John Lynd Timeline

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DATE	LOCATION	PARTICULARS	SOURCE
April 1752	Ribchester	John Lynd, son of Adam Lynd, farmer in Dutton, is born.
1.10.1774	Quebec	John Lynd, David Lynd, John Renaud, John Burke and James Sinclair petition the crown for a House of Assembly.
9.12.1776	Quebec	An agreement was made in Québec between the Dumont family and their creditors involving a settlement of debts. Key participants are Jean Renaud and John Lynd.
8.30.1777	Henry VA	John Lynd takes an oath renouncing King George III.
10.06.1777	Quebec	Lynd files suit against Richard Winstone for 18 pounds Quebec currency for goods unpaid for.
4.20.1778	Aylsham, England	Lynd signs a church warden register at Aylsham Parish.
2.13.1779	Quebec	David Lynd handles financial matters while brother John Lynd is away in England.
2.13.1779	Quebec	David Lynd and his brother Jean Lynd became obligated to pay the sum of 3,600 livres to fulfill a purchase agreement originally made with Pierre Delezenne.
9.9.1779	London	Lynd signs a subscription letter at United Parishes of St. George the martyr and St. Andrew, Holborn.
June 1780	High Court of Admiralty	Lynd appears in court papers regarding a captured British vessel by the French.
1.23.1781	Rowan NC	Lynd’s will is produced. Witnesses are Margaret and Janet Young.
2.3.1781	Rowan NC	The British Army move into Salisbury and stay 2-3 days.
5.7.1781	Rowan NC	Lynd’s probate is proved in court by Samuel Young.
12.13.1781	Quebec	John Lynd is elected Grand Master of St. Andrew’s Lodge
1.20.1782	Quebec	Master Lynd holds a lodge meeting.
10.1.1782	East Guatemala	Juan Linde’s property is used as a boundary reference.
11.10.1782	Dobbs Ferry	John Lynd and Andrew Cameron appear in correspondence to George Washington as providing rations to Canadian prisoners of war.
6.15.1784	Quebec	John Lynd is a participant in a financial transaction between Michel Cornud and Charles Giraud de Bossertin.
3.10.1785	Quebec	Lynd and Constant Freeman Senior petition for land for public worship.
4.16.1785	Lancashire	Andrew Cameron is sentenced to seven years transportation overseas for a felony theft conviction.
4.5.1786	Quebec	John Lynd and James Sinclair assume curatorship of the late Britannia Frankling’s estate.
7.29.1786	Quebec	Lynd corresponds with loyalist Stephen Tuttle about the benefits of Free Masonry.
2.13.1788	Quebec	James Ward accepts reimbursement for Lynd for nails provided to the Canadian military.
12.19.1788	Quebec	Alexander Mcpherson is unable to pay Lynd and other creditors. He offers property as repayment.
10.20.1790	Quebec	Lynd and others write to James Perry, Deputy Grand Master.
11.12.1790	Quebec	Lynd and others again write to James Perry, Deputy Grand Master.
6.13.1791	Quebec	Lynd and others hold an emergency Lodge meeting.
12.16.1793	Quebec	John Lynd, acting as attorney for the Guthries, sells land to David Lynd for 700 pounds.
3.31.1794	Quebec	Lynd acts as an advisor in a curatorship case.
12.27.1795	Quebec	Lynd has Sillery estate land surveyed.
3.10.1796	Quebec	Lynd and others petition for land.
6.3.1796	Quebec	Lynd helps John Gordon secure a liquor license.
November 1796	Quebec	John Lynd is appointed surety for Captain John Robinson of the 2nd Battalion of his majesty’s 60th regiment.
11.7.1797	Quebec	John Lynd and James Ward are mentioned in a financial agreement involving John Young and Peter Stuart.
3.19.1798	Quebec	Lynd submits a memorial on behalf of Lauchlan McLean.
1799	Quebec	Lynd is listed as a Captain in the British militia – Quebec battalion.
1.31.1799	Quebec	Lynd is appointed guardian of minor Ann Elizabeth Hurst’s estate.
7.17.1799	New Orleans	Lynd receives a land grant from Juan Ventura Morales.
7.17.1799	New Orleans	An un-named woman gives power of attorney to Juan Linde – Guy Duplantier’s property is used as a boundary line.
8.19.1799	Quebec	John Lynd assists the Widow Doucet with her financial affairs.
8.21.1799	Quebec	Lynd sells two farms on the Sillery Estate.
10.31.1799	Quebec	Lynd has repairs done at the Sillery Estate.
3.8.1800	Quebec	Lynd is suspected of being Jesuit by George III.
7.10.1801	Rapides LA	Lynd’s property is used as a reference point for a land transaction.
7.30.1801	New Orleans	Application for marriage license with Rosetta Ramos
Feb. 1802	Baton Rouge	Juan Linde submits a formal petition to Spanish authorities asserting a Spanish-era land claim.
5.22.1802	New Orleans	Lynd receives another large shipment of goods on the ship Rebecca.
June 1802	District of Columbia	Thomas Beale endorses a note to John Lynd to resolve a financial dispute with another party.
6.4.1802	New Orleans	Lynd receives a large shipment of goods on the ship Rebecca.
8.21.1802	New Orleans	Lynd acts as an arbitrator in a Spanish court case.
10.5.1802	Quebec	Lynd and others petition George III for land for a Presbyterian church.
10.7.1802	New Orleans	Juan Linde receives permission to sell an American vessel.
10.8.1802	New Orleans	The Cabildo identifies Juan Lind as agent for the American vessel La Bee, acting on their behalf in a formal proceeding before the Fiscal and Tribunal.
11.28.1802	New Orleans	Lynd’s spouse, Rosetta Ramos, dies.
1803	Rapides, LA	Juan Linde receives a 400 arpent land grant.
1.29.1803	Quebec	400-acre land grant in Milton, Shefford
8.1.1803	Claiborne MS	Lynd gives power of attorney to Joseph Vidal for a land transaction with Abner Green.
8.31.1803	New Orleans	John Lynd, George Pollock and Andrew Burke appear on a list of citizens born in Great Britain.
9.26.1803	West Florida	Lynd applies for land in Spanish West Florida.
10.13.1803	Quebec	“Curatorship of the late John Lynd”.
October 1803	Mississippi River	Ship voyage from Quebec to New Orleans with Charles Aubrey.
11.14.1803	Quebec	Lynd’s obituary is printed in the Montreal Gazette.
12.12.1803	Quebec	Jesuit property agent Michel Berthelot informs Jesuit property commission secretary George Pyke that the Sillery Estate is vacant and asks for instructions to lease the estate.
1804	MS Territory	Lynd sells William Simpson 40,000 arpens on Pascagoula River for $20K for the House of Panton.
3.2.1804	Quebec	James Ward appoints new guardian to the deceased John Lynd’s nephew Hutchinson Lynd
3.9.1804	Quebec	Jesuit property commission holds a meeting concerning the consequences of the death without inheritance of John Lynd, tenant of the Sillery Estate.
3.15.1804	Baton Rouge	Lynd claims 32,000 arpents.
4.1.1804	Quebec	James Ward is summoned to surrender the Sillery estate to Jesuits.
4.27.1804	Baton Rouge	The survey plans and appraisals for Juan Linde’s 40,000-arpent concession were formally submitted to the Spanish Fiscal for review.
10.4.1804	Mobile, AL	Lynd deeds land to William Simpson.
11.7.1804	Jamaica	Lynd notarizes the will of Charles de Menard.
7.24.1805	New Orleans	Constant Freeman gives Abiniael Nicoll power of attorney with notary John Lynd.
8.5.1805	New Orleans	Charles Aubrey takes oath of citizenship. John Lynd, notary.
12.2.1805	New Orleans	Lynd notarizes a document empowering Joseph Fry to act on behalf of the New Orleans Insurance Company in seeking the release and recovery of vessels and cargoes detained in the Bahama Islands.
7.21.1806	West Florida	Spanish intendant Morales grants Lynd 32K arpents.
9.9.1806	Rapides LA	Lynd petitions for land. With Juan Ventura Morales.
12.9.1806	New Orleans	Captain in Du Bourg’s battalion
5.8.1807	New Orleans	Lynd and others publicly support James Wilkinson following the Aaron Burr scandal.
8.11.1808	Baton Rouge	Lynd conveys 15,000 arpents to John Forbes.
1.10.1811	Charleston, SC	Lynd is involved in a land transaction pertaining to West Florida with William Simpson and John Forbes.
1.21.1811	Charlottesville, VA	Thomas Jefferson writes Lynd about colonizing free negroes in Liberia.
2.15.1811	Wilkinson MS	Samuel C. Young mortgages his 800-acre plantation to William Simpson. John Lynd, notary.
7.1.1811	New Orleans	Sued by former Lafayette aide de camp Guy Duplantier for unpaid funds.
1812	Louisiana	Intendant general of W. Florida notes an error made in the title of lands owned by John Lind.
3.18.1813	New Orleans	John Lynd subpoenas David Stower on John Daley’s behalf for the payment of $500.
9.28.1813	New Orleans	Don Carlos de Grand Pre requests the survey of 32,025 arpents of land for John Lynd.
12.21.1813	New Orleans	Joseph Decar petitions the court stating that John Lynd owes him $345 for house rent and has refused to pay or vacate the house despite repeated requests.
February 1814	New Orleans	Francis Riley files suit against Lynd in the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
5.10.1814	Claiborne, TN	Land transaction
9.29.1814	New Orleans	John Lynd documents the statement of the master of the Spanish schooner Comet, owned by Don Fayme of Pensacola.
12.23.1814	New Orleans	Lynd captured by British while visiting Jacques Villere’s estate.
1815	New Orleans	Lynd notarizes a transaction between Beverly Chew and Miniere.
4.1.1815	Natchez	Debt settlement involving Richard Relf, George Pollock, WCC Claiborne and Daniel Clark.
11.1.1815	Williamson, TN	Land transaction with George Pollock
1.22.1818	Davidson, TN	Land transaction with Jacques Villere
3.10.1818	New Orleans	Lynd notarizes a lease and release transaction between Miniere, Beverly Chew, and The Corporation.
5.18.1818	New Orleans	William Davis of Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, appeared before Notary Public John Lynd in New Orleans to grant power of attorney to Gordon Thompson and Company of Nassau, Bahamas.
11.06.1818	New Orleans	Lynd holds a meeting at his estate to determine the curatorship of orphan Louisa Burke.
1870	U.S. Supreme Court	United States v. Lynde
1.26.1873	New Orleans	Henrietta Lynd applies for a widow’s pension.
6.10.1910	U.S. House of Representatives	A House committee publishes a report regarding Myra Clark Gaines’ court case against Lynd’s estate.

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