Robert Stirling the younger

24th Dec 1772 - 28th Sep 1808


Biography

Son of William Stirling of Keir and Cawder (1725-1793). Went to Jamaica in 1790. Married Sarah, daughter of Dr Thomas Steel of Steelfield, Jamaica, in 1807. Died at Kingston 28/09/1808 leaving an infant daughter, Helen, who died in London 04/02/1822. His wife later remarried, to Thomas Dunmore, Commissary General, in 1821.

Owned half of Hampden estate in St James, Jamaica at his death.


Sources

Alan L. Karras, Sojourners in the Sun: Scottish Migrants in Jamaica and the Chesapeake, 1740-1800 (Ithaca and London, 1992) pp. 71-80. William Fraser, The Stirlings of Keir, and their family papers (Edinburgh, 1858) pp. 72-80.


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Sarah Steel
Children
Helen

Associated Estates (1)

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
- 1808 [EY] → Joint owner

Relationships (9)

Brother-in-laws
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Notes →
Robert Stirling married Sarah, daughter of Dr Thomas Steel of Steelfield, two decades after the latter's death....
Nephew → Uncle
Nephew → Uncle
Nephew → Uncle
Brother → Sister
Brother → Sister
Brothers
Brothers

Addresses (2)

Cadder, Dunbartonshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
Cawder House, Glasgow (near), Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland