Kellits, Jamaica

Kellits is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 2,658 as of 2009.[1]

Kellits
Location of Kellits in Jamaica

Kellits may take its name from the landholding of Moses Kellet, assembly man for the parish of Clarendon in the 1750s,[2] although records give even earlier reference to a George Kellet of Clarendon and his son Henry, born in 1698.[3]

References
  1. "Jamaica: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  2. List of landholders in the island of Jamaica, 1754, Jamaica Almanac 1751
  3. Anglican Parish Register, Clarendon

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