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William Towell married Elizabeth Yeo (c1808–1855, daughter of Richard Yeo and Jane Rowe) at Kingsteignton in 1825 [note 1]. They had eight children, including:
– Richard Yeo Towell (1827–1900, married Jane Bearne)
– William Yeo Towell (1829–1861)
– Mary Ann Towell (1843–1916, married George Tolley) [note 2].
Emma Hallett has kindly supplied information about Elizabeth’s family. She has explored a connection to Owen George Yeo via Elizabeth’s brother William Yeo, who was baptised at South Tawton in 1891. William married Mary Stanlake at Kingsteignton in 1819 and had three children:
– Mary Ann Yeo (baptised 1820, married John Hearn)
– Sarah Yeo (1820–1821)
– Sarah Yeo (1822–1905, married Richard Shapter in 1839, emigrated in 1852 and died in the United States).
William was living near Kingsteignton in the hamlet of Preston when he died in 1827 at the age of 35; he was buried at Kingsteignton. Elizabeth was also buried at Kingsteignton, her age recorded as 47 – her death certificate describes her as the wife [sic] of William Towell, a clay cutter’s labourer.
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Notes
1. Elizabeth’s baptism record has not been found. The 1851 census records William and Elizabeth at Canal House in Teigngrace, a short distance north of Newton Abbot. William is a 49-year-old coal merchant’s labourer, Elizabeth is recorded as 43 and six children are listed with them, including Richard (age 22) and William (18), who are both clay cutters.
2. George and Mary Ann married at the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Newton Abbot in 1869. The 1881 census records them in Newton Abbot, as does the 1901 census, when 8-year-old Owen George Yeo is staying with them.