Cemeteries
Local Port Royal Cemetery
20th & 21st Century
This serves as the cemetery for modern era locals and a few of their interred can be found at this FindAGrave.com listing: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2515411/memorial-search#srp-top
Naval Cemetery
British Naval Cemetery
18th, 19th & early 20th Century
Enclosed by a brick wall on the east end of Port Royal is the intriguing Naval Cemetery, where British sailors lie interred. The entrance is marked by an anchor in memory of the crew of HMS Goshawk, who perished when the ship sank in the harbor.
A vast majority of the sailors resting here passed away from yellow fever, which was rampant in Port Royal in the 19th century.
The inhabitants’ memorials and tombstones can be found extensively photographed and documented at FindAGrave.com at this address: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2400789/memorial-search?page=1#sr-118296218
St. Peter’s Church Cemetery
St. Peter’s Anglican Church Grounds
18th & 19th Century
Within the St. Peter’s church yard of Port Royal lie the remains of past town inhabitants.
One of the more notable burials here is that of French Huguenot Lewis Galdy, who famously survived the 1692 earthquake disaster by being miraculously “swallowed by the earth and spat out again”. He eventually became a churchwarden here before passing away in 1739 at the age of 80. More info on his grave can be found HERE.
Another grave site of note is that of 3 children whose remains were found during an underwater archaeological dig in the 1990s in the old town that sank in the 1692 earthquake. Their remains were found trapped by the fallen walls of their home. They had been there for 300 years and have now been laid to rest in the St. Peter’s church grounds.
Info on other graves in this cemetery can be found at FindAGrave.com at THIS LINK.
Lost Port Royal Cemetery
16th & 17th Century
This cemetery has been lost to the Harbour during the traumatic 1692 earthquake suffered by Port Royal. It was located on the north harbourside shore outside the gates of Fort Rupert (which also sank in the earthquake) which would be currently located slightly to the east of the modern day Port Royal Cruise Port. No doubt there were famous inhabitants including pirates, government officials, merchants, etc. One very well-documented and known person interred here was famous pirate and later government official Captain Henry Morgan.
There exists no known listing of those buried at this location.
This artwork shown here is not historically accurate to this location and is used as an artistic enhancement only.