The Cornish in the Caribbean: From the 17th to the 19th Centuries by Sue Appleby

Author:Sue Appleby [Appleby, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Matador
Published: 2019-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Jenkin’s troubles were not yet over. Once ashore, he and his fellow passengers were surrounded by robbers who stole everything they managed to bring with them from the wrecked ship. Fortunately, just as they were beginning to think they would not escape alive from this latest disaster: ‘providentially a party of soldiers came to our assistance; and they fired upon the plunderers and killed four of them, which intimidated the rest, and they dispersed’.462

Nothing daunted, Jenkin, having partially recovered with the assistance of the local Kinsale Methodists, once more took ship for St Christopher. When he arrived he was favourably impressed by the Methodist Society he found there and looked forward to beginning his ministry, but as he was still unwell after the hardship he had suffered during his voyage he was advised to return to England. Here, having regained his strength, he resumed his work. He was recognised as ‘an able Minister of the Gospel’463 and continued to minister for the next few years, retiring in 1815. He died in May 1830, at the age of 73.

The Rev. William Dixon Goy (1792–1866) was another early Cornish missionary.464 He entered the Ministry in 1817 and was sent out to Grenada, where he was stationed in the capital, St George’s. During his time in St George’s he managed both to build a chapel and to develop a good relationship with some of the plantation owners. Some planters refused to let the missionaries preach on their estates, but Goy managed to convince them that the Methodists were a force for stability. In 1820, the Assembly requested the Methodists to extend their ministering to the eastern side of the island where there were large numbers of slaves, asking Goy if he would: ‘communicate Christian instruction to a people who previously had no knowledge of Christianity’.465

When an additional missionary arrived on Grenada, Goy moved up to Grand Bras Estate. This property lay in St Andrew’s Parish, midway along the east coast of the island. The estate belonged to a Mr B. Hewitson, one of the planters who was favourably impressed with Goy’s achievements. Pleased that the estate owners were willing to fund the cost of a house and a chapel, Goy wrote to the Missionary Society:

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