UCL

David Laing

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1800

Biography

Owner of Peter's Valley in St George, Jamaica. Died in London in 1800.

  1. Will of David Laing of Harley Street proved 27/11/1800. In the will, which was an elaborate trust will for his wife and [unnamed] children, he said that the Peters' Valley coffee estate had been conveyed to him as purchaser, that it had been intended for his brother John Laing, to whom he had lent £5000, but that he now regarded the estate as his.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1350/205

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Mary

Associated Estates (1)

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
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
Peter's Valley [ Jamaica | St George ]

Relationships (1)

David Laing
Father → Son
Rev. David Laing
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Notes →
Inferred relationship. It is known that the father of Rev. David Laing was David Laing 'of Jamaica'...

Addresses (1)

Harley Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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