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Dr Laurence Hunter

Profile & Legacies Summary

1734 - 1820

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

The heirs of Dr Laurence Hunter lodged an unsuccessful counterclaim for the compensation for enslaved people on Lunna estate, Jamaica.

  1. "Hunter, Laurence, born 1734, son of Robert Hunter of Lunna, a physician who settled at Pinos, Jamaica, died 1820. Apprenticed to William Edmonston, a surgeon apothecary in Leith on 6 September 1753. Husband of (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Jackson, parents of Thomas and Ursula, (2) Mary, daughter of William Payne, parents of Laurence and Mary."

Sources

T71/856 St Mary claim no. 101 (Lunna). Original claim by T.L. Yates as owner-in-fee. Counterclaims from family members of Dr Laurence Hunter.

  1. David Dobson, Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The Northern Isles (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008) p. 41.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?
Occupation
Physician

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Mary 101 (Lunna)
£1,800 15s 1d
Beneficiary unsuccessful
Details

Associated Estates (4)

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
1799 [EA] - → Owner
Lunna [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1810 [EA] - 1820 [EY] → Owner
Lunna [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1820 [EA] - → Previous owner
Richmond Park Pen [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]
1817 [EA] - → Owner
urban (Kingston) [ Jamaica | Kingston ]