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Richard Lewing

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Biography

Richard Lewing was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 100 acres of land in St Catherine.

Richard Lewing contributed £14 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 73, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

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
1762 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Attorney
Ackendown [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1766 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Attorney
Bull Head Pen [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1754 [EA] - → Attorney
Esher Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Legacies Summary

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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 73, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...