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St Cuthbert's church, Widworthy cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/443571 |
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Robert Gollop and Sophia Underdown
Charles Awton (or Horton) and Mary Maurice
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St Michael, Awliscombe, Devon - East end cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/1726261 |
- Betty Awton bap. 6 Jun 1762
- John Awton bap. 7 Apr 1765 (John, son of Charles and Mary, was buried on 10 Feb 1782. He will have been 17. Hence reusing the name the next day.)
- William Awton bap. 22 May 1768
- Charles Awton bap. 9 Sep 1770
- Nancy Awton bap. 2 Jul 1775
- Jenny Awton bap. 19 Apr 1778 (Later calling herself Jane)
- Henry Awton bap. 14 Jan 1781 (Presume died as an infant)
- John Awton bap. 11 Feb 1782
- Henry Awton bap. 9 Jan 1785
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Reenactors in the uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot (Wellington's Redcoats), who fought in the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816. (Slightly later than William Horton's time.) “The 33rd Regiment was unquestionably the best trained regiment in the British Army at this time (1765 -1795).” [Source] WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
William Horton, Private of the Aforesaid Regiment, born in the parish of Orliscomb (sic), in or near the Market Town of Honiton, in the county of Devon, aged twenty-six years (ish) and by Trade a Labourer, hath served honestly and faithfully in the said Regiment, five years and eight months, but being lame of the right arm from a Wound received at Bois-de-duk (sic) on the 15th October 1794, which renders him unfit for service ...
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Churchyard, Awliscombe cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/2784088 |
Richard Gollop and Hester Litten
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Honiton : St Michael's Church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/5740951 |
- Robert Gollop bap. 17 May 1772 in Offwell
- Elizabeth Gollop bap. 12 May 1776 in Offwell
- Dinah Gollop bap. 22 Oct 1780 in Offwell
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Robert Gollop and Jane Horton (or Awton)
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Awliscombe cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Roger Cornfoot - geograph.org.uk/p/5212108 |
Robert Gollop, son of Richard Gollop and Hester Litten, married Jane Horton (or Awton), daughter of Charles Awton and Mary Maurice, on 29 Mar 1802 in Awliscombe, East Devon. The marriage record says Awton, which is probably what it sounded like in a Devon accent and was thus subsequently written down that way by the church official, also given the spelling of the village name.
Robert and Jane had at least four children:
- Elizabeth Gollop bap. 25 Sep 1803 in Widworthy
- Robert Gollop b. 8 Dec 1805, bap. 6 Apr 1806 in Shute, Devon
- Charles Gollop b. 1 May 1809, bap. 18 Jun 1809 in Shute, Devon (Died, aged 20, and was buried on 22 Dec 1830 in Widworthy.)
- Harriet Gollop, bap. 24 Oct 1819 in Widworthy
Robert Gollop died, aged 60, and was buried in Widworthy on 4 Jan 1833.
By the time of the 1841 census, Jane Gollop (60) was living at Lusehayne, Widworthy and with her were her now married daughter Harriett Wood (20), Jane Bazleigh (12), William Horton (70) - we later discover is Jane's brother - Elizabeth Blackmore (3) and Mary Wood (1) [Harriet's daughter].
In 1851, Jane Gollop (72) Widow, is living in "A Cottage, Widworthy", with her still unmarried brother, William Horton (83) Chelsea Pensioner; granddaughter, Mary J Wood (10), plus her widowed son Robert Gollop (44) Shoemaker and three of his children, Amos (11), Emanuel (9) and Sophia (7).
Jane Gollop died, aged 81, and was buried on 12 Sep 1858 in Widworthy.
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Thatched cottage, Widworthy cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Roger Cornfoot - geograph.org.uk/p/5714210 |
Monday, 9 August 2021
James Wood and Harriet Gollop
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Kentisbeare: village stores and Post Office cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Martin Bodman - geograph.org.uk/p/4624324 |
- Mary Jane Wood born 1840, bap. 14 Jun 1840 in Widworthy
- Henry Wood born 1842, bap. 30 Oct 1842 in Kentisbeare
- Ann Wood born 1845 and/or 1854 (see below)
- Charles Wood bap. 9 Sep 1849 in Kentisbeare
- Emma Wood born 1852, bap. 4 May 1856 in Kentisbeare
- James Wood born 1857, bap. 2 Aug 1857 in Kentisbeare
- Sarah Ann Wood bap. 5 Oct 1862 in Kentisbeare
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