Thomas Hartley II

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1831

Biography

Partner in Whitehaven bank of Hartleys & Co., with his brother Milham Hartley (q.v.) and with Thomas Hartley III, probably his son.

The will of Thomas Hartley of Gillfoot Cumberland proved 20/05/1831 identifies him as the brother of Milham Hartley and his wife as Anne, the daughter and heir of Thomas Hartley [I] [and hence presumably his first cousin]. It was attested by Thomas Hartley of Gillfoot, not further identified but apparently his son. In a codicil Thomas Hartley II he mentioned that he had given £2500 to his son Grayson Hartley before the latter's departure to New South Wales. An Arbitration award had followed the death and intestacy of Thomas Hartley I of Gillfoot 06/06/1815.

Sources

PROB 11/1785/253; http://www.archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk, YDX235 'Hartley family of Distington 1703-1881' No. 29 for the intestacy of Thomas Hartley I. YDX235/28 is the marriage settlement of Thomas Hartley the younger [i.e. Thomas Hartley II] and Anne his wife, 20/11/1805, when Thomas Hartley the elder of Gillfoot was still alive.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Ann or Anne Hartley

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

1829 [EA] - 1831 [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.