I think there was a property, possibly a farm, known as Coletown in Tavistock, it is the abode on Harriet and Mary Ann Sleeman's baptism entries.    I am wondering if this is the will of the John Sleeman who married Salome:   [no title] 1078/IRW/S/777 1836 These documents are held at Devon Record Office Contents: John Sleman of Tavistock, Devon Joy  ________________________________ From: David L. Langenberg <gallienus@mac.com> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2014, 21:05 Subject: [DEV] William SLEEMAN of Rubbytown, Tavistock In the 1851 Census, the household of William SLEEMAN is enumerated at Rubbbytown, Tavistock.  (HO 107 / 1883 / Folio 351 / Page 13).  The version on Ancestry has misindexed him as William "Stuman."  In its transcription, it also botches the birthplace of both William SLEEMAN and his sister HARRIET SLEEMAN--which might be the same--as "Corlslocm" for William and "Coaltown" for Harriet.  The Place-Names of Devon indexes neither place.  I also think that since the birthplaces of the children of William SLEEMAN and his wife Elizabeth are all written "Rubby Town," which is not the name of a parish, that whatever the birthplace of William and Elizabeth is, it might also not be a parish but a place-name within a parish.  The nearest names I can come up with are Colyton (in East Devon) and Coleton, the name of a place in Brixham.  Yet I suspect that the place is nearer to Tavistock.  Does anyone with local knowledge of this area have a guess as to where it might be? TIA 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, Thank you for your suggestion about Cole Town being a farm in Tavistock parish; I think it must be correct, because this 1715 document refers to it: http://www.foda.org.uk/militia/1715/tavistock/tavistock.htm As far as the document at the Devon Record Office is concerned, I am a little confused by the Devon Heritage Services website. I seem to be going around in circles about how to obtain a copy. The only method I can see to order it is to print out a PDF and then mail it in! Which leads me to wonder how I am supposed to know how many pages are involved and therefore to determine in advance how much it costs. The National Archives has a much better system of first getting an estimate of costs and then either proceeding or not. Perhaps you can enlighten me on the Devon Heritage Services policies. David On Jan 26, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Joy Langdon wrote: > I think there was a property, possibly a farm, known as Coletown in Tavistock, it is the abode on Harriet and Mary Ann Sleeman's baptism entries. > > I am wondering if this is the will of the John Sleeman who married Salome: > > [no title] 1078/IRW/S/777 1836 > These documents are held at Devon Record Office > > Contents: > John Sleman of Tavistock, Devon > > Joy > > ________________________________ > From: David L. Langenberg <gallienus@mac.com> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2014, 21:05 > Subject: [DEV] William SLEEMAN of Rubbytown, Tavistock > > > In the 1851 Census, the household of William SLEEMAN is enumerated at Rubbbytown, Tavistock. (HO 107 / 1883 / Folio 351 / Page 13). The version on Ancestry has misindexed him as William "Stuman." In its transcription, it also botches the birthplace of both William SLEEMAN and his sister HARRIET SLEEMAN--which might be the same--as "Corlslocm" for William and "Coaltown" for Harriet. The Place-Names of Devon indexes neither place. I also think that since the birthplaces of the children of William SLEEMAN and his wife Elizabeth are all written "Rubby Town," which is not the name of a parish, that whatever the birthplace of William and Elizabeth is, it might also not be a parish but a place-name within a parish. The nearest names I can come up with are Colyton (in East Devon) and Coleton, the name of a place in Brixham. Yet I suspect that the place is nearer to Tavistock. Does anyone with local knowledge of this area have a guess as to where > it might be? > > TIA > > 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

I am only half following this thread but in Tavistock there are these marriages. April 1, 1784 John SLEEMAN to Susanna ROWE On the 10th May 1748 John SLEMAN s/o John was christened John SLEAMAN Mar Mary Brownson [?] Tavistock 25 Dec 1722 John SLEAMAN buried Tavistock 12 Oct 1760 William SLEEMING married Alice FORD 20 Sep 1742 at Tavistock A Richard SLEEMAN was a Vicar there in 1796 Seem this name goes back until at least 1700 or thereabouts. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joy Langdon" <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 9:24 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] William SLEEMAN of Rubbytown, Tavistock > I think there was a property, possibly a farm, known as Coletown in > Tavistock, it is the abode on Harriet and Mary Ann Sleeman's baptism > entries. > > I am wondering if this is the will of the John Sleeman who married Salome: > > [no title] 1078/IRW/S/777 1836 > These documents are held at Devon Record Office > > Contents: > John Sleman of Tavistock, Devon >