Dr Laurence Hunter
Profile & Legacies Summary
1734 - 1820
Claimant or beneficiary
Biography
The heirs of Dr Laurence Hunter lodged an unsuccessful counterclaim for the compensation for enslaved people on Lunna estate, Jamaica.
- "Hunter, Laurence, born 1734, son of Robert Hunter of Lunna, a physician who settled at Pinos, Jamaica, died 1820. Apprenticed to William Edmonston, a surgeon apothecary in Leith on 6 September 1753. Husband of (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Jackson, parents of Thomas and Ursula, (2) Mary, daughter of William Payne, parents of Laurence and Mary."
Sources
T71/856 St Mary claim no. 101 (Lunna). Original claim by T.L. Yates as owner-in-fee. Counterclaims from family members of Dr Laurence Hunter.
- David Dobson, Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The Northern Isles (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008) p. 41.
Further Information
Absentee?
British/Irish?
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Occupation
Physician
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Associated Claims (1)
Associated Estates (4)
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
- SD - Association Start Date
- SY - Association Start Year
- EA - Earliest Known Association
- ED - Association End Date
- EY - Association End Year
- LA - Latest Known Association
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1799 [EA] - → Owner
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1810 [EA] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - → Owner
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