Henry Archibold (also Archbold, Archbould) (died November, 1669) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the English Army who rose to prominence in the early stages of the English Colony of Jamaica.
He was a captain in Major-General James Heane's regiment.[1]: 117
Following the invasion of Jamaica he was first posted to Rio Cobre valley. However he was relocated to the Liguanea area for military reasons.[2]: 136 Here he established the Constant Spring plantation. With the use of the unpaid labour of soldiers under his command he developed “one of the best plantations in the island” (Commander William Brayne).[2]: 136 In 1656 he was one of several regimental commanders accused of forcing their soldiers to work as unpaid servants, however he was acquitted.[2]: 141 Archibold was responsible for developing his plantation to produce cash crops for export, and by 1658 he produced over 2,000 pounds of cocoa for export.[2]: 154
On 30 November 1671 his son [3] married Joanna Wilhelmina Morgan, the daughter of Edward Morgan, Deputy Governor of Jamaica. This also meant that he was related by marriage to Henry Morgan who had married Mary Elizabeth Morgan, Joanna's elder sister.[4]
References edit
- ^ Venables, Robert (1900). Firth, Charles Harding (ed.). The narrative of General Venables, with an appendix of papers relating to the expedition to the West Indies and the conquest of Jamaica, 1654-1655;. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- ^ a b c d Otremba, Eric (2012). "Enlightened Institutions: Science, Plantations, and Slavery in the English Atlantic, 1626-1700". University Digital Conservancy. University of Minnesota.
- ^ "Caribbeana - Archbould of Jamaica".
- ^ Cruikshank, Ernest Alexander (1935). The Life of Sir Henry Morgan, by Brig.-General E. A. Cruikshank. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada.