Location
Green Park Estate, near Falmouth, is one of the oldest plantations in Trelawny and dates back to shortly after the English Conquest of Jamaica in 1655, when Oliver Cromwell, first granted land to James Bradshaw, son or nephew of John Bradshaw (1602-1659), one of the Regicides who signed the Death Warrant of King Charles I. Adjoining lands were granted to the Barrett family by King Charles II in 1660. Several Royal land grants and commercial resales resulted in the Barrett family's land holding increasing to include Green Pond, a total of 742 acres.
The Barrett's later sold the lands in 1759 to James Peterkin who then resold it in 1761 to two Kingston Merchants named John Kennion and Thomas Southworth. During this time, two Great houses had been built on the property. Evidence of the masonry walls of the second Great House can still be seen under the east wing of the present Great House.
Historical
Montego Bay, St. James
