Family Tree

The Story of Albert and Lynette, and the Fearons, Douglases, Pecks, Davises, Mannings

Lynette May

Fearon

Grandmother

Lynette May Fearon (Sister

Lyn)

was born on Christmas Day 1914 to

William Walter "Pap" Fearon

and

Murdella

Manning

in Elgin, Clarendon, a small village

in the hills of northern Clarendon, not too far

from Thompson Town.

Albert Enos

Douglas

Grandfather

Albert Enos Douglas (Mose)

was

also born in Elgin. He was the second of twin
boys born on 7 January on 1907 to

John

Douglas

and

Sarah Davis

. His twin brother

Stephen

passed away after three days.

Together Sister Lyn and Mose had 7 children:

Una Murdella (Merdy), Melvin Lionel

(Mel/Dougie), Joyce Hyacinth (Shirley), Harold John (Errol), Hortense May (Tense), Seymour
Senda (Seymie),

and

Yvonne Delores

. They lived as farmers on the land in Elgin and their children

would go on to become professionals, with most emigrating to Europe and North America, and
blessing their parents with almost thirty grandchildren.

The Story of Albert and Lynette, and the Fearons, Douglases, Pecks, Davises, Mannings

FEARONS AND MANNINGS

Sister Lyn's father

William Walter Fearon (Pap)

was born in 1877 in Elgin and married

Murdella

Manning

of Elgin. He was a planter, described as having brown skin with possible Scottish ancestry.

He was also said to be less well off compared to his siblings. Other than Sister Lyn, William and
Murdella had seven other children:

Sylvanus (Brother Love/Lovey), Doxie Louise (Edith), Ernest

Albert, Viola Unice, Hilton

(died as a baby),

Gilbert Walter,

and

Virgil Sinclair (Brother Pang)

After Murdella passed in 1923, William married

Beatrice Cameron (Miss B)

and had seven more

children:

Una Alberta

(died as a baby),

Edna Lucille

(died as a child),

Hazel, Erica, Enid

Constance, Daphne Cameron,

and

Adeline

William Fearon's parents were

Edward Fearon

and

Mary Ann Harris

. Edward Fearon was born

around 1832 and married Mary Ann Harris in 1860 at Mt Hume. They had as many as nine children
in Elgin. We believe Edward may be the son of

Henry Pennant Fearon

based on connections to

descendants of Henry's white son

John Samuel Fearon

There are no records of Edward's birth, but this was common for descendants of slaves before and
near the time of abolition. The Fearon family were a prominent family in Clarendon, owning multiple
plantations including "Fearon's Place," and holding important positions of influence. Henry Fearon's
uncle

Thomas Fearon

was the Chief Justice of Jamaica (1756-1764) including during Tacky’s Revolt

(also called Easter Rebellion), the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean to that point.

Fearon Place in Clarendon near CoCo Walk - pictures via Andrew Henry

We can't find much about the Manning origins, other than that Murdella had a father named

Henry

Manning

and a sister named

Lucy

that married

Austin Brown

Ivy Manning

is also listed as a

witness to the birth of

Aunt Edith Fearon

in 1908. And there are a few records of Mannings in Elgin

and Blackwoods before 1900.

The Story of Albert and Lynette, and the Fearons, Douglases, Pecks, Davises, Mannings

DOUGLASES, DAVISES, PECKS

Mose’s father

John Douglas (Douglass)

was born around 1845. He was a planter and married

Sarah

Davis

of Mt Hindmost in 1893. Sarah was described as fair skinned and lived until 1949 in Elgin. We

don't know until when John Douglas lived. Other than twins Mose and Stephen, John and Sarah also
had sons

Charles Simeon (Robert), Philip Emanuel,

and

Ira

Before marrying Sarah, John had

David

in Smithville in 1871,

“Miss Beck”

Polly Ann

with a

Mary

Ann Mills

in Blackwoods in 1885, and

Eglon

in about 1890. Eglon’s children were born in

Blackwoods and David moved to Elgin to be near John and Sarah.

John Douglas’ father was

George Peck

(b. 1827) and his mother is unknown. The story told was that

he was adopted by, or given to a Douglas family that couldn't conceive. We think George Peck is
from Smithville and related to

Deborah Philistina Peck

of the same area. George was the son of

another

George Peck

of Peace River, Clarendon, and

Mary Ann Dawkins

of Sunbury, Clarendon.

Their marriage was registered in 1836 during the “apprenticeship” transitional period between slavery
and full emancipation. The marriage registry lists the husband, wife and children

Catherine

, George,

and

Paulina

We do think this George Peck might be a descendent of

Lt. Charles Peck

of the Clarendon Regiment

who had at least two recorded children with

Susanna Richards

, described as “a free black woman."

Finally, we think that John's biological mother may be related to

William Barnes

(also from

Smithville) based on connections to descendants of William's daughter

Augusta Barnes

There are only hints of siblings for John Douglas - he was a witness to the marriage of a

James Peck

from Blackwoods who married

Sarah Bennett

also of Blackwoods in 1893. Interestingly both listed a

George Peck as their father on the marriage certificate. It's possible that James Peck and John Douglas
were half or whole brothers. There is also a mention of a

George Douglas

being an uncle of either

David or David's daughter

Toshata

Sarah Davis' parents were

Robert Davis

and

Margaret Edwards

of Mt. Hindmost, Clarendon. She

had sisters

Caroline Amanda Davis

Ada Adella Davis

(to become

Adella Thomas

) and Keziah

Davis (to become

Keziah Hay

). Amanda had two husbands,

Roland

and

Samuel

, but no children.

Adella had a son that ran a pharmacy in Kingston and had another in either Porus, Manchester or
Linstead, St. Catherine. We also believe Sarah Davis is related to

Aunt Viola Fearon

's first husband

Tarkington Boothe Davis

, also of Mt. Hindmost. This is partially based on connections to

Marian

Davis

, grand daughter of Tarkington and Viola.

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

Eva Uter / Emeline Uter

Grandmother

Eva/Lillian/Emeline Uter

was born on the 1st of Sept.,

1902 in Craighead in Manchester, Jamaica to

Robert Benjamin Uter

(referred to as Old Father Uter) and

Sophia Demetrius

Wilford / Wilfred Reid

Grandfather

Wilford Ebeneezer Reid

was born on the

of Feb, 1896 in Bunker's Hill, Trelawny, Jamaica to

John Reid

(dates unknown) and

Margaret Matilda

Brown

(1871-1946), also known as

Granny Mag

It is thought that they both met in Cuba while working as laborers. After leaving Cuba, they
reconnected and settled in Wilford’s home district of Bunker’s Hill, Trelawny, close to his mother and
several cousins, uncles and aunts.

Wilford and Emeline had 7 children in Bunker’s Hill:

Sybil

(1930-2021), twin siblings

Daphne

(1933-2022) and

Basil

(1933-2014), twin siblings

Roland

and

Osra

(1935-2008),

Minette

(b. 1938),

and

Neville

(1940-2004). Emeline was a seamstress and organized girls in the district to learn to sew

and to read. Wilford was a farm laborer who would harvest things to sell to market.

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

Wilford previously had one child,

Cephas

(1923-2011) with

Miss Ruth Walker

Emeline was previously married and had 4 children with

Richard Williams

twins

Olive

(b.1922) and

Canute "Ken" Williams

(1922-1983),

Lurline

"Mrytle" Williams

(1926-1992) and

Lesline/Luzine "Lez" Williams

(1928-

1950). The first three were born in Cuba. Some say that Aunt Lez was also
born in Cuba but there is a birth certificate for her in in 1928 with

Eva

Williams

listed as the mother,

Richard Williams

the father and witnessed by

Avis Uter

. Perhaps for convenience or bureaucratic reasons?

It was remembered that Lez grew up mostly in Manchester with the
grandmother and married someone there who was mistreating her so much so
that the family chased him away from her funeral.

On the birth certificate of
Ken it lists the mother as

Lillian Williams

with

parents

Robert

and

Durel

. We’re not sure

where Durel came from.
The name Lillian
Williams is also
referenced in immigration
documents as the mother
of Aunt Mrytle. So it
seems she used the name
Lillian in Cuba, Eva in
Manchester and Emeline
in Trelawny.

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

There are records that even before meeting

Richard Williams

, Emeline had 2 children with no father

listed on the birth certificate -

Hyacinth

and

Edith Evelyne

in 1918.

Ulis Uter

was present at birth

for both. Hyacinth died as an infant. We don't know what happened with Edith Evelyne.

It was also remembered that Wilford and Emeline knew multiple languages – that they would quarrel
with each other in Spanish, sometimes, to hide what they were saying to the kids.

Emeline Uter

died in 1961 in Bunker's Hill at age 59.

Wilford Reid

died in 1969 at age 73.

Richard

Williams

, before he passed, went on to have 4 other sons, some who emigrated to North America.

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

UTER FAMILY

Great Grandfather Robert was a dark skinned free slave from Germany. Great Grandmother Sophia
was more mixed or "red" skinned and may have been from England. My mom and grandmother only
managed to make a few trips to Manchester while they lived in Trelawny but she did get to meet her
grandfather before he died. Great Grandfather Robert died in Craighead, Manchester in 1949 and my
mother went back for the funeral.

They say Old Father Uter had a lot of land and when he died it was split amongst the kids, but
Emeline didn't return to Manchester to get her land. She had 9 full siblings:

Bobby (Ulis), Vernon

(Ferdinal), Hurshell, Caleb, Berris

(served in the army)

, Lilet and Myra

. The outside siblings

include

Amos, David, Darrel, Lascelles, Claudius

and possibly also

Doris, Albert, Robert Patrick

and Evelyn

. Robert had (from my count) 71 grand children!

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

I thought Robert's parents were

Lewis/Louis

Uter

and

Emily Brown

but I was informed that

actually

Maud Daley

was his mother and that

she's buried right there in Manchester. There is
no known relation to another

Louis Uter

from St

Andrew that married a

Lucinda Cross

The

Uter

name (also written

Utter

) originates from

Germany. According to

information from a German
historical research center,
the name could go as far
back as the 15

century.

There may also be a Uter
square or graveyard in Augsberg, Germany.

It is thought that the first of the Uters that came
from Germany to Jamaica were freed black
slaves. One group went to Manchester with the
surname

Uter

and one to St. Elizabeth with the

surname

Euter

. There were

a lot of mixed/yellow descendants derisively referred to as

St. Elizabeth German

Negro

. There is one story from RootsWeb

( https://tinyurl.com/preview/WilliamUter )

about a

William Thomas Uter

listed as being born in 1831 to

Joseph Uter

and

Phyllis Williams

in Kingston. According to those files, he emigrated to London

where he died in 1891 and has descendants in both in England and in British
Colombia, Canada.

Robert’s father,

Lewis/Louis Uter

lived in Whitby, Manchester which is not far from Craighead. This

was thought to be one of Jamaica’s free villages for freed or escaped slaves. His death certificate
suggests that he was born in 1833 but I haven’t been able to connect him to the William Uter from
Rootsweb.

The Story of Wilford and Emeline and the Uters, Reids, Browns

REID AND BROWN FAMILIES

Wilford had two sisters,

Frances Elizabeth

(1900-1910) and

Ethyl Maud

(1905-1912), that died as

children. He also had one brother

Felix Adolphus

(b. 1892), and one half sister

Rebecca Reid

(1883-

1980) whose mother might have been a

Charlotte Reid

Wilford spent time working in Cuba, possibly with his father,

John Reid

. Not much is known about

John but it is said that he died in Cuba. John may also have had the nickname Todgie.

We believe that Granny Mag’s parents were

John Brown

(1850-1930) and

Margaret Hines. They

had one other known child,

Christian Brown

(b. 1888).

Alex Brown

, a man known in the district for

having over 30 children, is thought to be Granny Mag's brother. Some of children, including

Betuel/Pethuel Brown

Cubal Ken Massey

Brown

Eloise Brown, Marlon Brown

and

Prochorus Brown

, were well known by my

mother and cousins.

Sarah Jane Brown

is also

thought to be Granny Mag’s sister and her
descendants have connections to Bunker’s
Hill’s Dunbar and Beckford families. Many
have since emigrated to America.

Granny Mag died in 1946 after marrying

Joseph "Mas Joe" Hamilton

two years

earlier.