Hi Anne In addition there are a veritable tonne of Roses in Jamaica...... The Rose family "Antigua" is well established, with mercantile involvements throughout. Also some Royal Navy and political appointments..... The Group in Jamaica are extremely varied and there are so many hits I cannot be more helpful....but there is a lot there to examine. Cod -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kristy Willoughby Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Royal Navy in the Caribbean 1799-1800 Hi, I'm new to the list and I'm researching Robert Reginald Richmond Rose, who was in the Royal Navy from 1799-1806 serving as a Purser. In December 1800 Robert RR was on HMS Pelican and in Jersey ,the Channel Islands as evidenced by his marriage certificate to Ann Waters. I've traced the Pelican via the London Gazette and found that she spent all of 1799 to April 1800 in the Caribbean on active service and taking many prizes. My question is this. Would anyone know if Robert RR could have been recruited as Purser from the Caribbean, a local man in other words? I've so far been unable to find out for sure exactly what the RNs policy was re replacement officers in that time period. Would they would have sent a replacement officer out from England ? _____ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now!