Benjamin Samuda

Son of David Samuda of Leman Street (q.v.), and active in Jamaica between the 1790s and 1830s.

1. Married, Westmoreland, 08/06/1794, Ann Barnjum. She was buried there 24/12/1812, on which day their youngest child was baptised. Their children included:

   . David Samuda: bapt. 14/02/1796

   . Alice Samuda: bapt. 06/1/1798

   . Benjamin Samuda: bapt. 09/07/1802

   . Ann Abigail Samuda: bapt. 23/09/1804

   . William Hewit Samuda: bapt. 24/12/1812.

2. Married, secondly, in England 09/11/1815, Frances Georgina Walsh, by whom he had further issue, and died in 1848.

3. Will of Benjamin Samuda of Dulwich Surrey [made at Remington Green Lambeth in 1843] proved 22/07/1848. The will is very simple and made his [second] wife Frances Georgiana Samuda his universal legatee and executrix.

1. Familysearch.org, Westmoreland Parish Register, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1739-1825 pp. 104, 167, 109, 115, 130, 137, 169.

2. Article concerning the Samuda family published by Rudolf Okker Okker, see https://gw.geneanet.org/rokker?lang=en&p=benjamin&n=samuda [accessed 07/08/2020]. His information concerning family events in Jamaica is entirely consistent with entries in the Westmoreland register.

3. PROB 11/2078/338.

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