Brice Webb Salmon

Brice Webb Salmon was baptised 20/10/1745 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire. His parents were John and Ann Salmon. He was apprenticed to a tanner in Monmouth in 1762. On 10/05/1769, he married Hannah Downs in Lacock, Wiltshire. The couple had several children including John, baptised 14/11/1773 in Publow, Somerset. Hannah died shortly after this and he went on to marry Sarah Catchmayd; they had two children, born 1778 and 1779.

The first record of Brice Webb Salmon's presence in Jamaica is in the Jamaica Almanac 1790: Magistrate in St Elizabeth and Lieutenant in the St Elizabeth Militia, Foot. It is likely that he would have been on the island for some time before this. He became a Captain in the militia some time before 1796. He inherited a half share of New Crawle plantation from his brother William (q.v.). He died in Cuba in 1796 after being captured en route to England.

We are grateful to David Barker for assistance in compiling this entry.

Gloucestershire, England, C of E Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813; UK, Register of duties Paid for Apprentices, 1710-1811, Monmouth 1762; Wiltshire, England, C of E, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916; Jamaica Almanac, 1790 and 1796; see entry for William Salmon (q.v).