12th May 1785 - 9th Nov 1873
Daughter and heiress of Francis Dennis and Mary Bourke of Jamaica, wife of Charles Nicholas Pallmer (each of whom q.v.) and heiress of the Prospect estate in St Mary Jamaica, for which she was awarded the compensation as tenant-in-tail.
Her second husband became MP for Surrey in 1826.
T71/856 St Mary claim no. 337.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Dennis
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Name in compensation records
Maria Francis Pallmer
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Spouse
(1) Hugh Ingoldsby Massy (2) Charles Nicholas Pallmer
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Will
Will proved on 13/12/1873 by Charles Francis Evelyn of Adelaide Road, Surbiton (husband of her niece Mary Ann Massy-Dawson) and Robert Poore of Old Lodge, Gately, Southampton (husband of her niece Anna Maria Massy-Dawson) (National Probate Calendar 1873.) |
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Wealth at death
£8,000
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£170 0s 6d
Awardee (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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£4,922 5s 6d
Awardee
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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:
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12/12/1795 [SD] - 25/02/1801 [ED] → Trust beneficiary
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26/02/1801 [SD] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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12/12/1795 [SD] - → Trust beneficiary
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26/02/1801 [SD] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Grand-daughter → Grandfather
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Daughter → Father
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Daughter → Mother
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Wife → Husband
Notes →
Hugh Ingoldsby Massy was the first husband of Maria Frances...
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Sisters
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Wife → Husband
Marriage Details →
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Niece
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Aunt → Niece
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Niece
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Portsmouth Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, South-east England, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Maria Frances Pallmer formerly Massy (née Dennis)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17490 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
