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Samuel Yeo, son of Philip Yeo and Margaret Bond, was baptised at North Tamerton in 1724. He married Elizabeth Johns at the parish church in Lansallos in 1748. They had nine children:
– Philip Yeo (see below)
– Samuel Yeo (1750–1830, married Elizabeth Prout, no recorded children)
– Ann Yeo (baptised 1753)
– Simon Yeo (baptised 1755, married Sarah Bayley)
– Susanna Yeo (baptised 1756)
– John Yeo
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1760)
– Rosamund Yeo (1761–1820, married Joseph Harris)
– William Yeo (see below).
Philip Yeo (1746–1830, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Johns) married Susannah Brown at Duloe in 1777. They baptised three children at Duloe:
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Susanna Yeo (baptised 1780)
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1783).
William Yeo (1764–1813, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Johns) married Honor Broad at St Pinnock in 1790. They had seven children, some of whom were baptised at St Veep with their surname spelt Yoe or Yowe:
– John Yeo (baptised c1790)
– William Yeo (baptised 1791, married Elizabeth Hicks, two sons)
– Mary Yeo (see below)
– Anne Yeo (baptised 1795)
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Betsey Yeo (baptised 1804)
– Richard Yeo (1806–1864, wife Elizabeth).
Samuel Yeo (baptised 1778 at Duloe, son of Philip Yeo and Susannah Brown) married Grace Hooper at St Cleer in 1809. They lived in Duloe and baptised eight children there, including:
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Susannah Yeo (baptised 1817, married Francis Crago) [note 1]
– Giles Yeo (baptised 1827).
Mary Yeo (1793–1876, daughter of William Yeo and Honor Broad) baptised two illegitimate sons at St Veep:
– William Yeo (see below)
– Painter Yeo (baptised 1819).
Samuel Yeo (1802–1879, son of William Yeo and Honor Broad) married Elizabeth Curtis at St Veep in 1829. They had eight children:
– John Yeo (see below)
– Richard Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1834–1852)
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1838)
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Jane Yeo (born 1843)
– William Charles Yeo (1846–1920, married Cecilia Knight)
– Anna Maria Yeo (1849–1928, married Thomas Martin)
– Emma Yeo (born 1851).
The 1851 census records Samuel and Elizabeth in St Veep.
Samuel Yeo (1813–1875, son of Samuel Yeo and Grace Hooper) lived in Duloe with his wife Elizabeth. They had nine children there, including:
– Thomas Henry Yeo (1839–1870, married Ann Meech, four children)
– William Yeo (born 1840, moved to Plymouth, married Selina Hawke, eight children)
– Samuel Yeo (see Samuel Yeo and Mary Jane Hutchings)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Charles Yeo (see below).
William Yeo (1817–1891, son of Mary Yeo) marred Sarah Keast at Lanreath in 1849 [note 6]. They had six children:
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1849)
– Honor Yeo (born 1851)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1853)
– Jenifer Yeo (born 1855)
– Jemima Yeo (1858–1936, married Richard Philips) [note 4]
– Jane Yeo (born 1860).
John Yeo (1830–1910, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Curtis) was baptised at St Veep and is recorded there in the 1841 census. He married Jane Hill [note 2] at St Veep in 1860; their only child appears to have been John Henry Arthur Yeo.
Richard Yeo (1832–1897, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Curtis) married Elizabeth Bassett at Lanreath in 1852. They had eight children, including:
– James Bassett Yeo (1853–1917, married Mary Ann Davy and Martha Ann Stephens, no recorded children)
– Emma Jane Yeo (1866–1937, married Thomas Doney, moved to Plymouth)
– Malinda Yeo (1873–1970, married Harry Motton)
– Frank Yeo (see Frank Yeo of St Veep)
– Bertha Yeo (1879–1964, married Abel Willcock, emigrated to the United States in 1930).
Samuel Yeo (1840–1929, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Curtis) married twice. With his first wife Elizabeth Jane Martin [note 2] he had four children:
– Llewellyn Yeo (1868–1891, died at sea)
– Samuel John Yeo
– Mattie Louise Yeo (1872–1872)
– Hedley Yeo (1874–1955, married Elizabeth Jane Webb) [note 7].
With his second wife Eliza Ivey, Samuel had two further daughters:
– Ethel Frances May Yeo (1878–1966, married Sidney Herbert Davey, died in South Africa)
– Lilian Joan Yeo (born Tywardreath 1880) [note 8].
John Yeo (1847–1923, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Yeo) married Eleanor Mary Quant [note 5] at Stoke Damerel in 1868. They had six children:
– Ann Eliza Yeo (1869–1935)
– Maud Mary Yeo (1872–1936)
– Charles Christy Yeo (1874–1936, married Edith Rogers)
– Emily Rosina Yeo (1878–1954, married Albert Alonso Curtis)
– Albert John Yeo (1880–1949, married Ann Lamerton)
– William Thomas Yeo.
Charles Yeo (born 1852 at Duloe, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Yeo) married Elizabeth Jane Hawken in Plymouth in 1883. They had four children:
– Charles Henry Yeo (born 1884, died as an infant)
– William Herbert Yeo (1887–1977, married Marian Honor Crowle in 1904)
– Beatrice Mary Yeo (1890–1942, married Albert Pearn in 1909)
– Lewis John Yeo (1893–1976).
The 1891 census records Charles and Elizabeth at Morval, near Liskeard. Charles is an agricultural labourer, and their children William and Beatrice are listed with them.
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Notes
1. The 1851 census for Duloe lists Francis and Susanna (recorded as Susan) at Lower Tredinnick. Francis’s widowed father-in-law Samuel Yeo is listed with them.
2. Elizabeth’s surname has also been recorded as Ede.
3. Place of baptism not verified.
4. Jemima has also been recorded as Emma Yeo. She had an illegitimate son William Henry Harvey Yeo in 1875.
5. Baptised at Uffculme in 1836 as Eleanor Mary Quant; died 1919. Also recorded as Ellen Quant.
6. See also William Henry Yeo and Esther Tregoning Keast.
7. Daughter Ethel Mary Joan Yeo (1905–1965, married Leslie Vivian).
8. Like her sister, Lilian may have married and emigrated to South Africa.