Robert Dall

Robert Dall, owner of Cedar Valley, St George, Jamaica.

1. Robert Dall married Jane Pitcairn in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 27/11/1809.

2. Described as "of Cedar Valley, Jamaica, now resident in Edinburgh" in 1833 when he declined to be the executor of James Knowles Esq. of Kirkville.

3. Memorial window in St Michael's Kirk, Edinburgh: "To the Glory of God - In beloved memory of William Pitcairn, Esq., of Burnhead, Dundee, died 1831, aged 68 years; Robert Dall, Esq., of Cedar Valley, Jamaica, died in Edinburgh, 1850, aged 62 years, and his wife Jane Pitcairn, died 1842, aged 51 years. Gifted in 1886 by David A Carnegie M.D."

4. Inventory of Robert Dall of Cedar Valley in Jamaica then of Leith Walk thereafter in Saint James Square of Edinburgh registered 18/12/1852.

T71/869 St George claim no. 206 (Cedar Valley).

1. www.familysearch.org batch no. M11282-4.

2. Midlothian Testaments part 13, transcribed at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LANARK/1999-11/0943749366 [accessed 13/07/2012].

3. http://www.stmichaels-kirk.co.uk/history.htm [accessed 13/07/2012].

4. Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories SC70/1/77.

We are grateful for the assistance of Hamish Johnston in compiling this entry.