St. Katherine’s Parish, Jamaica Census, 1670

Census of Jamaica

St. Katherine’s Parish

Name Acres
John Archer 560
Capt. John Bourden 2255
Richard Beckford 578
John Bonner 82
William Bunn and Mate 64
Robert Bedford 30
John Berry 40
Lieut.-Col. Robert Bindlos 1935
Edward Blackman 62
Col. Thomas Ballard 2391
More 1000
Peter Burton 78
Richard Boyse 148
Susanna Barker 160
Anthony Burroughs 40
Thomas Burden 67
Francis Barnes 60
Hersey Bawett 32.5
William benton 44
Edward Burt 27
Christopher Butler 9
Nicholas Collins 60
John Casteele 210
John Collett 120
John Colebeck 812
Capt. Colebeck and Inhabitants 1340
Josua Cooper 60
William Cussans 551
John Cater 252
James Casement 190
James Crookshanke 90
Matthew Crew 800
Thomas Cox 300
Bryan Clackey 100
Derby Cecil 110
Francis Crookshanke 40
Major Anthony Collier and Mates 2600
Col. John Cope 144
John Doughty and Mate 80
Thomas Davis 440
William Deane 597
George Dunkin and Mate 60
Timothy Dodd 300
Oliver Dust 60
John Drinkewater 27
John Ellis 150
Henry Edey 30
George Elkin 3286
Dorothy Eaton 220
Augustine Evans 401
Capt. William Freeman 40
Bartholomew Fant 1130
Angelina Fant 210
William Floyd 60
Widow Farefield 385
Major Thomas Fuller 1309
Humphrey Freeman, Esq. 627
Tobias Foot 120
Roger Fugas 30
John Flemming 34
Robert Ford 100
John Gimball 618
Andrew Groves 38
William Gray 720
John Gillingham 120
William Gibson 45
Richard Guy 270
Joachim Hane 420
William Hebb, Esq. 437
Henry Hilliard 100
Wm. Hill and Mate 190
Nicholas Homes 100
William Hubblethorpe and Mate 160
Anthony Hopper 70
George Hollowfield 140
George Hanborow 450
Edward Hans and Mate 123
Richard Hemmings 1600
John Hatkins and Mate 1190
William Herbert 120
John Hillier and Perrot 320
Francis Hull 100
Alice Howell 15
William Harker 164
George Holyday 33
Simon Huse 3
Cary Hellgar 146
Wm. Hobbleton 120
Francis Inians 453
John Jackson 30
Wm. Knowles 760
George Knight 63
Thomas Lyon 96
Samuel Long 18
Thomas Lilly 782
Samuel Lewis and Francis Man 1555
William Mullins Esq. 522
Capt. Hender Molesworth 2480
Wm. Matthews 520
John Moore 19
Charles Morgan 910
William Mosely 1242
William Morris 40
Bryan Macue 30
Thomas Modyford, Esq. and Company 6090
Philip Masters 411.5
Thomas Martin 130
Hugh Mighty 140
William Mathewes 170
Sir James Modyford 3500
William Markham 33
Lucas Martin 30
Sir Thomas Modyford 109
George Newell 475
George Needham, Esq. 1764
Capt. John Noye 5868
William Oakes 19
John Parsons and Mate 30
Joseph Peters 30
Francis Philips 33
Alexander Pitts and Mate 90
Francis Price and Mate 150
Thomas Parnell 120
William Perkins 88
Thomas Pitts 500
James Parsons 34
John Parish 175
More 120
Joseph Peters 55
George Reekstead 60
George Russell 160
Bartholomew Roe 33
Evan Rice 120
John Ridgway 340
Royall Company 470
Henry Rimes 530
Thomas Raby 398
Fulke Rose 380
Jos. Char. Stevenson 30
John Slicker 90
James Sharpington 60
Henry Saw 400
George Tirlow 42
John Thomas and Mate 153
Thomas Tyler 210
John Vine 45
Henry Veasy 90
More 33
Thomas Webb 20
Michael Whaley and Mate 163
Henry Weston 61
John Went 81.5
More 150
John Welting 150
Robert Willias and Mates 120
John Wooley and Mates 201
George Woodger and Parris 100
Isaac Wells 9
William White 15.5
John Whiting 30
In this parish are 158 families
And by estimate 2370 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.

More information about Caribbean history can be found in the books:

Preliminary Report on Manuscript Materials in British Archives Relating to the American Revolution in the West Indian Islands

and:

A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present

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