Panoramic view of Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies, birth place of James “Dick” Richards.
The panoramic nostalgic view of Carr District that appears on BOSA website, has stirred the interest of readers and viewers to our website to inquire if there is a connection between Carr Gate and Carr District, birthplace of James “Dick” Richards (1872-1965), “Bermuda King”, that is situated on the plains of New Savannah, Saint Elizabeth, part of the slave estate of Paynes Town.
Intense primary research conducted by the writer of this news article with Edwin “Pun” Pryce, 92 years, Beersheba Elementary Moravian Church School Alumnus and Joslyn “Carpus” Brown, age 78 years – both natives of Carr District – has revealed that the District is named after a well beloved, benevolent slave ancestor, revivalist (pocomania), and midwife (nanny) called “Ma Carr.”
As it has been the practice in Jamaica where Districts, Villages, Towns, and Cities have been named after people whose lives have tremendously impacted on the natives, intensive primary research has revealed that “Ma Carr” was well beloved and revered by slave ancestors in Carr District where she is fondly remembered in the impoverished, poverty stricken, peasant farming community as a philanthropist, a great leader, and a freedom fighter among the natives.
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