John Westaway was baptised at Bradworthy in 1801, the sixth of seven children of John Westaway and Mary Cory. He worked as a farm labourer. Ann Yeo was baptised at Bradworthy in 1803, the seventh of twelve children of Benjamin Yeo and Mary Wade.
John and Ann married at Bradworthy in 1820. They had fourteen children, including:
– Benjamin Yeo Westaway (see below)
– Mary Yeo Westaway (1823–1885, married Thomas Jennings)
– Athalia Westaway (see below)
– Thomas Yeo Westaway (see below)
– Ann Yeo Westaway (see John Ashton and Ann Yeo Westaway)
– Georgina Yeo Westaway (1832–1903, married John Oke)
– Grace Yeo Westaway (see John Spiring Ashton and Grace Yeo Westaway)
– Jane Yeo Westaway (see below).
Benjamin Yeo Westaway (1820–1894, son of John Westaway and Ann Yeo) married Elizabeth Moore and had nine children, including:
– Benjamin Yeo Westaway (1862–1915).
Athalia Westaway (1824–1905, daughter of John Westaway and Ann Yeo) did not marry. She moved to Exeter and had four children, including:
– John Yeo Jennings Westaway (born 1847).
Thomas Yeo Westaway (1828–1902, son of John Westaway and Ann Yeo) married Mary Philkins in 1866. They had five children, including:
– Norah Ann Yeo Westaway (1867–1870)
– Caroline Yeo Westaway (1868–1946, married Frederick James Balsdon)
– Mary Jane Yeo Westaway (1872–1930, married Edgar John Balsdon)
– Norah Ann Yeo Westaway (born 1875, emigrated to Australia).
Jane Yeo Westaway (1838–1866, daughter of John Westaway and Ann Yeo) did not marry. She had one daughter:
– Ann Yeo Westaway (1854–1935, married David Fanson).
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