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of the penal laws, followed his sister to Demerara, and 

 settled there." 



I have been unable to find the date of the marriage 

 and departure, but it was probably about 1773. Mr. 

 Michael Daly, the uncle of Waterton was a 

 very influential planter in Demerara in the latter 

 half of the last century ; his father was JOHN Daly, 

 Senior, who owned Parica, while his brother JOHN was 

 proprietor of Schoon Ord, and himself of Bellevue. 

 His name does not appear as Member of the Court of 

 Policy, probably on account of his religion, a Roman 

 Catholic not being permitted under the regulations of 

 the colony, to hold any post of honour or profit. He 

 died about 1788 leaving several children. 



About 1790, Christopher Waterton married the 

 widow Birmingham, daughter of Dr. John Waddell, 

 and thus became possessed of Z^ Jalousie &" Fellowship, 

 two of the finest estates in Demerara. A Land-brief 

 was granted to him on February ist, 1791, for Pin. 

 La Jalousie, and a year or two later he applied for and 

 received second depths of both his plantations. Under 

 the British rule, in 1797, CHRISTOPHER WATERTON 

 was elefted a Financial Representative for Demerara, 

 and at a meeting of the Combined Court on August 2nd, 

 he spoke in favour of some acknowledgment being 

 given to Captain ROCHELLE and the Dutch soldiers who 

 had lately done such good service to the colony by 

 defending the Morocco Post against the Spaniards. The 

 Colonial Chest was empty and it was decided that a tax 

 of /2 15 should be raised on all ordinary slaves without 

 distin6tion of age, and double for those who were trades- 

 men not belonging to plantations. Mr. WATERTON then 



