The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . 1. 8. Albert Ernest Gardner of 31 King Henrys Road, Primrose Hill, born at Rockferry 10 February, Anna Margaret, born at Rockferry 8 March, married secondly, at Woolwich, Martha Russel, by whom he hasone daughter— Grace Mary, born in London 18 November, 1887. JOHN BIRKBECK of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, second son of Williamand Deborah (p. 100), born at Settle 9 October, 1747 ; married, 2 August,1780, at Lammas, Norfolk, Martha, second daughter of Henry Gurney ofNorwich (born 21 May, 1751). John Birkbeck lived at Settle until hismar
The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . 1. 8. Albert Ernest Gardner of 31 King Henrys Road, Primrose Hill, born at Rockferry 10 February, Anna Margaret, born at Rockferry 8 March, married secondly, at Woolwich, Martha Russel, by whom he hasone daughter— Grace Mary, born in London 18 November, 1887. JOHN BIRKBECK of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, second son of Williamand Deborah (p. 100), born at Settle 9 October, 1747 ; married, 2 August,1780, at Lammas, Norfolk, Martha, second daughter of Henry Gurney ofNorwich (born 21 May, 1751). John Birkbeck lived at Settle until hismarriage, and was a partner with his brother William in the Settle firm,which was then combining banking with the old business of woollenmerchants. Shortly after his marriage he went to live in London, in theparish of Great St. Helens, where he carried on an insurance business, 1 John Birkbeck, lately removed from Norwich to London (Minute of NorwichMonthly Meeting, 24 November, 1780). - Burial of a still-born child, 16 May, 1781 (Friends Register).. HENRY BIRKBECK OF KESWICK. THE BIRKBECKS OF WESTMORLAND. in acting as agent for his brother-in-law Bartlett Gurney, who was theprincipal partner in the Norwich Bank (founded in 1775 by Henry Gurneyand his brother John), and who also carried on an extensive marine insurancebusiness. Their correspondence often refers to policies on privateers,although both were Friends. On I January, 1782, he became a partner in the Lynn branch of theNorwich Bank, which on that day was started as Gurneys, Birkbeck, andCo., and went to live in the Bank House at Lynn ; later on he had alsoa country house at Hunstanton. He was not gazetted out of the SettleBank until 1784. Among the family papers in the tin box at Settle before-mentionedare numerous letters from him to his brother at Settle on business matters,and many allusions to the Settle Bank sending coin to Lynn to pay away ;apparently very often light half-guineas, wrapped up in bales of cloth, an
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