Hi, the Tothills seem to be Quakers in Exeter , don`t know if that applies to Sarah ? but Ancestry now has a lot of Quaker records. Wm Channing died 1st April 1851 , of Exeter, carpenter, widower, Administration of his effects is granted to Thomas Hector of Crediton , thatcher, husband and adminstrator of the effects of Louisa Hector the dau and one of the next of kin, in 1874 , effects under £200. In the 1841 there is a William Channing, 60, Y, labourer , with Elizabeth , also 60 Y, and Giles, 30, shoemaker, Y, and Richard, 20, shoemaker, Y. living in St Davids. And a William and Grace , 68 , cheesemonger, Y, and Grace, 61 , Y , both living in St Mary Major , Exeter. None of these are mine. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:49 AM Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT > > > Is anyone researching the following families:- > > William CHANNING married Sarah TOTHILL 7 April 1803 > St. Sidwell, Exeter they had 3 children all born in Exeter. > One child named Elizabeth Elliott CHANNING, could this be her > grandparents surname ELLIOTT. > > William CHANNING married Sophia TREE 23 January 1826 St. Lawrence > Exeter, they had 9 children. All children born in Exeter. > > The 1851 Census shows William as a widower living in Exeter. > The 1861 Census shows that William had remarried to a Mary Ann LAMB > married > September 1858 Exeter > who was looking after 2 of Williams children, she was now a widow > living in Clerkenwell, Middlesex.. > > Daughter Hannah CHANNING married Joseph SHEARS, his parents > Joseph SHEARS and Mary Ann ?? living in Exeter. They had 3 children. > > Kind regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > > > > ------------------------------------------ > 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 >

Dear List Members, Is there a way to find baptismal records from Beaford between 1855 –1881. Evidently, the Church records in the Devon Records Office end 01 Apr 1855. Regards, Lance

Hi Dave I assume that you have searched under BOYSON and other surname spellings. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave and Linda Burnett" <burnettd@shaw.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:22 PM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] Mark Anthony BOZON > Thanks to Elizabeth and others who considered this mystery. > Yes! Information on both Mark Anthony Bozon Jr. (1766-1846) and Mark > Anthony Bozon Sr. (1743-1808) can be found on the internet and in > databases

Hi Gion It was me that mentioned Joseph Pitts on the Devon Rootsweb pages. I run a ONS for the name PITTS and have been aware of Joseph and his famous story (a good read) for probably 20+ years but I have not slotted him into the Devon Pitts structure. I am a co-admin of the PITTS FT-DNA study. Thanks for the other references to Devon Pitt. Regards John P PITTS ONS Study GOONS 1743 ======================================== Message Received: Jan 14 2014, 06:20 AM From: "Gion Tobac" To: "devon@rootsweb.com" Cc: Subject: [DEV] Joseph Pitts, Barbary captive Is someone here looking for Joseph Pitts? Captured in 1678, Joseph Pitts, a Presbyterian fisherman of Exeter, born in 1663, was captured by Barbary corsairs at age 15 and enslaved for fifteen years. His captives told him that white people looked pink like the unclean pigs. In 1704 he wrote A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mohammetans. He was forcefully converted to Islam. He decided to escape after receiving a smuggled letter from his father. [Newfoundland references for Pitt/Pitts surname: R. Pitt was in the Newfoundland trade 1591; a John Pitt was in Dartmouth harbour c1642 in preparation for a voyage to Newfoundland when he and over eleven hundred others petitioned Cromwell for protection from the 'turks'; Thomas Pitt, a soldier in St. John's, deserted to the French pre 1690.] ------------------------------------------ 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

Is anyone researching the following families:- William CHANNING married Sarah TOTHILL 7 April 1803 St. Sidwell, Exeter they had 3 children all born in Exeter. One child named Elizabeth Elliott CHANNING, could this be her grandparents surname ELLIOTT. William CHANNING married Sophia TREE 23 January 1826 St. Lawrence Exeter, they had 9 children. All children born in Exeter. The 1851 Census shows William as a widower living in Exeter. The 1861 Census shows that William had remarried to a Mary Ann LAMB married September 1858 Exeter who was looking after 2 of Williams children, she was now a widow living in Clerkenwell, Middlesex.. Daughter Hannah CHANNING married Joseph SHEARS, his parents Joseph SHEARS and Mary Ann ?? living in Exeter. They had 3 children. Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon

Hi, the DFHS has three Bozon marriages in its surnames indexes for the earlier 1754-1812 period which would be worth getting printed out. And two burials in the later 1813-1837 period. There is in the NA an E series dispute dated 1799-1815 between Bozon and Williams relating to Property in John St , Morice Town, Frankfort Place and Basket St Plymouth, the Blue Anchor a public house in James St , Plymouth Dock and other property nearby for the Brewery . The non-conformist registers have only Jane Bozon buried 1830 Devon, and Frederick , buried 1863. Middlesex . It maybe that Plymouth and West Devon Record Office have further information not online . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave and Linda Burnett" <burnettd@shaw.ca> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 3:22 AM Subject: [DEV] Mark Anthony BOZON > Thanks to Elizabeth and others who considered this mystery. > Yes! Information on both Mark Anthony Bozon Jr. (1766-1846) and Mark > Anthony Bozon Sr. (1743-1808) can be found on the internet and in > databases such as FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. Mark Anthony Bozon Jr. > did die in France and apparently had a second wife and one daughter there. > I have obtained copies of the relevant wills but family origins are still > elusive. A Francis Bozen, pawnbroker, is listed at Plymouth Dock in the > 1791 and 1794 Universal British Directory of Trade next to Mark Anthony > Bozen Sr, navy agent. One would expect that they might be brothers. > > I really need a burial record or some other Devon clue. The family > started out Non-Conformist or possibly even Jewish. If any Devon list > members come across the BOZON name in the future I sure would appreciate > hearing from you. > Dave in Canada > > ------------------------------------------ > 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 >

A Richard Northmore CORBER was chr 20 Oct 1847 at Plymouth Charles who could be this Richard CORBEY in 1861 A Richard CORBER married Martha HARRIS at Charles on the 25 Aug 1865 Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joy Langdon" <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 4:21 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Michael Richard COBEY > I may have found him in 1861 but he vanishes after that. I wondered if > Michael had dropeed his first name and used Richard. I have an ancestor > who was baptised Philip John but the last time he used Philip was on his > marriage documents. From then on he appears in every census and on his > children's birth registrations as John. > > I think I may have found Michael Richard on the 1861 census as Richard > CORBEY aged 17, sawyer, born Plymouth lodging with a family named Roberts > at Cottage, Cornwood. It is transcribed as CORBER on FreeCEN. Mary Ann > Roberts, widow, is head of household and I noticed that Michael's brother, > Daniel, married a Sarah Roberts born in Exeter. It might be worth > investigating her ancestry to see if she is any relation to the Cornwood > Roberts family. > > I can't see a Richard Corbey born Plymouth in 1851 or a possible Birth > registration on FreeBMD but I have only searched briefly. > > May be a red herring, of course. > > Joy > > ________________________________ > From: Shirley Ireland <s.ireland345@btinternet.com> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, 13 January 2014, 12:57 > Subject: [DEV] Help Needed > > > Hi, > > I need some help on a Micheal Richard Cobey, born in Plymouth in 1845, > went > to the USA in 1865, but dont know if he came back to England or not, the > trail goes cold, if some one can through any light on this I would be > grateful. I have tried, but nothing. > > Regards > Shirley Ireland (Cobie ) > > ------------------------------------------ > 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: 3658/6499 - Release Date: 01/13/14 > >

Thanks to Elizabeth and others who considered this mystery. Yes! Information on both Mark Anthony Bozon Jr. (1766-1846) and Mark Anthony Bozon Sr. (1743-1808) can be found on the internet and in databases such as FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. Mark Anthony Bozon Jr. did die in France and apparently had a second wife and one daughter there. I have obtained copies of the relevant wills but family origins are still elusive. A Francis Bozen, pawnbroker, is listed at Plymouth Dock in the 1791 and 1794 Universal British Directory of Trade next to Mark Anthony Bozen Sr, navy agent. One would expect that they might be brothers. I really need a burial record or some other Devon clue. The family started out Non-Conformist or possibly even Jewish. If any Devon list members come across the BOZON name in the future I sure would appreciate hearing from you. Dave in Canada

Hi Gion: I fear that a message that I attempted to send you, after your first posting (on Topsham mariners and the Barbary Corsairs) did not reach either you or my email archive. I don't know what went wrong. In the lost message I thanked you for your posting but urged that you provide proper citations (archive reference numbers) for each of the various items that you'd found. (I now gather from your subsequent postings that you were using A2A to search the DRO's quarter sessions records, so the DRO reference numbers are directly obtainable; it would also be nice to know exactly how you did your searches so that others can understand the scope of each search, and so identify what records no longer need checking, and which others are still worth investigating.) If you - or some other kind soul - would augment these lists with such citation details I'd be delighted to turn the results into web pages for adding into into the relevant parish pages in GENUKI/Devon. Cheers Brian Randell On 14 Jan 2014, at 06:23, Gion Tobac <giontobac@outlook.com> wrote: > As with the Topsham mariners, these are extracted from the A2A Quarter Sessions files, they are pointers to the actual documents, which are far more detailed. > Dartmouth, 1679, William Tremills, sailor on the Dorothy of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £85. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1680s, Joshua Woodmason, sailor, taken by pirates, ransom £60. > Ipplepen, Devon, 1681, Edward Bulley, father of Edward Bulley, sailor in the Hopewell of Dartmouth on a voyage from Newfoundland to Alicant, taken by pirates, ransom £80 or more. > Kingswear, Devon, 1681, Sarah Bloy, wife of George Bloy, sailor on the Speedwell of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £70. > 1682 James Silby, master of the Barbara of Dartmouth on a voyage with fish from Newfoundland to Portugal, taken by Pirates. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1682, Richard Lee, netmaker, father of Elias, sailor on the Endeavor on a voyage from Virginia to London, taken by pirates. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Mary, the wife of John Davis, mother in law of Andrew Crascey, taken by pirates in the John and Christopher of Dartmouth. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Ann Phillmore, wife of Joseph, sailor on The Friendship of Ballerford in Ireland, taken by pirates on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bilbao. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Susanna Pethybridge, wife of John Pethybridge, master of the John and Christopher of Dartmouth, taken by pirates with his servant, ransom £250. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Rebecca Sulke, widow, mother of ---- sailor on the Mary Ann of Yarmouth, taken by pirates. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Emling Stone, wife of John, sailor in The Flying Horse of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £210. > Dartmouth, Devon, date: 1684 1685The relations of William LUCKIS, William POOLE, Philip TINGCOMBE, Henry FLOOD, John COLLINGS, Roger BINSON?, Roger TUCKETT, Joseph CHARLES, William ADAMS, Thomas WHITEING, Peter ALLUMN, Richard FABIAN. John HEARTH and John GIFFARD, sailors on the Blessing on a voyage from Newfoundland, taken by Pirates. Also Thomas WILLIAMS taken by pirates. > Parish not given, likely Dartmouth, 1684, Elizabeth Butland alias Game mother of Thomas Game, aged 21, sailor on the Symon Peter of Dartmouth, taken by pirates ransom £90. > Stokenham, Devon, 1684, Elizabeth Maddick, widowed mother of Robert Maddick, sailor on the John and Christopher of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £100. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1687, Joane Godfrey, wife of William Godfrey, master of the Adventure from Sevill to London, taken by pirates. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1687, The relations of Thomas Rowling, Nathaniel Jeffery, Lawrence Herswell and William Abraham, on the Adventure from Seville to London, taken by pirates (petition to the Bishop). > Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Robert Dolling, blacksmith on the Robert of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £40. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Mary NOWELL, widow, mother of Michael SAUNDERS on the Eagle on a voyage from Newfoundland with a cargo of fish - taken by pirates (full description of the action). > Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Elizabeth Poole, sister of Thomas Williams, on the ship Parragon of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £30. > Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Elizabeth Poole, wife of William Poole and Richard Fabings, father of Richard Fabings on the Blessing of Dartmouth, taken by pirates. > ------ > > ------------------------------------------ > 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 School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

I may have found him in 1861 but he vanishes after that.   I wondered if Michael had dropeed his first name and used Richard.   I have an ancestor who was baptised Philip John but the last time he used Philip was on his marriage documents.  From then on he appears in every census and on his children's birth registrations as John.   I think I may have found Michael Richard on the 1861 census as Richard CORBEY aged 17, sawyer, born Plymouth lodging with a family named Roberts at Cottage, Cornwood.  It is transcribed as CORBER on FreeCEN.   Mary Ann Roberts, widow, is head of household and I noticed that Michael's brother, Daniel, married a Sarah Roberts born in Exeter.  It might be worth investigating her ancestry to see if she is any relation to the Cornwood Roberts family.   I can't see a Richard Corbey  born Plymouth in 1851 or a possible Birth registration on FreeBMD but I have only searched briefly.    May be a red herring, of course.   Joy   ________________________________ From: Shirley Ireland <s.ireland345@btinternet.com> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 13 January 2014, 12:57 Subject: [DEV] Help Needed Hi, I need some help on a Micheal Richard Cobey, born in Plymouth in 1845, went to the USA in 1865, but dont know  if he came back to England or not, the trail goes cold, if some one can through any light on this I would be grateful. I have tried, but nothing. Regards Shirley Ireland (Cobie ) ------------------------------------------ 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

Hi Listers - looking for others who are connected to this couple. Samuel JEFFERY 24321 * William JEFFERY m. Elizabeth UNKNOWN * Samuel JEFFERY b. 1828 Chagford, DEV ENG d. Mar qtr 1900 Throwleigh, DEV ENG m. Mary ENDACOTT m. 13 Oct 1854 Chagford, DEV ENG b. 1830 Chagford, DEV ENG d. Dec qtr 1892 Okehampton, DEV ENG [daughter of James ENDACOTT] * William JEFFERY b. 6 Mar 1855 Chagford, DEV ENG m. Elizabeth LUPTON m. 15 Apr 1876 Carlisle, CUL ENG b. 1855 Chagford, DEV ENG * Thomas JEFFERY b. 1883 High Brandon, DUR ENG d. 27 Jul 1958 New Brancepeth, DUR ENG m. Florence TURNER m. Sep 1904 DUR ENG b. 5 Aug 1884 New Brancepeth, DUR ENG d. 1971 New Brancepeth, DUR ENG * Elizabeth JEFFERY b. 1860 * Ann JEFFERY b. 1863 * Hion JEFFERY b. 1864 * Harriet JEFFERY b. 1867 * George JEFFERY b. 1869 * John JEFFERY b. 1872 * Mary JEFFERY b. 1873 * Harry JEFFERY b. 1874 * Charles JEFFERY b. 1876 West Widdicombe, Throwleigh, DEV ENG d. 1955 Okehampton, DEV ENG m. Laura Emily HATHERLEY m. 1895 Okehampton, DEV ENG b. c1870 Chagford, DEV ENG d. Dec qtr 1936 Okehampton, DEV ENG [daughter of Henry HATHERLEY and Anna (Hatherley) UNKNOWN] * Charles A. JEFFERY b. 1897 Chagford, DEV ENG d. y * Bessie L. JEFFERY b. Jul ¼, 1899 Okehampton, DEV ENG d. y * George JEFFERY b. Jul ¼, 1901 Okehampton, DEV ENG d. y * Henry JEFFERY b. 1904 Chagford, DEV ENG d. y * Wilfred Samuel JEFFERY b. 23 Oct 1905 Chagford, Okehampton, DEV ENG d. 26 Aug 1980 Loxton, SA, AUS m. Rita Lillian TYLER m. 29 Mar 1947 Purnong, SA, AUS b. 24 Jan 1918 Mannum, SA AUS d. 8 Jun 2010 Loxton, SA AUS [daughter of Reuben TYLER and Lillie JOHNS] * Margaret *Emily JEFFERY b. Jan ¼, 1909 Okehampton, DEV ENG d. y * Ernest Edgar JEFFERY b. 1907 * Gilbert F JEFFERY b. 1901 d. 1963 m. Maude LENTERN Glenys in South OZ

Hope Shirley or any desc of the Plymouth-born Cobeys reading this in the Archives don't get their hopes up re these New York newspaper mentions. I saw a number of references on the Ancestry website to the Jefferson County Cobeys (father Patrick) or other U.S. States correlating to any 1840-decade Michaels. And all were Irish-born or born in the States they appeared in. To be fair, they may be related to the Daniel Cobey, Shirley's line - but it would a long way back as he was born in Suffolk C1795 and joined the British Army at age 18. (his full service record is on FindMyPast). Back to Michael of Plymouth as this list relates only to Devon roots. Unless he died after age 6 when he's last seen in Plymouth on the 1851 census and his demise has slipped through the cracks...he had left Devon or most likely England itself by the age of 16. He either joined the Army following his father, or with Plymouth being a major port, he may have hopped on a ship and ended up in the Far East or Africa. My suggestion to Shirley is to keep checking all search engines - not just google- and he or a descendant of his may show up one day. cheers, pamela -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CC Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:58 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] MICHAEL RICHARD COBEY OF PLYMOUTH Just did a quick search in our old local papers and found: 1901 newspaper article mentions a Mr. Cobey helping with research on growing tobacco under tents in Connecticut. 1915 newspaper article mentions Mr. & Mrs. William Cobey of Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York are guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Allen of Castorland, Lewis County, New York 1905- Watertown Reunion Newspaper, Watertown, New York- Alexandria Bay news mentions that Michael Cobey was in Brockville (Ontario,Canada) Sunday.

Shirley The naturalization index cards read as follows: C 100 Cobey Michael Common Pleas Court New York, New York County Date of Naturalization, Oct 25, 1865 Volume 303 Page- Copy of Record Number 97 Address of Naturalized Person 71 Mott Street N Y City Occupation - Age - Former Nationality English Port of Arrival - Birth Date or Bap. - Wittiness Michael Powell 60 Mulberry St. N Y C The one for Matthew the next day is almost identical except his occupation is Silversmith and the wittiness is Michael Cobey You should be able to get a copy of the certificate using the above info I doubt that this is the same Michael who came to the States in 1851 with his parents and is Irish Good luck in your research Betty On 1/13/2014 9:19 PM, Pamela Willcocks wrote: > Hello Shirley, > > It's a pity that you are basing your research for Michael COBEY born 1845 in > Plymouth on one piece of information. > > It's a far too common error as there are countless people with the same name > and the same birth year. The Michael who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen > in 1865 was Irish and the son of Matthew and Mary. > > The proof lies in this Michael's 1851 emigration (Liverpool-New York) where > he's clearly part of another family - all born in Ireland - who are also on > the U.S. 1860 census living in downtown New York. > > He is the only foreign-born Michael Cobey (born during the 1840's) who > appears on any U.S. census. He died 1879. > > Sorry you still have a mystery on your hands. He may have joined the Army > or Navy or emigrated to another part of the world. As for a possible return > to the UK, those on-line passenger lists don't begin until 1890 and he's not > on them. Prior to that, there's no way of telling. > > cheers, > pamela > > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Shirley Ireland > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:41 PM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DEV] MICHAEL RICHARD COBEY OF PLYMOUTH > > Hi Pamela, > > I am looking for Mr Micheal Richard Cobey who went to the USA in 1865 form > England, that is all I know and if he came back at a later date or married > and had a family, l still do not know, I'm still in the dark. > > > ------------------------------------------ > 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 > >

Hi , it may be that this is too late a period for the OPC to have records ........at this time all records can be sourced online via the census 1851 onward, and from the Freebmd site . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance L. Piatt" <piattpioneer@wavecable.com> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 7:15 PM Subject: [DEV] Beaford Lookups > Dear List Members, > > I have some lookups in Beaford Parish that would be useful with the > research I am doing for a friend of mine. I’ve tried the on-line Parish > Clerk and have not received a response. I do not know if the records are > not available, or if the Parish Clerk is unable to respond. All events > would have taken place between 1853 – 1881. Most likely in Beaford. > > Can anybody help me please. > > Regards, > Lance > ------------------------------------------ > 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

Hi, there were a couple of other Pitts family from Devon that came to Newfoundland and settled here. One was James Pitts said to be born 1735 in Kennford, Devon and baptized Apr 26, 1736 at Exminister, Devon - St Martin's Church, It appears that he had at least 2 brothers John (1731 - 1830) and George (1733-1735). James relocated to Newfoundland c. 1749, he settled at Lance Cove, Bell Island and raised a family there that are still represented in this area of Newfoundland. There was some dispute that he was in fact a Joseph Pitts of Exeter but here is the inscription from his headstone on Bell Island. "Sacred to the memory of James Pitts Died 30th April 1805 Age 70 years Farewell my wife and children three Who in this life nevermore shall see Here I shall rest and ever to remain Until the day we all shall meet again When Me you left I thought of your returning Alas my hopes are fled and you are mourning So farewell friends and acquaintance all Pass by this tomb in friendship call Look on the same without grief or fear Tis my choice to be buried here. I was born at Kenford in Devon." Ed -----Original Message----- From: Gion Tobac Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:19 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Joseph Pitts, Barbary captive Is someone here looking for Joseph Pitts? Captured in 1678, Joseph Pitts, a Presbyterian fisherman of Exeter, born in 1663, was captured by Barbary corsairs at age 15 and enslaved for fifteen years. His captives told him that white people looked pink like the unclean pigs. In 1704 he wrote A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mohammetans. He was forcefully converted to Islam. He decided to escape after receiving a smuggled letter from his father. [Newfoundland references for Pitt/Pitts surname: R. Pitt was in the Newfoundland trade 1591; a John Pitt was in Dartmouth harbour c1642 in preparation for a voyage to Newfoundland when he and over eleven hundred others petitioned Cromwell for protection from the 'turks'; Thomas Pitt, a soldier in St. John's, deserted to the French pre 1690.] ------------------------------------------ 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

That would be great Mary if you could see the article to get a gist of the description of what they went through. I have a very, very slight link with pirates with one Matthew EDMONDS. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: <mary.armitage@talktalk.net> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:35 PM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Topsham mariners and the Barbary Corsairs -> copyright > Thanks Bev for those details. I am part of a small research group working > with Teignmouth Museum looking at fishermen and boat owners who fished in > the Grand Banks, maybe emigrated to Newfoundland and were from Teignmouth > so am very interested. I have no date at the moment to go to the Devon > Heritage Centre (new title of DRO) but next time i go I will look this up > or one of my colleagues may do so. I'll be in touch again then > > > thanks again > > > Mary in Torquay > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:35 > Subject: Re: [DEV] Topsham mariners and the Barbary Corsairs -> copyright > > > This entry would be great to get just to get a transcription of the event > and have it posted for all to see. Is anyone related to this lady? > > Bev > [no title] QS/128/42/33 1688 > > These documents are held at Devon Record Office > > Contents: > Mary Nowell, widow, mother of Michael Saunders on the Eagle on a voyage > from > Newfoundland with a cargo of fish - taken by pirates (full description of > the action). > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > 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: 3658/6497 - Release Date: 01/12/14 >

As with the Topsham mariners, these are extracted from the A2A Quarter Sessions files, they are pointers to the actual documents, which are far more detailed. Dartmouth, 1679, William Tremills, sailor on the Dorothy of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £85. Dartmouth, Devon, 1680s, Joshua Woodmason, sailor, taken by pirates, ransom £60. Ipplepen, Devon, 1681, Edward Bulley, father of Edward Bulley, sailor in the Hopewell of Dartmouth on a voyage from Newfoundland to Alicant, taken by pirates, ransom £80 or more. Kingswear, Devon, 1681, Sarah Bloy, wife of George Bloy, sailor on the Speedwell of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £70. 1682 James Silby, master of the Barbara of Dartmouth on a voyage with fish from Newfoundland to Portugal, taken by Pirates. Dartmouth, Devon, 1682, Richard Lee, netmaker, father of Elias, sailor on the Endeavor on a voyage from Virginia to London, taken by pirates. Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Mary, the wife of John Davis, mother in law of Andrew Crascey, taken by pirates in the John and Christopher of Dartmouth. Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Ann Phillmore, wife of Joseph, sailor on The Friendship of Ballerford in Ireland, taken by pirates on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bilbao. Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Susanna Pethybridge, wife of John Pethybridge, master of the John and Christopher of Dartmouth, taken by pirates with his servant, ransom £250. Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Rebecca Sulke, widow, mother of ---- sailor on the Mary Ann of Yarmouth, taken by pirates. Dartmouth, Devon, 1683, Emling Stone, wife of John, sailor in The Flying Horse of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £210. Dartmouth, Devon, date: 1684 1685The relations of William LUCKIS, William POOLE, Philip TINGCOMBE, Henry FLOOD, John COLLINGS, Roger BINSON?, Roger TUCKETT, Joseph CHARLES, William ADAMS, Thomas WHITEING, Peter ALLUMN, Richard FABIAN. John HEARTH and John GIFFARD, sailors on the Blessing on a voyage from Newfoundland, taken by Pirates. Also Thomas WILLIAMS taken by pirates. Parish not given, likely Dartmouth, 1684, Elizabeth Butland alias Game mother of Thomas Game, aged 21, sailor on the Symon Peter of Dartmouth, taken by pirates ransom £90. Stokenham, Devon, 1684, Elizabeth Maddick, widowed mother of Robert Maddick, sailor on the John and Christopher of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £100. Dartmouth, Devon, 1687, Joane Godfrey, wife of William Godfrey, master of the Adventure from Sevill to London, taken by pirates. Dartmouth, Devon, 1687, The relations of Thomas Rowling, Nathaniel Jeffery, Lawrence Herswell and William Abraham, on the Adventure from Seville to London, taken by pirates (petition to the Bishop). Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Robert Dolling, blacksmith on the Robert of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £40. Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Mary NOWELL, widow, mother of Michael SAUNDERS on the Eagle on a voyage from Newfoundland with a cargo of fish - taken by pirates (full description of the action). Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Elizabeth Poole, sister of Thomas Williams, on the ship Parragon of Dartmouth, taken by pirates, ransom £30. Dartmouth, Devon, 1688, Elizabeth Poole, wife of William Poole and Richard Fabings, father of Richard Fabings on the Blessing of Dartmouth, taken by pirates. ------

Is someone here looking for Joseph Pitts? Captured in 1678, Joseph Pitts, a Presbyterian fisherman of Exeter, born in 1663, was captured by Barbary corsairs at age 15 and enslaved for fifteen years. His captives told him that white people looked pink like the unclean pigs. In 1704 he wrote A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mohammetans. He was forcefully converted to Islam. He decided to escape after receiving a smuggled letter from his father. [Newfoundland references for Pitt/Pitts surname: R. Pitt was in the Newfoundland trade 1591; a John Pitt was in Dartmouth harbour c1642 in preparation for a voyage to Newfoundland when he and over eleven hundred others petitioned Cromwell for protection from the 'turks'; Thomas Pitt, a soldier in St. John's, deserted to the French pre 1690.]

Hello Shirley, It's a pity that you are basing your research for Michael COBEY born 1845 in Plymouth on one piece of information. It's a far too common error as there are countless people with the same name and the same birth year. The Michael who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1865 was Irish and the son of Matthew and Mary. The proof lies in this Michael's 1851 emigration (Liverpool-New York) where he's clearly part of another family - all born in Ireland - who are also on the U.S. 1860 census living in downtown New York. He is the only foreign-born Michael Cobey (born during the 1840's) who appears on any U.S. census. He died 1879. Sorry you still have a mystery on your hands. He may have joined the Army or Navy or emigrated to another part of the world. As for a possible return to the UK, those on-line passenger lists don't begin until 1890 and he's not on them. Prior to that, there's no way of telling. cheers, pamela -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Ireland Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:41 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] MICHAEL RICHARD COBEY OF PLYMOUTH Hi Pamela, I am looking for Mr Micheal Richard Cobey who went to the USA in 1865 form England, that is all I know and if he came back at a later date or married and had a family, l still do not know, I'm still in the dark.

Just did a quick search in our old local papers and found: 1901 newspaper article mentions a Mr. Cobey helping with research on growing tobacco under tents in Connecticut. 1915 newspaper article mentions Mr. & Mrs. William Cobey of Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York are guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Allen of Castorland, Lewis County, New York 1905- Watertown Reunion Newspaper, Watertown, New York- Alexandria Bay news mentions that Michael Cobey was in Brockville (Ontario,Canada) Sunday. Here is the link to search some of the old newspapers of the Northern Counties of New York State http://news.nnyln.net/ another newspaper search site is http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html good luck in your search- my relatives from Devon came to New York via the St. Lawrence River (it separates the NY/USA and Canada) so some went to Canada, some to the USA- C.Campany On 1/13/2014 10:19 PM, Pamela Willcocks wrote: > Hello Shirley, > > It's a pity that you are basing your research for Michael COBEY born 1845 in > Plymouth on one piece of information. > > It's a far too common error as there are countless people with the same name > and the same birth year. The Michael who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen > in 1865 was Irish and the son of Matthew and Mary. > > The proof lies in this Michael's 1851 emigration (Liverpool-New York) where > he's clearly part of another family - all born in Ireland - who are also on > the U.S. 1860 census living in downtown New York. > > He is the only foreign-born Michael Cobey (born during the 1840's) who > appears on any U.S. census. He died 1879. > > Sorry you still have a mystery on your hands. He may have joined the Army > or Navy or emigrated to another part of the world. As for a possible return > to the UK, those on-line passenger lists don't begin until 1890 and he's not > on them. Prior to that, there's no way of telling. > > cheers, > pamela > > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Shirley Ireland > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:41 PM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DEV] MICHAEL RICHARD COBEY OF PLYMOUTH > > Hi Pamela, > > I am looking for Mr Micheal Richard Cobey who went to the USA in 1865 form > England, that is all I know and if he came back at a later date or married > and had a family, l still do not know, I'm still in the dark. > > > ------------------------------------------ > 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 >