…some earlier date? Records of James Lytton’s Plantation An extensive search through St. Croix’s records has yielded no mention of the Grange during James Lytton’s ownership of the plantation. For example, the land deeds register compiled in 1751 lists “James Lytton Plantagie [Plantation] No. 9” in “Compagniets Quarteer [Company’s Quarter].”…

…which Rachel is given the surname Hamilton and called the wife of James Hamilton. (In the above volume of church records, the term “Huysvouw” or “housewife” is given to all wives and in no way signifies that they were not a properly married couple.) But this record raises more questions…

…and Alexander Hamilton on August 10, 1767. In addition to being noteworthy as the oldest known Alexander Hamilton documents, these recently discovered records provide numerous insights into Hamilton’s childhood on St. Croix. Perhaps the most remarkable implication relates to Alexander Hamilton’s youth and maturity. If Alexander Hamilton was born in…

…is the information I gave in more detail. I hope it may be useful. Notes on Jane Hamilton Cooper (29 Nov, 1752 – 29 Jan, 1823) and Captain Robert Cooper (25 Dec, 1746 – 15 May, 1798) Jane Hamilton was born in St. John, Virgin Islands (before there was a…

…teacher at the grammar school in Elizabethtown and then served under Hamilton at Yorktown. Patrick Barber had written to Clinton to inquire regarding reports that his two sons serving in the army had been wounded at Yorktown. Clinton reported to Barber, “Yesterday evening Colo. Hamilton, who was immediately from Yorktown,…

In my post about “The Early Business Career of James Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s Father,” I wrote about how James Hamilton took a job as a watchman or weighman at the port of Basseterre, St. Kitts, in July 1748. As I discussed last week, James Hamilton came to St. Croix in…

…the East End” to duel “because they were rivals.” The governor general and privy council ordered the sheriff of Christiansted to “arrest” Heyliger and Cruger and take them “into custody because of the supposed duel.” “Immediately after” he had made the accusation, William Davis was “informed that there were no…

…10, 1770,[3] De Hart advertised his house for lease. This house, apparently the one on the west side of the river at present-day Cherry Street and Rahway Avenue, was described as a “large, convenient, and well situated Dwelling-House . . . suitable for a Gentleman, or any Business, with Out-houses,…

…left behind in Connecticut. Sources are not provided for all the information, and it would require too much effort to verify everything on the webpage. However, the details provided on the page agree with what is found in the St. Croix records, so it appears to be reliable. According to…

…Lawrence Livingston aboard was chasing another ship when the wind became “so exceeding violent” that the ship was “with great probability supposed to have been lost.” For years, William Livingston hoped that his son was still alive, perhaps having been taken to Algiers, but “no reliable news was ever received”…