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William Yea (1801–1865 [note 1]) married Mary Webber at East Ogwell in 1828. They had four children:
– Mary Ann Yea (c1832–1904 [note 2], married John Marley)
– David Yea (see below)
– Henry Yea (see below)
– Joseph Yea (1837–1867).
David Yea (1832–1916, son of William Yea and Mary Webber) married Emma Rossiter at East Ogwell in 1857. They had two children:
– Harry Rossiter Yea (born 1866)
– Mary Catherine Yea (1868–1940, married William Henry Tolhurst).
Henry Yea (1834–1901, son of William Yea and Mary Webber) married Ann Cleave at East Ogwell in 1853. They had eight children:
– George Cleave Yea (1854–1889, married Isabella Thomas, five children)
– William Henry Cleave Yea (1856–1926, married Martha Ann Davy and Ellen Down)
– Enoch Cleave Yea (1859–1929, married Sarah Grace Nickels, four children)
– Alfred Yea (see below)
– Francis David Yea (see below)
– Frederick Cleave Yea (1867–1940, married Mary Jane Trevelyan)
– Blanche Cleave Yea (see below)
– May Rose Yea (1875–1939, married Thomas Cook).
Alfred Yea (1863–1931 [note 3], married Maria Prowse née Perrem [note 4] in 1890. They had seven children:
– Alfred Ernest Yea (see below
– Florence May Yea (1890–1918)
– Reginald Maurice Yea (1893–1956 [note 5], married Phyllis Martin Gale in 1922)
– Elsie Winifred Yea (1895–1895)
– Percival Henry Yea (1897–1976, married Flossie Matilda Gibbs in 1925)
– Leslie Thomas Yea (1900–1901)
– Leonard Cleave Yea (1902–1963, married Violet May Cann in 1920).
Alfred’s wife Maria died in 1905. He and his second wife Hannah Neale married in 1910.
Francis David Yea (1865–1951, son of Henry Yea and Ann Cleave) married Jessie Gough at Highweek in 1895. Their nine children were born at Highweek:
– Fred Yea
– Walter Yea (1889–1889)
– George Cleave Yea (1890–1966)
– Elsie May Yea (1891–1892)
– Olive May Yea (1893–1897)
– Jessie Yea (1895–1895)
– Winifred Yea (1899–1987, married William Adams in 1923)
– Amy Yea (1900–1900)
– Florence Yea (1903–1923).
Blanche Cleave Yea (1869–1947, daughter of Henry Yea and Ann Cleave) married George Hicks at Highweek in 1896. They had six children, including:
– Buller Yea Hicks (1900–1901)
– Blanche Yea Hicks (1901–1977, married Walter Charles Mockridge in 1926)
– Clara May Yea Hicks (1903–1989).
Alfred Ernest Yea (1888–1927, son of Alfred Yea and Maria Prowse née Perrem) emigrated to Canada. He married Betsy Mill Pattullo in Calgary in 1910. They had a son:
– James Alfred Yea (1912–2003, married Margaret Annie Hill).
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Notes
1. Son of David Yea and Mary Elliott. For more information about this family see Descendants of William Yeo and Agnes Savery by Mike Darch and David Yea.
2. Mary’s year and parish of baptism require confirmation.
3. Also recorded as Alfred Cleave Yea.
4. 1857–1905, widow of Henry Thomas Prowse.
5. Reginald, who was awarded an M.B.E., served in the Royal Marines from the mid 1930s. By 1949 he was a lieutenant in the Royal Marines police force.