Lisa, Thanks for the info. My de Freitas line didn't arrive in Trinidad until the turn of the century, so I don't think there's any relation to your Sebastian. Thanks again, Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <ljj5@optonline.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Defreitas in Grenada > Dean, > > I know that Sebastian was a well used DeFreitas name - however - I came > across a DeFrietas "vaguely" related to my Johnsons in Barbados, though the > family had moved on to Trini at some point. It is from World Gen Web & not > confirmed by me : > > My G-grandmother was a Johnson - married to a Clarke in Barbados. My > grandmother's brother's second wife (!) was also a Johnson. Plodding around > to see what became of them, I came across her cousin in Trinidad (who > knew?). His name was Victor Colin Anthony Johnson, and he married an Edith > Florence Sheppard . She was apparently the daughter of Charles Sebastian > Sheppard b.1884, son of Alfred Sheppard, possibly England, and Virginia > DeFrietas, she the daughter of a Sebastian DeFrietas - wife unknown. The > info on World Gen Web doesn't have where he was from and dates are just > approx from working backwards, giving 25 yrs a generation ( just a guess) > I'd say Sebastian was b around 1820 ???. > > Lisa > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked >