Barbados: Eminent Planters (1673)

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Caribbean. The forebear of the Barbados Walcotts was Eyare Walcott who came to Barbados from London in 1659. These Walcotts became merchants and planters there. Their numbers grew in the following century (as the early marriage records in Barbados would indicate). The family ran a cotton plantation. the Todd estates, at Old Asylum wall. The Walcott name also evolved from the slaves there and from this source has grown even more in numbers (Walcott as a consequence is now one of the most common surnames in Barbados).

Charles Walcott from the planter family had built his estate in the late 1800's near Choiseul and married a local woman. Their grandson, born in Trinidad, was Derek Walcott, the acclaimed Caribbean poet and playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.

He was not the only accomplished or distinguished Walcott that would be coming from Barbados. Other notable Walcotts have been: Joe Walcott, the world welterwight boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott, the world heavyweight boxing champion Frank Walcott, the respected Barbados trade union leader and Clyde Walcott, the Barbados and West Indian cricketer of the 1950's. Many Walcotts from Barbados have subsequently emigrated to various different parts of the world. There are Walcott outposts in Canada - in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and in Abbotsford, British Columbia - and many Walcotts as well in England and America. Ernest and Rosa Walcott, for instance, left Barbados for New York in 1906. Jack and Edna Walcott did raise fifteen children in Barbados during the 1920's and 1930's. But a number of them (or the grandchildren) departed the island in the 1950's and 1960's.

New Zealand. One line from Barbados has stretched to New Zealand. John Alexander Walcott, an army surgeon, had been born in Barbados. His son James Alexander immigrated first to Australia and then to New Zealand and is the forebear of most of the Walcotts in New Zealand today.

I (Janice Helen Greenlees) am descended from the Barbados Walcots via 3x great grandparents who came to Sydney in 1842, however I do not know of anyone in my direct line with the name Walcott. My Walcott ancestor was Thomas Clarke, son of Ann Walcott Pile who was granddaughter of Ann Walcott b. 1720 in Barbados: Thomas Clarke, Gentleman

The Most Eminent Planters in Barbados, 1673

A list of the 74 "most eminent" planters was sent to the Colonial Office in London in 1673. These are the big landowners with holdings ranging from 200 to 1,000 acres. The list is printed in Brandow's Omitted Chapters from Hotten.

1. Col. Samuel Barwicke 400 acres
2. Col. Wm. Bate 200 acres
3. Col. Richard Bayly 500 acres
4. Mr. Martin Bently 400 acres
5. Majr. Philip Bishop 250 acres
6. Mr. Robert Breviter 350 acres
7. Capt. Ed. Briney 200 acres
8. Col. Richd. Buckworth 200 acres
9. Capt. Rowland Bulkely 500 acres
10. Majr. James Carter 300 acres
11. Col. Christopher Cine 400 acres
12. Capt. Jno. Codrington 300 acres
13. Col. Christopher Codrington 600 acres
14. Sir Peter Collerton, Bart. 700 acres
15. Mr. Thos. Colleton 500 acres
16. Mr. Robt. Davers 600 acres
17. Capt. John Davyes 200 acres
18. Col. Henry Drax 800 acres
19. Mr. Wm. Dyer 300 acres
20. Mr. Richd. Evans 300 acres
21. Mr. Jno. Foster 300 acres
22. Mr. Samuel Framer, Esq. 500 acres
23. Col. John Frere 300 acres
24. Capt. Tobias Frere 400 acres
25. Capt. Jno. Gibbs 300 acres
26. Major Wm. Goodale 200 acres
27. Majr. Jno. Gregory 300 acres
28. Col. Richd. Guy 200 acres
29. Mr. Giles Hall 400 acres
30. Majr. Jno. Hallett 300 acres
31. Major Robt. Haskett 900 acres
32. Col. Richd. Hawkins 350 acres
33. Col. Henry Hawley 300 acres
34. Majr. Jno. Helmes 200 acres
35. Mr. John Holder 400 acres
36. Col. Jno. Horne 500 acres
37. Mr. Richard Howell 200 acres
38. Mr. Jno. Kendall 250 acres
39. Mr. John Knight 350 acres
40. Col. Symon Lambert 500 acres
41. Majr. Robt. Legard 300 acres
42. Mr. Ed. Littleton 600 acres
43. Capt. Thos. Maycocke 500 acres
44. Mr. Robt. Mead 200 acres
45. Mr. Wm. Merricke 400 acres
46. Mr. Benja. Middleton 400 acres
47. Col. Lewis Morris 400 acres
48. Col. Samuel Newton 400 acres
49. Mr. Henry Odiarne 300 acres
50. Mr. John Pierce 1000 acres
51. Mr. Nicholas Prideaux 300 acres
52. Mr. Robt. Rich 350 acres
53. Capt. Samuel Rolleston 200 acres
54. Majr. Thos. Rous 350 acres
55. Lt. Col. Thomas Rous 400 acres
56. Col. Alexander Ruddocke 200 acres
57. Col. Daniel Searle 500 acres
58. Mr. Richard Seawell 600 acres
59. Col. Wm. Sharpe 600 acres
60. Mr. John Sparke 600 acres
61. Col. Jno. Stanfast 500 acres
62. Capt. John Sutton 300 acres
63. Mr. Henry Sweet 400 acres
64. Col. Timothy Thornhill 500 acres
65. Majr. Saml. Tidcombe 300 acres
66. Mr. Hen. Wallrond, Jr. 200 acres
67. Mr. James Wallwin 300 acres
68. Col. Henry Walrond 400 acres
69. Mr. Thomas Wardell 250 acres
70. Capt. Jno. Waterman 800 acres
71. Col. John Willoughby 450 acres
72. Mr. Thos. Wiltshire 300 acres
73. Mr. John Worsam 300 acres
74. Col. Wm. Yeamans 300 acres

Notes

• Transcribed by Terri England, 2002.

Links

• chronicle barbados: Centre for Barbados Studies in History and Genealogy
• Tracing ancestors in Barbados: a practical guide By Geraldine Lane 2006. page 52
• Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, Volume 7 - 1669-1674 | British History Online Barbados entries appear on pages 496 and 497, entry 1101
• Barbados Census

Sources

1. Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calender of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 7), America and West Indies, 1669-1674, Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1889. pp. 496-497.