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Bowden Pen Morant
April 4th

My dear Brother,

I have given the above address, which is Roger's home, Stony hill (?). I am at present in Kingston as I shall soon be returning to my sons and hoped to hear from you in reply to this after I got home. Carrie has promised to include this in her letter to America so I am sending it on to her. This I will present to her a______ us again tho it is only for a short time. The older one gets I think the more family that are appreciated & we gladly welcome those dear ones from whom we have been separated for a time. I wish your little boy had accompanied Carrie for tho neither Mamma nor I have our own homes & apart from our children we can always go about & find a welcome with each in _______ and I think your little boy would have done the same --

I always look upon Roger's home more particularly as my own. He is such a good strong dutiful affectionate son & supplies his mother's wants. Not that I would ____ any reflection upon my other dear children for they are all dutiful & affectionate but as none of them have married wealthy men & my girls had nothing of their own I would not possibly look for help save from my dear Roger. I am glad to write of his happiness with an affectionate wife and sweet boy. May God continue ___ to bless them all. --

Fanny I think you know married Mr. Sanguinetti of the Bank. They left Jamaica upwards of 11 years ago for the other Islands where Mr. S. got very much _____ ____ and had to resign his appointment. They returned here year before last very badly off with four children. He has since got a berth in the government ___ and Fan (?) is doing her best to _________ and pay their debts, but it is a ____ ____ for her poor thing. Roger has got his (?) eldest boy (Haughton) on the ____ at Walton. He is a fine little boy and will I hope get on. --

Edith has married a particularly nice young fellow (Mr. Short) also in the Bank in Barbados. They have a dear little girl. Millie my youngest married in November last (Mr. Grant of the Bank here). You will say with such a family of Bankers we ought to be well off but it is not a very lucrative calling that of Bank clerk as __ take & so Roger was glad to __ and try to help himself in other ways. Mr. Grant is also very nice and I have had a very happy time with them since December. Sometime this month I shall be going to Bowden and hope to meet Carrie there. --

Our dear mother is still active and goes between Lucy & Lizzie. She has been making a long stay with Lizzie but is to accompany Lucy to Falmouth next week. Emily and her girls are pretty much as usual they all help themselves by teaching. -- I dare say you heard through Roger that your old friend Mr. Pendergast has of ____ in the ____ after years of supporting his ___ & children ___ in Town. ___ and united love Phil.

________ for affectionate
H. J. Haughton

 

Notes: Roger is Roger Swire Haughton, second son of Hannah Jane Haughton. Carrie is Caroline (Page) Swire, widow of Hannah's brother John Henry Dalzell Swire. Fanny is Frances Eliza Haughton, eldest daughter of Hannah Jane Haughton. Mr. Sanguinetti is the husband of Fanny. His full name is believed to have been Edmund Shedden Sanguinetti. Haughton Sanguinetti was Fanny's son. His full name is believed to have been Edmund Haughton Sanguinetti. Walton was a school in Kingston. Edith is Edith Anne Haughton, Hannah's second daughter. Millie is Emily Jane Haughton, Hannah's third daughter. Mother is Frances Lydia (Cox) Swire, mother to Hannah, Philip, Lucy, Lizzie & Emily. Lucy is Lucy Albertina Sarah Martha Toogood (Swire) Littlejohn, Hannah & Philip's sister. Lizzie is Elizabeth Anne Coy (Swire) Page Rutty, Hannah & Philip's sister. Emily is Emily Elizabeth (Swire) Brymer, Hannah & Philip's sister.

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