Birth/Christening Records
Bay Islands, Honduras
1852 - 1862

Transcribed by Kirt B. Bennett
Website: http://www.concentric.net/~Kbennett/


The Bay Islanders were predominantly black slaves from the Cayman Islands who were freed in 1834. As their former British slaveowners fled Cayman to the Northern Coast of Honduras and British Honduras, these brave people navigated from Cayman to Honduras to start a knew life as much of the land in Cayman was already owned by someone.


#      Date          Name                 Parents                     Christian Surname
       Residence     Date of birth        Baptised by

1      Feb 5, 1852   Shadwell James       William & Elizabeth         Bodden
       Flowers Bay   Jan 21, 1851         Harmon Mason

2      Feb 15, 1852  Elsilinch            William & Sarah Ann         Bodden
       Dixon's Cove  Jan 27, 1852         ditto

3      Feb 22, 1852  Elizabeth            Philemon & Sophia           Brooks
       The Bight     Jan 22,1852          ditto

4      Mar 7, 1852                        Elisha Henry & Jane         Bodden
       Flowers Bay   Dec, 5, 1851         ditto

5      ditto         Jonathan             ditto                       ditto
       ditto         ditto                ditto

6      Mar 10, 1852  Clementina           George / Sarah A.           Bush / Smith
       Westend       Nov 14,1850          ditto

7      Apr 12, 1852  Mary Magdelina       Joseph & Elizabeth          Bendlem
       The Bight     Jan 21, 1852         ditto

8      June 27, 1852 Eliza Catherine      James / Julie Ann           Bodden/Jones
       Brick Bay     June 20, 1843        ditto

9      June 27, 1852 James Henry          ditto                       ditto
       ditto         Dec 14, 1840         ditto

10     ditto         Mary Elizabeth       ditto                       ditto
       ditto         June 1, 1852         ditto

11     Mar 20, 1853  Na                   Thomas & Maria              Brooks
       Roatan        Aug 31, 1852         H. W.Hainie

12     Sept 1, 1854  John Edmonson        William & Elizabeth         Brooks
       ditto         Feb 16, 1853         ditto

13     May 16, 1854  Obadiah              Joseph &Elizabeth           Bendlem
       ditto         Aug 6, 1853          ditto

14     Mar 8, 1855   Hezekiah             Henry & Jane                Bodden
       Flowers Bay   Feb 5, 1854          E.D. Webb

15     Apr 15, 1855  Melveux              John & Eliza Matilda        Brown
       Utilla        Feb 19, 1855         ditto

16     ditto         Adilla               James & Frances             Bowden
       ditto         Dec 10, 1854         ditto

17     Jun 18, 1855  Abaraham             John Wm. & Susanna          Brown
       Roatan        Feb 1853             ditto

18     ditto         Venus                ditto                       ditto
       ditto         April 1854           ditto

19     Jun 10, 1855  Zebulum Hartwell     Thomas & Maria              Brooks
       ditto         Dec 26, 1854         ditto

20     Jul 17, 1855  Edwin Harman         George & Maria Elizabeth    Bush
       Westend       Jan 30, 1853         ditto

21     Aug 5, 1855   William Edmonson     William Benjamin & Catharine  Brooks
Roatan April 2, 1854 ditto

22     Ditto         Elizabeth Margeret   Philemon & Sophia           Brooks
       ditto         April 18, 1855       ditto

23     Apr 27, 1856  Evangaline Esther    William & Sarah             Bush
       ditto         May 7, 1855          Richard Fletcher

24     ditto         Jeminra Elizabeth    Joseph & Elizabeth          Bendlem
       ditto         Apr 29, 1856         ditto

25     Jun 1, 1856   James Noiah          Thomas & Sarah              Bodden
       ditto         Dec 30, 1855         ditto

26     Aug 24, 1856  Eleanor Rebecca      John & Matilda              Brown
       Utilla        July 12, 1856        Richard Fletcher

27     Oct 12, 1856  Simion               George Hill & Mary          Bodden
       ditto         June 18, 1856        ditto

28     Nov 16, 1856  Alicia               Henry & Jane                Bodden
       Roatan        Jan 15, 1856         ditto

29     Mar 31, 1857  Joseph Simion        George Hill & Maria E.      Bush
       ditto         July 25, 1856        ditto

30     Apr 26, 1857  Thomas Ellington     William B. & Catharine      Brooks
       ditto         Sept 12, 1856        ditto

31     ditto         Charles Edward       John Wm. & Susana           Brown
       ditto         Apr 16, 1856         E.D. Webb

32     ditto         Jonathan Zacheus     Thomas & Maria              Brooks
       ditto         Nov 11, 1856         ditto

33     ditto         Samuel Meshach       Joseph B. & Elizabeth       Bendlem
       ditto         Mar 31, 1857         ditto

34     Sep 2, 1858   Brizilla             Thomas & Sarah              Bodden
       Flowers Bay   Aug 30, 1857         George Sykes

35     Sep 23, 1858  Mary Ann             James D. & Branella         Bush
       Westend       Jun 25, 1858         ditto

36     Dec 12, 1858  Elkanah              Thomas & Maria D.           Brooks
       Roatan        Aug 12, 1858         ditto

37     ditto         Daniel               John Wm. & Susana           Brown
       Big Bight     Mar 2, 1858          ditto

38     Dec 19, 1858  Rosanna              John & Eliza                Brown
       Utilla        Aug 24, 1858         ditto

39     Apr 14, 1859  Elizabeth Elaina     George H. & Maria           Bush
       Westend       Nov 5, 1858          ditto

40     May 1, 1859   Richard              George Hill & Mary          Bodden
       Utilla        Mar 16, 1859         ditto

41     May 29, 1859  Joseph               William B. & Catherine      Brooks
       Watering Place Dec 15, 1858        ditto

42     Jul 19, 1859  Ceselia              George Hill & Mary          Bodden
       Utilla        Dec 23, 1857         ditto

43     Dec 18, 1859  ShadrackHow          Joseph S. & Elizabeth       Bendlem
       Bight         Aug 18, 1859         ditto

44     Apr 29, 1860  Albert Asher         John E. & Elizabeth         Brooks
       Roatan        Nov 30, 1859         E.D. Webb

45     Dec  2, 1860  Levi                 Edward H. & Mary F.         Bodden
       Utilla        Oct 2, 1860          ditto

46     May 23, 1861  Ellana               Agusta Thomas & Sarah       Bodden
       Flowers Bay   ditto                George Sykes

47     May 26, 1861  Esther Jane          John Henry & Elizabeth      Brooks
       Roatan        Mar 23, 1861         ditto

48     July 25, 1861 Thomas Isaacs        Thomas & Sarah              Bodden
       Flowers Bay   May 15, 1861         ditto

49     Dec 26, 186   Esther Margeret      George & Maria              Bush
       West End      July 7, 1861         ditto

50     Feb 23, 1862  William              William B & Catherine       Brooks
       Roatan        1861                 E.D. Webb


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