The Sterling genealogy

THE STIRLINGS OF KIPPENDAVIE 135
5 Graham Charles, born July 13, 1854.
6 Henry David, born May 22, 1856.
VI Mary Russell, died unmarried.
VII Elizabeth Russell, died unmarried.
VIII Ann Russell, died unmarried.
IX Catherine Russell, died unmarried.
X Marion Russell; married William, brother
of Ludovic Houstoun of Johnstone Castle above, and
had:
1 George Ludovic, born Aug. 31, 1846.
2 William James, born Aug. 25, 1848.
3 Mary Erskine, born Aug. 17, 1850.
4 Ann Margaret, born Apr. 2, 1852.
5 William Stirling, born June 26, 1787 ;
inherited the estate
of Content in Jamaica from his father ; married first,
in 1811, Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, daughter of
Henry, eldest son of Edward Barrett Barrett of
Cinnamon Hill, Jamaica. She died Apr. 19, 1830.
William married second, contract dated June 10,
1833, Olivia, daughter of Peter Salmond. William
died in 1862.
Children by first marriage:
I John Stirling, born at Montego Bay, Jamaica,
Jan. 24, 1813; married in 1839, Rebecca Ann, daughter
of Major Crotty. He was educated at St. John's
College, Cambridge, and read for the bar. After
his marriage he secured an appointment in Australia
and, having held appointments in the Legislative
Council and Civil Service, returned to England in
1859. He subsequently engaged in business as a
merchant in the West Indian trade until 1888 ; died
at Tenerife in 1894.
Children
1 William Cashel, born May 24; died July
23, 1840.
2 John Henry, born in Sidney, N. S. W., Oct.
7, 1841 ; married in 1886 his cousin Anna Dcnnistoun,
daughter of Henry Macdowall of Garthland
and Carruth, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He joined his
father in business in Jamaica in 1868; retired in
1888 and settled in the Canaries. Address : El
Drago, Villa de la Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands.