Mary Stewart

Abt 1787 - 1827  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Mary Stewart
  Born	Abt 1787	Jamaica
  Gender	Female
  Died	1827	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I24241	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	James Stewart,   b. Abt 2 Sep 1758, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1794, Jamaica  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah,   b. Abt 1765, Africa ,   d. UNKNOWN, Jamaica
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary was illegitimate and bi-racial. Her father, Jamie Stewart, younger of Ardvorlich, was a plantation foreman overseeing carpenters in Jamaica. Her mother Sarah was enslaved to the family of Francis Christian of St. Thomas, Jamaica. Mary was sent in 1789 as a baby to her uncle William Stewart of Ardvorlich, living in Breadalbane at the time, with no warning and little explanation. In his accompanying letter, her father, Jamie, refers to Mary as "the Jamaican breed of livestock." Jamie send along three jugs of Jamaican rum and offered to take any of William's male bastard children in exchange. William sent Mary to live with her aunt, Jean Stewart, widow of Robert MacNab of Dundurn, who raised her. Mary later moved to Glasgow with her adopted family where she died in 1827. (Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 2., pp. 54, 63, 64.)