I meant to "re-label" my post on 04/11/2007 from "Re: Spam:*****, Matthew Hatchett" to "Hodges in the Virgin Islands" K O Kupperman mentions the transportation of the first Africans to Old Providence in "Providence Island, 1630-1641: the Other Puritan Colony" (1993). The white Puritans and indentured servants.felt threatened by the arrival of several hundred slaves, so many of them were transferred to St Kitts which had a much lower proportion of Africans until sugar was introduced from Brazil about 1640. The Spanish captured the island after it became a base for privateers. I had two or three requests off-list some time ago for a list of the original English settlers on St Kitts in 1623 (1624 by modern reckoning) but my notes were in store. Like Thomas Warner, his wife and son, they were all from Framlingham, Suffolk, England and were mostly merchants: "William Tasted, John Rhodes, Robert Binns, William Bentfield, Serjeant Jones, Mr Ware, William Ryle, Rowland Grasscock, Mr Bond, Mr Langley, Mr Weaver, Serjeant Aplon and a sailor and a cook (both unnamed)" Warner used the first permanent English settlement in the West Indies as a base to seed many of their subsequent colonies.. Peter Moll Tortola BVI [email protected] wrote: > Thank you for that information, Richard.? Your help is appreciated.? Do you know where St. Lucia is?? We have that on one of ancestors birth records - always thought she was born in Jamaica. > > Have a nice day, > Cheryl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Bond <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:57 am > Subject: Re: Livingston, San Andres and Old Providence > > San Andres and Old Providence are two of the islands off of Nicaragua > that at the time of your ancestor were under the control of the British > but now belong to Colombia. They were used for catching and processing > fish and turtles and are now a duty free tourism center. Most of the > population are English speaking of Caribbean descent.