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Old Inhabitants

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A person living in the Bahamas before the arrival of American Loyalists (See Below). For our purposes, we labeled people as Old Inhabitants if they were in the Bahamas prior to 1780.  Old Inhabitants tended to be merchants and lawyers and shopkeepers, and subsistence farmers, having a diversified economy in the Out Islands.

Faith Kelly

Settlement

Cartwright

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-97 (78 acres, 9 Nov 1788)

James Knowles Sr.

Settlement

Pinders & The Crossing

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-46 (60 acres, 28 Jun 1788), D-35 (357 acres, 27 Jun 1788)

Samuel Knowles

Settlement

Bowers

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-34 (200 acres, 29 Jun 1788)

Edward Lane

Settlement

Roses

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-72 (200 acres, 27 Mar 1789)

Joseph Lightborn

Settlement

Burnt Ground

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-66 (140 acres, 13 Aug 1789)

Mary E. Major

Settlement

Deadmans Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-51 (260 acres, 20 Jul 1788)

George Maycock

Settlement

Benzies & Deadmans Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-133 (40 acres, unknown date), D-40 (60 acres, 17 May 1788)

Sweeting Maycock

Settlement

Deadmans Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-50 (160 acres, 21 Sept 1788)

Daniel McKenzie

Settlement

McKenzies

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-44 (80 acres, 22 Jun 1789)

Anthony McKinney

Settlement

Sam McKinnons

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-96 (360 acres, 30 Oct 17?9)

Benjamin McKinney

Settlement

Sam McKinnons

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-97 (140 acres, 17 Dec 1790)

Henrietta Micklethwaite

Settlement

Newton Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-84 (120 acres, 20 Oct 1788)

John Morley

Settlement

Lower Deadmans Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-41 (240 acres, 1 Apr 1788)

Barack Morton

Settlement

Stella Maris

Old Inhabitant

Grants

Not on L&S map - Tatnall only

John Newman

Settlement

Lower Deadmans Cay

Old Inhabitant

Grants

D-101 (160 acres, 31 Oct 1789)

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