Jamaica, Queens Borough, New York Genealogy

''United States' 'New York' 'Queens CountyTown of Jamaica

Jamaica was first settled in 1657.

Church Records

 * 1780-1810 - Baptisms Miscellaneous Churches in Jamaica, Flushing, Newtown, New York 1780-1810, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1790-1802 - Baptisms in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1790-1802, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1791-1794 - Communicants in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1791-1794, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.

Dutch Reformed

 * 1702-1890s - Stryker-Rodda, Kenn. "Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Baptisms 1702-1706, Membership Lists 1715: Vol. 105, No. 1 (Jan. 1974):10-17; Baptisms 1707-1711: Vol. 105, No. 2 (Apr. 1974):93-97; Baptisms 1711-1713: Vol. 105, No. 3 (Jul. 1974):146-148; Baptisms 1714-1716: Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct. 1974):203-208; Baptisms 1717-1720: Vol. 106, No. 1 (Jan. 1975):19-26; Baptisms 1720-1723: Vol. 106, No. 2 (Apr. 1975):87-94; Baptisms 1723-1725: Vol. 106, No. 3 (Jul. 1975):139-143; Baptisms 1726-1729: Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 1975):200-207; Baptisms 1729-1732: Vol. 107, No. 1 (Jan. 1976):33-42; Baptisms 1733-1734: Vol. 107, No. 2 (Apr. 1976):105-110; Baptisms 1735-1736: Vol. 107, No. 3 (Jul. 1976):154-157; Baptisms 1737-1741: Vol. 107, No. 4 (Oct. 1976):203-210; Baptisms 1742-1754: Vol. 108, No. 1 (Jan. 1977):20-26; Baptisms 1766-1774: Vol. 108, No. 2 (Apr. 1977):89-92; Baptisms 1753-1757, 1771-1785: Vol. 108, No. 3 (Jul. 1977):146-149; Baptisms 1785-1788: Vol. 108, No. 4 (Oct. 1977):226-228; Baptisms 1789-1793: Vol. 109, No. 1 (Jan. 1978):42-43; Baptisms 1760, 1793-1798: Vol. 109, No. 2 (Apr. 1978):101-108; Baptisms 1799-1805: Vol. 109, No. 3 (Jul. 1978):138-141; Baptisms 1806-1823: Vol. 109, No. 4 (Oct. 1978):217-220; Baptisms 1802-1815: Vol. 110, No. 1 (Jan. 1979):43-46; Baptisms 1815-1824: Vol. 110, No. 2 (Apr. 1979):78-82; Baptisms 1825-1833: Vol. 110, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):141-145; Baptisms 1834-1851: Vol. 110, No. 4 (Oct. 1979):198-206; Marriages 1803-1829: Vol. 111, No. 1 (Jan. 1980):22-30; Marriages 1830-1838: Vol. 111, No. 2 (Apr. 1980):95-111; Marriages 1837-1844: Vol. 111, No. 3 (Jul. 1980):170-174; Marriages 1845-1851: Vol. 111, No. 4 (Oct. 1980):201-204; Members Received 1786-1850: Vol. 112, No. 1 (Jan. 1981):18-24; Marriages 1871-1876, Baptisms 1850s-1870s, Members Dismissed 1835-1880s, Deaths 1835-1890s: Vol. 112, No. 2 (Apr. 1981):80-89. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.


 * 1786-1884 - Jamaica Dutch Reformed Church Memership Lists, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1901 - First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y. Membership List, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1904 - First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y. Membership List, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1916-1917 - Marriages, Deaths, Events at First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y., courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.

Episcopal (Church of England)
In the 1780s, Flushing,_New_York began keeping separate registers.


 * to 1846 - Old Inscriptions on Tombstones in Grace Church Yard 1846, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy.


 * 1710-1731 - Baptisms Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1731 - Marriages Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1731 - Burials Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1732 - "The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica, Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Rector from 1710 to 1732," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Baptisms 1710-1732: Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 1888):5-12; Marriages 1710-1731, Burials 1710-1731: Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr. 1888):53-58. Digital version at New York Family History ($); . Internet Archive has digitized Vol. 19 - free.


 * 1769-1810 - Marriages Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1769-1810, courtesy:OIive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1817, 1919 - Pewholders and Communicants, Grace Church, Jamaica, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * Ladd, Horatio Oliver. The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York. New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Town Records
The Long Island Historical Society published early Jamaica town records in three volumes in 1914.