On Friday, 30 December 2005 at 11:40:49 UTC+10, Janice wrote:

Good morning Frances and Listers,
Thank you so much for this wonderful information, and I believe that
there could be a connection with Thomas Stevenson as you suggest.
Since last posting to the List I have found out some more information regarding the Stevenson. In the Gentleman's Magazine of 1836 announcing
the death of Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, on 12th January 1836,
the son of Sir Walter and Lady Ann Farquhar (Harvie nee Stevenson) it
state, by Ann, forth daughter of Alexander Stephenson of Barbadoes.
However, for the obituary of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar's younger
brother, Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar on 16th March, 1830, it has
(regarding his mother) by Ann, the fourth daughter of Thomas Stephenson
Esq.
I believe Lady Ann Farquhar (Harvie nee Stevenson) was the daughter of
Thomas Stevenson, and that Thomas was the son of Alexander.
Searching the IGI, I find that Thomas and Elizabeth Stevenson, had two children I can find, Thomas Stevenson, bapt. 10th March 1727 at saint Michael's Barbados and Ann Stevenson, bapt. 2nd Sept 1738 also at Saint Michael's. We know Ann was the fourth daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stevenson, so there are more siblings I have not found. Ann Stevenson
would have been 24 years of age, when she married Dr. Thomas Harvie in Jamaica in 1762. Their daughter born circa 1762, was named Elizabeth,
after her maternal grandmother. Widow Ann Harvie (nee Stevenson) would
have been 33 years of age, when she married Sir Walter Farquhar, on 20th
June 1771 at Saint Mary-St Marylebone in London.
With regards to Thomas Stevenson, Lady Ann Farquhar's father, I have
found by searching the Net, he was an observer in 1759 of the arrival of Haley's Comment in 1759, and wrote many articles on his observations.
Thomas Stevenson, was a platation owner and former Surveyor General of
the Caribbean Island of Barbados. He initially observed the comet on 21 March, making him apparently the first person to recover it after
perihelion. Some of his subsequest observations were made in the last
week of April, when the commet temporaily dipped below the southern
horizon of European observers. Thomas Stevenson died in 1764.
Thomas Stevenson appears to have had a brother William, however, I do
not know very much about him.
In the the Biographical Index for 1821, regarding the life of Sir Walter Farquhar, the second husband of Lady Ann Farquhar (Harvie nee
Stevenson), it states that Sir Walter Farquhar had married Mrs. Harvie,
whose husband had been a Physician of some eminence in Jamaica and by
this lady he had serveral sons and daughters.
If only I could find out more about this eminent doctor, Thomas Harvie,
and his family, was he born in the Caribbean or Scotland? Most of all, I
very much would like to find out the year of his death. It appears he
did have two brothers who were also in the Caribbean, Henry and
Alexander.
Once again, thank you so much for the information you have given me
Frances, it is very much appreciated.
Regards,
Janice
In a very warm and humid Old Sydney Town
Australia
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Here are some links I have found which may, or may not, be of help:

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Slavery_Family_and_Gentry_Capitalism_in/NFDUyV_BYAYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Slavery,+Family+and+Gentry+Capitalism+in+the+British+Atlantic+harvie+farquar&pg=PA203&printsec=frontcover

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652875

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