St. Claire is a village in Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in the Major Division of Potters. In 2011, the centre of population of Antigua (excluding Barbuda) was located in the village.

History

St. Clare Estate Source:

When Dr. Raeburn and his wife built the new stairs to the entrance in the 1930s, it appears that they filled the new stairs with many of the old burial stones that were on the property at the time. The doctor's daughter, Rita Raeburn, said that a copse of enormous old tamarind trees served as a marker for a slave burial place. When she last checked, one marker was still there. The property provides a view of the Allen's (#48), Gillead/Providence/Mills (#189), Bendal's Estate (#37), and McNish Mountain.

This plantation, which used to be known as the Body, was rented out for £900 a year and occasionally "underlet" for £120.

The British Parliament gave the St. Clare estate a legacy award of £10,041 for freeing 62 slaves after slavery was abolished in 1833. Rowland Edward Williams received the prize.

In the 1940s, Dr. Robert Raeburn built a dairy farm with Robert Hall at Smith's (#161) while serving as the island's government vet. They had sizable gardens with a wide variety of trees and plants, including one large, old oak tree that is still there to the west of the original house. The grounds are still roamed by peacocks.

A plaque that reads, "St. Clare originally known as The Body Plantation of Colonel Roland Williams and his heirs from 1680-1842," is located above one of the outbuildings. huge bells similar to these were used to call the laborers when the area was being surveyed by Edward St. Clare in 1772. Mears & Staenbank Founders, London, was commissioned by the estate to manufacture an 18-inch bell in 1860. It still lays in the yard, despite having recently cracked. The majority of plantations featured sizable bells like this one that were used to call in the estate employees.

The Alexander Willock, Esq.-drawn map of the estate was also in the possession of the Raeburn family. It displays the entire layout, including the position of the sugar mill and other structures as well as the number of fields, acres, and roads. John Killean was the surveyor.

Demographics St. Claire has two enumeration districts.

33501  St. Claire_1 33502  St. Claire_2

+EthnicQ48 EthnicCounts%African descendent81390.53%Caucasian/White40.49%East Indian/India121.35%Mixed (Black/White)70.74%Mixed (Other)313.44%Hispanic20.25%Syrian/Lebanese70.74%Other30.37%Don't know/Not stated192.09%Total898100.00%

+ReligionQ49 ReligionCounts%Adventist14516.40%Anglican13014.77%Baptist313.50%Church of God313.50%Evangelical212.38%Jehovah Witness101.13%Methodist728.14%Moravian566.38%Nazarene182.00%None/no religion232.63%Pentecostal859.64%Rastafarian20.25%Roman Catholic616.88%Wesleyan Holiness546.13%Other849.51%Don't know/Not stated606.76%Total882100.00%NotApp :15 +Country of birthQ58. Country of birthCounts%Africa30.37%Other Latin or North American countries20.25%Antigua and Barbuda56863.22%Other Caribbean countries30.37%Canada60.62%Other Asian countries40.49%Other European countries10.12%Dominica444.92%Dominican Republic70.74%Guyana505.54%Jamaica899.96%Monsterrat70.74%St. Kitts and Nevis10.12%St. Lucia80.86%St. Vincent and the Grenadines111.23%Syria20.25%Trinidad and Tobago30.37%United Kingdom111.23%USA434.80%USVI United States Virgin Islands10.12%Not Stated333.69%Total898100.00% +Lived OverseasQ61 Lived OverseasCounts%Yes11720.62%No44378.02%Don't know/Not stated81.36%Total568100.00%NotApp :330 +Country of CitizenshipQ71 Country of Citizenship 1Counts%Antigua and Barbuda72580.81%Other Caribbean countries20.25%Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries40.49%Dominica131.48%Dominican Republic20.25%Guyana323.57%Jamaica515.66%Monsterrat40.49%St. Lucia10.12%St. Vincent and the Grenadines40.49%Trinidad and Tobago20.25%USA232.58%Other countries40.49%Not Stated283.08%Total898100.00% +Country of Second/Dual CitizenshipQ71 Country of Citizenship 2 (Country of Second/Dual Citizenship)Counts%Other Caribbean countries10.61%Canada73.64%Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries21.21%Dominica3519.39%Dominican Republic42.42%Guyana1910.30%Jamaica3620.00%Monsterrat21.21%St. Lucia63.03%St. Vincent and the Grenadines73.64%Trinidad and Tobago10.61%United Kingdom2413.33%USA3519.39%Other countries10.61%Not Stated10.61%Total182100.00%NotApp :716

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