Robert Stewart

The will of Robert Stewart of Port Royal, Mariner was proved in Jamaica 4/08/1774: "... if John Barry the father of my mulatto girl named Molly will give an able Slave for the said Molly and that within two years after my decease that there and in such case the negroe slave so given in exchange shall be looked upon and taken as part of my estate."

Robert Stewart of Port Royal, mariner. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1774. Slave-ownership at probate: 6 of whom 4 were listed as male and 2 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £329.5 Jamaican currency of which £320 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

LOS 41 ff. 394-395.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

We are grateful to Daniel Livesay for his assistance with this entry.