Search Jersey, 1788 St Lawrence Parish Inhabitants

This index of St Lawrence inhabitants is the sole surviving parish list from the census substitute created on 9 April 1788, which provided the names and ages of all the inhabitants of Jersey. The original was compiled for the purpose of reporting to the English Parliament on Jersey inhabitants in accordance with the Act of the States of Jersey, April 1788.

There are just under 1,600 names recorded in the St Lawrence list. From each transcript, you will discover all or some of the following details:

• First name(s)
• Last name
• Age
• Birth year
• Year
• Parish
• Place
• Country

Whilst the other parish lists were lost, the total number of inhabitants for each parish survives.

• St Helier – 4,064 inhabitants
• St Saviour – 1335 inhabitants
• St Clement – 635 inhabitants
• Grouville – 1,262
• St Martin – 1,393
• Trinity – 2,058
• St John – 1,419
• St Peter – c. 1,611
• St Ouen – 2,025
• St Mary – 869
• St Brelade – 1,756