St. John Free Colored, 1824
(Transcribed by David Knight & Lolly Prime of the St. John Historical Society for the Caribbean Genealogical Library, 2011)
# / Full Names / Age / Native / Abode / Religion / Trade / How becameFree ? / If he has any family in the island or STT / Property Owner / How long in the Island / Remarks
1 / William [H.] Lind / 37 / St. John / Cruz Bay / ReformedDutch Church / Carpenter / born / A Wife, 2 Children, Mother in STJ
1 child in STT / Part of a House & lot & 1 Slave / 37 years / Decent & well behaved
2 / [John] Jacob Shoy / 34 / St. John / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Carpenter / bought / A Wife, 2 Children & Mother in Law in St. John / none / 34 years / Decent & well behaved
3 / Hans Cronenberg / 40 / St. John / Cruz
Bay / Lutheran / Seaman / born / A wife
& 5 Children / A House
& Lot / 40 years / Tolerable well behaved
4 / John Jacob / 40 / Tortola / Cruz
Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / A Mother in Law & 5 Children / none / 30 years / Tolerable well Behaved
5 / John Henly / 40 / Tortola / Cruz Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / bought / A wife & 3 children / A house & lot & 2 slaves / 25 years / Tolerable well behaved
6 / John Scipio / 23 / Tortola / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / A wife / none / 21 years / Impertinent & Unruly
7 / Wm. [J.] Zyteman / 25 / St. John / Gift Estate / Lutheran / Fisherman / bought / Mother / Heir to some land / 25 years / Impertinent & Unruly
8 / Peter Titcomb / 24 / St. Croix / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Carpenter / born / none / none / 3 ½ years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
9 / Isaac Scipio / 20 / Tortola / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / born / A Mother / none / 20 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
10 / John Zyteman / 27 / St. John / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / bought / A wife and
1 child / Heir to some land / 27 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
11 / Wm.[Henry] Henly / 17 / St. John / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / bought / Lives with his father John Henly / none / 17 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
12 / John Van Brakle / 19 / St. Croix / Cruz Bay / Lutheran / Carpenter / none / none / 2 ½ Months / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
13 / Christian Lind / 20 / St. John / Cruz Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / Lives with his brother Wm. Lind / none / 20 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
14 / Wigo Faye / 23 / Tortola / Cruz Bay / Protestant / Seaman / none / none / 2 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
15 / Christian Meyer / 25 / St. Croix / Rusten-
berg / Lutheran / Carpenter / none / none / 5 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general do
16 / Hugh Inglis / 34 / Demerara / Adrian / Protestant / Overseer / none / none / 11 years / Very decent &
well behaved
17 / Jacob George / 52 / St. John / Rande-
vous Estate / Moravian / Lime burner / A Wife / Randeevous
Estate and
3 Slaves / 52 years / Unsettled and Noisy Tempered
18 / John Peter Hodge / 50 / Tortola / Little Reef Bay / Moravian / Seaman / none / A sail boat / 18 years / Unsettled & Noisy Tempered
19 / Lucas [Elias] / 18 / St. John / Reef Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / bought / Related to some of the slaves of Reef Bay Estate / none / 18 years / Behaves as Coloured people in general
20 / Mingo Pedro / 52 / St. John / Fish Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / None / none / 52 years / Much given to drinking
21 / Henry George / 65 / St. John
(Spanish-
town is crossed out / East End / (Metho-
dist crossed out) / Fisherman / A Wife a &
3 Children / A House & lot / 50 Years / Well Behaved
22 / Wm. George / 19 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Seaman / born / Lives with his Father Henry George / none / 19 years / Well Behaved
23 / Isaac George / 17 / St. John
(Spanish
town and Tortola are crossed out / East End / Methodist
(moravian crossed out) / Seaman / Lives with his father Henry George / none / 17 / Well Behaved
24 / Timote George / 50 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Plants provisions / bought / A Wife
and Child / A shallop, a House & lot & 1 Slave / 24 years / Well Behaved
25 / Peter George / 57 / St. John / East End / Methodist / Plants provisions / 2 Children in
St. Thomas / A house & lot & 1 Slave / 57
years / Well Behaved
26 / Isaac George / 19 / St. John / East End / Lutheran / Fisherman / Lives with his father Peter George / none / 19 years / Well Behaved
27 / John Sullivan / 62 / Spanish-
town / East End / Moravian / Plants provisions / bought / A Wife and
7 Children / A house & Lot & a small boat / 25 years / Well Behaved
28 / George Sullivan / 22 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Seaman / bought / none / none / 22 years / Well Behaved
29 / Andrew Hughes / 62 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Seaman / A Wife / none / 62 years / Well behaved
30 / Christian Hughes / 25 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Seaman / bought / A Wife and 2 Children / A house & lot / 37 [sic.] years / Very Civil and Well Behaved
31 / John Hughes / 30 / St. John / East End / Methodist / Seaman / bought / A Wife and 2 children / A house & lot / 40 [sic.] years / Well Behaved
32 / Johannes Hughes / 40 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Seaman / bought / A Wife & 4 Children All Slaves / Some land / 45 [sic] years / Well Behaved
33 / Ch... Needle
[looks like Charles]
Peter do. [under] / 45
NB / Tortola / East End / Methodist / Plants Provisions / born / A Wife ,
4 children & Mother / A house & lot
(2 slaves crossed out) / 5
years / Well Behaved
34 / Simon Sewer / 40 / Jos Van Dyke / East End / Methodist / Plants Provisions / A Wife & Daughter in Law / A House & Lot / 15 years / Quarrelsome sometimes
35 / Wm. Finch
[aka: Lettsome] / 36 / Jos Van Dyke / East End / Protestant / Seaman / given / none / none / 30 years / Well Behaved
36 / Samual Finch / 56 / Tortola / East End / Methodist / Seaman / given / 1 Child / none / 30 years / Sometimes bad behaved
37 / Johannis Timoth / 30 / St. John / East End / Moravian / Fisherman / none / none / 30 years / Well Behaved
38 / Adam Arnett / 32 / St. Thomas / East End / Methodist / Seaman / A Wife &
3 Children / A House & lot & a Shallop / 32 years / Behaves ill sometimes
39 / John S.
Berdet [?] / 33 / St. Thomas / East End / Calvinist / Seaman / A Wife & daughter in law / None / 7
years / Well Behaved
40 / Wm. Cuyler
[aka: Keiller] / 22 / St. Thomas / Coral Bay / Calvinist / Shoemaker / born / none / none / 2
years / Industrious &
well behaved
41 / Jacob Isaacs / 30 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / given / A Wife & 3 step children / none / 30 years / Quarrelsome sometimes & Occasionally drunk
42 / Joashy Willhelm / 50 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Seaman / 2 Children / none / 50 years / Quarrelsome sometimes
..... [illegible]
43 / Andrew Burress / 60 / St. John / Coral Bay / Lutheran / Seaman / A Wife &
3 Children / A house & Lot,
A shallop & 1 Slave / 60 years / Well Behaved
44 / John Burress / 27 / St. John / Coral Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / born / A Wife & 2 Children All Slaves / none / 27 years / Well Behaved but
given to drink
45 / Peter Burress / 22 / St. John / Coral Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / born / No family, he lives with his father Andrew Burress / none / 22
years / Well Behaved
46 / Inglehart Burress / 17 / St. John / Coral Bay / Lutheran / Fisherman / born / No family, hel lives with his father Andrew Burress / None / 17 years / Well Behaved
47 / Jacob Alman / 40 / St. Thomas / Coral Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / A Wife and child / A house & Lot / 18 years / Well Behaved
48 / Claus Black
[aka: Nicolas] / 60 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / born / A Wife / House lot / 40 years / Well Behaved
49 / Johannes Black / 30 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / A Wife / none / 30 years / Well Behaved
50 / Thomas Wilhelm / 20 / St. John / Coral Bay / Roman Catholic / Fisherman / none / none / 20 years / Well Behaved
51 / Peter Jacob
very old [in Danish]
[aka: Peter Peterson] / 60 / St. Thomas / Coral Bay / Roman Catholic / Fisherman / given / A daughter & 4 Grandchildren / A house & Lot / 50 years / Well Behaved
52 / Johan Peterson / 32 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / none / none / 32 years / Given to liquor
53 / Peter Peterson / 40 / St. John / Coral Gay / Moravian / Carpenter / none / none / 40 years / Given to liquor
54 / Christian Peterson / 30 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / born / none / none / 30 years / Given to drink
55 / Inglehart Peterson / 44 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / none / A lot of land / 44 years / Given to drink
56 / Jacob Black / 20 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / born / A Mother / A House & Lot / 20 years / Too fond of Liquor
57 / Thomas Black / 18 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / A Mother / A house & Lot / 18 years / Well Behaved
58 / [John] Peter Parrott / 44 / St. John / Coral Bay / Bass / Carpenter / given / A Wife / A house & land / 44
years / A quarrelsome temper &
too fond of liquor
59 / James Dogherty / 22 / St. John / Coral Bay / Roman Catholic / Carpenter / Lives with his Mother / none / 20
years / Well Behaved
60 / James Cummings / 40 / Spanish-
town / Coral Bay / Moravian / Carpenter / A Wife & Child in St. Thomas & 3 Children in St. John / A house & Lot & part of a shallop / 30 years / Much given to drunkenness
61 / John E. Sewer
Sic. John Abr. Sewer / 37 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Plants Provisions / bought / A Wife / A house & Lot / 37 years / Well Behaved
62 / Peter Sewer / 44 / St. John / East End / Methodist / Carpenter / given / A Wife &
3 children / A house & lot / 34
[sic.] years / Well Behaved
63 / Christian C. Sewer
[note:] gone to
St. Thomas / 31 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Shoe Maker / bought / A Wife / A house & Lot & Boat / 31 years / Well Behaved
64 / Philip M. Sewer / 28 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Taylor / bought / none / A house & Lot / 28 years / Well Behaved
65 / Jacob [Henry] Sewer / 25 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisherman / bought / none / A house & lot / 25 years / Well Behaved
66 / David Tucker / 50 / Bermuda
[St. Baarth Crossed out] / East End / Moravian / Seaman / given / none / none / 6
years / Well Behaved
67 / Sharper Lack / 40 / Anguilla / East End / Lutheran / Fisherman / bought / none / A Sail boat & fishing boat / 8
years / Well Behaved
68 / Henry J. Hill / 27 / Tortola / Maho Bay / Protestant / Planter / born / Mother, Sister & Niece / Heir to Abrams Fancy Estate / 6
years / Well Behaved
69 / Charles Dogherty / 42 / St. Croix / East End / Roman Catholic / Carpenter / A Wife, mother in law and
3 children / A house / 4
years / Well Behaved
70 / Peter Amey / 32 / Peter Island / Maho
Bay / Protestant / Seaman / Wife / none / 4
years / Civil & Well Behaved
71 / George Lewis / 26 / Peter Island / Maho Bay / Protestant / Seaman / none / none / 1
year / Well Behaved
72 / Tony Peterson
Aka: Anthony / 46 / St. Croix / Maho Bay / Moravian / Mason / born / none / none / 20 years / Much given to drink
73 / William Wilhelm / 28 / St. John / Coral Bay / Moravian / Fisher / - / - / - / [a drawing]
74 / Martin Popedo
Aka: Poppolo / 17 / St. John / Coral Bay / - / - / born / Mother / - / - / -
75 / Peter Needle / - / No#33 / born
St. John 15th June 1824
[Signed] N. L. Usher [Noble Luke Usher, Stadshauptman]