John STOOKE of Dawlish married Mary BARTER at Kingskerswell in 1808, and they had 10 children (that we have been able to trace), and we have been able to trace at least some descendants of five of those children. John STOOKE was apparently born in Dawlish in 1784, the son of James STOOKE and Mary BARGERON or BARJERON or BAREGON or BARRIGAN (there seem to be a number of ways of spelling it), who were married in Dawlish on 28 October 1771. What is not clear is where this James STOOKE came from. Some family trees identify him with James Stooke of Trusham, the son of Edward STOOKE and Elizabeth DINGLEY, who was baptised in Trusham on 28 June 1742. While this is possible, it also seems that there were other STOOKE families living in Dawlish at the time of the marriage of James and Mary, so it would be useful if we could see the Dawlish parish registers and do a reconstruction of all the Stooke families there. Unfortunately the Dawlish registers do not appear to be available online, either on FreeReg or anywhere else, nor do they appear to have been filmed by the LDS, so it would mean travelling to the Devon Record Office in Exeter to try to find them. I would be very grateful if anyone with access to the Dawlish registers could look up the marriage of James STOOKE to see if it gives any clue to his origin, such as "of Trusham". More here: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/stooke-family-of-dawlish/ -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk