The marriage in Cork to Margaret Spencer gives James' father's name as John Sleeman https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGFW-HF9   James Rockey Sleeman did have Devon connections.     I searched the National Archives Discovery catalogue for "James Rockey Sleeman" and found the following document indexed (it isn't digitised): Reference: C 16/603/S191 Description: Cause number: 1869 S191. Short title: Sleeman v Sleeman. Documents: Bill, Interrogatories. Plaintiffs: Emma Sleeman widow. Defendants: James Rockey Sleeman (abroad). SFP. Provincial solicitor employed in Devon. Date: 1869 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7900511 The 1861 census has: Devonshire Street, Charles The Martyr, Plymouth Wilmot HOLMES Head Widow age 75 Devon, Peter Tavy Emma SLEEMAN Dau Widow age 47 Devon, Plymouth FreeBMD has a marriage Sep 1843 Emma HOLMES, Henry SLEEMAN Stoke Damerel The marriage register shows Henry is of full age, a farmer and his father is John SLEEMAN, yeoman. In 1851 Henry is not with Emma but she is described as married, occupation farmer's wife.   She is at 10 Bretonside, Plymouth.  Head of household is Peter Blatchford, baker, born Peter Tavy and her mother, Wilmot Holmes is also in the household.  I can't locate Henry. In 1841 a Henry Sleman aged 30, farmer, and James Sleman aged 25, farmer are living at Fore Town, Buckland Monachorum. Joy ________________________________ From: David L. Langenberg <gallienus@mac.com> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014, 14:39 Subject: [DEV] ROCKEY, SLEEMAN I am seeking anyone with knowledge of the family of John SLEEMAN and Salome ROCKEY, who were married 4 August 1805, at St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock.  I cannot find Salome SLEEMAN in the 1841 Census, but FreeBMD includes a Salome SLEEMAN who died Apr-May-Jun 1848 in Plymouth registration district (9 248).  John and Salome SLEEMAN are possibly the parents of James Rockey SLEEMAN, executor of the will of James ROCKEY, of Blackrock, Cork, Ireland in 1865.  (No relationship specified.)  The James R. SLEEMAN enumerated in the 1851 Census at Sheepstor, aged 38, may be James Rockey SLEEMAN and may be a son of John and Salome SLEEMAN, and perhaps named for the father of Salome ROCKEY.  There was a James ROCKEY in Plymouth in 1802, who is possibly the father of Salome ROCKEY.  Lots of "maybes" and "possiblys," which is why I am seeking the assistance of s.k.s. on this list. 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

Joy, I cannot begin to tell you how grateful I am for this additional information. I'm a bit chagrined that I didn't follow through on some of the resources you searched. It's beginning to look like James Rockey SLEEMAN and Henry SLEEMAN were brothers and sons of the same John SLEEMAN. One difficulty in this hypothesis is that while there is are records of the baptisms of John and Salome ROCKEY) SLEEMAN's daughters Mary Ann SLEEMAN and Harriet SLEEMAN in Tavistock (1813 and 1817 respectively), baptisms for Henry SLEEMAN (abt 1811) and James Rockey SLEEMAN (abt 1815) and another brother, William SLEEMAN (abt 1821) do not appear in Tavistock. It could be that the family moved around a bit. I haven't made an intensive search for the baptisms of the SLEEMAN brothers. I am going to take a close look at the Ireland National Archives reference to see whether I can obtain a copy. It would shed more light at least on the cause of action and possibly the relationship between James Rockey SLEEMAN and Emma SLEEMAN. (Was it really she suing her brother-in-law?) Once again, many thanks. It has really advanced my research. Regards, David On Jan 25, 2014, at 6:26 PM, Joy Langdon wrote: > The marriage in Cork to Margaret Spencer gives James' father's name as John Sleeman > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGFW-HF9 > > James Rockey Sleeman did have Devon connections. > > I searched the National Archives Discovery catalogue for "James Rockey Sleeman" and found the following document indexed (it isn't digitised): > Reference: > C 16/603/S191 > Description: > Cause number: 1869 S191. > Short title: Sleeman v Sleeman. > Documents: Bill, Interrogatories. > Plaintiffs: Emma Sleeman widow. > Defendants: James Rockey Sleeman (abroad). > SFP. > Provincial solicitor employed in Devon. > Date: > 1869 > > http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7900511 > > The 1861 census has: > Devonshire Street, Charles The Martyr, Plymouth > Wilmot HOLMES Head Widow age 75 Devon, Peter Tavy > Emma SLEEMAN Dau Widow age 47 Devon, Plymouth > > FreeBMD has a marriage Sep 1843 Emma HOLMES, Henry SLEEMAN Stoke Damerel > The marriage register shows Henry is of full age, a farmer and his father is John SLEEMAN, yeoman. > > In 1851 Henry is not with Emma but she is described as married, occupation farmer's wife. She is at 10 Bretonside, Plymouth. Head of household is Peter Blatchford, baker, born Peter Tavy and her mother, Wilmot Holmes is also in the household. I can't locate Henry. > > In 1841 a Henry Sleman aged 30, farmer, and James Sleman aged 25, farmer are living at Fore Town, Buckland Monachorum. > > Joy > > > ________________________________ > From: David L. Langenberg <gallienus@mac.com> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014, 14:39 > Subject: [DEV] ROCKEY, SLEEMAN > > > I am seeking anyone with knowledge of the family of John SLEEMAN and Salome ROCKEY, who were married 4 August 1805, at St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock. I cannot find Salome > SLEEMAN in the 1841 Census, but FreeBMD includes a Salome SLEEMAN who died Apr-May-Jun 1848 in Plymouth registration district (9 248). John and Salome SLEEMAN are possibly the parents of James Rockey SLEEMAN, executor of the will of James ROCKEY, of Blackrock, Cork, Ireland in 1865. (No relationship specified.) The James R. SLEEMAN enumerated in the 1851 Census at Sheepstor, aged 38, may be James Rockey SLEEMAN and may be a son of John and Salome SLEEMAN, and perhaps named for the father of Salome ROCKEY. There was a James ROCKEY in Plymouth in 1802, who is possibly the father of Salome ROCKEY. Lots of "maybes" and "possiblys," which is why I am > seeking the assistance of s.k.s. on this list. > > 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 > ------------------------------------------ > 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