Edward Dennis

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Biography

Owner of Pucklechurch estate in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Died between 1817 and 1819.

  1. Eleanor Frances Pight, spinster, married Edward Dennis, gentleman, at St Elizabeth by licence, 14/01/1789, both of the parish. She had been born 14/08/1774, daughter of Thomas Pight, and was baptised 01/12/1774 in St Elizabeth.

  2. Elizabeth Frances and Edward Dennis were the parents of: Thomas Senior Dennis, born 1 Ma[rch] 1790 and bapt. 01/06/1791; and Edward Vassall Dennis, born 07/04/1792 and bapt. 21/05/1793.

  3. Valeria Dennis, daughter of Mr Edward Dennis "by a maroon negro called Juba", was baptised in St Elizabeth, 01/06/1791, aged about 6 years.

  4. John Vassall of St Elizabeth bequeathed £1000 to his "near relation" Edward Dennis of St Elizabeth. John Vassall died in 1779. Perhaps this was Edward, son of Dr Stephen Dennis and his wife Valeria, born 27/11/1747 and baptised in St.Elizabeth 22/1/1748 (query if his mother was Valeria, nee Senior, widow of William Vassall (died 1745) and sister-in-law of John Vassall of St Elizabeth: the naming of Edward’s son as Thomas Senior Dennis may be a pointer).


Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1705-1820 pp. 303, 36.

  2. Ibid. pp. 59. 65.

  3. Ibid. p. 60.

  4. John Vassall and his Descendants https://archive.org/stream/johnvassallhisde00cald/johnvassallhisde00cald_djvu.txt [accessed 15/02/2017]; Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1705-1820 p. 7.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Spouse
Eleanor Frances Pight
Children
Thomas Senior (1790-), Edward Vassall (1792-)

Associated Estates (1)

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
1809 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (4)

Husband → Wife
Father → Natural Daughter
Other relatives
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Grandfather → Grand-daughter