24th Dec 1772 - 28th Sep 1808
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.
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.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Sarah Steel
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Children
Helen
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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:
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- 1808 [EY] → Joint owner
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Brother-in-laws
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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....
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Cadder, Dunbartonshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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Cawder House, Glasgow (near), Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Robert Stirling the younger', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644435 [accessed 25th November 2024].
