Jamaica Marriages 1664-1880

Search Jamaica Marriages 1664-1880

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Explore your Jamaican heritage through these transcribed Church of England marriages. From the 17th century onward, this collection holds valuable details about your ancestors, including marriage date, marriage place and name of spouse. Start your journey today and uncover your family’s unique story.

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With each record you will see a combination of the following facts -

  • Name
  • Marriage date
  • Spouse’s name
  • Place and Parish
  • Father’s name
  • Mother’s name
  • Spouse’s father’s name
  • Spouse’s mother’s name

These records were created from original parish registers.

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Transcriptions of the original Church of England registers for Jamaica, provided by Family Search, can be accessed along with the original images on their website. Anglicanism was first introduced to Jamaica between 1654 and 1660 during the Anglo-Spanish war, when English forces, led by Robert Venables and William Penn, captured the island. Colonel Edward D’Oyley, Jamaica’s first British governor, supported the growth of Christianity and Protestantism. The church in Jamaica remained under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London until the creation of the diocese of Jamaica in 1824. Jamaica, under British rule from 1655 to 1962, became a British colony in 1707, and it continues to be a part of the British Commonwealth today.

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