Lisa, I noticed the name Davis. I had an aunt, Edna Grosvenor (ca. 1905-1939) who married a Carl Davis in New York--his place of birth not known. They are both deceased, and I have lost contact with their children, Beverly Davis who would possibly be 67-68 years old, and her brother Carl Jr. who would be possibly 60 or so. My aunt, Edna, was born in Trinidad to two Barbadians, Frederick Grosvenor and his wife, Georgiana Hunt. Does any of this have anything to do with your Davis family? Nevilla E. Ottley Lisa wrote: >My goodness! My great grandfather! I feel like someone just walked on my >grave - or his. Joseph Carter Clarke. The man was a carpenter. I don't >know where Content was. And Ian's Joseph Davis ( who heaven know's might >be mine too if I ever find out who my grandfather was.) I wonder who Ann & >Sarah are & could they lead to who Joseph was? hmm & will have to check >the other Clarkes too. You have to be careful when you send me this stuff >as I then have so many questions! > >Was St Joe different in having so many small landowners? Or was this just >the time? or was it everywhere that had a "below the cliff"?? Seems to >have been a lot of shifting going on at the time. I have a copy of the >Will of Robert James Haynes ( I think a son of the one who owned Frizer's at >the time my GGgrandfather was buried "in the vault") The will says - c >1848 - that Frizer's was leased, & had been for 9 years - to Nathaniel >Jones Pile, Francis King, and I believe Francis Hodgkinson. Frizer's was >to be sold if they didn't want to renew the lease for another 10yrs in 1849. >( BTW --- RJHaynes had departed and lived in St Michael. He left all his >household goods & £ 9000 to a "coloured" (whatever that means - I guess >that someone could still remember you had some black in you ) Elizabeth Ann >Gibson - likely from St Joe as she was a laborer on Frizer's at one >baptism - & the 5 children she bore him.) > > >I have to remember that any profession - carpenter, cooper, fisherman was a >necessary part of the economy and of some importance. Can't have barrels >for the sugar without the cooper. > >I am just really suprised - I was thinking he roamed the parish being a >carpenter & eventually got a few roods - by not till later. He was a >long-lived man - did not die till 1890, outlived many of his peers, & >produced 17 children of 3 wives, my grandmother the youngest. Must have >seen a lot of changes. > >You're a peach - thanks --- &&&& when is the case scheduled to be >heard? Who all is going to UK? > >Happy 4th of July -- the day after which we didn't care about "the other >guy's history" anymore !! No work till Monday & my oldest son's birthday - a >firecraker they said, although I don't exactly remember it that way. >Lisa > >>From: "Applied Technologies Inc." <apt@caribsurf.com> >>Date: 2003/07/03 Thu PM 10:00:38 CDT >>To: "Sales Consultants of Middlesex County, Inc." >> ><scmidlsx@bellatlantic.net> > >>Subject: Re: Is this yours? >> >>Lisa >> >>Thanks again fo the list. >> >>Was at the archives today and was looking at an 1847 list of landowners >> >who > >>owned greater than one acre in each parish. Extracted the following >> >>St. John: John McCollins Attempt 14 acres >> Robert Clarke Coach Hill 3 acres >> Thomas Clarke dec. Below Cliff 14 acres 2 foods >> Rev. RNB Clarke Haynes Hill 121 acres 3 roods >> >>St. Joseph Joseph B. Davis Near Bathsheba 4 acres 2 roods >> Ann S. Davis Near Bathsheba 1 acre >> Sarah E. Davis Near Bathsheba 1 acre >> John & Charles Davis Near Bathsheba 1 acre >> George W. Clarke Near Mount wilton 2 acres >> Joseph C. Clarke Near Content 2 acres >> Richard Clarke Near Cambridge 1 acre >> >>Looked for Glenburnie but did not see it listed. In St. Joseph it looks >>like almost the whole parish was owned by about 200 persons. In 1817 there >>were a few thousand slaves registered and heaven only knows how many >>landless whites. >> >>Rate books seem not to be available prior to the early 1900's but imagine >>there would be a wealth of info in them. >> >>John >> >> > > > >==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== >Before posting a query, check to see if the question has already been asked on the List. All messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived by date or thread at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CARIBBEAN. You can search the archives at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CARIBBEAN. > >