Pidgeons of Stockland, Dorset (Now Devon) Stockland Is a Small Village in the Blackdown Hills Which Straddle the Border Between Devon and Somerset, England

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PIDGEONs of Stockland, Dorset (now Devon) Stockland is a small village in the Blackdown Hills which straddle the border between Devon and Somerset, England. Originally it belonged to the county of Dorset, but was transferred to Devon in 1844. Three miles south-west of Stockland lies Cotleigh, another small village where John Pidgeon and Mary Sansome were married in 1793. John’s grandfather came from Cotleigh, but he and his father were born at Awliscombe, another small village about four miles further west, near Honiton. John and Mary settled at Stockland and produced a large family, including five sons and a daughter Mary who were all born at Stockland and had large families of their own. For further generations of these families, see their individual branches. Contributors: Basil Pidgeon , Barbara Grant , Michaela Demkiw , David Oswald Notes: ab. = about, b. = born, bp. = baptised, bu. = buried, d. = died, m. = married, (+) = extra-marital relationship Places in Italics – Registration Districts John PIDGEON (bp.19/4/1767, Awliscombe – d.) [see the Pidgeons of Awliscombe family tree] : 1776 (14 Oct): Apprenticed to Robert ACKLAND Esq of Owl’s House until 24 th birthday m.(15/1/1793, Cotleigh) Mary SANSOME (b.ab.1773 – bu.16/4/1833, 60y, Stockland) | |– John PIDGEON (bp.26/5/1793, Stockland – d?1855, 62y, Axminster) Blacksmith | m.(21/1/1823, WF) Hannah ROWE (bp.29/6/1800, WF – bu.23/6/1882, 82y, Axminster) | | | └ → See the Pidgeons of Stockland (John) branch | | Hannah was born at Wootton Fitzpaine, about 8 miles SE of Stockland in Dorset, near Charmouth. | Most of their descendants remained in this area of Charmouth, Lyme Regis and Axminster | |– James PIGEON (bp.28/2/1796, Stockland – d?1857, Broadwindsor) Dairyman | m.() Amelia CARTER (b.ab.1803, Broadwindsor – d.1856, Broadwindsor) | | | └ → See the Pidgeons of Stockland (James) branch | | T he children of James and Amelia were baptised at nearby Chard and then Wambrook, but by 1841 the | family was living at Broadwindsor, about 12 miles east of Stockland, in Dorset. Their eldest son William | settled on the island of Guernsey, while others stayed in Dorset. | |– William PIGEON (b.12/1798, bp.25/12/1799, Stockland – d.15/4/1873, 74y, Chard) Grocer | m.( 19/12/1830, Chard) Mary Mealy READ (b.ab.1810, Chard – d.1876, 66y, Axminster) | | | └ → See the Pidgeons of Stockland (William) branch | | William and Mary settled at nearby Chard, Somerset but their children wandered further afield | to London, Bradwell in Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire. | |– Emmanuel PIGEON (b.11/6/1802, Stockland – d?1843, Chard) | |– Samuel PIGEON (b.2/7/1807, Stockland – d.3/8/1864, 57y, Wrington, Som) Mason | : 1841: at Ashton Hall Gate, Bedminster, Bristol – Saml PIDGEN and others | m.(1841, Bristol) Elizabeth MILTON (b.ab.1817, Blackwell, Som – d.8/3/1902, London) Schoolteacher | | | └ → See the Pidgeons of Stockland (Samuel) branch | | Samuel and Elizabeth were married in Bristol, but lived mostly at Wrington, north Somerset, near | Weston-super-Mare. Some of their descendants stayed in Somerset, while others moved to London | and Yorkshire, A granddaughter Elizabeth and her husband William Rawle joined the Mormons and | emigrated with their family to Salt Lake City, Utah in the USA . | |– Isaac PIDGEON (b.8/11/1810, Stockland – bu.5/7/1862, 51y, Stockland) Baker | m.(5/3/1837, Combpyne) Mary SPILLER (b.ab.1815, Combpyne – bu.8/5/1904, 88y, Stockland) | | | └ → See the Pidgeons of Stockland (Isaac) branch | | Isaac and Mary lived at Stockland for many years before moving to nearby Chard, Most of their | offspring remained in the area, but their son Henry emigrated to Queensland, Australia in 1878 | when he was 26. | Updated: 11 January 2018 1 Copyright © 2003-2018 Ian C Pidgeon

|– Mary PIDGEON (b.24/11/1813, Stockland – d?1864, Axminster ) Kid glove Maker | m.(17/12/1833, Stockland) Samuel SUMMERS (b.ab.1804, Stockland – d.1886, 80y, Axminster ) Ag Lab | | 1841: at Milhays, Stockland – Mary (80); Samuel & Mary; Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth | | 1851: at Short Bottom, Stockland – Samuel & Mary; Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Emma, Ann (wid, 88, | | 1861: at Stockland Hill, Stockland – Mary (mar); Elizabeth, Emma mother) | | at Tharns, Cotleigh – Samuel (mar) boarder with William PEARCE & family (see below) | | 1871: at Lane End, Stockland – Samuel (wid) boarder with John BOYLAND & family (see below) | | 1881: at Mallins, Stockland – Samuel (wid) boarder with John BOYLAND & family (see below) | | | |– Mary Pidgeon SUMMERS (b.22/2/1834, Stockland – d.1902, 66y, Wellington, Som ) Lace Maker | | m.(14/6/1859, Stockland) William Charles PEARCE (b.ab.1837, Chardstock – d.1914, 76y, | | | Wellington, Som ) Policeman, Railway Plate Layer | | | 1861: at Tharns, Cotleigh – William & Mary; Rose + Samuel SUMMERS (visiter) | | | 1871: at Rattery village, nr Totnes, Dev – William & Mary; Rosa. John, Mary, Minnie | | | 1881: at Cleanmore, Milverton, Som – William & Mary; Minnie, Albert, Elizabeth, Samuel | | | 1891: at Cleanmore, Milverton, Som – William & Mary; Samuel | | | 1901: at Cleanmore, Milverton, Som – William C & Mary P; Samuel & Martha | | | 1911: at Cleanmoor, Wiveliscombe, Som – William Charles (wid) | | | | | |– Rosa PEARCE (b.27/9/1859, Stockland – d.) | | |– John PEARCE (b. 1864, Cotleigh – d.) | | |– Mary E PEARCE (b. 1866, Cotleigh – d.) | | |– Minnie PEARCE (bp.20/2/1869, Newton Abbot – d.) | | |– Albert PEARCE (b. 1871, Rattery – d.) Shoe Maker | | |– Elizabeth PEARCE (b.ab.1874, Milverton – d.) | | └ Samuel PEARCE (b.ab.1876, Milverton – d.) Carpenter | | | |– Samuel SUMMERS (b.24/6/1836, Stockland – d.1907, 70y, Honiton ) Railway Ganger/Platelayer | | m.(6/9/1859, Stockland) Eliza POTTER (b.ab.1836, Whitestaunton – bu.18/3/1910, 71y, Feniton) | | | 1861: at Court, Dalwood – Samuel & Eliza; Samuel, Jesse | | | 1871: at Badstones, Talaton – Samuel & Eliza; Jesse, Albion, Mary, Emma Jane, Minnie Annie | | | 1881: at Station, Feniton – Samuel & Eliza; Jesse, Minnie, Richard, Sidney, Lucy | | | 1891: at Sidmouth Junction, Feniton – Samuel & Eliza; Sidney John, Minnie Annie, Lucy + visitor | | | 1901: at Sidmouth Junction, Feniton – Samuel & Eliza; Minnie, Lucy + William BOOBYER (1, | | | grandson) | | |– Samuel SUMMERS (b.1858, Whiestaunton – d.1913, 55y, St Thomas ) | | |– Jesse SUMMERS (b.1860, Stockland – bu.2/8/1916, 56y, Feniton) Platelayer | | |– Albion SUMMERS (b.1862, Dalwood – d.1890, 27y, St Thomas ) | | |– Mary SUMMERS (b.1864, Dalwood – d.) | | |– Emma Jane SUMMERS (b.1867, Talaton – d.) | | |– Minnie Annie SUMMERS (b.1869, Talaton – d.) | | |– John SUMMERS (b.1872, Talaton – d?1873, 0y, Honiton) | | |– Richard SUMMERS (b.1874, Talaton – d.) | | |– Sidney John SUMMERS (b.1877, Feniton – d.) | | └ Lucy SUMMERS (b.1880, Feniton – d.) | | | |– Elizabeth SUMMERS (bp.23/6/1839, Stockland – d.1923, 83y, Honiton ) Kid Glove Maker | | m1.(24/6/1862, Stockland) Samuel BOARD (b.1840 – d.1876, 36y, Honiton ) Labourer | | | 1871: at Gosford, Ottery St Mary – Samuel & Elizabeth; Bessie, Jessie, Ernest, Rose | | | 1881: at Fenny Bridges, Ottery St Mary – Elizabeth (wid); Ernest, Rosa, Emily + Henry J BASTIN | | | (boarder) | | |– Bessie BOARD (b.1862, Stockland – d.) | | |– Jessie BOARD (b.1864, Stockland – d.) | | |– Ernest BOARD (b.1867, Ottery St Mary – d.) | | |– Rosa BOARD (b.1869, Ottery St Mary – d.) | | |– Emily BOARD (b.ab.1872, Ottery St Mary – d.) | | |– Samuel BOARD (b.1875, Ottery St Mary – d.1880, 5y, Honiton ) | | : | | m2.(26/5/1889, Ottery St Mary) Henry John BASTIN (b.ab.1845 – d.1924, 78y, Honiton ) Labourer | | 1891: at Fennybridges, Ottery St Mary – Henry & Elizabeth | | 1901: at Fenny Bridges, Ottery St Mary – Henry & Elizabeth | | 1911: at Fenny Bridges, Ottery St Mary – Henry & Elizabeth [4/7 ch alive] | | | | | └ Emma SUMMERS (bp.3/3/1844, Stockland – d.1904, 60y, Axminster ) Kid Glove Maker, Boot binder | m.(1864, Axminster ) John BOYLAND (b.1838, Stockland – d?1880, 42y, Chard ) Boot & shoe maker

| | 1871: at Lane End, Stockland – John & Emma; Emma Jane, Minnie Anne, Sydney John | | + Samuel SUMMERS (father in law) | | 1881: at Mallins, Stockland – John & Emma; Sidney J, Emily, Samuel, Arthur + Samuel SUMMERS | | 1891: at Bonds, Stockland – Emma (m); Emily, Samuel E, Arthur W, Reginald H, + Hannah (77, | | 1901: at Marl Pits, Stockland – Emma (wid); Emily, Samuel, Reginald mother in law) | | | |– Emma Jane BOYLAND (b.1864, Stockland – d.) | |– Minnie Annie V BOYLAND (b.1867, Stockland – d.) | |– Sydney John BOYLAND (b.1869, Stockland – d.) | |– Emily BOYLAND (b.1871, Stockland – d.) | |– Samuel BOYLAND (b.1873, Stockland – d.) | |– Arthur BOYLAND (b.1876, Stockland – d.) | └ Reginald Hubert BOYLAND (b.1885, Stockland – d.) | └ Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.12/6/1816, Stockland – d.)