Table of Contents
Glossary
Abbreviations
Editing notes
General chronology of the settlement of Jamaica and the West Indies, and the abolition of the slave trade, with Hibbert involvement noted
Governors of Jamaica: a rum lot
Introduction
Chapter 1
Notable Players in Jamaica
The Beckfords
Colonel Peter Beckford 1643–1710
Speaker Peter Beckford 1672–1735
Alderman William Beckford MP 1709–1770
William Thomas Beckford 1759–1844
William Beckford of Somerly 1744–1799
Other Identities
Captain John Boyd 1734–1819
Lewis Cuthbert 1737–1802
George Cuthbert 1745–1789
George Cuthbert 1767 d. 1835
Bryan Edwards MP FRS 1743–1800
Doctor David Grant 1742–1817
James Hakewill 1778–1843
Edward Long 1734–1813
Doctor John Frederick Nembhard 1711–1777
Ann Peyton Hamilton Nembhard 1737–1806
Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663–1736
Nathaniel Phillips 1733–1813
Teresia Constantia Phillips 1709–1765
Admiral George Brydges Rodney 1719–1792
Hercules Ross 1745–1816
Nathan Sprigg 17xx–1778
Hon. Simon Taylor 1739–1813
Hon. John Tharp 1744–1804
Good Hope Estate
Chapter 2: Kingston and Port Royal
Chapter 3: Jamaican Currency and Finance
Chapter 4: Slave Factors and Finance
Chapter 5: The Establishment of the Hibbert Vertically Integrated West India House
Chapter 6: The Early Hibberts: The Rise to Prominence
Chapter 7: Hibbert Biographical Notes
Identifying the principal Hibberts in Jamaica
Dr Henry Hibbert (Divine) 1600–1678
Robert Hibbert 1654–1709
Robert Hibbert 1684–1762
Margaret Tetlow Hibbert 1690–1759
Hon. Thomas Hibbert 1709–1780
Mrs Charity Harry
Jane (Jenny) Harry Thresher 1755–1784
Robert Hibbert 1717–1784
Abigail Scholey Hibbert 1721–1793
John Hibbert (JH1) 1732–1769
Jannett Gordon Hibbert 1739–1778
Thomas Hibbert 1744–1819
Sophia Boldero Hibbert 1760–1827
John Hibbert (JH2) 1748–1770
Thomas Hibbert Junior (TH3) 1761–1807
Robert Hibbert (RH1) 1750–1835
Letitia Hamilton Nembhard Hibbert 1765–1851
Chapter 8: Setting the Scene
Chapter 9: The Diaries
Appendix: Ships, Captains and Slave Sales Log
Select Bibliography
Index