Lt. Col. Bernard Andreas or Andriss

Early patentee of land in Jamaica. Member of Assembly for St Elizabeth in 1704. Granted patents for land in St Elizabeth in 1682 and Lacovia in 1689, of 1,013 acres. Also granted land in Suriname in 1696. Managed Kupuis estate as guardian of his grand-daughter Anna Wilhelmina Bernarda Kupius. Probably an alien who became naturalised. Custos of St. Elizabeth, M.A. St. Elizabeth 1704. Died at Lacovia Estate 1710. Aged 70 years. His daughter Bonella married Joseph Hodges.

Barnard Andress of St Elizabeth, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1711. Slave-ownership at probate: 215 of whom 112 were listed as male and 103 as female. 44 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £8048.36 Jamaican currency of which £4224 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £90.8 currency cash, £1308.86 currency debts and £14 currency plate.

J. G. Young, 'William Kupius, his family and estate', Jamaican Historical Review 1, 3, 246-249; Fuertado's Personages transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/b/bfeurtado01.htm.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.