UCL

Alexander Rankin

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of Thornton in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Deceased by 1809. Possibly also the Alexander Rankin who contributed £9 10s to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 76, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Associated Estates (2)

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
1805 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Previous owner
Thornton [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1800 [EA] - → Owner
Thornton [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]