Charles' Plantations
A sugar plantation on Frenchman's Bay on the South of St. Thomas
just opposite Water IslandTrying to locate Charles Crommelin's properties is like trying to assemble a jigsaw puzzle. There are plenty of pieces, but how they all fit together is still something of a mystery. This page, therefore, is meant to display the various pieces as we uncover them. Hopefully someday we will find maps of the three islands: St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix that show accurately where these plantations were located.
We believe that Charles either owned or was involved in plantations on St. Thomas [and Water Island, just off the south coast of St. Thomas], and on St. John where a slave rebellion took place in 1733. Judging from the vast number of owners that appears in the index, one must assume that each plantation was of no great size but still sufficient from which to derive a profitable income.
