Jamaica, Queens Borough, New York Genealogy

''United States' 'New York' 'Queens CountyTown of Jamaica

Jamaica was first settled in 1657.

Church Records

 * 1780-1810 - Baptisms Miscellaneous Churches in Jamaica, Flushing, Newtown, New York 1780-1810, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1790-1802 - Baptisms in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1790-1802, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1791-1794 - Communicants in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1791-1794, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.

Dutch Reformed

 * 1702- - RoddaBaptisms 1702-1706, Membership Lists 1715: Vol. 105, No. 1 (Jan. 1974):10-17. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.


 * 1786-1884 - Jamaica Dutch Reformed Church Memership Lists, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1901 - First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y. Membership List, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1904 - First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y. Membership List, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * 1916-1917 - Marriages, Deaths, Events at First Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, N.Y., courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.

Episcopal (Church of England)



 * to 1846 - Old Inscriptions on Tombstones in Grace Church Yard 1846, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy.


 * 1710-1731 - Baptisms Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1731 - Marriages Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1731 - Burials Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1710-1732 - "The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica, Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Rector from 1710 to 1732," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Baptisms 1710-1732: Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 1888):5-12; Marriages 1710-1731, Burials 1710-1731: Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr. 1888):53-58. Digital version at New York Family History ($); . Internet Archive has digitized Vol. 19 - free.


 * 1769-1810 - Marriages Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1769-1810, courtesy:OIive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1817, 1919 - Pewholders and Communicants, Grace Church, Jamaica, courtesy: Ancestral Things - free.


 * Ladd, Horatio Oliver. The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York. New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Town Records
The Long Island Historical Society published early Jamaica town records in three volumes in 1914.