Luke Stokes

'''Luke Stokes''' (or Stoakes) was an English colonialist who was twice governor of Nevis before relocating with his family and 1,600 other settlers to the Port Morant area of Jamaica following the English conquest of Jamaica.<ref name="JFS">{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Patricia |title=Jamaican History 1492-1727 |url=http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/history1.htm |website=www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com |publisher=Patricia Jackson |accessdate=11 June 2019}}</ref>

Stokes was Governor of Nevis following the death of Thomas Littleton in 1634. However he was replaced in 1635 by Thomas Sparrow.<ref name="Harlow">{{cite book |last1=Harlow |first1=V. T. |title=Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623-1667 |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon |isbn=9781317164104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAkkDwAAQBAJ&q=Luke+Stoakes&pg=PT86 |language=en}}</ref> He was governor once again in 1649.<ref name="Cahoon">{{cite web |last1=Cahoon |first1=Ben |title=Saint Kitts and Nevis |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.html |website=www.worldstatesmen.org |accessdate=11 June 2019}}</ref> He remained in this position until he led the group of settlers to Port Morant in 1656. This constituted the first major settlement by English colonialists.<ref name="Stokes Hall Great House">{{cite web |last1=Mosley |first1=Dr Raul A. |title=Stokes Hall Great House |url=https://thelastgreatgreathouseblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/stokes-hall-great-house/ |website=A Tour of Jamaica's Great Houses, Plantations, & Pens |accessdate=11 June 2019 |language=en |date=30 March 2015}}</ref>

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