Eliza Wedderburn

1. There is a baptism record for the 13 year-old Eliza Wedderburn in Trelawny parish on 10th February, 1813, where she is described as a "free quadroon", and daughter to Jeanny Schaw and Mr. Wedderburn. There are numerous Wedderburns who could have been her father, but perhaps most likely is James Wedderburn, who in the early 1790s was listed as having the Spotfield Estate, later owned by Robert Haldane Scott, under his direction. Eliza seems to have given birth to six children with Robert Haldane Scott in Trelawny Parish between 1819 and 1835.

2. Their eldest child was Mary Scott, “free mustee” born in January 1818 in Trelawny, marrying Irish missionary Edward Holland in the 1840s and moving with him to Australia in the 1850s, where she died on 6th December 1891 in Burwood, New South Wales. She continued to own a house in Falmouth, where her sister Eliza Scott lived until her death in 1890, over which power of attorney was granted to Margaret J Wakeford, daughter of another sister, Janet Scott.

3. William Scott (born May 1820), Janet Scott (born January 1822), Eliza Scott (born February 1824) "mustee reputed child of Elizabeth Wedderburn a person of color and Robert Scott Esq.” were all baptised on 15th October, 1825. William Scott died in 1872 in Falmouth, Jamaica. Janet Scott married Josiah Pennel Wakeford on 4 January 1845 in Falmouth, Jamaica. Eliza Scott died intestate June 1890, Falmouth, Jamaica.

4. Robert Gordon Scott (born 1826 – 1827) and Susan Scott (born October 1834) were baptised on 9th June, 1835 in Trelawny, with father listed as “Robert H. Scott, Esquire”. Robert seems to have moved to England and died on 20th November 1908 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

1. "Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9J-G8?cc=1827268&wc=M6GL-YTG%3A161380801%2C161380802 : 20 May 2014), Trelawny > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1771-1839, Vol. 1 > image 46 of 164; Registrar General's Department, Spanish Town.

2. "Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9V-CW?cc=1827268&wc=M6GL-YTG%3A161380801%2C161380802 : 20 May 2014), Trelawny > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1771-1839, Vol. 1 > image 57 of 164; Registrar General's Department, Spanish Town.; Information on Mary's later life, including letter of attorney available on WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scott-18046#R-1097503910. Additional information provided via email by Paul Wells.

3. "Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VN9V-65?cc=1827268&wc=M6GL-YTG%3A161380801%2C161380802 : 20 May 2014), Trelawny > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1771-1839, Vol. 1 > image 68 of 164; Registrar General's Department, Spanish Town. Additional information on marriages and deaths provided via email by Paul Wells.

4. Information on baptisms and death provided via email by Paul Wells.

We are grateful to Paul Wells for his help in compiling this entry.