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Hon. Samuel Saltus INGHAM (1816-1900)
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| Name: | Samuel Saltus INGHAM |
| Sex: | Male |
| Name Prefix: | Hon. |
| Father: | Samuel Saltus INGHAM (1769-1849) |
| Mother: | Elizabeth James FRITH (1790-1836) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Occupation | Merchant, Speaker of House of Assembly | |
| Birth | [J] 1816 | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Death | 3 Sep 1900 | at home, Mangroville, Paget, Bermuda |
| Burial | 4 Sep 1900 | St. Paul's Church, Paget |
Marriage (1)
Marriage (2)
| Spouse | Mary Howard OLNEY ( -aft1897) | |
| Children | Julia Olney INGHAM (1885-aft1897) | |
| Marion INGHAM (1887-aft1897) | ||
| Herbert Lionel INGHAM (1888-aft1897) | ||
| Marriage | 21 Feb 1884 | Connecticut |
Additional Information
| Marriage | Married at the home of Charles F Olney by the Rev Arthur Sloane. (Since Mary's father was from Stratford, Connecticut, it would seem probable that the marriage was held in Connecticut, USA. The report of the marriage did not appear in Bermuda until 11 March). |
Individual Note
Although not much is known about The Honourable Samuel Saltus Ingham II' s life, it is assumed that he continued in his father's maritime trade business. Whereas his father, who had also pursued a parallel political career, reached the position of Member of the Colonial Legislature, his son became head of the Legislature: he occupied the position of Speaker of the House of Assembly for a full twenty years between 1875 and 1895. The Speaker enjoyed a salary of £200 per annum and presided over a House of 36 members, representing the different "tribes" or districts of the island.
Margaret Leaycraft was from another well-known Bermudian family who have been on the island since about 1650, shortly after it was first colonized by the Somers Island Company; with her he had 13 children. Possibly worn out by the requirements of giving birth to and nurturing so many offspring, Margaret Richardson Ingham (nee Leaycraft), died relatively young, at the age of 58, having had her youngest child Fairlie at the unusually advanced age of 44. Five years after her death, when Samuel Saltus Ingham II was a full sixty eight years of age, he remarried - to an American woman many years his junior - and had three more children.
Finally, it is known that two years before his death he revoked the legacy to his son Fairlie, but it is not known the reason for this.