William BENNETT & Elizabeth DYER c1725

[garlands]

I think that I've now found a possible burial of Isaac DYER, unfortunately not, as I had hoped, in Stoke Damerel but in Cullompton which is only just over 5 miles from Tiverton.

05 Apr 1768, Cullompton, burial of Isaac DYER

and also of his son of 1725

31 Dec 1797, Cullompton, burial of Isaac DYER

I think that these burials suggest that this DYER family is not the Stoke Damerel family, so the search continues.

Incidentally, if anyone is interested, Isaac senior had an earlier son, viz:-

13 Aug 1718, Abraham, son of Isaac DYER, and

22 Aug 1718, burial of Abraham DYER

[JACK GEE]

Thanks Garlands - who knows what might turn up. It adds to the adventure. I am enjoying the thread.

cheers
Jack

[garlands]

Jack,

Who knows, indeed. So far, I've found two Mary/Elizabeth pairings in Cornwall, but I've got more work to do.

George

[garlands]

I now have 7 possible Elizabeth/Mary pairings in Cornwall, with  baptismal dates between 1716 and 1730. None is an obvious fit, so I'm going to have to try to eliminate as many as I can.

If anyone wants the details, let me know.

[garlands]

Two of my 'possible' families were in living Roche, and I believe that I can now eliminate them. Fortunately, they contained some less-common christian names and these have enabled me to be pretty confident that the families remained in Roche during the relevant years.

Only five more to check!

[garlands]

The next family is from St Gluvias and is the furthest from Stoke Damerel at about 43 miles, so probably the least likely to be 'my' family. However, if anyone connected to this family can let me know, it will help in the elimination process.

What I have is:-

05 Dec 1720      Elizabeth d of Hobson & Elizabeth DYER
03 May 1723      Hobson s of      do         do       do
04 Jul   1727      Valentine s of    do        do        do
23 May 1731      Mary d of          do        do        do

Thanks

[garlands]

I have now eliminated the St Gluvias DYER family from my search for Elizabeth DYER. In case anyone is interested, this is what I have:-

Parents were Hopson and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was buried 14 Dec 1735 and Hopson re-married Mary EDWARDS on 31 Jul 1736. He died in 1757 aged 62 and was buried on 28 Oct 1757.

Daughter Elizabeth m Hugh JOB on 28 Jul 1751
Son Hopson was buried 27 Mar 1757
Son Valentine m Joan ROBINS on 31 May 1752 in Budock
Daughter Mary m Abraham BYTHEWOOD on 13 Feb 1759 in Mylor

Unless otherwise stated, all events occured in St Gluvias.

[garlands]

For one reason or another, in all the instances which I have found where a DYER family contains both an Elizabeth and a Mary born in the same parish, they cannot have ended-up in Stoke Damerel. I can only assume. therefore, that Mary and Elizabeth were born in different parishes, which complicates things more than somewhat! The search continues.

[garlands]

I think I might have cracked the DYER half of my original query, so here is my proposed solution for consideration and comment.

Elizabeth, and her believed sister, Mary, were both married in 1747 in Stoke Damerel. Assuming they were both over 21, one would expect that they were born in the mid-1720's. They were not born in Devonport, but what if some of their siblings were? A search of Stoke Damerel in that decade unearthed only two DYER baptisms, both to John and Elizabeth DYER. A hopeful sign; could this Elizabeth be the mother of 'my' Elizabeth?

A search in both Cornwall and Devon came up with only one marriage of a John DYER to an Elizabeth in the relevant period:-

08 Aug 1714, John DYER m Elizabeth DOUBT in Lanteglos-by-Fowey, some 19m from Stoke Damerel, where they had 5 children:-

10 Jul 1757 Elizabeth
?? Feb 1716 John
?? Oct 1718 a daughter
05 Nov 1719 Joseph
01 Apr 1722 Adam

They then moved to Brixton (25m), where they had one child:-

25 Feb 1724 Mary (yippee, now both the names I want!!!)

This was followed by a (possibly) final move to Stoke Damerel (a mere 6m) where they baptized 2 more children:-

18 Jul 1725 John
14 Sep 1729 Anna

I appreciate that this does not end the story, and I would appreciate your comments and/or criticisms.