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Henry Yeo (1739–1777) was a son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Slowley and a great great grandson of Bartholomew Yeo and Agnes Rode of Swimbridge. Sheila Yeo looked into his family after being contacted by Brian Barrow in 2004.
Henry married Susannah Barrow at Landkey in 1763. They baptised four children at Goodleigh:
– Charity Yeo (baptised 1763)
– Prudence Yeo (baptised 1766, married George Goss, one son)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Thomas Yeo (see below).
John Yeo (1768–1833, son of Henry Yeo and Susanna Barrow) married Mary White. They baptised nine children at Goodleigh:
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1801)
– Henry Yeo
– John Yeo (1806–1874, married Rebecca Blackmore at Goodleigh in 1835)
– Thomas Yeo (baptised 1808)
– Mary Yeo (1811–1853, married John Davie at Goodleigh in 1835)
– Samuel Yeo (1814–1814)
– Samuel Yeo (1815–1876, married Ann Ward née Davey) [note 1]
– Thomas Yeo (baptised c1818) [note 2]
– William Yeo (see below).
Thomas Yeo (1774–1857, son of Henry Yeo and Susanna Barrow), married Mary Heal at Goodleigh in 1798. They lived at Marwood and baptised seven children there:
– Elizabeth Yeo (1798–1862, married John Redmore in 1818)
– John Yeo
– Maria Yeo (1803–1877, married Philip Gammon in 1824)
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1806, married John Tucker in 1825 and William Smyth in 1837) [note 3]
– Susanna Yeo (baptised 1810, married John Frost in 1846)
– Thomas Yeo (1813–1894, married Ann Fairchild in 1841)
– Prudence Yeo (1817–1892, married John Adams at Marwood in 1837 and moved to Plymouth).
William Yeo (1819–1903, son of John Yeo and Mary White) was baptised at Goodleigh and later farmed at Yarnscombe, where he died. William married Mary Goss at Goodleigh in 1850; their five children were born there:
– Elizabeth Ann Yeo (1851–1944, married George Priscott)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Thomas Yeo (born 1854)
– Mary Ann Yeo (1856–1913, married George Ridge)
– Samuel Yeo (see below).
William Yeo (1852–1930, son of William Yeo and Mary Goss) married twice. He first married Grace Clarke Youatt in Devon in 1875; they had four children before Grace’s death in 1886:
– Grace Youatt Yeo (1875–1875)
– William Yeo
– Lily Mary Yeo (1878–1946, married Ernest George Thorne)
– Daisy Annie Yeo (1880–1881).
William’s second marriage, in London in 1887, was to Sarah Jane Skinner née Bull. Their son was born in Devon:
– Wallace Frank Yeo (see below).
Samuel Yeo (1860–1938, son of William Yeo and Mary Goss) married Martha Bull [note 4]. They had four children:
– William Yeo (1890–1964, married Emily Mabel Wyatt)
– Mary Yeo (1892–1976, married Arthur Way)
– Samuel Yeo (1894–1926)
– Henry Yeo (1896–1989, married Eva Elizabeth Gaytten) [note 5].
Wallace Frank Yeo (1891–1952 [note 6], son of William Yeo and Sarah Jane Bull) married Audrey Laura Downing. They had two daughters:
– Dorothy May Yeo (1918–1994, marred Reginald Trawin)
– Audrey Eva Yeo (1920–2018, married Charles Henry Drew).
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Notes
1. Marriage registered 1846 at Holsworthy; the details of Ann’s first marriage await confirmation. The 1851 census for Ystradgynlais in Brecknockshire records Samuel Yeo (age 35) farming at Pandy with his wife Ann Yeo (43), brother Thomas Yeo (22) and farm labourer Owen Griffiths. The 1861 and 1871 censuses record Samuel back in Devon, farming at Swimbridge. In all three census returns Samuel’s place of birth is given as Goodleigh and Ann’s as Thornbury; in 1861 and 1871 there are Davey relatives in the household. Ann died at Swimbridge in 1898.
2. Baptism record not found. Living with his brother Samuel Yeo 1851.
3. The 1841 census records William and Mary at Guineaford, Marwood; William is an agricultural labourer. Listed with them are Mary’s sons William Tucker (age 9) and Thomas Smyth (1).
4. Sister of his brother William’s second wife Sarah Jane Bull. The 1939 Register records Martha living with her daughter Mary Way.
5. Henry has been confused by some researchers with Henry Yeo (1896–1985), son of Henry Yeo and Annie Maria Chichester.
6. Known as Frank.