P_10433_0673 – Laurence Galdy
London West India merchant and slave-trader, in partnership with his brother Lewis Galdy in Jamaica. Co-owner of six slaving voyages from London between 1700 and 1705, to Cabinda, Gold Coast and unspecified African ports, all but one destined for Jamaica. In his will, translated from French, Laurence Galdy urged his wife not to insist on 1/3rd of his estate (as was her right under their marriage settlement) because of the complexity of his partnership affairs with his brother, but instead to ‘retake’ from his estate the £2920 for her portion that he had put into the partnership.
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First name: Laurence
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Last name: Galdy
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Susanna Hays
Spouse (married 14/01/1701)
Married at St Stephen Coleman Street.
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Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: Yes
Inferred to have been born in France. His will of 1716 was made in French and translated.
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Sources: PROB 11/551/181 C 6/417/58
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Crossings (6)
33502 - Don Carlos (1702 - 1703)
Role: Owner
21353 - Susanna (1704 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21337 - Lewis (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
21313 - Lewis (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
20937 - Two Brothers (1705 - 1706)
Role: Owner
20207 - Don Carlos (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
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Death
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Burial
Date: 26/03/1716
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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City of London (Middlesex)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Will of Lawrence Galdy of London merchant made 19/03/1716. He said he wished to be buried in the church of St Peters Le Poor [sic] 'between the pulpit and the table of the communion.' He had he said received for the portion and rights of his wife Susanna three sums amounting to £2920 'which said whole sum was brought into the Trade in co-partnership between me and my brother Lewis Galdy in Jamaica.' His wife was entitled either to retake the £2920 or to have 1/3rd of Laurence Galdy's estate after his death, and he urged her given the difficulty of a liquidation of his estate or effects 'which are joynted with those of my said brother' to take back the £2920. He left his residual estate to his daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna and Jane at 21 or at marriage. He asked the this debt from John Sabatier not be collected for 4 years after his death, and expressed regret that 'I am not in a condition of making a gift thereof' to Sabatier.
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