Connecting the Decendants of Gilbert and Adina Powell- Williams, Swaby, Jones, Cassells, Blagrove, Morants of Jamaica, West Indies

I understand, For many Jamaican families it is difficult to name sometimes our grandparents, especially our great-grandparents, and least likely to name our great-great grandparents. I hope this changes in the future!

I am the Grand-daughter of GILBERT and ADINA POWELL, and the daughter of GEORGE POWELL. I understand that my father's side of the family only knows, maybe three (3) of his children.

My mother KATHLEEN gave birth to 8 Children. There are 6 living: 1 boy and 5 girls,  two (2)  died in infancy.

The places the family have been known to live are : St. Elizabeth, St Toolis, Graighead, Buttup New Baalbec (Some spell it buck up) and Mandeville, Prospect Manchester.

My grandfather lived on a piece of land with a house in Mandeville, Manchester, that he, my grandmother and father lived on until their death. I hear the land is composed mostly of red dirt /soil and nothing grows in that area. my father, his father and my grandma are now buried on that land.

Most of my uncles have died except two, Aymond, who lives in England and Joe who is still living in Jamaica. I have never met any of these relatives.

Most families back then, I understand had many  children(12+) so I have lots  and lots of cousins that  I  have never met, and don't know yet..
 most of my aunts are still alive, except Beter (deceased  in 2000).  some  are  still  living in Jamaica, except Salome (In Canada) Most  do travel frequently  abroad, to the USA, Canada and England to visit their family. I've never met any of  them,  But i hope to soon.

Due to  marriages of the women in the family, its more difficult. to trace their descendants.
Some  married  into the following families:  Swaby, Jones, Smith, Blagrove, Cassell, Morant, Thompson, White, Garrow  and a few more.

Some other branches and some other extended surnames include : James, Lilly, Whood, Milton, Morris, Williams, Preddie, Bryant, Monocrieffe, Palmer, Beckford, Desroches, Thompson, Chambers, Carty, White, Whyte, Ferdinand, Harrison,  Elliott,  Blake, Adams, Getfield? Mckoy, Roach,Garwood, Ricketts  Mills  Smith etc.

Some family menbers have migrated for various reasons, farm work etc , so they now live in various parts of the world, including England, USA, Canada, and Barbados. Some have also gone on and have become successful business owners.

If u read this and think we are related, know of my family, or lived next door to them, please feel free to contact me, I'll be more than happy to talk and connect.

During my search I have noticed my grandmother's name has Hebrew and Greek association, the others ( her children) are all names from the Bible. I find this very interesting! I have a slight idea, but if anyone has a good explanation I don't mind learning more. I am also interested to find ADINA Williams (POWELL by marriage) date of birth, if she have brothers and sisters and if so their whereabouts. Looking also for info on the mother and father of ADINA 'S WILLIAMS (POWELL) (possible spelled ADINAH) their birth, death information. and if married? and did she have other brothers and sister? The same info is wanted for GILBERT POWELL( aka HUBERT possible or a nick name) Note: GEORGE POWELL was also a neighbor of the HOLMES family in Prospect, Manchester.

Ancestry and related names

Blake,

Parchment, Ebanks, Bent, Powell (Has a History of marriage connections )

White,

James,

Baker, Blake, Parker,

Rose, Mills, Williams (marriage) Marks (oldest connection) have no clue?? any help would be appreciated. Miller, Taylor, Freeman Dahlgren, O'connor, Belnap ( marriage) Moxhan, James, Delion, Dillion (connected )

Genus- Henry Genus migrated to (Progenitor of this branch) Belize, late 1800. searching for the one who connect us around the middle 1800c. would like to find out, who was the first Genus in Jamaica , and where the name came from.

Bonner Wall Hamilton Armistead-1635c from Northern Europe ( Known Colonials and American Planters) Would like to make the connection of this family to mine around the late 1700 early 1800.

Woolery ( Jamaican Maroons)

Some other names associated with my family: Agranovich, Baker, Bass, Berry, Browne, Black, Boehm, Burrell, Burwell, Bombalaski Coy, Carter, Chin Chavers, Cook, Cunningham, Delaney Davis, Edmond, Elliott, Favorite GENUS, Gore, Grier, Grant, Gregg, Goldstein, Gunn(Planter) Gossett, Haimo, Hill, Harrison, Harris, Heath, Hamilton,, Holliday, Humphrey Jackson Lee, Lambert, Low,(Colonial) Lightfoot MARTIN, Nash, Nahmias? Mitchell, Nelson, MILLER, Moore, Morrison, Martin Orr, Protter, Robinson,(Planter) Rod Scalf, Savage, Shaw, Sims Simms Strange, Straw Steele Stewart Stuart Tonkin, Taylor, Tilton, Van Der linden( Various forms, including Van Der Knaap) Walker, Wolfe, Wall(Colonial and Planter) Wilson, Williams

Some Ancestry : British, Irish,

Favorite links

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76472

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jamwgw/indext.htm

http://familyhistoryjamaica.com/

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Jamaica.html

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/default.asp

http://www.ellisisland.org/

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/surc-J/surc-Jam/sur-Jamaica/

http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/member

• How to family reunion info
• Facebook Group
• Facebook group
• My Family Roots: Powell
• [http://www.rootstobranches.tribalpages.com/family-tree/rootstobranches/18/surname/Blagrove My Family Roots: Blagrove

Search help

http://users.pullman.com/mitchelm/beginscs.htm

http://www.anglicandiocesejamaica.com/content/aboutus/history.html

http://www.wikimapia.org/country/Jamaica/Portland/Manchioneal/

Resting Places and Memorials- Jamaica

Bethany Moravian Church, Manchester

Books

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ri9lAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=The+Moravians+in+Jamaica&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2181586

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html

http://www.cyndislist.com/

Post and forum looking for family or friend http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/st-mary-family-and-friend-searches.html

Ainsley Harriott story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/ainsley-how-we-did-it_1.shtml

Jamaican genealogist -

Dianne Frankson

UK search

the National Archives in Kew, London

The Hyde Park Family History Centre holds a variety of parish registers from the 18th-20th http://www.londonfhc.org/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

JA search

http://jard.gov.jm/home/

http://www.rgd.gov.jm/

http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/R50027.pdf

http://www.linkpendium.com/

Books

What is the point of Family Tree--

http://humphrysfamilytree.com/meaning.html

http://www.genealogical.com/content/genealogy.html

RBS heritage

http://heritagearchives.rbs.com/wiki/Welcome_to_RBS_Heritage_Online

http://www.makemyfamilytree.com/surnames/smith_family_surname_history.htm l http://africanamericancemeteries.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Foreign_relations_of_Jamaica

http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/

http://www.afrigeneas.com/aacensus/

http://www.lwfaam.net/

http://www.census-online.com/index.html

http://selectsurnames.com/powell.html

National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/search_results.aspx?Page=1&QueryText=jamaica+slave+names&SelectedDatabases=A2A%7cARCHON%7cBOOKSHOP%7cCABPAPERS%7cDOCUMENTSONLINE%7cEROL%7cMOVINGHERE%7cNRA%7cNRALISTS%7cPREM19%7cRESEARCHGUIDES%7cE179%7cCATALOGUE%7cWEBSITE%7cTRAFALGAR

http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/jamaica/indexpor.html

Notes

Move to

http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Plantation-Working-Slaves-on.htm

http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/contents.htm

Williams DNA project

http://williams.genealogy.fm/

http://www.williams.genealogy.fm/dna_project.php

Powell DNA Project

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Powell/default.aspx

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Powell/default.aspx?section=yresults

http://jpbdna.com/powell-surname-dna-project.htm

About Jamaica

http://www.ediplomat.com/np/post_reports/pr_jm.htm

http://www.adir.com/results.php?search=cemeteries

http://www.city-data.com/forum/history/1166352-slave-trade-great-new-website-book.html

http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/resources/slaves.faces

The Jews were among the first ethnic group to settle in Jamaica, arriving in the early sixteenth century to work in sugar manufacturing. After completing their period of indentured labour, they moved into business and other professions, and although small in number they still have significant influence in Jamaica in these areas. In 1845 the first Indians arrived in Jamaica to work as indentured servants on the sugar plantations that had been abandoned by the African-Jamaicans after the abolition of slavery. The first labourers came from Northern India, but others arrived later from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, the Central Provinces, Punjab and the North West Frontiers. In 1854 the first Chinese migrants arrived as indentured labourers. Most were from Hong Kong and from the Kwang Tung Province in southeast China. In the early years of the twentieth century migrants from Palestine and Lebanon settled in Jamaica, fleeing political and religious persecution in their home countries and in search of a better way of life. The peoples of the Middle East, India and China have retained many of the cultural values from their places of origin and have enriched Jamaica with their contributions to farming, commerce and other professions, while integrating with their own traditions and expertise into the Jamaican society