Charles O'Connor

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica. He was among the two dozen or so magistrates and officers of militia recorded as present at the destruction of the Baptist chapel at Montego Bay used by 'Mr Burchell', 'most of them very actively engaged in the demolition', on February 8th 1832.

1. TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES O'CONNOR, ESQ, OF CHARLEMOUNT IN THIS ISLAND, WHO DIED AT MONTEGO BAY ON 4th MARCH, 1839, IN THE 68th YEAR. OF HIS AGE. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS IN TESTIMONY OF HIS MANY VIRTUES AND OF THEIR SENSE OF HIS SERVICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR ESTATES DURING A PERIOD OF UNPARALLELLED DIFFICULTY.

2. He was the son of Philip O'Connor, Lieut. 89th Regt., by his wife, Susanna, daughter of James Lawrence, of Fairfield, born 07/01/1771 and baptised 06/07/1771 in Trelawny.

A narrative of recent events connected with the Baptist mission in this island (Jamaica, 1833), p. 116.

1. Monumental Inscriptions Parish of St James, Montego Bay Churchyard.

2. Trelawny, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1771-1839, p. 1.

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