A Jamaican Family Tree

Henry Graham   -  There is strong evidence that Henry was born a mustee slave ( These terms varied by clerk and period, but in Jamaican sources ‘mustee’ is often used as a near-white mixed category) , around 1823, on the Thetford estate in Lludas Vasle, St. John’s parish, Jamaica (very near to Herondale where our Henry Graham settled and raised his family). My reasons for this thinking are that I’ve not been able to find any other Henry Graham’s recorded in christening, marriage or death records at the time (1820 - 1850). I’ve not found any records of Graham’s settling in St John who Henry could have been descended from, and misstepped the recording process. There is also the connection that our Henry Graham gave his children middle names Heron & Smith which were last names of the enslaved Henry’s grandmother and mother respectively. As a mustee the enslaved Henry Graham could have easily been mistaken for European and his children could also follow suit. We know from...

 Augustus Constantine Sinclair married Catherine Ann Rosetta Graham Augustus Constantine Sinclair (1834–1891) Christened: 31 Dec 1834, Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica. Wikipedia ,    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9K-HQ?i=265&lang=en Career in print & civil service (largely traced through newspaper of the time) Augustus started his career in print as a reporter of parliamentary debates for the Colonial Standard in 1864, referred to as a parliamentary reporter, Dec 1864. He compiled the House of Assembly debates, speeches and proceedings in 13 volumes between 1860-65 sessions. This covered the period of time that George William Gordon stood up for Jamaica's poor and downtrodden in parliament and his subsequent support for Paul Bogle who led the Morant Bay rebellion (both men are national heroes in Jamaica). For political context of the time -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morant_Bay_rebellion ) 1860–65: Parliamentary reporter fo...