World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, CARRON HALL, Carron Hall Church, Communion Token, legend around 1832, rev. Revd JNO. COWAN 1836, white metal, rectangular with bevelled corners 27 x 21mm (Lyall 178; Burzinski 1325; Roehrs 1233). Good fine, very rare
£200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Bt. 1986

Revd. John Cowan (1806-78) from New Luce, Wigtownshire, Soctland, was ordained in October 1831 and emigrated to Jamaica with his bride, Margaret Marshall, at the end of that year, when the island was under a state of martial law. He arrivced at Petersfield (the old name for Carron Hall) in February 1832, founding a mission and establishing the church in 1834. Cowan and his family returned to Scotland in 1854, retiring to the United Presbyterian Manse at Stow. The original church was destroyed in the 1907 earthquake and subsequently rebuilt. Revd. Cowan’s only son, Sir John Cowan (1844-1929) was ADC to Kitchener and Roberts in the Bore War