of some properties, the name of the proprietor, and the number of slaves. See Hanover 1776
A list prepared by order of the House of Assembly, containing the names of persons who had slaves and stock, and the numbers thereof, dated June 15, 1792. See St. Ann 1792
A list of French Families receiving aid from the Government, showing Names, Number of Persons, and Sums Received per Month. See French Families List 1
Names of French taken into Jamaica in 1793-1795, whether as Prisoners or Emigrants, Ships on which captured, or place from which sailed, Military or personal status, Weekly subsistence and financial aid. See French Families List 2
See also the Letter to the Earl of Balcarres from Marquis Caduch concerning the situation of the French in Jamaica in 1795. A proclamation. See Balcarres and French
Data on the children at the Royal Military Academy Chelsea, who were sponsored by the West India Regiment, and whose fathers had served in the Regiment. See RMA Chelsea
This is a list of over 1430 adults and children who were counted in Hanover in 1822 to 1823. It provides each person's age, residence, and color.
Please use the following links to access these pages:
See Hanover census 1, persons resident in Abingdon to Lorn.
Hanover census 2, persons resident in Lucea.
Hanover census 3, persons resident in Maggotty to York Hill. Census Totals.
A list of the Members of the Friendly Lodge 383 (1818-2000) and the Cornwall Lodge, 450 (697) (1815 to 1830), including the dates of initiation or joining [F]. See Lodges.
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