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Samuel Crookshank or Cruikshank Baillie

Profile & Legacies Summary

1743 - 1790

Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident, dying there in 1790.

  1. John Reid of St Thomas-in-the-East changed his name to John Reid Baillie in accordance with the will of his uncle Samuel Crookshank Bailie of St Thomas-in-the-East in 1792.

  2. Baillie, Samuel Cruickshank, born 1743 died at Morant Bay 1790; [Jamaica - Death of] Samuel Crookshanks Baillie, Esquire.


Sources

  1. London Chronicle Vol. LXXII No. 5610 Wednesday August 1st 1792, from the London Gazette July 31 1792.

  2. David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857 Vol. I p. 8; Gentleman's Magazine for the year 1790 Vol. LX Part I p. 476.

Further Information

Absentee?

Associated Estates (1)

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
1790 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
Leith Hall [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (2)

Samuel Crookshank or Cruikshank Baillie
Uncle → Nephew
John Reid Baillie formerly John Reid
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Samuel Crookshank or Cruikshank Baillie
Other relatives
James Baillie of Jamaica
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The two men were successively owners of Leith Hall in St Thomas-in-the-East and were shown by David Dobson as connected with Morant Bay. They were possibly...