THE PAVEYS

(some notes by P John Partington)

LEONARD PAVEY (bef. 1736 - aft. 1755) AND HIS FOREBEARS

Leonard Pavey, who married Martha Northam on 13 April 1752 in the small Dorset village of Thorncombe, is the earliest ancestor whom we can claim with confidence.  But he looks likely to be the Leonard Pavey who was baptized in nearby Yarcombe in 1727 to parents Leonard and Ann – and would if so be the fifth in a line of Leonard Paveys in that village, and part of a pedigree traceable to the early 1500s.  (For more details see below).  A Leonard Pavey features in 1749 as the master of an apprentice in Thorncombe.

Leonard and Martha had at least three children:  Samuel born in about 1753, William in about 1755 and Zechariah in 1757.

THE CHILDREN OF LEONARD  (bef. 1736 - aft. 1755)

Leonard’s first child, Samuel, was baptized at Thorncombe on 25 April 1753, and his second, William, on 20 April 1755.

Leonard’s third child, Zechariah, was baptized at Thorncombe on 6 November 1757.  He married Mary Thorn (born c.1771 in Hawkchurch, Dorset) on 30 August 1802 at Sidmouth, and had at least one child – William Henry, born in 1806.  In the register for William’s baptism, Zechariah is described as a ‘mariner’.   Nothing further is known of him after that date, but Mary was still living, “in receipt of parish pay”, in Evil Lane, Axminster when the 1851 census was taken.

THE CHILDREN OF ZECHARIAH  (c. 1757 - aft. 1805)

Zechariah’s son William Henry was born on 13 December 1806 in Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, and baptized on 17 April the following year at the parish church.   He married Elizabeth Ellacott on 7 October 1829, and they had twelve children:  Elizabeth born in about 1830, William Henry in about 1831 Frederick Archibald in about 1833, Jemima Anne in about 1834, John Leonard in about 1837, Marianne in 1838, Isabella in 1840, Charles A in about 1843, Mary in about 1845, Julia Anne in about 1847, Fanny in about 1849 and Harry Alfred in 1852 (further details below).  In 1841 the family were living in Union Street:  William was working as a bootmaker.  Ten years later the family were living at 18 Clarendon Place, Plymouth, with William Henry & Elizabeth described as “Lodging-House keepers”;  while the following year they were at 31 Athenæum Street.  By 1861 the family had moved to London, and William was working as a cabinet maker and living at 16 Queens Crescent, St Pancras:  Charles, Fanny & Harry were with him, but Elizabeth was staying with her daughter Marianne in Albert Terrace.  By 1870 William Henry was working as a “picture-frame maker”, though the following year’s census has him as a ‘blind-maker’, living at 65 Prince of Wales Road.  He died, intestate, on 9 November 1880 at 30 Alma Street in London, after “paralysis, 20 days” (presumably a stroke) still recorded as a “blind maker”.  He was buried in Finchley cemetery.  The following year Elizabeth is recorded as living with her son Charles at 1a Albany Road, Camberwell;  she died on 2 September 1885.

THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HENRY  (1806 - 1880)

William Henry’s first child, Elizabeth, was born in about 1830.  In 1841 she was living with her family in Union Street, Plymouth.  Nothing further is yet known of her.

William Henry’s second child, another  William Henry, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in about 1832.  In 1841 he was living with his family in Union Street, and in 1851 at 18 Clarendon Place.  Ten years later he was lodging at 21 St Paul’s Street, Cheltenham, working as a “tailor’s foreman”.  On 24 October the following year he married Elizabeth Spill at the Old Church, St Pancras.  They had seven children:  William Henry, Walter Samuel, Maria E, Annie E, Florence Adeline, Frank C and Frederick (details below).  By 1864 the family had moved to Kentish Town in London.  In 1871 the census records him as living at 57 Prince of Wales Road and working as a “master tailor”.  In 1881 he and the family were at 111 Mortimer Road, Hackney, and ten years later they were at 133 Ashmore Road, Paddington.

William Henry’s fourth child, Jemima Anne, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1833/4.  In 1841 she was living with her family in Union Street, and ten years later was with them at 18 Clarendon Place, an “assistant at home”.  She moved to London and in 1861 was recorded as a servant at 5 Queen’s Road, Marylebone.  At the end of that decade one of her father’s neighbours was John Greenfield, a retired engineer in his late fifties, a widower with children and grandchildren.  Jemima married him in 1871 and they had a son, George Percy, the following year.  The 1881 census records the new family at 68 Prince of Wales Road.  In 1891 & 1901 Jemima was recorded as a widow, living “on her own means” at 76 Lady Somerset Road, St Pancras, with son George, who in 1901 was a commercial clerk.  She died on 13 November 1904, and was buried in her parents’ grave in Finchley Cemetery.

William Henry’s fifth child, John Leonard, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1836/7.  In 1841 he was living with his family in Union Street, and ten years later was with them at 18 Clarendon Place.  Like the rest of the family, he moved to London, where he married Jane (surname unknown);  they had at least four children – Emily Elizabeth, born in 1859/60, Ernest Leonard in 1862, Jemima in 1865 and Edwin Laughton in 1868 (details below).  The 1861 census records them at 20 Arlington Street, St Pancras:  John was working as a (wood-)turner, and Jane as a dressmaker.  Ten years later the family were at 55 Union Street,  Marylebone, with John still working as a wood-turner.  He was present at his father’s death in 1880, when he was recorded as living at 65 Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, and indeed the following year’s census finds him there, working as a Picture Frame Maker:  he is recorded as married, but there is no sign of his family with him.  For her part, Jane was living with their daughter Emily at 7 College Street, Marylebone, working as a dressmaker.

William Henry’s sixth child, Marianne, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1838.  In 1841 she was living with her family in Union Street, and ten years later was with them at 18 Clarendon Place, a ‘scholar’.  She moved to London, and on 26 October 1858 married Reuben William Harper, a railway clerk, at the Old Church, St Pancras;  they had at least five children: Arthur Frederick born in 1859, another son born in 1861, Sidney Herbert born in 1862, Minnie Marianne in 1864 and Jessie Ethel in 1865.  In 1861 the family were at 3 Albert Terrace, St Pancras;  Marianne’s mother was staying with them.  Ten years later they were at [place illegible];  Reuben was still a railway clerk.  The 1881 census finds the family living at 23 Leighton Road, St Pancras;  ten & twenty years years later they were at 179 Brecknock Road, St Pancras.

William Henry’s seventh child, Isabella, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1840.  In 1841 she was living with her family in Union Street, and ten years later was with them at 18 Clarendon Place.  She moved to London, and on 31 January 1864 married Frederick Richardson at the Old Church, St Pancras.  The couple had a daughter, Emily, in 1865/6, but by 1871 Isabella was a widow, living with her parents at 65 Prince of Wales Road, and working as a ‘dressmaker’.

William Henry’s eighth child, Charles A, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in about 1843.  In 1851 he was living with his family at 18 Clarendon Place.  The 1861 census records him with his father, Fanny and Harry at 16 Queen’s Crescent, St Pancras, working as a “joiner in wood”.  Moving to London, he married Esther. In 1871 they were living at 6 Anglers Lane – Charles was a “wood turner employing one lad”.  Ten years later they were at 1a Albany Road, Camberwell:  Charles is recorded as a “picture-frame maker employing one lad”.  In 1891 Charles and Esther were at 5 Humphrey Street, Camberwell:  Charles was now an “insurance agent”;  ten years later they were at 13 Poplar (?) Road in Camberwell, Charles still an insurance agent.

William Henry’s ninth child, Mary Eliza, was born in 1844 in East Stonehouse, Plymouth;  in 1851 she was living with her family at 18 Clarendon Place.  She married David Chaplin in 1864, and had at least four children – Albert in about 1865, Blanche in about 1866, Percy in about 1868 and Blanche in about 1879.  In 1881 the family were living at 43 Victoria Road in Pancras;  David was working as a ‘paper hanger’.

William Henry’s tenth child, Julia Anne, was born in 1846 in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, and five years later was living with her family at 18 Clarendon Place.  She married Henry Chantler in 1867, and had a daughter, Selicia J, in about 1869.  In 1881 the three of them were living in Rumbolds Wyke, Sussex;  Henry was working as a piano tuner.

William Henry’s eleventh child, Fanny, was born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in about 1849.  In 1851 she was living with her family at 18 Clarendon Place.  The 1861 census records her with her father, Charles & Harry at 16 Queen’s Crescent, St Pancras, a ‘scholar’;  ten years later she was still living with her parents, at 65 Prince of Wales Road, a ‘dressmaker’.

William Henry’s eleventh child, Harry Alfred, was born on 18 July 1852 at 31 Athenæum Street, Plymouth. In 1861 the census records him with his father, Charles and Fanny at 16 Queen’s Crescent, St Pancras, a ‘scholar’.  By 1870 he was living at 65 Prince of Wales Road in London, from where he married Amelia Elizabeth Littlemore on 5 October.  He was working as a picture-frame maker – and the directories record him as such until 1904.  They had ten children: Harry Alfred born in 1871, Mary Elizabeth in 1872, another Harry Alfred in 1877, Amelia Annie in 1879, Harold Gilbert in about 1882, Charles Dew on 10 May 1883, Arthur Eli in 1885, Harold Gilbert in 1887/8 and Ralph Edgar in 1891 (details below).  The 1871 census records Harry and Amelia, and their young firstborn, living at 65 Prince of Wales Road with Harry’s parents:  Harry was recorded as a ‘blind-maker’.  The 1881 census records the family at 367 Kentish Town Road, sharing the house with his wife’s father’s family.  In 1891 and 1901 the family was at 318 Kentish Town Road.  In the early years of the twentieth century a (business?) address of 4 Queen’s Crescent, Haverstock Hill is given.

THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HENRY  (1832 - )

William Henry’s first child, another William Henry, was born in Kentish Town in 1863.  In 1881 he was living with his family at 111 Mortimer Road, Hackney.  He married, but was a widower by 1891, when he was living with his parents at 133 Ashmore Road, Paddington, and working as a hosier.

William Henry’s second child, Walter Samuel, was born in 1865;  and his third, Maria E, in 1866/7.  In 1881 they were both living at 111 Mortimer Road, Hackney.

William Henry’s fourth child, Annie E, was born in about 1867.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 111 Mortimer Road, Hackney.  She married William W Lang, and in 1891 the two of them were living with Annie’s parents at 133 Ashmore Road, Paddington;  William was working as a picture-frame maker.

William Henry’s fifth child, Florence Adeline, was born in 1868/9;  his sixth, Frank C, in about 1871;  and his seventh, Frederick, in about 1876.  In 1881 they were all living at 111 Mortimer Road, Hackney.

THE CHILDREN OF FREDERICK ARCHIBALD  (c. 1833 - 1909)

Frederick Archibald’s first child, Alice Adeline, was born in Bayswater in 1860.  The following year she was with her parents at 6 Raneleigh Road, Paddington.  Twenty years later she was unmarried, living with her parents at 7 Chippenham Road, Paddington, and working as a florist.  She had an illegitimate daughter, Kate Florence, in 1877, with no father’s name on the birth certificate.  She subsequently had a further two children by John Alfred Chantler (no marriage record yet found):  Rosa Georgiana Maria, born in 1884, and Beatrice Ada in 1889.  John died in 1890, and in 1893 Alice married Charles Frederick Kelley, by whom she had a son, Charles, in 1894.  Seven years later the family was living at 15 Cirencester Street, Paddington.

Frederick Archibald’s second child, Alfred Archibald, was born in 1861/2.  He married Jane Bean in 1880, and was recorded the following year as living at 7 Chippenham Road, Paddington with his parents, twenty-four year old Jane, four-year old Kate and one-year old Frederick;  he was working as a “conservatory fitter (builder)”.  (His relationship to the children is not yet certain.)  Ten years later he was still working as a conservatory fitter, now living at 5 Orchard Street, Paddington with Jane and children Alice L, Florence E and James A. (Details of all the children are below.)  Alfred died in 1898, and in 1901 Jane was living with Florence & James at 66 Marlborough Street, Paddington, and working as a cleaner.

Frederick Archibald’s third child, Beatrice Eliza, was born in 1863/4, and was recorded in 1881 as unmarried, living with her parents at 7 Chippenham Road, Paddington, and working as a servant.

THE CHILDREN OF ALFRED ARCHIBALD  (c. 1861 - aft. 1890)

The number, and status, of Alfred Archibald’s children is slightly unclear.  A year after his marriage to Jane, we find the two of them living with two children surnamed Pavey, as follows.

The first child is Kate, born in 1876/7.  In 1881 she was living with Alfred & Jane (and Alfred’s parents) at 7 Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Nothing is known of her beyond that.

The second child mentioned in the 1881 census is Frederick, born in 1878/80.  In 1881 he too was living with Alfred & Jane (and Alfred’s parents) at 7 Chippenham Road, Paddington.  In 1901 Fred was living with his widowed grandmother at 15 Cirencester Street, Paddington, and working as a ‘florist’.

Three other children are mentioned in the 1891 census:

Alfred Archibald’s third child (assuming his paternity of Kate and Frederick) was Alice L, born in Paddington in 1882/3.  In 1891 she was living with her parents at 5 Orchard Street, Paddington.

Alfred Archibald’s fourth child was Florence E, born in Paddington in 1884/5;  and his fifth was James A, born in Paddington in 1886/7.  In 1891 they were living with their parents at 5 Orchard Street, Paddington, and ten years later with their widowed mother at 66 Marlborough Street, Paddington.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN LEONARD  (c. 1836 - 1916)

John Leonard’s first child, Emily Elizabeth, was born in St Pancras in about 1860.  The following year she was with her family at 20 Arlington Street;  ten years later the family were at 55 Union Street, Marylebone.  In 1881 Emily was living with her mother at 7 College Street, Marylebone.

John Leonard’s second child, Ernest Leonard, was born in London in 1862.  In 1871 the census recorded him with his family at 55 Union Street, Marylebone.

John Leonard’s third child, Jemima, was born in Marylebone in 1865 .  In 1871 the census recorded her with her family at 55 Union Street;  ten years later she was working as a domestic servant at 73 Charlotte Street, Marylebone.  In 1890 she married Thomas Henry Luggar, by whom she had at least three children– Edwin Thomas born in 1891, Edith Ethel in 1892 and Gladys Millicent in 1895.  In 1911 the family were living at 13 Barclay Terrace, James Lane, Leyton in Essex:  Thomas was working as a warehouseman.

John Leonard’s fourth child, Edwin Laughton, was born in Marylebone in 1868.  In 1871 the census recorded him with his family at 55 Union Street.  By 1911 he had married, had a son Otto (born in 1905), and been widowed:  the census that year records him and Otto living at 7 Upper Rathbone Place W in Marylebone;  Edwin was working as a ‘motor fitter’.

Harry Alfred’s first child, Harry Alfred, was born in 1871, and died the following year.

Harry Alfred’s second child, Mary Elizabeth, known as ‘May’, was born in 1872.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 367 Kentish Town Road in London, and ten years later at 318 Kentish Town Road.

Harry Alfred’s third child, another Harry Alfred, was born in 1877.  In 1881 he was living with his family at 367 Kentish Town Road in London, and ten years later at 318 Kentish Town Road – working as a “picture frame maker’s assistant, carver”.

Harry Alfred’s fourth child, Amelia Annie, ‘Millie’, was born in 1879.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 367 Kentish Town Road in London, and ten years later at 318 Kentish Town Road.

Harry Alfred’s fifth child, Charles Dew, was born on 10 May 1883 – ‘Dew’ being his maternal grandmother’s maiden name.  In 1891 and 1901 he was living with his family at 318 Kentish Town Road in London:  on the latter occasion working as a waiter in an inn.  He married Mary Ann Hodgson, and they had three sons – Ralph Hodgson born in 1908, William Allen about a year later, and John Bateson in 1911.  In 1911 the family were living with Mary’s parents at 32 Moss Lane, Morecombe in Lancashire:  Charles was working as a “ship’s steward”.

Some of John Bateson’s descendants adopted the surname ‘du Pavey’ – apparently mistaking the ‘Dew’ of Charles Dew Pavey’s name (explained above) for a French patronymic.  While in the twelfth century there are a couple of references to “filius Pavee”, I know of no evidence for “du Pavey”.

Harry Alfred’s seventh child, Harold Gilbert, was born in 1887/8.  In 1891 he was living with his family at 318 Kentish Town Road in London.  It appears that at some point he married Lucy E [surname unknown].

Harry Alfred’s eighth child, Ralph Edgar, was born in 1891.  Ten years later he was recorded living with his parents at 318 Kentish Town Road.

Family memory tells of one or two other children, probably interspersing those above, who died in infancy.

Since it seems certain that our earliest known Pavey ancestor, Leonard was a member of the extended Pavey family to be found in the Devonshire village of Yarcombe and its neighbourhood from at least the early sixteenth century, some details of that family are recorded below.

Simon Pavey was born in Yarcombe, Devon, in about 1524.  On 28 November 1547, in Yarcombe, Devon, he married Raulin Dabyney.  The couple had seven children, all baptized in Yarcombe:  Hugh on 2 July 1548, Charles in 1550, Christopher on 20 February 1553, Thomasin on 29 January 1555, Elizabeth on 4 September 1556, William on 27 May 1558, and Margery on 8 January 1561.  Raulin died in 1577;  Simon’s date of death is not known.

    Simon’s son Charles was baptized in Yarcombe on 1 October 1550.  On 25 November 1576, still in Yarcombe, he married Elizabeth Bennett, with whom he had eleven children, all baptized in Yarcombe – Mary on 27 September 1577, John in 1581, Agnes on 29 October 1583, Elin on 15 September 1585, Margery on 3 December 1587, Christian on 23 November 1589, Francis on 13 February 1591, Thomasin on 18 November 1593, Elizabeth and Sara on 4 December 1594, and Charles on 20 October 1596.  Charles was buried in Yarcombe on 29 January 1622 and Elizabeth on 8 March 1634.

        Charles’ son John was baptized in Yarcombe on 11 June 1581.  On 23 August 1606, still in Yarcombe, he married Mary Knight, with whom he had ten children, all baptized in Yarcombe – William in 1607, Leonard in 1609, John in 1611, Samuel in about 1614, Simon on 4 January 1617, Maria on 24 December 1620, Charles on 6 July 1623, Jonathan on 13 January 1625, David on 29 June 1628, and Joseph on 27 October 1630.  John was buried in Yarcombe on 12 September 1645 and Mary on 8 February 1677.

            John’s son William was baptized at Yarcombe on 6 September 1607.  He married Elizabeth Withrell on 26 June 1634 and had a daughter, Hannah, three years later.  He was buried at Yarcombe on 5 August 1643.

            John’s son Leonard was baptized in Yarcombe on 7 January 1609.  On 24 August 1634, still in Yarcombe, he married Maud Vincente, with whom he had nine children, all baptized in Yarcombe – Philippa on 31 May 1635, Joseph on 6 August 1637, Simon on 15 December 1639, John on 28 November 1641, Leonard on 19 December 1643, Phoebe born in 1646, Mary baptzed on 24 September 1651, Faithful on 28 July 1653, and Francis in 1655.  Leonard was buried in Yarcombe on 7 October 1694.  He was probably the great-great-grandfather of ‘our’ Leonard.

                Leonard’s son Francis was baptized in Yarcombe on 22 April 1655.  He apparently married Joanne Trott in 1677, and had at least three children:  David baptized in 1678, Joan in 1684 and Ann in 1687.

                    Francis’ son David was baptized on 11 December 1678.  He married Ellen Northam on 19 June 1718 and had at least four children – Ellen born in 1719, Ann in 1721, David in 1722 and Francis in 1725.

                        David’s son Francis was born in 1725.  On 24 October 1752 he married Sarah Lacy, with whom he had five children – John born in 1753, Phoebe in 1754 (dying in 1835), Elizabeth in 1757, Ann in 1760 and Sarah in 1762.

                            Francis’s son John was born in 1753.  A carpenter in Yarcombe, he was married twice:  first, in 1178 in Seaton & Beer, to Sarah Doune, with whom he had five children – Elizabeth born in 1779, John in 1781, Phoebe (who married William Dixon), Mary in 1784 and William (who married Sarah).  In 1816, in Lyme Regis, he married Grace Adams.  John died in Lyme in 1836.

                                John’s daughter Elizabeth was born in Seaton in 1779.  She married John Partridge and had a daughter, Phoebe.

                                John’s daughter Mary was born in Lyme Regis in 1784.  She had an illegitimate son, John Long, by John Bramble in 1804.  She died, still in Lyme Regis, in 1825.

                                    Mary’s son John Long was baptized in Seaton on 9 September 1804.  A tailor, he married Sarah Cox and had nine children (some apparently using the surname ‘Pavey’ and some ‘Bramble’) – Mary born in 1825, Mary Ann in 1827, John in 1829, Eliza in 1833, William in 1836, Henry in 1838, Sarah in 1839 and Henry in 1841.  The family lived in Mill Green in Lyme, and following a large fire there in 1844 they moved to London, whereafter John Long used his father’s surname, ‘Bramble’.

                                        John Long’s daughter Mary Ann was born in 1827. In 1853, now in Whitechapel, London, she married John Trask.

            John’s son John was baptized in Yarcombe on 8 March 1611.  On 1 September 1640, still in Yarcombe, he married Cicely Vincente, with whom he had ten children, all baptized in Yarcombe – .Marian on 23 April 1641, John and William on 26 March 1643, Thomas in 1645, Eldred on 3 September 1648, Medad on 3 May 1650, Israel on 7 April 1652, Mary on 10 February 1653, Simon in 1653, and Sarah on 13 August 1658.  John died in 1696 and was buried in Yarcombe on 25 May.

                John’s son Thomas was apparently born in about 1645.  He emigrated to America, where he changed his surname to ‘Peavey’ and married Martha Eaton.  The couple had three children – John Edward, Edward and William, and founded a dynasty of Peaveys which flourishes in the United States to this day.

                John’s son Simon was baptized in Yarcombe on 5 March 1653.  He married Christiana Bayley and had at least three children – Joseph born in 1687, Simon in 1689 and William in 1698.  He was buried at Yarcombe on 18 November 1718.  Christiana died, still in Yarcombe, in 1744.

                    Simon’s son William was born in Membury, Devon, in 1698.  He married Joan Hellier, with whom he had thirteen children – Joan born in 1719, Will in 1721, John in 1724, Simon in 1726, Samuel in 1728, another Samuel in 1729, Betty in 1732, Robert in 1734, John and Mary in 1736, Joseph in 1739, James in 1740 and Charles in 1742.  William died in 1762 and Joan in 1769.

                           William’s daughter Mary was baptized at Yarcombe on 14 May 1749.  She married Joel Richards, but before that seems to have a daughter Elizabeth, baptized in Yarcombe on 30 August 1772.

                                Mary’s daughter Elizabeth was baptized in Yarcombe on 30 August 1772.  She apparently had two illegitimate sons – Richard, born in Yarcombe in 1801, and William, baptized there on 10 April 1803.  She died in 1820.

                                    Elizabeth’s son William was baptized in Yarcombe on 10 April 1803.  On 18 February 1833, in Aston, Birmingham, he married Frances Haycock, with whom he had nine children – Hannah Reumah in about 1835, George in about 1838, Andrew in about 1840, Mary Ann in about 1841, William in 1844, Harriett in 1846, Priscilla in 1849, Jane in 1852 and Thomas William in about 1856.  William died on 23 July 1886 in Birmingham, and Frances on 1 January 1897 in Wolverhampton.

                                        William’s daughter Hannah Reumah was born in Birmingham in about 1835.  On 4 April 1859 she married Josiah Eyre at St Edburgh, Yardley.

                                        William’s son George was born in Birmingham in about 1838.  He married Emma Palmer on 20 December 1862, also at St Edburgh, Yardley.

                                        William’s son Andrew was born in about 1840 in Aston.  He married Mary Ann Hastings on 10 June 1861 at Andrew’s, Birmingham, and died, still in Birmingham, on 18 February 1901.

                                        William’s daughter Mary Ann was born in Birmingham in about 1841.  She married William Fantham (born in Birmingham in 1839) on Christmas Day 1863 at St Clement’s.

                                        William’s son William was baptized on 9 November 1844.  He died on 28 January 1855 in Aston.

                                        William’s daughter Harriett was born in Aston on 9 December 1846.  She married Henry William Saxty on 17 January 1870 at St Luke’s, and died on 19 January 1923 in Bushbury, Staffs.

                                        William’s daughter Priscilla was born on 16 February 1849 and baptized on 7 March.  She married John Wasall on 11 December 1870 at St Andrew’s.

                                        William’s daughter Jane was born on 10 May 1852 in Aston.  She married William Arthur Taylor on 3 September 1872 at St Mary’s Aston Brook.  She died, still in Aston, on 30 November 1916.

                                        William’s son Thomas William was born in Birmingham in about 1856.  Nothing further is yet known of him.

                            William’s daughter Elizabeth was baptized on 25 December 1758 and his daughter Susanna on 6 September 1761, both at Upottery, Devon.

                        William’s son Simon was baptized in Yarcombe on 14 June 1726.  On 29 May 1751 he married Betty Sparke in Yarcombe.  The couple had at least three children – Simon born in 1751, Samuel in 1753, and John in 1755.

                            Simon’s son Simon was born in about 1751.  On 31 May 1773 he married Joan Long in Buckerell, Devon.  The couple had five children – John and Simon in 1774, Elizabeth in 1783 (dying that same year), another Elizabeth in 1785 and Joan in 1786.

                                Simon’s son John was born in about 1774.  He married Elizabeth (surname unknown), and in 1841 was living with her in Yarcombe, working as an agricultural labourer.

                                Simon’s son Simon was born in Buckerell in 1774.  On 4 May 1802 he married Mary Pidgeon in Membury.  He had already fathered at least one child with her – Simon, in about 1794.  It was either concerning this Simon or a younger brother that a ‘bastardy order’ was made in 1796:  “Mary Pigeon, Simon Pavey father of her male bastard born nine weeks ago to pay £1 7s and 1s a week”.  After their marriage the couple had another child, Mary, born in Membury in 1803.  Simon died on 20 March 1856 at Grovewell, Yarcombe.

                                    Simon’s son Simon was born in Membury on 3 May 1794.  In 1817 he was recorded as a labourer.  He spent some time in India, and on 8 July 1826 he married Rosa George at Cannanore; she however died on 5 September the following year, in Secunderabad.  On 22 February 1830 Simon remarried, still in Secunderabad – Elizabeth Sippons.  The couple had seven children – Simon in 1832, Elizabeth in 1836, another Simon in 1839, William in 1842, Louisa in 1845, Hannah in 1848, and Sarah in 1852.  Simon was recorded in 1851 as a ‘pensioner’;  he died on 1 June the following year in Axviney, Yarcombe.  In 1861 Elizabeth was working as a laundress;  ten years later she was at Pithayne Cottage in Yarcombe;  she died there in 1879.

                                        Simon’s son Simon was born on 23 August 1832 in Secunderabad, India.  He died there that same year.

                                        Simon’s daughter Elizabeth was born in 1836, “in Ireland while her father was on his way home from India”.  A ‘leather glove maker’, she had a son, George William in 1858.  She died on 27 July the following year in Axviney, Yarcombe.

                                            Elizabeth’s son George William was born in Axviney, Yarcombe, on 18 June 1858.  Leaving Devon for Liverpool, he married twice:  first, on 8 May 1881 in Holy Trinity Liverpool, Sarah Anne Taylor, with whom he had eight children:  Thomas Richard born in 1882, Wallace Frederick in 1883, Elizabeth Annie in 1885, and William George in 1886 (all these three dying in infancy), Florence Gladys in 1888, John Percy in 1891, Herbert Henry in 1892 and Ivy Lillian in 1895 – these last three also dying in infancy.  Sarah died in 1898, and on 30 April the following year George married Elizabeth Seymour at St Mary’s Kirkdale, Liverpool.  George and Elizabeth had eight children:  Rachel, born in 1900 (and dying that same year), Elizabeth Ivy born in 1901, George Henry in 1903, William Stanley in 1906, Ernest Simon in 1907, Olive Catherine in 1909, Walter in 1911, and Edith in 1912 (dying the following year).  A ‘journeyman butcher’, George died in Blackburn on 10 January 1917.

                                                George William’s son Thomas Richard was born in 1882.  On 1 October 1907, in West Derby, Liverpool, he married Ann Ellen Humphreys.  The couple had five children:  Gladys Elizabeth born in 1908, George Evan in 1911, Thomas Richard in 1914 (dying that same year), Stanley in 1916 and Ernest in 1918.

                                                George William’s daughter Florence Gladys was born in 1888.  In 1911, in Blackburn, she married Benjamin Catlow, by whom she had four children.

                                        Simon’s son Simon was born in Yarcombe in 1839, where the 1851 census records him with his family.  On 22 December 1859 he married Mary Ackland, still  in Yarcombe.  The couple had eight children – Mary Hannah born in 1860, Edith in 1862, Robert James in 1864, Sarah Jane in 1865, Rachel in 1868, William in 1871, Page in 1872, and George in 1876.  In 1881 Simon and Mary were living at Mount Pleasant Cottage in Yarcombe;  Simon was recorded as a ‘woodsman on manor’.

                                            Simon’s daughter Mary Hannah was born in Yarcombe on 27 October 1860.  In 1881 she was living with her parents, recorded as “Mary A” and “a general servant out of service by illness.  Three years later she married Samuel Richard Cook, by whom she had seven children:  Edith born in 1885, Jessie May in 1886, Alice Mary in 1888, Samuel Reginald in 1892, Leatha Hannah in 1894, Ivy Ella in 1897 and Dulcie Rachel Maud in 1899.   In 1891 the family were at Rushlands, Awliscombe.

                                            Simon’s daughter Edith was born in Yarcombe on 2 November 1862.  In 1881 she was working as a dairymaid for the Palmer family at Sheafhayne Farm.  Nothing further is yet known of her, though an Edith Pavey married in or near Chard in 1894.

                                            Simon’s son Robert James was born on 17 December 1864.  He seems likely that he married in 1897 and died in 1918.

                                            Simon’s daughter Sarah Jane was born in Yarcombe in 1865.  In 1881 she was living in Yarcombe with her parents, a “general servant”;  ten years later she was with her sister Mary Hannah.  On 30 July that year she married William George French in the Baptist Chapel, Yarcombe.  The couple had five children – Eva Susan born in 1896, Clariss in 1897, Raymond in 1898, Leatha in 1900 and Alice Mary in 1900.  In 1901 the family was living at Shedrick in Yarcombe.

                                            Simon’s daughter Rachel was born in Yarcombe in 1868.  In 1881 she was working as a servant for the Chick family at Worthill Farm, Warnbrook.  On 25 March 1893 she married her sister’s brother-in-law, George William French, in Yarcombe Baptist Chapel;  they had two girls – Ivy Mary born in 1894 and Olive May in 1896.  In 1891 she was a servant to Gustavus Gidley in Honiton.

                                            Simon’s son William was born in Yarcombe in 1871;  ten years late he was living there with his parents.  He apparently married Mary Ann Protheroe and had a daughter, Gwladys May, born in Trealaw, Glamorgan, in 1898.  William died in 1901 and Mary Ann in 1912.

                                            Simon’s son Page was born in Yarcombe in 1872;  nine years later he was recorded there with his parents.  In 1891 he married Elizabeth Lewis.  The couple had four children:  Edith May born in 1892, Alice M in 1897, Page in 1900, and Albert George in 1913.  In 1901 Page was working as a “railway jumping engine driver”. 

                                            Simon’s son George was born in Yarcombe in 1876;  five years later he was recorded there with his parents.

                                        Simon’s daughter Louisa was born in Yarcombe in 1845.  On 24 September 1863, still in Yarcombe, she married Reuben North, by whom she had eight children – Sidney born in 1864, Emma in 1867, Ellen in 1871, Bessie in 1876, Ada in 1879, Annie in 1883, Zillah in 1886 and Lily in 1891.

                                        Simon’s daughter Hannah was born in Yarcombe in 1848;  the census records her there three years later, and again in 1861.  In 1871 she was working as a ‘general servant’ for the Pomeroy family in Chardstock.  The following year in Axminster she married Eli Cleall, by whom she had six children – Herbert born in about 1873, Ernest G in about 1876, Alma J in about 1879, Julian A in about 1882, Lily M in about 1886 and Arthur in about 1888.  In 1881 & 1891 the family were at 1 Ridge Cottage, Stockland.

                                        Simon’s daughter Sarah was born in Yarcombe in 1852.  She married John Willey, by whom she had two children – Ada born in 1878 and Leathea in 1880.

                        Simon’s son Robert was born on 9 February 1733/34.  He married Mary (surname unknown), with whom he had three children – Elizabeth in 1765, John in 1778, and Samuel in 1778.

                            Robert’s son Samuel was born in 1778.  On 20 May 1800 in Membury he married Elizabeth Strubridge, with whom he had six children – Mary in 1795, Amos in 1804, Hannah in 1807, George in 1809, Isaac in 1812, and Ann in 1815.  Samuel and Elizabeth both died in 1851.

                                Samuel’s daughter Mary was born on 16 August 1795.  On 8 April 1819 she married Charles Bowyer in Stockland.  She died on 8 November 1851.

            John’s son Samuel was born in Yarcombe in 1614.  In about 1648 he married Dorothy Vincente, with whom he subsequently had seven children, all born in Yarcombe – Samuel in 1650, Sim(e)on in 1652, Charles in 1654, Elizabeth in 1655, Dorothy in 1657, Jane in 1660 and John in 1663.  Samuel was buried in Yarcombe on 14 February 1697.

                Samuel’s son Sim(e)on was born in Yarcombe on 21 April 1652. He married, first, Christian(a) Bayley, and then, on 1 January 1679/80, Margaret Poyle (born in Yarcombe in 1660), with whom he had a son, William, in 1698.  Simon died on 18 November 1718.

                    Simon’s son William was born in Membury on 17 July 1698.  In 1719, in Yarcombe, he married Joan Hellier (born in Yarcombe in 1702).  The couple had twelve children, the first two born in Membury and the rest in Yarcombe – Joan in 1720 (dying on 29 May that same year), Will in 1721, John in 1724, Simon in 1726, Samuel in 1728 (dying in Stockland on 29 November that same year), another Samuel in 1729, Betty in 1732, Robert in 1734, John in 1736, Joseph in 1739, James in 1740 and Charles in 1743.  Joan died on 17 December 1769 and William on 2 February 1783.

                        William’s son Will was born in Membury in 1721.  On 30 September 1744, he married Susanna Newberry (born 1724) in Yarcombe.  Susanna died on 21 August 1785.

                        William’s son Simon was born in Yarcombe in 1726.  On 29 May 1751, still in Yarcombe, he married Betty Sparkes (born in 1729).

                        William’s daughter Betty was born in Yarcombe in 1732.  On 12 June 1767, still in Yarcombe, she married Thomas Atkins (born 1728).

                        William’s son John was born in Yarcombe in 1736.  On 14 October 1784 he married Jane Sparke.  He died in 1805.

                        William’s son Joseph was born on 17 June 1739.  He married Susannah Bowditch on 4 December 1765 and had a son, John, in 1774.  He died in 1806.

                            Joseph’s son John was born in Yarcombe on 21 August 1774.  He married Elizabeth Richards in 1808, and had six children, all born in Colyton – James in 1812, Simon in 1815, Elizabeth in 1816, Mary on 21 May 1817, Henry in 1822 and Sydney in 1823.

                                John’s son James was born in Colyton on 8 November 1812.  He married Elizabeth Fowler and had thirteen children – Ann in 1844, Simon in 1847, Frank in 1850, Pamela in 1851, Eliza in 1855, John in 1856, Samuel in 1857, Emma in 1859, Daniel in 1860, Walter in 1862, Henry in 1864, Eppa in 1866 and Edith Emily B in 1867.  Elizabeth died in 1877 and James in 1898.

                                    James’ daughter Emily Edith B was born in Colyton in 1867.  On 14 September 1892 she married Edward Richards (born in 1847).  The couple had a son, Ernest, born in 1895.  Edward died in 1922.

                                John’s son Henry was born in Yarcombe on 11 September 1822.  On 10 September 1846 he married Sarah Potter in Colyton, with whom he had a daughter, Anne.  Not long afterwards, he & Sarah and his brother Sydney emigrated to Australia, arriving at Port Melbourne, New South Wales, on 13 February 1849.  Henry first farmed at Bulla, and then moved to Newham, Victoria, where he farmed and was the town’s blacksmith.  He had a son, also named Henry, in 1857.  At some point he seems to have married again – Ellen Lockwood.  He died at Cobaw, Victoria, on 10 August 1918.

                                     Henry’s son Henry was born in Bulla, Victoria, in 1857.  On 23 October 1883 he married Mary Elizabeth Hogben at St Peter’s Church, Elmore:  they had four children – Alice Sophia born in 1885, Elizabeth May in 1888, Evan Ella in 1890, and Norman Lester in 1895.  Mary died on 23 September 1916, and Henry on 3 May 1934.

                                        Henry’s daughter Alice Sophia was born in Woodend, Victoria, Australia, in 1885.  She married Charles Edward in 1911;  the couple had three children – Harold Charles, Gordon and Lewis.

                                        Henry’s son Norman Lester was born on 11 February 1895 at Newham.  He married Irene Ruth Jones on 20 October 1920, at the Pavey family farm, ‘Roseneath’ in Newham.  They had a daughter, Iris, in 1921.

                                        Sidney’s son Henry was born in Newham, Victoria, in 1859.  He married Lizzie Davis and had children: Archie, Elizabeth and Percy.

                                        Sidney’s son John was born in Kyneton in 1862. He married Jane Webb;  there were no children.

                                        Sidney’s son William was born in Newham, Victoria, in 1863.  In 1891 he married Mary Jane Campbell, with whom he had four children, all born in Kyabram:  Ellen Elizabeth (‘Ella’) in about 1892, Sidney Weston in 1894, William Henry in 1895 and Mary in about 1898.  In about 1905 William bought a farming property near Forbes, in the central west of New South Wales.

                                        Sidney’s son Robert was born in Woodend in 1871.  He married Margaret Mitchell;  there were no children.

                    Charles’s son Francis was baptized in Yarcombe on 13 February 1591.  On 17 April 1626 he married Judith Bickford at St Andrew’s, Plymouth.  Nothing further is known of him.

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