18~19세기 西海 島嶼住民의 거주 양태 -翎島 거주 金海 金氏 일가의 古文書 자료 분석 사례－

Abstract

This paper analyzes ancient documents and census registers related to Kimhae(金海) Kim(金) Family, who moved from interior Hwanghae Province to Baekryeong Island in the first half of the 18th century. Members of the family left fifty-eight sheets of material about their life in Baekryeong Island. Fifty-one of them are census registers, and the rest are certificates of appointment and agreements for deed, etc. In case of ancient documents of Joseon Dynasty era, almost of them have been preserved by descendants of yangban, who have lived inland area. It is very rare that insular people from non-yangban class have kept nearly sixty sheets of paper and introduce them to the academic world. Thanks to them, we were able to understand how insular people have lived during the latter period of Joseon Dynasty era. The results are as follows. First of all, Kimhae Kim Family's people moved from Jangyeon(長淵), inland town of Hwanghae Province to Baekryeong Island. The family had flourished ever since, and now, it is the biggest family in the island. Secondly, its people were originally commoners when they first moved to the island, and in the 19th century, their descendants were middle-class men after they fulfilled their military duty under the Naval Post. The migration was a government policy to reinforce maritime defense. The Government set up the Naval Post and moved people there, when pirates began to appear frequently. Finally, it is common that children's names were not written on the census register during the Joseon Dynasty era. However, people of Kimhae Kim family wrote all the names of their children, even their young daughter. There are no children's names on the census register written in other islands with the Naval Post. It seems that they had a very different idea about their children.