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Background
The [[East India Company]] occupied St Helena from 1659 when it became an important trading colony. Garrisons were installed to guard landing places from attack by foreign powers and a fort was established at Jamestown. The defence strength comprised "a regular garrison of Company's European Artillery and Infantry, and a militia drawn from the planters. The Charter Act of 1833 transferred the island to the Crown from 23 April 1834 and the Company's forces were disbanded on the arrival of British Army units in 1836.’’
<ref name =name> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-1&kw=st%20helena%20records#1-1 A2A website – St Helena ]</ref>
==Records==
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[British Library]]. St Helena 1767-1835, '''IOR N/6'''.
==Ships and travel==
The ship ''Friendship'' called at St Helena in [http://books.google.com/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=452 October 1799] and on the return voyage in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA575 March 1801] as described in ''Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship'' by Mrs Mary Anne Reid (Google Books). Full details are in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1262153252 post].
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