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Gilbert Robertson

Profile & Legacies Summary

1774 - 1840

Biography

Owner of Kiltearn estate in Berbice in the 1818 registration (made by his brother Hugh Munro Robertson); the men were sons Rev. Harry Robertson of Kiltearn.

  1. Partner of Eliza, the daughter of Dolly Thomas, with whom he had a number of children.

Sources

  1. Kit Candlin, The Last Caribbean Frontier, 1795-1815 pp. 38, 47; David Alston, Slaves and Highlanders 'Robertson of Kiltearn'. Note most secondary sources give Gilbert Robertson as the father of Gilbert Robertson of Tasmania (1794-1851), but this Gilbert of Tasmania was in fact the son of the elder Gilbert's uncle George Robertson (1756-1799, q.v.).

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Children
Gilbert Robertson jun.; Harry

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
Kiltearn [ British Guiana | Berbice ]

Relationships (3)

Gilbert Robertson
Father → Natural Son
Henry Robertson
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Gilbert Robertson
Other relatives
Dorothy Thomas
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Notes→
Robertson had an extended relationship and several children with Eliza Thomas, Dorothy Thomas's...
Gilbert Robertson
Nephew → Uncle
George Robertson (1756-1799)
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