John Lynd Timeline



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April 1752RibchesterJohn Lynd, son of Adam Lynd, farmer in Dutton, is born.
1.10.1774QuebecJohn Lynd, David Lynd, John Renaud, John Burke and James Sinclair petition the crown for a House of Assembly.
9.12.1776QuebecAn 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.
8.30.1777Henry VAJohn Lynd takes an oath renouncing King George III.
10.06.1777QuebecLynd files suit against Richard Winstone for 18 pounds Quebec currency for goods unpaid for.
4.20.1778Aylsham, EnglandLynd signs a church warden register at Aylsham Parish.
2.13.1779QuebecDavid Lynd handles financial matters while brother John Lynd is away in England.
2.13.1779QuebecDavid Lynd and his brother Jean Lynd became obligated to pay the sum of 3,600 livres to fulfill a purchase agreement originally made with Pierre Delezenne.
9.9.1779LondonLynd signs a subscription letter at United Parishes of St. George the martyr and St. Andrew, Holborn.
June 1780High Court of AdmiraltyLynd appears in court papers regarding a captured British vessel by the French.
1.23.1781Rowan NCLynd’s will is produced. Witnesses are Margaret and Janet Young.
2.3.1781Rowan NCThe British Army move into Salisbury and stay 2-3 days.
5.7.1781Rowan NCLynd’s probate is proved in court by Samuel Young.
12.13.1781QuebecJohn Lynd is elected Grand Master of St. Andrew’s Lodge
1.20.1782QuebecMaster Lynd holds a lodge meeting.
10.1.1782East GuatemalaJuan Linde’s property is used as a boundary reference.
11.10.1782Dobbs FerryJohn Lynd and Andrew Cameron appear in correspondence to George Washington as providing rations to Canadian prisoners of war.
6.15.1784QuebecJohn Lynd is a participant in a financial transaction between Michel Cornud and Charles Giraud de Bossertin.
3.10.1785QuebecLynd and Constant Freeman Senior petition for land for public worship.
4.16.1785LancashireAndrew Cameron is sentenced to seven years transportation overseas for a felony theft conviction.
4.5.1786QuebecJohn Lynd and James Sinclair assume curatorship of the late Britannia Frankling’s estate.
7.29.1786QuebecLynd corresponds with loyalist Stephen Tuttle about the benefits of Free Masonry.
2.13.1788QuebecJames Ward accepts reimbursement for Lynd for nails provided to the Canadian military.
12.19.1788QuebecAlexander Mcpherson is unable to pay Lynd and other creditors. He offers property as repayment.
10.20.1790QuebecLynd and others write to James Perry, Deputy Grand Master.
11.12.1790QuebecLynd and others again write to James Perry, Deputy Grand Master.
6.13.1791QuebecLynd and others hold an emergency Lodge meeting.
12.16.1793QuebecJohn Lynd, acting as attorney for the Guthries, sells land to David Lynd for 700 pounds.
3.31.1794QuebecLynd acts as an advisor in a curatorship case.
12.27.1795QuebecLynd has Sillery estate land surveyed.
3.10.1796QuebecLynd and others petition for land.
6.3.1796QuebecLynd helps John Gordon secure a liquor license.
November 1796QuebecJohn Lynd is appointed surety for Captain John Robinson of the 2nd Battalion of his majesty’s 60th regiment.
11.7.1797QuebecJohn Lynd and James Ward are mentioned in a financial agreement involving John Young and Peter Stuart.
3.19.1798QuebecLynd submits a memorial on behalf of Lauchlan McLean.
1799QuebecLynd is listed as a Captain in the British militia – Quebec battalion.
1.31.1799QuebecLynd is appointed guardian of minor Ann Elizabeth Hurst’s estate.
7.17.1799New OrleansLynd receives a land grant from Juan Ventura Morales.
7.17.1799New OrleansAn un-named woman gives power of attorney to Juan Linde – Guy Duplantier’s property is used as a boundary line.
8.19.1799QuebecJohn Lynd assists the Widow Doucet with her financial affairs.
8.21.1799QuebecLynd sells two farms on the Sillery Estate.
10.31.1799QuebecLynd has repairs done at the Sillery Estate.
3.8.1800QuebecLynd is suspected of being Jesuit by George III.
7.10.1801Rapides LALynd’s property is used as a reference point for a land transaction.
7.30.1801New OrleansApplication for marriage license with Rosetta Ramos
Feb. 1802Baton RougeJuan Linde submits a formal petition to Spanish authorities asserting a Spanish-era land claim.
5.22.1802New OrleansLynd receives another large shipment of goods on the ship Rebecca.
June 1802District of ColumbiaThomas Beale endorses a note to John Lynd to resolve a financial dispute with another party.
6.4.1802New OrleansLynd receives a large shipment of goods on the ship Rebecca.
8.21.1802New OrleansLynd acts as an arbitrator in a Spanish court case.
10.5.1802QuebecLynd and others petition George III for land for a Presbyterian church.
10.7.1802New OrleansJuan Linde receives permission to sell an American vessel.
10.8.1802New OrleansThe 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.
11.28.1802New OrleansLynd’s spouse, Rosetta Ramos, dies.
1803Rapides, LAJuan Linde receives a 400 arpent land grant.
1.29.1803Quebec400-acre land grant in Milton, Shefford
8.1.1803Claiborne MSLynd gives power of attorney to Joseph Vidal for a land transaction with Abner Green.
8.31.1803New OrleansJohn Lynd, George Pollock and Andrew Burke appear on a list of citizens born in Great Britain.
9.26.1803West FloridaLynd applies for land in Spanish West Florida.
10.13.1803Quebec“Curatorship of the late John Lynd”.
October 1803Mississippi RiverShip voyage from Quebec to New Orleans with Charles Aubrey.
11.14.1803QuebecLynd’s obituary is printed in the Montreal Gazette.
12.12.1803QuebecJesuit 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.
1804MS TerritoryLynd sells William Simpson 40,000 arpens on Pascagoula River for $20K for the House of Panton.
3.2.1804QuebecJames Ward appoints new guardian to the deceased John Lynd’s nephew Hutchinson Lynd
3.9.1804QuebecJesuit property commission holds a meeting concerning the consequences of the death without inheritance of John Lynd, tenant of the Sillery Estate.
3.15.1804Baton RougeLynd claims 32,000 arpents.
4.1.1804QuebecJames Ward is summoned to surrender the Sillery estate to Jesuits.
4.27.1804Baton RougeThe survey plans and appraisals for Juan Linde’s 40,000-arpent concession were formally submitted to the Spanish Fiscal for review.
10.4.1804Mobile, ALLynd deeds land to William Simpson.
11.7.1804JamaicaLynd notarizes the will of Charles de Menard.
7.24.1805New OrleansConstant Freeman gives Abiniael Nicoll power of attorney with notary John Lynd.
8.5.1805New OrleansCharles Aubrey takes oath of citizenship. John Lynd, notary.
12.2.1805New OrleansLynd 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.
7.21.1806West FloridaSpanish intendant Morales grants Lynd 32K arpents.
9.9.1806Rapides LALynd petitions for land. With Juan Ventura Morales.
12.9.1806New OrleansCaptain in Du Bourg’s battalion
5.8.1807New OrleansLynd and others publicly support James Wilkinson following the Aaron Burr scandal.
8.11.1808Baton RougeLynd conveys 15,000 arpents to John Forbes.
1.10.1811Charleston, SCLynd is involved in a land transaction pertaining to West Florida with William Simpson and John Forbes.
1.21.1811Charlottesville, VAThomas Jefferson writes Lynd about colonizing free negroes in Liberia.
2.15.1811Wilkinson MSSamuel C. Young mortgages his 800-acre plantation to William Simpson. John Lynd, notary.
7.1.1811New OrleansSued by former Lafayette aide de camp Guy Duplantier for unpaid funds.
1812LouisianaIntendant general of W. Florida notes an error made in the title of lands owned by John Lind.
3.18.1813New OrleansJohn Lynd subpoenas David Stower on John Daley’s behalf for the payment of $500.
9.28.1813New OrleansDon Carlos de Grand Pre requests the survey of 32,025 arpents of land for John Lynd.
12.21.1813New OrleansJoseph 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 1814New OrleansFrancis Riley files suit against Lynd in the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
5.10.1814Claiborne, TNLand transaction
9.29.1814New OrleansJohn Lynd documents the statement of the master of the Spanish schooner Comet, owned by Don Fayme of Pensacola.
12.23.1814New OrleansLynd captured by British while visiting Jacques Villere’s estate.
1815New OrleansLynd notarizes a transaction between Beverly Chew and Miniere.
4.1.1815NatchezDebt settlement involving Richard Relf, George Pollock, WCC Claiborne and Daniel Clark.
11.1.1815Williamson, TNLand transaction with George Pollock
1.22.1818Davidson, TNLand transaction with Jacques Villere
3.10.1818New OrleansLynd notarizes a lease and release transaction between Miniere, Beverly Chew, and The Corporation.
5.18.1818New OrleansWilliam 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.
11.06.1818New OrleansLynd holds a meeting at his estate to determine the curatorship of orphan Louisa Burke.
1870U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. Lynde
1.26.1873New OrleansHenrietta Lynd applies for a widow’s pension.
6.10.1910U.S. House of RepresentativesA House committee publishes a report regarding Myra Clark Gaines’ court case against Lynd’s estate.