Thomas Hartley III

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1855

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Partner in Hartley's bank at Whitehaven, nephew of Milham Hartley (q.v.), and probably son of Thomas Hartley II.

Tentative identification as grandson of both John Hartley of Whitehaven and Thomas Hartley I of Gillfoot (d. c. 1815) who had been the co-founders of Hartleys & Co, in which Thomas Hartley III was a partner.
1841 UK census for Gillfoot shows Thomas Hartley merchant aged 38, Georgeanna Hartley (née Rimington) aged 22 and Georgeanna Hartley 3 mo.
1851 census shows Thomas Hartley Magistrate aged 48, at Gillfoot, Egremont, with George Anna [sic] Elizabeth his wife aged 37, Georgeanna Louisa 10, Caroline Mary 8, Ann 5, Thomas 5, Adline 2.
The death of a Thomas Hartley is shown at Whitehaven Q2 1855.
The will of Thomas Hartley of Egremont was proved 21/07/1855. He confirmed his settlement of the penal sum of £10,000 to secure his wife's annuity of £500 p.a. and left each of his children other than his eldest son (who was his residuary legatee) £5000 each.

Sources

http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/event?/home/ben gives life dates for Thomas Hartley of 1802-1855.
1841 census online.
1851 census online.
FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].
PROB 11/2216/310.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Georgiana Elizabeth Rimington

Children

Georgiana (1841-), Thomas (1847-)

Associated Claims (4)

Associated Estates (6)

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

1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner

Crawle Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]

It is not possible to distinguish between Thomas Hartley II (d. 1831) and Thomas Hartley III in the ownership, which is given as Thomas and Milham Hartley throughout.

- 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Dry Valley [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

- 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Jocks Lodge [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Tillstone Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

Registered simply on behalf of Adam Cliff with Thomas and Milham Hartley in 1829, but in 1832 registered for Thomas and Milham Hartley and Adam Cliff as mortgagee-in-possession; subsequently the three men were co-awardees of the compensation.

Other

Unknown [ Jamaica | St James ]

Acquired enslaved people from this group.

- 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Water Valley [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]