GREENSPOND, Bonavista Bay Fishing Room Inhabitants


1754 James Kennedy fished for William Keene Sr., merchant and St. John's magistrate murdered in the infamous Quidi Vidi case. Source: McCarthy, M. The Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900. Creative Press.


1805 # 14 Manuel's room Do. Wm. Manuel, Twillingate Originally built by
claimant's family 50 years. Nichs. Kennedy, Greenspond By lease ,4 Per Ann
28th July 1805 This room has one stage, extends along the landwash NNW & SSE
twenty yards, bounded on the SE by room No. 15 and by its own stage and
unoccupied ground on the NW. Source Grand Banks website.

1805 Richard Kennedy was also leasing a fishing room from Manuel in 1805 at Greenspond, Bonavista Bay,

Newfoundland. Source Keith Matthews Files, Memorial University

Here are the GREENSPOND, BB. registered Ship Owners (surnames) from Ships &
Seafarers CD (with the number of entries for each surname). If any of these
are of interest to anyone, let me know and I'll post the stats of the
vessels registered to the name:

ALLAN - 1
BARBOUR - 1
BARNES - 3
BARRY - 1
BELLOWS - 2
BLANDFORD - 1
BOONE - 1
BOORNE - 3
BOURNE - 2
BRAGG - 1
BRINE - 4
BURRY - 8
BURTON - 5
CARTER - 18
CRAM - 1
CURRAN - 2
CURREN - 1
DAVIS - 1
DOMINEY - 1
DOMINY - 5
DREW - 1
EAGAN - 1
EDGAR - 5
EVANS - 2
GILL - 8
HOUSE - 1
HUNT - 2
HUTCHINS - 1
KEAN - 5
MURPHY - 3
OAKLEY - 5
POND - 3
SAUNDERS - 6
SLADE - 1
SMALLWOOD - 1
SMITH - 3
SPENCE - 1
STONE - 3
TILLER - 5
WHITE - 11
WHITEMARSH - 1
WIGHT - 1
WINSOR - 1

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