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announced their marriage shortly afterwards. Atkinson's dowry enabled improvements to Temple
Sowerby House. The couple had ten children, six sons (of whom two are thought to have died young), and four daughters (of whom one died young and two married). George, like his father Matthew, began work as a
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who made a fortune. Bridget was left an annual annuity of ÂŖ200 on his death. George and
Bridget's second son George II (1764â1814) was a wealthy West Indian merchant and Island Secretary of Jamaica. His son, George III (1795â1849) is identified on the
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