John Yeo and Mary Furse

John Yeo was baptised at Tetcott in 1781. He was a great grandson of Thomas Yeo and Mary Cullacote of Tetcott.

John married Mary Furse at Clawton in 1803. They lived at Milton Damerel and baptised seven children there:
– John Yeo (see below)
– Thomas Yeo (baptised 1806, married Mary Gilbert, nine children)
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1808)
– Grace Yeo (baptised 1811)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Ann Yeo (baptised 1816)
– Sarah Yeo (baptised 1818).

William Yeo and his daughter Mary Grace Yeo
are buried in the parish churchyard at Milton Damerel.
© Owen M. Yeo 2006

John Yeo (1804–1862, son of John Yeo and Mary Furse) married Elizabeth Allen at Milton Damerel in 1830. They had ten children, including:
– Thomas Yeo (see below)
– John Yeo (born 1838 at Thornbury, married Hannah Mary Folley, six children).

William Yeo (1813–1896, son of John Yeo and Mary Furse) married Grace Allin at Sutcombe in 1836. Their children included:
– Mary Grace Yeo (1837–1902).

Thomas Yeo (born 1831 at Milton Damerel, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Allen) married Agnes Nichols in 1859. They had four children:
– Elizabeth Ann
– William
– Francis Yeo (see below)
– Mary Maria Yeo (born 1865 at Pyworthy, married Thomas Newberry).

Francis Yeo (born 1863 at Pyworthy, son of Thomas Yeo and Agnes Nicholls) married Lucy Heard in 1886. They had one son:
– Arthur Thomas Yeo (1889–1917, died on active service with the London Regiment, buried at Cement House Cemetery in Belgium).

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