John Yeo was a son of John Yeo and Margery Stacey and a great grandson of Thomas Yeo and Mary Davis.
He was born at Tawstock in 1824 [note 1], farmed nearby at Harroctt, and died there in 1877. He married Elizabeth Brace at Tawstock in 1851; they had fourteen children and their family was studied by Sheila’s correspondent Kaye Kelly. These children included:
– Henry Yeo (born 1853, recorded in the 1871 census)
– John Yeo (see John Yeo and Emma Selwood)
– George Yeo (born 1857)
– Mary Ann Yeo (1859–1891, married John Pearce, six children including Thomas John Yeo Pearce, see below)
– Thomas Yeo (born 1861)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1864).
Thomas John Yeo Pearce (1884–1959, son of John Pearce and Mary Ann Yeo) was born at Yarnscombe and married Martha Kent in 1906. The 1911 census records them living in Yarnscombe, where Thomas is a labourer for a mason; with them is their daughter Elizabeth Pearce. The 1939 Register records them farming at Roodge, a short distance north of Yarnscombe; they had since had two further children.
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1. Baptism record not found.