URQUHART, William of Craigston 1 2 3
- Baptised: 14 September 1801, King Edward parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 4
- Marriage (1): FRASER, Mary on 10 February 1825 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1
- Died: March 1847 2
User ID: Z113.
General Notes:
"URQUHART
WILLIAM
JOHN URQUHART/ISOBELLA MOIR FR237 (FR237)
M
14/09/1801
210/ 10 265
King Edward"
from Births and Baptisms
"William Urquhart Esq, of Craigston by Turriff, Scotland. Island of Carriacou Sept 25th 1787
Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou, 1769-1841
Carriacou, a small island in the Grenadines, lying 12° North of the equator and to the NE of Grenada, measures some 5 miles from N to S, with a width from E to W that varies between 2 and 5 miles. It is hilly, rising to 954 ft at Chapeau Carre in the S, and 955 ft at High North at the northern end of the island. The only town is Hillsborough on the West coast, although there are several widely scattered villages. In the 18th century these villages did not exist except as slave quarters on the estates; apart from Hillsborough the population was concentrated on the plantations.
The island, which has always been a dependency of Grenada, had originally been French but had been ceded to Great Britain in 1762. Captured by the French in 1779 during the War of the American Rebellion it was returned to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. It remained a British colony until 1974 when Grenada became independent, and Carriacou now forms part of the territory of that state. Carriacou was in a fair way to becoming a colony of North Britain, but especially that part of the northern kingdom that lies between the Dee and the Deveron.
The principal products of the island were cotton certainly, sugar possibly and, at an earlier period, some indigo. In a number of instances families not only traded with, but owned, or held long leases on plantations in the West Indies. A common pattern was for a younger member of the family to manage the overseas investments while the head of the family remained in Britain.
Scottish absentee, awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on the Craigston and Meldrum estates in Grenada. William Urquhart of Craigston died March 1847 and was the great-grandson of William Urquhart of Meldrum. According to Rubinstein, the East Indian banker George Arbuthnot was the son of Robert Arbuthnot and Mary Urquhart (c. 1743-1818), daughter of Capt. John Urquhart of Cromarty and Craigston."
from The Doric Columns website 2 4
William married Mary FRASER, daughter of Alexander FRASER of Fraserfield (or Balgownie) and Mary Christian MOIR, on 10 February 1825 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Mary FRASER was baptised on 20 January 1802 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"URQUHART
WILLIAM
MARY FRAZER/
30/01/1825
210/ 20 237
King Edward"
"URQUHART
WILLIAM
MARY FRASER/
10/02/1825
168/B 160 159
Old Machar"
from Index of Marriages 1
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