Starting on Christmas Day, I'm going to be posting the family trees of the people enslaved by my ancestor, John Tharp, in Trelawny Parish #Jamaica. Follow the hashtag for notifications. #FamilyHistory #BLM #Lostfamilyhistories mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp…

Some enslaved people were given first names that were originally last names. For example, a man born on John Tharp's Potosi plantation in 1798 was called Sharpehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

One enslaved boy born on John Tharp's Covey plantation in 1796 was given the inspirational name Shadrach, after an Old Testament figure who survived his king's attempt to suppress and then kill him. buff.ly/rUUlzxM#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

Some children born into slavery have names expressing the misery of their condition. For example, 2 boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations were named Shacklehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

Among the people enslaved on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were some with more unusual names. For example, there were 2 women called Seindahttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

7 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations were given the name Scotlandhttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

9 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations were given the name Scipio, after the Roman general who defeated Hannibalhttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

Biblical names among enslaved people were generally from the Old Testament, but there was one African-born Saul on Pantrepant plantation. Saul was St Paul's name before his conversion.mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #Jamaica #familyhistory

Among the people enslaved on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were some with more unusual names. For example, girls born on Lansquinet plantation were given the names Satilla (b. 1803) and Saric (b. 1824)mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #Jamaica #familyhistory

2 women on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were named Sappho after the Greek poet. Names from the ancient world implied a continuity with ancient slaveryhttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/2024/11/sappho-of-wales-estate.html #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

8 men on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were named Sandy, which originated as a petname for Alexanderhttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

2 men on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were named Sancho, presumably after Don Quixote's faithful squirehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

15 men named Samson were enslaved on John Tharp's #Jamaican plantations. Biblical names, usually Old Testament, built on the idea that #slavery had a scriptural precedent. The strength of the Biblical Samson also served as a marketing tool mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #familyhistory

Among the people enslaved on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were some with more unusual names. For example, a boy born on Lansquinet plantation in 1794 was given the name Sampies mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #Jamaica #familyhistory

6 women enslaved on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations were named Sabina, presumably in reference to the Sabine women who were abducted to breed new Roman citizenshttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

A baby boy born on John Tharp's Good Hope plantation in 1803 was given the name Rutherford, either from the place in the Scottish borders or from its use as a surnamehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/2024/03/eliza-of-good-hope.html #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

Among the people enslaved on John Tharp's #Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were some with more names that are hard to explain. For example, a Jamaican-born women on Covey plantation was called Roundhill mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #slavery #familyhistory

Many enslaved women shared a small number of common English names, making it harder to trace them as individuals. For example, there were 23 women called Rose on John Tharp's #Jamaican plantations, and another 8 called Rosie mysteriousgrandmother.blogsp… #slavery #familyhistory

5 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, including 3 born in Africa, were given the name Romulus, after one of the mythical founders of Romehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

6 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, including 3 born in Africa, were given the name Romeo, after Shakespeare's romantic herohttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

A baby boy born on John Tharp's Chippenham Park Pen in 1802 was named Rochester, presumably after someone else's homehttps://mysteriousgrandmother.blogspot.com/p/index-of-enslaved-people.html#slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory