St. Claire, Antigua and Barbuda

St. Claire is a town in Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in the Major Division of Potters.

St. Claire
Town
CountryAntigua and Barbuda
IslandAntigua
Civil parishSaint John Parish
Major DivisionPotters
Government
 • TypeVillage Council[1] (possibly dissolved)[2]
Population
 (2011)
 • Total898
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)

History

St. Clare Estate[3]

When Dr. Raeburn and his wife built the new stairs to the entrance in the 1930s, it appears that they filled the new stairs with many of the old burial stones that were on the property at the time. The doctor's daughter, Rita Raeburn, said that a copse of enormous old tamarind trees served as a marker for a slave burial place. When she last checked, one marker was still there. The property provides a view of the Allen's (#48), Gillead/Providence/Mills (#189), Bendal's Estate (#37), and McNish Mountain.

This plantation, which used to be known as the Body, was rented out for £900 a year and occasionally "underlet" for £120.

The British Parliament gave the St. Clare estate a legacy award of £10,041 for freeing 62 slaves after slavery was abolished in 1833. Rowland Edward Williams received the prize.

In the 1940s, Dr. Robert Raeburn built a dairy farm with Robert Hall at Smith's (#161) while serving as the island's top government vet. They had stunning, sizable gardens with a wide variety of trees and plants, including one enormous, old oak tree that is still there near to the west of the original house. The grounds are still being roamed by peacocks.

A plaque that reads, "St. Clare originally known as The Body Plantation of Colonel Roland Williams and his heirs from 1680-1842," is located above one of the outbuildings. huge bells similar to these were used to call the laborers when the area was being surveyed by Edward St. Clare in 1772. Mears & Staenbank Founders, London, was commissioned by the estate to manufacture an 18-inch bell in 1860. It still lays in the yard, despite having recently cracked. The majority of plantations featured sizable bells like this one that were used to call in the estate employees.

The Alexander Willock, Esq.-drawn map of the estate was also in the possession of the Raeburn family. It displays the entire layout, including the position of the sugar mill and other structures as well as the number of fields, acres, and roads. John Killean was the surveyor.

Demographics

St. Claire has two enumeration districts.

  • 33501  St. Claire_1
  • 33502  St. Claire_2
Ethnic[4]
Q48 Ethnic Counts %
African descendent 813 90.53%
Caucasian/White 4 0.49%
East Indian/India 12 1.35%
Mixed (Black/White) 7 0.74%
Mixed (Other) 31 3.44%
Hispanic 2 0.25%
Syrian/Lebanese 7 0.74%
Other 3 0.37%
Don't know/Not stated 19 2.09%
Total 898 100.00%
    Religion[5]
    Q49 Religion Counts %
    Adventist 145 16.40%
    Anglican 130 14.77%
    Baptist 31 3.50%
    Church of God 31 3.50%
    Evangelical 21 2.38%
    Jehovah Witness 10 1.13%
    Methodist 72 8.14%
    Moravian 56 6.38%
    Nazarene 18 2.00%
    None/no religion 23 2.63%
    Pentecostal 85 9.64%
    Rastafarian 2 0.25%
    Roman Catholic 61 6.88%
    Wesleyan Holiness 54 6.13%
    Other 84 9.51%
    Don't know/Not stated 60 6.76%
    Total 882 100.00%
    NotApp : 15
    Country of birth[6]
    Q58. Country of birth Counts %
    Africa 3 0.37%
    Other Latin or North American countries 2 0.25%
    Antigua and Barbuda 568 63.22%
    Other Caribbean countries 3 0.37%
    Canada 6 0.62%
    Other Asian countries 4 0.49%
    Other European countries 1 0.12%
    Dominica 44 4.92%
    Dominican Republic 7 0.74%
    Guyana 50 5.54%
    Jamaica 89 9.96%
    Monsterrat 7 0.74%
    St. Kitts and Nevis 1 0.12%
    St. Lucia 8 0.86%
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines 11 1.23%
    Syria 2 0.25%
    Trinidad and Tobago 3 0.37%
    United Kingdom 11 1.23%
    USA 43 4.80%
    USVI United States Virgin Islands 1 0.12%
    Not Stated 33 3.69%
    Total 898 100.00%
    Lived Overseas[7]
    Q61 Lived Overseas Counts %
    Yes 117 20.62%
    No 443 78.02%
    Don't know/Not stated 8 1.36%
    Total 568 100.00%
    NotApp : 330
    Country of Citizenship[8]
    Q71 Country of Citizenship 1 Counts %
    Antigua and Barbuda 725 80.81%
    Other Caribbean countries 2 0.25%
    Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries 4 0.49%
    Dominica 13 1.48%
    Dominican Republic 2 0.25%
    Guyana 32 3.57%
    Jamaica 51 5.66%
    Monsterrat 4 0.49%
    St. Lucia 1 0.12%
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4 0.49%
    Trinidad and Tobago 2 0.25%
    USA 23 2.58%
    Other countries 4 0.49%
    Not Stated 28 3.08%
    Total 898 100.00%
    Country of Second/Dual Citizenship[9]
    Q71 Country of Citizenship 2 (Country of Second/Dual Citizenship) Counts %
    Other Caribbean countries 1 0.61%
    Canada 7 3.64%
    Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries 2 1.21%
    Dominica 35 19.39%
    Dominican Republic 4 2.42%
    Guyana 19 10.30%
    Jamaica 36 20.00%
    Monsterrat 2 1.21%
    St. Lucia 6 3.03%
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7 3.64%
    Trinidad and Tobago 1 0.61%
    United Kingdom 24 13.33%
    USA 35 19.39%
    Other countries 1 0.61%
    Not Stated 1 0.61%
    Total 182 100.00%
    NotApp : 716

    References
    1. http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-466.pdf
    2. "The political Neanderthal". 12 March 2020.
    3. "St. Clare – Antigua Sugar Mills". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
    4. "Ethnic" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    5. "Religion" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    6. "Country of birth" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    7. "Lived Overseas" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    8. "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL" (PDF).
    9. "Country of Citizenship" (PDF). redatam.org. 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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