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Sheila worked on this line with correspondent Joyce Foster in 2003. For more recent research see Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Yeaw and Joan Treble by Mike Darch and David Yaw.
William Yea, a great grandson of Robert Yea and Elizabeth England, was baptised at Kingston St Mary, Somerset in 1772 and married Jane Facey there in 1802. They baptised eleven children in the same parish:
– William Yea (see below)
– Ann Yea (baptised 1805, appears to have died as a child)
– Mary Yea (baptised 1805, married John Hooper)
– Sarah Yea (1807–1855)
– John Yea (see below)
– James Yea (1815–1817)
– Ann Yea
– George Yea (1817–1896)
– James Yea (see below)
– Henry Yea (1822–1905, moved to Dorset and married Elizabeth Marsh at Wareham in 1846, thirteen children including James Yea and Joseph Yea, see below)
– Elizabeth Yea (baptised 1826).
William died in 1837. Jane, who is recorded as Jenny in the baptism records of their children, survived him by twenty years.
William Yea (1804–1860, son of William Yea and Jane Facey) was baptised at Kingston St Mary. He and his wife Sarah Northcott baptised three children at Kingston St Mary:
– Eliza Yea (1826–1863)
– Eli Yea (1828–1893, married Elizabeth White)
– William Yea (1830–1831)
and three at Cheddon Fitzpaine:
– Anne Yea (baptised 1833)
– Mary Yea (1835–1837)
– William Yea (baptised 1835).
John Yea (1809–1874, son of William Yea and Jane Facey) moved to East Stonehouse and married Ann Southwood there in 1830. They had five children:
– Charles Henry Yea (born 1837)
– James Eli Yea (born 1839)
– John Yea (born 1840)
– Ann Sophia Yea (born 1842, married John Babb)
– Elias John Yea (born 1845, married Elizabeth Stamp [note 1], nine children).
John’s wife Ann died in 1855. He married his second wife Sarah Weaver at Burton Bradstock in 1855.
James Yea (1820–1892, son of William Yea and Jane Facey) married Elizabeth Weaver at the parish church of St James, Taunton in 1860. They had seven children:
– Elizabeth Yea (1861–1888, married Thomas Smith)
– Henry Yea (born 1864)
– William Weaver Yea (1865–1921)
– James Eli Yea (1867–1910, married Keziah Jane Brinkworth)
– Charles Yea (1870–1934)
– Amy Yea (1873–1854, married Albert Grigg)
– Sarah Jane Yea (1875–1928).
James Yea (1855–1903, son of Henry Yea and Elizabeth Marsh), moved to Leighton Buzzard, where he married Alice Backhouse in 1880. They had four children:
– Alice Elizabeth Yea (1882–1952, married Joseph Bierton)
– Alfred James Yea (1884–1902)
– Louisa Maud Yea (1886–1971, married James Corps[note 2])
– Sidney Charles Yea (1888–1889)
James’s wife Alice died in 1890. Two years later, he married Louisa Stickley née Hood [note 3], with whom he had two further children:
– Lilian Clara Yea (born 1893, married John William Shepherd)
– James Cyril Yea (1897–1903).
Joseph Yea (born 1860, son of Henry Yea and Elizabeth Marsh), moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he married Lucy Elizabeth Brown and had two sons:
– Arthur Yea (born 1910, two daughters)
– Henry Yea (born 1919, married Nancy Wilson, two sons)
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Note
1. Elias died in 1899. Elizabeth re-married in 1906, to William Godfrey.
2. Married 1921 in India.
3. Widow of Sidney George Stickley, who she married in 1876.