Bernard Martin Senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1860

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

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.

In 1845, 'Senior, Bernard Martin' was shown at No. 3 Barnsbury Street, Islington.

Sources

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]

P.O. Directory 1845, Ancestry.com, London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 for Bernard Martin Senior Post Office London Directory 1845 [database online].

Further Information

Spouse

Elizabeth

Children

Montague James (1826-1829), Emily Margaret (1830-)

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (4)

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