The Genealogical History of Providencia Island

Download or read book The Genealogical History of Providencia Island written by Joy Cordell Robinson and published by Millefleurs. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settled in the seventeenth century by Puritans, Providence Island, as it was then known, attracted a wide diversity of people from around the world over the next three centuries, including English, Scottish, Afro-Caribbean, American Indian, Irish, Polish, Swedish, Austrian, Chinese, and Spanish immigrants. Part One of this book provides an historical, religious, and cultural background to the development of Providencia Island. Part Two contains genealogical listings of the Robinson, Archbold, Howard, Newball, Taylor, and Britton families, and of those interrelated with them.