Barrett family of Jamaica

[1] Hercie Barrett was an officer under Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables who led the failed invasion of Hispaniola.

They then turned their sights on Jamaica, which was much less fortified, and successfully wrested it from Spanish control for the King of England.

The first Barretts became an extremely wealthy and influential English family in Jamaica, owning more than 84,000 acres of land and 2,000 slaves in the parishes of Trelawny and St James.

The original family home was Cinnamon Hill Great House in St James.

Anne Chambers in her biography of his opponent, the Governor, The Second Marquess of Sligo states that he was completely opposed to the abolition of slavery.