Barbados was settled by the British in 1627, birthed from the sugar and
rum trade.
Mapps College (boys school) today in Barbados is on the original Mapp plantation,
near Mapp Hill in St. Phillip's parish (all the google.com listings of
Mapp Hill show it in St. Michael's, but other records show the Mapps in Phillip's
parish). What is now the front entrance to the College was the
back of the plantation house 100 years ago. The Headmaster’s house is an
older building and was the first house built on the plantation.
1721 the Mapp plantation was established
1741 the 130-acre plantation was owned by Samuel Mapp (St. Philip parish);
he was married to Catherine Gillis
1757 Samuel Mapp’s daughter Mary Mapp (of St. George parish) became the
owner as Samuel didn’t have a son to pass it onto
1764 Samuel’s daughter, Mary Mapp, married Richard Smith from England; they
had a daughter Suzanna and she married John Gosling
1846 the 243-acre plantation was owned by James Mapp Allen
Not sure of the exact connection to our John
Thomas Mapp, but Samuel Mapp must have had a male relative because his
granddaughter Suzanna was born about the same time as John Thomas Mapp (b
1821)
map
of Barbados
