John Gale Vidal

1792 - 1850


Biography

Resident planter and attorney in Jamaica, long-serving Clerk of the House of Assembly, eldest son and principal heir of John James Vidal and Elizabeth Wade Vidal (both of whom q.v).


Sources

B. W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 88.

 


Further Information

Spouse
Georgina Archbould
Occupation
Planter and attorney

Associated Claims (14)

£936 10s 1d
Awardee
£225 12s 10d
Awardee
£118 6s 4d
Awardee
£279 6s 5d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£114 6s 4d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
£115 19s 10d
Awardee
£190 15s 4d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
£1,733 6s 4d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£339 11s 5d
Awardee
£26 12s 2d
Awardee
£231 6s 2d
Awardee
£2,804 4s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£19 10s 10d
Other association
£235 5s 2d
Other association

Associated Estates (8)

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
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1834 [EA] - → Not known
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1820 [EA] - → Executor
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Lessee

Relationships (4)

Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Son → Father
Son → Mother