REDWAY
The Redway surname is a habitual name, taken on from  any various  place names, such as Radway in Devon, Radway in Warwickshire, Rodway in Somerset, or Roadway in Devon. The place names are all from Old English words “re-ad”, meaning “red” and “waye”, meaning road.

First found in Somerset, England where they had held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. However, Saxon names survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1205 when Henry de Radeweie held estates in that shire.

Read more: http://www.houseofnames.com/Redway-history?A=54323-292

In Jamaica variations of the name include: Raadway, Radwar, Radway, Readway and Redware 

Grace (1747- 1823)
To date Grace is my most distant relative on my Redway line. She was a Negro, African woman enslaved on Dumbarton Estate in St, Ann Jamaica and my 4x Great Grandmother. Grace appears on the 1817 Slave registers for St. Ann. The register below shows that by 1823 Grace had died.

Grace had at least 2 children Eleanor and Anne who were also enslaved at Dumbarton.
On the same plantation was another enslaved African woman named Caroline born c. 1779. DNA has proved that I am related to REDWAY descendants of Caroline via her daughter Venus, also African.

DNA has also indicated that the same Redway descendant and I share a Nigerian ancestor. This descendant also share the surnames CAMPBELL, COVER and JOHNSON which are also connected to my family. I continue in my never ending journey to find answers!

ELEANOR (c. 1779-?)
Eleanor, a Negro woman born in the West Indies appears to be my Great, Great, Great Grandmother. She is documented at age 38 on a 1817 slave register for brothers Henry and William REDWAR in St. Ann, Jamaica. Eleanor was one of 84 female slaves of 192 total slaves documented on the register.
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1817 Slave Register in the parish of St. Ann, Jamaica for William & Henry Redwar (deceased)
Eleanor's slave owners, Henry and William Redwar were the sons of Henry Redwar Esq. and Elizabeth Gibbons Lewis. Henry Sr. was born in Barbados around 1752.  He migrated to Jamaica and died there in 1798. As per Alan Payne's article "Box Slavery Families", Redwar later owned two large plantations at Pedro Park Penn, on the border of the provinces of St Ann and St Catherine, and the Dunbarton estate, St Ann.Perhaps Eleanor was brought from Barbados to Jamaica by the Redwar family?
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN ENGLAND RELATING TO THE WEST INDIES - WILLIAM & HENRY REDWAR http://www.dloc.com/UF00075409/00002/30j?search=leslie
The slave registers indicate that Eleanor had at least 5 children:
Emily (Sambo) born c. 1800 - 
William (Sambo) born c. 1806 - 
Colling Wood (Sambo) born c. 1809 - 1901
Sebina (Negro) born c. 1814  - 
James (Sambo) born c. 1816 - 

COLINWOOD rEDWAY (1790-1901)
Collingwood / Collin Wood Redway  my Great Great Grandfather was described as Sambo. This means that since his mother Eleanor was Negro, his father was Mulatto. His father is unknown at this time.
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On 26 November 1840 Collingwood married Maria Jones at Dry Harbour Chapel, in St. Ann, Jamaica. At the time of marriage Collingwood was a carpenter.
Maria died in 1887 at Cardiff Hall, St. Ann. Son Thomas Richard Redway was the witness to her death. Thomas married Elizabeth Ferguson in 1877 in St. Ann.

A testimonial of Collin's was published in The New British and Foreign Temperance Magazine: And Monthly Chronicle 1841. (see below) The Redway surname was transcribed as "Redmar" perhaps for Redwar? There is an Adolphus on the Redwar slave registers, likely he is the same person quoted below. The relationship between him and Collin is unknown at this time.
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The New British and Foreign Temperance Magazine - And Monthly Chronicle. 1841
​​At Collin's death he was a  cooper his son Robert Redway my Great Grandfather signed his death registration. He lived to be 111 years old.

Robert Redway (1849-1917)
Robert Redway never married . He died 4 July 1917 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour. His death registration was signed by my Grandfather, Ernest Redway. 

Joshua Redway (1874-1964)
Joshua married Urina Albertha Wilson 28 Aug 1902 in Brown's Town, St. Ann. Urina was born 1880, daughter of John Wilson. Joshua Redway and Urina had five children:
  • Unnamed Redway was born 27 Jun 1897 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.
  • Syrina was born 10 Mar 1904 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.
  • Alva George was born 26 Dec 1905 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann and died 1976.
  • Osea Fray was born 06 Apr 1908 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica.
  • Eustas Silverna (Eustace Selverna)  was born 06 Nov 1909 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann and died 1994 in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Joshua Redway also had two children with Ida Myrie:
  • (Female) Redway born 02 Apr 1919 in Old Folly, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.
  • (Male) Redway born 16 Jan 1930 in Old Folly, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.

Florister redway (1881-?)
Florister was born on April 25, 1881 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann. 

Sarah Ann Redway (1883-1960)
Sarah Ann Redway was born in St. Ann Jamaica. She married Zechariah Emanuel Lynch on 26 December 1907 in Brown's Town, St. Ann.  He was born about 1868, son of James Henry Lynch.
Children of Sarah Ann Redway and Zechariah Emanuel Lynch all born in St. Ann Parish:
  • Alonzo Lynch was born 01 Dec 1906 in Dumbarton, Saint Ann, J.A.
  • Hannah Jane Lynch was born 01 Jan 1909 in Saint Ann, Jamaica, W.I.
  • Wilhelmina Maud Lynch was born 01 Jan 1913 in Dry Harbour, St. Ann.

Ernest Edward Redway (1884-1954)
My Grandfather Ernest Edward Redway was born on 28 February 1885 in Dumbarton,  Dry Harbour St. Ann, Jamaica to Elsy Jane Henry and Robert Redway and died 5 December 1954 in St. Anns Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica. 
​He married Teresa Elmosina Louisa Gowie 27 Apr 1910. She was born 04 Apr 1887 in Home Castle, Dry Harbour, St. Ann and died 29 Nov 1990 in Brown`s Town St. Ann,daughter of Daniel Gowie and Ella Jane Jacobs.
Children of Ernest E. Redway and Teresa Elmosina Louisa Gowie born in Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica:
  • Aleandrew  born 09 Jun 1910 in Dunbarton and died 11 Jul 1911 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.
  • Clarence (Shaggy) Clifford  born 28 Jun 1912 in Dunbarton and died about  Jan 2006 in Manchester, England.
  • Daughter born 13 Jan 1915 in Dunbarton.
  •  Ella Maud  born 16 May 1917 in Breadnut Hall.
  • Madeline Veroine born 06 Mar 1919 in Dunbarton and died 19 Mar 2010 in Bronx, New York, USA.
  • Daughter born 22 Oct 1921 in Breadnut.
  • Ernest Edward born 13 May 1923 in Breadnut Hall.

​Ernest Edward also had 6 children all born in Adnagrass, Dry Harbour in St. Ann, Jamaica with Margaret Evans:
  • Constance (Verrie) Hyacinth born 01 Apr 1922 and died May 1995 in Manchester, Lancashire, England
  • Charles Howard born 23 May 1924.
  • Son  born 01 Feb 1925.
  • Burnetta (Bea) born 17 Mar 1927.
  • Daughter born 04 Feb 1929.
  • Daughter born 05 Jun 1934.
For more on Margaret Evans' family see the EVANS Family page.

Owen Redway (1884?-1969)
Owen Redway was born 19 Dec 1887 in Saint Ann, Jamaica. He married Alexandrina(e) Chisholm 06 May 1909 in Liberty Hill, St. Ann. She was born 14 Jun 1891, daughter of Robert Alexander Chisholm and Margaret Louisa Blessett.
Owen Redway a planter and Alexandrina(e) Chisholm born in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica had 6 children:
  • Lillian born 14 Apr 1911.
  • Lionel born 27 May 1912.
  • Mabel Victoria  born 08 Oct 1915 and died 16 Aug 2007
  • Simon Leopold born 15 Mar 1919.
  • Son born 01 Sept 1925.
  • Son born 01 Jul 1928.

WILLIAM REDWAY (1885-?)
William Redway was born to Robert Redway and Elsy Henry on 31 December 1885 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica.

JULIA REDWAY (1888-1901)
Julia Redway, Daughter of Robert Redway was born c. 1888 and died 7 September 1901 at age 13.

SIMON REDWAY (1891-1910)
Simon Redway was born 24 March 1892 at Liberty Hill Dry Harbour.