Stirling Castle

Estate Details


Associated People (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1794 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Previous owner
1810 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Associated Claims (1)

£988 2S 0D

Estate Information (23)

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1794
[Name] Stirling Castle plantation  
[Crop] Plantains, jobbing by enslaved people  
 

Belonging to the estate of Matthew Stirling, Esq, deceased. Account given by Francis Lambert Stirling, planter, executor and trustee.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 1
1795
[Name] Stirling Castle plantation  
[Crop] Plantains, jobbing by enslaved people cattle  
 

Belonging to the estate of Matthew Stirling, Esq, deceased. Account given by Francis Lambert Stirling, planter, executor and trustee.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 1
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 55(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 21  
 

Registered to John Stirling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 27  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 52(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 37  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 54(Tot) 25(F) 29(M)  
[Name] Sterling Castle Plantation  
 

In the possession of John Sterling Esq as owner.

 
T71/145 722-724
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 39  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 63(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 48  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Sterling as owner.

 
T71/146 420-421
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 67(Tot)  
[Name] Stirling Castle  
[Stock] 44  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 66(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 53(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Sterling as owner.

 
T71/147 338-339
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle & Scotland  
 

Registered to John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 64(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle and Scotland  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 61(Tot) 29(F) 32(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ann Mary Sterling as owner; increase owing to acquisition of 51 enslaved people from John Sterling decd and 10 births.

 
T71/148 331-332
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 29(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle & Scotland  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot) 78(F) 28(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ann Mary Sterling as owner.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 24(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 56(Tot)  
[Name] Sterling Castle  
 

Registered to estate of John Sterling.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Ann Mary Sterling as owner.

 
T71/150 486