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Builder of Stewart Castle in Jamaica, father of James Stewart II. Reportedly arrived in Jamaica in 1754, and according to normally reliable genealogical sources online died in 1784.
Louis Nelson, Architecture and Empire p. 60; http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Rnay-s.htm [accessed 07/10/2019], which confuses James Stewart II of Stewart Castle with Hon. James Stewart (d.1824, q.v.).
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Stewart I of Stewart Castle', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660249 [accessed 10th December 2024].
