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In his comprehensive transcription of the parish registers for Stratton, published privately in 1977, Humphrey Toms recorded the marriage in 1826 of ‘John Clift of Marhamchurch and Elizabeth Yeo’. Very little is known about this couple.
The 1841 census for Marhamchurch records John Clift as a mason. He died in 1846.
The 1851 census lists Elizabeth in Marhamchurch village as a 50-year-old widow. It records her birthplace as Poundstock, corrected to Stratton in what appears to be a contemporary alteration.
No credible baptism record has been found for Elizabeth, and her parents have not been identified. She appears to have died in 1855.
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