George Brizan’s histories of Grenada are chocked full of names and other information that may be useful to genealogists. Here are some tidbits I copied down from Grenada: Island of Conflict. Warning – they are disjointed:
1793
William Smith, Englishman, owner of Revolution Hall Estate (now called Brothers)
Mentions Alexander Campbell and Lt. Governor Ninian Home as planters at this time
1795
Lussan, a merchant from Gouyave is mentioned [ I think this is the surname now spelled Lusan]
Balthazar Estate is owned by de Poulain
Julien Fedon owned the large Belvedere Estate in St. John’s
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Domingo Sebastian DeFreitas mentioned as a planter from St. John’s and a Member of the Governor’s Legislative Council in the late 1800s
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Magistrates and Special Justices
1835
TA Sinclair
Mr. Cayley
Mr. John Ross
Mr. Garraway until early 1836 when he was replaced by Fraser
1837
John Ross
T. Cayley [most likely the same man as above]
L. Walsh
CS Fraser
TA Sinclair
1838
Chief Justice – John Sanderson
Ass. judges: LJ Walsh and John Wells
Special justices: CJ Fraser, RM Jephson, Julien DeGourville and Philip Staunton
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Plantation managers in the 1830s
Mr. Leid – Mt. Reuil Estate
Mr. Agar – Mt. Gay Estate
Dr. John Brown – Clark’s Court Estate
1876
Bocage, Pearls, Boulogne and Madeys Estates owned by Theophilus Law
Hello,
I am very happy to have found your site. My ancestors arrived in Grenada in 1718. My great x6 grandfather (Jean Rochard) was sent to the island of Grenada by the King of France. He was a royal judge. He had a family on the island, 2 daughters and 1 son Thomas Daniel Rochard(my great grandfather x5) He in turn had 5 sons, some of which went back to France, some of which left for Trinidad during Fedon’s rebellion. My family eventually emmigrated from Trinidad to Canada. I am looking for information on the Rochard family in Grenada. Any information you might have would be very helpful.
Thank you in advance
Renée Rochard
I am a direct descendant (through my father’s side) of William Smith owner of Revolution Hall (now owned by Brothers of St.John’s Christian Secondary School) in (or near?) Gouyave, Grenada, who apparently bought it after the “Fedon Rebellion” of 1795-6. It was then inherited by his son Richard Oliver Smith at the age of five, who would have been my great-great grandfather. He had a son (Richard Joseph Sanderson Smith) born around 1837 -according to British Census records- in “Trinidad, West Indies”.
I would be very grateful you could assist me in finding more about these ancestors, or if you could indicate the name of any organisation/church/other records in Grenada which could help me in finding more about these people and their families.
Best regards
Richard Levingston
Hi there
I am doing research on my ancestors, William Smith (my great-great-great-great grandfather) and his son Richard Oliver Smith whom I believe owned the Revolution Hall Estate at one point. I was astonished to see the reference to William online here! If you have any further information on either of them or on the Estate I would be really grateful. I’m currently residing in Australia so am somewhat restricted with the type of research I can do!
Many thanks
Ara Levingston.
Hi there…This is a really interesting blog…I’m so glad I found it! I’ve added you to my blogroll and look forward to future pieces.
My name is Alexander Eadon Campbell Gray…my Uncle, Captain Michael Campbell of Dunstaffnage, married a Grenadian woman called Anne McIntyre and had two children, Angus Campbell and Claire Campbell…
Angus is currently a doctor in Oxford and Claire works at Scotiabank on the Carenage…
I believe that Alexander Campbell mentioned above is my ancestor. from other sources I have found that his father was John Campbell, a Glasgow merchant.
It has been passed down through the generations that he married a Carib woman and gained land in Grenada through her.
A couple of generations are hazy then we know that William Colin Campbell was a nutmeg estate commissioner.
Can anyone help with some leads here.
Viv Armstrong