On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 15:53:34 +1100 "Mike Steer" <msteer@exemail.com.au> wrote: Mike I found this diary before I found the Devon List. There are a couple of entries relevant to my family that I thought could lead me down interesting paths but sadly one, William Howe killed aug 1799 aboard HMS Brunswick got lost in the Archives. another a different William Howe was a "Toll Troll" on the Dunsford Turnpike 1800-1803, couldn't find any further references. When I finish rebuilding my tree and merging it with my late father's work on his mothers line I'll get back to it. mick > Thanks Joy: Fascinating, Happy New Year, Mike. > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Joy Langdon > Sent: Sunday, 22 December 2013 1:31 AM > To: Devon@Rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 > > I have just come across Silvester Treleaven's Diary on the Moretonhampstead > History Society website and it is a fascinating glimpse of what life was > like in the Napoleonic War period with militia marching in and out of town, > visits by the press gang etc. Well worth a look if you haven't already > found it and you might find a mention of an ancestor if they are from > Moretonhampstead (especially if they died during the period!) It also > mentions people and events in other places in Devon. It has some amusing > incidents among the lists of deaths. > http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/sources/trelchron.ghtml >
Thank you for the Treleaven Diaries very enjoyable. You would think it easy to follow the line that belongs to your family tree as Morton is quite small (local to me growing up as I come from Plymouth). However no such luck as my interest is the GERMON family, John Harvey Germon being my Grandfather who moved to Plymouth and brought his family with him. All the boys became sailors in the Navy). My G.G. and GGGgrandfather were both called William and one I believe was a Tailor married to Mary Wotton. As the Germon tribe seems to be immense it I think I will have to visit the actual church records. Should anyone know any little nugget of knowledge that might help I would be grateful to follow it up. A healthy and Happy New Year to you all. Veronica Germon-Kells. -------------------------------------------------- From: "mick" <bareman@tpg.com.au> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:39 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 15:53:34 +1100 > "Mike Steer" <msteer@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > Mike I found this diary before I found the Devon List. > > There are a couple of entries relevant to my family that I thought could > lead me down interesting paths but sadly one, William Howe killed aug 1799 > aboard HMS Brunswick got lost in the Archives. another a different William > Howe was a "Toll Troll" on the Dunsford Turnpike 1800-1803, couldn't find > any further references. > > When I finish rebuilding my tree and merging it with my late father's work > on his mothers line I'll get back to it. > > mick >> Thanks Joy: Fascinating, Happy New Year, Mike. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Joy Langdon >> Sent: Sunday, 22 December 2013 1:31 AM >> To: Devon@Rootsweb.com >> Subject: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 >> >> I have just come across Silvester Treleaven's Diary on the >> Moretonhampstead >> History Society website and it is a fascinating glimpse of what life was >> like in the Napoleonic War period with militia marching in and out of >> town, >> visits by the press gang etc. Well worth a look if you haven't already >> found it and you might find a mention of an ancestor if they are from >> Moretonhampstead (especially if they died during the period!) It also >> mentions people and events in other places in Devon. It has some amusing >> incidents among the lists of deaths. >> http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/sources/trelchron.ghtml >> > > ------------------------------------------ > 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
Hello Veronica, There is a William Germon, tailor, with wife Mary on the 1851 census at Moretonhampstead who could be William and Mary Wotton. There is a Mary Wotton baptism 1778 which fits quite well with the age of Mary Germon on the census (only a year out). William has a birth year c1781 but the only William Germon baptism at Moretonhampstead around this date is 26 Sep 1779, father also William. William isn't on the 1861 census and there is a burial in 1854 which gives the age 74 which would be a birth c1780 so the 1779 baptism seems a reasonable match. There is a marriage of William German to Rachel Batten at Moretonhampstead 1st May 1778. There is a burial of William Germon 1821, age 69 which gives a birth date approx. 1752. There is a baptism of William Germon, father Shadrach 11 Nov 1753. Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: Vernmp <vernmp@tiscali.co.uk> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 3 January 2014, 13:09 Subject: Re: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 Thank you for the Treleaven Diaries very enjoyable. You would think it easy to follow the line that belongs to your family tree as Morton is quite small (local to me growing up as I come from Plymouth). However no such luck as my interest is the GERMON family, John Harvey Germon being my Grandfather who moved to Plymouth and brought his family with him. All the boys became sailors in the Navy). My G.G. and GGGgrandfather were both called William and one I believe was a Tailor married to Mary Wotton. As the Germon tribe seems to be immense it I think I will have to visit the actual church records. Should anyone know any little nugget of knowledge that might help I would be grateful to follow it up. A healthy and Happy New Year to you all. Veronica Germon-Kells. -------------------------------------------------- From: "mick" <bareman@tpg.com.au> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:39 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 15:53:34 +1100 > "Mike Steer" <msteer@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > Mike I found this diary before I found the Devon List. > > There are a couple of entries relevant to my family that I thought could > lead me down interesting paths but sadly one, William Howe killed aug 1799 > aboard HMS Brunswick got lost in the Archives. another a different William > Howe was a "Toll Troll" on the Dunsford Turnpike 1800-1803, couldn't find > any further references. > > When I finish rebuilding my tree and merging it with my late father's work > on his mothers line I'll get back to it. > > mick >> Thanks Joy: Fascinating, Happy New Year, Mike. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Joy Langdon >> Sent: Sunday, 22 December 2013 1:31 AM >> To: Devon@Rootsweb.com >> Subject: [DEV] Moretnhampstead 1799-1830 >> >> I have just come across Silvester Treleaven's Diary on the >> Moretonhampstead >> History Society website and it is a fascinating glimpse of what life was >> like in the Napoleonic War period with militia marching in and out of >> town, >> visits by the press gang etc. Well worth a look if you haven't already >> found it and you might find a mention of an ancestor if they are from >> Moretonhampstead (especially if they died during the period!) It also >> mentions people and events in other places in Devon. It has some amusing >> incidents among the lists of deaths. >> http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/sources/trelchron.ghtml >> > > ------------------------------------------ > 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