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This couple married in 1838 at the parish church in Bradford, north Devon. Richard is recorded as a bachelor, a labourer of Priestacott, a short distance south of Bradford [note 1]. Mary is recorded a a spinster, also of Priestacott, and her father as labourer Thomas Yeo.
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The 1851 census records Richard and Mary at Hole Moor, Black Torrington, where Richard is a miller. Their ages are shown as 48 and 53 respectively. Mary is recorded as Mary A. Crocker and her birthplace as Cookbury [note 2]. Francis Yeo, a 39-year-old cordwainer born at Black Torrington, is listed in the household and might have been related to Mary.
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Notes
1. James Richards, one of the witnesses, also lived at Priestacott. He is recorded there in the 1851 census.
2. Black Torrington, Bradford and Cookbury are only a few miles apart.