Group C3 (Swimbridge/Sidmouth)

• WILLIAM: Baptised Swimbridge 19 Jan 1667/8, son of William & Mary (Godfrey) See Group C1. Married HONNOR MILDON, Swimbridge 27 Oct 1691. William buried Swimbridge 11 Mar 1737/8; Honnor buried Swimbridge 9 May 1741
• MARY: Baptised Swimbridge 6 Dec 1693. Various possible marriages
• LEWES: Baptised Swimbridge 23 Aug 1696; buried Swimbridge 1 Aug 1704
• WILLIAM: Baptised Swimbridge 20 Oct 1699; possibly married MARGRET DINIS, Swimbridge 9 Aug 1724 (see also William born 1701, Group C2)
• THOMAS: Baptised Swimbridge 12 May 1703; buried Swimbridge 16 May 1703
• LEWES: Baptised Swimbridge 15 Mar 1704/5; married ELINOR SIMONS, Landkey 13 Nov 1730/1. Elinor buried Swimbridge 21 Mar 1782; Lewes buried Swimbridge 3 Sep 1785
• WILLIAM: Baptised Landkey 7 Mar 1731; married SARAH SEARLE, Chittlehampton 13 Oct 1763. William buried Chittlehampton 11 Sep 1786, a pauper
• BARTHOLOMEW: Baptised Chittlehampton 4 Mar 1765; buried Chittlehampton 15 Dec 1765
• WILLIAM: Baptised Chittlehampton 14 Aug 1768; married ELIZABETH JOHNS, Chittlehampton 14 Jan 1793 (spelling now Somerfield)
• JOHN: Baptised Chittlehampton 29 May 1793
• MARY: Buried Chittlehampton 8 Jun 1773 ‘daughter of Willm. & Sarah Sommerfield’
• JOHN: Baptised Chittlehampton 23 Sep 1778
• JOHN: Baptised Swimbridge 3 Jun 1736; buried Swimbridge 10 Nov 1742
• LEWIS: Baptised Swimbridge 28 Nov 1743; married ANN WILLIAMS, Landkey 16 Apr 1770. Ann born c.1739, buried Swimbridge 4 Jul 1830, age 91
• GRACE: Baptised Swimbridge 10 Jan 1771. Illegit. son Lewis 1795. Living alone at Newland, Swimbridge, age about 70 in 1841 census. Buried Swimbridge 29 Mar 1850 ‘age 80, of Landkey’
• LEWIS: Born Swimbridge; baptised Fremington 23 Aug 1795. Married ELIZABETH RADFORD, Exeter St David’s 21 Aug 1822. Elizabeth born c.1790. In 1841 census at Back Steet, Sidmouth, Lewis age 45, shopkeeper, Elizabeth age 50. In 1851 census (index) at Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, Lewis, widower, age 52, shopkeeper - grocer. Lewis's death regd Honiton Sep 1865
  • CHARLES LEWIS: Baptised Sidmouth 26 Oct 1823 (father: labourer). At home in 1841 census, age 15. In 1851 with his father in Sidmouth, unmarried, age 27. porter. Marriage to SARAH WARRY regd Honiton Mar 1855. Sarah born Shute (near Axminster) c.1823. In 1861 census together at East Street, Sidmouth: Charles age 37, brewer; Sarah age 34, born Shute. In 1871 census at Fore Street, Sidmouth: Charles 47, cellarman/brewery' Sarah 42. Charles' death regd Honiton Dec 1875 age 52. Sarah in 1881 census at Amyatt's Row, Sidmouth, widow, annuitant, age 48. Death regd Honiton Sep 1896, age 63
  • FREDERICK LEWIS: Birth regd Honiton, Mar 1859; death regd Honiton Mar 1860
  • EMILY: Born Sidmouth; birth regd Honiton Mar 1859; baptised Sidmouth 15 Jul 1860. At home in 1861 census, age 9 months.In 1881 census with Sarah at Sidmouth, unmarried, age 20, dressmaker. Marriage to William Archibald Cook regd Honiton Jun 1882. In 1891 census together at No1 Bedford Place, Station Rd, Sidmouth: William age 29, born Launceston, Cornwall, reporter newspaper foreman jobbing (master); Emily 30, boarding house keeper
  • LOUISA: Baptised Sidmouth 15 May 1825 (father: gardener). At home in 1841 census, age 15. Marriage to John Searle (born Sidmouth c.1825) regd Exeter Dec 1846. In 1851 census living at Marsh, Sidmouth: John Searle age 26, butler; Louisa age 26. Children's entries in the 1851 and 1881 census show they lived in Sidmouth (c.1847), Bath (c.1853), Torquay (c.1858), Newton Abbott (c.1860-67). At time of Ellen's birth 20 Sep 1860 John was "a traveller in the grocery line", living Station Rd, Newton Abbott. In 1881 census at King's Gardens, Plymouth, where John is a canvasser for The Western Morning News. Children: George Lewis c.1847, Laura Caroline c.1849, Frederick 1851, Harry c1853, Alfred c.1858, Ellen Louisa 1860 (married John Argall Batten [1856-1903] 7 Jul 1883, Norley Chapel Plymouth), Arthur c.1863, Caroline c.1865, Ernest c.1867 [Information supplied by Sue Reynolds]
  • HENRY FREDERICK: On 11 Nov 1862 at Sidmouth, mariner, of Old Fore Street, married SARAH MARY SANDERS. of full age, spinster, laundress, Old Fore Street, dau of William Sanders, carpenter. Marriage regd Honiton Dec 1862. Sarah born c.1834; died 18 Apr 1870, age 36; buried Sidmouth, "wife of Fredk Sommerwill" (MI); death regd Honiton June 1870. Frederick in 1871 census living with his brother Charles, widower, age 43, Navy Pensioner.
    (2) MARY A. , regd Exeter Dec 1872. Mary born Sidmouth c.1833. In 1881 census (index) Frederick and Mary A. (Somerfield) are at 1 Exe St, St David's, Exeter, Fredk age 53, pensioner, Mary age 32. Mary Anne (Somerville)'s death regd Exeter Jun 1882, age 48.
    (3) JANE HAYMAN: Marriage (Sommerwill) regd Exeter Mar 1885. In 1891 census at 32 Russell Street, St Sidwell's, Exeter, Frederick (Summerwill) head, married, 63, naval pensioner, born Sidmouth; wife Jane, 62, born Exeter. (In 1881 census Jane had been at same address, wife of Henry Hayman. Henry's death regd Exeter Dec 1882)
    In 1901 census Frederick is at 32 Russell Street, St Sidwell's, Exeter, head, widr, 73, living on own means (+ two visitors)
  • ELIZABETH MAY: Baptised Sidmouth 14 Mar 1830 (father: gardener). At home in 1841 census, age 10. In 1851 patient (pauper) at County Lunatic Asylum, Exminster, unmarried, age 18, born Honiton. In 1881 census at home of Sidney Mitchell, Exminster, unmarried, age 49, no occupation, born Sidmouth
• ROBERT: Baptised Swimbridge 1 Jan 1708; buried Swimbridge 29 Feb 1708
• BARTHOLOMEW: Baptised Swimbridge 13 Feb 1709; buried Swimbridge 28 Mar 1730
• GEORGE: Baptised Swimbridge 7 Oct 1712; married MARY DEE, Barnstaple 2 Apr 1738
• BARTHOLOMEW: Baptised Swimbridge 14 Jan 1739; buried Swimbridge 12 Sep 1756
• GEORGE: Baptised Swimbridge 1741; buried Swimbridge 16 Apr 1759
• JOHN: Baptised Swimbridge 28 Dec 1743. Various possible marriages, of which most probable is to ELIZABETH STUKELY 1768, See Groups C4 / D
• MARY: Baptised Swimbridge 25 Jul 1747. Possibly married Thomas Lane, Swimbridge 6 May 1774 (another Mary, dau of John & Thomasin, born 1746, also eligible. See Group D)

 

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