David Lynd (1745 – June 29, 1802) was a

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and political figure in

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. He is believed to have been born in

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around 1745. In 1767, he was named

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clerk for the Court of Common Pleas of Quebec and register of the

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. He served as a lieutenant in the militia during the

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invasion of Quebec in 1775–6. In 1777, he was named clerk of the peace and clerk of the crown. He served as coroner for Quebec District from 1779 to 1792. Lynd bought the rights to the fief of Sasseville in 1779 with his brother John; he became sole owner in 1785. In 1789, with others, he built a toll bridge over the Saint-Charles River. He was elected to the

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for Quebec County in 1792. In 1794, Lynd was named prothonotary and register of the court for Quebec District and, in 1795, clerk for the Court of General Sessions of the Peace. Lynd owned

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s and voted against a bill in 1793 which would have abolished slavery in Lower Canada. He owned a number of properties near the town of Quebec. He died at Quebec in 1802.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynd, David 1740s births 1802 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Canadian coroners 18th-century Scottish people Pre-Confederation Quebec people 18th-century Canadian civil servants