SHAW and CAMPBELL of St. Marys
Min Walker
Jamaica from about 1798 to 1820.
He married Henriewtts Campbell and his daughters were Sarah, Fanny and
Elizabeth.
Thanks in advance for any information.
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Jan Bousse
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Jan Bousse
I have been for some time researching the ancestry of my wife's mother,
Estella CAMPBELL from Pimento Hill, St. Mary, Jamaica. I suppose she
descended from slaves, I may have gotten as far as her grandfather, born
1841. I was looking further back at slave names and checking at the PRO (now
National Archives) in Kew, London, I encountered the name of a plantation
owner, Harriet CAMPBELL. I believe her name was also spelled Henriette.
In the 1817 slave register, T 71/33, she lists 47 slaves. The name of the
property is not mentioned, but in the Almanack 1821 and subsequent editions,
she is listed as the owner of Bishop's Mount, St. Mary. What struck me is
that many of her slaves, mainly the African ones, have received a Christian
name Campbell, which I suppose means that they were baptised, probably on
the property. One of these women slaves, Prudence, colour Negro, 38 years,
African, was given the Christian name Elizabeth SHAW. In these documents I
did not see the name of a husband of Harriet, but it seems possible that she
is the one who was married to Dr. Shaw. Maybe he was the godfather at that
baptism, he could not have been the father, since Prudence was born in
Africa. He might also be recorded in the Almanack, if he was an owner in his
own right or had a function in Jamaica. Do you by any chance have baptism
certificates of his daughters, also of the slaves? It may help me to find if
one of them may have been one of the ancestors of my wife. Also, the
property Bishop's Mount, I have not been able to find out where it was
located. It would be useful if I could find that it was in the general area
where these ancestors were known to have lived. Do you know anything about
it?
There was another Campbell, Ann, owner of only a few slaves, most of them
also received the Christian name Campbell. One was Sarah Campbell, also
African. That property may have been Prospect in St. Mary, according to
information I received from Cindy Kilgore three years ago.
If what I found at the PRO is of any help to you, please let me know. At the
same time I hope that you have some information that can shed light on my
research.
Wishing you good luck,
Jan BOUSSE, Oostende, Belgium
Former Belgian Ambassador to Jamaica
bous...@pandora.be
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Subject: SHAW and CAMPBELL of St. Marys
cecilia
>...There was another Campbell, Ann, owner of only a few slaves, most of them
>also received the Christian name Campbell. One was Sarah Campbell, also
>African. That property may have been Prospect in St. Mary, according to
>information I received from Cindy Kilgore three years ago.
Prospect Pen, St Mary's, was owned in the later part of the 18C by
Francis Dennis, and then in the early part of the 19C [eg see "Return
of Givings-in for the March Quarter 1823" in (if I recollect
correctly) the 1824 Jamaica Almanac] by Pallmer and Dawson (his
sons-in-law were Charles Nicholas Pallmer and James Hewitt
Massy-Dawson).
Earl Burrowes, Sr.
> In the 1817 slave register, T 71/33, she lists 47 slaves. The name of the
> property is not mentioned, but in the Almanack 1821 and subsequent editions,
> she is listed as the owner of Bishop's Mount, St. Mary. What struck me is
> that many of her slaves, mainly the African ones, have received a Christian
> name Campbell, which I suppose means that they were baptised, probably on
> the property.
For a number of years I've been attempting to research the illusive
(maternal) CAMPBELL branch of my 'family tree' from the area around Jackson,
St. Mary. Oral history names the oldest ancestor as a Henry (Fox) CAMPBELL
-- the nickname "Fox" was for the color of his hair. Oral account also said
that Henry was from Scotland.
Henry is said to have owned (and sold during his life time) property in/at
Palmetto Grove. He married a Elizabeth RAMSEY (mother's name WILLIAMSON --
ancestors from England) of mixed race and they had six children (including
Ronald Alexander, Sylvia, Aubrey James, Leonard, and Mary.
My mother (of mixed race, now 85 years of age and who grew up in St Mary)
recalls, as a child, references to black CAMPBELL and white CAMPBELL. Jan's
research seem to confirm oral accounts that the two 'camps' were descendants
of slave owners and slaves but not necessarily blood relations -- although
there were a number of those.
Any assistance in tracing Henry CAMPBELL would be appreciated.
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Jan Bousse
You mention that the oldest ancestor you know was Henry (Fox) Campbell, and
that he was from Scotland. He must have been a white Campbell then. What
year are you talking about? Campbell is a Scottish name and I believe was
and still is widespread in Jamaica. Obviously there are white Campbells
still, and perhaps many more black Campbells now. I received years ago a
list from Cindy Kilgore with more than thirty Campbell proprietors in
Jamaica in 1810, three of them in St. Mary. No Henry Campbell there, but
again, I don't know what period you are referring to. The Campbell family of
my wife lived in Pimento Hill, that's near the coast in St. Mary, east of
Port Maria. Jackson and Palmetto Grove are really somewhat removed from that
place. I know from the marriage certificate of my wife's grandfather that he
was married in 1898 and was then 24 years old. He would therefore have been
born around 1874. I may or may not have found his baptism record. I also
believe that his father's name was William Campbell and I have possibly a
William Campbell born in 1841 at Whitehall, St. Mary. It remains more or
less in the same area, but the evidence is not conclusive at all. As for
going back to a slave owned by Harriett Campbell in 1821, that's a vey big
question mark. If only I could find out where Bishop's Mount was, possibly
not far from Pimento Hill, but it could also have been way down in St. Mary.
There must be a way to identify that place!
Good luck with your search.
Jan Bousse