Christ Church Parish, Barbados

Barbados   Christ Church Parish

Early History
The earliest parish registers for Christ Church, Barbados begin with the first baptism record in March of 1637 with Arthur Spencer.

The first marriages in this parish also appear start six years later in April of 1643 with surnames such as Addison, Archer, Bevis, Bottom, Chandler, Chapell, Clay, Cropps, Delawar, Dill, Disborough, Doggett, Engleton, Gardner, Harrison, Jackson, Jockey, Johnson, Jones, Large, Lewis, Morgan, Noland, Page, Reed, Richardson, Robinson, Rouse, Sears, Shepherd, Tiler, Towne, Trugburro, Wall, Warden, Watkins, Wild, Wingod, and Wilson. These were quickly followed by other well known names from that period, that continue to this day, with the likes of ''Adams, Adington, Amey, Andrews, Arnoby, Atkinson, Ball, Bambrooke, Barber, Barker, Barley, Barnes, Barnett, Barton, Bashford, Bates, Baxter, Beacham, Bedford, Bennett, Bignall, Bilclift, Bilkinson, Bishop, Bloden, Blundell, Bolen, Boulton, Bowen, Bowmar, Bradshaw, Brandling, Bray, Brensack, Brigstock, Brookes, Brothers, Browne, Brownerton, Bruton, Bryan, Bun., Burrowes, Butler, Cahaun, Carter, Catling, Chamberlain, Chaplan, Clarke, Clarke, Cobb, Cocknel, Colihan, Collicut, Collins, Collinsworth, Collymore, Cooke, Cooke, Cooke, Cooper, Corner, Cottle, Cox, Curtis, Cutler, Dalburn, Daniel, Davis, Daw, Daws, Deacon, Does, Dollar, Downes, Durman, Dutton, Ellswick, England, Evans, Farnum, Fee, Felton, Fennel, Fenton, Fido, Floyd, Ford, Frame, Freeman, Ganford, Gardner, Garland, Gates, German, Gilman, Goff, Gold, Goodridge, Gosling, Grafton, Grasely, Greaves, Green, Grey, Griffin, Griffith, Halls, Hanbridge, Hannah, Hard, Harding, Hargrave, Harlott, Harlow, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Haws, Heath, Herbert, Herring, Hewitt, Hicks, Hill, Hilton, Hobbs, Hodyam, Holland, Holman, Hootton, Hoskins, Howe, Howell, Howen, Hutchins, Hutton, Hutton, Jackson, James, Jenkins, Jerome, Jinck, Johnson, Jones, Jorman, Kemp, Kingsland, Kirkhamas, Kirton, Knight, Knott, Knowler, Lancey, Laughlan, Lawrence, Light, Mahon, Mann, Mansfield, Marshall, Martell, Martin, Mason, Matthews, McNeil, Merrick, Michael, Migture, Mills, Mitchell, Moore, Morely, Morton, Mullin, Neal, Neathway, Nettles, Nicholson, Nicolls, Nugent, O'Barry, Osborne, Parker, Parr, Parrott, Parry, Peake, Perrott, Perth, Peterkins, Pewtell, Phillips, Philpott, Phitt, Pile, Pitts, Poore, Powell, Ramsey, Ransford, Ratford, Ratley, Redman, Reece, Reeves, Reff, Rich, Roach, Roads, Roberts, Rochester, Rock, Rogers, Rumball, Russell, Rutter, Saiton, Sanders, Sandford, Seale, Seawell, Sisters, Slither, Smith, Solomon, Sparke, Stanley, Starr, Steward, Stroud, Suleven, Sumers, Swatham, Taylor, Thornhill, Thornton, Threscott, Tildgrew, Tomlinson, Towell, Townes, Townsend, Trigg, Turner, Vahon, Vincent, Wading, Walker, Ward, Warman, Warrington, Watkins, Webb, Webster, Welch, Wells, West, Whetstone, White, Wickstall, Wilberg, Williams, Wiseman, Wolbridge, Woodward, York, and Young’’.