Archive for March, 2008
Sardine Family’s New Website
The Sardine family of St. Vincent has started a website to share family information.
Roger Swire of St. Vincent & Jamaica
Roger SWIRE (Planter & Magistrate) (1792 – 1841)
Read Swire Family Letters from the 1870’s – 1901
Roger SWIRE was born 15 September 1792 in Hunsingore, Yorkshire, England to Roger SWIRE and Hannah MELLIN. His English ancestry
Robert Sutherland’s Will
Will of Robert SUTHERLAND of the Island of St Vincent in the West Indies.
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions. PROB 11/1749
Sutherland of St. Vincent
THE RIBBON TRAIL
By:Joan Leggett
This article was first printed as “Georgie, Madge and hair ribbons”, in the March 1998 issue of Family Tree Magazine (UK), and appears here by permission.
Richardson of St. Vincent
Ernest Gladstone Richardson (24 Feb. 1874 – 05 Sept. 1947)
Methodist Church Bishop – USA
Ernest Gladstone RICHARDSON was born in St. Vincent according to U. S. newspaper records from the Chronicle-Telegram of Elyria, Ohio
PATTERSON of St. Vincent
James Edward PATTERSON
Father of noted African-American William L. Patterson
James Edward PATTERSON was born in Kingstown, St. Vincent about 1850. His mother was said to have been a Carib Indian, his
MELVILLE of St. Vincent
FAMILIES OF ST. VINCENT
MELVILLE
Dr. Alexander Melville (1758 – 1829)
Dr. Alexander MELVILLE was born in Scotland on 15 September 1758. He was the son of Alexander MELVILL and Jean LYELL/LYALL of Scotland. He studied medicine at the famed Edinburgh University. He went to America before moving on to St. Vincent in the 1780’s as an Army [...]
MARTIN of Antigua & St. Vincent
FAMILIES OF ST. VINCENT & ANTIGUA
MARTIN
Lydia Martin (1727 – 1771)
Lydia MARTIN was christened 03 February 1727 in St. Peter’s parish, Antigua. Her parents are named as Josiah MARTIN, Esq. and the widow Elizabeth CHESTER. She married 12 March 1747 at St. John’s parish, Antigua to Harry ALEXANDER, planter. Her husband would later become an influential [...]
KEANE of St. Vincent
FAMILIES OF ST. VINCENT
KEANE
Keane Family Papers in the holdings of the Virginia Historical Society
The Virginia Historical Society’s Manuscripts Collection includes 79 items pertaining to three generations of the KEANE family of St. Vincent. Those records include the following KEANE family members:
Michael KEANE – (died 1796). Collection includes his letter books (1787 – 1794) concerning his [...]
Thomas Hackshaw of St. Vincent
FAMILIES OF ST. VINCENT
HACKSHAW
Thomas Hackshaw (abt. 1745 – 1782)
Thomas HACKSHAW was born in England in the 1740’s. His family was from the area of Hinton, St. George, Somerset. He married in St. Vincent on 30 January 1772 to Lydia ALEXANDER, daughter of Honorable Harry ALEXANDER.
In his marriage record, Thomas had the title of “Honorable, Esquire”, [...]
