The good people of Kingston not infrequently came to St. Andrew to be
married, _e.g._, on September 12, 1792, Robert Hibbert, Esq., Jun., of
the parish of Kingston, married Elizabeth Jane Nembhard, of the same
parish. Another interesting marriage that took place in St. Andrew was
that of Philip Livingston of Kingston, merchant (the eldest son of
Philip Livingston, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
of the United States in 1776), to Sarah Johnson, of the parish of St.
Andrew, on June 29, 1768. Apparently, also, sometimes burial services
were conducted in St. Andrew prior to entombment elsewhere. Under date
November 5, 1702, is recorded the death of “Admiral John Bembo,” whose
tombstone is in Kingston parish church. He had died at Port Royal on
November 4. There is an old tradition that Benbow was buried at
Greenwich, then a naval station on the harbour to the west of Kingston.
This would be compatible with the entry in the Halfway Tree register, as
Greenwich was and is in the parish of St. Andrew; but James Knight, who
was member for Kingston in 1722 and following years, says, in a
manuscript history of Jamaica in the British Museum, “He was buried the
day following [his death] in the church at Kingston, greatly lamented by
all ranks of people.” It is strange, therefore, that his burial should
be recorded in the register of St. Andrew. It may be that when two
rectors took part in the burial service each recorded it.
Amongst other interesting items in the burials we read: “1772, Nov. 6,
Mrs. Clies, mother-in-law to Sir George Bridges Rodney, Bart.” She was
the mother of Rodney’s second wife, Henrietta. Her husband was John
Clies, of Lisbon.
The following is a complete list of the rectors of the parish:
July 1664 to 25th May 1700 Rev. James Zellers
1700 to 5th July 1710 Rev. John Moodie
1710 to 22nd Oct. 1714 Rev. George Wright
1714 to 25th March 1738 Rev. John Carey
1738 to 26th April 1747 Rev. Alexander Inglis
1747 to 25th Oct. 1760 Rev. George Eccles
1760 to 13th April 1768 Rev. Gideon Castelfranc
1768 to 1782 Rev. John Pool, LL.B.
1782 to May 1813 Rev. John Campbell
1813 to 8th Dec. 1858 Rev. Alexander Campbell, M.A.
1858 to 1860 Ven. Archdeacon Richard Panton, D.D.
January 1861 to 1870 Rev. William Mayhew, M.A.
October 1870 to August 1872 Rev. George Taylor Braine, B.A.
August 1872 to Oct. 1878 Ven. Archdeacon Duncan Houston
Campbell, M.A.
March 1879 to 22nd Sept. 1900 Rev. Hubert Headland Isaacs M.A.
January 1901 Rev. Edward Jocelyn Wortley
[Illustration:
KING EDWARD’S CLOCK TOWER
]
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