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| Jean Murray |  http://american-miniatures.blogspot.com/2006/04/deane-e-portrait-of-daniel-stewart.html |
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| Married 1st to Daniel Stewart 17 Aug 1777 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Married 2nd to Alexander Shaw Field 10 Oct 1791 Prince George Co., VA
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| Died: 22 May 1845 Petersburg, VA |
FATHER
William Murray
MOTHER
HUSBAND
Daniel Steward
CHILDREN with Daniel Stewart
1. Daniel Stewart
2. Mary Schaw Stewart
CHILDREN with Alexander Shaw Field
1. Robert Field b. Aug 1800
2. Alexander Field b. 1794
3. Charles Grandison Field b. 22 Feb 1805
Directory of Scottish Settlers in America Vol VI pg 111
| Stewart Jean Daughter of William Murray, merchant in Edinburgh, and his wife Janet Schaw, both deceased, and wife of Daniel Stewart, surgeon in Dominica, appointed Walter Ferguson, writer in Edinburgh, and George Duncan, Controller of Stamp Duty in Scotland, as her factors in Scotland. Surbscribed in Edinburgh on 13 January 1778. Witnesses George Cruikshank, writer, and Alexander Kidd. (RD4.223/1.624) |
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Directory of Scottish Settlers in America Vol VI pg 111
| Stewart Daniel In Petersburgh, Virginia, appointed James Smilie in Edinburgh as his attorney re money inherited from the deceased Margaret Schaw. Subscribed in Petersburgh, Virginia, on 18 October 1802. Witnesses John R. Lucas. John Brodie jr and Charles Baskerville (RD3.296.828) |
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Directory of Scottish Settlers in America Vol VI pg 11
| Stewart Daniel In Petersburgh, Virginia, son of Daniel Stewart, deceased, surgeon in Dominica, appointed James Smyth as his attorney. Reference to Margaret Borthwick, widow of John Shaw, merchant in Edinburgh; Jean Murray: David Melville: John Dundas, clerk in Edinburgh. Deed written by Robert Stewart, clerk. Subscribed in Petersburgh, Virginia, on 30 March 1805. Witnesses William Gillies and James Freeland, merchants in Petersburgh. (RD3.308.595) |
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Directory of Scottish Settlers in America, Vol VI pg 45
| Field James "Discharge by John Taylor, Attorney in the Exchequer, and John More, agent for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Glasgow, surviving trustees of deceased Margaret Schaw or Field, widow of Dr. James Field, physician in Bristol parish, Prince George County, Virginia. Reference to William Field, coachmaker in Edinburgh; Margart, eldest sister of William Murray, merchant in London, and wife of Alexander McLean, former Major in the 14th Regiemtn of Foot; James Smyth, Writer to the Signet, Jean Murray, second sister of William Murray, and wife of Alexander Schaw Field in Mecklenburg County, Virginia; Margaret, Jean and Amelia Murray; John Schaw, merchant in Edinburgh. Deed written by William Milne, clerk. Subscribed in Westminster on 14 February 1806. Witnesses William Hunter and Samuel Bishop, both in Westminster. (RD4.279.379) |
| The lady portrayed in the left of the frame is
Jean Murray who married first Daniel Stewart, an army surgeon in
Dominica, Sept 20 1777, and married secondly, her cousin Dr Alexander
Field, a physician in Richmond, Virginia, Oct 10 1791. She died at
Petersburgh, Va, USA on May 22, 1845. She is the mother of the other two
sitters, both of whom were born in Dominica in the West Indies. The lady on the right is Margaret Schaw Stewart, who married James Schudi Broadwood. Her brother, at the bottom of the group photo, Daniel Stewart is the subject of the miniature featured here and he died unmarried in South America about 1825. |
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Daniel Stewart
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