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Partner with John Nesbitt I and Arnold Nesbitt I and then with John Nesbitt I and Jon Nesbitt II; the latter firm failed in 1802. Edward Stewart the bankrupt has not been traced further but was conceivably the Edward Stewart of Pitchcomb [sic] House Stroud whose will made in 1832 and proved 20/07/1833 showed as assets only an insurance policy from Equitable Assurance for £5000 placed in trust in 1818, the proceeds of which he left among his seven daughters.
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1787 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Assignee
In 1787 Nesbitts & Stewart were assigned the island of Mustique held in fee simple by Alexander Campbell, and guaranteed 150 hogsheads of muscavado sugar p.a. to secure and service their debt of £9116 8s 2d from Alexander Campbell. |
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Name partner
Arnold and John Nesbitt, later Nesbitt, Stewart & Nesbitt
West India merchant |
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Edward Stewart', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665571 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
