A LIST OF LANDHOLDERS IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA
Together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from
THE QUIT RENT BOOKS IN THE YEAR 1754
LANDHOLDERS' NAMES, Parish, Number of acres owned
D
Dunn, James, St. Elizabeth 600
Dunn, James, Westmoreland 1032
Dunn, Joseph, St. Ann 1320
Dunn, William a minor, Vere 184
James owned land in both St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, but since all his children were baptized in Westmoreland, it would seem that Burnt Savannah Estate in said parish, was their main abode. Joseph, in St. Ann, seems to be his brother. It looks like the Dunns came from Ireland via Barbados before settling in Jamaica.
Joseph Dunn is named in the will of John Clarke of St. James Parish:
WILL OF JOHN CLARKE
ISLAND RECORD OFFICE: Wills Liber 30 Folio 86.
Will drawn up & signed 2 January 1749
Codicil Sworn and Will entered 8th October 1755"...Item I give and bequeath to John Clark Snr and Martha Clark his wife three hundred acres land more or less in the parish of St James the Back of Riabona Patron'd by an order in the year one thousand and fifty one[?] butting and Bounding north on Joseph Dunn East on Francis Farrell West on Gooden Elliston South on unsurveyed land likewise I give and bequeath unto the said Jno Clark minor a negro girl @ thirty pounds price to be bought out of my estate my Exctrs administrators & assigns..."
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Index to Early Wills of Jamaica, 1655-1816, A-D
Dunn Bryan RGO/SpTw Liber 3 1682 Dunn Ephraim RGO/SpTw Liber 23 1741-1742 Dunn John RGO/SpTw Liber 26 1746-1747 Dunn Michael RGO/SpTw Liber 2 1672-1681 Dunn Peter RGO/SpTw Liber 22 1738-1740 Dunn Philemon RGO/SpTw Liber 13 F 18 1710-1711 Dunn Philemon RGO/SpTw Liber 23 1741-1742 Dunn Richard RGO/SpTw Liber 5 1687 Dunn Richard RGO/SpTw Liber 21 1737 Dunn Richard RGO/SpTw Liber 16,2nd F 110 1722-1723 Dunn Rob. J. PCC Norfolk Q 472 1786 Dunn William RGO/SpTw Liber 8 1694-1696
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