This marriage, at Swimbridge in 1803, united two Yeo lines. John Yeo (1772–1837) was baptised at Swimbridge [note 1]. Jane Yeo Philpot (1782–1857) was the only daughter of Henry Philpot and Joan Yeo [note 2].
John and Jane baptised six children at Swimbridge:
– Jane Yeo (baptised c1803)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (see James Yeo and Elizabeth Yeo)
– William Yeo (baptised 1815, married Grace Cooke, six children)
– Henry Yeo (see Henry Yeo and Elizabeth Aurther)
– Ann Yeo (baptised 1825).
John Yeo (1804–1836, son of John Yeo and Jane Yeo Philpot) married Alice Stribling at Swimbridge in 1824. They baptised five children at Swimbridge:
– William Yeo (1825–1891, married Mary Baker – see William Henry Baker Yeo and Mary Ann Peabody)
– John Yeo (1827–1848)
– Mary Ann Yeo (baptised 1830, married James Morris, son John Yeo Morris)
– Henry Yeo (baptised 1833, married Eliza Gough, no recorded children)
– James Yeo (see below).
James Yeo (1836–1907, son of John Yeo and Alice Stribling of Swimbridge) emigrated to Australia. He married Ann Russell at Maitland, New South Wales in 1856; they had twelve children:
– John Yeo (1867–1942, married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston, nine children)
– Mary Alice Yeo (1858–1934, married Charles Nott)
– David Yeo (1860–1937, married Agnes Mary Mason, nine children)
– James Yeo (1862–1958, married Annie Mason and Mary Elizabeth Chapman, twelve children)
– Emma Yeo (born 1863, died as an infant)
– Henry Yeo (1865–1956, married Harriett Matilda Nott, three children)
– George Yeo (born 1867, married Florence Mason, five children)
– Elizabeth Ann Yeo (1871–1961, married Daniel Atkins)
– Alfred Yeo (1873–1951, married Sarah Mason, seven children)
– Frederick William Yeo (1875–1939)
– Thurza Beatrice Yeo (born 1877, died as a child)
– Samuel Yeo (1880–1956, married Edith Roubina Chapman, seven children).
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Notes
1. The third son of William Yeo and Margaret Bendle and a great grandson of Samuel Yeo and Susanna Laney.
2. See under William Yeo and Mary Fairchild.