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This marriage, held at the parish church in Swimbridge in 1803, united two Yeo lines. John Yeo (1772–1837) was baptised at Swimbridge, the third son of William Yeo and Margaret Bendle and a great grandson of Samuel Yeo and Susanna Laney. Jane Yeo Philpot (1782–1857) was the only daughter of Henry Philpot and Joan Yeo.
John and Jane baptised six children at Swimbridge:
– Jane Yeo (baptised c1803)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo
– William Yeo (see below)
– Henry Yeo
– Ann Yeo (1825–1902, married Richard Gould, died in Ontario [note 1]).
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
– John Yeo (1827–1848)
– Mary Yeo (see below)
– Henry Yeo (1833–1898, married Eliza Gough)
– James Yeo (see below).
William Yeo (1815–1890, son of John Yeo and Jane Yeo Philpot) was baptised at Swimbridge. He married Grace Cooke [note 2] at Bishop’s Tawton in 1837. Their first daughter was born at Swimbridge:
– Betsey Yeo (1837–1879, married John Honeychurch)
followed by three children born at St Giles in the Wood [note 3]:
– Mary Jane Yeo (born 1841)
– William Henry Yeo
– John Yeo (born 1847)
and two at Monkleigh:
– Grace Yeo (1850–1917, married John Crocker Braunton)
– James Yeo (see below).
Mary Yeo (1830–1914, daughter of John Yeo and Alice Stribling) married James Morrish at Swimbridge in 1850. Their seven children included:
– John Yeo Morrish (1850–1911, married Dorcas Leworthy)
– Eliza Yeo Morrish (1857–1899, married William Pickard)
– James Yeo Morrish (1859–1924, married Martha Boundy).
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 12 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, 12 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).
James Yeo (1851–1880, son of William Yeo and Grace Cooke) married Mary Ann Cleverdon Lane in 1871 [note 4]. They had three children:
– Alice Yeo (1873–1945, married William Henry Davis)
– Frederick James Yeo (see below)
– Thomas Henry Yeo (see below).
Frederick James Yeo (born 1876 [note 5], son of James Yeo and Mary Ann Cleverdon Lane) married Jane Bale and Louisa Woof. There were two sons from from his second marriage:
– Frederick Arthur Yeo (1906–1980)
– William Yeo (1911–1968).
Thomas Henry Yeo (1879–1947, son of James Yeo and Mary Ann Cleverdon Lane) married Louisa Court Symons. They had two sons:
– John Kenneth Yeo (1906–2008, married Phyllis Kathleen Curtis)
– Ronald William Yeo (1910–1992, married Irene Ivy West and Sandra Eileen Hall).
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Notes
1. Nine children, including Jane Yeo Gould (1850–1932, married John Stevenson, died in the United States).
2. 1808–1994, baptised at St Giles in the Wood to parents Henry and Mary Cooke.
3. George Yeo and Margery Cooke had children at St Giles in the Wood between 1836 and 1860. Were Grace and Margery related?
4. Mary’s surname is spelt Cleverton on her marriage certificate. After James Yeo’s death, she married Edwin Bartlett in 1883.
5. No death has been found for Frederick, but he appears to have died before the 1939 Register was compiled – it records Louisa as a widow, living with her two sons at 31 Newtown Road, Newbury.