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Owner of Glenbirnie estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica, from at least 1828 to 1837. Son of James Gale Senior senior and his wife Letitia nee Martin. James Gale Senior (d. 1797) bequeathed Saltspring in St Elizabeth to his four children as tenants in common. By 1834 Bernard Martin Senior appears to have been sole owner of Saltspring.
Jamaica Almanacs (1829, 1838). PROB 11/1289/30. Ancestry.com, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/rsenior.htm [accessed 11/02/2015]; normally reliable genealogical material online show him dying in Jamaica in 1860, e.g. Menes Family Tree https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/33944861/person/29782787768/facts?_phsrc=rJG11&_phstart=successSource [accessed 22/07/2018]
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Spouse
Elizabeth
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Children
Montague James (1826-1829), Emily Margaret (1830-)
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£3,298 8s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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£2,094 14s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1828 [EA] - 1837 [LA] → Owner
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- 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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Historical (1) |
BooksAuthor?
Jamaica, as it was, as it is, and as it may... 1835
notes → Published anonymously as 'By a retired military...
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Imperial (1) |
Army officer
Australia: New South Wales
notes → Reported to have been in command of more than 200 convicts abroad the Admiral Gambier, arriving...
sources → ...
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Son → Father
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Son → Mother
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brother → Sister
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Grandson → Grandfather
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Bernard Martin Senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634888 [accessed 25th November 2024].
