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Richard Yeo (1742–1797, the third of thirteen children of Richard Yeo and Honor Bynes), was baptised at Holsworthy.
Richard married Petronella Tossell at Pilton in 1765 [note 1]; they baptised two children there:
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1766, died as an infant)
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1770, married Cornelius Copley)
and five children in the nearby parish of St Peter, Barnstaple:
– Honour Yeo (1776–1798, married William Joseph Williams)
– Richard Yeo (1778–1837, married Elizabeth Davey, two children)
– Ann Yeo (1780–1786)
– Thomas Yeo (see below)
– Ann Yeo (1786–1837, married Francis Baker) [note 2].
Thomas Yeo (1782–1839, son of Richard Yeo and Petronella Tossell) had four children with his wife Mary [note 3]:
– Elizabeth Yeo (c1798–1874) [note 4]
– Mary Ann Yeo (1819–1897)
– Mary Yeo (1822–1895) [note 5]
– John Yeo.
Richard Yeo (1778–1837, son of Richard Yeo and Petronella Tossell) married twice. He had a son Richard Yeo (1803–1803) [note 5] with his first wife Elizabeth Davey before emigrating to the United States; he had two sons there with his second wife Sarah Parcels:
– James Henry Yeo
– Thomas Buren Yeo (1815–1892, married Clarisa Ryon, four sons including William Henry Yeo).
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Notes
1. The record of his marriage to Petronella does not indicate whether Richard was a bachelor or a widower; some researchers have suggested that he had a previous wife called Eleanor, who might have been Elizabeth’s mother.
2. Ann died on board ship while she and Francis were emigrating to the United States.
3. Previous surname unknown, marriage record not found.
4. Recorded as a 73-year-old annuitant at 3 Richmond Terrace, Barnstaple in the 1871 census with her sister Mary A. Yeo (age 52) and Philip Tucker (age 75, described as her brother-in-law).
5. Mary did not marry. Her will was proved by her brother John’s daughters Alice Louisa Hanewinkel and Margaret Rowson Roberts.
6. Baptised at St Peter, Barnstaple. Sheila Yeo also recorded a daughter Elizabeth Yeo, but there appears to be no record of her baptism.