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Many Yeo lines stem from the descendants of John Yeo and Frances Holman, who married at Poundstock in 1616. They had three children, and there might have been a fourth called John Yeo:
– Humphrey Yeo (born c1619, married Jane Hambley, moved to Week St Mary)
– Henry Yeo (born c1620, married Marion Trim, son William Yeo see below)
– Thomas Yeo (see below).
Thomas Yeo (born c1625, son of John Yeo and Frances Holman) [note 1] had a son:
– Thomas Yeo (1666–1727, married Mary Cullacote, son Thomas Yeo)
William Yeo (1669–1719, son of Henry Yeo and Marion Trim) married Mary Calloway. Their three children were baptised at Launcells:
– William Yeo (baptised 1700, married Ann Huddle, three children).
– John Yeo (baptised 1703, married Ann Gliddon, son John Yeo)
– Margaret Yeo (baptised 1707).
John and Frances’s grandson Peter Yeo married Ann Ivemay; some of their descendants settled in the Portsmouth area and some emigrated to Australia.
John and Frances’s great x4 granddaughter Susanna Yeo was baptised at Werrington in 1807, daughter of Thomas Yeo and Elizabeth Mason. Susanna is later recorded as Susan Yeo; she married and emigrated to Australia.
Sheila Yeo corresponded with Teresa Drewett, Ian Maidment and Norma Biggs about some of John and Frances’s descendants. Martyn Yeo has explored the links to their line, as has David Treloar. There is much still to be done – please Contact Us if you can add to or correct the information shown.
See also The Yeo Family by Yve McLaughlin.
Note
1. Lines of descent in Tetcott, Werrington and Newton St Petrock; wife Hagar Yeo buried 1696 at Tetcott.