Thanks Lance - I will bear that in mind. Roz -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lance L. Piatt Sent: 28 January 2014 01:33 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] SUSANNA HAMMETT Greetings Roz, I have HAMMONDs and I have seen the records at times list them as HAMMETT. Just a thought. Regards, Lance -----Original Message----- From: Roz Hickman Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:40 AM To: Devon-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] SUSANNA HAMMETT The baptism of Susanna has eluded me for 30+ years. She would have been born circa 1734. She married by licence in 1757 at Otterton the register states OTP, she was also heavily pregnant. Her daughter was baptised at Ottery St Mary some three weeks later. This is a town some 6-8 miles away. I surmise she went there to relatives to have her baby. Her Husband, my 8xGrandfather, had not long bought a farm in Otterton. He had not been in residence long and I wonder if Susanna had come to Otterton with him or had been employed by him, maybe as a housekeeper. William had been born in Plymtree in 1734. Has anyone any sign of a Hammett family this side of Devon? ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3681/7039 - Release Date: 01/28/14

David, I certainly appreciate this additional information. One oddity about the Land Tax Assessments is that Heale and Heale late Kemps appear among other properties at the beginning of the list, before properties in the city of Tavistock and then rural properties in West Division and in East Division. There must be some legal or historic explanation why all the properties in the rural areas of the West Division (since Heale/Heale late Kemps is near Coletown/Great Artiscome/Artiscombe, one would expect all of them to lie in the West Division) are not listed in the same portion of the list. Maybe the answer will be made plain as I work through the annual lists. I have from 1808 to 1832 to cover yet. More fun ahead, I'm sure. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Jan Fletcher wrote: > > > > Two farms, Artiscombe and Higher Artiscombe remain in existence today. > Higher Artiscombe is the closest to Rubbytown and the former Cole Farm > (Coletown?). And, indeed, Hele Farm is also very close, just to the west of > Rubbytown. > David Fletcher, Plymouth, UK.. > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:13:24 -0500 > From: "David L. Langenberg" <gallienus@mac.com> > Subject: [DEV] SLEEMAN at Coletown, Tavistock - Thomas ROCKEY, Jr. at > Heale, Tavistock > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <648010DB-BECC-41CB-A1F4-9463654D2950@mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I have been going through the Tavistock Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1832, at > my local LDS Family History Library. It appears that J. SLEEMAN became a > tenant of Coletown in the West Division of Tavistock parish in 1807 while > Hy. SLEEMAN became a tenant of Great Artiscombe and Artiscombe (presumably > properties adjoining Coletown) in the same year. For some years previously, > Wm. Crabb had been the tenant of all three properties. Because they are > listed consecutively, I conclude that they are all contiguous properties. > All were owned by the Duke of Bedford. You might remember that later > censuses (1841 and 1851) indicated that John SLEEMAN was born at Coletown. > This establishes for certain that there was such a place in Tavistock > parish. > > Interestingly, Thomas ROCKEY, Junior, first shows up at Heale and Heale late > Kemps in the following year, 1808. I believe that Heale must be the same as > Hele, mentioned in The Place-Names of Devon, v. 1, p. 122. I have no idea > yet where it might be situated in the parish, but I have not examined old > Ordnance Survey maps. You might recall that Salome ROCKEY married John > SLEEMAN in Tavistock in 1805. > > David Langenberg > Newark, Delaware, USA > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David All I know about Rebekah is that she was chr 22 September 1728 in Charleton, married there on 27 May 1751 and she was buried there on 2 April 1794. [All info from lookups in the original PRs via the http://www.our4bears.net/index.htm website in July 2011] Her parents were Richard STRAW and Anne, and Bev's work on the PRs suggest that Anne's maiden name was KING. This couple were married on 13 July 1710 in Charleton. Bev has found three children from that marriage, and the next three are my own information, gained from lookups in the original PRs via the http://www.our4bears.net/index.htm website in July 2011. The children are: Nickolas s/o bapt 9 mber ye 27th [November 27th] 1711 Richard s/o bapt March ye 2nd 1713 Sarah [STRAW] bapt Feb ?? 1716 [could be abt 12th] James, chr 28 August 1720 in Charleton Ann, chr 18 August 1723 in Charleton Rebekah/Rebecca, chr 22 September 1728, marr 27 May 1751, bur 2 April 1794, all in Charleton. Regards Ros -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David L. Langenberg Sent: 27 January 2014 22:43 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Richard BALL and Rebekah STRAW mar 27 May 1751 Charleton, Devon Ros, This is of interest to me for documenting that the surname STRAW occurs in Devon. One of my new England ancestors, like Greenfield LARRABEE, namely, William STRAW, shows up out of nowhere in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in 1683. Some have speculated that he came from East Anglia (Suffolk) or the Midlands (Nottinghamshire). Now it seems there is a possibility that his origins might be found in the West of England. Do you know much more about Rebekah's STRAW's parentage and ancestors? Regards, David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Ros Haywood wrote: > Hello > > Richard and Rebekah (also spelled Rebecca) are my 5 x great grandparents. > They were married on 27 May 1751 in Charleton, Devon. The witnesses to the > marriage were George POUND and Samuel HEWIT. Samuel is a witness for almost > every marriage in the register, so maybe he was the parish clerk? > > Richard was buried 11 September 1792 in Charleton, and Rebekah/Rebecca was > christened 22 September 1728, also in Charleton, and buried there on 2 April > 1794. > > My queries are: When and where was Richard born/christened? Did it happen in > Charleton as well? And did Richard and Rebekah/Rebecca have children other > than my direct ancestor, another Richard? > > Please let me know if these people are familiar to you and you have > information about them. > > Regards > > Ros Haywood > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3681/6540 - Release Date: 01/28/14

J haven't really been following this thread but: The National Archives has the following will http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=larabee Reference: PROB 11/420/349 Description: Will of John Larabee of New England, North America Date: 19 June 1694 This is available as a download. There are around a 100 references to the ship Phoenix for the 18c The other places to try are the National Maritime Museum. http://www1.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum and the Newfoundland Maritime History Archive http://www.mun.ca/mha/ Paul -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David L. Langenberg Sent: 28 January 2014 14:36 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARABEE Bev, Plenty has been written about Greenfield LARRABEE and his American descendants. None of them delve into, or even speculate about, his English origins. I am familiar with the references you sent, and they do not include any mention of his English origins. Hence my query to the list. I just thought here had to be somewhere who has tripped over a LARRABEE-GREENFIELD marriage in Devon or the use of GREENFIELD as a Christian name in Devon. The first Greenfield LARRABEE married a woman who was born in Rusper, Sussex, but I don't think the colonial settlers were too picky about marriages within their own county affiliations. BTW, I am also a PARKE descendant (as per the last references), The family was from Suffolk, I believe. Right now I think the tack to take is to determine the home port of the Phoenix, on which Greenfield LARRABEE was a sailor. I have a feeling it might be Plymouth or Falmouth. And then the assumption would be that sailors would be recruited from the nearby area. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA

I have been going through the Tavistock Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1832, at my local LDS Family History Library. It appears that J. SLEEMAN became a tenant of Coletown in the West Division of Tavistock parish in 1807 while Hy. SLEEMAN became a tenant of Great Artiscombe and Artiscombe (presumably properties adjoining Coletown) in the same year. For some years previously, Wm. Crabb had been the tenant of all three properties. Because they are listed consecutively, I conclude that they are all contiguous properties. All were owned by the Duke of Bedford. You might remember that later censuses (1841 and 1851) indicated that John SLEEMAN was born at Coletown. This establishes for certain that there was such a place in Tavistock parish. Interestingly, Thomas ROCKEY, Junior, first shows up at Heale and Heale late Kemps in the following year, 1808. I believe that Heale must be the same as Hele, mentioned in The Place-Names of Devon, v. 1, p. 122. I have no idea yet where it might be situated in the parish, but I have not examined old Ordnance Survey maps. You might recall that Salome ROCKEY married John SLEEMAN in Tavistock in 1805. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA

Paul, Thank you for your excellent suggestions. I will follow up on links to the National Maritime Museum and the Newfoundland Maritime History Archive. I suspect my original message about Greenfield LARRABEE didn't really stress enough how exhaustive my research has been in American sources and what light they shed on the relationship between the various branches of the LARRABEE family in America. Therefore I suspected that the link to the will of John LARRABEE (d. 1694) would prove to be fruitless. He was the son of Stephen LARRABEE, of North Yarmouth, Maine. (Greenfield LARRABEE also had a son John, but he died in 1725.) I don't believe a relationship (if any) between Stephen LARRABEE of Maine and Greenfield LARRABEE of Connecticut has ever been established. Nevertheless, I took a look at the John LARRABEE will and the only person it names if Elizabeth CRAWFORD, of London, whom he designates has his Attorney and Executor. No property in England is named. A couple of documents at the National Archives look promising, including a 1636 bill of lading for George Tam's ship The Phoenix (close in time to the 1647 voyage referenced in Connecticut colonial records) and Logs, including those for the Phoenix, True Love, and Young Lady, 1648-1707 (which would cost a fortune to have copied, I suspect). There are also wills of mariners about to embark on voyages on the Phoenix; the sailors are from various places around London as well as the West of England. These resources might shed light on the home port of the Phoenix and from whence the crews came. I still have a hunch that Greenfield LARRABEE was from the West of England, but so far no one has come up with an instance of the name Greenfield used as a Christian name or an instance of the surname LARRABEE in Devon. Regards, David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Hockie <paul.hockie@talk21.com> > Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARABEE > Date: January 28, 2014 3:36:47 PM EST > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: devon@rootsweb.com > > J haven't really been following this thread but: > > The National Archives has the following will > http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=larabee > > Reference: PROB 11/420/349 > Description: > Will of John Larabee of New England, North America > Date: 19 June 1694 > > This is available as a download. > > There are around a 100 references to the ship Phoenix for the 18c > > The other places to try are the National Maritime Museum. > http://www1.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum and the Newfoundland Maritime > History Archive http://www.mun.ca/mha/ > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of David L. Langenberg > Sent: 28 January 2014 14:36 > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARABEE > > Bev, > > Plenty has been written about Greenfield LARRABEE and his American > descendants. None of them delve into, or even speculate about, his English > origins. I am familiar with the references you sent, and they do not > include any mention of his English origins. Hence my query to the list. I > just thought here had to be somewhere who has tripped over a > LARRABEE-GREENFIELD marriage in Devon or the use of GREENFIELD as a > Christian name in Devon. > > The first Greenfield LARRABEE married a woman who was born in Rusper, > Sussex, but I don't think the colonial settlers were too picky about > marriages within their own county affiliations. > > BTW, I am also a PARKE descendant (as per the last references), The family > was from Suffolk, I believe. > > Right now I think the tack to take is to determine the home port of the > Phoenix, on which Greenfield LARRABEE was a sailor. I have a feeling it > might be Plymouth or Falmouth. And then the assumption would be that > sailors would be recruited from the nearby area. > > David Langenberg > Newark, Delaware, USA > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And I have a jumble of KNIGHT alias EDMONDES in Whitchurch and Tavistock with the name switched around to EDMUNDE alias KNIGHT as well from the early 1600's Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "WILLIAM QUAN" <the4quans@shaw.ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:07 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] KNIGHT FAMILIES IN HATHERLEIGH AND BLACK TORRINGTON > Thanks Carolyne, > > I'll keep a look out for yours too. I only have a couple of Henry's in > later years otherwise it's Robert's or John's with Rowland, William, > Thomas, James & Lewis's as well. My father, grandfather & great > grandfather were all Lewis Knight. > > Ellen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyne Bruyn" <cbruyn@gmail.com> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:54:32 AM > Subject: [DEV] KNIGHT FAMILIES IN HATHERLEIGH AND BLACK TORRINGTON > > Hi Ellen, > > I'm afraid I don't have any Roberts in my line at all at this point but > there's no telling who I've missed. Lots of Lewis, Henry, William and > James. However at this point I am hunting up and trying to group all the > Knights in Black Torrington and will certainly keep an eye out for yours. > It's about 15 kilometres from Black Torrington to Wembworthy, not > impossible. > > Carolyne > > Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:02 PM, WILLIAM QUAN <the4quans@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Carolyne, >> >> I don't know that there is any connection, but I'd be interested in >> finding out more about your line of Knight's as I am also researching the >> name. >> >> My line goes back to a Robert Knight & his wife Agnes who baptised >> several >> children in Wembworthy starting in 1695. I have been unable to find a >> birth, marriage or burial record for Robert. >> >> Ellen >> >> > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6537 - Release Date: 01/27/14 >

To the gentleman who was interested in this name. Have you looked on World Vital Records? There are some Ref to this name, I have saved images for what I can. He is mentioned in the below books which appear to be available through Abe Books etc. The Magazine of American History with Notes & Queries. Vol 19 I saved the page for this Directory but sadly I do not know a date for it, but it occurred to me that this Eber could be his father who lived at Greenfield so named his son Greenfield [wild guess really] New England Business Dorectory has: Eber N. LARABEE of Greenfield Mass: Saw Mills pg 457 History of New London County, Connectcut With Biographical Sketches of many of it's Pioneers. [Could not see the name in the clipping though] Hall Ancestry by Charles Samuel HALL Has The widow LEE married, second, Greenfield LARABEE of Norich; and third, Mr. CORNISH, by whom she had a son whose descendants live in Simsbury. Apparently she was a the widow of Thomas LEE, her son Thomas LEE, in his first Will made in 1703, mentions his daughter Sarah etc. The Park Record: Containing an Account of the Ancestry & Descendants of Thomas Kinnie PARK & Robert PARK of Groton, Con, & Grafton, Vt., pg 12 Has Alice, b........m. Greenfield LARABEE, Mch. The Family Forest descendants of Sir Robert PARKE by Bruce Harrison

Hi Bev Has anyone answered this? This looks like my Mann family, centred in and around Widecombe forever. Norrishes married into the family over the centuries. I'll have to drag out the old group sheets, haven't done much on this family in many years! Judy Good job for a 42 degree day! -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B. Edmonds Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 12:26 PM To: DEVON@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Gregory NORRIS [NORRISH] of Widecombe in the Moor Famsearch Gregory NORRISH married Johan MAN at Widecombe 3 Feb 1599 Ann NORRISH d/o Gregory chr 22 Jul 1599 Margaret NORIS chr 4 Nov 1602 Richard NORRICE or NORRISHE 19 Oct 1600 Dunes NORRIS 7 Jul 1605. Did wife Johan die and is she buried in Widecombe? Has anyone got the PR's or Dartmoor Press CD to check please? many thanks. Then the following: John NORRIS chr 25 Mar 1607 s/o Gregorye in Stokenham. I did not find a burial for Johan MAN in Stokenham, so did she go back to Widecombe if this is the same Gregory. All the dates fit, just need a burial for Johan MAN to prove it. Gregory NORRICE marries Johane?? EDMONDS 19 Nov 1609 Stokenham. Bev ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Sadly Judy it does not look like it, John MOORE will be able to answer this better than me. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Judy & John Smith" <jsmi7918@bigpond.net.au> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:43 PM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Gregory NORRIS [NORRISH] of Widecombe in the Moor > Hi Bev > Has anyone answered this? > This looks like my Mann family, centred in and around Widecombe forever. > Norrishes married into the family over the centuries. > I'll have to drag out the old group sheets, haven't done much on this > family > in many years! > > Judy > Good job for a 42 degree day! > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of B. Edmonds > Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 12:26 PM > To: DEVON@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEV] Gregory NORRIS [NORRISH] of Widecombe in the Moor > > Famsearch > Gregory NORRISH married Johan MAN at Widecombe 3 Feb 1599 > Ann NORRISH d/o Gregory chr 22 Jul 1599 > Margaret NORIS chr 4 Nov 1602 > Richard NORRICE or NORRISHE 19 Oct 1600 > Dunes NORRIS 7 Jul 1605. > > Did wife Johan die and is she buried in Widecombe? Has anyone got the PR's > or Dartmoor Press CD to check please? many thanks. > > Then the following: > > John NORRIS chr 25 Mar 1607 s/o Gregorye in Stokenham. > I did not find a burial for Johan MAN in Stokenham, so did she go back to > Widecombe if this is the same Gregory. All the dates fit, just need a > burial > > for Johan MAN to prove it. > > Gregory NORRICE marries Johane?? EDMONDS 19 Nov 1609 Stokenham. > > Bev > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6538 - Release Date: 01/27/14 >

I've been following the messages about these KNIGHT families because I've traced one of my lines to a John KNIGHT who married Elizabeth WEBBER at Brixham on 25 January 1813. I've not taken a great deal of interest because of the distance between Brixham and both Hatherleigh and Black Torrington, but the mention of several Lewis's as well as John's has made me take notice because one of my grandmother's brothers was Lewis James KNIGHT born at Devonport in 1886. Unfortunately, Wembworthy is just as far from Brixham as the other two! Bruce Peeke DFHS 163 -----Original Message----- From: WILLIAM QUAN Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 9:07 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] KNIGHT FAMILIES IN HATHERLEIGH AND BLACK TORRINGTON Thanks Carolyne, I'll keep a look out for yours too. I only have a couple of Henry's in later years otherwise it's Robert's or John's with Rowland, William, Thomas, James & Lewis's as well. My father, grandfather & great grandfather were all Lewis Knight. Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyne Bruyn" <cbruyn@gmail.com> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:54:32 AM Subject: [DEV] KNIGHT FAMILIES IN HATHERLEIGH AND BLACK TORRINGTON Hi Ellen, I'm afraid I don't have any Roberts in my line at all at this point but there's no telling who I've missed. Lots of Lewis, Henry, William and James. However at this point I am hunting up and trying to group all the Knights in Black Torrington and will certainly keep an eye out for yours. It's about 15 kilometres from Black Torrington to Wembworthy, not impossible. Carolyne Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:02 PM, WILLIAM QUAN <the4quans@shaw.ca> wrote: > Carolyne, > > I don't know that there is any connection, but I'd be interested in > finding out more about your line of Knight's as I am also researching the > name. > > My line goes back to a Robert Knight & his wife Agnes who baptised several > children in Wembworthy starting in 1695. I have been unable to find a > birth, marriage or burial record for Robert. > > Ellen > > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a baptism at Bickleigh 22 Feb 1818 of John Prater, parents John and Elizabeth, residence Eggbuckland.  In 1841 the family are in Thornbury and John Prater senior gives Plympton as his birthplace in later censuses.   I couldn't see a baptism for Elizabeth but she gives Plympton as birthplace on censuses.  I couldn't see a marriage for John Prater's parents.    Check Genuki Devon for the relevant parishes to see if there is an OPC prepared to do lookups.   Plympton, Eggbuckland, Bickleigh and Thornbury seem likely places to look in the first instance.   Regards,   Joy ________________________________ From: Margaret <margaretrudland@optusnet.com.au> To: Devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 27 January 2014, 6:35 Subject: [DEV] MEERS/PRATER Hi All, I am back again looking for some help. My Ancestors John Prater married Elizabeth Meers in Jan: 1844 in Stoke Dammerel. I have a copy of their marriage certificate that tells me they were of full age and that Johns Father was John Prater and Elizabeth Meers Father was John Meers. I am looking for help on finding Elizabeth Meers birth and also John Prater s birth in the hope that I can find their Mothers names. Hoping someone can help me find these two families. Regards Margaret Australia --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/ ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Charles Warren Franks was the illegitimate son of Joan Hitchcock presumed widow of Robert Franks of Clayhidon although no record of Robert's death has been found. In 1757 Charles Warren Franks was apprenticed to Robert Warren for Duns Green Estate (PO451). It is interesting to note that someone (? Robert Warren) has put a line through Charles second name of Warren on the indenture! After that event I cannot find any further record of Charles Warren Franks or as Charles Franks. Nor can I find any reference to Duns Green Estate. Does anyone on this list know in what parish the estate was located? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Ruth Henriegel

I have a photo of my mother, along with four other young women, all who worked at Blackadon Hospital / Moorhaven Asylum near Ivybridge, Devon. The photo may have been taken in 1939 and the women are noted as: Laura REDAL SUMMERS, Elizabeth (Betty) - my mother PEARCE, Emma PEARCE, Dorothy ANDREWS, Ethel. I would be happy to let anyone have a copy of the photo who may have connections. Diane - Western Australia

To the gentleman interested in this name The earliest that I can read at the moment without strong magnifying glasses is in Charlton, Devon [Southams] John STRAWE bapt 31 Jan 1583 s/o [could be Steven and Alice] Willia [short for William] bapt 11 Sep 1585 s/o Steven STRAWE Must go Bev

Bev, Plenty has been written about Greenfield LARRABEE and his American descendants. None of them delve into, or even speculate about, his English origins. I am familiar with the references you sent, and they do not include any mention of his English origins. Hence my query to the list. I just thought here had to be somewhere who has tripped over a LARRABEE-GREENFIELD marriage in Devon or the use of GREENFIELD as a Christian name in Devon. The first Greenfield LARRABEE married a woman who was born in Rusper, Sussex, but I don't think the colonial settlers were too picky about marriages within their own county affiliations. BTW, I am also a PARKE descendant (as per the last references), The family was from Suffolk, I believe. Right now I think the tack to take is to determine the home port of the Phoenix, on which Greenfield LARRABEE was a sailor. I have a feeling it might be Plymouth or Falmouth. And then the assumption would be that sailors would be recruited from the nearby area. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:39 AM, B. Edmonds wrote: > To the gentleman who was interested in this name. > > Have you looked on World Vital Records? There are some Ref to this name, I > have saved images for what I can. > > He is mentioned in the below books which appear to be available through Abe > Books etc. > The Magazine of American History with Notes & Queries. Vol 19 > > I saved the page for this Directory but sadly I do not know a date for it, > but it occurred to me that this Eber could be his father who lived at > Greenfield so named his son Greenfield [wild guess really] > > New England Business Dorectory has: > Eber N. LARABEE of Greenfield > Mass: Saw Mills pg 457 > > History of New London County, Connectcut With Biographical Sketches of many > of it's Pioneers. [Could not see the name in the clipping though] > > Hall Ancestry by Charles Samuel HALL > Has > The widow LEE married, second, Greenfield LARABEE of Norich; and third, Mr. > CORNISH, by whom she had a son whose descendants live in Simsbury. > > Apparently she was a the widow of Thomas LEE, her son Thomas LEE, in his > first Will made in 1703, mentions his daughter Sarah etc. > > > > The Park Record: Containing an Account of the Ancestry & Descendants of > Thomas Kinnie PARK & Robert PARK of Groton, Con, & Grafton, Vt., pg 12 > Has > Alice, b........m. Greenfield LARABEE, Mch. > > > > The Family Forest descendants of Sir Robert PARKE by Bruce Harrison > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For Ros Charleton Children Richard and Anne STRAWE Nickolas s/o bapt 9 mber ye 27th [November 27th] 1711 Richard s/o bapt March ye 2nd 1713 Sarah [STRAW] bapt Feb ?? 1716 [could be abt 12th] Pr's get a bit messy after this with bapt/burials in together and a different hand writing. I am off to LDS now so will try to get time to see what else I can get at another time. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:50 AM To: <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com>; <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] [SOUTHHAMS] Richard STRAW and Anne 1720s Charleton, Devon > Ros, > > I think there is a Richard STRAW and Anne KING who marry in Charleton 13 > July 1710. > Entry is very faint, I do not think the same is SHAW, in fact I am sure > it > is meant to be STRAW. > Maybe someone else with the PR's might like to check. >

I also have John PHILIPS married to Elizabeth STRAW 22 Nov 1672 at South Pool There daughter Elizabeth I think married Nicholas GOODYEAR 11 Apr 1699 at South Pool. There son John I think married Ann GILBURY 24 Nov 1702 at South Pool Elizabeth would be born c 1650, I have not gone back any further on these lines as they are so far out on my twiglet branches that I am not even sure where they begin. That's what happens when one is stuck on the main line, the remedy is go and search all the other connections sideways/backwards and so forth in the hope that one stumbles over something in the future: ) I only wish. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:50 AM To: <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com>; <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTHHAMS] Richard STRAW and Anne 1720s Charleton, Devon > Ros, > > I think there is a Richard STRAW and Anne KING who marry in Charleton 13 > July 1710. > Entry is very faint, I do not think the same is SHAW, in fact I am sure > it is meant to be STRAW. > Maybe someone else with the PR's might like to check. > > I will scout for any children but it maybe a day or two. > > Bev > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Ros Haywood" <ros.haywood@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:39 AM > To: <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Richard STRAW and Anne 1720s Charleton, Devon > >> Hello >> >> Richard STRAW and his wife Anne are my 6 x great grandparents. I have no >> information on them apart from some of their children: >> >> James, chr 28 August 1720 in Charleton >> Ann, chr 18 August 1723 in Charleton >> Rebekah/Rebecca, chr 22 September 1728, marr 27 May 1751, bur 2 April >> 1794, >> all in Charleton. >> >> Does anybody have any further information on Richard and Anne? Such as >> her >> maiden name, any dates (including their marriage date) - and were there >> any >> other children? >> >> Regards >> >> Ros Haywood >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6537 - Release Date: 01/27/14 >>

How odd Ros I also have in my data base, but no further backwards is South Pool entry 57 fiche 3A Richard BALL, otp bachelor Susanna STONE, otp, sp Married by Banns 6 May 1777 Richd' made his X Ssuanna made her X Witness: George POUND and Saml' HEWIT Banns were published 2nd, 9th & 16th Feb 1777 Then in Charleton Richard BALL to Rebecca STRAW both of this parish married 27 May 1751 by Banns Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ros Haywood" <ros.haywood@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:28 AM To: <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com> Cc: <devon-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Richard BALL and Rebekah STRAW mar 27 May 1751Charleton, Devon > Hello > > Richard and Rebekah (also spelled Rebecca) are my 5 x great grandparents. > They were married on 27 May 1751 in Charleton, Devon. The witnesses to > the > marriage were George POUND and Samuel HEWIT. Samuel is a witness for > almost > every marriage in the register, so maybe he was the parish clerk? > > Richard was buried 11 September 1792 in Charleton, and Rebekah/Rebecca was > christened 22 September 1728, also in Charleton, and buried there on 2 > April > 1794. > > My queries are: When and where was Richard born/christened? Did it happen > in > Charleton as well? And did Richard and Rebekah/Rebecca have children other > than my direct ancestor, another Richard? > > Please let me know if these people are familiar to you and you have > information about them. > > Regards > > Ros Haywood > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6537 - Release Date: 01/27/14 >

Judy: >Has anyone answered this? Yes, I have, but Bev's family was from Stokenham. >This looks like my Mann family, centred in and around Widecombe >forever. Norrishes married into the family over the centuries. My Gregory married Joan Mann as his second wife in 1600, but my line descends from a son of the first marriage. >Good job for a 42 degree day! This is a -15 day here at the moment. Regards, John Moore