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Alexander James Findlater

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1815

Biography

Slave-owner of Jamaica, dying in London in 1815. His ownership appears to have flowed from his wife.

  1. 'Jan. 8 [1815] In Little Stanhope Street, [death of] Alexander James Findlater esq., of the island of Jamaica.'

Sources

  1. Gentlemen's Magazine Vol. 85 (being the eighth of a new Series), Pt. 1, Jan-June 1815, p. 180.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
Susannah Jane

Associated Estates (3)

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
1830 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
Durn (sp?) [ Jamaica | St James ]
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
Friendship [ Jamaica | St James ]
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Joint owner
Friendship [ Jamaica | St James ]

Relationships (2)

Alexander James Findlater
Husband → Wife
Susannah Jane Findlater
Details
Alexander James Findlater
Business associates
John Ruddock
Details
Notes →
Co-owners of Friendship and Durn estates in St James,...