John Robertson of Plantation

Partnership Role

The Smithfield Company
Partner

Ironworks (Iron & Steel)

Notes

John Robertson was shown as a partner [without dates] in Smith & Mitchell, Old Country Houses of the Old Country Gentry


Firm Notes

Ironworking firm in Glasgow, founded c. 1732 [Smith & Mitchell give 1734], by 'colonial merchants', and shipping much of its output to Virginia in its early years.

Firm Sources

Stuart Nisbet, The Slit Mill http://www.fork.org.uk/the-lost-mills-of-the-kelvin/the-slit-mill [accessed 14/09/2015].