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- Alexander was invited to France by his distant cousins, the Colbert family, where Alexander adopted the Colbert form of his surname. He became an abbot in the Gallican Church. On the death of his brother George in 1748, who left the estate of Castle Hill in debt, Alexander intervened financially in an effort to hold off the creditors and became proprietor of Castlehill. According to Bulloch, Alexander died in 1782 without a will and the estate again became at risk and was next saved by George Cuthbert, younger son of the deceased George Cuthbert 12th of Castle Hill. However the Edinburgh Register of Deeds shows a will registered 23 Jul 1783 appointing his grand-nephew, Joseph Cuthbert (eldest son of Dr. James Cuthbert) in Savannah, Georgia, as his lawful heir.
Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD4.238.237; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 34; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6. [Notes: This document was subscribed in Savannah, Georgia and witnessed by Hugh RUSSELL and John DAVIDSON, merchant in Savannah Georgia. This document indicates Joseph is the eldest son of James CUTHBERT, doctor in Savannah, Georgia, deceased, who was the second son of George CUTHBERT, of Castlehill, Invernessshire, Scotland, deceased, who was the eldest son of John CUTHBERT of Castlehill. There is also reference to John CUTHBERT's four sons: George; Lachlan, who died a Major General in Fredericksburg; Alexander, who became a Roman Catholic priest in France; and James.]
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Abt 1708 - 1782 (~ 73 years)
