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Jacob Kirkman

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1792

Biography

Renowned London harpsichord maker who appeared in a deed of 1775 concerning a mortgage over the Rosalie estate [and enslaved people] on Dominica. His will proved 13/06/1792 referred to money owed to him by General O'Hara (q.v., under Charles O'Hara) and Robert Browne as well as Henry Lawes Luttrell (q.v.).


Sources

PROB 11/1220/76.

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
1775 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Rosalie [ Dominica ]

Buckinghamshire Archives D-D/18/27 Title: Declaration of Trust Description: (i) Thomas Goostrey of St. James's Westminster, gentleman. (ii) Elizabeth Dutens of Leicester Square, parish of St. Ann, Westminster, widow, Elizabeth Noel of Cavendish Square, St. Marylebone, widow; John Dashwood King of Halton, esquire, Peregrine Furye of parish of St. George, Hanover Square, esquire, Jacob Kirkman of parish of St. James, harpsicord maker. Declaration by i that sum of £7000 in mortgage of Rosali Plantation in parish of St. David, Dominica belonged to ii. Date: 9th September, 1775

Addresses (1)

Crooms Hill, Greenwich, Kent, London, England
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