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John Reid senior of Long Pond

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1777

Biography

'John Reid senior' was shown as the owner of Long Pond in Jamaica 1775-1776; and the late John Reid was shown as pwner 1780-1800.

John Reid was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 1000 acres of land in St James.

John Reid senior contributed £42 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. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Associated Estates (2)

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] - 1776 [LA] → Owner
Long Pond Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]
1780 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Previous owner
Long Pond Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

Registered to 'heirs of John Reid Esq.' and variants: in 1787 to 'heirs of John Reid senior'.

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania...... 
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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. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...