Jamaica
LUNGREN FAMILY IN JAMAICA
Introduktion:
”Dorothy Kew har mot ersättning och på uppdrag av Släktföreningen genom Per-Evert Nilsson bedrivit forskning kring Swain Lungrens familj, liv och verksamhet på Jamaica.
Dorothy Kew är född och uppvuxen i Kingston, Jamaica. Då hon var i 20-årsåldern emigrerade hon till Kanada, gifte sig där och har verkat som bibliotekarie hela sitt aktiva liv. Hon har stor erfarenhet som släktforskare med inriktning på Jamaica och bedriver som pensionär uppdragsforskning på deltid. Hennes emailadress är dkew@cogeco.ca och hennes hemsida http://myjamaicanfamily.blogspot.com/ ””Dorothy Kew har mot ersättning och på uppdrag av Släktföreningen genom Per-Evert Nilsson bedrivit forskning kring Swain Lungrens familj, liv och verksamhet på Jamaica.
Här följer den rapport som Dorothy framlade efter utfört uppdrag:
Sven Andersson was the third son of Anders Olsson, who was born 19 February 1723/24 in Lovestad Parish, Malmohus, Sweden, and his wife, Bengta Persdotter. She was born 6 October 1730 in Vanstead Parish, Malmohus, Sweden. Sven was born 25 December 1750 in Sweden.
Sven was educated as a smith and clockmaker. His master’s last name was Lungren, and Sven took his name as a journeyman. Under the name Swain Lungren he emigrated to London, England, some time before 1782. On 29 September 1782 he married Elisabeth Soley in St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, London. She was born in 1752, the daughter of Philip Soley and his wife, Martha, and christened 7 June 1752 at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. A son, Swaine Lungren, was born to them on 18 April 1785 and christened 25 May 1785 at St. Anne, Soho, Westminster, London. The family emigrated to Jamaica in 1786 and settled in Kingston, from whence Swain wrote to his father on 20 November 1786. His address at that time was given as care of a locksmith, Harbour Street, Kingston.
Swain and Elisabeth Lungren had a daughter, Catherine, on 21 May 1787, baptized in Kingston 29 July 1787. Their son, Swain, had died in February of that year and was buried in the churchyard in Kingston on 24 February 1787. No other records of children born to this couple have been found.
Swain Lungren settled in the parish of St. George, an eastern parish in the County of Surrey, Jamaica. It no longer exists, having been absorbed in 1866 into the parishes of Portland and St. Mary. Swain Lungren is listed in the Almanacs of 1811, 1812, 1815, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1824, and 1826 as owning a property varying in size between 19 and 42 acres called Smithfield. In the Almanacs of 1829, 1831, 1832 and 1833, Swain Lungren is listed as the proprietor of Smithfield and also of another property in St. George, Wakefield.
Swain Lungren also appears in the Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, on the subscription website, Ancestry. The British slave trade had been abolished by Act of Parliament in 1807. The purpose of the Slave Registers was to register “lawfully enslaved” blacks and to ensure that the proprietors were not acquiring slaves illegally. These registers were recorded every three years. The registers for Jamaica cover the years 1817, 1820, 1823, 1826, 1829, 1832 and 1834, when slavery was abolished. Swain Lungren’s name with lists of slaves he owned appears in the registers for 1817, 1820, 1823 and 1829, and can be found on the subscription website, Ancestry. There is evidence in the registers that some of his slaves were sold to other proprietors in St. George.
No death records have been found for either Swain Lungren or his wife, Elisabeth, nor have any records been found that any other children were born to them, apart from the child Swain, who died at the age of two years, and Catherine. This does not preclude the fact that Swain Lungren may have fathered other children. Some of the slaves listed in the registers bear the surname Lungren, but there is no evidence that they were fathered by Swain Lungren.
Catherine Lungren, the daughter of Swain and Elisabeth Lungren, was born in 1787. There is a marriage record for a Catherine Lungren and one John Polson Macdonald in the St. Andrew Copy Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, for 28 May 1808. The record is brief and gives no names of parents, as follows: “John Polson Macdonald, of the parish of St. George, gentleman, and Catherine Lungren of the same parish, spinster, were joined together in holy matrimony on the 26th day of May”. It seems likely that this Catherine is the daughter of Swain Lungren. John Polson Macdonald and his wife Catherine apparently had a son whom they named Swain Lungren Macdonald, which would confirm that Catherine was the daughter of Swain Lungren. However, no record of the birth of Swain Lungren Macdonald has been found either in the parish registers of St. Andrew or St. George. His existence is shown in the Slave Registers for St. George for the years 1817, 1820, 1823 and 1829. In all four he appears to be underage. His father, John Polson Macdonald, is given as his guardian in the 1817 return, and in the other three his mother, Catherine Macdonald, is listed as his guardian. Swain Lungren Macdonald must therefore have been born shortly after his parents’ marriage in 1808. His father, John Polson Macdonald apparently dies after 1817 and before 1820, as in the return of 1820 the slave Mary McDonald [sic], who originally appeared in the return of 1817, is referred to “acquired by the decease of John Polson McDonald [sic] and formerly registered by him as Guardian of the said Swain Lungren McDonald [sic]”. No record of death has been found for John Polson Macdonald who, presumably, died in St. George. A Catherine McDonald married one Benjamin Butler in the parish of St. George on 25 October 1851 by banns. Whether or not this was the widow of John Polson Macdonald is not known, and the marriage would have taken place quite long after the death of John Polson Macdonald who died between 1817 and 1820. No record of death has been found for Catherine Macdonald.
Records of Other Persons Named Lungren
Thomas Coke (or Cole) Lungren
Thomas Cole Lungren, Esquire, of St. George, and Elizabeth Gilpin of the City of Kingston, were married by license on 26 July 1834 in Kingston by Geo. D. Hill, Assistant Curate. A baptism has been found for one child of this marriage in the Kingston Copy Registers. Elizabeth Catherine Lungren was born 9 October 1843 and baptized in Kingston on 29 October 1843 by John Magrath, Island Curate. The record states: “Elizabeth Catherine, born Oct 9th, [parents] Thomas Coke Lungren, planter, St. Andrew, and Elizabeth his wife.” The death record for Thomas Lungren lists him as Thomas Coke Lungren. He was buried in the churchyard, Kingston, on 9 June 1846, aged 50 years. His abode was given as Blackmore Street. Assuming his age at death was correct he would have been born about 1796, and may have been a son of Swain Lungren but there is no evidence to prove this. His name was most likely Thomas Coke Lungren, and he may have been named after the famous Methodist missionary, Thomas Coke, a close associate of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Coke was the first Methodist minister to visit Jamaica, which he did in 1789, and the founder of Methodism in that island. The Coke Methodist Church in Kingston is named after him. Thomas Coke Lungren also fathered an illegitimate daughter by one Elizabeth Hartley. Margaretta Lungren was born May 1828 and baptized in Buff Bay, St. George, 13 July 1828 by the Rev. Colin Donaldson. One other record found which refers to this family is that of a marriage which took place in Kingston, in the Roman Catholic Church between Richard Gilpin Abram and Elizabeth Lhoste, at which an Elizabeth Lungren was a witness, as follows:
“Abram, Richard Gilpin, native of Kingston son of William Abram and Sarah Abram m 4/30/1844 Elizabeth Lhoste, native of Kingston dtr of Michael Charles Lhoste and Marie Louise Lefort Latour widow of Lhoste. Wit: Latour widow of Lhoste, Egan, B. Prieur, F. LaBiche, Charles ___, Thomas ___, William Abram, Sarah Abram, Elvia G. Abram, Elizabeth Lungren [all sigs]. Min: GLD. [F] p. 46”. Since Richard Abram’s middle name was Gilpin He may have been related to Elizabeth Lungren whose maiden name was Gilpin.
Finally Thomas C. Lungren appears in the Almanacs in St. George in 1832 and 1833 as owning 5 acres of land, though no place name is given. In the 1845 Almanac he is listed in St. Andrew, Western District, as proprietor of Eden, 60 acres.
Thomas Lungren
Thomas Lungren and Catherine Wilkinson both of the parish of St. George were married by banns the 12th day of August in the year 1838 by Richard Forbes, S. C. (Stipendiary Curate).
This is most likely not Thomas Coke Lungren. There is a connection between Catherine Wilkinson and Swain Lungren. A Catherine Wilkinson is listed as a slave owner in the Slave Registers for 1820, 1823 and 1829. In each case the register is signed by Swain Lungren, as Executor for the estate of Catherine Wilkinson. Since the marriage took place in 1838 it’s possible that the Catherine Wilkinson referred to is a daughter of the late Catherine Wilkinson. It is also possible that these names are sheer coincidence and that there is no connection.
John Lungren
John Lungren and Sally McNee, both of the parish of St. George, were married by banns the 10th day of December in the year 1842 by Jacob Frederick Lessing. John and Sally Lungren had the following children: —
Mary Ann, born 20 March 1843, baptized 7 May 1843, by Jacob Frederick Lessing, [parents] John Lungren, labourer, of Shantomie, St. George, and Sally his wife.
Thomas, born 19 February 1847, baptized 11 April 1847 by Charles T. May, [parents] John Lungren, labourer, of Shantomie, St. George, and Sally his wife.
Matthew, born 22 April 1859, baptized 5 June 1859 by J. R. Chisholm. [Parents] John Lungren, planter, Shantomie, St. George, and Sally his wife.
Sally Lungren died and was buried 20 September 1865 in Birnam Wood Churchyard, St. George, aged about 65 years.
William Lungren of Lancaster, St. George, and his wife, Fanny Francis had the following child: —
Charles, 3 months old, baptized 1 November 1835. Both parents were described as apprentices. (“The Apprenticeship System was a transitional period for the slaves of the British West Indies who were set free on 1 August 1834 under the Imperial Abolition Act, but did not achieve full freedom until 1838.”)
Charles Lungren, labourer, aged 18 years, died and was buried in the burying ground at Cedar Valley, St. George, 28 September 1852, by Jacob F, Lessing, Island Curate.
William Lungren
William Lungren and Mary Ann Murray, both of the parish of St. George, were married by Banns the 17th day of May in the year 1856 by Richard K. Dunbar. They had the following children: —
Elizabeth, born 5 September 1856, baptized 4 January 1857 by J. R. Chisholm. [Parents] William Lungren, labourer, Cedar Valley, St. George and Mary his wife.
Benjamin William, born 29 September 1858, baptized 12 December 1858 by J. R. Chisholm, [Parents] William Lungren, planter, Cedar Valley, St. George, and Mary Ann his wife.
Richard Lungren, labourer, of Wakefield, and his wife, Isabella, had the following child: —
Eglantine Flora, born 20 June 1867, baptized 3 August 1867 by D. Panton.
Joseph Lungren, labourer, Wakefield, Portland, and his wife, Ellen, had the following children: —
Henrietta Jane, born 24 July 1866, baptized 5 May 1867 by D. Panton.
Josiah, born 16 July 1870, baptized 5 November 1870 by Aug. Sullivan.
William Lungren of Shantomie, St. George, and his wife, Jane had the following child: —
Alfred Horatio, born 15 May 1870, baptized 19 August 1870 by Aug. Sullivan.
The following records stand alone and have no connection to the above as far as I can see.
Catherine Longrien [sic], born Shantomie, St. George,12 June 1840, baptized 20 September 1840 by Jacob Fred. Lessing, no parents named
William Longrien [sic], born Shantomie, St. George, 13 May 1840, baptized 20 September 1840, by Jacob Fred. Lessing, no parents named.
Catherine Lungren, aged 70 years, Alms House, St. Andrew, died and was buried 13 December 1866 West Churchyard, by W. Mayhew.
Elizabeth Lungrien [sic] and Samuel Oliver, both of the parish of St. George, were married by banns on the 12th day of October in the year 1850 by George Hall, Officiating Minister.
Elizabeth Lungren and Robert McDonald Kirkland, both of the City and parish of Kingston, were married by License the 25th day of October 1853 by J. W. Twist.
Margaret Lungren and Ferguson Smith, both of the parish of St. George, were married by Banns the 21st day of August in the year 1840 by Jacob Fred Lessing, Curate.
Maria Lungreen [sic], infant, age 18 months 15 days, died and was buried in Shantomie Burying ground, St. George, 19 September 1852 by Jacob Fred. Lessing, Island Curate.
Mary Ann Lungren and John Dallas, both of the parish of St. George, were married by Banns 18th August 1859 by J. A. Chisholm.
Nancy Lungren, born Smithfield, St. George, 6 November 1838, baptized 13 October 1839 by Jacob Fred. Lessing. No parents named.
Rebecca Lungren, Shantamee, St. George, died and was buried 20 May 1857 in the Burying Ground at Birnam Wood by J. R. Chisholm.
William Lungren of Cedar Valley, St. George, aged 30 years, died and was buried in Birnam Wood Burying ground 5 July 1860 by J. R. Chisholm.
William Lungren and Bessie Ellis, both of the parish of St. George, were married by Banns on the 3rd day of May in the year 1865 by D. Panton.
Finally, on the Jamaican Family Search website is a listing as follows:
1865 Almanac – Magistrates and Parochial Officers
St. George:
Sexton, Birnam Wood Chapel – Edward Lungren
Some Observations on the Research
To begin with, the St. George Copy Register appears to be lacking many records. The Register itself begins in 1806. There are two volumes of indexes to baptisms, marriages and burials; the first covers 1806 to 1865; the second covers 1836-1866. The actual register of entries covers baptisms from 1806 to 1825, and 1837 to 1840. Most of the records found were in the parish registers which collected records from the various parishes. It’s quite possible that some may never have been transferred. The St. Andrew Copy Register and indexes for the earliest years are very dark and practically impossible to read.
I noted that none of the slaves in the Slave Registers which belonged to Swain Lungren had surnames, certainly not Lungren. There were slaves with the surname ”Lungren” who belonged to other slave owners, but there is no reason to believe that they were the offspring of Swain Lungren. They may have simply taken or been given that name if they came originally from his ownership. It was quite common for slaves to be given their masters’ names.
Further research could be carried out in Jamaica, for example, research into deeds regarding how Swain acquired his property. It is also possible that he left a will. This research would have to be carried out by a Jamaican researcher at the Registrar General’s Department.
Communication from Per-Evert Nilsson, by email
Communication from Per-Evert Nilsson, by email
Communication from Per-Evert Nilsson, by email
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”Som framgår av rapporten finns det utrymme för fortsatt forskning. Kontakt har också etablerats per email med en i Kingston idag verksam person med efternamnet Lungren, Locinvar Lungren, finanschef i ett försäkringsbolag.
Huruvida det är en ättling till Swain Lungren har ännu inte gått att få klarhet i, men hans far och farfar härstammar från Wakefield och Smithfield i nordöstra Jamaica, d v s där Swain Lungren levde och var verksam som plantageägare.”