Thomas Cossley Rose

Thomas Cossley Rose was born 21/02/1798 and baptised 16/04/1798 in the Parish of Trelawny to John Cross Rose and Mary Gillespie Rose nee Watt.

John Cross Rose and Mary Gillespie Watt were married 4th February 1794 in Trelawny. They had 8 children including Thomas. Baptisms of children:

. John Lindsay Watt - 09/11/1794 Trelawney

. Mary Bromley - 22/05/1807 - died 24/09/1812 Trelawney- buried at Dromilly Estate

. Sarah Ann - 03/05/1799 Trelawney

. Thomas Cossley - see above

. Urquhart Gillespie - 10/04/1795 - Trelawney - Was ordained in 1819 and was one of the principals at Jamaica College 1818 - 1825

. William Bromley - 10/04/1801 Trelawney

. William Green - 02/05/1811 - Rose Mount Trelawney - died 15/06/1814 buried at Dromilly

. Caroline Green - 08/05/1812 Trelawney

John Cross Rose was born 27/08/1766 in the Parish of St Ann, Jamaica to Thomas Rose and wife Ann.

Mary Gillespie, wife of John Cross Rose, was buried at Dromilly, 09/09/1812, aged 37.

Image of his baptism record at www.familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 - Trelawny- Baptisms, marriages, burials 1771-1839, Vol. 1 - Image 25 of 164.

Births and deaths of his siblings and marriage of his parents at www.familysearch.org batch nos. I04099-9 and I03814-2.

Birth of John Cross Rose, 'Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880' at www.familysearch.org.

Urquhart Gillespie Rose is in the Clergy of the Church of England Database online, person ID 121556. See http://www.jcobaca.org/about/in-the-past/principals [accessed 04/03/2013] for his role at Jamaica College.

Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Trelawny Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1771-1839 p. 199.

We are grateful to Andrea Azan and Paul Hitchings for their assistance with compiling this entry.