George Nedham (Needham) was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War who, following their defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, emigrated to the West Indies. [1] First he went to Antigua, and later migrated to Jamaica. Here he married the daughter of Governor Thomas Modyford and became a prominent planter in the colony. [2]
In 1677 he was returned, alongside Fulke Rose, as a representative of Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish in the House of Assembly of Jamaica. [3]
In 1660 he married his first wife, Mary Bryan, daughter of William Bryan. Together they had seven sons of whom three survived: [2]
They also had three daughters:
George Nedham (Needham) was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War who, following their defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, emigrated to the West Indies. [1] First he went to Antigua, and later migrated to Jamaica. Here he married the daughter of Governor Thomas Modyford and became a prominent planter in the colony. [2]
In 1677 he was returned, alongside Fulke Rose, as a representative of Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish in the House of Assembly of Jamaica. [3]
In 1660 he married his first wife, Mary Bryan, daughter of William Bryan. Together they had seven sons of whom three survived: [2]
They also had three daughters: