The Sterling genealogy

80 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
married second, at Castlemilk, Nov. 3, 1781, Jean Stuart, young-
est daughter of the deceased Sir John Stuart of Castlemilk, Bart.
William Stirling died suddenly at Keir, May 22, 1793; buried
at Dunblane.
William's children by his first marriage were:
XIX 1 James Stirling, born at Cadder, Oct. 8, 1766 ; succeeded
his father.
2 John Stirling, born at Cadder, Feb. 23, 1768; went
to Kingston, Jamaica, in 1789, and died there in
Hampden, Mar. 24, 1793 ; unmarried.
XIX 3 Archibald Stirling, born at Cadder, Aug. 2, 1769
succeeded his brother James.
4 Charles Stirling, born at Cadder, May 12, 1771. He
inherited from his father a thirteenth share in the
copartnery of Somerville, Gordon and Co., West
India Merchants in Glasgow, and was engaged
during most of his life conducting the affairs
of that firm. In 1806 he purchased the lands
of KENMURE, adjoining his brother's estate of
Cadder, and built the greater part of the existing
Mansion house, which he sold to his brother
Archibald for £40,000. He married at Linlathen,
Oct. 14, 1817, Christian, daughter of David
Erskine, C.S., and died at Cadder, Jan. 30, 1830;
buried at Lecropt, being the first of his family
buried in the vault under the southern end of the
then recently built church.
5 Robert Stirling, twin with Margaret, born at Cadder,
Dec. 24, 1772; went to Jamaica in 1790, and
became a planter. He married, in 1807, Sarah,
daughter of Dr. Thomas Steel i
of Steelfield,
Jamaica ; he died at Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 28,
1808, leaving one daughter, Helen, who died in
London, Feb. 4, 1822. His widow married Sept.
3, 1821, Com. Gen. Thomas Dunmore, and died
June 23, 1823.
1 The "Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies," 1875, p. 121, gives
the inscription upon the stone of Robert Sterling: "Robert Stirling, Esq., of Hampton,
in the Parish of St. James — Fifth son of William Stirling of Keir, in the County of
Perthshire, Scotland, who died September the 28th 1808, aged 36 years." The same
work states that "the branches of the Stirlings of Kippenross and Kippendavie were
also connected with Jamaica. Patrick, son of John Stirling of the latter, married a
daughter of George Wedderburn of Paris, Westmoreland, and William Stirling, his
younger brother, married the daughter and heiress of Henry Barrett of Cinnamon
Hill." (See the Kippendavie Line.)