Solomon DaSilva

Solomon DaSilva patented 300 acres of land in St Ann, Jamaica, in 1786. Owner of 96 enslaved people and 182 stock in St Ann, Jamaica, in 1792. Possibly the father of Solomon Mendes Da Silva (q.v.) who was born in Jamaica in 1781 and owned Rio Ho estate from at least 1817. Rio Ho was registered to Solomon Da Silva in the almanacs from 1809 but this may be the Solomon Mendes Da Silva rather than Solomon Da Silva.

'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm; 'Land in Jamaica patented to Jews', taken from Jacob A. P. M. Andrade, A Record of the Jews in Jamaica (1941) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Bjewpatent.htm.