MARRIAGE - Richard PERCY/PURSEY - Harriet Francis GRIFFITH

[sioux]

I am looking for a marriage or cencus records 1841 between Harriet(Harriot) francis griffith and a Richard Percy/pursey (spelling has been changed over the years) they had a child Louisa Matilda Percy (sp) born in 1818. Richard is 'sposed to have lived in the Honiton area
Many thanks
Sioux

[wozzle]

1841 census H0107/263/book30/33/1.
richard pursey age 20
harriott pursey age 15
louisa pursey age 20
living in devon civil parish pinhoe
this is the only one i have been able to find it looks like they are brothers and a sister.
the address looks like mucton village.

[sioux]

hi many thanks .
Richard and Harriet married and had children William, Richard, Ophelia, louisa (sposed to be born 1818 got married and came to Australia) and Harriet.
Richard (snr) was sposed to have died aprox 1832

[sioux]

Hi could the village have been Mucton?
If so how far from Awliscome church would that have been?
Louisa pursey married Thomas Webber Moore (from Luppit) there in 1848.
Do they have occupations on the census?
many thanks wozzle
I'm in Australia and can't begin to thank you enough

[wozzle]

had another look and it is mucton village. in the parish of pinhoe. reg. dist. st thomas.
there is no occupation listed for them.
not being very familiar with devon i would'nt know if it is near awliscombe church.
you could start another thread asking that question i am sure you would find out if you did.

[nicpursey]

This could be helpful! Nic
The most contentious point is the figure of "Richard Percy of Deer Park, Devon" in England.  He is a crucial link as family lore claims that he is a son of Hugh Percy, second Duke of Northumberland.
However despite extensive searching little can be found about him.
What is verified is that "Richard Pursey" was the father of Louisa Matilda Percy who married Thomas Webber Moore - a copy of the marriage certificate is in Ralph Ballard's possession.  In addition "Richard Pearsey" is listed in the 1841 census as residing at a farm close to the Moore farm in Luppitt, Honiton, Devon, England.  Note that prior to the 1900's there was little consistency in spelling surnames - the sound of the name was the key.  Hence the same surname could be spelled variously as Percy, Pursey, Pearcey, etc.
http://familytrees.genopro.com/ralphballard/home.htm

[sioux]

Thanks for that.
It is an interesting site but there are mistakes (may have been fixed) in it and some wonderful stories some of which just can't of happend when they were sposed to because the dates just wont work.

[nicpursey]

Have since discovered Richard is in fact a PURSSEY. He married Harriet (FRAUNCEIS) Griffith in Stogumber, Somerset in 1808 - by licence.

Richard died Gittisham, Devon in 1828. His son Richard died New York, 1851. Louisa Matilda was by 1851, the wife of Thomas Moore

[sarah]

Hi Nic,

I am sorry but Sioux emails are not working at the moment we have been unable to pass on your new news I am sure she would have been very pleased to have heard from you.

All the Best

Sarah