THORNE and HUXTABLE families

[spark]

Probably related, all Vellacott's come from the Lynton area in my experience.  Although I do not have the couple in my tree.  I see Betty Vellacott is a witness to the marriage. She may or may not be related (mother / sister / aunt etc).

My Vellacotts go back to John Vellacott = Marian King married 27 May 1699 in Lynton.  There are a lot of family Christian names which repeat down the generations, so hard to de-convolute, including John, Ann, Hugh, Richard.

Similarly with my Thorne's with Richard and Elizabeth, from High Bray area

Spark

[lukeyandvellacott]

Hi Nympton.

So interested in the marriage certificate of Joseph Lukey and Ann Vellacott.  Joseph is my great great great grand father, and this last piece of the puzzle now confirms that they were actually married in Devon before settling in the Morwenstow area with the immediate family.

His parents were Nicholas and Elizabeth (nee Taylor), who are remembered by a full size stone in the main isle floor of Morwenstow church. In addition, this stone also remembers the very same Joseph who apparently died in Demerara.

Briefly, the story we have is that the family were involved with smuggling, and that one night the Excise men burst into the cliff top house through the cellar which linked to the beach, bringing this to a swift end.  Ann and the children claim to have known nothing of this activity, and indeed she wrote a small book telling this tale in part, which I think was called "I remember, I remember".  Joseph escaped offshore, and supposedly left permanently for the Channel Islands.

It seems that the family ended up in London, before one of his sons, 'my' John Lukey, came to Kent and settled in the Dover area, where we carried on the trade of wine merchants for well over 100 years.

I am keen to add to my family tree any details that are relevant to Ann Vellacott, and can tell you that the family business used to have their books audited by accountants of the same name.  Also, I have a record dated 1814 of an Ann Lukey getting married to a Robert Huxtable actually in Morwenstow, when Joseph was living there and John Lukey would have been only about 5.

Best regards.

Peter.

[Nympton]

H Peter,

Nicholas and Elizabeth died in 'Woodford Cottage', Morwenstow.

I have Ann Vellacott baptised 24 June 1783 in Heanton Puncharden.  Parents John Vellacott and Betty Lake

I have a number of items that you might be interested in at my web site www.familiae.com

Keith

[lukeyandvellacott]

Hi.
Thanks for the info confirmation, and wow, that familiae site looks great.  Some Lukey details I have for sure, but others I will need to checkout and go from there.
Best regards.
Peter.

[spark]

Thank you.

My mother's name was Huxtable and I have quite a lot of detail about that family in Devon.  I have Ann Vellacott who married my  Joseph Lukey 8 Sep 1806 in Heanton Puncharden (attached).  Is she connected to one of your Exmoor Vellacotts?  I believe that she was the daughter of John Vellacott and Betty Lake.

That image looks like surname Laskey not Lukey

[Nympton]

The witness Betty (Lake) Vellacott was the mother of Ann Vellacott.

Betty Lake of South Molton married John Vellacott of Heanton Puncharden in South Molton 26 Mar 1765.

[Dalet]

Probably related, all Vellacott's come from the Lynton area in my experience.  Although I do not have the couple in my tree.  I see Betty Vellacott is a witness to the marriage. She may or may not be related (mother / sister / aunt etc).

My Vellacotts go back to John Vellacott = Marian King married 27 May 1699 in Lynton.  There are a lot of family Christian names which repeat down the generations, so hard to de-convolute, including John, Ann, Hugh, Richard.

Similarly with my Thorne's with Richard and Elizabeth, from High Bray area

Spark

I have Richard Thorne who married Elizabeth Parkin at High Bray  in 1792.

Their son Richard married Mary Ann Radley and two of their children married into my Westcott family from High Bray, North and South Molton.

In particular Mary Radley Thorne married John Westcott in 1857 and
George Radley Thorne married Elizabeth Westcott in 1868.
I note that George had previously married Susan Skinner in 1861. Susan died in 1867

I wonder if these are some connection

Regards Dale

[spark]

Hi DaleT,

My research has Richard marrying Betty Skinner 28 Mar 1819 in Charles, they being my 3x great grand parents.

I have some Holcombe Westcott of Molton in my tree too, John Holcombe Westcott B 1869 North Molton but distant twig "brother in law of second cousin 3x removed".  I don't have any Radley Thorne

Let me know if I can help at all.  I have a public tree on ancestry.

Cheers,
Spark

[Dalet]

Following personal communications with Spark, I have modified my tree!

The Richard Thorne in my tree I now believe is the son of John Thorne and Mary Tamblyn who married at Highbray in 1793.

Regards Dale