KINGSTON, a town of Jamaica, in America, seated on the north side of the bay of Port-royal. It was built after the great earthquake in 1692; and is now a large thriving place, about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth. It is laid out into little squares and cross-streets, and has one church. The Jews have two
synagogues here, and the Quakers a meeting-house. It is a place of good trade; and is much resorted to by merchants and seamen, because most of the ships come to load and unload their cargoes here. W. Long. 75. 52. N. Lat. 17. 40.