James Torrent Godfrey

James Torrent Godfrey, Joseph Torrent Godfrey, William Bean Godfrey, George Godfrey and Henry Godfrey were trust beneficiaries (with a number of different guardians) for Pontefract/Look Out estates in Westmoreland, Jamaica, from at least 1820 until Emancipation. The enslaved people were aquired from William Godfrey and removed from the parish of Hanover between 1817 and 1820.

1. James Godfrey, "quadroon free" born 03/12/1804 and baptised 16/03/1805 in Hanover. William, "a quadroon about 5 years" and Ann, "a quadroon aged about 4 years", children of Elizabeth Torrent "a free mulatto woman", baptised in Hanover, 30/09/1809. George Godfrey, 8 months old, son of William Godfrey Esquire of Pontifract, Hanover, and Elizabeth Tarrant, a free woman of colour of the same parish, baptised in Westmoreland 03/02/1816.

2. James Torrent Godfrey and Eliza Mary Calame, both of Westmoreland, were married there, 29/01/1826. The bride was presumably Eliza Mair (sic) Calame, a free child of colour, aged about 13, daughter of John Hambursly Calame, a free Indian and carpenter residing at Savanna-la-Mar and Sarah Hambursly, a free woman of colour, baptised at Westmoreland Rectory, 12/12/1816.

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

2. Familysearch.org, unindexed parish registers, Marriages 1826-1835 vol. 1 p. 161; Familysearch.org, unindexed parish registers, Westmoreland, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825 col. 1 p. 216.

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