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Richard HILL

Richard HILL

Male 1846 - 1929  (83 years)

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  • Name Richard HILL 
    Born Dec Qtr 1846  Tavistock, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 8879ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35D176 
    Died 21 Sep 1929  Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I373  YoungFamily
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2018 

    Father Richard HILL,   c. 19 Apr 1807, Beaworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Charlotte METTERS,   b. 1810, Beaworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Sep 1832  Beaworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID 6977ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35B068 
    Notes 
    • Richard HILL and Charlotte METTERS are 1st cousins. Their common ancestors are Tristram BICKLE and Susanna DOBLE.
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth CHEGWYN,   b. 1849, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1924, Tavistock District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 380) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 12th September 1866  St John The Baptist, Stowford , Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 6B77ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35B288 
    Notes 
    • marriage certificate. He gave his age as 20, Bachelor, Farmer of Sprytown. Father Richard HILL, Farmer. She gave her age as 19, Spinster of Sprytown. Father John CHEGWYN, Farmer. Witnesses: William PERRY. (Not sure which one this was, but presumably a cousin) Mary PENNELL. (Elizabeth’s elder married sister)
    Children 
     1. Catharine Isabella HILL,   b. Dec Qtr. 1866, Tavistock District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 386) Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Edith Mary HILL,   b. Dec Qtr. 1868, Tavistock District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 380) Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth HILL,   b. 1869, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sidney Richard HILL,   b. Mar Qtr. 1871, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Laura Charlotte ^ HILL,   b. Mar Qtr 1873, Tavistock District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 391) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Qtr. 1885, Tavistock District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 257) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     6. John Henry HILL,   b. Sep Qtr. 1875, Meavy, Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Florence Elizabeth HILL,   b. Dec Qtr. 1877, Meavy, Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Alice Jane HILL,   b. Jun Qtr. 1880, Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Frederick "Frank" George HILL,   b. Sep Qtr. 1884, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Laura Malinda HILL,   b. Mar Qtr. 1887, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Ethel Perry HILL,   b. Dec Qtr. 1891, Stowford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 15 May 2022 
    Family ID F155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1851 living in Tavistock with his parents, his father a temperance hotel keeper and his mother a coffee house keeper
      1861 living in Tavistock with his parents, he a scholar
      1871 grocer at Stowford, mother Charlotte, a widow, living with them, also daughter Elizabeth aged 2.
      1881 a catle dealer at Milton Abbot
      1891 a farmer at Stowford.
      1911 lived at Sprytown, Lifton in a 7-room house, married 44 years, 11 children born, 10 still living, 1 deceased.

  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Parish Registers, England, Church of England, (England, Exeter: Devon Record Office), Beaworthy, Devon, England, Marriage Register 1813-1837, p. 16, entry No. 46., 17 Sep 1832.

      Richard Hill of this parish and Charlotte Metters, of this parish, were married in this Church by Banns this seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. By me Thomas A. Colling, Curate. This Marriage was solemnized between us Richard Hill [his mark] and Charlotte Metters [she signed]. In the Presence of Mary Pengelly and Tristram Hill [both signed].
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