Jane Stone

Jane Stone was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 1822 acres of land in St James. A memorial to Jane Stone was recorded on Catherine Hall estate, shown her as having died 03/10/1774 aged 80 'a lady of sincere piety.' Also buried there are Jonathan Barnett (q.v.) and the latter's daughter Mrs Ann Curtis. Jane Stone was reportedly the partner of Jonathan Barnett and mother of Hugh Barnett I.

"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", TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm; Monumental Inscriptions St James Parish, [accessed 23/04/2020]; Jean Besson Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture p. 66.