Smith Stewart

1770 - 1807  (37 years)

• Name	Smith Stewart  [1]
  Born	23 Feb 1770	Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	23 Feb 1770	Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland
  Died	Sep 1807	Font Hill, Saint Thomas, Jamaica
  Person ID	I17668	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, of Tar,   b. 1735, Auchrig, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Nov 1809, Auchray, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katharine Stewart,   b. 2 Dec 1735, Lettir of Strathgartney, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Dec 1775, Tar in Ruskie, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1755	Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Smith Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South (ca. 1815) as being already deceased. This is the last Will and testament of me Smith Stewart of the parish of Saint Thomas in the East in the Island of Jamaica Millwright but at present residing in Ceril Street in the Strand in the County of Middlesex. First I will and direct that all my negroses and other my Estate and effects whatsoever and whosoever shall be sold and disposed of by my executor hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my demase and for that purpose I do herby authorize and empower my said executor to sign execute and deliver all and every such Bill and Bills of sale and other divide and conveyances whatsoever as shall be ? and proper for my said negores and other my estate and effects unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof ? . I give and bequeath unto my eldest sister Janet MacNab wife of Robert MacNab manufacturer in Glasgow the interest arising from the sum of One thousand pounds to be paid to her annually during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her demase I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds unto the two daughters of my said sister to be equally divided between them share and share alike and if but one of them shall happen to survive her mother then I give the whole to that one provided always and it is my will and ? that if my said sisters daughter shall marry during the life time of their mother and against their parents ? they shall not have survive or be ? unto the said Legacies or sum of one thousand pounds or any part thereof but if one of them shall so marry then her part and share of the said Legacies shall go to and be paid unto the other of them in the event of the demises of both of them in the lifetime of their said mother unmarried of the marriage of them contrary to or against their parents consent as aforesaid then in either of those cases I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds unto my nephews (Sons of my said sister) to be equally divided between them share and share alike. I give and bequeath unto the said Robert MacNab the sum of two hundred pounds as a mark of my esteem for him. I give and bequeath unto my second sister Ann Macfarlane wife of Hugh Macfarlane esquire of Callichra [Coilachra?] in Perthshire North Britain the interest arising from the sum of one thousand pounds to be paid to her annually during the term of his natural life and from and immediately after the demise of the said Ann Macfarlane I give and bequeath the said sum of one thousand pounds last mentioned unto the daughters of the said Ann Macfarlane in case she shall leave any at her demise to be equally divided between them if more than one but if my said sister Ann Macfarlane shall not have any daughter or daughters at her demise then I give and bequeath the said last mentioned sum of one thousand pounds unto her other children (her eldest son excepted) to be equally divided between them if more than one share and share alike I give and bequeath unto my half sisters Isabella Catharine Mary Charlotte and Lilias Stewart all at present residing in Auchray in the parish of Aberfoyl in the shire of Perth the sum of one hundred pounds each and to my cousin Christian and ? Gardiner the sum of one hundred pounds each I give and bequeath unto my aunt Mrs Janet Gardiner one annuity or yearly sum of twenty pound for and during the term of her natural life to commence from my demise and to be paid by ? half yearly payments I give and bequeath unto my niece Janet Carmichael at present residing in Auchray aforesaid our annuity or yearly sum of five pounds for and during the term of her natural life to commence from my demise and to be paid by half yearly payments. I give devise and bequeath all the ? residue and remainder of my estate and effects not ? otherwise disposed of after payment of my debts and funeral expenses unto my said sister Janet Macnab and Ann Macfarlane my said half sisters Isabella, Catharine, Mary, Charlotte and Lilias Stewart and my said cousins Christian and ? to be divided between ? and in proportion to the of by my bequeathed to them and their children ? mentioned Provide said one thousand pound s mentioned provided always that in case my estate shall be insufficient to discharge the whole of the said Legacies hereinbefore bequeathed then The said Legacies shall abate in proportion and according to the amount thereof ? and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my brother John Stewart of the said parish of Saint Thomas in the East in the said island of Jamaica Esquire to be sole executor of this my will herby ? and making s all and ? and wills codicils and testament my Smith Stewart the testator have to the first two sheet s of this my will in of paper not my hand and to this I have set my hand and this second day of December in the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and five Smith Stewart signed sealed published and by the testator Smith Stewart as and for his last will and testament i the presence of us who in are at his request and in the presence of each other have to

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).