Aug 11
29

Bermuda History – Genealogy

229 Comments

Bermuda History – Genealogy

This entry was posted on August 29, 2011 at 10:52 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Posted in Publications by ryork 229 Comments

229 Responses to "Bermuda History – Genealogy"

  • David M. Williams says:
    October 19, 2011 at 3:09 pm
    Reply

    My mother was born and raised in Bermuda at Greenbank on Salt Kettle. Her mother was a Harriott and I know the Harriotts in Bermuda go back to the very early settlers of Bermuda. Can anyone there suggest how I might find information on the early Harriotts . I live in Massachusetts and have been to your very lovely island three times but unfortunately before I gained my interest in family genealogy. Thank you.

    • Robert Masters says:
      November 1, 2011 at 9:02 pm
      Reply

      @ David M. Williams There is information about the Harriott Family in Hallett’s Bermuda Index vol. 1, 1989. First entry is 1822, a Rebecca Dill Harriott, daughter of the late Capt. John Harriott, married Capt. Joseph Edward Godfrey of the brig Pegasus on Feb 21 in Devonshire. Two pages of entries up until 1913. There are a lot of Paget and Warwick entries. Any Library in Bermuda would allow access to these books, but you may be able to see if this volume is available on Amazon, or through an out-of-print vendor. Locally in Bermuda, Anthony Petit sells old books- Google his website.

  • Ellen Jane Hollis says:
    November 2, 2011 at 7:54 am
    Reply

    @David M. Williams: The Bermuda National Library holds copies of the reference resources compiled by the Halletts, as well as other resources that would be of assistance in your exploration of the Harriott family. Please contact me directly at ejhollis@gov.bm so that we may discuss your research options.

  • Tallent Clark says:
    November 17, 2011 at 12:10 am
    Reply

    To whom it may concern,

    I am interested in finding info regarding my very LARGE family on my father’s side. His father was named John Smith and his wife is Florence Richardson. My great grandfather is Percy Pearson and his wife was Beatrice Key/Kay (not too sure of the spelling). I would like to get records regarding birth/marriage/death for these relatives as I am compiling info for my family tree. Also, if they were ever in the newspaper for anything with pictures or some other forms of public documentation would there be any way of finding it within BNL’s website?

    Any help regarding this would greatly be appreciated!

    Regards,

    Tallent Clark

  • Louise Collins says:
    January 6, 2012 at 1:13 pm
    Reply

    Researching Joanne Bromley Williams b. 1930 Pennsylvania. She was living when her mother, Josephine Gosling died 27 Mar. 1974 Paget, Paget, Bermuda and when her step father, Bernard T. Gosling died Sept. 17, 1976. I don’t know if she is still living or if she married.

    Can you give me suggested on how to find information about this person?

    Is there a certified genealogist that can be recommended for this research if I can’t find anything?

  • Donna Walsh says:
    January 12, 2012 at 12:34 pm
    Reply

    Hi
    I am looking for information on my Great Grandfather – Frederick Richard Gough born 1864 and lived in St John’s Newfoundland until (as the story is told) he was employed aboard a ship which took him to Bermuda. We believe he died in Bermuda. I have documentation that one of his sons, my Grandfather Frank Gough travelled to Bermuda in Jan 1923 and returned to Newfoundland in July of the same year. Any information or clues as to who I may contact for information would be most helpful.

    • frederick gough says:
      November 24, 2014 at 2:59 pm
      Reply

      dear donna walsh
      I have heard a story from my father Frederick gough that his grandfather also left nl to work as carpenter and helped build the Hamilton princess hotel my dad had one brother older named frank left with my dad for ww2 but left England and moved to Australia dad dob was 1913 his father was Samuel a blacksmith for the railway and tried to get hid dad returned from Bermuda to no end I will look up my grandfathers middle name and see then will get back to you.sorry but that is all I have

  • Jennifer Andersen says:
    March 7, 2012 at 8:43 am
    Reply

    Hello
    I am hoping that someone can help me with researching the history of the Penboss Building . I am trying to work out the relationship between the building and a link in my family. The family consists of George Charles Penboss, his wife Lucy and daughter Mildred who also went by the name Queenie. Shipping records show that from the early 1900s and for several decades they moved in and out of Bermuda. Was the building named for their business interests or has it an earlier history. They were Australians living in New York at the time…..unfortunately I live in Western Australia and it’s a long swim to search it all for myself!
    Thank you.

  • Peter Huston says:
    May 21, 2012 at 9:48 pm
    Reply

    Seeking information on my ancestor Captain Richard Herbert late 1600’s on Bermuda, wife Bridgett Cooke. Willing to engage and pay a researcher on site.

    • ehollis says:
      May 22, 2012 at 8:48 am
      Reply

      Replied to off-list.
      Ellen Jane Hollis
      Local Studies Librarian

    • Rita says:
      July 29, 2016 at 4:58 pm
      Reply

      I am also seeking any and all information on Captain Richard Herbert in the the mid to late 1600’s. Please let me know if any information was located. Thank you!

    • Cathy Rerich says:
      January 20, 2019 at 3:48 am
      Reply

      I am also seeking any information related to Captain Richard Herbert. Have you found anything?
      Thank you,
      Cathy

  • Andy Pritchatt says:
    May 29, 2012 at 4:42 pm
    Reply

    I’m seeking information on an ancestor, Arthur Ezra Fiddy, who was (I presume) at the Dockyard on Ireland Island between 1870 and 1900. He was married in Bermuda to Jane and they had 5 children born on there. They were Arthur R, Alice M, George J and Mary E and Ernest J Fiddy.

    Any advice on how to find out more about their time in Bermuda or their birth / marriage records would be appreciated

  • Judy says:
    June 29, 2012 at 1:58 am
    Reply

    Hi,
    My 3x gt grandfather, Benjamin Saxton, was born in Bermuda in 1819, according to UK census returns and his naval record. His father was John Saxton (also royal navy, b 1793 Nottingham) but I have no idea who his mother was, where they were married or if there were other children of this marriage. John’s wife died before 1830, when he remarried in England.

    I’d really appreciate some advice on where to start researching the Bermuda part of this family and would love to find Benjamin’s birth record.

    Thanks.

  • Lynn Angus says:
    August 2, 2012 at 10:09 am
    Reply

    Hello,

    I would be very grateful if anyone can give me advice on how to further my family research.
    My gggg grandfather was a navy shipwright on Bermuda. I know lots about him and where he came from here in England. He was married in Bermuda in 1822 to a Mary Willis, my 4x great gran. It’s Mary I know nothing about.

    Some years ago I was sent a copy of the marriage entry which said…..Marriage solomonized in Devonshire Parish Bermuda, Henry Jeffery of the dockyard Ireland Island and Mary Willis spinster resident of the parish of Pembroke…by banns married 21st April 1822 by me George Costa? in the presence of Ellen Costa?
    They had a son Henry jnr,who joined the navy. Henry snr died of yellow fever in 1826
    and is buried in the dockyard graveyard Bermuda.
    I don’t know where to go to find out whether Mary was born in Bermuda or if she stayed there or who her family were.

    Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
    Thank you.

  • Lana Patterson says:
    September 3, 2012 at 11:09 pm
    Reply

    Dear Ms. Hollis, I am a member of the Jamestowne Society in VA. I am researching your 2nd Governor, Daniel Tucker who was governor 1616-1619. Would there be any histories with information about his duties or family while in Bermuda? I would also like to see a paper proof that Alice Tucker b. 1606 in England is his daughter. I am willing to pay you or a genealogist for the time and paper copies involved. I would appreciate this so much. Please advise. Many thanks. Lana Patterson

  • Linda George Brown says:
    November 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm
    Reply

    I am researching the George and Aubrey families living in Bermuda in the 1800s. Without Census Records available I am relying on family stories.

    My gggrandfather was Jose (Joseph) Aubrey and I believe he came from Madeira in 1849 on the first ship carrying Portuguese laborers to Bermuda. His daughter, Louisa J Aubrey, married my ggrandfather Manuel Albert George (b.abt 1850). Louisa died in childbirth in 1902 and it is possible that Manuel put his six children (aged 13 down to infant) out for adoption to family or others to care for after her death. Word has it that Manuel Albert George had been a whaler and had jumped ship at Bermuda. What a colorful family I have.

    I am interested in reading anything that would give me a sense of what life was like in Bermuda during the 1800s. Any suggestions as to a direction I might follow to get some answers to my many questions.

    I am also very interested in anything I can read on Leprosy on Bermuda. I have family that suffered from the disease when they were 11 and 13 and had lived in Bermuda till 1919, 6 years prior. Bermuda was blamed for the location of contraction of the disease. They would have been little boys running free to play. I can’t find anything written on the subject of Leprosy in Bermuda.

    Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

    • ehollis says:
      December 6, 2012 at 9:14 am
      Reply

      Being answered off-list. If anyone has more information, please include me in your response.
      Thank you,
      Ellen Jane Hollis (ejhollis@gov.bm)
      Local Studies Librarian

  • jim crawford says:
    March 7, 2013 at 10:21 pm
    Reply

    sir’s i have a question for you. my ancester capt. thomas crawford,went down in the
    atlantic ocean in 1735 with his own ship,all was lost.name of his ship unkown,and what
    part or area in the ocean he was lost in.only their was a bad storm at sea when it
    happend. i have been searching for information on him and his ship, now for a very long
    time, and not a bit of inforrmation. any help would be much appreciated. i would very
    much like to know the name of his vessel,and what it was used for.and i am not sure if
    it went down in the bermuda area. thank you for your time.hope to here from you on the
    subject.

    • ehollis says:
      March 8, 2013 at 7:19 am
      Reply

      Good day Mr. Crawford,

      We will be looking through our records here at the Bermuda National Library, and will forward your query our colleagues at the Archives and the National Musuem of Bermuda. Further contact will be off-list and via email.

      Yours sincerely,

      Ellen Jane Hollis
      Local Studies Librarian

      • jim crawford says:
        April 17, 2013 at 11:40 pm
        Reply

        Ellen: thank you for your response to my on going search for capt.
        thomas crawford. i hope to here from you. its much appreciated.

        Jim.

      • jim crawford says:
        May 2, 2013 at 10:46 pm
        Reply

        Dear Mrs Hollis: got your message,but cannot open it. have tried three
        times to open it up.will you please try again. or will you right your findings to me at 12942 willard street, north hollywood, ca.91605. i
        will send you any needed postage,or fee’s. Thanks again. Jim.

        • ehollis says:
          May 3, 2013 at 7:12 am
          Reply

          Good morning Mr. Crawford,

          Unfortunately, all avenues have led to dead-ends. We are unable to identify the ship your ancestor was on, and have no record of his death in our resources here at the Bermuda National Library, nor have my colleagues responded directly to me – I had hoped that they had started correspondence with you on this topic. Regretfully, not all ships’ deaths were reported for local church records, and our local newspaper started publication in 1784, well outside the time frame for a ‘lost at sea’ report. We cannot confirm that this death occurred in Bermuda waters.

          Yours sincerely,

          Ellen Jane Hollis
          Local Studies Librarian | Collection Management
          Bermuda National Library | Government of Bermuda
          Par-la-Ville | 13 Queen Street | Hamilton, Bermuda HM 11

          Direct Telephone: 441 296-1297 | Ext: 223
          Fax: 441 292-8443 | E: ejhollis@gov.bm

          Bermuda National Library – Main Line: 441 295-2905

          • jim crawford says:
            October 6, 2013 at 2:17 am

            Ellen Jane Hollis: Thank You very much for you research in trying to
            help me with my 6th generation ancestor Thomas Crawford. it was much appreciated. its been a very hard and long search for him. and
            many dead ends. thanks again. JIM CRAWFORD.

  • Barbara Jenkins says:
    March 31, 2013 at 11:13 pm
    Reply

    Researching my grandfather Jose De Costa Silva. He arrived in Bermuda around 1900 to farm in Southampton. Was informed that many people were brought to Bermuda during that time for such a purpose. Is there a record of their immigration and then naturalization? Appreciate any assistance. Living in the U.S. and not able to access your files.

    • ehollis says:
      April 1, 2013 at 3:59 pm
      Reply

      Good day Mrs. Jenkins,

      Thank you for your query. We will be looking through the resources held here at the Bermuda National Library and will be in touch with you off-list (via email).

      Yours sincerely,
      Ellen Jane Hollis
      Local Studies Librarian

  • David Perry says:
    April 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm
    Reply

    I’m completing my family history and I have two mostly blank pages, Antonio do Rego Coelho and his brother Jose do Rego Coelho who went to Bermuda around 1920 from Agua d’Alto, Sao Miguel, Azores. I believe they both used the surname Rego. One had a son Manuel and I believe a daughter Audry. I was told Manuel and his wife Angie had five children. Antonio and Jose are my great uncles – brother to my grandmother. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you,
    David Perry
    Hayward, CA USA

    • ehollis says:
      April 4, 2013 at 11:27 am
      Reply

      Good day Mr. Perry,

      I have forwarded your questions to another colleague and hope to have an answer for you soon. Unfortunately your family members’ names do not appear in our resources here at the Bermuda National Library. Please note that this does not mean that the information does not exist – just that no one has transcribed and published it in book form!

      Thank you for your query and your patience. I will forward any relevant information to your attention directly.

      Yours sincerely,
      Ellen Jane Hollis
      Local Studies Librarian
      Bermuda National Library

  • Carol Todd says:
    June 25, 2013 at 1:20 pm
    Reply

    Good Morning,

    I am trying to trace the ancestry of the Claxtons in Bermuda, particularly that of Chaddock Claxton, (about 1738-1785) of Sandys Parish. He married Edith Bethel Clark, daughter of Benjamin Bethel and Susanna Gibbs, in 1763. Their children include Benjamin, Esther, John, Mary Ann, Frances, and Susannah. About 1780, Chaddock went into some sort of shipping business with George Butler, originally of Connecticut. Two of the Claxton daughters, Esther and Frances, were the first and second wives of Geroge Butler, Jr. Most of the family went to the Bahamas around 1790.

    It is, however, Chaddock Claxton’s ancestry that I am researching at this time
    The only Bermuda Claxtons I have been able to find are:
    An Abraham Claxson (sic), 17, arrived in Bermuda in 1635 on the ship “True Love.”

    Association Oath Rolls: British Plantations, 1696 show a “John Claxter” in Sandys Tribe.

    A Benjamin Claxton and an Edmund Claxton, along with some Bethel(l)s, are shown as inhabitants of Sandys Parish in a list “Taken sometime between 1783 and 1808 (probably 1789)” If 1789, Chaddock Claxton had died; Benjamin Claxton may be his son Benjamin Clark Claxton, who would have been about 25. I have not identified Edmund Claxton.

    There were Claxtons in St Kitts and Nevis; I do not know if they are the same family. Also a Captain Claxton, about 1764, sailed to Bermuda in company with Captains Seymour and Leycraft; Captain Claxton’s home port uncertain.

    I would sincerely appreciate any information, hints, or suggestions. Thank you,

    Carol Todd

  • Julia Atkinson says:
    July 20, 2013 at 8:09 am
    Reply

    I’d appreciate any help you could give me regarding my great-great aunt Amelia (aka Minnie) Dilke, her husband Harold and mother-in-law Rosamond Emily Dilke. They moved from Canada to Bermuda in 1920. In 1947, when Mr and Mrs Dilke sailed on the Queen Mary to visit relatives in England, the passenger list gave Harold’s occupation as “club steward” and Minnie’s as “telephonist”. Although Rosamond was a baronet’s daughter and had many titled and wealthy relatives, she was involved in a divorce scandal in the 1870s and Harold was illegitimate.

    I assume that all three Dilkes spent the rest of their lives in Bermuda but I’d love to know whereabouts they lived and what eventually happened to them.

    Thanks!

  • Cyndi Sweet says:
    July 24, 2013 at 4:16 am
    Reply

    My great-grandmother is Eugenie Ann Hollis, daughter of John Nelson Hollis. Her first husband was St. George Hinson who died and there was a newspaper article (Supposed Drowning Fatality) about it on December 28, 1899 in the Royal Gazette. It mentions that there was also a “young Hollis” that went with him. Who was that young man and was he a relation to her? Was he also declared dead?

  • Marty says:
    July 29, 2013 at 6:11 pm
    Reply

    I am searching for the parents of William Stone, born 1739, probably “of Hamilton Tribe”, who wrote a will while at sea in 1775 before he married that listed his siblings Edwin, Ann = Newbould, and Elizabeth, and a large number of cousins, nieces and nephews. William Stone moved to Baltimore, Md., where he married and eventually died in 1821. Anything you can offer to help me document William’s forebears will be very appreciated.

  • Keri Holmgren says:
    August 25, 2013 at 11:11 pm
    Reply

    My 4x great grand father was Fredrick William Wood. We believe he was the either the son of John Adams Wood or a descendant of one of his slaves. John Adams Wood was one of Mary Princes owners. Fredrick married Sophia Laidley. Is there any record of John Adams Wood having a son?

Newer Comments
Leave a Comment

Highslide for Wordpress Plugin