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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) |
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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. |
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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-?) |
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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)
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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
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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) |
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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.
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. |
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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
I have documented three children for Collingwood and Maria:
- Thomas Richard
- Eleanor
- Robert
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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.
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Robert Redway (1849-1917) |
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Robert Redway never married . I have documented 7 children for him, 4 which he had with my great grandmother Elsie Jane Henry. He died 4 July 1917 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour. His death registration was signed by my Grandfather, Ernest Redway.
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rOBERT & eLSIE'S CHILDREN
Ernest Edward Redway (1884-1954) |
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My Grandfather Ernest Edward Redway was born on 28 February 1885 in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour St. Ann, Jamaica to Elsie Jane Henry and Robert Redway and died 5 December 1954 in St. Anns Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica.
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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.
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Children of Ernest E. Redway and Teresa Elmosina Louisa Gowie born in Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica:
Ernest Edward also had 6 children all born in Adnagrass, Dry Harbour in St. Ann, Jamaica with Margaret Evans, my grandmother:
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WILLIAM REDWAY (1885-?) |
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William Redway was born to Robert Redway and Elsie Henry on 31 December 1885 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica.
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ELLEN | eleanor "pASTORA" redway (1888-?) |
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Pastora was born on January 3, 1888 in Liberty Hill, Dry Harbour, St. Ann.
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SIMON REDWAY (1891-1910) |
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Simon Redway was born 24 March 1892 at Liberty Hill Dry Harbour.
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robert redway's other Children
I have identified three other children for Robert Redway .
Sarah Ann Redway (1883-1960) |
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Sarah Ann Redway was born to Robert Redway and Mary Gale | Gayle around 1880 and likely in St. Ann Jamaica. to date I have been unable to locate her birth registration. 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:
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Joshua Redway (1874-1964) |
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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:
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Owen Redway (1884?-1969) |
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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.
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Owen Redway a planter and Alexandrina(e) Chisholm born in Dumbarton, Dry Harbour, St. Ann, Jamaica had 6 children:
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