THE PIOUS AND THE PROFANE: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF EARLY BARBADOS PLANTERS.

The Historian | January 1, 2000| | Copyright

In October 1653, William Peade, a dying planter on the island of Barbados in the West Indies, drafted his will. He began by bequeathing his soul to God, "trusting most assuredly to be saved by the death passion and onely merritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer" Peade called upon his wife to "have an Especiall care" to raise their five children "in the feare and nurture of the Lord." He also left the wardens of his parish 500 pounds of sugar to purchase "some ornament" for the parish church.(1) Peade's concern for immortality, for the Christian nurture of his ...

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