Letitia Laird (née Cunningham)

???? - 7th Nov 1824


Biography

"Now residing in England" - 1817. This has been inferred to be Letitia Laird nee Cunningham, co-heir with her sister Ann Martin (q.v.) of James Cunningham of Chesterfield estate (q.v.).

  1. Burial of Letitia Laird aged 86 13/11/1824 at Bristol, Gloucs.

  2. Letitia, relict of James Laird esq, formerly of Chesterfield in the parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica, died at Westbury-upon-Trym 07/11/1824, “having nearly completed her 86th year”. She is commemorated on the same memorial inscription as Letitia, wife of James Gale Senior, in St Paul’s Church, Bristol; this Letitia Senior was a daughter of Lewis Burwell Martin and his wife Ann, nee Cunningham, and was probably Letitia Laird’s niece.


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com, England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database online].

  2. Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 2 p. 308. This source also states Letitia Laird was "evidently the mother" of Letitia Senior, wife of James Gale Senior, though this is incorrect.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Maiden Name
Cunningham
Spouse
James Laird

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
1755 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Heir

Reportedly co-heir with her sister Ann Martin nee Cunningham.

1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (2)

Niece → Uncle
Notes →
Reportedly co-heir with her sister Ann Martin of their uncle James Cunningham of Chesterfield...
Sisters
Notes →
Reportedly co-heir with her sister Ann Martin of their uncle James Cunningham of Chesterfield...

Addresses (1)

Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England