Mapp Family

Scotland to Barbados
then to Canada, Australia & the U.S


                                                                                                                              Robert Mapp         

                                                                                         John Thomas Mapp
                                                                                                                               Mary Harriett Reed
                                           James Chapman Mapp       
                                                       b 1856 Barbados - 1935 Canada
Maud Mapp                                                                     Mary Catherine Carter
1892 - 1965 Canada
                                                                                
                                          Margaret Ann Triquet  
                                                        b abt 1860 - 1899 Canada



                   
                                          Edward Henry Freeman  
Edward John Freeman      b  abt 1865, - bef 1901 England
b 1889, Eng.  - 1961 Canada
                                                                                                                  Michael Augustine Doyle
                                          Mary Doyle                    
                                                        b abt 1858 - aft 1914 England
                                                                                                                  Amelia ?________________



 
The Mapp family was probably from Scotland originally.  They seem to have arrived in Barbados in the mid-1600s. The first settlement there was in 1627, so they were early settlers. There are several Mapp births and marriages from 1665 on.

Here is an early Mapp family, but I don't know what, if any, connection to our Robert Mapp. These are 8 children of Thomas and Elizabeth Mapp:
- Mary, bapt Aug 31, 1665, St. Philip [Vol 22, p 24]
- (no name) 1667 - [vol 22, p 28]
- Sarah Jan 18, 1669, St. Philip [vol 22 p 40]
- Martha, bapt June 14, 1671 [vol 22, p 40]
- Samuel, bapt Feb 21, 1674 [Vol 22 p 40]
- Thomas, bapt Aug 31, 1676 [vol 22, p 40
- Robert, bapt Aug 31, 1678 [vol 22, p 40]
- Mary, bapt Oct 21, 1686 [vol 22, p 50]

A little history of Barbados:
1637 - sugarcane was first brought to Barbados by the Dutch.
1650 - Barbados was described as the richest spot in the New World.
1684 - there were 60,000 slaves in Barbados, outnumbering whites 3 to 1.
1703 - Yellow fever outbreak killed many people.
1731 - a hurricane caused widespread damage, followed 2 years later by a drought.
1751 - George Washington visited Barbados with his brother Lawrence who was sick with TB.  George contracted smallpox while there which left his face permanently scarred.  It was the only overseas trip George ever made.
During the later 1700's Barbados suffered economic problems.  The price of sugar fell because of competition from other Islands, such as Jamaica.  The American War of Independence devastated trade.  At one point food shortages were so severe that the poor died in the streets. 
1780  - a destructive hurricane killed over 2,000 people and destroyed crops.
1805 - Lord Horatio Nelson sailed into Barbados just a few months before he died in the Battle of Trafalgar.
1818 - Buccaneer, Sam Lord, built his castle in Barbados.
1838 - slaves were emancipated.

It's not known who Robert's father was, but this interesting will was found:
"Mapp, Samuel - St. Philips parish. Oct. 1715. [RB6/35 p. 487]
My daus Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary each at 21, Elizabeth Bainsfield, spinster; sons Thomas and ROBERT, both at 21 - xtrs. My wife Eliza Mapp and brother Thomas Mapp xtrs.  - Jan 5, 1715."
[The Robert in this will is too old to be the Robert on this page, however, he might be a grandfather or something.]

This family was also probably related:
Thomas A. & Margaret C. Mapp.  Child: James Henry, baptized Oct 8, 1837, living at St. Michael, Barbados.
James Henry Mapp (schoolmaster) & Martha Jane Haynes.  Child: Charles Higgins, born March 4, 1862, baptized June 11, 1862, living at Wr. Hothersal Turning
[Source: baptismal records of the Parish Church of St. Michael]
[With this Thomas A. Mapp being born around 1810, perhaps he was a younger brother of Robert Mapp???]
Charles Higgins, b 1862 St. Michael, Barbados, moved to England about 1880's and had children in the East end of London.  His son Charles Mapp Jr. (1900-1968) went to Australia during the early 1920's, AWOL from the British Indian army.  When he arrived in Australia, he changed his name to Ennever (the name of a brother-in-law in England), to keep the army from finding him.  It was not until after his death in 1968 that the family knew of his real name and the story behind it.


Robert Mapp

Robert Mapp was born about 1790 (we assume in Barbados?).  He married Mary Harriett Reed, Sept 22, 1814 in St. Michael's.  His children were all baptized in St. Philip's:
1815 - Mary Elizabeth Mapp, bapt. Aug 9 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 13]
1817 - Louisa Harriett Mapp, bapt Mar 3 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 63]
1818 - Robert Mapp, bapt Feb 18 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 95]
1821 - John Thomas Mapp, bapt July 29 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 214]
1824 - Joseph Henry (3 years old), bapt Nov 1 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 330]
1824 - Thomas Golding (8 months old), bapt Nov 1 - of St. Philip [Vol 7, p 330]


John Thomas Mapp
2nd generation

John Thomas Mapp was the son of Robert and Mary Harriett Mapp. He was born July 29, 1821 in St. Michael, Barbados (christened July 29, 1821). He had 3 brothers, Robert, Joseph Henry & Thomas Golding, and 2 sisters, Mary Elizabeth and Louisa Harriett.
The Barbados settlements grew up as a result of the sugar and rum trade. Pirates also lived there. In fact, John Thomas was born the year after a locally-famous buccaneer, Sam Lord, built his castle there.

John Thomas married Mary Catherine Carter, June 5, 1845 in Saint Michael, Barbados.
John Thomas had several jobs, as listed when his children were baptised:
In 1846 he was a merchant and clerk
In 1848, he was a provisions vendor
In 1849 He was a provisions store keeper
In 1851 & 1853 he was clerk of St. Mary's chapel
In 1855 & 1857 he was a liquor seller

An interesting note: There is a Mapps College (a boys school) in Barbados which in on the original Mapp plantation, located in the parish of St. Phillip on the southeast plateau of the island. Not sure of the exact connection to the family of John Thomas Mapp.  There is also a Mapp Hill in St. Michael's parish.

John Thomas died about 1875 in Georgetown, Barbados at which point the two youngest boys, twins, James Chapman Mapp and Lewis Young Mapp (aged about 19), emigrated to Canada. There's a family story that they came to Canada because it was too hot in Barbados.  These two may have been the only ones in the family to go to Canada, however maybe the mother and a sister also went.

The boys had inherited a substantial amount of money after the death of their father and mother. Apparently being young and inexperienced they went through the money rather quickly. As long as they had money they had plenty of friends but when it ran out the only one that was around to help or be their friend was Henry Morgan, Jr. When the money ran out Henry Morgan, Sr. sent the boys to a lumber camp in the region of Lake Papineau formerly called Lake Commandant. This was where they met their wives and married. [from descendant Randall Boa]
Lake Papineau is located north of the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal.

They evidently kept up a connection with their family in Barbados. There is a picture of a cricket team in Barbados in 1907 with 2 children of Mary Catherine that was sent to Uncle James Chapman in Canada.  (see below)

Children:
1.  Mary Augusta, b abt 1846 in St. Michael, Barbados
2.  Helen Augustine MAPP b: abt 1847 in St Michael, Barbados
3.  Mary Catherine "Kate" MAPP b: abt 1849 in St Michael, Barbados; m Abraham Arnold Reece; children: Nellie (m Wakeford Elliot) & Lewis (see below), Arnold, Katie
4.  Louisa Harriett MAPP b: abt 1851 in St Michael, Barbados
5.  Sarah Elizabeth MAPP b: abt 1853
6.  John Thomas Jr. MAPP b: abt 1854
7.  James Chapman "Chappie" MAPP b: 1856 in St Michael, Barbados (see below)
8.  Nathan Lewis Young MAPP b: 1856

On the left:  back the top picture says, "to Uncle Chapman with love from your affectionate niece Nellie Reece. 1906."
Middle picture is Nellie's brother, Lewis Chapman, 1907.
Bottom picture is Arthur Wakeford Elliot, Barbados 1907.  (who married Nellie)
On the right is a cricket team in Barbados in 1907:  #1-Nellie Reece, #2-Lewis Reece (children of Mary Catherine Mapp Reece), the arrow on the left points to Wakeford Elliot.      
        

According to family members, Nellie was a very independent woman. She had no children with Wakeford. They moved to St. Kitts at some point where Nellie worked as a contractor building houses. She earned the money and Wakeford, as one relative said, “was a bloody old smuggler” -- not uncommon between the small, close islands. Wakeford got involved with a woman there and had some children with her. Nellie then left him and returned to Barbados where she lived out her life.














James Chapman Mapp
3rd generation

JC Mapp James Chapman Mapp was born in Nov. 27, 1856 in Bridgetown, Barbados (christened Jan 30, 1857) and died March 27, 1935 in Ponsonby township, Quebec, Canada.
He emigrated to Canada in 1875 where he met and married his wife, Margaret Ann Triquet, May 21, 1880. [One of her granddaughter's remembers calling her Gramma Trickie, but it was probably just Gramma Triquet. Her maiden name was used in all documents (though sometimes spelled a little differently), so that must have been the culture.]

Trickie had red hair and was Irish, but was Protestant. Since the family name was French, her family was probably part of the French Huguenots who fled to Ireland, then years later came to Canada. There were Huguenots by that name.
She died March 9, 1899 and James married 2nd to Josephine Forgette (who was French Catholic, but they married in the Anglican church), July 2, 1900. His last two children are by her.
(Thanks to Judith Thomas, descendant of Florence, who sent me all these pictures!)

Children:
1.     Helen Augustine Mapp, b 7 May 1881, m Arthur Arby Currie
2.     Helena Florence "Lena" Mapp, b 29 Nov 1882 in Ponsonby, Quebec; m Robert Currie (pictures)
3.     Christina Matilda Mapp (drowned in Lake Commandant at age 4)
4.     Thomas Mapp (died at birth)
5.     James Chapman Mapp, Jr. b: 5 Apr 1887; m Estrazile Dourin
6.     Mary Catherine Mapp b: 29 Dec 1887; m Archie Bradley
7.     Lewis Young Mapp b: 1 Sep 1890; Virginia Dourin
8.     Maud Mapp b: 29 Apr 1892 in Mont Tremblant, Quebec (map); m Edward Freeman (picture)
9.     Annie Minnie Mapp b: 23 Feb 1894; m Floyd Butler
10.   George Ponsonby Mapp, b 25 Nov 1896; m Rose Leblanc
11.   Ella Josephine Mapp b: 21 Apr 1901; Etienne Maynard
12.   Elsie Mapp b: 10 Jul 1903; d 1918   


Chapman & Josephine with Ella and Elsie:



at left:                                                                  at right:
A later picture of Chapman and Josephine          in back are four children of James Chapman Mapp:
                                                                            Florence, Lewis, Maud, James Jr.
                                                                            in front is their uncle & aunt: Nathan Lewis Young Mapp & Flavette Armonsee
                                                                            (Lewis & Chapman were twin brothers)


Mapp cousins in Canada:
Evano Drouin, Hector Drouin, Alex Mapp, Willie John Mapp, Chester Currie, & Lewis Mapp (son of Chapman)
[Alex and Willie John were sons of Lewis Mapp; the Dourin boys are probably nephews of Lewis' wife Virginia; Chester is the son of Lewis' sister, Florence.]
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