Patti, I think it was I who began this thread on Coletown in Tavistock parish. I was interested in it because John SLEEMAN and Henry SLEEMAN (perhaps son and father, and probably related to the ROCKEY family of Tavistock that I am tracing) became tenants of Coletown, Great Artiscombe, and Artiscombe in 1807, while Thomas ROCKEY, Jr. became a tenant at nearby Hele in the same year. SLEEMANs were there until at least 1825. Before the SLEEMANs, Coletown, Great Artiscombe, and Artiscombe were held by William CRABB, Sr., from 1785-1806. Before 1785 it was held by George CROSS. This information is from the Tavistock Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1832, held at the Devon Record Office (Family History Library Microfilm 1471155, Item 12). Since these records begin in 1780, I cannot shed any light whatsoever as to who occupied the land earlier in the 18th century. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Feb 2, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Patti Gates wrote: > Re: DEVON DIGEST Vol 9 Issue 64 > I am interested in the reference to the two farms : Artiscombe and > Higher Artiscombe that remain in existence today. Higher Artiscombe is > the closest to Rubbytown and the former Cole Farm (Coletown?) > > Does anyone know who owned the Cole Farm?Is there information on the > farm that would show who the owners were in the 1700's? I am interested > in knowing anything about this Cole family as our Cole family lived in > Devon in the 1700's. > > Our 3rd Great Grandfather Samuel Cole b.1794 in Holsworthy emmigrated to > St Thomas, Ontario in 1843 and I would love to know more about this Cole > farm and any connection to his parents, siblings and other relatives in > the area. > > Thank you > Patti Lee Gates > Minnesota 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