Alexander Young

1. Alexander and Mary Ann Young of Bloomfield had two children baptised in Manchester, Jamaica: Alexander (born 1825 but baptised 1829) and Henry McConnell (born and baptised in 1829). Mary Ann Young later owned Bloomfield in trust, with Alexander Young as guardian to his sons for 5 enslaved people upon the estate. Mary Ann or Marianne Young was the same person as Mary Ann Reed, previously executrix to [and widow of] Hugh Reed on Bloomfield.

2. Alexander Young of St Catherine esq and Mary Ann Reid of Manchester parish, widow, were married at Brumalia by licence, 28/12/1824. Marianne Young, Bloomfield, was buried 10/08/1832, aged 46.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

2. Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Manchester baptisms, marriages and burials 1816-1838 p. 313.

We are grateful to Anne Stewart and Paul Hitchings for their assistance with compiling this entry.