In November 1983, we received a donation of a map of Barbados from Pauline Kingsland Dall, the third cousin of Joseph Kingsland III. Pauline Theriot Kingsland was born in New York City in 1920 and married Mark Healey Dall in 1946. Mark was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1915.

The map and the spelling of “Barbadoes” recall the arrival of the Kingsland family in New Jersey in the 1660s. Nathaniel Barnewall Kingsland owned a sugar cane plantation in Barbados from the time he arrived from England in 1645 until his death in 1686. At that time, “Barbadoes” was the correct spelling for this West Indies island. In 1668, Nathaniel received the first patent of land issued in New Jersey by Philip Carteret, the Royal Governor. He never visited the new colony personally but instead sent his brother Robert’s sons, Isaac and Gustavus, to manage the 15,308 acres of land he was granted. The Kingsland patent today encompasses the towns of Lyndhurst, Rutherford, East Newark, North Arlington, and Harrison.

Pauline and Mark had been married for 54 years when Mark died in Sedona, Arizona, in 2000. Pauline died seven years later in 2007. They are both interred in Massachusetts.

The description that was recorded when the map was accepted by the Historic Restoration Trust reads: entitled – “A New Map of the Island of Barbadoes”. A yellow patch shows the Kingsland origin. The map itself – 19-2/3” x 16-3/4” on a golden-brown mat; the buff color frame is 26-1/2” x 23-1/2”.

The map of Barbados is displayed in our Museum.