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- Jim Brennan contributes: Dr John Alves of Inverness - I can't at the moment give you an exact date for his death, but it was certainly between 1786 and 1793. I THINK it was, in fact, in 1788, but I can't lay my hands on my notes where I am just now, and it may not be for some time until I can be back in Inverness. (Later stated to be between May and November 1788) The Arbuthnott marriage will have been in the hands of Alves's son Archibald, who already had a fortune from the Caribbean, and his widow, who had been forced to leave Shipland when the Doctr's heir, Thomas, who worked as a Depute Provost Marshal in Montego Bay for Lewsi Cuthbert of Castlehil failed around 1790 and had to pay his debt to Cuthbert ( a personal one, it would seem) by making over Shipland to him. Lewis C's commissioner, Baillie of Dunain, cousin to Mrs Alves, seem to have protested at the sale Lewis instructed immediately. The Alves had acted as agents for the Cuthberts in Inverness since 1748 and had been instrumental in preserving the Castlehill estate from jusicial sale after the death of Lewis's father in 1748 until the early 1780s. This had no effect on Lewis (who was himself in debt) and the sale went ahead in 1791. Dunain got half of Shipland and Sheriff-substitute Gilzean the other half. Gilzean acted for Mrs Alves who moved initially to another John Alves, the Duke of Buccleuch's Chamberlain, in Springfield Midlothian, before Archibald established her in George Street, Edinburgh.
- (Research):Shipland was an estate acquired from Dr Alves's grandfather, Thomas. He was a merchant from Forres who later became Treasurer of Inverness some time before 1720
??? grandson of Dr John Alves of Shipland: Rev. Thomas Alves, then he was ordained 07/02/1819 at St Marylebone.as 'lit.' [i.e. no tertiary education], the grandson of Dr John Alves of Shipland Inverness. In 1840, the Rev. Thomas Alves was appointed the rector of St Dorothy, exchanging posts with the Rev. C.F. Hall, who took Alves' position as rector of Port Royal.
"Died December 1843 burial Dec 12 1843 Church Yard Spanish Town, St Catherine". Occupation Rector of St Dorothy, and also Chaplain House of Assembly. He is also listed as residing at time of death in Spanish Town.
Almost certainly the Rev. Thomas Alves, awarded the compensation for two enslaved people in Port Royal Jamaica.
In November 1788, at Inverness in her 77th year, Mrs Jean Cuthbert, daughter of John Cuthbert Esq of Castlehill, spouse to Thomas Alves, Esq of Shipland [died]
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