Stewart, John
From AngloScottish
Dates | 1749 | ||
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Location | London | ||
Vocation | Sailor | ||
Place of Birth | Glasgow | ||
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Place of birth | Source | Old Bailey Online, OA17490804 |
Executed at Tyburn for highway robbery. 24 years old at the time of his death. Apprenticed to a collier at 15, but fled after two years and joined the navy at London. Served on the ship 'Maidstone', but ceased sailing after she was sunk, and turned instead to a life of robbery.