Jane Goodin

Slave-owner in Westmoreland, Jamaica, from at least 1817.

1. Jane Goodin, "a person of colour, adult" baptised in Westmoreland 08/08/1796. Perhaps also the mother a Jane Goodin, "a child of colour" and Richard Goodin, "a child of colour", baptised in Westmoreland on the same day.

2. Nicholas and George Tomlinson, sons of William Tomlinson Esquire by Jane Goodin, baptised in Westmoreland, 06/10/1793. Nicholas Tomlinson, carpenter, married Jane Malcolm in Westmoreland, 22/12/1826; both free persons of colour. Thomas Tomlinson, "a quadroon about 6 years old", Frances Johnson Murray, "a mulatto about 7 years old" and Felicia Tomlinson, "a quadroon 6 months old", all of free condition, the children of Nicholas and Jane Tomlinson, baptised at Miss Jane Goodin's at Savanna La Mar, 10/04/1818 on the same day as six enslaved people the property of Jane Goodin. Same day, also at the house of Miss Jane Goodin, their grandmother, Lipman Polack "a mestee 2 year and 4 months old" and George Goodin Polack, "a mestee 6 months old", the children of Mr Polack and Jane Goodin Tomlinson.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

2. Ibid.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.