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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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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.
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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 19th April 2024].
