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BARBADOS AND SCOTLAND LINKS 1627-1877 by David Dobson boston PUBLIC library t i j U a c S U BARBADOS AND SCOTLAND LINKS 1627-1877 by David Dobson CLEARFIELD Copyright © 2005 by David Dobson All Rights Reserved. Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 2005 International Standard Book Number. 0-8063-5263-9 Made in the United States of America INTRODUCTION Barbados and Scotland have had economic and social links since the early seventeenth century when an English colony was established on the West Indian island. The first Proprietor of Barbados was James Hay, Earl of Carlisle, a Scot who despatched administrators and ser¬ vants to the island, some of whom were recruited in Scotland. Trad¬ ing links between Scotland and the West Indies had been established as early as 1611 with the voyage of the Janet of Leith, but the records of such voyages are far from complete for the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. The imposition of the English Navigation Acts in the 1660s severely constrained the ability of Scotland, and other Eu¬ ropean countries, to trade directly with the English colonies in the Americas, though trade did occur in the form of smuggling. One of the few exceptions to the trade restrictions was the trade in indentured servants. Scots indentured servants were in constant de¬ mand by the planters in the English West Indies, including Barbados, as is shown by petitions to the English Privy Council. This demand was partly satisfied through the involuntary transportation of prison¬ ers of war or felons cleared from the jails of Scotland. After the battles of Preston (1648), Dunbar (1650), and Worcester (1651), thousands of prisoners were sent by Oliver Cromwell into exile in the American colonies including Barbados. In the case of the latter, there is no source extant that names the transportees but, as elsewhere in the colonies, Scots surnames soon appear in the records. It is these very specific surnames that represent the only evidence as to who was despatched to Barbados by Cromwell. The Covenanter Risings in Scotland in the second half of the seventeenth century led to hundreds being ban¬ ished to the Plantations including Barbados. In the eighteenth cen¬ tury the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 resulted in a similar diaspora, but one which has been well documented. Throughout the colonial period there was a constant trickle of emigrants bound for Barbados, possibly the most prosperous of all the colonies, attracted by the opportunities the island offered. Some of these sailed, as in¬ dentured servants, directly from Scotland, some via England, Ire¬ land, or even Holland. While the general migration routes are well established, there is little documentary evidence relating to individu¬ als. The most useful sources are the parish registers of Barbados which record the baptism or marriage of many people bearing Scottish names. As it has found to be impossible to separate the new immigrants from the descendents of earlier Scottish immigrants, all those bearing dis¬ tinctive Scottish surnames have been included in this work. In all likelihood the main era of Scottish emigration to Barbados occurred during the seventeenth century; thereafter the emphasis of, Scottish settlement lay in North America; at the same time there was a steady trickle of planters, colonial administrators, and professional workers to Barbados. Barbados was of special significance to genealogists as it was the springboard for the settlement of other British colonies in the Americas. From Barbados the colonists spread to the neighbouring islands, such as Jamaica, and also played a significant role in the early settlement of the Carolinas. Some of the first colonists of South Carolina arrived via Barbados and their number included a few Scots. Inter-colonial trade in the eighteenth century led to economic and social links being established between Barbados and the mainland colonies, which resulted in migration between the settlements. Some of the ships that sailed between Scotland and Barbados have been identified and listed, thus providing the names of vessels which may have brought Scots immigrants to the island, though its should be kept in mind that many Scots arrived as two-stage migrants via England, Ireland, or even Holland. This source book has been com¬ piled from documentary or published sources originating in Barba¬ dos, Scotland, England, the Netherlands, and the United States. David Dobson St Andrews, Scotland, 2005. 1 BARBADOS AND SCOTLAND, LINKS 1627-1877. ABERCROMBIE, ALEXANDER, married Mary Lower in Christchurch, Barbados, on 7 April 1710, parents of Elizabeth (bapt. 1712), [PR]; witnessed the will of William Lyte on 27 November 1701 in St George's, Barbados. [RB.6.41] ABERNETHY, JOHN, married Sarah Bollington, in St Michael’s Barbados, on 22 July 1769, parents of Sarah and Elinor (both bapt.l770).[PR]; mentioned in Patrick Sinclair’s will, 1674, Barbados. [RB.6.9]; also in James Graham’s will, probate 1674, Barbados. [RB.6.9] ADAMSON, GEORGE, referred to in Daniel Campbell’s will, probate 1668, Barbados. [RB.6.10] ADAMSON, WILLIAM, referred to in John Bell’s will, probate 1654, Barbados. [RB.6.13] ADAMSON, WILLIAM, emigrated via London to Barbados around 1684. [WCF#6679] ADAMSON, WILLIAM, married Elizabeth Girashier, in St Michael’s, Barbados, on 24 November 1717. [PR] AD ARE, JOHN, commander of the William of Bourbon, probate 15 July 1696, Barbados. [RB6.11.373] AD ARE, ROBERT, a sailor, son of Andrew Adare in Galloway, witnessed George Pratt’s will, probate 1692, [RB.6.3.68]; probate 29 December 1692 Barbados. [RB6.3.63] ADDISON, WILLIAM, married Eleanor Frizell, in St Philip’s, Barbados, in June 1729. [PR] AFFLECK, Lieutenant Colonel ANDREW, a witness to James Brown’s will, probate 1666, Barbados, [RB.6.15]; father of Andrew baptised in St James, Barbados, on 27 August 1679; owner of 20 acres with 7 slaves, also commander of a militia company there in 1679. [H#497/500; H2/148]; referred to in Alexander Riddoch’s will, probate 1682, Barbados, [RB.6.12.149]; husband of Honor, father of Elizabeth, Susan, Barbara, Thomas, Agnes, Honor, Andrew, and George, probate 2 November 1687, Barbados. [RB6.40] AFFLECK, ANDREW, husband of Deborah, parents of Anna (bapt.1727), Samuel (bapt.1730), Ruth (bapt. 1732), Andrew (bapt.1733), and Reynold (bapt. 1734), St James’s. [PR] BARBADOS AND SCOTLAND, LINKS 1627-1877 2 AFFLECK, ANDREW, married Ruth Holloway, in St John’s, Barbados, on 5 January 1758, parents of Ruth Holder (bapt.1760), Andrew (bapt. 1762), Henrietta (bapt.1765), St Joseph’s. [PR] AFFLECK, GEORGE, married Mary Alleyne, in St Thomas’s, Barbados, on 25 December 1761. [PR] AFFLECK, ROBERT, referred to in Laughlin McNeil’s will, probate 1703, Barbados. [RB.6.16.61] AFFLECK, THOMAS, married (1) Alice Kelly, in St James, Barbados, on 14 February 1759, parents of Deborah (bapt.1760), and (2) Rebecca West, there, on 7 April 1763. [PR] AFFLECK, Captain later Colonel THOMAS, married (l)Ann Dyer, in St James, Barbados, on 16 November 1693, parents of Honor (bapt. 1696),George (bapt.1697), Thomas (bapt.1699), Barbara (bapt. 1700), Ann (bapt. 1704), and (2) Sarah Bottiman, also in St James on 7 February 1713. [PR] AFFLECK, Colonel THOMAS, and Katherine Farquharson, parents of John (bapt. 1712), St James’s, Barbados. [PR] AFFLECK, THOMAS, married Alice Kelly in St James, Barbados, on 14 February 1759, and were parents of Deborah baptised 25 January 1760.[PR] AFFLECK, WILLIAM, married Katherine A. Smith, in St Thomas’s, Barbados, on 13 August 1791, parents of Mary (bapt. 1798), St Michael’s. [PR] AFFLECK, Captain, and Elizabeth McClure, parents of Anthony (bapt.1733), St Michael’s, Barbados. [PR] AGNEW, ANN, daughter of Hugh Agnew, referred to in James Wilson’s will, probate 1704, Barbados. [RB.6.16.62] AGNEW, HUGH, referred to in Robert Watson’s will, probate 6 August 1691, Barbados, [RB6.10.485]; a merchant in Barbados, 1699. [SPAWI. 1699/68] AGNEW, HUGH, married Margaret Stewart, in St Michael’s, Barbados, on 2 February 1696. [PR] AGNEW, HUGH, a planter in St Michael’s, Barbados, probate 19 December 1713, Barbados. [RB6.37.244] AIKEN, JOHN, a carpenter, married Margaret Roberts, in St James, Barbados, on 9 May 1725. [PR] ALEXANDER, ANDREW, married Elizabeth Brown, in St Michael’s, Barbados, on 6 March 1699. [PR] ALEXANDER, Dr JAMES, a witness to Francis Bell’s will, probate