LUNING

Jacob William (3 child of Me in hard Conrad Luning 1732–83, pastor of Hamelvörden, Hanover). b. Hamelvörden 19 May 1767; came to London 1790, a boarder at Duff’s school, Tooting; naturalised 1796; book-keeper in some of the first mercantile houses in the city down to 1858; admitted a member of Morden college, Black heath 30 March 1859; m. at Spalding, Lincs. 4 Aug. 1796 Eleanor dau. of captain Sands and had i ue 15 children. d. Morden college, Black heath 23 June 1870 aged 103. Thoms’ Human longevity (1879) 255–63. Note. —Having insured his life for £200 in the Equitable Society at the age of 36 namely in 1803, the bonuses at his death had raised the policy to £1292 10s., the largest addition ever paid by the Equitable or probably by any other Insurance company.