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- According to Bulloch, Lewis Cuthbert went to Jamaica and prospered. Deeds (below) show that Lewis resided in Spanish Town, Jamaica where he was a lawyer and served as Provost Marshall of Jamaica from 1783-1795. In 1783, Lewis' uncle, Abbé Alexander Cuthbert, 13th of Castlehill, died without issue. On 23 Jul 1783 Lewis was appointed as attorney to his nephew, Joseph Cuthbert, 14th of Castlehill, for the purpose of settling the estate. However the estate of Castlehill was still financially burdened and it would appear that Joseph could not afford to maintain the estate. On 20 Jan 1785, Lewis was appointed as attorney to his wealthy younger brother, George Cuthbert, who then took over Castlehill. In 1789 George died and Lewis succeeded him in the estate of Castle Hill.
According to Bulloch, when Lewis died in 1802 his will prescribed that his estates be divided equally among his two sons and three daughters -- thus necessitating the sale of Castlehill for equal financial distribution. However, there is a deed dated May 1795, showing the lands of Castlehill being conveyed to Messrs. Abram Roberts and Company in London, England. This would appear to indicate that Lewis actually sold Castlehill outright a full seven years before his death. Perhaps Lewis too could not manage the debts of the estate. Lewis' children in England are all listed as "fund holders" thus it would appear that Bulloch was partially correct that the residue of the estate was divided among Lewis' children.
Lewis died 29 OCT 1802 in Jamaica, but his widow, one son (Seignelay), and his three daughters moved to England. His eldest son (George) remained in Jamaica and thrived. Lewis' children are found in later records residing in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England (now part of the city of Bristol). His youngest son, Seignelay, is shown as having been born in Bath, Somerset, England (about ten miles southeast of Bristol) in 1786, prior to Lewis' death in Jamaica in 1802. This would make it appear that Lewis was maintaining a residence in England while living in Jamaica and travelling between the two.
Bulloch muddles the children of this family and lists four sons: George, Thomas, Seignelay and George.
Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD4.246.447; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6. [Note: In this deed Lewis CUTHBERT appoints James GRANT, of Corriemonie, advocate in Edinburgh, and John BAILLIE, of Dunain, Inverness, as his attornies. The deed was written by Thomas ROSS, Clerk to Thomas GALLY, attorney at law, of Kingston, Surry County, Jamaica, and was subscribed in Kingston on 2 Jul 1789, with witnesses Thomas GALLY and Thomas ROSS. The deed mentions that George CUTHBERT is deceased.]
Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD5.50.364; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6. [Note: This document is a letter, dated 27 May 1795, from Lewis CUTHBERT, in Jamaica, via the man of war Europa, accompanying the full conveyance and disposition of the estate lands of Castlehill.]
Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD5.50.364; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6. [Note: This document is a letter, dated 2 Feb 1796, from Lewis CUTHBERT, of Spanish Town Jamaica, to Abram ROBERTS and Company, London, England. Reference is made to Mr. GILZEAN, factor in Inverness, and to George KEARNEY.]
CUTHBERT: Jane, 86, died 28 Sept., buried 5 October 1830. Daughter of Hon. George Pinnock. Married 31 May 1766 Kingston, Jamaica, Lewis Cuthbert (died 20 Sept. 1802) of Castle Hill, Inverness and Jamaica. Children include Hon. George Cuthbert, President of the Council in Jamaica. Ann Murray Cuthbert, born August 1777 (died Clifton 29 May 1855). Elizabeth Pinnock Cuthbert (died Clifton 9 Feb 1855 aged 75). In Clifton churchyard on the same stone as Ann Murray Cuthbert are inscriptions for Seignelay Thomas Cuthbert born 5 Jan 1786, died August 1872, and Frederick William Cuthbert born 20 May, died 22 Sept 1841. (Bristol Cathedral (Gloucestershire) Register 1669-1837)
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Abt 1737 - 1802 (~ 65 years)
