William Yeo (baptised 1764, son of Robert Yeo and Elizabeth Bennett of Sampford Courtenay) married Ann Dawes at Black Torrington in 1791 [note 1]. Their eight children were baptised at Sampford Courtenay:
– Jane Yeo (baptised 1792)
– Ann Yeo (baptised 1799)
– William Yeo (1800–1801)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1803)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Mary Yeo (baptised 1807)
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1809).
John Yeo (1802–1879, son of William Yeo and Ann Dawes) married Hannah Coles. They baptised eight children at nonconformist ceremonies in Taunton, where John worked as a shoemaker:
– William Yeo (baptised 1828, died as an infant)
– William Yeo (baptised 1832)
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1834)
– Eliza Yeo (baptised 1837)
– Emma Yeo (born 1838, married John Willey)
– Charlotte Yeo (1843–1922, married Henry Archer in London in 1871)
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1844)
– Caroline Yeo (see below).
William Yeo (baptised in 1805 at Sampford Courtenay, son of William Yeo and Ann Dawes) married Jane Brealy in 1835. They had five children:
– Sarah Yeo (baptised 1836, married John Lovell)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1839)
– William Yeo (born 1841, married Susan Westlake, five children)
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1843, married John Horne)
– John Yeo (1847–1903, married Elizabeth Watkins Blatchford at Moretonhampstead in 1870 [note 2].
Caroline Yeo was born in Taunton in 1848, the youngest daughter of John Yeo and Hannah Coles. She moved to London, married twice, and died in Buckinghamshire in 1913. Her first marriage was to Samuel Quick in 1876: Samuel ran the Maypole Inn at Hitcham, they had no children and Samuel died in 1898. Caroline’s second marriage was in 1905 to widower William Horwood; she died eight years later.
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Notes
1. Confirmation of when William and Ann died is awaited.
2. Children William James Yeo, Ellen Yeo, Ernest John Yeo, Mabel Yeo. Did John and Elizabeth also have a son John? See John Yeo and Catherine Lee.