John Halliday of Antigua

???? - 1779


Biography

Father of John Delap Halliday, Francis Delap Halliday (q.v.) and Margaret Delap Wilson nee Halliday..

  1. Will of John Halliday of Antigua proved 16/11/1779. Under the will (made in 1776) he honoured an annuity of £400 p.a. left by his father-in-law to his wife Elizabeth and increased it to £800 p.a., of which £400 p.a was to be charged on his estate called Weatherills Popeshead of Dickinson's Bay sold by the Deputy Provost Marshal by virtue of sundry executions against Charles Pym Weatherill (Weatherills was left subject to this annuity to his son Francis Delap Halliday), and £400 p.a. to the rest of his property which he left to his residuary heir John Delap Halliday after monetary legacies, including £150 each to his son-in-law and daughter Richard and Margaret Willson (he had he said already given them £20,000) and £500 and an annuity of £50 p.a. to a man named Thomas Halliday on Antigua, clearly a natural son.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1058/269.

Further Information

Spouse
Elizabeth Delap
Children
John Delap Halliday; Francis Delap Halliday; Margaret Delap Halliday

Associated Estates (9)

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
1774 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Seller
1776 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1763 [SY] - 1771 [EY] → Tenant-for-life
1771 [SY] - 1779 [EY] → Owner
- 1779 [EY] → Owner
- 1779 [EY] → Owner
1777 [SY] - 1779 [EY] → Owner
1776 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
- 1779 [EY] → Owner

Relationships (4)

Father → Son
Grandfather → Grandson
Father → Son
Father-in-law → Son-in-law