St. Claire, Antigua and Barbuda

St. Claire
Village
St. Claire in 2023
Country	Antigua and Barbuda
Island	Antigua
Civil parish	Saint John Parish
Major Division	Potters
Government
• Type	Village Council [1] (possibly dissolved) [2]
Population  (2011)
• Total	898
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)

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

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. "The village councils act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-28.
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.
5. "Religion" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
6. "Country of birth" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
7. "Lived Overseas" (PDF). 2022. Archived from the original on Mar 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
8. "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL" (PDF).^{[ dead link ‍]}
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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