The Names of Loyalist Settlers and Grants of Land
Which They Received from the Bahamian Government:
1778 – 1783
Name – – Acres – – Location
ADDERLEY, Abraham, 720 acres, Long Island
AITKIN, David, 40 acres, near Abaco
ALLEN, Dr. John, 160 acres, Great Exuma
ARMSTRONG, Thomas, 160 acres, Grand Caicos
ARMSTRONG, Wm., 400 acres, Abaco
BARKLY, John Wallace, 140 acres, Powells Cay
BARROW, Isabell, 60 acres, Great Exuma
BARRY, Hon. Geo., 60 acres, New Provindence
BASDEN, Robert, 60 acres, Grand Caicos
BLANCHARD, Andrew, 20 acres, near Abaco
BONAMY, Bromfield, 420 acres, Long Island
BOON, Thomas, 100 acres, New Providence
BOYD, Hon. John, 140 acres, New Providence
BRICE, John, 80 acres, New Providence
BROWN, James, 300 acres, Abaco
BROWN, Lieut-Col., 100 acres, Abaco
BROWN, Walter Esq., 300 acres, Bills Cay
BUCKLEY, John, 220 acres, Long Island
BURNET, John, 100 acres, Abaco
CAMERON, Donald, 500 acres, Abaco
CAMPBELL, Archibald, 260 acres, Watlings Island
CLEMENT, James, 40 acres, Abaco
COOKE, John, 100 acres, Abaco
CORNISH, John, 500 acres, Cat Island
CORREY, Robert, 120 acres, New Providence
CUNNINGHAM, Robt., 480 acres, New Providence (6 miles west of)
DAMES, Charles, 2/4 acres, Great Exuma
DAMES, Charles, 800 acres, Little Exuma
DAMES, Charles, 9 acres, Little Exuma
DEAN, Hugh, 400 acres, Long Island
DEAN, Peter, 120 acres, Long Island
DEAN, Peter, 280 acres, New Providence
DELAPORT, George, 500 acres, New Providence
DELEVEAUX, Colonel, 700 acres, Acklins
DENNISTON, John, 300 acres, Long Island
DEVEAUX, Col. Andrew, 1000 acres, Cat Island
DEVEAUX, Col. Andrew, 420 acres, New Providence
DOUGLAS, John, 50 1/2 acres, Nassau, N. P.
DRYSDALE, Alexander, 250 acres, Andros
DUBOIS, Isaac, 500 acres, Eleuthera
DUNMORE, Right Hon. Earl of, 1500 acres, Long Island
DUNMORE, Right Hon. Earl of, 250 acres, New Providence
ELLORY, James, 100 acres, Abaco
FERGUSON, John, 40 acres, Abaco
FORBES, Dougald, 400 acres, Long Island
FORBES, Thomas, 200 acres, Long Island
FOX, John, 100 acres, Abaco
GAMBLE, William, 1000 acres, Turks Island
GIBSON, Alexander, 80 acres, Long Island
GOLDSMITH, Jesse, 180 acres, Long Island
GRAHAM, Alexander, 500 acres, Great Exuma
GRAY, George, 800 acres, Long Island
HALL, Nathaniel, 500 acres, Great Exuma
HAMILTON, Col. John, 140 acres, New Providence
HAROLD, Alexander, 200 acres, New Providence
HEPBURN, James, 700 acres, Cat Island
HODGE, William, 60 acres, Abaco
HODGSON, Thos., , Royal Island
HOLLAND, John, 100 acres, Long Island
HOLLIDAY, Robert, 750 acres, Long Island
HOWE, Hon. James, 1200 acres, Cat Island
HOWE, Hon. James, 13 ½ acres, New Providence
HOWE, James, 600 acres, Long Island
HUMES, James, 100 acres, New Providence
JOHNSON, Alexander, 500 acres, Long Island
JOHNSON, George, 500 acres, Long Island
JOHNSTON, Robt., 190 acres, New Providence
KELSALL, Roger, 1100 acres, Great Exuma
KENEDY, Williams, William, 140 acres, near Abaco
LEOAMONT, Robert, 133 acres, Long Island
LOCKHART, William, 160 acres, Key (Flamingo Cay) near Great Exuma
LOVELL, John, 100 acres, Abaco
MACKEY, Daniel, 40 acres, Abaco
MACKEY, Samuel, 70 Acres, Bills Cay
MALCOLM, Michael, 160 acres, Crooked Isand
MARKS, James, 40 acres, Abaco
MCALLISTER, Margaret, 60 acres, Watlings Island
MCARTHUR, Lieut-Col., 3rd Batt. H.M> Regt., New Providenc
MCDONALD, Isabell, 60 acres, Cat Island
MCDONALD, John, 60 acres, Cat Island
MCINTOSH, John, 160 acres, Abaco
MCKENZIE, John, 600 acres, New Providence
MCKINNEY, Benjamin, 14 acres, Long Island
MCLEAN, Alexander, 100 acres, Grand Caicos
MCLEOD, Wm., 300 acres, Exuma
MCNEIL, Margaret, 80 acres, Cat Island
MICKLEWHITE, Richard, 83 acres, New Providence
MILLER, Hon. John, 620, acres, Long Island
MOODY, Robert, 100 acres, New Providence
MOORE, Joseph Morris, Abaco
MOORE, Peter, 1500 acres,
MOORE, Peter, 200 acres, Exuma
MORELY, John, 200 acres, New Providence
MORRIS, John, 350 acres, New Providence
MOSS, James, 160 acres, Great Exuma
MOSS, Wm., 160 acres, Great Exuma
MOULTRIE, John Esq., 1000 acres, Long Island
MOULTRIES, James, 140 acres, Great Exuma
MUSCDELL, Salvadore, 100 acres, Little Exuma Cay
MUSCDELL, Salvadore, 17 acres, at Andros
NEILLY, Major Christopher, 200 acres, Abaco
NORTH, Thomas, , North Cay
ONEIL, James, 120 acres near Abaco
ONIEL, James, 100 acres, Abaco
PANTON, Wm., 500 acres, Exuma
PARKS, Geo. Campbell, 160 acres, Eleuthera
PEARIS, Margaret, 40 acres, Abaco
PEARIS, Richard, 140 acres, Abaco
PENNYBAKER, John, 100 acres, Watlings Island
PHILLIPS, John, 100 acres, near Abaco
PLENIS, Benedict, 40 acres, Abaco
PRITCHARD, Wm., 80 acres, Abaco
RAHMING, John, 160 acres, Long Island
RAINGER, John, 40 acres, Abaco and Rangers Island
ROBINSON, Mary, 80 acres, Great Exuma
ROKER, Thomas, 300 acres, Long Island
ROLLE, Hon. Davis, 700 acres, Great Exuma
ROLLE, Hon. Dennis, , Soldier Cay, Great Exuma
ROSS, Alexander, 430 acres, New Providence
ROSS, Thos., 150 acres, New Providence
RUMER, Robert Esq., 1200 acres, Rum Cay
SIMMERY, William, 120 acres, New Providence
SIMPSON, Thomas, 160 acres, New Providence
SMITH, Henry, 60 acres, Abaco
SMITH, Thomas, 300 acres, Long Island
SMITH, Thomas, 40 acres, Abaco
SPENCE, Robt., 40 acres, New Providence
STAGG, Robt., 160 acres, New Providence
STEVENS, James, 1000 acres, Long Island
STEVENS, John, 80 acres, Abaco
STORR, John, 32 acres, Watlings Island
STOUT, Joseph, 80 acres, New Providence
TATNALL, Hon. Josiah, 200 acres, Long Island
TATNALL, Hon. Josiah, 430 acres, High Cay
TATNALL, Joseph Mulyns, 860 acres, Cat Island
TAYLOR, Alexander, 200 acres, Long Island
TAYLOR, Charles Fox, 100 acres, Abaco
TAYLOR, Lieut-Col. Archibald, 500 acres, Long Island
TEIGLER, George,100 acres, Cat Island
TELFAIR, Robt., 700 acres, Exuma
THOMPSON, Thomas, 80 acres, Long Island
TODD, Alexander, 130 acres, New Providence
TUBLY, David, 400 acres, Cat Island
TUBNER, Rev. Christopher, 80 acres, New Providence
TURNBULL, Walter, 500 acres, Long Island
TWINING, Rev. Wm., Mission S. P. G., Exuma
UNDERWOOD, Augustus, 31 acres, Abaco
WALLACE, James, 500 acres, Cat Island
WATERS, Thomas, 160 acres, Abaco
WEECH, George, 120 acres, Hog Cay
WELLS, John, 549 acres, Long Island
WILLIAM, James, 100 acres, Fresh Creek
WILLIAMS, Major Henry, 1000 acres, Watlings Island
WILSON, William, 40 acres, Watlings Island
WILSON, William, 800 acres, Long Island
WOOD, John, 450 acres, Exuma
SOURCE: Abstracted from “The Early Settlers of the Bahama Islands with Account of the American Revolution” by A. Talbot Bethell (1930).