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David Olyphant

Profile & Legacies Summary

1720 - 1804

Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, owner of St Iago in Clarendon 1773-1775. Given as David Oliphant in the Accounts Produce. Almost certainly David Olyphant of South Carolina, nephew and heir of David, Lord Olyphant (q.v.).


Sources

Ed. D. McDougall, Scots and Scots' Descendants in America (1917) pp. 324-325. Life-dates are approximate: other sources give 1723-1805.

Further Information

Absentee?
USA?

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
1773 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Owner
St Jago Estate and Pen [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Paintings
Portrait of Dr David Olyphant (1720 or 1723-1805) attributed to Samuel Finley Breese Morse (possibly from a previous engraving by another hand). Now in the Larz Anderson house, Washington... 
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Relationships (1)

David Olyphant
Nephew → Uncle
Rt Hon. David Olyphant soi-disant Baron of Scotland
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