George Nedham

This article is about the settler in Jamaica. For the 16th-century entrepreneur, see George Nedham (miner).

George Nedham (Needham) was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War who, following their defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, emigrated to the West Indies.[1] First he went to Antigua, and later migrated to Jamaica. Here he married the daughter of Governor Thomas Modyford and became a prominent planter in the colony.[2]

In 1677 he was returned, alongside Fulke Rose, as a representative of Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish in the House of Assembly of Jamaica.[3]

Family

In 1660 he married his first wife, Mary Bryan, daughter of William Bryan. Together they had seven sons of whom three survived:[2]

  • Robert Needham (1672-1738)
  • William Needham (1675-1746)
  • Edward Winter Needham (1683-1722), married Martha Lewis in 1708

They also had three daughters:

  • Henrietta
  • Mary
  • Elizabeth Grace, who married John Ellis jr. with whom she had four children.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Needham summary time Line". www.nons.co.uk. Needham Family Site. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Needham's of Jamaica". nons.co.uk. Needham Family Site. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ America and West Indies: September 1677 British History Online
  4. ^ Powers, Anne M (21 March 2015). "March v. Ellis a bitter family dispute". A Parcel of Ribbons. Anne M Powers. Retrieved 11 June 2019.