Marion Jane ‘Dana’ Cleare was born on May 17, 1884, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Theophilus Cleare and Cecilia Sawyer.

In 1901, she married Thomas Joshua Colebrook.

In May 1917, she married Henry Salathiel Hewitt.

Bahamian artist Alton R. Lowe recalls…

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵-𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 “𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺, “𝘎𝘖𝘖𝘋 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎” 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.

𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘚 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘳. 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳.

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘐𝘷𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘺 (𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥” 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦) 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵? 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘥e𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵; 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳”. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮’𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘺. 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴. 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺.

Marion Jane ‘Dana’ Hewitt née Cleare passed away in 1972 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.