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Richard Yeo (1695–1802, son of Richard Yeo and Mary Cann) married Honor Bynes in the parish church at Holsworthy in 1738. They baptised twelve children at Holsworthy:
– William Yeo
– Richard Yeo (baptised 1740, died as an infant)
– Richard Yeo
– Honor Yeo (baptised 1744, married John Hortop)
– Thomas Yeo (baptised 1748, married Elizabeth Pethick in Holsworthy in 1770, three children including Thomas Yeo)
– James Yeo (1750–1806)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Edward Yeo (see below)
– Benjamin Yeo (baptised 1755)
– Grace Yeo (baptised 1756, married John Call)
– Henry Yeo (baptised 1759, married Mary Diment)
– Anna Yeo (baptised 1761, married John Light).
John Yeo (1752–1809, son of Richard Yeo and Honor Bynes) married Susanna Rowe at Holsworthy in 1780. They had six children, including:
– Thomas Yeo (baptised 1788 at Holsworthy, married Sarah Tapp at St Andrew, Plymouth in 1809)
– Mary Ann Yeo (1791–1885, married Thomas Jordan at Holsworthy in 1821).
Edward Yeo (1753–1824, son of Richard Yeo and Honor Bynes) married Ann Hoskin in 1783. They had four children:
– Honor Yeo (baptised c1784)
– Richard Yeo (see below)
– James Yeo (see below)
– Ann Yeo (baptised 1789 at Holsworthy, married John Spurin).
Richard Yeo (c1785–1817, son of Edward Yeo and Ann Hoskin) moved to Plymouth and married Mary Besley. They had two children:
– Richard Piper Yeo (see below)
– Mary Harriet Yeo (1814–1881, married Richard Warn at Tamerton Foliot in 1861).
James Yeo (1786–1852, son of Edward Yeo and Ann Hoskin) moved to Plymouth and married Hannah Strugnill Saunders. They had two children:
– James Emmet Yeo (baptised 1805 at Stoke Damerel)
– Eliza Yeo (baptised 1808 at Plymouth Dock Methodist Chapel, married Horatio Taylor 1844 in London)
before moving to London [note 1], where they had three further children:
– Ann Beer Yeo (baptised 1811 at Marylebone)
– Mary Harry Yeo
– Caroline Yeo (baptised 1827 at St Giles) [note 2].
Richard Piper Yeo (1813–1899, son of Richard Yeo and Mary Besley) married Harriet Norman née Chambers [note 2]. They had six children:
– Mary Jane Yeo (1845–1870)
– Emily Ann Yeo (1847–1932)
– Ellen Louisa Yeo (1848–1931)
– Richard Edward Yeo (1849–1959, married Elizabeth Jane Spencer, two children)
– Henry Robert Yeo
– Helena Yeo (1854–1931, married William Augustus Ellis).
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Notes
1. The 1851 census for 33 Gresse Street, Marylebone records James Yeo (age 63). His unmarried daughter Caroline Yeo (age 24) is listed with him, as are two daughters of his daughter Eliza.
2. Year and place from a pedigree by Sheila Yeo. Baptism record not found.
3. Previously married to Thomas Matthews Chambers?