” u c n b t d t o mu s i n M A R G R E T mde e h i y co , A

K t mb ro th er R B H o R ANCOC y , O E T

C O A R D T U C KE R and t o ot h e rs in te re s te d in h t f l t e s epa ra e ami ie s .

F F R O UD ROBERT FROUD ) , baptised

zab t . e t . Wyse “ F ord A bbeyfi

f r T n . P . o t M . o es

Wi i m a ll Hurrell .

A u th or .

I I R Hu rrel f ich ard Hurrell . obert

1803 .

z z rri et f . M r . a J . a a W R ev . R d ord y 0 D " 1 9. 177 . . 81 f F R O UD E F A M I L Y . We find the race numerous and active and fl n settled chie y about Ki gston and Modbury , in R I C HA R D where the year of Culloden ,

H URRELL, Gentleman , was Married to Mistress P HI L L I S COLLIN¢S . P HI L L I S L Their daughter, H URRE L, became o f F F R O UD o f W n the wife ROBERT alkhampto , 3rd so n n of J OHN , to whom desce ded the o f E dme to n e G u tsfo rd Modbury Manors fi an d tw o f these lived at Aveton Gi fard , and are

buried there in the Parish Church , where

their Monuments still exist .

“ ‘ ’ ROBERT FROUD , Armiger, died young , four years after his marriage (in which n e n had for issue o so and three daughters .

“ PHILLIS , the widow, a person of strong e fo r 66 charact r, lived on years longer an d

saw . the grave opened , or Opening, for nearly all her brilliant and fated gran dchildren .

i n 17 7 0 H er children , left fatherless , were so n MARY , MARGARET , and ELIZABETH , her T ROBER H URRELL was a posthumous child . “ The latter was to rise to more tha n local

eminence , known throughout an exceptionally long life as Rector O f Dartington and Arch i o . deacon Totnes H e came from Denbury , o f n n to which he was already I cumbe t , his 1 18 9. new Parish at Dartington in 7 99. Died 5

roma a er o t r n o r F rowd es o D evo n i n th e F p p n h e F o d es, , f , R e orts a nd T ra n sa ti on s o th e D evon shi r e A ssoci a ti on 1892 p c f , , l l b th e R ev R E . R eh e . y . . f

F R O UD E F A M l L Y . We find the race numerous and active and fl y settled chie y about Kingston and Modbur ,

where in the year of Culloden , RICHARD

H URRELL, Gentleman , was Married to M istress C O L L I N s PH I LLIS fi . “ P HI L L i s L Their daughter, H URRE L, became F F R O UD W n the wife of ROBERT of alkhampto , 3rd so n O f n J OHN, to whom desce ded the E mn u tsfo rd Modbury Manors of d esto e and G f these two lived at Aveton Gi fard , an d are

buried there in the Parish Church , where

their Monuments still exist .

“ ‘ ’ n ROBERT FROUD , Armiger, died you g , four years after his marriage (in which fo r n e s n had issue o o and three daughters .

“ PHILLIS , the widow, a person of strong e o n fo r 66 charact r, lived years longer and saw the grave opened , or opening, for nearly all her brilliant and fated gran dchildren . “ 17 7 0 w H er children , left fatherless in , ere so n MARY, MARGARET, and E LIZABETH , her T ROBER H URRELL was a posthumous child .

“ The latter was to rise to more tha n local

eminence , known throughout an exceptionally long life as Rector o f Dartington and Arch f n y O . deacon Tot es H e came from Denbur , o f n which he was already I cumbent , to his 1 18 9. new Parish at Dartington in 7 99. Died 5

c oo m r oma a er o t r n d or F row l es o B i n th e F p p n h e F o es, , f , R e o ts a n d T ra n sa cti on s o th e D evon shi e A ssoci a ti on 1892 p r f r , , b l t R . E . R e e . y th e R ev. nf H D E F B E L L A "R A ND S HO P W I C K R O S O .

o f Maternal Ancestors PHILLIS FROUDE .

Lineage .

o f Y AMBROS E RH ODES , son BLANCHE HAML N n and J OHN RH ODES , who , in stro g presumptive n evide ce , is supposed to have been identical o f u disin with J OHN RHODES , H orb ry, the h erited so n n of J OHN RH ODES , K ight, of Barl W m borough , was educated at urte burg, and 163 i . . 8 m took the Degree of M D , , but was prisoned for political reasons and died in prison . H is son , AMBROSE RH ODES , came to England and took possession o f a small patri mony at Modbury and practised as a Physician . 1684 H e died in . H e married, first, ELIZABETH 1663 BAKER, in , and, secon d, J ULIANA PREST 1667 WOOD, in , daughter of TH OMAS PREST o n e WOOD , and left son and on e daughter . 1 2 m , AMBROSE . , ALICE , who arried R .

COLLINS , of Modbury, and had an only daughter, PHI LLIS . m o f PHI LLIS COLLINS arried R . H URRELL, n in 1745 an d P Tot es , , left one daughter , H ILLIS , w h o T OM O mmarried H AS FR UDE , and was other o f Archdeacon ROBERT H URRELL an d FROUDE , ELIZABETH MARGARET FROUDE . They were grandparents o f the H istorian 18 94 . FROUDE , who died in

. O U O U I R B E RT H RRE LL FR D E , the the Venerable Archdeacon of Totnes , Devon , — married MARGARET S P E D D I NG She died 1821 — and had eight children five died early . 1 . RICHARD H URRELL .

2 . JAMES ANTH ONY FROUDE, Author and n O t 1 c . 894 . H istoria , died , mf 3 . o ELIZABETH , arried J O HN WISE , N * Ford Abb ey, near ewton Abbott .

* I n i o W mf th s H use illia o O ran ge slept after lan din g at B m16 8. 8 rixha , m Z O U I I . E LI AB ET H FR DE arried

WYSE , had one son .

O O U I I I . MARGARET AYS H F RD FR mDE , mM A L L C K d O arried Rev . W . , Of Bra pfor

n an d . Speke , Devon , had three so s one daughter 1 1 6 883 . H e died 88 . She died 1 S o n . , WILLIAM H URRELL, Author and n H istoria .

2 . . MARGARET MARY 1 04 A R N L P H m9 . 3 . U . , arried E FINLAY,

n mi The a e s probably derived from a place 13 in Kent called Frode, which existed in the th - m century . The place na e Frode dated back mI n probably to British ti es . the Celtic lan f m guage mF rw d signifies a rushing smtrea . A re arkable branch of the fa ily was dis tin u ish ed an d g in the Parliamentary Wars,

m. o f l . afterwards in the reigns Char es I I , Ja es I I

' Anne, an d the early Georges .

l n B A C l ath bbey hurch there is a mural mmmmf P F ro w d e o onu ent to the e ory Sir hilip , K 6th 164 t . 7 , who died August , , leaving four o n e d sons an d aughter by his second wife , ’ o f O Neil e Margaret, daughter Sir J ohn Brian , o f and , by his third wife, daughter Sir J ohn n m Ashbur ha , also Margaret . H e had a Lease f w 1648 O . as Of the Post fice Philip born in ,

- h immm. succeeded , an d beca e Post aster General F r w d e n o . so Was Colonel Philip H is , Philip , ’ o f was a pupil and friend Addison s . I n the reig n o f Elizabeth there were Fro w d es l in Wilts , and , earlier stil , a John Frode was as O connected , a Clerk in H oly rders , both n 2 th with Somerset a d Devon . I n 7 H enry f . o V I I I , the Rectory H eytesbury was held by Edward Frode who also held the Rectory o f m1663 Saint Ed und S, Salisbury, in . This same E dward Frode appears to have b een the found er ’ o f ro w d s the F Almshouses in Bedwin Street, h is Salisbury, still existing, and portrait still ’ o f hangs i n the Vestry Saint Edmund s Church . 1 83 o f I n 7 , Susan , second daughter James o f Frowde , Esquire , Kn oyle, Wilts, married

P el l ew . Edward , first Lord Exmouth

Copied from Bible belonging to MARTHA L E A S S I C KE n o w o f G FROUDE , in the possession n ROBERT COARD TUCKER, of Ashburto , who 1832 o f was her Residuary Legatee . ( date

Bible) .

UD E FA M L L F O F T HE F R O I Y, A T E O NE D KNO WS TO , E VO N .

The Froude Family Estate was at Kingston , E s re Devon , where JAMES FROUDE, q . , resided , f m o using the Coat Ar s and Crest, Since the o f 1545 is year our Lord, , which now borne by n f m o the represe tatives the fa ily, the Venerable

ARCHDEACON FROUDE , of Dartington , Totnes, “ ” E dme n whose Grandfather purchased sto e 17 03 tw o as a Residence in , and left sons , ’ n the Archdeaco s father being the elder, and f . sen . o the Rev J OHN FROUDE , , Vicar Know n an d sto e Molland, the younger, who died m26 h t 1803 63 Septe ber , , aged , buried in T Knowstone Church . PRES WOOD LOVE , his O 12th 1823 wife, died ctober , , and was buried in the same vault .

A S HW E E KE 9th r MARGARET ( daughte ) , wife o f N ATHANIEL POOLE LEIGH , Esq . , died 18 1806 21 August th , , aged . Buried at Know in stone the same vault .

2n d W MARY ( daughter) , wife of Mr . ILLIAM B an ker d ied Wivel is H ANCOCK, Brewer and , at l t 1819 combe March , , buried in the Cata combes, Wiveliscombe .

M O D B UR Y L E GA SmS I C KE O F . mw Fro ho , first , J OHN (of whom pre s en tl y) ; second , a daughter, who married I W I N G Adm i ral G D ; and third , G EOR E , who

n m. died u arried

O N so n A S HW E E KE J H , eldest , married , and had five children . 1 N . JAMES , Surgeon in the Royal avy, ” drowned at sea (lost in the Glorieux, m22 n d Septe ber ,

2 o f . H ARRY, Ringwood, near Modbury,

died unmarried .

mR N . 3 . MARY, arried Captain CRESPIN ,

4 . PRESTWOOD LOVE , married the Rev .

J OHN FROUDE .

5. . . BETSY, married Mr PAINTING

’ These three daughters became c o - heiresses an d representatives O f the family O f L egassic ke o f by the death their uncle, George , and their w h o u n two brothers, James and Harry, died

married . A member of the L egassicke family still lives k L e assic e . at Lympstone, Miss Susan g Perring r in The P e r gs were originally a Modbury family . o f Miss Perring is a daughter Sir Philip Perring, 1866 who died in .

L L e a i k n M rs n ss c e . J Prestwood ove g , the oh Froude, was ’

n . n m o stayi g at Mr Ha cock s, at F rd, at the ti e her brother mo n mmn Ja es was dr w ed, so e o ths before his death was of an d mh n n o imt heard , she drea t that she saw cli gi g a spar r n with d e ched hair an d on the poin t of sin kin g . This r m o d ea pr ved t o have occur red on the n ight of his death . A mmo M . S . o n mt o o on of L . me rial g ld ri g ca e the p ssessi of L e assick e n t o Ja es g , who has give it her eldest daug hter, L . . . n n m M Carver The i scripti on on the ri g is Ja es L e assick e n i n 22n d o o . g , u geo , l st the l ieux, ep , S r ” G r S The Glorieux was on e of the Fren ch ships captured by L ord fif odn e mI n n n di y , Ad iral, whe he co quered the West es l I l i78i o f — o Prestwood North Huish . Ge rge Prest wood , whose daughter, Elizabeth , married 17 03 Ambrose Rhodes, Of Modbury, in , is ’ mentioned in Prince s “ Worthies o f Devon “ f as George Prestwood, Sheri f of the County, 1692 , whose ancestor several generations back transplanted himself from Worcestershire, where the present gentleman possesses still a fair paternal Estate .

M - n mn m y great gra d other, Mrs . Joh Froude, for erly oo L o L e assi ck e E n Prestw d ve g , was at a ball at xeter whe me n n on and t mn w h o she a ge tle a paid her great atte ti n mh r mn m da ced uch with e . He beca e so e a oured of her en f mo of mthat at the d o the even in g he ade her a pr posal ff . o h imo n ot arriage She t ld she c uld accept the o er, o mfl n b an d on th ugh uch attered y it, , up his pressi g his suit, o h imO n hi s n she said she had twelve objection s t . i quir i n n h im n ot mo g if they could be re ved, she i vited to call o o n h im mn n n o l the f ll wi g or i g, whe she w u d tell what they

. di d so an d n n an d were He , was i troduced to her husba d d n n " L . M eleve chil re ( S . ) L W BE L E .

’ ’ Herald s Visitatio ns 1860 (From Burke s , circa

n Stockleigh Court, Devo , is the seat of P re resen J ohn restwood Bellew, Esquire, the p tative o f o n e o f the Oldemst families in the King d o m , derived by direct ale descent from the N mo r or an De Bellaire, De Bella Acqua, whose f name appears in the Roll o Battle Abbey . At an early period a line became established in in m I reland, and the ti e of Edward I V . , J ohn C O - Bellewe , of Bellewstown , marrying the heiress mr n of Fle ing , of B atton Flemi g, acquired a considerable Estate in Devonshire and founded w the family , hich continued to live at Ash Rogers in that Shimre until the reign o f Eliza beth , when Willia Bellew, father Of the first possessor of Stockleigh Court, joined with his eldest son , Richard (who afterwards moved into Lincolnshire) in alienating A sh to the Earl o f

Bath . The Old Mansion at Stockleigh Court w n ew was pulled do n , and a building erected

E s . on its site by the late William Bellew, q , father of the present possessor , John Bellew (1860)

N B b L — ' m S . h . . . . mm y M Wil a Bellew arried y great n P L o n P B l au t, restwood ove Froude . J h restwood el ew m A d fi n n n n o mn an . arried y au t, his rst cousi , Mary Ha c ck WI L LI A M and PRE STWO O D LO V E

BE LLEW had five children .

1 A M Y w h m o . LOUISA , arried E DWARD o n e so n o ne PAIN , and had and

daughter .

2 . m A NN J OHN PRESTWOOD , arried MARY S ix H ANCOCK , first cousin , an d had Children . m 3 . H ENRY , arried MARY BAWDEN , first o n e so n cousin , and had and one

daughter . 4 . FRANCES , died un married .

5. CAROLINE , died unmarried ; became

Countess Bellew .

H EN RY s o n H E N RY an d ARY , monly of M J BE LLEW, arried ADA, widow of BEN AM IN n "e BOUCH ER , of Wiveliscombe , Llewellyn , an d o ne has son and one daughter . H e died 1 04 9 .

1. N 1909 MARY, married Captain ORTON, , 1 th 5 H ussars . 2 . FROUDE , sole male represen tative of n m the Devo family Of Bellew So erset 1 0 9 7 . Regiment ,

HA N C K C O .

The H ancocks , of Lydeard St . Lawrence , held large freehold property in the neighbour ih o f hood , the parishes Ashe Priors , Stockland & G a l an ds c . y , M ilverton , N ether Stowey, , and P il b eer o f o f Estate , originally part the Manor n Lydeard St . Lawre ce . This Manor was bought of the ancient fam i ly o f Periam b y PH I LI P H ANCOCK There are receipts of o f rent existing in the writing of PH ILI P (L) , H mb 1 1 16 o c c o e 1 14 1 5 7 , dated 7 , 7 , , paid by o f o f W . Sellick for the part the Manor

B R . rommpton alph , then belonging to him ra n d zu n ma de b P h il i n c k o M e o Ha oc y p , f c m Hac o b e.

I was married in Taunton Martin (St . ’ 14 f 1 0 O 9. Mary Magdalen s) the th day April , 7 ’ My sonne s ages are as under . 19 " My son ne J ohn was borne the April , 1 12 7 . 27th My sonne Ph ilip was borne the J uly, 1 14 7 . 3 1 My sone William was borne the J uly, 1 1 7 5.

N O Ho c c o m be P H I LI P H A C C K of , in

. m Lydeard St Lawrence , arried MARY MITCH ELL, 14 17 09 Wivel i scombe , on April th , , and had

three sons .

T 1. o f 1 12 J OHN, afterwards Ford , born 7 . 2 . y . PHI LI P of L deard St Lawrence , 1 14 born 7 . W 3 . o f 1 1 ILLIAM , Salisbury, born 7 5.

M r n n y g eat, g eat , great g a dpa e ts , . an cock an d —r r r P H i L . M Mary M tchell . S . ' o n n o ma 1 n of J h Ha c ck was a large property , but, as it r was all leasehold, it g adually fell away . n m n Joh was y great, great gra dfather .

HA N C K C O .

o f . The H ancocks , Lydeard St Lawrence held large freehold property in the neighbour ih o f hood , the parishes Ashe Priors , Stockland

G a l an d s & c . y , Milverton , N ether Stowey , , and P il b eer o f Estate , originally part of the Manor

Lydeard St . Lawrence . This Manor was bought of the ancient family o f Periam by PHI LI P H ANCOCK There are receipts o f rent existing I n the writing o f PH I LI P Of H m4 1 1 16 o c c o b e 1 1 17 5 7 , dated 7 , , , paid by o f W . Sellick for the part of the Manor

Brompton Ralph , then belonging to him .

mr nd u mma d b P h i i k M e o a e l Ha ncoc o ymp , f H cco b o e.

I was married in Taunton Martin (St . ’

14 17 09. Mary Magdalen s) the th day of April , ’ My sonne s ages are as under . 19 My sonne J ohn was borne the Aprill , 1 12 7 .

w as 27th My sonne Philip borne the J uly , 1 14 7 . 31 My sone William was borne the J uly,

17 15.

i“ N O Ho c c o m b e P H I L I P H A C C K of , in

. m Lydeard St Lawrence , arried MARY MITCH ELL, o n 14 1709 Wiveliscombe , April th , , and had

three sons .

1. o f 1 12 T J OHN, afterwards Ford , born 7 .

2 . o f PH ILI P Lydeard St . Lawrence , 1 14 born 7 .

3 . o f 1 1 WILLIAM , Salisbury, born 7 5.

M n n . n an y great, great , great gra dpare ts, P Ha cock d i Mary M tchell . o n n ma 1 n of J h Ha cock was a large property, but, as it i adu al l was all leasehold, it g y fell away . n m n Joh was y great, great gra dfather . w as Ford Copyhold property, held under an d 1832 n the Dean Chapter of Wells till , whe

' w as it enfranchised by Philip (I V . ) i I l Ph lip ( . ) bought the Manor of Lydeard St . w as Lawrence , which afterwards held jointly by his sons , Philip and Robert . “ Among the inhabitants o f the tything o f VVivel i mb w sc o e hose names appear in the lay subsidy Roll o f the 34th o f the Reign o f A D 1 42 . . . 5 H enry V I I I , , are Richard H ancock an d Walter Yea . (A . J . Munday) .

O N O o f so n o f J H N H A C C K, Ford , eldest

PHI LI P H ANCOCK and MARY M ITCHELL . Born 1 12 17 95 7 , died at Ford , , married ELIZABETH

RICH , of Riches H olford . H ad seven children .

1 r o f . MARY, mar ied TH OMAS BOUCHER ,

Ford . 2 1 . DO O 7 37 M . R THY, born m, married W GORE , of Wivelisco be .

3 . 17 39 PHI LI P born , married MARY

CROCKER . 4 1 42 . 7 J OHN , born , married SARAH

H ANCOCK, of L . St . Lawrence .

5. n 1745 A NN H ENRY, bor , married f O . H ANCOCK , H alse 1 4 m 6 . 7 9 B ETTY, born , arried JAM ES

BLAKE, of Wi veliscombe . W 1 3 m 5 . 7 7 I LLIAM , born , arried JANE

CH ORLEY . if P P H I L I married MARY CROCKER , ix and had S children . 1 m 6 1. 7 7 PHI LI P , born , arried , first ,

LAVINIA STEVENS , second FRANCES

so n . M OGRIDGE , and had one , PHI LI P

m. T2 . H A ENRYm, married twice in erica 3 . J OHN , arried CRAWFORD , of

Pittsburgh . 1 6 . m 4 7 9 1 WILLIAM, born , arried MARY

FROUDE , of Knowstone . 1 63 5. 7 . E LIZABETH , born , married W o f GOOD , H uish had two daughters, MARY and E LIZABETH E LIZABETH married J . GU PPY . 6 1 6 . 7 5 . § MARY , born , died unmarried

O o f P H I LI P H AN C C K Ford, eldest o f son PH I LI P H ANCOCK and MARY CROCKER , 17 67 19 o f was born in , and married the th N m1 795 ove ber, , to LAVINIA, the only child o f N of ABRAHAM STEVENS , ether Stowey, 19 o f N Attorney at Law . She died th ovember, 1 6 8th 9 . 7 PH ILI P married , secondly, April , 1 0 8 8 R . . , FRANCES , the only ch ild Of the ev J l mi C o o b e n M OGRIDGE , Vicar of H o ne and

so n . teignhead , and left one , PH I LIP Died 1 h 18 8 19 838. i t 5 . April th , She died 7 May,

i I I I . mn . Phil p , y great gra dfather 39 “ “ C rew ses C o l est on es an d he y , pp rockers were at T ” C

mn n m. ho e whe the Co queror ca e ’ ' H n H n n n D r C mm 1 e ry a cock s gra dso , . a pbell, ca e to W m min 1 8 n Ford ivelisco be 85 to ake i quiries about his ’ m father s fa ily .

n I M y gra dfather .

M n w h r m o fo n y great au t, Mary , kept house y gra d mn n I a D d father, Willia Ha cock, whe was little child , ie 18 6 about 4 . l 1th 1809 P H I LI P born January , ’ n A NN married , St . Paul s , Cove t Garden , o f BLAKE , only child ROBERT H ANCOCK , of a n Lyde rd St . Lawrence , and had fourtee children .

1 KA R S L A KE . . PH I LI P , died in infancy n m 2 KA R S L A KE . . PH ILI P , died u arried

3 . ROBERT I VESON .

4 . . FRANCES JANE , died young

5. . WALTER MOGRIDGE , died young 6 A o n . E W B W D RD ELLE , dimed the day he w as to have been arried to Miss

WOODH OUSE , sister of BAPTISTA (see

below) .

7 . MARGARET FROUDE .

8. . MARY GRACE , died in infancy

9 . . GEORGE , died young 1 I 0. E L ZABETH .

11 . . SPEED , died young 12 . FREDERICK , married BAPTISTA WOOD C a n d . H OUSE , had seven hildren

13 . . FRANCES MARY, died young 1 n 4 . . ARTHUR , died you g

N O The R EV . FRE D E R I C K H A C C K, 11th 1874 married the of August , , to BAPTISTA

J OSEPH INE WILS ON WOODH OUSE , and had seven children . 1 . AGNES EDWARDINE BREWSTER , mar 1906 so n o f ried , , to H ORACE , Sir

H ORACE WALPOLE .

2 . . PHILI P WOODHOUSE PERCIVAL 3 . CALVERLEY TREVELYAN , killed at Beth m1 1 U n i O 7 900. lehe , July th , xford u rs versity Vol ntee , in the South African W 2 1 m ar , aged . Went fro Christ O Church , xford . 4 A M A R Y O N . B PTISTA . W S . FREDERICK ILLOUGHBY . 6 . MARMADUKE TH EAKSTONE .

7 . WALTER RALEIGH .

D R O o f y . W I LLI AM H ANC C K, Salisbur , H mb e so n K o c c o third of PH ILI P H ANCOC , of , w as 31st and MARY M ITCH ELL, born J uly , 1 15 — d o f 7 , and married DOUCE , aughter J OHN E o f l s . DOUCE , q , C arendon , Jamaica , an d left I ssue . 1 D R d . MARIA, married . ROBINSON , ied

1827 . 2 L . E LIZA DOUCE , married WI L IAM M OLY f ff N E UX M o . ARSTON , Willen hall, Sta ord 1 68 1 1 3 . 8 FANNY, born 7 , died 7 , married o f J OHN DOUCE GARTHWAITE , Shackle s ford , in Surrey , and left two ons, C J O HN DOUCE and E DWARD HANCO K .

4 to . A daughter married Mr . FITZGERALD o f Salisbury .

’

D R . 1 8 . W H ANCOCK S wife died in 7 5, and was buried at Salisbury . The following entry appears in the Register (Douce o f w as wife Dr . William H ancock, buried 21st 1 8 7 5. August , Maria, eldest daughter, l was buried at Sa isbury Cathedral , an d the following inscription is o n the grave U nder this stone are interred the mortal remains o f o f P an d MARIA, wife STE HEN ROBINSON , M . D . , o f C daughter the late WILLIAM HAN OCK , M . D . , o f 18th 182 this Close . She died March , 7 , 6 aged 7 .

i n a n n M rs They lived the house afterw rds belo gi g to . Weig al l ’ 1623 o f At the Heralds Visitation , in , HA NC O C KE Somerset , the family of resided at

Stoke St . Gregory , Co . Somerset . FULKE o f H ANCOCK, of Preston Bagot, in the County w h o Warwick, married the heiress Of E f s . o BICKERTON , q , in the County Leicester, w as the immediate ancestor o f the Somerset branch .

o f Wills proved the family of H ANCOCK, in the Taunton Archidiaconal Court .

1616 — . Elinor H ancock , Fiddington . 1604 — . J ohn and Maria H ancock , Cami ngtO n 16 8 — 3 . Thomasine H ancock, Bridgwater

1643 — H n k . a c o c e C ru c h Richard , St .

Michael . 16 —H 94 . ugh H ancock , Wiveliscombe .

16 6 — Han o ke 9 . Abraham c c and J ohn

H ancock, H alse . 1626 — m O . Richard H ancock, tterha pton .

16 — L xb u rr w 95. u o . J oh n H ancock, M B E M R N HA NC O C K O F C O A TI .

mn N O O f WI LLI A M H A C C K, Co be Marti , mi n n Devo , whose Ar s are registered the ’ n 1 64 H C V 5 , eralds ollege , at the isitatmio of is there stated to have been arried twice , D E O G , firsmt , to a daughter of J HN mAUNT of La bert Castle, Dorsetshire , by who he had an d one daughter, PETRONELLA , secondly, to

JANE , daughter and heiress to EDWARD BATCH E ,

m. O f K n e tisbury, bymwho he had three children 1 . EDWARD , arried DOROTHY, daughter Y L E o n e of Sir AMYAS B A M P F . They had 1 1613 4 . son and heir, aged , in mP A R M Y T T E R 2 . JANE , arried to EDWARD ,

of I lfracombe .

3 . E LIZABETH , married to H ENRY PRES

TON . 1 mf in 588 The Crest was granted , de i Gri fin ,

& c . erased, , to EDWARD H ANCOCK , and his

Arms are thus registered H ancock, l fe B atc h ew o .

KE mB A M P H ENRY HA NC O C arried DOROTHY mh im FYLDE , of Polti ore , who survived , an d h mD D D E R I D E w s e O G after ards arried J UDGE ,

She was Maid O f H onour to Queen Elizabeth . H er tomb is in the Lady Chapel o f Exeter HA NC O C KE e o Cathedral . EDWARD was R c rder of the City of Exeter . mn i s I n Co be Martin Church , Devo , there a brass with the following inscription on it e William H ancock , G ntleman , formerly an fi mn r inhabitant of this parish , in Christia faith an d certai n hope of living again for ever in 4th o f H eaven , departed this life on the day A D 1 8 1 h . . 5 7 9t February, m, and was buried the of the same onth , leaving three daughters and one son .

m“ P on n in m The a e of etr ella occurs the Wivelisco be

R . o n n w h o i n 1 95 egister J h Ha cock lived at Ford, 7 , on m used a seal which were the Ar s described on the fi rst n n an d C mfi n quarteri gs alo e, the rest, a de i Grif , erased. I n th e same Church is a monument to the mf W o me ory of JUDITH , wife ILLIAM H ANCOCK, f o f an d with an e figy the size life, exqmuisitely elaborately sculptured in white arble . I t 16 4 mn re 3 . bears the date , Da e H a cock is f m in o presented the dress that ti e , covered with point lace and looped with knots of n riba d . She has a pearl necklace round her n an d m eck, and her hair in curls, bears so e resemblance t o the portraits of H enrietta

Maria . (Devon Guide Book) . I t bears the following inscription l mamri . Me oria et o s sacrum H ere yeth o f o f the body J udith , wife William H ancock,

Lord of the Manor, by whom She had issue maI I ied John an d Anna . She secondly, ’ I vatt Thomas , H is Majesty s Principal Searcher o f in the Port London , at whose cost this monument was erected . She had issue by I vatt h im Thomas and J udith . She departed 2 1634 26 8 . this life Mmarch , , aged Grace , eekness, love, religion , modesty, Seemed in this mirror of her sex to die ’ F o r her soul s, lover, in her life did g ive T o as her, many virtues as could live ,

And this bestowed by H eavenly art,

Earth claimed her body, H eaven her better ” part . J udith H an cock (afterwards I vatt) was l mm sh e original y na ed N ew an , and was the o f N mn n daughter ew a , a Londo Goldsmith . The remains o f a Pmark a n d Mansion formerly existed between Co be Martin Rectory an d n the Church . The Ma or was bought by W mn o f illia H a cock, Lord Martin , in the reign f o H V I I I . o u t enry , and passed of thme family through an heiress , who married Ad iral Si r W aa er Charles g . Thence to a daughter mn who married Sir Willia Watso , who left o wn three daughters , who still the Manor . (1898L Lady Watson lived at Combe Martin until rec ol l ec her death , which occurred during the R v W e . tion of the present Vicar, . J ones O n a handsome black marble an d gilt monu ment in Torrington Church , Devon , is the following inscription Memoria sacrum fi l ize J udith J ohannes H ancock, mr in r a me de Co be Martin , g Uxoris H enrici Stevens V el sto n e de , generosi , e 6th Kal Qu e obiit , A n n O 167 6 7 bris Domini , , [E tatis su m26

maestru s P o ssu i t I n .

Sacred to the memory o f

J udith , daughter of J ohn H ancock, o f o f Combe Martin , Esquire, wife o f Vel sto n e H enry Stevens, , 27 th Gentleman , who died day of 6 6 26 A . D . 1 7 . July, , Aged H er sorrowful (o r weeping) ” husband erected this .

n l man d This Judith is probably iece of Wi lia Han cock

P . n L M E . S a d . . S . n n in . 1900 n were at Torri gto , goi g there ’ da in o in E for the y rder to visit the place which P S . s R o S u are n man father, bert q y, lived as a you g before he

m. V n C ca e to Salisbury isiti g the hurch they foun d this mnumn o on e V m o e t, als to the icary fa ily , which, u nfor l L M S n o u n ate . . t . t y , . did copy * N O 1 69 WI LLI A M H A C C K, born 7 , died * 1852 o f , married MARY, daughter the Rev . w n c u m J OHN FROUDE , of Kno sto e Molland , a n d had four children .

1 A NN 1 . 809 182 MARY , born , married 7 , P first cousin , J OHN RESTWOOD B ELLEW, 1 . 8 0 of Stockleigh Court She died 9 .

2 . n 1810 1828 t LAVINIA, bor , married , o f ROBERT TUCKER , Ashburton . She 184 1 18 3 9 90. died he died , aged 3 . WILLIAM, married MARY SWEET

ESCOTT . 1 1 4 . 88 J O HN , died , unmarried , . Born

1812 .

n n il l mand n My gra dpare ts, W ia Mary Ha cock n in n o above, were at a sale of fur iture the eighb ur i mi n l of L n n hood of Wivel sco be, the vil age a gford, whe n on on e he took up a pistol which was lyi g of the tables . d n off I t n r n an . was, u fo tu ately, loaded, we t The bullet n n mn man d in pe etrated the lu g of y gra d other, a few days

e . M n r A n n B o aft rwards she died y au t, Ma y ellew, has t ld n mn A a d mon me that she y other were stayi g at shburt with

n m. n n their gra d other, Mrs Froude, whe the ews of the n omto W n m. m accide t ca e They were take h e ivelisco be, ’ mme n n n m an d o m she re e b rs havi g bee take to her other s r o T h e n an d seein g her there very ill . accide t took place on

2 7 th an d di M a rch 22n d 1819. February , she ed ,

' o L n mR o i m n a 1 My ther, avi i , was arried to bert Tucker R n l 1 28 b b R ev . n 8 y the cele rated Joh ussell, ge eral y called R l o n P on i n n Wivel is Jack ussel , the Sp rti g ars , a Bar at om n re- n c be, where the service was held duri g the buildi g M A n n m n o n of the Church . y au t, Mary , was arried to J h mo n m o B in 1827 an d Prestwo d ellew , re ved a sto e fro the

o o n . P rch of the old Church as she left it, to be pulled d w min C Her arrimage was the last service held the old hurch at Wivelisco be . N . ARY A NN H A C O C K . M , married J P ix W S . BELLE , and had children 1 n 1829 . J OHN FROUDE , bor , married 187 1 1891 LOUISA TAYLOR , , died , had

o n e E vE L I N E . daughter , FROUDE 183 1 2 . . LOU ISA PHILI PPA , born

3 . FANNY , married H ENRY

ARCHER . H ad one daughter . u n mar 4 . MARY ANN CARRINGTON , died ,

i n 1905. ried ,

W . 5. CAMILLA PREST OOD , died unmarried 6 \ N L E GA S S I C KE . VILLIA , died , unmarried , 1 1 90 59. , aged

O N O U J H F R D E B E L L E W, married 187 1 LOUISA TAYLOR in , had one daughter, Y 1 2 m 87 . E ELINE FROUDE , born She arried N UT C O M B E U I C KE 189 SYDNEY Q , H e died

189 . leaving one daughter, born Sydney John Froude Bell ew inherited by w ill a ’ life interest in his great uncle s property, the O f n N Rev . J ohn Froude, Knowsto e, in orth

. O n 1891 and South Devon his death , in , n \Vil l iam it passed to his you ger brother ,

L e assic k e . 1901 59 g H e died , , aged , leaving L e assic k e his property to Ernest g H ancock , his first cousin .

* L A \ ' I N I A N O m H A C C K, arried ROBERT n in 1 1 . 84 TUCKER , of Ashburto She died . 1893 0 9 . H e died in , aged They had seven n n y Children two died in i fa c . 1 . m LAVINIA MARY, arried E LIAS PITTS S UA R E Y 18 4 Q , 5 . 2 m d . ROBERT COARD , arrie KATHERINE 1 . 8 5 . M KITSON , 7 3 W m . ILLIAM , arried EMMA J OHNSTON . 4 m . W ANNE , arried EDWARD ORTHY .

L avinia Han cock appears t o have received her Christian mL mi ni n n fi a e fro av a Steve s, who was the rst wife of her n h l n d u cle, P i ip Ha cock, of For

W U I I I . I L LI AM T C KE R, married EMMA 6 18 9 . J OHNSON in , and had four children 1 1 1. 87 . ALICE MARY, born 18 3 2 . 7 WILLIAM H ANCOCK, born , mar o f S I R ried CONSTANCE , daughter J OHN 18 t 99. MACLURE , Bar , in 1 8 . 3 . 7 5 ROBERT ERNEST, born 1 4 8 9. . 7 RICHARD FROUDE , born

(2) W I LLI AM and C O N STANC E TUC KE R o n e have daughter , ENI D CONSTANCE , born in

1900.

A N U I V . N E T C KE R, married EDWARD 186 7 . WORTHY in , and had four children H e R a h l 1 . ae o 8 4 was drowned at St p in 9 . 1 d . ESTELLE , aughter, died young, born

1870. 1 1 2 8 . . VI OLET CARRINGTON , born 7 B R A M 3 . S T E A D TEESDALE E DWARD , born

1869 . , married 4 HUY S HE M E L HU I S H . CATHCART (clergy 1 3 1 0 man 8 9 . 7 5 ) , , died

U V . C H ARLE S T C KE R, married MATILDA 18 9 . F . H AYTER . She died in 7 They had

three children . 1 . EDITH AUGUSTA BERES FORD , born 1866 189 , married H ARRY WARD O LIVER .

2 . 1868 LEOPOLD H ANCOCK BAILEY, born , in 1 899. died , unmarried , in China ,

3 . 18 0 DUNCAN H AYTER FROUDE, born 7 , 1899 I NA A VE L I NG married , CUNNING

HAM . CHARLES married, secondly, MARY ELLEN O ’ 1 02 th CONNELL in 9 . Commanded 7 Division 1 — 1 02 B S A 900 9 . in the oer War in outhmfrica, Created and pro oted to Lieutenant in 1 02 n General 9 . Created K ight Grand Cross 1 0 1 0 Of Victoria O rder in 9 5. Retired 9 5. EDITH AUGUSTA BERESFORD an d H ARRY O WARD LIVER have one daughter, LEONI E

1897 . FREDERICA WARD , born in W N m O I L LI AM H A C C K, arried December, W E E T T 13 1856 S . . , MARY ESCO T H ad children m1 6 89 . H e died Dece ber ,

1 1857 . . WILLIAM WASHINGTON ,

2 n . . E O SC TT, died in infa cy m 3 . FRANCIS ESCOTT (Frank) , arried

MARAQUITA E LIZABETH REED, have

o n e . son , RALPH

4 . H ERBERT FROUDE . A I KE m1 4 L E G S S C 89 5. ERNEST , arried in , F O X H ILDA , have three children ,

CHARLES , WILLIAM , an d STEPH EN . 6 . LUCY RHYS , married STEPH EN

WILLIAMS . m1 897 7 . PHILI P FROUDE , arried , VI OLET E R M E Y L . m 8 . LEONARD RHYS , arried first cousin ,

once removed , the H on . ALICE RICE ,

have one boy, GEORGE .

9. CHARLES LASCELLES , married first tw o cousin , LOUISA SWEET ESCOTT,

children , MARY and J OHN FROUDE , died 4 190 . 1 D A U B E NY 0. EDWARD , married FLORA 1 0 9 9. BARING GOULD ,

1 . 1 . A WOO RTHUR PREST mD , died in infancy 12 W T . ILLIAM I LBER , arried first cousin , 1 A Y L I F F E DAISY SWEET ESCOTT . ,

2 . , PRESTWOOD

1 . 3 . GEOFFREY WOODH OUSE O N N O d REV . J H H A C C K, ied unmarried in 6 f 1881 9 o . , aged , Vicar H azelbury Plunkett HA NC O C K.

“ Extract from The Times newspaper, 8th 1904 August , The Ki n g has sent his congratulations to * an d Neb O Mr . Mrs . R . W . Crocker , Of Mount , 7 0th Taunton , who recently celebrated the rs e annive ary Of their wedding day, surroun d d — by all their children n o w living one having m— come fro Australia fo r the event and many

- grandchildren and great grandchildren . Both O l d the people, whose united ages total nearly 188 an d years, are hale hearty . They were born and have lived in Somerset almos t the o f whole their lives .

’ Extract from St . James s Gazette, July, 1903 A F D EC LAR T I O N O I N D E P EN DE N C E . The signatures to the Declaration Of A I n merican ndepme mdence , which has just been Ordered by a Co ittee to be kept under lock

- and key in a great fire and light proof safe , are c an now scarcely legible , although the text O n n still be mread . nly o e or two Of the sig atures u t is f can be ade o . There only a trace o the O f autograph J ohn H ancock , the first to Sign . w The Committee , equipped ith powerful O f microscopes , made a careful examination the

Declaration . I t was found that the ink used n o t o f was the first quality . The fact that the engrosser (now unknown to history) used a o n sharp pen and bore steadily it accounted , i n a measumre, for the better preservation of the W text as co pared ith the Signatures . The 1820 great damage sustained , however, was in , when a Copy was taken by the crude letterpress ” process .

M - n m. C mar y great gra d other was Mary rocker She l H n n in 17 39. ried Phi ip a cock, who was bor 119856 0

B efore sign ing the Declaration O f I n depen d re ence , it is reported that J ohn H ancock marked to Alexander H amilton , We must all “ Y es o r hang together, and that he replied , , we shall all be hanged separately .

Tablets in Wi veliscombe Church

“ to Sacred the memory Of Philip H ancock , w h o 19 Of Ford , in this Parish , died th day Of 1838 7 2 April , , aged years , and O f f d o . Fran ces , his Wife , aughter Rev J oh n o f n Mogridge , Vicar H olne , in the Cou ty Of 17 Devon , who died the th day Of May , 1858 84 m, aged years I n emory Of William H ancock, 19th o f n 1849 Who died day Ja uary , 0 h in the 8 t year Of his age . His public life was full Of useful deeds, and mn his private life was a pattern Of si plicity a d goodness ; his benevolent character en deared h mn i to all around , and his ma y virtues were mH is honoured by universal estee . bo dy was to h is - taken resting place in this Church , e amidst very mark Of respect that the . living n ea c a bestow upon the d d . This monument has been erected by a public subscription in testimony o f h is deeds o f f ” u sefulness and acts o charity .

T o o f o f the glory God , and in loving memory o f William H ancock, Court H ouse,

in this parish . 20 1 1 2 8 0 . 1 6 . 89 . Born Aug , died , Dec , “ This tabmlet is erected by public su b sc rip tion in testi ony Of the esteem and regard c he b i n whi h was held y all classes , 36

M O G R l D G E .

O N O n I . J H , in H oly rders , Vicar of H ol e , n mb in i h e 1 2 17 7 1 a d C o te n ad 7 8 instituted , g , , mari ied A Y S HE F O R D MARGARET , daughter Of mh E d esto e TH OMAS FROUDE , of , and had n three childre . 1 17 7 3 . ELISABETH FROUDE, born , died in n infa cy . 1 m1808 4 2 . 7 7 FRANCES , born , arried , zu d PH ILI P H ANCOCK, of Ford (his 1 858. wife) , died 3 1 7 7 21 17 96 . 7 J OHN , born , died May , ,

at O xford .

O f n I I . JAM E S, Ashburto , married GRACE , daughter o f ROBERT PALK an d FRANCES

ABRAHAM . GRACE PALK had previously m f O arried the Rev . J O HN TRI PE , Vicar n n m n Ashburto . JAM ES took the a e SWETE o O n succeeding to the Estate Of xto , on the death f M r i O s . . his cousin , SWETE They had f ve Children . m 1 . ROBERT PALK , arried MARY daughter o f o n e so n B ERRY, ROBERT . 2 . O S O . J HN , married mT NE , two daughters 3 . . JAM ES , died un arried

4 . . WALTER PALK , died unmarried

5. J . MARY, married BEN AMIN PARHAM O (I ) S I R R B E RT PAL K, f o t &c . Governor Madras, Bar , , married o f E s ANNE , daughter ARTHUR VANSITTART, q . ,

and had four children . 1 . LAWRENCE , his successor in the so n Baronetcy, whose was created HA L D O N Lord . 2 . ANNE , married Sir BOUCHIER WREY . 3 . CATHERINE, died unmarried . 4 . AMELIA, died young . n o f C o mbin tei The Livi gs H olne and gn h ead h were given to the Rev . J ohn Mogridge by is VJ re College friend, Sir Bouchier y, who , was

afterwards Godfather to his son . H e appears

to have held these Livings together .

’ T h R n e ev . John Mogridge was Margaret Ha cock s great r n g a dfather.

S Q UA R E Y .

S u ai e m. t . ( Extrac fro a letter of A T q y, dated

h 1 3 . 9t 89 B L . May , , to Mmr artlett, of iverpool ) The S qu aremy fa ily lived several genera S h al d o n tions at Teign outh an d , Devon , an d were Mari n ers o r Merchants trading to Newfou n dland (chiefly) a n d to other parts Of

th e world . I t is sai d they are descended from m‘ ’ a French fa ily named Carre , who were driven from Portou by the religious persec u n tion , and , in E gland , changed their French mf mO na e , as so any the Huguenots did, into

an English equivalen t . A branch Of the family O ff- O f are settled in Newfoundland , an shoot ”K” the Devonshire sto c k/ Copy O f register in the Register Book in Salis O f bury Cathedral , parish The Close .

28 1 0 S u are August 8 7 . Robert q y Of the f s O . Pari h St Thomas, Salisbury, Mary An n

Beale Of this Parish .

E dward Moore , Vicar . Witnesses

Mary Beale .

Charles Beale . f S u ar O . e This was the father Elias P q y .

O n e hundred years after , Ralph Sydney Pitts Carver w as married in Salisbury Cathedral to O f Gertrude Mary Malden , the Parish Of The 1st 1907 Close , June , , great grandson Of u Robert S q arey above .

nmo in S u are m The q y fa ily were settled at Teig uth the latter part of the 17 th century .

S UA R E Y O F E G N M O UT H D E O N Q , T I , V , M E R H NT S A N D M R R C A A I NE S .

E m RO B E RT S QUA R Y arried MARY

an d so n . B ICKFORD , had one

RO B E RT S QUA R E Y married AGN ES i n BRADDON , an d had seven ch ldre . 1 1 14 m . 7 J OANNA, born , arried STEPH EN

TUCKER .

2 . 17 16 r N AGNES , born , ma ried ICH OLAS W N so n . ATTS . H ad one , ICH OLAS

3 . WILLIAM .

4 . 17 19 A M Y ROBERT born , married

TOZER .

5. 17 22 TI MOTHY, born , died at Lima,

17 68. 6 1 28 7 . . J O HN , born r 7 . MARY , born Mar ied WILLIAM l st a 17 7 6 o n e so n PITTS , , M riner , ; , W 2n d I LLIAM , married MUTTON . , o n e TH OMAS MATHEWS , daughte r , JANE

PITTS , married C . WARREN .

S A R E Y m RO BE RT QU arried AMY

TOZER , and had four Ch ildren . 1 1st A GNE S . ROBERT married , , PITTS , me arriage settlement dat d and r e n had th e childre . H e died about 1836 . 2 W . ILLIAM , married ELIZABETH and had Six children (Newfou n dlan d Branch) . m 3 . . E LIZABETH , arried ROBINS 4 e . TI MOTHY, marri d ELIZABETH BREWER .

H ad two children , MARY and E LIZA W BETH . MARY married TH OMAS AYE

A . had one son , J MES ELIZABETH died

unmarried . RO B E RT S QUA R E Y married AGNES

e 17 72 . PITTS , marriag settlement dated H ad four children . 1 . MARIA PITTS , married ANDREW GRI FFIN o f n COARD TUCKER, Ashburto . ‘ H ad five children . 1 9 r e 2 . 7 7 ROBERT born , mar i d MARY m2 h 1 t 83 1 e 5 . BEALE , who died S pte ber , 12 h 18 1 O t 5 . e H e died ctober , Th y

had ten children . N E W E V I m1st . L L C A R 3 Y . ANN , arried , , Dr ; h o O 27t 17 7 6. 2 n d b rn ctober , ,

C HARLES BIRD , Barrister , who died at 6 1 185 . 8 59. Ashburton , ANN BIRD died

RO B E RT S QUA R E Y born at T eign in 1 9 e 1 1 7 7 85 . mouth , Bitton Street , ; di d in w h o 1831 Married MARY BEALE , died in had ten children . Lived at Salisbury an d Coombe 1801 Bissett from .

1. 1808 u m ROBERT born in , died mih 1 83 arried 5. 2 1809 . C HARLES , born in , married JANE E L WA L L 1 6 E LIZA . H e died in 84 ; ‘ in 1 6 She died 8 5. They had seven

children . 3 1811 . COARD WILLIAM, born , married D o f MARY KINGDON AVY, H eavitree, 18 3 Exeter . H e died in 9 . She died 1 in 898 (January) . N E W 1 1 4 . 8 3 ELL VICARY, born , died 1 1 unmarried 89 . 181 I 8Z Z 5. 5 . AGNES , born , died

6. 1817 MARY, born , married EDWARD 1 H ODD ING who died in 848. H ad 1 02 three children . She died in 9 .

in o of R o S u are I n o The portrait ils bert q y ( V . ) ha gs ver the mD n R m M n oo I t a telpiece of the s all rawi g oo at The M t . E ’ n . . s n was pain ted at Flore ce P S . gra dfather ; great gran dfather 7 . 1819 ANNE BIRD, born , married X 1 0 FREDERICK A FORD . H e died in 9 5. 1 03 She died in 9 . 1 1 8. 82 ANDREW TUCKER , born , married 1st E L W A L L , G EORGIANA CATHERINE . 1 84 . She died in 9 H ad One daughter . 2 n d , E LEANOR CATHERINE FULTON .

They had n ine children . H e died in 1 00 9 . 1823 9. ELIAS PITTS , born , married

LAVINIA MARY TUCKER . Had seven

children . 10 1 2 m 8 . 5 AGNES, born , arried H AMI LTON 18 H . FULTON . H e died in 90. H ad

eight children .

S UA R E Y C H AR LE S Q , married JANE E LIZA 6th 1 6 36 E L W A L L 84 . . H e died April , , aged 6 2 16 18 5 5 . She died February th , , aged H ad

seven children .

1 . . MARY G EORGIANA, died young 20th 18 4 1 2 5 9. . ALICE , died Jun e, , aged ml t D R 3 . s . MARIA JANE, arried , H ENRY 1 2 2n d LEESON . H e died 87 . , CAPTAIN R N ROCHE , . . Two children (boys) . O 20th 1882 She died ctober , . H e died

1885. G 4 . . GERTRUDE, married H ENRY OOD n H ad one so . Shot in America . D R E A F F R E 5. H ELEN , married . H ORACE J 1 905. S ON , died They adopted Captain ’ D E 1880 Roche s two sons, RU PE , born , 18 1 8 . and MAURICE , born 6 23rd . ROBERT, died unmarried , January ,

187 7 35. , aged 1 32 87 5 . 7 . CHARLES , died unmarried , aged

A l l i n these are buried Stratford Churchyard, except n R o n in Maria Ja e che, who is buried with her husba d, the me V n n an d n J eaffreson ur at Ce et ry, e t or, Hele , who is b ied n P ut ey . S UA R E Y J/d // MARY Q , married EDWARD y ” 1840 h il r n W c . H ODDING, in , and had three d e M A 1 2 / t a d W 90 . 1848 She died H e died . mm 1 . MARY AGNES , born ”W 4/ 2 . H ENRY, born July, 3 .

’ N O N mi ARY ; AG E S H D I G ar ied M ” D , T HB H O O Y . e 1 TH OMAS ; . died 885. died 1

1 l ia 1 6 . tra 8 m , 5; arried ROSI E ALICE B R I

three children . D 2 J . BEN AMIN , born 1897 married KATE BYGRAVE , “ 4/ 7 3 in . ROBERT CECIL, born Australia , 1872 , married CONSTANCE ELLEN M I A L L WW" ,

H E N RY married EDITH W n CAROLINE MARCHANT, and has three childre . me w/ V

1. 18 0 WILLIAM MARCHANT born in 9 . 2 . MARY MARCHANT Twins . J 3 . EDWARD MARCHANT, born in ” d fl fl ZW/ 4 ¢ j c /ia 7g 32¢W S A R E Y m AN D REW TU C K E R QU arried 1846 E L WA L L first, in , GEORGIANA CATHERINE , h o n e . 29t and had daughter H e died April ,

1900. 1 1. G O C 849 mE RGIANA ATHERINE , born , arried WILLIAM H OPE, and has four

children . E m ANDREW TUCKER S QUA R Y arried secondly 18 2 H ( 5 ) E LEANOR CAT ERINE FULTON , and n had eleven childre .

1 n 1852 . TUCKER FULTON , bor , married an d h a E LIZABETH ETHEL PERRIN , s

three children . 2 . 1853 EDITH E LEANOR, born , married M P . DAVID MAC I VER , . , and has eleven l . 1 08 chi dren H e died 9 . 3 in n . AGNES died infa cy . 4 1 . n 8 6 m 5 MAU D FRANCES , bor , arried K C a n d TH OMAS G ILBERT CARVER , , h as 1 6 eight children . H e died 90 . n n 5. M IRIAM died aged i e . 6 1 . 8 m 59 ARTHUR FULTON , born , arried

CLARA MADELINE J ONES . n 7 . E LAINE died in i fancy . n 1862 8. m MARY ETHEL, bor , arried m, S WILLIAM CALTHORPE TH ORNE . 1 6 m 8 3 9. LANCELOT, born , arried THEO O T H A O D SIA MARGARE ; ILDA CHES N , 18 0 M f —M ‘ born 7 . g 7 1 186 0. 5 LEONI E MABEL, born , married

PH ILI P ARTHUR H OUGHTON , and has

two children . 11 . H ERMANN died in infancy . E LI AS P I TTS S QUA R E Y married LAVINIA 18 4 5 . MARY TUCKER, , and had seven children 1 6 m 1 85 . LAVINIA MARY, born , arried 18 79. SYDNEY H ENTON CARVER , H e 1 0 died 9 7 . 2 1858 . LOUISA ALICE , born , married L A W 1883 ARCHIBALD FITZGERALD , ,

Judge , Cyprus and Malay States . 1 908. Created Knight Bachelor, 1860 3 . AGNES MARI ON , born , married , 1 893 . first , EDMOND H ERBERT TH OMAS , 1 4 8 . 9 . H e died in Second , Rev J OHN 18 98. H OWARD SWINSTEAD, She died

1899. 4 . ROBERT C HARLES COARD PITTS , born 1862 at n 1884 , died Colorado Spri gs, in , 22 aged . KE 1 6 L E GA S S I C 8 3 . 5. RUTH , born 6 N W 1865 . EWELL ILLIAM PITTS , born ,

married ELINOR KATE M ILES , 66 1 82 G 18 8 . 7 . MAR ARET, born , died AG N E S married H AM ILTON H ENRY FULTON ,

had ten children .

1. 1848 d 18 HAMILTON, born , marrie , 79, KO B E R W E I N ROSA , and had four chil —Hamil n to A n es dren / g (married M . E . n 190 5 . Hampto , , Rosa, George

2 . 1849 1902 AGNES, born , died , married 187 8 tw o s J ONATHAN CARR, , had ons — 18 4 1900 H orace Fulton , born 7 , died ; 18 5. J onathan Fulton , born 7

3 . 1851 C S N MARY, born , married RI HARD O

. O n e e n CARR daughter, Catherin , bor

1881. M ar 1894 z y died l

' 4 R O B E R T f 1 . 853 i born , married EMILY O I C E Y — J , had three children Muriel , 1889 1890 ' born Robert, born Eve 18 3 9 . line, born

5. EVELINE died young . 6 . H ARRY died in infancy .

. 1858 7 COARD WI LLIAM , born , married 1882 h as MABEL GOSSAGE , , two — 1883 daughters Mabel Gossage, born

M ildred . 8 1862 . ETHEL ALICE , born .

1866 e 1892 9. CATHERINE , born , marri d, , D R h as r c l to . JAMES BROWN , th ee hi — 1893 w dren Agnes, born ; Andre 1895 r rn Cranston , born Cathe ine, bo

1905. 10 1864 . RENNIE KINGDON , born , acci 18 8 8 . dentally drowned in Ceylon ,

C opy o f a Paper written by Andrew Tuc ker S u are m3 l st 1 0 C o e 85 q y at o b , dated March , , evidently from notes o f a conversation with h is e S u are 1851 fath r, Robert q y, who died in , 1901 s to . er ent L M . S . by Georgiana H ope in , aft ’ h er e fath er s d ath . mn Fath er re arked o the strong liken ess * O f between me an d the picture h is father . That picture used to hang in h is Grandmother ’ m re 6 Pitts roo . H e membered it 5 years ago it was painted at Florenc e . H is father was man n w a a Short . H e s e gaged in N ew fo u n dl an d n trade, saili g his own Ships there , o O f where he took in a carg fish , to ok it to the d o r an d West I n ies, Spain , Portugal , returned n & c . thence to E gland with fruits, m1 2 79 H is Grand other Pitts died i n , aged 1 l d 90 2 O . , when father was years H er maiden m— a O l d n n a e was Bickford tall woma , wh ite h to air, retained all her faculties, used go to Church (at Teignmouth) every Sunday in a t h e Sedan chair, which father walked by Side O f c o sa . Re llects hearing her y how, in her School S h e e days , had onc taken eight potatoes to her

t . Mis ress as a present , then a very great rarity

H er husband, Elias Pitts , Of Teignmouth , died m. any years before her H e died suddenly o n whilst the Gran d Jury at Exeter, going up n the steps to the C mastle . The Old chi a in the C h ina little room at Coo be was her Wedding . T “ O l d o f Stephen Tucker, Teignmouth , great to gran dfather Robert Tucker, Of Ashburton ,

m. h is father reme bers well William Tucker,

S o n . , was a Newfoundland merchant Andrew G f m’ ri fin Coard , and William , were Willia s two n sons, who lived with their grandfather, Stephe , o n whilst their father was his voyages . They were playfellows Of my father, and used to & l c . O d Shoot together, and keep rabbits, S tephen used to Sit before the fire with a cocked hat on , and went to bed at nine . Boys , to to wishing get him bed, used to put the

N w o at The Moot .

n an d om n n " This is brow Orie tal chi a, s e of it is at The

o n n o b E . P . S . on of n M ot, havi g bee b ught y the death Ja e S u a re o of S u are q y , the wid w his brother, Charles q y

W I L LI AM , third son Of WI LLIAM and S UA R E Y E LIZABETH Q , married MARY ANN u C h idren C OSTER , and had fo r .

1. H ANNAH COSTER , married JAMES PORTHEU S

2 . SUSANNAH . m 3 . H ARRIETT arried H ENRY SCAR "le t h il d r n c e . BOROUGH , had hree A NN m 4 . MARY COSTER, arried JACOB

BARTLETT, had two children , both dead .

Secondly Rev . SAMUEL H ARVEY, o n e I S had daughter , AGNES , who

married to the Rev . H . GODDEN , Bram 1 01 9 . Shaw Vicarage, H ants,

f so n o f C H AR LE S, ourth WI LLIAM and S UA R E Y E LIZABETH Q , married H ARRI ETT LOTT .

so n o fW I L- H EN RY, fifth LIAM an d ELIZABETH S UA R E Y N Q , married in ewfoundland , Traded to Europe .

O Z SARA H A M Y T E R, daughter Of ROBERT ’ B N B . and SARAH SQUA Y, St J ohn s, ewfoundland , married H ENRY KNIGHT, and had three children . 1 04 8 N 9 7 . She died in , aged , in ewfoundland L E A L L 1 . . , married G EORGE EVANS

2 . . EMMA, unmarried

3 . . LEMUEL, married

1824 N W I LL I A M , born in ewfoundland , 184 5 R Y D A L L married , , MARY ANNE , and had n three Childre .

1. 184 5 ROBERT TH OMAS, born , married 1870 , CAROLINE H IGGINS , had seven n childre . R D A L L n 2 . Y b O r WI LLIAM , Co . Toronto , 1849 187 , married AMY WOOLFREY, 5,

had three daughters .

3 . CHARLES J OHN , died in infancy .

O ne i n ffi was the w dow of a Fre ch O cer, O O C R BE RT, T H MAS an d AROLINE S UA R E Y n ee 18 0 Q , H IGGINS , married 7 , had seven children . 1 . TH OMAS HmIGGINS . WILLIAM , arried E LIZABETH M OORE , o n e daughter, FRANCES . r FREDERICK CHARLES , mar ied

ARTHUR . T 5. BEA RICE , died young . 6 . E DWARD MUNROE .

BERTRAM .

Z E LI AB ET H , daughter Of ROBERT S UA R E Y m AMY TOZER Q , arried ROBINS , and n had three childre . 1 . PH ILI P . 2 . WILLIAM .

3 . P daughter .

O a n d S UA R E Y TI M T H Y , son Of R . A . T . Q , an d above , married E LIZABETH BREWER, had w t o children . m 1 . MARY, arried TH OMAS WAYE , and o n e so n had , JAM ES .

2 . . E LIZABETH , died unmarried O N o f G E RG I A A CAT H E R I N E , daughter S UA R E Y E L WA L L AND REW TUCKER Q and G . C . , 1870 married , WILLIAM H OPE , and had four

children .

1. 1908 ALARIC, married , ENI D MAY

RODWAY .

2 . 1 8 8. GODFREY TUCKER, died young, 7 3 . MARGERY . 4 D . O D D L E S T O N G EOFFREY .

5. BRYAN .

E I T A . . . . D H ,mdaughter Of T and E C S UA R E Y V C V M P . Q , arried DA I D MA I E R, . , in 18 4 1 . 90 . 7 , and had eleven children H e died 7 1 18 . DAVID, born 75, married MARJORI E 1 6 U NA 90 . WI LLIAMS , 2 18 6 . 7 ANNI E , born , married FRANK 1 01 E R A N E 9 . C S ARCH ER , Children , 1 02 1 03 9 9 . DESMOND , (died young) 3 S UA R E Y 18 8 . 7 ANDREW TUCKER Q , born , C R O S S T HW A I T E 1 04 9 . married FLORA , 1 m 880 4 . . MARGARET, born , arried S 1 0 1 2 90 . 90 . GATTY, NORMAN , born 1 2 88 . 5. EDITH E LEANOR, born A 4 6 S U R E Y 188 . . EDWARD Q , born 1887 T 7 . RUTH , born , married BER RAM

1907 . MAURICE JAGER,

8 1888. . DOROTHY, born

1890. 9. LOIS , born

10 S UA R E Y 1892 . . REGINALD Q , born

11 1894 . . ALAN , born

U O S UA R E Y son o f TUC KE R F LT N Q , ANDREW TUCKER and E LEANOR CATHERINE S UA R E Y Q , married ETHEL E LIZABETH PERRIN,

1883 . June, , and had three children 1884 1. E LEANOR FULTON , born . 1 6 O 88 . 2 . ROBERT WEN , born O 1891 3. WEN N EWELL, born , f U O . . . . MA D , daughter A T and E C S UA R E Y K C Q , married THOMAS G . CARVER , , 1906 and had eight children . H e died . 1 1 S UA R E Y 8 9. . 7 G ILBERT Q , born 18 1 2 8 . . CATHERINE FULTON , born 1 2 m 88 3 . M ITA DRINKWATER, born , arried 4 190 . , REGINALD M ORGAN SM ITH 1884 4 . . EDMOND TUCKER , born 18 6 8 . 5. TH OMAS DRINKWATER , born 1 6 888. . PH I LLIS MAUD , born 3 7 . 189 . STELLA CLIFTON , born 18 8. 98. J ULIAN CRESWELL, born N O . . U U . ARTH R F LT , married C M J ONES b i “

ET H E L MA RY, married W . CALTHROP

TH ORNE . O N S UA R E Y LE I E MAB E L Q , married c d PH I LLI P H OUGHTON , has two hil ren . 1 S A R E Y 1 93 U 8 . . PH I LI P Q , born F 1 6 2 89 . . KATHERINE ULTON , born A R E Y m UN O S U LA C E L T Q , arried THEO

DOSIA MARGARET H I LDA ACH ESON , and has 1 E O . AUDR Y THEOD SIA MADELAINE , born 1 00 9 . 1 2 904 . . ARTHUR , born

. N S A R E Y m U I LAV I I A MARY Q , arried 18 9 and SYDN EY H ENTON CARVER in 7 , had seven children . (Daughter Of E LIAS PITTS and S UA R E Y LAVINIA MARY Q ) .

1. 880 SYDNEY RALPH PITTS , born in 1 ; married 1908 G ERTRUDE MARY MALDEN — 1 S o n 909. 2 O 1884 1 . 885. LIVER CHARLES, born , died 3 1886 . CRISTABEL MARGARET, born . 4 1890 . SYLVIA RUTH , born . 1 5. 891. MIRIAM AGN ES , born 6 18 3 . 9 . MARGARET, born X 18 6 7 . FELI , born 9 . O U S UA R E Y I I . L I SA A L I C E Q , married R L A W 1883 A CHIBALD FITZGERALD in , and had four children . 1 A G . S RAH MAR ARET FITZGERALD , born

1887 . 2 1 . 888 MARY H ARRIET, born .

3 . 18 ARCHIBALD FITZGERALD, born 97 .

4 . A 1 8 89 . E DW RD FITZGERALD, born N O N S UA R E Y I I I . AG E S MAR I Q , married, 1893 first , E DMOND H ERBERT TH OMAS in . 1 4 V 89 . R E H e died Secon d, the . J OHN 1898 H OWARD SWINSTEAD, . She died Sep 22n d 18 99. tember , U L E GA S S I C KE S UA R E Y I V . R T H Q .

V . N E W E L L W I L L I A M P I T T S S UA R E Y G Q , married E LINOR AU USTA KATE 189 MILES in 7 , and have 1 O . DENYS N EWELL PITTS , born ctober h 1 9 t 8 8. 9 , 2 l 0th . COARD M ILES , born September , 1 1 90 . oth 1 04 3 3 9 . . PH ILI P , born January , 6th 1 6 4 . 90 . STEPH EN H ENRY, born April ,

COPY . 23rd 18 8 5 . Teignmouth , September , S I R —I o u , have sent y the Register Of Bap ismn S u are t s Of the ame q y, which I should before, but I have been ill . a w as 17 14 J o n , baptised in the year Sons and 17 16 Agnes, daughters 17 19 Robert, of Robert 17 22 Timothy, and Agnes 1 2 S u are 7 . J ohn , q y o f S u are Jane, daughter John an d Jane q y, 1 2 3 . baptised in the year 7 Thomas, baptised 1 6 in the year 7 3 .

’ so n Robert, Of William and Elizabeth r 1 8 S u are 7 7 . q y, was baptised in the yea s o n S u are Robert , Of Robert and Agnes q y, s 1 80 wa baptised in the year 7 . S u are Mary q y, was married to William Pitts , 1 6 7 7 . a Mariner, in the year Charles S qu arey was married to H arriett

Lott, by licence . H e was Lieutenant in the * Royal Navy . Those dates I have mentioned are the earliest o u r that Register Books will give . I can not O f find nothing Of the marriage the first names, S u are Robert and Agnes q my . Sir, I hope some Of the are to your satis faction .

Yours respectfully,

J OHN BACK , f Parish Clerk O West Teignmouth .

T . S u are E re o s . Coard W q y, q An O val Memorial Tablet in West Teig h 12th mouth Church , copied by April , 1901 S A R E Y AG N E S QU , 1 . 24th 799. Of this place Died January, 6 Aged 5 years . H er children raise this stone as a Slight o f f memorial their strong filial amfection , for that affection , supported by estee , will only diminish with the power o f tracing the occur ” f o f ren ees o this state H uman Existence . Copy o f a Tablet Memorial in West T eign mouth Church , Devon “ Sacred to the memory Of Mr . Elias Pitts, many years a respectable Merchant Of this

i 8th 1765 65. place , who died January , , aged f h is w h o O . And also Mrs Mary Pitts , wife ,

22n d 1792 90. died April , , aged “ This tributary tablet Of filial duty and f a fection to the best Of parents, is inscribed and erected by their surviving Offspring .

18 1792 . May th , They were united in life an d in death they were not divided . “ Their works shall praise them .

No data

P T T S — S O U H D I . T E VO N.

P I TTS , married had two sons .

J OHN , married MARY BICKFORD , and

had four children .

2 . . o f SAMUEL Father Of J ohn Pitts,

. 1 6 West Teignmouth Will dated 7 9. Married BETTY and left h is pro ’ perty to her . She lived at St . Thomas ,

Exeter . After her death , his nephew

Samuel took the property .

*‘ B C K J O H N (above) , married MARY I FORD, an d had four children . 1 . ANN . * 2 . E LIAS , married MARY BICKFORD , 6th 17 24 January , , and had eight

children .

3 . e . SAMUEL Fath r Of John , men tio n ed in an ol d Deed dated 25th Sep

m1 o f . 7 79 te ber, (in the possession Mr

O f . J ordan , East Teignmouth) 4 R . MA Y . i M a r P it t s C h ild re n o f E l as a nd y .

1 . . ANN , married M OSES TOZER Had

one daughter, ANN . 2 . MARY , married , first, SAMU EL PI ERCE ,

and had two children ; second , the R E V o f N . C HARLES LOCK, Vicar orth

Bovey, South Devon .

3 . J OANNA, married RICHARD BREWER, R N l Lieutenant . . , and had three chi

dren .

4 . ELIAS . Grandfather Of William S u re Timothy q a y Pitts, who died in

182 45. 5, aged a 5. BI C KFORD, unm rried , drowned in

N ewfoundland .

6 . . EVAN , died unmarried A G E R S UA R E Y NES , married ROB T Q ,

7th 17 7 2 . March , W I D B R NE H O . 8. C MARIA, married MI HAEL

AN N P I TTS , married M OS ES TOZER, and e A NN had on daughter , . C MARY , married Rev . SAMU E L PIER E , and had two Children . Married secon dly the Rev .

C . C . LO K , Vicar Of North Bovey, Devon 1 Y E K o f . M AR , married G ORGE EASTLA E,

six i . Plymouth , and had ch ldren 2 . ANN .

r a h — i i se No Mary Pitts, wife of El as P tts, pos ssed a gold

ml t n . I c hain of a very s al pat er t is said to have been n an d on i n three y ards lo g, her death was d vided betwee

fi ve . n her daughters Through her daughter Ag es, who mR S u are one n n arried obert q y , portio desce ded to her A n n an d m daughter, Bird, fro her to who wears it n t is with her ey e glasses . She has bee told tha it a Maltese - n 18 . n n in n chai , carat gold A other portio was the possessio z S h ort o A G C of Maria Elimabeth , daughter of . . . Tucker, through her other . B —I n n di n n N . . possessio is the wed g ri g of Elias “ an d e J an . 6 17 24. . Mary Pitts, with the dat , y , P an d n n . E two hearts e twi ed . M . E i n J n 18th 17 65 on lias Pitts d ed sudde ly , a uary , , the e u mm n on th e st ps of The Castle, Exeter, where he was s o ed h Gran d Jury . He was J ustice of t e Peace for the coun ty of Devon . El ias an d Mary Pitts were the great gran dparents of and e n n s L M . S . the gr at great gra dpare t of .

C h ild re n o f J o a n n a a nd R ic h a rd B rew e r (3 )

L i t R N. e u . .

1 L E Y a n d . ELIZABETH , married J OHN ,

had five C hildren . 2 . RICHARD , unmarried , drowned in the

West I ndies . a 3 . E LIAS PITTS , died unm rried , Captain R N . .

Z E LI AB ET H B REWE R, married J OHN L E Y , and had five children . 1 A . RICH RD, died young . 2 . J O HN .

3 . RICHARD . 4 . J OANNA . L E 5. ELIZABETH , married JACQUES AMI i FORESTIER, and had five C h ldren .

— Note E lias Pitts B rewer was Godfather to Elias Pitts ’ S u a an h i n mo n R n re d m . q y , left his Gra d ther s Weddi g i g N ’ o o n of 1 n r n o m. 6 Als a g ld ri g the th Ce tu y , Austria ble s Ar s ’ R i n mmR n This g uch rese bles Shakespeare s i g, preserved ’ o -ou - n in an d at Stratf rd Avo Shakespeare s House, is a n 1 C r n ge uin e 6th entu y R i g . C h ild re n o f J a c q u e s a nd E l iz a b et h L e

F o rest ie r.

JACQU ES , married

E MELIE .

H ESTER .

H ENRI .

ALFRED .

BREWER .

PITTS .

Captain Elias Pitts Brewer, brother Eliza n "e im beth Ley, Brewer, above, had a deep pression when sail ing in the Mediterranean that S u are a his first cousi n , Maria Pitts q y, m rried to Dr . Andrew C . G . Tucker, was dead . mh i ' f l H e was S O i pressed by t s ee ing that he in n noted the day and hour his Log Boo k . O reaching E ngland he found that She had died mn at the time he had ade the e try H e was very much attached to his cousin . P T T S I .

I n Stokenham Churchyard , in the parish Of t n Slapton Lea, Sou h Devo , are the following “ H arriett Elliott, daughter Of Philip an d O f Elizabeth Prettyman Loye Widdecombe , in i 4 M a this parish , who departed this l fe , y, 1 111 2 1 1 . 184 . Aged years days N h O f ic olas Pitts South Allington , in the parish Of Chivelstone . 90 u Winifred Pitts, aged A Mon ment in 1840 the C hurch . Died .

- I n the Churchyard Of Stok en h a i n z" “ O f i I n remembrance Anne El zabeth Cole , M u c w el l wife Of William Pitts, Of k . Died 1884 , aged

William Elliott Pitts, of Shute , Bishop

stei n to n 1845. g , died

N P rett o h n o f M uzc kw ell in icholas yj Pitts,

this Parish , died “ 1847 a i J ohn Pitts, died , married C ther n e ” Loye .

187 8. Sarah Pitts, died — mmh B e S ketc ook re Not The above is copied fro y , whe I n n on S n L ea had e tered it whe a visit to lapto , in

O 1892. ctober,

Copy o f a Tombstone in West Teignmouth

Churchyard .

o o f S u are I n mem ry William Timothy q y Pitts, w h o 182 4 5 5. . died April , Aged 5 years Also h is Of Lucretia Mary, daughter , who died J any . 10 1824 10 , . Aged years .

a B l ib e at Ash burton , belon R D C O A .

From a now belonging to R . C .

Tucker, at Ashburton

F eb 11 16 8 . 7 . y , Then was baptised O f Margaret, daughter William and Margaret 11 H ore, and departed this life January, 1749 , having had by her husband , William

Coard , seven children .

GEO RGE CO ARD married TM A R GA R E T R E H O , and had WILLIAM COARD . He died in

1725.

* m O W I LL I A M C AR D, arried MARGARET

17 49. H ORE and had seven children , died

1 G E O R GE R . N . . I , Captain , 2 . MARGARET .

3 . . ELIZABETH 4 . ALICE .

5. CHRISTIAN married ALAN GRI FFIN, o n e Mariner, had daughter, ELIZABETH . 6 28th 1 12 . WILLIAM, born December , 7 .

7 . MARY .

is I n the same Bible , in the same writing, the following entry 2 17 25 April 7 , Then died George O f Coard, Gran dfather George and William

Coard .

i n in di f . m amou r Note Th s Bible co ta s a pe gree ro Ad to

S aviour .

l man d - t Wil ia Margaret Hore were great great - - n an d n dm great great gra dfather gra other. — N . of G C in s in I . ote The portrait eorge oard, oil , Naval ’ n o m n e i in u if r of the period, ha gs ov r the s deboard the n n - mu n di i g roo at Ashb rto .

T UC KE R"

C d r ma B ibl d o ie o e a ted 1 8 p f , 7 7 . A t A sh bu rton ( . )

Z M E LI A B ETH GR I FF I N , married WILLIA 17 76 o f TUCKER, ; date marriage settlement , 1 6 7 7 . William Tucker there described as ” n so n o ly and heir . They had two son s * 1. N O w h o A D R EW G R I FF I N C AR D , S UA R E Y married MARIA PITTS Q , and had five

. 11th 1821 children First wife died May , , aged 48. 1 9 1800 . COARD WILLIAM, born Sept . , ; 1811 died . 20th 1802 2 . T ROBERT, born July, ; died 1 893 . 2 h N 1 5t O V . 80 3 . 5 C HARLES , born , died

28th 1827 . J une , unmarried 4 8 t 180 . ANN TOZER , born th Sep , 7 ; i h 1836 died Dec . 7 , . 1 h 5. 1t MARIA E LIZABETH , born April , 16 18 . U ( Signed A . G . C . T C KE R , 22n d 1816 April , .

—C r L an d L aw D a n n Note . ou t eet y , Ashburto , A drew T min Griffi n Coard ucker is fi rst en tion ed the Court Bo ok in 1812 n e S L n n R 011 . the for , whe he act d as mteward for ord Cli to S in ce that date to the present ti e ( 1906) his son an d n mn n n gran dson have had their a es e tered as atte di g an d B ma l n C . al te te y presidi g at the ourts of the orough R obert Coard T ucker presided at the last Court L eet held

m22n d 1906. Nove ber , 1' Note O n the day of the receipt of the n ews of oo n 1 1 man d 8 5 n the Battle of Waterl , Ju e , y father gra d — n mO n n father had ridden to E xeter twe ty iles . heari g r m— n mn e n the n ews g a dfather bade y father the just thirt e —y m n m t o u . y ears old ride back to Ashb rto i ediately, quickly did an d n n an d He so, spread the ews through the tow s n n -man d mo ha lets he passed his twe ty ile ride, galloped n n oo n through the streets of Ashburto cryi g out the g d ews . mn an mn d o The excite e t was tre e dous, of course, the cr wd h immn an d r h mu n im tried to dis o t fro his po y chai ” L e u s R t . shoulder high . chair Master obert, they said man d I I h ave hea d y father tell the story, add, gave a r ” mn an d m good cut to y po y galloped ho e . H e secondly married HARRIET LU KE , and o n e N had daughter, LAVINIA UGENT, born 1828 His about . second wife died about

1830.

2 “ . W I LL I A M , Merchant and Mariner . sea N Lost at , returning from ewfoundland .

so n o f William Tucker ( William Tucker,

of Teignmouth , whose marriage settlement is 17 76 is so n dated , and there demscribed as only and heir, a merchant and ari ner . H e took his Ships to Newfoundland for a cargo Of salt

to & c . fish , and from thence Spain for fruits, During the French War " he was taken prisoner W h is s ith Ship , and pa sing Dartmouth H arbour he prayed o n e O f the French officers to al low him to waive his handkerchief o u t of the port w as hole Of his cabin in which he confined , in order to attract the attention o f the o n f authorities lan d, o fering his gold sleeve

links as a bribe for conferring this favour . I t w as , Of course, refused . Arriving in France, he w as chained to a lunatic in a c el l so low n His that they could o t stand upright . f w as su ferings were great, but at length he o n released parole, before being exchanged .

H e there met a lady who fell in love with him, w as O n but this n ot returned . reaching Devon h is safely, he continued life of seamanship and

merchandise . Many years after, being in

Spain , he again came across the lady he had

it I t n n r n mn is i teresti g here to relate that du i g this war a y n ffi n fi n i n D moo on A Fre ch o cers were co ed art r pris . fter mn mn ou o o wards released par le, a y of the lived at Ashburt ,

m. S o n m an d mn e beca e frie ds of y father He has h w the mof n mn o ilesto es ab ut a ile each side the tow which were mn h e n n ot o . t bou daries, beyo d which they ig ht g