Joseph Samuel Geoghegan

1. Tentatively identified as brother of Thomas Kelly Geohegan (q.v.), and son of Joseph Geohegan (q.v.) of St David, Planter. Likely to be the same person as one or more of Joseph Geoghegan, Joseph S. Geoghegan, or Joseph Samuel Geoghegan (q.v.).

2. “Frances Matthews Geoghegan, dau of Mary Butler, a free qn by Joseph Sam Geoghegan, baptism on 28 Dec 1817, at Kingston, Jamaica.

3. In 1817, imprisoned for debt in Spanish Town goal.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for his assistance in compiling this entry.

1. See entries in CSLBS database for Thomas Kelly Geohegan and Joseph Geohegan.

2. Family Search, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880, Baptisms 1793-1825, vol. 2, image 164, p. 320.

3. Royal Gazette of Jamaica, Saturday 31/05/1817, p. 8.