John Ryburn

Profile & Legacies Summary

1766 - 1844

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Glasgow merchant, partner in Guthrie and Ryburn of Grenada, Leitch and Smith of Glasgow (q.v.), and James Finlay/Finlay Hodgson (q.v.) until 1836. Trustee for Robert Mackay & Co. Son of David Ryburn of Campbelton, brother of Thomas Ryburn of Jamaica.

Will of John Ryburn merchant of Glasgow Lanarkshire proved 03/01/1845. Among several legacies usually of £200 each to Glasgow charities and institutions, he bequeathed £100 to the Merchants House. His trustees were his nephews John and Thomas McCunn of Greenock and Robert McCunn of Glasgow. He left £10,000 to Margaret McCunn [their sister], only daughter of the late Thomas McCunn of Greenock and Mary Ryburn. His residuary heirs are his four nephews - John, Thomas, Robert and Archibald McCunn.

Sources

The History of the Ryburns - America http://www.netspeed.com.au/rryburn/USA.html [accessed 22/02/2011].

PROB 11/2011/126.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

University

Glasgow [1779 ]

Occupation

Merchant

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (2)

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

1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Not known

Millenium Hall [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Millennium Hall was shown against Leitch & Smith for 1810-11 (Jamaica Almanacs 1811 and 1812). The Glasgow merchant firm had a branch in Kingston Jamaica.

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner

Unknown [ Grenada | St George ]