St. David’s Parish, Jamaica Census, 1670

Census of Jamaica

St. David’s Parish

Name Acres
Nicholas Alexander 760
Robert Avery 30
Thomas Bend 80
Edmund Bates 49
John Burton 150
John Banfield 60
John Campion 90
More 13
Cornelius Cole 90
Henry Cole 30
William Davis 150
Thomas Evans and Mate 160
George Elkin and Petty 563
Edward Elliot and Pearse 80
Francis Fouracers 160
Lieut.-Col. Robert Freeman 1338.75
Col. Thomas Freeman 440
Edward Fox 90
Thomas Fargar 345
Richard Gwinnell 140
Morgan George 30
Thomas Griffin 15
Matthew Halpin 60
John Harris 60
Thomas Harry 120
George Hooke 90
Henry Henderson 30
John Hobby and Alexander 82
John Hobby 126
George Hunt 45
John Hutchins 30
Samuel Hancock 60
John James and Mate 70
Edward Jackson 30
Peter Jacob 30
John Gerrard and Jourden 30
John Lamstead 30
Major Richard Lloyd 1370
Major Lloyd and Burton 294
Bryan Mascall, and Sylvester 54
Matthew Oliver 30
Luke Phillips 150
Henry Poores 40
John Price 140
Francis Powell 17
Richard Pearce and Elliott 90
Matthew Price 60
William Powell 30
Robert Puncher 60
William Ring 70.5
William Rives, Esq. 210
Walter Roles 40
Richard Richardson, Esq. 1034
Richard Richardson and Mate       152
Edward Reid 30
Thomas Reid 150
James Rogers 30
Clement Richardson 50
Thomas Ransdon 130
Robert Stubbs and Mate 66
Jacob Stokes 640
Jacob Stokes and Smith  
William Sheldrake 35
Benjamin Smith 60
Robert Smith 374
Major John Saunderson 44
Thomas Swaine 60
John Terry 58
Jenkin Thomas 18.5
Charles Thomas 30
Robert Thompson 30
Stephen Valley 55
Thomas Whittle 60
William Wolfe 30
Henry Winkes and Mate 65
James Wallis 30
Robert Woddard 60
William Witch 30
John Wilson and William Parker       30
John White and Elkins 30
John Wimble and Seamore 152
In this parish are 80 families
And by estimate 960 people

Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 7), America and West Indies, 1669-1674, Preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1889. pp. 98-104.

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