George Steuart Hume, also known as ''George Home'', (1747 – 1787/1788) was a Maryland

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and landowner who emigrated to

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before the

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. Born George Hume Steuart in

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, he left for Scotland in 1758, where he studied medicine, changing his name to his maternal name of Hume in order to inherit his family's substantial Scottish estates.Nelker, 24 Old Annat Farmhouse

Early life

Hume was born in

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, in 1747, the eldest son of planter and physician George Hume Steuart (1700–1784), and Anne Digges. As the eldest son he stood to inherit the family plantation of

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in Maryland, but the coming of the Revolutionary War forced his father to divided his property between his sons.Nelker, 131, memoirs of

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. Hume was eventually to inherit the Scottish estates, with the

lands being divided between his brothers, now loyal to the fledgling

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. These however were substantial; through his father he inherited the estates of Ballachallan, Argaty and Annat. These estates were held under

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,Nelker, 120, and Steuart changed his name to Hume (also spelled "Home") in order to be able to inherit.

Family

Hume married Mary Erskine of Powis, daughter of David Rollo of

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on February 9, 1777, in St. Ninians,

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. Through Mary, he became possessed of the historic site of the

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. Mary died young, and the couple had no known children. After Mary's death, Hume married again, on November 20, 1785, in

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, to Jane Munro, daughter of John Munro of Auchenbowie. They had one daughter, Sophia Hume-Steuart, born on August 5, 1787.

Revolutionary War

Hume's family was divided by the Revolutionary War, and he would never return to his

birthplace. However, according to the memoirs of his nephew

, Hume supported the ideals of the American rebels, and "was a staunch whig, and voted only for such members of parliament as went deadweight against the government and the war."

Legacy

After Hume's death in 1788, his infant daughter Sophia inherited his estates of Argaty, Ballachallan and Annat. His younger brother Charles Steuart unsuccessfully sued his niece Sophia for Hume's Scottish inheritance.George H Stewart at Stewarts of Balquhidder webpage
Retrieved March 2012 According to Alexander B Barty, in his book ''Argaty, its Lairds and its Barony'': :"At that time there was a doubt whether under the

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Sophia Home was entitled to succeed her, or whether George Home's brothers, namely Charles Steuart, was now heir. Was decided in favour of the infant Sophia."

Notes

References

* Barty, Alexander B, "Argaty, its Lairds and its Barony", A. Learmonth, Scotland (1929). * Nelker, Gladys P., ''The Clan Steuart'', Genealogical Publishing, 1970. * Steuart, Richard Sprigg, ''Dr. George Steuart of Annapolis and Doden, Anne Arundel County and his descendants'',1955, ASIN: B0007GTCFG

External links

George Steuart Hume at Stewarts of Balquhidder webpage
Retrieved March 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hume, George Steuart People of Maryland in the American Revolution

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People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1747 births 1788 deaths Steuart family